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THE NEWSCASTER-Nature Coast News
Yankeetown Resident Provides
Community Events
Levy Tourism Council Meeting
Watchful Eye Over Oil Spill Area
The Levy County Tourist Development Council will have their bi-monthly meet-
ing Thurs., July 29, 2010 at 6 pm at: Levy County Visitors Bureau, 620 N. Hathaway Ave.,
Bronson. The meeting is open to the public.
trainees, were broken into teams, and as-
By Newscaster Correspondent
Community Outreach, July 31, Inglis & Otter Creek
signed to either the C-130 aircraft, or one
Mike Moore
Food, Health Screenings & Assistance w/ Public Assistance application - A Community
of two HH-60 Jayhawk helicopters. One
The people of the Yankeetown
Outreach will be held in Inglis and Otter Creek on Sat., July 31, to provide - free to the
Jawhawk flight goes south, to the Keys, and
Flotilla of Coast Guard Auxiliary are a
public - canned goods and other food items, blood pressure screenings, blood sugar screen-
the other skirts the coast of Citrus County
common sight in and around our area wa-
ings, and Food Stamp and Medicaid application assistance.
and on to Apalacicola before returning to
terways. Most often we can see them idling
The Outreach will be sponsored by the Children’s Table, the Department of Chil-
Air Station Clearwater.
along, looking around here and there; we
dren & Families and the Levy County Health Department. The outreach will be held at
Since Beck is a member of Flo-
wonder what is it exactly they are looking
Inglis Town Hall (135 Hwy. 40 W, Inglis; phone 352-447-2203) from 8:30 until 11:30 a,m.
tilla 15-02 in Yankeetown, and from Citrus
for. The answer is short and simple, they are
and at Otter Creek Town Hall (555 2nd Ave., Otter Creek; phone 352-486-4766) from 1:00
County, he was chosen for the north flights.
there to be the eyes and ears of our shore-
until 4:00 p.m.
Each Saturday and Sunday, he boards the
line guardians, the U.S. Coast Guard.
Do You Have Questions About Medicare?
HH-60, takes the observer seat next to the
Our Auxiliarists come from a va-
Do you have questions about your options for Medicare, Medicare/Medicaid, Dis-
open door, and make the roughly 4 hour trip
riety of backgrounds and many are retired,
ability, Supplemental Insurance, Part D Prescription Drug Plans, orMedicare Billings? If
up the coast toApalachicola and back.
volunteering their time to augment the
you do, come see SHINE, a volunteer program with theFlorida Department of Elder Affairs
There are many sea-surface anom-
many missions of the Coast Guard; boating
for one-on-one counseling. SHINE provides free, unbiased and confidential assistance. If
alies, such as sea weed, algae, jellyfish, and
safety, public education, and search and res-
you cannot come to a site call the Elder Helpline at 1-800-262-2243 to be referred to
sea foam. All of these are photographed, and
cue (SAR) to mention just a few. The mis-
aSHINE Volunteer. SHINE will be at: Wed, August 11th, 10:00-Noon AF Knotts (Yan-
logged, with detailed maps being generated
sion critical at the moment is the Deepwater
keetown) Public Library
to track them. On occasion, a SAR call will
Horizon oil spill and one Auxiliarist donat-
interrupt the mission, and Beck is required
ing his time and expertise to the job is Bob
Teen Driver Classes in Levy County
to quickly switch rolls, from the mission
The Levy County Sheriff’s Office Community Relation Division will be offering
Beck.
specialist, to a spectator, as the Guardians
Teen Driver classes this summer throughout the county. All classes are free and will begin
Bob has a unique job in the Aux-
go into action.
at 9:00 AM each day and the classes will be approximately 4 hours. The students will need
illary; he is a marine pollution specialist.
“So far, we haven’t had to deploy a
permission slips from their parents due to some graphic nature of the program. If you need
In late June, the call went out to all As-
swimmer, and I hope we don’t. I would hate
more information you can contact Lt. Sean Mullins or Sgt. Max Long at 352-486-5111,
sistant Pollution Investigators, looking for
to see a man jump out of a perfectly good
extension 278. Date-Location: Yankeetown School: August: 10.
volunteers to participate in an over-flight
aircraft”, says Beck!
program. After a day of intense training at
Inglis Police Department and RABAC to sponsor National Night Out
Now friends and relatives are al-
the hands of NOAA experts, Beck and the
The Inglis Police Department and RABAC will sponsor the National Night Out
ways asking “did you see anything?” Exact
other trainees were loaded on board a Coast
on Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the Inglis Community Center.
details of sightings are part of official infor-
Guard C-130 for their orientation flight.
National Night Out is designed to heighten drug prevention and awareness, safety, promote
mation, which goes to the command person-
The flight plan left Clearwater, went across
police-community relationships and strengthen community bonds.
nel, but Bob will quickly answer, “sure is
the Gulf, over the source of the spill, and
There will be displays and demonstrations by the Inglis Police Department, Inglis
beautiful out there!”
return. During the flight, each trainee was
Fire and Rescue, Yankeetown Fire and Rescue and other organizations. Come out and meet
“Eyes and ears.” On land, in the
given the opportunity to sit in the observer’s
your local police department with their canine counterparts as well as our volunteer fire
sea, or in Bob’s case, in the air….. Auxiliary
seat, and chart the surface conditions.
personnel and others who serve our community and help to keep us protected.
folks are everywhere.
Once training was complete, the
Child safety identification kits will be available and the first 50 children to arrive
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will receive a special gift bag full of all kinds of goodies and surprises. Hamburgers, hot
dogs, French fries and cold drinks will be served for a minimal charge. Other refreshments
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will be provided free of charge. We will also have entertainment and karaoke to make this
352 447-4588 352-621-4588 Fax: 800-385-6736
National Night Out a true celebration of community. Come out and join us for an evening
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