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Panama Hattie’s cleans up act

By Erica Andrew | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Photo by Erica Andrew

As I stood outside Panama Hattie’s, I was approached by an older gentleman who asked me if I knew how long this restaurant had been there. I replied that I had no idea, but I regularly attended their “Sink or Swim” on Thursday nights. The man went on to explain to me that when he was my age (he looked as if he was in his late 50s early 60s) he used to come to this bar for a beer back in the ’70s.



Civil rights leader speaks about race relations then and now

By Cal Colgan | jcolgan@flagler.edu
Photo by Phil Sunkel

Andrew Young is no stranger to St. Augustine’s racial tensions.

The former UN ambassador and mayor of Atlanta came to St. Augustine last week to speak to Flagler College about the city’s role in the civil rights struggles of the 1960s and to present his documentary, Crossing St. Augustine, to Flagler and the St. Augustine community in Flagler’s auditorium. The film contains interviews with numerous locals who participated in the city’s civil rights movement and talks about Young’s visit to St. Augustine in June 1964.




Last week’s post office package gives campus bomb scare

By Matthew Boyle | mboyle@flagler.edu

The St. Augustine Police Department confirmed a “suspicious” package left outside the post office on Friday, Feb. 12 was not a bomb and contained clothing and personal effects.

The SAPD had blocked off parts of King Street, MLK Boulevard and Markland Place, and evacuated the Flagler College student center as a precaution.


Police determine suspicious package at post office was safe, not bomb

By Matthew Boyle | mboyle@flagler.edu

THIS STORY WAS PUBLISHED ON FRIDAY, FEB. 12.

UPDATE: 8:06 p.m.Though the student center will reopen, Bugg’s Bistro will remain closed for the rest of the night.

UPDATE: 7:44 p.m.Commander Barry Fox of the SAPD confirmed that the suspicious package was not a bomb. Fox said St. John’s County Sheriff bomb squad specialists used two water charges, which were the loud noises, to see what was inside. The red suitcase contained clothing and personal effects, Fox said.

UPDATE: 7:34 p.m.Flagler College Security expects student center to reopen at approximately 8 p.m.


‘Unplanned’ pregnancies pose insurance problems for women

By Caroline Young | CYoung1@flagler.edu

Nearly half of all pregnancies in America are unintended.

Stefanie Kunkel, the executive director of the Florida Association of Planned Parenthood Affiliates, says that she often witnesses pregnant young women who could not afford birth control when they needed it. She says it is common in college-aged women than in working women.