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Child Baker Acts on the rise: Are we listening?

room with that little girl, are human beings. No one wants to see a young child in handcuffs. However, it’s unfortunately an event that happens at times, in those professions.

For reasons, that aren’t criminal.

Is she a bad child?

Did she commit a crime?

Is she going to jail?

No. But a pair of handcuffs around the wrists of her small hands, are life altering. Even if it’s “just a Baker Act.” Convincing an impressionable 1st grader that she

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Imagine.

A 6 year old girl, a Princess Elsa backpack at her feet, sitting in a chair in the front office of her school. You kneel down to her level. You can’t see her hands because they’re in handcuffs, behind her back. She is under a Baker Act. As a parent, a teacher, a guidance counselor, a social services worker, or police officer; human emotions would be challenged at that moment. All, who would be in that

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HOMELESS SERIES

Faith-based group is transforming many lives Thrift store donations, purchases, help provide accommodation, food, programs for the homeless and hungry

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The Historic Homes Workshop participants were able to work with presenters over the week at May Stringer House, restoring the home’s original windows.

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May-Stringer House lovingly tended by restoration artisans Historic home center of weeklong workshop

ARTICLE AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY ALICE MARY HERDEN

A historic home workshop kicked off at the May Stringer House in Brooksville last weekend. Specialized artisans not only shared their knowledge of historic restoration, but also made some repairs to the seven gabled home whose first con-

struction was completed in 1855

by John May. (Dr. Stringer Sr. purchased the home and built an extensive addition in 1903.)

“It’s human,” Steve Quillian said. “These windows, these houses are built with human hands; with love and attention.

There is this artisan’s spirit that people used to have that they don’t have anymore.”

Steve Quillian, owner of Wood Window Makeover, teamed up with Jo-Anne Peck to organize the workshop. Ms. Peck is the owner of the local business Historic Shed and serves on the board for the Hernando County Historical Society. Restorationists from around the country joined them for the weeklong workshop.

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H I S T O R Y

The Fort Dade Capitulation

BY ROCCO MAGLIO

HERNANDO SUN WRITER

An important event that happened nearby but has has been largely forgotten is the “Fort Dade Capitulation.” In March of 1837 General Thomas S. Jesup and the Seminole Chiefs Jumper and Alligator met at Fort Dade and signed the Capitulation. The agreement was to end the fighting associated with the Second Seminole War; with the Seminoles agreeing to be relocated to a tribal area in the Oklahoma Territory.

The capitulation was signed at Fort Dade because of its proximity to the area where the fighting was engaged in as well as being named after Major Francis Dade who was massacred along with over a hundred United States soldiers as they traveled the military road from Fort Brooke (Tampa) to Fort King (Ocala).

The Seminoles ac-

ABOVE: The Fort Foster reconstruction, Hillsborough River State Park. Both Fort King and Fort Dade were said to have been modeled after Fort Foster (located nine miles south of Zephyrhills).

Fort Dade was constructed by Lt. Col. William Foster who had recently finished construction of Fort Foster. Photo via Wikipedia

cepted money from the government for relocating and were camped near Fort Brooke in Tampa awaiting ships to transport them to Oklahoma.

The Indians slipped away from from the camp and found refuge in the wilderness of South Florida.

This event marked the Seminoles moving out of the Cove of the Withlacoochee, which opened

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up the area for more than the most adventurous of settlers. Before that time many of the settlers came via the Armed Occupation Act of 1842, where they were given land in exchange for living on it and defending it. The settlers were expected to have the ability to fight See CAPITULATION, Page 13

n 2017, a point-intime count on just one night throughout America, found that more than a half a million people were homeless, according to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Homelessness is described as “persons without a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence,” as defined by the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. Causes of homelessness are diverse and numerous and affect men more than women. Reasons include lack of affordable housing, divorce, domestic abuse, low-paying jobs, substance abuse and more.

Many segments of the population are affected, including the aged, youth, Veterans, ex-convicts and families and children.

In this county, faithbased organizations and caregivers determined last year that several hundred persons are homeless, much higher than the number of sheltered accommodation available to the homeless.

These numbers include people being sheltered in temporary quarters, plus those living rough. Some prefer to live alone, others hunker down with similar homeless people in encampments throughout the county, mostly along the U.S. 19 and State Road 50 thoroughfares.

The community of homeless people in the United States is aided by governmental, nongovernmental organizations and faith-based organizations that strive to help the needy and homeless.

One organization that operates in Hernando and Pasco counties is Jericho Road Ministries. The ministry was incorporated as a nonprofit by the Rev. Bruce Gimbel in 1998, and is dedicated to helping those in need.

Its mission is “to help people live more fulfilling lives by meeting their spiritual and material needs. We are a home, a school, and a lighthouse for those seeking change,” said Pastor Andrew Chamberlin, the executive director of Jericho Road Ministries.

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Tampa Bay Extreme Adventure Course to lease former TreeUmph! Park from county

Hernando Sun Staff & Contributors Julie B. Maglio: Editor, Publisher Rocco Maglio: Barrista, Publisher Sue Quigley: Layout and Writer Lisa MacNeil: Local Government and Community Cheryl Clanton: Photographer, Community and Sports Writer Andy Villamarzo: Sports Writer Melissa Fordyce: Community Writer Alice Mary Herden: Photographer, Community and Sports Writer Sarah Nachin: Community Writer Toby Benoit: Hunting Sports, Community Writer Kathryn Dentato: Government Writer Jessica Williams: Writer/Reporter Vincent Cardegin: Columnist Dr. Domenick Maglio, Columnist William Holland: Columnist

Economic Development Manager Valerie Pianta reported that TBEAC AdCommissioners voted ministrator Albert Barbusci, unanimously to approve a “doesn’t feel that there is any one-year lease with Tampa possible way they can come Bay Extreme Adventure close to $4000 a month and Course (TBEAC) on Feb. 12, make it work, so he’d like to 2019. be able to start the process Following the TreeUmph! and see how things go. closure in August 2018, the He’s going to spend about Board of County Commis$80,000 in advertising, and sioners decided to seek bids he needs to get some people from interested entities to hired.” Pianta advised the continue operations at the board that her department 36-acre adventure course at has stressed to Barbusci that, 6440 Cedar Lane, featuring in the future, the $1000 per ziplines, ladders, nature month rent fee would not be trails and balance beams in a sustainable. natural environment.

Commissioner John Tampa Bay Extreme Allocco noted differences Adventure Course LLP (TB- between this agreement EAC) provided the winning and the agreement with bid. TBAEC requested a TreeUmph!, which yielded one-year license agreement no revenue for the first two of $1000/month to operate years. Allocco continued, the park. Substantially low- “I love for this company to er than the lease agreement get their feet wet and get with TreeUmph!, it was acmoving… this (agreement) cepted by the commissioners is only for twelve months, to allow TBEAC to move in and (they will) be working and begin operations quickly.

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ITEMS FROM CORRESPONDENCE TO NOTE JAN. 15, 2019 BOCC MEETING 1. Correspondence Between Hernando County and Southwest Florida Water Management District Regarding Recreation/Beach Complex Within Weekiwachee Preserve Correspondence between Hernando County and the Southwest Florida Water Management District (District) regarding the recreation/beach complex within the Weekiwachee Preserve. In response to ongoing correspondence and meeting held between County and District staff, the County sent a letter to the District indicating it is committed to pursuing a Resource-Based Outdoor Recreation area within the Weekiwachee Preserve for the citizens of Hernando County.

The District replied it has similar arrangements with numerous state agencies and local governments that have proven to be successful and welcomes County staff to meet with District staff to get a better understanding of ideas and begin developing the main concepts of a future lease agreement.

5. Transmittal of Letter From Hernando County School District Regarding FY 2018-19 Five-Year Work Plan Received a letter from the Hernando County School District transmitting its 2018-2019 Five Year Work Plan, approved by the School Board at their regular meeting held December 11, 2018. Based upon the best available data in a long-range planning study currently being drafted by the District’s professional consultant, Tindale-Oliver, a number of capacity projects have been included in this year’s Work Plan. It should be noted, however, that none of these capacity projects are currently funded.

This article corresponds to the Jan. 29, 2019 Hernando BOCC meeting agenda item: Proposal From Thompson, Sizemore, Gonzalez & Hearing for Provision of Labor and Employment Law Special Counsel Services Commissioner Allocco had requested the county look at hiring attorneys specifically for labor negotiations. Thompson, Sizemore, Gonzalez & Hearing had provided labor law representation for the county in the past.

The decision to look at outside counsel for labor negotiations stems from the 5% per year raise agreements which set the county on course for a serious general fund shortfall.

During the Jan. 18, 2019 budget presentation concerning the large general fund shortfall, Allocco referred to the ‘teamsters’ contract enacted about three years ago in which the board agreed to a 5% salary increase per year. Referring to the teamsters contract, Allocco remarked, “How could anybody look at that financial statement- with that contract and say ‘That looks good.’”

“I can’t imagine if someone walked up to that podium and said over a three year period you’re going to see a 15% increase in your salaries - no business can run like that.”

Budget Manager George Zoettlein’s Jan. 18, 2019 presentation stated that the Union contract is one of the main reasons why the county will have difficulty outgrowing the shortfall.

Allocco stated on Jan. 29, “One of my concerns and you agreed to this Mr. Coller, is that your office is over-

Real Estate related agenda items Jan. 29, 2019 BOCC meeting J. REAL PROPERTY SUPERVISOR PAUL MOLLE’ Contract for Sale and Purchase of Real Estate With Gulf Marine Investment Corp., for Property Located on Shoal Line Boulevard for Additional Boat Trailer Parking at Hernando Beach Boat Ramp to Accommodate Population Growth and Associated Budget Amendment Prior the discussion of this item, Chairman Holcomb recused himself due to statements published by “the newspaper” (not Hernando Sun).

Mr. Holcomb stated, “I’d like to make something very clear since the newspaper [not The Hernando Sun] likes to make things very unclear... ” Addressing Mr. Gary Schraut Century 21 realtor/broker representing the property owner Gulf Marine Investment Corp., “You’re a broker at Century 21?”

GS: Yes Sir Holcomb: “And I am a Real Estate Associate holding a license that is hung at Century 21 correct?”

GS: Yes Sir Holcomb: “How much am I going to get paid if you go through any of these land deals with the county?”

GS: “Absolutely nothing.”

Mr. Holcomb gave the gavel to Vice Chairman Mitten and exited the county commission chambers for the duration of the two real estate related agenda items. Mr. Schraut represents both property owners.

way before that… this has already failed once, and we want it to succeed.”

Commissioner Wayne Dukes said, “$1000 a month is better than a poke in the eye. They came to us, and they were honest. They said, ‘We want to try to make this work, if we can, we may want to buy it from

you.’ Right now it’s just sitting there. Anything that’s been damaged, if you leave it longer, it costs more. So if they’re going to give us $1000 and then walk away in four months … or a year, we’re still better off.”

Dukes made the motion to approve the agreement, which was seconded by Commissioner Steve Champion.

TBEAC intends to negotiate a formal lease with the county that would include an option to purchase the 36acre parcel and its equipment and improvements.

According to details in the BOCC agenda paperwork, “(TBEAC) intends to actively market the attraction within the Tampa Bay Region and throughout Central Florida to visitors and residents. They expect to be fully operational by the end of February.”

Economic Development revenue is anticipated to be $8,000 for Fiscal Year (FY)

County to use outside counsel for labor negotiations

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Regarding the Hernando Beach property, there was some discussion about utilizing it for road improvements rather than boat trailer parking. Scott Herring remarked that it should be brought back to the board if they change how they want to use the property and identify a different funding source.

Action should be taken based on the results of the feasibility study.

Herring said that they could probably work the funding into the road program for next fiscal year if the property is used for roadway improvements.

Commissioner Champion stated that he envisions the property being used and developed for boat parking and then they would come back with roadway improvements related to Petit Lane.

“I don’t see a reason why we can’t do both if everything works out.”

The engineering firm is working on plans for the parking lot and is considering intersection improvements as well.

Commissioner Dukes remarked that they weren’t able to start the project six years ago because at the time they couldn’t use impact fees to fund it. Additionally anticipated funds from the RESTORE act were not received.

Mitten asked why they are able to use the impact fees now- what changed?

Referring to Mr. Sossamon, County Attorney Coller stated, “A smart administrator came to the conclusion that we were missing one part of the analysis- which was the analysis of boat traffic growth. He went out and did the

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whelmed at times. I was also concerned; and I will preface this with I think our staff does a fantastic job from top to bottom, this has nothing to do with the quality of work we get from our employees.

However when we start looking at these collective bargaining agreements- it seems like nobody takes any responsibility for any financial impacts. ‘I wasn’t involved it….’ ‘I wasn’t involved in it…’ ‘I wasn’t involved in it…’ but there are a lot of sign offs when you look at the paperwork.

My concern was that moving into a season where we have collective bargaining agreements coming up, that can have a significant financial impact to the taxpayer in this community - long term...”

Allocco explained that he would like to have a firm that specializes in collective bargaining agreements assist the county in making good decisions.

He clarified that it was not his intention to have a full time employee.

Commissioner Dukes stated that Mr. Hearing had been brought on by the county some years ago and Mr. Dukes recalls that he was particularly sharp. “He is a really good person to have on your team. I would support if staff says they would like to reach out to him.” Mr. Dukes stated that there is nothing wrong with the county’s legal department as far as people who are qualified, but he did say that one attorney on staff tends to “make everything into a novel” so it takes a long time for him to get anything done.

Vice Chairman Mitten stated, the intention as he understood it was not a replacement but a specialized supplement to our counsel because of the workload that

is there.

County Attorney Garth Coller remarked, “I concur that using that firm is a good idea, but in a very limited scope.” Mr. Coller produced a comparison of costs between the County Attorney’s Office (CAO) and Outside Counsel. Partners of the firm in question receive $240 per hour, Associates $180 and Paralegals $95. Using these rates for the current county legal positions, he calculated the annual budget would be $2,537,600 which is $1,515,088 more than the current CAO budget.

Mr. Coller stated about the firm Thompson, Sizemore, Gonzalez & Hearing, “They are absolute experts in this area. The board has a goal in renegotiating the union contract- I expect that the board is going to want a tough contract the next time around based on statements made about the existing contract. I think having another entity involved in those nuts and bolts which I expect will get rough and tough is a good idea because obviously in perpetuity the county’s attorney office will be working with those same individuals for years and years. In this particular incidence I think it’s a really good idea to invoke Thompson Sizemore for those negotiations, but I wouldn’t recommend going too far outside of that because the money will add up very quickly. ” Commissioner Allocco brought up a concern in relation to time it takes the county attorney’s office to set up the road paving Municipal Service Benefit Units (MSBUs).

Mr. Coller said, “I was surprised to find out that the county attorney’s office is holding up road paving - any areas at all and I’ve asked

Scott (Herring) to let me know in the past if there’s anything that’s not being timely handled.” To Mr. Herring directly he continued, “...and I have heard nothing from you in regards to that since we spoke…”

Mr. Herring replied, “Mr. Coller is correct- we’ve had several discussions in the past couple weeks. I need to reinforce with my staff that when they get requests from citizens that they bring it to me so that I can discuss it with Garth… I know we have gotten several projects recently out of the attorney’s office… we are getting a faster turnaround.”

Back to the subject of the labor negotiations firm, Mr. Coller stated that there is a need for negotiating team to take pride and ownership of negotiations and the legal firm could have a role in setting up and guiding this team.

A citizen’s comment came from Mr. Greenwell who stated that Mr. Coller can respond quicker off the cuff than any other attorney he has ever practiced with.

Greenwell does support the expertise of the outside firm.

“It’s a very sensitive issue when you get into labor negotiations with your own employees. For Garth- I would say gentlemen- that’s an impossible position...”

A motion was made by Commissioner Allocco to redefine the scope of the engagement letter which passed 5-0.

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Usually, HCSO follows you.

ROGERS, DANIEL RICHARD YOB: 1990 CHARGES: RESIST/OBSTR OFFICER W/O VIOL, DISORDERLY COND/ BREACH PEACE Arrested at: 02/08/2019 19:12 FORT MYERS ST & MIAMI AVE, BROOKSVILLE, FL, 34604 Arrest Summary: On 02/0812019, multiple units were dispatched to the area of Tangerine Estates, within Hernando County, to search for a missing endangered person (case# 2019-04580).

While standing on Bradenton St speaking with parties from the aforementioned case, we could hear a male irrationally yelling and screaming from Ft Myers St. The two subjects I was talking to were in fear of the subject and took shelter in their vehicle.

I then heard over the patrol radio that K9 Deputy J. A. was attempting to track the missing endangered subject on Ft Myers St; however, a male subject came out yelling and screaming at them. The male subject than began following Deputy J. A. on the track, and in doing so, caused Deputy J. A. to have to turn his attention from tracking the missing endangered subject and focus his attention on the irrational subject following him.

I followed the sound of the subject yelling and screaming and located him at the east and of Ft Myers St where I took him into custody. I then recognized the subJect from prior contact as Daniel Rogers.

Daniel’s behavior was consistent with being high on methamphetamine, and he had a fresh injection mark in his ann, consistent with narcotic use.

I attempted to speak with Daniel about his behavior; however, he invoked his Right to have an attorney present during questioning.

I made contact with Daniel’s mother, who advised she believes Daniel was high on methamphetamine.

In total, I made contact with 6 witnesses who were disrupted

by Daniel’s behavior.

As a result of the above, I transported Daniel to the Hernando County Jail where I charged him with Ct 1: Resisting a Law Enforcement Officer Without Violence and Ct2: Disorderly Conduct. Bond was set at $2,000.00.

He wanted to help her

DELEONARDIS, REBECCA GRAHAM YOB: 1969 CHARGES: POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE Arrested at: 02/08/2019 23:21 SEALAWN DR, SPRING HILL, FL, 34606 Arrest Summary: On 02/08/2019, I responded to Sealawn Drive in Spring Hill, Hernando County, Florida, in reference to a verbal disturbance.

Upon arrival, contact was made with the complainant, Darren Deleonardis. The complainant advised that his wife and defendant, Rebecca Deleonardis, was trying to take some sort of pills that were in a baggie, and he wanted to help her. The complainant then handed me a clear plastic bag, which was tied, and In the bag was one yellow In color rectangular pill with “R039” Imprinted on It and another half of a yellow rectangular pill with “RO” imprinted on il Due to my training and experience, I immediately identified those pills to be Alprazolam.

I then made contact with the defendant. The defendant advised that she obtained the pills from a friend and did admit to taking a half of one earlier in the day. The defendant advised that she does not have a prescription, and did admit to getting them from that friend multiple times. The defendant advised that she hid them from her husband, and when he found them, he became irate and called the Sheriff’s Office.

A check of the drugs.com pill identifier was conducted to verify the identity of the pill, which did confirm them to be Alprazolam.

The defendant was then placed under arrest and transported to the Hernando County Jail without incident, where she is being held on a $2,000 bond per the bond schedule.

The defendant was Issued a court date of 03/05/2019 In courtroom D of the Hernando County Courthouse at 0900 hours.

“Yeah, I roughed her up a bit, but …”

MATHIS, MAX WAYNE YOB: 1995 CHARGES: DOMESTIC BATTERY, TAMPER / HARASS WITNESS-VICTIM, CARRYING CONCEALED WEAPON Arrest Summary: On February 9, 2019 I was dispatched to Panorama St, Brooksville In Hernando County Florida In reference to a cIvil complaint later reclassified to a battery.

Upon arrival I made contact with the defendant who was sitting on a blue folding chair in front of the residence. The defendant advised that he was the one that had called in reference to gathering the rest of his belongings from inside of the residence.

The defendant explained that he was living at the aforementioned residence with his now ex-girlfriend. The defendant advised that he was tired of the way she was living and is now moving out. The defendant advised that the victim was not allowing him to gather the some of his clothing and possessions from Inside of the residence.

While speaking with the defendant, the victim drove her vehicle Into the driveway of the residence. I then made contact with the victim at which time I asked her if he could gather the rest of his belongings. The victim advised that she would get the items, then stated that this would not be necessary if the defendant had not beat her up this morning. The defendant then quickly interrupted her and stated that has nothing to do

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with right now.

I then asked the victim about what happened at which time she pointed to a large knot on her forehead that was slightly bruised and stated, “he punched me multiple times in the head”. I then asked the defendant if he did that, at which time the defendant responded, “yeah, I roughed her up a bit, but that’s why I just want to get my things and go”.

I then asked the victim why she did not report this and she stated that the defendant had threatened to have “the brotherhood” come and harm her and her children. It should be noted that Melissa stated this to me at 10:30 hours, approximately ten hours after the original incident occurred.

The victim then stated she will start gathering his belongings while I continued to speak with the defendant.

I then asked the defendant what happened at which time he stated they had an argument and he “roughed her up a bit”. I then asked if he put hands on her at which time he stated, “yeah” then hesitated to say more. I then asked the defendant if he struck her at which time he denied hitting her and stated he just “shook her around and pushed her’’.

I then asked the defendant again if he struck her at which time he said he no longer wanted to talk about it.

I then placed the defendant into custody and began to explain to him that he was being charged with domestic battery.

The defendant then requested his lawyer at which time I explained to him I was no longer asking him questions now that he is in custody.

I then walked the defendant to my patrol vehicle and began to search his person Incident to arrest. While checking the defendant’s pockets, the defendant then stated, “hold on I have something in my pocket” and then began to reach into his back left pocket. While the defendant began to do this I observed an object that appeared very shiny and metallic.

I then advised the defendant to stop and I pulled his hands away from the pocket. I then reached in to remove the item at which time I retrieved a pair of brass knuckles. The defendant then stated that he was gathering his items from the residence and that was where they came from.

I then spoke with the victim again about the incident once she exited the residence.

The victim advised that the defendant got angry with her over messages that were sent to the defendant’s Facebook Messenger by his friend. The victim advised that at approximately 00:30 hours on today’s date she was awoke by the defendant striking her several times In the head with his fists.

The victim advised that her children were In the residence at the time and that her youngest child was crying due to the victim’s screams. Melis-

sa advised that she and the defendant had been in a romantic relationship for approximately 4 months and the defendant had been staying with her on and off during this time. I then asked the defendant if he was a member of any gang at which time the defendant stated he was a member of the “Aryan Brotherhood”.

The defendant was then transported to the Hernando County Detention Center without Incident. While at the Jail conducted an inquiry of CCIS which revealed the defendant to have a prior aggravated battery with a deadly weapon conviction on 08/29/2011 (court case #272011 CF001840CFAXMX).

The defendant Is currently being held on a no bond status for the battery and was given a $500.00 bond for carrying a concealed weapon.

Due to the timeframe of when Melissa advised the Incident first occurred (00:30 hours) and that she stated In my presence at 10:30 hours, that the defendant threatened to have “the brotherhood” harm her and her children if she reported it, it is believed that the defendant’s statement hindered the victim from contacting law enforcement at the time of the incident. The defendant is also being charged with witness tampering and was given no bond due to it being domestic related.

The defendant was given a felony arraignment date of 3/5/2019 at 09:00 hours

“Going crazy”

onto victim (1) on the bed.

Victim (2) then pulled victim (1) off of the defendant, at which time the defendant got out of the bed and pushed victim (2) against a wall in the bedroom. Both victims then retreated from the home and contacted the Sheriff’s Office.

Both victims provided sworn written statements. Both of the battery’s occurred with the victims being battered against their will.

I then made contact with the defendant in the front yard of his home. He was completely naked and yelling. The defendant was acting Irrational and was taken Into custody and placed Into the back of my patrol vehicle. The defendant did not make much sense when questioned, and appeared to be under the influence of some sort of narcotics. A check of the defendant’s criminal history was conducted which showed him to have been previously convicted of Battery on a Corrections Officer on 01/02/2008 within the Hernando County court system.

The defendant was then placed under arrest and transported to the Hernando County Jail without incident, where he is being held on a $4,000 bond, per the bond schedule. The defendant was given a court date of 03/0512019 in courtroom D of the Hernando County Courthouse at 0900 hours.

MCCARTY, ANDREW THOMAS JR YOB: 1983 CHARGES: BATTERY Arrested at: 02/10/2019 21:39 TILLERY RD, SPRING HILL, FL, 34608 Arrest Summary: On 02/10/2019, the victim (1) Ann Carter, was approached by a neighbor and told that the defendant Andrew McCarty Jr was “going crazy’’. The defendant is the victim (1)’s nephew, but they have never lived together.

The victim (1) went to the defendant’s home of Tillery Road in Spring Hill, Hernando County, Florida, and found him lying in bed, naked. The defendant then grabbed onto the victim (1) in a hug type motion, and pulled her onto his bed and began shaking her and yelling at her. The victim (1) screamed for help. The defendant refused to let her go, and continued to shake her.

Victim (1)’s husband, Dane Douglas, who is victim (2), heard the yelling. Victim (2) then went to the house, and found the defendant holding

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County: Hernando

Hernando County is in the Central DCF region and Florida Judicial Circuit 5. isn’t a bad person while Lutheran Services Florida is the Managing Entity for Hernando County. her wrists are clamped together by cold, locked Data from Florida Health Charts shows the following for Hernando: bracelets of metal, is  Percentage of population living below the poverty level (2016): difficult. She will always o All ages: 15.60% o Under 18: 23.90% remember this day.

What is a Baker Act?  Adults who had poor mental health on 14 or more of the past 30 days (2016) = 14.40% It is a Florida law that  Median Household Income (2016) = $42,274 (statewide = $48,900) enables families and loved ones to provide emergen Age Adjusted Death Rate Per 100,000 (2016) = 19 cy mental health services  County Public Health Department Expenditures Per Person for 2015 in dollars $35.60 and temporary detenThe rate per 100,000 of involuntary examinations for Hernando County for FY16/17 was as follows: all ages = 750, children tion for people who are impaired because of their (<18) = 209, and older adults (65+) = 64. Counts of involuntary examinations for residents of Hernando County are shown mental illness, and who for ten fiscal years in Table A for all ages, children, and older adults. are unable to determine their need for treatment.

Table A: Involuntary Examinations: Residents of Hernando County for Ten Years (University of Florida Total County % Change in Children Older Adults Change to Fiscal Year All Ages Health).

Population Population % <18 %65+ 2016/2017 However, are all chil2016‐2017 1,346 27.86% 8.47% N/A 179,503 N/A dren who are being Baker Acted, mentally ill?

2015‐2016 974 33.98% 6.37% 38.19% 176,819 1.52% In 2013 [Hernando 2014‐2015 1,113 35.49% 6.92% 20.93% 174,955 1.52% County], “Spring Brook 2013‐2014 1,481 23.50% 9.86% ‐9.12% 173,808 3.28% Hospital evaluated 70 2012‐2013 1,382 21.85% 10.35% ‐2.60% 173,104 3.70% child and adolescent Baker Act patients”. (Tampa 2011‐2012 1,379 21.90% 11.68% ‐2.39% 173,078 3.71% Bay Times, Mar 2014).

2010‐2011 1,412 20.54% 11.33% ‐4.67% 172,778 3.89% In 2014, just a year later, 2009‐2010 1,344 20.01% 8.26% 0.15% 165,048 8.76% “in the same period, the 2008‐2009 1,384 19.15% 11.05% ‐2.75% 164,907 8.85% number ballooned to 131” 2007‐2008 1,238 19.14% 10.82% 8.72% 162,193 10.67% child and adolescent Baker Act patients. (Tampa *Population estimates are available by calendar year only. This means that calendar year 2016 population estimates were used for the row Bay Times, Mar 2014). showing FY16/17 data, 2015 for the row for FY15/16 data and so on.

That is almost double the Table B: FY16/17 Involuntary Examinations for Hernando County Residents by Initiator Type child/adolescent patients.

Health Law Ex Parte Order of In addition, “according to the Florida Courts Professional Enforcement Judge 2016-2017 Circuit Family Total 39.60% 55.35% 5.05% Court Statistics, Hernando Physician (not a psychiatrist) 72.42% County has the largest JuPhysician (psychiatrist) 12.38% venile Delinquency caseload in the Fifth Judicial Licensed Clinical Social Worker 1.88% These percentages are out of the total Circuit. (The Fifth Judicial Licensed Mental Health Counselor 3.56% Circuit is comprised of for involuntary examinations initiated by  Clinical Psychologist 4.32% Citrus, Hernando, Lake, health professionals (not out of the total Psychiatric Nurse 1.88% Marion, and Sumter number of involuntary examinations).

Counties.) Additionally, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist 0.00% according to the Florida Physicians’ Assistant 1.50% Courts 2016-2017 Circuit Professional type not reported 2.06% Family Court Statistics, Hernando County has The majority of Hernando County residents had their involuntary examinations at Springbrook Hospital (26.60%), Medical the largest Baker Act and Center of Trinity ‐ West Pasco Campus (13.89%), Suncoast Behavioral Health Center (8.69%), North Tampa Behavioral Substance Abuse Act case Health (Ten Broeck Tampa) (7.73%), Morton Plant North Bay Hospital Recovery Center (7.50%), and Central Florida load in the Fifth Judicial Behavioral Hospital (5.65%). Keep in mind that some of these facilities may not be in Hernando County because residents Circuit.” (Correspondence dated May 14 2018, To of Hernando County had involuntary examinations at receiving facilities in other counties.

The Honorable Steve Champion, Chairman of County Commissioners Baker Act Reporting Center FY16/17 Annual Report 52 from S. Sue Robbins Chief Judge of Fifth Judi- ABOVE: The Baker Act The Florida Mental Health Act Fiscal Year 2016/2017 Annual Report was released in June cial Circuit).

2018. This page gives information specific to Hernando County.

Imagine Sitting in an office on miles away from where we the navigator. I think it is a successful businessman. ated mental health treatcampus, across from a 15 After ordering his sweet statewide problem for rural live. I’m wondering if the ment facility. A child may year old girl. One arm, tea and ordering from the communities.

Hernando commission can look into be admitted pursuant to s. sleeved up with tattoos, a menu, he told me he grew County has a team called something for the juve394.4625 or s. 394.467 to a nose piercing she refused up in the foster care sysniles, because this seems to BART (Baker Act Recrisis stabilization unit or a to take off, and an extentem. “My father left when source Team) made up of be...a regular occurrence. residential treatment center sive discipline record.

I was 3 years old, and my community partners which Children are taken, then licensed under this chapter She says nothing, only mother could not care for is a weekly call for chilsent halfway across the or a hospital licensed under shrugging her shoulders me.” Following a tragic dren who have been Baker state to a treatment facility chapter 395.

The treatment and few words of promedical procedure, he told Acted so we can connect because we have no jucenter, unit, or hospital must fanity. She threatened to me she was left in a vegetathe families to services.” venile treatment facilities provide the least restrictive harm someone else. Her tive state.

In June 2018, The Floriwithin our county.”

Kelly available treatment that is wrists have old scars, “I was five years old, added that he has to travel da Department of Children appropriate to the individual possibly trying to cause when I wanted to commit and Families (DCF), along to Gainesville to receive needs of the child or adolespain on herself in the past. suicide. I had a plan and with University of South mental health services for cent and must adhere to the Drawing images of death everything. I was physiFlorida (USF) released a another child. scenes in her notebook has guiding principles, system of cally abused by my foster 2016/2017 Annual Baker Jim Harris, Director care, and service planning become a hobby. parents,” he said, “I was Act Report. The report provisions contained in part III of Springbrook told The In some situations, a in a dark place, as a little states “In the 16 years from Hernando Sun in Septemof this chapter.”

Baker Act is the only Fiscal year of 2001/2002 to boy.” ber 2018, they do receive choice left, to help a child Phillip* was Born in the Fiscal year of 2016/2017, However, these facilities Baker Acted minors but that’s severely suffering mid 1940s.

Springbrook does not have involuntary examinahave witnessed a signifiand in pain.

The Florida Mental tions more than doubled a treatment program for Florida Statutes explain cantly large increase in Health Act, also known as what type of facilities will number of children brought children at this time. “The (111.42% increase). The report also states “16.39% “The Baker Act, was not to them under a Baker Act continuum of care for accept children in those passed until 1971. It would of those people who were adolescents in this comin the last 5 years. circumstances: not even be an option for baker acted, were chilAs seen in a recent com- munity is kind of broken another 30 years, like many dren”.

More specifically, in essence,” stated Mr. ment by a local citizen on CHILDREN NOT other states.

Harris. Baker Act patients, the Fifth Judicial Circuit January 15, 2019, Randy ALLOWED IN STATEDumbfounded, I asked (including Hernando Counwho are children, are sent Kelly expressed concern OPERATED/OWNED him how he survived. ty), had 9,031 involuntary to facilities who have a for a 10 year old child MENTAL HEALTH He smiled, “I was aschild-adolescent treatment. examinations, with 24.29% who needed hospitalizaFACILITIES signed a social worker. He of those examinations All of these facilities are tion under a Baker Act. BUT ARE ALLOWED IN helped me. I was moved being children (17 years Kelly said, “We’re here in out-of-county and not CRISIS STABILIZATION to a different foster home. of age and younger).

This nearby.

Hernando County, and the AND REHAB Later, he took notice of my figure is more than the Tina Kinney, ExecuHernando County Sheriff’s FACILITIES. statewide average percent- test scores and made sure I tive Director for National Office (HCSO) picked up Alliance on Mental Illness age of 16.39%, mentioned attended good schools, and the child, then took the “FL Statute: after living in 12 different previously.

(NAMI) Hernando conchild to Pinebrook, which 394.4785 Children and foster homes, he helped me But are ALL of these is an intake facility to find curred. adolescents; admission apply to a SEC University, reported Baker Acts, neces“We need a facility here the child a bed.

Once the and placement in mental where I played college sary? and the children do get child got there, we were facilities.— football and got my MBA”.

A couple years ago, I shipped out of town which told that the two closest He continued, “I gradmet Phillip*, 70 years old. does lead to issues as far facilities were Ocala and (1) A child or adolescent First time I heard his story, uated, got married, had as connections to services Orlando. Now this 10 as defined in s. 394.492 children and now have we had lunch at a local where they live. That’s year old child is way off may not be admitted to a seafood eatery. Phillip is a grandchildren and a sucwhere NAMI tries to be in Titusville, which is 128 state-owned or state-oper-

cessful business”.

“Never give up”, he said.

Someone, many years ago, listened to that little 5 year old boy.

Are we listening to our children?

In Hernando County, there are sources available to assist with mental health for children if you determine you know or have a child who needs help.

Most importantly, they are free of charge (flnamihernando.org). Some of these programs and services are offered in the Hernando County Schools. Others are offered by a national organization called NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illnesses). Below is specific information about these programs and services.

The 2018-2019 Hernando County School District Mental Health Plan addressed 2 school-based mental health programs that serve students. In addition, all Hernando County School District personnel and charter school personnel are directed to receive youth mental health awareness and assistance training to help school personnel understand signs and symptoms of mental health disturbance, illness, and substance abuse.

Project StarFISH: a school-based program to support students at risk of, or with, mild mental health challenges for grades Kindergarten through the 8th grade. The program is funded by Medicaid.

Project SeaHORSE: a school-based program to support students at risk of, or with, mild mental health challenges for 9th grade through 12th grade. The program is funded through legislative dollars. In March 2018, the state budget was finalized for this program, allowing access to mental health services for high school students, teaching them how to deal with trauma and develop coping skills. Students who participate will also receive academic credit.

NAMI Hernando: National Alliance on Mental Illness, part of the nation’s largest organization dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and families affected by Mental Illness. There are multiple programs and services offered to children as well as adults, including counseling and educational programs. Registration is required for most programs. To sign up or to find out more, please contact: (352)-684-0004 Crisis Line or (800)-945-1355 (Evening Crisis Line). Location Address: 10554 Spring Hill Drive, Spring Hill, Florida 34608.

Also, coming soon to The Hernando Sun will be a special feature article where you can learn more about NAMI Hernando, and mental health programs it provides for adults and children.

Aircraft self fueling facility, no longer a ‘no go’

by JULIE B. MAGLIO

This article corresponds to the following consent agenda item from the Jan. 29, 2019 Hernando BOCC meeting, which was pulled for discussion: Reconsider Recommendation for Aircraft Self Fueling Facility Project at Brooksville-Tampa Bay Regional Airport On Dec. 18, 2018, Commissioners voted 3-2 to not approve the award of Contract No. 18-CG0117/BH to GLF Construction Corporation for Aircraft Self Fueling Facility Project at Brooksville-Tampa Bay Regional Airport and Associated Budget Resolution (Cost: $1,255,770.00).

Mr. Champion and Mr. Dukes were in favor of awarding the contract at that time. On Jan. 29, 2019, the contract was

brought before the board once again.

The construction project would be funded in part by an FDOT grant. According to the county, FDOT Grant funds were awarded to the county for an aircraft self fueling facility “in the amount of $697,650.00 with a matching amount of $174,412.00 (aggregate amount of $872,062.00). The Brooksville-Tampa Bay Regional Airport has expended $113,080.50 towards this project of which $89,544.40 has been received from FDOT for engineering and miscellaneous services.”

Dr. Dave Byers gave his input on the aircraft self fueling facility. He is the architect and author behind the feasibilty study for self fueling facility. Byers also wrote the airport’s business plan and was involved in construction of air traffic control tower.

Byers stated, “The fact that the airport

does not have self service now- this would fill a gap in the services that you provide to all the users of the airport.”

“The first thing that jumped out at me is who else does self service fueling and why?”

He stated that there are only two airports that compete with BKV- Inverness and Zephyrhills and both offer self service fueling.

“But why would you want it, if you already have full service?” He questioned.

Byers went over financial figures. He stated that the money is in jet fuel as jets have a much larger fuel capacity- 400 gallons versus AV gas for smaller aircraft at 25 gallon capacity.

He says that a recent study determined that on average over 400 gallons of fuel is pumped into a jet aircraft. For AV gas it was around 25 gallons.

According to Byers, the FBO must

provide AV gas to maintain FBO status.

Do they make money? “Probably not,” says Byer.

He explained that driving a truck across the airport to provide 20 gallons of AV gas to an aircraft is not a money makerbetween the costs of facilities, truck and driver.

He stated that a self fueling facility at the airport would relieve the FBO’s burden of AV gas. He also remarked that the FBO is only open 7 to 7 whereas the self fueling facility would be 24 hours and it is all automated.

Mr. Byer presented some economic figures: • Out of pocket cost for building self fueling facility after accounting for grant money is $7200 annually if you use a 20 See SELF FUELING Page 6

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Improving Peck Sink public access construction of a 1600 linear foot trail of compactThis article corresponds ed stone and a 16’ x 20’ overlook viewing platform to the following agenda would be funded mostly item of the Jan. 29, 2019 through a grant from the BOCC meeting: Department of Environmental Protection RecreK. PLANNING AND ZONational Trails Program.

ING DIRECTOR RONALD Singer presented the PIANTA project to commissioners in order to get their Submittal of Grant Application for Access Improve- approval on applying for the grant. The Hernando ments at Peck Sink Preserve Through Department Board of County Commisof Environmental Protection sioners approved the grant Recreational Trails Program application unanimously at the Jan. 29, 2019 board meeting.

Peck Sink is a unique The Peck Sink watergeological feature in shed is quite vast at 11,000 Hernando County similar acres. This means that to Devil’s Millhopper in 11,000 acres is draining to Gainesville, although not Peck Sink. And there is quite as deep. There is a lot of garbage collected between 40 and 60 feet along the way to Peck of relief at Peck Sink just Sink. southwest of BrooksPrior to the stormwater ville off of Wiscon Road improvements, Singer adjacent to Mobley Rd. explained that the sink was The geological feature is full of all types of garbage actually a series of sinks including “tires, oil bottles, leading to a main sink anything you can think of.” that ultimately drains into “The sink itself is a the Florida aquifer. The preserve itself is 112 acres direct drain to the Florida Aquifer,” he said. and was acquired in 2006 The stormwater imand 2008 for the main provements work in a purpose of groundwater multistep process. At protection. the beginning of the sink Planning Department’s there is a trash rake that Conservation Lands pulls out large debris. The Specialist Michael Singer water is then diverted into presented some informastormwater basins. The tion about Peck Sink and first distilling basin pulls a proposal for improving out smaller trash particles passive recreation, public and sediments. The secaccess and education at ond basin is a filter marsh Peck Sink Preserve. The project which involves the where excess nutrients are

by JULIE B. MAGLIO

One of the sink features at Peck Sink

filtered out.

“We all know that’s important with everything surrounding the Weeki Wachee Basin Management Action Plan where we are trying to remove excess nitrogen from the Springs and aquifer,” Singer stated.

Invasive plant, timber and wildlife management also occurs on the property. Slash pines have been planted through a cooperative agreement with the forestry service. There is a management plan being updated for the slash pine which will allow the county to use the forestry service to negotiate the sale of the timber at the appropriate time. “We’ll actually make money with the timber sale there,” said Singer.

They’ve received about $40,000 in funding from the FWC for invasive plant management.

They do currently provide public education opportunities, teaching the public about Peck Sink and the importance of groundwater protection.

Singer explained that the current viewing area does not provide a lot of public safety and the new platform is designed with public safety in mind. It will also provide a better vantage point as well as educational signage. The trail will begin at the existing parking lot. Both the trail and the platform would be 100 percent ADA accessible.

Financial information provided in the agenda packet: “The estimated total project cost is $206,200.

This grant requires a 20% local match ($41,240). It is proposed to utilize Park’s impact fees from District 2 as the required local match.

If awarded, Hernando County will be reimbursed 80% of the total project cost. The project oversight will be conducted by Conservation Lands Specialist,

Yellow: Existing Infrastructure; White: Natural Features, Blue: Proposed Improvements; Green: Future Development (not in current project). The two filtration basins are the bodies of water to the right

Michael Singer.”

Commissioner Dukes expressed concern about increased trash and the potential for loitering on the property.

Mr. Singer said that they will initially open the property on a conditional basis with limited hours to see how it goes.

Commissioner Mitten stated that the project is “precisely the type of use we would want for our public lands that is safe and enjoyable.”

Mr. Singer remarked, “We definitely want to be able to have public land open for the public to use.

Taxpayers should be able

to use what they pay for.”

Letters of support from the Brooksville City Council, Tourism Department and Groundwater Guardians accompanied the agenda item.

Commissioners approved the submission of the grant application 5-0.

9th Annual Heart Symposium Community Education Series

Tuesday

February 19, 2019

5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

“Heart Disease Signs, Symptoms, Treatment, & Prevention” at Silverthorn Country Club

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• Doors to seating open at 4:45 pm • A healthy, hot meal will be served • Reserve your spot today

February is National Heart Month. Did you know heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women? Heart disease refers to several types of heart conditions. The most common is coronary artery disease, which can cause a heart attack. According to the Centers for Disease Control, every year about 735,000 Americans have a heart attack. Of these, 525,000 are first-time heart attacks and 210,000 happen in people who have already had a heart attack. Other kinds of heart disease may involve the valves in the heart, or the heart may not pump well and cause heart failure.

Join us to learn the signs and symptoms of these conditions as well as how you can prevent them. A question and answer session will follow and the public is encouraged to prepare questions ahead of time.

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Multimillion dollar utilities relocation

County joins opioid epidemic investigation, litigation possible Commissioners voted to approve the following item during the Jan. 29, 2019 BOCC meeting.

Jan. 29, 2019 BOCC meeting agenda item: M. UTILITIES DIRECTOR GORDON ONDERDONK (RICK KIRBY) Three Party Escrow Agreement With Department of Transportation, Utility Work by Highway Contractor Agreements and Resolution Utility Agreements for Utility Work Along SR 50 From Windmere Road/Bronson Boulevard to US 98/McKethan Road and SR 50 From US 98/McKethan Road to US 301 Projects From agenda packet: “The Hernando County Utilities Department (HCUD) currently has utilities within the existing SR50 right-of-way in eastern Hernando County that need to be relocated due to the subject FDOT projects. The UWHCA with the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) allows HCUD to use the contractor selected by FDOT through the competitive bidding process to relocate the existing utilities from US98/McKethan Road to US 301 and from Windmere Rd./Bronson Blvd. to US98/McKethan Rd. The engineer’s estimate for the US98/McKethan Rd. to US301 project is $1,964,179.13. The engineer’s estimate for the Windmere Rd./Bronson Blvd. to US98/McKethan Rd. is $4,697,664.93.

“Approval of these agreements and the wire transfer of funds, allows for the timely execution of the work required to relocate the existing utilities as needed.”

Funding comes from the Utilities Department. Approved 5-0.

I. PURCHASING AND CONTRACTS MANAGER JAMES WUNDERLE Award of Contract No. 18R00119/BH to The Law Offices of Lucas Magazine for Legal Counsel, Opioid Epidemic Investigation, and Possible Litigation The purpose of the opioid epidemic investigation is to “pursue all civil remedies against those in the chain of manufacture and distribution of prescription opiates responsible for the opioid epidemic which is plaguing the Hernando County (Florida).”

Some particulars of the contract: - There is no fee if there is no monetary recovery.

- No reimbursement of litiga-

tion expenses if there is no monetary recovery.

- CLIENT agrees to pay twenty-five percent (25%) of the total monetary recovery (gross) in favor of the CLIENT as an attorney fee whether the claim is resolved by compromise, settlement, or trial and verdict (and appeal).

From the contract: “This litigation is intended to address a significant problem in the community. It is anticipated that the litigation will focus on the manufacturers and wholesale distributors and their role in the diversion of millions of prescription opiates into the illicit market which has resulted in opioid addiction, abuse, morbidity and mortality. There is no easy solution. Many of the facts of the case are locked behind closed doors. The billion-dollar industry denies liability. The litigation will be very expensive and the litigation expenses will be ad-

BOCC final remarks focus on county administrator’s termination Jan. 29, 2019

Final remarks immediately followed the decision made by commissioners to terminate County Administrator Len Sossamon (covered in the Feb. 1, 2019 issue) in a 3-2 vote with Mr. Dukes and Mr. Champion voting against termination

County Administrator Leonard Sossamon One question for point of clarification. For the finance department, for the legal department and HR- is the termination effective as of your vote a few minutes ago?

Commissioner John Allocco No Comments

County Attorney Coller replied, “The termination will go pursuant to the contract.

Mr. Jouben is there a time period associated with the contractual language?...

(Reply not audible) Then it’s a matter of the board.”

Commissioner Steve Champion No Comments Commissioner John Mitten No Comments Commissioner Wayne Dukes “It’s embarrassing to sit with you guys today. I’ll tell you that.”

Severance is 4 months pay plus benefits and PTO. Commissioner Champion stated that he thinks the termination should be effective immediately. “I don’t think there is any other

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choice.”

There was consensus for the termination to be effective immediately.

Deputy County Administrator Jeffrey Rogers I’m going to advise you that you need to appoint an interim county administrator...

That can’t wait until another meeting. That discussion needs to happen- my suggestion is now.

Commissioner Champion made a motion to appoint Jeff Rogers as interim county administrator.

County Attorney Garth Coller added, before you vote on that- just a point of clarification- we are voting on something that is not an advertised agenda item.

states provide similar grant programs.

Commissioner MItten stated, “My from page 4 biggest concern since the beginning, when we talked about this in 2017 was year straight line depreciation. the government subsidizing a service that they were requiring a private citizen- a • Plus cost for maintenance, repairs, business- to sell. As this has progressed, inspections is another $9200 annually the idea of having an RFP to bring in some entrepreneur who thinks that they Total net cost per year is about $16,400- might be able to make money at this… it that is what you have to recover. helps that we could help write that lease Byer estimated that conservativelyto make it attractive.” they’d be pumping 18-20,000 gallons of Mitten said that the airport is a “fantasAV gas per year. If they charge $3.99 per tic gem of Hernando County.” gallon, then they’d break even. He said “And this would add to the infrastructhat there could be the opportunity for ture, it would add to that service- that profit at $4.29 per gallon. is apparently not well administered all He encouraged the board by saying that around the state.” He referred to the this is a rare opportunity and not many feasibility study which looked at seven

vanced by the Attorneys with reimbursement contingent upon a successful recovery.

The outcome is uncertain, as is all civil litigation, with compensation contingent upon a successful recovery.

Consequently, there must be a clear understanding between the CLIENT and the Attorneys regarding the definition of a “successful recovery.” The Attorneys intend to present a damage model designed to abate the public health and safety crisis. This damage model may take the form of money

damages or the reasonable monetary value of any equitable remedies or also known as an abatement fund. The purpose of the lawsuit is to seek reimbursement of the costs incurred in the past fighting the opioid epidemic and/or recover the funds necessary to abate the health and safety crisis caused by the unlawful conduct of the manufacturers and wholesale distributors.”

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research, provided that to our office who said- this fits the dual rational nexus test.”

After consideration of lowering their offer to $400,000 from $440,000, Commissioner Champion made a motion to approve the sale contract as is at $440,000. This motion died for lack of a second.

Mr. Allocco made a motion to proceed with a counteroffer at $400,000. Mr. Champion said, “I will second it because I want to get it done.”

The motion was approved 3-1.

The Deputy Administrator automatically takes over for the Administrator as a matter of law. You may still vote on this because it will add clarity and guidance.

The vote was postponed until the next meeting so it could be properly advertised and placed on the agenda.

County Attorney Garth Coller It has been difficult for all of us both as voted members of the board and also staff - a difficult period. I have been here through many administrators. I consider Mr. Sossamon one of the best we’ve had and I thank him for his service.

Contract for Sale and Purchase of Real Estate With S.R. 50 Medical Park, L.C., for Acquisition of Property for Mariner West Frontage Road and Associated Budget Amendment Information from Agenda Packet: “Hernando County is in receipt of an unsolicited oral offer submitted by Realtor Gary Schraut on behalf of his client, S.R. 50 Medical Park, L.C., to have the County purchase a tract of land located south of Cortez Blvd. and north of Mariner Blvd. The asking price is $103,000.00. The land would serve as a frontage road for numerous businesses as well as a connector roadway between Cortez Blvd. and Mariner Blvd.

“Pursuant to Hernando County Code § 2-173, Treatment of Unsolicited Offers, “The Board of County Commissioners is under no obligation to consider unsolicited bids to purchase or lease county-owned property.”

“The amount of the offer price ($103,000) plus ancillary closing cost are available in the Impact Fee District 4-Roads Fund with approval of the attached budget amendment… ” Contract allows for 120 day feasibility study.

The property in question is located behind the SR50 medical complex (adjacent to Cortez Commons/ Hobby Lobby plaza).

The idea is that this property would be one part of a larger extension for access to the shopping plaza (reverse frontage road).

Approved unanimously 4-0 (Chairman Holcomb still recused).

airports with a total of nine FBOs- 2 of which have self service.

Mitten admitted that he’s not sure if that’s because it is a bad business or lack of opportunity to provide this unique service.

“This has been offered to Hernando County and I would be friendly to a private organization through an RFP process- to make it attractive,” Mr. Mitten said.

Chairman Holcomb supports bidding the facility out to a private company with price restrictions, worrying that a private company could jack up the price to just under full service and they wouldn’t be competitive with other airports, negating the purpose of building the facility.

Commissioner Champion supports the

idea of a self fueling facility and says it’s an economic driver for the airport. He stated that he wouldn’t be surprised if the amount of gas they pump doubles with the self fueling facility. He suggested looking into a flow fee.

Champion made a motion to approve “with the idea that we’d like a private company to operate it, with our legal counsel going through and making sure we draft a contract that is going to be beneficial to the private company and the airport. The whole goal here is to bring more business to the airport- that’s it.”

Dukes provided a second. The motion passed 5-0.

Library Programs SH- Spring Hill Branch Library, located at 9220 Spring Hill Drive.

WH- West Hernando Branch Library located at 6335 Blackbird Ave, Weeki Wachee, FL 34613 BV- Brooksville/ Main Library located at 238 Howell Ave, Brooksville, FL 34601 EH- East Hernando Branch located at 6457 Windmere Rd, Brooksville, FL 34602

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Game On! - EH 2/16/2019 10AM - 4PM Enjoy family gaming at the East Hernando Branch!

Rain Barrel Workshop - EH 2/16/2019 10AM 12PM Add a rain barrel to your landscape to provide water to plant beds and vegetable gardens. Diverting potential runoff also help protect area waterways from potential pollution.

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SHINE - EH (individual counseling by appt. only) 2/15/2019 12 - 2PM East Hernando Branch Library Free Medicare and Health Insurance Counseling and Information during open enrollment period. By appointment only. Call 352-593-0705 for more information.

VITA - SH 2/16/2019 10AM - 1PM Volunteer Income Tax Assistance - by appt. only

Tech Tutors - WH 2/15/2019 2:30 - 4:30 PM Not quite sure how to use your device? Do you have any questions or concerns? Grab your gadget and stop by!

It’s JAZZ! - SH 2/15/2019 3 - 4:30 PM Join us for another special musical program in our ongoing series about the Golden Age of Jazz. Presented by former NPR Jazz Radio Announcer Peter La-

Anime Club - SH 2/16/2019 11AM 12:30 PM Registration is open Are you a fan of anime, manga, or Japanese culture? Join Anime Club, where you can watch, read, and enjoy anime & manga with other fans.

Feb 20 Surfing the Internet - SH 2/20/2019 10AM 12PM Registration is open Ready to “surf the web”? In this class, you’ll learn some of the fundamentals of using the Internet.

Storytime - EH 2/20/2019 10:30 -

11AM Stories, songs, and more in a storytime program designed for children between 18 months - 5 years old.

Toddler Storytime -SH 2/21/2019 10:30 - 11AM Storytime time for toddlers featuring stories, songs, and fingerplays.

VITA - SH 2/22/2019 10 AM - 1PM Volunteer Income Tax Assistance - by appt. only

“WooooSaaahh” Wednesdays - BV 2/20/2019 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Escape your hectic day and bring your bag lunch for a little drop in art therapy.

Preschool Storytime - SH 2/21/2019 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM Stories, songs, fingerplays, and much more designed for children between the ages of 3-5.

Toddler Storytime - WH 2/22/2019 10:30 - 11AM Storytime time for toddlers featuring stories, songs, and fingerplays.

Watercolor Techniques with Edward Barker - SH 2/20/2019 1 - 4PM Join the waiting list Come join local award-winning artist Edward Barker as he demonstrates and teaches students basic watercolor techniques. Each student will complete a painting to take home.

Financial Management Series - BV 2/20/2019 2 - 4PM This month’s topic: Small Steps to Health and Wealth Let’s Cook! - WH 2/20/2019 4 - 5:30 PM Registration is open Tired of precooked, frozen, tasteless meals? Learn to cook from scratch!

Baby Storytime - BV 2/21/2019 10 - 11AM A storytime featuring stories, bouce rhymes, songs and more just for babies and their caregivers.

Surfing the Internet - EH 2/21/2019 10AM - 12PM Registration is open Ready to “surf the web”? In this class you’ll learn some of the fundamentals of using the Internet.

Toddler Storytime -SH 2/21/2019 10:30 - 11AM Storytime time for toddlers featuring stories, songs, and fingerplays.

Preschool Storytime - SH 2/21/2019 11:15 AM - 12 PM Stories, songs, fingerplays, and much more designed for children between the ages of 3-5.

Black History Month Play-Reading Discussion - SH 2/21/2019 2:00 - 3:30 PM Play-reading discussion for adults in honor of Black History Month.’

Preschool Storytime - WH 2/22/2019 11:15 - 11:45 AM Stories, songs, fingerplays, and much more designed for children between the ages of 3-5.

SHINE - EH (individual counseling by appt. only) 2/22/2019 12 - 2PM Free Medicare and Health Insurance Counseling and Information during open enrollment period.

By appointment only. Call 352593-0705 for more information.

Book Discussion Group - WH 2/21/2019 2 - 3:30 PM The Oneon-a-Million Boy by Monica Wood Please contact the West Hernando Branch to obtain a copy of the book and the discussion questions.

Ukulele Strum and Sing - WH 2/21/2019 4 - 5:30 PM Get together with other uke enthusiasts and enjoy strumming and singing your favorite tunes. All ages and skill levels welcome.

Tech Tutors - EH 2/22/2019 2:30 - 4:30 PM Not quite sure how to use your device? Do you have any questions or concerns? Grab your gadget and stop by!

Girls Who Code - SH 2/21/2019 4:30 - 5:30 PM Registration is open Girls! Come to the library to learn about the exciting world of computer coding. No experience necessary.

VITA - SH 2/23/2019 10AM - 1PM

Feb 22 Baby Storytime - WH 2/22/2019 10 - 10:30 AM A Storytime featuring stories, bounce rhymes, songs, and more just for babies and their parents!

Feb 23 Game On! - EH 2/23/2019 10AM - 4PM Enjoy family gaming at the East Hernando Branch!

Family Movie @ Your Library - EH 2/23/2019 1- 3PM Movies on the big screen with free popcorn.

Personal Creativity Book Group - SH 2/23/2019 2 - 4PM Get inspired by reading and discussing books that encourage you to cultivate your creative self.

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IN, OUT & ABOUT

Art making its mark

by SUE QUIGLEY HERNANDO SUN WRITER

Art. It’s an expression of creativity or imagination and spans all aspects of our lives from the visual and literary arts to music, theatre, dance and film. Art enhances everything we do through avenues like fashion, architecture or books just to name a few.

“One of the ways we encourage, promote, and support the creative arts in our county is the annual Art in the Park event,” said Hernando County Fine Arts Council Projects Coordinator Jan Knowles.

Knowles, along with fellow Fine Arts Council member Paul Shaskan, cochair the event.

This year, the 35th annual Art in the Park will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, March 9-10, 2019 in Tom Varn Park, Brooksville.

Admission is free with a $5 suggested parking donation to further help support the creative arts in Hernando County.

Art in the Park, sponsored this year by Raymond James Financial Inc., attracts local, state and national artists presenting works in a variety of mediums. More than 130 artists will be arriving from throughout the U.S. and beyond to exhibit their works in the spacious and beautifully shaded natural setting of the park.

“It means a great deal to Hernando County and the Arts Council to receive this sponsorship,” said Fine Arts Council Chairman William “Bill” Yerrick.

“We also thank Raymond James Financial Chairman Emeritus, Thomas A. James

In the greenery and cool dappled shade of Tom Varn Park in Brooksville.

for his personal support as a long-time supporter of the arts and a well-known collector.”

This enormously successful event attracts more than 5,000 visitors each year and, for the third year running, the Southeast Tourism Society, a travel industry organization, has named

the juried show as one of the top fine art shows held nationally.

Exhibits will vary from oils and watercolors to digitally-enhanced photography, as well as sketches, wood carvings, wall art, jewelry and original, handmade craft items. Artists will not only be vying for cash priz-

Diane Stover, last year’s Art in the Park People’s Choice winner.

es including $1,000 for Best in Show and another $3,000 in additional awards but the prestige the awards bring.

Returning artists will include Diane Stover who was voted in 2018 as the People’s Choice and won second place in the fine arts division.

Debuting this year is a special event called “Chalk It Up” to kick off Art in the Park 2019.

“We are inviting all our middle and high school artists to come to the park on Friday, March 8 between 6 and 8 p.m. to help color the walkways with their art,” said Knowles. “Students can bring their own chalk or use chalk that the organizers will have available,” she said.

For all students interested in participating, call 352.540.3830 for more information, or email jraffaelli@cityofbrooksville.us.

The event also includes a student art show and a children’s activity tent sponsored by Nations Roofing and the Eye Center.

“We usually have about 300 local student works up for judging,” said Knowles.

A favorite at the show is the Hernando Fine Arts Boutique tent. On display and for sale are donations from participating artists.

“Each donated piece has been given a fair price by the artist and the sale proceeds then go towards our community grants and student art programs,” said Knowles. “We’re so very grateful for every gift of support; each donation assists us in our mission.”

The show not only offers fine art and craft exhibitors but two days of live stage entertainment, featuring the Hernando Symphony Orchestra, Swampland Symphony and the Suzuki

Strings on Saturday, March 9 and the Hernando Youth Orchestra and Power by Rhythm with Rick Foti on Sunday, March 10. A host of other performers will also be scheduled.

The food court will feature Cuban and Spanish specialties, crepes, barbecue, tacos, seafood dishes, sandwiches, kettle corn, root beer, funnel cakes, lemonade, coffee and tea, plus sips of the delicious fruit wines of the Masaryk Winery.

Whatever your art preference, these exhibitors’ art will make you want to linger long. All art is available for purchase and participating artists will be on hand to discuss their pieces and process.

“Showcasing art in our community is vital,” said Knowles. “It’s a powerful tool to encourage creative discovery for all ages.”

For artist and vendor applications and a full list of sponsors, visit www. hernandoarts.org. Application deadline is Feb. 28, 2019. Tom Varn Park is located at 306 Darby Lane in Brooksville.

Need more information?

Call: 352-279-5182 or 352-587-8062 Email: hernandofinearts @gmail.com Phone: 352-587-8062

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parts, and service to the Brooksville community. In late February, we hope to be a part of your journey of success with your land or business. Thank you, Brooksville, for welcoming us into your community and allowing us to begin a new chapter in the Everglades Equipment Group story.

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Feb. 15- 21, 2019

Upcoming Event Previews Everything that will get you out and about...

THE HERNANDO

SpORTSmAN'S Club

Located 9 miles North of S.R. 50 on U.S. Hwy 19

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

• 80 Acre shooting facility • Clubhouse •General Rifle/Pistol Range • IDPA • USPSA •Junior Programs & 4-H • IHMSA • Archery •Skeet, Trap & Five Stand Range • Cowboy SASS •Black Powder Rifle/Pistol • Bullseye • Steel • High Power • Rifle • Action Rifle • Fast Draw • Appleseed Rifle • Bowling Pin

HUNTERS Education Classes

RANGE HOURS

Monthly Firearms classes for CCW SAT. & SUN 9AM-3PM

Tues - Fri 9AM-2PM; Tues and Thurs Eve. 5PM - 7PM www.hernandosportsmansclub.com 352-597-9931

FUNDRAISER TO BENEFIT THE HOMELESS IN HERNANDO COUNTY SATURDAY, FEB. 23, 2019 1PM TO 5 PM AT THE THE OLIVE GROVE, RESTER DRIVE IN BROOKSVILLE The Nature Coast Community Services Foundation invites you to a family-friendly event to raise funds to help the homeless in Hernando County.

The foundation (NCCSF) is a 501c3 organization operating through the Unitarian Universalist Church located in Weeki Wachee.

The foundation provides services and basic necessities for homeless individuals and indigent children and families. Those necessities include food, clothing, shelter, medical care; Identification credentials; Counseling and literacy; Job training/transportation; Den-

tal and vision care and access to benefits for homeless veterans.

The fundraiser will take place from 1 to 5 pm. on Saturday, Feb 23, 2019 at The Olive Grove, located at 15016 Rester Drive in Brooksville and proceeds will benefit the homeless.

The owners of The Olive Grove are granting the use of their grounds and will also donate all the supplies for craft making that includes panning for fossils and gems, making jewelry, olive oil clay lamp making, and dreamcatcher making, The event will have a Greektheme with activities for all ages.

Aesop will make an appearance under the grandfather oaks to tell his mythological fables.

Athena will visit as well as other Greek gods and goddesses.

There will be family-feud style competitions, races and relays, a balloon bounce and more. Listen to live music under the side of oak trees and join in the karaoke, Lots of gastronomic treats too. Tickets are $45 per family of four or $15 a person.

Ellen Paul, the Director of Nature Coast Community Services Foundation, encourages everyone to come and fun and help the homeless.

PROM DRESS GIVEAWAY SAT., MARCH 9, 2019 10AM The brainchild of Melinda Ferguson and Dana Davis, Cinderella’s Closet has helped more than 1,000 girls since its inception.

Cinderella’s Closet provides high school girls a free prom dress, shoes, handbags and jewelry, all at no cost to them. Along with the dresses and accessories, we also provide lunch and snacks throughout the day for the young ladies and their families.

FROM OUR TABLE TO YOURS

by Cheryl Clanton

EASY POOR MAN’S STEAK NIGHT

Ingredients

Prepare night before 3 lbs. Lean ground beef 2 cans 10 3⁄4 oz. Condensed cream mushroom (do not dilute) 3 tablespoon olive oil All-purpose flour 1 cup water 1 cup cracker crumbs ( hint Ritz) salt pepper Directions: Use large bowl – mix cracker crumbs, salt water, beef and mix well. Line a pan 10x15 with wax paper and then put your beef mixture into pan and press

out to about 1 inch thick, cover and place in your frig. Over night. Next day you could cut meat into 8 to 12 squares. Cover lightly each with flour then BROWN each square both sides in your skillet with olive oil (not completely cooked). Be sure to drain. Discard, wax paper from your pan. Pour 1 cam of soup into pan and place squares onto soup (do not stack).

Bake est. 40 minutes (until done) at 300.

Note: Serve steak covered with amount of soup desired.

But even more than a dress, Cinderella’s Closet provides an unforgettable and amazing experience.

Now in their12th year, the group has helped so many girls find the dress of their dreams. As of last year, we are proud to announce that we have helped over 1,000 girls and now we are looking to expand this year to assis more young ladies in surrounding areas.

The event is scheduled for March 9, 2019, from 10am to 3pm at Cornerstone Baptist Church, 1100 W. Highland Blvd., Inverness, FL 34452.

We are always looking for volunteers and donations!

Call or email for more information: cinderellascloset15@gmail.com or 352-201-7851.

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Business & Community Briefs Four Chaplains Ceremony

The men depicted above are “the Four Chaplains”, Rev. George Fox, Rabbi Alexander Goode, Father John Washington, and Rev. Clarke V. Poling. They were all First Lieutenants on their way to England to participate in WWII as Chaplains to the American soldiers they were accompanying on the ill-fated vessel the SS Dorchester. The Dorchester was torpedoed on January 23, 1943, with massive loss of life.

The Four Chaplains are remembered for their actions that night. They followed the teachings of their respective faiths, by guiding the survivors on board to lifeboats and ensuring they had life jackets.

When the life jackets ran out, each gave his own life jacket to one of the men attempting to escape the sinking ship. When they were last seen, they were joined in prayer as the crippled ship slipped beneath the frigid waters of the North Atlantic.

Their sacrifice is the stuff of legends, and their heroic actions have been commemorated for many years. Once again, the Hernando County community will honor and remember their selflessness.

On Sunday, March 3, 2019, at 2 p.m., various community, veteran and service organizations will gather to conduct the Annual Four Chaplains Ceremony. This year, the event will take place at Mariner United Methodist Church, 7079 Mariner Blvd., Spring Hill, Florida.

We invite you and the members of your organization to join us on that day and help us celebrate the memory of these heroes. We owe it to them and future generations of Americans to ensure their sacrifice is never forgotten.

We look forward to seeing you on March 3 at 2 p.m.

Commissioners select airport advisory members (Brooksville, FL) At the Tuesday, February 12 meeting, the Hernando County Board of County Commissioners appointed the following seven residents to the newly created Brooksville-Tampa Bay Regional Airport Advisory Committee (AAC). These voluntary, non-paid members are all residents and registered voters in Hernando County.

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Tyler Stapleton Roy Morsani Joel Fritton Paul Douglas Dr. Timothy Beard Zoe Lorca Ray Fuqua

The purpose of the committee is to assist and make recommendations to commissioners on matters pertaining to the airport. Five members are appointed and serve at the discretion of the Board and two members are appointed and serve at the discretion of the county administrator. The AAC members serve staggered

Hernando Audubon Society Meeting: Thursday, March 28.

Program: Mike Orlando will talk about Florida Black Bears.

The population recovery of the Florida Black Bear is a success story. The bear population has increased to over 4,000 statewide, up from around 300-500 in the 1960s and 1970s. However, more bears and more people on the landscape lead to human-bear conflicts. What can people learn about bears and securing attractants to reduce these conflicts? The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at the Community Activities Center, 205 E. Ft. Dade Avenue, Brooksville.

Information: Bev Hansen, 352-686-0460, bevalhansen@ gmail.com Werner-Boyce Salt Springs State Park (Pasco County): Tuesday, March 12, 8 a.m. at the park entrance, 8737 US-19, Port Richey, $3 park entrance fee. To carpool from Hernando County, meet at 7 a.m. at Denny’s, 1445 Wendy Court (at US-19), Spring Hill. We will bird the half-mile hiking trail looking for possible early spring migrants and wading birds. For more information: text 352-428-2629 or email lindalark85@gmail.com

four-year terms. The committee will hold public meetings six times a year in the John Law Ayers County Commissioner Chambers located at 20 N. Main St. in Brooksville. The first meeting will be Tuesday, March 19 at 9 a.m.

The German American Club of Spring Hill will have their monthly membership meeting on Thursday, March 7th, 7:00 P.M., at the Hernando Shrine Hall, 13400 Montour Street, Brooksville, FL. Take SR 50 to Sunshine Grove Rd. and go north for approx. 1.4 miles.

Montour St. is the 4th Street on the left. New members welcome! You do not have to be of German Heritage to be a member or attend!

For Club information call Jack Yaskulski at 352-688-3744.

Visit us at our web address: germanclubspringhill.org New Exhibit: Henry Plant: He’s more important than you thought On March 22, 2019, a significant new exhibit will open at the Henry B. Plant Museum. In honor of the 200th anniversary of Plant’s birth, the Museum is proud to present Henry Plant: He’s More Important Than You Thought. Explore the life of Plant and be amazed at the legacy he left behind.

This exhibit illuminates the different faces of Henry Plant.

Meet Plant the promoter, the man who proudly displayed Florida exhibits at World’s Fairs and expos. Get to know Plant the employer, who’s transportation empire included hospitals and a hospital rail car for injured workers. Become acquainted with Plant the early adopter, who incorporated all the latest technologies into his businesses and hotels.

Henry Plant’s impact expanded far beyond the Tampa Bay area. After Plant spent the latter part of the 19th century creating a network of railroads throughout the southeast, travel became much quicker and more reliable for thousands of people. In particular, the Waycross Short Line, opened in 1881, was a shortcut between Waycross, Georgia and Jacksonville, Florida. This cut considerable time off many a journey. Plant’s vision included more than railroads, and his empire also included steamships and eight hotels.

Visitors to this exciting new exhibit will walk away with new respect for this great Florida visionary, Henry Plant.

Henry Plant: He’s More Important Than You Thought runs from March 22 through December 23. Accompanying the exhibit will be a variety of programs and events throughout the year. This exhibit is graciously underwritten by The Bank of Tampa, Greenberg Traurig, P.A., The Lightning Foundation, The Saunders Foundation and The Beck Group.

Plant Museum address: 401 West Kennedy Blvd.

Tampa, FL 33606 813.258.7302 plantmuseum.com

pounded drug product.”

Atlas is an FDA registered, cGMP compliant laboratory with a focus on customer service. The lab leads the industry in turn-around times, with product sterility test results available in a single day utilizing validated cutting edge ScanRDI technology.

All methods are validated for every product release. This focus on regulatory and service quality has been Atlas’s recipe for success.

Aside from compounded pharmacy products, Atlas tests medical devices, biotech, cosmetic, and generic drug product for other manufacturers in the Tampa Bay area and beyond.

“It’s personally satisfying to know that quality work is rewarded. We look forward to continued growth at our Brooksville site,” says Grilli.

Bishop McLaughlin Student becomes a National Merit Scholar Finalist

Oak Hill Hospital to Host “Living With Cancer” Support Group Meeting Oak Hill Hospital announces that it will host a Living With Cancer support group meeting in the GME Conference Center, Rooms B and C on the campus of Oak Hill Hospital, 11307 Cortez Boulevard, Brooksville, Florida 34613.

The group is focused on creating a circle of support for those newly diagnosed and living with cancer, empowering each other through education, sharing and listening to each other’s stories, and fostering hope and strength during this journey.

The next meeting is scheduled for February 28, 2019, at 4:00 pm. Anyone interested in joining and learning about this group should call 352-597-6333. Registration is requested but not required. Register by calling 352-597-6333 in Hernando and 352-628-6060 in Citrus, or online at OakHillHospital. com/Cancer.

DCF Celebrates Foster Family Appreciation Week - Recognizing Community Partners and Families -

Quality Control Laboratory Expands to Larger Site

Hernando Audubon Beginning Birding: Friday, March 15, 8 a.m. at Chinsegut Conservation Center, 23212 Lake Lindsey Road, Brooksville. Learn to identify birds at feeders and during a short walk. There will be binoculars and bird books available for use. For information, text Linda at 352-428-2629 or email lindalark85@gmail.com.

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Hernando Audubon Society meetings and activities are free and open to the public.

For more details about these activities, check hernandoaudubon.org

BROOKSVILLE, Fla., Feb. 11, 2019 - Atlas Analytical Inc., a microbiology and chemistry quality control laboratory, has just completed its move to a newly expanded site in Brooksville, Florida. The decision to expand follows a growing demand for the quality services offered by Atlas, a company formed only four years ago.

The new facility houses laboratories for testing drug product potency, raw material quality, container closure integrity, and includes a validated clean room for testing product sterility. The additional space also gives room for controlled temperature and humidity chambers to store drug product and to confirm shelf life.

“Florida is home to many compounding pharmacies, so it was a natural spot to start this endeavor,” says Atlas Co-Founder Tony Grilli.

“There are also several state and private colleges offering first-class education in the life sciences, so it is a rich source for talent.”

Atlas was founded shortly after the New England Compounding Center (NECC) contamination event that claimed over 60 lives. Grilli, a microbiologist with over 25 years of drug industry experience, started the company because he saw a need for quality laboratory support for compounding pharmacies and the life sciences industry in general.

“The FDA Inspection Reports (US 483 Findings) that were coming out in 2014 after NECC showed that the industry was not applying Good Manufacturing Practices to testing or manufacturing. While this was not required of pharmacies at the time, these principles are important to assuring product potency and purity,” says Grilli.

“I thought the market deserved a laboratory that applied these principles to testing com-

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Spring Hill, Florida (February 12, 2019) – Bishop McLaughlin Catholic High School Senior Hannah Holliday has been selected as a National Merit Scholarship Finalist. She is the only student in a Diocese of St. Petersburg high school to be named a Finalist.

To become a Finalist, a Semifinalist must submit a detailed scholarship application, in which they provide information about their academic record, participation in school and community activities, demonstrated leadership abilities, employment, and honors and awards received. A Semifinalist must have an outstanding academic record throughout high school, be endorsed and recommended by a high school official, write an essay, and earn SAT scores that confirm the student’s earlier performance on the qualifying test.

From the approximately 16,000 Semifinalists, about 15,000 are expected to advance to the Finalist level.

All National Merit Scholarship winners will be selected from this group of Finalists. Merit Scholar designees are selected on the basis of their skills, accomplishments, and potential for success in rigorous college studies, without regard to gender, race, ethnic origin, or religious preference.

Three types of National Merit Scholarships will be offered in the spring of 2019.

Every Finalist will compete for one of 2,500 National Merit $2500 Scholarships that will be awarded on a state-representational basis. About 1,000 corporate-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards will be provided by approximately 230 corporations and business organizations for Finalists who meet their specified criteria, such as children of the grantor’s employees or residents of communities where sponsor plants or offices

“Our foster parents play a vital role in the lives of the children we serve. They provide love and nurturing until we can place a child in a safe and permanent home,” said Florida Coalition for Children CEO Kurt Kelly. “It’s important that we honor them while also recognizing that we still have a critical need for more foster parents in our communities.”

The positive partnerships DCF shares with parents, foster families, community-based care agencies, non-profit organizations, state agencies, and the courts are essential.

Each one plays a valuable role that makes a solid foundation of resources for children in foster care and the families who support them.

There are 5,358 licensed foster parents in Florida who selflessly play a pivotal role in the lives of the most vulnerable children. During Foster Family Appreciation Week, join us in making a difference where it really matters and consider becoming a foster family to a child in your community. The need for foster families never ends.

Please visit http://www.dcf. state.fl.us/service-programs/ foster-care/.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Governor Ron DeSantis proclaimed the second week of February as Florida Foster Family Appreciation Week, observed on February 11-15, 2019, to celebrate the enduring and invaluable contributions foster families provide to children in their care.

First Lady Casey DeSantis said, “Our state is blessed for the contribution of foster parents and the families they create. Whether a foster family is together for a short period of time or longer, the impact of the relationship is forever. As a mother, I am truly grateful for those who create a loving and nurturing environment for children and encourage all Floridians to find a way to help build and rebuild families in their own communities.”

“I applaud Florida’s foster families and every individual who plays a part in the fostering process as they help to change the life of a child in their community,” said Department of Children and Families (DCF) Secretary Chad Poppell. “It is difficult for us to imagine what a child must feel during such a difficult time, but a foster parent can change a child’s heart by providing the love, joy, and security they want and need.”

Florida currently has 7,287 children who live with foster families. Foster parents provide a supportive, safe, and loving home to children who have been removed from their homes. Foster parents serve as role models, not only to the child, but also to biological parents.

Oak Hill Hospital Hosts Monthly Congestive Heart Failure Series

are located. In addition, about 180 colleges and universities are expected to finance some 4,000 college-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards for Finalists who will attend the sponsor institution. National Merit Scholarship winners of 2019 will be announced in four nationwide news releases beginning in April and concluding in July. Approximately half the students selected as Finalists will be offered a National Merit

Scholarship. These scholarship recipients will join some 338,000 other distinguished young people who have earned the Merit Scholar title.

Reward” ABC, 10pm Shaun’s (Freddie Highmore) blunt honesty with a distraught mother of a critically ill newborn baby causes the new chief of surgery (guest star Daniel Dae Kim) to question keeping him on as a resident.

FBI: “Exposed” CBS, 9pm In the new episode “Exposed,” after an investigative journalist is murdered, the team uncovers information linking the suspect to past cases.

Oak Hill Hospital hosts a Congestive Heart Failure education series for those living with congestive heart failure (CHF). The meeting is held on the fourth Tuesday of every month (except holidays) on the Oak Hill Hospital campus in the 6th Floor South Tower family waiting area. The next session will be held on Tuesday, February 26. The series is held from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm and is hosted by Oak Hill Hospital’s Care Assure Patient Nurse Navigators Rebecca Voda, BSN, RN, CHFN (Certified Heart Failure Nurse) and Lisa Cierpka, BSN, RN, CCM (Certified Case Manager), CVSHD (Cardiovascular Structural Heart Disease).

The monthly education series helps those who attend to gain a sense of empowerment and control through the education provided by these clinicians. Participants will reduce stress and anxiety by learning more about this chronic disease and they will be able to collaborate with others who have the same chronic condition. Above all they will also learn about resources that are available to them.

For more information and to register call 352-597-6333 or visit OakHillHospital.com/ ForYourHealth.

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tV’s Best Bets feB. 17 - 19 Sunday, Feb. 17 NHL Hockey NBC & NBCSN, beginning at 12:30pm Live It’s Hockey Day in America, and NBC and NBCSN combine for a tripleheader of NHL games. The N.Y. Rangers are at the Pittsburgh Penguins (NBC), the St. Louis Blues are at the Minnesota Wild (NBC) and the Philadelphia Flyers are at the Detroit Red Wings (NBCSN).

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series: Daytona 500 FOX, 2:30pm Live The “Great American Race,” the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway, is the official start of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.

Fast Layne: “Mile 2: Paid to Drive” Disney Channel, 7pm Disney’s high-octane live-action series moves to its regular day and time.

God Friended Me: “The Trouble With the Curve” CBS, 8pm Guest Star Alert!

The new episode “The Trouble With the Curve” includes a guest appearance by N.Y. Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia.

2019 American Rescue Dog Show: Part 1 Hallmark Channel, 8pm This competition includes mixed- and pure-breed rescue dogs competing in a variety of cute categories — including “Best in Wiggle Butt,” “Best in Snoring” and “Best in Couch Potato” — with the goal of encouraging people to adopt animals from shelters and ending pet homelessness.

Presidents at War, Part 1 History, 8pm This two-night series looks at the experiences of eight remarkable men who served America during World War II, then went on to further service as the nation’s commanders in chief. Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush

are chronicled as the series details how their war experiences changed them, how they emerged from the conflict as leaders and how war shaped the decisions they would later make in the White House. Part 2 airs tomorrow.

Counterpart Starz, 8pm Season Finale!

The 10-episode sophomore season comes to a close tonight. Will both Howard and Howard Prime (J.K. Simmons) survive in the end?

NBA All-Star Game TNT, 8:20pm Live TNT airs the 2019 NBA AllStar Game in Charlotte, N.C., featuring the Association’s best players as voted by fans, media, players and coaches.

For the second straight year, team captains drafted their rosters from the entire pool of NBA All-Star starters and reserves.

Don’t Be Tardy…

Bravo, 9pm Season Premiere!

The Biermann band is back and busier than ever for a Season 7 filled with new adventures, milestones and big personalities as the craziness never seems to faze this closeknit family.

NCIS: Los Angeles: “Smokescreen, Part II” CBS, 9pm In the new episode “Smokescreen, Part II,” the team continues to search for a terrorist cell in Los Angeles, and Callen (Chris O’Donnell) and Sam (LL Cool J) remain trapped in a movie theater after multiple bombs have detonated and every remaining exit is wired with explosives.

Chronicle Mysteries: Recovered Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, 9pm Original Film!

Alison Sweeney stars in this mystery flick as podcast host Alex McPherson, who returns to a small Pennsylvania town to investigate the long-ago disappearance of her childhood friend for an episode of her true-crime podcast. But

when she and the editor of the local newspaper (Benjamin Ayres) retrace the missing girl’s last steps, Alex uncovers more than she bargained for and finds herself in jeopardy.

Elvis All-Star Tribute NBC, 9pm This 50th anniversary event re-creating Elvis Presley’s ’68 Comeback Special is hosted

by Blake Shelton and promises star performances of Elvis’ classic hits as well as interviews with those involved in the original special, including exwife Priscilla Presley.

Madam Secretary: “Something Better” CBS, 10pm When a group of American missionaries become hostages during a violent uprising abroad, President Dalton (Keith Carradine) must confront demons from his past in order to help Elizabeth (Téa Leoni) secure their safe return home in the new episode “Something Better.”

The Secret History of the White House History, 10pm Investigative journalists and government insiders weigh in on the mystery of an unusual white box and top-secret construction project known as the “Big Dig” that took place outside of the West Wing of the White House from 2007-12.

Last Week Tonight With John Oliver HBO, 11pm Season Premiere!

After earning four Primetime Emmys in 2018, including Outstanding Variety Talk Series for the third year in a row, Last Week Tonight With John Oliver returns for its sixth season of satirically examining the week in news, politics and current events.

Ride With Norman Reedus AMC, 12:14am (late night) Norman Reedus heads to the Bay Area to ride with Steven Yeun, his former costar on The Walking Dead.

Monday, Feb. 18 ’80s Movie Marathon AMC, beginning at 9am Catch a totally tubular blast from the past with a movie marathon featuring rad favorites, including Airplane!, Weird Science, Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Footloose, Crocodile Dundee, and Revenge of the Nerds.

College Basketball: Virginia at Virginia Tech ESPN, 7pm Live A huge matchup between ACC rivals has the Virginia Cavaliers in Blacksburg to face the Virginia Tech Hokies on ESPN. United Skates HBO, 8pm This documentary from executive producer John Legend highlights the world of roller skating and the fight of African American roller rinks and skaters to keep their culture alive.

America’s Got Talent: The Champions NBC, 8pm Season Finale!

The series that welcomed back favorites from around the globe comes to an epic close tonight.

Man With a Plan: “Put Him on the Ground” CBS, 8:30pm When Adam (Matt LeBlanc) sees a kid push Emme (Hala Finley), he convinces Teddy (Matthew McCann) to dish out some old-school justice to defend his younger sister in the new episode “Put Him on the Ground.”

Magnum P.I.: “Day the Past Came Back” CBS, 9pm In the new episode “Day the Past Came Back,” Magnum (Jay Hernandez) is kidnapped, and his traitorous ex-girlfriend (guest star Jordana Brewster) is the mastermind behind it.

I Am the Night: “Matador” TNT, 9pm Episode 4 of TNT’s thrilling drama pulls us further into this dark mystery.

The Good Doctor: “Risk and

The Secret History of Air Force One History, 10pm Exclusive footage helps bring viewers inside Air Force One like never before.

Manifest NBC, 10pm Season Finale!

Will we find out what really happened to the plane? We doubt it. Season 1 of NBC’s hit drama series wraps up tonight.

Tuesday, Feb. 19 NCIS: “Once Upon a Tim” CBS, 8pm McGee (Sean Murray) reluctantly visits his high school after the unique computer password he used as a teenager is linked to the murder of a defense contractor in the new episode “Once Upon a Tim.” Ellen’s Game of Games: “Danger Word War Z” NBC, 8pm Contestants play “Dizzy Dash,” “Knockin’ Boots,” “Danger Word” and “Blindfolded Musical Chairs.”

Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates Jr.: “No Laughing Matter” PBS, 8pm Host Henry Louis Gates Jr. shows comedians Seth Meyers, Tig Notaro and Sarah Silverman that their family trees are filled with people whose struggles laid the groundwork for their success. black-ish: “Son of a Pitch” ABC, 9pm Junior (Marcus Scribner) is working at Stevens & Lido as an intern and takes some time to find his footing, but when he offers an idea during a pitch meeting, Dre (Anthony Anderson) immediately puts him in his place.

This Is Us: “Our Little Island Girl” NBC, 9pm Beth’s (Susan Kelechi Watson) trip home to care for her mother sparks an unexpected realization.

American Masters: “Sammy Davis Jr.” PBS, 9pm Explore the entertainer’s vast talent and journey for identity through the shifting tides of civil rights and racial progress during 20th-century America.

The Rookie: “Caught Stealing” ABC, 10pm The rookies become the prime suspects after it is discovered that a large sum of money used in a drug bust has gone missing.

NCIS: New Orleans: “Conspiracy Theories” CBS, 10pm In the new episode “Conspiracy Theories,” Pride (Scott Bakula) and the NCIS team reunite with conspiracy journalist Oliver Crane (guest star Mark Gessner) after the source for his latest vigilante story is murdered.

Project Blue Book: “The Scoutmaster” History, 10pm After a scoutmaster vanishes when he and his troop witness a strange craft hovering in the woods, Hynek (Aidan Gillen) is sent to investigate ...

My Great Big Live Wedding With David Tutera Lifetime, 10pm Live David Tutera helps young couple Chris Singleton and Mariana De Andrade prove that love is stronger than hate.

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vatory offers 25 different programs in the performing arts and the scholarship fundraiser will be used to purchase equipment and to subsidize tuition for those students who require it to attend. Cost is $75 per couple or $40 per ticket, Mulemanship Clinic which will include high-end refreshments. Appropriate dress For the 4th consecutive year, Spotted Dance Ranch in Brooksville, FL is honored to be the location of TS Mules’ only advised.

Florida clinics. The 2019 clinics will occur from February 14Chili & Soup Cookoff 16, 2019. Ty Evans, along with his wife Skye, and daughters Ellie and Swayzee, travel all the way from Utah to hold these When Sat, February 16, 4:30pm – 10:00pm Where VFW post 8681 18940 Drayton St, Spring Hill, Florida clinics. These clinics are geared toward helping riders and their mules, horses, and donkeys get along a little better. Ty 34610 Description: Hosted by VFW post 8681 enjoys helping individuals establish a partnership with their Prizes - Fun - Music- Show off your best Recipe! animal and develop a clear communication line between Bring a crockpot of your favorite chili or soup. Have crockpot one another. Horses, mules, and donkeys are welcome! there by 4:00 pm. Prizes awarded for best chili/soup.

Contact www.tsmules.com for clinic registration and information. Classes run from 8:00 am through 6:00 pm each day $5.00 for cup tasting and judging Music by the Lady & the Outlaw 6-10 pm and include Foundation Mulemanship, Mulemanship 1, and Mulemanship 2. The cost for each class is $350 (the fee does Feb. 19-24 not include camping, stalls, meals, etc.). For camping and stall/paddock reservations and hotel information, contact Florida Bluegrass Classic www.spotteddanceranch.com or kymrouse@att.net. Clinic participants must keep their animals at the ranch. Spectators When: Sun, February 24, 10am – 12pm Where: 5360 Lockhart Rd, Brooksville, FL 34602 are welcome for $25 per day on Feb. 14th and 15th. Private Description lessons with Ty Evans can also be arranged.

The festival runs from the 19th thru the 24th. Camping all week, Music Tuesday night, Wednesday night, and from Feb. 15 noon to 10 pm Thurs- Sat. Sunday morning 10 to noon is the Gospel sing.

Art Reception: This is Our Story The month of February is Black History Month. At The Feb. 22 Uptown Art Gallery we are celebrating the history of black America, with art and artifacts from the collections of several Friday Night Done Right - Rock Wall Event private collectors of Brooksville.

Friday, February 22, 2019, 5:30PM - 7:30PM In addition to the many important artifacts there is a Doll Collection of Mrs. Mary Caleb on display here at the GalLocation Tom Varn Park 301 Darby Lane Brooksville Florida lery and at the Brooksville Branch of the Hernando County Contact Jennifer A. Raffaelli City of Brooksville Recreation Library.

Leader (352) 540-3830 There will be a reception for “This is our Story” on Friday, Feb. 23 February 15, 2019 from 5:30PM to 7:30PM at the Gallery.

The public is invited to come and enjoy this wonderful Greek Family- Friendly Fundraiser display of the arts and artifacts representing Black History The Nature Coast Community Services Foundation invites you throughout the years. The artwork in the gallery is for sale. to a family-friendly fundraiser on Feb 23at the Olive Grove Perhaps you will find that special piece that you cannot live (15016 Rester Dr, Brooksville, FL). The Greek-themed event without? The Uptown Gallery at the Brooksville City Hall is has activities for everyone including an appearance by Aesop open to the public from 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Daily except Holidays. We are located at 201 Howell Avenue, Brooksville, telling his fables, visits from Greek gods and goddesses, races and relays, panning for fossils and jewels, making jewelry and Florida 34601; For More Information Please Contact crafts, balloon bounce, live music, karaoke, Family-Feud style Judith McIntire, Art Gallery Coordinator at 352-540-3811 or competitions, and an education in olive oil. And of course, 207-809-9066 Email: cityart@cityofbrooksville.us food! Lots of food. Tickets are $45 per family of four or $15 a person. 1:00-5:00.

For more information, contact Ellen Paul, 352-600-9555.

Feb. 16

GTC BEACON CINEMA 12961 Cortez Blvd, Brooksville, FL 34613 We apologize for the inconvenience, but we did not receive movie times this week.

February 14-16

Heritage Day Festival Saturday, February 16, 2019 at 9 AM – 4 PM 66 & 70 Russell Street, Brooksville, FL Hosted by Countryman Family One-Room Schoolhouse Free Event & Free Parking Walk along the Good Neighbor Trail and visit over 60 artists, crafters, storytellers, re-enactors and vendors. Enjoy music in the Gazebo, Chinese Auction basket raffles and home baked goods. Breakfast and Lunch Food Trucks will be available.

Also, Historic Home & Museum Tour Tickets ONE DAY ONLY - SIX TOPS INCLUDE: Three Historic Homes open to the public The May-Stringer House Museum; The 1885 Train Depot Museum; The Countryman Family One Room Schoolhouse Museum; Adults $15.00 and Children (6-12) $5.00 For more information or to reserve your tickets now Call Mary at 352-515-3054.

United Way’s 4th Annual KICK Start to Early Literacy When: Sat, February 16, 8:45am – 2:00pm Where: Anderson Snow Sports Complex 1360 Anderson Snow Rd, Spring Hill, Florida 34609 Description Hosted by United Way of Hernando County Get ready for United Way of Hernando County’s 4th Annual Kickball Tournament, “KICK” Start to Early Literacy!

-National Anthem begins at 8:45am -First team kicks off at 9am First Winter Ball Scholarship Fundraiser When: Sat, February 16, 7pm – 10pm Where: 21030 Cortez Blvd, Brooksville, FL 34601, USA (map) Description: Tickets are Now on Sale for Live Oak Theatre’s First Winter Ball Scholarship Fundraiser Tickets are now on sale for Live Oak Theatre’s First Winter Ball scholarship fundraiser which will be held on Saturday, February 16 at 7 pm at the Carol & Frank Morsani Center for the Arts, 21030 Cortez Boulevard, Brooksville, Florida 34601.

Contact the box office at 352-593-0027 or email LiveOakBoxOffice@Gmail.com. The Winter Ball will allow for dancing and socializing in different areas in the Center for the Arts.

Dances include ballroom and contemporary.

The fundraiser is designed to equip conservatory students with the tools they need for success. The Live Oak Conser-

Yard Sale at Lake Lindsey United Methodist Church On Lake Lindsey Road Saturday Feb. 23 8AM - 2PM Lots of goodies!

Autocross Event Central Florida Region SCCA will be holding an autocross, which is a driving skills event, at the Tampa - Brooksville airport off of SR41. Early registration is required so please visit our web site at CFRsolo2.com for further details and registration.

March 2 Rummage Sale and Outdoor Flea Market Sat. March 2 8AM- 2PM Where: Spring Hill United Church of Christ 4244 Mariner Blvd; Spring Hill (North of Northcliffe) Saint Patricks Dance Come join the Brookridge Social Dance for an Irish Jig at the Clubhouse at 8150 Hampton Ave, Brooksville on Saturday March 2nd at 7 p.m. for a St Patricks Dance featuring a variety of dance music by At Large known for playing 7 instruments. BYOB, Coffee and Ice provided. Limited Tickets for this dance are available at the door for $7. Call Val at 352616-0242 to reserve your tickets.

EARLY LEARNING COALITION HOSTS FREE “STORYBOOK FOREST” AT CREWS LAKE PARK The Early Learning Coalition of Pasco and Hernando Counties, Inc. is hosting its 10th Annual “Storybook Forest” event on Saturday, March 2, 2019 from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM, at Crews Lake Wilderness Park, 18739 Crews Lake Drive, Spring Hill, 34610, to support Florida’s Children’s Week and Childhood Literacy.

The day will begin at 10:30 AM with a Ribbon Cutting by Board Chair, Patrick McHugh, to announce the opening of Storybook Forest.

Last year more than 2,700 attendees enjoyed stories including, “Cat in the Hat,” “Where the Wild Things Are,” and “The Very Hungry Caterpillar.” Storytellers will ignite guest’s imagi-

nation as they bring children’s stories to life. Meet and greet children’s favorite characters such as Daniel Tiger, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Emily Elizabeth, Curious George, the Man in the Yellow Hat, Madeline, Elmo, Pete The Cat, and many more!

Educators in Pasco and Hernando Counties will offer attendees interactive displays based on children’s books. Children will learn about the story through hands-on activities and will create a related make-and-take project at each display.

Children of all ages are invited to attend and actively participate.

There will be no onsite parking at Crew’s Lake Park. Frequent shuttles beginning at 10:45 AM will be available for attendees at Crews Lake Middle School located at 15144 Shady Hills Road throughout the event.

March 8 German Entertainers Show German American Club of Spring Hill will host a show – “German Entertainers”, On Friday, March 8th, at the Hernando Shrine Hall, featuring Duo Mosaique from Rheinland-Pfalz, Rudi Ecker from the Saarland and Fellberg-Buam Trio from Thüringen, all from Germany. Doors open at 5:30 P.M. with show and dancing from 6:00 to 10:00 P.M. B.Y.O.B. Tickets in advance only: $15.00 for German American Club of Spring Hill Members Only and $22.00 for all non-members. All Tickets are “Non-Refundable”!. For tickets call Lisa Yaskulski at 352-688-3744.

Visit us at our web address: germanclubspringhill.org March 9 The 35th Annual Art In The Park Mar 9 at 10 AM – Mar 10 at 5 PM Tom Varn Park 301 Darby Ln, # 397, Brooksville, Florida 34601 Featuring * Over 130 local, state, and national artists and crafters * $1000 Best in Show prize * $3000 additional prize money * Food court

tV’s Best Bets feB. 20 - 23 Labine) uncovers a patient’s surprising past. Meanwhile, Floyd (Jocko Sims) makes progress in his personal life after some difficult news.

Miracle Workers: “13 Days” TBS, 10:30pm The second episode of TBS’ fun new series finds God (the perfectly cast Steve Buscemi) asking Sanjay (Karan Soni) to smite a nonbeliever, while Craig (Daniel Radcliffe) and Eliza (Geraldine Viswanathan) realize they have their work cut out for them.

Many Sides of Jane: “Ashley/ Jane’s Beautiful Brain” A&E, 11pm Series Finale!

Back-to-back episodes air tonight. In the first, a self-destructive part named Ashley emerges.

Wednesday, Feb. 20 The Goldbergs: “Highlander Club” ABC, 8pm Despite Beverly (Wendi McLendon-Covey) wanting the two boys to bond, Adam (Sean Giambrone) and Johnny Atkins (Sean Marquette) compete to be the head of the Highlander Club at school.

Survivor: Edge of Extinction CBS, 8pm Season Premiere!

“For our 38th season, a new group of players will take on the greatest social experiment ever created, and a new layer to the game will push them further than ever before,” says Survivor executive producer and host Jeff Probst.

Chicago Med: “We Hold These Truths” NBC, 8pm After witnessing a pickup truck plow through a street fair, Natalie (Torrey DeVitto) and Maggie (Marlyne Barrett) are forced to make some tough decisions on the fly.

Nature: “Living Volcanoes” PBS, 8pm Uncover the variety of human and natural activity that occurs on the slopes of active volcanoes. See the surprising number of animals that survive and thrive alongside these fiery natural phenomena.

Naked Mole Rats Smithsonian Channel, 8pm Despite its pink, wrinkly, nearly hairless appearance, the naked mole rat is among

the most enviable creatures.

Researchers around the world are puzzled by their incredibly long life spans, inability to get sick and almost total imperviousness to pain. This special looks at the remarkable subterranean rodents and the researchers who hope to unlock their secrets.

Modern Family: “SuperShowerBabyBowl” ABC, 9pm Jay (Ed O’Neill) is hosting a Super Bowl party and Claire (Julie Bowen) is hosting a baby shower for Haley (Sarah Hyland) — both at Jay’s house.

What could go wrong?

College Basketball: North Carolina at Duke ESPN, 9pm Live Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, N.C., will be rocking as the North Carolina Tar Heels take on the Duke Blue Devils in another chapter of college basketball’s fiercest rivalry.

The Masked Singer: “Semifinals: Double Unmasking” FOX, 9pm Two more celebrities are unmasked in the semifinals, and Saturday Night Live star Kenan Thompson serves as a guest panelist.

Chicago Fire: “What I Saw” NBC, 9pm In the first part of a crossover with Chicago P.D., a spate of robberies comes to light after a firehouse lockbox key goes missing.

NOVA: “The Next Pompeii” PBS, 9pm Discover Campi Flegrei, a lesser-known volcano in the shadow of Vesuvius. If it erupts, millions of lives could be at risk. Meet the scientists exploring its geology and developing a warning system to prevent Naples from becoming the next Pompeii.

The Magicians: “Escape From the Happy Place” Syfy, 9pm Alice (Olivia Taylor Dudley) and Quentin (Jason Ralph) confront a dog.

You’re the Worst: “Zero Eggplants” FXX, 10pm Gretchen (Aya Cash) and Jimmy (Chris Geere) make “couple friends” in the new episode “Zero Eggplants.”

Chicago P.D.: “Good Men”

NBC, 10pm In the second and concluding part of a crossover with Chicago Fire, Intelligence uses information from Chicago Fire’s Cruz (Joe Minoso) to chase down the robbery crew that’s been using the lockbox key.

Voight (Jason Beghe) is under pressure to bring the crew to justice without tarnishing the reputation of a murdered firefighter who might have been involved.

Deadly Class: “Stigmata Martyr” Syfy, 10pm Marcus (Benjamin Wadsworth) and Maria (Maria Gabriela de Faria), now secretly dating, have to deal with the ramifications of Chico’s (Michel Duval) death.

Documentary Now! IFC, 11pm Season Premiere!

The Emmy-nominated comedy series that lovingly pays homage to the world of documentaries kicks off Season 3 tonight with the twopart mockumentary “Batsh*t Valley.”

Thursday, Feb. 21 Grey’s Anatomy: “I Want a New Drug” ABC, 8pm While Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) breaks a hospital record, the rest of the doctors are sent scrambling in the wake of a massive overdose within the community.

Top Chef: “Kentucky Farewell” Bravo, 8pm All season the chefs have been growing gardens at their Kentucky estate. Tom ambushes the sleeping chefs and challenges them to make a dish focused on their garden harvest.

The Big Bang Theory: “The D&D Vortex” CBS, 8pm Guest Star Alert!

Wil Wheaton, William Shatner, Joe Manganiello, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Kevin Smith guest-star in the new episode “The D&D Vortex,” in which the gang is determined to crash Wheaton’s celebrity Dungeons & Dragons game.

Star Trek Into Darkness FX, 8pm Director J.J. Abrams’ second installment of his Star Trek reboot finds the crew of the Enterprise hunting a former

Federation member who has turned terrorist. Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto and Benedict Cumberbatch star.

A Million Little Things: “the rosary” ABC, 9pm As her friends anxiously await the outcome of Maggie’s (Allison Miller) surgery, an unexpected arrival from her mother (guest star Melora Hardin) leads to a tense first meeting with Gary (James Roday).

Mom: “Skippy and the Knowledge Hole” CBS, 9pm Christy (Anna Faris) learns that it’s really hard to quit smoking in the new episode “Skippy and the Knowledge Hole.”

Game of Clones MTV, 9pm New Series!

Throughout eight episodes of this new series, MTV’s most eligible reality stars are given the opportunity to date seven clones of their celebrity crush.

Brooklyn Nine-Nine: “The Honeypot” NBC, 9pm Jake (Andy Samberg) and Holt (Andre Braugher) clash over the merits of a new hire in the 99th precinct. Terry (Terry Crews), Amy (Melissa Fumero), Rosa (Stephanie Beatriz) and Charles (Joe Lo Truglio) try to do something about the cluttered bullpen.

Fam: “Drunk in Love” CBS, 9:30pm In the new episode “Drunk in Love,” Clem (Nina Dobrev) and Nick (Tone Bell) are both shocked to learn that the other has been keeping an embarrassing secret about how they met.

Will & Grace: “The Pursuit of Happiness” NBC, 9:30pm Grace (Debra Messing) is enlisted by Malcolm (guest star Alec Baldwin) to help him win back Karen’s (Megan Mullally) affections.

Beat Bobby Flay: “Don’t Drop the Beat (Bobby)!”

Food Network, 10pm Iron Chef Michael Symon and actress Brooke Shields band together to take Bobby Flay down. With chef and restaurateur Carla Pellegrino and Atlanta’s Idris Muhammad on their side, Bobby will be singing a different tune.

Truck Night in America: “Battle of the Busch Brothers” History, 10pm NASCAR champions Kyle and Kurt Busch bring their driving skills — and trucks — in the hopes of winning $10,000 for charity.

Flack Pop, 10pm New Series!

Anna Paquin stars in this six-episode series as a London-based American publicist who is an expert at solving the problems of her high-profile clientele...

Desus & Mero Showtime, 11pm New Series!

Podcasting duo Desus Nice and The Kid Mero host Showtime’s first ever weekly latenight talk show, covering pop culture, politics and more.

Friday, Feb. 22 Paddleton Netflix Original Film!

An unlikely friendship between two misfit neighbors becomes an unexpectedly emotional journey when the younger man is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Mark Duplass and Ray Romano star.

Fresh Off the Boat: “Be a Man” ABC, 8pm Jessica (Constance Wu) drives Principal Hunter (guest star David Goldman) crazy at Evan’s (Ian Chen) school when she declares that she’s “shadow principal” and follows him around for a day to learn about his job.

MacGyver: “Lidar + Rogues + Duty” CBS, 8pm In the new episode “Lidar + Rogues + Duty,” the Phoenix must recover the body of a pilot whose plane crashed while testing an experimental laser mapping system that MacGyver (Lucas Till) designed.

The Blacklist: “Marko Jankowics/Minister D” NBC, 8pm In “Marko Jankowics,” the first of back-to-back episodes, when Liz (Megan Boone) and Jennifer (guest star Fiona Dourif) search for a woman who may know a secret about Red’s (James Spader) past, they find themselves in the crosshairs of a ruthless smuggler, forcing Liz to ask an unexpected source for help.

American Masters: “Charley Pride” PBS, 9pm Explore the complicated history of the American South and its music through the life of country star Charley Pride, who was raised in segregated Mississippi. Pride’s journey shows the ways that artistic expression can triumph over prejudice and injustice.

Crazy Cakes: “Waterfall and Wonder Wheel Cakes” Cooking Channel, 11pm Volunteers are surprised by a yin-and-yang-inspired sweet treat, and a bride is joyfully overwhelmed when her wedding cake gets its own water feature.

Saturday, Feb. 23 2019 Film Independent Spirit Awards IFC, 5pm The night before the Oscars, Aubrey Plaza hosts an awards show that celebrates films produced outside of the major studio system...

Smiley Face Killers: The Hunt for Justice: “Todd Geib” Oxygen, 7pm Season Finale!

A team of retired detectives investigates the 2005 death of a man who was found in a rural Michigan lake 21 days after he went missing.

Ransom: “Black Dolphin” CBS, 8pm The FBI asks Eric (Luke Roberts) for help in getting a victim to reveal the identity of a dangerous internet predator in the new episode “Black Dolphin.”

Planet Earth: Dynasties: “The Making of ‘Dynasties’” BBC America, 9pm Series Finale!

Four years in the making and over 1,000 days in the field, the Dynasties team set out to film the stories of five extraordinary animals.

O.G. HBO, 10pm Louis (Jeffrey Wright, Westworld), an incarcerated former gang member struggling with his impending release, tries to help a new inmate avoid the gang life. The film was shot on location in a maximum-security prison, and many of the actors onscreen are played by current prisoners.

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PHSC Baseball: Bobcats set record for scoreless innings

ARTICLE AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY ALICE MARY HERDEN

Pasco Hernando State College took on State College of Florida, a Division I team on Feb. 8, 2019, at the PHSC West Campus in New Port Richey. PHSC set a season record for no runs scored, keeping State College of Florida scoreless until the seventh inning. Despite the remarkable effort, State College of Florida pulled off the win with 4 runs to none.

PHSC Sophomore Kyle Khachadourian owned the mound for six innings.

“Khach, (Kyle Khachadourian) he was a big pick up for us this year,” Head coach Lyndon Coleman said. “He was at his 77 pitches, so we want to make sure we slowly build him up, keep him fresh and healthy for the entire year.”

Sophomore Joey Delgatto took the mound at the top of the seventh to relieve Khachadourian.

“As much as you want to win early, it’s a marathon, not a sprint, and I am not going to put anybody in harm’s way early on in the season,” Coleman said. “Joey, that’s his role, where he’s going to come out in a tight ballgame in a big situation.”

Joey Delgatto and

Kyle Khachadourian had successfully earned three strikeouts on State College.

Freshman Jermaine White dominated the outfield with six catches, but in-field errors beyond the 8th inning caused the Bobcats to give up three runs at the top of the ninth.

“I think it was mostly a defensive game,” Center Fielder Jermaine White said. “The ball just fell their way today.”

More results: Saturday, February 9 at Seminole State College, the Bobcats gave the Raiders a solid competitive game. Raiders held their first six runs in the first inning to Bobcats 2 but gained three runs in the fifth. Even though Bobcats put four runs on the board during the sixth inning and obtained one more run at the top of the ninth, the Raiders closed the ninth to keep the three-run lead.

Raiders 9 - Bobcats 7.

The home game against St. Petersburg College on February 10 was canceled.

A huge win over Florida Southern JV on Monday, February 12, restored that feeling of victory for the Bobcats. PHSC: 15, Florida Southern JV: 1

Center Fielder Jermaine White successfully caught six centerfield hit attempts by State College Friday.

Left: Freshman Connor Berry throws to first base during Friday’s game against State College.

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Buccaneers draft outlooK

BY MATTHEW VANDENBURGH HERNANDO SUN WRITER

Now that the Super Bowl is behind us, it is time to focus on the NFL offseason and what the Tampa Bay Buccaneers can do to improve on their 5-11 outing. Let’s take a look at the NFL Draft.

The Bucs have the fifth pick in the draft, which is good in that they should be getting a big-time impact player.

With needs all over the field, finding a player to fill a hole should not be difficult. The challenge comes in what hole to fill.

Should they go with an offensive lineman?

Between the two quarterbacks, Jameis Winston and Ryan Fitzpatrick, the Bucs led the NFL with 5125 passing yards, while being middle of the pack in allowing 41 sacks, tied with the Buffalo Bills and Detroit Tigers for 14th in the league. Rushing, however, was a different story. Finishing with 1523 yards on the ground, the Bucs ranked 29th in the league, something that absolutely must change in order to take pressure off their QB’s and allow their defense to get some rest on the sidelines. This is why WalterFootball. com’s senior draft analyst Charlie Campbell has the Bucs taking Jawaan Taylor, an offensive tackle from the University of Florida with the fifth pick.

With the rushing attack being so weak, could

there actually be a need for a new running back?

NFL.com’s draft analyst Chad Reuter thinks so, concluding that Tampa Bay would take Alabama running back Josh Jacobs.

The fifth pick would be a reach for Jacobs, but Reuter things the Bucs would trade down, acquiring more picks to help fill other holes while still getting a star runner.

Trading down might actually be the smartest option, building up a wealth of draft picks will help get more impact players than standing pat. This would especially help the team’s woeful defense, one that allowed 4151 passing yards, seventh worst in the league.

Tampa Bay also only sacked the opposing quarterback 38 times, tied for 19th in the NFL. These stats explain the prediction of Ed Oliver from Houston

by Bleacher Report’s Matt Miller. Oliver, a potential game-breaking player, can pretty much line up anywhere on the defense’s front seven and will give whatever team that takes him a big boost for their defense.

The 2019 NFL Draft starts Thursday, April 25 though, so there will be plenty of predictions to come, and even more changes after that. We will see more with the NFL Scouting Combine, starting Tuesday, Feb. 26. Until then, speculate away.

High School Sports Schedules Week 2/18/2019 thru 2/24/2019

Central High School Bears TUES

02/19/19

BASEBALL

SPRINGSTEAD PRESEASON BASEBALL C

HOME

04:00:00 PM

WED

02/20/19

BASEBALL

SPRINGSTEAD

HOME

07:00:00 PM

THURS

02/21/19

BASEBALL

SEVEN RIVERS CHRISTIAN PRESEASON BASEBALL C

HOME

04:00:00 PM

FRI

02/22/19

BASEBALL

GULF

AWAY

07:00:00 PM

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07:00:00 PM

Hernando High School Leopards FRI

02/22/19

SOFTBALL

FIVAY

Nature Coast Technical High School Sharks WED

02/20/19

SOFTBALL

WEEKI WACHEE

HOME

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THURS

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SOFTBALL

CITRUS

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02/22/19

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AWAY

07:00:00 PM

FRI

02/22/19

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CYPRESS CREEK

HOME

6 PM – 7:30 PM

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02/19/19

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AWAY

04:00:00 PM

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02/20/19

SOFTBALL

CENTRAL

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07:00:00 PM

THURS

02/21/19

SOFTBALL

WIREGRASS RANCH

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THURS

02/21/19

BASEBALL

WEEKI WACHEE

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07:00:00 PM

FRI

02/22/19

SOFTBALL

BISHOP McLAUGHLIN CATHOLIC

AWAY

06:00:00 PM

Weeki Wachee High School Hornets TUES

02/19/19

BASEBALL

SEVEN RIVERS CHRISTIAN PRESEASON BASEBALL C

HOME

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WED

02/20/19

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NATURE COAST

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THURS

02/21/19

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HERNANDO CHRISTIAN ACADEMY

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04:00:00 PM

Hernando Christian Academy Lions MON

02/18/19

BOYS TENNIS

PASCO

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03:00:00 PM

THURS

02/21/19

SOFTBALL

CAMBRIDGE CHRISTIAN

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02/22/19

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Feb. 15- 21, 2019

USF 2019 Football season schedule announced

BY MATTHEW VANDENBURGH HERNANDO SUN SPORTS WRITER

Toby Benoit is a best selling novelist and professional outdoorsman with thirty-five years of experience guiding and outfitting for big game all across America. Toby is a renowned archer and turkey hunting expert who manufactures custom game calls and is a regular judge at NWTF sanctioned turkey calling events across the Southeast.

Wile E. Coyote wins again!

I’ve got an update for all of you about the Citrus County Coyote Cleanout, hosted by Rebel Yell Outdoors and DC Simms Gamecalls. Yep, you read the title correctly, old Wile E, lived up to his name and proved to be winner of this year’s event. I was overjoyed at the amount of attention we received and of the thirty-one volunteers who took the time to join us in the field. By mid-day, I began receiving updates from all over the county of coyotes responding to the calling skills of my team of hunters. Sadly, none were harvested.

Of the thirty-one hunters, eight coyotes responded to the calling and showed themselves.

However, the appearances were brief and often-times they were moving quickly through the dense underbrush and six of the eight escaped with no shots being taken. Two others, however did get some lead slung their way, but slinked away untouched, with I’m sure a chuckle at the hunter’s failed attempts.

Nevertheless, it turned out to be a fantastic day, as all afternoon I enjoyed the great pleasure of meeting and visiting with a good number of friends who stopped by to meet me in person and share a hunting story or two of their own. As any of you who have followed my column for any length of time is aware, I love a good hunting story, and it surely brightened my day. So, to each of you fine gentlemen and ladies who took the time to visit, thank you very much!

Now, I’m getting a lot of requests from Hernando, Citrus and Sumter county readers to assist in removing coyotes from their residential areas.

Reports of small livestock and pets being taken are up and I, more than most, am aware of the need to curtail such activities via hunting and trapping. I’m not always able to assist on my own and at the moment am having some serious mobility issues as my Silverado decided it was time to seize up its motor.

But, I’ll back after them as soon as my new F-150 is ready to get me there!

That said, reports of coyote activity called in to the FWC by readers has been a bit frustrating to them. The state hasn’t any funds allocated towards the removal of these invasive predators, therefore all complaints are directed to an nuisance control trapper in the local area.

Here’s the thing, I don’t personally know any of our local professional wildlife removal experts, outside of the sporting crowd. I do know however, that they are expensive. And I can only defend their seemingly crazy prices because trapping and

It’s a long way out, but on Friday, Aug. 30 the University of South Florida will begin their 2019 season on national television, playing host to the University of Wisconsin Badgers.

The Badgers are currently ranked number 17 in the nation in the “CBS Sports Way-tooearly Top 25 rankings for 2019” and will certainly be an instant test for the Bulls, a team that went into the 2018 season with big expectations only to collapse spectacularly, losing seven games in a row to end the season with a 7-7 record.

USF then goes on the road to face Georgia Tech on Sat., Sept. 7, a rematch from last season that saw the Bulls win 49-38 over the Yellow Jackets. September closes out with two other home games, Sept. 14 against South Carolina State and Sept. 28 against SMU.

October has four games, at UConn on Oct. 5, home against BYU on Oct. 12, the first time USF and BYU have met on a football field. The BYU game will also serve as the Homecoming game, to add another special layer onto the contest. They will then

Do the Rays have potential for playoffs this year?

have another two road games, in Annapolis against Navy on Oct. 19 and at ECU on Oct. 26.

November closes the regular season with an all-conference schedule.

First the Bulls host Temple on Thurs. Nov 7, before getting Cincinnati on Nov. 16. Their last home game will be against the defending West Division champions Memphis on Sat., Nov. 23 before going to Orlando on Fri., Nov. 29 for the War on I-4 against defending American Athletic Conference champion UCF. If USF wins the East Division crown, they play for the conference title on Sat., Dec. 7 at home stadium of the team with the best record.

It will be interesting to see how USF recovers from the woeful way they ended last season.

The team had so much promise and were in the conversation as one of the potential “giant killers” to start, but they never really had a big win, and once the losing started it did not stop.

It will take an overhauled defense to not be as porous as they were last year, but it is not unreasonable to think that maybe, just maybe, the Bulls will regain their 2017 form where they went 10-2 and was one of the more dangerous Group of Five teams in the nation.

BRIEFS

from page 9 Workshop offers Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ tips (Brooksville, FL) The Hernando County Utilities Department invites residents to the “Grow Smart – Successful, Sustainable Yards” workshop scheduled for February 28, 2019 from 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. at Hernando County Utilities 15365 Cortez Blvd, Brooksville FL 34613. This workshop will focus on landscaping principles that help protect the environment. Door prizes, goody bags and breakfast refreshments will be provided.

Presentations include: Irrigation 101 The Three Pillars of a Sustainable Yard Bringing Florida-Friendly Landscaping to Your Community Trash Talk – Recycling, Composting and The New Cans The workshop is free. Registration is required. Please sign up at https://growsmartffl2019.eventbrite.com or call 352-540-6230.

Contact the Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ Program Coordinator Lilly Browning at (352) 540-6230 for information.

Roller Derby to benefit Pet Peace of Mind

Rays should be improved as well. The Rays landed All-Star pitcher Charlie Morton, who signed a two-year, $30 million The Tampa Bay Rays deal with a third-year begin Spring training option. Getting Morton as soon, pitchers and catcha free agent is a bit of a ers reporting on Wednes- coup, as All-Star players day, Feb. 13 and position do not usually come to players on Monday, Feb. Tampa Bay. Morton, how18. This is an important ever, seemed comfortable season upcoming for the with the idea, as he lives Rays, can they improve in Bradenton during the upon their surprising offseason and was excited 90-72 record last year, to play close to home. or will they return to “The thought of being their losing ways? able to play close to home Much of that hinges on and with such a talented the offseason moves the group, a young group, and Rays made. The biggest exciting group, seemed one so far has been the something too good to trade that sent young first be true,” Morton told baseman Jake Bauers to mlb.com. “I guess I was the Cleveland Indians in looking for a really good return for Yandy Diaz, situation overall more and acquiring catcher than a dollar amount, Mike Zunino and outmore than a year amount. fielder Guillermo Heredia The quality of the charfrom the Seattle Mariners acter in the clubhouse, in a trade for Mallex those things are really Smith. These players, important to me.” along with Avisail Garcia, With the addition of are expected to add a Morton, the Rays have boost to the offense, espe- the potential to have cially Zunino at catcher, a scary three-headed a position the Rays were monster headlining their fairly thin in after dealing pitching rotation. Adding away All-Star Wilson him to promising young Ramos last season. There flamethrower Tyler Glaswere rumors the Rays now, whose fastball can were trying hard to land reach 97 miles per hour, J.T Realmuto from the and reigning Cy Young Marlins thanks to the award winner Blake extraordinary farm system Snell, the team should depth Tampa Bay has, be dangerous and tough but, he was traded to to score on this season. the Philadelphia PhilA lot still depends lies on Feb. 7 instead. on some big-name free The pitching staff of the agents still available.

BY MATTHEW VANDENBURGH HERNANDO SUN SPORTS WRITER

removing coyotes is a very difficult chore and their time is quite valuable. That said, I’ll continue to assist when and where I can, but for anybody looking for another alternative you may try to contact the Florida Trapper’s Association at www.FloridaTrapper.org for a list of recreational trappers in your area who may wish to assist and fill their fur stretchers with some bonus catches.

For any of you getting outdoors this weekend, I wish you the best of luck!

And as always, I’d love to hear about your adventures and maybe see a photo or two of your successes at Toby@HernandoSun.com.

God bless and good hunting!

Neither Manny Machado nor Bryce Harper has signed a contract with an MLB team yet, and either player would make any lineup in baseball one to watch. To be realistic here, there is no way the Rays could sign either player, as their asking prices are fathoms away from what Tampa Bay can afford. They can sign for division rivals though, which would make the season that much harder.

Imagine if the New York Yankees land Harper, adding another monster player to an already insanely dangerous outfield.

More realism is that the Rays most likely do not have a shot at the Eastern Division title. If the team wants playoff baseball, a wild-card berth is the best option. The Yankees and the defending World Series Champion Boston Red Sox will again have a stranglehold on the top two spots in the East, and not much short of catastrophic injuries will do much to change that.

What the Rays can do though is dominate the other two teams in their division, and improve upon their interleague play from last year, where they were dreadful. Playoff baseball is a distinct reality for Tampa Bay in 2019, but it will take some luck and a lot of good play.

Firearms Safety Classes offered at Hernando Sportsman’s Club, Brooksville, FL The Hernando Sportsman’s Club is offering several firearms safety classes in the coming months: Next class dates include Feb. 16, and Mar. 6.

A special “ladies only” firearms safety class will be held on Mar. 16.

All classes are scheduled from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Cost: $60.00.

This is an introductory, “First Steps” orientation class for new shooters. All materials and equipment needed for the class and live fire training is provided to students, including the use of a .22 caliber firearm, ammo, earplugs, and eye protection.

The classes includes classroom instruction, live fire training on the range, and a lunch break.

The courses cover lessons about the basics of firearms safety around the home and the fundamentals of pistol shooting.

Note: For experienced shooters who wish to use their own firearm in an advanced class, check out the club’s schedule for the BASIC PISTOL course.

Successful completion of either the class provides the required documentation to apply for a Florida concealed carry permit if desired.

Pre-registration is required for all classes. Please call 352597-9931 to pre-register.

All classes held at: Hernando Sportsman’s Club 16121 Commercial Way, Brooksville, FL 34614 352-597-9931 www.hernandosportsmansclub.com https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hernando-Sports

(Pasco County, FL) Revolution Roller Derby, a Flat-track Roller Derby league is hosting a battle between Mom & Pop’s Militia vs.

Antique Roll Show, Southeast chapter (Skater’s OVER 40!).

This bout is on March 3rd at 5:45 pm. This bout will be held at the beautiful SpinNations Skating Center 8345 Congress Street, Port Richey Florida 34668.

We are featuring Pet Peace of Mind - Gulfside Hospice & Pasco Palliative Care. They are in need of volunteers and monetary donation. Come buy a Beenie baby and support a good cause!

LINK: https://www.ghppc.org/pet-peace-of-mind.html Entry is $12.00 at the door. Bring donations and receive $2 off entry! Bring a chair for closer seating. Yummy refreshments will be available at the Spinnz Cafe. Tail-gate party in the parking lot is happening!

Revolution Roller Derby believes in giving back to the local community, and we CONTINUE to support different local charities with every home bout since 2012.

For even more information and/or how to join, ref or volunteer, please visit http://www.RevolutionRollerDerby.com or email: info@RevolutionRollerDerby.com.

Phone: 727-280-7981 Nature Coast 912 Patriots Our March 16th meeting will mark our 10th Birthday, so come on by for some cake, pizza & coffee, and celebrate with us.

Our guest speaker will be Stacey Selleck, she will speak about term limits for Congress. Term limits is one of those issues that never seem to go away, like the Southern Border or a balanced federal budget, so maybe it’s time for us to get serious about it.

This meeting will be on: March 16, 2019 Time: 11:30 AM Location: Praise Family Worship Center, 17920 Meridian Blvd., Hudson, Fl 34667 phone: 727-863-8989.

Visit us on FaceBook at: FaceBook/Nature Coast 912 Patriots All our meetings have an open door policy, so bring your family and friends.

Member’s please wear you Nature Coast 912 Patriot shirts.

Admission is free.

Hernando Sportsman’s Club Calendar 16121 Commercial Way, Brooksville, FL 34614 (352) 597-9931

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Business & Community ADOPT TODAY

Teacher looking to inspire students through photography

BY MATTHEW VANDENBURGH HERNANDO SUN WRITER

C#10318267 Barney is a black and white DSH male cat, approximately 2 years old, with the most beautiful eyes. Â He came into shelter care in December when his owner died and the extended family was unable to care for him.

Barney was treated for a minor eye issue and is now very intent on finding the perfect home. Â You’ll be spellbound when you meet him!

Barney is neutered, micro-chipped, vaccinated, FeLV tested and has a 1-yr county animal license.

C#10318270 Inky is a beautiful white with black DSH female cat, approximately 9 years old. Â She came into shelter care when her owner died and extended family was unable to care for her. Â Although Inky’s eyes are cloudy and she is sight impaired, she gets along just fine! She is very sweet and looking for a warm, cozy place to call home. Â Please consider this very special girl as an addition to your family. Inky is spayed, micro-chipped, vaccinated, FeLV tested and has a 1-yr county animal license.

D#10318217 Luke is an adorable white and tan male terrier mix, approximately 2 years old. Â He came into shelter care in December when a Good Samaritan found him wandering in Weeki Wachee. Â Luke is very friendly and has quite the set of ears! This young, energetic boy is looking for a home to call his own, and hopes it’s with you! Â Luke is neutered, micro-chipped, vaccinated, heartworm tested and has a 1-yr county animal license.

Adoption fees are $50 for adult dogs over 25 pounds, $70 for puppies and small dogs under 25 pounds, $25 for heartworm positive and senior dogs, $20 for adult cats and $40 for kittens.

For more information/availability on these beautiful pets, please contact Hernando County Animal Services at 352-796-5062, or AC@ hernando.fl.us.

Current Fox Chapel Middle School teacher Lauren Anzalone is looking for cameras. She is hoping to get enough cameras for a photography club for the students, aiming to help expand some horizons.

Looking for digital cameras, she is hoping generous members of the community would be willing to part with older DSLR cameras. As Mrs. Anzalone put it, anything would be great though, all donations truly appreciated.

You might remember Mrs. Anzalone from a prior article profiling her small photography business, Anza Images. It is actually how this whole thing began.

“Actually, it was an idea by one of the administrators and they had remembered the article about me, and they said ‘Anzalone does photography!’ so they asked me to do it and I said ‘Heck yes I’ll do it,” Anzalone said.

With this new photography club, she is hoping to pass on her passion for photography onto younger minds, who will be able to use what they learn there later on in life, including having the opportunity for more control and responsibility in school.

“I really want the kids to selfown something on the campus and having the yearbook as something that they can make would be amazing,” Anzalone said. “Have that and even possibly do a media action team here, where the students can lead and take

ownership over the morning announcements... little things like that.”

Already seeing plenty of interested students, the challenge is to now make sure that there is enough equipment available to ensure that each member of the photography club will be able to use better equipment, more than merely using a cell phone camera.

“I just want them to get used to other cameras, because if they do make this into a hobby and something they want to pursue later, they can’t just rely on their phones. A phone is great, but the quality might not be there,” Anzalone said.

To donate cameras, you can contact Mrs. Anzalone at (352) 797-7025 or drop them off at the school at 9412 Fox Chapel Lane.

Lauren Anzalone, teacher at Fox Chapel Middle School in Spring Hill.

CAPITULATION from Page 1

off Indian attacks. Many of the Hernando County Settlements had a fortified house or church where the settlers could mount a united defense.

The signing of the capitulation was used as justification for arresting Osceola (Billy Powell) and other Seminole leaders when they came in under the flag of truce for peace talks at Fort Peyton. General Hernandez arrested the Seminole leaders on October 22, 1837 under the direction of General Jesup. This capture is often considered a violation of civility, but General Jesup considered the Indians escaped prisoners, since they had signed an agreement stating they would accept being moved to Oklahoma.

Osceola was well liked by many of the officers for his graciousness. He often professed his “friendship towards the Americans.” Osceola was dejected by his capture and is said to have refused sustenance. He died a few months after his arrest on January 30, 1838 in the prison at Fort Moultrie, SC.

Arrival of the South Carolina Dragoons at the Withlacoochee River by Gray & James, 1837; Fort Dade was constructed where the bridge for Fort King Road crossed the Withlacoochee River. The fort was built in order to protect the bridge.

RIGHT: General Thomas Sidney Jesup ordered the arrest of Seminole leaders Oct. 22, 1837. This is his portrait circa 1840s; State Archives of Florida

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KEYS TO SUCCESS

BY ROCCO MAGLIO

Workshop on how to deal with difficult people

It’s a fact of life that sometimes we have to deal with difficult people. They seem to be happily unaware of their impact on those around them.

They push buttons and create chaos and stress.

The stress of dealing with difficult people, whether at home or at work, can have a strong and lasting effect on us. When stress is out of control, our peace of mind is shattered and our performance suffers.

Learning to manage one’s emotions and remain calm under the pressure of a difficult person helps neutralize the harmful effects. Learning to set limits and distance oneself is a skill that promotes overall healthier relationships and more effective handling of stress in all situations.

This learning is the promise of the workshop titled “Dealing with Difficult People” which is led by Margaret D. McMullen on Wednesday, February 27th, 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM at the Hernando Chamber Office as part of the Keys to Success event.

Keys to Success finale speaker to discuss how to lead while everyone is looking at their screen The 2019 Keys to Success finale luncheon speaker is Jim Link, Chief HR Officer of Randstad North America.

Randstad is the #1 staffing company in the world. Mr. Link is speaking on a terrific topic that resonates with most employers today, “How to Lead While Everyone is Looking at Their Screen.” Teri Nichols from Spherion Staffing, a presenting sponsor, says “Jim is such an engaging speaker. I’ve heard him speak on several occasions and look forward to this topic for sure!”

Other sponsors responsible for this year’s exciting Keys to Success Week are Saint Leo, Duke Energy, Tampa Bay Times, Hits 106 and the Hernando Sun. The finale luncheon will be held at the Brooksville Campus of PHSC from 11:30-1:00pm on Friday, March 1st. Papa Joe’s is catering the lunch, which is a nominal fee of $15 for chamber members and $20 for non-Chamber members.

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WORKSHOP from Page 1 “The workshop used to be what you see today: classes, demonstrations and presentations,” Quillian said.

“We took it to another level where we let people get their hands dirty and they loved it.”

“The culture doesn’t lend itself to working on old buildings anymore because the information that people used to take for granted has now passed away,” Quillian explained. “In order to understand old buildings you have to go to the old books and the old ways and find old timers to understand how they did things.”

For the May Stringer House, one of Florida’s most iconic historical homes, a workshop like this is a bonus.

The home has recently undergone extensive foundation repairs and is operating under a tight budget. Assistance with little restoration projects are very much appreciated.

“To be able to host an event like this is monumental for us,” said Morgan Trapnell Curator for the May Stringer House. “We would not be able to have these repairs done anytime soon and they are really needed.”

Jo-Anne Peck with two volunteers replaced boards that were rotting from water damage on the west side of the home.

“We don’t have historical districts in our town,” Peck said. “I think it’s really important to show people what can be done.”

The workshop featured a variety of presenters with specific learning projects like Sash Prep and Glass Cutting by Katie Totman, Solving Plaster Problems

by Scott Sidler. Each presenter during this seven day workshop gave those interested in restoring old windows better ways to learn restoration techniques, understand the use of tools and products as

well as opportunities for hands on experiences.

The ‘Army of Artisans’ conducted workshops until February 15, but if you missed it, you can still take the opportunity to see their handiwork at the May Stringer House, just one of Brooksville’s most beloved historical homes.

“To have these artisans come from all over the country to host this workshop for us, it’s a wonderful partnership, we are so fortunate,” Trapnell said. “There are not enough words for what they are doing for us.”

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County offers financial programming solutions currently being offered each week at one of the four Hernando County libraries, on-site programs at local businesses (lunch & learn), and multiple week series of programs to cover “overall financial health.” While most of these programs were developed to address general financial information, they can be customized to include specific information in regards to a local company’s benefits and or retirement options.

Hernando County Extension has partnered with United Way of the Nature Coast, Catholic Charities Diocese of St. Petersburg, Hernando County Health

BY SCOTT TAYLOR UF/IFAS EXTENSION OFFICE

UF/IFAS Hernando County Extension is the education arm of the University of Florida in Hernando County. Scott E. Taylor, the Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) Agent provides educational programming on financial and money management topics such as: Credit Usage and Debt Reduction, Budgeting, Goal Setting, Savings, and Investing, and a whole host of other financial management related areas.

These programs consist of single “stand-alone” programs like those

and Human Services, Hernando County Health Department and other local organizations to provide basic money management education to residents of Hernando County.

In addition to formal classroom type programming, residents can receive free financial coaching through the Florida Master Money Mentor (FMMM) program. The FMMM program provides financial education to rural and low-to-moderate-income Florida families with the emphasis being on oneon-one peer education.

Participants in the program can receive assistance in developing

spending plans, organizing financial records, understanding credit and planning for the future.

The overall goal is to increase financial knowledge and promote positive financial practices.

In partnership with Bank of America and with support from United Way of Hernando County, FMMM provides FREE financial support through

local workshops on: Simple Strategies for Managing Your Money Budgeting Developing an Effective Savings Plans Insurance and Estate Planning Getting Ready for Retirement For more information, please contact Scott E. Taylor at 352-754-4898 to see how Hernando County

Extension and UF/IFAS can assist you in becoming “Financially Fit!” UF/IFAS Extension in Hernando County is a free service that provides solutions for your life.

Extension programs are open to all persons without regard to race, color, sex, age, disability, religion, or national origin.

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“Many years ago, Chinsegut had an abundance of alligators on May’s Prairie; however, the numbers declined over the years for a variety of reasons,” said Gina Long. Drought and environmental changes played a part in those declines, but in 2018 a female alligator made a nest in May’s Prairie.

“We saw not only one generation of offspring but offspring from two different years. It was exciting to see them make a comeback and what was even more exciting is that during the summer these little baby alligators were all visible from the boardwalk.”

Wetlands are critical areas for wildlife and essential for the life of different animal species, that include birds, amphibians and reptiles.

“There are a variety of these really beautiful wetlands areas here and at other wildlife management areas,” Long said.

“See some of the beauty and variety of nature, not only the animals, but the plant varieties of the wetlands also can be breathtaking.”

The wetlands walk will take place February 16th at 10:00 am. Visitors should meet at Chinsegut Conservation Center at 23212 Lake Lindsey Road. For further information you can call (352) 754-6722. The center advises against taking strollers due to the terrain on the hike.

If you are feeling brave enought to explore further into the wetlands, join the Swamp Walk during Chinsegut Wildlife Day on March 9th for ages 16 and up.

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Chamberlin, who was newly appointed in August 2018, explained that there is a lack of beds in the county and homeless people seeking shelter, particularly in the recent cold weather, could still be turned away.

Jericho Road Ministries does important work to help the homeless in Hernando County. It operates a men’s shelter at 1090 Mondon Hill Road, and a women’s shelter called “Mary’s House” at 1163 Howell Road.Last year, the shelters served 402 men; 115 women and 52 children and 29 family units, according to ministry’s records.

One of the ways, Jericho Road Ministries is able to help the homeless is with income generated from its thrift stores that support its shelters and food bank.

The organization now operates four thrift stores, the fourth — an 8,000-square-foot store — recently opened Jan. 11, 2019 on County Line Road.

IF YOU GO The new Jericho Road Ministries thrift store is located at 15000 County Line Road , Spring Hill, FL 34610

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Phone: 727.378.4746 Hours: Monday – Friday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Saturday 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM Sunday Closed Jericho road Ministries thrift stores are also located on Wiscon Road near Brooksville, Cortez Blvd. in Ridge Manor West and on Commercial Way in Spring Hill. Hours of operation are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The stores run regular sales and information and coupons are available online at jericho-road.net

The new Jericho Road Miistries thrift store on County Line Road in Spring Hill. It recently celebrated its ribbon cuttin on Feb. 9, 2019.

Profits from all four stores help provide funds for Jericho Road Ministries’ shelters. Those facilities include Joshua House on Broad Street in Brooksville and another men’s shelter on Mondon Hill Road, a family shelter, Mary’s House for women and a food barn that houses supplies for the food ministry.

Drew Jackson is the acting director of the new thrift store and knows himself how Jericho Road Ministry helps people in dire circumstances.

“I myself graduated from the ministry’s program and now I am working here at the County Line Road store,” Jackson said. “The ministry can help turn people’s lives around,” he said.

The thrift stores receive new items everyday so you will always find something new each time you visit.

Contributions help provide meals, shelter and other essential care. It also helps keep vital programs and services going.

“Donations are always appreciated whether it be monetary or items for the our stores,” Jackson said. “Each donation goes toward making a lasting difference for the homeless,” he said.

Volunteers Volunteers play a vital role in the transforming work of Jericho Road Ministries and is in need of volunteers. To learn more or to apply, call 352.799.2912 or visit jericho-road.net. A valid Florida ID is required and home church information to complete a pastoral reference.

“We have many opportunities for members of the community to contribute their time,” said Pastor Chamberlin. “We are always looking for godly, dependable volunteers to help out in the various thrift store locations, as well as at the shelters.”

About 62 volunteers

from the community currently help out in the thrift stores and at the food bank. The ministry is also providing opportunities for those completing community service. It includes high school and college students who can volunteer and receive credit at their schools.

“Jericho is grateful to the community in supporting us as we support those who are looking to change their lives,” Pastor Chamberlin said.

If you or someone you know needs help, please contact Jericho Road Ministries at 352-799-2912.

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LEGAL NOTICES IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR HERNANDO COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION FILE NO.: 19000084CPAXMX

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR HERNANDO COUNTY, FLORIDA

IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF: LEEMAN MORGAN, Petitioner/Husband, and BRANDY MORGAN, Respondent/Wife,

Case No.: 2019 DR 214 Joy C. McElwee, Petitioner, and Patrick J. McElwee, Respondent,

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BY: /s/ JBT Deputy Clerk

The administration of the estate of TERALYNNE WEIL, deceased, whose date of death was February 11, 2017, is pending in the Circuit Court for HERNANDO County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 20 N. Main Street Brooksville, FL 34601. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below.

All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED.

(01/25/2019), (02/01/2019), (02/08/2019), (02/15/2019)

The date of first publication of this notice is February 15, 2019.

AMENDED NOTICE FOR ACTION FOR PUBLICATION TO: Brandy Morgan YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action for Petition for Dissolution of Marriage and Other Relief with Minor Child(ren), has been filed against you. You are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to this action on Kenneth B. Reynolds, Esq., of Reynolds Law, PLLC., Petitioner’s attorney, whose address is 13787 Linden Drive, Spring Hill, FL 34609, on or before 2/28/2019, , and file the original with the clerk of this court at Hernando County Courthouse, 20 N Main Street, Brooksville, Florida 34601, either before service on Petitioner’s attorney or immediately thereafter; otherwise a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the petition.

WARNING: Rule 12.285, Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure, requires certain automatic disclosure of documents and information. Failure to comply can result in sanctions, including dismissal or striking of pleadings DATED this 17 day of January 2019.

Doug Chorvat. Jr. Clerk of Circuit Court

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR HERNANDO COUNTY, FLORIDA FAMILY DIVISION Case No.: 2018-DR-1642 DALE P. FERRIS, Petitioner/Father, and REBEKAH LYNN BLAIN, Respondent/Mother NOTICE FOR ACTION FOR PUBLICATION TO: REBEKAH LYNN BLAIN YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action for Petition for Determination of Paternity and Other Relief, has been filed against you. You are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to this action on Kenneth B. Reynolds, Esq., of Reynolds Law, PLLC., Petitioner’s attorney, whose address is 13787 Linden Drive, Spring Hill, FL 34609 on or before 3/07/2019, and file the original with the clerk of this court at Hernando County Courthouse, 20 N Main Street, Brooksville, Florida 34601, either before service on Petitioner’s attorney or immediately thereafter; otherwise a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the petition.

WARNING: Rule 12.285, Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure, requires certain automatic disclosure of documents and information. Failure to comply can result in sanctions, including dismissal or striking of pleadings DATED this 24 day of January 2019.

Doug Chorvat, Jr. - Clerk of Circuit Court By: /s/ JBT Deputy Clerk (02/01/2019), (02/08/2019) (02/15/2019), (02/22/2019)

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR OF THE 5TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR HERNANDO COUNTY, FLORIDA

IN RE: ESTATE OF TERALYNNE WEIL, Deceased.

CASE NO. 2017-DR-25 l 2

TO: Patrick J. McElwee 805 Roberta Ave; Brooksville, FL 34601 YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action for dissolution of marriage has been filed against you and that you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on Joy C. McElwee whose address is 919 Cedar Dr; Brooksville, FL 34601 on or before 3/25/2019, and file the original with the clerk of this Court at 20 N. Main St.; Brooksville, FL 34601 before service on Petitioner or immediately thereafter. If you fail to do so, a default may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the petition.

The action is asking the court to decide how the following real or personal property should be divided: Copies of all court documents in this case, including orders, are available at the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office. You may review these documents upon request.

You must keep the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office notified of your current address. (You may file Designation of Current Mailing and E-Mail Address, Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.915.)

Future papers in this lawsuit will be mailed or e-mailed to the address(es) on record at the clerk’s office.

WARNING: Rule 12.285, Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure, requires certain automatic disclosure of documents and information. Failure to comply can result in sanctions, including dismissal or striking of pleadings.

Dated: 2/11/2019 CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT Doug Chorvat. Jr. By: /s/ Glenda Graves Deputy Clerk (02/15/2019), (02/22/2019), (03/01/2019), (03/08/2019), (03/15/2019), (03/22/2019)

Personal Representative: s/Brenda S. Cleary BRENDA S. CLEARY 10015 Trinity Blvd., Suite 101 Trinity, FL 34655

NOTICE OF THE FEBRUARY 26, 2019 SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS Notice is hereby given that the School Board of Hernando County, Florida will hold the following meetings on February 26, 2019 in the School Board Room, 919 N. Broad Street, Brooksville, FL 34601:

(02/15/2019), (02/22/2019)

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Informal at 11:00 A.M. Workshop at 2:00 P.M. Regular Meeting at 6:00 P.M.

Notice is hereby given that MICHELE ELIZABETH EMMERMAN and SCOTT ADAM EMMERMAN, co-owners, desiring to engage in business under the fictitious name of "NATURE COAST STINGERS" located in Hernando County, Florida, intends to register the said name with the Division of Corporations, Florida Department of State, pursuant to section 865.09 of the Florida Statutes.

Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this meeting is asked to advise the agency at least five (5) days before the meeting by contacting Kelly Pogue at (352) 7977000. If you are hearing impaired, please contact the agency by calling (352) 797-7202.

(02/15/2019)

Originated by Susan Duval, The School Board of Hernando County Florida.

If a person decides to appeal any decision made by the School Board with respect to any matter considered at such meeting or hearing, he/she will need a copy of the official record of the meeting. The official record of any School Board meeting consists of the official minutes approved by the Board including any back-up materials or documents submitted to it and a transcript of the audio and/or visual recording of the meeting if any made and maintained by the District.

It is the responsibility of the party requesting a copy of audio/visual recording to have it transcribed for appellate purposes.

By: John Stratton Secretary and Superintendent of Schools

Originated by Susan Duval, Chairperson of The School Board of Hernando County, Florida

(02/15/2019)

By: Mr. John Stratton, Ex-Officio Secretary and Superintendent of Schools

PUBLIC NOTICE OF BARGAINING SESSION Notice is hereby given that the Hernando County School Board will hold its bargaining session with HCTA on Tuesday, March 5th, 2019 at 05:00 p.m. at the District Office, located at 919 North Broad Street, Brooksville, FL, 34601.

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Attorney for Personal Representative: s/ David J. Wollinka DAVID J. WOLLINKA Attorney Florida Bar Number: 608483 WOLLINKA, WOLLINKA & DODDRIDGE, PL 10015 Trinity Blvd., Suite 101 Trinity, FL 34655 Telephone: (727) 937-4177 Fax: 727 478-7007 E-Mail: pleadings@wollinka.com Secondary E-Mail: jamie@wollinka.com

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All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this Notice is February 8, 2019.

Attorney for Personal Representative: /s/ Daniel C O’Rourke, Attorney Florida Bar Number: 49034 MATTHEWS & JONES, LLP 4475 Legendary Drive Destin, FL 32541 Telephone: (850) 837-3662 Fax: (850) 654-1634 E-Mail: dorourke@destinlaw.com Secondary E-Mail: tamaru@destinlaw.com Personal Representative: /s/ Rudolf C. Rodau, Jr. 17951 N. 97th Way Scottsdale, Arizona 85255 (02/08/2019), (02/15/2019)

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR HERNANDO COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION File No. 19000012CPAXMX Division IN RE: ESTATE OF KENNETH P. RICHARDS, Deceased.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of KENNETH P. RICHARDS, deceased, whose date of death was September 1, 2018, is pending in the Circuit Court for HERNANDO County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 20 N. Main Street, Brooksville, FL 34601. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below.

All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733,702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this Notice is February 8, 2019.

Attorney for Personal Representative: /s/ DAVID J. WOLLINKA Attorney Florida Bar Number: 608483 10015 Trinity Blvd., Suite 101 Trinity, FL 34655 Telephone: 727/937-4177 Fax: 727/478-7007 E-Mail: pleadings@wollinka.com Secondary E-Mail: jamie@wollinka.com Personal Representative: /s/ LAURA ATHERTON 10015 Trinity Blvd., Suite 101 Trinity, FL 34655 (02/08/2019), (02/15/2019)

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR OF THE 5TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR HERNANDO COUNTY, FLORIDA Case No.: 19 DR 237 Tayler Stamback, Petitioner, and Elias Stamback, Respondent, NOTICE OF ACTION FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE (NO CHILD OR FINANCIAL SUPPORT)

Ventura-Mancia Luz Antonia, age 71, passed away on Tuesday, February 5, 2019. She is survived by husband, Victor; son, Rafael Jovel; and 3 grandchildren. Src; Brewer Hughes Donata M., age 88 passed away on Tuesday, February 5, 2019.

Src; Downing Vormittag William H., age 72 of Spring Hill, passed away on Tuesday, February 5, 2019. William was a United States Navy Veteran. He is survived by his wife, Catherine; daughters, Beth Ann, Amy (Brian), and Marth, and 4 grandchildren. Src; Downing Parker Joan M., passed away on Tuesday, February 5, 2019. Src; Turner Stershic John D., age 91, of Spring Hill,passed away on Wednesday, February 6, 2019. John was a United States Navy Veteran. He is predeceased by daughter, Rosemary Cox. He is survived by his wife, Helen; daughters, Linda (Jonathan), Francine (Glenn), and Kathryn; 4 grandchildren, and 1 great-great grandchild. Src; Turner Neath William H., age 83 passed away on Wednesday, February 6, 2019. He is survived by wife, Lillian; children: Billy, Bruce, Reg,and Lis; 8 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. Src; Brewer DePaulo Ralph N., age 76 of Spring Hill, passed away on Wednesday, February 6, 2019. He is survived by son, Ralph; daughters, Isabella and Kim; 3 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.

Src; Downing Brundage James (Jim) M., Age 76, passed away on Wednesday, February 6, 2019. He is survived by his wife o Barta, children Kathleen (Chris), Christine (Rich), and 4 grandchildren. Src; Brewer St. Laurent Stephen Robert, age 76 of Spring Hill, passed away on Wednesday, February 6, 2018. He was a United States Navy Veteran.

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TO: Elias Stamback 4221 Norcrest Ln; Elfers FL YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action for dissolution of marriage has been filed against you and that you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on Tayler Stamback whose address is 2310 Holston Ave, Spring Hill, FL 34608 on or before 3/18/2019, and file the original with the clerk of this Court at 20 N. Main St.; Brooksville, FL 34601 before service on Petitioner or immediately thereafter. If you fail to do so, a default may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the petition.

The action is asking the court to decide how the following real or personal property should be divided: None Copies of all court documents in this case, including orders, are available at the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office. You may review these documents upon request.

You must keep the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office notified of your current address. (You may file Designation of Current Mailing and E-Mail Address, Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.915.)

Future papers in this lawsuit will be mailed or e-mailed to the address(es) on record at the clerk’s office.

WARNING: Rule 12.285, Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure, requires certain automatic disclosure of documents and information. Failure to comply can result in sanctions, including dismissal or striking of pleadings.

Dated: 2/4/2019 CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT Doug Chorvat. Jr. By: /s/ JBT Deputy Clerk (02/15/2019), (02/22/2019), (03/01/2019), (03/08/2019), (03/15/2019), (03/22/2019)

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Wilson Cheri Ann, age 74, passed away on Thursday, February 7, 2019. She is survived by her husband, Robert. Src; Brewer Yingling Mercedes A., age 87 of Spring Hill, passed away on Thursday, February 7, 2019. She is survived by husband, Joseph; sons, Paul and Keith; 7 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. Src; Downing Diokno Marietta L., age 58, of Spring Hill, passed away on Friday, February 8, 2019. She is survived by her husband Jerry Diokno; children: Michael (Briana), Micah (Thomas), Jessica and Jasmine.

Src; Merritt Deorie Rose G., age 96 of Spring Hill, passed away on Friday, February 8, 2019. She is survived by daughters, Patricia, Rosemary, Joan and Melanie; 6 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren. Src; Downing Greco Robert J., age 78 of Weeki Wachee, passed away on Friday, February 8, 2019. He is survived by his wife, Joyce; son, Jeff (Caroline); daughters, Nicole (Mark) and Lindsay (Nathan); and 2 grandchildren. Src; Downing Howard Nicholas J., age 38, of Hudson, passed away on Friday, February 8, 2019. Nicholas is predeceased by his father; Henry M. Howard III. He is survived by his mother; Mieko, sister; Patricia and brother; Stephen. A celebration of life will be held on Saturday, February 16 at 3pm at Brewer & Sons Spring Hill Chapel. Src; Brewer Wright James Edward, passed away on Friday, February 8, 2019. Src; Turner Lisicky Vincent J., passed away on Friday, February 8, 2019. Src; Turner Weber Elva Mae, age 81, of Brooksville, passed away on Saturday, February 9, 2019.

She is preceded in death by her son, Charles Samples. She is survived by her husband: Leroy; son: Larry; daughters: Lisa and Carol; 6 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.

Src; Merritt Smith, Wilbur F., age 94, of Brooksville, passed away on Sunday, February 10, 2019.

He is preceded in death by his wife, Mamie Lou Smith. He is survived by his children: Gary (Donna), Linda, and Nancy (Jerry); several grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchild. Src; Merritt Brown Ralph E., passed away on Sunday, February 10, 2019. Src; Turner Morri Stella V., passed away on Sunday, February 10, 2019. Src; Turner

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Notice is hereby given that Boise Travel Inc., owner, desiring to engage in business under the fictitious name of "Global Travel" located in Hernando County, Florida, intends to register the said name with the Division of Corporations, Florida Department of State, pursuant to section 865.09 of the Florida Statutes.

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Case No.: 2019 DR 305 Civil Division Laurel E. Frye, Petitioner, and Itzhak Ginnati, Respondent, NOTICE OF ACTION FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE TO: ltzhak Ginnati Whose address is: UNKNOWN YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an Action has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on: The Petitioner, Laurel E. Frye, whose address is: 38841 Burger Lane, Dade City, FL 33523 P.O. Box 744 Trilby, FL 33593 P.O. Box 744 Trilby, FL 33593, On or before March 26, 2019 and file the original with the clerk of this court either before service on Petitioner or immediately thereafter. If you fail to do so, a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the petition.

Copies of all court documents in this case, including orders, are available at the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s Office. You may review these documents upon request.

You must keep the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office notified of your current address. (you may file Notice of Current Address, Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.915.) Future papers in this lawsuit will be mailed to the address on record at the clerk’s office.

WARNING: Rule 12.285, Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure, requires certain automatic disclosure of documents and information. Failure to comply can result in sanctions, including dismissal or striking of pleadings Dated: 2/12/2019 CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT Doug Chorvat. Jr. As Deputy Clerk, /s/ K Goldstein (02/15/2019), (02/22/2019), (03/01/2019), (03/08/2019)

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What has happened to the moral compass of Americans?

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Being an exemplary parent requires sacrifice

The “youth culture” has been firmly established in the USA. When they reach double digits, our children start to yearn for the privileges of a teenager without demonstrating a significant level of trustworthiness, ability to contribute to the family or to make responsible choices in a socially precarious world. Too many modern parents have the money to appease their children rather than take the more difficult route of spending their time and energy to discipline them.

People are getting married and having children later than previous generations. Both women and men in their late 20s and 30s have already established their routines as perennial adolescents. They do not have to think about their future investments while they live in the “here and now.” Their income primarily goes to entertainment, travel and splurging on themselves.

This becomes their entrenched life style in their 20s, 30s and beyond.

Getting married for any couple in the present culture means they will have to make radical changes unless they have married earlier and have grown up together. Finding a residence for both of them has to be determined and how to arrange their joint finances. Would they pool their salaries in a joint account or keep separate accounts? Will one move in with the other or get a different home?

These are necessary decisions but nothing compared to the almost innumerable little ones that have to be made once a child enters the picture. Before the child’s arrival all questions clustered around their personal lifestyle. All of a sudden when children come, a new powerful element is added to the equation.

How is he going to be raised?

How will the decision making process be handled? Everyday issues will arise that have to be solved and implemented or will turn into major problems.

In the past once a couple married the expectations were clear.

The mother was expected to stay home and fathers went to work to earn the bacon. Today the options are much more complex.

There are infants in childcare centers, house husbands who often work from the home or focus solely on raising the children.

There is shared responsibility for childrearing and variations of accomplishing the incredibly complex responsibilities and privilege of raising a child.

The personal freedom of the parents’ previous lifestyle has to be sacrificed in order to successfully establish a healthy, functioning life for a family.

There has to be interdependency and not independence developed between the husband and wife for the marriage to be effective.

“Girls’ and Boys’ Nights out” have to be severely curtailed or even better, eliminated. The parents will need to support each other creating a united front or suffer with children dividing and conquering their efforts. This strategy of both wife and husband not acting in unity results in an unstable and often chaotic family.

When the child acts outrageously the parents have to give appropriate, significant consequences. Meaningful disciplinary consequences usually entail a parent’s time and energy to enforce it. When the parents Domenick Maglio, PhD. is a columnist carried by various newspapers, an author of several books and owner/ director of Wider Horizons School, a college prep program. Dr. Maglio has a new book, available on Amazon and other sites, entitled, IN CHARGE PARENTING. You can visit Dr. Maglio at www.drmaglio.blogspot.com.

Almost seventeen years ago, I was standing next to my wife, holding her hand at the moment our little boy was born. I watched his head crown, then I saw him come from my wife’s womb into this world.

That moment was the most amazing moment I have ever experienced. It was miraculous in a way that nothing else ever was or ever will be. My little child was no less a human being one day, one minute, or one second before the moment he passed through his mother’s womb than he was when he took his first breath.

Recently, Mario Cuomo, the governor of New York, under the guise of “women’s rights”, “a woman’s right to privacy”, and “women’s reproductive health”, signed into law a bill that makes it legal to kill a baby up until the moment just before he or she is born. A little human being who, just like my little boy was, is just as human the moment before he or she passes through the womb as he or she is a moment later, can have the back of her neck cut open, a tube inserted into her skull, and then have her brain sucked out through that same tube; or a pair of surgical scissors can be inserted through the cut in the back of her neck and the “doctor” can cut her spinal cord, killing her.

The killing of a helpless baby is an act that is unconscionable. No justification, no label, no argument, can make it anything less than the cold, calculated murder of a child. This act is no less reprehensible than the drowning of newborn babies by the guards in the Nazi concentration camps.

We may not be in New York, but New York is in America; we hold that in common. The acts made legal today in New York are acts that are legal in part of

America. As an American I cannot be silent, I am compelled by my humanity, my moral character, and my sense of justice to speak out. I cannot stand mute while any part of America allows the killing of innocent children. I have written to our Senators, Marco Rubio and Rick Scott, I have written to our Governor, Ron DeSantis, and I have written to my Congressman.

It is not enough, I will find more ways to speak out.

While we may disagree as to when life begins, if you think that a baby is just as much a human being a minute before birth as he or she is a minute after birth, it is time to be heard. Our country was born and shaped by those who spoke up and spoke out. What happened in New York can happen in Florida. Write your Senator, write your Congressman, write the President, write the Governor, march, attend a rally, speak up...or stay silent and wait for the day when it happens here.

Life is a gift. It is not ours to take, it is ours to nurture, love, and care for. We don’t do nearly enough to help women with unplanned pregnancies. If we wrapped our collective arms around them, cared for them and the child they are carrying, laws like New York’s may have never come to pass.

Finally, those who cast their arguments in favor of this law as protecting women’s rights, those who claim that the killing of an innocent child is justified in the name of “women’s reproductive health”, those who claim this is a woman’s right to privacy, should remember that half of the babies killed by abortion...are little girls.

— Duke Fagan Attorney, Jacksonville

The Hauntings of New House My wife finally got her way. We moved.

The living room is bigger, but everything else is the same or less. It’s missing a bedroom.

The previous owner, or the one before that, or the one before, or before that, turned the original back patio into a screened and tented lanai, and now that’s my wife’s art room. Someone poured a smaller patio next to it, around the side of the house, but I can’t sit out there because her dogs endlessly bark at me through the dark, plastic windows.

Oh, the house seemed fine when I walked through it, after exploring a few others, and enduring weeks of squinting at real estate pictures and floorplans that my wife stuck in my face with her phone.

But just like the coffee table that looked small enough in the furniture store but turned out to be way too big for your living room, this house is not what I thought after moving in.

We lived at Old House for twenty-one years, a long way down the road, and I knew the terrain intimately. But here I can’t walk s traight in the yard, or on the driveway, or on the sidewalk leading from the front door.

There are dips and bumps, curves and angles I’m not familiar with. And all the inside doorways are different, so my elbows are bruised and scabbing.

And most annoyingly, we are far from our favorite stores.

My second day here, the first day we were going to spend the night, I was sitting in my office trying to figure out how to display my stuff on less wall space, when suddenly it sounded like it was hailing outside, and not little

do not follow through they lose credibility and the child wins but loses the chance to learn important lessons. Without the parents winning each battle both of them are undermined. This strategy ends in ineffectual parenting.

When a problem arises the discipline of one’s children often means parents have to rearrange or cancel their recreational, entertainment or other venue. Parents should have resolve enough to lose the money paid for a reservation, take away the privilege of parties, give up a trip, cancel a birthday party, or sleep over.

GOOFY STUFF

By VINCENT CARDEGIN hail, not marble-sized, but golf balls and bigger.

I clambered out of my chair thinking only of how I could protect my car, but when I reached the living room I found that the sound was from claws on the wooden floor. My wife had brought her dogs over.

I always wanted wooden floors instead of wall-towall carpet, but now I don’t.

(Can you declaw dogs like cats? I need to know.)

Mainly it’s the acoustics of New House that stump me. I can’t identify the mail truck or the garbage truck from my recliner or anywhere, and when neighbors close their car doors I think someone’s here.

The increased traffic sounds like biplanes and helicopters flying right over my roof—and while the helicopter sounds are sometimes real helicopters, mostly it’s sports cars that must have an on-and-off switch for their mufflers and motorcycles that don’t have one at all.

The other day I finally made it to a window in time to observe that the heavy, grinding sound was not from Sherman tanks speeding through the neighborhood (flashback to mornings in Germany) but the ubiquitous lawn guys with their rattling flatbeds full of equipment.

It’s going to take me a long time to get used to the echoes and vibrations of this place.

If my daughter, Ricochet, still lived with us, she’d proclaim that New House

Occasionally the parents need to sacrifice their own desires and suffer the consequences of a decision to show commitment to their child’s future healthy behavior. Parents have to keep their word and follow through.

Too many modern parents make threats and at the last moment capitulate and let the child do what he wanted in the first place. The child and other family members learn through witnessing the parents that they are nothing more than paper tigers. Many modern parents say the right things, give appropriate consequences but do not follow

was haunted, just like she believed after we moved into Old House. I want ghosts to be real, though I don’t want to meet any of them. And I want Nessie and all lake monsters to be real, and Big Foot and his cousins, especially them. I want all of them to be real, but they’re not.

I’ve spent over fifty years reading about and looking for those creatures, and I tell you none of them are real. But I can certainly understand how wishful expectations easily blur the actual.

There are poltergeists in the kitchen (the ice maker in my new refrigerator, which I’ve never had before and sounds like someone trying to kick down a door), and banshees (the installed dishwasher, which I haven’t had for decades and sounds like some preternatural beast shrieking from under the cabinets), and hungry werewolves, vampires, and zombies (the inside washer, dryer, and water heater; those have always been in our garage, and I don’t like going in that small room because there’s not enough space for my elbows), and the haunting sound of a kitchen timer ringing from some long ago meal that was ready to eat and eaten long ago (the faucet when I turn the handle a certain way. That is really freaky!

The first time I heard it, I thought it was a windup clock like on a bedside table, but we don’t have one.)

There are still sounds I cannot identify. Creepy, creaky, willowy sounds that make me pause my DVR and glance over my shoulder. I never see anything, but I have to look.

through on their word.

The reason is they do not want to suffer the pain and discomfort being a mature adult.

Modern parents need to change their priorities.

Being an effective parent requires they give up some of their personal pleasures. Parents should relinquish their teenage instant gratification mentality for gaining the respect, love and discipline of their children. The pleasure of having a well functioning family especially in the grandparent stage will be immensely gratifying.

MINISTER / CHAPLAIN

God forgives and restores

We all stand on common ground when it comes to making bad choices and terrible decisions but this does not have to be the end of our story. Missing the mark is common when we give our emotions the power to guide and lead us and we can make a mess out of things in a hurry. However, there is a huge difference between allowing our mistakes to keep us in the bondage of hopelessness and believing that he can save and deliver us. Since many of our problems come from obeying our carnal influences, the Lord declares that our true success depends on how much we are willing to surrender our desires, reach out to him by faith, and live according to his plans. Of all the decisions we will make in our lifetime, there is no better resolution than to walk with our Savior and obey his voice. Proverbs 3:3-4 says, “Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: So shalt thou find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man.”

God knows us better than we know ourselves and our life can be a journey of hope and joy when we know that we can trust him with everything.

When we suffer because of our bad decisions, we have yet another choice: To either accept being defeated or to ask Jesus to do a deep work in us and bring us out the other side victorious.

Many will scoff at this statement because they believe their situation is beyond anyone’s help, and that even God cannot fix our mess. Some might say, “Even if God can hear me, what do I say to him?” Well, first we can realize there are consequences for our negative thoughts and actions and that our idea of recovery and restoration is probably not a part of the same plan that he has. We can also humbly accept that it was our twisted plots and schemes that caused the problem in the first place. Conviction is good because it allows us to see the truth and when we ask Christ to forgive us he will remove the condemnation.

Within this restoring process, the best thing we can do is to let go and let God. In other words, we have already tried it our way and now it’s time to be respectful and submissive so that he can heal, recreate, and lead us into our perfect destiny.

For those who are familiar with professional basketball, I’m sure you will remember a player named Vinny Baker. He was a 6’11” power forward and a top 10 draft pick in 1993. In his first five years he averaged around 20 points per game and in 1999, he signed a seven year, $86 million contract with the Seattle Supersonics. You would think this would be the ultimate summit for someone who had worked so hard but in this case, there was also another type of high: the one that comes from drugs and alcohol. While being influenced by his friends and other players he started smoking pot and drinking as the life of a professional athlete involves a lot of opportunities to party.

He was getting wasted before games and before long, he was even drinking during games.

One night he was so stoned that he wondered if he could even function but somehow ended up scoring 41 points.

Eventually, the partying began to take its toll on his mental and physical health and after being traded a few times he was finally out of the league in 2006.

After struggling with several rehab failures, Vin started going to a Bible study. His lifestyle had changed and one day as he was crying out to God, he felt an urgency to call his old boss who owned the Seattle team.

During a meeting with Howard Schultz, Vinny told the owner he just wanted a fresh start which led him to humbly accept a barista position at a Starbucks.

After losing over $100 million, he was now at peace with God and himself. Through a series of miracles, Mr. Baker has now moved on to broadcasting and development work with the Milwaukee Bucks, and he’s also working with an organization to open rehabilitation centers around the country. Whatever has happened and wherever you are today, God wants to forgive you, restore you, and fill you with his love and peace.

Read more at billyhollandministries.com William F. Holland Jr., DD., C.ED.D. is a Christian minister, chaplain, and author. Discover more about his ministry at billyhollandministries.com can be contacted at P.O. Box 1394, Nicholasville, KY 40340

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