The Newscaster/Nature Coast News
PAGE 11 - December 23, 2009
Yankeetown Mayor’s Report
Editorial - Opinion - Commentary
A Guest Commentary by Dawn Clary
Really Good News - Based on our 4th quarter 2009 water sample results, we now have
Guidelines for submitting Letters to the Editor
4 quarters of performance results that have been in compliance with the allowable limits
The Newscaster does not publish anonymous letters or commentaries. We receive letters from
from the DEP for Trihalomethanes. We have been in compliance for the past three quarters,
time to time that do not meet our requirements (mostly unsigned and no address) and that's why they
but the rolling average for previous four quarters was still over the limit because it included
don't get published. All letters must be typed, signed by the author, with a local phone number and
tests before the new plant went on line. With this last quarter’s results we will be in full
current address. Letters can be mailed, faxed or emailed and not accepted at the Newscaster Classifieds
compliance with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s limits on Disinfec-
drop box. Emailed letters may be delayed while verification takes place. Comments can be left on our
tion Byproducts. The Water Department plans to share this good news with all of our water
comment line at 352-897-0381. You must leave your name and phone number for verification.The limit
customers by a mail out during the last week of December. Please don’t confuse this with
is 400 words(effective 11-26-09), no exceptions. For more information see page 2.
the quarterly Trihalomethane letters you have been receiving. It will be a good news letter
Letter to the Editor (response)
instead of not so good news of the past.
Re: “Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire”
Drainage Grant - The Storm Water Drainage Committee has submitted an application to
For those unaware or have forgotten, Ms. Rosario ran for YT Council last February,
SWFWMD to request funding assistance for a study to determine cost effective methods to
as part of “the Team” that lost in a landslide election.
detain and treat storm water runoff in an area of historical flooding, Riverside Drive in the
She: - lied in a message, headlined with a poison logo, about arsenic being present
6600 block.
at dangerous levels in the Yankeetown water supply. (The level was then and still is neg-
Arsenic Report - We’ve received a report from DEP concerning the Arsenic contamina-
ligible and WAAAAY below limits); -lied In her campaign brochure by attributing “many
tion on property at the corner of CR 40 and 50th Street (Saxon property). It gives the results
cancer deaths and many cancer victims” to the Town’s water supply;n-lied about mandatory
of monitoring wells and actions taken or proposed. It states under proposed actions “FDEP
tax increases and 2/3 reduced Town savings resulting from the new Comprehensive Plan.
has conducted extensive remediation of petroleum impacts at the facility under the State’s
Her Team’s website said: “Even if you don’t drink the water, you can absorb it
petroleum cleanup plan from 1980’s-2007. Residual arsenic impacts in groundwater are be-
through your skin in the shower.”
lieved to be the result of geo/chemical impacts from the remediation processes used and are
Their website pointedly had a disclaimer concerning their assertions: “Any reliance
expected to naturally attenuate”. The report is available at town hall. Testing of town water
you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk.”
has consistently shown negligible amounts of Arsenic, well below the limit.
There’s more, but you get the drift. So, would you, the reader, give this attack-dog du jour
Economic Development - The Enterprise Florida group toured the area last week. They
any credibility? As election time draws near that we’ll be bombarded once again by more of
are building a web site that will have profiles of the Levy County area. I know little about
the personal attacks from the supposed developers’ supporters. I wish one of them would
them but per their web site, “Enterprise Florida Inc. (EFI) is a public-private partnership
once say specifically what they are actually FOR, instead of relying on innuendo and mis-
serving as Florida’s primary organization devoted to statewide economic development”.
information which obviously doesn’t work and insults the intelligence of all readers and
They are hoping to inform businesses looking to relocate of the merits of Levy County in
Yankeetown citizens. I close with another of their favorite epithets: “Good Grief.”
hopes of that they may decide to relocate in our area. Merry Christmas to all and to all a
Edward Candela, Yankeetown
Good Night, Dawn Marie Clary, Mayor of Yankeetown.
To: The Honorable Judge Stephan P. Mickle
Burglars Hit Levy County Churches
Re: Sentencing of former Levy County Commissioner Sammy Yearty
Over the last couple of weeks we have had some burglaries targeting Churches in
Dear Judge Mickle,
the Williston, Bronson, Chiefland and Inglis areas. These Burglaries are part of a regional
My name is Ray Phares. I live in Yankeetown, Florida. My wife, Penny, and I have
problem where houses of worship have been targeted in several jurisdictions. The Levy
lived here for 28 years.
County Sheriffs Office is asking for your help. First we need for all Churches to revisit their
I first met Sammy in 1981 when I went to a Levy County Commission meeting. I
security procedures to include the way they handle and store money to reduce the impact of
have come to understand, over the years, that Sammy was the one man on the commission
a such a burglary at their church. Secondly we ask that you keep an eye out for suspicious
who loved this county and its people. His family has lived here for many generations.
activity in and around your church and report anything unusual as soon as possible to your
At the meeting, I asked if they could help me, in any way, to establish a 501-C3
local law enforcement agency.
non profit organization called The Isaiah Foundation in the old (broken down with no roof)
If you have any information regarding any church burglaries in or around Levy
U.S. Post Office. Sammy was the one who led the commission to help me.
County please call Lt. Scott Tummond at 352-486-5111 or you can remain anonymous by
Later, after serving on the Planning Board for 3 years and the Yankeetown Town
calling Crime Stoppers at 1-877-349-8477.
Council for 3 terms (6 years), I went to the Levy County Commission and asked if they
would help me to construct a Bike Path, from east of Inglis, all the way to the Gulf of
Mexico. Again, Sammy took the lead on the commission, and they gave me a great deal of
help.
I was in your Honor’s Court the first day of his recent trial, however, due to health
reasons, I had to leave, midway through the day. I cannot believe the decision of guilty.
This man, Sammy Yearty, has lived in this county all his life and loved all of its
residents and served them very, very well.
Please consider his past service, not only to me and my Town of Yankeetown, but
to all of Levy County. Sammy has been sorely missed on the County Commission these past
few months. Your Honor, please find it in your heart to not give him any time.
Yours Very Truly, Ray Phares, Yankeetown
Dear Editor:
The Diamond Realty Team
While you are enjoying your busy Christmas holidays, I hope you will take a mo-
ment to say a prayer for Sammy Yearty and the Yearty family. If you look back at the
- Darryl, Vicki & Shirley
many good things Sammy has done for Levy County, you will come to understand that he
is one of those rare human beings who has deep compassion and understanding for those
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Darryl A. Diamond
County Quilt Museum, Sammy was always ready to lend support and contribute whatever
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was needed. I pray every day that the Lord will look down on Sammy and help him through
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these hard times. The people of Levy County need him.
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