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Community Events
Area Veterans Activities
Attention Female Veterans and Supporters
Volunteers Needed for Inglis Christmas Party
All female veterans and supporters are invited to an informal get together Jan
The Inglis Recreation Committee is seeking volunteers to help with the Inglis
12, 2017 at 4:30 p.m. at the County Veterans Service Office 2804 W. Marc Knighton Ct.
Christmas Party on Saturday December 10th after the Christmas Parade. Volunteers would
Lecanto, Fl. 34461 The agenda will include but not be limited to how to support female
be distributing and receiving tickets, working in the kitchen, and serving food to children
veterans and address their needs in Citrus County. Guest speaker Jan 12th Jouay Koppari,
outside. Volunteer hours will be from 3:30-7:30 at the Inglis Community Center. Please call
FL State Director-Region VI Representative Please contact Cynthia with input and /or
352-447-0236 for more information.
RSVP at cyn2719@yahoo.com or 352-628-6481.
Women's Club BINGO
Inglis VFW Activities
Come be part of the fun at Bingo! Grab your friends and come on down to the
Members and their Guests are welcome to VFW Post 8698, located at 520 Hwy.
Yankeetown-Inglis Woman's Club on 56th Street, on Thursdays! Doors open at 6pm to buy
40 E. in Inglis, FL, one mile east of the US 19 and CR 40 traffic light. Our phone is 352-
cards for $1 each and you can enjoy some of the best food and homemade desserts from the
447-3495. *TUESDAYS - Dart Tournament at 7:30 pm. *FRIDAYS - Queen of Hearts
kitchen. Games begin at 7pm! The Progressive Jackpot is up to $210 this week! Bring in
draw with Cowboy Al's Karaoke at 6:00 pm.*MONTHLY MEETINGS: Auxiliary Meet-
two (2) non-perishable items for Yankeetown School and you'll receive a free Early Bird
ings are held on the second Wed. of every month (Dec. 14) at 6:30 pm, and Post Meetings
Special. All proceeds from Bingo go to fund scholarships for local students. Email or call
are held on the third Wed. (Dec. 21) of every month at 6:30 pm.
for further information: yiwomansclub@gmail.com or call 352-447-2057."
Activities at Inglis AmVets
2016 Inglis Christmas Parade
William Crow AmVets Post 447 is located at 405 E. Hwy. 40 in Inglis, FL;
The Inglis Recreation Committee (IRC) has announced the theme of the 2016
phone 352-447-4473. Signed-in guests are welcome to all events. Open 7 days 12:00- Inglis Christmas Parade as "The Night Before Christmas". Interested businesses, churches,
9:00 pm. Kitchen hours 12:00-7:00 pm. Breakfast served (Sundays only) 9:00-11:00 am. community organizations, and individuals should register their entries and complete the ap-
On WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, PEARL HARBOR 75th REMEMBERANCE DAY, plication available at the Inglis Town Hall. The parade will be held on Saturday, December
at 2:30 pm, WE WILL BE HAVING A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR OUR FOUNDING 10th at 4pm.
COMMANDER STEVE ADDISON, and as usual, 50 cents Wings all day and Darts Tour- Pasture and Paddock Management Workshop - Levy County
nament at 7:30 pm. THURSDAYS - Weekly Drawing at 5:00 pm (80% goes to winner;
The University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS),
must be present and signed-in to win); 5:00-9:00 pm - Ladies' Night with specials. THURS- through the Levy County Agricultural Extension Service, is offering a workshop in Pasture
DAY, DEC. 8, SECOND THURSDAY MEETINGS - 4:00 pm Trustees Meeting; 4:30 pm and Paddock Management for local farm owners on Tues., Jan. 10, from 8:00 am until 4:30
Ladies Auxiliary Meeting; 4:30 pm Executive Board Meeting; and 5:30 pm Post Meeting. pm. The workshop will be held in Bronson, at the Levy County Extension Office, located
FRIDAYS - If you wear a Red Shirt and bring two non- perishible food items (for Food at 625 N. Hathaway Ave. (a large white building on Alt. 27 North, about 1/4 mile from the
Bank), your second drink is free; then play `Show Me the Money' at 6:00 pm. SATURDAY traffic light). The workshop is free of charge, but limited to 50 people, so please reserve
- `Double-Bonus Show Me the Money' at 6:00 pm. SUNDAY, DEC. 11 - Breakfast served your spot by phoning Sharon at 352-486-5131 or emailing her at Sharonshardison@ad.ufl.
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9:00-11:00 am; LIVE MUSIC by the "Saltwater Cowboys" 3:30-7:30 pm; and Queen of
Serving (with the Yankeetown, Dunnellon,phone number). Crystal River & Homosassa
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Inglis, names of those attending and a Hernando,
Hearts DRAWING at 6:15 pm (approaching $6,000). MONDAYS - Bowling Tournament Woman's Club Loan Closet
at 6:00 pm. TUESDAY - Taco Day with Drink Special and Bingo at 5:00 pm (Powerball
Address: 5093 S. Orwell Pt., Homosassa, FL 34446
Medical emergencies happen when you least expect them. While many are not
approaching $600).
prepared for such Phone: (352) 489-4588 · Fax: (727) 447-5788 Woman's Club
an occurrence, the Loan Closet at the Yankeetown-Inglis
is readyWebsites:Loan Closet also welcomes donations from our community. All dona-
to help. The TheNewscaster.com · NewscasterArchives.com
tions received, are inspected and sanitized so they're ready for use. Call the club 352-447-
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Hospitalized VetsBaseballGainesvillepeople
In Umpire Jerry Layne talks,
Maxwell stated he'd spoken with the agency on Oct. 10 about his credit card being
deactivated due to fraudulent usage. However, he did not come into the agency and give
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updated credit card information, as he'd stated he would do, the following day. Harrington
listen. Whether calling balls and strikes in major league games or tell-
also claimed that he'd called an Enterprise Rent-A-Car toll-free phone number to schedule
ing amusing baseball anecdotes to Veterans at Veterans Affairs (VA)
month-to-month payments. The report stated that the rental car was not the first stolen ve-
medical centers - he gets attention. He told those stories and more to
hicle that had been in Harrington's possession.
Veterans on December 6, 2016 at 1:00 p.m., (in the Community Living
Center CLC) during a special celebrity visit to the Malcom Randall VA
Medical Center.
Umpires have the reputation of being gruff, no nonsense guys
who don't want their judgment questioned, but Jerry's heart overflows when he visits in-
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jured and ill veterans in VA medical centers. He's been umpiring in the majors since 1988,
a profession which demands that he visit each city on the major league circuit. It's during
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