Pictured are Children from Villages Elementary School of Lady Lake, with the Town Council showing their Water Awareness poster. The second annual Water Awareness Poster Contest was a great success. This is put on by the Town of Lady Lake and the Florida Governmental Utility Authority.
PAKMAIL held an open house to show off their new store opening on 17th St. Ocala Business Leaders, clients and friends attended. Huge facility and they are well on their way to filling it up. Pictured from left Russ Moore and Walter Arnold.
The City of Ocala Recreation and Parks department will host a concert by Jerod Stephen Doyle Saturday, April 21 from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Tuscawilla Art Park located at 223 NE Fifth St.
OCALA, Fla. (April 9, 2018) – The City of Ocala Recreation and Parks department will host a concert by Jerod Stephen Doyle Saturday, April 21 from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Tuscawilla Art Park located at 223 NE Fifth St. This concert is presented by Insight Credit Union.
Jerod Stephen Doyle are three performers who work together on stage to create a unique improvisational, instrumental experience.
“We perform like this because it’s ridiculously fun. It’s terrifying, in a way, because we literally don’t know what we will play until we’re actually playing it,” said Doyle Dean, drummer for Jerod Stephen Doyle. “We are 100 percent responsive to what is going on at any given moment. No two performances are alike, since each performance incorporates sights and sounds from our surroundings.” Continue reading
This week, I had the pleasure of kicking off the 2018 Law Enforcement Torch Run benefiting Special Olympics Florida. This year, Special Olympics is celebrating its 50th anniversary, and to mark this milestone, local, state and federal law enforcement officers, corrections officers and support staff will carry the Flame of Hope 1,500 miles throughout Florida to bring awareness to Special Olympics.
Eight thousand members of Florida’s law enforcement and corrections community will carry the torch in a relay to the opening ceremonies at the Annual Florida State Summer Games. This year’s games take place May 18-19 at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista. In Florida, more than 46,000 dedicated athletes participate in Special Olympics activities to showcase inspiring strength and skill for the world to see. Continue reading
Efforts to renovate the City of Ocala Customer Service Center, 201 SE Third St., will begin Monday, April 9.
OCALA, Fla. (April 4, 2018) – Efforts to renovate the City of Ocala Customer Service Center, 201 SE Third St., will begin Monday, April 9. These renovations are expected to be completed by Friday, June 22.
These renovations will be limited to the first floor of the Customer Service Center. In the lobby area, renovations will include: the addition of security glass at all teller stations, removal of the pneumatic tube system, the addition of two new teller stations, and installation of new countertops, flooring and paint. Additionally, a storage room on the first floor will be converted into a conference room to be utilized by City staff.
“These renovations will improve security and provide City staff with additional space to hold departmental trainings and meetings, allowing them to keep up with current best practices and better serve our customers,” said Emory Roberts, Director, Customer Service and Finance, City of Ocala. Continue reading
Due to a resurfacing project, NE Third Street will experience intermittent lane closures from NE Osceola Avenue to NE Eighth Street beginning Monday, April 9.
OCALA, Fla. (April 3, 2018) – Due to a resurfacing project, NE Third Street will experience intermittent lane closures from NE Osceola Avenue to NE Eighth Street beginning Monday, April 9. Partial lane closures are expected from NE Osceola Avenue to NE Tuscawilla Avenue; full lane closures will take place from NE Tuscawilla Avenue to NE Eighth Avenue. Construction for this phase of resurfacing NE Third Street is expected to conclude on Tuesday, May 15.
All necessary devices will be in place to re-direct traffic. Construction will take place Mondays through Fridays from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. During construction times, travelers may experience noise, dust and heavy equipment within the project area.
Detour routes: Continue reading
As part of the 2018-2019 Ocala Outdoor Sculpture Competition, the City of Ocala hosted the Tuscawilla Sculpture Stroll Celebration Saturday, March 17 at the Tuscawilla Art Park.
OCALA, Fla. (March 23, 2018) – As part of the 2018-2019 Ocala Outdoor Sculpture Competition, the City of Ocala hosted the Tuscawilla Sculpture Stroll Celebration Saturday, March 17 at the Tuscawilla Art Park, 223 NE Fifth St. During this event, awards were presented in the following categories:
- Best in Show – Robustae by John Gamache, Ocala, FL
- Second Place – Job by Claudia Lauster, Naples, FL
- Honorable Mention – Navigator by Mike Hansel, Middletown, RI
- People’s Choice – Metal Elephant by James Futral, Fort Myers, FL
Volunteers will assist with cleaning headstones, raking leaves, picking up fallen tree limbs and cleaning up debris.
OCALA, Fla. (March 28, 2018) – The Friends of the Historical Evergreen Cemetery, Sons of Confederate Veterans Pvt. William R. Milton Camp 741 and the United Daughters of the Confederacy Marion Dragoons Chapter 2311, in partnership with the City of Ocala Public Works Department, are sponsoring a Greenwood Cemetery volunteer cleanup day Saturday, April 7 from 8 a.m. to noon.
Volunteers will meet at Greenwood Cemetery located at 1393 NE Third St. at 8 a.m. Volunteers will assist with cleaning headstones, raking leaves, picking up fallen tree limbs and cleaning up debris.
The Sons of Confederate Veterans, the Friends of the Historical Evergreen Cemetery and the City of Ocala, encourage volunteers to support the restoration and beautification of Greenwood Cemetery.
For more information, please contact the City of Ocala Public Works Department at 352-351-6723.
By Tony Powell
“No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.” — Proposed Virginia Constitution, 1776.
“The Second Amendment is really about state militias being strong enough to resist any attempt by the Federal government to destroy us. Reading the debates and legal wranglings from the time of the Constitution’s drafting makes this very clear.
Last month (March 2018) we talked about ‘The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution’ which says.”A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
Seems simple enough, but, apparently, there are as many opinions as to its meaning as there are people who have read it. (And, of course plenty who have never read it, but they have an opinion anyway. Continue reading
By Chief McKinstry
Next time you are in a car driving through a residential neighborhood, try this experiment: glance at your speedometer when you’re in the middle of a block. You will probably find it is pretty easy to reach or top 25 mph.
To someone on foot or in a golf cart, navigating narrow streets and unprotected intersections, it feels like you’re driving too fast. And they’re probably not wrong. As you cruise up to 25 mph (on streets outside a school zone), try to imagine that a golf cart swerves into your lane, or a ball rolls right in front of you with a kid chasing it. Or that someone with an armful of groceries opened a car door without looking, or that a pedestrian in dark clothes stepped into a poorly lit intersection. Would you be able to stop in time? Maybe, maybe not. It would depend on how soon you saw whatever you were about to hit.
Then drop your speed to 20 mph. With that small change, it becomes much easier to halt the momentum of 3,000 pounds of metal. Continue reading
