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CFCC Levy To Offer Advanced Scrapbooking Class
The Developer Game
Central Florida Community College Levy Center will offer a four-week Advanced
Scrapbooking class on Thursdays, starting Sept. 4.
A Guest Commentary by Jim Sherwood
The class will meet 6 to 8 p.m. at the Levy Center, 114 Rodgers Blvd. in Chiefland. The
course fee is $39 and includes some materials. Participants will learn about the latest in
It seems Developer Haines feels as though Jim Sherwood is not known in
scrapbooking, including explosion boxes, distressing techniques and electronic cutting de-
Yankeetown other than to himself and town officials.
vices. The registration deadline is Thursday, Aug. 28. For information or to register, visit the
For the record please let me reintroduce myself, my name is Jim Sherwood. I am
Levy Center or call 352-493-9533.
a developer. I came to Yankeetown in 2004 and walked into town hall and introduced
Parson Memorial Church Events
myself as a developer to Mayor Wall, Debbie Stines, Ray W. and Clark Stillwell. I spent
Parsons Memorial Presbyterian Church at 5850 Riverside Dr. inYankeetown, will be starting
the next 9 months actively negotiating with town officials in preparing my site develop-
the Fall Session of children's Sunday School and Sunday, September 6th, at 9:30am. All
ment plans for submittal in May of 2006.
children are invited to learn about God and His love. Parents you are invited to join our
I have invested a great deal of time and money acquiring existing commercially
"Coffee Fellowship" while the kids are in Sunday School. .Then please stay for our church
zoned, run-down redevelopment properties on the west side of town because I was told by
service, led by Reverebd Walter Radulovich, starting at 11:00am. For more information please
the Mayor, the Zoning Official and the Town Attorney that I could develop here. I have
call 489-5274.
attended and openly participated in over 100 council and planning & zoning meetings. My
Thrift Shop Open in Yankeetown!
development plans have been in open view for the past two and one half years and there has
The Yankeetown Inglis Woman's club Thrift Shop opened it's doors on Sepetember
been a standing invitation to any town official, resident or landowner to come by and have
2nd. The Thrift Shop is open every Tuesday and Friday from 10am to 1pm, and Wednesday
a look, comment, or criticize any time they wish. That invitation remains open to this day.
from 12 noon to 3pm. Bingo Season Begins September 4th. In Yankeetown Weekly
It was made clear to me 6 months after I submitted my site development plans by
Bingo begins at the Yankeetown Inglis Woman's Club on Thursday, September 4th. Players
all of the newly elected officials and specifically by ex-councilman Candela when he said,
are invited to come early to purchase their Bingo cards and enjoy goodies from the "Thurs-
’I don’t’ talk to developer’s and would rather see the town in ashes than see it developed’.
day Kitchen." You'll also have time to check out what's new in the Thrift Shop. Doors open
Councilman Larry Feldhusen took it a step further and invited one of my partners to file a
at 6pm, with Bingo games beginning at 7pm. Bring your friends and come out for the fun.
lawsuit while standing in town hall, when he said, “a lawsuit doesn’t scare me, bring it on!”
I must say that is a first in my long career in this business. Guardians of public welfare
911 Observance at Inglis Town Hall
don’t generally invite and provoke waste of taxpayer money through litigation.
Inglis Mayor Risher has planned A September 11th Memorial Ceremony In con-
Mr. Haines, I share your developers’ knowledge of how the game can be played if
junction with a Support Our Troops Celebration. This will be held in front of the Inglis
one chooses your methods. You have played your hand and as a knowledgeable competitor,
Town Hall at 7:00pm on September 11th, 2008. We would like to invite the Public to join
I am calling it.
us in paying tribute to all past and present Military Personnel. A Special Ending has been
Tim Haines, a partner with Gray, Ackerman &Haines, P.A. came to town in 2003
planned for all to enjoy. If you have any pictures of your loved ones that are currently
as a developer just like me. However, he came as a developer cloaked in lawyers’ robes. A
fighting for our freedom in the armed forces or have pictures of loved ones lost to the
quick search of town hall and county records shows that he has been applying this decep-
conflict we will be happy to display them on the Inglis Town Hall Commission Rooms
tion the whole time, buying up development parcels here and there. Now he is very quietly
Wall of Remembrance.
“improving” Chambers Island on which he and his development partners have said they plan
Republican Club post-primary meeting
to build a “Lodge” type structure that would provide overnight accommodations and boat
A candidates' rally will be held on Sat., Sept. 13, 2:00 p.m., at the Yankeetown -
docking facilities and be jointly owned by its membership. Would that be anything like the
Inglis Lions Club on 59th St. in Yankeetown. Light refreshments will be served. Come
Izaak Walton Lodge?
meet and chat with the Republican candidates who will appear on the Noy. 4 ballot. The
Developer Haines has stated that he has received concessions from the town in
following candidates have accepted the invitation: "Oz" Barker, Levy County Property Ap-
relaxing development restrictions on the islands in the proposed comprehensive plan amend-
praiser candidate; Abraham Blitch, Levy County Commission District 1 candidate; Don
ment now under review by the Florida Department of Community Affairs (DCA). In this
Curtis, Florida House, District 10 candidate; Charles Dean, State Senate, District 3 candi-
same plan, the rest of the town is closed to any kind of economically feasible commercial
date; Bob Hastings, Levy County School Superintendent candidate; Jerry Robinson, County
or residential development. Mr. Haines has said that he feels that some “commercial de-
Commission, District 5 candidate; and Ginny Brown Waite, U.S. Congress, District 5
velopment” of the islands will not be detrimental to those properties or the town.
candidate.The public is invited. For reservations, please call Edith McCrimmon at (352)
I am certain that Mr. Haines and his partners, Bill Tarter and John Curtis, both real
447-2622 or Karen Goode at (352) 447-3640.
estate developers in central Florida will tell us that the oysters beds, crabs, fish, birds,
“Invitation To Attend” Recreation Advisory Board Meeting
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The Recreation Advisory Board Activity Committee (RABAC) would like to extend
EL Ranchito
an invitation to the Community. To attend a “SPECIAL MEETING” on September 4th at
7:00 pm. The RABAC is a committee that is trying to bring to the Inglis community a
variety of fun activities for Children, Seniors, the entire Family. At this time we are work-
Mexican Restaurant
ing on a half Basketball court, a new Playground, a Shuffleboard court, a Spring festival,
indoor activities, and fund raisers. We need the involvement of the community on these
The Best Mexican Cuisine South of the Border!
projects. This is your community and your opinions are needed. Refreshments will be
served. See you there!
Gustav, Hanna, Now Ike, Josephine
445 N.E. 1st Terrace, Crystal River
Open 7 Days
Crystal Terrace Shopping Center
Yes, we have
Lunch & Dinner
North of Big Lots & East of Post Office
Beer & Wine!
Hurricane Gustav made Landfall Monday morning as a category 2 hurricane, with
Served
winds at 110 mph, knocking out power in parts of Louisiana and Mississippi. The National
Hurricane Center issued a special advisory Monday saying Hanna had become a hurricane.
Monday-Thursday: 11am-2pm & 5-9pm Friday: 11am-2pm & 5-10pm
The official track keeps it just off the eastern shore, passing Central Florida Thurs-
Saturday: Open All Day-Noon-10pm Sunday: Open All Day-Noon-9pm
day night into Friday. However, some models show the storm coming as close as 50 miles
off of Port Canaveral and that track would bring at least tropical storm force winds and rain
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to the coast. Tropical storm Ike has also formed in the Atlantic. The national weather ser-
vice said Ike is on a west moving path and Joesphine has formed.
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