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Special to the Times Valentina Webb, president of the Elder Care Community Council of Franklin County, was presented with a $1,585 check from John Solomon, executive director of Apalachicola Bay Chamber of Commerce, for funds raised at the fourth annual Butts & Clucks Cook-Off on the Bay. Special thanks to Team Uncle Bucks BBQ, Backyard Bro’s Buck Freeman and Tim Maloy and everyone that purchased a blue bucket to support ECCC. These funds are being put to immediate use to continue ECCC’s efforts to serve to-got lunches out of the Holy Family Senior Center in Apalachicola to those in need. ....
Doing the right thing The Apalachicola Times Franklin County distinguished itself Monday with its annual Martin Luther King Day celebration by having it, live and in-person. With the rest of the Panhandle either going entirely virtual, or as in Tallahassee, postponing their event due to possible protests, Apalachicola staged a motorcade, complete with golf carts, bikes and those walking the route, and an outdoor service in which everyone stood, making the event one of the most physically active MLK Day celebrations in the 34 years in which it has been held in the county seat. Organizer Dolores Croom said the local event’s founder, Apostle Shirley White, had suggested a scaled-down version of the celebration, which in recent years has meant a large gathering at the Fort Coombs Armory. ....