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The tentative millage rate will apply only to the BOCC General Fund.

Other funds’ rates are listed as follows:

ABOVE: Sept. 13, 2019, Hernando High School football players No. 3 - Shavaris McNair, No. 76 - Samuel Fleming, No. 10 - Austin McCombs, No. 50 - Cordell Warthen take the field with Trevor Bowen's jersey No. 11. Photo by Matt Pfiffner/Citrus County Chronicle

BOCC General Fund 7.8912 BOCC Transportation Trust 0.7091 BOCC County Health 0.1102 Emergency Medical Services MSTU 0.9100 Stormwater Management MSTU 0.1139

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Commission votes 3-2 to go forward with 1 mill property tax increase After a contentious 4 hour meeting on September 11, 2019, The Board of County Commissioners voted 3-2 to both approve the proposed 1 mill increase and the tentative budget. Commissioners Steve Champion and Wayne Dukes opposed both measures maintaining that more expenses could be cut, rather than increasing the millage rate.

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On Sept. 12, 2019, Trevor Bowen was playing his heart out on the football field. A Hernando High School junior varsity football player, he and his team worked hard and beat a very physical Springstead Eagles team 20-6 on their turf. The next morning Sept. 13, 2019 Trevor Bowen was tragically hit by a van on California Street in Brooksville while walking to school. He was killed instantly. It was before sunrise and still dark as he walked along the road to school after missing the bus. On Monday, FHP reported that an investigation into the crash is still underway.

His teammates would insist on playing in honor of Trevor that night against Crystal River.

It was an away game for the Leopards varsity squad. The Leopards fought hard, but lost 7-0.

Mike Steele, a member of the Leopards' family was at the game. Observing the incredible support from the opposing team, Steele commented, "It would not be fair to go without mention, the level of class that was shown tonight in Crystal River. Here is a picture of both teams praying in unity after the game tonight. Hernando High Leopards put on a good fight with heavy hearts.

Although we came out on the short side, there

Hernando High JV Football player Trevor Bowen on Sept. 12, 2019 during the game against Springstead. Photo by Alice Mary Herden.

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Sept. 11 memorial comes together after eight years in the making

It was discussed that the millage increase alone is not the cure, and that the budget would not be sustainable. Commissioner John Mitten stated he was in favor of the increase temporarily, but not as a permanent measure.

Commissioner John Allocco added that recent unfunded mandates “are killing us,” and recommended to the board that somehow the state legislature be made aware of this.

A second budget hearing is scheduled for September 24, 2019.

Budget Director Stephanie Russ reported that the General Fund Reserves would begin growing with See TAX, Page 2

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Local dignitaries in attendance for the City of Brooksville 9-11 Memorial dedication ceremony. The 9/11 Memorial consists of a steal beam from the World Trade Center.

The two pairs of hands supporting the beam were sculpted from steel by Chet Merry.

Photo courtesy of Joe Griffin.

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Sept. 11, 2001 remembered county-wide Ceremony at VFW Post in Spring Hill p. 18 Presentation at Winding Waters K-8 p. 19

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School Board Meetings Workshop 9/24/2019 11:00 AM Regular Meeting 6:00PM District Office-Board Room 919 North Broad Street Brooksville, FL 34601 Board of County Commissioners Regular Meeting 9/24/2019 9:00 AM Government Center John Law Ayers Room 20 N. Main Street Brooksville, FL 34601

Brooksville City Council Meeting Monday, October 07, 2019, 7:00PM Location 201 HOWELL AVENUE, BROOKSVILLE, FL - JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON, III COUNCIL CHAMBERS Brooksville Planning & Zoning Commission Wednesday, October 09, 2019, 5:30PM Location 201 HOWELL AVENUE, BROOKSVILLE, FL - JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON, III COUNCIL CHAMBERS

Hollywood Hills Nursing home employees formally charged

Florida Congressman Daniel Webster praised the repeal of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Obama-era Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule. The WOTUS rule was a controversial expansion of the definition of WOTUS or “navigable waters” (rivers, great lakes) to include smaller bodies of water and even temporary bodies of water. Critics stated that the rule allowed the EPA to consider puddles and drainage ditches as navigable waterways, which was not the intention of Congress when they passed the law, as they limited the EPA to navigable waterways which could be used to conduct interstate commerce.

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Board of County Commissioners Final Budget Hearing 9/24/2019 5:01 PM Government Center John Law Ayers Room 20 N. Main Street Brooksville, FL 34601

In 2019-2020 budget proposal called “Bold Vision for a Brighter Future” Florida Governor Ron DeSantis requested $625 million in recurring funds for Everglades restoration and protection of Florida’s water resources for the next three years. This level of funding will allow the Governor to meet the $2.5 billion funding goal he outlined for the Everglades restoration in his first term.

The Governor also proposed increasing the fine amount for all environmental crimes by an additional 50 percent. The governor’s proposals were met by approval from many environmentalists. Rob Moher who is the President and CEO of the Conservancy of Southwest Florida said, “The amount of momentum Governor has been able to rally behind environmental causes over the past 9 months has been incredible.”

Florida Congressman Daniel Webster Praises EPA WOTUS Repeal

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School Board Workshop 9/20/2019 8:30 AM The Hernando County Chamber of Commerce 15588 Aviation Loop Drive Brooksville, FL 34604

Florida Governor Requests $625 million in recurring funds for Everglades restoration and water resource protection

Damien Kelly, director of the Florida state Office of Safe Schools, said that 11 school districts have said that they would be interested in training teachers so the teachers can carry firearms in schools to be in a position to stop a school shooting. He said of the 36 school districts involved in the school “guardian” program, 11 have expressed an interest in arming some classroom teachers.

Kelly was not aware of the number of teachers who will receive training to carry firearms in schools. A recent Wall Street Journal poll of school districts identified 7 that were interested in allowing teachers to carry firearms those districts were: Bay, Gilchrist, Lafayette, Levy, Okeechobee, Putnam and Suwanee.

These areas are generally rural and poor. State law requires all public schools to have armed guards on campus during school hours and arming teachers could be an economical way to comply with this requirement.

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from page 1 a 1 mill increase on property taxes. Russ’ presentation showed a continued decline without the increase.

Champion, who has spoken out previously opposing the millage increase said, “You mention you need the 1 mill in order to balance our budget, but you should also state, ‘Raise it 1 mill, or reduce expenses.’ Because it can be done reducing expenses, correct?”

County Administrator Jeff Rogers answered that $8.4 million would need to be cut from the budget to attain the same effect. The importance of increasing the Reserve fund is a matter of board policy. Rogers reported that for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018-19, the reserve fund level was approved at 14.3%. County policy is

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The employees of the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills that were arrested last month have been formally charged. The four employees charged were administrator Jorge Carballo, nursing supervisor Sergo Colin, nurse Althia Meggie and nurse Tamika Miller.

They were all charged with aggravated manslaughter of an elderly person. The difference was the number of charges Jorge Carballo received nine counts while Althia Meggie faces two counts.

The power outage following Hurricane Imra two years ago lead to 12 patients’ deaths at Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills. There was no backup generator and the temperature inside the nursing home soared leading to the deaths. The failure at the nursing home led to a law requiring backup generators at nursing homes and assisted living facilities (ALF). This led to many smaller ALFs closing.

Familial DNA locates suspect in ‘serial’ slayings of women In 2006, Daytona Beach was in panic over a serial killer of prostitutes, three women had been found shot in the head.

to hold the Reserve Fund at 18.5% This year, the current proposed Reserve Fund level is 16.3-16.5% Champion countered, suggesting the removal of a $6 million increase over FY 2019.

Rogers explained that certain costs increase every year in the form of various insurances and retirement rates and that the control over those is outside of the county. Concerned about the cutting of services, Rogers asked the dais what else could be cut.

Russ added that while expenses have increased, the revenue for the new fiscal year is also projected to increase. She also reported that a significant portion of the expense reductions resulted from centralizing Technology Services under the Clerk of Court, and Hernando County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) reducing expenses by $382,809.

Commissioner Wayne Dukes added that over $1 million was saved by staff reductions. Also opposing the increased millage, Dukes said, “I think we can fix this without putting it on (the property owners). I don’t think it’s right.”

Champion later mentioned the possibility of a half-cent sales tax, which would reportedly net the

The killings happened over a few month period and were linked by ballistics. Volunteers from a local ministry passed out flyers and warned women not to walk alone at night. There was a greatly enhanced police presence and the killings stopped.

In 2016, Rachel Bey was found strangled in West Palm Beach.

DNA linked her attacker with the three previous murders in Daytona.

The DNA was run through a genetic database used by people looking to find lost relatives. This led to a link to Robert Hayes’ family. Mr. Hayes studied criminal justice at BethuneCookman University in Daytona and graduated in 2006. He lived a short distance from where Ms. Bey disappeared.

During the initial Daytona Beach investigation, Mr. Hayes was interviewed, because he owned a gun similar to the one used in the murders. At the time law enforcement had nothing else to tie Mr. Hayes to the crime.

Robert Hayes was placed under surveillance. Law enforcement was able to recover a cigarette butt that he had discarded at a bus stop. The DNA on the cigarette butt was a match for the DNA collected from Ms. Bey’s attacker. A subsequent test of DNA collected from Mr. Hayes after his arrest was also a match. Officials estimate that the odds are 700-billion-to-1 that the killer is someone other than Hayes based on the DNA match.

Associated Press investigation finds synthetic marijuana sold as CBD An Associated Press (AP) reporter in Panama City purchased seven vaping products that provided inhalable CBD. The vaping products were then tested in a lab with three of them testing positive for synthetic marijuana.

Synthetic marijuana can produce a strong high unlike CBD. These counterfeit CBD products can result in a trip to the emergency room. Lab tests have found these counterfeit vaping and edible products in 13 states.

county $10-12 million.

“That fixes everything,” Champion said. However, such an item would need to be a ballot referendum during the 2020 election.

“Do you think you’ll get a half-cent tax through … when you raise 17.2% on their millage? I think it would go down in flames.”

Finishing the presentation, Russ and Rogers showed that the budgets of most Constitutional Offices remained unchanged, with the exception of the Clerk of the Court, which absorbed the Technology Services department, and the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO), showing significant increases. HCSO’s budget coming out of the general fund went from $49,852,410 in FY 2019 to $56,287,539 for FY 2020.

Hernando County Sheriff Al Nienhuis spoke about HCSO’s budget, explaining that they have in fact increased revenues over his tenure. Nienhuis reported that his office has also seen rising expenses that are out of their control, exceeding $3.1 million. These include: • State-mandated SROs (School Resource Officers) • County - requested marine deputy • State / Judicially man-

dated bailiff • FRS (Florida Retirement System) Retirement rate increase • Workers Compensation rate increase • General Liability Insurance rate increase • Maintenance agreements / contracts increase • Detention utilities rate increase • Employee raises: COLA (Cost of living increase): 2.5% on 10/1, as well as merit raises • Health Insurance rate increases Nienhuis also reported that they were able to cut $200,000 - $300,000 in areas not specified during this meeting.

Nienhuis also reported that $188,000 is expected for Hurricane Michael Reimbursement, and that those funds would be marked for the Reserve Fund.

Employee costs make up 86% of HCSO’s budget.

In total, the highlights of the proposed budget include: • Decreased BOCC benefit dollars by 3.21% • Funded all constitutional See TAX, Page 3

Single Family Homes in Hernando County Current Millage Millage Change: Proposed Millage:

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6.8912 1.0000 7.8912 Current Proposed In % in Ad Ad $ Range Range Valorem Valorem 4,561 7.14% $ ‐ $ ‐ 11,603 25.31% $ 172 $ 197 11,428 43.20% $ 345 $ 395 11,113 60.61% $ 517 $ 592 8,506 73.92% $ 689 $ 789 6,245 83.70% $ 861 $ 986 3,960 89.90% $ 1,034 $ 1,184 2,468 93.77% $ 1,206 $ 1,381 1,393 95.95% $ 1,378 $ 1,578 841 97.27% $ 1,551 $ 1,776 543 98.12% $ 1,723 $ 1,973

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Financial Impact $ ‐ $ 25 $ 50 $ 75 $ 100 $ 125 $ 150 $ 175 $ 200 $ 225 $ 250

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County. Champion also stated that he is also open to compromise.

Erick van Malssen of officers Stantec, the consulting • Funded FY 19/20 CIP firm advising the board, (Capital Improvement spoke briefly showing reProjects) al-time models to diagnose • Funded all increases to the General Fund and offer all state mandates solutions. According to • Funded much needed facility and P&R improve- van Malssen, the 1 mill Public Safety increase will “stop the ments 48.7% bleeding” in 2020, how• Consolidated departever it is not a permanent ments and made reductions solution. In another modto staffing el, he showed that cutting • Increase for all non-barexpenses to remedy the gaining of 2.2% CPI deficit satisfactorily could • Teamsters and Fire (IAFF) increased per con- result in the reduction of 100 jobs. tract; step plus 2.2% CPI Van Malssen also reported that the number of Though the board has tried to avoid service cuts, property taxpayers would be closer to 60% of the Rogers also reported that not increasing property further cuts would involve property owners, and not the 40% reported earlier. taxes.

Libraries, Aquatic SerAnother driving feature Commissioner John vices, and Cooperative of deficit is the rate of Mitten said, Extension. growth, which is currently Numerous residents 5.5% “with great fiscal spoke during Citizen’s “When you have constraint.” Reducing Comments. Not one bargaining agreethe government expense in favor of the millage growth rate to 3% is increase. ments, I think that partially helpful, however Returning to the topic you’re locked into the model continues to of a sales tax increase, show expenses exceeding a 5% - 5.5% growth Champion cautioned that revenues. less than 50% of county rate. Let’s face it, An initial model that residents would be paying when the majority projects to improve the the extra property taxes, cash hemorrhage as soon due to Homestead or other of it is personnel, exemptions. The sales tax as 2021 would be to cut then the only way expenses by $6 million, would generate revenue and holding expenses and to achieve 3% is from anyone purchasthe growth rate at 3%, and ing goods in Hernando from page 2

Please note – Due to Marsy’s Law, specific information will no longer be provided on incidents that are classified as crimes. Marsy’s Law prohibits law enforcement from releasing any information that could identify the victim of any crime (name, address, sex, age, or any other information).

9-13-19 LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS Deputies responded to: o Missing Endangered Adult - District 2/Zone 7 - Adult was later recovered – 2019-29688. o Missing Juvenile – District 2/Zone 4 - Juvenile was later recovered, at school – 201929717. o Armed Vehicle Burglary/ Vehicle Burglary x10 – City of Brooksville - District 1/Zone 8 – Media Release and Video forthcoming – Arrest/Male 2019-29729 (numerous other case numbers). o Armed Vehicle Burglary - District 1/Zone 5 – Unknown suspect(s) entered UNLOCKED vehicle and stole a Taurus .22 Magnum revolver – Active investigation – 201929741.

o Hernando High – Baker Act – Student – 2019-29745. o Springstead High – Possession of Vaping Devices – Student – Juvenile Civil Citation – 2019-29743.

9-16-19 LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS Deputies responded to: o Recovered Missing Endangered Adult - District 2/ Zone 7 – Returned home 2019-29815. o Exparte Order – District 2/Zone 7 – Suicidal person located during Traffic Stop – 2019-29893. o Recovered Stolen Vehicle/ Possession of Controlled Substance - District 2/Zone 5 – Tag reader alerted deputies to a stolen vehicle from Pasco County – Deputies located the vehicle on Springwood Road – Arrest/Male – Grand Theft Auto – Arrest/Female – Possession of Controlled Substance – 2019-29943. o Death Investigation - District 2/Zone 6 – Male appears to have overdosed outside of the business – Active investigation – 2019-29970. o Criminal Mischief - District 2/Zone 7 – Damage to shed inside county park – Active investigation – 2019-29977.

o Battery/Aggravated Assault/ Resist LEO - District 1/Zone 5 – Intoxicated person on scene engaged in argument w/ others – Escalated when the person obtained a machete and attempted to cut the others w/it – Suspect was subdued by the others on scene – Minor injuries to one suspect from the altercation – Arrest/Male – 2019-29822.

o Residential Burglary/Battery LEO/Resist w/o Violence District 2/Zone 3 – Deputy encountered suspicious person (female) on 09-13-19 in the area – On 09-14-19, deputy returned to conduct a security check and observed pry marks and foot prints – Arrest/ Female – Upon being placed in custody, female resisted and kicked deputy – 2019-29979.

o Missing Endangered Adult - District 2/Zone 7 – Media release forthcoming - Active investigation – 2019-29815.

o Missing Juvenile - District 1/Zone 1 – Foster Child ran away – Active investigation – 2019-30037.

o Aggravated Assault on LEO – County Line Road just East of the Suncoast Parkway – Media Release forthcoming – 2019-29825.

o Possession of Marijuana w/ Intent to Sell/DWLSR Habitual - District 1/Zone 1 – Deputies conducted Traffic Stop due to inoperable tail light/Driver had suspended license (habitual offender) – Deputies located 138 grams of marijuana in vehicle, packaged separately (indicating intent to distribute) – Arrest/Male - 2019-30057.

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Schools:

o Weeki Wachee High – Information – Student formed a gun w/his fingers and threatened to shoot others - Threat assessment and weapons check completed – 2019-29777. o Weeki Wachee High – Occurred on 09-10-19 – White Male in a White Van allegedly attempted to talk a student into getting into the van as she walked along US 19 N of the school – Reported to SRO two days later - 2019-29762.

o Grand Theft - District 1/ Zone 9 – Gas pumps tampered with – One pump had the entire card reader stolen – Active investigation – 201930097. o Grand Theft Auto - District 1/Zone 6 – Vehicle was later returned/Arrest/Male – 201930121.

o Suspicious Incident District 2/Zone 2 – Several suspicious individuals (wearing alien masks) using the stairs and elevators – They left before deputies arrived – 201930166. o Grand Theft/Golf Cart District 2/Zone 5 – Golf cart stolen by a male juvenile – Golf cart was located on Mauna Loa Court – Juvenile was also located near the golf cart – Arrest/Male – Per DJJ/Male (who is already on probation) released back to parents – 2019-30139. o Possession of Drug Paraphernalia - District 1/Zone 8 – Media Release forthcoming – 2019-30153. · Schools: o West Hernando Middle – School Threat- Student threatened teacher – Threat assessment and weapons check completed – School discipline – 2019-29901. o Central High – Information – Student shared inappropriate photos of violence - Threat assessment and weapons check completed – School discipline – 2019-29860. o Pinegrove Elementary – Found Property – One student gave a small amount of marijuana to another, who did not want it, so the second student threw it in trash – School discipline – 201929842. o Explorer K-8 – Student battered teacher – 201929872. o Fox Chapel Middle – Information – Student brought paring knife to school – Student did not brandish it or threaten anyone with it – Threat assessment and weapons check completed – School discipline – 201929887. o West Hernando Middle – Information – Student in Possession of Vaping Device – School discipline – 201929881. o Deltona Elementary – School Threat – Student threatened student body after being told he could not check out another library book (as the one had already had was overdue) - Threat assessment and weapons check completed – School discipline – 201929890.

9-17-19 LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS Deputies responded to: o Armed Vehicle Burglary - District 2/Zone 7 – Male entered an unlocked vehicle and stole a firearm – It was

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2019-2020 General Fund Expenses Transportation 4.1% Economic Environment 1.8% Human Services 4.1% Culture & Recreation 5.6% Debt/Transfers 4.3% Reserves 12.8%

General Government 18.2%

to… remove the positions.”

The sobering worstcase scenario, as reported by van Malssen in a prior meeting, when state officials sees a county depleting reserves at a rapid rate, “The state comes in, relieves everyone here of their jobs, and they do the hard work of slashing services and raising taxes until it’s fixed.”

Final Public Budget Hearing will be held September 24, 2019 at 5:01 PM in the County Commission Chambers, 20 North Main Street Brooksville, FL 34601

Sheriff’s Briefing Notes Information contained in this report is from the previous 24 hours (Tuesday – Friday) or previous weekend (Monday).

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originally thought the male took the firearm to the campus of Springstead High School – Investigation revealed the gun was hidden near where the Vehicle Burglary occurred – Detectives recovered the stolen gun later in the day – Suspect was identified and subsequently confessed to the crime – Arrest/Male – 201930189. – Media Release forthcoming. o Possession of Paraphernalia - District 2/Zone 7 – - Deputies responded to a Suspicious Incident regarding a vehicle being present at a foreclosed home after an eviction notice was served – Three persons in the vehicle were all acting suspicious and refused to comply with orders – They did advise the deputy that someone was in the residence, and was “ill” – Fire Rescue responded and found the “ill” person to be under the influence of illegal narcotics – Narcan was administered/ Patient expected to make a full recovery – Deputies removed the three from the vehicle and located several syringes – Arrest/x3 – 2019-30219. · Schools: o Springstead High – Information – Numerous LEO on scene for an extended period of time searching for a firearm that was stolen in a vehicle burglary – Please see first entry under Law Enforcement Operations – 2019-30189. Media Release forthcoming. o Weeki Wachee High – Information – Deputy received a photo (originally posted to Instagram) of a student holding a cat and a firearm - Threat assessment and weapons check completed – Active investigation – 2019-30241. o Central High – Structure Burglary – Concession Stand at the football stadium was burglarized – Unknown suspect(s) damaged the inside of the building and opened a freezer (left it open) causing approximately $500 worth of food to spoil – Active investigation – 2019-30258.

Physical Environment

$498,969.00

0.40%

Transportation

$4,992,712.00

4.05%

Economic Environment

$2,203,601.00

1.79%

Human Services

$5,012,239.00

4.07%

Culture & Recreation

$6,889,961.00

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Court Related

$39,210.00

0.03%

Debt/Transfers

$5,270,205.00

4.28%

Reserves

$15,826,087.00

12.85%

General Government

$22,452,768.00

18.22%

Public Safety

$60,024,939.00

48.72%

Nine individuals arrested on multiple drug charges On 09-12-19 shortly after 6 a.m., detectives with the Hernando County Sheriff's Office Vice and Narcotics Unit executed a search warrant at 12378 Glen Haven Street in Spring Hill.

The execution of the search warrant was the culmination of a months-long investigation into possible drug activity at the house.

Detectives conducted a thorough search of the residence and located numerous types and amounts of illegal narcotics to include the following: - Marijuana - 804.4 grams - Cocaine - 45.7 grams - Ecstasy - 46 pills/24.8 grams - Fentanyl patches - 97.3 grams - THC Vape cartridges - 210 cartridges - Assorted pills - 77 pills - LSD - 147 tabs - THC edibles - 11 pounds - Weapons - 4 (1 of which was stolen) - Methamphetamine - 2.2 grams Of the 11 people found inside the home, nine individuals were arrested. The individuals listed below were arrested on various drug charges.

Tevis Mitchell W/M DOB/ age 21 Bond: $332,000 Chase Mitchell W/M/ age 20 Bond: $203,000 Alexis Lent W/F age 18 Bond: $91,000 Scott Mitchell W/M age 46 Bond: $76,000 Scott DeVault W/M age 26 Bond: $61,000 Christopher Mabry W/M age 21 Bond: $61,000 Hanna Kennedy W/F age 18 Bond: $61,000 Ashley Hunt W/F age 18 Bond: $61,000 Information via HCSO

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Hernando Growers Association to use Little Rock Cannery to expand customer base

The Little Rock Cannery, which was used by local residents and visitors, is equipped with a commercial-grade In June 2016, the former Brooksville kitchen, complete with everything but the City Manager and Parks Department jars one would use to preserve their fruits, planned a Farmers Market in Downtown vegetables and sauces. The cannery closed Brooksville. Unfortunately, it was in May of 2019, when it’s sole employee July, very hot and did not attract many left for medical reasons. customers at the time. DeFelice was Using the cannery will provide growers asked if he would help. Excellent timing, with another interface in distributing fresh since DeFelice was struggling with where local food to area schools, restaurants to sell produce, and also still learning how and other larger-scale venues, which will to farm. require logistics, storage and transfer.

Brooksville was also looking for a “It will give us a home to grow in,” said car show, a motorcycle show, and other DeFelice. activities to attract visitors to the city.

DeFelice, a retired Army veteran came DeFelice put all the pieces together, and to Hernando County five years ago. He formed the Hernando Growers Association and his wife love the lifestyle, yet he (HGA), a 501c(3) non-profit organization speaks modestly of his talent for farming. from which the Brooksville Farmers “People ask me what I grow, I tell them Market, Brooksville Bike Rally and we plant everything, and then … well…I Cruise-In were born. don’t know about a full crop.”

HGA’s board members are: Membership HGA’s mission to provide fresh local Director Angela Okrasinski, Director of food to everyone includes low-income New Farmer Relations Paul Ramos and seniors and those receiving assistance Neen DeFelice, Director of Marketing and through the Supplemental Nutrition Operations. DeFelice’s wife, Ginger is the Assistance Program (SNAP). The senior Vice President. The leadership structure program hinges on program management has been effective, as evidenced by the in partnership with the state, and failed success of the events. in the past. Under DeFelice’s direction, Beginning in 2018, the bikes and more farms have signed to be part of the cars with some live music differentiated program, which is expected to make a Brooksville’s own from other farmers comeback next year. markets. Today, the bike rally and car The HGA also provides SNAP show are held on different days, and the recipients with “Fresh Access Bucks,” HGA partners with Brooksville Main which doubles the amount that can be Street to host the Cruise-In. purchased when buying produce from The main focus however is growing local growers. stable agriculture and providing everyone More information and event calendar: access to fresh local food. www.hernandogrowers.org

by LISA MACNEIL Hernando Sun Reporter

Above: Little Rock Cannery in Brooksville Below: Brooksville Farmers Market

Attachment: CEMEX Signed Conservation Easement August 29, 2019 (16105 : Acceptance of Conservation Easement from Cemex)

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Progress on CEMEX mining expansion

by LISA MACNEIL Hernando Sun Reporter

At the regular Board of County Commissioners meeting held on September 10, 2019, the board voted unanimously on three agenda items, all related to the expansion of CEMEX’s mining operations in Brooksville.

Commissioners Steve Champion and Wayne Dukes commented on approaching the final approvals to allow the CEMEX expansion to move forward.

Champion said, “CEMEX is a great partner to the county. They employ a lot of good people, these aren’t minimum wage jobs. The tax base is obviously going to be improved when this mine starts up. I’m sure they’re going to have new equipment and new jobs open up, so I applaud their efforts to bring in quality jobs to Hernando county for probably the next hundred years.”

Dukes recounted a meeting with a group of opponents who wanted the land kept as-is. Dukes recommended at the time that they purchase the land, but the group declined. “That’s not the way the freedom of America works,” Dukes said, alluding to those freedoms being bilateral.

The board first voted 5-0 to approve the rezoning from Agricultural (AG) to Mining (M) after a long and contentious process, including a lawsuit by a nearby

landowner. Two parcels south of Fort Dade Ave. will be rezoned as well as the parcel called "Lykes Cutoff" totaling approximately 573 acres. Mining and reclamation activities are limited to twenty years per the comprehensive plan amendment.

During the second pertinent agenda item, the board voted to unanimously approve the vacation of the right of way for County Road 491 known as "Lykes Cutoff," which is a north-south roadway running between Ft. Dade Ave and CR-50 / Cortez Blvd. Withlacoochee River Electric Corporation (WREC) facilities currently exist along the roadway, therefore a temporary easement has been secured for the facilities until a relocation of the facilities into the proposed new right of way is completed. All affected utilities and County departments have indicated no objection to the request.

One of the final requirements of CEMEX is to create a 100 square mile conservation easement for a wildlife corridor, a plan also approved by the board unanimously.

CEMEX was also required to provide right-of-way to the County for a California Street to Citrus Way future transportation corridor. This plan was added to the volumes of paperwork and approved 5-0.

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Above: Map depicting planned wildlife corridor at the CEMEX mine property

Security guard charged with stealing $21k in night vision goggles from National Guard Armory Brooksville

Hall was seen in the same area as the goggles were stored, and then after leaving the restricted area, walking to his vehicle.

Upon speaking to the captain of the security guards detectives learned Hall had claimed to find a pair of the missing goggles in a locker during a self-initiated search.

On 09-06-19, detectives interviewed Hall regarding the missing goggles. Hall confessed to stealing the goggles so he could use them for hunting. He also admitted to stealing various other items from the armory.

Hall then took detectives back to his house where the missing goggles and Jamieson’s badge was recovered. Hall was charged with Grand Theft.

He was transported to the Hernando County Detention Center where his bond was set at $2,000.

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On 08-28-19, Captain Gary Jamieson of the National Guard Armory Brooksville, located at 16386 Spring Hill Drive in Brooksville, contacted the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office to report three sets of night vision goggles were missing from the locker area of the armory.

He advised deputies that no one had checked out the goggles, which have a combined value of nearly $21,000.

Captain Jamieson, who is a retired law enforcement officer, also reported that his badge was stolen from his locker, along with various other personal items.

On 09-04-19, Captain Jamieson advised after reviewing video surveillance he was able to identify a possible suspect in the theft as James Hall W/M DOB/01-281977. Hall worked as a security guard at the facility.

He advised Hall was seen walking around areas where he was not permitted to have access. On one of those occasions

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Deputies find woman in car with drug paraphernalia and a baby On 09-15-19 just after 5 p.m., Hernando County Sheriff's deputies were dispatched to the parking lot of the Brook Haven Apartment Complex on Crystal Brook Circle in Brooksville after an anonymous caller reported suspicious activity in and around a vehicle there.

The caller believed a female was possibly attempting to commit a vehicle burglary.

Upon arrival, Deputy Aaron Cochrane located the vehicle in question, a gray Mitsubishi bearing the same Florida tag as provided by the caller. As Deputy Cochrane approached the vehicle, he observed the vehicle to be running, a white female sitting in the driver's seat, and a baby, in a car-seat, in the rear of the vehicle.

Deputy Cochrane immediately recognized the female as someone who is personally known to him from previous calls for service.

As Deputy Cochrane approached the female (driver) to ask whether her vehicle had been burglarized, he observed a syringe with an orange cap on it sitting on the front passenger seat. Sitting next to the syringe was a spoon, with white residue on it. A field presumptive

test on the residue in the spoon revealed the presence of methamphetamine.

The female was placed under arrest.

Deputy Cochrane questioned the female regarding the identity and relationship of the baby in the rear of the vehicle. The female, who appeared to be under the influence of methamphetamine, advised that she only knew the first name of the baby, did not know the baby's date of birth, or the legal name(s) of the baby's parents.

The female provided a nickname for the father of the baby. Deputies located contact information for the father, a convicted felon, through HCSO databases. The father was notified of the situation on scene and advised to come retrieve his baby. He agreed but never showed up.

While awaiting the arrival of the father, deputies questioned the female about the drugs and paraphernalia inside the vehicle. The female denied ownership, stating the drugs belonged to the baby's father.

A short time later, a vehicle arrived on scene

that contained two adult females, one of whom claiming to be the mother of the baby. The female had no documentation to support this claim. Deputies on scene noted that both females also appeared to be under the influence of methamphetamine and/or some other narcotics.

A records check revealed the female claiming to be the mother of the child was currently out on bond, from a recent methamphetamine charge (in addition to retail theft and possession of drug paraphernalia).

The two females also had two children in their vehicle. The female identifying herself as the mother of the baby refused to identify the children in the vehicle, when asked by the deputy.

When the female, claiming to be the baby's mother, was asked by the deputy how she knew the female who had already been placed under arrest, the female's response was that she did not know her; she only knew that she was recently released from jail on "drug charges."

At that time the decision was made to contact

the Department of Children of Families (DCF) regarding the welfare of the three children on scene.

Deputy Cochrane noted that he handled an overdose call the day prior, 09-14-19, involving the same female, who had the baby in the back seat. During that call, the female accidentally overdosed and was revived by Hernando County Fire Rescue with the use of Narcan. He also noted just before the overdose on 09-14-19, the female had been released from the Hernando County Detention Center on a charge of Burglary. At the time of the overdose, the female was in possession of a unique spoon, exactly the same type of spoon that was in her vehicle on 09-15-19.

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Brooksville's Sept. 11 memorial comes together after eight years in the making

by SARAH NACHIN Hernando Sun Reporter

Everyone who personally witnessed the catastrophic events of September 11, 2001 or sat glued to their television sets watching as the tragedy played out will have that day etched in their memories forever.

On Wednesday Sept. 11, 2019, eighteen years after that fateful day, a memorial was dedicated to honor the firefighters, police and other first responders who worked tirelessly to help rescue the victims of the terrorist attacks. Many of these men and women sacrificed their lives in this endeavor. The memorial consists of a portion of a steel beam from the World Trade Center supported by two pairs of hands sculpted from steel.

The dedication took place at the City of Brooksville Public Safety Complex. A large crowd made up of city and county officials, first responders and members of the community attended the ceremony. The event began with a rendition of “America, the Beautiful”

by Tom Fritz playing the bagpipes.

In his opening remarks, Brooksville Fire Chief Ronald Snowberger remarked that 9/11 was the single largest loss of life resulting from a foreign attack on American soil.

“Through tragedy and tribulation Americans have united in patriotic solidarity and we pledge to forever honor the lives of the fallen that we will never forget,” Chief Snowberger stated.

After Snowberger's brief address, an honor guard presented the American flag and raised it up the flagpole to half-staff.

Meghan Lillibridge sang the National Anthem and Chaplain Michael Pope gave the Invocation.

Afterwards, Brooksville Mayor William Kemerer introduced the speakers and welcomed everyone.

District Fire Chief Mike Dow recognized and thanked the following who gave their support in various ways to make the memorial possible: The New York Port Authority, United Parcel Service (UPS), Brooksville Fire Department, Steel Artist Chet Merry, Flagstone Pavers, Weeki Wachee Stone Yard, Merritt Funeral Homes, Hernando County Sheriff's Office, Brooksville City Council, City Manager Mark Kutney, Brooksville Facilities Department, Day Metal Products, Crumpton

Welding Supply, Elite Fence and Dot Aluminum Rail, Hernando County Fire Rescue Local 3760, and Suncoast Powder Coating.

Bart Citro, owner of Weeki Wachee Stone Yard, in addressing the audience, commented, “When you see a steel beam like this you realize how many people that day died.

Beneath this beam is thirty yards of crushed concrete symbolizing the rock solid foundation our nation was built on.”

that they [the terrorists] did not accomplish their mission to divide us,” Nienhuis remarked.

Chet Merry, sculptor and HCFR staff member.

Chet Merry, who works for Hernando County Fire Rescue, was the artist who sculpted the two pairs of hands at the base of the steel beam. The project took him five months to complete. One set of hands represents firefighters and one set represents law enforcement personnel. The section of steel beam was donated by the New York Steve WIlson, retired Army Sergeant Major Port Authority.

Deputy Chief Stan Steve Wilson, retired Mettinger with the Army Sergeant Major Brooksville Fire who was stationed at the Department related the Pentagon that day, gave long road to making the a moving and detailed account of his experiences. memorial possible. They started the project in He was part of a unit 2011. One of the biggest ministry team acting as barriers was the fact that a chaplain there and saw they couldn't find anyone the events unfold on T.V. who would pick up the as the first plane hit the steel beam in New York first tower. When Wilson City without charging a and his associates saw the lot of money. They were second plane hit the other approaching a deadline to tower they knew that it was no accident. Just a few pick up the beam or they would lose the opportunity moments later he heard a to use it for the memorial. thud when the third plane This was when UPS stepped hit the Pentagon and he up. The parcel delivery knew they were being service offered to pick up attacked. Everyone was the 795-pound piece of steel ordered to evacuate, but and deliver it at no charge. he and another chaplain The beam arrived in 2013. decided that they needed to go back in so they could Then the project stalled again because they had no give spiritual comfort to funds to move forward. the wounded. They barely However, in June of 2018 escaped when one of the they were able to resume floors collapsed as an aftermath of the impact. He the project due to the help explained that the terrorists and financial support of numerous people. had purposely chosen Last to speak was Joel September 11 because it Kanasky, who retired from was exactly sixty years prior (September 11, 1941) the Fire Department of New York City (F.D.N.Y.) that construction of the Rescue 1 based in Pentagon began.

Manhattan. It is one one Wilson stated, “The terrorists wanted September of the most elite units. He was working on September 11 to be a day when the innocent died, but (quoting 11 and was a first-hand witness. Kanasky reflected former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld) on the days after 9/11. He described how people from instead it was a day when fire departments all around heroes were born.” the world came to work Sheriff Al Nienhuis side-by-side at Ground Zero reflected on his visit to the and how they came to stand Ground Zero memorial in in formation at the funerals New York City and how of their fellow firefighters moved he was to hear the because so many from the stories of that fateful day.

New York fire departments He recommended that everyone pay a visit to that were either dead or working in search and rescue efforts. memorial.

“Even eighteen years later we are still coming together, working hard to remember and making sure

One of the volunteers who helped build the Memorial, Bart Citro, of Weeki Wachee Stone Yard. Photo courtesy of Joe Griffin.

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Above: 9/11 Memorial consisting of a steal beam from the World Trade Center. The two pairs of hands of first responders supporting the beam were sculpted from steel by Chet Merry. Photo courtesy of Joe Griffin.

“Here we are eighteen years later and my brothers and sisters are still standing to remember,” Kanasky stated. “We lose about one firefighter or first responder a week due to illnesses American flag raised between two fire engines for the occasion. Photo courtesy of Joe Griffin.

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Garden Grove makes its mark concrete pad, that was our lunch room. We had a pot stove, which was also used for heat.

The students would go out and chop wood.

On Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019, members of Can you imagine a child with an axe now? the First Baptist Church of Garden Grove The older girls helped in the lunch room unveiled a historic marker, commemorating when they finished their assignments.” the area of rich history whose surviving Still vivid in her mind’s eye, she described families first homesteaded the area in the late the playground where the students played.

1800s.

“Outside, by ourselves. Teachers inside. We Garden Grove began as a planned had all the big oaks to play on the trees, or development, whose growth was stunted in swing. And no one ran away or hurt each the 30s, when the housing market slowed. other.”

Just a block north of the intersection of The land in the area was largely used for Highway 41 and Spring Hill Drive, is a plat cattle ranching, and Elaine recalled how her of land on which a school was built. The family drove cattle to “the sand hills,” which school later became a polling precinct, and is modern-day Spring Hill for the winter most recently the original Baptist church. months, and back to Garden Grove for the The original buildings unfortunately burned winter. “The grass was better (in Garden down in the eighties.

Grove) in the summer, and better out there in The land belonged to Elisa and Elaine the winter.”

Crum’s family, whose father donated the land Current Pastor James Caskey began the to the church. formal ceremony with the short history of The younger of the two sisters in how Garden Grove came to be, and added, attendance, Elaine Crum-Sullivan recalled “We at Garden Grove Baptist Church have a how the one room schoolhouse was used as vision, that right here, where the church was a polling precinct when she attended school started, that one day, there will be a beautiful in the city of Brooksville. Her older sister, new church on this property.”

Elisa Crum-Platt was a student at the school, Pastor Caskey led a prayer to bless and remembered how classes were held when everyone involved with preserving Garden it was grades 1-8, “Miss Lamar was our Grove’s history, and those that will see its teacher, and she taught all of us. She would future development. go to the older students first, and then they The marker was sponsored by the would get their job done, and they would late Roger Carlton Sherman. According come down and work with first and second to resident Mary Moses, Sherman sold grade.” possessions to raise money to have the She pointed to an area about 150 yards marker erected. “These markers are not east of the highway, “Past that pine tree, is a cheap. They’re not put out by the state.

by LISA MACNEIL Hernando Sun Reporter

Above: Members of the Historic Hernando Preservation Society and Garden Grove Baptist Church at the Garden Grove historic marker unveiling on Sept. 7, 2019.

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Above: 1957 Groundbreaking for Garden Grove Baptist Church, from Brooksville Journal, Nov. 14, 1957 pg 1.

Everything is privately funded, and (Sherman) made sure we had the money to go forward.”

Sherman was a long time board member and Vice President of the Historic Hernando Preservation Society and resident of Garden Grove.

The complete inscription is as follows: “Garden Grove was carved out of the Chocochatti Hammock, first inhabited by the Upper Creek Nation and then by pioneer families such as the Hopes and Crums. The area remained largely undeveloped up to the 1920s. By that time, the Florida Land Boom, which

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environment. A mobile and newly affluent middle class with leisure time sought to speculate and turn investments into quick profit, often quadrupling them within a year. As a large influx of new residents was expected, the county built roads to Garden Grove from Spring Lake and Aripeka.

A bus route from Tampa to Garden Grove began along with passenger train service. By 1926, some of the planned roads were laid out and a number of homes constructed. The MethodistEpiscopal Church South became the first house of worship. A one-room school was built, and operated until 1948. Such speculation, however, was unsustainable and the real estate bubble burst in the mid-1920, just as Garden Grove was beginning to grow. The company sold back some properties to their original owners for pennies on the dollar. The Garden Grove corporation became inactive in 1936.

It was not until the 1950s that development in the area resumed with new home and road construction, along with the donation of land by the Crum family for the Garden Grove Baptist Church.”

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One such enterprise was Garden Grove, platted in 1924 and surveyed by G.D. and H.D. Mendenhall, Civil Engineers. Garden Grove originally contained some 13,000 acres with plans for over 1,600 residential, commercial, and small farm lots. It was bounded by the Tampa Northern Railroad on the east and bisected by a portion of the first state road, No. 5 (later US 41) on the west. Plans included a city square and lakeside park, as well as a grand main street called Station Boulevard leading to the train depot.

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Brooksville Farmers Market produce: Fresh vegetables line this Brooksville Farmers Market stand.

UF/IFAS Extension launches monthly educational series at the Brooksville Farmers Market

BY MATT SMITH,

UF/IFAS MULTI-COUNTY SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SYSTEMS AGENT

In collaboration with the Hernando County Growers Association and the Brooksville Farmers Market, University of Florida IFAS/Extension Agents will be giving monthly talks on topics including farming, gardening, family nutrition, home economics, and youth development. The series kicks off on Sunday, September 22nd with an overview of the role of farmers markets in sustainable agriculture and a sustainable food system.

For consumers, farmers markets offer a community space that may also

serve as the closest source of fresh, locally-grown, nutritious food. Markets like the Downtown Brooksville Farmers Market can participate in the Fresh Access Bucks program which effectively doubles SNAP benefits.

For the culinary adventurers out there, farmers markets act as a hub for difficult to find produce whose short shelf life or niche audience makes them ill-suited for mass distribution.

For growers, farmers markets are beneficial because they allow growers to interact directly with customers, building relationships but also allowing their business to command retail prices far

Cucumbers in bins: Freshly picked cucumbers in a harvest bin.

above what they would see selling at commodity rates. This is important because the break-even price for small farms is higher than at large farms.

Farmers markets also serve as small farm incubators, providing valuable foot traffic and notoriety for new farms.

For established farms and U-Pick operations, farmers markets remain a valuable option in a marketing portfolio. U-Pick farms can sell unpicked produce and meet potential customers, and established growers whose season suffered from pests or bad weather have an opportunity to sell yields that would not have been capable of filling larger orders.

The Brooksville Farmers Market takes place on Sundays from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM at 615 Old Hospital Drive, Brooksville, FL 34601.

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Local historian Jan Knowles dressed in period costume during one of her walking tours of Brooksville's murals and public art.

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The Hernando County Fine Arts Councilhas announced the launch of its expanded historic downtown Brooksville Mural Tours.

Join Jan Knowles, local historian and Arts Council’s Projects Coordinator, on a one-hour walking tour of downtown Brooksville’s murals and public art. Jan remarks, “We invite you to visit our historic downtown, learn the insider information on our murals, have a lovely luncheon at one of our excellent restaurants, and check out a shop or two.” For access to additional information about each mural, QR codes on mural presentation plaques have been added to the tour.

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• Tours begin and end at the Hernando County Courthouse steps, 20 North Main Street, Brooksville, • Tour time: 10:30 am– 11:30 am (Check-in 10:20 am).

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• Minimum of 5 and maximum of 15 people required for the tour to be conducted.

• Donation only–your donation helps support the arts in Hernando County.

• For more information, to register by phone, or to schedule custom tours on other days, call Jan Knowles at 352-279-5182, or email hernandfineoarts@gmail.com.

The tours are sponsored by the Hernando County Fine Arts Council and featured on the Florida Mural Trail.

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Specialty units from the Sheriff's Office including K-9, the Civilian Mounted Unit, SWAT, and the Air Unit will be in attendance.

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This year's event features a special musical performance by the Actual Bank Robbers. If you are interested in being a vendor for the event please contact Michael Terry at 352-7973608. Hosted by theHernando County Sheriff's Office, 18900 Cortez Boulevard, Brooksville, Florida 34601

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Everything is awesome at BRICKS-N-BLOCKS, the LEGO® and Brick Convention coming this September to Brooksville, Florida. This year is the 4th event and bringing more fun and excitement to this event. More things to do for the young and young at heart. This year, the event is held in 2 buildings with an added STEM area, games and fun activities for all. Tickets are available now.

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HISPANIC HERITAGE FESTIVAL OF HERNANDO COUNTY - SATURDAY, SEPT. 21, 2019 FROM 2 PM TO 10 PM

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month and experience the culture, food and music.There will be live entertainment, dancing, DJs, food vendors, commercial and craft vendors, Beer, Wine, Frozen Sangria, Piña Coladas, Kids Zone, Raffles, Crowning of Miss Hispanic Queen of HC 2019 and more...

This is a FREE EVENT ADMISSION - $5 Parking and there is plenty of parking available for overflow. No coolers or outside food/drinks will

be permitted. Bring your lawn chair, pick a spot and enjoy a beautiful day with family and friends. Share this event and Help spread the word.

Hosted by Miss Hispanic Queen of HC, Inc and Hernando County Parks & Rec. Visit https://www.facebook. com/events/323634558288162/ for more information.

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Weekly Classes at WellCome Om Integral Healing & Education Center

4242 Lake in the Woods Dr. Spring Hill, FL 34607 352-600-4242

Daily: The Conscious Market at OM retail shop For Special Gifts, Local Products, Unique Stones, and to view highlighted local artwork for purchase.

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

September's "Bringing up the Heat" with WellCome OM's NEW Cooking Class Series, Book One or All Classes Now! When: Book before the date of classes as preparation is needed for the number of attendees. Starting September 10th, 5:30 PM. Full Schedule here: https://wellcomeomcenter.com/ nutrition-cooking-classes/ or call 352600-4242 to save your seat!

Where: Check-in at 4242 Lake in the Woods Dr. Spring Hill, FL 34607; Blue Healing Bldg.

Description: Cooking Classes taught by a Medical Doctor. A full tasting of lunch or dinner included. Guest chefs will also have Cooking Classes Featured.

Please sign up on the website for your choice of classes. Range: from $25 to $40.

Movement Studio Classes When: Morning and afternoon classes offered. (Change to:) Whether it's Yoga, Dance, Kickboxing, Tai Chi or

another one of our classes, it's time for you to make the Move! Book and see a full schedule at: https://wellcomeomcenter.com/movement-studio-classes/ or call the center at 352-600-4242 for assistance.

What: Be EMPOWERED No-Cost Youth Workshops for Middle School/High School ages When: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 5:306:30 pm Where: The Heal Building on campus at 4242 Lake in the Woods Dr. Spring Hill, FL 34607.

Description: Be Empowered is a nocost group with a focus for students to tackle the tough choices they face every day. By learning some great coping skills through weekly workshops and making some new friends, the hope is that 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 34607 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.

Starting in September: WHOLLY HEALTHWISE A LECTURE SERIES WITH DR. MARIA Thursday's 5:30-7 PM Thursday, October 10th The Poop on Poop WellCome OM Official Campus Grand Opening Celebration Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019 at 9 AM – 5 PM The WellCome OM team will celebrate a grand opening for everyone to experience. Absorb the wonders of togetherness, sound & dance of the universe and the sacred elements that are fundamental to life in health. In this event, you will see a ‘one-derful’ atmosphere of om in all the creativity that happens among those who let their energies shine. True skill and talent make restorative and rejuvenating practices fully vibrant. Connect yourself with doctors, therapists and other educators trained in healing arts who provide their services at OM. Allow your senses to be nourished through a myriad of techniques, artistry, yoga, dance, organic foods & gardens, personal care products, entertainment and much more.

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Note: You may want to make extra of garlic mixture.

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By Steve Norris We are going to be in a pretty quiet weather pattern through the first part of next week. Any showers are expected to be isolated with partly cloudy skies the main story, afternoon highs near 90 and dropping to around 68 at night. Next week I am expecting hotter and more humid with thunderstorm chances increasing. Looks like we are going to have a hurricane developing near the Lesser Antilles and while it is too early to give a definite forecast, some of the models have a hurricane approaching the Bahamas by Sunday or Monday. Anytime you want info on a hurricane or any weather data, feel free to drop me an e-mail to weather1@ charter.net. Most of our county has picked up 1 to 2 inches of rain thus far in September with the exception of a 4 inch measurement near Lake Lindsey.

Autumn begins on September 23rd at 3:50 a.m. and sunset that day will be 7:36 p.m. but the days are really getting shorter and by the end of October, Sunset will be 6:46 p.m. On the first day of autumn, the sun will rise directly in the East and set directly in the West.

As we go into fall and move toward winter, the days get shorter and the sun gets lower in the sky because the Earth is tilting away from the Sun. In spring and summer, the pigment chlorophyll gives leaves their green color. At the end of summer, the decreased daylight and cooler temperatures cause chlorophyll to break down and that exposes other pigments that cause the brilliant yellow, orange, red leaves of fall.

If you would be interested in keeping a daily tab on your rainfall and Reporting it to the Weather Service, go to Cocorahs.org to get all of the information on how to sign up. You only have to take one observation in the morning and then go online and put down the rainfall recorded during the past 24 hours. I am a daily contributor and this weather info can be very valuable to the Weather Service and it is lots of fun to compare rainfall totals to the surrounding counties.

Submit briefs to pr@hernandosun.com BUSINESS & COMMUNITY 7th Amendment Scholarship Opportunity This scholarship was created to give high school seniors and college students an opportunity to achieve higher education and reach their goals. The essay for this contest must be at least 600 words speaking about the importance of the 7th amendment in the US Constitution. First prize is $2,500 and this contest opens on March 1st, 2020 and closes May 1st, 2020.

More information about this great contest can be found here; https://www.helpinginjuredpeople.com/ college-scholarship/.

Beyond the Ballot- Workshop for New Voters Hernando County Supervisor of Elections (HCSOE), Shirley Anderson, is pleased to announce a workshop series entitled Beyond the Ballot. This workshop will be an opportunity for all voters who want to learn more about the elections processespecially those new to our state or voting for the first time in 2020.

Voters will be checked in upon arrival on an electronic poll book, simulating the check-in process at a polling site. After a brief presentation where we will discuss various ways to vote attendees will cast a “ballot” on an actual tabulation machine. The entire workshop will mimic what a voter will experience on Election Day or during Early Voting. Voters will also learn about the Vote-by-Mail process, election results, and election security.

“We are excited to present this program and engage with our new voters. The more prepared a voter is the better their voting experience will be. By knowing what happens beyond the ballot a voter will be election ready in 2020,” stated Supervisor Anderson.

Information regarding the workshop is listed below: Dates and times October 21st--3:00 PM;October 24th--6:00 PM; November 4th--3:00 PM; November 5th--9:00 AM; November 7th--6:00 PM Location Supervisor of Elections Office Forest Oaks Government Center 7443 Forest Oaks Blvd.

Spring Hill, FL 34606 Seating is limited, so please reserve your spot by calling 352-754-4125 or email: Shirley.Anderson@HernandoVotes.com Nature Coast Orchid Society will be meeting on SUNDAY September 22, doors open at 11:30, program at noon. Please note our special day and time. Our speaker will be Tomas Bajza from Miami’s Tarzane Group. He will be speaking on growing miniature orchids and live sphagnum moss. We also have orchids for sale and a raffle table. Guests are always welcome. Contact Mary Lou Mattana 218-556-1855.

National Active and Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) NARFE Chapter 1322 meets every third Friday of every month with the exception of June-August at 1:00 P.M. at the Enrichment Center of the Medical Arts Complex at Bay Front Health Hospital located at 17222 Cortez Blvd, Suite 120 Brooksville, FL. The next Chapter meeting will be Friday, September 20, 2019 at 1:00 P.M. As a group, NARFE supports legislation beneficial to current Federal employees and annuitants and opposes legislation contrary to their interests. The guest speaker at our September 20th meeting will be Dale from HEAT, a veterans’ organization dedicated to Honoring Empowering Assisting and Training veterans as they recover from PTSD. There will be no October meeting. We always are always looking for new members. Contact Dennis Foley at 352-754-6160 or e-mail peacock1973@att.net for 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 @352-688-5578 or email lynn12036@gmail. com for more information.

The First Hernando Republican Club invites all Hernando County registered Republicans to join us at our next meeting. Our club meets at 6:30 P.M. on the 2nd Tuesday of every month at the Hernando County Association of Realtors building, 7321 Sunshine Grove Road, Brooksville. Our members are a welcoming group of politically active citizens whose aim is to educate and motivate civic awareness and participation in the political process. For more information please call 727-534-4941.

of this exciting Festival of family fun. Thousands attend every year enjoying fabulous food, entertainment, rides, contests, games, craft and merchandise vendors, plus so much more. Please call or e-mail for more information; 352-683-9666 or giftshop@stfrances.org HERNANDO COUNTY FINE ARTS COUNCIL would like to invite the public to their meetings on the 2nd. Thursday every month at Brooksville City Hall, 201 Howell Ave. Brooksville, FL 34601 in Council Chambers at 5:30 pm. Our mission is to encourage, support and promote all of the creative arts and assist in bringing these arts to our citizens. SAVE THE DATE our “36th. ART IN THE PARK” event is March 14 & 15, 2020. For info go to our website at hernandoarts.org or e-mail hernandofinearts@gmail.com. You may contact Jan Knowles if you wish at 352.279.5182.

Public Invited to Attend Tres Vidas at Saint Leo University September 30, 7 p.m.

Theatrical performance in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month; admission is free ST. LEO – In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, Saint Leo University is hosting a staging Monday, September 30, at 7 p.m., of Tres Vidas (Three Lives), a dramatic work that depicts three prominent Latinas from modern history. Admission and campus parking are free and the public is invited.

The performance will be held in the Saint Leo University Student Community Center, 33701 State Road 52, St. Leo, FL, 33574.

The musical group Core Ensemble and actress Jenyvette Vega will bring the audience scenes from the lives of: · Frida Kahlo (1907-1954), the well-known and self-taught Mexican painter who struggled with disabilities and pain from an early-life illness and a bus accident, as well a difficult marital relationship. Her struggles were represented in much of her art, which remains popular today. · Rufina Amaya (1943 - 2007) of Salvador, who was one of the few to survive a 1981 massacre that government soldiers unleased upon a village during the Salvadoran civil war. She was a wife and mother and lost most of her family, though one daughter who was not in the village at the time of the attack also survived. Because Amaya insisted on telling the truth about the atrocity, supporting evidence was eventually located and she was able to give formal legal testimony about the grievous human rights abuses. · Argentinian Alfonsina Storni (1892 -1938), who is considered one of foremost poets in Latin American literature and is celebrated as an early feminist poet.

She often supported herself through teaching and journalism, and advocated for equal rights for women in her country.

The text of the show was written by professor and prolific Chilean-American author Marjorie Agosin.

Tres Vidas at Saint Leo University is sponsored by The College of Arts and Sciences, the Division of Student Affairs, the Student Government Union, and the Center for Global Engagement.

For more information or accommodations, contact collegeofartsandsciences@saintleo.edu or leave a phone message at (352) 588-8401.

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HEALTH Oak Hill Hospital Continues Its Popular For Your Health Community Education Series with a Symposium Entitled “Minimally Invasive Surgery” Spring Hill, Florida (September 16, 2019) – Oak Hill Hospital will continue its popular For Your Health Community Education Series with a symposium entitled, “Minimally Invasive Surgery” on Tuesday, September 24, 2019, from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm at the Heritage Pines Country Club, 11524 Scenic Hills Boulevard, Hudson, Florida 34667.

The seminar will be presented by David Terschluse, MD, FACS (Fellow of the American College of Surgeons), and Xavier M. Jenkins, MD, FACS, FRCS (Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons). Both surgeons are Board Certified in General Surgery and specialize in Minimally Invasive Robotic-Assisted Surgery.

The benefits of minimally invasive robotic-assisted surgery prove to be many for those in need of surgery.

They include less bleeding, less scarring, smaller incisions, and faster healing. Join us to learn more about these benefits as well as the procedures performed

using robotic-assisted systems.

A question and answer session will follow, and the public is encouraged to prepare questions ahead of time.

Doors open at 4:45 pm and a complimentary hot meal will be served. Seating is limited, and reservations are required. For more information and for reservations call 352-597-6333 in Hernando and Pasco or 352-628-6060 in Citrus or visit OakHillHospital.com/ ForYourHealth.

Fall Festival Health Fair hosted by Crescent Community Clinic on Wednesday, October 9th from 10 am to 4 pm. The Festival will have health related and other vendors at the Spring Hill United Church of Christ on Mariner Boulevard.

LifeSouth urges those who are in areas not affected by Dorian to donate blood today.

“We are working around the clock to make sure hospitals have the blood needed to help patients,” said Ed Keith, District Director for LifeSouth Community Blood Centers. “Blood donors are helping to ensure our hospitals have the blood they need every day and during times of emergency. We need everyone who can come in, to come in and donate.”

Blood donors are needed now as blood needs to be delivered to the hospitals ahead of the storm as conditions could make delivery impossible until the storm passes. All types are needed, especially type O. Donors are asked to monitor the LifeSouth website at lifesouth.org to find blood drives or call, 1-888-7952707.

LifeSouth is a non-profit community blood center serving hospitals in Florida, Georgia and Alabama.

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.

Life South Community Blood Center Schedule Address: 12395 Cortez Blvd. Brooksville, FL Phone: (352) 596-2002 Hours: Monday – Friday: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Saturday: 7:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Sunday: 9:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.

2019 Hernando County Mental Health Summit Mental Health Summit 2019 Suicide Awareness, Assessment, & Prevention Strategies · Treatment for Eating Disorders Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR) · Veteran Related Trauma Recovery Orientated System of Care (ROSC) · Certified Recovery Peer Specialist (CRPS) Testimony Stages of Progression toward Chemical Dependency 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Check-in: 8:30 am Monday, October 7, 2019 @ 8:30 AM Heritage Pines Community Association, 11524 Scenic Hills Blvd, Hudson, FL 34667 Register at https://namihernando.org/mhsummit/ Seating is limited!

Young Adults Supporting Sobriety (YASS!) Kicks Off September 21st Young Adults Supporting Sobriety (YASS!) will hold its first meeting on Saturday, September 21st from 6-7pm at 10554 Spring Hill Drive. Designed to complement traditional AA, NA and Celebrate Recovery meetings, YASS! provides peer support for young adults on their recovery journey. Facilitated by those with personal recovery experience, this weekly meet up group encourages opportunities for drug and alcohol free social activities and interaction. Come at 5:30 to enjoy pizza and meet the facilitators.

There is no cost to attend YASS! meetings but attendees must be at least 18 years old. For more information, call 352-540-6817 or find us on Facebook at facebook.com/YASS – Young Adults Supporting Sobriety

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NATURECOAST BOTANICAL GARDEN 2019 Annual Fall Plant Sale October 4 and 5, Friday and Saturday 9am-2pm We have a great variety of moderately priced and tried and true plants that grown in our area. Come early and get the best variety to choose from. Many of our plants are grown right here at the Botanical Gardens. We will have knowledgeable Spring Hill Garden Club members to help with questions and selections. All proceeds go to the upkeep of the Botanical Gardens open and Free to the public. Visit our website www.naturecoastgardens.com

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Calendar of Events FARMERS MARKETS Spring Hill Farmers Market Saturdays 10AM- 3PM 3021 Commercial Way; Spring Hill, Florida 34606 We are an outdoor market featuring local small businesses. We have over 45 vendors every week. Beasley Farms, Everlast orchids, Yalahala Bakery, Better Baked Goods, Come Unity Garden, Growin’ Crazy Acres, Healthy Green CBD oil, Avon, Amish Food, Moringa, Hurds Bagels, Edens Nectar and so many more local, talented vendors.

Brooksville Farmers' Market When: Sundays 10am – 4pm Where: 615 Hospital Rd, Brooksville, FL 34601 Description: The Brooksville Farmers' Market is where Hernando County farmers and agricultural producers offer their finest. Come to see all the fresh produce, meats and seafood available in our beautiful downtown.

Multiple Dates in Sept.

First Live Oak Show of the Season: Cheaper by the Dozen September 20, 21, and 22, 2019 All Live Oak Theatre productions are family-friendly and feature adults and youth cast in age-appropriate roles.

Friday performances are at 7:30 pm. Saturday performances are at 2:30 and 7:30 pm. Sunday matinees are at 2:30 pm. Each performance is a dessert theatre experience with coffee/tea and dessert available 30 minutes before each performance.

Single admission to the productions is $20 for adults and students 13 and under are $5 with the purchase of an adult ticket.

For more information about the Live Oak Theatre Company, call 352-5930027, email liveoakboxoffice@gmail.com or go to www.LiveOakTheatre. org.

Sept. 21 Annual Hernando County Coastal Cleanup Saturday, September 21, 8:00am – 2:00pm Check-in Location*: Linda Pedersen Park (6300 Shoal line Blvd., Weeki Wachee, Florida) Description:Join us for our annual Hernando County Coastal Cleanup! You can participate via land and sea!

When: Saturday, September 21, 2019 Can’t attend the cleanup in person? We would like to provide our volunteers with the items to make our coastal cleanup as safe and successful as possible. Please contact our office if you would like to donate towards this event. For more details, please contact Brittany HallScharf (bhallscharf@ufl.edu) or Theresa Weglarz (tweglarz@ufl.edu) at 352-754-4433 *We ask that all volunteers check in at our Linda Pedersen Park location to fill out paperwork, obtain collection supplies, and to be assigned a location. All trash must be returned to our Linda Pedersen location to ensure of proper disposal. If necessary, prior arrangements can be made for groups participating out on the water.

County 2019. Admission for this event is free. Parking will be $5 per vehicle.

Residents are invited to bring lawn chairs or blankets. No coolers, tents, umbrellas or outside food will be permitted.

Brooksville Blues-In Cruise-In Sept. 21 5PM 20 N Main St, Brooksville, FL 34601-2807 Presented by Brooksville Main Street and Hernando County Growers' Association When: 3rd Saturday of every Month Time: 5 pm to 9 pm Location: Main Street in front of Hernando County Courthouse FREE ADMISSION Museum Day Live-FREE Sept. 21 10 AM – 4 PM May-Stringer House; Brooksville, Florida 34601 Come explore our museum, free of charge, for The Annual Smithsonian Museum Day Live.

You must go to the Smithsonian website and print out your free ticket.

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Oct. 1 Papa Joe's Pasta Fest October 1, 2019 at 11 AM – 9 PM Papa Joe's Italian Restaurant 6244 Spring Lake Hwy, Brooksville, Florida 34601 All the pasta you can eat for .99 cents!

Door prize tickets 3 for $5 or $2 each; Fun for all ages!

Live entertainment, DJ with music.; Games & concessions from 4 - 8:30 pm, horse drawn Sicilian cart rides, face painting.

Helps to benefit local non-profits The Arc Nature Coast, Inc. Dawn Center of Hernando County FL Joseph's House Brooksville Dade Pioneers – free monthly youth program October 1, Tuesday, 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m Join us monthly from September – May for natural and cultural history programs for children ages 8 – 18. Programs includes crafts, games, speakers and food. At Dade Battlefield: 7200 Battlefield Parkway Bushnell, FL 33513; (352) 793-4781 Oct. 4 and 5 Annual Fall Bazaar and Craft Sale sponsored by the St. Frances Cabrini Council of Catholic Women, to be held Saturday October 5 from 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM and Sunday October 6 from 8 AM – 1 PM in Xavier Hall, St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Church, 5030 Mariner Blvd, Spring Hill. Craft and Gift Items for sale along with Children’s Toys, Books, Second Time Around Items, Jewelry, Holiday Bargains and Decorations and our “Man Cave.

Bake Sale and several gift baskets raffles. There will be a special raffle of a queen size quilt made and donated by one of our parishioners. Something for everyone. Hope to see you at our Bazaar, for more information please contact Mary @ 796-0550 Brookridge Social Dance on October 5th from 7 to 10 pm will host it’s Octoberfest Dance with Retro Express performing at 8150 Hampton St, Brooksville. Dance music from the 50’s to 80’s. Casual Dress, BYOB – Coffee and Ice provided. $7 each ticket, tables of up to 10 – bring your friends, our snowbirds are coming back so phone Val at 352-616-0242 and reserve your spot, limited availability at the door. BIG savings on packages that include New Year’s Eve and remaining season.

2019 Fall Florida Native Plant Sale Saturday, September 21 9:00am – 1:00pm Russell Street Park, 28 Russell St, Brooksville, FL 34601 (map) Description:Our next native plant sale has been scheduled and will be located in the heart of Hernando County, the City of Brooksville's Russell St. Park, where the Train Depot Museum marks the trailhead of the Good Neighbor Trail. The Hernando Chapter, FNPS has a long history with this park, and it seems right that it will be the new home for our popular plant sale.

OPEN HOUSE, - RICARDO DESIGN GALLERY in Spring Hill When: Friday, October 4th, 2019 from 6pm to 8:30pm Where: RICARDO DESIGN GALLERY, Homecoming Dress Distribution & Collection Day 13112 Spring Hill Dr., Spring Hill Belle of the Ball will be distributing homecoming dresses to girls in need 352-563-5500 who are attending their homecoming dances only.

Description: Times: 9 a.m - 2 p.m.

Ricardo has been a successful Design Engineer for over 45 years! His Location: 1210 Holt Ave., Clearwater, FL 33755 We are also in need of plus size dresses. If you have received a plus size in gallery, a state of the art facility features beautiful fine art, prints and gift collectibles. The gallery is unique with one a kind masterpieces and custom the past, or have one to donate, please take to any Sun Country Cleaners. print work. Come & enjoy an evening with music, champagne and tasty Locations can be found on our web site: fruit hors d'oeuvres. You will meet local artists and speak directly about www.belleoftheballproject.com No children or men allowed on the shopping floor. Lines can become long, their work. Celebrate our growing art community in Hernando County. so small children are discouraged from attending.

Oct. 6 Each teen shopping can be accompanied by one person on the shopping floor, all other guests must remain in waiting room. We prefer to fill the Brooksville BBQ 2019 shopping floor with girls who are receiving dresses.

WHEN: October 6, 2019 @ 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm Each teen will have a Bell of the Ball assistant who can help with her WHERE: Vineyard Christian Church selection.

375 South Broad St Brooksville FL 34601; COST: Free Each teen attending may receive one dress per season and as we are a CONTACT: Nick Lipidarov; 3527770311 100% volunteer organization with NO paid employees and receive no The Brooksville BBQ is a free family friendly event. from 1pm-6pm you can federal or local funding, we greatly appreciate a $1-5 donation for each enjoy a laid back picnic-style atmosphere complete with yard games for dress received. Every dollar goes back into paying our bills to keep the kids and adults. We'll have a bounce house, an awesome water slide (bring doors open for you. Our most gracious thanks! a towel) and a rock tower to climb. Enjoy live music, line dancing, and of For further questions, please visit our web site, as listed above. Thank you course some fantastic BBQ all while getting to know the people in your and we look forward to seeing all of you soon! Belle of the Ball Project! community. There will be vendors on site, but there is no charge to attend and the food is FREE!!!

Hispanic Heritage Festival Hernando County Parks and Recreation announces that the Hispanic Oct. 8 Heritage Festival will be held on September 21, 2019 from 2 – 10 p.m. at Wild Foods Foraging Class the Lake House located at 1202 Kenlake Avenue in Spring Hill. This event October 8, Tuesday, 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. will feature live music, food, commercial and craft vendors, beer and Join us as we forage around the park for wild foods and then cook up wine, a kids’ zone and the crowning of Miss Hispanic Queen of Hernando

Best Bets Week creates a meticulous birth plan for Becky (Lecy Goranson).

NCIS CBS, 8pm Season Premiere!

In the 17th season premiere, Ziva (Cote de Pablo) surprises Gibbs (Mark Harmon) with a cryptic warning...

The Resident: “From the Ashes” FOX, 8pm Season Premiere!

Big changes are in store in Season 3 as Red Rock Mountain Medical takes over the hospital...

Country Music: “Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way? (1973-1983)” PBS, 8pm During a vibrant era of country music, Dolly Parton finds mainstream success, Hank Williams Jr. and Rosanne Cash emerge from their famous fathers’ shadows, and Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings launch the “Outlaw” movement.

Bless This Mess: “459” ABC, 8:30pm Season Premiere!

Mike (Dax Shepard) and Rio (Lake Bell) host the big event of college football season — the town’s Huskers kickoff party. But no one in Bucksnort believes they can pull it off. mixed-ish ABC, 9pm New Series!

This black-ish spinoff recounts the unusual childhood of Rainbow Johnson (Tracee Ellis Ross) in the mid ’80s.

FBI: “Little Egypt” CBS, 9pm Season Premiere!

After a bomb detonates at a restaurant in Queens, the case becomes personal for OA (Zeeko Zaki), but what initially seems like a terrorist attack reveals itself to be more complex.

Empire: “What Is Love” FOX, 9pm Season Premiere!

In the premiere of the musical drama’s sixth and final season, Lucious (Terrence Howard) is a wanted fugitive and on the run from the Feds.

This Is Us NBC, 9pm Season Premiere!

The hit drama returns for its fourth season amid the Pearson family undergoing major life transitions.

“We’ve got Randall and Beth’s move to Philadelphia and both of them embarking on new careers. black-ish: “Pops the Question” ABC, 9:30pm Season Premiere!

Summer was a season of change for the Johnsons. The twins are headed into eighth grade, and Junior (Marcus Scribner) is out on his own managing social media for Migos.

Emergence ABC, 10pm New Series!

When Police Chief Jo Evans (Allison Tolman) finds a young child near the scene of a mysterious accident with no memory of her name or what happened...

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Chicago Med NBC, 8pm Season Premiere!

In the Season 5 premiere, Will (Nick Gehlfuss) and Natalie (Torrey DeVitto) face the aftermath of a horrific car accident and are left to battle for their lives.

Country Music: “Don’t Get Above Your Raisin’ (1984-1996)” PBS, 8pm Series Finale!

“New Traditionalists” like Reba McEntire, George Strait, Randy Travis and the Judds help country music stay true to its roots...

Perfect Harmony NBC, 8:30pm New Series!

Disgraced former Princeton music professor Arthur Cochran (Bradley Whitford) is in his late wife’s Kentucky hometown when he encounters a ragtag church choir that could use some serious vocal lessons.

Buzz HBO, 9pm This revealing documentary follows Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and author Buzz Bissinger as he experiences a sexual awakening while collaborating with Caitlyn Jenner on her tell-all memoir.

A Million Little Things: “Coming Home” ABC, 9pm Season Premiere!

When Delilah (Stephanie Szostak) goes into labor, Eddie (David Giuntoli) feels compelled to tell Katherine (Grace Park) the truth about being the baby’s father.

Chicago Fire NBC, 9pm Season Premiere!

In the Season 8 premiere, the mattress factory fire spirals out of control, and truck and squad lay it all on the line in hopes of getting the trapped victims out alive.

Suits USA Network, 9pm Series Finale!

The popular and acclaimed drama comes to an end after nine seasons.

Single Parents: “Summer of Freedom” ABC, 9:30pm Season Premiere!

It looks like summer is a bust...

Stumptown ABC, 10pm New Series!

Based on the graphic novels, this series follows Dex Parios (Cobie Smulders), a military veteran with a gambling debt, PTSD and a dark view of the world, who decides to become a private investigator...

South Park Comedy Central, 10pm Season Premiere!

Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s South Park is back for a 23rd season of unbelievably immediate and ruthless responses to news and pop culture events...

Chicago P.D. NBC, 10pm Season Premiere!

When Kelton is found murdered, Voight’s (Jason Beghe) grudge against the mayorelect puts him under suspicion.

The Masked Singer FOX, 8pm Season Premiere!

Last winter’s surprise hit returns with a two-hour season premiere and a fresh crop of celebs who are ready to show off

Mixtape: “Rick Springfield” AXS TV, 8:30pm Chart-topping rocker Rick Springfield explains how the Rolling Stones inspired him to collect obscure rock albums.

Modern Family: “New Kids on the Block” ABC, 9pm Season Premiere!

Haley (Sarah Hyland) is determined to follow the advice in her parenting books with the twins, but Phil (Ty Burrell) and Claire (Julie Bowen) think their old methods are better.

New Amsterdam NBC, 10:05pm Season Premiere!

The staff of the hospital deals with the aftermath of the ambulance accident.

Survivor CBS, 8pm Season Premiere!

Season 39 finds prior winners Boston Rob Mariano and Sandra Diaz-Twine returning to the series, but as mentors rather than contestants.

Superstore NBC, 8pm Season Premiere!

Amy (America Ferrera) tries to help her employees cope with Mateo’s (Nico Santos) immigration detention with the introduction of a new robot coworker that makes them fear they could be replaced.

The Unicorn CBS, 8:30pm New Series!

Walton Goggins (Vice Principals, Justified) stars as a charming, soughtafter widower — a “unicorn” in the social media dating world — in this delightfully entertaining new comedy.

NCIS: New Orleans: “Judgement Call” CBS, 10pm Season Premiere!

On the sixth season premiere, Pride (Scott Bakula) must cut his vacation short when Hannah (Necar Zadegan) is suspended for breaking protocol during a joint investigation with the FBI.

The Goldbergs: “Vacation” ABC, 8pm Season Premiere!

Before Erica (Hayley Orrantia) and Barry (Troy Gentile) go off to college, Beverly (Wendi McLendon-Covey) insists the family take a road trip to go on vacation to Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif.

FOX & NFL Network, 8pm Live Thursday Night Football is at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis., as Carson Wentz and the Philadelphia Eagles face Aaron Rodgers and the Packers.

Schooled: “Dangerous Minds” ABC, 8:30pm Season Premiere!

The summer is over. On the first day of school, Lainey (AJ Michalka) is excited to be back at William Penn Academy, but Mellor (Bryan Callen) warns her that being a pal to her students is not a good idea.

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia FXX, 10pm Season Premiere!

The gang — yes, even Dennis (Glenn Howerton) — is back for a 14th season as Mac (Rob McElhenney), Charlie (Charlie Day), Dee (Kaitlin Olson) and Frank (Danny DeVito) concoct brand-new schemes.

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Thursday, Sept. 26 Grey’s Anatomy: “Nothing Left to Cling To” ABC, 8pm Season Premiere!

Meredith (Ellen Pompeo), Richard (James Pickens Jr.) and Alex (Justin Chambers) must deal with the consequences after Bailey (Chandra Wilson) fires them from Grey Sloan for insurance fraud.

Young Sheldon: “Quirky Eggheads and Texas Snow Globes” CBS, 8pm Season Premiere!

As the hit comedy returns for its third season, Mary (Zoe Perry) worries about the mental health of Sheldon (Iain Armitage).

NFL Football: Philadelphia at Green Bay

Mom: “Audrey Hepburn and a Jalepeño Pepper” CBS, 9pm Season Premiere!

In the seventh season premiere, Bonnie (Allison Janney) struggles to enjoy her perfect honeymoon with Adam (William Fichtner), while Christy (Anna Faris) makes some questionable changes at the bar.

The Outpost: “This Is Our Outpost” The CW, 9pm Season Finale!

The Prime Order attacks the Outpost.

Talon (Jessica Green) risks everything with a bold plan, as Garret (Jake Stormoen) seeks his revenge.

The Good Place NBC, 9pm Season Premiere!

As the fourth and final season begins, with Eleanor (Kristen Bell) assuming the role of the architect...

Carol’s Second Act CBS, 9:30pm New Series!

This new comedy stars Patricia Heaton (The Middle, Everybody Loves Raymond) as Carol, a middle-aged divorcée who has finally accomplished her dream of becoming a physician.

Sunnyside NBC, 9:30pm New Series!

This new single-camera comedy stars Kal Penn as Garrett Modi, a disgraced former New York City councilman whose indiscretions went viral.

How to Get Away With Murder: “Say Goodbye” ABC, 10pm Season Premiere!

Annalise (Viola Davis) struggles with the personal toll that Laurel (Karla Souza) and Christopher’s (Jasmyne and Adrianna Jones) disappearance has taken on everyone.

Evil CBS, 10pm New Series!

This psychological mystery drama examines the origins of evil along the dividing line between science and religion.

Law & Order: SVU NBC, 10pm Season Premiere!

The series enters its 21st season, surpassing Gunsmoke and the original Law & Order to become the longestrunning primetime live-action series in TV history.

Friday, Sept. 27 Transparent Musicale Finale Amazon Prime Video Series Finale!

As the Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning series comes to an end, the cast and crew present a musical episode as its

some dishes to sample. Bring water, sunscreen, hat and gloves. Cost is $3/vehicle or Annual Florida State Park pass plus $5/person, 12 and under free. At Dade Battlefield: 7200 Battlefield Parkway; Bushnell, FL 33513; (352) 793-4781 Oct. 12 Fall Wildflower/Butterfly Walk October 12, Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Join park staff as we walk the park trails and look at fall wildflowers and butterflies during this peak season for both. Cost is $3/vehicle or Annual Florida State Park pass. Bring a hat, sunscreen, and insect repellant. At Dade Battlefield: 7200 Battlefield Parkway; Bushnell, FL 33513; (352) 7934781 Oct. 18 and 19 Hernando Historical Museum's Annual Haunted House.

Our dates this year are Friday and Saturday, October 18th and 19th, as well as the 25th and 26th from 7-11pm.

It is $7 for 12 and up, $5 for 12 and under.

We will also have a kids maze for $1, food, games, and more!

Oct. 24 Barktober Fest Paws for Polio WHEN: Oct. 24, 2019 WHERE: Rotary Centennial Dog Park, 10375 Sandlor St., Spring Hill Description: Vendors, food, doggie art and lots of fun. To mark World Polio Day. For more information contact Carol at 570.807.3188 or carolal@ noln.com. More information to follow.

Cooter Festival WHEN: Weekend of Oct. 24 – 27, 2019 WHERE: aDepot District 286 N. Apopka Avenue, Inverness Description: Cooter Festival debuts the new Inverness Depot District with live music, special happenings, food trucks, kids activities and cooter races!

Stay tuned for updates. Event subject to change, rain or shine. Hosted by City of Inverness, Florida Government and Sunny Cooter. Sunny Cooter is a river turtle from Inverness, Florida. This cooter loves to have fun.

Oct. 25-26 Haunted Event: Alien Encounters October 25 – 26, Friday - Saturday, 7 pm – 9:30 pm.

Join us for a fun evening filled with scary surprises meeting you along the Haunted “Twilight Z” Trail and walk through Area 51 Pavilions. Who knows what you might see? Cost is $5/person (6 and under free) includes pavilions and Scouts’ trails & 4 “free tickets” for food, craft or games. Free puppet shows in the Lodge every 30 minutes. Additional tickets for food, craft or games may be purchased for 50 cents each (or 13 for $5). At Dade Battlefield: 7200 Battlefield Parkway; Bushnell, FL 33513; (352) 793-4781 Oct. 31 Dade Bird Walk October 31, Thursday, 9 a.m. – 11 a.m.

Join park staff to walk the trails as we look for fall birds on Dade’s trails.

Bring a pair of binoculars if you have them or borrow from the park. Cost is $3/vehicle or Annual Florida State Park pass. At Dade Battlefield: 7200 Battlefield Parkway; Bushnell, FL 33513; (352) 793-4781 Oct. 26 Nature Seafood Festival WHEN: Saturday, Oct 26 , 2019 from 11:00-18:00 WHERE: Linda Pedersen Park, 6400 Shoal Line Blvd, Spring Hill, Florida 34607 Description: A family friendly festival that includes Bands, Kids Park, a multitude of craft vendors and of course A WHOLE LOT OF SEAFOOD. And its all for a great cause. More information to follow.

Hosted by Rotary Club of Spring Hill Central Stone Crab Jam Rotary, Crystal River WHEN: Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019 from 12:00-22:00 WHERE: Downtown Crystal River, 560 N Citrus Ave, Crystal River, FL 344284017,

MOVIE TIMES GTC BEACON CINEMA 12961 Cortez Blvd, Brooksville, FL 34613

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The Politician Netflix New Series!

Ryan Murphy’s (American Horror Story) first production under his recent Netflix deal is this dark satire about what it takes to make a politician.

Skylines Netflix New Series!

This German drama is set in Frankfurt, where a young and gifted hip-hop producer gets the chance of a lifetime when he signs with Skyline Records American Housewife: “The Minivan” ABC, 8pm Season Premiere!

As the Otto family ushers in a new era, Katie (Katy Mixon) and Greg (Diedrich Bader) make the emotional decision to sell the family minivan.

Hawaii Five-0 CBS, 8pm Season Premiere!

The hit drama returns for its 10th season.

Fresh Off the Boat: “Help Unwanted?”

ABC, 8:30pm Season Premiere!

After Brandi Chastain scores the World Cup-winning goal against China and rips off her jersey to celebrate, Evan (Ian Chen) gets his first case of “the tingles,” and Louis (Randall Park) and Eddie (Hudson Yang) must team up to give him the talk.

Magnum P.I.: “Payback for Beginners” CBS, 9pm Season Premiere!

While Magnum (Jay Hernandez) waits for Higgins (Perdita Weeks) to decide if she’ll officially become his partner, he takes the case of a missing wife who witnessed her boss’ murder during a bank robbery.

Great Performances: “Now Hear This: The Riddle of Bach” PBS, 9pm Travel to Germany and France to explore Bach’s sonatas and partitas for solo violin.

Blue Bloods: “The Real Deal” CBS, 10pm Season Premiere!

In the 10th season premiere, Danny (Donnie Wahlberg) and Baez (Marisa Ramirez) grapple with a year-old homicide investigation...

VOCES: “Adios Amor — The Search for Maria Moreno” PBS, 10pm See how the discovery of lost photographs sparks the search for a hero that history forgot — Maria Moreno, an eloquent migrant mother of 12 who became an outspoken leader for farmworker rights.

Van Helsing Syfy, 10pm Season Premiere!

In Season 4, the first of four vampire elders has been freed, and legend has it that when their four totems are combined, the Dark One will be resurrected.

Saturday, Sept. 28 College Football: Virginia at Notre Dame NBC, 3:30pm Live The Virginia Cavaliers are at Notre Dame Stadium for a Saturday afternoon college football clash with the Fighting Irish.

Trapped: The Alex Cooper Story Lifetime, 8pm Original Film!

This film is based on the memoir Saving Alex and follows 15-year-old Alex (Addison Holley), who, after she revealed that she was gay, was sent by her devoutly Mormon parents to a conversion therapy home intended to cure her homosexuality.

The Illustrated Man REELZ Channel, 9pm This hourlong documentary explores how celebrities and fashion icons have helped reimagine tattoos from their stereotypical associations with sailors and criminals into a celebration of mainstream pop culture, fashion trends, branding and social influence.

Saturday Night Live NBC, 11:30pm Live Season Premiere!

As the late-night institution begins its 45th season, Woody Harrelson (starring in the October theatrical release Zombieland: Double Tap) returns for his fourth appearance as host.

SPRING HILL 8 Address: 2955 Commercial Way, Spring Hill, FL 34606 Phone: (352) 666-6656

Friday Sept. 20 - Thurdsay Sept.26 Downton Abbey (PG) Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael 121 minutes 12:30, 3:45, 7:00, 10:15

The Peanut Butter Falcon (PG-13) Jon Bernthal, Dakota Johnson 93 minutes 1:15, 4:30, 7:30, 10:15

Trauma is a Time Machine Augie Duke, Gabe Fazio 82 minutes 1:00 PM

Scary Stories to Tell In The Dark (PG-13) Zoe Colletti, Michael Garza 111 minutes 4:15, 7:15, 10:25

The Wedding Year (R) Sarah Hyland, Keith David 90 minutes 4:00, 10:25 Don't Let Go (R) David Oyelowo, Storm Reid 107 minutes 7:00, 9:55 Brittany Runs A Marathon (R) Jillian Bell, Lil Rel Howery 103 minutes 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:05 After the Wedding (PG-13) Michelle Williams, Julianne Moore 110 minutes 1:00, 4:00

Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (PG-13) Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham 136 minutes 12:15, 3:30, 6:45, 10:05 Once Upon a Time In Hollywood (R) 161 min.

12:15 PM The Lion King (PG) Donald Glover, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter 118 minutes 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:45

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CALENDARS, ENRICHMENT CENTERS MINING ASSOCIATION ENRICHMENT CENTER 352.544.5900 John Gary Grubbs Blvd; Brooksville Sept. 23 9-4 Cards & Board Games 9-4:00 Puzzles 1-3 Creative Art

1:00 Alzheimer’s Support Group by appointment Sept. 25 9-4 Cards & Board Games 9-4:00 Puzzles 11-1 SHINE-appointment only Call 593-0705 4:45-7:30 Funtastic Gymnastics- Call 352.942.0012 to sign up

Sept. 24 9-4 Cards & Games 9-4 Puzzles

SPRING HILL ENRISHMENT CENTER 10441Quality Drive Spring Hill, Florida 34609 Medical Arts Building Ste #105; Located on the campus of Bayfront Health Spring Hill tel. 684.7568 Sept. 23 8-4 Cards, Games & Puzzles 9:00-10:00 Chair Exercise 9-11 Share A Craft 9-12 Painting 9-4 SHINE by Appt Only Call 593-0705 12-3:00 Current Events 12:30-4 Canasta- Hand & Foot 1:00-Chewin’ the Fat! 1-4:00 Painting

BROOKSVILLE ENRICHMENT CENTER 17222 Hospital Blvd Brooksville, Fl 34601 Medical Arts Building Ste #120 Located on the campus of Bayfront Health Brooksville tel. 544.6022

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Walking in the Courtyard-anytime 8-4 Cards, Games & Puzzles 8-12 Crafts 8:30-4:30 Phoenix Rising Program (CS) (Room #6) 9:30 Exercise 1-3:00 ATA Career Training (Room #2) 1-4:00 Alzheimer's 7-9:00 Camera Club

Sept. 24 8-4 Cards, Games & Puzzles 8:30-9:00 Weights & Squats 9:00-10:00 2-mile walk 9-11 Share A Craft 10:00-11:00 YOGA 11-12 Social Seniors 1:00-Chewin’ the Fat! 1-4:00 Scrabble 1-3 Deaf Services & FREE amplified Phone 6:30-8:30 TLC for Mom’s Sept. 25 8-4 Cards, Games & Puzzles 9:00-10:00 Chair Exercise 10-2 Vocational Rehab 10-12 Ceramics 10-11 Bingo 12:30-4:00 Advanced Canasta Hand & Foot 1-4 Advanced Mah Jongg 1:00-Chewin’ the Fat!

9-5 SHINE BY APPT9:30-11 BINGO 10-12 Deaf Services 8-3 Sewing Group 10-3 HC Quilt Guild

Sept. 25

8-4 Cards, Games & Puzzles 8:30-9:30 Exercise 8:30-4:30 Phoenix Rising Program (CS) (Room #6) 9-12 Crocheting & Knitting 9:30-12 HC Quilt Guild BOD 11:30-12:30 Blood Pressure 12:30-4:00 Canasta- Hand & Foot 1-3 Warm Up America 1-3 Pencil Sketching 1:00 Music with Gale 6:30-7:30 AA Support Group 7 Toastmasters- Public Speaking

Sept. 24

8-Cards, Games & Puzzles 8-12 Crafts 8:30-4:30 Phoenix Rising Program (CS) (Room #6)

Sept. 26 9-4 Cards & Games 9-4:00 Puzzles 12:30-4 Nature Coast Basket Weavers Sept. 27 9-4 Cards & Board Games 9-4:00 Puzzles 12:30-3:30 Early American Rug Hookers

Sept. 26 8-4 Cards, Board Games & 8:30-9:00 Weights & Squats 9:00-10:00 2-mile walk 10-4:00 AARP DSP 9-11 Share A Craft 9-4 SHINE by Appt Only Call 593-0705 1:00 Chewin’ the Fat! 1-4 Scrabble 6:30-8:30 Mom to Mom Sept. 27 8-4 Cards, Games & Puzzles 9:00-10:00 Chair Exercise 9-11 Share A Craft 10-11:30 Crochet Classes 10-11 YOGA 11:00 Birthday Club 11-12 Blood Pressure checks by Home Instead 12:30 Music with Gale 1-4 Mah-Jongg 1-4 Canasta 1:00-Chewin’ the Fat! 3-6:00 TLC for Mom’s

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“Business Email Compromise” Tuesday, October 29th, 9:00am—11:00am Pasco-Hernando State College—Spring Hill Campus Rao Musunuru, M.D. Conference Center, B-105 450 Beverly Court, Spring Hill

Guest Speaker: ANDREW SEKELA Supervisory Special Agent, Squad 10, FBI Tampa Hosted by: RSVP Online—HernandoChamber.com, or call, (352) 796-0697

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Walking in the Courtyard-anytime 8-4 Cards, Games & Puzzles 8-12 Crafts 8-3 Sewing Group 8:30-4:30 Phoenix Rising Program (CS) (Room #6) 9:30-11 BINGO 10:00- Hospital Volunteers 10:30-12 Caring K9’s 1-3 Creative Art 5:30 Cognitive Training 5-6:30 DC Support 6-8 DC (SAS) Room #1 6:00-10:00 CPR-AED Room#6 7:30-9:00 AL-Anon

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Walking in the Courtyard-anytime 8-4 Cards, Games & Puzzles 8-12 Crafts 8:30-9:30 Exercise 8:30-4:30 Phoenix Rising Program (CS) (Room #6) 10-1 Quilters with a Cause

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 Please note that if events are full at the time we gather this information, they will not be printed on the calendar.

Sept. 23 Cut and Paste - BV 9/23/2019 10AM - 12PM Registration is open Cut and paste remains one of Windows' most useful tools.

STEAM Storytime - WH 9/23/2019 11:15 AM - 12PM It's storytime with a little bit of STEAM thrown in!

LEGO Afternoon - WH 9/23/2019 4:30 - 5:30 PM Come to the library to make some out of this world LEGO creations! Meet other LEGO fans and show off your skills as we celebrate the Fall with a LEGO Afternoon. All Materials Provided. For Ages 7-12.

Sept. 24 Cut and Paste - WH 9/24/2019 10AM - 12PM Registration is open Cut and paste remains one of Windows' most useful tools.

National Voter Registration Day - Voter Registration Drive - BV, WH 9/24/2019 10AM - 12PM The Hernando County Supervisor of Elections Office will hold a Voter Registration Drive at the Main Library in celebration of National Voter Registration Day from 10 a.m. - noon. Come out and get registered or update your voter registration!

Toddler Storytime - BV 9/24/2019 10:30 - 11AM Stories, songs, and more in a storytime program designed for children between 18 months - 3 years old.

Preschool Storytime - BV 9/24/2019 11:15 - 11:45 AM Stories, songs, and more in a storytime program designed for children between 3 - 5 years old.

Spring Hill Book Discussion - SH 9/24/2019 12 - 1:30 PM Look Me in the Eye by John Elder Robinson U.S. Census Bureau 2020 Hiring - EH 9/24/2019 12 - 3PM Looking for temporary, flexible work? The U.S. Census Bureau is hiring workers for the 2020 Census!

Recruiters will be available in the East branch meeting room from 12:00 pm - 3: 00 pm.

National Voter Registration Day - Voter Registration Drive - SH 9/24/2019 1 - 4PM The Hernando County Supervisor of Elections Office will hold a Voter Registration Drive at the Spring Hill Branch Library in celebration of National Voter Registration Day from 1 pm - 4 pm.

Come out and get registered or update your voter registration!

Spring Hill Book Discussion - SH 9/24/2019 1:45 - 3PM Look Me in the Eye by John Elder Robinson Tai Chi for Beginners- SH 9/24/2019 4 - 5PM Learn the ancient form of exercise called Tai Chi, which Incorporates body, mind and spirit and allows one's life force to be invigorated through focused breath work and movement.

Club de Lectura en Español (Spanish Book Club) - Off Site 9/24/2019 5:30 - 6:30 PM Registration is open ¡Acompáñanos a una taza de café y conversemos de libros! La biblioteca traerá los materiales necesarios para la lectura y comentarios de cada libro del programa.

Sept. 25 Cut and Paste - SH 9/25/2019 10AM - 12PM Registration is open Cut and paste remains one of Windows' most useful tools.

Florida-Friendly Landscaping Program - SH 9/25/2019 10:30 AM - 12PM Topic: Stump the Experts!

Storytime - EH 9/25/2019 10:30 - 11AM Stories, songs, and more in a storytime program designed for children between 18 months - 5 years old.

Adult Coloring - BV 9/25/2019 12 - 2PM Registration is open Bring yourself and your lunch to the library for a little Art therapy.

Financial Management Series - SH 9/25/2019 2 - 4PM This month's topic: Effective Spending Plans Ukulele Jam - SH 9/25/2019 4:30 - 5:45 PM Get together with fellow uke enthusiasts and strum and sing your favorite tunes!

Sept. 26 Eat Your Way to Better Health - EH 9/26/2019 10:30 - 11:30 AM Registration is open Read with Jesse - BV 9/26/2019 10:30 - 11:30 AM; 15 min sessions; Registration is open Come read to Jessie, our pawsome reading dog! Kids can bring their own book or read one of ours. They can read to Jessie by themselves or bring one (1) sibling or BFF, if they so choose.

Toddler Storytime -SH 9/26/2019 10:30 - 11AM Storytime time for toddlers featuring stories, songs, and fingerplays.

Preschool Storytime - SH 9/26/2019 11:15 AM - 12PM Stories, songs, fingerplays, and much more designed for children between the ages of 3-5.

Movies @ your library - SH 9/26/2019 2 - 4PM A couple's life is threatened by the obsessed former owner of their newly purchased house.

Sept. 27 Baby Storytime - WH 9/27/2019 10 - 10:30 AM A Storytime featuring stories, bounce rhymes, songs, and more just for babies and their parents!

Beginner Ukulele Strum and Sing - EH 9/27/2019 10 - 11:30 AM Registration is open Now that you've learned the basics, hone your skills during our Strum & Sing sessions.

Mom to Mom Breastfeeding support Group - BV 9/27/2019 10:30 - 11:30 AM Please join the WIC breastfeeding support team as we host the Mom to Mom Breastfeeding Support Group in Brooksville.

Breastfeeding support is so important Toddler Storytime - WH 9/27/2019 10:30 - 11AM Storytime time for toddlers featuring stories, songs, and fingerplays.

Preschool Storytime - WH 9/27/2019 11:15 - 11:45 AM Stories, songs, fingerplays, and much more designed for children between the ages of 3-5.

SHINE - EH (individual counseling by appt. only) 9/27/2019 12 - 2PM Free Medicare and Health Insurance Counseling and Information during open enrollment period.

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Sept. 28 Game On! - EH 9/28/2019 10AM - 4PM Enjoy family gaming at the East Hernando Branch!

Family Movie @ Your Library 9/28/2019 1 - 3PM Movies on the big screen with free popcorn.

Banned Books Week Book Discussion - SH 9/28/2019 2 - 3:30 PM This classic novel has been challenged in schools since its 1951 publication. Read it, then join others for a thoughtful conversation.

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"The train is starting to build up steam, boys."

ARTICLE AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY ALICE MARY HERDEN

Hernando Christian Academy (HCA) had a solid win Thursday night against Cornerstone Academy. Cornerstone had one loss in 2018 (10-1) and went undefeated the year (12-0) before. The last time HCA played against them was back in 2016 at the semi-finals. HCA won 54 to 29. The Lions proceeded to the Championship only to fall to Geneva in a close game 36-39.

HCA will face Geneva in Lakeland on October 18.

Seeing the Cornerstone players on the sideline for the first time after three years, they appeared intimidating in size, but at the end of the day the scoreboard did all the talking.

Jordon Kilcrease’s physical and strategic ability to maneuver around Cornerstone in their defensive mode put four touchdowns on the board.

Andrew Santerelli, Reilly Decker and Zach Lechuga added more points to put HCA at 51-14.

As Coach Raley said in a previous article: “We are not the biggest or the fastest; we have to win by being accurate.” That pretty much sums it up.

After the game, the teams gather together and showcased great sportsmanship once again.

Coach Lance Swan and Coach Todd Klukowski spoke to the team. “The train’s starting to build up steam boys. Great job, I am so proud of you

Lions Aiden Hopping grabs Cougars Travis Stehphenson from breaking through the offensive line.

Sophomore Jordon Kilcrease drives in four touchdowns against Cornerstone Thursday Night. Below: Junior Andrew Santerelli reaches the goal line clean and clear, adding 6 points for HCA against Cornerstone.

guys right now. The way you guys came out in the second half and totally shut these guys down was great.

I love to see you guys coming together as a team, as a family, picking each other up, it’s great to see. Enjoy the win over the weekend, but know that if you all want to meet that goal you set for yourselves, we’ve got to start working again on Monday,” said Coach Lance Swan.

“Everyone is needed.

Every single one of you is needed for this team. You want to go all the way, each one of you needs to recognize that. Noone is greater than the team,” Coach Todd Klukowski remarked.

The next two games are away: Solid Rock Community on September 20, and then Florida Christian Association of Private and Parochial Schools League powerhouse Donahue Catholic High on September 27.

In 2018 HCA fell to

Sports Calendar 9.23- 9-28 Weeki Wachee High School 12150 Vespa Way, Weeki Wachee FL 34614 Tues. Sept. 24 5:30pm- Junior Varsity Volleyball; 6:30 Varsity against Springstead; Conference Game at Home Wed. Sept. 25 2:30pm- Boys Varsity Golf River Ridge Royal Knights Home; Glen Lakes CC 10485 Glen Lakes Blvd, Weeki Wachee FL 34613

Hernando High School 111 Ernie Chatman Run, Brooksville FL 34601

Central High School 14075 Ken Austin Pkwy, Brooksville FL 34613

Springstead High School 3300 Mariner Blvd, Spring Hill FL 34609

Nature Coast Technical 4057 California St., Brooksville FL 34613

Tues. Sept. 24

Mon. Sept. 23

Tues. Sept. 24

Tues. Sept. 24

3pm- Girls Varsity Golf Citrus High School @ Citrus Conference Game; Away Unknown location

5:30pm- JV Volleyball 7pm-Varsity Volleyball Hudson High School Away; Hudson High School 14410 Cobra Way, Hudson FL 34669

3pm- Girls Varsity Golf Lecanto High School Regular Season-Match Play Home; Oak Hill Golf Club 10059 Northcliffe Blvd, Spring Hill FL 34608

Tues. Sept. 24

5:30pm- Junior Varsity Volleyball; 6:30pm- Varsity Weeki Wachee High School Conference Game; Away; WWHS

6:30pm- Varsity Volleyball Central High School Conference Game; Away Central High School Wed. Sept. 25

5:30pm- Junior Varsity Volleyball; 6:30 Varsity vs. Nature Coast Tech; Conference Game; Away

7pm- Varsity Volleyball Hudson High School Home

Thurs. Sept. 26

Thurs Sept. 26

2:30pm- Boys Varsity Golf Central High School; Away Southern Hills CC 4200 Summit Dr, Brooksville FL 34601

3pm- Girls Varsity Golf Vs. Central High School Home; Brooksville Golf & CC 23446 Links Dr, Brooksville FL 34601

6pm- Boys Junior Varsity Football Crystal River High School Home Fri. Sept. 27 7:30pm- Boys Varsity Football Hernando Leopards Conference Game Home Sat. Sept. 28 8am- Boys & Girls Varsity Cross Country Weeki Wachee Invitational Home; Weeki Wachee Preserves 2345 Osowaw Blvd, Spring Hill FL 34607 6pm- Girls & Boys Varsity Swimming Hernando Leopards and Central Bears Home; Hernando YMCA 1300 Mariner Blvd, Spring Hill FL 34609

7pm- Varsity Volleyball Crystal River High School Conference Game Home Fri. Sept. 27 TBA- Varsity Volleyball Fivay Tournament Conference Game Away; Fivay High School 12115 Chicago Ave., Hudson FL 34469

5:30pm- JV Volleyball 7pm-Varsity Volleyball Hernando High at Home Wed. Sept. 25 6pm- Girls & Boys Varsity Swimming Zephyrhills; Away East Pasco Family YMCA 37301 Chapel Hill Loop, Zephyrhills FL 33542 Thurs. Sept. 26 3pm- Girls Varsity Golf Hernando High School Away; Brooksville Golf & CC 23446 Links Dr, Brooksville FL 34601 5:30pm- JV Volleyball 6:30pm-Varsity Volleyball against Springstead Conference game; Away; at Springstead Fri. Sept. 27

7:30pm- Varsity Football Weeki Wachee High School Conference Game; Away Weeki Wachee High School

TBA- Varsity Volleyball Fivay Tournament Away; 12115 Chicago Ave, Hudson FL 34669

Sat. Sept. 28

7pm- Boys Varsity Football Citrus High School Away; Citrus High School 600 W. Highland Blvd, Inverness FL 34452

TBA- Varsity Volleyball Fivay Tournament Away; Fivay High School

Sat. Sept. 28 TBA- Varsity Volleyball Fivay Tournament Away; 12115 Chicago Ave, Hudson FL 34669 8am- Girls Cross Country 8:35am- Boys Cross Country Away; Weeki Wachee Preserve 2345 Osowaw Blvd, Spring Hill FL 34607

Thurs. Sept. 26 3:00pm- Girls Varsity Golf Weeki Wachee High School Regular Season-Match Play Away; Glen Lake Golf and Country Club 9000 Glen Lakes Blvd, Weeki Wachee FL 34613 5:30pm- Junior Varsity Volleyball; 6:30pm Varsity Central High School Conference Game; Home 6pm- JV Football Lecanto High School Conference Game; Home Fri. Sept. 27 TBA- Varsity Volleyball Fivay Tournament Away; Fivay High School 12115 Chicago Ave, Hudson FL 34669

6pm- JV Volleyball 7pm- Varsity Volleyball @ Citrus (Inverness, FL) Game Details: Citrus High Gymnasium Tues. Sept. 25 6:30pm- Varsity Volleyball Weeki Wachee Location: Home Fri. Sept. 27 7:30pm- Varsity Football Crystal River Location: Home

Donahue at their first appearance losing 33-6. The Lions gave them a fight in their last game 26-20.

It is going to be a mental game against Donahue; however, there may be an opportunity to advance in play techniques against Solid Rock Community.

Box Score for HCA vs.

Cornerstone: 1st HCA 12; Cornerstone 8 2nd HCA 19; Cornerstone 8 3rd HCA 27; Cornerstone 14 4th HCA 51; Cornerstone 14

Boys Golf Recaps (Staff)

Hernando Boys Golf beat Pasco (Dade City) on Sep. 9, 203 - 213.

Weeki Wachee boys varsity golf team won the 5 team match vs.

Hernando Christian Academy, Central, Springstead and Pasco at Hernando Oaks (9 holes, par 36). Weeki Wachee’s total score was 177, Pasco 179, HCA 197, Springstead 204, Central 236.

HCA played Academy at the Lakes (Land O’ Lakes) on Sept. 16 losing 176-192. They will play Cambridge Christian, Bishop McLaughlin Catholic and Real Life Christian Academy before the county cup on Sept. 30.

Springstead takes on NCT on Sept. 17 at Silverthorn, then on Sept. 24, they will go up against Weeki Wachee at Glen Lakes.

The county cup match takes place on Sept. 30 at Hernando Oaks, followed by the Gulf Coast 8 Conference Championship on Oct. 8 at Southern Hills in Brooksville.

7:30pm- Varsity Football Pasco High School Conference Game; Home Sat. Sept. 28 TBA- Varsity Volleyball Fivay Tournament; Away Fivay High School 12115 Chicago Ave, Hudson FL 34669 8am- Boys & Girls Varsity Cross Country Weeki Wachee Invitational Away; Weeki Wachee Preserves 2345 Osowaw Blvd, Spring Hill FL 34607

6pm- Girls & Boys Varsity Swimming Hernando/WWHigh School Away; Hernando Co. YMCA 1300 Mariner Blvd, Spring Hill FL 34609

Hernando Christian Academy Lions MON

09/23/19

BOYS GOLF

BISHOP MCLAUGHLIN @BEACON WOODS

AWAY

03:45:00 PM

MON

09/23/19

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

ACADEMY AT THE LAKES

AWAY

06:00:00 PM

TUES

09/24/19

BOYS GOLF

REAL LIFE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY @ GREEN VALLEY CC

AWAY

04:00:00 PM

TUES

09/24/19

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

CANTERBURY

HOME

07:00:00 PM

THURS

09/26/19

`GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

LAKESIDE CHRISTIAN

AWAY

05:00:00 PM

FRI

09/27/19

FOOTBALL

DONAHUE CATHOLIC

AWAY

07:00:00 PM

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

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Hunting

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.

Hunting during the pre-rut Opening weekend of archery season has been a great success for many bowhunters; I’m hearing lots of stories of good fortune. The acorns haven’t begun falling in huge quantities and the deer are up and moving in order to fill their bellies. In this period of the season, it’s normal to focus on food sources or bedding areas while waiting for the rut to kick in. And that’s always been my go to opening weekend strategy as well.

Now, for the folks out there familiar with the rut, it’s the time of the season when the does are actively coming into estrus and the bucks move day and night in search of love. There are at least three identifiable peaks of rutting activity during the extended deer season; those rutting peaks are the times when bucks are most vulnerable.

Since the first peak of the season in our county will normally take place during late October, it’s fair to say we are definitely in the pre-rut phase of the deer hunting season. But, after a long chat with Krissy Jean Marral of Eco Creek Products, I was tempted to try a new tactic for the early season; I made mock scrapes.

Scrapes are places on the ground where deer will paw or scrape away all grass, leaves and debris until he has cleared an area roughly the size of a serving platter.

They will always be located beneath an overhanging limb. The buck will chew the limb and rub his eye glands on it to deposit scent and urinate over his own hocks, leaving tarsal and interdigital glandular scents into the scrape so that each of his unique scent markers are present. These scrapes are used as territorial markers and attractant sites for mature does to seek out and find the dominant buck of the area for breeding. Often times, other bucks with overlapping territories

Emotions run high after serious injury during NCT-Wiregrass game Wesley Chapel, Fla. --- It was definitely ‘Friday the 13th’ on the football field!

Once again, on a warm Friday evening complete with storm clouds gathering and marching slowly across the sky, chasing away the sun as it dipped beyond the horizon. Like those gray clouds that were collecting above in the sky, on the football field below there was a storm brewing. It was Friday the 13th no less.

Wiregrass Ranch High School remains undefeated this season by rolling past Nature Coast Tech High School, Friday night, Sept.13, 2019 by the score of 34-7, the Sharks are now 1-3, in the season and ready to leave behind, the out of district portion of their schedule.

Some emotional changes were made before the game against the Bulls, new players trying to understand the new playbook, understanding their new teammates and getting used to their new coach.

“Our defense scheme is sound, we did what we wanted to do and take away Kevin Walk- NCT Junior Kinyatah Morgan was ejected after a collission with Wiregrass Ranch halfback er,” Johns said. “Offense- we are really young Andrew Salum. FILE PHOTO by Alice Mary Herden (08.23.2019 NCT v. East Lake) called up some young guys from j.v. for the offensive line because of injuries. They are a force the Bulls into losing two fumbles and have bruises and there is blood stains on the good football team and for us to have two j.v. intercepted a pass but the offense could not uniform. players starting on the offensive line, it is a big take advantage of the extra possessions.

“It was a physical football game that is what jump for them.”

At the start of the second half, Wiregrass it was,” Wiregrass Ranch football coach Mark With the young players on the field, comes Ranch led the game by 13 points and both Kantor said. “I saw him getting down, the kid inexperience and unawareness issues which teams traded punts on the opening posseshit him right in the face mask and he got that will need to be tackled by Nature Coast Tech sions. head slam on the ground. He had all of the High School football coach Cory Johns.

After the Bulls intercepted another pass range of motion, took him for some scans but Johns did address the problem with the attempt by the Sharks, the emotion of the he is alright.” offense and their ability to collect penalties, football game took a turn for the worse.

After Salum was transported from the field, that would stall a drive, put the Sharks in With five minutes left in the third quarter, the mood of the crowd and characteristics of bad field position but the back- breaker of all Bulls halfback Andrew Salum had the ball, the game changed drastically. penalty - the one that takes away points from running hard and cutting through the line at The crowd became angry because of the the scoreboard. full speed.

He met senior linebacker Jaxson emotion from the hit absorbed by Salum.

Johns and his coaching staff is dealing with Morris and literally ran him over.

Morris was Nature Coast Tech offense play became the offensive penalties but now with young insloppy. There was no defensive intensity experienced players, that is a work in progress. lying on his back and holding onto Salum, slowing him down, then Salum lowered his because all the players wanted to do was finish What the coaches know including Johns, head trying to pull away from Morris and the game, board the bus for the ride and go is that turning the ball over is a receipt for planted the top of his helmet into the chest and home. disaster. Especially the interceptions that are arms of Kinyatah Morgan.

“In the second half, in my opinion the refreturned to the end zone for touchdown.

It was a violent impact that resulted in erees lost control of the game,” Johns said. “It Neither quarterback were immune to this Salum falling to the ground and not moving. just got out of hand.” issue against Wiregrass Ranch. Both quarThe medical staff and the coach rushed to the The meeting after the game took place terbacks for the Sharks, Vaughn Sykora and side of Salum to provide him with first aid. inside a very small, smelly locker room, with Fabian Burnett threw too many interceptions The decision was not to move Salum off the the Sharks just needing a place to take a breath including Burnett’s interception that was field, the call was made to the Pasco County and to collect themselves. The opposition did returned for touchdowns and that was an emoFire Department and squad 26 arrived at the not make the meeting a peaceful chance for tional let down for the offense. scene to assist Salum off of the field and trans- the Sharks to regroup and board the bus.

Johns describes his offense as being a balport him to a local hospital for observation.

“I had to tell them not to retaliate,” Johns anced multiple-style offense. So far this seaThe paramedics worked quickly and prosaid.

“Our guys did a fantastic job at not makson, this offense is not balanced and it is not fessionally, as they were placing the stretcher ing it worse than it could have been.” producing the results that Johns is expecting. with Salum into the squad. Salum gave a Friday night, Sept. 20, Nature Coast Tech Nature Coast Tech is blessed with players thumbs-up, that he was okay.

High School will make another road trip and that have both the combination of speed and During the medical attention that was being open up the district portion of the schedule agility and at times, it is on display out on the given to Salum, the referees huddled together against Central High School, the kickoff is football field. and they made a decision to eject Kinyatah scheduled for 7:30 p.m.

Johns provides the offense with a scheme Morgan and then they escorted him from the This week will be an emotional roller that is fun to watch in practice but on Friday game. coaster ride for both Johns and for Morgan, night - it had not yet arrived with the team.

The ejection only added more fuel to the both will be waiting for the FHSAA to make A successful running game begins at the emotions already boiling over from the foota decision about the playing status of Moroffensive line and works together with their ball fans standing and watching the proceedgan. The report was submitted to the FHSAA strength. Working as a cohesive unit to push ings from the field.

Sunday and will be reviewed Monday with a the line of scrimmage behind the defense.

It was a move that the referee made, making decision either Tuesday Sept 17, or WednesAgainst the Bulls, the Sharks did not have sure that Morgan would be safe, with no retal- day Sept 18. the right amount of players, with any kind of iation. Wiregrass Ranch High School Athletic There really should be one question asked varsity experience at the line of scrimmage.

Director David Wilson said after the game that by the investigation team from the FHSAA Experience will help develop the young he will still have to file an incident report to about the delivery of the tackle. players at practice and during games but even Was the tackle made with malice?

Johns said against the Bulls, because of injury the Florida High School Athletic Association because of the ejection.

The answer is-No! to his two senior tight ends, he had to start a “It was not a bad hit, we watched the film, It was a complex continuation of a football tight end that is just 13 years old. Playing in the kid was on the ball.

The kid dropped his play, nothing more. his first varsity game, required him to get help head and our guy tackled him,” Johns said So, once again at Nature Coast Tech High from a tackle to assist him with his blocking about Morgan’s tackle. “I hope that the FHSchool it will be another week of an emotional assignments for running plays and with pass SAA looks at it and realizes that it was just a tide for the Sharks. With or without Morgan, protection blocking. football play.” the Sharks will continue to play, practice and Johns said that the defense was a solid Football is a brutal game where there are they will be ready to tag an emotional loss on squad and were doing well with the game plan collisions at a high rate of speed and played Central High School who has had a strong seaagainst Wiregrass Ranch. The defense did with emotion. At the end of the game every son so far, with a record of 3 wins and 1 loss. player that has played during the game will

and will borrow the scrape, which will serve sort of like a community, dating site amongst the whitetails.

Now Krissy Jean has been working on her theory of emulating and therefore stimulating rutting activity during any phase of the season with a three part system of creating mock scrapes. Made the same as the buck would, clearing a spot beneath an overhanging limb. But then, spraying the overhanging limb and scrape with phase one of her scientifically proven scent, a few days later begin applying the phase two portion of the

LEFT: Toby's dear friend Krissy Jean Marrall with an exceptional 8pt taken over a mock scrape

system and a few days after, employing the third phase of scents which will enrage the hormones and trigger rut activity amongst your local buck herd. I gotta admit folks, I thought this lady was full of hot air, but agreed to try her system and her instructions to the letter.

By the end of the first week I had three different bucks visiting my mock scrape daily and I just invited one home over the weekend opener with a well-placed arrow at twelve steps while he tended the mock scrape.

Might be something you want to look into for your own stand site.

As always, I thank you for the opportunity to visit here in this column and if you have any questions or feedback, give me a shout at Toby@HrnandoSun. com.

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Central Bears' perfect season tarnished

by KENNETH ANTON Hernando Sun Reporter

The Central High School Bears seemed poised to continue on a flawless winning streak on Friday night. Prior to entering into the game against the Lecanto High Panthers, the Bears were at 3-0 for the season.

The Bears won the coin toss and the game was off to a great start. Both teams came out to play hard. The first half was an aggressive match of strong defense and hard charging offense.

The true highlight of the night came from the performance of star running back Contae Cason. Cason ran for an impressive 232 yards, ending the night with 16 carries and three touchdowns.

With one minute to go in the 1st quarter, Cason (#2/RB) rushed for 26 yards, putting Central on the scoreboard for the first time in the game. It was not a great night for the Bears’ special teams, however, as most conversions and field goals were missed. Cason continued his charge through the night with a 91-yard rushing TD with nine minutes remaining in the 2nd quarter, putting Centrals second TD on the board.

Cason’s third TD came at 8:07 in the third quarter, minutes before one of the biggest disappointments of the match. A controversial call (unnecessary roughness) from the officials resulted in Cason being benched for the remainder of the game. Tensions were high as an uproar stopped the game while Coach Walden and staff attempted to reason with the referees and defend their star player.

While Central High School put up a strong

Central volleyball team, 2 points away from first win of the season ARTICLE AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY ALICE MARY HERDEN

The Central Bears volleyball team were so close; so, so close, but fell short two points at the end of set 5 when they faced Crystal River Tuesday night Sept. 10, 2019.

Earlier in the season, the team has faced strong contenders like Lecanto, Nature Coast Tech and Springstead. The girls have produced some pretty good competitive sets thus far.

According to Coach Nikki LaRiviere, the team's talent is there, but it's about how they are executing their competitive level facing their opponents.

“Whatever level of talent that we are playing against that is where they rise to," Coach LaRiviere said.

How she explained the competitive level is interesting. Regardless of what skill and/or talent the opposing team has, the girls seem not to exceed above or below that level.

Going up against Crystal River proved their potential to put some wins on the board.

It’s like they are right there, but at a stalemate.

Coach LaRiviere also sees another issue that needs to be addressed on the court: discipline in position roles.

“Some of them like to take over because they don’t trust their teammates, it’s been a battle back and forth since last year,” she said.

Central Bears take the field for their match against Lecanto on Sept. 13, 2019.

Sept. 12 swim meet results: Springstead vs.

Crystal River Boys Swim Meet 9/12/19 Springstead (74) at Crystal River (94); Springstead earned 74 points, Crystal River earned 94 points. Points are given per event.

Crystal River was the overall winner.

Best finishes: 50 Free; Landon Vincent; Crystal River (FL); 00:27.76 100 Free; Charles Wilson; Crystal River (FL); 00:51.91 100 Fly; James Price; Crystal River (FL);00:57.79 100 Back; James Price; Crystal River (FL); 01:01.72 100 Breast; Giles Adlao; Springstead (Spring Hill, FL); 01:22.51 200 Free; Charles Wilson; Crystal River (FL); 01:59.71 200 Individual Medley; Brenden Welch; Springstead (Spring Hill, FL); 02:21.70 500 Free; Brenden Welch; Springstead (Spring Hill, FL); 05:36.30 200 Free Relay; Relay Team; Crystal River (FL);01:58.85 200 Medley Relay; Relay Team; Springstead (Spring Hill, FL); 01:59.01 400 Free Relay; Relay Team; Springstead (Spring Hill, FL); 03:46.91 Girls Swim Meet 9/12/19 Springstead (73) at Crystal River (96) Points are given per event. Springstead earned 73 points, Crystal River earned 96 points. Crystal River was the overall winner.

Central Bears wide receiver is face masked by Lecanto

fight, Lecanto got the best of them and the game ended with Central trailing by 10 points. The final score of Friday’s game was 34-24, Lecanto.

Hopefully the Bears will be able to glean some lessons from the defeat and put themselves back in top fighting mode before they face off against the Nature Coast Sharks on Friday Sept. 20.

Free safety Austin Jackson runs in the fourth Bears touch-

Best finishes: 50 Free; Hannah Pitalo; Crystal River (FL); 00:30.65 100 Back; Victoria Cleto; Springstead (Spring Hill, FL); 01:05.60 100 Free; Sophia Monsalve; Crystal River (FL); 01:14.83 100 Fly; Jillian Frank; Springstead (Spring Hill, FL); 01:22.74 100 Breast; Angelina Chiparo; Springstead (Spring Hill, FL); 01:27.85 200 Free; Genevieve Kennedy; Crystal River (FL); 02:08.30 200 Individual Medley; Hannah Laycock; Crystal River (FL); 02:24.92 500 Free; Genevieve Kennedy; Crystal River (FL); 05:42.46 200 Free Relay; Relay Team; Springstead (Spring Hill, FL); 02:10.52 200 Medley Relay; Relay Team; Crystal River (FL); 02:13.07 400 Free Relay; Relay Team; Crystal River (FL); 04:18.91 Springstead will swims against Lecanto on Sept. 17, Weeki Wachee and Central on Sept.

21, then Bishop McLaughlin Catholic on Sept.

24.

Nature Coast Boys and Girls will swim against Springstead on Oct. 12. They lost to Crystal River 86-84 on Aug. 29.

down

Close, but no cigar.

The Bears put their effort into the very last point. They showcased some great blocks, some fantastic saves and the Junior Varsity team cheered them on to the very end.

“To watch them win these two sets tonight was impressive because they know they can do it.”

Volleyball Recaps

stead 3-1 (W) 25-22, 14-25, 18-25, 22-25 9/12 vs. Crystal River 2-1 (L) 19-25, 18-25 Hernando (5-3) 9/10 vs. Citrus 3-1 (W) 16-25, 25-19, 23-25, 19-25 9/12 vs. Lecanto 3-1 (W) 22-25, 18-25, 25-21, 23-25

Central (0-9)

Hernando Christian Academy (6-3)

9/10 vs. Crystal River 3-2 (L) 25-21, 17-25, 2521, 17-25, 15-13

9/9 vs Lakeside Christian 3-0 (W) 8-25, 13-25, 11-25

9/11 vs. Wesley Chapel 3-0 (L) 25-11, 25-12, 25-11

9/10 vs Seven Rivers 3-0 (L) 7-25, 12-25, 10-25

9/12 vs. Weeki Wachee 3-1 (L) 25-10, 25-13, 25-7

9/12 vs Seffner Christian 3-2 (L) 25-14, 23-25, 2518, 16-25, 20-18

Springstead (2-5)

Weeki Wachee (7-6)

9/10 vs. Nature Coast Tech 3-1 (L) 25-22, 14-25, 18-25, 22-25

9/10 vs. Lecanto 3-0 (L) 19-25, 17-25, 18-25

9/12 vs. Citrus 3-1 (L) 25-27, 23-25, 20-25

9/15 vs. Central 3-1 (W) 25-10, 25-13, 25-7

Nature Coast Tech (7-7)

Senior Destiny Chandler successfully spikes beyond Crystal River’s Bailee Einspahr’s attempt to block.

9/10 vs. Spring-

Coach Nikki LaRiviere watches her players’ performance during the fifth set against Crystal River Tuesday night.

Senior Destiny Chandler successfully spikes beyond Crystal River’s Bailee Einspahr’s attempt to block.

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The West Hernando Athletic League starts the 2019 softball season ARTICLE AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY ALICE MARY HERDEN

It was a beautiful Monday morning for members of the West Hernando Athletic Club for Seniors conducting their 2019 season opener at Veterans Memorial Park in Spring Hill.

“Our events committee is very ambitious this year. We have something planned every month that is related to softball or totally outside of softball. We are hoping that getting the word out, we could increase our membership,” said Al Johnson, President of the West Hernando Athletic Club for Seniors.

Before the first pitch, the league started the season opener with inducting four of their members in the Hall of Fame; Bill Denegar, Tom Noga, Tom McCain, and Stephen King.

This season opener was also a tribute to those they have lost with a balloon release and a special tribute to

the late Boomer Oliver.

“Some people touch our lives briefly while others leave a lasting impression and are never forgotten. Today we want to honor and dedicate this game, this season to a man whose made that kind of impression on all of us,” Johnny Anderson said.

The West Hernando Athletic Club for Seniors has been around for over twenty years.

The league allows gentlemen 55 and older to stay active and be involved in the community.

If you haven’t heard about the league, feel free to attend a game.

The association has four teams battling it out on the field. The first game starts at 9 am and the second game follows after that. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning, there is action going on at Veterans Memorial Park in Spring Hill.

Interested in being part of the league, check out their website:

Players aligned on the field as the National Anthem was performed by the American Legion Post 186 Color Guard.

https://www.hometeamsonline.com/ teams/Default.asp?u=WHACS&s=softball Or contact Ross Hendrick @ 518-526-5990 or email ross6353@aol. com

Al Johnson, President of the West Hernando Athletic Club for Seniors and Ross Hendrick unveiled a framed portrait of Boomer Oliver. “We dedicate this game, this day, this year to our friend, our dear brother, Boomer Oliver,” Johnny Anderson said.

Players aligned on the field applauded the American Legion Post 186 Color Guard for performing the National Anthem at the season opener on September 9 at Veterans Memorial Park in Spring Hill.

Newly inducted Hall of Famers; Bill Denegar, Tom Noga, Tom McCain, and Stephen King.

Weeki Wachee Hornets football team honors 9-11 First Responders

ARTICLE AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY ALICE MARY HERDEN

The week of 9-11 will always have emotional effects for many, many people.

Communities get together to honor those that have lost their lives and those that helped save lives. Before the coin toss on the Weeki Wachee High School football field, the entire Hornets team held American flags to honor 9-11 first responders.

Hornets Kolby Oudeans grandfather, John Lightsey, was one of those dispatchers on September 11, 2001.

“There are so many feelings that a lot of people have about 9-11. We did that to honor first responders, police officers, and military. We thought it would be a great way to honor those people,” Coach Cook said. “For me, it was quite emotional, one of my kids said to me...

‘Hey Coach, this is way bigger than football’... It was incredible.”

For the Hornets, nothing happens overnight, especially restructuring a football team. The team is putting points on the board during each game, but there is still a lot to do.

“The tough thing for a coaching staff is when you’re struggling with wins and losses. The struggle we have is keeping them in a positive state of mind. So far, they have been phenomenal. We’ve stuck with our message all year with being positive with the kids. Tell

them how important they are and how much we believe in them,” said Coach Cook.

The entire time, coaches and players strive every week, and each week it gets better.

“The culture is definitely changing from what it was in previous years. They are not there yet, but they certainly know their expectations, and they are beginning to live up to positive expectations that we are trying to instill in them. We are heading in the right direction, for sure,” said Cook.

Hornets lost to Citrus on Friday the 13th, 46 to 14.

“It’s tough for us to play an entire game without getting so physically worn out,” Coach Cook said. “My offensive linemen are also my defensive linemen. We got five to six kids that hardly ever come off the field.”

Weeki Wachee Hornets started the game with an American flag run along the sidelines before the game began. This game was honoring 9-11 first responders. Hornets Kolby Oudeans grandfather, John Lightsey, was one of the 9-11 Weeki Wachee takes on Hernando High Friday night dispatchers.

Sept. 20. Upcoming games against Anclote, Nature Coast Tech and Crystal RivCenter John er will prepare them for their Mangarillo holds rivalry game against Central the American also known as the “Battle of flag during the Hexam.” coin toss.

During the game on Friday night against Citrus, Michael McMurray was still adjusting to his new role as the quarterback. Coach Cook said that McMurray’s Senior leadership has made an immediate impact on the offense.

“I am thrilled with what we have, I really am,” remarked Cook.

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Springstead football is county best at 3-0 to start season

BY ANDY VILLAMARZO, HERNANDO SUN SPORTS REPORTER PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOE DICRISTAFALO

SPRING HILL- If you had told most folks around Hernando County that the best team through three games would be Springstead, some might have given you a double take.

The Eagles, who didn’t make the playoffs last season, had teams like Nature Coast and Hernando, to leapfrog to earn the title of top club in the county. Springstead has certainly progressed and this season they look nearly unstoppable.

That’s the season so far for the Springstead Eagles’ varsity football team and they’re off to one of its most impressive starts in recent years.

There’s a lot of reasons to like this team, as the return of running back Anthony Alexis has done the Eagles wonders for their run game.

Springstead’s home opener against Land O’ Lakes Sunlake was a prime example of what the Eagles’ run game can look like when it’s in full gear. The Eagles defeated the Seahawks soundly 53-0 and had 148 yards from Alexis.

The quick footed tailback missed most of last season due to injury and has come onto the scene to be the team’s workhorse in the backfield.

Throw in the fact that Alexis is not the only threat in the backfield to watch for: the Eagles’ triple-option attack is deadlier than ever. Quarterback Max O’Rourke has been effectively throwing and running the football, as he has shown off his ability on the run.

The right-hander pitcher has improved immensely running the ball and having command of the offense.

Offense hasn’t been the only area where the team has shown massive improvement. Springstead’s defense

has pitched two shutouts this season against Sunlake and Weeki Wachee, out-scoring both teams 74-0 in two games. The Eagles also put up a great effort defensively when they faced rival Nature Coast in a battle for county supremacy.

Nature Coast (1-3) has been the county’s best team that past few years, but Springstead has finally been able to upend the Sharks in this year’s edition of the battle between Hernando’s best.

Garofano’s club defeated the Sharks at ‘The Tank’ 30-19 and now have set-up an opportunity for the Eagles to quite possibly run the table for the rest of the season.

Springstead now will come off the bye week with a game against Crystal Springstead QB Max O’Rourke scores the first Eagle TD of the season against Sunlake.

River before facing off versus a slew of winnable games down the stretch of the season. After facing the Pirates, Springstead will take on Dade City Pasco in a district matchup before the final five games coming against Hernando, Lecanto, Lake Minneola, Groveland South Lake and Central.

All the games on the regular season slate for Springstead and the Eagles face the very real possibility of running the table and going 10-0, but they must keep the focus of the task at hand. This team has a chance to be something very special, with players like Alexis, O’Rourke and Adrian Cabrera on the roster and Springstead knows it. Can the Eagles run off seven wins in a row?

Time will only tell as the season moves Springstead along.

High’s ,4, Anthony Alexis exploits a hole in the Sunlake defense Friday at Booster Stadium.

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Week 5 Hernando County football previews

the top rushers in the state. Cason has over 18 touchdowns this season and is Central’s best opportunity to pull off an upset. Nature Coast will need to find a balance between quarterbacks Fabian Burnett and Vaughn Sykora on the offensive side of the ball.

BY ANDY VILLAMARZO HERNANDO SUN SPORTS REPORTER

The regular season for prep football in Hernando County heads into Week 5 action and Week 4 was a tough one for the county.

Nature Coast lost its third game in a row when they fell 34-7 to Wiregrass Ranch and Central ended up falling to Lecanto. Four of five Hernando County squads will be back in action this week and teams will be 50 percent through the season after this Friday.

We take a closer look at all of the Week 5 regular season matchups on tap for Friday night.

Crystal River (2-2) at Springstead (3-0): Can the Eagles keep up all the momentum they’ve built through the first three games? We will see when the Eagles have to take the field against a feisty Pirates group at home. Springstead has run out to fast 3-0 start and are coming off an extra week to prepare for Crystal River.

The Eagles remain one of the top teams in Hernando County and a victory versus Crystal River would help solidify what could be potentially a playoff-type season for Springstead. Look for running back Anthony Alexis to have a big game against the Pirates’ defense on Friday night.

Nature Coast (1-3) at Central (3-1): What the heck is going on at Nature Coast?

Nobody is quite sure, but Cory Johns and crew might want to figure it out quick or they could be on the outside looking in when it comes to the playoff picture.

Yes, it’s early in the season but a 1-4 start is staring the Sharks right in the face at the halfway point of the 2019 campaign.

Getting into panic mode may happen if Nature Coast falls to rival Central. The Bears go as running back Contae Cason goes and the speedy runner remains one of

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Hernando Computer Club Fantasy Garden

Gail Hines (pictured) is one of the several volunteers who work hard at the Hernando Computer Club’s Fantasy Garden. Several other ladies are also part of the Garden Club, which is just one of the special interest groups of the Hernando Computer Club. This day, Jeannine Foster and Rebecca Walker were also at the garden with Gail.After working in the garden, the ladies usually go to brunch and enjoy some great social time. They meet monthly.

The computer club also offers many classes such as computer instructions for beginners and for more advanced users, various craft classes, including crochet and various painting classes. Sewing groups and even food groups meet monthly. The club meets at on the campus of Grace Presbyterian Church, 8375 Spring Hill Drive. Visit http://www.hcc.org or call 352-684-7171 for further information.

Wildwood (2-2) at Hernando (1-3): Last week was extremely tough on the Hernando football program, as the Leopards player Trevor Bowen was killed in a car accident and the community has been in mourning.

The Leopards now must somehow continue to plug away at a football season that has been tough on and off the field, with Hernando’s lone victory over Lake Weir.

Hernando has suffered two losses that have come by the exact scores of 7-0 to Eau Gallie and Crystal River. The Leopards could easily be a 3-1 team right now, but now face the prospect of going 1-4 at the halfway mark when they face neighboring Wildwood. The Wildcats have a couple quality wins on the season against Leesburg and Chiefland. If Hernando looks to pull off the upset over Wildwood, the Leopards will have to get its running game going early and often.

D#10321310 – Buster is a very handsome white with tan Terrier/Bulldog mix, approximately 8 years old and 71 lbs. His owner was hospitalized and then sent to rehab, so is no longer able to care for him. Buster is a staff and volunteer favorite! He is super sweet, friendly and lovable. His favorite past time is playing tug-of-war and resting in the cool water of his kiddie pool. He also loves a bath with a hose. Buster has the most precious crooked smile and “happy tail”.

For a senior dog, he is strong and has the energy of a young dog, but knows his basic commands. Volunteers take him to adoption events because he is such a wonderful representative of the other animals in shelter care. Buster is neutered, micro-chipped, vaccinated, heartworm tested and will have a 1-yr county animal license at the time of adoption.

D#10321311 – Enzo is a beautiful brown & black male Black Mouth Cur, approximately 2 years old. His owner was hospitalized and is no longer able to care for him. Enzo is a sweet, friendly, lovable boy, but a bit skittish in loud, chaotic situations. He is also head shy, ducking and squinting when you reach to pet his head. Staff and volunteers are working wonders to build his confidence and trust, but he will still need a patient, gentle owner. Enzo is a strong young boy, but knows his basic commands. He loves to play ball and other games in the spree areas. Please stop by to meet this wonderful young boy and consider giving him the loving home he's so deserving of. Enzo is neutered, micro-chipped, vaccinated, heartworm tested and will have a 1-yr county animal license at the time of adoption.

D#10320985 – Mama is a precious white female Terrier mix, approximately 6 years old and 64 lbs. She was found roaming near Richloam Forest in Brooksville along with another dog. Mama had collar marks, but no collar . Upon impound it was noted she had a micro chip which was traced back to her owner.

Unfortunately, efforts to contact the owner were unsuccessful, so Mama is up for adoption. She is a very sweet dog and easy to leash. She loves interacting with the volunteers in the spree areas and always seems to be a happy girl. She loves treats, but must be given her treats with an open hand - otherwise, her excitement gets away from her. Won't you please consider this wonderful and very deserving older gal as a new member of your family? Mama is spayed, micro-chipped, vaccinated, heartworm positive and will have a 1-yr county animal license at the time of adoption.

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

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

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TREVOR from front

were many lessons in class and sportsmanship that were handed down tonight that will last a lifetime.

People have no idea how much more we learn from team sports that has nothing to do with the sport itself. It is a conglomerate of life lessons that we will carry from our youth to adulthood and passed down to generation after generation. As sad as today is, it was still a privilege to be a part of all of what took place tonight. I still think we live in the greatest little town in the world.... Even at the darkest of moments."

Trevor's sister, Arelys Santiago, organized a goFundme page for funeral expenses. She wrote, "Trevor was an amazing young man with high spirits. Anyone who knew Trevor instantly fell in love with his smile and his compassion for others. He was truly a beautiful person inside and out."

Hernando High Football posted about how Trevor was community minded and always there for any project the team was involved in. Over the summer, he helped with community service at Brooksville Elementary School.

The Leopard Booster Club held a 50/50 raffle at Beef O' Bradys on Friday after the game where 50% of the funds went to the Trevor Bowen Memorial Fund.

A roadside memorial service was held on Monday, as family and friends gathered together to support each other in their time of grief.

Paige Sanders, a dear friend of Trevor's remarked, "All the lives that he impacted and all the people that he loved and who loved him. You have touched so many people in just the short time you have known them. And so many people love you and are absolutely crushed that you are gone- that something like this could happen to someone so young and so innocent, so kind hearted, so amazing. Trevor was many things. The thing he was, was a goofball. Trevor could light up the room by just walking in. If you were having a bad day, he made it a point to change that.

Trevor was the big brother anyone could ask for. He was a brother, a son, a friend, and most of all he was family. By blood or not, many people looked at Trevor as family. There are not even words to describe our love towards Trevor besides unconditional.

Although our hearts are heavy, we need to keep our hope and faith strong. We can not let this tragedy tear us down but rather build us up. Trevor Bowen was a fighter. He was a pusher so we need to be too. We just need to have faith that god gained an angel and that he’s in a better placein no more pain. I pray healing and strength over all Trevor's blood family, football family and friends because god knows we need it. I pray we don’t let this tragedy bring us down and hold us back, but instead give us power to move forward to strive to do better and to not take anything or anyone for granted because it can be taken in a blink of an eye."

On Sept. 16, Hernando High School Athletic Director Mark Lee, wrote, "Friday morning, the Hernando Leopard Campus suffered a heartbreaking loss when sophomore Trevor Bowen passed away from an accident on his way to school.

Trevor was a member of the Leopard football and weightlifting team and was known by many on the Brooksville Campus.

A constant participant

4 Brian Lewis 5 Manny Acker 8 Blake Smith 9 William Taylor 10 William Tigue 11 Trevor Bowen 13 Randarious Wilson 22 Gabriel Tafelski 23 Robert Turner 25 Daiquiri Hill 33 Nathaniel Greene 35 Brandon Ruiz 41 Brenden Mitchell

44 Ryan Kelly 48 Jace Lucas 51 Tyler Breland 52 Maddox Romain 55 Naszir Gardner 58 Da'jourian Jackson 62 Wyatt Harrison 67 Elijah Sharp 70 Jacob Volberg 78 Colton Finley 81 Rashard Russell 82 Michael Korp 85 Julius Eltzroth Above artwork and photography by ALICE MARY HERDEN

Trevor, next to Coach Kaz, helped out at Brooksville Elementary School over the summer. Photo courtesy of Hernando High Football. Coach Kaz stated, " You didn’t even have to ask if Trevor wanted to help out or be a part of any community events. He was always there. We did some community service at BES this summer."

Sept. 13, 2019- Hernando High and Crystal River football teams gather on the field in prayer for Trevor Bowen. Photo courtesy of Mike Steele.

on many team and school functions, Trevor always had a smile and a way to put all surrounding him in a good mood. Bowen often looked to do what would make others happy and was always willing to volunteer to help children, especially in the Brooksville community. Trevor would always make comments about those he was involved with on Leopard campus as his second family. Trevor loved being a Leopard often walking or skateboarding over 5 miles to get to the campus for events. He will be deeply missed but never forgotten at Hernando High School. May you Rest in Peace Trevor Bowen #11.

We know you are high in the sky looking over us. Thank you for all the memories and impact you made on a lot of us that made us better as a person."

Trevor's JV squad will be in action on Thursday Sept. 19 against Citrus Inverness. It's a home game that starts at 6pm. I'm sure Trevor's teammates would appreciate the extra support from the community.

Roadside gathering of family and friends to memorialize Trevor Bowen on Monday Sept. 17, 2019. Photo courtesy of Paige Sanders.

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Organizers may be setting up additional times and locations. You can check "Trevor Bowen Car Wash" on Facebook for updates.

They are looking for volunteers as well as car wash supplies.

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Color Guard salutes the flags as they are lowered to half staff in remembrance of Sept. 11, 2001

Dignitaries and community members gather to remember Sept. 11 terrorist attacks

By ROCCO MAGLIO

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t does not take a large crowd of people in Hernando County to find someone who was deeply affected by the attacks on September 11, 2001. We have residents who worked in the buildings, others who lost relatives and friends.

Many of our residents are from the New York area and still have family and friends living there.

The Veterans of Foreign Wars post near Anderson Snow Park has a September 11th memorial which contains iron from the World Trade Center, tile from the pentagon, and soil from Shanksville, Pennsylvania where Flight 93 crashed.

On September 11th, a remembrance is held around the memorial. Wreaths are laid at the memorial honoring those who sacrificed so much on that day 18 years ago. The memorial service was spearheaded by FDNY retired firefighters of Spring Hill Chapter 343.

The remembrance was well attended with over a hundred people gathered in solidarity.

Many local dignitaries from both the county government and the school district participated.

Students from two local schools: Wider Horizons and Notre Dame Catholic School sang patriotic songs at the ceremony.

Governor Ron DeSantis sent a heartfelt letter which was read

by Sheriff Al Nienhuis.

The Hernando County Firefighters assisted in the memorial service with a ladder truck raising a giant American flag as a backdrop for the ceremony.

The VFW and firefighter color guards lowered the flag to half staff to remember the victims of the September 11th attacks.

Wider Horizons School students sing a medley of patriotic songs for the Sept. 11 ceremony.

BELOW: Notre Dame Catholic School students sing during the ceremony.

Hanging the American flag before the ceremony.

Large American flag serves as a backdrop to the ceremony. County Administrator Jeff Rogers is at the podium.

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Never forget Sept. 11, 2001

BY SABRINA SIVERT HERNANDO SUN WRITER

Winding Waters K-8 school held a memorial event on September 11, 2019 to share with the middle school students stories, pictures, and information of the tragic events that took place on September 11, 2001.

A variety of people were in attendance from the Hernando County Fire Rescue including Captain Cindy Bittiker, Captain Tony Carrolo, Captain Brian Nigro and Battalion Chief Kevin Rittenhouse who spoke about where he was and how that tragic day has changed his life. John Lightsey, a retired New York Firefighter, spoke about what his day was like that morning and the days that followed after.

Hernando County Detective George Loydgren also described the unfolding events. Winding Waters principal Janet Cerro spoke out about some family members that were affected by that day.

September 11, 2001 is a day in history that America will never forget. “If you don’t know what happened, then ask about it, get educated on this tragic day that took place in America,” Kevin Rittenhouse said.

Holding events like this in

Piece of marble from World Trade Center plaza on display for the 9-11 presentation at Winding Waters K-8

schools helps educate the younger generations on the recent history of our country. Some of the people that spoke to the middle schoolers were physically at Ground Zero the day the world stopped spinning in America.

The speakers addressed the students about a variety of different emotions they were feeling at the time of the attacks. The students were asked to go home and ask their family members where they were on September 11, 2001 when they heard the tragic news.

Detective George Loydgren went into great detail of that day and where he was. He was a police officer on duty that responded to the scene. What was supposed to be just a normal day of dealing with search

warrants quickly changed.

He got a late start and didn’t go in until 9 am and to top it off, his phone was dead. He was driving to work when the radio stated the one tower had been hit by a plane. He got to the office where police were still assessing the situation.

Realizing how bad it was, officers began responding to the scene. Loydgren was on his way to the World Trade Center when the first tower collapsed. He expressed in great detail to the students the cloud of smoke and debris that followed. Then he stated the second tower was hit.

“September 11, 2001 is an event that changed America forever. During this time though, everyone put everything aside and came together in such a tragic event,” George Loydgren expressed. Before he began speaking to the students, he stated this is something he still doesn’t talk about much.

New York is a busy state, lots of traffic and many people. A state that isn’t very quiet. “When the second tower came down everything went silent, that never happens in New York, there is always something going on,” John Lightsey explained.

John was a firefighter on duty that day in New York.

He talked about how an average day quickly turned for the worst. When the first plane hit, it happened during the fire department’s shift change out. “When we heard that a plane crashed into the one tower over the radio no one was leaving the station,” John said.

They loaded up and headed to the towers. John told everyone that the second tower was where they had temporary headquarters for police and firefighters, that’s where John’s station was headed. “I didn’t go home or have a break for four days,” John said. As the days went on everyone kept searching, rescuing, and helping recover. “As the days went on we would get phone calls of kids and wives asking for their dads and husbands, who we knew didn’t make it,” John expressed. Many miracles did happen that day with people being safe and found. Many people were not as lucky. “I feel guilty everyday for sending guys down to help. It was not an easy feeling seeing friends come across the list of deceased,” John emotionally told everyone.

Eighteen years later, people are still working to identify people and events that occurred that day. A firefighter that was killed on that day was just identified

earlier this week. 8 Emts, 60 police officers, 343 firefighters, 2,997 civilians all lost their lives that day the speakers expressed to the classes. “Since September 11, 2001 241 firefighters have been diagnosed with cancer and health problems related to 9/11,” John said.

Eighteen years later the effects still continue.

All these guest speakers experienced the Sept. 11 catastrophe first hand. “Giving your time and service is the ultimate sacrifice,” said Mr. Cooper, Winding Waters history teacher and event organizer.

The speakers told their stories, shared many photos

in a slideshow and had objects from the towers such as a piece of marble from the World Trade Center plaza and apart of the I-beam from the North Tower. It was an emotional ceremony which expressed how September 11th is a day that changed America; a tragic day that is now a part of our history and needs to be remembered.

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The popular Tilted Teacup Tearoom and Boutique will move to a smart new location in November Dade Avenue. She opened her doors in September of 2012.

“This dream of mine was always in my heart, yet without Jon it may not have become a reality. He was a huge part of this tea room.”

After two years, she was asked to move her business to a portion of the Roger’s Christmas House building in Brooksville located at 103 South Saxon Avenue.

This house, built in 1924, took seven months to renovate. Aimee signed a five-year lease and opened her new location in November 2014.

After almost five years of seeing her business steadily grow, Aimee had a tough choice to make.

She knew the landlord would not renew her lease.

“I had to make a decision to either close the business and realize that maybe the season for my dream had came to an end or take a leap of faith and find yet another new home for us. After a lot of praying and encouragement from Jon, I decided

to purchase the building at 414 East Liberty Street,” Gans said.

Whether or not you Again, she found are British, a visit to the herself facing a large Tilted Teacup Tea Room renovation project. Howin Brooksville offers a ever, with the help of her pleasurable and leisurely family and staff she is acdining experience. At complishing the task and this unique eatery, you hopes to open her new can enjoy a cup of tea, location in November. along with fresh-baked In the meantime, Aimee scones, cakes and a wide is still operating her tea assortment of sandwiches, room at 103 South Saxon quiche and other fare.

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For owner Aimee Gans, Running a successful who had previously run business is challenging.

The Tilted Teacup Tearoom at the Rogers Christmas House complex. The Tearoom will several businesses while Aimee is “hands-on” be relocating in November. raising four children, and is there full time and her staff bake fresh operating a restaurant was multitasking, from doing scones and, whenever a new venture. the grocery shopping to she can, she purchases “With no culinary paying the bills and even background and only the doing the dishes when she seasonal produce for her delectable creations. desire to serve, I knew if needs to. But the enjoyAlong with tea and other I put my mind and heart ment far outweighs the beverages, the tea room into it I could make it challenges. serves traditional tea work,” Aimee states.

“My number one [joy] sandwiches, homemade After a year of colis the people that I am quiche, soups, chicken lecting many antique blessed with meeting and salads and desserts. treasures and creating getting to know. They At her current location, the recipes, she was able are not only customers, there are four dining to make her dream a but they have become rooms, each with its own reality with the help of like family to me. To décor. The English Cother former husband, Jon. see someone with tears tage can accommodate But it took a lot of hard in their eyes as they say Aimee Gans, the owner of the tearoom. work. They spent four 'Thank you' for an incred- eleven; Downtown Parlor can accommodate fifteen; months renovating an ible time with us means Gatsby Murder Mystery events, the tea room is Grandma Helen’s can old house built in 1914 the world to me.” on Sunday, October 13. open Tuesday through accommodate twelve; and located at 200 West Fort Every morning Aimee This is a reservation-only Saturday 11:00 a.m. to the Secret Garden can event and tickets are on 3:00 p.m. Reservations accommodate thirty-six. sale now. are not required, but it's This large dining room If you want to brew recommended that groups is ideal for group events your own tea at home, of five or more call ahead such as showers, recepthey have regular and de- for seating arrangements. tions and other private caf teas, as well as a full parties. In the near future line of herbal and fruit Aimee is looking to host teas for sale. Tea accesintimate wedding cereTo find out more sories and gift certificates monies or vow renewals. are also available for about the Tilted TeaAs with many other purchase. cup Tea Room call 352restaurants, take-out is Recently, the Tilted also available.

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OPINION

Cultural appropriation versus cultural appreciation

We have been in the middle of a culture war for the minds of Americans for many decades. Traditionally people came to the United States from other countries to forge better lives for their families. The newly arriving immigrants kept most of their old country customs for the initial years. Most of these first generation Americans spoke broken English, a mixture of native tongues and English phrases to communicate in business transactions and later in social ones.

Their children were educated in English speaking classes and often acted as interpreters for their parents. These first generation children became immersed with their English speaking friends. They became accustomed to new foods and traditions of other Americans but especially fully assimilated citizens. These adult and peer expressions, mannerisms and interests were important in learning how to transition into being

DOMENICK J. MAGLIO, PH.D.

Traditional Realist American.

Surprisingly, if you ask fourth generation immigrants many may not know from where their ancestors immigrated. They have been totally assimilated as Americans yet at closer examination of their lifestyles, there are some remnants of their ancestor’s emphasis on certain customs, moral values, beliefs, socialization and traditions which they were exposed to in family interactions. For the most part they consider themselves totally American. They are the products of the melting pot process that have made ours the vibrant great nation by

introducing subtle nuanced thinking and behavior into our culture.

Then came the progressive’s “salad bowl” formula of how new immigrants, legal and illegal, should be treated. Instead of having to experience the initial government tests to permit them to become fully assimilated citizens, they are given a pass. These illegal immigrants are not supposed to learn US history or speak English as it could be too much of a hardship for them.

The progressives relentlessly say, “diversity is our strength” in order to show that these citizens who are not enthusiastic patriotic Americans are still totally acceptable. They insist that immigrants should retain their foreign cultural identity to insure they remain different. They demand youngsters who enter public school be taught in their native language and be exposed to the virtues of their ancestors’ culture. This

diversity approach, revising the truth or glossing over the suffering the ancestors endured in their original homeland lessens their appreciation for a new life.

The feeling of ambivalence towards the United States does not encourage assimilation to be proud Americans.

According to their mantra each ethic group should keep their native culture and not become Americanized. Most bizarre, these progressives argue that U.S. citizens should not be adopting other’s ethnic foods, music, customs or anything that is part of their own family’s native culture.

This convoluted thinking makes taking of a feature of any ethnic group negatively labeled as “cultural appropriation.” The subculture of immigrants should remain separate from mainstream America to preserve their “sacred diversity” while preventing them from fully joining the U.S. culture.

New immigrants holding onto their former culture

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out of sight, so she thinks I’ve eaten it and buys more. I call it the ‘No More List.’ Just because I like pastrami doesn’t mean I want to keep eating it, just so the package doesn’t go bad. I only need small amounts of that, and only when I ask for it! Same for all deli meats. Bags of potatoes and onions, too: most of them start sprouting long before we need to peel and slice or chop them for any meal. And I swear, if I got a token from Disney World every time I found a fresh pack of mushrooms in front of an unopened pack of dark and greasy shrooms, I’d live in that wonderland. No more, please.

Ditto for table onions.

And no more buying big bags of cauliflower and broccoli.

Three-quarters of them always get brown spots, and I’m not a big fan anyway. I can tolerate such veggies boiled or fully steamed, never raw, and mostly I like the twigs and leaves of those little broccoli trees, but not every

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Send a great revival in my soul

Send a great revival in my soul.

It’s easy to drift away from God and settle for an average and normal way of living and this is exactly what a personal revival is all about. Revival means “return” and begins with a conviction of sin and an awareness of our need to repent. Spiritual renewal involves surrendering our will and accepting the call to live in obedience to everything God is demanding with complete honesty, sincerity, and humility. Revival can open the eyes of our heart and

week, and certainly not every day. And clearly neither does my wife.

And please no more whole heads of lettuce that look rusty when I finally want a salad.

Strawberries get mushy and grow white mold, and maybe that’s a form of antibiotic, but I’m not eating them. Grapes enter their raisin-hood long before we can finish snacking them.

Many times I’ve tossed a bag of opened, moldy shredded cheddar cheese from behind two newer bags. And I don’t want to eat the same cereal for two weeks in a row, so no more family sized. And no more perfumed garbage bags. My wife bought them to try to hide the stench of cat litter when she cleans the box, but now I associate “Fresh Clean Scent” with cat poop and gag when I pull a new bag from the role.

My idea is, don’t buy a lot, but also sometimes stop buying any at all. No more packages of asparagus, no more bags of yams when all we want is a couple of baked.

The only thing I want a lot of is sliced pepperoni. I use it as a topping for everything, and it has darn near replaced salt and pepper. I buy bigger bags of that. For now.

expose our great need for a constant Christ as we seek and ask God to restore our spiritual zeal and to stir the embers of our spirit until the fire of our passion begins to blaze once again. In his great love for us, he can instill within us a thirst for his presence and a fervent desire to take up our cross and follow him with all of our heart. Do you believe the Spirit of God is being poured out today on his sons and daughters? Do you see evidence of a spiritual revival around you? Do you sense the Lord convicting you to turn away from the temptations of the world and draw closer to him? I enjoy writing about positive topics and relaying inspirational stories, but every now and then I need to ask myself if I really want God’s discipline to purge the apathy and compromise from my life.

It’s not a secret that the dark side is against God’s agenda and persecution will continue to increase against those who are determined to live for Christ.

The reality of people falling away from the faith and the love of many waxing cold is prophesied to happen and should come as no surprise to those who study the scriptures. Nonetheless, the critical declaration to engrave on the tables of our heart is that even if everyone we know drifts away from God and his word, we will remain faithful to his truth and never let go

Our strength as a nation does not come from our separation from each other’s culture but the accepting of each one to become part of our common culture: America. Our culture is made more vibrant by every one who becomes a citizen and brings new spice and excitement to the U.S. experience.

The strength of the U.S. is not the country our ancestors came from but the creation that melts the essence of each subculture into a magnificent experience for all Americans. In the same way metals are strengthened and improved by blending types to create an alloy that is stronger or that has unique desirable properties.

The secret ingredient to the process is blending with the predominate culture. The common good for all citizens strengthens our bond of love for our country.

E Pluribus Unum has been the goal for the United States, let us not reverse it and foster chaos and self-destruction.

No one writes letters anymore

The 'No More' List

Once upon a time I kept writing ‘Gloves’ on the grocery list, but my wife kept not buying them. I like to use disposable gloves when mixing meatballs, pulling apart bacon, and handling steak and chicken. (I don’t wash steak, but I do wash chicken and even use my lighter to burn off pinfeathers.) I also want gloves when I’m forced to pick up a cat or pet a dog—I don’t like it, but it happens.

We both miss items on the list all the time, especially when it’s a mix of different aisles and departments and I don’t have a pen to mark them off. But three times in a row? I’m not a list-fanatic, so it took a while before I realized what was going on.

I discovered three new small containers of ground cloves in the cabinet, and while staring at their labels I realized what was happening: my wife had mistaken my handwritten G for a C. Oh good grief. So I wrote on the pad that hangs from a magnet on the side of our fridge: No more Cloves! I want Gloves: note the G! Somehow she again forgot them, so I finally went out and bought a box myself.

Lately I’ve started a separate list of things she keeps buying that rot in the refrigerator. Often food gets pushed to the back and

should be only a temporary condition. As those immigrants learn more of the culture their appreciation of it will transform them into true Americans. The “salad bowl” perspective is a method of preventing the assimilation process. The progressives have anointed these recent immigrants with the labels of “privileged and protected class” to split our nation into competing tribal groups further dividing our country.

Imagine coming to the U.S. and seeing Americans eating only meat and potatoes. From small towns to major cities Americans can eat foods from all over the world. Pizza from Italy, bratwurst from Germany, tacos from south of the border, wonton soup from China, wine from France and many other dishes have become part of the American experience. Cultural appropriation concerns would eliminate our ability to absorb ideas and various foods into our nation.

A friend of mine recently posted on Facebook that cursive writing should be taught in all schools. I understand her point but, and this is a big but, why bother? Hardly anyone writes handwritten letters these days.

Writing to your loved one, your friends and business acquaintances has gone — dead as a Dodo.

According to the United States Postal Service, we are sending billions fewer letters and cards than we did in the decades before email and texting arrived in our lives. We have become a lazy society and, sadly, heartfelt greetings are conveyed by emailing or texting as the main lines of communication.

I would like to tell you about a professor friend of mine at the University of Glasgow who, each birthday and holiday occasions, sends me a personal, handwritten greeting.

He sends me postcards of art and places of real meaning that he knows I appreciate and his handwriting is so beautiful. I recognise it instantly.

I am talking about a physical communication that arrives in an envelope with a stamp on it.

He takes the time to choose the subject of the postcard and then handwrites the greeting, puts it in an envelope complete with a Par Avion sticker and addresses it to me in my far away location.

It’s a personal message that he pops into one of those round, bright red postboxes at the end of his street. From there it is collected and taken to a postal collection centre, sorted and put on a flight to the United States Postal Service — from whence it is transported via those cute little post vehicles to my outside mailbox at my address in the US. Love letters, thanks, welcomes, farewells and also

of his hand. I know that sometimes we feel discouraged and there are seasons when it appears that only a few really care about the Christian life, but then I remember that God is in control and his disciples are working diligently and this gives me encouragement and hope. Christians may be small in number but will continue to press forward because they know him and love him. What is our message? Jesus Christ freely gave his life and shed his blood so that we could be saved from our sin. He is the only sacrifice that can ransom a soul from being lost and the only authority that can transform and redeem those who will believe. “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose hope is the Lord” Jeremiah 17:7.

In Revelation chapter two, Christ acknowledged the church at Ephesus for their perseverance and work ethic, but he stated they had forsaken their first love which was their personal relationship with him. Many times, as the excitement of salvation becomes lukewarm, we lose our desire and urgency to pray and to obey God’s word and no longer have the joy or enthusiasm to serve him. In chapter three, we see where the church at Laodicea thought they were doing just fine but God said they had also become deceived about their spiritual coldness. Today I encourage us to examine our conscience and not only

INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE

By SUE QUIGLEY sympathy cards become really special when addressed, stamped and mailed.

They don’t need to be written on fancy stationery either. Some of my treasured messages were written on Post-it notes and the back of old envelopes.

Communicating with one another has become so casual that it is meaningless. I am guilty of it too and I don’t like myself because of it. It’s just so easy to open an App on the phone or laptop and dash off a greeting.

We even use short forms like “u” or “lol” (lots of love).

Sometimes though we are not able to send a birthday card to a friend’s home. We are friends, or should I say “acquaintances” only by digital means. Who actually lists their home address on Facebook for example? We have all become paranoid about privacy concerns.

I am very sad that we are moving away from the written word.

It’s all become cut-and-paste or click instead. How can the romance of our treasured letters and cards wrapped in a ribbon possibly be the same as emails archived in the cloud?

We are on the brink of the death of handwriting. One look at younger people’s handwriting will confirm that.

Please start writing letters and thank-you notes again — preferably with a fountain pen. Your friends and family will love receiving them and you’ll also help USPS stay in business.

It only takes a few minutes from our daily routine to make someone happy. Are we not worth it for each other?

identify what is separating us from walking with him but to eliminate it completely.

This is the hour of grace and the window of opportunity for the bride to prepare her wedding gown for the appearance of her groom. Let us shout from the housetops that King Jesus is coming! At this moment, you can ask God to forgive you and he will cleanse your heart and deliver you from whatever is keeping you from a victorious spiritual life. The cares and worries of this journey can beat us down, leaving us emotionally, physically, and spiritually exhausted, but Christ is waiting to restore our hope, faith, and joy. He is the only one who can wash away our guilt and give us a brand-new start. Let us sing this old hymn together, “Send a great revival in my soul, send a great revival in my soul, let the Holy Spirit come and take control..., and send a great revival in my soul.”

Learn more about Billy’s new book, “Convictions and Considerations – encouragement for the soul” at billyhollandministries.com William F. Holland Jr., DD., C.ED.D. is a Christian minister, chaplain, and author. Discover more about his ministry at billyhollandministries.com can be contacted at P.O. Box 1394, Nicholasville, KY 40340

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LEGAL NOTICES IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR HERNANDO COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION File No.: 2019-CP-992 IN RE: ESTATE OF STEPHEN J. KNIGHT, Deceased.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of STEPHEN J. KNIGHT, deceased, whose date of death was July 20, 2019, is pending in the Circuit Court for Hernando County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 20 N. Main Street, Brooksville FL 34601. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative's attorney are set forth below.

All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is the 20th day of September, 2019.

Attorney for Personal Representative: Lani Candelora. Esq. Florida Bar No.: 0121790 5329 Commercial Way, Suite 102 Spring Hill, FL 34606 Email: lani@lanicandeloralaw.com Telephone: (352) 835-3223 Personal Representative: Trisha Lea Knight 10397 Egret Ave Weeki Wachee, FL 34613 (09/20/2019), (09/27/2019)

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR OF THE 5TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR HERNANDO COUNTY, FLORIDA Case No.: 19001625DRAXMX Division HAL V SYLVERS JR, Petitioner, and Candie L. Sylvers, Respondent, NOTICE OF ACTION FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE TO: Candie L. Sylvers 4221 58th Ave N.; St Pertersburg, FL 33714 YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action for Divorce has been filed against you and that you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on HAL V SYLVERS JR whose address is 15219 Stone House Dr; Brooksville, FL 34604 on or on or before 09/26/2019 and file the original with the clerk of this Court at 20 N. Main St.; Brooksville, FL 34601 before service on Petitioner or immediately thereafter. If you fail to do so, a default may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the petition. {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: 8/15/2019 CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT Doug Chorvat. Jr. (SEAL) By: /s/ Makayla Zsiga Deputy Clerk Aug. 30; Sept. 6, 13, 20, 2019 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF HERNANDO COUNTY FLORIDA CIVIL DIVISION CASE NO. 18-CA-1346 SUSAN M. BAKOWSKI Plaintiff, vs.

CAROL JOHNSON AND BRETT E. STOCKER Defendants.

NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to Order dated September 5, 2019 entered in this cause, in the Circuit Court of Hernando County, Florida, the Clerk of Court will sell the property situated in Hernando County, Florida, described as: LOT 44, TALISMAN NORTH, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 18, PAGE 97 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF HERNANDO COUNTY, FLORIDA TOGETHER WITH THAT CERTAIN 1981 CROW MOBILE HOME IDENTIFICATION NO. GAFLIAA28053310 LOCATED ON SAID PREMISES. Property Address: 34950 Louise Road, Dade City, FL 33523 at public sale, to the highest and best bidder, for cash, Outside of the Civil Department, Room 245 of the Hernando County Courthouse, 20 N. Main Street, Brooksville. at 11:00 a.m. on November 12, 2019.

ANY PERSON CLAIMING AN INTEREST IN THE SURPLUS FROM THE SALE, IF ANY, OTHER THAN THE PROPERTY OWNER AS OF THE DATE OF THE LIS PENDENS MUST FILE A CLAIM DATED WITHIN 60 DAYS AFTER THE SALE. /S/ Joseph N Perlman, Esquire Attorney for Plaintiff JoePerlmanLawfirm@gmail.com 28461 US 19 N Clearwater, FL 33761 FBN: 376663 Tel: 727-536-2711/fax 727-536-2714 (09/20/2019), (09/27/2019)

FICTITIOUS NAME NOTICE Notice is hereby given that TIMOTHY R FIANDOLA, owner, desiring to engage in business under the fictitious name of “GULF COAST TECH SERVICE” located in Hernando County, Florida, intends to register the said name with the Division of Corporations, Florida Department of State, pursuant to section 865.09 of the Florida Statutes.

(9/20/2019)

FICTITIOUS NAME NOTICE Notice is hereby given that M.E.O. ENTERPRISES, LLC, owner, desiring to engage in business under the fictitious name of “HOME INSTEAD SENIOR CARE” located in Hernando County, Florida, intends to register the said name with the Division of Corporations, Florida Department of State, pursuant to section 865.09 of the Florida Statutes.

(9/20/2019)

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR HERNANDO COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION Case Ref. No. 19-001000CPAXMX In Re: Estate of MARK SULLIVAN DEMARIA, Deceased.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the Estate of MARK SULLIVAN DEMARIA, deceased, whose date of death was July 24, 2019, is pending in the Circuit Court for Hernando County, Florida, Probate Division, Case Number 19-001000CPAXMX, the address of which is Hernando County Courthouse, 20 N. Main Street, Brooksville, FL 34601. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative=s attorney are set forth below.

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

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 5TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR HERNANDO COUNTY, FLORIDA CIVIL DIVISION CASE NO.: 27-2019-CA-000886 BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC, Plaintiff, vs.

UNKNOWN HEIRS, BENEFICIARIES, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, TRUSTEES AND ALL OTHERS WHO MAY CLAIM INTEREST IN THE ESTATE OF MARIO D. LAQUAGLIA, SR, et al., Defendants.

NOTICE OF ACTION To: UNKNOWN HEIRS, BENEFICIARIES, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, TRUSTEES AND ALL OTHERS WHO MAY CLAIM INTEREST IN THE ESTATE OF MARIO D. LAQUAGLIA, SR LAST KNOWN ADDRESS 4916 N PEPPERMINT DR BEVERLY HILLS, FL 34465 UNKNOWN HEIRS, BENEFICIARIES, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, TRUSTEES AND ALL OTHERS WHO MAY CLAIM INTEREST IN THE ESTATE OF MARIO D. LAQUAGLIA, SR 4477 YORKSHIRE AVENUE SPRIING HILL, FL 34609 LAST KNOWN ADDRESS: STATED CURRENT ADDRESS UNKNOWN

ROSA ELIA ORTIZ VALENCIA Personal Representative 12332 Folger Street Spring Hill, FL 34609

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that an action to foreclose Mortgage covering the following real and personal property described as follows, to-wit: LOT 64 OF OAKLEY PLACE, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 42, PAGES 46-56 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF MANATEE COUNTY, FLORIDA. has been filed against you and you are required to file a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on Orlando Deluca, Deluca Law Group, PLLC, 2101 NE 26th Street, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33305 and file the original with the Clerk of the above- styled Court on or before Oct. 15, 2019 30 days from the first publication, otherwise a Judgment may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

WITNESS my hand and seal of said Court on the 03 day of September, 2019.

Doug Chorvat Jr. CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT As Clerk of the Court BY: Sonya Sanders Deputy Clerk

(09/20/2019), (09/27/2019)

(09/13/2019), (09/20/2019)

The date of first publication of this notice is September 20, 2019.

S. Noel White Attorney for Personal Representative Florida Bar Number: 0823041 SYLVIA NOEL WHITE PA 1108 S. Highland Avenue Clearwater, FL 33756 Telephone: (727) 735-0645 Fax: (727) 735-9375 E-Mail: noel@clearwaterprobateattorney.com

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 10/9/2019 at 10:00AM. Unless stated otherwise the description of the contents are household goods and furnishings.

Susan Freeman unit #0436; Denatae Contrelle Love unit #0442. 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.

(09/20/2019), (09/27/2019)

Legal Notice: This serves as notification that pediatrician, Heather Schramm, MD has passed away. Patient medical records may be obtained from Nature Coast Center for Primary Care at 11097 Hearth Road~ Brooksville, FL or by calling 352263-2903. If you choose to transfer care to another provider outside of this office, you will need to complete and sign a record release form, which you may obtain at the foregoing location or telephone number.

Sept. 13, 20, 27; Oct. 4, 2019

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA IN AND FOR HERNANDO COUNTY CIVIL DIVISION CASE NO. 27-2018-CA-001349 NA VY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION Plaintiff, vs.

ED R. PROSSER A/K/A EDWARD R. PROSSER A/K/A EDWARD REESE PROSSER A/K/A EDWARD PROSSER, HERNANDO HMA LLC D/B/A BAYFRONT HEALTH BROOKSVILLE, AND UNKNOWN TENANTS/OWNERS, Defendants.

NOTICE OF SALE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to Final Judgment of Foreclosure for Plaintiff entered in this cause on April 24, 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: LOT 178, WEEKIW ACHEE RIVER RETREATS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 9, PAGE 60, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF HERNANDO COUNTY, FLORIDA. and commonly known as: 6698 W RICHARD DR, WEEKI WACHEE, FL 34607; 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 October 15, 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 lis pendens must file a claim before the clerk reports the surplus as unclaimed.

DATED this 29 day of August, 2019.

Clerk of the Circuit Court DOUG CHORVAT, JR. By /s/ Sonya Sanders Deputy Clerk (COURT SEAL) (09/13/2019), (09/20/2019)

IN THE CIRCUIT CIVIL COURT OF THE FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA, IN AND FOR HERNANDO COUNTY CIVlL DIVISION Case No.27-2019-CA-000414 Division FIRST GUARANTY MORTGAGE CORPORATION Plaintiff, vs.

KENNETH WAYNE LOLLIE 2ND A/K/A KENNETH W. LOLLIE, II A/K/A KENNETH W. LOLLIE, ,TONI REY LOLLIE, SUNCOAST SCHOOLS FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, AND UNKNOWN TENANTS/OWNERS, Defendants.

NOTICE OF SALE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to Final Judgment of Foreclosure for Plaintiff entered in this cause on September 10, 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: COMMENCE AT THE NE CORNER OF THE SW 1/4 OF SECTION 33, TOWNSHIP 21 SOUTH, RANGE 19 EAST, HERNANDO COUNTY, FLORIDA; THENCE RUN S 00°30’04' A DISTANCE OF 1319.84 FEET; THENCE RUN N 89°52’02" W A DISTANCE OF 333.86 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE RUN S 00°30’04" W A DISTANCE OF 273.94 FEET; THENCE CONTINUE S 00°30’04" W A DISTANCE OF 30.00 FEET, THENCE RUN N 89°51’26" W A DISTANCE OF 332.47 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVATURE ON A CURVE HAVING A DELTA ANGLE OF 90°00’00" RADIUS OF 50.00 FEET, CHORD BEARING OF N 44°51’26" W AND A CHORD DISTANCE OF 70.71 FEET AND A TANGENT DISTANCE OF 50.00 FEET; THENCE RUN ALONG SAID CURVE A DISTANCE OF 78.54 FEET, TO THE POINT OF TANGENCY; THENCE LEAVING SAID CURVE N 00°08’34" E A DISTANCE OF 108.91 FEET TO THE POINT OF CURVATURE ON A CURVE HAVING A RADIUS OF 135.00 FEET, DELTA ANGLE OF 57°25’57", CHORD DISTANCE OF 129.73 FEET; CHORD BEARING OF N 28°34’25" W AND A TANGENT DISTANCE OF 73.96 FEET; THENCE RUN ALONG SAID CURVE A DISTANCE OF 135.52 FEET TO THE POINT OF TANGENCY; THENCE LEAVING SAID CURVE N 57°17’23" W A DISTANCE OF 57.90 FEET; THENCE RUN S 89°52’02" E A DISTANCE OF 495.50 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, TOGETHER WITH AN UNDIVIDED ONE FIFTH INTEREST IN AND THOSE CERTAIN ACCESS AND UTILITY TRACTS DESCRIBED HEREON AS A AND B ACCESS AND UTILITY TRACT A: COMMENCE AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 33, TOWNSHIP 21 SOUTH, RANGE 19 EAST, HERNANDO COUNTY, FLORIDA; THENCE RUN N 00°09’32" E ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID SOUTHWEST 1/4 A DISTANCE OF 1334.10 FEET; THENCE RUN N 89°52’02" W A DISTANCE OF 851.50 FEET TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN OR. 399, PAGE 482 AND POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE N 00°09’32" E A DISTANCE OF 248.50 FEET; THENCE N 89°52’02" W ALONG THE SOUTH RIGHT OF WAY OF MCCLOY DRIVE (50 FEET RIGHT OF WAY) FOR A DISTANCE OF 50 FEET TO A POINT ON THE EAST LINE OF PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN OR BOOK 344, PAGE 914, THENCE S 00°09’32" W A DISTANCE OF 248.50 FEET; THENCE S 89°52’02" E A DISTANCE OF 50.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. ACCESS AND UTILITY TRACT B: COMMENCE AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 33, TOWNSHIP 21 SOUTH, RANGE 19 EAST; HERNANDO COUNTY FLORIDA; THENCE RUN S 00°30’04" W A DISTANCE OF 1319.84 FEET; THENCE RUN N 89°52’02" W A DISTANCE OF 829.36 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, THENCE RUN S 57°17’23" E A DISTANCE OF 57.90 FEET TO A POINT ON A CURVE HAVING A RADIUS OF 135.00 FEET; DELTA ANGLE OF 57°25’57" CHORD DISTANCE OF 129.73 FEET, CHORD BEARING OF S 28°34’25" E AND A TANGENT DISTANCE OF 73.96 FEET; THENCE RUN ALONG SAID CURVE A DISTANCE OF 135.32 FEET TO THE POINT OF TANGENCY, THENCE LEAVING SAID CURVE S 00°08’34" W A DISTANCE OF 108.91 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVATURE ON A CURVE HAVING A DELTA ANGLE OF 90°00’00", RADIUS OF 50.00 FEET, CHORD BEARING OF N 44°51’26" W AND A CHORD DISTANCE OF 70.71 FEET AND A TANGENT DISTANCE OF 50.00 FEET; THENCE RUN ALONG SAID CURVE A DISTANCE OF 78.54 FEET, TO THE POINT OF TANGENCY; THENCE LEAVING SAID CURVE S 89°51’26" E A DISTANCE OF 332.47 FEET; THENCE CONTINUE N 00°30’04" E A DISTANCE TOGETHER WITH THAT CERTAIN YEAR/MAKE; 2001 ANNIVERSARY COLOR ; UNKNOWN ; LENGTH 40 MOBILE HOME, VIN(S) FLFLY70A28820AV21 and FLFLY70B28820AV21 TOGETHER WITH THAT CERTAIN YEAR/MAKE; 2001 ANNIVERSARY COLOR; UNKNOWN ; LENGTH 40 MOBILE HOME, VIN(S) FLFLY70A28820AV21 and FLFLY70B28820AV21 and commonly known as: 12470 TREE STAND TRL, 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 OCTOBER 22, 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 lis pendens must file a claim before the clerk reports the surplus as unclaimed.

Dated this 11 day of September, 2019.

Clerk of the Circuit Court Doug Chorvat, Jr. By: /S/ Elizabeth Markidis Deputy Clerk (09/20/2019), (09/27/2019)

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Obituaries NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING HERNANDO COUNTY BOARD

Tirey, Eamil

RULE TITLE: Hernando County School Board Policies PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The policy handbook sets forth standards for the operation of the Hernando County School Board. The purpose for revising these policies is to align the content to reflect applicable statutory language and incorporate best practices regarding the subject matter herein.

SUMMARY OF RULE: Revisions to Hernando County School Board Policy Manuals: 2019-20 Suncoast Technical Education Center Program Catalog, 2019-20 Adult Education Handbook, 2020-21 Magnet Program Procedures, 2020-21 Controlled Choice Plan; all of which, received tentative approval at the 09/10/19 Workshop SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: Section 1001.41and 1001.42 Florida Statutes.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: Sections, §1001.41; §1001.42, Fla. Stat.

Additional references to specific statutes are identified within each policy as applicable.

A HEARING HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO BE HEARD, ON THE PROPOSED RULE IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE BOARD BYLAWS AND POLICIES. THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE OF SUCH HEARING IS: October 8, 2019, at 6:00 p.m. at the School Board office located at 919 N. Broad Street, Brooksville, Florida 34601.

IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE RULE WILL BE ADOPTED ON October 8, 2019.

DATE AND PLACE NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT PUBLISHED: September 20, 2019, Hernando Sun, Hernando County, Florida.

If requested in writing and not deemed unnecessary by the agency head, a rule development workshop will be noticed in the Hernando Sun and the Board’s website.

Any person requiring a special accommodation to participate in the meetings above noticed because of a disability should contact call 352-797-7000, 48 hours in advance of the meeting to make appropriate arrangements. If any person appearing before the School Board anticipates or expects that he or she might appeal any decision made by the School Board, that person will need a record of the proceedings, and that for such purpose, that person will need to insure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based.

The Agency does not anticipate any the adoption of this rule will (1) have an adverse impact on small business; or (2) directly or indirectly increase regulatory costs in excess of $200,000 in the aggregate in the state within 1 year after the implementation of the rule. Any person who wishes to provide information regarding a statement of estimated regulatory costs, or provide a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative must do so in writing within 21 days of this notice.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED FOR INFORMATION OR TO SUBMIT QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Sophia Watson, Supervisor of Adult & Technical Ed 352-797-7018: 201920 Suncoast Technical Education Center Program Catalog and 2019-20 Adult Education Handbook Dawn Williams, Supervisor of School Choice 352-797-7000: 202021 Magnet Program Procedures, 2020-21 Controlled Choice Plan

Tirey, Eamil, age 81, formerly of Brooksville, Florida passed away Tuesday, September 10, 2019 in Miamisburg, Ohio. He was preceded in death by his former wife Rita Tirey.

Dougherty Linda J., 71, of Brooksville, passed away on Tuesday, September 10, 2019.

She is preceded in death by her husband, John J. Dougherty Jr. She is survived by her sons, Gerald and Kenneth; and 4grandchildren. Src; Merritt Handschuh Jason C., age 47 of Spring Hill, passed away on Tuesday, September 10, 2019. He is survived by his son Jordan, and 1 grandchild. Src; Downing Hunt David C., age 83, of Hudson passed away on Tuesday, September 10, 2019. Src; Downing Arnold Joyce Ella,age 85, passed away on Tuesday, September 10, 2019. Joyce is survived by her husband William.; daughter, Deborah;sons, William (Crystal), Robert (Melissa) and Richard(Christy); 6 grandchildren, and 6 great grandchildren. Src; Brewer Dietz Dorothy Jean, age 83, of Spring Hill, passed away on Tuesday, September 10, 2019. Dorothy is survived by her daughters, Suzanne and Diane; 4 grandchildren; 1 great grandson. Src; Brewer Burns Ethel A., age 77 of Brooksville, passed away on Wednesday, September 11, 2019. She is survived by her daughter Paula (Joe). Src; Merritt Roan Gladys, of Brooksville, passed away on Thursday, September 11, 2019. Src; Jacobs Bailey Sandra Marie, age 55, passed away on Thursday, September 12, 2019. Sandra is survived by her father, Ryan; 4 children, Danielle, Kevin,

Samatha, and Veronica; and 3 grandchildren. Gather will be held, Tuesday, September 24 from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm. at 280 Mariner Boulevard.

Celebration of Life will be held Tuesday, September 24 from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm at the Brewer Chapel. Src; Brewer Zengel John Ambrose, age 73, passed away on Thursday, September 12, 2019. He was a United States Army Veteran.

John was predeceased by his parents, and 3 brothers, Raymond, Francis and Gerard. John is survived by his wife, Gloria; sons, John, Joseph and Jason; and 5 grandchildren. Src; Brewer Holobinka William, age 69, of Spring HIll passed away on Friday, September 13, 2019. He was a United States Army Veteran. He is survived by his wife Joanne; and son William. Src; Downing Grant Joseph C., age 74 of Hudson, passed away on Friday, September 13, 2019.

He is survived by sons, Joseph & (Step) Robert; daughters, Denise & (Step) Delana;and 7 grandchildren. Src; Downing Parkhill Don Leroy, passed away on Friday, September 13, 2019. Src; Turner Kaut Dennis Edward, passed away on Friday, September 13, 2019. Src; Turner Colon Matias, age 84, of Spring Hill, passed away on Friday, September 13, 2019.

He is survived by his wife Josefina; daughters Martha Rosa (Jose), Damary (Jose); and 9 grandchildren. Src; Turner Morici Clara, passed away on Saturday, September 14, 2019. Src; Turner Wall Robert E., Sr. passed away on Saturday, September 14, 2019. Src; Turner Dempsey Kelly Colleen, passed away on Sunday, September 15, 2019. Src: Turner Frybarger Alfred "Fred" G., age 76, of Brooksville, passed away on Sunday, September 15, 2019. He was a United States Marine Corps Veteran.

He is preceded in death by his wife Linda Frybarger. Alfred is survived by his sons, Steven and Michael (Crystal); and 3 grandchildren. Src; Merritt Kelley Mary E., age 74, of Spring Hill, passed away on Monday, September 16, 2019. She is survived by her husband James. Src; Downing

Links to specific matters regarding the Hernando Schools are available at: http://www.hernandoschools.org A copy of the proposed rule is available by contacting the individual identified above.

School board agendas are published online at: http:// hernandocountyschool.iqm2.com/ Citizens/Default.aspx (09/20/2019)

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR HERNANDO COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION File No. 2019-CP-632 Division PROBATE IN RE: ESTATE OF REGINA AMELIA CINTRON a/k/a REGINA A. CINTRON a/k/a REGINA CINTRON Deceased.

AMENDED NOTICE TO CREDITORS (summary administration) TO ALL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS OR DEMANDS AGAINST THE ABOVE ESTATE: You are hereby notified that an Order of Summary Administration has been entered in the estate of REGINA AMELIA CINTRON, deceased, File Number 2019-CP-632, by the Circuit Court for Hernando County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 20 North Main Street, Room 247, Brooksville, Florida 34601; that the decedent's date of death was May 2, 2019; that the total value of the estate is $22,771.00 and that the names and addresses of those to whom it has been assigned by such order are: NAME Theresa C. Greenwald ADDRESS 11127 Warm Wind Way Weeki Wachee, Florida 34613 All creditors of the estate of the decedent and persons having claims or demands against the estate of the decedent other than those for whom provision for full payment was made in the Order of Summary Administration must file their claims with this court WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702. ALL CLAIMS AND DEMANDS NOT SO FILED WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER APPLICABLE TIME PERIOD, 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 Sept. 20, 2019.

Attorney for Person Giving Notice: /S/ Paul H. Nessler, Jr. E-mail Addresses: paulnessler@bellsouth.net Florida Bar No. 0603384 Paul H. Nessler, Jr., P.A. 10002 Cortez Boulevard Spring Hill, Florida 34613 Person Giving Notice: /S/ Theresa C. Greenwald 11127 Warm Wind Way Weeki Wachee, Florida 34613 (09/20/2019), (09/27/2019)

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