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At a Glance

Job fair
Looking for a job? Take the
opportunity to find your perfect
one at the Hendry County Job
Fairs 2005. First, in LaBelle,
Sept. 29, from 3-7 p.m., at the
LaBelle Civic Center and then
again, Oct. 7, from 9 a.m. until
noon, at the John Boy Auditori-
um in Clewiston. Call Maria
Rios at the Career and Service
Centers of Southwest Florida in
Clewiston, at 983-6138, for
more information.

Come join
a good cause
,Robert Nail barbeque bene-
fit, cow flop and softball tourna-
ment, Saturday, Oct. 8 at Elks
five-acre field on San Francisco
Avenue in Clewiston. To pur-
chase tickets for barbeque call
Abby Moss at (863) 228-0475.
For information on softball
tournament call Kenny Bowers
at (863) 228-4121.

SHendry/Glades
iAudubon Birding
The public is invited to the
Hendry/Glades Audubon meet-
ing to be held at the Cooperative
Extension Dallas Townsend
Building. 1085 Pratt Blvd in
LaBelle Monday, Oct. 10 at 7
p.m. The featured speaker will
be Dr. B. J. Kattel of the SFWMD
who will be presenting informa-
tion on the Storm-water Treat-
ment Area 5 Birding Tours.
Hendry/Glades Audubon will be
leading tours to STA5, one of
Florida's premier birding spots,
beginning Oct. 22. Learn about
the free tours and how-to volun-.
teer at the Oct. 10 meeting. For
information call Margaret Eng-
land at 674-0695 or Nikki Yeager
675-3394.

Audition open
for soccer mom
The Firehouse Cultural Cen-
ter in LaBelle still needs one
lady for its' upcoming play
(Soccer Moms) starting Oct. 21.
If you would like to tryout for
this play please call Mike at 675-
6799.

Business celebrates
first anniversary
P&A Pet Stop in Clewiston is
celebrating their' first year's
anniversary and your entire fam-
ily is invited to attend their party
Saturday, Oct. 15. They will be
offering free food, refreshments
and door prizes all day.
Owner Judy Vann, of Judy
Vann State Farm ,Insurance.
P&A Pet Stop is located at 114
W. Ventura Avenue across
from the Clewiston City Hall.
For more information call
(863) 983-2075.

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Index

Classifieds .. ...18-21
Opinion ..............4
School .......... .7
Sports . . . .11
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Seeking a second chance

Funds raised locally
to support costs
By Bill Fabian
CLEWISTON Several hun-
dreds of Clewiston youth have
played Cougar football over the
decades, and all of them have
come to know Coach Aubrey
Walker for his leadership and skills
as a coach in the traveling youth
football league.

The latest battle for the venerat-
ed coach has not been on the foot-
ball field, however it has
become a battle for his life against
heart disease.
After an initial diagnosis in
June, coach Walker had open-
heart surgery. According to family
members, the coach's health has
moved downhill ever since. The
condition, according to the Walk-
er's family doctor, is hereditary
heart disease.
In a public letter by wife Mar-

garita and daughter Betsy Walker,
the family members announced
that coach Walker will need a
heart transplant. He was placed on
the National Transplant List as of
Aug. 5.
"We have several require-
ments we must meet, and raising
funds to sustain that new heart is
one of the requirements," said
Margarita Walker. "It's going to
take between $3,000-$4,000 a
month for life, so we need to raise
as much as possible," she said in

the letter. "Those funds will help
us with his medicine, transporta-
tion, lodging, homecare, and
increased medical costs," she said.
The Walker family expects to
have to wait approximately 76
days, which is the average wait
time for a potential recipient on
the National Transplant List. How-
ever, the wait time could be
longer, as it has already been more
than 50 days since Aug. 5.
Walker was a youth football
coach in the Clewiston Cougars

youth league for more than, 15
years. He has also earned a,black
belt in karate.
The hospital stay will be
lengthy. "His stay in the hospital
will be two weeks, and we will be
staying across Jackson Memorial
in Miami. for an additional two
months, until we can come home
after the transplant," said Margari-
ta.
The medical costs for the major
See Heart -Page 10

Construction

jobs pave

way to growth

By Patty Brant'
LABELLE One aspect of
growth is the construction that
accompanies it. Growth means
building; building means jobs;
jobs mean money to regular
folks raising families and, buying
food, getting medical attention
- all the normal activity that
goes on in any community.
Before the jobs, though, must
come skills. That's where Educa-
tion Center of SouthwestFlorida,
Inc., (ECSWF) comes in. The vo'
tech is to be built south of
LaBelle and will be a vehicle for
residents to steady, good paying
jobs.
Plans have been underway
foryears.
SECSWF is waiting for USDA

approval for a $5.6 million loan
to begin construction. Originally
set to begin in 2006, the draw of
construction workers and sup-
plies to hurricane-torn areas has
pushed the projected start back
to 2007.
For a number of years,
ECSWF has provided computer
classes at its facility at 13 N. Mis-
souri Street. Recently a Quick-
book class was added. They
offer small night classes, with
individual attention to students.
They continue to work on the
curriculum, which will include.
courses covering construction
and other vocational skills.
' ECSWF is actively working
See Jobs -Page 10

County reps

witness

storm damage

By Patty Brant
A contingent from the Sher-
iff's Office returned last week
from Wiggins, Miss., represent-
ing the residents of Hendry
County, their good will, thoughts
and prayers. This entire commu-
nity has "adopted" the ,small
town of Wiggins in the wake of
Hurricane Katrina. The hurri-
cane devastated the small rural
town, about 35 miles north of
Biloxi. A grass, roots effort gar-
nered a small mountain of
canned goods, baby items,

water and hygiene items for the
people overwhelmed by the
hurricane's might.
Sheriff Ronnie Lee, Capt. Joe
Johnson, Lt. Andy Lewis and Sgt.
Archie Maynard delivered the
items to Wiggins, the Stone
County seat. What they.found,
Sheriff Lee said, was devastation
that rivaled a "war zone". They
found people down, but not out,
dazed and reeling from so much
loss, but determined to continue
- and very grateful for all the
See City- Page 10

Clewiston's Outstanding
Community Service volunteer
and Citizen of the Year Frank
Jones was given distinct honors
and recognition after being cho-
sen as Clewiston's finest citizen
for 2005.
The city's annual Outstanding
Community Service award was
announced at the 57th Annual
Dinner of the Clewiston Cham-,
ber of Commerce, served at the
Clewiston Inn on Tuesday, Sept.
20.
Speaking in memory of Jones
were Commissioner Jimmy
Pittman and City Manager Wen-
dell Johnson, both of whom
began their current tenures of
service while Jones was a
Clewiston City Commissioner.
"I've only known Frank for a
few years, so I can only imagine
how nice it was for so many oth-
ers who were privileged to know
him for as long as he served the
city of Clewiston," said Johnson.
"I felt very lucky to have known
Frank," he said.
Accepting the award on
behalf of the late Mr. Jones was
his wife, Kay Jones, and family
members who were on hand as

BEDFORD, ENGLAND -
The Number 5 British Flying
Training School (No. 5 BFTS)
held its 27th National Reunion
in Bedford, England Sept. 16-
18 and Clewiston was very
well represented.
The No. 5 BFTS was located
at the Riddle-McKay Aero Col-
lege at Riddle Field from 1941
until the end of World War II
and -almost 2,000 Royal Air
Force Cadets completed their
training.
The reunion was attended
by 49 Cadets and many spous-
es and family members, and
was headquartered at the Bed-
ford Moat House. Bedford is
about 50 miles north of Lon-
don.
The event featured. field

Outstanding Community
Service Award: Past Recipients

1965 Beryl Bowden
1966 Dan McCarthy
1967 S.C. "Jack" Fry
1968 Fred C.,Sikes
1969 J.E. Beardsley
1970 John G. Corbin
1971 T.H. Jones, Jr.
1972 Harry T. Vaughn, Sr.
1973 H. Wren Shupe
1974 Gratton H. George.
1975 John B. Boy.
1976 Stella D. Pirkle
1977 M.M. "Cap" Prewitt
1978 James W. Beardsley
1979 Katie Vancil
1980 Nita'Choban
1981 Jack J. Rafter, Jr.
1982 William Swartz
1983 Jack and Fred C. Sikes
1984'Beverly Smith
1985 Gaynam D. Rackstraw

guests of the annual dinner.
The award was also posthu-
mously dedicated in a Clewiston
City Commission resolution (no.
2005-11) at the regular commis-
sion meeting on Monday, Sept.
26.

The resolution, which was See Chamber Page 10

1986 Al Morrell
1987 E.E. "Chip" Edwards
1988 W.G. "Nick" Smith
1989 Jean Anderson
1990 George Jepson
1991 Janice and Jim Forbes
1992 Miller Couse
1993 Ruth Thompson
1994 Viola Owen
1995 Ruth Nail l
1996 Carol Giddens and
Diane Carithers
1997 John C. Perry, Sr.
1998 Frances Nail
1999 Morris Ridgdill
2000 Opal Hancock
2001 Curtis Fry
2002 Gideon H. Brown
2003 Joe Whitehead
2004 Jimmy McDuffie

read aloud by Mayor Mali Cham-
ness, highlighted just several of
the vast number of virtues Frank
Jones made a part of his daily life.
Among the many community
activities he was involved in was

trips to RAF and American air
bases located around Bedford,
including Twinwood Airfield. It
was from Twinwood that
Major Glenn Miller, the
renowned orchestra leader,
departed for France on Dec.
15, 1944, and was never seen
again, presumably the aircraft
having crashed into the Eng-
lish Channel.
While at Twinwood, visitors
toured the Glenn Miller Muse-
um, and got to dance well into
the night to the beat of a local
15-piece Big Band Orchestra.
The group also visited Duxford
Airfield and toured the aviation
heritage museums, which
included both British and
American aircraft displays and
history.

Mayor Mali Chamness
attended as Clewiston's official
representative, and made a
ceremonial presentation dur-
ing the event's formal dinner.
Also attending from Clewiston
were Ronnie Davis, whose
husband was an Instructor
Pilot for No. 5 BFTS, and Jeff
Barwick and his wife, Carlota.
Mrs. Davis was accompanied
by her daughter, Lenora Cap-
pola of Wellington.
Because of their advanced
years and health, the No. 5
BFTS held their last official
reunion in Clewiston in 2003
but still continue to visit the
area as individuals. During
World War II, the British Flying.
Training School was based in
Clewiston.

Submitted to INI/Jeff Barwick
Mayor Mali Chamness presents a special commemorative
plaque to No. 5 British Flying Training School Reunion Chair-
man Gerry Beardmore during their Reunion Dinner in Bed-
ford, England.

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Business honors: Chamber celebration

INI/Bill Fabian
Family members of Frank Jones were given thanks and an honorary plaque at the
Chamber of Commerce's 57th Annual Dinner. From left to right, Mark and Sylvia Jones,
with mother Sylvia and children Sylvia and Hector; Kay Jones; Scott and Laura Jones;
-and Adam Malcolm and Karen Jones. .. .

City honors longtime citizen
By Bill Fabian

Clewiston represented at

RAF's 27th cadet reunion

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Obituaries

Robin Weeks
Robin Weeks, 57, of Lakeport.
passed away Wednesday, Sept.
21, 2005, at.Raulerson Hospital in
Okeechobee. Robin was born
Dec. 8, 1947, at Moore Haven to
the late Roger Martin Weeks and
Harriet "Burns" Weeks.
Ms..Weeks graduated from the
University of Georgia with a B.A.
in Business. She was within
weeks of receiving her Masters
Degree from the University of
North Dakota when her father
passed away. She returned home
to work the family business and
in 1996 established the Weeks

Clewiston hosts
first event
GAINESVILLE Growth man-
agement issues including con-
flict management will be
emphasized at the Florida Natural
Resources Leadership Institute,
which is now accepting applica-
tions for its new class that begins in
January 2006. Application deadline
is Nov. 1,2005.
Created for leaders in industry,
government, academia and the
environmental and natural
resource management communi-
ties, the professional program is
designed to provide practical con-
cepts, tools and skills for use in
managing conflict over natural
resource issues. The training pro-
gram, conducted by the University
of Florida, consists of eight, three-
day sessions between January and
October 2006 at different locations
around the state.
"Managing and protecting envi-
ronmental resources in Florida is,
more than just arguing about who
gets the biggest slice of a shrinking
pie," said Roy Carriker, a professor
of resource economics in IF's
Institute of Food and Agricultural
Sciences (UF/IFAS) and director of
the leadership institute.
He said the program is designed
to help people from different per-
spectives find common ground so
that they can collaborate more
effectively in dealing with natural
resource challenges facing Florida.
"When it comes to the environ-
ment, those participating in the
leadership institute are usually sur-
prised to discover how much they
actually agree on," Carriker said.
"As a result, people who had seen
each other as adversaries can
become partners in developing
solutions to important natural
resource problems."
In the eight training sessions,
participants study personal and
group leadership skills, communi-
cation skills, dispute management
techniques, and learn about law
and policy. Activities include tours
of natural resource sites around the
state and discussions with man-
agers, leaders and policy-makers
directly involved in growth-man-
agement issues.
"ParticipAnts or 'fellows' learn

Cattle Company with her mother
Harriet B. Weeks producing
some of the state's finest Brangus
Cattle.
Robin was preceded in death
by her father, Roger M. Weeks,
mother Harriet B. Weeks and
brother Rodney Weeks all of
Moore Haven.
Robin's many friends and
business acquaintances shall
truly miss this remarkable
woman.
Cremation arrangements,
with burial, at the Ortona Ceme-
tery under the direction and care
of the Akin-Davis funeral home
- Clewiston.Chapel.

about the science and policy
behind natural resource issues, and
explore alternatives for addressing
them," Carriker said. "The training
program is a 'real-world' project
through which the fellows apply
skills and concepts learned in the
program to actual conflict or lead-
ership issues in their professional
settings."
Each of the eight training ses-
sions includes a natural resource
area site tour and technical presen-
tations on a specific natural
resource-problem -or issue. Ses-
sions feature panel discussions.
with siakeholaers ind ix iduals 1- '
group repreelatidlt esih \ alpus,
sometimes competing, interests.
Sessions also include training in
communication, leadership, group
consensus building and conflict
management.
Bruce Delaney, executive direc-
tor of the leadership institute, said
that a multidisciplinary faculty
team conducts the training, with
faculty from UF/IFAS and UF's
School of Natural Resources and
Environment covering resource
policy and interpersonal and group
communication skills. The Florida
Conflict Resolution Consortium at
Florida State University provides
trainers and practitioners in corn-
munity consensus building and
natural resources mediation. For a
second year, the institute's 2006
graduation program will be spon-
sored by Progress Energy Florida in
'St. Petersburg.
Issues to be addressed in the
2006 program include: Everglades
restoration and farming in the Ever-
glades, Clewiston, Jan. 19-21; the
impact of development on water
quality and the clam industry,
Cedar Key, Feb.16-18; the
rural/urban interface, Sarasota,
March 16-18; sustainable Treasure
Coast, Fort Pierce, April 20-22; infra-
structure siting issues, Ocala, May
18-20; southern water-use caution
areas, Ellenton, June 15-17; growth
management policy and issues,
Wakulla Springs, Sept. 14-16;
practicum presentations and grad-
uation, Gainesville, Oct. 19-21.
Delaney said graduation from
the program is contingent on the
participant's involvement in all
eight sessions and successful com-
pletion of a practicum project.

Gloria Maureen
Ingram
Gloria Maureen Ingram, 73, of
Clewiston, passed away Sept. 20,
2005, at Hope Hospice in Cape
Coral. Gloria was born May 6,
1932, at Limestone, Fla. to the pio-
neer family of the late D.L. and
Lola Mae "Ivey" Platt. She married
the late Beryl Dean Ingram Aug.
16,1952.
She worked many years in
sales for various dress shops. She
loved her cats and enjoyed keep-
ing her lawn. She attended Assem-
bly of God in Clewiston.
Survivors include he daugh-

ters: Susan Kelsoe (Leon), Connie
Davis (Mike), of Clewiston; broth-
er Kenneth Platt (Shirley), of Arca-
dia; seven grandchildren and 11
great-grandchildren. She was pre-
ceded in death by her husband,
Beryl D. Ingram and a son Frank
"Buddy" Ingram.
Funeral Services were on Fri-
day, Sept. 23, 2005 at 11 a.m. at the
Akin Davis Funeral Home Clewis-
ton, with Pastor Gary Corley offici-
ated. Interment followed at the
Ridgelawn Cemetery. Visitation
were on Thursday from 2-4 p.m.
and 6-8 p.m. at the Akin-Davis
Funeral Home Clewiston.

Free services to help the elderly

The Center for Independent Liv-
ing is suspending its outreach
efforts, until further notice. Please
contact Tera or Linda at the Center
for Independent Living located in
Charlotte County, (941) 766-8333,
for more information.
Family Caregiver Support Group
Meetings provides an opportunity
to become involved in an informa-
tional or discussion forum, for fam-
ily caregivers. Meetings begin
promptly at 4 p.m. and end at 5
p.m., at the various locations:
LaBelle 675-1446 2nd Wednes-
day each month, Clewiston 983-
7088 3rd Wednesday each
month and Moore Haven 946-1821
- 4th Wednesday each month.
Please call Gloria Slater, Program

Coordinator, if more information is
needed or if you have questions.
Insurance counseling with a
trained SHINE (Serving Health
Insurance Needs of the Elderly)
counselor is available every
Wednesday morning free of charge
at Nobles Center in LaBelle and at
the Senior Connections office in
Moore Haven. Legal help from
Florida Rural Legal Services is avail-
able at the Nobles Senior Center in
LaBelle on the second Wednesday
of each month from 9:30-11:30
a.m. (Please call 675-1446 to make
appointment.)
Funds are no longer available to
assist with hurricane disaster relat-
ed repairs. However, if you are hav-
ing housing issues, other resources

may be available. For-specific prob-
lems and questions, please call
675-1446 for LaBelle, 983-7088 for,
Clewiston and 946-1821 for Moore
Haven.
Faith in Action of Hendry/Glades
continues its expansion. If you have
a desire to serve as a FIA Coalition
Board Member and/or make a dif-
ference in someone's life by volun-
teering, please call Gloria Slater, at
675-1446 for more information.

Faith in Action LaBelle has
rescheduled its 2nd Community
Pride Concert for Oct. 23. It was
reluctantly cancelled due to the
storm threat, on the weekend of
August 28th. We apologize for any
inconvenience this might have
caused, and look forward to seeing
you there. For additional informa-
tion about this event please contact
LaSheba Travis at 674-4056, ext.
138 or Martha Pierce at 675-0334.

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Hello again, I know all you read-
ers have heard of the Florida artists
"The Highwaymen". They've been
a hot item over the past years with
the value of their Florida landscape
paintings going up, up, up. I'm sure
they never dreamed that. their
$39.99 paintings of the lush Indian
River landscape would someday
be selling for thousands of dollars.
It's not because these artists cre-
ated beautiful Florida landscape
paintings that they are so famous
today. Actually, their works are con-
sidered more of a folk art. They
thought nothing of using Upsom
board, Masonite, house paint or
whatever might be handy if money
wasn't available for canvas and
artist paints.
Even petty thieves, that know
absolutely nothing about art, are
tuned into how collectable these
extraordinary African American
painters' works are oftentimes
stealing "The Highwaymen" paint-
ings right off the walls of businesses
and homes.
This group of black artists work-
ing on the East coast would load
their cars down with their paint-
ings. Paintings that were some-
times mass-produced with each
artist having a specialty, and
adorned with the cheapest frames
they could find. Then they would
hit the road using every byway and
highway to reach every town and

city.
The Highwaymen had no idea
they were creating Florida art histo-
ry. Never considering they were
earning their way into the Florida
Artist Hall of Fame with their life
story.
The Highwaymens' story began
with one man, the master of Flori-
da landscape painting, artist A. E.
"Beany" Backus. Beany's studio
was located in Fort Pierce where
the young men rallied around the
magnificent Florida artist. He
became their mentor encouraging
them to paint and sell theirwork.
Backus, who died in 1990 at the
age of 84, found in the young black
artists what he loved: Art, good
conversation, good friends and a
quantity of good rumi. He inspired
them to paint the beautiful Indian
River landscape of inlets, dramatic
Florida sunsets, moonlit rivers, and
Royal poinciana trees. That cama-
raderie between Beany and the
Highwaymen evolved into an art
movement that is known today as
the Indian River School of Painting.
A. E. "Beany" Buckus was
inducted into the Florida Artist Hall
of Fame many years ago. I know
Beany would have been very
pleased to know that his "Highway-
men" have been honored 'there
also for their contribution to our
state's cultural art heritage.

A benefit concert

for their patriotism

There are heroes among us -
everyday people who make our
lives better just by doing their jobs,
going the extra mille, and caring
about others. We have seen and
experienced much of these special
people in our lives and in the
weeks following Hurricanes Katri-
na and Rita.
On Sunday, Oct. 9, there will be
an event, which will take time to
honor those people and say "thank
you" for their efforts an sacrifice, as
well as raise money to help the
helpers minister to the needs of
many people struggling from the
effects of Hurricane Katrina and
Rita. Please feel free to bring your
personal heroes along to join us!
Churches and individuals from
across the community are coming
together for a benefit concert of
patriotism and praise starting at 7

p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 9, at the John
Boy Auditorium in Clewiston.
Come and enjoy special music,
heartwarming testimonies from
"Hurricane Ground Zero", as we
join together to praise God who
has blessed us as a great nation,
even in the midst of devastating
storms. A love offering will be
taken for the hurricane victims.
If you would like to participate
in this event or if you would like
information, please call John Hicks
at (863) 983-5269. There are collec-'
tion boxes set up in each of our
area banks where you can drop off
donations. Donations can also be
marked and mailed to "Hendry
County Hurricane Relief", P.O. Box
832, Clewiston, FL 33440, and des-
ignated for Red Cross, Salvation
Army, or Habitat for Humanity.

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As the South Florida area
changes with more development,
some areas are also seeing an
increase in the horse population.
Folks fleeing the cities for rural
communities often want' to buy a
horse or two as part of their new
lifestyle. The South Florida Water
Management District recently pub-
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they get into the runoff from rain-
fall.
Equine BMPs (best manage-
ment practices) have been devel-
oped to limit or eliminate excess
phosphorus and other nutrients in
runoff from pastures. The BMPs
were developed with the coopera-
tion of horse owners, equestrian
facility managers, the South Florida
Trail Riders Association, IFAS and
the Florida Farm Bureau. BMPs
include tips on fencing, preventing
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management.

Appropriate
fencing
To reduce erosion and avoid
water quality degradation, strategic
location otyour fences needs to be
considered before installation.
Install fencing to allow rota-
tion and resting of pastures.
Fence off areas that receive
periodic standing water where pos-
sible.
Fence to prevent access of'
horses to canals or bodies of water
connected to canals. Provide alter-
nate water sources such as a water
trough.
Fence along a canal so that a
buffer strip of vegetation will be
created naturally to filter runoff and
prevent soil erosion.

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Preventing
soil erosion
*Exposed soil areas without
vegetative cover is susceptible to
soil erosion. Besides being detri-
mental to property values, soil ero-
sion allows soil sediments to drain
into nearby canals. Eroded sedi-
ment can have high levels of phos-
phorus. Erosion and sediment con-
trol practices will prevent surface
water quality problems and retain
the property's topsoil.
Maintain a vegetative buffer
strip between paddocks or pas-
tures and canals and roadways.
Construct berms where
appropriate.

Pasture
Management
Consider sub-dividing large
pastures into smaller ones and
develop a rotational grazing sys-
tem. Maintain grass on pastures by
rotating grazing areas and make
sure there is a drinking water
source for each pasture.
Overgrazing occurs when 50
percent or more of the plant has
been removed all at once. This
causes a stoppage of root growth
and reduces grass production.
Confine animals for a portion
of the day to prevent overgrazing.
Allow rest periods and use a
high-intensity, short duration graz-
ing technique to rejuvenate poor
pasture.
Mow regularly to encourage
grass and reduce weeds.
Allow pasture grass to reach
six inches in height before grazing
and remove animals when three
inches height remains.
Mow pastures to a uniform
height after grazing to stimulate
equal growth of all plants.
Fertilize pastures. If you are
not an experienced landscape pro-
fessional, use a "slow release" form
of fertilizer.
Before using a fertilizer, do a
soil test to see if it is needed. (If you
don't know how to do a soil test,
contact your local extension office
and ask how to contact a master
gardener.)
Read fertilizer labels com-
pletely and carefully. Do not over
apply.
Watch weather reports before
using fertilizer. Postpone fertilizing
if more. than one inch of rain is
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waterways.
Weed management
Search for individual weeds
and promptly remove, especially
near water bodies or wetlands.
Avoid moving livestock from a
weedy area to a weed-free area for
at least 24 hours.
Mow weeds regularly before
they go to seed.
Manure management
Remove manure from stalls
daily. Do not allow excess manure
to accumulate in paddocks, corrals
or pens.
Drag pastures as needed to
break up manure and to aerate the
manure with soil to encourage pas-
ture growth.
Maintain a good de-worming
program to prevent parasites and
worm eggs in manure.
Compost manure to create
topsoil fertilizer.
Create two manure piles -
one active and one dormant.
Position manure piles away
from canals, roads and neighbor-
ing plot lines.
Use composted manure on
lawns, gardens or pastures as fertil-
izer.
If your horses produce more
manure than you need for your
pasture and garden, arrange times
for neighbors, gardeners or nurs-
eries to pick up composted
manure.
Mud control
Install gutters and down-
spouts on buildings to divert rainfall
away from confinement areas.
Maintain a grass strip around
corrals, stalls and other confine-
ment areas to serve as a filter for
mud runoff.
Storm-water
management
Where feasible, construct
berms on your property to retain
storm-water and prevent runoff.
Create buffer strips of vegeta-
tion along canals and roadways.
Maintain water retention
areas on your property.
Leave a "ring of responsibili-
ty" around pasture ponds by not
fertilizing close to the water.
For more information on BMPs
and other water quality issues, see
the South Florida Water Manage-
ment District Web site at
www.sfwmd.gov.

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Note: In order to be considered for these outstanding opportunities, you must
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materials are available in the Clewiston, Pahokee, Belle Glade and South Bay public
libraries.

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at the Clewiston issues blog at http//newsblog.info/0902. It is a home-
town forum so visit the page as often as you would like and share your
comments (but no personal attacks or profanities, please). You can
also make a comment by calling our Speak Out 24-hour
opinion line at 983-9140. Comments will be published in the newspa-
per as space permits.
LOW COST AND HIGH SUSPICION: I've got two things I want to
discuss. One is the surprisingly low gas prices in Clewiston. We're
lower than the coast, for once. I've been here 30 years and this is the
first time I've ever seen this happen. Now, keep up the good work.
Don't raise them up just because you get the opportunity. You always
hear bad news and never hear good news, so thank you very much for
having the lowest gas price in the area. Second thing, does the term
absentee voter ring a bell? That's what's happened with U.S. Sugar. Mr.
Coker doesn't live in Clewiston anymore. He lives in Wellington. Mr.
Buker lives almost to LaBelle, so I'm not sure they've got the best inter-
est of Hendry Regional to heart. Try to do your best and take every-
thing with a grain of salt would be my advice and talk to the workers.

STUCK IN CLEWISTON: I used to be a U.S. Sugar employee and
took a great deal of pride in telling everybody that I worked for U.S.
Sugar. But now, honestly, I can't do that. The people from Africa, Ger-
many, Switzerland, Louisiana, and everywhere else, they're here
because the company, U.S. Sugar, requested them. Think about it,
people of Clewiston and I see the ads io the paper for refinery and it's
full time, year round jobs and it won't be affected by the layoff of the
Bryant Mill and the reduction in manpower next year? That don't
sound just right. But I'm here and I'll try and to make the best of it.
Maybe in a few more years, I can retire or the good Lord call me home,
whichever, but I'm stuck in Clewiston.

WHAT IF IT WAS YOUR CHILD: I'm calling in reference to, "some-
thing needs to be done" at Clewiston Middle School. I am also a con-
cerned parent. My child was beat last year a couple of times and noth-
ing was done and I think that these principals and these teachers need
to get their act together. When people come up and tell them that
there is a problem, they need to address it instead of waiting until an
event actually happens. They send them to what is supposedly called
the dome, but is nothing but a big waiting area for these kids who
enjoy going to the dome because it's more one-on-one attention. I
think something needs to be done. I think that it's ridiculous, I think
the principals and everybody else at the Clewiston Middle School need
awake up lesson, because if it was their child in that predicament, they
would certainly do something about it.

PARENTING STARTS AT HOME: I am responding to the parent who
called to complain about Clewiston Middle School. My son just fin-
ished his three middle school years and my daughter is in the eighth
grade at CMS. Not once, has either of my children been threatened. or
injured by another student. This is because my children, they're not
perfect, do not go to school looking for trouble. Those children who
attend Clewiston Middle School for the purpose of learning, do indeed
learn. Those who go to school looking for a fight at such a pivotal age,
will find it. As far as educational concerns, parents can be involved in
the school advisory board, parent-teacher conferences and providing
input into a child's academic improvement class. This school also
offers an after-school program. Our school system is not Utopian, but
it is effective. The school bears a lot of local, state, and federal account-
ability, but the parent and child have a responsibility too. This caller
needs to grow up and stop whining and be a real parent to your child
before it is too late.'

YOUR TURN FOR AN APOLOGY: I'm calling regarding the Clewis-
ton-Glades Central football game. The two teams played one heck of a
football game. It was a well played game was ruined at the end by
Glades Central. You were winning 13-7, you know you were going to
win the game, why not take a knee and show respect. No, you go for
another touchdown and get it. Fine, you won 19-7 Youpshowed a total
lack of class. The principal at Glades Central and especially the coach
es owes the coaches of the Clewiston players, the pllayers in Clewiston
and the fans in Clewiston ah apology. No reason for being so classless.
It was a good game, played hard, why not show some respect. No,
Glades Central shows a total lack of class.

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Meet Your Neighbor: Abby Moss

By Ideybis Gonzalez

Q: What is your name?
A: Abby Moss
Q: Where were you born?
A: I was born in Belle Glade,
however, I have lived in Clewiston
all of my life.
Q: What do you do?
A: I'm a registered nurse current-
ly employed as a clinical care
coordinator at Pharmacy Solu-
tions, a local home health agency.
Q: Why do you do what you
do?
A: I began working in he medical
field nine years ago and I loved the
feeling I got when I truly know I
have helped someone. Nurses not
only care for the physical aspect of
a patient's health, we also deal
tremendously with the psychologi-
cal issues they are experiencing.
Working in the home health indus-
try allows me to assess a patient in
their environment and help them
to adopt to their particular situa-
tion.

Q: Can you describe yourself?
A: I'm definitely a people person.
I love to meet new people and I
cannot think of anything better
than spending time with family and
friends.
Q: What scares you? \
A: What scares me? Change can
be quite scary.

Q: What is your favorite song?
A: I really don't have a favorite
song. I love all types of music. I
guess it depends on my mood.
Q: What Irks you?
A: Closed-minded people irk me,
because they can't see outside the
box. I feel people should always
be open to other suggestions and
opinions you can't always be
right.
Q: If you had an opportunity to,
do something else, what would
it be?
A: Although nursing can be quite
challenging at times, I can't think
of anything else I'd rather be
doing. Nursing is rewarding -
you learn something new every-
day. Being a nurse is never boring.
Q: What is the favorite part of
your job?
A: The best part of my job is help-
ing patients and their families.
They place a great deal of trust in
me and just like if they were my
good friend or a family member. I
feel compelled to help them in
anyway possible. I form a bond

with all my patients, some touch
my heart more than others, but all
of them impact my life in some
way.
Q: Can you tell me about the
upcoming benefit you are coor-
dinating?
A: Well, right now I am coordinat-
ing an upcoming benefit for a won-
derful 20-year-old young man
named. Robert Nail. Robert was
paralyzed after a horrible motorcy-
cle accident he was involved in on
Father's Day this year. Robert
attained serious injuries and will
require total assistance while.
recovering. So, with the help of the
Elks Lodge, and many local resi-
dents a benefit barbeque, cow flop
and softball tournament Was coor-
dinated to take place Oct. 8 at the
Elks' five-acre field on San Francis-
co in Clewiston. This is a very
good way to help raise money for
this family in a time of need.
Q: What is the memory you
hold dear to you?
A: Memories of loved ones I've
lost are the closest to my heart.

Hurricanes and volcanoes: a message

By The Reverend Samuel S.
Thomas, Ph. D.+
Saint Martin's Church, Clewiston
I attended a conference at the
University of Florida on "Crust
over the Volcano." The theme
had to do with our getting things
into normal, routine patterns and
then having our patterns dis-
turbed. The disturbances blow
the "crust off of the Volcano" and
force people to reorganize. The
presenters at the conference
maintained that we grow when
we reorganize and re-think our
lives; and get shaken out of our
"comfortable ruts." Many
well0known people are famous
for re-inventing themselves in life
and starting over on a second
career or new vocation. A good
friend of mine was a mechanic
for on of the major equipment
manufacturers for most of his life
until he was struck with cancer.
He was no longer able to work
but started to volunteer at a zoo
where he moved. He'd talk to me
about all that he learned about
animals he had just taken for

granted for years and you could
hear the excitement in his voice
as he described his new-found
avocation. Many clergy are sec-
ond-avocation persons; finding a
special calling after years in
another profession.
Many items I have heard
about persons who have
returned to school or gone into
another way of life after serving
for months or years in a "com-
fortable rut" but not really feeling
fulfilled or satisfied. Reorganiza-
tion of ones life after a change in
domestic relationships is often
regarded as a negative factor
when it can also be a positive fac-
tor. It doesn't mean ending a
relationship always, but some-
times reorganizing, rethinking,
redirecting the domestic scene.
Sometimes the process is painful
and we have no choice. We hear
about thousands of people who
are having to reorganize their
lives after a hurricane of mon-
strous proportions and unimag-
inable damage. I am sure that
they will not be quick to look at
the blessings that come in reor-

ganization but also know that the
changes forced upon them will
cause them to reflect and rethink
about what is important in life,
what values are dear to them,
what is to be learned by all that
has happened. The Christian reli-
gion is about people that were
continually reorganizing their
lives; fishermen who gave up the
sea, a tax collector who had to
give up a lucrative lifestyle and
income, a well-trained Pharisee
who had to give up his traditions.
Each of them, though, found
something new and the doors
that opened were well worth the
suffering it took to get out of the
"comfortable rut." In an
encounter with the Lord, many
are led to change their lives and
begin life over in a whole new
direction. Sometimes- it happens
when a person realizes "this isn't
working" and the earnest search
begins for a better life; at other
times something dramatic hap-
pens and forces change that is
unwelcome and unwanted. In
either case, the crust is blown off
of the old, comfortable volcano

and the process of reorganiza-
tion and rethinking begins again.
We don't have any Volcanoes
here in South Florida, but we
have hurricanes to shake us up
every so often. I will be the first
not to downplay the seriousness
of the damage, destruction, loss
of life and tragedy that they
being. In spite of everything,
though, there is a forced re-think-
ing, reorganization that comes; a
promise to be better prepared, a
vow to help those who suffer
from disasters in their own areas,
a dedication to cherish more
dearly those we love, an appreci-
ation of the gift of life and bless-
ings of friends and family.
The Lord who came and
brought us to rethink and reor-
ganize our lives did not stop by
giving one new pattern, but the
way to continued newness and
opening to the gifts of this life. He
concludes in Revelation by say-
ing "I am making everything
new" (Revelation 21:5) The
process has not ended and will
continue, and God is there aside
us each time we share it in life.

Harlem Highlights

By Emma Dixon

Tigers lose to Raiders-
A good game until the final
minutes of the game stated fans
from Clewiston. A few fumbles
and interceptions may have a
played a part in the Tigers' loss to
Glades Central on Friday night in
Belle Glade by a final score of 19-
7. The Tigers will host the Cru-
saders of Cardinal Newman High
School on Friday night, Sept. 30 at
Care field at 7:30 p.m.

Cougars win!
Congratulations to all the

Clewiston Cougar teams on their
victories against the Naples
Titans. The Cougars traveled to
Naples last Saturday. The follow-
ing scores were reported: Tiny
Mites 30-0; Mitey Mites 33-2; Jr.
Pee Wee 45-0; Pee Wee 36-0; Jr.
Midgets 27-0; Sr. Midgets 33-0.
The teams will travel again to
the city of Naples to take on the
Hurricanes. Fans continue to
support our teams and cheer-
leaders.

Soul-saving revival
You are invited to a soul-sav-
ing revival at the Mt. Olive Mis-

sionary Baptist Church, Lake
Harbor,. Florida beginning Sun-
day, night, Sept. 25 through
Thursday, Sept. 29. The Evange-
list for the revival is Michael Col-
lier. Service begins nightly at
7:30 p.m. Rev. John Holman,
host pastor.

Sick and shut-ins
Remember to pray and visit
the sick and shut-ins in the hos-
pitals, health care centers and
their homes. A visit will help
make their day. Pray for the
bereaved families in the com-
munity and surrounding areas.

Remember those incarcerated.
Prayer changes all. things. Con-
tinue, ,tqulry for ,the, men and
women serving in the war and.
for those hurricane victims.

Happy birthday
greetings
Birthday wishes go out to:
Master Sgt. Claude Dixon Jr.,
Jerry Norton Jr., Shakendra
Ware, Cristina Morales, Lamar.
Huston, Latoria Huston, Classy
Williams, Janessa Smith,
Alquonne Brown, and all born
this week of Sept. 26. God bless
each ofyou.

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Letter to the Editor

Spin doctors at work
Dear editor:
Regarding the problems with
our local hospital: My views on this
controversy are that there are three
sides:
1) U.S. Sugar/Blue Ribbon
Panel.
2) Quorum Health
Resources/Hendry Regional Med-
ical Center.

3) The citizens of
Clewiston/Hendry County.
U.S. Sugar and their Blue Rib-
bon Panel have an "axe to grind",
they question tax increases, which
affects their bottom line and not the
welfare of Clewiston.
U.S. Sugar and their Blue Rib-
bon Panel have deep pockets and
they have sent out mailers and pur-
chased full-page ads in the local
newspaper to support their posi-

tion.
Spin doctors at work!
Quorum Health Resources
counters with their own "Spin".
Both sides publish conflicting
accounting numbers so who
should we believe?
I don't think we can believe
either party what we need is an
outside impartial panel to help us
determine the financial future of
our hospital and our health care.
Who and how an impartial panel
might work or who should be .a
member? I don't have a clue.
Our future health care is in
question, not a, "tax break" for U.S.

Pet Corner

Q: Dear Doc Savvy. My dog has
one eye, which is part blue and
brown the other is all brown.
I've heard that situation referred to
as "Moon-Eyed". Is there another,
or proper medical name for it?
Does it cause a problem for vision?
Thanks Doc, Don in Clewiston.
A: Hey Don, what an uncom-
mon question.Yes! There is a name
for it. It is called "Heterochromia".
When the eyes are all the same
color it is called "Homochromia".
And no, it does not affect vision at
all. It is only a reflection of various
degrees of pigment in the colored
part of the eye. Hope that answer
does it for you Don. Take care, Doc
Savvy.
Q: Dear Doc Savvy. My neighbor
has large dogs in the backyard, and
he doesn't clean up after them. The
odor is so bad sometimes that it is
unbearable. Is there any kind of
product we can use to control the
odor on our side of the fence?
Thanks Doc, Georgie in Belle
Glade.
A: Hey Georgie. I wish I had an
easy solution for you. I do not know
of any products that will really help.
In this case I think getting to the
root of the problem is the best cure.

Sugar or an "open pocket book"
for Quorum.
Quorum has many questions to
answer like what happened to
the money from the sale of hospital
property to Eckerd/CVS?
The best interest of the folks
from Clewiston and Hendry Coun-
ty lies not with U.S. Sugar or Quo-
rum, but what we need to ensure
our future health care!
Do we have the resources
and/or the resolve to make our hos-
pital functional or will we accept an
emergency room operation in
place of a hospital in the future?
BoydT. Vorhees

Book drive
The Clewiston Public Library
and the Harlem Community
Library are sponsoring a book drive
for the public libraries on the Gulf
Coast, Which were hard hit by Hur-
ricane Katrina. We will be accept-
ing "gently used" and new paper-
backs and hardbacks. These books
will be sent to a warehouse- in
Texas set up by the Texas Library
Association. They will remain there

and subsequently be forwarded
when the affected libraries can
accept materials. We are also look-
ing at sending some of these books
to a Red Cross Shelter in Boynton
Beach, which is helping victims
from Katrina. We are working on
these details currently. For more
information, please call the Clewis-
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Hendry County Sheriff Department

Editor's note: The following
named individuals listed in the
arrest activity report are not an
indication of guilt. Anyone who
wishes to do so, may contact the
newspaper upon final disposition
of their case for publication.

Aggravated battery
MONTURA On Sept. 18, the
Hendry County Sheriff's Office
received a 911-call about someone
bleeding and needing help in Mon-
tura Ranch Estates. Sheriff Ronnie
Lee responded to the scene along
with investigators while a uniform
Road Patrol Deputy responded to
Hendry Regional Hospital to meet
with the complainant. The victim
was treated for wounds to the head
and released. The victim returned
to the scene and furnished investi-
gators additional information that
lead to the arrest of Hispanic Male
Jose Perez who resides in the Mon-
tura Ranch Estates area. Perez was
charged with Aggravated Battery
and transported to the Hendry
County Jail.

Traffic stop leads
to cocaine arrest
LABELLE On Sept. 15,,
Hendry County deputies conduct-
ed a traffic stop on Main Street and
Lincoln Avenue in Labelle. The
driver, Hispanic Male Javier Ayala,
age 21, was suspected of driving
under the influence. While con-

ducting the investigation deputies
discovered a quantity of powder
cocaine. Sheriff Ronnie Lee said,
the driver was arrested and
charged with driving under the
influence of alcohol and posses-
sion of cocaine.

Recovery of
stolen vehicle
CLEWISTON D/S Preece, of
the Hendry County Sheriff's Office
arrested William D. Mayfield, age
41, for trespassing on United States
Sugar Property on Sept. 7. During
the investigation it was determined
that Mayfield had been in posses-
sion of a stolen vehicle from South
Carolina.
Sheriff Ronnie Lee reported that
arrangements would be made to
return the vehicle to South Caroli-
na.

Cocaine and
marijuana discovered
HARLEM In recent weeks
investigators of the Hendry County
Sheriff's Office, working in an
undercover capacity, have pur-
chased illegal narcotics and dan-
gerous drugs in the Harlem area, as
well as other areas in Hendry
County. Sheriff Ronnie Lee said that
on Sept. 15, Chuck Cornelius
Gilkes, age 25, of Mississippi
Avenue, Clewiston, was spotted by
investigators entering a vehicle on

Harlem Academy. The Hendry
County Sheriff's Office held active
warrants on Gilkes for Sale of
Cocaine and Sale of Marijuana. The
car was stopped and Gilkes was
arrested. The driver of the vehicle,
Theophilus Tawon Brooks, age 23
of 1106 Harlem Gardens, was also
arrested on Illegal Drug charges.
Investigators searched the vehicle
and located four bags of marijuana,
49 pieces of crack cocaine, and an
disclosed quantity of powder
cocaine. Both men were transport-
ed to the Hendry County Jail. Gilkes
had previously been arrested for
Robbery and was out on bond at
the time of his arrest.

Shooting
suspect wanted
HARLEM The Hendry Coun-
ty Sheriff's Office investigated a
shooting in the M&M store parking
lot in Harlem on Sept. 22. Witness-
es told investigators that Anthony
Gonzales Carter was in front of the
M&M store and as Bobby Gene
Gray, age 24, approached him,
Carter pulled a gun and fired one
time. Gray started to run away and
Carter continued shooting, striking
Gray one time in his right thigh.
One of the stray bullets also struck
a 17-year-old juvenile in his right
ankle. Both victims were treated at
the Hendry Regional Medical Cen-
ter and released. Sheriff Ronnie Lee
said deputies were unable to locate
Carter the night of the shooting and

a warrant has been issued for his
arrest.

Four busted on
drug charges
On Sept. 22, the Hendry County
Sheriff's Office, D.E.A. Task Force,
and Glades County Sheriff's Office
executed two search warrants. The
first residence searched was 1104
Choctaw Avenue. A search of the
premises resulted in officers locat-
ing a quantity of powder cocaine,
marijuana seeds, weight scales,
pipes used for smoking marijuana,
packaging materials, a quantity of
crack cocaine, and a quantity of
marijuana. Filemon Marquez, age
19, was arrested for Cocaine Traf-
ficking, Possession Of Marijuana,
and Possession of Drug Parapher-
nalia. Liborio Marques, age 22, was
arrested for Possession of Cocaine
and Possession of Drug Parapher-
nalia. Jennifer Marquez, age 21,
was arrested for Possession of Mar-
ijuana and Possession of Drug Para-
phernalia.
Sheriff Ronnie Lee said the sec-
ond search warrant was executed
at 320 Carlotta Avenue where .offi-
cers located marijuana plants
growing in pots inside the house.
Paraphernalia used for smoking
marijuana was also located within
the premises. Albert Vela, age 20,
was arrested for Possession of Drug
Paraphernalia and Cultivation of
Marijuana.

CPD busts dealers

Editor's note: The following
individuals listed in the arrest
activity report are not an indica-
tion of guilt. Any one interested
in doing so, may contact the
newspaper upon final disposi-
tion of their case for publication.
CLEWISTON The Clewis-
ton Police Department reports
that on Sept. 21 the Clewiston
Police Department's Narcotic's
Unit conducted a controlled
delivery of crack cocaine that
resulted in the arrest of two
males, Ryan Otguest Willis, DOB
12/21/76, and Kevin Rolle, DOB
03/24/75, both of Belle Glade.
The undercover officers
ordered a large delivery of crack
cocaine, representing a street
value of approxirpately $7,500
from an out-of-county supplier
known to law enforcement to be
a major provider of cocaine to
our local area. The, supplier
agreed to meet at an undisclosed
area within the city of Clewiston.
Once the supplier arrived at the
location, ,the Narcotics Team
secured the two individuals and
performed a search of the vehi-
cle.

The search resulted in the dis-
covery of 130 grams of crack
cocaine. The cocaine was locat-
ed between the two front seats
where Willis and Rolle were sit-
ti'ng at the time of the arrest. Both
suspects were arrested and
booked into the Hendry County
Jail where they were charged for
Delivery of Crack Cocaine within
1,000 feet of school, and traffick-
ing of Crack Cocaine within
1,000 feet of school. Both sus-
pects are presently housed in the
Hendry County Jail with bonds
set at $350,000 each awaiting
possible Federal Indictments on
these charges.
The Clewiston Police Depart-
ment has changed their focus of
attention to target the out-of-
county suppliers who are known
to bring narcotics into our juris-
diction. The Clewiston Police
Department would like to again
thank the concerned citizens
who have voiced their disap-
proval of the drug activities in our
community by providing assis-
tance and information to the
police department in the appre-
hension of narcotics violators.

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House passes Foley sex offender legislation

WASHINGTON Congress-
man Mark Foley (FL-16), Co-Chair-
man of the Missing and Exploited
and Children's Caucus, announced
that legislation he introduced in
May overhauling how our nation
treats sex offenders passed the
House of Representatives by a vote
of 371 to 52 as part of the Children's
Safety Act of 2005 introduced by
House Judiciary Committee Chair-
man James Sensenbrenner (WI-
05).
"We keep better track ,of our
library books than we do child
predators," said Foley. "Those who
break such a sacred trust and prey
on our children no matter who
they are, where they are from or
where they commit their crime -
should have to make their where-
abouts known or be subject to
additional jail time and other penal-
ties.
"Today more than 500,000 con-
vile,-' < c ilrdedrs, I.e in the Unit-
ed Sales,. Of those, abdut-150,000
are missing roaming the streets
with no one watching over them.
We also know that, once released,
sex offenders are four times more

Arrest Report
Editor's note: The following
individuals listed in the arrest
reports are not an indication of
guilt. Anyone interested in doing
so, may contact the newspaper
upon final disposition of their
case for publication.
Belle Glade Police Department
arrest report
Sept. 20
Juvenile, 14, Battery; uttering a
forged instrument
Sept. 21
Isarel Hester, 36, Burglary
Sept. 22
Maria Martinez, 49, Retail Theft
Sept.23
Ernest Butler, 25, Domestic
Battery
Juvenile, 14, Battery
Sept. 24
Kenneth Wilcher, 43, Violation
of Injunction
Noel Arredondo, 32, Disorder-
ly Conduct
Sept.25
Jacinto Ramos, 18, Criminal
Mischief
Kevin Corcoran, Jr., 19, Aggra-
vated Battery

Crimestoppers

As of Sept. 23, 2005, Crimestop-
pers is seeking public assistance in
locating Jose Nunez who is listed
as a white male, with a date of birth
of Feb. 7,1980.
Nunez is
described as
being 5'6" tall,
weighs 180
pounds, and
has black hair
with brown
eyes. His last
known address
is Main Street, Jose
in Belle Glade. Nunez
Nunez is want-
ed on, a warrant for Failure to
Appear on charges of attempted
burglary of a dwelling.
If you have any information
regarding the whereabouts of
Nunez, please call Crimestoppers
at (800) 458-TIPS (8477). You may
remain anonymous and could be
eligible for a cash reward.

likely to be rearrested for a sex
crime. We need to stop playing
Russian roulette with the lives of
our children.
"I want to thank ,Chairman
Sensenbrenner for his leadership in
making this legislation a reality,"
said Congressman Foley.
Foley's Sex Offender Registra-
tion and Notification Act of 2005,
which he introduced in May with
Senator Orrin Hatch, was folded
into H.R. 3132 as Title I of the com-
prehensive legislation dealing with
child safety issues.
Provisions include:
r Improves Sex Offender Registra-
tion and Notification Program to
ensure that sex offenders register,
and keep current, where they
reside, work and attend school
(H.R. 2423- Rep. Foley).
Improves verification systems
for sex offender information by
.requiring monthly verification, sex
offender 'in-person verification

every six months, and regular nota-
rized verification mailings
,(H.R.1505 Rep. Ginny Brown-
Waite).
Requires States to have a uni-
form, public access sex offender
registration Web site (H.R. 2423 -
Rep. Foley). .
Creates Dru Sjodin National Sex
Offender Public Web site to search
for sex offender information in
each community (H.R. 95 Reps.
Gillmor and Pomeroy).
Expands sex offenders to
include juvenile sex offenders (H.R.
2797- Rep. Green).
Requires states to notify:each
other when sex offender moves
from one state to another (H.R.
2423- Rep. Foley).
Expands sex offenses covered
by registration and notification
requirements to include military,
tribal, foreign, sex crimes, and
increases duration of registration
requirements to protect the- public

(H.R. 1355-Rep. Poe).
Expands community notifica-
tion requirements to include active
efforts to inform law enforcement
agencies, schools, public housing,
social service agencies and volun-
teer organizations in area where
sex offender resides, works or
attends school (H.R. 2423 Rep.
Foley).
Creates new criminal penalty of
mandatory minimum of five years
to maximum of 20 years for a sex
offender who fails to comply with
registration requirements. Expands
law enforcement use of DNA to
solve sex crimes (H.R. 2796 Rep.
Green).
Prevents and deters violent
crimes against children and sexual
exploitation of children (H.R. 2318
and H.R. 2388 Rep. Green). Pro-
tects foster children from sexual
abuse and exploitation. Increases
criminal penalties against child sex-
ual predators.

Glades County Sheriff's Office Arrest Report

Editor's note: The following
individuals listed in the arrest
report do not indicate guilt. Any-
one who cleared on charges fol-
lowing the final disposition of
their case may contact the
newspaper for publication.

Sept. 11
Billy Arnold, 31, of Moore
Haven was arrested by Deputy
Don Salo on the charge of DWLS
and an active Broward Co. War-
rant. He remains in.custody with
bond set at $2,500.
Victor Govea, 29, of Moore
Haven was arrested by Deputy,
Jason Griner on an active war-
rant for VOP. He remains in cus-
tody with no privilege of bond.
Annette Beard, 35, of Moore
Haven was arrested by Deputy
Queeriie Bell on an active war-
rant for VOP. She was later
ROR'ed 9/12/05.

Sept. 12
Victor Valera, 67, of Moore
Haven was arrested by Deputy
Holly Ramsey on the charge of
DWLS. He was later released on a
$250 cash bond.
Anthony Downing, 19, of
Moore Haven was arrested by Sgt.
Ronnie Baker on the charge of Pos-
session of Marijuana under 20
grams. He was later released with
no charges filed.
Michael Cheney, 28, of Lehigh
Acres was arrested by Deputy
Queenie Bell on an active warrant
for VOP. He remains in custody
with 30 days in county jail.
Sept.13
Amber Cooper, 23, of Braden-
ton was arrested by Deputy Bryan
Enderle on the charge of giving
false ID to law enforcement. She
was later ROR'ed.
Daiton Johnson, 32, of Moore
Haven was arrested by Deputy
Leslie Fuce on two active warrants
for VOP. He remains in custody

with bond set at $7,500.
Sept. 14
Leslie Emonds, 43, of Clewiston
was arrested by Deputy Jason
Griner on two active warrants for
VOP. He was later released ROR'ed.
Sept. 15
Jared Parker, 27, of Punta Gorda
was arrested by FHP Officer Ver-
biest on an active Charlotte County
warrant. He was later released on a
$2,000 surety bond.

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Thursday, September 29, 2005 Serving the communities south of Lake Okeechobee EDUCATION 7

School Happenings

Eastside
Elementary School
Eastside students and parents
enter the kingdom of reading:
Sept. 15 was not just an ordi-
nary evening for the students and
parents of Eastside Elementary
School. Many students, parents,
and teachers attended a function
sponsored by Scholastic Book Fair
entitled "Entering The Kingdom of
Reading." What started out to be
just an ordinary book fair turned
into a huge success when the stu-
dents observed the activities
planned for that evening. The
response was overwhelming!
There was no cost to attend
this event, with the exception of
purchasing books at the Scholas-
tic Book Fair. Many parents pur-
chased books for their children
and their child's classroom. The
proceeds from this fair will be
used to purchase more books for
the school library and provide
Materials for other events such as
this one. Students could sign up
for door prizes by guessing how
many "Smarties" a Dragon eats.
They could enter the castle door to
the media center where they were
honored by the queen (Mrs. Duke,
the principal) and the big castle
mouse (Ray Tash and Dillon Irey).
Students and parents participated
in a variety of crafts such as mak-
ing your own crown, decorating'
the "Frog Prince", or designing
their own castle. Refreshments
were served to all who attended.
"I contribute the success of this
Scholastic Book' Fair to all the
wonderful parents, teachers, and
students who took the time to par-
ticipate in this event. It takes team-
work from Mrs. Duke, teachers,
and staff to carry out these activi-
ties. It takes enthusiastic students,
faithful volunteers, and the sup-
port from parents to make this all
worthwhile and fun," said Mrs.
Dierks.
Mrs. Dierks would like to thank
all of the volunteers, parents, stu-
dents, and teachers for taking an
Active part in making Eastside Ele-
mentary School a fun place to
learn.
Accelerated reader
The students at Eastside Ele-
mentary participated in the annu-
al AR Walk-A-Thon Friday, Sept.
16. Grades K-2 walked around the
school one time, and grades 3-5
walked around the school twice.

Submitted to INI/KrIsti Durance
Walk-A-Thon was held Friday, Sept. 16, at Eastside Elemen-
tary School. 1st place: Anabelle Williams, 2nd place: Chari-
ty Patrick and 3rd place: Jazmine Thompson.

All proceeds from the Walk-A-
Thon are used for the Accelerated
Reader program: Purchasing new
books, purchasing incentives for
the students, etc. Mrs. Perry would
like to thank all of parents who
came out to help with the Walk-A-
Thon.
Eastside. will have its first AR
Rally this Friday, Sept. 30. We
would like to invite all parents to
come out and enjoy the rally with
their child. The rally will be held in
the cafeteria and will begin at
approximately 9 a.m.
Special Speaker at Eastside
The students at Eastside had a
special surprise on Tuesday, Sept.
20. We had a special speaker from
FPL (Florida Power and Light). He
put on a great show about elec-
tricity for the students. He had vol-
unteers from the audience (stu-
dents) come on stage to assist him
with his production. All of the stu-
dents had a great time learning
about electricity.
Picture re-Takes at Eastside
Picture re-takes will be Thurs-
day, Oct. 6. Students who pur-
chased packages before, but were
not satisfied With the pictures may
have their picture retaken. Those
students need to bring in the origi-
nal package they purchased in
order to get retakes. (They may
keep the class photo out of the
original package.) Students must
dress in uniform on picture day.
Students will be permitted to dress
in regular clothing for spring pic-
tures.

Clewiston
Middle School
Clewiston Middle School stu-
dents, faculty and staff worked to
raise funds for Hurricane Katrina
relief. We are proud that our total
amount raised was $2,000, which
will be donated to the Red Cross.
Competition was stiff between
grade levels, however the most
money was collected by the 6th
grade. They will be revealed on
Sept. 30, when they will be allowed
to wear jeans with their dress code
shirts. This applies ONLY to 6th
graders.
The future Business. Leaders of
America (FABLE), a new club at
school sponsored by Mrs. Dixon
and Ms. James met on Sept. 13 and
elected the following officers:
Cheyenne Vazquez, president,
Ashely Hobbs, vice-president, Jam
Keshia Willingham, secretary;
Kanga Adkins, treasure, and Melin-
da Giraldo, reporter/historian. The
club is now involved in collecting
pull-tabs, as a community project
for the Ronald McDonald House.
The Beta Club -has collected
items for the Support Our Troops
project. These items will be sent to
the local VFW auxiliary for our
troops in Iraq. They will be having a
bake sale for students on Friday,
Sept. 30.
The School Advisory Council
will meet at 5:15 p.m. on Monday,
Oct. 17 in the conference room in
the administration building. All
interested are welcome and
encouraged to attend.

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Christian School to open in 2006
The Clewiston Christian School humbly announces the donation of the research facility
by the United States Sugar Corporation. This incredible gift will allow the Clewiston
Christian School to become a Christian based center for educational excellence.

School Briefs

Fiftieth reunion Free diabetes help. Narconon offers free coun-
seling, assessments and referrals
planned education classes to rehabilitation centers nation-
lewiston High School's Class Free Diabetes Education class- wide by calling (800) 468-6933 or
Clewiston High School's Class es are being offered at Hendry logging onto www.stopaddic-
of 1956 is planning their 50th year Regial Medical Center. Call Toni tion.com. Don't wait until it's too
class reunion next June. Tentative a t 983-1123 for more information late. Call Narconon now.
plans call for a brunch at Roland at 983-1123 for more information
Martin's, Saturday morning, June Friday Nights Lights Stop the violence
24, 2006. There will be activities Ligtsthe violence
during the day and a dinner at the Evangel Church Assembly of The Hendry, and Glades
Country Club that night. The God Outreach Center is open Domestic and Sexual Violence
Class of 1955 and the Class of from 7-10 p.m. every Friday to all Council's mission is to increase
1957 are also invited to.join the 7-12 grade students in our com- community awareness about
celebration. munity. Activities available domestic and sexual violence and
include basketball, three play sta- victim safety by providing servic-
tion 2 units, music,, and games. es, referrals and education relating
Cub Scout meetings Snack bar with great prizes is to the affects of domestic/sexual
open each night. violence in. our community. The
Cub Scout Pack 667 meets meetings rotate between LaBelle,
every Thursday in the Clewiston Family counseling Clewiston and Moore Haven. To
Youth Center at 6:30 p.m., and has available get involved in the council or for
room for more members. Come avlble information about meeting dates
check us out. Currently, we are Drug addiction can leave an and times, please call Abuse
building go-carts. Parents are individual feeling helpless and out Council and Treatment, Inc.'s
invited and encouraged to come. of control, especially if you are the Rural Extension (REACT): (863)
Call Angie at the Youth Center for family member or friend of an 674-1811 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. to
more information, addict. Narconon Arrowhead can speak with an advocate.

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NOTICE OF PROPOSED TAX INCREASE

The Buckhead Ridge Mosquito Control District has tentatively adopted
a measure to increase it's property tax levy,

L ye sproperty tax levy

A. Initially proposed tax levy...............................$ 56,993

B. Less tax reductions due to Value Adjusment

Board and other assessment changes........,,....... (401)

C. Actual property tax levy................................... $ 57,394

This 's proposed tax levy.............................................$ 68,875

All concerned citizens are invited to attend a public hearing on the tax

increase to be held on

DATE October 3,2005

TIME 7:00p.m.

at

MEETING PLACE Buckhead Ridge Community Center.

TOWN Building #2

682 Hwy. 78 West

Buckhead Ridge, FL 34974

A FINAL DECISION on the proposed tax increase and the budget will

be made at this hearing.

BUDGET SUMMARY

Buckhead Ridge Mosquito Control

District of Glades County

Fiscal Year 2005-2006

Building 682 Highway 78 West

Buckhead Ridge Okeechobee FL, 34974

MILLAGE 1.000 GENERAL FUND

REVENUES BALANCE FORWARD FOR LAST YEAR .$48,241.00

AD VALOREM TAXES .$68,875.00

STATE $18,513.00

EXPENDITURES

PERSONAL SERVICES .... $20,000.00

PERSONAL SERVICES BENEFITS $1,200.00'

OPERATING EXPENSES..............................$16,000.00

TRAVEL/UTLITIES............................... $750.00

REPAIR SERVICES.................. $1,500.00

OTHER CURRENT CHARGES..................................$12,200.00

SUPPLIES/MATERIALS............................... $300.00

GAS/OIL/LUBE............................... $3,000.00

CHEMICALS/SOLVENTS/ADDITIVES $28,000.00

CONTINGENCY. $4,438.00

TOTAL...................................$87,388.00

RESERVES........................@..................................................$44,331.00

FUTURE CAPITAL OUTLAY............... $3,910.00

TOTAL EXPENDITURES AND RESERVES ...........$135,629.00

THE TENTATIVE ADOPTED AND OR FINAL BUDGETS ARE ON PUBLIC FILE IN THE
OFFICES OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED TAXING AUTHORITY AS A PUBLIC RECORD.

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Report details progress in protecting ecosystems

By MaryAnn Morris
The South Florida Environmen-
tal Report, prepared by South Flori-
da Water Management District
(SFWMD), provides data .sum-
maries for all major ecosystems in
South Florida during "water year"
2005 (May 1,2004 through April 30,
2005). Public comment can be
made via a Web blog on the
SFWMD Web site
:! www.sfwmd.gov.
The South Florida environment
is large, complex and diverse. Many
areas are of concern when consid-
ering the health of the Everglades
and the health of residents of this
ecologically rich and diverse
region.
Kissimmee Watershed: The
Kissimmee Watershed is the head-
waters of the greater Kissimmee-
Okeechobee-Everglades ecosys-
tem and 'encompasses about
6,200-square miles of southern
Central Florida. The Upper Basin is
an important regional water
source. This diverse natural
resource forms an ecological tran-
sition between the temperate cli-
mate to the north and the sub-trop-
Sic areas to the south. The
Kissimmee Chain of Lakes is 28
interconnected lakes that work
hydrologically and ecologically.as a
resource of a regional size. Water
levels in the lakes are controlled
through a series of canals and con-
trol structures.
Historically the Kissimmee River
meandered about 103 miles
through an area one to two miles
wide called a floodplain. As part of
early flood-control efforts, the river
was channelized and two-thirds of
the floodplain was drained
between 1962 and 1971. Unfortu-
nately, this resulted in drastic
declines in wintering waterfowl,
wading bird and game fish popula-
tions. /
Restoration of the river was
authorized by the U.S. Congress of
1992, With the goal to restore 40-
square miles of river, floodplain
ecosystem and 43 miles of mean-
dering river channel and 27,000
acres of wetlands. Part of this pro-
gram will evaluate benefits to more
than 320 fish and wildlife species
including the endangered Wood
Stork, Snail Kite and Bald Eagle.
Land acquisition, advanced
research and on-going monitoring
efforts are important to the restora-
tion of the Kissimmee River ecosys-
tem.
C-139 Basin: Southwest of
SClewiston, is -the C-139 Basin
where agriculture is the eminant

South F]

Special to INI/South Florida water Management district
Estuaries like the St. Lucie.River are threatened by development like Sewells Point and fresh-
water discharges from connection to Lake Okeechobee.

land use. The remaining land is
wetland and forested upland;
some is in the Big Cypress National
Preserve. The Big Cypress National
Preserve was established in 1974 to
protect the natural and recreational
value of the Big Cypress Watershed
while continuing hunting, fishing
and oil and gas production, Exces-
sive drainage and the introduction
of poor quality water into the pre-
serve via the existing canals are
problems. Since 2002, C-139 is sub-
ject by law to a Best Management
Practices (BMP) Regulatory Pro-
gram.
Coastal Ecosystems: Coastal
Ecosystems are the near ocean
shelf, coastal lagoons estuaries,
marshes, sloughs, tidal creeks and
freshwater rivers and canals that
come from the watershed. These
are mostly tropical and subtropical
ecosystems known for their diversi-
ty of. species and wide variety of
aquatic and upland habitats.
Spiney lobster, penaeid shrimp,
blue crab, oyster, spotted sea trout,
stone crab are some of the marine
and freshwater species of commer-
cial and recreational interest.
Coastal areas attract intense
human development making these
areas especially threatened by

the late 1800s. The lagoon and
estuary are threatened by increas-
ing residential and commercial
development, industry and agricul-
ture. Man-made changes have
caused significant changes in the
timing and amount of freshwater
coming into the estuary. Extreme
variations in fresh vs. salt water and
pollution from human develop-
ment and agriculture is killing the
estuary's seagrass and oysters.
Caloosahatchee River arid
Estuairy The connection between
Lake Okeechobee and the
Caloosahatchee Estuary dates back
to 1881, when it was dug to lower
the water level in the lake and start
draining the Everglades to allow
development. Now there is a fresh-
water canal connected to a shallow
bay with extensive seagrass beds,
mangrove forests and sand flats.
The estuaries in southwest Florida
are habitat to more than 40 percent
of Florida's rare, threatened and
endangered species. Available
water supply, variations in salinity
and levels of nutrients from runoff
are major issues. Overall, urban
growth, input of floodwater and
nutrients from agricultural activities
are the major issues. The goal for
the Caloosahatchee River water-

River. It is located in northern Palm
Beach and southern Martin Coun-
ties and surrounding area drains
into Jupiter Inlet. Despite urban
development, it contains large
tracts of undisturbed land: The
Atlantic Coastal Ridge, and West
Jupiter. Wetlands (formerly Pal-
Mar), the J.W Corbett Wildlife.
Management Area, Jonathan Dick-
inson State Park (JDSP) Loxahatch-
ee Slough Preserve and Jupiter
Ridge Natural Area. Along the river.
and within JDSP is coastal sand
pine scrub, a biological community
so rare that it is designated as "glob-
ally imperiled". Other habitats in
this area include: Hardwood ham-
mocks, pinelands, freshwater
marsh, wet prairie, cypress
swamps, mangrove swamps, sea-
grass beds, tidal flats, oyster beds
and coastal dunes. These areas
support diverse biological commu-
nities including many endangered
species.
The Lake Worth Lagoon, Bis-
cayne Bay with its coral reef sys-
tem, Florida Bay and the Florida
Keys, Naples Bay, Estero Bay,
Southern Charlotte Harbor are
other areas covered by the report.
It is a big subject because so
much of the direction water flows,

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Many wading birds make their homes in the shallow water of
lakes, estuaries, and water conservation areas in the rich
environment of South Florida.

periods and the reporting of the
results to the people is mandated
by law. The report lists all applica-
ble legislation. Independent peer,
review is also required by law. .
The Everglades Forever Act, for
one, requires a peer review regard-
ing the research and monitoring
program that summarizes all data
and findings. This external review
of this report, the peer review, will
be performed by eight recognized
experts from the United States and
the Netherlands. These experts will
participate in the public work-
shops. The peer panel will then
develop a report with conclusions

and recommendations. This will be
delivered to SFWMD on Oct. 21
and will be provided in appendix of
the final version of this report.
Editor's note: Articles in upcom-
ing editions will further explain the
details of the report. Public work-
shops on the draft 2006 report are
set for Tuesday, Sept. 27 through
Thursday, Sept. 29. Workshops
will be from 8:30 a.m. to 5p.m. the
first two days and from 8:30 a.m.
to noon on the third day. All work-
shops will be held at the South
Florida Water Management Dis-
trict Headquarters on Gun Club
Road in West Palm Beach.

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Early visitors to Florida found a
pristine environment rich in
wildlife and foliage.
"Just south of Palmdale, we
crossed Fisheating Creek, a pictur-
esque stream, meandering
through the almost uninhabited
prairie, between banks either
exposed to the sun or clothed in
shrubs and bright colored asters or
hammocks of oaks, ash and
maple, which in some places give
way to groves of palmettos that
often lean far over the water's
edge," wrote John Kunkle Small in
his account of a trip he made in
1917 to visit the Big Cypress.
"After leaving the hammocks,
which border the creek we drove
out on the prairie again and few
trees came into view for a distance
of about eighteen miles, until the
hammocks bordering the Caloosa-
hatchee appeared," he continued.
Mr. Small was head curator of the
Museums and Herbariums of the
NY Botanical Garden at that time.
Mrs. George, whose husband,
M.F. George built many early build-
ings in the area, including the first
Moore Haven Hotel and the Uni-
versity of Florida's Agricultural
Extension Station building in Belle
Glade, left an account of condi-
tions during, the building of the
town of Moore Haven in 1915:
"The first weeks after we came
it seemed doubtful whether we

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were to live or starve. No arrange-
ments had been made for sup-
plies. Provisions began to get low.
A small launch was started for
Miami, but there was no knowing
when it would return. At this point
Mr. Moore came to the rescue and
established a boat line from
LaBelle. We had fair service when
the water did not happen to be too
low."
Floyd Wilder came as a boy
from Knobel, Ark. to South Florida
in 1918. His father made a life for
the family in South Bay. "My father
started farming with machete, axe,
and hand plow," he wrote. "The
custard apple trees were covered
with moonvines that would die
when the frost got to them in the
winter. The custard apple was dor-
mant in the winter, would get new
leaves in the spring and the
mooonvines would sprout out
again. My father cleared virgin land
and farmed it for the first time.
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Hunting was profitable during the Depression for the Motes
family in Belle Glade. "Raccoon hides brought $3 each, that
was good money in the 1930s," said Mr. Motes.

problem to clear, but there were
small elderberry trees that were
hard to get up. The custard apple
land had the greatest fertility. The
fertility of the -land diminished as
custard apple gave way to-willow,
elder and saw grass."
"Hunting was good back
then," wrote Ralph Wallow in his
account "Pioneers in Palmdale,"
during'the Depression. "In the fall,
the woods were full of raccoons
feeding on acorns, persimmons
and craw-dads along the edges of
the ponds. Buyers would come to

the house and paid $3 or so for the
skins which I had stretched, dried
and tacked to the woodshed all
ready for them."
(Information for this story
came from: "A Botanical Excur-
sion to the Big Cypress, "by John
Kunkle Small, "Eighteen Months
in the Everglades," by 'Mrs. M.F.
George, Historical Museum of
Southern Florida, Miami, "Pio-
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Submitted to INI/Sheriff Ronnie Lee
Hurricane Katrina smashed homes and businesses through-
out Wiggins and Stone County, Miss.

Sound in cars and folks who
thought they had made it to safety
on the roof of the building had
Continued From Page 1 been washed away. One assistant
love and supplies from unknown pastor told how he and his family
"neighbors". made their way to the attic and
On the way up, the little relief chopped a hole in the roof to get to
group stopped off at a fuel depot the safety of the roof. But, they
where they met up with Pam Steel- could not get his pregnant daugh-
man, Sgt. Maynard's daughter. Pam ter-in-law pregnant through the
is a lieutenant with the Florida hole, so she road out the storm
Wildlife Commission here in with her head through hole, her
Hendry County and has been up at body floating below.
Biloxi for several weeks. After the Parents sent kids off to safety on
little reunion, she escorted the waveriders -when theyreturned,
Hendry County contingent up to they found no house and no par-
Stone County. ents.
They delivered the goods to the Stories go o nn and on.
Stone County fairgrounds, a staging The hardship will go on for
Stone many months, and possibly years
area for supplies and relief efforts. to come. Many folks have been told
He said he also noticed that numer- their insurance would not pay
ous churches along the way had because they had hurricane insur-
opened their doors and hearts to c a they ued flood dam-
victims as well. He noted that, in dance and they suffered flood dam-
times of need, people always seem olks up there still need food,
to turn to the churches for help. baby items, bleach, toothbrushes,
Sheriff Lee said he was tooth paste and toilet paper.
impressed by the way all races, col- Wherever they went, folks
ors, creeds and social classes were expressed their appreciation and
working together up there. Even shook their hands, but the most
the drivers on the roads were polite poignant for Sheriff Lee was the
and considerate of each other. Viet Nam veteran who was picking
On the return trip, the contin- through a pile of used clothes with
gent volunteered to drop a load of his wife. When Sheriff Lee stopped
food at the Church of the Rock in to talk to the man, he stoically
Pascagoula Church, which was in recounted how they had lost their
need, but had no way to transport home, everything they had. He was
the items. holding up till the sheriff handed
Sheriff Lee said one wildlife him some cash then it was all
commission captain on duty just too much and the tears came.
.searching for bodies in Biloxi, A night of gospel music is
showed him pictures of devasta- planned at the Clewiston High
tion at the beachfront, taken from a School field Oct. 8. Clewiston Fire
helicopter. "Unbelievable" was the Department is hosting an open
only way to describe the loss of house Oct. 1 and there will be an
homes and buildings barges emergency personnel softball
picked up like toys and deposited game Oct. 1 at Clewiston softball
on the tops of trees; a McDonald's field all for hurricane relief
sign standing alone with no sign of efforts.
any restaurant. You can also make a donation at
He heard stories of Waveland, any Hendry County bank for relief
"Ground Zero," where bodies were efforts.

Chamber
Continued From Page 1
a great contributor to the emer-
gence of Boy Scouts in Clewiston.
He served as a scoutmaster for
Troop 619, which has produced
more than a dozen Eagle Scouts
over the years. Each of the scouts
will undoubtedly always remem-
ber Frank Jones, who still served as
a teacher and volunteer during his
years as a commissioner, offering
perspective and sage advice on
civic service to young scouts.
"Frank will always be remem-
bered by us as an inspiration of
high ideal and civic virtue, all the

Jobs
Continued From Page 1
toward building up a supply of
ready labor for the South Florida
Water Management/Corps of Engi-
neers SFWMD C-43 Reservoir proj-
ect, being planned for the old Berry
grove west of LaBelle. Engineering
is not complete for the project, but
the job is expected to require some
500 laborers, and 400 heavy equip-
ment operators. It is believed con-
struction will start construction in
2007 enough time to train
homegrown workers for these
good paying, specialty construction
jobs.

values we seek in ourselves and
admire and f~spect in others," said
Mayor Chamness. "During his 16
years of service as a city commis-
sioner, Frank displayed exemplary
dedication to the best interests of
the city, always working for the
improvement of its economic
base, infrastructure, and aesthetic
development," said Chamness,
reading from the city's resolution.
Frank Jones made a perma-
nent, invaluable impact on the
quality of the city of Clewiston and
its citizens, as a father, commis-
sioner, scoutmaster, positive role
model, and humble public servant
during his years in Clewiston.

Palm Beach Community Col-
lege is the lead coordinator for the
training effort for this and other
Everglades Restoration projects
throughout South Florida. ECSWF
is handling training coordination.
for the more western projects,'
along with South Florida Commu-
nity College, Edison, the Hendry
County School system (including
Hendry and Glades County high
schools and adult schools.
The C-43 Reservoir is just the
beginning. In three-to-five years,
South LaBelle Community, Bonita
Bay project at the Hendry/Lee line
and others will increase demand
for skilled construction labor and
ECSWF wants to make sure local
people get as much of the work as

SuDmittea to INI/einenn Honnie Lee
Archie Maynard met up with daughter Pam Steelman at a fuel
depot in Biloxi.

Submitted to INI/Lt. Andy Lewis.
Sheriff Lee and Duncan Hatten, Chairman of Stone County
Board of Supervisors.

Submitted to INI/Margarita Walker
Aubrey Walker, longtime Clewiston Cougars coach, is on the
National Transplant List. Walker was diagnosed with heredi-
tary heart disease, and must undergo a heart transplant.

Heart
Continued From Page 1
operation will be very high, and the
family has asked for help from
those who would like to donate
money for the medical costs. Dona-
tions may be sent to the Walker's
"Heart Account" at the Everglades
Federal Credit Union on 1099 W.
Ventura Avenue, Clewiston, FL
33440. The bank's phone number
is983-5141.
The Walker family would like to
extend a special "thank you" for all

possible. One area they're explor-
'ing is a heavy equipment school.
Palm Beach Community College
has such a curriculum but stu-'
dents must take the final four
weeks in Jacksonville prohibi-
tive for local students. If they are'
successful in setting up a local
heavy equipment curriculum, it
will provide good jobs for many
locals for years to come and
contribute to the area's overall
economy.
SFWMD wants a ready work-
force for the C-43 reservoir project,
so laborers need to have the basics
- tools, reading blueprints, site
safety when the project kicks
off. The new Ave Maria University
and town project outside of

who have already made arrange-
ments to help coach Walker.
"A special thank you for: Okee-
lanta Corporation and its employ-
ees for all that you have done; the
staff at Cindy's Beauty Shop for
everything; Everglades Federal
Credit Union and its staff for being
so courteous and helpful through
the last four months of my calls
from the different hospitals; to Cen-
tral Electric for fixing our box while
we were gone to restore power,
and donating his work; and to all
the friends, and family for your
prayers,. cards, phone calls ahd
donations."

Immokalee will also need work-
ers. Numerous construction proj-
ects are being planned throughout
the area and all will require a
local labor force.
ECSWF Vice Chairman Joe
Paterno sees a huge opportunity
for displaced agricultural workers

in G929c24.txt with P24 (Stand-
alone looking back pic)n opportu-
nity for all residents to improve
their lives and for migrant workers
to become part of the community
with permanent jobs.
On Oct. 19 subcontractors,
construction Workers and contrac-
tors are invited to a SFWMD sym-
posium on the C-43 reservoir at
the LaBelle Civic Center 5-8 p.m.

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Glades Central's Anthony Norton breaks free for a 60-yard
touchdown against Clewiston on a pass from quarterback
Bryan Mann.

Clewiston's Jamal Hubert had a breakout game against the The Glades Central Raiders improved to 4-0 on the year after
Raiders, rushing for a 108 yards on 19 touches for the Tigers. Friday's win. They will travel to Pope John Paul this week.

Late scores lift Raiders over Tigers by score of 19-7

By Bill Fabian

BELLE GLADE The Clewis-
ton Tigers traveled to Glades
Central High School to line up
against the perennial power-
house and rival Raiders, but lost
ithe game 19-7 as the Raiders
scored two touchdowns in the
final minutes of the contest.
The Class 4A Raiders (4-0)
!showcased not only a speedy,

reactive defense, but a consis-
tent short-yardage passing game
mixed with big plays. The
Raiders were successful in hold-
ing the visitors to just a single
touchdown.
The game was slow develop-
ing, which has come to charac-
terize many of the two teams'
meetings in the last several
years. The game began with a
scoreless first quarter, and
remained a scoreless tie until the

Raiders struck first with a big
play.
Quarterback Bryan Mann
connected to Anthony Norton,
who broke a tackle in the back-
field and charged downfield for a
60-yard score. The score
remained 7-0 through halftime
and well into the second half.
The Tigers (1-3) evened the
score at 7-7 when junior quarter-
back Jared Combass threw a 30-
yard strike to junior flanker John

Melton with 10 minutes left in
the fourth.
The Tiger defense- held the
Raiders on the next set and put
the offense in good position near
midfield. Following an exchange
of fumble recoveries, the Clewis-
ton offensive drive was stopped
when Raider defender Rashard
Adderly intercepted a Combass
pass and returned it 25 yards,
Glades Central scored five plays
later when quarterback Bryan

Blue Devils continue the win streak.

By: Nina G. Wills

There is an old saying in foot-
ball: "Offenses win games, but
defenses win championships."
Someone must have reminded
the Pahokee Blue. Devils defense
of this fact. Last Friday night, the
Pahokee defense once again
played championship caliber
football against the Atlantic
Eagles and helped secure Paho-
kee's third consecutive victory.
This game was a tale of two
halves. Pahokee dominated the
first half of play offensively and
defensively. On the Eagles open-
ing drive, senior defensive end
Un'Tavious Scott forced a fum-
ble and recovered the ball in the
Eagles' territory. Pahokee's
offense moved the ball down to
the five-yard line. Pahokee faced
a fourth and goal but could not
convert. The Devils defense held
the Eagles in check, though.
On Pahokee's next' posses-
sion, senior quarterback Robert
"Rah. Rah" Love threw a perfect
42-yard pass to Martavious
,,QOdoms for a touchdown and
Pahokee was on the scoreboard.
The PAT was good by kicker Jose
Rodriguez. On Atlantic's next
possession, Free Safety Tamar-
cus Porter recovered an Atlantic
fumble and raced 37 yards for
another Blue Devils touchdown.
Pahokee set up for a fake kick,
but Robert Love was unable to
make the two-point conversion.
In less than a minute Pahokee
was up 13 to 0 on Atlantic. The
Devils' defense had Atlantic's
offense confused and bewil-
dered for the entire first half.
Pahokee put together a nice
drive early in the second quarter.
The offense mixed it up with

runs by Ricky Gary and throws
from Love to Odoms. With 7:43
left to go in the half, Janoris
Jenkins had a 15-yard touch-
down run, putting the Devils up
18 to 0. Late in the second quar-
ter, Atlantic did get the screen
play going. This would hurt
Pahokee's defense more than
once. It took the Devils' too long
to react to this kind of play.
Atlantic faced a first and goal,
and the Devils' defense held the
Eagles to a field goal. The 34-
yard kick was booted through
the uprights by Eagles' kicker
John Stec. On Pahokee's next
possession, the offense was able
'to answer the Eagles by driving
down, the field. Freshman run-
ning back Vincent Smith scored
on a five-yard touchdown run
and the Blue Devils went up 25-3
to end the first half of the play.
To start the second half, the
Atlantic Eagles tried an on-side
kick. Pahokee recovered the
kick, but was not able to put any-
thing together on their drive.
Stalled by costly penalties and a
fired up Atlantic defense, Paho-
kee was forced to punt. Punter
Jose Rodriguez mishandled the.
snap and fumbled the ball. Ira
Lee Mosley picked up the ball
and ran 25 yards into the end
zone.
The Pahokee team was
shocked at the turn-around of
events,.After playing with a com-
.fortable lead, the Blue Devils
were forced to play harder.
Atlantic tried another on-side
kick. Again, recovered by Paho-
kee on the Blue Devils 46-yard
line. With 6:34 left in the third
quarter, the Blue Devils fumbled
the ball. The Eagles recovered..
Atlantic moved 86 yards in 11

plays down the field. With 2:08 to
go in the third quarter, Pahokee
had a scare. Star cornerback and
team leader Ricky Gary was hurt
on a play. He was obviously in a
tremendous amount of pain and
had to be helped to the sidelines.
On Atlantic's next play, Cleveland
Hankerson ran four yards. into
the end zone. This was the first
touchdown given up by Paho-
kee's defense in 11 quarters of
play. Atlantic was attempting a
comeback and cut Pahokee's
lead to just eight points.
On the first play of the Blue
Devils next possession, Jenkins
ran 69 yards virtually untouched
for Pahokee's fifth touchdown of
the game. Even Gary got up from
the bench and joined in the cele-
bration. This one play turned the
game around. It revitalized a
very tired and frustrated Paho-
kee team. When Pahokee need-
ed big plays in this game, some-
one stepped up to the plate. This
play ended the third quarter.
Ricky Gary did re-enter the
game, but pla' ed at the safety
- position. It was., obvious. Gary
was hurting, but he refused to sit
out of the game. Gary bruised
his right hip making it difficult to
bend over. Love stepped in as
cornerback .and knocked the
ball away from an Atlantic
receiver on a key third down.
Pahokee had to punt on its next
possession. With less than five
minutes to go in the game,
Atlantic was able to get on the
board one more time with a
quick screen pass to Preston
Parker. It was a 92-yard play. The
PAT kick failed. With 1.15 to go
in the final quarter, Pahokee was
able to run the clock out and
hold on to their win.

Pahokee's team has matured
considerably in the last three
games. They are playing as a team
unit and are more focused enter-
ing each game. This Blue Devils
team has re-established its cham-
pionship title hopes with strong
performances the last three
weeks. The defense did give away
a few big plays in the second half,
but never allowed the Eagles to
take the lead in the game. Paho-
kee will be facing Melbourne Cen-
tral Catholic at home this Friday
night. It will be a key district game
for the Blue Devils.
Team Statistics:
Robert Love was 10 of 18 for
142 yards with one TD and no
interceptions.
Martavious Odoms had five
receptions for 80 yards and one
TD.
Tanoris Jones had three recp-
tions for 22 yards.
Tamarcus Porter had one
reception for 28 yards.
Ricky Gary rushed five times
for 42 yards.
Ja.nor Jenkins rushed 14
-times.for-71 yards and. a pair of
TDs.
Vincent Smith rushed five
times for 97 yards.
Anthony Atwell rushed one
time for three yards.
Players of the Game: Pahokee
Blue Devils Defense
Linebacker Rudy Robinson
put pressure on the Eagles QB
several times and made key tack-
les.
Defensive Lineman Micanor
Regis made several key tackles.
Defensive End Un'Tavious
Scott forced a fumble and recov-
ered it.
Tamarcus Porter recovered a

fumble for a touchdown.

Mann connected for 17 yards
with flanker Deonte Thompson
with 2:22 left on.the clock.
Clewiston had one last
attempt to take control of the
game but their hopes ended
when Glades Central held. them
on downs.
With less than a minute left to
play, the Glades Central offense
began to run a series of reverse
plays to continue moving the
ball downfield, running out of
bounds to stop the clock. The
Raiders final score came on a
six-yard run by tailback Aston
Samuels as the game ended.
Tiger Head Coach Tommy
Morrell was disappointed in the
outcome, but acknowledged the
team's determination. "Our kids
played their hearts out against a
talented opponent tonight. I'm
proud of the determination they
displayed, but we still came up
short. Against Glades Central,
you pay for mistakes. Fortunate-
ly, we've now gotten our non-
district rivalries out of the way
and must now begin focusing on
our upcoming district contests."
Clewiston's running offense
and the tenacious defense kept
them in the contest most of the
way. Junior tailback Jamal
Hubert gained 108 yards on 19
attempts. Linebacker D.J.
Bartlett led the Tiger, defense
with eight solo tackles, a fumble
recovery and a running sack.
The Raiders showed domi-
nance in the final numbers, with
running back Samuels stacking

Scores
1 2 3 4 Total

Clewiston 0 0 0 7 7
Glades Central 0 7 0 12 19
Scoring Summary: Second Quarter:
Glades Central: Anthony Norton 60-
yard pass from Bryan Mann (Dendra
Holley kick) Fourth Quarter: Clewis-
ton: John Melton 30-yard pass from
Jared Combass (Combass kick)
Glades Central: Deonte Thompson
17-yard pass from Bryan Mann (kick
failed) Glades Central: Aston
Samuels six-yard run
Clewiston Glades Central
First Downs 13 17
Rushes/Total 38/190 30/187
Passing Yards 68 176
Compl/Att/Int 6/13/2 12/21/0
Punts/Avg 4/38.0 4/31.5
Fumbles/Lost 4/2 3/2
Penalty/Yds 6/35 11/95
Stat Leaders:
Rushing: Aston Samuels (GC)
15/126 yards Jamal Hubert (C)
19/108 yards
Receiving: Curtis Brown (GC), 6/66
yards- John Melton (C) 2/38 yards

up 126 yards on 15 rushing
attempts, receiver Curtis Brown
gaining 66 yards on six catches,
and quarterback Mann finishing
with 12 completions out of 21
attempts, with no interceptions.
The Tigers will host Cardinal
Newman on Friday night at Cane
Field in their first district contest.
The Raiders will travel to play
Pope John Paul.

Moore Haven

travels to Benjamin

PALM BEACH The Terriers
traveled to North Palm Beach
Benjamin to battle the Bucca-
neers and vie for its second win
of the season. However, the
Bucs were too much for the Ter-
riers, who fell to Benjamin 33-20
in a heartbreaker Friday night.
The Terriers .(1-3) showed a
strong offensive effort, putting
up 20 points against the home-.
town Bucs, but could not hold
off the Benjamin offensive front,
which dominated until late in
the game. ,
Benjamin (4-1) rebounded

from its only loss a 68-0
trouncing of Coral Springs Chris-
tian last week. The Bucs, who
are ranked number five in the
Class IA state poll, have a strong
running game behind T.J.
Strunk.
Moore Haven, which defeat-
ed Hollywood Christian 33-18
last week on the road, has lost
both of its home games by a
touchdown.
The Terriers will once again
be traveling this week to St. John
Neumann this Friday for an after-
noon game at 4 p.m.

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the single most effective method to detect breast changes that may be cancer, long
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Tiger linksters tee off on

Brahmans and Dragons

By Mark Young
CLEWISTON The Clewiston
Tiger golfers wrapped up back-to-
back victories last week after top-
pling Okeechobee 167-185 and
then hosted Lake Placid to down
the Dragons 172-193 in impres-
sive victories.
Tiger number one seed Bran-
don Pena, a sophomore, posted a
35, which was 11 strokes better
than Okeechobee's Corey White
to put the Tigers in a great posi-
tion. Senior number two man,
Brett Cameron scored a 44, five
strokes better than his Brahman
counterpart who scored a 49.
Steven Westbury, another
Tiger up and comer as a sopho-

more, posted 42 at the third seed,
outscoring the Brahman number
three man 42-47. Senior Stephen
Duplooy shot a 52, Jared Bacalleo
scored a 50, and Justin Cotton
posted a 46 for the Tigers.
Pena's one-under 35 highlight-
ed the action at Okeechobee and
Westbury's 42 was his best score
of the season while posting the
second lowest score of the day.
SThe Tigers left Okeechobee
with a solid victory and returned
home the following day to host
the Dragons from Lake Placid,
looking to avenge a pair of one-
shot losses from last season. The
21-str6ke margin of victory says it
all for the Tigers who claimed the
win and their revenge.
Pena led the way with a 37 on

Clewiston's golf course, which
was 12 strokes better than Lake
Placid's number one golfer.
Cameron put up a 48 and West-
bury almost duplicated his sea-
son's best score after shooting a
43, a dozen strokes better than his
Dragon counterpart.
James Miracle stepped in for.
the Tigers in this match and shot a
solid 44, outpacing his Lake
Placid opponent by five strokes.
Josh Adams shot a 51 and Kyle
Kirstein posted a 48.
The Tigers go up on the season
with a solid 6-1 overall record.
The Tigers will have played in the
annual Sadie Hawkins 18-hole
tournament, sponsored every
year by Sebring High School, by
press time.

Lady Tiger cross-country

runners show well

By Mark Young
LAKE PLACID Clewiston's
cross-country squad traveled to
Lake Placid Sept. 20 to compete
against the host school, as well
as Sebring, Walker, and Avon
Park.
Topping the field was
Sebring's Kristen Kilmer and
Sydney Ruble who posted a win-
ning time of 22:57. Sebring
would go on to claim the top
three spots, but Clewiston's Jen-
nie Mazariegos finished in a solid
sixth place with a time of 25:10.
Clewiston's Juanita Perez gave
the Lady Tigers a second top 10
effort after placing eighth with a

time of 25:50.
Sebring, Avon Park, and
Walker all had a sufficient num-
ber of runners to claim wins over
Clewiston who ended the meet
with no team score. Sebring
took the meet with 21 points.
Lake Placid finished a distant
second with 90 points. Walker
ended Up third with 95 points
and Avon Park finished with 101
points.
SThe Tiger JV squad competed
Sept. 17 at the Lemon Bay Invita-
tional. Clewiston's Josh Ingram
was the top Tiger runner after
finishing 52nd with a time of
24:11. Jorge Esparza was 58th
with a time of 24:34 while Josh
Egan-Wyer and Nick Lopez fin-

ished 73rd and 74th respectively..
Clewiston's Raymond Guerra
was the. final Tiger to cross the
finish line and placed 88th, out
of the 93-member field.
Riverview won the meet with
a score of 82. Charlotte, despite
having a runner win the meet,
was second with 94 points. Lely
was third with 110, Lakewood
was fourth with 116, Mariner
was fifth with 128, PCHS was.
sixth with 129, Verot was sev-
enth with 153, Venice was eighth
with 221, Manatee was ninth
with 224, and Clewiston and
Neumann tied for the 10th spot
with scores of 345.
Bayshore and Booker did not
post team scores.

Lake Area Varsity Sports Schedules

Editor's note: The fall high
school sports season is upon us.
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Glades Day
Gator Football:
Sept. 30: Evangelical, away,
7:30 p.m., District game
Oct. 7: American Heritage
(Delray), away, 7 p.m.
Oct. 14: St. John Neumann,
home, 7:30 p.m., District game
Oct. 21: King's Academy,
home, 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 28: Moore Haven, away,
7:30 p.m., District game
Nov. 4: Northwest Christian
Academy (Miami), home, 7:30
p.m.
Lady Gatorvolleyball:
Sept. 29: Summit Christian,
home, 6:30 p.m.
Sept. 30-Oct. 1: Canterbury
Tournament, away, TBA
Oct. 4: King's Academy, away,
6 p.m.
Oct. 11: Highlands Christian
Academy, away, TBA
Oct. 13: Okeechobee, home,
6:30 p.m.
Gator golf:
Sept. 29: Summit Christian,
home, 3:30 p.m.
Oct. 4: Morningside Academy,
away, 3:30 p.m.
Oct. 6: Benjamin, home, 4
p.m.
Gator cross-country schedule:
Sept. 22: Glades Day Meet,
home, TBA
Sept. .27: Benjamin meet,
away, 4 p.m.

Oct. 1: Clewiston meet, 8:30
a.m.
Oct. 7: John I. Leonard Invita-
tional, away, 3 p.m.
Oct. 11: Benjamin meet, away,,
4p.m.
Oct. 20: Palm Beach County
Meet, home, TBA
Moore Haven
High School
Terrier Football:
Sept. 30: St. John Neumann,
away 4 p.m.
Oct. 7: LaBelle, away, 7:30
p.m.
Oct. 28: Glades Day, home,
7:30 p.m.
Nov. 4: St. Edwards, home,
7:30 p.m.
Lady Terrier volleyball:
Sept. 22: Canterbury, home, 7
p.m.
Sept. 30: Heartland Christian,
away, 6 p.m.
Oct. 3: Lake Placid, home, 7
p.m.
Oct. 4: Everglades City, away, 1
p.m.
Oct. 6: Clewiston, home, 7
p.m.
Oct. 11: Everglades City, home,
1p.m.
Oct. 13: Heartland Christian,
home, 7 p.m.
Oct. 14: SW Fla. Christian,
away, 7 p.m.
Pahokee
Sept. 30: Melbourne Central
Catholic, home
Oct. 14: John Carroll, home
.Oct. 21: Cardinal Newman,
away
'Oct. 28: Suncoast (homecom-
ing), home
Nov. 4: Glades Central, away

Clewiston High School
Tiger Football:
Sept. 30: Cardinal Newman,
home
Oct. 7: Bishop Verot, away
Oct. 14: Pope John Paul, away
Oct. 21: Inlet Grove, away
Oct. 28: St. Andrews, home
Nov. 4: Okeechobee, home
Lady Tiger volleyball:
Sept. 28: Lemon Bay, home,
6:30 p.m.
Oct. 5: Riverdale, away, 7:30
p.m.
Oct. 6: Moore Haven, away,
7:30 p.m.
Oct. 11: Immokalee, home,
7:30 p.m.
Oct. 12: LaBelle, home, 7:30
p.m.
Oct. 17-19: Districts at LaBelle
Tiger golf:
Sept. 29: Away vs. Canterbury
and Ida Baker, 3:30 p.m.
Oct. 4: Hosts Moore Haven
and Okeechobee, 3:30 p.m.
Oct. 6: Hosts Immokalee and
Lake Placid, 3:30 p.m.
Oct. 10-11: Districts, TBA
Tiger cross country:
, Sept. 24: At Triton Invitational,
8 a.m.
Sept. 27: At LaBelle, 4 p.m.
Oct. 1: Clewiston Invitational,
8a.m.
, Oct. 18: At Avon Park, 4 p.m.
Glades Central
Football
Sept. 30: Pope John Paul, away
Oct.7: Dillard, away
Oct. 14: Cardinal Gibbons,
home
Oct. 21: Jensen Beach, away
Oct. 28: Monarch 1High School,
home
Nov. 1: Pahokee High School,
Home

Soccer shoot out draws

younger area talent

CLEWISTON Congratula- .
tions to the winners of the local
soccer shoot sponsored by
Clewiston Elks Lodge #1853. The
age group winners will compete
in the Southeast District soccer : -
shoot at Sugarland Park Saturday, ,
Oct.8.
The girls' under-eight winner
was Isabella Allen who scored 14
points. She is a student at West-
side Elementary. Kendra Johnson '
scored 13 points to place second. .
Kristy Duncan scored 11 points
and won the bronze medal. ..,
Kendra and Kristyattend Eastside
Elementary.
Casey Crawford, a student at
Westside Elementary, won the
boys 10-11 division, with '22
points. Robbie McCarthy and Submitted to INI/Martin Espinoza
Tyler Yebba, both CMS students, Isabella Allen, Kendra Johnson, Kirsty Duncan.
won the silver and bronze,
respectively, scoring 18 and 12
Ray Paniagua, who is three .
years old, was the boys' under-
eight winner. He scored 16 points.
Rick Sandoval, a student at West- .
side, placed second. .
Vianca Gallegos, a Westside
Elementary student, placed first
in the girls' eight-nine division.
Her 28 points were the most in
the kicking for accuracy division. .,
Taylor Elliott, a student at Central.I
Elementary was second with 20
points. Alyssa Clark, a student at I -
Glades Day School, was third
with 19 points. Vianca Gallegos, Taylor Elliott, Alyssa Clark
Juan Sandoval, a student at
Westside Elementary, was the
boys eight-nine winner with 26
pin.Cassandra Paniagua, a sixth
grader at Clewiston Middle
School, scored 15 points to win
the 10-11-year-old girls' title. All of
the older groups kicked from 36
feet away from the goal. Only "
balls that stayed in the air as they
crossed the goal would count. k 1 .
Elizabeth Minero, who attends
Central Elementary placed sec-
ond. Brenda Prudencio, a sixth
grader at Clewiston Middle Ray Paniagua Juan Sandoval
School, was third with 12 points.
Brittney Bacallao won the girls
12-13 division. The seventh grad- .
er kicked for 25 points. Sarah
Espinoza, another Clewiston Mid-
dle School student, placed sec-
ond, scoring on six of 15 shots. ,"
Martin Crawford scored 28
points, the highest total for the -
older groups. The Clewiston Mid-
die School seventh grader won
the 12-13 boys division. Hunter
Galameau kicked for 25 points to
place second. Leo Hooker, an
eighth grader at Clewiston Middle Sarah Espinoza, Brittany
School placed third. Cassandra Paniagua Bacallao

Casey Crawford Robbie McCarthy, Tyler Hunter Galarneau, Martin Crawford, Leo
Yebba Hooker

Sports in Brief

Clewiston cross-
country invitational
CLEWISTON The Clewiston
High School cross-country team is
having their annual invitational Oct.
1, at the Clewiston High School.
The community is invited to come
and support the Tiger runners. This
is not an open race but rather a
race for:high school teams, but it
would be nice to have the support
of the community as spectators.

Race times are: Girls varsity at 8:30
a.m., boys varsity at 9:10 a.m., girls
junior varsity at 9:50 a.m., boys jun-
ior varsity at 10:40 a.m. An awards
presentation will follow at 11:30
a.m.
Softball tournament to
benefit storm victims
CLEWISTON The Clewiston
Police Department will host a soft-
ball tournament, to benefit the vic-

tims of Hurricane Katrina on Oct. 1
at the city of Clewiston ball fields -
first pitch is at 8 a.m. Fee is $10 per
player or $100 per team and a $3
donation per spectator. To RSVP,
please call Officer Curtis Clay or
Kelly Taylor at Cle\\iston Police
Department 983-1474. Deadline for
entry is Sept. 27. Show your sup-
port, join us for a fun filled day of
softball and fun for the whole fami-
ly. There will also be food, raffles
and a bounce house.

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major sugar producing country-
that has traded away huge
chunks of its domestic sugar
market to subsidized "foreign
competitors. In fact, NAFTA and

CAFTA are the only trade deals
between sugar producing coun-
tries to ever include significant
sugar market-access mandates.
Past trade deals force Ameri-
ca to import sugar from 41 coun-
tries every year whether the mar-
ket needs the sugar or not. And
with 21 sugar-producing coun-
tries lined up for new trade
deals, Roney warned that there
may soon be little market left for
efficient U.S. farmers, who do
not receive government checks.,

"The worst part about piece-
meal trade agreements is that by
design they don't address the
foreign subsidies and trade prac-
tices that so greatly distort the
world's sugar market," he said.
The world sugar market is lit-
tle more than a price-volatile
dump market where less than 25
percent of the world's sugar is
sold below world production
costs with the aid of subsidies.
Reform of the distorted dump
sugar market can only be

accomplished at the multilateral
World Trade Organization,
Roney told the group. And that,
he said, is where the Administra-
tion should be focusing all of its
efforts, not on new trade deals.
"We are not against free
trade. Like this Administration,
We are for free trade trade

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Martinez announces AG bill passage

WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S.
Senator Mel Martinez (R-FL)
announced Senate passage of
over $52 million in agricultural
project funding specifically for
Florida. Included in the Senate
Agriculture Appropriations bill is
$40 million for Citrus Canker
Eradication. The bill passed the
Senate (97-2) .today. Differences
with the U.S. House of Repre-
sentatives must be reconciled
before the measure can proceed
to the White House.
"The biggest chunk of this
funding is the most critical to

Florida agriculture," said Senator
Martinez. "Citrus Canker is liter-
ally destroying one of Florida's
most important crops. I'm glad
my colleagues recognize that fact
but there's more that needs to be
done, especially in the area of
compensation. I would especial-
ly like to thanik Senator Bob Ben-
nett for agreeing to bring up the
canker compensation matter in
conference."
In addition to securing funds
for citrus canker eradication,
Senator Martinez requested of
Senate leadership that compen-

station funds be added during
negotiations with the House of
Representatives.
"Agriculture is a huge part of
Florida's economy," said Sen.
Martinez. "We must continue to
study and research ways to
improve that industry."
The majority of the remaining
funds targeted for Florida
address agricultural research. For
instance, Senator Martinez was
able to secure $3.6 million for
Florida State University to study
risk reduction for agricultural
crops; $6 million for Floriculture
& Nursery Research Initiative to

address critical issues related to
pests and diseases and environ-
mental management; $700,000
for the University of Central Flori-
da to study Citrus Chloroplast
Genomics and Genetic Engineer-
ing; $494,000 for Florida Citrus
Mutual Citrus Canker Research;
$446,000 for Florida Citrus Mutu-
al Diaprepes Research; $350,000
for the Florida Department of
Agriculture and Consumer Ser-
vices Lake Okeechobee Water-
shed Planning; and $50,000 for
the Broward County Rabies Vac-
cine Program.

that's free of all subsidies and all
market distortions," Roney con-
cluded. "That's why we remain
perplexed by sugar's inclusion in
,bilateral trade deals. Let's go to
the WTO and deal with this glob-
al issue once and for all so we
can compete like businessmen
on a level playing field."

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LABELLE,- Leslie Baucum
has been named a multi-county
ex'tefision agent for Charlotte,
Collier, Glades, Hendry aid'Lee'
Counties. His appointment
became effective Aug. 12.
Before being appointed to

this position, Baucum taught
agriscience at. LaBelle Middle
School in LaBelle, and served as
the manager for technical servic-
es for the United States Sugar
Corporation, in Clewiston. His
duties as an extension agent will

include planning, developing,
implementing and, evaluating
educational programs concern-
ing sugarcane, forage grasses
and other agronomic crops.
Baucum holds a master's
degree in agriculture and exten-

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Miss.
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New Orleans boys' school to

reopen at UF 4-H youth camp

NEW ORLEANS, La. Desire
Street Academy, a private school
in New Orleans for underprivi-
leged boys, will reopen Oct. 3 at
a 4-H youth camp in Niceville,
Fla., thanks to the University of
Florida extension service and the
school's development director,
Florida Gator football star Danny
Wuerffel.
The school, which closed
after Hurricane Katrina battered
New Orleans, will lease the Tim-
poochee 4-H Center, better
known as Camp Timpoochee.
About 100 boys in grades 7-12
will live and study at the camp-
until May 20, 2006. The students
are scattered across the United
States, living in shelters or the
homes of friends and relatives.
Larry Arrington, dean for
extension at UF's Institute of
Food and Agricultural Sciences
in Gainesville, said the UF exten-
sion service is committed to
assisting in recovery efforts for
victims of the Gulf Coast storm.
"When we learned there was
a possibility of housing these
boys at the camp, we moved
quickly to make it happen, and
we're very pleased that every-
thing worked out so well,"
Arrington said.
Camp Timpoochee is operat-
ed by 4-H, the youth develop-
ment program of UF's extension
service that has offices in every
Florida county, he said. Arrange-
ments to lease the camp to
Desire Street Academy began
about one week ago when
Lamar Christenberry, UF Escam-
bia County extension director,
learned that representatives of
the school were seeking a facili-

ty in Pensacola.
"Camp Timpoochee seemed
like a good fit for everyone con-
cerned," Christenberry said.
"Most of the camp's 4-H activi-
ties take place during the sum-
mer, so it's available for other
uses during the rest of the year."
Arrington said Wuerffel met
with UF extension administra-
tors, and a contract is being
finalized.
Numerous other users had
already booked the camp,
Arrington said, but under the cir-
cumstances they were willing to
make new plans, and UF per-
sonnel are working with them to
find suitable alternate facilities.
The UF extension service is
working with Desire Street Acad-
emy to ensure the camp's facili-
ties meet the school's needs.
Located on about 35 acres,
the camp can house 140 people
and includes cabins, conference
rooms, a dining hall and an audi-
torium, Arrington said. Some
additional features already locat-
ed at Camp Timpoochee will
provide new opportunities for
the students, including a beach,
outdoor team-building course
and a marine laboratory.
Desire Street Academy teach-
ers and administrators will
resume their duties when the
school reopens and are current-
ly assisting with preparations at
Camp Timpoochee, he said. The
school will also provide person-
nel to supervise the students and
handle their day-to-day needs.
Marilyn Norman, UF assistant
dean for 4-H youth development
programs, said UF extension
agents will help the students

from the New Orleans academy
launch their own 4-H clubs.
"With its emphasis on leader-
ship, citizenship and life skills, 4-
H can add a new dimension to
the lives of these young men,"
she said. "The 4-H activities will
enhance the learning environ-
ment for these youth, and we
can't wait to get started."
Mo Leverett, executive direc-
tor of the school's parent organi-
zation, Desire Street Ministries,
co-founded the New Orleans
academy in 2002. He said the
boys are looking forward to
reuniting with their classmates,
and that will be an important
step for them in recovering from
Hurricane Katrina. About 60 per-
cent of Desire Street Academy's
190 students have been located
since the hurricane struck New
Orleans, Leverett said. Depend-
ing on their circumstances, par-
ents of the students going to
Camp Timpoochee may relocate
to Niceville or remain in other
areas.
Desire Street Academy will
eventually return to New
Orleans, but specific plans have
not been made, said Wuerffel, a
former UF football quarterback
who led the Gators to a national
championship in 1996.
"We will overcome the chal-
lenges we face, and it will make
our future accomplishments
that much sweeter," he said.
"Our top priority right now is
getting things back on track for
our students. We are deeply
thankful to UF's Institute of Food
and Agricultural Sciences for
offering us a place to make that
happen."

What's chewing my oak tree?

As if our local trees have not
had enough damage from last
year's storms, several office vis-
itors have recently asked for
help in getting rid of a critter
that seems to be eating .up
many oak trees. While the
Pinkstriped Oakworm is not a
new pest to our area, it seems
to have captured the attention
of several homeowners, and is
a good subject for this week's
lawn and garden article.
According to UF Entomolo-
gist John Foltz, there are sever-
al caterpillars that can chew off
the leaves on local oak trees.
When caterpillars are numer-
ous, they can quickly strip trees
of their foliage. Most serious
outbreaks occur in late sum-
mer to fall. While oak trees in
forests generally survive these
invasions, greater damage is
noted in urban areas, where
leaves become ragged or dis-
appear, and the bugs and their
waste material is a nuisance.
The Pinkstriped Oakworm
(Anisota virginiensis) can be
found throughout the eastern
U.S. and up into Canada. In
Florida, there are two other
related species of these oak-
eating silk moth caterpillars
that differ in color, The caterpil-
lars now seen in local areas are
greenish brown with four pink
stripes running the length of
the body. Their heads are fairly
large and green in color. These
oakworms can grow to about
two inches long, and have a
pair of long, curved black
"horns".
During cooler months, the
oakworms rest in the soil as
dark brown pupa. The adult
moths emerge in late spring.
They appear brownish red with
a purplish tint on the front
wings with a small white dot.

Moths measure 2-3 inches
from head to the tip, and the
wings are usually folded back
over the body. Once they mate,
the female lays egg clusters
under the leaves, and the little
critters begin to chew up leaves
for 5-6 weeks.
, Oakworm populations can
become large enough to com-
pletely strip trees. Most oaks
can handle one such defolia-
tion with little impact' on their
health. However, repeated
defoliations will weaken the
trees and lead to infestation by
secondary pests and diseases.
Trees that have been stressed
by flooding or wind are more
likely to suffer from oakworm
feeding.
Here are some steps for pro-
moting tree vigor and reducing
oakworm insect populations:
Provide appropriate water
and nutrients to the tree
throughout the growing sea-
son. Avoid over or under appli-
cations of both irrigation and
fertilizers, which may stress the
tree and make it more attrac-
tive to caterpillars.
Watch for the moths and
look for clusters of small yel-
low bumps under the leaves.
Remove these eggs and the
young colonies of worms from
the lower branches. Trim them
off, smash them, or bag them
with household waste disposal
- not yard trash.
If large numbers of cater-
pillars are too high for hand
removal, contact a pest control
operator for application of an
appropriate insecticide.
Use of insecticides contain-
ing Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt)
can reduce caterpillar popula-
tions with little impact to other
beneficial insects. Other chem-
ical insecticides can also be

used, but many of these home-
owner products can kill the
good with the bad, so careful
application is imperative. Be
sure to always read and follow
all label directions when using
any pesticide.
The timing of sprays is also
important. Smaller caterpillars
are easier to manage than larg-
er caterpillars,'so quick action
after initial identification will
reduce leaf loss. And, a second
application of insecticide with-
in a month of the first outbreak
may help reduce the second
generation of these hungry
worms.
Larger trees can probably
cope with some leaf loss, how-
ever, trees that are stressed and
smaller, younger trees are better
candidates for insecticidal treat-
ments. If larger trees are to be
sprayed, consider that a
licensed pest control operator
has the power equipment need-
ed to reach to tops of tall trees.
As with any pest control
program, identification of the
pest is the first step. If you sus-
pect that oakworms are taking
your oaks out to lunch (and
dinner) place a few live, un-
smashed worms into a bag or
other container and bring them
to our office for positive ID.
Don't leave them sitting on
your dashboard in the sun, as
cooked caterpillars are a bit
more difficult to identify than
fresh ones.
Those with digital cameras
that can get up close and per-
sonal can send us a photo of
your offending bug. We will be
happy to identify them for you
- and if we can't, we can send
them on to other University of
Florida faculty that will be able
to tell us what's bugging your
oak trees.

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Back-to-school tip for parents: Get involved now

BURBANK, Calif. Parents,
fall means getting your children
committed to their studies, but it's
also the ideal time for you to
make commitments to your
child's school.
Studies show that parental
involvement in a child's school
and learning is key to a child's
success, and contributes to fewer
behavioral problems, better per-
formance in school and a greater
chance of high school graduation.
"Education is like a puzzle,
and the parents are such an
important piece of that puzzle,"
said Dianna Bartles, a fifth-grade
teacher in Ohio and a Disney
Teacher Award Honoree. "You
can always tell when a parent is
taking an interest in a child's
assignments and talking to the
child about what is going'on at
school. Even very shy students
like to say, 'My mom said' or 'My
dad told me.' Students carry
words from their parents as pre-
cious gems to be used in class dis-
cussion and conversations."
Parents who are involved with
their schools can better monitor

classroom activities and coordi-
nate their efforts with teachers.
And research suggests that the
teachers of students with highly
involved parents tend to give
greater attention to those stu-
dents, and to identify learning
problems at an earlier age.
"Lack of parent involvement in
reading or helping with home-
work puts children at a disadvan-
tage," said Dara Feldman, a
kindergarten teacher in Maryland
named the Outstanding Elemen-
tary School Teacher of the Year by
the Disney Teacher Awards.
"Often parents of young children
don't know how important it is to
read and talk to their children. It's
not that they are bad parents, they
just:don't know how important
that is to their child's language
development. Those kids come to
school less prepared."
Here are a number of sugges-
tions from top educators for ways
parents can get involved in their
children's learning:
Volunteer-teachers are always
in need of chaperones, field trip
drivers, guest speakers and even

classroom assistants. Every par-
ent has a talent they can use to
help the class learn.
"I deliberately poll the parents
to see what level of involvement
they can provide," said David
Vixie, a middle school teacher in
California and the 2005 Disney
Teacher of the Year. "Can they
drive, build, make phone calls,
provide supplies for simulations
or field trips, be presenters on top-
ics of curriculum? I invite them to
participate."
Keep in contact with the
teacher-parents who stay
informed by talking regularly with
teachers who have children who
excel in class and have fewer dis-
cipline problems, says Disney
Honoree Roberta Patterson of
California. Parent-teacher confer-
ences and PTA meetings are the
traditional ways to keep in con-
tact, but regular e-mail conversa-
tion is a convenient and effective
way to keep in touch.
Do homework together -
working together is a great way to
make sure a child is learning and
a chance to spend some time

together. Parents shouldn't be
intimidated if an older child is
learning something they don't
understand they can have the
child teach it to them. Several Dis-
ney Honorees say that having stu-
dents teach a difficult concept is
one of the best ways for them to
learn it themselves.
Model behaviors if parents
want children to value reading
and studying, they should not
only read to their young children,
but let their older children see
them reading and learning about
new things.
"You don't have to be a perfect
parent, but children are like clay,
molded by the people around
them," said Bartles. '"A child who
sees a parent reading a book and
laughing aloud will learn that
reading can be entertaining. A
child who sees a parent reading
the newspaper and commenting
on articles will see that reading
can be informative. Give me a
parent who keeps a journal, and
I'll show you a student with a
built-in desire to write."
Attend meetings and events-In

addition to regular parent-teacher
and PTA meetings, many schools
offer special nights for parents
and their children. Events
planned in Feldman's school this
year include math and reading
nights, computer family nights,.
study circles and even parenting
seminars focusing on important
topics like Internet safety, and
stress management.
Teachers and families recog-
nize that time is often a challenge
for everyone. "Our greatest obsta-
cle to successful parental involve-
ment is not getting people inter-
ested, it's finding time for all of us
to coordinate and plan events and
time for the parents to attend,"
added Feldman, who also serves
as the family outreach coordina-
tor for her diverse school. "'Some
of the families in my school are
working two or three jobs, so they
are exhausted."
Teachers agree with the
research on the importance of
having parents involved with their
schools. In a recent online survey
of Disney Teacher Award winners
from the past 15 years, more than

40 percent of those who respond-
ed indicated that more parental
involvement is one of the top two
things that will most improve edu-
cation in the United States. In
explaining their preference for
more parental involvement, the
survey respondents suggested
that greater support from parents
and the community would make
education a high priority.
One respondent said, "If every
family valued education and let
their children know that, there
would be a completely different
attitude towards education."
"Parents are their child's first
teachers and should never stop
playing that role," said Terry
Wick, vice president, Disney
Worldwide Outreach. "As an
organization, we make sure to
honor teachers every year, but we
want to make sure that parents
also understand the indispensa-
ble role they play in their child's
education. The classroom is just
one learning environment -
young people are learning all day,
everyday."

Foley encouraged by disaster

recovery act passage in senate

Foley: This is a
good start but
problems exist
WASHINGTON D.C. Con-
gressman Mark Foley (FL-16) said
he was encouraged by the Senate
Committee passage of a modified
version of the Disaster Recovery
Act of 2005 which he introduced
with Senator Mel Martinez (R-FL)
in April. The legislation will make
changes to the disaster recovery
efforts of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA).
The bill was a direct result of the
experiences of millions of Floridi-
ans as they rebuilt in the wake of
the nation's most costly series of
storms that hit the state last sum-
mer.
"The victims of Katrina arid
possibly Rita can be encouraged
by the progress of this bill. We

learned many lessons after four
hurricanes in Florida. We also
overcame many obstacles fed-
eral bureaucracy shouldn't have
been one of them," said Foley,
whose district suffered direct hits
from three hurricanes in 2004.
"This legislation reflects many of
the lessons we learned last sum-
mer and will offer solutions for
the headaches we hope to pre-
vent for the victims of Katrina.
"This is a good start, but these
problems are not confined to
only the storms of 2005. 1 hope
we can make these changes per-
manent to prevent the inevitable
headaches from the inevitable
hurricanes to come. We have to
stop taking one-year approaches
to structural problems.
"Too many of Florida's resi-
dents and communities are still
waiting .eight months later to
receive reimbursement from
FEMA for debris clean up and

expenses," said Sen. Martinez.
"And we have too many Florida
residents that are living in tempo-
rary shelters and communities on
the verge of bankruptcy because
of debt incurred in order to
remove tons of debris from their
streets and homes. We must do
better than this."
Foley's Disaster Recovery Act
has three major components:
Requires FEMA to pay locali-
ties up to 50 percent of eligible
Public Assistance (PA) monies no
later than 60 days after an eligible
claim is filed.
I* Requires FEMA to reim-
burse localities for the clearing
and removal of debris on all
emergency access roads (those
that require access by emergency
personnel during natural disas-
ters);
Makes debris removal from
private lands an eligible claim for
federal assistance.

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with innovative down towns

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FLORIDA, the state's official
source for travel planning, in part-
nership with the Florida Depart-
ment of State and the Florida
Redevelopment Association, is
hosting the inaugural Down-
towns & Small Towns Forum,
Oct. 13-15. The two and half day
program will be based in Delray
Beach, and will have additional
sessions in Fort Lauderdale and
West Palm Beach.
This innovative gathering of
Florida tourism industry leaders
and other non-traditional tourism
partners such as arts and cultural
organizations, downtown devel-
opment authorities, community
redevelopment agencies, Main
Street programs, city/county
planners, etc. is designed to pro-
vide actionable, tangible tools to
effectively promote Florida's
downtown and small towns
through the use of models and

success stories from around the
Sunshine State.
"By providing this innovative
and educational Forum, we are
leveraging the great appeal of our
cultural heritage assets, which
are concentrated in the state's
downtown and small towns,
while supporting the economic
development of these areas." said
Bud Nocera, president and chief
executive officer of VISIT FLORI-
DA.
Forum speakers include Flori-
da Secretary of State, Glenda E.
Hood and many Florida Mayors.
Session topics include design,
planning and transportation;
leadership; arts and cultural
assets; tourism marketing; enter-
tainment and events; multi-cul-
tural diversity; preservation and
conservation; cleanliness and
safety, and provide hands-on
knowledge and interaction with
local experts.

The forum is an extension of
last year's successful Downtowns
& Small Towns multi-year adver-
tising program, which addressed
the demand for cultural heritage
travel by focusing on the charm,
vibrancy and revitalization of the
Sunshine State's cities and towns.
The year-old Downtowns &
Small Towns program marks the
first time a state organization has
bundled its downtown and small
town tourism experiences under
one development and marketing
umbrella for theentire state.
"VISIT Florida's Downtowns
& Small Towns program is in
response to consumer travel pref-
erences for authenticity, regional
culture and mingling with the
locals," said Kerri Post, vice presi-
dent of new product develop-
mehnt for VISIT FLORIDA, who
helped craft the program.
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CEMETERY LOT- In First Edi-
tion to Evergreen Cemetery,
$500 (352)493-0440.

BROWN BRINDLE- Medium
size, vic of U-Save, nice dog.
Call to identify
(863)674-0537.
CHIHUAHUA Vic. of Burman
Rd. Please call to identify
(863)484-0313
FEMALE HUNTING DOG-
Underhill Road & CR 721, call
to identify (863)467-1521.
GREETING CARD- With Gift
Certificates. Call to Identify.
(863)763-7888
JACK RUSSELL- Vic. of 700A
Call to identify
(863)763-8085,

BOXER- male, rust/white, 6yrs
old, purple collar, vic of
SR70,& 80th Ave.' Little girl
misses (863)824-0800.
CUR DOG- F, 9 months old,
red w/white blaze. Vic of U-
Save on 9/14.
(863)228-0580/634-4480.
LOST CAT- Blackish/Gray Tab-
by. Hair on neck shaved.
Had surgery on 21st Needs
medicine. (863)467-4664
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another man's treas-,
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ALUMINUM ROOFING PANELS
12" wide. Freefor the taking.
(863)946-1481
HUSKY DOGS- Male & Fe-
male, Free To Good Home!
(863)357-2494
KITTENS- (2) 8wks old, to
good homes, very cute, 1
male 1 female, in/out litter
trained (863)635-3439.
KITTENS, Very cute! Free To
Good Homes Only!
Black/white & orange/white.
(863)763-7441
MIN PIN/GOLDEN RET. PUPS
1 m, 1 f, jet black, 8wks old,
good w/ kids. Odd match but
adorable (863)763-5030
REFRIGERATOR- works, you
must haul (863)763-7613.
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to purchase something
deer? Pick up some
extra bucks when you
sell your used items in
the classifeids.

OCTOBER BEAD FESTS Octo-
ber 1st, 2nd DeLand (Central
Florida) Volusia County Fair
Grounds. October 7th, 8th,
9th Pompano Beach, Elks
Lodge. October 15th, 16th
Havana FL, The Planters Ex-
change. October 29th, 30th
Ft Myers, Clarion Hotel. An-
nouncing Palm Beach Gar-
dens November 4th, 5th &
6th Amara Shrine Temple.
Bead, PMC, & Wire Wrap-
ping Classes available. Info
at www.OctoberBead-
Fests.com or
(866)667-3232.

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

$600 WEEKLY Working
through the government part-
time. No Experience. A lot of
0 p po r t u n it i e s .
(800)493-3688
CodeJ-14. .
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
.CLERK
Agricultural company seeking
Accounts Receivable Clerk.
F/T position w/ some overtime.
Must have clerical & computer
skills w/ knowledge of Micro-
soft programs. Benefits
available. Salary to commen-
surate w/ experience. Call
(863)983-2900 for more info.

BEST WESTERN
of Clewiston
Is accepting applications for:
housekeeping, front desk,
and maintenance.
Apply within.
Billing Position available
at local produce com-
pany. Prior -bookkeep-
ing experience needed.
Fax resume to:
561-993-0215
CATO HIRING For:
F/T Management Positions
in Belle Glade.
Full benefits, experience
needed. Apply within or fax
resume 561-996-1426

AD SERVICE

We are seeking a full time,
Ad Services Team Member
for an exciting and enjoyable career
in advertising. The right candidate
should:

Be a self-managed individual
*Have an out going personality
*Be able to handle pressure
*Be able to handle different duties
*Have clerical skills
Reliable transportation

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Microsoft Word
*Excel
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Our Company offers:
*Potential for advancement
*A unique work environment
where employees are trusted
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*Competitive pay and benefits
*Life and Disability Insurance
*401(K) Retirement Plan
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DISTRIBUTION LEAD OPERATOR
Big Cypress Reservation
Responsible for maintaining a distribution system
in a safe & efficient manner. Perform and direct
variety of operations, maintenance and repair
tasks for pumps, piping, and structures in water
distribution systems.Hligh School diploma/GED.
FL Driver's License. At least 3 years experience
related to drinking water distribution system.
Sal. $15-$19 per hour with benefits.
Fax resume/applications to 954-967-3477.
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AGRICULTURAL LABORER
Florida Sugar Cane League seeks an individual to work with
experimental sugarcane varieties. Must be able to work in a
team and read & follow precise instructions. Must be able to
perform heavy manual labor and work in a hot, humid
environment. Valid drivers license, acceptable driving record
and proof of legal residence required. English speaking, high
school graduate preferred. Drug free employer. Competitive
salary and benefits offered. For additional information call
561-924-5227 Ext. 22 or apply inperson at the USDA
Sugarcane Field Station, 12990 U.S. Hwy. 441 North,
Canal Point, Florida 33438.

HOPE HOSPICE
HIM/Team Assistant-Clewiston
Full time, computer experience required, background in
Medical Records desired. Must have strong interper-
sonal, organizational, and communication skills. Hope
Hospice provides
excellent 100% Company Paid Benefits including
Health, Dental, Life, and Disability Income
Insurance, Retirement Plan.
Up to 26 Paid Days Off per year,
Complete an application at: HOPE HOSPICE
100 W.C. Owen Avenue, Clewiston, FL 33440
-Or-
Fax resume and cover letter indicating job preference to:
239-454-1671
EOE www.hopehospice.org/Careers.htm Drug Free

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Pasture.
Development
Foreperson
Lykes Bros, Inc.
Ranch Division
has an opening
for PDF to oversee .
operation for approximately eight tractors
involved in,the planting/production of
pastures. To supervise fertilization pro-
grams, chemical applications, weed con-
trol and pasture maintenance programs.
Successful candidates would have prior
experience with pasture grasses & a valid
Florida Drivers License. Accepting appli-
cations Mon-Fri 8am-3pm ...
Lykes Bros, Inc. Ranch Division
106 SW County Rd 721
Okeechobee, FL 34974
Drug Free Workplace AA/EOE/MV/F/D/V

MECHANIC
WELDER
Lykes Bros, Inc.
Ranch Division

Applicant must have one
(1) year prior experience with farm & die-
sel equipment, have own tools & a valid
Florida Drivers License. Applications ac-
cepted Mon-Fri 8am to 3pm at:
106 SW County Rd 721
Okeechobee, FL
Drug free workplace. AA/EOE/M/F/D/V

HOPE HOSPICE
LPN Clewiston
F/T, Mon-Fri, Some weekends, 8am-5pm
For patient home visits in Hendry & Glades counties
Must have Florida LPN License
Excellent 100% Company Paid Benefits provided.
Health, Dental, Life, and Disability Income
Insurance, Retirement Plan,
Up to 26 Paid Days Off per year.
Complete an application at: HOPE HOSPICE
100 W.C. Owen Avenue, Clewiston, FL 33440
-Or-
Fax resume and cover letter indicating job preference to:
239-454-1671
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Immediate opening for a mechanic helper, with work
hours of 9 am 7 pm 5 1/2 days a week. Benefit pack-
age includes medical/vision/dental plans, paid -vaca-
tions, 401K and other benefits. Drug free workplace.
Apply in person at 12255 Hwy 29N., Felda, Florida.
Contact Jim McVay (863) 673-0363
EOE/V/H/F/M
Se solicit un ayudante de mecanico en el taller de A
Duda. El horario sera de las 9 am 7 pm, 5 1/2 dias
por semana. Se ofrece un pacquete que include un plan
medico, seguro de vida, vacaciones, plan de retire, y
otros beneficios. Empleo libre de drogas. Dirijase a
12255 Carretera 29 Norte, Felda, Florida. Hable con el
Senor Jim McVay a su telefono (863) 673-0360.
Practicamos una political de igualdad de opportu-
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FOAM INSULATION Company based out of Clewiston now
hiring installers, South Florida travel required. Company vehi-
cle provided; Monday through Friday. Piece work. Guaran-
teed minimum $550 a week during training period. Benefits,
bonus, and travel cost paid. Must .be 21 years or older with
clean drivers license, We are a drug free workplace. Inter-
views will be conducted every Monday morning from
8-10a.m. at our Clewiston Facility. Call 800-683-3155 to
line up an interview time. Directions to our facility will be
given to you at that time.

PROJECT COORDINATOR
Big Cypress Reservation
The Seminole Tribe of Florida is accepting
applications for the position of Project
Coordinator. Requirements: High School.Diploma,
General Contractor's License, MS Word & Excel,
exp. related to Residential Construction, FL
Drivers License. Sal. $48,000 with benefits.
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and ready to work.
Valid FL drivers license required.
Aggressive Pay Plan/Benefits.
Apply in person @
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HEAD START CENTER MANAGER III (South Bay
Head Start), $36,872. Administrative and super-
visory work managing a Head Start center, which
involves supervising food service staff for the
preparation and distribution of food to satellite
centers. Requires a Bachelor's Degree in Early
Childhood Education/Development/related ECE
Degree, Developmental Psychology, Social
Work, Sociology, Pub./Bus. Adm./related; 1 yr.
exp. in the supervision of a programs) for Head
Start, preschoolers or related social service di-
rected at preschoolers (must specify on apple ) or
1 yr. exp. acting as a Head Start Manager ( or
unrelated BS/BA and 2 yrs. related exp.) Will be
required to obtain a FL Child Care and Education
Program Director Credential and a Florida Food
Protection Mgr. Cert. within 6 months of hire.
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scription & employ. appl. Submit appl./resume
with any Vet. Pref. doc for receipt by 5 pm
10/7/05 to Palm Beach County HR, 50 S. Mili-
tary Trail #210, WPB, FL 33415 Fax
561-616-6893. EO/AA M/F/D/V (DFWP)

INTERVENTION SPECIALIST
Big Cypress Reservation

Work with Family Services and Education
Departments to provide.counseling services
to students at home and school. Develop and
follow a Truancy plan.:bachelor's degree in
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506 S 1st Street, Immokalee,FL
1-800-218-0007

FOOD SERVICE ASSOCIATE/COOK
Big Cypress Reservation

Excellent Communication skills, good manual
skills, cash handling expedence: Exp. as a
fast order cook preferred. Positive customer
service attitude. High School Dip. or GED.
Flexible working hours. Salary: $9 per hour
based on experience + fuel & food allowance,
incentives. Excellent benefits (medical,
dental, 401K) Fax resume to: (954-967-3477)

SALES ASSOCIATE, GAS/C. STORE
Big Cypress Reservation
Excellent communication skills, good manual
skills, cash handling experience, positive
customer service attitude. High School
Diploma or GED. Flexible working hours.
Salary: $8+ starting based on exp., fuel &
food allowance, incentives. Excellent benefits
(medical, dental, 401 K). Fax resume to
(954)967-3477

COMPOST SUPERVISOR
Big Cypress Reservation

Supervises all composting activities. Assist in
Transfer Station operations. High School Diploma/
GED. CDL State of Florida driver's license
for hauling. At least 2 years experience in
supervisory capacity. Must be familiar with
solid waste management systems. Salary
$30,000 with benefits. Fax resume
applications to 954-967-3477.

Emiploymen
Full TiIme

Employment
Full Time

MANAGEMENT

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

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

Looking for a career

With a company you

can grow with?

Are you self motivated?
Do you like meeting new people?
Are you computer literate?
If so, this could be the opportunity
you have been looking for.
Full and/or part time
positions available.

The Caloosa Belle and Immokalee
Bulletin are looking for bright, self-
starters with computer skills and
reliable transportation who are will-
ing to learn newspaper advertising
sales from the ground up.
If you have what it takes, you
could be the outside salesperson
in these fast growing markets.

Our company offers:
a unique work environment
potential for advancement
competitive pay and benefits
life and disability insurance
401 (K) plan .
generous time off program

Email your resume to:
jkasten@strato.net
An equal opportunity employer

TRANSFER STATION & OPERATION
MAINTENANCE TRAINEES
Big Cypress Reservation

HS diploma or GED equivalent. FL Drivers
License. Operate heavy equipment. Semi-technicall
maintenance pref. Good record keeping skills.
Water/Wastewater experience preferred.
(Transfer Station Operation), onsite recycling.
Familiar with solid waste management systems.
Fax resume/applications to (954)967-3477.

ADVISOR/
SOCIAL WORKER
This PART/TIME position
will help meet the basic
needs of at risk
students & their families
so that education can
become a priority.
Duties incl. general
diagnoses of students
referrals for svcs; ,
coordinating indiv/
group sessions, home
visits & workshops
w/students & their
parents. Req. Bache-
lors degree in related
area & 1-3 yrs related
exp. Learn more or
apply on-line at:
www.pbcc.edu or apply
to the Office of Human
Resources, Palm Beach
Community College,
4200 Congress
Avenue, Lake Worth,
FL 33461,
fax 561-868-3131.
EOE/AA/VP/ADA

BRICKLAYERS, STONE
MASONS & LABORERS
Top pay & great benefits. Call
(561)793-5924 or718--1227.

The GEO Group, Inc.

The GEO Group, Inc.
A worldwide leader in privatized corrections
OFFERS CHALLENGING AND EXCITING OPPORTUNITIES.
FULL TIME POSITIONS & EXCELLENT BENEFITS
CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS
VOCATIONAL (Horticulture) INSTRUCTOR

MOORE HAVEN
CORRECTIONAL FACILITY
1990 East SR 78NW
Moore Haven, FL 33471
Phone 868-946-2420
Fax 863-946-2487
Equal Opportunity Employer

CURVES OF LaBelle
F/T Position Available
We are looking for a friendly,
energetic, early riser who
would be interested in joining
our staff. Fax resume to:
863-675-8447 or fill out
application on location.
DELIVER FEMA RV's FOR
PAY! A, NATIONAL RV deliv-
ery service has immediate
needs for qualified contrac-
tors to deliver "new RV trail-
ers from factories and
dealers to Hurricane relief
sites. This is a great way for
you to help the victims,
Please log on today:
www.horizontransport.com.
Driver- COVENANT TRANS-
PORT. Excellent Pay & Bene-
fits for Experienced Drivers,
0/0, Solos, Teams & Gradu-
ate Students. Bonuses
Available. Refrigerated Now
Available. (888)MORE PAY
(888-667-3729).
Driver- NOW HIRING QUALI-
FIED DRIVERS for Central
Florida Local & National OTR
positions. Food grade tanker,
no hazmat, no pumps, great
benefits, competitive pay &
new equipment. Need 2
years experience. Call B.y-
num Transport for your op-
portunity "today.
(800)741-7950.
DRIVERS WANTED
Competitive pay & benefits.
Class A orB license w/
HAZMAT endorsement req'd.
(239)867-5408
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
/BOOKKEEPER
For agribusiness in Clewiston
area, general office, typing &
computer skills required.
Position offers a competitive
wage To apply send resume
with current salary to Hilliard
Brothers of Florida. 5500
Flaghole Rd. Clewiston
Florida 33440.
Fax 863-983-5116
GET PRACTICAL WITH
CFI...MILES THAT ISI Weekly
Atlanta Orientation. $0.05 NE
Bonus Pay! XM Service.
Class A CDL Required. AP-
PLY (800)CFI-DRIVE
(1-800-234-3748); www.cfi-
drive.com.

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FEED MILL
WORKERS NEEDED
2nd and 3rd shift,
Computer Experience a
Plus, Benefits Available
Apply at:
Syfrett Feed Company
3079 NW 8th Street
Okeechobee
863-763-5586

HEALTHCARE
Come See What's New At
Glades General
Hospital... Rewarding
Careers Await You!
* RN-CCU NURSE
MANAGER/EDUCATOR FT
Nurse Manager & CCU
experience required.
Responsible for developing
nursing staff in Critical Care
path.
* RN-SHIFT
SUPERVISORS FT
Supervision, ER & Critical
Care exp. a mustL Requires
Leadership abilities and a
Positive attitude.
* RN CHARGE NURSE FT
Medical/surgical patient care
skills. 1-2 yrs. exp. in acute
hospital. Leadership charge
exp. preferred.
* RN'S FT & PRN
POSITIONS ER & OB
12 HOUR SHIFTS
Requires current FL license
w/ Zyrs. exp. in specialty area.
* CLINICAL
PHARMACIST FT/PRN
FT w/weekend rotation, PRN
weekends. Requires current
FL license, 2 yrs. hospital exp.
and exp. w/pharmacokinetics,
renal adjustment, MUE, unit
inspections & clinical services.
* RADIOLOGY TECH PRN
Must have a Florida and
ARRT license.
* RESPIRATORY
THERAPIST PRN
Must have CRTT, ACLS, NRP
& BLS. Ability to work in all
areas. 3-5 yrs. exp. with
Neonate thru Adult and
ventilator, RRT preferred.
* PHLEBOTOMIST
Previous phlebotomy
experience, Hospital or
physician office preferred.
* ER REGISTRATION PRN
Excellent Computer &
Customer Service Skills, 3rd
party payer process, previous
ealthcare exp. preferred.
Shift 4pm-12am, Sat. & Sun.
COOK PRN
Must have 3-5 years exp. in
institutional cook/diet aide.
Read & write English & be a
team player.
Competitive salary &
excellent benefits package.
Fa resume to 1;i1 1 b-i!;".
DF/WP/EOE
1201 S.Main St.
Bele Glade, FL
A (561) 996-6571
.. I; Ext. 222
i sP ir, Fax: (561) 993-5627
LAKE OKEECHOBEE
FISHING GUIDE WANTED:
Must have own bass boat. Call
(863)946-1742 for more info.
MOVIE EXTRAS, ACTORS &
MODELS! Make
$75-$250/day. All ages and
faces wanted! No exp. Re-
quited. F T/PT!
(800)714-7565.
Now Hiring for 2005 Postal
Po s iti o n s
$17.50-$59.00+/hr. Full
Benefits/Paid Training and
Vacations No Experience
Necessary (800)584-1775
Reference # 5600.
0/0 Driver FFE, The F/S is
higher here! $1.09 Avg.
$2,000 sign-on $2,600 re-
ferral bonus. Base plate pro-
vided. No truck no problem.
Low cost lease purchase
with payment as low as
$299/Wk. (800)569-9298.
PRIDE ENTERPRISES
Looking for Field Supervisor
for sugar cane operation. Exp.
with farm equipment req'd.
Exc. benefit package. Fax re-
sume to 561-996-8559.
S/E & 3-State Run: T/T Driv-
ers. HOME WEEKENDS.
.Mileage Pay, Benefits, 401K.
Trainees Welcome. Miami
area- exp. req. 21 min
age/Class-A CDL Cypress
Truck Lines (800)545-1351.

STABLE CAREER. IMMEDIATE
OPENINGS! Positions
available for Experienced
CDL Holders, Also Company
Funded Truck Driver Training
offered. Financial assistance
for Hurricane Victims.
(877)PRIME-JOB. www.prl-
meinc.com.

CNA/HHA, COMPANION
Bi-lingual, Live Ins.
(772)466-9199
Work is in Okeechobee.
MEDICAL ASST. Busy Belle
Glade medical office seeking
experienced F/T certified
medical assistant with excel-
lent phlebotomy. Exc. salary
& benefits. Fax resume to
561-868-7377
Reg. Nurse & Physical
Therapist to see pa-
tients in the Belle Glade
area for established
Home Health Company.
Excellent pay plus mile-
age, make your own
schedule. Fax resume to
Elaine (561)659-2882.

OFFICE CLEANING, Part Time
Monday-Friday evenings.
In Clewiston. Good pay.
START TODAY! 800-922-1433

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TELEPHONE
ADMINISTRATOR
POSITION
In Correction Facility.
P/T Position guaran-
teed 20 hours per
week. Duties include
responding to inmate
correspondence &
troubleshooting basic
telephone problems.
Training provided for
qualified applicants.
Knowledge of Micro-
soft Word and Excel
preferred. Please send
resume to:
austinresume@
kricket.net or fax
to 877-293-1193.
EOE M/F/V/H

METAL FRAMING: Looking for
possible limited partnership
who has contacts in residential
drywall/metal framing. I have
license, ins., trailer & tools.
Okeechobee/Vero area.
772-201-8715.

Financial |

Business
Opportunities 305
Money Lenders 310
Tax Preparation 315

****$500-$100,000++
FREE CASH GRANTS!
2005!***NEVER REPAY!
FOR PERSONAL/MEDICAL.
BILLS, SCHOOL, NEW
HOME/BUSINESS, ALMOST
EVERYONE QUALIFIES. BBB
LISTED! LIVE OPERATORS
(800)270-1213 ext.96.
A CASH COW! 90 VENDING
MACHINE UNITS/ YOU OK
LOCATIONS ENTIRE BUSI-
NESS $10,670 HURRY!
(800)836-3464 #B02428.
ALL CASH CANDY ROUTE Do
you earn $800/day? 30 Ma-
chines, Free Candy All for
$9,995. (888)629-9968
B02000033. CALL US: We
will not be undersold!
MONEY MOTIVATED? 27
year old Ft. Lauderdale nutri-
tion / infomercial company,
launches Network Marketing
division. SEEKING Money
Motivated Individuals *Pat-
ented category* *killer prod-
uct* Call (866)861-0706.

NOTICE
Independent Newspapers will
never accept any advertise-
ment that is illegal or con-
sidered fraudulent. In all
cases of questionable val-
ue, such as promises of
guaranteed income from
work-at-home programs if
it sounds too good to be
true, chances are that it is.
If you have questions or
doubts about any ad on
these pages, we advise that
before responding or send-
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you check with the Better
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long distance toll costs. We
will do our best to alert our
reader of these charges in
the ads, but occasionally
we may not be aware of the
charges. Therefore, if you
call a number out of your
area, use caution.

Professional Vending Route.
Brand Name Products. No
Gimmicks, Great Equip/Ser-
vices. $7,500 Down. We Fi-
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Start Your Own Business:
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now medical ins. Choose
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****$500-$50,000++ FREE
CASH GRANTS! 2005! NEV-
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Bills, School, New Business-
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CREDIT CHECK! Live Opera-
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(800)270-1213 ext.95.
TOO MUCH Debt? Don't
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Our services have helped
millions. Stick to a plan, get
out of debt & save thou-
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(866)410-6827. CareOne
redit Counseling.
How do you find a job
in today's competitive
market? In the
employment section
of the classifieds

READING A
NEWSPAPER MAKES
YOU A MORE INFORMED
AND INTERESTING
PERSON.

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DELIVER OUR PRECIOUS
CARGO: Be a Hendry
County School Board Bus
Driver. Contact the
Transportation Dept., at
863-674-4115 or
Cheryl Jameson at
jamesonc@
hendry.kl2.fl.us

Time to clean out the
attic, basement and/or
garage? Advertise
your yard sale in the
classified and make
your clean up a breeze!

PRIVATE NURSING
AVAILABLE: By Experienced
Registered Nurse in you
home. Call for more informa-
tion. (561)261-4447
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DISeviRces25$50 VR

DIVORCE$275-$350*COVERS
children, etc. Only one sig-
nature required! *Excludes
govt. fees! Call weekdays
(800)462-2000, ex,.600.
(8'am-7pm) Alta Divorce,
LLC. Established 1977.

NEED A LAWYER? All Criminal.
Defense & Personal Injury.
*Felonies *Domestic Vio-
lence *Misdemeanors *DUI
*Traffic *Auto Accident
*Wrongful Death. "Protect
Your Rights" A-A-A Attorney
Referral Service
(800)733-5342.

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

Merchandise

LABOR _FINDERS

DAILY WORK DAILY PAY
All Types of Work Available
$ 202 E. Sugarldnd Hwy.
(Across from Clewiston Inn) $
(863) 902-9494

AIR CONDITIONER-'05 York
3.5 ton package unit w/heat
$1375 (954)309-8659

ANNE-TIQUES of Moorehaven
AveJ&lstSt. Open
Wed. Sat. & maybe Sun.
For those with unusual taste!
We buy & sell estates.
(863)946-9100

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DISHWASHER, Frigidaire, 6
mos. old, stainless steel,
$200. (863)675-8127
DRYER/WASHER like new,
$250 for both
(863)467-4366 / 634-2303'
FREEZER, UPRIGHT: Ken-
more. Like new. $200.
(863)674-1105
REFRIGERATOR GE Profile,
4yrs. 23cu ft, ice/water dis-
penser. $350 .
863-946-0614/215-527-9221
REFRIGERATOR- Gibson Frost
Clear, Almond, Works great,
Very cold! $50.
(863)357-0615

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Services

Babysitting 405
Child Care Needed 410
Child Care Offered415
Instruction 420
Services Offered425
Insurance 430
Medical Services-135

Air Conditioners 505
Antiques 510
Appliances 515
Appliance Parts 520
Beauty Supplies 525
Bicycles 530
Books 8 Magazines 535
Building Materials540
Business Equipment 545
Carpets/Rugs 550
Children's Items 555
China, Glassware, Etc. 560
Clothing 565
Coins/Stamps 570
Collectibles 575
Computer/Video 580
Crafts/Supplies 585
Cruises 590
Drapes, Linens & Fabrics 595
Fireplace Fixture 600
Firewood 605
Furniture 610
Furs 615
Health 8. Reducing
Equipment 620
Heating Equipment/
Supplies 625
Household Items 630
Jewelry 635
Lamps 'Lights 640
Luggage 645
Medical Items 650
Miscellaneous 655
Musical Instruments 660
Office Supplies/.
Equipment 665
Pets/Supplies/
Services 670
Photography 675
Plumbing Supplies 680
Pools & Supplies 685
Restaurant
Equipment 690
Satellite 695
Sewing Machines 700
Sporting Goods 705
Stereo Equipment 710
Television/Radio 715
Tickets 720
Tools 725
Toys & Games 730
VCRs 735
Wanted to Buy 740

INSULATION- 2.5 x 12x 9' &
2.5 x 12x 10 & 2.5 x 2x1x2',
all for $25 (863)763-7613.
METAL ROOFING SAVE $$$
Buy Direct From Manufactur-
er. 20 colors in stock with all
Accessories. Quick turn
around! Delivery Available
Toll Free (888)393-0335.
PATIO SLIDING GLASS DOOR
w/track. $25. (863)675-3944
in LaBelle.
RV PORT- Storm damaged,
20x40 plenty of material to
make 20x10 $1100
(863)467-4328

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INFANT CAR SEAT- With at-
tached base. Very good con-
dition. $20. 863-447-1141
JEEP: BOYS 4X4 w/battery &
charger. Excellent condition.
$60. (863)763-6131

PLACE SETTING FOR 8, Ro-
senthal China, w/all addition-
al pieces, wheat pattern,
$450 neg. (863)357-2233

WEDDING GOWN- Formal,
Ivory, size 6, battenburg lace
& pearls, $250
(863)763-0252 leave, mes-
sage. ,, ,

Football & Baseball Card Col-
lection $500 or best offer
Call (863)763-8943

STOVE: 30", Electric, Like
new. $100 (772)215-9168
STOVE, MAGIC CHEF, White,
4 Burners, O.ven storage
drawer. Works great! $75.
(863)634-0245
WASHER & DRYER: Large ca-
pacity. Like new. $225.
(772)215-9168
WASHER, $75.
(863)634-0779

TANNING BED under 1 yr
old, maybe used 6 times. Pd
$2000 asking $1400
(863)697-3211

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with your child from

birth to age nine.

BIKE, 3 Wheel, very good
cond. also 2 wheel Schwinn
Bike. $150 for both or will
separate. (573)517-2577
SCHWINN, 1955- Original
condition, $900.
(863)467-5756.

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4 STEEL BUILDINGS! 24x36
$4,497. 36x48 $6,980.
40x64 $9,993. 50x130
$13,986. Must Sell!! Call
BEN (800)863-9469.
CLOSET MAID: Closet System
Parts, All brand new. Left over
from new construction. $150.
(863)675-3944 LaBelle.

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TO OUR WEBSITE IN THE LAST 90 DAYS. OVER 70% OF BUYERS USE THE INTERNET TO SEARH FOR HOMES.

SUGAR REALTY HAS THE MOST LISTINGS ON OUR WEB, MLS AND HIGHEST VOLUME OF

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ONLY W.." 9 AVAILABLE!! CBS Nu
Construction 3/2/1, Texas AV, 1673
sq ft, Special loan pkges, Price will
increase on Sept 15th. Right Now lot
and home only $145K LUTZ
BUILDERS
Lakeport! Duplex 2BA/IBAon Rim
Canal of Lake 0, completely fur-
nished Pristine!! BRING YOUR FISH-
ING POLE $269.9K
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Moore Haven Investment
Opportunity
8 Lots, 5 Mobile Homes. All Rented
Avenues D & E. Call For More
Details. Offered @ $ 175K.
Montura Tract 1.25 ac N Mayoral
St. at end of street next to canal.
High, Dry & Cleared $45K
Montura Tract 1.25 ac Kennel St.
next to canal. Very nice lot. High,

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RESIDENTIAL
Nk- Cck C Granite Comnter
tap ds, Hadod Flrs. $210,000
; '3BP, 1BA 1BR 1BA $150,000
5 New Homes
Under Contract CallforDetails
3BR, 2 1/2 BA
*' $225,000
3BR, 2.5BA $158,000
3B ALE4 PENDINO.A
$215,000
4BR, 2 1/2BA large cor-
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3BR 2BA Pool
S $21$,W6 PENDING!
5 3BR, 21/2BA with studio
or guest suite.
$329,000
2BR 2BA home, detached
garage w/ guest suite on
12.80 ac. Call for details.
MOBILE HOMES
3BR, 2BA, Shed, on lake
$120,000
S 2BR, 15BAcnLakl $85,000

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beth" 1950's, $20 will sell (51
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COMPUTER Win. ME, 500 + bes
games, monitor, keyboard, SLEi
mouse. Grt for Kids. Para Es- Nice
,; paniol $50 (863)673-5549 $350
; DELL DIMENSION DESKTOP ,'
;^ CBRW, DVD Rom, Win XR '
SMS Office, 100's f games,
& more $200 866-855-0902
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HP Pavilion, windows 98, go
'. mouse, monitor, speakers, (86
printer, keyboard, $375.
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IBM COMPUTER- DVD, CD baNe
burner, 17" monitor, wireless (8E
keybrd/mouse, $450 neg G0L
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Furiture 06i10 new,
xtras
', BED, Canopy: King Sz w/ Sim- GOL
Smons Beauty Rest xFirm Mat- Ele
< tress. Paid over $1600, Asking $1;
S$500(863)357-2110 GOL
, BR Set, King size, all wood, Boi
,' $500 or best offer. (86
^ (863)467-1072 GOL
',' COMFORTER SETS twn (2) Gas
i camouflage, w/ blanket, shield
,: sheets, pil.cases, curtains &
shelves $100 863-447-0965
DESK- With bookshelf, Key AR 1
,' board drawer, Light oak Ba
8, w/metal accent. $40. (86
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fa/Sleeper, Rocking Chair, sha
Recliner, Hutch, $150 will (86
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FUTON BUNK-BED- New, Actio
wood frame, $200 shot,
(863)675-0244 $275
FUTON SOFA BED, Full sized SHOT
w/decorative cover. Wooden sized"
o frame. Very nice. $40. 1000
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1) River Front Beautiful 4 bedroom/2
bath (over 2400 sq.ft.) mobile home on
the Caloosahatchee River. Porch on the
rear of home overlooks the river.- Dock
rights are available with permission from
Corps of Engineer. Location, location,
location for only $524,900 See pictures
an other information on realtor.com.
MLS# 205086164
2) Pioneer Plantation 4 bedroom/2
bath mobile home on 7.5 acres. Plenty of
room for 4 wheelers and/or horsesand
other livestock. Located at the end of the
street for privacy. Property of this size is
a rare find at $299,900 Pictures and
more information on realtor.com MLS#.
205064357
3) Osceola Ave 3 bedroom/2 bath
(I-
plan. Price for quick sale $174,900
4) Redish Circle. 3 bedroom/3.5 bath

on realtor.com MLS# 205059162
5) New Listing 3 bedroom/2 bath
mobile home in Sunshine Lakes. '05
Homes of Merit-only 3 months -old!
Oversized living room w/fireplace.
Stainless Steel Appliances, large bed-
rooms with walk-in closets. Beautiful
home for only $134,900 Pictures and
more information on realtor.com MLS#
200514068
6) New Listing 3 bedroom/2 bath
mobile home on 2.5 acres. Located at
the end of the street for privacy. Oak and
pine trees. Must see to appreciate.
$139,900 Pictures and more informa-
tion on realtor.com. MLS#~ 200514439

Brman v M- m. j..
1.25 ac $109.9K
Back On The Market
3/2 manufactured home w/ more
upgrades and improvements then
you'd believe $74.9K
New Listing
The mos' i uIlllL sln'
C,I. on w fjffle :n cor
",er lil O..er' '_ W f jBC,. -' '
CBS. $339K
New Listing
3/2 brick home immaculate and
very well maintained w/ beautiful
landscaped yard. $154.9K
Need Land? Got It!
1.25 acres in Montura Ranch
Estates $43.5K
New Listing
4 Bedroom, 2 Bath on commerical
lot. WHAT A DEAUL!!$169.9K
CoutLntly Living at its Rest!!!
5/2 Manufactured Home on 1.25
Acres of Well Landscaped Property
in Montura Ranch Estates for ONLY
$169.9K
New Listing
North Side 3/2 w/ Beautiful
Hardwood Floors. Over 2,000 sq.ft.
@ $21 9.9K
You want country livin pack your
stuff and move to Pioneer 2.5
acres only $99.9K

3/999 res,
$99,900.00

Lake Okeechobee Access!
Fabulous I BA Brick
Home on WO l.. Concrete
Seawall, Boat Ramp, Screened
Porches and Much Morel
A MustSee! @ $349.9K

Dea M Fl r the
Mar MH
on 1.25 Acres @ $52.5K

2.5 Heavily wooded acres in
Pioneer Plantation on paved road.
Comer Lot only $89,900.00 This
won't last long!

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,86 %.q Fl t ,orkhOup [l, .r ,:. a
mechanics dream. Home needs
major renovation. Priced for
immediate sale @ $119,900

Looking for land in
Montura? I have
1.25 acre lots start-
ing at $39,900.00
Any questions?

INTERNET TRAFFIC IN THE CLEWISTON Al

Marshall
R. Berner

863.228.3265

New Listing! 2BD/1BA, hard-
wood floors, new electrical sys-
tem. Call with Best Offer.
5 Beauti ful Acres In Pioneer
Plantation. l jWj.1Ur Perfect
Dream Ho@n~,2t5 ad Enjoy the
Country @$125K
Pior PIta ar a on
2.5 M B&iaYVJta tred
LandSC0 24,9K
Montura Ranch Estates 1.25 acres
@ $49,900
In Town! 2BD/1 BA House with
Ad dj.tipraael BL10/.at.went.
Lo m C dt f r 'lI Out!
Call for Showing Appont.
$159,900.
New Listing! Single Wide MH in
Montura $75K Bring All Offers.

Ashley
P. Wood

863-228-1132

CLEWISTON"S FIRST TALKING
HOUSE!! 629 E Avenida Del Rio.
3/2, pool, hot tub, + many extras
great location offered @ $259K
MOORE HAVEN YACHT CLUB
3/2 fully fumished 1998 Homes
of Merit doublewide in nice 55+
community- offered @ $174,900

Maribel
Gonzalez

561-722-7347
Se Habla Espanol
Harlem! 3/2 mobile home with
shed, fenced yard, patio, and a fire-
place @$59,900.00
Bring your animals! 1995 Homes of
Merit DBLWDE MH in Montura. 3/2 on
1.25 acres with lots oftrees and storage
space@$139,90000
New Usting! 3/2 CBS home in Moore
Haven.Spacious yard @ $104,900.00
READY TO MOVE! In MRE 3/2
DBLWMDE ON 1.25 Beautiful Acres @
$11990000O

Jerry W.

Smith

561-261-3444

Ready to Move in! 38D/2BAon 1.25
Acres. Compleely Furnished! @ $31 OK
New Listing! 3/2 on 1.25
Acres with Carport & Screened
Porch, Fenced. @ $123,900
Recently Reduced! Beautiful
3BR/2BA manufactured hom on
1.09 acres in Montura. Nice floor
plan with fireplace makes this list-
ing a must see @ $107,325

New Flaghole Listing!! 3bd/2ba
MH on a nice 2.5 acre lot, fully fur-
nished with all appliances included!
Great Deal going for $184.9K
New Listing! 2/2 mobile home in
Moore Haven. Nice yard with big
shaded oak tree. Concrete driveway
and fenced. Minutes from boat
ramps and Lake Okeechobee.
Asking: $79,900.00

Sam J.
Walker

863-677.-1013

Montura Tracts, I List, Show and
Sell 1.25 Acre Tracts. Call For
Information or Appointment!-
Need a Building? We have a
12,500sq.ft. Engineered 'Steel
Building on 5 Ac. Offered @ $215K
Pioneer! 2.5 Acre Wooded Tract in
Pioneer. $59,900 limited access.
Tower Lakes! DBLWDE 3/2 1782
Sq.Ft. Liberty Home. On a Large
Fenced Corner Lot with Lakefront.
@ Reduced $89,000 -
Like to Fish? Try this 3 bd/2 balake
property. Very clean, nice lot w/view,
good place to retire! $199,000

Enrique
Acosta

305-506-5876
Se Habla Espanol

2.5 AC improved with septic,.
well & electric, fenced on
paved road @ $109,900
Holiday Isles 3bd/2ba.MH, pub-
lic water & sewer available,
investors wanted $49,900
Montura Ranch 3bd/2ba MH
on paved road, tenant occupied,
fenced, new septic @ $139,900
1.25 acre IMPROVED FREE home
with purchase of land, single-
wide MH offered @ $79,900

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3 MATTRESS SET- with
iame, 1 yr old, $75
61)983-0950.
CHEN TABLE, $50.
363)634-0779
SEATT & COUCH, tan,
their, exc. cond., $1100 or
st offer. (863)467-1072
EPER SOFA: Beige. Real
e. 7Ft. Long. Like new.
0. (863)634-8601

B CAR, '97- Exc. cond.,
od batt/charger, $1599.'
i3)697-1350/763-2063.
Y GO Good cond. good
ttery & charger. $799.
g. (863)697-1350 or'
i3)763-2063. .
F CART EZ Go electric,
Freedom SE series. Like
only driven twice. Many
$3,795 (561)818-1482
F CART- Club Car, '91,
ectric, Great condition.
250. (863)675-1472
F CART- Club Car, '97,
dy shell, no frame. $175.
63)675-1472
F CART: Club Car, Lifted,
Powered. Lights, Wind-
d, $2200.(772)462-2211

--1
5 Stainless Steel Match
rrel, $200.
3)357-5754
WNING B-80 SL, 3" bar-
1 modified, 1 full, great
ape, $400.
3)673-4927
E: Antique-Stevens Old
n, 22 cal. Tube feed 12
org. finish. Exc. cond.
863-675-8465 LaBelle.
T GUN: 8 Shot, "Parker-
Mossberg, 12 ga pump -
rounds-most 00 Buck.
(863)675-8465 LaBelle.

CARDIO HEALTH EXERCISER-
$50 (863)675-2285
POWER CHAIR- Golden Alante
New, still have manual/war-
ranty Pd $6000 asking
$1000 neg 863-634-9620
TOTAL GYM- Chuck Norris,
Excellent condition, w/extras.
$75. (863)675-2285
TREADMILL- Works great.
$75. Call Jon @
(863)697-8332

RICE MAKER, Hardly used.
$8. (863)447-0002

ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR Jet
1, red/grey. Used very little
$600 (863)675-3764
LIFT CHAIR- electric, excellent
condition, $350
(863)801-5353
WHEELCHAIR RACK electric,
for wheelchair or scooter.
$100 (863)675-3764

DRIVE ON RAMP- You disas-
semble & move $200.
(863)467-4328
EARN DEGREE online from
home. *Medical, *Business,
*Paralegal, *Computers. Job
Placement Assistance. Com-
puter & Financial aid if quali-
fy. (866)858-2121
www.onlinetidewater-
tech.com.
RUG YARN- cut packages,
100+ unopened and many
part pkgs all colors, $20
(863)983-1848.
SHUTTLE BUS, Ford Econo-
line, '91, 25 passenger, a/c,
$5000 or best offer.
(863)675-5947

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RESIDENTIAL- CLEWISTON
*3BR, 1BA Home in
Hooker's Point Area
$112,000
S4BR, 2BA, MH, Sherwood
S/D,. Newly Remodeled
$84,000
* Lrg. 3BR,2BA, MH on WtrFrt
Lot w/above Ground Pool, 2
Storage Sheds w/EIectric,
Nicely Landscaped,
A Must See $140,000
w l-.r, ..-.I 3BR B. 'BA
MONTURA
SWooded Lots:
Clear & Surveyed Lot
Appaloosa Reduced,$49,000
Jinete $48,000
2 1/2 acres $110,000
Bald Cypress w/improvements

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Large orci. Many Eras icatM in
Seminole Manor.
Oadat $133,90
SMore-Montura Lots starting at
$38,000
* 2BR, 2BA, MH on 1-1/4 Ac.
$92,000
LAKEPORT
* Listings Needed
MOORE HAVEN
-Yacht Club 3BR, 2BA,
Modular Home w/Lot $119,000
*River View Lots available on
Caloomahatchee River
Call for Details
ACREAGE, L4ND & LOTS
* Farm Land Available
Call for Details
'5 to 7-1/2 Acre Tracts offHendry
IslesBlvd., Call for Details
COMMERCIAL
* 100'xlOO' Lot w/bldg, fenced
within City of Clewiston $115,000

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'Center. If interested please call

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ORGAN Hammond, double
keyboard. Pd over $4000
asking $1.00 (863)675-0235

AMERICAN PITBULL PUPPIES
6 males, 6 females.
Call 863-634-3508 or
863-634-5620
BABY QUAKER & Black head-
ed Counard, $170 will sell
sep. (863)673-2483
BEAGLE, Male, 1 yr. old, Tri-
Colored, CKC papers. Loves
kids. Up to date shots. $100
(863)484-0314
BEAGLE PUPS- 8wk, shots,
ACA registered,, Call Monica
(863)634-7864.
BLACK SILKIE CHICKS, $5
each. (863)675-6214
CHIHUAHUA PUPPIES 1
male, 2 female, all black &
white. Parents on prem. $150
ea. (863)675-3915 PIs Iv msg

PARROT CAGE Large. Asking
$300 (863)674-0205
PITBULL Female, 8mos,
needs family without small
pets. Loves kids, very alert
$100 (863)484-0313
RED NOSED PITBULL 5 mo
old, all shots up to date $300
(863)447-0965
ROOSERTS (3) Rhode Island
Red. Well fed, penned. $30
for all or will separate.
(863)763-0367

Sew/Embroidery Machine,
babylock, Ese, hoops, cards,
software, $2500.
(863)635-0772

BOW- High Country Com-
pound/case/extra string draw
29-30, pull 60-75lbs 65%
let/off $100 863-763-7609
GOLF CART- Yamaha, '96,
Gas, Excellent condition.
$1500 or best offer
(863)357-1577
Join all the people who
say, "I sold it in the
classifieds"

SANYO 17" color, Panason-
ic, 17", color. $50 for both,
will separate (863)357-4831

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grokiers:
Carolyn Thomas 946-2005
MaryLee van Wijck 946-0505

SiI. Ats..bodaes:
Qr' Ann Donohue 228-0221
David Rister 634-2157
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Brian Sullivan

General Contractor

CUSTOM HoMES COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS

Call us for all of your new construction needs,

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and look at some of our new homes.

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License #CGCO061855

GENERATOR- Coleman Pow-
ermate w/wheel kit installed,
10 HK 5000 watt, 120/240v
$450 FIRM (863)763-4297

GENERATOR- Makita, brand
new, never used, cost $2000
sell for $1200
(863)467-5756

LADDER- 40', aluminum, Wer-
.ner, good working cond.
$150 neg. (863)467-6434.
SAWS (4) 2 Radial & 2 Table.
$200 or best offer for all.,
863-675-1816 or
239-340-4758
When doing those chores is
doing you in, it's time to
look for a helper in the
classified.

WANTED: FL ART
A.E. Backus, H. Newton,
Highwaymen Art. Paying
$200-$5000 (772)562-5567

READING A
NEWSPAPER...
makes you a more informed
and interesting person. No
wonder newspaper readers
are more successful

Agriculture

Christmas Trees 745
Farm Equipment 805
Farm Feed/Products 810
Farm Miscellaneous 815
Farm Produce 820
Farm Services
Offered 825
Farm Supplies/
Services Wanted 830
Fertilizer 835
Horses 840
Landscaping
Supplies 845
Lawn & Garden 850
Livestock 855
Poultry/Supplies 860
Seeds/Plants/
Flowers 865

GELDING, Very Gentle. Kid
friendly. 10 yrs. old. Asking
$1500. (863)357-0690

MINIATURE STUD HORSE-
31" tall, child broke, incid,
saddle & tack, 2yrs old,
$1000. (863)227-0367.

FARM-ALL CUB New rear
rims/tires, eng. & carb. 5' belly
mower, disc in back blade. Run
perfect $4K 863-763-2763

GAS GRILL- 3 rack, 1 yr old,
$75 (561)983-0950.

PUSH MOWER- Self propelled
clean, reliable $100 or best of-
fer (863)467-7428

Okeechobee Livestock
Market Sales every
Mon. 12pm & every
Tues. 11am. 763-3127

TENNESSEE FAINTING
GOATS- $100 call evenings
(863)675-4098 La Belle
area.
The classified are the
most successful sales-
person in town.

Rentals

Apartments 905
Business Places 910
Commercial
Property 915
Condos/
lbwnhouses Rent920
Farm Property -
Rent 925
House Rent 930
Land Rent 935
Resort Property -
Rent 945
Roommate 950
Rooms to Rent 955
Storage Space -
Rent 960

LaBelle: Completely Fur-
nished, 2 Bdrm., 2 Ba., FL
Rm., Carport, W/D. Lease. No
pets. (863)675-2296

BUCKHEAD RIDGE- Quiet
area, 2/2, Lake access,
$575, 1/2 until, Sec Dep, Refs
Req (561)763-4800 leave
msg.
LaBelle Female:
Looking for Senior Female to
share large home. $400 mo.
+ sec. dep. (863)675-0866
LAKEPORT Full house priv.
W/D: $100 wkly. Utilities incl.
References required. Female
preferred. (863)946-0371

CONDO, On Ft. Myers Beach,
Fully Furnished. Sleeps 4. Oct.
15th-Oct. 22nd. $700.
(863)675-0104

Real Estate

Business Places -
Sale 1005
Commercial
Property Sale 1010
Condos/
Townhouses Sale 1015
Farms Sale 1020
Houses Sale 1025
Hunting Property 1030
Investment
Property Sale 1035
Land Sale 1040
Lots Sale 1045
Open House 1050
Out of State -
Property Sale 1055
Property Inspection1060
Real Estate Wanted1065
Resort Property -
Sale 1070
Warehouse Space 1075
Waterfront Property 1080

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Serving the communities south of Lake Okeechobee

CLEWISTON 3br, 2ba.
1804 Matthew Loop.
(863)259-3090
CLEWISTON- Country Cot-
tage 3br, 2ba, Den, 1.98 ac
Lots of trees. Quite Neigh-
b o r h o o d
$178,900 863-983-8632
Hurricane Wind Zone 3
Manufactured &
Modular Homes
Land/Home Packages
Complete Double Section,
Setup & A/C.
From $45,000
STANTON HOMES
1-800-330-6623

PAHOKEE Immaculate 3br,
I ba, CBS, family & util. rms.,
. carport, a/c, alarm, fenced
yard $149K 863-228-0099
PAHOKEE, 3 BR, 1BA, Pool &
S Garage. Excellent Cond.
I $159,900. 2550 SW 14th
Terr. (561)924-0008
PORT LaBelle: Unit 4,3/2,
Newly renovated, near schis.,
Priced to sell @ $172,500.
Call owner: 863-675-1107.

Arcadia, approx. 6 mi. North,
30 acres, 1 mi. off Hwy. 17,
Pangola, small pond, Call
Guy (239)229-3936

We Buy & Sell Vacant Lots
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TODAY TURN YOUR
VACANT LAND
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Hendry? Glades? Anywhere?
Call Randy 863-673-5071 or
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Mobile Home Lots 2005
Mobile Home Parts 2010
Mobile Homes Rent 2015
Moble Homes Sale 2020

LAKEPORT AREA
2BR, $400 mo.
(863)227-4417

MOBILE HOME'91 SW 14x66,
3 Bdrm., 2 Ba, Zone II, You
must move. $4500. N. Ft.
Myers. 239-543-5102.

OF CLEWISTON

1)Tropical
#109 2/1 w/
Screen Room
Patio

Super Nice!

2) Tropical #8
Single,
Fenced, 3/2
AprI ptiances
Included

3)Tropical #28
2 /11/2 Bath,
Furnished,
Carport,
lOx 0 Shed.
MUST SEE

4)Trqpica Lot#1
3/2 DW
Carport,
Sm. Shed

2160 W. Hwy 27 Clewiston
1.4 Miles N.W of WAL-MART
983-4663
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Lg HOME BUILDERS CO.

MONTURA RANCH ESTATES
Sec. 13, 3 BR, 2 Ba., 1200'
Dbl!Wide, 50,000' fenced yd.
Screened Lanai, Utility Shed.
Priced to sell @ $114,500.
Gall owner: 863-673-5071
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Boats 3005
Campers/RVs 3010
Jet Skiis 3015
Marine Accessories 3020
Marine Miscellaneous 3025
Motorcycles 3030
Sport Vehicles/ATVs 3035

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AIR BOAT 12' Needs motor
$1,200. or best offer. will
trade. (863)467-7415
BASS BOAT, 17 Ft. w/150 hp
Force Motor. Runs good, but
needs lower unit. $1800 or
trade. (863)673-0072
BASS TRACKER '89, 16Ft., 35
hp Mercury Minnkota. A/T
Tournament Series, 24 volt.
535 Hummingbird. Live well.
Runs good. Must sell. $2000
(863)763-6065 Ask for Ken
BOAT TRAILER, 14 Ft. Galva-
nized. Good shape. $175.
863-674-1105. .
GAME FISHERMAN 12ft, fiber--
glass, w/ 16ft aluminum Magic
Tilt trailer. $700 or best offer
(863)467-9877
JON BOAT 10', good canal
cleaner. No leaks, in good
shape. $100 or best offer
(863)467-7428
PONTOON BOAT, 22' Crest w/
trailer, 60 hp Mercury w/stain-
less steel propeller. Low
hours. $9500 (863)357-2704
SEA NYMPH 16FT-fully
rigged, trolling mtr, tr, 40hp
Merc outboard, needs minor
work $1000 (863)467-1300.
SEA RAY 1991, 135 V6 0/B,
Flat Boat, $2000 or best of-
fer. (772)219-9491
TRI HULL BOAT- 14" with trir,
and 55hp Homelite motor,
Collectors item, $400 or best
offer (863)234-6040.
TRI HULL BOAT, 16', walk thru
windshield, 60 hp Mariner
outboard motor & trlr, $1500
firm. (863)467-8038

CLEWISTON COUNTRY ACRES

Modular/Models. From $59,900 & up,
3/4/5BR, 2/3BA, acre & 1/4 available or use
your land as down payment. Financing
available. 863-673-6417 or 561-753-8355

STARCRAFT, POP UP CAMP-
ER, $8Q0. (863)675-6070
VIKING- '95, Slide in camper,
Ultra light, sleeps 3, stove &
frig, Gas or electric. $5000
or best offer. (863)697-6398

Honda Goldwing Aspencade
GL1200, '86, 45k mi., gar-
age maintained, exc. cond.,
cd/am/fm radio/cass., lots of
, chrome, asking $4500 neg.
Call David 941-815-4783.

HONDA SHADOW 500- '85,
Good condition, Runs great
$1500 or best offer.-
(863)634-7046
YAMAHA 2002 PW50- cranks
on 1st kick, great starter
bike, $600 (863)467-6434
YUMBO CRUISER, only 50
miles, 200cc, good beginner
bike, $2500. (863)801-5353

DUNEBUGGY- '2000, Street le-
gal. With trailer $2500 or
best offer. (863)697-9044
HONDA 350X- 3 Wheeler, '86,
$1200 or best offer.
(863)357-1577
SUZUKI 4 WHEELER- Ozark,
'03, 250cc, Nearly new,
Good tires, Must sell $2200.
(863)357-2494

LeBelle- Live in Travel Trailer,
'93, 32', New Refrigerator
unit & A/C, $8000.
(863)674-1902
MISSING- AIRSTREAM '74-
31ft, recent new roof top AC,
vic of West Palm Beach
91405, Reward if found
(561)684-9007.
TRAILER MOBILE- '74, 48',
Good shape $2500 or best
offer. (863)675-6822

Automobiles

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

$500 POLICE IMPOUNDS Cars
from $500! Tax Repos, US
Marshall and IRS sales!
Cars, Trucks, SUV's,.Toyo-'
ta's, Honda's, Chevy's and
more! For Listings Call
(800)571-0225 Ext C373.

Don't Miss

This One
CAMARO- '80, Auto, Runs,
Needs work, $1750.
(863)697-3258 or 634-6601
FORD ESCORT, '91, needs
clutch, will start & run, $200
or best offer. (863)801-3158
FORD TAURUS 1991, Ice Cold
Air, Excellent running condi-
tion. $2000. (863)467-7581
FORD TEMPO- '92, 4 door, re-
conditioned engine, 48K,
Good around town car $700.
or best offer (863)357-0060
GRAND MARQUEE- '94, Very
good condition. $3500.
(863)674-1902
HYUNDAI SCOOP '95 a/c,
cd, runs great, great on gas.
$900 (863)983-559
LINCOLN TOWN CAR '92- 4dr,
runs great, $1200 or best of-
fer (863)234-6040.:
MERCURY SABLE '93 white,
tinted windows, cruise control.
runs great & great on gas.
$900 (863)983-5597
MERCURY TRACER, '91- A/C
not working, runs good. Al-
most new tires. $1000 or
best offer (863)675-1621.
NISSAN MAXIMA 95: V6, Au-
to., 5 spd., A/C. Good on gas.
Like new. $800 down, 60 wk.
or $2499. (954)260-1933

NISSAN STANZA 1985, good
work car, strong motor,
$1295 cash, (561)358-6307
OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS SU-
PREME 87, V8, Auto. All pow-
er, A/C, Works well. Needs
work. $500 (863)763-9592
PLYMOUTH- '95,. 4cy, good
condition, $2400
(561)992-8692.
PONTIAC BONNEVILLE- '02,
Loaded, 4 new tires, Good
painVno rust, $10,000. Neg
561-996-6017 or 996-2076
VOLVO, '88- 4cyl, low miles,
perfect cond., $2200
(561)992-8692.
VW RAIL BUGGY & PARTS -

needs work. $350 or best of-
fer (863)675-6214

BOOM TRUCK, w/bucket,
$2000 or best offer.
(863)673-2483

FORD BRONCO 111990, 2
Door Wagon (4WD) 96,000
miles. $2000 or best offer. Call
Cindy (863)801-1742 after 6p
JEEP- '85, Selling parts or
whole. $650.
(863)697-1742
JEEP Grand Wagoneer- '84,
Camo paint job runs and
looks good $1500.
863-673-0920/675-9243.

Chevy Dually 350, '84 nds
some bdy wrk, gd bed & 454
eng. 400 turbo trans. Xtra gas
tank $2200 (863)697-8227
E350 FORD VAN 85- w/6.9
diesel, exc. motor & drive
train, new tires, rusty body,
$1200 neg (561)684-9007.
F350 TRUCKS (3) all w/6.9
diesels, 2 bad motors, 1
good, $1850 or best of-
fer(561)684-9007.
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BUCKET SEATS- 2, $50. Will
separate (863)675-0969
CARBURETOR Holley,, &
Chevy truck Rally Wheels (5)
$200 for all or will sep.
(863)634-0526
CHEVY PARTS Turbo 400
Trans, '69 Camaro Radiator,
like new. $200 both, will sep.
(863)634-0526
DODGE OMNI '89 for parts
only. Good tires, engine has
42K orig. mi. $300
(863)763-0367
ENGINE- for '89 Honda Ac-
cord, 2.2, w/tranny, 89K orig
miles $150 (863)697-6731.
MOTOR '83 Ford, $150 takes
motor & truck
(863)634-7830
POSI TRACTION UNIT- with
gears, $300 or best offer
(863)467-8856.
RIMS/TIRES low profile, 4
post lock lug nuts, off of Hon-
da Civic. $250 (863)532-8158

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RUBBER MATS- Heavy duty,
fits '01 F150 Truck, Good
condition. $25.
(863)763-6131 ,
TIRES set of 4, 23575R17
$125 (863)675-2558
TONNEAU COVER- by ARE fits
Chevy S10 or 6 ft bed truck
Excellent condition $300.
Firm (863)697-6731
TOOLBOX full size, like new
condition, diamond plated,
single lid, $120
(863)634-4672
TRANSMISSION- Rebuilt GM,
$300 (863)467-8856.
.TRUCK TOPPER- Fiberglass,
full size, maroon, asking
$150 or best offer
(863)357-3564.

CHEVY 3/4 TON PICKUP, '86,
new motor, runs good, good
* body, parts only, no title,
$900. (863)673-6738
CHEVY SILVERADO '87, 305,
Auto, All Power, CD, A/C,
CC, Bedliner, Reese hitch
$2500.863-763-7609
CHEVY SILVERADO '92 Step
Side- AC, new tires & brakes,
350 motor, w/camper top.
$4000 neg. (8.63)697-6618
FORD F150 '81 Good 6 cyl.
engine, new trans. Good tires.
Sell whole or for parts. $300
(863)763-5067/763-0669
FORD F150 '91 XLT, auto,
V8, cold ac, runs great, many
new parts including new tires
$2500. neg. (863)697-2032
FORD F150 '92 Ext cab, V8,
cold a/c $1000
(863)634-4672

KAISER JEEP '67- Military
M715, 4x4, 6 cyl, runs,
$650 neg. or will trade
(863)697-9704
TOYOTA 4RUNNER- '92, 4x4,
4 door, A/C, $2000. or best
offer. Moving, must sell.
863-697-9044

ENCLOSED TRAILER- 12' dou-
ble axle, $1500 or best offer
(863)697-9704.
HOME TRAILER, Bed 11 1/2' I
x 51/2'w $600.
(863)635-0079
TILT TRAILER 5x8, w/ re-
movable custom cap. Good
condition. $550
(863)357-5754
TILT TRAILER 5x8, w/ re-
movable custom cap. Good
condition. $550
(863)357-5754

AEROSTAR WORK VAN'97-
runs great, low mileage,
$750 (863)824-0491.
DODGE RAM- '89. New tires &,
'transmission, 1 1 '1500
--Takes it! (863)357-3564

Public Notices

Public Notice 5005
State Public -
Legal Notice 5500

NOTICE OF SALE
TO: ANNIE CARTER
PO BOX 73
CLEWISTON, FL 33440
You are hereby notified that the property
stored by you with Oyess Rdntals, Unit
#41 located at 320 Commercio Street,
Clewiston, FL 33440. The items are
believed to be household and miscella-
neous items and will be sold to the
highest bidder for cash at the above
address on Oct. 7th, at 11:00 a.m. at
Oyess Rentals along with advertising
costs in the amount of $699.42 plus
$39.68. We reserve the right to refuse
any and all bids.
87139 CGS 9/29/05

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE
HENRY COUNTY, FLORIDA
PROBATE DIVISION
File No.: 05-066 CP
Probate Division
IN RE: ESTATE OF
CURT T. CLARK
Deceased,
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The administration of the estate of Curt
T. Clark, deceased, whose date of
death was December 13, 2004, is
ending In the Circuit Court for Hendry
county, Florida, Probate Division, the
address of which is RO. Box 1760,
LaBelle, FL 33975. The names and ad-
dresses of the personal representative
and the personal representative's attor-
ney are set forth below.
All creditors of the decedent and other
persons having claims or demands
against the decedent's estate on whom
a copy of this notice Is required to be
served must file their claims.with this
court WITHIN THE LATER OF 3
MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE
FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE
OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF
SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE
SON THEM.
All other creditors of the decent and other
persons having claims or demands
against decedent's estate must file
their claims with this court WITHIN 3
MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE
FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE.
ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE
TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN SEC-
TION 733.702 OF THE FLORIDA PRO-
BATE CODE WILL BE FOREVER
BARRED.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS
SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED
TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER
THE DECEDENT'S DATE OF DEATH IS
BARRED,
The date of first publication of this notice
is Sept. 29, 2005.
Personal Representative
'Linda Ray Clark
199 Caloosa Estates Drive
LaBelle, Florida 33935
Attorney for Personal Representative:
Allson C. Hussey
Attorney for Linda Ray Clark
Florida Bar No. 0116165
PAVESE LAW FIRM
PO. Drawer 2280
461 South Main Street
LaBelle, FL 33975
Telephone No.: (863) 675-5800
86431 CGS 9/29;10/6/05
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
TWENTIETH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
OF FLORIDA
IN AND FOR HENDRY COUNTY
CIVIL DIVISION
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, acting
through Rural Development, formerly
Farmers Home Administration (FmHA),
United States Department of Agricul-
ture (USDA),
Plaintiff,
vs. CASE NO. 2005-4953CA
ELLA RENAE WOODARD a/k/a ELLA RE-
NAE CALDWELL, beneficiary of HER-
MAN L. SHAW, Deceased; and JOHN
DOE AND JANE DOE, representing all,
unknown minors, heirs, devisees,
grantees, assignees, lienors, creditors,
trustees, or other claimants by,
through, under, or against HERMAN L.
SHAW, deceased, and all parties hav-
ing a claim, right, title or interest in the
property herein; and HENDRY
COUNTY, FLORIDA,
Defendants.
NOTICE FACTION
TO: John Doe and Jane Doe, represent-
ing all unknown minors, heirs, devi-
sees, grantees, assignees, lionors,
creditors, trustees, or other claimants
by, through, under or against HERMAN
L. SHAW, deceased, and all parties
having a claim, right, title or Interest In
the property herein.
YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action fore-
close a mortgage on the following de-
scribed property in Hendry County,
Florida:
Lot 20, Block 2172, of Port LABELLE
UNIT 4, according to the plat thereof
recorded in Plat Book 3, Page 86,
Public Records of Hendry County,
Florida.
has been filed against you and you are
required to serve a copy of your writ-
ten defenses, if any, to it on NEAL E.
YOUNG, Plaintiffs attorney, whose ad-
dress is 300 Third Street, N.W., Winter
Haven, Florida 33881, on or before
thirty (30) days trom.date offirst publi-
cation or November 1, 2005, and file
ir ii u i,: i rn ki'. ji' ir,.
1I. IT-Iy ii IITT n ,-I rr,:a in,. :l irl,
Wl:f M l l .l;jll IU y [1f l l[ l yi irli
you for the relief demanded in the
Complaint.
If you are a person with a disability who
needs any accommodation- in order to
participate in this proceeding, you are
entitled, at no cost to you, to the provi-
sion of certain assistance. Please con-
tact the Deputy Court Administrator
whose office is located at the Charlotte
County Courthouse, E. Marion Avenue,
Punta Gorda, FL 33950 and whose
telephone number is (941) 637-2281,
within two (2) working days of your
receipt of the above and foregoing, if
you are hearing or voice impaired, call
1-800-955-8771.
WITNESS my hand and the seal of this
Court on Sept. 26,2005.
Clerk of the Circuit Court
By: S. Hammond
As Deputy Clerk
87346 CGS 9/29;10/6/05
PUBLIC NOTICE
The regularly scheduled monthly meeting
of the Board of Supervisors of the
Hendry-Hilliard Water Control Disthct
has been scheduled for Thursday,
September 29, 2005, 3:00PM. The
meeting will be held at Hilliard Brothers
Office on 5500 Flaghole Road, Hendry
County, Florida.
JOE MARLIN HILLIARD
SUPERVISOR
HENDRY-HILLIARD WATER
CONTROL DISTRICT
87089 CGS 9/29/05

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NOTICE OF SALE
TO: THERESA WILLIAMS
PO BOX 1882
CLEWISTON, FL 33440
You are hereby notified that the property
stored by you with Dyess Rentals, Unit
#14 located at 320 Commercio Street,
Clewlston, FL 33440. The items are
believed to be household and miscella-
neous items and will be sold to the
highest bidderfor cash at the above
address on Oct. 7th, at 11:00 a.m. at
Oyess Rentals along with advertising
costs in the amount of $528.72 plus
$39.68. We reserve the right to refuse
Sany and all bids.
87140 CGS 9/29/05
NOTICE TO PUBLIC
The Hendry County Hospital Authority
Board of Directors will conduct their
monthly busin- mvrtino n n Thir-
day, October 611 i, a i i p ,i rr,.
Conference Room at Hendry Regional
Medical Center, 500 West Sugarland
Highway, Clewiston, Florida.
84583 CGS 9/29/2005
PUBLIC NOTICE
The Board of Directors of Florida Rural
Legal Services, Inc. will hold its next
regular meeting on Saturday, October
8,2005, at the Hyatt Regency Orlando
Intl Airport, 9300 Airport Blvd., Orian-
do, Florida. The meeting will begin at
approximately 10:00 A.M. For addi-
tional information, please call
1-800-476-8937. The public is invited
to attend.
87390 CGS 9/29/05

PUBLIC NOTICE
The monthly meeting of the Board of
Supervisors of the Flaghole Drain-
age District has been scheduled for
Thursday, September 29, 2005 at
3:30PM. The meeting will be held at
Hilliard Brothers Office on 5500
Flaghole Road, Hendry County,
Florida.
JOE MARLIN HILLIARD
SUPERVISOR
FLAGHOLE DRAINAGE DISTRICT

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
CLEWISTON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
EVALUATION AND APPRAISAL REPORT ADOPTION
NOTICE Is hereby given that the City of Clewiston City Commlssloners will hold a
Public Hearing on the affirmation of the adoptan of the 1998 Evaluation and AppraI-
sal Report and the odoptocn of the 2005 Supplement thereto (hereater colletively
referred to as the Report"). This heai ng will begin at 6:00 b.m. n Mondah Octo-
b 10, 2005 at the Cit y of Clnewston City Hall, West Ventus Ave., CleMiso,
FL 33440. The Report will be adopted by Reolton and entited es folows:
A RESOLUTION OF.THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF CLEWISTON, FLORI-
DA, AFFIRMING THE ADOPTION OF THE 1998 EVALUATION AND APPRAISAL RE-
PORT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ADOPTING THE 2005 SUPPLEMENT
THERETO.
All interested persons are encouraged to appear and be heard on the adoption of the
Report.
A copy of the Report is available upon request on weekdays between the hours of
8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. at the Office of the City Manager, City of Clewlston City
Hall, 115 West Ventura Avenue, Clewiston, FL 33440. For more information, please
contact the City Manager at (863) 9B3-1484.
Wendell Johnson
City Manager
86320 CGS 9/29/05

I
NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING

Notice Is hereby given that In accordance with Chapter 77-562 Rolrda Acts of 1977.
The Board of Supervisors of Sugarand Drainage District has caused to be prepared
a budget of the cost of maintainIng and operating all of the work and Improvements
of the District for the period beginning October 1,2005 and ending September 31,
2006 and that said budget Is on file n the Office of the District, 5500 laghole Road,
Clewiston, Florida.
The Board of Supervisors of Sugarand Drainage District will meet in the Office of the
District on September 29, 2005 at 4:15 p.m. for the purpose of hearing objections
and complaints with respect to said budget
Additionally, this notice advises that, If a person decides to appeal any decision
made by the Sugariand Drainage District Board of Supervisors, with respect to any
matter considered atthis meeting, he will need a record of the proceedings and that,
for such purpose, he may need to ensure verbatim record of the proceedings Is
made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is
based.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
SUGARLAND DRAINAGE DISTRICT
JOE MARLIN HILLIARD
PRESIDENT
87068 CGS 9/28/05

NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING
Notice Is hereby given that in accordance with Chapter 77-562Forida Acts of 1977.
The Board of Supervisors of Raghol Drainage Disnage strict has caused to be prared
a budget of the cost of maintaining and operating all of the work and improve.
ments of the District for the period begInring October 1, 2005 and ending Sep-
tember 31, 2006, and that said budget is on ile In the Office of the Distr 55
Flaghole Road, Clewiston, Florida.
The Board of Supervisors of Flahole Drainage District wl meet In the Office ofth
District on September 29, 2005 at 3:45 p.m. for the purpose of hearing objections
and complaints with respectto said budget
Additionally, this notice advises that, if a person decides to appeal any decision
made by the Raghole.Dralnage District Board of Supervisors, with respect to any
matter considered at this meeting, he will need a record of the proceedings arn
that, for such purpose, he may need to ensure verbatim record of the p groceengs
is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon i the ap.
peal is based.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FLAGHOLE DRAINAGE DISTRICT
JOE MARLIN HILLIARD
PRESIDENT
87078 CGS 9/29/05

NOTiCE OF BUDGET HEARING

NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING
Notice s hereby given that in accordance with Chapter 77-562 Florida Acts of 1977.
The Board of Supervisors of HendryHillrd Water Contrl District has caused to
be prepared a budget of the cost of maintaining and operattig af of the work and
improvements of the District for the period beginning October 1, 2005 and ending
September 31,2006, and that said budget Is on e in the Office of the District,
5500 Flaghole Road, Clewiston, Florida.
The Board of Supervisors of Hendry Hilliard Water Control District wif meet in the
Office of the District on September 29, 2005 at 3:15 p.m.for the purpose of hear-
ing objections and complaints with respectto said budget
Additionally, this notice advises that; f a person decides to appeal any decision
made by the Hendry Hilliard Water Control District Board of Supervisors, with re-
spect to any matter considered at this meeting, he will need a record of the pro-
ceedings and that, for. such purpose, he may need to ensure verbatim record of
the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon
which the appeal is based.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
HENDRY HILLIARD WATER CONTROL DISTRICT
JOE MARLIN HILLIARD
PRESIDENT
87080 CGS 9/29/05

PUBLIC NOTICE
The Zoning, Adjustment and Planning Board of the City of Pahokebe,wi meet on
October 5,2005 at 6:30 p.m. to considerthe following Requests:
Request for Variance: Ossie Allen
Ref: 232 South Lake Avenue, Pahokee, FL
Requestto build a single family home on a lot which is
47.3 feet instead ofthe required 50 feet.
RequestforVariance: John Locke
Ref: 2264 East Main Street, Pahokee, FL
Request to operate Grassy Waters Hotel In an area
zoned Residential.
87126 CGS 9/29/05

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PUBLIC NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that the Clewlston Planning and Zoning Board will meet at
5:30 p.m. on Monday, October 3, 2005 In the City Hall Commission Chambers,
115 West Ventura Avenue. Included In the agenda will be the following request:
1)A request from William C. Pelham In accordance with City Code Section
110-60 titled "Required findings: Variance" for a variance lor a reduction In mini-
mum lot area on ots located on Lots 6 7, Block 0, Goliview S/, A.K.A. 319
Trocadero St., Clewiston. The property Is zoned R1-B and Is required by City
Code to allow not less than 14,000 sq. f. per any platted lot. The applicant Is re-
questing a variance from these requirements in order to build a single family reasl-
dence.
The City Commission will hold a PUBLIC HEARING to consider the recommenda-
tions of the Planning & Zoning Board and take final action on this request on Oc-
tober 17, 2005 at 6:00 p.m. in the City Hall Commission Chambers.
All citizens and Interested parties are encouraged to attend the P&Z Board meeting
and the City Commission public hearing. Any Inquiries regnarding the hearing or
any person requiring a special accommodation beauseof a disbity or
impairment, including speech or hearing impairments, should contact the Building
Official'soffice at least three days priorto the hearing.
CITY OF CLEWISTON
Travis Reese
Building Official
86948 CGS 9/29/05

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87086 CGS 9/29/05

PUBLIC NOTICE

The Regularly scheduled monthly
meeting of the Board of Supervisors
of the Sugarland Drainage District
has been scheduled for Thursday,
September 29, 2005, 4:00PM. The
. meeting will be held at Hilliard
Brothers Office on 5500 Flaghole
Road, Hendry County, Florida.
JOE MARLIN HI,LIARD
SUPERVISOR
SUGARLAND DRAINAGE DISTRICT
87082 CGS 9/29/05

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