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Haven Hospice introduces Haven on Wheels to enhance patient services

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Haven Hospice volunteer Shellie Shelton truly embodies the meaning of care and compassion.
Shelton drives Haven patient Mary Wardlaw from Bronson to Chiefland and back every month to shop at Walmart. Shelton helps Wardlaw move about the store and pull items from the top shelf, as Wardlaw is unable. Shelton and Wardlaw enjoy the travel time together and have found they have a lot in common. Wardlaw would not be able to do her monthly shopping it if wasn’t for Haven on Wheels.

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Rain won't slow ride

Under a canopy of gray skies Saturday morning, a group of bikers left Williston for Kentucky with the ashes of veteran John Waddy Jr.

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Fund set up for Jessie Short, family

Jessie Short, an 18-year-old rising senior at Chiefland High School, was involved in a car accident two weeks ago, which has left him comatose at Shands Hospital and his family needs your help.

His parents, John and Ruby Short, live in Tampa but he stays in Chiefland with his grandparents, James and Patsy Hiers. His parents often travel from Tampa to Gainesville to be with him.

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Savings from a day's furlough

The Levy County Commission is discussing using furloughs to cut its costs, rather than layoffs, to meet its budget in the coming year. To that end, Jared Blanton, a finance clerk, drew up the approximate savings.

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Just the numbers

Current millage rate: 7.4212

Rollback millage: 8.0614

1 mill brings in $1,731,342 tax revenue

General Fund revenue: $18,342,968

Expenditures: $20,826,382

Transfers to other funds: $1,685,577

Cash forward: $2,750,000

Shortage: $1,418,991

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Beef O’Brady’s clears last county alcohol hurdle

The Beef O’Brady’s to be constructed at the intersection of Northwest 140th Street and U.S. Highway 19 has cleared its final approval for a zoning variance that will allow it to sell alcohol.

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Home invasion suspect nabbed in Dixie

A man being sought in connection with a home invasion in Chiefland Sunday night was apprehended in Dixie County Tuesday afternoon.

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Fans of Fanning say proposed campground fails

Fanning Springs State Park will suffer at the hands of private developers if a proposed plan for additional campsites is allowed to come to fruition, park enthusiasts and residents told a panel of state officials last week.

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County debates furloughs, cutting hours

Levy County Commissioners, for the first time, openly discussed the ideas of worker furloughs and cuts — such as a nine-hour, four-day work week.

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Chiefland girl survives horse accident

A 13-year-old Chiefland girl who was dragged and kicked by a horse within inches of her life on June 27 is recovering at home after leaving the hospital last weekend.

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