ohana penne LEVY COUNTY JOURNAL AROUND LEVY COUNTY THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2006 Soil and Water meeting slated The Levy Soil and Water Conservation District Board will hold its regularly scheduled monthly meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 2 at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will be held at the USDA Service Center in Bronson. Business Council to meet The Nature Coast Business Development Council, Inc. will hold its regular meeting on Thursday, Jan. 4 at 8:30 a.m. at the Levy County School Board Office located at 480 Marsh- burn Dr. Bronson. The agenda is pending. Enterprise Agency to meet The Enterprise Zone Development Agency will meet Tues- day, Jan. 9 at 9 a.m. at Levy Abstract & Title; 50 Picnic St., Bronson. The agenda includes an update on the Enterprise Zone ap- plication, the 2007 meeting schedule and the budget. Ribbon cutting planned The Bronson Chamber of Commerce welcomes Rachel Pearson and Candy Bouquet to downtown Bronson, located at 150 N. Hathaway Ave. Candy Bouquets are an alterna- tive to flowers and are available for every occasion or just because. The chamber will help host its grand opening cel- ebration and ribbon cutting ceremony on Monday, Jan. 1 at 5 p.m. AARP needs tax-aide workers Learn to prepare tax returns for electronic filing through the AARP Foundation Tax-Aide Program and receive IRS certification. Volunteers work in the county libraries of Chiefland, Tren- ton, Cross City and Perry and the civic'center in Steinhatchee in assisting folks in their communities with tax preparation. Free classes start in J anuaty. Some expense reimbursement “available. Call Bob at 352-463-8936 or email roburkhardt@eatthlinie: net for more details. Dispose of your flag properly Tattered United States flags are being collected by the Ladies Auxiliary of the Chiefland Veterans of Foreign Wars. The flags will be disposed of in a dignified manner as prescribed by the 94" Congress, Public Law 344 of the Federal Flag Code. If you have a worn flag, you may drop it OF in a collection box in the Board of County Commissioners’ office at the Levy County Courthouse in Bronson. For more information please call the post at 493- 1159. Levy Fair Association plans two January meetings The Levy County Fair Association will meet Jan. 11 and 23 at 6 p.m. at the Williston community meeting room at city hall, 50 N.W. Main St. | PRAIRIE SAIND Fill Dirt & Hauling Tisected On South Cowie: Florida (352) 528-3520 Office @ B&G Seed Other Contacts (352) 339-4713, (352) 339-2704 or (352) 339-6435 (Loader operator) LEXY COUNTY JOURNAT | The legal organ of Levy County, Florida The Levy County Journal is published every Thursday by Levy County Publishing, Inc. P.O. Box 159, Bronson, FL 32621. Periodicals postage paid at Bronson, FL (USPS 310-780). Postmaster: Send address changes to: LEVY COUNTY JOURNAL P.O. Box 159 Bronson, FL 32621 SUBSCRIPTION RATES In Levy, Gilchrist and Dixie Counties . . . Reproduction of the contents of this publication in whole or in part without written permission is prohibited. The paper cannot be responsible for any unsolicited manuscripts or photographs. The publisher’s liability for an error will not exceed the cost of the space occupied by the error. Deadline for all news and advertising copy is 5 p.m. Monday. Classified deadline is 2 p.m. Monday School board gives subs raises BY CASSIE JOURNIGAN Starr WRITER , School board members unanimously approved wage increases for substitute teachers, bus drivers and other school employees during their Dec. 19 meeting. Employees will receive their salary increases after the first of the year. Some changes correspond to the state’s minimum wage increase, which will be $6.67 per hour after Jan. 1. Substitutes with a high school diploma will earn $8.25 per hour. Those with associates degrees or at least 64 hours of college credit will receive $8.75 per hour, while college graduates will earn $10 per hour. All are increased by 50 cents per hour. Long-term substitutes, bus driver subs, journeymen, foremen and project managers will also receive the.50-cent increase. Other non-instructional subs and day laborers will go from $6.40 to $6.67 an hour. Of the wage increases, Superintendent Cliff Norris said, “When offering salaries we need to be very competitive to attract quality people.” Board member Beth Davis made a motion to revisit salaries at the end of this year’s legislative session. Her motion passed unanimously. Board members also heard about plans being made to deal with major growth that could impact area schools. Jeff Davis, assistant superintendent of administration, presented a state- funded grant agreement between the school board and the state’s Department of Community Affairs. The grant will provide $25,000 for development of a plan to be used should the county experience a surge of urban growth. State law requires that comprehensive plans have contingency plans to address major, sudden growth, according to Norris. Norris also recognized Cedar Key principal Sue Ice for her recent completion of a leadership training program. Ice said of the course, “It was a very involved program. The parts most valuable to me were about personnel issues.” SUPERINTENDENT CLIFF NORRIS, Robert Lowyns, Ron Russ, Don Boyd, Sherry Hallman and Sheila McKeon were the guests of honor at the BMHS Veterans’ Day observation. Principal Valerie Boughanem introduced the guests and opened the flag folding ceremony. Students Jermey Mayes, Sarah Roldan, Corinne Keeton and Anthony Spadavecchia assisted honored military guests with the flag folding while Mr. Lowyns explained the meaning of each fold. The teacher veterans shared their feelings about Veter- ans’ Day. The marching band played the National Anthem and the assembled students sang God Bless America and recited the Pledge of Allegiance. Have your say on how Florida can improve voting Secretary of State Sue M. Cobb announced that the pre- liminary draft of the updated federal Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2006. state plan, presented by the Flori- da HAVA Planning Commit- tee, will be posted on the De- partment of State’s website. The plan will be posted for 30 days from through Jan. 22 with a link for public com-. ment. The 13 member HAVA Planning Committee, ap- pointed by Secretary Cobb and chaired by former Sec- retary of State Jim Smith, was tasked with reviewing the-plan that establishes how Florida will use the federal funding to improve voting systems, voter education, train poll workers and to car- ry out other activities to im- prove in the administration of elections. 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