Born in St. Augustine, FL, Diana Patterson is the first of four daughters born to Robert "Jack" Mier and Pearl Pringle Mier. Earlier Mier families were Catholic and through the records of the church, the family's ancestry was traced to the 1400's to the southern tip of Spain. Moving from St. Augustine in the early 1800's, Diana's great grandparents came to Palm Valley, then a small settlement nestled between the Atlantic Ocean and the Intra-Coastal Waterway north of St. Augustine. They built the first "Mier" house just a few hundred feet from where her grandparents later built the "big house" where Diana was brought after her birth.

The first graders at PVPV/Rawlings are learning an important lesson about the freedoms that we cherish as Americans.  For weeks the students have met once a week to practice the famous opening words of the preamble of The United States Declaration of Independence and the thought-provoking songs that remind our youngsters of our heroic forefathers and how they built our nation.

The patriotic revue called Americans We will have three performances on May 26th and May 27th on the PVPV stage. It is through the innocence of our young musicians that we may find a renewed sense of hope. Americans We will feature the speeches of several of our first graders and songs that remind us all of what makes this country so great.

The St. Johns County Parks and Recreations Department and the St. Johns County Cultural Council announce the kick off for the Second Sunday Family Fun Series in Bird Island Park, located behind the Ponte Vedra Branch Library. These are free events on the second Sunday of each month that will include performances, art events, birding and nature talks, and fun family style workshops.

The first two are planned for April 10 and May 8 at 2 pm. On April 10, the Ponte Vedra High School Guitar Ensembles, under the direction of Hester Longstreet, will perform a program of classical, jazz, and contemporary music. On May 8, the Ponte Vedra High School Drama troupe, under the direction of Randall Adkison, will perform "School of Rock," a musical stage adaptation of the movie.