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PINETTA OUTREACH SLATED FOR SENIOR CITIZENS

September 19, 2011 Around Madison, Health Comments Off

Talecia Solomon, who serves as the Older American Act Coordinator for the
Madison County Senior Citizens Center, will hold an outreach Monday, October 3, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Pinetta Market on Highway 150 in Pinetta.

Solomon will talk openly to senior citizens who stop by to see her about services provided by the Senior Citizens Council of Madison County. These services include a variety of activities and classes that seniors may participate in at the Center.

A free brochure listing all Madison County senior programs will be available in Pinetta.

For more information, call the Senior Citizens Elder Helpline Hotline at
(850) 973-4241. The Madison County Senior Center is located at 1161 SW
Harvey Greene Drive, just off State Road 14 South.

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Hiking And Biking Through Pinetta

June 2, 2011 Around Madison Comments Off
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By Lynette Norris
Greene Publishing, Inc.
At the Pinetta Market, just off Colin Kelly Highway, Bill Washington says he was originally against the recently completed part of the Four Freedoms biking trail that goes through Pinetta, almost within hollering distance of his store.  “Frankly, I thought there were better uses for the money,” he says.
But now that the segment from Hanson to the Withlacoochee River is finished, he rides it all the time.  “Since they spent the money, we might as well use it.”
Washington also says he has seen several other people out on the trail, which now runs a little over 12 miles from Madison, ending at an old railroad crossing at the river where part of the old trestle still remains.  “I think people are a little more health conscious now,” he says, adding that the trail is beautiful, making for a scenic ride, where biker might encounter squirrels, gophers and maybe even a wild turkey or two along the way.
The hikers and bikers often stop at the Pinetta Market, which for some is a destination in and of itself – for others, it is a rest stop along the way – but most of them come in for a cone of Washington’s hand-dipped ice cream.  He sells hot dogs and hamburgers as well, but it is mostly the ice cream he is known for.  Recently, when a bicycling club of several hundred members rode through the area, he had quite a few customers coming in for a cone.
The trail parallels the Colin Kelley Highway from Madison to Pinetta, where it crosses over to run parallel to Persimmon Street until it reaches Mt. Horeb Road.  There it crosses again to the other side of Persimmon and begins veering away gradually until the trail is just a quiet path, out of sight of any road or building, with only trees and undergrowth on either side and the sky above; a sky that is sometimes big and open, and other times seen through an overhead canopy of green.  At places the overhead growth is so thick the trail becomes a cool, green tunnel.
For people riding the trail, there are plenty of picnic areas and places to stop and catch a breath along the way to the river.  But, even if they only make it as far as Pinetta, there is at least the possibility of an ice cream cone in the picture.

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Pinetta Elementary Students Harvest Vegetable Garden

May 31, 2011 Education Comments Off
Left to right, Wally Davis, Johnnie Woods, Laura Coleman and Dolly Ballard talk to the children about what makes a garden thrive.

Left to right, Wally Davis, Johnnie Woods, Laura Coleman and Dolly Ballard talk to the children about what makes a garden thrive.

By Lynette Norris
Greene Publishing, Inc.
While some children might not like eating their vegetables, the third and fourth graders at Pinetta Elementary School at least seem to enjoy harvesting them.
As school draws to a close this month, Dolly Ballard, Ann Paquette and Laura Coleman met with over forty students from the third and fourth grade classes on a sunny morning, May 18, to see the results of the spring vegetable garden they had been working on for months with the children.
Every month during the school year, Ballard and other Madison Garden Club members have made the trip out to Pinetta to work with the students, some of whom are also members of 4H Club, the Youth Gardeners of Madison and the Boys and Girls Club; the Garden Club ladies help these children with their club projects and prepare them for 4H and other summer camps as well as teaching them about the importance, enjoyment and benefits of growing their own vegetables.  Ballard also brings along a guest speaker each month, who does a presentation on a garden or environmentally related subject, such as whooping cranes, other kinds of birds or wildlife, or the different kinds of butterflies that visit the school’s butterfly garden, built by school principal Beth Moore’s father, Randall Buchanan, before his death.
Several of the children were no strangers to having gardens, naming the different things their parents grew, among them, sweet onions, beans and cucumbers.
Wally Davis, who formerly owned and operated the Farmer’s Supply Company on Range Street until his retirement last year, did the guest presentation on fertilizing and watering techniques for vegetable gardens, but the favorite part of the entire morning was when Pinetta Elementary’s Johnnie Woods, director of the Boys and Girls Club, helped the children harvest three large heads of cabbage and several small yellow squashes.  The cabbages were destined for the cafeteria kitchen, to be cooked for lunch the next day.
Another favorite segment was Davis digging holes and demonstrating the proper way to plant pumpkin seeds.  Ballard then handed small envelopes containing two pumpkins seeds to each child and told them about the pumpkin growing contest set for next fall, when they return from a summer spent (hopefully!) diligently tending their pumpkins.  The largest pumpkin is worth a $25 prize.  Second place will net $15, and third, $10.
Results will be determined in October.

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Happenings At Madison First Baptist Church

January 13, 2011 Church Comments Off
By Nell Dobbs

This month, all month, is a “Season of Refreshing – Toward a New Start With New Hearts” A fitting song, verse 1, “There Shall Be Seasons of Blessing,” says, “There shall be seasons refreshing, Sent from the Savior above” and the chorus: “Showers of blessing, showers of blessing we need, Mercy drops round us are falling, But for the showers we plead.”
We are so blessed! Beautiful flowers were placed in church by Sue Downing in honor and appreciation of our church choir. We are indeed blessed by the choir and the orchestra and Jim has a time with them and all of us – he wants “Smiley Faces” – and he said Mark wanted to direct their special, “Over in Glory Land,” which he did.
Our preacher Sunday was Pastor Loy W. Reed of Macclenny (and wife Glenda) and his message in John was really about God’s plan for how Jesus came and why and that we really are adopted into His Family and have been specially chosen. We are to go and tell so that others may come to love Him in order for us to be together forever in His Family.
As we studied in Sunday School about Elijah as he said to God’s people: “How long will you halt between two opinions? If God is God, follow him” and the people answered him not a word. There is a time to speak and there is a time not to speak and we need to be wise.
In looking for one of Marjell’s books to give to our special friends, Bryan and April Phillips, as he was ordained Sunday, Jan. 9, at Midway Baptist, I found 6,000 Sermon Illustrations by Elon Foster, a book I gave him long ago, I think. In it was an article by Charles Spurgeon, “Exhortation to Action”: Let not your exertions and, in tears, mere weeping will do nothing without action. Get on your feet: ye that have voices and might, go forth and preach the gospel; preach it in every street and lane of this huge city; ye that have wealth, go forth and spend it for the poor and sick and needy and dying, the uneducated, the unenlightened; ye that have time, go forth and spend it in deeds of goodness; ye that have power in prayer, go forth and pray; ye that can handle the pen, go forth and write down iniquity – every one to his post; every one of you to your gun in this day of battle; now for God and for His truth; for God and for the right; let every one of us who knows the Lord seek to fight under His banner.” Amen, I say!
Bryan’s ordination was Preacher Jeff Bailey’s first ordination, and it was very touching. “Nail it down,” he said over and over as he used Isaiah 41 for his message. Much love and many prayers were prayed for both of them as they are new “Preachers of the Word” with all that entails. And to say again, Midway Baptist is part of my family history as Mother’s oldest sister, Aunt Lola, and Preacher/Teacher Uncle James Conner was preacher there and teacher at Enterprise School. He died Dec. 8, 1924 of pneumonia.
Prayers of comfort for all the family of Mrs. Dot Pridgeon. She was such a smart, loving, lovable person and friend; for Sabrina Graves Hammock; for those who lost lives in Tuscon, all those “bad-hurt” and their families; plus all others in so many other situations, all over the world; comfort for Mikey Wilson and family in the death of her brother, Mr. Conley and family.
There are ill ones among us and we pray for them and their families: Preahcer Manning Hicks with bad back and also losing his brother, Chatman; Gina Rutherford’s mother, Sheila Denson; Damon Fico, appendectomy; Mary Lou Surles; and on and on and on the long list goes – each person very important and loved.
Such a blessing to talk with Billie Hamrick and Yvonne Plain at ASCS on Monday.
We pray for the Lottie Moon offering of $3,609.80 as it is used in God’s work; for the Ladies’ Bible Study Group; for realizing the Sanctity of Life and gifts of money for the pregnancy center; for SAM’s collection of items for the Florida Baptist Children’s Home; for the brotherhood supper meeting Jan. 18 at Pinetta; and all that is done to reach those in need! Amen!

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