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Today's Features

  • Family Fun Day at Manatee Springs

     Manatee Springs State Park will host Family Fun Day this Saturday  from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
       Participants can enjoy games such as the three-legged race, sponge game and more. There will be competitive races for family teams. Events are set up for every visitor to safely participate with little or no assistance required. All activities are free with park admission.
       For more information, visit www.floridastateparks.org.

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  • SVP's Golden Gravel Awards Saturday

       The Suwannee Valley Players will host its second annual Golden Gravel Awards Saturday at 7 p.m. at BubbaQue's Banquet Room in Chiefland.

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  • Community Calendar for the Week of July 21

    Through August 12

    4-H Summer Camps
    The Levy County 4-H hosts a variety of camps at the Bronson Agricultural Center this summer. Campers must be at least 8 years old by the date of the camp. The cost is $25 per camp or $50 for ATV camp. Camps are Monday-Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Friday from 8:30 a.m. to noon. Camp fee includes breakfast, lunch, snacks, field trips and recreation.

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  • Military

    Army Pvt. Matthew C. McKinney has graduated from the Infantryman One Station Unit Training at Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga.  The training consists of Basic Infantry Training and Advanced Individual Training.

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  • Engagement: Williams-Summers

    Colleen Langston and Joe Williams announce the engagement of their daughter, Kirstie Nicole Williams, to Emory Kevin Summers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Summers. A wedding is planned for Saturday, Aug. 13, at 7:30 p.m. at Fort Fanning in Fanning Springs. A reception will follow in the Trenton Elementary School Cafetorium.  In case of rain, the wedding will be moved to the cafetorium.

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  • Log Cabin Quilters for the Week of July 21

    By WINNELLE HORNE
    Director, Quilt Museum
       The Log Cabin Quilters met Thursday, July14, at the Levy County Quilt Museum. We welcomed two ladies who came in to learn how to quilt. Alliene is a great teacher and we look forward to seeing how they will do.  
    We also welcomed three ladies from the Methodist Church who needed help putting an Ohio Star Quilt in the frame. We love to help with these projects, and when they get them finished they bring them in for us to see and enjoy.

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  • New Rotary in Chiefland

       The Suwannee Valley Rotary Club, which was chartered three weeks ago, held its first club meeting July 7 at BubbaQue's in Chiefland. Thirty members, prospective members and guests turned out for the organizational meeting.  Brookins opened the meeting saying the group's mission "is about involvement. This is about involvement with everybody." The group will officially receive its charter from former Rotary District Governor Sylvia White during a September social gathering.

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  • Laughing in the face of adversity

    By GUY SHEFFIELD

    But Anyway ...

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  • You catch more flies with honey

     "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven." 

    Matthew 5:16

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  • Roadside revelations

    Passerbys enjoyed the pun on the portable sign in front of the Hardeetown Baptist Church in Chiefland this past week.

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