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Squawk Box
Cats Are Like
Children
With Connie Pickett
I lost a cat (that
was a beloved family mem-
ber) but adopted two new
kittens; and I am plan-
ning a cruise with family
members this week-end. I
have some watering tricks
I plan to deploy to ensure
the health of my plants, but I am at a loss
as what to do about preparing my home
to make it safe for my two new family
members while I am away. Never hav-
ing had children I was not really aware of
how important it is to “safeguard” your
home against . . . well babies.
Yesterday I was on the porch
reading my book, my favorite past-
time. I heard the most awful commotion
in the house. Our house is built up off the
ground with a 1-1/2 ft. crawl space un-
derneath; the sub floor is constructed
of six by two inch planks. There is in-
sulation on top of that which is topped
with lovely 3/4” red oak planks. The
floors are beautiful, however, you can
Two Horses Die
definitely hear foot steps and the two kit-
Man arrested for writing check
tens who are less than 6 lbs each sound
like a herd of elephants running around
From EEE Virus
on deceased man's account
the house.
The thumping and trashing
sounds coming from inside the house
Levy County Health Dept.
From Citrus County Sheriff Dept.
were frightening and upon hearing them I
Issues Advisory
was certain my husband fell down during
a seizure and was writhing on the floor
in agony (he doesn’t even have a seizure
disorder but this is what I envisioned).
I ran into the house certain I
would find Bryan on the floor in the mid-
dle of some sort of medical emergency
but instead our six pound black cat was
sliding down the hall in a plastic bag. His
Continued on page 4- Squawk Box
Progress Energy and Duke Energy announced that they had mutually agreed to
Pigskin
extend the deadline for their merger agreement by six months.
Announced a year ago, the merger would see a combined company, called Duke
Predictors
Energy, having an enterprise value of approximately $65 billion and market capitalisation
of $37 billion. It will have some 57 GWe of generating capacity from a mix of coal, nuclear,
It's down to
natural gas and renewables and will serve a customer base of some 7.1 million homes in
North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio. Nearly 20% of its
the wire!
capacity will be nuclear.
The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission conditionally authorized the pro-
See page 8
posed merger in October 2011, subject to the two companies putting in place acceptable
mitigation measures to ensure that the merged company does not adversely affect regional
power market competition.
Continued on page 2- Merger Extension
Continued on page 4 - Health Advisory