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Half Price Adoptions at Animal Services

Pet Patrol

In coordination with National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week CitrusCounty

Animal Services will be offering half price adoptions on all dogs and cats November 8

through November 12. The cost to adopt a dog will be $30 and cats will be $17.50. The

cost includes age appropriate vaccinations, spay/neuter, and microchip. To qualify to be an

adopter, you must own your own home or obtain a permission letter from your landlord;

also, existing pets in the household must be appropriately licensed. To view our pets online

visit www.citruscritters.com and then visit the shelter at 4030 S. Airport Road in Inverness

(behind the Citrus County Fairgrounds) to adopt your forever friend. Contact Animal Ser-

vices at (352) 746-8400 with any questions.

Citrus Parks & Recreation Events

The P.L.A.Y. programs offered in the upcoming session include; basketball which

will be held at the Citrus County Resource Center on Wednesdays, flag football located at

Bicentennial Park on Tuesdays or Thursdays, and cheerleading which will be held at Bicen-

tennial Park on Thursdays. The next session will begin the week of November 7 and spots

are filling up quickly. Boys and girls, ages 3-5, are encouraged to join the 6-week program.

Corky is a 5 year old Chihuahua that is

Citrus County Parks & Recreation is offering youth golf lessons. Registration is

looking for a new home. Corky is a little

now open. The lessons will be one night a week for six weeks and will be held at Pine Ridge

shy and he was kept outside so it will take

Golf Course. For ages 6 to 16, cost is $60 per participant. The clinic will start on November

him a little time to get use to a new home.

“TINA is an adorable back and gold, 2 yo

9 and will be on Wednesdays 5 p.m. – 6 p.m. For more information contact Citrus County

Corky is not fond of cats so it is probably

Yorkie -Poo. Her long wavy/curly hair

Parks and Recreation at 352-527-7540

best for him to be in a cat free home. He is

gives the clue that mom or dad were not

ATTENTION RESIDENTS OF

cute as can be and will make a wonderful

all Yorkie, but she couldn’t be any cuter or

companion. Adopt A Rescued Pet, Inc. does

LEVY COUNTY, FL

sweeter. Her previous owner ‘treated’ her

home visits prior to adoptions, therefore, we

Levy County has been awarded Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding

too well with food, so she really needs to go

can only adopt to the Citrus County and ad-

to provide Housing Rehabilitation assistance for a minimum of ten (10) single-fami-

on a diet, and should end up weighing about

joining county areas. If you are within these

ly housing units throughout the unincorporated areas of the County. Levy County is

17 ? pounds. She is wonderful with other

areas, please, phone Adopt A Rescued Pet,

currently accepting pre-applications from residents of the County that are interested in

dogs, cats, and older children. See Tina and

leave your name, number, and pet’s name,

participating in the County’s CDBG program. If you are interested in obtaining a pre-

her doggie friends, 2 Doxie mixes and JJ, a

for a return call from the foster mom, later,

application, the County has made the application available at the following locations:

calm Jack Russell which must be the only

at 352.795.9550. All of our dogs have been

pet. Call AHSCFPRInc at 352.527.9050,

sterilized, tested negative for heart worm,

Levy County SHIP Program Office

leave your name, number, and pet’s name,

Bronson Public Library

on heart worm prevention, on flea preven-

612 E. Hathaway Avenue

loudly and clearly, for a return call from my

600 Gilbert Street

tion, up to date on vaccines, wormed, ID

Bronson, FL 32621

foster mom, later.

Bronson, FL 32621

chipped and vet checked.

Public portion of Citrus commission meeting

Cedar Key Public Library

Luther Calloway Public Library

at 2:30 p.m. on Nov 8

460 Second Street

104 NE 3rd Street

Cedar Key, FL 32625

Chiefland, FL 32626

Due to time certain scheduling necessities, the open to the public input portion of

the regular County Commission meeting on November 8 will be from 2:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Williston Public Library

A. F. Knotts Public Library

The meetings can also be viewed live online in a small digital format. Click Agenda/Min-

10 SE 1st Street

11 56th Street

utes at the top of the left hand column on the county’s Webpage. The meeting, which begins

Williston, FL 32696

Yankeetown, FL 34498

at 1 p.m. in the courthouse inInverness, is televised live on cable TV on Channel 622 on

Brighthouse and Channel 9 on Comcast. The agenda is also available beforehand at the

Additionally, the pre-applications are available online on the County’s website at www.

Lecanto Government Building and in the Commissioners suite on the second floor of the

levycounty.org , or you may request a pre-application or additional information by con-

courthouse in Inverness.

tacting either Carl D. Tummond at (352) 486-5598 or Jeffrey C. Winter at (904) 264-

6203. Upon completion, pre-applications must be submitted to Carl D. Tummond, As-

sistant to the County Coordinator, at the Levy County SHIP Program Office, 612 E.

Hathaway Avenue, Bronson, FL 32621. All pre-applications are due no later than 2:00

pm on November 18, 2011.

Levy County is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Handicapped Accessible and

Fair Housing Jurisdiction.

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