VOL. 82, NO. 42 INSIDE . BY JEFF M. HARDISON Levyf This is not a Suwannee Sciences, which most farmers that expects results from Starr WRITER County River Water Management and ranchers are already this program. There is a Gathering next to the Cooperative District program, he stressed. doing to a significant degree, partnership between many banks of the Suwannee River Extension It is a statewide issue. Drew said. agencies, as well as producer at Don Quincey’s. river house A g ent “It is on the horizon and. They-are tried and true, organizations that are creating April 20, members of the Antho ny you will have to deal with it,” Drew said. These BMPs help these BMP manuals. Levy County Cattlemen and Drew spoke Drew said. protect the resources. Farmers. Drew’s sober warning to Landowners’ = Association to the For various. crops “such as and ranchers know natural ranchers was part of a night (LCCAA) learned about LCCAAF peanuts, citrus, sugar cane, resources are limited, and filled with facts for the men — THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 2006 1 SECTION: 20 PAGES Landowners told to deal with BMP 50 cents per copy an environmental program, about the 4 strawberries, and in the case h dw ho rai lei Bull Bash for FFA : . 2 > they want to protect them. and women who raise cattle in which promises to be in full BMP. WAN WHITEHURST _of ranchers, cows and calves, Because of the soil type Levy County. Quincey hosted Pagel5 | swing in the next few years. Within the DEP will have handbooks and the lay of the land in the dinner meeting, which Rates school A+ Page 17 OBITUARIES Ottiest Akins —~ Claude Barber Sr. with a plan. Lyle Bublitz With six sate on a job as the city of Chiefland’s ee police chief, Douglas knew ; his biggest challenge when Aldrain Jones . : Er taking the job was to keep Bessie Lucas his department pointed in Marlene Martin the right direction--and that Virginia Neary meant being proactive rather ‘Charles Phillips than reactive. A. Dwain Reynolds “You have to become in- © Rebecca Sheppard volved before a crime hap- Charles Smith Sr. pens;” Douglas: said. “And: Havel Walden that means everyone from in the community from Rotary to local businesses.” HOME OF... TERESA DRAWBY of Chiefland — CONTENTS... Around Levy 2-3, 6, 14-19 The ‘Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has already initiated a voluntary sign-up for its Best Management Practices (BMP) program. Chiefland chief finds’ direction BY CAROLYN RISNER | MANAGING EDITOR Robert Douglas is a man It also means keeping his police force current with ever-changing laws and pro- cedures. Since his arrival in Chief- land, Douglas set at least nine- goals that he wanted his de- partment to work toward. “Among them are a men- toring program for the area’s youth, a comprehensive sex offender program that would | create safe zones for children, joining the county drug task force, creating neighborhood watches, training officers in See Chief Page 14 any particular watershed where there is agriculture in the state, the DEP wants at least 80 percent participation said. inthe program ny 2009, Drew | to show the best management practices to protect the water. These practices are recommendations from the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural How Does Your Garden Grow? Levy County, nitrates are a potential concern for the DEP. In the Lake Okeechobee ‘basin, phosphate will be the pollutant of most interest. DEP. is the agency included plenty of delicious barbecued steaks and all of the fixings, including Dorothy Carter’s famous homemade See BMP Page 14 . jourmal photo by Miriam Blitch DANICA THOMAS, Courtney Faglie and Steven Neal of the Williston FFA took to the streets last week to sell some of their hothouse beauties. Money raised from the flower sale will go into an account that funds events and panaucr throughout the year. US. Rep. Harris plays the ‘liberal’ card BY JEFF M. HARDISON STAFF WRITER USS. Rep. Katherine Harris to being anti-homosexual and anti-abortion. She spoke at ee Although Nelson describes himself as “moderate,” Harris believes he is “liberal.” Harris any other Republican. who will run for this seat. out aainist the incumbent senator. Nelson voted against Levy Histo : Di Dlayed the | betel card is seen by some Republicans certain bills, which reflect Opinions see z a het. Did 108 ae as being with the “radical him as being liberal in regard Law & Courts 2 held b Bal N ae noe right.” The state and national to “traditional values,” she Obituaries 7 SE aoe A i ee Republican Party. have said. - Classified 8 eae Se distanced themselves from A bill that was supposed Siassilieg 8 | stance: she’ has, ‘gone; with : PKS : : s 3 8 : Harris. Gov. Jeb Bush has to put an end to “partial birth Legals 9-12 | for some time. The Harris ce ; 5 eee Land Transactions 12-13 | “talki ints”? ised spoken against electing her abortions’ was defeated Tides mag. ae Pee Soa oe when the primary comes to partly because of Nelson’s ONS Ee ay eee decide between Harris and vote against that bill, Harris said. Another bill, which was proposed to define as a matter we) : : i 2 @ the Inglis Community Center Harris looks forward to the of law that the marriage ofa = = $ during a__dinner meeting primary. She said no candidate man to a woman is the only on 2 g Ob Me vankeriowe Inglis should be “anointed” by the definition for marriage was =O Republican Club. Republican Party before this defeated as well, Harris said, = m a Nelson may bea nice guy, part of the election process is partly because Nelson was =F Harris said that Tuesday completed. 5 3 9 a evening, but his record of The congresswoman lashed Poeun ge =a00 voting is not what Floridians a ai = = 33 want today. She said The Journal photo by Jeff M. Hardison : seers te, National Journal, a political : 3 : Correction : 46 ablicaHGtc ranked Nelson U.S. REP. Katherine Harris stands with Yankeetown- — Raymond Powers is the father of Emma Powers, Levy oo L being “noes liberal: than Inglis Republican Club Treasurer Edith McCrimmon County School Board Member Billy R. Morrison of Bronson