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COMMUNITY CALENDAR


* To submit your Community
Calendar item, contact Jeff
Hardison at 754-0426 or by
e-mail at ihardison@
lakecityreporter.com.


Today
Haven Hospice offers
support program
 Haven Hospice is offer-
ing a six-week support
program for adults griev-
ing the loss of a loved one.
Please note that date, time
and location are subject
to change and will be
confirmed when a person
calls to register. While the
sessions are free, individu-
als-must register to attend.
They will be held at Haven
Hospice, Suwannee Valley
Hospice Care Center,
6037 U.S. Highway 90 W.,
from 10 to 11 a.m. June
2 through July 7. Call
386-752-9191 between 9
a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday
through Friday to register
or for more information.

Possibilities self-help
group meets Tuesdays
 A self-help group facili-
tated by Life Coach Judee
Holmberg will explore
options for what's next It
is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
every Tuesday at Fort
White Town Hall. There is
no charge. Call (386) 497-
3223.

Kiwanis Club meets
Tuesday at Women's
Club
 The Kiwanis Club of
Lake City meets at noon
every Tuesday at the
Women's Club, 257 SE
Hernando Ave. Call (386)
365-8747, or call Dennis
Smith at (386) 365-8747.

Lions Club meets
Tuesday at Guangdong
 The Lake City Lions "
Club meets at the


Guangdong Chinese
Restaurant in the Lake
City Mall at 7 p.m. every
Tuesday. Call 752-2612 or
(386) 497-3536.

VFW Post 2206 hosts
Bingo weekly '
 VFW Post 2206 hosts '-
Bingo 1-4 p.m. Tuesday,
at 134 Forest Lawn Way.
Call (386) 752-5001.

UF Master Gardeners
are available
 The University of Florida
Master Gardeners are
at the Columbia County
Extension Office from
9 a.m. to noon every
Tuesday, Thursday and
Friday. They answer
gardening questions and'
conduct soil pH tests free
of charge. Call (386) 752-
5384, or stop at the UF/ -
IFAS Extension Office at
the Columbia County fair-
grounds. JEI

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 Preschool storytime is
available from 3:30 to 4:30
p.m. every Tuesday at First
Baptist Church of Lake
City, 182 NE Justice St All
children aged 4 years and
younger are invited to join
the fun, which includes a
story, craft and snack. Call
(386) 752-5422.

Wednesday
Transportation group to
meet at FDOT
 The Columbia
County Transportation
Disadvantaged
Coordinating Board is
scheduled to meet at 1:30
p.m. on June 3 in the


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Beauchamp's land in Levy County shows it is the season
for melons. Chiefland has scheduled its annual Watermelon
Festival for next'Saturday. Melons are grown in several parts
of the Suwannee Valley.


Florida Department of
Transportation's Jeffery
Maintenance Complex
Santa Fe Meeting Room,
710 NW Lake Jeffery Road.
The meeting is open to the
public. Call (352) 955-2200.

Friendship Luncheon
scheduled
 The June Friendship
Luncheon of the Lake
City Newcomers is set for
11:30 a.m. on June 3 at
Applebee's Resfaurant on
U.S. Highway 90. All mem-


bers, friends and guests
are welcome. Call (386)
758-2026 or 935-9272.

Business workshop is
offered
 SCORE and the
Rotary Club of Lake City-
Downtown are sponsor-
ing a workshop titled
"Business Planning with
Financial Emphasis" from
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on
June 3 at the Guangdong
Chinese Restaurant in the
Lake City Mall. The pre-


senter is Robert Myers, area
director of the Small Business
Development Center at the
University of North Florida.
Tickets are $15 including
lunch and materials. Call
(386) 752-2000.

Deer hunting scheduled
for possible revision
 Hunters in North Florida
may want to attend a meet-
ing from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
on June 3 in the Columbia
County School Board
Auditorium at 372 W. Duval
St (U.S. Highway 90). The
Florida Fish and Wildlife
Conservation Commission
is considering possible
changes to white-tailed
deer hunting zones and
seasons. The purpose is
to better align season dates.
with the times of peak deer
activity associated with the
breeding season (the "rut")
and to thereby increase
hunter satisfaction. The FWC
wants to solicit as much
public comment as possible,
and everyone is invited. If
changes are approved by
the Commission, they could
take effect as early as the
2010-2011 hunting season.
Meetings will be open-house
type format with FWC staff
making a presentation,
followed by question-and-
answer sessions with FWC
staff, giving hunters more
one-on-one time. Anyone
requiring special accommo-
dations to participate in the
workshops should advise the
FWC at least five calendar
days before the workshop by
calling 850488-6411.

Rotary Club of
Downtown to meet
 The Rotary Club of
Downtown Lake City meets
at 7:15 a.m. each Wednesday


in the Lifestyle Enrichment
Center, 628 SE Allison
Court Call (386) 755-7969.

Moose Lodge Bingo is
open for everyone
 Bingo games at the
Moose Lodge, 624 NE
Williams, are open to
everyone. Games are at
3 p.m., 6:45 and 7 p.m.
on every Wednesday and
Friday. There is free ice
tea and coffee. Food is
available for purchase. Call
(386) 755-3730.

Thursday
Peace author set for
library program
 Florida's "Master of the
Weird," Charlie Carlson is
scheduled to be at the main
library in Lake City at 7 p.m.
on June 4. Carlson is the
world's only peace activist
army sergeant-major who
has published a history
book about celery while
traveling with a circus.
His novels include '"Weird
Florida" and "Strange
Florida." Everyone is invited
to meet him at the library.

Rotary Club to meet
 The Rotary Club of Lake
City meets every Thursday
at noon at the Elks' Club, 309
NE Hernando Ave. Visiting
members and guests are
welcome. Call Steve Smith at
(386) 758-9990.

Wildflower Cafe hosts
Jam Session
 All musicians are invited
to a free jam session at 6:30
p.m. every Thursday at the
Wild Flower Cafe, 326 N.
Marion Avenue. Call (386)
754-1150.


OBITUARIES,


Ernestine S. Glasscock
Mrs. Ernestine S. Glasstock, 82,
(E.T.), of Lake City died Sunday
May 31, 2009 at her residence
following a long illness. She was
bom in Johnson City, Tennessee
and moved to Lake City twenty
years ago and She was a member
of the Bethlehem Baptist Church.
She is preceded in death by one
son William A. Collyer, one
brother, Cecil Shephard, two
sisters, Della Pierce and Ann
Blevins. Ernestine is survived by
her husband, Bennie Glassbock,
of Lake City, Fl. One step-son,
Joseph M. (Joey) Glasscock of
Jacksonville, Fl. And a host of
nieces and nephews also survive.
.Extended family Lowell and
Gwen O'steen Funeral Services
will be conducted on Wednesday
June 3, 2009 at 2:00 P.M. at
Bethlehem Baptist Church
with Pastor Lowell O'steen
officiating. Interment will follow
in Forest Lawn Memorial
Gardens Cemetery. Visitation will
be held Tuesday June 2, 2009 at
the funeral home with the family
from 6 until 8P.M. Arrangements
are under the direction of
GATEWAY-FOREST LAWN
FUNERAL HOME, Lake City,
FL. Please sign the guest book
at www.gatewayforestlawri.com.


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Hubert J. "Jim" Hiers
Hubert J. "Jim" Hiers, US Army
(Ret), 72, died Friday, May 29,
2009 at Baptist Medical Center
Beaches -in
Jacksonville,Fla.
Born in Oxford,
Fla. on July 31, .
1936, he was the -
son of the late Sidney L. Hiers
and Elaine Whitfield Massey. He
served in the US Army for 21
years, retiring August 31, 1974
at Ft. Jackson, S.C. and then
worked for Westinghouse NFD,
Columbia for*22 years, retiring
on October 31', 1996. Surviving
is his wife, Betty L. Hiers. The
Hiers visited Fort White Baptist
Church and Lebanon Baptist
Church, Branford, Fla., and Betty
would like to thank them both for
their love and support. Services
will be held Wednesday at 12:30
p.m. at DUNBAR FUNERAL
HOME, Devine Street Chapel,
with burial in Fort Jackson
National Cemetery at 2 p.m. with
full military honors. Visitation
will be 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at the
funeral home. In lieu of flowers,
memorials may be made to
the American Cancer Society
or Hospice of your choice.
Please sign online guest book
at www.dunbarfunerals.com
Obituaries are paid advertise-
ments. For details, call the Lake
City Reporter's classified depart-
ment at 752-1293.


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Page Editor: Troy Roberts, 754-0427


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LOCAL & NATION TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 2009