Today's News

To “stir enthusiasm and gratitude” because we are “surrounded by so much beauty” is the goal of John Middleton, a passionate birder and photographer of nature. This former Florida Park Ranger, leadership consultant and pastor who grew up in Jacksonville drove from Lafayette County to share that passion in a recent program at the Williston Library which he called “Birds and Bird Photography: An Introduction.” The program was hosted by the Friends of the Williston Library (FOWL).

By Deborah Goad

Contributing Writer

After months of renovation work, Blue Springs in Bronson is once again open for swimming and picnicking.

Ten pavilions, numerous new concrete tables and benches and freshly painted restrooms with newly built changing rooms and a paved parking lot have all been added to enhance Blue Springs Park.

Williston's two police leaders, Chief Dennis Strow and Deputy Chief Clay Connolly are always trying to make copper wire from stretching pennies.

Last week, Connolly told Williston City Council members he had applied and received a grant from USDA to fund three new police vehicles.

While it is a matching grant, the city will pay $32,000 and receive $75,000 from USDA to buy the vehicles. It's like three for the price of one.

The city's portion of the grant will come from money already in the budget that is earmarked for police vehicles.

Tradition states there are 613 commandments in Mosaic Law.

Somehow, the translators who worked for King James in 1604 decided to pare those laws down into what we refer to as the Ten Commandments.

For many, like me, I suppose that in itself is a blessing. Keeping 10 laws can be a daunting task so I can only imagine if I had to remember and adhere to 603 more.

It’s reminiscent of one of the Lemony Snicket books, The Vile Village, where the Baudelaire children are forever breaking laws because there are so many they cannot remember them.