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Jail finance chief responds to coverage of BCDC's financial pickle E-mail
Written by Joel Addington and Brian Bishop   
Thursday, 12 August 2010 10:40

The Press published both in print and online a story regarding finances of the Baker Correctional Development Corporation, which owns the jail and sheriff's complex north of Macclenny.

It stated that BCDC had lost some $2.7 million during the nine-month period from October 2009 and June 2010, though more than $1 million of that sum represented the depreciating value of the building and other tangible assets. Another roughly $46,000 represented costs associated bonding construction of the facility.

The sheriff's office finance chief Brian Bishop, who manages BCDC finances as well, addressed many of the story's assertions about the nonprofit corporation's fiscal situation and how it relates to the county, in writing.

His responses are labeled BB, and Joel Addington's JA. The original story can be found here.

Last Updated on Thursday, 12 August 2010 12:41
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Infant deaths spike, prevention task force sought E-mail
Written by Joel Addington   
Wednesday, 11 August 2010 09:52

Twenty-two days after Trevor James Pendleton’s birth, his mother found him cold and rigid in her bed with dried blood under his nose.

It was a Friday morning: February 13, 2009.

“I knew right then my son was gone, but I didn’t want to believe it,” said Cindy Pendleton, 23, of Sanderson.

She remembers screaming for help and performing CPR, and trying to suck the blood from her newborn’s nose.

The death was attributed to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, or SIDS, which means doctors couldn’t explain medically why it occurred.

Last Updated on Friday, 13 August 2010 10:43
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New hip joint design for Baker County woman E-mail
Written by Kelley Lannigan   
Wednesday, 11 August 2010 10:01
Brandy Sapp and Dr. Stanton Longenecker

Brandy Sapp and Dr. Stanton Longenecker

Last year, Brandy Sapp suffered a freak accident. Unaware of the damage to her body, her situation went undiagnosed for months, leading to a widespread infection. The damage rendered her nearly paralyzed and almost claimed her life.

Enter Dr. Stanton Longenecker, a Jacksonville orthopedic surgeon with an engineering background. A new hip prosthesis he helped develop has recently given Brandy back her life.

“Her case was the worst I’ve ever seen,” said Dr. Longenecker. “It’s highly unusual for a 30-year-old woman to break a hip and just as unusual for the situation to drag out like it did. Life dealt this young woman a really bad hand of cards. It was my job to reshuffle the deck.”

Brandy is the first to receive the newly designed titanium short stem prosthesis and her prognosis is excellent. Her goal is to be walking on her own by the time her children start school Aug. 23.

“I’m more than pleased, I’m ecstatic,” Dr. Longenecker said of his patient’s remarkable progress. “At her age, she had the most to lose if it didn’t work and the most to gain if it did.”

Last Updated on Wednesday, 18 August 2010 09:35
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