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Are you looking for good news about the environment? h You need look no fur-

ther than your yard. Read on to get a sneak preview of the lecture to be present-

ed by best-selling author Dr. Douglas Tallamy, “The Insect-Native Plant Con-

nection: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants.” The talk will be

March 19, at the Florida Blue Auditorium on the FAMU campus. Mark your calendar! h So,

what’s the big deal about native plants? Many of us know that choosing native plants helps

our environment. Adapted to our locale, native plants often require less water, fertilizer, and

general babying than exotics that may have originated continents away.

A white peacock butterfly on a native frostweed flower.DAVID MOYNAHAN/FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION.

Backyardbuffet

Kathryn Ziewitz Special to Tallahassee Democrat | USA TODAY NETWORK – FLORIDA

See BIODIVERSITY, Page 4C

Grow native and be a biodiversity hero

Per aspera ad astra — through hard-ship to the stars.

This is 16-year-old Eliyah Campbell’sfavorite Latin saying. The teenager hasbeen learning the language since shewas little through her homeschoolingprogram.

She’s now working on applications tocolleges to pursue a possible double ma-jor in graphic design and social work.

In addition to her schooling, she vol-unteers her time with several local or-ganizations dedicated to helping vul-nerable populations. The service-ori-

ented teen has cultivated a passion forhelping others in ways she never ex-pected.

Eliyah is one of Tallahassee’s FiveYoung Women to Watch for 2020.

Now in its 14th year, the 25 Womenprogram is the Tallahassee Democrat’sway of honoring women who lead. Lookfor their profiles during March in printand at Tallahassee.com/25women.

Having lived most of her life in Talla-hassee, Eliyah said she finds purposehelping her community. It’s somethingher mom, also a social worker, taughther. Her dad works as an associate deanat the Florida State University College ofMedicine.

“Be the service that people need,” Eli-yah said.

She devotes extracurricular time tobeing an attorney in the Leon County

Eliyah Campbell ‘found a passion’ volunteeringCD Davidson-HiersTallahassee DemocratUSA TODAY NETWORK – FLORIDA

Eliyah Campbell, one of 5 YoungWomen to Watch. ALICIA

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Presentingthe 25 WomenFor the second yearMoore, a nationallyranked communica-tions and marketingagency, is partnering with the Tallahas-see Democrat to present the 25 WomenYou Need to Know and 5 Young Womento Watch.

See CAMPBELL, Page 4C

There are 128 steps to the top of theCrooked River Lighthouse in Carra-belle. The historic 103-foot iron skele-ton structure is the tallest on the For-gotten Coast. Though singer Susan Da-vid, says she has yet to make it to thetop, she is preparing her setlist for theFull Moon Climb on March 10.

David hopes to dedicate her set tothe late Kathleen Herzog — an artssupporter and member of the Apalach-icola Riverkeeper organization — andwill offer her microphone to anyonewho wants to celebrate her life in a sto-ry or song.

David will play music on the wrap-around porch down below as she andher guitar serenade visitors with tuneslike “Cajun Moon,” “Moon Shadow”and “Moon Dance.” She’s even writtena song called “Chasing the Moon.”

“You know when you’re driving in acar and you see the moon and you feellike you’re kind of racing it?” says Da-vid. “It’s right there in the corner ofyour eye and you know you’ll nevercatch it, and you know you’ll neverbeat it, but you’re running with it.”

A native Floridian, David has beenchasing her dreams of being onstagesince she performed her first showtune. She would gather her familyaround and sing for them, with hereyes set on Broadway. In high schoolshe was given guitar lessons from aneighbor but has remained mostlyself-taught on the instrument.

At the University of Florida, Davidtook drama classes before joining herfirst band. Folk and blues spoke to herand she cut her teeth in the Gainesvillemusic scene. At the time, David wasalso working as a physical educationteacher. She loves the physicality ofsports just as much as the emotionalrelease she feels from dancing andsinging, and jokes that getting up infront of students or an audience bearsmany similarities.

“It’s kind of crowd control,” laughsDavid. ”I do think being in front of 30,40, 60 kids helps in being an enter-tainer.”

David moved to the Tallahasseearea to be closer to her daughter butcontinued to cultivate her musicalpassions. She joined the TallahasseeCommunity Chorus and was coachedin how to warm up her voice, which shecontinues to do before every perfor-mance as a ritual. David also plays andharmonizes with local trio, Low Coun-try Boyle.

Singer focuseson the moon forlighthouse setAmanda SieradzkiCouncil on Culture & Arts

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Editor’s note: The power of Pickles fansPickles fans rejoice! After an overwhelming response from readers, the adventures of Earl andOpal returns to the daily pages of the Tallahassee Democrat today. To pull this off, we’ll be movingDoonesbury and Mallard Fillmore to the editorial page. Pickles will join our new comic strip Dustin,which is created by Steve Kelley and Tallahassee’s own Jeff Parker. As a bonus, we’ll be adding thepopular strip Crankshaft to round out the Monday through Saturday comics page. Thanks to allthose who took the time to write. And thank you for supporting local journalism.

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SU | DO | KU Dave Green

Enter a numeralfrom 1 through 9 ineach cell of thegrid. Each row,column and regionmust contain onlyone instance ofeach numeral.

Yesterday’ssolution

Note: Puzzles in-crease in difficultyfrom Mondaythrough Sunday.

TV anchor Charles Gibson is 77.Actor Oscar Isaac (“Star Wars: TheForce Awakens”) is 41. ComedianJordan Klepper (“The Daily Show”)is 41. Rapper Chingy is 40. ActorMatthew Gray Gubler (“CriminalMinds”) is 40. Guitarist Chad Gilbertof New Found Glory is 39.Actress

Brittany Snow (“American Dreams,” “Hairspray”)is 34. Rapper YG is 30.

CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS

Isaac

Aries (March 21-April 19). What’s boring will be-come interesting when you rewind time to under-stand the history or when you zoom in closer to un-derstand the intricacies and inner workings.

Taurus (April 20-May 20). In any given moment,there are a number of things you can do other thantry to regulate your psychological experience of it.

Gemini (May 21-June 21). Whatever it was youwere looking forward to, now it seems like not quiteenough. Dare to juice up the rewards.

Cancer (June 22-July 22). You will be touched byscenes of companionship – friends laughing to-gether and people holding hands or helping one an-other.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22). You seek hours that couldeasily be defined by a sense of vitality and engage-ment, as opposed to hours characterized by theweight of problems.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). The virtue of humilityis difficult to quantify, as anyone claiming to beabundantly humble defies humility’s very defini-tion.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You’ll be magnetized tothe abstract, mesmerized by art, seduced by poetryand music.

Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). If you find yourselfthinking about your position in a group, then countyourself among the psychologically advanced.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). External fixes aremuch easier than internal ones, which might takemore time and where time itself has a different na-ture, as the historic and futuristic are equally pos-sible places to visit or live inside.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). When your mindthrows words at you, those words can become yourexperience.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). There’s no reason tofocus on your fears. And at the same time, youshouldn’t try not to have them. Fear serves a pur-pose.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20). You have some funnyideas about what you do and don’t have time for.

Today’s birthday (March 9). Listen to your curi-osity, especially when it pulls you in unconvention-al directions. Your lucky numbers are 9, 20, 15, 13and 33.

ASTROLOGY HOLIDAY MATHIS

Today is Monday, March 9, the 69th day of 2020.There are 297 days left in the year. On this date in:

1841: The U.S. Supreme Court, in United States v.The Amistad, ruled 7-1 in favor of a group of illegallyenslaved Africans who were captured off the U.S.coast after seizing control of a Spanish schooner, LaAmistad; the justices ruled that the Africans shouldbe set free.

1916: More than 400 Mexican raiders led by Pan-cho Villa attacked Columbus, New Mexico, killing 18Americans. During the First World War, Germanydeclared war on Portugal.

1933: Congress, called into special session byPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt, began its “hundreddays” of enacting New Deal legislation.

1945: During World War II, U.S. B-29 bombers be-gan launching incendiary bomb attacks against To-kyo, resulting in an estimated 100,000 deaths.

1959: Mattel’s Barbie doll, created by Ruth Han-dler, made its public debut at the American Interna-tional Toy Fair in New York.

TODAY IN HISTORY

Monday

Lost Mondays: 8-10 p.m., Blue Tavern, 1206 N MonroeSt. $3.Namaste and Play: 10:30-11 a.m., Goodwood Mu-seum, 1600 Miccosukee Road. $5. Old Time Ensemble and Contemporary African En-semble Combined Concert: 7:30 p.m., OppermanMusic Hall, 122 N. Copeland St.

Tuesday

Chakra Flow Yoga: 7-8:15 p.m., Crystal Portal, 1026Commercial Drive. $15-$12. Colt Ford: 8 p.m., The Moon, 1105 E Lafayette St. Songwriters In The Round: 8-10 p.m. Blue Tavern,1206 N Monroe St.Tallahassee Swing Band 7:30-10 p.m., American Le-gion, 229 Lake Ella Drive. $6.

Wednesday

Butch Burns with Jim Crozier in the Lab: 6-8 p.m.,Birds Aphrodisiac Oyster Shack, 325 N Bronough St.The Wednesday Night Lab Session hosted by JimCrozier featuring Butch Burns and his bluegrass bud-dies. jimcrozier.com/lab.Coffee and Cards: 10 a.m.-noon, Woodville BranchLibrary, 8000 Old Woodville Road. Drew Tillman: 9 p.m., Island Wing Compnay, 1370Market St. reverbnation.com/drewtillman.Open Mic “Warehouse Wednesdays”: 8-11:30 p.m.,Blue Tavern, 1206 N Monroe St. Storytime: 11-11:30 a.m., Woodville Branch Library,

8000 Old Woodville Road.The Inspired Gardener - Lunch & Lecture: 11:30 a.m.-1p.m., Goodwood Museum, 1600 Miccosukee Road. $35Goodwood & Tallahassee Garden Club members $40Non-Members. For Felder Rushing, gardening is aboutfun. Visit www.goodwoodmuseum.org.

Thursday

Painting with a Twist at Tallahassee Nurseries: 6-8p.m., Tallahassee Nurseries, 2911 Thomasville Road.Enjoy the sounds of running water and be surroundedby beautiful garden features as you paint your mas-terpiece.Coastal Dune Lakes: Jewels of Florida’s EmeraldCoast: 6:30-8 p.m. A film by Elam Stoltzfus. UnitedChurch of Tallahassee, 1834 Mahan Drive. Directed byrenown local filmmaker Elam Stoltzfus, Coastal DuneLakes: Jewels of Florida’s Emerald Coast, is a one-hourHD documentary featuring the rare coastal dune lakesof northwest Florida.

Friday

Tallahassee Ecumenical Taize Prayer Service: 6 p.m.Faith Presbyterian Church, 2200 N. Meridian Road.This meditative prayer service.

CALENDAR

What’s going on, Tallahassee?

Let us know what’s on your schedule. Use the onlinelink to submit: Eventful.com/Tallahassee. Email Mar-tha Gruender at mgruender@tallahassee.com.

Now the harmonica, mandolin, bass and ukuleleround out her instrumental repertoire as well. Davidreleased her debut album “Steppin’ Out” in 2018. Shecites country and blues musicians like Bonnie Raittand Emmylou Harris as early influences. As a singerand songwriter, David enjoys playing in the atmos-phere at festivals and farmers markets best.

“Something inside of you drives you to do this kindof stuff,” says David. “I just have to. It’s something thatcalls you.”

For David, it is always easier when the melody ap-pears first and the words follow. Her songs range frommurder mysteries to lovers at sea in a shipwreck. Theinspiration comes from everywhere. David lives at Al-ligator Point where she kayaks, plays tennis and bringsideas to workshop at music jams.

She wants songs to have a positive impact both inthe lyrics and melody. She is drawn to creating andplaying upbeat music that make people happy. Whilelearning Bobbie Gentry’s “Ode to Billie Joe,” a songwhose ending is often made up by whoever is playingit, David says she was inspired to try something simi-lar. Other song structures appear while she is on theroad, while some are created from procrastination.

“When I try to avoid practicing, I start playing otherthings and they turn into songs,” says David. “Some-times when you’re just sitting around, you get a melodyand it just seems like the words fall in somehow.”

Other pieces are not as they first appear as her cre-ative process evolves and shifts. David says her song“Falling” started out as a love song but didn’t stay thatway in the traditional sense. While some might think

it’s about falling in love with a person, David sees it as asong about falling in love with yourself first.

It remains a goal for David to write an original songfor one of her idols like Raitt. She finds it most reward-ing though when people request songs at shows. Hermost popular one is “Get Gone,” which came to her af-ter watching Shawn Colvin and Mary Chapin Carpen-ter perform.

David recounts how they said every songwritermust write a song about leaving home and then anoth-er one about coming back. For David, her guitar re-mains where she feels most at home.

“If you have a passion, don’t let people stop youfrom following that passion,” says David, who wrotethe song, “My Old Friend” about her guitar. “WheneverI need some uplifting, I usually go to music. With mu-sic, there’s always a way.”

Amanda Sieradzki is the feature writer for theCouncil on Culture & Arts. COCA is the capital area’sumbrella agency for arts and culture (www.tallahas-seearts.org).

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If you goWhat: Full Moon Climb with singer Susan David

When: 8-10 p.m. Tuesday, March 10

Where: Crooked River Lighthouse, 1975 Hwy 98 W,Carrabelle

Cost: $8 per person, pay at the Crooked River Light-house Museum gift shop

Contact: For more information please call 850-697-2732 or visit crookedriverlighthouse.com. For moreinformation on Susan David, visit susansingerdavid-.com.

Crooked River Lighthouse in Carrabelle.SPECIAL TO THE DEMOCRAT

Susan David will perform for the Full Moon Climb atthe Crooked River Lighthouse in Carrabelle.SPECIAL TO THE DEMOCRAT

Princess Peanut! (A186172) is a sucker for a man orwoman in uniform! She's also a sucker for anybodywho will give her a treat. This 8-year-old gal had a greattime out and about last week, visiting with our friendsat the Capitol, and is hoping for many more grand ad-ventures with her forever family.

She'd make some family Very lucky. She is appropri-ate with children and coexists with other like-mindeddogs that give her the space she desires. Her behaviorwith cats is unknown, but we would be more than hap-py to give some great introduction tips.

She's likely housebroken or (at the very least) cratetrained. If you're looking for an independent gal whowants to snuggle on the sofa and eat snacks with you -Princess Peanut is the one!

Come meet her any time the shelter is open, at 1125Easterwood Drive in Tom Brown Park.

Princess Peanut’s adoption fee would be $45, whichincludes her spay surgery, vaccines, microchip andregistration, plus a six-month supply of heartwormprevention.

Animal Service Center, 1125 Easterwood Drive (TomBrown Park); 850-891-2950;

www.talgov.com/animals. Open: Tuesday-Friday(10:30-6:30), Saturday (10-5) Sunday (1-5); ClosedMondays.

Adoptable pet: Meet Princess Peanut

Princess Peanut’s adoption fee would be $45, whichincludes her spay surgery, vaccines, microchip andregistration, plus a six-month supply of heartwormprevention. DFS FLORIDA