Jax meteorologist: F-5 tornadoes not impossible here

By Joyce Marie [email protected]

Three members of the Lafayette County HighSchool “Students Working Against Tobacco”(S.W.A.T.) team recently offered a slideshow pre-sentation to educate the public about their effortsto try to curb tobacco advertising aimed at chil-dren.

Audra Shiver, Ashlin Morgan and Luis Ar-reguin from LHS S.W.A.T. concentrated their pre-sentation on tobacco advertising and how it ad-versely affects young people.

Basically, Shiver said, it’s become an unethicalproblem when tobacco advertising is directed to-ward children, although, she said she realizes it isnot illegal.

“It’s putting a false idea and image in theirheads,” said Shiver.

Tobacco advertising signs, Shiver said, are beingplaced on roadsides, on the interior and exterior ofconvenience stores, as well as on miscellaneousfunctional items like garbage cans, clocks and do-nation jars on store countertops.

“They’re putting a lot of this stuff, like signs onthe door, that are eye level for children,” said Shiv-

er. “The kids are notonly seeing a brandname, but they’re see-ing new flavor types.When they see grapeor peach or strawber-

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The Lafayette County School District isone of five districts in the state that im-proved the most in grade eight writingand the most improved in grade threereading, according to FCAT 2.0 figuresreleased by the state Friday, May 24.

Sixty one percent of Lafayette eighth

By Bryant [email protected]

Although the perfect storm can hap-pen anywhere at anytime, a Jacksonvillemeteorologist believes Florida’s weatherconditions are not likely to produce adevastating EF/F-5 tornado similar tothe one that ripped through Oklahomalast week which killed 24 people includ-ing seven children. Although thechances are unlikely, the fact is it canstill happen.

Florida and Georgia do not have a richhistory of tornadoes. In fact, the latesttornadoes recorded happened in 2009 inSuwannee and Madison counties.

“While we are not immune to violenttornadoes (EF/F-3 or greater), to thebest of our knowledge, there has neverbeen an EF/F-5 tornado in either Floridaor Georgia. That said, they are not im-possible either and we have seen EF/F-3 tornadoes in Central Florida with theGroundhog Day tornado outbreak of

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By Joyce Marie Taylor

Lafayette High School graduation ceremonies will beheld Friday, May 31, beginning at 7:30 p.m. on the highschool football field.

Approximately 75 seniors will be accepting their diplomas, ac-cording to LHS Principal Stewart Hancock.

“We will not know an exact number until we get through ex-ams and some classes students are doing virtually,” said Stewart.

In case of inclement weather the ceremonies will move to thehigh school gym.

See inside for a special graduation insert.

Graduates to walk Friday


Editor’s note: This is the final part o f afive week series titled “Are we ready?”,in which we delve into storm prepared-ness locally. This part focuses on thequestion “Are we ready for the bigstorm?”

Lafayette County is in a prime loca-tion for tropical storms and hurricanes,as well as tornadoes. We asked Emer-gency Management Director Donnie

“Not only do you have to have all ofthe ingredients, but they have to come

together at the proper time as well (to form a tornado). Across the

Suwannee Valley, thankfully, thatcombination of events is quite rare

(for an EF/F-5 tornado), but not impossible.”

- Al Sandrik, NOAA warningcoordinator meteorologist

Jax meteorologist:F-5 tornadoes notimpossible here

Are we ready for‘The Big One?’


Jordan Green from the Florida De-partment of Transportation (Lake Cityoffice) recently updated the LafayetteCounty Board of County Commission-ers on upcoming projects within thecounty.

“We’re getting ready to start ourwork program development cycle

Road projectsin the works

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among thegods islike you,L o r d ?Who islike you—majes t icin holi-

ness, awesome in glory, working won-ders?

There are two things you shouldknow about God as you approachHim in prayer. First, understand thenature of God. To fear the Lordmeans to stand in awe of Him, Hisglory, His presence. All those pas-sages in the Bible that talk about thefear of the Lord are not saying to startshaking at the knees and run awayfrom Him. Actually you should shakeat the knees and then run toward Him,because He’s the Only One who canhelp!Realizing that God is holy will give

you the awe of God that you need.

John Piper said it like this: “God isholy in his uniqueness. Everythingelse belongs to a class. We are hu-man; Rover is a dog; the oak is a tree;Earth is a planet; the Milky Way is oneof a billion galaxies; Gabriel is an an-gel; Satan is a demon. But only Godis God. And therefore He is holy, ut-terly different, distinct, unique.”Everything else belongs to creation.God alone creates! It is God “...whoalone is immortal and who lives in un-approachable light...” (1Timothy6:16). That inspires awe of God inme!The second thing to understand is

God’s intimacy. Through the media-tor, Jesus Christ, we have the opportu-nity to approach the unapproachable!When Jesus came on the scene Hetaught us to pray, calling God our Fa-ther in heaven. The unique One lovesus with an everlasting love and hasmade a way for us to be close to Him.Jesus died for sinful humanity so thatwe could become righteous in God’seyes. When we get the revelation that the

infinitely awesome and unapproach-

Hugh G. [email protected]

Far too few people today whoprofess Jesus as their Savior livefor Him. They don't live for Himbecause they know very littleabout Him and His word. I saw anews letter from a local churchthat stated “Americans love theBible but don't read it much”. Itgave some statistics that explainswhy God's people don't knowmuch about God. It said “of allthose who were polled 57 per-cent of the people read the Bible

four times or less a year”. It said“preachers only read it to preparea message”, no personal study. Our background scripture

Philippians 3:7-14. Please read!Verse 10: “That I may knowHim”. Paul wanted and had anintimate relationship with ChristJesus. Nothing else mattered.Paul said for my determined pur-pose is “that I may know Him,and that I may progressively be-come more deeply and intimate-ly acquainted with Him, perceiv-ing and recognizing and under-standing the wonder of His per-son more strongly and moreclearly”. Paul remembered thatthe day on the road to Damascus;he knew he was on the road tohell that day. He knew if hefound any men or women thatbelieved in Jesus, he would bringthem bound to Jerusalem (Acts9:1-2). He knew that after he metJesus his life changed, and hewanted to know all he could

about this man Jesus, who savedhim from an eternity in Hell. Why aren’t we the same way?

Why don’t we remember thatwhen we were saved the samething happened to us? God sentHis amazing grace to us. We allought to sing out “I once was lostbut now I’m found; was blind butnow I see”.Paul wanted to understand bet-

ter the power of His resurrection.He wanted to know how to sharethat power with others. You seewhen Jesus died on the cross,that was for our sins. When Godraised Him up the third day, thatwas the proof that God acceptedHis (Jesus) death as payment foryour sin and mine. Paul wanted“the fellowship of His suffering’.He wanted to be able to under-stand more the suffering ofChrist, although he would get asmall taste of it himself. Paulserved the Lord for 31 years. Hespent over 15 years in prison,

was beaten with 195 lashes withan inch of his life; He was ship-wrecked, stoned, and in despairof his life often. Yet he neverstopped serving the Lord. Hewanted to “be conformed to Hisdeath”. He wanted his carnal selfto die so his spiritual self couldlive for Christ.Verse 11 says that “If by any

means, I may attain to the resur-rection from the dead”. Paulwrote more about the resurrec-tion than any one. He knewabout it and knew he was goingto be part of the resurrection untolife.Verse 12 lets us know that Paul

knew he had not been made per-fect yet, but that he is pressingon that he may lay hold of thefact that Christ Jesus had laidhold on him. If Paul felt this way,shouldn't we? Church is wherewe learn and understand moreabout Jesus. (Some quotes fromAmplified Bible.)

Hallowed Be Thy NameFREEDOM IS HERE

Living for Jesus

You made it!!!!Congratulations to thegraduating Class of2013! Graduationmarks the celebrationof a long-awaited ac-complishment, and younow stand at one of thebiggest crossroads ofyour life. Graduation isthe end of a path thatbegan years ago as youleft Mom and Dad toclimb onto the schoolbus and walk into theclassroom on your own.Now is the time to cele-brate the end of thatchapter…and begin anew one with a newchallenge: “What will Ido with my life?”Some of you have care-fully mapped out plans,while others are still

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struggling for answers.In your search, considerthe words of Jeremiah6:16:

“This is what the Lordsays: “Stand at thecrossroads and look:ask for the ancientpaths, ask where thegood way is, and walk init, and you will find restfor your souls…”

Stand at this cross-road and look. An inter-section is a place whereyou must make a deci-sion about which way togo based on where youwant to end up. Considerwhat you have learnedabout life and aboutyourself, and look for thegood way that leads toyour future. The rightpath for living is markedout by God, but it re-quires a careful search touncover. Taking the“easy” path will alwaysbe an option and it willoften be tempting, butknow that it leads to adead-end life…when weignore God’s map, welose our way.

Walk in it. Once youget a glimpse of thatgood way, don’t get frus-trated if you can’t see thewhole plan rightnow…start with onestep…it may be that youfind the directions for thenext step on the way. Getgoing…a tiny rudder canturn a huge ship, but onlyif it is moving. Be confi-dent that God has a planfor your life. In Eph-esians 2:10 the Bible tellsus “For we are God’sworkmanship, created inChrist Jesus to do goodworks, which God pre-pared in advance for us todo.” That word “work-manship” also means“masterpiece”…one of akind! God created youuniquely for a specificpurpose…to do goodworks. The kicker is thatHe has prepared them “inadvance” for you to do.All we have to do is fol-low His map to findthem!

Find rest for yoursouls…Of all the things Icould hope and pray foryou…this is it. In aworld full of unrest, strifeand lack of peace, havingrest for your soul is price-less, and it only comesfrom being in right stand-ing with the One whocreated you. Notice thatthis rest comes as a resultof standing, looking, ask-ing, and walking…withHim. Your life consistsof the time between yourappointed birth anddeath…how will youspend it? Choose care-fully…because yourheart and your life mat-ters!

Congratulations andBlessings!

Angie

Heart Matters is aweekly column written byAngie Land, Director ofthe Family Life Min-istries of the LafayetteBaptist Association,where she teaches Biblestudies, leads marriageand family conferencesand offers Biblical coun-seling to individuals,couples andfamilies. Contact Angiewith questions or com-ments ata n g i e l a n d 3@w i n d -stream.net

By Angie Land

able God has made a way for us towalk boldly into His presence thatinspires even more awe. Jesuswalked on water. Someone like mestanding in the Almighty’s pres-ence and living to tell about it is noless miraculous. Of course Jesus isthe One who performed both ofthose miracles, to the praise of Hisglory!“Our Father which art in heav-

en,” covers both sides of God’s na-ture. Yes, He exists in heaven,above and apart from His createduniverse. Our God is a consumingfire. Our God is holy. Our God isKing. But wait. That’s our Fatherwho is holy. That’s our Father whois King!When we get these two facts

about God straight, Father in heav-en, when we realize how close weare to consuming fire - fire thatburns away our junk rather than uswe will truly, sincerely cry, “Hal-lowed Be Thy Name!”

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AIRLINE BAPTIST CHURCH (SBC)......294-2676 Pastor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chip Parker Sunday Sunday School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:30 a.m. Evening Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Fellowship Supper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:00 p.m. AWANA & Bible Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:30 p.m.

Located Four Miles East of Mayo on Highway 27 “O Come Let us Worship The Lord” Ps. 95:6

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ALTON CHURCH OF GOD.....................294-3133 Pastor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. Tim Hamm Youth Pastor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chad Morrin Music Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Holly Braswell Children’s Pastor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryan & Tiffany Perry Sunday School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:30-10:30 a.m. Worship Service/K.I.D.S. Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Evening Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:00 p.m. Family Night Youth Club Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:00 p.m. Wednesday

State Road 27 717863-F

HATCHBEND APOSTOLIC CHURCH..935-2806

Pastor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. Steve Boyd Sunday School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:00 a.m. Wednesday Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 p.m.

Located 4 miles South on Hwy. 349, then left on CR 138, follow signs.

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NEW HARMONY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 160th St.

(Go south on 51 to 160th, turn right) Pastor: Stan Posey

Phone (386) 776-1806 SUNDAY Sunday Worship....................................................................9:30 am Bible Study..........................................................................10:30 am

WEDNESDAY Women’s Bible Study..........................................................10:00 am 717886-F

Sunday School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:00 a.m. Worship Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:45 a.m. Kid’s Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:00 a.m. Evening Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:00 p.m.

Youth Impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:00 p.m. Adult Bible Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:00 p.m.

Pastor: Rev. Kenny Sullivan Youth Pastor: Daryl Fletcher

7 17866-F Located at 294 SE Mill Street, Mayo “Renewing Hope and Building Lives”

FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294-1811

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Brewer Lake Baptist Church Off Hwy. 53 in Day, FL 386-294-1578 “We’re Going, Growing and Glowing for God” Sunday Sunday School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 a.m. Morning Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 a.m. Training Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 p.m. Evening Bible Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p.m. Wednesday Children, Youth & Adult . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p.m. Matt Swain, Pastor / Matt Robinson, Youth Pastor “Come To Day...Come Today!” 732864-F

New Beginnings Church a place for you

Pastor...............Wayne Hudson Phone Number........386-294-1244

[email protected] Purpose Statement:

New Beginnings exists to provide an environment where People can discover and develop a passion for God that is Real, relevant, and relational.

New Location: 163 W. Main Street, Suite 500 Service Schedule:

Sun. Morning Worship.....................10:00 a.m. At New Beginnings there’s always “a place for you.”

www.newbeginningschurchmayo.com

732125-F Methodist Church Phone: 386-294-1661

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Located SE corner of Hwy. 27 & FL 51 Mayo

Pastor: Geary Rowell Sunday School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:00 a.m. Evening Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:00 p.m.

“Welcome to exciting 1st Church - Where we give direction@the crossroads”

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Pastor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Todd Babione Sunday School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:45 a.m. Worship Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:00 a.m. Wednesday Discipleship Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:00 p.m. Evening Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:00 p.m.

Seven miles West of Mayo, left on CR 534 then right on 350A

-- Jesus Saves --

PLEASANT GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH (SBC).294-1306

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MIDWAY BAPTIST CHURCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 935-4993 Pastor: Danny Rogers Sunday School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:45 a.m. Worship Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:00 a.m. Discipleship Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5:00 p.m. Evening Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:00 p.m. Prayer Meeting - Wednesday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:00 p.m. Team Kids............................................................................7:00 p.m.

\Located on County Road 354 “For If Ye Forgive Men Their Tresspasses Your Heavenly Father Will Also Forgive You” Matt. 6:14

LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN CENTER “Freedom is Here”

Mayo, Fl. 32066 • 386-294-3089 www.lccmayo.com

Morning Worship...Sun. 10:30 a.m. Kids of the King.....Sun. 10:30 a.m. Prayer Meeting.......Mon. 7:00 p.m

Bible Study..............Wed. 7:00 p.m. Army of Fire Youth..Wed. 7:00 p.m.

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MAYO BAPTIST CHURCH (386)294-1020 • 916 N. Fletcher Ave. Rick James, Pastor

Music Director Dale Croft

7 65625 [email protected]

Wednesday Night Schedule Prayer Service &

Youth & Children Meeting 7:00 P.M.

Sunday Schedule 9:45 A.M. Worship Service 11:00 A.M. Sunday

Night Service 6:00 P.M.

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NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH

1370 N. SR51 “Come And Hear, All Ye That Fear God” PS. 66:16

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Day Mailbox By: Mary M. Santerfeit

My goodness, the road-sides are beautiful this year.Fields and fields of black-eyed Susans with a sprinkleof phlox mixed in. Duringmy early morning travelsthe dew makes a beautifulbackground and landscapesthe scenery with beauty.Seems every year the wild-flowers get more brilliant

and beautiful and even thicker. The floral roadside puts inmind the stunning gardens at Disney. The shows at Disneyare great but nothing compares to the natural beauty of theearth.A few years ago I stopped and picked some of these

wildflowers. My idea was to put them along our roadsideand in our yard. Guess what? None of these flowers cameback the next year. Our Lord definitely places these flow-ers in HIS world for us to enjoy and be reminded of HIShandiwork. HE paints our world with stunning art work.

It Happened Back Then:May 30, 1431 - Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in

France.May 30, 1974 - Richard Nixon was warned by the

White House Judiciary Committee that refusal to turn overtapes of conversations may be grounds for impeachment.

Born on this Date:May 30, 1908 - Benny Goodman, musicianMay 30, 1909 - Clint Walker, actorMay 30, 1940 - Gale Sayers, football player

Happy Birthday for June:June 1 - David Smith, Mike McCray, Drew Bell Jr.,

Paula EdenfieldJune 2 - Teri FortnerJune 3 - Manuel FolsomJune 5 - Owen PearsonJune 6 - Carl Townsend, Cherrie Ann Driver, Patrice

Johnson, Troy Hamlin, Amy BuchananJune 7 - Kelli Mullis WashingtonJune 8 - Broward PutnalJune 10 - Ethel McCallJune 11 - Sandy KoonJune 12 - Bradley Felkel, Deloras WalkerJune 13 - Shelby EzellJune 14 - Richard Smith, Kim Driver, Mary DriverJune 16 - Andy Tillman, Teresa Frier, Tyler FortnerJune 17 - Jon Blackshear, Joy(land) HintonJune 18 - Mildred Jackson, Gavin HicksJune 19 - Donece Hicks, Andrew Taylor (grandson of

Louise Taylor)June 21 - Matt Buchanan

June 26 - Ritchie PageJune 27 - Jimmy Brock, Shelley Bearden, O.A. Winburn

Jr., Martha BrancheJune 28 - Debra Ann TuckerJune 29 - Niki (Keen) Wagomen

Happy Anniversary for June:June 1 - Kenny and Yvonne SullivanJune 9 - Allen and Sheila BroughtonJune 9 - Don and Mary Jo DaltonJune 12 - Hiram and Myra BellJune 17 - Carl and Shirley TownsendJune 19 - Jerry and Donece HicksJune 29 - Bryan and Lorraine Prine

What are these girls doing? Modeling? No! Getting ready to show their pigs! They will be going to Orlando in June for anFFA competition. Good luck Lafayette FFA! You are in our thoughts and prayers. From left to right: Michaela Shaw, BreeAnnSmith, Darcy Sullivan

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Yondell Land Elmyria Price Mevelyn Land

Love Ministry tohold spiritual

revivalRevival is here! Are you

sick or hurting? Do youwant deliverance andbreakthrough? Are youready for the next dimen-sion in God? Do you need apersonal sure word fromGod? Well, God has a wordfor you!From Saturday, June 22,

through Monday, June 24,every night at 7:30 p.m. theLove Ministry of Live Oaklocated on the corner of Du-val St. and Walker Ave. willbe holding a spiritual re-

vival. The event will beoverseen by Marlene BoydSpencer of Higher Dimen-sion Praise and DeliveranceMinistries, Inc. in FortLauderdale. Spencer willact as the ‘anointed messen-ger of God’ for the revival.For more information,

please contact ProphetessDr. Linda Simpson, SeniorPastor of Healing, Deliver-ance, Perfecting the SaintsInternational Ministries,Inc. at (386) 364-1607 or(386) 344-4192.


2007,” said Al Sandrik,NOAA warning coordi-nator meteorologist.

Sandrik recalled anEF/F-4 tornado that oc-curred as close as McIn-tosh County in coastalGeorgia in May of 2008.

“That McIntoshCounty event goes along way to prove astrong tornado can oc-cur anywhere,” Sandriksaid.

“Historically, thestrongest local torna-does are EF/F-2 torna-does that occurred inJasper (2001) and LakeCity (2007), and unfor-tunately, the Lake Citytornado took twolives,” Sandrik said.

Since 2000, SuwanneeCounty has witnessed10 tornadoes, more thanany other surroundingcounty.

According to Sandrik,the combination ofweather conditions nec-essary for violent torna-does, such as an EF/F-5, to develop in North

Florida are quite rare. “The midwestern tor-

nadoes are driven by acombination of a lowlevel jet stream bring-ing in warm moist airfrom the Gulf of Mexi-co, dry air in the middlepart of the atmospherecoming into the stormfrom the Great Plains,and a powerful jetstream coming over thetop of the storm,” San-drik said. “While it’snot impossible for all ofthese ingredients tocome together locally,they also have to do soat the proper time.”

Sandrik compared anoccurrence of a tornadoto baking a cake.

“Creating a violentstorm is very similar tobaking a cake. Not onlydo you have to have allof the ingredients, butthey have to come to-gether at the propertime as well. Across theSuwannee Valley,thankfully, that combi-nation of events is quiterare, but not impossi-ble,” said Sandrik.

Jax meteorologist:F-5 tornadoes notimpossible hereContinued From Page 1A

graders scored at 3.5 or above over49 percent from 2012, making it a 12percentage point increase. Fifty threepercent of third graders scored a 3 orhigher on reading portion, a 13 per-centage point increase from last year.

“I would like to thank our parents,students, and teachers for their hardwork this year. I am especially proudof the comment Governor Rick Scottmade during his recent press releaseconcerning FCAT scores. Lafayettewas recognized as one of the fivemost improved in grade eight writ-ing and grad three reading,” said Su-perintendent of Schools Robby Ed-wards. “Thank you for your dedica-tion to this school and our students.”

The rest of the grades reading,writing and math are below the stateaverage.

Results for FCAT 2.0 writing arereported on a scale of 1.0 (lowest) to6.0 (highest) with a 3.5 or above forpassing. Level 5 is the highest andLevel 1 is the lowest for FCAT 2.0

reading and math; Level 3 indicatessatisfactory performance. Studentsthat scored an Achievement Level 1on the reading test, taken in April,can be retained.

Twenty percent of Lafayette Ele-mentary School third graders earneda Level 1 on the reading portion.Fifty three percent of LES studentsearned a 3 or above, up 14 percentsince last year.

The state average of achievingLevel 3 on the FCAT 2.0 for thirdgrade reading is 57 percent.

For math, 53 percent of LES thirdgraders received a 3 or above, an in-crease of eight percent from 2012.The state average is 58 percent.

For writing, 52 percent of LESfourth graders scored a 3.5 or above,compared to 61 percent in 2012. Thestate average is 57 percent.

Fifty four percent of LafayetteHigh School 10th graders scored a3.5 or above, down by three percentfrom 2012. The Florida state averagefor 10th grade satisfactory scores is62 percent.

Lafayette top five in state for two score areas

Continued From Page 1A

ry, they’re going to say,‘Oh, it’s fruit.’ They’rethinking it’s okay,”Shiver added.

Morgan said, “Withsome of the new gov-ernment rulings, tobac-co companies havebeen reduced as far asadvertising. They’venow moved to saturat-ing the environment,making it to where youcannot turn aroundwithout some adver-tisement slapping youin the face. The idea isthat they get in yourhead and they get com-fortable.”

If you see somethingall the time, Morgansaid, you become usedto it and it’s not an issueanymore.

“So by familiarizingadults, teens, even littlekids, they’re automati-cally making it easier toget you in the future,”said Morgan.

Morgan said it seemeda bit ironic that many to-bacco advertising signsinside stores are placedright next to candy barsand chips, places whereyoung children’s eyesare focused.

Arreguin said it isn’tS.W.A.T.’s intention tobash the tobacco indus-try.

“We just think theway they’re doing it iswrong,” said Arreguin.“Not only are they do-ing it interior and exteri-or, which is mind-blow-ing how they do it, butnow they’re using func-tional objects such astrash cans. You tell yourlittle kid to “throw thispiece of paper away forme” and then out ofnowhere, boom,bang...an ad is on thetrash can.”

Arreguin said there isa limit to how much to-bacco companies can ad-vertise, but now, he said,they are starting to pushthat limit.

“We’re not the organi-zation that’s going to bestanding with picketsigns,” said Arreguin.

“We’re just going to tellthe bigger people, likey’all, to handle it for us.That’s kind of what wedo.”

S.W.A.T. kids fight back againsttobacco advertisingContinued From Page 1A

Land if the county wasready for “The Big One”.

“Lafayette CountyEmergency Manage-ment continuouslystrives to be preparedfor all disasters,” saidLand. “However,should the ‘Big One’strike, which in our casewould be a Category 3or higher, we wouldhave no choice but toorder a countywideevacuation. Once astorm has passed, ouremergency respon-ders will make an as-sessment of damageand determine whatneeds to be done.”

Land said they havesome equipment onhand to clear debrisfrom roadways, soemergency responderscan get through.

“We have generatorsto power emergencyshelters and our Emer-gency Operations Cen-ter (EOC) has commu-nication equipment sowe can request assis-tance from the stateshould it be needed,which most likely wewill.”

Residents who evacu-ate, especially thosewho live in town, Landsaid, should be aware

that it may be severaldays before they will beallowed back to theirhomes if there is wide-spread damage to thetown.

How should residentsprepare and what sup-plies do they need to

ride out a storm? “If we have a Cat II or

less storm and we openour emergency shelters,residents who evacuateare requested to bringenough food, water andprescription medicineto last each familymember for at leastthree days,” Land said.“A week’s supply offood and water and a 30day supply of medicinewould probably be bet-ter because it may takelonger than 72 hours toreceive supplies.”

Residents who choosenot to evacuate, Landsaid, still need to ensurethey have supplies onhand.

“After a storm passesthe power may be outfor days, and unlessyou have a portablegenerator, you will notbe able to use yourwell,” Land continued.“One last item that youneed to have on hand iscash. All banks do nothave back-up power, so

you may not be able touse the ATM for severaldays.”

Residents can go on-line to www.floridadis-aster.org or www.red-cross.org for tips onmaking a family evacu-ation plan, assemblingan emergency supplykit and information onhow to care for a familymember with specialneeds.

“An evacuation planand an emergency sup-ply kit needs to be pre-pared now,” Landstressed. “You may nothave time before thestorm hits.”

Inside your home, where is the best place to go for safety from

severe weather? Land said, “During a

storm, you should goto an interior room thathas no windows, suchas a bathroom or clos-et.”

Is there a number tocall for assistance?

“If it is a true emer-gency, call 911,” Landsaid. “For all other callsyou can contact Emer-gency Management at386-294-1950 or, if aCounty State of Emer-gency has been de-clared, you can call 386-

294-4441.”Land wants to remind

residents that due to thepotential danger tocounty emergency re-sponders, once sus-tained tropical stormforce winds hit the area,they will not be able toassist residents until af-ter the storm passes.

Emergency shelters“The Lafayette Coun-

ty High School cafeteriaand the gym are ap-proved for CAT IIstorms or lower,” saidLand. “They are not‘pet’ approved, so youwill need to make sepa-rate arrangements foryour pets when you aremaking your evacua-tion plans.”

Land said there arethree host shelters thatcan be used after astorm has passed.

“They are the Day,Mayo and HatchbendCommunity Shelters,”said Land. “They are setup for back-up power,and as long as the Mayosewage and water plantare operating, they canall be used.”

Fo r re lated natio nalstories visit the section“Are w e read y?”, on theho m e p age at suw an-need emocrat.com.

Are we ready for ‘The Big One?’Continued From Page 1A

again, which is all but ayear-round process. Atthis time of year we’relooking for formal so-licitations of trans-portation priorities

from all of our coun-ties.”

Projects like resurfac-ing, off system bridges,drainage, and safety is-sues with turn lanes,are some of what theyare looking for, Green

Road projects in the worksContinued From Page 1A said. This is separate

from the Small CountyOutreach Program(SCOP) and the SmallCounty Road Assis-tance Program(SCRAP).

“There’s no guaranteethat we can do it, but itcommunicates to usthat it’s a priority fromLafayette County andlets us know that youwant us to take a look atit,” said Green. “We areasking for that letterand our usual date isJuly 1.”

Green said thataround the state theyare continuing to seebid prices come in low-er due to competition.

“That’s a good thing,”he said. “It’s enabled usto advance some muchneeded capacity pro-jects that had fallen out-side of our five-yearwork program that wewere able to bring backin, not only in District 2,but around the state.”

A recent addition isthe Economic Develop-ment TransportationFund that came fromthe Department of Eco-nomic Opportunity,which FDOT now han-dles.

“It enables us to fund

the transportation as-pect of trying to attractbusinesses to come intoour area and into thevarious counties andcities,” Green said. “It’sa pot of money that’snow managed by DOT.We accept the applica-tions and then the cen-tral office determineswho gets the award.”

For the year 2016,Green said a resurfac-ing project on US 27 indowntown Mayo at theSR 51 intersection willalso correct a turningradius issue. Addition-ally, a bridge replace-ment study is under-way on SR 51 over Ket-tle Creek for year 2015.Resurfacing on SR 51from downtown Mayoto the Suwannee Coun-ty line is also on thefive-year work plan.

Local roadworkthrough SCRAP andSCOP will be done onCR 534, CR 300, CR 351and CR 490 for 2014.Shady Oaks paving of adirt road, and an envi-ronmental study on ahistoric bridge at thesouthern end of thecounty, as well as vari-ous sidewalks in thecounty are also on thework plan.


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Myra "Louise" RutledgeClark

Feb. 17, 1930May 28, 2013

Myra "Louise"Rutledge Clarkwent to be with

her Lord and Savior JesusChrist, Tuesday, May 28,2013 at Haven Hospice inLake City, Fla. She joinsher beloved husband, Ed-ward Clark, who went be-fore her on March 25,2013. She was the thirdchild and only daughter ofRuth Lazora Williams andLeon Curtis Rutledge, Sr.born in Kathleen , Fla. Feb.17, 1930. Her eldest broth-er Leon Curtis Rutledge,Jr. was killed in action inWWII in St. Lowe, Franceat 19 years of age. Heryoungest brother, JamesSullivan Rutledge was aVietnam Veteran who afew years past went to bewith the Lord due to ill-nesses caused by exposureto Agent Orange. Her mid-dle brother Wayne Rut-ledge still lives in Georgia.She gave her heart to theLord at age 14 and laterbecame pianist and organ-ist to various churchesthrough the years. Shegave piano lessons, butcould also play the guitar,banjo , accordion and har-monica. She expects to seein Heaven her four chil-dren: Arlene Powell, LiveOak, Fla., James (Barbara)Clark, Germany, John(Sharon) Powell, Burling-ton, NC, Roger (Sylvia)Clark, Vero Beach, Fla.,seventeen grandchildren ,45 great-grandchildren andtwenty-one great-greatgrandchildren. She waspreceded in death by onegreat-grandson, AndrewEdward Clark. Serviceswill be held at 11 a.m. Fri-day, May 31 at Live OakChurch of God with Rev.Fred Watson and Rev. Gre-gory Richey officiating.Interment will follow inthe Live Oak Cemetery.Daniels Funeral Homes

& Crematory, Inc., of LiveOak and Branford, Fla. incharge of arrangements.

Luerina Joann HurstFeb. 19, 1983May 27, 2013

Luerina JoannHurst, 30, ofMayo, died

Monday, May 27, 2013.

Luerina was born Feb.19, 1983 in Pensacola,Fla., to Floyd and Anita(Wheeler) Wright Sr.Luerina was preceded indeath by her grand-mother Norma LuerinaKent; and an aunt Re-becca Eldridge.Luerina was of the

Pentecostal HolinessFaith. In her spare timeshe enjoyed makingcrafts, and swimming.She is survived by 2

children: Declan WalkerHurst; and NoahCharles Hurst; hermother Anita BlackmonWheeler; her father:Floyd Isaac Wright Sr.;her brother Floyd IsaacWright Jr.; her grandfa-ther Robert Wheeler; heraunt Monica Baxley; hermother-in-law VickieDucksworth and sister-in-law Nicole Thomp-son; her uncle JeffreyWheeler; and numerousnieces, nephews, andcousins.A memorial service

will be held on Satur-day, June 1 at 2 p.m. atthe Airline 3rd DistrictCommunity Center inMayo, Fla.In lieu of flowers do-

nations can be in hername to the FuneralHome.All arrangements are

under the care of Joe P.Burns Funeral Home.You may send condo-

lences to the family atwww.joepburnsfuneral-homes.com.

John D. HortonMay 20, 2013

John D. Horton,age 82, died Mon-day, May 20, 2013

at his home in Day,Fla. Funeral ser-vices were 11 a.m.

Friday, May 24, 2013 atBrewer Lake BaptistChurch Day, Fla. withvisitation 1 hour prior tothe service at the church.He lived in Jack-

sonville most of his lifeand worked as a Sher-iff’s Helicopter Pilot forJacksonville Sheriff’s Of-fice for over 20 years,before moving to Day,Fla. He is survived by his

wife of 58 years BarbaraSue Horton of Day; 2sons: Doug Horton(Cindy)and Rick Hor-ton; 1 daughter DebbieHorton; 3 Grandchil-dren and 4 Great-Grand-children and numerousnieces, nephews andfriends. In lieu of flowers, the

family request that a do-nation be made to: Fu-neral Expense Fund un-der J. Douglas Horton atJacksonville FederalCredit Union Acct #1110000038882.Beggs Funeral Home

is in charge of arrange-ments: 850-973-2258.

Tara Wilson and Chris Woodham of Live Oak would like to announcetheir engagement and upcoming wedding.Tara graduated from Suwannee High School in 2002 and is currently an

operations specialist 3rd class petty officer serving in the USCG. She is thedaughter of Dovie Wilson and the late Glen Wilson. Chris currently works as a mechanic and is the father of his eight-year-old

son, Masson. He is the son of Susie Roberson and Randy Woodham and thegrandson of Felton and Mary Lou Roberson. The wedding will take place in Mayo, Fla., on June 8, 2013 at 6 p.m. All

friends and family are invited to attend

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Love Ministryto hold spiritual

revivalSubmitted

Revival is here! Are yousick or hurting? Do youwant deliverance andbreakthrough? Are youready for the next dimen-sion in God? Do you need apersonal sure word fromGod? Well, God has a wordfor you!From Saturday, June 22,

through Monday, June 24,every night at 7:30 p.m. theLove Ministry of Live Oaklocated on the corner of Du-val St. and Walker Ave. willbe holding a spiritual re-vival. The event will beoverseen by Marlene BoydSpencer of Higher Dimen-sion Praise and DeliveranceMinistries, Inc. in FortLauderdale. Spencer willact as the ‘anointed messen-ger of God’ for the revival.For more information,

please contact ProphetessDr. Linda Simpson, SeniorPastor of Healing, Deliver-ance, Perfecting the SaintsInternational Ministries,Inc. at (386) 364-1607 or(386) 344-4192.

Whitney McGrew graduates from UFSubmitted

Whitney Mc-Grew, 2006 gradu-ate of LafayetteHigh School, gradu-ated from LevinSchool of Law atthe University ofFlorida on May 10,2013. Whitney isthe daughter of Tay-lor and the late Pa-tricia McGrew. Agraduation celebra-tion was held onMay 11 and Whit-ney wishes to thankall of her family andfriends that helpedand attended theparty. She is nowpreparing for the barexam and hopes tobegin her practicesoon after. McGrew

Alejandra Rodriguez joins SRWMD as an Engineer Alejandra Rodriguez

joined the Suwannee RiverWater Management District(District) on May 13 as anengineer in the ResourceManagement Division. Inthis capacity she will reviewenvironmental resource per-mit applications, conductas-built inspections on per-mitted systems, and evalu-ate compliance and enforce-ment issues. As a student atthe University of Florida(UF), Rodriguez was in-volved in the student branchof the American Society ofAgricultural and BiologicalEngineers. She also gaineda unique overseas perspec-tive in water resources engi-neering while taking part inthe Water Resources andWatershed Study Abroad

program in Brazil. Prior to employment with

the District, Rodriguezworked as a lab assistant inthe Scott Lab at UF. Duringher time there, she main-tained laboratory equip-ment, created reagents andsolutions, and managed thelaboratory’s rodentcolonies. Rodriguez earned her

B.S. in Agricultural and Bi-ological Engineering with aspecialty in Water Re-sources from UF. “The District welcomes

Alejandra Rodriguez to ourteam,” said District Execu-tive Director Ann Shortelle.“She will be a valuable assetto assist applicants in under-standing environmental re-source permits.”

Rodriguez


LifeSouth Community BloodCenters June Blood Drives

Day Date Location Time InformationSaturday June 1 Blackberry Festival 8 am to 3 pm Jasper

American Family Fitness 9 am to 1 pmMemorial Stadium 1:30 pm to 4 pm

Sunday June 2 Christ Central Lake Butler9 am to 1 pmDairy Queen 10 am to 4 pm Small Ice Cream

ConeBig Lots 2 pm to 5 pm 10% off entire

billMonday June 3 The Advertiser 8 am to 3 pm

Hardee’s Live Oak 10 am to 1:30 pmSuwannee Health & Fitness 2 pm to 6 pmHungry Howies Lake City 4 pm to 7 pm Small pizza or

subTuesday June 4 Lowe’s Live Oak 10 am to 5 pm

Winn Dixie Lake City 11 am to 6 pmWednesday June 5 Buddy’s Home Furnishing9 am to 1 pm

SRWMD Office 11 am to 5 pmColumbia County Schools 2 pm to 4:30 pm

Thursday June 6 Taco Bell 10:30 am to 1 pmMayo CI Noon to 7 pmWindsong Apartments 1:30 pm to 6:30 pm

Friday June 7 First Federal North Branch 10 am to 11:30 amFirst Federal Main Branch Noon to 6 pmUnion County Courthouse 11 am to 6 pm

Saturday June 8 Blueberry Festival 7 am to 4 pm WellbornLake City Moose Lodge 11 am to 4 pmLake City Mall 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm

Sunday June 9 Lake City Flea Market 9 am to 3 pm Gun ShowSardis Baptist Church 9 am to 1 pm Worthington

SpringsLake City Mall 2 pm to 5 pm

Monday June 10 Advent Christian Village 10 am to 5 pm Medical CenterWalmart Lake City 11 am to 6 pm

Tuesday June 11 Hardee’s Downtown 8 am to 11 amJennings Library Noon to 6 pmNew Millennium Noon to 3 pm

Wednesday June 12 Lake City Medical Center 10 am to 5 pmLake City Mall 11 am to 5 pmHopeful Baptist Church 5:30 pm to 9 pm

Thursday June 13 Baker Correctional 11 am to 7 pmSitel 3:30 pm to Midnight

Friday June 14 Reception Medical Center 6 am to 2 pmFl Sheriff’s Thrift Store 10 am to 4 pmDairy Queen 5 pm to 8 pm

Saturday June 15 Live Oak Elk’s Lodge 10 am to 4 pmPlayer’s Club Noon to 7 pm $5 off coupon

Sunday June 16 Lowe’s Lake City 9 am to 4 pmWalmart Live Oak 11 am to 5 pm

Monday June 17 Vet Domiciliary 11 am to 4 pmWinn Dixie Lake City 11 am to 7 pmWalmart Live Oak Noon to 6 pm

Tuesday June 18 Hardee’s Lake City 9 am to 5 pmTD Bank Noon to 3 pmPublix 3:30 pm to 6:30 pm

Wednesday June 19 DOT District Office 10 am to 5 pmDOT Lake Jeffery 1 pm to 5:30 pm

Thursday June 20 PCSSuwa River Chemical 8 am to 4 pm Nettle’s SausageVyStar Credit Union 9 am to 5 pm

Friday June 21 Hardee’s Live Oak 9 am to 11:30 amFlorida State Prison 11 am to 6 pm Farmer’s Coop Noon to 5 pm Live Oak

Saturday June 22 Mayo Thriftway 10 am to 4 pmHardee’s Lake City 10 am to 5 pmCinema 90 5:30 pm to 10 pm

Sunday June 23 Epiphany Catholic Church9 am to 1 pmOur Redeemer Lutheran 10:30 am to 1 pm Save-A-Lot 2 pm to 5 pmLake City Mall 2 pm to 5 pm

Monday June 24 Suwannee Courthouse 11 am to 5 pmWalmart Lake City 11 am to 6 pmDairy Queen 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm Small

Ice Cream ConeTuesday June 25 Hardee’s Downtown 9 am to 1:30 pm

Timco 11 am to 5 pmAnderson/Columbia 2 pm to 6 pm

Wednesday June 26 Windstream 9 am to 12:30 pmThe Orthopaedic Institute 10:30 am to 3 pmSuwannee Valley Electric 1:30 pm to 6 pmLake City Mall 4 pm to 6:30 pm

Thursday June 27 Dixie Grill 10 am to 3 pmUnion Correctional 11 am to 5:30 pmLittle Caesars 4 pm to 7 pm

Friday June 28 Publix Live Oak Noon to 6 pmColumbia Correctional Noon to 6 pm

Saturday June 29 Champs Pizza 11 am to 6 pm cheese pizzaMelody Christian Center 2:30 pm to 9 pm

Sunday June 30 St. James Episcopal 9 am to 1 pmWalmart Live Oak 11 am to 5 pmLake City Mall 1:30 pm to 5 pm

LifeSouth Suwannee Valley Region Center Donor Hours833 SW State Road 47, Lake City, FL Mon and Fri 9 am to 7 pm386.755.0480 Tues, Wed, and Thurs 9 am to 5 pm

Saturday 9 am to 2 pmSunday 11 am to 3 pm

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Lafayette Health Care Centercelebrates Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day at Lafayette Health CareCenter was a day for visiting with familyand reaching into the cachet of memoriesas stories were read and shared with one

another. Lafayette Health Care Center pro-vided each mother with a beautiful corsageof her choice in remembrance of our moth-ers on such a special day.

Resident with a beautiful bouquet of flowers on Mother’s Day

Stories were read and memories were shared with residents at Lafayette Health Care Cen-ter

Two mothers showing off their Mother’s Day corsages

Do you have questionsabout Medicare?

Do you have questions about your op-tions for Medicare, Medicare/Medicaid,Disability, Supplemental Insurance, Part DPrescription Drug Plans, Low Income Pro-grams or Medicare Billings?

If you do, come see SHINE, a volunteerprogram with the Florida Department ofElder Affairs, for one-on-one counsel-ing. SHINE provides free, unbiased andconfidential assistance. If you cannotcome to a site call the Elder Helpline at 1-800-262-2243 to be referred to a SHINEVolunteer near you. SHINE will be at:Thursday, June 6 10-Noon

Jasper Public Library

Wednesday, June 12 1:30-3:30 p.m. Lake City Public Library (Columbia Ave)

Thursday, June 13 1:30-3:30 p.m. Live Oak City Hall

Friday, June 21 10-Noon Branford Public Library

Wednesday, June 26 1:30-3:30 p.m. LifeStyle Enrichment Ctr, Lake City(CCSS)

Social Security Column Strong familiessurvive, and Social Security helps

By Mary Kate VangSocial Security Manager in

Lake City, FL

In June we celebrate Na-tional Family Month,which is a great time to re-flect on your family andhow to make it stronger. Asthe U.S. Department ofHealth and Human Ser-vices reminds us, strongfamilies share many valu-able qualities: trust, com-mitment, communication,growth, affection, fun, andlove.

Strong families are morelikely to grow through acrisis, allowing the diffi-cult experience to bringthem even closer together.

In the unfortunate eventof a family member’sdeath, we want you toknow that Social Securityis here to help. In additionto the emotional difficultyfamily members experi-ence, there is often a finan-

cial burden as well, espe-cially if the family’s mainwage earner dies. In suchcases, Social Security sur-vivors benefits will help.

Did you know that near-ly every child in Americacould get Social Securitysurvivors benefits if aworking parent dies? AndSocial Security pays morebenefits to children thanany other federal program.Although many peoplethink Social Security is justa retirement program, youshould know that SocialSecurity also provides sur-vivors insurance benefitsfor workers and their fami-lies. If you’re like mostpeople, the value of thesurvivors insurance youhave under Social Securityis probably more than thevalue of any individual lifeinsurance you may own.And you don’t even needto sign up for a separatepolicy; by working and

paying Social Security tax,you are most likely alreadyinsured without evenknowing it.

Family members whomay be able to receive sur-vivors benefits based onyour work record include awidow or widower, unmar-ried children up to age 19and still in high school, andunder certain circum-stances, stepchildren,grandchildren, stepgrand-children, adopted children,and dependent parents.

If you’d like to learnmore about survivors bene-fits, and how to apply, youshould read our publica-tion, Survivors Benefits,available at www.socialse-curity.gov/pubs.

You can find additionaluseful information, such asour survivors planner andinformation about how toapply for survivors bene-fits, at www.socialsecuri-ty.gov/pgm/survivors.htm.

Vacation Bible SchoolThe First Baptist Church of Dowling

Park invites you to send your children be-tween the ages of 3 through 12 to our Va-cation Bible School starting Sundayevening June 9 through Wednesday the12. Starting time each day is 6:30 p.m.and concluding at 8:30 p.m.. This year’s

dynamic program is called “KingdomRock” with the theme of “Where KidsStand Strong For God”. The church ad-dress is 11274 235th Ln. near the inter-section of CR 250 and CR 136 in Dowl-ing Park. Call 386-658-2360 for addition-al details.



20th Annual Wellborn Blueberry Festival

Wellborn’s Weekend of Summer Fun Andrews Square, downtown Wellborn

June 7 & 8, 2013 Rain Date June 9th

No Admission Fee * Family Fun * Bring Your Lawn Chair

Friday Open 2pm to 8pm Saturday Open 7am to 5pm

Arts & Crafts Vendors * Food Vendors Live Entertainment by Herold White * Karaoke all day *

Ponies, Petting Zoo, Water Walkers and more Country Store featuring blueberry pies, cobbler,

jelly, syrup, and more Big-Ticket Item Raffle (do not have to be present to win)

Friday Special Events Bake-Off Contest begins 4:00 pm * Tasting Party ($3.00) 6:30 pm *

Saturday Special Events Blueberry Pancake Breakfast 7am to 10am

($5 adults; $3 children) Last Breakfast Ticket Sold at 9:30am

* Three Stations Open * Parade at 10:30 am

(Prizes and awards for best entries) Parade Theme: “All Fired Up”

Grand Marshalls: Chief James Sommers & Commissioner Phil Oxendine

Talent Contest 1:30 pm (1st Place $500; 2nd Place $300; 3rd Place $200)

Hosted by the Wellborn Community Association, Inc., a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation

For information call: Parade 386-963-2908; Talent Contest 386-590-6175 or 963-1562

Bake-Off 386-590-6175 or 963-1562 or see

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From bug bites and dry skin to poisonivy and chronic skin conditions, itch -ing makes life very uncomfortable.And it’s an annoyance that gets underjust about everyone’s skin.

Sixty-five percent of U.S. adults have sufferedfrom some kind of itch in the past 12 months;and for 26 percent of those polled, the itch wasbad enough to see a healthcare professional,according to a recent poll conducted online byHarris Interactive for TriCalm, a new anti-itch gel.

You know it when you feel it, but whatexactly is an itch, and is there anything you can do about it?

Anatomy of an ItchThe skin is your largest organ, and the averagebody is covered by about 20 square feet of it.Because it’s so large and exposed, it comes incontact with a lot of potential irritants. Itching,known as pruritus, is a built-in defense mecha -nism against those irritants.

Sometimes the body’s immune system over -reacts to an illness, producing an itchy rash.(See sidebar story, “When is an Itch More thanJust an Itch?”) But for most non-illness relateditching, here’s how it works:

� Stimuli — such as dust, pollen, bug venomor plant oils — land on your skin.

� When the irritant gets past the surfacelayer, skin receptors get irritated.

� The receptors send a signal to your brain.

� You start to itch.

The natural response to an itch is to removethe irritant — so the scratching begins. Thescratching sensation interrupts the itchingsensation because it tells yourbrain that the irritant is gone.While this may give some initial,immediate relief, scratching endsup irritating the nerve endings inthat spot even more — and canopen up the skin, exposing it tomore irritants. And more itching.

Itch TreatmentsIt’s important to make sure youknow the cause of the itching soyou can take appropriate measuresto stop it. There are some thingsyou can do to help reduce itchingand soothe irritated skin:

� Avoid scratching — Coverthe area with bandages ordressings if you can’t stopscratching. If needed, trimyour fingernails and weargloves to bed.

� Apply cool, wet compresses.

� Apply a topical anti-itchcream or lotion to theaffected area.

� Moisturize your skin with ahigh-quality cream at leasttwice a day.

“Some anti-itch creams work by reducing inflammation, butthat’s not always enough,” saysDr. Vishakha Gigler, a San Diegobased dermatologist. “TriCalm, asteroid-free anti-itch gel, binds toa subset of nerves called Type Cfibers. These are the nerve cellsthat send the signals of itching,stinging or burning to the brain.By binding to these nerve cells,TriCalm works to inhibit thetransmission of those signals. This results in a rapid reduction in itching, stinging and burning.”Learn more, and request a freesample, at www.tricalm.com.

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When is an itch morethan just an itch?It’s obvious when an itch is caused by a bug bite or poisonivy. But what if you’re not sure what’s causing the itch?

� Dry Skin — Itching that doesn’t come with obviousskin changes, like a rash, is most often due to dryskin, also known as xerosis. Dry skin usually resultsfrom environmental factors like hot or cold weatherwith low humidity, and washing or bathing too much.

� Skin Conditions — Eczema, psoriasis, scabies,hives, and chickenpox can cause itchy skin. Theitching is usually accompanied by other symptomssuch as bumps, blisters, and red, irritated skin.

� Internal Diseases — These include liver disease,kidney failure, thyroid problems, celiac disease andsome cancers. Typically the itching affects the wholebody, not just one area.

� Allergic Reactions and Irritations — An irritationcan come from wearing wool, or coming in contactwith soaps, chemicals or other substances. Sometimesthe substance can cause an allergic reaction, such aspoison ivy or some food allergens.

� Nerve Disorders — Multiple sclerosis, diabetesmellitus, pinched nerves and shingles are conditionsthat affect the nervous system, and thus can causeitching.

� Drugs — Some antibiotics, antifungal drugs or nar -cotic pain medications can cause rashes and itching.

It’s important to understand and treat the cause of itchyskin, so always seek medical advice before choosing atreatment.

Kids Get Itchy, TooThe TriCalm poll found that itches make kids — and their parents — feelpretty bad.

� 81 percent of parents are miserablewhen their kids are miserable fromitch symptoms.

� 62 percent said itching keeps theirchildren up at night.

� 68 percent indicated they’ve usedcreams to treat itch symptoms.

� 75 percent said they worry aboutusing steroid treatments on theirchildren to treat itch.

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CAPTION: Despite their beauty, spring flowers often trigger allergy season.

Millions of people across the globe suffer from allergies, many of which rear their ugly heads during the spring season. Such a reality can quickly spoil the excitement of the nice weather. Although there is no cure for allergies, individuals who do suffer from allergies have a host of treatment options at their disposals. Some are over-the-counter medications while others require prescriptions. Each type of medication works differently, and allergy sufferers may find it interesting and beneficial to understand the different ways some of the more common allergy treatments work.

Antihistamines Some of the more well-known over-the-counter antihistamines include Benadryl, Claritin and Zyrtec. Prescription antihistamines include Clarinex and Livostin. When an allergy sufferer is exposed to an allergen, cells within the body’s immune system release a substance called histamine, which then attaches to receptors in the blood vessels as well as additional receptors. As a result, the blood vessels enlarge and histamine’s attachment to other receptors causes swelling, itching, changes in secretions, and redness. However, when an allergy sufferer takes an antihistamine, the medication blocks the histamine receptors, preventing the symptoms in the process. Though antihistamines are effective, they can also cause drowsiness. Allergy sufferers should look for non-sedating antihistamines, which may require a prescription.

Decongestants Some of the more recognizable decongestants are Visine eye drops, Sudafed tablets or liquid, and Zyrtec-D. Each of these is an over-the-counter decongestant. Prescription decongestants like Claritin-D are often combination medications, which means they contain both an antihistamine and a decongestant. When an individual is having an allergic reaction, the tissues in the nose swell as a result of contact with the allergen. This swelling results in fluid and mucous production, and swelling in

the blood vessels of the eyes also occurs, which causes the redness of the eyes many allergy sufferers experience during spring. Decongestants work by shrinking the swollen nasal tissues and blood vessels. This helps relieve the swelling, mucous secretion, redness, and congestion. Many allergy sufferers prefer nasal sprays and eye drops to relieve symptoms. However, such medications, which often require a prescription, can only be used for a few days. Use beyond a few days can actually make allergy symptoms worse. Not all men and women can use decongestants to relieve their allergy symptoms. That’s because decongestants may raise blood pressure, essentially making them off limits to those who already have high blood pressure. Additional potential side effects of decongestants are insomnia, irritability and restricted urinary flow. When considering a decongestant to relieve allergy symptoms, men and women should consult their physician before buying any products.

Steroids Thanks to professional sports, many people shudder at the mere mention of the word “steroids.” However, steroids used to treat allergies are corticosteroids and not the anabolic steroids athletes use to build muscle. Steroids used to treat allergies can be nasal (Flonase, Nasonex), inhaled (Flovent, Alvesco), eye drops (Alrex and Dexamethasone), or oral (Prednisone). Steroids work by reducing inflammation and swelling. Steroids can be highly effective in treating allergies, and work for seasonal and year-round allergies as well as skin allergies. When prescribed a steroid to treat an allergy, it’s important for men and women to continue to take the medication daily as directed, even if the symptoms of the allergy have disappeared. This can be as long as two weeks. Though highly effective, steroids do come with significant side effects. When taken orally, short- term steroid use can cause weight gain, high blood pressure and fluid retention, while long- term use can result in muscle weakness, bone-thinning osteoporosis and even diabetes. When taking inhaled steroids, men and women might suffer from coughing, hoarseness or even develop a yeast infection in their mouth. Even though spring is commonly referred to as allergy season, men and women have a host of allergy treatment options to try. Before committing to any treatment, it’s best for a person to examine each option to determine which is the best fit for him or her.

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LHS boys baseball seniors and parents

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The 2012-13 Lafayette High School boys baseball team seniors were recognized before the Newberry game on Thursday, April 18, 2013. Senior players and their families took a mo-ment on the field following their introductions.

The 2012-13 senior class members of the Lafayette Hornets baseball team on seniornight, (L-R) Dylan Green, Cody Hamlin, Garrett Hart and Marshall Pittman with HeadCoach Jamie Fike. - Photos: Jack Howdeshell (jhowdy.com)


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Calendar of EventsLove Ministry to hold

spiritual revivalRevival is here! Are you

sick or hurting? Do youwant deliverance andbreakthrough? Are youready for the next dimen-sion in God? Do you needa personal sure word fromGod? Well, God has aword for you!

From Saturday, June 22,through Monday, June 24,every night at 7:30 p.m.the Love Ministry of LiveOak located on the cornerof Duval St. and WalkerAve. will be holding aspiritual revival. The eventwill be overseen by Mar-lene Boyd Spencer ofHigher Dimension Praiseand Deliverance Min-istries, Inc. in Fort Laud-erdale. Spencer will act asthe ‘anointed messenger ofGod’ for the revival.

For more information,please contact ProphetessDr. Linda Simpson, SeniorPastor of Healing, Deliv-erance, Perfecting theSaints International Min-istries, Inc. at (386) 364-1607 or (386) 344-4192.

Tent revivalJune 8-14, 20136:30 p.m. nightly

Hosted by: Little Galilee Church,

Mayo, Fla. with PastorSellers

Tent will be on churchgrounds at 422 MartinLuther King Blvd.

Sundaes on FridayJune 7

Attention all childrenand parents

Make your own icecream sundaes. On Friday,June 7, from 1 p.m. until 3p.m. at the Woman’s Clublocated at 1308 11th St.,SW, Live Oak. $2 for thefirst bowl and $1 for eachadditional. Suwannee High School

Class of ’93Making plans for their

20 year class reunion. Formore information contactHeidi Stephenson Day at386-330-9817 or [email protected] Lee Worship CenterChurch Singin & Pickin

Located at 471 S.E.Magnolia Dr. in Lee, Fla.will host a gospel sing andpot-luck supper on June 1,2013 in honor of PastorRichard B. Sauls wife,Sharon Sauls, birthday.The supper will begin at 6p.m. and the gospel singwill begin at 7 p.m. Thiswill also be an open mikesing for singers or pickers,so if you want to get on theprogram call the numberbelow.The Florida GatorChristians will see if theycan bring more people tothe supper and sing thanthe Seminole Christians.The Pastor’s wife is anavid Gator Fan so we aregoing to see if we can winwith a house full for Semi-noles. This is a potluck

supper so please bring acovered dish and sometype of beverage. PastorRichard & Sharon Sauls &family are from Perry,Fla.For more informationor directions contact AllenMcCormick or BrendaMcCormick at 850-869-9977 or 9976.

Family Fun DayJuly 13John Hale Community

Park, Live OakChristian Mission In Ac-

tion MinistriesChurches, groups, busi-

nesses, organizations andindividuals. We at Christ-ian Mission In ActionMinistries and Youth De-velopment Committee areseeking your participationor donations to help makethis years event of familyfun, games, entertainmentand food as successful andenjoyable as last years andbetter. With your help weare confident that we canmake it happen. You areinvited to set up booths ortables to pass out freeitems or informationbrochures about your or-ganization or services

For more informationplease contact:

Otha White Sr (386)364-1367 or Audrey How-ell (386) 364-4560.Suwannee High School

Class of ’93 Making plans for their

20 year class reunion. Formore information contactHeidi Stephenson Day at386-330-9817 or [email protected] Annual WellbornBlueberry Festival

June 7 & 8Admission is free! Both

Friday and Saturday fea-ture Arts & Crafts andFood Vendors, the CountryStore selling blueberrypies, cobbler, muffins andmore, live entertainmentby Herold White, andfresh blueberries and blue-berry plants available forpurchase. The BlueberryBake-off and Tasting Partywill be Friday evening.Saturday features theBlueberry Pancake Break-fast, the Parade, and theTalent Contest. The win-ners of the Bake-Off, Pa-rade and Talent Contestare awarded cash prizes.This event is hosted by theWellborn Community As-sociation, a non-profit501(c)(3) corporation. Formore info call 386-963-1157 or see www.well-borncommunityassocia-tion.com

Class of 198825th Reunion

Oct. 11 & 12, 2013Kenny Gwinn512-721-9677

CaSonia Williams Martin386-647-6896

The Branford CameraClub

Meets on the 3rd Thurs-day of each month, with an

occasional exception, forthe purpose of sharing,learning, and enjoying allthings photographic. Weare an eclectic group withexperiences ranging fromcomplete novice to con-summate professional.

For more information,please contact:

Carolyn Hogue, Pro-gram Chair, 386-935-2044

Skip Weigel, TechnicalConsultant, 386-9382

Used books neededDo you have hard or

softcover books that youno longer need? Theremight be other folks whowould enjoy reading them!The Wellborn CommunityLibrary will be hosting itssemi-annual used bookand bake sale during theWellborn Blueberry Festi-val on June 8, but now isthe time when the library(located at the WellbornUnited Methodist Churchon Route 137 north ofdowntown) is actively so-liciting donations ofbooks.

Organizers hope to havethousands of books avail-able on many subjects dur-ing the daylong sale, but tomake that possible, theyare actively solicitingbooks right now. It doesn’tmatter whether you have adozen or hundreds ofbooks, they are needed forresale. Please considercleaning out your book-shelves and donating hard-bound or paperback books(books on any subject, fic-tion and non-fiction, butno encyclopedias,please!). Books can eitherbe dropped at the library(located in the church fel-lowship hall at 12005County Road 137 in Well-born) between 9 and noonon Tuesdays, or pickupcan be arranged at no cost.

If you have books to do-nate and would like to

have them picked up, callWellborn UMC pastorRev. Dr. Everett L. Parkerat 386-754-8524 or 386-688-1358. Proceeds fromthe book and bake salewill benefit the library andthe Wellborn UnitedMethodist Church’s out-reach programs. Suwannee River Eco-nomic Council, Inc.Free breakfast & lunchfor ages 60 and olderWhen: Monday - FridayWhere: Senior Center 1171 Nobles Ferry RoadLive Oak, Fla. 32064Time: Breakfast 8:30 -

10 a.m.Lunch 11:30 a.m.Make reservations for

lunch by 9:30 a.m. 386-362-1164

Suwannee CountyBranch NAACP - Unit

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WhiteMailing address: P.O.

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Telephone: 386-647-7360

Email: [email protected]

Meetings: First Mondayin each month at 6 p.m.Ex. Bd., 7 p.m. member-ship meetingThe Sparkleberry Chap-ter of the Florida Native

Plant SocietySparkleberry Chapter

meetings are held the 2ndTuesday of each month,except June, July, and Au-gust, at Hatch Park inBranford. Please contactChapter President MaeBrandt, [email protected], 386-466-0915,for more information.Senior Citizens motor-

coach toursMadison Travel &

Tours, Madison, Fla. 850-9 7 3 - 6 4 3 9Cape Cod & PlymouthJune 8-16, 2013

Pigeon Forge & SmokyMt. Show Trip Oct. 14-18,2013

Branson Show Extrava-ganza

Oct. 12 -20, 2013New York City Dec. 4-12, 2013Boy Scout Troop 408Meets on Thursdays

from 7-8:30 p.m. at theAmerican Legion Post107, 10726 142nd St., be-tween Live Oak andMcAlpin. Membership isopen to boys ages 11-17.Join us for camping, hik-ing, canoeing, and manyother outdoor activities.386-209-3480Cub Scout Pack 408Meets on Thursdays

from 6-7 p.m. at the Amer-ican Legion Post 107,10726 142nd St., betweenLive Oak and McAlpin.Membership is open toboys ages 6-10. Join us forcamping, archery, BBshooting, and many otherfun activities. Parents en-couraged to participate.386-209-3480

Elks Lodge BingoBingo is every Monday

night from 7 p.m. to 10p.m. at the lodge featuringa progressive jackpot. NonSmoking. Kitchen is openserving drinks and snacks. The Arc North Florida

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For more info on howyou can help The Arc re-cycle products please call386-362-7143 Ext. 5.

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out our meetings. We have different programs such asstress eating, the buffet, portion control, exercise, med-ications that can cause weight gain, and more. Take OffPounds Sensibly is an organization that supports youwhile striving to meet your goal weight, as well as aftermeeting your goal, and you are working to maintainingour goal. TOPS 0662 meets on Thursday mornings at theFirst Advent Christian Church, 699 Pinewood Dr., LiveOak, Fla. We start our weight in at 8 - 8:50 a.m. Themeeting starts at 9 -10 a.m.your first visit is free, socome and let us supportyou in your challenge toTake Off Pounds Sensibly.For more information con-tact Elaine at 386-364-5537.

Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings are held on

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LOCATED on a newly paved road! Well maintained home with gas fireplace, above ground pool, two storage buildings and a 45’x75’ barn. Completely fenced. Asking $58,900. MLS#82999

UNIQUE HOME with 2,800+ sq.ft. of living space. Large upstairs game room. Located on 1.37 acre in Live Oak. Priced at just $67,500. MLS#82214

GREAT LOCATION in downtown Live Oak. 1,200 sq.ft. commercial building located on a large corner lot with access to red light. $120,000. Ronnie Poole, 386- 208-3175 MLS#78279

JUST LISTED- This 2 bedroom, 2 bath home with 1,400+ sq.ft. Located in the city limits and priced at just $124,500. MLS#83958

NEW IMPROVED PRICE: 45,000+ sq.ft. Commercial building in Live Oak. Just minutes from Wal-Mart and I-10 interchange. $597,000. Call Ronnie Poole, 386- 208-3175. MLS#36340

215 ACRES Excellent tract has two 12’ well casings that are located close to each other. 42 acres of 14 year old pines and 153 acres of 3 year old pines. $2,950 per acre. MLS#82124

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Congressman Yoho votes toauthorize Keystone Pipeline

constructionWASHINGTON—Congressman Ted

Yoho (FL-03) voted May 22 in favor ofH.R. 3, the Northern Route ApprovalAct. H.R. 3 removes the need for a presi-dential permit to build the Keystone XLPipeline.After the vote, Congressman Yoho said,

“The Keystone XL Pipeline is theTranscontinental Railroad of our time. Itunlocks 20,000 much-needed jobs

and pumps $20 billion into our economy.We needed this legislation today to breakthe lock President Obama has placed onAmerican ingenuity through a permitprocess of more than 1700 days and 15,500pages of review. For every page writtenand day delayed, that’s an American whocould have been working. Streamlininggovernment allows more Americans towork, and that’s what we did today.”

Calendar of EventsThe Wellborn United Methodist Church

Located at 12005 CR 137 in downtown Wellborn. FromLive Oak and points west, travel east on U.S. 90 to theblinker light at CR 137. Turn left and go about a mile,crossing the railroad tracks. The church is located abouta quarter mile north of the tracks on the left (look forsigns). From Lake City and points east, travel west onU.S. 90 to the blinker light at CR 137 and turn right.

The Suwannee Chapter of the Florida Trail Association

Monthly meetings on the second Monday of themonth, September through June, at the Suwannee RiverWater Management District Office, 9225 CR 49, LiveOak, from 7 to 9 p.m. (The office is located on the cor-ner of US 90 and CR 49, 2 miles east of Live Oak.)TheSuwannee Chapter of the Florida Trail Association de-velops, maintains, protects and promotes many miles ofthe Florida National Scenic Trail, including the Econfi-na, Ellaville and Big Oak Trails. Founded in 1993, thechapter serves Dixie, Columbia, Hamilton, Lafayette,Madison, Taylor and Suwannee Counties. Monthlymeetings provide information on a wide variety of top-ics pertaining to nature, ecology, wildlife of the area,photography, etc. The public is cordially invited to joinus for our monthly meetings as well as hiking/paddlingactivities throughout the year. Contact Irvin Chance,Chapter Chairman, at 386-330-2424, for more informa-tion on the association or the monthly program. You mayalso visit the web site at: www.suwannee.floridatrail.orgor www.meetup.com/Suwannee-FTA for a calendar ofactivities.

Suwannee County BassmastersDo you enjoy bass fishing?Are you the competitive type?Do you enjoy associating with other fisherman?Meetings are held at 7 p.m. on the first Thurs. of each

month at Huddle House in Live Oak, US 129 and Inter-state 10.The club fishes on the Sat. following the Thurs. meet-

ing at various N. Fla. locations.Come to our next meeting or call for details Mike

Johnson 386-688-4780 or Robert Dees 386-688-0978.Antioch Baptist Church“Stars Widow Group”

Every 4th Thurs. of each month at 10:30 a.m. 5203 CR795 Live Oak, Fla. 32060 386-362-3101

Recovery By The Numbers group of Narcotics Anonymous

Meets Wed and Friday at 7:30 p.m. at St. Luke's Epis-copal Church, 1391 11th St. S.W. Live Oak 386-249-3505 or Help Line # 866-352-5323, http://uncoastna.orgRecovery by the numbers is not affiliated with St. Lukes

Travel baseball teamNorth Florida River Rats 10u and 11u Travel baseballteam is looking for players. If interested, please con-

tact Jamie Allbritton @ 386- 209-0166

Volunteer Opportunity & Meeting NoticeFlorida’s Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program

needs volunteers to join its corps of dedicated advocateswho protect the rights of elders residing in nursinghomes, assisted living facilities and adult family carehomes. The program’s local councils are seeking addi-tional volunteers to identify, investigate and resolve res-idents’ concerns. Special training and certification isprovided.All interested individuals who care about protecting

the health, safety, welfare and rights of long-term carefacility residents -- who often have no one else to advo-cate for them -- are encouraged to call toll-free (888)831-0404 or visit the program’s Web site at http://om-budsman.myflorida.com.

Grief recovery is a painful process. GriefShare is a weekly video seminar featuring some

of the nation’s foremost experts on grief recovery topics.Each Wednesday evening seminar is combined with agrief support group discussion time. GriefShare is heldat FBC Live Oak each Wednesday evening at 6 p.m.

Volunteers Needed!Surrey Place Care Center in Live Oak is looking for

interested volunteers who would like to share their timeand talents with our senior adults. Volunteers enrich thelives of our residents and staff by brightening their daysin so many ways!If you are interested in helping others; if you would

like to experience the gratification and sense of purposethat comes from working with senior adults with specialneeds, then we hope you will accept our invitation tolearn more about the volunteer opportunities we haveavailable. Surrey Place Care Center welcomes volunteerinvolvement in a variety of areas and capacities.Please join us.Surrey Place Care CenterTeri Christian, Quality of Life [email protected]

TOPS Fl #0662We would like to invite everyone that has a little or a

lot of weight to lose, to come visit us. TOPS is a weightloss support group. We strive to help each other through

Compassionate Friends, a national bereave-ment organization that helps families who havelost a child, is hosting a support group at HavenHospice. The group will meet the third Mondayof every month from 7-9 p.m. at the SuwanneeValley Hospice Care Center at 6037 US High-way 90 West. For more information, please call386-697-0286 or email [email protected]

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