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Thursday, October 5, 2006

Hardee High Homecoming Royalty Is Crowned!

By JOAN SEAMAN
Of The Herald-Advocate
D.K. Davis and Jermaine King
began their reigns last weekend.
D.K., the daughter of Larry and
Kim Davis of Wauchula, was
crowed Homecoming Queen at
halftime of Friday's football game.
Jermaine, the son of James King
and Linda Outley, was crowed
Homecoming King at the dance on
Saturday night at the Agri-Civic
Center.
Joining Davis on the Homecom-
ing Court were Lady-In-Waiting
Maria Arroyo, Junior Class Sweet-
heart Sheila Jean, Sophomore Class
Sweetheart Shelby Durrance and
Freshman Class Sweetheart Jalyn

--PHOTO BY RALPH HARR
The newest Hardee Senior High School Homecoming royalty Is all smiles after halftime festivities at last week's football game
which Hardee shut down Sebring 21-7. The highlights of the weekend included the Friday afternoon parade, Friday evening's c
emonies and the Saturday night dance at which Jermaine King was chosen as Homecoming King. Pictured above are
Homecoming court: (from left) Junior Class Sweetheart Sheila Jean, Lady-In-Waiting Maria Arroyo, 2006 Homecoming Queen I
Davis, Sophomore Class Sweetheart Shelby Durrance and Freshman class sweetheart Jalyn Smith.

2 Battle For ZS Town Commission Sea

By CYNTHIA KRAHL
Of The Herald-Advocate
Three of four open seats on the
Zolfo Springs Town Commission
drew no opposing candidates by the
end of the filing period on Friday.
One, however, is in a race.
There will be a contest to fill

By LAUREN RAULERSON
For The Herald-Advocate
On Saturday Hardee County
Fire-Rescue will liven up to show-
case its; several divisions to the
community.
The open house will be held at
Hardee County Fire-Rescue Station
I, 149 K.D. Revell Road, off U.S.
17 North east of the health depart-
ment. It will be from 10 a.m. to 2
p.m. and free hot dogs and drinks
will be available.
Those participating in the event
include' the Tampa General
Hospital's Helicopter, the Florida
Division of Forestry, the Florida
State Fire Marshal's Office, along
with several local departments.
The trauma helicopter will be on
;display and the pilot and medical
personnel who man it will be
.explaining their jobs and answering
,questions. The Florida State Fire
'Marshal's Office arson dog will

Seat. 3, currently held by Minnie
McKenzie, who is retiring from her
service to the town after four years.
Vying for that slot on the commis-
sion are Dierdre White and Sarah
Lazo.
Voters will choose between the
two in a municipal election set for

also be at the event.
Demonstrations will be present-
ed on fire safety, first aid and child
safety seats. Station tours will also
be offered every half hour.
For the children, a Hardee
County fire truck will be on site

Downtown

Wall Gets

New Look
By JOAN SEAMAN
Of The Herald-Advocate
Artist Terry Smith will be work-
ing on the new wall mural in down-
town Wauchula for another three
weeks.
Smith, of Land O' Lakes north of.
Tampa, began his sketch work over
a month ago before coming to
Wauchula last week to paint the
mural on the north side of the
Administrative Building on South
Seventh Avenues.
The panels will depict scenes
from Hardee County's past and pre-
sent, starting on the east side with a
pair of a turpentine and a sawmill.
Others are of ranching, farmland,
citrus and a plant nursery. The final
pair are phosphate mining and
reclaimed timberland.
Sponsored by Main Street
Wauchula Inc. from donations and
Main Street funds, the paneled
mural is part of upgrades at the
Main Street Heritage Park. Initialed
bricks will be sold for the adjacent
parking lot and around the Heritage
Park Pavilion.
See MURAL 3A

Monday, Oct. 30..
Seat 1, currently held by Roger
Green, will now go to Juan Otero.
Green did not seek re-election.
Seat 2 will remain with incum-
bent George Neel, who was the
lone qualifier for the job.
Seat 5 again belongs to Lois

and the truck's water hose will be
set up for the children to extinguish
artificial flames.
To discover more about the local
fire department and its many divi-
sions, attend the open house this
Saturday.

Dandridge, who received no o
sition during the week-long q
fying period.
Both White and Lazo are
comers to the political scene.
White is retired, and resid
Acorn Drive. Lazo operates
shop on SR 66, and live
Hickory Court.
One of them will join (
Neel, Dandridge and Seat 4 ir
bent Maggie Belcher on the
member commission.
Otero formerly served as v
teer fire chief for the town. He
resides on Hickory Court.
Neel is a minister, and liv
Suwannee Street. He has ser
the commission since Mar
2004.
See ZS SEAT 3A

Smith.
The coronations completed sev-
eral weeks of preparation, the
Homecoming Parade on Friday
afternoon and an stifling football
victory highlighted by the pre-
game and halftime ceremonies.
D.K. is a member of the varsity
volleyball, basketball and tennis
teams, the National Honor Society
and the Lionettes. She is active in
the community, the Lions Club and
Relay For Life. She enjoys design-
ing jewelry, spending time with
family and friends, and playing
sports. Her favorite school subjects
are math and chemistry. Future
plans include attending college to
See HOMECOMING 7A

Murder Trial

ISON
cso Testimony
the

t Fills 5 Days
oppo-
quali- By CYNTHIA KRAHL
Of The Herald-Advocate '
new- A Polk County jury listened to five full days of testimony before con-
victing a Hardee County man of second-degree murder in the sudden dis-
es on appearance of the woman he once lived with.
a hair Thomas Jessie Crews Jr., 41, of Zolfo Springs, was found guilty last
,s on week of killing Sondra Denise Barrington, then 20, of Bowling Green.
Barrington never returned home from work on Oct. 10, 2002. She has
Otero, not been seen or heard from since. Her body has never been found.
icum- Crews was arrested and charged with her murder on July 21, 2004,
five- His trial in the Polk County Courthouse in Bartow spanned seven days,
the first was taken up by jury selection, the last by closing arguments from
volun- the lawyers and jury deliberations.
e, too, Crews was tried in Polk County because prosecutors could not deter-
mine exactly where Barrington was killed: in DeSoto County, where her car
es on was found abandoned; in Hardee County, where they both lived, in separate
'ed on residences; or in Polk County, where the car Crews was driving that day
ch of was found.
In such an instance, state law permits the defendant to choose his coun-
See TESTIMONY 2A

PHOTO BY RALPH HARRISON
Terry Smith positions his scaffold as he paints the sunrise and sky along the top of his wall-length mural In downtown Wauchule.

Fire-Rescue Hosts Open House

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2A The Herald-Advocate, October 5, 2006

Kelly's Column
By Jim

Mosaic was formed in October 2004 when Cargill Crop Nutrition and
IMC Global merged. The company provides phosphates, potash, nitrogen
fertilizers and feed ingredients for global agriculture.
Mosaic owns or leases over 330,000 acres in Florida, has four central
Florida phosphate rock mines and three manufacturing plants withian annu-
al capacity of 9.5 milliontons of phosphate fertilizer and animal feed prod-
ucts. There are about 3,000 employees.
Commercial fertilizer helps to provide for over one-third of the global
food supply. Commercial fertilizer can increase crop yield by two to four
times, says Mosaic. This can reduce the need to clear more land for agri-
culture.
About 75 percent of the phosphates used.to grow crops in America
comes from Florida.
Mosaic said the Florida phosphate industry today uses less than 50 per-
cent of the water used for mining 30 years ago through better management
procedures. Mosaic says the phosphate industry has planted over 30 million
trees since reclamation was required.
Reclaimed mined land in Florida has been used for lakes, wetlands,
,uplands, wildlife habitat, agriculture, housing developments, industrial
"sites, power plants, landfills, pasture lands, golf courses, Zpks and ne tree
. plantations. -
The industry provides the No. 1 export from the Port of Tampa.
The industry in central Florida, including Hardee, Hillsborough,
Manatee and Polk, pays over $20 million in county tangible and real estate
taxes and about $40 million in severance taxes annually.
Mosaic also has a goal of being active in its communities from a posi-
tive standpoint. Mosaic tries to understand and respect Florida's fragile
environmental nature and works to maintain sustainability.

Funeral services were held at Robarts Family Garden Chapel on Sept.
19 for Joyce Rocks Tilyou, 100. She was born on Dec. 1, 1905, and died
Sept. 16, 2006.
She and her late husband Ivon Tilyou moved to Wauchula in 1947. She
was a school teacher. Her husband was a long-time manager of Peace River
Electric Cooperative, followed Richard Maenpaa from 1965 to 1997, fol-
lowed by current manager Bill Mulcay.
Mrs. Tilyou moved to Lake Wales in 2002. Presiding over the funeral
service was Rev. William Knight of the Wauchula First United Methodist
Church.

Charles Tillman has recently caught largemouth black bass of 11 1/2
and 12 pounds at Hardee Lakes, a phosphate reclamation project, while
fishing for speckled perch using poles and jigs. Bass are catch-and-release.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, Oct. 3, at the Wauchula First
Baptist Church for Gayle Posey Parker, 62, who was born Sept. 23, 1944,
and passed away from cancer on Sept. 29, 206. Gayle and her husband
Johnny raised a son Mark.
There was a very large crowd at the funeral to celebrate her life that
included helping hundreds of ladies who have gone through the Christian-
based Caring People Ministries program in Bowling Green.
Johnny and Gayle have dedicated many years of their life helping
ladies who had life-controlling issues such as drug addiction. Many of these
ladies had hit bottom and were extended hands of help by Gayle and
Johnny.
Helping with the funeral service were Wauchula First Baptist Pastor
Dr. Bob Norman, Mickey Evans, Hugh Morrow, Tom Sledd, 'Amy Evans
and Joe Hegwood.

SDr. Joel Fuhrman has written a book entitled "Disease-Proof Your
Child, Feeding Kids Right."
He contends diet can determine if children will get cancer, cardiovas-
cular disease and adult diabetes later in life. He analyzed 60,000 scientific
studies over 20 years.
He said foods dangerous to feed a child include potato chips, french
fries, doughnuts and other trans fat-containing sweets, sausages, hot dogs,
lunch meats, and .pickled, smoked or barbecued meats, plus butter and
cheese.
He said kids should eat whole food, fruits and vegetables and avoid
refined and processed foods, 'animal fats and saturated fats. Good foods
include berries,, greens, seeds, beans and tomatoes.
Changing to a healthy diet can cure lupus symptoms and rheumatoid
arthritis, says the doctor in a Lakeland Ledger article dated Oct. 3 and writ-
ten by Gary White.

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays made a dramatic push after the All-Star
break and lost 33 to 36 road games to win the title of Most Losses In Major
League Baseball (MLIMLB Award) with 101 losses. They rallied in the last
weekend to overtake the Kansas City Royals for the WTIB Award (Worst
Team In Baseball).
The team cut its payroll to $20 million and increased home attendance
by 19 percent,.offering free parking and allowing fans to bring in food and
drinks to Tropicana Dome.
For years (most of the late 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s) the Tampa
Bay Bucs were the Loyable Losers. The Bucs may be returning to form in
2006.
But the 2006 Devil Rays deserve some credit for their fast fade. They
need to drop "Devil" out of their name. The team has lots of good young
players, and I like their future. The Rays treat their fans well. I am looking
forward to next season, It is nice to have Major League Baseball 75 min-
utes away from Wauchula.

TESTIMONY
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CHRISTINA PIERCE
For The Prosecution
Christina Pierce is employed with DeSoto Memorial Hospital, and
was the environmental services manager in 2002. She testified that as a
part-time employee, Sondra was guaranteed 2-3 days of work each week,
and "possibly more." She said Sondra had a pager and was on call for
additional work.

RONNIE RIVERS JR.
For The Prosecution
Ronnie Rivers, Sondra's boyfriend at the time of her disappearance,
said he worked from 4 p.m. to 1 a.m. at Wal-Mart. He said Sondra worked
five days a week, and that he was a full-time employee. Sondra and he
Moved from her parents' home to their own place to get ready for her chil-
dren, he said. "She was supposed to get custody of her kids that follow-

ty of trial. Crews and Assistant Public Defender Mel McKinley selected
Polk County from among the three.
Prosecuting the case was Assistant State Attorney Cass Castillo.
In opening statements, both Castillo and McKinley presented the jury
with an outline of their cases.
Castillo said the .state would show Crews lied about being with
Barrington on the day of his disappearance until he was confronted with the
evidence against him. He said blood found in the trunk of the car Crews
was driving that day was consistent with Barrington's DNA.
Further, Castillo said Crews admitted to a cellmate that he had killed
Barrington, and told the man where he had hidden the woman's body.
McKinley said Barrington led an unhappy life, and that Thomas Crews
was the best thing that had ever happened to her in Hardee County. He said
Barrington was livid when she learned Crews had married another woman.
He said she had every reason to want to leave Hardee County and start
her life over again. He told the jury he would show reasonable do6bt that
Sondra Barrington was even dead.
Castillo called two dozen witnesses to the stand during the course of the
lengthy trial. McKinley used five.
A summary of courtroom testimony follows:

SHIRLEY BARRINGTON
For The Prosecution
Shirley Barrington is the mother of Sondra Barrington. She spent over
1-1/2 hours on the witness stand. ,
Under questioning by Castillo, Barrington said Sondra quit school when
she was nearly 16, became pregnant by a black man and gave birth to
Kayla, now 8. She said her daughter had worked at such places as
McDonald's and the Bread Board before taking a job at DeSoto Memorial
Hospital.
Barrington said Sondra began to see Thomas Crews when Kayla was
about 8 months old, in about June of 1999. She said her daughter moved in
with Crews, at his home off Steve Roberts Special, two to four months later.
On Aug. 9, 2000, Thomas Jessie Crews III, called T.J., was born.
"My daughter and I were very close," Barrington said. "We continued a
close relationship. I would see her every day, sometimes three or four times,
and she would call."
She gave her daughter financial assistance "basically every day, when
the babies needed Pampers, clothes," she said.
Sondra lived with Thomas Crews for about three years, her mother said,
before leaving around Christmas 2001. Sondra then moved back in with her
parents for several months before moving into a Bowling Green apartment
with her new boyfriend, Ronnie Rivers.
The prosecutor asked Barrington about the relationship between Sondra
and Thomas. "Well," she began, "the first two years you couldn't ask for a
better person, but the last year he just got into a flip. He flipped."
Barrington said she witnessed an argument between Sondra and
Thomas on Easter 2002. "He stood in my front yard and told me if he ever
got mad enough at Sondra he would kill her, and he had a place to put her
and I would never find her in a million and one years."
She said Sondra's children, Kayla and T.J., now reside with Sondra's sis-
ter, Marilyn Hester, in Minnesota.
Castillo asked about Sondra's relationship with her children and family.
"She had a good relationship with them. No problems. She was always
happy," Barrington said.
She said Sondra and Rivers, both of whom had been staying at her-
home, moved out on Oct. 5 or 6, around four days before Sondra's disap-
pearance. They moved into their own place, an apartment in Bowling
Green. When asked, Barrington said she never saw any disagreements
between Sondra and Rivers.
She said Sondra worked full-time at the hospital and Rivers worked at
Wal-Mart.
"Did it appear to you the custody of the children was a source of irrita-
tion between Thomas Crews and your daughter, Sondra?" Castillo asked.
"Yes, sir."
Sondra disappeared on a Thursday. Barrington said that the night
before, Wednesday, she was getting ready for church as she and Sondra dis-
cussed a Friday court date. ,- .....
"That night, Oct. 9, was that the last day yo6 ever'w .you~daughter
alive?" Castillo asked.
"Yes, sir."
Barrington said it was Sondra's daily routine to call her as'she was leav-
ing work, but that Sondra did not call on Oct. 10.
"Was that unusual?" the prosecutor asked.
"Very unusual," Barrington responded.
She said she had worked out a route to DeSoto Memorial Hospital in
Arcadia that would keep Sondra on back roads, for the most part, and pass-
ing the homes of family members who could watch for her. It was an effort
to avoid U.S. 17 "because of what he told me at Easter, because I knew he
drove 17 pretty regular," Barrington told the jury.
She said Rivers, who worked from 4 p.m. to 1 a.m., called her home at
2:30 on the morning of Oct. 11 to report Sondra missing. "I knew my
worstest nightmare had come alive," Barrington said.
Sondra Barrington was scheduled to appear in court to testify in a mat-
ter regarding Thomas Crews on the morning of Oct. 11, 2002, but never
appeared. "There was no sign of her."
The Hardee County Sheriffs Office was called first, Barrington said.
Then, when she and family members and friends found Sondra's 1996 Kia
Sophia on U.S. 17 in DeSoto County, the DeSoto County Sheriffs Office
was notified.
"After we crossed into DeSoto County, we saw Sondra's car on the left.
I lost it. I plum lost it because I knew what had happened," the mother said.
"Since the day before, which would have been Oct. 9, have you heard
anything from your daughter?" Castillo asked, placing a strong emphasis on
the word "anything."
"No, sir."
In cross-examination, defense lawyer McKinley pointed out that Sondra
had become pregnant at young ages by older men, that.she had held a num-
ber of jobs, and that they were all low-paying.
He asked who lived in the home with Sondra and Thomas when the
Department of Children and Families removed the children and placed
them in the temporary custody of Thomas' mother, Sandra Crews.
"What did you tell Judge (Marcus) Ezelle on Friday morning when he
asked where Sondra was?" McKinley asked Barrington. "Do you remem-
ber telling him, 'As far as I know, she's working at the hospital and trying
to be here'?"
"Yes, sir."
"It was a two-bedroom apartment. Did she and Ronnie Rivers share a
bedroom?" the defender asked.
"I don't know. I didn't figure it was my business."
McKinley moved to the car Sondra was driving. "Did he (Thomas) buy
her a car with the understanding she would sign over custody of T.J.?"
McKinley asked.
"No, that never happened," Barrington responded. "He said that. No."
Barrington said she was given Sondra's purse after it was retrieved from
the back seat of her abandoned car. "T.J.'s birth certificate was the only
thing missing out of her pocketbook," she said. "'Everything else was
intact."

AUDREY PROUDFIT
For The Prosecution
A director at DeSoto Memorial Hospital, Audrey Proudfit testified
Sondra Barrington was at work on Oct. 10, 2002, and that she clocked in
at 9:33 a.m. and out at 6:03 p.m. She worked in the housekeeping depart-
ment. Her time card classified her as a part-time worker.

Crews insisted under questioning.
Detectives said they could not believe he left a 20-year-old won an
stuck in the sand along a highway near dark.,
"She's been vindictive at times," Crews explained. '"It was just one of
those times I went 'hah-hah' and laughed at her. I told her I had to g4, I
had a wife waiting for me on the other side, too, you know." He said'he
drove to his mother's house, as he and his wife were scheduled to meet
there for a visitation with the children, who were still in Sandra Crews'
custody at the time.
Shivers asked, "You didn't say anything to her about T.J. living with a
black man?"
"I didn't care for that," Crews answered. "She done signed papers with
my lawyer giving me custody of hire." ,
He continued, "Somebody. just done something. She rode off ith-
somebody. I don't know. All I know is she didn't take her purse."
See TESTIMONY 3A .

ing week," he told Castillo. 3
Rivers said Sondra would call him or, if she was off work, woula
come to see him during his dinner hour at work. "I didn't hear from her or
see her," he said of that day.
Castillo asked if anything was discovered missing from their apart4
ment. "No, there was nothing missing."
"Were there any circumstances you are aware of that would causb
Miss Barrington to leave unexpectedly?" the prosecutor asked. "No,
Rivers answered.

DOROTHY GRANTHAM
For The Prosecution n
Dorothy Grantham was a passing motorist on Oct. 10, 2002. She said
she was driving south on U.S. 17 from Hardee County toward her Fort
Ogden home when she saw a vehicle parked next to the road.
U.S. 17 was still a two-lane highway then, but construction was under
way to convert an abandoned railroad bed into two more lanes. She
termed that area, the railroad bed, "the hill." "
"There was a vehicle stuck in the sand, facing south," she said. That
car, Sondra Barrington's, was on the east-side shoulder of the roadway
next to the northbound lane. But it was facing the wrong way. a
"There was a car parked on that hill," Grantham told Castillo and tlh
jury. "I saw a couple walking up the hill toward that car." She described
that second vehicle as a small compact, aqua or teal in color.
"Did there appear to be any friction or hostilities between the two9f
Castillo asked. : A
"No." 2
She came forward, however, when she read about the womnan'sdisap-
pearance. "I was shocked when I read about it, and I contacted thi
Sheriffs Office." 'i
Under cross-examination by McKinley, Grantham said it was dusk 't
the time, and that she had her headlights on. .t

GARY DELEANDRO '
For The Prosecution d
Gary Deleandro is a deputy with the DeSoto County Sheriffs Office.
He said he was called to the scene of the abandoned car .on Friday,
Oct. 11.
"The car was down in a clearing, with its wheels low in the sand and
dirt on the hood," he described.
Deleandro said he saw a woman's purse under the driver's seat. "The
wallet was still inside, and the other usual things a woman carries. I
believe the driver's license was inside the wallet." He said he gave the
purse to Floyd Barrington, Sondra's father, who was one of the family
members who discovered the car there.
He said the vehicle was taken to the impound lot in Arcadia. J
In McKinley's cross-examination, Deleandro said he wrote upa report
on the abandoned car. "I went once to the impound yard," he added. "Thte
Barrington family requested the trunk be'checked. I found basically noth-
ing."

BECKY FONES rn
For The Prosecution
Becky Fones is a deputy clerk with the Hardee County Clerk of
Courts Office.
Fones brought the misdemeanor case file of Thomas Crews into the
courtroom. She testified that it contained a subpoena for Sondra
Barrington to appear as a witness in a hearing set for 9 a.m. on Friday,
Oct. 11, before County Judge Marcus J. Ezelle.
Sondra Barrington did not appear at Crews' hearing, Fones-said.

MARILYN HESTER
For The Prosecution j
Marilyn Hester is Sondra Barrington's sister, 12 years older:
Hester, who lived in Clewiston at the time of Sondra's disappearance,
now resides with her husband of 19 years in Redwood Falls, Minn. They
have three children; and have custody of Soidra's two children: '
"Since the childref'had15'd'eh living 'iith you, have you had any con-
tact with Sondra Barrington?" prosecutor 'astillo asked. '
"No, sir." .. .
She described a close family relationship as she and her sister w.ee
growing up. "We were pretty close; the age difference was quite a spata.
Our family was a pretty close family. Sondra was close with our mother."
In cross-examination, McKinley showed jurors through Hester's testi-
mony that she has a pending court case in Hardee County regarding her
sister's children.
"Are you trying to cut off visitation (for the Crews family)?" :tlie
defense lawyer asked.
"Could be," Hester responded. "I am asking for clarification of visita-
tion."
Under McKinley's questioning, she added, "They have not contacted
me for visitation." She said no one has traveled to see the children. She
said she was here once, in May, and there was a visitation by Crews faih-
ily members. She said T.J. was there, not Kayla.
"What means have you afforded for contact?" the defender asked. "Do
they have your phone number?"
"They did at one time," Hester answered, adding, "until I received
phone calls from Thomas that were, um, kind of unpleasant. DCF told me
I could get an unlisted number. They have my address;"
In re-direct, Castillo brought in an important point, asking if Hester
knew Laura Crews and if she had ever been in Laura Crews' blue car.
"I know of Laura Crews, but I do not personally know her," Hester
said. "I have never been in her car."
In a re-cross, McKinley asked, "The red car that Thomas Cre' s
bought for Sondra, was she supposed to sign over custody to Thoniahs
Crews?"
"No."

CREWS INTERVIEW VIDEO '
For The Prosecution
On Sunday, Oct. 20 of 2002, Hardee County Sheriffs Office detec-
tives conducted a video-taped interview of Thomas Crews, who was ser-
ing a weekend sentence in the Hardee County Jail at the time. -
The tape, two-hours long but missing its audio portion during the first
27 minutes, was played for the jury. Crews was interviewed by detectives
John Shivers and Roger Clark and, later in the session, Jim Harrison.
Crews admitted to being with Sondra Barrington on Oct. 10, 2002, at
her car alongside U.S. 17 in DeSoto County, as witnesses had informed
investigators. "
"I laughed at her. She was stuck and I wasn't. I pushed on it a couple
times and that's it," he said as the audio portion of the tape picked up t~e
interview in progress. 3
He said he and Sondra talked about the restraining orders each held
against the other. "We were going to tell the judge we wanted to drop the
restraining orders," Crews said. ?
He described how he happened upon Sondra Barrington on U.S. 17',in
the first place. "I met her around there. I turned around and pulled in
behind her. She pulled off the road," Crews told detectives.
"She was sitting in the car. We didn't go nowhere. I held her hand.:
He said the two of them "sat and talked." Then, he laughed at her and
left her. "She was standing by it," the car, when he drove off, he said.."
Detectives asked why, when first questioned about Sondra
Barrington's disappearance, he denied being with her that day. "I didn't
want to be the last one to see her," Crews answered. 4i
"I didn't hurt her, I don't have her, and I don't know where she's a,"

October 5, 2006, The Herald-Advocate 3A

Golf Boys Take Wire Finish

By JOAN SEAMAN
(f The Herald-Advocate
1, Hardee Wildcat golf "slipped
away with a two-stroke victory"
last week.
Coach George Heine reported on
the pair of matches last week, "a
blowout and a down-to-the-wire
finish."
This week, the 'Cats finish up the
regular season. Their final home
match was Tuesday at Torrey Oaks
against Mulberry. The season ends
today at The Bluffs against DeSoto.
'Then, it's time to gear up for next
week's Class 1A-District 6 playoffs
on Oct. 9 in Bradenton, where the
competition will be severe with
several academies which major in
the sport. Included in the district
event will be Avon Park, Braden
River of Bradenton, Bradenton
Christian, Bradenton Prep, Sarasota
Cardinal Mooney, DeSoto, Lake
Placid, Sarasota Out-Of-Door
Academy, Sarasota Christian and
St. Stephen's of Bradenton.
-c.Last Tuesday, Hardee hosted
&ake Placid and defeated the Green
Dragons 158-212. "Lake Placid is a
rpoung and very inexperienced
team," commented Heine.
Junior Kaleb Saunders led the
:Wildcats with a 37, sinking one
birdie. Senior Justin Painter came

home in 39 with one birdie. Soph
Brek McClenithan "shot a good
round of 40," and Ben Krause and
Jake Crews both came in with 42s.
Junior Kyle Cobb struggled a bit,
coming in with an unusual 49.
Hardee went to Avon Park last
Thursday and had a vastly different.
experience than the Aug. 31 score
of 145-185. "We had beaten them
by a wide margin at our place but I
knew it would be much closer at
Pinecrest," said Heine of Hardee's
164-166 win at Avon Park.
Painter was the Wildcats' low
man with a 40, including one
birdie. Saunders and classmate
James Olliff both fired 41s. Crews
followed with a 42 and both Krause
and Cobb had 43s.
"The greens were grainy and
putting was difficult. That is why
there are not many birdies to talk
about," concluded Heine. "Our
record now is 11 wins and three
losses and it only one week to dis-
tricts, time for some of the guys to
get down to business. Some seem
to have been sleep-walking lately.
Hardee girls seem to have the
same situation as usual, being
short-handed. Junior Kristen
Cumbee has been sidelined with ill-
ness.
Coach Byron Jarnagin had only

TESTIMONY
af, Continued From 2A
I.
r. "How do you know?" he was asked.
1: "Because her mama has her purse."
Detectives asked Crews to tell them where Sondra was. They said his
Child, T.J., should be considered. "Don't let him go through his life not
knowing what happened to his mama. He needs to know. He deserves to
~now. You're his father. Do the right thing," Harrison urged on the tape.
Harrison asked Crews to look him in the eye. Crews would not.
"You keep looking at me and I'm not the one that has her," Crews said.
"I heard somebody was trying to dig her car out and it d--- sure wasn't
Sme."
The tape ended.
tc.
JOHN SHIVERS
or; For The Prosecution
sfi John Shivers is a detective sergeant with the Hardee County Sheriffs
,Pffice. .
Shivers testified that on Oct. 21, 2002, he took swabs from Shirley
and Floyd Barrington in order to determine their DNA for comparison
purposes. He said Shirley Barrington brought him a hairbrush from her
home, saying it had belonged to Sondra. He said he also collected a tooth-
brush from Sondra Barrington's apartment.
In cross-examination, McKinley asked Shivers about a man named
,Mark Sheptock. Sheptock was an inmate in a Georgia prison at the time,
. tand his lawyer sent a letter to Hardee County authorities saying Sheptock
was claiming to have committed several murdersin Florida, and that he
plw.where Sondra Barrington's body could, be.-fourndt. .
Shivers said Sheptock .ys, bought to Hardee County, and that the
inmate led detectives to a junkyard in Brownville and then a pasture in
'Ona. At one point, Sheptock said he helped Crews bury Barrington, at
another point he said he killed Barrington as she struggled with Crews.
S"Did anything Sheptock told you turn out to be verifiable?" McKinley
.Asked.
s; "No, sir."
In re-direct, Castillo stressed that same point. "Did anything he told
91ou turn out to be true?"
"No, sir."

DR. STEPHEN NELSON
b~ For The Prosecution
sp: Dr. Stephen Nelson is the chief medical examiner for the 10th Judicial
-Circuit. '
He testified that choking or strangulation can produce external blood,
from hand wounds around the neck or from the nose, mouth or ears.

ba PATRICIA BENCIVENGA
n. For The Prosecution
Patricia Bencivenga works in the DNA lab at the Florida Department
rslf Law enforcement.
She testified that she tested the cloth on a car-seat cushion, a gym bag
1Twnd swabs,from Shirley and Floyd Barrington.
Bencivenga said the car seat tested a "weak positive for blood," but
zghat it could not produce a DNA profile. The strap of the gym bag, taken
from therunk of the car Crews was driving that day, also showed blood.
She said she was able to develop a DNA profile from that blood, and
that it was consistent with a child of Shirley and Floyd Barrington.
The random probability of that occurring was, she said, 1 in 300 mil-
lion Caucasians, I in 230 million African-Americans, and 1 in 290 mil-
lion southeaster Hispanics.
.-. .Under questioning by McKinley, Bencivenga said she tested a hair
from the,hairbrush Shirley Barrington produced, but that it was not a
match with the blood found in the car trunk.
g1:; She said she was unable to get a DNA profile from the toothbrush.
LAURA CREWS
c For The Prosecution
bs-,, Laura Crews is Thomas Crews' wife. They remain married, but are
separated.
silc, She said that on Oct. 10, 2002, Thomas was driving her 1992 teal
sQhevrolet Cavalier, because it was overheating. She took his red Pontiac
Grand Am to her work in Lake Placid.
bkl Laura Crews said she arrived at Thomas' mother's house between 6
send 6:30 p.m. that night. "Thomas was not there. He came between 8 and
9. He was supposed to meet me to visit with the kids. It was scheduled for
ni6;30."
ni She said she tried to contact him on his cell phone.
"After he arrived between 8 and 9, did he spend any time with the
children?"' Castillo asked.
bne "Very little," she responded. "His frame of mind was," she paused,
"just different."-
31t Laura Crews said that after they left Sandra Crews' home, the two of
frthem were "supposed to go out to dinner." She said she arrived at their
home first, then showered and got dressed. He came home 30 to 45 min-
'dtes "after that," she said.
"He normally parked up by the house, but on that night he parked out
by the barn," she said.
o ., She said Thomas Crews always wore a uniform to work, but after
ouIrt on Oct. 11, he changed his shirt to a work shirt but kept on his good
j'pans and boots.
She said later discovered them missing.
,, Laura Crews said she visited her husband in the Hardee County Jail
on her birthday in 2003. "I wanted to talk to Thomas. I wanted him to tell
,the truth."
Castillo told jurors Laura Crews had been granted immunity by the
rld tate.
In cross-examination, McKinley asked Laura Crews to recount a day
ltighen Sondra Barrington entered their home while they were away and
ransacked it.
She said Barrington had torn the bedroom and bathroom doors off the
.<. -

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/Hardee County School
Board, regular meeting, old
Junior High media center, 200
S. Florida Ave., Wauchula, 5
p.m.

BG Fall Festival
Being Planned
Everyone interested in having
a free booth at the Oct. 28 Old
Fashioned Fall Festival in
Bowling Green should plan now
to participate.
Sponsored and coordinated
by the Bowling Green Com-
munity of Concerned Citizens,
the festival will be at Pyatt Park
from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Booths for it
are available to individuals,
churches and organizations
who reserve a space by Oct. 13.
For more information, call Joyce
Fulse at 375-9996.

Drivers Can Take
D.A.T.E. Class
A Drug Alcohol Traffic Edu-
cation (D.A.T.E) class for first-
time driver's license applicants
has been scheduled by South
Florida Community College at
its Hardee Campus, 2698 U.S.
17 North, Bowling Green.
Pre-registration is required for
the class on Saturday, Oct. 21
from 8 a.m. to noon. The fee of
$27 must be pre-paid. For more
information, call the Hardee
Center at 773-3081.

No On ATVs, Yes On Ticket Increase

two girls go to Diamonhead in
Lake Wales on Tuesday Senior
Lindsey Moye shot a 65 and Ciara
Lambert didn't get to finish more
than seven holes when the match
was called for lightning in the area.
Sebring won the match, followed
by the host Lake Wales and Haines
City.
Thursday's home match was can-
celled because only one Lady
Wildcat was available.
"We will go to district competi-
tion on Oct. 9 at the El
Conquistadore course in Bradenton
as individuals. Only Kristen, Ciara,
Lindsey and Kirsti Roehm will go,"
said Jarnigan, who is hoping to
field a full team next year with the
addition of a pair of talented eighth
graders.

MURAL
Continued From 1A
Smith completes three to five
Murals a year in addition to 20 to 25
paintings. He enjoys the fine arts
and "sort of slipped into doing
murals. I was asked to do one sev-
eral years ago and just by word of
mouth done others. I don't adver-
tise it."
Smith did the mural on the south
and east side of the Wauchula State
Bank building alongside U.S. 17
North. He has also done nine in
Lake Placid and recently completed
a Revolutionary War mural in
Manning, S.C. which included a lot
of horses and men in battle.
He starts with visits to the com-
munity with draft sketches of what
they want until they are satisfied.
He then takes the sketches, in
which one inch represents one foot
of the mural, to the work site.
He begins the mural, in this case
nine panels, by outlining with char-
coal. If rain is anticipated, he
sprays it with hair spray. Then he
blocks it in with a base coat of the
special Mann Brothers acrylics
made for murals. He travels to
Orlando, one of two places in the
state where this paint can be pur-
chased.
The base coat will be painted
over two or three times with the
special outdoor acrylic paint. Smith
anticipates completing the project
by the end of October, weather per-
mitting.

MONDAY, OCT. 9
VWauchula City Commis-
sion, regular meeting, City Hall,
225 E. Main St., Wauchula, 6
p.m.

TUESDAY. OCT. 10
VHardee County Teen
.Pregnancy Prevention Alliance,
regular meeting, Hardee County
Extension Service Office, 507
Civic Center Drive, Wauchula,
9:30 a.m.
*.Bowling Green City Com-
mission, regular meeting, City
Hall, 104 E. Main St., Bowling
Green, 7 p.m.
THURSDAY. OCT. 12

By JOAN SEAMAN
Of The Herald-Advocate
The Hardee County Commission
split on a couple of traffic issues
recently.
The commission said All Terrain
Vehicles are not needed on unpaved
roads and agreed to i;h..ease that
portion of traffic tickets which
funds driver education programs.
A recent change to Florida
Statutes Section 316 on operation
of motor vehicles would allow
ATVs to be operated during the
daytime on an unpaved road where
the posted speed limit is 35 mph or
less. It limits it to a licensed minor-
under the supervision of an adult
licensed driver.
Driving an ATV upon any public
road or street is still prohibited.
The new statute allows each
county to opt out or exempt from
the new provisions if it chooses to
do so. The commission unanimous-
ly agreed 4-0 to opt out, noting fre-
quent phone calls members had
received about the nuisance, noise
and danger from people driving
ATVs carelessly. (Commissioner
Minor Bryant was absent, attending
a three-day Small County Coalition
meeting in Tallahassee).
In a semi-related matter, the
commission held a public hearing
to approve Ordinance 06-03 which
would increase an additional penal-
ty on civil traffic violations from $3
to $5. It would apply to all traffic
infractions but parking tickets.
"It's just a pass-through," said
commissioners, of the state Driver
Education Safety Act which
allowed counties to increase its
penalty. All the monies received are
set aside for use of the Hardee
County School Board in its driver
education and safety programs.
The change would increase the
amount raised annually from about
$14,000 to about $30,000.

In other action, the commission:
Approved the annual fee
schedule for the health department.
Approved application for a
three-year $350,000 Rural Health
Services Outreach Grant. It would
be $150,000 the first year,
$125,000 the second and $100,000
the third, said Janet Gilliard, direc-
tor of the community development
office which prepares the grant
application in cooperation with the
county Health Care Task Force.
Gilliard said, if received, the
monies would be used to augment
the current health care grants and
indigent care funding., It would add
Sa Licensed Practical Nurse and
three community outreach workers
to target uninsured or underinsured
people suffering from diabetes,
obesity and hypertension and
reduce or eliminate the need for
Emergency Room visits for health
crises related to these illnesses.
Sat as a zoning board and
approved an amendment to a Major
Special Exception granted Sept. 22,
2005. Antonio and Aida Alentado
have changed their plans to use
57.86 acres to house exotic animals
and will keep 20 acres for a grove
and home. They will have chim-
panzees, small monkeys, birds such

as parrots and small deer on their
property off Parnell Road, Martin
Lane and North Hammock Road.
They will care, house, breed and
sell these exotic animals.
Agreed to waive the invita-
tion to bid for an approximate
$11,000 air-conditioned storage
shed for microfilm, microfiche and
other courthouse records. Files are
falling inside vaults and such haz-
ards have created work safety
issues for employees, said Clerk of
Courts B. Hugh Bradley in his
request to the county. The former
storage building .was blown down
by Hurricane Charley and work
space is increasingly crowded, said
Bradley, who said he immediately
needed a minimum of 2,500 cubic
feet of climate-controlled space
with racks or shelving for the three
years of files which need to be
moved.
Approved a notice of at least
90 days to alert the public of the
county's intent to implement
impact fees for new construction.
Commissioners emphasized that it
would be "at least" 90 days, well
-after the Jan. 1 notification date
before they would probably
approved impact fees.
Commissioner Gordon Norris
noted the county would have to
provide a lot of expenses if the.
impact fees are not implemented
but that a lot of input from the com-
munity was needed before they
would be set.
Commissioner Bobby Ray Smith
agreed. "We are not in a rush on
this thing. We want to do it right."

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Commissioner Chairman Nick
Timmerman said, "If growth
occurs, we .have to meet that
growth with the services it needs. I,
for one, don't want to pay more
property taxes to meet these costs."
The commission will hold anoth-
er impact fees workshop at its Oct.
13 planning session, which begins
at 8:30 a.m.
Approved a negotiated bid
with APAC for paving of Sweet-
water Road. The new bid of $1.347
million meets the budget limitation
of the state SCRAP funding for the
project and will take care of the
work from U.S. 17 to the Sweet-
water Road intersection with
Crewsville Road, the most heavily
traveled portion of the road. _

ZS SEAT
Continued From 1A
Dandridge is retired, and is a
Palmetto Street resident. She was
appointed to Seat 5 to fill the
vacancy created by the May 31 res-
ignation of Roberta Meyer.
Beeaus of that appointment, she
had to face-voters in this, the next
election. They, however, returned
her to the post without the need for
balloting, as no one else applied for
the job.
The Zolfo Springs Town
Commission meets on the third
Monday of every month. Members
are paid a salary of $150 monthly.

4A The 1ierald-Advocate, October 5, 2006

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an Solng 0Memo/y

GAYLE POSEY
PARKER
Gayle Posey Parker, 62, died
Friday, September 29, 2006, in
Venice.
She was born and lived a life
of faithful service in Hardee
County.
First and foremost in her life
was Gayle's relationship with her
Father God. Second was her
devotion to her family. She was
dedicated to her husband Johnny
and son Mark, but her love was
extended to all those around her.
Gayle was a longstanding mem-
ber of First Baptist Church of
Wauchula. She served in the
youth ministry for several years
and was a member of the choir.
She was faithful in encouraging,
praying for, ministering, and fel-
lowshipping with all who came
into her life,
Gayle graduated from Tift
College. She received her certifi-
cation and license as a CAAP 2.
She was involved in various
civic and social organizations
,and taught atwBowlwing -Green
::Elementary School. Her interests
.varied, including painting; fish-,
ing, gardening, real estate and
snow skiing. She loved the beach
and found great solace and joy
there.
After Johnny's retirement, he
and Gayle founded and dedicated
their lives to Caring People
Ministries. Here they ministered
to and touched the lives of hun-
dreds of women who struggled
with problems of addiction. She
gave hope to the hopeless and to
those that others had given up on.
She shared the message of salva-
tion and lived a life that reflected
the Father's love.
Gayle was affectionately
called "Ginga" by her grand-
daughters, Brenna and Starling.
She relished the joy of being a
grandmother, ind her grand-
daughters, along with son, Mark,
were the apples of her eye.
Survivors are her faithful hus-
band Johnny; her devoted son,
Mark, and daughter-in-law
Stephanie; mother, Rosebud, and
life-long friend and sister, Ruth,
and husband Jerry Ridings; a
brother-in-law, Jimmy Parker
and wife Carroll; sister-in-law
Kay and husband Johnny Paris;
and other family, along with
numerous nieces, nephews,
great-nieces, great-nephews and
many cousins.
Gayle touched the lives of
thousands with her love, encour-
aging words, and testimony to
the faithfulness, forgiveness,
grace, and love of God.
She will be missed by all who
knew and loved her,
A public memorial service was
held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the
First Baptist Church, Wauchula,
with Dr. Bob Norman, the Rev.
Micky Evans and Hugh Morrow
officiating. The family received
friends following the service for
a reception in the fellowship hall.
Interment was at Mt. Pisgah
Cemetery.
Arrangements are under the
direction of Robarts Family
Funeral Home, 529 West Main
Street, Wauchula, Florida (863)
773-9773.

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Obituaries

GAYLE POSEY PARKER
Gayle Posey Parker, 62, of Wau-
chula, died Friday, September 29,
2006, in Venice.
Bor in Hardee County, she was
a teacher at Bowling Green Ele-
mentary School, partner in Caring
People Ministries in Bowling
Green and member of First Baptist
Church of Wauchula..
She is survived by her husband
Johnny Parker, one son, Mark
Parker and wife Stephanie; mother,
Rosebud; one sister, Ruth and hus-
band Jerry Ridings; one brother-in-
law, Jimmy Parker and wife
Carroll :one sister-in-la Kay
Paris and husband Johnny; a two
granddaughters Brenna and
Starling.
Services were held Tuesday, Oct.
3, at 11 a .m. at First Baptist Church
of Wauchula with Dr. Bob Norman,
the Rev. Mickey Evans and Hugh
Morrow officiating. Interment fol-
lowed at Mt. Pisgah Cemetery.
Robarts Family Funeral Home
Wauchula

CECIL L. WILLIAMS
Cecil L. Williams, 87, of Fort
Meade, died Saturday, September
30, 2006, at Cornerstone Hospice
in Winter Haven.
Born Dec. 5, 1918, at Fort
Meade, he was a lifelong resident
of the community. He was a flota-
tion foreman of Swift & Co. and
member of First Baptist Church of
Fort Meade. He was a veteran of
the U.S. Army, spending three
years in the South Pacific.
He was preceded.in death by his
wife Beatrice Sweat Williams.
Survivors include his son,
Thomas Wayne Williams; two
brothers, Edward Williams of
Bartow and W.R. Williams of
Oconee, Ill.; and one sister, Lula
Mae Powell of Lakeland.
Funeral services were Wednes-
day, Oct. 4, at 2 p.m. at the funeral
home with the Rev. Kenny Slay:
officiating. Interment followed at
Evergreen Cemetery, Fort Meade.
Visitation was one hour prior to the
services.
McLean Funeral Home
Fort Meade

This week in history, as
researched from the archival
pages of The Florida Advocate,
the Hardee County Herald and
The Herald-Advocate of...

75 YEARS AGO
Seeking Instigator Of Arsenic
Spray Plot: Governor Doyle Carl-
ton and Commissioner of Agri-cul-
ture Nathan Mayo said this week
that authorities are seeking to arrest
the person or persons who
employed three boys to throw
arsenic dust on citrus trees in the
governor's grove near Wauchula.
According to the Associated
Press dispatch from Tallahassee
quoting the officials, both Carlton
and Mayo said they believed the
guilty persons sought to "mali-
ciously discredit" the governor and
break down the enforcement of
Florida's green fruit law which pro-
hibits use of arsenic on citrus trees
to hasten maturity of the fruit. They
said the three boys who put the
arsenic dust on the trees had been.
located in two other Southern states
but would not be prosecuted.

Coast Line Announces Winter
Trains To State: The Atlantic Coast
line has announced winter trains
from the north and east serving
Florida will be speeded up to give
practically overnight service be-
tween points in this state and New
York. The Florida Special schedule
has been quickened three hours, the
Havana Special has been extended

to Boston and series all Florida and
Havana, while al trains in Florida
will be quickened!
The Scenic Highlander will be
restored c-d the Palmetto Limited
will be extended to Savannah. An
additional train will be inaugurated
between Jacksonville and Lakeland
Dec. 17 and the Scenic Highlander
between Haines City and Sebring
will be restored Dec. 17. The sched-
ule of the trains serving Wauchula
and other Hardee County points
will remain unchanged.

Scout Troop Will Get Charter
Next Monday: The public is invited
to attend the ceremonies to be held
here next Monday night, Oct. 5,
when Wauchula's Boy Scout troop
will get its charter. The gathering
will take place at Fourth Avenue
and Oak Street, just back of the ice
plant, where the Boy Scouts will
have a wiener roast earlier in the
evening.
Scoutmaster W.C. Buchanan has
announced that two scouts will get,
Eagle badges at this time. They are
T.B. Mack and Lonnie Bennett. The
Kiwanis Club is sponsoring the Boy
Scouts in Wauchula and will have
charge of the exercises, with the
presentation being made by R.O.
Evans.

50 YEARS AGO
Wildcats Invade Tampa Tonight
For Jesuit Game: The Hardee High
Wildcats will invade Tampa tonight
for a game with the Jesuit Tigers.
The Cats will be in the favorite role
for the first time this year and
should bring home a victory. Last
Friday night the wildcats played a
strong first half against the Plant
City Planters, but wilted in the final
two quarters and wound up on the
short end of a 26 6 score.
In their best offensive showing of
the year the Cats mounted a 79-yard
scoring drive in the first quarter and
led the Planters at halftime 6 to 0.,
The drive consisted of short punch-
es by Lynn Foskey, Gerald
Simmons and John Terrell with
Terrell carrying for the last yard.
Foskey contributed a 45-yard jaunt
to the drive. McCall's try for the
extra point was blocked.

Poucher Named As Manager At
Wauchula Market: The Wauchula
State Farmers Market opened this
week for the fall cucumber season
with a new manager, Milton
Poucher, at the helm. Poucher has
had years of experience in growing
cucumbers and other vegetables in
Hardee County and is also a former
chairman of the farmers advisory
committee for. the local market. He
has recently been an inspector.
A new auctioneer, Henry
Goforth, formerly of Fort Pierce, is
also on hand. He is described by the
state market officials as one of the
best of their staff of auctioneers in
the entire staff. Indicative of the
effort the state officials are making
to rejuvenate the local auction mar-
ket is the fact that R.B. Alvarez,
assistant state market manager, is
spending the bulk of his time here
supervising the establishment of the
new manager and auctioneer.
Hardee Fair Dates Set: Dates for
the annual Hardee County Fair (for-
merly the Cucumber Exposition)
have been set by committees of the
American Legion post, the sponsor-
ing organization. The fair will begin
Nov. 12 and continue through Nov.
17. The cattle exhibition section of
the fair will be greatly enlarged this
year.
Improvements are scheduled in
both the size and quality of the rural
exhibits, according to Dave Davis,
general manager of the fair.
Stephens Shows will provide the
midway. Additional rides for adults
and youngsters have been pro-
mised. A bigger and better fire-
works display is being planned for
the final evening of the fair. Jack
Melendy will be chairman of
arrangements for the selection and
crowning of queen of the fair and

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selection of the pickle princess and
pickle prince.

25 YEARS AGO
Three Captured In Store
Robbery: A deputy and his brother
captured three Plant City men who
allegedly robbed Williams Food
Lane in Wauchula Hills and stabbed
the owner, Earl Williams, after they
tried to make a getaway in a car
Tuesday night. A fourth man, who
is said to be armed with a pistol,
jumped from the moving car and
escaped.
Deputies began looking for him
immediately that night and contin-
ued the search Wednesday.
Williams was cut several times in
the face during a fight with one of
the alleged robbers. He was treated
for lacerations to his cheek and
forehead at Hardee Memorial Hos-
pital and released Tuesday night.
Lt. Joe Moore said three men
entered Williams' store about 8 p.m.
while a fourth stayed in the car.

Fair Complex Finished: The
Hardee County Cattlemen's Asso-
ciation (HCCA) announces an open
house will be held Oct. 24 at the
Agri-Civic Center in conjunction
with a fund raising dinner to help
defray its cost in constructing the
new fair complex on the Agri-Civic
Center grounds.
The menu and cost of the fund
raising benefit dinner has not been
decided yet, nor have the special
guests been confirmed. This will be
announced.later. Since the "moun-
tain" (Agri-Civic Center) can't
come to "Mohammed," plan to take
Mohammed (your family) to the
mountain during the open house
and benefit dinner. The HCCA is
happy to announce the deadline for
the new fair complex has been met
for the Annual Hardee County Fair.

New Citrus Procedure Result Of
'76 Freeze: Sometimes adverse
weather conditions prove to be a'
boon to farmers. Such was the case
of the 1976 snow in Hardee County.
Never before the history of the
snow and terrible 3-day freeze
accompanying it, had citrus men
tried to replace resets in an orange
grove with 3- to 4-year-old trees
which were already beginning to
produce fruit so far as anyone here
knows.

Since that time, resetting the pro-
ducing trees has become a finan-
cially feasible process. A special
piece of equipment used to remove
the trees and reset them has been
active in the county. The advantage
over replacing resets with nursery
stock is obvious. Once the tree puts
out feeder roots, it will start putting
on fresh growth (foliage) which
produces fruit.

10 YEARS AGO
3 Votes!!! Smith Ekes Out A
Victory As Local Democrats Oust
Dick, Pick Bradley: In what could
be the closet runoff election in
Hardee County history, local
Democrats OK'd tax collector can-
didate Zee Smith, sheriff hopeful J.
Loran Cogburn and clerk of courts
contender B. Hugh Bradley.
Winning their party's nomination,
each will now go to face a
Republican opponent in the Nov. 5
general election.
But it was a close one, indeed.
Smith beat out Jacki S. Johnson by
a mere three votes, Cogburn ousted
incumbent Rickey Dick with only
34 ballots and Bradley upped Jerry
L. Rich by 499. It's made for some
tense moments as precinct-by-
precinct results, delayed by com-.
puter difficulties, trickled out to a
chalkboard on display outside
Election Supervisor William
"Sonny" Coker's office in
Courthouse Annex II on U.S. 17.

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Sell/Set/Reset/Level Stones, Slabs, Benches, Markers,
Single Monuments, Double Monuments,
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SINCE 1906

"A Family Tradition for 100 Years"

In 1906, my grandfather, William T. Robarts, founded ROBARTS FUNERAL PARLORS.
He set high standards for himself to provide superior service. This kind and gentle
man became known for his compassionate care and genuine concern for the fami-
lies he served.

These same standards were carried on by my father, Wilfrid T. Robarts, and now, as
our family commemorates 100 years of service, we still continue the tradition.

Over the years, our commitment to professionalism and compassionate care for
families has made our service distinctive.

Therefore, when you select ROBARTS FAMILY FUNERAL HOME, you can expect the
same distinctive service my family has been famous for since 1906.

We guarantee the finest care available at the lowest cost. You can rely upon our
reputation and my personal commitment to back it up.

DENNIS ROBARTS
President

William Thomas Robarts
1872-1942

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1912-1963

Owner

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Shots were fired in a city parking
lot early Sunday morning as you g
men "hanging out" there argued
over a girl, Wauchula police saj.
Injured in the exchange was 1
year-old Herman Thompson,
Zolfo Springs,. He was wounded
the arm, police spokesman I
William Beattie said. There were i"
other reports of injuries, he said. i
Beattie said the shooting
occurred at about 12:55 a.m. in t
parking lot of the State Farmei
Market at 620 S. Sixth Ave., the
west side of U.S. 17. Several youths
had assembled there, using the 1l
as a meeting place after a party it
Zolfo Springs broke up for tie
night, he said. They were there
about 15 minutes, the lieutena*i
said, before a carload of young min
pulled up and threatened them wii
fisticuffs. He said the fight was a
carryover of an altercation thrde
days earlier over a girl. But a sh6f
was fired by one group, Beattig
alleged, and the other group
returned fire.

Jim Barncord AKA "Doctor
Metal": Jim Barcord is a man
many talents and many names.
July 13 at 9 a.m., he brought do
a trophy-sized zebra with two shq
from a .300 Weatherby rifle
Botswana, South Africa. The a
mal had scars on its buttocks from
lion attack, and its hide is current
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND
FOR HARDEE COUNTY, FLORIDA
Case No. 25 2006 CA 000 468
E.J. GROVES, LLC,
a Florida limited
liability company,
Plaintiff,
vs.
WALKER & COMPANY, INC.
Defendant, /

NOTICE OF ACTION
TO: Walker & Company, Inc., and All
Other Parties Claiming By, Through
and under or Against the Benefici-
arles, address unknown.
YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action
for Quiet Title on the following prop-
erty in Hardee County, Florida:
Lots 1 through 6 and 15 through
18, Block "B" Melrose Place
Addition to the City of
Wauchula, Florida, less South
12 feet of Lot 18 in Block "B"
Meirose Place Addition to the
City of Wauchula, Florida,
Hardee County LESS AND
EXCEPT A strip of land 25 feet
in width off the South side of
Lot 6, Block B, Melrose Place
Addition to the City of
Wauchula, Florida.
Together with the north 222 feet
of the alley running north and
south thru Block B, Melrose
Place as closed by the City of
Wauchula in Ordinance Number
353 passed in regular session
on February 13, 1961
has been filed against you and you
are required to serve a copy of your
written defenses, if any, to it on Jeff
J. McKibben, Plaintiff's attorney,
whose address is Post Office Box
1748, Wauchula, Florida 33873, with-
in thiry (30) days after the first publi-
cation of this notice, and file the
original with the Clerk of this Court
either before service on Plaintiff's
attorney or immediately thereafter;
otherwise a default will be entered
against you for the relief demanded
in the Complaint.
WITNESS my hand and the seal of
this Court on 26 day of September,
2006.
B. HUGH BRADLEY
As Clerk of the Court
By: Connie Coker
As Deputy Clerk

If you are a person with a dis
who needs any accommodate
order to participate in this pro
Ing, you are entitled, at no c
you, to the provision of c
assistance. Please contract
Office of the Court. Adminis
863-534-4690, within two (2) we
days of your receipt of
Instrument, if you are hear
voice impaired, call TDD 86
7777 or Florida Relay Service
955-8770.
14
INT'HE CIRCUIT COURT C
THE 10th JUDICIAL CIRCUS
SOF FLORIDfA, IN AND FO
HARDEE COUNTY
CASE NO: 25-2006-CA-0003
THE BANK OF NEW YOR
INDENTURE TRUSTEE ON BE
OF THE NOTEHOLDERS AN
NOTE INSURER OF THE
MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 1
MORTGAGE BACKED NOTES,
Plaintiff,
v.
LAVOYD THOMAS BASS
Defendant(s).

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NOTICE OF SALE
NOTICE IS HERBY GIVEN pursuant
to an Order of Final Judgment of
Foreclosure dated, September 20,
2006, entered in Civil Case No. 25-
2006-CA-000331 of the Circuit Court
of the 10th Judicial Circuit in and for
Hardee County, Florida, wherein THE
BANK OF NEW YORK, AS INDEN-
TURE TRUSTEE ON BEHALF OF THE
NOTEHOLDERS AND THE NOTE
INSURER OF THE ABFS MORTGAGE
LOAN TRUST 1999-1, MORTGAGE
BACKED NOTES, Plaintiff and
LAVOYD THOMAS BASS are defen-
dant(s), I will sell to the highest and
best bidder for cash, ON THE FRONT
STEPS OF THE HARDEE COUNTY
COURTHOUSE, IN WAUCHULA,
FLORIDA, AT 11:00 A.M. on October
18, 2006 the following described
property as set forth in said Final
Judgement, to-wit:
BEGIN AT THE NORTHEAST
CORNER OF SECTION 16,
TOWNSHIP 34 SOUTH, RANGE
26 EAST, RUN THENCE WEST
ALONG SECTION LINE 146
FEET TO POINT OF BEGIN-
NING; THENCE CONTINUE
WEST 208 FEET; THENCE 212
FEET; THENCE EAST 208 FEET;
THENCE NORTH 212 FEET TO
POINT OF BEGINNING, HARD-
EE COUNTY, FLORIDA.
ANY PERSON CLAIMING AN
INTEREST IN THE SURPLUS
FROM THE SALE, IF ANY,
OTHER THAN THE PROPERTY
OWNER AS OF THE DATE OF
THE LIS PENDENS MUST FILE
A CLAIM WITHIN 60 DAYS
AFTER THE SALE.
IF YOU ARE A PERSON WITH A DIS-
ABILITY WHO NEEDS ANY ACCOM-
MODATION IN ORDER TO PARTICI-
PATE IN THIS PROCEEDING, YOU
ARE ENTITLED, AT NO COST TO
YOU, TO THE PROVISION OF CER-
TAIN ASSISTANCE. PLEASE CON-
TACT Hardee County Courthouse,
417 West Main Street, Wauchula, FL
33873 WITHIN 2 WORKING DAYS OF
YOUR RECEIPT OF THIS NOTICE OF
SALE: IF YOU ARE HEARING
IMPAIRED CALL: 1-800-955-8771; IF
YOU ARE VOICE IMPAIRED CALL: 1-
800-955-8770
DATED at Wauchula, Florida, this
20 day of September, 2006.
B. HUGH BRADLEY, CLERK
CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT
Hardee County, Florida
By:Connie Coker
Deputy Clerk

9:28,10:5c

ID Kits (
By JOAN SEAMAN
Of The Herald-Advocate
Within the next few months, par-
ents of all school-age children in
the county may have ID kits for
them.
The goal is to provide ID kits for
all children in kindergarten through
12th grade, whether they are home-
schooled or attend public or private
schools.
The kits, which would be given
to the parents, will have a place for
fingerprints, a photograph and an
DNA swab sample. Parents would
keep the kits, so wherever they are,
they could give to law enforcement
authorities in the event the child
ever went missing.
Sheriff Loran Cogburn asked the
Hardee County Commission last
week to authorize him to spend
$2,461.82 from his law enforce-
ment trust fund for the county's
share of the expense.
Commissioners clarified that the
trust fund is not tax money.
Cogburn said it is a pool of monies
collected through seizures and for-
feiture, mostly from drug offend-
ers. It is similar to the up-to-
$50,000 he requested recently to
construct a pole barn and equip it
with electricity for the recently
acquired mobile command center
donated by Hillsborough County.
Keeping it protected from the

ZS Council

Votes In

A Raise

By CYNTHIA KRAHL
Of The Herald-Advocate
Paychecks will double for mem-
bers of the Zolfo Springs Town
Council beginning this month.
In its September regular session,
the Town Council approved the
second and final reading of an ordi-
nance changing the amount of
monthly compensation given to
councilors and the mayor.
Council members, who were
paid $75 a month, will now collect
$150. Previously, the chairman of
the council received an added con-
sideration of $25, for a total $100
monthly. The new ordinance makes
no such provision. ;'. t1
The mayor, now seJected0rom
the membership of the council
rather than elected by town voters,
still gained a boost in pay, but not
by as large a percentage. The may-
oral paycheck will go from its for-
mer $150 to its new amount of
$200.
The raises will bring the amount
of monthly compensation closer to
the reality of the time and services
rendered, council members said
earlier in discussing the proposed
change.
The first reading of the ordinance
to make the change was held in
August. Council members ap-
proved the raises unanimously,
with one member absent.
For final adoption, again the vote
was unanimous, this time, however,
with two members absent, Roger
Green and George Neel.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT
OF THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR HARDEE COUNTY,
FLORIpA
CASE NO.: 252006DR000461
Brian Keith Staton
Petitioner,
and
SLillian Louise Staton
Respondent,
NOTICE OF ACTION FOR
DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE
To: Lillian Louise Staton, P.O. Box
444, Litiz, PA 17543
YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action
has been filed against you and that
you are required to serve a copy of
your written defenses, if any, to it on
Brian Keith Staton, whose address is
P.O. Box 584, Wauchula, FL 33873 on
or before October 27, 2006, and file
the original with the clerk of this
Court at 417 W. Main St. Ste. 202
Wauchula, FL 33873, before service
on Petitioner or immediately there-
after. If you fail to do so, a default may
Sbe entered against you for the relief
demanded in the petition.
Copies of all court documents in this
case, including orders, are available
at the Clerk of the Circuit Court's
Office. You may review these docu-
ments upon request.
You must keep the Clerk of the
Circuit Court's office notified of your
current address. (You may file Notice
of Current Address, Florida
Supreme Court Approved Family Law
Form 12.915.) Future papers in this
lawsuit will be mailed to the address
on record at the clerk's office.
WARNING: Rule 12.285, Florida
Family Law Rules of Procedure,
requires certain automatic disclosure
of documents and information.
Failure to comply can result in sanc-
tions, Including dismissal or striking
of pleadings.
DATED September 21, 2006.
CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT
By: Connie Coker
Deputy Clerk
9:28;10:5-19c

Coming Foi

weather will extend the life of it,
said Cogburn.
The Hardee County School
Board is also being asked to con-
tribute $2,461.82 for its share of the
expense. The balance of each coun-
ty's expense is met from donations
from The American Football
Coaches Association. Every Divi-
sion I football coach in Florida is
assisting with the fund-raising
effort which has been helped by a
$2.2 million contribution from a
private corporation.
Hardee's County share of
$9,090.90 of those funds is based
on its school-age population of
over 4,900. Interestingly, there are
17 other counties in Florida with
less school-age population that
Hardee, the nearest DeSoto, which
is estimated at 4,700.
Schools Superintendent Dennis
Jones said at a recent Florida
Association of District Schools
Superintendents, the program was
discussed. It was the recommenda-

$865 FOR WES

*All Kids

tion to participate and the associa-
tion committed to it for all Florida
schools.
"We are proud to be a participant
in anything that we cold do to
have are children safe and healthy,"
said Jones, who noted the school
population this year is 24 students
ahead of where it was in October
2005.
"We will give the parents the kits
and most of them will be able to
complete it easily," said Jones.
Sheriff's Col. Arnold Lanier said
Tuesday that orders for the kits
have to be placed by Nov. 4.
"We hope to have them by
December. They are the size of a
legal-size envelope. We will proba-
bly be setting up some clinics with
our crime prevention van where
people can get the thumbprint,
DNA swab by a nurse and a current
photograph if the family doesn't
have one," said Lanier, noting more
specific plans will be announced
when the kits are available.

Department Of Labor
'

Assesses Z

By CYNTHIA KRAHL
Of The Herald-Advocate
Donated and volunteer time,
turnover and vacancies in key
office positions, and incomplete
and missing records have combined
to cost the town of Zolfo Springs
$47,000.
That was the finding of a U.S.
Department of Labor investigation
into claims of unpaid wages by two
former police officers.
The probe, conducted by Sandra
Kibler of the Tampa district office,
ended up affecting 18 different ex-
employees and amounting to
$46,902.76.
Town labor attorney Shane
Munoz of Zinobar & McCrea said
though some employees said they
were donating time to the town,
Fair Labor Standards required pay-
ment to them. Additionally, some
substantiating records could not be
found, so Kibler used log-in and
log-off times noted by Central
Dispatch in order to determine how
many hours a police officer
worked.
And the town needed to prove
payment for all of those hours. It
could not.
Kibler's research revealed un-
documented or unpaid wages for 15
police department employees, and

S $47,000
the research extended to three oti-
ers in the office and out in the field.
Police officer -Ricky Selph
received the largest settlement, at
$10,255.64. Former chief David
Scheid got a payment as well, with
the Labor Department saying hi
was owed $3,516.87 in unpaid
wages.
Other police officers were Ray-
mond Aldret, $926.63; Carlos Arc,
$1,270.33; Warren Brittirigham,
$6,341.73; James Cunha, $82.40;
Oscar Diaz, $2,462.38; Ean Eddy,
$926.51; Mark Gizas, $2,594.76;
Matthew Hovland, $1,415.73;
Brandon Lambert $2,299.16;
Raymond Mitchell, $7,435.14;
Robbie Mushrush, $4,247.91; Jose
Ventura, $830.64; and Louis
Williams, $2,039.30.
The lowest amount went out to
laborer Danny Gonzales, at $60.13.
Office worker Christy Douglas
was paid $96.25 by Department of
Labor order, and transportation
worker Henry Hann received
$101.25.
Faced with the Department of
Labor findings and the inability to
dispute them, Town Council mem-
bers voted unanimously to pay the
amounts listed for each former
worker.

For the week ended September 28, 2006:

At the Florida Livestock Auctions, receipts totaled 12,503 compared
to 12,208 last week and 14,071 a year ago. According to the Florida
Federal-State Livestock Market News Service: compared to last week,
slaughter cows and bulls were steady; feeder steers and heifers steady to,
2.00 lower.

PHOTO BY NANCY DAVIS
English Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep of Wauchula recently presented a
check for $865 to the Wauchula Elementary School fifth grade.
The Dodge Division of Daimler Chrysler donated $50 to the
school plus $5 for each demonstration drive of Dodge Caliber,
Durango or Mega Cab vehicles that were provided for parents to
test drive. Dealership volunteers were on hand to assist, said
English sales manager Kevin Hanchey. "Drive for the Kids is a
great program. We are interested in helping the schools, and
everyone has a good time," said Hanchey. From left are fifth
grade teacher Kim Reddick and Kevin Smith of English Chrysler,
Dodge, Jeep.

In Business
By Brett Jarnagin

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ROBARTS 100th ANIVERSARY Local funeral home proprietor
Dennis Robarts will soon be celebrating the centennial of his family busi-
ness.
The first funeral home run by the Robarts family was opened by
William Thomas Robarts, Dennis's grandfather, in 1906 in Alachua. He
purchased the building that once was the C.W. Williams Coffin House and
turned it into Robarts Funeral Parlor.
Currently, the old funeral home building still stands, but has since been
converted into a restaurant.
Although the exact date in 1906 is unknown, Robarts says that it was
always said it opened in the fall.
William Robarts passed the business on to his sons Wilfrid, Dennis's
father, and Howard, and they moved to Arcadia in 1935. Together they
opened Robarts Family Funeral Home which is still in operation today.
Wilfrid moved to Sarasota in 1939, opened another funeral home and
married Dennis's mother, Bonnie. In the 1940s he started funeral homes in
both Venice and Brandon.
All three funeral homes are still around today, b under different busi-
nesses.
Dennis Robarts inherited the business in Sarasota from his father, but
grew tired of the large city. "I came to Wauchula in 1997 to get back to my
roots of small town living. I was tired of busy Sarasota, and since my fam-
ily came from a small rural town, I wanted to return," said Robarts.
"I am glad to help my family reach this 100-year mark, and thankful
that I was given the opportunity to do it. I am more thankful to the thou-
sands that have put their trust in us," he added.
Robarts' son Dennis II and his wife, Summer, are also getting into the
business, making them the fourth generation to do so.
* .......

PHOTO BY BRETT JARNAGIN
The Robarts family stands proudly in front of their business's
sign on Main Street.

New business or management? Remodeling or relocating? Call Brett
Jarnagin at 773-3255 with your business news.

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HARDEE LIVING DEADLINE IS THURSDAY AT 5 PRM.

Feeder Steers:

Feeder Heifers:

Medium & Large Frame No. 1-2:
200-300 lbs., 135.00-190.00;
300-400 lbs., 122.00-157.00; and
400-500 lbs., 104.00-134.00.

Medium & Large Frame No. 1-2:
200-300 lbs., 120.00-150.00;
300-400 lbs., 108.00-136.00; and
400-500 lbs., 95.00-118.00

Slaughter Cows: Lean: 750-1200 lbs., 85-90 percent, 39.00-45.00.

Slaughter Bulls: Yield Grade No. 1-2, 1000-2100 lbs., 51.00-61.50.

Attitudes On Ag
By Bill Hodge
Retired Farmer & Rancher

FLORIDA FARM BUREAU ANNUAL CONVENTION
The annual convention will be in Daytona Beach on Oct. 11-13. Carl
Loop Jr., who has been president of Florida Farm Bureau for 23 years, has
announced his retirement and will not seek re-election at this year's meet-
ing. Carl has brought Farm Bureau from near bankruptcy to a strong finan-
cial and stable organization with great political influence for agriculture,
both in state and national politics. He has built Florida Farm Bureau into'a
healthy, respected agriculture-based organization and will be greatly
missed. The Florida Farm Bureau board of directors has nominated John
Hoblick of Volusia County for the office of president.
Carl Loop Jr. will be honored at this year's annual meeting for his 23
years of achievements. During his tenure Florida Farm Bureau has grown
from 62,000 to more than 140,000 family member units. This year's theme
is "Fueling the Future," recognizing contributions Florida's agricultural
industry can make by producing products that can be converted into fuels.

FARM BUREAU CONDUCTING "EMPTY BAG" CAMPAIGN
Florida Farm Bureau has initiated a concerted, statewide campaign to
enlist volunteer leaders in sending empty grocery bags to federal legisla-
tors. Dubbed the "Empty Bag" campaign, Farm Bureau is providing its
members with an opportunity to give congressmen a visual reminder that
without comprehensive immigration reform, America would have no
domestically grown food to fill these bags. Farm Bureau staff members are
working with county Farm Bureau leaders to allow those attending county
Farm Bureau annual meetings to be a part of the campaign. Members will
be asked to write the name of their congressional representative on the out-
side of an empty grocery bag that contains a message relating to the need
of a guest worker program as part of comprehensive immigration reform.
Members will also be asked to write their names and address on the bag and
add an optional personal message to their elected representatives.

FARM-CITY WEEK
Farm-City Week this year will be Nov. 17-23. Farm Bureaus in Florida
will be working to get the word out about the impact of farming and agri-
culture on the local economy. More on this event will be in my Nov. 1 col-
umn.

CHINA IN OUR BACK DOOR
The agriculture energy alliance, which is made up of 105 member
organizations, is lobbying the U.S. House of Representatives to limit off-
shore oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico to 100 miles off of Florida's west
coast. At present oil drilling is 285 miles west of Tampa, 138 miles south of
Panama City and 100 miles south of Pensacola. A moratorium on offshore
drilling closer to Florida is due to expire soon, leaving the door open for
drilling wherever. The alliance wants a limit imposed to keep drilling a
minimum of 100 miles off our coast. Florida Farm Bureau supports this
alliance in their efforts.
At present China, Brazil and Canada are drilling for and producing oil
in the north Cuban Basin, which extends to within 50 miles of Key West.
Few Floridians are aware that China is producing oil that close to our state
and we can essentially do nothing about it since it is in Cuban territory.
There has been identified a large depository of oil estimated to be at least
4.6 billion barrels, and as much as 9.3 billion barrels. No American com-
panies are doing anything about this potential oil supply as China sucks the
oil out of the region within 50 miles of American soil. Write your con-
gressman and tell them to start doing something about this situation.
We need to eliminate our dependence on foreign oil, especially Arab
and Persian oil. When we have a potential oil supply as close as Cuba and
then let other countries pump it right from under our nose,, we need to do
something about it. With President Chavez of Argentina's recent derogato-
ry remarks at the U.N. about America and President Bush, we need to kick
his Citgo-owned company out of America. Seven-Eleven stores, who get
their fuel from Citgo, are in the process of eliminating Citgo as their sup-
plier. Do not buy Citgo products.

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Freshman girls are (from left) Lindsey Moon, Sweetheart Jalyn
.Smith and Courtney Peterson.

From the sophomore class, the young ladies are (from left)
Tania Quiroz, Sweetheart Shelby Durrance and Nancy Ramirez.

PHOTOS BY RALPH HARRISON
Representing the junior olass are (from left) Amanda Conley,
Sweetheart Sheila Jean and Whitney Hoskins.

HOMECOMING
Continued From 1A

_ursue a degree in either design or
science. She was escorted by her
brother Derek, standing in for her
father, who was out of town but
sent his love by a phone message.
She was crowned by 2005
Homecoming Queen Gloria Her-
4iandez, daughter of Armando and
,ylia Hernandez of Wauchula.
The queen and class sweetheart
candidates were introduced with
their families before Friday night's
football game which ended with a
21-7 victory over visiting Sebring.
Other queen candidates were
Lady-In-Waiting Maria Arroyo,
daughter of Jesus and Enriqueta
Arroyo of Wauchula; Mandy
Cornelius, daughter of Jeff and

Beverly Cornelius; Ashley Islas,
daughter of Fernando and Amparo
Islas of Frostproof; and Christina
Jena, daughter of Willie Mae Lee.
Junior class candidates were
Sweetheart Sheila Jean, daughter of
Rafilia Auguste of Wauchula;
Amanda Paige Conley, daughter of
Steve and Linda. Conley of
Wauchula; and Whitney Hoskins,
daughter of Scott and Angel Lang,
and Greg and Mary Callahan.

Sophomore class candidates
were Sweetheart Shelby Durrance,
daughter of Kelly and Elizabeth
Durrance of Wauchula; Tania
Quiroz, daughter of Elvia Quiroz of
Wauchula; and Nancy Ramirez,

daughter of Carlos and Janet
Ramirez of Wauchula.
Freshman class candidates were
Sweetheart Jalyn Smith, daughter
of Kim and Diane Smith of
Wauchula; Lindsay Moon, daugh-
ter of Tony and Leslie Moon of
Wauchula; and Courtney Peterson,
daughter of Randy and Stephanie
Benton of Wauchula.
Other king candidates were
Pablo Anselmo, son of Inosencio
and Maria Anselmo of Zolfo
Springs and Briant Shumard, son of
Ronny and Lori Shumard of
Wauchula. Interestingly, all three
candidates were football players
instrumental in Friday night's vic-

tory ; .
The Homecoming Parade theme
this year was "Hollywood Home-
coming," with floats taking a movie
theme. The,senior class float "Cats
of the Caribbean," was the '2006
winner. The sbphhomre class float,
"King. Kong," took second place.
Third place was split between the
junior class float "Spiderman" and
freshman class float "Alice in
Wonderland."

In the open division, the Future
Farmers of America float took first
place, followed by Wauchula Ele-
mentary School, and a tie between
Hilltop Elementary and the Key
Club.

TESTIMONY
Continued From 3A

hinges, had torn up a card Thomas had given her, and had strewn her
clothes around the house. ..

WILLARD MARTIN
For The Prosecution
Willard "Dickie" Martin was an inmate in the Hardee County Jail in
November of 2003, facing a charge of trafficking in methamphetamine.
Castillo showed Martin contacted Florida. Department of Law
Enforcement Special Agent Jonathan Smith and DeSoto County.Sheriffs'
Office Det. Sgt. Kim Lewis Sandoval, offering information :,on
Barrington's disappearance. When they said they would not help him with
the charges he faced, he sent them away.
Later, Martin contacted them again.
"Why did you ask for a second time?" Castillo inquired.
"Just to do the right thing," Martin said.
Martin said that when Thomas Crews returned to their cell after a visit
.from Laura Crews, he told him, "I can't believe she did it. I can't believe
'she snitched me out."
SMartin testified, "He said he had it wrapped up, the case wrapped up,
pretty much covered up." He said Crews drew him a map showing the
place where he disposed of Sondra Barrington's body, in a Polk County
'phosphate pit.
S In cross-examination, McKinley focused his questions on Martin's
Charges. He showed jurors that Martin received a light sentence in rela-
'fion to the charges, and never went to prison for them.

.VAL PATARINI !
For the Defense
SVal Patarini is a retired Wauchula lawyer. On Oct. 11, 2002,' he was
representing Thomas Crews at his contempt hearing in Hardee County
Court.
"Did you notice anything about Thomas?" McKinley asked.
S"Yes, he kept looking for her (Sondra Barrington)," Patarini answered.
"He was expecting her there, let's.put it that way."
SHe said he had prepared an agreement given permanent custody of
;'T.J. to Thomas Crews, and giving Sondra Barrington visitation rights. He
,said that agreement was signed by both parties, witnessed and notarized.
SPatarini said, however, that it was never filed with the court.
In his cross-examination of Patarini, Castillo asked what date was on
:that document. Patarini noted it was Oct. 16, 2001.
"Can.you think of a reason you would not file that document with the
-.court?" the prosecutor asked.
"No, sir, I cannot."
-. Under father questioning by Castillo, Patarini said a person could
"rescind" a decision, could change his or her mind.

EARL HACK
For The Defense .
Earl Hack is an attorney in the Wauchula office of the state
-Department of Children and Families.
He said T.J. was Thomas Crews' biological child, but Kayla was not.
He said the children had been removed from the home of Thomas Crews
and Sondra Barrington because of violence in the home.
-He said the children first went to stay with Shirley Barrington, then
'With Sandra Crews. On Oct. 24, 2002, they were placed with Marilyn
'Hester in Clewiston, he said.
"Suddenly Sondra Barrington's picture is posted all over town, and
-these children would be riding around town seeing it and wondering why
'is my mother's picture all over town," Hack said. "We wanted to get them
"out of Wauchula."
SHack said, "There were a number of placards around town with
Sondra Barrington's picture on them. They were on storefronts, telephone
poles, basically you couldn't go anywhere in town without her face plas-
tered on it."
: 'He said both Thomas Crews and Sondra Barrington had been given a
-'a9e plan of steps to complete in order to regain custody of the children.
', ,For Thomas Crews, that plan included a 26-week course for batterers.
FPor Soiidra Barrington, it included a course for victims of domestic abuse.
'"He said Crews was close to completing that plan.

.JOHN MARTINEZ
For The Defense
SJohn Martinez Jr. is the attorney who represented Thomas Crews in
-'the dependency case, beginning in late June of 2002.
"DCF was telling me he was doing well in his classes," Martinez told
'jurors .
Undei cross-examination by Castillo, Martinez said Sondra
-Barrington missed an Oct. 24, 2002, dependency hearing for her chil-
dren. "She had a habit of not being the'best parent," he said. "It was not

shocking that she wasn't there. She didn't appear at other hearings."
---WALTER OLLIFF ..
For The Defense
Walter Olliff Jr. is a tree surgeon and was Thomas Crews' employer.
McKinley asked Olliff if Thomas Crews had worked for him.
"Yes, sir," he answered. "He was an exceptional employee. He worked
for me about 14 years. He ran the business, really, from head to toe."
"Did you consider him a trusted employee?" McKinley asked.
"Very much so, not only with my money but with my family," Olliff
responded.
Olliff testified that workers used his home five miles east of Wauchula
as a base of operations. He said he-was waiting on Thomas Crews on the
evening of Oct. 10, 2002.
"It was about 6:20 or later," before Thomas Crews came back to his
house, he said. He said his son was playing in a junior-varsity football
game in Avon Park, and he wanted to go, but Crews was not back yet.
McKinley asked him what would happen if an employee lost an arti-
cle of clothing. Olliff responded that he would be billed for it.
"Did you receive 'iny bill?" the defender asked.
"No, sir. I don't remember any extra charges". .
"Do you or your employees ever dump i' those old pits or around
them?" McKinley asked.
"No, not in a pit. I sold chips. We reground them for a potting soil
business on the side." He said he needed all the chips he could get. They
were never dumped.
Olliff said investigators came to his home after Sondra Barrington's
disappearance and inspected his chipper for five.fhours.They found noth-
ing, he said.
Under cross-examination by Castillo, Olliff said he damaged a uni-
form once, and was not billed for it.
"If you got blood on it just during the course of the day working, they
would not charge you for it?" Castillo asked.
"That's right," Olliff answered. "No, sir. In my business, if you're not
bleeding, you're not working."
Castillo asked about Oct. 10, 2002. "When you left your home at 6:20,
Thomas Crews was still there?"
"Yes, sir," Olliff said. He added that Thomas Crews was talking with
his wife when he left for Avon Park.

DR. NORA RUDIN
For The Defense
Dr. Nora Rudin is a DNA expert from California who is a consultant
in criminal trials.
Her testimony was shown to jurors on videotape, as she was unable to
attend the trial.
Rudin contested Bencivenga's DNA results, focusing on the hairbrush
and the toothbrush. She was critical of Bencivenga's testing methods.
The prosecution pressed., her for an opinion on the gym bag blood.
"Bottom line, there is strong evidence that the blbodstain found on the
strap of the green-and-white gym bag found in the trunkj of Thomas
Crews' car is from a child of Shirley and Floyd Barrington?"
"Yes," she said.

CLOSING ARGUMENTS
Prosecution And Defense
"Her car was turned around because she tried to get away from him,
and that's how she ended up facing the wrong direction, stuck in the dirt,"
Castillo told jurors as he summed up his case.
"There is no evidence in this case that Sondra Barrington ever had any
voluntary contact with any item in the trunk of that car," he said.
Castillo reminded jurors the blood in that trunk was consistent with
Sondra Barrington's'."The DNA probability is 1 in 300 million," he said
as he repeated Benciv'enga's findings.
He asked where the jeans and the boots were.
He said Dickie MVartin's case was disposed of in a similar manner to
other drug cases in which "constructive:possession" cannot be proven.
"This killing is the result of arnexplosion of anger," Castillo said.
In his turn-befortffiejjury, McKinley said the state failed to meet its
burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt.
"People can disappear for any number of reasons, unhappy lives," he
said.
McKinley said Sondra Barrington might have touched the gym bag
later found in the trunk on that day she "trashed", the house. She ripped
doors off hinges, hereminded jurors, so she might have had blood on her
hands. .
He again attacked the credibility of Dickie Martin.
Then, McKinley noted investigators never traveled to Minnesota to
check around Marilyn Hester's home or the area for Sondra Barrington.

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He suggested Hester wanted to stop visitation so that the Crews family
would.never discover Sondra was, indeed, alive and with her children.
In the state's second chance to address the jury, Castillo jumped on
McKinley's closing remarks.
"Judge by people's behavior," he told the jury. "Marilyn Hester was
composed on the stand. Look at the family. Are they so sophisticated that
they put together a conspiracy for four years, that they concealed Sondra
Barrington's existence for four years.
"That's not reasonable!" he concluded.

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Wildcats Stifle Blue Streaks 21-7

By JOAN SEAMAN
Of The Herald-Advocate
The Hardee Wildcats whipped
the Sebring Blue Streaks on Friday
night.
. The victory gets the 'Cats back
on track, with the Homecoming
vin setting up a showdown with
IAvon Park in the Senior Night
game on Oct. 13 at Wildcat
Stadium.
i Meanwhile, the 'Cats get a
much-needed time for recuperation
and practice to, hopefully, cut down
6n the turnovers and penalties
yhich have plagued them. "We're
$till so new at this triple option.
You can practice it all you want, but
,it's different when you're facing
'bullets in the game situation," said
Hardee head coach Derren Bryan.
"The fumbles every week have
been in different spots, the quarter-
back/center exchange, the quarter-
back/running back exchange and
now on the pitch-out.. We have
coached very hard to stop the
turnovers, and it will happen," he
explained.

Hardee will need the healing
time for injuries to Onel Virgile,
who suffered a concussion and pos-
sible neck strain, and Jermaine
King, who has a dislocated thumb
which they hope is not broken.
"Everyone else has a few dings and
we can use the time off," said
Bryan.
Hardee won the coin toss and
deferred to the second half. Kicker
Pablo Anselmo boomed the open-
ing kickoff into the opposing end
zone for a touchback. Sebring made
short gains but was forced to punt.
A block-in-the-back penalty negat-
ed a good Terry Redden run-back.
Hardee started at its 29.
Four plays later, Hardee punted
the ball back and Sebring restarted,
this time at its 37. The first pass
attempt was batted down by Hardee
stalwart senior end Johnny Ray
Harris. A no-gainer and a sack by
Joseph Barton and Harris pushed
the Streaks back to punt from their
33. This time Redden's 32-yard
weave through the Sebring defense
put the 'Cats in business at the

Streak 33.
The first of four fumbles turned
the ball back to Sebring, but pres-
sure forced the Streaks to punt
again at a fourth-and-11. Hardee
began again at its 14-yard line. A
21-yard pass to Lisnell Youyoute
got Hardee the initial first down of
the game. Jimmy Cimeus then beat
everyone to the left corer for a 14-
.yard gain and another first down.
From there Hardee stalled and
was facing a fourth-and-15, when
punter/reserve quarterback Will
Krause faked the punt and threw
long to Jordan Grimsley for a 35-
yard gain and a first down at the
Sebring 12. A pass went awry
before Cimeus ran right and cut
back in for the 12-yard TD.
Anselmo make it a 7-0 game, with
just under a minute left in the first

period.
For the rest of the first half, the
teams swapped possession. Sebring
got a 27-yard runback and escaped
a long-yardage situation with a 30-
yard run by mobile quarterback A.
C. Wilson. A pair of incomplete
passes for standout receiver Sam
Robinson turned the ball over to
Hardee on downs.
Back and forth the teams went
with no one getting a major advan-
tage despite a 29-yard run by
Wilson. Sebring was pressing and'
at the Wildcat 9-yard line when
'Cat linebacker Briant Shumard
intercepted the ball and gave
Hardee possession with 36 seconds
left. Quarterback Weston Palmer
took a knee and time ran out.
Redden got Hardee going in the
second half with a 35-yard run back

HJHS 'Cats Outclawed

By JOAN SEAMAN
Of The Herald-Advocate
Despite several highlights, the
Hardee Junior High Wildcat foot-
ball team just couldn't get the ball
over the goal line.
The young Wildcats lost 14-0 to
Avon Park last week on its field.
The 'Cats came home for this
week's game against Hill-Gustat
and will also be in Wildcat Stadium
next Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. for a visit
from Sebring Middle School. The
season ends with a visit to Lake
Placid on Oct. 17 and a home
encounter with DeSoto on Oct. 24.
"I was pretty disappointed over
this loss. We've got a lot of good
kids. When you have 55 good kids,
it's hard to bring out more aggres-
siveness in them," said head coach
Gregg White.
He noted several good aspects of
the game, including Scott
Donaldson's good job with kickoffs
and punts. Donaldson also had
interception of an Avon Park pass
on the 8-yard ine and ran it back
eight yards .o prevent an Avon
Park drive ending in another touch-
down,
"Austin Prestridge, Jessie Pan-
toya and Cody Hudnall did a better
job blocking on the offensive line.
Jake Mayer rap the ball fairly well
several times."
Defensively, Andrew Hunt,

Lincoln Saunders, Tre' Anderson,
Chace Revell and Mayer did a good
job, said White.
Others coming in for mention
were seventh graders Dawson
Crawford, Dustin Colburn, Wintz
Terrell and quarterback Deonte
Evans, "who came in and ran the
offense fairly well."
Also playing for the junior high
Wildcats are Kyle Ward, Kevin
Godwin, John Barlow, Travis Britt,
Austin Carey, Quinton Carlton,
Caleb Chavis, Tyler Dyal, Dylan
Farr, Thomas Flores, Michael
Forrester, Anthony Hernandez,
Jesse Gonzales, Hunter Henderson,
Steve Hodges, Jajuan Hooks,
D'Vonte Hooks, Andrew Hooks,
Samuel Hudgins, Justin Knight,
Carter Lambert and Jarrius
Lindsey.
Also, Rito Lopez, Antonio
Moreno, Jonathan Nowakowski,
Eugene Pace, Herbert Pace,
Tommy Parker, Jose Prieto, Dalton
Rabon, Dillon Rabon, Caleb Reas,
D'Aundre Rivers, Randull Rivers,
Dylan Roberts, Tony Rodriguez,
Okie Sambrano, Juan Short, Wade
Staton, Serapio Torres, .Julian
Varela, Murrell Winter and
Mitchell Wright.

behind lineman Dan Timmons.
Hardee started at midfield and
marched downfield, scoring twice.
Both scores were nullified by
penalties. Jayquan Gandy had a
short run behind lineman Haceem
Shweil. On the next play, a reverse
to Youyoute gained Hardee 35
yards to the Sebring 7. Palmer
picked up six of those yards and
Herman Patterson went over right
tackle for the score. With
Anselmo's kick, Hardee led 14-0.
Sebring was sacked and passes
went wide, forcing a punt which
Redden returned 28 yards. On its
next series, Hardee was forced to
punt and Sebring got the ball.
Grimsley knocked away a potential
TD pass at the last second .and
Logan Thomas and Ricky Wiggins
chased Wilson and downed him to
give Hardee the ball.
When Hardee was forced to punt
again, the kick hit and bounced to
the Sebring 3-yard line, a 57-yard
punt. A tipped pass was caught by
Travis Overstreet for a 30-yard gain
to get Sebring off its own doorstep.
A pair of penalties and another sack
put Hardee in business when the
punt died at the 32-yard line.
Hardee had possession as the

fourth period began, but shortly
fumbled it to Sebring on the Hardee
48. When it was punted back,
Hardee started over on its 16. An
illegal procedure penalty and off-
setting penalties were capped by
yet another Hardee fumble, this
time at the Hardee 5, by Sebring's
Kenny Daniels.
This time, the Blue Streaks
would not be denied, although it
took four tries to go the five yards.
Wilson dove off left tackle on the
fourth-down play for Sebring's
only score of the evening. With the
Joseph Lexama kick, it was a 14-7
game.
Hardee began its next series.at its
35-yard line when the kickoff went
out of bounds. Thirteen plays later,
Hardee hit paydirt when Patterson
juked through the line for a three-
yard score. A penalty on Hardee
pushed the PAT kick back 15 yards
but Anselmo nailed the 28-yard
conversion kick. With under three
minutes left in the game, Hardee
led 21-7.
Sebring tried desperately to score
again but had several passes batted
down. The Streaks got past mid-
field once, then went backward on
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GI~kAMEu -STATISTICS,

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Passing Yards
Rushing Attempts/Yards

Total Yards
Turnovers
First Downs

Penalties, Lost Yardage

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HARDEE
SEBRING

HARDEE
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a penalty. Krause picked up a fum-
ble. When a pair of penalties were
assessed against Hardee, the
Wildcats still had possession at
their 33-yard line to run out the
clock and preserve the 21-7 win.
Hardee defensive coordinator
John Sharp was "overall pleased.
We challenged them and had a
good week of practice. They stayed
focused and did what we've been
wanting them to do. It was a good
team effort to bounce back from the
loss to Bartow. I think they were
ready to prove themselves,' Sharp
commented.
He named co-defensive players
of the week in seniors'Wiggins and
Shumard. Wiggins had 9.5 tackles
and a sack to cap a good effort
where "he started flying around as
he is able to." Shumard added nine
tackles and'an interception, calling
out defensive signals well all week
long.
Other defensive stalwarts includ-
fed David Newcomb, "a soph who
plays really well," and had seven
tackles, two for a loss and a sack.
Harris added seven tackles, a sack,
two batted balls and a pass break-
up. Krause "did well in dropping
back to'secondary coverage, recov-
ered a fumble and had 3.5 tackles
and the fake punt pass.
Redden had 4.5 tackles and four

pass break-ups to go with his 116
return yards, 81 on four punt
returns and 35 on a kick-off return.
Others in on the sack parade were
Barton, Thomas and Daniel "D.J."
Robinson. Grimsley and Donald
White each had a pass break-up and
three tackles.
Offensively, Cimeus had nine
carries for 41 yards and one TD.
Gandy added eight carries for 23
yards and one reception for nine
yards. Patterson collected 35 yards
on 11 carries for two touchdowns
and one reception for 18 yards.
Palmer went 6 for 12 for 67 yards
and had one interception on a"
deflected pass as he was hit.
Krause's pass for 35 yards gave a
total 102 yards passing. Youyoute
had a pair of catches for 223 yards
and a run for 37 yards. King had
two catches for 17 yards before he
was injured.
Anselmo was three-for-three on
PAT kicks and booted a pair of
touchback kickoffs. Finally, Krause
had three punts for a 41-yard aver-
age.
Offensive players of the week
were Patterson and lineman Jacob
Benavides. Krause took Special
Teams honors. The scout team nod
for their help in practice went to
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By Dr. Ross A. Hendry

MEETING PEOPLE I KNOW IN FAR AWAY PLACES
It has never ceased to amaze me the number of people I have run in
unexpectedly during my travels over the years. When I was a director in ti i
Academy of Veterinary Consultants I frequently flew in and out of
Dallas Airport, and I couldn't believe how many times I rart into some
I knew.
One encounter I will never forget was the time I was seated next to
tall, distinguished, gentlemen on a flight from Dallas to Denver.' He was
really handsome man with snow-white hair and looked vaguely family!
but he figured out who I was long before I remembered him.
I learned he was Larry Stephens, formerly of Wauchula, whom I h
n't seen since high school. I had to confess I didn't recognize him until:
said, "It's a shame you don't know me since you used to date my sist
Then we had a really nice visit, remembering things about Wauchula
each other. "
Another time I ran into Clyde Hollingsworth, a rancher and ci
grower from Arcadia, who was on his way to inspect his cattle in a Te
feed lot. Then not long after that I saw Jim Byrd, a cattle buyer fr
Okeechobee.
There were times when I would meet people a long way from ho
who I didn't really know, but we would discover we had the same friend
from the same place. Last year I wrote about meeting a man I met at the e
of a 20-mile clay road on the Georgia/Alabama line when I was in v
school.
I was working at that remote farm when I noticed a man getting off
combine. He walked over to me and wanted to know just what I was dpi
on his land. I introduced myself, and it took me a couple minutes to explaJ
that I was a student in vet school on an assignment to check the number
insects in the cotton field.
He introduced himself as Mr. Haas and I didn't remember his fir
name, but when I told him I was from Wauchula, Florida his face lit up. H
said he had a ranch in Wauchula and he also had a good friend fro
Wauchula who turned out to be my Uncle King Kong Smith.
But the trip of all trips was running into John. Roy Gough in Dall
when I.was on my way to Denver and he was on his way home after he h
been on a five-day hunting trip. It was not the same John Roy you s
walking down the street in Wauchula or having breakfast or lunch with th
boys every day.
This was a disheveled John Roy Gough who had apparently left th
hunting camp long before there was time for a change of clothes, a haircu
shave or any kind of civilized grooming. It crossed my mind he might ha
thought he would get on the airplane and scare people to death all the w
home.
It was:: probably a good thing airport security wasn't as rigid as it
now. Back then passengers just breezed through metal detectors after dro
ping their keys in a plastic bowl. Today a John Roy Gough, looking like
did then, might have ended up being deported or in a place li
Guantanamo. .

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omecoming Float

Winners

The sophomore class decided to use the classic "King Kong" as the backdrop of its float. The
sophomores took second place Friday afternoon.

The senior class sailed into first place on Friday with its'"Pirates of the Carribean" float. Wildcat
Willie was aboard "The Cat's Peal" along with a host of pirates during the parade. The seniors
used the catchphrase "Sink the Streaks" to intimidate the enemy.

Spiderman could be seen flying through a netting of spider webs Friday afternoon as the junior
class traveled down Main Street. The juniors used the slogan "Trap the Streaks" to coincide with
the movie, and tied for third place with the freshman class.
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PHOTOS BY RALPH HARRISON
Since Homecoming's theme this year was "Hollywood Homecoming", the freshman class decid-
ed to decorate its float as "Alice in Wonderland". With the catchy slogan "Time's Up Streaks", the
freshman class tied with the junior class for third place.

Open Division Floats
Future Farmers of America (FFA) First Place
Wauchula Elementary School Second Place
Hilltop Elementary School and Key Club Third Place

Not what we say about our
blessings, but how we use them;,-
is the true measure of our
thanksgiving.
-W.T. Purkiser
There's nothing wrong with the
Little League World Series that
locking out the adults couldn't
cure.
-Mike Penner

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NOTICE
REQUEST FOR VARIANCE AND SPECIAL
EXCEPTION
All interested persons are hereby notified that Pastor Wendell Srith, as agent for the
Church of God Trustees, is requesting a variance from the Land Development Code
requirements to reduce the front setback on 7th Avenue from 20 feet to 13 feet in order to
build a covered entryway onto the church and a special exception to keep an existing stor-
age unit on their property at 701 N. 7th Avenue. The property is,legally described as:
LOT 1 LESS DESC TO 12-1A & 12-2 & LOT 4 BLK 12 PACKERS ADD
The proposed requests will be considered by the Wauchula Planning and Zoning Board on
Monday, October 16, 2006 at 5:30 p.m. and the Wauchula Commission on Monday,
November 13, 2006 at 6:00 p.m. in the Commission Chambers, 225 E. Main Street, Suite
105, Wauchula, Florida. Any interested persons) will be heard at these meetings. If any
person decides to appeal any decision made by the Board or Commission with respect to
this request for which he will need a verbatim record of the proceedings, he will need to
ensure that such verbatim record is made.
CITY OF WAUCHULA
s/David B. Royal
Mayor, City Commission
ATTEST:
s/Clarissa Abbott '
City Clerk .

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INVITATION TO BID
The Hardee County Sheriff's Office is currently receiving
sealed bids for a 20x75x14 Metal Building. All sealed bids
must be received by noon, October 13, 2006.
Please direct any questions, sight inspections and for a
copy of bid specs to Colonel Arnold Lanier 863-773-0304
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NOTICE
REQUEST FOR SPECIAL EXCEPTION
All interested persons are hereby notified that Candace Reese, as agent for George
Patterson and potential owner, is requesting a special exception to continue the use as a
single-family residence located at 208 South 4th Avenue, in a C-2 zoning district. The prop-
erty is legally described as: '
BEG AT SE COR OF BLK 34 & RUN N 140 FT TO POB THEN RUN N ALONG W
BDRY OF 4TH;AVE 05 FT PLUS OR MINUS TO A C/M ON N EDGE OF CITY DITCH
THEN RUN W ALONG N EDGE OF DITCH 155 FT TO A C/M THEN RUN S 53.15
FT PLUS OR MINUS TO A C/M THEN RUN E 155 FT TO POB BLK 34 WAUCHU-
LA ORS
The Wauchula Planning and Zoning Board will consider the proposed request on Monday,
October 16, 2006 at 5:30 p.m. in the Commission Chambers, 225 E. Main Street, Suite 105,
Wauchula, Florida. Any interested persons) will be heard at this meeting. If any person
decides to appeal any decision made by the Board with respect to this request for which
he will need a verbatim record of the proceedings, he will need to ensure that such verba-
tim record is made.
CITY OF WAUCHULA
s/David B. Royal
Mayor, City Commission
ATTEST:
s/Clarissa Abbott
City Clerk

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Colliers W Ranch
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Marty McKenna
Keith Davis
Double Twins Groves
Larry Davis
Larry Davis, Inc.
""' :JTodd Davis
Statewide Power
Construction Services, Inc.
Jeff Anspaugh
Dana English
English Chevrolet
Gene Field
Field Drainage
Chris Hale
Noel Green
J&N Cattle
Pat Mercer
Pat's Grove & Cattle
Miles Judah
Pete's Pharmacy
Bruce Klein
Friendship Foliage

Mike Klein
K-2 Cattle Co.

Ed Labud
Labud Services, Inc.
Dr. William Lovett:

Lovett Farms

David Moore
Dirtmasters
Joe Nickerson
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Transpower Construction Serv. Inc..
Eric Wade
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David Scott
Ridge Air Conditioning, Inc.
Roy Shaw
Duck Smith
Bar Crescent S Ranch
John Stephens
John Stephens, Inc.
Eddie Schontag Jr.
RJ. Taylor
RJ. Services
Scott Page
Ambassador Kitchens, Inc.

Scott Henderson
Scott Henderson Services
Jimmy Parker
Parker Farms
Allen Widener
' iBenchcrest Shooters Supply
David Conerly
Conerly Tank & Welding
Greg Gordon
Heartland Grower's Supply
Miles Albritton
Albritton's & Son Citrus Care
Robert Ray Smith
Hardee Livestock Market
Max.Ullrich
Ullrich's Pitcher Pump
George L. Wadsworth Sr.
George L. Wadsworth Jr.
Farm Bureau Insurance
Wayne Conerly
Wauchula Abstract & Title
Josh Mckibben
Central Florida Works
A.J. Smith
John Nicholson
Nicholson Grove Service, Inc.
Tim Oldham
Tim's Filldirt & Shell

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Due to your generous efforts, we were able to

Purchase 10,000 Phone card minutes for our

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Hardee

Living

Jamie Salas And Ruben

Rivas Are Engaged

COURTESY PHOTO
Dr. & Mrs. Bob Blackman

Blackmons Mark

51st Anniversary
.Dr. Charles Robert "Bob" past 20 years, they have been active
Blackmon and Evelyn Hendry members of the Masons, Eastern
Blackmon celebrated their 51st Star, VNA Charitable Foundation,
wedding anniversary at New.'Zion Sons of Confederate Veterans, DAR
Baptist Church in Ona, on Sept. 23, and Garden Club, as well as First
2006. To honor them, their family Baptist Church of Wauchula, and
hosted a reception in the dining hall more recently, New Zion Baptist
of the church following their renew- Church.
al of vows. Their daughter Jan Beckley and
Bob and Evelyn met while earn- her husband Jim live near them in
ing graduate degrees at the New Zion. Grandson Jim Beckley
University of Florida and were mar- IH, his wife Ashlee and their great-
ried on Sept. 25, 1955. During their granddaughter Megan live in Lutz,
marriage, they lived in Florida, and their grandson David Beckley
Georgia and Louisiana and were lives in New York City. Bob and
proud to be educators both in the Evelyn enjoy visiting with family
public school system and at the uni- often and celebrating holidays on
versity level. After retiring, they Horse Creek with immediate family
moved to Florida to the Hendry as well as nieces and nephews and
property in New Zion. During the their families.

Pamela Eli And Samuel

Johns To Marry On Sunday
Pamela Nicole Eli, daughter of groom's sister, Crystal Carmichael,
Wallace and Ann Keeton of. 6398; SR 64 East, Zolfo Spings.
Sebring, and Samuel Lee Johns, son Music begins at 1:30 p.m. and the

Tony and Elene Salas of
Wauchula announce the engage-
ment and approaching marriage of
their daughter, Jamie, to Ruben
Rivas, son of Robert and Alice
Rivas of Wauchula.
The bride-elect is a 2004 Hardee
Senior High School graduate and
currently a junior at Webber
International University where she
is pursuing a bachelor's degree in
business administration with a
major in accounting. She is an
active member of the Professional
Business Leaders Club and plays

softball for the Lady Warrior fast-
pitch team.
The prospective groom is a 2003
graduate of Hardee Senior High
School and graduated from Webber
International University in 006
with a bachelor's degree in business
administration and his' majoA in
marketing. He is currently em-
ployed at Hertz Equipment RenIal
Co. in Lakeland.
The couple plans to exchange
vows on March 10, 2007, at th,
First United Methodist Church ofi
Wauchula.
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Erin Rinderle of Lakeland and
RyaA Christopher Garza of Wau-
chula, announce their approaching
marriage.
The bride-elect is the daughter of
Carl and Judy Rinderle of Lake-
land. The prospective groom is the
son of Johnny and Sandy Garza of
Wauchula.

SSaturday
Plans are for a wedding, Satu
day, Oct. 7, 2006, at the United
Methodist Temple of Lakeland
Music will begin at 3:50 p.m. witJ
the wedding take place at 4 p.m.
A reception will follow at thi
Imperial Lakes Country Club ii
Mulberry. Friends and relatives o
the couple are invited.

Stephanie Baker And Michael

Camacho To Exchange Vows

Stephanie Baker of Sebring has
announced her plans to marry
Michael Camacho of Bowling
Green of Saturday, Oct. 7, 2006.
The bride-elect, daughter of
Steve Baker and Elaine Baker, both
of Sebring, has a high school diplo-
ma and attended Avon Park High

Ruben Rivas & Jamie Salas

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School. The prospective groom, so9 t
of William Camacho and Sherr,
Camacho, both of Bowling Green'
is a Hardee Senior High School:
1995 graduate and is self-employed
at M.C. Sandblasting Inc.
The marriage will be at Sun 'n-
Lake.
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Vendors specializing in antiques,
original artwork and handcrafted
items of all kinds are asked to pre-
pare now.
On the calendar is the Dec. 2
annual "Antiques, and Arts and
Crafts shows, under the Oaks in

Friends and relatives ai
to the wedding and recepti
follows.

Wauchula.
The event, co-sponsore
Wauchula Garden Club
Wauchula Woman's Club
to anyone.
For an application, cont
Vance at 773-4740.

i Frankie's
A REDKEN Hair Salon

773-566
116 Carlton St. Wauchi
lo:se Hours: Tuesday Friday 9-6; Satuday
10.5c. I *- U '

Alpha & Omega Freedom
re invited Ministries Inc. will be hosting a
ion which yard sale and luncheon on Saturday
at 113 N. Seventh Ave., Wauchula,
the location of John & Lorraine
Gillespie Ministries.
The yard sale will be from 8 a.m.
t, t 2 p.m. The luncheon of chicken
and yellow rice, salad, green beans,
dessert, rolls and drink for $5:will
be available from 10:30 a.m. to 2
p.m. For more information, call
773-5717.
ed by the
and the Victory Praise Center is hosting
,is open a gospel sing on Saturday at 7 p.m.
with The Messengers providing the
tact Belva special music.
Everyone is invited to the church
at 132 E. Main St., Bowling Green
..- to share in the joyful evening.
There will be refreshments after the
Service.

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Apostolic Lighthouse will hold
special revival services this week-
end. They are at 7:30 p.m. on
Friday and Saturday evenings and
10 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Sunday.
Everyone is invited to come to
the church at 310 W. Orange St.,
Bowling Green to hear guest evan-
gelist Daren Davis bring the mes-
sages.

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JEFF J.

MCKIB B E N

ATTORN EY AT LAW

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MORRELL, WATSON, SPIVEY
AND SOUTHWELL, P.A.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW

Are pleased to announce that Morrell, Watson, Spivey and Southwell, P.A. has
acquired the Jeff J. McKibben, P.A. firm.
J. Steven Southwell, BA 1999, MAB 2000, JD 2004, University of Florida will be
the resident partner in the Wauchula office.
Mr. McKibben will continue to practice in this location through December 2006.

105 South 6th Avenue,
Suite A
Wauchula, Florida 33873
863-773-4449 Phone
863-773-0223 Fax
jjmlaw @ strato.net

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October 5, 1988
January 3, 2005

we love you, we think
about you everyday.

Love always,
Your Family
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Michael Camacho & Stephanie Baker i

Great Support For

Magnolia Manor Golf Tournament
The Magnolia Manor Park Committee is working to restore and improve the Magnolia
Manor Recreational Park. The committee is working to raise funds starting with the First
Annual Magnolia Manor Open Golf tournament. The Open was held on September 23,
2006 at Torrey Oaks Golf course and was a wonderful success.

As previously reported, the event had nearly fifty players. Some of the players and
supporters included Joe Jones school board district 1, Barry White, and many others.
The day consisted of 18 holes of golf, lunch, cash prizes, and prize drawings.

The Magnolia Manor Park Committee would like to extend a heart felt thanks to Mr. Bill
Lambert of Torrey Oaks Golf and Mr. Wendell Cotton who helped to make the event
possible. It is especially important that we recognize Mosaic which was the events largest
contributor.

We must also issue another special thanks to Larry Mortell, Freddie Williams and
Freedom Pipeline which were major contributors to the effort also.

Finally, we would be remised if we did not extend thanks to some of our other sponsors
for there contribution. They are as follows:

David Singletary, State Farm Insurance
First National Bank
Crown Ford
Scott Hardcastle, State Farm Insurance
Albritton Insurance Services
First Missionary Baptist
Ace Hardware

Wauchula State Bank
Mid-FL
English Chevrolet
Benny Albritton Grove Service
Suncoast Federal Credit union
Zolfo Lodge 223
Seacoast '

Unfortunately we cannot list every sponsor or supported, but rest assured we greatly\
appreciate your contribution. Thanks for making the tournament a huge success.

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Wauchula, will be married on
Sunday, Oct. 8 at 2 p.m.
The couple will exchange vows
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TROOP PHONE CARDS

;' PHOTO BY JIM KELLY
The Wauchula Lions Club on Sept. 14 donated $6,486.70 raised in the community for area troops
In Iraq. Jack McDermott, senior vice commander for the Florida Veterans of Foreign Wars, said
the money will be given to Operation UpLink and will go to about 300 Special Forces troops in
Iraq, "85 to 90 percent of them are from Hardee County." Operation UpLink, launched in 1996 as
an innovative program that provides free pre-paid phone cards to active-duty military personnel
and hospitalized veterans, has distributed over seven million pre-paid phone cards representing
over 105 million minutes of phone time. From left are Pattie Detwiler, club president Paul
Samuels, Hardee VFW Quartermaster Bob Hendley, and McDermott of Palm Beach Gardens who
said 18 percent of American troops in Iraq are women. The local fundraising idea for pre-paid
phone cards to local troops came from past Lions president Doug Knight. Operation UpLink
phone cards were distributed after the attack on America 9-11-01, the accidental bombing in
Kuwait, in 2001, the bombing of the USS Cole in 2000, as well as to wounded American troops
from Iraq and other volatile regions.

Woman's Club

Meeting Tomorrow

The Wauchula Woman's Club
will hold its monthly luncheon
tomorrow, Friday.
. The meeting will be held at the
Woman's Club Building on the cor-
ner of North Seventh Avenue and
)ak Street in Wauchula.

This month's speaker is Jan
Jackson from the Bowling Green
Youth Academy and the hostesses
are Sandy Larrison, Libby Bradley
and Eunice Toms.
The club will also continue plan-
ning this year's projects.

Chamber Golf

Tourney Saturda

STfie Hardee County Chamber of Gardner.
SCommerce is hosting its second The event will include cash and
annual tournament on Saturday. raffle prizes and a 50-50 drawing.
SAll golfers are encouraged to Lunch will be provided.
ielp the Chamber by participating More information can be
-iin the tournament which has an 8 obtained by calling Executive
,*a.m. shotgun start Director Janet Hendry at 773-6967.
, It will be held at The Bluffs Golf' The number of teams is limited, so
course on 'U.S. 17 Sotith at prompt sign-up is needed.

SWhat we spe depends mainly on what we look for.
I -Sir John Lubbock

I HHS CLASS of '95
S10+ Year Reunion
S11/4/06 at Best Western from 6:00 pm ?
$25 per person
I RSVP by 10/20/06 to o
hhsclassof95@earthlink.net

ONE PINK, NO BLUE
Mr. and Mrs. Chad Douglas,
Zolfo Springs, a five pound seven
ounce daughter, Catherine
Summer, born Sept. 19, 2006,
Florida Hospital, Sebring. Mrs.
Douglas is the former Christy
Stevens. Maternal grandparents are
Steve and Janet Stevens of Zolfo
Springs. Maternal great-grandpar-
ents are Clara Nell Thomas of
Wauchula and the late A.V.
Thomas, and the late William and
AinnaFl&el Steyve sE.aternal grand-
Nparents are John E. Douglas of
Wauchuila and Jackie Winn Kelly of
Wauchula. Paternal great-grandpar-
ents are Lawrence Douglas of
Wauchula, Mary Carmichael of
Georgia, and the late Clarence
Parnell and Meddie Winn.
Hospital newborn shots may be
included with your announcement
free of charge. Any other photo is
$15.

You are the music while the
music lasts.
-T. S. Eliot

Rise & Shine
By Ted Simonson

THE MYSTERIOUS PASSENGER
Once there was a man who set sail in his boat on a long journey. When
he was about halfway there, a tremendous storm arose which threatened to
swamp the boat. In desperation, he decided that he had a "Jonah" on board
bringing him catastrophe.
Quickly he summoned all passengers on deck and with a tingle of fear,
he saw written on the backs of his passengers a .series of titles Worldly
Ambition, Lust, Envy, Malice, Greed and Anger. They were all "Jonahs!"
He began immediately to throw them overboard. It was heavy work.
Groaning with fatigue, he accepted the help of one of the passengers with
no title on his back. Things began to go easier. Sin after sin was hustled
overboard. As they worked together, the man noticed that his stranger was
growing taller and taller.
Finally the last sin was thrown over. The man straightened his tired
back and asked, "Well, my friend, what is your name?"
"Spiritual pride" was the answer.
Let me tell you one more story about a ship at sea. This time the disci-
ples were on board and as the waves rose higher and higher, their anxiety
increased. Then, suddenly they saw Jesus walking on the water toward
them! When He came on board, guess what happened? That's right. The
storm stopped.
We can never rid our lives of sin by our own moral effort. We must
admit that by ourselves, we are helpless. That's when Jesus "comes aboard"
and brings peace.

Superman

Party Honors

Fabien Lopez
Fabien Lopez became six years
old on Sept. 22 and celebrated with
a party on Sunday, Sept. 24 at
Pioneer Park.
Theme for the party, hosted by
his parents Diana Vasquez and
Osbaldo Lopez, was Superman.
Guests were served a variety of
Mexican foods along with cake and
candy.
Helping Fabien' cel6 rate his spe-
cial occasion were his grandmother

Lexie

Crawford

Is One
Alexis Emeri "Lexi" Crawford,
daughter of .Adam .and Kelli'
Crawford, turned one year old on
Aug. 27, and celebrated the special
occasion with a party at Pioneer
Park.
The theme for the party was
Ladybug. Guests were served hot
dogs,,sausage dogs,' chips-and.,dipV
cupcakes and, of course, Ladybug
cake.
Along with her parents, helping
Lexi celebrate were her grandpar-
ents H.L. and Susan Crawford, and
Elwood and Pam Merchant. Many
aunts, uncles, cousins and friends

Elsa Sambrano, brothers, cousins,
aunts, uncles and friends.

I-ilitar
NeHws

JOHN-PAUL BARTON
Air Force Airman John-Paul
Barton recently graduated from
basic military training at Lackland
Air Force Base, San Antonio,
Texas.
The son of Bart and Susan Barton
of Wauchula and a Hardee High
School graduate, the airman will
continue his training for a college
degree and additional training in the
field of optometry.
In addition to his parents, also
attending his graduation were his
grandparents C.A. and Dolores
Barton and Loretta Hyman, and his
older brother Aris Barton.

Fabien

also dropped by to play games and
prepare a time capsule that will be
opened on her 16th birthday.

RIS BARTON
In Ma: while stationed at Moody
Air Force Base, Valdosta, Ga., pilot
Aris Barton was promoted to First
Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force.
His wife Teri, resides with him at
the base.
Son! of Bart and Susan Barton of
Wauchula, and a Hardee High grad-
uate and former Wildcat football
player, Lt. Barton servesas a
Support Flight Commander for the
23rd Communications Squadron.
-He was,. ecently honored to receive
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COURTESY PHOTOS
Following up on the success of the Sept. 23 first annual
Magnolia Manor Recreational Park golf tournament which
raised $3,000, the Magnolia Manor Park Committee held 'a
clean-up day on Saturday. The committee hopes this to be a pre-
lude of what's to come as 'county staffs use the monies raised
for repairs at the park. Among those helping to spruce up the
park with bags of debris removed were Girlene McWhorter (top)
and Shelretha Outley (bottom). Also on the park committee are
Willie Outley, Michael Middleton, Daryle Cook, Mary Williamson
;and Jessie Wiggins. Contact any of them if you can help with the _
continuing improvements at the neighborhood park on
Chamberlain Boulevard.

Habitat Happenings
By Julie Durrance

Habitat is all about partnerships; partnerships with volunteers and
potential homeowners, churches, businesses and civic groups, students and
service clubs, and most important with God. Psalm 127:1 tells us,
"Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain." All of us at
habitat can testify that the Lord has indeed been the driving and sustaining
force in our mission to provide decent, safe homes for people in need in our i
county- House five will soon be finished and we are beginning initial plans
and surveying for the next.
We are grateful for all the help we receive from our community, and we
feel it is important to recognize these contributions. Since Habitat for
Humanity of Hardee County was established, we have received generous
support from CF Industries and Mosaic (Cargill), financially and through
goods, services, time and talents.
For several years, CF provided warehouse space for storage of our con-
struction materials. On our second house, the company donated the trusses.
In addition, the company has provided surveying for some of our proper-
ties, as well as many volunteers on work sites, committees and fund-rais-
ers.
Mosaic has also been a longtime supporter of Habitat. The company
helped us reach a milestone the groundbreaking of our first home. Also,
it has covered the costs of surveying for many of our home sites. Currently,
Mosaic is assisting with surveying, planning, and maintenance of our future.
homes sites on Diana Avenue in Wauchula. Mosaic has provided many vol-
unteer hours, as well as meals for our workers, including a week of lunch-
es and snacks for the Collegiate Challenge work groups this past summer.
Thank you, CF and Mosaic, for partnering with us over the years. We
appreciate all you've done for our affiliate and homeowners, and we look
forward to continuing our partnership with you. '
This month we also want to recognize the efforts of the Hardee Senior"
High School Key Club. Their members raised $500 for our affiliate recent-:
ly (see photo below). Thank you for your financial support, as well as send-
ing members to work side by side with us on the construction site. It always
Gives us an encouraging boost when young people give cheerfully and
unselfishly of their time and talents!
If you would like to get involved with Habitat, give our volunteer coor-
dinator Sherron Jensen a call at 773-6602. There are many ways to lend a
hand, and we are always looking for willing partners.
We are sad to report that one of our loyal and longtime members of
Habitat, Pauline Ochoa, will be leaving us soon to move to Tennessee.
Pauline has faithfully served on. our board of directors and as chair of the
family support committee, giving support, guidance and leadership to the
board and our homeowners alike. Thanks, Pauline, for all of your hard work
-you will be deeply missed!
God bless all our volunteers and supporters. Whether you have donat-
ed your money, goods, time or prayers, your contributions have kept us
moving ahead in our mission to partner with God's people in need. Thank
you for putting your faith into action!

Photo By BRETT JARNAGIN
Lt. Col. William Copeland stands with student cadet Mya Faulk,
in the new ROTC room at Hardee Senior High.

ROTC Instructors Honored

By BRETT JARNAGIN
For The Herald-Advocate
The new ROTC instructor at
Hardee Senior High was among
those hailed recently.
A luncheon for local instructors
of the Junior Reserve Officers'
Training Corps (ROTC) was held
last week in Sebring.
Air Force Lt. Col. William
Copeland was born in Ohio, but..
was raised in Jacksonville. He has
been in the Air Force for 21 years.
His military background in-
cludes: research and development
for weapon systems, technical
intelligence as well as being a unit
commander when he was stationed
in Spain and once again while sta-
tioned in Albuquerque, N.M.
Copeland was an undergraduate
at Texas A&M and finished his
graduate program at the University
of New Mexico and the Air Force:
Institute of Technology.
The luncheon was held on
Saturday, Sept. 16 at the Candle-.
light Restaurant at the Sebring Sun
'N Lake Golf and Country Club. It
was sponsored by local Air Forcef
Association (AFA) and Military
Officers Association (MOAA)
chapters.

Junior ROTC instructors from:,:
DeSoto, Highlands and Okeecho- ,:
bee counties and their guests were-l:.
among the other honorees. Their ,
school principals and superinten-:
dents were also invited as guests of,
the AFA and MOAA.
It began at noon and followed the
installation of new Air Force,,,,.
Association Chapter officers.
Cutline -
Lt. Col. Copeland stands with:,.
student cadet Mya Faulk in the new:
ROTC room at Hardee Senior;
High.

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Nutrition Notes

Q: It's good to see trans fat
listed on food labels now, but
what is the recommended limit?
A: Most foods now list trans fat
content on the Nutrition Facts panel
on a separate line under saturated
fat content. The National Academy,
of Sciences recommends that we
keep trans fat as low as possible
while consuming a nutritionally
adequate diet. No specific limits
have been set. It's impossible to
completely avoid all trans fat with-
out severely limiting the foods you
Seat because small amounts are
found in liquid vegetable oils, meat
and dairy products. You should
just aim for a very low intake.
Another strategy that some
experts recommend is to add the,
amounts of saturated fat and trans
fat together on food labels, and
choose the foods with the lowest
combined value. This strategy
makes sense because Americans
consume four to five times as much
saturated fat as trans fat. A high

consumption of saturated fat has
been linked to high cholesterol and
a possible increase in cancer risk.
You may not have to worry about
trans fat at all, however, if partially
hydrogenated oils which are the
source of most trans fat appear far
down on the list of ingredients of
any food. It's possible that any
amount of trans fat is too small to
be nutritionally significant. In this
case, there might be zero amount of
trans fat listed in a serving on the
Nutrition Facts panel.

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our school programs and facilities. I have made it a priority to maintain
regular communication with students, parents, school personnel, and
the community as a whole, when it comes to being informed and
involved. At the opening of the new school in our system this year, I,
along with other School Board members rode the school buses, acting
as School Bus Aides for the first five days of school. That experience
taught me that the quickest way to safety and efficiency was experi-
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DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
The Department announces receipt of an application from CF Industries, Inc, Post Office
Box 1549, Wauchula, Florida 33873 (CF) seeking a variance under section 378.212(1)(g),
Florida Statutes (F.S.) from 1) backfilling and contouring of slopes required by paragraph
62C-16.0051 (2)(a), Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.), 2) acre-for-acre, type-for-type wet-
land reclamation required by subsection 62C-16.0051(4), F.A.C., 3) high and low water fluc-
tuations required by paragraphs 62C-16.0051(6)(a and b), F.A.C., and 4) the restoration of
original drainage patterns required by paragraph 62C-16.0075(8)(b), F.A.C., for the South
Pasture Mine in Hardee County, Florida. CF has requested the variances to allow imple-
men'tation and operation of a water resource/water supply project known as the Aquifer
Recharge and Recovery Project (ARRP).
This application is being processed and is available for public inspection during normal
business hours, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except legal holidays, at
the Bureau of Mine Reclamation, 2051 East Dirac Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32310-3760.
Any comments or objections should be filed in writing with the Department at this address.
Comments or objections should be submitted as soon as possible to ensure that there is
adequate time for them to be considered in the Dspartment decision on the application.
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Cops For Christ
By Sgt. Barry L. Schnable
Hardee County Sheriff's Associate Chaplain

FEAR NOT!
How many of you have dealt with an abusive spouse who was threat-
ening to kill the family, or a drunk threatening the public and you offered
yourself as a shield without thinking. Or how many times have you run
toward a violent situation that everyone else was running away from. How
many officers, and firefighters, ran into the twin towers without even think-
ing of their own safety? Fearless! God rest their souls.
: Officers are sworn to protect the public by whatever means necessary
and sometimes even sacrifice their own lives. It takes a special breed of per-
son to take on that responsibility. I have worked with several different offi-
cers over the years with just as many different personalities and different
ways of dealing with situations. I find it curious how we as officers can
stand up to anything we face in the street, but tremble when we get called
into our supervisor's office or the Sheriff walks in. How does fear affect
your life? In what areas of your life does fear affect you?
How many of you think you are fearless until it comes to your chil-
dren's safety or the possibility of your marriage ending does it scare you
to death? Of what, or whom, are you afraid? You can face a violent situa-
tion without fear, but this you can't deal with without trembling. How about
the fear you feel when asked in front of your peers if you are a Christian -
does that scare you? Many years ago, even though I knew I was a Christian,
I trembled and broke out in a sweat when confronted with that very ques-
tion. I was afraid! Why? Well I was afraid of being ridiculed in front of my
peers, being called a Bible thumper or a Jesus Freak.
Why was I afraid? Why should I be afraid? Well we shouldn't be
afraid we don't have anything to fear. In Isaiah 41:10-11, it says "So do
not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will
strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right
hand. All who rage against-you will surely be ashamed and disgraced; those
who oppose you will be nothing and perish." Verse 13 says, "For I am the
Lord, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do Not
Fear."
You see, fear is a tool of the devil, it is evil. Fear is what Satan uses to
deceive you, to discourage you, to make you feel isolated and alone, to
make you feel that you are not good enough or not worthy. Through this he
is ableto control your life because you allow it. The only fear you should
have is the fear when you disobey God. For when you do, He is not with
you and Satan can attack you are vulnerable -just like when that armed
robbery breaks out in the convenience store you are in and your body armor
is in the trunk of you car.
In Psalm 56:10-13 it tells us why we shouldn't be afraid, "O God, I
praise your word. Yes, LORD, I praise your word. I trust in God, so why
should I be afraid? What can mere mortals do to me? I will fulfill my vows
to you, O God, and offer a sacrifice of thanks for your help. For you have
rescued me from death; you have kept my feet from slipping. So now I can
walk in your presence, O God, in your life-giving light." The Lord knows
the situations you face and He promises to give you both the wisdom and
the strength to get through your trials. God also promises you his peace in
times of adversity.
Fear keeps you from applying for a new job, putting in for a transfer to
another division or trying for that promotion that could advance your career
all because you fear you are not good enough or that you may fail. Fear
comes in so many forms but if you could experience the true love of God
you would not fear anything EVER! You would know that God is with
you and therefore you could handle any situation that came your way. 1
John 4:18 states it clearly; "There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives
out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not
made perfect in love".
If you are truly a child of God you should fear nothing that man brings

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through it. Even Satan has no hold on you unless you invite him into your
life by being disobedient. And even then if you repent and rebuke Satan in
the name of Jesus Christ he will flee from you because he fears the name of
Lord.
You see, we were crucified with Christ on the cross, He conquered,
death for us. Most of our fear is the fear of death but if Jesus conquered
death why do we fear it? And since we were crucified with Christ (because
He lives in us) we have the authority to claim the blessings on earth as it is
in Heaven.
Therefore if you can be fearless against drug dealers, knife-wielding,
gun-toting suspects, burning buildings and dark alleys, then you can be
fearless when you own up to being a Christian cop. You have some power
afforded to you with a gun and a badge, but you have Divine authority with
God on your side, "for who can be against you if God is for you".
To achieve, this you must be obedient and stand strong against adver-
sity, ridicule and persecution by your peers and others. "Those who oppose
you will be nothing and perish" Isaiah 41:11. Fearlessness and God's
power comes from the word of God, which can only be received by open-
ing your Bible and reading it daily. And, of course, this message is not only
restricted to officers it relates to all of our lives. Don't live in fear anymore,
ask God into your life and be fearless in every aspect of your life!
God bless you and I pray He gives you the wisdom and the strength
you need!
Sgt. Barry L. Schnable of the Hardee County Sheriffs Office can be reached
via e-mail to: flachaplain @yahoo.com.

The Squeezin's
By Barbara Carlton
Peace River Valley Citrus Growers Association 7

GROVE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
Citrus growers interested in making improvements to their grove or
grove management equipment can implement Best Management Practices
(BMPs) and utilize an easy way to defer some costs through established
cost-share assistance programs.
At this time about a dozen citrus growers in the Peace River area have
already tapped into $400,000 of assistance provided by the Florida
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
Growers implementing BMPs will need to spend about three hours
working with Geovanne Stinghen, local BMP Implementation staff mem-
ber, to evaluate their grove, complete a checklist composed of 72-questions
about the grove management and agree to implement and maintain BMPs
on their grove. Once this evaluation is complete, she will provide you with
a cost-share application and will assist you in completing and submitting
the application.
The application includes an itemized list of the practices to be installed
or equipment to be purchased and the estimated costs associated with each
item. Applications are evaluated by the board of the Peace River Soil &
Water Conservation District (PRSWCD) on the second Tuesday of each
month.
Applicants will receive notice of the Board's decision within a few
days of the meeting. If approved, a contract will be signed and successful
applicants can then proceed at once with the project.
Once the project is complete, receipts and copies of check stubs must
be submitted to document the costs incurred. The submitted documentation
will be reviewed by the PRSWCD Board prior to writing reimbursement
checks.
An example of a cost-share project could be Precision Agriculture
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$15,000. Cost-share on this project would be at a 60 percent reimburse-
ment; repaying the grower $7,200 $9,000 of his cost outlay.
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ESTIMATE BREAKFAST
Peace River Valley Citrus Growers Association (PRVCGA) will hold
its annual Estimate Breakfast Thursday, Oct. 12 in Wauchula and Arcadia.
It begins at 8 a.m., with the crop announcement at 8:30.
The United States Department of Agriculture, Florida Agricultural
Statistics Service statisticians compile'the information for the crop
announcement using the number of producing trees, spacing, past produc-
tion, tree health and weather phenomena.
The breakfast in Wauchula will be at the Joe L. Davis Barn, CR 636
East, Wauchula. It will be catered by the Green Acres 4-H Club and spon-
sored by Joe L. Davis Inc. Realtors.
In keeping with tradition, the PRVCGA will be taking guesstimates on
the total orange crop. If two growers in the same location happen to guess
the correct number, then the total grapefruit crop number will be used as the
tiebreaker.
The "Guesstimate" prize is a half day fishing trip for two sponsored by
Kenny Sanders.
CITRUS ACREAGE DECREASES
According to the bi-annual Commercial Citrus Inventory Preliminary
Report, there was a decrease in total citrus acreage from 748, 555 in 2004
to 621,373 in 2006. Hurricanes, diseases and urban development are noted
for the 17% decline.
Hardee County ranked fourth in the acreage loss order, behind St.
Lucie, Hendry and Highlands counties. In 2004 there were around 54,000
acres and this year there are only 45,000, a difference of about 9,000.

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County At 9 Mills

By JIM KELLY
Of The Herald-Advocate
On Sept. 26, the Hardee County
Commission by a 3-2 vote approved
a 2006-07 county budget of
$74,523,106 and a tax rate of 9.0
mills.
The current millage rate is
8.7064 mills and the rolled-back
rate, which would have raised the
same ad valorem taxes as the cur-
rent budget year, was 7.7878 mills.
Voting for the budget and new
tax rate were commissioners Dale
SJohnson, Minor Bryant and Gordon
SNorris. Voting no were Bobby Ray
' Smith and chairman Nick Timmer-
man.
-The commission voted to
'approve $30,000 instead of
S$15,000 for Peace River Center
: which provides an array of mental
health and social services. Peace
:River had requested $32,928.
The commission also approved
$75,000 instead of $65,000 for
HOPE of Hardee which provides
services to the elderly.
Earlier this month the commis-

sion approved $50,000 instead of
$25,000 to Rest Haven for the com-
ing budget year.
Revenues for the new county
budget will be cash forwards, 32
percent; grants, 21 percent; county
ad valorem taxes, 18 percent; gen-
eral taxes and state shared taxes, 11
percent; and service fees and spe-
cial assessments, 9 percent.
About 70 percent of the $23.38
million in cash forwards is for cap-
ital projects still in progress from
the 2004 hurricanes, board-obligat-
ed projects or restricted to specific
line items for service fees carried
forward.
Grants for the new county budget
are $15.7 million. The county's tax-
able .value is $1.472 billion, an
increase of about 13 percent over
last year.
Ad valorem taxes will amount to
$13,252,991, said Budget Director
Janice Williamson.. This money
will be spent 51 percent on fine and
forfeiture (law enforcement, the jail
and the courts), 29 percent on trans-
portation trust (roads), and 20 per-

Prostate Cancer Program

Set Oct. 16 In Sebring

The American Cancer Society,
Sarasota Unit is offering a "Man to'
Man" prostate cancer education and
support program for men dealing
with prostate cancer. The next
meeting will be held Monday, Oct.
'16, 9:15 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at
: Fairway Pines, 5959 Sun 'n Lakes
Blvd., Sebring.
S"Man to Man" is designed to edu-
cate and support men facing
, prostate cancer by providing them
: with an opportunity to talk openly
With each other and with health care
professionals about their concerns.
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for men to learn about diagnosis
and treatment options through pre-
sentations, written materials and
videos, as well as to offer each other
support and encouragement. There
is no charge for the program. For
more information please contact the
American Cancer Society at 941-
365-2858 ext. 37.

Imagination was given to man
to compensate him for what he
is not; a sense of humor to con-
sole him for what he is.
-Francis Bacon

cent for the general fund.
Service fees and special assess-
ments will be $7,024,538.
Loans are $5.4 million, or 7 per-
cent of the county's budget. The
loans are $1 million for road con-.
structions, $2.9 million for Wau-
chula Hills water and wastewater
projects, and $1.5 million for
expansion of the county landfill.
Recent budget changes include
$18,900 for the Annex II project
and antenna/tower, $311,000 for a
clerk of courts storage facility, a
fund increase of $659,860 for the
sewer/water expansion project, and
re-projected grants of $272,189.
The fire control budget is $2.5
million and $2.27 million for EMS,
$7.56 million for Wauchula Hills
Enterprise fund, and $7.65 million
for solid waste.
At last Tuesday night's public
hearing former county commis-
sioner Bill Lambert complained
about the budget increases and the
higher ad valorem taxes. He said
the sheriff's budget is too high and
that local businesses have too much
county tax and fees. He suggested
the commission reduce the contin-
gency fund of $3.2 million and
keep the same tax rate of 8.7 mills.
J.A. Clark and former county
commissioner John Roy Gough
also complained about the rising
county budget, taxes and assess-
ments. Gough said the county gave
large raises to the county manager
and fire/rescue personnel.
"The tax roll and the millage rate
should not both go up the same
year," said Gough.
Commissioner Bryant said if the
county wins its valuation lawsuit
with Vandolah Power, that money
would be set aside toward millage
reduction next year. The county
budget will not spend $752,000
which is. being contested by
Vandolah Power, said Bryant.
Vandolah Power paid about two-
thirds of its tax bill but contends its
valuation is too high and has asked
the court to decide the dispute.

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Swim Teams Master

By JOAN SEAMAN
Of The Herald-Advocate
Both Hardee High swim teams
beat Mulberry in a home meet last
week.
In addition, Hardee went to the
Heartland Championships on
Saturday, where senior captain
Casey Brutus excelled in his best
event, the 100-yard breaststroke.
Hardee boys picked up three sec-
ond-place finishes and a third-place
among the 12 events of the champi-
onships. Overall, Lake Placid dom-
inated the meet in its home pool
with 517 points. Sebring finished
with 512.50 points and Hardee was
third with 295.50. Behind the
Wildcats were Avon Park, All
Saints Academy, Frostproof and
Northport.
On the girls side of the ledger,
sophomore captain Kaitlin Justice
placed second in two events and
shared a 200-yard freestyle third
place with Katie Jernigan, Jahna
Davis and Courtney Nicholson.
Overall Hardee girls placed fourth,
behind Lake Placid, Sebring and
North Port and ahead of Avon
;Park, Frostproof and All Saints
Academy.
Hardee is off this week, giving
some much-needed rest to the
teams which have been working so
hard to lower their times and built
up muscle, said coach Dick
Daggett.
The final meet of the regular sea-
son is Tuesday, Oct. 10, at Lake
Region, with Bartow, Lakeland
Christian and Santa Fe Catholic
also participating.
That leads up the Class 1A,
District 5 meet the week of Oct 16-
21 at Winter Haven.
Hardee started last week with
Tuesday's home meet with visiting
Mulberry. Hardee girls won the
meet with 115 points to just 40 for
the young Lady Panthers.
Mulberry started well with a
first-place finish in the 200 medley
relay and went on to take first and
fourth in the 200 freestyle.
Meanwhile, Hardee had two teams
in the opening relay, and picked up
second- and third-place points.
Michelle Beck, Alex ,White and
Samantha Cowart gave Hardee
more points for second, third and
fifth place in the 200 freestyle.
With no competition in the 200
individual medley, Brittany
Wiggins was first, beating team-
mate Becky Quinones by nearly a
full second. Justice and Jahna'

Davis went one-two in the 50
freestyle over a pair of Lady
Panthers.
Alicia Revell came in ahead of
Beck in the diving, for which
Mulberry had no contestants. In the
100 butterfly, Ashley Osburn of
Mulberry, edged White by 32 hun-
.dredths of a second to take first
place. Behind White were Jernigan
and Sarah Ezelle.
In the 100 freestyle, Justice won
handily, with Nicholson second and
freshman Yvette Chavez fifth
behind a pair of Mulberry swim-
mers.
Katiana "Kitty" Pesquera won
the 500 freestyle, in ahead of team-
mate Revell. In the 200 freestyle
relay, Hardee teams sandwiched a
Mulberry squad for first and third
place.
Becky Quinones won the 100
backstroke, a full second ahead of
Chelsea Goolsby.
Wiggins was first, Osburn of
Mulberry second and Heather
Kouns third in the 100 breaststroke.
With no opposition, Hardee girls
took first and second in the 400
freestyle relay.
Other Hardee girls on the team

Mulberry
are Julilann Davis, Ana Moric and
Noelia Pesquera.
Hardee boys won over Mulberry
1002-47 with first-place finishes by
Brutus in both the 200 freestyle and
100 breaststroke. Tyler Robertson
won the 50 freestyle, Josh Rickett
the 200 I.M., Erik Blandin the div1,
ing, Isaac Vasquez the 500 freestyle
and Sean McCandless the 100
backstroke.
Other Hardee boys picking upj
points for placing second, third or
fourth were Jake Willis, Joe Porter,
Sheldon Hartman, Bradley Adcox
and Dustin Spears..
Daggett mentioned that the fund-
raiser swimathon on Sept. 23 raised
about $3,000, with monies still
coming in. With last year's fund-.
raiser and other funds, Daggett is,
about to order the starting blocks
for the Hardee pool.
Also, the solar panels are being
installed on the south side of the
pool. With the covers, it will enable
the high school to provide swim
classes for physical education near-
ly year-round. The panels and cov-
ers were part of the hurricane insur-
ance proceeds.

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Word through Bible lessons, memory verses, activities, & daily quiet time. They
will have the opportunity to earn great rewards for their efforts and
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NOTICE
PRELIMINARY PLAT APPROVAL

All interested persons are hereby notified that The Wauchula Planning and Zoning Board
will meet on Monday, October 16, 2006, at 5:30 p.m. in the Wauchula Commission
Chambers, 225 East Main Street, Wauchula, FL to consider a preliminary plalt approval. C,
& G Homes LLC will be constructing a single-family residential development known-tas
Hidden Creek, with a R-3 (Residential 3) zoning;~bn their'ptoperty at the corner of Louisiana
Street and Ohio Avenue. The property is legally described as:
THE NORTH 3/4 OF THE NW 1/4 OF THE SW 1/4 OF SECTION 4, TOWNSHIP 34
SOUTH, RANGE 25 EAST, HARDEE COUNTY, FLORIDA. LESS: BEGIN AT THE
NE CORNER OF NORTH 3/4 OF NW 1/4 OF SW 1/4 SECTION 4, TOWNSHIP 34
SOUTH, RANGE 25 EAST, HARDEE COUNTY, FLORIDA; THENCE S 00 13'49"
WEST ALONG EAST LINE OF SAID TRACT, 228.64 FEET TO POINT OF BEGIN-
NING; THENCE CONTINUE SAME LINE, 285.64 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 89
58'25" WEST, 381.46 FEET; THENCE NORTH 01 16'19" EAST, 295.01 FEET;
THENCE SOUTH 88 36'37" EAST, 376.17 FEET TO POINT OF BEGINNING. AND
LESS: BEGIN AT THE SW CORNER OF NORTH 3/4 OF NW 1/4 OF SW 1/4 OF
SAID SECTION 4, FOR POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE NORTH 89 22'22" EAST,
ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID TRACT, 618.44 FEET; THENCE NORTH 16
20'58" EAST, 3.04 FEET; THENCE NORTH 61 49'51" WEST, 25.71 FEET; THENCE
NORTH 37 11'02" WEST, 60.36 FEET; THENCE NORTH 30 35'20" WEST, 213.34
FEET; THENCE NORTH 43 09'17" WEST, 254.69 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00
40'29" EAST, 30.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 21 10'26" EAST, 85.08 FEET; THENCE
NORTH 53 23'06" WEST, 53.80 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 68 14'52" WEST, 35.80
FEET; THENCE NORTH 79 10'25" WEST 27.47 FEET; THENCE NORTH 38 55'24"
EAST, 22.36 FEET; THENCE NORTH 39 49'25" WEST, 44.47 FEET; THENCE
NORTH 80 00'59" WEST, 43.26 FEET; THENCE NORTH 06 43'44" WEST, 25.94
FEET; THENCE NORTH 64 02'54" WEST, 32.62 FEET; THENCE NORTH 40 41'20"
WEST, 65.60 FEET; THENCE NORTH 01 43'45" EAST, 64.97 FEET; THENCE
NORTH 28 54'25" WEST, 89.99 FEET; THENCE NORTH 58 43'02" WEST, 41.46
FEET TO A POINT ON THE WEST LINE OF NORTH 3/4 OF NW 1/4 OF SW 1/4 OF
SECTION 4; THENCE SOUTH 00 07'33" WEST ALONG SAID WEST LINE 876.79
FEET TO POINT OF BEGINNING.

ALL CONTAINING 21.29 ACRES, MORE OR LESS AND BEING SUBJECT TO
RESERVATIONS, EASEMENTS, ROAD RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND RESTRICTIONS OF
RECORD.

Any interested persons) will be heard at this meeting. If any person decides to appeal any
decision made by the Board with respect to this request for which he will need a verbatim
record of the proceedings, he will need to ensure that such verbatim record is made.
CITY OF WAUCHULA
s/David B. Royal
Mayor, City Commission

ATTEST:
s/Clarissa Abbott
City Clerk

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By John Szeligo
Well, Football Fans, we are in October. This is the time of crisp tem-
peratures, colorful leaves and the height of football season. As old Chris
SSchenkel used to say "What better way to spend a fall afternoon than.
watching college football." Anyone else miss him announcing college foot-
ball? I've always loved hearing him do a game from my childhood. On
radio, I miss the late West Virginia legend Jack Fleming, considered one of
the all time best. Nobody could make you feel like you were there in the
press box like he could. Other lege-4ary greats include Georgia play-by-
play man Larry Munson. He always .,lakes listening to a game an experi-
ence. The Gators announcer, Mick Hubert, with his Oh My'" every time
tF scores, makes college football special as well.
Did Larry Coker get himself off the hot seat with a win over Houston?
Looking ahead to the test of the 'Canes schedule, only Georgia Tech and
Virginia Tech are obstacles to a 8-4 or better finish. Will that be good
enough to retain him? Stay tuned. Coker may be only one of six coaches in
,the ACC facing a pink slip when this season is over according to talk radio.
Who will play in the BCS National Championship Game in Glendale,
Ariz. on Jan. 8? Thereare several scenarios the talking heads at ESPN and
others have dissected. Ohio State has only to beat Michigan at home to
:make it, barring an upset of course. Michigan could say the same thing. The
:SEC has Auburn and Florida as possibilities. Either one would have to beat
the other twice with an SEC Championship Game in Atlanta. Southern Cal
has a shot if it runs the table in the PAC 10.West Virginia has a shot if they
'can beat Louisville and finish 12-0. Of course, the Cardinals are saying the
same thing if it can beat West Virginia.
Consider the possibility of four teams finishing unbeaten. How do you
pick two to play? Strength of schedule? Georgia had a stronger SOS last
year but West Virginia took it to the SEC Champs in the Sugar Bowl.
iRemember 2003 when Oklahoma was all set to play Southern Cal for the
National Championship? Oklahoma gets blown out by Kansas State in the
!Big 12 Title Game. Kansas State was beaten at home by Marshall earlier
',that season. Strength of schedule is subjective. It is put into the computer
by human beings, not totally objective aliens with no agenda. The only way
to settle the debate is a playoff system. It works in basketball. It works in
i1-AA Football. It is time to determine areal champion in 1-A college foot-
:jall on the field not in the ESPN Game Day Booth, the national press or a
computerr .
o Now let's look at this week's Bill O' Fare:
1. UCF at Marshall Wednesday night special on ESPN. The Herd
,s 110-10 all time at the "Joan". Marshall has the only college stadium in
,America named in honor of a woman booster. This is a must win for Snyder
Iand the Herd. Not in OUR house U Can't Finish. Marshall's defense will
dominate this one. Marshall 33 UCF 17.- ,
1 2. West Virginia at Mississippi State Mountaineers finish their out
pf conference schedule with a bang. No one will see it though thanks to the
JSEC office who decides who plays on TV. Is this a payback for the Sugar
3 owl? When was the last time a Top 5 team was not on the tube some-
[vhere? Rested WVU spreads out Miss State. WVU 41 Miss State 16.
S3. Connecticut at USF Bulls will have to stop a solid ground attack
i by the Huskies. USF has to get some kind of ground attack going of its own.
SjSF 24 UConn 21.
S4. Louisville at Middle Tennessee No Bush, No Brohm, No prob-
Slem. Louisville 48 MTSU 14..
S5 FSU at North Carolina State Noles start to fatten up the usual
ACC bottom feeders. Bowden doesn't face another real football team until
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Nov. 25,when the Gators come to town. FSU 31'N.C. State 13.
6. LSU at Florida If the Gators can win the next two weeks, a per-
fect regular season is within reach. South Carolina, Georgia and Vandy are
all games that fall under "any given Saturday" but they should win. Western
Carolina and FSU pose little threat. Can UF beat Auburn or LSU twice
though? Urban Meyer has not lost in the Swamp. Florida 27 LSU 20.
7. Tennessee at Georgia UGA has been walking between the rain
Drops for a couple of weeks. This week the Vols hit them with a deluge.
Tennessee 31 UGA 13.
8. Texas at Oklahoma Remember when this was a headliner game?
It will still capture the viewing audience in Big 12 Country. The Longhorns
have too much for the Sooners again. Texas 38 Oklahoma 21.
9. South Carolina at Kentucky Spurrier will survive a scare in
SLexington. Just a feeling here that UK plays a great game but comes up
short. USC 34 UK 31.
10. Pitt at Syracuse Palko has the Panthers at 4-1 while passing for
1,300 yards already. Syracuse has won three straight since opening poorly.
With a Pitt win, the rest of the Big East better start taking the Panthers
seriously. Pitt 35 Syracuse 21.
11. Arkansas at Auburn Auburn doesn't have the luxury of looking
ahead to UF. The win over South Carolina has diminished the perception
that AU is the number two team in the nation. Tigers will re-establish their
power in this game. The showdown with Florida next week is Prime Time.
Auburn 41 Arkansas 17.
12 Clemson at Wake Forest Who wudda thunk it? Wake undefeat-
ed and playing'Clemson for ACC supremacy. Jim Grobe has done a nice job
at WF. Tommy Bowden has a chance to put Clemson back in a BCS Bowl.
Georgia Tech is up next in Death Valley in a huge game for Clemson.
Clemson 38 Wake Forrest 24.
13. Vanderbilt at Ole Miss -- Vandy may be 2-3 but played well
against Michigan, Arkansas and Alabama in tough losses. This week the
Commodores get a win in SEC play. Vanderbilt 28 Ole Miss 17.
14. North Carolina at Miami After their stunning upset of Houston,
the Canes look to reassert themselves in, the mighty ACC with a big win
over the Tar Heels. Hopefully, the 'Canes will not be looking forward to.
Florida International and disappoint their 35,000 fans in the Orange Bowl.
Miami 24 UNC 13.
15. Michigan State at Michigan The Spartans lost to Ron Zook!
The Big House will be the final resting place to MSU's 2006 season. The
Wolverines should be unbeaten when the showdown with Ohio State takes

REGISTRATION NOTICE

To vote in the November 7, 2006
General Election you must
be registered to vote by
October 10, 2006
Jeffery Ussery
Supervisor of Elections
Hardee County, FL

M ke -PreeeAo COW '

AVISO DEL REGISTRO

Para votar en la Elecci6n General
en el 7 de Noviembre de 2006
usted debe star registrado
por 1dO.10'd Octubre de 2006
Jeffery Ussery
El Supervisor de Elecciones
El Condado de Hardee, FL

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
INTENT TO CHANGE LAND
USES AND ZONING
Notice is hereby given that the Zolfo Springs Town
Commission will hold a public Hearing in the Zolfo Springs
Commission Chambers on 16 October 2006 at 7:00 p.m.
The purpose of the hearing will be to hear the request of Mr.
Marty Wohl to Amed the Future Land use Map of the
Comprehensive Plan and rezone from Agriculture A-1 to
Commercial,C-S for the property which begins at the SW
corner of W 1/2 of SW 1/4 of NWV 1/4 of Section 25,
Township 34 South, Range 25 East and run East 208.71
feet; thence North 417.42 feet; thence West 208.71 feet;
thence run South 417.42 feet to Point of Beginning of the
Town of Zolfo Springs, and the first reading of the
Ordinance for such a request.
Anyone wishing to appeal any decisions made at this hear-
ing will need a record of proceedings, and for such pur-
pose they may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the
proceeding is made which record includes the testimony
and evidence upon which the appeal is based.
Any interested persons who feel they are affected by this
land use change are encouraged to attend and be heard.
TOWN OF ZOLFO SPRINGS,
FLORIDA

October 5, 2006, The Herald-Advocate 11B;

place. Michigan 43 MSU 13.
16. Tampa at New Orleans Bucs go to the site of their first-ever win
in 1977. Here is hoping lightning strikes again ii the same spot. If not, John
McKay will be calling China to bring in that old coach Win One Soon.
Tampa 24 New Orleans 20.
17. Miami at New England The Pats won't need any snowplows for
this game. New England 33 Miami 24.
18. N.Y. Jets at Jacksonville Pennington versus Leftwich! A dream,
game for any Marshall Fan to watch its two celebrated QBs square off in,
the NFL. Chad doesn't have the defense or home field advantage that Byropn
does, however. That will make a long day for the Jets. Jax 27 Jets 17.
19. Buffalo at Chicago Bears behind Ex-Gator Rex Grossman pre-'
vail. Chicago 28 Buffalo 27.
20. Detroit at Minnesota Vikes headed upward. -Minnesota 31
Detroit 17.

Miller Enjoys N.C. Golf

By JOAN SEAMAN
Of The Herald-Advocate
Former Wauchulan Kim McLeod
Miller has considerably improved
her golf in the last few years.
SShe recently defended her club
championship for the third year in a
row, playing with the Lady Lakers
at Lake Junaluska Golf Course. She
took this year's title with a 77
scratch score.
, She also "was especially proud,"
reports mother Joyce McLeod, as
she told of her daughter's win in the
handicap tournament. She shot a
69, one over par. With an 11 handi-
cap, that gave her a 58 for the tour-
nament, reported McLeod.
The former Wauchulan had:toyed
with golf but became serious about
the game when she and husband
Dave' Miller moved to Maggie
Valley, -North Carolina four years
ago.
Sh6 is employed at "The Club in
Maggie Valley," where they both
enjoy rounds of golf in their spare
time. In the winter months, they

Golfer Kim Miller
manage "Tube World," affiliated
with the Cattaloochi Ski Area.
While both Kim and Dave admit:
they miss their family and friends
in Hardee County, they are fully
enjoying their adventures in North:
Carolina.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
REQUEST FOR ZONING
VARIANCE
Notice is hereby given that the Zolfo Springs Town
Commission will hold a Public Hearing in the Zolfo Springs
Commission Chambers on 16 October 2006 at 7:00 p.m.
The purpose of the hearing will be to hear the request of Mr.
Marty Wohl, of CTM investments for a variance of one lot,
100 feet wide by/155 feet deep, be split once and only to
equal two, 50 feet wide by 155 deep lots, to match the lots
platted to the North of subject lot. A portion of Block 10 of
Roberts & Skipper Re-Sub of Robert & Skipper addition to
the Towi of Zolfo Springs.
Aiygn ishig to appeal any ~eisio0s made at this hear-
ing, wjlneed.,a record,.of proceedings, and for, such pur-
pose they may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the
proceeding is made which record includes the testimony
and evidence upon which the appeal is based.
Any interested person who feel they are affected by this
land use change are encouraged to attend and be heard.
TOWN OF ZOLFO SPRINGS,
.05FLORIDA
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
INTENTTO CHANGE LAND
USES AND ZONING
Notice is hereby given that the Zolfo Springs Town
Commission will hold a Public hearing in the Zolfo Springs
Commission Chambers on 16 October 2006 at 7:00 p.m.
The purpose of the hearing will be to hear the request of
Marty Wohl to Amend the Future Land use Map of the
Comprehensive Plan and rezone from Agriculture A-1 to
Industrial I-L for the property which begins at the north side
of State Road 66 approximately 450 feet to the east of
Farrell Rd, on the eastern edge of the Town of Zolfo Springs
and the first reading of the Ordinance for such request.
Anyone wishing to appeal any decisions made at this hear-
ing will need a record of proceedings, and for such pur-
pose they may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the
proceeding is made which record includes the testimony
and evidence upon which the appeal is based.
Any interested person who feel they are affected by this
land use change are encouraged to attend and be heard.
TOWN OF ZOLFO SPRINGS,
FLORIDA

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Oct. 6 Volleyball Sarasota Booker Away 4:30 p.m.
Oct. 7 Volleyball Sarasota Booker Away 9:00 a.m.
Oct. 9 Girls Golf District Tourney Away TBA
HJHS Softball Avon Park Away 4:30 p.m.
Oct. 10 HJHS Football Sebring HOME 5:30 p.m.
Swimming Lake Region Away 5:30 p.m.
Volleyball Frostproof HOME 6/7:30 p.m.
Oct. 12 HJHS Softball Lake Placid HOME 4:30 p.m.
Cross Country Sebring Away 4:30 p.m.
JV Football St. Pete Catholic Away 7:00 p.m.
Oct. 13 Varsity Football/
Senior Night Avon Park HOME 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 14 Cross Country Bradenton Away 8:30 a.m.
Oct. 16 HJHS Softball DeSoto HOME 4:30 p.m.
16-20 Volleyball District Playoffs HOME TBA
Oct. 17 Swimming District Meet Winter Haven TBA
Cross Country Hardee Lakes Run HOME 4 p.m.
HJHS Football Lake Placid Away 5:30 p.m.
Oct. 19 HJHS Softball Hill-Gustat Away 4:30 p.m.

HJHS Softball Wins Strong, Loses Squeaker

.By JOAN SEAMAN
Of The Herald-Advocate
The Hardee Junior High Lady
Wildcats split softball games last
week.
The junior Lady 'Cats won 14-3
at Lake Placid and lost an extra-
inning heartbreaker at DeSoto 6-5.
This week the girls were home
*Monday for Hill-Gustat's visit and
go to Sebring. today (Thursday),
hoping to avenge an early-season
loss. Next week's games are at
Avon Park on Monday and home
for a visit from Lake Placid on
Thursday. The season ends with the
final pair of games, Oct. 16 athome
for DeSoto and a trip to Hill-Gustat
on Oct. 19.
At Lake Placid, Hardee opened
with a five-run outburst. Amber
Hines tripled and Elvira Servin,
Amanda McNabb and Kate Krause
all walked. Kayla Owens singled to
score teammates and raced home
-on a Savannah Selph single. Selph
was caught stealing and tWb more
outs ended the top of the first.
Lake Placid came up with intent
to even the-score but managed only
two runs on a hit batsman, single
and an error. Three batters walked,
but were left aboard when the third

out occurred. It was 5-2.
In the top of second, Hardee
added an insurance run. Courtney
Parks singled but was out on a
fielder's choice. That batter was
caught going to second. Servin
homered to put the run dh the
board. McNabb and Krause both
singled but.were stranded. It was 6-
2.
Hines struck out the side in Lake
Placid's second inning turn at the
plate.
Hardee padded its lead by anoth-
er five runs in the third inning.,
Emma Marshall, Courtney Chason,
Emily Starratt, Summer Palmer,
Hines and Servin all singled.
Starratt was out at the plate but the
others scored on a pair of errors, It.
was 11-2.
Lake Placid picked up one run in
the home half of the third on a hit
batter who scored on a pair of sac-,
rifices adand an error.
IHardee finished-its scoring with
three more tallies in the top of the
fourth. Owens drew a walk arid
Marshall singled. With one down,
Starratt drew a walk and Palmer
singled to score the first three bat-
ters, making the final score 14-3,
when Lake Placid was unalle to

score in the bottom of the inning.
Thursday's game at DeSoto was
disappointing to coach Shari
Knight. "We had them 5-3 in the
sixth and blew it with a couple of
errors. They tied us and then scored
a run in the seventh. It was an excit-
ing game. This team beat Sebring
Middle School 6-4 and we lost
badly to Sebring. We are improving
in every game," commented Knight
as assistant coach Beth Sasser
agreed.
"Amanda McNabb and Amber
Hines did a good job pitching and
Courtney Chason had an awesome
game offensively and defensively,"
concluded Knight.
Hardee went down in order in the
opening at-bat. DeSoto wetit in
front 3-0 on a single, walk, double,
walk and another single before a
double play 6-4-3 ended that effort.
Hardee bounded back in the top
of the second. After an out, Chason
doubled, Selph and Taylor Bqlin
singled, and all three came in to,
kniot the score 3-3. DeSoto was four
up, three down in the home half of
the inning.
In the top of the third, Hardee
forged ahead. With two down,
Owens singled and Krause drew a
walk. Owens came home on a dou-
ble steal. It was 4-3. DeSoto went
down in,oider, one, two, three.
The fourth inning was scoreless.
With two down, Parks singled but
was stranded. DeSoto had a hit
sandwiched around three ground-
outs.
In the top of the fifth, Hardee
went down in order and DeSoto
stranded one player at third when
the side:was retired.
In the top of the sixth, Hardee put
pnothbr tally on the board. Chason
doubled and scored. Bolin walked
and was left on base. DeSoto tied
the game 5r5 with a pair. of walks,
two errors and two singles.
On to an extra inning. Hardee
was unable to score and a DeSoto
batter walked. Twin errors on her
hit and the next batter's, allowed
the first dinner to cross home with
the wiining run 6-5,

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and loss of a yard, a Kissimmee
punt bounced backward for a loss
of two yards.
Hardee started at the Kissimmee
36, went ahead, back and fumbled a
fourth-down run. Kissimmee start-

ed at its 11. Three plays later,
another punt put the ball at the
Kissimmee 41. Kelsheem White
got the nod for a pair of runs and
Tony Martinez took the handoff on
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LEADERS LEARN

By JOAN SEAMAN
Of The Herald-Advocate
The Hardee JV Wildcats contin-
ued a four-game win streak last
Thursday.
The junior 'Cats crushed
Kissimmee Osceola 14-0 in "a very
physical game. "The kids played
hard. We may not have been as
sharp as we have been, but it was a
hard-fought win," said head coach
Rod Smith.
His team sacked the Kissimmee
quarterback three times and inter-
cepted him twice in stopping all
attempts to get into the Hardee end
zone. One interception came on the
Wildcat 2-yard line.
"I was a bit disappointed that
Kissimmee rode for two hours and
then they wanted to play 8-minute
quarters. We settled on 9-minute
quarters instead of the usual 10,"
said Smith, who felt his team could
have had another score in each half.
"We just didn't punch it in when we
could have," he concluded.
Hardee's game tonight (Thurs-
day) at Frostproof may be at 6 p.m.
instead of 7. Check with your
favorite player or the coaches
before then. Next Thursday, Hardee
is also on the road, going northwest
to play at St. Petersburg Catholic.
The season finale against Sebring
at home has been moved up a week
to Oct. 19.
Against Kissimmee last week,
the Wildcat kickoff was returned 24
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and the Office of Professional Development. Beverly Cornelius,
Kathy Clark, Doug Herron and Tracey Nix were among the 16
administrators from Hardee, Highlands, Okeechobee, Hendry
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.BW!LING GREEN

APOSTOLIC LIGHTHOUSE
UNITED PENTACOSTAL CHURCH
310 Orange St.
375-3100
Sunday Morning................10:00 a.m.
Sunday Evening 6:00 p.m.
Tuesday Prayer Meeting ..........7:00 p.m.
Thursday Service ....................7:30 p.m.

CHESTER GROVE MB CHURCH
708 W. Grape St. 375-3353
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
Sunday Worship 8:00 a.m.
Sun. Eve. Worship 1st & 3rd ...............
4:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m.
Tues. Prayer/Bible Study..........6:00 p.m.

CHRISTIAN BIBLE FELLOWSHIP
Hwy. 17 South
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
Morning Worship ..................10:30 a.m.
Evening Worship ....................6:30 p.m.
Wed. Discipleship .................. 6:30 p.m.
Thurs. Mens Prayer ............6:00 a.m.
Thurs. Ladies Bible Study ........5:30 p.m.

CHURCH OF GOD
Hwy 17 and Ratliff Rd. 375-22311
375-3100
Sunday School 10:00 a.m.
Morning Worship ....................11:00 a.m..
Evening Worship................... 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday 7:30 p.m.

COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN
FELLOWSHIP
Main & W. Central.
Sunday AM Worship..............10:30 a.m
Sunday Evening 6:00 p.m.
Wed. Prayer Meeting ..............7:00 p.m.

FAITH ASSEMBLY OF GOD
4937 Hwy. 17 N. 375-4206
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship ..................11:00 a.m.
Disciples Train & Choirs ..........5:30 p.m.
Evening Worship 6:30 p.m
Wednesday Prayer ..................7:00 p.m.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Bowling Green
S. Hwy. 17. 375-2253
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship ..................1:00 a.m.
Sunday Evening 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday Prayer ..................6:30 p.m

FIRST UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
SGrape & Church Streets 375-2340
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship .................. 11:00 a.m.
Youth Fellowship....................5:00 p.m.
Evening Worship ......................6:00 p.m.
Wed. Bible Study ......................7:00 p.m.

FORT GREEN BAPTIST CHURCH
Baptist Church Road 773-9013
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship .................... 1:00 a.m.
Sunday Evening 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday Prayer ..................7:00 p.m

HOLY CHILD
SPANISH CATHOLIC MISSION
Misa (Espanol) Sunday ............7:00 p.m.

IGLESIA DEL DIOS VIVO
105 Dixiana St. 375-3370
Domingo Serv. De Predicacion 1l:00 p.m.
Martes Estudio Biblico ............7:00 p.m.
Miercoles Estudior Juvenil ......7:00 p.m.
Jueves Serv. De Predicacion ....7:00 p.m.

IMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH
210 E. Broward St. 375-4228 or
773-9019
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship ...............1...11:00 a.m.
Evening Worship ....................7:00 p.m.
Wednesday Prayer......................7:00 p.m

MACEDONIA PRIMITIVE
BAPTIST CHURCH
607 Palmetto St.
Church School 9:30 a.m.
Morning Service....................11:00 a.m.
Evening Service 7:00 p.m.
Wed. Bible Study/Prayer Ser. ..7:00 p.m.
. C-iimmuinion-2iid Suni. Evening 6:00 p.m.

MT. PISGAH BAPTIST CHURCH
6210 Mt. Pisgah Rd. 375-4409
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship ........... 1:00 a.m.
Disciples Training .................. 5:00 p.m.
Evening Worship ....................7:00 p.m.
Wednesday Prayer Time ..........7:00 p.m.

OPEN DOOR FULL GOSPEL
PRAISE CENTER
E. Broward St.
Sunday School 10:00 a.m.
Sunday Service 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday Service ...............7:30 p.m.

BOWLING, G1GEEIN

PRIMERA MISSION BAUTISTA
Murray Road off Hwy. 17 375-2295
Domingos Escuela Dom...........9:45 a.m.
Servicio de Adoracion ............11:00 a.m.
Servicio de Predicacion ............5:00 p.m.
Miercoles Servic ....................6:30 p.m.

VICTORY PRAISE CENTER
128 E. Main St.
Sunday School 10:00a.m.
Morning Worship ................. 11:00 a.m.
Sunday Night Service ..............7:00 p.m.
Mid-Week Bible Study, Thurs. 7:30 p.m.

ONA

LIMESTONE BAPTIST CHURCH
4868 Keystone Ave. Limestone Comm.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship ................. 11:00 a.m.
Evening Worship ...................6:00 p.m.
Wednesday Prayer .................7:00 p.m.

NEW ELIM
INDEPENDENT BAPTIST
Badger Loop Lane 773-4475
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Worship Service............ .......... 11:00 a.m.
Sunday Night Worship..............6:00 p.m.
Wednesday Prayer Time ...........7:00 p.m

NEW ZION'BAPTIST CHURCH
202 Sidney Roberts Road
Sunday School 10:00 a.m.
Morning Worship ................... 11:00 a.m.
Disciples Training ...................6:00 p.m.
Evening Worship .;..................6:00 p.m.,
Wednesday Prayer......................6:00 p.m

ONA BAPTIST CHURCH
131 Bear Lane 773-2546
Sunday School 10:00 a.m.
Morning Worship .................1..1:00 a.m.
Wednesday Prayer......................7:00 p.m
UNION BAPTIST CHURCH
5076 Lily Church Rd. 494-5622
Sunday School 10:00 a.m.
Morning Worship .................... 11:00 a.m.
Evening Worship .....................6:00 p.m.'
Wednesday AWANA for Kids...6:30 p.m
Wednesday Prayer Time...........7:00 p.m

WAUCHULA
APOSTOLIC ASSEMBLY
Martin Luther King and Apostolic Rd.
Sunday School 10:00 a.m.
English Service ................. 11:30 a.m.
General Worship Service..........1:30 p.m.
Tuesday Prayer 7:00 p.m
Wednesday Service................7:00 p.m

CHARLIE CREEK
BAPTIST CHURCH
6885 State Road 64 East 773-3447
Sunday School 10:00 a.m.
Morning Worship .................11:00 a.m.
Evening Worship ......................7:00 p.m.
Wed. Evening Worship ............7:00.m.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
201 S. Florida Ave. & Orange St.
773-9678
Bible Study 10:00 a.m.
Worship Service .................1.. 1:00 a.m..
Wednesday ..............................7:00 p.m.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Will Duke Road
773-2249
Sunday Morning Worship ........9:30 a.m.
Sunday Bible Class ................11:30 a.m.
Sunday Evening Worship..........6:00 p.m.
Wed. Night Bible Class ............7:00 p.m.
Men's Leadership & Training Class -
2nd Sunday of Month............4:00 p.m.
CHURCH OF GOD
Martin Luther King Blvd.
767-0199
CHURCH OF GOD
OF THE FIRST BORN
807 S. 8th Ave.
773-4576

CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST
OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS'
630 Hanchey Rd. 773-3532
Sacrament Meeting ..................9:00 a.m.
Sunday School 10:00 a.m.
Priesthood 11:00 a.m.
COMMUNITY LIGHTHOUSE
903 Summit St. 735-8681
Sunday School 10:00 a.m.
Sunday Morning......................11:00 a.m.
Sunday Night 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday Night.....................7:30 p.m.
ENDTIME CROSSROAD MINISTRY
501 N. 9th & Georgia St. 773-3470
Sunday School 10:00 a.m.
Morning Service...................11:30 a.m.
Evening Service ......................7:30 p.m.
Wed. Bible St. & Yth. Gath ...7:30 p.m.
Fri. Night (Holy Ghost Night)..7:30 p.m.

FAITH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
114 N..7th Ave. 773-2105
Sunday School 10:00 a.m.
Sunday Worship ......................1:00 a.m.
Sunday Worship 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday Supper...........6:15 p.m.
Wednesday Youth Fellowship ..6:50 p.m.
Wednesday Bible Stuidy............7:00 p.m.

WAUCHULA

CHURCH OF NAZARENE
511 W. Palmetto St. 767-8909
Sunday School 10:00 a.m.
Morning Service..................... 1:00 a.m.
Evening Worship ......................5:00 p.m.
Thursday Service ......................7:00 p.m.
FAITH TEMI L;. CHURCH OF GOD
701 N. *.L- 1773-3800
Praise & Worship................10:30 a.m.
Evening Service 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday Night Service ........7:00 p.m.'
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
1570 W. Main St. 773-4182
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship ....................11:00 a.m.
Evening Worship ......................6:00 p.m.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
MISSION BAUTISTA
713 E. Bay St. 773-4722
Escuela Dominical ....................9:45 a.m.
Servicio de Adoracion ............11:00 a.m.
Predicacion 11:30 a.m.
Estudio Biblie, Miercoles ........7:30 a.m.
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH
1121 W. Louisiana St. 773-9243
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
Worship Service...................1..0:45 a.m.
Wed. Youth Meeting ......6:30- 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday Service ..................6:00 p.m.
Wednesday Bible Study ..6:30- 7:00 p.m.
FIRST CHURCH OF
THE NAZARENE
511 W. Palmetto St.
Sunday School 10:00 a.m.
Morning Service......... .......11:00 .im.
Evening Worship ...................::6:00 p.m.
Wednesday Prayer ....................7:00 p.m.
FIRST MISSIONARY
BAPTIST CHURCH
1347 Martin Luther King Ave.
773-6556
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
Morning Service...................... 11:00 a.m.
Evening Worship ...................6:00 p.m.
Tues. Youth Ministry Meeting/
Bible Study 6:00 p.m.
Wed. Prayer/Bible Study ..........7:00 p.m.
7/ FIRST UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
207 N. Seventh Ave. 773-0657
Early Worship 9:00 a.m.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Traditional Worship.................11:00 a.m.
Evening Service 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday Activities....:..........6:00 p.m.

FLORIDA'S FIRST ASSEMBLY
OF GOD CHURCH
1397 South Florida Avenue 773-9386.
Sunday School 9:00 a.m.
Sunday Morning Worship ......10:45 a.m.
Evening Worship ......................6:00 p.m.
Tuesday Youth Service ............7:00 p.m.
Wednesday Family Ministries...7:00 p.m.
THE GOSPEL TABERNACLE
Pentecostal
810 W. Tennessee St 773-3753
Morning Service......................10:00 a.m.
Evening Worship ...................6:00 p.m.
Wednesday Service.................;.7:00 p.m.
HEARTLAND
COMMUNITY CHURCH
1262 W. Main St. 767-6500
Coffee & Donuts ...................9:00 a.m.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
Worship 10:30 a.m.
Wed. Night Dinner....................6:00 p.m.
Wed. Bodybuilders Adult Cl.
Crossroads & Lighthouse Min. 7:00 p.m.

IGLESIA DE DIOS
PENTECOSTAL, M.I.
903 E.'Summit St. (863) 452-6693
Pastor: Reinaldo Ortiz
Martes 7:30 9:00 p.m.
Viernes 7:30 9:00 p.m.
Domingo1............. 11:00 a:m. 1 00 p.m.

IGLESIA ADVENTISTA DEL
SEPTIMO DIA
Old Bradenton Road .
S :.767-1010
JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES ENGLISH
155 Altman Road 1131.
Sunday Morning...................... 10:00 a.m.
Tuesday Evening .................... 7:30 p.m.
Thursday Evening ....................7:30 p.m.
JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES SPANISH
Sunday Evening 4:00 p.m.
Monday Evening ......................7:30 p.m.
Wednesday Evening........ ........7:30 p.m.
LIGHT OF THE WORLD MINISTRIES
Every Friday evening at 6:00 p.m.
Womans Center 131 N. 7th Ave.
Wauchula, FL
LAKE DALE BAPTIST CHURCH
3102 Heard Bridge Road 773-6622
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Morning Service................... 11:00 a.m.
Evening Worship ......................:00 p.m.
Wednesday Prayer ....................7:00 p.m.

NEW BEGINNING CHURCH
Corner of 7th Ave. & Palmetto St.
735-0555

WAUCHULA

NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH
1999 State Road 64 East
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Morning Service...................... 1:00 a.m.
Church Training 5:15 p.m.
Evening Worship ...................6:30 p.m.
Wednesday Prayer ....................7:00 p.m.
NEW MT. ZION A.M.E. CHURCH
10 Martin Luther King Ave. 767-0023
SMor. Worship (1st & 3r Sun.) 8:00 a.m.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship ................. 11:00 a..
2nd Sunday Youth Service........4:00 p.m.
Allen Christian Endeavor .......4:00 p.m.
Wed. & Fri. Bible Study ..........7:00 p.m.

NORTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH
912 N. 8th Ave. 773-6947
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship ....................11:00 a.m.
Discipleship Training................6:00 p.m.
Evening Worship ......................7:00 p.m.
Wednesday Supper....................5:30 p.m.
4-/Vdnesday Prayer ....................6:45 p.m.
OAK GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH
4350 W. Main St. 735-0321
Sunday School 9:4s a..l. -.
Morning Worship .................... 11:00 a.m.
Evening Worship ......................6:00 p.m.
Wednesday Bible Study ............6:30 p.m.
PEACE VALLEY LUTHERAN
CHURCH
1643 Stenstrom Road -.773-2858
sunday Service 10:00 a.m.
Sunday Fellowship......... ......1 it00 a.m.
I Weight Watchers
meet Thursday ...................... 5:00 p.m.

PROGRESSIVE MISSIONARY
B' APTIST CHURCH
149 Manley Road East Main 773-5814
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
Worship Service .....................11:00 a.m.
Wed. Evening Prayer ..............7:00 p.m.

RIVERVIEW HEIGHTS MISSIONARY
BAPTIST CHURCH
1321 S.R. 636 East 773-3344
Radio Program WZZS Sundays9:00 a.m.
Sunday School 10:00 a.m.
Morning Worship ................... 11:00 a.m.
Evening Worship ......................6:00 p.m.
Wednesday Prayer ....................7:00 p.m.

SOUL HARVEST MINISTRY
1337 Hwy. 17 South, Wauchula
Sunday School 10:00 a.m.
Morning Worship....................11:00 a.m.
Evening Service 6:00 p.m:
Wednesday Service .................7:00 p.m.

ST. ANN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
204 N. 9th Ave. 773-6418
Sunday 9:00,a.m.
Holy Days

ST. MICHAEL'
CATHOLIC CHURCH
408 Heard Bridge Road 773-4089
Saturday Mass (English) ..........5:00 p.m.
(Spanish) ............7:30 p.m.
Sunday (Spanish) ......................7:00 a.m.
(English) 8:30 a.m.
(Spanish) ...................11:00 a.m.
(Creole) 1:00 p.m.
Daily Mass in English .............8:30 a.m.

SEVENTH DAY
ADVENTIST CHURCH
205 S. 11th Ave. 773-9927
Sabbath School 9:30 a.m.
Morning Worship ... ................11:00 a.m.
Tues. Prayer Meeting................7:00 p.m.
SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH
505 S. 10th Ave. 773-4368
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship ....................11:00 a.m.
Evening Worship ......................6:00 p.m.
Wednesday Prayer ....................7:00 p.m.

SPIRIT WIND TABERNACLE
1652 Old Bradenton Road
773-2946
Sunday Morning Worship ... 10:30 a.m.
Evening Worship ........... 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday.Worship .........7:30 p.m.
Friday Worship............ : 7:30 p.m.
TABERNACLE OF PRAISE & JOY
116 Orange St.
Sunday School .......... 10:00 a.m.
Morning Worship .......... 11:30 a.m.
Evening:Worship ........... 7:00 p.m.
Tues. Bible Stdy. & Child Train.7:00 p.m.
Friday Prayer Service. :. .. 7:00 p.m.

WAUCHULA CHURCH OF GOD
1543 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave.
773-0199
Sunday School ... .... ... 10:00 a.m.
Morning Worship .......... 11:15 a.m.
Evening Worship ........... 6:00 p.m.
Wed. Night Fam. Training .... 7:30 p.m.
Thurs. Youth Bible Study ..... 7:00 p.m.
Friday Night Worship........ 7:30 p.m.

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WAUCHULA HILLS HARVEST
TEMPLE ASSEMBLY OF GOD
210 Anderson
Sunday School ............ 10:00 a.m.
Church .................. 10:00 am.
Youth Service ........... 6:00 p.m.
Evening Service ............ 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday Service .......... 7:30 p.m.

WAUCHULA HILLS
SPANISH CHURCH OF GOD
1000 Stansfield Rd.
Sunday School ............ 10:00 a.m.
Evening Worship ........... 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday Prayer. ............ 7:30 p.m.
Thursday Worship .......... 7:30 p.m.
Saturday Worship......... 7:30 p.m.
WAUCHULA REVIVAL CENTER
(Full Gospel)
501 N. 9th Ave.
Sunday School ............ 10:00 a.m.
Morning Worship .......... 1:00 a.m.
Youth & Child. Church....... 6:00 p.m.
Evening Worship ...........7:00 p.m.
Wed. Bible Study ........... 7:00 p.m.
Men's Fri. Prayer ......... 7:00 p.m.,
WAUCHULA WORSHIP CENTER
102 N. 6th Ave. (Earnest Plaza)
773-2929
Sunday Service.......... 11:00 a.m.
Evening Service .............6:00 p.m.
-Wednesday Service ......... 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday Youth Service..... 7:00 p.m.

ZOLFO SPRINGS

CHARLIE CREEK BAPTIST
CHURCH
6885 State Road 64 East 773-3447
Sunday School .......... 10:00 a.m.
Morning Worship ..... .. .. 11:00 a.m.
Evening Worship ........... 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday Worship ........ 7:00 p.m.

CHRISTIAN HERITAGE
64 E. & School House Road
Church 735-8585 Childcare 735-8586
Morning Worship .......... 10:00 a.m.
Children's Church.......... 10:00 a.m.
Evening Worship ...........6:00 p.m.
Wed. Youth & F.T.H ........ 7:00 p.m.

COMMUNITY WESLEYAN CHURCH
Gardner
Sunday School ........... 10:00 a.m.
Morning Worship .......... 11:00 a.m.
Evening Worship .......', .. 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday Service ....... 7:00 p.m.

CREWSVILLE BETHEL
BAPTIST CHURCH
8251 Crewsville Road
Church 735-0871 Pastor 773-6657
Sunday School ............. 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship.......... 11:00 a.m.
Evening Worship ........... 7:00 p.m.
, Wednesday Prayer .......... 7:00 p.m.

EVANGELISTIC HOLINESS
CHURCH INC.
Corner of 6th and Hickory
Sunday School ............ 10:00 a.m.
Morning Worship .......... 11:00 a.m.
Evening Worship ........... 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday ................ 7:30 p.m.

FIRST UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
Corner of 6th & Suwanee 735-0114
Bible Study. ........... .. 10:00 a.m.
Worship Service ........... 11:00 a.m.
GARDNER BAPTIST CHURCH
South Hwy. 17 494-5456
Sunday School ............ 10:00 a.m.
Morning Worship .......... 11:00 a.m.
Wednesday Prayer .... ..... 7:00 p.m.

MARANATHA BAPTIST CHURCH
Corner of Steve Roberts Special
& Oxendine Rds. 735-2524 735-1851
Sunday School ............ 10:00 a.m.
Worship ................. 11:00 a.m.
Evening. ......... ..... 6:00 p.m.
Wed. Bible & Prayer Meet..... 7:00 p.m.

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can stick in your mind until you feel overwhelmed. What can you do
to feel better and calm your worries? ,
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taking action with prayer allows us to share our burden with God.
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PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF GOD.
FAITH TEMPLE'
Oak Street ;
Si6nday Worship .......... 10 00 a m.
Evening Worship ........... 7 00 pm .
.Tuesday Worship........ .. 7-30 p.m.':
Thursday Worship ....... 7:30 p.m,,:.
Saturday Worship '. ...... 7:30 p m,.

PRIMITIVE BA TIST CHURCH.
Pioneer Park
2nd Sunday... .. ... .. .. 10:30 a.m.
Evening Service ..... ...... 6:30 p.m.
5th Sunday. ........... .. 6:00 p.m.it

REALITY RANCH COWBOY
CHURCH -
2-1/2 Miles east of it
Zolfo Springs on Hwy. 66
863-735-8600
Sunday School. .............9:45 a
Morning Worship ..... .... 11:00 a.m.
Last Friday of Each Month Cowboy
Fellowship ............ 7-9 p.m.

ST. PAUL'S MISSIONARY
BAPTIST CHURCH )
3676 U.S. Hwy. 17 South 735-0636 4
Sunday School............. 9:30 a.m.
Morning Worship............. 11 a.m.
SWed. Prayer Service 700 p m

SAN ALFONSO MISSION
3027 Schoolhouse Lane 773-5889
Domingo, Misa en Eipanol 10-30 a
Confesiones .... ..... 0.00 a.m
Doctrinia ......... ....11 30 a.m

SPANISH MISSION
735-8025
Escuela Dominica...;. 10 00 a.m
Servicio ........ .. 11:00 a.m.
Pioneer Club.... ............. 6:30 p.m6
Servicio de la Noche......... 7:00 p.m.1
Mierecoles Merienda .......6 00 p.m
Servicio ......... ... .. 8:00 p m.
Sabado Liga de Jovenes ......5:00 p m.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF ZOLFO.
320 E. 4th St. 735-1200
Sunday School ............ 10:00 a.m. .
Morning Worship ........ .. 11.00 a m. -
Training Union.............. 5.00 p m.
Evening Worship ........... 6:00 p.m.,
Wednesday Prayer .........7:00 pm

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Michael A. Guido
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Swimming beyond his depths,
Benjamin Franklin was seized'
with a cramp. A stranger rescued
him.
Franklin paid him well. But for
many years, the man reminded
Franklin of his debt, and the
statesman never failed to paf
him.
After twenty years, the rescuer
died. Weeks later, his widoW
reminded Franklin she expected
the payments to continue. ;
Talking to a friend, Franklir
said, "I thought I was wort
saving, but I didn't know I was
worth that much."
You're worth saving, and God
paid a paralyzing price. The
Living Bible says, "He paid for you
with the precious lifeblood o
Christ."

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HOW THE PROGRAM WORKS
The Crime Stoppers program is designed to protect the iden-
tity of the caller. WE DO NOT WANT YOUR NAME, JUST YOUR
INFORMATION. When you report a tip using the Crime
Stoppers toll free number, you will be assigned a special iden-
tifier code.
Once your information has been received, the Crime
Stoppers staff notifies the appropriate law enforcement
agency. If your information leads to an arrest or the recovery of
stolen property, you may become eligible for a cash reward.
The Crime Stoppers Board of Directors makes the final deci-
sion on the reward amount.
Because your anonymity is guaranteed, it is very important
for you to retain the assigned identifier code in order to be able
to collect the cash reward. You will be given instruction on how
to collect the money.

PROCEDURES FOR CALLING IN A TIP
To anonymously report information for an unsolved case call toll free.
1-800-226-TIPS (8477) and report your informatoin to the Crime Stoppers
staff member.
You will receive a special identifier code. This code is your only link to
the Crime Stoppers.
You will be asked to check back with Crime Stoppers and give your
code to find out if your information led to the arrest or the recovery of
stolen property.

WHY DO WE NEED CRIME STOPPERS
CRIME STOPPERS is based on the principle "Someone other than the
criminal has information that can solve a crime."
CRIME STOPPERS was created to combat the three major problems
faced by Law Enforcement in generating that information:
Fear of REPRISAL
Reluctance to get INVOLVED.
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CRIME STOPPERS resolves these problems by offering anonymity to
people, who provide information about crimes. Paying rewards whent the
information supplied leads to a Felony arrest or a Felony Warrantissued.
Your information can help solve a crime. It could be something you've
seen, heard, or found. It may be a name, a physical

description, or a license number. CRIME STOPPERS
is truly a community undertaking, with tthe flow of
information between the public, and the police, vital to
its success. You can pass along details of local crimi-
nal activity without ever revealing your identity. And in
doing so contribute towards a safer living envirpn-
ment.

WHO BENEFITS
The Community Citizens are involved. Crimes are
solved. Stolen Property is recovered. Narcotics are
confiscated. Criminals are placed behind bars.

DISCLAIMER
As of Monday, October 2, the fugitives featured in
this section were assumed uncaptured as verified by
various law enforcement databases. Crime Stoppers
and The Herald-Advocate assumes no responsibility
for those featured who were not wanted by law
enforcement at the time of publication.

NAME: Armstrong, Shannon
,/S: White/Female
?OB: .01-30-77
IGT: 5'04 WGT: 135
11AIR: Brown EYES: Blue
CHARGES: VOP; Uttering a
.Forged Instrument
ADDRESS: 229 Angeles Rd.
4 Debary, FL.32713

NAME: Bragg, Alfred
R/S: Black/Male
POB: ,07-16-71
HGT: ,5'p9 WGT: 180
IAIR: Black ,EYES: Brown
-HARGES: Non-Support
ADDRESS: 720 East Garden Street
Lakeland, FL 33805

JNAME: Louis, Angela
R/S: Black/Female
DOB: 07-12-66
HGT: 5'01 WGT: 130
!HAIR: Black EYES: Brown.
CHARGES: Non-Support
ADDRESS: 780 Martin Luther
King Blvd.
: .Wauchula, FL 33873

NAME: Melton, Rehsay
R/S: Black/Male
DOB: 06-15-86
HGT: 5'09 WGT: 120
HAIR: Black EYES: Brown
CHARGES: Possession of Cannabis
Possession of Drug
Paraphernalia
ADDRESS: 761 Chamberlain Blvd.
Wauchula, FL 33873

NAME: Rivers, Norman
R/S: BlackMale
DOB: 06-18-68
HGT: 5'08 WGT: 203
HAIR: Black EYES: Brown
CHARGES: FTA; Burglary of a
Structure
ADDRESS: 670 Baker Street
Wauchula, FL 33873

NAME: Miranda, Victor
R/S: White/Male
DOB: 01-01-68
HGT: 5'07 WGT: 185
HAIR: Black EYES: Brown
CHARGES: VOP: D.U.I.
,ADDRESS: 205 Broward Street
Bowling, Green, FL 33834

NAME: White, Gregory
R/S: Black/Male
DOB: 02-13-86
HGT: 6'04 WGT: 230
HAIR: Black EYES: Brown
CHARGES: Non-Support
ADDRESS: 1230 12th Street
Eagle Lake, FL 33839

NAME: Melton, Marcel
R/S: Black/Male
DOB: 08-14-83
HGT: 5'08 WGT: 145
HAIR: Black EYES: Brown
CHARGES: FTA; Domestic Battery
ADDRESS: 694 Honeysuckle Street
Wauchula, FL 33873

NAME: Sanchez, Juan
R/S: White/Male
DOB: 06-08-57
HGT: 5'02 WGT: 175
HAIR: Black EYES: Brown
CHARGES: VOP: fLewd Molestation
ADDRESS: Unknown

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NAME: Brown, Bessie
R/S: Black/Female
DOB .11-21-55
HGT: 5'08 WGT: 307
HAIR: Black EYES: Brown
CHARGES: Forgery, Uttering a
Forged Instrument
ADDRESS: 879 Chamberlain Blvd.
Wauchula, FL 33873

NAME: Garcia, Arturo
R/S: White/Male
DOB: 12-12-74
HGT: 5'07 WGT: 158
HAIR: Black EYES: Brown
CHARGES: FTA: D.U.I. w/property
damage
ADDRESS: 4520 Maple Ave.
Bowling Green, FL 33834

NAME: Vergara, Alberto
R/S: White/Male
DOB: 04-07-61
HGT: 5'03 WGT: 120
HAIR: Black EYES: Brown
CHARGES: VOP: D.W.L.S.R.
VOP: D.U.I.
ADDRESS: 1624 Mowatt Street
Wauchula, FL 33873

NAME: Maldonado, Steven
R/S: White/Male
DOB: 03-03-63
HGT: 5'06 WGT: 185
HAIR: Black EYES: Brown
CHARGES: Uttering a Forged
Instrument
ADDRESS: P.O. Box 721
Wauchula, FL 33873

NAME: Rodriguez, Antonio
R/S: White/Male )
DOB: 10-31-84
HGT: 5'01 WGT: 140
HAIR: Black EYES: Brown
CHARGES: FTA: No Valid D/L
ADDRESS: 309 Illinois Ave.
Wauchula, FL 33873

NAME: Munoz, Patricia
R/S: White/Female
DOB: 01-05-72
HGT: 5'00 WGT: 135
HAIR: Black EYES: Brown
CHARGES: FTA: No Valid D/L
FTA: No Valid D/L
ADDRESS: P.O. Box 1311
Bowling Green, FL
33834

NAME: Frederick, William
R/S: White/Male
DOB: 08-11-55
HGT: 5'10 WGT: 150
HAIR: Grey EYES: Blue
CHARGES: VOP: Burglary
VOP: Grand Theft
ADDRESS: 2213 SW Windy Pine Ave.
Arcadia, FL

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the reverse for a 9-yard gain. A
fumble on the next play gave the
ball back to Kissimmee.
The opposition got three runs for
a first down before moving back-
ward on a penalty and a sack by
Nick Battles and Tyler Alden, and
was forced to punt.

This time Hardee started on the
Kissimmee 44. Quarterback Esayi
Youyoute pass to Battles for a first
down at the 33. The next play lost
five yards. A quarterback keeper
got back two yards. Then he passed
to Tony Martinez for a 33-yard gain
to the Kissimmee 2. Marvin Cook
went over left guard for the touch-
down and the Jesus Aguirre kick
was good. Hardee led 7-0 with a lit-

tie over one minute left in the first
half.
Another sack by Alden stopped
Kissimmee efforts to score before
the half.
Hardee had first possession in the
second half. A 19-yard Cook run-
back put Hardee at its 24. White
and Jones combined for a dozen
plays which ended when White
pushed over from the 2. Aguirre's

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kick made it 14-0.
For the rest of the game, it was a
battle in the trenches, Youyoute had
a pair of interceptions to stop
Kissimmee drives and Hardee ran
the clock with long runs which fell
short of scoring.
For the game, Hardee dominated
statistics, accumulating 142 yards
on the ground on 31 carries, while
Kissimmee had 23 carries for a net

76 yards. Youyoute threw three of
seven for 61 yards and Kissimmee
had one incomplete pass and the
two interceptions.
Hardee finished with nine first
downs, compared to four for
Kissimmee and had one turnover
compared to two for the opponents.
Staff writer Jim Kelly contributed
to this report.

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COUNTY COURT
The following marriage licenses
were issued recently in the office
of he county court:
Lloyd Peter Wilson Jr., 31, Wau-
chula and Adrienne Denise Blue,
22, Wauchula.
Jesus Salvador Lopez, Wauchula,
and Andrea Elizabeth Martinez, 20,
Wauchula.
Brent Lamar Gilliard, 21, Zolfo
Springs, and Pang Yang, 19, Zolfo
Springs.
Troy Eugene Weeks, 43, Wau-
chula, and Sarah Williams Bursler,
43, Wauchula.
Daniel Aaron Patterson, 25, Wau-
chula, and Kelli Michelle Brewer,
23, Wauchula.
Manuel DeJesus Alvarez, 28,
Avon Park, and Amalia Martinez
.Garcia, 40, Avon Park.

The follk .aag small claims
cases were (i .posed of recently by
the county judge:
Capital One Bank vs. Tita
Morales, dismissed.
Debra Hines vs. Thomas Leigh,
judgment for eviction and damages.
Bank of America vs. Henry
Davis, default judgment.
Asset Acceptance LLC vs. Wayne
A. Newman, stipulated agreement
approved.
Ford Motor Credit Co. Inc. vs.
Luther T. Richardson, dismissed.
Premium Asset Recovery Corp.
vs. Jennifer W. Soria..

The following misdemeanor
cases were disposed of recently in
county court:
Trerika Lorraine Anderson,
obstruction of justice amended to
disorderly conduct, adjudication
withheld, probation six months,
$315 fine and court costs, $50
investigative costs.
Albert Fredrick Barber, violation
of a domestic violence injunction'
for protection, probation one year,
comply with injunction, alcohol and
mental health evaluation and treat-
ment, no weapons or firearms, no
contact with victim, $315 fine and
court costs, $50 investigative costs.
Daisy Nicole Capetillo, violation
!of condition of pretrial release, pro-
bation 12 months, mental health
evaluation and treatment, $315 fine
and court costs, $100 public defend-
er fees; domestic battery, not prose-
cuted.
Florence Mae Clark, obstruction
of justice, adjudication withheld,
ttime served, $315 fine and court
;costs.
Jennifer Given Flores, domestic
battery, adjudication withheld, pro-
bation six months, mental health,
and alcohol and substance abuse
evaluation and treatment, $667 fine
and court costs, $100 public
defender fees and $60 investigative
costs placed on lien.

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Delfino Garcia Hernandez,
domestic battery, adjudication
withheld, 12 months probation,
four-hour domestic violence class,
alcohol abuse evaluation and treat-
ment, no contact with victim $667
fine and court costs, $100 public
defender fees, $50 investigative
costs.
Javon Valentino Cummings, giv-
ing a false name to a law enforce-
ment officer, 20 days with credit for
time served (CTS), $315 fine and
court costs and $100 public defend-
er fees placed on lien.
Sam John DeCruz, sale of tobac-
co to person under 21, adjudication
withheld, probation six months, no
sale of tobacco to anyone, $315
fine and court costs.
Juan R. Robinson, domestic bat-
tery, 90 days CTS, $667 fine and
court costs and $100 public defend-
er fees placed on lien. :
Christopher Shannon Reas, vio-
lation of probation (original charge
domestic battery), unsuccessful ter-
mination of probation.
Antelmo Sanch6z, giving a false
name to a law enforcement officer,
$420 fine and court costs.

The following criminal traffic
cases were disposed of recently in
county court. Dispositions are
based on Florida Statutes, dri-
ving record and facts concerning
the case.
Juan Antonio Escobedo Jr., DUI,
estreated bond.
Rebecca N. Jaimes, driving while
license suspended (DWLS), 20
days in jail suspended if obtain
valid li ense, $330 fine and court
costs.
Jessica Baker Juarez, DWLS, 10
days suspended, $330 fine and
court costs.
Oswaldo Ochoa-Tegui, DWLS,
10 days suspended, $330 fine
and court costs.
Omar Quiroz, DWLS, 10 days -
suspenced, $330 fine and court
costs.
Sebatian Juarez, racing on high-
way anQ no valid license, adjudica-
tion witheld, 20 hours community
service.
James Bryan Reschke, DUI,
DWLS and possession of a sus-
pended license, 20 days CTS, pro-
bation one year, license suspended
one year, DUI school, evaluation,
no alcohol or bars, $662.50 fine
and court costs, $60 investigative
costs, 70 hours community service;
violation of probation (original
charge reckless diiviig),,pro6ation
revoked, 60 days CTS.
Steven Ross Salter, DWLS, 10
days suspended, $330 fine and
court costs.
Jose Francisco Sanchez, viola-
tion of probation (original charge
DUI), probation revoked, six
months in jail.

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CIRCUIT COURT
The following civil actions were
filed recently in the office of the
circuit court:
Alberto Roberto Castillo and the
state Department of Revenue
(DOR) vs. Anita Castillo, petition
for child support.
Ileana Mascorro vs. Reynaldo
Raul Martinez, petition for injunc-
tion for protection.
Ashley Griffin and D'Angelo
Griffin, divorce.
Brian Keith Staton and Lillian
Louise Staton, divorce.
Adeline Hudson and DOR vs.
Ada Lorine Dees, petition for child
support.
Sandra Kay Craig vs. Carolyn
Ann Short, petition to foreclose
property purchase contract.
SBJ LLC vs. Donald L. Quinn,
Barbara Sellers, Dennis Turner,
Linda Stone, Ronald Turner, Gerald
Turner, Thomas Turner and David
Turner, petition to clear property
title.
Jerry Cunningham vs. Brookside
Bluff Condominium Association
Inc. and Mary E. Cunningham,
petition to recover personal proper-
ty.
Maria Lourdes Herrera vs.
Amado Garcia, petition for injunc-
tion for protection.
E.J. Groves LLC vs. Walker &
Co., petition to clear property title.
City of Wauchula vs. Thomas
Wayne Lanham and Roy A. Brown,
petition to foreclose on code
enforcement lien.
Wachovia Bank NA vs. Bernard
Wright, Jacqueline Wright et al,
mortgage foreclosure.

The following decisions on civil
cases pending in the circuit court
were handed down recently by
the circuit court judge:
Nora Trevino vs. Ramiro
Cisneros, amended child support
order.
City of Wauchula vs. Alvin L.
Kipp, Aguile Kipp and Douglas L.
Aguile, voluntary dismissal.
Robert Earl Doster vs. James V.
Crosby amended to James R.
McDounough, state Department of
Corrections, appeal of Aug. 12,
2005 denial of inmate petition for
review.
Discover Bank vs. Roger Paul
and Thelma Wolfe, judgment
Evangelina Rodriguez and DOR
vs. Heriberto R. Garcia Jr., child
support order.
Joann Gay vs. Sherry Castellano,
injunction for protection.
Joann Gay vs. Gary Castellano,
injunction for protection dismissed.
Dorothy Rivers and DOR vs.
Charles A. Hubbard, amended child
support order.
Brian Larimer vs. David Erik
Sosa, amended injunction for pro-
tection.
David Erik Sosa vs. Brian
Larimer Sr., injunction for protec-
tion.
Janie P. Nahor vs. Crystal
-Wilson, injunction for protection.
Doris Jean Sweikowskwi vs.
Robert L. Sweikowskwi, voluntary
dismissal of injunction for protec-
tion.
Progressive Insurance Co. a/s/o
Luther C. Whiters vs. Robert
Revell, judgment.
The Bank of New York as trustee
vs. Lavoyd Thomas Bass, judgment
of mortgage foreclosure.
Roger Dormeus vs. Raynald
Nerlin, Center State Harvesting &
SHauling Inc. and Raymond Reyna,
disimssed.
Bobbie Farmer vs. Thomas
Stanford, child support suspended.
Ciana Elmeus and DOR vs.
Jimmy Danger, child support order.
English Liquating Inc., formerly
known as Ferman Ford Inc. vs.
Brian Smith, Barbara Martini,
Michael Schaffer, Pamela Smith
and Smith-Schaffer Ford LLC, vol-
untary dismissal.
Misty Phillips and DOR vs.
Adam Daniel McKenzie, child sup-
port order.
Jeremiah Johnson vs. Gary

Gammad et al, inmate petition for
review dismissed.
Sharon Terhune vs. Travis
Terhune, order.
Annie Louis McDonald and
DOR vs. Terry Andre Browdy,
child support order.

The following felony criminal
cases were disposed of last week
by the circuit judge. Defendants
have been adjudicated guilty
unless noted otherwise. When
adjudication is withheld, it is
pending successful completion of
probation. Sentences are pur-
suant to an investigative report
by and the recommendation of
the state probation office and
also state sentencing guidelines.
Final discretion is left to the
judge.
Sherita Ann Baggett, burglary of
structure and petit theft, probation
two years, waive fines and court
costs, restitution to be determined,
50 hours community service.
Charles Stephen Baker, violation
of probation (original charges pos-
session of cocaine with intent to
sell and possession of a firearm by
a felon), probation terminated.
Ismael Calvillo, possession of
methamphetamine and possession
of drug paraphernalia, not prose-
cuted.
Dawn Carter, possession of
methamphetamine and possession
of drug paraphernalia, not prose-
cuted, transferred to county misde-
meanor court.
Bryan Grady Cumbee, violation
of probation (original charge grand
theft auto), probation revoked, one
year one day Florida State Prison.
CTS, outstanding fines and fees
placed on lien.
Erick Estrada, violation of proba-
tion (original charge purchase of
marijuana), probation revoked,
eight months in jail CTS and con-
current with Highlands County sen-
tence, outstanding fines and fees
placed on lien.
Peter Gray, violation of proba-
tion (original charge felony
-DWLS), probation terminated.
Jorge Vazquez, throwing a dead-
ly missile into an occupied vehicle.
adjudication withheld, probation
two years, $495 fine and court
costs, $140 public defender fees, 75
hours community service.
Juan Daniel Martinez, felony dri-
ving while license suspended, adju-
dication withheld, .probation 18

months, $495 fine and court costs,
five hours community service.
James Edward McCafferty, vio-
lation of probation (original
charges grand theft auto and bur-
glary of a structure), probation
modified to include 21 days in jail
CTS.
Steve Mitchell McQuaig, viola-
tion of probation (original charges
false verification of ownership to
pawnbroker), probation revoked,
two years community control -
house arrest with drug offender
restrictions.
Mattie Butler Patterson, battery
on a person 65 or older amend-
ed to lesser charge battery, and petit
theft, time served.
Douglas Raymond Richardson,
possession of ammunition by a
convicted felon, possession of
methamphetamine and possession
of drug paraphernalia, not prose-
cuted, transferred to county misde-
meanor court.
Wallace Clayton Stewart, posses-
sion of methamphetamine within
1,000 feet of a church or school,
possession of drug paraphernalia
and no valid license, adjudication
withheld, probation two years, cur-
few, evaluation and treatment, ran-
dom drug screens, no drugs or alco-
hol no weapons or firearms, war-
rantless search and seizure, $495
fine and court costs, $140 public
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Jannie Denice Albritton, $50,000.
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Robert W. Im and Nancy Lynn'
Redding to Sarah L. Bond,
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Williams Farms to David Kent'
Johnson, $400,000.
Evelyn M. Albritton to Michael
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October 5, 2006, The Herald-Advocate'7C

During the past week, sheriff's deputies and city police officers
investigated the following incidents and made the following arrests:
COUNTY
Oct. 1, Rashay Renard Melton, 20, of 761 Chamberlain Blvd.,
Wauchula, was arrested by Sgt. Eric Thomson on warrants charging him
with failure to appear in court on charges of possession of marijuana, pos-
session of drug paraphernalia, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest with-
out force.
Oct. 1, Sergio Gabriel Benavidez, 29, of 2746 Greenleaf Road, Zolfo
Springs, was arrested by Sgt. Eric Thompson and charged with petit theft.
- Oct. 1, a theft on SR 62, a vehicle stolen on U.S. 17 North, and crim-
inal mischief at Dixiana Drive, U.S. 17 North, Altman and Johns roads, and
Hanchey Road were reported.

Sept. 30, Emerson Fils-Aime, 21, of 705 Chamberlain Blvd.,
Wauchula, was arrested by Dep. Ryan Waters and charged with resisting
arrest without force.
Sept. 30, a residential burglary on SR 64 East, a burglary on SR 64
East, a theft on SR 62, a tag stolen on East County Line Road, and fights
on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, on South Road, and on Mowatt Street
were reported.

Sept. 29, Freddie Carlton, 51, of 4390 Steven Carlton Place,
Wauchula, was detained by Dep. David Drake on warrants charging him
with violation of probation (original charges possession of methampheta-
iMine and possession of drug paraphernalia). He was originally arrested on
Sept. 25 by the countywide Drug Task Force on charges of violation of pro-
bation (original charges operating a nuisance drug house, possession of
methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia).
-Sept 29, a business burglary on SR 62, a burglary on Airport Road and
a:fight on U.S. 17 South were reported.

y Sept 28, Rudolfo J. Valdez, 43, of 2723 S. Gallant Road, Marion, Ind.,
was arrested by Dep. Eric Harrison on capiases charging him with carrying
a.concealed firearm and fleeing to elude a law enforcement officer and fail-
ure to appear in court on charges of possession of marijuana, possession of
drug paraphernalia, carrying a concealed firearm, possession of a firearm
by a convicted felon, resisting arrest without violence and fleeing to elude
a law enforcement officer.
:. Sept 28, Michael Parker Daughtry, 31, of 1703 Popash Road,
Wauchula, was arrested by Dep. David Drake on warrants charging him
with violation of probation (original charges fleeing to elude a law enforce-
inent officer and driving while license suspended).
Sept 28, Gabriel Gutierrez, 44, of 310 Tangerine St., Bowling Green,
was arrested by Sgt. Barry Schnable on a warrant charging him with viola-
tion of a domestic violence injunction for protection.
* Sept 28, Tyler Herbert Tardiff, 26, of 111817 Hollyhock Drive,:
Bradenton, was arrested by Dep. Mark McCoy and charged with resisting
arrest without violence, and loitering and prowling.
Sept. 28, Gilbert Luna, 36, of 4632 Pine Ave., Bowling Green, was
;arrested on a Polk County warrant charging him with violation of probation
(original charge DUI).
: Sept 28, Albert Fredrick Barber, 29, of 2750 Albatross Road, Avon
Park, was arrested on a Columbia County warrant charging him with grand
:theft.
, Sept. 28, a vehicle stolen on U.S. 17 South, and thefts on Boyd Cowart
'Road, Ralph Smith Road and Morgan Grice Road were reported.

Sept 27, MaryJane Rae Macias, 27, of 805 N. Ninth Ave., Wauchula,
*as arrested by Dep. Todd Souther and charges of violation of probation
(original charges resisting arrest without force and domestic battery).
, Sept. 27, Catarino Dario Borjas, 22, of 844 Pleasant Way, Bowling
3reen, was arrested by Dep. Todd Souther on capiases alleging failure to
appear in court on charges of trespassing on an occupied structure and two
counts driving while license suspended.
SSept. 27, William Harley Bishop, 33, of 126 S. Turner Ave., Wauchula,
vas arrested by Dep. Joe Ma.ble on a warrant charging him with violation
'f probation (original charge possession of drug paraphernalia).
; Sept.27, a theft on Old Bradenton Road and burglary of a conveyance

on East Broward Street were reported.

Sept 26, Francisco Valdez-Prieto, 30, of 2405 W. 10th Ave., Hialeah,
and Denny Ramirez, 32, of 8445 Murphy Road, Ona, were arrested by Fish
and Wildlife Conservation Commission Ofc. Clint Thompson and each
charged with taking deer during closed season, manufacture of marijuana,
possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Sept 26, a business burglary on REA Road was reported.

Sept 25, Abel Garrido, 19, of 3037 Lawndale Road, Zolfo Springs,
was arrested by Dep. David Drake on warrants charging him with violation
of probation (original charges giving a false name to a law enforcement
officer and no valid license.)
Sept. 25, Jose Moreno Jr., 36, of 233 Kelly Roberts Road, Zolfo
Springs, was arrested by Sgt. Eric Thompson on warrant charging him with
violation of probation (original charges possession of methamphetamine
and possession of a concealed weapon).
Sept. 25, Juan Manuel Ramirez, 24, of 2950 Bluebird Lane, Wauchula,
was arrested by Det. Jim Hall on warrants charging him with grand theft,
petit theft, two counts forgery and two counts uttering a forgery.
Sept. 25, ReginalhFred Moseley, 27, of 3702 Hoyt Ave., Sebring, was
arrested by Dep. David Drake on a capias alleging failure to pay a fine on
a conviction for resisting arrest without force. He was detained on a
Pinellas County warrant alleging failure to appear in court.
Sept. 25, Elias Valdez, 39, of 1525 Valdez Lane, Zolfo Springs, was
arrested by Dep. Joe Marble on warrants charging him with violation of
probation (original charges possession of animal fighting equipment and
possession of methamphetamine).
Sept. 25, a business burglary on U.S. 17 North, th fts on Tuskeegee
Street and on East Main Street and criminal mischief on Bailey Road and
East Main Street were reported.
WAUCHULA
Oct. 1, Julius Robert Merchant III, 19, of 311 Georgia St., Wauchula,
and Jason Eric Nichols, 22, of 417 N. Ninth Ave., Wauchula, were arrested
by Ofc. Kyle Bermingham and.each charged with resisting arrest without
force.
Oct 1, criminal mischief on Honolulu Drive was reported.'

Sept. 30, Carlos Catalan Martinez, 46, of Tenth Ave., Wauchula, was
arrested by Ofc. Kyle Bermingham and charged with DUI. .
Sept 30, Tavaris Deon Wilson,; 19, of, 838, Chamberlain Blvd,
Wauchula, was arrested by Sgt. Thomas Harris on a Highlands County war-
rant alleging failure to pay a fine on violation of the game fish laws.
Sept 30, Eliazar Garcia, 39, of 3306 Winter Road, Tampa, was arrest-
ed by Ofc. Chris LeConte and charged with possession of melhampheta-
mine and two counts of fraud.
Sept 30, a residential burglary on North Ninth Avenue, and thefts on
East .Main Street and U.S. 17 North were reported.

Sept 29, Roberto Navarro, 31, of 812 Aventina Ave., Wauchula, was
arrested by Ofc. Justin Wyatt and charged with felony fleeing to elude a
police officer sing lights and sirens and detained on a Highlands County
warrant charging him with violation of probation.
Sept. 29, a theft on Riverchase Circle and a fight on U.S. 17 North
were reported.

Sept 28, a burglary on South First Avenue and a theft on South
Seventh Avenue were reported.

Sept. 27, a 17-year-old Wauchula youth was arrested by Cpl. Angie
Hill and charged with possession of methamphetamine and possession of
drug paraphernalia. .
Sept 27, criminal mischief on East Oak Street was reported.

Sept 26, Ricky Wayne Rogers, 45, General Delivery, Wauchula, was
arrested by Ofc. Justin Wyatt and sheriff's Dep. Danny O'Bryan on a capias
alleging failure to pay a fine on conviction for violation of the open con-
tainer law.
SSept. 26, a business burglary,on North Florida Avenue and criminal
mischief were reported. ,
BOWLiNG GREEN
Sept 29, a tag stolen on U.S. 17 North, criminal mischiefon Dixianna
Drive and a fight on Pleasant Way were reported.

Sept. 28, Nelson Cenevil, 22, of 2552 Fifth Street NW, Winter Haven,
was arrested by Ofc. Jereme Bridges and charged with possession of mari-
juana, possession of drug paraphernalia and driving with knowledge of a
suspended license.

Sept 27, Deborah LaChance, 41, of 3103 Riverside Drive, Punta
Gorda, was arrested by Ofc. Jereme Bridges and charged with possession
of drug paraphernalia.

Sept. 26, a theft on West County Line Road and criminal mischief on
Central Avenue were reported.

Sept. 25, thefts on U.S. 17 North and on Snelling Avenue were report-
ed.
ZOLFO SPRINGS
Oct. 1, criminal mischief on Hickory Court and a theft on Pear Street
were reported.

Sept. 25, a 17-year-old Zolfo Springs youth was arrested by Ofc. Paul
Faircloth and charged with domestic battery.
Sept. 25, a vehicle stolen on Pear Street was reported.

Golden Nuggets
By Lorraine and John Gillespie
Alpha & Omega Freedom Ministries of Wauchula

Even so husbands should love their wives as their own bod-
ies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.
Ephesians 5:28
That is what the word says. It goes on to say no man ever hated his own
flesh, but carefully protects and cherishes it, as Christ does the church.
Vs. 33 also tells the wife to respect and revere her husband (that she
notices him, regards him, honors him, prefers him, and esteems him. She is
to praise him, love and admire him exceedingly). When the wife uses her
tongue against her husband it discourages him.
Eph. 6:4 tells the fathers to not irritate and provoke their children to
anger, but train and discipline them in the counsel and admonition of the
Lord. If the husband abuses the children, the wife has a hard time respect-
ing him. If he abuses her she has a hard time loving him.
Most of us do not know what the Bible says about marriage or other
situations in our lives. A Golden Nugget would be to read the Word of God
daily and build a relationship with the Lord so He can direct us in our daily
walk.

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Volleyball Girls Toughen Up

NEW CAR FOR PASTOR

By JOAN SEAMAN
Of The Herald-Advocate
It's getting harder and harder to
beat the Lady Wildcat volleyball
team.
The girls are peaking just in time
for the district tournament which
they host Oct. 16-19. Other teams
in-the vast Class 4A-District 10
which covers five counties are
Avon Park, Sebring, DeSoto,
Braden River, Palmetto and
Sarasota Booker.
Hardee's regular season is wind-
ing down. After a match today
(Thursday) at Palmetto, the girls
will participate in the Booker
Tournament. Hardee is in Pool A
with three tough teams, Sarasota
Christian, North Port and Tarpon
Springs. Winning the majority
there, will have the Lady Wildcats
facing a team from Pool B, Booker,
Pasco, Central and Riverdale, or
Pool C, Out-Of-Door Academy,
Southeast, Ridgeway and Gateway.
Hardee opens with a match 6

MONDAY
Breakfast: Cereal, Doughnut,
Bagel, Juice, Milk
Lunch: Chicken & Rice or
Presidential Pepperoni Pizza (Salad
Tray, Garden Peas, Peaches, Juice,
Roll) and Milk
TUESDAY
Breakfast: Cereal, Sausage
Sandwich, Juice, Milk
o Lunch: Ricky's Capital Oven-Fried
Chicken or Rib-B-Que (Salad Tray,
Savory Rice, Pears, Juice, Roll) and
Milk
WEDNESDAY
Breakfast: Cereal, Cheese Pizza,
'Pears, Milk
Lunch: Cheese Pizza or Heidi's
Spaghetti (Salad Tray, Green Beans,
Pears, Juice, Roll) and Milk
THURSDAY
Breakfast: Cereal, French Toast,
:Sausage, Juice, Milk
- Lunch: Roco's Electable Burrito
or Hamburger on a Bun (Salad Tray,
Potato Rounds, Baked Beans,
,Pineapple Crisp, Juice) and Milk
FRIDAY
NO SCHOOL

MONDAY
Breakfast: Cereal, Doughnut,
Bagel, Juice, Milk
Lunch: Chicken & Rice or Tuna
Salad w/Crackers or Pepperoni
Pizza (Tossed Salad, Garden Peas,
Peaches, Juice, Roll, Salad Bar) and
Milk
TUESDAY
Breakfast: Cereal, Sausage Patty
Sandwich, Juice, Milk
Lunch: Oven-Fried Chicken or
Rib-B-Que or Cheese Pizza (Tossed
Salad, Savory Rice, Fruit Cocktail,
Juice, Roll, Salad Bar) and Milk
WEDNESDAY
Breakfast: Cereal, Cheese Pizza,
Pears, Milk
Lunch: Hamburger on a Bun
w/Dill or Pepperoni Pizza or Burrito
(Lettuce & Tomato, Potato Rounds,
Baked Beans, Juice, Pineapple
Crisp) and Milk
THURSDAY
Breakfast: Cereal, French Toast,
Sausage Patty, Juice, Milk
Lunch: Cheese Pizza or Toasted
Cheese Sandwich w/HB Egg or
Spaghetti (Tossed Salad, Green
Beans, Fresh Whole Apples, Juice,
Roll. Salad Bar) and Milk

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p.m. Friday against Tarpon Springs,
and plays North Port at 8:30 a.m.
Saturday and Sarasota Christian at
10:30 a.m. After that, it depends on
the wins and losses.
Hardee wraps up the regular sea-
son with a visit from the Frostproof
Bulldogs on Oct. 10.
At Avon Park last Tuesday, the
Lady Wildcats battled the taller,
well-coached Red Devils on their
own court. None of the games were
easy wins for the Red Devils, who
dug out several Hardee spikes and
kept rallies going when they should
have ended.
There were ties in all the games,
with' Hardee at times taking the
lead in the three games which went
the distance-plus. Tiffany Gregor's
serving and blocks and spikes by
Kysi Wooden eventually defeated
Hardee.
In game one, Avon Park won 25-
16 with early ties nullified by
Wooden's team-high 10 kills. In
game two, Hardee opened a quick

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5-2 lead and "pushed the envelope"
in forcing Avon Park to come from
behind 24-23 for the eventual 29-
27 win. Game three was similar
with Hardee catching up to 19-17
before Avon Park was able to pull
out the 25-21 win.
For Hardee, senior captain and
leader D.K. Davis had eight kills,
14 good passes and four aces.
Other Lady Cats helped out, too.
Danielle "Dani" Hines had five
kills and nine solid serves. Madison
Graham added five kills and
Krystin Robertson had three.
Seniors Bethany Lang and
Megan White each had four aces.
Marissa Hall had 16 good passes
and 15 assists. Amber Steedley had
nine passes and four serves and
Hines added a dozen assists. Sarah
Mahoney and Kember Townsend
contributed defensively as well as
offensively. Mahoney hit 75 per-
cent of her serves while Townsend
had 11-of-14 good hits
At Braden River on Thursday,
Hardee again lost in straight sets,
25-11, 25-15 and 25-18, giving
ground grudgingly.
Townsend had the team-high 79
percent of good hits. Davis had 10
good passes and 8 good serves,
including a pair of aces. Graham
had a pair of blocks to go with five
kills and 11 good hits. Hines added
a block, six digs and six good
serves.
Others contributing included
Mahoney, Hall, Steedley, Robert-
son, Lang and White.
The JV Lady Cats split their
games last week, losing 25-7 and
25-8 at Avon Park before pulling
out the come-from-behind win at
Braden River 20-25, 26-24 and 15-
13. Junior varsity players are Ariel
Hernandez, Alejandra Rodriguez,
Hannah Marshall, Naomi Alvarado,
Esmeralda Martinez, Dana
Shoffner, Chelsey Steedley, Katie
Rogers, Hailey Marshall and
Marissa Shivers.

Telling The Truth
By J. Adam Shanks
Preacher

was

PASTOR APPRECIATION MONTH
As October is "Pastor Appreciation Month," I found this little tidbit by
an unknown author that I wanted to share with the general public about their
preacher and/or church leaders:
What A Preacher Needs
The strength of an ox,
The daring of a lion,
The harmlessness of a dove,
The gentleness of a sheep,
The vision of an eagle,
The perspective of a giraffe,
The endurance of a camel,
The stomach of a horse,
The faithfulness of a prophet,
The fervency of an evangelist,
The tenacity of a bulldog,
The wisdom of an owl,
The industry of a beaver,
The versatility of a chameleon,
The hide of a rhinoceros,
The disposition of an angel,
The boupce of a kangaroo,
The loyalty of an apostle,
The tenderness of a shepherd,
The devotion of a mother,
And then, he would not please everyone!
I once heard a preacher say that "a preacher is a Christian who preaChr
es, nothing more, nothing less." We would do well to remember this. Men
who stand before assemblies of people with a Bible in their hand (they
should have a Bible in their hand) with Scripture coming from their lips (as
their lips should never veer from Scripture) are nothing more than
Christians doing in a public way what all Christians should be doing in a pri-
vate way.
Preachers are not infallible. They make mistakes and they might even
teach something incorrect from a pulpit, but this does not erase the pure
intentions of their hearts to teach the Word of God. Because of this, they
need you to follow their sermons, look up their references to Scripture, and
make sure that they are teaching the one and only Truth revealed to us by
God.

And if you find a mistake, you lovingly bring it to him so that he might
BFRIAY make the'correction and walk rightly before God. James 3:1 says, "My,
NO SCHOOL brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall
receive a stricter judgment." Preachers are jeopardizing their souls as they
teach the Word, so help them lead by supporting them and lifting up their
hands.
MONDAY Give them encouragement to do this stressful job, pray for them, and
Breakfast: Cereal, Doughnut, give thanks to God for their work but do not follow them blindly because
Juice, Milk then you will jeopardize your and his soul.
Lunch: Chicken & Rice (Tossed. Simply put, a preacher cannot be perfect. Only one preacher was ever
Salad, Turnip Greens, Juice, perfect before God and we crucified Him. So if the one perfect Preacher
'Peaches, Beets, Black-Eyed Peas, made the crowds so angry that they killed Him, let's understand that today's
Cornbread) and Milk :imperfect preacher is only a Christian who serves God with all his being.
IUESAY As he serves God, he serves you. And as you serve God, you must encour-
Breakfast:Cereal, Sausage Patty age and support him.
Sandwich, Juice, Milk And if a preacher is reading this today, let me say well done in choos-
Lunch: Rib-B-Que on a Bun ing to serve God. May you, preacher, strive for the things of Christ, like say-
(Tossed Salad, Potato Salad, Baked ing the lost (Luke 19:10), the unity of God's people (John 17:20-23), and the
Beans, Whole Kernel Corn, Rosy teaching of the Word. Please do not ever defend your church but defend the
Pear Dessert, Juice) and Milk one Church that Christ established through His sacrifice, the one taught
WEDNESDAY about in the Word, and the one unified through the Holy Spirit.
Breakfast: CereDal, Che A preacher's job is hard, humbling and sometimes harrowing, but a
Pears, Milk eese zza, preacher who teaches the truth will be blessed beyond measure by God.
Lunch: Burrito (Tossed Salad, nd if that is you,well done! If you're sharing the truth, you deserve more
ireen Reans. V (nni CT',n Sarrlan, than a month of appreciation! I'm Telling the Truth.

COURTESY PHOTO
Rev. Jerald Dunn and his wife JoAnn (left) are handed the keys by trustee Thurman Lowe to a
brand new 2007 Chrysler 300. The car was a surprise gift to Rev. Dunn, pastor of the Southside
Baptist Church in Wauchula. The car Was a gift in lieu of a raise for Rev. Dunn, who has been
church pastor for five years.

Cross Country Sweeps Home Meet

By JOAN SEAMAN
Of The Herald-Advocate
Hardee varsity and junior varsity
boys and girls dominated the
Alumni Run last Tuesday.
Hardee runners outdistanced
both Avon Park and Walker
Memorial Academy as well as the
alumni and faculty who participat-
ed in the run on the home course.
The Wildcat squads also went
Friday to Miami for the Rocket
Invitational hosted by Miami
Central High at the Amelia Earhart
Park on the campus of Miami-Dade
Community College.
Hardee hosted the Little Cypress
Invitational on Tuesday of this
week, then gears up for this week-
end's run at the Disney World
Classic at the Sports Complex in
Orlando.
Next week's agenda includes the
Rotary Invitational at Highlands
SHammock State Park on Thursday
-and the Ranger Jenkins Trail Run
there on Oct. 14. Hardee will host
its last home meet, the Hardee
.Lakes Invitational on Oct. 17, the
first time for this new venue.
S In last Tuesday's Alumni Run,'
Hardee was clicking on all cylin-

ders in taking top spots in the varsi-
ty and junior varsity runs. For the
Alumni runners, the highest male
runner was coach Rob Beatty, a
high school science teacher. Next
was Wauchula Elementary teacher
Charlie Potter, followed by Mike
Driskell.
On the ladies side, teacher/coach
Regan Davenport placed fourth
overall. Graduates Mary Deemer,
Sonia Rodriguez and Mrs. Aguila
also did well.
For the varsity boys, senior Jose
Gutierrez led all runners to the fin-
ish line with a time of 19:29. Junior
Pete Solis was close behind at
19:37. Francisco "Paco" Lozano,
Luis Reyes and Gilberto Gutierrez
Followed as Hardee captured the
first five spots and handily won the
team title with 15 points to 65 for
Avon Park and 79 for Walker
Academy.
Wlker Memorial standout
Jessica Ewing won the girls varsity
race, beating Hardee soph Edith'
Leon to the wire by 29 seconds.
Eighth grader Vanessa Hernandez
turned in an excellent time of 25:13
to place third overall, just ahead of
Davenport.

Maricela Galvan placed fifth,
Hope Poucher finished seventh,
Nancy Ramirez 13th and Briana
Aguila 14th overall. Removing the
non-high school runners from the
mix, Hardee picked up places two,
three, five, nine and 10 for a team
score of 29, with Avon Park at 40
and Walker at 51.
Hardee's JV boys also won,
again taking the top five spots for
15,points, followed by Avon Park at
56 and Walker no team. score with
only two runners. Topping the JV
for the Wildcats was Arnold Louis
at 20:47, followed by Alex Flores,
Justin Hines, Jean Frenot, Nathan
Tomlinson and Abe Anselmo.
The JV Lady Wildcats were led
by Laura Galvan, Daisy Escoto and
Kerry Mushrush in the top three
spots. Guadalupe Flores, Ashley
Pappa, Sara Lopez, and Ashley
Patarini rounded out the JV girls.
With seven of the top nine finishes,
Hardee had. 17, points, and Avon
Park 45. Walker had no JV girls
team.

The man who has no imagina-
tion has no wings.

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE

Notice is hereby given that pursuant to a Writ of Execution issued in the 13th Judicial Circuit
Court, Hillsborough County, Florida, on the 8th day of May 2006, in the cause wherein
National Acceptance, LLC., As assignee of Terra International, Inc., Successor to Asgrow
Florida Company was plaintiff and Jack R. Green was the defendant being case #88-
24729, Division.P in the said court. I, J. Loran Cogburn, Sheriff of Hardee County, Florida
have levied upon all the right, title and interest of the defendant, in and to the following
described real property, to wit:

Parcel 1:
The West 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 24, Township 34
South, Range 25 East, Hardee County, Florida, LESS road right-of-way. Together with
electric motor with 6" well and micro-jet irrigation system.
Physical address: Greenleaf Road
Parcel Identification Number: 24-34-25-0000-07520-0000.
Parcel 2:
The East 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 24, Township 34
South, Range 25 East, Hardee County, Florida. LESS 5 acres in the Northeast corner
being more particularly described as follows: Begin at the Northeast corner of the
Northwest 1/4 of Southeast 1/4 of Section 24, Township 34 South, Range 25 East, and
run West a distance of 469 feet, 3 inches; thence run South a distance of 469 feet, 3
inches; thence run East a distance of 469 feet, 3 inches; thence run North a distance of
469 feet, 3 inches to the POINT OF BEGINNING, all lying and being in Section 24,
Township 34 South, Range 25 East.

AND

The North 1/2 of the Northeast 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section
24, Township 34 South, Range 25 East, Hardee County, Florida.
Physical Address: 1250 Broadus Williams Road
Parcel Identification number: 24-34-25-0000-09040-0000.

And will offer the same for sale at public auction at the Hardee County Sheriff's Office main
entrance located at 900 E. Summit St., Wauchula, Florida on the 13th day of November
2006 at 11:00am or as soon thereafter as possible. I will offer for sale all the said defen-
dant's, Jack R. Green, right, title and interest in aforesaid real property at public auction and
will sell the same, subject to all prior liens, taxes, encumbrances and judgments, if any, to
the highest bidder for CASH IN HAND. The proceeds to be applied as far as may be to the
payment of costs and the satisfaction of the above described execution.

Dated September 25, 2006

J. Loran Cogburn
Sheriff Hardee County

By Sgt. Barbara Faircloth
Deputy Sheriff

"In accordance with the American Disabilities Act, persons with disabilities needing a spe-
cial accommodation to participate in this proceeding should contact Hardee County Sheriff
Office 900 E. Summit St., Wauchula, Florida at 863-773-0304 not later than seven days prior
to the proceeding. If hearing impaired, (TDD) 1-800-955-8771, or Voice (V) 1-800-955-8770,
via Florida Relay Service." 10:5-26c

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An Abandoned Bear Rescue

By C.J. MOUSER
For The Herald-Advocate
It's not hard to see the attraction of hav-
ing an exotic animal as a pet.
The most recent addition to a local ani-
mal refuge is an American black bear
named B-Bear, who was confiscated by
authorities from the back yard of individu-
als who kept him in horrific conditions for
seven years. He lived in a small, filthy pen
his entire life. He is de-clawed and his teeth
are broken and painful. B-Bear is currently
in quarantine, but will eventually be housed
with Molly and Dolly, two other rescued
bears, in a large, comfortable enclosure.
Many exotic animals are undeniably cute
as babies, and may be difficult to resist. But
owning a Wild animal is not for the lazy or
squeamish. Many of them are escape artists,
and once free, can inflict serious physical
injury or property damage. Some of them
are health risks, such as iguanas, which are
carriers of Salmonella bacteria. Many popu-
lar monkey breeds cannot be trusted around
children and require caging or constant
supervision.
Not surprisingly, adult wild pets often
exhaust their owners. At sexual maturity,
once adorable neck-hugging primates
become aggressive and sometimes bite. If
the animal is lucky and not simply dumped
out in the middle of nowhere to fend for
itself, a frantic call is placed to caregivers
of the local animal refuge, who are the front
line soldiers in the war against exotic ani-
mal ownership. Caregivers like Kurt and
Lisa Stoner, who have devoted their lives to
operating The Peace River Refuge and
Ranch, in Zolfo Springs.

Understanding The Conflict
The Peace River Refuge and Ranch is
approved to house almost any type of ani-
mal imaginable from reptiles to big cats ...
animals that come to them from many dif-
ferent sources including failed zoos, and
disillusioned private owners.
"A full-grown Capuchin monkey has the
mentality of a four-year old child. Put a
four-year old child in a cage all day and
what do you think is going to happen?
These-animals are going to get bored and
aggressive and the next thing you know the
they're going to do, but in the end they're
unpredictable." Said Steve Schapiro, who
studies chimpanzee behavior at the
University of Texas.*
The news is filled with stories of captive
wild animals biting the hands that feed
them; circus elephants have mental melt-
downs; and escaped or released pythons,
boa constrictors, monkeys and potbellied
pigs roam parts of Florida where they upset
the delicate ecosystem. Hand-fed alligators
turn to humans for food, "tame" deer
attack, and the list goes on. There's an
extensive catalog of captive feline incidents
alone at http://www.api4animals.org/pop-
ups/a3b_captivefeline_incidents.php
In many cases, these animals began as
pets and were subsequently abandoned or
escaped when they became too difficult or
dangerous to keep.
"A good thing to remember about exotic
pets is that 90 percent of them die in the
first year. Of the 10 percent that survive, 90
percent of those die in the second year. The
one percent that survives, like Damien, will
usually end up at an animal refuge." Said
Stoner.
Damien is a black leopard that started his
life at a roadside zoo, and ultimately ended
up at the refuge in the year 2000.
"He's very dangerous," said Stoner. "We
stopped allowing volunteers to feed him
when we realized that he was less interested
in the food being delivered than he was in
the warm, human hand that was attached to
it."
Dealing With An Epidemic
The refuge provides sanctuary to black
bears, several species of primates, bats,
birds, tigers, cougars, wolves and even tor-
toises, but space and resources are limited.
"We turn away hundreds of animals that
people purchase before they find out what
they're in for. We just don't have the space
or funds to take them all. If it wasn't for
public donations, volunteer workers and a
steady supply of fresh fruits and vegetables
from Kash 'N Karry and Albertsons, we
would have a really hard time providing

these animals with homes."
The Stoners and their two daughters
Sarah, now 17, and Ashley, 18, started the
refuge in 1998 with three lynxes, and a 2-
year-old tiger named Zulu. They began pay-
owners are ready to get rid of them." Said
Lisa Stoner, co-owner and co-founder of
the refuge.
Each year millions of animals of all
types are captured from the wild and bred
by private breeders, and the offspring are
sold as pets or zoo exhibits. A simple

Internet search will provide lists of breeders
of hedgehogs, sugar gliders, ferrets, chin-
chillas, monkeys, prairie dogs and even jun-
gle cats.
Jungle cats, which look a lot like large
housecats with ear tufts, are native to
Egypt, West Asia, India, Sri Lanka and
Southeast Asia.
"They don't belong in the United States
and they certainly don't belong in house-
holds. Most people don't realize that they
are completely antisocial animals," said
Stoner. "We ended up with "Aja" after she
killed the previous owner's dog and
destroyed $5,000 leather sofa. "Bright-
Eyes," (another Jungle Cat at the refuge)
attacked and killed a king-sized water bed."
Stoner said with a wry smile.
"Many of the small exotics, such as
tamarinds (monkey) and sugar gliders (pos-
sums), were never the pets that they were
hoped to be. They don't bond well with
people. They are nocturnal, wild animals,
and their diets are difficult to properly
maintain. They want to sleep all day and
forage at night, which is not the typical
schedule of humans. Wild animals were
simply not intended to live with people, and
they don't really want to be pets or a source
of entertainment for us."

Proof In The Media
In October 2003, a 600-pound white
tiger, attacked his long-time handler, Roy
Horn of Siegfried & Roy.
"When the best-trained and most-experi-
enced handlers of big cats can be attacked.
.. it is plainly obvious that untrained,pri-

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B-Bear was rescued after seven years of living
in squalid conditions, declawed and with teeth
broken. He was acclimated and gradually
became used to healthful conditions. He will
join two other rescued bears, Molly and Dolly,
in spacious surroundings.
opportunity to mate and live out its life as
naturally as possible. Since most roadside
zoos and pet owners do not possess the
resources to provide such an environment,
it's in the animals best interest to leave it in
its native habitat.
Guided tours of the refuge are available

Birdie came to Peace River Refuge and Ranch
in bad health and has been revived with loving
care.

vate citizens should not keep big cats as
pets," said Wayne Pacelle, a senior vice
president for The Humane Society of the
United States.*
In 2005, two chimpanzees escaped their
cage in a California sanctuary and mauled a
man who was visiting a former pet chim-
panzee.
"When you maintain large, strong ani-
mals in captivity, you think you know what
ing vet bills for Zulu when he was three
months old, and now at age 9, he is an
established resident at the refuge for as long
as he lives.
Several of the other animals came from
the now defunct Sarasota/Bradenton
Children's Zoo, which ceased operation in
1999. In less than 24 hours, the Stoners
found themselves in possession of over a
hundred animals that were sickly and des-
perate for care and shelter.
The refuge costs roughly $350,000 a
year to operate; funds that come entirely
from donations and from the Stoners' own
pockets.
The Peace River Refuge and Ranch is a
member of The World Society for the
Protection of Animals and is accredited by
the American Sanctuary Association.
Horses that are housed at the refuge are
available for adoption for a modest place-
ment fee and the refuge is always seeking
donations of needed foods, enrichment
materials and volunteer labor hours.
Another way to help sanctuaries such as
the Peace River Refuge and Ranch, is to
refrain from purchasing wild animals as
pets. One of the most fundamental respon-
sibilities of removing a wild animal from its
natural habitat and holding it in captivity is
being prepared to offer that animal an
enriched, natural life, complete with virtual-
ly unlimited physical freedom, and an

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COURTESY PHOTOS
Kurt and Lisa Stoner and girls Ashley and Saral
enjoy the heavy task of rescueing and caring
for abandoned and wounded animals.'
by appointment. The Stoners can be con-
tacted at (863) 735-0804 or you may visit
their Web site at http://www.peaceriver-;
refuge.org
*AP News article, Oct. 6, 2003
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Classifieds

GENERAL MAINTENANCE MECHANIC
PAY RATE: $25,111.22($12.07) $34,616.09($16.64)
Wanted for the Hardee County Buildings and Grounds
Department. Must have carpentry experience and knowl-
edge of the building trades. Ability to work from blueprints,
sketches, etc.
Must have High School Diploma or GED.
Complete job description and Application forms posted on
County website: www.hardeecounty.net.
Please submit applications to the Human Resource
Department, 205 Hanchey Road, Wauchula, FL 33873,
Phone:(863) 773-2161, Fax:(863) 773-2154. Position closes
at 5:00 p.m., on October 19, 2006. EOE-F/MNV c10:5-12c

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
PAY RATE: $ 20,673.46($9.94) $28,498.60($13.70)
Wanted for Hardee County Shop Department. Knowledge
of office practices and procedures is required. Must be pro-
ficient in Microsoft Word and Excel to perform the job
responsibilities.
Must have High School Diploma or GED.
Complete job description and Application forms posted on
County website: www.hardeecounty.net. Please submit
Applications to the Human Resource Department, 205
Hanphey Road, Wauchula, FL 33873, Phone: (863) 773-
2161, Fax: (863) 773-2154. Position closes at 5:00 p.m.,
SOctober 19, 2006 EOE- F/M/V ca0:5-12c

SENIOR MECHANIC
Pay rate: $29,224.27(14.05) $40,285.98(19.37)
Wanted for the Hardee County Shop Department.
Knowledge/skill in using tools and equipment of mechanics
trade. Knowledge of/ability to repair and overhaul gasoline,
diesel engines and perform skilled welding tasks. Skill in
locating and adjusting defects in automotive equipment.
Must have High School Diploma or GED.
(Possession of a valid FL Class "B" CDL required.)
Complete job description and Application forms posted on
County website: www.hardeecounty.net. Please submit
Applications to the Human Resource Department, 205
Hanchey Road, Wauchula, FL 33873, Phone:(863) 773-
2161, Fax: (863) 773-2154. Position closes at 5:00 p.m.,
October 19, 2006. EOE-F/M/V c10:5-12c

SResource Recovery Operator & Spotter
RPAY RATEr$119,808 56(9.52) $27,304.94(13.13)
Wanted for the Hardee County Landfill. Knowledge of or
ability to learn and comprehend county, state and federal
rules' and regulations pertaining to solid Hazardous Waste
'identifications and disposal. Ability to perform physical
work related to the position. Must have the ability and skills
necessary to communicate effectively with the public as a
representative of the County Solid Waste Department.
Must have High School Diploma or GED.
Valid FL Class "A" or "B" CDL required.
Complete job description and Application Forms posted on
County website: www.hardeecounty.net. Please submit
applications to the Human Resource Department, 205
Hanchey Road, Wauchula, FL 33873, Phone:(863) 773-
2161, Fax: (863) 773-2154. Position closes at 5:00 p.m.,
October 12,.2006. 10:5c

Family Services Coordinator
ECMHSP is now accepting applications for Family Services
Coordinator in a Migrant Head Start Program. Responsible for the on-
going recruitment and enrollment of center children and for the imple-
mentation of Social Services and Parent Involvement areas of the pro-
gram. Also assists in assessing that health and disability services are pro-
vided. Preferred: Associate's degree in Human Services, Social Work or
related field and two years experience working with children and fami-
lies, or Family Development Credential or equivalent and 3 years expe-
rience working with children and families and active enrollment in an
Associate's degree program in a Human Services field. Experience in
community services. Bilingual (Sp/Eng or Creole/Eng). Accepted: High
School Diploma/GED and five years experience working with children
and, families. Experience in community services. Family Development
Credential,or equivalent or active enrollment in an Associate's degree
program within one year. Starting salary $10.44 10.97 per hour.
Personal Leave and employer-matched retirement plan. Closing
Date: 10/13/06. Send resume/ letter of interest or apply at: 604 Martin
Luther King Jr. Ave. Wauchula, FL 33873, Tel. (863)773-2815, EOE,
ADA, Licetie # C14HA0504 .
Anuncio para el puesto de coordinator de
servicios para la familiar
ECMHSP esta aceptando solicitudes de empleo para el puesto de coor-
dinador de servicios para la familiar. Sera responsible por el reclu-
tamiento e inscripci6n de los nifios, la implementaci6n de servicios
sociales y la participaci6n de los padres en el program. Ayudar a eval-
uar que los servicios de salud y discapacidad sean proveidos. Se pre-
fiere: Tftuilo de asociado en Servicios Humanos, Trabajo Social, o en
una area relacionada, y que tenga dos afios de experiencia trabajando
con ninios y families, o credencial de Desarrollo de Familia o en una area
relacionada y que tenga tres arios de experiencia trabajando con nifios y
families y estar matriculado para obtener un titulo de asociado en
Sefvicios Humanos. Experiencia trabajando en servicios para la comu-
nidad. Bilinguie (espaiiol/inglds o criollo/inglds). Se acepta: Diploma de
escuela secundaria o GED y cinco aiios de experiencia trabajando con

nifios y families. Experiencia trabajando en servicios para la comunidad.
La credencial de Desarrollo de Familia o credencial equivalent o estar
matriculado para obtener un titulo de asociado antes de cumplir el
primer afio de empleo. El salario inicial es entire $10.44 10.97 por hora.
Se ofrece permiso personal, permiso por enfermedad y beneficio de
retire con contribuci6n del empleador. La fecha final para entregar la
solicited es: 10/13/06, envie su currfculo y su carta de interns o su solic-
itud de empleo a: 604 Martin Luthe King Jr. Ave. Wauchula, FL 33873,
tel6foho (863)773-2518, EOE, ADA, licencia No: C14HA0504. cl10:5e

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DRIVER WANTED dump truck, 5 SLEEPER SOFA, large chair, ottoman,
days a week. 863-781-0553. 10:5p very clean, like new. 735-0722. 10:5p

RELIABLE CAREGIVER needed for
weekends. Call 863-445-0354. 10:5c
FULL TIME OR PART TIME sewing
and computer experience preferred,
not necessary, will train, excellent
hours. Please apply In person at
Hardee Signs Plus Ts, 104 Carlton
St., Wauchula. 10:5-12c
TEACHER FOR 3 year old class.
Monday-Friday, 8-5, 40 hour training
preferred. 773-4701. 10:5-12c
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE ENTRY clerk
and general office duties. Pleas fax
resume to 863-773-3379 BJD
Enterprises. 10:5c
SECRETARY/RECEPTIONIST must
have experience & computer skills.
Mail resume to: P.O. Box 1344,
Wauchula, FL 33873. 8:3tfc

SECTIONAL SOFA, recliner on each
end, micro-fabric, excellent condition,
$800. 773-3600. 10:5p
TWO COUCHES FOR SALE, $150.
863-245-1531. 9:21-10:21 p

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HOME FOR SALE: 3 BR, 1 1/2 Bth,
ACH, new roof, large fenced yard,
close to churches and school. Call to
view. 773-2603 or 445-0354. 10:5c
508 N. 8th AVE, $49,000; 205
Townsend, $69,900. We are not a real-
tor. Call for more info 773-0081. 10:5c
Philanthropy is the refuge of
rich people who wish to annoy
their fellow creatures.

READING TEACHER
Reading teacher position in juvenile correctional
facility near Arcadia. Requires all duties of
classroom teacher. Bachelor's degree and valid
teaching certificate required. Must currently
possess or be in the process of attaining reading
certification or endorsement. Salary $32,500.
Excellent benefits and generous vacation package.
Fax resumes: 863-993-4521 or
e-mail carol.duncan@desoto.kl2.fl.us
EOE/DFWP C0

Dietary Aide PART-TIME
For 79 bed long-term care facility to do tray set up, run
dishwasher and general cleaning. MUST BE ABLE TO
WORK EVENINGS AND WEEKENDS. If you enjoy
working with the elderly come join our team.
Apply in person at:
Hardee Manor Healthcare Center
401 Orange Place
Wauchula, FL 33873 c110:5c

TEACHER
Certified Teacher needed for year-round middle
and high school in girl's juvenile justice program
in Bowling Green. $32,500 with 50 paid days off
annually arLa of certification when applying.
Fax resume to A. Briseno at 863-375-2017
or e-mail to hr@hsainc.org EOE/DFWP
ll10:5c

EQUIPMENT OPERATOR
PAY RATE: $20,673.46($9.94) $28,498.60($13.70)
Wanted for the Hardee County Parks & Recreations
Department. Knowledge of the general practices applied in
the care and operation of a wide variety of light and heavy
construction and maintenance equipment. Ability to per-
form preventative maintenance on related equipment.
Must have High School Diploma or GED.
Valid FL Class "B" CDL required.
Complete job description and Application forms posted on
County web site: www.hardeecounty.net. Please submit
applications to the Human Resource Department, 205
Hanchey Road, Wauchula, FL, 33873, Phone:(863) 773-
2161, Fax: (863) 773-2154. Position closes at 5:00 p.m.,
October 19, 2006. EOE-F\M\V c10:5-12c

WHERE A JOB CAN BECOME A CAREER
Florida Institute For
Neurologic Rehabilitation, Inc. (FINR),
FINR IS EXPANDING!! Located in Wauchula, we now
have the following new positions available. Applicants
must be at least 18 yrs of age & have a minimum of a
HS Diploma/GED.
RESIDENTIAL SHIFT SUPERVISOR BA or
CNA pref. Supervisory exp. req'd.

BEHAVIOR ANALYST BCABA or BCBA req'd.
Must have an active Board Certification in the state of FL.
Prefer 3-5 yrs. exp.
ADULT ED TEACHER- BS Education or related
field. Previous exp. w/IEPs and ESE students pref.
THERAPISTS-PT/PTA/OT/COTA- Current FL
licensure & exp. req. PT & FT positions avail.
RN/CASE MANAGER BA in Rehab related field or
licensed nurse w/min of 2 yrs exp in a healthcare setting.
C.N.A.- Current FL licensure & exp req. B, C, w/end
shifts.
UTILITY SERVICE TECH- Must be HVAC certi-
fied w/2-5 yrs. experience.
ENVIRONMENTAL SVCS TECH-Laundry deliv-
ery, trash removal, carpet cleaning, floor maintenance.
RESIDENTIAL SERVICES ASST- Provide direct
care to clients. C shift & weekends avail. No exp required.

Apply at 1962 Vandolah Rd., fax resume to 863-773-2041,
or e-mail to annettedhr@finr.net. EOE/DFWP cl0:5c

miso por enfermedad y beneficios de retire con contribuci6n del empleador.
Personal Leave and employer-matched retirement plan.
Closing date/La fecha final para entregar la solicited es: 120-96. EOE, ADA
Send resume/letter of interest or apply at- envie su curriculo/carta de interns o
solicited de empleo a:
ECMHSP-Wauchula Center ECMHSP-Bowling Green Center ECMHSP-Fort Meade
604 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. 5115 Mason DixionAve. 107 6th Street SE
Wauchula, FL 33873 Bowling Green, FL 33834 Fort Meade, FL 33841
(863) 773-2815 (863) 375-2100 (863) 285-2810
License: C14HA0504 License:C14HA0001 License:C14HA0001 .

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East Coast Migrant Head Start Project
Now Accepting Applications
Center Cook, Bus Monitors, Assistant Teachers, Bus Drivers. Benefits
package includes retirement plan. Competitive wages. Contact: Fort
Meade Center at 107 6th Street SE (863) 285-8210, or Bowling Green
Center at 5115 Mason Dixon Avenue (863) 375-2101. License
#C14HA0004. EOE, ADA c110:5-12c

ELECTRICIAN (AC & REFRIGERATION)
PAY RATE: ($37,233.87($17.90) $51,327.30($24.68)
Wanted for the Hardee County Buildings & Grounds
Department. Ability to locate and correct electrical, air con-
ditioning and refrigeration malfunctions. Knowledge to work
from and understand blueprints and diagrams. Expertise to
independently determine methods and procedures to
repair and replace non-working items. Must be able to per-
form very heavy work.
Must have High School Diploma or GED.
Complete job description and Application forms posted on
County Website: www.hardeecounty.net. Please submit
applications to the Human Resource Department. 205
Hanchey Road, Wauchula,.FL 33873. Phone:(863)773-
2161, Fax: (863) 773-2154. Position closes at 5;00 p.m.,
October 19, 2006. EOE-F/M/V c110:5-12c

EXCITING FULL-TIME POSITION
For enthusiastic individual with excellent
organizational and public relation skills for
Director of Marketing position. Previous
experience in Long Term Care preferred, but
not required.
Send resume or apply in person at:
Hardee Manor Care Center
401 Orange Place, Wauchula, FL 33873
PH: 863-773-3231
Fax: 863-773-0959
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HELP WANTED
Baliff/Civil Deputy
.:.i $33,660 $36,300
The Hardee County Sheriff's Office is seeking Florida
Certified Law Enforcement Officers. Applicants must pos-
sess a current certification in Law Enforcement and meet
the requirements set forth by the Florida Department of
Law Enforcement Training and Standards Commission.
Applicants must successfully complete the personnel
selection process set forth by the Sheriff's Office.
Applications may be obtained and returned to the
Sheriff's Office by October 9, 2006 at 900 E. Summit St.,
Wauchula, FL, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday
through Friday. If other accommodations are necessary,
call the Sheriff's Office, 863-773-0304 to male arrange-
ments. EOE cl9:28-10:5c

Bus Driver
ECMHSP is now accepting applications for Bus Driver for a Migrant Head Start
Program. Responsible for providing transportation for children. Preferred: High
School Diploma/GED, CDL (class A or B) with P endorsement and S restriction,
current School Bus Driver Certificate of Training, and six months experience
driving a bus. Bilingual (Sp/Eng or Creole/Eng). Accepted: CDL (class A or B)
with P endorsement and S restriction, current School Bus Driver Certificate of
Training, and active enrollment in a GED program with completion of GED with-
in two years. Starting salary $9.49 9.97 per hour. Personal Leave and employer-
matched retirement plan.
Anuncio para el puesto de Conductor de Autobds
ECMHSP esta aceptando solicitudes de empleo para conductor de autobfs para
un program de Migrant Head Start. Tendra la responsabilidad de proveer trans-
porte a los niflos. Requisites: Se prefiere: Diploma de escuela secundaria o GED,
licencia Comercial A o B (CDL) con endorse para pasajeros (P) y restricci6n S,
Certificaci6n de Capacitaci6n de Conductor de Autobds Escolar valida y seis
meses de experiencia manejando autobis. Bilingile (espafiol/ingl6s o
criollo/ingl6s). Se acepta Licencia Comercial A o B (CDL) con endorse para
pasajeros(P) y restricci6n S, Certificaci6n de Capacitaci6n de Conductor de
Autoblis Escolar valida y que est6 matriculado en un program de GED y obten-
er el GED antes cumplir dos ainos de trabajo. El salario inicial es entire 9.49 9.97
por hora. Se ofrece permiso personal, permiso per enfermedad, y beneficios de
retire con contribuci6n del empleador.
Bus Monitor
ECMHSP is now accepting applications for Bus Monitor for a Migrant Head Start
Program. Responsible for ensuring children's safety on the bus and providing an "
environment, which is conducive to the optimum development of each child
while they are being transported. Serve as liaison between center and families,
maintaining on-going communication between the center and families.
Preferred: High School Diploma/GED and one year experience as a bus moni-
tor. Bilingual (Spa/Eng or Creole/Eng). Accepted: High School Diploma/GED.
Starting salary $7.14 7.50 per hour.
Anuncio de empleo para el puesto de monitor de autobuis
ECMHSP esta aceptando solicitudes de empleo para el puesto de monitor de auto-
buis para un program de Migrant Head Start. Tendra la responsabilidad de ase-
gurarse de la seguridad de los nifios en el autobus y proveer un ambiente adecua-
do para el 6ptimo desarrollo de cada nifio mientras son transportados. Adenas
servird como enlace entire el centro y las families, manteniendo una comunicaci6n
continue entire el centro y las families. Se prefiere: Diploma de escuela secun-
daria/GED y un afio de experiencia como monitor de autoblis. Bilingile
(espafiol/ingles o criollo/ingles). Se acepta: Diploma de escuela secundaria/GED.
El salario inicial es entire $7.14 7.50 por hora. Se ofrece permiso personal, per-

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Classifieds-

PART TIME TELLER WANTED
Ideal candidate is courteous, enthusiastic,
sales oriented and computer literate.
Excellent salary & benefit package.
Apply in person:
Seacoast National Bank
202 N. 6th Ave., Wauchula
EOE/AA/H/V Drug Free Workplace
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ESE/Transition Specialist needed for school located in
juvenile justice facility near Arcadia. Duties include writ-
ing IEPs and providing guidance counseling. No regu-
lar classroom teaching duties. Requires ESE teaching
certification or other area of certification seeking ESE
certification. Year round position with 50 paid days off.
.$32,500 plus excellent benefits.
Fax resume to R. Toner at 863-491-5343 or
e-mail to hr@hsainc.org
EOE/DFWP clo

POLICE OFFICER
The City of Bowling Green is accepting applications for full time
police officer position. The successful applicant must possess
current Florida certification and fulfill the hiring prerequisites as
set forth by the department, which includes a thorough back-
ground investigation and drug screening. The position will
remain open until filled. To obtain an application, please contact
Captain Brett Dowden or Chief John Scheel at (863) 3758-2255
or you may obtain one in person at 104 E. Main St., Monday
through Friday from 8:00 am til Noon and 1:00 pm until 5:00 pm.
'The police department offers competitive pay and benefits id
an; active, challenging work environment. The city,~ fBoowling
Green is a drug free workplace and an equal opportunity employ-
er. cl9:28;10:5c

ABOVE GROUND POOL, 28', 42"
deep, sand filter, w/accessories, one
year, $2,000 OBO. 773-6990.
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ADOPT A PET! If you have lost a pet
or are looking for a new one, the City
of Wauchula invites you to come and
see if you can find the pet you're look-
ing for. The Wauchula Animal Control
is located at 685 Airport Road. Please
call 773-3265 or more information.
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who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less com-
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LET'S MAKE A DEAL! 15 Acres fenced with 3B/1Bth
C/B house, barn, cow pens, feed lot; large oak trees on
a paved county road. Call today and make an appoint-
ment to see. $400,000.
NEW LISTING! 3B/2Bth CB/Stucco home; large fami-
ly room, new stainless steel appliances in kitchen,
fenced yard. $160,000.

S-"_- -. ... -" INVEST IN THIS large 3B/1Bth home located in quiet.
neighborhood; yard with large oaks ; plus apartment
studio apartment in back. $100,000.
NOW IS THE TIME TO PURCHASE this lovely 4 INVESTMENT PROPERTY! Two houses located on
B/2Bth home on 2.5 acres! This home has it all this Highway 64 road frontage property; one has
Mexican tile floors, open floor plan, modern 4B/1Bth the other has 2B/1Bth; property could be used
kitchen with all new appliances and new cabinets; as rentals or store fronts; located in Ona, zoned C-2.
newly painted on inside; 4 stall pole barn; located $175,000.
just outside of town. CALL TODAY TO SEE! WAUCHULA HERITAGE HOME! Two story,
EXECUTIVE HOME! 4B/2Bth, 2671 sq. ft., cook's 5B/2Bth, oak wood floors, brick fireplace, many more
delight kitchen, new roof, nice yard and all in a family amenitieslocated on 5 lots on corner in desirable loca-
neighborhood. Listed at $195,000. tion; double carport, detached garage, 2 central A/C,
sprinkler system; lovely, mature trees. $250,000.
YOU MUST SEE this recently updated home; 3B/1.5 MOVE IN TODAY! 3B/2Bth D/W home comes with
Bth, new carpet and flooring, new kitchen cabinets, some furniture, 12x20 concrete floored workshop with
fenced yard, convenient location close to schools and electricity and water, nice lot with plenty of fruit trees.
shopping. $155,000. See.today! $126,000.
NEW LISTING! Beautiful 5 acres with mature oaks 2B/1Bth M/H, located on nice, large lot; storage shed.
plus 2B/1.5Bth C/B home; outside storage 30x36; locat- Listed at $50,000.
ed in secluded area. $240,000. Beautiful 5 acre tract with some fruit trees, large oaks,
PICTURE PERFECT! Well maintained 3B/1Bth home one (1) acre pond; would make a lovely home site or
in desirable area; plenty of room for children to play; weekend retreat.
new flooring, H/W heater, roof and garage door. Listed 40 Acres of native pasture; paved road frontage; nice
at $155,000. scattered oaks. Call for more information.
NEVER PAINT AGAIN! Built of Ocala limestone, this SIX ACRES! Well, septic, and electricity already in
2B/1Bth home is located on approx. 1 acre; beautifully place on this 6 acre tract; beautiful, large oaks, small
landscaped, mature oaks; new roof and A/C. $175,000. creek runs through the west part of property; perfect
BE THE FIRST TO SEE THIS HOME! Located on one building site. $200,000.
acre in great neighborhood; 4B/2Bth; newly renovated 10 Acres in Duette Area; property is fenced and has a
kitchen and move in ready! $255,000. 12" well. Call for details.

COUNTRY SETTING FOR THIS IMMACULATE,
3B/2Bth home with over 1,800 square feet of living.
Located on 5 acres just outside of town in desirable area
plus handyman's 24x36 concrete workshop. Call today
for an appointment!
LISTED AT ONLY $89,000 this 3B/1Bth, concrete
block home with nice sized yard, outside storage build-
ings, and remodeled kitchen won't last long!
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just outside of town; prime location. $35,000.

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Forklift operators,
and laborers
needed for packing
house. Call Mike
or Barbara
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NEED A PLACE TO BUILD? This 4 Acre tract with 2
wells, electrical hookup, septic tank, fenced on 3 sides -
is ready for new construction or mobile home. $90,000.
IDEAL HOMESITES! One 5 acre tract @ $90,000 and
One 9.50 acre tract @ $171,000 high and dry; on coun-
ty maintained road; two 2" wells.
STATE ROAD 66 Commercial corner lot and 1200 sq.
ft. building. Listed at $175,000.
4 ACRES OF COMMERCIAL property plus suite of
offices, fruit scales, outdoor workshop/shed, fenced;
located just outside of city limits. $198,500.

SERVICE YOU CAN COUNT ON

DORIS S. LAMBERT, G.R.I., Broker
ASSOCIATE: DELOIS JOHNSON.............773-9743
ASSOCIATE: MIKEY COLDING..............781-1698
ASSOCIATE: CHARLOTTE TERRELL...781-6971
ASSOCIATE: CAROL JACKSON..............991-1255

KENNETH A. LAMBERT, Broker
ASSOCIATE: MICHAEL ADAMS ......781-2413
ASSOCIATE: DAVID McCLINTOCK.781-1226
ASSOCIATE: RHODA McCOY............781-7230
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LOST YELLOW CANOE on Peace
River between Bowling Green and Ft.
Meade. 375-4108. 10:5P

POOL TABLE for sale, 4x7, $200 plus
accessories. Call 863-781-0835.
9:21-10:19p
FOR SALE: 25 HP Kohler, OHV engine,
brand new, $1,200 FIRM. 494-4687
leave message. 9:14-10:12p
TWO CEMETERY lots In Wauchula,
$1,000 for both. 727-939-3441.
9:14-10:12p

Homesites: 1 and 2 acre tracts available. Deed Restricted! Call for
details.
Looking for space! 3BR/1BA on 2.5 acres. Off SR 66. Well maintained.
Totally secluded. Surrounded by woods. Wildlife feed in yard. A Must
See! $215,000.00.
Income producing property! 20 ac. in West Hardee County. 3 BR/1.5BA
concrete block home. 2 out bldgs. 19 Ac. producing grove. No existing
fruit contract $487,900. ''
Check this one out! 2058' under air, brick home on 3.82 acres.
Beautifully maintained! 45 X 48 Steel galvanized metal enclosed barn
with full kitchen. Great Area. A real beauty! $314,900.
5 Acres on corner lot with 2005 DW MH. 12" and 6" Well. Equipment
for maintenance stays. $168,500.00
Looking for a Nice Neighborhood? THIS IS IT! Beautiful 3/2 on 1/2 ac.
Den, formal sitting room, 10' ceilings, open floor plan, 2 car garage. Lots
of upgrades $349,900.
30 ac or 37 ac beautiful woods and pasture. Within 1/2 Mi. of College,
Best Western and Projected growth area. Access to Peace River
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Office Ph: 375-3113

Mobile Ph: 781-4460

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Classifieds

AtTENTIONI State Statutes 828.29
requires that all cats and dogs sold in
Flbrida be at least 8 weeks old, have
an official health certificate, have nec-
essary shots and be free of parasites.
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FORMER PASTOR moving back to
Florida needs 2-3 bedroom home, pri-
vote lot not in park with MH or lot set-
up for MH. Might consider handyman
special. Must be very reasonably
priced. Call 205-798-7777. Leave mes-
sage. 9:14-10:12p
FOR SALE 10+ ACRES, SR 64 East,
700+ ft. on 64. Barn, pond, older
mobile home. Phone 781-9617.
9:21-10:19p
Humor is emotional chaos
remembered in tranquillity.

SFill Dirt
Z
Lamar Gilliard
Home: (863) 735-0490

WAUCHULA: 5 BR/ 2 B 417 N. 9th St.,
$80,000; 2 BR/ 1 B CBS, 2.5 acres -
3863 Fussell Rd., $98,000; 2 BR/ 2 B -
2044 Petteway Ave., $79,900. (941)
627-2769 or (863) 412-8932. 9:28tfc

32 FLEETWOOD, furnished, micro,
refrig, TV, oven, recently painted. 863-
245-6272, $750. 10:5p
1990 FLEETWOOD BOUNDER, good
condition, a lot of extras. May be seen
in Zolfo Springs. Please call 863-735-
1441. 10:5-12p
TRAVEL TRAILER; must go, $850.
781-1062. 10:5c
2005 FOUR WHEELER, 90cc, like new,
$700 OBO. 773-3144. 10:5p
2005 DUTCHMAN 30' pull-behind,
excellent condition, $12,000. 767-
6146. 10:5p

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Sand

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cIo:sfc Mobile: (941) 456-6507

Buckhorn Nursery is looking for 2 assistant foreman
trainees for production in fast paced plant nursery.
Nursery experience not necessary but a plus. Need to
be bilingual and well organized. Some benefits.
Apply in person at 475 Lambert Rd., Zolfo Springs
(773-6662) pay depending on ability and skill.
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Teresa Hanusch hsa
Associate

Fussell Realty, Inc
" 2 East Oak Street* Arcadi FL 34266'
Business (863) 4940-31
Cell (863) 990-8143
E-Mail: thanusch@earthlink.net
Each Office Is Independently Owned And Operated 1i

Oe.e
Joe LDawis
I NC.. RE AL TORS
(863) 773-2128

uBREALTORS
JOE L. DAVIS
REALTOR JOE L. DAVIS, JR.
JOHN H. O'NEAL
Kenny Sanders
See more listings at www.joeldavis.com
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS
NEW LISTING! Two 10 ac. tracts- Three residential lots in Indian Lake
$180,000. Two 5 ac. tracts- Estates. Two are 100x218 ft, listed
$110,000. One 5 ac. lract-$125,000. for $35,000 each. One is 200x218 ft,
Deed restricted. Pa'ed road listed for $65.000!
frontage.
NEW LISTING! Hardee Co. ranch 3 BR, 2 bath frame home. Approx
NEW LISTING! Hardee Co. ranch 1430 SF iisin area. NMetal roo, car-
includes 97 ac. cleared pasture, 2 130 SF inarea. Metal roocar-
barns, cattle pens. ending and ece I..po
ponds. Unique 5BR, 5 bath, 9,000 ti'n &
SF, CB home. Marble fower, stone ason Dix0on. Selling "As Is".
fireplace, pine paneling& beams, 65000!
garden tubs, inground pool. Take part and locate your business
$1,900,000! in this growing commercial area!
Bavside home in Englewood! 450' on North Florida Ate. Zoned
Located on deep water canal. commercial. $360,000!
$1,075,000! 12.95 acs. on Murphy Rd, west
This 3 BR, 2 bath, 2 stor3 home with Hardee Co. Beautiful, high & dry,
wrap around porches sits on beauti- fenced with a 2 inch well. $17,500
ful Peace River, close to town. per acre
Includes 5 acs. with board fences
and guest house. Many other extras, PRICE REDUCED! Close to
call for details. $450,000! schools and downtown. 3 BR, 2 bath
home has new carpet, nev A/C.
20 ac. Hamlin grove between on fresh paint, and a ne roof in 2004.
Park & Wauchula. Nlostly young Enjoy relaxing evenings on the spa-
trees, increasing in production wit cious, covered back porch! Manv
.iri-o irrinitin. < ,l ( clous, covered back porch! Mlany
micro-jet irrigation. $260,000. other amenities, so call today!
Two wooded 1 ac. tracts in the ONLY $150,000!
Inverness area. Two minutes from
boat landing to the Withlacoolchee. 10 ac. Valencia rove on SR 62 has
One tract has vell, septic & electric ico.
plus fill for your home. $60,000! jet irrigation and drain tile.
PRICE REDUCED! Don't miss this so fronts e Rd 50000!
opportunity to have your own 5 65 ac. grose in southwest Hardee
acs. on beautiful Peace River. Very Co. 25 acs.-Valencia, 40 acs.-
close to Wauchula. Now $100,000! E&MN. 12" well. Plenty of wildlife.
PRICE REDUCED! Frontage on $900,000!
paved county road east of 3 BR, 2 bath CB home in Rierniew.
Wauchula. Excellent 10 ac. home Owners motivated! 159.000
site with septic and well in place. Owners motivated! $159.000!
Now $12,500/ac! 10 ac. Valencia gro'e with small
PRICE REDUCED! 4 BR, 2.5 bath well and irrigallon system on
brick home on 4 acs. has dble Mineral Branch Rd off SR 66.
paved road frontage. Minutes from $125,000!
Zolfo Springs. Nan extras and 2.5 acs. east of Wauchula. Zoned
many new amenities. Call today for For a home. $60,000!
full details. NOW $320,000!

WAREHOUSES, SEVERAL DIFFER-
ENT sizes. Jack Ullrich Warehouses.
773-6448. 10:5c
HOUSING RENTAL $350+ weekly,
$800 monthly, FtLtDep. 773-6616 -
445-0915 445-0093. 10:5-11:2p
2/2 MH IN CHARLIECREEK on way to
Avon Park, $650 month and $1,000
deposit. Partially furnished, Island
kitchen, lots of room, washer and
dryer included. No Pets. Call 773-
6746. 10:5-12p
APARTMENTS AVAILABLE NOWI
2BR/1B, unfurnished, C/HA, $700
month, security deposit required.
Good neighborhood. Northslde Apart-
ments, Ft. Meade, 719 Wannamaker
Ave. Call Sheila 375-9988,285-7203 or
781-4927. 10:5tfc
2 BEDROOM MOBILE HOMES from
$450/month and up, plus deposit, no
pets, quiet family park, close to ele-
mentary schools in Wauchula. Call
today (863) 698-4910. 9:21-10:12c
ADULT PARK Crystal Lake. We have
RVs for sale and rent. Some can be'
moved. 767-8822. 3:16tfc

ATTENTION! The Federal Fair
Housing Act Prohibits advertising any
preference or limitation based on
race, color, religion, sex, handicap,
familial status or national origin, or
the Intention to make such a prefer-
ence or limitation. Familial status
includes children under 18 living with
parents or guardians and pregnant
women. tfc-dh

C&P CONSTRUCTION. Demolition, fill
dirt, tree emoval; stump removal,
dragline, track hoe, land clearing,
shell, clay, top soil, loader, bulldozer,
dump trucks. 735-2415. 1:19tfc
AL-ANON FAMILY GROUP. Every
Wednesday night at 6:30 p.m. Located
at the SFCC Annex, Room #105, Hwy.
17 North, Wauchula. 735-2511. tfc-nc
IS ALCOHOL CAUSING a problem?
Call Alchoholics Anonymous in
Hardee County at 735-2511. Several
weekly meetings. dh

LABORERS NEEDED
Our company is taking applications for
plant laborers. Must be able to lift 50 Ibs.
and work 40+ hours per Week.

Apply @ Florida Fertilizer Co., Inc.
We are a Drug-Free Workplace..
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TEACHERS
Teachers needed for a school located in a juvenile jus-
tice facility near Arcadia. Requires bachelor's degree
and current teaching certification or statement of eligi-
bility. Year round position with 50 paid days off. $32,500
plus excellent benefits.
Please fax resume to Ruth Toner at 863-491-5343 or
e-mail to ruth.toner@desoto.k12.fl.us
EOE/DFWP clo:5c

CAROL'S
POOL
SERVICE
-10 Years Experience-
Cerlified & Insured

Office: 863-452-6026
Cell: 863-449-1806

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Make A

SHouse

Selling your house?

Call Billy Hill first?

He pays top $!

S781-1062
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For Rent Mou
area, secluded,$5
37 ac.- 1/2 pas tt
65 Acres Citrus 1/21

N.C. Sleeps 4 to 5. AlarKa
Call Bart
4o,000 per ac.
good micro system.

r me incl., $500,000.
s. rd. frntg. $14,000/ac.

9 woods $14,000 per ac.
000per ac .
video, $21,000 per ac.

RFALTORASSOCIATES AFTER DOURS-
:KENNY SANDERS........781-0153 DAVID ROYAL...... ..-781-3490
PMRICK KNIGHT ........773-247A SANDY LARRISON......32-0130'
MONICAIREAS-...........773-9609 MIKE NCHOLSON l

W US. HIGHWAY 17 SOUTH, WAUCHULA, FL 33873 -'r
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TILE INSTALLER. Call 767-8814 for
free estimate, leave message, Jesse.
10:5-11:2p
GILLIS CLEANING SERVICE INC. for
all your cleaning needs. Call for an
appointment. Nadine Gills 863-452-
5796 863-449-0098. 10:5-12p
I WILL DO BABYSITTING in my home,
days, afternoons, nights or weekends.
$10 per child for up to 8 hours with
meal and snacks. 375-4792 or 445-
0572. 9:28-10:5p
RNC RECORDING STUDIO, bands,
groups and Individuals. Call 863-773-
4179. 9:14-10:12p
BUSH HOG MOWING, very lowest
possible price. (941) 730-8180 leave
message. 9:7-10:5p
QUALITY PRESSURE CLEANING
SERVICE. Call Barry at 863-781-2171.
9:7-10:5p

NEW FURNITURE
FOR.LESS!
SLamps $17, 100-Barstools $39 up,
50-Desks $97 up, 3 Pc Dropleaf dinette
$197, 50-table and 4 chairs $397 up,
200-Recliners $297 up,
50-2 Pc Sofa & Lovedsat sets $687 up,
50-TV Ent. Centers $167 up, 2 Pc
Queen Bed Set $297 up, 50-4Pc bed-
room sets $387 up, 3 Pc Livingroom
tables $97 up,
100-Headboards $79 up.
HIGHPOINT
FURNITURE
OUTLET STORE
2346 U.S. 27 North Sebring Florida
Next to Lowes & across
from Home Depot d4:20ot

PAlrKHER FILL DIRT
DEMOLITION
* Fill Dirt Tree Renioval Stump Removal *
*Dragline* Track Hoe Land Clearing
*Shell. Clay *Top Soil* Bulldozer *
Dump Trucks *

(863) 735-2415 c11:3tfc

*

2 prime lots, 80x120 each. Morgan Grice Rd. Charlie Creek MH Estates.
$15,000 per lot or both $25,000.
1 acre in Ona with 1/2 zoned C-1 includes 3 rental houses at $900 per
month. $140,000.
421 Grape St. BG 3/1, central H/A, FR $65,000.
5 acres Prime location. Vandolah Rd and Dink Albritton Rd. $110,000.
810 South Florida Ave. 1/2 acre lot Brick home. 2,895 SF under roof, 2,076
SF LA. Wire alarm, sprinkler, intercom, security system. $215,000.
15 acre grove, irrigated, tiled, Rhynn Road, $300,000.
Prime 25 acres MOL at 5069 Oak Wood Dr. South of Nocatee off Woods
Road. Spacious brick home with 3,126 SF under roof, Ig barn & sheds.
$950,000 or $750,000 for 15 acres incl. home & buildings.
40 acres with 34 acres in young bearing grove with 8" well & micro jets.
Close to town, EST. crop for 2006 $30,000 at $15,000 per acre, can be
divided. ...

NOW RENTING! I
THE PALMS APTS.
ATTENTION FARM WORKERS
4 Bedroom Apartments
Located at: 701 La Playa Drive
Office Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9:00 AM 5:00 PM
Monthly rent from $605 + utilities
Occupancy restricted to households with one family member receiving 50%
or more of their gross annual income from farm labor activities.
For Rental Info & Applications
The Palms at 863-773-3809
(TDD #1-800-955-8771)
Equal Housing Opportunity
AHORA ARQUILANDO!
ATENCION TRABAJADORES DE FINCA
THE PALMS APARTMENTS
4 cuarto
Localizado en: 701 La Playa Drive
Horas de Oficina: Lunes y Viernes de 9:00 AM 5:00 P.M.
Mensualidades de renta comenzando de $605 + utilidades
Apartamentos designados para los encapacitados y desabilitados.
Intalarse es restrict a un miembro de familiar que reciban el 50% o mas de
Ingreso grueso annual en actividades de labor en agriculture.
Para information de renta o solicitudes
Llame, The Palms al: 863-773-3809
(TDD #1-800-955-8771)
Iqual Oportunidades de Viviendas c1105-26c

CROWN FORD SERVICE SPECIAL LS!
The Works Fuel Saver Package $39.95
Proper vehicle maintenance is key to maximum fuel efficiency! Genuine
Motorcraft Premium Synthetic Blefid Oil and filter change Rotate and
inspect four tires Inspect brake system Test battery Check air and cabin air
filters Check belts and hoses Top off all fluids.
Up to six quarts of Motocraft oil. Taxes and diesel vehicles extra. Disposal
fees not included in some locations. See Service Advisor for details.
Offer valid with coupon. Expires: 6/30/06.

A/C SYSTEM CHECK $?9.95
Includes performance test, leak inspection and check of belts and hoses.
Refrigerant extra. See service advisor for details.

AWEI SERVCEM0 WOMAE ZNOCBVDUS
A wm WAUN A6ND VAC.

WE SERVICE MOST MAKES AND MODELS.

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GILLIARD FILL DIRT INC.

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Realtr ReltorAssoiate
781-051 7811433 71-053
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NEED A WELL OR HAVE PUMP
TROUBLE? CALL
ULLRICH'S PITCHER PUMP
For complete well, sales, service and
Installation, call (863) 773-6448.
7:18tfc
LET US PICK up junk cars out of your
yard. Will buy old farm tractors.
Crooms- 773-0637. 2:24tfc

TRAILER HOMES, good condition,
double or single wide, will remove for
free. Grace Mobile Park, Bowling
Green. 863-375-3500. 9:14-10:12p

ESTATE SALE SAT., 7:30 ?. No early
sales! 5010 Poplar Ave., B.G. 10:5p

CHILDCARE COORDINATOR Must have 40-
Ihour Childcare state mandated course, CPR, &I
i First Aid. Exp. working with children in large group I
setting. Free Y Membership.
SApply in person to the Hardee County YMCA, I
S 610 W. Orange St., Wauchula 33873,or j
call 863-773-6445. i
EOE/Drug Free Workplace
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PILKINGTON TREE SERVICE INC
Bobcat and Crane Serviee Tree Trimming *
SComplete Tree Removal
Citrus Tree Removal Land Clearing
*FREE ESTIMATES*

(883) 7812089
Licensed a Insured Accept M/C. a Visa

GRAVWES
CONStRUCTION fWalter graves
& ROORIN OGner
CBC-040692 R-C-0067120

999 U.S. Highway 17 South Fort Meade, FL 33841-3343
863.285.7381 *Fax 863.285.7395
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SLTAFFINO SERIES. 14C..
*Employee Leasing Specialist Workers Compensation Payroll
Contact: Robby Albritton
Office (863) 735-9226 Cell (863) 528-7085
159 S.R. 64 E., Zolfo Springs, FL 33890
www.laborsolutions.com ralbritton@laborsolutions.com
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5105 N. Hwy 17 Bowling Green
OURARESAAE ONSALEEVERYAY

Open:
Mon -,Sat
-8:00 5:00
375-4461

SWe repair most
American cars
* Full time mechanic
* We are license
and insured
Reg #MV-40625
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Bo Espino
Auto Technician

Citrus Removal Land Clearing
backhoe Work
Fond Digging Ditch Cleaning
Driveways F bble Kock etc.

Shawn Ritnes
(863) 781-0412
Agnet
A__-158"17"9761

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B SEE
SOUND
PRO-AUDIO for any event. 773-6375.
www.bseesound.com. 6:15-10:26p
ATTENTIONI- Sate Statutes 489-119
Section 5 Paragraph B and Hardee
County Ordinance 87-09 Section 10
Paragraph D require all ads for any
construction-related service to carry
the contractor's license number.
dh
OSTOMY, COLOSTOMY, AND Ideosto-
my supplies now in stock at Pete's
Pharmacy. tfc
DO YOU HAVE a problem with drugs?
Narcotics Anonymous meets Monday
nights 7 p.m. at St. Michael's
Catholic Church, Heard Bridge Rd.,
Wauchula and Tuesday, Friday and
Saturday nights 7 p.m. at First
Methodist Church, Corner of Grape &
Church St., Bowling Green.
7:18tfcdh

THURSDAY TO SUNDAY, 194 West
Countyllne Road, Bowling Green.
10:5p
VENDORS WANTED FOR Main Street
Wauchula's yard sale and flea market
Saturday. Call 767-0330 for more info.
10:5c
COMMUNITY-WIDE yard sale and flea
market Saturday, Oct. 7, Heritage Park
downtown. Call Main Street Wauchula
for more info. 767-0330. 10:5c
TWO FAMILY Friday- Saturday, 8-2,
2161 Ralph Smith Road, Wauchula.
10:5p
SATURDAY-SUNDAY, 9-?, 722 East
Bay Street, Wauchula. Antique furni-
ture, glassware, quilts, pictures,
clothes, table w/6 chairs, more items
added Sunday. 10:5p
SATURDAY ONLY one mile west on
Polk Road, Wauchula. 10:5p
SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE 114
N. 2nd Ave. Saturday 8-? 10:5p
FRIDAY SATURDAY, 8-1, 314 Turner
Ave. 10:5p
SATURDAY 8 a.m. 2 p.m., 113 North
7th Ave., Wauchula. 2000 truck, china
cabinet, golf clubs and bag, electric
scooter, lots of misc. (Glllespie
Ministries) 10:5c
CHICKEN & YELLOW RICE DINNER,
$5 (includes salad, green beans,
dessert, roll & drink). Saturday
10/7/06, 10:30 a.m. 2:00 p.m., 113
North 7th Ave., Wauchula. For more
info call Gillesple Ministries 773-5717.
10:5c

DIVORCE

BANKRUPTCY

$69
863-314-0846
(non-lawyer) 4

53 acre Industrial Park for any
heavy industrial uses.
53,000 sq. ft.-Newly renovated bldg.
21' eve, clear span can be divided.
13-800 sq. ft. 4-1,000 sq. ft.,
2-1,250 sq. ft. 1-2,500 sq. ft.
1-11,500 sq. ft. 1-13,500 sq. ft.
1-9,200 sq. ft.
Rail siding, 3 phase power, city gas
Call Ken
Fort Meade
Business Campus
(908) 892-7076c.1:5.19p

SGood Shepherd Hospice

HOSPICE
OPPORTUNITIES
Join the Good Shepherd
Hospice team in one of the
following opportunities and
provide quality, end of life
care to our patients and
their families.
SEBRING OFFICE
RNs, FT 8a-5p
RN, PT Days
RNs, Per Diem 4p-12a
LPN, FT 4p-12a
LPN, FT 12a-8a
MSW, FT
WAUCHULA OFFICE
RN, PT Days
RN, Per Diem 8a-5p
Our team members receive a com-
petitive salary and outstanding
benefits package, Including paid
time off your first year, tuition
reimbursement, retirement plan,
mileage and much more. Bilingual
Pay Premiumsl
For consideration, please call
(800) 464-3994; or apply online at
www.LPHcareers.com.
EOE/DFWP c1

SIDEWALK SALE Saturday, 9 a.m. -
7, corner of 7th & Main, Wauchula.
10:5c
HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS 18x4
ft. above ground pool, tools, full size
truck bed liner, 15x8 aluminum mag
wheels, guitar sheet music, X-Box
games, VCR console for van, two
trumpets, clothes, chickens, angels
and lots morel Friday & Saturday, 8-?
1953 Heard Bridge Rd. 10:5p
RAIN OR SHINE, 647 Cypress St.,
Wauchula. Clothes dryer, kids
clothes, clothes and Mary Kay. 10:5p
HUGE YARD SALE 219 North 9th
Ave., Fri. & Sat., 8:00 ?, Lots of glass,
bedspreads, curtains, linens, new
dishwasher never Installed, collector
knives, commercial Singer straight
stitch sewing machine, lots more.
10:5p
EDNA'S PLACE FRIDAY ONLY
Clothing $1 bag; lots of tools. 10:5c
FRI. & SAT., 8 ?, Crooms Used Cars,
Hwy 62, baby accessories, Compaq
computer/HP computer, prom
gowns/dresses, brand name clothing,
adult, boys, girls, toddlers. 10:5p
SATURDAY, 7 ?, clothes, misc. 301
Georgia Street, Wauchula. 10:5p
451 RIVER LANE WAUCHULA Baby
items, new linens, clothes, 10/14/06.
10:5-12p
1305 W. MAIN, WAUCHULA, 3-family,
25 In TV, shelves, household Items
and misc. Fri. & Sat., 9-2. 10:5p
CLOTHES, FURNITURE, HOT DOGS,
ETC. 4514 Pine Ave., Bowling Green.
Follow signs. Sat. 8 to ? 10:5p
RUMMAGE SALE Thurs., Fri., Sat.
Hidden Treasures, 601 N. Florida
Ave., Wauchula. 10:5c
118 3rd AVE., WAUCHULA. Saturday,
8-12, nice clothing, shoes, furnish-
Ings. 10:5p
FRIDAY/SATURDAY, 4377 E. Main St.
Moving Salel 10:5p
BIG YARD SALE Dixie Drive, North
B.G. Thurs., Fri., Sat. 10:5p

General Contractor
Lic.# RG291103615 -
Locally owned and operated

Office 863-773-4779

Fax 863-773-9865

ESTABLISHED BAR BUSINESS

FOR SALE
LOCATED ON BUSY STATE HIGHWAY

863-781-4256

BIG SALE
New and Used Merchandise
*Household Items
*Furniture
*Electronics
*Frozen Foods Name Brand
(lowest prices in Central FL)
COME BY AND SEE US
7% Tax 10% Buyers Premium
Auctioneer:
WD Parker -AB2166
App. Auctioneer:
John Shoffner AE324
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HELP

WANTED

* Cashier

* Kitchen Help

LLrV?!stuart
Hwy 17 at Intersection 64
Zolfo Springs
735-0726

Ask for Jed or
Anniebell Jewel
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"On The Job -
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RESCHKE CONSTRUCTION, INC
State Certified Building and Roofing Contractor
Residential Remodeling
Zolfo Springs, Florida
(863) 735-0660 (863) 832-0409

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John Reschke
Bill Reschke

CCC
License CB

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Landscape Manager
Salary range $27,000 $35,000.
Experience in landscape, irrigation, sod or
nursery helpful but not necessary.
Management and leadership skills required.
Must have valid driving license.
Apply in person or fax resume to 375-2706.
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H. H. PACE
LAND DEVELOPMENT
,* Land Clearing
Demolition Work
Bush Hogging

"If you want it done call them,
If you want it done RIGHT, CALL ME!"
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COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL RESIDENTIAL
Land Clearing *
Pond Excavation *
Dirt Hauling / Grade Work *
*Citrus Tree Removal *
Demolition *
Site Prep *

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g DAVID MILLS, OWNER
Established 1972 cl0:5c

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SOFFIT SIDING., INC.
Insulated Vinyl Siding Hardy Board
Hurricane Panels Siding Soffit
Ucensed #FL05-287& Insured Fascia Gutters Skirting Screen
.77 -n n 1071 S. Florida Ave.
9 :773-2 0 Wauchula, FL 33873
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1996 Utility Reefer Trailer
48x102, air ride,
Thermo King SB 2
unit, 8-24.5 alu-
minum wheels,
60% rubber, good
condition .
863-781-3541
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Lone star
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