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LECANTO, FL-- The Lecanto Veterans Affairs (VA) Community Based Outpa-

Want to see if you can save money on your prescription drug costs? Can't afford

tient Clinic (CBOC) continues to accept enrollments for VA health care for eligible Veter-

to have the Medicare Part B Premium come out of your check every month? Are you new

ans. Visit the Lecanto CBOC Monday Friday between 8:00 a.m. 4:30 p.m.(2804 West

to Medicare and not sure of your options? Whether you are a Medicare beneficiary, fam-

Marc Knighton Court, Lecanto, FL 34461). While not required, you may bring your DD

ily member or caregiver, SHINE, a volunteer program under the FL Dept of Elder Affairs,

214 for verification of military service.

provides you with free, unbiased and confidential information. For assistance, please call

The Lecanto CBOC offers several outpatient services to include Primary Care and

the Elder Helpline at 1-800-262-2243 to have a volunteer return your call or come see us

Mental Health. For more information on enrollment and eligibility, contact Peggy Morris

at: Wed, Jan 13th 10:00am-Noon AF Knotts Public Library (Yankeetown) All Citrus

Co sites By Appt only Call (352) 527-5956 Citrus Co Resource Ctr

Veterans Advisory Board Meeting Reset for January

Annual Meeting

The Citrus County Veterans Service Office has announced there was no meet-

The 2016 Annual Meeting for W.A.R., Inc. (d/b/a Withlacoochee Aquatic Restora-

ing of the Citrus County Veterans Advisory Board for the month of December. The next

tion) will be held on the evening of January 25th at the Yankeetown-Inglis Woman's Club,

meeting of the Citrus County Veterans Advisory Board will be held on January 14, 2016

5 56th St. Yankeetown. Doors open at 6 PM and the meeting will begin at 6:30. Our guest

at 3:30 PM in the Citrus County Resource Center Training Room, located at 2804 W Marc

speaker is Sky Notestein of the Southwest Florida Water Management District. He will

Knighton Court in Lecanto.

make a presentation about the ongoing Lower Withlacoochee River Environmental Assess-

VA to Host Dr. King, Jr. Celebration

ment project formulated and managed by W.A.R., Inc. The meeting is open to the public

GAINESVILLE, FL -- The Malcom Randall Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center will and you are cordially invited to attend.

hold their annual Birthday Celebration for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., on Friday, January A.F. Knotts Public Library Presents Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

15, 2016 beginning at 11:00 a.m. in the auditorium. The theme for this year's birthday

The public is invited to meet Betty Jean Steinshouer, a Chautauqua performer

celebration is "Remember! Celebrate! Act! A Day on...Not a Day Off!

for 26 years, portraying Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. The performance will be at the A.F.

The Keynote speaker for the event is Anita E. Mitchell. Ms. Mitchell is the As- Knotts Public Library on Monday, January 18, at 2:00 p.m., 11 56th Street, Yankeetown.

sociate Chief of Social Work for the North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System Pulitzer Prize winner Rawlings moved to and resided in rural Cross Creek, Florida, start-

(NF/SGVHS) and a retired First Sergeant from the United States Air Force; becoming the ing in the early 1900. She wrote her well known novels "The Yearling" and "Cross Creek"

first African American woman to serve as the First Sergeant for two of Moody AFB's larg- on her front porch. The public is welcome to meet Ms. Rawlings (Steinshouer in character)

and ask about her writings, the happenings of the early to mid-20th century, and about her

friends - novelist Zora Neale Hurston and local character Dessie Prescott Smith. Who are

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Unfortunately the MLK, Jr Day parade in Crystal River on January 18, has been they you say? Join us and ask Marjorie. The program will be preceded at 1:30 p.m. by the

canceled due to insufficient entries. This is the original parade in Citrus County and had Friends of the Library's Annual Meeting.

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Peace Lutheran Church offers Services at Brookdale Citrus

Thrift Shop Re-Opens

Rev. Terry McKee and several members of Peace Lutheran Church, Dunnellon,

The Second to None Thrift Shoppe, behind the Woman's Club on 56th Street,

hold worship services on the 3rd Tuesday of each month, for residents of Brookdale Citrus

Yankeetown re-opens with lots of bargains. All remaining Christmas items are 50% off

in Lecanto. A good number of the residents attended the December service and enjoyed a

and summer clothing is 50 cents each piece. Watch for details on a special event Saturday,

time of singing Christmas carols after the service. Piano accompaniment was provided by

January 30th. The Thrift Shop is open Tuesday thru Saturday 10am-2pm and Thursday

evenings 5pm-7pm before Bingo. Donations arrive daily, so stop by often to check out the

new items and don't forget the "Man's Cave".

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91 Hwy. 40 E - Inglis

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