, ,i,,70�0 50�1 Complete weather O information on 2A - Claied-7-1B Cmrossword---�B WU International -7B a National -.7A - Obituaries--11A Opinion ---4A Z Sports --1-3, SB SJ.C Life -----3A 2 Sections, 24 Pages Volume 86 - Number 232 Z ;. Looking A MEDIA GENERAL NEWSPAPER : ', ' Ctn 2 JobSe for work? * jR OF 9O BOX 1-7 We've got 7 job . FIESR I J LI listings for you in i today's classified. ;eq 79 PkgSeq002 7 *9 * AFOR ADC 320 FLORIDA HISTORY 0 i. 32611--007 S. NW SUNDAY Malone sees largest turnout yet for Pecan Festival BY ASHLEY McKEEN FLORIDAN STAFF WRITER The streets of downtown Malone were filled Saturday for the town's fifth annual Pecan Festival. Visitors from all parts of the county .and the tri-state area gathered between Main and 11th streets for the carnival-like atmosphere and fun festivities. Not even the overcast skies deterred dedicated visitors. Organizers Flora Beard, Dorothy Mathis and Sally Gibson estimat- ed this year's crowd at about '3,000, which beat last year's attendance by a thousand. "This year's festival has been a huge success. This is the biggest crowd we've ever seen," Mathis said. The day began with an early morning pecan pancake breakfast at 6 a.m. Many enjoyed the out- side breakfast, across from City Members of the Malone Bitty Club were busy throwing beads and trinkets as well the occasional stuffed animal to the crowd lining the Malone Pecan Festival Parade route Saturday. - Mark Skinner / Floridan Children dive to scoop up candy thrown by a passing float at the Malone Pecan Festival Parade Saturday. - Mark Skinner / Floridan Hall on Main Street. Plates sold for $5, with sausage and coffee included. Following the breakfast was the 10 a.m. parade, that traveled down Main.Street with more than 100 groups participating. The Malone Band, fire 'departments from across the county, local churches, the 98th Army band from Fort Rucker in Alabama, the National Peanut Festival .Queen and Little Miss Peanut, as well as other, beauty queens "and the Jackson County Sheriff's Office were among the many par- ticipating. The festival itself began See PECAN, Page 11AO- Chipola chef gives turkey advice sogs B% DIEBORAH BUCKHALTER changes Mark Panichela. culinary arts instructor t r ti e at Chipola College. offered some safety and quality utips for Thanksgi ing Da. cooks STAFF REPORT who v.ant to bring a perfect turke) to the Jackson County School Board Fitable, nd remots ;afe%. officials announced Thursday that Thai nhud be a concern m t I : , o f Monday, Nov. 30, the school That should i be a ctonern ire the ieri.. rto, p day at Golson Elementary School t Uo it k .ha. Pani . hea sa, c th elrager will change. Classes will begin at -Pay attention to eterwhere that bird 830a.m. as opposed to the prior 8tart. goes in its ra" state." he said. "From the ilStudents may be dropped off at t'ridge to the o'en." ,school at 7:30 a.m. and after, but aWbhen stashing it in the icebox, make sure can no longer be left at school at 7 it's in the lot est part of the refrigerator and ate r a.m. The ending time for the school that there's nothing unwrapped or read%-to- day will not be affected. eat hittingg underneath it. The juices can drip d. .. . Principal DonWilson explained and pose a salmonella danger, he arns, .-"the change was due in large part to "I also put mine in a pan that's big .transportation issues with the coun- enough to hold the bird in its original pack.- ty bus system. Another cause for aging." Panichella said. 'That way. it's full> the change was out of compliance contained while it's in there tha" ine." with union contracts. Prior to the Panichella also warned against the idea change, teachers were going over Wilson wants to assure parents friendly environment. . placing it in the cook pan. stop and sanitjze "e a bleach solution in the ri�t con- that the children are not actually After its thaned and read\ to prepare. the sink to present bacteria and cross-con- centraton.' he advised. "'Follo the direc- losing any classroom time, due.to there are other safety concerns to think tanmination as \ou tork % ith other loods uons on the container Cross contaminauon lunches and time in between class- about. Washing the sink out %t ith plain old dish- After rinsing the turkey. patting it dry and water isn't good enough, he said See TURKEY, Page 11A es. Jackson County Regional program provides free dental services unemployment BY ASHLEY McKEEN FLORIDAN STAFF WRITER Students at Graceville Elementary had their smiles brightened Friday after a visit from "Smiles on Wheels," a Panhandle mobile dental service providing low-income students with free dental care. These students, along with the 22,000 other children in Jackson, Liberty, Calhoun, Holmes and Washington counties, have received more than 57,000 free dental visits. These visits include exams, cleaning, sealants and treatment. Nearly 38 percent of the children treated are uninsured and are pro- vided with the services for free. Children who qualify for free lunch in pre- kindergarten through third grade, and who are residents of one of the five counties are eligi- ble for the Smiles on Wheels program. A 40- foot bus, equipped with two dental stations and a dental staff, travels to elementary, Head Start schools, child care centers to provide on-site dental care. "The goal is to make dentistry fun for the kids, while also providing them with the edu- cation needed for better dental hygiene and overall health," dental hygienist Marcia McDonald said. The program was initiated in the spring of 2000 by a non-profit group of local physi- See DENTAL, Page 11A - Dentist Forest Bowen checks the teeth of a third grader at Graceville Elementary School Friday during a visit by the Smiles on Wheels bus. - Mark Skinner / Floridan inches up STAFF REPORT The unemployment rate in Jackson County remained unchanged in October, although it went up marginally in the other four counties monitored by the Chipola Regional Workforce Board. A news release from the work- force board stated Jackson County's rate of unemployment remained unchanged, at 7.2 per- cent, between September and October. The county's unemploy- ment rate had been dropping for the past several months, but is still well above the 5.4 percent recorded in October last year. Unemployment' rose from 8.4 percent to 8.5 percent in Calhoun County over that same period, according to the workforce board. In Holmes County, it went from 7.3 percent to 7.5 percent: in Liberty County, from 5.3 percent to 5.4 percent; and in Washington County from 9.6 percent to 9.8 percent. Florida's unemployment rate rose to 11.2 percent in October, up from 11.1 percent the month before. Nationwide, October unem- ployment was 10.2 percent. This Newspaper _ Is Printed On Recycled Newsprint 7 6516 1 80100 1l TH( ARE('S #1 C(RSSIFID SOURncE. WIRERASS CLASSIFIED 7 MARKETPLACE See Pages 7-11B ,Chewolet-Buiek-Cadillac-Nissan ., 4204 Lafayette St.* Marianna, FL. (850) 482-6317 SEr.. E TE. SLETE S.,TMa., 1161 � � I LL-~ Ii-II �- ,--c----- a