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Title: Glades County Democrat
Alternate Title: Democrat
Physical Description: Newspaper
Language: English
Publisher: Glades Pub. Co.
Place of Publication: Moore Haven Fla
Creation Date: February 9, 2006
Frequency: weekly
regular
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Subjects / Keywords: Newspapers -- Moore Haven (Fla.)   ( lcsh )
Newspapers -- Glades County (Fla.)   ( lcsh )
Genre: newspaper   ( marcgt )
newspaper   ( sobekcm )
Spatial Coverage: United States -- Florida -- Glades -- Moore Haven
Coordinates: 26.834167 x -81.096111 ( Place of Publication )
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Additional Physical Form: Also available on microfilm from the University of Florida.
Dates or Sequential Designation: Began in 1922.
Numbering Peculiarities: Vol. 8, no. 12 (June 21, 1929) issue misdated 1920.
General Note: Editors: R.B. Child, <1926>; Keathley Bowden, <1929>.
General Note: Description based on: Vol. 5, no. 29 (Sept. 24, 1926).
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Resource Identifier: aleph - 000358007
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Moore Haven, Fla. Thursday, February 9, 2006 Volume 79, Number 34


At a Glance

Buckhead Ridge
VFW plans dinner
The Buckhead Ridge VFW
Post 9528 will hold their annu-
d al corned beef dinner on Sun-
Sday, March 12 dinner is served
from 12:30 3 p.m. Music by
Don and Kim from 3 p.m. to 7
p.m. Donation $7. Bring your
Irish friends and join us for a
great day of fun. Buckhead
Ridge VFW is on S.R.78 West,
Okeechobee

Meet the Artists
Come meet your favorite
local artist on Feb. 11 at the
Glades County Public Library!
Visitors \\ill have an opportu-
nity to meet seven local artists
at the etent, featuring Sue
Corbin, Diane Strickland, Deb-
bie Conley'. Ar.ana Schoe-
mer, Sandy Lundy, Dolores
Duncan and Tony Regn. Corne
see the arltiss at the library at
201 Riverside Dr. S.W Moore
Haven. The event is spon-
sored by the Glades County
Library Advisory Board. For
more information, please call
the library at (863) 946-0744.'

Youth Pageant
The Washington Park
Pageant Committee is getting
ready for their 2006 youth pag-
eant, anyone who is interested
in participating in the youth
pageant this year please pick,
: up your application form from
Pat Brown 186.3. 916-0694 or
Sharon Smith i86316-286i .

Chicken and
biscuit dinner
Buckhead Ridge Voiunteer
Fire Department Ladies Auxil-
iary chicken and biscuit din-
ner, Saturday, Feb 25 from 11
a.m. to .3 p.m. at the Fire
Department on Highway 7.S in
Buckhead Ridge Eat in or take
a\a\y Chicken, biscuit drink
and dessert is $6. For more
information call (863) 467-
0173.

Black Gold Festival
The annual Black Gold Fes-
tival in Belle Glade will take
place April 8. Festivities will
begin with the 10 a.m. parade
down Main Sireet. Entries in
the parade must show up by
8:30 a.m. For. more informa-
tion, call (561) 996-2298
Applications are available at
the Belle Glade Chamber of
Commerce.

Chihuahua races
As part of the annual Black
Gold Jubilee, the annual Chi-
huahua races are also sched-
uled for April 8. Race time is
expected to begin at 2 p.m. All
entries must have a clearance
exam by Doctor Noelle Saved-
off, which are free of charge to
all contestants. Race check-in
begins at 1 p.m. For further
details, contact Doc Savvy at
(561) 996-5500..

Lake Level

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Index

Classifieds . .19-23
Obituaries . . .2
Opinion ..........4
Police ............. 5
School ... .9
Sports ....... .14-15
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County s future envisioned


Community members
draw up wish list

What will the future hold for
Glades County? Approximately
35 people gathered for the first
public workshop in the Glades
County Visioning Process on,
Feb. 2 at the Doyle Connor
Building in Moore Haven. They
expressed a love:for the natural
beauty of Glades County and a


desire to preserve the county's
ecological treasures while pro-
moting growth.
Wendell Taylor, County,
Administrator, and .Wayhe
'Aldrich, Superintendent of
Schools, gave presentations
providing background infor rna-
tion on current conditions in the
County. Following the presenta-
tions, participants discussed
what they treasured ab':,iit
Glades County and then their


Festival: Rain, rain go away


desires for' the future of the Although. each community is chobee and Glades-- are con-
Countn. unique, broad-based support ducting visioning processes to
- The second workshop will for economic progress is a con- establish short and long-range
be on March 6 at the Doyle Con- stant, unifying theme. In 20014, priorities for their counties.
nor Building in Moore Haven two of the counties in the Heart- Florida's Heartland Rural
from 6 to 9 p m The third \ rk- land region Hard6 and Deso- Economic Development Initia-
shop will be on April 3 from 6 to to Counties completed long- tive (FHREDI) is iN orkirig with
9 p.in. at the American Legion range plans with assistance the Florida Department of Com-
Hali in Ml:.oi Haienr. from the. Federal Emergency munity Atfairs, to sponsor the
Glades Count, is part of Management Agency and oth- visioning processes in the four
Florida's Heaitland, a region ,ers. Now, the other the four counties. FHREDI is an organi-
thalt rincompasses six south other counties; in the region -,
central Florida counties. Highlands, Hendr,, Okee- See Vision- Page 12





Save our


Uj Creeks, Inc.
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Subminted lo INI/'Barbara Oehlbeck
The site of.this year's Ortona Cane-Grinding Festivaw would have. included the.beautiful
outdoor area of Larry Luckey Indian Mound Park. bufalas, Mother Nature wolId scatter
the festivities indoors.
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LasI year's weather, ana me year Derore, ana me year Derore, ana so on, and so on, was
beautiful, but this year's fun would be drowned out.

No rain for 27 years, but then...


By Barbara Oehlbeck
ORTONA Last Saturday,
the first Saturday in February,
was the appointed day for the
Cane Grinding Festival as it is
every year. And it did take place,
albeit not quite the same. Rain!
Lotsa rain, hour after hour. And
the earth itself had a hard time
of soaking up all the water, thus
puddle ponds wandered off in
all directions.
However, the pork steaks
and the chicken were barbe-
cued to perfection as usual,


huge potatoes were baked, the
slaw was fresh and tasty, the
rolls were hot, the tea was cold
and the coffee was good, strong
and hot. And there were some
who bought pork steak and
chicken that were left over in
addition to their boxed dinners.
There were no vendors, no
cane grinding as such, but the
dessert hut was alive and well
and the Ortona desserts were
better than ever. ('Specially the
chocolate cheesecake and key
lime pie.) One customer at the
hut was overheard saying,


"Well, the rain didn't hurt these
desserts atall." -
It is believed that almost all
those who bought advance tick-
ets simply showed up and took
their barbecue dinner home
with them. While it's not been
adequately explained the
Ortona Festival's dinners-have a
way of remaining hot an uncan-
ny length of time. Of course
some few others appeared and
they, too, took their dinners
home. A few did take their din-
See Festival Page 12


By Barbara Oehlbeck
PALMDALE Fishealing
- Creek is one of the most beauti-
ful places on earth and tlo~ s
mostly through Glades County.
This creek, 0o er 50 miles long, is
within a state- cned \\ildJe ness
management area and is one of
the onl\ parts of th- E \ei glades
watershed that is essentliall p is-
tine and natural
As huge battles loom over
ho\\ to best restore the Eei-
glades, such as the recent snugu-
gles regarding release of excess
water from Lake Okeechobee
into the Caloosahatchee Riler,
Fisheating Creek is the
untouched jewel-of this system.
The organization Save Our
Creeks, Inc %\as formed to pro-
tect Fisheating Creek and is the
organization that was instru-
mental in having Fisheating
Creek acquired by the state and
opened to the public. Save Our
Creeks is alive and well, and is
now actively seeking more
members to help carry out its
goals of saving our. creeks.
Presently there are 18 life mem-
bers. The life membership fee is
$75. There are also over 30 rnem.
bers who pay annual dues of $10
per person c0 family The current
president is Ellen Peterson, suc-


ceeding Becky Hendry w-ho was
made a member ol the board
emeritus. Other officers are
Butch Jones. Vice President, and
Dr. Harris Friedrnan, Secretary.
Save Our Creeks will hold a
meeting Saturday, Feb. 18 at 10
a.m at the Fisheating Creek
Campground at Palmdale The
purpose of this meeting is to
expand the number of board
members, to elect a treasurer
due to the resignation of the pre-
Vious treasurer, to conduct new
business for the organization,
such as to consider helping \with
the restoration of the Cypress
Knee Museum and to address-
threats to the creek itself. The
public.isin~ied... -
Save Our Creeks is not only
an organization involved in pro-
tecting Fisheating Creek. but it
also looks further, its successful
efforts with Fisheating Cieek
gave Save Our Creeks legal
standing not only in the settle-
ment agreement governing
Fishealing Creek, but aiso the
legal authority to participate in
saving other endangered envi-
ronments. It has been named as
an interested party in numerous
legal actions pursued by Friends
Of The Earth to protect other
See Creek-- Page 12


Students take



time for birds


By Barbara Oehlbeck
Thanks to the Principal of
West Glades School, Larry
Luckey II, and members of the
teaching staff, the students in
that Glades County School are
learning every day about
some of the characteristics
that make the county what it
is.
For instance the incompa-
rable birds that fly in our sky,
that swim in the waterways,
that chirp and sing from day-
light to darktime.
This month West Glades
students were given the
opportunity to express their
feelings in a poster competi-


tion about the birds in con-
junction with the Big 0 Bird-
ing Festival. And the winners
are!
The Grand Prize Winner
for 1st grade in the county is
Josue DeSantiago, and anoth-
er Grand Prize Winner for 1st
Grade/county is Alejandro
Carrillo, while the Grand Prize
Winner for the 5th
grade/county is Maria Reyes.
1st place winners, 2nd
grade are Linda Santiago and
Jocelyn West.
1st place winner for 1st
grade Victoria Maciel.
2nd place winners, 2nd
See Brids- Page 12


'The lake was clean then'


Edited by MaryAnn Morris
Editor's note: From 1977 until
her death in 2003, Independent
Newspapers of Florida was priv-
ileged to have on staff a superb
writer and historian, Twila
Valentine. Mrs. Valentine wrote
much about the history of the
people and places around Lake
Okeechobee and about the lake
itself. Together with Okee-
chobee's Betty Williamson,
President of the Okeechobee
Historical Society, she co-
authored a book, now in its sec-


Recollections
A series about Florida's
pioneers and history




W i
ond printing, "Strolling down
Country Roads." We will be dip-
ping back into some of these sto-


ries from time to time as we are
now with an interview with Mrs.
Mertie Van de Velde dated
November 1988 when Mrs. Van
de Velde was 84 years old.
Mrs. Va de Velde remem-
bered:
"There was so much wildlife
in Buckhead Ridge. Ducks and
more ducks. We would go out
and they would be floating on
the water, just covering acres.
You'd just fire into them and
See History-Page 12


Special to INI/Tommy Markham
Fisheating Creek, Near Lakeport where Mrs. Van de Velde
lived is scenic, but subject to floating hyacinths


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Obituaries


Rebecca Parker Dunn
Rebecca Parker Dunn, age 80,
passed away Feb. 6, 2006, after a
long illness.. She was born in
Athens, Ky., on March 27, 1925,
and came to Florida in the 1970s.
She lived in Clewiston. While in
Florida she won the Chef Tails
cooking contest and was known
in Clewiston for donating quilts
to help remodel the Clewiston
Library.
Mrs. Dunn is survived by her
husband of 62 years, Talton;
three sons: Talton Dunn of Ten-
nessee, Brad "Joe" Dunn of
Clewiston and Bucky of Annapo-
lis, Md.; two daughters: Joan
Powers of Peterboro, Ontario,
Canada and Jackie Ellis of
Rochester Hill, Mich.; 15 grand-
children and eight great-grand-
children. Services will be in Lex-
ington; Ky. Akin-Davis Funeral
-Home was,.in charge of local
arrangements.
Bobby Fry Paige
Bobby Fry' Paige, age 79, of
Clewiston, passed away Feb. 3,
2006 in Clewiston. He was born
April, 9, 1926 in Okeechobee to
Stephen Cranford Paige and Kato
(Fry) Paige. He served during
World War II in the Na\y. He was
a member of Okeechobee Lodge
237 F & AM, Lake Worth Scottish
Rite Valley of Lake Worth Scot -
tish Rite Bodies, Bahia Shriners-
Orlando, Okeechobee Chapter
128 Order of the Eastern Star and
Hendry County Cattleman's
Association, Lodge 1853 B.P.O.E,
in Clewiston and the American
Legion. He was instrumental and
active with the formation of the'
Clewiston Athletic Association.
Survivors include his wife: Mar-
jorie Christine (Snell) Paige, son:
William Stephen and Kathy Paige
of Clewiston, and grandchildren
Matthew Paige and Cassi Paige,
all of Clewiston. A graveside
funeral service took place Mon-
day, Feb 6., 2006 at 11 a.m. at
Ortona Cemetery in Ortona with
Chaplain Bob Moore officiating.
The family suggests Memori-
als to the Hope Hospice in
Clewiston. ': '
All arrangements by Akin-
Davis Funeral Home -Clewiston.
Wayne Wilkins
Wayne Wilkens, age 75, of
.Clewiston, passed away Jan. 11,
2006 in Cape Coral.
He was born Sept. 5, 1930 in
Alex, OK, to the late Rufus Amar.
Wilkins married Betty Jean
Keechl. He served during WWII
in the Navy and was a Member,
Past Master, and current Secre-
tary of Sugarland Lodge, 281 F &
AM, former instructor West Tech
at Belle Glade, former member
B.P.O.E. at Belle Glade, member
of Lake Okeechobee Scottish
Rite Club, member Valley of Ft.
Myers Scottish Rite Bodies, U.S.
Navy Ret. He was a sailor.
Survivors include his wife
Betty Jean (Keechl) Wilkins, two
sisters: Noelia Haynes of Hous-


ton, TX, Wanzell Shipman of
Abeliene, TX and one brother:
Jerry Wilkins of Chickasha, OK;
step-son Robert Todd of Tampa,
FL; step-son Paul Todd of Ger-
many; step-daughter Stephanie
L. Parker of Gainesville, FL; step-
daughter Shirley Prince of Loris,
SC; grandson, Wayne Wilkins of
Chickasha, OK; grandson Jermy
Wilkins of Chickasha, OK; grand-
daughter Charity E. Brown of
Gainesville, FL; great- grandchild,
Jahanna Wilkins of Chickasha,
OK. He was preceded in death by
his son, Steve Wilkins.
Memorial services were held
Saturday, Jan. 14, 2006 at 10 a.m.
at Akin-Davis Funeral Home,
Clewiston. Interment took place
Monday, Jan. 16, 2006 in Ft.
Myers Crematory Service. All
arrangements by- Akin-Davis
Funeral-Home-Clewiston.
Elmer G. Close
Elmer G. Close, 82, died
Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2006 in Bear
Beach. The service was held at
Presbyterian Church in Tallahas-
see, with burial at Roselawn
Cemetery. Family received
friends at Bevis Funeral Home.'
A native of Bear Beach, he
served in the WWII as a lieu-
tenant in the U.S. Army Air
Corps. He met and married the
love of his life, Leola McCul-
lough, in 1949 and went to grad-
uate from the University of Flori-
da with a doctorate degree in
economics. He was a member of
the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity
and the Grand Guard of the Uni-
versity of Florida Department of
Agricultural where he worked to
establish farmer's markets
throughout Florida. He was an
adjunct professor at Auburn Uni-
versity, where he worked to
establish farmer's markets and
programs for marketing the agri-
cultural products of northeast
Alabama. He retired from Flori-
da's Department of Agricultural
as the assistant director of the
division of marketing, where he
worked to establish markets for
Florida's agricultural products in
Europe and the Caribbean.
Upon retiring, he and his wife
returned to his family home in
Glades County. He served 12
years on the Glades County
School Board ineluding- serving,
as its chairman. While living in
Glades CoQty heggjoyed partic-
ipating in the county sheriff's citi-
zen patrol program with his wife.
Survivors include a sister Mil-
dred Reynolds of Covington, LA;
a brother, Boyd W. 'Close of
Crawfordville; two daughters,
Sarah Close of Tallahassee and
Holly Foote of Sanford, N.C.;
three sons, George, Dennis and
Raleigh Close, all.of Tallahassee;
and three grandchildren, Jacque-
lirie, Rachel, and Madison Close,
all of Tallahassee. He was pre-
ceded in death by his loving wife
of 56 years, Leola; a daughter,
Sharon and his parents, Charles
and Lela Close.


Submitted to INI
Pet of the Week winner
Belle Glade's Michael Mock is the proud owner of, left to
right, Vorlon, Okuma, Icarus, Arrakis, and Ghanima. And
more so than anything else, maybe it's time to give Doc
Savvy and her staff at Doc Savvy's Animal Hospital a full
challenge, so we present all five dogs as this week's
Pet(s) of the Week winner. Good luck Doc! If you have
any interesting photos of your pet, or apparently pets,
submit them to me at myoung@newszap.com for a
chance to win your pet a day at the spa, sponsored by
Doc Savvy's Animal Hospital in Belle Glade. Doc Savvy
can be reached at (561) 996-5500.


Engagements


Denault -
Cestona
Mrs. Diane Denault of Clewis-
ton,' Florida. announces the
engagement of her daughter,
Debra Ann, to Edward Cestona,
son of Eduardo and Hoilie Ces-
tona of Sunrise, Florida. The bride
to be graduated from Clewviston
High School in 2001. She received
her Bachelor's degree in Business
from the University of Central
Florida in December of 2005. She
presently is an administrative
assistant with Dream Find in
Orlando. Debra is also the daugh-
ter of the late John Denault of
Clewiston, Florida. The prospec-
tive groom is a 1999 graduate of
Clewiston High School, and he
received his Bachelor's degree in
Computer Science from the Uni-
versity of Central Florida in
December of 2003. He is a soft-
ware engineer with Lockheed
Martin in Orlando, Florida. A Feb.
11 wedding is planned at Hope
Lutheran Church in Orlando.
Frederick-
Arnett
Oswald Amos and Annie
Arnett of Belle Glade would like to
announce the engagement of
their grandchild Ronelda Freder-
ick to Tyron Arnett. Ronelda is the
daughter of the late Cecilia Freder-
ick and Ronald Frederick.
Tyron is the son of Larry Den-
nard and the late Iriez Arnett.
Ms. Frederick is a 1995 gradu-
ate of Glades Central High School.
She has a Bachelor's degree in
Org. Management and MBA.
Ronelda is employed w ith the
Department of Children'and Fami-
lies as an Economic Self-Sufficien-


Sugar Realty becomes Miss Sugar sponsor,

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Submined to INIi
Ronelda J. Frederick
Ronelda Frederick and Tyron
Arnett
cy Specialist.
Mr. Arnett is a 1990 graduate of
Glades Central High School he
has a B.S. degree and is currently
working on his Masters degree.
Tyron is a Site Director for ACS
Youth Services. Ronelda and
Tyron became engaged Jan. 1,
2005 and are to be wed Saturday,
April 5 in Belle Glade


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Special to Independent Newspapers of Florida/
Marion Post Wolcott, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Looking Back
The old cobbler was photographed by Marion Post Wolcott
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would Jesus drive?


By Pastor John Hicks
First United Methodist Church
What would Jesus drive? Hardly
a theological question that comes
to mind for most of us, but a Christ-
ian environmentalist group has
dedicated a whole Web site to it
(WhatWouldJesusDrive.org). They
have bumper stickers and every-
thing. .
It is true that if you check the
Bible, you will find a number of ref-
erences to drivers and cars. For
example, we're told that the apos-
tles were all in one Accord, and that
Joshua's Triumph' was heard
throughout the land. (Must've
-'needed a new muffler!) Adam and
Eve %were driven out of the Garden
of Eden in a Fury. Moses, warning
the people not to go up to the
mountain, got Dodge Ram tough,
: sounding the "ram's horn," thereby
keeping the people away.
So, what would Jesus drive?
Would it be a cross-country SUV or
a more fuel-friendly compact? The
Christian environmentalists go
throughout the country posing that
question to anyone who will listen.
I actually think it's a moot point,
because I found out this week that
Jesus Christ can't get a driver's
license.
I know this because he applied
for one in West Virginia, and the
Department of Motor Vehicles flatly
turned him down. There's no sov-
ereignty for Jesus Christ if he lives in
the sovereign state of West Virginia.
The West Virginia Jesus Christ
was born Peter Robert Phillips Jr.
Currently living in Washington,
D.C., he changed his name to Jesus
Christ some 15 years ago. He
claims that the name change was
made to honor the Jesus of the
Bible in whom he has personal
faith.
So now Jesus Christ has a U.S.
passport, a Social Security number,
but no license in West Virginia. The
35th state would not grant Jesus









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Christ a slate identification because
Phillips had not been able to legally
change his name from that written
on his Florida birth certificate. A
District of Columbia judge denied
the legal change several years ago,
citing Scriptures and suggesting
that adopting the name "Jesus
Christ" might be blasphemous,
Potentially resulting in significant
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reactions.
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familiar WWJD question--"What
Would Jesus Do?" apparently
one answer is, Jesus wouldn't
drive. At least not in West Virginia.
But the Jesus Chrtist bf Nazareth
had sometfihng' thatthe JeofIDC
does not. *-,'
JC of, DC might not be able to
drive in West Virginia, but Jesus
Christ of Nazareth can drive, and
drive with power and authority -
divine power and divine authority!
He drives past the traditionalists of
His day, and He drives circles
around His enemies. And Jesus
drives into new territory chal-
lenging His disciples to follow.
He is led into the desert to be
tempted, but resists the devil and is
unscathed by the lure of sin. He
bids simple fishermen come follow
Him, and on the shoulders of these
unlikely individuals He establishes
His kingdom, which still endures
today. Jesus bests the religious
authoritarians of His day with His
teachings and dismisses demonic
powers with mere: words. Jesus
brings healing to the sick, hope to
the depressed, and peace in the
midst of storms.
And these aren't just past
accounts, of the historical Jesus.
What He did then, He does now.
. Jesus still drives and still drives with
divine power and authority. What
does Jesus drive? He drives your
heart and life if you let Him. Give
Him the steering wheel to your life
and the keys to your heart!





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Letters to the Editor


Take polluted water
and let it go south
Lake Okeechobee must flow
south into Sugarland. Not east,
not west, but south. A Jan. 12
news story quoted Big Sugars
Malcolm "Bubba" Wade saying,
"Flooding sugar fields not an
option."
Come on, guys, we could say,
"killing our estuary is not an
option." We aren't fighting major
pollution here. Shouldn't there be
some shared pain on sugar's
side? You have miles and miles of
sugar and we don't even need
sugar. Can't you take some of this
Okeechobee water on some of
your land to help us out here? We
are losing money and jobs now.
John Ostler
Stuart
Editor's note: The following
letter was printed in another pub-
lication, however, it is important
to allow our readers to under-
stand the mentality ofthe upcom-
ing battle. Even the editorial staff
of newspapers representing
areas west of, the lake have
jumped on the bandwagon of
accusing our agricultural com-
munities for their current crisis,
which has been well reported in
our own publications. I te report,
you decide.

Send growers packing
save our rivers, estuary
Big Sugar is the demon of Lake
Okeechobee, the St. Lucie River
and now the Caloosahatchee
River on the west coast. While I
believe sugar to be a major
source of the problem plaguing'
our local waterways and fisheries,
a recent letter complained about
tariffs on imported sugar from,
Brazil.
Tariffs on imported sugar, are
-how our constitution (which was
recently misquoted by a local
attorney says our. government
should be funded) you see our
founding fathers didn't think for-
eigners deserved the same bene-
fits as the citizens of this country.
A byproduct was that it saved our
jobs here at home. I know this is
not very popular now, since our
government seems to know the
constitution about as good as our
local attorney.
Big Sugar should get out of
South Florida, but not because of
tariffs on imported sugar. It
should be kicked out because it is
the only reasonable policy to,
restore the Everglades Agricultur-"
al Area and our local waterways
and fisheries. The editors of Flori-.
da Sportsman have been doing a
great job of explaining the envi-
ronmental issues in their maga-
zine and at times, the editorial
pages of this paper.
JeffGuertin
P, ort St. Lucie
Editor's note: The following_
letter was printed in another pub-
lication, however, it is important
to allow our readers the mentali-
ty of the upcoming battle. Even
the editorial staff of newspapers
representing areas west of the
lake have jumped on the band-
wagon of accusing our agricul-
tural communities for their cur-
rent crisis, which has been well
reported in our own publications.
We report, you decide.


Well, here we go again
Dearfeditor:
According to the Wednesday,
February 1, Okeechobee News,
the Florida Wildlife Commission
has doomed Lake Okeechobee.
That is, unless the citizens and vis-
itors around Lake Okeechobee
band together and bail it out. The
-News reports that the FWC ran
tests in specific areas of the lake
and came up with gloom and
doom results. They say that the
lack of the appropriate vegeta-
tion, forage fish and sport fish pro-
duction spells big trouble for the
lake. 'What they didn't tell you is
that those tests conducted in
.October 2005 was when the lake
level was close to 17 feet above
sea level.... three to five feet above
.a normal level of 12 to 14 feet.
Spread out over 730 square miles
of lake that is a great amount of
extra water for fish to spread out
in, along with their food sources.
No wonder their surveys and tests
came up short, huh? .It appears
that "Hot Dog" scientists and biol-
ogists sometimes have their
heads so full of the technical
aspects of what they learned in
books that they have lost good old
common sense about Mother
Nature. With so much water in
the lake, the fish migrated into the
shore grass and cattail patches
rather than occupy the open
water so much. Bass especially,
along with their food sources. I
calch lots of bass there and not
out in the open waters of the lake
\\here the FWC says it conducted
its trawl. I agree with them
though that better conservation is
required to improve what we
have but I don't go along with the
gloom and doom.
Let's get down to the real
problems affecting the lake,
which has propagated itself for
the last couple of decades. We
have four government agencies
now\ trying to control and manage
the lake and surrounding areas.
The FWC, the Army Corps of
Engineers, the South Florida
Water Management District and
the Environmental Agency. You
know what happens when four
go ernment agencies get togeth-
er...neither can agree with the
other. Of the four, SFWMD is only
interested in water management.
By their own admission they con-
sider Lake Okeechobee a water
reservoir only and don't care if
there is fish in it or not. They don't
'even recognize it as a recreational
sourceanymore..Next the Envi-
ronmental folks mess up things
by protesting every time the lake
gets above a certain level and
supposedly kills some weed or
moves a bird to a higher nesting
condo. Normally birds and other
animals have enough sense to
take care of their own and adjust
to changes. The FWC does have a
large task of satisfying everyone
but gets overloaded with techni-
calities and politics and common
sense gets lost in the process. The
Army Corps of Engineers is
tasked with the lake's monumen-
tal operation but is frustrated by
having to try to satisfy the other
three.,
FWC's Donald Fox said there
is no short-term solution! Really?
He should have been working on
that from the first day he was
assigned to this area. I agree with


him that the political wheel needs
to turn in favor of helping the
lake, though. As far as lake levels
are concerned, what should be
done is let the Army Corps of
Engineers alone and let them
keep the level at between 12 and
14 feet like they did 25 to 30 years
ago. Those of us that have been
around this lake for 50 plus years
can remember that policy which
allowed lots of vegetation and
clean filtered water by plant life
abounded. You could, actually
wade-fish anywhere on the lake
and see your feet on the bottom.
Another point.... the Ft. Myers
and Stuart areas wouldn't be
inundated with excess water
affecting their environments.
He mentioned the Crappie.
population. Well 730 square
miles of lake can produce a lot of
them but over fishing them, I
agree, can decimate the popula-
tion. Our northern visitors love
these fish! They take hundreds of
pounds back home each year in
freezers packed to the limit. FWC
is going to have to come up with
a better method of conservation
ior these fish in order for all of us
to enjoy them in the future. Right
now there is a 25 per person daily
limit, right? Wrong! Let's be real-
istic. You go out in the morning
and catch 25, bring them in,
clean and store in the freezer,
then take a short nap and go back
out in the afternoon for another
25 what happened to the daily
limit rule? Oh, and go back out at
night for another 25 per person?
Game Wardens would have to at
every access 24/7 to insure that
doesn't happen. Also, size limits
should be initiated. Any crappie
under 10 inches should be
returned to the lake. I have seen
them go in the live well 50-cent
.size and up. Oh, and about three
poles per person rather than as
many as one can get around the
boat. I have counted up to thirty-
five poles around a pontoon boat
with only two people in it.
The article mentioned the lake
becoming a mud hole. Everyone
wants to blame the recent hurri-
canes for all the take's woes.
Also, the agricultural areas to the
north of the lake. Well, the hurri-
canes did stir up the waters and
the agricultural interests do con-
tribute to some of the lake's cur-
rent coffee colored water out in
the open lake. But; none of the
government entities tell you
about periodic channel and.inter-,
coastal waterway dredging that
stirs up a lot of mud and with pre-
dominantly northeast, east and
.southeast winds we have had for
the past 2 or 3 years all that mud
comes into the North and West
shoes. There's no grass in the
outlying areas to filter that water"
like used to be when we had
hydrilla, grass and lily pad stands
about 8 to 10 years ago. Neither
do these agencies tell you about
the incessant spraying that has
gone on for the past decade or so.
They say this spraying is pro-
grammed to spray and kill the
nuisance weeds such as water
hyacinths and water lettuce.
That's a joke. The big reason that
there is a dangerous lack of the
appropriate vegetation for fish
bait to thrive in is that this chemi-
cal kills more than just those
types. Each day 15 to 20 airboats


depart from a facility on State
Road 721 to go out and spray.
They are under contract with the
State of Florida, permanently!
Also, in the last couple years they
have sprayed hundreds of acres
of cattails around the lake. One
of the largest areas is the north-
west corner around the Monkey
Box, The Hayfields, Moonshine
Bay and the North shore. The
cattails were sprayed by helicop-
ter and those cattails were not
bothering anything. Drive out
through there how and its Dead
Man's Land. They destroyed fish
bait habitats, bird nesting and alli-
gator nesting habitats. All this
incessant spraying killed vegeta-
tion, which sank to the bottom of
the area creating 18 to 24 inches
of decaying vegetative silt, which
turns to brown mud. You can't
see the bottom of the lake at all.
Try to find out why from the gov-
ernment agencies and you get
waffle-worded and high tech
answers for all that mess but no
common sense solutions. There
standard answer is, "I'll give you
the telephone number: of my
supervisor".
Now that multiple misman-
agement has prevailed, the agen-
cies are begging for citizen help,
which they should have been
soliciting all along. It's amazing
that government officials have a
tendency to think that the general
citizens know nothing until they
get in a bind. However, you
know what's even more amaz-
ing? All the merchants around
this lake depend largely upon
fisherpersons and tourists for the
success of their businesses yet let
these agencies dictate failing
management and do little about
it! They should band together all
around the lake in a strong mer-
chants force and get the politics
out of these four agencies and
demand sensible management
for the benefit of everyone. An
example of politics gone astray
was the Governor and his
entourage visiting Okeechobee,
walking g out on the pier and stal-
ing the fact that something has to
be done about Lake Okee-
chobee. Get real, Governor, look-
ing at one area of the. lake and
you know how to solve its prob-
lems? He's going to designate
$300 million for retention basins
for water excess. What a waste
of our tax money! And, mer-
chants just keep swallowing that
bunk antrgrumble a bit then go
on without taking the govern-
ment to task. Will they ever wake
up?
The only one in the article that
made common sense was Mr.
White, the guide, who has little
trouble finding fish for his clients.
I have kn6wn him for a time and
know that he knows this lake and
generally what ails it. Yet he, like
others of us that know where to
find them; always finds good fish-
ing for his clients. Funny how no
one ever taps the knowledge and
experience of those of us who
have watched this lake come and
go. Like the FWC said, your help
is needed. You tourist...if you
want to have a future of fishing in
Lake Okeechobee, better get
involved also.
Johnsie R. McGuire, Sr.


Pet Corner


Q: Dear Doc Savvy. Last week
was Groundhog Day, and it
seems that we are having six
more weeks of winter. Why is
the groundhog the choice ani-
mal to celebrate this day? Does
the groundhog have a special
intuitive sense to determine
weather predictions? Just Curi-
ous Doc, Jim .a
in Belle Glade.
A: Oh Jim ,
your going
make me do .
some .
research! And, .
it got me
thinking. Why
is it not Chi-
huahua Day? Doc
I'm sure my Savvy
Luigi could
cast an impressive shadow!
Okay, so here is what I found
out:
If Punxsutawney Phil sees his
shadow on Feb. 2 each year, we
are in for a long winter. Not that
meaningful here in sunny Flori-
da, but up north it's cause for
either sighs or cheers. Ground-
hog Day is an example of pre-
dicting the weather based on
folklore. The roots of Groundhog
Day goes back to 6th century
Germany. Feb. 2 is 40 days after
Christmas, and is known as Can-
dlemas Day. On this day, candles
were blessed by local clergy and
distributed to use for the rest of
the year. This tradition marked
the mid-point of winter, and was
the day to also predict how
much longer it would last. One
way to estimate winter's length
was to see how many candles
you needed to get you from Can-
dlemas day to spring. Another
way was to depend on a local
wildlife favorite the Hedge-


hpg! If the hedgehog saw his
shadow on Candlemas Day, it
would mean 40 more days of
winter. When German settlers
came to Pennsylvania, they
switched to the much more
prevalent Groundhog! Cool story
huh?
So, Punxsutawney Phil is a
beloved symbol of this tradition,
and happily lives in Punx-
sutawney Pa. He is said to be
correct at least 90 percent of the
time. Is he intuitive? Well maybe,
90 percent is pretty good guess-
ing in my book! Not only have I
learned about Groundhog Day,
but now can spell Punx-
sutawney too! Thanks for the
challenge! Best wishes, Doc
Savvy
Q: Dear Doc Savvy. Hello my
name is Ian, and I want to buy a
teacup poodle for my wife this
Valentine's Day. I have heard
countless stories of how much
money is spent on a teacup
breed, and the end result is a lot
bigger than what is expected.
How do I know for sure I will be
getting a teacup?
A: Ian I think I am about to
ruin your day. I don't think there
is a way to guarantee a teacup.
Even if both parents are teacups,
there is a one-in-four chance
yours will be full grown. Teacup
breeds are in high demand and
are very expensive. Teacups are
a genetic roll of the dice. What
you are paying for is the high
probability of getting one -
about 75 percent. Some breed-
ers offer a puppy exchange if you
are not happy with your puppy.
By the time you figure out teacup
or not, your hooked and an
exchange is out of the question.
So, consider this Ian. Take
your wife to the pound to adopt


the pup of her choice. This way
shots and neutering are a pack-
age deal. You will save anywhere
from $500 to $800, and will be
giving a homeless pet a second
chance. Either way, hope it all


works out! Keep me posted! Doc
Savvy
E-mail your pet questions to
DocSawy@aol.com and check
out your answers weekly in The
Pet Corner.


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Thursday, February 9, 2006 Serving the communities south of Lake Okeechobee


Residents speak out about crime Crime
Stoppers


By Jose Jesus Zaragoza
BELLE GLADE Residents in
Belle Glade say they are tired of
the rise in criminal activities in
their neighborhoods. With sud-
den spikes in robberies affecting
them, a number of the home-
owners presented their issue to
the Belle Glade City Commission
at Monday night's meeting and
asked that something be done to
remedy the problem.
Citing the fact that the depart-
ment has had to contend with
numerous vacancies over the
course ofthe last few months, the
speakers said that the city should
begin to invest more in its polic-
ing services or contract with the
sheriff's office for the services.
"No one is here to bash Chief


Dowdell, we're here to say he
needs help," said Sherrie Dulany,
a former city commissioner and
resident of the northeast section
of town one of the sections hit
by the recent rash of burglaries.
According to Ms. Dulany, most of
her neighbors had been directly
affected by the robberies, with
the crimes taking hold of much of
the northeast section.
"There are not enough offi-
cers," said Ms. Dulany. "That's
not his (Chief Dowdell's) fault."
In complaining about the cur-
rent condition of the police
department and the lack of offi-
cers there -with the department
struggling to hire back a fully-
staffed force the residents
placed blame on the city for not
offering officers the kind of pay
that can keep them in the Glades.


Most agreed that the troubles
could not be placed squarely on
the shoulders of the chief. Frank
Mayo, who is running in the
March elections for a seat on the
city commission, said, "I don't
blame Chief Dowdell. Why has
that gentleman not been given
the money," to hire qualified offi-
cers?
As the city looked the next day
at possibly annexing several
heavily populated areas of land
into the city, the residents won-
dered whether it would have the
police force to patrol the new
areas sufficiently..
"Crime does not discrimi-
nate," said Mayor Steve Wilson.
"We are going to do anything and
everything possible to resolve
this."
The mayor proposed the cre-


ation of a task force to specialize
in addressing policing issues,
including acting as an advisory
board to the council on remedy-
ing the current situation of the
police department. The commit-
tee, the mayor said, would be ide-
ally made up of a mixture of the.
city's population.
"You're saying some good
things," said Mayor Wilson, who
added that his own home had
also been broken into at least
three times. "If you want to enter-
tain the thought .of sheriff, put
that in there. I think we can get
through this as a community."
The commissioners voted
unanimously for the creation of
the board, and will return at a
future meeting with recommen-
dations .on appointments to that
board.


Illegal alien investigation continues


Sheriff Ronnie Lee has
announced that on Feb. 3 the
Hendry County Sheriff's Office
Criminal Investigations Division
was notified by the Glades County
Sheriff's'Office Investigation Divi-
sion of a transportation/trafficking
illegal aliens investigation that
was being conducted in Glades
County.
The subject was holding illegal
aliens and was going to exchange
the illegal aliens for $1,000 a


piece. The delivery of the illegal
aliens was to occur at the La Fies-
ta located on State Road 29,
Hendry County.
The Hendry County Sheriff's
Office Criminal Investigations
Division and HCSO Road Patrol
Division, Glades County Sheriff's
Office Criminal Investigations
Division with Glades County Road
Patrol Division conducted surveil-
lance at the La Fiesta.
At approximately 2:40 a.m., a


vehicle that contained four illegal
aliens and a driver and a passen-
ger arrived at the La Fiesta. One of
the illegal aliens was able to get
out of the vehicle when the vehi-
cle was approached by law
enforcement officers from
Hendrv and Glades County Sher-
iff's Offices. The vehicle contain-
ing tw\o subjects and the three ille-
gal aliens left the scene. Hendry
County Sheriff's Office Criminal
Investigations Division and Road


Patrol Division conducted a car
pursuit and vehicle was stopped
at County Road 78 and State Road
29. The driver, Jeovanie Garcia,
age 22, and the passenger Fernan-
do Perez, 25, were taken into cus-
todywithout incident.
The FBI and Border Patrol
were notified and responded to
the Hendry Couinty Sherifl's
Office. The federal authorities
detained all illegal aliens. Investi-
gation continues.


Crime Stoppers of Palm Beach
County needs the help of the
community to help locate a want-
ed fugitive as of Feb. 2, 2006.
His name is Antonio Morgan,
Jr. he is
described as a
black male,
D.O.B: May 29,
1965. He is 5
feet 9 inches
tall and weighs
155 pounds -
he has black
hair and
brown eyes.
His last Antonlo
known Morgan, Jr.
address is
Annona Ave., Pahokee. He is
wanted for felony violation of
probation, possession of cocaine
with intent to sell; resisting officer
with violence. If you should have
any information or know the
whereabouts of Antonio Morgan,
Jr., please call Crime Stoppers at
(800) 458-TIPS (8477). You may
remain anonymous and could be
eligible for a cash reward.


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announced that Sugar Realty will
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Miss Sugar Pageant.
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to partner with us and provide
major sponsorship will allow us
to take this event to the next
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ing and we'll also have major
improvements in our Miss Sugar
Festival Pageant Booklet."
Ms. Kelley also indicated that
the support from Sugar Realty
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improvements in the future
years. She added, "How wonder-
ful it is to have Sugar Realty spon-
soring the Miss Sugar Pageant.
Their participation will allow us
to make significant improve-


ments in our pageant and, of
course, the contestants reap the
benefits."
This year's Miss Sugar
Pageant will take place Saturday,
April 8 at John Boy Auditorium
and hopeful contestants have
until Feb. 16 to sign up for the
event.


Entry forms are available at
Clewiston High School, Clewis-
ton Public Library and the
Clewiston Chamber of Com-
merce. Contestants and their par-
ents must bring the completed
form to a mandatory parent
meeting at. the Clewiston Inn at 7
p.m. on Feb. 16.


Assistance with big money for college


BELLE GLADE One hour
can mean big money for college-
bound students when they attend
Florida's first College Goal Sunday,
Feb. 19 from 2-4 p.m. at the Dolly
Hand Cultural Arts Center at Palm
Beach Community College's Belle
Glade location.
College Goal Sunday is a free
event to assist college-bound stu-
dents and their families in filling
out the Free Application for Feder-
al Student Aid (FAFSA).
The FAFSA can be intimidating,
and research shows this is espe-
cially true for first-generation and
minority students who are college
bound. Financial aid experts will
be available to assist students in
English, Creole and Spanish.


"Research shows that many
families feel they can't afford a col-
lege education for their children,
even though millions of dollars in
financial aid are available," said
Division of Community Colleges
and Workforce Education Chan-
cellor David Armstrong. "The Col-
lege Goal Sunday program was
designed to show families that
higher education is within their
reach."
Often, students do not apply
for financial aid because they
think they are ineligible, or they
do not understand student finan-
cial assistance regulations and
procedures. The best Way to
determine eligibility is to apply
using the FAFSA. At the very least,


this application can qualify the
student for a low-interest loan but
they may also be eligible for
grants, scholarships and work-
study.
"Many students and their par-
ents have difficulty applying for
funds," Dr. Beverly Sermons,
director of outreach and access
for the Division of Community
Colleges and Workforce Educa-
tion, said. "With College Goal
Sunday we're going to make it
easier by giving them two things.
The first is. more information
about the availability of millions of
dollars in financial aid and second,
expert assistance with filling out
the FAFSA to get this money for
college."


Deadlines for submitting the
FAFSA, which is required for any
student seeking federal and state
financial aid, can be .as early as
March 1. Students who attend Col-
lege Goal Sunday should bring
their 2005 tax return, W-2 and
other 2005 income documents as
well, as their parents' tax docu-
ments to complete the application
for submission that day. Students
who complete their FAFSA at the
event will be automatically
entered in a drawing for a scholar-
ship award.
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prospect of good jobs an ele-
ment that has traditionally been
lacking in this area. Good jobs,
however, require training that
has largely not been available.
The Hendry County Economic
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force Council believe, this nega-
tive cycle may be broken before
long.'
The South Florida Water Man-
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43 reservoir project, proposed
for the old Berry property west
of LaBelle, is ready to start gear-
ing up. Part of the Everglades
Restoration Acceler8 program,
this project is the C-43 reservoir
test cell construction. It is
expected to be a 180-day project
leading into the full reservoir
project.
The project will need con-
struction workers and equip-
ment operators and will be hir-
ing right away.
The Education Center of


Southwest Florida (ECSWF) is
setting up a curriculum for
SFWMD for the C-43 board of
directors to ensure that workers
will have some minimum basic
training, such as Occupational
Safety and Hazard Administra-
tion (OSHA) safety classes.
Those interested in seeking
construction jobs with" the proj-
ect are invited to the EDC office,:
located at the Greater LaBelle
Chamber of Commerce building
at SR 80'and Bridge Street in
LaBelle, on Saturday, Feb. 11,


from 9 a.m. till noon.
Workforce Developnment will
be conducting the interviews. -
Although this is only a 180-
day project, EDC Director Jan
Groves said those hired may
have the opportunity to continue
their employment on the major
project to follow. In any case
skills and experience acquired
on this important job will last a
lifetime
Spanish speakers will be
available at the sign up and will
be welcome on the jobsite.


Annual health fair comes to Belle Glade on Feb. 18


BELLE GLADE On Presi-
dent's Weekend, Feb. 18 Nova
Southeastern Uninersity's Health
Profession's Division along %\\ith
130 community partners will
once again provide it's Weekend
of Rural Community Health
Fairs. The Fifth Annual Glades
REACH Fair will take place at
Belle Glade Elementary School
between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. A
second community heath fair
will take place the following day
at Clewiston Middle School.
Last year the Glade's REACH
Fair had 960 residents attend and
well over 1,500 medical services
were performed and document-
ed. One hundred and fifteen
community agencies and
providers partnered in the event.
NSU Faculty and students along
side local community providers
worked together to offer quality
care and easy access throughout
the day. Translators were made
available for non-English speak-
ing residents in Spanish and Cre-
ole. Posters and Brochures were
bi-lingual as well.
Throughout the day, the Lake
Okeechobee Rural Health Net-
work (LORHN) provided local
provider follow-up for the resi-
.,dents of Belle Glade, Pahokee
" and South Bay.
Dr. Steven B. Zucker, D.M.D.,
M.Ed., along side Dr. Camille
Bentley D.O. and a former AMSA
,(American Medical Students
Association) Student President
had the vision to imagine the
enormous contribution NSU


would be able to offer in these
rural, underserved communi-
ties. With the blessing of Dr.
Anthony Silvagni, Dean of the
College of Osteopathic Medicine
and faculty and students from
every one of the eleven colleges
of Health at Nova Southeastern
University, they joined Glades
PATCH, and numerous local
providers to create a day of
much needed free medical serv-
ices for the people of the Glades.
Today, five years later, thanks
to their vision, the REACH Week-
end of Health Fairs is an impor-
tant, anticipated community
event. Numerous other NSU
HPD faculties1 students, AHEC
Staff & AMSA members have
worked hard to make this
dream, a reality. Side by side
NSU partnered with Glades.
PATCH (Planned Approach to
Community Health) Planning
Committee members and their
respective agencies, including:
Lake Okeechobee Rural
Health Network (LORHN),
Healthy Communities Access
Program (HCAP), PBC Health
Care District, Western Office, CL
Brumback Community Health
Center, Glades General Hospital,
Glades Health Initiative, Glades
Initiative Management Board,
American Lung / Glades Asthma
Project, The Heart Project, East
Coast Migrant Head Start, Red-
lands Christian Migrant Associa-
tion, Quantum Foundation,
Belle Glade Elementary School
and The Everglades AHEC (Area


Health Education Center). everyone. We will be distribut-
On site health services, .ing several thousandsmedically
include, Medical Examinations, related giveaways. We will also:
Pediatric through Geriatric, Den- have a clown, music, 'and a local
tal Screenings, Optometric radio station that will be broad-
Screenings, Occupation and casting all day. Additionally,
Physical Therapy, HIV Testing .Avon Corporation will be attend-
and Bi-lingual HIV Education, ing and offering makeovers for
Asthma, Diabetes and Tubercu- female residents and job oppor-
losis testing, Audio logy Screen- tunities. The fair promises
ings and hearing tests, Distribu- prizes, raffles, face painting and
tion of. Amplified Phones, to great time for all.
qualified residents, Mammo- This is the best example of a
gram Screenings, Women's grassroots, rural and urban com-
Health issues, Immunizations, munity collaboration of effort
Flu shots, Pneumonia Shots, and services, anyone could hope
Osteoporosis Screenings, Glades to imagine. Please join us Presi-
.Prescription Assistance Pro- dent's Weekend, Feb. 18, in
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School advisory
council meeting
The Scho6l Advisory Council of
Moore Haven Junior-Senior High
School will liold its regular monthly
meeting onr Monday, Feb. 13 at 7
p.m. in the media center.
School Board meeting
Beginning in January, regular
meetings will be held on the sec-
ond Thursday at 6 p.m. and the
fourth Thursday at 9 p.m. in the
Glades County School Board meet-
ing room, 400 10th Street, SW in
Moore Haven.
Report available
The NCLB School Public
Accountability Report from Moore
Haven Junior-Senior High School is
available on the school Web site
http://glades.edgate.org/moore-
haven/index.php, copies of the
report are also available in the
school's main office, 700 Terrier
Pride Drive SW, Moore Haven.


Sunday school
St Theresa Catholic Church in
Bucklead Ridge has begun its Sun-
day school (CCD) program. Please
call Ann at 467-1516 or Fr. Dan at
the Parish Office (863) 946-0696 for
more information. Fun for all ages!

Glades
Truancy Program
The Glades County School
Board has adopted a truancy pro-
gram for all Glades County schools
for the 2005-06 school year, in an
effort to reduce unexcused
absences. Glades Truancy Program
handbooks are available at each
school office.

GED classes
The Glades County School Dis-
trict is offering GED prep classes at
Moore Haven High School (room
26-003) for adults who wish to
obtain their GED. Classes are on
Tuesday and Thursday nights from
6-8 p.m. You may register the night
of the classes. If you have any ques-


tions you may call Scott Bass at
(863) 946-0202 ext. 13.


would like a copy of the report,
please stop by the office and one
willbemadeavailabletoyou.


Children's
advocates are needed WestGlades
EleAmnta r


The Guardian Ad Litem (GAL)
Program needs volunteers to repre-
sent the best interests of abused,
abandoned and neglected children
before the court, social service
agencies and the community. No
special educational degree is
required. Guardians need to be
someone with common sense,
good judgment and a commitment
to helping a child. Attendance at,
three training sessions held in Fort
Myers is required. Please contact
Kelie Hedrick at: (239) 461-4360 or
(800) 269-6210 for more informa-
tion, and to reserve your space for
training.

Accountability report
The "No Child Left Behind
School Public Accountability
Report" for Moore Haven Elemen-
tary School is now available in the
elementary school office. If you


Parents: FCAT scores may be
picked up at the school office, Mon-
day-Friday 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

Stop the violence
The Hendry and Glades Domes-
tic and Sexual Violence Council's
mission is to increase community
awareness about domestic and
sexual violence and victim safety by
providing services, referrals and
education relating to the affects of
domestic/sexual violence in our
community. The meetings rotate.
between LaBelle, Clewiston and
Moore Haven. To get involved in
_the council or for information
about meeting dates and times,
please call Abuse Council and
Treatment, Inc.'s Rural Extension
(REACT): (863) 674-181.1 8:30
a.m.-5 p.m. to speak with an advo-
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School Calendar


Feb. 9: Open house; elemen-
tary schools; 5-7 p.m.
Feb. 20: Presidents Day holiday
March 3: Chalo Nitka holiday
March 10: End of third nine-
week period
March 13: Teacher workday
(No school for students)
March 16: Report cards go out
March 20-24: Spring break"
April 14: Good Friday holiday


April 17: Spring holiday

(Teachers/students)
April 27: Interim report cards
May 21: Baccalaureate
May 26: Graduation
May 29: Memorial Day holiday
May 31: Last day, for
students/early release
June 1-2: Post school; teacher
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Free family fun at the seventh annual event


Looking for a free fun filled day
for your entire family' Feb. 11 from'
8 a.m. to 4 p.m. A.R.M. Loxahatch-
ee National Wildlife Refuges is the
place to be. "Florida's River of Life
Conservation in the Everglades" is
the theme for the seventh annual
Everglades day festival. Over 4,000
people came out last year to join in
the fun and experience the Ever-
glades. This year will be even more
exciting. Joan Wolberg will do a
special program as Marjory Stone-
man Douglas, "Grandmother of
the Everglades"; there will be an 11
a.m. dedication of the South Flori-
da Birding Trail, at the Kiosk by the
Marsh Trail; and an Everglades
Conservation panel discussion.
Everglades Day is for people of all
ages and cultures. Spanish presen-
tations will be available as well as


Spanish interpreters who will be at
our information tables to answer
any questions.
Our quest speaker is Nathaniel
Reed, notable environmentalist
and former Assistant Secretary of
the Interior, %\ho will also moder-
ate the Everglades Conservation
panel. Other speakers include
Brain LaPointe, Gary Foforth, and
others closely connected with
.Everglades Conservation. The dis-
cussions will be very stimulating
and informative. As Florida contin-
ues to grow it, is important to bring
all people from all cultures to the
Everglades to experience and see
one of our most valuable national
treasures first hand. This experi-
ence will help people realize the
importance of preserving the Ever-
glades for all of our children to


enjoy. There will be bus trips out to
the critical marsh area of the Ever-
glades. Tours are also available to
the study areas set up by the South
Florida Water Management District
to access the best practices for sav-
ing our Everglades.
Children will enjoy the wild ani-
mal programs and experience
hands-on children's activities pro-
vided by the exhibitors. They will
be mesmerized as Javier de Sol
and Carrie Sue Ayvar weave their
children's tales on stage. People
will be able to pick and choose
from an all day fun filled lineup
including presentations and
exhibits of live animal, birds and
reptiles; nature walks; canoeing;
kayaking; food; live bluegrass and
Brazilian music; and much more.
There is off-site parking wit free


shuttle bus service to the hub of
activities. Daylong trolley service
will be available too transport visi-
tors to every venue offered during
the festival.
This event is being sponsored in.
partnership with the Arthur R. Mar-
shall Loxahatchee NWR, ,The
Audubon Society of the Ever-
glades, and friends of the Loxa-
hatchee NWR.
The Arthur R. Marshall Loxa-
hatchee National Wildlife Refuge is
located at 10216 Lee Rd, Boynton
Beach, FL off State Road 7/US 441
(2 miles south of Boynton Beach
Blvd, For more information contact
the Loxahatchee National Wildlife
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Wild horses and burros to be adopted locally


OKEECHOBEE The Bureau
of Land Management will bring
100 wild horses and burros to the
Okeechobee Agri-Civic Center on
State Road 70 Feb. 18-19 for
adoption. Those interested in
adopting a wild horse.should
make preparations .in advance.
The following information,
including frequently asked ques-
tions, was provided by the BLM
Web site.
A wild free-roaming horse or
burro, as defined by Federal law,
is an unbranded, unclaimed, free-
roaming horse or burro found on
Western public rangelands
administered by the Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) and
the U.S. Forest Service (USFS).
Wild horses and burros are
descendants of animals released
by or escaped from Spanish
explorers, ranchers, miners, U.S.
Cavalry, or Native Americans.
Why does the BLM offer wild
horses and burros for adoption?
The Wild Free-Roaming Hors-
es and Burros Act of 1971 gave
the Department of the Interior's
BLM and the Department of Agri-
culture's USFS the authority to
manage, protect, and control
wild horses and burros on the
nation's public rangelands to
ensure healthy herds and healthy
rangelands.
Federal protection and a lack
of natural predators have resulted
in.thriving wild horse and burro
populations that grow in number
each year. The BLM monitors
rangelands and Wild horse and
burro herds to determine the
number of animals, including
livestock and wildlife, that the
land can support. Each year, the
BLM gathers excess wild horses
and burros from areas where
vegetation and water could
become scarce if too many ani-
mals use the area.
These excess animals are
offered for adoption to qualified
people through the BLM's Adopt-
a-Horse-or-Burro program. After
caring for an animaltfor one year,


the adopter is eligible to receive
title, or ownership, from the Fed-
eral Government. While the chal-
lenges to adopting enough ani-
mals are greater than ever, the
program is:a popular one. In fact,
the BLM placed more than.
207,000 A\ ild horses and burros
into private care from 1973
through Fiscal Year 2005.
Why adopt a wild horse or
burro?
With kindness and patience,
you may train a wild horse or
burro for many uses. Wild horses
have become champions in dres-
sage, jumping, barrel. racing,
endurance riding, and pleasure
riding, while burros excel in driv-
ing, packing, riding, guarding,
and serving as companion ani-
mals. Both wild horses and wild
burros are known for their sure-
footedness, strength, intelligence,
and endurance.
Providing a home for a wild
horse or burro is both challeng-
ing and rewarding. Adopting a
wild horse or burro is a unique.
opportunity for you to care for
and train a living symbol of Amer-
ican history.
How can I qualify to adopt a
wild horse or burro?
To adopt a wild horse or
burro, you must:
Be at least 18 years of age
(Parents or guardians may adopt
a' wild horse or burro and allow
younger family members to care
for the animal.);
Have no prior conviction for
inhumane treatment of animals
or for violations of the Wild Free-
Roaming Horses and Burros Act;
Demonstrate that you have
adequate feed, water, and facili-
ties to provide humane care for
the number of animals request-
ed; and,
Show that you can provide a
home for the adopted animal in
the United States.
What facilities must I have to
adopt awild horse or burro?
You must provide a minimum
of 400 square feet (20 feet x 20


feet) for each animal adopted.
Horses less than 18 months of
age should be kept in corrals with
fences 5 feet high. Fences must
be at least 4.5 feet high for ungen-
tied burros and 6 feet high for
ungentled horses more than 18
months of age. You.should not
release an ungentled animal into
a large open area, such as a pas-
ture, since you may not be able to
recapture the animal for training
-er to provide veterinary care.
However, once the animal is gen-
tied, you may release it into a pas-
ture or similar area.
The acceptable corral must be
sturdy and constructed out of
poles, pipes, or planks (mini-
mum 1.5 inch thickness) without
dangerous protrusions. Barbed
wire, large-mesh woven, strand-
ed and electric materials are
unacceptable for fencing.
Posts should be a minimum of
6 inches in diameter and spaced
no farther than 8 feet apart. Hori-
zontal rails should be 3-inch min-
imum diameter poles or planks at
least 2 feet x 8 feet. If you use
poles, there should be a mini-
mum of five horizontal rails, and
when you use 2" x 8" planks,
there should be at least four rails.
No space between rails should
exceed 12". You should fasten all
rails to the inside of the post with
either heavy'nails or lag screws. -
You must provide shelter from
inclement weather and tempera-
ture extremes for your adopted
wild horse or burro. Shelters must
be a two-sided structure with a
roof, well-drained, adequately
ventilated, and accessible to the
animalss. The two sides need to
block the prevailing winds and
need to protect the major part of
the bodies of the horse or burro.
Tarps are not acceptable.
What should I feed my adopt-
ed animal?
Good quality grass hay is ade-
quate for a wild horse or burro.
Horses and burros are very sensi-
tive to abrupt changes in what
and when they are fed. At the


adoption, the BLM provides addi-
tional information about feeding.
In addition, your veterinarian can
advise you about proper care and
feeding.
How do I adopt a wild horse
or burro?
S.If you meet the adoption quali-
fications requirements, complete
the "Application for Adoption of
Wild Horses or Burros," (avail-
able online at http://www.wild-
horseandburro.blm.gov/index.ph
p) and mail it to the BLM office
serving your area. The BLM will
contact you during the applica-
tion review process to verify that
your facilities meet the minimum
requirements for the number of
animals you want to adopt. Appli-
cations will also be available at
the Okeechobee Agri-Civic Center
on the day of the sale, but must be
completed and turned in before
10 a.m. on Feb. 18.
How manywild horses or bur-
ros may I adopt?
You may adopt up to four wild
horses or burros within a 12-
month period.. However, you may
seek permission from the BLM to
adopt more than four, in which
case the agency requires addi-
tional verification of facilities and
compliance checks. Though you
may adopt more than four in a
12-month period, you can receive
title to only four adopted animals
within that period.
How much does it cost to
adopt awild horse or burro?
The minimum adoption fee
for each wild horse or burro is
$125. The adoption event will use
competitive bidding to establish
the adoption fee for each horse.
The average adoption fee is
about $185 for horses, $135 for
burros, and $160 for mules.
Some attractively-marked horses,
such as paints may go for as
much as $500.
The minimum adoption fee
also applies to adoption events
using the less common lottery
draw, or first-come, first-served
method.


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FWC report on lake'


By Loma Jablonski
Okeechobee News
At a summit held on Jan. 13,
the Florida Fish and Wildlife
Conservation Commission
(FWC) discussed the decline in
the fish population of Lake
Okeechobee with anglers, busi-
ness owners and biologists.
According to the press
release, the lack of aquatic vege-
tation, forage fish and sport fish
production spells big trouble for
the Lake Okeechobee fishery.
The FWC took 66 electrofish-
ing samples of largemouth bass
at different areas around the lake
in areas such as Harney Pond,
Fisheating Bay, Tin House Cove,
Indian Prairie Canal, Horse
Island, King's Bar, Cody's Cove
and J&S Fish Camp.
They took a lake-wide trawl
in 27 primarily open-water areas
such as Taylor Creek, Nubbin
Slough, the open water south of
the Pass, the shiner traps and the
open water out from Horse
Island for other species of fish
during the month of October.
Their findings are far from posi-
tive.
"We picked up the lowest
number of black crappie since
the program started in 1973,"
said Jon Fury, FWC South
Region freshwater fisheries
administrator, about their recent
trawl samples on the lake. "Our
capture rate of black crappie
larger than ,8 inches was 25
times lower than average."
Recent electrofishing sam-
ples done around the lake in
October 2005 also show a lack
of baby -- or, "young-of-the-
year" bass which indicates a
poor reproduction rate for bass.
"We collected one young-of-
the-year bass in 16 hours of elec-
trofishing, which is startling,"
,Mr. Fury said. "Following the
lake recession and drought in
2000, we collected 163 young-
of-the-yearbass."
When asked what could be
done to save the lake, local FWC
biologist Don Fox stated, "There
is no short term solution. There
is too much water and too much
damage to the habitat for a short
term fix.
"What we need is several
years of ideal conditions such as
lower lake levels; good weather
conditions; and, the political
wheel to operate in such a way
as to help the lake. We're going
to have to become extremely
restrictive on crappie limits. As
for the bass, they are not cur-
rently in as much danger as
crappies, but should still be
monitored closely." he added.
Information presented by Mr.
Fox included notable trawl
totals. In trawls performed
between 1988 and 1991 the dom-
inant species in the lake includ-
ed threadfin shad, bluegill, black
crappie, Florida gar, gizzard
shad, white catfish and redear
sunfish. The average number of
fish collected was 6,052 with an
average of 11.21 fish per minute
collected. The average number
of threadfin shad was 2,992 and
the average number of black
crappie being 2,037. The aver-
age weight of the crappies was
80.39(g).
In the trawl performed in
October 2005 the samples
changed dramatically. The dom-
inant species are now black
crappie, white catfish, channel
catfish, Florida gar, bluegill and


Lake Okeechobee is popular with area residents a
among some of the best fishing spots in the nation
Wildlife Conservation Commission's Freshwater Fi
dark shadow over the future of the lake.


threadfin shad. The total num-
ber of fish collected w\as 1,145
with an average number of fish
collected per minute of 2.12
The number of threadfin shad
had dropped to 80 and the aver-
age number of black crappie
had dropped to 482. Their aver-
age weight had plummeted to
9.589(g). The dr.op in shad is
particularly alarming as they are
an important part of the crap-
pie's food chain.
According to the recent press
release, based on biologists'
experience from the past, they
expect the recovery of aquatic
vegetation and sport fish popula-
tions to be a multi-year process.
Because of this, the FWC Dii-
sion of Freshwater Fisheries
Management experts are dis-
cussing possible changes to bag
limits on sport fish including
crappie and bass in Lake Okee-
chobee.
Those who deal with the lake

have know n there were prob-
lems with Lake Okeechobee for
several years, especially follow-
ing the past two hurricane sea-
sons. Some tournament direc-
tors such as HT3 Outdoors have
already voluntarily taken steps to
help the bass population. HT3
president Pat Malone recently
dropped the amount of bass that
could be brought to the weigh-in
scale fromifive to three.
Bubb'"Heltoh who, along
with his wife Margaret, own Gar-
rard's Bail and Tackle Shop, has
seen a significant drop in the
number of crappie fishermen.
He is worried about the future of
the lake because it directly
affects his business.
"We need to have the lake
dropped to 10 feet and have it
done no\\. Then it needs to be
kept that low so that \\e get
some grass to grow on the bot-
tom," said Mr. Helton. "Crappie
need grass to spawn and there is
none. The lake has become a
pure mud hole. I've even seen a
drop in bass, and you can see by
the weights that are being
brought in at the bass tourna-
ments that there is a problem.
"You can thank South Florida
Water Management and the
Corps of Engineers for this mess.
We tried to tell them even before
the hurricanes that we had a
problem with the lake level, but
they wouldn't listen to us locals.
It's going to take help from those
who. come here to fish and
spend money to get their atten-
tion, and we need the help as
soon as possible," he continued.


e"south if Lake Okeechobee Thursday, February 9, 2006



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HOLL\YWOOD, Fla -
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Eco-Tour, Airboat Ride, critter and
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Big Cypress Reservation in the
Florida Everglades or a museum
tour, Billie S%%amp Safari and the
Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum offer origi-
nal, award winning Native Ameri-
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Other awards bestowed upon
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Shrimp are a vital patb:f the natural food chain in Lake Okee-
chobee and a favoT f-ir largemootth bass. A few years ago
it was almost impoi, s -to spot them in the open waters of
the lake. Now, they. *ih abundance which tells scientists
that there are few Sh- to eat them. These shrimp were
among those bro during the FWC trawl in October.
Attempts to reach tn- has seen a drop off in bass over
tati\e of SFWMD w S iJuc- -the last several months. But, he
cessful as of press irA attributes that to the noir mal
Local angler and pr signal slow down in fishing this time of
guide Larry Wright fllt y"en year.
though the lake has s 6ob- "If we don't take care of the
lems, there are stil Ut fl y ol. habitat, there % ill be no fish,"
bass to be caught, -, eight stated Mr. Fox. "The lake is so
also said most bass .'. re muddy that plants won't grow.
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neers, consultants and landown-
lers in the Lake Okeechobee
watershed to attend a technical
workshop from 1:30 p.m. until
'4:30 p.m. on Feb. 15, at the
'Okeechobee Service Center to
,earn about permitting require-
'ments for budgeting phospho-
rus as a result of land use
.changes.


Under the requirements of
the Lake Okeechobee Protection
Act, a pre- and post-phosphorus
analysis is required when there
is a change in land use in order
to receive an Environmental
Resource Permit. Training will
be provided on the Budget
Methodology that the SFWMD
has developed, in addition to
discussion concerning supple-
mental methods of budget
determination such as computer


modeling.
Seating is limited, so firms are
asked to limit participation to one
representative and place an RSVP
by telephone to Will Salters at
(863) 462-5260 or (800) 250-
4200, extension 3029. The
SFWMD Okeechobee Service
Center is located on the second
floor of the Bank of America
building in downtown Okee-
chobee, which is at 205 N. Parrott
Ave., Okeechobee, Fla. 34972.


Garlic provides healthful benefits

As a volunteer instructor for olive oil (that is in the produce
^the Trident Sea Cadet Program, I section). You can also purchase
:try to make "KP" assignments a minced garlic in water, but
more interesting by teaching the A frankly, I don't think that variety
,'cadets a little about nutrition. On r -, has as much flavor.
Saturday, I made homemade Healthier Those who don't like the
chili for 36 teenage cadets plus. Life taste or smell of garlic can take it
their adult instructors. I left two in supplement form.
crock pots filled with chili to The four-legged members of
simmerrands. When I came back, I withKatrina Elsken your family, can also benefit
iedsoWeoneIhadedisturbfrom garlic. Mix garlic in canned
noticed someone had disturbed
'the pots. Garlic also contains a sub- dog and cat food to help control
' e "We added more garlic," a stance that is a natural blood fleas. Mixing garlic into horse
Icadet admitted. thinner which can help prevent feed can help protect them from
, I was so proud. blood clots. mosquitoes. Before adding gar-
'. Garlic is one nature's won- Garlic helps boost the lic to your animal's diet, consult
oders. Garlic contains substances immune system, helping the your veterinarian. Some animals
[that can help lower "bad" cho- body's natural defenses fight have special health problems or
'lesterol levels and help reduce disease. Studies have indicated react badlyto changesin diet.
blood pressure. Garlic contains that garlic consumption may Before making any change to
natural antibiotics that help fight help reduce the risk of stomach your diet orlexercise plan, con-
bacteria and fungal infections. cancer and breast cancer. suit your doctor. This is especial-
- The healthful properties of If you are fond of the flavor of ly important if you are on any
garlic have been known and garlic, it is easy to add flavor and prescription medications. Some
used for thousands of years and nutritional value to many foods. r e badly with foods
medical studies have documents I prefer fresh garlic, which I drugs interact badly with foods
substances in. garlic plant that saut6 in extra virgin olive oil that would otherwise be consid-
have medicinal value. (EVOO for those who watch the ered "healthy." For example,
t According to the American Food Network) and add to since garlic is a natural blood
|Medical Association, more than soups, stews, Italian sauces and thinner, those who are on pre-
I1,000 scientific studies have chili. For convenience, garlic can scription blood thinners should
proven the beneficial properties be purchased powdered (in the talk to their doctors before
of garlic, spice aisle) or minced garlic..in increasing garlic consumption.


,Study finds dairy foods aid weight loss


: ROSEMONT, Ill. A new increased. However, the precise
*clinical trial published Jan. 18 in explanation of how increasing
Obesity Research (the journal of dairy servings impacts fat
the Obesity Society) provides metabolism and body weight is
more insight into \\hy consum- still unclear."
ing dairy, foods is linked to The study included over-
weight. and fat loss. This well- weight men and women, ages
controlled study found that 20 to 50, who usually exercised
when exercising -adults on a less than three hours a week.
slightly reduced-calorie diet con- Over the course of seven weeks,
,sumed three to four servings of the subjects participated in four
dairy foodsdAll'd .heir metabo:- .one-week periods in which they
lism changed so that theirbqdies consumed either a low-dairy diet
burned more fat than they did or a diet including 3-4 servings of
when they had one serving of dairy foods each day. Several
dairy under the same times during the study, partici-
conditions. pants' rate of fat oxidation
"The design of this study is (burning) was measured over a
very strong as all of the subjects 24-hour period in a room
consumed both diets at different calorimeter, an enclosed area in
times and served as their own which very specific measure-
controls," noted Edward Melan- ments can be taken. Room
son, Ph.D., lead investigator and calorimeter studies are usually
assistant professor of medicine done with only a few subjects,
at the University of Colorado. but this current study included
"Our data suggest that when you 19 men and women, a particu-
restrict calories slightly and larly large group for this kind of
increase calcium intake by study.
increasing the number of low-fat This research shows how
dairy servings, the amount of fat reducing calories and exercising
you burn over 24 hours is while consuming adequate dairy


foods can help improve the
body's ability to burn fat which,
may lead to the loss of body fat
as seen in weight loss studies. In
fact, this is the third study in the
last six months to add support to'
the body of research showing a
connection between dairy and
weight-management.
"If weight loss is the goal,
then striving to consume enough
dairy products to meet the.ree-
ommendations for calciumimay
.be beneficial in terms of weight
loss. A few other studies have
shown that there may also be,
beneficial effects on choles-
terol," noted Dr. Melanson. "For
most people, this would be
about 2-4 servings of low-fat
dairy foods each day."
For more information on the
nutritional benefits of dairy
foods, visit www.nati'onal-
dairycouncil.org. To read about
real consumers' experiences in
enjoying dairy while losing
weight and for delicious and
nutritious recipes and tips on
how to get 3-A-Day of Dairy, visit
www.3aday.org.


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Dr. Ellis Webster, ENT
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History

Continued From Page 1
when they flew off, go pick up the
ones you'd shot ... four or five of
them. Then we would go to Mr.
Stubbs' houseand he would cook
them. He was a great one to have
fruit. He liked to make ambrosia.
He was a single fellow who was
just out of the army. He. was
awfully good to us two girls (me
and the other school teacher I told
you about) to take us out on the
lake duck hunting and down the,
Kissimmee River.:
"It was so beautiful the veg-
etation on the Kissimmee River.
There would be elderly men just
living in a little shack and they
would have a box of fish. They
would stop and take their fish to
the fish house in Okeechobee.
They were just hideouts from the
war ... deserters, really. I don't
know what. became of them
when they died. There were five
or six of them in those shacks.
"Lake Okeechobee at one


Festival

Continued From Page 1
ners to the pavilion to enjoy in
spite of the rain, along with the
live band music.
In addition, Margaret Pullen
made a touching presentation to
Mrs Marie Kussman, the Ortona
.Family of the year.


Vision

Continued From Page 1
zation that provides regional
economic development coordi-
nation to businesses interested
in expanding or relocating to the
six county area. The visioning
processes are being designed
and facilitated by the Florida
Conflict Resolution Consortium,
a state university service center
that conducts consensus-build-
ing projects around the state.
Chris Pedersen, facilitator,
emphasized the importance of
this opportunity for the residents
of Glades County to have a voice
in their county's future.
Wendell Taylor, Glades Coun-
ty Administrator, talked about
the importance of broad com-
munity involvement in the
visioning process. He also pro-
vided the following information
on ihe county population and
income.
Population
10,576, in 3,852 households
in 2000;
*e 10,729 in 2003:
Income
Personal income in 2002:
$17,769 (60th of 67 counties)
.* Average earnings per job in
2002: $19,301 (67th of 67)
Median Household income
in 2002: $30,954 (44th of 67)
Wayne Aldrich, Superinten-
dent of Schools, explained that
there are 1,270 students in the
school system and that signifi-
cant growth is coming. The
Lykes development and other
developments will contribute to
new school facilities and the
Brighton Charter School will
open soon. He emphasized that
the schools are small and per-
sonal and the plans are to not
have any schools with more
than 600 students.
Qualities valued
Visioning workshop partici-
pants brainstormed a list of
qualities, characteristics and
places that they value in Glades
County. These included:
The Kissimmee River and
its tranquility
Lake Okeechobee and the
natural areas around it
The Lake Okeechobee


Birds

Continued From Page 1
grade: are Edvin Montejo,
VanessaValle, Leslie Morado. 1st
grade winners are Bryana
Campbell and Estefania Hernan-
dez.
3rd place winners, 1st grade
Cora Jean Morrissey and Martyn
Hettinger.
2nd grade are Cinthia
Sanchez, DeeDee Hendricks and
Elijah Germaine.
In a group discussion, the stu-
dents were asked what they
liked best about living in Glades
County. There were various
answers including warm days
and going outside to play, "pret-
ty" flowers and trees, and lots of
water in which to go fishing. But
most of the answers in one way
or another called attention to
Glades County's innumerable
birds. And one second grader
added, "I love the birds. I look
up at birds flying every day."
Perhaps we should all
remember the ancient line: And
a little child shall lead them.


Special to INI/Florida Archives
Moore Haven in the 1930s had developed back into a
bustling town after being flattened by hurricanes.


time was so clean and beautiful.
And all this vegetation that has
grown up is not all from the
manure like they say. As many lev-
'ees as they've got around the lake
... that's when it all started.
"What will it take to clean up
the lake?" I asked a fellow that
used to fish with my daddy. He
.said that nothing would clean it
up like a damn good hurricane.
"Without the storms and hur-


The Ortona Cane Grinding Fes-
tival is the mainstay of financial
support of the Ortona Volunteer
Fire Department. So even now,
after the fact, since the festival
was mostly "rained out", the fire
department \will appreciate any
and all donations.
Simply send check or money
order to: Ortona Volunteer Fire
Department, 3070 Riverview


Scenic Trail
No traffic
Rural land uses, open space
with few houses
The diverse population
Serenity
Tourists' attractions: such
as the lake, fishing, wildlife, etc.
Fishealing Creek it can
be a world class canoe-trail
Low crime rate
Agriculture uses cattle
and sod
Archaeological sites
Low-cost of living
Great people a sense of
place and community'
Lack of pollution
Ability for local [citizen]
involvement to set development
standards before major develop-
ment happens
The location in the state
Colorful history of the peo-
ple .
" Birds'- 'great area for bird
%watching including rare species
Strategic location at the
intersection of major highways
Small schools good for
families
Great children
Cleanliness
Strong faith-based commu-
nity and organizations that help,
build community
Accessibility to elected offi-.
cials
Officials and involved in the
Regional Planning Commission,
FHREDI and other regional
efforts
Good law enforcement of
traffic violations
Interest in preserving histo-
ry of places and families
Great teachers, many who
have returned after going away
for their education and,
Brighton Seminole reserva-
tion.
Future hopes
The workshop participants
were encouraged to imagine
that it is the year 2020 and the
County has met all their hopes.
They listed what they would like
to see happen including:
A countywide utility system
with the elimination of septic
tanks
"Smart" growth with
planned developments that pre-
serve the open character of


ricanes, this lake is not going to
survive. But man is not going to
be able to go in there and do any.
thing by himself. Nothing. We say
here, that if a hurricane comes,
%we won't slay. This levee here is
just made of sugar sand. You give
it 24 hours and the wind will beat
a hole in it. It seems to be that all
this levee through here, 14 miles
to the Kissimmee River seems to
be in pretty good shape? If there is


Drive, Moore Haven, Fl. 33471.
Jimmy Summerall, Fire Chief,
"We've not been able to make a
total tallN as vet but we're afraid
expenses were not met. We had a
lot of pork steaks and chicken left
oler which, of course, were
frozen immediately, and we'll be
looking for those who care about
the fire department to call Jimmy
or Teresa Summeral at either 9'46-


Glades County, and reduce the
loss ol green space
A county ide beautifica-
tion movement
Development ol the river
front
Redevelopment of Wash-
ington Park
*Impact fees that limit
mobile homes
Creation of a regional shop-
ping mall .
Development of clean and
reasonable hotels and Bed and
Breakfast establishments to pro-
mote tourism
increase code enforcement
staff and consistently enforce
county building and zoning
codes
Establish restrictions for
architectural approvals to meet
rural design parameters
Historic preservation
Provide affordable housing
for young families
Provide senior-citizen
friendly housing
Implement conservation
easements to help preserve
open areas
Limit "dumping ground"
projects such as prisons, land-
fills, toxic waste processing, etc.
Improve major roadways
'* Build sidewalks, bike.paths
and multi-use trails
Add rail transportation or a
rural bus system around the lake
Enforce the traffic laws and
keep the speed limits low
Preserve our natural envi-
ronment
Lower the lake level and
clean up Lake Okeechobee
Re-hydrate Lake Flirt and
Cabbage Lake
Address water quality and
quantity in both the lake and the
river
Encourage economic
development that provides
housing, employment and net
revenue for government
Seek public services fund-.
ing from more 'than property
taxes
Complete the Lake Okee-
chobee Scenic Trail and market
it nationally
Recruit large diverse
employers to improve the eco-
nomic status of Glades County
Promote and attract low
impact businesses, not heavy
industry
Promote an atmosphere


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a hurricane that dike will not
hold.
"With all the vegetation, they
came in here with a big machine
and dug up all those hyacinths
and hauled them away, but if they
leave just one hyacinth, in a week
it will have two or three buds and
in a few months, they will be back
just as bad as ever.
"When Joe and I came out
here in 1956 that levee wasn't
there and them trees weren't
there. We would lie in bed at night
and we could count the house-
boats out there on the lake fish-
ing. They would hang their
lanterns at night. -
"Fishing was a big, big deal at
one time. I remember in Moore
Haven seeing an entire train pull
out and it would have nothing on
it but fish. At one time we had five
fish houses in Moore Haven.
Come the first of September, the
fishermen would come in with
their nets and they would do
repairs and they wouldn't go back
out on the lake until about
December


0771 or 946-0566. You'll never get
a 'better buy' on barbecued half
chickens and or poi k steaks"
Several volunteer firefighters
exhibited great attitudes saying
that...
What more could the lire
department ask ...after all, this
\\as the first "rained out" event in
all the 27 years since it began.


that encourages home business-
es with e-commerce and cyber
businesses
Revitalize Moore Haven
with new commercial, retail,
businessess, shopping opportu-
nities. Eliminate substandard
housing while preserving his-
toric sites
Improve access to health
services
Provide emergency and
medical facilities
Establish paid fire depart-
ments county-wide
Build a state of the art med-
ical facility, small but complete
Build Red Cross Hurricane
shelters
Increase vocational educa-
tion opportunities
Increase high school gradu-
ation rates
Attract a college or universi-
ty extension
So9 Provide more activities for
children
Build a large recreation
center with ball fields, world-
class pool, tennis courts (attract
tournaments
.: Build small, parks with
neighborhood practice fields
Provide a park with lake
access, similar to the pier at
Jaycee Park in Okeechobee
County
Attract cultural events for
students and the community at
the Doyle Conner Building, such
as, traveling art exhibits
Build a performing arts
hall.
Keep from becoming the
residential subdivisions for
coastal cities
The facilitators and partici-
pants emphasized the impor-
tance of getting broader partici-
pation at the next two
workshops. Everyone was
encouraged to spread the word
and invite people to the next
workshop.
Kim Love, Director of the
Department of Community
Affairs,, Division of Housing and
Community Development
attended the meeting on behalf
of FDCA. She said that she used
to work in Glades County and
cares for the community. She
congratulated the group for their
work. She committed the con-
.tinued support of the Depart-
ment of Community Affairs.


Submitted to INI/Barbara Oehlbeck
Treasured areas like Fisheating Creek stand in a catch-22 situ-
ation, as plans move forward to restore the Everglades. What
are the answers? Ask Save Our Creeks, Inc.


Creek

Continued From Page 1
creeks and sensitive lands. This is
one of the major reasons that it's
important that Save Our Creeks
continues to be active. It has set a
legal precedent throughoutt Florida
and'elsewhere to protect the erivi-
ronment.
But dangers to Fishealing Creek
also continue. One of the plans for
the massive Everglades restoration
effort proposes to drain water froni
Fisheating Creek in a waN that
would ad ersely affect its wildlife
and beauty. Save Our Cleeks is
stud ing this proposal and prepar-
ing to fight, if necessarN, once n-more
to save Fisheating Creek It :would
be unfoliunateiv ironic if, in trying
to restore the Evei glades, the most
environmentally natural part of the
whole Eerglades system was
destroyed in the process
Save Our Creeks is alsc, consider-
ing participating with the Floiaglades
Foundation, inc, in restoring the.


Cypress Knee Museum. This muse-
um is adjacent to Fisheating Creek
and has been closed for over five
years. Floraglades Foundation's Pres-
ident, Dr. Harris Friedman, who is
also Secretary of Sale Our Creeks,
has obtained a lease for the museum
and has written a grant to renoi ate iL
He hopes to find sufficient
monies to sbon le-open it with a
focus on Fisheating Creek's unique
culture and environment. The
Floraglades Foundation %wants to
work cooperatively' with Save Our
Creeks so that the Cypress Knee
Museum can shoricase the \xon-
ders of Fisheating Creek and inform
the public of the importance of its
continued preser\ action.
A,; a grassroots organization,
Sa\e Our Cleeks is very important
both local\ to Fisheairing Creek
and, more broadly, to the environ-
ment in genera. Anyone initeiested
in joining Save O)ur Cieeks can call
Dr. Hanis Ftiedman at i863i ~ 75-
4-138 or just show up at the meeting
on Fisheating Creek on Feb. 18


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By Bill Fabian
CLEWISTON The Clewis-
ton Tigers are playing basketball
at a red hot pace right now as
they enter the 4A District 11 play-
offs on an 11-game winning
streak, having won its final three
regular season games against
rivals LaBelle, Pahokee, and
Glades Day.
On Jan. 26, Head Coach
Willie Lee and the Tigers trav-
eled to LaBelle High School to
avenge an early season loss in
December to the Cowboys. The
Tigers battled to overtime
against the resilient Cowboys,
and dominated the extra min-
utes on an 11-4 run to seal the
game.
The Tigers later hosted the
Pahokee Blue Devils, who have
struggled to keep players and
.maintain a .500 winning per-
centage this season. The Tigers
trailed the Blue Devils 23-18 at
halftime, but overcame the
deficit with an impressive third
quarter run that put the Tigers
up by one point. Clew iston held


INI/Bill Fabian
Senior cheerleaders cheered their final game during the
Tigers vs. Gators basketball game on Saturday. (L-R) Keaton
Perry, Brooke Beatty, Bianca Sandoval, Jessica Rosen, Alex-
is Rodriguez, Brittany Pelham, Kadie Vita, Misty Garcia, and
Jennifer Bridgman. Not pictured: Courtney Ensor.
on to win 44-42. Glades Day. Led by Head Coach
The final regular season game Dick Schmidt, the Gators have
was a home match up against struggled as well, especially\ in its.


own district, having lost to the
Tigers 60-43 earlier this year.
The Tigers opened the game
with explosive performances by
Johnny Jones and Aundra
Williams, both of whom scored
10 points each in the first half.
The Tiger big men (Jones is list-
ed at 6'5", Williams at 6'8") were
not without a strong supporting
cast, with Richard Pope also
scoring 10 points, Omar Smith
scoring eight, and Jamal Hubert,
Reggie Gray,-and Jasper Hunter
with six points each.
Tied at .halftime with 26
apiece, both teams continued to
fight into the second half.
That's when the Tigers began
to make their move.
After a dominant first half,
Jones and Williams stepped
aside to allow the speedy shoot-
*ers to begin stockpiling buckets,
\which resulted in a 19-6 thirdd
quarter scoring eflort led- by
Pope. Gator scorers suffered
many turnovers, with the Tigers
stealing the ball seemingly every'
other play.
Leading by 13 into the final


quarter, the Tigers coasted into
their eleventh straight victory
after scoring 15 and shutting
down the Gator offense.
The Tigers now enter the dis-
trict tournament and will face
South Ft. Myers. Coach Willie
Lee stressed to his players that
the playoffs are a whole new
ballgame.
"We can't forget that this is
no longer the regular season,
because now everybody's even
and it's do or die," said Coach
Lee. "I think we are good
enough, we know .how to get the
job done, and all we have left to
do is execute," he said.
Gators enter
playoffs
The Gators put up a hard
fight, and had the Tigers on their
heels before halftime. Josh
McGregor led the Gator scoring
with 14 points, followed by
Justin Grogan with 12 points and
Andrew\ Joseph with seven. Point
guard McGregor was getting
pressured by the Clewislon
press, but eventually began to


Clewiston's Kris Smith wins Lake Area Varsity


District 12 1A Championship


CLEWISTON Kris Smith was
the only district champion from
this year's small Tiger squad, but
with only seven total grapplers
wrestling in the .Districts, six
came home placing for the
regional competition this week
at Golden Gate,
It was very competitive for
the Tiger wrestlers with every-
one in the District having full
man squads, with the exception
ol the Tigers whose seven-man
squad made up the team. The
following action took place at
'last weekend's district champi-
onriship tournament:
112-weight class Byron
Holmes defeated by Palmetto
Ridge in the championship
round leaving Holmes with a
2nd place effort while qualifying
for regional competition.
I Il9- vight class Jared
Bacallao was also defeated by
Palmetto Ridge with a 12-7 deci-,
sio,.,n leaving him with a 2nd
place in the districts while assur-
ing a place at regionals.
125-% eight class Brandon
Caulkins was defeated by Gold-&
en Gate and finished fourth in
the district tournament, qualify.-


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Clewiston's Kris Smith
claimed the district champi-
onship title and now pre-,
pares to conquer regional
competition. Smith the was
only Tiger grappler to claim
the top spot at last week-
end's district tournament,
most qualified for regionals.
ing him for the regional tourna-
ment.
135-weight class Joey Cordo-
va defeats G Bone from LaBelle
to finish third and guaranteeing
further post season action at


regionals.
140-weight class Kris Smith,
seeded number one at districts,
went head to head with C.
Hadley of Palmetto Ridge who
was the number two seed, and
Smith wins with an 11-4 deci-
sion and was crowned District
Champion.
160-weight class Alton
Edmonds is defeated b\ Palmet-
to Ridge, but brought home 2ndi
place and a secure trip to region-
als.
Overall, Palmetto Ridge won
the team district championship,
followed by a remarkable full
squad of LaBelle Cowboys who
secured the number two spot.
LaBelle put on an outstanding
performance en route to taking
second.
These six Clewiston Tiger
grapplers will head to Golden
Gate Friday for Regionals to see
who will remain and who will
go onto the State Finals in Lake-.
land the following week. ,I
Regionals is a two-da\ event
starting at 10 a.m. Friday and fin-
-ishing A\ith championship
rounds at 7 p.m. on Saturday.


Sports Schedules


Editor's note. The spring sports
season is upon us. To have your
school's schedule published, e-
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coverage, request a sports infor-
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you don't see nVou school's sports
schedule listed, please contact the
schools directly and ask them to
cooperate in submitting this infor-.
mation to us.
Winter Sports
Schedules

Wrestling
Feb. 10-11: Regionals
Feb. 16-18: State linals at Lakeland
Spring Sports
Schedules

Glades Day
Baseball ,
Feb. 14: At Clewiston 6:30 p.m.
Feb. 16 At Seminole Ridge 7 p.m.
Feb.' 17: Hosts Jupiter Christian 3:30"
p.m.
Feb 21: At King's Academy 4 p.m.
Feb. 23. Hosts Beniamin 3:30 p.m
Marcr 1: Hosts American Heritage


(Delray) 3:30 p.m.
March 7- At Jupiter Christian 7 p.m.
March 9: At Summit Chrislian 3:30 p.m.
March 11: Hosts St. Edwards 1 p.m
March 13: At Dwyer 7 p.m.
March 16: Hosts King's Academy 4
p.m.
March 17: AI SI. Edwards 7 p.m.
March 28: At American Heritage (Del-
ray) 7 p.m.
March 30: At Benjamin 4 p.m.
April 4: Hosts Summit Christian 4 p.m.
April 6: At John Carroll 6 p.m.
April 11: Hosts Clewislon 4 p.m.
April 12: Hosts Moore Haven 4 p.m.
April 15: At Palm Beach Lakes 1 p.m.
April 19: At Pahokee 4 p.m.
April20: Hosts Seminole Ridge 4 p.m.
April 21: At Glades Central 7 p.m.
Softball
Feb. 9: At Clewiston 7 p.m.
Feb.14: At'LaBelle 7p.m.
Feb. 15: At Moore Haven 7 p.m.
Feb. 17: At Okeechobee7 p.m.
Feb. 21: Hosts King's Academy 4 p.m.
Feb. 24-25: At Park Vista tourney, '
Feb. 27: At Summit Christian 3:30 p.m.
Feb. 28: At Benamin 4 p m.
March 2: At Jupiter Christian 4 p.m.
March 7: Hosts Summit Christian 4 p.m.
March 9: At King's Academy 4:30 p.m.
March 17-18: At South Florida Slam
Fest 2006
March 28: Hosts Jupiter Christian 4 p.m.
'March 30: Hosts Benjamin 4 p.m.
April 6: Hosts Clewiston 5 p.m.
April 14-15. Bill Longshore tournament
April 18-21: District championship tour-
nament


find lanes through the defenders.
Grogan, a formidable three-point
shooter, shot three buckets from
outside the three-point line.
The Gators also enter district
playoffs this week, and will face
King's Academy.
"We split the season series
against King's Academy, and I
think we can have a good game
against them," said Coach
Schmidt. "We beat them, and
then they beat us, so there will
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Boccanfuso signs letter with Tusculum


Submitted to INI
William Griffin, pictured here with his father, John, proudly
displays a poster of his new collegiate home, Colgate Col-
lege, after signing his letter of intent Feb. 1.


Griffin inks deal


By Jose Jesus Zaragoza

BELLE GLADE Andrew Boc-
canfuso looked intently at the col-
lege papers spread out before him
in the Glades Day High School
library, reading and re-reading the
material with his parents before
signing his name to the docu-
ments.
He was getting ready to make
perhaps the biggest decision of his
life and he wanted to make sure
that it was everything he had hoped
for.
It was. With his parents looking
on, Andrew signed the papers. As a
result, he will be traveling in the fall
to Tusculum College in Tennessee
on an academic and football schol-
arship.
"I'm excited," he said last
Wednesday while preparing for the
next step. "It's a nice campus."
Karen, his mother, was just as
excited. "He made a decision and
I'm happy," she said.
According to his coaches,
Andrew has worked hard to get to
where he is, named the captain of
the football team for his dedication
and ability to work well with other
players throughout the years. He's
been faithful in his drive to succeed.
and his coaches are glad to have
known him and are happier that he
will be moving on to bigger and
better things.


INI/Jose Zaragoza
Andrew Boccanfuso, center, is joined by his parents and
coaches as he signs a letter of intent with Tusculum College
in Tennessee.,


"He's very respectful, we've
never had a problem with him,"
'said Eric Pitts, one of Andrew's
coaches. "Every time you send a
kid like him out there, you're
proud."
His father, John, is humrble in
taking credit for introducing
Andrew to the sport and plai ing
with him. "He had a Idrime ot his
own to play," he said of his sorn,
who has plaejed football since the
age of six.


When asked about this grades,
Andrew said shyly, "They're pretty
good, all As and Bs." Of all the sub-
jects in school, he favors math
more sco than any other class: in
school, a fact that pleasantly
shocked his mrlother Andrew's GPA
is 3.37.
Manny Perez, principal of
Glades Day, noted how nice it is to
have students excel in athletics as
well as academics "It's a great feel-
ini kLnoing that one of your stu-


dents will go on to the next level,"
said Mr. Perez. "Each year, you're
hoping that his happens."
According to the principal, the
school averages about two sign-
ings a year. For a small program, it
is a remarkable feat, he said. While
he hopes that the school will be
. successful in getting at least one
more student to sign with a college
this year, he remains satisfied with
the achievement of his students.
"It's a proud moment for the
school and me," Mr. Perez said.
Boccanfuso proved himself to
be a viable asset on the gridiron,
emerging as an all-around threat
for the Gator's passing game.
While the Gator air campaign suf-
fered somewhat this year due to
key injuries at the quarterback posi-
tion, Boccanfuso remained a viable
threat from this tight end position.
The tight end position has blos-
somed over recent years 'from
more of an extra lineman who gets
an occasional toss, to a more viable
receiver position and Boccanfuso
certainly fits the modern day image
even though his downfield block-
ing skills were not something any
defensive back would look forward
to. But Boccanfuso's deep threat
ability made him a viable offensive
weapon for the Gators over the last
few years and his overall hands,
skills, and attitude will be sorely
rrissed on the Gator gridiron.


to Colgate

CLEWISTON -- William Grif- cially in a ,position that r
fin, son of local engineer and such extraordinary
builder (and. 1974'CHS gradu- defensive skills.
ate), John Griffin, has signed a "Of all the personal. a
letter of intent to play defensive fessional accornplishmnie
cornerback for Colgate College achieved in my life, from
in New York State. ating from the University c
Colgate College, a member of da to designing' and pa
the academically prestigious one of the most energy e
Patriot League, is nationally rec- methods of construction
ognized for outstanding acade- United States they al
mia as well as physical prowess compare with the indesc
on the football field. Their foot- feeling of pride I feel for
ball team has won their confer- and his accco:nplishrnent
ence nearly eer\ year and the mentally and physicall.
Division Championship four out self-driven young man w
of the five last years. already achieved many
William's 3.5 grade point long-timne dreams and-
average, combined with endur- not-thing more rewarding
ing athletic ability such as his 50- seeing all his hard work
second mile, helped him earn a tivated ability pay off fo
full educational and athletic said John
scholarship'.for Fall 2006. "There are no wo
William is thrilled for an oppor- express just how proi
tunity to advance his caliber of entire family is of him,"
play to the collegiate level, espe- tinued.


Huggins signs with

By Bill Fabian

MOORE HAVEN Moore
Haven Junior-Senior High School
senior Rod Huggins signed a let-
ter of intent to attend and play
football for the Florida Atlantic
University On Wednesday, Feb. 1. -
The senior played quarterback
for the Terriers, and hopes to,
make an impact on the college
level as a safety...
"I'm very proud to represent
this community at FAU," said
Huggins. "I'm going to play hard,
wherever they need me to play."
He plans to study sports man-
agement at the university, and Moore Haven Junior-S
looks forward to being close to signed a letter of inte
home. signed a letter of inte
"It's a privilege for him, and Florida Atlantic Unive
for the family to watch him play," his father Felton (left)
said Huggins' father, Felton. "He right things, and he's he
will also represent the communi- say that many times before
't, and he'll be a lot closer to us Coach Ringstaff. "Ever
here being in Boca Raton," he nobody's looking, Rod
said. how to do the right thi
Huggins had also been recruit- I'm awfully proud of him.
ed by Southern Illinois, and the Huggins has been a s
family had visited the school players since he donnedE
before National Signing Day, uniform and his overall
when Huggins signed with FAU. prowess launched him
Huggins also will receive a full lead position as Moore
scholarship to play at FAU, with quarterback. The Terrier
an athletic scholarship award of gled overall behind an c
$12,178. line that kept Huggins
Coach Andy Ringstaff praised for' his life for a good pa
the talented young athlete. season, but Huggins sh
"He knows how to do the leticism made him a tl


requires
athletic

nd pro-
nts I've
gradu-
of Flori-
tenting
efficient
in the
I fail to
*ribable
my son
:s, both
He's a
rho has
of his
there's
>g than
and cul-
r him,"

irds to


Youth baseball and
softball sign ulps
MOORE HAVEN The Glades
County Youth Association is
announcing sign ups for this year's
youth baseball and softball sea-
sons. Sign ups will be Feb. 11 and
Feb. 18 at the city ball fields from 9
a.m. until i p.m. A registration fee
of $35 is required for the first child
and the fee is $25 for each child
thereafter. For more information,
call (863) 227-1201
Youth baseball and
softball try outs
CLEWISTON Clewiston
Youth Baseball and Softball tr. outs
will be held on Saturda\, Feb. 11 at
Ihe Big Quad.
Tryouts for the boys are as fol-


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FELDA, FL The Florida Divi-
sion of Forestry will host an after-
noon birding field trip at the
Okaloacoochee Slough State For-
est. We will be guiding people
through distinct habitats on Feb.
25, starting at 2 p.m. until 6:30 p.m.
The tour will offer the visitor an


TALLAHASSEE Florida
Agriculture and Consumer Ser-
vices Commissioner Charles H..
Bronson announced Feb. 2, that
his department, along with the
assistance of other state and fed-
eral agencies and six counties,
will begin baiting operations on
February 14 to reduce the inci-
dence of rabies along the highly
populated Interstate 4 corridor
south of Orlando.
Officials will distribute about
700,000 bait packs containing an
oral rabies vaccine from fixed-
wing aircraft, helicopters and
trucks starting Feb. 14 and con-
tinuing for two to three weeks.
The bait attracts raccoons, which
are the primary carriers of rabies
in Florida.
"Our goal is to control rac-
coon rabies in this highly popu-
lated area," Mr. Bronson said.
"We are attempting to establish a
zone of immunized raccoons."
The six counties in which bait
will be dropped are Hernando,
Hillsborough, Lake, Pasco, Polk
and Sumter. Officials in those
counties, as well as those from
the Florida Department of Health
and the U.S. Department of Agri-
culture's Wildlife Service, will
assist Bronson's department in
the program. The 1-4 corridor
program is being funded by a


opportunity to learn about our
land management practices and
recreation sites. It will also be a
great opportunity for birders of all
levels to see first hand some of the
great southwest Florida raptors
and wading birds. Okaloacoochee
Slough State Forest, located in


grant from USDA.
This will be the fourth year of
distributing oral rabies vaccine
from the west coast of the 1-4 cor-
ridor to U.S. Highway 27. In all,
some 2,957 square miles will be
treated.
Residents are asked to leave
bait packs alone and to keep pets
confined as much as possible
during the baiting period. While
the bait is not harmful to pets,
officials want to make sure that
there are a sufficient number of
them to treat the raccoons. The
bait poses no particular hazard to
humans either, but officials sug-
gest that anyone who handles
the material, especially the red
liquid vaccine portion the mid-
.die of the bait, wash their hands
thoroughlywith soap and water.
The bait will come in two
forms: The traditional version is.a
matchbook-size fish meal block
containing a liquid oral rabies
vaccine inside. A new type of bait
is a small sachet similar in size to
a ketchup condiment packet that
will have an attractant applied to
its exterior to encourage rac-
coons to bite into the vaccine.
For more information, resi-
dents are encouraged to call their
local Health Departments or a
toll-hotline at 1-866-4USDA WS
(1-866-487-3297).


western Hendry and northeastern
Collier Counties, comprised
32,039 acres.
Many of the natural communi-
ties located in south Florida can be
found. on the forest. There are
eight distinct natural communities
currently identified with mesic flat-


woods and swale making up
approximately 82 percent of the
habitat. This unique natural sys-
tem provides a large roaming area
of contiguous habitat for a variety
of wildlife. The Okaloacoochee
Slough includes a 13,381-acre
swale that carries water through


the forest to the north and south,
and provides a haven for wading
birds.
Visitors of all ages are invited to
experience the Okaloacoochee
Slough State Forest and learn
about birds and other wildlife. The
group will meet Saturday at 2 p.m.


Crist endorsed by Broward Republican


TALLAHASSEE Charlie Crist,
attorney general and candidate for
Governor, graciously received the
endorsement of the Broward
Republican Executive Committee.
Broward County has the second
largest population of Republican
voters in the state and more than
1.5 million residents.
"I am honored and humbled by
the endorsement of the Broward
Republican Executive Committee
which represents such an impor-
tant part of our great state," said


Crist. "Broward County has seen
extraordinary growth over the
years and as Florida's next Gover-
nor I look forward to working with
local officials to ensure Broward's
prosperity continues."
Shane Strum, Chairman of the
Broward Republican Executive
Committee added, "The member-
ship overwhelming voted to
endorse Charlie Crist for Governor.
The Broward Republican Party will
do all we can to ensure Charlie
Crist becomes this state's next


Republican Governor."
This unprecedented endorse-
ment by the Broward Republican
Executive Committee follows the
endorsements of the Pasco and
Pinellas Republican Executive Com-
mittees. In addition, the Charlie Crist
for Governor Campaign has been
endorsed by the Police Benevolent
Association, the Fraternal Order of
Police, the Florida Nurses Associa-
tion and the Associated Builders and
Contractors as well as 36 members
of the Florida Legislature.


February is the American heart month


TALLAHASSEE In efforts to
support American Heart Month,
the Florida Department of Health
(DOH) joins the American Heart
Association (AHA) and National
Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
(NHLBI) in recognizing National
Wear Red Day on February 3. .
"National Wear Red Day is a
great opportunity to educate
women in Florida and inform
them about prevention of heart
disease and heart attacks," said
DOH Deputy Secretary for Health
and State Public Health Nursing
Director Nancy.Humbert, M.S.N.,
A.R.N.P. "We urge Floridians to
join us in promoting healthy
hearts."
Heart disease is the number
one cause of death for women
over the age of 25. For many


people, the first symptom of
heart disease is a heart attack.
Therefore, every woman should
know how to identify the symp-
toms of a heart attack and how
to get immediate medical help.
In 2004, heart attacks were the
leading cause of death for
women, claiming 10,151
women in Florida.
. Many heart attacks start slow-
ly as mild pain or discomfort. The
most common warning signs for
men and women are:
Chest discomfort Uncom-
fortable pressure, squeezing, full-
ness or pain in the center of the
chest. The discomfort may be
mild or severe. may last a fewvmin-
utes or ma\ come and go.
Upper body discomfort -
Pain or discomfort in one or both


arms, back, neck, jaw or stomach.
Shortness of breath This
may occur along with or without
chest discomfort.
Other symptoms Nausea,
light-headedness or cold sweats.
Women are somewhat more
likely than men to experience
some of the other common
symptoms, particularly shortness
of breath, vomiting, nausea and
back or jaw pain. Please follow
the tips below if you think you or
someone else may be having a
heart attack:
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prevent disability or death.
Call 911 immediately to get
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sonnel can begin treatment to
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HAGUE, FL. As the nation
looks to agriculture for renew-
able fuels from crops and other
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researchers have developed a
manure management system
that. produces energy, -saves
valuable nutrients for fertilizer,
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manure Without proper man-
agement, animal manure can
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by residents
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manure into methane gas,"
\Vilkie said. "Anaerobic
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aerobic systems that use oxygen
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enclosed to keep oxygen out,
anaerobic digestion keeps odors
in. Odors, flies and pathogens
are reduced bN as much as 95


"It's an environmentally friendly solution for
an unpleasant housekeeping task. It's not
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manure management system is a sustainable
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that produces renewable.energy and protects
the environment."
Ann Wilkie,
an associate research professor with UF's Institute of
Food and Agricultural Sciences.


percent.
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methane produced can be used
to heat water or generate elec-
tricity, eliminating greenhouse
gas emissions that contribute to
global warming. Nutrients such
as nitrogen and phosphorus can
be recovered and used to fertil-
ize crops
To demonstrate the technolo-
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large-scale anaerobic digester at
LF's 500-cow Dairy Research
Unit in Hague is now generating
biogas from manure flushed
from animal barns and milking
parlors. The patented waste
treatment technology is being
made available for licensing by.
JF's Office of Technology
Licensing.
.About 410 cubic "leet of
methane per day can be pro-
duced from the waste of each
dairy cov, Wilkie said. Each
cubic foot of methane has about
1,01100 BTIUs, which adds up to a
huge amriount of usable energy.
A British Thermal Unit is the
amount of heat needed to raise
the temperature of water b\ one
degree Fahrenheit.
Art Darling, executive direc-
tor of Sunshine State Milk Pro-
ducers Inc. in Orlando, said
although methane technology is
not cheap, it can solve important
energy and env ironmental prob-
lems on Florida dairy farms.


Darling said the LIF system
takes advantage of the fact that it
is less expensive to move liquid
containing rnanuie than moving
dry manure solids. The anaero-
bic digester processes manure
from the large volumes of v\atei
used to flush waste lorn animal
holding areas at the dairy.
Because manure flushed
from these areas is so diluted b\
water, only two types of anaero-
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Florida dailies covered lagoons
and fixed-film digesters, \Vilkie
said. Covered lagoons require
large land areas, gas-tight covers
and caieful sealing to prevent
nutrients from leaching into
groundwater By contrast, the
fixed-lilm anaerobic digester at
Hague is a 100,000-gallon tank
that has a relatively small foot-
print, which can be a real plus
when local land-planning issues
are a concern, she said.
"In covered lagoons, \lhich
are less efficient than fixed-lilm
anaerobic digesters, the digestive
..bacteria float around, making
only random contact with the
manure particles," Wilkie said.
"In fL\ed-film digesters, the bac-
terial growth occurs on the sur-
faces of the internal media that
the waste must flow over, there-
by assuring frequent contact. In
this way, higher volumes of
wastewater can be processed."
She said a fixed-film digester


can process flushed manure in
two to three days compared to
30 to 40 days for- a covered
lagoon. Generally, the fixed-filrn
design is suitable for any live-
stock manure that is diluted with
%water for transport or process-
ing, such as dairy and swine
waste.
The by.-products of anaerobic
digestion liquid fertilizer and:
compost reduce the need for
s\ nthetic fertilizers and soil con-
ditioneis that are produced
using less sustainable methods,
pr hidingg a cost savings as well
as environmental benefits.
\Vilkie said
Anaerobic digestion reduces
the potential for global warming,
in IVO ways, she said First, by
capturing biogas, anaerobic
digestion can reduce natural
emissions of methane, a potent
greenriouse gas. Second, %when
anaerobic digestion produces
renewable luel to replace fossil
fuels such as coal, oil and natu-
ral gas, production of carbon
dioxide from burning those fos-
sil fuels is avoided.
- Another ad- antage of anaero-
bic digestion is thal it produces
very little sludge, whichh requires
further processing and disposal.
With aerobic treatment, up to 50
percent of the organic mailtter
from the waste is converted to
sludge.
The anaerobic digester also
lowers the levels of pathogens;
starvation and competition with
other microorganisms help kill
pathogens that might be in the
manure, Wilkie said.
Da'id Armstrong, farm man-,
ager at. the LIF dairy unit in
Hague, said the fixed-film anaer-
obic digester has been operating
successfully for five years, and
some of the methane produced
is used to heat water for the
milking parlor He said the
digester is "farmer i friendly"
because it is easy to operate and
maintain.


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Crist names organizations structure for Palm Beach


TALLAHASSEE Charlie
Crist, attorney general and can-
didate for governor, announced
his countywide organizational
structure in Palm Beach County.
The committee includes several
well-recognized business and
community leaders many
who were involved in the
Bush/Cheney campaign.
"The strength of our grass roots
committee in Palm Beach will be
an asset to our campaign," said


Crist. "I am honored to have their
support and know that they will
work hard to spread my message
of hope, safety and opportunity."
The Charlie Crist for Governor
Palm Beach County organizational
committee includes:
Honorary Chairman Karen Mar-
cus, County Commissioner, Palm
Beach County Chairman Beth
Kigel, member of the Palm Beach
County Republican Executive
Committee, member of the North-


ern Palm Beach Republican Club
Federated, board member JTJG
Republican Club Co-Chairman,
Mike Agganis, Businessman, mem-
ber Florida Pre-paid College Board
Co-Chairman 6 Esther Berry, Com-
missioner City of South Bay Co-
Chairman 6 Andre Cadogan, Mem-
ber of the Palm Beach County
Republican Executive Committee,
Chairman of Black Republican
Caucus of Palm Beach County, Vice
Chairman of National Black


Republican Association, Palm
Beach County African American
Coalition Chair for the Bush-
Cheney re-election campaign. Co-
Chairman 6 Laurie S. Cohen,
Councilwoman, Village of Welling-
ton Co-Chairman, Ernie Cox, Attor-
ney, Served on Committee for Sus-
tainable Treasure Coast Rural
Lands Sub-Committee Co-Chair-
man Peter Feaman.- Palm
Beach County -State Committee-
man Co-Chairman, Tom Rooney,


President of JTJG Republican Club,
Trustee for Republican Party of
Palm Beach County, Governor
Bush Appointee to the Children
Services Council of Palm Beach
County, former Captain, U.S. Army
Co-Chairman, Tom Sliney, Past
Chairman of the Palm Beach Coun-
ty Republican Party Co-Chairman
-Lisa Trepepi, Commissioner City


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ber Florida League of Cities Co-
Chairman Elizabeth Wade, Coun-
cilwoman and Chairman, City of
Riviera Beach Chairman Beth Kigel
added, "Charlie Crist's strong con-
sistent leadership and advocacy of
the citizens of the state of Florida
represents the strongest qualities of
our next Governor."


Domestic Security Public Awareness Campaign


"Informed, Prepared, Protect-
ed" Florida launches Domestic
Security Public Awareness Cam-
paign Florida Department of Law
Enforcement special agent in
charge E.J. Picolo and Collier
County Sheriff Don Hunter the
Chairpersons for the Southwest
Florida Domestic Security Task
Force, and Lee County Sheriff Mike
Scott today joined state and local
public safety agencies in Fort Myers
to unveil "Informed, Prepared, Pro-
tected," a new statewide, research-
based public awareness campaign
designed to help citizens better pro-
tect themselves and their families in
the event of a terrorist incident.
The announcement was made
on the same day that Gov. Jeb
Bush, Florida's Cabinet officers,
agency heads and law enforce-
ment officials conducted the fourth
annual emergency management
"tabletop" exercise at the State
Emergency Operations Center in
Tallahassee. The exercise includes


a simulated disaster scenario.
"Florida's Domestic Security
Task Forces are working everyday
to prevent a terrorist attack from
occurring," Special Agent in
Charge Picolo said.
"Although there are no specific.
threats to Florida, the overall threat
of terrorism is real and Floridians
must work together to ensure we
are prepared in the event some-
thing does occur."
The multimedia Informed, Pre-
pared, Protected campaign's
design is based on research that
included focus groups and a tele-
phone survey of 400 Floridians.
The research found that most peo-
ple feel there is nothing they can do
to prepare for a terrorist attack. But
once they learn the steps they can
take, they are more likely to create
their own disaster plan.
Those steps include:
Having a disaster supply kit on
hand year round. The kit should
include food and water for seven


days; and medical supplies.
Deciding ahead of time where
family members will meet should
they be separated when disaster
strikes.
Choosing a single, out-of-
state point of contact for family
and friends in case communica-
tions s\ stems are disrupted.
The Informed, Prepared, Pro-
tected campaign's outreach com-
ponents include:
A web site at www.MySafe
Florida.org
Television public service
'announcements in English and
Spanish
Radio public service
announcements in English, Span-
ish and Creole
Outdoor advertising includ-
ing billboards, .shopping mall
boards, and bus shelter boards ,
Printed brochures in English
and Spanish.
"The citizens of Lee County
are well aware of the destruction


and hardships that fall upon us
after enduring the past two hurri-
cane seasons. We need to pre-
pare for the possibility of a terror
attack much like we do for hurri-
cane season. I ask everyone in
Lee County to become informed
through this campaign so \we will
all be better prepared and protect-
ed," said Lee County Sheriff Mike
Scott.
Since the events of Sept. 11,
2001, FDLE has been deeply
engaged in the coordination of
domestic security issues' and
responses in our state as well as
working to foster a positive and
functional relationship with feder-
al offices responsible for safe
guarding our nation. Under the
direction of Got. Bush, FDLE cre-
ated seven Regional Domestic
Security Task Forces RDSTF).
The statewide domestic security
strategy of the RDSTFs is organ-
ized around five key goals and
objectives- .


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roof, super large workshop with RV parking.
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on the lanai while enjoying a refreshing breeze.
$229,900.
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completely fenced in yard and an above ground
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MOBILE HOMES:
* REDUCED TO $850,000 Mini ranch in Alva.
This 3BD/2BA mobile home sits on 10+/- acres and
includes barns, ponds & much more!
* $475,000 Spacious 3BD/3BA mobile home in
Muse sits on 5+/- acres. This spacious home fea-
tures an addition with it's own entrance and much
more. The property has a pond with an island and
bridge, an above ground pool, 2 barns and more.
* $300,000 3BD/1BA mobile home in Muse
which rests on 5+/- acres features a new well and
roof. Property is also fenced with a shed and
pond.
* $120,500 3BD/2BA manufactured home
located in the Moore Haven Yacht Club. This
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* Kids driving you crazy? More space can help!
Escape to a private master bedroom with
retreat room and garden tub! Features 4 bed-
rooms, laundry room and a large Family room
with fireplace. Located on 1.25 acres. Get some
peace in this 2300 sq. ft. family friendly home!
Home is a 2005 and a bargain at $154,900.
* Tired of the Circus? No clowning around
about the calm you'll enjoy in this spacious
3BR/2B MH on cleared 2.5 +/- acres. WOW! Be
sure to check out the huge horse barn and
workshop. Box stalls, feed room, large work-
shop. Lower your blood pressure! $189,900.
* STOP DREAMING AND START LIVING This
2.5+/- acre mini estate makes relaxing easy with a
3BR/2B manufactured home. Featuring ceramic tile,
textured walls & spacious kitchen. Only $179,900.
* 3BR/2B manufactured home on 2.5+/- acres
fenced with outbuildings. Features a huge mas-
ter suite, ceramic tile, built in cabinets and
much more. Only $175,000.
* 3BR/2B manufactured home in Inmmokalee.
Features new carpet and vinyl and fenced cor-
ner lot. Listed at only $155,900.
* 2.5 acres in southern Pioneer. A great week-
end get-a-way or country home. Bring all offers,
to this motivated seller. $149,900.
* 2BR/2B manufactured home on .25+/- acres
of land in North LaBelle. Perfect for a first time
buyer or investor. Only $54,900.

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* $115,000 2BD/1BA mobile home on 2.5+/-
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year round or as a weekend getaway!
* $113.900 2-K'. -'i' i 'i.: nd still under
.0 1 1 I, i .,'1 ii',. ,,,..l...- I.'.. located in the
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date.
* $112,500 2BD/2BA New Construction in the
Moore Haven Yacht Club. The Moore Haven
Yacht Club is a 55+/- "ownership" park. Call
today for completion date!
* $78,900 3BD/2BA mobile home in Ortona.
The mobile home is partially furnished. The lot is
surrounded in beautiful palm and oak trees.
S'.JUST REDUCED $64,900 3BD/2BA manu-
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ACREAGF:
$1,500,000- l-) ie'1 t.rr ,e CurrentlyAuto
Salvage yard.
$1,025,600 51+/- acres, secluded, lots of
trees, fronts on two roads, owner will divide.
$988,025 W'arehn ie & office on 1.38+/-
a,:,e .: -. i a i,1 a,sri:. 5 J'.- yard. Organized
with clean bill of health.


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ing .nfrLcafs ot utl SK oU. cl,..aun.d ith well td1d
electric. Time's on your side in this investment!
$2,750,000.
* 20+/- acres in Muse on CR720. Partially cleared
& ready for your dream home. This property has
a well, septic, electric & an older mobile home for
rental income. Priced at only $40,000 per acre.
* The opportunities are endless! Brin vour invest-
ment d RA lW b !AwhD", v 27
fiontage. Next to water plant. Property was cleared
except for the majestic Live Oaks. Bring your ideas
and see! $750,000.
* BEAUTIFUL HOMESITE Hard to find 5+/- acres.
Just minutes from LaBelle on Case Rd. $219,900.
* 2+/- acres on Ft. Center Ave. in LaBelle.
Already" "y erty
Enjoy c tslt vrig on utt oiTown.
Only $119,900.
* 1.84+/- acre located off Jacks Branch Rd. in
Muse. This property has lots of oaks, pines and
palm trees. Perfect for the nature lover. Priced
at only $95,000.
* Genuine Country Feel! Days gone by are
back! Relive the best on this private and seclud-
ed 2+/- acres. Fresh air special! $93,900.
* Beautiful wooded 1,25+/- ac. on Jasmine St. in
Montura. Great for investment or homesite. Only
$46,000.
* 1.25+/- acre on Datil in Montura. $45,000.
* Spacious lot in Montura. $44,900.


* JUST REDUCED MOTIVATED SELLER!
1/2 Acre lot in Alva on Pearl St. $124,900.
* Hard to find double lot in growing Port
LaBelle Unit 102. $119,800.
* Drop dead gorgeous! If you're looking for
the dream lot for your new home look no fur-
ther Located in the sought after Belmont S/D
in LaBelle. This .37+/- acre is truly a dream
come true. Only $84,900.


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htnJ .rc:A ]dli.)i.ri, Buiar., .':. propcrT' In Mue
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$272,000 -10+/- acres with pines, a pond and
shed.
$165.000- I f l:k filled Ikt
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AND LEHIGH ACRES


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-.'..r ni, $2,900. Possible seller financing.
* 2 Lehigh Acre lots zoned for duplex. Great
investment property! Only $67,000 each
* Corner lot in Port LaBelle Unit 102 ready for
your new home. $64,900.
* Corner lot in Unit 102 w/large oak. Beautiful
lot for your dream home. $54,900.
* Triple lot in Unit 6. $49,900 each
* Double lot in Unit 9. $49,900 each.
* Beautiful wooded 1+/-. acre homesites!
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* Loaded with possibilities! 2 steel buildings with
over 5,800 sq ft of work area on 1+/- acre. Zoned for
Heavy Industrail use. Currently is fully rented out to
3 businesses. Listed at only $525,000.
* 1.18+/- acres zoned C-1 commercial just South of
LaBelle with 175+/- feet of frontage on SR29 and
frontage on Luckey Street. Asking $450,000.
* Investor's dream! By purchasing this com-
mercial corner lot with 3BR/2B mobile home
for rental income could multiply your invest-
ment! Grab this site now! $165,000.
* Beautiful .25+/- acre corner lot in downtown
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duplex or single family w/a possibility of reion-
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DOG- Black & white, Male,
Vic. Clayland ..Park.
(863)763-4118


AFRICAN GREY PARROT: Not
banded. Grey w/red tail. Vic. St
Rd. 70 & Kissimmee River.
"Sparkle" Reward. 467-8629
BOXER, Brown w/white mark-
ings, Last seen Jan. 26th in
LeBelle. (863)673-2953 Re-
ward
CAT name Alex, Black w/white
patch on neck, w/skin condi-
tion, Last seen 1/24, near
Red Top Dairy
(863)261-1153
DRILL- Walt portable 14 volt.
Jan. 26th Okee. RV park.
Hwy 78 (270)556-0296 Re-
ward
LOST PEACOCKS assorted
colors, last seen on 64th
Ave. by Four Seasons, 1/25
(863)610-1964
LOST Ring in Buckhead Ridge
area, antique, spoon handle
ring, Reward if found
(863)447-5263
SHELTIE- Male, lyr old,
Looks Lassie, Long hair. Vic.
Four Seasons 1/26/06
(863)801-1398 Big Reward
The classified are the
most successful sales-
person in town.


Chinese Shar Pei Female.
Fawn color, 7 months old
w/papers. Don't have enough
time for her Free!!!
(863)634-6601
DWARF RABBIT- white, to
good home, comes with
cage and food. If interested
call (239)464-6136 Kim
EXERCISE BIKE- Free
(863)357-0575
FREE PUPPIES! TO GOOD
HOME ONLY! 6 weeks old.
(863)357-2147
GERMAN SHEPHERD/GOLD-
EN RETRIEVER MIX- 9 yrs
old, Loves kids! Very gentle!
Please call (763)697-8198
ROTTWEILER- 2yr, Female,
Free To Good Home Only!
(863)763-3910
ROTTWEILER- 3 yrs old, Male,
Free To Good Home Only!
(863)763-3910
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attic, basement and/or
garage? Advertise
your yard sale in the
classified and make
your clean up a breeze!


Belle Glade, Sat., Feb. 11th,
8am-? @ Miracle Temple
Church, on Hwy. 715 across
from Flowers Bread Store,
100 SW 16th St. Large variety
of items...Too much to list.


Is Stress Ruining Your Life?
Read DIANETICS by Ron L.
Hubbard Call (813)872-0722
or send $7.99 to Dianetics,
3102 N. Habana Ave., Tam-
pa FL 33607.

Employment -


Empoyment -
Full-Time 205
Employment -
Medical 210
EmpIloyment -
Part-Time 215
Employment
Wanted 220
Job Information 225
Job Training 227
Sales 230



BOOKKEEPER
For Belle Glade Insurance
Agency Minimum 1 year
bookkeeping experience,
must have computer skills -
MS Office, Pleasant working
conditions. Fax resume to
561-996-7682
CITY OF CLEWISTON
has the following openings:
Groundsman Electric
Department Provides func-
tional support for construct-
ing & maintaining electric
distribution system. Must
live within one mile of city
limits. Class B CDL w/air
brakes and experience pre-
ferred.
Maintenance Worker 1 -
Street Department Semi-
skilled, directed manual la-
bor involving construction
and maintenance of streets
and sidewalks. Must have a
valid FL Drivers License and
good driving record. Carpen-
try, concrete and/or comput-
er skills would be definite
asset for position.
Applications are available
at Clewiston City Hall, 115
W. Ventura Ave.
EOE/DFWP
Earn Up to $550 WEEKLY
Working through the govern-
ment. PT No Experience. Call
Today!! (800)488-2921 Ask
for Department i.


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CITY OF PAHOKEE IS ACCEPTING
APPLICATIONS FOR THE
FOLLOWING POSITIONS:
COMMUNITY/ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

Applicant needed .to lead its residential and indus-
Irial efforts. Candidates must have a Bachelor's
Degree in Business or Public Administration -
Masler's preferred, and has at least three years of
municipal experience in Community/Economic De-
velooment. Salary negotiable.
EXPiRHIENCED GRANT COORDINATOR

Must be able to idP.ntify, prepare and submit grant
applicatibols and proviuc .," v-up reporting re-,
quirements; Must be a Self-starie .onrgetic pro-
fessional with excellent technical writing skills,
budget forecasting, attention to detail, and must
have the ability, to meet deadlines. Have knowl-
edge of infrastructure and government programs.
Administrative abilities and effective oral and writ-
ten communication skills to deal with grant com-
pliance issues and public agencies. Applicant
must have a Bachelor's degree in Business/Public
Administration.
UTILITY CLERK

Primary duties include billing and collection of City
Utility Bills. Application must have knowledge of
office methods, procedures and equipment, basic
computer skills, good communication skills and
good customers service relation. Previous cashier
or cash handling experience preferred. Possess a
high school diploma. Bi-lingual a plus.
DISTRIBUTION AND COLLECTIONS

Applicant must be able to operate moderately
heavy equipment with controls requiring skill and
manipulative ability. Must have working knowledge
of tools, methods, and material used in general
mechanical maintenance and be able to lift heavy
objects. Must possess a valid Florida Driver's Li-
cense.

MAINTENANCE LABORER
Applicant must be able to operate lawn mowers
equipment and tractors pulling assorted mowing
equipment. Must possess a valid FL Driver's Li-
cense and pass drug screen.
Applications are available at the Human Resources
Office, 171 N. Lake Ave., Pahokee, FL 33476
Mon. thru Fri., 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM. Please submit
resume with application. All positions will require
applicants to pass a drug screen and background
check. Open until filled. EOE.


PROGRAM MANAGER / CASEWORKER
For a non-profit organization experienced in program
development and implementation in the areas of hous-
ing, education, direct assistance casework based in
Clewiston. A college degree or equivalent, experience
in social services or related field is preferred. Must be
organized, self-motivated and able to work indepen-
dently, with excellent written and verbal communica-
tion skills. Grant writing experience is preferred. Send
resume to:
Catholic Charities
Guadalupe Social Services
PO BOX 5034
Immokalee, Florida 34142
Attn: Director of Rural Services
or Fax to 239-657-7761


Class A-CDL Drivers. Great
Benefits & Pay. Home Most
Weekends. 95% No Touch
Freight. 70% Drop & Hook.
Earn up to $1.21/mile. Inter-
ested? Call Daryl
(800)274-4110.
CSR
Needed for Clewiston
Insurance Agency. Bi-lingual
is a plus. FL Insurance 220
or 214 Licenses needed.
(863)233-3099
Find it faster. Sell it sooner
in the classified


DENTAL ASSISTANTS
with receptionist skills,
experience 3 years and up,
traveling must not be a
problem. $10 per hour and up.
Offices in Belle Glade and
West Palm
Call 561-689-5028
Exp'd Plumbers & Helpers
Needed, commercial/resi-
dential, full time starting im-
mediately. Paid Holidays and
vacation. (561)996-1159
Your new home could be
in today's paper. Have
you looked for it?


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Assistant Chemist
$1.5.87 per hour (plus benefits)
Primary Function: Collect, deliver, prepare and perform labora-
tory analysis to control the refinery process such as but not
limited to Brix, pH, Color, Sediment, etc.
Responsibilities:
*Perform Smple analysis and operale laboratory equipment
* Ma0ri i equipment arid work area in accordance with CGMR
*Participate in training sessions related to the position.
*Capable of working with minimum supervision.
Production/Maintenance Technician
(Environmental & Safety)
$15.87 per hour (plus benefits)
Primary Function: Ensures the safe and proper disposal of haz-
ardous and solid waste.
Responsibilities:
* Inspects chemical and fuel containment areas, fire extin-
guishers, petroleum and chemical spill kits, signage, etc.
*Operates powered industrial truck.
Performs routine environmental and safety and inspections.
Capable of working with minimum supervision.
Note: in order to be considered for the above opportunities,
you must complete the Trades Operator Selection Test (TOST).
Test preparation materials are available in the Clewiston, Paho-
kee, Belle Glade and South Bay public libraries.
Please stop in at our employment office and schedule a test
date after completing an application. We are located on W C
Owen Ave. in the last building on the left prior to entering the
plant.
Administrative Assistant
(accounting skills)
If you are analytical and enjoy a variety of challenging duties,
please explore US Sugar. We are seeking a candidate that can
analyze and compile statistical data while working in a dynamic
team environment. For immediate consideration, please email
you resume to mnelson@ussugar.com
FAX 863-902-3186
United States Sugar Processing is an Equal Opportunity Employer
committed to a diverse workforce. Women and minorities are en-
couraged to apply. We maintain a drug-free workplace and per-
form pre-employment substance abuse testing.


Central County Water Control District is
now accepting applications for a Club-
house Maintenance Person. This is a full
time position with full benefits. Must be
able to work flexible hours, nights and
weekends, some holidays. This is a drug
free workplace. Apply in person at the
Montura Clubhouse, located at 255 N.
Hacienda Street, Montura Ranch Estates,
Wednesday thru Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4
p.m.

HELP WANTED
HENDRY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Building Inspector One for the Labelle office and one for the
Clewiston office. Must have graduated from accredited two-
year college in building construction; five years responsible ex-
perience in building activities; or an equivalent
combination of training and experience.
Field Service for Pt LaBelle Utilities. A valid drivers license
is required.
All positions are full-time with medical benefits, retirement, sick
and vacation leave.
These positions will be open until filled.
Job descriptions and applications can be obtained in the
Satellite Office in Clewiston and the Courthouse in LaBelle in
the HR Department.
Vet Pref. EEO. Drug free.
Applicants needing assistance in the application process
should contact HR.



Competitive pay, 401 K, medical, dental.
Walk in to apply at ACE Hardware,
310 E. Sugarland Hwy., Clewiston.
Please ask for Nevin or Jordan.


Driver- NOW HIRING QUALI-
FIED DRIVERS for Central
Florida Local & National OTR
positions. Food grade tanker,
no hazmat, no pumps, great
benefits, competitive pay &
new equipment. Need 2
years experience. Call By-
num Transport for your op-
portunity today.
(800)741-7950.


FLORIDA WATER
TREATMENT
Needs outside sales person.
Some office work & clean-
ing. Commission, car
allowance and more.
Call (863)983-1341 or
599-5900.

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Glades Cobuimy
Board of County Commissioners
AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
February 1,2006
Mechanic Class B
SALARY RANGE: $9.00 -$12.70 per hour
EXCELLENT BENEFITS, HEALTH CARE AND
STATE RETIREMENT
MAJOR DUTIES: Repair and routine maintenance on all
county equipment, including the shop facility. Applicant must
be able to clean and organize the shop facility. Applicant must
be able to prepare legible daily work tickets, recording time,
equipment and inventory used. Applicant must be able to work
with road crews doing various jobs when necessary. Applicant
may be required to perform labor duties such as shovel, rake,
trim trees or lay sod. Applicant must provide safe conditions
for employees and the general public and perform any work
necessary to protect Glades County's interest.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES: Applicant must be ca-
pable of safely and efficiently operating any county equipment.
Applicant must have the ability to lift up to 100 Ibs. and have
the ability to sit, stand, walk, stoop, bend, crawl and work out-
side for long periods of time in various weather conditions.
Applicant must possess knowledge and skill in the operation o1
automotive repair tools, and must be capable of learning to use
diagnostic equipment. Applicant must be able to work flexible
hours and overtime when necessary. Applicant must possess
a minimum of one year experience in automotive repair.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: High School diploma or equiva-
lent. Applicant must possess a valid Class A Florida Commer-
cial Drivers License with an acceptable driving record.
Applicant must be able to pass a screening test for illegal
drugs.
JOB LOCATION: Glades County Road Department, Moore
Haven
WORK SCHEDULE: 7:30 a.m. 4:00 p.m. Monday Friday

CLOSING DATE: February 13,2006 at 5:00 p.m..
REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION: Glades County Application,
Copy of valid Florida Drivers License.
SUBMIT APPLICATION TO: Mary Ann Dotson
500 Avenue J
.RO. Box 1018
Moore Haven, FL 33471
(863)946-6000
Glades County is a drug-free, non smoking workplace
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Glades Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Moore Haven & Okeechobee
Temnorarv Utilitv Person


Two part time positions, flexible working hours.
Preferred skills or talents in Customer Communication,
Computers, and General Office work. High school
diploma or GED is required and bi-lingual is a plus.
Employee Application can be picked up at the
Moore Haven Office, 1190 US Hwy 27 E,
or the Okeechobee Office, 111 SW Park Street.
GEC is an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action
Employer and a Drug Free Workplace.
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INTERVENTION SPECIALIST
Big Cypress Reservation

Work with Family Services and Education
Departments to provide counseling services
to students at home and school. Develop and
follow a Truancy plan. Bachelor's degree in
Education or Psychology. Masters in Mental
Health/Social Work, MS Word, Access, Excel,
Outlook. Willing to work flexible schedule.
Fax resume to (954)967-3477

Seminole Tribe of Florida Health Department
has opening for a Medical Social Worker at our
Big Cypress Reservation. Coord. medical care
with clinic & outside providers. Provide assess-
ment & prevention services. Provide counseling
to patients regarding medical care. MS degree in
Social Work, Psychology, Mental Health, or
Family Therapy or Bachelors degree with min. 2
years exp. Min. 1 yr. clinical exp. w/dual diagno-
sis patients (Chemical Dep./Mental Health). Valid
FL Driver's Lic. req.
Resumes to galtman@semtribe.com or fax:
954-967-3477. www.semtribe.com
How fast can your car When doing those chores is
go? It can go even doing you in, it's time to
faster when you sell it look for a helper in the
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Cocktail Server
Tad Clerk
Housekeeper
Players Club
Security Officer
Line Cook


$5.50 plus grats
$21.00 avg. w/grats
$8.00/hour
$10.00/hour
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Apply in person or download application from
www.theseminolecasino.com
or mail or fax resume to:
Seminole Casino, HR Dept.,
506 S. 1st St., Immokalee, FL 34142
Phone: 1-800-218-0007 Fax (239) 658-8289


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Immediate restaurant management
openings in Lake Placid, Moore
Haven, LaBelle, Clewiston. and
Okeechobee. We are a franchise with
27 restaurants throughout South
Florida and are hiring energetic.
honest; and responsible individuals.
We offer:
-Excellent Salaries
-Medical and Life Insurance
-Dental Insurance
-401K Savings Plan
-Paid Vacations
-Advancement Opportunities
-Training Program

For an interview please call:
863-983-4224
or mail your resume in confidence to:.
Pauline Alvarez
Southern Management Corporation
1014 W. Sugarland Hwy.
Clewiston, FL 33440







Licensed

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Nurse
The Seminole Tribe of Florida has an
opening for an LPN at our Health
Clinic at our Big Cypress Reservation.
Provide ambulatory Nursing services
& phone triage. Administer meds,
therapeutic treatments & diagnostic
testing. Assist w/ transport. Home
visits. Active FL LPN lie. required.
Current BLS certification.
Email resume to:
galtman()semtribe.com
or fax to: (954)967-3477

For more details visit us online at:
www.semtribe.com



NURSE
Nursing Lab Specialist, P/T
Belle Glade Campus
To coordinate clinical and technical activities in the nursing
skills lab. Duties include instructing & testing students in an
individual & group setting within the lab, advising & scheduling
lab students, coordination lab materials, and assisting with
distance learning. Requires a Bachelor's degree and 1-3 years
related experience in include 2 years clinical practice as a
RN required. Learn more o apply on-line at www.obcc.edu
or submit your completed application package to the Office of
Human Resources no latter than 02/28/06.
Palm Beach Community College,
4200 Congress Avenue, Lake Worth, FL 33461,
fax 561-868-3131. EOE/AA/VP/ADA.


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Mace Welding i n,.,r.
acceptirig appilcatIon I .r
WELDERS
Apply within at:
90 Evans Rd,LaBelle
(863)675-6683
"NOW HIRING 2006 AVER.
AGE POSTAL EMPLr C FE
EARNS .$57,000/YR Mini-
mum Starting Pay $18.00/hr.
Benefits/Paid Training and
Vacations No Experience
Needed (800)584-1775 Ref
#5600.
PLUMBERS & HELPERS
Commercial Work
Full & Part Time
Overtime Available
Excellent Wages, Benefits
Metro Mechanical
(239)275-5325
Wanted: Plumbers/Plumber
Helpers/Service Tech. Call
for appointment
,_.(863)675-1155 .



Medicare Home Health Agen-
cy has the following openings:
*RN -Per Diem
*C.N.A. -Full Time / Part Time
*PT, OT, ST, MSW -Per Diem
For immediate consideration
: fax resume to 863-983-9883
License #HHA299991018
EOE.

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Opportunities 305
Money Lenders 310
Tax Preparation 315

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Will Train! Call Stephen or
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Medical Services435



ACCIDENT INJURED Al: Per.
sonal Injury *WRONGFUL
DEATH *AUTO *MOTORCY-
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ISE/PRODUCT *ANIMAL
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DIVORCE$275-$350*COVERS
children, etc. Only one sig-
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govt. fees! Call weekdays
800)462-2000, ext.600.
8am-7pm) Alta Divorce,
LLC. Established 1977.
Buying a car? Look in
the classified. Selling
a car? Look in the
classified.


PROFESSIONAL RESUMES
Cover Letter, Resume &
References Provided.
Contact Diane at
(863)677-0908


NEW SELF STORAGE
46 units 7x5, 8x15, 10x15,
10x30,12x30,15x25. Full
electric, secure on Commerelo
St. 350 ft. from Clewiston
Police Dept. 863-983-6663,
863-983-2808, after hrs.
863-983-8979


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Air Conditioners 505
Antiques 510
Appliances .515
Appliance Parts 520
Beauty Supplies 525

Bicycles 530
Books & Magazines 535
Building Materials540
Business Equipment 545
Carpets/Rugs .550
Children's Item. 555
China, Glassware Etc. 560
Clothing 565
Coins/Stamps.. 570
Collectibles 575
Computer/Vidoo 580
Crafts/Supplies '585
Cruises 590
Drapes, Unens & Fabrics 595
Fireplace Fixture 600
Firewood 6056
Furniture 610
Furs 615
Health & Reducing
Equipment 620
Heating Equipment/
Supplies 625
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Jewelry 635
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Medical Items 650
Miscellaneous 655
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Office Supplies/
Equipment 665
Pets/Supplies/.
Services 870
Photography 675
Plumbing Supplies 680
Pools & Supplies 685
Restaurant
Equipment 690
Satellite 695
Sewing Machines 700
Sporting Goods 705
Stereo Equipment 710
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Tickets 720
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Toys & Games 730
VCRs 735
Wanted to Buy 740


DISHES- 8pc setting, w/sq
bread plates, rose pattern,
made in England/Sheraton
,Johnson Bros. $300
(863)634-9620 Okee area
FIREPLACE MANTEL- Oak
w/surround. Painted Unique.
Excellent condition. $150.
(863)763-4982


NORITAKE CHINA- Pattern:
Mystery #198 Really Beau-
tiful !!, 58 pieces, w/2 large
serving platters, sugar bowl,
& gravy boat. Will ship.
Great buy at $450 Ill
(302)674-4149 Delaware
ROLLTOP DESK- Oak, Child's,
Excellent condition. $125.
Call for more info.
.(863)763-4982


KENMORE SUPER CAPACITY
White Washer, used 4 times
$175(863)467-6060
MICROWAVE- PANASONIC,
1300 watts, with turntable
$50 (863)467-0493



GOING OUT OF BUSINESS-
.Used book store, all books
$1.00 each. 412 NE Park St.
Okeechobee. (863)467-2210



BUILDING SALE! "Beat Next
Increase!" 20x26 Now
$3340. 25x30 $4790. 30x44
$7340. 40x66 $11,490. Fac-
tory Direct, 26 Years. Many
Others. Ends/accessories
optional. Pioneer
(800)668-5422.


STEEL BUILDINGS, Factory
Clearance. New, never erect-
ed 30x40, 40.60, 50x100
and 60100 Will Sell for bal-
ance Call Frank
(800)803-7982.



FENCING: Heavy Duty. New
Al paris enough for at least
400 Ii $12500
18631673-4787
METAL ROOFING SAVE $$$
Buy Direct From Manulaclur-
er 20 colors in stock with all
Accessories Quick lurn
around' Delivery Available
Toll Free (888)393-0335.
MOBILE HOME STAIRS Fiber
glass with rails $250/neg.
1863)763-6369


COWHIDE RUGS (21 asking
$250 frr boiril will sell
separate 1863)675-3888 after



BABY CRIB- no manress, Like
newCost $400 Sell$100.
CRIB MATTRESS- Renais-
sjic.e, lever used $50. or
besi offer. (863)467-5616


PAGEANT DRESS- Linle girls
Pajsel green w/iequins Size
4 $45 Call (863)763-5918
anler 5 30pm
PURSES (6) Dooney. Guci,
Summer leather bag. silver
evemnig bag w/otner leaner
bags $75 him (863)675-3888


BEER CAN COLLECTION:
From 1970s. 199 cans Good
condi cin. MosI are unusual
$50. for all. (863)673-4787
DUKES OF HAZARD '80-Radio
Controlled Gen. Lee car. In
box. Mint cond in box, 1/24th
scale, $45 (856)358-8625
ELVIS RECORD & SOUVENIR
COLLECTION: Approx. 44 yrs,
old. Rare Items. $1000 all or
best offer.. 863-824-3358
OLD RECORDS-(45 records)
78's Joni James, Sarah
Vaughn, Bill HaleyDoris
DayGuy Lombardo, Mills
Bros, Nat King Cole, Frankie
Lane & more. In albums. All
for $200. (302)674-4149
Delaware. Will ship

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COMPUTER, good working
computer $100 internet
ready (863)357-2271
DELL NETWORK COMPUTER-
Pentium III Win. XP, Word,
Games, Complete $150.
(866)855-0158
MONITOR- 17" Flat screen
CRT, Color. $50.
(863)635-3465 Frostproof
SCHOOL COMPUTER Win-
dows XP, Microsoft Works &
ames. Complete system.
150(239)464-3260
WEB TV- computer w/2
keybrd, cordless ph & ans
mach, $125 (863)902-0257


CERAMIC KILN like new,
with over 100 molds, $1200
or best offer (863)634-9513
CERAMIC KILN- good Terra-
gon, $250 (863)675-0550


5pc BR SUITE- black & gold,
like new, $350
(863)675-3793


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BED SET- Oueen martress D4o'
springs & frame $99
(863j675-4176 Leave ries-
sage.
Bedroom set- while, dresser.
nightstand cnest ol drawers
Queen mattress & noxprnng
$400 (863)467-9048
BOOK SHELF Like new v4
shelves. $25 (239)810-3312
BR SUITE- w/2 end ralies win
6 drawers, a lower holding 2
42" mirrors, and more $800
must see (863)610.057T
CHINA CABINET Glass from.
lignted, old. ,200 lirm
(8631763-6336
DINETTE SET- table 4 capi
chairs, mauve, good condri.
bion, $150|863)467-9054
GLASS TOP DINING TABLE w,
6 ch airs, $525
(239)537--1253
SOFA- beige, blue, mauve.
less lan 1 yr old, new $500
asking $250 (8631635-3918
1863)528-0825 Frostprool
TABLE & CHAIRS- cusiomr
made 42" sq oak table, 4
Windsor chairs, very good
cond $350 (863)763-2458
Tan clolh 3 pc Sectional sofa,
matching over slured swivel
chair. 2 end and 1 coffee 1a-
ble, $1500 (239)537-4253
TWIN BED- White nead board.
New mattress & box springs.
$50. (863)357-6922


GOLF CLUBS- lull sel meal
l3irways, 1,3.5. .,'telleni
o( dllon., $1 50
18631467-9892
LADIES CALLAWAY- Woods
D-2 3. 4.5 & 7. Putter. PW
8. 7, 6 5. 4 & 3 Irons All
$400.neg 863-467-1910


TOMMY GUN- .45 ACR $.900
(863)697-144-3



MOBILITY SCOOTER, Pride
Revo SE63. 3 Wni Like new.
Used indoors only Pd $1995,
now $800. (8631.17-1708



FUEL TANK- On stan,. 260
gallon wain 110 V pump i. i-
ler $250 (863)6,5-3357
WOOD BURNING STOVES 12|.
one uese & one arn crate
$400. |8 3t7".3.-,72r


LADIES GOLD ANTIQUE
POCKET WATCH-. over 100
yrs old $300 neg.
1863)634-9620 Okeecrnobee
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LAMPS (3) $-0 lor all.
(863)357-4831.


ACTION SCOOTER, Heavy,
Duly E.cellent condition
$650 or best oIler
1863)675-2596
LIFT CHAIR- $100.
RAMP "Moving On Mobility".
Aluminum 5 Fi w/cover. For.
Hover-Round Wheel cnair
$225 or besl oiler.
1863)675-2596
WHEEL CHAIR LIFT Hydraulic-
electric, l)r van or mini DUS
$300 l863l357-1632 ask for
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CEILING FANS, 14) 52
brown good cond $80 weilt .
iell separately
1863)763-5011
Complete Screen room, 30 9'
$1000 (863)697-2434
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FLEA MARKET ITEMS New
& used. Large inventory.
Bring lots of boxes. $350 for RESIDENTIAL
all. (863)357-0037 Eagle's Nest Bring the horses!
HUNT ELK, Red Stag, White- ",, 5.15/- prime open residential acres in Western Hendry County
tail, Buffalo, Wild Boar. Our Centrally located just off Highway 80 in south western Florida offering easy access to both the
season: now-3/31/06. Guar- E Slf East and West coasts of Florida.
anteed license, $5.00 tro- -:
phy in two days. No- Offered at $185,000
Game/No-Pay policy. Days A secluded, private re a1,
(314)209-9800; evenings ranch subdivision DEVELOPMENT / COMMERCIAL PROPERTY
o(314)293-0610. offering beautiful SR 80 LaBelle, Florida
MOBILE HOTDOG CART vistas of pristine SR 80 LaBelle Florida
$500(863)697-2434 LaBelle, Florida is a rapidly developing area 20 minutes East of Ft. Myers.
(863)697-2434 natural habitat. Multiple development possibilities from multi-family to commercial.
PAINTING -Framed 28x40 4' Prime intersection and road frontage available along SR 80
Couch sized painting, Moun- Offered in combinable 40-60ac Tracts for discerning 151- Acres 6.85+/- Acres 2.38+/- Acres
tain water,trees scene, Must homeowners or weekend nature enthusiasts. Offered at $7,950,000 Offered at $3,879,000 Offered at $1,348,000
sell! $85 (863)824-0801 Only eleven of these exceptional tracts available.
Run your ad STATEWIDE!!! SR 80 & Hwy 31, Lee County, Florida
For only $450 you can place i Busy intersection in one of the fastest growing areas in Florida. .808+/- acres
your 25 word classified ad in offer development potential that includes retail gas station professional.
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available. PAINT BALL GUN- with 2
tanks, mask, Tipman3Pro Horneiib e om
SCOOTER Electric, Red, in Lite, $80 (863)697-1443maskT
good cond. W/battery charg- Litel$800(863)697.1443
er. Paid $800 asking $400 PITCHING MACHINE- Louis- Christmas Trees 745 RIDING MOWER- Murray North Carolina Gated Lake-
(863) 610-1363 after3pm ville Slugger, like new, $50 Farm Equipment 85 175 HP, 42" cu, 2yrs CO OSA M OBILE front Community 1.5 acres
T-CLOTHES POLES- (2) heavy firm! (863)467-1574 Fam Fed/PI ductsi810 e.c con d. 5.00fi rr plus, 90 miles of shoreline.
duty, steel. excellent cond no RIFLE, 22 cal., Single shot. Farm Miscellaneous (863)763-0625 H OM ESNever before olre1 winr
dust, steel. excellent nd 22$ c (8347-82 Farm Produce 820 20% pre-development dis-
rust, $40(863)675-0550 $100.(863)467-9892 Farm Services TILLER- MTD 5np rear line, counts, 90% financing. Call
eS a Is- Offered .825 reverse rolahion, slf pro- (800)709-5253.
Farm Supplies/ piea$ $100 i863674-0u360 Beautiful 1/2 acre lot w/home in TENNESSEE LAKEFRONT RE-
BABY MINI POT BELLY PIGS ServiceWanted 8302 TREATS Newly released
$50 each. Call Debbie ert iIeI h Horseshoe Acres, 4 Bdrm 2 Bath akel ror wood dand
$563)983-70 2 each. lHorses 840l eTiounairiviewsites.,ito6
(863)983-7702 I Landsaping Okeechobee Liveslock 28'x60' oncul-de-sac, large cres fromn -ites 0 6n-
BEAGLE PUPPIES- 3 males, NYOA MORNOMED ?*-Supplies 8 45 Market Sales every open kitchen, ceramic tile floors uMe 10 sii. Dni ss
CKC reg., born 11/18/05, YOOAMOEINFO Lawn & Garden 80 Mon. 2pn& eertchen, ceramic tile fl unsi ver e lake'
$400 ea., (863)763-2755 AN TIENG Livestok pies55 Tues lar 763-3127 central a/c. Plenty ofroom on lot Call (866)339-4966. Eagles
Poultry/Supplies 860 rRidge.
PARROT CAGE- White w/ Seeds/Plants/ r for garden or workshop. Very i'e.
24x24x27, playpen on top Flowers 865y Tired of Hurricanes Buy ih
shelf under cage detachable a r r a convenient location off Hwy 80last of Georgi Coast. Wer-
seed $100. (863)357-0037 betweenarelewslotron &LaH ll80ron low 300's. Marsnirciril
SM between Clewiston& LaBelle 200s. Go Couse M
PITRed BULLSe. Male White, year --07 .i5. ......RN Q$94,900 150's Gredi iriveslmenl

$250. (863)673-2354 AIR COMPRESSOR- upright, APold, 13.1 hands,$700 or Apartments 905 ners, 912)258-456.
220 V. w/pressure regulator, besi offer, delivery available Business Places 910 Call r come by: Waterfront Land Sale' D.ire
PUG- Male approx 8 mo. old filter & long hoses, $200 (239)340.8373 Commercial a or come by: Waterfront Pacel hornm only
Has papers, (Pug Lovers On- (863)675-3357 Property 915 600 E. Cowboy Way $9,900' 2 acres dockable
ly). $500. or best offer. GooseNeck Horse Trler. '89, Condosi Log Cabin Pkg. from
(239)645-9155 BAND SAW- 1 hp, Sears, Steel Suridance, 4 horse Townhouses Rent920 In LaBelle. 863-675-4300 or $89,90014 5 acres dockable
stand, tilt head, 12", $140 slain load w/dividels, $2500 FarmProperty- toll free 866-368-4300 waterfront only $99,900All
Available Now! $100. ea ro
(863)675-6254 BENCH DRILL PRESS w/ bits HORSE- 5yr old, Gelding. House Rent 930 marker' Cal loll-free
10" table saw, 4" belt disc Palomino Rides good. $800 Land Rent 935 ri866bb.0-5263 el
TOY POODLES, Registered, 1 sander, 6grinderw/stand, ior beiodr 863,697-2412 Resort Property -945 --.... WESTERN MOUNTANS
Rent 945 WESTERN-NC MOUNTAINS
Male 4 Females. All shots & Bench band saw w/ cabinet, TRAILER- 7 Goos Roommate 950 North Carolina Where there
wormed w/health certificates. 36" woodlathe w/tools, 6" HoidsE AL o4 hose Roo ms to Rment 955 .: -- is: Cool Mountain Air, Views
$800. (863)467-4327 joiner planer, assorted Tack room $24u00 neg. Storage Space n re Hms Cbn
Toy While Poodles (2) for sale clamps, wood chisels, router (863)697-2412 Rent 960 Arage CALL FOR FREE
to right person $1000 and tale, air compressor, 4 3ROCHUF;E OF MOuliTAIi
(863)612-0147 dr tools.chest on wheels, HORSE TRAILER, two, needs r PROPERTY SALES
box of tools & misc. also a little work, $600. (800)642-5333. Realty Of
b rough cut wood. (219)340-8373 Fort Myers I CLEWISTON COUNTRY ACRES murphy 317 Peachtree St.
S pI0 :I (863)674-5770 after 4pm area. Murphy,. N.C. 28906.
-Fo $90www.realtyofmurphy.com.
REVERSE OSMOSIS SYSTEM- GENERATOR 10,000 watts, aModular,'Models. From $79,900 & up, Real t
Microline, for under sink ap- will power a large house, 3/4/5BR, 2;3BA, acre & 1/4 available or use
prox 1 yr old $75 16hp twin cylinder $1000 1aW
(863)763-2692 (863)763-2349 LAWN MOWER- CralSman your land as down payment. Financing
m 6.5 hp, 22 Sell propelled available. 863-673-6417 or 561-753-8355 NEED TO BUY LAND
Pool NEW GENERATOR- 8550I wn mulchir g mower $75
Suppies 065 slar ling, 5550 running. l0np. (863)763.7854 -Build To Suit- To build Housing for
Briggs & tralonwri 6' LWN TRACTR- -SaleU102510,00uSO.oFT.S tateDisabled and Housing for
DEMO HOMESITES WANTED cord600 (863)675-0349 LAWN TRACTOR- Cral UpTo10,000SQ.FT Eldrly n or
NOW or the a ., cu. el a i ra. Belle Glade Area 'itilIGllOil 'll Pool The On-Ground PoolJ $1050 863 599-0887B-AHM-
wilth Irn-ground Fealures' IR 3 I o $ O 0 471 BANK REPO'S & FORECLO- Needsproper nhng
Unique Opportunily SAVE PACHINKO MACHINE- me- RIDING LAWN TRACTOR- SURES! NO CREDIT OKI $0 / and uptilries.
$$. Call (8661348-7560 cnanical vertical Japanese 2001, 16 5 HP, 42" cu, Cal- 262 -TOP LOCATION LOW DOWN! Call for Listings
FREE ESTIMATESI Financ- pinball, goodcond $70 or $300 or besi oiler (800)498-8619. Buyer is National
ing. bestoffer (863)357-7406 (863)7635137 Will DivideHORSE FARM LIQUIDATION Organization that serves
(863)763-5137__________________________ B W idHORSE LIUIDAION the community.
City block nextto court- 20 acres- $59,900 Lush
,AI ,AiA house, government center, pastures, beautiful trout Please Call 1-888-298-3737
Real l [stt high school, 500 feet on US stream, spectacular upstate or email ronda@reaitor.com
R h /- "" #27, Ideal for Bank, Fast NY setting! Ideal summer ask of Ronda orEdna
SFood, Law, Medical, Retail, te Terms avail Call
,,DRealtor, Insurance, etc. now! (877)909-5263
www.upstateNYland.com
Call ownerPat LAKEFRONT BARGAINS! Wa-
8e6- 1035 1 terfront Properties from HANDYMAN SPECIAL
Commercial $99,900 Lake Guntersville,
Property Sale 1010 Alabama Exclusive Goose Deep Waterfront-
-Condos/Pond Island Premier bass
C Ce ondose/! 2 MONTUR fishing destination ONE DAY Great Investment
Slbwnhouses. Sale1015 BEAUTIFULMONTURA ONLY LAND SALE! 239-823-2587
Farms Sale 1020 1.25 acres, with all improve- -Saturday, February 11th- 239-823-2587
LRE DI NG T0 111THERHouses Sale 1025 ments. Ready for MH or 90 minutes from Atlanta, 1 M H
Hunting Property 1030 build your dream home, hour or less from Birming-
Investment a steal at $65,000 ham, Huntsville, Chattanoo-
Property- Sale 1035 Call(863)673-2532 ga. Call NOW for early
Land Sale 1040 ap ointment (888)LAKE-
Lots-Sale 1045 L Sa Salen 1 5E nx- 9
Open House 1050 Ex914.
Out of State Port LaBelle Off RT 80, Ranch Large Mtn. Land Bargains, -
Property Sale 1055 area. Location: Aspen Blvd. & High Elevation. Adjoins Pris- Mobile Home Lots 2005
Property Inspection1060 March Ln. Block 68, Lot 73. tine State Forest, 20+ AC to Mobile ome.- Parts 2010
Real Estate Wanted 1065 $71,500. (561)790-0053 350 AC. Sweeping Mtn. Mobile Homes- Rent 2015
Resort Property -07Views, Streams. www.live- Mobile Homes Sale 2020
'u-.Sale 1070 inwv.com.
Warehouse Space 1075 Prpt MOUNTAIN ON
Waterfront Property 1080 MOUNTAINS OF NORTH GA.a
J A LOT OF LOTS AVAILABLE IN The Very Best of Riverfront,'. I
Wh i "SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. Lakefront, Acreage Tracts, g
Cape Coral, Lehigh and Lake Building Parcels From 1 to CATALINA- '85, 2BR, 1BA
Placid. Waterfront, Multi 195 Acres Direct From Own- Very clean, No hurricane
=' ".* "7* --*-*- ,'-* ;. CLEWISTON, 4br, 2ba, 2 car family, single family and (706)27-7 damage. $2500. Firm. You
'!^ =-i. = gar. Brand new on a large commercial, www.hmpprop- MOVE TO TENNESSEE! Look- move (863)983-5364
S" *' lot. $326,900. erties.com or call Ing for Lake Lots, Lake FRANKLIN Park Model $7500
"' (786)326-3502 (239)707-0888. Homes, Land, Farms, Victo- or best offer. (863)357-2979
DUPLEX 3/1 & 1/1, on 2 ASHEVILLE, NC AREA HOME- as, Investment or Ma s de 40 trails san--
..,. lots, new roof, Great income SITES Own a private moruWeohave prital at Ma8 de 40Vt0aisasa
r property $160,00O/neg. tain retreat. Gated riverfro affordable prices. EXECU- ClaS in envertario. Listas
r,.. (863)599-061160/ community. Stunning moun- VTIE CHOICE REAL ESTATE parM ser sentadas en su
-__tain views. 1 to 8 acres from 865)717-7775 CHARLOTTE dad. Bao encunche
FOR SALE the $60. Four-season cli- RANSON Agent or visit my y baja pago de Mensu-
350 0 qft' Big iBr T50 PlxfBear River Lodge. 6 9 2 website: WWW.EXECUTIVE- aledad. Llamme para
S--on 2 cit--y lots. One 4 bdrm., CHOICEREALESTATE.COM mas information.
., .J^'-"^ *s two 2 bdrm. $2000 a month BEAUTIFUL NORTH CAROLI- or WWW.CHARLOTTEBRAN- 863234 9804
*" potential rent. Very good cond. NA. WINTER SEASON IS SON.COM. ( )4-9 4
,, Brand new roof, new car port, HERE! MUST SEE THE MOBILE HOME r Fll
i ,-; 1.----.''.;/< fenced, ceramic tile french BEAUTIFUL PEACEFUL MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA MOBILE HOME- '75, lbr, Fully
doors, castle doors, Great in- MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN AAH COOL SUMMERS MILD furnise$500 best o
tit ^S S ^ ^ *vestment $279,000. Own- NC MOUNTAINS. Homes WINTERS Affordable Homes er. (863)675-1891
T^:,t? ., *: '"ments. Cherokee Mountain CALL FOR FREE BROCHURE slides, 25" TV, Chest Freezer
mMONTURA, 3br, 2ba, New R oalt GMACnRal (877)837-2288 EXIT REAL- Completely furnished.
Home. 1+ ac. Owner financ- Murphy www.cherokee TY MOUNTAIN VIEW PROP- $10,000. (863)467-5472
O T A ing. (863)675-6129 w ountainrealty com Cal for E R7 8 ET I E S
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iI Port Mobile Home, 1.1 (800)841-5868. NC MOUNTAINS 10.51 acres
""" ....> acres, detached garage, 2 COASTAL NC DEEPWATER! on mountain top in gated
1 [I j sheds, Sunsetter awning, Off-season Special-Save community, view, trees, wa- i
uIp -- -- wood deck, Ig alum car port, Bid! 10 acres- $139.900. terfall & large public lake -'... .


on public water, near fish Beautifully wooded, deep nearby, paved private ac-
eating creek. $139,900, beatable water, long pristine cess, $119,500 owner Boats 3005
Call Frank (954)347-5604 shoreline. Access to ICW, ( 8 6 6) 7 8 9 8 5 3 5 Campers/RVs 3010
Atlantic, Sounds. Power, www.NC77.com. Jet SkUis 3015
PORT LaBELLE 3br, 2ba. 1 phone, perked. Excellent fi- NO QUALIFYING Marine Miscellaneous 3025
T h car garage. On Greenbelt. Nice nancinm Call now OWNERFINANCING Motorcycles 3030
condition. For more info, (800)732-6601 x 1458. Ohio County, KY acreage Sport Vehicles/ATVs 3035
T he m o st m po(863)675-3699/673-4828 E Tennessee Lake Properties onwy 69

3/2 Newlyrenovated, Large $1,000,000. Lakefront lots $1000 down/$204.69 mo.
20 m minutes of your day osec. from $100,000 Lakeview 5.2acres $20900
ref. Call 863-673-5071. lots from $35,000 Call Lake- $1000 down/$20469mo AIR BOAT- 160hp Lycomng
side Realty (423)626-58206 .2 acres-$23,900 Eng' brandpnew carbon fibre
is the tim e spent read inREMODELED 2BR/2BA house, or visit www.lakesiderealty- $1000 down12 r 235055mo. prop Apache deep hull,
O e5,000 537 E. Ventura tnr6m. 0 $1500 down -$395 mo. $8500(315)534-1490
or (863)805-00 EASTERN TENNESSEE MOUN- 17.9 acres-$54,900 ALUM WOLVERINE '57- 35hp
w ith yo ur child from or(863)805-06 TAIN HOMESITES Gated $2500 down $539mo. Mer, eec start, steering
SNeed a few more bucks lakeside community. 1 to 5 Call (863)228-2761 or E-mail wheel full windshield $1650
topurchaseesomething a wooded and lake view cashforanything@earthlink.net (863)214-1286
,to purchase something sites from the $40s. Planned
i deer? Pick up some amenities. Minutes from Looking for a place to BASS BOAT- 16', 1 Owner,
extra bucks when you Chattanooga. Call today hang your hat? Look Evinrude 115hp, Trolling mo-
sell your used items in (866)292-5769 Gates of the no further than the tor, Depth finder. $3000.
, the classifeids. River. classified. (863)824-0197


CHEVY CAVALIER Z24- '96, 4
cyl., auto, green, cold a/c, cd
player, looks good, $1250
neg. (239)657-4348
CHEVY VAN '85- New paint,
runs good, good tires,
$1500 or best offer
(863)467-5725
DODGE INTREPID -'93, 69k,
Runs good. Good shape
$2500 (863)467-1046
FORD ESCORT '95- 2dr, new
clutch, excellent condition,
$1500 or best offer
(863)357-6377/801-1200
FORD TAURUS SHO '96- V8,
black, 2dr, tan interior, runs
good $4250 (561)358-2628
JEEP 2004, 4x4, 6 cyl., 9,800
miles. Willys Military Edition.
Limited Edition. $14,400.
Call (863)675-3278


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BASS BOAT: 18' 1987 Ranger
373, 150 hp Merc. XR2, Com-
plete Over Haul. New trolling
motor. $6000.859-250-5902
BOAT, TRAILER & MOTOR-
15 HP Johnson, Crest Liner
$500 neg. (863)634-4818
CAMPER ENCLOSURE for a
boat, canvas, 20', cost
$2500, sell for $700.
(863)763-5011
CAROLINA SKIFF 16'- '97
Evinrude, 30HR w/stainless
prop, trolling mtr, fish finder,
tr, $2250 (863)612-9200
DECK BOAT- '93 Sea Nymph,
19' w/120 hp Evinrude, trail-
er, good cond, $5000 firm
(863)634-9100
FIBER GLASS BOAT 14ft,
15hp Sears Motor, $500/
neg (863)763-6369
JOHN BOAT- 14' alum. flat
bottom, 7.5 merc. w/trailer &
trolling motor, 2 seats
$1000. (863)634-6862
KAYAK- sit inside, 17' Pursuit
Rotomolded Sea kayak,
good condition $600
(863)357-7406
Pontoon Boat 24ft Party Barge,
hard top, new battery, new gas
tanks, 70hp Evinrude, excel.
cond. $3500 (561)214-2633
PONTOON BOAT, '99, 20 ft.,
50hp plus trolling mjlor, very
good conrdiioon, $8000
(863)357-0028
RINKER '83, 16-' Wilma dam-
aged, 90hp Merc, controls,
trlr, as is $450
(863)946-1728
Don't Miss
This One
SEA NYMPH 17', Aluminum,
Trolling moor, 410 rip mercury
trim & nil D.F Tri $1850
863-634-5609i357-4837


CAMPER, '76. Skamper, 29',
51h wheel, sleeps 6 $2450
or best offer. 1863)675-4578
or 863-673-5655
FIFTH WHEEL- 30 w/screern
room in Lake Pon. 1.3500,
lot reni 140 18634N5.5')44
FORD VAN I CAMPER 1987.
E'c :cord Sips 4 Sink, -love,
loiiei, sriower. eic Good on
g~s 5.4 750. 18631635-7552


Carriage Fifth Wheel, 93, 40',
-iew ajwing. carpei, micro-
wave iridg w .il, walk
3rounil queen bed al l oak
Swood; lots of storage, $6000
orbestoffer. (561)845-7934


POLARIS 750 WAVE RUNNER
'94- asking $600 no trailer
(863)674-0467


BOAT MOTOR- 15h.o. Jonn-
son Long sharjil Run. good
$400 neg (863)6344818,
YAMAHA '99, 15hp, 4 stroke,
long shaft, elec. start, low
hrs. $1900.
(863)824-6799/697-3944


BMW R1200C '00, 15k mi.,
bags, windshields, running
lights, exc. cond., $8000.
(863)824-6799/697-3944
HARLEY DAVIDSON, '97, WG,
low mileage, Voyager Trike
Kit, $9500. (863)227-0336
MOTORCYCLE HELMETS- 3,
2-Shortys, 1-Full face. $70.
Will separate.
(863)763-7854


HONDA RECON-'02, Low
hours, Senior ridden, Electric
shift $2400. (863)675-0349
LeBelle area


MINI CHOPPER- '04, Electric
start, Runs perfect. $250.
(863)697-2724
YAMAHA 400 4WD- $2000. or
best offer. (863)675-2318 or
673-2108 Caloosa Belle area

Automobiles


Automobiles 4005
Autos Wanted 4010
Classic Cars 4015
Commercial Trucks 4020
Construction
Equipment 4025
Foreign Cars 4030
Four Wheel Drive 4035
Heavy Duty Trucks 4040
Parts Repairs 4045
Pickup Trucks 4050
Sport Utility 4055
Tractor Trailers 4060
Utility Trailers 4065
Vans 4070


CADILLAC FLEETWOOD
BROUGHAM DE-ELEGANCE
'87- outstanding good cond.
$2995 (863)599-0887


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KIA SPORTAGE- '2000, Con-
vertible, Auto, Cold A/C,
49K, Great cond. $4000. or
best offer (863)763-9329
Mercury Cougar 1999- Silver,
ac, pwr windows, may need
starter $4000/neg.
(863)634-0779
MUSTANG '02- V6 a PW,
PL, white w/tan inter.' 39K
mi, exc cond., $9200
(302)245-0401 Dover
PONTIAC GRAND AM. '00-
82k miles $5800
(863)673-3900
SATURN 1991- Stick shift
$1200 (863)675-2388
around 6 p.m.
TOYOTA MR2, '88, hard to
find, dependable, 5spd, SR,
needs compressor for AC
$1500 neg. (561)924-2208


Ford Model T 1926 touring
car, 600 miles on restoration,
runs out well, $10,500
(863)467-0423 Quinn
MGB 1973 Convertible 4cyl., 4
sp. $4200 or trade Make
someone a real deal, Nice car
423-502-2214 FLorida


FORD EXPLORER '93- V6, AT
limited edition w/leather. all
power, good paint, 104K,
$2500 neg (561)248-8100
ISUZU TROOPER, '93, 4x4, 6
cyl., a.'c Cloiri seals 123J
mi., exc. cold, $400iL irm
(863)763-5011


GOLF CART- 94 E3iv Go. lop
2 seal,. eler. no charger.
$950negi8631675-1472
: pir 4045;


CARBURETOR 750 CFM- Hol-
ley, Double pump $100.
(863)697-2724

DRAW TITE HITCH w/Receiver
& 2" ball. Fits '91-'94 Ford
Explorers. Pd. $150, Now
$75. (863)517-1708
Tires & Chrome Rims, (4), 20"
for '05 Dodge'1500 Ram
Pickup, P275/R20's, $900
neg. (863)673-1354
TOYOTA CRESSIDA '84- good
body, tires, trans motor has
rod knocking $50.00 u pull
(863)357-0555 :


CHEVY S10 '86 -ext. cab, runs
but needs a rnmcioi, '$300
(863)634-7394
DODGE RAM- '97, New tires,
shocks, ball joints, floor mat,
dash cover, A!C & bed liner,
$7500. (863)467-6175
FORD F-150 XLT 1998- New
brakes& tires, .Mag rims & no
rust, Crew Cab 3dr, Asking
$7500/neg (937)215-0307
LEER TOPPER- For 8' Chevy
bed. Like new. $875.
(239)872-7793
NERF BARS- Black, Excellent
condition. $200. Call
(850)251-8817


JEEP CHEROKEE '86- 4x2, 4
cyl., auto, nice body & int.,m
needs eng work $450
(863)675-1855


UTILITY TRAILER- 5x11, sin-
gle.axle, dropped axle, has
ramp, $300 (863)674-0360


CHEV VAN '85- 15 passenger,
$2500 (863)634-5965
CHEVY MINI BUS 1984, Load-
er & Transmission in good
condition. Asking $2000.
(239)823-2851


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700 W. Sugarland Hwy.
OFFICE # 63-983-0075
AFTER HRS # 863-228-1142
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Drop Dead Gorgeous Must See (Big, Beautiful & Like
Brand New) 4/2 over 3,000 sq. ft. Northside, Cornerlot
been remodeled, repaired & repainted asking $415K
Cute As A Button with beautiful hardwood floors to
die for 3/2 CBS home in immaculate condition asking
$219,900 located on the North Side
New Listing! No Handy Man Needed Here! This 1998
Fleetwood DW/MH is an Immaculate 3BDRM & 2 BA &
over 1700 sq. ft. Yard is entirely fenced. Seller's Are
Read To Go! Asking $82K
Tired Of Renting Well here's your chance to warm up
this winter in a 1994 CBS home with 3BDRM & 2BA
with over 1000 sq. ft. Located on Alabama Ave. $79.9K
Prime Location This 3/2 w/ over 2100 sq.ft. Ranchette
Styled home sits on almost a 1/2 acre corner lot on 1 of
Clewiston's finest avenues! Asking $289.9K
Commercial Building Over 4,000 sq.ft. w/Apt. for on-
site living Call 4 More Info.
Industrial Rentals Coming Soon!
Land. Land & More Land!
1.25 ac. on Datil cleaned, cleared & septic tank.
Waiting on a Offer. Asking ONLY $53.5K
1.25 ac. on Avebrada (paved road) for ONLY $47K
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Brand new CBS 3/2 most appliances inch Brand new CBS 3/2 837 Gerace Ct,
943 Gerace Ct, Moore Haven, $172,900 Moore Haven $168,375
Lovely 3/2 Home on 3 Lots, 414 Avenue Single Family Home 669 Park Avenue,
0, Moore Haven. $224,900 Moore Haven $245,000
Lot for sale, Oleta Drive, Moore Haven 2 Singlwid Mobile Home. 400 Pine
M/H'S on site $86,500 crest, Moore Haven $55,000
Vacant land 1 Acre, Moore Haven, $52,900 Doublewide Mobile Home, 921 Yacht
r)- ,hi 'ore Club Way, Moore Haven $132,750
S'.''. '" Moore Haven River Gardens lots start-
Lot for sale, 1/4 acre tract, 'Moore ing at $38,000
Haveni,$25,000 "Comnin Soon" RIVERS EDGE 1/3 acre
Bcauriul Lot 1 .1 A- -56Watson Way,
.I--" 4_., 1. 1 tracts, River view quiet community close
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RESIDENTIAL New Constructon 3BR,2BA
2BR, IBA w' detached Sugarland Circle
24'x30' metal bundling 2BR 2BA home. detached
$162,000 garage w,' guest suite on
3BR, 2 laghole 12.80 ac. Call for details
3$1 B R,90 CBS Th-Plex Unitl 4BR.
$1 .2BA Unt2 2BR, IBAUrnit3
4BR. 3BA Del Monte 2BR. 1 BA $279.000
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3BR. 2BA Ath tiudl and 2.16 acres $259.900
pi<,l. New Subdivision MOORE HAVEN
$375.000 3BR. IBA CBS 3 lots
3BI 9; 'yfg! b:Lt $162.0C)0
$19 2BR. 2BA c.rlkhop, never
$299,900


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CBS New Construction Onr.ly ,X 9 avaI.l
able. 3 bd/2 ba/1 garage Texas Ave.,
Harlem S/D 1673 sq ft. Special Loan
Pkges. LUTZ BUILDERS $1 51,300 Why buy
old when you can get Brand New?
No Other Listing compares to this North
Side on Avenida Del Rio 3bd/2ba home, 2
car garage, Tile through out, New alu-
minum roof, Hurricane shutters, Irrigation
System, Move in turn key Pristine Clean
going @ $264.9K .
Lorida Ranches, Highlands County, 10ac
deed restricted tracts starting at
$209,000. $10,.0 0 to reserve your
tract today.Up to 90% Financing for
Qualified Buyers. Out of 31 tracts, Only 3
Lots.Left. Back up contracts accepted.
Acreage in Pioneer Plantation (4) 2.5
Acre Tracts
1. Tampa Ave This property is fenced
and has many mature native trees, which
include FL Pine, Oak and several 35-40 ft.
tall treasured Sable Palms.
2. 155 Union Ave. This property is
secluded, heavily wooded w/ native Pine,
Oak and Palms. Wildlife wanders freely
and the quietness of these woods is awe-
some.
3. Sweetwater Ave. This property has
many beautiful trees that include wild
maple and oaks. Small man-made lake
hidden in thick trees & brush. There is an
abundant of wildlife.
4.195 Union Ave. This property is
untouched and very private. Heavily wood-
ed with paths throughout created by
Florida's native wildlife.


ii Business Opportunity Laljbli:h h.mJ:rr
improvement and convenience store on 2.5
acres in Montura Ranch. Great location, near the
clubhouse. Fully equipped cafeteria ready to
open. All furniture, fixtures, equipment and
inventory included. Great business opportunity.
$800K MLS#. 200530488
2) Moore Haven. 3 bedroom/2 bath mobile
home with large rear deck, built in bbq, Oversize
ULiving Room with cathedral ceilings, beautiful
kitchen and formal dining room. Won't last at
$124,900 MLS# 200540984
3) New in '04! 4 Bedroom/2 Bath (over 2400
sq.ft) Mobile Home in Moore Haven. Large open
kitchen w/island. Must See! $134,900 MLS#:
200521690
4) Reducedfl 2.5 conti uous acres in Montura
Ranch. Ux01idNWD< 0(Qucedto
$70000. MLS# 200521640
5) Montura Ranch Estates 4 bedroom/2 Bath
CBS home on 2/5 acres. In ground pool! Tile
throughout, stainless appliances. Great Home at
$379,900. MLS#2 200525558
6) '05 Homes of Merit 3 bedroom/2 bath home
on man mdl ke S el aDJiances,
Fire PIacildl d d ,M -l\osets.
Why buy New when this one is only $134,900
MLSt 200514068
7) Port Labelle Buildable Lot ready for your new
home. $59,900 MLS#: 200512627
8) Land Ho!! Beautiful 10 acre parcel on Al
Dop Farming Rd. Located just Y mile from
Highway 80. Partially cleared, high and
dry and waiting for your new home. Won't
last long at $299,900


hi Looking for land' 400 acr.. V'ih an
abundance of wild life, (Deer, turkey, hogs
and the occasional bear) Perfect for
Hunting, fishing, etc. Property is currently
being use for cattle. Located just minutes
from Immokalee. Call for Details.
(863) 677-1441 MLS#: 200520411
2) New Listing!! 8 acres in Montura Ranch.
7 build AvEtcf.!CV Jlf6 3@ 1
acre) Great investment nit rontage on
Pine Cone and Hacienda. Listed at
$299,900
3) Del Monte Ave 3 Bedroom/2 Bath CBS
home o r>E Cp l rcrl rjtfm the
marinas *ItaLde K e o' all for
appointment. $259,900 MLS#: 200520398
4) Montura Ranch Estates Large
nh SM2ENDJNO
nee.J: S A E.l at
$174,900 ML 200528863
5) Montura Ranch Estates 3
bedrooom/2' bath on 1.25 acres. New
tile in Kitchen. Great location-just off
of Pine Cone. Priced to sell at
$119,900 MLS#: 200520638
6) Pioneer Plantation 3 bedroom/2
bath orSiZ re.] with
many oIs r' T. st see
to appreciate. $139,900 MLS#:
200514439
7) Pioneer Plantation 2.5 acres on
Riviera. Listed at $84,900
8) Pioneer Plantation 5 acres priced
to sell. Partially cleared. Listed at
$124,900


S Se Habla Espanol
Looking for the impossible? Opportunity
seldom knocks twice' 5 acres on US 27 on
the Palm Beach Hendrv County line. Over
937 feet on US 27 for easy access priced
right f:.r a quick sale @ $275K Don't let
this one get away,
One of a kind!!! 3 bedroom 2.5 bath home
on Del Monte. Almost 3500 sq. ft. under
air. Caged pool & Spa with poolside
k3ichrn. Separate office building with half
bath Could easily be converted to a 4 or 5
bedroom home. Too many extras to list.
Photos & info on realtor.com
MLS#200521924.
Pioneer Plantation
Owner says make an offer!
2.5 Acres on 11 th Street. Secluded
lot with lots of trees. Only $79K
Moore Haven River Gardens
7 Lots Available. New Construction in
Growing Area. Build Your Dream
Home Here!
.Meyerchick Drive, Lot #15, on the
pond @$62K
Thatcher Blvd., near the river
@$68,000.00
Thatcher Blvd., Lots 6 & 7 or 8,
$58,500.00 each
Thatcher Blvd., Lots 11 or 12, @$60K
each
MUSE Absolutely Perfect for your
dream home. 20 Fenced Acres w/
pond. Lots of 10 year old pines w/
some oaks. Priced below recent sales.
Will Go Fast! Only $409,900.00


Marshall Maribel
R. Berner Gonzalez

863.228-3265 561-722-7347
2 Se HablaEspanol
1) Grftl h iQati"iilila CBS REDUCED! YOU MUST SEE
Honm t land TODAY! Tell your wife to quit
Marti MBack looking around because you have
Mar Tiled Through-oBacku found the perfect place located
Yard, Tiled Through-out on a quiet street in Country Side
Potential for 4th Bedroom. Meadows, Moore Haven. Double-
$209,9K. Wide 3 bedroom 2 bathroom
2) W.Ventura 2bd/ba. in Brand mobile home features a garden
2) W.Ventura 2bd/1 ba. in Brand tub in master bath, formal living
New Condition Ready to Move in. room, and family room, and it
Hard wood Floors, New even has a fenced yard with lots
Appliances, 8ft. Privacy Fence, of trees.
Big BackYard. Don't Miss On This MOO! There's room for a contented
Great Deal! $97K. .:o0. p this
3J Re :1.09 c.nnot a
Acres ',I-MRE. ho" place out a for Ilving.
Walkt Mary Available for only $105,000.00
Lou's Store. Price Reduced to QUESTION Is it possible to find a 2.5
$60K. acre parcel zoned rural residential for
4) New Listing! 3bd/2ba MH in those. little animals of yours for less
MRE on 1.25 Ac. Land is Cleared than $100,000.00??? ANSWER If you
With Beautiful Pines. Home is hurry, such a site is available. Call me
Very Spacious With Great Floor today!
Plan. Place is Immaculate! Definitely Not Nice, in fact it's a 2
$108,5K. Bd disaster! Fix It Up and it may just
0,K. be livable. Anyway, you can buy this
5) Moore Haven Yacht Club doublewide mobile home in Seminole
2bd/2ba MH w/ extra lot, Manor for not much more than the lot
*Included in Purchase Price* value at $39.9K
Partially furnished & Squeaky LOTS OF LOTS! I currently have lots
Clean! 55 & older community, of 1.25 acre lots available in Montura
Reduced to $129,900 for quick Ranch Estates. Prices Vary so give me
sale. a call today!


Montura Tracts, I Ust, Show and Sell
1.25 Acre Tracts. Call For Information or
Appointment]
Need a Building? We have a
1 2,500sq.ft. Engineered Steel
Building on 5 Ac. Offered @ $215K
Tower Lakes! DBLWDE 3/2 1 782
Sq.Ft pLarge
Fenc f .,I D121 Larg with
Lakefront. @ $94.9K
Mobile Home on 1.25 acres in
Montura at $75.5K
Pioneer Beautiful Cabin on 2.5
acres @ $249.9
10 Acres Al Don Farming Rd. @
$299K
5 Acres on Highway 27 going @
$275K
Just Outside of Town!
Fleetwood Home on a beautiful Y2
acre. The property has a 24x30
shop with office listed at
$1 74.0K Call for an appointment
todav!


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Very.Nice 3 bedroom 2 1/2
bathroom home with large
Florida room. This home
also has an efficiency and is
located very close to our local
elementary schools. Give me
and call I would love to show
this home to you. This home
is being offered at
$149,900.

Cathy S. Garcia is a life-
long resident of Clewiston
and
newest member of our
team.


863-228-1132

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Great starter home or invest-
ment property in Montura
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Stai r J -ight
with country living at its best.
1.25 ac., priced to sell at only
$89,900. appt, today!!

I have the time to list, show
and sell your property. I
pledge to you the most cus-
tomer service any Realtor can
offer. Just ask my past cus-
tomers! (References avail-
able) Call Today!!!!


Se Habh Espanol
New Listing! 3BD/2BA
Nice Kept,Many Fruit
Trees,New A/C,
Horseshoe.Ac. @ $145k

Montura Ranch 3bd/2ba
MH looks like a log
cabin, on paved road,
tenant occupied,fenced,
new septic @ $124,900

1.25 ac IMPROVED FREE
home with purchase of
land, single-wide MH
offered @ $68,900

Pioneer Plantation!!!!
2.5 acres wow! @
$89,900

New Listing! 2bd/1ba
on huge lots in
Horseshoe Acres. Bring
all offers. Seller
Motivated $165K


Jerry W.
Smith

561-261-3444

30 acres of pasture and
woods in Ladeca. $25,000.00
/acre. Rare combination of
seclusion in a natural setting!

5 wooded acres in Ladeca.
$150K Call me for vacant
land. Lots or acreage.

2.5 acres in Montura,
cleared and fenced
$92K


2.5 Acres in
going @ $85K

2.5 Acres in
going @ $90K


Montura


Montura


5 Acres in Pioneer going
@ $179.9K


New Listing! Established
commercial upholstery
business and property
$250K

New Listing! Beautiful
building lot/investment
property in Port LaBelle
$55K

As a new home owner
and full time resident of
Clewiston it will be my
pleasure to assist you
with your commercial
and residential real
estate needs. With over
30 years of land, home
& commercial property
sales experience I am
looking forward to serv-
ing the business and
residential community.


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*Legal Not 500




IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
TWENTIETH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND
FORHENDRY COUNTY, FLORIDA
STANFORD W. FREEDMAN, TRUSTEE,
Plaintiff
v Case No.: 06-58 CA
'JOYCE A. JAUHOLA, as petitioner of the
Estate of MILTON c. JAUHOLA and in-
Sdividualy as the sole beneficiary of the
Estate of MILTON C. JAUHOLA, de-
Sceased, and MUSSETTE L. JAUHOLA,
her devisees, heirs, grantees, creditors
and other parties claimino by, through,
under or against her and all unknown
natural persons, if living, or if dead,
their unknown spouses, heirs, devi-
sees, grantees and creditors, or other
parties claiming by, through or under
these unknown natural persons, and
all parties having or claiming to have,
any right, title or interest in and to the
real property herein sought to have title
Defendants
NOTICEOF ACTION
CONSTRUCTIVE SERVICE
To Defendants JOYCE A. JAUHOLA, as
petitioner of the Estate of MILTON C.
JAUHOLA and individually as the sole
beneficiary of the Estate of MILTON C.
JAUHOLA, deceased, and MUSSETTE
L. JAUHOLA, her devisees, heirs,
grantees, creditors and other parties
claiming by, through, under or against
her and all unknown natural persons, if
ivng, or if dead, their unknown spous-
Ses ,eirs, devisees, grantees and
creditors, or other parties claiming by,
through or under these unknown natu-
ral persons, and all parties having or
claiming to have, any right, tile or in-
terest in and to the real property herein
south to have title quieted, AND ALL
OTHERS WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action to
quiet title on the following real property
in Hendry County, Florida:
Lot 16 and 17, Block 2329, Port LaBelle
U 1 1i a J- L' I lr, r,: lTli0 U PIAi
I1 '01l i ; 1 luri l V ii' i PlU T B':.' 1
Poa l cr, _' 1, l.bi, R:,:ro 11lied
ry Cu'ry H. ii,03 Li :': 3'A- l ',.0 ,
a l hl 0 i 'Ib IN l rinal' rd ii aI ,)aril1
by prior owner. Subject to existing
easements and right of ways of
record.
has been filed against you and you are
Srequired to serve a copy.of your writ-
ten defenses, if any, to it on Alison C.
Hussey, Pavese Law Firm, Attorneys
for Plantiff, whose address is Post Of-
fice Drawer 2280, LaBelle, FL 33975,
on or before March 6, 2006, and file
O the original with the Clerk of this Court
either before service on the plaintiff's
attorney or immediately thereafter; oth-
erwise a Default will be entered against
you for the relief demanded in the
Complaint
U.r '. frJ OI no lij l irry.,
BARBARA BUTLER
Ca I A' ,i r,: ,l
112'O,5 .i.2 62 TL1


The City of Belle Glade's Utilities Department
will conduct a public meeting regarding
capital improvement for the Torry Island
Nature Center. The sole purpose of the
meeting will be to discuss a $200,000
application for a Recreation Trail Program
Grant that will finance public outdoor
recreation trails on Torry Island. The
meeting will be conducted on the following
day and date, and at the following time and
location:
Day: Monday
Date: February 13, 2006
Time: 5:00 p.m.
Location:
Belle Glade City Hall
Commission Chambers
110 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., West
Belle Glade, Florida

Publish- The Sun, February 9. 2006

PUBUC NOTIC
U-Lock-il Slorale
500 S. San Gabriel
Clewislon, FL 33440
863-673-0662'
Contents of the following units will be sold on February 11, 2006.
S ij'I Al # i.rll'& lf' i, i,] t'.' 1i

Unit #16 Anna Benitez
612 Jupiter Ave., Lake Placid, FL 33852
Unit#30& 31 Amanda Cypress
736 Bond Street, Clewston, FL 33440
U,siI 5 OAr,,i h0,a'.woo
P 0 80,, i'..i. l. 1, FL i:4J(l
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111649 CGS2/2,9/06


LEGAL NOTICE.
The'Hendry County Fair & Livestock
Show am re taking sealed bids on a
John Deere Gator
Yr: 2005
Model HPX 4x4 Gas
ID# MOHP4GX032937
Min. bid starting at.$6,000.00.
Deadline for bids must be post marked
by Feb. 17th, 2006. Please send
sealed bids to Attl: John McCallum
C.C, HCFL PO B,.'6, i, Lrw2iln CL
1i04 irJi212.9'e1


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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
TWENTIETH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR HENRY COUNT% FLORIDA
Case No.: 06-03 CP
IN RE: The Estate of;
ROBERT BJTILLIT, Deceased.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
(Summary Administration)
TO ALL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS OR DEMANDS AGAINSTTHE ABOVE ESTATE:
You are hereby notified that an Order of Summary Administratin has been entered
in the estate of Robert B. Tilit, deceased, Fie Number 06-03 CP by the Circuit
Court for Hendry County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is P.O.
Box 1760, LaBelle, FL 33975; that the decadent's date of death was April 18,
2000; that the total value of the estate is $41,000.00 and that the names and ad-
dresses of those to whom it has been assigned by such order are:


Name


Address


Barbara T.Phillps 6830 Darlington CL, Cumming, GA 30040
Donna Marie Smith 3494 Navigator Point, Knoxville, TN 37922
Albert Hill Smith 3494 Navigator Point, Knoxvile,TN 37922
Robert Bruce Tillitt 1470 Goshawk Lane, Falrbanks, AK 99709


PabiclaT. Wright
ScottW.Tillitt
Jean l Rosile'


18 Wright Road,Yorklown Heights, NY10598
725 ChartiersStreet, Bridgeville, PA 15017
10095 Hounsdale Drive, Plckerington, OH 43147


GretchenM.Till t 1844WestNorthSt.; Bethlehem,PA18018
Anne Williams Tillift 3670 Rivendell Lane, Cumming, GA30083
ALL INTERESTED PERSONS ARE NOTIFlEDTHAT:
All 0.io.. aI mI. c ie o aire n eceiain sd tanrsons rsIling claims or iaemarl
ID 6 irl Cui r 1 a N oi m oaedenrti airMeairon Osio wiiraom proviiar 10or full
iyimaren waso ,riire iffre Order of Suainry Admiribc sorn Tule uir ,ialnma,
-, IN.. : Oun WTHiill THE TIME PERIODS SET i FORFH INJ SEt ION 7i 02 Of
THEt I.ORIDAPROBATE (ODE
ALL CLAIM Ai DEMAi' NOT SO FILED ILL .BE FOREVER BARRED
1)riWlrTHIANG A0if OTHER APPLICABLE TIME E i'fElO Aly CLAIM FILED
TWO 121 yEAAR OD MORE AFTER THE DECEDET'c DATE OF DEATH IS
BARRED
The date of first publication of this Notice Is February 9, 2006..
Person Giving Noaice:
BbarbaT. Phillips
Ari,'rr,,y hI,' Pr,, ora CivI ii, otic:e
AII:,onC Hu..ey
Frinoa Bar i, OIfi 1616
PAVESE LAt FIRM
PO Orota J22bua
4611 SuairM3hnitira0
Ljb ile Fl 3.3 :, I
I hr nre to 1 86)1 75-',800
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PUBLIC NOTICE
No ji, rny:. ,,v '. ln i le [l ewliloa iii Pr iniri' a d ril',ig 8 ,ild will ffi.t l iT
.i .i ui i o l...rlly afi u.iry 13 .uir ir o. L Hal [COrrrnsirir.l. Cnjmwr.
or ,Wi: r ri n rh r lir'aifu,1 iiien grd3 will erTiToailaorig'rOIcn5iteu
IA liaju'i. liuiu 1 A1i"ii J aeie f'r a v ir.:,,;f o ronm wf iea:.mn:nra, ol nr ITy i Cic&,
:l,,'l i '(1 1 U i 4 i n11 u uIi auli rp') orl ire -aur i'dii ol a riTr Ia l A ie-
l. : rI., ci ire 'oe yArd ar :rb.i: larard :r ai..ceiior, istrui.aure af '. le' i a i
11 I. IrI U l'l ine riime ni. 1 l e10,l or, Lir I" 1 Bi10a ;l0 A A 4A 8 W
I"r[O f "e C "v, '.,,rri fl'o l,l C IololaOr 'o lrig it I .l
'A i. i,- l lu i *a niu ,:i Irrio," r, ijir,'I)-'PlOWI ln & A cc n:rl c1 ini,: o'l O n.li .)I
L:i'ar HyOTMP hh: Ir0 Ia ilri rh'liTiuMlb1d la i[ln..irds flqulr'a Iii ,n ire i.Al-C
; o..liru i .rin:i ir 3a a IJun, rT res iaeritidl a iwit l 1ic.nlc ed j i,r i .r r 2 6 .ire parcel
C.Jair. L.I iii i..al,.u n3c,1 riorti o Se.miniale Mair.i S D 0 *e ol Fra~ ia.) a ,l
i' .:i (I .'i' Airi EilerrrT, y (ronl Gereral Pi.a ol Ciewisora,
ilA I' ur:1 I.,1' i 0illl'lll ry bl.i iaraaIniT i'Il 0 cr o pai oyi l rin J ril'lOi'lPlPe-
wn A:0,).:, ; l' i,', u" a-rnl oi Lennar Hone. I,: rar r Oi;da ;t..u,',
t iorflh.ii v l *u i .)nr o.y iLel rc2ir 2c I ae p iir ill auirn u [fi rimlIail.crila Is
,i',Lr l Tri,,jl ril Mriii C,'D ..?l ar Fraa3-I0 Sr aol o 051 af Ctrnri ElaIea-
ilr r ,) L, t ,.i' 1 ii,'l 0'1 C I.l :luA i -lO 103nJ n rjn a d Ri *-C
Tri, i.,Ty C'oriiri:,n w,11 hoild a PUBLIC HEARING I consider rthe re,:o,'rmi,,l.-
r.iai ou ire fij,.',r, & oilaiig Bos rd ln a7e D i3i ai.or, on i riec reQuesn or,i
ForI. '" 2'lI 21)1)6 :., i6u pm 'i5 me Caly H111 lomrnioSilon Charmbers
All citizens and interested parties are encouraged to attend the P&Z Board meeting
ii it, i 'ry i.uTimml.riu, uuoriia rirnr1. Any inquides regarding the hearing or
any person requirng a special accommodation because of a disability or physical
impairment, including speech or hearing impairments,' should contact the Building
Official's office at least three days priortotehe hearing.
CITY OF CLEWISTON
Travis Reese
Building Official :
ii 3t.,4 SL4,,906 '


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CITY OF BELLE GLADE

PUBLIC INPUT MEETING


CENTRAL COUNTY WATER CONTROL DISTRICT
CLEWISTON, FLORIDA
REQUEST FOR BIDS
Bid No. 2006-1
Furnish ad Install two pumps, #1 & #2 on Hunting Club Avenue
Sealed bids for the manufacture and instfallafion of two complete pumps will be re-
ceived by the Board of Supervisors for Central District Water Control District,
hereinafter referred to as "DISTRICT'at
475 S. Cabbage Palm St. Montura Ranch Estates Clewiston, Florida
Until 1000 am local time on February 20, 2006 for furnishing labor and materials
and performing all work set forth in the Invitation to Bid, Instructions to Bidders,
Bid Form, Construction Contract, Detailed Specifications and Drawings which
comprise the Bidding Documents. Immediately following the scheduled closing
time for the reception of bids, all bid proposals which have been submitted in ac-
cordance with the conditions of the Invitaton to Bid, Instructions to Bidders and
any Addenda, if any, issued in relation to this Project will be publicly opened and
read aloud. Bidder Is responsible for the delivery of bid and bids received after
the specified day and time will not be opened. The Work to be bid upon Is de-
scribed as the manufacture and installation of two diesel powered engines with
vertical lift pumps capable of pumping 25,00 gpm each as specified n the de-
tailed.drawings and specifications prepared by Rock Aboujaoude, PE. A pre-bid
meeting shll be beld on February 9, 2006 at the Clubhouse at 10:00 am. Con-
struction drawings and specifications may be obtained from Rock Abougaoude,
RE. (contact person) at 180 N. Bridge Street, LaBelle, FL 33935 or from CCWCD
office at475 S. Cabbage Palm Street. Rock's telephone is (863)612-0011.
CCWCD phone no. Is (863) 983-5795.
Each bid must be submitted, in duplicates, on the prescribed bid form and accom-
panied by bid security on the prescribed form, payable to the District, in an
amount not less thas flve percent (5%) of the bid amount All subcontractors shall
be declared on the prescribed Subcontractors Declaration Form.
All bids shall be opened and read aloud on February 20. 2006. a 10:00 am in the
Club House located on 255 N. Hacienda Avenue, Clewiston, Florida. All bidders
are welcome to attend. The successful Bidder will be required to furnish the nec-
essary addiftonal bonds) for the faithful performance of the Contract, as pre-
scribed in rthe Contract Documents.
The Bid may be withdrawn prior to the date and time of bid opening. Bids shall re-
main open and subject to acceptance for a period of thirty (30) calendar days af-
ter the date of bid opening but the District at Its sole discretion may release and
Bid and Bid security. No bidder may withdraw ri i, i.,) 3 ) ,nour i irry 1iiT301i
calendar days after the date of Bid opening. Ir, oer,,i lo penir pbia,: 6,1 [ir,.c
successful Bidder shall have all licenses and permits required by Federal, State,
and local statutes, regulations and ordinances.
Before a Contract willbe awarded for the work contemplated herein, the District will
Conduct such investigations as are necessary to determine the performance
record and ability of the apparent low Bidder to perform the size and type of work
specified under this Contract Upon request, the bidder shall submit such Informa-
tion as deemed necessary by the District to evaluate the bidders qualificatisos.
The District reserves the right to reject any or all Bid(s), not conforming with th e in-
tent and purpose of the Condrct Documents, and may postpone theiaward of the
Conbtract for a period of time, which, however, shall not extend beyond thirty (30)
calendar days rm the bid opening date.
DAitD fmn 26d ly ufJanuary. 'd06
ATTEST: Cental District Water Control District
By y,.'Ayii He.rle,
120.2',LGS 2 1J96'60



INVITATION TO BID
'i.-ria b'd M1 m ru rc,i.lyl oy CITY.COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY ir,,e
iT,',r I rlr1rrel iO orei AT THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE U S HIGHWAY 27
AT 5TH STREEr. MOORE HAVEN. FLORIDA 33471 un 2.00 PM ,n MARCH
6TH 2006 ,il ) r1 iri r.itraw ry w i r Eublicly, o'lieia Oy II lI ',)unry Celli' or 0-
( fIrleE 3a1l e ii1 ,lunu Any l II' a l -,',l .lran' or I ri r c I llil oil rn, :i| r ,I:-
ceplred
rt0 8105 *:rall ti a ie1 us i, iuwir .ill ma.1roit rul aim lt a, .] r irir Cirpi-
,u,:[ijl [i ira Moorei Have, YdcnI Club Litl Siallun Renasilirlon rr, 1 (r,
E ia lui i ri o1l n e, rr.lD tiTs lt 16w ir, u iii i l 1i 'If1mrri.i, ciuiOiTieni 1,r l.inD,>
,,. ry ru, ,I rdIablr lilon an o ei llng II 11alln a: .1 rees i. s rv .. I :
urloe CuanJ, liL.ui'Tl-L maTy bi .i'ai'inl 3,jil [curLno'Leal Ir nr- anl,:au al
Cra.l A 'lTiri Ar '0,u',.ne- 10000 l MiJcIt f',ji ul e ?in 11) cop.i',o Be.iCr,
Fionu.i .)30ifA. i0541 ;;'-682 i0,' ir. ,'i, riunlldabl iTaiuni r.i One iundrea
and Seveni Five and 001'0 Dollars S117500 Croa .s.h.,l tir iTai o1yjl
'1 .Cra0 A STir, A a;r,,Aij,.
BilOm'DE 3 inr ,,ll i r wi ll BI0 : h.: Ir,,' in lhi rl Ir1i renri Pry Pjrl il1 ,l 'al
aP Eanoi:ilci EaLra BIIDDER .run i ulbrro wn ihi. iD r i"0 lr irnr r, i11I
ceriid lu ierlorm Irr- won a0'l crvia or vi u lrfied Day '.mir,1oy i Ii) be i II-
censea.


Each BID shall be accompanied by a certified check or by an acceptable BID BOND tu t.hiafremeUtir u u o ld rime uuaiiihuuur Wel ub auS u pursuant ta ira
In an amount eqal to at least five (5) percent of the amount of the BID payable to provisions of Section 287.055, Roida Statues.
SCity-County PuIlic Works Authority, as a guarantee that If the BID is accepted
the BIDDER will execute the CONTRACT andtile acceptable PERFORMANCE AND atl r OryS Inoe o vat e .nS d Inadenv lon bf 11bt0anripol
PAYMENT SURETY BONDS equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the contract mc i6a re5 e iouveu r ven e'na TAi
ce withinten (10) das after written notice of the AWARD OF CONTRACT. No call 863-946-0711. .
bidder may withdraw hs BID for a period of ninety. (90) days after date set for
openingoflhe BIDS. Cq of Moore H3vaes
Bret rdanen


Clt-ECountq Public WOasB Aumorinrite i-r.u i' r, ,1.n I.]a j,,: ,loiimaln Il 'yi
BID ielr,' riypOr i' A ,jl (i]r,, ,Otl ri I n,'I i r- l r ,, iOI il w,Trfl, Ir n iTilN i l ain,
w'oirwt ryioaU 0I',Oworfi.i:r irian grl Iria::cpiTor, iec r a,,y ,or a t Ir
BIDS mu nl us u 1i-:lu ,n ir n ,utitilre Io tr,e rfvulur M u 1tie m lrel BI0c -
MOORE HAVEN YACHT CLUB LIFT STATION REHABILITATION (CAS Prolict No


L Cuulry eU
Giaens Coumyn Fio.il


10 ", 2, 9 CS IJ16


Mayor


113601 CGS 2/9/06


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Is doIng you in, It's thnme
to look for a helper In
the classifleds.


Buying a car? Look bi the
classlfeds. Selling a
car? Look In the clal-
fleds.


Special to INI/Bureau of Land Management/Emerson Wells
Tamed mustangs have been trained for many uses. The U.S.
,Marine Corps Mounted Color Guard rode their mustangs in
'the Reno Rodeo Parade, Barstow, Calif.


Special to INI/Bureau of Land Management
Wild horses on the open range in Oregon are managed by
the Bureau of Land Management.


Special to INI/Bureau of Land Management
Wild burros are also part of the BLM adoption program.


Wild horse adoption in Okeechobee February 18


By Katrina Elsken

OKEECHOBEE Wild hors-
es are coming to Okeechobee
County on Feb. 18-19.
The Bureau of Land Manage-
ment Wild Horse and Burro
'Adoption Program will host an
adoption. event at the Okee-
,chobee Agri-Civic Center, 4200
East State Road 70 in Okee-
chobee, on Feb. 18-19.
Approximately 85 horses and
15 burros will be available for
adoption, said Wild Horse Spe-
cialist James Hood. The horses
will arrive on Feb. 17, and will be
available for viewing by the pub-
lic from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., and
.from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Satur-
day. The auction will start at
10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 18.
Horses that receive no bids at
the auction will be available for
adoption on a "first come" basis
until 5 p.m. on Saturday and
from 8 a.m. to noon on Sunday..
Any horses not adopted will be
taken back to a BLM facility.
Mr. Hood said about half of
the horses will be yearlings; the
rest will be age two or.older. It's
easier to find homes for the
younger horses, he explained,
because they are easier to work
with.
All of the wild horses avail-
.able for adoption have been in
captivity for about a year, so
some of the younger horses
were born in captivity, he contin-
ued.
The price for each horse will
be set in an auction. Each horse
will go through the sale ring arid
.those who wish to adopt it may
bid. Only those who have
already qualified for the horse
adoption program will be
allowed to bid.


INI/Katrina Elsken
Taylor Lowe, a 4-Her from Okeechobee County, rides her
mustang, Spirit, in local events. Spirit's brand shows he was
born in the wild and adopted through the BLM program.


He said the minimum adop-
tion fee is $125. The average fee,
according to the BML Web site is
around $160. Some people will
bid higher for "flashy" horses,
Mr. Hood said, such as paints
and palominos. "A paint might
go as high as $400," he said.
Mr. Hood said all of the hors-
es and burros are current on all
vaccinations.
If no one bids on a horse dur-
ing the auction, it will be put up
for adoption following the auc-
tion. These "left over" horses
may be adopted on a "first
come" basis at the standard
adoption fee of $125. Mr. Hood
said they have a special "buddy"
price for anyone who adopts
one of these horses: the first


horse is $125 and the second is
only $25. Generally these horses
are sorrels and bays, he said.
Mr. Hood said these "plainer
Jane" bays and sorrels may well
wind up more valuable than
their flashier cousins. He said he
knows of one horse that was
adopted as a "buddy" for $25,
which has gone on to be trained
as a cutting horse and win many
thousands of dollars.
The adopted horses remain
the property of the government
for one year. During that time,
BLM volunteers check on the
horses to make sure they are
being treated properly. After a
year, the person who adopted
the horse may petition for own-
ership. If all of the requirements


have been met, at that time the
wild horse becomes the proper-
ty of the adopter and he or she
has title to the horse.
Those who wish to adopt a
wild horse or burro must have a
fenced (no wire or mesh) corral
with a minimum of 400 square
feet (20 feet x 20 feet) for each
animal adopted. Horses less
than 18 months of age should be
kept in corrals with fences 5 feet
high and 6 feet high for ungen-
tied horses more than 18
months of age. Covered stock
trailers are required to transport
the animals home from the auc-
tion.
Mustangs are popular for trail
riding, but they have been used
for all kinds of equestrian activi-
ties. The BLM Web site features
photos and stories about mus-
tangs used for barrel racing,
jumping, dressage, trick riding
and endurance riding. The U.S.
Army has adopted mustangs for
use in. formal ceremonies. Mr.
Hood said he recently talked to a
woman in South Carolina who
rides her mustang on fox hunts.
Mustangs live on grass and
brush in the West, so many tend
to be "easy keepers," said Mr.
Hood. These horses are not used
to eating grain. In captivity since
being rounded up by the BLM,
they horses have been fed good
quality hay.
"Their feet are awesome," he
continued. Because the horses
come from a rocky environ-
ment, their feet have thick hoof
walls.
The BLM uses the adoption
program to thin the herds of
wild horses and burros on feder-
al lands. If these herds were
allowed to overpopulate, many
would starve. For more informa-
tion about adoption horses and


the requirements for housing
and transporting adopted horses
and burros, see the BLM Web


site at www.wildhorsearidbur-
ro.blm.gov/index.php or contact
the BLM at (888) 274-2133.


Freeze mark identifies


all the wild horses


The Bureau of Land Manage-
ment Wild Horse Adoption Pro-
gram uses freeze marking to
identify captured wild horses
and burros. Freeze marking is a
permanent, unalterable and
painless way to identify each
horse as an individual. It is
applied on the left side of the
neck. It utilizes the International
Alpha Angle System which uses
a series of angles and alpha-sym-
bols that cannot be altered. The
mark contains the Registering
Organization (U.S. Govern-
ment), year of birth, and registra-
tion number.
The technique is simple and
completely painless to the ani-
mal. The left side of the neck is
shaved and washed with alcohol,
and the mark is applied with an
iron that is chilled in liquid nitro-
gen. The hair at'the site of the
mark will grow back white and
show the identification number.
In addition to the freeze mark
on the left side of the neck, sanc-
tuary wild horses are marked on
the left croup with 4 inch high
Arabic numerals that corre-
spond with the last four digits of
the freeze mark on the neck.
Although every effort is made
to apply freeze marks which are
legible, occasionally freeze
marks do get blurred. This hap-
pens when the iron is applied,
the animal moves and all or


Key to the Alpha Angle Symbol
Road each angle.to determine
the freezee mark number
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Freeze mark brands use
symbols to stand for num-
bers which indicate a wild
horses birth year and his
origin.

some of the identification num-
ber cannot be read.
Registration numbers are indi-
vidual to each animal, and are
assigned according to the area
the horse was captured. Num-
bers are assigned as follows:
Oregon: 0-800000;
Arizona: 80001-160000;
California: 160001-240000;
Colorado: 240001-320000;
Idaho: 320001-400000;
Montana: 400001-480000,
Nevada: 480001-640000;
New Mexico: 640001-720000;
Utah: 720001-800000;
Wyoming: 800001-880000;
Eastern States: 880001-
880100.


February 3, 2006
NOTICE
BBC 2006-01
NOice Is Jeeby giv.thtthe Board of Bitding C iresionors oftClty..Cle-
wlston, lonrod W nho a puba nearng on Monaay, Fcbuary z7, o0u6, ar
10:00 a.m., at the city hall commission chambers, 1 5 West ntura Avenue,
Clewiston, Florida.
pleesurpose of this hearing Is to consider the disposition of the following proper-

Eugene P Austin
340 West El Paso Avenue
Clewlston, FL 33440
Kermit Blair
526 South Central Avenue
Clewiston, FL 33440
Donalnd d Ruth Kelley
841 East Sugadand Highway
Clewiston, FL 33440
Kenneth and Jessie Lenning, Sr.
344 West Venture Avenue
Clewiston, FL 33440
Smith Properfies Cty Walk
321 South Dean Duff Avenue
Clewiston, FL 33440
Darren Smith
310 North Francisco Avenue
ClewIston, FL 33440
'Darren Smith
606 South Benito Street
Clewiston, FL 33440
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'l-: io'i FL i 44 '1
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CltrvilorS Fl 0 3344
This hearing will be conducted pursuant to Section 6-178, Clewlston Code of Ordi-
All persons interested may appear and be heard.
CITYOF CLEWISTON, FLORIDA
113830 CGS 2/9/06 Iva Pittman, Deputy Cily Clerk

REQUEST FOR BIOS (RFB) CN060699
L-8 EAST LEVEE REPAIR, PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
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REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS
PROFESSIONAL PLANNING SERVICES
Statements of .Qualificatohs frop an firms w S i be received by tle City Coun-
cI or Moore Haven a Moore Haven iy Hall 9 Ivemore neMooreI Haven
Florida 33471, through 10: a.m. on March 13, 2006, to provide PROFESSIONAL
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