The Franklin Chronicle


A LOCALLY OWNED NEWSPAPER


19 February 1999 Page 7


World's Smallest

Museum Opens


By Tom Campbell
In announcing the next step of Camp Gordon Johnston Association's
drive to build a World War II museum in Carrabelle area, President
Sid Winchester smiled, "We now have the World's Smallest Museum."
The small building next to The Garden Gallery on Fourth Street and
Highway 98 in Carrabelle will be office headquarters for the museum.
The World's Smallest Museum opened this week in Carrabelle and
President Winchester said this is the next step toward a museum de-
signed to honor the Amphibian Forces of WWII.


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Franklin County Visited By

Award Winning Storyteller

 ries," said Weiss. "You can tell a
 Sherlock Holmes or Shakespeare
 story to 5 or 6 year olds and they
 will get into it. I don't memorize
 S- the stories word for word. L learn
 who the characters are. then I tell
 the story in my own words." Weiss
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By Aaron Shea
"I came home one day and told
my wife that I was really unhappy
with my job (salesman)," recalled
story teller extraordinaire Jim
Weiss. "I had taught school for a
while in Los Angeles and I knew I
could tell stories and I knew kids,
as well as adults, loved stories.
That afternoon we started our
own company." Ten years later,
Weiss has sold over 500,000 re-
cordings of his retelling of "clas-
sic" stories ranging from Greek
Myths to Shakespeare and he has
taken home 35 national awards.
He also travels all across the
country re-telling ancient, classic,
modern, and his own original sto-
ries to children and adults. Stops
in his tour have included the
White House and PBS.
Due to the efforts of the Franklin
County Public Library's Family
Literacy Program, in collaboration
with the Wilderness Coast Public
Libraries, Weiss brought his na-
tionally recognized storytelling
show to Franklin County on Feb-
ruary 5. Weiss told tales to the
children of Browne, Chapman,
and Carrabelle Elementary
Schools.
The keys to his success in this
rare profession, "I simplify the sto-


 An entranced listener.
performer in Los Angeles for his
ability to keep children interested
in his storytelling. "I always loved
to act, sing, and write," said
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Weiss. "After I grew up, I studied Carrabelle And
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Weiss also held a workshop in
Eastpoint to share his storytelling
knowledge and secrets with par-
ents in Franklin County. Unfor-
tunately, the turn out for the
workshop was well below expec-
tations. Weiss was going to teach
parents how to use storytelling to
teach, entertain, relax, and calm
their children. He also wanted to
explain to parents that story tell-
ing can encourage self-
expression, creativity and build
concentration. The charismatic
Weiss went about his business,
however, by telling the tale of Her-
cules to the WINGS program chil-
dren that were present.
What does Jim Weiss hope to ac-
complish from telling stories? "I
really want to promote the clas-
sic stories," explained Weiss. "I
feel like they are being lost. A lot
of kids are learning who Arnold
Schwarzenegger is, but they don't
have any idea who Sherlock
Holmes was. People also get to
learn how desirable it is to read.
I've seen people learning."
Franklin County Library Director
Eileen Annie agreed that children
and adults could learn from
Weiss. "I believe that this could
inspire reading in the County,"
said Annie. Weiss also put his job
into a simpler perspective, "people
love to hear stories."
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Apalachicola and Carrabelle players scramble for the loose
ball.


Apalachicola

Basketball Teams

Enter District

Playoffs With Loses

By Aaron Shea
The Apalachicola Sharks final
regular season game on February
15 was one to forget, as they lost
98 to 50 to Rutherford. "They beat
us up real bad." said Head Coach
Eddie Joseph. "They had a lot of
athletes." The Sharks ended their
regular season with a 5-11 record.
In their previous two games, the
Sharks had played exceptionally
well. On February 5, they defeated
Wewahitchka 61 to 47 behind 17
points from Mario Lane and 14
points from Tim Poloronis. On
February 9, they narrowly lost to
Liberty County 60 to 51. They got
a good performance from Trevor
Nelson who scored 18 points.
Overall, however. Coach Joseph
believes the team had a tough
season. "We were kind of up and
down. We played 7. 8. 9 guys,"
continued Joseph. "We just didn't
have enough bodies." The Sharks
will play the Carrabelle/Aucilla
winner tonight in the district play-
offs.

Carrabelle Basketball
The Carrabelle Panthers ended
their regular season on February
15 with a loss at Wakulla. The
Panthers finished their season
0-20 and will face Aucilla in the
district playoffs.
Though the Panthers finished the
season winless, senior Antoine
Benjamin had a sensational year.
He averaged over 18 points and 9
rebounds a game, which puts him
among the leading scorers and
rebounders in the Big Bend. He
also averaged almost four blocks
per a game, which made him the
number one shot blocker in the
Big Bend area.


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in the spring of each year. One of
these is the Black Skimmer which
is a species of special concern.
The Least Tern who make their
nests there are threatened. Resi-
dents of St. George have always
taken care of protecting them but
many still fall, to passing motor-
ists. The birds would be safer with
no vehicles passing by.
Winter months bring the fish into
the bay and into rivers. Surf fish-
ing is basically non-existent 'when
the winter visitor arrived. This
would be a boon to the visitor who
just wants a few days of quiet fish-
ing.
Not only the fishermen would en-
joy the bridge but also people who
like to run, walk or skate would
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sun and sea air. Pliel said you only
have to stretch your imagination
a tiny bit to understand that all
manner of recreation could
be enjoyed by residents and alike.
Pfiel says he feels that retaining
the bridge could have a positive
economic effect on the commu-
nity. With the advent of more
things to do in Franklin County,
there would be more tourists to
rent homes, and enjoy the prod-
ucts and services of bait shops,
gift shops, general store, food
stores, restaurants, motels and
convenience stores.
If you are interested in this pro-
posal and want to hear more there
will be a meeting at the County
Courthouse on February 18 at 6
p.m. Or you are encouraged to call
Jack Pfiel in Tallahassee at 850
504 6444.


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Carrabelle Senior Justin
Odom looks for an open
teammate.


Despite a winless season,
Carrabelle star Antoine
Benjamin finished in the top
5 in scoring, rebounding,
and blocks in the Big Bend
area.


 Recognition
 Tea and
 Entertainment

 By Tom Campbell
 Invitations went out last week to
 the Third Annual Franklin County
 Public Library and Library
 Friends and others who may be
 interested. This is the annual Vol-
 unteer and Special Friends Rec-
 ognition Tea, to be held Sunday,
 February 28 from 3 to 6 pm at
 the Eastpoint Fire Station on 6th
 Street in Eastpoint.
 Music will be provided by Tom
 Adams. A magic show will feature
 Telly the Magician. Snacks will be
 served along with tea.
 Those interested in attending
 should phone 670-8151 or
 697-2366.
 The purpose of the tea is to give
 recognition to the volunteers and
 special friends who help the Fran-
 klin County Public Library. The
 national theme this year, accord-
 ing to Director of the Library
 Eileen Annie Hall, is "Volunteers
 Have That Magic Touch."
 She also said the Friends of the
 Library meeting will be held
 Thursday, February 25 at 7 pm
 in the Carrabelle Branch of the
 Library. The new WINGS Coordi-
nator in Carrabelle is Ms. Connie
Phillips.


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