Page 2 LEVY COUNTY JOURNAL AROUND LEWY COUNTY THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2006 Small business workshop set Aworkshop called “Running Your Business ... advice from Gainesville business owners, past and present, to help you” will be held on Thursday, Jan. 18, from 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. in the SCORE office in downtown Gainesville in the SUN Center; Suite 104E; 101 Southeast 2‘ Pl.; Gainesville For more information telephone: (352) 375-8278. The fee is $10 in advance ($15 at the door). Registration in advance is recommended. For a registration form please call the SCORE office. SCORE, “Counselors to America’s Small Business,” is a non profit, nationwide resource partner of the U.S. Small Business Administration. Radio license exam is Jan. 13 The Levy County-Amateur Emergency Service® will be conducting Amateur Radio License Exams, Saturday, Jan. 13 starting at 9 a.m. in the Williston Community. Center, 50 NW Main S., Williston. Seating i is limited. Pre-registration is required. Please bring the following: *Photo I.D. *Social Security number or FRN *Original -AND- two photocopies of your amateur radio license “FCC form 660) *Original -AND- two photocopies of CSCEs (if claiming credit) The license exam fee is $14 cash. For exam information/pre-registration, email WM3B@yahoo.com, or call 352-225-0200 prior to noon, Jan. 10. Fire victims need cue _ Ron and Kim Fisher and their six children recently lost their home to a fire. The couple and their six children, ranging in age from 8-16, would appreciate any help that you can give. The Tri-County Uniform shop has set up a Benefit Account for the family at Perkins State Bank in Chiefland. For more information please call 352-490-5600. Miss Jones, Mr. Poole plan spring wedding Dwayne and Andrea Jones announce the engagement of their daughter, April Ann Jones, to Joshue Rye Poole, son of Herbert and Toni Poole of Chiefland. The bride-elect is the maternal granddaughter of Marjorie Watson of Chiefland and Dillard Watson, formerly of Chiefland, and the paternal granddaughter of Richard and Barbara Hammock of Trenton. Miss Jones is a 2006 graduate of Chiefland High School and attends Santa Fe Community College, where she is pursuing a nursing degree. The future groom is the » maternal grandson of Frank and Ann Moody of Chiefland and the paternal grandson of ~ the late Louie and Lois Poole of Trenton. Mr. Poole is a. 2004 graduate of Chiefland High School and is currently working for Hugh’s Concrete as an apprentice mason. A spring wedding is planned. Diabetes classes start Jan. 25 BES to participate in national survey Bronson Elementary School has been selected to participate in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), |’ “also known as the Nation’s Report Card. NAEP is an ongoing assessment of what our - country’s children know and can do in various academic subjects. The school’s participation will be beneficial in painting a picture of what our nation’s school children are learning. A random sample of fourth grade students will be selected for the assessment. All responses are confidential and no results will be reported to or about individual students or schools. NAEP data and results are often used by policy makers to make decisions regarding education. To help guide these decisions, NAEP asks students about their school experience, background, and what teachers teach in the LUMA Cclol a aclarel Cameron Asbell Insurance Agency Low Rates - Easy Terms Personal & Commercial Auto Insurance Home ° Life > Commercial "Guaranteed Lowest Down Payment" OPM CEL CUTAN Coe Bronson classroom. These questions do not address beliefs or attitudes. Students may skip. any question or part of the © assessmenit that: they ‘do! not’ wish to answer. "We°” ‘appreciaté °°'“the’ participation of each student who. is selected; however, participation in NAEP is voluntary. Students. who do participate in NAEP will gain. valuable _ test-taking experience. Parents who do not want their child to participate are tTequested to. send written notification to Mrs. Cheryl Beauchamp by Jan. 15. For more information about NAEP and to view sample test questions on-line, please visit the website of the National Center for Education Statistics, http://nces.ed.gov/ nationsreportcard, and Florida’s NAEP website at http://www.firn.edu/doe/sas/ naephome.htm. Rapid Tax Returns (352) 486-7007 Suwannee Valley VETERINARY CLINIC David Renaud D.V.M. Kathy Bowker D.V.M. Greater Chiefland Chamber of Commerce .2006 Business of the Year fa Affordable Quality Mediciné & Surgery i Convenient Appointments Available “a‘ Personal Compassionate Service | 4a" Warm Caring Clinic & Staff ; 26, : Ya‘ Veterinary Pet Insurance a Morning Drop-off Office Hours Mon. - Fri.8 am - 69m Sat.9am - 12 noon | 493-0123 Have you been diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes? Then this class is for you! You will get information and. motivation to help you adopt positive lifestyle changes. Learn to control your blood glucose levels which help reduce long-term health’. risks, find out what your test results really mean and learn to. create healthy meals all at one place. To see if you are eligible to participate or for more information, please contact the UF IFAS Levy County Extension at 352-486-5131. This program is sponsored by the University of Florida IFAS Extension. UF IFAS Levy County Extension and the Levy County Health Department. "Classég will begin Thursday, Jan. 25 and be held weekly for nine weeks. They will be held at the Levy County Agricultural Building) at 625 'N. “Hathaway Ave.in Bronson. Classes start at 9:30 a.m. and run until 11:30 a.m. Health screenings will also be held. 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(352) 498-0703 (352) 210- 0062 q LicensedInsured*Free Estimates — Walter Freeman State Certified — Master Plumber #CF057595 | > (iz (l= (PR Monday, Jan. 1 > Ribbon cutting, Bronson, 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 2 > Soil and water meeting, Bronson, 6:30 B, m. Thursday, Jan. 4 > Business Council, Bronson, 8:30 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 18 > Small business workshop, Gainesville, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 9 > Marker dedication, Cedar Key, 10 a.m. ; p> Enterprise Zone meeting, Bronson, 9 a.m. Detailed descriptions of these events are con- tained elsewhere in the Levy County Journal. Lumber industry to be recognized on Cedar Key The Society of American Foresters and the Florida Department of State’s Divi- sion of Historical Resources is sponsoring the installation and dedication of. an histori- cal marker in Cedar Key at 10 a.m, Tuesday, Jan. 9. The marker will com- memorate the importance of the early lumbering industry to the development of Cedar Key, Levy County and indeed to North Florida during the 1800s and early 1900s. The industry was largely respon- sible for the Florida Railroad being built from Fernandina to Cedar Key in 1861 provid- ing access and transportation to north-central part of the state. The marker will be placed on the property of the Far- away Inn at the corner of 3rd and G streets adjacent to the site of the Eagle Pencil Com- pany’s cedar slat mill which System Upgrades Duct Fabrication Air Conditioning Heating operated there from 1876 un- til 1896. Other large mills included the Fenimore Saw and Plan- ing Mill on Way(Cedar) Key © and Faber Pencil Company’s cedar and the Suwannee Lumber Company’s pine mill on Atsena Otie during ‘the mid and late 1800s. There was also a large sawmill at Lukens on the mainland and the Cummer Lumber Compa- ny’s Cypress mill at Sumner. The Standard Manufac-. turing Company’s Fiber and Brush Factory produced fiber and brushes from cabbage palms on the old Fenimore, mill site on Way (Cedar) Key from 1910 until 1952. There will be speakers ‘representing the Society of American Foresters, the Levy County Commission, the city of Cedar Key and the Cedar Key Historical Society. Ventilation Systems Sales / Service & Installation ALL SEASONS HEATING & A/C State Certified CAC 057426 "YOUR COMFORT IS OUR CONCERN" MeO LLL NEW STANDARDS FOR LIVING Stephen Megargel "Care for the Entire Family" the Deorlos chouk Carpet? Ni ef VILE? Visit our Modern Showroom Today to see all the latest in Tile design. 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