The Newscaster/Nature Coast News
PAGE 5 - February 25, 2009
Community Events & Meetings
AARP Safe Driving Classes
Take an AARP Driver Safety class as a refresher. Check with your insurance carrier
Citrus Aviation Association Meeting
to ask if you are entitled to an insurance discount. Course fee is $14, for AARP members
The February meeting of the Citrus Aviation Association will be held on 2/26/08 at
$12.To register for a class, call the listed instructor. For information regarding future classes
the Crystal River Airport starting at 6:30 pm. Mr. Steve Reisser, Advanced Ground Instructor
contact Charlie Lucente at 726-0753.
a member of the Experimental Aviation Association Speakers Bureau will make a presentation
Crystal River, Homosassa: Mar. 10 and 11: 1:00 p.m. at Coastal Regional Library, 8619 W.
on: The Future of Aviation and The Expansion of Control Technology. Spouses, guests and
Crystal Street, Crystal River. Call Lou Harmin at 564-0933
members of the general public are welcome to attend meetings.
Mar. 18 and 19: 9:00 a.m. at First United Methodist Church, 8831 W. Bradshaw Ave., Homo-
Craft Show to Benefit Humanitarians Animal Group
sassa. Call Frank Tobin at 628-3229
The Citrus County Craft Council will hold its 19th-annual Spring Fling Craft Show on
Beverly Hills and Lecanto: Mar. 10 and 12: 8:15 a.m. at Beverly Hills Recreation Center, 77
Sat., Feb. 28, from 9am-3pm at the National Guard Armory in Crystal River, located on Venable
Civic Circle. Call Theresa Williams at 746-9497
St. (across from Home Depot, off U.S. 19; south of the airport). Parking and admission is free.
Mar. 21 and 28: 10:30 a.m. at Central Ridge Library, 425 W. Roosevelt Blvd., Beverly Hills. Call
The show will take place, rain or shine, and will benefit the Humanitarians of Florida,
Kathie Lund at 527-4853
an all-volunteer, non-profit, humane organization that is dedicated to relieving the suffering
Inverness, Hernando: Mar. 10 and 11: 9:00 a.m. at Citrus Memorial Health Systems Share
of animals. Their programs include spaying and neutering, adoption, emergency medical care
Club Auditorium. Corner of Grace and Osceola, Inverness. Call Chauncey Benedict at 795-
assistance and participation in Citrus County's Meals on Wheels for Pets. For additional
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information, call Ruth Rausch at 352-726-1991.
Chiefland and Bronson: Mar. 30 and 31: 9 a.m. at Bronson Road Baptist Church, 13830 NE
80th Avenue, Bronson. Call Linda Cochran at (352) 493-1742.
The Beverly Hills International Food Festival-Feb.28
Organizers for this year’s International Food Festival are expanding the reach of
Nature Coast Maryland Club Meets
their marketing campaign to get thousands of people to the Festival this year. The event will
The Nature Coast Maryland Club will meet at 11:30 a.m., on Wednesday, March 11,
be held in Beverly Park at the end Beverly Hills Blvd.
2009, at Oysters Restaurant, 606 NE US Hwy. 19, Crystal River, FL.
The Rotary Club of Central Citrus is the lead Sponsor of this event and their Presi-
The menu will feature a buffet of fish and chicken (neither fried), and beef, with
dent-Elect John Clardy has gotten support from several of the other 5 Rotary Clubs of Citrus
vegetables, tea, coffee, and a dessert. Price will be $13.50, including tax and gratuity. Virgil
County including committee member Fred Clark’s Rotary Club of Homosassa Springs that
Bird will be accepting reservations and checks (made payable to "Nature Coast Maryland
has taken a booth and will be serving chili and chili dogs at the event. Business booth space
Club). Checks can be mailed to Virgil at 8058 S. Coconut Palm Drive, Homosassa FL 34448.
is $125 but clubs serving food are only $75 for non-electrical sites and $100 for electrical sites.
The cut off date is Tuesday, March 3, 2009. Reservations will NOT be accepted after that date.
Applications are available by calling John Clardy at (352)795-2946.
Mr. Bernie Leven, a spokesperson with Save Our Waters, will discuss activities
related to water conservation. He will welcome questions from those attending.
A.F. Knotts Library Plans 50th Year Celebration
As always, guests and interested persons are invited. You need not be a
The Friends of the A.F. Knotts Public Library is hosting along with The Yankeetown
former resident of Marland to attend or join the club.
Woman’s Club a celebratory program to honor the A.F. Knotts Public Library’s 50th
Please make reservations in a timely fashion as mentioned above. Virgil Bird can be
Anniversary on Friday, February 27, starting at 2:00 P.M. Join us at Yankeetown Woman’s
reached at (352) 628-3691
Club at Five 56th Street, Yankeetown, for our program entitled “A Good Old Talk of the Good
Old Days” followed at 3:30 P.M. by an Open House in the Felburn Room at the A.F. Knotts
Public Library. Edward Michaels will be Master of Ceremony of this great event and will
introduce the entertaining and historical panel consisting of long time residents of
southwestern Levy County. The panel includes Dot Cason, member of the Woman’s Club,
Garden Club, and Friends of the Library; Betty Berger, local author, columnist, artist, former
Inglis Town Commissioner, and dedicated environmentalist; Candace Boothe, owner and
caretaker of the infamous cracker and pioneer Dessie Smith Prescott’s Withlacoochee River
Lodge. Following the program there will be a reception next door at the A. F. Knotts Public
Library hosted by the Friends of the Library. The public is invited to tour the library and
sample the foods.
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WEDNESDAYS:
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Ladies Night - Half Off!
Cuts • Hair Color
Barber & Clipper Cuts
FRIDAY & SATURDAY, Feb. 27 & 28:
Masques • Peels • Facials
Permanent Make-Up
LIVE MUSIC Pappa Sass Band
Mini & Hourly Massage
Canadian artists Michael and Monique Bellefeuille (left and center) donated two paintings in pastel
Tanning • Exercise
FRIDAY, March 6:
and a sculpture, all depicting manatees, to Doug Shaffer(right), president of the Friends of Homo-
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donated two other sculptures to the Friends’, the citizen support organization for Homosassa Springs
Wildlife State Park. This group raises funds for park projects, operates the park’s snack bar and puts
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& Massage Therapist!
on several major park events annually.
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