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Putnam County Sheriff's Dept. Major Steve Rose answers questions from the media about the drowning of a two-year-old in Melrose Bay on Thursday morning. Fran Ruchalski/Palatka Daily News
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Putnam County Sheriff's Dept. Major Steve Rose answers questions from the media about the drowning of a two-year-old in Melrose Bay on Thursday morning. Fran Ruchalski/Palatka Daily News

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  • Payton Pellicer gets ready to deliver a steak that her dad, Walton Pellicer just took off the grill at the Putnam County Shrine Club on Friday night. Fran Ruchalski/Palatka Daily News
  • Payton Pellicer takes a pair of freshly-grilled steaks that her dad, Walton Pellicer just took off the grill to hungry diners at the Putnam County Shrine Club on Friday night. Fran Ruchalski/Palatka Daily News
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  • Volunteer dentist Stephen Beckett, D.D.S. discusses the treatment he will be doing with patient Merle Carlisle of Crescent City on Friday afternoon. Fran Ruchalski/Palatka Daily News
  • The Florida Baptist Convention brought their mobile dentistry unit to College Park Baptist Church in Palatka to offer free dental care to area residents. The bus has two treatment rooms and offers services for 5-13 patients a day. The unit sets up each week at different churches throughout the state and the locations are listed on their website. To obtain free medical care, College Park Baptist offers a medical clinic on the first and third Thursday of every month. Fran Ruchalski/Palatka Daily News
  • Along came good samaritan Ray Crisp to lend a hand. Mindful of the danger, he carefully picked up the turtle who was snapping away at him. Crisp moved him to the other side of the road, and even when he was putting him down, the turtle tried to bite his foot. But after all that, the turtle went on his merry way in the brush along the railroad tracks. Fran Ruchalski/Palatka Daily News
  • This snapping turtle was spotted alson Comfort Rd., just across the railroad tracks from Crystal Cove. Vehicles were going around it carefully, but there was not enough time for the fiesty reptile to chance making it across the road. Fran Ruchalski/Palatka Daily News
  • After the service had concluded, the pastors gathered around Putnam County School Board member Sandra Gilyard to pray for her and her family as her brother had just passed away. Fran Ruchalski/Palatka Daily News
  • The local National Day of Prayer observance was held at Saint James United Methodist Church on Thursday. Fran Ruchalski/Palatka Daily News
  • An attendee prays during the local National Day of Prayer observance at Saint James United Methodist Church on Thursday. Fran Ruchalski/Palatka Daily News
  • Pastor Sophia Smith of Palatka Church of God of Prophecy prays for the businesses of Putnam County during the local National Day of Prayer observance at Saint James United Methodist Church on Thursday. Fran Ruchalski/Palatka Daily News
  • Pastor Emily Thomas, youth pastor of Bethel Assembly of God in Interlachen prays for the youth of Putnam County during the local National Day of Prayer observance at Saint James United Methodist Church on Thursday. Fran Ruchalski/Palatka Daily News
  • Pastor Joshua Hobbs of the First Assembly of God in Palatka prays for service members and law enforcement during the local National Day of Prayer observance at Saint James United Methodist Church on Thursday. Fran Ruchalski/Palatka Daily News
  • Putnam County Sheriff's Dept. Major Steve Rose answers questions from the media about the drowning of a two-year-old in Melrose Bay on Thursday morning. Fran Ruchalski/Palatka Daily News
  • Putnam County Sheriff's Dept. Major Steve Rose answers questions from the media about the drowning of a two-year-old in Melrose Bay on Thursday morning. Fran Ruchalski/Palatka Daily News
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