David Adlerstein

etimes get tired of old-fashioned theatrical productions, bursting with corny jokes and cardboard characters, then you're going to thoroughly enjoy the Panhandle Players latest production, running Saturday night and Sunday afternoon at the Chapman Theatre.

Before packed stands May 7 in Port St. Joe, the Lady Tiger Sharks held off a never-say-die effort by the Wewahitchka Lady Gators in the regional semifinals to advance to the finals.

The rains delayed things and switched home field several times as if it were ping-pong and not baseball, but in the end, the Cottondale Hornets took two from the Port St.

Sporting Stetsons and sometimes wearing chaps, families from throughout the Forgotten Coast rode into T.L. James Park in Wewa last month for the second year of a reborn rodeo.

If you thought that close to three decades after The St. Joe Company paper mill closed down permanently would mean the whole 60-year history of the storied institution would be long since forgotten, you'd be very wrong.

Two Gulf County weightlifters, Wewahitchka's Peyton Harrell and Port St. Joe's Eric Smith, each earned state weightlifting titles at the Class 1A meet in Polk County the first weekend of May.

Wewahitchka senior Emma Rustin made it to the winners' stand at the Class 1A state track and field championships, as she took seventh in the pole vault.

Last week, at a Day of Caring hosted by the United Way of Northwest Florida, the beneficiaries were butterflies, and the plants they help pollinate at the Gulf Community Gardens in Port St. Joe.

Wewahitchka's annual Tupelo Honey Festival of course was a big boon for beekeepers, as 14 had vendor booths to showcase their honey, four more than last year.

The unemployment rate along the Forgotten Coast stayed steady in both Gulf and Franklin counties in April, as the labor force increased.