
Staff Reports
Rebecca Thomas from the Dixie Grill in Live Oak has already won $5,000 for her Strawberry Cream Biscuit Bites recipe from General Mills and is now a finalist for the Grand-Prize of $20,000, competing with three other finalists.
Wichita Sound Studio

A new professional recording studio has come to Live Oak, Wichita Sound Studio. Owner, Jerry Guy, a retired Nashville studio musician that traveled the country for many years, working as a side-man for artists like Vern Gosden, The Hager Twins, Ronnie Milsap, Willie Nelson, Herold White and others.
During his years in Nashville as a studio musician, he learned the industry from the ground up and fell in love with the engineering side of the music industry.

Map Courtesy of NASA
By Tami Stevenson
North America is all abuzz as many throughout the U.S., Canada and Mexico prepare to see the April 8, 2024 total eclipse sweep across these three nations.
Although Florida is not in the path of totality, according to NASA, Florida will still see a partial eclipse beginning around 1:35 p.m. with the midpoint at approximately 2:55 p.m. Do not look directly at the eclipse with your naked eye. It can instantly damage your eyes. Be sure to wear eclipse glasses, not regular sunglasses.

Staff Reports
Suwannee County Tax Collector Sharon Jordan announced she is seeking re-election in a press release last week.
Jordan said, “I have proudly served the citizens of Suwannee County in the Tax Collector’s office for 45 years with 16 of those years serving as ‘Your Tax Collector’.

Lake City, FL – Suwannee Valley Unsolved, Inc. (SVU), a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting families impacted by unsolved homicides and missing persons cases, today announced the establishment of a formal Victims Advocacy Program.

Social Security News Release
The Social Security Administration announced it will decrease the default overpayment withholding rate for Social Security beneficiaries to ten percent (or $10, whichever is greater) from 100 percent, significantly reducing financial hardship on people with overpayments.

CS/SB 7032 may help
Staff Reports
Called the GATE Program (Graduation Alternative to Traditional Education), this legislation may be able to help.
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Lola Mae Hunter-Head age 92 of Starke

Above Photo: During the PTK Mu Xi Chapter Induction Ceremony in November 2023, newly inducted Mu Xi Chapter student officers hold their ceremonial white rose and celebrate their new roles. (L to R: Dr. Greg Molnar PTK Advisor Emeritus; Kaiya Burnam, VP of Communications; Dhruv Patel, Treasurer; Briana Amman, Vice President, Dr. John Grosskopf, NFC President; Caibre Johnson, Chapter President; Margaret Boyd, Secretary; Logan Linton, Public Relations Officer; Philip Wilkerson, Chapter Advisor.) -Photo: NFC

There will be a FREE class on the Constitution to be held at the Live Oak City Hall at 2:00 p.m., on Saturday, Match 23rd.