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Family becomes complete, follows God’s path to Russia
BY CLIFF SMELLEY
Staff Writer
KEYSTONE HEIGHTS —
Another Christmas has come and
gone, so thoughts of finding that
perfect gift for someone can be
put off for a little while.
Sometimes,
though,
that
perfect gift is not something that
can be found in a store.
Raeann Brock’s perfect gift
for the last 14 years has been
the fact she’s part of a loving
home. The 16-year-old Hope
Christian Academy student lived
in an orphanage in Vladivostok,
Russia, before being adopted by
Dean and Doris Brock in October
2001.
Raeann would love it if other
orphans could experience what
she does.
“I just feel like everybody in
the world should be adopted,”
Raeann said. “Not everybody
comes home to a happy family
and has always been loved.”
The journey Dean and Doris
embarked on in bringing Raeann
into their home was long and
often frustrating, but more than
anything else, it was spiritual,
showing just what can happen
when someone is obedient to
God.
“It’s a very encouraging story
of how God works in the details,”
Doris said. “I feel like God is
probably always speaking, but
we’re just not listening.”
God’s signs lead to the
search for Raeann
This story appropriately starts
with a prayer.
Dean and Doris have three
sons: Keith, Kyle and Kennon.
Their second oldest, Kyle, was 6
years old when he began praying
for a sister at night before he
went to bed.
“Kyle was the one who started
it,” Doris said, adding with a bit
of good-natured mischievous
directed toward Raeann, “It’s his
fault.”
The Brocks weren’t planning to
have any more children and had
not even considered adopting a
child. Doris admitted her internal
response to her son praying for a
sister was to think, “Yeah. You’re
not getting a sister.”
In March 2000, Doris was with
her son Kyle at the private school
he attended. It was there where
she became enamored with a
photo of a little girl that was on a
school employee’s desk. Another
school employee introduced
Doris to the girl’s mother, who
was in her car with her child,
preparing to leave the school for
the day.
As Doris bent down to see
the little girl seated in the car,
the girl’s mother described her
as a blessing and said she was
adopted from Russia.
A queer feeling overcame
Doris as the word, “Russia,” kept
going through her mind.
“My heart was racing,” Doris
said. “I felt sweaty. I mean, it was
crazy.”
Doris prayed, asking if the
incident was God trying to speak
to her. The idea that God was
perhaps showing her what she
and her family should do was
reinforced upon hearing the story
of a couple the Brocks knew. This
couple had no children and never
planned to have children, but
felt God was providing signs for
them to adopt a child from China,
which they did. The woman’s life
became inundated with images
of and things relating to China.
Doris thought if it was God’s
will for her family to adopt a
child from Russia, then surely
God could show her images and
things relating to Russia.
And so it began.
The Brocks received a photo
in the mail from a fly-in event
that Dean, a pilot, had attended.
Doris and Dean Brock recently celebrated their 15th
Christmas with daughter Raeann. The couple, led by
God, adopted Raeann from a Russian orphanage in
October 2001. Photo: Smelley
The photo was of Dean and a
friend seated in a an Antonov
An-2—a Russian biplane. Doris
told herself the photo couldn’t
be a sign from God because the
fly-in event had occurred two
weeks previously and prior to her
having any feelings the family
should adopt a child.
“I was trying to talk myself
out of this process,” Doris said.
“I don’t know. You don’t want to
just do something crazy like this
when you don’t feel like God is
in it.”
The next sign was actually on a
sign. On a vacation to Colorado,
the family drove past an A&W
Restaurant marquee that read:
“Russian church services held
here Sunday.”
Then, on the following
day, Doris talked to her sister,
Katrina. She told Katrina about
her feelings that the family
was called by God to adopt a
child from Russia and asked
her sister to pray about it. Well,
Katrina and her husband had
just received a visit from their
friend Joel Natwick, a pilot
who lives in Alaska and does
work for Samaritan’s Purse,
a
Christian
humanitarian
organization. Natwick explained
some of the things he was doing
for Samaritan’s Purse, which
included displaying a group of
photos of Russian orphans.
“When she called me and told
me he showed up at their house
and did that, I was really like,
‘I have a daughter in Russia.’ I
really did believe that,” Doris
said.
Later during the family’s trip to
Colorado, they saw a newspaper
that had a front-page story about
adoptions. It was not specifically
about adopting children from
Russia, but that was OK, because
at another point in their trip, the
Brocks received another Russiaspecific sign. As they were
driving in their rental vehicle,
they came across a radio station
on which a woman with a thick,
Russian accent was talking about
Vladimir Putin taking office as
Russia’s president.
Dean, who joked that he
thought Doris was “wacko”
when she first started talking
about receiving a sign from God
to adopt a child from Russia, said
it seemed to be obvious that the
family was to follow a certain
path as dictated by God.
“All these things came together
at the same time,” he said. “You
just couldn’t ignore it.”
One night, after returning
home, Doris looked at a flip
calendar she had, which
contained another sign: a recipe
for spiced Russian tea.
Dean and Doris now believed
they were supposed to adopt a
girl from Russia. Before they
started the process, that girl had
a name.
Doris felt led to look in one of
her Bibles one night. The Bible
she chose happened to be one in
which she had written the name,
“Raeann,” after once meeting a
woman who had that name. At
that time, she felt God would
eventually give her a daughter,
and she liked the name that was
actually a combination of her and
her sister’s middle names.
“No matter what her Russian
name is, her name’s going to be
Raeann,” Doris said.
Perseverance in the
face of adversity
Everything seemed to be
falling into place until the Brocks
came up against a wall. Adoption
agencies were not keen on
attempting to facilitate adoptions
of children from Russia. It’s not
that an American couple couldn’t
necessarily adopt from Russia,
but the paperwork was constantly
changing, and the process was
becoming difficult as Russia
was attempting to crack down
on black-market adoptions. A
woman at one agency told Doris,
“Honey, you need to pick another
country.” Doris replied, “I can’t
pick another country because my
daughter lives in Russia.”
The
Brocks
eventually
contacted Joel Natwick—the
Alaskan pilot who had earlier
visited Doris’ sister and brotherin-law and talked of his work
with Samaritan’s Purse. They
told him their story, and he
contacted a friend of his who had
a ministry in Russia. That person
agreed to look into the situation,
but nothing positive came from
it.
Then, Natwick put the Brocks
into contact with Olleg Petruk—
another man with a ministry in
Russia. Petruk, via email, put
Dean and Doris in touch with an
adoption agency he sometimes
assisted—Children’s
Hope
International.
Children’s Hope International
did not seem as afraid as other
agencies of trying to facilitate
an adoption of a Russian child.
Things seemed to be looking up
for the Brocks after the frustration
they experienced since becoming
convinced in March 2000 that
they were supposed to adopt a
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Telegraph, Times and Monitor B Section • Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016
4 Bradford
men catch
Hall of Fame
fish in FWC’s
TrophyCatch
program
If you can sing, Bradford Fest
Talent Showdown is for you
BY CLIFF SMELLEY
Staff Writer
It’s a running joke that
fishermen love to take liberties
when describing the fish they’ve
caught, but four Bradford County
anglers have the official backing
of the Florida Fish and Wildlife
Conservation Commission when
it comes to big fish they landed
in 2015.
George
Canova,
Jason
Clemons, Wally Johns and Bret
Smith all caught bass in excess
of 13 pounds, earning “Hall of
Fame” recognition as part of the
FWC’s TrophyCatch program.
TrophyCatch, which is part
of the Black Bass Management
Plan, is an incentive-based
conservation program in which
anglers catch and release bass in
excess of 8 pounds. Participating
George Canova, Bret Smith, Jason Clemons and Wally Johns show off the fiberglass
replicas of their Hall of Fame TrophyCatch fish they received at a December awards
ceremony.
anglers take photos of qualifying
catches, head to tail on a scale
with the weight legible, before
releasing the fish where they
were caught.
TrophyCatch fish are divided
into three size classifications:
Lunker (8-9.99 pounds), Trophy
(10-12.99 pounds) and Hall of
Fame (13 pounds or more).
Johns caught a 13-pound,
12-ounce bass on March 2, while
Clemons caught a 14-pound,
6-ounce fish on March 21.
Applications are now being
accepted for the fifth annual
Bradford Fest Talent Showdown,
which will be held Jan. 29-30
at the Bradford High School
auditorium.
This is a singing-only
competition open to all genres
in two age divisions: youth
(13-under) and adult (14-up).
Youth contestants will perform
on Jan. 29. Each contestant will
perform two songs, with selected
finalists
then
performing
one more song each. The top
performer will move on to the
Suwannee River Jam auditions
as well as receive a radio
opportunity with WEAG 106.3FM.
Adult contestants will likewise
perform two songs each on Jan.
30. The top six will perform
a song each in the finals, with
the top three moving on the
Suwannee River Jam final
auditions. They’ll also receive a
radio opportunity with WEAG
as well as the opportunity to
perform at the Santa Fe Spring
Art Festival in April.
The top three adult contestants
will receive cash prizes of
$1,000, $300 and $200.
Entry fees are $75 for youth
and $100 for adults.
Please visit the Santa Fe
College
Andrews
Center
(Mondays-Fridays 8 a.m.-4:30
p.m.) for applications or more
information. You may also
contact Cheryl Canova at 352395-4410 or cheryl.canova@
sfcollege.edu.
The event will start at 7 p.m.
on Jan. 29 and 6:30 p.m. on
Jan. 30, with the check-in for
contestants taking place one hour
prior to the event.
For the public, admission to
the event is $7 for adults and $5
for ages 6-17, with children 5 and
under admitted free. A packet of
five tickets may be purchased for
$25 prior to Jan. 29.
All proceeds will be used
to fund Santa Fe College
scholarships for Bradford County
students.
VeRonica R. Owens
Attorney at Law
George Canova and his original 14-pound, 14-ounce
bass.
Canova caught a 14-pound,
14-ounce fish on March 22,
with Smith catching a 13-pound,
14-ounce fish on March 24.
The four fish were caught at
Kingsley Lake, which produced
12 total Hall of Fame catches
during the Oct. 1, 2014-Sept.
30, 2015 TrophyCatch season.
Included in that total were the
top two Hall of Fame catches
of 15 pounds, 11 ounces, and 15
pounds, 9 ounces.
Jason Clemons and his original 14-pound, 6-ounce
bass.
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4 UCHS players earn 1A All-State honors
Union County High School
junior quarterback Ty Cook
earned first-team honors, while
three of his teammates were also
recognized with the release of
the Class 1A All-State Football
teams.
Cook completed 196-of-336
passes for 3,232 yards and 35
TDs in helping the Tigers go 9-2
and earn the runner-up spot in
District 6.
Union had two players earn
second-team honors: senior wide
receiver Zak Lee and senior defensive lineman Joseph Merriex.
Lee caught 56 passes for 1,095
yards and 11 TDs, while Merriex
had 104 tackles (12 for loss), one
sack, two caused fumbles and
one interception.
Senior wide receiver Isaiah
Johnson received honorable
mention after catching 41 passes
for 820 yards and six TDs. He
also rushed for 262 yards and
four TDs.
Fort White, which was the
champion of Union’s district,
had one first-team selection and
two second-team selections.
Also from District 6, Hilliard selections and one second-team
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3B
Kim Wheeler (far left)
and Misty Dubose
(center), who are the
children’s librarians at
the Bradford County
Public Library, are
pictured with Altrusa
First Vice President
Mary Kramer. Altrusa
donated $200 for
the library’s annual
Christmas party. With
this donation, the
library was able to give
each child attending
the party a Christmas
book. Photos: Brenda
Thornton
Altrusa
of Starke:
community
support in
so many
ways
Starke Police Capt. Barry Warren (left) receives a
check for $500 from Altrusa’s Sylvia Reddish for the
Starke Shop With a Cop program. Altrusa has been a
donor since the program’s inception.
Altrusa of Starke members pose with boxes that individual members filled for the Christmas Shoebox program.
Thanks to Town and Country Veterinarian Clinic for furnishing the postage for the 26 boxes. Altrusa partners with
the local churches to help make a larger impact. Valerie Hoffler chairs this program for the club and reported that
her church, Trinity Baptist, collected 1,980 shoeboxes. The church was the Keystone relay center for surrounding
churches. The total number of boxes collected in the area was 5,901. Altrusa members also participated through
their churches and are happy to be a continuing partner of this effort each year. Pictured (in alphabetical order)
are: Margaret Anderson, Cheryl Canova, Dorene Davis, Tiffany Dougherty, Kim Hamilton, Valerie Hoffler, Judy
Jull, Mary Kramer, Teala Pearson, Teresa Phillips, Carolyn Reddish, Sylvia Reddish, Tiffany Rees, Vicki Teal, Kayla
Thomas and Scarlet Wheeler.
Gainesville
Sun honors 10
KHHS, 3 BHS
players in AllArea football
Keystone Heights High School
had two players earn first-team
honors with the release of the
Gainesville Sun’s Big School
All-Area Football Teams, which
also featured three players each
from Keystone and Bradford
earning second-team honors.
Ray Trimble, a senior running
back for Keystone, was a firstteam selection after leading the
Sun coverage area in rushing
with 1,625 yards and 16 TDs on
224 carries in nine games. Trimble rushed for a school-record
401 yards in a win over Interlachen.
The Indians also had a firstteam defensive selection in ju-
nior defensive back Rian Prieto,
who had six interceptions and 61
tackles.
Two Keystone offensive linemen were second-team picks:
juniors Michael Dickinson (left
guard) and Matthew White (left
tackle). They finished the season
tied as the team’s highest-graded
linemen.
The second-team offense included two Bradford players:
sophomore running back Aundre
Carter and senior wide receiver/
running back/quarterback Shawn
Aaron as a utility player. Carter
averaged 7 yards per carry, gaining 983 yards and rushing for 15
TDs. Aaron rushed for 488 yards
and three TDs and passed for 180
yards.
Bradford junior defensive
back Carlton Hankerson earned
second-team defensive honors as
a utility player. He had one interception, five pass breakups and
44 tackles.
Keystone senior defensive
back Earl Hall was a secondteam pick as well, recording two
interceptions, five fumble recoveries and 73 tackles.
Five players from Keystone
earned honorable mention: sophomore tight end Nolan Sapp,
junior linebacker Justin Raysin,
senior linebacker Travis Rogers, senior defensive tackle Chris
McLean and senior punter Wyatt
Harvin.
completing 196-of-336 passes
for 3,232 yards and 35 TDs. He
threw only 13 interceptions.
Joining Cook on the firstteam offense were senior wide
receiver Zak Lee and senior athlete Isaiah Johnson. Lee caught
56 passes for 1,095 yards and 11
TDs. Johnson caught 41 passes
for 820 yards and six TDs, while
also rushing for 262 yards and
four TDs.
The Tigers placed two on the
first-team defense: senior tackle
Joseph Merriex and junior linebacker Andre Hampton. Merriex
recorded 104 tackles, with 12
tackles for loss, one sack, two
caused fumbles and one intercepFive Union County High
tion. Hampton led Class 1A with
School players earned first-team
136 tackles and had two fumble
honors, including three on an
recoveries.
offense that included one of the
state’s best passers, with the release of the Gainesville Sun’s
Small School All-Area Football
Teams.
Junior quarterback Ty Cook
averaged 294 yards per game,
UCHS has 5
earn Sun AllArea honors
Gerald Moody (left), representing the Bradford County
Food Pantry, accepts a $500 check for the Food
Pantry’s holiday drive from Kayla Thomas, Altrusa’s Food Pantry chair. Altrusa participate in the major
drive during the holidays, but also does a lot of peanut
butter-and-jelly drives during the summer when
school is out as well as several canned-food drives
throughout the year. In addition, the club provides
small bags of food for those who have already
received their allotment, but need a meal.
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Telegraph, Times and Monitor B Section • Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016
editor@bctelegraph.com
Family thanks
school for
generosity in
emergency
Dear Editor:
Our heartfelt thanks to all of
the teachers and school staff of
Bradford County who sacrificed
sick leave days from their account
for our niece, Cindy Canova.
Having to have emergency
bypass heart surgery came as a
big unexpected surprise and a
financial concern to her. Because
of your generosity, that burden
was taken off her shoulders and
greatly eased her stress during her
recovery at home. WHOEVER
YOU ARE, we are so grateful
for your gift to Cindy during her
illness. What a blessing you have
been to her and to the family.
Dee and David Canova
Thanks for
support of
book signing,
art exhibit
Dear Editor:
Harimandir Khalsa and I want to
thank everyone who helped make
our book signing and art exhibit
in Melrose such a great event. Eye
of the Beholder: Art and Wisdom
to Enhance Meditation was well
received, as were our individual
books: Harimandir’s Enduring
Vulnerabilities: Poems from the
Inside Out and my Let the Rain
Fall Down: Qi Gong Song and
Book for Children.
We appreciate the newspapers
sharing our article and photo
including
Gainesville
Sun,
Palatka Daily News, Lake Region
Monitor and Putnam County
Courier. What a blessing! Thanks
to those who attended and all who
supported us. It felt like a loving
community.
If you would like our beautiful
book, it is available locally from
Otter and Trout, 1801 NE 23rd
Ave., Gainesville; Read, Think
Books, 627 St. Johns Ave.,
Palatka; Artisan’s Way gift shop
Hwy. 26 Melrose; and Healthy
Living 4U in Keystone Heights.
You can also purchase copies on
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through
harimandir.com
or
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Warmly,
Donna Henderson
Tammy Lynn Roton, 47, of
Florahome was arrested Dec. 30
by Bradford deputies for failure
to appear for a misdemeanor
offense. Bond was set at $5,000
for the charge.
and then a short time later saw
him near their mailbox with a
shirt wrapped around his hand.
When the owner confronted
Wright, he claimed he had cut his
hand with a knife and was trying
to get help. Wright left and went
to Shands Starke for treatment.
Deputies were called when his
story kept changing on how he cut
his hand, and he was identified as
the person seen at the residence
on Northeast 28th Ave. Wright
eventually admitted to breaking
into the home, and a warrant was
issued several days later for his
arrest. Bond was set at $65,000
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driveway. She was on a leash as
this is the Florida Law. A guy
was walking by and a very short
time later, a grey pit bull came up
from the same direction. The dog
immediately tried to get to my
little dog’s neck. I could see that
the dog’s hair was all standing
on end down it’s back. I tried to
keep between the pit bull and my
dog to keep him from getting my
dog. I was screaming for the guy
to get his dog because I thought
it was his dog. I noticed the dog
had a collar, so I grabbed his
collar to keep him back so I could
get my dog picked up in my arm.
Immediately the pit bull stood on
Dear Editor:
Yesterday morning, Jan. 4, his hind legs still trying to get
2016, I was walking my little at my dog’s neck. The guy came
dog at the end of my neighbor’s walking back but said the dog was
911 no help
in regard to
vicious dog
not his. I went in and called 911. I
told them what had happened, how
the dog was aggressive toward
me and my dog. No one came to
check it out. No Animal Control
came because I stood outside
watching for them. I placed a
second call and they connected
me with Animal Control. They
said they had one coming out of
Hampton. I waited for hour. No
one came. I just want this put out
there to the public so if a child or
someone else’s dog is attacked,
don’t bother to call 911 because it
will just be a waste of your time
and effort. You may think this pit
bull was not a threat but I don’t
know this dog and I was terrified
for my little dog’s life.
S. Roemer
t Crime t
Recent arrests
in Bradford,
Clay and Union
Bradford
Brittany Marie Borgner, 22, of
Starke was arrested Dec. 31 by
Bradford deputies for hit and run–
leave scene of crash involving
property damage. According
to the arrest report, a deputy
was called to a residence in the
Country Club Woods area off
Wilson Road in Starke about a hit
and run on Dec. 29. The owner of
the vehicle told the deputy she was
sleeping when someone struck
the TV satellite dish in her front
yard and the side of her vehicle
parked in the driveway. The
crash didn’t wake up the owner,
but a neighbor was returning
home and observed a female
by the vehicle after the crash. A
white truck was then observed
pulling up and then pulling the
vehicle—a black Scion—that
the female was driving out of
the ditch. The neighbor got the
license plate number of the Scion,
which was registered to Borgner.
Borgner wasn’t located the day
of the crash, but was eventually
contacted two days later and
arrested. She told the deputy
she was in the area looking for
a friend when she had to swerve
to avoid an oncoming vehicle,
causing her to strike the satellite
and vehicle. Borgner also claimed
she backed out on her own and
declined help from a man asking
if she needed to be pulled out of
the ditch. Borgner said she didn’t
call law enforcement after the
crash because she panicked and
left the scene. Bond was set at
$500 for the charge.
Larry James Hallam, 37, of
Lawtey was arrested Dec. 31 by
Bradford deputies on a warrant
for three counts of conspiracy to
purchase controlled substance
(oxycodone) and one count of
conspiracy to purchase controlled
substance (morphine). Bond was
set at $100,000 for the charges.
Gwendolyn
McCray
Hankerson, 60, of Starke was
arrested Jan. 4 by Bradford
deputies for battery. According
to the arrest report, Hankerson
was at the Bradford County
Courthouse testifying at a
hearing the morning of her arrest.
When she finished testifying, she
left the courtroom and overheard
the conversation of two women
in the hallway on her way to the
elevator. Hankerson exchanged
words with the women before
punching one of them in the face.
A deputy in the courtroom heard
the commotion and came out and
separated the women, arresting
Hankerson after speaking with
several witnesses and reviewing
surveillance
video.
The
video showed that Hankerson
confronted the other woman and
started the altercation.
Joshua Thomas Knight, 20, of
Keystone Heights was arrested
Jan. 1 by Bradford deputies for
driving under the influence and
resisting an officer–flee elude
law enforcement with lights and
siren active. According to the
arrest report, Knight was driving
an SUV in Starke at a high rate
of speed and failing to maintain
a single lane when a Starke Police
officer and a Bradford County
Sheriff’s deputy attempted to
initiate traffic stops. When the
deputy activated his lights and
siren, Knight kept going on Colley
Road in Starke and then turned
down Peterson Street, continuing
until the street ended. The vehicle
then went through a yard until it
crashed into a ditch. The deputy
noticed a strong alcoholic odor
coming from Knight, and a
breath-sample analysis returned
results of .131 and .134, well above
the legal limit of .08 allowed for
alcohol. Knight was arrested and
transported to jail, with bond set
at $15,000 for the charges.
Ulysses J. Lawrence, 22, of
Newberry and Amara Eugenia
Brooks Lewis, 21, of Newberry
were arrested Dec. 31 by
Bradford deputies during a traffic
stop for possession of marijuana–
not more than 20 grams and
possession of drug equipment.
Bond was set at $2,000 each for
the charges against Lawrence and
Lewis.
Douglas Hendry Lewis, 57,
of Starke was arrested Jan. 4 by
Bradford deputies for failure to
appear–misdemeanor offense and
on an out-of-county warrant from
Martin for probation violation on
original charge of simple battery.
Bond was set at $4,000 for the
failure to appear charge, while no
bond was allowed for the out of
county warrant.
Charity Rae Morris, 33, of
Melrose was arrested Dec. 30
by Clay deputies on a Bradford
County warrant for conspiracy
to traffic in oxycodone and
conspiracy to sell oxycodone.
Morris was transported from the
Clay County Jail to the Bradford
Jail for the arrest, with bond set at
$150,000 for the charges.
Eugene Franklin Norman, 53,
of Starke was arrested Jan. 3 by
Starke police on an out-of-county
warrant from Union for failure to
appear for a misdemeanor charge.
Bond was set at $5,000 for the
charge.
Justin Kyle Robbins, 25, was
arrested Dec. 30 by Lawtey
police during a traffic stop on
an out-of-county warrant from
St. Johns for failure to appear for
driving while license suspended
or revoked. Bond was set at $500
for the charge.
Tony Matthew Ross, 22, was
arrested Dec. 30 by Bradford
deputies during a traffic stop for
driving while license suspended
or revoked and possession of
marijuana–not more than 20
grams. Bond was set at $2,000 for
the charges.
Shawna Ann Shepherd, 25, of
Starke was arrested Dec. 31 by
Starke police for failure to appear.
Jessica Renee Tyson, 35, of
Keystone Heights was arrested
Dec. 30 by Bradford deputies
on warrants for three charges of
fraud–false owner information
to pawn items less than $300
and for three charges of dealing
in stolen property. According to
the warrant affidavits, Tyson and
an unidentified suspect pawned
items that came from multiple
burglary and theft cases in Clay
County early last year. In May
of last year, Tyson pawned a
weedeater, a tool bag, a 2-ton
jack, an axe, a fishing pole and a
hard hat for approximately $180.
Bond was set at $150,000 for the
charges.
Brandon Joseph Willey, 29,
was arrested Jan. 2 by Bradford
deputies during a traffic stop for
driving while license suspended
or revoked. Bond was set at $500
for the charge.
Ashton Blaze Wright, 18, of
Starke was arrested Dec. 29 by
Bradford deputies on warrants
for burglary of an unoccupied
dwelling and criminal mischief–
property damage over $200 and
under $1,000. According to the
offense report, Wright broke into
a home on Northeast 28th Ave.
several miles north of Starke on
Dec. 21 by breaking a window in
a side door. He cut his hand while
doing so and left the home before
possibly stealing anything as
the owners arrived. The owners
spotted him going into the woods
Keystone/Melrose
Michael Tyrone Grimes, 44,
of Melrose was arrested Dec. 30
by Putnam deputies for battery.
According to an arrest report,
Grimes got into a dispute with
another party, slapped the victim
and physically threw the victim
out of a residence.
Michael Hoffmeyer, 35, of
Keystone Heights was arrested
Dec. 29 by Clay deputies for
giving a false identification
or name to law enforcement,
resisting a law enforcement officer
and nonsupport. According to
an arrest report, deputies made
contact with Hoffmeyer while
looking for suspects in an armed
robbery at the Intown Suites Inn
in Orange Park. When asked
for identification, Hoffmeyer
initially held out a Social
Security card to a deputy, then
pulled it back when the officer
tried to take it.
Hoffmeyer
then became uncooperative
and refused to identify himself.
Deputies eventually obtained a
Florida identification card from
Hoffmeyer, and discovered an
active Clay County warrant for
nonsupport.
Lloyd William Collins, 33, of
Hampton was arrested Dec. 29 by
Union deputies on a Department
of Corrections warrant for
forgery–make/alter prescription
first offense and fraud–falsify
public or court record. Bond for
Collins, a DOC employee, was set
at $20,000.
Alfredo Chavarria, 23, of Lake
Reonna Thompson, 24, of
Butler
was arrested Jan. 1 by
Keystone Heights was arrested
Dec. 30 by Clay deputies for a Union deputies for aggravated
assault–with deadly weapon
probation violation.
without intent to kill, criminal
damage
Gabriel David Thurman, 39, of mischief–property
Melrose was arrested Dec. 31 by under $200, battery and criminal
Putnam deputies for a probation mischief–property damage over
$1,000 (see the Times A-section
violation.
for details).
William W. Ogden, 57, of
Alyson K. Wahl, 29, of
Lake
Butler was arrested Jan.
Keystone Heights was arrested
1 by Union deputies during a
Jan. 4 by state troopers for DUI.
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David Alex Ward, 23, of influence.
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opportunity to show off their
soon-to-be daughter.
“We would’ve had a billboard
on I-95 if we had the money,”
Doris said.
However, the girl in question
had dark hair. The Brocks’ son
Kyle, who was the one praying
for a sister, said, “That’s not my
sister. My sister has blonde hair.”
As it turned out, someone in
the girl’s family stepped forward
to assume custody of her, so she
would not be the Brocks’ child
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A story to talk about
Doris and Dean
Brock play
with Raeann
during one of
their visits to
the Russian
orphanage
before their
adoption was
finalized.
Doris cried, but was uplifted
by the scripture of the day (Luke
1:45) in her devotional: “And
blessed is she that believed: for
there shall be a performance of
those things which were told her
from the Lord.”
She believed God would still
provide her with her Russian
daughter. At first, she believed
it would still be the dark-haired
girl she had a photo of. Doris
admitted it sounds terrible, but
her thought was that God was
going to cause something bad
to happen to the Russian couple
that was going to adopt the girl.
“I was literally trying to tell
God how to work this whole
thing out,” she said.
God’s plan, though, was to
provide Kyle with his blondehaired sister.
‘She looks like she
needs a mama’
The call came in August about
a 2-year-old girl available for
adoption. Doris said the person
she talked to was hesitant before
finally saying the girl had had
facial surgery and that she did
not know the child’s full medical
background. Doris asked what
the child looked like. The
response was, “She looks like
she needs a mama.”
Doris called Dean and told
him about the child. Dean said,
“God is not going to let us get the
wrong baby.”
When they received a photo
of a girl named Olga via email,
they saw a child with a swollen,
stitched face and an extremely
TROPHY
Continued from 2B
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crossed eye. She had had
neurofibromas, which are benign
tumors, removed from her face.
Doris admitted the sight was a
shock to both her and Dean, but
added, “It didn’t matter. I felt
strongly this was going to be my
baby.”
The Brocks flew to Russia in
October 2001—approximately
a month after 9/11. Family
members were concerned, of
course, about Dean and Doris
flying to Russia, but the couple
believed God would keep them
safe. Doris laughed about how
she went about assuring everyone
on their flight that they would be
OK because “I am called to go
get this baby.”
“We figured if God has this
trip for us, then he would make
it happen,” Dean said. “We were
going to get on that airplane,
whether it was safe or not.”
At
the
orphanage
in
Valdivostok, Dean and Doris
met Olga, who is now known as
Raeann.
“When she came into the room,
I didn’t want to be overwhelming,
so I just got down on my knees
on the floor, and I held my hands
out,” Doris said. “She came right
up to me and held my hand.”
The meeting took place in
a room Dean and Doris refer
to as “the showroom.” Doris
said the room was “clean, with
bright colors.” On subsequent
visits, they saw what the rest of
the orphanage looked like. The
facility was “nasty,” Doris said.
Raeann, who was suffering
with scabies, was living in
conditions in which the children
were malnourished and spent
the majority of their time in bed.
Children didn’t get proper baths.
Instead they were simply “hosed
off,” Doris said.
Doris said the people who
work at the orphanage are
“sweet,” but can only do so much
at a place that’s overcrowded and
underfunded.
“They are doing the best they
can,” Doris said.
Dean said it’s a situation where
children don’t receive much
affection. In fact, when he or
Doris would pick Raeann up, her
initial response was to stiffen.
She just wasn’t used to being
held.
“We had had three kids before,
so it was just an unusual thing for
us,” Dean said, “but as we would
play with her and give her that
focus, that eye contact and that
one-on-one attention, she would
have fun and warm up. After the
first month or so, she actually
wanted to be picked up.”
Dean said as far as he and
Doris could determine, both of
Raeann’s biological parents were
alive and living together with
another child.
“When she was born, I guess
it wasn’t a pleasant sight, and
they just didn’t want anything to
do with her,” Dean said. “They
abandoned her when they were
in the hospital.”
Whatever was the case, let’s
just say the reception waiting for
Raeann in the U.S. was better
than the one she recived upon
entering the world.
“It was a party when Raeann
came home,” Doris said. “We
Raeann went from living in
cramped conditions, having
to share clothes and toys with
approximately 80 children, to
living in a home made up of two
parents and three brothers. She’s
had multiple surgeries to correct
and improve upon the initial
surgery she had while still in
Russia. She celebrates a birthday
and a “Gotcha Day,” which is the
day the adoption was official.
“Everybody is like, ‘You have
a second birthday. That’s so not
fair.’ I didn’t ask for a second
birthday,” Raeann said. “It just
came to me.”
Raeann has had several
opportunities recently to share
her story when talking about
Operation Christmas Child—
the Samaritan’s Purse project
in which children worldwide
receive gifts in shoeboxes.
Raeann was an Operation
Christmas Child recipient when
she was at the Russian orphanage.
That seems to be just another
sign that things played out just
the way they should have since
Joel Natwick, who helped Dean
and Doris get in touch with Olleg
Petruk, works with Samaritan’s
Purse.
Doris is still in awe of it all.
As she shared the story with the
Telegraph-Times-Monitor, she
couldn’t help but say, “Wow,
God, you really did mean for us
to be her parents.”
The experience has affected a
number of people. The Brocks’
sons took every opportunity at
school to write or talk about
adoption and its impact on their
family. Doris said multiple
family members have talked
about it possibly adopting.
Raeann said she hopes that’s
the case. She wishes every child
in an orphanage would get the
chance to have a home like hers.
That’s why she doesn’t mind
sharing her story. She encourages
other children who are adopted
to do the same.
“If they have a story, they need
to share it with people,” Raeann
said.
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Obituaries d
Thelma Burns
KEYSTONE
HEIGHTS—
Thelma May Burns, 91, of Keystone
Heights died Friday, Jan. 1, 2016 at
her residence. Neptune Society is in
charge of her arrangements.
Patricia
Campbell
KEYSTONE
HEIGHTS—
Patricia Louise “Pat” Campbell, 83,
of Keystone Heights died Tuesday,
Dec. 29, 2015 in Starke. She was
born in Springfield, IL on Sept.
8, 1932 to the late Edward F. and
Katherine L. (Rodgers) Shoemaker,
and was a homemaker. After moving
to Keystone Heights, she joined
the Keystone United Methodist
Church. Her sister, Betty Jane Royal
preceded her in death.
Survivors are: her husband of 62
years, William J. “Bill” Campbell;
children, William Edward Campbell
of Keystone Heights, Bradford Scott
(Kimberly) Campbell of Colbert,
GA, Kathleen Jane (William Heller)
Nilsen of Keystone Heights, Maureen
Louise Tolen of Middleburg, Pamela
Annette Campbell of St. Augustine
and Kevin DeWayne (Shirley)
Campbell of Keystone Heights;
11 grandchildren; and 15 greatgrandchildren.
Funeral services were held Jan.
4 at Keystone United Methodist
Church with Dr. Tom Farmer
and Dr. Craig Moore officiating.
Interment followed at Keystone
Heights Cemetery. In lieu of
flowers, donations can be made to
the Wounded Warrior Project P.O.
Box 758517, Topeka, KS 66675.
Arrangements are under the care
of Jones-Gallagher Funeral Home,
Keystone Heights.
Church in Keystone Heights.
He is survived by: father, Albrecht
Conger of Keystone Heights; mother,
Peggy (Roadruck) Conger of St.
Petersburg; sister, Kristen Conger of
Keystone Heights; and brother, T.J.
of St. Petersburg.
A memorial service was held Jan.
5, in Friendship Bible Church with
Pastor Paul Coleman officiating.
Arrangements are under the care
of Jones-Gallagher Funeral Home,
Keystone Heights.
Gary Doolittle
LAKE BUTLER— Gary F.
Doolittle, 80, of Lake Butler died
Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015 at the
Haven Hospice in Lake City after an
extended illness, surrounded by his
family. He was born in Miami but
lived most of his life in Jacksonville.
He moved to Lake Butler in 2013.
He was son of the late Charles and
Idabell Doolittle. He worked as a
personnel director with the N.E.F.S.
Hospital in MacClenny for 33 years.
He is a member of the Keystone First
United Methodist Church.
He is survived by: his wife of 25
years, Violet Thornton Doolittle;
daughters: Karen (John) Congressi
of Lake City, Debbi (Chip) Spock
of Fruit Cove, and Candace Dent
of Starke; sons, Mark (Robin)
Doolittle of Franklin, NC, Craig
(Laura) Doolittle of Franklin, NC,
Eric (Melissa) Jones of Raiford,
John (Heather) Jones of Starke
and Richard Jones of Boulder,
CO; brothers, Charles Doolittle
of Jacksonville and Wayne (Fay)
Doolittle; 19 grandchildren; and
eight great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Jan.
6 in the chapel of Archer Funeral
Home in Lake Butler with Rev.
Craig Moore and Dr. Tom Farmer.
Arrangements are under the care
of Archer Funeral Home of Lake
Butler.
Celeste Keels
ORANGE PARK— Celeste
Michelle Keels, 46, died on Saturday,
Jan. 2, 2016 in Orange Park. She was
born in Jacksonville.
She is survived by: husband,
Mark W. Keels; parents, Cynthia
and Robert Holder; and father-inlaw, Derryl Keels.
Graveside services will be held 11
am, Thursday, Jan. 7 at Jacksonville
National Cemetery, 4083 Lannie
Road, Jacksonville, in Lane 2.
Pastor Jason Cain, officiating. In
lieu of flowers memorial donations
can be made to Patient Assistant
Foundation of Florida Oncology
Associates. Please post words of
comfort at hollyhillfunerals.com.
Hardage-Giddens Holly Hill Funeral
Home is in charge of arrangements.
Jack Cason
Jack Cason
LAKE BUTLER—Jack David
Cason, 83, of Lake Butler died
Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015 at the North
Florida Regional Medical Center in
Gainesville with his family by his
side. He was born on Oct. 16, 1932
in Raiford where he lived most of
his life. He was the son of the late
Alice Dowling Cason and Joseph
Cason. He was preceded in death by:
sisters, Blanche Johnson and Joyce
Norman; brothers, Joe Bryan, Ray
Bryan and Robert Lee Cason. After
graduating from Union County High
School, he served in the US Army
during the Korean War. He began
his career with Coca Cola in 1953,
he retired as president of Coca Cola
in 1989. After retiring, he purchased
the Lake Butler Farm Center and
started his cattle ranch raising black
angus cows.
He is survived by: his wife of
60 years, Tessie Rosier Cason; and
several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held Jan. 3,
2016 at 3:00 pm at the First Baptist
Church of Raiford. Burial followed
in Sapp Cemetery. Arrangements
are under the care of Archer Funeral
Home in Lake Butler.
Edward Lewis, II
MELROSE—Edward F. “Skip”
Lewis, II, 66, of Melrose died at
his home on Sunday, Dec. 20, 2015.
He was born in Wilmington, DE
on Feb. 19, 1949 to the late Edward
and Verda (Bramer) Lewis. He
moved to Melrose one year ago from
Maryland where he had retired as
an air conditioner and refrigeration
mechanic. He was preceded in death
by: his son, Shawn Lewis.
Survivors include: his wife of 17
years, Velda “Markie” (Marcum);
daughter, Hopelynn Adkins of
Elkton, MD; step children, Suzanne
(Mike) Durst of Melrose and Chris
(Deanna) Carey of Orange Beach,
AL; siblings, James “Jim” (Robin)
Lewis of New Jersey and Jay (Fred)
Wrightman of Florida Keys; eight
grandchildren; and two greatgrandchildren.
A Celebration of Life Memorial
Service will be held at a later date
in Elkton, MD. In lieu of flowers
donations can be made to the
American Cancer Society, 2119 SW
16th Street, Gainesville, FL 32608.
Arrangements are under the care
of Jones-Gallagher Funeral Home,
Keystone Heights.
Este McGill
Este McGill
LAKE BUTLER— Este “Page”
McGill, 90, of Lake Butler passed
away Sunday, Jan. 3, 2016 at his
home surrounded by his family. Mr.
McGill was a lifelong resident of
Union County. He was born Sept. 20,
1925 to the late Dwight Talmadge
and Ruth Page McGill. Page was a
1943 graduate of Union County High
School. He married his high-school
sweetheart Georgie Yvonne Mizelle
in 1944. He served in the United
States Navy during World War II.
Following discharge from the Navy,
he earned a degree in Agricultural
Engineering at the University of
Florida in 1948. He would often tell
stories of how he hitch-hiked from
Lake Butler to Gainesville in order
to attend class. He worked for the
United States Post Office as a Rural
Letter Carrier for 35 years, retiring
in 1983. In his younger years, he
was very active with the Florida
Farm Bureau and served on the
Union County Building Authority
Board of Directors. He was a
member of Sardis Baptist Church
in Worthington Springs where
he served as deacon and church
clerk. He and Yvonne were long
time members of the New River
Ramblers Camping Club where they
enjoyed traveling and seeing the
United States.
Page is survived by: his
loving wife of 70 years, Yvonne
Mizelle McGill. Three daughters,
Priscilla (Clarence) Seay, Melissa
(Doyle) Williams, and Mary Page
(Dwayne) Ellis, all of Lake Butler;
six grandchildren, and 11 greatgrandchildren.
Sisters, Marjorie
Driggers of Lake Butler, Mary Sue
Mosby of Canton, MS; and brother,
William “Billy” (Lonita) McGill of
Lake Butler.
In lieu of flowers, the family is
requesting donations be made to
the Sardis Baptist Church Building
Fund, PO Box 60, Worthington
Springs, FL 32697
Serving Families in North Florida since 1973
The area’s largest supplier of Colored Granite
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LAKE BUTLER—Janet Welch
Waters, 51, of Lake Butler died at her
home after an extended illness. She
was born in Gainesville, living most
of her life in Union County, She was
the daughter of the late John Welch
Sr. and Joann Dicks. She worked
with the department of corrections
at Baker and RMC in the mailroom
for several years.
She is survived by her husband of
34 years, Bobby Waters; daughter,
Deanna M. (Zed) Merritt of Lake
Butler; sons: Chad (Rachel) Waters
of Gainesville and John Adam
(Chelsea) Waters of Starke; mother,
Jone Welch (Mo) Jacobs of Lake
Butler; brother, Johnny (Tina)
Welch of Lake Butler; sister, Corky
Brown of Lake Butler; and five
grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held
Thursday, Jan. 7 at 2:00 pm in the
Archer Memorial Chapel with
Rev. Marion G. “Bubba” Berry
officiating. Burial will follow in the
Oak Grove Cemetery off of 238.
Arrangements are under the care
of Archer Funeral Home in Lake
Butler.
JANUARY 10—15
Sunday School: 10:00 am
Worship:
11:00 am
Evening:
6:00 pm
Lena O’Neal
Lena O’Neal
STARKE—Lena Belle O’Neal,
86, of Starke died Monday, Jan.
4, 2016 at Windsor Health and
Rehabilitation Center. She was
born in Lawtey on Jan. 20, 1929
to the late William Johns and
Hattie Lang Johns. She has been a
resident of Bradford County most
of her life where she was a longtime
member of First Baptist Church
of Starke. After raising children,
she went back to school to obtain
her Associates Degree at Santa Fe
Junior College to become a Licensed
Practical Nurse. She is preceded in
death by: her parents; sons, John
“Toby” Hammon, Buck L. Kight,
Guy Hammon Jr., and Benny Kight;
daughter, Barbara Harrington; and
brother, William Johns.
She is survived by: children,
Rosie (Richard) McCarthy, John
(Kay) Kight, Marty Floyd, all of
Starke, Nita (John) Martin and Carol
Looney, both of Ocala, Teena (Mark)
Reidling of Winter Haven, Addie
Hammon Demar and Margaret
O’Neal, all of Starke; daughter in
law, Laura Hammon of Keystone
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Hospital in Lake City after a brief
illness. He was born in Richmond,
KY where he lived most of his life
until moving to Lake Butler 30
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Mays Sams. He was preceded in
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Sams. He was in the US Navy for
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years. He was of the Baptist Faith.
He is survived by: His wife of
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daughters, Robin Johnson, Lisa
Sams and Sheila Sams; sons, Barry
(Cathy) Sams and Greg Sams;
six grandchildren; and six greatgrandchildren
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Heights; and many grandchildren;
and numerous great-grandchildren.
A Celebration of Life was held on
Jan. 6 at Archie Tanner Memorial
Chapel with Pastor Scott Crook
officiating. Interment followed at
Long Branch Cemetery in Maxville.
Arrangements are under the care
and direction of V. Todd Ferreira
Funeral Services and Archie Tanner
Memorial Chapel, Starke.
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漀洀攀 最 琀栀椀爀渀 KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— Elzie
A. “Buddy” Melton Jr., age 83, of
Keystone Heights passed away
Sunday, Jan. 3, 2016 in Palatka at
Robert’s Care Center. He was born
in Jacksonville on Feb. 16, 1932 to
the late Elzie A. and Pearl (Bryan)
Melton, Sr. Mr. Melton served in the
United States Marine Corps fighting
on the front line in the Korean War.
Prior to his retirement, he was a
cable repairman for Bellsouth. He
was also a member of Hope Baptist
Church and had a passion for fishing,
but most of all, spending time with
family and grandchildren and greatgrandchildren.
Survivors include: his wife of 60
years, Shirley (Turknett) and their
three children, Pam (Joe) Massey
of Keystone Heights, Steve (Sharon)
Melton of Palm Coast and Brenda
(Scott) Pappas also of Keystone
Heights; three siblings, Neal Melton,
Gloria Brown and Donna Duke, all
of Jacksonville. Also left behind are
ten grandchildren; and eight greatgrandchildren.
Graveside
services
were
held Wednesday, Jan. 6 at Hope
Cemetery with Dr. Larry Strickland
officiating. Arrangements are under
the care of Jones-Gallagher Funeral
Home, Keystone Heights. www.
jonesgallagherfh.com
PAID OBITUARY
Shawn Conger
KEYSTONE HEIGHTS—Shawn
Alan Conger, 21, of Keystone Heights
died unexpectedly Thursday, Dec.
31, 2015. He was born in Jacksonville
on Aug. 27, 1994 and served in the
United States Army. He was a cook
at Lake Swan Camp in Melrose and
was a member of Friendship Bible
Elzie Melton Jr.
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St, Golf Course. Nice
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price $30,000. Call 904364-9022
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acres & 1.26 acres wooded by concrete bridge.
Parcel 1 & parcel 2 of Security Home Sites, survey
available. $18,900. Call
904-364-9022
FOR SALE (4) city lots.
Property located on Geiger Road. Water, sewer
available. Zoned SFR.
Contractor/builder special
$32,000 takes all four.
Call 904-364-9022
2 BEAUTIFUL adjacent
corner lots. Lake Santa Fe access. Earlton
area. Community dock,
paved roads. Both
$45,000 or $25,000 each.
352-468-1820 or 352494-3035
CITY LOT off Center Street
on Alverez Court. $6,000.
Call 904-364-9022
2 PLUS ACRES. Bessant
Road. $35,000.
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13.8 ACRE LOTS located
on a paved road south of
Starke. In planted pine.
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Road. In planted pine.
Site built homes only.
$49,200. 477 acres in
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Land For Sale
BUILDING LOT near Starke,
REFRIGERATOR TRACTOR TRAILER, full of
lighting fixtures, Burch
doors, office equipment.
From office remodel. Trailer and contents $900.00
904-982-6365
WE HAVE 2 OR 3 bedroom MH, clean, close to
prison. Call 352-468-1323
PERMANENT ROOMS
for rent at the Magnolia
Hotel. Both refrigerator
and microwave. Special
rates, by the month. Call
904-964-4303 for more
information.
NICE MOBILE HOMES 1,2
& 3 BR singlewides, in
Lake Butler and Starke.
Deposit required. Call
678-438-6828.
3BR/2BA house for rent. Tile
floor, granite counters,
Jacuzzi tub, gas fireplace,
2-car garage. Lake access. Post Masters Village in Keystone Heights.
$1,000/mo. plus 1-month
deposit. Call Dave
352-473-3560.
HIDDEN OAKS MHC2BR/2BA/$545,
3BR/2BA/$595. Close to
A+ schools, city water/
sewer, ch/a. Lake Butler
386-496-8111 Mike
3BR/2BA 14x70 MH. 2-car
carport, small shed. Mature adult couple wanted.
$650/mo. $600/deposit.
Located available to look
at Sat. Sun. Mon. only.
904-364-8513.
3BR/2BA, DWMH. $650/
mo., first plus security.
2BR/2BA SWMH. $550/
mo., first plus security.
Call 352-497-3934
3 BR /2 BA SW. Ou tsi de
Starke city limits. Ch/a.
$600/mo. $600/deposit.
352-235-6319
2 BR /1 BA SW. Ou tsi de
Starke city limits. Ch/a.
$500/mo. $500/deposit.
352-235-6319
Where one call
does it all!
Clothes, misc. Located at
Community State Bank
8am-?
4BR/2BA ON 9 ACRES.
Above ground pool, 2
miles E of 301. Available February. $925/mo.
904-769-8587
8 - B AY C O M M E R C I A L
BUILDING for rent. Formally Carlos Auto Repair,
270 Fox Run, off Commercial Circle in Keystone
Heights. Suitable for auto
repair, paint and body,
storage or other uses.
$1000/mo. Call Jeannie
Breedlove at 352-4752838
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For Sale
JET POWER WHEEL
CHAIR with leg lifts, extra
thick cushion expandable
sides. Used very little, excellent condition. Please
call 352-473-3236 $500
firm. 59
Personal
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53 A
Yard Sales
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Bldgs. Pier Replacement
& alignment. We do all
types of tractor work,
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Clark, 904-545-5241.
AAA CONCRETE- driveways, patios, sidewalks,
steps and anything concrete. New, removed
& replaced. Licensed
& insured. 231-8340365
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women’s small, medium
clothes. Friday, Saturday
& Sunday 8am-4pm. 9995
Prospect Ave./CR 325
Hampton. Call or text for
info. 904-769-8296
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Lake Butler
Apartments
801 South Water Street
Starke, FL 32091
TDD/TTY 711
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Non-HC accessible
apartments.
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• Medical Degree, University of Florida
• B.S. Interdisciplinary Biologic Medicine (UF
Junior Honors Program), University
of Florida
• Certification: American Board of Family
Practice
• Award ~ Nov. 2013: Florida Rural Health
Windall N. Rollason Award presented to the
physician who has provided an enduring
contribution to rural health care. It honors the
individual for her compassion, unselfishness
and commitment in seeking solutions in the
delivery of rural health care and quality of life
in rural Florida.
• 1998 Nova Southeastern
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• National Health Service Corps
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Hospital Emergency Room
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Primary Care Environments
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University of Louisiana 2010
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FNP-BC
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and children
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May 2013
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing, 1998
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• Graduate University of Wisconsin Medical
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Pediatrics – Okinawa, Japan
• Associate Professor, Uniformed University
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Science in Nursing, FNP, 2009; Bachelor of
Science in Nursing, 2007
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health—adults, pediatrics and women’s
health
• Experience in ICU and Medical Surgical
environments
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