Cooks can get a break at CHS pie auction

Cooking Thanksgiving dinner is stressful enough without having to worry about baking a dessert as well.

So take the easy way out and buy dessert at the Chiefland High School pie auction. The city’s best cooks contribute their signature sweets to the sale.

The doors to the school cafeteria open at 5:30 for a preview. Bidding starts at 6 p.m. County Commissioner Chad Johnson, a professional auctioneer, will do the honors.

The money raised from the sale of desserts will benefit projects at the school.

Levy County Schools will be on Thanksgiving break Nov. 25-27. Classes resume on Monday, Nov. 30.

Bronson Community holiday blood drive

It usually takes less than 10 minutes for the actual donation of blood, and in that time, you could be saving the lives of up to three people.  LifeSouth and the Bronson community is hosting a holiday blood drive at three locations:

    • The Road Department from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m.,

    • The Sheriff’s Office from 9:30 a.m. to noon, and

    • The Levy County Courthouse from 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.

All who donate will receive a recognition item and a complimentary cholesterol screening. All donors during the month of November will be entered into drawings for sports memorabilia that include autographed footballs or a shirt signed by Coach Urban Meyer.

Donors must be at least 16 years old, weigh 110 pounds or more, and have photo I.D.  Sixteen- year-olds must have written parental For more information about becoming a donor or about blood drives in your area, call LifeSouth at (888) 795-2707 or visit www.lifesouth.org.

Manatee park hosts “Clay Landing Days”

    To celebrate the living history of this beautiful first magnitude spring, Manatee Springs State Park, with the help of the park’s Citizens Support Organization-The Friends of Manatee Springs Parks, Inc, present Clay Landing Days featuring covered wagon rides through the north trail system, where riders will find people from the past. The event also includes hayrides as well to provide more opportunities to visit our Seminoles and settlers. The hayride will also be accessible to persons with disabilities with little or no assistance. Come join us on a fun ride and a journey into the past, where you will witness survival skills used by Native Americans and pioneers alike. Learn how they lived, what clothing they wore, how food was prepared over campfires and, if you master communication with them, you may even get to sample tasty morsels!

Clay Landing Days activities are free with a paid park admission.

For more information please call the park at 352-493-6072. For more information, visit www.FloridaStateParks.org.

Nationally known gospel group to appear locally

The Walkers will be in concert at The Bronson Church of God, 9353 U.S. Highway 27A, Bronson, on Nov. 29 at 11 a.m.

The Walkers are one of the most versatile groups in gospel music today, writing all of the material the group performs, from a high energy blend of Southern, country, and contemporary music blended together to form that “Walker Style.”

The Walkers are in full time ministry, traveling from their home base in Florida to nearly every state in the U.S.

Pastor Jim Waldron invites everyone to attend. For more information call 352-538-6907 and for information on the Walkers, go to www.thewalkersonline.com.

    Dixie County Humane Society is participating in the national “Foster A Lonely Pet For the Holidays” pet fostering program starting today and having a foster/adoption event on Sunday, Dec. 6 at Walmart in Chiefland.

    Across the country, over 13,000 pet rescue organizations are trying to empty their kennels for Christmas, encouraging members of the public to invite a pet home for the holidays. 

    Dixie County Humane Society is happy to answer questions about the program for people interested in making this Christmas a happy holiday for a pet in need.  If you are interested in welcoming home a “Pet for The Holidays” please call (352) 542-1081. 

     Dixie County Humane Society will provide all needed supplies. The Society has an average population of 40 adoptable dogs and 40 adoptable cats.  You can view all of the pets online at www.petfinder.com. The group's goal is to have each of these pets into a home by noon on Dec. 20th. 

    Also, please tune in to  “A Dog Named Christmas,” a Hallmark Hall of Fame TV movie about a dog fostered during the holidays, tonight on CBS.