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Herald-AdvocateHARDEE COUNTY’S HOMETOWN COVERAGE

Thursday, September 13, 2018

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WEATHERDATE HIGH LOW RAIN09/04 90 74 0.0109/05 92 75 0.1909/06 86 75 0.4609/07 91 73 0.0409/08 92 72 0.4509/09 90 70 0.0009/10 90 73 0.01

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Courthouse Report . . . .A4

Crime Blotter . . . . . . . . .B11

Hardee Living . . . . . . . .A10

Information Roundup .A11

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By TOM STAIKOf The Herald-Advocate

Tragedy dawned with therising sun in Wauchula onMonday as a pregnant motherand her two children werestruck by a car that veered offthe road as the young familymade their way to a school busstop.

“It is a senseless tragedy,”said Todd Durden, deputy su-perintendent of schools. “Theywere off the road doing every-thing right.”

Josefina Pablo Aguirre, 26,was escorting her children to aschool bus stop roughly 100yards from their home on OldBradenton Road when the ac-cident occurred around 6:45a.m., according to the FloridaHighway Patrol.

Aguirre, who was pregnant,was critically injured.

The baby, just a month awayfrom being born, did not sur-vive.

The mother’s son anddaughter — both riding bicy-cles — were also struck by the2001 Kia Spectra.

Joel Diaz Pablo, 6, was crit-ically injured.

Anay Diaz Pablo, 8, thoughbeing hit by the car, escapedserious injury.

Mother and son were flownto Tampa General Hospital.

Jose Manuel Montes-Loredo, 31, of Wauchula, hasbeen charged in connection tothe crash.

According to FHP homicideinvestigator Cpl. C. Slowick,Montes-Loredo was behindthe wheel of the white sedan asit “ran off the roadway to theright onto the grass shoulder”and struck the family.

Montes-Loredo has beencharged with careless drivinginvolving a death and drivingwith no valid driver’s licenseinvolving a death. He wasbooked into the HardeeCounty Jail.

County Judge Jeff McK-ibben set Montes-Loredo’sbond at $50,000 during a first-appearance hearing Tuesdaymorning.

Neither Montes-Loredo norhis passenger, AnselmoLoredo-Don, 57, of Wauchula,were injured.

Troopers have called thecrash a “heartbreaking” re-minder to keep focused whilebehind the wheel.

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Benefit To Help With Medical Expenes LotteryWin Pays$500,000

Mother & Children Hit Going To Bus Stop

PHOTO BY TOM STAIK

Hilltop Elementary Dean Donna Parks and Principal Beverly Cornelius leave the area where two students were struck by a car while headingto a bus stop.

PHOTO BY TOM STAIK

Sheriff’s deputies keep watch over the scene of the tragedy.PHOTO COURTESY FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL

The white sedan which struck a young family Monday.

By JENNIFER McCONKEYHerald-Advocate Intern

Imagine losing the ability to use your hands, but no doctorcan figure out why.

That’s the reality for Kelly Yeomans, who is also dealingwith unexplained weight loss and general weakness.

Yeomans grew up and went to school in Hardee County andcurrently lives outside Zolfo Springs.

She says she has been working since she was15, including working as a nurse and then a car-penter’s apprentice. But because of her hands,she hasn’t been able to work since January. Yeo-mans, who is right-handed, has completely lostuse of her right hand and lost about 85 percentof her left hand’s function.

The condition has also left her unable to dohobbies she enjoyed, like bow and rifle huntingand playing keyboard.

Even singing in her church’s band at Real LifeCommunity Church in Bowling Green is gettingdifficult because she’s having trouble with hervoice.

Since she can’t work, Yeomans, 48, doesn’thave any medical insurance. But the bills keepcoming in as doctors continue testing to try tofigure out what’s causing her symptoms.

In the meantime, Yeomans’ fiance, Travis Combee, and hermom, Nancy Weems, along with her adult daughter, BrinkleyYeomans, help her prepare food and get dressed. Weems, a re-tired teacher, has also started substitute teaching part-time tohelp support Kelly.

Weems says worrying about the doctors finding a diagnosiskeeps her up at night. Doctors have been able to rule somethings out, but haven’t been able to figure out the problem.

And without a diagnosis there’s no treatment.“Every day is critical,” Weems says, but the test results take

time, which is frustrating.Adding to her stress is that her husband, Yeomans’ dad, Keith

Weems, passed away 12 years ago this month, and he hadnearly identical symptoms. Doctors thought he had ALS, butNancy doesn’t think their criteria was as strict then, and Kellydoesn’t meet all the criteria for that diagnosis now.

Keith Weems only lived for two years after his symptomsbegan. Yeomans’ symptoms began 11 months ago.

She has been going to therapy for range-of-motion andstrengthening activities. She says if this is a neuro-muscular

disorder, therapy will slow it down and will helpto some extent.

Nancy Weems, who moved to HardeeCounty many years ago after living in Miami,says she was surprised when she moved here byhow much the community comes together to helpthose who are dealing with medical expenses.

She was impressed by the communityturnout for a fundraiser for her husband 12 yearsago, and says she hopes the county is willing tocome together for her family one more time.

That time will be Sept. 29, when Weems willbe holding a benefit to help Yeomans with hermedical expenses and general living expenses.

The main part of the fundraiser is a barbecue.Tickets are $10 a plate, which includes pulledpork, corn on the cob and baked beans.

You can pick up your plate anytime between 11 a.m. and 6p.m. from A&B Barbeque & Catering, in the empty lot on thecorner of East Oak Street and U.S. 17 North in Wauchula.

You can buy tickets starting tomorrow (Friday) at HardeeRanch Supply Inc., Cat’s on Main, Mater’z Steakhouse andHeartland Gold. You can also get tickets by calling Weems at781-1639, or you can just bring your $10 to the event.

At 5 p.m. at the same location, the family plans to hold a raf-fle. The raffle will include a flat-screen TV, a $150-value tirealignment and rotation from Carranco & Sons Tire & Muffler,a basket from Cat’s on Main, and a Yeti Hopper Flip coolerfrom Hardee Ranch Supply.See BENEFIT A2

Yeomans

By JENNIFER McCONKEYHerald-Advocate Intern

A Wauchula woman haswon half a million dollars froma lottery scratch-off game, theFlorida Lottery announced onMonday.

Adrea Lampley, 54, won the$500,000 top prize in the $5Extra Play game from a ticketshe bought at the Mobil Martat 306 S. Sixth Ave. inWauchula.

Extra Play has eight topprizes, each of $500,000, in-cluded in its cash prizes, whichtogether are over $58 million,according to the Florida Lot-tery.

The overall odds of winninga prize in Extra Play are one-in-3.99. The odds of winningthe top prize are one-in-2,100,000. The odds of win-ning the lowest prize, $5, areone-in-10.

To win Extra Play, at leastone of the numbers on yourticket needs to match a win-ning number or you need touncover a certain symbol, likea stack of coins or anSee LOTTERY A2

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Herald-AdvocateHARDEE COUNTY’S HOMETOWN COVERAGE

TOM STAIKSports Editor

NOEY DeSANTIAGOProduction Manager

DARLENE WILLIAMSAssistant

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SEPTEMBER

13 – Storytime, HC Public Library/315 N. 6th Ave., Wauchula/10 am

13 – “Stitch by Stitch”Crochet and Knitting/HC Public Library/10 am

13 – Pokemon Limited League/Sanctuary Gaming Club/1321 E. Main St., Wauchula/3:30 pm

14 – Friday Night Magic/Sanctuary Gaming Club/3:30 pm

17 – Gaming Club/Sanctuary Gaming Club/3:30 pm

18 – Devotion & Lunch/Hardee Help Center/713 E Bay St, Wauchula/Noon

18 – One-Shot RPG/Sanctuary Gaming Club//3:30 pm

18 – Money Smart for Families/Hardee Help Center/6 pm

19 – Adult Coloring Club/HC Public Library/10 am

19 – Sen. Marco Rubio, Mobile Office Hours/HC Public Library/1 pm


20 – Storytime, HC Public Library/ 10 am


20 – Pokemon Limited League/Sanctuary Gaming Club/3:30 pm



25 – One-Shot RPG/Sanctuary Gaming Club/3:30 pm

25 – Money Smart for Families/Hardee Help Center/6 pm



27 – Storytime, HC Public Library/10 am


27 – Pokemon Limited League/Sanctuary Gaming Club/3:30 pm


OCTOBER


4 – Storytime/HC Public Library/10 am

4 – “Stitch by Stitch” Crochet and Knitting/HC Public Library/10 am

5 – Homecoming Parade/2:30 pm


11 – Storytime/HC Public Library/10 am

11 – “Stitch by Stitch” Crochet and Knitting/HC Public Library/10 am

15 – Open Mic Night/Heritage Park/6 pm

Save The Date will keep resi-dents informed of upcomingcommunity happenings. Tohave your non-profit meetingor event posted for free, [email protected] as far ahead as possible.

SAVETHE

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Kelly’s ColumnBy Jim

The undefeated Hardee Wildcat football team will play theirfirst district game Friday at 7:30 on the road against an improvedSarasota Booker team. The Wildcat defense has held Fort Meadeand Avon Park scoreless. Amazing.

––––––Congratulations to the Kentucky Wildcats for ending a 31-

year losing streak to the Florida Gators last Saturday inGainesville.

––––––Congratulations to the Tampa Bay Bucs for an impressive

opening day win at New Orleans Sunday against the Saints. Cur-rent Super Bowl Champions Philadelphia Eagles visit RaymondJames Stadium this Sunday.

––––––This is a good time for planting a fall vegetable garden.With relatively warm weather in recent years more Hardee

County homeowners have a mango tree or two in their yard.––––––

Reducing clutter in the office ... A two-year-old AARP Mag-azine reveals these nuggets:

Four foods that increase brain health--asparagus, shrimp,split peas and walnuts.

Watermelon not only quenches your thirst but (for menonly) can boost prostate health and ease erectile dysfunction.

Financial planner Allan Roth: Failure is a far better teacherthan success. Don't believe any investment is l00 percent certain.Fees matter, especially when compounded over a long time. Di-versified investments help you sleep at night. An investment thatmakes you restless or excited has "mistake" written all over it.Never confuse luck with skill. Making money is important, buthappiness lies in getting out and enjoying life. Don't be overcon-fident in your judgment.

––––––Mayo Clinic cardiologist Dr. Martha Grogan reports 2,200

men and women in America die every day of heart disease, thenation's No. 1 killer (cancer is No. 2).

Family history and age are risk factors beyond our control.However, she offers this advice that we can control:

Exercise your heart moderately for 10 minutes a day, suchas walking. Moderate physical activity of 60 to 90 minutes aweek can reduce heart disease risk by 30 to 50 percent.

A good night's sleep is good for your heart and also im-proves your energy level, disposition and reduces forgetfulness.

Being overweight can harm the heart. Many of us need sys-tematic, sustainable weight loss.

Whenever possible make your decisions simple and havefun. Relaxation, love and laughter are part of the heart-healthylifestyle, she said.

2018 HOMECOMING PARADECats On Broadway

The Hardee Senior HighStudent Council Presents

Hardee Wildcats vs.

Bartow Yellow Jackets

OCTOBER 5 ✰ 2:30PMEntry Fee: $15.00

Entry Deadline: Friday, September 28, 2018

Prizes will be awarded in the following categories:• Best HHS Class Float• Best HHS Club Float

• Best Elementary/Junior High Float• Best Business/Organization Float

LET’S ALL SHOW OUR WILDCAT PRIDE!!!!!

Email: [email protected] official entry form and additional info.

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BENEFITContinued From A1

LOTTERYContinued From A1

To end the fundraiser on asweet note, there will be acake/pie auction at 5:30. Any-one who’s interested in makinga dessert for the auction shouldalso contact Brinkley as soon aspossible.

The family could also usesome more tables, chairs andcanopies for the fundraiser. CallBrinkley if you want to help inthat way.

If you want to help Yeomansoutside the fundraiser, you candonate money two ways.

One is through the Go-FundMe page “Help Kelly payfor neurosurgery,” set up byYeomans’ daughter, BrinkleyYeomans. You can find a link tothe page through NancyWeems’ Facebook page, under“Nancy Brinkley-Weems.”

The other way to donate isby going to First National Bankand making a deposit to the“Kelly Yeomans Donation Ac-count.” For more information,call Weems.

Kelly says she is grateful for

all the help, donations andprayer she has received so farand says it’s been a godsend.She is also grateful for every-one who will come to thefundraiser, saying, “It will go tohelp me continue to live, liter-ally.”

Brinkley asks that commu-nity members continue to prayfor healing and answerswhether they can donate or not.Kelly says any and all help isappreciated because she can’tdo anything herself.

“EXTRA” symbol. Playersscratch off different places onthe ticket to uncover the num-bers and symbols.

The Florida Lottery saysscratch-off games make upabout 69 percent of all FloridaLottery ticket sales. Those salescontributed more than $871million during the 2017-18 fis-cal year toward the EducationalEnhancement Trust Fund.

Scratch-off sales had con-tributed more than $11.7 billionfor the Educational Enhance-ment Trust Fund by the end oflast December.

The first Florida Lotteryscratch-off game premiered onJan. 12, 1988.

• It was Kurt Vonnegut, oneof the most influential writersof the 20th century, who madethe following sage observa-tion: "There is no reason whygood cannot triumph as oftenas evil. The triumph of any-thing is a matter of organiza-tion. If there are such things asangels, I hope they are organ-ized along the lines of theMafia."

• Greyhounds aren't justfast; they also have better vi-sion than any other breed ofdog.

• The venerable diner sawits peak as a place for a casualmeal in the late 1940s, whenthere were around 7,000 ofthem across the country.Today there are fewer than2,000.

• Thomas Jefferson was aninventor as well as a states-man, but he refused to take outpatents on any of his ideas. Hebelieved that inventions

should benefit all of humanity,not just himself.

• In January 2018, the Cityof New York paid 200 for-merly homeless people $85each to pretend to be homelessagain for one night. At mid-night that night, in order to getan estimate of the city's home-less population, volunteer can-vassers took to the streets,approaching apparently home-less people to ask if they havesomewhere to sleep. If a can-vasser came across one of thepaid "homeless" decoys, thatdecoy went home. The decoyswere, essentially, a check tosee how well the canvassersdid their job — and they did itpretty well, it seems, finding90 percent of the decoys in thecourse of the night.

• In Switzerland, it's con-sidered bad luck to tell anyoneyour baby's name before it isborn.

(c) 2018 King Features Synd., Inc.

Strange But TrueBy Samantha Weaver

Crop Update

September 10, 2018General: According to the National Agricultural Statistics

Service in Florida, there were 5.7 days suitable for fieldwork forthe week ending Sunday, September 9, 2018. Precipitation esti-mates ranged from 0.2 inches in multiple locations to 12.6 inchesin Gulf Breeze (Santa Rosa County). The average mean temper-ature ranged from 77.7°F in Niceville (Okaloosa County) to84.7°F in Palm Coast (Flagler County).

Citrus: Daily temperatures were typically warm in the cit-rus growing region, with afternoons in the mid 80s to low 90sall week. Winter Haven (Polk County) had one day reaching94°F. Clermont (Lake County) reached 93°F. Tropical StormGordon moved parallel to the west coast of Florida, dumpingmoderate rainfall and causing intermittent showers. Isolatedareas had more than two inches of rainfall, but most totals wereless. According to the September 6, 2018 U.S. Drought Monitor,the entire citrus region remained drought free.

Grove owners and operators sprayed regularly to combatgreening. Caretakers put down fall miticide sprays for citrus rustmite and spider mite control. Irrigation ran two to three times aweek in most areas. Early oranges began to show slight colorbreak in the southern citrus area. Fieldworkers reported early or-anges were about tennis ball size, and grapefruit were as largeas baseballs.

Fruits and Vegetables: Due to standing water from Trop-ical Storm Gordon, growers ran pumps to remove excess waterfrom vegetable fields. In several southern counties, producerscontinued to prepare fields for fall planting and started plantinga wide range of vegetables. Producers planted snap beans inLafayette County. Crops harvested included avocado, bittermelon, boniato, malanga, and okra. Watercress and other watercrops neared harvest in St. Lucie County.

Livestock and Pastures: Regular rains slowed grassgrowth in Okeechobee County. Pastures were low, but lush, inmany southern counties. Farmers in Volusia County cut grass asa means of weed control because daily rains prevented themfrom spraying pesticides. Cattle condition remained mostlygood.

Field Crops: Frequent showers interrupted agronomic cropharvests across the state, especially hay and peanuts. Floodingin low-lying areas was widespread. In Columbia County, hayquality was concerning. Producers dug peanuts in Suwannee,Columbia, Levy, and Lafayette counties when soil moistures al-lowed. The corn harvest concluded in Jackson County. An initialpost-storm inspection of Okaloosa County revealed that cropsfaired pretty well overall; however, some cotton was blowndown or twisted. Sugarcane was growing nicely in St. LucieCounty. In Glades and Hendry counties, producers planted sug-arcane.

1. Who had a Billboard Hot100 hit with "Emotion" in1978?

2. Name the group that re-leased "One Bad Apple."

3. Who recorded the 1964version of "Welcome to MyWorld"?

4. Name the song that con-tains this lyric: "She don't needto hear all those pretty wordsrepeated endlessly, In her heartshe knows I would die for her ifit had to be."

ANSWERS1. Samantha Sang. She

started her singing career underthe name Cheryl Gray, until hername was changed by record-ing management.

2. The Osmonds, in 1970.The song originally was writtenfor the Jackson 5, but theyrecorded "ABC" instead.

3. Jim Reeves. The songcame out in January, andReeves died in a plane crash inJuly of that year. Afterward anumber of artists covered thesong, including Elvis Presley.Engelbert Humperdinck re-leased the song on his 2017album.

4. "Still Waters Run Deep,"by Brook Benton in 1959. Thesong expresses a love that canhide under a calm exterior. TheBee Gees released a differentsong with the same title in1997.


FlashBack

By Chris Richcreek

September 13, 2018, The Herald-Advocate A3

PHOTO BY TOM STAIK

State and local law enforcement officers along with neighbors and school officialsgathered at the scene of a pre-dawn accident near a bus stop on Monday.

HITContinued From A1

POPPING PUPILS

COURTESY PHOTOS

Kindergarten students at North Wauchula Elementary School were popping with excitement one recent Fridayas Clay Cobb of Grand Rental Station and a NWES parent cooked up a special treat. The kids got to watch ker-nels of dried corn heat up and explode into a fluffy white buttered snack they all knew and loved – popcorn!Filling up bags and serving the snack were Grand Rental Station staff members.

Dep. Julie BridgesEnd Of Watch: Sept. 10, 2017

This week a community near and far remembered

Dep. Bridges, who died in the line of duty.

See our special coverage in next week’s edition.

“Drivers must be responsible at all times,which means being focused and aware of yoursurroundings,” said Lt. Gregory S. Bueno,spokesman for FHP’s Troop F. “At any timethere may be children, a mom or bicyclist in thearea of the road. It takes only a second of care-lessness for a tragedy to occur.”

Alcohol was not a factor in the accident, ac-cording to troopers.

Initial reports released to the media containno indication that any outside distraction con-tributed to the accident.

School officials say that there might never bean answer to the question of what Montes-Loredo was doing in the moments before hisvehicle veered off the road to strike the twoHilltop Elementary School students and theirmother.

“We might never know what was going onjust before thecrash,” Durdensaid. “Were hiswindows foggedup? Was he onhis phone? Wejust might neverknow.”

News of thepre-dawn tragedyr e v e r b e r a t e dquickly throughthe close-knitschool commu-nity.

Hilltop Elementary Principal Beverly Cor-nelius and Dean of Students Donna Parks wereescorted to the scene by the Hardee CountySheriff’s Office.

Cornelius, visibly shaken after meeting withwitnesses and investigators, walked from thearea with Parks and a school resource officerbefore turning to take a final look before head-ing to the school.

Durden fought back emotions as he re-counted touring the accident scene with Super-intendent Bob Shayman later in the morning.

“I won’t forget the spray paint on the grass,”Durden said. “The investigators had marked thegrass with spray paint for every stage of the ac-cident. Where the little girl got hit. Where thelittle boy got hit. Where the mom got hit. Wherethey all landed.”

District and school officials activated a criti-cal response plan to provide students, staff, andfaculty with emotional support.

“First our hearts and prayers go out to thevictims and their family, and then we work toensure that our school family has all the supportthey need,” Durden said.

Counselors from Hardee Junior High Schoolwere placed on standby to shift to neighboring

Hilltop Elementary, as needed, Durden said.Additional support resources, the deputy super-intendent said, were also readied through thedistrict’s Exceptional Student Education De-partment.

Staff, Durden said, can be particularly im-pacted by tragedies surrounding current andformer students.

Joel is a first-grade student, and Anay is insecond grade at Hilltop.

“It is impossible to have a student and learnto care about that student and not feel whenthey are hurting and when their family is hurt-ing,” Durden said.

“Yesterday was very upsetting for Hilltop El-ementary,” Principal Cornelius said. “Honestly,shock and devastation could describe the emo-tional state of our faculty and staff. We are afamily here at Hilltop, and when something likethis happens it affects everyone on our campusand this small community.”

Fellow classmates of the injured studentswho express questions and concerns are beinggiven extra guidance from staff as the schoolcontinues to rally together in support, Corneliusnoted.

“Our heart goes out to the students who wereinvolved, who are our ‘Hilltop babies’,” theprincipal said. “We feel for the family as awhole and send prayers for strength, guidanceand healing during this trying time. The campusis pulling together and everyone is ready to stepin and do whatever we need to do to help our‘Hilltop babies’ and their family.”

Monday’s roadside tragedy was the firstmajor bus stop incident in five years for TheSchool District of Hardee County.

According to Transportation Director RobKrahl, the last major incident at a bus stop oc-curred in October of 2013 when a man drivingon State Road 62 swerved into the grass medianto avoid a stopped bus, instead traveling intothe path of students on the roadside.

One student was struck, Krahl said.School officials on Tuesday continued to re-

ceive regular reports from the husband and fa-ther of the victims as he holds vigil at TampaGeneral Hospital.

The mother, who suffered extensive brain in-jury in addition to trauma associated with thedeath of her unborn baby, remains in criticalcondition, according to Durden.

As the healing and recovery process begins,the full weight of the tragedy will likely gainfocus in the days and weeks ahead.

“I just can’t imagine what it will be like forthose to go back to their home,” Durden said.“They were struck down essentially in theirfront yard. How do you ever go back to thatafter being hit and seeing your mom and yoursiblings hit?”

Montes-Loredo

My youngest great-granddaughter just turned 6 years old,and I am sitting here waiting for my daughter to come get me sowe can attend her birthday party. I wish every child could haveall the love our family has for their children and for childreneverywhere.

It's so sad to see children that no one wants and are neg-lected by their own families. Every time you turn the TV on thenews has stories that are heart-wrenching about children such asthe little boy whose mother killed him because he was taken outof a loving foster home and returned to a mother who did notwant him.

That is just one of the cases you hear about. There are thou-sands out there that you never hear about until something tragichappens to that child. That is another reason I encourage every-one to study where your candidate stands on the issues and castyour vote in our November election.

My children and grandchildren are the most important peo-ple in my life after God. I thank God for letting me be theirmother and grandmother. They have always been a blessing tome and the last thing I always say to them as I talk to them arethe two little words "Love You." The last words they say to meare, "Love you, Mama" or "Love you, Granny."

I always tell my nieces and nephews and any other childrenI come in contact with that I love them. Children need to hearthose words, and they need lots of hugs to go along with thosewords. I think if I had the space and finances I would probablyfill my home with children who don't have a place to call home.

So hold your loved ones close, tell them you love them, andyou will be blessed every time you hear them say "Love you."Jonell Peavy lives in Avon Park and can be reached at 863-453-3589.

Peavy’s PonderingsBy Jonell Peavy

Sugar Possum of the late Truman Thomas

COURTESY PHOTO

First graders in Megan Poreda’s class at NorthWauchula Elementary School buddy up for Quiz, Quiz,Trade. This cooperative learning technique helps themstudy their spelling words together.

BUDDY UP


NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR TAX DEED

WARNINGTHERE ARE UNPAID TAXES ON THE PROPERTYWHICH YOU OWN OR IN WHICH YOU MAY HAVELEGAL INTEREST.

The property will be sold at a public auction on the10th day of October, 2018, at 11:00 a.m., unless theback taxes are paid. To make payment or for ques-tions concerning real property taxes, contact theHardee County Tax Collector’s Office at (863) 773-9144 (PO Box 445, Wauchula, FL 33873). To receivefurther information regarding the Tax Deed Sale,contact the Hardee County Clerk of the Courts, im-mediately, at (863) 773-4174 (P.O. Drawer 1749,Wauchula, Florida, 33873).

The holder of the following tax certificate has filedthe certificate for a tax deed to be issued. The cer-tificate number and year of issuance, the descrip-tion of the property, and the names in which it wasassessed are:

CERTIFICATE NO.: 118 YEAR OF ISSUANCE: 2016NAME(S) IN WHICH ASSESSED: Florencio Gonzales and Maria Balboa

Description of Property:Parcel ID Number: 05-33-25-0000-06530-0000

.24 AC BEG 606 FT W OF NE COROF NE1/4 OF NE1/4 RUN W 100 FTS 105 FT E 100 FT N 105 FTTO POB05 33S 25E257P805 274P422 306P875CA-G-88-480 369P214 375P90DC-546P909 LP554P535 CA-98-449FJ-564P343P347 566P212P213574P280

SUBJECT TO RESERVATIONS, COVENANTS, RE-STRICTIONS, AND EASEMENTS OF RECORD.

All of the property is in HARDEE County, Florida.

Unless the certificate or certificates are redeemedaccording to law, the property described in the cer-tificate or certificates will be sold to the highest bid-der on October 10, 2018, at 11:00 a.m.

By: Norma M. Juarez, Deputy Clerk

Pursuant to F.S. 197.512Victoria L. RogersHardee County, Clerk of the Circuit Court andComptrollerTax Deed File: 252018TD031XXXXDate: 09/04/2018Ad No.: 1 9:6-27c

NOTICEThe Hardee County School Board will hold aworkshop, Tuesday, September 18, 2018 at 3:00p.m. The purpose of the workshop will be todiscuss IDA Proposal.

The workshop will be held in the School BoardMeeting Room located at 230 South FloridaAvenue, Wauchula, Florida.

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NOTICE OF MEETINGThe Hardee County Economic Development Authority(Independent Board) will meet on Tuesday, September25, 2018, at 8:30 a.m. in the County Commission Cham-bers, 412 West Orange Street, Room 102, Wauchula,Florida. For more information call the County Manager’s officeat 863/773-9430.

This is a Disabled-Accessible facility. Any disabled per-son needing to make special arrangements should con-tact the County Commissioner’s office at leastforty-eight (48) hours prior to the public meeting.This notice is published in compliance with FloridaStatutes 286.0105.Interested parties may appear at the public meeting andbe heard. If a person decides to appeal any decisionmade by the members, with respect to any matter con-sidered at such meeting or hearing, he will need arecord of the proceedings, and that, for such purpose,he may need to ensure that a verbatim record of theproceeding is made, which record includes the testi-mony and evidence upon which the appeal is to bebased.

Lexton H. Albritton, Jr. County Manager 9:13c

FAIR HOUSING / EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY

It is illegal to discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or familial status when renting,

selling or financing a home or property.

The City of Bowling Green is a Fair Housing Advocate as explained in the City’s FairHousing Ordinance which outlines steps that can be taken locally to report housingdiscrimination.

A copy of this ordinance can be obtained at the Bowling Green City Hall. In addition,information on Fair Housing and Fair Housing Law can be obtained by contacting theHousing Discrimination Hotline at, 1-800-669-9777 (Voice) 1-800-927-9275 (TTY) orat http://www.hud.gov/offices/fheo/index.cfm

You Have Rights!! If you feel you have been discriminated against whenbuying or renting a home please contact Mr. Jerry Conerly, City Manager,City of Bowling Green at (863) 375-2255.

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COUNTY COURTThe following marriage li-

censes were issued recentlyin the Clerk of Courts Of-fice:

Maddy Camili, 25, of ZolfoSprings, and Ejona Jashari, 25,of Zolfo Springs.

Johnnie Garcia, 41, ofWauchula, and Melissa AnnTerry, 47, of Wauchula.

Ruben Nery Garcia Garcia,42, of Fort Meade, and MaJesus Garcia Botello, 46, ofFort Meade.

Michael Martinez III, 27, ofWauchula, and Jerrica LynnRichardson, 25, of ZolfoSprings.

The following civil actionsand small-claims cases weredisposed of recently by thecounty judge:

Progressive Select Insur-ance Co. vs. Juan AntonioHernandez and EspiransaTrenidad Garza, summaryfinal judgment for $5,576.09.

Cavalry SPV-I vs. AdamTorres, default judgment for$1,793.94.

The following criminaltraffic and misdemeanorcases were disposed of lastweek in County Court:

Brooke Hillier,possession/use of narcoticsequipment, adjudication with-held, 12 months’ probation, 30hours’ community work, $465fines, costs and fees; posses-sion of marijuana, not prose-cuted.

Ladorian Romeo, criminalmischief (above $200), 31days’ jail, credit time served,$575 fines, costs and fees.Thomas Alvarado, disorderlyintoxication and resisting ar-rest without violence, $625fines, costs and fees.

Anthony Martinez, viola-tion of probation, probation re-voked; DUI, 120 days’ jail,$100 fines, costs and fees.

Lauro Jose Ysasi, violationof probation (original charges:resisting officer without vio-

lence/force and possession/useof narcotics equipment), 57days’ jail, probation revoked,credit time served, $150 fines,costs and fees.

Daniela Martinez, violationof domestic violence injunc-tion, 77 days’ jail, credit timeserved, $575 fines, costs andfees.

Genaro Granillo, battery, 18days’ jail, credit time served,$902 fines, costs and fees.Adolfo Alcocer, violation ofdomestic violence injunctionand domestic assault, not pros-ecuted; resisting arrest withoutviolence and criminal mischief(above $200), 139 days’ jail,credit time served, $575 fines,costs and fees, $553.92 restitu-tion.

Madison Rucker, petit theft,15 days’ jail, credit timeserved, 12 months’ probation,25 hours’ community work,$500 fines, costs and fees,$107.85 restitution; domesticassault, not prosecuted.

Gavino Rivera, domesticbattery, not prosecuted; do-mestic assault, 22 days’ jail,credit time served, $500 fines,costs and fees.

Jose Fidencio Garza, tres-passing on property other thanstructure/conveyance, 14 days’jail, credit time served, $400fines, costs and fees.

Jarvise Antwan Baker, DUI,12 months’ probation, licensesuspended six months, 50hours’ community work,$1,178 fines, costs and fees.

Pablo Vargastorres, DUI, 45days’ jail (to be served onweekends), 12 months’ proba-tion, license suspended sixmonths, ignition interlock de-vice two years, 100 hours’community work, $1,653fines, costs and fees.

Bulmaro Solis, DUI (less-ened to reckless driving withalcohol as a factor), sixmonths’ probation, DUIschool, $450 fines, costs andfees.

Dustin Wayne Carter, at-tempting/taking wildlife from

right of way, not prosecuted.

CIRCUIT COURTThe following civil actions

were filed recently in the of-fice of the Circuit Court:

Roger Vickery and Billy JoVickery, petition for divorce.

Wells Fargo Bank vs. Jan L.DeBoom, mortgage foreclo-sure.

Wells Fargo Bank vs. JuanDavid Salas and HeatherLeann Salas, mortgage fore-closure.

Direct Capital Corp. vs.City Custom Service Inc. andFranklin Richardson, contractsand indebtedness.

Staton Inc. vs. GustavoFuentes, Marie Fuentes andLVNV Funding, mortgageforeclosure.

The following decisions oncivil cases pending in theCircuit Court were handeddown recently by the circuitjudge:

Highlands Regional Med-ical Center vs. Carol Rhine,final judgment for $21,018.41.

The following felony crim-inal cases were disposed oflast week by the circuitjudge:

Dakota Manolo Juarez, pos-session of a firearm/ammo byconvicted felon, failure to ap-pear, $20,000 cash or surety.

Samuel Cruz Vazquez, pos-session of meth and posses-sion/use of narcoticsequipment, entered drug pre-trial intervention.

Curt Richardson, violationof probation (original charge:possession of meth), 45 days’jail, credit time served, proba-tion modified to four years,$350 fines, costs and fees.

Angela Michelle Abner, vi-olation of probation (originalcharge: possession of meth),failure to appear, warrant is-sued.

Morgan Lee Palon, posses-sion of meth, possession/use ofnarcotics equipment, false re-

port of a crime and misuse of911 system, failure to appear,$8,500 cash or surety.

Freddie Carlton, possessionof ammo by convicted felon(lessened to carrying a con-cealed weapon), 364 days’ jail,credit time served, $1,320fines, costs and fees.

Freddie Carlton, violationof probation, (original charge:possession/use of narcoticsequipment), 364 days’ jail con-current with other case, credittime served, probation re-voked, $100 fines, costs andfees.

Lauro Jose Ysasi, posses-sion of meth with intent to selland possession/use of nar-cotics equipment, five years’probation, license suspendedone year, $1,320 fines, costsand fees.

Adolfo Alcocer, grand theftand false imprisonment, notprosecuted; burglary with as-sault/battery and violation ofdomestic violence injunction,180 days’ jail, credit timeserved, 3 years’ probation con-secutive to jail, anger manage-ment course, noweapons/firearms, $1,320fines, costs and fees.

Abram McCumber, flee-ing/attempting to elude (re-duced from felony tomisdemeanor), resisting arrestwithout violence and drivingwhile license suspended/re-voked, nine months’ jail, credittime served, $1,270 fines,costs and fees.

James Franklin Ryder, vio-lation of probation (originalcharge: tampering with physi-cal evidence), 11 months’ jail,credit time served, probationrevoked, $350 fines, costs andfees.

James Franklin Ryder,criminal mischief, 60 days’ jailconcurrent with other case,credit time served, $525 fines,costs and fees; second andthird criminal mischief chargesnot prosecuted.

Alfredo Perada Jr., violationof probation (original charges:

carrying concealed firearm andpossession of meth), 30 days’jail, probation modified todrug offender probation, no al-cohol/drugs, curfew between10 p.m. and 6 a.m., $350 fines,costs and fees.

Andy Byers, throwingdeadly missile into occupiedbuilding (lessened to at-tempted throwing of a deadlymissile at a building) and crim-inal mischief (above $200),four years’ probation, $1,220fines, costs and fees, $300restitution.

Ronnie Lee Redding, falseimprisonment and deprivingvictim/witness of communica-tion, case dismissed.

Ann Louise Bull, introduc-tion of contraband into a statecorrectional institution, adjudi-cation withheld on lessercharge of attempted introduc-tion of contraband into a statecorrectional facility, threeyears’ probation, 50 hours’community work, $1,220fines, costs and fees.

Gerron Harden, possessionof marijuana (more than 20grams), possession/use of nar-cotics equipment, entered drugpretrial intervention.

Dakota Alderman, burglaryof conveyance, adjudicationwithheld, three years’ proba-tion; petit theft, time served;

25 hours’ community work,letter of apology, $1,220 fines,costs and fees.

Matthew Ray Torres, aggra-vated assault on a person 65years or older, not prosecuted;possession/use of narcoticsequipment, time served; pos-session of meth, three years’probation; license suspendedone year, $1,320 fines, costsand fees.

The following deeds forreal estate transactions of$10,000 or more were filedrecently in the Clerk ofCourts Office:

Staton Inc. to Josefina andIsauro Figueroa, for $14,000.

Jeffery David and KristinaWeis Kintziger to CapGrowHoldings JV Sub IV, for$435,000.

Darryl W. Keen to HigherDevelopment, for $13,500.

Herman B. and Nathryn I.Smith to Kimberly Ann Smith,for $65,000.

Ronald W. and Laren S.Chester to Joshua D. and Jam-ilynn C. Dotson, for $215,000.

Torrey Oaks Golf CourseInc. and William R. Jr. andMarie Z. Lambert to Torrey In-vestments, for $1.6 million.

Irma Dean Darty to CorvilW. and Jedina Justesen, for$40,000.

Notices

HARDEE COUNTY FOOD PANTRIES

Alpha & Omega Freedom Ministries113 N 7th Ave Wauchula, FL 33873Tele: 863-773-5717Requirements: Identification, Social SecuritycardWhen: Wednesday ONLY | 10 am – 12 noon

Bowling Green Church of God121 W. Broward Bowling Green, FL 33834Tele: 863-375-2231Requirements: IdentificationWhen: 3rd Saturday of the month | 8 am – noon

Cutting Edge Food Ministry3059 Elm Street Zolfo Springs, FL 33890Tele: 863-773-2484Requirements: IdentificationWhen: Tuesday & Friday

10 am – noon & 1 – 3 pm

First United Methodist Church of Wauchula207 N. 7th Ave Wauchula, FL 33873Tele: 863-773-4267Requirements: ID & Physical address (Light Bill,Lease etc.)When: 2nd & 4th Thursdays of the month

1:00 – 3:00 pm (first come, first serve)Other Program: Bagged Lunch - M, W, F 8 am – 12 pm for pre-school age kids & adults.Wednesday Night Free Community Dinner:5:30 – 6:30 pm

Hardee Help Center713 E. Bay Street, Wauchula, FL 33873Tele: 863-773-0034Programs: Crisis Food (3 times a year)Requirements : Application with proof of hard-shipWhen : Office hours: Monday to Friday 9am-12pm and 1-2pmFor more information, Contact the HardeeHelp Center

St. Michael’s Catholic Church Food Pantry408 Heard Bridge Rd, Wauchula, FL 33873Tele: 863-773-4089Requirements: Identification or Light BillWhen: Every Saturday 6:00 – 8:00 amFeeding Tampa Bay Mobile PantryOnce a month - http://feedingtampabay.org/mobile-pantries/

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JACK E. LOGANJack E. Logan, 69, died on

Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018. He was born Oct. 24, 1948,

in Elba, Ala., to Ben Loganand Willie Pearl Bass Logan.He moved to Fort Meade withhis family as a child. He retiredfrom Hardee County afterserving as the purchasing di-rector for more than 10 years.

He was preceded in deathby his parents; his sisters,Betty Collier and June Pea-cock; and his brothers, Maxand Wayne Logan.

He is survived by his wife,Connie; his son, AndrewLogan and Shari; daughters,Shelby Boller and husbandNathan, Candice Argo, TiffanyTaylor and husband Jeremy;brother, Doug Logan; and 13grandchildren.

A celebration of life will beplanned, and details will be an-nounced in the coming weeks.

Arrangements were byHancock Funeral Home, FortMeade.

In MemorySANDRA J. TOMEK

Sandra J. Tomek, 60, ofAvon Park, passed away onTuesday, Sept. 4, 2018. She was born on July, 18,1958, in Pinellas County, toRobert P. Franklin and CarolLou (Lambert) Tomek. Sandra is survived bydaughters, Brandy L. Mur-phy (Jeremy), of Wauchula,and Candice Pollard (Chad),of Avon Park; sisters, PamKiella (Mark) and DebbieDiere; and five grandchil-dren.

Services entrusted toStephenson-Nelson FuneralHome, 111 East CircleStreet, Avon Park, FL33825. Online condolencesmay be left at www.stephen-sonnelsonfh.com.

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WALTER HENRY ‘SUG’DANIELS

Walter Henry “Sug”Daniels, 75, of Wauchula, diedThursday, Sept. 6, 2018, atHardee Manor, Wauchula.

Born in Enterprise, Ala., onApril 2, 1943, he came toWauchula from Alabama at anearly age. He was a member ofProgressive Missionary Bap-tist Church and was a sup-porter of the Lillian R. BrownHigh School Dragons footballteam.

He was preceded in deathby parents, Thomas R. Danielsand Bonnie Mae SimmonDaniels; and sister, Pearlie T.Hicks.

He is survived by daugh-ters, Chiquita Daniels Robin-son, Colette Monique Greene;sister, Judy Carpenter (Rev.Willie James), of Miami;grandchildren, Jonathan Ben-son, Evangelist Kristian (ElderMichael McMillian), of WinterHaven, Alexus Greene, JamesGreene, of Lakeland, DwainLane, Elizabeth “Lizzy”Greene and Vernon K. Greene,of Bowling Green; and 19great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be Saturday,Sept. 15 at 9:30 a.m. at Pro-gressive Missionary BaptistChurch. Service will be at 11a.m. The Rev. Arthur PowellJr. will officiate. Interment willbe at Magnolia Manor Ceme-tery, Wauchula.

Arrangements by WilliamsFuneral Home, Bartow.

In Memory

TRAVIS SCOTTGIBSON

Travis Scott Gibson, 40,of Hardee County, passedaway on Sunday, Sept. 2,2018 in St. Petersburg.

He was born on Sept. 30,1977, in Kingsport, Tenn., toDarrell and Lena Gibson.

Travis is survived by hisparents, Darrell and Lena(Gobble) Gibson, of Ten-nessee; brother, Tim (Ja-neen) Gibson, of Wauchula;sister, Cynthia (Jeff) GibsonCarlson, of Lakeland; andson, Travis Scott Gibson II,of Sebring. He is loved byhis nephew and nieces,David and Shelby Gibson,Lexi, Lance CorporalMcKenna Carlson.

Travis loved to sing andplay guitar. He also loved tolook for old metal, shark's

teeth and spending time onthe Peace River.

He will be rememberedby his family and friends forbeing a talented musicianthat could sing and play hismusic for hours, being a lov-ing and caring person, andmost of all the smile thatcame to his face when hespent time with family.

Services were held on Fri-day, Sept. 7, 2018, 11 a.m.,at Northside Baptist Churchat 912 N. 8th Avenue,Wauchula.

In Lieu of flowers familyis requesting donations to bemade to the Travis ScottGibson Memorial trust. TheTravis Scott Gibson Memo-rial trust is set up at theMidflorida Credit UnionBank in Sebring. The Mem-ber number is 84388.

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Joan enjoyed traveling withher husband. In 1967, whileliving in Japan, they put thegirls on a plane to Canada tostay with her brother’s fam-ily, then took off on a six-week trip around the world.

When Frank retired in1971, the family left Japan,sailing across the Sea ofJapan to the USSR wherethey traveled on the Trans-Siberian Railway across theSoviet Union and continuedby rail through Europe andon to England.

Frank and Joan retired tothe home and grove they hadpurchased in 1957 and be-came active members of theWauchula United MethodistChurch. Joan was involvedin the church’s women’sgroups and enjoyed creatingitems for the annual HolidayBazaar and helping with var-ious outreach programs.

Joan was preceded indeath by her husband in1987.

She is survived by twodaughters, Jan Schultz(Fred) and Trish Strat (Tom);four grandchildren; and twogreat-grandchildren.

A memorial service isbeing planned for October.

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JJOOAANN HHIINNDDLLEEYY TTAAYYNNTTOORR

Joan Hindley Tayntor, ofWauchula, passed awaySept. 3, 2018.

She had been living inTampa, near her daughter,for the past five years and re-cently celebrated her 95thbirthday.

Born in Manchester, Eng-land, on Aug. 29, 1923, Joanserved in the Women’s Aux-iliary Air Force duringWorld War II, working as ateletype operator. She mether future husband, FrankWesley Tayntor, in Englandin 1950. She emigrated tothe United States in 1953,and married Frank on June21, 1954. Frank, a jet engineconsultant for General Elec-tric, was assigned to workwith U.S. and foreign mili-taries throughout the world,sometimes accompanied byJoan and their two daugh-ters.

The family lived brieflyin Turkey and Norway andlater spent seven years inJapan, where Joan was a GirlScout Leader and took upboth silk and oil painting.

In MemoryMARY ELLA

SUMNER WILSONMary Ella Sumner

Wilson, 92, passed awaySept. 8, 2018.

She was a resident of Bar-tow since 2003, movingfrom Arcadia. Mary wasborn on Dec. 27, 1925, inBoyette, to Emma (Sim-mons) and Julius "Julie"Sumner. She was the baby offive children, born into a pi-oneer cattle ranching familyof more than five genera-tions.

Mary owned cattle nearlyher entire lifetime, until sheretired from ranching in2003. She was a member ofthe Florida Cattlemen's As-sociation for many years. Afew of her cattle still live atLucky Seven W Farms inWashington, Ga., where heryoungest daughter, Etwenda(Tink) Wade, continues thefamily cattle ranchinglegacy.

In her mid-twenties, Maryleft the family farm to pur-sue her career in business indowntown Tampa. She at-tended classes at the Univer-sity of Tampa, learningsecretarial skills and workedas a secretary with FogartyBrothers. She returned homeeach weekend to help herparents on the ranch.

Mary's devotion to herfamily, especially her threegirls, was second only to herdevotion to her Lord Jesus.She always served in thechurch, teaching SundaySchool, leading youthgroups, and working inwomen's ministry.

She was a longtime mem-ber of Highlands Church of

God in Lakeland. Her pas-tors, Kent and CindyRogers, were a part of theyouth group she led in theearly years at the WimaumaChurch of God.

The latter years of Mary'slife have been spent livingwith her devoted daughterand son-in-law, Emma andLamar Collins. Through dif-ficult years of illness, shenever lost her passion forGod or her desire to helppeople. She mentored manyand opened her heart toeveryone who came aroundseeking comfort or advice.

Mary was preceded indeath by her husband,William A. (Billy) Wilson.

She is survived by fourdaughters, Denise Earnest,of Orlando, Emma Collins(Lamar), of Bartow,Etwenda Wade (Tim), ofWashington, Ga., and VickyJames (Bobby Joe), ofTuscaloosa, Ala.; two steps-sons, Dale Wilson (Judith),of Avon Park, and RonnieWilson (Debbie), of Sumter,S.C.; 14 grandchildren; 11great-grandchildren; and herdevoted caregivers, AnzieNorris, Joanna Roberts,Amber Farrer, and SissyJohnson.

Family will receivefriends Saturday, Sept. 15,2018, from 10-11 a.m., atWhidden-McLean FuneralHome, Bartow. Funeralservices will follow at 11a.m. at the funeral home.

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Pursuant to F.S. 197.512Victoria L. RogersHardee County, Clerk of the Circuit Court andComptrollerTax Deed File: 252018TD023XXXXDate: 09/04/2018Ad No.: 1 9:6-27c

NOTICE UNDERFICTITIOUS NAME ACT

Notice is hereby given thatthe undersigned, pursuant tothe provisions of the FictitiousName Act, Section 865.09,Florida Statutes, as amended,intends to register with theSecretary of State of the Stateof Florida, the fictitious nameof Raman under which the un-dersigned is engaged or willengage in business at: 3500Mancini Place in the City ofZolfo Springs, Florida 33890.

That the party/parties inter-ested in said business enter-prise is/are as follows:Richard A. Mancini.

Dated at Zolfo Springs,Hardee County, Florida 33890.

Person authorizing publica-tion: Richard A. Mancini.

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1. Is the book of Haggai inthe Old or New Testament orneither?

2. Paul urged Christians tobe ... of God, as found in Eph-esians 5:1? Lovers, Believers,Followers, Worshippers

3. From Proverbs 3, we arenot to lean on our own ...?Riches, Understanding,Friends, Pity

4. In 2 Chronicles, whatgodly priest had a wife namedJehosheba? Jehoiada, Felix,Demetrius, Jeremiah

5. What is the middle chap-ter of the Old Testament(KJV)? 2 Chronicles 3, Job 29,Psalms 34, Isaiah 41

6. On which day did Godmake Adam and Eve? Third,Fourth, Fifth, Sixth

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Hardee made “significantgains” as they traveled to PolkCounty on Saturday (Sept. 8)for the Seffner Christian Invi-tational at Winter Haven’sHolloway Park.

“We buckled down and didsome good hard work thisweek, and it paid off rightaway,” said head coach RobBeatty. “Sometimes after atough week of practice youdon’t see dividends for a cou-ple of weeks, but from what Isaw from a lot of these kids,we are well on our way.”

Tatiana Mier (17th) andAdrianna Mier (15th) “madehuge gains” as they continuedto lead the Lady Wildcat pack.

Zack Durastanti (28th),coming after two “low point”weeks, continued to lead theWildcat squad.

“He came back to last year’sform, so I am really feeling op-timistic,” Beatty said.

Ingrid Mendoza, injured in arace last week, returned to theLady Wildcat squad with “no

pain, and, along with KareliPlata, finished the day with apersonal record.

Roberto Gutierrez alsoturned in a solid performancefor the Wildcats.

“He was knocking on thedoor to breaking 20 (minutes),and I think he’ll be sub-19(minute) in a few weeks,”Beatty said.

Noah Torres and DaltonKiella also recorded personalrecords.

The junior varsity squadalso found success.

Joshlynn Sanchez made herdebut with the squad.

“She really surprised me,”Sanchez said.

Carlie Knight also made herjunior varsity debut after nurs-ing an ankle injury at the startof the season.

“She looked pretty strong,though the ankle is still givingher some discomfort,” Beattysaid. “When she’s running, shereally has a nice form anddoesn’t show signs of pain. Iwas glad to see her finish andwith a nice sprint at the end.”

Individual Results:

Girl’s Team Score: 9th,Hardee, 330 pts., 2:02.08 totaltime, 24:26 avg.

Girl’s Varsity: 15th, Adri-anna Mier, 21:38.40; 17th, Ta-tiana Mier, 21:46.07; 96th,Kaitlynn Brandeberry,25:09.80; 115th, Ingrid Men-doza, 26:16.02; 138th, LauraRamos, 27:17.19; and 141st,Kareli Plata, 27:29.91.

Boy’s Team Score: 19th,Hardee, 596 pts., 1:45:07 totaltime, 21:02 avg.

Boy’s Varsity: 28th, ZackDurastanti, 18:14.21; 84th,Roberto Gutierrez, 20:12:37;173rd, Ivan Rodriguez,22:01.13; 179th, DaltonKiella, 22:07.34; and 194th,Noah Torres, 22:31.61.

Girl’s JV: 33rd, JoshlynnSanchez, 29:15.81; 76th,Daniella Villalva, 33:01.66;84th, Carlie Knight, 33:42.96;and 93rd, Acheline Del-homme, 34:13.42.

Boy’s JV: 112th, ScottMeeks, 24:58.61’ AngelAviles, 26:19.48; 231st, DevanRimes, 33:08.10; and 239th,Mike Trevino, 34:21.35.

CROSS COUNTRY

Hardee Competes At Seffner Christian Invitational

COURTESY PHOTOS

Kaitlynn Brandeberry (3219) turned in a solid performance for the Lady Wildcats.

Kareli Plata had a personal record on Saturday.

Roberto Gutierrez had a personal recordin Winter Haven on Saturday.

Noah Torres pulls ahead of the pack forthe Wildcats.

Joshlynn Sanchez led theLady Wildcat junior varsitysquad in her debut race.

Scott Meeks hits his strideas he races with the juniorvarsity squad.

Tatiana Mier (17th) and Adrianna Mier (15th) continuedto lead the Lady Wildcat pack

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The competition was fierceas the Hardee Senior HighSchool varsity swimming teamswam Saturday against 12other schools in the annualBlackman Relays at SebringHigh School.

The Wildcats walked awaywith a single first place finish.

Trey Stephens, Oren Craw-ford, High Pate, and KeinKnight swam to a first placefinish in the 100 yard freestylerelay with a time of 47.79.

The Wildcat team finishedthe day7th overall with 134points.

The Lady Wildcats also fin-ished the day 7th overall with182 points.

Hardee was represented by46 swimmers who competedin a field of 411 swimmers.

Individual Results:

Girl’s 400Y Medley Relay:18th, Hardee (Laynee Henry,Riley Justiss, Heidi Smith,Mattie Wells), 6:13.79.

Girl’s 200Y Butterfly Relay:9th, Hardee (Morgan Hellein,Abby Duke, Emma Hays, andRachel Shaw), 2:28.58; and13th, Hardee, Tapanga Vick-ery, Heidi Smith, Aubrey

Bragg, and Rebekah Erekson),3:20.89.

Boy’s 200Y Butterfly Relay:8th, Hardee (Kein Knight,Oren Crawford, Hugh Pate,and Hunter Sellers), 2:10.13.

Mixed 200Y BackstrokeRelay: 7th, Hardee (HannahFord, Hugh Pate, Trey Canary,and Abby Duke), 2:26.77; and10th, Hardee (Macey King-don, Rawson Aubrey, JakeStephens, and AryannaBurch), 2:40.66.

Girl’s 400Y Freestyle Relay:5th, Hardee (Renell Herrera,Hannah Ford, Morgan Hellein,and Lahna Christian), 4:21.18;and 13th, Hardee (Haley Ca-nary, Mckenzie Burch, RachelGarland, and Laynee Henry),5:13.37.

Boy’s 400Y Freestyle Relay:16th, Hardee (Joseph Wood,Rawson Aubrey, Gage Cama-cho, Darious Yang), 5:33.11.

Girl’s 200Y BackstrokeRelay: 4th, Hardee (AbbyDuke, Aryanna Burch, RenellHerrera, and Lahna Christian),2:21.17; and 17th, Hardee (Sa-vanah Sperry, Katie Camacho,Mattie Wells, Chloe Deen),3:27.59.

Boy’s 200Y BackstrokeRelay: 10th, Hardee (Gage Ca-macho, Joseph Wood, Trey

Canary, and Jake Stephens),2:44.65.

Mixed 200Y BreaststrokeRelay: 7th, Hardee (KeinKnight, Emma Hays, RachelShaw, and Trey Stephens),2:32.68; and 12th, Hardee (Re-bekah Erekson, Rachel Gar-land, Emery Smith, and TreyCanary), 2:58.50.

Girl’s 200Y Freestyle Relay:19th, Hardee (Mattie Wells,Tapanga Vickery, Heidi Smith,and Katie Camacho), 2:40.52.

Boy’s 200Y Freestyle Relay:5th, Hardee (JC Thomas,Hugh Pate, Trey Stephens, andHunter Sellers), 1:47.19; and16th, Hardee (Joseph Wood,Emery Smith, Jake Stephens,and Rawson Aubrey), 2:16.61.

Mixed 200Y Butterfly Relay:7th, Hardee (Mckenzie Burch,JC Thomas, Hannah Ford,Oren Crawford), 2:19.06; and13th, Hardee (Hunter Sellers,Riley Justiss, Heidi Smith, andTrey Canary), 2:38.48.

Girl’s 200Y Medley Relay:10th, Hardee (Abby Duke,Rachel Shaw, MckenzieBurch, and Haley Canary),2:29.58; and 16th, Hardee(Laynee Henry, Jordan Sperry,Aubrey Bragg, and RachelGarland), 3:02.41.

Girl’s 100Y Freestyle Relay:

13th, Hardee (Kaylee Ayers,Aubrey Bragg, SavanahSvendsen, and SavanahSperry), 1:12.31; and 15th,Hardee (Aundrea Kerth, LexiScheel. Chloe Richardson, andAnnie Mondragon), 1:13.72.

Boy’s 100Y Freestyle Relay:1st, Hardee (Hugh Pate, OrenCrawford, Kein Knight, TreyStephens), 47.79; and 13th,Hardee (Marcos Velasco,Miguel Vasquez, Darious

Yang, and Jacob Wood),1:24.16.

Mixed 200Y FreestyleRelay: 3rd, Hardee (TreyStephens, Morgan Hellein,Oren Crawford, and LahnaChristian), 1:49.78; and 9th,Hardee (Aryanna Burch,Hunter Sellers, JC Thomas,and Cadee Richardson),2:03.08.

Girl’s 200Y BreaststrokeRelay: 7th, Hardee (RachelShaw, Emma Hays, RenellHerrera, and Macey Kingdon),2:47.97; and 15th, Hardee

(Jordan Sperry, Riley Justiss,Haley Canary, and RebekahErekson), 3:20.28.

Boy’s 200Y BreaststrokeRelay: 9th, Hardee (Gage Ca-macho, Emery Smith, JosephWood, and Rawson Aubrey),3:10.28.

Mixed 200Y Medley Relay:14th, Hardee (Katie Camacho,Emery Smith, Jake Stehens,and Lexi Scheel), 2:54.63.

Boy’s Team Results: 7th,Hardee, 134.

Girl’s Team Results: 7th,Hardee, 182.

VARSITY SWIMMING & DIVING

Wildcats Compete At Blackman Relays

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The Wildcats competed against 411 swimmers from 13 schools on Saturday at the annual Blackman Relays atSebring High School.

JC Thomas leaps into the pool for the Wildcats at theBlackman Relays at Sebring High School.

Trey Stephens, Oren Crawford, Hugh Pate, and Kein Knight swam to a first placefinish in the 100 yard freestyle relay.

1. Who was the oldestcatcher to hit a home run in theAll-Star Game before St.Louis' Yadier Molina (34years, 363 days) did it in2017?

2. When was the last timebefore August 2017 that theLos Angeles Dodgers were 50games over .500 during a sea-son?

3. Between the 2000 and2017 NFL seasons, how manyteams other than New Englandand Pittsburgh won the AFCChampionship?

4. When was the last timebefore 2018 that the West Vir-ginia men's basketball teamwas ranked as high as secondin The Associated Press Top25 poll?

5. In 2018, Tampa Bay'sMikhail Sergachev became the

youngest player in team his-tory (19 years, 300 days) toscore an NHL playoff goal.Who had been the youngest?

6. When was the last timefor 2018 that Germany's men'ssoccer team was eliminated inthe first round of the WorldCup?

ANSWERS

1. Yogi Berra of the NewYork Yankees (34 years, 83days old), in 1959.

2. It was 1953.3. Four — Baltimore

(twice), Indianapolis (twice),Denver (twice) and Oakland.

4. It was December of1959.

5. Jason Wiemer (20 yearsand 2 days old), in 1996.

6. It was 1938.(c) 2018 King Features Synd., Inc.

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In 2015, Oscar and I took atrip out West in our 35 footmotor home. We spent twomonths beginning September14 and ending November 13,enjoying the sites from Floridato Virginia, Pennsylvania to St.Louis and all but five of thewestern states. In all, the two-month trip covered 23 states, 7National Parks, and 3 Presi-dential Libraries. With the as-sistance of our Rand McNallyRV GPS we also discovered anumber of “oddities” or“Points of Interest” along ourroute.

Now, three years later wehave decided to take anothertrip out West to pick up thosestates which we did not coverduring the last RV trip as wellas revisiting all of the others.This time we are traveling in asmaller 19-foot pull-behindunit, and we will be gone forthree months. We also have acompanion with us this time.Jack, our cat, is accompanyingus and travels in the truck withus. He is doing exceptionallywell considering the fact thathe is actually an outdoor catand is still trying to figure outwhy his feet can’t get on thegrass anymore!

We started our trip on Mon-day, August 27 and will not re-turn back to Wauchula until thelast week of November. As Itype this, we are in San Anto-nio, and we will be visitingThe Alamo tomorrow. After-wards, we will continue ourtrip to El Paso before headingnorthward through Denver andon to Yellowstone, the Dako-tas, Montana, Colorado and theother states making a total of27 states visited this time and6 more presidential libraries.

Relying on that Rand Mc-Nally GPS again, we have dis-covered more “POIs” alongthis route. At the MississippiWelcome Center we wereamazed at the size of the LunarLander that was used for test-ing for the Apollo 13 Missionto the Moon. Fred Haise, oneof the astronauts who wereaboard the ill-fated Apollo 13

Mission and hailing from Mis-sissippi, has etched his signa-ture in a cement slab alongwith the impression of hisboots. Along with this outdoorexhibit was another interesting“POI” thanks to Rand Mc-Nally. A number of “sculp-tures” made from fallen treesduring Hurricane Katrina wasprovided by chain saw artistMarlin Miller, and they are onexhibit inside the WelcomeCenter.

With my finger on thescreen, I maneuvered to yet an-other “Point of Interest” beforewe called it a day on Thursday,August 30. The “World’sLargest Ronald ReaganStatue” is located in the down-town section of Covington,Louisiana.

The town of Covington hadgone Republican by 2003, andthe City Council renamed aparish road Ronald ReaganHighway. At the highway’sdedication Patrick F. Taylor, aLouisiana tycoon and friend ofRonald Reagan, vowed tobuild the largest memorial tohim. Covington’s City Councilpresident convinced Taylor to

build it in their city. Four yearsafter President Reagan’s deaththe huge statue went up inCovington.

Reagan stands almost 10feet tall atop a 6-foot pedestal.The statue stands in a park indowntown Covington along-side an old-time water towerand railway station.

Upon our arrival in Beau-mont, Texas on Saturday, weheaded to “The World’s ThirdLargest Fire Hydrant.” This24-foot hydrant is located in adowntown park across fromthe Fire Station Museum. Thepark is encircled with smallhydrants painted with Dalma-tian spots. A sculpture of fire-fighters is located on thesquare along with a coveredbandshell-type structure. Thesculpture is dedicated to the343 New York City firemenwho gave their lives on 9-11-01.

The giant hydrant was do-nated to the City of Beaumontby Walt Disney on March 9,

1999, for the re-release of theanimated movie "101 Dalma-tians." It was assembled at Dis-neyland in California, weighs4,500 pounds and is con-structed of fiberglass rein-forced with 1,000 feet of steel… and the Dalmatian spots onthe hydrant are copyrighted byWalt Disney!

The Fire Museum acrossfrom the park was not open onSaturday so we were unable tosee the items that included anantique horse-drawn fire truckalong with many other unusualitems used by firefighters oflong ago.

And by the way … at thetime of construction, the Dal-matian-spotted hydrant was theworld's largest fire hydrant.Then two years later a largerhydrant was built in Canadaand after that the 40-feet-tallfire hydrant in Columbia,South Carolina now holds therecord of the tallest fire hy-drant in the world.

Before leaving Beaumont,we had one more stop that wasonly 12 miles away in Port

Niches. Tex Ritter, countrymusic singer of the ‘30s and‘40s and father of John Ritter,is buried in Oak Bluff Memo-rial Park. I grew up at homelistening to the music of theold-time country musicianslike Tex Ritter, Bill Anderson,Ray Price, Porter Wagoner,Jim Reeves and Roy Acuff. Itseemed like the only naturalthing to visit the grave of oneof those greats of countrymusic while we were so close.

Upon entering the cemetery,I soon realized that this wouldbe a great undertaking since Ihad no idea where to start. Twoelderly ladies were nearbywhen we rounded the firstcurve, and after inquiringabout where the grave might

be they explained that they hadvisited it years ago and wouldhelp us find it. We followedthem in their car while theycircled the cemetery turningdown center lanes while Oscarand I followed with traveltrailer in tow. After about a halfhour of recircling, it was evi-dent that the ladies were un-able to find the grave.

I left the truck and startedwalking in the areas that they“thought” was in the right di-rection. They had told me itwas a very simple flat stoneand I was surprised since I wasexpecting something moreelaborate like a huge guitar orsomething extravagant! Fi-nally, with the help of a con-tractor at the cemetery, we

were guided to the gravesite,and this time the ladies fol-lowed us in their car!

Tex Ritter doesn’t have thatguitar on his grave that I envi-sioned, but it does include hisreal name of “Woodward Mau-rice.” Very close by are threetall pine trees that the Ritterfamily planted with a plaquecommissioned by the TexasHistorical Committee. On theground below is a bronzearrow that points to Tex Rit-ter’s grave 100 feet away.

We haven’t travelled veryfar these first few days, butthose added stops were wellworth the time. It will be inter-esting to see what Rand Mc-Nally will help us discover inthe rest of the states!

It’s Westward Ho (Again!) For Local RV’ers

Firefighters Monument in Fulton, Mis-souri — 2015 Trip.

Oscar at Black Canyon of the GunnisonNational Park in Colorado in 2015.

Sandy — Western Trip 10-20-15 — Route 66 in desert.

Western trip 10-13-15 — Ferron, Utah —Ghost Canyon where outlaws once rode.

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Oscar and Sandy at Arches National Park in Utah.

WWI Museum, Kansas City, MO — 2015trip.

ABOUT ME:

Hardee County Graduate

A.S. in Business Administration

Member of First BaptistChurch

Graduate of the Florida School of Banking

Broker/Owner of Flores & Flores, Inc. Real Estate Broker-age

Experienced Bank Loan Officer

Wauchula Lions Club since1999, 2x President

Wauchula Kiwanis Club since2012, Current President

Served on Hardee CountyParks and Recreation Commit-tee, Current Chairman

To the residents of Hardee County,

I want to take this timeto thank the voters for al-lowing me to be the Re-publican Candidate forDistrict 2 County Commis-sioner. This is such a hum-bling experience and Iwant to assure you that Iam here for all HardeeCounty Residents.

Vote for a name thatyou can trust. Your sup-port is needed on Novem-ber 6th, elect NOEY A.FLORES as your nextHardee County Commis-sioner for District 2. I amhere to serve as your voicefor the future of ourcounty. As a Christian, Ihave learned to think ofothers before myself.Please VOTE for Noey A.Flores, a name that youcan trust.

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HARDEE COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 2

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PHOTOS BY KATHY ANN GREGG

Several local women at-tended Rabo Agri-Fi-nance's third annualWomen in Ag luncheon atWarner University in LakeWales on Aug. 21. Guestspeaker was MichelePayn, author of "FoodTruths — From Farm toTable," which was auto-graphed and presented toeach attendee. Table cen-terpieces were by Flat-wood Natives, and were"won" by the lucky womanwith a sticker underneathher chair at each table.The event started with a“bingo game" filling cardswith names that met therequirements of eachsquare on the card.Melinda Nickerson anddaughter Brittany wereboth winners! Shownabove (from left) are Brit-tany Nickerson Thurlow,Courtney NickersonCampbell, Mary BethBryant, Melinda Nicker-son, Millie Carlton Bolinwith mother Debbie anddaughter Taylor, Beth Carl-ton, and Kim Welch Strickland. Missing are Betsy Damboise and Kathy Ann Gregg.Below, Strickland, who was Miss Rodeo Florida 1982, meets Miss Rodeo California2015 Carollann Robo.

WOMEN IN AG

Students at Hardee JuniorHigh and Hardee Senior Highwill have plenty of opportunityto learn more about importanthistorical documents this year.

That’s because the membersof the Wauchula MasonicLodge No. 17 donated 3,220copies of the book “DynamicFreedoms: Our Freedom Doc-uments” and of the U.S. Bill ofRights to the schools earlier thismonth.

The book includes copies ofsuch documents as the Declara-tion of Independence, theMagna Carta, the Mayflower

Compact and George Washing-ton’s Farewell Address.

Lodge Master Scott Johnsonhad the idea after reading abouta similar donation in DuvalCounty.

After contacting localSchools Superintendent BobShayman, Deputy Superintend-ent Todd Durden and the prin-cipals of the two schools,Junior Deacon Danny Lackeyreceived positive feedbackfrom the teachers who wouldbe receiving the books.

Teachers will be able to usethe books and copies of the Bill

of Rights to supplement thetextbooks they’re alreadyusing.

The Masons prize educationand were glad to help the localschools. They want to help chil-dren learn about their rights andresponsibilities as U.S. citizens.

The Wauchula MasonicLodge No. 17 was able to do-nate the books with the help ofthe Scottish Rite Temple in TheValley, Jacksonville.

The local lodge has beenworking to support the HardeeCounty School District formore than 124 years.

Wauchula Masonic LodgeDonates Books To Schools

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The Masons donated books and copies of the Bill of Rights to Hardee Junior HighSchool. Pictured here are (front, from left) Mason Edgar Talley, teachers AdamCartwright and Jacob Laughlin, principal Dr. Sheryl Mosley and teacher DanielEstrada; (back) Junior Deacon Danny Lackey, Senior Warden Rick Knight, LodgeMaster Scott Johnson and Junior Warden Steve Muller.

Hardee Senior High School and its Air Force Junior ROTC program received booksand copies of the Bill of Rights from the Wauchula Masonic Lodge No. 17. Shown(front, from left) are Junior Deacon Danny Lackey, Mason Edgar Talley, the JuniorROTC’s Lt. Col. Stephen McDaniel and principal Dr. Michele Polk; (back) AssistantPrincipal Ron Herron, Social Studies Department Chair Brian Kennedy, Junior War-den Steve Muller, Lodge Master Scott Johnson and teacher Kerry Fitzgerald.

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Stacy Neff Westbrook andSteven Lee Medrano, both ofWauchula, have announced theplans for their wedding thisweekend.

The couple will exchangemarriage vows this Saturday atthe Mosaic Building in HardeeLakes Park. Music begins at1:45 p.m., with the ceremonycommencing at 2 o’clock.

Following the ceremony,there will be a reception at thesame location.

Friends and relatives of thecouple are invited to attend.

The bride-to-be is thedaughter of Henry and DonnaNeff of Fort Meade. Theprospective groom is the sonof Alfred Medrano and BettyWilson of Wauchula.

Westbrook/MedranoWedding Plans

The first meeting of theWauchula Garden Club’s new2018-19 club year is nextweek.

The luncheon session will beheld at noon on Wednesday,Sept. 19, at the Garden CenterBuilding at 131 N. Eighth Ave.in Wauchula.

Guest speaker is JonaelBosques, director of theHardee County Extension Of-

fice. He will present the pro-gram, “Pollinators.”

If you have an interest inFlorida plants, landscaping andhorticulture, you are invited toattend this or any of the meet-ings held at noon on the thirdWednesday of each monthSeptember through May.

Membership dues are $25. Meetings include programs,

lunch and fellowship.

Wauchula Garden ClubBegins New Club Year

The Bowling Green Memo-rial Garden Cemetery meetingwas Monday evening at NewLife Power Outreach’s Fel-lowship Building, 725 Pal-metto St. in Bowling Green.

The first annual 100 Men inBlack will be Sept. 29 at 7p.m. at New Bethel AMEChurch in Winter Haven, 750Ave. Y N.E. Hosts are Sons ofAllen and the Rev. GretaWalker, chairperson is BrotherAndre Walker and the guestspeaker is the Rev. Courtney J.Mackey of New Mt. OliveAME Church in Avon Park.Theme: “Men, Take YourPlace,” 1 Peter 2:9-10.

Mary Daniels of Atlantavisited last week in Wauchulawhile her mother, Lou E.Blevins, was ill in FloridaHospital.

Jada Gaston was in Tampaat St. Joseph Hospital lastSunday-middle of week.

The Masonic Hall on MLKBoulevard has a nice new bluepaint on the building with itssymbols. Looking very nice.

Congratulations to Marieand Derren on their weddingSaturday, Aug. 25, at NewLife Power Outreach Church,Bishop Wilfred Smith, pastor.

Deepest sympathy to theMiddleton family and friendsin the passing of Ellis “Choo-Choo” Middleton. The funeralservice will be at noon today(Thursday) at New Mt. ZionAME Church in Arcadia onSouth Orange Avenue.

Keep in prayer Larry Paul-son, who had surgery Sunday.

Keep in prayer the Danielsfamily during their time ofloss of dear one Walter HenryDaniels, who passed on Thurs-day, Sept. 6, at Hardee ManorHealthcare Center. Viewingwill be this Saturday startingat 9:30 a.m. The service willfollow at 11 a.m. Both will be

at Progressive MissionaryBaptist Church, with the Rev.Arthur Powell. Jr. officiating.

Sunday was GrandparentsDay, hoping all had an enjoy-able time.

Deepest sympathy to CarlBrown and all the family inthe home-going of theirmother, Lucy Brown, in Mis-sissippi.

Geraldine Chapter No. 110of Wauchula Order of EasternStar’s annual tea will conveneSaturday at 7 p.m. at the BestWestern Heritage Inn &Suites, 2727 U.S. 17. To at-tend you can contact a mem-ber and sponsor any sister orbrother by giving a donation;no amount is too small. Docome and enjoy the evening offellowship and good food. Sis.Loise Taplin is Worthy Ma-tron.

Shiloh Missionary BaptistChurch, the Rev. MichaelRedmon, pastor, of Arcadiarendered service Wednesdayevening in Bowling Green atGreater Macedonia PrimitiveBaptist Church for its annualchurch anniversary on Sept. 5.

This Sunday at 3 p.m. Pas-tor Earnest Hearns and Churchof Joy will render open servicefor the Rev. Arthur Powell Jr.celebration at ProgressiveMissionary Baptist Church.

Pastor Andrew Farley andFirst Lady Mae Farley’s ap-preciation and celebration atMount Olive Freewill BaptistChurch, titled “Growing inThe Word,” started Sunday at4 p.m. Guest Pastor T. K.Stevenson and The Sanctuaryof Hope, Sept. 15 guestspeaker. Celebration dinner isat 5 at Village Inn Restaurantin Lakeland. Sunday guestwill be Pastor Dr. C.P. Cor-nelius and Peaceful BelieversChurch of Fort Meade. All arewelcome.

4-City NewsBy Henrietta Benson

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Greetings from Fort Green!Terri and Rob Marsh cer-

tainly had a beautiful weddingSaturday at Fort Green, andthe meal was delicious.

I have beautiful, to me, 4o’clock flowers blooming inmy yard and the moths thatlook like hummingbirds areback. They are not as plentifulas in years past but I saw threeor four the other night. Theywill take the nectar from theflower while you are holdingit in your hand! I thought theywere a different type of hum-mingbird until I read an articlein “Southern Living” that setme straight. They are remark-able.

Brother Jack White is stillvery capable of helping with afuneral service. It was good tosee him at the funeral for Per-shing Platt. It was a very niceservice and one of the best Ihave been privileged to attend.I would like copies of thecowboy poems that DuckSmith read among his othercomments.

Congratulations are ex-tended to Duck and Susan oncelebrating their 55th weddinganniversary and on the day be-fore Duck’s 79th birthday.

The last C.A.P. meetingwas last Thursday night, the6th. It has been an enjoyablecommittee and most of thepeople expressed regret that itwill no longer exist, but withthe plant idled there is nomore need for it.

We were advised that all183 employees of the SouthPasture would begin their newjobs on the 10th. Hopefullythey all will fit in and soon bemaking their current salary ifnot already.

A program was presentedby Mark Koretchko with timefor questions that was very in-formative. Hopefully the plant

will reopen sometime in thefuture. They could not giveany expected date. They have8-9 million tons of rock stock-piled and are busy using it, butjust not fast enough. Theytried to match employees withjobs nearest their homes.

I believe it was HeatherNedley who said that employ-ees were the greatest asset ofthe company. Upper manage-ment had advised the employ-ees several months ago therewere problems. I feel sure theemployees appreciated know-ing the status. The reclamationin Hardee will continue.

As usual, we have lot ofpeople on our prayer list.Cindi Fisher advised herbrother broke his ankle and re-quested prayer. A friend fromJacksonville called and re-quested our church to pray forJohn Kelly, who has cancerwith little life expectancy.Please continue to pray forMary Samuels. Please pray forthese and others.

Everyone was delighted tohave Helen Albritton back,walking with a cane but ableto be about.

Kaylee, Brianna, Tyler andAustin attended “Rock theUniverse” at Universal Stu-dios in Orlando last Fridaynight. They had a good timebut going to work the next dayis always hard!

The Class of ‘83 will behaving its 35th reunion theend of the month. If you arenot planning on going, callsome of your classmates andenjoy the fun. I always go tomine and it is way up in Geor-gia. We started having themevery five years and still do,even though there are a lot ofmembers who have alreadypassed.

Please pray for each otherand our nation.

Fort Green NewsBy Rilla Cooper

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NOTICE OF ATTORNEY-CLIENT MEETINGThe Board of Directors of the Florida Governmental Utility Authority (“FGUA”) an-nounces a private attorney-client session with the FGUA’s attorneys to discuss pend-ing litigation styled TAHITIAN GARDENS CONDOMINIUM, INC. v. FLORIDAGOVERNMENTAL UTILITY AUTHORITY, CASE NO. 13-001660-CC-52, in CountyCourt in the Sixth Judicial Circuit, in and for Pasco County, Florida. The private attor-ney-client session will be held during the regularly scheduled public meeting of theFGUA Board of Directors set for September 20, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. at the Pasco CountyUtilities Administration Building, 19480 Central Boulevard, Land O’ Lakes, Florida34637. The subject matter of the private session will be confined to settlement nego-tiations or strategy related to litigation expenditures. The estimated length of the at-torney-client session is forty-five (45) minutes. The names of persons who will beattending the session are:

Ken Cheek, FGUA Board Vice ChairShane Parker, FGUA Board Vice Chair

Michael Carballa, FGUA Board MemberPam Keyes, FGUA Alternate Board Member

Tamara Richardson, FGUA Alternate Board MemberBob Titterington, FGUA Alternate Board Member

Stephen M. Spratt, FGUA System ManagerJohn C. Pelham, FGUA General Counsel

Susan K. Spurgeon, FGUA AttorneyPhipps Court Reporting

The entire session shall be recorded by a certified court reporter. No portion of thesession shall be off the record. The court reporter’s notes shall be fully transcribedand filed with the Board Clerk. The transcript shall be made part of the public recordupon conclusion of the litigation. In accordance with the Americans with DisabilitiesAct, persons needing special accommodations or an interpreter to participate in theproceeding or if you have any questions, please contact the Clerk to the FGUA Boardat (877) 552-FGUA at least two days prior to the date of the meeting 9:13c

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______________________________Elvia P. Garcia (292698)Law Offices of Gregory I. McMurray, P.C.1035 Santa Barbara Street, 2nd FloorSanta Barbara, CA 93101Telephone: (805) 965-3703Fax: (805) 965-0678

Attorneys for Petitioner,ANGELINA GONZALEZ

SUPERIOR COURT OF THESTATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOR THE COUNTY OF VENTURA

FAMILY DIVISION

Case No. D388882

NOTICE OF SUMMONS

In re the Matter of:

Petitioner: ANGELINA GONZALEZ,

and

Respondent: ISIDORO VELASCO______________________________

NOTICE OF ACTION FOR PETI-TION TO ESTABLISHPARENTAL RELATIONSHIP TO:ISIDORO VELASCO, YOU ARENOTIFIED that an action for Pe-tition to Establish Parental Rela-tionship has been filed againstyou and that you are required toserve a copy of your written de-fenses, if any, to it on AngelinaGonzalez whose address is1035 Santa Barbara Street #7,Santa Barbara, CA 93101, on orbefore September 28, 2018, andfile the original with the clerk ofVentura County Superior Court,Family Division, 800 South Vic-toria Avenue, Ventura, California93009, before service on Peti-tioner or immediately thereafter.If you fail to do so, a default maybe entered against you for therelief demanded in the petition.

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NOTICE TO THE PUBLICThe City of Wauchula Planning and Zoning Board will meet on Monday, September17, 2018 at 5:30 p.m. in the Wauchula Commission Chambers located at 225 E MainSt, Suite 105, Wauchula. The agenda can be viewed at 126 S. 7th Avenue, Wauchulaor online at www.cityofwauchula.com.

Any interested person(s) will be heard at this meeting. If any person decides to appealany decision made by the Board with respect to this request for which he will need averbatim record of the proceedings, he will need to ensure that such verbatim recordis made.

The City Commission of the City of Wauchula, Florida does not discriminate upon thebasis of any individual’s disability status. This non-discriminatory policy involves everyaspect of the Commission’s functions, including ones access to, participation, em-ployment or treatment in its programs or activities. Anyone requiring reasonable ac-commodation as provided for in the Americans with Disabilities Act or Section 286.26,Florida Statutes, should contact the City Clerk at (863) 773-3131.

CITY OF WAUCHULARichard K. Nadaskay, Jr.Mayor

ATTEST:Holly SmithCity Clerk

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MONDAYBreakfast: cereal & graham

crackers, bagel w/creamcheese, chorizo, egg & cheesetaco, juice, fruit and milk

Lunch: cherry blossomchicken (K-12), PB&J (k-12),calzone pepperoni (k-12), cal-zone buffalo (6-12), pan pizza(6-12), broccoli, green beans,garden salad (6-12), fruit andmilk

TUESDAYBreakfast: cereal & graham

crackers, banana bread, bis-cuit & sausage, fruit and milk

Lunch: oven fried chicken(k-12), PB&J (k-12), nachos (k-12), Big Daddy pizza (6-12),spicy chicken sandwich (6-12),garden salad (k-12), pintobeans (k-12), fruit and milk

WEDNESDAYBreakfast: cereal & graham

crackers, donuts, pizza, juice,fruit and milk

Lunch: chicken fajita wrap(k-12), PB&J (k-12), fajitachicken salad, ravioli dippers

(k-12), chicken sandwich (6-12), Swan’s French Breadpizza (6-12), celery, sweet po-tato wedge (k-12), gardensalad (6-12), fruit and milk

THURSDAYBreakfast: cereal & graham

crackers, yogurt parfait,chicken biscuit, pumpkinbread, fruit and milk

Lunch: chicken alfredo (k-12), PB&J (k-12), cobbchicken salad, fiestada pizza(k-12), cheeseburger (6-12),buffalo chicken chunks (6-12),carrots, corn, garden salad,fruit and milk

FRIDAYBreakfast: cereal & graham

crackers, poptarts, eggs,cheese, bacon and hashbrown bowl, juice, fruit andmilk

Lunch: chicken nuggets (k-12), PB&J (k-12), yogurt, muf-fin platter, fish wedge w/mac &cheese (k-12), calzone cheese(6-12), french fries (k-12), coleslaw (k-12), fruit and milk

School Menu

1. SCIENCE: What is thestudy of heat and its transfor-mation to mechanical energycalled?

2. LANGUAGE: What isthe symbol associated with theGreek letter "Delta" (upper-case)?

3. MUSIC: Which city ishometown to the Red HotChili Peppers band?

4. PSYCHOLOGY: Whatis the fear represented intachophobia?

5. ANIMAL KINGDOM:What is a male rabbit called?

6. GEOGRAPHY: Whichtwo African nations joined to

become Tanzania in 1964?7. LITERATURE: Who

wrote the children's classicbook "Charlie and the Choco-late Factory"?

8. MEASUREMENTS:How many centimeters are ina foot?

ANSWERS1. Thermodynamics2. Triangle3. Los Angeles4. Fear of speed5. A buck6. Zanzibar and Tanganyika7. Roald Dahl8. 30.48(c) 2018 King Features Synd., Inc.

Trivia TestBy Fifi Rodriguez

Roundup

Relay For LifeSets FundraiserRelay For Life has set its

fall fundraiser for Saturday,Oct. 15, from 11 a.m. to 1p.m. in the Hardee CountyPublic Library parking lot,on U.S. 17 and Oak Street inWauchula. The group will beselling brown-bag lunches

for $5. Each includes apulled-pork sandwich, bagof chips and a dessert.

Tickets can be purchasedfrom any Relay For Lifemember before the event.Call Trayce Daniels at 832-1197 for more information orto buy tickets. Proceeds goto cancer research and sup-port.

Don’t Be Left Out!HARDEE LIVING DEADLINE IS THURSDAY AT 5 PM

It’s Not HopelessCALL THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE HOTLINE

1 (800) 662 4357• The amount of times youneed to push down per minuteduring CPR is the beat of“Stayin’ Alive”.


GRAND TIME!COURTESY PHOTOS • MONTAGE BY DARLENE WILLIAMS

The kindergarten kids at Wauchula Elementary Schoolwere excited to have the opportunity to show theirgrandparents how much they love them. To celebrateGrandparents Day, the students performed a song fortheir grandparents expressing their appreciation.Then, the special guests and their grandchildrenshared a breakfast of doughnuts and juice together.

Trained at the most prestigious institutions in the country.

Bringing the most compassionate expertise to Hardee County.

Would you like to be seen by the best?

Call for appointments now. (863) 773-4700

Bernard Ashby MD, MPP, RPVI

Vascular Cardiologist

Dr. Ashby attended medical school at Cornell University in

New York and studied health policy at Princeton University in

New Jersey. He completed his internship and residency at

Columbia University Medical Center in New York. He completed

his cardiology training at George Washington University Medical

Center in Washington, DC, where he was named chief fellow.

Dr. Ashby also completed a postdoctoral clinical and research

fellowship in vascular medicine at Johns Hopkins University in

Baltimore, Maryland. He started his career as an academic

vascular cardiologist at Mount Sinai Medical Center and

professor of Medicine at Columbia University. Dr. Ashby is now

joining Bay Street Medical.

Bay Street Medical117 West Bay StreetWauchula, Florida 33873(863) 773-4700www.baystreetmed.com

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Herald-Advocate Thursday, September 13, 2018B THE

Cats Vanquish DevilsDistrict Play Begins Friday At Booker

holding penalty backedHardee up and forced a punt.

Avon Park took over at its18 and Tyrek Dunlap over-threw his receiver and Lindseyintercepted the ball and re-turned it eight yards to the RedDevils 15.

An illegal block penaltybacked the offense up andHardee had to settle for a 32-yard field goal by Leo Duarteto take an 11-0 lead with 10:03left in the half.

Avon Park’s turnover woescontinued on the next drivewhen Ke’Varreis Whitestripped Dunlap on a quarter-back run and Matt Tyson re-covered the fumble at the RedDevil’s 46.

Four plays later Pearsondropped back to pass andfound Lindsey open in the endzone for a 34-yard touchdownstrike.

Duarte’s PAT kick made it18-0 with 8:50 left in the sec-ond quarter.

Avon Park fumbled on thefirst play of the ensuing driveand Trenton Robersonscooped up the loose ball forthe Wildcats.

Hardee settled for a 45-yardfield goal attempt by Duartewho just missed the kick wideleft.

Avon Park picked up onefirst down before Lindseysnagged his second intercep-tion of the game and gaveHardee’s offense the ball at the48 after a blocking penaltynegated the 25-yard return.

Jean St. Louis ripped off a12-yard run to start the drivebefore Pearson faked a hand-off and kept it himself for a25-yard gain down to the 10.

Two plays later St. Louisfinished off the drive with a 1-yard run up the middle tomake it 25-0 after the DuartePAT with 3:30 left in the half.

Three straight incompletepasses forced an Avon Parkpunt attempt and Jean Youteboth blocked the kick andscooped it up and returned it24 yards for a Wildcat touch-

down.Duarte’s PAT was good and

Hardee led 32-0 with justunder three minutes left in thehalf.

Avon Park tried gettingsomething positive going be-fore the half ended and movedinto Wildcat territory beforeDunlap was sacked by GriffinClark.

The next play Dunlapdropped back and threw overthe middle and Youte inter-cepted the pass and raced 65yards for a touchdown as timeexpired in the first half.

Duarte’s PAT made it 39-0and resulted in the entire sec-ond half being played with arunning clock due to Hardeeleading by more than 35

points.Hardee punted on its first

possession of the second halfand Avon Park committed an-other turnover when seniorlinebacker Matt Tyson deliv-ered a big hit on Kevin Youngto force a fumble that was re-covered by Moreno.

Hardee started subbingmany of its starters in the ab-breviated second half due tothe running clock and cruisedto the 39-0 victory.

Head Coach Brian Kempsaid he still would like to cleanup a few things on both sidesof the ball but overall hethought the team played withgreat effort and made some bigplays when the opportunitiespresented themselves.

By MICHAEL KELLYOf The Herald-Advocate

The Hardee Wildcats im-proved to 3-0 for the seasonafter easily beating Avon Park39-0 Friday night as the teamnow focuses on its first districtgame of the season this weekwith a 7:30 kickoff looming atBooker (Sarasota) HighSchool.

The Tornadoes are 1-2 onthe season after losing toRiverview (Sarasota) HighSchool, 41-6, and ClearwaterCentral Catholic, 42-20, tostart the season before re-bounding to sink the Sailors ofSarasota High School, 37-13,last week.

Hardee cruised to a big leadafter scoring a defensivetouchdown and returning ablocked punt for another scoreto take a 39-0 lead into half-time before both teams wereheld scoreless in a quick sec-ond half that had a runningclock due to the Wildcat’slarge lead.

Avon Park’s offense turnedthe ball over on downs duringits first possession andHardee’s offense took over atthe Red Devil’s 37.

Hardee drove down to thesix-inch line and faced afourth-and-goal when fullbackAriel Whiters took the handoffover the right guard for thetouchdown.

Hardee elected to go for thetwo-point try and Ellis Hodgesran around the right end forthe score to take an 8-0 leadwith 4:39 left in the first quar-ter.

The Red Devils were forcedto punt on their next posses-sion and Hardee took overfrom its 44 after a 15-yardpunt return by Myron Refoure.

James Pearson foundQuintin Lindsey open on ashort pass and Lindsey brokea tackle and ran for 28 yardsand a first down to the AvonPark 28.

Three plays later Pearsonthrew to Isaac Moreno whowas open in the end zone but a

PHOTOS BY NOEY DESANTIAGO

Quintin Lindsey returns one of two interceptions he had in the game. He was also the Wildcats’ leading receiver,hauling in two passes for 62 yards and a touchdown.

HARDEE AVON PARK

PASSING COMPLETIONS,ATTEMPTS AND INTERCEPTIONS 8-14-0 8-23-3

PASSING YARDS 109 105

RUSHING ATTEMPTS/YARDS 27/123 16/-5

TOTAL YARDS 232 100

TURNOVERS 1 6

FIRST DOWNS 9 5

PENALTIES, LOST YARDAGE 8-65 8-62

SCORING BY QUARTER:

Hardee 8 31 0 0 39

Avon Park 0 0 0 0 0

Game Statistics

Players of the WeekAvon Park

#3 James PearsonOffense

#42 Matt TysonDefense

#1 Jean YouteSpecial Teams

#59 Michael RodriguezLineman

#21 Quintin LindseyWildcat

Linebacker Isaac Moreno recovers the loose ball for the Wildcats. Hardee defense forced the Red Devils intosix turnovers during the game.

Trenton Roberson recovers a fumble for the Wildcatsafter a big hit by Matt Tyson jarred the ball loose.

Safety Jean Youte intercepted the last pass of the sec-ond half and returned it 65 yards for a touchdown astime expired to give the Wildcats a 39-0 lead going intothe locker room.

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– THE CLASSIFIEDS –ABOUT ... ClassifiedsDEADLINE ....Tuesday noonRATES ..........Minimum of $5.00 for up to 10 words.

Each additional word is 25¢. Ads in allcapitals are 35¢ per word. Headlines are$2 a line. Blind ad box numbers are $5extra.

BILLING........Ads must be pre-paid.

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Agriculture Mobile HomesAppliances NoticesAutomobile PersonalBoats PetsFurniture Plants/ProduceGuns Real EstateHelp Wanted Recreational Houses RentalsLivestock Rentals, CommercialLost & Found ServicesMiscellaneous WantedMotorcycles Yard Sales

NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTIONYou are hereby notified that Wauchula State Bank willsell the vehicle described below “As Is” to the highestbidder for cash, free of prior liens, to satisfy legal obli-gations.

2000 Ford ExpeditionVIN#1FMRU1567YLC08445

Contact Shannon Hays for details at Wauchula StateBank 863-773-4151. The sale will be held on FridaySeptember 21, 2018 at 10:00 am at the Wauchula StateBank parking lot located at 106 East Main Street,Wauchula, FL. cl9:13,20c

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LAKE BYRD HOMEThis 3 bedroom, 2 bath home has beencompletely updated. Comes with 14X14

workshop, RV carport & new dock.Asking price $264,900.

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Nice 3 bedroom, 2 bath home near LakeIstokpoga with many great features.

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69 ACRES WORKING CITRUS GROVEAsking price $420,000

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16 ACRES OF ABANDONED GROVEAsking price $105,000.

GREAT STARTER HOME2 bedroom, 1 bath home on 1 acre.

Fresh paint inside & out, tile kitchencounters & stainless appliances.

Asking price $87,500.

Sam Albritton Electrical Services, Inc.

863-773-0192 Office863-781-0377 Mobile

··Residential and Commercial Wiring·Electrical Inspections

·Electrical Preventative Maintenance·Ground Testing

·Lightning Arrestor

24 Hour Emergency Service

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Stephanie Tyler

863-773-4101204 N. 6th Ave., Wauchula, 33873

Do you have under 50 employees? Do you knowwhat type of health insurance options areavailable? Call me today to discuss yourbusiness needs for Small Group HealthInsurance. Stephanie Tyler @ 863-773-4101.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE1998 Dodge Ram 1500 Laramie

SLT Pickup WhiteVIN: 3B7HC13Y5WG234981

9:00 AM, SEPT. 26, 2018HILL’S TOWING, INC.

4205 US HWY 17 N.BOWLING GREEN, FL 33834

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HARDEE CARCOMPANY

(Across From First National Bank)

BBuuyy HHeerreePPaayy HHeerree773-6667

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Calling All Volunteers!HHaarrddeeee MMaannoorr needs volunteers to work

with our Activities Director to provide fun,goal-directed activities for our Residents.

Bring joy to a senior member of your community!

Weekday and weekend slots available. Give us a call to sign up!

863-773-3231Or visit us at:

401 Orange Place,Wauchula

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE2009 MITS

VIN: 4A3AK24F79E0244808:00 A.M. Sept 28, 2018

DRISKELL SERVICE CENTER903 S. 6th Ave., Wauchula, FL

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CITY OF WAUCHULAHELP WANTED

Accepting applications for a Waste Water TreatmentPlant/ Water Treatment Plant Operator III position. Of-fers competitive wages, and an excellent benefitspackage. High School Diploma or GED equivalency isrequired. Must be in possession of valid Florida DriverLicense. Knowledge of treatment plant operations,policies, procedures and methods. highly desired butnot required. Job description is available upon re-quest. Apply at Wauchula Administrative Complex at126 S 7th Ave., Wauchula. The City of Wauchula com-plies with EEO, ADAAA & Veterans Preference. TheCity of Wauchula is a Drug Free Workplace.Position open until filled cl9:13c

HELP WANTEDPUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER (PIO)

Full Time $30,000.00 - $38,000.00($13.74hr – $17.40hr / 42hr wk)

The Hardee County Sheriff’s Office is takingapplications for a Public Information Officer(PIO). You must be at least 19 years of age,have a high school diploma or equivalent,never been convicted of a felony, be willing tobe fingerprinted, pass a drug test and workshifts. Education and/or experience in journal-ism is preferred and will be taken into consid-eration for salary. For a complete jobdescription, please contact the Sheriff’s Officeat 863-773-0304 ext. 211. Applications may beobtained and returned by 4 p.m., September28, 2018, at the Sheriff’s Office, 900 E. SummitSt., Wauchula, FL. Applications are availablefor download at www.hardeeso.com. If otherarrangements are necessary, call 863-773-0304 ext. 211. EOE

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CUSTODIAN, HARDEE CAMPUS (PT)Part-time, year-round position responsible for the generalcleaning of campus buildings and facilities at SFSC's HardeeCampus (Bowling Green). Typical work schedule: Monday- Friday, 7:00 am-12:30 pm. Hourly Rate: $8.60 (approx. 25hrs/wk). Open until filled. Visit http://sfsc.interviewex-change.com for details and application.EQUAL ACCESS/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/VETERAN PREFERENCE

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600 West College DriveAvon Park, FL 33825

(863) 784-7132

DIESEL INJECTION REPAIR -Pumps, turbos and injectors.Removal and instillation avail-able, 863-381-0538. 2:8-1:17p

PLANT NURSERY LOOKING formotivated individual to applypesticides, mowing, etc. Wouldprefer someone with experi-ence. You can call 863-832-4252or 863-773-6662 and ask forCarolyn. 9:13,20cULLRICH’S MACHINE SHOP.Full time apply in person at Ull-rich’s Water Conditioning, 409Goolsby Street, Wauchula.

9:13tfcMULTI LOCATION MANAGERfor Arcadia, Wauchula, & Se-bring $30,000/year generous401K, paid vacation after 6months, company van. Oneworking weekend per month.Forward resume [email protected].

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Help Wanted

Agriculture

LEARN TO DRIVE A TRUCK!Get your Commercial Driver's Li-cense today at South FloridaState College. Scholarshipsavailable to eligible participants.863-784-7033. 3:1-9:20p

FOUND LARGE PIT puppy in thearea of Carlton St. and Hwy 17South. 863-77-0059, 781-2558

9:13dhHAVE YOU LOST A PET? Con-tact animal control in BowlingGreen at 863-375-2255 to see ifwe have your cat or dog. Wealso have pets for adoption.

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16X60 MOBILE HOME for sale863-873-6626. Call after 7pm

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Mobile Homes

Lost/Found

Help Wanted

3/2 SINGLEWIDE MOBILE home$49,000 includes lot and all im-provements. Ready to move in$4,000 down $462 monthly. Nocredit needed, owner financing.Call Paulita 863-675-8888.

9:13-10:11p3/2 NEW DOUBLEWIDE ON lotin Charlie Creek $89,900. $4,500down with credit score of 575 orhigher. Very easy approval. CallPaulita 863-675-8888.

9:13-10:11p3/2 DOUBLEWIDE LOCATED ona lot in Charlie Creek $5,000down $492 monthly, no creditneeded, owner financing. CallPaulita 863-675-8888.

9:13-10:11p3/2 LARGE DOUBLEWIDE FORonly $64,900 including lot $5,000down. $568 monthly, no creditneeded. Call Paulita 863-675-8888. 9:13-10:11p

Mobile Homes

ADOPT A PET! If you have lost apet or are looking for a new one,the City of Wauchula invites youto come and see if you can findthe pet you’re looking for. TheWauchula Animal Control is lo-cated at 685 Airport Road.Please call 863-773-3265 formore information. tfc-dhATTENTION! State Statutes828.29 requires that all cats anddogs sold in Florida be at least8 weeks old, have an officialhealth certificate, have neces-sary shots and be free of para-sites. tfc-dh

ATTENTION! The Federal FairHousing Act prohibits advertis-ing any preference or limitationbased on race, color, religion,sex, handicap, familial status ornational origin, or the intentionto make such a preference orlimitation. Familial status in-cludes children under 18 livingwith parents or guardians andpregnant women. tfc-dh

VITAS INNOVATIVE HOSPICECare offers a bereavement walk-in support group for those thathave experienced the loss of alove one. Beginning 9/2/16 everyFriday at 1 p.m. in the VITAS of-fice, 113 W. Main Street,Wauchula, 863-583-7100.

8:18tfc-dhALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS,Thursday 7:00 p.m., Grace Fel-lowship Church, 131 S. 8th Ave.,Wauchula. Bill 727-326-3816.

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Services

Rentals

Pets

• “Go!” is the shortest gram-matically correct sentence inEnglish.

PROGRAM SPECIALIST, PANTHERYOUTH PARTNERS (HARDEE CAMPUS)

A full-time, year-round, grant-funded position responsible forserving as Program Specialist of the In-School/Out-of-School Panther Youth Partners Program conducted bySFSC for Career Source Heartland. Associate degree re-quired. (Extensive related experience may substitute for de-gree requirement). Minimum of two years' experience in asimilar program required. Must maintain credentialing guide-lines established by Workforce Florida, Inc. and Florida's De-partment of Economic Opportunity for front-line CareerSource Heartland staff providers. Travel within district re-quired. Starting salary: $32,000 plus a comprehensive ben-efits package, including retirement, health/life insurance, andvacation/sick leave. Application deadline: September 25,2018. Please visit http://sfsc.interviewexchange.com for jobposting and application.SFSC IS AN EQUAL ACCESS/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY INSTITUTION

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600 West College DriveAvon Park, FL 33825

(863) 784-7132

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– THE CLASSIFIEDS –I WILL CLEAN plants and mowsmall yards. Joe 863-245-9898.

9:13pLOCAL AVON LADY. For all yourAvon needs. Call: Pam Merchant863-245-7000. Buy. Sell.Fundraise. 9:6-10:4p

***NEED A WELL OR HAVE PUMP

TROUBLE? CALLULLRICH’S PITCHER PUMP

For complete well, sales,service and installation,

call 863-773-6448.7:18tfc

THE WAUCHULA LIONS CLUBcollects NOT broken prescrip-tion eyeglasses, cases and sun-glasses. Please drop off at 735N. 6th Ave. tfc-dhDO YOU HAVE a problem withdrugs? Narcotics Anonymousmeets Monday, Thursday andFriday night 7:00 p.m. at FirstUnited Methodist Church, at thecorner of Palmetto and 7th Ave.,Wauchula. tfc-dhIS ALCOHOL CAUSING a prob-lem? Call Alcoholics Anony-mous in Hardee county at863-781-6414. Several weeklymeetings. tfc-dhATTENTION! State Statutes 489-119 Section 5 Paragraph B andHardee County Ordinance 87-09Section 10 Paragraph D requireall ads for any construction-re-lated service to carry the con-tractor’s licence number. tfc-dh

Services

Noon Tuesday Deadlinefor all yard sale ads.

HTD ESTATE SALE. Thursday,Friday, Saturday 8-3 225 NorthPalmetto, Ft. Meade. Contents ofhouse and multi room detachedbuildings. King bedroom set, liv-ing room, dining room, clothes,vintage cradle, freezer, shop-smith, band, garden tools, radialarm saw, scaffolding, dishes,cake molds, luncheon sets,punch bowl, cups, steampunkitems, beautician charirs, for pic-tures go tofacebookestatesale.com. Ques-tions call Bill 863-414-0342.

9:13pFRIDAY, SATURDAY 8-? 208 S.4th Ave., Wauchula. Householditems, weather permitting. 9:13pMULTI FAMILY FRIDAY, Satur-day Golfview furniture, clothes,workout equipment. 9:13pANGIE’S ATTIC THRIFT Storehas relocated to 752 North 6thAve., Wauchula. Open Tuesdaythrough Saturday, 10 am - 3 pm.Closed Sunday & Monday.

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Yard Sales

Advantage Realty #1Marcus Steven Lambert P.A. - "Mark"

Realtor - Broker Associate

743 US 27 S. • Sebring, FL 33872Cell: 863-832-0401 • Office: 863-386-0303

Fax: 1-863-386-1112

Email: [email protected]: www.advantagehighlands.comRentals: www.advantagehighlands.net

Beautiful 264 acres on Peace River and Hwy 17 - joinscity water and sewer.

5 to nearly 200 acres on Johnston Rd. Owner will di-vide. Great home sites, pasture or farming. 6" well.

476 acres in Polk County Hwy 60. Mostly wooded with233 acres in 16 year old pine timber. Great hunting

18.5 acres on Silver Lake in Polk County. High andDry. Great home site!

PPRROOPPEERRTTIIEESS FFOORR SSAALLEE

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36 temporary farm-workers needed for hand harvesting strawberries, squash,general labor and planting strawberries in Dover, Hillsborough County, FL 33527for Florida Orange Gold LLC. Work will be beginning on or about 09/08/2018and ending on or about 05/15/2019. This job offer is for farm labor. The minimumoffered wage rate that workers will be paid is $11.29 per hour or piece rate maybe offered depending on the crop activity. Workers must commit to work theentire contract period. Workers are guaranteed work for 3/4 of the contract pe-riod, beginning with the first day the worker arrives at the place of employment.All work tools are provided at no cost to the worker. Housing will be provided tothose workers who cannot reasonably return to their permanent residence atthe end of each working day. Transportation and subsistence will be providedby the employer upon completion of 50% of the work contract, or earlier, to work-ers who are recruited outside the area of intended employment. Applicantsshould report or send resumes to your local Career Center or One stop Careerworkforce @12902 Newsome Rd. Dover, FL 33527@ (813)703-6911. In refer-ence of job order number FL10737475. Prior to contacting the employer. EoEH-300-18206-587476 cl9:6,13p

125 temporary farmworkers needed for field labor in broccoli and onions in ToombsCounty, GA for BG Williams Farms, LLC with work beginning on or about 10/25/2018and ending on or about 01/09/2019. The job offered is for an experienced farmworkerand requires minimum 3 months verifiable work experience in the crop activities listed.The minimum offered wage rate that workers will be paid is $10.95 per hour and piecerates may be offered depending on crop activity. Workers must commit to work theentire contract period. Workers are guaranteed work for 3/4 of the contract period,beginning with the first day the worker arrives at the place of employment. All worktools, supplies and equipment are provided at no cost to the worker. Housing will beprovided to those workers who cannot reasonably return to their permanent residenceat the end of each working day. Transportation and subsistence will be provided bythe employer upon completion of 50% of the work contract, or earlier, to workers whoare recruited outside the area of intended employment. Applicants must provide doc-umentation that they are eligible legally to work in the United States. Applicants shouldreport or send resumes to GA DOL, 148 Andrew Young Int’l Blvd. suite 450, AtlantaGA, 30303, (404) 232-3500 or contact the nearest local office of their State WorkforceAgency/One-Stop Career Center and reference job order #GA2621159410. EOE. H-300-18240-651957. cl9:13c

PRICE REDUCED! Beautiful 5 bed-room, 2.5 bath double wide mobile homeon 7.5 acres close to town. Move in ready!Listed for $179,500 $174,500

10 ac pasture just east of Zolfo SpringsNice trees. Perfect for livestock or home-site. Asking $89,000

5 acres with a pond. Currently fenced &being used for cattle. $65,500

6,000+ SF metal building. Located onsouthbound US Hwy 17. Corner lot withpaved parking. Asking $275,000

5.43 ac vacant land in town on FloridaAvenue South. Zoned C-1. $320,000

4.7+ ac parcel located in Lorida. Includesa 30x50 building, water holes, 3 wells withdeisel power unit. Call John O’neal formore information.

1.19 ac metal warehouse with an office.9,600 total square feet. Zoned A-1. Has ashallow well. $130,000

15+ acres with 2 mobile homes in Ft.Green Zoned Commercial. REDUCEDTO $650,000

AVON PARK LAKES LOTS 3 separatelots. Great place to build. Call JustinSmith for details.

206 North 6th Avenue, Wauchula, FL 33873Office (863)773-0060 • Evening (863)781-1338

www.jimseerealty.comJames V. See, Jr., Broker Karen O’Neal

Realtor AssociatesRick Knight...............(863) 781-1396 Dusty Albritton...........(863) 781-0161Shane Conley.............(863) 781-9664 Justin Smith................(863-781-3432John O’Neal...............(863) 381-2535 Karen O’Neal............(863) 781-7633

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NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARINGThe Hardee Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Hardee County Florida willadopt a budget for the fiscal years of 2018-2019.

A public hearing to make a FINAL DECISION on the BUDGET will be held on:

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FISCAL YEAR 2018-2019

REVENUEACCOUNT PROPOSEDCHARGES FOR SERVICES $1,800.00STATE GRANTS $744,000.00INTEREST $30.00TOTAL REVENUES $745,830.00

EXPENDITURESACCOUNT PROPOSED OPERATING COSTS $23,000.00STATE GRANTS $712,330.00RETURN OF EXCESS GRANTS $10,500.00TOTAL EXPENDITURES $745,830.00

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People in church can get upset at the craziestthings. A lady pulled me aside once, whisper-ing she had something important to tell me. Mymind flashed through worse-case scenarios:she had cancer, a deacon had passed out, a carin the parking lot was on fire.

With deep conviction, she told me she hadseen one of our staff members walking aroundin BLUE JEANS! She knew I would want toknow and speak to him. It was a molehillturned into a mountain.

A pastor friend of mine was verbally at-tacked in his office for having the staff read abook. An immature man told him he was un-dermining the legacy of his father and grand-father in the church. How does reading a bookthreaten your family history? Besides, Ithought church was supposed tobe about Jesus and his will, not adead relative’s legacy.

Pastors can do crazy thingstoo. A youth pastor got up andtold his church that if they didn’tworship the way he did, withloud guitar riffs, skinny jeans,and hands held high, theyweren’t real Christians. Didn’t Jesus say some-thing about judge not, lest you be judged?

Years ago, an older pastor got upset with mein a meeting when I suggested the methods ofthe past may not work anymore. He accusedme of being a liberal heathen (I’m not, I’m aFlorida Gator). He believed we needed two-week revivals, more Stamps-Baxter music, anda sermon every week on how we were all indanger of hell.

I didn’t know how to tell him the pace of lifehas changed, the average age of people buyingStamps-Baxter music was 75, and, while hellis important to talk about, there were other sub-jects in the Bible that needed to be taught.

He was praying for the 1930’s (the years ofhis childhood) to come back. I was 100 percentsure 1935 was not going to pop up on the cal-endar again.

One man pulled me aside and told me,“Preacher, we don’t need to reach any morepeople until we take care of the people wehave.” As lovingly as I could, I told him Ithanked God the people of the church didn’tfeel that way, or else we would have neverreached him when he was far from God. Jesustold us to love each other, sure, but he alsocommanded us to go make disciples.

Someone else asked me not too long ago if Ithought another church’s growth hurt ourchurch. “No,” I replied, “last time I checked wewere under the same ownership. Our competi-tion is not the church down the street, it’severything else that pulls people away from

God.” When any church wins, God’s Kingdomwins. It’s not a competition.

I believe every church has a mission fromGod, a unique reason God made it to exist. Godmay gift one church to grow large, gift anotherchurch to stay small but be a faithful witnessin an under-served area, and gift a third churchto reach a slice of people that everyone else ig-nores. Most churches, however, never do thehard work of discovering their unique role inGod’s kingdom.

Instead, churches are tempted by shadowmissions. A shadow mission is when your truemission is derailed, not by something bad, butby something that is pretty good. It’s good towant to respect God, but wearing blue jeans isnot a sin.

Getting upset by new ideas means forgettingto ask, “Does this new idea help us accomplishour mission?” Condemning other people forthe way they worship makes the style of wor-ship more important than the God we worship.

Clinging to old ways can be an idol. We canspend so much time loving each other, we for-get to love the least of these; we can forget tolove those far from God.

Long before management gurus discoveredthe idea of mission, Jesus gave his church aclear mission: “Go make disciples, of all peo-ples, baptizing them in the name of the Father,and of the Son, and the Holy Spirit, teachingthem to obey all I have commanded you. I amwith you all the time, even to end of the days(Matthew 28:19-20).”

The mission of the church to make disciples— people who live their lives like Jesus —seems clear to me. If a church puts anythingabove that, it’s a shadow mission.

Jesus promised he would be with us each dayas we do his mission. Many churches seem tolack the power of Jesus. I wonder if thosechurches are doing a shadow mission Jesuswants no part of.

That last thought makes me pray, “Father,keep your church on mission.” Hardee County native Clay Smith is lead pas-tor at Alice Drive Baptist Church in Sumter,S.C. He and his brother and sister still own thefamily ranch in the Lemon Grove communityeast of Wauchula. You can follow him at unlike-lyclay.com.

Are We On A Shadow Mission?

The 2018-19 hunting season is already un-derway in south Florida’s Zone A, and willsoon be opening in the other three huntingzones.

To make the most of your time afield, BeckyShuman, Florida Fish & Wildlife ConservationCommission assistant deer program coordina-tor, offers the following tips about deer andhunting on Florida’s wildlife managementareas.

“Before I ever set foot on a potential huntingarea, I like to look at aerial imagery to findtransitional zones between different habitattypes,” Shuman said. “Deer like to bed duringthe day in areas with dense vegetation and

move out into more open areas at night to feed.“The edge between these habitats is a good

place to catch deer heading to and from feedingareas at dusk and dawn.”

After Shuman pinpoints a couple of spotsshe wants to scout, she checks it out on foot.

“I look for all types of deer sign — well-used game trails, tracks, scat, buck rubs andscrapes,” Shuman said. “You can tell a lotabout the deer in the area without even using agame camera. Rubs not only indicate thatbucks are in the area, but a line of them all onone side of the tree show the direction the buckwas walking. Scrape lines also can indicate di-rection of movement, and the size of the scrapeoften correlates with the number of bucks usingthe area.”

Once she finds a spot that has a lot of deersign, she then looks for the right tree to hangher stand.

“I look for a straight mature tree with somevegetation in front and behind it to break up mysilhouette,” Shuman said. “I then can do aquick internet search to learn what the predom-inant wind direction is for that area in the falland winter and position my stand so that it is

downwind from where I think the deer arecoming from.

“I also make tree stand safety a priority andinspect my tree stand, all safety devices and myfall-arrest system/full-body harness before eachuse,” she added.

Florida has one of the largest Wildlife Man-agement Area systems in the country at nearlysix million acres. There’s a lot of opportunity,and you can make hunting Florida’s public landeven more rewarding by following this advice.

“Take the time to scout an area before theseason opens, and try getting off the beatenpath,” Shuman said. “With some of ourWMAs, areas near roads and trails can get

crowded, especially on week-ends. Spending the extra timeand effort to find the more re-mote locations can really pay offand add to your overall huntingexperience.”

Besides hunting the rut,early bow seasons provide agreat opportunity to take a ma-

ture whitetail and are among the best times todo so.

In northwest Florida, bow seasons offer adifferent experience because bucks are stillhangin’ out in their bachelor groups. Histori-cally, during September the rut is in full swingsoutheast and west of Lake Okeechobee, andin the counties of Dixie, Levy, Nassau, Duvaland St. Johns, so you really have an advantagewhen hunting there.

If you’ve followed some of Shuman’s ad-vice by doing your preseason homework andhunt a favorable wind, you have a good chanceof success. Early in the season, before deer aresubjected to significant hunting pressure, theyare more active during daylight hours.

Here’s hoping your preparation and persist-ence pay off and wishing you a great huntingseason!

To keep informed of hunting opportunitiesand regulations, follow our “Hunt Florida” so-cial media pages at Facebook.com/HGM.FWCand YouTube.com/HuntFloridaTV, and sign upto receive the monthly Hunting Hot Sheet.

As always, have fun, hunt safely and ethi-cally, and we’ll see you in the woods!

Tips For Bow Hunters

With the death of John Mc-Cain, America lost a man ofgreat courage and rare politi-cal character.

He was a hero in uniform,and a statesman in Congress.

Many Americans whoserved in the armed forceshave had the misfortune to be-come prisoners of war; manyendured unthinkable abuse atthe hands of their captors.

John McCain was one ofthese.

Unlike others, he was of-fered release from captivitybecause his father (like hisgrandfather) was a four-staradmiral. He refused preferen-tial treatment, keeping faithwith his fellow POWs.

For his courage, he sufferedeven greater torture at thehands of his captors for morethan five years.

Can you give a better defi-nition of heroism?

President Trump, who man-aged to avoid draft-era serv-ice, declared that McCain wasnot a hero. Trump said he pre-ferred service members whowere not captured.

Even coming from a manfamous for his outrageousstatements, this hit a new low;still more disgusting was the

cheering from his audience.Surely there were no veteransapplauding this remark.

In Congress for more thanthree decades, John McCainwas a maverick — a man whovoted his convictions, ratherthan blindly following the

marching orders of his partyas propounded by the presi-dent.

In the celebration of his life,many associates on the oppo-site side of the aisle recalledhow John McCain was willingto listen to views at odds withhis own, and to maintain a col-legial relationship with his po-litical adversaries.

If that is not the definitionof political character, what is?

John McCain chose two po-litical opponents who defeatedhim in his efforts to win thepresidency — George W.Bush and Barack Obama — tospeak at his funeral. And heasked Joe Biden, Democratic

vice-president whose son diedof the same brain cancer thattook his own life, to deliver aeulogy.

In a final and well-deservedin-your-face rebuke, he di-rected that Donald Trump, theman who ridiculed heroism,

not be invited to his funeral.America has lost a man of

courage and character.The armed forces will con-

tinue to turn out men andwomen of courage.

Let us hope that our nation’sleadership will still give us afew statesmen with the char-acter of John McCain.S. L. Frisbie is retired. He isnot blind to the fact that Mc-Cain graduated near the bot-tom of his class at Annapolis.And he appreciates the obser-vation of a special friend whoobserved that whatever hisclass rank, McCain’s degreewas from the United StatesNaval Academy.

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served a littleover 22 years inthe Army andAir Force. In theArmy he wasstationed in FortRooker, Alabama and flewhelicopters, then trained chop-per pilots for Iraq and otherplaces.

How he did it is still amystery, but he switched overto the Air Force for sevenyears flying F-18s. He retiredand flew to Albany, Georgiawhere I picked him up alongwith 20 years of junk collec-tions it seemed.

It had been raining a cou-ple of hours and about 10 p.m.the road was clear as we gotcloser to Colquitt. The rain haddelayed his arrival, and wewere about an hour later thanplanned.

No moon was shining,and the road was dark. As werounded a corner at 70 mph wehit a black cow right in thecenter of the radiator, flipped itover, leaving two hoof printson the rear deck.

The cow got up and with-out a limp walked off into ashallow pond. No one injuredbut the car was out of whack.

A state trooper finally gotto the scene and asked a stupidquestion, "What happened?"Johnny said, "I came aroundthe curve and hit a cow at 70mph." The trooper then askedthe worst question of all, "Howfast were you going? I see thecow was doing 70 mph, butyou have no skid marks."

Johnny looked rather odd.Then he said, "The cow wasn'tdoing 70 mph. I was, but I sup-pose the cow did for a coupleof seconds."

By the time the troopergot there the cow was gone,but the farmer was roundingup the others. Then came an-other stupid question, "Whosecow was it?" The farmerlooked at him then respondedin words like "I don't know,

but I just took the rest of themand put them back into theirpasture."

When the wrecker gotthere he, too, asked what hap-pened. The trooper, repeatingJohnny, said, "He hit a cow at150 mph, no, 70 mph." Thewrecker driver said "fast cow"as he hooked on to Johnny'scar.

Johnny had not said muchsince his '57 Chevy crashed,but he turned to me and thedriver, "You know, I haveflown for 20 years, never hit acow. First time back in my carI hit one. I think I'll go buy mea chopper. Never hit a bird orman. I'll stick to flying."

––––––Model A, no brakes ... Au-

gust in south Georgia is dryand dry means dusty. Walkingbarefoot makes little cloudsswirl around your foot witheach step.

Today was no different.Stay in a shade if and whereyou find one. That's where Iwas today. One lone tree (hick-ory mixed with wild pecan)but plenty of shade betweenthe barn and house, a welcomesight in this sea of heat.

Then out of the west adust cloud was blowing acrossthe back seven-acre field as acar came ever closer. it madethe last curve, and the dust wasalmost overtaking the oldModel A Ford my Dad hadbought yesterday and mybrother had gone to get gas.

Slower and slower hecame until the cloud of dust

hid the carfrom sight.By the timehe got tothe yard Icould al-most run tokeep upwith him.

Instead of pulling intoDad's parking place he turnedtoward that hickory tree. Hecircled it twice then aimed atthe tree. That spring bumperhit dead centerand the carbounced backtwo feet thenhit it again,this time com-ing to a halt.

Dad camedown the steps and across tous. Two words, "What hap-pened?"

Those of you who love allthese antique cars have a for-giving heart. The only technol-ogy that Model A had was afoot starter. It was equippedwith mechanical brakes whichcould stop you under 20 mphif you were lucky enough forthem to be working at thattime.

Mechanical brakes workby pressing the brake pedalwith all your strength, pullinga rod that reaches from thepedal to the rear of the car thatin turn would pull the brakepads into contact with the axleto stop the vehicle. It didn't forStanley.

He told us of having tocircle those pumps five timesbefore stopping, eventuallyhitting a truck's bumper gettingit to stop at the gas pump (atleast close enough to push itback).

We called that Model Asedan "Ole Limp Along." Youdidn't drive it over 30 mph.You couldn't stop.

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Hardee dominated the lanesas they travelled to Lake WalesHigh School on Sept. 4 for athree way meet that includedthe Highlanders and the Bull-dogs of Frostproof Middle/Se-nior High School.

“It’s great to be a Wildcat,”said head coach Tracy Pate fol-lowing the meet.

The win marked the Wild-cat’s first win of the season andthe second first place win forthe Lady Wildcats.

The boys claimed eight firstplace finishes.

Trey Canary was first in the200 yard freestyle with a timeof 2:57.85.

Hugh Pate was first in the200 yard individual medleywith a time of 28.31, and wasfirst in the 100 yard freestylewith a time of 1:04.81.

Trey Stephens was first inthe 50 yard freestyle with atime of 28.31, and was first inthe 100 yard breaststroke witha time of 1:33.18.

The boys also claimed firstin the 200 yard medley relay,200 yard freestyle medley, andthe 400 yard freestyle relay.

The Lady Wildcats wereequally impressive with 10first place wins out of themeet’s 12 contests.

Lahna Christian took first inthe 200 yard freestyle with atime of 2:38.69.

Rennell Herrera was first inthe 200 yard individual medleywith a time of 3:05.00.

Hannah Ford took first in the50 yard freestyle with a time of

33.19.Morgan Hellein took first in

the 100 yard fly with a time of1:25.44.

Rachel Shaw took first in the100 yard freestyle with a timeof 1:18.94.

Laynee Henry took first inthe 100 yard backstroke with atime of 1:40.69.

Emma Hays took first in the100 yard breaststroke with atime of 1:46.40.

The Lady Wildcats also tookfirst in the 200 yard medleyrelay, the 200 yard freestylerelay, and the 400 yardfreestyle relay.

Individual Results:Girl’s 200Y Medley Relay:

1st, Hardee, 2:31.62; and 3rd,Hardee, 3:08.00.

Girl’s 200Y Freestyle: 1st,Lahna Christian, 2:38.69; and4th, Cadee, Richardson,3:24.00.

Girl’s 200Y Individual Med-ley: 1st, Rennell Herrera,3:05.00; and 2nd, Abby Duke,3:14.56.

Girl’s 50Y Free: 1st, HannahFord, 33.19; and 3rd, LayneeHenry, 36.00.

Girl’s Diving: 3rd, RachelGarland, 88.80; and 4th,Aryanna Burch, 83.10.

Girl’s 100Y Fly: 1st, MorganHellein, 1:25.44; and 3rd,Aubrey Bragg, 2:20.00.

Girl’s 100Y Freestyle: 1st,Rachel Shaw, 1:18.94; and 3rd,Cadee Richardson, 1:32.00.

Girl’s 500Y Freestyle: 2nd,Emma Harris, 7:06.69; and3rd, Haley Canary, 8:08.00.

Girl’s 200Y Freestyle Relay:

1st, Hardee, 2:14.96; and 2nd,Hardee, 2:15.00.

Girl’s 100Y Backstroke: 1st,Laynee Henry, 1:40.69; and2nd, Macy Kingdon, 1:46.00.

Girl’s 100Y Breaststroke:1st, Emma Hays, 1:46.40; and3rd, Jordan Sperry, 2:04.00.

Girl’s 400Y Freestyle Relay:1st, Hardee, 5:00.56; and 2nd,Hardee, 5:20.00.

Boy’s 200Y Medley Relay:1st, Hardee, 2:18.00; and 3rd,Hardee, 2:34.54.

Boy’s 200Y Freestyle: 1st,Trey Canary, 2:57.85; and 2nd,Jake Stephens, 2:56.97.

Boy’s 200 Individual Med-ley: 1st, Hugh Pate, 2:51.00;and 2nd, Kein Knight, 2:56.97.

Boy’s 50Y Freestyle: 1st,Trey Stephens, 28.31; and 4th,Hunter Parker, 41.00.

Boy’s Diving: 3rd, Gage Ca-macho, 56.92.

Boy’s 100Y Fly: 2nd, OrenCrawford, 1:25.06; and 3rd,Cole Wilson, 1:32.00.

Boy’s 100Y Freestyle: 1st,Hugh Pate, 1:04.81.

Boy’s 500Y Freestyle: 2nd,Trey Canary, 8:18.00; and 3rd,Jake Stephens, 9:19.19.

Boy’s 200Y Freestyle Relay:1st, Hardee, (no time pro-vided); and 4th, Hardee, (notime provided).

Boy’s 100Y Backstroke: 2nd,Hunter Parker, 1:32.00.

Boy’s 100Y Breaststroke:1st, Trey Stephens, 1:33.18;and 2nd, Emory Smith,1:46.44.

Boy’s 400Y Freestyle Relay:1st, Hardee, (no time pro-vided); and 3rd, Hardee, (notime provided).

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Hardee Dominates Lanes Sunday’s game was nothing short of footballmiracle.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers tied its franchiserecord for most points scored in a game at 48during the week one shootout with the New Or-leans Saints. Only twice before have the Bucsmanaged 48 points. Once was in Super BowlXXXVII and once in December 2001.

Everyone — and I mean everyone — ex-pected the Buccaneers to lose week one againstthe Saints.

The Saints’s roster still boasts some of thebest players in the league.

While quarterback Jameis Winston began thefirst week of his three week suspension, the

Bucs rolled out 35-year-old Ryan Fitzpatrickand prayed.

Fitzpatrick is known for his smarts, goofybeard and overall nice guy demeanor. He wasin Wauchula a couple weeks ago at the PopWarner game taking pictures with fans.

Fitzpatrick was not expected to excel. Hewas supposed to be a game manager. He wassupposed to hand off the ball to running backPeyton Barber and manage the game.

Instead, Fitzpatrick was dropping pictureperfect passes. He was throwing bombs. Hewas running the ball.

It was as if Fitzpatrick took a magical potion

in the locker room, and poof, he became Pey-ton Manning from his 2013 MVP year.

Fitzpatrick threw 21-of-28 for 419 yards and4 touchdowns. He added one touchdown on theground when he lowered his helmet and pow-ered through the defender. Simply astonishing.

Obviously, magic potions don’t exist. So,how did Fitzpatrick do it?

It was simple: offensive coordinator ToddMonker.

This year, Monker took over play callingfrom Head Coach Koetter. Unlike Koetter,Monker was able to effectively use wide re-ceiver DeSean Jackson. And what a differenceit made.

If you didn’t see the game,pull up the highlights on the in-ternet.

Jackson stretched the fieldleaving larger windows for Fitz-patrick to throw to his receivers.And more importantly, Fitz-patrick was able to hit Jacksonwhen he gained separation fromthe defender.

A couple weeks ago, I advocated for Jack-son’s release based on his salary and poor per-formance last year. I’m sure glad no one inBucs organization read my column. Or, maybethey did? One can hope. Regardless, Jacksonlooked like a star. And after watching thisgame, Jackson’s speed and route running skillsare absolutely undeniable. Jackson caught fivepasses for 146 yards and two touchdowns.That’s something like 29 yards a catch.

Next week the Bucs face the Eagles at home.I’d like to see how Fitzpatrick, Jackson andMonker do against the reigning Super Bowlchamps before I start writing apology letters.

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# Name Grade Position

1 Jean Youte 12 WR/DB

2 Sam Louis 12 WR/DB

3 James Pearson 12 QB

4 Jean St. Louis 12 DB/DL

5 Ke’Varreis White 9 WR/DB

6 Dylan Davis 11 WR/DB

7 Ellis Hodges 10 RB/LB

9 Randy McCleod 12 RB/DE

10 Cade Alexy 11 RB/DB

11 Ray Zuniga 12 TE/DE

12 Damian Rodriguez 12 QB/DB

13 Myron Refoure 10 WR/DB

14 Jacob Davidson 12 WR/DB

15 Trayvon Thomas 10 TE/LB

17 Leo Duarte 11 K

18 Caden Dunlap 9 WR/DB

19 Issac Moreno 12 TE/LB

20 Kaleb Floyd 12 WR/DB

21 Quintin Lindsey 11 WR/DB

22 Trenton Roberson 11 TE/LB

25 Griffin Clark 11 WR/DB

28 Eli Bertand 9 RB/LB

33 Aaron Cook 12 WR/DB

34 Bryce Rucker 11 RB/DB

42 Matt Tyson 11 RB/LB

44 Ariel Whiters 10 RB/LB

45 Hardee Pace 12 TE/DL

51 Rakeim Baker 10 OL/DL

53 Tyler Steedley 12 OL/DL

54 Bo Villarreal 11 OL/DL

55 Tom Pace 12 OL/DL

56 Jesus Lopez 11 OL/DL

58 Evan Webster 10 OL/DL

59 Michael Rodriguez 11 OL/DL

65 Rafael Alvarez 11 OL/DL

70 Dustin Willis 12 OL/DL

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2 Jermiah Davis LB/DB 6’0 182 12

3 Eldrian Arnold ATH 5’10 184 12

4(O) DeJuan Gordan RB 5’11 183 10

4(D) Tony Register DL 6’4 271 12

5 Antrone Thomas RB/LB 5’10 192 12

6(O) Jaron Glover WR 6’2 169 9

6(D) Jacques Bristol DL 6’0 282 12

7 Jonathon Presha DB 5’10 153 12

8 Craig Lee WR/P 6’2 175 12

10 Kalvion Turner WR 5’9 168 12

11 Bryson Gregory DE/TE 5’10 201 12

12 King Winkfield QB 6’0 152 10

14 Eric Vega DB 5’10 154 12

16 Rashad Bryant DB 5’11 163 9

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19 Trent Stephens Jr WR 5’11 159 11

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23 Jaylon Clark LB 5’9 182 12

24 Andy Vasquez-Lopez K/P 6’1 173 12

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26 Cam’ryn Brewer DB 5’11 167 11

27 Michael Hawthorne Jr DB 5’10 152 11

28 Darrion Marshall LB/DB 5’11 178 12

31 Deandre Gissendanner DB 5’10 165 11

35 Isaiah Martinez DL 6’2 243 12

44 Enller Hernandez LB 5’11 201 12

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51 Delvin Hill Jr OL/DL 6’0 211 12

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From left are Mike Rouse, adjutant; Laurie Linder, finance officer; Jan Jackson, his-torian; and Ean Eddy, judge advocate. Laurie Linder is the Legion cook. The mealAug. 6 consisted of pulled pork, cole slaw, beans, potato casserole, and bananapudding.

From left are Jimmy Dickens; Robert White, sgt. at arms; Hugh Jones, 2nd vice pres-ident.; and Joe Filice, 1st vice president.

Ernest Ziglar (left) is installed as the new Post No. 2 Commander at the Monday,Aug. 6 meeting by District 8 Commander Jerry Faught of Englewood. Faught saidthe American Legion, nationally and locally, needs to recruit new members.

From left are Larry Pelton, service officer; Marlene Hyde, chaplain; and Jimmy Dick-ens, sgt. at arms. The Legion meets the first Monday of the month at their buildingat N. 7th Ave. and Palmetto St. in Wauchula.

New Officers Of American Legion,Herger Williams Post 2, Wauchula

Dear Editor:I just wanted to make a

comment on the deteriorationof families. God put familiestogether to love and supporteach other. I see so much hat-ing, backbiting and ignoringeach other in families.

Of course the Bible says inthe last days there will be chil-dren against parents, but evenway back in the beginning oftime Cain killed Abel overjealousy. It also says there isnothing new under the sun, soit looks like this is an ongoingtrend on Earth, all the rift raftand discontent. I believetoomany people are being boldernow and letting their emotionsrun amuck, and people aren'tafraid to take their anger outon each other — families,strangers, friends, neighbors.

I am not saying everyonehas evil in their hearts or eventakes their anger out on eachother. I believe if you wereraised in a loving family thenusually people will be lovingto others outside their families.

I actually am shocked atfamilies that were raised inchurch and raised in lovingfamilies and yet ignore theirsiblings and parents. This iswhat is so hard for me to un-derstand. I actually believeother people can brainwash usinto changing our hearts fromloving to being hateful.

That is why the Bible says tobe careful who you befriendand also when in marriage donot be unequally yoked whichmeans to pick a partner whobelieves the same things youdo or it will cause confusion.The older I get the more I seehow right on the Bible is, andit's the only thing we can de-pend on to be told the truthabout life itself.

Hope everyone had a relax-ing Labor Day and is ready tosettle in for fall and hopefullyconsistent cooler weather,which is already cooler in themornings as long as we getrain.

Connie RoweWauchula

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God Wants Families ToShow Love And Support

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TestBy Fifi Rodriguez

September is National Cho-lesterol Education Month.

Have you had your choles-terol checked lately? If not, itmight be a good idea to do soto see if some lifestyle changesare in order.

When it comes to choles-terol, it’s good to know yournumbers. High blood choles-terol increases your risk forheart disease and heart attack,and lowering it decreases thatrisk. It’s that simple.

So, September is a greattime to learn about high bloodcholesterol, especially if youare among the 65 millionAmericans who have this con-dition.

Did you know that with acombination of a heart-healthydiet, physical activity andweight management, you maybe able to lower your highblood cholesterol by 20 to 30percent?

What Is Cholesterol?Cholesterol is a waxy, fat-

like substance found in yourbody. Your body makes all thecholesterol you need to behealthy. When you eat foodshigh in saturated fat, trans fatand cholesterol, your body canmake too much cholesterol.Over time, this extra choles-terol can clog your arteries, in-creasing your chances ofhaving a heart attack or stroke.

What is good and bad cho-lesterol? HDL is “good choles-terol.” It helps clean fat andcholesterol from your bloodvessels. Just remember the Hin HDL stands for Healthy, andthe Higher it is, the better. Itprotects against heart disease.LDL is “bad cholesterol.” Itcarries cholesterol to yourblood vessels, clogging themlike rust in a pipe. Rememberthe L in LDL stands for Lousy,and the Lower it is, the better.

The blood test to measureyour cholesterol levels iscalled a lipid profile. You canhave this test done at your doc-tor’s office. If you are 20 yearsof age or older, check yourcholesterol at least every fiveyears. Your doctor may test

you more often if your choles-terol levels are high.

A total cholesterol less than200 mg/dL is ideal. Strive tokeep it at that level. Anythinghigher may need some lifestylechanges to prevent medical in-tervention. LDL cholesterolless than 100 mg/dL is ideal.

Keep it low! HDL at 40 mg/dLor higher is ideal. The higher,the better!

What Are Triglycerides?Triglycerides are another

form of fat in your blood andcan raise heart disease risk,also. Levels that are borderlinehigh (150-199 mg/dL) or high(200 mg/dL or more) mayneed treatment in some people.What Can You Do?

With a combination of aheart-healthy diet, physical ac-tivity and weight management,you may be able to lower yourhigh blood cholesterol by 20 to30 percent. To have a heart-healthy diet, cut back on foodshigh in saturated fat, trans fatand cholesterol. Start by mak-ing a few changes at a time.Eat more of these foods:

• Fat-free milk, cheese andyogurt

• Fruits, vegetables andwhole grainsFish

• Turkey and chicken with-out skin

• Lean cuts of meat• Beans and lentils• Corn instead of flour tor-

tillasPlan to start incorporating

30 to 60 minutes of moderatephysical activity on most days.If you are only able to incorpo-rate it two or three days aweek, that is better than not atall. Some weeks you may beable to do more, so it will av-erage to about three times aweek. Make this your goal.

The third lifestyle changeyou can make to lower choles-terol is to aim for a healthyweight. Many times, if youstart cutting back on foodshigh in saturated fat, trans fatand cholesterol, you will losethose unwanted pounds andthat excess body fat. You will

feel so much better about your-self, as well as actually feelingbetter physically.

September ChecklistTo summarize, here is a

checklist to get you started onthe road to good health:

• Get my cholesterol levelchecked.

• Talk to my doctor aboutwhat my cholesterol numbersmean.

• Read food labels tochoose foods lower in satu-rated fats, trans fats, choles-terol and calories.

• Bake, broil or grill foodsinstead of frying.

• Eat more fruits, vegeta-bles and whole grains.

• Drink water or sugar-freebeverages instead of regularsoda.

• Maintain a healthyweight. Lose weight if over-weight.

• Do 30 to 60 minutes ofmoderate physical activity onmost days.

Take action now to preventdisease — reduce the fat, stopsmoking or go for a walk. Playit smart and change yourlifestyle now!Carolyn Hendry Wyatt holds aMaster’s Degree in family andconsumer science education.She has 30 years of experiencein this field, and served for 22years as a county agent for theUniversity of Florida’s Insti-tute of Food & AgriculturalSciences Hardee County Ex-tension Office.

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GAME ON!The Parent Teacher Organization at Zolfo SpringsElementary hosts a monthly luncheon for staffmembers. This month’s theme featured footballand fall. Prize winners were Kay Crews and LauraHayden.

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MONTAGE BY DARLENE WILLIAMS

A GRAND CELEBRATION

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MONTAGE BY DARLENE WILLIAMS

Students in Blaire Thornton’skindergarten class at ZolfoSprings Elementary had agreat time celebrating Grand-parents Day with their grand-parents and special guests.They all shared breakfastwhile visiting with each other,viewing some of the chil-dren’s work and receivinghandmade gifts – making fora “grand” time.


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Well football fans, as we move deeper into the season aclearer picture of the power teams on the national scene isemerging.

Alabama, Clemson and Georgia look to be as good as ad-vertised. Could they fill three of the four spots for the playoffs?If so, who is the fourth team? Oklahoma or West Virginia out ofthe Big 12? Ohio State, Penn State or Wisconsin out of the Big10? Sure it is too early to know but it should be a great seasonto watch it develop.

The Gators allowed Kentucky to break a 31-game losingstreak. The optimism of last week has turned into a stark realitythat the fix will not come overnight. The effects of Coach Macmay linger longer than anticipated.

FSU is also experiencing growing pains with the transitionto Willie Taggart. Like Dan Mullen, he has a proven track recordof winning but it may also take time with his new program.Would you have ever thought FSU would struggle with Sam-ford?

USF may be the best surprise team of 2018. The Bulls’s winover Georgia Tech was probably one of the best games of theweekend. Terrance Horne returned back to back kickoff returnsfor touchdowns. He had three for the day. Blake Barnett was thenation’s top quarterback coming out of high school his senioryear. The Alabama transfer passed for two touchdowns and ranfor two more in his USF debut. The question of who replacesQuinton Flowers has been answered.

Will Grier has widened the gap between himself and otherHeisman contenders with a 322 yards passing on 21 out of 26with four touchdown passes. That performance was accom-plished in a continual heavy rain as well. The Mountaineers putup 625 yards of offense under his leadership this week.

Other Tid Bits From the Weekend:

• Noticed the Dr. Pepper new commercials are absent ofLarry Culpepper. He has been a staple of college football for thepast few years.

• Kansas finally won a game on the road. Yes, it was Cen-tral Michigan but it broke a 46-game losing streak on the road.

• Miami and Texas Tech both won 77-0 over SavannahState and Lamar respectively. Oh, what some schools will do fora paycheck.

• Hope the Bucs stick with Fitzpatrick. Those 48 points heput up by running for one and throwing for four matches theBucs most points scored in a game in Bucs history.

• Aaron Rodgers and Andrew Luck are back in 2018 andboth started like they are fully recovered. Good to see both backon the field.

• Great to see former Marshall All American and SuperBowl winner from last year, Vinny Curry, get the Buccaneersfirst sack of the season against New Orleans.

• Hurricane Florence could cause havoc with games in theCarolinas this weekend. Still, have my four Northern Coloradoat Florida from 2017.

Now for this week’s bill o ’fare:

1. Marshall at South Carolina — The last visit to Williams-Bryce for the Herd was a victory over the Gamecocks. Can theydo it again? They will need a better run game and pass defenseto win. South Carolina 34 — Marshall 23

2. West Virginia at North Carolina State — Will Grier andhis Mountaineers look to add a quality road win to their resume.West Virginia 45 — North Carolina State 23

3. Oklahoma at Iowa State — Cyclones are much improvedsince the new coaching staff arrived two years ago. Soonerscould be better than 2017 though. Ames has seen a few upsetsin recent years however. Oklahoma 41 — Iowa State 17

4. Miami at Toledo — Why are the ‘Canes playing on theroad against a MAC team? Sure cannot be the payout. Miami 44— Toledo 14

5. FSU at Syracuse — ‘Noles would normally win this con-test but this team must step up to match the history of the team.Orangemen are 2-0 but wins are over Western Michigan andWagner. Syracuse 31 — FSU 24

6. UCF at North Carolina — Knights win on the road overan ACC team. Coaches do change but the Knights are still ontrack. UCF 34 — UNC 17

7. LSU at Auburn — Tigers opened strong with Miami butAuburn could be a little different. The War Eagles could be a bigsurprise this season. Auburn 34 — LSU 20

8. Colorado State at Florida — Gators have already expe-rienced the highs and lows in 2018. This is a bounce back gameand the Gators should win going away. UK did send the messageUF has a ways to go. Florida 35 — Colorado State 21

9. Ohio State at TCU — Horned Frogs have a great chanceto make a splash on the national scene. Can they make it happen?Ohio State 38 — TCU 31

10. Southern Cal at Texas — Longhorns have not turnedaround under Herman. Not yet anyhow. Losing to Maryland andbarely beating Tulsa makes the fan base wonder. Southern Cal33 -- Texas 24

11. Middle Tennessee at Georgia — Middle Tennessee is agood C-USA team but the ‘Dawgs look to be a cut above all butAlabama in 2018. Georgia 55 — Middle Tennessee 20

12. Alabama at Ole Miss — Ole Miss has put up lots ofpoints in their first two games. This is the Tide though. Alabama34 — Ole Miss 17

13. Georgia Southern at Clemson — Tigers escaped Col-lege Station and return home to Death Valley. Georgia Southernis a great Sun Belt program but the Tigers should have no trou-ble. Clemson 44 — Georgia Southern 17

14. USF at Illinois — Bulls take their momentum to Cham-paign and bull over the Illini. This team has speed everywhere.Barnett has emerged. USF 40 — Illinois 23

15. BYU at Wisconsin — Badgers continue to pound theball and win games. At home, they roll over the Cougars. Wis-consin 48 — BYU 16

16. New England Patriots at Jacksonville Jaguars — Jagsdefense steps up and stops Brady and his new receiving corps.Jacksonville Jaguars 27 — New England Patriots 23

17. Philadelphia Eagles at Tampa Bay Buccaneers — Bucscontinues their winning ways over a “Wentzless“ Eagles team.Tampa Bay Buccaneers 37 — Philadelphia Eagles 21

18. Miami Dolphins at New York Jets — Fish go on theroad and squeak by with a tough win over the Jets. Miami Dol-phins 27 – New York Jets 24

19. Kansas City Chiefs at Pittsburgh Steelers — Chiefs of-fense is high flying and the Steelers seem a little off in 2018.Maybe Kelce will get more than one catch. Bell saga is a dis-traction. Kansas City Chiefs 38 — Pittsburgh Steelers 30

20. Minnesota Vikings at Green Bay Packers — AaronRodgers is back. Vikes are improved too. One of the oldest andbest rival games in the NFL. Green Bay 34 — Minnesota 23

Stump The SwamiBy John Szeligo


Benjamin Trevino is goingto need a few more shelves.

The 11-year-old was theplayer of the year for the 2018Sertoma Junior Golf Tour.

The Hardee County residentfinished atop the final Sertomapoint standings in the 11-13 di-vision after an impressive fin-ish in the championship roundlast month.

Trevino, shooting from thewhite tees, shot an 81 to winthe match at the Sun ‘n Lake

Golf Club. The finish capped a spectac-

ular summer season for theyoung golfer – who started hit-ting the amateur circuit twoyears ago.

Trevino claimed the title inthe 11-13 division at the EMCIWireless Junior Golf Champi-onship at the Sebring GolfClub in June.

A second title followed inJuly as he finished atop the 11-13 division at the Onsite AgServices Championship atRiver Greens Golf Course.

Pre-teen Takes Summer Golf Title

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Benjamin Trevino is going to need more shelve spacefor this collection of trophies he won this summer asan amateur golfer.

Benjamin Trevino takes a swing during the SertomaChampionship.






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Crime Blotter

Sheriff’s deputies and city police officers investigatedthe following incidents and made the following arrests dur-ing the past week. All suspects or defendants are presumedinnocent of the charges against them.

COUNTYSept. 8, Dustin Phillip Moore, 26, of 5394 S.W. Wells St.,

Arcadia, was arrested by Dep. Dean DeDominicis and chargedwith probation violation.

Sept. 8, Mark Allen Lumley, 47, and Mary Ann Ramirez,

51, both of 167 Tall Oaks Trail, Zolfo Springs, were arrested byDep. Mitchell Johnson and charged with probation violation.

Sept. 8, Daniel Ivan Calvillo, 21, of 693 Doc Coil Road,Bowling Green, was arrested by Cpl. Brian LaFlam and chargedwith battery.

Sept. 8, thefts were reported on the 400 block of HancheyRoad and the 1200 block of Mockingbird Road.

Sept. 8, a conveyance was burglarized on the 300 block ofSouth Road.

Sept. 7, Adrian Rios, 28, of 3507 Ninth St. Ct. W., Braden-ton, was arrested by Dep. Mitchell Johnson and charged withprobation violation.

Sept. 7, a theft was reported on the 1800 block of RigdonRoad.

Sept. 6, Saul Alamia, 42, of 309 W. Jones St., BowlingGreen, was arrested by Sgt. Chris Albritton and charged withprobation violation.

Sept. 6, Cesar Ramirez, 21, of 378 Hanchey Road,Wauchula, was arrested by Dep. Joseph Austin and charged withbattery.

Sept. 6, a conveyance was burglarized on the 200 block ofThird Street East.

Sept. 6, a theft was reported on the 5400 block of NorthCounty Road 663.

Sept. 6, a residence was burglarized on the 2400 block ofMorning Glory Loop.

Sept. 5, Christopher Lee Martin, 29, of 1152 Downing Cir-cle, Wauchula, was arrested by Dep. Beth Gainous and chargedwith probation violation.

Sept. 5, Juan Eliasin Rodriguez, 30, of 1101 E. Maple St.,Arcadia, was arrested by Det. Shane Ward and charged withdriving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

Sept. 5, a theft was reported on the 3800 block of CreekRoad.

Sept. 4, Adam Daniel McKenzie, 35, of 30414 Mimi St.,Sebring, was arrested by Dep. Kim Pheiffer and charged withwithholding child support.

Sept. 4, a conveyance was burglarized on the 700 block ofDoc Coil Road.

Sept. 4, a residence was burglarized on the 2600 block ofGarza Road.

Sept. 4, a robbery was reported on the 1600 block ofMowatt Street.

Sept. 4, a vehicle was stolen from the 2100 block of StateRoad 66.

Sept. 3, Jermaine Edward Adams, 35, of 11601 Winn Road,Riverview, was arrested by Cpl. Donny Eversole and chargedwith withholding child support.

WAUCHULASept. 9, a fight was reported on the 900 block of South Sixth

Avenue.

Sept. 8, thefts were reported on the 1000 block of SouthNinth Avenue and the 600 block of East Palmetto Street.

Sept. 7, Jeremiah Adam Mancillas, 18, of 409 N. FloridaAve., was arrested by Lt. Matthew Whatley and charged withpetit theft, four counts of grand theft vehicle, five counts of bur-glary, and eight counts of public order crimes.

Sept. 7, thefts were reported on the 400 block of OrangePlace and near the corner of First Avenue and Bay Street.

Sept. 6, Nelson Jacob Adams, 32, of 412 Rest Haven Road,Zolfo Springs, was arrested by Det. Pablo Bermudez andcharged with trafficking methamphetamine, possession of nar-cotics equipment, and probation violation.

Sept. 6, animal cruelty was reported on the 100 block ofNorth Second Avenue.

Sept. 5, Robert Lawrence Koff, 41, of 255 Grant St., LakeWales, was arrested by Ofc. Rene Benavidez and charged withbattery, possession of narcotics equipment, possession of mari-juana not more than 20 grams, and resisting an officer withoutviolence.

Sept. 5, Pablo Vargas, 37, of 613 E. Summit St., Wauchula,was arrested by Ofc. Amy Drake and charged with DUI alcoholor drugs.

Sept. 5, a vehicle was stolen from the 600 block of SouthEighth Avenue.

Sept. 5, a conveyance was burglarized on the 500 block ofConstitution Drive.

Sept. 5, a business was burglarized on the 800 block ofShady Nook Circle.

Sept. 4, conveyances were burglarized on the 500 block ofEast Bay Street and the 100 block of West Oak Street.

Sept. 4, a residence was burglarized on the 100 block ofNorth Second Avenue.

Sept. 3, thefts were reported on the 100 block of HoganStreet and the 700 block of Louisiana Street.

BOWLING GREENSept. 5, Robert Torres, 23, of 825 Pleasant Way, Bowling

Green, was arrested by Cpl. Sean Guthas on an out-of-countywarrant.

PUBLIC NOTICE

TOWN OF ZOLFO SPRINGS

COMMISSION MEETING

DATE CHANGE

The monthly Commission Meeting will be

held on Monday, September 24, 2018 at 6:00

PM. The meeting will be located at the Town

of Zolfo Springs City Hall, 3210 Main Street,

Zolfo Springs, FL 33890. 9:13c

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

IN AND FOR HARDEE COUNTY, FLORIDA

CIVIL ACTION

CASE NO. 25-2013-CA-000661

Wells Fargo Bank, NAPlaintiff,

vs.

Paul E. Rickett and Tina D.Rickett, Husband and Wife;HSBC Mortgage Services, Inc.;Unknown Parties may claim aninterest as Spouse, Heirs, Devisees, Grantees, or OtherClaimants Unknown Parties inPossession #1, If living, and allUnknown Parties claiming by,through, under and against theabove named Defendant(s) whoare not known to be dead oralive, whether said UnknownParties may claim an interest asSpouse, Heirs, Devisees,Grantees, or Other Claimants;Unknown Parties in Possession#2, If living, and all UnknownParties claiming by, through,under and against the abovenamed Defendant(s) who arenot known to be dead or alive,whether said

Defendant(s)._____________________________/

NOTICE OF SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENpursuant to order reschedulingforeclosure sale or Final Judg-ment, entered in Civil Case No.25-2013-CA-000661 of the Cir-cuit Court of the 10th JudicialCircuit in and for HardeeCounty, Florida, wherein WellsFargo Bank, NA, Plaintiff andPaul E. Rickett and Tina D. Rick-ett, Husband and Wife are defen-dant(s), I, Clerk of Court,Victoria L. Rogers, will sell to thehighest and best bidder for cashHARDEE COUNTY COURT-HOUSE, 417 W. MAIN STREET,2nd FLOOR HALLWAY OUTSIDEOF ROOM 202, WAUCHULA,FLORIDA, 33873 AT 11:00 A.M.on September 26, 2018, the fol-lowing described property asset forth in said Final Judgment,to-wit:

BEGIN AT THE NW COR-NER OF THE SE 1/4 OFTHE NE 1/4 OF SECTION24, TOWNSHIP 34

SOUTH, RANGE 25EAST, HARDEE COUNTY,FLORIDA, AND RUN S.89°47'17" W., 106.64FEET; THENCE S.38°09'47" W., 266.22FEET; THENCE N.89°47'17" E., 208.71FEET; THENCE N38°09'47" E. TO A POINTON THE WEST LINE OFSAID SE 1/4 OF THE NE1/4; THENCE N. 0°00'00"E. ALONG SAID WESTLINE TO THE POINT OFBEGINNING, AND,BEGIN AT THE NW COR-NER OF THE SE 1/4 OFTHE NE 1/4 OF SECTION24, TOWNSHIP 34SOUTH, RANGE 25EAST, HARDEE COUNTY,FLORIDA, AND RUN N.89°47'17" E., 102.07FEET; THENCE S.38°09'47" W. TO A POINTON THE WEST LINE OFSAID SE 1/4 OF THE NE1/4; THENCE N. 0°00'00"E. AND ALONG SAIDWEST LINE TO THEPOINT OF BEGINNING.

ANY PERSON CLAIMINGAN INTEREST IN THESURPLUS FROM THESALE, IF ANY, OTHERTHAN THE PROPERTYOWNER AS OF THEDATE OF THE LIS PEN-DENS MUST FILE ACLAIM WITHIN 60 DAYSAFTER THE SALE.

IF YOU ARE A PERSON WITH ADISABILITY WHO NEEDS ANYACCOMMODATION IN ORDERTO PARTICIPATE IN THE PRO-CEEDING, YOU ARE ENTITLED,AT NO COST TO YOU, TO THEPROVISION OF CERTAIN AS-SISTANCE. PLEASE CONTACTTHE COURT ADMINISTRATION,(863)-534-4488 WITHIN 2WORKING DAYS OF YOUR RE-CEIPT OF THIS NOTICE. IF YOUARE HEARING OR VOICE IM-PAIRED, CALL TDD (863) 534-7777 OR FLORIDA RELAYSERVICE 1-800-955-8770.

VICTORIA L. ROGERS, Clerk of the Circuit Court

Hardee County, Florida

By: Connie CokerDeputy Clerk

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