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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 />

AUDIT<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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7 out of 10 cancer deaths can be prevented through<br />

screening and lifestyle changes.<br />

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prevention and get screened.<br />

If you’re 50 or older, ask your doctor which colon<br />

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CLUB<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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estate vehicles, collectibles...<br />

JAN. 25: Coin auction. Uncirculated, graded gold, key date<br />

morgans, proofs, MORE...<br />

JAN. 26: Antique store liquidation. Florida Porch Antiques<br />

(700 block Main St. Leesburg)<br />

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 />

W<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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feeding the<br />

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step up your<br />

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to help those that<br />

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