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Submitted by Terry J Phelan
Fort White, Fla., – Our Santa Fe River Inc (OSFR) is excited to announce the return of Sanna Saare as coordinator and E. Stanley Richardson as emcee for the 2023 RiverFest Fundraiser and 11th Annual Singer/Songwriter Contest.

Sanna Saare will coordinate the event again this year. -Photo: Submitted

E. Stanley Richardson will emcee the event again in 2023. -Photo: Submitted
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Day 1 FG Overall Winner (Tie) & Runner-up (Tie) at the Kicking World 2022 National Showcase in Austin, Texas. L to R – Derek Morris, Dax Iverson, Braxtyn Green, Ashton Paredes.A-Photo: kickingworld.com

Staff Reports
Last week, Governor Ron DeSantis petitioned the Florida Supreme Court for a statewide Grand Jury on COVID-19 vaccines and announced the creation of the Public Health Integrity Committee.
The Governor held a roundtable discussion joined by Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo and world-renowned physicians, researchers, and public health experts to discuss adverse events of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines and announce new, aggressive actions to hold the federal government and Big Pharma accountable.
The Biden Administration and pharmaceutical corporations continue to push widespread distribution of mRNA vaccines on the public, including children as young as 6 months old, through relentless propaganda while ignoring real-life adverse events.
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HCHS students tour the NFC Public Safety Academy and CDL Driving Range. -NFC Photo

Jan. 7 at 8:45 a.m.
Submitted by Shannan Bunting Solstice Communications
A leading home discount retailer, will host the grand opening of its newest store at 1530 Ohio Avenue South in Live Oak on Saturday, Jan. 7. Shoppers can expect doorbuster offers at the store’s grand opening as well as scratch-off cards given to the first 100 customers each day with the potential of up to $250 off a purchase. Both offers will be valid throughout the grand opening weekend, Saturday, Jan. 7 - Sunday, Jan. 8.
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Mark Tancig, UF/IFAS Extension Leon County horticulture agent
How to best cover your plants, from the experts:

December 16, 2022
David Fierro, Communications Coordinator for Florida Department of Law Enforcement, shared a press release from the Gilchrist County Sheriff’s Office.


Photo courtesy of iStock
Family Features - The new year brings a time to reassess health habits. New Year’s goals and resolutions are often focused on weight loss or exercise. Although these are important indicators of health and happiness for many people, maintaining overall health is important, too.
Registered dietitian, author and nutrition consultant Manuel Villacorta offers these tips to start the new year with a healthy routine:
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Saturday, young dancers from the Dance Shop in Live Oak showed off their new skills for family and friends at the 38th Annual Christmas On The Square event.
-SVT Photos by Tami Stevenson

Kathy Richardson, CCC, APR
Clay Electric members will be billed less for power in December thanks to a reduction in the Power Cost Adjustment on bills. Mem-bers using

Staff Reports
Mayo, Fla., – Four Florida school districts are set to receive rebates from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to replace a total of 30 diesel school buses with new electric models. Taylor, Dixie, Lafayette and Sumter counties are among 400 districts across the country to benefit from the first round of funding under the EPA Clean School Bus Program.