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 ShowRobustae by John Gamache, Ocala, FL
  • Second PlaceJob by Claudia Lauster, Naples, FL
  • Honorable MentionNavigator by Mike Hansel, Middletown, RI
  • People’s ChoiceMetal Elephant by James Futral, Fort Myers, FL

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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

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