The Newscaster/Nature Coast News
PAGE 11 - February 22, 2012
Marine Corporal Visits with
Editorial - Opinion - Commentary
Sea Cadets in Yankeetown
Yankeetown Mayor's Report
Marine Corporal Rusty Wineberger came full circle when he visited with Manatee
A Guest Commentary by Yankeetown Mayor Dawn Clary
Division, US Naval Sea Cadet Corps in Yankeetown recently. When CPL Wineberger was
The Court’s Speak - Yankeetown has received a ruling on the appeal of the case
a high school student in Citrus County, he heard about the Sea Cadets and joined Nautilus
filed against the Levy County Board of Commissioners concerning the decision the county
Division which was drilling at Coast Guard Station Yankeetown.
made in granting the special exception for the Tarmac Mine. Yankeetown had lost the case
Although he and several of his buddies knew they were going to join the Marines
in the lower court but appealed it to the First District Court of Appeal. The Appeals Court
after they graduated from High School, they enjoyed the Advanced Trainings offered to
issued a one page decision denying Yankeetown their request to have the decision revis-
them in Sea Cadets. Since the Marine Corps is part of the Dept of the Navy- it was a natural
ited. Yankeetown had not planned to pursue this case any further should the appeal fail
fit.
which it has. This is only the second loss Yankeetown has experienced in the courts.
Returning from deployment in Afghanistan, the Marine asked if he could meet
Thanks for the Memories - Yankeetown swears in the new Mayor and Council
with Manatee Division Sea Cadets and share with them some of his experiences as a Marine
on the 29th at noon on the Town Hall steps. There will also be one of our famous hot dog
and how his time in the Cadet Corps helped him as a Marine. Wineberger conducted a dress
and hamburger cookouts after the swear-in, to honor out going Town Councilman Norm
uniform inspection, led them in a run as well as Combat Conditioning physical trainings. He
Shannahan. If you plan to come to the cookout, it would be nice if you would call the hall
also had some classroom training time teaching them about the Marine Corps and answer-
so we can get an idea of the number of people but I’ve learned no one ever RSVP’s, come
ing questions..
anyway. There are not words to describe how much the town owes Mr. Shannahan who
“My buddy
has been the town’s financial advisor almost from the beginning of our administration. He
Jon Taylor and I loved
worked very hard on the loan and grant for the water plant, no simple task. He dug in and
being in Sea Cadets
had to learn much of the financial world as he was doing it but his perfectionism in this area
together! We had such
has paid off as everything has been done to a tee. He has been one of our steadier people,
good times here and
always on an even keel which given some of the tumultuous times, took a lot. As the roads
became best friends in
liaison, he even got out with our maintenance guy, Chris, and helped patch the pot holes
the Sea Cadets.” They
himself. Special Thanks to his wife Ellen, who not only put up with the time that Norm
were both leaders
donated to the town but she was there at budget time meetings to run the computer for us
dinosaurs, so that spread sheets could be put up on the wall for all to see and helped with
in the unit and went
the budget number crunching analysis. Hopefully he will have a wonderful retirement and
away to trainings to-
enjoy his travels. Yankeetown runs on volunteers and Norm was one of stellar ones. Take a
gether.
Wineberger
bow. Good Night and Good Luck
shared the painful re-
ality of being a Ma-
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in Afghanistan last year. He was thankful that local Cadets presented the fallen warrior’s
family with a shadow box of CPL Taylor’s Sea Cadet achievements
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