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THE NEWSCASTER-Nature Coast News
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Proud To Have Served His Country
Year End Thrift Shop Sale
By Newscaster Correspondent Sally Price
The Yankeetown Inglis Woman's Club Thrift Shop is holding their end-of-the-year sale.
Charles Gilbert, 83, has been an active member of the Veteran of Foreign Wars for
Everything in the shop is 50% off the already low price. All merchandise is included in the
well over 63 years, holding his present membership at the Inglis Gilley, Long, Osteen Post for
sale. Shop for housewares, clothing, shoes, jewelry, accessories and more from now through
21 years when he moved to Inglis. Gilbert joined the Navy at age 17 in Detroit Michigan and
May 29th. Don't miss the incredible bargains. The Thrift Shop is located behind the Woman's
was trained at Great Lakes, Illinois. Upon finishing his tour of duty, joined the the VFW
Club on 56th Street next to the Library. The Thrift Shop is open every Tuesday and Friday
National Headquarters in Kansas City Mo. in October 1945.
from 10am to 1pm, and Wednesday from 12 noon to 3pm. All proceeds generated by the
Gilbert served in the South Pacific 7th Fleet called the Asiatic Fleet as a Boatswain
Thrift Shop are donated to our community.
Mate. He was shipped over on the Monticello and came back on the Boxer, serving on the
Destroyer Colbert 462 in the Philippines and New Guinea. Gilbert said he was at Fort Morsbie
Inglis 4th of July Old Fashioned Picnic and Pageant
when they were chasing the Japanese then Hollandia when the Japanese invaded it and
An Old Fashioned Picnic and Patriotic Pageant on Saturday, July 4th at the Inglis
moved to Atapia NG on a land ship barge hauling troops called LCM (Landing Craft Me-
Community Center. The day’s activities will kick off at 10am with the Patriotic Pageant (en-
dium). Gilbert said he was able to go on the USS Alabama when it was in dry dock in the
trants will need to check in by 9:30am). This year there will be five age groups; 0-1 year olds,
Philippines and later visited it when it was retired in Mobile Alabama as a museum.
Tiny Miss & Mr. Firecracker, 2-3 years old, Mini Miss & Mr. Firecracker, 4-6 year olds, Little
Gilbert is true to the "Red, White and Blue" and does not mind telling you how
Miss & Mr. Firecracker, 7-10 year olds, Junior Miss & Mr. Firecracker and 11-12 year olds,
proud he is to have served his country. His final resting place when he finishes this "last tour
Miss & Mr. Firecracker. Registration forms can be picked up at the Inglis Town Hall or Food
of duty" on this earth will be Fort Scott Kansas.
Ranch.
Forms need to be turned in and a $5.00 entry fee will need to be paid in the Inglis
Town Hall before Noon on Friday, July 3rd, 2009. There will be one boy and girl winner in each
division and one boy and girl first runner up in each division. The pageant will be held in the
Inglis Community Center. No pageant wear please, this is just a casual patriotic wear (red,
white and blue) pageant. Please see the registration form for the rest of the rules. Each child
who enters will receive a goodie bag.
For more information call 352-447-3323. This event is run completely on donations
from the local businesses and the community. Sponsors will be listed at the event.
Artists & Crafters Wanted!!!
1St Annual Labor Day Arts & Crafts Fair Saturday, August 29, 2009 / 10:00 Am - 3:00
Pm. Outdoor Booth Spaces: 10’ X 10’; Cost: $ 15.00 / Each; Indoor Tables: Cost: $ 15.00 Each.
Food, Snacks & Non-Alcoholic Beverages Will Be Provided By The Church At Nominal
Costs. Horse Rides For The Children Available At Nominal Costs; Car Washes Available On
A "Donation" Basis; Location: First Pentecostal Church Of Inglis, 220 Route 40 West, Inglis.
For more information call(352) 503-6422 To Reserve Your Space. E-Mail:
Knightforchrist21@Yahoo.Com.
Yankeetown School End of Year activities
Field day for our Elementary students:Tuesday, June 2, 2009, K-5th grade 8:30 a.m. – 11:30
a.m. REMINDER… Additional End of the Year Activities: Middle School Awards Ceremony–
8:00 a.m. Friday, May 29, 2009
Elementary Awards Assembly – Wednesday, June 3, 2009: 1st Grade – 2nd Grade 8:30
a.m.,3rd Grade – 5th Grade 9:30 a.m.
Charles Gilbert, member of the Inglis VFW Post 8698, proudly displays proof of his over 63 year
Monday 6/1 – Kindergarten Graduation (Auditorium) @ 1:00 p.m.
membership in the VFW. Photo by Sally Price
Yankeetown School
Tuesday, 6/2, Wednesday 6/3 and Thursday 6/4—Middle School Exams
Tuesday, 6/2, Wednesday 6/3 and Thursday 6/4—Early Release Days (12:30 p.m.)
Power of One Update
Thursday 6/4 – Eighth Grade Ceremony (Auditorium) @11:00 a.m.
Greenways & Trails To Host National Trails DayÆ Bike Ride
TRENTON - In recognition of the 17th annual National Trails Day®, the Department of
Special to The Newscaster by Courtney Valeros, age 13, 7th grade
Environmental Protection’s (DEP) Office of Greenways & Trails (OGT) will host a family-
First of all, I would like to thank the people who made the Power of One program
friendly bike ride along the beautiful Nature Coast State Trail on June 6, 2009. National Trails
possible, especially Ms. Ruth Rupert of the Inglis Post Office, and the people who partici-
Day® is sponsored by the American Hiking Society and represents more than 1,000 events
pated in it. The Power of One is a program for 2nd, 3rd and 4th graders at Yankeetown School,
hosted by trail and community groups, public agencies and businesses to inspire the public
where participants write letters to military personnel in a letter writing competition.
to discover and celebrate the benefits of trails.
Second, over the course of the Power of One program, over 507 letters have been
"Click it or ticket" Traffic Enforcement
written.
So far, Mrs. Sanford’s second grade class has not only won the classroom contest
In Florida, traffic crashes take the lives of thousands of people a year. Most of those
(for writing the most letters) for 4 weeks in a row, but they have written 212 letters and
who die on the road are not buckled up. With the busy Memorial Day weekend approaching,
attained 10 officers (students who have written 10 letters or more). Mrs. Sanford’s class has
the Inglis Police Department is joining with law enforcement agencies across Florida in the
also attained 3 students who have written 25 letters or more!
Click It or Ticket safety belt enforcement campaign.
Battling for second place is Mrs. Fries’s class with 148 letters and Mrs. Carsons’s
During the crackdown, through May 31st, drivers and passengers will be ticketed if
class with 110 letters.
they are not buckled up. If children under 18 are not properly protected, the driver will get the
Our biggest writer is Drachti Patel, who has written 40 letters. So far, almost every
ticket. In 2007, an average of nine people a day died on Florida roads. So protect yourself,
student has written at least 1 letter.
your family and your friends. Be sure that everyone on every trip buckles up. And if you click
The students have until May 27th to write their last letter. Then, on June 3, Yankee-
it, you won’t get a ticket.
town School is having a school wide ceremony to give out awards to each class. There will
Click It or Ticket is a cooperative effort of the Florida Department of Transportation,
be 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners for students in each individual class. Good luck to each
the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and law enforcement agencies in Fla.
student and class!
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