The Newscaster/Nature Coast News
PAGE 5 - May 21, 2008
Community Events & Meetings
AARP Safe Driving Classes
The AARP Driver Safety program reviews the rules of the road and helps partici-
pants learn how to adjust to common age-related changes in vision, hearing and reaction time.
Wildlife park to host monthly bird walk
Upon course completion you will receive a certificate of completion which may entitle you to
HOMOSASSA SPRINGS ­ The Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Homo-
an insurance discount. Check with your insurance carrier for further information.
sassa Springs Wildlife State Park will host a monthly bird walk led by Nancy Kost, an experi-
To register for a class, call the listed instructor. You do not have to be a Florida
enced birder.
resident or an AARP member to register. For information regarding future classes contact
Participants will meet at 7:45 a.m. at the entrance to the Park's Visitor Center and the
Charlie Lucente at 726-0753.
bird walk will begin at 8:00 a.m. Participants should bring binoculars and a field guide. Pepper
Crystal River, Homosassa, Homosassa Springs
Creek Trail is approximately 3/4 mile in length and follows along the park's tram road connect-
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May 22 and 23: 8:30 a.m. at First Christian Church, 7030 W. Grover Cleveland Blvd.,
ing the Visitor Center on U.S. 19 and the West Entrance on Fish Bowl Drive. Participants may
Homosassa Springs. Call Carol Thomas at 746-2416
either walk back along the trail or take a return boat trip to the entrance after the park opens.
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May 28 and 29: 9 a.m. at First United Methodist Church, 8831 W. Bradshaw Ave.,
Monthly bird walks are scheduled throughout the year except the months of June,
Homosassa. Call Frank Tobin at 628-3229
July, August and December. For more information, call Susan Strawbridge at 628-5343.
Beverly Hills and Lecanto
- June 4 and 11: 9 a.m at Crystal Oaks Civic Association, 4958 W. Crystal Oaks Dr., Lecanto.
State Park Plans Wildlife Summer Camp Programs
Closed class. Crystal Oaks residents only. Call Hedda Smith at 527-8144
-Visitors invited to camp to teach third-sixth graders about Florida's environment-
- June 10 and 12: 8:15 a.m. at Beverly Hills Recreation Center, 77 Civic Circle. Call Theresa
Williams at 746-9497
HOMOSASSA-The Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Homosassa Springs
- June 18 and 20: noon at Our Lady of Grace Parrish Life Center, 6 Roosevelt Blvd. Call Matt
Wildlife State Park has announced the dates for its two week-long Wildlife Week in the Park
Curley at 746-7916
summer camp programs. Children entering third or fourth grade in the fall of 2008 are eligible
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June 21 and 28: 9:30 a.m. at Central Ridge Library, 425 W. Roosevelt Blvd., Beverly Hills.
to apply for the June program and children entering the fifth or sixth grades in the fall 2008 are
Call Kathie Lund at 527-4853
eligible for the July program. The camp programs are offered as a partnership between Homo-
Inverness and Hernando
sassa Springs Wildlife State Park and the Friends of Homosassa Springs Wildlife Park and
- June 10 and 11: 9 a.m. at Citrus Memorial Health Systems Share Club Auditorium corner of
sponsored by Progress Energy.
Grace and Osceola. Open to the public, Share Club members and non-members. Call Don
The June program is scheduled from June 16 through 21 and the July program will
Slough at 344-4003
run from July 21 through 26. Camp begins at 9:00 a.m. and runs until 1:00 p.m. Monday through
Saturday. Each day of the week will feature a different animal, environmental subject and
Attention!! Grandparents and Others Raising Children
activity. Registration is $45.00 per child. To request an application, contact Marla Chancey at
For all who can't attend our daytime meetings, we will be holding our evening meetings
the Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park at (352) 628-5343, ext. 1004.
also on Monday June 2nd at the Crown Court in Inverness from 6:30-8:30 pm in the main
Memories Of A Holocaust Survivor
dining room. Directions: From Crystal River: Take 44 East into Inverness. Pass junction 41 go
up 6 streets and make a left onto N. Seminole Ave. Town Hall is directly across the street. If
Come hear the inspiring story of survival against all odds, during the Nazi's final solution
you would like further information please call: Jeanie Reid (352) 560-0370 or Shirley Atwood
when 6 million Jews and millions of others (including Catholics and so called undesirables)
(352) 637-0465 If you have any questions regarding this ad, please call me at home (352) 746-
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Gene Klein, who survived Auschwitz and the Wolfsberg labor camp, speaks and shows
pre war pictures, Sunday May 25 at 10:30 A.M. Hear him tell of his experiences at the Nature
Coast Unitarian Fellowship, 2149 Norvell Brayant Highway in Lecanto. Questions and
discussion follow a coffee break. Information: 746-7040
Annual Hoagie Fest...
If you enjoy a good hoagie (that's what we call it in Jersey), come on out and join the New
Jersy Club. This month we will be serving hoagies to all our members. A delight we all look
forward to following our business meeting. The meeting will start at 1 PM at the VFW Post
4252, Rt. 200, in Hernando. We are asking all those who will attend to please bring a food item
for the Family Resource Center of Citrus County. The response to this monthly drive as been
overwhelming and The Center and Board members are deeply appreciative of your support.
This month, we will be traveling to Ocala on June 11th for a delicious dinner at "The
Kotobuki Grill" on Rt. 200. On the 22nd we will be going to the "Show Palace" in Hudson to
see the comedy, "Forever Plaid". Contact Frank Sasse' for further details: 352-489-0053.
If you are looking to have some fun and laughs, join us on Thursdays, at 10 AM, at
the Beverly Hills Bowl, on Rt. 491, Good bowlers are welcome, so-so bowlers will feel right at
home. The New Jersey Club is a very friendly and active social club with "no residency
requirement" to join to have a good time. For more information, call Joe Morse at 746-7782.
Art Center Installs New Officers
A.B.A.
The Citrus County Arts Center presents its newly sworn in Executive Board at the Annual
Installation Luncheon held at the Citrus Hills Golf and Country Club, May 8, 2008. Citrus Hills
A/C & Heating,Inc.
Civic Association President Josh Wooten administered the Oath of Office. The 2008-09 offic-
ers: back row - Mac Harris, Vice President, Performing Arts and Josh Wooten. Front row -
Howard Harrison, President; John Chesnovitz, Treasurer; Bob Vicari, Asst. Treasurer; Lou
"Your Electric Bill Reduction Specialists"
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Pulgrano, Sec'y., Performing Arts; Michael Moore, Sec'y., Visual Arts, and Stacey Griffis, Vice
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