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PAGE 11 - November 30, 2016

Searching For The Truth

Editorial - Opinion - Commentary

Believe It Or Not,

Letter to the Editor:

The Ocean Tides Keep Us Alive

Re: YTS Donation

Last Saturday, I was fortunate to attend a fundraiser with the proceeds going to give

deserving students at Yankeetown School a chance to buy Christmas gifts for their families

with their Sand Gnat Dollars. These dollars are earned by the students for good behavior,

The moon creates the tides

academics and other positive ways. This benefit was started two years ago when a local busi-

that are essential for healthy oceans. As

ness person learned that Shirley Walker had been buying gifts with her own funds for the

the water rises and falls in their daily

Christmas Store. She had been doing so for five years! Two years ago Lisa Flanders, owner

rhythms, the shorelines are continually

of Shrimp Landing, the Ship Wreck Lounge and Captain's Quarters,co-sponsored this fund

scrubbed. Tides stir the oceans, prevent-

raiser. All prizes were donated by various residents in the area and awarded through a

ing the water from becoming stagnant

Chinese aution, raffles and a chili cook-off. The total amount raised on Saturday was over

and unhealthy. If there were no stirring

$500. Ms. Walker and Ms Flanders are to be commended for their efforts to help our stu-

of the oceans, they would become one

dents. Sadly, there was no one, other than Ms. Walker, from Yankeetown School at the

big stagnant pond. Our oceans contain

event, not the principal or any teachers or other staff. It is sad that so many of our citizens

5093 S. Orwell Pt., Homosassa, Florida 34446

vast amounts of floating plankton, kelp

support the school while at the same time there is little if any support or thanks forthcoming

Phone: (352) 489-4588 fact, there is more

forests and grasses. In Fax: (727) 362-4788

from Yankeetown School Staff. Enough Said.

Tom Russell,plant life by weight in the oceans than on

Publishe, email: thenewscaster1@gmail.comI

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the land.

thenewscaster.com ·Plants take in our waste product, carbon dioxide, while releasing

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oxygen. r rch were no tides, then the ocean waters would move very little, plant

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life would decrease thus making less oxygen and our atmosphere would rapidly

Re: Operation Welcome Home

deteriorate. We then would have insufficient oxygen for life. Our very breath de-

Hello to All: I hope everyone had a Great Thanksgiving....... We have an Airman

pends on the lunar tides.

just back from Afghanistan. T Sgt Steven Graff US Air Force from Homosassa, Graduated

from Lecanto in 2000, Assigned to the 367th flight squadron in Homestead Fla.

The day is yours, and yours also the night; you established the sun and

Married to Molly Graff with one daughter 7yrs old and one on the way. Still

moon. Psalm 74:16

active duty, 14 yrs, non commissioned officer in charge of the Egress section AND S Sgt

Eddie Eisner USMC Graduated Citrus High school in 2000, and has been to Iraq and Af-

ghanistan several times. Details to follow Currently lives in Citrus Springs with wife Kim

Eisner

Based on, Inspired Evidence a book by Bruce Malone, 2011

The Welcome Home will be Friday the 9th of Dec at the American Legion post

Presented by Bob Allen, Biologist-Paid Advertisement

Contact Bob at SFTT321@gmail.com

#155 in Crystal River. Dinner will be at 5PM. Fish, fries and Cole slaw. Program at 6PM.

I hope to see you all there.

Cynthia Holden 352-628-6481

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Withlacoochee Gulf Preserve Duck Race

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Fundraiser Results November 20, on the

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The 8th Annual Rubber Duck Race took place on Sunday,

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Withlacoochee River. The enthusiastic 399 ducks were delighted to be on the river once

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again. They thank all their sponsors for supporting the Friends of the Withlacoochee Gulf

Preserve. The race is a principle fundraiser for the Friends. All proceeds of the race go

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towards supporting the maintenance and improvement of the 413 acre Withlacoochee Gulf

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Preserve located in Yankeetown. Duck #204 charged ahead of the group to take first place.

The proud sponsors were the Runnels family of Gulf Hammock. They won $200.

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The lazy duck this year was Duck #80 sponsored by Heidi & Mark Osborne of Yankeetown.

They received $50. Both parties donated their winnings back to the Friends. We sincerely

thank them for their generosity.

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approaching S. Suncoast Blvd., and failed to stop at the intersection's stop sign, driving into

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the path of a 2011 Ford F350 pickup truck (owned by A-Z Tree Service, LLC of Hudson,

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FL). The truck was driven by 45 year-old Manuel Michael Oliveira, of New Port Richey,

and traveling north on US 19. The front of the Ford truck struck the left side of the Lincoln,

which overturned once, due to the impact, and came to rest on its wheels in the median,

facing south. The truck also came to rest in the median, facing north.

Both drivers were wearing their seatbelt and neither carried a passenger. Ms.

Griffiths side airbag and Mr.Oliveira s front airbag deployed. The release mentioned no

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injuries to Mr.Olieveira. Ms. Griffiths was cited for failing to stop at the stop sign. The scene

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of the crash was cleared at 5:26 pm.

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