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Today's Opinions

  • Bushnell Fall Festival plans start, volunteers needed

    Even though it’s only spring, plans and preparations have already begun for the 2012 Bushnell Fall Festival, scheduled for Oct. 20 (it’s always on the 3rd Saturday of the month of October). This year’s Festival theme is “Rodeo Round-Up,” and will feature all things western, including a western wear fashion show in the Main Tent!

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  • New life for Dade Park

    If you take the time to notice, you can’t help but be impressed with the work that Bruce Whiting is doing at Dade Park. When Whiting became the park manager a few years ago, things began to change and those changes are continuing.
    Whiting has recruited some knowledgeable people to help increase attendance and interest in the historic state park off County Road 476 W., in Bushnell.

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  • Thanks for the support at SSHS fishing tourney

    The 3rd Annual South Sumter High School Raider Pride Football Trout Invitational was Saturday, April 21, at Camp-n-Water Outdoor Resort on the Homosassa River.
    The threat of bad weather certainly put a damper on the number of boat entries in the tournament; however, 13 boats started fishing at first light Saturday morning and enjoyed a nice day of fishing up to around 2 that afternoon when the weather that was threatening all day finally arrived. 

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  • Don't forget the Relay

    Don’t forget. This Friday, April 27, the annual Relay for Life gets under way at the Sumterville campus of Lake Sumter Community College, on U.S. 301.
    The event brings people together from all walks of life as they join to help find a cure for cancer and to provide support for those who have fought and battled the illness.
    While the event begins at 6 p.m. on Friday, with the annual survivors’ lap, it continues throughout the night and into Saturday with many walkers taking to the track as they walk together in their efforts to fight cancer.

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  • Be careful with fires

    Sumter County is a high risk for wildfires as drought conditions continue through Central Florida.
    TheDepartment of Agriculture and Consumer Services  is offering five tips for protecting homes during wildfire season.
    The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Florida Forest Service are trying to help Floridians protect themselves against the dangers of wildfire.
    The agencies remember the wildfires that raged through Florida in 1998, burning more than 500,000 acres and damaging or destroying 337 homes and other structures.

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  • Sheriff warns of additional scams

    Last week, The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office warned citizens of the grandparent or grandchild scam. Since then, we have received calls of two other scams and incidents that the sheriff wants to make sure citizens are aware of.
    The first is tax scams. Taxpayers should be extra cautious this time of year to protect themselves from becoming victims. The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office has received several identity-theft tax reports.

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  • Was an investigation of Bushnell Police Department necessary?

    It’s almost as if battle lines are being drawn in Bushnell.  The recent investigation of the city police department definitely has the community buzzing. It also has it divided.
    Some residents are supportive of the investigation and cast a critical finger at former Police Chief Joyce Wells and her officers while others are strong supporters of Wells, who retired as police chief last week, as results of the city-ordered investigation were revealed.

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  • Electronics win over tradition

    It’s possible to be nostalgic about something you never had, and plenty of people are feeling that right now. Even if your family didn’t have the prestigious 32-volume Encyclopedia Britannica in your home — housed in its own special book rack, of course — you probably knew someone who had it. And maybe you were fortunate enough to spend many wonderful youthful hours lost in the worlds and ideas carefully explained and painstakingly illustrated in the Encyclopedia Britannica.

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