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VOLUME 9, NUMBER 5
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 2015
Golf tourney coming to Ocala National in April
The Swing Thought Tour, formerly
NGA Hooters Tour returns to Ocala National Golf Club for the Ocala/Marion
County Classic at Ocala National April 6
– 11.
A portion of the proceeds from the
Ocala/Marion County Classic at Ocala
National, formerly Golden Hills, will go
to benefit The First Tee of Ocala.
The total purse for the Ocala/Marion
County Classic at Ocala National will be
$140,000 with $20,000 going to the winner.
“We are extremely excited to bring
the Swing Thought Tour back to Ocala
National and the Ocala area,” said
Swing Thought Tour President Robin L.
Waters. “The players love the golf
course and the community. I expect it to
be a first class event on a first class golf
course.”
The week will begin Monday, April 6
with a Free Junior Clinic and Pro-Am
Pairings Party.
The Ocala/Marion County Classic at
Ocala National Pro-Am is scheduled for
Tuesday, April 7 at 1 p.m. The Pro-Am
consists of three amateurs paired with a
SwingThought.com Tour professional
in a scramble format that is always the
highlight of the week.
The first round of the 2015 Ocala/Marion County Classic at Ocala National
will begin at 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday,
April 8. Admission is open to the public.
Swing Thought Tour alumni have
won an amazing 16 Major Championships and include 2012 and 2014 Masters champion Bubba Watson, 2011 PGA
Championship winner Keegan Bradley,
2010 PGA TOUR Player of the Year and
2003 US Open Champion Jim Furyk,
2007 Masters Champion Zach Johnson,
two-time U.S. Open Champion Lee
Janzen, British Open and PGA Cham-
pion John Daly, and recent PGA Tour
winners such as Robert Streb, Ben Martin, Kevin Streelman, Michael Thompson, Ted Potter Jr, Gary Woodland,
Russell Henley, Mark Wilson, George
McNeill, Scott Stallings, Scott Piercy,
current FedExCup Points Leader
Robert Streb, and many more. More recently 89 of the 150 players competing
in the 2014 Web.com Tour Q School
Final Stage this past week were past
players on the Swing Thought Tour.
For more information on the new
Swing Thought Tour visit swingthought.com or call 800-992-8748.
33 charged
in shoplifting
crackdown
Marion County Sheriff ’s Office detectives, along with the Ocala Police
Department, arrested and charged 33
people for a total of 17 felonies, 34 misdemeanors, six violations of probations
and two warrants during a two-day retail theft sting on Thursday and Friday
March 12 and March 13.
MCSO and OPD partnered with Walmart, Bealls, Target and Publix during
this operation. All the stores provided
additional loss prevention personnel
who all worked with the same goal in
mind—- to reduce retail theft in Marion
County.
During the operation, loss prevention
officers patrolled the stores and made
apprehensions with the assistance of
detectives. Detectives then conducted
thorough investigations and interviews
with the suspects to determine if they
were involved in any additional crimes
PHOTO BY RICHARD GUNTHER
in Marion County.
Since 2012, there’s been a 45% increase in retail theft in Marion County
(not including the city of Ocala). This A great jump and a beautiful horse whose rider was Derrick Gree last Wednesday. This is the last of the weekly jump phooperation is funded by a grant from the tos, and the finals are on Monday, March 23. This will determine the best of the best over the past 10 weeks hosted by HITS.
Florida Legislature with no impact on Watch for Live Oak International, March 18-22 at 2215 SW 110th Ave., Ocala.
the Sheriff ’s budget.
HITS winding down
Tribute to USO planned for
April 25-26 at Civic Theatre
“A Tribute to the USO,” a variety concert to benefit Ocala Civic Theatre, will
be live on stage April 25-26 at Ocala
Civic Theatre.
Hosted by emcee John LaPaille, the
concert will feature patriotic music and
the songs of the WWII to the Vietnam
era, performed by a five-piece instrumental combo and eight vocalists:
Joanna Bauernfeind, Jo Crowder, Shannon DeVaughn, Sydney Marie, Gary
Rigby, Patrick Stanley, Jessica Watson,
and Will Winter. Songs include “Boogie
Woogie Bugle Boy,” “Great Balls of
Fire,” “Autumn Leaves,” “Singin’ In the
Rain,” “Mr. Sandman,” and “In the
Mood,” among many other favorites.
PHOTO BY PRISCILLA BARNETT
There will be an Armed Forces medley
and a George M. Cohan patriotic medley as well. A Tribute to the USO also
Spring has definitely sprung in Fairfield Village, where brightly colored flowers will feature instrumental numbers and
comedic skits, including Abbott and
can be seen throughout the development. For more photos, see Page 6.
Fairfield in bloom
Costello’s classic “Who’s On First.”
Performances of A Tribute to the USO
are Saturday, April 25 at 2 p.m. and Sunday, April 26 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Tickets go on sale March 23 at $18 for
adults, $16 for Ocala Civic Theatre season subscribers, and $12 for full-time
students (ID required for college students).
Doty to run
Danielle Damato Doty of Southeast 5th Street in Ocala has filed an
intent to run as a Republican for the
District 3 County Commission seat
in 2016.
The seat is being vacated by
Chairman Stan McClain, who is running for state representative.
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T
he New Pretenders performed to a sell-out
crowd at the Ocala Palms Country Club on Friday, March 6. The event was hosted by Elaine
Sheets and Nancy Jensen. Guest tables were set with
wine and snacks. Also, a plant on all the tables was
given to one lucky person at each table, as well as 10
other door prizes. The New Pretenders consist of 35+
Seniors who lip-sync and play instruments to a variety
of classic songs, including music from the 50s, country
western, rock & roll and pop. The group wore some
amazing costumes. Some of the oldies sung were by
the Platters, Patsy Cline, Mamas and the Papas,
Ritchie Valens, and of course, three songs about New
York. This group has been performing together for 18
years. A check for $237, donated by our generous
Ocala Palms guests, will be given to Marion County
Senior Services to assist with their Meals On Wheels
program A special thanks to Cathy Donohue for taking
great pictures and to our hard working husbands,
Francis Sheets, and Gene Jensen for all their help. It
was a fun, entertaining night.
The Mamas and the Papas.
Pictured here
are the cast of
the New Pretenders along
with Francis
and Elaine
Sheets and
Nancy and
Gene Jensen,
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Last chance to buy tickets for ‘Sallie and Elvis’
T
his is the last chance to buy tickets for “Sallie and Elvis.” There
are tickets available and the last
day to get your ticket is Thursday before
noon. Maryanne is selling tickets so
check your Quail Meadow Reporter for
more information.
Quail Meadow
Richard Gunther
March, April events
Veterans have no schedule yet for the
meeting on April 15, we are still waiting
word for the event. Watch the Messenger as well as the April QM Reporter.
Sheriff Chris Blair will be visiting
Quail Meadow the evening of April 16, a
Thursday. Watch for more information
as I get it from the sheriff. I put this note
in the Messenger and more news to be
released in the next Messenger and the
QM Reporter.
Red Hot Fillies Spring Fling Tea
Party: On March 19 at noon, join the
“Tea Party” with the Red Hot Fillies at
Dottie’s home and wear your Red Hat.
Contact Pat Talley at 873-3870 or Dottie
at 509-3227 today, Wednesday March 18,
please.
“The Quail Meadow Yard Sale” is
scheduled for April 11. Clean out your
closets and garages, gather your treas-
ures, and take advantage of this opportunity. If you have special items for sale
and want people to be aware of those
items, email me at guntherimaging@yahoo.com before March 31 (deadline) and I will try this prelist short and
informative. List anything you have, to
give our Marion County neighbors a
chance to visit Quail Meadow. Start
Sales at 8 a.m. until ??
Reminder “Art Work.” The Social
Committee is sponsoring a “Art Show”
for anyone who has art work to show, or
if you are working on paintings, or photographs, or ceramics. The show will be
on April 11. The social committee has
called this event “April in Paris” which
will include a potluck dinner so fix up
some vittles. You must contact Joan
Christopher at 861-8626 if you have
questions and to submit your interest in
taking part in this show. Update: Only
four artistic items may be displayed, including ceramics, photo art, and various
types of drawn art and frames are optional.
HITS “Horses In The Sun.” Still running and jumping at HITS Post Time
Farm, 13710 U.S. Highway 27, Ocala.
This is week 10, which ends the competition. The finals are Monday night
March 23. Don’t put it off to visit the
competition which is Wednesday
through Sunday where riders and
horses compete for finals on Sunday
which is a fair charge for entrance of $5
for adults. Children under 12 are free
and there is no charge for parking.
Scheduled for March 22 is a $100,000
Grand Prix. Monday the 23rd hosts the
final Grand Prix offering the Best of the
Best earning $1 million in the last and
final competition. Admission for the
final competition is $10.
Anti-drone bill advances in Florida Legislature
Senator Dorothy L. Hukill’s (R-Port
Orange) Surveillance by Drone bill
has passed its first committee of reference, Community Affairs, with
unanimous support last week.
The bill would provide for the protection of individuals and their private
property
from
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photographed or videotaped through
the use of a drone without their consent.
Drones are becoming less expensive, smaller, quieter, and available at
a store near you. With this new evolving technology comes the risk of them
being used to violate the privacy of
others. There have been recent incidents in Florida and elsewhere
where drones have not only been
used to record people without their
knowledge, but have crashed through
bedroom windows and in some cases
have injured people. There is a need
to address the potential for privacy
abuses that come with this new technology.
“We need to ensure protections are
in place to prevent privacy violations
through the use of drones for surveillance,” said Senator Hukill.
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Monday, March 23
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Saturday, March 21
The Johnson University Tour Choir, in concert,
sings a diverse eclectic mix of classical, traditional
Landing Lites Spring Concert
and contemporary worship music. Enjoy this free
concert at 6:30 p.m.; a love offering will be received.
The Marion Landing chorus, Landing Lites, will
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Ocala,
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at 7 p.m. in the community Lifestyle Center. Program
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includes 13 songs reminiscent of those aired on the
show “Your Hit Parade,” which aired from 1935 to
Friday, March 20
1950, and will also feature three outstanding solo performances. Tickets are $5 and will be sold at the door.
The Circle of French Friends
For more information, call 237-7152.
Le Cercle Des Amis Français meets on the third Friday of every month from 11 a.m. to noon at Marion
County Sheriff ’s Office Community Conference Room
located at 9048 Highway 200, about ¼ mile from Walmart.
The club promotes all things French: language, culture and fun. You do not have to be a fluent speaker to
join the group.
At the March 20 meeting we will have a guest
speaker. Elodie Perron an owner of La Cuisine, the
French restaurant in Ocala, will speak and answer
questions.
Guests are welcome at any meeting. Call Marie McNeil at 352-854-7397 for more information.
Greater High 12 to hear Zanetti
The Greater Ocala High Twelve Club 665 will hold
its monthly meeting on Friday, March 20 at 11 a.m. at
the Elks Club, 702 N.E. 25th Ave., Ocala.
Are you interested in education? We all should be.
It is our future. This month’s speaker will be sure to
know all about it. Come with your questions.
The speaker will be Judith Zanetti, Executive Director of the “Public Education Foundation of Marion County.”
We will be once again enjoying one of the Elks
Club’s terrific buffet lunches. The cost is still only $12
per person.
All Master Masons in good standing in a Masonic
Lodge, recognized by the Grand Lodge of Florida, and
their guests are invited to attend.
Reservations are required. Call Bob Brady at 8549612 for reservations or further information.
Running of the Bulls 5K
Howard Middle School will host its first annual
Running of the Bulls and Spring Roundup event on
Saturday, March 21st at Howard Middle School. The
Running of the Bulls 5k begins at 8 a.m. and will be
followed by a 1 Mile Calf Trot for younger runners.
The Spring Roundup Festival will begin at 10 a.m. and
run until 1 p.m.
Admission to participate in the Running of the Bulls
is $15 in advance and $20 the day of the event. The
Calf Trot is $10 in advance and $15 the day of the
event. The Spring Roundup Festival is free to attend,
and attendees may purchase an armband for unlimited attractions for $10. Proceeds go to benefit
Howard Middle School’s HERD (Howard Educating
in the Right Direction).
This is the first ever event of this type for Howard
Middle School. Teachers and administration came together to create the event in an effort to reach out and
welcome the community into the school and as a way
to showcase the talent that Howard has to offer.
Teachers, administration, and students will be present during the event, so it makes it an opportunity for
potential students to socialize and get to know more
about the school. It is also an excellent opportunity
for the community to come together and have an enjoyable afternoon.
For more information, contact Robert Hensel, Principal of Howard Middle School.
40/8 to meet
The 40/8 will hold its monthly meeting on Monday,
March 23 at 1 p.m. on the second floor of the Bank of
the Ozarks building at the entrance of On Top of the
World on State Road 200. Come early to enjoy light refreshments with fellow veterans. For further information, telephone Ben at 352-854-0272.
Saturday, March 28
Metro Crime Prevention seminar
This seminar will discuss identity theft, frauds and
scams, purse snatching, guns and alternative
weapons, hurricane safety, carjackings and much
more.
Registration (352-861-6182) is suggested; lunch pizza, salad, dessert and drink - will be provided for a
donation. 11:30 a.m.
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(off
SR
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Ocala,
352-861-6182
or
http://www.ccomc.org/.
Yard sale on 200
A multi-family yard sale on Saturday, March 28, at
the Bank of the Ozarks on state road 200 in the in the
Friendship Plaza. Hours are 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Part of
the proceeds benefit a local charitable club.
Sunday, March 29
Evening of worship
Join as we lift our hearts in praise! An evening of
traditional and contemporary worship celebrated
with participating Marion County Christian churches,
families and friends. Refreshments follow. 5 p.m.
Christ’s Church Of Marion County, 6768 SW 80th St.
(off
SR
200),
Ocala,
352-861-6182
or
http://www.ccomc.org/.
Friday, April 3
SECO scholarship deadline
Book sale for animal food bank
A book sale to benefit the Animal Charity Food
Bank will take place on Saturday, March 21, from 10
The Perrys at Christ Church
a.m. to noon at Winn-Dixie, 8445 SW State Road 200,
For 40 years, The Perrys have been on the road Ocala
Also, bring your aluminum cans for recycling.
sharing their music and ministry, with audiences,
night after night. God has been faithful to provide
Sunday, March 22
them with everything they need to build their ministry into what it is today. And, very soon we will be
Cantata at Ocala West
touched deeply by this music, music that has taken
them to the top of Southern Gospel concerts. This is a
The Cantata “Upon This Rock” by Pepper Choplin,
free concert at 6:30 p.m.; a love offering will be rewill be presented by the combined choirs of the Ocala
ceived.
West United Methodist Church at the 8 a. m. Sunday
worship service on March 15 and again at the 11 a.m.
worship service on March 22. This cantata depicts the
events of Holy Week while revealing Peter’s personal
perspective on the significance of each. The church
is at 9330 SW 105th St. in Ocala. Phone is 352-854-9550.
Sumter Electric Cooperative (known as SECO Energy) today reminds area high school seniors that the
deadline for submitting applications for SECO Scholarships is April 3.
Again this year, SECO will award up to 12 $3,000
scholarships to deserving seniors from throughout its
service territory. Applications are available at
www.secoenergy.com, area high school guidance offices and at any of SECO’s customer service centers in
Marion, Lake, Citrus, and Sumter counties.
To qualify, graduates must reside in a home served
by SECO and be enrolled in an
accredited college, university, or vocational/technical school by the end of 2015.
All applicants will be evaluated by an independent
panel of educators from around the SECO service territory, and winners will be selected based on past and
present school activities, community outreach, financial need and scholastic record.
The West Marion Messenger is a free community newspaper
covering news of communities west of Ocala including Fore
Ranch, Stone Creek, Fairfield Village, Ocala Palms, Timberwood,
Falls of Ocala, Quail Meadow, Foxwood Farms and Golden Hills.
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Ocala, Fla., 34477.
Problems getting the Messenger: If your community is listed
above and the Messenger is not delivered to you or you are having trouble getting the paper from boxes around the S.R. 40 and
S.R. 27 areas, call 854-3986.
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Saturday, April 11
Bluegrass in the Park
The 8th Annual Bluegrass in the Park Festival is
being held on April 4 at Silver Springs State Park. The
fundraiser is sponsored by the Friends of the Silver
Springs State Park, a 501c3 non-profit Citizen’s Support Organization (CSO).
On Saturday, April 4 (rain or shine) beginning at 4
p.m., three Bluegrass Bands will play throughout the
evening. Bring your own chair and enjoy the lively
music of Pasture Prime, Big Cypress Bluegrass and
Arnold Messer and Lonesome Highway in the Old
Florida setting of the Cracker Village. It’ll be a foot
stomping good time.
Tickets are $10 for persons over 12 years old, children 12 and under are free. Hot Dogs and soda will be
available for sale. The event is to help raise funds to
aid the Silver Springs State Park in its conservation
efforts to protect and enhance this pristine park and
its diverse habitats.
The address for the Silver Springs State Park is
1425 NE 58th Ave. (aka Baseline/SR 35), Ocala. The
event is located on the River Side of the Park to the
south of the Silver Springs entrance. For more information please call the park at 352/236-7148, the
rangers can answer any questions you may have.
For more information about the Friends Organization and what we do please go to http://www.thefriendsofsilversprings.org/ and like us on Facebook @
Friends of Silver Springs State Park.
providing amenities to the Parks and Recreation Department funded by the Friends of Marion County
Parks and Recreation.
Marine Corps yard sale
For more information, or to reserve your space,
The Marine Corps League Detachment 1072 will be please contact the Marion County Parks and Recreholding its annual neighborhood yard sale on Satur- ation Department, 111 SE 25th Ave. in Ocala or call
day, April 11 at the Bank of the Ozarks parking lot (352) 671-8560 or parks@marioncountyfl.org.
from 8 to 2 p.m. Space for your table and merchandise
Sunday, April 19
is $15 and is available on a first-come, first-served
basis. The last date to reserve a space is April 4. To
Southern Express Big Band concert
reserve your space and for further information call
352-465-6639.
The Southern Express 18-piece Big Band will be
performing at First Congregational Church (7171 SW
Friday, April 17
State Road 200), for a fundraiser on Sunday, April 19
at 3 pm. Tickets are $10 per person and are available
Relay for Life looking for teams
at the church office (Tuesday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.,
Relay for Life benefiting the American Cancer So- 352-237-3035), or by calling Dave at 352-867-7967.
ciety needs team sponsors. The West Marion Relay
Sunday, May 3
For Life will take place at West Marion Community
Hospital on Friday, April 17, starting at 6 p.m.
Civic Chorale concert set
Register your team at www.relayforlife.org/westmarionfl.
On Sunday, May 3 at 3 p.m., the Marion Civic
Chorale,
conducted by Joshua Head, will perform
Saturday, April 18
their spring concert titled If Music Be the Food of
Love (love songs from the British, Hebrew, and other
Yard sale at Liberty
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On Saturday, April 18, the Friends of Marion County Silver Springs Blvd. (which is SR 40), diagonally
Parks and Recreation will host a Community Yard across the street from the old Ritz Hotel in Ocala. AdSale at Liberty Community Park, 10575 SW 57th Ter- mission is free but a free-will offering will be taken to
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One of my most favorite things to do
is to walk around our community several times a day with my little Shih Tzu
“Baby Bear.” He is a very social little canine and he and I enjoy our neighbors.
Seeing people outside working to make
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beautiful as the interiors is inspirational to me. I “get the bug” (so to speak)
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the present, the earliest blossoms herald the new life in the season of renewal.
I have included a photo of the shamrocks that have moved with me from
Georgia to California to Florida. When
they bloom right around St. Patrick’s
Day each year, I feel a special kinship
to the “Irish” in my background. I have
not been able to visit Ireland, but I
would love to do that some day. Until
then, I will celebrate the springtime, the
flowers, St. Patrick’s Day, and my shamrocks with the joy that I often find a part
of our community, Fairfield Village,
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all of us
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ment of any of the local home stores. My
biggest temptations are the flowering
plants although the vegetables that can
grow in the requisite pots do draw my
attention as well.
I grew up working in the very large
yard of my family’s home. The four children in my family (I was the oldest) had
chores assigned for regular daily duty. I
preferred the outside since I could
leave the babysitting and housekeeping
chores to my younger sister. Even today,
my sister is the “homebody” of the family while I can be found working outside
being my happiest when I am planting
or just “digging in the dirt” as my mom
often called my favorite play when I
was very young. I probably have too
many plants in my yard, but I do love
the natural connection.
The accompanying photos show many
of the vivid colors of the springtime
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ith St. Patrick’s Day comes the
“green” of springtime in Central Florida. How could anyone
not be energized with the beautiful
spring flowers? Granted, most of us
could do without the irritation caused
by the pollen; but that is a relatively
small price to pay for all the beauty that
is generated by the natural order of
things.
Fairfield Village is blessed to have a
good number of new neighbors move
into our community. For many, this is
their first springtime in our “little corner of the world.”
Other than having to spruce up and
clean up from the winter months and
wash off the daily yellow residue on our
automobiles, golf carts, and lawn furniture, we can have the joy of fresh air in
our homes because of the milder temperatures…most of the time.
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Medicaid reform
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e wish this were just a bad
piece of fiction, but unfortunately, it’s real life. While
nearly a million poor, uninsured Floridians go without health care coverage,
Florida’s governor and state legislators
continue to use the issue primarily for
political posturing. We’re now in year
three for this argument.
Something is likely to happen this
year, though, because millions in federal funding that has been flowing to
Florida hospitals to care for the uninsured may evaporate as of June 30.
Originally, the federal Affordable
Care Act mandated states to expand
Medicaid, to capture those who are not
offered coverage through employers or
who do not make enough to qualify for
subsidies through the Health Care Marketplace, now in its second year. The
federal government would pay 100 percent of the additional costs through
2016, then notch down to 90 percent in
following years. As more people gained
coverage through
the Marketplace
or expanded MedEditorial
icaid, the thinking
went, federal Low
Income Pool (LIP) funds, which currently help Florida hospitals cover
costs of treating the uninsured, could be
withdrawn.
In theory that all made pretty good
sense.
However, the U.S. Supreme Court
said that expanding Medicaid is an option for states, not a mandate. Florida’s
leaders, complaining about government
over-reach and citing doubts that the
feds would actually pay up, refused to
expand Medicaid. They also refused to
establish a state-run Health Care Marketplace.
Now, with the Legislature in session,
political infighting is fully engaged.
State leaders have known for about a
year that the LIP funds, which cover
other health care areas in addition to
uninsured hospital treatments, were
scheduled to terminate this June. But
Gov. Rick Scott included them in his
proposed budget anyhow. Without LIP
funds, there could be a $1 billion hole
in the state’s budget — and without expanded Medicaid, we’ll still have about
one million uninsured citizens with ongoing needs for health care.
Though Florida is experiencing a
budget surplus, state senate appropriations chair Tom Lee, R-Brandon, has
said that until there’s some clarity on
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JIM CLARK
Opinion
Why you should care about Sunshine Laws
I
t only seems fitting that here in
Florida we should have a Sunshine
Week. After all, we are the Sunshine
State and all that.
But Sunshine Week isn’t about the
weather. It’s about public records and
public meetings in the state of Florida,
one of the first to adopt a law making
records and meetings open to the public. They were dubbed “Sunshine laws”
because of their state of origin.
No one wants a return to the smokefilled back rooms where decisions that
affected the public were made by “good
ol’ boy” politicians puffing on cigars as
they made sure they got their fair share
of taxpayer money for their own enjoyment …and then they took care of the
public.
Now, all decisions are supposed to be
made under the scrutiny of the public,
and almost all documents should be
available for public inspection.
But things have gone backward a little
bit, with more and more exemptions to
the laws being adopted by the Legislature.
Sometimes local agencies get away
with closed meetings and records, only
because of media cutbacks and lack of
oversight.
Consider some of these:
Last fall, county commissioners
elected a chairman and vice chairman.
They did so by each submitting a secret
ballot, and the results were then ratified
by the board at a public meeting.
However, there was some discussion
about why the usual rotation system was
ignored and neither Earl Arnett nor
David Moore were chosen as vice chairman.
Commissioners did not explain their
votes.
Attorney general opinion 71-32 regarding election of a school board chairman (which by extension would include
County Commission chairman) states in
part in the summary:
Election of a school board chairman
by secret ballot is illegal, destruction of
the secret ballots is illegal, etc. (end of
opinion)
I do not know if the ballots were destroyed. I do object, however, as should
the public, to any part of the process of
electing a County Commission chairman being in secret.
You have to ask: What are the county
commissioners afraid of?
Juvenile names: You may have noticed that we are one of the few media
members in the area who publish the
names of juvenile offenders who are accused of a felony. Our philosophy has
been that we protect the victims, not the
offenders.
Attorney general opinion 94-91 by
then Attorney General Bob Butterworth
states in part:
“I am of the opinion that if a juvenile
is arrested for a felony, the recent
amendments to chapter 39, Florida
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Statutes, which reflect a legislative intent to make more information regarding juvenile crime available to the
public, permit a law enforcement
agency to release its crime or arrest report or to disclose information regarding the crime. This conclusion would
appear to be equally applicable when
such law enforcement records have
been transmitted to and are in the
hands of a criminal justice agency such
as the Department of Juvenile Justice.”
That’s why you’ll read those names in
our newspaper.
Job resumes, interviews: Recently the
Soil and Water Conservation district
had applications for a technical job.
They discussed those applications at a
closed meeting, and scheduled interviews at a closed meeting.
I filled out the form on the county
website to submit items to the county attorney, and asked him if he considered
such meetings legal.
He never responded.
However, I found Attorney General’s
Opinion 80-20 which states, in part:
The Government in the Sunshine Law
extends to discussions and deliberations as well as formal action taken by a
public body; thus the law is applicable
to any gathering where the members
deal with some matter upon which foreseeable action will be taken. See Board
of Public Instruction of Broward County
v. Doran, 224 So.2d 693 (Fla. 1969), and
Times Publishing Company v. Williams,
222 So.2d 470 (2 D.C.A. Fla., 1969), in
which the court stated:
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“[It is the entire decision-making
process that the legislature intended to
affect by the enactment of the statute
before us. . . . Every step in the decision-making process, including the decision itself, is a necessary preliminary
to formal action. It follows that each
such step constitutes an ‘official act,’
an indispensable requisite to ‘formal
action,’ within the meaning of the act.”
(end of opinion)
In other words, the screening of resumes and interviews for the position
should have been open to the public.
Lobbying the commissioners: During
the campaign to get a baseball stadium
here, backers said they were meeting
with county commissioners individually to try to get them to back the project.
Obviously, those meetings didn’t go
well for those backing the project.
However, backers of the proposed,
now adopted, school tax made no secret about the fact they were going
around to elected local government officials, speaking with them individually about the need for the levy. They
evidently had more success, since the
county voted to put the item on the ballot.
There are varied interpretations
about this type of action. It seems to
me, though, that to avoid the appearance of impropriety, commissioners
should avoid these meetings and all
discussions should take place at a public meeting.
Our county has excellent public
records, available by using websites.
Anytime I’ve gone to the county or
sheriff and asked for something,
I’ve received it promptly, or a statute
has been cited providing an exemption. It’s the open meetings, especially
of the lower agencies, not necessarily
the commission or City Council, that
seem to provide the difficulties.
These are just a few of the problems,
as I see them, over the past year. It
shouldn’t just be up to the media to police public meetings.
While we represent the public, you
are the public, and there are a lot more
of you than there are of us, and you
should be just as concerned about public meetings.
My general belief is that when it
comes to government, the only people
who do things in secret are those who
have something to hide.
Let’s all make sure we take steps to
keep government open, not just in Sunshine Week, but all year round.
Jim Clark is the editor of the West
Marion Messenger and South Marion
Citizen.
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ARIES (March 21 to
April 19) A pesky health
problem should clear up
soon. Meanwhile, travel
— both for personal as
well as for business reasons — is strong in the
Aries aspect this week,
and well into the next.
TAURUS (April 20 to
May 20) Look for Bovines
to be on the move this
week, whether it’s traveling for fun or for business.
Other “moves” include
workplace adjustments
and, for some, relationship changes.
GEMINI (May 21 to
June 20) Geminis who
have just gone through a
hectic period involving
job and/or family matters
might want to take some
wellearned time out to
relax and restore those
drained energy levels.
CANCER (June 21 to
July 22) A romantic situation seems to have stalled,
just when the Moon Child
was expecting it to go forward. Could that be a bad
case of miscommunication going on. Talk it over
openly and honestly.
LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22)
Showing a genuine interest in something that’s important to a friend, family
member or colleague
could open a communication line that had been
pretty much shut down
for a while.
VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept.
22) Making a potentially
life-changing
decision
takes as much knowledge
as you can gather, plus determination and patience.
Take your time working it
out. Don’t let anyone rush
you.
LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct.
22) You should be back on
schedule and heading in
the right direction after
clearing up a misunderstanding. But there could
be some setbacks. If so, fix
them immediately.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to
Nov. 21) A business matter
keeps you busy, but try to
squeeze in time to be with
family as well as close
friends. You need good vibrations you get from people who care for you.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22
to Dec. 21) Investing in an
attractive prospect (business or personal) with little or no information can
be risky. Avoid future
problems by getting all
the facts before you act.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22
to Jan. 19) Someone close
to you might have an unexpected reaction to a decision you feel you’re
prepared to make. Listen
to his or her point of view.
It could prove to be surprisingly helpful.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to
Feb. 18) Don’t give up yet.
That once warm, personal
relationship that seems to
be cooling off fast could
recover with some tender,
loving care, and who better than you to provide it?
PISCES (Feb. 19 to
March 20) Career matters
are strong this week. You
might want to enter a
training program to enhance your skills. Also,
consider getting professional help in preparing a
brilliant resume.
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A child’s penetrating question: ‘How old are you?’
O
ne of my grandchildren asked me
quite a penetrating question this
week. Everybody knows how perceptive these little people are, especially when they are around big people.
I am all for questions and answering
questions and that sort of thing. Sometimes, however, the question crosses the
wrong line.
“Grandpa,” one of the little people
asked, “how old are you?”
One thing I have adhered to throughout life is to always tell the truth, which
has been a great challenge.
Before I was married, there was no
problem about always telling the truth.
I always got in trouble if I did not tell
the truth and so my practice has been to
always tell the truth, no matter how difficult it might be and no matter who it
might hurt.
Then I got married. Growing up I did
not have much interaction with people
of the opposite sex. Actually, they made
me nervous every time I was around
them. What do you say? What do you
talk about? After all, girls are not boys.
After being married for several years,
I was presented with a question I was in
no way prepared for. We were going to a
banquet and just before leaving the
house, my wife looked at me and said,
“Does this dress make me look too fat?”
Where was my father when this question was posed? He never prepared me
for such questions.
I really did not know what to say.
Out to Pastor
Rev. James Snyder
Truth, as everybody knows, can be relative, especially when you are related to
the one who was asking you the question. When it comes to clothing and
fashions, I am completely outclassed.
After I got over being stunned by this
question posed to me by my wife, a wonderful thought hit me. I looked at her
and simply said, “I don’t know about
that, but your hair looks beautiful.”
“Oh,” she said with a smile dancing
all over her face, “thank you.”
Enough said.
Getting back to the question of the little person, I had to ponder for quite a
while. How old am I, really?
I am not sure I can really answer that
kind of a question. It all depends upon
your definition of old. When I was in my
20s, someone my current age I consider
old. Now that I am this age, I have a different understanding of the word old.
How old a person is, has nothing to do
with the year of his or her birth. The
one thing my father did tell me about
people of the opposite sex is, “Never
ask a woman her age.” To the best of my
knowledge, I have kept to that standard.
“So, grandpa,” the curious little person asked, “how old are you?”
When you have a little person whose
age is still in the single digits how do
they know anything about age? Most of
these little people are most anxious to
reach that birthday where their age is
double digits. You realize, single digits
only last for nine years and double digits lasts the rest of your life!
This little person looked at me with
curiosity all over her face, when a marvelous and wonderful thought danced
into my cranium. I then responded,
“Well, I am not as old as your grandma.”
For the time being, that satisfied that
little slice of curiosity. I quickly excused
myself because I was quite certain the
little person was going to approach her
grandma with that question and I did
not want to be in the room.
With all of the fads and the trends
today toward looking younger what is a
person to do. When young we want to
look old and when a person gets to some
magical age, they want to look young.
What is the right age?
Looking back over my life, I do not
know any year I would like to repeat. I
certainly do not want to be a teenager
again. I remember those teenage years
and I was so glad to get out of that age
group. My 20s were not any better, except it was during my 20s that I met the
person who later became the Gracious
Mistress of the Parsonage. Those were
good years.
Then when I got into my 30s, little
people started coming into our house.
They arrived about 18 to 20 months
apart and stopped when the number
reached three. Three is a good number.
I certainly do not want to go back to
that time when little people were roaming throughout the house day and night.
I certainly do not want to go back to the
time when those little people became
teenagers. The roughest thing about
having teenagers is that it is payback for
when you were a teenager. That is why
as a grandpa, I smile benignly as I
watch my children trying to parent their
teenagers.
What I would like to do is remind
those parents of what life was like for
me when they were teenagers. It is wonderful being a grandfather who always
gets the last laugh.
David understood this when he
wrote, “Now also when I am old and
greyheaded, O God, forsake me not;
until I have showed thy strength unto
this generation, and thy power to every
one that is to come” (Psalms 71:18).
I am not old; I am just mature for my
age.
Rev. James L. Snyder is pastor of the
Family of God Fellowship, PO Box
831313, Ocala, FL 34483. He lives with
his wife, Martha, in Silver Springs
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www.jamessnyderministries.com.
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There will be cold readings from the script at the
audition. You will be asked to demonstrate the ability
to perform simple dance steps. Please wear comfortable clothing and shoes – either dance shoes or
closed-toed shoes. No sandals, flip-flops, or open-toed
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It is only necessary to attend one night of auditions.
Newcomers and theatre veterans alike are welcome
and encouraged to audition. If you are unable to attend the scheduled auditions, please contact the Theatre to make a separate appointment. Copies of the
script are available at the Theatre and may be
checked out for one week with a $10 refundable deposit. Scripts checked out the week before auditions
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Rehearsals will be held at the Theatre beginning
Monday, March 30 at 7:00 p.m. and are generally held
Monday through Friday from 7:00-10:00 p.m. Please
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port a Medicaid expansion plan fully funded by the
federal government, but he would oppose the use of
state funds to resolve the LIP problem.
House leaders are proceeding as though the LIP
funding will remain. The state agency official in
charge of Medicaid, who is negotiating with the federal folks, said it would be reasonable to assume that
hundreds of millions in LIP monies are at risk.
The state senate will be looking at a proposal to use
federal Medicaid funds to set up an alternative expansion that would provide premium assistance to eligible Floridians for use in the private insurance
market. That plan, called “A Healthy Florida Works,”
would extend coverage to those earning less than 138
percent of the federal poverty level who are not currently eligible through Medicaid. It would, however,
require payment of a monthly premium and choice of
coverage through a “self-sustaining, private insurance
marketplace.” The plan would “promote personal accountability” by requiring enrollees to show proof of
employment, job training or pursuit of education.
Even if the proposed plan is passed by this Legislature and signed by the governor, the problem isn’t
solved. As we have seen with other programs, helping
people enroll will be a must-do. Existence of assistance does not necessarily equal real access to it.
Providing or withholding funding is a time-tested
way of getting people to do as you wish. It’s playing out
in Florida in a big way, at multiple levels. Unfortunately, those who need the help most are pawns in this
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at 7 p.m. at Ocala Civic Theatre.
Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle is selling violets
outside Covent Garden in Edwardian London when
phonetics professor Henry Higgins hears her dreadful accent. “Why can’t the English teach their children
how to speak?” Higgins laments, declaring that in six
months, he could turn Eliza into a lady by teaching
her to speak properly. Tempted by the “loverly” idea
of a comfortable life, Eliza accepts, and Higgins, aided
by his friend Colonel Pickering, gives her speech lessons to pass her off in high society.
With gorgeous songs like “I Could Have Danced All
Night,” “On the Street Where You Live,” “The Rain In
Spain,” “Get Me To the Church On Time,” “With a Little Bit of Luck,” and “I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her
Face,” the wonderfully witty score sparkles brilliantly
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