The Newscaster/Nature Coast News
PAGE 11 - June 5, 2013
From Dawn's Front Porch
“Searching for the Truth”
By Newscaster Contributor Dawn Clary
Free Phones? - For quite a while I have been hearing complaints, grumblings and
Birds with Solid Bones.....Right?
general unhappiness from some of the local residents, “the person on the street”, about
Did you know that birds have hollow bones so that they
“free cell phones” being given to welfare recipients. No one seemed to know much about it.
have a lower weight and fly more easily? Doesn’t that sound
Being curious I decided to check it out. There is in fact a program called “Lifeline” which
like a logical design? Yet, how did the solid bones of a mammal
is a government program providing discounted phone service to low-income people. To
or reptile, needed for strength in land animals, change into the
be eligible you must be below a certain percentage of the poverty level, on Medicaid, food
hollow bones of birds? Evolution believers really do not know.
stamps, or receiving federal public housing assistance among other things. The program has
Yet, evolutionism teaches an even more amazing story. After the
been around a long time, started in 1985 under the Reagan administration and expanded in
solid bones became hollow – they became solid again!
2005 to include cell phones under the Bush administration. The original thoughts were to
The loon is a bird—and all birds have hollow bones –
help low income Americans to be able to afford basic phone service. This was considered
right? Wrong. Auklets, ostriches, penguins, and loons all have
essential to being able to find a job or get help during an emergency such as accessing 911.
solid bones. Consider the loon.
The program is overseen by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and financed
Loons are one of the few birds that have solid bones. Why? Be-
through the Universal Service Fund by a fee placed on phone bills. In early 2012 the FCC
cause they eat fish—and in order to get these fish, they need to dive deep. Having hol-
instituted a reform of the program and acted to modernize by overhauling the service. The
low bones would be like wearing a life jacket. Imagine yourself trying to dive with a
aim was to make changes to eliminate fraud and abuse. They also attempted to establish
life jacket on! This would be almost impossible. God specially designed the loon with
clear goals to measure the programs performance and effectiveness. Whatever your political
solid bones so that it could catch fish without tremendous difficulty. When you see a
thoughts on the subject, an effort should be made to get as much of the information as you
loon on the lake, notice how low it rides in the water—it has heavy, solid bones. In an
can before forming an opinion. More information can be found at the FCC’s website if you
effort to leave God out, evolutionists must believe that bird bones first went from solid
are interested.
to hollow and then somehow became solid again (in the loon). The next time you see
More Myths and Monsters – Again just recently I heard a complaint about the YT water.
a loon diving for food or hear a loon call, think of the Master Designer and His special
It is so dismaying to continually hear the misinformation. I pointed out that the Depart-
design of the loon’s bones.
ment of Environmental Protection and the good people of Florida gave us about $5million
...[ask] the birds of the air and they will tell you...
to build our new plant which makes our water meet every safety standard there is. The re-
– Job 12:8 (NIV)
sponse to this was that “it’s YT’s pipes”. YT will test the water as it comes off of the town’s
main lines if you have a concern as to the pipes. One of the most interesting tests is when
Based on, Inspired Evidence a book by Bruce Malone, 2011
a test is done at the main and then in the residents home. This can sometimes point out a
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the water softener. Contact Town Hall if you would like a test. No scientific data has been
given to show that there is anything detrimental coming from our distribution system. Old
is not necessarily bad. Good Night and Good Luck
Our search continues in understanding how our Town of Inglis can be im-
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proved. This week was “water woes”! Town Clerk Sally McCranie showed me a sample
independent contractor agreement so that we could prepare one for the new interim zoning
position. The contract I was shown was for Inglis water plant operator Lonnie Parnell. When
I looked at the contract it was for 2002 for the term of one year and the hours were for 6
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hours a day 7 days a week. I had just toured the water plant and Parnell specifically told
me he worked only 3 hours a day 7 days a week. Digging into this new mess we learned that
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his yearly contract appears to have not been renewed since 2002 and there were no records
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to show how pay of $684 a week for 42 hours was now $684 a week for 21 hours?
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Former Inglis maintenance supervisor Tom Brennan, said that there was a newer
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contract in the office, however, Clerk McCranie could not find one? As it stands now, no
one knows why there are no yearly renewals and how the pay went from $16.29 to $32.57
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work but here again, how has there been no contract renewal for at least 11 years and no
record of how the pay change took place? As I toured the plant I asked Parnell how it was
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working out with his Inglis water liaison Commissioner Drinda Merritt. His remark sur-
prised me, as he said he has never met her.
As I came out of the water plant I spotted a leaking blow off valve on the corner of
Realty
Elm and Harrison which I was told had leaked for years. Considerable moss is growing on it
and the ground is thouroughly saturated. After a quick measurement, the constant drip over
Sally Price, Realtor
a year has wasted 5,340 gallons of water. (that went through the reverse osmosis plant). This
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valve is on the road to the water plant and is passed multiple times daily. (see photo pg 12)
Mayor Glenda Kirkland
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