Friday, January 8th, 2021

What’s Happening in January , 2020

Month-long Special Exhibits this month (Free admission):
Camp Gordon Johnston WW II Museum “Nuremberg War Crime
Trials” of German military and government members. Call 850-
697-8575 for more info.
Carrabelle History Museum “The Founding of Carrabelle” This
special exhibit focuses on introducing the Articles of Incorporation
& five of the original Founding Fathers, including Oliver Hudson
Kelley. Call 850-697-2141 for more info._____________________
Sat 9th Music at the Bay: Rachel Hillman at the Crooked River Grill.
6 pm. All Shows are free, Call 850-697-5050 for more info.
Wed 13th Virtual conversation about Covid-19 vaccines presented
by Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare 1 pm. Register at
www.tmh.org/events
Sat 16th Country Market at the Crooked River Lighthouse 9 am-1
pm. Vendors may sign up at any time, cost is only $ 10. For more
info, call 850-697-2732.
This has been a busy year at the Carrabelle Chamber of Commerce!
Sat 16th Music at the Bay: Cody Barber at the Crooked River Grill.
6 pm. All Shows are free, Call 850-697-5050 for more info. A big thank-you goes out to the Franklin County Tourist Development Council for
Thurs 21st Donate Blood at George E. Weems Memorial Hospital funding some of our projects last year: The Snapshot brochure was updated
11 am-4 pm All donors will receive a FREE gifts & a wellness with new photography and descriptions of our area’s attractions and the “Living
checkup including a COVID-19 antibody test. Appointments are Simply by the Sea” was created and is a new brochure about the community
encouraged, please visit www.oneblood.org/donate now & use surrounding Carrabelle and all the activities our area has to offer. The FCTDC
also funded a new Visitor Center Sign for the front of the building. The Carrabelle
sponsor code # 27900.
Chamber took the opportunity to clean & re-paint the front of the building along
Fri 22nd Donate Blood at the St George Island Lighthouse Park 10
with updating our signage too. Two other new items were also created by the
am-3 pm hosted by the Forgotten Coast Parrot Head Club. Chamber this year: a World’s Smallest Police Station rack card with historic
Sat 22nd Music at the Bay: Tyler James at the Crooked River Grill. photos and history plus a handout brochure “A Guide to Carrabelle Chamber
6 pm. All Shows are free, Call 850-697-5050 for more info. Members for Visitors”. Our Newsletter distribution has increased significantly
Sat 23rd Annual Soup & Book Sale by the Friends of Franklin County this past year to over 1,000 sent out monthly. Follow us on Facebook for all the
Public Libraries at the Eastpoint Branch. Book sale opens at 10 am, latest member news, plus some new Carrabelle videos that are in process. Major
website updates are in the plan for this year. Stay safe & stay healthy!
soup/bread sale opens at 11 am. Outdoor event, MASKS
REQUIRED. Call 850-927-9423 for more info.
Sat 23rd Snowbird Scramble at the St. James Bay Golf Resort 10:30
am. Registration & breakfast 10:30 am, Shotgun start 12 pmTo It was with much appreciation that
pre-register, call 850-697-9606 Interim President Lewis Christie
Sat 23rd The Birth of Carrabelle: A History Talk presented by the presented a Service Award to Cher
Carrabelle History Museum. 10am-noon at C-Quarters Marina Free Novaria for her eight straight years as
& open to the public. the President of the Carrabelle
Thurs 28th Beaver Moon Crooked River Lighthouse Climb 6-8 pm. Chamber of Commerce. After the
economic collapse of 2004/2005 the
Guests can climb to the top of the tallest lighthouse on the
Chamber membership and
Forgotten Coast for breathtaking views of the bay. COVID participation dwindled significantly.
protocols limit one party at a time to climb. For more info, call 850- Ms. Novaria stepped up to save and
697-2732. preserve the Chamber during those
Mark your calendars for Early February: trying years. Without her dedication
Fri 5th Cody Barber at Two Brothers Dockside to the local business community the
Fri 5th – Sun 7th Dearly Departed-A Panhandle Players Production Tickets Chamber might not have survived.
available online at www.panhandleplayers.com Thank you Cher Novaria!
Sat 6th Country Market at the Crooked River Lighthouse
Community Announcements: News Briefs from Oyster Radio:
A new state law that increases penalties for people who drive unsafely near
Two locally owned & operated small business options are now school buses will take effect this month.
available in Carrabelle: The new law, which took effect on January the 1st, will increase penalties for
Ganders Hardware and Supply is now re-opened for business. Our motorists who drive improperly when buses are stopped to load and unload
children. It will increase the minimum penalty from $100 to $200 for
hours will be Monday thru Friday 7am until 6pm weekend hours are
motorists who fail to stop for school buses, and for a second or subsequent
to be determined. We will only be able to accept cash payments for
offense within a period of 5 years, the state can suspend the driver license of
the first few weeks while our new system is being installed.
the person for up to a year. The rule also doubles the minimum penalty from
Jackson’s Auto Parts & Ace Hardware, Inc. is open Monday-Friday $200 to $400 for motorists who pass stopped school buses on the side where
8 am- 5 pm and on Saturdays 8 am – 1pm. 850-697-3332 children enter and exit. For a second or subsequent offense, the state can
suspend the driver license of the person for up to 2 years.
Christie's Cottage Living has a new name - Coastal Cottage Living! Law enforcement agencies across the state are reminding drivers this month
Coastal Cottage Living is the same great store in the same location at about Florida’s “Move Over” law.
208 Marine Street in Carrabelle. Coastal Cottage Living is chock full The Florida “Move Over” law was enacted in 2002 to protect law enforcement
of beautiful and ever-changing furnishings and accessories to furnish officers, emergency workers and tow truck drivers who are stopped along
everything from your farmhouse to your beach house, with new Florida roadways doing their jobs. The Move Over law was later expanded to
items arriving daily! And as always, Coastal Cottage Living offers a include sanitation and utility vehicles. Under the law, Drivers must move over
10% discount to all active and retired military, law enforcement, when a patrol car, emergency vehicle or tow truck is stopped on the side of a
firefighters and first responders. Extra bonus: Coastal Cottage Living road with lights flashing. If they cannot move over safely, drivers have to slow
is now a proud sponsor of the Franklin County Humane Society & will down to a speed of 20 mph below the posted speed limit. Violating the Move
be donating a percentage of every sale to them! Renovations for a Over law can result in a fine and points on your driver license record.
new look are in progress, so store will re-open Thursday, January 7th. ~~Oyster Radio
Regular hours are Wednesday - Saturday from 10:00 - 5:00, and The U.S. Supreme Court says it will hear a second round of oral arguments
Sundays from 11: 00 - 4:00. And don't forget to like them on next month in the long-running case over water use from the Apalachicola,
Facebook. You never know what treasures you'll find at Coastal Chattahoochee, Flint river system.
Cottage Living! The Supreme Court announced Thursday that it will hear Florida’s water rights
case against Georgia on February the 22nd, marking the second time the 7-
Would you like to be a Kid's Tag Art sponsor? year-old case has been before the justices.
Kids Tag Art is a partnership between Florida Tax Collectors, local The justices heard the first round of oral arguments in this case in 2018. For
school districts, and business sponsors. It allows 5th grade students nearly 30 years Florida has argued that Georgia is taking too much water from
to become real-world designers, creating unique front license plate the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin, hurting oysters and other
designs in art class that can be printed on real metal plates. Proceeds species in the Apalachicola River and Bay. Florida has argued that Georgia’s
from tag sales and sponsorships are then donated to schools to pay water consumption has brought historically low water flows into the
for art supplies. Signage & programs will be printed on March 1st so Apalachicola Bay and has caused the local oyster industry to collapse because
please send in your contributions ASAP. All contributions are tax of higher salinity, increased disease and predator intrusion. Until recently,
deductible. Sponsorships: Gold $ 500, Silver $ 250, & Bronze $100. Apalachicola Bay accounted for approximately 10 percent of the nation’s
Please make checks payable to Franklin County Educations & Eastern oyster supply. The oyster industry in Apalachicola collapsed in 2012
indicate in the subject line Franklin County Tag Art & mail to the leading to a Commercial Fisheries Disaster Declaration from the U.S.
Franklin County Tax Collector, PO Box 188, Apalachicola, FL 32329. Department of Commerce in 2013.
Franklin County Commissioners have agreed to apply for a grant from the
Participants in Apalachicola Riverkeeper’s first outing of 2021 kicked Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to construct an artificial
off the new year by hiking to Gap Point in St. George Island State reef on the Carrabelle 10 Mile Reef in the honor of Dr. Bart Carey. Doctor
Park. Initially slated for January 1, they had to delay the five-mile hike Carey was a pediatric dentist with a practice in Crawfordville who passed away
for two days due to heavy rains, but on Sunday, January 3, the clouds unexpectedly in September at the age of 49. His girlfriend, Lorena Holley, is
parted and the coastal scrub habitat that some have described as now seeking to have an artificial reef created in his honor. She told the
“desert like” felt alive and vibrant. Follow their website/Facebook commission that Doctor Carey grew up in North Florida, his family- owned
page to learn more about their different hiking/kayaking outings property in Carrabelle, and he loved to be on the water. His family requested
throughout the year. www.apalachicolariverkeeper.org that in lieu of flowers that family and friends make donations toward the
creation of the reef; a significant amount has already been collected for the
Franklin County School would like to thank The Carrabelle United project.
Methodist Church, the American Legion Auxiliary, St. James Bay Golf The grant request is due by March of 2021 and if its approved, reef
Club, Hope Park, and the many individual citizens who made various deployment could be as early as next summer. The request is to add to the
donations to our Giving Tree this year. Each of you made a child's life existing Carrabelle 10- mile reef which began as the Nicholas Cureton
brighter at Christmas. Through your donations we were able to Memorial Reef in 2007 and was expanded by the City of Carrabelle in 2015. If
support over 90 children/families in our community. the grant is approved, a group called the Coastal Conservation Association will
Wishing you all a happy and healthy 2021. assume all project costs including permits and reporting. And since this
memorial reef will be constructed on the Carrabelle 10-mile reef which is
already a restricted area there shouldn’t be any issues with shrimpers.

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