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LEVY COUNTY JOURNAL

Around Levy Count

Open wheeled modified racing
comes to the speedway Saturday

The always exciting action of the Gulf Coast

Modified Series storms into

Speedway this’ Saturday night for 50 laps of
hard charging open wheel modified racing!
Come see some of the best open wheel modi-
fied drivers in Florida take to the high banks

of Bronson.

Plus the FASCAR Pro Trucks: will take to
the track for 50 laps, along with the Race Cars
of Yesterday and the Southern Welterweights
and the Bronson Lucky 7 Series-Sportsman-
Hobby Stocks-Thunder Stocks and Harvey

Bronson Motor

Wallbangers.

There’re lots of fun activities like an On
Track Autograph Session where race fans
can get up close and personal with their fa-
vorite driver, plus a free Moon Walk for the
kids and much more family fun.

Bring the whole family out to the speed-

way for some good food, good family fun
and great Saturday night short track racing
at its best. For more information contact the
speedway office at 352-486-2763 or visit
www.bronsonmotorspeedway.com. _

 

Chicken, rib fund-raiser is Saturday

The Gospel FestCommittee
will be selling dinners on
Saturday, April 29 at the New
Hope Missionary Baptist
Church located on Hwy. 318

from 11.a.m. to 2 p.m. (or.

until the food is gone).
Barbecue chicken’ will be

$6 and barbecue ribs will be

$7. Each includes a choice of

two sides: rice pilaf, macaroni
and cheese, potato salad,
green beans or collard greens;
one bread: cornbread or roll;
and one dessert: pound cake
or sweet potato pie.

Other homemade .desserts
and drinks will be available
for an additional charge.

Dinners may be picked up

from 11 a.m.—2 p.m.

For tickets and additional
information call: (352) 528-
2170, 528-5984 or 528-3675.

The proceeds will help
with the operational expenses
of the upcoming Gospel Fest
and other community youth
programs.

 

CRP sign ups extended until April 28

Agricultural producers
and landowners who thought
they might miss. the deadline
to enroll highly erodible and
other fragile cropland into the
current Conservation Reserve
Program (CRP) general sign-
up have a little more time

to get their applications in,
according to Kevin Kelley,
State Executive
of USDA’s Farm Service
Agency (FSA) for Florida.
The enrollment periods for
the CRP general sign-up and
the special CRP re-enrollment

Humane society plans
adoption event

The Humane Society of
Levy County, Inc. invites
‘all residents of Levy County
to CURVES in Chiefland,
107 E. Rodgers Blvd. for an
adoption event on April 29
from 10am.—4p.m. .

The ‘mission ‘of: the
Humane Society of Levy
County, Inc. is to provide
foster care, adoptions and/
or the placement of rescued
animals that are received
from the local shelters.

Donated funds will be used
to facilitate the needed care,
spay and neuter of rescued
pets, and the future health and
well being of these animals.

If you are interested in
adding a new member of

the family, please stop by
ADOPT.

The Humane — Society
of Levy County, Inc.’ has
a drawing that someone
can win a 23” Color TV
with DP311 Dish Network

‘System. The system comes
with ‘installation and local

channels are included. Tickets
are $1. The drawing will be
on Sept. 30. There will also
be free hot dogs. }

If you would like more
information on the adoption
event or would like a brochure
or. more information on
becoming a member, please
contact us at 352-486-5705
and leave a message.

Fund to aid accident victim’s family

A memorial fund has been

Bank locations for the family of Melissa Collins, the Cedar

established at all Drummolnd

Key woman who was killed this past weekend in an automo-

bile accident. .

 

"Care for the Entire Family”

TRI-COGNTY

CHIROPRACTIC

Dr. Bennitt Patterson

‘Available on Location: X-Rays, Physical Therapy &
Licensed Massage Therapist (MM000761 2)

Most Insurance Accepted:
* Most HMO's and PPO’s
* Major Medical
* Medicare/Medicaid

+ Personal Injury/Auto Accidents

* Workers' Compensation

OFFICE HOURS
Monday / Wednesday / Friday
9 a.m.- Noon & 2 p.m.- 6 p.m.

Tuesday 8 a.m.- 12:30 p.m.
Thursday
8 a.m.- Noon & 2 p.m.- 5 p.m.

~ Walk-Ins Welcome ~

493-1540 [==

2220 N. Young Blvd., Chiefland
(Across from Wal-Mart Super Center)

 

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Director

and extension sign-up have
been extended until April 28.
For more information on
CRP, contact your local FSA
office or visit the FSA Web
site at: http://www.fsa.usda.
gov/dafp/cepd/crp.htm

EBMP
peanut brittle -- and several
other desserts.

This get-together —at
Quincey’s. was the spring
semi-annual meeting of
the LCCAA. There will be
another meeting in the fall.
While this event was on the
western end of the county,
the fall meeting will be in the
east. The LCCAA alternates
from one side to the next.

The association first formed
in the early 1960s. President
Tommy Harper missed this
meeting; therefore, Vice
President Van Whitehurst led
it.

Scott and Melissa Mills
were’ welcomed as new
members. Charles Hardee was
nominated for the Cowman
Award. This statewide award
is given for distinguished
service in the industry.
The ~ Florida Cattlemen’s
Association (FCA) chooses
the winner.

Quincey said the
Florida Legislature helped
landowners and cattle people

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the newest procedures,
applying for and receiving
grants that will fund equip-
ment, creating a program that
will assist victims of frauds
and scams, especially the
elderly, making banks safer
and continuing to proactively
fight crime.

“Instead of just reacting
after a crime has occurred,”
Douglas said, “we try and pre-
vent the incident by searching

out the people and areas that’

have the potential of becom-
ing a problem.

“We do this through open -
communication with the citi- .

zens and through training our
officers to identify the prob-
lem areas and criminals who
can cause these problems,”
the, chief said.

All of this goals have been
achieved because of coopera-
tion among the officers and
the townspeople.

“This is.a benevolent com-
munity,” Douglas said.

The number of arrests and
citations has dramatically in-
creased during Douglas’s ten-
ure as chief:

And like problem nation-
wide, Chiefland is seeing
more drug activity.

Tracking it down and put-

ting an end to it is a daunting »

task because unlike many ur-
ban areas, drug activity is not

, limited to one particular area

of the city, Douglas said.

this year. The main issue now
for all cattlemen, he added, is
an end to the death tax.
Quincey promoted the
National Cattlemen’s Beef
Association (NCBA) and

urged people to join. One‘

issue the NCBA is lobbying
for in Washington is to create
a harvest permit. As it stands,
there. is an 80,000-pound

gross weight limit ‘on trucks

transporting beef.

The NCBA wants to up the
limit to 95,000 pounds. Cattle
being trucked from here to
Coloradolose 14 percent of
their weight. Ranchers are

paid by the pound.
Cracker Johnson of
Stockman Solutions

presented information about
a’plan for national animal
identification. The US.
Department of Agriculture
wants private industry to take
the bull by the horns. If the
program were complete, it
would mean there could be
a 48-hour track back. This is
beneficial to locate the source

THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 2006

 

ROBERT DOUGLAS

“Drug trafficking in this
area. doesn’t stay in one
place,” the chief said. “It
moves around.”

By working, closely with
the sheriff and being a party
of the county drug task force,
the Chiefland Police Depart-
ment is able to fight the war
on drugs. Comparing January
through March 2006 to those
same months a year ago, the

police have made 57 drug-re-

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lated arrests, compared to 17.
“T take my work very seri-
ously when it comes to police
work, ” he said. “It’s my call-
ing.”
And indeed in his blood as

well. His father before him

was a public servant and now
his son is following in the
family tradition as an officer’
with the Ocala Police Depart-
ment.

Working « he way up:
through the ranks from a
corrections officer in 1976
to deputy, field training of-
ficer and bureau major (with
several other titles scattered
in between), Douglas has a
vision for Chiefland and be-,
lieves he has a group of men:
and women who will help
make it a reality.

There’s one thing for cer-
tain. He’s not going any-:
where.

“T love it here,” he said.

And the smile on his face.
backed up his words.

 

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‘of diseases in cattle when
they are identified.

One impetus for the
ranchers to participate is
to gain access to the world
market. Canada and other
countries with national
animal ID programs are able
to sell beef worldwide with
greater ease.

Johnsontold ranchers much
more about the importance
of using medicine properly.
Genetics, he said, is the
best method to gain the best

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return on investment. Buying

_ a quality bull is a good idea,

he said.

The Beef Quality
Assurance (BQA) program is,
vital, he said. Keeping high
quality beef on the market is:
important to the individual.
rancher as well as to the

| industry and the nation as a:

whole.,.He predicts a BQA.

; training program, will start, im

Levy County.

‘In other announcements:

¢ Beau Hobby will be the:
president of the FCA in three:
years.

¢ The FCA will have intern
visiting ranchers throughout.
Levy County to explain how,
the FCA benefits cattlemen.
“If you’re a landowner,”
Quincey said, “then you sure;
need to be a member of ne
organization.”

¢ The Young - Cattlemen
Tour will be next Monday.

¢ The Ranch Rodeo and
Cowboys’ Reunion is set for
the Williston Sportsmen’s
Park on May 26 and 27.

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