The Newscaster/Nature Coast News
PAGE 5 - November 23, 2011
Community Events & Meetings
Seminole-Gator Rib Dinner
The Legacy League of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church located on US Hwy
41 in Dunnellon will be hosting a Gator-Seminole Rib Dinner on Saturday, November 26.
Dine in and watch the Florida-Florida State game on a big screen in Father Stegeman hall.
Serving starts at 11:30. Game starts at 1:00 p.m. Dinner includes ribs and sauce, cole slaw,
baked bean and rolls. Desserts, funnel cakes and drinks are extra. Tickets are a $15.00
donation and can be obtained by any Legacy League member or in the church office. Take
outs will be available. Be sure to show your team spirit by wearing team colors, hats and
shirts.
Craft Fair In Dunnellon
The Altar & RosarySociety of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church will be holding
a Craft Fair on Saturday, December 10th from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Father Stegeman Hall.
The Church is located on the corner of Hwy. 41 and Hwy 40 north of Dunnellon.
Over 30 crafters will be there along with several new skilled artisans who will be
selling a wide variety of hand made goods. Light refreshments will be available for a nomi-
nal fee. For more information, call Pat at 489-1984.
The Historic Village of Dunnellon Victorian Holiday
Thousands of twinkling holiday lights will once again adorn the shops of Dun-
nellon’s Historic Village during their annual Victorian Holiday Festival which takes place
on Saturday, November 26 from 5 to 9 p.m. Come stroll down W. Pennsylvania Avenue
Betty Berger of Inglis took first place in the Inglis Yankeetown Lion’s Club Art, Craft Seafood
to Cedar Street and then up to Walnut and Chestnut streets. This year’s event will include
Festival in Yankeetown this past weekend. Betty has been painting and recording history of
snow slides, a kid’s area, hayrides and horse drawn carriages. Each of the Historic Village
South Levy for over 50 years. Ruth Levins (left), Crystal River, has been doing volunteer work
Shops will be hosting musical entertainment and will also be providing homemade refresh-
for almost the same amount of time. Ruth stopped by to congratulate Betty while as a Crystal
ments. Food vendors will be on hand to satisfy the more hearty appetites. All of the shops
River Kings Bay Lion member herself was rounding up people to take the free health screening
will be decorated, open and filled with unique gifts for your shopping pleasure. Santa Claus
they were offering at the festival.
aka Father Christmas has agreed to step back in time to old Dunnellon for this evening of
Read about more events on our website:
celebration, music and merriment. Bring your cameras and your good cheer as we kick off
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the holiday season with our eighth annual festival.
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State park opens spring for wild manatee population
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Ellie Schiller Homosassa
Springs Wildlife State Park opened the gate this week to allow wild manatees to enter the
spring bowl for the second year. Last year was the first opening of the gate beneath the
bridge across the spring run in 30 years. The gates will remain open during manatee season
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into spring of 2012.
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A separation fence installed within the spring last year provides for improved man-
atee rehabilitation which made the gate opening possible. Homosassa Springs’ six captive
manatees have been placed behind the separation fence in the spring bowl, allowing the
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remainder of the spring bowl to be available for wild manatees. The gate underneath the
bridge will be closed when the wild manatees have left the spring at the end of the season,
1/4 mile west of Hwy. 19
allowing the rehabilitating manatees to again have the entire spring bowl for their use.
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Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park has been a participant in the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Manatee Rescue, Rehabilitation and Release Program for
Open M,W,Th 11a-12mid, F-S til 1am • Closed Tues.
30 years, and has helped rehabilitate more than 40 injured manatees during that time. This
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year the park will be releasing two young manatees back into the wild in Crystal River.
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Hand-Pressed Hamburgers Cooked Your Way
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Masques • Peels • Facials • Permanent Make-Up
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Saturday: Prime Rib after 4 pm
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