The Newscaster/Nature Coast News
PAGE 5 - May 26, 2010
Community Events & Meetings
CCVC’s May 27th is the Last Monthly General Meeting Until Sept.
On April 22nd’s General Meeting it was voted that the General Monthly Meetings
would not be held for June, July or August 2010. Members are encouraged to attend the
Nature Academy Summer Camps
Board of Director Meetings on the second Thursday monthly at the DAV in Inverness. In
CITRUS COUNTY- The Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Ellie Schiller
Sept 2010 the General Meeting will resume.
Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park will offer two week-long Nature Academy summer
The Citrus County Veterans Coalition (CCVC) invites all honorably discharged
camp programs in June and July. The programs are sponsored by the Friends of Homosassa
veterans, their spouse, widows and widowers along with other veterans organizations and
Springs Wildlife State Park and Progress Energy.
current coalition members to our open business meetings on the fourth Thursday of each
June’s program is for children who are 8 and 9 years old, and runs from June 14
month at 6 p.m. in the County Veterans Service Office class room at the Citrus County Re-
through June 19. July’s program is for children ages 10 through 12, and runs July 12 through
source Center next to the V.A. Clinic just off County Road (CR) 491 in Lecanto.
July 17.
Come see what the Citrus Veterans Coalition is all about, and if you feel you can
Applicants are asked to write a short essay on Why I want to go to Nature Academy
assist in the “Veterans Helping Veterans” program, please come on board as a member.
and what I hope to learn while I am there to attach to their application. Parents and guardians
We are a service to needy veterans organization providing food supplements and
may stop into park office to pick up an application or call Allyssa Kordon at (352)
non-perishable foods through our “Veterans Food Pantry.” We are providing assistance to
628-5445, ext. 1006.
needy and disabled veterans and their families with minor repairs to their homes through the
Buttonwood Bonsai Club Meeting
generosity of volunteers who are in the plumbing, electrical and construction industry. We
Next regular Meeting; June 12, 2010, 9:30 A.M., First Presbyterian Church,1501
also provide funds for annual scholarships to veterans’ family members who apply through
SE Hwy 19,Crystal River, Fl.
their school counseling services.
This month: Bonsai artist, teacher, and owner of Dade City’s “Bonsai at Pasimi-
If you are looking for an organization that devotes all of its energy and fund raising
nan”, Cliff Pottberg, will be the speaker/demonstrator at Buttonwood Bonsai Club’s June
to the philosophy of “Veterans Helping Veterans” then the Citrus County Veterans Coalition
meeting. As usual, the meetings are open to the public and visitors are welcome. For more
wants you! Annual membership donation is just $10 for a calendar year or $25 for three
information contact: Pres. Jim Stephens - 352 848 0102 or Clay Gratz - 352 563 2156.
years. We have life members and organizations from most of the veteran’s organizations in
More Volunteers Needed at EOC
Citrus County and we are not attempting to take you away from your parent organization.
(Lecanto) If you have some time to spare and a desire to give something back to the
The CCVC is a nonprofit, 501(3) (c) corporation, and your donations are tax de-
community, then the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office may have just the place for you.
ductible. Current members should check their membership card for expiration dates, and
Right now, there’s an immediate need for five additional volunteers to help staff the
renew with John Ring 352-746-0826 or at the meeting. Come on out and get involved.
reception desk at the Sheriff’s Office Emergency Operations Center. Four-and-a half-hour
Grief Support Group Meeting - Dunnellon
shifts at the 3549 Saunders Way facility (across from the Lecanto Government Building)
There will be a Grief Support Group meeting at The First Baptist Church of Dun-
are available Monday through Friday, either from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. or 12:30 to 5 p.m.
nellon, located at 20831 Powell Rd., Dunnellon. Grief is a natural response to a loss. Heal-
Sergeant Chris Evan, who heads up the agency’s Volunteer Unit, says the Sheriff’s Office
ing occurs gradually and there is no timetable for grieving. You don’t have to grieve alone.
is always looking for community-minded men and women interested in volunteering four
If you need the support of others who understand the pain and sadness you are experiencing,
hours a week or more to do a variety of assignments at several different locations around
we encourage you to attend the next meeting which will be held on, Thursday, May 27th at
the county. Volunteers assigned to the EOC are responsible for answering telephones, taking
6:00pm. For more information please contact the church at 352-489-2730.
messages and assisting citizens who may have appointments, questions or concerns.
email news to: news@thenewscaster.com
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“The list of what our volunteers do on a daily basis is incredibly diverse,” says
Sheriff Jeff Dawsy, “but at this time, we’re especially reaching out to citizens who can put N
in one or two shifts a week right at our centrally-located EOC facility. My staff will gladly
assist them by providing whatever training they need to get the job done.”
Interested applicants must be at least 18 years of age, and be willing to complete and
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submit an application form. In addition, all applicants are subject to a criminal background
& Package Store
check as part of their processing.
For more information or to request an application form, please call Sgt. Evan at 527-3701,
or e-mail him at cevan@sheriffcitrus.org.
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Important Toll Free Numbers
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John C. Meyers, Sr.
Citrus Cty Govt. Citrus Springs & Dunnellon 489-2120
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