Welcome to Bargains by the Pallet. Bargains by the Pallet is a new locally owned business, open to the public. Our clients vary from online stores, flea market merchants, brick and mortar small business retail stores to individuals needing items for themselves. We sell full pallets of mixed merchandise that arrive straight from various retail store distribution centers. Products can range from furniture items, computer and other electronic goods, baby items, skate boards, patio items, tools, small kitchen appliances and other general merchandise. Every pallet is different. Every truck load is different.
Bargains by the Pallet was established September 1, 2018 by Andrea Calhoun and Bob Siebert, commonly referred to as beauty and the beast. This couple is not originally from Ocala, Florida. They moved to Ocala from Rome, GA. where Andrea lived most of her life. In Rome she was a mother (now grandmother), a florist and a friend. Bob has lived in Georgia for over 25 years. There he was a father, retail manager, a super hero and movie buff and all around great guy. Continue reading
(OCALA, Fla.) Oct. 19, 2018 – Ocala Fire Rescue (OFR) received 14 cancer exposure decontamination kits from the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council, Thursday, Oct. 18.
The decontamination kits are 14 of 4,216 units obtained through a $1million grant to the Firefighter Cancer Mitigation Grant Program, awarded to 405 fire departments across the state of Florida. Each kit includes tools essential for soot and particulate removal from bunker gear before firefighters leave the scene of a fire. Kits are comprised of: a five-gallon bucket, clear bags, duct tape, dish soap, scrub brush, spray bottle, wipes, two 50-foot hose lines with nozzles, adapters and collapsible traffic cones.
According to research by the Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety (NIOSH), firefighters in the United States have a nine percent higher risk of being diagnosed with cancer and 14 percent higher risk of dying from cancer than the general U.S. population. The purpose of the decontamination kits is to reduce firefighter’s exposure to cancer-causing agents which result from combustions at a fire scene. Continue reading
Gov. Scott: FLOW Mobile Deployed to Gulf County
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. —Today, Governor Rick Scott announced that the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV) will deploy a Florida Licensing on Wheels (FLOW) vehicle tomorrow, October 23rd, in Gulf County. These vehicles provide driver license and other motor vehicle services to families impacted by Hurricane Michael. Additional FLOW mobiles are in Bay, Franklin, Jackson and Liberty counties.
The FLOW Mobile in Gulf County will be located at:
Gulf County Tax Collector Office
151 North 3rd Street
Wewahitchka, FL 32465
Hours of operation: 9am – 4pm, CDT
FLOW mobiles provide customers the following services:
- Renew or obtain a Florida driver license and/or ID card;
- Replace a driver license and/or ID card;
- Change a name or address on a driver license and/or ID card;
- Renew a vehicle registration;
- Obtain or renew a disabled person parking permit; and
- Purchase a specialty license plate.
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