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This edition of 411 TEEN welcomes Thomasville High School, home of the Bulldogs, located at 315 S. Hansell St. Thomasville, Georgia. Thomasville High serves a diverse group of young folks. They join the 411 TEEN community participating on a regular basis a panelists. Students will explore and analyze sundry topics and happenings in our universe. This premiere edition discusses the Coronavirus Diaries; student reflect on how their lives have been upended and what they trying to learn from the COVID-19 pandemic.

On Oct. 14, Tallahassee's LeMoyne Center for the Visual Arts will open an exhibit featuring giant photographs of 17 outstanding women from the local community, all 65 and older. Each photo will be accompanied by a revelatory haiku. To talk about the exhibit and its significance are: Project originator Eleanor Dietrich; Cherry Alexander, one of the portrait subjects; Powell Kreis, programming director of LeMoyne; Becki Rutta, the project's photographer; and Mary Jane Ryals who authored the portrait haikus.

On tonight’s program: After failing to get their proposal on the 2020 ballot, advocates are once again collecting signatures to put before voters a move to legalize recreational marijuana use in Florida; A Florida doctor shares his experience treating COVID-19 patients; Today, misinformation seems to be everywhere. A university initiative arms students with the tools to help them spot it; The new director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, who used to be an astronaut himself, talks of future spaceflights while recalling the U-S space program’s past glories; Scientists are learning lots more about how coral reefs protect coastal areas from storms; And environmental groups cheer a plan to cut down on Styrofoam use in Florida.

Five Florida school districts are again challenging a Department of Health rule that bans mandatory mask policies. The rule is an outgrowth of an executive order from Gov. Ron DeSantis.

The Leon County School District along with 10 others are facing potential fines over their mandatory mask policies. The State Board of education is slated to take up findings that the districts have, or are, violating the state’s effort to ban mandatory masking.

A small group of intrepid kayakers embarks on a 100-plus mile paddle trip in early October. They'll be traversing the Apalachicola River in Northwest Florida from Chattahoochee to the coastal community that bears the river's name. Some of this year's paddlers talk about it: Georgia Ackerman, Apalachicola Riverkeeper; Martha Haynes; Lee Rigby; and Rob Diaz de Villegas who is also a video producer and environmental reporter for WFSU Public Media.

The question has been raised by local residents in recent weeks following a controversial vote by the intergovernmental agency that granted Florida State University millions of dollars for stadium improvements and repairs.

The latest medical developments may mean earlier detection and gentler, more effective treatments for breast cancer. To talk about it are: Florida Society of Clinical Oncology President Dr. Luis Raez; Megan Hall, senior director of medical Communications with GRAIL, a firm that's developed a multi-cancer blood test; Congressman Neal Dunn who is backing federal legislation to support such technologies; and metastatic breast cancer survivor Terlisa Sheppard who has also written a book about her experience.

Even as the coronavirus threat begins to recede in the face of widespread vaccinations, a large percentage of North Florida residents remain food insecure. That need has spawned powerful partnerships to address that and other challenges facing these residents. To talk about it are: Monique Van Pelt, executive director Second Harvest of the Big Bend; Dr. Michelle Gayle, assistant superintendent Leon County Schools; the school district's chief of nutritional services, James Howcroft; and Kerri Anderson, principal of W.T. Moore Elementary School.

On tonight’s program: Some changes may be coming to Florida’s Bright Futures Scholarship program. Senate President Wilton Simpson says the state shouldn’t fund study programs that don’t lead to jobs; It’s already a challenge to change Florida’s constitution through Citizen Initiatives. It could soon get even tougher; Lawmakers are trying to stop Florida municipalities from eventually banning gas stations as part of a local clean energy commitment; Florida lawmakers are once again considering legislation to stop scammers from accessing voters’ contact information; The Florida Legislature seems determined to make it as easy for veterans to get mental health support and substance abuse services as making a phone call. And lawmakers say pushing that plan forward is more important this year than ever; And it seems more than a few moving experiences in the state of Florida are actually opportunities for fraud.