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Big haul for SCUBAnauts

by LISA MACNEIL lisa@hernandosun.com

On Saturday, July 20, 2019, the local SCUBAnauts dove the site of the A.H. Richardson Reef to remove tires that served as the foundation for the artificial reef, that began construction in 1977. Tires as reef material have since been determined to be harmful for marine life.

The SCUBAnauts also retrieved abandoned crab traps, discarded fishing line and rope.

Additional dives are planned to retrieve more tires, as the carrier boat on this trip reached capacity.

“We’re basically trying to fix the mistakes of the past,” Hernando County Aquatics Manager Keith Kolasa said as the team cleared the vessels for the evening. Off to a good start, the team collected 19 tires on this trip. The required permits only allow retrieval of tires that are not home to live corals.

The SCUBAnauts are a team of students between the ages of 12 and 18 interested in Marine Science. This team was led by Dr. Cathi Campbell of The Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research (ACCSTR) at the University of Florida, SCUBAnauts CEO Paul Foisy, SCUBA See SCUBAnauts, Page 5

A little while ago the Hernando Sun came into possession of an interesting piece of history. It was a piece of flashing from a roof with a newspaper article printed on it. Our first thought was that maybe it was a plate from printing the newspaper, but then the writing would have been a mirror image, so that when the ink was transferred to the newsprint it would be correct.

We reached out to Ms. Eryn Williamson who provided the flashing to award winning Hernando Sun reporter/photographer Alice Mary Herden. Ms. Williamson answered several questions related to the flashing with the newspaper article written on it.

The article printed on the flashing was a digest of articles starting with an article printed 47 years before the article that was published on the tin. The text of the printed flashing is the article follows: News of bygone days Yesteryear in Hernando

TOP: SCUBAnauts bring in a big load of tires, crab traps and fishing line from Richardson Reef on Saturday July 20, 2019.

ABOVE: SCUBAnaut removes a tire from the seafloor.

Photos courtesy of Brian Kelly

Hernando County student athletes compete for gold

47 years ago THE BROOKSVILLE HERALD April 23, 1925 -- Brooksville population is 1,745, an increase of 700 over the last census… The county population is 4,723 an increase of 200.

15 years ago THE BROOKSVILLE JOURNAL April 25, 1957 -- Young man killed in automobile crash… Jaycee district caucus planned here… Boy Scouts plan camporee…

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Siblings Alysia Graham, Alex Wilson, and Anthony Wilson will be competing for a gold medal at the AAU Junior Olympics in Greensboro, NC. They are all competing in hurdles. Alex’s mentor is Usain Bolt, Track and Field Athlete and noted as the world’s fastest man.

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BY ALICE MARY HERDEN Four Hernando County student-athletes are set to compete in the 2019 Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Junior Olympics Games in Greensboro, NC.

Brothers, Alex and Andrew Wilson with their sister Alysia Graham along with David Richards, qualified after placing in the AAU District Qualifier track meet held at Osceola High School back in June.

All of these kids are unattached athletes, meaning they do not

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETINGS Brooksville-Tampa Bay Regional Airport Advisory Committee Regular Meeting 7/26/2019 9:00 AM Government Center John Law Ayers Room 20 N. Main Street Brooksville, FL 34601 School Board Meetings 7/30/2019 11:00 AM - Informal; 2:00 PM Workshop, 5:01 P.M. First Public Budget Hearing, 6PM Regular Meeting; District Office-Board Room 919 North Broad Street Brooksville, FL 34601 Public hearing scheduled to discuss Republic Services’ request to increase Collection Assessment and non-universal area rates (Brooksville, FL) The Hernando County Solid Waste and Recycling Department announces a public hearing scheduled for Tuesday, July 30, 2019 at 9 a.m. in the County Commission Chambers, located at 20 North Main Street, Room 160 in Brooksville, to discuss Republic Services’ request for an annual increase to the Solid Waste Collection Assessment and non-universal area rates.

Public Presentation - Water Awareness, Conservation & Protection Wednesday, July 31, 2019, 12:00PM - 2:00PM Presentation on Water Awareness,Conservation &Protection. Location 201 Howell Ave, Brooksville Fl Contact Jon Dowler 352-540-3867

Gov. DeSantis and staff is soon to be flying a Cessna Citation Latitude jet on state business. Above is a Cessna 680A Citation Latitude, by Anna Zvereva

Bridge to support ‘ambitious future launch schedules…”

A $90 million federal transportation grant will go towards the replacement of the 55year old drawbridge over the Indian River Lagoon to Cape Canaveral as well as widen Space Commerce Way. The cost estimate for the project is $165 million with NASA and Space Florida splitting costs. An engineering study indicated that the existing bridge may not be able to support heavy freight for much longer, giving it another two years. U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, said in a statement Monday that “it is critical that we replace the Indian River Bridge to support the increased activity and the ambitious future mission launch schedules by commercial and government entities on Florida’s Space Coast.” Also on Monday July 22, the Space Coast celebrated the grand opening of OneWeb Satellites- an $85 million satellite manufacturing plant in Exploration Park on the Space Coast. This new facility is positioned to establish transformative internet connectivity and make technology more accessible.

FDLE concerned there could be other victims abused by man arrested for molestation and drugging of a minor Agents with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement arrested Alain Luis Forget, 58, of Lakeland on charges of lewd and lascivious battery on a child less than 16 and two counts of delivery of a controlled substance to a minor. On Dec. 27, 2017, Forget took a 15 year old autistic boy to a rural residence in Hamilton County with permission of the child’s grandmother. Two days later the child was found unresponsive and Forget called an ambulance.

The boy was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

In January of 2018, an autopsy revealed the victim had morphine and Xanex in his system.

The medical examiner determined the child died from pneumonia and drug toxicity.

After interviews with the victim’s family members, and others who knew Forget, FDLE agents came to the conclusion that Forget Florida man accused gave the child drugs of attempting to sell and sexually battered him prior to his death. power-generating During interviews, turbine to Iran additional sexual abuse allegations were made Pensacola businessman against Forget. Agents James P. Meharg has believe there could been indicted by a be additional victims. federal grand jury Forget has residences on five counts of in Lakeland and conspiring to violate Sorrento (Lake County), the U.S. embargo Florida. If you have against Iran. Meharg any information about is the chief executive Alain Luis Forget, please of Turbine Resources contact FDLE’s Live International. The Oak Field Office at (800) indictment follows FBI and the U.S. Department 226-5630.

Forget was arrested of Commerce on July 23, 2019 and investigations into booked into the Lake the sale of a powerCounty Jail. The case is ongoing and there could be additional charges.

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generating turbine to a client in Iran. The indictment holds that Meharg conspired with contacts in the United Kingdom and Iran for the sale of the turbine.

Meharg is scheduled for a trial in September.

No human remains found in first phase of current Dozier investigation The first phase of an investigation on 27 anomalies near the Dozier School for Boys has revealed no human remains. Dr. Erin Kimmerle, USF researcher who leads the investigation stated that the 27 anomalies were initially found using remote sensing technology above the ground. She stated that in the first phase, “We were able to look below the surface and clearly determine no graves or human remains are present. Studying this area of the property was an important step for us to be able to answer the questions that had been

raised.” Many of the anomalies turned out to be evidence of tree roots from a previously removed pine tree forest.

In the second phase of the investigation, there will be a final analysis of the entire property using Lidar technology to determine if there are other areas requiring further investigation.

The Department will host a public meeting with stakeholders so that Dr. Kimmerle can provide more detailed information about the investigation of the anomalies and her findings. The date, time and location of the public meeting will be announced in the coming days.

University of Florida develops website to help public with plant health issues The goal of the new website diagnostics.ifas. ufl.edu is to connect the public with experts in the field of plant health in order to assist in solving issues with plant diseases, pests, weed identification, soil and water quality testing or just report a problem.

The public can submit digital samples or locate a nearby IFAS Extension Office in order to seek further assistance.

A record number of prescribed burns for park service Florida Department of Environmental Protection reported last week that the Florida Park Service has conducted a record amount of prescribed burns for the fiscal year period ending June 30.

The prescribed burns are conducted to reduce the possibility of wildfires.

Florida Park Service conducted burns on 96,000 acres of land to thin out brush that can act as fuel for a wildfire.

of Florida. Simpson is slated to become Senate president after the 2020 elections.

Governor’s business jet For $15.5 million, the state of Florida will now have a business jet to transport Gov. Ron DeSantis and staff members on state duties. The state plans to purchase a Cessna Citation Latitude.

The previous governor Rick Scott had stopped using state provided planes and used his private jet for travel.

This led to the jet available for use by Gov. Ron DeSantis being one purchased from the federal government for $10,000 in 2016.

That jet experienced a mechanical issue leading to an emergency landing in January 2019.

State to Collect Additional Data on Guardian Teacher Program The Guardian Program allows for arming specially trained teachers, if the school district approves.

The program initially was limited to school personnel whose main duties were outside the classroom. The Guardian Program was expanded to allow specially trained classroom teachers to also participate. The state will start collecting data on which school systems are opting specially trained classroom teachers in to the program. Currently 34 of the state’s 67 school districts have opted in to the Guardian Program.

Greater Amberjack Recreational Harvesting Season opens August 1

The recreational harvesting of greater Contributions to amberjack in state and Senator Simpson’s federal waters will political committee, be scheduled to be not too shabby allowed from August 1 through October 31 in State Senator Wilton Gulf of Mexico waters.

Simpson, R-Trilby, Fisherman are limited chairs the Jobs for to a size of at least 34 Florida political inches fork length and committee. There a daily bag limit of one has been $500,000 in per person. In addition contributions to the to the limits you must committee since the sign up as a Gulf Reef beginning of June.

Fish Angler, if you As of Monday, July plan to fish for greater 22, they had raised amberjack from a private $127,500 during the vessel. The regulations month of July, including are on the web at $50,000 from U.S. Sugar MyFWC.com/Marine Corp., $25,000 from under “Recreational Florida Power & Light Regulations” then select and $25,000 linked the “Reef Fish” tab and to a political action choose Amberjack. committee linked to Associated Industries

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FLAMMIA, GLENN YOB: 1963 CHARGES: FRAUD ORGANIZED Arrested at: 07/13/2019 20:04 1485 COMMERCIAL WAY, SPRING HILL, FL, 34606 Arrest Summary: The defendant, Glenn Flammia, who has been working for the Walmart located at 1485 Commercial Way, since August of 2018, admitted to using the CVP machine to alter the prices on multiple miscellaneous Items In order to pay less for the Items. The defendant altered the price of multiple items from 04/20/2019 through 07/12/2019 paying $115.04 less than what the items ware worth. The defendant would scan an Item with the CVP machine, print a new discounted price label, scan that discounted label with the CVP machine again, and print a second discounted label. The defendant would then purchase the item at the second discounted price.

The defendant was placed under arrest and transported to the Hernando County Detention Center where he was charged with Organized Fraud and held on a $2,000 bond.

He was Issued a court date of 08/1212019 at 1315 hours In Courtroom D. That wasn’t very Kneiss

KNEISS, KOLBY CARL YOB: 1988 CHARGES: AGG ASSAULT Arrested at: 07/16/2019 21:37 7057 HADLEY DR, BROOKSVILLE, FL, 34602 Arrest Summary: On 07/16/19, I was dispatched to 6908 Hadley Drive, In reference to an aggravated assault that had just occurred. Upon arrival I made contact with the victims, three juvenile girls. The three girls advised they had been riding on a four wheelers and towards the northern end of Hadley Drive a white male stood In the roadway. The girls advised that the male had been wearing black shorts, appeared to be 20-30 years of age, with a short haircut and heavier set.

The three girls all advised that the male had a gun, at which time he fired three or four times at the ground, shooting closer to them each time. The girls advised that they were In fear and turned the four wheeler around In order to drive back to their residence.

One of the girls advised In her statement that they hit a pole in the process. The three girls advised the male then walked away on foot to the north. The girls advised that the male never said anything to them.

The three girls provided sworn written statements.

There was one residence just to the north of the Incident location, 7057 Hadley Drive.

Contact was made with a Kol-

by Kneiss at the 7057 Hadley Drive address. Kolby advised that he had a firearm on his person, which was a M&P Shield .40, semi-automatic handgun. Post Miranda, Kolby admitted to having discharged the firearm Into the ground to frighten the three girts away from his property. Kolby's interview was recorded on my agency issued recorder.

Kolby was transported to the Hernando County Detention Center without incident. Kolby was issued a court date of 08/16/19 in courtroom E 0830 hours. Kolby was Issued a bond of $6000.00 In accordance with the Hernando County bond schedule.

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Sergeant L. Genovese then stated to Defendant Hyshun Forts to place his arms behind his back, and then attempted to take Defendant Hyshun Forts into custody. Defendant Hyshun Forts then pulled his arm away from the grip of Sergeant L. Genovese.

Defendant Hyshun Forts then pushed, in an attempt to flee from law enforcement taking him into custody, Sergeant L. Genovese and me, Deputy T. Hotchkiss. After the shoving occurred, Defendant Hyshun Forts then continued to be physically combative, swinging his arms and legs and refusing to provide his hands for handcuffing. Defendant Hyshun Forts then had to be physically overpowered, and then placed In handcuffs. This physical contact on both Sergeant L. Genovese and I, Deputy T. Hotchkiss, was unwanted and against our will.

Upon the arrest of Defendant Hyshun Forts, a clear plastic baggy, containing 1.95g of a green leafy substance which contained traces of THC,

was discovered In the right shorts pocket of Defendant Hyshun Forts. Test kit 609 was used to test the a green leafy substance, and scale # B451399970 in the Hernando County Detention Center was used to weigh the green leafy substance.

Defendant Hyshun Forts was then transported to the Hernando County Detention Center and charged with one count of Domestic Battery, two counts of Battery against a Law Enforcement Officer, Resisting with violence, possession of marijuana under twenty grams, and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Defendant Hyshun Forts was given a court date of 08-162019 at 0830 hours and placed on a no-bond status regards to the domestic battery, and a bond of $17,000.00 total on the other charges.

ZHANG, CHANG XI YOB: 1998 CHARGES: GRAND THEFT, POSS ANTI-SHOPLIFTING DEVICE Arrested at: 07/17/2019 19:24 3101 AERIAL WAY, BROOKSVILLE, FL, 34604 Arrest Summary: On 07/17/20191 was dispatched to the Target, located at 3101 Aerial Way, In reference to a retail theft. Upon my arrival contact was made with the Target Asset Protection Specialist.

The Asset Protection Specialist stated on 07/17/2019 at approximately 1737 hours, he observed a male subject enter the store who was not carrying any merchandise. Joseph advised that the subject then grabbed a Target shopping basket at which time he responded to the stores electronics department. He further advised that he then observed the subject utilize some type of security key to remove eight Nintendo Switch video games from a secured and locked case, which he then placed into his basket. He advised that he then observed the subject select 2 Nest thermostats and a Google Home Hub, at which time he again utilized the security key to remove the security wire from the merchandise.

The specialist informed me that he then observed the subject continue to the women's lingerie isle, where he observed him to remove a plastic Target bag out of his pocket before concealing all of the aforementioned items Inside of It. He stated that he then observed the subject walk out the front doors of the business, passing all points of sale, without paying for any of the items inside the bag. The specialist advised that he then made contact with the subject, who was cooperative and followed them to the security office without Incident.

The asset protection specialist further stated upon walking the subject to his office, the subject Informed him that he was currently enrolled In college

Sheriff’s Briefing Notes

Information contained in these reports report are from the previous 24 hours (Tuesday – Friday) or previous weekend (Monday).

July 18, 2019 LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS Deputies responded to:

o Death Investigation – Richloam Claysink Road/Ridge Manor – Male/44 YOA – Caller advised a vehicle had been abandoned, off the roadway, for three days – Deputies arrived to find a male in the back – Male appeared to have taken his own life – Active investigation. 2019-23421 o Commercial Burglary – 18200 Seville Clubhouse Drive/Brooksville/Dunes Golf Club – Unknown suspect(s) pried open the door to the maintenance building and stole miscellaneous items – Active investigation. 2019-23432 o Grand Theft/Possession of Anti-Shoplifting Device – Target (both stores) – 4401 Commercial Way and 3101 Aerial Way – Shoplifter taken into custody at Target on Aerial Way after stealing several electronic games and devices – Suspect was observed to be using a security device detacher key to defeat the anti-shoplifting devices on the products – While deputy was enroute to Aerial Way, the HCSO received a call from the Target on Commercial Way – The suspect had been there prior to going over to Aerial Way (surveillance video) – Deputies recovered the stolen merchandise from Commercial Way from the suspect’s vehicle

– Suspect told deputies he sells the stolen merchandise to pay his way through college – Total amounts stolen – Aerial Way/906.92 and Commercial Way/678.94 – Arrest/Male.

2019-23480 and 2019-23483

o Residential Burglary – 8104 Nightingale Road/ Brooksville – Appliances stolen from the residence – Active investigation. 2019-23489 o Warrant Service – Weeki Wachee Preserve – Male and female who both had warrants for their arrest fled from deputies when a Traffic Stop was attempted – Deputies did not pursue - The vehicle was later located in the Weeki Wachee Preserve, crashed into a tree and abandoned – Patrol Deputies, District Two Detectives, K-9 teams, and Aviation converged on the Preserve in an effort to located the two wanted persons – The female. Amanda Lawson, was located and arrested – The male is still at large. 201923473 July 19, 2019 LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS Deputies responded to: o Vehicle Burglary x3 – Hampton Inn/30301 Cortez Boulevard/Brooksville – Unknown suspect(s) smashed windows in three vehicles that were parked in the north parking lot – Miscellaneous items taken from two of the vehicles – 2019-23518/201923519/2019-23520. o Missing/Endangered Juvenile – Lema Drive/Spring Hill – Female/16 YOA ran away

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The data provided is only arrest information. This data does not reflect charging decisions made by the State Attorney’s Office or the outcome of criminal trials.

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FORTS, HYSHUN YOB: 1968 CHARGES: BATTERY ON LEO/OTHER OFFICER (x2), DOMESTIC BATTERY, RESIST OFFICER WITH VIOLENCE, POSS OF MARIJUANA, POSSESSION DRUG PARAPHERNALIA Arrested at: 07/17/2019 00:57 ELGIN BLVD, SPRING HILL, FL, 34608 Arrest Summary: On 07/16/2019, at an address on Elgin Boulevard, during a verbal argument Defendant Hyshun Forts struck his live-in girlfriend against her will, on the left side of her face with a closed fist. The victim stated that she and Defendant Hyshun Forts had been involved in a verbal argument, which developed into an altercation, in which she received a black eye on her left.

A friend of the victim received numerous voicemails from the victim, In which she stated: "... my god. My eyes are blacken."

And another voicemail saying, "... Im gonna die tonight. It's bad." These voicemails were collected, and later submitted Into evidence.

The victim's statements on the voicemails was consistent with the Injury of a black eye observed on her.

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from the residence – Active investigation – 2019-23625.

therefore he was currently stealing the items and selling them on line in order to pay for school. He advised that the subject also informed him that he had purchased a S3 Security detacher key from EBay for approximately $10.00, which he would utilize to steal the merchandise from Target.

I then made contact with the subject who I identified as Chang Zhang (the defendant) via his New York Driver's License. The defendant was then read his Miranda Rights via my agency issued card, at which time he elected to waive his rights and speak to ma about the case. The defendant than admitted to all the aforementioned information to include stealing the items and purchasing the security detacher key online.

The Asset Protection Specialist provided a receipt for the stolen Items which totaled $906.92 before tax.

It should be noted, while Investigating this Incident, It was discovered that the defendant had also just committed a theft at the Target located at 4401 Commercial Way, in which he had stolen $678.94 worth of merchandise in the exact same fashion (documented under HCSO case 2019-23480) The defendant was placed under arrest and transported to the Hernando County Detention Center without incident and charged with 1 count of retail grand theft (over $300.00) and 1 count of possess/using an antishoplifting or inventory control device countermeasure within any premises used for the retail purchase.

The defendant was Issued a bond of $4,000.00 and given a court date of 08/16/2019 at 0830 hours In Courtroom Eat the Hernando County Courthouse.

“Extensive criminal driving habits.”

ULCH, JASON ALLEN YOB: 1984

driver exited the vehicle and placed unknown items in the garbage can of 13127 Linden Dr. Upon fire rescue arrival the defendant returned to the garbage can, removed unknown items, and then went into the side yard of 13135 Linden Dr., ducked behind a tree and began to inject an unknown substance into his forearm before throwing something over the fence of 13127 Linden Dr. This was witnessed by Hernando County Fire Rescue Captain Scott Monachesa.

Writer arrived on scene and observed the defendant to exit the side yard of 13135 Linden Dr. and return to the driver seat of the Nissan Frontier. Upon Inspecting the side yard of 13135 Linden Dr. writer located an orange syringe cap In the location advised by Captain S. Monachasa. Upon searching the backyard of 13127 Linden Dr. writer located a syringe with the needle removed. It should be noted that fire rescue advised the subject threw something small In the yard of 13135 Linden Dr. which could not be located but is believed to be the needle.

The defendant has 11 prior driving while license suspended or revoked and was marked a Habitual Traffic Offender on 11/17/2015 with a length of 5 years. The defendant was also deemed a Habitual Traffic Offender on two other occasions, 02/10/2009 and 01/03/2012.

A passenger of the white Ford F-150, Trinidad Zatina, was injured in the accident and sustained minor injuries. It should be further noted Trinidad is also pregnant.

Due to the defendant's extensive criminal driving habits and tampering of evidence on today's data, he was given a bond of $50,000. The defendant was given a court data of 08/1612019 at 08:30 AM in Courtroom E of the Hernando county courthouse.

CHARGES: POSSESSION DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, TAMPER PHYS EVID/ALT/DEST/CONC, DRIVE WHILE LIC SUSP HABITUAL OFFENDER, RECKLESS DRIVING Arrested at: 07/21/2019 09:41 13127 LINDEN DR, SPRING HILL, FL, 34609 Arrest Summary: The Defendant (Jason Ulch) was driving a gray Nissan Frontier FL Tag# JBCC97 westbound on Linden Dr. The defendant crossed over into the eastbound traffic lane and struck the center bumper of a white Ford F-150 tag# CMYT72 that was traveling eastbound In Its correct lane. The defendant advised he had left the roadway to the right and then over corrected to the left which had caused him to go head on into oncoming traffic. Writer observed no evidence of the defendant's vehicle leaving the roadway to the right. Writer also observed both vehicles to be stopped In the eastbound lane with only the left rear corner of the F-150 slightly blocking the westbound lane. The driver and owner of the other vehicle, Anastacio Zaragoza, advised he had not seen the defendant leave the roadway to the right but had observed him to come drifting over Into his lane. Anastacio Zaragoza slowed down In an attempt to avoid the defendant which was unsuccessful.

Anastacio Zaragoza then advised the defendant, who he positively Identified as the

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o Suspicious Incident – 209 Ponce De Leon Boulevard/ o Residential Burglary – 6416 Brooksville – The Sheriff Boxwood Street/Brooksville (himself) observed juveniles – Burglary to a vacant soliciting – The juvenile residence – Neighbor observed produced paperwork with juveniles on the property and HCSO information on it was able to identify at least (making it appear that the one – Investigation revealed HCSO approved of and/ seven suspects participated in or endorsed the group) – destroying the residence – All The group was utilizing the suspects were male/juveniles, credentials without permission between 7 and 12 YOA – Both from the HCSO – Parents 12-year-olds were arrested notified/Children released – and transported to the DJJ – 2019-23678.

Detectives still need to contact the other five suspects – Active o Narcotics Investigation – investigation – 2019-23611.

Publix/190 Mariner Boulevard/ Spring Hill – Suspicious o Residential Burglary – 5432 Vehicle behind the store – California Street/Brooksville Male and female in the vehicle – Jewelry stolen – Active were both in possession of investigation – 2019-23601. methamphetamine – Arrest x2 – 2019-23714.

July 22, 2019 LAW ENFORCEMENT o Narcotics Investigation – OPERATIONS Planet Fitness/11166 Spring Hill Drive/Spring Hill – Deputy Deputies responded to: observed female in the p/l smoking marijuana – Arrest/ o Death Investigation – 5141 Female – 2019-23738.

Kenmore Street/Spring Hill – Male/59 YOA – Probable o Possession of Hashish/ Suicide – Active investigation – Cannabis Concentrate/ 2019-23684.

Marijuana – Deltona Boulevard/Carthage Road/ o Warrant Service/Resist w/o Spring Hill – Traffic Stop due to Violence – 11052 Blythville improper lane change – Odor Road/Spring Hill – Anthony of burnt marijuana detected Trozzo W/M 40 YOA – Fled when deputy when deputy when deputies arrived – approached vehicle – Driver Deputies and K-9 unable to found to be in possession of locate after extensive search 69.24 grams of THC vape – Trozzo later turned himself pen cartridges, 23.46 grams in – 2019-23692. of marijuana, and 3.20 grams of brown wax cannabis o Grand Theft Auto – 29050 concentrate – Arrest/Female – Sentinel Street/Brooksville – 2019-23731.

Homeowner recently permitted a male and female (friends of o Trafficking in his) to move in – Homeowner Methamphetamine – returned from work to find Nightwalker Road/Day Owl the couple, their belongings, Avenue/Brooksville – Media

Release forthcoming. o Escape from Commitment Facility – 201 Culbreath Road/ Brooksville – Two males (court ordered to be there) left the facility – Deputies from Hernando and Pasco searched the area for several hours, yielding negative results – The males returned late in the day and were placed under arrest – Both males delivered to DJJ – 2019-23784. o Commercial Burglary – 123 N. Main Street/Brooksville – Office of William Eppley – Active investigation – 2019238-15. o Irrational Person – Deborah Drive/Spring Hill – Male/17 YOA requesting mental health evaluation – Bay Care Behavioral Health Crisis Team responded to scene and assisted w/a Baker Act – 201923764. o Residential Burglary (Occupied) – 2412 Mariner Boulevard/Spring Hill – Residents heard noises on the back patio – Found a male standing on the patio – Suspect told deputies he entered the patio because he thought the house was vacant and he wanted a place to sleep – Arrest/Male – 201923847. o Residential Burglary – 7010 Catalina Street/Spring Hill – Male entered the residence through the patio – Went inside to eat some of the food – Arrest/Male – 2019-23860. o Traffic Crash w/Injuries/ Reckless Driving w/Bodily Injury/Property Damage/ Possession of Drug Paraphernalia/Tampering w/ Evidence – Linden Drive/ Lema Drive/Spring Hill –

Male, female and small child traveling on Lema in a pick-up truck when e reckless driver in a Nissan pick-up crossed over into their lane and hit them head-on – Suspect driver got out of his vehicle and began activing suspicious (concealing items and possibly injecting illegal narcotics) – Adult female transported to hospital – Suspect Driver/Arrested – 2019-23880. o Death Investigation – 14481 Silversmith Circle/Spring Hill – Male/48 YOA – Preliminary investigation indicates no foul play – Active investigation – 2019-23886. o Missing Juvenile – Auburndale Street/Spring Hill – Female/15 YOA – Runaway – Active investigation. o Agency Assist – (Sumter County) – 7367 Knoxville Drive/Ridge Manor – Media Release forthcoming. o Narcotics Investigation – 13495 County Line Road/ Spring Hill – 7-Eleven – Vehicle parked at a gas pump for 30 minutes – Red Dodge Neon w/a black male passed out in passenger seat and a white female passed out in driver seat – Deputy opened driver door and a purse fell out – A pill, phone charger, and passport fell out of purse – Inside the pill bottle was a clear Ziploc baggie with five various pills – Deputies located straws and needles in the vehicle and methamphetamine and needles on the female’s person – Both persons trespassed from the store – Arrest/Female – 2019-23938.

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What matters at the Brooksville City Council meeting?

Recognitions MATTER 07.15.2019

Ordinances Matter

Second Reading of Ordinance No. 904 regarding property owned by Robert E. Bodiford, Jr. Rezoning request from CPDP to C-2 for 3.4 acres located east of the intersection of Cortez Blvd. and Jefferson Street.

The petitioner seeks to rezone from CPDP (Commercial Planned Development Project) to C-2 (Highway Commercial). The property, located on the south side of West Jefferson Street, approximately 1,412 feet east of the Cortez Boulevard/Jefferson Street intersection.

The general area consists primarily of commercially zoned and developed prop-

erties. Given the commercial character of the area, staff finds the requested rezoning compatible with the development pattern along this portion of the West Jefferson Street corridor.

According to Steve Gouldman with the Community Development Department, 90% of the property sits in a flood zone and any development would be an “engineering miracle.”

The petition was approved 5-0.

Second Reading of Ordinance No. 907 TECO/ Peoples Gas Franchise Agreement (continued from 7-1-19 mtg).

This ordinance grants Non Exclusive Franchise To Peoples Gas System, A Division Of Tampa Electric Company, For A 10 Year Term To Allow The Company To Continue To Operate And Maintain Natural Gas Service In The City Of Brooksville.

This has been continued again until August 19, 2019.

BELOW: Council voted to approve rezoning request on the outlined property

Brooksville City Council recognizes Smokey the Bear and his mission to prevent forest fires and celebrated Smokey's 75th Anniversary.

Assessments MATTER Consideration of proposed resolution and Assessment Report for FY 2020 Fire Protection Non-Ad Valorem Assessment Study (Resolution No. 2019-06)

some consideration, the council settled on keeping the next meeting at City Hall. The public hearing will be on August 19, 2019 at 7:00 PM. The regularly scheduled City Council The votes on this meeting will be held folresolution did not pass lowing the public hearing, if any changes to the fire time permits. It could posassessment methodology, sibly adjourn that evening only to approve the reports and continue the following presented and schedule a day (August 20, 2019). public hearing.

Before the votes and The council voted 4-1 to meeting time determination, approve the resolution with discussion continued from the following amendments: the last meeting, where the representatives from 1- Show under Demand Bryant Miller Olive, P.A. and Availability methods and Stantec were directed computing an amount to prepare notices regarding utilizing $1,080,000 as the the Demand option. amount to be raised by the Brooksville’s current assessments.

“Availability” method is a two-tiered approach; the 2- The numbers within first tier is a charge for the resolution are to be all landowners, the seccarried out to a consistent ond based on the value of four decimal places, and improved property. Other to include footnotes where Florida cities using this rounding has occurred. method actually call it “The Brooksville Method.”

3- The tier one rate Chris Roe with the law increase to not more than firm of Bryant Miller Olive, 1.07 mils and the tier two P.A. gave a presentation, rate increase to not more showing the differences in than $148.50. revenue for the city as well as tax increases or decreasCouncil Member Pat es for Brooksville residents.

Brayton voted against the Pat Brayton, who opresolution, stating he was posed the motion to move uncomfortable with the forward at the last meeting three amendments. expressed concern over irBefore setting the date for regularities in calculations. the public hearing, Robert He also asked why the First Battista asked the council Class Mailing expense if the current venue would for FY 2020 would total be adequate, anticipating $23,900. “If I’m going to a large attendance. After spend that much in postage

to notify 4000 people, I want to know why.” The number amounts to $6.50 in postage per notice.

City Manager Mark Kutney referred to an email he received from Roe earlier in the day that stated postage was estimated $2,318.

Brayton said that he did not like the report due to that example, and stated that he could find “three or four more errors,” and questioned if any others existed that he overlooked.

Both Brayton and Mayor William Kemerer discussed with Stantec representatives the number considered residential dwelling units in one of the tables in the Stantec presentation literature. Satisfied with Stantec’s explanation, Brayton was still not convinced of the accuracy of the report overall.

During citizen’s comments, two of the three speaking were in favor of the Demand method. One citizen stated concern for possible substantial rent increases for mobile home renters.

3.4 acre Bodiford Property

Golf Carts MATTER

City Manager Mark Kutney addressed the recurring topic of golf carts, which was again mentioned during Citizen’s Comments. Kutney addressed the question of why golf carts - which were once allowed in Southway Villa Mobile Home Park - are no longer. Apparently at some point, a “very informal study” was done by the former Brooksville Police Department, but the results were never brought to council. The decision was later rescinded, although no reason or timeframe was given.

City Attorney Becky Vose broke down provisions in the state law and what local governments

are able to do. Recent changes in Florida Statutes could mean trouble if a local government attempts to regulate areas that are pre-empted or prohibited under state law.

Florida statute 316.212 is the primary piece of legislation that governs what municipalities can and cannot do with respect to the topic. Its top paragraph reads: “A golf cart may be operated only upon a county road

that has been designated by a county, a municipal street that has been designated by a municipality, or a See GOLF CARTS, Page 6

Weekly Crime Statistics July 14- 20, 2019

Contracts MATTER

The following items were approved in the consent agenda without further discussion.

JAG Grant – City’s Approval of Distribution of 2018 Funds Approval of allocation of Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) FY 2018 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program funds in the amount of $58,937 and authorize Mayor to sign letter(s) of support.

Brooksville Housing Authority Records Storage Amendment to Interlocal Agreement for Records Management Approval to extend existing agreement (expired 7/8/19) for storage of files until September 30, 2019 continuing at a fee of $506.00 per month and authorize execution by the Mayor.

The agreement provides for a monthly rent in the amount of $506.00. This rent was calculated by the square footage the cabinets would occupy. The cabinets will occupy forty-four (44) square feet. As the custodian of the Brooksville Housing Authority records, any costs associated with records requests would be paid by the requestor. Payment for the first month was made in full.

July 14- 20, 2019

Award of Quote to Creative Environmental Solutions Groundwater Monitoring wells - Southern Hills Approval of awarding groundwater monitoring services to Creative Environmental Solutions as a sole source provider after posting notice for seven day period as required by F.S. and the City’s Purchasing Policy, and authorized execution by the City Manager.

Approval of Rental of Equipment – Pipe Compromised on Buck Hope Road Award of quote to Sunbelt Rentals, Inc., for sewer plug rentals for culverts in the amount of $906.20 per day and authorize the Mayor to execute proposal and standard contract addendum.

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SCUBANAUTS

Ghost Ship at the Bendickson site, with its surroundfrom page 19 ing landscape. Ray used his artistic talent underwaInstructor Katie Shoultz, ter, rendering the drawing and Keith Kolasa. with a pencil and paper Port Authority Member specialized for the task.

Chuck Morton was also The Richardson Reef is onboard with the team. located roughly 4 miles Morton is currently raising ESE of the Bendickson funds for future dive Reef, where The Ghost projects by selling t-shirts Ship was added to the featuring the artwork of array of tanks and concrete SCUBAnaut Trevor Ray. structures earlier this year.

The design features The In addition to the tires, the

reef is also comprised of debris from the original Sunshine Skyway bridge, which collapsed in May of 1980 after being struck by a freighter.

The most notable tire reef is the Osborne Reef, constructed off the coast of Fort Lauderdale in 1972. Bound together with metal fasteners that eventually rusted and broke apart, the result was damage to and destruction of natural coral reefs, and a 35-mile area of migrating tires. The costly cleanup began in 2001 and has involved multiple agencies. Cleanup efforts are still ongoing.

The SCUBAnauts Team, from left to right: Dr. Cathi Campbell, Trent Williams, Nolan McIntire, Katie Shoultz, Keith Kolasa and Paul Foisy BELOW: Hoisting the tire into the boat using a rope line. LEFT: T-shirts with the Ghost Ship illustration by SCUBAnaut Trevor Ray are being sold as a fundraiser for future dive projects. Contact Chuck Morton at 352-549-4584 for more info on purchasing a t-shirt.

More Info: Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research (ACCSTR) at the University of Florida: https://accstr. ufl.edu/ GPS coordinates for the Richardson Reef: Latitude 2830.5, Longitude 8255.8.

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Water District approves proposed rolled back millage rate SWFWMD- The Southwest Florida Water Management District’s (District) Governing Board voted to decrease property taxes by adopting a proposed rolled-back millage rate of 0.2801 mill for the proposed fiscal year 2020 budget.

The millage rate is more than 5.2 percent lower than the current fiscal year adopted millage rate of 0.2955 mill, a savings to taxpayers of approximately $6.5 million.

For the owner of a $150,000 home with a $50,000 homestead exemption, the District tax would be $28.01 a year, or about $2.33 per month.

The Withlacoochee River near Nobleton, photo courtesy of Dr. Mark Fulkerson.

Withlacoochee River, Your Questions Answered

were plans back in the 1960s to alter the Green Swamp by building reservoirs and channels to control the flow of water, none of those plans ever materialized. Instead, land was purchased in the Green Swamp to preserve The Withlacoochee River is the area’s natural function of one of the longest and most storing floodwaters and rescenic rivers in the state. As leasing them slowly, helping Florida’s third largest river to filter contaminants and that winds through eight maintain good water quality counties, there are many downstream. Flooding and myths about this mighty riv- drought along the river are er. Mark Fulkerson, Ph.D., natural and flows from the P.E., Senior Professional Green Swamp continually Engineer, clarifies some com- fluctuate based on changing mon misconceptions about rainfall patterns. this 160-mile waterway

that same amount. These extreme fluctuations can sometimes limit boat navigation or impact properties along the river. Currently, water levels are rising as summer rains continue to saturate adjacent lands and fill the aquifer, both of which provide flow to the river.

Q: Do bridges along the Withlacoochee River block its flow?

A: Not necessarily. While bridges can significantly affect river flow, they don’t always do so. Bridges along Q: Is there a structure on the Withlacoochee River the Withlacoochee River were designed to allow that diverts water to Tampa? maximum flows to pass.

What does often change at a A: Flows from the Green bridge crossing is the velociSwamp primarily occur ty of water. Since the area of north to the Withlacoochee flow at a bridge is narrower, River. When water levels in the water must speed up the Green Swamp are high until it passes the bridge. enough, flow also occurs It’s kind of like putting your south to the Hillsborough thumb over the end of a garRiver. There are no strucden hose. The same amount tures or dams in the Green of flow is passing through Mark Fulkerson, Ph.D., P.E., Swamp that control flow to the hose, but your thumb Senior Professional Engineer either the Withlacoochee or constricts the opening, so with SWFWMD Hillsborough rivers. Water the water is exiting at a levels in the Green Swamp higher velocity.

Q: Why does the Withlaare currently rising but coochee River run north? are not yet high enough to Q: If there are no hurDon’t most rivers flow provide flow to the Hillricanes this year, can the south? sborough River. All flow Withlacoochee River flood? from the Green Swamp is A: Rivers always flow currently passing north to A: Flooding along the downhill, regardless of the the Withlacoochee River. river is not always associdirection. It’s a common ated with a tropical system. misconception that the Q: Why do water levels on The Withlacoochee River earth’s forces cause most the Withlacoochee River naturally floods when its rivers to flow south. While rise and fall so drastically? watershed is saturated, and many do, including the it continues to receive heavy Mississippi, countless rivers A: With the exception of rainfall. This can occur after flow in other directions as Lake Rousseau, water levels several weeks of high rainwell. For example, the Nile on the Withlacoochee River fall or an overnight storm River in Africa flows north, can change significantly like we saw from Hurricane the Amazon River in South throughout the year. Along Irma in 2017.

America flows east, and the the Lower Withlacoochee, Yukon River in Alaska flows near Yankeetown and Inglis, Mark Fulkerson, Ph.D., P.E. Senior Professional Engineer west. Like all rivers, the water levels are controlled Southwest Florida Water ManWithlacoochee flows from by changing tides. For the an area of higher elevation remainder of the river (from agement District Dr. Mark Fulkerson is a Citrus (Green Swamp) to an area the Green Swamp towards County native and Senior of lower elevation (Gulf of Dunnellon), water levels Professional Engineer with Mexico). rise and fall from changes in the Southwest Florida Water rainfall. High rainfall during Management District. For more Q: Can flows from the our wet season (June – Sep- than a decade, he has collected Green Swamp be regulated? tember) can cause the river data along the Withlacoochee River and built modeling tools to naturally rise 10-15 feet, to better understand its complex A: The Withlacoochee Riv- particularly in areas where er originates in the Green the river channel is relative- dynamics.

Swamp, an area of land ly narrow, and the banks are characterized by forested steep. During the dry season wetlands, isolated cypress (October-May) the river domes, pine flatwoods and will often drop back down sandy uplands. While there

GOLF CARTS from page 4

two-lane county road located within the jurisdiction of a municipality designated by that municipality, for use by golf carts.

Prior to making such a designation, the responsible local governmental entity must first determine that golf carts may safely travel on or cross the public road or street, considering factors including the speed, volume, and character of motor vehicle traffic using the road or street.

Upon a determination that golf carts may be safely operated on a designated road or street, the responsible governmental entity shall post appropriate signs to indicate that such an operation is allowed.”

Vose deciphered the statute by saying that prior to designating streets on which golf carts would be legal, an official study would need to be performed, and recorded.

On the subject of operating golf carts on private property, the answer is generally ‘yes’, however, Vose mentioned two exceptions in this area. The first being that if the road is generally open to the public (e.g.: an entry into a subdivision), then it would fall under the municipal rule. Vose cautioned that this portion was an opinion by the Florida Attorney General, and not actually stated in the statute.

The second exception would be if a community actually contracted with the local law enforcement agency to allow regulation of golf carts.

Vose went on to outline how far regulation can go at the local level. Requirements which a local government cannot devi-

ate from are safety issues, such as hours of operation (sunrise to sunset only), and equipment such as brakes, horns, lights and mirrors. Another top-level law is that a golf cart may not be operated by anyone under the age of 14.

Vose also recommended that when the time comes, the council also explicitly state differences between golf carts and other low-speed vehicles.

Kutney reported on studies done in other cities to compare costs and determinations. A study from Daytona Beach cost $16,100 for the first phase and a second phase for $15,800. Kutney stated he was not clear on the purpose of the second phase of the study, but said it might have been an implementation plan.

Kutney also referred to a Miami Springs study by the Corradino Group, however there was no mention of cost of that study. Kutney invited the council members to review both studies.

A cost of $5,000 had been mentioned previously for such a study done locally.

Kutney did say that the two studies he brought for review were full-city studies, and not a portion, as is the case that Brooksville is currently pursuing.

HCSO deputies assist Sumter deputies in arrest of dangerous felon HCSO REPORT- In the early morning hours on 07-22-19, the Sumter County Sheriff's Office contacted the Hernando County Sheriff's Office to request assistance in locating and arresting Charles Rice. Rice had multiple felony warrants for his arrest from Sumter County and was considered armed and dangerous.

Sumter County Sheriff's deputies believed that Rice was located at 7306 Slingshot Drive, on the extreme eastern side of Hernando County.

The Sumter County Sheriff's Office SWAT Team, along with their Bearcat (armored vehicle) had just cleared an activation in Sumter County, and responded to Hernando County to assist with the apprehension attempt.

As the Sumter County Sheriff's Bearcat approached the front of the residence, Rice fled out the back door.

Hernando County Sheriff's K-9 Deputy Greg Locke who was waiting nearby, ordered Rice to stop or the K-9 would be released. Rice ignored the lawful commands and continued to flee. Deputy Locke deployed K-9 Argo, who tracked for a short distance and located

Motorized scooter driver arrested for trafficking meth HCSO REPORT- On 07-19-19 just after 11 p.m., Deputy Kevin Keiper was on proactive patrol in the area of Lakefront Road (Royal Highlands) when he spotted a male, who is known to him and does not have a valid driver's license, operating a motorized scooter.

Deputy Keiper conducted a Traffic Stop on the motorized scooter in the area of Nightwalker Road and Day Owl Avenue. The driver, James Hunt, was initially compliant with the deputy but soon decided to flee, on foot, from the Traffic Stop.

A foot pursuit ensued into a nearby wooded area where Deputy Keiper caught Hunt and escorted him to the ground. After a short struggle, Deputy Keiper gained control of Hunt and placed him into custody.

The total fiscal year 2020 proposed budget for the District is $198.7 million and includes more than $77 million for Cooperative Funding Initiatives and District grants.

Through cooperative funding partnerships, District funds are matched up to 50 percent and will result in a total regional investment of approximately $139 million for sustainable alternative water supply development and other water resource management projects.

The fiscal year runs from Oct. 1, 2019, through Sept. 30, 2020.

The District will hold a tentative budget hearing on Sept. 10 at 5:01 p.m. at the Tampa Service Office, located at 7601 U.S. Highway 301.

The Governing Board will vote on the final budget on Sept. 24 at 5:01 p.m. at the Tampa Service Office.

Rice hiding in thick brush. The deputies were unable to see Rice due to the thick brush.

K-9 Argo apprehended Rice, biting him on the lower left leg/shin.

Rice was treated on scene for the dog bite, then transported to a local hospital for additional treatment.

Once cleared from the hospital, Rice was transported to the Hernando County Detention Center where he will be held on the Sumter County Warrant. Rice's charges are listed below: Count 1 - Possession of Short Barreled Gun No Bond Count 2 - Fleeing to Elude Police - No Bond Count 3 - Violation of Injunction for Protection from Domestic Violence - No Bond Count 4 - Violation of Injunction for Protection from Domestic Violence - No Bond Count 5 - Resist Office w/o Violence - No Bond Count 6 - Drive While License Suspended - No Bond Count 7 - Domestic Battery - No Bond - No Bond Count 8 - Domestic Battery - No Bond - No Bond Count 9 - Knowingly and Intentionally Discharging a Firearm from a Moving Vehicle - No Bond

A search of Hunt's backpack revealed a clear, air-tight container which contained a clear, crystal-like substance, which later tested positive for methamphetamine. The total weight of the methamphetamine was 31.08 grams. Another air-tight container found in the backpack contained a scale, consistent with those used to weigh narcotics, and several small plastic baggies, commonly used to hold narcotics. It should be noted the scale contained residue that tested positive for methamphetamine.

James Hunt W/M DOB/07-29-1968 was found to have $905 in cash on his person.All items, including the cash, were seized.

Hunt was placed under arrest and charged as follows: Trafficking in Methamphetamine Possession of Drug Paraphernalia Driving While License Suspended or Revoked Resist w/o Violence Bond $53,000

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The River Ratz Cafe

Good Food, Great Atmosphere

BY JA KARBER SPECIAL TO HERNANDO SUN

Far from being what you might expect, the River Ratz Café is a top choice of Brooksville’s local hotspots. With a large outdoor seating area and deck overlooking the lazy and gorgeous banks of the Withlacoochee River, this snug and pleasant little café offers more than just good food and cold beer.

The ultra friendly staff makes you feel like they are genuinely there to serve you, with a choice of indoor or outdoor seating and a smile at every turn. Truly, the Ratz is one of a kind.

The basics of this little burger joint are pretty simple. Open five days a week, Wednesday & Thursday from 7:00am to 8:00pm, Friday &

Saturday from 7:00am to 9:00pm, and Sunday from 7:00am to 8:00pm. You can park right next to a wood covered canopy on the muddy sides of the river, satisfy your hunger and then rent a canoe or kayak to work it off. People from all walks of life gather at the River Ratz Café, from Tampa bikers to local families. It’s a crossroads type ambiance where everyone enjoys each other’s company.

The tidiness and the overall quality of the Ratz is notable to boot. In my experience, tables are always wiped down, chairs are perpetually where they are meant to be. Although you are literally eating in a bog, seeing or swatting at flies, bees, or other insects is a rarity. Plus, the food is always well cooked, not to mention, delicious.

The deck on the Withlacoochee at River Ratz Cafe

Diners at River Ratz can choose indoor or outdoor seating.

The menu has something for everyone.

For instance: the Philly Cheesesteak. It is a particularly mouth watering treat, with its savory and tender slices of juicy, succulent meat.

The cheesesteak, coupled with a perfectly deep-fried set of onion rings (my personal favorite), is a taste that lingers on your taste buds long after you’ve taken your last bite. I cannot forget to mention the French fries, which melt away on your tongue as you chow down, that should keep you coming back on a regular basis.

Furthermore, the Ratz’s ambiance might very well just be its finest feature. The live music on Sundays coupled with the background noise of the river & its cool breeze create an atmosphere of

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When: Open 9-5 M-F and Saturday 10-4.

Daily: Yoga Classes When: Morning and afternoon classes offered.

Description: Check online schedule for times and description. www.WellComeOMCenter.com What: INTRO TO LATIN DANCE with Carmen Friedberg When: Monday, 3:30-4:15 pm Where: The Movement Studio on campus at 4242 Lake in the Woods Dr. Spring Hill, FL 34606.

Description: Movement and exercise could prevent or help reduce pain or increase energy naturally. Come enjoy classes at your own pace and see the progress you make! First Movement class is complimentary!

What: Be EMPOWERED No-Cost Youth Workshops for Middle School ages.

When: Tuesdays, 5:30-6:30 pm Where: The Heal Building on campus at 4242 Lake in the Woods Dr. Spring Hill, FL 34606.

Description: Be Empowered is a no-cost group with a Tuesday focus for Middle School ages to tackle the tough choices kids face every day. By learning some great coping skills through weekly workshops and making some new friends, the hope is Empowered kids who have a safe space and improved communication with adults, are encouraged to tackle obstacles, and bring some “OM” to their life as well as spread good vibes and acceptance to others.

What: Weight and Wellness Workshops for Adults and Teens When: Wednesdays, 6-7 pm Where: The Nurture building on campus at 4242 Lake in the Woods Dr. Spring Hill, FL 34606 Description: Weekly workshops designed to be a private, interactive group of individuals who want to create lifestyle goals and stay on track. Facilitated

by Diane Friedberg, wellness coordinator this gives a weekly accountability as well as positive reinforcement to healthy changes as reducing weight and focusing on your individual wellness is the goal. Cost for this service range from discounted monthly and multi-class rate packages or a drop in rate for single classes.

What: Be EMPOWERED No-Cost Workshops for High School ages.

When: Thursdays, 5:30-6:30 pm Description: Be Empowered is a no-cost group with a Thursday focus on High School Teens and choices they face each day. By learning some great coping and communication skills through weekly workshops and making some new friends, the hope is Empowered teenagers who have knowledge and a safe space can tackle the obstacles facing them, enjoy adding “OM” to their life as well as spread good vibes and acceptance to others.

laughter and cheers. The gentle post-dusk breeze forms a relaxing and easy going feeling. Eating has never been this much fun & calming.

Oh, and when you’re there, don’t let ordering a drink slip your mind. No one can complain about a solid selection of cold beer. Although the service can be a bit slow at times, the menu is great, the food always perfectly cooked and the atmosphere is unforgettable.

When it’s all said and done, you simply can’t go wrong dining at the Ratz.

Diners enjoy the view of the Withlacoochee River at River Ratz Cafe.

IF YOU GO: The River Ratz Cafe is located at 29295 Lake Lindsey Rd, Nobleton, FL 34661 Phone: (352) 796-7176 online: http://riverratzcafe.weebly.com/

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

July 29 Windows 10 Basics - BV 7/29/2019 10AM - 12PM Registration is open If you’ve mastered the mouse, you’re ready for the Windows 10 operating system.

Meditation Mondays - WH 7/29/2019 11AM - 12PM Enjoy a mindful Monday - join us for a discussion of resources on meditation & mindfulness followed by 30 minutes of meditation.

A Romp through Classical Music - WH 7/29/2019 4 - 6PM Not an academic course, but a fun adventure with classical music for those who know nothing and for those who know a lot.

July 30 Windows 10 Basics - WH 7/30/2019 10AM - 12PM Registration is open Windows 10 may look different, but let us show you how our old friend Windows is still there and what the basic skills are you need to get the most out of Windows. Launching a program finding a file, adjusting the size of a Window these skills and more in Windows 10 Basics.

U.S. Census Bureau 2020 Hiring - SH 7/30/2019 12 - 1:30 PM Looking for temporary, flexible work? The U.S. Census Bureau is hiring workers for the 2020 Census! Recruiters will be available in the Spring Hill meeting room from 12:00pm- 1:30pm.

Choose to Quit - SH 7/30/2019 2 - 4PM Get the tools you need to quit smoking now with this 2 hour tobacco cessation course. The course includes a one month supply of nicotine replacement patches, lozenges, or gum (participant’s choice) absolutely free!

July 31 Windows 10 Basics - SH 7/31/2019 10AM - 12PM Registration is open Windows 10 may look different, but let us show you how our old friend Windows is still there and what the basic skills are you need to get the most out of Windows. Launching a program finding a file, adjusting the size of a Window these skills and more in Windows 10 Basics.

Adult Coloring and More Drop in Session BV 7/31/2019 11:30AM - 2PM Bring yourself and your lunch to the library for a little Art therapy.

Classics Book Discussion - SH 7/31/2019 2 - 3:30PM Read the chosen piece, then join others to share responses to it in a fun and informal atmosphere. New members are warmly welcomed.

Ukulele Jam - SH 7/31/2019 4:30 - 5:45 PM Get together with fellow uke enthusiasts and strum and sing your favorite tunes!

August 1 Florida-Friendly Landscaping Program - WH 8/1/2019 10:30 AM - 12PM Topic: How to Have a Critter Friendly Yard Watercolor Techniques with Edward Barker - SH 8/1/2019 1 - 4PM Registration is open 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.

Socrates Cafe - SH 8/1/2019 4:30 - 6PM Guaranteed to leave you with more questions than you came with!

Socrates Cafe is an opportunity for amiable, open-minded discussion of profound issues.

Help With Public Benefit Applications - BV 8/2/2019 10AM - 12PM First come first serve public benefit application help.

August 2 Ukulele Strum and Play - EH 8/2/2019 10 - 11:30 AM Registration is open Join TBUS guest instructor Gayle Grindey for Ukulele Strum and Play. Guaranteed to be a lot of fun. Bring your own instrument or use one of our class instruments.

History and Biography Book discussion - BV 8/2/2019 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Please join us to discuss "Reporter: A Memoir", by Seymour M. Hersh.

SHINE - EH (individual counseling by appt. only) 8/2/2019 12 - 2PM Free Medicare and Health Insurance Counseling and Information during open enrollment period. By appointment only.

Call 352-593-0705 for more information.

Tech Tutors - SH 8/2/2019 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!

August 3 Adult Coloring for Stress Relief and Relaxation - EH 8/3/2019 10AM - 2PM Enjoy an atmosphere suited for mental decompression while we sip tea and color to the tune of relaxing music.

Game On! - EH 8/3/2019 10AM - 4PM Enjoy family gaming at the East Hernando Branch!

Anime Club - SH 8/3/2019 11AM - 12:30PM 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.

K-Pop Club - SH 8/3/2019 1 - 2:30 PM Registration is open Fans of Korean music & culture and those curious about this new global sensation are invited to explore the world of K-Pop.

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HERNANDO YOUTH ORCHESTRA SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2019 3:30 PM TO 5 PM Instruments to loan (and learn), and Music to share!

Kids (ages 6-21): Want to play classical music, but lack an instrument? Need low-cost lessons? Check us out! HYO loans violins, cellos, trombones, and clarinets to our young musicians…and we give low-cost violin and guitar

lessons, too! If you already know how to play—even better! Join us; we want you. Rehearsals: Sundays 3:30-5:00. Visit www. hernandoyouthorchestra. org for more information.

Woud you like to win $10,000 cash? The Nature Coast Builder's Association (NCBA) Cash Bash is scheduled for August 17, 2019, 6:00PM to finish at St. Anthony's Church, Heffernan Hall, 20428 Cortez Blvd in Brooksville. Tickets are $100 each for a couples ticket which includes two dinners, singles tickets are $75 each for one dinner. Ticket includes one entry into Grand Prize Drawing. It is not required to be present to win. Over $11,000 in cash prizes with $10,000 grand prize. Our two charity benefactors are Operation HeartF.E.L.T. and Apraxia Kids.

GET YOUR TICKETS TODAY! Contact the NCBA office at (352) 596-1114.

IT'S BACK TO SCHOOL

Heather Community Center is located at 9100 Nakoma Way, Weeki Wachee.

Back To School Bash Saturday, August 3, 4pm – 6pm - 1300 Mariner Blvd, Spring Hill, FL 34609 Hosted by YMCA Join us for a fun afternoon to celebrate the end of the summer and start of a new school year! We will have games, bounce houses, arts and crafts and more suprises! Bring in school supplies to donate and receive a raffle ticket for some great prizes!! For more information please call 352688-9622! Pre-registration is required! Tickets and registration available at our member service desk. Registration ends August 1st!

FREE for Members and $3 for Community Members.

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12:00 PM EDT Operation Backpack will be held on Saturday, August 3rd at the Jerome Brown Community Center (99 Jerome Brown Place, Brooksville, FL 34601) starting at 10am.

We will be giving out backpacks and supplies to the school age children in the community, one

backpack per child and the child and parent must be present. The event will run as long as supplies last.

Contact Jen Raffaelli at 352-540-3835.

SEE A MORE EXTENSIVE LISTING OF BACK TO SCHOOL EVENTS ON PAGE 9

Back to School Extravaganza Saturday, August 3, 9am – 1pm - Anderson Snow Sports Complex 1360 Anderson Snow Rd, Spring Hill, The Hernando County Sheriff's Office and several Community Partners are proud to welcome county residents (proof of residency required) to the Inaugural Back to School Extravaganza. During this FREE event, backpacks and school supplies will be given to students (while supplies last). There will also be food, fun, and prize drawings. Hosted by Hernando County Sheriff's Office Operation Backpack- Jerome Brown Center Aug. 3, 2019 10:00 AM

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Business & Community Briefs BACK TO SCHOOL EVENTS: 3rd Annual Back to School Bash 3rd Annual Back to School Bash Hosted by Parent Academy of Hernando and Hernando Schools Saturday, July 27, 2019 at 9 AM – 2 PM At Nature Coast Technical High School Have your child start their new school year ready and equipped! Our community partners will be available to provide your children with free physicals, free immunizations, free dental screenings, free haircuts, free vision and diabetes screenings, and free school supplies. Don't miss out! Hernando Schools is happy to host the Back to School Bash at Nature Coast Techincal High School on July 27th, 2019.

We are pleased that so many of our Community Stakeholders volunteer in making their resources available to our students and their families at our campus so they can have the opportunity to access a variety of services to help begin the school year.

Back to School BBQ Bash Saturday July 27 at 11 AM – 1 PM Little Lady Cafe 13 S Brooksville Ave, Brooksville Join us along with @Country Depot for a great cause. We got the grill fired up, raffles, giveaways, and more!Bring school supplies for our drive and get entered to win our extra large gift basket valued at over $200.00 $10 all you can eat adults, $5 all you can eat for the kids. hot dogs, hamburgers, and chicken, comes with 3 choices of sides. tickets must be purchased in advance for this fun filled event. all supplies are to be directly distributed to local children in the Brookville Area.

Free Back to School Backpack Giveaway Sunday July 28 at 1 PM – 4 PM Hernando Mission Sda Church 6032 Barclay Ave, Spring Hill, Florida 34609 Free backpacks for elementary and middle school students. First come, first serve. We will remain open until all backpacks are given away.

Tools 4 School Backpack/Supplies Giveaway Aug 1 4PM-8PM; Aug 2 4PM- 9PM Masaryktown Community Center 539 Lincoln Ave, Masaryktown, Florida 34604 Hernando & Pasco Students K-12 Free Haircuts provided by Bene's Career Academy Free Vision Screening provided by Walmart ***Parent/Guardian & Child must be present to receive supplies*** Towne Square Mall 6th Annual Operation Backpack Aug. 3 10AM-1PM; 3021 Commercial Way; Spring Hill, FL 34606 Back to School Bash to Provide Free School Physicals to Hernando County Children Terlep Chiropractic, in coordination with the Hernando County School District, will be hosting Back to School Bash-Round Two on Saturday, August 3rd from 10 am to 1 pm at Terlep Chiropractic located at 8466 Northcliffe Boulevard, Spring Hill, Florida 34606. No tickets are needed and the event is free. For more information contact Tina at Tina@DrTerlep.com.

Back to School Extravaganza Saturday, August 3, 2019 at 9 AM – 1 PM Anderson Snow Sports Complex 1360 Anderson Snow Rd, Spring Hill, Florida 34609 The Hernando County Sheriff's Office and several of our Community Partners are proud to welcome HERNANDO COUNTY RESIDENTS (proof of residency required) to the Inaugural Back to School Extravaganza.

During this FREE event, backpacks and school supplies will be given to HERNANDO COUNTY students (while supplies last). There will also be food, fun, and prize drawings.

Operation Backpack Jerome Brown Community Center Saturday, August 3, 2019 at 10 AM – 1 PM The City of Brooksville Parks & Recreation 99 Jerome Brown Pl, Brooksville, Florida 34601 We are already getting ready for that time of year again!!!!!! Operation Backpack will be held on Saturday, August 3rd at the Jerome Brown Community Center (99 Jerome Brown Place, Brooksville, FL 34601) starting at 10am. We will be giving out backpacks and supplies to the school age children in the community, one backpack per child and the child and parent must be present. The event will run as long as supplies last. If you would like to become a vendor for this event or would like more information, please contact Jen Raffaelli at 352540-3835 or JRaffaelli@cityofbrooksville.us We look forward to seeing you there!

Tax Free Holiday for Back to School Aug. 2-6, 2019

During this sales tax holiday period, qualifying items will be exempt from tax including: certain school supplies selling for $15 or less per item; and clothing, footwear, and certain accessories selling for $60 or less per item; and computers and certain accessories selling for $1,000 or less per item, when purchased for noncommercial or personal use.

For more information and a list of qualifying items, please review the Department of Revenue's Tax Information Publication (TIP) on the 2019 Back-toSchool Sales Tax Holiday, as well as the Frequently Asked Questions document.

Locomo School Supply event!

Friday, August 9, 2019 at 6 PM – 10 PM The Locomo Skate-Dance-Party 10451 County Line Rd, Spring Hill, Florida 34609 Back 2 School Supply Skate ~Friday, August 9~ 6:00 – 10:00 p.m. $6.50 not including skates Bring a school supply in & receive a Free Admission Coupon to Return Another Time!

Free School Supply Give-A-Way Saturday, August 3, 2019 at 9 AM – 11 AM The Spring Hill United Church of Christ 4244 Mariner Blvd, Spring Hill, Florida 34609; Everyone is invited to the Spring Hill United Church of Christ School Supply Give-A-Way on Saturday, August 3 from 9-11 am. We will have school supplies for all ages. No proof of residency is required.

BUSINESS & COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS: PHSC Board elects new Trustees The Pasco-Hernando State College (PHSC) District Board of Trustees (DBOT) elected a new chair and vice chair for the 2019-2020 academic year at its July 16 board meeting, held at the college’s West Campus in New Port Richey. Trustee Alvaro Hernandez was elected to serve as chair, succeeding Robin Schneider, and Trustee Marilyn Pearson-Adams was elected to serve as vice chair, a post previously held by new Chair Hernandez.

Alvaro “Al” Hernandez, of Odessa, is market vice president at Humana and received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Nova Southeastern University. He has served on the PHSC DBOT since 2017.

Marilyn Pearson-Adams, of Brooksville, is the president of Century 21 Alliance Realty, a director with the Greater Hernando County Chamber of Commerce, and previously served as a board member of the Pasco Hernando Workforce Board.

Pearson-Adams has served on several professional committees and organizations, and holds relevant real estate industry certifications. She has served on the PHSC DBOT since 2014.

“We are pleased at the election outcome and welcome Mr. Hernandez as chair and Mrs. Pearson-Adams as vice chair, as they continue to make significant contributions and impact higher education in our community,” said Timothy Beard, Ph.D., PHSC president.

Robin Schneider, outgoing chair, was recognized for her exemplary leadership throughout her 201819 term. Schneider has served as a trustee since 2014. Each July, the board elects new leaders and reviews meeting and event dates for the upcoming academic year.

The City Of Brooksville Announces Appointment Of Angie Whisnant As Parks And Recreation Director Brooksville, FL- The City of Brooksville announces the appointment of Angie Whisnant as Parks and Recreation Director. Ms. Whisnant will assume the duties of Parks and Recreation Director on Monday, August 5, 2019. Ms. Whisnant most recently served as Parks and Recreation Director for Putnam County, Florida. she has also served as the Director of Parks and Recreation for the City of Bartow, Florida. Ms. Whisnant holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Recreation Administration from Eastern Illinois University and an MPA in Public Administration from Southern Illinois University.

The City looks forward to Ms. Whisnant joining the Brooksville team.

The Nature Coast Community Foundation (NCCSF) is collecting unwanted bicycles (or parts thereof) that will be reconditioned and given to the needy. Call to schedule a pick up. 352600-9555. NCCSF thanks its partner, the Grace Presbyterian Bicycle Ministry, for its support in this effort.

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series: Gander RV 400 NBCSN, 3pm Live Kyle Busch, Joey Logano, Chase Elliott, Brad Keselowski, Kevin Harvick and other top Monster Energy Cup drivers head to Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa., for the Gander RV 400.

NTT IndyCar Series: Honda Indy 200 NBC, 4pm Live The NTT IndyCar series visits Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington for the Honda Indy 200 on NBC. Shark Week 2019 Discovery Channel, 7pm Discovery’s long-running summertime favorite returns with more new programming devoted to those fascinating and fierce fish — sharks!

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What Just Happened??! With Fred Savage: “Parents” FOX, 9:30pm Tiffany Haddish stops by The Flare aftershow. Meanwhile, Fred’s new studio neighbor is so noisy that Fred has to bring in a studio executive to mediate.

To Tell the Truth ABC, 10pm Norman Lear, Bob Saget, Joel McHale and Rita Moreno make up the celebrity panel that is presented with a variety of participants with interesting stories, from an air guitar champion to a worldrenowned photographer and a prizewinning burlesque dancer.

The Real Housewives of Potomac: “Good Will Haunting” Bravo, 8pm With the help of singer Macy Gray, Karen and her daughter Rayvin record a tribute to her parents.

The Good Fight: “Self Condemned” CBS, 10pm Season 1 of the CBS All Access drama The Good Fight continues on CBS tonight with the episode “Self Condemned,” in which Diane (Christine Baranski) and Adrian (Delroy Lindo) find themselves involved in another police brutality case, this time representing a surprising but familiar face, Colin Sweeney (guest star Dylan Baker).

Amazing Dogs Smithsonian Channel, 8pm New Series!

Spend the dog days of summer with wild and domestic canines in this threeparter hosted by biologist Patrick Aryee.

Tonight: working dogs (these pooches don’t mooch!), like the Mongolian Bankhar, which protects livestock; Inuit sled dogs; and fisherman’s friend the Newfoundland.

So You Think You Can Dance: “Final Cut — The Top Ten Girls” FOX, 8pm The Top 10 women partner with the competition’s returning all-stars for a duet not in their own dance style. Congrats to whoever is lucky enough to be paired with the dreamy Robert Roldan. And to anyone who manages to make the judges smile.

Instinct: “Ancient History” CBS, 9pm In the new episode “Ancient History,” Dylan (Alan Cumming) and Lizzie (Bojana Novakovic) investigate the case of a prominent divorce lawyer who is found murdered in a bizarre ritual.

The Movies: “The Seventies” CNN, 9pm This episode looks at how 1970s movies like The Godfather, The Exorcist and Jaws helped push the medium of filmmaking forward.

Shark Trip: Eat. Prey. Chum.

Discovery Channel, 9pm They really do need a bigger boat for this star-studded first night of Shark Week.

Pennyworth EPIX, 9pm New Series!

From Gotham’s Bruno Heller and Danny Cannon comes a new 10-episode origin story set in the Caped Crusader’s universe.

The Great Food Truck Race Food Network, 9pm Season Finale!

This season comes to a close as one food truck team walks away with the $50,000 prize.

Grantchester PBS, 9pm When a child from an isolated farming family is accused of murder, Will is the only one able to reach him, and it brings out unexpected sides of the young vicar, shocking Geordie.

Autopsy: The Last Hours of …

REELZ Channel, 9pm New Episodes!

This docuseries continues to explore the truth behind the controversial and mysterious deaths of celebrities and people whose untimely passings were often surrounded by shock, scandal and intense media attention.

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American Ninja Warrior: “Oklahoma City City Finals” NBC, 8pm The competition series returns to Oklahoma City for the City Finals round of the competition. Competitors will face up to 10 challenging obstacles including Snap Back, which is new to the course this year.

Years and Years HBO, 9pm Season Finale!

The dramatic miniseries concludes in the 2030s with the beleaguered Lyons family fighting to retain hope against the powerful regime of self-serving politician Viv Rook (Emma Thompson).

It Happened Here REELZ Channel, 9pm New Episodes!

The series returns to explore the pivotal places that are forever linked to a celebrity.

Grand Hotel: “Where the Sun Don’t Shine” ABC, 10pm Santiago (Demián Bichir) continues to be aggravated with the neighboring hotel and decides to take matters into his own hands.

Legion FX, 10pm After she loses an epic battle with power-abusing mutant David Haller (Dan Stevens), heroine Sydney Barrett’s (Rachel Keller) consciousness escapes to an astral plane, where her infant self is rescued by some kindhearted — and very familiar — folks.

Pawn Stars: “Corey’s House of Blues” History, 10pm A signed B.B. King guitar takes center stage at the shop.

A Haunting: “Gateway to Evil” Travel Channel, 10pm Season Finale!

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Licensed Class A Air Conditioner Contractor Instructor; 10 weeks - One evening per week - 2 hours per evening Preference to underemployed, unemployed and High School Seniors not going to College $ 25 application fee.

No other cost for this basic course Class August 21st to Oct. 23rd, 2019 Application deadline August 7th, 2019 Get a Foot in the Door!

Learn the skills to start a Career!

Register at T-Volt Center: The Greater Hope Church, 1421 Kass Circle, Spring Hill FL 34606 Registration on Tuesdays and Wednesdays Starting July 30th 6 PM - 8 PM through August 7 th, 2019 Request an application by emailing TVolt@msn.com or calling 352 584-6559 10 week commitment required!

Come DANCE with a Crescent Community Clinic Charity Event!!

Held at Heritage Pines Country Club on Saturday, July 27th!! Bring your special someone or make new friends! Call Sue: 352 - 346 - 2817 or Gina: 352 - 667 - 1465 Volunteer opportunity to help local veterans If you have a desire to help the veterans of Hernando County consider becoming a volunteer van driver. The Hernando County Veteran Services Department is in need of drivers to transport disabled veterans to and from James A. Haley VA Hospital located at 13000 Bruce B. Downs Boulevard in Tampa. The van runs Monday through Friday, but not on Federal holidays. Veterans are picked up at two designated locations: Wal-Mart located at 7305 Broad Street in Brooksville Brooksville VA Outpatient Clinic located at 14540 Cortez Boulevard in Brooksville Requirements to be a van driver: Possess a valid driver’s license Have a safe driving record Maintain current automobile insurance - proof of insurability Pass physical health screening in relation to driving vehicles Pass TB skin test Attend volunteer training orientation Desire to help the veterans of Hernando County Vans are limited to eight passengers, plus driver.

Pickups normally begin at 6:30 a.m. at designated locations. The van departs from Tampa no later than 2 p.m. Volunteer drivers will alternate shifts.

Contact (352) 754-4033 for more information.

Hebrew Classes Temple Beth David 13158 Antelope St. SH is offering an Adult Hebrew Grammar Class on Wednesdays from 9:30am to 11:00am. Also, an Adult Beginner Hebrew Class from 8:00am to 9:30am and from 11:00am to 12:30pm. Tuition is $5.00 per class for non-Temple Members and a fee per student for a textbook. Call Lynn @352688-5578 or email lynn12036@gmail.com for more information.

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Health Briefs The Maternity Suites at Oak Hill Hospital Announces OB Program Community Events for August Spring Hill, Florida (July 23, 2019) –The Maternity Suites at Oak Hill Hospital has announced the following OB program community events that will be held during the month of August. All events will be held at Oak Hill Hospital, 11375 Cortez Boulevard, Maternity Suites Education Room, North Tower third floor, Brooksville, Florida 34613.

New Family Care – August 8 – 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm Breastfeeding Beginnings – August 10 – 9:00 am to 11:00 am and August 20 – 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm Childbirth Preparation – August 10 – 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm Childbirth Preparation – August 12-13 – 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm both evenings Breastfeeding Support Group - August 20 – 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm

UPCOMING SUMMER ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS 2019 Hernando County summer camps The Hernando County Parks & Recreation Department announces its summer camp schedule. A variety of camps are being offered for children ages 8-14. Some camps have limited enrollment and age limits differ by camp.

A complete listing of the programs and registration forms may be found online at www.

HernandoCounty.us/Parks_Rec. Registration forms may be faxed, emailed, mailed or delivered to the Parks & Recreation office located at 205 Fort Dade Avenue, Brooksville, FL 34601. Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Contact the Parks and Recreation Department (HCRD) at (352) 754-4031, fax (352) 7544415, email recreation@hernandocounty.us or visit Facebook at @HCParksNRec for more information.

Weeki Wachee Kayak Days – Join us on a paddling experience down the Weeki Wachee River. Campers must be able to swim and paddling experience is preferred but not needed.

You will be guided down the river by two HCRD staff and will end the adventure at Rogers Park located at 7244 Shoal Line Boulevard near Hernando Beach. Please bring all snacks/ lunch in waterproof containers, sunscreen, bug spray and towel if you wish. All tandem kayaks, paddles and flotation devices are provided.

Dates: July 31; August 7; Time: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Cost: $20 per day Limit: 20 campers Location: Boating in Florida – 6131 Commercial Way in Spring Hill Ages: 10 -14 Football - Learn the fundamentals of the game, drills, skills and conditioning. Camp will be conducted by Calvin Brown and Marion Jones who work with the high school football Programs.

Dates: July 29 – August 1 Cost: $80, Monday-Thursday Limit: 20 campers Location: Delta Woods Park – 3400 Deltona Boulevard in Spring Hill Ages: 8 to 14 Time: 8 a.m. - 2 p.m., *7:30 - 8 a.m. or 2 - 4 p.m. is available for an additional $15 Outdoor Adventure Camp - Enjoy a week of adventures. Each week has a slight difference in activities. Some trips will be kayaking, offshore fishing, Rays baseball game, Adventure Island, Rainbow River, Fort Desoto, Tree Hoppers, Skyzone, Cemex and many others. Field trips are subject to change due to weather but will be replaced with field trips of the same caliber. Pick up and drop off times will vary depending on the week/trips. A $50 non-refundable deposit is due at the time of registration. See the daily itinerary for each week at www.HernandoCounty.us/ Parks_Rec. Cost: $175 per week, Monday - Thursday Limit: 20 campers per week Ages: 8 to 14 Time: 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Dates: July 29 – August 2, August 5-9

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TCM Spotlight: Out of This World TCM, beginning at 8pm Turner Classic Movies’ monthlong celebration of classic sci-fi films concludes tonight with a very impressive lineup of titles, beginning with Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), followed by Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope (1977), Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), Solaris (1972), Logan’s Run (1976), Westworld (1973) and 2010 (1984).

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills: “Reunion Part 3” Bravo, 9pm The reunion concludes with the fallout over Camille’s dramatic storm-off. Teddi and Denise face a volatile foe.

The 100: “Adjustment Protocol” The CW, 9pm A special Naming Day changes everything in Sanctum. Gabriel (guest star Chuku Modu) comes face-to-face with an old friend.

Animal Kingdom: “Exit Strategy” TNT, 9pm Smurf (Ellen Barkin) orders the Cody boys to plan a dangerous job while she orchestrates an elaborate party at the house.

60 Days In: Narcoland: “Fight for the Heartland” A&E, 10pm New Series!

Six participants go undercover in crucial areas along I-65 — one of the biggest drug-trafficking corridors in the country, encompassing six counties in Kentucky and Indiana — for a firsthand look into how drug cartels have infiltrated America’s heartland.

Blood & Treasure: “Legacy of the Father” CBS, 10pm The globe-hopping action drama has scored a second season, so we can all invest in former FBI agent/stolen-arts

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America’s Got Talent: “Judge Cuts 3” NBC, 8pm Emmy-nominated actress Ellie Kemper joins the panel as a guest judge and gets the opportunity to send an act directly to the live shows with a Golden Buzzer.

Contestants have one last chance to impress the judges before going live for America’s vote.

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Lights Out With David Spade Comedy Central, 11:30pm New Series!

SNL alum David Spade hosts this new late-night series featuring his signature take on the pop culture news of the day.

The nightly series will include a rotating group of Spade’s comedian and celebrity friends, while also incorporating sketches and field segments.

Pandora: “Masters of War” The CW, 8pm A war veteran from the legendary space battle cruiser Sea Hawk makes a shocking revelation to Jax (Priscilla Quintana) and Greg (John Harlan Kim) that could lead Jax to discover who actually killed her parents.

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those 12 and under, free 34’ rock wall, free face painting, free scavenger hunt (age 3 – 12), free water balloon toss (winners gets $20), free Karaoke contest (winners gets $100) inflatables, pony rides, bungee jump, hamster ball, specialty art & craft vendors, Judah Ben Hur the Musical food & snack trucks, Miss/Mr. Kings Bay Pageant, performances YWAM of Tampa Bay and Live Oak Theatre announce the performance dates and times for Judah Ben-Hur, the Musical. Judah by the National Platinum Recording Artist Tantric, 14 North and more.

Ben-Hur, the Musical will be performed at the locations and Event Location:Kings Bay Park, 268 NW 3rd Street, Crystal River, times listed below: Florida.Visit www.CrystalRiverScallopFestival.com for more information.Lisa Yeater: 352.875.6499 July 26th 7 p.m.

Carol and Frank Morsani Center for the Arts Walking Sticks 21030 Cortez Blvd. Brooksville FL 34601 WHEN: Saturday, July 27, 8:30am – 10:30am $15/ticket WHERE: Chinsegut Conservation Center 23212 Lake Lindsey Road July 28th 6 p.m.

Brooksville, Florida 34601 Brooksville Wesleyan Church Description: Walking sticks is a monthly hiking group that meets 22319 Cortez Blvd. Brooksville 34601 at various FWC managed sites in the area. This month’s hike July 29th 7 p.m. will be located at Chassahowitzka Wildlife Management Area Cornerstone Baptist Church located off US 19 just north of Centralia Road. During the hike 13171 Tara St. Spring Hill 34609 we will compare the land and plants we seen in January versus in July 31st 6 p.m.

June. We will meet at the main entrance off US 19 then drive as Faith Presbyterian Church a group to hike location. Please call (352) 754-6722 to register, 200 Mt. Fair Av. Brooksville 34601 adults only. Two-mile hike. Program length 2 hours.

Adult admission is only $15 at the door. Students 13 and under are $5 with the purchase of an adult ticket.

Potluck Picnic at Pine Island Beach Park for our TBD Shabbat For more information about the musical, go to www.judahschool kids and prospective students benhur.com or Judah Ben Hur Musical on Facebook.

Temple Beth David in Spring Hill is having a Potluck Picnic at Pine Island Beach Park for our TBD Shabbat school kids on Sunday, July 26 July 28th at 11:00AM. The event is free and open to all Temple Boondoggle Class, Introductory and Advanced Palm Weaving Beth David Shabbat School families and prospective families, too.

The day will be filled with fun along with lots of swimming, music, July 26, Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. good friends and more. For more information please call the WHERE: Dade Battlefield State Park 7200 Battlefield Parkway Temple at 352-686-7034.

Bushnell, FL 33513 Join Dade volunteers to learn how to weave with palm/palmetto 19th Annual YES Bowling Extravaganza fronds. Cost is $3/vehicle or annual Florida park pass plus $5/ Saturday July 27 at 1 PM – 3 PM person:12 and under free.

Spring Hill Lanes 3447 Commercial Way, Spring Hill, Florida 34606 Ghost Tours The Hernando County Sheriff’s Charities, Inc., will be hosting WHEN: Friday, July 26, 8pm – 10pm the 19th Annual Youth Education Services (Y.E.S.) Bowling WHERE: May-Stringer Historical Museum, 601 Museum Court, Extravaganza on Saturday, July 27, 2019.

Brooksville 34601 (map) Description: Legend has it that the 151-year old former residence The event will take place at Spring Hill Lanes, located at 3447 of pioneer Frank Saxon is still inhabited by some of its residents, Commercial Way in Spring Hill. Registration begins at noon; bowling will start at 1 p.m. including three-year old Jessie May Saxon. Hand-held cameras and recording devices allowed. Tour is by reservation only, $20.00 Hernando County Sheriff’s Youth Education Services (Y.E.S.) is per person (cash only). To make a reservation, or for information, under the umbrella of the Hernando County Sheriff’s Charities Inc., a 501c3 organization with the Federal ID # 16-1633755. call 352-556-9571. www.hernandohistoricalmuseumassoc.com.

We hope you will participate in this fundraising event by bowling on a team, or as an individual bowler.

Proceeds from the bowling extravaganza will support the July 27 & 28 following programs: Stage West Hami Awards Gala • Sheriff’s Summer R.O.A.R. (Respect Others And YouRself) Day Fire & Ice HAMIS Awards : In recognition of the 2018-201 Camps WHEN: Saturday, July 27, 6pm – 9pm • Richard Buckingham Community Service Scholarship WHERE: Stage West Community Playhouse · Spring Hill, Florida • “In honor of Richard B. Nugent” Community Service Scholarship. (map) Description: Please join us for an evening of Wine, Hors These programs are funded through contributions from citizens D'oeuvres, Awards, & Sweets at this year's and local businesses. For additional information, please contact Fire & Ice HAMIS. Hors D'oeuvres start at 6PM and Awards start Annie-Laurie Austin in Community Relations at 352-797-3660. at 7PM This is event is ages 7 plus. Ticket prices are: Ages 7-12 - $15 & Ages 13+ & Adults: $25 Aug. 3 Tickets are available through the Box Office or at the June and July General Meeting Stage West Childrens workshop production of "A Murdered Mystery" and "The Waiting Room" Crystal River Scallop Festival 2PM; WHEN: July 27 10AM-7PM & 28th 10AM-5PM Stage West Playhouse WHERE: Kings Bay Park, 268 NW 3rd ST, Crystal River, 8390 Forest Oaks Boulevard, Spring Hill, FL Description: This event promises to be fun and exciting for the (352) 683-5113 entire family, with a special feature being the Scallop Cook-off competition (winner gets $500, a trophy, and bragging rights).

Back To School Bash Scallops will be on the menu for all food trucks, free entry for

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Air Jaws Strikes Back Discovery Channel, 10pm For the first time, Chris Fallows’ Air Jaws team films seals joining forces to stage counterattacks against great whites stalking them in waist-deep water in South Africa.

Jane the Virgin: “Chapter One Hundred” The CW, 9pm Series Finale!

With Jane (Gina Rodriguez) and Rafael (Justin Baldoni) finally getting ready for their big day, Rafael’s desire to help Jane’s writing dream lands him in trouble.

Bring the Funny: “The Open Mic 4” NBC, 10pm In the final night of the Open Mic round, sketch, variety and standup comedy acts from all over the world give it their all to impress the judges and make it to the next round of the competition in hopes of ultimately winning the $250,000 grand prize and becoming the first ever winner of Bring the Funny.

First Responders Live FOX, 9pm Live Season Finale!

Tonight, the first season of the Dick Wolf-produced series that provides an in-depth look at the real-time lifesaving work that firefighters, police officers, EMS technicians and other first responders perform on a nightly basis comes to an end.

America Unearthed: “Exodus of the Templars” Travel Channel, 10pm Season Finale!

Scott Wolter crisscrosses the Atlantic as he investigates cryptic carvings allegedly left behind by the Knights Templar. He runs scientific tests to prove his long-held belief that the Templars hid treasure in North America.

NOVA: The Planets: “Jupiter” PBS, 9pm This week, travel to Jupiter, which science suggests wandered through the early solar system using its enormous mass to create havoc and destruction that could have prevented Earth from forming.

The Detour: “The Entertainer” TBS, 10:30pm Tonight’s new episode finds Jared (Liam Carroll) coming up with a morbid plan to reunite the family.

Wahlburgers: Wahlburgers Comes Home A&E, 10pm Series Finale!

Life comes full circle as the Wahlbergs prepare to finally open the long-awaited location in their hometown of Dorchester.

Harry Potter’s Birthday Stunt Syfy, 11:41pm For the second year in a row, blow out the candles with Harry Potter at midnight on his birthday. Syfy is airing Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001) so that the moment in the film when Harry blows out the candles on his “cake” drawn in the dirt hits at midnight.

Archer: 1999 FXX, 10pm Season Finale!

The outer-space adventures of Sterling Archer (voice of H. Jon Benjamin) come to an end in the Season 10 finale, “Robert De Niro.” Archer will return for Season 11, and when he does, rumor has it he’ll emerge from his coma.

Wednesday, July 31

Four Weddings and a Funeral Hulu New Series!

Twenty-five years after Four Weddings and a Funeral became a massive success and one of the most popular romantic comedy films ever, it returns in the form of an updated television series, with all-new characters.

Wahlburgers Award Show Clips Show A&E, 8pm In this laugh-out-loud special episode of Wahlburgers, the cast takes over their own show. Hosted by Donnie and Paul, this show devolves into a self-proclaimed award ceremony, where Donnie and Paul hand out Wahlburgers awards to their favorite clips. With special appearances

by Alma, Bob and Brandon, plus a special “Behind the Menu” segment starring Johnny Drama.

Jane the Virgin: “Chapter Ninety-Nine” The CW, 8pm Get ready for the finale with this retrospective featuring cast interviews from Gina Rodriguez (Jane), Andrea Navedo (Xiomara), Yael Grobglas (Petra), Justin Baldoni (Rafael), Brett Dier (Michael), Ivonne Coll (Alba), Jaime Camil (Rogelio), Elias Janssen (Mateo), Anthony Mendez (the Narrator) and executive producer Jennie Snyder Urman.

MasterChef: “Let Them Eat Cake” FOX, 8pm The top 12 home cooks are surprised when the MasterChef kitchen is filled with an array of tasty cakes, and, for their immunity challenge, they have only 75 minutes to replicate one of them for the judges.

Unmasking Jihadi John: Anatomy of a Terrorist HBO, 8pm Relive the global manhunt for Mohammed Emwazi “Jihadi John,” a British-raised man who became an ISIS spokesperson and one of its most brutal terrorists. The film includes interviews with CIA, Pentagon and British intelligence operatives who have never spoken publicly about the operation until now.

Ellen’s Game of Games: “The Sound of Musical Chairs” NBC, 8pm Contestants will play Blindfolded Musical Chairs, You Bet Your Wife, Dizzy Dash and a new game this season, Mount St. Ellen. The winner of each of the first four rounds advances to Know or Go, and the person who wins that game advances to Hot Hands for a chance to win a cash prize.

Ancient Skies: “Finding the Center” PBS, 8pm Follow the efforts to give the Earth a shape and a place. From flat-Earth legends to Galileo’s telescope, track major changes in scientific

Sherman’s Showcase IFC, 10pm New Series!

Drawing inspiration from the likes of Soul Train, American Bandstand, The Midnight Special and In Living Color, each episode of Sherman’s Showcase is hosted by Sherman McDaniels (Bashir Salahuddin), who takes viewers through time via music and comedy drawn from the 40year library of a legendary (but fictional) musical variety show.

The InBetween: “While the Song Remains the Same” NBC, 10pm Tom (Paul Blackthorne) and Damien (Justin Cornwell) investigate the mysterious death of a vibrant young woman while Cassie’s (Harriet Dyer) visions reveal a complicated family story.

Cassie also encounters an idol from her childhood in the InBetween and helps him right some past wrongs.

Alien Highway: “Arizona Anomalies” Travel Channel, 10pm Season Finale!

A recent UFO sighting in Phoenix leads Chuck Zukowski and the team to Sedona, Ariz., where these kinds of incidents occur on a nightly basis. They investigate whether the area’s powerful energy vortices are acting as portals for otherworldly visitors.

Thursday, Aug. 1

Holey Moley: “Never Count Out the Beard” ABC, 8pm It’s East Coast versus West Coast when a local New Jersey contestant faces off with a California native — a.k.a. “the wizard of mini-golf” — in a round that culminates in a sudden-death putt-off tiebreaker. Meanwhile, Ed Sheeran’s doppelganger takes on “Tee’d Off,” and a mini-golf trick shot artist shows off his skills. iZombie: “All’s Well That Ends Well” The CW, 8pm Series Finale!

The series, which began in 2015, signs off tonight with what promises to be a decisive resolution to what happens to the city of Seattle, and, in the words of co-creator Rob Thomas, “There will be no cliffhangers.”

Shark Week 2019 (Night 5) Discovery Channel, beginning at 7pm New Shark Week specials tonight include Return to Shark Island, Great White Kill Zone: Guadalupe and Monster Mako: Perfect Predator.

MasterChef: “Small Dessert, Big Problems” FOX, 8pm For their elimination challenge, the home cooks must take on the classic French confection: macarons.

Siren: “New World Order” Freeform, 8pm Season Finale!

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NFL Preseason: Hall of Fame Game: Atlanta vs. Denver NBC, 8pm Live The NFL preseason kicks off tonight at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio, for the Hall of Fame Game between the Denver Broncos and Atlanta Falcons.

Million Dollar Listing New York Bravo, 9pm Season Premiere!

The show is back for Season 8, and the returning real estate moguls include Fredrik Eklund, Ryan Serhant and Steve Gold. Luis D. Ortiz is back to working in real estate and is joined by newcomer Tyler Whitman.

The Outpost: “Regarding the Matter of Garret Spears” The CW, 9pm Gwynn (Imogen Waterhouse) is taken hostage with a ransom only Talon (Jessica Green) can pay. Talon summons a risky ally to help her finish what she started. Janzo (Anand Desai-Barochia) tries out his new image on Talon.

BBQ Brawl: Flay V. Symon Food Network, 9pm New Series!

Bobby Flay goes head-to-head against fellow Iron Chef Michael Symon in this four-episode stunt, as the two stars coach eight of the country’s most respected BBQ challengers for bragging rights.

Flip or Flop HGTV, 9pm Season Premiere!

Divorced couple Christina Anstead and Tarek El Moussa find their stride as successful business partners and coparents as they return to buy, renovate and sell SoCal properties for a profit.

Reef Break: “The Two O’Clock Flight” ABC, 10pm When a group of criminals hijacks a plane and lands on the Reef, Cat (Poppy Montgomery) jumps into action formulating a quick-thinking plan to save the passengers onboard before it’s too late.

The Dead Files: “Not My Child” Travel Channel, 10pm Steve DiSchiavi and Amy Allan travel to Jefferson City, Mo., where a family reports it has had to abandon its new home in order to escape the intense paranormal activity inside.

No One Saw a Thing SundanceTV, 11pm New Series!

This new true-crime documentary series examines an unsolved and mysterious death in the American heartland and the corrosive effects of vigilantism in smalltown America.

Friday, Aug. 2

This Is Football Amazon Prime Video This six-part documentary explores the emotions and stories at the heart of the sport of football (known in the United States as soccer). Each episode explores a different theme relating to the world’s most popular sport.

Dear White People Netflix Season Premiere!

The satiric series that sends up the supposed “post-racial” world of modern America returns for a third season of biting, often brutally honest insight.

Otherhood Netflix Original Film!

Angela Bassett, Patricia Arquette and Felicity Huffman star in this tale of three mothers who drive to New York to reconnect with their adult sons, a road trip that turns into a journey of rediscovery.

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power Netflix Season Premiere!

The animated update of the classic 1980s cartoon returns for Season 3.

Geena Davis joins the cast in a gueststarring voice role as Huntara, a classic villain from the original series.

Fox & Friends Fox News, 6am Country singer Justin Moore hits Fox Square to celebrate the release of his new album, Late Nights and Longnecks.

Is it too early in the day for him to play “Jesus and Jack Daniels”?

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: “The Sign/New Life”

WHEN: Saturday, August 3, 4pm – 6pm WHERE: 1300 Mariner Blvd, Spring Hill, FL 34609, USA (map) Description: Hosted by YMCA Join us for a fun afternoon to celebrate the end of the summer and start of a new school year!

We will have games, bounce houses, arts and crafts and more suprises! Bring in school supplies to donate and receive a raffle ticket for some great prizes!! For more information please call 352-688-9622!

Pre-registration is required! Tickets and registration available at our member service desk. Registration ends August 1st! FREE for Members and $3 for Community Members.

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Multiple Dates in August Stage West Childrens Theatre presents Guys and Dolls Jr. August 9 &16 at 7:30 and 10,11,17 and 18 at 2pm Stage West Playhouse 8390 Forest Oaks Boulevard, Spring Hill, FL (352) 683-5113 Aug. 7 Ribbon Cutting - Habitat for Humanity of Hernando County Wednesday, August 7, 2019 at 12 PM – 1 PM 16131 Daytona St, Brooksville, FL 34604-8058 Join us for the Ribbon Cutting ceremony for Habitat Hernando!

See the newest house that has been built and meet the new Executive Director!

Aug. 17 2019 NCBA CASH BASH Saturday, August 17, 2019 at 6 PM – 10 PM St. Anthony The Abbot Catholic Church, 20428 Cortez Blvd., Brooksville Hosted by Nature Coast Builders Association Over $11,000 in prizes, $10,000 grand prize. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, need not be present to win. Presenting Sponsor, Senica Air Conditioning. $75 single tickets, $100 per couple, includes dinner and entry into grand prize drawing. Total limit 450 tickets.

Please contact Nature Coast Builders Association for more info: (352) 596-1114.

Aug. 16 - 18 Spirit of Woodstock at the Sertoma Youth Ranch; 85 Myers Rd, Brooksville, FL The Inaugural Spirit of Woodstock will be held Friday thru Sunday, August 16-18, 2019 at the beautiful and rustic Sertoma Youth Ranch, 85 Myers Road, Brooksville, FL 34602 Camping is Optional. Come for the day or whole weekend. We're Here for the Music. There will be children's activities including hayrides and arts & craft projects plus much more https://spiritofwoodstock.org/ https://www.facebook.com/spiritofwoodstockliveson

Movie Times GTC BEACON CINEMA 12961 Cortez Blvd, Brooksville, FL 34613

9 ABC, 8pm Season Finale!

With time running short, the team will have to go to hell and back to stop the end of everything. Who will survive?

Shark Week 2019 (Night 6) Discovery Channel, beginning at 8pm Tonight’s new Shark Week specials include Isle of Jaws: Blood Brothers and I Was Prey: Shark Week.

Descendants 3 Disney Channel, 8pm Original Film!

The third installment of the magical film franchise continues as the teenage daughters and sons of Disney’s most infamous villains... return to the Isle of the Lost to recruit a new batch of villainous offspring to join them at Auradon Prep Reba UPtv, 8pm The feel-good net begins airing the beloved 2001-07 comedy starring Reba McEntire as a newly single Houston crack-up dealing with her wild-child daughter (JoAnna Garcia Swisher), unfaithful ex (Christopher Rich) and his pregnant new love (Melissa Peterman).

Andrew Mayne: Ghost Diver Discovery Channel, 9pm The master illusionist-inventor teams with experts to study the great white’s senses.

Why? So he can create a “Shark Suit” to overcome them. We look forward to him testing it.

American Masters: “Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin” PBS, 9pm Explore the remarkable life and legacy of late feminist author Ursula K. Le Guin, whose groundbreaking work, including The Left Hand of Darkness, transformed American literature by bringing science fiction into the literary mainstream.

The UnXplained: “Strange Creatures” History, 10pm This week, the series investigates the legend of creatures including Mothman, Chupacabra and the Mongolian death worm.

Killjoys: “Three Killjoys and a Lady” Syfy, 10pm After escaping The Lady’s clutches on Westerley, the Killjoy trio believes there is a traitor among them.

A Black Lady Sketch Show HBO, 11pm New Series!

This new half-hour comedy sketch show was created and written by Robin Thede (who also stars) and is executive produced by costar Issa Rae.

Saturday, Aug. 3

2019 Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremony ESPN & NFL Network, 7pm Live The Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 2019 is inducted tonight in this ceremony in Canton, Ohio. Entering the pantheon of football greats are players Champ Bailey, Tony Gonzalez, Ty Law, Kevin Mawae, Ed Reed and Johnny Robinson, and contributors Pat Bowlen and Gil Brandt.

Shark Week 2019 (Night 7) Discovery Channel, beginning at 7pm Shark Week fans can enjoy tonight’s new specials, Sharks Gone Wild 2 and Shark Week Immersion.

V.C. Andrews’ Dark Angel Lifetime, 8pm Original Film!

In the second film in Lifetime’s V.C. Andrews’ Casteel Family Movie Series Event, Heaven Casteel (Annalise Basso) moves to Boston to begin a new life in the luxurious home of her estranged grandmother, Jillian (Kelly Rutherford), and Jillian’s husband, Tony Tatterton (Jason Priestley).

Wild Singapore: “Urban Wild” BBC America, 9pm Episode 2, “Urban Wild,” journeys through a day in the life of wild animals that make their habitat in Singapore’s urban environments.

Love and Sunshine Hallmark Channel, 9pm Original Film!

Recovering from a broken engagement, Ally (Danica McKellar) has been fostering retired military dog Sunshine. Sparks fly when Sunshine’s military partner, Jake (Mark Deklin), returns to claim the dog.

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Friday July 26 - Thursday Aug. 1 The Lion King in RealD 3D (PG) Donald Glover, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter 118 minutes 12:30, 1:00, 3:30, 4:00, 6:45, 7:00, 9:45, 10:00 Spider-Man: Far from Home 3D (PG-13) Jake Gyllenhaal, Zendaya 135 minutes 12:30, 3:45, 7:00, 10:15 Yesterday (PG-13) Lily James, Himesh Patel 112 minutes 1:15, 4:15, 7:30, 10:30 Toy Story 4 (G) Tom Hanks, Tim Allen 100 minutes 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:00 Pavarotti (PG-13) Luciano Pavarotti 114 minutes 12:45, 3:45, 7:15, 10:15 The Secret Life of Pets 2 (PG) Kevin Hart, Jenny Slate 86 minutes 1:30, 4:30 Aladdin (PG) Will Smith, Mena Massoud 128 minutes 6:45, 10:00

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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.

Snake Smarts

I got a little tickled earlier after reading a public service announcement from our Florida Wildlife Commission.

The announcement, basically stated that poisonous snakes, especially cotton-mouth water moccasins cannot climb trees and went on to claim that stories of moccasins falling from tree limbs into boats are complete falsehoods; myths, they claimed.

Now folks, the reason this tickled me is that I have first-hand experience on three separate occasions of having water moccasins fall into my boat.

But then, I grew a bit concerned. The announcement, published on the eighteenth of July, went on to claim that if a snake happens to fall into your boat, don’t panic as it will be a harmless water snake and you should simply assist it over the side to let it swim away. My concern is, should they really be telling people that? Should they tell people who may not know the difference, that any snake falling into the boat is harmless? It’s a great way to get somebody struck and envenomated! I’ve been struck by a cottonmouth…. It sucked!

I’ve made my concerns very clear to our FWC’s public relations department and encourage all of you to be very aware around snakes.

If you do not have the experience to know the difference between a venomous or non-venomous snake, then treat them all as venomous and avoid them. If you offer a wide berth and get away quickly, you will do just fine. Now please folks, note that I am not at all suggesting that you harm the snake.

It truly saddens me when people kill snakes just to be able to say that you killed one.

Take rattlesnakes, for instance. Often, I see posts on social media of people posing with the carcass of large rattlesnakes killed for no other reason than because it was a rattlesnake. I’m no snake fan at all, but I do recognize their proper and necessary role in our ecosystem. Also, there just doesn’t seem to be nearly as many left in the wild places and that’s sad.

Please, educate yourselves, family and friends on sake identification and ignore such irresponsible information from our FWC about venomous snakes not climbing trees, because they do. There are a few great tools

Hornets Football players practice over the summer going over defensive and offensive plays.

observed and evaluated from the sideline.

“Looking at it from February to now it was a First year Weeki Walittle discouraging, but as chee head coach Chris a coaching staff, we kept Cook realizes he has some marching forward,” coach work ahead, but the sumCook said. “This team did mer months have given a complete 180-degree him some time to make turn from when I got here. significant headway.

It’s completely different.”

“Coming up here, I Cook has taken summer knew it was going to be a break as an opportunity to little bit of a challenge,” focus on team building, Cook said. “I knew the filling skilled field posinumbers were low, and tions, strength and ethics.

I knew there were some Cook tells his players things the administration that football is just one wanted to change as far as part of life, but the game the culture of the team.” is a good way to prepare The spring game against you for the challenges Calvary Christian in May ahead. was a way for Cook to “I remind my coachestablish a checklist. He ing staff our number one ARTICLE AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY ALICE MARY HERDEN

priority is to mentor these young guys. So when they become adults they can be good husbands, fathers, family members and productive citizens in society,” coach Cook said.

“Number two is to win football games.”

Coach Cook said that he and his wife Cynthia, were so gratefully welcomed into the Hornet’s nest.

“It’s like I have been here my whole life,” said coach Cook.

Hornets will travel to Groveland to face South Lake in their first away game of the season on August 23.

Hornets William Vonada, recently stepped down as Athletic Director, but will take on the 2019 season as the Hornets defense coach.

Coach Chris Cook left Moore Haven High School as the offensive coach with an 8-2 2018 season. Now he is ready to take on the 2019 season as Head Football Coach for the Weeki Wachee Hornets.

Summer football workouts and four-day practices pushed the athletes to prepare for their first season game against South Lake on August 23.

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A cottonouth water moccasin resting on a limb above the Hillsborough River.

online which can help you learn the distinguishing characteristics of our native venomous snakes, for those interested; The University of Florida’s www.UFwildlife.ifas,ufl,edu, www. whatsnakeisthat.com or www.247wildlife.com.

The point is, educate yourself on our slithering wildlife and whether you’re out in the woods,

on the water or even in your own backyard, remain alert for their presence. If you spot Mister No-Shoulders whilst you’re out and about just leave him alone and odds are you in turn will be left alone by him. And do us all a favor, any of you sportsmen and women who’ve had encounters with venomous snakes in trees

or falling into your boat, take a minute to contact the FWC and set them straight at 850-404-6122.

It’s our job to hold them accountable.

I surely thank you for all of your input and as always, if you have any feedback, give me a shout at Toby@HernandoSun.com. God Bless and Good Hunting!

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Star athletes, NFLers among coaches at youth football camp ARTICLE AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY CHERYL CLANTON

Free food. Live DJ. Free football camp. NFL players. You couldn't go wrong last Saturday July 13, 2019 at Ernie Wever Youth Park in Brooksville, FL. NFL Tyrone Goodson, HYL coach Fabian Burnett Sr. and the USA Football organization desired to give back to the Hernando County sporting community through a free LEFT: Richard Howell, an experienced football coach directs campers. He says that five star football camps attract college coaches.

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fundamental football camp.

The camp featured special guests - NFL Darren Hambrick and Bill Saffore with VertiMax (a sports training equipment company).

Tyrone Goodson and Fabian Burnett Sr. grew up in the same neighborhood, Tanglewood Apartments in Brooksville, back in the eighties. Playing football was mandatory. Tyrone Goodson went to Central High, graduating in 1991. Fabian Burnett is a Leopard- graduating from Hernando High in 1996.

Fabian remarked that Tyrone Goodson is like a big brother to him. Their families were close. “His family always treated myself and my sisters as family,” said Burnett. Burnett's son, Fabian Burnett Jr. is currently the starting quarterback at Nature Coast Technical High School. It's his senior year.

Both Goodson and Burnett are college graduates, Burnett attended Saint Leo University and Goodson attended Auburn University. Both gentlemen are dedicated to sports and life skills, fundamentals of the game, to motivate and direct children toward a positive future. A lot of great young athletes reside in the Hernando community and great names have come out of the area.

“Myself and Tyrone want to give the kids all the advantages possible,” said Fabian Burnett. Burnett previously hosted a camp in Ocala in 2016 for Tyrone Goodson through USA Football that was a success. Fabian Burnett has been running camps and involved with HYL for thirteen years in various locations throughout Brooksville. He has some notable achievements as the defensive coordinator for Team Tampa FBU National Champions and head coach of the Brooksville Saints 7 on 7 travel teams; ages 18 & up and 15 & up. Fabian Burnett stated his coaching philosophy is that it will take blood, sweat and tears to be successful in football and that will transfer into life skills.

Tyrone Goodson Youth and Sports Programs Inc. was established as a 501c3 a non-profit organization in 2013. Ten years earlier, Tyrone Goodson, was all time leader in receptions at Auburn University. He played professional football with the Washington Redskins, St. Louis Rams and Green Bay Packers.

Goodson is based in Ocala, but plans to bring the camp to Hernando County at least once a year. Kristy Powell, the organization’s CEO said that it goes beyond sports for this 501c3.

For the past few years, on Christmas Eve, the organization loads a trailer full of gifts to deliver to a low income apartment complex. The gifts are for children 18 years and under. She said that the gifts are always a complete surprise as the families are only told that it’s a Christmas Eve event going on in their parking lot.

NFL Darren Hambrick

Tyrone Goodson with his son, a football camper on Saturday 13, 2019 at Ernie Weaver Park.

is from Lacoochee, FL and went to Pasco High.

Hambrick has been helping youth football players in and around Dade City.

Hambrick was a special guest at the camp on Saturday July 13.

I got the opportunity to meet with Bill Saffore with Vertimax Resistance Training. Saffore brought with him VertiMax equipment for the kids and parents to try out for free.

“They need explosive speed and strength to excel,” Bill Saffore stated. He says this equipment and the right training regime could make that happen. Saffore offers private lessons that are very affordable.

There are many opportunities for Hernando County athletes right here in our very own community. Never give up your dream.

Saturday 13, 2019 at Ernie Weaver Park- NFL special guest coach at Tyrone Goodson's Youth Football camp was no other than NFL Darren Hambrick.

Facebook and Website links: Facebook: Tyrone Goodson Youth and Sports Programs, Inc Facebook: Hernando Youth League Football - HYL https://usafootball.com/ programs/fundamentals Facebook: Saffore Speed & Strength ( Bill Saffore with VertiMax)

RIGHT: Fabian Burnett, Sr. pumps up his HYL team before a game.

VertiMax Resistance Training team demonstrated equipment during the football camp on Saturday July 13. Photo courtesy of Bill Safore

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The classes are conducted by Taylor Theodore, CCC (Certified Childbirth Consultant).

For more specific information about the class, contact Ms. Theodore at 352-585-2543 or email taylor@bellytobaby.org.

Oak Hill Hospital announces the appointment of Victoria J. Varela, MHA, - Administrative Director of the Oak Hill Hospital Graduate Medical Education Program Spring Hill, Florida (July 19, 2019) – Oak Hill Hospital proudly announces the appointment of Victoria J. Varela, MHA, as the hospital’s Administrative Director of its Graduate Medical Education Program. Ms. Varela comes to Oak Hill Hospital from Chicago where she served as Associate Executive Director for three review committees at the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education

(ACGME). In making the announcement, Edward Nast, MD, Chief Medical Officer, stated, “Vicky brings significant Graduate Medical Education experience to Oak Hill. Since 2014 she has worked in three roles at the ACGME including EducationVictoria Varela, al Project Associate, MHA Senior Accreditation Administrator, and most recently the Associate Executive Director for Anesthesiology, Radiation and Oncology, and Transitional Year Review committees.”

Emergency Need for All Blood Types National blood shortages are impacting blood centers across the country, and locally LifeSouth Community Blood Centers also faces emergency need for all blood types.

Summer months take a toll on the blood supply, and this year has been especially difficult here in Hernando County and across the country. Oak Hill Hospital, Bayfront Health Brooksville, and Bayfront Health Spring Hill rely on LifeSouth and LifeSouth blood donors to make sure blood is available

before it is needed. All blood types are necessary, and donors are asked to donate now to ensure local hospitals have the blood needed to help patients suffering from traumas, cancers and chronic illnesses.

First time donors are always welcome and encouraged to give blood donation a try. All donors receive a thank you gift, and a mini-physical, including blood pressure, temperature, iron level and cholesterol screen.

Donors must be at least 17 or 16 with parental permission, weigh a minimum of 110 pounds and be in good health. A photo ID is needed. LifeSouth’s donor center in Brooksville is located at 12395 Cortez Blvd.

LifeSouth’s bloodmobiles will also be out at many locations in coming days (see attachment for schedule of upcoming blood drives).

For additional information about donation or to find a blood drive near you, call LifeSouth toll-free at 888-795-2707 or visit www.lifesouth.org. Appointments can also be made online.

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Ransomware: The hostage taking virus

ARTICLE BY AARON CLEVELAND, WILSON TECHNOLOGIES

460,000 Dollars.

That’s how much money Lake City, FL just paid out to get their files back. Files that were previously accessible to them were now being held for ransom by bad actors. Files that contained the entire city’s records for the 12,000 people that live there.

Files that are more than likely considered irreplaceable to the city are held hostage for a sum of money that would be of much better use elsewhere.

Stories like these are becoming more and more common across the country as ransomware continues its tactic of targeting bigger entities such as local governments and hospitals, hoping the payout is worth the increased risk and so far, this hostage-taking seems to be working out incredibly well for them. Lake City is just one of the many cities that were covered by an insurance policy for ransomware that paid the hostage takers the large sum of money they were asking for.

Riviera Beach agreed to pay over $600,000 to get their data back and last year, Jackson County, Georgia agreed to pay around $400,000 to do the same.

Even when the ransom is paid, the trouble is far from over as the city is now spending thousands of dollars doing things like restoration of data, implementation of secure backups systems and network hardening to protect against future ransomware attacks. All things that continue to eat up not only money but time for those that were affected.

Many are left wondering why the city allowed this to happen in the first place? Local governments have disaster plans in place for a lot of unforeseen troubles and ransomware appears like it should be no different.

As payouts like these keep making headlines, we expect ransomware makers to continue on the path of hostage-taking as the payout seems to be more than worth the risk, especially with the rise of insurance policies to cover this exact scenario. I nsurance policies like these are definitely not cheap and payouts are more than likely going to increase in price as time goes on.

Knowing ransomware is on the rise has a lot of people alarmed at the path many are taking to try and mitigate the damage that it causes. Preferred methods among many local governments and other businesses See RANSOMWARE, Page 15

Longleaf Habitat... “These folks are really trying to make it much better for wildlife and native things in Florida,” Ad Pratt said.

Longleaf Pine Alliance hosts educational program for land managers, private landowners ARTICLE AND PHOTOGRAPHY

BY ALICE MARY HERDEN

The Longleaf Alliance held their Longleaf Academy Program at the Withlacoochee Training Center in Brooksville for staff members from state and federal agencies, forest industries as well as conservation groups, researchers and private landowners.

Longleaf Alliance Technical Assistance & Training Specialist Karen Brown and Vice President of Operations Ad Platt were the instructors of the three-day training program.

The program consisted of learning the history of the longleaf pine, regenerating longleaf pine forests naturally, invasives in longleaf pine ecosystems, restoring native understory plants, including wildlife in the longleaf ecosystems.

“We have private landowners who own property with longleaf and want to learn how to manage it well,” Brown said. “That is what our three-day course is all about; it’s all about management and [the] conservation of longleaf.”

Karen added those attending the program learn about planting longleaf where it doesn’t exist and how to safely and successfully manage prescribed fire. They also will discuss the importance of longleaf management and how it helps support wildlife and the biodiversity.

As a part of the curriculum, attendees had the opportunity to see locations in Hernando County that are undergoing restoration of longleaf habitats along with the challenges and successes of those efforts.

Michael Singer, Conservation Lands Specialist for the Hernando County Planning Department with Florida Forest Service Other Public Land Forester and Florida Wildland Firefighter Mike Edwards, talked about the restoration efforts at Lake Townsen Preserve.

“A lot of agencies don’t have the funding or resources, and to partner, whether it’s with forestry, FWC, U.S Fish and Wildlife, Longleaf Alliance is beneficial. Ultimately all these managing agencies

have the same goal, which is conservation and restoration,” Singer said.

“It’s a bonus for everyone to have the Longleaf Alliance come here and host this class. In previous years I was able to attend and to further my education that I wouldn’t normally get,” Edwards said.

The field trip included a visit to Chinsegut Wildlife and Environmental Area and two other private locations currently managing longleaf habitat and undergoing longleaf restoration efforts.

FWC Steven Brinkley, Area Manager for Chassahowitzka WMA attended the program to be informed of new and current techniques in restoring longleaf pine.

“We have some old sand and slash pine plantation areas that we are converting back to a more natural sandhill type setting,” Brinkley said. “Our goal is to get the sandhills back in good shape with longleaf pine.”

Visiting these locations was meant to show how challenging and difficult it can be controlling hardwoods even in well managed and established areas.

“In all the stops we saw the progression of what you have when sandhill and longleaf habitat is degraded,” Brinkley said.

“Basically meaning that it hasn’t had fire or any other disturbance for years and years which resulted in massive hardwood and the understory shading out the herbaceous ground cover.”

Landowners who are considering the establishment of or currently have longleaf pine habitats for wildlife, aesthetics as well as timber sales obtained valuable information provided by the Longleaf Alliance.

“All over the south, there are a lot of landowners and land managers that are motivated to try to put things back the way they naturally once were. To make it better than they found it,” said Vice President of Operations Ad Platt.

The Longleaf Alliance dedicates education and restoration of the longleaf pine that once dominated

Mike Singer spoke about the longleaf restoration efforts currently at Lake Townsen in Brooksville.

Mike Edwards explains some of the restoration projects that involved the Florida Forest Service.

and promoted a healthy ecosystem in many southern states.

“Florida is an important part of this whole effort and one of the leading states for longleaf pine and longleaf restoration,” said Platt.

Platt explained more private landowners are getting involved with resto-

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“Even if it’s not a huge piece of land, it can truly be significant for migrating birds and native wildlife that are under pressure;

having to move to a new place to make a living,” Platt said.

“For a lot of reasons people are interested and rewarded by doing restoration of the natural setting rather than maybe some of the other choices they could make with their land.”

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The club delivered $400 worth of cat food, kitty litter, detergent, bleach and other supplies. The facility off County Line Road at the moment houses approximately 143 felines.

Tracie Steger, the president of PAW Warriors, founded the organization in 2011. Tracie has a background as a veterinary tech. They also have another volunteer vet tech that comes to treat the sick and injured cats.

"Our goal is to educate the public about responsible pet ownership regarding spaying and neutering their pets, as well as vaccinations and inserting ID chips," Ms. Steger states.

In addition to spaying or neutering more than 4,500 cats in the past eight years, the organization also helps people who need assistance in getting their own cats spayed and neutered.

They work with low-cost spaying clinics such as Pet Luv. PAW Warriors obtains their funds from several sources, including the Bissell Corporation, Onyx and Breezy Foundation, Petco Foundation and Pet Finders Foundation, along

Tin roof flashing from the roof of Ms. Eryn Williamson's Brooksville home. A newspaper clipping is imprinted on one side of the flashing.

FLASHING from Page 1

installs officers hears from the Rev. Elliot Ritch, former Methodist pastor here.

10 years ago BROOKSVILLE SUN-JOURNAL May 3, 1962 -- Voters to cast ballots May 8 as campaigning nears end..

Dr. Carnes Harvard retiring as president of the Florida Medical assn… Mayor Jim Brooks clamps down on unauthorized city buying.

5 years ago THE SUN-JOURNAL April 30, 1967 -- Big Spring Hill edition includes full color picture, stories about Mackle brothers, county history.

1 year ago THE SUN-JOURNAL May 4, 1971 -- Jake Varn nominated by Democratic Committee for clerk… Dirty dozen arrest 312… Sen. Fred Karl kills Norman Hitchman chances for staying as clerk.

Q & A with Eryn Williamson, resident who found the historic flashing Q: It looks like that

article was from 1972. Was that the year that the roof was installed?

A: I am unsure of when the roof was installed but due to the dates on the pieces of metal and the condition the roof was in, it was probably in the 1970s.

We discovered the newspapers printed on the metal in 2016 when we covered the shingles with metal. I think we left some of the old flashing that has this print on it if it wasn’t damaged or in bad shape.

Q: How did you discover the newspaper printed metal?

A: When we were tearing down the damaged pieces of flashing, I noticed there was something printed on it. I started to investigate the pieces of metal and noticed it was old newspaper articles. I wasn’t sure and am still unsure of how and why it is printed on there. It would be interesting to learn how old newspapers were printed and if they are still printed this way.

Q: Do you have any idea who printed the newspaper on the metal?

A: If I recall correctly, I saw the name of the old Hernando Paper. Some of the old pieces had the

title of the newspaper and dates printed. I saw some printed as the Hernando Sun but when it recalled back to historic clippings it referred to it as The Brooksville Herald.

Several of the people helping with the roofing project took pieces of metal that they found interesting, so there are pieces floating around town. Mostly residents from Ridge Manor. I would be willing to bet that homes that were built or re-roofed in the 1970s will have newspaper articles printed on the flashing as well. There could even be older ones printed on some of the original homes here in Brooksville. It would be very interesting to see if anyone else has come across them.

Q: What else have you found that is interesting while working on the house?

A: That was the most interesting thing found while See FLASHING, Page 15

From left to right: Rotary Members Carol McElroy, Don McElroy, Mike Prescott, Mary Sports, PAW Warriors President Tracie Steger, Rotary members Judy Hughes, Silvia Dukes, Russ Jaeger, PAW Warriors volunteer Hagan Peters. BELOW: Residents of PAW Warriors facility. BOTTOM LEFT: Kitty quarters at the Paw Warriors facility.

with contributions from individuals.

The facility originally occupied one acre. When the owner of the adjoining four acres passed away, the bank foreclosed on her property. The bank offered it to PAW Warriors for $40,000. It seemed like an insurmountable sum for the organization to come up with, but in just twenty-one days, they raised $46,000.

The cats get plenty of TLC from the volunteers. These include the Girl Scouts, high school students who are working on their community service hours and students from Hope Youth Ranch, a school for autistic children. Every evening at dusk, they have Happy

Hour when the volunteers play with the cats.

"It helps to de-stress them," says Ms. Steger.

There is even a dormitory-like shelter where the cats can go in bad weather.

It houses their food dishes, beds, fans and a heater when the weather is cold.

PAW Warriors currently has about twelve volunteers and they are seeking more people to help care for the cats.

They are also in need of supplies, such as canned and dry food, cat treats, kitty litter, detergent, bleach and paper towels.

And, of course, monetary donations to keep the

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generally include the previously mentioned insurance policies as the established method to “protect” themselves against ransomware but these policies are only able to help in the aftermath of an attack as opposed to a more comprehensive solutions that stands to prevent the ransomware from the start.

All of that is starting to change with more people taking proactive measures to keep their data and networks safe from those that are looking to harm it.

Proactive measures such as multiple data backups can be the difference between a simple file restore and paying out thousands of dollars in ransom money just to get back what was already yours.

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FLASHING from page 14

re-roofing the home. I read many of the pieces of metal and my favorite piece was one titled, “On this day in history” and it was a clipping from an article sometime in the 1930s that discussed what was going on in Brooksville on that day. After reading some of the articles you could feel how it would be to live in Brooksville then, the old timey small town feeling

security measures and technologies can help detect the attack before it ever gets a chance to start wreaking havoc on local computer systems.

Technologies and approaches like this are readily available and generally cost effective to implement system wide.

So why do so many local governments and businesses still insist on taking the afterthought approach when it comes to ransomware?

Generally, it’s simply a case of being misinformed of the dangers and costs surrounding ransomware.

To many, it may seem more of an inconvenience and that it is easier to have an insurance policy for the damage than it is to implement appropriate protections prior to an incident.

While it may simply seem like a case of the easy way out when it comes to planning, you

wouldn’t watch a hurricane approach and not take any preventative measures.

No, it is simply a matter of being misinformed to the dangers and the general ease of proper preventative measures.

Ransomware is just the first in a new age of digital hostage taking and blackmailing.

With more and more data being stored digitally, it is important for everyone to be as proactive in their digital security as possible, less they end up like one of the many people stuck deciding how important those files were and if they are worth forking over money to get them back.

where everyone knew each other, went to the same Sunday services followed by breakfast at the local diners, block parties, community events, etc.

With the growing population, more development is occurring and that small town, family oriented community feeling is disappearing. I’m not saying Brooksville doesn’t have a good town feeling, it just doesn’t seem the same with the complexities of modern day society. Now it is hard to know everyone

in town.

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Dirty little secrets of air travel Best to travel loaded with wet wipes and your own blankie

BY SUE QUIGLEY HERNANDO SUN WRITER

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t seems more and more of the population is becoming obsessed with avoiding germs — to the point of paranoia.

I just read an article in a European newspaper about Naomi Campbell and her extreme inflight hygiene routine.

Before she takes her seat, she dons latex gloves and armed with antiseptic wipes she cleans every part of the seat, including the seat buckle, window, TV screen, armrests and tray table. She then puts on a

replacement seat cover before finally sitting down and wearing a face mask.

If it sounds a bit much — it’s not. Having worked on airplanes for a large chunk of my life, I can tell you that every plane has its “dirty” bits.

I’m not just talking about the toilets after a 14 hour flight but throughout the cabin too — like arm rests, head rests, overhead bins and tray tables. Bacterial tests have shown that after the toilets, tray tables are the filthiest surfaces on an airplane.

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LEGAL NOTICES IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR HERNANDO COUNTY, FLORIDA CIVIL DIVISION Case No.: 27-2019-CA-000629-CAAX-MX Division: MADISON ALAMOSA HECM LLC, Plaintiff, -vs- THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, ASSIGNEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, TRUSTEES OR OTHER CLAIMANTS CLAIMING BY, THROUGH, UNDER OR AGAINST MARILYN PANDORF, DECEASED; LYNN D. SMEDLEY A/K/A LYNN D. BLUE and UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF LYNN D. SMEDLEY A/K/A LYNN D. BLUE, KEITH A. PANDORF and UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF KEITH A. PANDORF, LORI GENE NAVARRETE and UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF LORI GENE NAVARRETE, if living, and all unknown parties claiming by, through, under or against the above named Defendants who are not known to be dead or alive, whether said unknown parties may claim an interest as spouses, heirs, devisees, grantees, assignees, lienors, creditors, trustees or other claimants, claiming by, through, under or against the said LYNN D. SMEDLEY A/K/A LYNN D. BLUE and UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF LYNN D. SMEDLEY A/K/A LYNN D. BLUE, KEITH A. PANDORF and UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF KEITH A. PANDORF, LORI GENE NAVARRETE and UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF LORI GENE NAVARRETE; THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; UNKNOWN TENANT 1; UNKNOWN TENANT 2, Defendants.

NOTICE OF ACTION - MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE TO: THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, ASSIGNEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, TRUSTEES OR OTHER CLAIMANTS CLAIMING BY, THROUGH, UNDER OR AGAINST MARILYN PANDORF, DECEASED Whose Residences are: Unknown Whose last Known Mailing Addresses are: 13373 Lawrence Street, Springhill, FL 34609 YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that an action to foreclose a mortgage on the following property in Hernando County, Florida: LOT 35, THE OAKS, UNIT 1 AS PER PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 20, PAGES 21-22 PUBLIC RECORDS OF HERNANDO COUNTY, FLORIDA. 13373 Lawrence St., Hernando, FL 34609 has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on Jeffrey C. Hakanson, Esquire, of McIntyre Thanasides Bringgold Elliott Grimaldi Guito & Matthews, P.A., 500 E. Kennedy Blvd., Suite 200, Tampa, Florida 33602, within thirty (30) days of the date of the first publication of this notice, and file the original with the Clerk of this Court either before service on Plaintiff's attorney or immediately thereafter; otherwise a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

DATED this 3rd day of July, 2019.

DOUG CHORVAT, JR. CLERK OF CIRCUIT COURT (SEAL) By:/S/ Sonya Sanders Deputy Clerk If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the ADA Coordinator at the Office of the Trial Court Administrator, Hernando County Courthouse, 20 North Main Street, Brooksville, Florida 34601, Telephone (352) 754-4402, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.

(07/19/2019), (07/26/2019)

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR HERNANDO COUNTY, FLORIDA CIVIL DIVISION Case No.: 19-CA-000172 SHERMAN HILLS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. Plaintiff, v.

ROBERT WAYNE BRASCH, UNKNOWN SPOUSE, UNKNOWN PERSONS IN POSSESSION #1 AND UNKNOWN PERSONS IN POSSESSION #2, Defendants.

NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS GIVEN that pursuant to the Final Judgment of Lien Foreclosure in favor of Plaintiff, Sherman Hills Homeowners Association, Inc. entered in this action on the 13th day of June, 2019, the Clerk of Hernando County, Florida, will sell to the highest and best bidder or bidders for cash at the Hernando County Courthouse, 20 N. Main Street, Room 245, Brooksville, Florida 34601 on August 15, 2019 at 11:00 a.m., the following described property: Lot 43, Block 10, SHERMAN HILLS SECTION 3, according to the plat thereof, recorded in Plat Book 39, Page(s) 31 through 33, inclusive, of the Public Records of Hernando County, Florida. and improvements thereon, located in the Sherman Hills Homeowners Association, Inc., 30763 Water Lily Drive, Brooksville, FL 34602 (the “Property”). Any person claiming an interest in the surplus, if any, from the judicial sale of the Property, other than the Property owners, as of the date of the Notice of Lis Pendens, must file a claim within sixty (60) days after the judicial sale of the Property.

SHUMAKER, LOOP & KENDRICK, LLP BY: /s/ Cristina J. Ayo JONATHAN J. ELLIS Florida Bar No. 863513 CRISTINA J. AYO, ESQ. Florida Bar No. 1013895 Post Office Box 172609 Tampa, Florida 33672-0609 Telephone: (813) 229-7600 Facsimile: (813) 229-1660 Primary Email: cayo@shumaker.com Secondary Email: ccheaney@shumaker.com Counsel for Plaintiff If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodations in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the ADA Coordinator at the Office of the Trial Court Administrator, Hernando County Courthouse, 20 North Main Street, Brooksville, Florida 34601, Telephone (352) 754-4402, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.

(07/26/2019), (08/02/2019) FICTITIOUS NAME NOTICE Notice is hereby given that Erika Sharpe, owner, desiring to engage in business under the fictitious name of “Team Releaf” located in HERNANDO COUNTY, intends to register the said name with the Division of Corporations, Florida Department of State, pursuant to section 865.09 of the Florida Statutes.

(7/26/2019)

Notice of Self Storage Sale Please take notice Hide-Away Storage – Spring Hill located at 1000 Commercial Way, Spring Hill FL 34606 intends to hold a sale to sell the property stored at the Facility by the below Occupants whom are in default at an Auction. The sale will occur as an online auction via www. storagetreasures.com on 8/14/2019 at 10:00AM. Unless stated otherwise the description of the contents are household goods and furnishings.

John Walters Jr. unit #0446; Courtney Francis units #2046, #3014 & #3065; Suzanne Khoury unit #3029. All property is being stored at the above self-storage facility. This sale may be withdrawn at any time without notice.

Certain terms and conditions apply.

See manager for details.

(07/26/2019), (08/02/2019)

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR HERNANDO COUNTY, FLORIDA CIVIL DIVISION Case No.: 27-2019-CA-000629-CAAX-MX Division: MADISON ALAMOSA HECM LLC, Plaintiff, -vs- THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, ASSIGNEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, TRUSTEES OR OTHER CLAIMANTS CLAIMING BY, THROUGH, UNDER OR AGAINST MARILYN PANDORF, DECEASED; LYNN D. SMEDLEY A/K/A LYNN D. BLUE and UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF LYNN D. SMEDLEY A/K/A LYNN D. BLUE, KEITH A. PANDORF and UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF KEITH A. PANDORF, LORI GENE NAVARRETE and UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF LORI GENE NAVARRETE, if living, and all unknown parties claiming by, through, under or against the above named Defendants who are not known to be dead or alive, whether said unknown parties may claim an interest as spouses, heirs, devisees, grantees, assignees, lienors, creditors, trustees or other claimants, claiming by, through, under or against the said LYNN D. SMEDLEY A/K/A LYNN D. BLUE and UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF LYNN D. SMEDLEY A/K/A LYNN D. BLUE, KEITH A. PANDORF and UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF KEITH A. PANDORF, LORI GENE NAVARRETE and UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF LORI GENE NAVARRETE; THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; UNKNOWN TENANT 1; UNKNOWN TENANT 2, Defendants.

NOTICE OF ACTION - MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE TO: LYNN D. SMEDLEY A/K/A LYNN D. BLUE and UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF LYNN D. SMEDLEY A/K/A LYNN D. BLUE Whose Residences are: Unknown Whose last Known Mailing Addresses are: 56 Kingsbridge, Avon, CT 06001 YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that an action to foreclose a mortgage on the following property in Hernando County, Florida: LOT 35, THE OAKS, UNIT 1 AS PER PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 20, PAGES 21-22 PUBLIC RECORDS OF HERNANDO COUNTY, FLORIDA. 13373 Lawrence St., Hernando, FL 34609 has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on Jeffrey C. Hakanson, Esquire, of McIntyre Thanasides Bringgold Elliott Grimaldi Guito & Matthews, P.A., 500 E. Kennedy Blvd., Suite 200, Tampa, Florida 33602, within thirty (30) days of the date of the first publication of this notice, and file the original with the Clerk of this Court either before service on Plaintiff's attorney or immediately thereafter; otherwise a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

DATED this 3rd day of July, 2019.

DOUG CHORVAT, JR. CLERK OF CIRCUIT COURT (SEAL) By:/S/ Sonya Sanders Deputy Clerk If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the ADA Coordinator at the Office of the Trial Court Administrator, Hernando County Courthouse, 20 North Main Street, Brooksville, Florida 34601, Telephone (352) 754-4402, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.

(07/19/2019), (07/26/2019)

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR HERNANDO COUNTY, FLORIDA FAMILY LAW DIVISION Case #:2019-DR-0867 IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF: RYLEIGH MAY Adoptee, NOTICE OF ACTION FOR JOINT PETITION FOR ADOPTION BY STEPPARENT and TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO: CHRISTOPHER MAY YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action for Joint Petitioner for Adoption by Stepparent and Termination of Parental Rights has been filed against you and that you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any to: Timothy M. Doud, Esq., Attorney for the Petitioner’s Law Office of Timothy M. Doud, LLC P.O. Box 1777 Tarpon Springs, FL 34688 Within 20 days from the first date of this notice and file the original with the Clerk of the Circuit Court in and for Hernando County, Florida, 20 N. Main Street, Brooksville, FL 34601 before service on the Attorney for the Petitioner’s or immediately thereafter.

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 emailed to the address on record at the clerk’s office. /s/ Timothy M. Doud Timothy M. Doud, Esq. FL Bar #0052601 Law Offices of Timothy M. Doud, LLC P.O. Box 1777 Tarpon Springs, FL 34688 352-596-6339 timdoud@aol.com Attorney for Jacqueline & Oliver Bevins (07/12/2019), (07/19/2019) (07/26/2019), (08/02/2019) FICTITIOUS NAME NOTICE Notice is hereby given that Juan C Fabrega, owner, desiring to engage in business under the fictitious name of “SmileBright Dental Laboratories” located in HERNANDO COUNTY, intends to register the said name with the Division of Corporations, Florida Department of State, pursuant to section 865.09 of the Florida Statutes.

(7/26/2019) FICTITIOUS NAME NOTICE Notice is hereby given that Rain Control of Central Florida, LLC, owner, desiring to engage in business under the fictitious name of “Rain Control Gutters” located in HERNANDO COUNTY, 10447 Tillery Road, Spring Hill, Florida 34608, intends to register the said name with the Division of Corporations, Florida Department of State, pursuant to section 865.09 of the Florida Statutes.

(7/26/2019)

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR OF THE 5TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR HERNANDO COUNTY, FLORIDA Case No.: 19 DR 1382

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR HERNANDO COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION File No. 2019-CP-749 Division PROBATE IN RE: THE ESTATE OF JOHN WESLEY BAINUM, JR., a/k/a JOHN W. BAINUM, JR. Deceased.

Kevin Gerard Bautz, Petitioner, and Carol Ann Bautz, Respondent, NOTICE OF ACTION FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE (NO CHILD OR FINANCIAL SUPPORT) TO: Carol Ann Bautz 27 Sand Gate Rd. Arlington, VT 02505 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 Kevin Gerard Bautz whose address is 3938 Beaumont Loop; Spring Hill, FL 34609 on or before August 30, 2019 and file the original with the clerk of this Court at 20 N. Main St.; Rm 246; 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: 7/19/2019 CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT Doug Chorvat. Jr. By: /s/ Jeanette McDonald Deputy Clerk (SEAL)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of JOHN WESLEY BAINUM, JR., deceased, whose date of death was December 29, 2017, is pending in the Circuit Court for Hernando County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 20 North Main Street, Room #247, Brooksville, Florida 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 July 19, 2019.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 5TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR HERNANDO COUNTY, FLORIDA Case No: 2019 DR 475 Division: Chanté Smith, Petitioner and Cameron Caines, Respondent.

NOTICE OF ACTION FOR Minor Name Change Consent TO: Camaron Caines 7715 Arezzo Ave. Orlando, FL 32819 YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action for consent of name change has been filed against you and that you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on Chanté Smith, whose address is 16150 Aviation Loop Dr. Suite 15203 Brooksville, FL 34601, on or before __________, and file the original with the clerk of this Court at 20 N. Main St; Rm 246; 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.

(If applicable, insert the legal description of real property, a specific description of personal property, and the name of the county in Florida where the property is located.)

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: 7/8/19 CLERK OF CIRCUIT COURT By: Margaret Monda Deputy Clerk (SEAL) (07/12/2019), (07/19/2019) (07/26/2019), (08/02/2019)

Black James A., age 88, of Weeki Wachee, passed away on Tuesday, July 16, 2019. Src; Brewer Holmes Henry P. “Whitey”, age 90, of Spring Hill, passed away on Tuesday, July 16, 2019.

He was a US Marine Corps veteran. Henry is survived by his wife Janny, son Ernest; and 1 grandson.

Src; Turner Ortiz Teresa, passed away on Tuesday, July 16, 2019.

Src; Turner Miller Brenda Kay, age 79, of Spring ill, passed away on Wednesday, July 17, 2019. She is survived by her partner, Cecil Boyer, Jr., daughter Susan (Steven), son David (Ellen), and several grandchildren. Src; Turner Hawkins Gail M., age 71, of Spring Hill, passed away on Wednesday, July 17,

Attorney for Personal Representative: /s/ Paul H. Nessler, Jr. Paul H. Nessler, Jr. Florida Bar No. 0603384 Paul H. Nessler, Jr., P. A. 10002 Cortez Blvd.

Spring Hill, Florida 34613 Personal Representative: /s/ Katelyn Carol Brower Katelyn Carol Brower 16382 Seminole Blvd.

Brooksville, Florida 34601

(07/26/2019), (08/02/2019), (08/09/2019), (08/16/2019)

(07/19/2019), (07/26/2019)

IN THE FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT IN AND FOR HERNANDO COUNTY, FLORIDA FAMILY LAW DIVISION

NOTICE OF ACTION FOR JOINT PETITION FOR ADOPTION BY STEPPARENT and TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS

CASE NO.: 19-CA-000541 DIVISION: COAST EQUITIES, INC, Plaintiff, vs.

LISA AVALLONE, Defendant(s).

Timothy M. Doud, Esq., Attorney for the Petitioner’s Law Office of Timothy M. Doud, LLC P.O. Box 1777 Tarpon Springs, FL 34688

NOTICE OF ACTION

Within 20 days from the first date of this notice and file the original with the Clerk of the Circuit Court in and for Hernando County, Florida, 20 N. Main Street, Brooksville, FL 34601 before service on the Attorney for the Petitioner’s or immediately thereafter.

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

To LISA AVALLONE: YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that an action to Quiet Title to real property described as:

Lot 8, Block 1242, Spring Hill, Unit 18, as per Plat recorded in Plat Book 9, Pages 47 through 59, of the Public Records of Hernando County, Florida. has been filed by Plaintiff, COAST EQUITIES, INC, and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, on Alisa Wilkes, Esq., 13400 Sutton Park Dr. S., Suite 1204, Jacksonville, FL 32224, (904)6209545 on or before Aug 02, 2019 and file the original with the Clerk of Court and Plaintiff’s attorney, otherwise a default and judgment will be entered against you for the relief demanded.

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 emailed to the address on record at the clerk’s office.

Doug Chorvat Jr. Clerk of the Circuit Court By: /s/ Sonya Sanders Deputy Clerk

/s/ Timothy M. Doud Timothy M. Doud, Esq. FL Bar #0052601 Law Offices of Timothy M. Doud, LLC P.O. Box 1777 Tarpon Springs, FL 34688 352-596-6339 timdoud@aol.com Attorney for Billy Jo & Brianna Berry

(07/05/2019), (07/12/2019), (07/19/2019), (07/26/2019)

(07/26/2019), (08/02/2019), (08/09/2019), (08/16/2019)

Witness my hand and the seal of this court on this 21 day of June, 2019.

2019. She is survived by her daughters: Tiffany, Lisa, Cicely, 8 grandchildren, and 1 great grandchild.

Src; Downing Schulte Barbara, age 74, passed away on Wednesday, July 17, 2019. She is survived by her Children: Bryan (Kristina), Ronnie, and 3 grandchildren. Src; Brewer Hammon Margaret, passed away on Friday, July 19, 2019. Src; Turner Carr Christine, passed away on Friday, July 19, 2019. Src; Turner Natale Saverio, passed away on Saturday, July 20, 2019. Src; Turner Johnston Virginia, passed away on Sunday, July 21, 2019. Src; Turner Clark Elizabeth Mary, passed away on Sunday, July 21, 2019. Src; Turner Ceparano Caesar A., passed away on Sunday, July 21, 2019. Src; Turner

Case #:2019-DR-0921 IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF: ANABELLE LOUISE SOSEBEE Adoptee,

TO: MORGAN SOSEBEE YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action for Joint Petitione for Adoption by Stepparent and Termination of Parental Rights has been filed against you and that you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any to:

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR HERNANDO COUNTY, FLORIDA CIVIL DIVISION Case No. 18000408CAAXMX Division ISSUE DATE: JULY 17, 2019

INVITATION TO BID NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of County Commissions of Hernando County, Florida, is accepting bids for: CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT ITB NO. 19-C00117/DK FOR RICHARD DR. AND SHOAL LINE BLVD. FORCE MAIN AND WATER MAIN IMPROVEMENTS (RE-BID OF 18-c00103) Hernando County Board of County Commissioners is soliciting General Contractors or Certified Underground Utility Licensed Contractors active in the removal and installation of water and wastewater pipes, including milling and asphalt resurfacing roadways.

Sealed Bid offers as two (2) originals for furnishing the above will be received and accepted up to 3:00 PM (local time), AUGUST 21, 2019 in the Hernando County Purchasing and Contract’s office. Bids shall be plainly marked on the outside of a sealed envelope/container with: Bidder’s name and address, and Bid Name and Bid Number. Bids are to be submitted: Physical Address: Hernando County Purchasing and Contracts 1653 Blaise Drive Brooksville, FL 34601-2800 The Board of County Commissioners of Hernando County, Florida reserves the right to accept or reject any or all Bids and waive informalities and minor irregularities in offers received in accordance with the Bid documents and the Hernando County Procurement Ordinance.

Interested firms may secure the Bid documents and plans and drawings and all other pertinent information by visiting the website of Bid Net at www.BidNetDirect. com. For additional project information, please visit the Hernando County Board of County Commissioners Purchasing and Contracts Department at www. hernandocounty.us, or by calling Bid Net at (800) 835-4603 or the Purchasing and Contracts Department at (352) 754–4020.

Bid offers shall be accompanied by either a Bid Bond, Certified Check, Cashier’s Check, or Official Bank Check in the dollar amount representing not less than five percent (5%) of the total amount Bid as a guarantee to enter into a Contract and furnish a Contract performance and payment bond in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the total Bid price within fifteen (15) calendar days from the date of notification of the award.

A MANDATORY Pre-Bid Conference will be held AUGUST 1, 2019, @ 2:00 PM, at the Hernando County Utilities Department, 15365 Cortez Blvd, Brooksville, FL 34613. Representatives of Owner will be present to discuss the project. Bidders are required to attend and participate in the conference. THIS CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD ONLY ONCE AND FAILURE TO ATTEND AND SIGN IN SHALL DISQUALIFY ANY BIDDER NOT ATTENDING FROM SUBMITTING A BID. ATTENDEES MUST BE PRESENT AT THE START OF THE PRE-BID CONFERENCE. ARRIVAL AFTER THE START OF THE PRE-BID CONFERENCE SHALL BE CAUSE FOR DISQUALIFICATION. Exparte Communication: Please note that to insure the proper and fair evaluation of a submittal, the County prohibits exparte communication (i.e., unsolicited) initiated by the Respondent to the County Official or Employee evaluating or considering the submittals prior to the time a decision has been made. Communication between Respondent and the County will be initiated by the appropriate County official or employee in order to obtain information or clarification needed to develop a proper and accurate evaluation of the submittal. Exparte communication may be grounds for disqualifying the offending Respondent from consideration or award of the Solicitation or any future Solicitation.

Purchasing and Contracts Division will post addenda on Bid Net at www.

BidNetDirect.com to all questions in accordance with the Solicitation Instructions.

It is the responsibility of prospective Bidders to visit the County’s website to insure that they are aware of all addenda issued relative to this Solicitation.

Pursuant to Florida Statutes 119.071 (current version) sealed Bids, proposals or replies received by an agency pursuant to a competitive Solicitation are exempt from inspection until such time as the agency provides notice of an intended decision or until thirty (30) days after opening the Bids, proposals, or final replies whichever is earlier.

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HERNANDO COUNTY JAMES S. WUNDERLE PURCHASING AND CONTRACTS MANAGER CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER, HERNANDO COUNTY NOTICE TO BIDDERS To ensure that your Bid is responsive, you are urged to request clarification or guidance on any issues involving this solicitation before submission of your response. Your point-of-contact for this solicitation is Diane Kafrissen, Purchasing Agent II, Purchasing and Contracts, at (352) 754-4020 or email at purchasing@ hernandocounty.us.

(07/26/2019)

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SPECIALIZED LOAN SERVICING LLC Plaintiff, vs.

UNKNOWN HEIRS DEVISEES GRANTEES, ASSIGNEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS AND TRUSTEES OF CHRISTA M. MURWIN A/K/A CHRISTA MICHELLE MURWIN, DECEASED, HAYLEY ELIZABETH MURWIN, KNOWN HEIR OF CHRISTA M. MURWIN A/K/A CHRISTA MICHELLE MURWIN, DECEASED JOSHUA MURWIN, KNOWN HEIR OF CHRISTA M. MURWIN A/K/A CHRISTA MICHELLE MURWIN, DECEASED, SYDNEY MURWIN, KNOWN HEIR OF CHRISTA M. MURWIN A/K/A CHRISTA MICHELLE MURWIN, DECEASED, JOY JACKSON, KNOWN HEIR OF CHRISTA M. MURWIN A/K/A CHRISTA MICHELLE MURWIN, DECEASED, CARL F. WILSON, KNOWN HEIR OF CHRISTA M. MURWIN A/K/A CHRISTA MICHELLE MURWIN, DECEASED, LLOYD G. MURWIN A/K/A LLOYD GERALD MURWIN, CAPITAL CITY BANK PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES, LLC, UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF HAYLEY ELIZABETH MURWIN,UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF CARL F. WILSON, Defendants.

NOTICE OF SALE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to Final Judgment of Foreclosure for Plaintiff entered in this cause on July 11, 2019, in the Circuit Court of Hernando County, Florida, Doug Chorvat, Jr., Clerk of the Circuit Court, :will sell the property situated in Hernando County, Florida described as: BEGINNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE WEST LINE OF THE E 1/2 OF THE SE 1/4 OF THE NW 1/4 OF SECTION 27, TOWNSHIP 21 SOUTH, RANGE 19 EAST AND THE CENTER LINE OF STATE ROAD 476, THENCE GO NORTHERLY ALONG SAID WEST LINE OF THE E 1/2 OF THE SE 1/4 OF THE NW 1/4 A DISTANCE OF 300.00 FEET, THENCE EASTERLY AND PARALLEL TO THE CENTER LINE OF STATE ROAD 476 A DISTANCE OF 150.00 FEET, THENCE SOUTHERLY AND PARALLEL TO THE WEST LINE OF THE E 1/2 OF THE SE 1/4 OF THE NW 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 27 A DISTANCE OF 300.00 FEET TO THE CENTER LINE OF STATE ROAD 476, THENCE WESTERLY ALONG SAID CENTER LINE A DISTANCE OF 150.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING EXCEPTING THEREFROM THE SOUTHERLY 25.00 FEET TO BE USED FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY, LYING IN THE E l/2 OF THE SE 1/4 OF THE NW 1/4 OF SECTION 27, TOWNSHIP 21 SOUTH, RANGE 19 EAST, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF HERNANDO COUNTY, FLORIDA. and commonly known as: 20347 LAKE LINDSEY RD, BROOKSVILLE, FL 34601; including the building, appurtenances, and fixtures located therein, at public sale, to the highest and best bidder, for cash, at the Hernando County Courthouse, Room 245, Brooksville, FL 34601, on August 29, 2019 at 11:00 A.M..

Any persons claiming an interest in the surplus from the sale, if any, other than the property owner as of the date of the Iis pendens must file a claim within 60 days after the sale.

Dated this 12 day of July, 2019.

Clerk of the Circuit Court Doug Chorvat Jr. By: /s/ Sonya Sanders Deputy Clerk (SEAL) (07/26/2019), (08/02/2019)

FICTITIOUS NAME NOTICE Notice is hereby given that Rain Control of Central Florida, LLC, owner, desiring to engage in business under the fictitious name of “Rain Control Roofing” located in HERNANDO COUNTY, 10447 Tillery Road, Spring Hill, Florida 34608, intends to register the said name with the Division of Corporations, Florida Department of State, pursuant to section 865.09 of the Florida Statutes.

(7/26/2019) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR HERNANDO COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION File No. 2019-CP-677 Division Probate IN RE: ESTATE OF MARY B. AMORELLO, Deceased.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of Mary B. Amorello, deceased, whose date of death was January 30, 2018, is pending in the Circuit Court for Hernando County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 20 N Main St, 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: July 26, 2019.

Attorney for Personal Representative: Charles M. David, Esq. Attorney Florida Bar Number: 89003 Florida Probate Law Group P.O. Box 141135 Gainesville, Florida 32614-1135 Telephone: (352) 354-2654 Fax: (866) 740-0630 E-Mail: cdavid@circuit8law.com Secondary E-Mail: ndavid@circuit8law.com Personal Representative: Paul Amorello 1285 Mystic Court Spring Hill, Florida 34609 (07/26/2019), (08/02/2019)

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St. Anthony the Abbots Knights of Columbus Council 6800 Awards $2,250 in Scholarships to Local High School Graduates

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Brooksville, Florida (July 19, 2019) – St. Anthony the Abbots Knights of Columbus Council 6800 announces that it has awarded scholarships to three local high school graduates in the amount of $750 each.

The awards were based on the recipients’ successful completion and submission of the requirements included in the Council’s 2019 scholarship application, their outstanding academic credentials, their ongoing service to St. Anthony’s and to Hernando County community and elsewhere. The application included research and meaningful responses in relation to an essay question included in the application regarding the life and times of Knights of Columbus founder, Father Michael McGivney. The three recipients in alphabetical order are: Camila Mejia, Victoria Rivera, and Casey Whittier.

Criteria for the scholarship included that the recipients must have earned a GPA of 3.0 or higher, an SAT of 1150 or higher, or ACT equivalent, provide at least two letters of recommendation from teachers and advisors, provide an essay regarding the life and times of Father McGivney, an a letter of acceptance and registration to an institution of higher learning.

Funds are distributed directly to the higher institution they are attending.

About Camila Mejia Camila Mejia will be attending Florida State University in Tallahassee. She is a graduate of Nature Coast Technical High School and will major in astrophysics and minor in political science. She is a member of her high school’s Beta Club and is the swim team captain.

She intends to continue her education and eventually achieve a doctorate degree.

About Victoria Rivera Victoria Rivera will be attending Pasco-Hernando State College on both the New Port Richey and Brooksville campuses.

She is a graduate of Hernando High School. She has been highly active in Future Farmers of America and a leader in the Peer Inclusion Team, a part of the National Honor Society and on the Hernando High golf team. She has volunteered her time in the Peer Inclusion team where she was paired with a student with a disability and assists them in certain class periods. Victoria has worked part-time as a veterinary assistant and intends to obtain a degree in agriculture. She enjoys hunting, horseback riding and raising animals.

About Casey Whittier Casey Whittier is a graduate of the Whittier Home School Academy and will be attending Ave Maria University in Florida in the fall. Casey has been extremely active in a variety

Scholarship winners pose with Grand Knight Michael Kelly. From left to right: Camila Mejia, Grand Knight Michael Kelly, and Victoria Rivera. Not pictured: Casey Whittier. of different clubs and groups in his church community. He intends to major in history and political science. Casey is interested in the law and politics.

His goal is to obtain a degree in law and become either a lawyer, politician or judge.

The scholarships were presented at mass at St. Anthony the Abbot Church in front of the congregation. In addition, the Knights of Columbus Assembly 1721 color guard were also present to pay tribute to the event.

In presenting the scholarships Grand Knight Michael Kelly said, “On behalf of the nearly two million members

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of the Knights of Columbus worldwide, we thank you, you as parishioners, for your ongoing support of the Knights of Columbus in making these events possible.”

Since 2015 related award criteria has been reviewed annually and approved by the officers and membership of the Knights of Columbus. In 2015 a new program was implemented and since then $5,200 in scholarships have been awarded to nine students over the past five years.

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DOMENICK J. MAGLIO, PH.D.

Traditional Realist

Freedom takes responsible citizens to keep it

Most Americans are fed up with the daily news cycle: one tragedy after another, two political parties denouncing each other, and news communicators disagreeing concerning any political issues. On top of these opposing perspectives we have different news accounts of the same incident with opposite videos showing two contrary interpretations of events.

There is even a dichotomy between the news sources. Fake news depends on which side of the political system a person leans. The conservative side favors certain traditional commentators who want to bring back moral values that made America great. The progressive side follows the elite media’s social change narrative that shows the unfair treatment of the protect-

ed classes. These are radically different approaches of how we should govern.

The news leaves most people confused and upset. Many if not most people have shut down and pulled out of the emotional hassle of trying to understand what is happening politically to our country. It becomes too stressful to confront these daily issues and certainly is not pleasant but it is our duty as citizens to figure out what direction our country should take.

Our history has not been a straight and smooth road of agreement amongst our people. The decision making process under our constitution has had raucous disagreements in many of our elections.

Eventually the people’s majority voices were heard through this election process and in the next election there might be a correction in the opposite direction. These changes in the navigation of the nation are subtle, not abrupt, which could have caused a constitutional crisis.

The US is a free country because we honor our Bill of Rights. The first encourages free speech and ability to assemble freely. Slander and outright lying have always been part and parcel of our protection under our First Amendment right.

Our founders had faith in the average American citizen’s ability to decipher the truth from fiction. In our early history there were pamphlets written with various versions of the truth and often distributed in the bars. There were strong debates by the patrons often under the influence of alcohol that turned into emotional

and sometimes physical events. These encounters certainly were not peaceful, rational debates although somehow participants made astute political decisions that have kept our country united and on a more or less reasonable course to make us the greatest super power in the modern era.

Progressive socialists are directly attacking the US constitutional republic.

These revolutionaries are not restrained to tell the truth. They can almost taste a coup of President Trump by bureaucratic elites, the press, indoctrinated students and a flood of illegal immigrants overwhelming our ability to provide law and order.

Many of these socialists are radicals who demand instant transformation of our governmental system. They are pushing the envelope for a decisive top-down government edict rather than a gradual bottom-up ground swell from the people.

The direct assault on America’s capitalism as a free market, laws and our constitutional republic is being challenged by utopian deception, power grabbing promises that will bankrupt the United States into another failed experiment in socialism. We citizens will not only decide the future of America but the world’s future order. It is easy and more satisfying to turn on Netflix, jump on social media or other means of turning to fantasy instead of doing your patriotic duty as a citizen.

Our forefathers left us with a safe option to keep a stable succession of governmentthe Electoral College. We do not have

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return was glass bottles, and that was to get a deposit back.

So there’s a lot of my stuff out there in the ground around the world. I try to imagine what it might be like a thousand years from now, or ten times as long, when archeologists find our landfills. The average size of today’s dump is 600 acres, and about 500 feet deep. A large city generates up to 12,000 tons of garbage a day. I’m sure it’ll take the future diggers a lot longer to excavate than the comparatively itty-bitty middens we find today.

Besides broken dishes, aluminum pots warped from flattop stoves, and computer detritus, I’m curious as to whether they can recover our deoxyribonucleic acid. Probably not from degraded snot wads, but I know for sure that there are clumps of me out there. I don’t know how long modern tape can last, but I imagine it as hi-tech amber, preserving for a least a few thousand years the follicular DNA from my knuckle and arms hairs, and

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Why is there so much dissention?

We realize there is a battle between good and evil, but in order to have clear lines drawn that help us identify the differences, we must actually know truth from error. This may sound elementary, but it seems the failure of recognizing and embracing truth is the reason why there is so much confusion and hatred in the world. How so? When we look back through history and listen to all the arguing that is going on all around us today, we notice there is bitter disagreement about most everything.

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to rebel in the streets with bullets flying and patriots dying to keep our freedom’s peaceful succession. We have the option to move from the silent majority to an active movement to repel social justice activists who want to short circuit our constitutional protections and proclaim we are now a socialist nation.

Many citizens probably will become agitated by the inconsistent lies and inferences made about honorable people.

Political battles are not pretty and are never as dramatic as actual warfare. Political inaction would rob our freedom, voice and property.

Study, listen and absorb the messages of both parties. The future of the USA is in your hands in the next official election.

Remember freedom takes responsibility to keep it. So be informed, vote and let other patriotic Americans know we stand firm against a socialist take over that would gut the US into a third world nation. Keep America the leader of the free world no matter how difficult and annoying it is to be an informed voter.

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.

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Future dig.

Now and then an archeology documentary includes a segment about ancient dump sites. Some are packed with shells and various aquatic remains, while many are full of broken ceramics and bones of domesticated animals. I wonder, did ancient people have garbage collectors? Were old chariots bought for cheap by their sanitation department and used to collect weekly refuse? What about the prewheel people? Yeah, they had to walk to their dumps.

I keep hoping for a sixhour Imax about them, those dumps, but I guess it’s not to be. While the Burgess Shale deposit is my first choice for exploration, my close second is where ancient communities discarded their daily waste.

(Third is dinosaurs in Montana, fourth is bog bodies in Great Britain, fifth is what Qin had buried around his tomb in China…and my list goes on.) If I can’t crack open slabs of prehistoric ocean floor, then next I’d like to carefully hand-trawl through what my fellow species left behind 5 x 108 years later.

It’s fascinating to ponder that everything I throw away gets buried. Oh I recycle, but not everyplace I lived had that industry, and when I was a kid, the only thing you could

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perhaps even a few drops of tears, from when I was outside at Exwork tapping busted bags of dirt and mulch in the wind and lost control of the roll.

I’m all for getting rid of plastic. Mechanisms made of that material are the first things that wear out, like in car door windows, and in the connection from the shifter to the gearbox, both my recent experiences. Mainly I don’t like plastic bottles. They started out thick, but they’re now so thin that researchers say that water molecules can escape, and molecules just as small can get in. Everything should be made of wood, glass, and metal. And all of them have to be versions that are easily recycled. You smart folk need to put some thought into it.

And what’s the big deal about straws? I’ve never liked them. They make me swig my soda too fast, and even when I was a kid I hated the effort it took to drink a thick shake. It felt like I was trying to suck the teeth out of my gums, and the salivary glands below my ears were never happy. Back when I was ten or twelve I started taking the lid off, and after dipping my fries in the chocolate or strawberry ice-creamy goop, I sipped it like from a real glass, then stirred it with the straw

The measures we use to understand our government are mostly make believe. A budget is a plan of how you are going to spend money.

It should be a best guess as to the amount of money that you will need to spend usually for a year. A deficit is if your budget (expected spending) is larger than your expected revenue. A surplus is if your budget is less than your expected revenue.

This is a plan that is made before the year begins. If you make a budget for the year and run into the unexpected: losing your job, your home requires extensive repairs, your child requires surgery, your budget is blown. You may have had a plan that would have resulted in thousands of dollars leftover, but then life happens and you need to borrow money to make ends meet.

You planned on a surplus but in the end you added to your debt.

Government budgeting operates much the same way. A budget will not account for the unexpected.

However as individuals we never get credit for a budget that would have had surpluses. We often only hear about how much debt we have versus how many assets we have.

So a better measure of the efficiency of your government than budgets is debt. In a year where the budget said there was a surplus, but you added to the debt, then there was no surplus. The budget was worthless. The budget should have had a deficit, because that is what actually happened.

The problem with using only debt as a measure of efficiency is that we are ignoring assets. If a town owns many properties and sells them, the town will not increase their debt and will be able to use the proceeds of the sale to augment their revenue.

A budgeting trick is to sell buildings that are owned by the

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town and then enter into a long term lease of those same buildings.

If you are looking at the budget, a surplus was created. If you look at the debt, it went down. However, the town then has less assets and has assigned future moneys to pay the rent of those buildings. The rent funds would not have had to have been spent if the building had not been sold.

In the business world, this list of assets (buildings owned, monies owed to you, etc.) and liabilities is called a balance sheet. Generally governmental balance sheets only include revenues (local taxes, state taxes returned, etc) and liabilities.

Even if the government assets were included, valuing the assets would be very troublesome. The value of 1000 acres set aside to protect the watershed might be valued at millions if you looked at comparable properties, but since its purpose is to not be used, its economic value is closer to zero.

Following how your government is spending money is a daunting challenge. It would be helpful if in addition to budgets, surpluses, and deficits we also discussed assets and liabilities. However that information is not available from anyone but the government. This is why it is important to maintain constant vigilance on government spending.

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Politics and religion lead the charge when it comes to dissent and conflicts and unfortunately it has always been this way.

Truth is attainable among countless false opinions and interpretations; however, this is where we must include another important consideration and that is deception. There is certainly no shortage of enthusiasm, passion, or sincerity when it comes to people believing they are correct; however, we are also aware that humans can be sincerely wrong. In other words, if everyone could find, understand, and accept God’s truth, we would all agree and love each other. In this way of thinking, truth is associated with knowing God and error is directly connected with perverse antagonism. Sounds simple doesn’t it? Sadly, it is not.

When we mention the word truth, is there really such a thing as universal and absolute truth? I believe that God and his word is absolute truth regardless of timeline, culture, or location, it is the highest standard for our lives. Some might say this is a narrow-minded opinion but actually this revelation did not originally come from me or any other human for that matter. It is a promise in the Bible and I personally choose to believe the author that cannot fail or lie. It also says that God was from the beginning which means that truth has always existed. It was not a process that

evolved or developed gradually, which makes it impossible for us to comprehend.

This is another one of those complex subjects that we just accept and embrace by faith.

Throughout the history of the world, we see the definitions of God’s original explanation of right and wrong has undergone some major remodeling as mankind attempts to improve or correct God’s laws into a more acceptable way of living. Apparently, there has always been rebellious movers and shakers who believe that perfect truth can become outdated and lose its relevance. It’s not a secret this is happening today with those who are convinced their intelligence allows them the authority to implement and replace div-ine instructions while establishing a more popular and permissive civilization.

Taking a closer look, we realize it’s not that mankind is complaining that God’s way is wrong, but that we simply do not want to be told what to do. We are stubborn like a child and will crawl on our hands and knees across hot blacktop to resist submission. Rebellion is embedded in our nature and is blatant arrogance toward the one who created and loves us. Every person is given a free-will to decide what they will believe and whom they will obey. God does not force anyone to accept his truth and allows everyone to live by whatever standards they choose.

Freedom is another word to be considered

within this discussion, but the interpretation can be dangerous. We rejoice that God’s truth will set us free from the bondage of sin, but the natural concept of freedom is to live however we want which is nothing less than unrestrained carnality. It takes the same amount of determination to bypass God’s truth and create a defiant independent lifestyle, as is needed for an individual to humbly embrace his true truth. This gives us an insight to the real cause of hatred and strife which is insubordination toward what is infinitely holy. If someone is trusting God as the way, the truth, and the life, they would never accept or compromise with the new philosophies of social accep-tance and political correctness. On the other hand, if an individual is receptive to new worldview modifications, they will agree to discard the Bible and welcome the idea of progressive advancement. Sadly, we are witnessing a society that is boldly justifying sin and openly making excuses to abandon any type of spiritual accountability toward God’s perfect righteousness. “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth” John 17:17.

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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from page 1 “I enjoy track because the amount of hard work and commitment you put into practice, directly affects the next meet. The harder you work and focus on perfecting your technique during practice, it will show up in your marks or times in the next meet,” Richards said.

“You can always improve in some way every day, and track shows you how that is possible.”

Their adventure continued at ESPN Sports Track and Field Complex in Orlando for the Nationals and each one secured a spot to move forward.

Anthony Wilson 100 Meter Hurdles 200 Meter Hurdles High Jump Alysia Graham 100 Meter Hurdles 400 Meter Hurdles Triple-long Jump Alex Wilson 80 Meters Hurdles David Richards 110 Meter Hurdles 400 Meter Hurdles Triple-long Jump July 29 begins the weeklong event as these kids will be among hundreds of racers going for the gold during the 2019 AAU Junior Olympics Games at North Carolina A&T – Aggie Stadium.

For the three siblings, Alex, Anthony and Alysia it’s about the challenges they face on the track as well as working harder to reach their own goals.

“I feel excited because I did the same thing last year but didn’t get to the Jr. Olympics. I am just glad I

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until it was melty enough to easily draw through that narrow tube. Later I used a long-handled spoon, eating and stirring and then bottoms up. Still do. I don’t need a straw at all.

What about those cups full of ice for tea and soda?

First of all, the lid is there to hide the ratio of beverage to frozen water. Sneaky. But

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made it this year,” Alysia said. “I am going to try my best to bring home a medal.”

“I feel great about it because it gives me the opportunity to race other people I never race against,” Alex said. “It can be a motivator to improve my time.”

With less than a week of practice these four student-athletes will be pushing themselves to set and break individual goals.

Follow them on their incredible journey as they push for the gold: http://www.aaujrogames. org/ Alysia Graham and David Richards will be competing in the triple jump during the AAU Junior Olympics in Greensboro, NC.

Alex Wilson, Alysia Graham, Anthony Wilson, and David Richards, all unattached athletes will be competing for the gold in their categories. All four will be competing in the hurdles. Anthony will be competing in the high jump. Alysia and David will be competing in the triple-long jump.

the straw prevents you from getting an avalanche of ice in your face when continually trying to get another last drop. Most effective.

I recommend using sippy-lids, like for coffee, but make them out of the same material, paper stiffened with wax or whatever, as long as it’s recyclable or biodegradable, and with a tight enough fit to keep the lid from dislodging when you

tilt the cup above the plane of your mouth and the ice suddenly lets go. Both cup and lid should be threaded like a nut and bolt, but requiring only a quarter turn.

I understand that tossing paper and plastic is cheaper than paying a dishwasher (employee, machine, water, heat, and soap) but there must be a cheaper way to save money. I’d love for the future to be mystified by the

sudden absence of dumps in our archeological dirt.

Non-related P.S.: Watched the Cricket World Cup final. I haven’t spent that long on the edge of my seat (or in this case, upright in my recliner) since watching the movie Aliens at the theater in Germany in 1987. England won against New Zealand 15-0 to 15-1 in a super over (like overtime). I am hooked.

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We can't all travel in sterile bubbles but we can do things to reduce germs and keep ourselves healthy when on the go: Always carry hand sanitiser and a pack of antiseptic wet wipes with you.

Never lift the toilet seat with your bare hands. Use a paper towel or some toilet tissue.

That hand sanitizer or gel will also come in handy after using public transportation, rental cars or hotel rooms. Use it to clean your hands after punching the buttons on an ATM or the elevator.

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Sugarmill Woods Medical Center

Homosassa, FL 352.796.3334