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2A Bradford County Telegraph • Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013<br />
Program aims to change kids by<br />
getting involved, talking to them<br />
BY MARK J. CRAWFORD<br />
Telegraph Editor<br />
A new mentoring program being<br />
offered to some public school<br />
students in Bradford County<br />
aims to instill important life lessons<br />
and change the culture of<br />
the schools for the better.<br />
Pastor Byron Ramseur of the<br />
Starke Church of God by Faith<br />
told the school board Monday<br />
that adults giving less than an<br />
hour a week could make a difference<br />
through the Talks mentoring<br />
program.<br />
These mentors are guided by<br />
a curriculum developed by Drs.<br />
Harold and Ollie Watts Davis—<br />
“Talks My Father Never Had<br />
with Me” for boys and “Talks<br />
My Mother Never Had with Me”<br />
for girls.<br />
The curriculum begins with<br />
something basic but important in<br />
Ramseur’s mind—how to meet<br />
some one. It’s all about the first<br />
impression you make when you<br />
shake someone’s hand and look<br />
him or her in the eye, he said.<br />
That’s far different from the<br />
pervading culture in which kids<br />
aren’t even talking to each other,<br />
he said.<br />
Much is covered, from <strong>com</strong>mon<br />
sense wisdom to lessons<br />
about building one’s character,<br />
including self-discipline, the<br />
power of positivity, loyalty, the<br />
importance of grades, controlling<br />
anger, avoiding gossip and peer<br />
pressure, and even some advice<br />
about the opposite sex. One topic<br />
that caught Assistant Superintendent<br />
Lisa Prevatt’s eye was the<br />
chapter on moral restraint.<br />
“I just really agree with that<br />
concept and how important it is<br />
that we help develop those moral<br />
restraints within our students,”<br />
she said.<br />
The curriculum is a jumping<br />
off point for adults to share their<br />
own personal experiences and<br />
life lessons with their students.<br />
Unlike other intervention programs<br />
that might only focus on<br />
at-risk youth, the Talks program<br />
groups kids into threes. Each<br />
group contains one student who<br />
is at-risk, but also one student<br />
who excels in school and a third<br />
who is somewhere in between.<br />
This association allows them to<br />
rub shoulders with someone they<br />
might not have and learn to support<br />
each other.<br />
Ramseur handpicked the mentors<br />
who will be participating,<br />
and there is a board that will<br />
oversee the program’s management,<br />
including Sheila Cummings,<br />
Valerie Gordon, Deanna<br />
Coleman and Jim Lewis. Guidance<br />
counselors in the district<br />
have picked the 72 participating<br />
children and gotten permission<br />
from their parents. They are in<br />
the third through eighth grades at<br />
Starke and Southside elementary<br />
schools and Bradford Middle<br />
School.<br />
This isn’t something organizers<br />
want to do for a semester but<br />
a program they want to continue<br />
indefinitely and “build a culture<br />
of wisdom,” Ramseur said. They<br />
want to double the number of<br />
students involved next year and<br />
begin to change the culture in the<br />
schools so that character and responsibility<br />
are the norm.<br />
Those involved are very excited<br />
to get going, Ramseur said,<br />
and they received the green light<br />
they’ve been waiting for on Jan.<br />
14 when school board members<br />
gave their unanimous blessing.<br />
Funding for the program is<br />
<strong>com</strong>ing from Starke Church of<br />
God by Faith through its Bradford<br />
County Faith Community<br />
Center, the <strong>com</strong>munity outreach<br />
part of its ministry.<br />
Landfill eliminates audit issues<br />
BY MARK J. CRAWFORD<br />
Telegraph Editor<br />
Having corrected some lingering<br />
issues of concern to auditors,<br />
the New River Solid Waste Association<br />
audit for the year ending<br />
Sept. 30, 2012 contained no<br />
adverse <strong>com</strong>ments.<br />
The association’s net assets,<br />
or reserves, totaled nearly $31.6<br />
million, with $11.2 million of<br />
that being unrestricted and available<br />
to meet obligations to customers,<br />
member counties, creditors<br />
and escrow requirements.<br />
More than $6.2 million of unrestricted<br />
assets are earmarked for<br />
long-term care costs following<br />
landfill closure, with additional<br />
amounts set aside for disposal<br />
cell construction and equipment<br />
purchases.<br />
Net assets were up by more<br />
than $1.2 million over the prior<br />
year due to increased revenue.<br />
Tipping fee revenue was up<br />
around 6 percent.<br />
According to auditor Lora<br />
Douglas of DDF CPA Group,<br />
the only debt the landfill has to<br />
speak of is its long-term care and<br />
closure requirements. With expensive<br />
projects down the line,<br />
reserves will be needed to fund<br />
them if the landfill wants to<br />
avoid borrowing money.<br />
“I think you should be <strong>com</strong>mended<br />
for being able to do<br />
these projects, do the construction<br />
yourself without borrowing<br />
money,” Douglas said.<br />
Total operating expenses were<br />
up from $4.1 million to $5.7<br />
million, primarily due to the<br />
set-aside of money for landfill<br />
closure and care. Personal service<br />
costs were up slightly, but<br />
materials, supplies and operating<br />
costs were down.<br />
Issues from prior audits had to<br />
do with how the landfill board<br />
handles waivers for waste disposal<br />
costs as well as a plan for<br />
what would happen with assets<br />
and liabilities were the board to<br />
be dissolved. Douglas said the<br />
board did a great job of addressing<br />
those issues.<br />
A separate audit addressed escrow<br />
for landfill closure, which<br />
ended the year at $9.33 million,<br />
up from $9.17 million. This exceeded<br />
the minimum required<br />
funding by $1.76 million. The<br />
increase was due to interest and<br />
investment in<strong>com</strong>e, not deposits<br />
by the board.<br />
Revenue from interests and investments<br />
is a fraction of what it<br />
used to be since the board brought<br />
its deposits into <strong>com</strong>pliance with<br />
Florida law, which is conservative<br />
in the handling of public<br />
funds. Nevertheless, Douglas<br />
said the association might want<br />
to consult with someone who<br />
could advise how to make those<br />
deposits more profitable while<br />
<strong>com</strong>plying with the law.<br />
Some other highlights of the<br />
year:<br />
• The landfill’s required contribution<br />
to the state retirement<br />
plan was nearly cut in half to just<br />
under $45,000 because the state<br />
required employees to contribute<br />
3 percent from their paychecks.<br />
• Cell 6 construction was <strong>com</strong>pleted<br />
for $5.3 million.<br />
• Levy County continued its<br />
disposal contract through Sept.<br />
30, 2024.<br />
• A change in California regulations<br />
stalled the landfill gas-toenergy<br />
project being conducted<br />
as a new source of revenue for<br />
the association.<br />
• A $2.35 surcharge on Alachua<br />
County’s tipping fee was<br />
instituted after an 18-month<br />
waiver. Funds are being deposited<br />
in escrow for future landfill<br />
construction. There has been no<br />
progress in discussions to extend<br />
the county’s contract beyond<br />
2018 and potentially eliminate<br />
the surcharge.<br />
In other business:<br />
• Officers on the association<br />
board remain unchanged for the<br />
<strong>com</strong>ing year, with Baker County’s<br />
Mark Hartley as chairman,<br />
Bradford’s Eddie Lewis as vice<br />
chairman and Union County’s<br />
Wayne Smith as secretary/treasurer.<br />
• Construction of the gas flare<br />
system is substantially <strong>com</strong>plete<br />
and employees were ready to<br />
begin training, according to Joel<br />
Woolsey from Jones, Edmunds<br />
and Associates, who provided<br />
the monthly engineering update.<br />
For regulatory consistency,<br />
permit approval from the Florida<br />
Department of Environmental<br />
Protection for facilities like<br />
New River has been centralized<br />
in Tallahassee, he reorted.<br />
This is considered a positive for<br />
New River Regional Landfill.<br />
Woolsey said they have a good<br />
relationship with the state after<br />
working at that level on multiple<br />
projects.<br />
The next permit will be for the<br />
slope modification on an existing<br />
landfill cell, which will be<br />
receiving excavated waste from<br />
another cell and then closed. The<br />
area being excavated will be used<br />
for future expansion. However,<br />
because the process had already<br />
begun prior to Jan. 1, the FDEP<br />
state office will work with the<br />
district on this last permit.<br />
Finally, Woolsey addressed<br />
the need for a borrow pit on an<br />
as yet undeveloped portion of<br />
New River’s property known<br />
as Phase II. Connecting the developed<br />
portion of the landfill<br />
with this new area will require<br />
road and bridge construction, but<br />
this won’t be for the borrow pit<br />
alone. Eventually, waste disposal<br />
will move to the Phase II area,<br />
Fulbright Scholar Dr. Regiani Zacarias of<br />
Brazil.<br />
Talent show set for Jan. 25 at Woman’s Club<br />
Valentine’s dance<br />
<strong>com</strong>ing up<br />
BY MARY W. BRIDGMAN<br />
Special to the Telegraph<br />
The Woman’s Club of Starke<br />
is doing its part to support the<br />
Bradford Food Pantry with a talent<br />
show featuring performances<br />
by local bands and vocalists on<br />
Friday, Jan. 25, at 6 p.m. Admission<br />
is by donation, with canned<br />
which consists of adjacent acreage<br />
acquired from the state.<br />
According to the audit, construction<br />
of Cell 7, scheduled to<br />
begin in 2014, is estimated to<br />
cost $7.6 million. This final cell<br />
on the Phase I property is an underfunded<br />
<strong>com</strong>mitment, along<br />
with the <strong>com</strong>mitment to permit,<br />
develop and construct the borrow<br />
pit for future daily cover. Phase<br />
II development is projected to<br />
or other nonperishable food<br />
items and cash gladly accepted.<br />
Free refreshments including<br />
sandwiches, tea, coffee, cookies<br />
and other homemade desserts<br />
will be served.<br />
The Food Pantry Benefit will<br />
be closely followed by the club’s<br />
biggest fundraiser of the year—<br />
a Valentine’s dinner, dance and<br />
silent auction. Admission is $25<br />
per person and will go toward<br />
replenishing the club’s finances<br />
following the construction of the<br />
new metal clubhouse roof.<br />
Dr. Bill Little of Santa Fe College.<br />
The January Woman’s Club meeting was well attended.<br />
See AUDIT, 4A<br />
Deejay Steve Bowley will provide<br />
music for entertainment and<br />
dancing, and Supervisor of Elections<br />
Terry Vaughan will emcee<br />
a round of The Newlywed Game<br />
for the enjoyment of attendees—<br />
regardless of how long they have<br />
been married. There will be a silent<br />
auction as well. The dinner<br />
will feature Cornish game hens<br />
and wild rice with all the trimmings,<br />
and luscious desserts.<br />
Wine, beer, coffee, tea and soft<br />
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Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013 • Bradford County Telegraph 3A<br />
Andy Redding<br />
Redding<br />
announces run<br />
for police chief<br />
The following is an announcement<br />
of intention to seek public<br />
office submitted by the candidate.<br />
My name is Andy Redding,<br />
and I am writing you to inform<br />
you of my intent to run for the<br />
position of chief of police for the<br />
city of Starke in the up<strong>com</strong>ing<br />
election on Sept. 3.<br />
I am a career law enforcement<br />
professional who was born and<br />
raised in Bradford County, and<br />
I have been a resident of the<br />
city of Starke for many years. I<br />
<strong>com</strong>e from a long line of public<br />
servants. My mother, Mary Redding,<br />
served the Bradford County<br />
school system for over 20 years<br />
at the vocational center. My father,<br />
Col. Butch Redding, was a<br />
career Army National Guardsman<br />
who served our great country<br />
alongside many of you and<br />
your loved ones for over 35 years<br />
as a soldier. My grandmother,<br />
Emma Jean Redding, was the attendance<br />
clerk for many years at<br />
Bradford High School and was<br />
renowned, even to this day, for<br />
her fervor and tenacity for her<br />
job of ensuring that your loved<br />
ones attended school. Their example<br />
founded my desire to be<br />
a public servant at a young and<br />
impressionable age.<br />
My wife, Jennifer, and I are<br />
members of the First Baptist<br />
Church of Starke, and we have<br />
a 3-year-old son, Remington.<br />
I am a graduate of Bradford<br />
High, Santa Fe College, and<br />
Flagler College, where I earned<br />
my Bachelor of Science degree<br />
in public administration magna<br />
cum laude. Additionally, I have<br />
hundreds of hours of continuing<br />
education courses ranging<br />
from speed measurement training<br />
to advanced investigations<br />
courses. I have been involved in<br />
public service since 1994, and I<br />
have work experience on the local,<br />
state and federal government<br />
levels. On the local government<br />
level, I have worked as a police<br />
officer for the city of Gainesville.<br />
On the state government level, I<br />
have worked for the Florida Forestry<br />
Commission, Florida Fish<br />
and Wildlife Commission and<br />
for the State Fire Marshal’s Office<br />
as a state law enforcement<br />
detective. On the federal government<br />
level, I have worked for the<br />
USDA Forest service. I also am<br />
a member of multiple task forces<br />
that employ personnel from local,<br />
state and federal agencies.<br />
I began my law enforcement<br />
career in 2001 working the<br />
streets of the city of Gainesville<br />
as a uniformed police officer. I<br />
then moved on to the State Fire<br />
Marshal’s Office Bureau of Fire,<br />
Arson and Explosion Investigations<br />
as a sergeant-level law enforcement<br />
detective. While serving<br />
here as a state law enforcement<br />
officer, I have conducted<br />
hundreds of criminal investigations,<br />
many of which occurred<br />
in Starke and Bradford County.<br />
These were crimes that were<br />
perpetrated in the course of <strong>com</strong>mitting<br />
arson or where arson was<br />
used to cover up other felonious<br />
acts. These criminal investigations<br />
often spanned across multiple<br />
jurisdictions on the local,<br />
state and federal levels involving<br />
hundreds of personnel from<br />
multiple agencies. I have also<br />
served as a law enforcement K-9<br />
handler since 2005, field training<br />
officer, and I have been the public<br />
information officer for the 16<br />
counties in the northeast Florida<br />
area since 2007.<br />
It is with this background, dedication,<br />
education, training and<br />
diversified work experience that<br />
I feel that I can best serve you,<br />
the citizens of Starke and Bradford<br />
County as your next chief of<br />
police. I will restore the accountability<br />
to the citizens of<br />
Starke through measures like<br />
fiscal responsibility in order to<br />
ensure that your tax dollars are<br />
utilized more efficiently and effectively.<br />
I will represent you as<br />
a proactive working professional<br />
on all levels, from patrol to administration.<br />
I will be a full-time,<br />
working, boots-on-the-ground<br />
leader who is responsive to your<br />
needs, cares and concerns.<br />
The department will be structured<br />
in a way that the utmost<br />
priority is focused on the protection<br />
and service of the citizens by<br />
not having an imbalance of personnel<br />
in administrative ranked<br />
positions rather than operational<br />
capacities. Personnel will not be<br />
allowed to use city owned equipment<br />
and vehicles outside of<br />
established policies and procedures.<br />
The department will work<br />
to obtain monies from other outside<br />
sources in an attempt to try<br />
and relieve the tax burden on the<br />
citizens. As a result, you will<br />
have a department that is more in<br />
touch with the citizens it serves<br />
and more resources will be made<br />
available to our citizens by providing<br />
a higher level of protection<br />
to the city of Starke. Ultimately,<br />
by working diligently to<br />
ac<strong>com</strong>plish these objectives and<br />
other measures like <strong>com</strong>munity<br />
policing, I will restore the trust<br />
that you, the citizens, desire to<br />
have in your public servants and<br />
your Starke Police Department.<br />
Since 2008 when Chief of Police<br />
Gordon Smith was elected<br />
to the position of sheriff and the<br />
current administration took office,<br />
the confidence that we once<br />
had in our city police department<br />
has declined significantly.<br />
Former Chief Smith worked<br />
diligently with his team for many<br />
years to bring the police department<br />
to impressive levels of service<br />
that we were previously unfamiliar<br />
with. But since 2008, the<br />
amount of officers we have on<br />
the streets protecting us has declined<br />
and the crime rates in the<br />
city of Starke have risen significantly<br />
and the rate at which these<br />
crimes are being solved is lower<br />
than we have seen before. There<br />
is a better way that requires new<br />
vision and new leadership.<br />
God’s word tells us in Proverbs<br />
that “where there is no vision<br />
the people will perish” and<br />
“where there is no leadership the<br />
people will fall.” As a dedicated<br />
career law enforcement professional<br />
and experienced public<br />
servant, I feel that I have the necessary<br />
leadership abilities and<br />
the vision to make your Starke<br />
Police Department something<br />
to believe in and rely on. On<br />
Sept. 3, 2013, make your choice<br />
known by going to city hall and<br />
voting for Andy Redding for<br />
chief of police.<br />
I look forward to hearing from<br />
you in the <strong>com</strong>ing days and<br />
months. I can be contacted at by<br />
phone 904-364-3152, by email<br />
at AndyRedding32091@yahoo<br />
.<strong>com</strong>, on Twitter at @ARedding4Chief,<br />
or on Facebook at<br />
www.facebook.<strong>com</strong>/jenny.redding.3.<br />
New members join education sorority<br />
The newest members of Delta Kappa Gamma, Alpha Nu Chapter, pictured above<br />
are (l-r) Melissa Schaefer and Mallory McConnell from Bradford Middle School,<br />
Marlena Palmer from Brooker Elementary School, and Jennifer Farnsworth from<br />
Bradford Middle School. President Sallye Meng and Vice President Tangalia Bass<br />
swore in new members. Delta Kappa Gamma is a professional honorary society of<br />
women educators that promotes professional and personal growth of its members<br />
and excellence in education. The local Alpha Nu Chapter provides scholarship<br />
opportunities to local women seeking the education profession. The chapter also<br />
partners annually with the Rainbow Center to provide for preschoolers’ needs during<br />
the Christmas season.<br />
Worm your<br />
way into<br />
<strong>com</strong>post for<br />
better plants<br />
Everyone is invited to join the<br />
Alligator Creek Garden Club<br />
Thursday, Jan. 17, beginning at<br />
6:30 p.m. (program at 7 p.m.) at<br />
the Bradford County Extension<br />
Office located at 2266 N. Temple<br />
Ave. (U.S. 301) in Starke.<br />
The program will be on vermiculture,<br />
raising earthworms<br />
for <strong>com</strong>posting and soil amendments.<br />
The speaker is Evie Pankok<br />
of Duval County Florida<br />
Yards and Neighborhoods Program.<br />
For more information, contact<br />
Pat Caren at 352-485-2666 or<br />
pmrc423@aol.<strong>com</strong>, or go by or<br />
call the extension office at 904-<br />
966-6299.<br />
Come see<br />
the science<br />
projects<br />
The <strong>com</strong>munity is invited to<br />
view the science projects on<br />
display in the Bradford Middle<br />
School Gym Thursday, Jan. 24,<br />
from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.<br />
The Science Project Recognition<br />
Night will also be held<br />
on Jan. 23 at the Bradford High<br />
School Auditorium starting at<br />
6:30 p.m. All students present<br />
will be recognized.
4A Bradford County Telegraph • Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013<br />
HEARING<br />
Continued from 1A<br />
A cross section of the proposed bypass.<br />
the city limits. The highway bypasses<br />
the city on the west, with<br />
grade-separated interchanges at<br />
S.R. 100 and S.R. 16, and passing<br />
over the railroad, creeks,<br />
C.R. 100A and C.R. 229.<br />
The projected cost, including<br />
land acquisition and construction<br />
is $202 million.<br />
A couple of questions were<br />
submitted in writing during the<br />
hearing. Someone asked whether<br />
a study of the potential impact on<br />
businesses of bypassing the city<br />
had been performed. FDOT’s<br />
Bill Henderson said many businesses<br />
would be displaced if the<br />
urban alternative was selected<br />
and U.S. 301 was expanded to<br />
six lanes through town. Looking<br />
at similar rural bypasses around<br />
the country, a study found an initial<br />
adverse impact to businesses<br />
that dissipates over time, he said.<br />
The second question was about<br />
the possibility of a mandatory<br />
two-lane truck route around the<br />
city to relieve congestion without<br />
impacting businesses. Henderson<br />
said it’s difficult to prohibit<br />
motorists from using roads constructed<br />
with public funds, so it<br />
hasn’t been seriously considered.<br />
The projected property impact<br />
of the rural bypass is two businesses<br />
and 26 residences. FDOT<br />
has a right of way office responsible<br />
for working with affected<br />
members of the public. There<br />
is a legal process for taking the<br />
property required for the project<br />
if property owners and the state<br />
cannot negotiate a price that both<br />
parties agree to. The state will<br />
even pay for legal representation,<br />
property appraisals and<br />
other experts necessary to help<br />
determine a property’s worth.<br />
The <strong>com</strong>ment period for the<br />
project development and environmental<br />
study is open through<br />
Jan. 22. Comments can be mailed<br />
to Stephen Browning, Project<br />
Manager, Florida Department of<br />
Transportation, 1109 S. Marion<br />
Ave. MS 2007, Lake City, FL<br />
32025. They can also be emailed<br />
to stephen.browning@dot.state.<br />
fl.us.<br />
Comments submitted by the<br />
deadline will be<strong>com</strong>e part of the<br />
record for this hearing.<br />
Questions can also be addressed<br />
to Browning in writing<br />
or by calling 386-961-7455 or<br />
800-749-2967, ext. 7455.<br />
More information and a copy<br />
of the project development and<br />
environmental study can be<br />
found at www.us301starke.<strong>com</strong>.<br />
by Patricia Cook.<br />
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Champion Keviesha Jenkins<br />
Runner-up Meghan Harris<br />
BMS student is top speller<br />
A dozen students from Bradford County public schools participated in the districtwide<br />
spelling bee on Jan. 10 at the Santa Fe Community College Cultural Center in downtown<br />
Starke. This annual event is sponsored by The Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville.<br />
Bradford County’s champion speller, Keviesha Jenkins from Bradford Middle<br />
School, will advance to the regional spelling bee at the Jacksonville Public Library<br />
on Feb. 23. The champion of the regional contest will advance to the national spelling<br />
bee in Washington D.C. Runner-up in the district bee was Meghan Harris from Starke<br />
Elementary School. The other students <strong>com</strong>peting—all of whom were champions or<br />
runners-up at their schools—were Joseph Griffis and Nicholas Boone from Southside<br />
Elementary School; T.J. Carpenter and Harley Windle from Hampton Elementary<br />
School; Gabe Cook and Brooklyn Wiggins from Brooker Elementary School; Ryan<br />
Crossway and Brittnee Smiley from Lawtey Community School; Kenny Brewer from<br />
Starke Elementary School; and Simran Patel from Bradford Middle School. Submitted<br />
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cost $11 million.<br />
• A change in easement was<br />
approved. Clay Electric lines<br />
will be moved so the association<br />
will have unobstructed access to<br />
its Phase II site.<br />
• A 5 percent increase was approved<br />
for Southern Lawn Care,<br />
which has the contract for lawn<br />
maintenance at the landfill. A<br />
stipulation was included in the<br />
original bid for a 5 percent increase<br />
in the second and third<br />
year, but was overlooked at the<br />
time the bid was approved. The<br />
difference adds about $800 to<br />
the cost of the annual contract.<br />
• The board will piggyback on<br />
a Union County bid from APAC<br />
for roadwork related to installation<br />
of a new scale. The cost will<br />
total just under $13,000. Bids<br />
for lime rock and sod were also<br />
approved.<br />
• The association’s website,<br />
www.nrswa.org, has been updated.<br />
In addition to general<br />
information, budget and audit<br />
information has been included.<br />
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drinks will be served. Tickets<br />
may be purchased from Arleen<br />
Moorhous at<br />
904-263-0021,<br />
Linda Lee at<br />
V<br />
352-317-8181,<br />
or Brenda<br />
Farnsworth at<br />
T<br />
904-263-0333.<br />
The club<br />
was treated to an interesting and<br />
informative program at its Jan.<br />
9 meeting. Dr. Bill Little, chair<br />
of the Foreign Languages Department<br />
at Santa Fe College,<br />
spoke to the group about new<br />
programs, including Opening<br />
Doors to Asia, before introducing<br />
guest speaker and Fulbright<br />
Scholar Dr. Regiani Zacarias.<br />
The Fulbright Program is the<br />
flagship international educational<br />
exchange program sponsored<br />
by the United States government<br />
and is designed to increase mutual<br />
understanding between the<br />
people of the United States and<br />
the people of other countries. Dr.<br />
Zacarias is on the faculty at the<br />
National State University of Sao<br />
Paulo, Brazil, with expertise in<br />
English language and literature,<br />
as well as lexicography, which<br />
she explained is the study of dictionaries.<br />
Woman’s<br />
Club News<br />
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AUCTIONS<br />
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Every Thursday: Estate Adventure auction. 800+ lots! Furniture,<br />
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JAN. 25: Coin auction. Uncirculated, graded gold, key date<br />
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JAN. 26: Antique store liquidation. Florida Porch Antiques<br />
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JAN. 28: Real estate restaurant auction. 19 restaurant<br />
properties, owner retiring (4135 S. Suncoast Blvd [US 19] Homosassa)<br />
FEB. 3: Antique & Collectibles 500+ Lots! Fresh estate items,<br />
hand-picked for our monthly antique auction<br />
FEB 8-9: 3 Real Estate Auctions, including golf course lot<br />
in nationally known Black Diamond<br />
Dr. Zacarias said that Brazil<br />
is as big in terms of land as the<br />
United States, with a population<br />
of 190.7 million people, making<br />
it the fifth largest nation in<br />
the world. Its political history<br />
is diverse; like<br />
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the U.S., it was<br />
once a colony,<br />
but it has had<br />
six different<br />
U<br />
constitutions<br />
over the years,<br />
with the current<br />
constitution being only 20<br />
years old.<br />
According to Zacarias, the<br />
extended family defines society<br />
in South America, with individuals<br />
subject to the family<br />
unit. Social groups observed in<br />
public are likely to be families,<br />
and a woman’s closest friends<br />
are likely to be her relatives.<br />
She said that roles in marriage<br />
are changing, with more and<br />
more women leaving the home<br />
to work, sometimes be<strong>com</strong>ing<br />
the primary breadwinner. Although<br />
the Catholic Church is<br />
very prominent in Brazil, Zacarias<br />
said that religious diversity<br />
is embraced by Brazilians, and<br />
there are never conflicts over<br />
religious differences. She concluded<br />
by voicing her belief that<br />
her country has a very bright future,<br />
and inviting all those present<br />
to visit her in Brazil.<br />
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The Food Pantry<br />
needs help<br />
feeding the<br />
many people...<br />
Won’t you please<br />
step up your<br />
Food Donations<br />
or send a check<br />
to help those that<br />
need a helping<br />
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or drop off food at Churches or Denmark Furniture<br />
(Cash or Check donations are always accepted and appreciated)