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Kings Highway expansion
LOOKING BACK 90 YEARS
On the campaign trail
Doyle E. Carlton in 1928
announced a run for
Florida governor under By GARY ROBERTS interest in widening the of the DeSoto County economic units in Lake Suzy have just
the Tree of Knowledge. STAFF WRITER roadway. development. received approval.
PG 2 “We’ve had a number of One of these is a major, To accommodate anticipated
LAKE SUZY — As several developers come in and are multi-phase project on 640 growth requires the expansion
housing developments planned talking about developing proj- acres by Tampa-based Metro of Kings Highway, with prog-
along Kings Highway in DeSoto ects that were originally on the Development, said Todd Rebol, ress seen on this front as well.
County are showing signs of board before the crash and are a member of the private-sec- However, Hahn cautions that
life after languishing since the looking to bring these projects tor Economic Development
recession, there is also renewed back,” said Earl Hahn, director Partnership. In addition, 53 EXPANSION | 24
Arcadia All-Florida Championship
ARCADIAN REFLECTS
Rodeo kicks off today!
ON WAR
Jane Russell painted on
B-29 bomber
Robert Wollitz flew 33
combat missions, happy
he made it back. PG 5
ARCADIAN PHOTOS PROVIDED
PIONEER DAY AND BBQ
14th annual event is Heath Stewart is rodeo manager
March 17 for the Frontier Rodeo Co. His team
brought some 100 bulls and horses to
DeSoto County
compete in the four-day show.
Historical Society invites
us to experience Florida’s The new Mosaic
riders, clowns, the announcing
rural heritage. PG 24 Arena is 107,000
team and other talent were to roll in
square feet and
by showtime. Top riders will include
INDEX holds exactly
Kaycee Feild and Cort Scheer and
7,796 seats.
other contenders in the PRCA
Viewpoint .................4
Calendar ...................6 circuit. Events include bronc riding,
Police Beat ................7 Visitors excited to see new Mosaic Arena, 90th event runs through Sunday steer wrestling, bareback bronc
Obituaries .................9 riding, calf roping, team roping,
Religion ......................9 barrel racing and bull riding. Gates
Sports .....................14 By CRAIG GARRETT the official kickoff of the weeklong the huge project. “And remember open at 11 a.m. and the rodeo runs
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Championship Rodeo, the “grand- scratch. will be available through booster
It was like the circus rolling into daddy” of such events east of the “But we love her, she’s gorgeous,” groups.
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town. Only this caravan into Arcadia Mississippi. The rodeo begins today she added, meaning, of course, Marks added that some 100 vol-
Like and was truckloads of large horses and and runs through Sunday. Promoters Mosaic, the indoor arena with unteers with 4-H, scouts, band clubs,
follow us on bull steers and luxury RVs and hope to sell 20,000 or so tickets over helicopter-blade fans and exactly the health department, and others
Facebook. cowboys arriving from Dallas, where the four days. 7,796 seats, most of which are sold will direct visitors in and out of the
7,179 likes many of these same animals and Workers this week were scram- each day of the four-day event. giant complex. A spring training
men with Frontier Rodeo Co. had bling to get containment pens, an Frontier Rodeo brought its staff unit with the Tampa Bay Rays will
competed for $2 million in prizes in operational elevator and equipment and five semi-trucks, Stewart said, of also visit. Arcadia police and sheriff’s
Arcadian 75¢
The American Rodeo. at the new Mosaic Arena, but every- “the very best” bulls and horses for deputies are adding auxiliary officers
Frontier brought with it every- thing will be ready at the $9 million, the rodeo. Like any top performer and beefed patrols to control
thing but the dirt. 107,000-square-foot facility when the before a big show, the animals were traffic and to keep things in order,
“Place looks great,” said Heath Arcadia All-Florida Championship rested and treated like royalty. In this as well. Contestants, sponsors and a
Stewart, Frontier’s rodeo manager Rodeo starts at 11 a.m. case, they roomed up north of town riderless horse will accompany the
and who toured the New Mosaic “The devil is in the details,” Katie in the fields at Arcadia Stockyard, opening that includes a wagon with
Arena in Arcadia. “State of the art.” Marks, executive director of the roaming and resting under shade the Whispering Pines Clydesdales
The Frontier caravan’s arrival was Arcadia Rodeo, said of of finishing trees. Cowboys and cowgirls, pick-up from North Fort Myers.
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On the campaign with Doyle E. Carlton 90 years ago
By CAROL MAHLER 11 boys, one of
ARCADIAN HISTORY CORRESPONDENT whom was Albert
Carlton (1845-
An ad in the March 1, 1928, 1925). In the late
Arcadian announced that Doyle E. 1860s, Daniel
Carlton (1885-1972) would speak moved to what
on March 3 under “The Tree of later became the
Knowledge” in Arcadia during his Nocatee area. He
campaign for governor. and his wife are
On June 29, 1912, the Arcadia buried in Joshua
Enterprise had reported that “Carlton Creek Cemetery.
arrived in Arcadia yesterday to make Stone writes,
ARCADIAN PHOTOS
final arrangements for becoming a “Albert Carlton
COURTESY STATE
member of the Florida bar. Doyle and his son OF FLORIDA
recently passed a creditable examina- Charles were Doyle E. Carlton
tion at Tallahassee and is now a full the first bankers (1885-1972)
fledged attorney.” in Wauchula.”
In July, he married Nell Ray, and In 1904, they
they moved to Tampa — where he is opened Carlton
buried. & Carlton Bank
In 1916, he was elected to a two- in a corner of
year term in the Florida Senate, the Wauchula
and in his book “Hardee County: Its Hardware
Heritage and People,” Spessard Stone Company that
notes that Carlton led the efforts they had estab-
to ratify the constitutional amend- lished in 1902.
ment for women’s suffrage. Tampa’s In 1868, Albert
city attorney from 1925 to 1927, he had married
served as Florida’s 25th governor Martha Wilson
(1929-1933). McEwen (1851-
According to local historian Read 1944), and Doyle
B. Harding, Alderman Carlton (1803- Elam Carlton
1856) “was considered the progenitor was born in
of the Carltons of South Florida.” Wauchula on July 6, 1885, then in
Seminole Indians killed Alderman Manatee County. He attended Oak Albert & Martha Carlton Family, ca. 1895. Back row L-R: Alton H. Charles J., Ab W., Ella, Thomas
in the Willoughby Tillis Home Battle Grove School and Stetson Academy. N., Carl S. Front row L-R: Gettis S. Albert, Leland, Martha, and Doyle E.
during the Third Seminole War He received bachelor of arts degrees
(1855-1858). from Stetson University and Chicago ... He will make you no promises the nation experienced following the
One of his 14 children, Daniel W. University and a law degree from impossible of fulfillment but will Sept. 29, 1929, stock market crash.
Carlton (1823-1891) served in the Columbia University. convince you of his determination to In addition, state spending in
same company and was wounded Ninety years ago Doyle’s campaign give the state a sane, economical and 1928 under Gov. John Martin had
during the battle. In 1840, Daniel had ad boasted that “Mr. Carlton is a constructive administration.” (“Old exceeded receipts by $2.5 million,
married Sallie Ann Murphy (1823- native of this section and was born DeSoto County” was divided into and “the state government was in an
1905), and they had one girl and and reared in old DeSoto County Charlotte, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, unconstitutional condition of debt,”
and Highlands counties in 1921). according to Gene Burnett, in an
Two months before Carlton was article published in the July 6, 1981,
Board Updates – 17.1, 17.2, and 18.2 Policy Updates
elected, the job of governor became Florida Trend magazine. Gov. Carlton
The School Board of District of DeSoto County, Florida, gives notice of its intent to repeal its existing even more challenging: the Sept. 16 also had to contend with the first
policies and adopt or update new policies as shown below.
Existing policies proposed for addition, revision, or deletion to current School Board Policy: “Okeechobee” hurricane struck fol- infestation of the Mediterranean fruit
2261 – Title 1 Services (revised); 5111.01 – Homeless Students (revised); 5465 - GED Tests (revised); lowing the devastation of the “Great fly in 1929 that quarantined Florida
8510 – Wellness (revised); 8500 – Food Service Program (revised); 2215 – Program of Instruction;
Miami” hurricane of Sept. 18, 1926. citrus and cut fruit production by 60
2260 – Nondiscrimination and access to equal educational opportunity (revised); 2370.01 – Virtual
Instruction (revised); 2417 – comprehensive health education (revised); 2421 - Career and Technical These natural disasters initiated the percent.
Education (revised); 5460 – Graduation requirements (revised); 5350 – Student suicide prevention “bust” in Florida and the beginning of
(revised); 5517.01 – Anti-harassment (revised); 5780 – Student Parent Rights; 9800 – Charter
the Great Depression that the rest of CAMPAIGN | 8
Schools; 3128 – Contracts: Instructional Personnel (revised); 4130 – Assignments (revised); 4411 –
Diff erentiated Pay (deleted); 6700 – Fair Labor Standards (revised); 9160.01 - Complaint procedures
related to alleged discrimination regarding accessibility of district facilities; 9200 – Volunteers (new);
DeSoto hires Avon Park
1419 – Group Health Plans (revised); 1419.01 – Self Insured Health Plans (new); 1419.02 – Fully
Insured Group Health Plans (revised); 1419.03 – Patient Protection and Aff ordable Care Act (new);
1420 – Benefi ts (revised); 3419 – Group Health Plans (revised); 3419.01 - Self Insured Health Plans
(new); 3419.02 - Fully Insured Group Health Plans (revised); 3419.03 - Patient Protection and
Aff ordable Care Act (new); 3420 - Benefi ts (revised); 4419 - Group Health Plans (revised) - 4419.01 city manager, cited
- Self Insured Health Plans (new); 4419.02 - Fully Insured Group Health Plans (revised); 4419.03 -
Patient Protection and Aff ordable Care Act (new); 4420 Benefi ts (revised)- 5830 – Student Fundraising
(new); 6322 – Construction Contracting (new); 6605 – Crowdfunding (new); 6325 – Procurement
Federal Grants/Funds (revised); 6330 – Acquisition of professional architectural, engineering, ‘difficult politics’ in leaving
landscape architectural, or land surveying services); 6685 – Funding for promotion, public relations,
and hospitality (revised); 7310 – Disposition of property; 8710 – Insurance, risk management, and
claims settlement; 6830 – External fi nancial audits; 6144 Investments (new); - 1121.01 – Criminal
Background and employment history checks (revised); 3121.01 – Criminal Background and
employment history checks (revised); 4121.01 – Criminal Background and employment history By MARC VALERO County communications manager.
checks (revised); 8340 – Letters of reference and disclosure of information regarding former or current HIGHLANDS NEWS-SUN In his job application, Deleon cited
employees (revised); 3220 – Evaluation of instructional personnel; 5111.03 – Children and Youth in
Foster Care (revised); 5120 – Assignment within district (revised); 5121 – Controlled open enrollment “the difficult politics in Avon Park”
(new); 5200 – attendance (revised); 5225 – Absences for religious holidays (revised); 5540 – The A public official citing “difficult pol- as his reason for wanting to change
schools and investigations involving students (revised); 2111 – Parent and family involvement in the
itics” in his last role as a city manager employment.
school program (revised); 9270 – Home-education programs (revised); 2120 – School improvement
(revised); 2280 – Physical Education (revised); 2520 – Selection and adoption of instructional materials takes a new job with DeSoto County in He told the Highlands News-Sun
(revised); 2521 – Instructional materials program (revised); 3242 – Professional development (revised); early April. Thursday he did not want to disclose
5410 – Student progression (technical change); 7540.01 – technology privacy (replacement); 7540.02
– District Web Pages/site (replacement); 7540.03 – Student network and internet acceptable use and Avon Park City Manager where he accepted another position
safety (replacement); 7540.04 – Staff Network and internet acceptable use and safety (replacement); Julian Deleon will become because there are still some “formaliza-
7540.05 – District-Issued Staff E-Mail Account (replacement); 7540.06 – District-Issued Student Email
the utilities director for tions” going on. That changed Monday
Account (new); 0100 – Defi nitions (replacement); 8305 – Information Security (new); 5136 - Wireless
Communication devices (revised); 5136.01 – Technology resources and other electronic equipment; DeSoto County next with the announcement of his leaving
8300 – Continuity of organizational operations plan (revised); 7540 Computer technology and month, taking a substan- Avon Park for DeSoto County.
networks (replacement).
tial reduction in pay. He “It is slightly less money, but it allows
Purpose and Eff ect: To update the policies, conform policies to current legislation, consolidate
similar policies on the same subject, eliminate redundant and obsolete language, and make policies replaces Eddie Miller, who me to refocus back into working in
easier to fi nd, understand and use. Once adopted, the new policies will be electronically published, DELEON is retiring. utilities, which is really the direction I
hyperlinked and keyword searchable.
Authority: F.S. 1001.41(2); 1001.42, 1001.43, 1012.23 Deleon gave his 30-day want to take my career,” Deleon said.
Summary of Statement of Estimated Regulatory Cost: No statement of estimated regulatory costs notice by email to the Avon Park city Deleon’s annual salary at Avon Park is
has been prepared. Any person who wishes to provide information regarding the statement of
council members last Thursday, stating $125,000. His new position with DeSoto
estimated regulatory costs, or to provide a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative, must do so
in writing within 21 days of this notice. that he had accepted a position with County will pay $75,000, will bump to
Any aff ected person may request a public hearing on the proposed repeal and adoption of these another organization, which turned out $80,000 annually within six months,
policies. Such requests must be submitted in writing to the Superintendent, within 21 days after the
to be with DeSoto County. Deleon said.
date of publication of this notice.
Any material pertinent to the issues under consideration submitted to the Superintendent within 21 Deleon, however, was set to become Deleon added, “Like I mentioned in
days after the date of publication of this notice or submitted between the date of publication and the the new utilities director for Charlotte the application, the politics [in Avon
end of the last public hearing shall be considered by the Board and made a part of the rulemaking
record. Action on the rule repeal and adoption will occur at a future School Board meeting, which County with commissioners expected Park] are difficult. Not only have I had
shall be separately noticed. to approve him for the position ef- employees ask for reassignment from
The person to be contacted regarding the policies is: Adrian H. Cline, Offi ce of the Superintendent,
fective March 21. The item regarding these department head positions, the
530 LaSolona Ave, Arcadia FL, 34266; telephone [phone].
Any person who decides to appeal a decision with respect to a matter considered at the hearing is Deleon’s hiring was pulled from the new ones are concerned about their
hereby advised that, for such purpose, the person may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the Charlotte County Board of County own employment because of the com-
meeting is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be
Commissioner’s agenda. mentary they are hearing from some
based.
Any person with a disability or physical impairment who wishes to attend this meeting and who “The position will be re-advertised [city] council members.”
requires special accommodations should contact the Offi ce of the Superintendent, 530 LaSolona Ave, and new candidates will be inter- Arcadian editor Craig Garrett contrib-
Arcadia FL, 34266; telephone [phone] at least 48 hours prior to the meeting.
By Adrian H. Cline, Superintendent of Schools. viewed,” said Brian Gleason, Charlotte uted to this report.
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A 60-year train ride, keeping his family on track
By JIMMY PETERS
ARCADIAN HOMETOWN CORRESPONDENT
Larry Kirsch more than 60 years ago
bought his son Roy a toy train. As can
happen with kids, Roy soon tired of
the gift. But that’s when an interest in
model trains began to develop in his
father.
That’s how it all started. And some
six decades later I found myself on
a Sunday morning at the Arcadia
Small Animal Auction. It’s where Larry
Kirsch was auctioning off his life’s
passion — thousands of train engines,
railroad cars, miles of track, trans-
formers, plus tiny houses, buildings,
cars and more, all built to scale to
match the various sizes of his model
trains.
There were some extraordinary
items among the thousands displayed.
I noticed a very special looking
railroad car containing a dozen tiny
whiskey barrels next to a loading
dock. Larry Kirsch explained: “As the
car with the whiskey barrels on board
comes up to the loading dock, they
are automatically unloaded onto the
platform.”
Then there was a railroad car with
a missile on board. “You launched
the missile into another car that was
spring loaded ... and when the missile
hit the car, it replicated an explosion.”
He added, “I’ve always been in-
trigued at the marvel of making things
work that are this small.”
At one point Kirsch developed an
automatic switching system on the
ARCADIAN PHOTOS BY JIMMY PETERS
track, where he had two trains head-
ing toward each other. When the first Larry Kirsch makes last-minute changes to
his table of model train cars just before the Four generations of Kirschs include Larry (left), sons Paul and Roy, great-granddaughter Lexi, and
TRAIN | 11 auction. grandson Allen Kirsch.
Congratulations to the 4-H and FFA students
who participated in the DeSoto County Fair.
Mosaic congratulates the 4-H and FFA students who worked diligently to make the DeSoto
County Fair’s Youth Livestock Show a success. We also salute the community members and
businesses that continue to support youth agriculture annually.
This year, Mosaic donated more than 1850 pounds of meat from the livestock sale to various
community partners including All Faiths Food Bank, DeSoto County Youth Baseball, DeSoto
High School Band, DeSoto County Youth Football, DeSoto High School Football and the Smith
Brown Community Foundation.
We are proud to carry on this community tradition of supporting local agriculture and hunger
relief efforts where our employees live and work. ®
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OUR VIEW
Foundation for
greater school safety
OUR POSITION: Senate bill contains many
positive changes.
The Florida Senate Monday laid the ground-
work for sane, workable legislation that might
make schools safer while minimizing to some
degree the threat of firearms in the hands of poten-
tially unstable people.
By a 20-18 margin, the Senate passed a broad-
based school safety bill and moved it on to the
House. It is likely to be picked apart and weakened
by hardliners there, which is unfortunate but not
surprising.
Nevertheless, we are encouraged that a set of
sensible safety patches may be patched together by
the time the Legislature convenes in coming weeks.
Among the measures approved in the Senate:
• SB7026 would increase the age for all gun
purchases from the 18 to 21 years old. Right now,
Floridians must be 21 years old to buy a handgun;
this would extend the threshold by three years for all
firearms.
This measure — opposed, as with all gun re- LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
strictions, by the National Rifle Association — is
directly relevant to the mass murder of 17 at Marjory
Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. The Work together encourage their self-esteem and to Positive guidance should also be
alleged killer, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz, had been to help our kids help teach them problem-solving used in a developmentally appropri-
able to purchase the AR-15 assault-style weapon and cooperation will ensure a ate classroom, it should be a room
used to massacre students and school personnel Editor: positive environment. where children can initiate learning
during his short, six-minute rampage. In order to create a developmen- Creating a classroom that is safe, and should meet the needs of all the
The bill excludes military and law enforcement tally appropriate learning environ- secure and stimulating will help children. Children in such situations
officers. ment, teacher and parent involve- each child in the classroom grow are less stressed, better creative
• The legislation also extends the three-day wait- ment play a huge part. Having open physically, socially, emotionally and thinkers and better communicators.
ing period for the purchase of all forms of firearms. lines of communication between cognitively. When you apply all the Jeri Manwell
Only handguns are now subject to a three-day the parent and teacher strengthens principles of creating a develop- Arcadia
waiting period. the bond with the child. The teacher mentally appropriate classroom,
• The bill bans bump stocks — after-market and parent working together to lead you ensure a classroom that is fun,
devices that convert semi-automatics into auto- the child in a positive manner, to exciting and effective. LETTERS | 8
matic weapons. Bump stocks make shooting, and
killing, quicker and easier. We would have thought
a bump stock-ban was the clearest and simplest GRITS & PIECES
reaction to the massacre last October at the country
music festival in Las Vegas, after a sniper with bump
Stop and not smell the roses, my nose never knows
stock-boosted weapons killed 58 and wounded 851.
Only talk, but no action came from it, thanks again
to gun lobby opposition. Pathetic. Florida needs to
act on its own. It is said that a rose by any other water and wastewater treatment back
• The bill also addresses various breakdowns in name would smell just as sweet. in the 1980s. Who do you think got the
the mental health system, specifically individuals This is true. lousy jobs? Yep.
released after Baker Act custody. It would prohibit But if you sniff a rose and have no “Let Luke crawl in there and fix it —
anyone judged to be mental health risks from sense of smell, does it still put out an he can’t smell anyway!”
owning firearms for 12 months. odor? You know, like the tree falling I guess they had a point. And I
• The bill bars teachers who “exclusively perform” in the forest and not making a sound. Luke Wilson guess it was better to do the job in my
classroom teaching from carrying concealed weap- On second thought, why would I be condition than to have to do it with a
ons. Thankfully. It would, however, allow support sniffing it if I can’t smell? [email protected] nose that worked right. But I’ve come
staff and coaches to carry, under clearly defined I used to smell. And by that, I don’t to believe that if I’d have been born a
circumstances and guidance of law enforcement. mean being offensively odiferous. I mown grass, supper cooking and bloodhound, they would’ve probably
We believe it is extremely unwise and unsafe to mean that my nose used to work. In coffee grounds. One of my favorite already had me euthanized, for all the
arm anyone on campus other than certified law my late teens, my sense of smell began smells as a student in school was the good I could do them with my whiffer.
enforcement officers. In this case, though, decisions to wane. I thought I had a cold all the purple ink from the old mimeograph Yes, I can taste. It’s not as strong as
on expanding school marshal programs and arming time and blamed it on that. machines that were used to run our it once was, but I can still enjoy eating
limited numbers of school personnel would be left Turns out I had/have polyps growing tests off on. I would sit at my desk and and could be blindfolded and tell you
to the discretion of local school boards. at the bridge of my nose, which is try to inhale whole pages, no matter the difference between the taste of
That seems a reasonable compromise. where your sense of smell is located, in who was looking. And no wonder I was steak and liver. If you gave me a bite of
• The measure also allocates $97 million for armed case you didn’t know. And they block never invited to be a part of any school liver, do it while backing up, as you’ll
resource officers, which seems inadequate. scents that try to reach that sense (if organizations. most likely be wearing it when I spit it
Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, a board that makes any sense). And, yes, polyps “Run! It’s the nerd who snorts purple back out.
member of the Florida Sheriff’s Association, told the are what former President Reagan had, ink!” I’d hear as I approached, and So, 13 years ago I got a wild hair and
Tampa Bay Times the real price tag for armed school except his were located elsewhere and they’d part like the Purple Sea. I mean, decided to have my faulty schnoz put
resource officers in each of Florida’s 4,000 schools probably didn’t affect his smelling, one the Red Sea. under the knife. You know, have those
was closer to $400 million: Total costs for the average way or another. I did plumbing work for four years
school resource officer comes to roughly $100,000 I miss some scents, like freshly and then spent another four doing GRITS & PIECES | 8
annually. That puts enormous burdens on local
school districts.
Overall, the Senate bill seems a sensible response LETTER SUBMISSION POLICY
to the Parkland tragedy and the heightened
security threats on campus. Unfortunately, our
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own Sen. Greg Steube, R-Sarasota, voted against it.
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Unfortunately, it faces a rough path in the House.
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Local man flew 33 combat missions as
gunner aboard B-29 bomber in Korea
By DON MOORE “When it got that cold outside we had to
SUN CORRESPONDENT divert all the heat to the engines to keep
them running.”
Jane Russell was painted on the nose It was during this period that Wollitz’s
of a B-29, four-engine bomber flying out B-29 crew was ordered to make a flight
of Kadina Air Force Base on Okinawa over Manchuria looking for more
in the Pacific during the Korean War. Chinese troops.
Emblazoned below her shapely form “We knew nothing about the orders
was “The Outlaw,” the name of her latest until we were airborne. We flew into
movie. Manchuria all by ourselves looking for
Staff Sgt. Robert Wollitz of River’s Edge the enemy.”
Mobile Home Park, south of Fort Ogden Wollitz doesn’t remember what they
near Arcadia, was a side-gunner on the found in Manchuria, but he does recall
bomber during the war. He flew 33 com- it was a quick flight in and out of enemy
bat missions on “The Outlaw” during the territory.
Korean conflict It was at this point that Gen. Douglas
He was a member of the 28th Bomb MacArthur, the supreme Allied com-
Squadron, 19th Bomb Group, 20th mander in Korea, was thinking about
Air Force. Wollitz’s outfit flew ground running the Chinese forces out of the
support missions for U.S. Marines and country and back to Manchuria. The
Army troops battling the North Koreans general was even considering using
and Chinese. In addition, they carpet A-bombs against the enemy. That’s when
bombed many of the North Korean’s President Harry Truman removed him
major cities with incendiary bombs that from his command for insubordination.
disintegrated them. “We got hit by a lot of anti-aircraft fire.
“Our plane was the first bomber to fly When we came back from a mission
15 combat missions in Korea,” Wollitz we’d find all kinds of shrapnel holes in
recalled nearly 70 years later. “‘The our plane. I had one piece of shrapnel
Outlaw’s crew received special recogni- pass about a foot over my head and
tion for this feat.” put a hole in the side of the airplane.
They flew over the Chosin Reservoir as We were lucky because we never had
part of an attempt by the 20th Air Force to any anti-aircraft fire that put us out of
provide air support to Gen. H.M. “Howling commission. ARCADIAN PHOTOS PROVIDED
Mad” Smith and his 20,000-plus members Wollitz was a 20-year-old side gunner Robert Wollitz’s B-29 bomber was dubbed “The
of the 1st Marine Division surround by on his B-29 bomber. It was his job to Outlaw.” It was named for Jane Russell’s latest
hundreds of thousands of enemy North man one of the ten .50 caliber machine- Hollywood movie.
Korean and Chinese troops. guns aboard the plane.
“We were supporting our Marines Shortly after arriving at Anderson
when we were flying against targets Air Force Base on Guam in June 1950
above the Chosin Reservoir,” Wollitz they were told to prepare a small kit of
recalled. “By then they were already personal things and bring an extra set of
encircled by the enemy.” fatigues. Their 28th Squadron was going
With the help of Wollitz and other B-29 to take part in some action in Korea they
crews above, the “Leathernecks” fought knew little about.
their way back down to the coast 75 “At the time I couldn’t have told you
miles away. They travelled on a narrow where Korea was,” he said. “Our 19th
rutted road along steep mountain terrain Bomb Group got about a dozen of its
to waiting transport ships that took 45 B-29s in the air by midnight. When
them out of harm’s way. But not before we got to Kadina we didn’t have a clue
hundreds of Marines froze to death in what was going on. Things got serious
the sub-zero cold in one of the most in a hurry. The next day, June 2, 1950, we
daring battles in the history of the U.S. flew our first combat mission against the
Marine Corps. railroad station at Seoul, South Korea. We This is the shoulder patch worn by members of
Wollitz remembered how cold it was bombed the hell out of it. the 28th Bomber Squadron Wollitz served in
even inside their pressurized bomber “We never got bothered much by MIG during the Korean War.
during those flights over the reservoir. fighters. They usually left our bomber
“When we flew those Chosin Reservoir formations alone. We could see the caught out on your own you could be in
missions the outside air temperature was enemy fighters coming off the field in deep trouble.
70 degrees below zero. In our bomber Manchuria on the other side of the river. “They called this area ‘MIG Alley.’
you could have frozen water even though If we stayed in formation we never had “Losing an engine on a bombing run Wollitz at 88 today at his home in River’s Edge
our cabin was pressurized,” he said. a big problem with the MIGS. If you got was a bit unnerving. On occasion we Mobile Home Park south of Arcadia.
came back to Kadina a time or two on
three engines,” he said. “These missions still in our bomb bay. We taxied off the
strained a B-29 pretty hard. We could run runway and were headed for our hard
10 hours or more and we might have to stand where the bomber was parked
stop in Japan on the way back to base to when we hit a bump. Out the unexplod-
fuel up. We had no aerial refueling.” ed bomb went, but it didn’t explode.
Transportation targets were their main “Later a crew loaded the bomb into a
objectives — railroad lines and bridges. truck. They took it and dumped it into
Other times they would carpet bomb the ocean at Okinawa,” he said. “Our
enemy cities with incendiary bombs. pilot was trying to get me a Distinguished
Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, Flying Cross for my efforts to get the
was a favorite target of Wollitz’s bomb bomb out of our bomb bay,” Wollitz said.
group. It repeatedly dropped incendiary “I never got my DFC, but I’m just happy I
bombs on the city turning it to toast. made it back from that war.”
Wollitz’s most vivid recollection of a From June 1950 until January of the fol-
single mission was when “The Outlaw” lowing year Wollitz flew with the 20th Air
got a 2,000 pound bomb stuck in the Force on B-29 bombing raids over Korea.
bomb bay that wouldn’t eject. The rest of his hitch was served with
“We depressurized and I went back the 301st Bomb Group, a Boeing B-47
in the bomb bay and tried to get it out. Bomber Squadron based at Barksdale Air
First I made sure the wires that triggered Force Base in Shreveport, La. The B-47
the bomb’s fuses were still in place was atomic bomb compatable.
which they were,” he said. “There was a When Wollitz got out of the Air Force
little catwalk in the bomb bay and I was he went to work for General Motors.
skinny enough I could get on it and push For 30 years he worked as a tool and die
the bomb. It wouldn’t budge. maker with G.M.
“There was nothing below the tip of In 1991 he retired and Wollitz and his
my toes. Nothing but 15,000-feet down to late wife, Norma, moved to Florida in
the Sea of Japan! 1999. The couple has three adult chil-
Wollitz (left) and buddy Dick Oakly at Kadina Air Force Base in the Pacific. “When we landed the damn bomb was dren: John, Kathy and Jeanne.
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(cid:132) which just won an Academy Award for animated films. • All Faiths Food Bank and Sarasota County School District
• The Photography Group of DeSoto Arts and Humanities Council • On Saturday, March 10, the Class of ‘63 is holding a Pot Luck distribute free meals every Monday and Wednesday through
meets the second Friday of each month 3:30 – 5 p.m. at the DeSoto dinner for all members of any DeSoto classes from the 1960s, at the August), 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church, 304
Public Library. Free and open to the public. For more information Women’s Club, starting at 5 p.m. No charge – bring a dish to share. W. Oak St. Call 494-2543 for details.
email [email protected] . • Women in Fellowship Ministry meets every second Saturday of • Women of Worship “WOW” Women’s ministry meets at 6:15
• Peace River Civil War Round Table meets at 1:30 p.m. second the month at 10 a.m. at Greater Mt. Zion AME Church, 256 S. Orange p.m. Monday at Freedom Fellowship Christian Ministries, 1528 N.E.
Fridays monthly at the Emerald Pointe clubhouse, 25188 E. Marion Ave. Be uplifted, motivated and inspired by God. Free and open to the Turner Ave. All are welcome.
Ave., Punta Gorda. Lunch available. For more information, call public. Light brunch is served. • Friendship Center, 219 W. Oak St., daily coffee and conversation
941-575-4269 or 941-639-0782. • The John Morgan Ingraham House museum, 120 W. Whidden 9-10 a.m. Movie of the Week or games in the Activity Room 9:30-11
• The All Faiths Food Bank distributes free food 6-10 a.m. Monday St., is open from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the second Saturday of the a.m. Lunch available with a 48-hr. advance notice; call 494-5965.
NOTE: All phone numbers are in Area Code 863 unless stated through Friday at the Center for the Needy, 161 S. Orange St. month.
TUESDAY
otherwise. To add, remove or change any listing in the Community • Arcadia Quilt Club meets from 9-11:30 a.m. Fridays at the Palace • DeSoto County Historical Society Research Library is open in the (cid:132)
Calendar, email [email protected] or call 494-0300. Listings Dance Hall, 1627 N.E. Floridian Circle, Arcadia. Ingraham Seed House, 120 W. Whidden Street, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on • DeSoto County Commission Board meets at 9 a.m. at the County
are free for nonprofit and noncommercial organizations. • Friendship Center, 219 W. Oak St. daily coffee and conversation the second and fourth Saturdays of the month, and by appointment. Administration building, Room 103, 201 E. Oak St., Arcadia.
9-10 a.m. Low impact exercises from 9:30-10 a.m. On your own in • DeSoto County Library children’s movies are offered at 10:30 • DeSoto County School Board meets at 5:30 p.m. at the School
TODAY
(cid:132) the activity room from 10-11 a.m. Lunch available with a 48-hour a.m. at 125 N. Hillsborough Ave. every Saturday. Children must be Board meeting room of the DeSoto County School District, 530 La
• Grandparents Raising Grandchildren and other Relations Raising advance notice. Call 494-5965. accompanied by an adult. Call 993-4851 for more information. Solona Ave., Arcadia.
Relations meets monthly on the second Thursday from 9-11 a.m. at • iPads and eBooks - Instruction and assistance with questions • The Daughters of the American Revolution meet the second
SUNDAY
the Friendship Center, 219 W. Oak St. about using your digital devices at 3 p.m. every Friday at the DeSoto (cid:132) Tuesday of the month October-May from 11:15 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. at
• The DeSoto County Veterans Council meets the second Thursday Public Library. • Community Resource Center at the Friendship Center, 219 W. Beef O’ Brady’s. All are welcome to attend.
of every month at 6 p.m. at the Elks Lodge. For details, call Ron Jones • Walk & Talk: gentle exercise and conversation at 8 a.m. every Oak St, open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Information • Tuesday Night Quilters meet twice monthly at the Turner Civic/
at 941-806-7108. Friday at the DeSoto Public Library. available on local, out-of-town, and state agencies and programs Ag Center from 5:30-7 p.m. For more info call 494-4652.
• TEAM Arcadia meets on the second Thursday of the month at • Square Dancing classes are held at the Palace Square Dance serving the needs of DeSoto County residents. Stop by and check out • The Peace River Woodcarvers meet at 8 a.m. at Trinity United
4:30 p.m. at Mary Margaret’s Tea & Biscuit, 10 S. Polk Avenue. The Hall, 1627 N.E. Floridian Circle, from 7-9 p.m. every Friday. Robert at the large array of brochures for residents of all age groups. Methodist Church in Arcadia. For information, call Dale Weese at
purpose of TEAM Arcadia is to unite community organizations and 813-601-1834 or Mary at 941-380-5336 494-2749 for information. 941-740-4790.
MONDAY
coordinate community improvement efforts. • Faith Mission provides free lunches for anyone in need, 11 a.m. (cid:132) • The All Faiths Food Bank distributes free food 6-10 a.m. Monday
• DeSoto County Historical Society meets at noon every second to 12:30 p.m. 1109 S.E. 9th St., Arcadia. Donations gratefully accepted. • The Sunnybreeze Quilt Show is held from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. on through Friday at the Center for the Needy, 161 S. Orange St.
Thursday monthly at the Family Service Center annex, 310 W. March 12 at the Welcome Center off U.S. Highway 17, south of Fort • The Faith Mission holds a conversational English class from 10
SATURDAY
Whidden St., Arcadia. Lunch is available for $6 at 11:30 a.m. (cid:132) Ogden. The public is invited to see handquilted quilts, watch the a.m.-11 a.m. A coloring club is available for kids during the class.
• Arcadia-DeSoto County Habitat for Humanity meets at 6 p.m. • On Sat., March 10, The Kramers perform at Sunnybreeze ladies quilt, and enjoy the Tea Room. • Rotary Club of Arcadia meets at noon every Tuesday in the
second Thursday monthly at the SunTrust Bldg., second floor, 10 S. Christian Fellowship. This is a family trio who have shared the stage • DeSoto County Veterans Honor Guard practices at 6 p.m. second McSwain Room at DeSoto Memorial Hospital. • The All Faiths Food
Desoto Ave. Call 494-4118 or email [email protected] with Larry Gatlin, Jeff and Sherrie Easter and Buddy Greene at the Monday monthly at the American Legion Post. Bank distributes free food 9 a.m. to noon every Tuesday at Trinity
for more information. National Quartet Convention. Scott produces and co-hosts the Good • The American Legion Post K-11 meets at 7 p.m. on the second United Methodist Church, 304 W. Oak St.
• Free blood pressure screenings administered by DeSoto Memorial News Music Radio Program and Concert series in 32 states and 11 Monday, 2124 N.W. American Legion Drive. • Freedom Fellowship Christian Ministries Support Group meets at
Home Health at the Friendship Center, 219 W. Oak St., every second countries. The concert begins at 7 p.m. at Sunnybreeze Christian • The Amvets Ladies Auxiliary meets at 7 p.m. on the second 7 p.m. Tuesday at 1528 N.E. Turner Ave.
and fourth Thursday from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Fellowship Hall, 11682 S.W. Welcome Ave., Arcadia. Because they Monday each month. •Friendship Center, 219 W. Oak St., daily coffee and conversation
• The All Faiths Food Bank distributes free food 9 a.m. to noon every are not sponsored, a $10 admission fee is taken at the door. All are • The American Merchant Marines Veterans, Robert J. MacAlvanah 9-10 a.m. Group games 10-11 a.m. Lunch available with a 48-hr.
Thursday at Trinity United Methodist Church, 304 W. Oak St. welcome. Chapter (Suncoast Chapter), meets at noon every second Monday at advance notice; call 494-5965.
• Kiwanis meets at 6 p.m. Thursday at Beef O’Brady’s. • The Arcadia All-Florida Championship Rodeo parade is March The Family Table Restaurant, 14132 S. Tamiami Trail, North Port. All • Every Tuesday night, line dance class at the Palace Dance Hall
•Friendship Center, 219 W. Oak St., daily coffee and conversation 10 in downtown Arcadia. All units are invited to participate. Line-up Merchant Mariners and their spouses are welcome. For information, (17N). Beginners welcome. $3 donation. For more info, call Jennie
9-10 a.m. Crafts or games in the Activity Room from 10-11 a.m. Lunch is 9 a.m. and the parade begins at 10 a.m. at Oak Street and Orange call 941-625-3234. Martin at 494-2749.
available with a 48-hr. advance notice; call 494-5965. Avenue. Trinity United Methodist also hosts a rodeo pancake • The GFWC Arcadia Woman’s Club meets on the second Monday • Weight Watchers meets every Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Calvary
• The All Faiths Food Bank distributes free food 6-10 a.m. Monday breakfast at 8 a.m. The parade is in conjunction with the rodeo that of every month Sept. through May at the clubhouse in Veterans Baptist Church, 1509 E. Oak St. For details visit www. weight-
through Friday at the Center for the Needy, 161 S. Orange St. runs March 8-11. Parade details are at 863-993-0083 or t2000@ Memorial Park, 2288 N.W. American Legion Way, with a pot luck watchers.com and “find a meeting” or call 800-651-6000.
• DeSoto County Library story time is at 3 p.m. at 125 N. desoto.net. lunch at 11:30 a.m. followed by a meeting. Members are encouraged • DeSoto County Library holds Lego time at 3 p.m. Tuesdays at 125
Hillsborough Ave., Arcadia. Call 993-4851 for more information. • Saturday Night Lights takes place downtown at the Tree of to bring guests. For more information call 494-2966. N. Hillsborough Ave., Arcadia. Call 993-4851 for more information.
• Faith Mission provides free lunches for anyone in need, 11 a.m.- Knowledge Park on the second Saturday of every month, October • The All Faiths Food Bank distributes free food 6-10 a.m. Monday
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APD: Man stopped for red-light running tries to escape
A traffic stop for running a red light |POLICE BEAT • Letarsha Nicole Camel, 34, 1300 block of N.E. Oak substance without a prescription, possession of less
landed a Bowling Green man in jail with St., Arcadia. Charge: battery. Bond: $100. than 20 grams of marijuana and possession or use of
numerous charges including escape. The information for Police Beat is gathered from police, sheriff’s • Justin Paul Desjardins, 44, 1000 block of N.E. drug equipment. Bond: $2,500.
According to the Arcadia office, Florida Highway Patrol, jail and fire records. Not every arrest Sugar Babe Road, Arcadia. Charge: out-of-county • John Eric Williams, 52, Ulster Park, NY. Charge:
Police Department’s arrest leads to a conviction and guilt or innocence is determined by the warrant. Purge: $920. failure to appear. Sentenced to state prison for five
report, an APD officer court system. • James Malcolm Gainer, 29, Lake Placid. Charge: year for failure of a convicted sex offender to report
pulled over a car driven loitering or prowling. Bond: $120. his intent to move out of state, at least 48 hours
by Andrew White, 32, of and the door locking mechanism. The • Rafael Guel, 24, 1400 block of S.E. 2nd Ave., before doing so. (Underlying convictions were for
Bowling Green for running church pastor estimated damages were Arcadia. Charge: trespass of an occupied structure or lewd and lascivious behavior with a victim under age
a red light at Magnolia around $3,000. conveyance. Bond: $500. 11 and burglary.)
Street and DeSoto Avenue. When a deputy tried to arrest Shearin • Robert Mark Lewis Jr., 24, North Port. Charge:
WHITE She told him he had run and put her in the car, she dropped aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office reported
a red light and asked for to the ground and began kicking and intent to kill. Bond: $5,000. the following arrests:
his license and registration. He said his screaming. She refused to stop resisting • Shydah Alaisha McRae, 29, 300 block of Ernest • Randy Alan Whaley, 41, 200 block of Macon
license had been suspended for failure and kicked a sergeant in the arm as Sam St., Arcadia. Charges: destroying, tampering with Road, Arcadia. Charges: tree counts of possession
to pay child support. three people tried to get her in the car. or fabricating evidence, possessing less than 20 grams of a contro9lled substance without a prescription,
The report indicates White began She was arrested on charges of grand of marijuana, possession or use of drug equipment possession of cocaine and possession or use of drug
acting nervously, searching around theft of a motor vehicle, burglary of an and resisting or obstructing an officer without paraphernalia. Bond: $22,500.
the car, he said, for the registration. unoccupied structure or conveyance, violence. Bond: $3,000. • Joshua Eliot David, 35, 300 block of N. Lee Ave.,
The officer said she was arresting him resisting an officer with violence and • Buck Roan, 41, 3900 block of N.W. Valencia St., Arcadia. Charge: nonsupport of dependents. NBond:
for knowingly driving on a suspended criminal mischief. Bond was set at Arcadia. Charge: possession of methamphetamine $300.
license. She cuffed him and put him in $19,500. with intent to sell, manufacture or deliver and
the back seat of her patrol car. She was adjudicated guilty without possession or use of drug equipment. Bond: $8,000. The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office reported
Meanwhile, an assisting officer trial and sentenced on Feb. 16 to state • Thomas Fritz South, 60, 5300 block of S.W. Shores the following arrest:
searched White’s vehicle and found a prison. Shearin was turned over to the Ave., Arcadia. Charge: failure to obtain certificate of • Sabrina Lynch Kenney, 41, 100 block of S. Orange
blunt (a marijuana-filled cigarette) and Department of Corrections on March salvage. Bond: $1,500. Ave., Arcadia. Charge: aggravated battery with a
a tin container with baggies of a green 5. With credit for time already served in • Perry Daniel Whatley, 44, 6500 block of S.W. deadly weapon. Bond: none.
leafy substance. the DeSoto jail, she is projected to be Miami Ave., Arcadia. Charge: battery. Bond: $1,000.
Suddenly the officer heard a thump- released on Sept. 23. • Ronald Gene White, 56, 1800 block of Harlem — Compiled by Susan E. Hoffman
ing noise coming from her patrol car Circle, Arcadia. Charge: driving while license is
ROADWATCH
and found White lying on the back One man injured in SR 70 suspended. Bond: $120.
seat with his legs and feet twitching. collision with truck • Jammarius Altervon Bing, 28, North Port. Charge:
Thinking White might have had a violation of probation. Bond: none.
Kings Highway
seizure, the officer called for Emergency An Arcadian man suffered serious • Mortel Charles, 31, 2600 block off S.E. Cedarwood
Services. At this point, White had the injuries when his Suzuki motorcycle St., Arcadia. Charges: obstructing justice by tampering hearing (tonight)
handcuffs in front of him and claimed was struck by a GMC truck Monday in a misdemeanor proceeding and two counts of
The Florida Department of
to have dislocated his shoulder. afternoon. felony battery. Bond: $2,000.
Transportation is hosting a public meet-
As they removed a handcuff to put According to the Florida Highway • William Kenneth Flynn, 61, 6400 block of S.W.
ing as part of the Project Development
him on a stretcher, White jumped Patrol’s report, Linda Kratochwill, 60, of Miami Ave., Arcadia. Charges: destroying, tampering
and Environment study of County Road
up, pushed a paramedic and took Myakka City, was driving a pickup west- with or fabricating evidence, possession or use of
769 (Kings Highway) in Charlotte and
off running across DeSoto Avenue. A bound on State Road 70 about where drug equipment and three counts of violation of
DeSoto counties.
responding deputy saw White jump the access entry is to Walgreen’s. Larry probation. Bond: none.
At this meeting, FDOT will display
into the bed of a pickup sitting at a Kratochwill, 57, was her passenger. • Jamie Lee Mootispaw, 30, 4900 block of N.E.
information about alternatives to widen
red light at Magnolia Street. Deputies Heading in the opposite direction, County Road 660, Arcadia. Charge: battery. Bond:
Kings Highway to a four-lane, divided
reportedly pulled White out, cuffed him Christian Ullola, 18, of Arcadia was east- $100,
highway, from South Kingsway Circle in
and placed him in a sheriff’s car. White bound on State Road 70 approaching • Travis Parnell Parker, 36, 1300 block of N.E. Oak
Charlotte County to Peace River Street
tried to squirm across the seat and out the access road to Walgreen’s. The pick- St., Arcadia. Charge: violation of probation. Bond:
in DeSoto County. A no-build alterna-
the other door so they placed him in up turned left in front of the motorcycle none.
tive is also under consideration, and
hobbles. without yielding the right of way. • Tony Rock Rizzo, 32, 6100 block of S.W. Pablo
will remain a viable option as the study
White was arrested on charges of The right side of the motorcycle Ave., Arcadia. Charges: possession of a controlled
continues, FDOT officials said.
driving on a suspended license, escape, struck the right rear of the pickup. The substance without a prescription, possession of less
The public meeting is from 5-7
resisting an officer with violence, motorcycle overturned and Ullola was than 20 grams of marijuana, possession or use of drug
p.m. Thursday, March 8, at Grace
battery on a firefighter/emergency thrown from the bike. equipment and resisting or obstructing an officer
Presbyterian Church, 10548 SW County
responder, and resisting an officer by Ullola was taken to Sarasota without violence. Bond: $3,000.
Road 769, Lake Suzy (34269)
refusing to sign the citation. His bond Memorial Hospital in serious condition. • Travis Ray Strickland, 32, Indian Lake Estates, Fla.
was set at $22,000. His arraignment is Neither occupant of the pickup was Charge: selling synthetic narcotics within 1,000 ft. of
scheduled for April 10. injured. Linda Kratochwill was charged school, church or prohibited location. Bond: $5,000.
Previously, White was arrested in May with making an improper left turn. • Laura Ann Watson, 46, 3500 block of S.W. U.S.
2012 in DeSoto County and adjudicated Highway 17, Arcadia. Charge: violation of probation.
guilty on charges of aggravated assault, The DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office reported Bond: none. FFFiiinnnddd iiittt
felony battery and improper exhibit of the following arrests: • Antonio Nejuan Bryant, 34, Sarasota. Charge: out-
a firearm or dangerous weapon. He was • Jermaine Eugene Callahan, 25, Lake Placid, Fla. of-county warrant. Bond: $3,470. iiinnn ttthhheee
sentenced in DeSoto County to serve Charge: out-of-county warrant. Bond: none. • Albert Joseph Burkhart, 34, Boytana, Fla. Charge:
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three years in state prison for aggravat- • Tremaine Jayvon Dennis, 36, no address, Arcadia. driving while license is suspended. Bond: $120.
ed assault and was released in 2014. Charges: aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, • Jerry Willie Ezell, 35, 700 block of N. Pine St.,
assault with intent to commit a felony, possession of a Arcadia. Charge: driving while license is suspended
Woman who stole weapon or ammunition by a convicted felon, carrying and resisting or obstructing an officer by a disguised
church bus sent to prison a concealed firearm, and two counts of possession or person. Bond: $620.
use of drug equipment. Bond: $169,500. • Manuelusebio Santiago Garcia, 23, Loredo, Fla.
Teri Rebecca Shearin, 28, of Port • Bill Thomas Mcginnis, 36, 1000 block of S.E. Charge: driving while license is suspended. Bond:
Charlotte, was sentenced to serve one Hillsborough Ave., Arcadia. Charge: domestic battery $120.
year and one day in state prison on by strangulation. Bond: $5,000. • Roger Allen Harvey, 23, first block of Park Place,
charges of grand theft of a • Manuel Angel Rolon, 46, Magnolia St., Arcadia. Arcadia. Charges: possession of a controlled substance
motor vehicle, burglary of Charges: four counts of failure to appear. Bond: without a prescription and possession or use of drug
an unoccupied structure $10,000. equipment. Bond: $2,000.
and resisting an officer • Jessica Lynn Saleman, 30, 6400 block of N.E. Cul • Antione Lamar Hill, 42, Sebring, Fla. Charges:
with violence. de Sac Road, Arcadia. Charge: resisting or obstructing possession of a weapon or ammunition by a convicted
According to records an officer without violence and violation of probation. felon and possession of less than 20 grams of mari-
from the DeSoto County Bond: none. juana. Bond: $8,000.
Sheriff’s Office, Clerk of • Andrew White, 32, Bowling Green, Fla. Charges: • Lonnie Aundricus Ijames, 44, 1200 block of S.W.
SHEARIN Court and Department of driving while license is suspended, second offense, Melody St., Arcadia. Charge: pout-of-county warrant.
Corrections, on Sept. 23, escape, resisting an officer with violence, battery on Bond: $5,000.
2017, Shearin (also known as Shearom) an officer or firefighter, and resisting by refusing to • Alary Robert Johnson Mims, 22, Selkirk, NY.
was driving a bus, stolen from Pine sign or accept citation or post bond. Bond: $22,000. Charges: possession of less than 20 grams of
Level United Methodist Church, on • Monica Jewel Allred, 44, 1100 block of S.E. 6th marijuana and possession or use of drug equipment.
Florida Avenue (in the vicinity of Ave., Arcadia. Charge: petty theft, second offense. Bond: $1,000.
Hidden Acres). Bond: $500. • David Wayne Layport II, 27, 2800 block of N.W.
Shearin stopped another woman, • Allison Jean Batcher, 34, 3800 block of Pineapple Haile Dean Road, Arcadia. Charge: out-of-county
asking for help. The other woman noted St., Arcadia. Charges: two counts of grand theft warrant. Bond: none.
the window had been broken out of between $300-$5,000, and obtaining property under • Benito Alejandro Ramirez, 41, 2700 block of
the bus. Ultimately, Shearin and the $20,000 by fraud or swindle. Bond: $4,500. Briscle Road, Arcadia. Charge: driving without a valid
other woman drove the bus back to the • Anreka Shana Bristol, 27, first block of Stirrup license. Bond: $120.
church, while a man followed them in Way, Arcadia. Charge: destroying, fabricating or • Dominique Lavon Walker, 30, Sebring, Fla.
the woman’s truck. tampering with evidence, possessing less than Charge: possession of a weapon or ammunition by a
The woman called DCSO and a 20 grams of marijuana, possession or use of drug convicted felon. Bond: $7,500.
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Agriculture briefs, organic continues to grow sales
GROWINGPRODUCE.COM Southeastern U.S. ramps up in late April.
PHOTO PROVIDED
Company officials hope the addition of
Central Florida-based Wish Farms, a Misty Organics will fill the gap during that Winning team at the Plant City competition.
longtime year-round grower/marketer of window of opportunity.
berries, is celebrating the unveiling of its “We’re excited to continue innovating
new, state-of-the-art organic blueberry as a company,” stated Wish Farms’ CEO
farm (“Misty Organics”) located in Alturas, Gary Wishnatzki. “By extending the
FL. Named for the operation’s mascot, Florida growing season, we can continue
Misty the Garden Pixie, the ambitious providing consumers with high-quality,
project began as an idea in 2014. domestic blueberries.”
The 20-acre farm sits on a south facing
slope that overlooks a lakefront. This Organic produce sales grow
geographical arrangement, coupled with
the use of high tunnels, creates a green- Sales of organic fresh produce items
house effect. The high tunnels not only reached nearly $5 billion in 2017, an
provide freeze protection for the crop, 8 percent increase from the previous year,
they also provide higher growing tem- according to data released by the
peratures during cooler periods. The cover Organic Produce Network and Nielsen.
also protects the crop from rain, hail, and Overall, nearly 2 billion pounds of organic increase in organic berry volume sales. This year’s gathering (the fifth annual)
general moisture. According to JC Clinard, produce were sold in grocery stores Organic berry sales, which include raised nearly $100,000 for the Redlands
Wish Farms’ COO, “It took us a year just to last year, which is a 10 percent volume in- strawberries, blueberries and blackber- Christian Migrant Association, a
find the perfect plot of land.” crease from 2016. Partnering with Nielsen, ries, topped $586 million in 2017. Organic non-profit that operates child-care cen-
Misty Organics’ entire crop is grown in OPN’s review of 2017 organic fresh produce apple sales increased by 11 percent, while ters and charter schools for Florida’s rural
containers, allowing for spatial flexibility. sales at retail stores across the U.S. shows the average retail price decreased by poor, particularly farmworkers’ children.
As a result, there are more than twice the dollar sales of organic fresh vegetables 8 percent. The fundraiser featured 21 corpo-
number of plants per acre than a typical were $2.4 billion, while organic fresh fruit rate-sponsored teams competing in an
blueberry farm. Additionally, the farm sales topped $1.6 billion. A near $1 billion Picking a winner exciting relay-style strawberry-picking
showcases high-tech soil moisture sensors in organic value-added produce items race. Some of the crews represented were
and drip irrigation that drastically reduces brought total sales to $4.8 billion in 2017. The annual Strawberry Picking International Paper, Publix, Farm Credit of
water usage. With more than seven Overall from last year, 2017 sales of Challenge in Plant City does more than Central Florida, Amalie Oil and ATP.
blueberry varieties featured, the team can organic fruit volume and dollar sales were just celebrate the act of who can bring Strawberry growers from around
also observe which varieties perform on up 12.6 percent from 2016, while organic in the biggest bounty of berries. The the state cheered on competitors and
output and quality. fresh vegetables sales showed a 4 percent special fundraising event presented coached the corporate teams through the
Demand for organic blueberries increase in dollar sales and a 6 percent by Monte Package Co. and hosted by Wish picking challenge.
continues to grow. As South American increase in overall volume. Farms also does its part to strongly Ultimately, the AG Labor team, coached
blueberry production starts falling off in The most notable growth occurred support a worthwhile cause related to the by Julio Cruz, was crowned 2018’s “Best
late February, supply can be tight until the within organic fruits, led by a 22 percent industry. Harvest Crew.”
SOUTH FLORIDA STATE COLLEGE CLASSES
South Florida State College’s Corporate N.E. Turner Ave. Pre-registration is and issued a ticket is also available. This March 28, 5:30-9:30 p.m., at the DeSoto
& Community Education Department required. The fee is $55 and may be paid course can also be taken for the pos- campus. Pre-registration is required. The
offers an Alcohol Drug Accident by cash, check, or credit card. sibility of a discount on car insurance. fee is $55.
Prevention Training course for first-time A Safe Driving Accident Prevention Students are responsible for checking For more information, con-
driver’s license applicants. The four-hour Program course for drivers who have with their own individual insurance tact the Community Education
course will be held 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., received a traffic citation, court-ordered companies to explore if discounts are Department at 863-784-7388, or email
March 31, at the DeSoto campus, 2252 to attend, or involved in a traffic accident extended. The program is available CommunityEducation@southflorida.edu.
LETTERS administration itself. We need our hos- made by the Foundation. This only and there are improvements going
pital and we deserve the truth. Vince goes to prove how inept the admin- on everywhere. Please keep up the
Sica is the problem, along with the istration is as a whole. I don’t know good work, as you started 30 or 40
FROM PAGE 4 Board of Directors that do nothing to of any other organization where the years behind. Hopefully, the residents
hold him accountable. The hospital has Board of Directors would allow a CEO of Arcadia will be pleased with what
Enough is enough been in financial crisis for a long time, to stay in place for 12 years, consis- they see. Keep up the good work.
and it’s only getting worse. How is this tently lose millions of dollars per year, Butch McDaniel
at DeSoto Memorial
allowed to keep happening? This board to the point were you have to shut Arcadia
Editor:
seems to put blind faith in the CEO, down vital services, and keep his very
Kudos to Dr. K (Feb. 22 Arcadian and that is sadly misguided. Mr. Sica high paying position regardless. The
What’s next, ER?
letter to the editor) for calling out has proven to be less than forthright Board members have a moral, ethical,
Editor:
the hospital administration. Enough and honest in his dealings with others. and fiduciary responsibility to uphold,
is enough. For way too long we have He often has “back room” private meet- and they are derelict in those duties. A hospital is something that you
been subjected to rhetoric and on- ings with board members individually Cherri Alderdice take for granted, will always be there. I
going back-and-forth volleys. In last prior to the official meetings which are Albany, New York am very concerned that they [DeSoto
week’s paper, we read a glowing report on the record. His back-room deals Memorial Hospital] are closing down
from Vince Sica stating how great the backfired when he failed at his attempt a little at a time. My husband and I
hospital was doing “by the numbers.” to hijack the Hospital Foundation, Thank you for street fixes moved here some time ago. One of the
Then a few pages later we read a dismantle it, and take it over himself. Editor: reasons we chose this area was that
piece from Dr. Mohammadbhoy stating That in itself is a problem. I would like to thank (Arcadia) it was close to the hospital and we
some very interesting facts regarding Mr. Sica, when you are in desperate city administrator, Terry Stewart, both had health concerns. What will
the shut down of OB department. need of money to keep your hospital and our Public Works director, Steve close next, the ER? Then we’re really in
He stated very clearly that it was afloat, don’t bite the hand that feeds Underwood, for the reconstruction trouble.
Catherine Brown
not quite as the administration had you. Your hospital has benefited great- of Palm Avenue. I drive the streets of
said, but rather a problem with the ly from the efforts and contributions Arcadia every day delivering pizzas Arcadia
GRITS & PIECES what? Just where does this process start saline solution for days before all the stuff to not smell the roses again. Alas. I’ll just
and end, I wondered. As if to comfort me, you don’t want to read about here started have to eyeball them and try to remember
they said I could leave my socks on. Yeah, breaking loose. I know... eww! what they smelled like. Nice, as I recall.
FROM PAGE 4 that calmed me right down, don’t you My smell returned gangbusters in a cou- One thing that I am pondering is to get a
know. ple of weeks and everything smelled edible skunk to guard my house and property. He
stinkin’ polyps cut out by the roots! I made When I woke up my nose was bandaged and tasted fantabulous. All was well with could hit me with his best shot and I’d still
the appointment and showed up for the and as plugged up as an interstate after a the world, and my taste buds. The doctor be grinning as if he smelled like petunias
surgery, thinking I might get a shot to the 47-car pile-up. So I was a mouth breather warned me that the polyps might make a in the springtime. He’d be my watchskunk.
nose and there’d be a little cutting and for a week. Also, I wasn’t allowed to blow comeback, and he was right. Within two And you don’t have to wonder what I’d
scraping Boy, was I wrong. Do you know my nose, or else I might bleed to death years me and my nose were back to square name him.
they put you to sleep for that? And not if somebody couldn’t get a tourniquet one, where we remain. See Stripe run. Run, Stripe, run. Run,
only that, they make you get naked. Say around my neck in time. I had to snort So I’ll go through life, never stopping run, run! See neighbors run, too!
CAMPAIGN a quarter-million dollars” by elimi- state’s finances, Gov. Carlton fought agents to protect him. Carlton had
nating “useless offices” at the local the legalization of parimutuel betting. established himself as “a strong moral
and state levels. He reduced county With rumors of bribery involved, the force in public affairs.”
FROM PAGE 2 millage rates, advocated stringent Legislature passed the “Hialeah bill” As the ad for his speech in Arcadia
banking laws, fought against local over Carlton’s veto. He said that the promised in 1928, “He knows intimate-
Carlton identified the state’s major bonding districts, and compromised “moral issue far outweighed all others.” ly the possibilities and needs of Florida
problems as taxation and funding. He on a “penny gas-tax addition.” After he received physical threats, and will make you a governor of whom
“set out to slash the state budge by Although it could have boosted the President Herbert Hoover sent federal the entire state will be proud.”
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| OBITUARIES
Dan Ward Jordan one year at school in Colorado Springs home ministries. in death by his siblings, Willie Jane
and had the record for most points Dan leaves behind a legacy of in- Wallis, Elizabeth Hollingsworth,
Dan Ward Jordan, 74, went home to scored in one game in Colorado high tegrity, perseverance and faithfulness. Rosebud Hollingsworth Lindauer,
be with his Lord on Feb. 11, 2018. He school basketball. He was the hardest His family will remember him as the T. E. Hollingsworth Jr. and Dan
was born in Chicago, Illinois, on Jan. hitting defensive back in St. Charles eternal optimist, always, “Rejoicing in Hollingsworth.
21, 1944, to Helenanne High School football. He also loved the hope; patient in tribulation; continuing Austin grew up in Arcadia attending
Thompson Bryan and outdoors. instant in prayer.” (Romans 12:12) local schools. He worked many jobs
Theron Sheridan Ward Jr., “We spent every summer on the “I have fought a good fight, I have fin- as a youth to support his family. As an
who was killed in WWII, Edwards’s farm, Briarcroft, in Virginia, ished my course, I have kept the faith: adult, Austin lived and worked in Fort
after which Dan was where we fished and swam and ran Henceforth there is laid up for me a Myers for many years. He retired from
adopted by William Ralph through the woods and rode horses crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the Lee County Parks Department.
Jordan II, who preceded all day long. We had quite a childhood the righteous judge, shall give me at Austin had strong faith and attend-
him in death. together and I have great memories that day: and not to me only, but unto ed Grace Christian Ministry. Austin
Mr. Jordan was happily of all of that. He is at peace now and all them also that love his appearing.” loved life and enjoyed watching the
married to Susan Kula Jordan for 42 looking down at his family that he loved (II Timothy 4:7-8) New York Yankees and his Florida
years and was the beloved dad of six so very much. Our thoughts and prayers A celebration of Dan’s life was at Tri- Gators.
children: sons Bryan, Jason, Cody, are with you all.” City Baptist Church, Punta Gorda. Austin’s nephews, Pastor Lynn
Luke and Seth Jordan, and daughter Dan grew up to be a wonderful man Howell and Keith Keene, will lead
Tera Arnold. He was a proud grandpa and a hard-working provider for his Austin M. Hollingsworth a celebration of life at the Myakka
to Aden, Eleri, Natalie, Lorelei, Eli and family. He loved to help people and Family Worship Center on March 11 at
Norah Jordan, and Grayson Arnold. his various occupations reflected his Austin M. Hollingsworth, age 94, 2 p.m. Please join the family for food
He is survived by his brother, William servant’s heart whether he was working passed away on Jan. 25, 2018, in and fellowship after the service.
(Willy) Jordan III, and sister Lora with senior citizens, teens or families. Arcadia, Fla.
Palloni. Dan’s favorite Bible verse and the one Mr. Hollingsworth was born Aug. Hattie Mae Brown
His brother Willy writes: “Danny and he loved to share was John 3:16: “For 7, 1923, in Arcadia to the late T. E.
I were close in age and thus did much God so loved the world, that he gave and Naomi Turner Hollingsworth. Hattie Mae Brown passed away in
together when we were kids. He was an his only begotten Son, that whosoever He is survived by his wife of 63 Sarasota, Florida, on Feb. 24, 2018. Ms.
incredible athlete and my mentor in believeth in him should not perish, but years, Myrtle Preston Hollingsworth, Brown was born March 27, 1945, in
many sports. He had the fastest fastball have everlasting life.” His heart’s desire sons Ron Pinkerton and Robert Mississippi. Visitation is 5-7 p.m. March
in Little League and nobody would was for people to know God’s love for Venette, and five grandchildren 9 at Mt. Pilgrim Baptist Church, 1572
play the position of catcher because them. He served the Lord for many and five great-grandchildren. Local SW Harlem Circle, Arcadia. Services
he threw the ball so hard — so that years with his wife, in the bus, Sunday survivors include Kathy Howell and are 11 a.m. March 10 at Elizabeth
duty fell to his little brother. He spent school, Children’s Church, and nursing Keith Keene. Austin was preceded Missionary Baptist Church, Arcadia.
God ... who needs Him?
CITY OF ARCADIA, FLORIDA
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Ever try to buy a gift for someone
who has everything? CITY COUNCIL MEETING
It’s not easy.
TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 2018, 6:00 PM
Augustine saw God as being in that
predicament and concluded, “God
wants to give us something but He Roger Campbell NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE CITY OF ARCADIA,
cannot. Our hands are full and there is Ministries FLORIDA, CITY COUNCIL WILL HOLD A PUBLIC
no room to put anything.”
HEARING ON TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 2018, AT 6:00 PM
In his book, “The Problem of Pain,”
C.S. Lewis wrote: “Everyone has noticed IN THE MARGARET WAY BUILDING IN THE ARCADIA
how hard it is to turn our thoughts to would die, leaving all he had accumu- CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 23 NORTH POLK AVENUE,
God when everything is going well,” lated to face the One he had neglected.
ARCADIA, FLORIDA TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING:
Adding, “‘We have all we want,’ is a In his book, “Through the Fire,”
terrible statement if that all does not Joseph Stowell says, “Sensing our need
include God.” for God is tough. Knowing that we need
“Life has been deceiving,” said the Him gets lost in the fact that we have all
ORDINANCE 1036
successful businessman standing before we need. Clothes, food, safety, secu-
me upon receiving word that he had but rity, friendship, and fun are all readily
a short time to live. His look of hopeless available. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA,
resignation has been unforgettable. He “Assuming that we have provided it all
FLORIDA, AMENDING THE ARCADIA UNIFIED LAND
had invested his life in getting money for ourselves we become self-sufficient.
and possessions and now would soon When we cease to perceive how much DEVELOPMENT CODE, SPECIFICALLY AMENDING
be separated from them. His work had we need God, He soon seems out of ARTICLE 5, PROVIDING A FOOTNOTE IN TABLE 5.09.05
been his god, consuming all of his time sight, then out of mind.
PROVIDING REFERENCE TO ARTICLE 6 REGARDING
and energy. But all his gains appeared “We live in an affluent all-providing
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR RV PARKS AND
as losses when he discovered how close culture. If we can’t afford something,
he was to eternity. we buy it on credit. We have our health, AMENDING ARTICLE 6, SECTION 6.15.00, ADDING A
Our Lord once told of such a man. houses, families, jobs, friends, and
NEW SECTION 6.15.02 PROVIDING DEVELOPMENT
This wealthy farmer had all that anyone heritage. Who needs God?”
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could desire, all he had longed for and But everything we have is temporary,
worked for in life. His fields produced including health, wealth and honor. SEVERABILITY ; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION;
so much there wasn’t room enough in Andrew Carnegie sat in a plush hotel AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
his barns to store his harvest. dining room. Before him was an
“What shall I do?” he mused, evalu- untouched meal. His health was failing
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about his coming golden years. with Him that will last forever.
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Arc-DeSoto does well at bocci tourney
By PATRICIA SCHUDEL
ARCADIAN CORRESPONDENT
On Feb. 22, the Special Olympics
County Bocci Ball Tournament was held at
Bocci players
Cross Creek Park. Nine athletes represent-
displaying
ing Arc-DeSoto participated in the event.
their ribbons
After several weeks of practice, the
are: (first row)
Arc-DeSoto team performed very well.
Casey Collins,
Blue ribbons were won by Jonathan
Roy Engels,
Franco, Saul Gutierrez, Kim Holder and
Jonathan
Jeffery Tomlinson. Red ribbons were
Franco and
awarded to Vanessa Byrd, Casey Collins,
Jeffery
Roy Engels and Carl Schudel. A yellow
Tomlinson,
ribbon was received by Jerome Raynor.
(back row)
All of the Arc-DeSoto participants
Kim Holder,
qualified for the Area Bocci Ball Games
Vanessa Byrd,
to be held at the Italian American Club
Jerome Raynor
in Cape Coral on March 17.
and Saul Guti-
Ken Clark, Joyce Collins and Lucinda
errez.
Tomlinson served as the team’s coach- ARCADIAN PHOTOS PROVIDED
es. Following the tournament, the
Saul Gutierrez takes a shot with the bocci ball.
athletes were treated to a pizza party,
courtesy of Domino’s Pizza. Pizza and to Cross Creek for the use of
Arc-DeSoto wishes to thank Domino’s their facility.
Craig’s RV Resort fun and games
Mixed shuffleboard tournament results at Craig’s RV Resort(left to right, front row) are men’s
ARCADIAN PHOTOS PROVIDED
mixed winner Kay Phivilay, ladies winner Lynda Connor, and ladies singles winner Gert LaJoie.
Craig’s RV Resort residents also enjoyed a paint-class morning. Instructor Kathy (far right) and Second row are Paul LA Vallee/men’s singles runner-up, Kurt Jessop/men’s mixed runner-up, Paul
her group of enthusiasts gave their own renditions of the lighthouse-themed lesson. Great fun Eldredge/men’s single winner, Dorothy Zettler/women’s runner-up, and Earl Waits/men’s singles
was had by all. runner-up.
Arcadia Community Friendship Centers plans
March 23 open house
Band call to players
By CRAIG GARRETT
The Arcadia Community Band is Clubhouse on Monday afternoons at ARCADIAN EDITOR
well into its 2018 concert season. 3:30 p.m. for rehearsals. We would
The band, now in its 16th year, love to add more musicians to our It’s the little secret DeSoto seniors
is playing music that has color in group; if you have played a band need to learn.
its name, such as Deep Purple, instrument and can read music, The Friendship Centers drop-in of-
Blue Tango, The Blue and the Grey, consider joining us. fice in Arcadia plans a March 23 open
Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom And if you have not played for a house to better explain its mission.
White, Red Sails in the Sunset and while, that is okay, as many of us The agency on Oak Street caters to
many more. went for a long time before dust- those 60 and older who seek infor-
The band is all volunteer and ing off the old instruments. Ray, mation on services and programs for ARCADIAN PHOTOS PROVIDED
meets at the Arcadia Village Cantina 239-405-3396 active and shut-in seniors in DeSoto Sylvia Zamora (left) and Diane Rhoneelli at
County. the Friendship Centers office in Arcadia. The
And if you’re wishing a warm lunch, pair will help host a March 23 open house that
stop in, as well, said Diane Rhoneelli, a starts at 10 a.m.
nutritionist at the Arcadia drop-in. The
nonprofit “has new things coming to
DeSoto County” to share with seniors,
she said. And there is host of existing
services, a no-cost sewing/alteration
program, for example, among a menu
of other programs and activities at
the clean and large office. There’s no
charge for the lunch at 11:30 a.m.
The Friendship Centers is a non- Office hours are 9 a.m.-1 p.m., lunch served at
profit out of Sarasota that spider- 11:30 a.m.
webbed into a network of services for
seniors. Its Meals on Wheels program decade.
targeted shut-ins, for example. But The goal on March 23 is to bring
there are nutrition programs, health awareness to programs and to the
clinics, activities, caregiving and center, which allows seniors with
resources available to those older than fewer resources to gather, share a
PHOTO PROVIDED
60 in Arcadia. The program reaches meal and socialize. The door opens at
Arcadia Community Band seeks players for its volunteer company. Concerts will help the thousands in Southwest Florida, 10 a.m. Hours 9 a.m.-1 p.m., 863-494-
DeSoto Middle and DCHS music departments, as well as other causes. has been in Arcadia for more than a 5965, 219 W. Oak St., Arcadia.