Faces of volunteers seen throughout community

Serving others at any age is gratifying, uplifting Former corrections officer serves others after retirement Upon retiring as Director of Corrections in 2016 after working for the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office for 31 years, Tara Wildes would have been forgiven for putting up her feet and resting. Instead, she has devoted 20-plus hours a week to […]

Cub Scout ‘Bat Pack’ hopes to earn Conservation Good Turn Award

Cub Scout ‘Bat Pack’ hopes to  earn Conservation Good Turn Award

San Marco Cub Scout Pack 35 could find they have a new nickname, thanks to a unique project. In an effort to earn the Conservation Good Turn Award from the Boy Scouts of America, the “Bat Pack” built bat houses to distribute throughout the San Marco community to encourage the important role bats play in […]

Boy Scouts welcome six new Eagles to the community

Boy Scouts welcome six new Eagles to the community

Six young men from four area high schools received the coveted Eagle Scout medal Oct. 13 at St. John’s Presbyterian Church. Each Troop 2 Boy Scout who had completed the requirements to attain the highest rank available in the Scouting program now counts himself as one among 4 percent in Scouts to achieve the rank. […]

Boy Scout honors veterans, grandfather’s memory with wreaths

Boy Scout honors veterans, grandfather’s memory with wreaths

Boy Scouts of America Troop 522, based at Ortega United Methodist Church, has a lofty goal this fall to raise $1,000 for the troop. However, the Scouts are looking beyond their own needs by holding a fundraising drive for Wreaths Across America to remember the fallen, honor those who serve and to teach children the […]

Small-town boy makes good with pen and ink

Small-town boy makes good with pen and ink

It would be more accurate to ask, “Who was your neighbor?” because caricature artist Ken Fallin never looked back after graduating high school in 1966. The Resident caught up with him after a Show and Tell presentation in October at Theatre Jacksonville. The Resident: Where in Jacksonville did you grow up? Fallin: We lived in […]

The Way We Were: Barbara “Bobbi” Margol

The Way We Were: Barbara “Bobbi” Margol

Born to George and Shirley Hirshfield in Newark, New Jersey, Barbara “Bobbi” Margol lost her natural mother to polio when she was just four years old. When she was five, her father married a woman named Eva, who had a daughter named Elaine. “Elaine and I became lifelong sisters immediately,” recalled Bobbi, “and a few […]

The Way We Were: The Ulmer Girls

The Way We Were: The Ulmer Girls

As Dorothy Ulmer Marsh, Elizabeth Ulmer Jolley and Frances Ulmer Howey wend their way through Riverside, Avondale, Ortega and Venetia on their daily activities, the three women embark on a journey through time that goes back many generations. The Ulmer “girls” – three of four sisters – pass Stockton Street, Stockton School, Stockton Park, all […]

San Marco lions celebrate 21 years

San Marco lions celebrate 21 years

There was music, adult beverages, free commemorative photos, and, of course, cake as San Marco residents celebrated the 21st anniversary of the installation of the Lions’ Fountain in Balis Park Oct. 13. The fabulous felines, who dress up for every occasion, donned blue and white party hats with yellow tassels created by Karen McCombs, as […]

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