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Safety FFIVolunteer Firefighter Weekend Council,PPEawarded

Class Receives Inc. was

(Youth): Andrew Allen 277,726; Greg

12-WEEK EVENING LEAGUE: The

Stein 256; Hunter Anderson 697. Handi-

Thursday night Holder Hotshots league has

The Northwest Florida

cap (Adult): Brian Carney 278,762; De-

space for two teams. Call the Center at352-

a FEMA Staffing for Adequate Fire & Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant to help vol-

nise Griffin 276; Vito Porta 710. Scratch

489-6933 for more information.

unteer fire departments in Florida recruit and retain firefighters by awarding bunker gear to

(Youth): Matt Allen 212,568; Andrew Al-

their eligible new recruits. Levy County Department of Public Safety (LCDPS) Director,

len 203,504. Scratch (Adult): Brian Carney

LEAGUE MEETINGS: The Wednesday

David Knowles, contacted the Council to obtain new gear for the ten (10) new Firefighter

278,762; Denise Griffin 256; Charlie Stein

Night Men's league meets at 6:30pm, Au-

I Recruits from local Departments who recently completed the 2013-2014 LCDPS Fire-

gust 20, and the Friday night Parkview

fighter I program. Eligible recruits from LCDPS, Williston Fire Department, Bronson Fire

Owls meets at 7pm, August 22. Call the

Department, and Inglis Fire Department participated in the opportunity to save taxpayers

WEDNESDAY 7-9-8 NOTAP TOUR-

Center at 352-489-6933 for more informa-

$22,000 ($2,200 per set of gear).

NEY: Ives Chavez 829; Rich Beaudry 663.

League and Tourney scores for the week

SCRATCH: Trevor Roberts 280; Brian

ending August 10, 2014:

Carney 266,769; Sam Bass 730; Brent Ci-

quera 713; Tim Lawrence 711; Bob Wood

MONDAY SUMMER SPECIAL: Handi-

701; Stephanie Flory 266,723; Dorine

cap: Mark Smith 289,781; Ronnie Mesick

267; Brian Poisson 710; Beverly Tidwell

242,691; Lisa Weston 239,673. Scratch:

WOMEN'S SUMMER TRIO: Handicap:

Mark Smith 289,781; Ronnie Mesick 248;

Mae Johns 246,649; Doti Wyspianski 226;

Wes Foley 692; Myla Wexler 190,512; Lisa

Marilyn Seymour 659. Scratch: Diane

Weston 186,514; Saad Bouve 514.

Swoboda 173,490; Gerry Gurnett 163,462.

TUESDAY 7-9-8 NOTAP TOUR-

BOWLERS OF THE WEEK: Stephanie

NEY: Jerry Ness 791; Hugh Hartley 680;

Flory, 81 pins over her average, Andrew

Allen, 63 pins over his average, andBrian

Carney, 124 pins over his average.

Homosassa residents injured in Pasco

County crash caused by tire blowout

The Council sent award notifications to the Fire Chiefs on April 14th, 2014 and on Tuesday,

August 5th, at the Levy County Board of County Commissioner's meeting, Council President,

A 29 year-old woman and her adult passenger, also 29, both of Homosassa, sus-

Charlie Frank, presented the Fire Chiefs with the new bunker gear for their recruits.

Florida has new map of congressional

tained serious injuries in a traffic crash in Pasco County, Aug. 5. The driver's two children,

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her one year-old daughter and three year-old son, sustained only minor injuries and were

districts - Gerrymandering eliminated?

5093 S. Orwell Pt., seats. All were transported to Bayonet Point Hospital in Hudson, FL.

restrained in car Homosassa, FL 34446

hone: (352) 489-4588 to Fax: (727)Highway Patrol, Ashely Megan Usrey was driving a

the Florida 447-5788

m Russell, Pulisher: thenewscaster1@gmail.com 589, south of State Rd. 52 in the

1998 Dodge Ram truck, traveling southbound on State Rd.

The Florida Legislature approved a revised map of the state's 27 congressional

bie Russell, Editor:the pickup experienced a blow-out of the right rear tire. Usrey lost con-

inside lane, when debbienewscaster@gmail.com

districts on Aug. 11 in a three-day special session to redraw the map after circuit Judge

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t ol c the truck, which traveled into the center grass median where it overturned several

Terry Lewis ruled that two districts were drawn illegally to benefit the GOP, which drew

sonable Rates for S Levy, NE median cable barrier and came to final rest, upright, facing

times, collided with the center Citrus & SW Marion Counties

the previous map and the newly approved one, as well. Legislators were given two weeks,

northeast, on top of the cable barriers. As the vehicle overturned, Usrey, the driver - who

until August 15, to redraw the districts.The Senate passed the measure 25-12, and the

ge, was not restrained, was ejected from the vehicle. The adult passenger, Brandon Michael

House followed by a 71-38 vote. The change will alter 7 of the 27 congressional districts,

Wills, was wearing a seatelt.

but it remains unclear if the new map will change the makeup of the Florida delegation,

The report stated that Usrey was cited for not wearing her seatbelt restraint.

which now is 17 Republicans districts to 10 Democrat districts. In 2010, voters passed the

Fair districts amendment forbidding legislators to draw districts to favor incumbents or a

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political party, which is commonly known as "gerrymandering."

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With the 2014 peak hurricane season quickly approaching, the Department of

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Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV) urges Floridians to add one additional step

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to their hurricane preparedness plans - make sure first responders know who to notify if you

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are in an emergency situation.

The department's Emergency Contact Information (ECI) program allows you to

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securely register contact information in State Driver's License Offices and online at https://

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services.flhsmv.gov/eci/ This information can only be accessed by law enforcement per-

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sonnel in notifying family members or significant others when a person has been involved

in a traffic crash, weather disaster or other emergency situation.

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More than 8.6 million Floridians have taken advantage of the ECI program, which

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