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Herald-AdvocateHARDEE COUNTY’S HOMETOWN COVERAGE
Thursday, August 13, 2020
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WEATHERDATE HIGH LOW RAIN08/04 95 74 1.5108/05 91 72 0.0308/06 93 71 0.7408/07 95 72 0.0008/08 96 70 0.0008/09 95 74 0.0008/10 94 73 0.00
Rainfall to 08/10/2020 - 25.56Same period last year - 32.51
Ten Year Average - 49.45 Source: Univ. of Fla. Ona Research Center
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3 Teens Injured In Wreck Of Stolen Car
PHOTO BY TOM STAIK
Three local teens were seriously injured Monday morning in a wreck on U.S. 17 in-volving a stolen vehicle.
City workers were luckily able to free an injured co-worker pinned between agarbage truck and a dumpster on Monday.
Garbage Man Injured In Accident With Dumpster
By TOM STAIKOf The Herald-Advocate
A Bowling Green city employee is recover-ing after being pinned between a garbagetruck and a massive metal collection bin Mon-day morning.
The industrial accident occurred around7:22 a.m. in the parking lot of the Fiesta SuperMarket, 4140 U.S. 17 North, in BowlingGreen.
Capt. Brett Dowden of the Bowling GreenPolice Department told The Herald-Advocateat the scene on Monday morning that the in-
dustrial accident occurred while sanitationworkers were attempting to move a largemetal commercial garbage receptacle.
“The crew was trying to move the dump-ster,” Dowden said. “As the dumpster wasmoving, it swung around and pinned theworker against the truck.”
Dowden said other employees quicklyjumped to action to render aid.
“They were able to move the dumpster offof him and he collapsed to the ground,” Dow-den said.See GARBAGE A5
By TOM STAIKOf The Herald-Advocate
Three teenagers were injuredMonday morning after report-edly one of the teens crashed astolen vehicle on U.S. 17 southof Zolfo Springs.
According to a statementfrom the Florida Highway Pa-trol, the accident occurredaround 8:55 a.m. on U.S. 17near Moffitt Road.
The driver of the vehicle, a14-year-old male fromWauchula, received serious in-juries.
A 13-year-old female pas-senger from Bowling Greenand a 14-year-olf female pas-senger from Bowling Greenalso received serious injuries.
Only the 13-year-old waswearing a seatbelt, according tothe FHP.
According to troopers, thestolen vehicle was travelingnorthbound in the left lane ofU.S. 17 approaching MoffittRoad just prior to the accident.
The driver of the stolen vehi-cle reportedly spotted a HardeeCounty Sheriff’s Office vehicletraveling southbound on U.S.17 at the intersection of Sweet-water Road.
“(The driver) accelerated andattempted to execute a rightturn onto Moffitt Road,” ac-cording to the FHP statement.
It was then the 14-year-olddriver lost control of the vehi-cle, which collided with the leftside of pickup truck that wasstopped, facing west, on Mof-fitt Road at a stop sign at the in-tersection of U.S. 17.
The stolen sedan reportedlyrotated and came to rest facing
the northeast corner of the in-tersection.
The truck, according totroopers, rotated and came tofinal rest on the northeast cor-ner of the intersection.
The driver of the truck, a 65-year-old female fromWauchula, reportedly receivedminor injuries. She was wear-ing a seatbelt.
The sedan was reportedmissing in Bowling Green ear-lier in the morning.
Bowling Green Police De-partment responded to a reportof a stolen vehicle in the 700block of E. Banana Street at7:17 a.m.
Capt. Brett Dowden toldThe Herald-Advocate onTuesday that BGPD discoveredthe stolen vehicle whileSee TEENS A2
CountyHR BossResignsBy MICHAEL KELLYOf The Herald-Advocate
The county’s human re-sources director has submittedher resignation two weeks afterreceiving a substantial raise.
Opal Wilkerson submittedher two weeks’ notice on Au-gust 3 indicating her last daywith the county would be Au-gust 14.
During budget workshopslast month, county managerLawrence McNaul presentedcommissioners with his pro-posed budget that included a$12,294 raise for Wilkerson.
McNaul said the salary wasout of line with other county di-rectors and he felt it wasneeded to bring her salary inline with others, adding shemight not stay with the countyat her current salary.
Commissioners had somereservations over the largejump all in one year but ulti-mately agreed the raise waswarranted.
She did not list a reason forleaving in the resignation letter.
“With much consideration, Ihave decided to resign my po-sition from Hardee County,”she wrote. “It has been myhonor to serve the communitySee RESIGNS A2
Enrollment Shift Highest
At Hardee HighBy TOM STAIKOf The Herald-Advocate
Hardee Senior High Schoolis expected to have the highestshift of student enrollmentfrom traditional to alternativeinstruction.
According to initial data re-leased Monday by The SchoolDistrict of Hardee County, only52 percent of Hardee High’sstudents were expected to re-turn to in-person class with thestart of the school year onWednesday.
The 737 students expected inclassrooms are part of a studentbody that was projected at1,425 this year.
Teresa Hall, director of stu-dent academic services, re-ported that 350 students (25percent) had registered for theHardee Innovative LearningOpportunity, and 147 students(10 percent) had registered forthe school’s hybrid-learningopportunity that offers 2 days aweek of in-person learningwith 3 days a week of onlinelearning. At the reporting therewere 191 students who had notresponded to enrollment re-quests.
Dr. Michele Polk, principalof Hardee High, told The Her-
ald-Advocate on Tuesday after-noon the enrollment numbershave been steadily ticking up-ward for traditional learning atthe school.
“We have had a steady lineMonday and Tuesday,” said Dr.Michele Polk, principal atHardee High. “The attendanceoffice is right outside my officeand I have seen two or threepeople at any time waiting toget in and register.”
According to Polk, tradi-tional enrollment had jumpedto 58 percent by Tuesday after-noon, HILO enrollment was at27 percent, and the hybrid op-tion was at 12 percent. Threepercent of students, she said,had opted for the MydistrictVirtual School option.
Some 151 students had notanswered any requests.
“It is difficult to project, butwe are anticipating most ofthem will just show up for tra-ditional classes,” Polk said.
Polk said that officials ex-pected a higher shift to onlinelearning among high schoolstudents.
“They are better able to man-age this sort of learning plat-form,” Polk said.See ENROLLMENT A2
Daughtry
Sex Offender Arrested After Online StingBy TOM STAIKOf The Herald-Advocate
A local sex offender is be-hind bars on new charges afterleading lawmen on a high-speed pursuit last week afterdeputies attempted to serve theman with felony warrants stem-ming from an undercover on-line sex sting.
Michael Parker Daughtry,45, of Wauchula, was bookedinto the Hardee County Jail onApril 5 on charges of posses-sion of drug paraphernal, pos-session of methamphetamine,driving while license sus-pended or revoked with knowl-edge, sex offenderviolation/failure to report anonline account, flee/elude, sexoffender violations/fail to re-port new phone number; andthree felony out-of-county war-rants from HillsboroughCounty.
The Hillsborough Countycharges, according to arresting
documents, stem from an un-dercover investigation by theHillsborough County Sheriff’sOffice.
The undercover sting, that re-portedly began July 27, report-edly involved an undercoverHillsbrough County deputywho posed a 14-year-old fe-male on an application named“Meet24”.
According to reports, Daugh-try allegedly contacted the un-dercover officer and attemptedto arrange a meeting to ex-change oral sex.
“I provided him with my age(14) and he continued to haveconversation with me,” thedeputy noted in the report.
Daughtry also allegedly sentseveral explicit images to theundercover deputy.
The information and subse-quent warrant information wasthen forwarded to the HardeeCounty Sheriff’s Office, wherelocal investigators determined
Daughtry had not registered ei-ther the phone number or on-line account for “Meet24” withlocal officials.
Convicted sex offenders arerequired by law to registercommunication devices andonline accounts with local lawenforcement.
Hardee lawmen attempted toserve the warrants on Daughtryon April 5.
A traffic stop was attemptedon Daughtry’s vehicle in thearea of Boyd Coward Road andJack Jones Road.
“Daughtry fled from law en-forcement and a pursuit began,with him traveling over 120mph and almost striking a pa-trol vehicle, before coming to asudden stop on Fish BranchRoad in Zolfo Springs,” ac-cording to sheriff’s spokesmanMakayla Chancey.
According to arrest reports,Daughtry “drove the vehicle to-wards marked units on several
occasions in efforts to escape.” “A records check confirmed
his license was suspended anda clear, glass pipe and plasticbaggie were located in the car,both containing traces ofmethamphetamine,” Chanceynoted.
Approximately 0.1 grams ofmethamphetamine was recov-ered, according to the report.
Arrest records indicate thatDaughtry attempted to blamethe Meet24 texting applicationon a female staying at his resi-dence.
The woman, according todeputies, said she did not evenknow the man’s passcode andwas “very protective over hiscell phone.”
Daughtry is facing charges ofunlawful use of a two-waycommunication device, trans-mission of harmful materials toa minor, and solicitation of aminor for a sexual act from theHillsborough County case.
Anyone with information re-garding an offender in violationof his or her conditions, call theHardee County Sheriff’s Officeat 863-773-0304 or submit a tipthrough the HCSO mobile app.Citizens can download the freeapp to view sexual offendersand predators living in thecounty. Individuals can alsosearch offenders by visiting theFlorida Department of Law En-forcement Sexual Offendersand Predators Search Page.
A2 The Herald-Advocate, August 13, 2020
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Kelly’s ColumnBy Jim
Gasoline price this past week in Hardee County for regularunleaded has dropped 3 cents to $2.109 a gallon as of Tuesday.
––––––Consultant Elizabeth Steger has predicted a 2020-21
Florida orange crop of 62 million boxes, down 8.4 percent fromthe past year's crop of 67.65 million boxes. The 2018-19 cropwas 71.85 million boxes.
The USDA estimate will be released Oct. 9, reported KevinBouffard in the Lakeland Ledger Aug. 8. The harvest seasonruns from October to June.
Orange juice consumption in the U.S. has increased in re-cent months over last year. Orange prices for the grower arehigher than this time last year for those without a contract.
––––––A Harvard-led study recently showed following four or five
healthy habits added 10 years to being free of cancer, diabetesor cardiovascular disease.
These habits were don't smoke, limit alcohol intake, eat ahealthy diet, maintain a healthy weight, and exercise at least 30minutes a day.
––––––Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford, an obesity medicine physician
at Massachusetts General Hospital which is affiliated with Har-vard University, said overweight people who lose 5 percent oftheir body weight will see the following effects:
A slimmer body, reduced heartburn, reduced knee pain, re-duced blood pressure, reduced diabetes risk, better sexual func-tion, improved sleep, extra energy and more self-esteem. Stepsto achieve this include eat right, exercise and get enough sleep.
––––––A study in the Journal of the American Heart Association
has shown that caffeinated energy drinks can raise blood pres-sure and harm the heart.
––––––"Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no
hook beneath"––Thomas Jefferson."Many people take no care of their money till they come
nearly to the end of it, and others do the same with theirtime"––Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe.
––––––The Week magazine says research has found that children
ages 2 to 5 are 40 percent less likely to have social-interactionproblems with other children if raised in a home with a familydog.
Actress Cameron Diaz, 47, has not had a major movie rolesince 2014. She is now making deals with French and Spanishgrape vineyards to produce her own label of wine, called Ava-line.
––––––"The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, the sec-
ond half by our children"––Lawyer Clarence Darrow."Technology is a way of organizing the universe so that man
doesn't have to experience it"––Playwright Max Frisch.––––––
Lyme disease, caused by a bacteria transmitted by ticks, canresult in a range of long-term issues if left untreated, includingarthritis and various cardiac and neurological conditions, reportsThe Week magazine. About 300,000 people in the U.S. arethought to contract the disease every year. There is research todevelop a vaccine to prevent infection when bitten by an infectedtick.
––––––The Florida Chapter of The Sierra Club wants to stop
water pollution at the source to protect rivers, springs and coastalwaters, block the construction of unnecessary and damaging tollroads through the rural interior, and fracking statewide to protectprecious groundwater, and return growth management protec-tions to stop sprawl and protect the state's most valuable lands,said chair David Harbeitner.
––––––Florida Agriculture magazine published by Florida Farm
Bureau said our state is on the only one in the continental U.S.that produces mangoes commercially. They are grown commer-cially in Dade, Lee and Palm Beach counties.
Mangoes in Florida are harvested from May through Octo-ber and are a good source of vitamins A and C.
––––––President Donald Trump's historic victory in 2016 came
down to just over 107,000 votes in three states: Pennsylvania,
Wisconsin and Michigan, reported Ronna McDaniel, chair-woman of the Republican National Committee.
RNC polling has shown the 2020 presidential election willbe decided in a handful of battleground states once again.
TEENSContinued From A1
investigating a report of theabandoned vehicle.
“It didn’t take long to put to-gether that the abandoned vehi-cle and the stolen vehicle wererelated,” Dowden said.
Makayla Chancey, public in-formation officer for the
Hardee County Sheriff’s Of-fice, told the newspaper onTuesday that lawmen were inthe area after receiving a com-plaint of a stolen vehicle trav-eling northbound on U.S. 17from DeSoto County.
“The deputy located the ve-
hicle on U.S. 17 just south ofSweetwater Road and posi-tively identified the [suspect]as the driver,” Chancey said.“The [suspect] then reportedlylooked at the deputy as hepassed and immediately beganto accelerate.”
A complaint affidavit hasbeen prepared in the case,Chancey said.
Arrests had not been made asof press time on Tuesday.
“It is my understanding thesuspect is still in the hospital,”Chancey said.
ENROLLMENTContinued From A1
RESIGNSContinued From A1
Hardee Junior High School had 910 (72percent) of students register for traditionaland 360 students (28 percent) register forHILO.
Bowling Green Elementary School had247 students (80 percent) register for tradi-tional school and 64 students (20 percent)register for HILO.
Hilltop Elementary School had 270 stu-dents (84 percent) register for traditionaland 51 students (16 percent) register forHILO.
North Wauchula Elementary School had
386 students (77 percent) register for tradi-tional and 114 students (23 percent) registerfor HILO.
Wauchula Elementary School had 511students (79 percent) register for traditionaland 138 students (21 percent) register forHILO.
Zolfo Springs Elementary had 449 stu-dents (83 percent) register for traditionaland 95 students (17 percent) register forHILO.
Finance Director Greg Harrelson toldThe Herald-Advocate on Tuesday that state
education officials in Tallahassee are givingschool district a reprieve on mandatory stu-dent counts during the first weeks of school.
“We have essentially been given a re-prieve for the first half of the year untilthings settle down,” Harrelson said.
The reprieve is good financial news forthe district.
Student attendance counts at the start ofthe year help to determine how much fundsa district receives through the state’s per-student allotment for Full-time Equivalentstudents.
for the past five years.”Wilkerson went on to say
she appreciated her opportunityto work for the county ashuman resources director forthe past five years.
“Thank you again for thetime that you have given mewith Hardee County, I am trulygrateful and wish you all thevery best for the future,” theletter concluded.
The county has begun ad-vertising the position to lookfor her replacement.
The Community andSchool Awareness programsponsored a school supplygiveaway in Wauchula onAug. 1.
Katrina Blandin organizesthe annual event.
The annual event is spon-sored by several community
partners.Wauchula Police Depart-
ment provides logistical assis-tance at the event with thedistribution of supplies.
Several pictures of theevent, held at the corner ofMartin Luther King Jr. Bouel-evard and Magnolia Boule-
vard, appeared in last week’sedition of The Herald-Advo-cate.
A cutline titled “Supply Of-ficers” recognized the effortsof the WPD in participating inthe event and helping distrib-ute supplies, but did not iden-tify Blandin’s effort inorganizing the event for the“Community and SchoolAwareness” program.
School Supply Event Sponsored By ‘Community And School Awareness’
Dear Editor:This is another True Story
about my oldest brother long be-fore he developed Alzheimer'sdisease (a common form of de-mentia of unknown cause). Itusually begins in late middleage–associated with brain dam-age.
Caswell Bruce Bentley Jrwas born September 23, 1929,in Homestead, Florida duringthe Hurricane of 1929. Thatwas before hurricanes werenamed.
I was only about 2 1/2 yearsold, sitting on a stack of oldboxes on the front porch. Thatporch went all the way aroundthe two-story house. It had aboutseven or eight steps in front ofthe house and other steps on theback of the porch. Those stepsled a path to the outdoor "privy,"better known as the "ice cream"house.
The rain and wind were blow-ing heavy and hard. My Daddyran to the funeral home whichwas located about one-half mileto the west of where we lived inorder to get transportation to getMamma and my brother to aplace of safety from the hurri-cane.
Remember, I was still sittingon the front porch. I supposeMama and the baby were also.
When Daddy returned withthe funeral coach and the driverthe wind and rain were harder bythat time, and I was still sittingon the stack of boxes or what-ever they were. Daddy and theambulance driver got Mammaand baby in the back of the fu-neral coach. All I could see wasthe top of Mamma's head andthe top of the baby's head.
The driver took Daddy,Mamma, and baby all overHomestead (which was severalmiles east of Homestead)–nodry places anywhere. They re-turned to Homestead to the ele-mentary school auditoriumwhere I was sitting in front on astack of car cushions.
Finally I was united with myfamily. We stayed there until thehurricane was over. We thenwent to stay with my grandpar-
ents for a short while. They weremy mother's parents, brothersand one sister.
I don't remember how longwe stayed there–probably untilrepairs could be made on thehouse.
Those were very excitingdays for me. Of course all hurri-cane times were exciting andvery upsetting. We experiencedquite a number of them as longas we lived in Homestead. I amsure a number of you have hadsome that you have experienced,too.I hope you came out on top andhave had better experiencessince.
Don't get blown away! Seeyou another day!
Roxie BentleyWauchula
P.S. A little about me.From 20 years old I taught
school. First at Zolfo Springs El-ementary, then Wauchula whereI taught special education forone year. I then worked at theDepartment of Education inPunta Gorda for a year. That pe-tered out because of state funds.Next I received a teaching posi-tion in Highlands County–Anew education job began. Thatwas a new story.
Letter To The Editor
As A Child Roxie Saw 1929Hurricane In Homestead
Dear Editor:We need to protect our youth
by telling them the truth.When we honor the God of
the Bible, we know life is a giftfrom God. Every person is spe-cial. He created everyone maleor female. We know it is won-derful to be a male. It is won-derful to be a female. It iswonderful to know that thisnever changes. We can changeour thinking but we can neverchange every cell in our body.
In the book “IrreversibleDamage” authored by AbigailShrier, she reveals that manyyoung girls are being influ-enced by social media. Whenthey think they would like to bea boy, they can now go to aPlanned Parenthood Clinic,with this self-diagnosis, sign awaver, and the same day begiven a class 3 drug, testos-terone. All this is without theparent's knowledge.
Often the young girls arethen looking for a surgeon todo a double mastectomy. Thetestosterone commonly leads touterine atrophy and infertility.After five years of takingtestosterone a hysterectomymay be needed. It is not sur-prising that suicide is morecommon in this group. In 20states that have a strong leftistinfluence they have “anti-con-version laws” which preventsanyone from reasoning withthese young people who wantto change their genders.
A study of past nations re-veals that when the family isbroken, as it is in today's Amer-ica, they are headed for col-lapse.
Please note the life ex-pectancy in America. Life ex-pectancy has increased everyyear during the last century, butit has decreased in the last threeyears because of suicide, drugabuse and alcohol.
To protect our youth we needto understand the bigger pic-ture. The Left loves to redefinelife. For example, they can seeviolence in our cities and label
it “a peaceful protest.” The Lefthas no problem telling ouryoung people that they canchange their gender.
Please consider where Amer-ica is now. The Left controlsmost of the media. Many in theLeft support defunding the po-lice. Many would like to con-fiscate the civilians' guns.Many would like to tear downstatues and re-write our history.They are promoting division inour society. Their politicianswould like to “radically trans-form America.” These arecode words for socialist com-munism.
My good friends, we are see-ing what Marxism uses to top-ple nations. Many of our youthhave already endorsed social-ism. They have not been taughtthe truth about the founding ofour nation. They have been fedhalf-truths.
In the fourth chapter ofMatthew, Satan tried to deceiveJesus with half-truths. Only thewhole truth will set us free. Ouryouth need to hear the truth.
Some see socialism in theBible when the early churchsold some of their property andgave it to the leaders in thechurch to distribute for thecommon needs in the congre-gation. This is very differentfrom government violentlyconfiscating property. (Social-ists murdered over 100 millionof their own citizens in the lastcentury.)
Certainly America will haveno future apart from protectingour youth with the truth. Wewill not pursue truth apart fromturning back to understandingthe Bible.
President George Washing-ton took his oath with his handon the Bible and added a prayer“So help me God,” then hekissed the Bible. Americaneeds to understand why“Christ is the Way the Truthand the Life!”
Virgil Ullom, D.D.S.Babson Park
Letter To The Editor
Protect America’s Youth
By Telling The Truth
August 13, 2020, The Herald-Advocate A3
A few headlines from The Herald-Advocate to remind you of this administration’s performance. They are now asking you to continue this same administration in the election.
Drugs Missing From Sheriff’s Office, October 18, 2018Cold Case Solved, Man Charged in 2007 Murder, December 27, 2018,
but less than a month later,
Cold Case Fails To Thaw, January 17, 2019The defendant in this case was arrested without the oversight of the State’s Attorney. The State’s Attorneysays in this article that the statements of the defendant were taken out of context and that he could notin good faith further prosecution. The end result was that the defendant was released and the chargesdismissed. This is why as a certified homicide investigator, I work hand in hand with the State Attorneyand present the necessary evidence to obtain a warrant and ensure that there are no mistakes that causecases to be lost.
Missing Drugs, Evidence Investigations End With 6 Resignations, Terminations, February 6, 2020
State Attorney Brian Haas indicates in a public letter that there is “poor training”, “lack of oversight”, andeven more concerning were “instances of untruthfulness and incompetence”.
In my thirty years of law enforcement experience, I had never seen such a letter before, much less on thefront page of the local newspaper.
It is readily apparent that we need a new Sheriff and that we cannot continue to support the currentadministration. I have shown you that the current administration is vastly overpaid and not a good stewardof the people’s money. I believe that the reason for these serious mistakes is that the current commandstaff is very inexperienced and undereducated. The decision to elect a new Sheriff is up to the people,not the current administration and no one is entitled to anything without the blessing of the voting public.I am the only candidate with the strength of character and courage to publicly point out the issues youneed to be aware of before you vote. I am very experienced and having 18 years as a ranking administratorI am the most senior law enforcement officer in this race. My closest competitor has 7 years as a senioradministrator and most have none. I will bring financial responsibility, good stewardship of the people’smoney, and accreditation so that we are able to demonstrate that we follow the best practices of lawenforcement and that we are able to prove it with official oversight. I will lead the Sheriff’s Office in adirection that the employees and the public can be proud of and repair the obviously broken agency. Mostof all, I will be fair and just and be a partner with the community. I ask that you join me in partnership andvote on August 18th, 2020 for a new direction at the Sheriff’s Office.
Together, we can do better. Vote Brett Dowden for Hardee County Sheriff
Hardee County it’s time for a change.
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There are some religions in theOrient that follow practices that arecondemned by Scripture and society.A member of one of them was jailedfor robbery and murder which waspart of his “faith.” While imprisonedhe was visited by a missionary whoshared with him the message of sal-vation. After he accepted Christ, themissionary gave him a Bible whichbecame his dearest possession.
When he appeared before thejudge, he testified that he had beenbrought up to be a worshiper of Kali.As a young child he was taught thatif he shed the blood of the victims herobbed he would please Kali - aHindu goddess - and win her favor.He faithfully practiced his belief inthis goddess all of his life.
When the judge confronted himwith his crime, he broke down andbegan to weep. After a few momentshe was able to speak and with tearsstreaming down his face told thejudge that he had committed manymurders - more than he could re-member.
“How could you be guilty ofenormities like these?” asked thejudge.
Taking his worn Bible from hispocket and holding it up for thejudge to see, he replied, “Had I butreceived this Book as a child, thisbook of Jesus, my Savior whom Inow worship, I would not have donesuch horrible things.”
“Exalt the Lord, our God, andworship at His footstool; He is holy,”proclaims the Psalmist. How sad it isthat so many who have His Word intheir homes never allow it to entertheir hearts and change their lives.
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Bowling Green Bookbag Giveaway
The Bowling Green CityWide Mission will present adrive-thru bookbag give-away on Aug. 29 from 10-2p.m.
The event will be held at607 Palmetto Street, Bowl-ing Green.
Hometown Heroes
Seeks HonoreesMain Street Wauchula is
seeking honorees for itsHometown Heroes BannerProgram. Applications aredue by Sept. 1. Applica-tions are accepted online atwww.mainstreetwauchula.com.
The event is sponsoredby Herger Williams Ameri-can Legion Post 2.
Cost is $25. Banners will be displayed
along Main Street duringthe month of November.For information call 863-767-0330 or email [email protected].
Feed My SheepOpen Friday
The Feed My Sheep foodpantry, 204 W. PalmettoStreet, Wauchula, will beopen Thursday, Aug. 13from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. for reg-ular distribution.
The pantry will be openon Friday, Aug. 14, from10:30 a.m. – noon for pro-duce distribution.
Those participating areasked to stay in their vehi-cles. Food will be placedinto your vehicle. Volun-teers are not allowed toopen or close any vehicles.Vehicles should be openafter you pull in.
No identification is re-quired, but those receivingservices must be a HardeeCounty resident, transient,or homeless.
Scramble ForCommerce
Set For Aug. 22The Hardee County
Chamber of Commerceand Fort Meade Chamberof Commerce will host the3rd annual Scramble forCommerce on Saturday,Aug. 22, from 8 a.m. – 1p.m. at River Greens GolfCourse in Avon Park.
For information call 863-773-6967.
Hardee CountySpecial
Needs ResumesMeetings
Hardee County SpecialNeeds has resumed meet-ings. The support groups isfor parents and familymembers of children withspecial needs. Meetingsare held at 207 N 7th Av-enue in Wauchula. Doorswill open 30 minutes priorto start time.
All meetings will adhereto social distancing guide-lines. Additionally, thespaces will be wiped downand sanitized both beforeand after the meetings.
CareerSourceOpen By
Appointment All CareerSource Heart-
land offices are open by ap-pointment. Please call thecareer center to scheduleservices.
The Hardee County officeis located at 324 N 6th Ave,Wauchula, and is availableby calling 863-773-3474.
For information visitwww.careersourceheart-land.com.
Traffic SafetyTeam Meets Third
WednesdayThe Hardee County Com-
munity Traffic Safety Teammeets the third Wednesdayof each month from 10 to11 a.m. The meetings areopen to the public.
The July meeting will beheld online. If anyone is in-terested in participatingplease, contact TammyPearson at 863-773-4097 [email protected].
The team includes mem-bers of the Florida Depart-ment of Transportation, theHardee County Road andBridge Department, severallaw enforcement agencies,the Department of Healthand more. At meetings, at-tendees discuss roads thatneed attention.
American Legion Meets First
MondayThe Herger-Williams Post
No. 2 of the American Le-gion meets the first Mondayof each month except Julyand September at 6 p.m. at117 W. Palmetto St.,Wauchula. Contact is MikeRouse (863) 781-0296.
Masons Meet 2nd, 4th Mondays
Wauchula Lodge 17meets on the second andfourth Monday of everymonth beginning at 6:30p.m. for dinner with themeeting to follow at 7:30p.m.
Take Stock In Children Seeks
MentorsWant to share your life ex-
periences and wisdom witha high school student? Be-come a volunteer mentorfor the Take Stock in Chil-dren program.
Contact Danielle Ochoaat 863-784-7343 to learnmore.
Chamber Ambassadors
Meet First FridayThe Chamber Ambassa-
dors meet the first Friday ofeach month at 8 a.m. at theJava Café. The groupmeets for breakfast, dis-cuss community events,and brainstorm on ways toimprove the local businesscommunity.
For information contactthe chamber office by emailat [email protected] call 863-773-6967.
New Mom GroupMeets In SebringAdventHealth offers a
support group for womenwho are pregnant or haveyoung children, whichmeets at Sebring’s Ad-ventHealth Wellness Cen-ter, 4005 Sun ‘N Lake Blvd.Meetings are moderated bya board-certified lactationconsultant.
The meetings are heldevery-other Tuesday from10 to 11 a.m. If you’re inter-ested in attending, call(863) 402-3405 to confirmthe meeting dates and reg-ister for the group.
Elder ServiceSeeks Volunteers
Volunteers are neededfor the Florida OmbudsmenProgram, a free govern-ment program under theDepartment of Elder Affairs.Volunteers will visit resi-dents living in extendedcare facilities to help ensurethey’re being treated withdignity and respect. Volun-teers also participate incouncil meetings, adminis-trative assessments andcomplaint resolution in fa-cilities.
Training and certificationare provided. To volunteeror learn about the program,search for “Florida Long-Term Care OmbudsmanProgram” on Facebook orcall 1 (888) 831-0404.
Scared todeath, that’s aphrase manyof you haveheard or prob-ably even saidin your life-time.
I’m scaredto death.
Maybe a better phrase to en-capsulate the way we are re-sponding as a nation to thecoronavirus is, scared of death.Being scared of dying is a nat-ural feeling. I think it is one weall have somewhere in us thatat some point in life we are allfaced with. We all deal differ-ently with fear. Some becomestrong in the face of fear. Somebecome weak. Some becomeconfused. In one way or an-other though we all battle thisfear. Because in one way oranother we all will die, unlessChrist comes again while weare alive.
Which brings up a greatpoint. How should we viewdeath?
Life is precious, and itshould be protected, preservedand placed in the highest re-gard because I believe lifecomes from God. I believeGod made man in his image.He made us male and female.Because of this all life is im-portant, from the moment ofconception to the last breathsomeone breathes. We shoulddo whatever we can to care notonly for our own life but alsothe lives of others.
Even so death is a scaryproposition if we don’t havehope beyond the grave. Andeven if we do, facing deathisn’t ever easy, or unfearful inthe moment. Death is a realitythat is hard to face. It is hard tocome to grips with on our ownunderstanding.
I believe that just as Godgave us life, that He actuallybreathed life into man, that Heby the power of his Word andthe power of the Holy Spirit,breathes spiritual life into deadhearts. We are spiritually re-born from dead, enemies ofGod into adopted sons anddaughters who become thebride of Christ.
God sees us as a people thatHe has called unto himself, apeople without stain or blem-ish, a people that death and sincan mar no more, already but
not yet in full completion, untilthat day that Jesus comes againand makes a new heaven andnew earth a reality. On that daydeath will be no more, forthose who trust in Christ theywill live in his Glory and livea life of flourishing and eternallife filled with everything thatis Christ’s and for those whoreject Christ they will live ineternal suffering, living in thepresence of God’s wrath eter-nally suffering the punishmentfor unbelief. There will be noeternal death, but worse yet,eternal suffering.
So instead of fearing death,I fear for others the reality ofeternal suffering. For thosewho reject Christ I pray thatthey would turn to Him andsee He is the only Hope for liv-ing eternally in a place wheresin and death can’t exist, northeir consequences.
But here and now death ishard for those who believe inChrist and certainly even moreso for those that don’t. For thebeliever death is hard becausewe love life, we love people,and losing loved ones and notbeing able to be with themleaves a void. However, ourhope in living in eternitymakes that loss easier if ourloved ones are believers.
We have a hope, a securehope, a real hope, a hope thatcannot be denied that one daywe will be with them again, ina better place, for all eternity,worshipping the God whomwe love, living a life that is oneof eternal flourishing andgoodness. For believers wholose friends who don’t love theLord, it is hard to reconcile ifthey knew God or not, if theyface eternal suffering or not.We have to trust that the Lordis judge and the author of sal-vation and that what He hasdecided is best. This isn’t easyto do either.
For those who don’t believein God, they really have nohope. Or at least not a hopethat is ultimately comforting tothe utmost parts of the soul.
Death is maskedwith feelings ofpositivity andwishing for thebest, and soulsresting in peace,or wishes and“prayers” forgood things all
rooted in nothing more than a“hopefulness” that has no se-curity or ability to be carriedout. Unbelievers have to createsomething to believe to recon-cile the death of loved onesthat masks their feelings ofhurt and loss and despondencythat is fleeting at best andnever gets to the bottom lineanswer of “what happens afterthe death of a human?” So inlight of the coronavirus contro-versy and if we care about peo-ple dying or how many peopleare dying, I’d encourage youto come to the conclusion thatevery life matters. But we alsowill all die. And the more im-portant questions are, Howwill we live? and How will weview death?
My take is we can’t live infear. We can’t live in fear ofcontracting a virus. Does thismean we live recklessly? No!It means we live knowing thatone day we will die. So todaywe live with the most vigor,purpose, energy, focus and in-tent that we can muster. Inlight of viewing death assomething momentary, you seedeath is tough, hard to under-stand and often defeating anddepressing, but it truly is mo-mentary. Death is not eternal.Death has to be viewed thisway. And so the more impor-tant question isn’t “Will wedie?” The important questionis “Where will we live after wedie?”
This life is but a vapor. Wecan’t let a virus control ourpurpose or our course. Wemust live on. We must do thatas safely and securely andstrategically as possible. Wemust do that by looking to Godfor wisdom and discernment.We must learn to seek Hiskingdom first, to Love Himand to try and love our neigh-bors as ourselves. 1 Corinthi-ans 15:55, “O death, where isyour victory? O death, whereis your sting?”
Here's to living in a way thatwe aren’t scared of death any-more.
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A Bowling Green garbage man was injured Monday morning in a freak accidentthat pinned him between a dumpster and a garbage truck.
Capt. Brett Dowden (right) speaks with Chief John Scheel at the scene of theaccident.
GARBAGEContinued From A1
Hardee County Fire Rescueand BGPD were dispatched toa report of an “unresponsivepatient behind a dumpster,” ac-cording to Dowden.
“When we got here we real-ized what we were really deal-ing with,” Dowden said.
The employee was stabilizedat the scene by HCFR beforebeing flown to Lakeland Re-gional Medical Center foremergency treatment.
The man’s prognosis, ac-cording to Dowden, improvedovernight.
According to Dowden, initialindications are that the em-ployee was “not following histraining” and “was standingwhere he should not havebeen.”
Bowling Green City Man-ager told The Herald-Advocateby phone on Tuesday that thesanitation worker had been em-
ployed by the city throughLabor Solutions for about threemonths.
City staff, Lawrence said,were scheduled for after-actionreview of the incident Tuesdayafternoon.
“We are going to review theincident to see if we can comeup with corrective measures tosee if we can prevent some-thing like this from happeningagain,” Lawrence said.
During my seminary days, Iwas a chaplain at UniversityHospital in Louisville. Thechaplains rotated shifts in theemergency room overnight tominister to those brought in.The hospital was a level threetrauma center, so we got everyaccident, every gunshot, everydrug overdose. When I had theER shift, I don’t ever remem-ber getting more than a couple
hours of broken sleep on ahard cot in the chapel.
In that ER, the chaplain wasnot only there to minister tothose in crisis, he or she was anextra pair of hands whenneeded. My first night on duty,I was walking through the ERand a resident grabbed me. Hetold me to hold a man downwhile they made an incisioninto his stomach cavity to seeif he had internal bleeding. Iheld the man down by hisshoulders while they gave himlocal anesthetic, then cut himopen. Nobody told me the ERwas going to be like this.
The shift I’ll never forgethappened a few nights later. Ayoung woman was brought inby ambulance. They had ra-dioed ahead to expect trouble.The nurse called for me. “Shemight need a chaplain,” shesaid.
The ambulance pulled up tothe bay and backed in. The se-curity guard toggled the doors.As they swung open, I saw theinside of the ambulance lookedlike a cat fight had broken out.Boxes had been ripped open,IV units were on the floor, andthe EMT looked like he hadfinished third in a knife fight.
They unloaded the gurneyand I got my first good look atthe young woman. She lookedto be eighteen or nineteen,dishwater blonde hair, andskinny, maybe about hundredand ten pounds after an all-you-can-eat buffet. She wasstraining against the restraints,her eyes wild, and she wasscreaming cuss words thatwould make a cowboy blush.
“Give us a hand, Chap,”called the security guard. This
was my call to action, to be theextra pair of hands. “Grab herright leg, we’re going to un-loose the straps and put her ona hospital gurney.” Somethingtold me this wasn’t such agood idea. I have been to manyrodeos in my life, and my intu-ition told me we were about tohave one right here in the ER.
A nurse held the woman’shead, three security guards and
me each grabbed a limb, andthe EMT loosened the straps.At that time, I weighed a littleover 200 pounds and was inpretty good shape. Two of thesecurity guards looked likethey topped out over 250, andthe third was in my weightclass. When the straps let go,this hundred-and-ten-poundyoung woman began to thrashand jerk. It was like trying tohold the leg of a running horse.Her leg jerked from my graspand for a sickening second, Ithought she was about to shakeloose and run. I leaned my fullweight onto her leg, got a firmgrip and a faraway look, andheld on for dear life.
Somehow, we got her ontothe hospital gurney and an-other nurse produced a strait-jacket. I wasn’t sure this wasgoing to work. Imagine tryingto capture a hundred-and-ten-pounds of cussing fury andtying it up. Extra nursespoured out of the ER. This wasnot their first rodeo. First onearm got tucked into a sleeveand then another. She bit oneof the nurses and tried to bite asecurity guard. I was glad Iwas on the end with no teeth.
We got her belted down andshe was placed in the “quietroom.” The quiet room was abare room with nothing butconcrete walls, a caged light,and door with a window. Thinkof a prison cell with less classand that was the quiet room.
The nurses could monitorher by video, but they told meto stroll by every so often andsee if she wanted to talk. Thiswas like asking if I wanted totalk to a charging bull.
After an hour, she had
calmed down. She stoppedcussing and asked me to tellthe nurses she no longerneeded to be restrained. Ipassed the message on. Themedical team came, rolled herinto the ER proper, and aftertreating her, told me shewanted to talk to me. I didn’tknow why, except that I hadbecome very well acquaintedwith her right leg during ourintroduction.
When I pulled back the cur-tain, she smiled, and apolo-gized. It turned out she was adiabetic, and she had gone toher first “adult” party. Alcoholwas in abundance and she par-took, having no idea about thesugar level of beer. After six orseven beers, her body rebelled,and she lost control.
She told me while she wasout of control, she knew whatwas happening, but she waspowerless to stop it. Somehow,I knew to smile at her and say,“That’s the definition of beingout of control.”
We talked about faith andJesus. She said she grew up inchurch but stopped goingwhen she was in high school.This experience, she said,made her think she needed totake God more seriously. I saidI hoped she would. I prayedwith her. She said she felt likegetting some sleep. I under-stood the feeling.
It was about four AM whenI finally made it to the cot inthe chapel. I couldn’t get theexperience out of head. WhenI checked the ER at seven inthe morning, she had been dis-charged. That’s the frustratingpart of being a hospital chap-lain – you are there for the mo-ment, not for the journey. ButI could pray for her and I did.
I prayed a simple prayer:“Lord, help that young womanlet you be in control of her life.Because Lord, it looked to melike when she was in control,she was out of control.” Thenthe Spirit spoke to me: “Re-member Clay that goes for youtoo.”
Hardee County nativeClay Smith is lead pastor atAlice Drive Baptist Church inSumter, S.C. He and hisbrother and sister still own thefamily ranch in the LemonGrove community east ofWauchula. You can follow himat unlikelyclay.com.
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EDITOR’S NOTE: The figures listed belowwere taken directly from the candidate’s file atthe Supervisor of Election’s Office on Friday,Aug. 7.
Colon LambertNet Worth-$867,885Campaign Contributions-$2,453.84Expenditures-$2,439.15Contributors:Self-$2,453.84
Sandy MeeksNet Worth-$115,200Campaign Contributions-$900Expenditures-$798.69Contributors:Self-$600Linda Barrington-$100Jay LaGrace-$100Lex ALbritton-$100
Donald SamuelsNet Worth-$530,424Campaign Contributions-$1,750Expenditures-$1,524.53Contributors:Self-$950Bob Cole-$250Vicky Pate-$200Elaine Fryback-$250Virginia Brown-$100
Rick KnightNet Worth-$717,611Campaign Contributions-$600Expenditures-$114.90Contributors:Self-$500John O’Neil-$100
Dawn Renee WyattNet Worth-$17,799.26Campaign Contributions-$1,000Expenditures-$1,005.07Contributors:Sandra Rojas-$100Maria Beattie-$50Steve Paroley$200Thomas Harris-$250James and Debbie Pyle-$200Rosie Wendell-$100Donella Turner-$100
Judith GeorgeNet Worth-$66,722Campaign Contributions-$1,050Expenditures-$981.10Contributors:Self-$500Ralph Arce-$150Virginia Forner-$50David Singletary-$250Janet Gilliard-$200Sharon Dean-$100
Horace GrahamNet Worth-$113,882Campaign Contributions-$3,338.38Expenditures-$3,214.58Contributors:Self-$2,733.38Wilbur and Susan Robertson-$250Robert and Pam Bellflower-$300Petteway Grove Service-$150
Mikell ThompsonNet Worth-$662,000Campaign Contributions-341.60Expenditures-341.60Contributors:Self-$341.60
Tim WellsNet Worth-$612,213Campaign Contributions-$1,000Expenditures-$1,580.52Contributors:Self-$1,000
Bryan BirgeNet Worth-$167,100Campaign Contributions-$1,500Expenditures-$1,191.75Contributors:Self-$1,000Sue Birge-$500
Mildred SmithNet Worth-$717,531Campaign Contributions-$2,500Expenditures-$2,109.89
Contributors:Self-$2,500
Richard DaggettNet Worth-$289,601Campaign Contributions-$2,000Expenditures-$1,739.99Contributors:Self-$2,000
Claire CornellNet Worth-$641,114.20Campaign Contributions-$2,150Expenditures-$1,939.15Contributors: Self-$2,150
Raafat ZakharyNet Worth-$1,340,000Campaign Contributions-$1,300Expenditures-$865.50Contributors: Self-$1,300
Vincent CrawfordNet Worth-$534,300Campaign Contributions-$11,345.46Expenditures-$9,761.03Contributors: Self-$2,700Sandra Scott-$400Victor Gulatt-$50Dustin Walton-$500Jayson Durden-$500Ellen Cover-$200Jack Parr-$200Richard Peacock-$500Robert and Robin Abbott-$500Hardee County Disposal-$250Kaylyn Walton-$500Rita Bay-$300Richard and Sherri Peacock-$364.41Dynamic Spine-$500Gayle Burnett-$250Keri Miller-$100Rickey Dick-$200Jim’s Pro Cat-$250Utilitech-$6David Binder-$200Teresa Crawford-$376Russell Johnson-$50Intercoastal Builders & Roofers-$1,000Terri Conley-$100Stacy Sharp-$500Robert Bassett-$500Davis McCarter-$100Robert Estes-$500
Paul E. Davis JrNet Worth-$765,385.01Campaign Contributions-$12,093.55Expenditures-$9,418.56Contributors: Self-$1,930.40Joe Carlton-$50Beverly Eichelberger-$50Earl Smith-$100Diana Smith-$100Robert Smith-$200Robert Shiver-$100Buckhorn Ranch-$100Kenneth Jinwright-$200Barbara and Leon Stephens-$100Judith and James Reddington-$150John Platt-$500Sharon Lynn-$40Smith Automotive-$300Richard and Judy Russell-$100George Gibbs-$65Ray and Patricia Graham-$50Claude and Caroline Saunders-$100Simmons Grove and Cattle-$100Arnold Lanier-$233.15Sylvia Wingate-$100Palm Hammock-$100Kenneth Futch-$500F.L. and Oneita Revell-$100Hardee Fruit Co.-$100Windmill Farms-$1,000Minority Plants-$1,000Thomas and Anna Watkins-$250Jacqueline and John McNiff-$500Robert Crews Family Trust-$1,000Howard Godwin-$250Richard and Claire Langway-$250Daniel Irby-$250Hard Knocks Farms-$1,000Bruce and Lisa McClelland-$200Chad McWaters-$300McClelland Cattle and Grove-$250John O’Neil-$100Jim See Realty-$100
Jason and Ana Ochoa-$25Charles and Patricia Grimsley-$200Trevino Bookkeeping Service-$100Arnold Lanier-$300
John EasonNet Worth-$630,415.77Campaign Contributions-$5,100.21Expenditures-$4,680.56Contributors: Self-$3,844.78Thomas Cloud-$250Elliott Long-$350Jan Eason-$337.75Eagles Nest Early Learning Center-$750Thomas Fort-$455Robert Spencer-$150Smith Automotive-$300Julian Varela-$500Heather Atchley-$500Carolyn Wyatt-$100Mathew Whatley-$300Frank Yodonis-$100Brandon Ball-$100PayPal-$.21
Brett DowdenNet Worth-$183,979.42Campaign Contributions-$4,500Expenditures-$3,824.93Contributors: Self-$50Robarts Family Funeral Home-$1,000Jerry Tietge-$500Pam Gatto-$1,000Carole Gatto-$1,000Mike McHenry Jr.-$1,000
Rosie WendellNet Worth-$193,347Campaign Contributions-$9,632.85Expenditures-$8,901.82Contributors:
Self-$9,142.45Sheri Judah-$100Christina Anderson-$293.60Juanita Hughes-$96.80David King-$100Debbie and Hershel Stone-$200BMH Ranch-$50Authur Neel-$200
Judy WilsonNet Worth-$56,245Campaign Contributions-$3,705Expenditures-$2,914.55Contributors: Self-$1,750Sandy Scott-$817.46Rhonda Cole-$100Virginia Brown-$50Carmelo Otero-$75Anonymous-$20Bruce Douglas-$50Bobby Douglas-$50Ross Hendry-$50Charles Shackleford-$500Maggie Taylor-$20Roger Saunders-$50Beverly Saunders-$50Anonymous-$40Margaret Blanco-$100F.L. Revell-$300
Patty ClarkNet Worth-$212,324.20Campaign Contributions-$2,820Expenditures-$2,555.43Contributors: Self-$620Charles Harrison Jr.-$250V + W Farms-$150Peter Feaman P.A.-$250Rumba Consulting Group-$1,000Tommy Griffen-$500W. Frank Johnson-$50
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HORACE E. “BINKY” GRAHAM, JR.Hardee County Commissioner District 5
I am Horace Graham, Jr., although to most I am known as Binky. My parents are the lateHorace and Betty Pearl Graham. I am a lifelong resident of Hardee County with the majorityof those years spent in the Lemon Grove community. I married Ralene Raley Graham 41years ago. We are blessed to have three grown children and 8 grandchildren who are allresidents of Hardee County. I am an eighth generation member of New Hope Baptist Church.It goes without saying my roots are firmly grounded in Hardee County. For me, running forthis office is an opportunity to represent the voice of the people, and to help Hardee Countybecome strong economically for our future generations. I have been fortunate enough tocarry out our family’s legacy in agriculture. Looking at the trend of today’s society I feel it isimportant for us to look for other opportunities to enhance our agri-businesses, as well toadd industries that will bring in more jobs and broaden our economic growth. For the dreamsof our future generations, we need to explore economic opportunities within our county. It isimportant for the future of Hardee County that all voices are heard and are considered infuture decision making. I greatly appreciate your vote.
Paid Pol. Adv. For by Horace E. “Binky” Graham, Jr. REP for County Commissioner District 5
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Times change, traditionschange, protocols change, per-haps even values change.
Many of the changes I em-brace; others I tolerate.
Disrespecting the Americanflag is not among them.
On a recent Sunday after-noon, I was half-watching TVwhen a women’s soccer gamecame on the screen. I did notrecognize the name of eitherteam, but it was clear that bothwere American.
When the playing of the Na-tional Anthem began, all butthree team members took aknee, some placing their handsover their hearts, others justplacing arms around theirteammates.
Only three stood in the tra-ditional gesture of respect forthe flag and the nation, and inmy opinion, for those men andwomen who have servedunder that flag in the armedforces, in both war and peace.
I mind-gamed myself onwhat I would like to have saidif I had been there to speak tothose athletes. It would havegone something like this:
“Ladies, in a couple of min-utes the National Anthem willbe played. Please stand.”
“Now, any of you who haveserved the nation in uniformmay take a knee if you chooseto do so. You have earned theright to disregard customarycourtesy after faithfully ob-serving it for so long.” What? I don’t see anyonekneeling.
“Okay, if you have a family
member or a close friend whowas killed in the armed forces,you may take a knee in rever-ence to his or her sacrifice, orin protest of the war in whichthey died.“
What? Everyone is stillstanding.
“And finally, those of youwho never served the nation inuniform, or who never lost arelative or close friend in war,remain standing. You have notearned the privilege of show-ing disrespect to the flag andall that it represents.”
“Those who served under
that flag did so to protect youand the freedoms that youenjoy.”
“They don’t ask for yourgratitude; they ask only thatyou respect their flag.”
No, I didn’t have the oppor-tunity to deliver that lecture,not to these young teams or tothe numerous overpaid(mostly male) professionalathletes who engage in head-line-grabbing shows of disre-spect to the flag. I did the nextbest thing.
I turned off the TV.Don’t take me wrong; I re-
spect peaceful dissent, and thesigns and banners that go withit. Such protests are protected
by the same article of the Billof Rights that protects free-dom of religion and of thepress.
Kneeling when the NationalAnthem is played won’t bringback one person of any racekilled by police misconduct orby deadly missiles thrown byrioters.
Those athletes who havethought it through should real-ize that.
Those who take a knee be-cause it is the latest fad inprotests should instead dosomething worthwhile, like
spending a few hours helpingprovide food or shelter forthose who need it.
That would make a differ-ence.
––––––(S. L. Frisbie is retired, fromjournalism and from a militarycareer of two years in the ac-tive Army and 30 years in theFlorida National Guard. Dur-ing a visit with a young grand-son in Gainesville severalyears ago, S. L. explained tohim the significance of thesalute as a show of mutual re-spect among those who servein uniform. They now ex-change salutes at the end oftheir visits.)
Standing Up For Our ValuesQ: Why do I need a per-
mit to construct a waterwell?
A: A well construction per-mit is required before installa-tion of a water well within theSouthwest Florida Water Man-agement District (District).The permits ensure that wellsare constructed by qualifiedcontractors to meet rigid safetyand durability standards andprotect the groundwater re-source.
Q: Does it matter whatpart of the District I live in?A: Permits are required for theconstruction, repair, modifica-tion and abandonment of mostwater wells within the District.Local agencies in Manatee,Sarasota and Marion countiesare delegated by the District toissue well construction per-mits within their respectivecounty boundaries. If required,you must secure a water usepermit from the District beforewell construction permits canbe issued.
Q: Who should I hire toconstruct my well?
A: All wells must be con-structed by a Florida licensedwater well contractor. Allwater well contractors are li-censed by the water manage-ment districts. You candetermine if someone has anactive water well contractor li-cense by contacting the Dis-trict’s well constructionsection at (813) 367-3052. Theonly exception to this law isfor a water well 2 inches orless in diameter constructed byan individual to provide waterinto their single family resi-dential dwelling or for farmingpurposes on their farm asspecified in Florida Statutes.In certain areas, mandatorywell designs might apply thatwould create difficulties for anunlicensed individual to con-struct a water well themselves.As with licensed water wellcontractors, this exception also
requires the owner to secure apermit from the District beforeconstruction. The applicant isrequired to submit a well com-pletion report, or as-built,within 30 days of completionof permitted well construction.
Q: Where should I placea well on my property?
A: Your well is required tobe located at an area on yourproperty that meets mandatorysetback distances from anysanitary hazards so the wellwill not pose a threat to thegroundwater resource and pro-
vides protection for the health,safety and welfare of the user.For single-family dwellingpotable water wells, these set-backs include 75 feet from anyseptic tank and drainfield and75 feet from drainage/reten-tion ponds. If possible, it isrecommended that your wellbe constructed on the highestground possible so that surfacewater will drain away from thewell. The top of casing formost wells is required to ex-tend at least 1 foot above landsurface. If located within aflood zone, the top of casingshall extend 1 foot above the100-year flood elevation, ifpossible. In general, shallowwells that draw groundwaterfrom a depth near land surfaceare the most susceptible tocontamination. Deeper wellsare generally less prone tocontamination.
Q: Can the District pro-vide assistance if there is acontractual dispute betweenthe water well contractorand the well owner?
A: The District’s jurisdic-
tion applies to the construc-tion, repair, modification, andabandonment of most waterwells. Price, business prac-tices, reimbursement, and cus-tomer service provided bywater well contractors are notunder the jurisdiction of theDistrict. The District cannotassign restrictions or suspenda water well contractor’s li-cense based on the contrac-tor’s transactions with the wellowner. If you feel you havebeen the victim of a crime orscam, you should contact the
appropriate authorities. For information on well
construction, including appli-cable well construction rulesand regulations, please visitWaterMatters.org/business/epermitting/well-construction-permits.
David N. Arnold. P.G., isthe regulation well construc-tion manager for the South-west Florida WaterManagement District (Dis-trict.) Dave has more than 20years of experience in designand construction oversight ofmany types of wells used forenvironmental cleanup, safedrinking water within contam-inated areas, irrigation, pri-vate and public watersupplies, and all aspects of theDistrict’s well constructionregulatory program, includingwater well contractor licens-ing and compliance. He is aFlorida licensed ProfessionalGeologist and has a Bachelorof Science degree in Geologyfrom the University of SouthFlorida.
Well Construction Permitting– Your Questions Answered
Guest ColumnBy David Arnold
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Peavy’s PonderingsBy Jonell Peavy
Sugar Possum of the late Truman Thomas
I was sorry to hear of the passing of Jerry "Gray Wolf"Phillips. I had never met him or spoken with him, but I felt as ifI had met him through his many columns I had read and enjoyedover the many weeks and months as he took us on a journey ofhis life and the many adventures he shared with us. My condo-lences go out to his family. He will be missed by all who knewhim and those who read his column.
I wish we could go back in time to the values my generationgrew up with, the ones Jerry grew up with and wrote about. Wedidn't have to worry about locking our doors and wonderingwhere our children were.
We were taught to work for what we wanted, not go out andsteal it from someone who did work for what they had. We re-spected our parents and all they did for us, and as they got olderwe cared for them as they had always cared for us.
I guess I am feeling my age as I sit here listening to the newsand thinking about all the unrest still going on in and around ourcountry.
The Democratic party can take the blame for so much of theunrest. If Pelosi, Schumer, and their minions stay in office wecan kiss our freedoms goodbye. They want socialism for thiscountry. They have gotten rich while in office, and they want tokeep us at their mercy by dictating what we can or cannot do orsay.
Should Joe Biden win this election he will not govern. Hisunderlings will be doing the governing and telling him what todo. If you value the freedoms you have as a free country and asa free society, you had best go to the polls and vote to keep Don-ald Trump in the White House for four more years.
Has he made mistakes? Yes, but nothing that he can't fix.He has worked the entire time he has been in office for the goodof the people and our country, with the Democrats fighting hisevery move.
Please wake up and look around you. Do you want social-ism or democracy? It is entirely up to you and the way you castyour vote. Jonell Peavy lives in Avon Park and can be reached at 863-453-3589.
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South Florida State College (SFSC)graduated 25 Practical Nursing (PN) pro-gram students in a traditional pinning cer-emony on Thursday, July 30 in the AlanJ. Wildstein Center for the PerformingArts at SFSC on the Highlands Campusin Avon Park.
During the year’s ceremony, graduates,faculty, and members of the audience paidheed to the COVID-19 pandemic by don-ning masks and maintaining social dis-tancing.
The graduates are Musa NajehAbuelouf, Rigenst Alfred, Erica Alonso,Maimuna Bojang, Cassandra Byler,Mayra Cardenas, Khalaya Clarke, RebecaMarie Cortez, Amy Davila, JackelineDeLa Cruz, Uriel Estrada, Mayra Euge-nio-Badillo, Maria I. Gonzalez, BritanyaGraham, Laura Holden, Kaylon Johnson,Amy Knighton, Rebecca Lieder, MeganMcCullough, Betsabet Montoya, DavidRubinos, Noemi Secundino, Amber Shoe-maker, Cassandra Sullivan, and CrystalValadez.
Class president, Cassandra Sullivan,presented her farewell address to her fel-low classmates.
“Many words describe a nurse. But theone word that stands out to me is, ‘adapt-able.’ We learn early in nursing school tobe adaptable. Nursing students makemany sacrifices. Nursing school is not forthe weak,” Sullivan said. “Say goodbye toyour family and social life. We spendhours studying and fall asleep studying,just to wake up to study again. Sleep, eat,study, repeat. There is information over-load, and we must learn it all in 11
months. We have given ‘adaptable’ awhole new meaning. I believe that this isa skill that we have all conquered and willuse for the rest of our careers.”
Sullivan recounted the challenges ofnursing school during the pandemic.
“We have Zoomed and recorded headto toe assessments that took 23 hours toupload. We did group work over the inter-net with practically dial-up speeds. Los-ing internet connection during a test orwaking up to no internet connection madeit challenging to complete assignments.”
“We have given ‘adaptable’ a wholenew meaning,” Sullivan said. “We will al-ways be remembered as the practicalnursing class that survived quarantine.”
Each year, PN graduates award theGolden Duck to someone who has servedas a mentor to the students in the program.The D.U.C.K. acronym represents thefoundational elements of the mentoringarrangement: Developing, Understanding,Compassion, and Knowledge.
During the ceremony, class secretaryNoemi Secundino presented the 2020Golden Duck Award to Patti Cardin,SFSC Nursing instructor.
“[She] faced many challenges duringher first year as an instructor, includingthe change to online teaching halfwaythrough the year. She has consistently de-voted her time to support and encourageus. She has not only been an amazing in-structor but someone who was alwayswilling to lend a listening ear. We adore,admire, and respect her greatly. She hashad all the patience in the world to makesure our questions were always answeredeven after long, eight-hour days.”
The practice of pinning new graduates
has been a nursing school tradition in theUnited States since 1916 and, symboli-cally, welcomes each graduate into thenursing profession. The pin is wornprominently on a nurse’s uniformthroughout her or his career. One story ofthe ceremony’s beginning goes back to1883, when Queen Victoria awarded Flo-rence Nightingale the Royal Red Cross onSt. George’s Day for her service to thesick and injured during the Crimean War.In turn, Nightingale later extended thehonor to her outstanding nursing studentsby presenting them with a medal of excel-lence.
Graduates of the 11-month occupa-tional certificate PN program become li-censed practical nurses by passing theNational Council Licensure Examinationfor Registered Nurses (NCLEX-PN)exam. SFSC nursing graduates are usu-ally fully employed in nursing within afew months of graduation.
SFSC offers an Associate in Sciencedegree in Nursing (AS) program for stu-dents interested in becoming registerednurses: a two-year Generic-RN programand a one-year Transition-LPN to RNprogram. The College also offers a Bach-elor of Science in Nursing (BSN) pro-gram.
For program entry requirements, con-sult the SFSC College Catalog online atsouthflorida.edu, call 863-784-7225, oremail [email protected].
Deborah Bell Latter is the coordinatorof internal communications at SouthFlorida State College and can be reachedat 863-784-7251 or [email protected].
SFSC Practical Nursing Graduates Honored In Pinning Ceremony
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As Seen From This SideBy Jerry “Gray Wolf” Phillips
Wauchula
Johnny and Barney swear they met them — Bigfoot,Sasquatch and the Skunk Ape. Johnny said he talked to them.
They are all the same big guys, called by different names inthe area from which they came.
Skunk Ape got his name from long, cold winters when he wasnot able to take a bath in the freezing streams. After he came toFlorida and then back to Georgia he had gotten out of the habit andchose not to.
Johnny said the only thing people are scaredof is their size. Merely 8 foot tall, the size and theamount of hair covering them makes them scaryto small children. People scared them so they wenthome (I'll not tell you where they call home).
Barney said he knew they are real, nothinglike he had ever seen nor go look for again.
Barney likes truck rides but his front porch pillow is his choicefor night sleeping. No more Bigfoot hunts. Manatees were some-thing else. He loved to play with any of them. Mention Bigfoot andhe will walk off and leave you.
––––––School is out! So they are saying. It was 6 weeks ago. Your
graduation will be something to remember, if you have one. Thenews said only 22 percent went online, so I assume the rest will besent back (but this modern school passes them up by age not learn-ing).
Your class reunion 5 years from now will be how you find outwho graduated with you in 2020. Reminds me of my 1954 reunion.A lot were too busy making a living or trying to get out of jail orsome other theme.
Eight years ago they had the last one in Spud Bush's livingroom. The first 10 years was in the American Legion Hall. I toldmy cousin the way we do it now is if we should accidentally meeton a street in some town we now live in we just shake hands andthen walk fast to catch up with our wives, those who still havewives and can still walk.
In my case, I have to make younger friends now. All my agehave had their $8,000 funerals. Even the younger ones are skittish.They die off as soon as we exchange phone numbers.
Coming up to 84 in about 6 weeks (more or less). I'm won-dering how that's going to come off June 30th.
––––––My Home Town — not altogether like yours. Mine was
adopted, but I guess yours was adopted too. We had no choiceabout where our Moms gave birth to us.
I was born in Duval County, Florida then packed up at age 3and moved to southwest Georgia and for the next 15 years Colquittwas my home town. It still is.
Unlike your hometown, every time I go back nothing haschanged except the kids I knew now have kids of their own.
Of all the graduating class of 1954 I can recall the names ofthree or four who still live in Miller County, but I suppose it was anecessity that we leave for places unknown, 624 square kilometersisn't a very big county — 2018 total population of Miller Countywas just over 6,250 souls of all ages. The population of the townof Colquitt remains constant — near 1,125.
To keep us all there the place would need 30 floors of highrisesbut no place to work.
Three major changes, beside the deaths of most people I knew,have been the election of the family attorney's son to the office ofLt. Governor, U.S. 27 four-laned from Bainbridge through MillerCounty, and the building of a new high school and elementaryschool well hidden on the northeast corner of town. A few yearsago my cousin sold his Mom's house at the only traffic light onU.S. 27 which is now the location of a bank. It was in front of thishouse where Cindy's chiffon dress shrunk three sizes (that fire hy-drant is still there).
The American Legion Hall that we used for family reunionson Saturday before Labor Day is still in its same state of disrepairit has been in for the last 40 years. They have always been nice tous. The only charge to us is just a donation for help in its upkeep.
Sometimes attendance changes, but never by much. Cousinshaving more kids and grandkids overcoming the loss of all the oldergenerations that have passed.
My 92-year-old brother Ewart is the last WWII vet in the fam-ily and a few female cousins in their late 80s and early 90s, mostof whom I can't recall. None still live there but four or five.
Maston is 85 and still operates Phillips Auto Parts (the onlyjob he has had since his military discharge). Said he has to keep itopen. He would still have to pay taxes on it if he closed and no onewill buy him out. They just show up on cold days to stand aroundhis heater. He and Pat raised their kids out of its sales and severalgrandkids.
No, home towns are not the same, but there is a whole lot alikein all of them.
Editors Note: This column was written before Jerry (GrayWolf) passed away Aug. 1 at age 84.
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COUNTY COURTThe following marriage li-
censes were issued recentlyin the Clerk of Courts Of-fice:
Whittney Danielle Neslon,33, of Newport, Va., and SeanMichael Murphy, 35, of Arca-dia.
Tonya Leigh Parker, 35, ofFort Meade, and Rocky Ro-driguez, 34, of Fort Meade.
Nicholas Kayton Sellers,22, of Wauchula, and GraceCelestine Coronado, 21, ofBowling Green.
The following civil actionsand small-claims cases werefiled in County Court.
Tidewater Finance Com-pany v. Garrett Roberts, small-claims complaint seeking$2,592.22.
LVNV Funding LLC v. Vi-viana J. Reyes, small-claimscomplaint seeking $501-$2,500.
Long’s Air ConditioningInc. v. Leslie Lyle and HermanGranger, small-claims com-plaint seeking $101-$500.
Portfolio Recovery Associ-ations v. Christine Freijoso,small-claims complaint seek-ing $617.33.
Portfolio Recovery Associ-ates v. Lisa Cubero, small-claims complaint seeking$638.37.
MidFlorida Credit Union v.Oveida M. Berrien, small-claims complaint seeking$6,370.76.
Portfolio Recovery Associ-ates v. Elvia Gabriel, small-claims complaint seeking$891.47.
The following civil actionsand small-claims cases weredisposed of recently inCounty Court.
Smith, Sharon D v. Smith,Robert A., Final Judgement ofDissolution of Marriage.
Congleton, Brittany Paige v.Congleton, Danny Joe, FinalJudgement of Dissolution ofMarriage.
Litton, Jerry v. Hickman,Gloria, Final Judgement ofDissolution of Marriage.
Lebron, Eduardo v. Quin-tana, Jesmarie, Final Judge-ment of Dissolution ofMarriage.
The following criminaltraffic and misdemeanorcases were disposed of re-cently in County Court.
Keith Livon Brown, battery,entered diversion.
Juan Gallardo, violation ofprobation, original charge ofno valid driver’s license, ad-mitted violation, adjudicated
guilty, sentenced to 60 days inthe county jail, credit for timeserved, sentence to run consec-utive to felony case.
Juan Gallardo, no valid dri-ver’s license, plea of guilty, ad-judicated guilty, sentenced to30 days in county jail, creditfor time served, $430 fine,$250 fee, sentence to run con-secutive to other misdemeanorand felony cases.
Juan Gallardo, resisting ar-rest without violence, plea ofguilty, adjudicated guilty, sen-tenced to 270 days in countyjail, credit for time served, sen-tence to run consecutive to allother cases, $430 fine, $250 infees, must enter partial pay-ment plan within 10 days of re-lease.
Filemon Alonso Costeno,no valid driver’s license andleaving the scene of a crashwith property damage, plea ofno contest, adjudication with-held, $430 fine, $70 fee, bondapplied to fees and fine.
Joshua Lee Luna, no validdriver’s license, plea of guilty,adjudication withheld, $430fine, $75 fee.
Adolfo Alcocer Jr., domes-tic battery, plea of no contest,adjudicated guilty, sentencedto 90 days in the county jail,credit for time served, $677fine, $250 in fees, partial pay-ment plan to be established bySept. 30.
Adolfo Alcocer, domesticbattery, state to drop charge.
Otis Jerome Faulk, leavingthe scene of crash with prop-erty damage, entered diver-sion.
Michael Jerome Young-blood, driving while DL sus-pended/revoked/cancelled,dismissed by court, defendanthas a valid DL.
Albert Edward Moniz, driv-ing while DL suspended/re-voked/cancelled, dismissed bycourt, defendant has a validDL.
Jose Zarate Subias, no validDL, dismissed by court, defen-dant has a valid DL.
Kaitlynn Brianne Benton,driving while DL suspended/revoked/cancelled, plea of nocontest to the lesser charge ofno valid DL, adjudicationwithheld, $430 fine, $75 fee,must enter partial paymentplan or pay in full by Nov. 4.
Joseph Daniel Schultz, twocounts of simple assault on of-ficer/firefighter/EMT and re-sisting arrest without violence,plea of no contest to resistingarrest without violence, state todrop both counts of simple as-sault on officer/firefighter/EMT, sentenced to 12 monthsof probation, 25 hours of com-
munity service, 4 hour angermanagement class, $430 fine,$150 in fees, may buy our 12community services hours at arate of $10 per hour, may peti-tion for early termination.
Marcelino P. Cruz, expiredDL more than 6 months, pleaof no contest, $325 fine, $75fee, due at time of court.
Jose Luis Perez-Hernandez,no valid driver’s license, pleaof no contest, adjudicatedguilty, $430 fine, $75 fee, 30days to pay.
Enrique Padron Vega, novalid driver’s license, plea ofno contest, adjudication with-held, $325 fine, $130.17 infees, 30 days to pay.
William Alexander AlvarezReyes, no valid driver’s li-cense, plea of no contest, adju-dicated guilty, $430 fine, $75fee, 90 days to pay.
Erik Estrada, no valid dri-ver’s license, plea of guilty, ad-judication withheld, $430 fine,$103.32 in fees, 30 days topay.
Jorge Enrique Hernandez-Cruz, no valid driver’s license,plea of no contest, adjudica-tion withheld, $430 fine, $75fee, 30 days to pay.
Enrique Reyes-Medina, novalid driver’s license, plea ofno contest, adjudication with-held, $430 fine, $75 fee.
David Cruz, indecent expo-sure, entered diversion.
David Cruz, indecent expo-sure, entered diversion.
CIRCUIT COURTThe following civil actions
were filed recently in the of-fice of the Circuit Court:
Frank Vasquez v. JavierAguirre Serna and C&SWholesale Services Inc., com-plaint alleging auto negli-gence.
JG Wentworth OriginationsLLC v. R. Taylor II, applica-tion for court approval of atransfer of structure settlementpayment.
Great American InsuranceGroup v. Allen Eisele and JoyEisele, complaint for contractindebtedness.
The following civil actionswere disposed of recently inCircuit Court:
There were no civil actionsdisposed of recently in CircuitCourt.
The following felony crim-inal cases were disposed ofrecently in Circuit Court:
James Franklin Ryder, vio-lation of probation, originalcharge of fleeing or attemptingto elude, admitted violation,adjudicated guilty, sentenced
to 15 days in county jail, pro-bation restored, credit for timeserved, $250 in fees.
Adolfo Alcocer Jr., drivingwhile DL suspended/revoked/canceled and fleeing or at-tempting to elude, plea of nocontest, adjudicated guilty,sentenced to time served fordriving while DL suspended/revoked/cancelled, sentencedto 3 years of probation for flee-ing or attempting to elude,$520 fine, $525 in fees, 50hours of community service, 1year DL suspension.
Joshua Cody Lopez, posses-sion of drug paraphernalia andpossession of syntheticcannabinoids, plea of no con-test to possession of syntheticcannabinoids, state to droppossession of drug parapherna-lia charge, adjudicated guiltyof possession of syntheticcannabinoids, sentenced to 9months in county jail, 1 yeardriver’s license suspension,$520 fine, $400 in fees.
The following deeds forreal estate transactions of$10,000 or more were filedrecently in the Clerk ofCourts Office:
Julie Marie Brown, StevenClaude Bryan, and LaVerneKnight to Jeffrey Guess andLauren Guess, for $50,000.
Donna Titus, as guardian ofthe person and property ofLena M. Driver, to John F.Tzannetakis, for $46,500.
Sonia J. Fritch, to MainstayFinancial Services, LLC, aFlorida Limited LiabilityCompany, for $69,600.
George W. Ford and EdithM. Ford, to Ronald G Driskelland Pamela G Driskell, for$395,000.
William Keith Webb, toMaria G. Zuniga and MiltonArana Aguirre, for $10,000.
Tou Lee and Pang Lee, toMartin Lucatero and YeseniaLucatero, for $74,900.
Jerry D. Johnson and Jaca-lyn S. Johnson, to Glenn D.Donahue, for $85,000.
Notices
The Southwest Florida WaterManagement District(SWFWMD) announces the fol-lowing public meeting to whichall interested persons are in-vited:
Note: Change of Location:Governing Board Meeting,Committee Meetings and Pub-lic Hearing: ConsiderSWFWMD business. All orpart of this meeting may beconducted by means of com-munications media technol-ogy to permit maximumparticipation of GoverningBoard members.
DATE/TIME: Tues., August 25,2020; 9:00 a.m.
PLACE: SWFWMD, 2379 BroadStreet, Brooksville, FL 34604(Staff only as currentlySWFWMD offices are closed tothe public due to the COVID-19pandemic). Members of thepublic may view the meeting viaa livestream or connect to aZoom meeting to provide com-ments by following the direc-tions posted after August 11 atWaterMatters.org or by calling(352) 796-7211 and requestinginstructions. An alternative tele-conferencing line to providecomments will also be availableat 888-585-9008 conferencecode 346-054-201.
A copy of the agenda may beobtained by contacting: Water-Matters.org – Boards, Meetings& Event Calendar; 1(800)423-1476 (FL only) or (352)796-7211.
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______________________________IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FORHARDEE COUNTY, FLORIDA
PROBATE DIVISION
FILE NO.: 252020CP000067
IN RE: ESTATE OF
RICHARD EDWARD MACKEYDeceased.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The administration of the es-tate of RICHARD EDWARDMACKEY, deceased, whose dateof death was June 19, 2020, ispending in the Circuit Court forHardee County, Florida, ProbateDivision, the address of which is417 W. Main Street, Suite 202,Wauchula, Florida 33873. Thename and address of the Per-sonal Representative and thePersonal Representative’s attor-ney are set forth below.
All creditors of the decedentand other persons having claimsor demands against decedent'sestate, on whom a copy of thisnotice is required to be servedmust file their claims with thisCourt ON OR BEFORE THELATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTERTHE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLI-CATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30DAYS AFTER THE DATE OFSERVICE OF A COPY OF THISNOTICE ON THEM.
All other creditors of the dece-dent and other persons havingclaims or demands againstdecedent's estate must file theirclaims with this Court WITHIN 3MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OFTHE FIRST PUBLICATION OFTHIS NOTICE.
ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHINTHE TIME PERIOD SET FORTHIN FLORIDA STATUTES SEC-TION 733.702 WILL BE FOR-EVER BARRED.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIMEPERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE,ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2)YEARS OR MORE AFTER THEDECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATHIS BARRED.
The date of the first publica-tion of this Notice is August 13,2020.
Attorney for PersonalRepresentative:Kenneth B. Evers, ofKENNETH B. EVERS, P.A.Florida Bar No. 0054852Post Office Drawer 1308Wauchula, FL 33873-1308Phone: (863) 773-5600Facsimile: (866) 547-4362Email: [email protected]
Personal Representative:DAVID MACKEYPersonal Representative1376 Alec Hendry RoadWauchula, Florida 33873
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CITY OF BOWLING GREENPUBLIC NOTICE
THE BOWLING GREEN CITY COMMISSION WILL HOLD AVIRTUAL BUDGET WORKSHOPTHURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 2020
AT 5:30 P.M.
THIS VIRTUAL WORKSHOP WILL BE VIA ZOOM:
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In accordance with the ADA, persons with disabilities requiring accommodations inorder to participate in this virtual public workshop should contact the Office of theCity Clerk at 863-375-2255.
Maria Carmen SilvaCity Clerk
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CITY OF BOWLING GREENINVITATION TO BID – SURPLUS
EQUIPMENTThe City of Bowling Green will be accepting sealed bids for the following surplus
equipment:
1997 Pakmore Ford Garbage Truck
6’ Tractor Supply Disk
5’ Bushhog
2004 Ford Explorer
2002 Ford F-150
2000 Ford F-150
1999 Ford F-150
Sealed bids must be turned in to the Bowling Green City Hall no later than 4:00 P.M.on Wednesday, September 2nd, 2020. Bid envelope must contain the name of theequipment (one per envelope). The City of Bowling Green City Commission willaward the bid to the highest bidder at the City CommissionMeeting held on Tuesday, September 8th, 2020.
The items up for bid are available for public view at our PublicWorks location during normal business hours. Please contactWayne Prine at 863-245-5813 to schedule a time to view theequipment.
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CITY OF BOWLING GREENPUBLIC NOTICE
The City of Bowling Green election qualifying period for Commission Seats 4 & 5 willopen August 17, 2020 at 8:00am and will run until August 21, 2020 at 4:00pm for aNovember 03, 2020 election. Qualifying fee is $10.00 plus a $30.00 Election Assess-ment. Candidates must be 18 years of age or older, registered voters and residentsof the City of Bowling Green for the past 6 months. Candidates must qualify at theCity of Bowling Green administrative office, 104 E. Main Street, Bowling Green,Florida during the above stated hours. Any questions regarding the election may bedirected to the office of the City Clerk at 863-375-2255.
M. Carmen SilvaCity Clerk
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DEVELOPMENT REVIEWCOMMITTEE
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MEETING on
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in the County Commissioners’ Board RoomRoom 102, 1st floor Courthouse Annex
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Thank you for allowing me to serve you as a Hardee County Commissioner.
This election is about diversity, growth, phosphate mining, solar and budget.
Our county continues to sit in the middle of some tough issues.
Together we can make a difference and give our future generations
a home and a good income through diversified economy.
Growth and diversity simply don't come without controversy.
Defining a strategic course, understanding the goals, implementing a plan,
saying our prayers and demanding improvement is a task in which we must all play a role.
Leadership is not easy. It doesn't come without criticism and
it doesn't come without a relentless effort to listen, learn and act.
Leadership in difficult roles is a basic expectation. I believe I am a proven leader with a
servants heart and I am asking for your vote for Hardee County Commissioner District 3.
Together We Lead The Path. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
Re-Elect Rick Knightfor Hardee County Commissioner District 3
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING AND
BUDGET HEARING
The Florida Governmental Utility Authority ("FGUA")announces a public meeting and public hearing towhich all interested persons are invited. The FGUA isa legal entity and public body created pursuant to theprovisions of Section 163.01, Florida Statutes, and anInterlocal Agreement among Citrus County, Florida;Hendry County, Florida; Pasco County, Florida; PolkCounty, Florida, Lee County, Florida and MarionCounty, Florida. The meeting and public hearingwill be held at 1:00 p.m. on September 17, 2020 viaVideo Conference. The FGUA Board will addressgeneral operating issues of the FGUA. The meetingwill also include a public hearing to consider adoptionof the annual budgets and capital improvement pro-grams for the Unified-Aqua Utility System and theFGUA General Fund annual operating budget. In lightof COVID-19 social distancing guidelines, any mem-bers of the public who wish to speak will be able todo so by calling in by phone. The dial-in number toconnect by phone is 1-857-350-1927 and the MeetingID 646 205 707. All customers of the FGUA, affectedproperty owners, tenants or occupants, and all otherinterested persons, shall have an opportunity to beheard concerning the proposed annual budget andcapital improvement programs and to file written com-ments with the FGUA. If a person decides to appealany decision made by the FGUA with respect to anymatter considered at the hearing, such person willneed a record of the proceedings and may need toensure that a verbatim record is made, including thetestimony and evidence upon which the appeal is tobe made. In accordance with the Americans with Dis-abilities Act, persons needing special accommoda-tions or an interpreter to participate in this proceedingshould contact the Clerk to the FGUA Board at (877)552-3482, at least two business days prior to the dateof the hearing. If you have any questions, please con-tact the Clerk to the FGUA Board at (877) 552-FGUA.
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RAYMUNDO
CORONADO SR.
Raymundo Coronado Sr.,93, of Wauchula, died on July25, 2020.
He was born on Oct. 6,1926 in Mexico, to the lateNarciso and Elena Coronado.He was a member of the Mi-sion Ebenezer MethodistChurch.
He was survived by chil-dren, Lupe, Vicente, Verta,Santos, Tony, Juan, Isabel,Eva, Jose, Raymundo Jr.,Jesus, Rose, and FranciscoCoronado; as well as manygrandchildren and great-grand-children.
Arrangements were byPonger-Kays-Grady.
Obituaries
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GrandsonYes, things are going to change around here.
Because our little partner won’t be near.He has traded in his car tools,
For a lesson at school.
Your numbers, I know you won’t forgetBecuse you learned them counting model corvettes.
No, things won’t be the same,You will be doing site words rather than listening to the
Beatles, Penny Lane.
Kindergarten will really be a switch,You will become an expert writer, rather than digging
that muddy ditch.
You liked hunting bad guys, locking them in jail, feedingthem bread and water, helping them make bail,
But if they were good and didn’t boo hoo,You opened the cell door and gave them, cookies and
tru-moo.
Getting up every day at 5 a.m. will surely be rough,But Pop and Mimi have spent 5 years teching you to be
tough.
Just about the time, I think I am over the first day ofschool blues,
I walk past the door and see his little muddy shoes.
So, little partner go to school and do the best you can,It won’t be long until we see you again!
Pop
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In his Letter to the Philippi-ans, St. Paul wrote, “Do notworry about anything, but ineverything by prayer and sup-plication with thanksgiving letyour requests be made knownto God. And the peace of God,which surpasses all under-standing, will guard yourhearts and your minds inChrist Jesus.” (Philippians 4:6-7).
Paul’s counsel is such awonderful reminder of the twomost important attributes tocultivate in our relationshipwith God – trust and gratitude.Trust in God entails letting goof excessive worries and con-cerns and simply asking in hu-mility for our needs to be met.And we should have confi-dence that God will accom-pany us on our journeythrough life. This is not to saythat anything we ask for willbe granted, because sometimesGod has a bigger plan for usthat we can’t always under-stand in the moment.
In his Letter to the Romans,Paul wrote, “We know that allthings work together for goodfor those who love God, whoare called according to his pur-pose.” (Romans 8:28). So wemust continually pray for allgood things and then trust thatGod will care for us. In theSermon on the Mount, Christinstructed us to abandon worryand trust in God, saying, “Andwhy do you worry about cloth-ing? Consider the lilies of the
field, how they grow; they nei-ther toil nor spin, yet I tell you,even Solomon in all his glorywas not clothed like one ofthese.” (Matthew 6:28-29).
The beautiful thing about
trust in God is that it allows usto live in gratitude for all of thegifts bestowed upon us. Whenwe understand the care thatGod has for us, we can focuson all of the blessings beingshowered upon us. To quoteRomans once again, “O thedepth of the riches and wisdomand knowledge of God! Howunsearchable are his judg-ments and how inscrutable hisways!” (Romans 11:33).
When we turn to God withtrust, He responds with love,but oftentimes the result ofGod’s love isn’t what we ex-pected. Trust entails knowingthat God’s responses to ourprayers will always be infi-nitely greater than anything weexpected, and gratitude en-ables us to recognize thoseblessings and receive themwith joy.
The Christopher News NoteLiving in Thanksgiving tellsthe story of 90-year-old JudithViorst, who wrote the popular
children’s book Alexander andthe Terrible, Horrible, NoGood, Very Bad Day. Viorsttold an interviewer that themost favorite time of her life isright now, saying, “It’s not that
the days themselves now areso fabulous…. My hair is thin-ning…. I can’t find my glassesor keys. And I spend so muchtime seeing specialists that, ifthey gave doctorates for goingto doctors, I’d easily haveearned a Ph.D. But still, I don’thesitate. The best is not aheador behind. It’s now.”
Viorst credits her apprecia-tion for the moment with herability to understand the bless-ings bestowed upon her, say-ing, “I’ve found that a littlesurplus of gratitude often hasdownstream effects, helping usbecome more tolerant, lessjudgmental, more forgiving.”
In the end, trust in God andgratitude for our blessings arethe things that make us happierabove all else. And a joyful lifeis the most blessed life we canlive. So pray from the heart forall that is good, show God yourtrust and your gratitude, and beprepared to see amazing bless-ings poured out upon you.
Growing In Trust And Gratitude
ChanceI had a chance to make it work,
But I let you down cause I was hurt.My heart was shattered and I was emotionally confused,
I lost myself and didn’t know what to do.I rejected your help and pushed everyone away,
To be by myself and cope with the pain.I ran from my problems and made some mistakes,Unaware of hurting the ones I loved along the way.
My actions caused more loss then gain,If I could do it all over some things would change.My love for you remians the same till this very day,
Do I deserve a second chance what do you say.You give me this chance I wont let you down,
I give you my word, I give you my vow.I will do my part to make it work,
We can use the past as stepping stones to avoid the hurt.All I ask is for one more chance,
Will you take my hand and dance one more dance.
— Cody RichardsonOna
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Open house was a little different this year at Zolfo Springs ElementarySchool. Staff and students were required to wear masks, but the excite-ment filled the air as students and families met their new teachers. As ofMonday morning, 544 students were enrolled at the school. There were449 students (83 percent) enrolled for traditional in-person educationand 95 students (17 percent) registered for the Hardee Innovative Learn-ing Opportunity.
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CHRISTOPHERBLAKE DAVIS
Mr. Christopher BlakeDavis, 52, passed away Sat-urday, Aug. 8, 2020, at hishome in Fort Meade, sur-rounded by his family.
Blake was born March28, 1968, in Lakeland, andwas a lifelong resident ofFort Meade. He was a grad-uate of Fort Meade HighSchool, Class of 1986, agraduate of Miami Interna-tional University of Art andDesign where he received adegree in Broadcasting, andwas a lifelong and activemember of the First BaptistChurch of Fort Meade.Blake was a member of theGood Seed choir and PuppetMinistry, and enjoyed theyearly summer Mission Tourtrips, and Vacation BibleSchool, where he was incharge of recreation. Hewas an avid Star Trek Voy-ager fan, a lifelong MiamiHurricanes fan, and enjoyed70’s and 80’s music, espe-cially when he was doingwhat he liked to do best of
being the D.J. for many highschool dances and parties.
Blake was preceded indeath by his father, Joseph E.Davis Sr.; maternal grand-parents, Blake and EvaGrant; paternal grandpar-ents, William J. and IveloDavis; aunts and uncles, Bu-ford and Zondra GrantBrown, and Jim and MyrtleGrant.
He is survived by his lov-ing mother, Audrey Davis,of Fort Meade; brother, EdDavis and wife Melanie;nieces, Cassidy Davis andBailey Davis, all of Valrico;cousin/sister, April Brown,of Fort Meade; friend/brother/sister, Kevin andRita Collier, of Homeland;cousins, Archie and MarshaGrant Gale, Wendy GaleAttix and husband Billy,Misty Gale Beynon and hus-band H.C., all of FortMeade; cousin, Mitch Grantand family; Jimmy andDiane Davis and family,Richard and Shelly Davisand family, Robert and KimDavis and family, PaulDavis and family, and manymore cousins and close fam-ily friends.
Blake was especiallygrateful to have a closegroup of extended familythat not only blessed himwith friendship and birthdayparties but actively partici-pated in his world classhome healthcare. Every yearMike and Cynthia Woods,Donnie and Teresa True,Kenny and Susan Slay,Kevin and Rita Collier,Lewis and Pennie Rhoden,Mitchell and Phillis Smith,
Beverly Campbell and oth-ers on occasion wouldgather and celebrate Blake’sbirthday. Given his inabilityto get around, Blake quicklycame to cherish these gath-erings and was truly blessedby them. Our family wascommitted to provide Blakewith the best care possible athome. This would not havebeen possible without theselfless and devoted effortsof several folks that our fam-ily will always be in awe of.Phillis Smith, Mike Woods,Lewis Rhoden, Clayton Fra-zier and Kevin Collier allhave given Blake the verybest of love and care duringhis journey. We will NEVERbe able to thank themenough. May God blessthem and their love for ourson and brother. PastorKenny Slay has been atremendous help and com-fort throughout Blake’s jour-ney. Our family cannotthank him enough.
Private family serviceswill be held at the First Bap-tist Church of Fort Meade.We will do the best we canto properly celebrate Blake’shomegoing but will also doour best to understand the re-ality of COVID-19 and workto protect Blake’s friendsand family. In lieu of flow-ers, we request any dona-tions be directed to thebuilding fund at First BaptistChurch, 307 E. Broadway,Fort Meade, FL 33841.
Hancock Funeral Home,Fort Meade, FL
863-285-8171
CHARLOTTE MARRINER
Charlotte Ella Marriner,83, of Zolfo Springs, passedaway Friday, April 24, 2020,at Good Shepard Hospice inAuburndale.
She was born June 19,1936, in Moundsville, W.Va., to Thomas and HazelWesten of Minersville, OH.She graduated fromMoundsville High School in1954 where the school’syearbook reports that she en-joyed songs like “SeptemberSong” by Frank Sinatra.Music continued to play animportant role in her life.
After graduation, shemarried James S. Marrineron July 2, 1955. She wasemployed in the banking in-dustry, starting at AmericanSecurity in Washington, DC,in 1966, and retired fromU.S. Bank in Gallipolis,Ohio, after 30 years of serv-ice.
The couple were amongthe original owners atBrookside Bluff in ZolfoSprings where they werefaithful members of Brook-side Chapel and enjoyed
golf, playing cards andgoing on many cruises. Sheoften said “The only timeI’m really on vacation iswhen I’m on a cruise.”
In addition to her parents,she was predeceased by herhusband of 59 years and onesister, Delilah Wright.
Survivors are one daugh-ter, Cynthia Jo Woods andhusband James; one son,James S. Marriner Jr.; fourgrandchildren, Katherine R.Woods, James A. Woods Jr.,James S. Marriner III andJoseph T. Marriner; andthree great-grandchildren,Bryton A. Gates, Devan M.Gates and Teagan E. Gates.Also surviving are two sis-ters, Augusta Spiher andSarah Roush; and onebrother, William Westen.
Services will be held Fri-day, Aug. 21, at 2 p.m. atSarasota National Cemetery,9810 State Road 72, with theRev. James Stallings offici-ating.
Memorial contributionsmay be made to BrooksideBluff Chapel, 7750 GolfBlvd., Zolfo Springs 33890,or a charity of choice.
In Memory
RONALD PRIDGEN JR.Ronald Pridgen Jr., 59, of
Lake Placid, died Aug. 7,2020, in Bradenton.
He was born in Tallahasseeon April 17, 1961, and was awelder at U.S. Sugar Corp.
He was preceded in deathby mother, Sophie HimrodPridgen.
He was survived by threedaughters, Nicole Cruz, ofWauchula; Holly Pridgen, ofBowling Green; and KaitlinPridgen, of Bowling Green; fa-ther, Ronald Pridgen Sr., ofCape Coral; sister, Keller Gra-ham, of Cape Coral; fourgrandchildren, Mike Cruz, ofWauchula, Colton Cruz, ofWauchula, Presley Gilliard, ofWauchula, and AJ Naranjo, ofWauchula.
A memorial will be heldSaturday, Aug. 15, at 1 p.m., atWauchula Women’s Club.
Arrangements were byAllen Moore Cremation Care.
In Memory
ALLEN CLYDERICHARD
Allen Clyde Richard, 76,passed away at his residencein Bartley, surrounded by hisfamily under the care ofRural Med-Hospice, on July27, 2020.
He was born in EastPoint, Fla., on March 4,1944. Allen was originallyfrom Fort Lauderdale, wherehe began his career withMidas Muffler as a Travel-ing Set-Up Coordinator andInstallation Trainer. He andhis family relocated toWauchula, in 1973-74 wherehe became a lifelong resi-dent as well as businessowner. Beginning in the1970s he owned and oper-ated OK Tire as well as AlRichard’s Custom Muffleruntil his retirement due tohealth conditions in 2004-
05. He was preceded in death
by Dorothy Louise Cain Mc-Duffy (mother), WilliamClyde Richard (father), JuneRose Richard (step-mother),Katie Varri (sister), RebekahVandeWetering (sister) andSteven Edwards (brother).
He was survived by hisdaughters, Vicky Richard, ofFlorida, Tina Richard, of Ne-braska, and Tender Richard,of Nebraska; sisters, NellieMae Olsen, of Florida,Theresa Richard, of Wiscon-sin, Rachel Anderson, ofFlorida, and ElizabethRichard, of North Carolina;brother, Terry VandeWeter-ing, of Florida; grandsons,Erik Alvarado (Alyssa), ofFlorida, Brandon Alvarado,of Nebraska, Clayton Eber-sole (Tina), of North Car-olina, and Nathan Ebersole,of Florida; great-grand-daughter, Hensley Grace Al-varado, of Florida; as well asmany nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, dona-tions may be sent to: Payableto Tina Richard, PO Box 41,Bartley, NE 69020. Dona-tions will be used to covercremation and headstone ex-penses. Graveside servicesand Inurnment will takeplace at a later date in Bart-ley, Neb.
Arrangements were byKremer Funeral Home of
Omaha, Neb.
Haven, Lorianna Cisneros,of Winter Haven, JanieCastillo, of Arcadia, Veron-ica Villa (Francisco), ofWauchula, Patricia Cisneros(Eliberto), of Wauchula;Tina Lopez, of Arcadia, andDaneli Maldonado, of Arca-dia; brothers, Manuel Cis-neros (Sanjuana), of Texas;Jesus Cisneros, of Texas;Rolando Cisneros (Louann),of San Antonio, Texas, Hec-tor Cisneros (Rosalinda), ofWauchula, Ernesto Cisneros,of Louisiana, Luis Cisneros,of Texas, Ramiro Cisneros,of Frostproof, and ElibertoCisneros (Patricia), ofWauchula; as well as 24grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
A visitation will be heldon Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020,from 3-6 p.m., in the RobartsGarden Chapel. Funeralservices will follow at 6 p.m.in the Robarts GardenChapel. Mr. Ramiro Cis-neros will be officiatingservices.Expressions of comfortmay be made atrobartsfh.com.
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In Loving Memory
JJUUAANN FFLLOORREESSCCIISSNNEERROOSS
Juan Flores Cisneros, 67,a resident of Desoto Countyfor most of his life, passedaway on Sunday, Aug. 9,2020, at Sarasota MemorialHospital.
Juan was born in Rubi-con, Wis., on June 9, 1953.He was employed as a crewleader. Juan was Catholic byfaith.
He was preceded in deathby his parents, Jesus andPetra Cisneros.
Survivors include his lov-ing wife, Maria Cisneros, ofWauchula; sons, Juan CarlosCisneros (Ken Wood), ofVallejo, Calif.; Gabriel Cis-neros (Pamela), of Arcadia;Raymond Maldonado, ofWauchula; Rogelio Maldon-ado, of Arcadia; daughters,Blanca Rose CisnerosEstrada (Perfirio), of Winter
sons, Nester John Araujo, ofWauchula, Joe Araujo, ofWauchula, Jesus AraujoVasquez, of Wauchula;daughters, Juanita Mere, ofWeslaco, Texas, Sarah LeeAraujo, of Wauchula, andSandra Ann Valerio, ofWauchula; sisters, AmparoMartinez, of Bowling Green,Guadalupe Lopez, ofHawkins, Mich., FebeMurillo, of Wauchula; aswell as 22 grandchildren, 36great-grandchildren, and 1great-great grandchild.
A visitation was held onWednesday. Aug. 12, 2020,at 10 a.m. in the RobartsGarden Chapel. Funeralservices followed at 11 a.m.in the Robarts GardenChapel. Mr. Duane Porterofficiated services. Inter-ment will take place atWauchula Cemetery. Expressions of comfortmay be made atrobartsfh.com.
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In Loving Memory
NNEESSTTOORR AARRAAUUJJOOVVAASSQQUUEEZZ
Nestor Araujo Vasquez,83, a resident of HardeeCounty since 1963, comingfrom Avon Park, passedaway on Sunday, Aug. 9,2020, at his home.
Nestor was born in LasCruces, San Luis Potosi,Mexico, on Feb. 26, 1937.He was employed as a farmlabor contractor. Nestor wasa member of The Church ofthe Living God in BowlingGreen.
He was preceded in deathby his parents, Juan andMaria Araujo; and wife,Delia Salas Maldonado.
Survivors include his
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Four of the five candidates running for seatson the School Board of Hardee County par-ticipated in an online candidate forum lastThursday (Aug. 6).
District 2 incumbent Mildred Smith andchallenger Dick Daggett both participated inthe event. Candidate Bryan Birge did not par-ticipate.
There is no incumbent running in the Dis-trict 3 race. Candidates Claire Cornell andRaffat Zackary participated.
The event was moderated by attorneySteven Southwell and organized by theHardee County Chamber of Commerce.
Allowed three minutes for a prepared state-ment, the candidates then answered questionspresented by Southwell. The candidates werenot presented the questions in advance.
The event was streamed live on socialmedia and the video of the forum can befound on the Chamber’s Facebook page.
DISTRICT 2Dick Daggett
Q: How can our school system best pre-pare graduates to be prepared to enter theworkforce?
A: I think the best thing we can do is pro-vide all the opportunities our students need.We have kids that are ready for college, butwe also need to improve our vocational pro-grams, our trades programs – areas that we arenot as well in as we have been in the past. Iwon’t say that our local people have not triedto do it, but with the focus on testing for stu-dents it has taken away a lot from our chil-dren. As a board member I think we wouldwant to increase that opportunity for our kids.
Q: Do you think it is wise to return to in-person education now and how do we supportour teachers and staff so they are able to han-dle the challenges?
A: Every day we wake up and what we arefacing with this covid virusseems to change. So every-thing we have to respond tofrom the school has tochange. Do I think it issafe? Sometimes. But I alsoknow that depending onwhat grade we haveback...I look at kinder-garteners and I see kidsrunning around and I seekids that aren’t going towant to leave their mask onno matter what mom saysor the teacher says or therule says. How can we fixthat? I don’t know. I reallydon’t. I think we need to sitthere and talk to more peo-ple. I think we need to delay the start ofschool a little bit and make sure we haveeverything in place. We don’t need to try torush this. This is a safety situation for our chil-dren. It is not a political decision. It is a safetydecision. Do our kids need to be in the class-room? Yes. Kids do better with a teacher infront of them. Research has shown that. Put-ting kids on a computer. Some do well. I havehad kids that did well on computers. I alsoknow that some kids need to be in that class-room. They need to have that teacher. From aschool board standpoint we need to find a wayto find the money to get the equipment theyneed to support them and to make sure ourteachers are safe, our staff is safe, and our stu-dents are safe.
Mildred SmithQ: How can our school system best pre-
pare graduates to be prepared to enter theworkforce?
A: We are preparinggraduates to enter theworkforce with our CTEprogram – Career andTechnical Education – andwith our STEM program –Science Technology Engi-neering and Math – and atthis time I think they areentering the workforce. Ifyou have been out to thehigh school, especiallysome of the night programsthey, Carrie Sue Edmond-son’s program is wonder-ful. They are gettingcertificates now, in highschool, and can go straightinto the workforce. We havevarious programs that theycan be involved in and get those certificatesand start right away and they will make moremoney than a school board member or possi-bly even a teacher.
Q: Do you think it is wise to return to in-person education now and how do we supportour teachers and staff so they are able to han-dle the challenges?
A: We did vote to open the brick and mor-tar schools. I do think that some students needto be in the brick and mortar schools becausethey need to be there facing a teacher espe-
cially some of the special ed and the ESE kids– they need that opportunity to be there andlook at that teacher. School is a safe haven fora lot of kids and we don’tknow what their home lifehas been like since Marchand I think they need to bein there with someone theyfeel comfortable with be-cause actually the teachersare second mamas and dad-dies for these kids. I alsofeel that some children, es-pecially those that are toonervous to come back ortheir parents don’t wantthem to come back, weneed those other opportuni-ties, too. We have three dif-ferent ways they cancontinue their education.High school has four differ-ent ways. I think the parent just needs to de-cide what is best for their own child. They aregoing to be practicing all the social distanc-ing, washing hands, all the CDC guidelines. Ihave asked for maybe desk shields but wedon’t have the money right now to do that.But I have spoken with a couple of principalsand they have ordered extra things for theirschool that could help with that. We reallydon’t know how many kids are going to becoming back to school. Probably we are goingto have more room to spread them out. I thinkwe need to offer all these opportunities andparents need to choose the one that best fitstheir own child.
DISTRICT 3Claire Cornell
Q: What challenges do you see for us, as arural school district, in attracting and retainingeducators and what ideas do you have to ad-dress those challenges?
A: I think one of the majorchallenges we face in at-tracting and retaining edu-cators is our housingsituation and unfortunatelyoutside of my role on theschool board. I do not havea lot of say in that. I do be-lieve we have amazingteachers that want to comeand be teachers in ourschool system becausebeing in a rural school sys-tem is a benefit. Let’s behonest: first year, secondyear, fifth year, 30th year,being able to teach inHardee County that is a ben-efit. We want to show these
people what a great community we have. Peo-ple come to Hardee County and they fall inlove. I have a niece who is a first year teacherthis year and she has come back to HardeeCounty to teach and I am super proud of her,but I know she is looking for a home and thatis hard. We have a lot of our young teachersthat are driving in from out of town intoHardee County. We need to show our youngeducators, or even older educators, what agreat community Hardee County is and thoselogistical challenges – like where to live – areworth it. Hardee County is worth it. Ourschools are worth it and our students areworth it. I believe that we as a communityneed to find a way to house these great pro-fessionals that are coming into our commu-nity.
Q: How do we equip our students and staffto not only educate students but to deal withsafety issues such as the threat of active
shooter situations and thecurrent corona virus epi-demic? A: What we are asking ourteachers, our staff, our fac-ulty at the schools is astro-nomical. And I do have tosay I do not envy the posi-tion that they are in. I am re-ally glad that you broughtup the point of active shoot-ers. This was quite the hottopic last year pre-covid.Now we are focusing as asociety on covid. Does thatmean that all this hard workfor plans and procedures foran active shooter go away?No. We are actually askingour teachers to be prepared
for an active shooter but also be prepared fora student that has a pandemic virus in yourclassroom. We have to do everything we can.I want to say we have to give grace, but wecan’t give grace when it comes to our studentsafety. For my family I have to do everythingI can to protect my students at home. Doesthat mean taking their temperature before theygo to school? Yes. As a family I would say,parents be responsible to take the student’stemperature before they go to school and po-tentially infect other students. When youcome to the school and they say I need to see
your ID to get in, yes, it makes me crazy be-cause they know who I am, but my students’safety is worth me walking back to my car
and getting my driver’s li-cense to show that lady soshe can do her job properly.So we as a family....we haveto be able to work with theschools and not cause themhardship. We need to bepartnering to find ways tohelp these teachers because,again, I do not envy themthe job they have. It is al-most insurmountable tothink of. I know as a com-munity that we can supportour staff and support ourschools and we can be lov-ing and kind but also we candemand excellence. I thankour teachers for what they
are doing and I thank our families for partner-ing with our schools.
Raffat ZackaryQ: What challenges do
you see for us, as a ruralschool district, in attractingand retaining educators andwhat ideas do you have toaddress those challenges?
A: Teachers here in thiscounty, really I feel sorryfor them because they arefacing many troubles here.First of all, to face what isgoing on here. Here it isdifferent people. Most ofthem are Latinos. Latinoshave different ways thanthe Americans born here.Why? Because differencesof the way they are raised.Latinos that live here don’tmake that much money. They don’t. The waythey have to do their job they deserve more
money than that....That community needssomebody to speak to them. Nobody speaksSpanish on the board. Nobody. If you ask anyof the members if they speak Spanish or un-derstand one word, the answer is no. I speakSpanish. I speak several languages. I havebeen to different countries to work. I havekids that grow here, that graduate here and goon to college and everyone is doing fine. Ihave four children that I am their godfather.They are Latinos. I am tutoring a lot of kids.I tutor at the high school for more than 10years. Some are in college.
Q: How do we equip our students and staffto not only educate students but to deal withsafety issues such as the threat of activeshooter situations and the current corona virusepidemic?
A: That is a hard question. I asked one ofour administrators here what we could do if akid went to school and we found out he wassick. What are you going to do? The answer Iget, and I don’t like it, the answer was that ifthat happened the Health Department was re-
sponsible. What about theother kids? We would haveto get orders from HealthDepartment to do anything.For me personally, I thinkthe schools should be openafter one month from now.Just so it can be a little bitclearer. Number two, itgives a chance to find acure. But if we have to goto school, and I want thekids to go to school, but thesituation right now is veryiffy. It is not safe hundredpercent. The teachers aredoing what they have to do.How they do the social dis-tance in the classroom? Idon’t know. How they do
the six feet distance between students? I don’tknow. So we just pray.
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What would happen if wegrew wheat not on acres ofland but in multistoried struc-tures that look like officebuildings?
The answer: yields as muchas 600 times greater than thoseof traditional farming meth-ods, according to a study justpublished by researchers at theUniversity of Florida Instituteof Food and Agricultural Sci-ences. Growing food instacked layers is called verticalfarming.
“This is the first study tosimulate growing wheat withvertical farming,” said Sen-thold Asseng, professor ofcrop systems modeling in thedepartment of agricultural andbiological engineering, and thelead author of the study.“Wheat is the most importantfood crop in the world. But,this study can also be a‘model’ for exploring the po-tential yield for any othercrops for vertical farming.”
Unlike outdoor farms, ver-tical farms are a controlledgrowing environment. Thiscontrolled environment shieldscrops from the elements, elim-inates the need for pesticidesand herbicides, recycles waterand fertilizer, optimizes theamount of light plants receive
and allows for several harvestsper year rather than just one.
Furthermore, vertical farmsrequire far less land and can bebuilt in places usually inhos-pitable to agriculture. For ex-ample, vertical farms couldgrow wheat in the deserts ofthe Middle East, where farmscould be powered by solar en-ergy, the study’s authors say.
These advantages allowvertical farms to produce morefood with fewer resources.
While vertical farming hasbeen practiced commerciallyfor about a decade, today it ismainly used to grow high-value crops, such as leafygreens and herbs, said Asseng,who is also the director of theFlorida Climate Institute.
“Vertical farming becamepossible with the invention oflight-emitting diodes (LEDs)in the 60s. But the break-through came in the last 10years when LEDs became af-fordable and so efficient thatthey are redefining the eco-nomics of indoor farming,”Asseng said.
He and his collaboratorswanted to simulate how verti-cal farming would affect theproduction of wheat, whichprovides 20 percent of theworld population’s caloriesand protein.
Producing more food with
less is a critical challenge asthe world’s population rises,Asseng said.
“Today, one in nine peopleface hunger. By 2050, we willhave close to 10 billion peopleon earth, and we will need toproduce more food, withoutmore land, with less water andwithout polluting our environ-ment. On top of this we haveclimate change threateningagriculture worldwide,” hesaid.
To simulate how variousfarming methods affect yields,scientists like Asseng use com-puter models to game out howfactors such as a crop’s genet-ics or available water will im-pact crop production. In thisstudy, researchers comparedyields of wheat grown on onehectare of land — approxi-mately the size of two footballfields — to wheat grown onthe same area but in tenstacked layers, where theplants would be grown hydro-ponically.
These simulations help pavethe way for real world experi-ments and the development ofcrop varieties suited to thatmethod.
However, farming wheatvertically still has a long wayto go, Asseng said.
“Since wheat is cheap, cur-rently about $180 per ton, the
equipment, the LEDs and theenergy for the lights are tooexpensive to make verticalfarming economically viablein the near future for wheat.The price of LEDs and energywould need to drop drasticallyfor it to be profitable,” he ex-plained. “Having said that,there might be nations thatwant to use vertical farming toinvest in their food securitywithout aiming for a profit.”
Asseng hopes this studycreates new opportunities forinterdisciplinary research intovertical farming for criticalworld crops on which future
populations will depend. Suchstudies could investigate waysto make vertical farms moreenergy efficient, as well asbreed plants that are adapted tovertical farms and are morenutritious.
This study came out of suchan interdisciplinary team,which includes Jose Guarin, apostdoctoral researcher withthe UF/IFAS department ofagricultural and biological en-gineering; Mahadev Raman,director of the engineeringfirm Arup; Oscar Monje withthe Kennedy Space Center AirRevitalization Lab; Gregory
Kiss with the Kiss + Partnersarchitectural firm; DicksonDespommier, professor emeri-tus at Columbia University;Forrest Meggers, assistant pro-fessor of architecture, and PaulGauthier, associate researchscholar of geosciences, both atPrinceton University.
The study, “Wheat yield po-tential in controlled-environ-ment vertical farms,” ispublished in PNAS.
Samantha Murray is a com-munications specialist atUF/IFAS and can be reachedat [email protected].
Vertical Farms Could Produce Hundreds Of Times More Wheat, Study Finds
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University of Florida researchers have been studying the possibility of growingwheat vertically. Yields, according to the study, could be as much as 600 timesgreater than traditional farming.
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HUNGRY STAFF
A friend called a few daysago to ask if I had seen a two-line letter to the editor in anearby newspaper.
I had not.It asked, simply: “Anyone
missing Adam Putnam rightabout now?”
My friend asked what myresponse would be.
“Yeah,” I replied, “a wholelot.”
Since I am no longer theowner of the papers in whichmy column is published, I gen-erally steer clear of anythingresembling a political endorse-ment. That decision properlyrests with the publisher (or ed-itor, depending on the organi-zational hierarchy).
But I will willingly stick myneck out to say that Adam Put-nam was my enthusiasticchoice for governor, and theperformance of the candidatewho defeated him has onlyconvinced me that my choicewas the better one.
Until a few weeks before theelection, Adam appeared to bea sure thing for election asgovernor.
He was elected to theFlorida Legislature for a term
that began only shortly after hereached the legal age to serve,and later worked his way up inCongress to one of the top-ranking Republican positionsin the House of Representa-tives.
He chose to give up his ever-growing position of influencein Congress because one of hismajor responsibilities was toattack positions of the Demo-
cratic Party. Adam preferred tobuild consensus. I like that.
Adam seemed a sure thingto be Florida’s next governor.
Shortly before the primaryelection, President Trump an-nounced his support forAdam’s opponent, Ron De-Santis, which was enough toensure DeSantis’s election.
As a general rule, elected of-ficials don’t take sides in pri-mary elections within theirown party, but that is theirchoice.
After the ensuing legislativesession, a central Florida legis-lator said she asked DeSantiswhy he vetoed several billsfiled by members of the area’slegislative delegation.
The governor replied thatthis was his punishment for
central Florida voters whovoted for Putnam. The legisla-tor has reported that exchangein several speeches.
So do I miss Adam? Yes,without apology.
Ron DeSantis has been afaithful disciple of DonaldTrump. When Trump speaks,you can hardly see DeSantis’slips move.
Adam Putnam thinks forhimself.
Whether Adam will chal-lenge DeSantis for a secondterm as governor, I do notknow. Adam has occasionallylistened to my advice, but hasnever asked for it.
I will offer the same obser-vation I have made manytimes:
Adam Putnam would makea great governor for Florida,and would be a great presidentof the United States.
To those who scoff at myobservation, I reply, “Which ofour last half a dozen presidentsdo you think did a better jobthan Adam would have done?”
I have not yet gotten an an-swer.
––––––(S. L. Frisbie is retired. He
feels entitled to refer to Put-nam by his first name sinceAdam was baptized and raisedin S. L.’s church, and his par-ents have been S. L.’s friendssince childhood. He hopes tolive long enough to attendAdam’s inauguration as presi-dent … for a second term.)
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3. Pour marinade into largeself-sealing plastic bag; addsteak, turning to coat. Seal bag,
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Former Hardee County resi-dents, the Rev. and Mrs. John-mark Brown, of Boone, N.C.,announce the engagement oftheir daughter, Rebeka Rain, toCarter Shuman Honeycutt, sonof Tony and Angie Honeycutt,of Bakersville, N.C.
The bride-elect and theprospective groom met whileattending the Baptist Collegeof Florida in Graceville.
While living in HardeeCounty, Rebeka attendedBowling Green Elementaryand Hardee Junior High, be-fore moving to the Floridapanhandle, where she attendedWalton Middle and WaltonHigh schools in DeFuniakSprings. After graduatingfrom The Baptist College ofFlorida in 2017, Rebekamoved to Boone. She is em-
ployed at Watauga VeterinaryHospital and Carter is em-ployed with Landmark Elec-tric in Bristol, Tenn.
Plans are being made for aSpring 2021 wedding.
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Greetings from Fort Green.I am sure glad the good
Lord took care of us and didnot let the hurricane come ourway, even though it was not astrong one, we did not needthe extra rain.
I always read the FortGreen news in the Herald eachweek and had to laugh outloud at last week’s column.Whoever retypes is definitelynot of the Baptist faith. In theBaptist there are groupsnamed the R.A.’S, the G.A.’s,and I believe there is stillB.T.U. When I typed the G.A.girls had a scavenger hunt atthe old Methodist Churchcemetery they changed it toread the Georgia girls. It is al-ways good to laugh.
This old computer is stillacting up and it is definitelynot the operator. I am goingshopping on August 7 for anew one as that is the begin-ning of the tax free holidays.
Some good news first, JohnBurdeshaw normally mowsaround the sign in theMethodist Cemetery but hisyoung son, about 11 or 12,mowed it last week. That istaking care of the communityat a young age. Our hats anddeep appreciation are off toWyatt.
There were way too manyobits in the paper last week.When I came home from thefuneral of Pat Gugle my
grandson, T.K., was on thephone with his grandpa andwhen I talked to him I said Ihad just gotten home from PatGugle’s funeral. He said: “Oh,she was the church organist.”I was surprised as he has beengone from our area for 10years or more. It is surprisingwhat an impact one person canhave on so many people. I toldT.K. how pretty Pat lookedand she was so young. Sher-man’s mama thought no onecould sing her favorite songlike Pat.
T.K. went on to tell me afriend of his had been in-volved in a hit and run acci-dent that took his life andwhen I questioned, he said hehad met him after he was outof school and working. Whenthe paper came out I saw thatit was the son of Mike andDenice Heine and I know hisparents. It is sad when a per-son so young takes that finaljourney. As I have said beforeit is worse when your childpasses. Sympathy is extendedto them.
My deepest sympathy is ex-tended to the family andfriends of Mitzi Grice. Shewas only 15 days older thanme. Once we were taking ther-apy and both on the wide bedthat you get exercise and wediscussed birthdays and I wassurprised to learn we wereboth June babies. She was avery pretty person.
They say things come in
three, well Shuree Rawls hashad her three with sad occa-sions. Both her sisters havehad deaths in their family andthen she and Greg had thedeath of his daddy.
There were more obits andour sympathy is extended totheir family.
Eleanor Thomas is visitingDoris Thornton and they havea grand time when they get to-gether. Doris is having someproblems with her blood pres-sure, getting it regulated. Thisseems to be a problem withlots of us as we get a littleolder.
Doris requested that we re-member Clemmie Jo Smith asshe is sick and having visitingnurses daily. While we are onthe prayer requests, Sherman’ssister, Gwen Albritton is in Or-lando and anticipating surgeryon Wednesday, Aug. 5. Thereare plenty of others needingprayer so please pray for theones you know as we will.
Our sympathy is extendedto all the friends and family ofSue Nezda who made her finaljourney last week. In my opin-ion, Kayton certainly tookgood care of her. He rankshigh on my list along withEdgar Davis.
Congratulations to mygrandson, T.K. Hogenauer, onbeing promoted to Petty Offi-cer Class 2. He is planning onmaking the service a career.
Also congratulations toRosemary Gicker on her re-
cent retirement from thecounty after thirty years ofservice. In our last conversa-tion she told me Pat Guglemade her oldest son’s birthdaycake for five years.
Trenton Duke certainlylooked grown and handsomewith his cowboy hat on atchurch recently. He looks likehe has grown a foot during thispandemic when you did notsee him weekly.
Faye Davis said she is fi-nally old enough to collect herfirst social security check pro-vided she does not die beforenext month. She said therewere so many people whonever made it to collect evenone.
Happy birthday wishes tomy daughter, Avie Eures, andmy granddaughter, KayleeHogenauer, on Aug. 3 andAug. 4. Kaylee called to see ifwe wanted to go to Texas Cat-tle Company for supper Mon-day night but Sherman thinkswe need to stay away fromrestaurants. They just returnedhome from a two week stay atAnna Maria Beach and had agreat time.
Please pray for one another,the pandemic to end, theUnited States, and PresidentTrump.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Thiscolumn, written for the Aug. 6edition of The Herald-Advo-cate, was not received in timefor publication last week.
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Wauchula Girl Scouts, 1943 – Local Girl Scouts sit among some of the scrap metal they collected.Mrs. Ruth Hodges, wife of Elver "Doc" Hodges of Wauchula, was the scout leader of this ambitiousgroup of girls. The photo was taken around 1943 during World War II. Pictured are Mary EstherLapinski, Betty or Barbara Rushing, Nellie Schweigert, Joyce Lanagan, and Castelle Miller.
Greetings from Fort Green.I bought a new computer
however the tech supposedlytransferred all my files fromthe old to the new but they arelost, therefore I am typing onthe laptop and I am not used toit.
Sherman’s sister, Gwen,came through her surgery withflying colors. We do not knowhow they can do it but they puta new valve in her heart andtook it to the heart though theblood vessels. She is talkinglike a new person she has somuch energy and breathe. Wethank everyone for theirprayers.
My granddaughter, Kaylee,and McKenzie Burch cele-brated Kaylee’s 21st birthdaywith three days at Disney.When I questioned the threedays she said there were threeparks. They had a good timeand were there each day whenit opened.
Happy birthday wishes toAshlee Harrison on Aug. 12. Ican remember her day becauseit is the same as my mother’s.
It pleases me when peoplecall me or tell me in personthey could not find the news inthe paper. There was a visitorat church and when I was in-troduced she said she read thatfirst and could not find in last
week’s paper.I was deeply saddened last
week when I learned that GreyWolfe had made his final jour-ney. I never met him person-ally but liked him, fromreading his column. He waspart Native American as I amand I only wish I had more. Ithink he would be proud to sayIndian. I thought we were thesame age but his last columnsaid he turned 84 on June 30and I only turned 83. One ofhis better columns said peoplehad their values mixed up andknelt for the anthem and stoodwhen we prayed to ourAlmighty God. He loved hisdog and I have always lovedmine. He said Jim could pub-lish columns because of all the“lies” he had told him.
I gained a deep respect forDr. Lovett. I don’t know him,but was told of things he haddone for Grey Wolfe and mademe think very highly of him.
There was a larger crowd atchurch last Sunday. We arethankful. Greg Rawls sang amedley of songs his dad sang.
They announced in churchthat Alice Fay Moye was un-dergoing surgery at that mo-ment.
Please pray for her and eachother, our nation, and PresidentTrump.
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*** NOTICE ***The following individuals have unclaimed monies atthe Hardee County Sheriff's Office. Any monies notclaimed by August 31, 2020 will be turned over tothe Board of County Commissioners, to be placed inthe Fine and Forfeiture Budget. This is Pursuant toFlorida State Statute 116.21
Persons claiming such funds need to come to theHardee County Sheriff's Office, with photo identifica-tion; Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. and1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
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By ASHLEY JEFFERY Special To The Herald-Advocate
The Children’s Museum ofthe Highlands has teamed upwith AdventHealth to give itshospital exhibit a fresh look aspart of a larger museum up-date. In the new “hospital,”children can wear a lab coatand give their parents an exam,x-ray plants and animals, learnabout the body and healthy nu-trition or just play in the pint-sized puzzle and game area.
“Everyone knows playingat the museum is fun,” saidRosalie Oliver, Chief FinancialOfficer at AdventHealth LakePlacid, Sebring and Wauchula.“However, not everyoneknows that play is critical inhelping kids develop the so-cial, emotional and cognitiveskills they need to thrive. Webelieve this partnership per-fectly demonstrates our mis-sion to extend the healingministry of Christ.”
“Our newest exhibit, theAdventHealth ‘hospital,’ pro-vides a fun learning environ-ment that allows our kids toexplore the world of medicinethrough hands-on play,” saidJessica Hartline, Children’sMuseum of the HighlandsBoard President. “A child’simagination can run wild asthey examine x-rays and diag-
nose and treat illness for theirparents or caregivers.”
“Kids learning and explor-ing the world around themthrough play is our main mis-sion here at the museum,”stated Kelly Dressel, Chil-dren’s Museum of the High-lands Executive Director. “Ournew AdventHealth Hospitalexhibit has created a uniquesetting to use their creativityand imagination to become ourfuture medical professionals. Iexpect a lot of pretend boo-boos from parents so the kidscan doctor them up.”
The Heartland region ishome to AdventHealth Se-bring, AdventHealth LakePlacid and AdventHealthWauchula. All three hospitalsare consistently ranked assome of the top in the nationby the prestigious LeapfrogGroup which recognizes thebest hospitals for patientsafety. Additionally, Ad-ventHealth Wauchula has beenawarded Top Rural Hospitalby the prestigious group on nu-merous occasions and was theonly hospital in Florida to re-ceive that designation in 2019.
AdventHealth HeartlandRegion
AdventHealth HeartlandRegion is a not-for-profit,faith-based 222-bed health
care system composed of threehospitals in Sebring, LakePlacid and Wauchula, with astaff of more than 1,800 em-ployees and 225 board-certi-fied physicians caring for theHighlands and Hardee Countycommunities. A member ofAdventHealth West FloridaDivision. For more informa-tion, visit AdventHealthSe-bring.com.Children’s Museum of the
HighlandsThe Children’s Museum of
the Highlands purpose is toprovide a safe area for children(ages 1 – 12) to learn and ex-plore. Through exhibits andon-going programs the mu-seum provides interactiveways for kids to enhance theircuriosity, develop their imagi-nation and learn about a vari-ety of experiences. Ourchildren will see the museumas a fun place to play and leavethe museum with the knowl-edge that learning can be fun.For more information, call863-451-5385 or visit Chil-drensMuseumHighlands.com.
Ashley Jeffery is Communi-cations Manager of Ad-ventHealth West FloridaDivision and can be reached atA s h l e y . J e f f e r y @ A d -ventHealth.com.
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“Dr.” Penelope Gunn charts her patient information onthe WOW (workstation on wheels). *Please note: “Dr.”Gunn is under two years old and she is following CDCguidelines to not wear a mask.**
Joseph and Asher Guerrero play dress up in lab coatand scrubs.
“Dr.” Joseph Guerrero diagnosis his father Juan Guer-rero. “Dr.” Joseph Guerrero exams a patient.
Ribbon cutting for the AdventHealth “hospital” at the Children’s Museum of theHighlands. Front row (l to r): Joseph Guerrero, Asher Guerrero, Penelope Gunnand May Albritton. Back row (l to r): AdventHealth Director of Marketing Cathy Albrit-ton, Director of Nursing PCU Sharon Brovey, Administrative Director of Women’sServices Ellen Romanowski, Children’s Museum of the Highlands Board PresidentJessica Hartline, Board Member Will Swaine and Executive Director Kelly Dressel.
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YOUR VOTE FOR PATTY CLARK IS APPRECIATED!I am a proven leader. Mostly known for the hard work Iput into any task or community organization I becomeinvolved with.
I take a very active leadership role to get the bestpositive results.
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My name is Dawn Renee Wyattand I hope to be your nextHardee County Commissionerrepresenting District 3. I wasborn and raised in the UnitedStates Air Force and settled herein Hardee in 1997 and havemade this my home.
I am a member of Oak GroveBaptist Church, WauchulaWoman’s Club, volunteered withWauchula Police Department inthe Victim Advocate programand many other organizations throughout the County. I am a currentboard member on the Hardee County Building and Zoning board.My passions include No Kid Hungry, the homeless, animal rescueand Animal Control to name just a few.
We are in desperate need of Commissioners who are made up of amuch more diverse table of five than we currently have, we need amore unified relationship between the Commissioners and theresidents, this is a dire need.
I’ve seen the social media pages and the posts with the concerns ofcitizens regarding the Commissioners, IDA and EDA. I hear you andI see you, and I assure you, as for myself and my campaign the onlyallegiance is to the tax payers. I will be a Commissioner for theresidents. Open, honest, approachable, inquisitive and welcomingwith your input, ideas and questions.
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Q: Is "Grey's Anatomy"coming back for a new sea-son? How many years has itbeen on now? -– R.A.
A: The long-running ABChospital drama "Grey'sAnatomy" has beenrenewed for a 17thseason, and I would-n't be surprised if wasaiming for the mile-stone of 20 years onthe air. In fact, threeof its stars — KimRaver (Dr. Teddy Alt-man), Camilla Lud-dington (Dr. Josephine Karev)and Kevin McKidd (Dr. OwenHunt) — recently inked dealsto continue for another threeseasons if the show continues.
The show's star, Ellen Pom-peo (Dr. Meredith Grey), iscommitted at least through theend of season 17. ABC Enter-tainment president KareyBurke told Deadline.com that"'Grey's Anatomy' will live aslong as Ellen is interested inplaying Meredith Grey."
"Grey's Anatomy" moved to9 p.m. EST this past season,airing right after its spinoff se-
ries "Station 19." Raver andMcKidd have appeared on itssister show and will continue todo so as, according to Dead-line.com, "the two series be-come more closely integrated."
I'm sureyour next question iswhen will the newseason premiere?That I don't know.The ABC.com web-site states "new sea-son coming soon,Thursdays on ABC,"but no specific date
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Q: Will the prime-timeEmmy Awards be held thisyear as a normal awardsshow in an auditorium? I sawthat the nominees were an-nounced, but how will the ac-
tual ceremony go? —E.W.
A: Alas, there won't be atypical awards ceremony insidea huge auditorium completewith beautiful gowns on the redcarpet this year. Instead, the72nd Primetime Emmy Awardswill be virtual and air Thurs-day, Sept. 20, on ABC. JimmyKimmel will host, and celebri-ties will likely be at home andshown on camera.
The Daytime Emmy Awardsheld a virtual ceremony back inJune and it was a ratings suc-cess. The MTV Video MusicAwards is the only ceremonygoing the more traditionalroute during the pandemic. It'llbe held on Sunday, Aug. 30, atthe Barclay Center in NewYork City. Oliver Weisberg,CEO of the Barclay Center,stated that a team of medicalexperts "have been workinghard to ensure the health andsafety of everyone involved."
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I can tell you from firsthandexperience that being a singlemom is a hard job. Without anydisrespect to the dads, it seemsthere is no off switch fromwhat children demand fromtheir mothers — short ordercook, full service maid andconcierge, finder of all things,endless reposi-tory of knowl-edge, chiefmedic, personaltutor and lifeguru. Maybethe breakdownin boundarieshas to do withcarrying a child inside yourbody for nine and a halfmonths. In honor of SingleWorking Mom's Day thismonth, here are seven filmsfeaturing single moms outthere doing it for their kids.
"Erin Brockovich" (2000)— Facing a desperate situation,an unemployed single mom ofthree uses her feminine wilesand dogged determination toland a job in a legal office.Then she adds in her big brainand some serious grit to un-earth a massive coverup of anenergy company's dumpingtoxic waste and poisoning awhole town. Julia Roberts starsas Brockovich.
"Baby Boom" (1987) —Diane Keaton headlines as JC,a corporate executive turnedsurprise single mom when arelative names her as guardianand unexpectedly dies. Mater-nal duties pull her focus fromher high-stakes advertising job,and she moves to the country-side to regroup, emerging as ababy food magnate.
"Beauty Shop" (2005) —Part of the "Barbershop" com-edy series, this gem featuresGina (Queen Latifa), who issuch a dedicated mom that shemoves from Chicago to Atlantaso her daughter can attend aspecial music school. There,
she takes a chance on openingup a salon to spite her formerboss, with hilarious results.
"Mamma Mia!" (2008) —On the eve of Sophie's(Amanda Seyfried) wedding,she interacts with three specialguests — the three men who
could poten-tially be her fa-ther. All werelovers of herfree-spirited sin-gle mom,Donna (MerylStreep), whoruns a bed and
breakfast on a gorgeous Greekisland. It's a musical, usingonly the songs of the Swedishsuperpop group ABBA.
"Where the Heart Is" (2000)— Pregnant and abandoned,Novalee Nation (Natalie Port-man) gives birth in a Walmart.Aided by the kindness ofstrangers, she sets out to raiseher baby daughter Americuswith love. Bonus single mom:Ashley Judd plays nurse Lexie,who befriends Novalee and hasthree kids of her own.
"Little Man Tate" (1991) —Jodie Foster directs and alsostars as Dede, whose 7-year-old son Fred is a blossominggenius in academics and agifted musician, but alienatedin the company of other chil-dren. Being a single mother,she walks a tightrope betweensupporting Fred's intellectualand emotional growth.
"One Fine Day" (1996) —Uptight architect single mom(Michelle Pfeiffer) and rakishlycharming reporter single dad(George Clooney, at hisClooneyest) are thrown to-gether for the day when theirkids just miss a field trip attheir New York City school.While the love story is obvious,it does run through the manycliched but true moments ofsingle parenthood.
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Is nothing sacred anymore?The University of Southern Cal-ifornia has removed an exhibithonoring John Wayne, and thereare threats of removing JohnWayne's name from what wasonce The Orange County Air-port. It's because of an interviewhe gave in 1971 to PlayboyMagazine. The quote in questionis: "With a lot of blacks there'squite a bit of resentment alongwith their dissent and possibly,rightfully so, but we can't all ofa sudden get down on our kneesand turn everything over to theleadership of the blacks." Noone objected at the time, but theworld was a different place then.
Wayne was a formidable fig-ure who became a star in 1939because of "Stagecoach." Hemade 142 films, many of whichhe produced himself, through hiscompany Batjac Productions.His films, such as "The GreenBerets" (1968), which were pro-American when many wereagainst the Vietnam War. Hewas a staunch Republican whocampaigned for Richard Nixon,but when Nixon lost, Wayneproclaimed, "I didn't vote forJohn F. Kennedy but he's my
president." His first wife wasfrom Panama and he was ex-tremely vocal opposing commu-nism. He employed a diversityof actors, among them Hispanic,Black, Asian, etc., especially for"The Alamo" (1960) and "TheGreen Berets." He showed his"True Grit" in 1969 and was re-warded with a best-actor Oscar.
Today's climate is very differ-ent from when the Playboy arti-cle appeared. Comics can't tellethnic jokes without offendingsomeone and possibly losingtheir career, as Michael Richardsdid. Back then therewas no social media,which gives anyoneand everyone a voicethan can be magnified,right or wrong. Wheredo we draw the line? Aperson is declareddead after missing forseven years, yet astatement from 50 years ago, bya man recognized as "an Ameri-can Natural Resource," canthreaten his legacy. Where doesit end?
***A sequel to "Knives Out" is
already in the works. The
screenplay received an Oscarnomination, and Daniel Craigwill be back as Benoit Blanc.Craig's latest 007 film, "No Timeto Die," will be released Nov. 20.Craig allegedly signed a two-picture deal, yet he's telling peo-ple he's done playing JamesBond. Waiting in the wings asthe top contender to replace himis "Outlander" hunk SamHeughan.
***The streaming hit movie "The
Outpost," about a squad of out-numbered U.S. soldiers in
Afghanistan, stars anumber of celebrityoffspring: Scott East-wood (son of Clint),Milo Gibson (son ofMel), James Jagger(son of Mick), Will At-tenborough (grandsonof Richard) and ScottAlda (grandson of
Alan). As a famous signat The William Morris Agencyreads, "If there has to be such athing as nepotism ... keep it inthe family!"
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5. The Invisible Man (R)Elisabeth Moss, Oliver Jack-son-Cohen
6. Bad Boys for Life (R)Will Smith, Martin Lawrence
7. Sonic the Hedgehog(PG) James Marsden, Jim Car-rey
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Q: I was just readingabout the death of WilfordBrimley. I remember him ona show with "Days of OurLives" star Deidre Hall.What was it called again?
—W.B.A: You're thinking of "Our
House," which aired from 1986to 1988 on NBC. Deidre Hall(Marlena, "Days") played hisdaughter-in-law, whom hetakes in, along with his grand-children, after the death of hisson. Shannon Doherty playedone of the kids and recentlystated that the late Brimley waslike a grandfather to her in reallife.
Brimley passed away at theage of 85 and is survived by hiswife, Beverly, and his threechildren. Send me your questions [email protected], or write me at KFWS, 628Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL32803.
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Celebrity ExtraBy Dana Jackson
B10 The Herald-Advocate, August 13, 2020
Crime Blotter
Sheriff’s deputies and city police officers investigated the fol-lowing incidents and made the following arrests during thepast week. All suspects or defendants are presumed innocentof the charges against them.
HARDEE COUNTYAug. 3, Cristino Alpuche Garcia, 57, of Wauchula, was
booked into the county jail at 12:28 a.m. by Dep. Enderlin on acharge of battery and held in lieu of $5,000 bond.
Aug. 3, Francisco Rivera Jr., 29, of Wauchula, was bookedinto the county jail at 1:04 p.m. by Sgt. O’Bryan on a charge ofcontempt of court and held without bond.
Aug. 3, a shoplifting complaint was made at 12:22 a.m. inthe 2900 block of U.S. 17 South.
Aug. 3, a theft was reported at 11:24 a.m. in the 1100 blockof Mockingbird Road.
Aug. 3, criminal mischief was reported at 1:59 p.m. in the4700 block of Fish Branch Road. Aug. 3, a theft was reported at 3:12 p.m. in the 1400 block ofU.S. 17 North.
Aug. 3, dangerous shooting was reported at 7:13 p.m. nearthe intersection of Lost Acres Drive and East Drive.
Aug. 4, James Franklin Ryder, 40, of Wauchula, was bookedinto the county jail at 11:14 a.m. after being sentenced for novalid driver’s license.
Aug. 4, Mark McCoy was booked into the county jail at2:49 p.m. by Det. Drake on three counts of evidence tampering,$1,000 bond each, possession of cocaine, $1,000 bond, posses-sion of oxycodone, $1,000 bond, and possession of heroin,$1,000, and released at 5:33 p.m. after posting bond.
Aug. 4, Douglas Lee Hunter, 48, of Zolfo Springs, wasbooked into the county jail at 4:22 p.m. on charges of grand theft$5,000 or more, $1,000 bond; theft of $750 or more, $1,000bond; and two counts of burglary of an unoccupied structurewithout a weapon, $1,000 bond each.
Aug. 4, a burglary of a residence was reported at 1:34 p.m.in the 600 block of Honeysuckle Street.
Aug. 5, Anna Parker, 35, of Zolfo Springs, was booked intothe county jail at 1:25 a.m. by Dep. Rosado on charges of pos-session of drug paraphernalia, $500 bond, battery, $500 bond,possession of drugs without a prescription, $1,000 bond, posses-sion of cocaine, $1,000 bond, possession of drugs without a pre-scription, $1,000 bond, battery, $500 bond, and weaponoffense/engage in criminal offense, released on own recogni-zance, and was released from jail at 3:06 p.m. after posting bond.
Aug. 5, Justin Lane Williams, 20, of Wauchula, was bookedinto the county jail at 3:50 p.m. on two counts of violation ofprobation/community control and held without bond.
Aug. 5, Michael Parker Daughtry, 45, of Wauchula, wasbooked into the county jail at 7:12 p.m. on charges of possessionof drug paraphernal, $500 bond; an out-of-county warrant,$5,000 bond; possession of methamphetamine, $1,000 bond; anout-of-county warrant, $5,000 bond; driving while license sus-pended or revoked with knowledge, $250 bond; sex offender vi-olation/failure to report new address, $1,000 bond; flee/eludeofficer/disregard safety, $5,000 bond; sex offender violations/failto report new address, $1,000 bond; and an out-of-county war-rant, $5,000 bond; and was held in lieu of bond.
Aug. 5, Ashley Elizabeth Odom, 35, of North Port, wasbooked into the county jail at 8:51 p.m. by Sgt. Drake on an out-of-county warrant and held without bond.
Aug. 5, Rayfield Alonzo Rodriguez, 63, of Bowling Green,was booked into the county jail at 10:04 p.m. by Dep. Enderlinon a charge of failure to appear and was released on his own re-cognizance at 10:57 p.m.
Aug. 5, a burglary of a conveyance was reported at 5:50a.m. in the 2700 block of U.S. 17 North.
Aug. 5, a burglary of a conveyance was reported at 8:35a.m. in the 3100 block of Oaks Bend.
Aug. 5, a burglary of a conveyance was reported at 8:50a.m. in the 3000 block of Oaks Bend.
Aug. 5, a burglary of a residence was reported at 1:26 p.m.in the 1000 block of Magnolia Lane.
Aug. 5, a theft was reported at 1:43 p.m. in the 900 E. Sum-mit Street.
Aug. 5, a burglary of a conveyance was reported at 3:23p.m. in the 3000 block of Hickory Court.
Aug. 6, Gregory Ibarra, 32, of Wauchula, was booked into
the county jail at 12:43 a.m. on charges of flee/elude officer inpatrol vehicle, $1,000 bond; possession of methamphetamine,no bond; possession of drug paraphernalia, no bond; and resist-ing an officer without violence, $500 bond.
Aug. 6, Mark Dean Fuston, 46, of Bowling Green, wasbooked into the county jail at 2:59 p.m. by the Drug Task Forceon a charge of violation of probation/community control andheld without bond.
Aug. 6, Atasha Dee Johnston, 22, of Bowling Green, wasbooked into the county jail at 6:11 p.m. by the Drug Task Forceon charges of possession of drug paraphernalia, $500 bond; useof a 2-way communication device in a crime, $1,000 bond; traf-ficking in amphetamine/methamphetamine, no bond; and pos-session of methamphetamine with intent to sell, $5,000 bond.
Aug. 6, a battery was reported at 1:57 p.m. in the 4400 blockof Earthstar Lane.
Aug. 7, Oliver Lynn Killian, 30, of Wauchula, was bookedinto the county jail at 10:39 a.m. after being sentenced for novalid driver’s license.
Aug. 7, John Marsh, 34, of Auburndale, was booked intothe county jail at 6:16 p.m. by Dep. Cotto on charges of posses-sion of methamphetamine, $1,000 bond; possession of drugparaphernalia, $500 bond; possession of new legend drug,$1,000 bond; and vehicle theft, $1,000 bond.
Aug. 7, Kymberlie Johnson, 40, of Sebring, was bookedinto the county jail at 7:44 p.m. on a sentence for no validdriver’s license.
Aug. 8, Samuel Torres, 48, of Wauchula, was booked intothe county jail at 12:36 a.m. by Dep. Hipple on a charge of felonybattery and released at 5:02 p.m. after posting $1,000 bond.
Aug. 8, a theft was reported at 4:14 a.m. in the 1200 blockof U.S. 17 North.
Aug. 8, criminal mischief was reported at 3:17 p.m. in thearea of County Road 663 and Norris Road.
Aug. 8, a theft was reported at 7:18 p.m. in the 3200 blockof James Cowart Road.
Aug. 9, Anthony Zimmerman, 59, of Wauchula, was bookedinto the county jail at 5:40 p.m. by Dep. Gainous on a charge ofbattery and held without bond.
Aug. 9, Helio Molina Lopez, 26, of Bowling Green, wasbooked into the county jail at 7:19
WAUCHULA POLICEAug. 3, dangerous shooting was reported at 11:32 p.m. in
the 300 block of West Palmetto Street.
Aug. 4, Prentiss Ray Westbrooks, 28, of Zolfo Springs, wasbooked into the county jail at 12:15 a.m. by Ofc. Cohen on acharge of violation of probation/community control and heldwithout bond.
Aug. 5, a battery was reported at 3:54 p.m. in the 400 blockof Amanda Lane.
Aug. 7, Kimberly Vaught, 53, of Wauchula, was booked intothe county jail at 3:30 a.m. by Ofc. Fort on a charge of batteryand held without bond.
Aug. 8, Kenneth Eugene Carr, 56, of Ruskin, was bookedinto the county jail at 1:40 p.m. by Ofc. Raglin on a charge ofno valid driver’s liense and released at 6:59 p.m. after posting$250 bond.
Aug. 9, Moises Lopez Lopez, 30, of Wauchula, was bookedinto the county jail at 1:48 a.m. by Ofc. Spencer on a charge ofDUI and released at 10:16 a.m. after posting $250 bond.
Aug. 9, a theft was reported at 8:04 a.m. in the 500 block ofPennsylvania Avenue.
BOWLING GREEN POLICEAug. 7, a burglary of a residence was reported at 3:04 p.m.
in the 400 block of Lake Branch Road.
Aug. 8, Rebecca Seay, 23, of Bowling Green, was bookedinto the county jail at 3:34 p.m. by Ofc. Molitor on a charge ofbattery and held in lieu of $500 bond.
Aug. 8, a theft was reported at 8:19 p.m. in the 800 blockof Pleasant Way.
CITY OF WAUCHULANOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
The City of Wauchula Planning and Zoning Board will meet on Monday, August 17,2020 at 5:30 p.m. in the Wauchula Commission Chambers located at 225 E Main St,Suite 105, Wauchula to discuss the topic of urban agriculture. The agenda can beviewed at 126 S. 7th Avenue, Wauchula or online at www.cityofwauchula.com.
The public may participate virtually. To participate you can join the Zoom webinarvia any computer or smart device at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86309867132 or dial1-312-626-6799 webinar ID: 863 0986 7132. Please note long distance fees mayapply.
Any interested person(s) will be heard at this meeting. If any person decides to appealany decision made by the Board with respect to this request for which he will needa verbatim record of the proceedings, he will need to ensure that such verbatimrecord is made.
The City Commission of the City of Wauchula, Florida does not discriminate uponthe basis of any individual’s disability status. This non-discriminatory policy involvesevery aspect of the Commission’s functions, including ones access to, participation,employment or treatment in its programs or activities. Anyone requiring reasonableaccommodation as provided for in the Americans with Disabilities Act or Section286.26, Florida Statutes, should contact the City Clerk at (863) 773-3131.
CITY OF WAUCHULARichard K. Nadaskay, Jr.Mayor
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STATE OF FLORIDADEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
NOTICE OF DRAFT PERMITThe Department of Environmental Protection hereby provides Notice that it hasprepared the Draft Permit for the proposed project as detailed in the application,subject to the conditions specified in the Draft Permit and summarized below. Theapplicant, Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC., Roland Baudoin, Mine General Manager, 5880Manley Road, Bowling Green, Florida 33841 applied on March 24, 2020 for a per-mit to plug and abandon a Class V injection well system. The project is located atMosaic South Fort Meade Mine, South of Lake Branch Road, Two Miles East ofBowling Green, in Hardee County (File No. 317112-042-UA/5MR, WACS ID No.101183).
The facility will plug and abandon: A non-hazardous underground injection control(UIC) well system, consisting of 18 Class V injection wells (IW-1 through IW-18)formerly used for the recirculation of surficial aquifer ground water generated fromdewatering operations from the perimeter of the South Fort Meade Mine BayheadPreserve, north Bayhead system. Twenty-one wells installed along the east andsouth perimeter of Bayhead Preserve will remain. Each injection well to be aban-doned is constructed with an 8-inch diameter casing set to approximately 12 feetbelow land surface (bls), with a 40-foot section of slotted well screen extending toa total depth of approximately 52 feet bls.
The Department has permitting jurisdiction under Chapter 403 of the FloridaStatutes (F.S.) and the rules adopted thereunder. The project is not exempt frompermitting procedures. The Department has determined that an Underground In-jection Control permit is required for the proposed work.
Any interested person may submit written comments on the draft permit and mayrequest a public meeting within 30 days after publication of this public notice. Arequest for a public meeting shall be submitted in writing and shall state the na-ture of the issues proposed to be raised in the meeting. If a public meeting is laterscheduled, there will be another 30-day notice period for that meeting. Writtencomments or a public meeting request shall be submitted to the Department ofEnvironmental Protection, Aquifer Protection Program, 2600 Blair Stone Road, MS3530, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400, which is the office processing this permitapplication. All comments received within the 30-day period will be considered informulation of the Department's final decision regarding permit issuance.
The files associated with this order are available for public inspection during nor-mal business hours, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except stateholidays, at the Department of Environmental Protection, Southwest District Office,13051 N. Telecom Parkway, Temple Terrace, FL 33637-0926, and at the Depart-ment of Environmental Protection, 2600 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, Florida32399-2400. Any additional information concerning this project may be obtainedby contacting Douglas Thornton, Engineering Specialist, at 850-245-8666.
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NOTICE OF REGULARMEETING
HARDEE COUNTY COMMISSION
The Hardee County Board of County Commission-ers will hold a regular meeting on Thursday, August20, 2020, at 8:30 a.m.
The meeting will be held in the County CommissionChambers, Room 102, 412 West Orange Street,Wauchula, Florida. The Commissioners will be phys-ically present. CDC guidelines will be adhered to.
The meeting will be livestreamed on the internet andcan be viewed at www.hardeeclerk.com by clickingon tab labeled “Clerk to the Board,” then “Webcastand Videos of Board Meetings,” then choosing themeeting of August 20, 2020, to view. If you wish tosubmit your comments before the meeting, you willclick on meeting date and then you will see boxwhere to click to submit your comment.
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUITIN AND FOR HARDEE COUNTY,
FLORIDACIVIL ACTION
CASE NO. 20000039CAAXMX
VANDERBILT MORTGAGE ANDFINANCE, INC.,
Plaintiffvs.ARETHA D. FAULK AKAARETHA DENISE FAULK, et. al.,
Defendants
_____________________________/
NOTICE OF ACTION
TO: UNKNOWN SPOUSE OFARETHA D. FAULK AKAARETHA DENISE FAULK629 HONEYSUCKLE STREET,WAUCHULA, FL 33873; and325 TUSHEGEE STREET,WAUCHULA, FL 33873
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIEDthat an action to foreclose amortgage on the following de-
scribed property located inHardee County, Florida:
LOT 6, BLOCK 1, AMER-ICA SOUTH ADDITION,ACCORDING TO THEPLAT THEREOF,RECORDED IN PLATBOOK 75, PAGE 4, OFTHE PUBLIC RECORDSOF HARDEE COUNTY,FLORIDA.
TOGETHER WITH THATCERTAIN 2004 MANUFAC-TURED HOME, I.D. NO(S).WHC013336GA, TITLENO(S). 90150576
has been filed against you, andyou are required to serve a copyof your written defenses, if any,to this action, on GreenspoonMarder, LLP, Default Depart-ment, Attorneys for Plaintiff,whose address is Trade CentreSouth, Suite 700, 100 West Cy-press Creek Road, Fort Laud-erdale, FL 33309, and file theoriginal with the Clerk within 30days after the first publication of
this notice in THE HERALD AD-VOCATE , on or before Septem-ber 11, 2020; otherwise a defaultand a judgment may be enteredagainst you for the relief de-manded in the Complaint.
WITNESS MY HAND ANDSEAL OF SAID COURT on this3rd day of August, 2020.
Victoria L. Rogers, Clerk of the Circuit Court
By: Connie CokerDeputy Clerk
In accordance with the Ameri-cans with Disabilities Act, per-sons needing a reasonableaccommodation to participate inthis proceeding should, no laterthan seven (7) days prior, con-tact the Clerk of the Court's dis-ability coordinator at Office ofthe Court Administrator, (863)534-4686. If hearing or voice im-paired, contact (TDD) (800)955-8771 via Florida Relay System.
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Notice
By MELISSA KUEHNLE Special To The Herald-Advocate
South Florida State College(SFSC) and Warner Universitysigned an articulation agree-ment to guarantee the seam-less transfer of SFSC studentswho obtain an Associate inScience in Landscape andHorticulture Technology toWarner University to continuetheir education and pursue aBachelor of Arts in Agricul-tural Studies.
"We are excited to opendoors for our students to con-tinue their education at a localinstitution with state-of-the-art, quality instruction thatprepares them for work in anintegral sector for our region,”said Dr. Sid Valentine, vicepresident for academic affairsand student services at SouthFlorida State College.
The student must earn a 2.5
GPA at SFSC and complete 18general education credits, 20elective credits, and 14 creditstoward the agriculture majorrequirements to be accepted toWarner. With a bachelor’s de-gree in Agricultural Studies,graduates work in the field asagricultural consultants, agri-cultural operations managers,and precision agriculture tech-nologists.
"SFSC does a tremendousjob of preparing students forapplied fields, so we know wewill receive quality studentsinto our Agricultural Studiesprogram,” says Dr. GentrySutton, vice president of aca-demic affairs at Warner Uni-versity. “This agreementstands to serve not only our in-stitutions and our students butalso the state of Florida, asagriculture is so vital to thestate's economic prosperity.
We are confident that the stu-dents who benefit from thisagreement will make a posi-tive difference in the industry.”
This new academic partner-ship joins the other articulationagreements that SFSC haswith the University of SouthFlorida (USF) through theFuse program; Florida Poly-technic University in electricalengineering; and Florida Agri-cultural and Mechanical Uni-versity (FAMU) in business,education, psychology, and so-cial work through its Igniteprogram.
For information about thevariety of programs at SFSC,call 863-453-6661, visit south-florida.edu, or email [email protected].
Melissa Kuehnle can bereached at [email protected].
SFSC, Warner University Sign Transfer Agreement
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Dr. Gentry Sutton (left), vice president of Academic Affairs, Warner University; Dr.David Hoag, president, Warner University; Dr. Thomas C. Leitzel, president, SFSC;and Dr. Sidney Valentine, vice president for Academic Affairs and Student Services,SFSC.
• Vikings were known for their excellent hygiene. Explorations of Viking sites have turnedup tweezers, razors, combs and ear cleaners made from animal bones and antlers. Vikingsalso bathed at least once a week—much more frequently than other Europeans of their day—and enjoyed dips in natural hot springs.
• Viking men preferred being blonde. To conform to their culture’s beauty ideals, brunetteVikings—usually men—would use a strong soap with a high lye content to bleach their hair.In some regions, beards were lightened as well. It’s likely these treatments also helpedVikings with head lice.
POPCORN WAGONPopcorn wasn't a popular
snack food until the 1890s,when Charles Cretors created asteam-powered machine toroast peanuts, coffee and pop-corn to sell from a wagon onthe street near his Chicagocandy store. He kept improvingthe machinery and the product,and in 1885, he started C. Cre-tors and Co. In 1893, he tookhis popcorn wagon to theChicago Columbian Expositionto sell his new product —popped corn. He made individ-ual horse-drawn popcorn wag-ons for customers, and by1900, he made the first electricpopcorn wagon. He made morechanges as the popcorn-eatingpublic went to the movies. Cre-
tors changed his business tomake things for the war effortin the 1940s. His machineswere modernized by the 1950s,but the company still made old-fashioned popcorn wagons foruse and display.
Today, you may find a pop-corn wagon, horse-drawn ormotorized, at an antiques auc-tion. A 15-foot-long horse-drawn Cretors 1910 wagonrecently sold at a Kamelot auc-tion in Philadelphia for$34,000. It even has a custom-made travel trailer for longtrips. Back in style again aremodern food trucks that can gowhere the crowd is, and thepopcorn wagon is still one ofthe most popular.
***Q: One of the drawer pulls
to my wife's Clark's O.N.T.spool cabinet is missing. I'mtrying to locate one like it.The backplates are embossed"O.N.T." Can you help?
A: Some online sites offersimilar replacement drawerpulls. Although they aren'tmarked "O.N.T.," the style isvery similar, and they might bean acceptable substitute. Somesites that sell similar drawerpulls are hardwareofthepast.com and robinsonsantiques.com, and there are other sitesthat sell all sorts of used hard-ware for antiques.
***Q: I have a set of 10 pull-
down maps that were inschool classrooms in the1960s and '70s and was won-dering what they would beworth today.
A: Colorful maps sellquickly as decorative items.Some people look for maps ofthe city or area where they liveor for places they've traveledto, while others choose mapsjust for their decorative appeal.Schoolroom maps might sell tosomeone decorating a child'sroom. They sell online for$300.
CURRENT PRICESCommode, 2 doors, 2
shelves, mirrored, brass trim,shaped top, conforming body,Art Deco, 39 x 60 inches, $130.
Globe, terrestrial, figuralstand, robed woman, holdingstand and globe on her head,ball, Girard Barrere et Thomas,38 inches, $160.
Sevres vase, swan handles,gilt, diamond pattern, flowers,pink, purple, white, 34 inches,$250.
Document box, oak, carved,band of stylized flowers, key-hole, English, 1700s, 9 x 27inches, $280.
TIP: Don't scour a seasonediron pan to clean it. Scrape offany particles with a spoon.For more collecting news, tipsand resources, visit www.Ko-vels.com
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Kovels Antiques
& CollectingBy Terry & Kim Kovel
The smell of the popcorn drawscustomers to a traveling popcornmachine. This modernizedwagon, which looks on the out-side like it did in 1910, sold at anantiques auction for $34,000. Didyou know it needs a special typeof popping corn to get the best re-sults?
SPECIAL BAKED BEANSIt's funny how appliances
come and go out of fashion.Take slow cookers -- in the'70s we all used them, then inthe '80s we denied we ownedone! Come the 21st centuryand slow cookers are back instyle. Try this bean recipe andyou'll see why!
3 (16-ounce) cans greatnorthern beans, rinsed anddrained1 cup chopped onion1 (15-ounce) can tomatosauce3 tablespoons real bacon bits
1/4 cup sugar-free maplesyrup
In a slow cooker, combinegreat northern beans, onionand tomato sauce. Stir inbacon bits and maple syrup.Cover and cook on HIGH for3 to 4 hours. Mix well beforeserving. Makes 6 (3/4 cup)servings.
• Each serving equals: 218calories, 2g fat, 14g protein,36g carb., 1,691mg sodium, 9gfiber; Diabetic Exchanges: 2Meat, 1 1/2 Starch, 1 1/2 Veg-etable.
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What does it take to get peo-ple to turn west onto Broad-way, which is Fort Meade’sHistoric Downtown District?Many think the first step is tocreate Main Street Fort Meade.
Business owners, along withcommunity leaders and sup-porters, were brought togetherby District 56 Florida StateRepresentative Melony Bell,acting on hometown pride asmuch as her legislative posi-tion.
In addition to Rep. Bell,those attending the August 4meeting held in the CitizensBank & Trust communityroom were District 56 Secre-tary Tommy Griffin, Chamberof Commerce President VeraCannon, Director SuzieWhitener and Volunteer Shan-non Curtis, Southern PoshOwner Retha Crawford,Graves Plumbing Co-OwnerBeverly Graves along withKathy Belcher, both represent-ing the Fort Meade Woman’sClub, as well, City ManagerDanielle Judd, You Be SweetBakery Owner Megan Sellers,Fort Meade Dental Owner Dr.Maykal Sierra, R&S PawnOwner Bob Sweeney, and
guests Main Street WauchulaJessica Newman and CFRPCPlanner Jennifer Coda-Salis-bury.
Rep. Bell introduced JessicaNewman, Main StreetWauchula director and CRAdirector, who gave an inform-ative four-point presentation tothose wanting to see MainStreet Fort Meade come to re-alization. The four points offocus are: Design. Promotion.Organization. Economic Vital-ity. Becoming a Main Streetcity does not happen overnightbut with this plan, the processwill flow easier during the vi-sion and application process.
Fort Meade has a qualifyingpopulation of more than 5,000to warrant a full-time MainStreet Director, who would domuch more than plan down-town events. Main Street isnot a city-budged organizationbut rather a separate entityworking with the businesscommunity and in concertwith city leadership. MainStreet would carry the direc-tor’s salary and budgeted.
However, city generatedCRA funds have improvementprojects in the area.
At this time, the Chamber ofCommerce is being considered
as the hub of Main Street ac-tivity.
Building and businessowner support is vital for thesuccess of the program, as theybecome members profitingfrom advertising, vision, andevents provided by the MainStreet director. Main StreetFort Meade would work withbusiness owners to benefitfrom façade grants, providingevents to bring shoppers totheir doors, and giving thecommunity a venue to gatherin that location.
Bringing retail to Broadwayis paramount in revitalizing thehistoric thoroughfare. MainStreet Fort Meade would notrecruit new businesses, butrather create the setting to in-vite and sustain a thrivingdowntown in correlation withthe Chamber and City.
In order to move forward,Rep. Bell will come before theFort Meade City Commissionto request adoption of a reso-lution supporting the creationof Main Street Fort Meade –the next step in the process.
One bit of advice given byNewman was “don’t sit backand wait.” The concept ofMain Street has been dis-cussed in prior years in Fort
Meade. It is felt, this newgroup of enthusiastic support-ers has the chemistry to makeit happen.
Getting seed money, New-man emphasized, is a priorityby holding fundraising activi-ties, applying for grants andbuilding within the businesscommunity as the group facesa September 1 deadline tolaunch the organization.
Also, part of the programwas Planning Director JenniferCoda-Salisbury with the Cen-tral Florida Regional PlanningCouncil, who has met withFort Meade residents severaltimes over recent years to de-velop a vision for the entirecity. CFRPC has been in-volved in designating FortMeade as a Brown Field Envi-ronment Project, as well asworking with the Florida De-partment of Economic Oppor-tunities on community surveysand conversations. Planningthe vision of a city includes ap-pearance, emphasizing bene-fits of a gateway communityinto the county, Peace River,correcting streetscape, encour-aging pocket parks, façade im-provements - all to make FortMeade interactive and invit-ing.
Main Street Group Meets
PHOTO BY JENNIFER CODA-SALISBURY
Main Street group made up of business owners, community leaders and interested supporters are shown above,(L-R), Bob Sweeney, Vera Cannon, Suzie Whitener, Beverly Graves, Megan Sellers, Kathy Belcher, Rep. MelonyBell, Shannon Curtis, City Manager Danielle Judd, Retha Crawford, Jessica Newman, Priscilla Perry and Dr.Maykal Sierra. Not pictured are Jennifer Coda-Salisbury and Tommy Griffin
By CHUCK HANCOCKSpecial To The Fort Meade Times
Like most places, the Mu-seum is being affected by thehealth restrictions. And likemost people, a lot of things aregetting done that may havebeen put on the back burner.
HSFM President ChuckHancock jumped in andstarted a massive landscapeproject to enhance the mu-
seum, located at 1 TecumsehAvenue.
Removal of old bushes wasa chore, but Hancock and Vol-unteer Dale Dishong got itdone. Next, came the design-ing, ground preparation andplanting of the new plants.
There was a goal: Get itdone for Ray Acuff, pastHSFM president and had beencurrent vice-president, who
was honored by the friendsand residents on July 25. Hisashes were carried in thefiretruck through downtown,by the fire department and fi-nally by the museum.
Hancock invites Fort Meaderesidents to come by and seethe new look, but also, to stopin and take a tour of the mu-seum, which is open at 50%capacity.
Fort Meade Musueum News
COURTESY PHOTO
Above is one dirty yard crew, (L-R) Tommy McKenzie, Priscilla Perry and Chuck Han-cock.
By PRISCILLA PERRYOf The Fort Meade Times
The Polk County Commis-sion recently released a noticeregarding sandbags in case offlooding, which in certainparts of Fort Meade causesconcern during normal rainyseasons .. and certainly duringhurricane downpours.
Fort Meade’s sandbag fillsite location is 1061 NE 9thStreet at the County’s Mainte-nance Warehouse. Phonenumber is 285-6588.
The service, which beganJuly 31, provides a maximumof 10 sandbags to each vehi-cle to help prevent water in-trusion into the home. Sandand sandbags are offered, and
individuals are to bring ashovel to fill the bags.
Residents living in floodprone areas are encouraged tosandbag their homes. To pro-tect against water damage,follow these simple sandbag-ging techniques at the areawhere water can enter a struc-ture:
1. If not working on con-crete, a small ditch should bedug just deep enough to gobelow ground level. The ditchshould be back far enoughfrom the entrance to allowroom to place optional sub-mersible (sump) pumps intothe protected area. The edgeof Visqueen (thick plasticsheet) should be placed in the
ditch as a bottom layer.2. Place the first row of
sandbags in ditch, foldVisqueen over the top of firstrow, place a second row ofbags on top, fold Visqueenback over, place a third row ofbags on top, and so on. Thiscreates an “S” pattern with theVisqueen.
3. Depending on the size ofthe barrier, one or more sub-mersible (sump) pumpsshould be utilized. The barrierwill not completely stop waterfrom entering the protectedarea. However, with theproper placement of bags,Visqueen, and sump pumps,water, in most cases, can beremoved quickly.
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By PRISCILLA PERRYOf The Fort Meade Times
People do it all day. Buy aFlorida Lottery LUCKScratch-Off ticket and make awish. Luciana Gaona’s wishcame true. She held the$1,000,000 winning ticket.
With overall odds of win-ning set at 1 in 2.97 million,Gaona was glad she bought a$20 ticket from Mac’s Dis-count Beverage at 822 N.Charleston Avenue. She thenmailed her winning ticket toTallahassee to the LotteryHeadquarters Then on Friday,August 7, she was notified ofher win and decided to take the
one-time lump-sum paymentof $760,000.
Lottery officials say Mac’sDiscount Beverage will re-ceive a $2,000 bonus commis-sion for selling the winningscratch-off ticket.
The $5,000,000 LUCK lot-tery game, which began inSeptember 2019, carries $329million plus cash prizes, aswell as six top prizes of $5million.
Scratch-off games provide69% of the Florida Lottery'sticket sales, which raised morethan $965 million for the Edu-cational Enhancement TrustFund in 2018-19.
One Lucky FM Woman
By PRISCILLA PERRYOf The Fort Meade Times
Barbara Manley, formerFort Meade City Commis-sioner and resident now livingin Fort Mills, SC came throughSunday morning's earthquakewithout injury or concern. Shedidn't know it happened untilshe got a phone call from son-in-law Randy Horton, who ismarried to Barbara's daughterLeigh.
Barbara shares an apartmentwith Randy's parents andwhile Barbara didn't feel any-thing, others in the apartment
complex did. "To be honest, I didn't feel a
thing. But the other couplesaid they thought at first it wasthe dog scratching. And we didhear the wind chime in theguest bedroom make somenoise," said Manley. Sheadded that since they live inthe Douglas Airport line offlight, some were afraid itmight have been a plane crash.
The 5.1 quake was centeredin Sparta, North Carolina closeto the Virginia state line. FortMill, South Carolina is locatedjust south of Charlotte.
Former FM Resident Didn't Feel A Thing
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By BRAD BUCK Special To The Herald-Advocate
Plant detectives and engi-neers from the University ofFlorida are using artificial in-telligence to find a diseaseearly so growers who producesummer squash can keep itunder control. Early detectiongives farmers a fightingchance at a better crop.
Summer and winter squashare grown commerciallythroughout the state, particu-larly in southeast and south-west Florida. In 2019, Floridagrowers harvested 7,700 acresof squash, with a productionvalue of $35.4 million, accord-ing to the USDA NationalAgricultural Statistics Service.But powdery mildew disease,common throughout the world,can decrease yields.
“The ideal environment forpowdery mildew to infect ishumid weather, high-densityplanting and shade,” said Yian-nis Ampatzidis, a UF/IFAS as-sistant professor of agriculturaland biological engineering andco-author of a new study onearly detection of powderymildew, published in the jour-nal Biosystems Engineering.
For the study, UF/IFAS re-searchers used a sensing sys-tem attached to drones tocollect spectral data of pow-dery mildew on summersquash in the fields and labs ofthe UF/IFAS SouthwestFlorida Research and Educa-tion Center.
UF/IFAS researchers usedtechnology that does not relyon visual symptoms to detectpowdery mildew, Ampatzidissaid. Human eyes can only seeonly the light part of the elec-
tromagnetic spectrum. Thistechnology can “see” more.Thus, researchers used thisstudy to identify the bestwavelengths for early powderymildew detection – on leavesthat either had no symptoms orexhibited early symptoms.
Researchers used machinelearning – a subset of artificialintelligence – that can “learn”from spectral data to detectpowdery mildew. The datacame from drones and ground-based sensing systems. Thetrained machine-learningmodel identified powderymildew in different disease de-velopment stages, Ampatzidissaid. The machine-learningsystem builds a mathematicalmodel to detect powderymildew without being pro-grammed by a human to fol-low specific steps.
With the images and spec-tral reflectance analysis ofsquash leaves, scientists de-tected powdery about 95% ofthe time. In fact, even withoutvisible symptoms of the dis-ease, the technology showedresearchers the disease 82% to89% of the time.
“It is crucial to identifypowdery mildew early, sincethe disease spreads rapidly andthe lesions increase in size, de-veloping a dusty white or graycoating,” said Ampatzidis, fac-ulty advisor to Jaafar Abdul-ridha, the UF/IFASpost-doctoral researcher wholed the study.
Pamela Roberts, a UF/IFASplant pathology professor,needs data from engineers likeAmpatzidis, to help her finddiseases in the earliest stages.She compares it to early detec-
tion of human diseases.“Early detection of any
health problem, whether inhuman or plants, gives the bestchance of controlling itthrough early intervention,”said Roberts, a co-author ofthe study. “Likewise, plant dis-eases are more easily con-trolled early when thepathogen population is low,compared to later in the epi-demic.”
“Additionally, this technol-ogy may actually decrease theuse of chemical sprays, byeliminating applications thatcould be made before there isactually any disease to con-trol,” she said. “Since powderymildew is a chronic problemon squash in southwestFlorida, it is only a question ofwhen, not if, the disease willappear. Accurate timing offungicides, whether in conven-tional or organic farming, canincrease the efficacy of theproduct and decrease losses.”
The main symptoms ofpowdery mildew are whitespots or patches, usually on theleaves. Diagnosing powderymildew in early infectionstages is difficult because ofsymptoms on lower, more ma-ture leaves that are often cov-ered by other leaves.
“In short, a disease couldchange the leaf properties andaffect the amount of lightbeing reflected from leaves inareas outside of the visiblespectrum, which humans can-not see,” Ampatzidis said.
Brad Buck is a communica-tions specialist with UF/IFASand can be reached at [email protected].
AI Helps Detect Powdery Mildew Early
PHOTO COURTESY OF YIANNIS AMPATZIDIS, UF/IFAS
The human eye can’t see everything, so University of Florida scientists are usingartificial intelligence to detect early symptoms of a disease that can ruin summersquash. As with humans, the earlier you detect a disease, the sooner growers cantake appropriate action to mitigate powdery mildew on summer squash, a $35.4million a year crop in Florida.
Weave Nature Finds, Yarn on Stick Loom
My friend Bonnie is a professional weaver. Iknow she's a pro, not only because it says so onher labels, but when I watched her weaving ather traditional Swedish loom, I was taken byher focus and the talent and patience her artistryrequires.
I admire her commitment because I'm moreof a "start and finish a project in one afternoon"kind of personality. As a kid, I had a simple,small metal toy loom and made oodles ofpotholders with colorful cotton loops. At sum-mer camp, I graduated to constructing my ownloom out of sturdy sticks and twine, and woveyarn and nature finds.
Weaving on a stick nature loom is a craft Istill enjoy with kids. First, there's the hunt in thewoods, or rooting through a backyard woodpilefor three or four perfect sticks. Then we gatheritems to weave into the loom, such as a feather,leaf or vine.
It's an artful way for kids to weave their ownstory of an outdoor summer adventure. Whoknows, perhaps the craft will inspire your childto become a professional weaver someday, likeBonnie.
Here's the stuff you need for a rectangular12-inch shaped loom:
—4 straight sticks, measuring 14 inches orlonger, about 1/4 to 1/2 inch diameter. To cutsticks, score with scissors, then snap off ex-cess and trim any pointy ends with pruningshears. My favorites have some moss grow-ing here and there.
—Twine or yarn.—Yarn for weaving and/or nature finds
that are suitable for weaving in and out ofthe loom, such as feathers, leaves, stems oflavender, etc.
Here's the fun:CONSTRUCT THE LOOM
Arrange sticks overlapping at each corner byan inch or more. Tie sticks together at each cor-ner tightly with the twine or yarn. Twist aroundtwo or three times.
CREATE THE WARPTie the yarn with a square knot at one corner.Bring yarn directly to other side. Wrap around
the stick twice, then criss-cross to oppositesides evenly from top to bottom leaving a 1/2-inch space between, and keeping the yarn tightas you go. Ask a friend to hold the "frame" foryou as you wind. Tie off a knot at the end.
WEAVEWeave yarn and or nature finds in and out of
the strings. When done, tie a string hanger tothe top around a loom stick and display in awindow or on your front door.Note: For a triangular-shaped loom, tie threesticks at ends.***Donna Erickson's award-winning series"Donna's Day" is airing on public televisionnationwide. To find more of her creative familyrecipes and activities, visit www.donnasday.com and link to the NEW Donna's Day Face-book fan page. Her latest book is "Donna Er-ickson's Fabulous Funstuff for Families."
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DONNA’S DAY
Creative Family FunBy Donna Erickson
Lillian Ostrom and daughter Emma, 9, weave to-gether on a nature loom.
ASIAN COLESLAWA crisp low-calorie side
dish. To cut prep time, use afood processor to slice thecabbage and shred the carrots.
1/3 cup seasoned rice vine-gar2 tablespoons vegetable oil2 teaspoons Asian sesame oil3/4 teaspoon salt1 large head savoy cabbage,thinly sliced and tough ribsdiscarded1 bag (16 ounces) shreddedcarrots4 green onions, thinly sliced1/2 cup fresh cilantro leaves,chopped
1. In large bowl, with wirewhisk or fork, mix rice vine-gar, vegetable oil, sesame oiland salt.
2. Add cabbage, carrots,green onions and cilantro; tosswell. If not serving right away,cover and refrigerate. Makes16 servings.
• Each serving: About 55calories, 2g total fat (0g satu-rated), 0g cholesterol, 260mgsodium, 9g total carbohydrate,2g protein.For thousands of triple-testedrecipes, visit our website atwww.goodhousekeeping.com/food-recipes/.
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• On Aug. 30, 30 B.C., Cleopatra, queen ofEgypt and lover of Julius Caesar and MarkAntony, takes her life following the defeat of herforces against Octavian, the future first emperorof Rome. She may have committed suicide bymeans of an asp, a poisonous Egyptian serpentand symbol of divine royalty.
• On Aug. 27, 1883, the most powerful vol-canic eruption in recorded history occurs onKrakatau, an uninhabited volcanic island west ofSumatra in Indonesia. The explosions threw 5cubic miles of earth 50 miles into the air, created120-foot tsunamis and killed 36,000 people.
• On Aug. 26, 1920, the 19th Amendment,guaranteeing women the right to vote, is formallyadopted into the U.S. Constitution. The amend-ment was the culmination of more than 70 yearsof struggle by woman suffragists.
• On Aug. 25, 1944, after more than fouryears of Nazi occupation, Paris is liberated by the
French and the U.S. infantry. Gen. Dietrich vonCholtitz, commander of the German garrison,defied an order by Adolf Hitler to burn Paris tothe ground and instead signed a formal surren-der.
• On Aug. 28, 1968, at the Democratic Na-tional Convention in Chicago, thousands of Viet-nam War protesters battle police in the streets,while the Democratic Party falls apart over itsstance on Vietnam.
• On Aug. 24, 1981, Mark David Chapman issentenced to 20 years to life for the murder ofJohn Lennon, a founding member of The Beat-les. After the shooting on Dec. 8, 1980, Chapmanstayed at the scene, reading "The Catcher in theRye," a book he was obsessed with, until the po-lice arrived. His requests for parole have all beendenied.
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