Tag Archives: Get to Know
Get to Know … Sue Giddings
By Angela Higginbotham
angela@floridanewsline.com
Growing up in Texas, Sue Giddings and her family were regular visitors at the library; she developed a love of reading and learning early on. Even today, she insists that libraries are a powersource for so many people. Giddings devotes much of her time to Friends of the South Mandarin Library, a group of volunteers with the mission of raising funds to help with improvements within the South Mandarin Library.
Get to Know … Bob and Sarah Trunell
By Angela Higginbotham
angela@floridanewsline.com
Bob and Sarah Trunell met in 1989 while both were working on a cruise ship in the Caribbean. Sarah, a dancer, and Bob, a magician, have traveled the world while entertaining vacationers with their talents.
Get To Know … Harry Smith
By Ken Gillespie
mail@floridanewsline.com
Upon entering Harry Smith’s Ponte Vedra Beach house, he points to a large screen television. Sprouting behind it is an array of antennae: long vintage rabbit ears topped by a bunch of aluminum shards pointing north. Thanks to this assembly, he and wife Sondra enjoy free over-the-air access to more than 30 channels. No Netflix, no HBO, no cable bill. Further, they have no internet service, thus no email capability. They don’t own a computer or a smartphone; he relies on a dated flip-top phone.
Get to Know … Stacey Goldring
By Martie Thompson
editor@floridanewsline.com
During Stacey Goldring’s first visit to Mandarin about 30 years ago, she met her future husband. On her second visit, she found her new hometown. Goldring earned a journalism degree from Ohio State University and it was while on Spring Break that she visited her cousins in Mandarin and met Bruce, who attended the University of Florida and was her cousin’s roommate in Gainesville. After getting married, the couple spent time in South Florida, where Stacey wrote for several newspapers and Bruce, an airline pilot, had easy access to three airports.
Get to Know … Mark Tillman
By Martie Thompson
editor@floridanewsline.com
Mark and Alisa Tillman moved to St. Johns about eight years ago with their young, autistic son Lucas. They had both sets of parents living in Florida, in Tallahassee and Tampa, and decided that Northeast Florida would be a good middle ground. Research into area schools with good ESE programs led them to St. Johns County.
