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Camp Safe Haven of Haven Hospice received a $1,000 donation. Shown above with Gentle Carousel Miniature Therapy horse and owner, Jorge Bengochea. -Photo: Submitted

Staff Reports
Lake City, Fla., – On June 21, Governor Ron DeSantis awarded more than $28.4 million in funding for economic growth and community resiliency to 23 Florida communities through the Community Development Block Grant – CV (CDBG-CV) program, and the Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Hazard Mitigation Grant Match Program.

SUWANNEE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
JUDICIAL ANNEX BUILDING
218 PARSHLEY STREET SOUTHWEST
LIVE OAK, FLORIDA 32064
TENTATIVE AGENDA FOR JUNE 21, 2022, 5:00 P.M.
Invocation
Pledge to American Flag
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Association member Rob Dawson has been involved with everything from organizing the music for the festival to flipping hotcakes for the last 10 years or so and was busy flipping hotcakes again this year. He said they normally go through around 500 pounds of blueberries for the hotcakes each year. -SVT Photo by Tami Stevenson
By Tami Stevenson
Wellborn, Fla., – The 28th Annual Wellborn Blueberry Festival was bigger and better than ever this year, according to organizer Annita Leonard, with an estimated 10,000 visitors attending the

Governor Ron DeSantis Signs HB 1421
Governor’s Press Office
Yesterday, June 7, Governor Ron DeSantis signed HB 1421, which takes several measures to improve school safety in Florida.
The steps taken by HB 1421 build on
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By Tami Stevenson
In the May 25, 2022 edition of this paper an article titled, “Full-service recording studio opens in Live Oak – Graffitti Studios,” inadvertently left out a key person in the portion of the article concerning Jerry Guy’s life, Herold White. His life, influence and accomplishments bears noting. The Suwannee Valley Times apologizes for any inconvenience this may have caused.
Herold White is a Live Oak native and musician that had songs on the charts during
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L-R, Donna Long, David Esco, Dana Darby, Terri Monroe -Photo: Submitted

MADISON, FL – The NFC Foundation is pleased to celebrate four Last Mile Scholars and their recent graduation from North Florida College.

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Live Oak, Fla., – Come meet candidate Jason Shoaf for Florida House District 7 at our Suwannee County Republican Party Campaign Headquarters THIS WEDNESDAY, June 8th, at 2pm.
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Graffitti Studios owner Robert Lansford, left, with partner, Jerry (Gerald) Guy sitting in the control room at the studio. -Photo: Submitted
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On Saturday, June 18, 2022 Urology of North Florida will sponsor a no-charge prostate cancer screening on site from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. This screening will be open to the public in effort to promote early detection of prostate cancer.