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From the get-go, it looked like it was going be Andy Jones' night.

The left-handed ace of the Trenton High pitching staff was simply mowing through the Chiefland Indian lineup last Friday night, keeping Indians off balance with his masterful command of fastball, curve and change-up.

But silently, his Chiefland mound counterpart –Jeremy Hayes –was also getting the job done.

Some sloppy play in the field helped Trenton grab a first inning lead, but Hayes kept working hard on the hill to keep his team within striking distance.

BRONSON –Bronson High's three-month long search for a new head football coach is over.

Enter Al Cooksey, a 60-year-old who has coached the sport for many moons in parts north of Levy.

Most recently, Cooksey coached at tiny Hilliard High north of Jacksonville. He was there one year at the Class 1A school, finishing 2-8 with a squad that started eight sophomores.

Chiefland Finance and Projects Coordinator Laurie Copeland will ask Carolyn Cohens to volunteer a couple of Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Train Depot Museum as a result of discussion by the City Commission.

City leaders want Cohens to help the city determine if enough visitors to the museum will justify paying her to be at the museum. In the meantime, the city leaders appreciate Greater Chiefland Area Chamber of Commerce Secretary Janet Minor keeping a watchful eye on museum pieces when the Chamber is open.

A house full of garbage, rats and other objectionable matter will not be cleaned by the city of Chiefland.

This decision came Feb. 25 after the Chiefland City Commission learned Heidi Prophet will be 90 days behind her mortgage payment and the lender - the U.S. Department of Agriculture -- will foreclose.

Then the house becomes the lender's problem rather than a city problem, city leaders decided.