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Today's Features

  • In bloom

     Everyone has a favorite flower; some diehard gardeners have several.  But whether you have a simple row of tulips or an elaborate sculptured garden of perenniels, one thing is the same:  you've got to pull weeds or you won't have any flowers at all.
    If you want a beautiful garden, you've got to be diligent about eradicating those pesky weeds.  You can go away for a long weekend, but those "unwanteds" in your garden aren't going to take a vacation.

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  • It’s just a sponge

    Some time ago Linda and I took our friends Terry and Maggie Kennedy to Horseshoe Beach to celebrate their birthdays which are a day apart. This is a beautiful area, right on the Gulf coast, with a restaurant overlooking the ocean.
    As we were approaching the restaurant we noticed a boat loaded with sponges that the crew had harvested from the sea. Linda and Maggie became very excited and soon were engaged in conversation with one of the crew members.

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  • Community Calendar for the Week of August 25

    Sept. 10-11

    Hoggetowne Medieval Faire
    auditions
    Actors, singers, dancers and stage combatants are needed for the 2012 Hoggetowne Medieval Faire Living Chessboard and cast of characters.  Auditions are 9:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m. in the Hippodrome Theater Cinema. Stage combat training will be provided for those interested. The Hoggetowne Medieval Faire will be  at the Alachua County Fairgrounds on Jan. 28-29 & Feb. 3-5, 2012.

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  • Not so strategic habitat conservation - A true story about a missed opportunity

    By David Viker
    Ten years ago I was in my first week as manager of three rural Mississippi national wildlife refuges (Hillside, Morgan Brake and Matthews Brake).
    The Project Leader and I were out kicking some dirt on one of the refuges when we began discussing plans for the coming year. He talked about many things that day, but I clearly remember hearing him say in his soft southern accent, “I like diversity. I like to manage for diversity. When I look across the landscape, I like to see diversity.”

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  • Bronson boy grows into refuge leader

    The first 11 years of David Viker's life were spent in suburban New York. And he fell in love with the outdoors while camping with his family in the Catskills Mountains.
    Then came the change that would determine his destiny; a divorce transplanted his family to Bronson.
    "The things I liked most about the outdoors in New York, I liked about Florida," Viker said in a telephone interview from his office in Atlanta, Ga., where he oversees 130 refuges in 10 states, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico with 750 employees.

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  • Guest Missionary to Speak at Lighthouse

     

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  • On joining the Over-the-Hill Gang

    By JAMES SNYDER

    Out to Pastor

     A friend of mine said to me recently, "Old boy, how's it feel to be a member of the Over-the-Hill gang?" I mumbled something as politely as I could, but on the inside, I was a little furious. I may be getting older, but I definitely am not old! In fact, I plan to get older every day.

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  • Some fruit will mature in this life

           "He that sows iniquity shall reap vanity..."   Proverbs 22:8

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  • Dixie Music Center hosts Customer Appreciation Day

       Dixie Music Center will host a Customer Appreciation Day on Saturday starting at 9:30 a.m. The store, in conjunction with Dean Markley Strings, is offering to change the strings on a customer’s guitar – with no charge for the strings or for the installation. There are some “strings attached” though: Customers are asked to bring a non-perishable food item (or three) that will be donated to a local charity for those less fortunate. This service will be provided on the spot while the customer waits.

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  • 'Hutch' Hutchinson's Legacy Poker Run

       The first "Hutch" Hutchinson Poker Run will fire up its engine — rain or shine — on Sept. 17 in Chiefland. The start of the run will be at Custom Accessories, 7631 NW 150th Lane. Registration will be from 9-10 a.m. There will be a $10 donation per bike and $5 for the poker hand. Proceeds will benefit surrounding area Toys for Tots programs.

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