The Newscaster/Nature Coast News
PAGE 11 - November 16, 2011
Editorial - Opinion - Commentary
Yankeetown School’s Honor Roll
Yankeetown Mayor's Report
“The Newscaster” warmly congratulates each student at Yankeetown
School who put forth enough time and effort in their studies to make the
A Guest Commentary by Yankeetown Mayor Dawn Clary
school’s HonorRoll:
The Dreams Goes On – There will be a dedication ceremony to christen the Yan-
4th GRADE “A”: Kayden Al-Sheraify, Katie Duncan, Sandra Evers,
keetown part of CR40 as “Follow That Dream Parkway”. The ceremony will be held at the
Brooke McCarthy, Desiree Patteson, Serena Pierce, Sheldon Pierce, Anna-
Yankeetown/Inglis town line at 4:00 pm on Saturday the nineteenth. The county made us a
really nice sign that was way more than I had expected. We’ll unveil the sign and Celeste
belle Pitts and Rayna Prescott. “A-B”: Arden Hamilton, Allison Hoffman,
Widman of the Chamber of Commerce has come up with a ribbon to cut. An Elvis fan club
Jasmine Hurtado and Kylee Roland. 2nd GRADE “A”: Victoria Pressley
will also be there to help us celebrate.
and Tiana Sweeney. “A-B”: Timmy Barker, Clayton Bass, Ryan Gilley,
Way Down Upon the Suwannee River – I attended the Suwannee River League of
Uriah Gruss, Tate Howard, Lauren Mathews, Lisa Pressley, Patrick Stew-
Cities last week in Cedar Key. The SRLC is a subset of the Florida League of Cities and
art, Adam Szwediak and Elisha Thompson. 3rd GRADE “A”: Kathleen
includes municipalities in ten counties in our part of Florida. One of their 2012 priorities
is to support legislation for increased funding for transportation, water and wastewater in-
Soares. “A-B”: Timmy Archibald, Katelyn Wood and Delaney Cowan. 4th
frastructure. A corner stone of their priorities is supporting Home Rule and opposing any
GRADE “A”: Ryan Wildey. “A-B”: Cara Hardy, Kaloian Nedeltchev and
efforts to usurp the governing authority of municipalities. While I was in Cedar Key, I toured
Trina Ruttinge. 5th GRADE “A”: None. “A-B”: Foster Hawthorne and
UF’s aquaculture (clam growing) facility. It was very interesting. Factoids: Levy County
Alyssa Thompson. 6th GRADE “A”: Summer Bell, Dali Kolozsy, Drashti
has more than 150 submerged land leases for clam aquaculture. Florida is ranked first in
Patel, Tricia Ruttinger, Alex Wildey and Nicole Boller. “A-B”: William
the nation in the number of small-scale clam farms. Florida clam growing has added $25.3
million in labor income and is estimated to have created 443 jobs as a result of clam growing
Baker, Julie Snyder, Maverick Molina and Samuel Dillon. 7th GRADE
activities state wide. Anyone interested in this activity, contact me and I can give you some
“A”: Savannah Thompson. “A-B”: Tyler Archibald, Noveline Bowerson,
contacts.
Haley Brannon, Kimberly Evers, Hunter Stamper, Jessica Watkins and
It’s Festival Time – I think everyone has heard by now that the Lions Club’s Yan-
Jacob White. 8th GRADE “A”: None. “A-B”: Teyha Archibald, Devin
keetown Seafood Festival and Craft Show is this weekend. That means that the Yacht Basin
Bergdoll, Christopher Evers, Noah Howard and Bobbie Tackett.
will be closed for boat launching because the traffic is too snarled up to launch boats. So if
you would drather fish than hit the festival don’t forget there are two other boat launches in
town at the Yankeetown Marina and B’s Marina. Parts of Riverside will also be closed from
the Yacht basin to a little west of 63rd Street. I hope that everyone has a great time. It’s a
wonderful time of year.
Bike Path - The Bike Path Committee is cooking again with new member Ruth
Rupert. They are working on Phase Three of the project which is to continue the path to the
end of the road. Good Night and Good Luck
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