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Purchasing and Contracts Manager James Wunderle explained that the differences in estimated completion time and cost are a result of the shipwreck that was discovered after the Bayport Pier was being assessed for damages following hurricane Irma in 2017.

With the preservation of the wreckage now a factor in the rebuilding of the pier, an additional $94,585.95 has been added to the cost, and a contract awarded to Cardno,

Inc. for the oversight and “Cultural Resources Monitoring Services.” Wunderle explained that buoys will be placed around the perimeter of the shipwreck before the pier construction commences, and that the monitoring part of the contract pertains to construction of the pier not violating the boundary of the buoys.

Wunderle also reported that FEMA funding is available for this project, “appropriate methods and processes” must be followed in order for the county to be reimbursed.

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Community pays tribute to the Uptown Art Gallery coordinator

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By JULIE B. MAGLIO HERNANDO SUN

n a brief interview with Hernando Sun reporter Alice Mary Herden, Judith McIntire, Uptown Art Gallery Coordinator at Brooksville City Hall spoke about the importance of art in her life. She explained, “I was born into a family with three very active artists: my mother and my aunts.” She combined her talent for photography and watercolor painting. “Creativity is what it’s all about, it doesn’t matter what medium it is, and it soothes the soul.”

“I like the variety I see in the artists in the Hernando County area,” stated McIntire. “Artistic talent lies deep and carries on from the birth to the grave,” she said. Exhibits at the Uptown Art Gallery featured artists of all ages during her tenure.

McIntire lost her battle with cancer on Oct. 5, 2019 and we have compiled some comments on the impact she made on our close knit community.

From the Uptown Art Gallery: Our beloved friend, mentor and colleague, Judith Ellen McIntire, 76, of Weeki Wachee, Florida passed away on Saturday October 5th, 2019.

She was best known locally as the Uptown Art Gallery Coordinator located in Brooksville City Hall for the last 6 years and a member of Nature Coast Art League (formerly Spring Hill Art League).

We, the community are proud of the work she did at the gallery supporting multiple showcases of the many talented community members ages See MCINTIRE Page 20

Judith McIntire with a humorous painting she completed during a recent en plein air art outing.

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What makes Hernando County great? It’s the residents that come together when there is a need in the community. They go above and beyond to fill it. Social media and television is overloaded with tragic and sad things happening. It’s good to witness and hear about something positive to remind us there is still good in the world.

Friday October 18, 2019, I had the privilege of witnessing citizens of Hernando County coming out to help make one little boy’s life a little brighter. Jesus is his name, he “Helping is 9 years old, and people in in the 5th need is what grade. will make He loves this country skating great.” boarding, fishing, soccer, biking riding, and hanging out with his friends. On Friday night, despite the rainy weather he got to experience the love, of strangers lining up inside the McDonald’s, with all sorts of gifts for him.

What led to this amazing event? Well here is the back story. Jesus is the son of a local Brooksville couple Bernando and Kimberly. His parents work hard everyday but struggle to make ends meet. What they aren’t able to provide in material items they make up for with lots of love for their son. Jesus and his mother Kimberly made a quick stop to the Mcdonald’s at Spring Hill Crossing near Target and Kohls. It was here that they met Donald Breland and his daughter Allison. Jesus gave Allison a compliment on her shoes. Donald saw that Allison had tears in her eyes. She had no-

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BROOKSVILLE, Fla. --- It is a magical time of the season!

It is that time of the season — 4A District 6 Tournament time — and there’s magic everywhere and every team brings their own magic.

Tuesday night October 15, Hudson High School made their magic against Weeki Wachee High School, falling in the first game and looked like it would be a long night for the Cobras.

Hudson High School volleyball coach Stephen Jones, looked at his team, he made the right speech and Hudson High School returned to the court and finished the Hornets in four games, 3-1 and continued their way to the District finals against Nature Coast Tech High School.

Against the Sharks, Thursday night October 17, the magic ran out for the Cobras as they felt the bite of the Sharks and Hudson High School was See CHAMPS, Page12

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETINGS School Board Meeting Nov. 19, 2019 2:00 PM Location: HCSD DISTRICT OFFICE - BOARD ROOM 919 N. BROAD STREET BROOKSVILLE, FL 34601 Planning and Zoning Commission Regular Meeting Monday, November 12, 2019, 9:00 AM Location: JOHN LAW AYERS ROOM 20 NORTH MAIN STREET BROOKSVILLE, FLORIDA 34601 Brooksville Housing Authority Tuesday, November 19, 2019, 5:00PM Location 201 HOWELL AVENUE, BROOKSVILLE, FL - JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON, III COUNCIL CHAMBERS

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Oct. 25- 31, 2019

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University of Florida will release thrip to control Brazilian Pepper on 40,000 acre ranch

Oct. 24, UF researchers and scientists will release the first biological control insect, the Brazilian peppertree thrips, or Pseudophilothrips ichini, against the problematic tree at Adams Ranch on Oct. 24 at 10 a.m. to noon in Fort Pierce. Former State Senator Ken Pruitt will deliver a keynote address.

UF has been studying the thrip for more than 10 years UF/IFAS’s Norman C. Hayslip Biological Control Research and Containment Laboratory, 13 miles east of Adams Ranch.

The tree is the state’s most serious invasive weed, costing the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the South Florida Water Management District combined more than $4.7 million every year to control. Today, more than 700,000 of Florida’s natural areas, ranchlands and highway roadsides are consumed by the trees.

The densest infestations are in the Florida Everglades, according to Ronald Cave, director of IRREC. Another insect, the yellow Brazilian peppertree leaf galler, or Calophya latiforceps has gained approval for distribution as well and will be mass-reared for release at a later date.

“The biological control agents approved for release have been under study for over a decade and were deemed safe by federal and state scientific authorities. These insects feed and reproduce only on Brazilian peppertree,” Carey Minteer said.

Minteer is an assistant professor and invasive plant research leader at the UF/IFAS Hayslip Lab. Officials with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) ensure insect biocontrols are safe to release.

Work at the local UF/IFAS facility began over 17 years ago, but preliminary research began in the late 1980s.

“The tree is much smaller in its natural habitat and does not reproduce as it does in the United States,” said Jim Cuda, UF/IFAS entomology and nematology professor and Fulbright Scholar based in Gainesville. Cuda’s entire career, which began as an assistant research professor in 1998, is devoted to the study of Brazilian peppertree.

“Florida has a long and storied history of weed biological control success stories, beginning with alligator weed in the 1960s,” Cuda said. “Brazilian peppertree will undoubtedly be added to that list of successes.”

Approved for release in June 2019, the first distribution of thrips took place July 16 in Davie. More thrips have been released in MiamiDade, St. Lucie, Brevard, Collier, Hillsborough and Polk counties, said Minteer.

In the next year, the thrips and leaf galler will be mass-reared at the UF/ IFAS Hayslip Lab and distributed to the public, who will complete the work to control Brazilian peppertree in Florida, Minteer said.

President Donald J. Trump Approves Major Disaster Declaration for Florida WASHINGTON – FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Florida to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by Hurricane Dorian from Aug. 28 to Sept. 9, 2019.

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Federal funding is also available on a costsharing basis for hazard mitigation measures statewide.

Thomas J. McCool has been named as the Federal Coordinating Officer for federal recovery operations in the affected area.

McCool said additional designations may be made at a later date if warranted by the results of further damage assessments.

Attorney General Moody Sponsors Cybersecurity Awareness Resolution TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Attorney General Ashley Moody presented a resolution on Tuesday at a Florida Cabinet Meeting recognizing October as National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. NCSAM emphasizes personal accountability, stressing the importance of taking necessary precautions to improve cybersecurity at home and at work. The Governor and Florida Cabinet unanimously passed the resolution.

Attorney General Ashley Moody said, “The rapid growth of criminal activity on the internet is a serious threat to Floridians.

Please be aware of the harmful tricks that scammers and cybercriminals utilize in an effort to steal your money and identity. Make sure you are equipped with up-to-date and secure programs to protect your personal and sensitive information—and if you see cyber fraud, contact my office by calling 1(866) 9NO-SCAM or visit MyFloridaLegal.com.”

The Federal Trade Commission’s 2018 Consumer Sentinel Network Data Book indicates that Florida experienced the second most identity theft reports in the country. Florida also received the fourth most data breaches nationwide in the last 10 years of any state, according to a study by Comparitech. The most common targets of scammers and cybercriminals are businesses, government agencies and seniors.

Earlier this month, Attorney General Moody issued a Consumer Alert providing general online safety tips to avoid common online scams.

Uber removes driver accused of shooting teen passenger HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — Uber has removed a driver who’s accused of accidentally shooting a teen passenger in her ankle.

News outlets report Uber says 27-year-old Adrian Harper no longer has access to its app.

Uber’s legal policy says it prohibits riders, guests and drivers from carrying firearms of any kind.

Harper is licensed to carry concealed firearms and has been charged with culpable negligence in the Sunday shooting that wounded 15-year-old Bailey Braun.

Hollywood police say Harper was trying to put his gun in a holster when he accidentally pulled the trigger.

Braun tells the Miami Herald that she didn’t realize she had been shot at first, but then she saw the blood. Bailey says Harper had stopped to pick up more passengers when the shot was fired. Harper’s gun has been confiscated.

Panel backs removal of sheriff over school shooting response

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The tragedy of the Parkland school massacre framed a developing political drama in Florida’s capital, as a divided legislative panel on Monday sided with the state’s Republican governor in removing a county sheriff accused of mishandling the response to the shooting that killed 17 people.

The mostly party line vote by Florida’s Senate Rules Committee sends the matter to the full chamber, which is expected to consider it Wednesday.

The highly charged session was a victory for Gov. Ron DeSantis, who suspended Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel just days after taking office in January. DeSantis faulted Israel’s handling of the Feb. 14, 2018, shootings that took the lives of 15 students and two staffers at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

The committee rejected the recommendation of an official the Senate had appointed to investigate the suspension.

That investigator, former state Rep. Dudley Goodlette, concluded that DeSantis was wrong to remove the sheriff from his job.

“There was a case to be made, it just wasn’t made,” Goodlette told the committee.

Afterward, Israel said that if the full Senate finalizes his ouster, he will seek election for his old job.

His lawyer, Benedict Kuehne, called the proceedings “a shill” for the governor.

Israel’s allies on the panel — all Democrats — argued that removing Israel circumvented the will of the voters in Broward County.

Some relatives of those killed in the Parkland tragedy gave emotionally charged testimony to the panel.

“Even after 20 months, it is difficult to find meaning in this tragedy,” said Ryan Petty, whose 14-year-old daughter Alaina died in the massacre.

“We didn’t understand the magnitude of the failures by law enforcement. The testament to that failure is 17 dead children and teachers, 17 more with life-altering injuries — a burden we must bear forever,” Petty said.

DeSantis had promised on the campaign trail that he would remove Israel. He did so as one of his first actions after taking office, accusing the sheriff of neglect of duty and incompetence in his department’s response to the shootings.

“This is an extraordinary case,” George Levesque, DeSantis’ lawyer told the committee. “The governor’s not out there willy-nilly suspending sheriffs because of the actions of deputies.”

Levesque said Israel should be held responsible for the three failures at his department: not appropriately investigating threats made by suspected shooter Nikolas Cruz before the massacre; deputies who didn’t rush into the school to confront Cruz during the shooting; and not establishing an effective command base to respond to the shooting.

The sheriff’s supporters traveled more than 400 miles from Broward County, just north of Miami, to Florida’s capital city to urge lawmakers to reinstate Israel, who was first elected in 2012.

“Please be the body that doesn’t turn its back on the voters of Broward County,” said Patti Lynn. “Our county voted for Sheriff Scott Israel. It’s up to the voters of Broward County to remove him.”

Earlier in the day, Israel’s attorney argued that the governor’s office failed to prove that Israel showed incompetence.

DeSantis is required “to prove by facts — not suspicion, not innuendo, not belief — the basis for the suspension,” Kuehne said. “The failure of the governor to prove the charges requires reinstatement.”

Committee members were in an awkward position, especially since the governor will have control of bills and budget items the lawmakers will eventually send his way during the 2020 legislative session.

The committee met shortly after the Senate gaveled into special session.

Senate President Bill Galvano was asked afterward if there was pressure on Republican senators to go along with the governor.

“I have faith in the senators that they’re going to rise to the occasion, look at everything and adhere to the standard, which is what, in their conscience, is best for the people of Florida,” Galvano replied.

ANIMALS IN THE NEWS Inmate charged with feeding iguanas to alligator at jail zoo KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say an inmate at a Florida Keys jail fed iguanas, including one considered a pet, to an alligator at a small zoo run by the jail.

The Miami Herald reports the Monroe County jail inmate, Jason Aaron Gibson, was charged Monday with animal cruelty. He was already being held on a vehicle theft charge.

Another inmate told deputies he was feeding a sloth on Sunday when he heard a thump and saw Gibson tossing an iguana named Mojo into the alligator pen. The 6-foot-long (2-meter-long) alligator chomped down on Mojo and dragged him off. Deputies learned Gibson tossed another iguana to the alligator last month.

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Animal Farm houses about 150 confiscated or abandoned animals.

It’s unclear whether Gibson has an attorney who can comment. ___ Information from: The Miami Herald, http://www.herald.com Editor’s Note: jail zoo?

Bear relocated after visiting Florida school’s trash bin OCALA, Fla. (AP) — Florida wildlife officials say they’ve captured and relocated a black bear that had been eating out of a trash bin at an elementary school.

The Ocala Star-Banner reports that Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission trapped the bear Friday and moved it to the Ocala National Forest.

Officials say the bear had been visiting Ocala Springs Elementary School at night for weeks and eating chicken feed used by the school’s agriculture club.

A conservation commission bear biologist is working with school administrators to prevent attracting bears in the future. One suggestion is to replace the existing trash bin with a bear resistant model. ___ Information from: Ocala (Fla.) StarBanner, http://www.starbanner.com/ SeaWorld releases rescued manatee back into Florida waters The Associated Press undefined OAK HILL, Fla. (AP) — A manatee named Bingley has been released back into Florida waters after treatment of an injury.

The manatee was found injured in May by the Florida Wildlife Commission and treated at SeaWorld’s Marine Animal Rescue facility.

SeaWorld officials who released the 440-pound (200-kilogram) creature last week in Oak Hill, an Atlantic coastal community, say Bingley had been hit by a watercraft, damaging one of its lungs.

“He was floating high, which is a very abnormal for a manatee. He was unable to dive,” said SeaWorld Orlando veterinarian Stacy DiRocco, adding the injure had made Bingley unable to forage at the time.

SeaWorld says it has rescued 36,000 ill, stranded and orphaned sea animals since the early 1970s with the goal of treating and returning them to the wild.

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Sheriff announces death of Sergeant Louis Genovese Sheriff Al Nienhuis is saddened and deeply regrets to announce the sudden passing of Sergeant Louis “Lou” Genovese.

Sergeant Genovese was hospitalized approximately three weeks ago after a sudden onset medical condition.

During that time, physicians worked tirelessly to correct that condition.

Sergeant Genovese passed away peacefully last night, surrounded by his loving family, friends, and Hernando County Sheriff’s Office family. He was 41 years old.

Louis Genovese started his career at the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office on 09-01-06 as a Public Service Aide. On 12-12-06, he became a cadet, attending the law enforcement academy. On 07-09-07, Lou was promoted

to Deputy Sheriff, and on 02-11-18, Deputy Genovese was promoted to the rank of Sergeant in the Patrol Division.

Sergeant Genovese graduated from Springstead High School in 1996. He received a Baccalaureate Degree in Biblical Studies from Zion Bible College in 2000 and was currently working to attain a Master’s degree.

“Lou was a man of God, who was loved and respected by his coworkers, his friends, and his family. This is a heart-wrenching loss. A few years ago Lou realized that he could have an even greater impact on the agency and the community by taking on a role as a leader and mentor. Lou and I spoke often about his progress in college, and about

recent leadership revelations, he had as a sergeant and mentor. I genuinely looked forward to him taking on additional responsibilities in the years to come. The silver lining is that Lou left a legacy and example that will have a positive impact on the agency for many years to come,” Sheriff Al Nienhuis.

To say that Lou will be missed is a gross understatement. He was a gentle giant with a smile that stretched from ear to ear, who always had a kind word and a welcoming hug.

Please keep Lou’s family, friends, and co-workers in your thoughts and prayers as we go through the coming days, weeks, and months.

Sheriff’s Briefing Notes 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).

and 10-11-19, a teacher found a vague threat written on a table, reported to SRO on 10-17-19 – It is unknown who wrote it or how long it had been there before the teacher learned of it – Active investigation – 2019-33968.

Wednesday 10/16

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o Possession of Methamphetamine/DWLSR – County Line Road/Sparks Road – Deputy observed two suspicious at dead end of road – Driver of one of the vehicles advised deputy that her license was suspended – A search incident to arrest revealed 13.43 grams of methamphetamine – Arrest/Female – 2019-34129.

o Death Investigation – District 2/ Zone 3 – Male/23 YOA – Possible Overdose – Active Investigation – 2019-33836. o Commercial Burglary - District 2/Zone 1 – A storage container behind the business was broken into – Nothing of value was kept inside – Active investigation – 2019-33820. o Sexual Battery – Unknown Location in Hernando County – Deputies responded to an elementary school to meet with the victim – Offense occurred at unknown location – Active investigation – 2019-33828. o Possession of Firearm/ Ammunition by Felon/Possession of Marijuana – Mondon Hill Road/ Wishbone Road/Brooksville – Deputy conducted a Traffic Stop at this location – Driver advised he had marijuana and a firearm in the vehicle – Driver was convicted Felon – Arrest/Male – 2019-33930.

• Schools: o Weeki Wachee High School – Possession of Vaping Device – Student – Citation and School Discipline – 2019-33789. o Central High – Possession of Possession of Vaping Device – Student – Juvenile Civil Citation – 2019-33788. o Central High – Battery – One student battered another – 201933835.

Thursday 10/17 • Deputies responded to: o Attempted Suicide – District 2/ Zone 1 – Male/52 YOA – Baker Act – 2019-33986. o Death Investigation - District 1/ Zone 5 – Male/77 – Preliminary investigation reveals that male died by suicide – Active investigation – 2019-33950. o Fleeing to Elude – Talisman Estates/District 1/Zone 7 – Male on a dirt bike fled from deputies when they attempted a Traffic Stop – Male discarded the dirt bike and continued to flee on foot, over a barbed wire fence – Active investigation – 2019-33984.

• Schools: o Central High – Possession of Alcohol by Minor – Student brought alcohol to school in a juice bottle – Juvenile Civil Citation – 201933959. o Central High – Possession of Vaping Device – Student – Juvenile Smoking Citation – 2019-33975. o Powell Middle – Possession of Vaping Device – Student – Juvenile Smoking Citation – 2019-34007. o Explorer K-8 – Battery – One student battered another – Juvenile Civil Citation/School Discipline – 2019-34002. o Parrott Middle – School Threat – Sometime between 10-07-19

Friday 10/18 and Weekend

o Organized Fraud – District 1/ Zone 5 – Manager discovered that an employee was stealing from the store over a period of time – Arrest/ Female – 2019-34094. o Aggravated Battery w/a Deadly Weapon - District 1/Zone 5 – Boyfriend and girlfriend, who reside together engaged in a verbal disturbance that escalated into the female stabbing the male in the back and the arm – Male was transported to the hospital by a family member – Female was gone when deputies arrived at the residence to look for her – Deputies went back the next day and located her – Arrest/Female – 2019-34197. o Domestic Battery - District 2/ Zone 7 – Boyfriend battered girlfriend – Arrest/Male. o Retail Theft/Possession of Anti-Theft Defeating Device/Petit Theft - District 21/Zone 2 – Male and female were observed to be shoplifting – Deputies located male inside store and placed him in custody – Female was located in a van in the parking lot – Also in the van was numerous other items, with security tags still on, from various other retailers – Arrest x2 Male and Female – 2019-34245. o Wanted Person/Resist w/o Violence – 16270 Friendly Road/ Brooksville – Deputies received information regarding a wanted person at this location – Upon arrival, suspect fled out the back – Suspect was located and apprehended by K-9 Chase (and Deputy Andrews) – Arrest/Male – 2019-34284. o DWLSR/Resist w/o Violence/ Possession of Counterfeit License Plate Validation Sticker/Provide False Info to LEO – Hiawatha Parkway/Spring Hill – Deputy conducted a traffic stop – Driver refused to open window, provide any info to deputy, or comply with any instructions – Driver eventually provided a name and DOB (which was false) – Deputy determined the individual’s actual identification and learned he was driving on a suspended license – Deputy also discovered the tag on the vehicle was improper, and the sticker on the tag was counterfeit – Arrest/ Male – 2019-34328. o Child Neglect - District 2/Zone 2 – A driver spotted a 4-year-old male walking in area of Northcliffe/ Landover – Driver stopped to help the male/prevent him from getting hit by a vehicle – The male said he was lost and looking for his daddy – Deputies located the child’s residence where a male was found to be under the influence of an intoxicant – Male advised he went

to the store, leaving the child at home – Male was arrested for Child Neglect – Mother was contacted to return home to care for the child – DCF notified – 2019-34337. o Aggravated Assault w/Weapon/ Possession of Concealed Firearm - District 1/Zone 9 – Two males engaged in a verbal disturbance, over the store clerk, in the store parking lot – One male threatened to use a firearm on the other – Upon arrival, the male did have a concealed firearm but not a concealed weapons permit – Arrest/ Male – 2019-34332. · Schools: o Springstead High – Baker Act – Student used a knife to cut self before school – 2019-34112. o Central High – Agency Assist/ Baker Act – Student cutting self – Baker Act completed by Baycare – 2019-34115. o Central High – Baker Act – Student making statements regarding ending life – Past history of attempts – 2019-34133. o Fox Chapel Middle – Baker Act – Student making statements regarding cutting wrists – 201934119.

Monday 10/21 • Deputies responded to: o Commercial Burglary/Vehicle Burglary – District 2/Zone 3 – Unknown suspect(s) took multiple items from the business and from within a vehicle belonging to the business – Occurred over the weekend – Active investigation – 2019-34364. o Suspicious Incident/SWATTING Call – District 2/Zone 3 – Communications Center received a call from a male who stated he shot his parents and had a bomb and would “shoot cops if they got close” – Deputies arrived to find the residents in the home knew nothing of the call – Active investigation – 2019-34414. o Aggravated Battery/Criminal Mischief - District 2/Zone 5 – Female went to the home of another female to confront her about an old social media post – After the argument, the female (who came over) started damaging the other female’s vehicle – When the female (resident) came back outside to see what was going on, the suspect female put her car in reverse and struck the victim with it – Suspect then fled – Deputies located her at her own residence and placed her under arrest – 2019-34416. o Sexual Battery - District 1/Zone 5 – Alleged to have occurred sometime around 09-23-19 – Active investigation – 2019-34403.

• Schools: o Endeavor – Baker Act – Student – Voices in head telling student to cut/kill self – 2019-34370. o Westside Elementary – Suicide Threat – Student threatened to end life – During the investigation it was determined the student made the statement out of anger, due to not getting his way in class – Student had no intent to do self-harm and did not meet Baker Act criteria – 2019-34394.

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Tuesday 10/22 · Deputies responded to:

CEMEX employee rescued from stuck elevator at cement plant

o Missing/Endangered/Runaway Juvenile – District 2/Zone 5 – Active Investigation – 2019-34487. o Recovered Stolen Vehicle District 2/Zone 5 – 2019-34514. o Felony Battery - District 2/ Zone 1 – Male/17YOA who has been staying at this residence for a few months became engaged in a verbal disturbance with the homeowner – This escalated when the male punched the homeowner in the eye, breaking, fracturing the orbital socket – Arrest/Male – 2019-34583. o Commercial Burglary/Stolen Vehicle/Fleeing to Elude - District 2/Zone 1 – Stolen Vehicle is a Titanium (colored) Ford Fusion brand new – Active Investigation – 2019-34602. o Sexual Battery - District 1/Zone 4 – Active Investigation – 201934596. o Missing/Runaway Juvenile - District 1/Zone 5 – Active Investigation – 2019-34586. o Death Investigation/Suicide - District 1/Zone 1 – Male/45YOA – Active Investigation. o Aggravated Assault - District 1/Zone 7 – Brother and sister (adults) engaged in a verbal disturbance – This escalated when brother head butted and punched the sister, then swung a machete in the direction of sister and her grandson – Brother fled on foot – Deputies unable to locate – Active Investigation – 2019-34594. ·

Schools:

o Parrott Middle – Suspicious Person – Deputy Evans located a Suspicious Person on the property, near the track – Male was cooperative, and left without incident – 2019-34485. o Central High – Possession of Cannabis Concentrate – Student in possession of vape pen cartridge that tested positive for THC – Arrest/Female – 2019-34516. o Central High – Possession of Vaping Device – Student in possession of vaping device – Juvenile Smoking Citation – 201934515. o Nature Coast High – Possession of Nicotine Dispensing Device – Student in possession of a vape cartridge and a bottle of nicotine vape juice – Juvenile Civil Citation and School Discipline – 2019-34528.

(Brooksville, FL) at 3:15pm today Hernando County Fire Rescue (HCFR) responded to the Cemex Plant at 103111 Cement Plant Rd. in Brooksville, for reports of a man trapped in an elevator.

The caller stated that an elevator had a malfunction causing the elevator to drop several floors. The elevator was trapped between floors and the man could not exit.

HCFR arrived on scene and determined that the man did not sustain any injuries but was trapped.

The elevator was stuck approximately 145 feet above ground. Members of the HCFR Technical Rescue Team(TRT) responded and performed a high angle rope rescue of the trapped employee.

The man was able to be rescued successfully without sustaining any injuries. The employee was able to return to work after the incident.

HCFR responded to the scene with 1 fire engine, one ladder truck, one rescue, two Battalion Chiefs and the HCFR TRT with a total of 9 personnel.

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Hernando BOCC to ask Pasco to share County Line Road widening costs

UF/IFAS Extension Hernando County has a new meeting room and laboratory

by JULIE B. MAGLIO julie@hernandosun.com

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The Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) decided to defer their decision until November 15, 2019 to ask the State Legislature for County Line Road improvement funding until the board and staff can speak to their Pasco county counterparts about their contribution to the project, since Pasco County borders the roadway to the south.

The requested $21,201,510.00 is slated for the design and right-of-way acquisition before actual construction to widen County Line Road from East Road to Shady Hills Road. The county’s match is expected to be $1,000,000, obtained from gas tax and impact fees for District 4 roads, although the possibility exists that impact fees will not need to be limited to the district in

which the project takes place.

Commissioner John Allocco expressed concern that County Line roadway projects have usually fallen on Hernando county, and Pasco county has not made the projects a priority. Regarding the amount of funding required for design and preparation, Allocco said, “So we’re looking at spending close to $17 million of money (to be) appropriated for Hernando county going to buy property on the Pasco side (to acquire the right-of-way).

Think about that. They’ve got to make it a priority on their side.”

Commissioner Steve Champion agreed, and said that Hernando has spent “untold millions” and would like to see Pasco do their part in spearheading this portion of the project. Champion also suggested that there could be other projects demanding more immediate attention for which the county could use the funding.

On Thursday October 10, University of Florida IFAS (Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences) Extension had an open house to celebrate the recent expansion of their facility located at 16110 Aviation Loop Dr, Brooksville, FL 34604.

They were able to acquire the additional space after AMskills, a manufacturing training program, moved out of the building.

The additional space provides them with a large conference room and a laboratory. There was a lot of work to be done to clean up the new space and build it out to meet their needs. IFAS agents and numerous master gardeners contributed to the clean up and renovation efforts.

Extension staff members Ashley Centola and Theresa Weglarz came up with the new layout of the space, and took it upon themselves to drive the renovations and aesthetics forward, including painting, re-purposing of furniture, etc. Three volunteers that really put in a lot of effort are Barb Hart, Connie Kuehner (both master gardener volunteers) and Sarge Dendy.

Nancy Moores, 4-H agent, explained that Sarge Dendy, with Theresa’s assistance, built the sea grass and aquaculture beds

outside the facility using scrap wood. Sarge has worked tirelessly morning noon and night on the various construction projects. The seagrass grown at IFAS are sent to area schools where students continue to propagate the seagrass and then plant them out in Hernando Beach. Brittany Hall Scharf, Hernando County IFAS sea grant agent, runs the seagrass program.

Each IFAS agent that serves businesses and residents in the county spoke a little bit about what they do.

Nancy Moores, 4-H Youth Development Extension Agent, described the 4-H program. Each year 4-H members go to the state capitol and learn about the intricacies of democracy. In the 4-H program each student receives six or more hours of education each year. They serve around 3,000 children annually.

IFAS Family and Consumer Sciences Agent, Scott Tayler explained that they partner with around 31 organizations in the county including United Way. He helps individuals and organizations with financial literacy training which includes a variety of topics from simply balancing a checkbook to preparing for retirement.

He says he can provide emergency financial assistance planning and states that typically it’s not See UF/IFAS Page 5

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that will help generate revenue for the course, with the potential to improve its condition. As well, membership to the golf course would be included in the purchase price of a home in the development.VICINITY MAP The current driving range however, will be converted into homesites, and a new driving range will be constructed elsewhere on the Oak Hills course. The clubhouse is also expected to be reconstructed in another location.

Developer Tony Benge stated in a public meeting PARK on September 3, 2019 that 1.50 AC. the modern home buyer is looking for a smaller home, rather than the large “McMansions” that were fashionable a decade or so ago. The planned residences are described as “villas,” each between 1200 - 2300 square feet, D.R.A. two bedrooms and two NoNOrRTH bathrooms. The average thcClLIFF iffEeBLV lot size was reported by BlDv. d Garman as 40’ x 90’. The starting price for each is planned to beTYPICAL $200,000.

UNIT ABOVE: Proposed development master plan Variations NON-ATTACHED for each villa include optional single-car which as not yet been defined. The garages, stand-alone or development will be gated, with the attached and one or two gate placed well enough to the north story floor plans. to allow for “stacking” of vehicles, Though the density of so as not to impede traffic flow on the planned development Northcliffe. Emergency access will project will be higher than the surrounding residential also be available through the golf course, which has another connection areas, Michelle Miller to Northcliffe. of the County Planning Garman advised that “offsite and Zoning Department improvements may be needed” to reported that the density construct a gravity sewer system and does not need to mirror the surrounding areas, as it pumping station, as the golf course is currently served by septic tanks. is a stand-alone area with The project is also to include a lift separate zoning. Miller station and piping additions to extend addressed a question to Deltona Boulevard. Provisions are

by Commissioner John to be made to connect the golf course Scharch on how the proposed density of the new clubhouse and restroom facilities to development compares with this sewer system. The development will have an agreement Hernando the 2010 plan, reporting County Utilities Department (HCUD) that the “density would for sewer and potable water services. be lower, but the intensity Miller added that additional utilities would be higher,” since the original plan included non- studies will be performed, and that the Benge Corporation has agreed to residential establishments make improvements as needed. such as restaurants and Comments from the public in retail. “In terms of the attendance expressed disapproval. overall impact, it is less with this new development Most often cited reasons for disapproval were; the the already proposed.” snarled traffic at Explorer K-8 The development will during the start and end of the school have a primary entrance day, water drainage concerns, and from Northcliffe, which a degradation of property values. extends 215 feet into Though it was stated that the new the development, and development is not to be a rental a secondary entrance 1

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community, and the goal of the golf course is to remain open, a few residents doubt it.

Garman addressed the flooding issue by showing the site map with a drainage retention area (DRA) situated on the Northcliffe side of the property, adjacent to the proposed entrance drive. Another DRA will be constructed in the middle of the property, and a third in the northeast corner, adjacent to Keysville. Garman stated that Procivil 360 has “local jurisdiction on drainage permitting” and that his firm also must act in accordance with the Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD), which stipulates that “(a building project) cannot degrade the quality or quantity of water running off the site.”

Garman admitted that there are issues with traffic in the area, and that a traffic study will need to be completed. He did say that he anticipates the entrance being accessible by right-turn only, when heading west on Northcliffe, due to the limited sight distances and size of the existing median.

Chris Hanning of Public Works and Engineering addressed the board confirming that traffic on Keysville and Puritan will also be included in the traffic analysis. A Traffic Signal Warrant Study is a separate analysis

to determine if a traffic light should be installed in the areas in question.

To determine the cost allocation if a signal is needed, Planning Director Ron Pianta said developer would be responsible for the signal placement if it is determined that the development generated enough traffic to warrant the signal.

School zoning was another often stated concern of citizens speaking to the board. Miller reported that the development is expected to generate 28 new students to the district, 13 for Spring Hill Elementary, 6 for Fox Chapel and 9 for Central High School.

You can find the article on the initial public information meeting here: https://www.hernandosun.com/ article/spring-hill-residents-unhappyabout-development-proposal

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The Planning and Zoning Commission voted unanimously at the October 14, 2019 meeting to recommend approval for the Comprehensive Plan Amendment (CPAM1902) amending the Future Land Use Map from Recreational to Residential for a 20-acre property near Oak Hills Golf Course. The property, partially located at the north corner of Northcliffe Boulevard and Puritan Lane is planned to be a residential community of 90 homes currently designated as Oak Hill Villas.

However, in a separate vote to rezone the property from Planned Development Project (Recreational) to Planned Development Project (Single Family), the votes tallied 4-1, with Commissioner Alia Qureshi voting against the change.

County Commissioners will vote on both items at a future meeting.

Alan Garman of ProCivil 360 -- a Brooksville Design Consulting firm -represented the developer Benge Development Corporation, and introduced the plan for the proposed development, starting with the most recent history of the planned land use.

The previous Master Plan approved in 2010 was for development of a golf vacation destination. The entitlements to the property included extended stay villas and motel rooms with some residential lots available. The area was also to include a restaurant and conference center with a capacity for 500, 40,000 square feet of shops, a health club and a learning center. The commission was asked to remove these entitlements with the exception of the 18 residential lots, which would remain in congruence with the new plan.

The plan is not to close or otherwise affect the current layout of the Oak Hills golf course. On the contrary, Garman reported that Oak Hills Golf Course owner, John Corporletti sees the development as a move

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grasses through the school year. We have some educational programs where they learn about our shrimping industry, the economics behind it; the importance of our wetlands and the wildlife that use it.”

She explained that at the end of the school year, they work with Mike Singer, the county’s conservation lands specialist to replace Brazilian pepper and Lead trees with the native marsh grasses.

She thanked Hernando County Environmental Land Protectors and Sarge for the newly installed aquaponics system. She explained that they partner with the Florida Bass Conservation Center in Webster who supplies them with catfish twice a year. IFAS then raises them in the aquaponics tanks and will be used to stock ponds here in Hernando County. They host a kids fishing clinic as well.

In one of the tanks they are growing eelgrass thanks to a partnership with Duke Energy. The eel grass will be planted in the Weeki Wachee River.

There are some floating rafts too, where master gardeners are growing herbs and veggies they hope to be able to donate to the Dawn Center.

Another tank raises mosquito fish to be used in 4-H cattle troughs. She explained that mosquito fish are used in their salt marsh system for biological control.

Currently underway is the horseshoe crab monitoring program. They are tagging female horseshoe crabs to monitor where they nest.

Through a University of Florida grant, UF students will educate boat ramp users about the shallow nearby seagrass beds and best practices to prevent their destruction. Our scallop population is highly dependent on healthy seagrass beds.

Matt Smith is the Multi-County Agent specializing in Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems. He is out in the field the majority of the day. He remarked that Hernando County is a special place because we have a nice urban area, but there is still great farming around. He said the most recent USDA report he’s seen stated that $23 million in products come out of Hernando County agriculture.

“Y’all have really good blueberry growers here, vegetable growers, amazing u-pick operations like JG Ranch,” said Smith. He also mentioned Florida Sun Hops, the largest hops grower in the state of Florida, which is located in Hernando County.

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so much of a resource problem as it is an education problem.

He emphasized that residents of the county can receive free financial coaching through the master money mentor program made possible by a joint grant from University of Florida and Bank of America.

4-H Agent Nancy “Unfortunately bad decisions in our Moores twenties can take us into our forties to fix,” says Taylor.

The Family and Consumer Sciences program has also assisted 10 homeless families this year secure an apartment or qualify for a mortgage.

Dr. William Lester is the Urban and Community Horticultural agent. He works with homeowners as well as school age children through programs at Pinegrove Elementary as well as homeschoolers. He is also involved with a multi-county septic and drainfield education program.

“I get to do a little bit of everything.

I’m also the Master Gardener Program coordinator,” said Dr. Lester. He thanked the master gardeners for all their assistance in preparing the new space. Lester spoke about the vegetable garden that the master gardeners run at The Arc Nature Coast Neff Lake campus.

“I know they are well on their way to being able to raise a lot of vegetables over there and the residents really enjoy being involved in that,” he said.

“I also want to point out that the master gardeners, through the nursery where we raise and sell plants to the public, last year they put in a grand total of well over 6000 volunteer hours… which is over $150,000 in value to the community. We’re very proud of them.”

He explained that master gardeners will use the new lab in their training and in order to learn about diagnosing various problems.

They also plan to look into providing CEU training for professionals.

Dr. Lester works very closely with Lilly Browning, Hernando County’s Family Friendly Landscaping program coordinator who conducts composting and rain barrel classes and a variety of other classes at the county’s libraries.

“They work hand in hand, making sure our homeowners are as educated as possible,” said Moores.

Brittany Hall Scharf is Hernando County’s Sea Grant Extension Agent.

“Now that we have this entire office, I’ve been working with Sarge to expand our systems out here,” she said referring to the tanks and planting beds outside of the facility.

“We have our salt marsh nursery- we have three species of salt marsh grasses in that nursery. We work with Chocochatti where Seagrass beds at UF/IFAS Extension Hernando the elementary kids will grow some of those County

UF/IFAS Extension volunteer Sarge Dendy shows County Commissioner John Mitten the tank where they are growing eel grass and mosquito fish.

farming as well as food safety. Smith works with growers to tackle any problem they are experiencing on their farm.

“Anytime a grower has an issue- they have an insect they can’t ID or problems with irrigation, calibration, identifying diseases, I come out there and help them find a solution.

If I don’t know the answer, that’s okay because I have partnerships with the rest of the university,” said Smith.

“I work with specialists at research stations all around the state. I’ve brought a lot of specialists to our area to help out with hard to decipher problems.”

“Having this expansion here in the building has been really nice because whenever I am here, it’s either teaching, diagnostics or meeting one on one with growers.”

He’s also involved in the new farm to school program in Hernando County. On Tuesday Oct. 14 the lunch served at Challenger K-8 was grown entirely by local farmers.

“It’s the first concrete step in really getting that system in place,” remarked Smith.

Nancy Moores stressed the importance of community partnerships. “Extension is really a partnership from the beginning with our roots as a land grant university program. We’re bringing in money, we’re bringing in people and of course we’re outputting education.”

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'Sound bites' on Live Oak's "The Little Mermaid"

Rehearsing for The Little Mermaid in the NEWLY RECONFIGURED Theater. Live Oak has returned to their original thrust stage.

Get the backstage scoop on Live Oak's latest production: "The Little Mermaid" from Director Kyle Marra, Music and Artistic Director Randi Olsen and Directing/Acting Coach Vince Vanni From Randi Olsen, Little Mermaid Music Director and LOT Artistic Director: I’ve been in love with the characters, the melodies & the incredible orchestrations of The Little Mermaid since the original film came out when I was a teenager.

It was one of the first films I saw that really married the modern American musical theater genre to the screen and I’ve been obsessed with it ever since!

The chance to bring some of my favorite childhood characters like Ariel and Sebastian and Ursula to the stage is a dream come true.

Now that we’ve settled into our building, our creative team was ready for another Wizard if Oz or Narnia like challenge and The Little Mermaid was perfect!

Virtually every aspect of this show presents a creative challenge in one form or fashion. The actors are sea creatures for a good amount of time and both the costumes & their movements need to reflect that. The sets must switch back and forth between land and sea seamlessly in order for the scenes to progress smoothly. The only way to tackle these challenges effectively and efficiently is through creative collaboration which happens to be one of our specialties here at Live Oak Theatre.

The Little Mermaid has been a collaborative effort on all levels of production. In fact, the best part about putting this show together has been seeing young leaders rise up within the cast. So many of the teens and young adults in our cast have learned to look at a show from more than just an actors point of view. Many of the Live Oak kids who have grown up in our company to be Live Oak teenagers and young adults. Over the years, we’ve trained them to think like directors and choreographers, and this show has provided an opportunity for them to step into some of those roles.

For example, some have joined the choreography team or have been entrusted to block certain scenes.

Some of them are creating costumes and working with lighting and sound.

It has been rewarding to see their talents bloom.

Another obvious challenge of producing a show like The Little Mermaid is adapting such a huge show to our intimate space. We’re excited to announce that we’ve met this challenge by significantly changing our seating format and extending our stage to the floor of our theatre. This creates a theatre in the round like setting similar to what the producers on Once on This Island did on Broadway.

We think our audience will be delighted with the new seating arrangement which gives them better sight lines and will allow them to become fully immersed in their theatre experience!

Audiences should expect an immersive experience as they dive down to Ariel's magical underwater world.

They will get to be up close and personal with her, her colorful friends, and her crafty enemy.

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Thanks to Live Oak's ingenious lighting techs, the audience of " he Little Mermaid" will be immersed "Under the Sea." think like directors and choreographers, and this show has provided an opportunity for them to step into some of those roles. For example, some have joined the choreography team, others have been entrusted to block certain scenes. It has been rewarding to see their talents bloom.

Audiences should expect an immersive experience as they dive down to Ariel's magical underwater world.

They will get to be up close and personal with her, her colorful friends, and her crafty enemy. It's a show that families won't want to miss.

Putting Mermaid together comes with a variety of challenges, I wouldn't say there is a greatest From Vince Vanni, challenge. We have a new Directing/Acting Coach seating design that our cast and Marketing Director: must adapt to, we have a slightly condensed turnWhat has really jumped around time from start of up at me in this producrehearsals to the first show tion, is the leadership that date, and there are quite a is developing among our few pivotal numbers in the company members. As we show. However, we have continued to grow, leaders an amazing team, and by are emerging as choreogdividing and conquering we raphers, assistant directors have been surging forward. and directors, and chorus The best part about putting directors. Watching the this show together has been young people guiding othseeing young leaders rise ers is really gratifying. You up within the cast. So many must see their leadership of the teens and young and creativity at work. adults in our cast have learned to look at a show Black and White from more than just an actor’s point of view. They

About the Show The Little Mermaid will be performed at the Morsani Center for the Arts, 21030 Cortez Boulevard, Brooksville, Florida over three weekends on November 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23 and 24, 2019. Shows are 7:30 pm on Fridays and Saturdays with 2:30 pm matinees on Saturdays and Sundays.

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The Little Mermaid is a stage musical produced by Disney Theatrical, based on the animated 1989 Disney film of the same name and the classic story of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen about a mermaid who dreams of the world above the sea and gives up her voice to find love. Its book is by Doug Wright, music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Howard Ashman (written for the film), with additional lyrics by Glenn Slater.

The musical began Broadway previews on November 3, 2007 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. the production officially opened on January 10, 2008 and closed on August 30, 2009 after 685 performances and 50 previews.

After the Broadway production closed, changes were made to the score and book, including introducing a new song, "Daddy's Little Angel.” The various changes in these productions have been incorporated into the official version of the show that Disney Theatrical currently licenses for regional and professional productions.

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Assembling the graveyard 5% Off $50 Purchase can include salsa, guacamole and some scallions. with this ad! Exp: 11/30/19 Cut various gravestone shapes from the tortilla (Excludes Meat Packages) wraps and lightly fry them in hot oil on the stove. You Check us out on Facebook! can be as creative as you like here and include ghosts 7601 Horse Lake Rd., Brooksville, FL and scary-looking trees as (352) 593-5483 www.CarlislesMeatMarket.com well.

Once the shapes have cooled, take a large pan and spread the salsa or guacamole evenly over the base – or both if you prefer.

A small bunch of parsley, watercress or some finely chopped scallions can be Witches Fingers. scattered on top to represent grass. Finally, place a large punch bowl. Use your gravestone shapes in the juice after draining the any position you like. lychees or some blackcurrant cordial to deepen the Stuffed Hot Dog flavour and colour. Stir well.

Mummies Add the eyeballs, remaining These are really simblueberries and serve. Tip: ple to make. You’ll need Freeze a batch of eyeballs to a bunch of hot dogs and use in the punch. some packages of crescent rolls. Make a slit down Spider Web Brownies the center of each hot dog Finally, for a sweet lengthwise being careful Halloween treat, spider web not to slice all the way brownie bites take just a few through. Stuff with some minutes to make especially shredded cheese and then if you buy the brownies Hot Dog Mummies. wrap them with strips of beforehand. the crescent roll pastry.

Melt white chocolate in Bake until the pastry is a double boiler and keep it golden brown. warm. In a second double To serve, spread a can of boiler, melt the semisweet chili sauce on the bottom dark chocolate and put in of a serving dish, arrange a pastry bag fitted with a the mummies and then add round #2 decorating tip. some candy eyes.

If you don’t have double boilers, simply place a Spider Web Brownie.

Witches Fingers heatproof bowl over a pan These fingers require four ingredients: Pretzel rods, bright green candy coating, sliced almonds and a tube of black gel food coloring.

Make the finger nails first by painting each sliced almond with the black gel food colouring. Set aside until dry.

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THIRD ANNUAL MUTT STRUT - SATURDAY, OCT. 26, 2019 4 PM TO 5:30 PM AT CREWS LAKE WILDERNESS PARK Dog costume contest and parade. Friendly, socialized dogs on a leash are welcome to come with their owners to participate in the costume contest and/or march in the parade, which will be held inside the Crews Lake Park. All donations will go to the San Francis Veterinary Hospital Angel Fund, which provides financial relief to those whose pets require medical care that causes them financial hardship. Your donation could help save a life!

Special thanks to Crews Lake Middle School's Marching Band for leading us off this year!

Hosted by San Francis Veterinary Hospital Acupuncture and Laser Center

HERNANDO HISTORICAL MUSEUM ANNUAL HAUNTED HOUSE FESTIVAL

Oct. 25 & 26.

7 PM to 11:00 PM

There will be a bonfire with marshmallows roasting and Story Telling, a Fortune Teller, $1.00 Children's maze, Free children's games, face painting, food trucks and homemade baked goods.

For more informaation, call 352-8351535 OR 352-835-1626 May Stringer House - 601 Museum Court, Brooksville, FL

HYL Day: How the Hernando Youth Leagues are Shaping Lives Through Sports -October 26, 11am WHEN: Saturday, October 26, 2019 @ 11 AM WHERE: 800 John Gary Grubbs Blvd, Brooksville, FL 34601

Order tickets at eventbrite.com or pay at the door

Home Cooked & Restaurant Contest

Roundtable discussion with coaches, players and parents on the importance of youth league sports.

This event is part of the Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Celebrating Sports in America.

People around the country are drawn to compete in sports. Still more gather on the sidelines to cheer for their favorite athletes and teams.

Nowhere do Americans

more intimately connect to sports than in their hometowns. The Historic Hernando Preservation Society, in cooperation with the Florida Humanities Council, is celebrating this connection as it hosts “Hometown Teams: How Sports Shape America,” a traveling exhibition from the Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street program. “Hometown Teams” is on view at the Hernando County Mining Association Enrichment Center “The Quarry” 800 John Gary Grubbs Blvd, Brooksville, FL 34601.

The exhibit runs through

Weekly Classes at WellCome Om Integral Healing & Education Center 4242 Lake in the Woods Dr.; Spring Hill

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.

Movement Studio Classes When: 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.

Meditation Saturdays Every Saturday 2-3PM Join in an incredible meditative experience.

Each week, we will be journeying somewhere new and unlocking new practices and deeper levels of meditation. Saturday 10/19/2019: Body Scan Meditation: Deepen the connection to your body and energy as you are slowly guided to connect with, feel into, breathe into, and scan your body.

Be EMPOWERED No-Cost Youth Workshops for Middle School/High School ages When: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 5:30-6:30 pm Where: The Heal Building on campus at 4242 Lake in the Woods Dr. Spring Hill, FL 34607.

Description: Be Empowered is a no-cost 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.

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.

Just Poets Writing Club at WellCome OM Calling all Poets and Poetry Fans! “Just Poets” is a group whose members have a love of Poetry.

We share our own work as well as that of established authors. We provide feedback and support, have presentations and display framed poetry at the City Hall Art Gallery every three months. We welcome all the many voices our community embodies and always look forward to new friends. It is the Write Place. Just Poets group meets every 2nd Thursday of the Month at 3:00- 5:00 pm at WellCome OM Integral Healing & Education Center located at 4242 Lake in the Woods Drive, Spring Hill, FL 34607.

Spooktacular Fun & Games for Teens and Tweens Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM

A Be EMPOWERED October Special! Good, clean, spooky fun. Whodunit mysteries & more!

Admission is FREE. Light snacks provided.

Space is limited - sign up today!

We Invite you to Arts and Crafts at WellCome OM Center!

November 2, 2019, 11-1 PM “Family Time is the best time” Shadow Box Art A fun activity for all! Create a photo page with acrylic stamps, ink, and cricut cuts. Add your photo(s) and you have a very special gift or home décor to display.

All supplies and a 12 x 12 shadow box frame will be provided. $25 per project Must pay upon sign-up and register prior to October 30th Optional: Bring a 5 X 7 photo or two 4 x 6 photos to add to your page.

This workshop is taught by Kelly Savarese, "Close to My Heart" Consultant and lover of DIY crafts!

To reserve your craft: www.wellcomomcenter.com 352-600-4242 Cancellation Policy: Classes require advanced preparation and have limited seating. Cancellations made less than 24 hours before a scheduled class will not be refunded.

If you cancel less than 7 days but more than 24 hours in advance of a scheduled class, you will receive a credit to your account, but we will not offer a refund.Cancellations made 7 days or more in advance of the scheduled class may receive a 100% refund.

• 80 Acre Shooting Facility • Clubhouse • Skeet Trap & Five Stand Range • IDPA • USPSA • Silhouette • CMP Rifle • Precision Pistol • Action Rifle • Bowling Pin • Archery • Youth Programs • Cowboy Action Shooting ® • SASS • 4H Shotgun & Rifle

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Try Out Your Favorite Shotgun at Our Fine Skeet, Trap and Five Stand Range

GUN & KNIFE SHOW AT THE CLUB

October 26 & 27, 2019

Saturday 9AM-4PM, Sunday 9AM to 3PM ADMISSION: $6.00 Will be held at the Hernando Sportsmans Club on US19, 9.5 miles north of HWY 50: 16121 Commercial Way (US-19); Brooksville, Fl. 34614 BUY - SELL - TRADE • OPEN TO THE PUBLIC The gun show will feature all types of new, used, and antique firearms, knives, and related accessories for sale.

For info call 352-597-9931

www.hernandosportsmansclub.com

Cost: Adult admission tickets are $6 at door, with children 16 and under admitted free with adult. Free parking. Food and beverages available for purchase.

November 9th, 2019.

We are very pleased to be able to bring “Hometown Teams” to our area. It allows us the opportunity to explore this fascinating aspect our sports history. We have developed Saturday events in conjunction with the “Hometown Teams” exhibit, include HYL Day: How the Hernando Youth Leagues are Shaping Lives Through Sports (October 26, 11am).

The “Hometown Teams” exhibit is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, as are all the events listed. All events will be at the Hernando County Mining Association Enrichment Center “The Quarry” 800 John Gary Grubbs Blvd, Brooksville, FL 34601. Exhibit hours will be Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m: through November 9th, 2019.

Nov. 1 - 16, 2019 Show Palace in Hudson

A hilariously insightful play about the ways men and women relate, Defending the Caveman has both sexes roaring with laughter and recognition. You'll find yourself affectionately nudging your significant other recognizing yourselves in the stories being told on stage. Defending the Caveman holds the record as the longest running solo play in Broadway history and now's your chance to see why!

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Submit briefs to pr@hernandosun.com EDUCATION 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/.

Michigan Club will be having lunch at Papa Joe's Restaurant, 6244 Spring Lake Rd., Brooksville on Thursday, November 14th at 12 noon. Dinner is planned on Friday, November 15th at 4:00PM at Sonny's BBQ, 4731 Commercial Way, Spring Hill. Our monthly meeting will be at Nativity Lutheran Church, 6363 Commercial Way, Weeki Wachee on Wednesday, November 20th at 12:30PM. Please contact Phyllis Kreft, 734-612-9939 or Barb or Dave Selbach, 352-592-9663 for further information.

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 Bayfront Health Hospital located at 17222 Cortez Blvd, Suite 120 Brooksville, FL. As a group, NARFE supports legislation beneficial to current Federal employees and annuitants and opposes legislation contrary to their interests. There will be no meeting in October or November. Contact Dennis Foley at 352-7546160 or e-mail peacock1973@att.net for information.

Pesky showers are going to be a threat here in Hernando County every day through the weekend with chances set at about 40 to 50% each day. High temperatures will mostly be in the mid to upper 80s and lows near 70. Looks like the chance of rain will drop to the slight category by Halloween and slightly cooler with highs near 80. Can you believe that when we set our clocks back in a couple of weeks, Sunset will be at 5:42 p.m.

Oh good grief as Charlie Brown would say. At least the sun will be coming up early with sunrise at 6:43 a.m. Our night sky continues to feature the planet Jupiter to the Southwest after sunset and a half moon rises in the Eastern sky in the early morning after 3 a.m. Check out my Facebook page Tampa Bay Weather Watch, co-sponsored by the Hernando Sun and I will keep you updated on any big developments during the week.

Last Friday morning, a tropical cyclone was sitting in the Gulf about 230 miles south of the coast.

The storm began to intensify rapidly and gained full tropical characteristics and grew into tropical storm Nestor which made landfall in the Florida Panhandle on Saturday. Three tornadoes were reported in our state from Nestor with the strongest Friday night in the western part of Polk County.

We had our share of effects from Nestor with wind gusts of 30 to 40 miles per hour along with three to four inches of rain across the county. My email is weather1@ charter.net, In case you have any weather questions or need weather data of any type.

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

Information regarding the workshop is listed below: Dates and times 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 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 727534-4941.

Unitarian Universalist Church in the Pines program schedule for October will build on the theme: AGING IN GRACE. Oct. 27, will be Finally Reaching Your Potential by Ellen Paul. Services begin 11:00 am at The Heather community center, 9100 Nakoma Way, Weeki Wachee. A potluck lunch and discussion always follow.

Hernando Youth Orchestra is seeking young musicians, ages 6 to 18, to play in a real orchestra. Need lessons? An instrument? Maybe we can help. Want to play in a band someday? Start now! You'll learn teamwork and discipline. You will work with other young musicians to make beautiful music and every hour you spend with us counts toward Community Service.

We rehearse Sundays 3:30-5:00at The Heather Community Center, 9100 Nakoma Way, Weeki Wachee.

Sign up at our website, www.hernandoyouthorchestra. org.

A Christmas Movie Christmas UPtv, 7pm Original Film!

After making wishes to Santa, Eve (Lana McKissack) and her cynical sister Lacy (Kimberly Daugherty) wake up and find themselves trapped inside a Christmas movie where they are the stars.

Batwoman: "Who Are You?" The CW, 8pm A new villain with an eye for all things that sparkle drops in on the city. Kate (Ruby Rose) attempts to find a balance between her personal life and her new role as Gotham's guardian.

Deadline: Crime With Tamron Hall: "Innocence Lost" Investigation Discovery, 8pm Season Finale!

In July 2006, 22-year-old Tori Vienneau and her 10-month-old son Dean are both found strangled in their home.

No Time Like Christmas Lifetime, 8pm Original Film!

After Emma finds her college boyfriend's engraved watch at a vintage jewelry shop, her sister Bronwyn believes it is a sign and decides to play cupid by secretly sending Emma to the same Vermont bed and breakfast as her long-ago love.

NFL Football: Green Bay at Kansas City NBC, 8:15pm Live A shootout might be in store tonight on Sunday Night Football as the Green Bay Packers face the Chiefs at Kansas City's Arrowhead Stadium.

The Top Ten Revealed: "Rockin' Ghoulish Songs" AXS TV, 8:30pm Host Katie Daryl is joined by a panel of music experts -- Randy Jackson, Dee Snider, Sebastian Bach, Bruce Kullick and more -- to count down Halloween favorites like Michael Jackson's "Thriller," Ozzy Osbourne's "Bark at the Moon," Oingo Boingo's "Dead Man's Party" and other classic creepy tunes.

NCIS: Los Angeles: "Provenance" CBS, 9:30pm In the new episode "Provenance," the NCIS team searches for a stolen painting valued at $40 million after online chatter indicates the artwork is being sold on the black market to fund terrorist activity.

The Rookie: "Tough Love" ABC, 10pm As part of their second phase of training, the rookies are asked to develop their first confidential informants.

E! True Hollywood Story: "Horror Movies: Cursed or Coincidence?"

E!, 10pm Zak Bagans -- paranormal investigator, author, collector and founder of The Haunted Museum in Las Vegas --

the contest entry. The contest artwork is anticipated to depict the cooperation of children and citizens with law enforcement.

There will be three age divisions, with prizes as follows for each division: First, a $100 gift card; Second, a $75 gift card; Third, a $50 gift card, and Fourth, a $25 gift card. Additionally, the twelve winning artworks will be featured on a rotating basis on the Crime Stoppers Facebook page and will be used in a planned Crime Stoppers calendar for 2021.

Four area businesses are assisting with the project as the official drop-off locations for completed art work.

Hernando County Crime Stoppers gratefully acknowledges Carlisle’s Meat Market, the Greater Hernando County Chamber of Commerce, Papa Joe’s Italian Restaurant, and Strike City Bowling Lanes.

Please visit our website, and LIKE our Facebook page, HernandoCountyCrimeStopper.com to keep up with news and activity, to reach the online link or toll-free TipLine number or to download the free P3 app.

If you would like your group or organization to learn more about Crime Stoppers, please email to secretary@hernandocountycrimestoppers.com to arrange a presentation.

The mission of Hernando County Crime Stoppers is to empower the community to have safer neighborhoods, schools and work environments by providing a voice that citizens can use to stand against criminals without fear of retaliation.

Crafters, Artists, Merchandise and Food Vendors Wanted Calling all artists, crafters, merchandise & food vendors: St. Frances Cabrini located at 5030 Mariner Blvd. in Spring Hill will be hosting its annual namesake’s Festival “The Feast of Mother Cabrini” November 7th-10th, 2019 . Do not miss a chance to be a part 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.

Live Oak Theatre 2019-2020 Snowbird Season Tickets Are Available Brooksville, Florida (September 26, 2019) – Tickets for Live Oak Theatre’s 2019-2020 Snowbird Season are now available. Season tickets offer reserved seating for each show. All performances are now held at the Carol & Frank Morsani Center for the Arts, 21030 Cortez Boulevard, Brooksville, Florida 34601.

To order season tickets call the box office at 352593-0027, email LiveOakBoxOffice@Gmail.com or purchase online at www.LiveOakTheatre.org.

The Snowbird Season of three shows beginning in November and ending in early April is $50. Children’s tickets for the full season are $15 when purchased with an adult season ticket.

Live Oak Theatre’s Snowbird season consists of the following: The Little Mermaid on November 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23 and 24, 2019 The Best Christmas Pageant Ever on December 13, 14 and 15, 2019 Around the World in 80 Days – an original musical adaptation of the classic family favorite on March 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29 and April 3, 4, and 5, 2020 An additional show, Live Oak Goes to the Movies – a musical tribute to our favorite family-friendly movies will be performed May 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, and 10, 2020.

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.

HEALTH & WELLNESS Hernando County Prescription Drug Take Back Day & Community Education Event WHAT: The Hernando County Sheriff’s Office, Hernando County Fire Rescue, Hernando Community Coalition, RALI Florida, Code 3, and Walmart will join together on October 26 to welcome the community to participate in National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. National Take-Back Day is a safe, convenient, and responsible way to dispose of unused or expired prescription drugs.

The event will also offer free at-home medication disposal kits, as well as tours of the RALI Cares educational trailer to provide adults over 21 an interactive experience in a mock teenage bedroom. Attendees will learn from retired law enforcement from Code 3 about the possible warning signs of drug abuse or use. RALI Florida has partnered with Code 3 to bring the RALI CARES tour to Florida as part of its continued effort to educate communities and families on the importance of prevention in addressing the opioid crisis.

There will also be lots of fun for children including hot dogs, popcorn, temporary tattoos, and other giveaways and the Hernando County Fire Rescue fire engine from 11 am to 1 pm.

The RALI CARES educational trailer is traveling to events throughout Florida in partnership with RALI Florida community organization partners to officially launch the RALI Florida alliance and educate Floridians on proper use, storage, and disposal of prescription medications.

WHO: The Hernando County Sheriff’s Office, Hernando County Fire Rescue, Hernando Community Coalition, RALI Florida, Code 3, and Walmart invites the Hernando community to participate in Take Back Day and an educational community event.

WHEN: Saturday, October 26 from 10 am - 2 pm WHERE:Walmart Neighborhood Market 14344 Spring Hill Dr. Spring Hill, FL Ongoing Adult Grief Support Groups HPH Hospice offers these ongoing, free support groups for adults. There is no need to register.

For more details, please call the Bereavement Department at 727-816-3647.

HERNANDO COUNTY Second and fourth Tuesdays 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.

HPH Hospice, 12254 Cortez Boulevard Brooksville Second and fourth Thursdays 3 – 4 p.m.

HPH Hospice, 12254 Cortez Boulevard Brooksville People Helping People Health Clinic 1396 Kass Circle; Spring Hill, FL 34606 The Health Clinic will be open on: Wed. Nov. 6, Nov. 20, Dec. 4, Dec. 18 from 10am to 1pm Uninsured low-income clients can register and be evaluated by a Nurse Practitioner for general medical problems. For information please call: People Helping People 352-686-4466 or 352650-9006 Oak Hill Hospital Continues Its Popular For Your Health Community Education Series with a Special Symposium Entitled “The Latest Treatments for Chronic Pain of the Shoulders, Elbows, Feet & Ankles” Spring Hill, Florida – Oak Hill Hospital will continue its popular For Your Health Community Education Series with a symposium entitled, “The Latest Treatments for Chronic Pain of the Shoulders, Elbows, Feet & Ankles,” on Wednesday, October 30, 2019, from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm at Heritage Pines Country Club, 11524 Scenic Hills Road, Hudson, FL 34667 The seminar panel includes: Dragomir Mijic, DO – specializing in shoulders, elbows and general orthopaedics Dolfi Herscovici, Jr., DO – fellowship trained foot and ankle specialist

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Nature Coast Community Service Foundation seeks unwanted RVs to help house homeless people. RVs must be drivable, but those needing some inside repair are OK. Donations are tax deductible. NCCSF is a 501(c)3 organization that serves the homeless where they live with food, clothing, bedding, and compassion.

For more information or to donate call 352-600-9555.

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THE ARTS Crime Stoppers art contest is announced Brooksville, FL – Hernando County Crime Stoppers, Inc. is pleased to announce the first Crime Stoppers Art Contest. The contest is open from September 28 through November 30, 2019. Contest guidelines and entry form are available at HernandoCountyCrimeStoppers.com.

The artwork submitted in the contest must relate to the mission of Crime Stoppers. To help artists understand the scope of the program, they are encouraged to visit www.hernandocountycrimestoppers.com and review the information. Replications of any photos may not be submitted. The Crime Stoppers logo may not be used as

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discusses with actress Linda Blair (The Exorcist) and others horrifying tales from film sets, including bone-chilling incidents actors experienced during and after production, and the terror-inducing haunted objects that inspired some of the scariest movies of all time.

Silicon Valley HBO, 10pm Season Premiere!

The biting satire of the tech industry begins its sixth and final season. At the end of last season, the Pied Piper team was expanding after a rare victory against their competitor Hooli.

Madam Secretary: "Valor" CBS, 10:30pm Henry (Tim Daly) encounters surprising resistance in his fight for legislation that helps Veterans Affairs provide better mental health care in the new episode "Valor."

Mrs. Fletcher HBO, 10:30pm New Series!

Based on a novel by Tom Perrotta, Mrs. Fletcher is the coming-of-age story of empty-nest mother Eve Fletcher (Kathryn Hahn) and her college freshman son, Brendan (Jackson White).

Monday, Oct. 28 "The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror" Marathon FXX, beginning at 6pm FXX conjures up a 12-episode marathon of The Simpsons Halloween specials beginning with the first "Treehouse of Horror" from Season 2 in 1990.

The Neighborhood: "Welcome to the Wagon" CBS, 8pm Dave (Max Greenfield) and Tina (Tichina Arnold) discover a common bond when they attend a concert together in the new episode "Welcome to the Wagon."

All American: "They Reminisce Over You" The CW, 8pm When Spencer (Daniel Ezra) tries to talk to Layla (Greta Onieogou) about what is going on, things don't work out quite as he hoped.

NFL Football: Miami at Pittsburgh ESPN, 8pm Live The Pittsburgh Steelers welcome Ryan Fitzpatrick and the Miami Dolphins into Heinz Field for a Week 8 Monday Night Football matchup on ESPN. 9-1-1: "Monsters" FOX, 8pm Athena (Angela Bassett) and the 118 respond to bizarre emergency calls on Halloween, including a flock of crows terrorizing a field trip, an office employee having a close encounter with an eightlimbed creature and a ghost-like girl wandering a neighborhood.

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The Voice: "The Battles, Part 5/The Knockouts Premiere" NBC, 8pm The Battle Rounds conclude and the Knockout Rounds begin with coaches Kelly Clarkson, John Legend, Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani's strongest team members remaining from the Battles.

Princess Diana's Wicked Stepmother Smithsonian Channel, 8pm This one-hour special examines the icy relationship between Princess Diana and her stepmother, Countess Raine Spencer.

Below Deck: "Weekend at Brandy's II" Bravo, 9pm Charter guest Brandy continues to stress the entire crew with her intoxicated shenanigans, culminating in an emergency beach rescue.

All Rise: "Fool for Liv" CBS, 9pm In the new episode "Fool for Liv," Lola (Simone Missick) contends with a famehungry defendant (guest star Bianca Santos) and a circus-like courtroom while presiding over a celebrity's murder trial.

Prodigal Son: "All Souls and Sadists" FOX, 9pm When Bright (Tom Payne) uncovers a childhood photo of himself and his murderous father Martin (Michael Sheen), he is forced to focus on repressed childhood memories.

The Deuce HBO, 9pm Series Finale!

The series starring James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal, which chronicles the era when Times Square served as the heart of America's sex trade, comes to an end after three seasons.

Bluff City Law: "The All-American" NBC, 10pm Sydney (Caitlin McGee) and Elijah (Jimmy Smits) try two separate cases for an ex-college football star who is dying.

Tuesday, Oct. 29 NHL Hockey: Tampa Bay at N.Y. Rangers NBCSN, 7:30pm Live Steven Stamkos and the Tampa Bay Lightning are at New York's Madison Square Garden to skate against Mika Zibanejad and the Rangers on NBCSN. The Conners: "Nightmare on Lunch Box Street" ABC, 8pm Jackie (Laurie Metcalf) learns that the Chinese restaurant is going out of business and sees an opportunity to reopen the Lunch Box, but she's caught by surprise when she uncovers a secret.

The Flash: "There Will Be Blood" The CW, 8pm

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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.

ONGOING Hometown Teams: How Sports Shape America Now until Nov. 9 The Mining Association Enrichment Center 800 John Gary Grubbs Blvd, Brooksville, Florida 34601 Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Celebrating Sports in America is now in Brooksville!

People around the country are drawn to compete in sports. Still more gather on the sidelines to cheer for their favorite athletes and teams.

Nowhere do Americans more intimately connect to sports than in their hometowns. The Historic Hernando Preservation Society, in cooperation with the Florida Humanities Council, is celebrating this connection as it hosts “Hometown Teams: How Sports Shape America,” a traveling exhibition from the Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street program.

“Hometown Teams” is on view at the Hernando County Mining Association Enrichment Center “The Quarry” 800 John Gary Grubbs Blvd, Brooksville, FL 34601. The exhibit runs through November 9th, 2019.

We are very pleased to be able to bring “Hometown Teams” to our area.

It allows us the opportunity to explore this fascinating aspect our sports history. We have developed Saturday events in conjunction with the “Hometown Teams” exhibit, include HYL Day: How the Hernando Youth Leagues are Shaping Lives Through Sports (October 26, 11am).

The “Hometown Teams” exhibit is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, as are all the events listed. All events will be at the Hernando County Mining Association Enrichment Center “The Quarry” 800 John Gary Grubbs Blvd, Brooksville, FL 34601. Exhibit hours will be Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m: through November 9th, 2019.

Cooter Festival WHEN: Weekend of Oct. 24 – 27, 2019 WHERE: at Depot 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. 25-27 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 Child Safety Awareness Day Please join us to celebrate CHILD SAFETY AWARENESS DAY on Saturday, October 26, 2019, from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm at American Legion Post 186, 12091 Cortez Blvd., Brooksville, FL 34613. Our goal is to provide safety products to deserving families from the Brooksville area. Your support and generosity would be greatly appreciated. Let's show our neighbors in Hernando County that we care about their children's safety. For information please contact Gary Newell at 352-537-0880.

Craft Fair & Bake Sale St. Mary, Our Lady of Sorrows, Catholic Church at 18810 US Hwy 41, Masaryktown is holding it's annual Craft Fair and Bake Sale. Saturday, October 26 from 8 am to 5 pm and Sunday, October 27 from 8 am to 12 noon. Come, see and buy the beautiful items made by the ladies of our Church and homemade delicious bake goods.

For further information call the church office at 352 796 2792.

Nature Seafood Festival WHEN: Saturday, Oct 26 , 2019 from 11:00-18:00 WHERE: Linda Pedersen Park, 6400 Shoal Line Blvd, Spring Hill, Florida 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

charge or fundraise during this event. This will be the first year we are allowing food trucks to sell dinner instead of offering a free meal. Every attendee will enjoy all other aspects of the festival for free. We have numerous inflatables, a carnival style Fun House, a rock wall, a dunk tank, a selfie booth, a “Treat Trail” to get candy, a special play area for children 5 and under, cotton candy, Hawaiian shaved ice from Frigid Frog and so much more. Hernando County Sherriff’s Office, Hernando County Civilian Mounted Patrol, Hernando County Fire Rescue, Publix at Seven Hills, Gideon’s International, Life South Bloodmobile and more.

Pumpkin Patch Craft Fair 2019 Oct 26, 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM 615 Hospital Rd, Brooksville, FL 34601 Saturday Oct 26th, Rain Date!!!Brooksville Pumpkin Patch Craft Fair, over 100 vendors, Free Admission!Come visit us at a special edition of the Brooksville Farmers Market!

Oct. 28 First Responders Day October 28th; 11am-1pm We are celebrating our local First Responders and showering them with some appreciation today. Stop by your Community Y for some brunch as a thank you from all that you do for our community. YMCA of the Suncoast-Hernando County; 1300 Mariner Blvd; Spring Hill, FL 34609 352.688.9622; www.ymcasuncoast.org 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 Nov. 1-2 2019 “COLOR EXPLOSION” QUILT SHOW Friday, Nov. 1 10 AM – 4 PM Saturday, Nov. 2 10 AM – 3 PM Hernando County Mining Assoc. Enrichment Center 800 John Gary Grubbs Blvd, Brooksville, FL 34601 (WEST side of Rt. 41, 1⁄2 mile North of SR50/41 intersection) FEATURING: Over 100 Quilts, Vendors, Boutique Room, Raffle Baskets, Silent Auction and Free Parking Presented by the Hernando Quilters Guild www.hernandoquiltersguild.com Admission: $7 One day ** $10 Two days Brookridge Social Dance on Novemebr 2nd from 7 to 10 pm will host it's Salute to Veterans Dance with At Large performing at 8150 Hampton St, Brooksville. Dance music from the 50's to the 80's. Casual Dress, BYOB - Coffee and Ice provided. $7 per person, 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. Ring in the New Year with our Catered Dinner/Dance and watch the Midnight Ball drop, $40 pp must reserve.

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 34428 Description: The 12th Annual "Stone Crab Jam" Street Festival, Saturday, NOV 2nd, 2019 in Historic Downtown Crystal River - by the Bay! Live Music - 3 Stage locations - 6 LIVE bands and "Dancing in the Streets"!

Fresh Florida Stone Crab and Seafood; Sumptuous array of cusine for the Landlubber; Specialty Beers, Quality Wines, Vodka Drinks; Vendors, Food Trucks, Artists & more! Mark your Calendar for Sat. Nov 2nd and join the FUN! Hosted by the Kings Bay Rotary, Crystal River, Charitable Foundation to benefit local charities, scholarships and non-profits!

Hosted by Stone Crab Jam, Kings Bay Rotary Basic Palm Boondoggling and Weaving Class November 1, Friday, 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Join us as we learn how to weave with palmetto/palm fronds. 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 America's Day 2019 When: Sat, November 2, 2019 9:45 AM – 2:00 PM EDT Where: Global Jetcare, Inc runway facility 15421 Technology Drive, Brooksville, Florida 34604 9:45 am with FREE Chick - fil - A sandwiches and FREE refreshments!

A day every Hernando County Child will remember!

Kids of ALL ages are CELEBRATING AMERICA through an exciting, FREE one-day event on November 2, 2019!

It's a day to expand the horizon for our Hernando County Kids!

1000 LIMITED FREE TICKETS ~ Registration Required and Grand Prize will be drawn from the Tickets. Must be present to win! Register at https:// www.eventbrite.com; AmericasDay2019@gmail.com Gamma Xi Master, Beta Sigma Phi sorority is having a fundraiser to benefit VETERANS’ H.E.A.T FACTORY- HERNANDO COUNTY Friday, November 1 at Marker 48, Hwy. 50 from 7-9:00 PM Hors d’oeuvres and Beer Tasting for a DONATION of $15.00 Beer and wine will be available for purchase by the glass Your support for this worthy cause is greatly appreciated!

Hernando Sportsmans Club Gun and Knife Show The club's gun shows and swap meets are held in the Clubhouse at the Hernando Sportsman's Club. The physical address for the club is 16121 Nov. 8 Commercial Way, Brooksville, FL 34614. The entrance road to the Club is off of U.S Hwy 19 (Commercial Way), just 9 ½ miles north of SR 50, in Hernando County. Admission to the Gun Show is $6.00. Doors are open to Hernando County Utilities Water Awareness Series Offers Class on the public from 9:00 to 4:00 pm on Saturday, and from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm Lawns Hernando County residents are invited to attend a free seminar, “To Sod on Sunday. or Not to Sod? Lawn Care and Lawn Alternatives” on Friday, November 8, 2019, 10:00am – 12:00pm at Hernando County Utilities, 15365 Cortez Blvd., Annual Fall Festival at Faith Baptist Church in Spring Hill.

Brooksville, 34613. Dr. William Lester, Horticulture Agent for University WHEN: Oct. 25 5-8PM of Florida/IFAS Hernando County, will be teaching the best management WHERE: 175 Spring Time St in Spring Hill practices to keep our Florida lawns healthy. He will also suggest Each year, on the Friday before Halloween, we host a large community alternatives to lawns for those areas and situations where lawns just don’t outreach. This event is designed to invite the community to our church cut it. Light refreshments will be served. Registration is requested. campus and allow them to enjoy a Fall event as a family. We do not

BesT BeTs Week Barry's (Grant Gustin) efforts to prepare Cisco (Carlos Valdes) for Crisis are derailed when Cisco schemes to save Barry's life instead.

This Is Us: "The Club" NBC, 9pm Kate (Chrissy Metz) and Toby (Chris Sullivan) try to make time for their marriage. Jack (Milo Ventimiglia) attempts to prove himself to Rebecca's (Mandy Moore) father.

New Amsterdam: "Righteous Right Hand" NBC, 10pm When a group of women on a retreat end up in the ED, Max (Ryan Eggold) gets some troubling information that could put a patient in jeopardy.

Wednesday, Oct. 30 NBA Basketball ESPN, beginning at 7:30pm Live Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks face Kemba Walker and the Celtics in Boston in the first game of ESPN's NBA doubleheader.

World's Biggest Ghost Hunt: Pennhurst Asylum A&E, 8pm In this chilling special, five fearless investigators lock themselves inside the legendary asylum for two weeks to document unexplained reports of paranormal activity in the longest continuously filmed paranormal investigation in television history.

Chicago Med: "It's All in the Family" NBC, 8pm Dr. Manning's (Torrey DeVitto) actions with a recent patient lead to serious repercussions.

NHL Hockey: Minnesota at St. Louis NBCSN, 8pm Live Central Division rivals take to the ice at Enterprise Center in St. Modern Family: "The Last Halloween" ABC, 9pm Phil (Ty Burrell) is determined to finally scare Claire (Julie Bowen) on Halloween.

Chicago Fire: "What Went Wrong" NBC, 9pm Cruz (Joe Minoso) and Severide (Taylor Kinney) suspect foul play when a fire started by an elderly woman turns deadly.

S.W.A.T.: "The LBC" CBS, 10pm SWAT and the Long Beach Police Department team up in a joint investigation when criminals steal a mass arsenal of LAPD assault rifles in the new episode "The LBC." Chicago P.D.: "False Positive" NBC, 10pm The shocking murder of young boys affects Halstead (Jesse Lee Soffer).

Mountain Monsters Travel Channel, 10pm New Episodes!

The Appalachian Investigators of Mysterious Sightings (AIMS), a riproarin' group of self-proclaimed "hillbilly hunters," treks through the depths of Appalachia's mountain forests, searching for creatures of mythical origins and determined to track down proof that these monsters still roam this region today.

Baroness von Sketch Show IFC, 12am (late-night) Season Premiere!

The award-winning, all-female sketch comedy series returns for Season 4 and has also been renewed for Season 5.

Thursday, Oct. 31 Horror Classics: Horror Double Features TCM, beginning at 6am All day on Halloween, Turner Classic Movies airs back-to-back features of two titles sharing a theme -- from '30s Horror to Haunted Houses to Horror Anthologies

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"The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror" Marathon FXX, beginning at 9:30am Prepare for an invasion by Kang and Kodos as FXX treats viewers to a marathon of 28 "Treehouse of Horror" Halloween episodes.

"Hocus Pocus" Marathon Freeform, beginning at 12:30pm If you love the 1993 flick starring Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy, Freeform is airing an almost 12-hour-long marathon to make your Halloween extra witchy.

Grey's Anatomy: "Whistlin' Past the Graveyard" ABC, 8pm Alex (Justin Chambers) is hoping to impress investors at Pac-Gen North, but when he hears disturbing news about skeletons on the construction site grounds, he enlists Richard (James Pickens Jr.) to help with distraction tactics.

The Very Very Best of the '70s AXS TV, 8pm Season Finale!

Season 2 of the countdown series concludes with a celebration of the most iconic horror movies of the 1970s.

The 13 Scariest Movies of All Time The CW, 8pm What makes a scary movie scary? Find out as Dean Cain counts down the scariest movies of all time.

College Football: West Virginia at Baylor ESPN, 8pm Live The Baylor Bears welcome their Big 12 rivals, the West Virginia Mountaineers, to McLane Stadium in Waco, Texas, for a Halloween matchup on ESPN. NFL Football: San Francisco at Arizona FOX & NFL Network, 8pm Live Jimmy Garoppolo and the San Francisco 49ers haunt State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., for a Halloween Thursday Night Football fight against Kyler Murray and the Cardinals.

Perfect Harmony: "Halle-Boo-Yah" NBC, 8:30pm When Ginny (Anna Camp) tries to step into a new management role at work, Arthur (Bradley Whitford) helps her overcome her fears of inadequacy.

The Good Place: "A Chip Driver Mystery" NBC, 9pm One of the new residents creates a division in the ranks.

Ghost Adventures: Curse of the Harrisville Farmhouse Travel Channel, 9pm This special two-hour Halloween episode of Ghost Adventures finds the crew investigating the Rhode Island home of the Perron family, whose horrifying hauntings were portrayed in the hit film The Conjuring.

Law & Order: SVU: "Murdered at a Bad Address" NBC, 10pm The case of a teenage girl assaulted in the projects leads to a startling discovery.

Friday, Nov. 1 Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan Amazon Prime Video Season Premiere!

Season 2 of the action thriller follows CIA officer Jack Ryan (John Krasinski) as he tracks a shipment of illegal arms to the Venezuelan jungle and heads to South America to investigate.

Fire in Paradise Netflix On the morning of Nov. 8, 2018, a seemingly small fire broke out in Butte County, Calif., near the town of Paradise.

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Based on the acclaimed Broadway play, this film tells the story of Kendra Ellis-Connor (Kerry Washington), the mother of a missing teenage boy, as she struggles to put the pieces together in a South Florida police station.

The King Netflix Original Film!

Hal (Timothée Chalamet), wayward prince and reluctant heir to the English throne, has turned his back on royal life and is living among the people. But when his tyrannical father dies, Hal is crowned King Henry V and forced to embrace the life he had previously tried to escape.

Queer Eye: We're in Japan!

Netflix New Series!

Queer Eye's Fab Five -- Antoni Porowski, Bobby Berk, Jonathan Van Ness, Karamo Brown and Tan France -- bring their expertise to helping people in Tokyo, working with Kiko Mizuhara as their guide and Naomi Watanabe as special guest comedian while learning and experiencing Japanese culture firsthand.

America's Most Musical Family Nickelodeon, 7pm New Series!

This new family music competition invites 30 family bands to compete in front of celebrity judges Ciara, David Dobrik and Debbie Gibson and host Nick Lachey for a chance to earn a recording contract with Republic Records and a $250,000 cash prize.

American Housewife: "Girls' Night Out" ABC, 8pm With Katie's (Katy Mixon) 40th birthday fast approaching, her self-esteem starts to wane.

Hawaii Five-0: "A'ohe Pau ka 'ike i ka Halau Ho'okahi (All Knowledge Is Not Learned in Just One School)" CBS, 8pm Five-0 investigates when a deadly hitand-run involves a driverless car carrying heroin in the new episode "A'ohe Pau ka 'ike i ka Halau Ho'okahi (All Knowledge Is Not Learned in Just One School)."

Your Family or Your Life LMN, 8pm Original Film!

Dr. Kathy Meyer's (Jennie Garth) perfect world is turned upside down after her attorney husband is found dead of an apparent suicide.

The Blacklist: "Norman Devane" NBC, 8pm Liz (Megan Boone) and the task force investigate an infamous assassin who has a long history of weaponizing diseases but has now turned to even more insidious activities.

Magnum P.I.: "Lie, Cheat, Steal, Kill" CBS, 9pm In the new episode "Lie, Cheat, Steal, Kill," Magnum (Jay Hernandez) must help his defense attorney girlfriend (guest star Brooke Lyons) when she realizes that the client she successfully defended in a murder trial is actually guilty.

Two Turtle Doves Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, 9pm Original Film!

Dr. Sharon Harper (Nikki DeLoach) returns home to settle the estate of her recently deceased and much beloved grandmother and searches for a family heirloom -- an ornament featuring two turtle doves.

Great Performances: "42nd Street" PBS, 9pm Tap-dance along to this classic musical about a starry-eyed performer who gets her big break on Broadway.

Blue Bloods: "Glass Houses" CBS, 10pm Frank (Tom Selleck) is conflicted about how to deal with a former cop's gripe about his pension in the new episode

Call 352-754-4705 to register for the free class, or register on-line at http://HernandoWAS2020.eventbrite.com Nov. 9 Veterans Appreciation Parade 2019 The City of Brooksville and the Enrichment Centers of Hernando County cordially invites you to the Veterans Appreciation Parade 2019.

Bring a Friend and join us as we honor our veterans! The parade will take place on Saturday November 9th, 2019 at 10:00AM. Location: Brooksville City Hall; 201 Howell Avenue; Brooksville, FL 34601 Time Information: Line-Up Begins at 8:30AM Parade starts at 10:00 AM This year we have teamed up with the HEAT Factory to honor our Veterans, Service Members and First Responders with a musical concert following the parade. Contact our office 352-544-6022 or 352-544-5900 if you have any questions. Thank you and I look forward to seeing you at the parade and musical concert.

Bingo for Love It’s not quite time for the golf tournament yet, but the organizer of the Tournament of Love would like to invite you to Bingo for Love that will also benefit HPH Hospice.

November 9, 2019 1 PM - 5 PM Tropics RV Park Clubhouse 13063 County Line Road Spring Hill FL 34609 Contact Patrick Hramika at (352) 457-1429 Nov. 11 Veteran Appreciation Day on Monday, November 11, 2019 at Rookies Sport Bar and Grill Military 2.5 Mile Road March $5 Registration, $100 business sponsorship Send donations to: Siloam Lodge No. 399 PO Box 15018 Spring Hill, FL 34604-5018 The march starts at Veterans Memorial Park on 12254 Spring Hill Dr at 1:30PM. Bring no more than a 25 pound back pack (optional). Road March begins at 3PM and arrives at Rookies Sports Bar and Grill 3095 Anderson Snow Rd at 4:30 PM. We invite all veterans, service members and participants to join us at Rookies from 5-7PM to celebrate Veterans Day with live music by The Rock Street Band, food & refreshments. All donations and purchase will go to a local Veteran Support Charity Organization. For additional info contact Steve Pagan 954-348-2622.

Honoring All Who Served Monday, November 11th, 2019; 11:00 am Florida National Cemetery 6502 SW 102nd Avneue Bushnell, FL Please join the Joint Veterans Support Committee and Florida National Cemetery in honoring our Nations Veterans.

Keynote Speaker: Chaplain (Lt. Colonel) Linda J. Pugsley Guests will include Maj. General James S. Hartzell, Maj. General Richard S. Colt, Maj. General John McWaters and Mr. Irving Locker. The South Sumter High School Band will perform a series of patriotic songs with a Rifle Salute by the Sumter County Correctional Institution and Presentation of Colors by the 4H Arena Wranglers on horseback.

Veteran’s Luncheon November 11th 1:30-3pm Join us as we celebrate and honor our Veteran’s with lunch and fellowship.

Sign up at the Y for your spot. YMCA of the Suncoast--Hernando County 1300 Mariner Blvd; Spring Hill, FL 34609; 352.688.9622 Nov. 12-14 Dade Pioneers – free monthly youth program November 12, 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 Holiday Craft Class: Natural Ornaments November 14, Thursday, 10 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Join park staff and volunteers as we make decorative holiday crafts from palm and palmetto fronds, pine needles, and cereal rye. Cost is $3/vehicle or annual park pass, plus $5/person, 12 and under free. At Dade Battlefield: 7200 Battlefield Parkway; Bushnell, FL 33513; (352) 793-4781

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

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Couples Therapy Showtime, 10pm Season Finale!

The first season of the documentary series that takes viewers behind closed doors alongside real couples undergoing weekly therapy sessions comes to an end.

In the Long Run Starz, 10pm New Series!

Idris Elba (Luther, The Wire) created and stars in this series based on his experience growing up in East London in the 1980s.

Long Lost Family: "I'm the Only One Left" TLC, 10pm Another emotional episode is ahead as cohost Lisa Joyner helps a man find answers to why his adoption was part of an illegal baby-selling scheme.

Ghost Nation: "A Legendary Haunting" Travel Channel, 10pm Jason Hawes, Steve Gonsalves and Dave Tango team up with a paranormal paramedic for a case in Halifax, Va., that has more activity than he's ever experienced.

Saturday, Nov. 2 My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Holiday's Unwrapped Discovery Family Channel, 11:30am Original Film!

In this hourlong adventure, Pinkie Pie braves an epic snowball fight to deliver a soufflé to Rarity and preserve an annual holiday tradition.

College Football CBS & NBC, beginning at 2:30pm Live The Virginia Tech Hokies head to iconic Notre Dame Stadium for a showdown with the Fighting Irish on NBC. Merry & Bright Hallmark Channel, 8pm Original Film!

Jodie Sweetin and Andrew Walker star as Cate and Gabe, who work together to make a candy cane company profitable and find love during the holidays.

Christmas Reservations Lifetime, 8pm Original Film!

It's Christmas at the Treeline Ski Resort, where Holly (Melissa Joan Hart) is the event coordinator at her family's lodge.

Horse Racing: Longines Breeders' Cup Classic NBC, 8pm Live With a disappointing Triple Crown season and the deaths of more than 30 horses at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif., it's been a rough year for horse racing.

Seven Worlds, One Planet BBC America, 9pm Sneak Preview!

BBC America launches its new programming initiative called Wonderstruck, devoting every Saturday to nature and wildlife documentaries.

Ghost Adventures: "Albion Castle" Travel Channel, 9pm Zak Bagans and the crew are in San Francisco investigating a mysterious castle built on top of sacred caverns said to be haunted by a female apparition.

Saturday Night Live: "Kristen Stewart" NBC, 11:30pm Live Kristen Stewart, who stars in this month's theatrical release Charlie's Angels, makes her second appearance as SNL host.

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Maleficent: Mistress of Evil 3D (PG) Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning 118 minutes 12:30, 3:45, 7:00, 10:05

Judy (PG-13) Renee Zellweger, Finn Wittrock 118 minutes 12:15, 3:30, 6:45, 9:45

The Addams Family in RealD 3D (PG) Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron 105 minutes 12:30, 3:30, 7:00, 9:55

Hustlers (R) Constance Wu, Jennifer Lopez 109 minutes 4:15, 7:15, 10:25

Gemini Man 3D+ IN HFR (PG-13) Will Smith, Mary Elizabeth Winstead 117 minutes 1:00, 4:00, 7:15, 10:15 Abominable in RealD 3D (PG) Chloe Bennet, Sarah Paulson 92 minutes 1:30, 4:15, 7:30

It Chapter Two (R) Jessica Chastain, Bill Skarsgård 169 minutes 12:00, 6:30, 10:15 Good Boys (R) Jacob Tremblay, Keith L. Williams 89 minutes 3:45 PM Trick (2010) (NR) Andrzej Chyra, Piotr Adamczyk 95 minutes 1:15, 10:05

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CALENDARS, ENRICHMENT CENTERS MINING ASSOCIATION ENRICHMENT CENTER 352.544.5900 John Gary Grubbs Blvd; Brooksville Oct. 28 9-4 Cards & Board Games 9-4:00 Puzzles 1-3 Creative Art Oct. 29 9-4 Cards & Games 9-4 Puzzles 1:00 Alzheimer’s Support Group by appointment

SPRING HILL ENRICHMENT CENTER 10441Quality Drive Spring Hill, Florida 34609 Medical Arts Building Ste #105; Located on the campus of Bayfront Health Spring Hill tel. 684.7568 Oct. 28 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

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Library Programs

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

between 18 months - 3 years old.

WH- West Hernando Branch Library located at 6335 Blackbird Ave, Weeki Wachee, FL 34613

Preschool Storytime - BV 10/29/2019 11:15 - 11:45 AM; 10/31/2019 11:15 AM - 12PM; 11/1/2019 11:15 - 11:45 AM Stories, songs, and more in a storytime program designed for children between 3 - 5 years old.

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.

Oct. 28 Learning the Mouse - BV 10/28/2019 10AM - 12PM; 10/29/2019 10 AM - 12PM; 10/30/2019 10AM - 12PM Registration is open Learn to use a mouse and acquire basic computer vocabulary.

STEAM Storytime - WH 10/28/2019 11:15 AM 12PM It's storytime with a little bit of STEAM thrown in!

SHINE - WH (individual counseling by appt. only) 10/28/2019 1 - 4PM; 11/1/2019 12 - 2PM SHINE - MEDICARE COUNSELING

by Appointment only.

Halloween Storytime -WH 10/28/2019 5 - 5:30 PM Boo! Come join us for our annual Halloween storytime featuring not-so-spooky stories, songs, and more!

Everyone is encouraged to come in costume.

Club de Lectura en Español (Spanish Book Club) - Off Site 10/28/2019 5:30 - 6:30 PM Off Site 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.

Oct. 29 Toddler Storytime - BV 10/29/2019 10:30 - 11AM; 10/31/2019 10:30 - 11AM; 11/1/2019 10:30 - 11AM Stories, songs, and more in a storytime program designed for children

U.S. Census Bureau 2020 Hiring - SH 10/29/2019 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 Spring Hill meeting room from 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm.

Read with Turbo - WH 10/29/2019 4:15 - 4:30 PM; 10/29/2019 Come read to Turbo, our pawsome reading dog! Reading dogs such as Turbo help children to develop the skills they need to read in a relaxed environment. Kids can bring their own book or read one of ours. They can read to Turbo by themselves or bring one (1) sibling or BFF, if they so choose.

Oct. 30 Beginners Tai Chi - BV 10/30/2019 10:30 - 11:30 AM Registration is open Are you curious as to how you can help your breathing and movement? Tai Chi might be the answer.

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

Classics Book Discussion - SH 10/30/2019 2 - 3:30 PM Read the chosen piece, then join others to share responses to it in a fun and informal atmosphere.

New members are warmly welcomed.

Ukulele Jam - SH 10/30/2019 4:30 - 5:45 PM Get together with fellow uke enthusiasts and strum and sing your favorite tunes!

Oct. 31 Writers Workshop - EH

10/31/2019 1 - 3PM Free and open to the public - meets every other Thursday. All levels of experience from beginners to published authors. Our group is on-going and continuous, join at any time.

Bring pen and paper. For more information call 352583-2441.

Nov. 1 Baby Storytime - WH 11/1/2019 10 - 10:30 AM A Storytime featuring stories, bounce rhymes, songs, and more just for babies and their parents!

Beginner Ukulele Holiday Strum and Sing - EH 11/1/2019 10 - 11:30 AM Registration is open Now that you've learned the basics, hone your skills during our special Holiday Strum & Sing sessions.

History and Biography Book discussion - BV 11/1/2019 11:30 AM 12:30 PM Please join us to discuss "The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row", by Anthony Ray Hinton Alzheimer's Event - WH 11/1/2019 2 - 4PM Nov. 2

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Adult Coloring - EH 11/2/2019 10AM - 3PM Enjoy an atmosphere suited for mental decompression while we sip tea and color to the tune of relaxing music.

Game On! - EH 11/2/2019 10AM - 4PM Enjoy family gaming at the East Hernando Branch!

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

K-Pop Club - SH 11/2/2019 1 - 2:30 PM Registration is open Fans of Korean music & culture and those curious about this new global sensation are invited to explore the world of K-Pop.

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volleyball.

The storm that invaded inside the gym came from Page 1 to an untamed tempest at the start of the third game. Sophomore outdefeated 3-0, and the side hitter Laura Sinsko Sharks won the 4A Disdropped 17 points on her trict 8 Title continuing serve on Hudson and that their season in Regional provided the tone for the Quarterfinals beginning rest of the game. Nature Thursday October 24.

“They’re very excited, Coast Tech defeated the Cobras 25-13, in the give them all the credit third game, won the Disin the world their team trict title and the Chamwas well prepared,” pion Trophy.

Jones said after the “It was kind of surreal, game. “They have good hitters, good setters and a it was a perfect ending to very well-coached team.” the season.” Sinsko said.

“Hard work pays off. It Outside the Gymnasium at Nature Coast Tech was crazy! I couldn’t believe that it was happenHigh School, the dark ing. Every ball, I was gray storm clouds gathjust being aggressive and ered and the rain started I said, ‘ I was going for to fall but the thunder it!’ and it was just in the that was heard and felt right place.” was inside the gym, out Sinsko said that her on the floor. The deep team is just hard working sound of the volleyball team and they are just being punished was just like a family. She provided by the arm of also said that her team Sharks’ captain senior has overcome adversity outside hitter Madison of players out because Clark and with the rest of injuries but that they of her teammates were out to punish that Wilson came together at the end

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of the season.

When the match’s winning point found the empty space, the scream of emotion of joy raised toward the tile ceiling, and supporting her team in the celebration just like she did during the contest against the Cobras, senior setter Karia Cantero-Garcia provided the leadership to her team and setting up the the thunder provided by Clark and the rest of the Sharks.

“Absolutely ecstatic!”

Cantero-Garcia said after the game. “It is an honor to win it a second time in a row so being a senior it gives me a sense of fullness it really exciting.”

Cantero-Garcia describes her team is a unit and that adversity does not affect us out on the court. She says that they keep playing together as one team no matter what and that everybody gets along.

At the start of the match, Nature Coast Tech got together as a

ABOVE: Sharks Team Captain Madison Clark #15 returns the ball to the Cobras Thursday evening during District Championships at Nature Coast

Shelby Mcgee #11 reaches to strike the ball from Hannah Valachovic #6 during 4A District 6 Championship at Nature Coast Thursday evening.

hard-hitting unit against the Cobras and dominated the match from the first game.

The game plan was simple by the Sharks, just hit the ball hard forced Hudson to play away from the net and that forced the Cobras into unforced errors.

“I feel awesome, super proud of this team at the beginning of the season if you asked people about the finish nobody would have picked us,” Nature Coast Tech High School volleyball coach Emily Gore said. “ The best Karla Cantero-Garcia #11 Team Captain for Nature Coast part of this team they directs the ball towards Hudson during 4A District 6 struggled a little bit early Championships at Nature Coast. because we had a couple of stand out players from last year we had to find someone to step in and find that cohesiveness. It took us a few weeks but the last two and a half they have come together as a team.”

The celebration was loud, every player got a chance to hold the District Champion trophy but the hardest part is just ahead of them, waiting Girls volleyball semi-final results for the invitation to the 4A District 6 Semi-Finals Weeki Wachee vs Hudson: Danielle Mcgee tips the ball over the net. She had two Regional Quarterfinals blocks and ten kills during the semi-final game against and were they go to play.

Hudson. Photo by Alice Mary Herden.

Sharks’ volleyball fans are hoping that the magic stays around all the way

by ALICE MARY HERDEN to the State of Florida After Springstead’s win against River Ridge on Volleyball Tournament Monday Oct. 14 for the 5A District 5 quarter-fibeing played at the Sunnals, the Eagles proceeded to play Lecanto, slotCoast Credit Union Arena ted in the number 2 spot within the 5A District. located in Ft.Myers starting Friday November Springstead lost to Lecanto 25-17 | 25-19 | 25-20 15-16, 2019 - that will be in the 5A District 5 semi-finals. magical!

Tuesday's 4A District 6 Semi-Finals held at Nature Coast Tech brought many cheers and a few tears.

Weeki Wachee started with a close competitive win of the first set; however, Hudson focused harder and moved forward to the championships.

Nature Coast Coach Emily Gore converse with the referee during 4A District 6 championship.

Weeki Wachee lost to Hudson 3-1: 23-25 | 25-20 | 25-20 | 25-23

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“We’ve built a pretty strong program with these girls, and for every season they’ve had made it through to their rounds, but last night was just one of those nights. We have a lot of errors,” said Kelly Werkmeister head coach for Weeki Wachee. “His (Hudson head coach Stephen Jones) team that came out, they played a little bit more error-free volleyball than we did. It was the errors that took us out of that game.”

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Nature Coast Tech defeated Hernando: 25-20 | 25-17 | 25-21 All the teams in Hernando County worked hard toward districts. In September, Nature Coast Tech’s volleyball coach Emily Gore said, “... we would love to have back to back districts championships.”

When Hernando took on Nature Coast Tech both teams played their best, but Hernando couldn’t get a rhythm.

“Nature Coast has a fast-paced (team). They were very good. We just couldn’t keep up with them,” Hernando head coach Robin Bailey said.

“You try your best, and you move on.”

Nature Coast Tech defeated Hudson Thursday night for the District Championship title.

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4A District 6 Semi-Finals Weeki Wachee vs Hudson: Hornets Danielle Mcgee (1) and Grace Colleran (2) attempt to block a spike by Cobra’s Sydney Ramos. Photo by Alice Mary Herden.

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Springstead faces Lake Minneola for 6A-5 title

BY ANDY VILLAMARZO HERNANDO SUN

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.

Wild Women

Hunting has never been a sport reserved for men only. There have been standout lady hunters throughout all of history and a few of our sports modern marvels, like Meghan Bailes, Rebecca Wolfe Spradley and Kelli Ellis have often graced this column. And happily, in recent years, the numbers of lady hunters have increased fantastically.

In fact, according to the National Shooting Sport Foundation, the number of females purchasing hunting licenses has grown over twenty-five percent since 2008. It may not sound like a lot, but I assure you that it is!

I recently had the opportunity to sit and chat with one of Florida’s most notable ladies of the outdoors whom I’d like to introduce you to. Her name is Natalee Mckinney and she is an amazing hunter, as well as the driving force behind one of Florida’s most successful and notable python hunters, Dusty “The Wildman” Crum of Discovery channel’s top TV show, Guardians of the Glades.

I’m honored to have hunted with Natalee and her famous husband down in our Everglades a few times and have seen her in action as they work tirelessly to save our state from the invasion of the Burmese python.

You know, I’ve often heard, “behind every successful man stands a good woman,” and in this case I believe it. In early interviews with Dusty Crum, he made no secret that it was his longtime love Natalee, who encouraged him to take up python hunting back in 2013. For six years now, Natalee has spent innumerable hours searching some of the most remote recesses of our Glades for the invasive species along with their beagle, Riley.

It’s truly something to personally witness Natalee working in tandem with Dusty to catch and subdue some truly giant snakes.

When not in the field helping to fix the problem with those destructive reptiles, Natalee also manages her and Dusty’s orchid shop, Orchid Envy, in Venice, Florida, which is where she handles all of the business side of the python hunting, seeing to it that the shipping and handling of the python skins are on schedule.

After, she oversees the manufacturing of the assorted goods created from the various skins as well as seeing to customers’ orders. A lot for any one person, but Natalee gives credit to her family members for their great

SPRING HILL- It’s all or nothing when it comes down to Friday night’s Class 6A, District 5 championship game between Springstead and Lake Minneola.

Both teams have been able to defeat the other district foes Lecanto and Dade City Pasco and now the Eagles are aiming to pull off the program’s best record since the 2013 season when they reached the region final versus Seffner Armwood, before being upended 41-0.

Now the Eagles are not only in a prime position to win a district championship, but also to pull off notching a 10-0 regular season in the process. Springstead could win its first district crown since the 2013 season, but to do it they will have to head on the road and beat Lake Minneola at their place.

Coming off a 42-24 victory over Groveland South Lake just a week ago, Springstead is well versed when it comes to winning on the road this season. The Eagles will have to do so against a Hawks’ team that was able to defeat Dade City Pasco 49-7 and Lecanto 75-6. Springstead defeated Pasco narrowly 10-3 and got

by Lecanto 40-0.

Though the scores of how Lake Minneola and Springstead were able to beat Lecanto and Pasco may not mean much when both teams hit the field on Friday night, it speaks to how each club plays on the field offensively.

The Hawks are more of a running team and rely on the talents of tailback Keyandre Magloire.

Magloire was explosive in Lake Minneola’s blowout victory over East Ridge as the running back rushed for 252 yards in the win.

Magloire has paired with starting quarterback Devon Cole to form a dangerous backfield for Lake Minneola and Springstead’s defense will have to focus on stopping the run game of the

Springstead-NCT: Eagles running back Jaylen Thompson gains yardage against the Sharks. 2019 FILE PHOTO by ALICE MARY HERDEN

Hawks. The heart and soul of Springstead’s defense is senior linebacker Adrian Cabrera, who will likely end up doubling up at fullback duties on the offensive side of the ball.

On the offensive end for Springstead, it’s been no secret for opponents that the Eagles’ home run hitter is running back Anthony Alexis. Alexis has rushed for 948 yards and scored nine touchdowns this season. The other threat on the ground for the Eagles is Toby Rahman, who has rushed for 408 yards, which is good for second on the team in rushing. Springstead quarterback Max O’Rourke has had a nice season so far and has passed for 273 yards and three touchdowns.

Andy Villamarzo can be reached at andyvillamarzo@ gmail.com and follow him on Twitter @avillamarzo.

Springstead Coach Frank Hynes on the sidelines during a home game against Nature Coast Tech.

Hernando 2019 prep football week 9 roundup

BY ANDY VILLAMARZO HERNANDO SUN SPORTS REPORTER

GROVELAND- What seemed like so long ago, the last time Springstead was playing for a district championship was in the 2013 season, when the Eagles were able to break ground and reach the region finals.

Making school history was a moment etched into history for those that were apart of that special Eagles’ club. Springstead was able to go 11-2 on the season and won a couple playoff games against Inverness Citrus and Gainesville before falling to state powerhouse Seffner Armwood 41-0.

Now Springstead six years later stand a chance to once again make history and winning a district championship would go a long way in proving the Eagles belong in the discussion as one of the top teams in the Tampa Bay area. The Eagles were able to go on the road last week and defeat Groveland South Lake in a 42-24 victory.

With the victory, Springstead sets up the long awaited matchup for the Class 6A, District 5 championship against Lake Minneola, whom is currently 5-3. If the Eagles can pull off a victory over Lake Minneola, Springstead stands a great chance in possibly completing the school’s first 10-0 regular season.

Nature Coast 39, Inverness Citrus 14: It at one time looked like Nature Coast might not even make the

playoffs after reaching the region final last season. The Sharks made sure to make an emphatic statement on the road when they took on an undefeated Citrus team.

Nature Coast gave Citrus its first loss of the season, as the Sharks soundly defeated the Hurricanes 34-19 last Friday at the Citrus Bowl. With the victory for the Sharks, they all but clinch the Class 5A, District 7 championship. Now Nature Coast sets its sight on ending the regular season at 6-4 when they hit the road to face rival Hernando in a district battle.

Hernando 37, Central 8: The Leopards may be too far out of reach to make a run to reach the postseason, but Hernando still wants to make the most out of its last couple of games. Hernando was able to build a 37-0 lead and cruised to an easy 37-8 victory over Central Monday night. Armed with a 22-0 lead going into halftime of what was Hernando’s homecoming game, the Leopards made sure to put the clamps down on Central’s vaunted run game. One of the state’s leading rushers this season has been Central’s Contae Cason and he was able to help Central avoid a shutout by scoring a touchdown in the fourth quarter.

Hernando will host Nature Coast this week, with Central going on the road to face Weeki Wachee.

Andy Villamarzo can be reached at andyvillamarzo@ gmail.com and follow him on Twitter @avillamarzo.

CYBER SECURITY

Expert Python hunter, Natalee Mckinney and her longtime love Dusty Crum deep in the heart of the Everglades, with a newly captured Burmese python.

assistance in keeping her afloat.

She truly is a remarkable lady, who is hard-working and fearless in the field and alongside of her well-honed skills, she has a great knowledge of the fragile ecosystem in which they work and the habits and biology of the Burmese pythons. That sort of knowledge combined with a desire to support Dusty and his show while, ridding the Everglades of such a

dangerous invasive species as the Burmese Python has earned this lady hunter, my utmost respect.

I love hearing from so many of you in my inbox and I thank you so much for allowing me the chance to visit with y’all here each week. All feedback is welcome and I love to hear a good hunting story, so feel free to reach out to me at Toby@HernandoSun.com.

God bless and good hunting!

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Hernando 2019 prep football week 10 previews

BY ANDY VILLAMARZO HERNANDO SUN SPORTS REPORTER

The regular season for prep football in Hernando County heads into Week 10 action and last week’s Week 9 helped bring a little bit more clarity to the playoff picture moving forward. Nature Coast clinches themselves a district championship by defeating Inverness Citrus while undefeated Springstead went on the road to upend Groveland South Lake. All five of Hernando County’s squads will be back in action this week and teams will be that much closer to completing the season after this Friday.

We take a closer look at all of the Week 10 regular season matchups on tap for Friday night.

Springstead (8-0) at Lake Minneola (5-3): No more warms up or tests, it’s time for the real deal when Springstead hits the road to face Lake Minneola for the Class 6A, District 5 championship game. This has been a long awaited matchup between these two clubs since the district was created and both teams have been on a roll as of late. For the Eagles, they will live and die by the run game and running back Anthony Alexis will lead the way. Quarterback Max O’Rourke has played well in a game manager role and has played well throwing and running the ball in every contest. Linebacker Adrian Cabrera should see a role on both sides of the ball in this huge district tilt.

Nature Coast (5-4) at Hernando (4-5): Once left for dead, Nature Coast has fully recovered from what was looking to be a lost season. The Sharks have rebounded from losses against Wire-

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grass Ranch, Springstead and New Port Richey River Ridge and now are the Class 5A, District 7 champions once again.

Nature Coast was able to upend Inverness Citrus in what was a de facto district championship game last week and the Sharks were able to dominate 34-19. Nature Coast can now look ahead to finish off the season with a potential momentum builder when they face an old adversary in Hernando. The Leopards are playing for pride and after cruising past Central last week, Hernando hopes to even its season at 5-5. Expect a very physical matchup between these two teams.

Central (3-5) at Weeki Wachee (1-7): Both Central and Weeki Wachee have tried to get themselves to respectability the entire season, but are getting to the finish line hoping to end on a good note. The Bears started off the 2019 campaign with one of the most promising beginnings, as Central began the season at 3-0 behind the running theatrics of tailback Contae Cason.

Cason has led or been in the top categories rushing the football in the state of Florida and will look to have another big day against the Hornets’ front seven. Weeki Wachee looks to pickup win No. 2 when they host the Bears, with Chris Cook’s club lone victory against Holiday Anclote. Though there may not be any kind of playoff implications tied to this game, the Bears and Hornets have played tough all year and a win at this point is a good note heading into a long off-season.

Andy Villamarzo can be reached at andyvillamarzo@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter @ avillamarzo.

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Hernando runs by Central

BY MEL SUITER HERNANDO SUN

BROOKSVILLE, Fla. --- The wait was worth it The football field at Tom Fischer Stadium was still soggy with some lingering puddles left over from the tropical storm. Finally, the wait at Hernando High School was over and the 2019 Homecoming football game was played.

Monday October 21 under the lights, Hernando High School defeated Central High School 37-8, and that made the Homecoming celebration for the Leopards fans inside the stadium.

Hernando High School used a combination of formations and executed a powerful multiple running game to punch through the Central defense. Leopards were led by Kev’on Williams who carried the ball 12 times for 83 yards and scored two touchdowns.

“We did some good things tonight, we finally broke some runs, we changed up a lot things this week going into the game,” Hernando High School football coach Robert Kazmier said, after the game. “We changed our blocking scheme, we changed up our personal our offensive line grouping and we saw some good things. It wasn’t pretty but we got the win!”

Kazmier unleashed his multiple front defense and the pressure from that squad had the ability to make it a long night for Central High School’s offense and for their quarterback Tre Joyner. He spent the night dodging and sloshing through the muddy turf to get away from the wave of Leopards defenders.

The defense for the Leopards forced the Bears to turn the ball over three times and Joyner threw three interceptions.

Central High School football coach Robert Walden said, that his team could not get comfortable on offense and obviously the turnovers did not help his team.

“Self-inflicting stuff, the turnovers just killed us,” Walden said. “Three interceptions and back-to back fumbles, drives stopping penalties. We had them in a third and four situation and then we jump offsides- an automatic first down and that is how they scored their first touchdown.”

Coaches do not like watching their team turning the ball over and they really don’t like it if that turnover is converted into points. Walden is looking to correct the mistakes this week before the game against Weeki Wachee High School.

“Those things are correctable,”

Leopards Shavaris McNair (3) rushes with the ball after the catch from Central’s fourth-down punt.

Walden said. “We have a short week and it is an important game against Weeki Wachee and our seniors really want to win.”

Kazmier and Walden do not appreciate the short week ahead of the teams and getting prepared against the next opponent but both coaches agree it is a good life-lesson for their players on handling adversity.

“We’re going to see what worked and what didn’t work and then make some more changes,” Kazmier said, about this week’s preparation for Friday’s game. “It’s a crazy week too!

We had a rain shortened practice last week. Wednesday we had lightning come down and we had some adversity with that storm coming in. It's a tough week, you usually have film study on Monday but now I have to pack all of that in a Tuesday and our kids are banged up. Got to make sure they get iced. It’s a very, very tough week ahead of us.”

The loud crowd watched the Farm Bureau scoreboard showing the time melting away in the fourth quarter and with the Leopards comfortably ahead of the Bears, the celebration of winning the Homecoming game was beginning to get started.

There was dancing in the aisle, high fives being distributed by students in the cement bleachers and the sweet sound of music started to fill the warm air of the night.

With pride Hernando High’s marching band replaced the football team out on the soggy football field and Kazmier and his assistant gathered the team for their meeting.

He told the Leopards to go home to relax, because there is really no time for them to enjoy the victory over the Bears.

It is back to work and start the week’s practice getting ready for their next opponent, Nature Coast Tech High School.

“It’s a short week and we have to deal with it,” Kazmier said, as the band started their post-game performance. “We watched them live, we have a film on them. They are a tough team. We lost to Citrus and they blew out Citrus. We know that they are good, they won the District with that win over Citrus. They are tough, they are explosive, they are powerful, they are big and physical and they fly to the football defensively. We have to be ready in a few days.”

Once again, Friday night Oct. 25, if the weather cooperates, there will be a highly expected football game between Nature Coast Tech High School and Hernando High School, under the lights on the lush green grass of Tom Fisher Stadium. The kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.

Once again, the question will be raised to the crowd by the guy behind the public announcement microphone, just a simple question.

Are you ready for some Leopard football?

The answer should be shouted by the crowd - yes!

Without a doubt the game between Hernando High School and Nature Coast Tech High School - is going to be worth the wait!

PHSC getting ready for tournament time

By MEL SUITER Photography by ALICE MARY HERDEN

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. --- The journey for Pasco-Hernando State College volleyball started way back in the hot month of August and for the Bobcats, the trip has sometimes been smooth as silk and there have been times when there has been some uncharacteristic rough patches.

Pasco-Hernando State College volleyball coach Deann Newton expected that, but she was wondering just how her team would be able to manage the adversity of a long volleyball season.

Her team did handle the adversity of Wednesday night Oct. 16, at home inside the Gymnasium against Lake Sumter State College. The Bobcats defeated the Hawks 3-1, keeping both teams tied in the Sun Lake Conference of the Florida College System Activities Association.

Newton said that it is a long season to complete but there are still some competitive games with some talented teams. At this time of the season and with the end of the schedule so close, it is all about peaking at the right time and playing the best volleyball of the season.

“We’ve been running into different offenses all year and it has been a challenge for us to find a rotation that will click and will work. I think we found it at the right time

keep their focus and not overlook any opponent.

The Florida College of the season,” Newton who is going to win.”

Newton said after the System Activity Associsaid. “ We’ve been talking Lake Sumter State Col- game, with a killing ation Volleyball Tournaall season since the first lege came out in the first percentage of .412 against ment-Sun Lake Conferday of practice in August. game and forced the Bob- the Hawks, freshman mid- ence is scheduled to begin We have to peak at the cats into mishitting the dle hitter, Olivia Jones' Saturday November 2 on end. The season prepares ball into the net. When the effort against the Hawks the campus of South Florus for the end, there is Bobcats were serving the was infectious with her ida State College located only one team coming out ball, there were too many teammates. in Avon Park, Florida. of here.” serves that were long and “She had an outstanding With the season wrapThere are just four skipped out beyond the game tonight,” Newton ping up, Newton and her games left in the regular end line. said. “We’ve been workteam will finish the season season remaining on the In between game one ing with her all season, that will include a night schedule before the conand game two, Newton hoping that she would honoring the sophomore ference tournament and had a chance to talk to her peak at the end. She was a on the team, WednesNewton is pleased with team, asked them to take difference maker, she has day October 22 against her team’s position. She a deep breath, relax and a hang time.”

Hillsborough Community said that the conference then put sophomore outNewton said she likes College starting at 6 p.m. has a lot of good teams side hitter Arianna Colon this part of the season It should be an emotional and that they are bunched to give her defense some with the end of the regular night for the six sophotogether, it will be an height at the net. season schedule so close, mores that have sweated, exciting tournament.

Colon forced the teams still trying to get a cried and bled for the “Everybody is beatHawks' offense to start to high seed for the tourBobcats. ing everybody,” Newton get the ball up in the air nament, but she is quick If Pasco-Hernando State said. “There are six teams and long, because she was to remind her players College can find any sucin the conference and having an impact with her that there is still plenty cess during the upcoming anybody can win it, every blocking attempts at the of work ahead for the tournament, if they can match, you don’t know net.

Bobcats. They need to stay a little longer than PHSC Arianna Colon (13) and Olivia Jones (8) attempt to block a spike from Lake Sumter State Talyn Allard (16).

planned all the hard work that started way back in the dog days of summer.

It will be worth all of the bruises and blisters acquired by her players and the hard work will be appreciated and the annoying injuries will not hurt as much with a trophy in front of them.

At the first team meeting next August, it might be nice for Newton when she talks about peaking at the right time with her new team.

A visual aid might help for example - the 2019 Florida College System Activity Association Volleyball Championship Trophy would help her be able to get her message across to the new players arriving for the Bobcats.

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A stormy night for Citrus

the edges of the line of scrimmage and then create a game of chase between INVERNESS, Fla. Citrus High School quar--- As the tropical storm terback Connor Bishop approached the city of against the Sharks defense.

Inverness, inside the Even in a shotgun forfamous Citrus Bowl — mation, Bishop would be the home of Citrus High chased out of the pocket, School football — the the Sharks' rush created rain descended, and so too many quick throws did the Hurricanes as

by Bishop, the football they fell from the ranks would skid along the turf of the undefeated. creating a spray of water Nature Coast Technical like a geyser and he was High School remains at sacked three times. the top of the 5A-DisThe frustration aptrict 8, undefeated in the peared on Bishop’s face conference and took a when he took off his giant step at capturing the helmet walking toward his District 8 Championship team’s sideline. It was a by defeating Citrus High miserable long rainy night School 39-14, spoiling for Bishop and for the the Hurricanes’ Senior Hurricane offense trying to Night celebration. evade the school of hungry All phases of the Sharks Sharks surrounding him. football team were on “It was tough, they are display to witness for the very, very physical team,” large enthusiastic, soaked Citrus High School footCitrus High School crowd, ball coach Robert O’Brien braving the constant rain. said after the game. “We The offense was had a lot of adversity balanced with Sharks and we didn’t respond quarterback Fabian very well. A lot of things Burnett guiding his team happened, we made misdown the soggy field. takes, we had penalties, I The offensive line pass made bad calls. We were blocking scheme protectnever able to respond ed Burnett, they opened to those mistakes.” up the line of scrimmage After receiving the by being physical, alopening kickoff, the lowing running backs Sharks wasted no time Lenkel Smith, Anthony getting the ball across Trepen and Dedric Hall the goal line. The scorto do what they do best ing drive went 80 yards, — run with the ball! completed in three plays When the defense featuring Burnett and stepped off the bus they his quick 70-yard sprint were a focused group, for the touchdown. as they marched toBefore the fashiongether onto the football ably late arriving crowd field ready to take care could find there seat and of business against the pop open the umbrella, Hurricane offense. the Sharks were in the The game plan was to let process of making the the defensive ends pinch

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Sharks Anthony Trepen pushes through to gain yardage into East Lake’s defensive zone during a game early this season. Photo by Alice Mary Herden

Hurricanes fans even more uncomfortable than sitting on wet cement in the pouring rain.

Nature Coast Tech High School football coach Cory Johns didn’t mind the rain, he didn’t mind the small celebration after the game by the players and by his assistant coaches and he surely didn’t mind the final score.

“This is how I thought we were capable of playing if somehow we could put everything together and everybody be together,” Johns said.

“We had a lot of penalties some of them we can control and others we can’t and we turn the ball over that allowed them to score that touchdown.

If we can hang on to the football we have a chance to play with anybody.”

Early in the football season, Johns told those who were listening that his defense is a group with solid football players that they will only be better at the end of the season.

Johns was right in the description of his defense.

They have improved with every passing week of the football season and the improvement is evident on the football field.

The defense for the Sharks have survived the adversity with linebacker Kinyatah Morgan’s mid-season suspension and have also endured the injury of defensive end Andre Dillard.

Morgan is the heart of the squad, Dillard is the soul of the defense and the rest of the defense is just a group of players that are physical, that

they work hard at improving their game and that makes the opposition nervous trying to find a game plan that is successful against the Sharks.

The defense for the Sharks is a physical squad but what makes that physical play even better, is the addition of the speed that this defense possesses. They can load up the box and they will hunt the opposing ball carrier down like a pack of Sharks.

“They are all veterans.

They understand what we are trying to do. They did a great job!” Johns said. “The things we did all week, we really only had one mental mistake on defense. I thought, physical errors I can live with, mental errors, I can’t, and we didn't have many of those tonight.”

The next game for Nature Coast Tech High School is another road game and it will be a rival game. A night filled with high-octane emotion and with high expectations for the Sharks as they face Hernando High School, Friday October 25, starting at 7:30 p.m.

If the Sharks can defeat Hernando High School, the 5A-District 8 title is all their own, they will not have to share the title and the season will continue with state football tournament action.

Johns did not mind the rain, the players didn’t mind the rain and the fans that made the trip didn’t mind the rain either-the weather was perfect and in 5A-District 8 football - so are the Sharks!

Twelve golfers compete in boys regional golf tourney compiled by Alice Mary Herden; Photography by Alice Mary Herden Twelve players from Hernando County advance to compete in the Boys 2A Region 2 Golf Tournament being held at Dubsdread Golf Course in Orlando on Monday, Oct 21.

Weeki Wachee Golfers Brandon Lambutis | District Score: 98 Ethan Parrinello | District Score: 109 Jake Hurst | District Score: 82 Matthew Boutin | District Score: 94 Nicholas Lucas | District Score: 98 Hernando Golfers

Boys Regional Golf Tournaments: Springstead's Jake Miller.

Gage Richard | District Score: 89 Michael Garland | District Score: 86 Pierson Miller | District Score: 92 Steven Taylor | District Score: 87 Zachary Thompson | District Score: 106

Boys Regional Golf Tournaments: Central's Shane Smith

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Jake Miller | District Score: 90 Central Golfers Shane Smith | District Score: 91

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2A Region 2 Girls & Boys Golf Results compiled by Alice Mary Herden

Boys Regional Golf Tournaments: Pierson Miller, Hernando High School.

Boys played on Monday, Oct 21 and girls played on Tuesday, Oct 22 in hopes of advancing to the 2019 FHSAA 2A State Championships on November 5.

Boys at El Campeon and Girls at Las Colinas both located in Howey-in-the-Hills.

Girls Results Springstead 518: Placed 10th -Kayleigh Marquart 114 -Skyler Wilkerson +53 -Cali Berenis 131 -Angel Ellis 149 -Rachel LaRiviere 180 Nature Coast Tech 539: Placed 11th -Annie Bennett 107 -Emma Dunsmore 125 -Sarah Mandes 138 -Jennifer Hackett 169 -Ava Rozsa 181

Boys Regional Golf Tournaments: Pierson Miller, Hernando High School.

Hernando 565: Placed 12th -Gabriella Sietsema 128 -Jadyn Wright 137 -Courtney Taylor 142 -McKinlea Heath 158 - WD Alyssa Forte

Boys Results Weeki Wachee 384: Placed 10th -Jack Hurst 83 -Ethan Parrinello 95 -Brandon Lambutis 102 -Matthew Boutin 104 Boys Regional Golf Tournaments: -Nicholas Lucas 113 Jake Hurst, Weeki Wachee High Hernando 424: Placed 11th

School.

-Gage Richard 101 -Steven Taylor 105 -Pierson Miller 105 - Michael Garland 113 -Zachary Thompson 115 Central -Shane Smith 95 Springstead -Jake Miller WD

Boys Regional Golf Tournaments: Gage Richard, Hernando High School.

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Independent pharmacy thrives with focus on customers

By JULIE B. MAGLIO julie@hernandosun.com Pine Brook Pharmacy is a notable business in the county that has recently opened its fourth location at 14111 Cortez Blvd, Brooksville, FL. Gautam Thakkar, RPh started the business just 10 years ago and thanks to his business prowess and great customer service, Pine Brook Pharmacy’s four locations are thriving even with tough competition from supermarket and chain pharmacies.

Before beginning Pine Brook Pharmacy, Gautam worked the night shift as a pharmacist for Walgreens in Tampa for ten years. He was notified that his location was closing and he had the option of going to Orlando to work at a location there, or taking severance pay. Instead of making the long commute on I-4 from his home in Tampa to Orlando everyday, he decided to take the severance and go out on his own with the encouragement of his wife Hina, a physical therapist.

“I saw that there were a lot of things at Walgreens that I couldn’t do,” said Gautam. He explained that if a customer didn’t have five or ten dollars to pay their copay, he couldn’t lend them his own money to pay for it.

If someone couldn’t pick up their prescription, he couldn’t bring it to them.

“There were so many things I wanted to do but couldn’t because there were rules to follow,” he said.

“I always have a passion to go above

Pine Brook Pharmacy's newest location: 14111 Cortez Blvd in Brooksville and beyond for the people.”

A doctor friend suggested he look into starting a pharmacy in Hernando County, so he made the drive up on numerous occasions, scoping the area for possible locations. There was a spot for lease next door to Great Life Church on 50.

Ten years ago on March 26, which happens to be Gautam’s birthday, he signed the lease for his first pharmacy location. About six months later after completing renovations and acquiring all of the necessary licensing and insurance,

Pink Out for Cancer event raises funds for Spring Hill Christian family member

Kevin and Rose Hemstreet with their daughter

by KENNETH ANTON Spring Hill Christian Academies (SHCA) 4th Annual Pink out for Cancer Volleyball game started off with a slap on Wednesday night as the Junior Varsity Wildcats served up against Grace Christian Academy from Hudson.

The JV Wildcats, lead by Coach Mariana Putiri and Team Captain Paige Jefferys, started the best of 3 rounds with a commanding round 1 win, ending with a final score of 25-14 Wildcats. Fluid communication and an effortless ability to work as a team fueled the Wildcats to a win in the second round as well, although the second was a closer call as the JV team barely squeaked by the competition at 25-23.

As the JV games came to a close, the mood in the gymnasium switched from cheer and excitement to a more somber disposition as the court was cleared and Mr. And Mrs. Kevin and Rose Hemstreet came center court.

While the games were an otherwise

normal part of league play in the Southeastern Christian Conference, tonight was a special night for the families of Spring Hill Christian. One member of their congregation, Kevin Hemstreet, has been battling brain cancer since March of 2017. His wife, Rose, is the secretary for the school and has been for the past 12 years. The family is beloved within the church and the night was dedicated to raising funds to help the family with the mounting costs of Kevin’s treatment.

Jennifer Mott, Pink Out co-chair organized several fundraising events for the night, including a raffle, concession sales and ticket sales.

A part of regular league play in the Southeastern Christian Conference, SHCA uses this particular night to raise funds in their ongoing battle against cancer in the local community.

All of the proceeds from admission, raffles and concessions from the night will be directly donated to the family to help offset the cost of Kevin's treatment.

Gautam Thakkar, RPh, owner of Pine Brook Pharmacy explains how they package medications for their customers using a special blisterpack.

Pine Brook Pharmacy was ready to open, but Gautam had some doubts and kept postponing the opening of the store.

“My wife asked me, why are you not opening the store. In the back of my mind I said ‘Man once I open if I don’t have customers - then what?’ ” It was tough at first Gautam explained, “First day- no customers.”

“Second day- no customers.”

Soon, though business started to trickle in. His wife Hina came to work with him and began marketing the pharmacy.

“She would go out to doctors offices and into communities and she let everyone know that we are the best.”

She would tell doctors to send them their toughest patients to prove their worthiness.

“I always think about how I would like to be treated if I were at the other side of the counter,” said Gautam.

In the early years, 99% of his customers came in by word of mouth.

The services they offer set them apart from the big chain pharmacies. Pine Brook offers home delivery of medications and they will pick up the prescription from the patient if necessary. They use an ingenious packaging technique for the medications and have a willingness to price match. They also offer genetic compatibility testing which will tell a patient what medications they should avoid.

The way they package the medication makes a lot of sense. It doesn’t just come in a bottle. They package your medications by dividing them up into a blister pack with 28 individual blisters.

Medications for each day are separated by the time of day you should take them: morning, afternoon and evening.

Gautam explained that doctors don’t always indicate on the prescription what time of day you should take the medicine.

He explained that for many medications, time of day it is taken is important. He gave the example of cholesterol medication which should be taken before bed because your body produces cholesterol at night. So if you’re taking the cholesterol medicine in the morning, your body has been metabolizing it all day and by the time your body starts producing cholesterol at night, there is not much medication left in your system to reduce cholesterol production in the evening.

Then your doctor may increase the dosage because the medication isn’t as effective as it should be.

By law, the pharmacist cannot add anything to the prescription label not indicated by the physician, but by packaging the medicine by time of day, then the patient knows exactly when to take the medicine. Also, it is easy to tell if a patient has missed taking their medicine and exactly when they missed it.

Each individual cell has its own prescription label printed on it and it can be easily removed to take with you if going on a trip or out to eat. Having the prescription information on each cell is important because you are able to prove that the medicine has been prescribed to you if it’s ever brought into question by law enforcement.

In addition to Pine Brook’s newest location on Cortez Blvd adjacent to the Brookridge community, there is a Pine Brook Pharmacy at 10507 Spring Hill Dr, Spring Hill ; a location next to Access Healthcare: 5340 Spring Hill Dr in Spring Hill and a location that serves Oak Hill hospital patients with bedside service:11373 Cortez Blvd, Brooksville.

Pine Brook has bedside service contracts at Oak Hill Hospital as well as Bayfront Brooksville and Spring Hill.

This allows patients to leave the hospital with their prescriptions already filled if they so choose. Otherwise patients often see delays in filling their prescription when they leave the hospital.

Pine Brook Pharmacy is also happy to help coordinate with the physician on potential generic medications which can be a big cost savings to the patient.

For patients with multiple prescriptions they synchronize when refills are needed so that patients can pick up their medications all at once.

Other services include: - Immunizations -Health Screenings -FREE Diabetic Test supplies on a monthly basis, support and education -Oral and topical compounding - Flu and Strep testing Pine Brook’s motto comes from a statement by Mahatma Gandhi, which Guatam first came across at his bank back home in India.

“When I was very young I read it and I loved it so much. It has a lot of affect on my mind and my heart. It says, ‘A customer is the most important visitor on our premises. He is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him.

He is not an interruption of our work. He is the purpose of it. He is not an outsider of our business. He is part of it. We are not doing him a favour by serving him. He is doing us a favour by giving us the opportunity to do so.’ ” For additional information on Pine Brook Pharmacy go to: https://www.pinebrookpharmacy.com

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Joy of Toys Volunteer toymakers make hospital stays playful for children

BY SUE QUIGLEY HERNANDO SUN

Being admitted to hospital can be very scary for children, especially for younger children who don’t understand why they have to stay in the hospital and away from home.

To help make a child’s hospital stay less frightening, a group of local volunteers is helping our smallest patients by making simple wooden toys.

The group, called the Toymakers, is a not-for-profit corporation of volunteers who gather several days a week to make simple wooden toys for sick and needy children in the Tampa Bay area. They occupy four separate workshops located at Little Road and State Road 52.

Headed up by retiree Bill Coccia, all of the toys are specially designed to be safe, contain no nails, screws, or staples and only child-safe paint is used for these brightly coloured toys.

“We have about 80 men and women volunteers in our group who devote their time making the toys,” said Bill. “We make over 80 different models and we’re able to produce several thousand of these toys every three months,” he said.

Bill and his group of volunteers gather three days a week to hand-craft these unique toys for children who need them most. They meet at a row of workshops located at the junction of Little Road and State Road 52, each workshop having a different function.

Bill explained that each toy begins with drawing a toy template on pieces of prepped wood. The shape is then cut out on a bandsaw, after which all the sharp corners are rounded off. The piece then gets sanded until completely smooth, primed, painted and decorated. The last phase of the process is to mount the wheels and then they’re ready to be delivered to more than 27 agencies who care for children.

“We make over 80 different models of toys and distribute them throughout the Tampa Bay Area, including Hernando, Pasco, Pinellas and Hillsborough,” Bill said.

“The agencies we send them to include local hospitals and Ronald McDonald Houses, for example.”

Over the years, The ToyMakers have been blessed with individuals and organizations who have donated monies and products towards the thousands and thousands of various parts, thousands of dowels for axles, and untold gallons of spray and liquid paints needed every year, not to mention repairs to our machines.

“We have a very deep appreciation of those who support us including the volunteers who receive no

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A small selection of wooden toys that volunteers t the Toymakers Organization hand craft for sick and needy children in the Tampa Bay area.

LEFT: Bill Coccia watches as a volunteer cuts out the form of a toy car with a band saw.

RIGHT: The volunteers also hand stitch dolls for girls. The group is currently seeking more volunteers for this function.

compensation for their skill or time,” said Bill.

He explained The Toymakers survive solely on the generosity of sponsors and fellow toymakers. One hundred percent of all materials and money donated is used in the making of toys. Distribution of the toys is directly to the children through well recognized agencies like Shriner's, All Children's Specialty Care and Pasco County Fire Rescue.

“We do so appreciate the donations we receive from local businesses,” Bill said. “Sometimes it’s money but mostly it’s wood like poplar, walnut or cherry and on other occasions, it might be equipment, like this table saw.”

The ToyMakers are always in need of more volunteers, and donations of wood, paint, and money to buy wheels, axles, sandpaper, etc. If you think you would like to be involved, check out their website at www. thetoymakers.org. The group is also looking for ladies who like to sew and would be willing to help sew dolls. Another way to help the organisation is to select 'The ToyMakers Inc' as your charity on smile.amazon. com, and Amazon will contribute 0.5 percent of your purchases to The ToyMakers with no additional cost to you.

Volunteer Judy hand painting a selection of toys.

She has been with the group for several years.

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BY SARAH NACHIN HERNANDO SUN

On Thursday, October 17, thirty-five foster children from Hernando and surrounding counties embarked from Spring Hill for a trip to Destin, Florida. They stayed in the Panhandle until Sunday morning. Accompanying them were volunteers and chaperones affiliated with Fostering Hope Florida, a non-profit organization.

The children went to Destin to participate in a fishing tournament sponsored by the Larry Hatchett Fishing Foundation (www.larryhatchett. com). It was founded twenty-seven years ago in memory of its namesake. Hatchett not only loved to fish, but he also loved to teach others, especially children, to fish. It started out with just a handful of foster children and has grown to the point where sometimes they have over two hundred children participate. The children compete to see who caught the biggest fish and who caught the smallest one. Everybody gets a participation trophy.

The foundation paid for their hotel rooms, charter fishing, the trophies and t-shirts. Fostering Hope Florida covered all the other expenses for the children and chaperones. This is the tenth year that Fostering Hope has participated in the tournament.

Gloria Lawson, volunteer Executive Director of Fostering Hope Florida, stated, “One of the most important benefits of the children going on the fishing trips is that they get a lot of one-on-one attention from the volunteers. They’re surrounded by a lot of love. Also, being with other kids who have been through the same thing makes them feel normal. On the way home we always hear them talking about their past and sharing stories because they feel safe. They really open up. It’s a fun weekend, but it’s also a little bit of catharsis where they get to explore their feelings.”

Some of the volunteers, like twenty-three year-old Makayla Govetoso, are former foster children. She went into foster care when she was six years old.

“We help with the younger kids, keep them entertained, take them to the arcade, take them down to the beach and build sand castles,” Makayla remarked.

Another volunteer, twenty year-old Deja Schroder, who now works at Publix as a cashier, commented, “I was in and out of foster care since I was three, but I was adopted when I was eight.”

Eighteen year-old Austin White, another former foster child, came all the way from Ft. Pierce to volunteer with the children. He is now part of Florida Youth Shine, a group that advocates for foster children. They go to Tallahassee and meet with legislators and discuss issues regarding foster care.

Besides the fishing tournament, the children had a fun-filled weekend. They swam at the beach and in the pool at the resort. The children also

Sibling foster children (L-R) Mary, Rose, Beverly, Jason .

Former foster children who are now volunteers (L-R) Eric, Makayla, Jeremy, Deja, Cole

went to an amusement park where they enjoyed bumper cars, go-karts and video games. To cap off the weekend, on Saturday they feasted on a fish dinner prepared from their catch.

Cherie and Bill Wise have been foster parents for eight years. They run Fostering Hope House, which is a larger facility designed to keep siblings together. The Wise’s have eight children in their home, all together. They have one biological son who is seventeen years old. The other children range from twenty months old to seven years old and some are siblings. Three of the children – Gabriel, Lacie and Liam - they have since

adopted. They acquired Gabriel at just five days old when they brought him home from the Neonatal Unit. His mother was a drug addict.

“I learn something new with every foster child. The most challenging thing is managing the schedules for all of them.

It’s very satisfying helping them to learn and to grow,” Mrs. Wise stated.

Being a foster parent is not an easy job. It doesn’t just entail providing food, clothing and a roof over the child’s head. It also involves nurturing, mentoring and being a stable influence in a child’s life. It means taking a child who might be broken in some way and helping him or her to grow up to be a well-adjusted adult.

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Donald said he could hear more than words being spoken, and took off his hat giving it to Jesus. His face lit up. A short while later Donald went over to speak with Kimberly, the mother. Donald asked if they could meet him back there on Friday night and that he wanted to buy Jesus a new pair of “skater shoes.”

Later that day Donald posted on Facebook about his encounter with Jesus, and from there hundreds of comments came in from people that wanted to help. Donald organized the meet up with mom Kimberly for Friday night at 6pm, not knowing how many would actually show up. Shortly before 6pm people began arriving, despite the rain pouring into Mcdonald’s.

So many that a line began to form. Each wanting to meet Jesus and give him the gift that they brought with them. Some took photos with him. This continued for over an hour, with his face lighting up everytime someone new came up to him.

That post encouraged a whole community to show up too. Bringing with them everything from gift cards, clothes, hats, skateboard, fishing pole and supplies. A touching moment happened when a 20 year old young woman came with a pair of white Nike’s. These weren’t just any shoes, they came with a story. She has collected shoes and keeps

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Judith McIntire City Coordinator standing by Sandra Bonadonna sculptures being displayed at Brooksville City Hall’s Uptown Gallery during the "Eye-Catching Art" exhibit.

Photo by Alice Mary Herden

Please don't cut my tail

BY BRITTANY HALLSCHARF, UF/IFAS EXTENSION HERNANDO COUNTY MARINE AGENT II

Stingrays are often given a bad rap. They lurk beneath the sand in the same shallow waters beachgoers like to swim.

Some stingrays are large, and their flattened discshaped body with long tail can make them look eerie. Plus, their tail comes equipped with a venomous barb which was responsible for the death of iconic Steve Irwin. However, did you know that stingrays are docile creatures who play an important role in their ecosystem?

There are many different species of coastal and marine stingrays. The Atlantic Stingray (Dasyatis sabinus) and the Southern Stingray (Dasyatis americana) are just two of the species you may encounter here locally.

Regardless of which type, stingrays spend long periods of time partially buried in sandy or muddy bottoms along coastal areas, seagrass beds, and reefs.

The eyes of a stingray are conveniently situated on top of their body while their mouth is located beneath them. This allows the stingray to move along the bottom and use their senses of smell, sight, and electroreceptors, a special sensory that detects electric fields in water, to find their prey below. Once they encounter a favorite fare, such as mollusks, worms, and small fish, the stingrays use plate-like structures in their mouths to crush their food. This feeding behavior of the stingray often stirs up small animals that will become the next meal of a fish or bird following close behind.

Mutualistic relationships, where two organisms benefit, are very important within coastal and marine ecosystems. The Southern Stingray is known to host trematode ectoparasites, parasites that live and feed

Stingrays play an important role in our ecosystem.

on the outside of its host, and these ectoparasites are a tasty treat for Cleaner Wrasse fish. To have these ectoparasites removed before they can cause severe damage, Southern Stingrays will visit cleaning stations set up by Cleaner Wrasses. Who wouldn’t want their meal brought to them?!

Because of their venomous spine, it is highly recommended for swimmers and beachgoers to practice the Stingray Shuffle. This simply means to slide your feet along the sand instead of taking big steps (visitflorida.com). By doing this, the sliding movements emit vibrations that scare stingrays away. Large steps not only attract stingrays, the organs of the stingray

Stingray tail and barbs.

are located in the center of their body and are crushed when a person steps directly on top of them. This triggers stingrays to flip their tail and sting in defense of their life often leaving their venomous spine behind.

They do not shoot their spine into the victim. Once the stingray loses its spine, it will be left defenseless until the spine regrows.

If you do get stung, it is

important to seek medical attention immediately.

For many years, it has been a common practice for humans to cut at least half of the stingray’s tail off as a way to protect themselves and others from being stung. However, this only makes the stingray more dangerous to others who might have to handle them in the future. Despite what one may think, the spine is not located at the tip of the tail but, in most of the local species, the spine is located halfway down the tail. By cutting the tail, more of the venomous spine is exposed which ultimately increases the chance of getting stung when removing a stingray from a fishing hook. Leaving the tail intact gives fishermen an area to hold the stingray’s tail down without touching the venomous spine. The fishing hook can then be safely removed and the stingray be returned to the water without injury to the fishermen or the animal.

Besides a defense mechanism for the stingray, research is currently being conducted by biomedical and neurobiological industries on the venomous component of the barb. While more research is needed, these venomous spines of these eerie creatures might be of benefit to us!

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7-95. Judy was a member of the Plein Air Painters, out in nature, painting the beauty that inspired her. Judy was a beloved friend to many in the art community in Hernando County and beyond. She collaborated with Hernando Arts Council, Nature Coast Art League, local art teachers, classes and competitions; including our Brooksville Blueberry Festival where she aligned the annual Plein Air juried show during the Festival activities. She was also a fervent supporter of the Nature Coast Art League Student Scholarship Fund program.

Judy’s family, Jim McIntire, Jane Sanborn and their families, partner Roy Ferguson, along with the volunteers at the Uptown Art Gallery will be hosting a celebration of Judy’s life and accomplishments in conjunction with show, "Toasting the Holidays," on Friday, November 15th, 2019 5:30 pm -7:30 pm.

The family will be displaying all of Judy's works during the show and memorial celebration.

Refreshments are provided at the reception

by CEMEX and attended by the volunteers from the Junior League. We look forward to celebrating Judy's life with you, the community and her loving family. She will forever be in our hearts and bring smiles to our faces in our happy memories.

Bob Webb: “Thank you Judy for all you have done for Brooksville and

the all the artists. Your loving kindness will be everlasting.”

Anastasia Stavropoulos: “My beautiful friend Judy Mcintire passed away to be with the Lord. She welcomed me and shared her life with me and all her friends at the Uptown Gallery and the Nature Coast Art League. She took me under her wing and told me I was a great artist. I will never forget her warmth and beautiful giving heart.

I love you Judy. Rest In Peace my friend and I’ll remember you always.”

Esther Pohl: “This so sad. Judy was a friend to whomever she met. She will be missed, remembered, and was loved. God had his plan for Judy, and we were honored with her presence.

God be with you.”

Mayor William Kemerer: “Over the past 5 years Judy’s passion for the ongoing success of the Uptown Art Gallery was always obvious. Her constant dedication and hard work toward setting up and managing each art exhibit helped insure the ultimate success of all the gallery events during her tenure. Judy was a true friend of and contributor to our City and especially the Brooksville arts community.

She will be missed by all.”

Judy was born in Beverly, Massachusetts where she was raised by her loving parents, Harold and Ellen (Noveen) Cunliffe. She graduated from Beverly High School and later she earned an Associate Degree at NHTI. She spent the majority of her life, living in the Lakes Region of New

Hampshire and also on Long Island of Casco Bay in Portland, Maine. For the past 10 years she and her companion Roy Ferguson were enjoying the life of snowbirds. They became permanent residents in Florida for the past year.

For the past 6 years, Judy fully enjoyed her position as the Art Gallery Coordinator at the Uptown Gallery at the Brooksville City Hall. She was an avid painter and member of the Nature Coast Art League. Throughout her life, whatever Judy took up for a hobby, she did with great passion. She certainly loved her dogs and cats.

She is survived by her children, Jane McIntire Sanborn (Andrew Stockwell) of Gilmanton, New Hampshire and James McIntire (Martha) of Gilford, New Hampshire; longtime companion and friend, Roy Ferguson of Weeki Wachee, Florida; 6 grandchildren, Logan, Rachel, Bailey, Owen, Reagan, and Bradley; brother, John Cunliffe of Alton, New Hampshire; 2 nieces; and 1 nephew.

Judy’s family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations may be directed to the Nature Coast Art League Student Scholarship Fund. www. naturecoastartleague.com Remember to join in honoring Judy and her artwork on November 15, 2019 5:30-7:30pm at the Uptown Art Gallery. The art show will be dedicated to Judy to honor her for the hard work and devotion to the art program at City Hall.

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LEGAL NOTICES IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR HERNANDO COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION File No. 19CP000991CPAXMX Division PROBATE IN RE: ESTATE OF LYNNE GENEVIEVE DEORSEY Deceased.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of LYNNE GENEVIEVE DEORSEY, deceased, whose date of death was July 8, 2019, is pending in the Circuit Court for HERNANDO County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 20 N. Main St., Brooksville, FL 34601. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative's attorney are set forth below.

All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent's estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent's estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT'S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is October 18, 2019.

Attorney for Personal Representative: /S/ DONALD R. PEYTON Attorney Florida Bar Number: 516619; SPN #63606 7317 Little Road New Port Richey, FL 34654 Telephone: (727) 848-5997 Fax: (727) 848-4072 E-Mail: peytonlaw@yahoo.com Secondary E-Mail: peytonlaw2@mail.com Personal Representative: /S/ DOREEN C. GADOW 8282 Dora St. Spring Hill, Florida 34608

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR HERNANDO COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION 19-001081CPAXMX Division PROBATE IN RE: ESTATE OF DEREK SCHRAMM Deceased.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of DEREK SCHRAMM, deceased, whose date of death was August 31st, 2019, is pending in the Circuit Court for HERNANDO County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 20 North 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 October 18th, 2019.

(10/18/2019), (10/25/2019)

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR HERNANDO COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION 19-001080CPAXMX Division PROBATE IN RE: ESTATE OF HEATHER SCHRAMM, also known as HEATHER ELIZABETH SCHRAMM Deceased.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of HEATHER SCHRAMM, also known as HEATHER ELIZABETH SCHRAMM, deceased, whose date of death was August 31st, 2019, is pending in the Circuit Court for HERNANDO County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 20 North 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 October 18th, 2019.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR HERNANDO COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION File No. Division PROBATE IN RE: ESTATE OF STUART L. MAY Deceased.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the trust estate of the May Family Trust and Stuart L. May, deceased, whose date of death was September 11, 2019, is pending.

The names and addresses of the trustee and the trustee’s attorney are set forth below.

All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s trust 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 October 25, 2019.

Attorney for Trustee: N. Michael Kouskoutis, Esq. Attorney for Nancy A. May Florida Bar Number: 883591 623 E. Tarpon Avenue TARPON SPRINGS, FL 34689 Telephone: (727) 942-3631 Fax: (727) 937-5453 E-Mail: eserve@nmklaw.com Secondary E-Mail: cindy@nmklaw.com Trustee: Nancy A. May 6 Old Dimon Road Redding, CT 06896 (10/25/2019), (11/01/2019) Notice of Self Storage Sale Please take notice Hide-Away Storage – Spring Hill located at 1000 Commercial Way, Spring Hill FL 34606 intends to hold a sale to sell the property stored at the Facility by the below Occupants whom are in default at an Auction. The sale will occur as an online auction via www.storagetreasures.com on 11/13/2019 at 10:00AM. Unless stated otherwise the description of the contents are household goods and furnishings.

Madeline Parten unit #0405. All property is being stored at the above self-storage facility. This sale may be withdrawn at any time without notice.

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(10/25/2019), (11/01/2019) FICTITIOUS NAME NOTICE Notice is hereby given that Spring Hill Towing, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company, desiring to engage in business under the fictitious name of WEEKI WACHEE WRECKER, located in Hernando County, Florida, intends to register said fictitious name with the Division of Corporations, Florida Department of State, Tallahassee, Florida, pursuant to Section 865.09, Florida Statutes.

J. GERARD CORREA, ESQ. Florida Bar No. 330061 SPN 002142 Attorneys for Personal Representative J. GERARD CORREA, P.A. 275 96TH AVENUE NORTH, SUITE 6 ST. PETERSBURG, FL 33702 Telephone: (727) 577-9876 Email Addresses: jcorrealaw@tampabay.rr.com TERRENCE W. SCHRAMM P.O. Address: 5908 Falconpark Court, Lithia, FL 33547 Personal Representative (10/18/2019), (10/25/2019)

J. GERARD CORREA, ESQ. Florida Bar No. 330061 SPN 002142 Attorneys for Personal Representative J. GERARD CORREA, P.A. 275 96TH AVENUE NORTH, SUITE 6 ST. PETERSBURG, FL 33702 Telephone: (727) 577-9876 Email Addresses: jcorrealaw@tampabay.rr.com TERRENCE W. SCHRAMM P.O. Address: 5908 Falconpark Court, Lithia, FL 33547 Personal Representative (10/18/2019), (10/25/2019)

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR HERNANDO COUNTY, FLORIDA CIVIL DIVISION Case No. 19-CA-001075 KEDMA CAMPUZANO Plaintiff, VS. VICTOR GONZALES CAMPUZANO Defendant.

NOTICE OF ACTION TO: VICTOR GONZALES CAMPUZANO; all parties claiming interest by, through, under or against any of the above named parties; and all parties having or claiming to have any right, title or interest in the property herein after described.

YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action for Quiet Title has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written defense, if any, to Hale and Messina Law, PLLC, Plaintiff's attorney, whose address is 9735 US Highway 19, Port Richey, Florida 34668, on or before November 22, 2019 and file the original with the Clerk of this Court, whose address is 20 N. Main Street, Brooksville, Florida 34601, before service on Plaintiff or immediately thereafter. If you fail to do so, a default may be entered against you for the relief requested in the Complaint.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION LOT 5, BLOCK 423, SPRING HILL, UNIT 8, ACCORDING TO PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 8, PAGES 27 THROUGH 37, INCLUSIVE, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF HERNANDO COUNTY, FLORIDA Parcel ID#: R32-323-17-5080-0423-0050 This notice shall be published once each week for four (4) consecutive weeks in a Community Newspaper in Hernando County, Florida.

Copies of all documents in this case, including Court 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. Future papers in this lawsuit will be mailed or emailed to the addresses on record with the Clerk's office.

Dated: 10-11-19 DOUG CHORVAT, Jr. Clerk & Comptroller Hernando County, Florida By: /s/ Sonya Sanders As Deputy Clerk (SEAL) Oct. 25, Nov. 1, 8, 15, 2019 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR HERNANDO COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO.: 19001090CPAXMX IN RE: ESTATE OF BETTY ANN SOUCY, Deceased.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of Betty Ann Soucy, deceased, whose date of death was August 3, 2019, is pending in the Circuit Court for Hernando County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 20 North Main Street, Brooksville, Florida 34601. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative's attorney are set forth below.

All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent's estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent's estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT'S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this Notice is October 25, 2019.

Attorney for Personal Representative: /S/ Dawn Ellis My Florida Probate, PA Dawn Ellis, Esq., for the firm Attorney for Personal Representative E-mail Address: dawn@myfloridaprobate.com Florida Bar Number: 091979 PO Box 952 Floral City, FL 34436-0952 (352) 726-5444 Personal Representative: James F. Chapple 19 Elm Street Stafford, VA 22554 (10/25/2019), (11/01/2019)

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Obituaries PUBLIC NOTICE OF BARGAINING SESSION Notice is hereby given that the Hernando County School Board will hold its bargaining session with HCTA on Tuesday, October 29th, 2019 at 04:30 p.m. at the District Office, located at 919 North Broad Street, Brooksville, FL, 34601.

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

By: John Stratton Secretary and Superintendent of Schools Date of publication: (10/25/2019)

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR HERNANDO COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION File No. 27-2019-001179-CP Division PROBATE IN RE: ESTATE OF DONALD LEE KLIENMEYER Deceased.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS TO ALL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS OR DEMANDS AGAINST THE ABOVE ESTATE: You are hereby notified that an Order of Formal Administration has been entered in the estate of DONALD LEE KLIENMEYER deceased, File Number 27-2019-001179-CP, 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 November 23, 2018; that the total value of the estate is $120,770 and that the names and addresses of those to whom it has been assigned by such order are: NAME Donald Lee Klienmeyer, Jr ADDRESS 111 NE Lloyd Street PO Box 1363 Mayo, FL 32066 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 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 October 25, 2019.

Attorney for Person Giving Notice: /S/ Karen D. Hatton E-mail Addresses: kdhattonlaw@gmail.com Florida Bar No. 502871 Karen D. Hatton, P.A. PO Box 446 Mayo, FL 32066 Person Giving Notice: /S/ Donald Lee Klienmeyer, Jr. (10/25/2019), (11/01/2019) Legal Notice: Dr. Fawzi Soliman is retiring from Nature Coast Surgical Specialists, effective September 30th, 2019.

Patient medical records may be obtained from Nature Coast Surgical Specialists at: 11373 Cortez Blvd , Suite 208, Brooksville, FL 34613 or by calling (352) 597-0224.

If you choose to transfer care to a provider outside of this office, you will need to complete and sign a record release form, which you may obtain at the foregoing location.

(Oct. 11, 18, 25, Nov. 1, 2019)

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR HERNANDO COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION File No. 19001127CPAXMX Division IN RE: ESTATE OF VICKI ROGERS TUFO, Deceased.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of Vicki Rogers Tufo, deceased, whose date of death was July 25, 2019, is pending in the Circuit Court for Hernando County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 20 N. Main Street, Brooksville, Florida 34601. The names and addresses of the personal representatives and the personal representatives' 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 October 18, 2019.

Attorney for Personal Representatives: /S/ Timothy K. Anderson Attorney Florida Bar Number: 0443034 480 Maplewood Drive, Suite 5 Jupiter, FL 33458-5845 Telephone: (561) 744-8255 Fax: (561) 744-8685 E-Mail: info@tkalawoffice.com Personal Representative: /S/ Tara Tufo Mitchell 51 Ballard Creek Fairview, North Carolina 33458

Strzelecki Jon W., age 64, passed away on Tuesday, October 15, 2019. Jon predeceased by his twin brother, Joel Strzelecki. Jon is survived by his loving mother, Adeline G Strzelecki and sister, Dawn Ernst. Src; Brewer Thorogood Georgiana, passed away on Tuesday, October 15, 2019. Src; Brewer Crummie Colie Jr., age 75 of Spring Hill, passed away on October 15, 2019. Colie was a United States Army Veteran. He was predeceased by a son, Allen.

Colie is survived by wife, Barbara; sons, David & Kelvin; daughters, Linda, Tracy & Pamela; 15 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren. Gathering of Family and Friends will be held Friday, October 25, 2019 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM with funeral service at 11:30 AM at Downing Funeral Home.

Followed by interment at Florida National Cemetery Bushnell. Src; Downing Bruce Harriet L., age 102, of Spring Hill, passed away on Tuesday, October 15, 2019. Harriet is preceded in death by her husband, Bazin N. Bruce. She is survived by daughters: Patricia (Bob), Sharon and Deborah; 7 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. Src; Merritt Voscinar Michael "Mike", age 67, of Masaryktown, passed away on Wednesday, October 16, 2019. He is survived by his wife Janet and son, Trevor. Src; Merritt Kick Mychal R., age 32 of Brooksville, passed away on October 16, 2019. He is survived by his wife, Jennifer; and son Cayden. Src; Downing

by her children: Frank, Pamela, and Edith; many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Src; Brewer Lutes Ronald W., passed away on Wednesday October 16, 2019. Src; Brewer Williams Shirley L., age 86, of Brooksville passed away on Wednesday October 16, 2019. She is survived by her son Joseph (Bonnie), 3 granddaughters; 1 great grandson; her husband Eugene Williams and his children Gay, Glen,Gene Jr and Guy. Src; Turner Descheneaux Raymond F., passed away on Thursday, October 17, 2019. Src; Turner WISSER, SUSIE (Mary E.), age 96, of Spring Hill, passed away on Thursday, October 17, 2019. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harry and a daughter, Jessie. Susie is survived by her daughter, Barbara; 3 grandchildren, 6 great grandchildren and 1 great great grandchild. Src; Pinecrest Baker Bernard I., age 79, of Brooksville, passed away on Friday, October 18, 2019 at Bayfront Health, Brooksville. He is survived by his wife: Sherre; sons: Robert and Michael; daughters: Tammie and Susan; 8 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren. Src; Merritt Smith MaeMarie (Nicholas), age 87 of Brooksville, passed away on Friday, October 18, 2019.

She was predeceased by her husband, Charles W. Smith. She is survived by her sons: John (Mary), and Chuck; daughter: Alicia (Jay); 8 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Src; Merritt

Koper James Joseph, of Spring Hill, passed away on Wednesday, October 16, 2019. Src; Brewer Jones Reatha Mae, age 82, passed away on Wednesday, October 16, 2019. Reatha was predeceased by her husband, Sidney Joseph Jones, Jr. and daughter, Donna Jones. She is survived

(10/18/2019), (10/25/2019)

(10/25/2019) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTH JUDIClAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA, IN AND FOR HERNANDO COUNTY CIVIL DIVISION Case No. 27-2019-CA-000284 Division SUNCOAST CREDIT UNION A FEDERALLY INSURED STATE CHARTERED CREDIT UNION Plaintiff, vs.

KRISTEN VOZNIAK SPRING HILL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, INC. A/K/A SPRING HILL CIVIC ASSOCIATION, INC., 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 October 1, 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 7, BLOCK 1541, SPRING HILL UNIT 22, AS PER PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 10, PAGES 31-43, PUBLIC RECORDS OF HERNANDO COUNTY, FLORIDA. and commonly known as: 6485 INDIA DR, SPRING HILL, FL 34608; 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 November 19, 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 !is pendens must file a claim before the clerk reports the surplus as unclaimed.

Dated the 01 day of OCtober, 2019 Clerk of the Circuit Court Doug Chorvat, Jr. By: /s/ Sonya Sanders Deputy Clerk (COURT SEAL) (10/18/2019), (10/25/2019)

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Athletic Support: "Late bloomer, a blessing or a curse?"

Dear Athletic Support: My son is a late bloomer. Most of the kids on his football team are well on their way to becoming young men. My son is not. He doesn’t even have hair on his legs! Is there a way I can keep him interested in playing football until his body catches up to his peers?

— Waiting For Puberty Dear Puberty: I coached 7th Grade football for a few years. It was an experience I won’t soon forget.

The undiluted energy. The fart jokes in the locker room. The way most of the boys looked like little bobblehead dolls in their helmets.

Let me be clear: “Most” of the boys looked like bobbleheads.

There were always a few that looked like full-grown men.

They had hairy legs and armpits.

Their voices were as deep as mine.

They were the kings of 7th grade ball.

As time went on, however, their reign came to an end. By high school, the playing field was level once again. Many of these former “kings” seemed to lose interest after losing their crowns. Sadly, some of them even quit the varsity team.

So, here’s what you tell your

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son: Tell him to be patient. Tell him if he sticks it out, he’ll be better for it. And finally, tell him that having hairy armpits doesn’t make you cool!

Dear Athletic Support: Why are baseball and soccer becoming year-round sports? My sons are on travel soccer and baseball teams with their close friends. They love playing multiple sports. But when it’s football season, football is our priority. I’m afraid they might fall behind, or if they’re not there, they might put a strain on their other teams. Fall is already overloaded with extracurriculars. It would be so much simpler if soccer and baseball stuck to being spring and summer sports! — Manic MultiSport Momma Dear Manic: In today’s world of youth sports, it’s easy to get overwhelmed. Seasons are getting longer, and like you mentioned, they’re beginning to overlap. This, in turn, puts unreal expectations on both parents and young athletes alike.

The truth is, your boys can’t par-

ticipate in so many different sports at once. Not if you really want what’s best for them.

Try taking a proactive approach and making some tough decisions prior to each season. Schedule a meeting where the whole family sits down with a calendar. Take a hard look at the time involved for each sport, including practices and games.

Be sure to let your boys have a voice in the matter. Ask their opinion about which sport they’d like to focus on for the upcoming season. Then, as a family, come to a decision on how to best spend your time and energy.

Once it’s all said and done, I would urge you to make the outcome of this meeting nonnegotiable. In other words, if one of your sons would like to switch his focus midway through the season — don’t let him.

If you use this “manic” phase of your life to teach your kiddos lessons in time management, it will be well worth your time.

Eli Cranor is a former professional quarterback and coach turned award-winning author. Send questions for “Athletic Support” to eli.cranor@gmail.com or visit elicranor.com.

BRIEFS from page 9 Pain can be debilitating – especially pain in the shoulders, elbows, feet, or ankles.

Dr. Mijic and Dr. Herscovici will discuss what surgical and non-surgical treatments are available as well as minimally invasive surgical treatments for the feet, ankles, shoulders and elbows. A question and answer session will follow, and guests are encouraged to prepare their questions ahead of time.

A complimentary hot meal will be served. Seating is limited, and reservations are required.

Doors open at 4:45 pm. For more information and for reservations call 352-597-6333 in Hernando or 352-628-6060 in Citrus or visit OakHillHospital.com/ForYourHealth.

Rachel’s Gift brings pregnancy and infant loss programs to area hospitals Spring Hill, FL. - Bayfront Health Spring Hill is in the process of implementing pregnancy andinfant loss programs offered by Rachel’s Gift. An educator from Rachel’s Gift will be at Bayfront Health Spring Hill October 28, 29, and 30 to teach a 4-hour infant bereavement course to staff members. The course objective is to assist staff in providing quality, compassionate bereavement care to patients suffering the loss of a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth, and infant death. Hospital staff will also be provided with information and resources to help guide pa-

tients through decision making and keepsake collection.

After the initial training is completed, Rachel’s Gift’s programs will be provided free to staff and patients of Bayfront Health Spring Hill for the life of the partnership. The community is urged to help ensure these programs continue by making tax-deductible donations online at rachelsgift. org/donate, and by making in kind donations or participating in fundraising events.

The “Everyone with Diabetes Counts” program encourages small lifestyle changes while learning about your diabetes and the way it affects your health. Have fun with friends and family while learning how to manage diabetes through better nutrition and physical activity.

Enjoy the benefits of a healthier, more energetic lifestyle by signing up today!

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Fl. Dept of Health 7551 Forest Oaks Blvd Spring Hill, Fl. No cost to participate!

This program is not a replacement for medical care. Participants should keep all medical appointments and follow the direction of healthcare providers.

Boutique of Hope November Update November is a time when we give special thanks to God for all His blessings. THE BOH feels blessed to be able to reach out to help women who have cancer or who are survivors.

We are grateful to be able to offer you FREE wigs, bras, hats, turbans and more if only you will come. We are at the Crescent Community Clinic near Golden Corral at 5244 Commercial Way and open Tues./Wed. from 10 to 2. We will greet you with smiles and hugs and help you find just what you need to cheer you up, and get ready for the holidays. We really need volunteers who can work a shift and/or sew turbans and tieback scarves so please call Claire at 428-4143.

ADOPT TODAY

D#10321541 – Jimmy is a white and gray male Terrier mix, approximately 10 years old and 66 lbs. He was found wandering the streets and brought into shelter care. Jimmy is super friendly and has the most remarkable face mask markings.

Given his age, he's a bit stiff and arthritic with some skin tags, and also has a hematoma under the skin of his ear flap.

He's received a dental scaling, anti-inflamatory meds for his arthritis and had a tumor removed while in our care. Jimmy is a volunteer favorite because he's so sweet and affectionate with everyone.

He loves to play outside in the spree areas getting plenty of exercise to keep him nimble. Won't you please consider giving this gentle older boy a safe, loving place to call home? Jimmy is neutered, micro-chipped, vaccinated, heartworm tested and will have a 1-yr county animal license at the time of adoption. Visiting hours are Tu-Fr 9:30-4:30 and Sat 10-3.

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 please contact Hernando County Animal Services at 352-796-5062, or AC@hernando.fl.us.

D#10321769 – Mera is a beautiful blue and brown brindle female Terrier/Lab mix, approximately 2-3 years old and 80 lbs.

She was found running in a Spring Hill parking lot with another dog and brought into shelter care. Mera is a strong, but very friendly, sweet dog. She loves to be outside in the spree areas with the volunteers playing with her ball and wading in her kiddie pool. Please stop by to meet this impressive young gal who is hoping to find a good, loving family to call her own. Mera is spayed, micro-chipped, vaccinated, heartworm tested and will have a 1-yr county animal license at the time of adoption. Visiting hours are Tu-Fr 9:30-4:30 and Sat 10-3. 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 please contact Hernando County Animal Services at 352-796-5062, or AC@ hernando.fl.us.

D#10321716 – Vivi is an adorable brown merle and white female Catahoula mix, approximately 1 1/2 years old and 43 lbs. If you look into her eyes you'll see she has a blue and a brown one – stunning! She was found running in a neighborhood with another dog and brought into shelter care. Vivi is a sweet girl who walks well on her leash. She loves to be outside in the spree areas with the volunteers playing with her toys.

Please stop by to meet this amazing young girl who is waiting patiently to find a wonderful place to call home. Vivi is spayed, micro-chipped, vaccinated, heartworm tested and will have a 1-yr county animal license at the time of adoption.

Visiting hours are Tu-Fr 9:30-4:30 and Sat 10-3. 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 please contact Hernando County Animal Services at 352-796-5062, or AC@hernando.fl.us.

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.

VA Helping Victims of Domestic Abuse If you’re a veteran and are a victim of domestic violence, the Department of Veterans Affairs can help you with housing and support services if you need to flee. If you have children, this includes them. If you are a senior veteran, elder abuse is included in the definition of domestic violence.

The housing and services are provided by two programs, Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) and Grant and Per Diem. In 2017, public law 114-315 expanded eligibility for both programs to include situations such as fleeing dating violence, domestic violence, stalking and any situation that makes it unsafe for you to stay. The big eligibility hurdle is that you don’t have anywhere else to live.

If you have to get out immediately, you’re eligible for SSVF rapid housing intervention, which is a program to help the homeless get quickly into permanent housing. SSVF has a new component called shallow subsidies, which is essentially a hand up. Rents are below market level, but are not based on a percentage of your income.

Grant and Per Diem gives grants to companies to provide services to homeless veterans, including transitional housing. The GPD program will help with services to get your life back on track, such as stable housing and gaining skills to increase your income.

Go online to www.va.gov/homeless/ gpd.asp and www.va.gov/homeless/ ssvf/ to gather information and make contacts. The second link, to SSVF, has information for the states that provide the rent subsidies. If your living situation is volatile, gather your information now and keep it in a safe place that you can grab when you need it. Your purse or wallet is not a good place.

In a violent situation, make 911 your first call. When you can, when the situation is safe, collect your saved information and go. © 2019 King Features Synd., Inc.

If Social Security Calls ... Hang Up! Thieves are continuing to target seniors where we’re most vulnerable. Most common is the Social Security scam.

Annoyingly enough, I received one of these calls today on my cellphone.

I didn’t answer, of course, so they left a voice message. My Social Security number had been associated with crime, they said. If I didn’t call them back immediately, they would call the police and take out a warrant for my arrest. And so on ...

While scam calls can come from any area code, sometimes they use the real Social Security Administration phone number (1-800-772-1213). It’s easy for them to spoof (fake) any number.

However, there’s one big difference.

No one from Social Security is going to call you with threats. If Social Security has something to say to you, it will send a letter in the mail.

There are many reasons not to give out your personal information to someone you don’t know, but the biggest ones are that your benefits can be diverted, and your identity can be stolen.

To protect yourself, make use of your Caller ID. If you don’t recognize the number, don’t answer. And leave your Social Security card at home when you go out.

If something doesn’t sound right on a phone call you do answer, hang up. The minute someone asks you to verify anything (your name, address, bank information, Social Security number) or threatens you in any way, just hang up.

To hear what is said in these scam calls, go online to www.consumer.ftc. gov and put “Social Security scam” in the search box. Click on “This is what a Social Security scam sounds like.” You can hear a recording of a call and know what to expect if you do answer one. © 2019 King Features Synd., Inc.

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Only child needs to be socialized by his peers not only parents Parents should be the most influential people in a child’s life. In our cultural meltdown there often are one or no biological parents raising their children.

One-parent families are not optimal for all the responsibilities and wisdom are solely in one person’s hands.

An increased number of grandparents have stepped in to take on this incredible responsibility with limited energy, vitality and longevity concerns.

As the American family shrank, the need for peers became more important for children as well as their family’s authority. The parents need to know how the child acts with others in specific situations and soon realize their child is not perfect. The child learns peers can act positively or can stab others in the back. The parent and child get educated through this experience.

As an only child,

without siblings to interact with, it is harder to determine how and when the youngster will be more prone to lie, to defend himself, join in with the shenanigans of others or reject it all together. When parents observe their child with friends, they are better able to evaluate their behavior outside of the parent’s presence. These informational observations assist the parents to open their eyes to realize the complexity of the child. This helps them gain a more mature and accurate understanding to arrive at better decisions with a child.

Modern children are at a significant disadvantage from those in the past. They have smaller families, more divorces, less direct and unsupervised interaction with their peers.

Our culture is starting to become aware that today’s children’s major contact with their peers is through the Internet.

DOMENICK J. MAGLIO, PH.D.

Traditional Realist Parents often have little knowledge of these online people and less what is transpiring in these conversations.

Putting a child in adult supervised activities does not provide the parent with firsthand knowledge of the child’s social skills. The child is isolated from his peers in constantly supervised activities. This does not allow the child to just be a kid.

The child has to learn how to react in social situations with their peers. There are many single child families who naturally do not have the opportunity to witness how their chil-

Releasing God's power through obedience by a stream of water and that God would send ravens to bring him meat and bread - and they did. This shows us that if we will simply listen and obey, God will take care of our needs. In the following verses, we find that the brook finally dried up from the lack of rain, so the Lord told him to go to a certain city and there he would find a poor widow who would MINISTER / CHAPLAIN supply him with food. When he entered the town gate, he found the woman and asked her Releasing God’s power through to bring him a drink of water Obedience includes the humble and a piece of bread. We pick and sincere acceptance of the up the story in verses 12-14, authority and will of God. It’s “As surely as the Lord your not only conforming, but also God lives, she replied, I don’t demonstrating our devotion have any bread, only a handful through our thoughts, words, of meal in a barrel and a little and deeds. The general concept olive oil in a jug. I am gathering of compliance both in the Old a few sticks to take home and and the New Testament is based make a meal for myself and upon us yielding our will in my son, that we may eat it and order to do God’s will and if we die.” Elijah said to her, do not choose to advance in our spiritual be afraid. Go home and do as relationship with Christ, we can you have said. But first, make a understand a lot more about small loaf of bread for me from personal accountability. One of what you have and bring it to the Greek terms for obedience me, and then make something conveys the idea of positioning for yourself and your son. For oneself under someone by this is what the Lord, the God submitting to their authority and of Israel, says; The barrel of command. Another Greek word meal will not be used up and the for obey in the New Testament jug of oil will not run dry until means “to trust.” According the day the Lord sends rain on to Holman’s Illustrated Bible the land.” Remarkably, she did Dictionary, Christian obedience as Elijah said and even though means, “to hear God’s Word and no meal or oil was ever added act accordingly.” Eerdman’s Bible to the containers, there was an Dictionary also states, “Obedience endless supply. This was an involves physical hearing that amazing miracle, however, it’s inspires the listener to believe and also not the end of the story. in turn this motivates the hearer After a while, the widow’s son to act in accordance with the became very sick and eventually speaker’s desires.” died. Of course, the mother felt Some might believe it does like God’s judgment had for not really matter what we do in some reason fallen upon her and this life, but nothing could be she was very upset. Elijah had further than the truth. Whether compassion and asked God to we are a follower of Christ or please heal the child and the boy not, disobedience is caused by came back to life! In James the rebellion toward divine truth first chapter we are reminded and choosing to follow our own there is no substitute for desires instead of seeing God’s obedience and that possessing will accomplished. We realize knowledge about what the Lord that we cannot earn our salvation wants us to do is not the same as by our works, however, if we are doing it. serious about our relationship with Him, we will always have a Learn about Billy’s brand new strong desire to please Him. Luke book at billyhollandministries.

6:46 Jesus says, “Why do you call com me Lord, Lord, and do not what I say?” We can always ask God to forgive our past, and today we can also make the choice to develop a determination to obey Him in all things.

Most of us remember a man in the Bible by the name of Elijah and we see that he was a person who knew something about the power of obeying God. I want us to look at a time in his life where God told him to do something and even though it seemed impossible, William F. Holland Jr., DD., C.ED.D. is he did not hesitate to follow God’s a Christian minister, chaplain, and author. Discover more about his ministry instructions. In I Kings 17:1, he at billyhollandministries.com had just prophesied to king Ahab, can be contacted at P.O. Box 1394, that it would not rain for the next Nicholasville, KY 40340 three years. The Lord then told Elijah to hide in the mountains WILLIAM F. HOLLAND

dren interact with other children. Single children families often place the full burden of childrearing on themselves without other siblings, friends or elders sharing in this process. The parent figure has a void in understanding their child’s actions with others.

Our modern culture has limited the possibility of children mixing with others outside the home.

Our suburban isolated living and dangers in the city streets have convinced parents to sign up the child in adult supervised activities instead of letting their children play unsupervised outside the home. These youngsters are not free to learn games and rules that have historically been passed down from one generation to another.

Most importantly, peers teach each other how to act in a group.

When a child is initiated into a group of peers the youngster has to decide how to be accepted. Are

they going to be friendly, aggressive, an observer, attempt to be a leader or a follower? They might try to be one kind of personality and wind up being perceived by the group as the exact opposite. This process is a great learning laboratory for every child to develop different aspects of their personality.

As the child matures he develops new relationships that open up new types of behavioral options. This allows the youth to see the consequences of certain actions, which could help him make better choices to reach his goals. The experience with their peers helps them better focus on their vision and the direction they would like to take in the future.

This involvement with their peers also teaches the adult that the child acts differently in different situations. They begin to view youngsters more objectively and realistically. The parents realize

in different situations the child acts differently depending on many variables. The ages of the peers, the setting, time of day, the activity and many other circumstances have a definite impact on the child’s behavior.

Probably the most important lesson the parent learns is their child is neithger perfect or a future loser but a work in progress.

Conscientious parents are beginning to organize home events to select and get to know their child’s peers and the parents who drop them off. This organic process is growing to meet the modern family and child’s needs.

They understand the importance of other children in their own child’s life.

Peers are an essential part of the equation in the child becoming a well-rounded social individual. Parents cannot do it all.

Games, Fans, and Ashtrays

Usually after I drop my grandkids off at school I stop by Senor Cargador’s for smokes and TV. Sometimes we drive to Circle K for more smokes and coffee, and we used to head over to Exwork mainly to coffee-break with Fraulein Alles-Uberal (but she’s now retired, and so the last of our magic crew, the miracle-workers, the teamto-call is gone from there) and when the need arises we follow each other to various auto places for car repairs.

Lately we started watching X-Files. Unfortunately he only had three VHS tapes of two episodes, and one VHS of the movie, so we were done with them in seven school days. I didn’t watch the show when it was being made because I thought it was a rip-off of Kolchak: The Night Stalker (which later I learned was the inspiration) but X-Files seldom killed the monster at the end.

Oh I watched it on and off, and I was delighted to see Daren McGavin guest star as the founder of that obscure department of the FBI. But mainly the show annoyed me. Now, watching with a friend, I’ve started to enjoy it, if only to pick it apart, and that’s mainly what we do.

So earlier last week we decided to try to find more episodes on DVD, of course. I Googled and read that Target had the first season, under twenty bucks. I called, and after

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listening to seven descriptions of which button to push, I jabbed the seventh key to talk to someone, and no one answered. Exwork’s departments do the same thing, and I believe it’s because they don’t really want you to call, since no one there can truthfully answer your question.

Undeterred we decided to patronize Target, a long drive, and predictably they had no X-Files at all. When I was with Exwork I engaged in subservient dialogue with many angry customers about just such a thing, that what’s on their computer is seldom what’s in the store. I do not

miss being blamed and yelled at for that. Naturally then, I did not pester the workers at Target, which was made easier because I didn’t see any.

The store was in a strip mall (which by the way has no strip clubs—I was confused about that as a young adult) so we decided to explore down that long sidewalk. Among other establishments there is a Japanese restaurant, a pizza place, and a gaming store, which we went in and they do not have movies or shows. At the end we found a sports bar, Gators Dockside, and they have a covered patio with lots of games on lots of TVs, and fans on the ceiling, and most important of all, ashtrays on the tables. We decided to eat there.

When Wawa first opened in our neighborhood, we tried to smoke at their outdoor tables while sipping coffee or after eating one of their delicious sandwiches, but they chased us away, even though the riveted signs in the middle of the metal tops don’t say, “No Smoking,” but “Thank you for not smoking,” which I viewed as giving us a choice.

But at Gators we could sit out of the sun and smoke all we wanted before and after eating our cheese steak.

I asked the waitress if she could change one of the TVs to Spectrum channel 835 for Cricket Highlights, and she said she’d ask, but it didn’t happen. Nevertheless, we will be going back there, this time for their many-flavored wings.

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