{"id":51034,"date":"2026-02-11T07:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T12:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/?p=51034"},"modified":"2026-02-10T13:36:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T18:36:44","slug":"the-rev-deas-to-speak-at-library-on-feb-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/?p=51034","title":{"rendered":"The Rev. Deas to speak at library on Feb. 23"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On Monday, Feb. 23, 2026, the Friends of the Taylor County Public Library will present a program featuring retired North Florida Baptist minister and author, the Rev. Jimmy Deas, beginning at 5:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His many books include suspense, intrigue, mystery and romance without vulgarity or profanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The program is free and everyone is welcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group is also now accepting entries for its 20th annual Friends of the Library Short Story Contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rules, guidelines and cover sheets are now available at the library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The contest deadline is Friday, April 10, and cash prices will be awarded in each age group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Residents are also invited to \u201csave the date\u201d for the Friends\u2019 next book sale, planned Saturday, May 9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, Feb. 23, 2026, the Friends of the Taylor County Public Library will present a program featuring retired North Florida Baptist minister and author, the Rev. Jimmy Deas, beginning at 5:30 p.m. His many books include suspense, intrigue, mystery and romance without vulgarity or profanity. The program is free and everyone is welcome. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51034"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51035,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51034\/revisions\/51035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}