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Today's News

  • It's back to school time

    It's time to "Stuff the Bus," fill the backpack, trim those locks and celebrate a summer well spent before starting school on Aug. 22.
    Sorry. Summer and school should not be mentioned in the same sentence. But it's true.
    This weekend parents can hit the stores to take advantage of a sales-tax-free weekend of shopping for clothing and school supplies.
    And the whole family can take advantage of two events to help them get ready for school.

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  • County hires first public safety director

    Levy County has hired its first public safety director and he will start work on Aug. 22.
    David L. Knowles, a native of Hawthorne and a captain with the Citrus County Fire Rescue, has accepted the position that carries a $65,000 annual salary.
    The Levy County Commission unanimously approved Knowles' hiring at its Aug. 2 regular meeting.  He was their top choice among six candidates interviewed by the commission in July.

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  • Spurned Christmas light dealer threatens lawsuit

    A sales display company from Tavares is considering taking legal action against the City of Chiefland for its early termination of a contract for leasing Christmas lights, according to a report from city staff.
    A few months ago, city commissioners voted to purchase Christmas lights to hang on poles lining city streets during the holidays. The city used to rent the lights at about $9,000 a year, but commissioners decided the city could save money in the long run if it purchased its own for a total of about $24,000.

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  • Heat stroke hospitalizes Bronson public works director

    Bronson Public Works Director James Dunford is hospitalized at Shands Hospital in Gainesville after suffering a stroke on the job on Friday.

    He had finished working at the site of the new Dollar General Store and was discovered unconscious in his truck, according to a city official.

    Although temperatures were in the high 90s, the National Weather Service has said the heat index, a measure of the effect of high temperatures and high humidity, was over 100. 

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  • Chiefland to bid farewell to Alice Faye Henderson

    Alice Faye Henderson, 70, put off this earthly house on Aug. 2, 2011 and now lives in a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens  (11 Corinthians 5:1). Cancer ravaged her body but it could not conquer her spirit. 

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  • N.D. Couple raised four children with disabilities

    By DANIEL J. VANCE

    Disabilities

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  • Copy editor managing bipolar disorder

    By DANIEL J. VANCE

    Disabilities

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  • Palliative massage therapy offers gentle comfort to patients

    By JENNI WILLIAMS
    Special to the Citizen
    Palliative massage has become one of the fastest growing trends in therapy for hospice patients. Used as a method for relaxation to alleviate stress, anxiety and pain with a light hands-on approach, as well as providing an alternative to those who can’t take medication or prefer not to, palliative massage therapy has become essential in hospice care.

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  • Deadline near for Business of the Year

       The deadline tfor nominating a local business that merits the Greater Chiefland Ara Chamber of Commerce's Business of the Year Award is Aug. 10.
       Each year the Chamber honors outstanding businesses during the state’s annual observance of Industry Appreciation Week. This year's industry celebration begins Sept. 12 and the local Chamber will host a banquet Sept. 13 honoring two local, notable businesses.

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  • Editorial cartoon for August 4
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