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Over 100 Lbs. of Old Medications

Searching For The Truth

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The Amazing Pineproduce

Cone

The Citrus County

Have you considered the pine cone? Conifers

Beverly Hills, June 21, resulted in 103 lbs. of unwanted or old medications being dropped

pine cones. They produce two types of cones on the same tree:

off for proper disposal. Another community drop off is scheduled for September. Mean-

the pollen cone and the seed cone. The pollen cones are usually

while, you don't have to wait to discard your medications, as you can drop them off to either

small and inconspicuous, and once they have shed their pollen,

of two locations, Monday through Firday during regular business hours: (1) the CCSO's

they fall off. On a spring day when it is windy, you can see pol-

Operations Center, located at 1 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. in Inverness (phone 352-

len clouds being blown from a pine tree. The seed cones are the

726-4488) or (2) the CCSO's Emergency Operations Center, located at 3549 Saunders Way

larger woody cones you may associate with pine trees. Conifers

in Lecanto (phone 352-726-1121).

Bradley Announces Budget Approval

depend on the wind for pollination and each species is designed

to capture its own kind of pollen. According to one noted bota-

nist,

for Localdistrict 5 said, "This year's state budget includ-

Initiatives

"The geometry of the cone functions like a wind turbine, channeling pollen

Senator Rob Bradley (R)

around it in a way that maximizes pollination so that if pollen fails to land on one

ed financing for the Keystone lake restoration project and $50 million for

scale, it will receive pollen as it is passed on from the previous."

springs restoration. We also fought for several local initiatives that positively

impact the economic and environmental future of north Florida."

Once the pollen reaches the egg, it takes more than a year for the egg to

Two of those projects included Inglis-Yankeetown and $650 thousand in

be completely fertilized. After twelve months of growth, the seed is finally mature.

improvements to the Yankeetown Boat Ramp at the end of Hwy 40. $500k

When the pine cone is ready to release its seeds, it waits for a dry, warm day. Then

was approved to fund a study for an Inglis Sub Regional wastewater treat-

the pine cone scales open and the seeds (with little "wings" attached) float to a new

ment plant, and $300 thousand in Marion County for Dunnellon downtown infrastructure

plot of land in order to grow. If the day is cold and wet, the pine cone stays shut,

improvements.

Inglis Mayor Drinda Merritt honored

waiting until the day is warm and dry and a wind can blow the seeds away.

Isn't it amazing how God used the fact that wood fibers shrink when they

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dry to open and close the pine cone, so the ripened seeds will be released to float

away on the perfect day? Pine cones are the fruit of a pine tree. As the verse in

The Florida League of Cities recently

Hosea indicates, we receive our fruitfulness only from the Lord. So how are you

Phone: (352) 489-4588 Fax: (727) 362-4788

Merritt withEmail, Home Russell, Publisher: thenewscaster1@gmail.codoing as a pine cone?

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tivate relationships with their legislators and help them understand the issues that are most

important to their constituents back home. Thank you for all you do to help protect Home

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Rule and preserve the quality of life in your city."

Home Rule is the ability for a city to establish its own form of government and would hurt her if she tried to flee, and that he d been involved in a prior incident where a

enact ordinances, codes, plans, and resolutions without prior state approval. The Home Rule female had been shot in the face.

Detectives researched the details the woman had given them and learned that Ker-

Hero Award recipients are local government officials both elected and nonelected who

consistently responded to the League's request to reach out to members of the legislature mit Wilbert Alexander, 52, a homeless man in the Hernando, FL area, had been released

from jail on March 27, just four days prior to the March 31 kidnapping and sexual assault

and help give a local perspective to an issue.

incident. The arrest report stated that Mr. Alexander had been arrested multiple times for

similar incidents.

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