Dear Neighbor,
This week was a long one—and it’s still not over! The House will be in session through tomorrow to consider several important pieces of legislation. I spoke about what’s been happening today on the House Floor in a Facebook Live here.
It was a busy week in the Energy & Commerce Committee as we reviewed several pieces of legislation that deal with protecting you and your privacy online. This is of utmost importance to me and my colleagues because you deserve to be protected, not taken advantage for advertisers and third-party groups that use and sell your data for their own benefit. For more on this, take a look below. Continue reading
This week, Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw and I urged Floridians to help us fight the opioid crisis by participating in National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday.
Tomorrow, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Floridians can safely dispose of unused, unwanted and expired medications at a local drop-off location. National Drug Take Back Day is a biannual event hosted by the Drug Enforcement Administration every April and October.
Nationally, more than 112,000 people died from drug overdose in 2023. According to the 2022 Florida Department of Law Enforcement Medical Examiners Annual Report, Florida lost more than 8,000 to opioid-related overdoses. Continue reading
May 25 – August 31, 2024
Discover the science behind bloodsucking creatures! Dive into the world of mosquitoes, fleas, ticks, leeches, and other parasites. Explore their characteristics, habits, and the reasons they bite. Understand how they are attracted to heat and CO2 in your breath, and identify them by their mouth parts. Engage in the fun TwITCHer Game that will make you itch! Stop in and learn about the role of bloodsuckers in the ecosystem and how to prevent them from bothering you.
January 20 – May 11, 2024
Explore the world of turtles and tortoises and learn about their various habitats, migration patterns, and the threats they face. Play a giant board game that helps you navigate a turtle’s migration route safely, see how shell shapes suit different lifestyles and habitats and design a turtle-friendly housing development. You can even find out what a loggerhead sea turtle sees as it swims! *This exhibit was provided with support from Jane’s Trust and the Institute for Museum and Library Services.
from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke
(NAPSI)—With nearly 800,000 Americans having a stroke each year, it remains a leading cause of death and long-term disability. Making matters worse for many Black/African American men is that they are at higher risk for high blood pressure and strokes, according to medical experts. For many health conditions, racial and ethnic minority communities are impacted at disproportionate rates. April is National Minority Health Month, a good time to raise awareness about the importance of improving the health of minority communities and reducing health disparities. During this month, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) is raising awareness of this important topic and sharing tips to help manage the risk of stroke.Over time, uncontrolled high blood pressure can damage blood vessels and lead to a stroke. High blood pressure can also lead to other damage in the brain that has been associated with dementia. The good news is people can take steps now to get—or keep—their blood pressure numbers in a healthy range to help prevent stroke and dementia later in life. Continue reading
LADY LAKE – Lady Lake’s Pyramid Park will soon receive an exciting makeover with the addition of new playground equipment.
Earlier this year, the Lady Lake Parks and Recreation Department outreached to area children to gather their input in choosing between two new playground options. Through votes taken at The Villages Elementary of Lady Lake, the Lady Lake Library and via the Town’s Facebook page, a majority of children opted for Design Option 1.
The chosen playground structure, in vibrant red, blue and yellow hues, includes several slides, a spinner, a rope climber, and various decks and platforms. It is specifically geared toward kids aged 5-12 with a focus on safety.
With approval from the Town Commission, and at a cost of approximately $270,000, the playground will be paid for through impact fees. The structure will be built by BCI Burke, a company based in Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin. Continue reading
Lady Lake Chamber networking Luncheon was a great success. Over thirty business people attended. Held at Glenview Country Club the food is WOW. Everyone one seemed to be having great success. I met a couple of new businesses.
The Lake County Board of County Commissioners today appointed Mayor Ed Freeman to the Keep Lake Beautiful Advisory Committee. The purpose of the committee is to advise the Board on activities related to the county’s membership in Keep America Beautiful.
The Keep Lake Beautiful program is an affiliate of Keep America Beautiful, Inc., a national non-profit community improvement organization that builds and sustains vibrant communities by creating clean, beautiful public places; reducing waste and increasing recycling; generating positive impacts on the local economy; and inspiring generations of environmental stewards.
“I personally feel keeping our county beautiful and making it more beautiful is extremely important,” said Mayor Freeman. “Anything that I can do to further that idea with our citizens and county commissioners is something with which I would like to be a part.”
Elisha Pappacoda
Trying to understand how AI effects the Newspaper, magazine industry. As far as Copy Righting articles. I understand when a writer, write’s something or an article and Ai finishes it or enhances the article with a lot of facts. The writer can copy right what he or she put into AI but not what AI created. The writer must be able to prove that they created what ever they are filing claim about.
Most publisher & writers are scared to death of AI. They should be because it is not their words it is the machines words. Is that what you want to read, research done by a machine that has control of misinforming you? Watch what they try to do to Trump before the election. They will be using AI on him, in fact if truth be known they probably are using it to create legal information to use on him. My opinion is it is not our friend!
I have a lot of critics about grammar, sentence structure and other intellectual rules of writing. Mt rule of writing is did you understand the point that I was trying to get across? Nuff said! Then I write by the way you misspelled two words complaining about me.
TomL
The pictured individual attempted to force entry into Best Buy at 552 N. U.S. Hwy 27/441 during the early morning hours of April 21 by using a sledgehammer to create a hole through the wall of a neighboring business.
The suspect is a white or Hispanic male, medium build, wearing a white ball cap, grey hooded “Heavenly” pull-over sweatshirt, faded blue jeans, and either black or grey shoes.
The suspect was wearing black/white heavy gloves and carrying a silver and black backpack.
Anyone with information should contact Det. Jim Dunagan at (352) 751-1565 or jdunagan@ladylake.org.
