Gulf County youth get new bikes for Christmas
The Bikes for Boys & Girls program, an annual project of the R.A. Driesbach, Sr. Lodge #77 Knights of Pythias, distributed 132 bicycles to deserving Gulf County children between Saturday, Dec. 21 and Christmas Day.
Bicycles were distributed on the morning of Dec. 21 in Port St. Joe at the City Commons next to City Hall, and in the afternoon in Wewahitchka at Lake Alice Park.
The size of the bikes ranged from 10-inch tricycles to 24-inch mountain bikes.
“Smiles were contagious. The boys and girls and the parents were all happy to receive the bikes,” said Kenneth Monette, the lodge’s chancellor commander. “The weather and the turnout of kids and parents were great.”
On behalf of the members of R.A. Driesbach, Sr. Lodge #77 Knights of Pythias, Monette said “we wish to thank each individual, business, and organization for your kindness, encouragement, and generous donations. Your continued support is making a difference in the lives of families in Port St. Joe, Wewahitchka, and surrounding areas.”
Meet the Editor
David Adlerstein, The Apalachicola Times’ digital editor, started with the news outlet in January 2002 as a reporter.
Prior to then, David Adlerstein began as a newspaperman with a small Boston weekly, after graduating magna cum laude from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. He later edited the weekly Bellville Times, and as business reporter for the daily Marion Star, both not far from his hometown of Columbus, Ohio.
In 1995, he moved to South Florida, and worked as a business reporter and editor of Medical Business newspaper. In Jan. 2002, he began with the Apalachicola Times, first as reporter and later as editor, and in Oct. 2020, also began editing the Port St. Joe Star.