Habitat for Humanity of Marion County raised the walls for James & his daughter Victoria’s new home.
Habitat for Humanity of Marion County added 42 new photos to the album: Coakley Wall-Raising 6.10.20 — in Ocala Ridge, Florida.
It was a great day to raise some walls!!
With the help of our 2020 Strawberry Festival sponsors and our ReStore staff, we were able to raise the exterior walls on James & Veronica’s new home!!
We’re thrilled for this family, and seeing the walls raised up is a sign of all the blessings to come!!…
Pictured is a Purple Passionflower
We have bantering pictures of Animals, Birds, Flowers nonprofessional photography. Here is some information from the web about the Purple Passionflower.
Alternate Names Wild passion flower, maypop, apricot vine, old field apricot, Holy-Trinity flower, molly-pop, passion vine, pop- apple, granadilla, maycock, maracoc, maracock, white sarsaparilla.
Uses One of the uses of the purple passionflower is ornamental in nature. This is because of their showy blooms and their climbing ability over fences, arbors, or up walls. Native American Indians used the poultice root for boils, cuts, earaches and inflammation. Dried leaves boiled with water also aids in insomnia.
Wildlife Purple passionflower attracts butterflies. Young tendrils inch lavender flowers are short-stalked from leaf axils. The petals and sepals subtend a fringe of wavy or crimped, hair-like segments. The pistil and stamens are also showy. Three-lobed, deciduous leaves are dark-green above and whitish below. The plants bloom from June to September. The pulpy fruit or “maypop” develops in two to three months after flowering and may be harvested from July to October. It will be yellowish in color and it is about the size of a large oval hen’s egg. Continue reading
Nestled back in under some Oak trees in rural Marion County I ran across a true Artist. This is Chuck York standing behind one of his creations. A genuine Handmade Rocking Horse with real Horse Hair a miniature hand made saddle. I ask Chuck how much time he had in the Horse? He said he started it last summer. It is hard to tell how many hours are in the project because you do some work on it then you have to let it set for a couple of days. He estimates over 300 hours, I guess at least 500 hours. The horse has been spoken a person person that has collected other creations from Chuck. For questions Chuck’s number is 352-361-6642. If you know someone that has a hobby like this let me know. 352-804-1223.
OCALA, Fla.-The Department of Health in Marion County is reporting 655 cumulative cases of COVID-19 as of this afternoon; 340 of those cases were added within the past two weeks. Because of this substantial increase in cases, residents need to take extra care with Fourth of July celebrations and activities in the coming days.
“Ultimately, we do not want to see a surge in cases linked to Fourth of July celebrations,” said Florida Department of Health in Marion County Administrator Mark Lander. “So, however you celebrate, do so responsibly by practicing social distancing, wearing a mask if you can’t socially distance, avoiding large gatherings, and staying home if you are sick,”
Residents are also advised to avoid the three C’s: closed spaces with poor ventilation, crowded places with many others nearby, and close-contact settings, such as close-range conversation. The risk of COVID-19 spreading among a group of people is highest when the three C’s overlap. Continue reading
OCALA, Fla. (June 23, 2020) – City of Ocala business offices will be closed Friday, July 3 in observance of Independence Day. There will be no changes to the residential or commercial sanitation schedule.
For those looking to beat the heat over the holiday, the City of Ocala Aquatic Fun Centers are open Mondays through Saturdays, for two daily swim sessions, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Pools are closed Sundays due to facilitate current cleaning and sanitation measures. Admission is $2 per child and $3 per adult, each session.
The City of Ocala Splash pads, Lily’s Splash Pad, 2200 NW 17 Pl. and Citizens’ Circle Splash Pad, 160 E Fort King St., are open daily, sunrise to sunset daily.
The City’s online services, including online municipal services bill pay and payment kiosks, will be available to the public over the holiday.
Last month I ran some pictures of flowers and ask that some of readers to share. Angelina Ahrem sharing a picture of her Flowers.
I call this picture Libby’s Hawks. Libby’s husband Dave sent us the picture. This is a photo of two Red Shoulder hawks that Libby Neuharth took. They show up every day and perch on the bird bath. I think they are really lucky to be that closed to nature within the City limits.
By Christy Jergens, Florida Department of Health in Marion County
While the Florida Department of Health in Marion County is heavily focused on responding to COVID-19 in the community currently, the department provides a wide array of programs and services to benefit residents. Read below for more information on what’s offered outside of COVID-19 testing.
The Florida Department of Health in Marion County provides community, environmental and personal health services for Marion County residents. Community health work include epidemiology (contagious disease investigation, reporting and prevention), tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment, health education, and public health preparedness. Preparedness efforts include actions to protect the health of Florida’s residents and visitors from the effects of man-made and natural disasters. As part of these preparedness efforts, the department staffs and operates the county’s special needs shelters in the event of a local state of emergency (such as a hurricane). Community health work also includes the registering and issuing of Florida birth and death certificates. Continue reading
Pictured is Alana Bartram opening the door for a customer. Alana and her husband Chris own and operate the Lady Lake Discount Beverage store on 441 downtown Lady Lake.
Picture left Bill Marshall and right George Marshall Standing in front of their store and saying yes we are open!
Pictured is the front of Bob’s coin & Jewelry, They have made some great provisions for receiving customers safely. Call for an appointment. 352-347-7900 (see page 16)
Dennis McGee owner operator of Mr. Handyman of Lady Lake on 441 says “We’re open and ready to roll!!”
by A.J.(Tony) Powell
Math is not my thing!
It’s interesting/unfortunate to see how ‘selective’ we are when watching/reading the ‘news’!
Our newspapers, television channels, magazines, radio stations are slanted towards the right or the left- Republican or Democrat.
At the same time, we, their reader/viewers, choose to get our news from a medium which agrees with our own biased Point-Of-View. So ‘facts’ are difficult to find.
COVID 19- Where are we now? Where are we going?
Some sources report about 1.5 million infections in the United States alone since January of this year. But, of course we need to know “Is that the whole truth?”
Don’t we need to know “How many people have been tested?” Continue reading
