The Market is Open every Tuesday from 9am tom1 pm
106 Hwy 441 DownTown Lady Lake at the Log Cabin Park
Special prices for chamber members
Call Peggy at 352-537-4197
(Pictured: LaHacienda Catering serving a visitor a hotdog at the Farmers Market)
Apparently, many residents of ‘The Villages’ in Florida are concerned about their community moving away from building single-family homes and going full-on commercial and multi-family instead.
Seems that increasingly apartments, medical facilities, assisted living homes, shops, stores and businesses are the new focus.
The original ‘Orange Blossom Gardens’ started out as gated, Mobile Home Subdivision within the Town Of Lady Lake, back in the 70’s.
But they soon changed, first to ‘hybrids’; Mobile Home Construction installed on a concrete slab, and then to larger conventional homes.
The main selling approach was to promise ‘Free Golf For Life’ with access to numerous other ‘amenities’, clubhouses, Town Squares, softball, tennis and much more, all for a nominal monthly fee.
At the time, ‘officials’ from the Town Of Lady Lake freely admitted that they were approving
tax-free bonds to the now-renamed “Villages”.
‘High Finance’ is way beyond my understanding, but it seems that the Founder, Harold Schwartz and his son Gary Morse’s team, would borrow the Bond Money to be used for land purchases, and construction improvements, water, sewer, streets, golf courses etc; Then that ‘infrastructure’ and those amenities would be sold to another company they owned/controlled, thereby making a multi-million dollar cash profit, without risking a dime of their own money. Continue reading
Dear Friends,
It is a great day to be an American! Every day that we wake up in this country is a blessing and we are so fortunate to be living in this place, surrounded by so much opportunity. Opportunities to raise a family, build a business, or serve the community are all around us if we would just be willing to apply ourselves in pursuit of it. It was encouraging to see that we still have many willing people to answer that call during this first portion the 2020 election season. Not just those that were ready to campaign for public office, but all those people who knocked on doors, made phone calls and showed up at the polls to participate in our elections process.
Statewide, voter turnout was slightly higher than either 2018 or 2016 and that is very encouraging. Still, these numbers show that only about 1 in 4 registered voters showed up and even fewer than that made it all the way through their entire ballot. The good news is, a few people made a really big difference! Those that did not participate do not have a voice, but you did and your voice was amplified because of their apathy. Thank you for your dedication and commitment in being engaged in your government.
With the 2020 primaries behind us, it is critical that we set aside the differences we may have had and support candidates who will advance conservative principles and help get President Trump re-elected. Those candidates may not have been our first choice, and we might not agree on one-hundred percent of the issues, but now is the not the time for divisiveness. The liberal socialist machine will run us over if we are still fighting amongst ourselves. Let us unite behind these good candidates and defeat socialism is 2020!
It is an honor to serve and sit in your seat in the Florida Senate. Thank you for letting me be your voice in Tallahassee.
Onward & Upward,
Dennis Baxley
The CEP has partnered with the Marion County Board of County Commissioners to distribute $7.1 million dollars of CARES Act funds to local businesses struggling in light of COVID-19.
Our number one goal is to ensure that our community is vibrant and prosperous, and the key to that is to have a vibrant, prosperous business community. As a result, we have a program to meet nearly every business need.
Businesses do not have to be CEP Partners to apply. Funds are available to businesses in the following breakdown:
Bridge to Recovery Program – The Bridge to Recovery Program seeks to assist businesses with 25 or fewer employees who have been experiencing continuing negative impacts as a result of the
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COVID-19 pandemic.
- The businesses will need to submit an online application demonstrating the negative impact of COVID-19 and will be able to receive up to $15,000.
Moving Forward Program – The Moving Forward Program seeks to assist businesses with 26-100 employees who have been experiencing continuing negative impacts as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- The businesses will need to submit an online application demonstrating the negative impact of COVID19 and will be able to borrow up to $40,000.
Testing Capacity Enhancement Grant – The Testing Capacity Enhancement Grant program seeks to assist private labs, clinics, and physician offices which are looking to increase their testing capacity. Business may apply one time for a reimbursement of up to $30,000 for expenses which demonstrate their intention to increase their testing capacity beyond what was previously available. Continue reading
Tom Loury Publisher raises his OBL cup to the Ocala Business Leader friends for many years, Photo by Tammy Portrait Artist, Inc.
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Conner Hoff the missing young man has been found. Conner turned up missing June 17, 2020. He is well and that is all I know. Thanks to all you people out there that helped find him!
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To you historians out there! Let’s go back 100 years. A guy named Jon (John) Mines lived near a place called Brown’s Mountain here in the United States. I think that it is in Penn / West Virginia / Ohio area. Mines was a timber surveyor. I would like to locate his family. Anyone out there have a way of tracking history in there computer? tloury@att.net
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Sir Nicholas Winton saved 669 Human Lives from Nazi Concentration camps. His wife Grete found a note book with a list of the Children he had saved and offered to
BBC television station. They surprised Nicholas by honoring him and inviting all the people he saved to a thank you event. He was over whelmed. Continue reading
Seagrass Waterfront Restaurant
10386 W Hall River Road
Homosassa, FL 34448
352-503-2007
Beautiful setting on the river with three seating areas, climate controlled indoor, outdoor deck covered screened room and open air deck of the river. Practicing Covid-19 standards, temperature taken from all patrons, observing social distancing, with table and seating disinfecting after customer departure.
Upon arriving our party of eleven, was seated during two for one drink specials of beer, wine and cocktails, a great start to our dinner adventure!
Wide assortment of appetizers from calamari, loaded potato skins, wings, fried green beans, flat breads, crab bites and beef empanadas. Apps are perfect snack or to share while watching the boats on the river or docking to eat.
Light entrees or lunch favorites consists of hamburgers, chicken or fish burgers, Shrimp PoBoy, BBQ Pork, ham and cheese sandwiches. Must try their home made potato chips!
A well devised menu for everyone’s discriminating taste. I recommend having a dinner salad, generous for two to share (I didn’t). It consists of fresh lettuce mixed with romaine, sliced cucumbers, the freshest diced tomatoes and choice of dressings. Continue reading
This month, students will be returning to school in the tri-county area. During this pandemic, your child’s safety is our number one priority. Please take a few moments to review back-to-school safety with your child.
Walking To School
If your child walks to school, make sure there are sidewalks along the way. If you are not able to walk with your child, remember there is safety in numbers so have your child walk with siblings or other neighborhood children. Being hit by a car is by far the greatest threat to any child walking to school. Make sure your kids stay on the sidewalk and only cross at crosswalks. Remember to remind your children to never, ever stop to talk to strangers on the way to and from school and, most importantly, never to get into any vehicle with a stranger. These could potentially be life threatening situations.
Bicycle Safety
Children peddling to school on bicycles must wear bike helmets – it’s the law. Helmets are the single most effective devices for cyclists, greatly reducing the risk of death or critical injury. Your children should ride their bicycles on the right side of the road and obey stop signs and traffic signals. Continue reading
“A Hero in World War II”
Carl was the youngest of twelve (12) children in his family. When Carl was eight years old the family still had a total of seven children, Carl being the youngest. The family moved to Waterloo, Iowa. Carl became an excellent athletic in both football and baseball in school. Carl Letney called Buck left his high school in his senior year to join the Army. He was trained to be an Assault Ranger and was sent to the Battle of the Rapido River where he fought for two days trying to cross the Rapido River (north of Naples, Italy) and reach the winter line. Buck Letney lost his life on the second day of fighting on the Rapido River. No gains had been made in the capture of the Rapido or Gari Rivers and they became one of the big defeats suffered by the US Army in World War II. The AMVETS Post 31 was dedicated to Carl’s memory and it is in Evansdale Iowa a small suburb of Waterloo where his statue and monument stands. Carls brother Jerry lives in the Villages.
About Leslie…
Hailing from Kansas City, she holds an MA from the Smithsonian in Decorative Art – 20th Century Historic Dress and BFA in Theater from California Institute of the Arts.
She worked for Christie’s Auction House in NYC for five years and then three years at Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop and Farm in Olathe, KS. She’s a YA writer and an active member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.
Leslie is looking forward to getting involved in the community and taking advantage of all the fun activities Ocala has to offer.
(NAPSI)—Hurricane season officially runs through November, and while no one can predict what lies ahead, there are things you can do to prepare. Here, T-Mobile offers eight ways to stay connected.
1.Make a disaster kit: Include things such as batteries, snacks, water, a first aid kit, a flashlight and device chargers.
2.Update your family, friends and emergency services contact numbers. Make sure they’re saved and backed up in your devices AND written down someplace accessible.
3.Subscribe to official text alerts and connect with official social networks to learn about new developments before, during and after a disaster.
4.Keep your mobile devices fully charged. Have charging cables handy and consider picking up a car or portable charging device.
5.Protect your technology with waterproof re-sealable plastic bags.
6.Download emergency-assistance apps from the Red Cross and FEMA.
7.Make sure your phone supports Wireless Emergency Alerts and that you have enabled notifications on your device. Visit t-mobile.com/wea for details on how to set up alerts on T-Mobile and Sprint devices.
8.Set up Wi-Fi Calling on your phone if you have a phone that supports it. For Apple phones, go to Settings > Phone > Wi-Fi Calling; for Android phones, go to Settings > More Connection Settings > Wi-Fi Calling. Continue reading
