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On Jan. 13 the price of gold was $1,365 per ounce. Less than a week later it had jumped to $1,405.06 per ounce. And as the price of gold increases there seems to be a direct correlation to the rise in break-ins around the county where the items most taken are gold.
    Hardly a week has gone by when someone has not been the victim of a break-in since September. There have been so many break-ins in the eastern part of Gadsden County in the past few weeks that authorities are calling it a crime spree.

    Helen Franks said Tuesday afternoon that she was so happy she could hardly contain her enthusiam. The Gretna mayor was speaking to a group of about 100 people who huddled in the cold for the groundbreaking ceremony for the Creek Entertainment facility at Gretna.
    "This is a new day for Gretna. This means job growth and economic growth," she said.

 An early morning mobile home fire claimed the lives of 39-year-old Francisca Calderon and her 10-year-old son, Ervan Calderon, Tuesday. Quincy Fire Department responded to a call at 1:52 a.m. regarding a structure fire. When they arrived the structure was fully engulfed, according to a report released by the Quincy Fire Department.
    Both victims were found inside the home once the fire was extinguished. Francisca Calderon was found in the north bedroom and Ervan, a student at George W. Munroe Elementary School, was found in the south bedroom.

 "Under the circumstances, she doing great," said Dickson Lester of his mother , 92-year-old Eunice "Sunny" Lester.
    On Dec. 17, Lester was brutally beaten and left for dead in the front yard of her home on Attapulgus Highway, north of Quincy. Since that time she has been in the intensive care unit at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. Lester said Tuesday that his mother has had a feeding tube removed and doctors are waiting to see if she can kake in food orally.