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Some of the political races are over be-fore they start.

Qualifying ended Friday for the upcom-ing local election cycle, and several can-didates will face no opposition whenvoters go to the polls in August and No-vember.

County Commissioner Charlie Stonedecided this year to leave the county gov-erning body and make a run for state rep-resentative in District 22. It’s alreadybeen successful as he faces no oppositionand will go to Tallahassee next January.

In county races, Tax Collector GeorgeAlbright, Clerk of the Circuit Court DavidEllspermann and Property Appraiser Vil-lie Smith, all Republicans, drew no oppo-sition and are automatically re-elected.

In addition to Stone, Dennis Baxley and

Marlene H. O’Toole have beenre-elected to the Florida House,and Charlie Dean has been re-elected to the Florida Senate.

In other county races, ChrisBlair and Dan Kuhn will squareoff in the Republic primary Aug.14 for sheriff, with the winnerfacing Bernie DeCastro, Consti-tution Party, and Judson Cau-then Spence Jr., write-in, in thegeneral election. Only Republi-cans may vote in the primary.

For school superintendent, JackiePorter, George Tomyn and Wally Wagonerwill run in the Republican primary, withthe winner to face Democrat DianaGreene in November. Only Republicansmay vote in August.

In County Commission Dis-trict 1, Mike Amsden, the incum-bent, is being challenged byDavid R. Moore in the Republi-can primary. The winner faceswrite-in James Bailey in No-vember.

For District 3, incumbent StanMcClain is challenged by JeffreyGold in the Republican primary,with Patricia Reed and RobertBrown as write-ins on the ballot

in November. Reed had originally beenlisted as a Democrat.

In District 5, four Republicans, includ-ing Earl Arnett, Pat Gabriel, Francine Jo-hannesen and Butch Verrando will be onthe ballot Aug. 14, with the winner to faceDemocrat Jessica Hadley in November.

In all three County Commission races,only Republicans may vote in August.

School Board races are different, sinceby law the competition is non-partisan.Everyone in the county may vote in theboard races. In District 1 it’s Woody Cly-mer vs. Nancy Stacy; in District 2 it’s CarolEly vs. Robert Dobkowski.

Both races will be decided Aug. 14.For supervisor of elections, Barbara

Ruse and Wesley B. Wilcox, both Republi-cans, will square off in the GOP primary,with the winner to face Judge Cochran inNovember. Only Republicans can vote inAugust.

In the U.S. House District 11, there willbe no primary as Richard Nugent, incum-bent Republican, and David Werder, aDemcorat, will square off in November.

Candidate qualifying closes; Stone elected to State House

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West Port graduationShannon Hill, right, salu-tatorian for the WestPort High School Classof 2012, visits withher friend MichaellaQuesada prior to cere-monies. Graduationwas originally sched-uled for Thursday night,but the day’s rain forcedthe postponement ofthe outdoor ceremonyon the school’s footballfield. That failed todampen the ethusiasmof those who receivedtheir diplomas.

PHOTOS BY MICHEL NORTHSEA

West Port High School graduate Mariah Fernandezadjusts her cap prior to graduation Friday morning.

West Port High School graduates Kevin Jones andCassie Mrod share a joke before graduation cere-monies began Friday morning. The phone was latercollected by school officials – they also took car keys– and returned to graduates after the ceremony.

Ocala Honor Flight reunionceremony scheduled forFlag Day, June 14

A reunion for the Ocala Honor Flight is planned forFlag Day, June 14, at 10 a.m. at Veterans Park, Corner ofEast Fort King Street and 25th Avenue.

All World War II veterans who have made one of theflights and their families and all flight escorts and theirfamilies are asked to gather together and proudly weartheir hats and dog tags.

Prizes will be given away.RSVP by leaving a message at 352-351-9341.

County Commissionmakes recycling easierfor non-city residents

In a unanimous vote at its Tuesday meeting, the Mar-ion County Board of County Commissioners voted tomake recycling in Marion County even more convenientby approving an agreement with Waste Pro of Ocala toprovide single-stream recycling at county recycling cen-ters.

Single-stream recycling will eliminate the need forcounty residents to separate items into cardboard, glass,plastic, aluminum and other categories before recycling.Citizens will be able to dispose of all items in the samebox at county recycling centers.

According to the five-year contract, Waste Pro of Ocalawill be responsible for constructing a regional materialrecovery facility in Marion County as well as for trans-portation of the recyclables from county recycling cen-ters to the facility.

Marion County will receive 55 percent of the revenuefrom the sale of the recyclable material.

This revenue, combined with cost savings due to thenew recycling processes, is anticipated to cover the costof the expanded services.

According to the Florida Department of Environmen-tal Protection, Marion County currently ranks 10th outof Florida’s 67 counties in a statewide ranking of eachcounty’s adjusted recycling rate.

Marion County Solid Waste officials hope single-stream recycling will help improve that rate even more.

“We hope this enhancement of our recycling programwill increase Marion’s recycling rate and help reduce theamount of materials going into the landfill,” Mike Sims,Marion County Solid Waste Director said.

“Plus, recycling will be easier and less time-consum-ing for our residents – with no increase in cost to the de-partment or to the taxpayers.”

The single-stream recycling program is expected tobegin Sept. 1.

BY PATRICIA A. WOODBURYJune 2012 marks the 10th

anniversary of the Rev. Ed-ward Holloway Jr.’s call tobe the pastor at Joy Evan-gelical Lutheran Church aswell as marking his 30years since ordination. Thecongregation wanted tocelebrate this event andheld a dinner at the PalmGrove Auditorium in OakRun on Saturday, June 2.More than 160 members ofthe congregation attendedthe dinner with guests Pas-tor Anna Figuerio, St.Matthew’s LutheranChurch, Pastor AshleyNicolls, St John’s LutheranChurch, Summerfield andPastor Jim Young, Ascen-sion Lutheran Church.

Pastor Holloway camefrom Minnesota, where hereceived a bachelor’s de-

gree from the University ofMinnesota and his Masterof Divinity from North-western Lutheran Semi-nary. He also served in theU.S. Navy. He was a pastorin a small Lutheran churchin Monticello, Minnesotafrom 1982 to 1992 and thensenior pastor at ZionLutheran Church, CottageGrove, Minnesota for 10years before coming toFlorida.

Joy Council President,Jerry Hollnagel greetedeveryone to the not so very“Surprise Party” andthanked all for coming tocelebrate a friend, confi-dant and preacher. PastorYoung gave the invocationto begin the celebration.

Sharon Hickman-Besch,Joy Associate in Ministry,Music developed and di-

Pastor Holloway at Joy Lutheran honored on anniversaryrected a Musical Toast ofPastor Holloway coveringhis life events from birth tothe present. For his birth,the members were led inthe singing of “Jesus LovesMe.” Then the Joyful Notes(absent one note) withLinda Aker, Trudy Harrschand Ann Bellis, accompa-nied by Ardith Thomassang “Think About HisLove” for Pastor’s confir-mation. In honor of hisyears in the Navy, themembers all sang AnchorsAweigh. Warren Erickson,marked Pastor’s marriagein 1970 to Marsha bysinging a solo, “You’llNever Walk Alone.” TheJoyful Notes Trio then rec-ognized Pastor’s seminaryyears (1979-1982) with asong, “Life in Jesus.”

When Pastor Ed wascalled to Florida he ini-tially had to move alone sohe brought his dog withhim for company. So themembers all joined in totease him with the song“That Doggie in the Win-dow.” Pastor Ed has be-come known as the “pianoplaying singing pastor”which he often does at wor-ship services. Irene Hen-derson devoted this song tohim by singing “In MyHeart There Rings aMelody.” Lynn Barrett,sang a “Simple Song” forPastor’s future life. Finallythe Joy vocal choir sang“The Lord Bless You” forthe Benediction.

After a delicious mealcatered by the Oak RunCaterers, there was a lot of“toasting” of Pastor Hol-loway. A member of theoriginal Call Committeesaid that after interviewingmany potential pastors sheknew that Rev. Hollowaywould be the right one“just by the way he got outof the car” when coming tothe interview. The Commit-tee was looking for some-one who would be anavailable minister to hiscongregation and a goodlistener and Pastor Ed fitthose criteria.

One of the Stephen Min-isters commended PastorEd for his initiative inhelping to develop thisministry at Joy. Anothersaid she had learned whyPastor Ed was patient andwilling to wait because ashe said, “God is in control,you wait because it is al-ways in God’s time.” Otherspraised him for helpingthem through hard times,especially one who had aheart attack and heart sur-gery.

A new member said shewas so impressed with howPastor Ed does so much fora lot of people even whenthey are not members ofthe church such as, provid-ing weddings and bap-tisms. Another praisedPastor Ed’s inspiring DailyDevotionals on the churchwebsite, www.joyocala.org.

Pastor Ed was allowed to

have the last word at thisevent. However he had toadmit that he was quiteoverwhelmed by the manypositive comments. Hethanked his church stafffor all their devotion and

hard work and especiallythose who helped to putthis event together. He saidthis was like “grace” to himand coming to JoyLutheran Church was trulya gift.

Joy EvangelicalLutheran Church will holdits vacation Bible schoolfrom July 23 – 27 from 9a.m. to noon. All childrenfrom 5 years of age throughfifth grade are encouragedto attend and join the fun.The cost is $12 per childand scholarships are avail-able.

Vacation Bible School at JoyThis year the theme for

vacation bible school is“Adventures on Promise Is-land” where students dis-cover God’s lifesaving love.These students will learnGod’s Promises: God iswith you, God cares aboutyou, God gives you whatyou need,

God saves you and Godanswers you. They will seeGod at work in the lives ofthe Old Testament andNew Testament as Biblecharacters realize God’spromises are for them too.

Amid the swaying palmtrees, exotic wildlife andwelcoming sunshine thestudents will learn aboutthese promises through thegames, songs, crafts, andbible stories while enjoyingthe tasty snacks.

Registration for vacationBible school is availableduring the month of June,Monday through Fridayfrom 8:30 to 4 p.m. at thechurch office.

The program plannersare also looking for stu-dents in the 6th grade andolder plus some adults whowould like to volunteer andassist the teachers.

For further informationcontact the VBS Coordina-tor, Joan Greve at 352-304-8711 or the church office at352-854-4509 ext. 221.

Joy Lutheran Church isat 7045 S.W. 83rd Place atState Road 200, Ocala.

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Three graduating sen-iors in Marion County Pub-lic Schools know preciselywhat it means to always bethere, especially when itcomes to class.

Dustin Ciraco, WayneLivingston, and ElizabethTurner graduate with thehighest attendance rates in

the district for the Class of2012 – not missing a singleday of class during 13 yearsof school.

That’s 100 percent atten-dance — 2,340 out of 2,340days of class.

Ciraco graduated Satur-day from Forest HighSchool. In 1999, he en-

rolled in Marion County asa Pre-Kindergarten stu-dent at Shady Hill Elemen-tary.

Livingston graduatedfrom Vanguard High Fri-day. In 1999, he enrolled inMarion County as a Pre-Kstudent at Saddlewood El-ementary.

Turner graduated Thurs-day from North MarionHigh. In 1999, she enrolledas a Pre-K student at Fes-senden Elementary andlater attended North Mar-ion Middle.

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another important day inour history is June 14. Thisis known as “Flag Day”.This day commemoratesthe adoption of our flag.This was done by resolu-tion of the Second Conti-nental Congress in 1777.Many people had part inestablishing June 14 as our

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Among the manylovely things aboutour community, one

must be the beautiful mag-nolia trees that are part ofthe natural scenery. A sym-bol of southern charm, theyare stately, graceful, andbeautiful.

Basically, the magnoliasin Fairfield Village are ofthe type called Grandi-flora, the classic Southernmagnolia with large glossyleaves and huge, and oftenfragrant, white blossoms.But there are many differ-ent varieties as I found outwhen I did some research.

There is the Virginianawhich is a smaller tree andeasier to fit into most gar-

dens. Also there is theSoulangeana which areoften called tulip trees be-cause of the shape andbright color of their flow-ers.

These are deciduous anddo not tolerate heavy windor salt spray. Obviously, wewould not find them alongFlorida’s coastal areas.These bloom very earlyand are glorious when theyare in full bloom all overthe tree before the leavesappear.

There are some large-leafed magnolias oftengrown for use as shadetrees. Magnolias with yel-low blossoms and many oftheir possible hybrids aregenerally called Cucumbertrees.

The Oyama Magnolia isnative to western China.Its blooms are cup-shapedand drooping and are ex-tremely fragrant. Though Ihave only seen photos ofthese, I think that theymust be gorgeous whenthey can be a part of some-one’s garden.

One of the really goodthings about Magnolias in

The lavender colored blossoms of the Anne Magnolia(Tulip Tree) appear in early spring and only last a shorttime. (This tree originated in Tennessee, moved toGeorgia, then to California, before becoming a part ofthe Fairfield Village landscape.)

The magnolias of Fairfield Village

general is that they usuallydo not have any seriouspest or disease problems. Idid find out that it is rec-ommended that Magnoliasshould not be pruned toomuch as it is definitelylikely to endanger the tree.

As my accompanyingphotos show, the FairfieldMagnolia trees are a really

delightful part of our com-munity which we maysometimes take forgranted.

Perhaps, we should stopand admire their beautymore often as we take ourbrisk or casual walksthrough this neighborhoodmade up of “lively” and“lovely” people.

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Another important patriotic day is Flag Day on June 14

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national Flag Day. Amongthose who worked for thisrecognition was a man bythe name of Bernard J.Cigrand. He was a gradeschool teacher in Waubeka,Wisconsin. In 1885, Mr.Cigrand held the first rec-ognized formal observanceof Flag Day at the StonyHill School. Beginning inthe late 1880s Mr. Cigrandspoke around the countrypromoting patriotism, re-spect for the flag, and theneed for the annual obser-vance of a flag day on June14 - - we need someone likehim now, instead of the flagburners. Mr. Cigrand laterattended dental school inChicago. While there hecontinued his patrioticspeeches and writing formany magazines and news-papers. He is credited withbeing the “Father of FlagDay.” I understand that heis a distant relative of ourQuail Meadow residentPaul Cigrand!

Following right afterFlag Day is Father’s Day onSunday the 17th. Many

years ago I read statisticsthat said on Mother’s Daymore long distance phonecalls were made than onany other day of the year.However, this same reportsaid that on Father’s Daymore “collect” calls weremade than any other day!Remember these statisticsgo back to when we actu-ally spoke with an operatorto make a long distancecall – oh, the beauty of cellphones!

Father’s Day will be cel-ebrated on Sunday, the17th. The first time a bill tohave national recognitionof the holiday was intro-duced in Congress in 1913.In 1916, PresidentWoodrow Wilson went toSpokane, Washington, tospeak at a Father's Day cel-ebration and wanted tomake it official, but Con-gress resisted, fearing thatit would become commer-cialized. In 1924, President

Calvin Coolidge recom-mended that the day be ob-served by the nation, butstopped short of issuing anational proclamation.Two earlier attempts to for-mally recognize the holi-day had been defeated byCongress. In 1957, SenatorMargaret Chase Smithwrote a proposal accusingCongress of ignoring fa-thers for 40 years whilehonoring mothers, thus"singling” out just one ofour two parents. In 1966,President Lyndon B. John-son issued the first presi-dential proclamationhonoring fathers, designat-ing the third Sunday inJune as Father's Day. Sixyears later in 1972, the daywas made a permanent na-tional holiday when Presi-dent Richard Nixon signedit into law. Happy Father’sDay!

Did anyone observeVenus passing in front of

the sun? It’s probably agood thing it was cloudy allday, so we weren’t temptedto go out and look at thesun without the proper eyeprotection. This eventwon’t take place again untilthe year 2117. I don’t thinkany of us will be around tosee it.

Just a reminder: Pleaseobserve the watering re-strictions of only 2-days perweek. With the showers weare having, there is noneed to waste the water onour lawns. The restrictionsalso apply to those withtheir own wells – the watercomes from the same un-derground water source.Restrictions are: odd num-ber addresses water onlyon Wednesday and Satur-day; even number ad-dresses – Thursday andSunday. There is no water-ing allowed between 10a.m. and 4 p.m.

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“CARE is a wonderfulhands-on approach thathelps caregivers deal withthe behavioral changes thattoo often accompany thesedisorders – one of the biggeststressors for caregivers,” saidDr. Jane F. Potter, chief of theDivision of Geriatrics and

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“The preferred environ-ment for those with dementiais generally at home,” saidPotter, who served on the ex-pert panel to help developcontent for the Alzheimer’sCARE Training Program.

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the number of female births are much lower than malebirths reported in earlier statistics. These lower femalebirths are in direct contrast to past reports which showedopposite numbers.

Planned Parenthood and other such abortion organi-zations are not concerned whether they abort males orfemales — they care only about the funding that abortionbrings. However, these abortionists welcome anotherreason for parents to abort their children, and sex-se-lection abortions add to the category of reasons.

Planned Parenthood is a leader in advising parentshow to time sonograms to determine the gender of theunborn for purposes of positively producing a malechild. Gender of the unborn can be determined by sono-gram at about five months gestation — but now sonogramis not the only means of determining gender — now themother’s blood can be tested early in the pregnancy todetermine gender. This is a recent discovery which willenable even larger numbers of unborn females to beaborted.

Why is the public so shocked at the discovery of sex-se-lection abortion? It is completely within the despicable“law” known as Roe vs. Wade. Parents can abort their un-born children at any stage of gestation, for any reason,or for no reason at all. Shouldn’t we have known thatthere would be parents with no personal, moral, or so-cial ethics who would prefer designing their own childusing abortion as the tool of preference?

The killing of baby girls by abortion or at birth is per-vasive in China due to the One Child policy and a pref-erence for sons. We have often heard pro-abortionAmerican politicians denounce China for its extremepopulation control program while at the same time thesesame politicians support and promote abortion in theirown country. Now these same politicians are supportingand promoting sex-selection abortions in the USA as if itis a normal part of life and their political agenda.

The Congressional Democrats recently voted downwhat would have been a ban on sex-selection abortions.These Democratic supporters of targeted abortion of fe-males publicly stated that “this bill to ban sex-selectionabortions is the latest tactic in the War on Women.” Arethese politicians brain damaged or are they hoping thatthe public is brain dead? What is pro-woman aboutkilling a baby girl simply because she is female?

President Obama who fathered two daughters himselfhas promoted and supported abortion during his entirepublic life. He is now revealing extreme discriminationagainst women by supporting the killing of baby girlssimply because they are female. This is barbaric activityand has no place in civilized society. This has passed be-yond civilization into moral decadence.

Is this the tipping point in America for abortion? In re-cent years reliable polling has shown that more than halfthe citizens in the USA are pro-life and against abortionat any stage for any reason. Is this newly revealed sex-selection abortion the incentive that will spur those whoare undecided to take a stand for life? May it be so.

Mabel RyanPresident Life Education Ministry, Inc.

LETTERS continued from Page 6 HappeningsThursday, June 14NARFE to meet

The National Association of Retired Federal Employ-ees and spouses Chapter 2279 will meet at the Olive Gar-den restaurant in Ocala on Thursday, June 14, at 1 p.m.for lunch and a short meeting.

Friday, June 15Elder Abuse Symposium scheduled

A former star of the television show “Father KnowsBest” will be featured in the Ocala Elder Abuse Sympo-sium, to be conducted Friday, June 15, from 10 a.m. to 2p.m. at the Ewers Century Center, College of CentralFlorida.

The event is free and open to the public. People areencouraged to wear something purple.

The event will feature Lauren Chapin, who played theyoungest child on the famed television show of the 1950s.

To reserve a spot call 1-888-902-3011, ext. 7920.

Saturday, June 16Are you interested in publishing?

Interested in publishing? On Saturday, June 16, from10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Friends of Freedom Public Li-brary present guest speaker Rik Feeney, book coach,consultant and author of more than 48 books, reports andCDs. Mark your calendars and join us for his presenta-tion Publishing in 2012 and Beyond in the library’s meet-ing room. Feeney is a dynamic speaker possessing awealth of knowledge in the field of publishing. Seatingis limited; admittance will be on a first come, first servedbasis.

Wednesday, June 20Women to mark summer solstice

Women from diverse faith and cultural backgroundsare invited to celebrate the summer solstice on Wednes-day, June 20, when The Interfaith Alliance of MarionCounty (TIA) holds a potluck luncheon at the First Chris-tian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Ocala. The church,located at 1908 S.E. Fort King St., will open the doors to

its Fellowship Hall at 11:30 a.m. for this “women’s gath-ering” after which speakers will discuss the manner inwhich the longest day of the year is observed throughoutthe northern hemisphere.

“While we can’t do bonfires on the beach or dancearound Stonehenge, we can have the joy of sharing thewarmth of our common humanity as we learn how peo-ple of differing traditions have saluted the power of thesun since the beginning of recorded history,” commentedKay Marks, TIA board member and co-hostess with othermembers of the church’s Christian Action Committee.

The Interfaith Alliance of Marion County works toopen windows of opportunity for mutual understandingby celebrating community, compassion and civilityamong people of good will no matter what their beliefsystem. Please RSVP by emailing TIAofMarionCoun-tyFL@gmail.com or by telephoning Delphine Herbert at352-873-9970.

Thursday, June 21Air Force Association to meet

The Red Tail Memorial Chapter 136 of the Air ForceAssociation will hold its June meeting on Thursday the21st at 7 p.m. The location is the Ocala Regional AirportAdministration Building, 750 S.W. 60th Ave., Ocala.

Everyone is welcome.

Saturday, June 23Women’s Ministry Super Saturday

Women’s Ministry Super Saturday Special: "Dot to Dot"Living. Special speaker will be Linda Bellows. Enjoy alight brunch, door prizes and an opportunity to meetChristian friends. For additional information: 352-861-6182, www.ccomc.org. Christ's Church of Marion Countyis located at 6768 S.W. 80th St., just off State Road 200.

Moose to sponsor golf tournament

A four person best ball golf tournament will be held onJune 23 at Marion Oaks Country Club. Longest drive andclosest to the pin contests are part of the fun. Mulliganswill be available for purchase.

Tee time is 8 a.m. with a shotgun start. This 18-holeevent will offer free coffee, donuts, prizes and plenty oflaughs followed by a ½ chicken and fixin’s lunch at WestMarion Moose Lodge.

For more information call Joe Edel, 352-238-1485, FredPulis, 352-854-9976 or signup sheets are available at WestMarion Moose Lodge 352-854-2200. Golf outing is open toMoose members and guests.

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The organization’s mis-sion is to advance theknowledge of horology (thestudy of time keeping). Thelocal chapter’s member-ship is made up of collec-tors and craftsman ofclocks and watches. Thechapter covers Marion,Alachua, Citrus, Lake,Levy, Sumter and Her-nando counties.

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I had never seen such abasket before. I really didnot know too much aboutthe church and now I can-not remember exactly whyI was invited to preachthere. Be that as it may, Iwas greatly curious aboutthe basket next to the pul-pit. I did not know if it wasa wastebasket or if perhaps

it was the offering basketand the congregationwould fill it up before theservice was over.

So, I ask my host whatthe basket was next to thepulpit.

“That’s where we keepthe rattlesnake,” he saidrather passively.

“Say what!”“That basket there is

where we keep the rat-tlesnake that we use in ourservice.”

I can take a joke and giveit a joke back with the bestof them. I responded with ahearty laugh.

“Ha, Ha, Ha,” I saidgood-naturedly. “Really,what is that basket for?”

I could see my host wasnot the least bit amusedwith my persistent inquiry.

“I said,” he said rathersternly, “that’s where wekeep our rattlesnake forour church service.”

He then stared at me fora few moments and thensaid, “I don’t think we’llneed it in our servicetoday. You don’t look likeyou have enough faith.”

Inside me, I sighed adeep sigh of relief. There isa time when I want to bol-ster my faith, but in the cir-cumstance before me, I didnot want enough faith tohandle some rattlesnake.One of the tenants of my re-ligion is to run as fast as Ican away from any and allrattlesnakes. It is one partof my religion I take ratherseriously.

My host tried explainingto me what was going on.He pointed to a passage inMark 16:17-18 (KJV) , “Andthese signs shall followthem that believe; In myname shall they cast outdevils; they shall speakwith new tongues; Theyshall take up serpents; andif they drink any deadlything, it shall not hurtthem; they shall lay handson the sick, and they shallrecover.”

My first reaction was tothink he was pulling thewool over my eyes, so tospeak, and I almostlaughed out loud. I caughtmyself in time when I real-ized this man was serious.According to him, he couldhave enough faith in God topick up the poisonous rat-tlesnake and if it bit him, it

would not hurt him at all.According to their reli-

gion, when they are truly“in the Spirit,” they havethe power to pick up a poi-sonous rattlesnake, and ifit bites you, it will not hurtyou. They keep the basketcontaining a rattlesnake inthe front of the church forwhen such an occasionarises. I was hoping itwould not arise during mytime in the pulpit. All dur-ing my sermon, I could nothelp casting a wistful eyein the general direction ofthe basket next to the pul-pit.

At one point, I thought Idid see the basket move.

I yelled at this point,which excited the congre-gation thinking I had got-ten “in the spirit,” and theneverybody cast a wistfuleye in the direction of thebasket.

I respect other people’sviews on everything, I sup-pose. However, there aresome things I have diffi-culty wrapping my tiredbrain around. This has tobe one of them. How youcan pull the bit about therattlesnake out of thatverse of Scripture and ig-nore the rest of it is reallybeyond me.

Religion will make youdo many silly things thathave no sanity behindthem.

Many people just gothrough the motions not re-ally knowing why they aredoing what they are doing.

At least the snake han-dlers have a little bit of ex-citement in their services.Nothing I want to experi-ence, but then who am I tocriticize.

I rest my faith upon theScripture. Particularly, “Sothen faith cometh by hear-ing, and hearing by theword of God” (Romans10:17 KJV).

My faith keeps me awayfrom poisonous rat-tlesnakes.

The Rev. James L. Sny-der is pastor of the Familyof God Fellowship, Ocala.He lives with his wife,Martha, in Silver SpringsShores. Call him at 352-687-4240 or e-mail jamess-nyder2@att.net. Thechurch website iswww.whatafellowship.com

Snake, rattle and roll in the aisles

JamesSnyder

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Ocala, FL 34481; or e-maileditor@westmarionmessenger.com Opinion

� Among Friends �

� On Point �

Time to honor all the dads out therePrimariesneed anoverhaul

Basically, in this country, we havea two-party system. Yes, thereare other parties and there is the

ability to be a write-in candidate, butusually it’s Republicans vs. Demcorats.

With the closing of qualifying lastweek, the local political races are set,and it’s evident from the lists put outby the supervisor of elections thatFlorida’s primary system needs somework.

There are several races where thereare no Democrats, meaning that theRepublican candidates who survivethe primary should be automaticallyelected. But state law says that if some-one else qualifies for the election inNovember, there must be an electionthen, even if onemajor party or an-other is not repre-sented.

By doing this,the state disenfranchises voters of theparty that is not represented on theballot.

This year, for example, there is onlyone Democrat running for CountyCommission – Jessica “Cookie” Hadleyin District 5. So having the electionspread out to November is perfectly le-gitimate.

However, the other two commissionraces will carry over to November, be-cause there are write-in candidates inboth races.

Facing the facts, the winner of theAugust primary for Republicans, inwhich Democrats can’t vote, will prob-ably be the winner in November inDistricts 1 and 3.

What this means is that Democratswill have little say in who representsthose districts. True, they could votefor the write-in candidate, but that’snot likely.

The change should be simple. Theprimary should be open to both partieswhen there is a write-in candidate,much as it already is open where thereare candidates of only one party. Thenthe entire thing could be decided byeveryone in the primary, without theexpense, or farce, of taking the race tothe general election.

Better still, the state could changewrite-in candidates to what that type ofcandidate originally was – someonewhose name was written in withoutany previous qualifying.

Many agree that the write-in systemis a ploy to disenfranchise one party oranother. It’s time to end that possibility.

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Your Letters

Jackie Porter tellsher side of the story

I write this letter asking you to considerhelping me get my side of the story out toyour readers.

The Star-Banner continually attacks mein their editorials. They allow letters tothe editor that are lies and they do notfact check the content.

I will not be bullied by their relentlesssmearing of my name, and will not re-treat.

At age 25, in 1984, I had a vision andopened my first retail plant nursery andgarden center. I did not marry into thebusiness (I married in 1981) I sold my per-sonal car for the down payment for thefirst Porter’s store property, there was noPorter family fortune. I stood up againstthe big box stores for 20 years, sold my in-terest in the business when it was stillthriving, and I retired. I am truly a busi-ness person with hard work ethics, hon-esty and integrity. My customer servicewas top notch, my employees trusted andrespected me.

The school system should be run thesame way — not by a sword and not withfear of retaliation. Students, parents, em-ployees and taxpayers should be heardand their ideas and solutions taken intoconsideration. I have exposed the wasteof taxpayers’ money, most identified to meby stakeholders (employees and taxpay-ers). I do listen and take action. I havestood up for the taxpayers, children andemployees during my four-year term asan elected School Board member, and fordoing so been demonized.

I will fund the needs of our classroomsfirst. My three opponents are current six-figure salaried school administrators whohave a combined 70 years employed withMarion County Public schools, takinghome week after week a pay check fromyou. They still do not have the right for-mula for educating our students. MarionCounty Public Schools rank 44th out of 67school districts, this is unacceptable. Wehave the opportunity to take back ourschool system. I am not status quo. I wasnot status quo in the retail world of bigbox stores but I succeeded and, with thecommunity, we will succeed in educatingour children to their fullest potential andreach my goal to be in the top 20 schooldistricts in the state. Our children de-serve it, our community deserves it.

I need your vote in the Republican pri-mary for Superintendent of Schools, onAug. 14. You will not be disappointed.

Jackie Porter

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editor and guest columns.� Persons wishing to contact the editor should call 854-3986.� All letters must be signed and include a phone number and community name,

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Jim Clark

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This Sunday is Father’s Day, a daythat doesn’t get near as much atten-tion as Mother’s Day, but one that

honors some of the unsung heroes in ournation.

We’re always hearing bad stories aboutfathers; just this past week there was amega church minister who allegedly beathis daughter, for example.

But for every father who has gotten intotrouble, there are thousands, no, millions,who have done the right things all theirlives and been there for their children.

This week it’s time to honor them, andthose who are fortunate enough to havetheir dads still around should do so.

The family gatherings, the flowers, etc.,aren’t the same for the third Sunday inJune as they are for the second Sunday inMay, but it’s just as important to honor dadas much as you honor mom.

At some point, most of us lose our fa-thers and all we are left with are memo-ries.

My dad died in 2004 after a seven-yearbattle with dementia, which manifesteditself, to the rest of the family, anyway,after my mom died in 1997.

It can be a tough road. I am fortunate tohave a wife who was a fabulous caregiver.Dad went into an assisted living facilityshortly after mom died, and my wife vol-unteered there, visited regularly and evenran their bingo program.

I tried to visit often, but many times Iwas out of town working and couldn’t takepart in some of the activities.

Dad was a World War II veteran of theChina-India-Burma Theater. He was bornand raised in East St. Louis, Illinois, and Iremember spending a couple of weeks outthere every August (it was brutally hot) aswe visited on our annual vacation.

One year I flew out two weeks early, andgot to stay for a month with my grandpar-ents. Yes, you read it right. In those days Ieven flew sometimes.

East St. Louis, I understand, has deteri-orated over the years, but then it was agreat place to visit.

My dad took me all over the Northeast,visiting historical sites. He was a memberof a group called the Catholic War Veter-ans, and once was the keynote speaker onMemorial Day (we always had a parade).

I still miss him, and sometimes wish Icould just say hello. For those of you whostill have that chance, don’t let it pass by.

And to all the dads out there, happy Fa-ther’s Day.

Jim Clark is the editor of the West Mar-ion Messenger. He can be reached at 352-854-3986 or ateditor@westmarionmessenger.com.

Sex-selection abortionAmerica’s liberal faction has “crossed

the Rubicon” and taken a decisive, irrev-ocable step which reveals forever theirlack of concern for women of any age orcircumstance, and has shown their de-ceptive, insincere opposition to discrimi-nation.

It lays open the hypocrisy of the liberalfeminism movement whose doctrine pre-tends to advocate for “women’s rights.” Itreveals their real goal, population control:Abort more unborn female babies whichequals less women to bear more children.This is not a new objective but one thathas been in operation for decades, albeitcarefully disguised for public consump-tion.

Targeting unborn females for abortionis nothing new in the USA, but until therecent public exposure of Planned Par-enthood’s gender-specific abortions, itwas not widely known by the public. Oneonly has to read recent reports by the Cen-ter for Disease Control (CDC) to learn that

Please see LETTERS, Page 10

The local Home InsteadSenior Care office is offeringa unique approach to helpOcala area families managethe challenges of Alzheimer’sand other dementias, dis-eases that eventually rob sen-iors of their memories andindependence. Free trainingfor families caring for theseolder adults is now availablethrough online e-learningmodules, available at Help-ForAlzheimersFamilies.com.

The Alzheimer’s or OtherDementias CARE: ChangingAging through Research andEducationSM Training Pro-gram offers a personal ap-proach to help families carefor seniors with Alzheimer’sdisease at home, where 60 to70 percent live, according tothe Alzheimer’s Association.

“Until there is a cure, weoffer an interim solution,”said Jim Samuelson, ownerof the Home Instead SeniorCare office serving MarionCounty.

The foundation of theAlzheimer’s CARE TrainingProgram is an approachcalled “Capturing Life’s Jour-ney®” that involves gatheringstories and experiencesabout the senior to help care-givers provide comfort whilehonoring the individual’spast. Because people withAlzheimer’s disease have dif-ficulty with short-term mem-ory, the Capturing Life’sJourney approach taps intolong-term memory.

The Home Instead SeniorCare network assembled thetop experts in Alzheimer’sdisease to develop the CAREapproach. “The trainingwe’re offering to families isthe same kind of training ourprofessional CAREGiversSMreceive,” he noted.

ManagingAlzheimer’schallenges

Please see CARE, Page 10

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Ocala, FL 34481; or e-maileditor@westmarionmessenger.com Opinion

� Among Friends �

� On Point �

Time to honor all the dads out therePrimariesneed anoverhaul

Basically, in this country, we havea two-party system. Yes, thereare other parties and there is the

ability to be a write-in candidate, butusually it’s Republicans vs. Demcorats.

With the closing of qualifying lastweek, the local political races are set,and it’s evident from the lists put outby the supervisor of elections thatFlorida’s primary system needs somework.

There are several races where thereare no Democrats, meaning that theRepublican candidates who survivethe primary should be automaticallyelected. But state law says that if some-one else qualifies for the election inNovember, there must be an electionthen, even if onemajor party or an-other is not repre-sented.

By doing this,the state disenfranchises voters of theparty that is not represented on theballot.

This year, for example, there is onlyone Democrat running for CountyCommission – Jessica “Cookie” Hadleyin District 5. So having the electionspread out to November is perfectly le-gitimate.

However, the other two commissionraces will carry over to November, be-cause there are write-in candidates inboth races.

Facing the facts, the winner of theAugust primary for Republicans, inwhich Democrats can’t vote, will prob-ably be the winner in November inDistricts 1 and 3.

What this means is that Democratswill have little say in who representsthose districts. True, they could votefor the write-in candidate, but that’snot likely.

The change should be simple. Theprimary should be open to both partieswhen there is a write-in candidate,much as it already is open where thereare candidates of only one party. Thenthe entire thing could be decided byeveryone in the primary, without theexpense, or farce, of taking the race tothe general election.

Better still, the state could changewrite-in candidates to what that type ofcandidate originally was – someonewhose name was written in withoutany previous qualifying.

Many agree that the write-in systemis a ploy to disenfranchise one party oranother. It’s time to end that possibility.

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Editorial

Your Letters

Jackie Porter tellsher side of the story

I write this letter asking you to considerhelping me get my side of the story out toyour readers.

The Star-Banner continually attacks mein their editorials. They allow letters tothe editor that are lies and they do notfact check the content.

I will not be bullied by their relentlesssmearing of my name, and will not re-treat.

At age 25, in 1984, I had a vision andopened my first retail plant nursery andgarden center. I did not marry into thebusiness (I married in 1981) I sold my per-sonal car for the down payment for thefirst Porter’s store property, there was noPorter family fortune. I stood up againstthe big box stores for 20 years, sold my in-terest in the business when it was stillthriving, and I retired. I am truly a busi-ness person with hard work ethics, hon-esty and integrity. My customer servicewas top notch, my employees trusted andrespected me.

The school system should be run thesame way — not by a sword and not withfear of retaliation. Students, parents, em-ployees and taxpayers should be heardand their ideas and solutions taken intoconsideration. I have exposed the wasteof taxpayers’ money, most identified to meby stakeholders (employees and taxpay-ers). I do listen and take action. I havestood up for the taxpayers, children andemployees during my four-year term asan elected School Board member, and fordoing so been demonized.

I will fund the needs of our classroomsfirst. My three opponents are current six-figure salaried school administrators whohave a combined 70 years employed withMarion County Public schools, takinghome week after week a pay check fromyou. They still do not have the right for-mula for educating our students. MarionCounty Public Schools rank 44th out of 67school districts, this is unacceptable. Wehave the opportunity to take back ourschool system. I am not status quo. I wasnot status quo in the retail world of bigbox stores but I succeeded and, with thecommunity, we will succeed in educatingour children to their fullest potential andreach my goal to be in the top 20 schooldistricts in the state. Our children de-serve it, our community deserves it.

I need your vote in the Republican pri-mary for Superintendent of Schools, onAug. 14. You will not be disappointed.

Jackie Porter

Reader Opinions Invited� The opinions expressed in West Marion Messenger editorials are the opinions

of the editorial board of the newspaper.� Viewpoints depicted in political cartoons, columns or letters do not necessar-

ily represent the opinion of the editorial board.� Groups or individuals are invited to express their opinions in letters to the

editor and guest columns.� Persons wishing to contact the editor should call 854-3986.� All letters must be signed and include a phone number and community name,

including letters sent via e-mail. Names and communities will be printed; phonenumbers will not be published or given out.

� We reserve the right to edit letters for length, libel, fairness and good taste.Not all contributons are printed.

� Letters longer than 350 words may be regarded as columns and printed on aspace-available basis, and writers will be limited to one contribution per week. Thedeadline is one week prior to each Wednesday’s issue.

� Send letters to: The West Marion Messenger Editor, 8810 S.W. State Road 200,suite 104, Ocala, FL 34481; or e-mail editor@westmarionmessenger.com.

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(352) 438-2520 Open Daily 10am-4pm Saturdays 10am-2pm

ALL HARDCOVER $ 1 PAPERBACKS all sizes 25¢

(Specialty priced books not included)

8602 SW Highway 200, Next to Little Joeys in Big Lots Shopping Center , Ocala, FL 34481 www.drcoinshop.com • drcoinshop@gmail.com

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Jim Clark

Editor

This Sunday is Father’s Day, a daythat doesn’t get near as much atten-tion as Mother’s Day, but one that

honors some of the unsung heroes in ournation.

We’re always hearing bad stories aboutfathers; just this past week there was amega church minister who allegedly beathis daughter, for example.

But for every father who has gotten intotrouble, there are thousands, no, millions,who have done the right things all theirlives and been there for their children.

This week it’s time to honor them, andthose who are fortunate enough to havetheir dads still around should do so.

The family gatherings, the flowers, etc.,aren’t the same for the third Sunday inJune as they are for the second Sunday inMay, but it’s just as important to honor dadas much as you honor mom.

At some point, most of us lose our fa-thers and all we are left with are memo-ries.

My dad died in 2004 after a seven-yearbattle with dementia, which manifesteditself, to the rest of the family, anyway,after my mom died in 1997.

It can be a tough road. I am fortunate tohave a wife who was a fabulous caregiver.Dad went into an assisted living facilityshortly after mom died, and my wife vol-unteered there, visited regularly and evenran their bingo program.

I tried to visit often, but many times Iwas out of town working and couldn’t takepart in some of the activities.

Dad was a World War II veteran of theChina-India-Burma Theater. He was bornand raised in East St. Louis, Illinois, and Iremember spending a couple of weeks outthere every August (it was brutally hot) aswe visited on our annual vacation.

One year I flew out two weeks early, andgot to stay for a month with my grandpar-ents. Yes, you read it right. In those days Ieven flew sometimes.

East St. Louis, I understand, has deteri-orated over the years, but then it was agreat place to visit.

My dad took me all over the Northeast,visiting historical sites. He was a memberof a group called the Catholic War Veter-ans, and once was the keynote speaker onMemorial Day (we always had a parade).

I still miss him, and sometimes wish Icould just say hello. For those of you whostill have that chance, don’t let it pass by.

And to all the dads out there, happy Fa-ther’s Day.

Jim Clark is the editor of the West Mar-ion Messenger. He can be reached at 352-854-3986 or ateditor@westmarionmessenger.com.

Sex-selection abortionAmerica’s liberal faction has “crossed

the Rubicon” and taken a decisive, irrev-ocable step which reveals forever theirlack of concern for women of any age orcircumstance, and has shown their de-ceptive, insincere opposition to discrimi-nation.

It lays open the hypocrisy of the liberalfeminism movement whose doctrine pre-tends to advocate for “women’s rights.” Itreveals their real goal, population control:Abort more unborn female babies whichequals less women to bear more children.This is not a new objective but one thathas been in operation for decades, albeitcarefully disguised for public consump-tion.

Targeting unborn females for abortionis nothing new in the USA, but until therecent public exposure of Planned Par-enthood’s gender-specific abortions, itwas not widely known by the public. Oneonly has to read recent reports by the Cen-ter for Disease Control (CDC) to learn that

Please see LETTERS, Page 10

The local Home InsteadSenior Care office is offeringa unique approach to helpOcala area families managethe challenges of Alzheimer’sand other dementias, dis-eases that eventually rob sen-iors of their memories andindependence. Free trainingfor families caring for theseolder adults is now availablethrough online e-learningmodules, available at Help-ForAlzheimersFamilies.com.

The Alzheimer’s or OtherDementias CARE: ChangingAging through Research andEducationSM Training Pro-gram offers a personal ap-proach to help families carefor seniors with Alzheimer’sdisease at home, where 60 to70 percent live, according tothe Alzheimer’s Association.

“Until there is a cure, weoffer an interim solution,”said Jim Samuelson, ownerof the Home Instead SeniorCare office serving MarionCounty.

The foundation of theAlzheimer’s CARE TrainingProgram is an approachcalled “Capturing Life’s Jour-ney®” that involves gatheringstories and experiencesabout the senior to help care-givers provide comfort whilehonoring the individual’spast. Because people withAlzheimer’s disease have dif-ficulty with short-term mem-ory, the Capturing Life’sJourney approach taps intolong-term memory.

The Home Instead SeniorCare network assembled thetop experts in Alzheimer’sdisease to develop the CAREapproach. “The trainingwe’re offering to families isthe same kind of training ourprofessional CAREGiversSMreceive,” he noted.

ManagingAlzheimer’schallenges

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Chapter 156 of the Na-tional Association of Watchand Clock Collectors willmeet on the fourth Sundayof each month, except De-cember, at VFW Post 4781,9401 S.E. 110th St., Ocala,off State Road 200 behindSims Furniture. Doorsopen at 8 a.m.

The organization’s mis-sion is to advance theknowledge of horology (thestudy of time keeping). Thelocal chapter’s member-ship is made up of collec-tors and craftsman ofclocks and watches. Thechapter covers Marion,Alachua, Citrus, Lake,Levy, Sumter and Her-nando counties.

The meetings consist of ageneral membership meet-ing, mart, and presenta-tion. The presentationtopics are on repair and

maintenance of clocks andwatches and related sub-jects. The public is wel-come. There is a $2 feewhich covers refreshments

and expenses.For information, contact

Jim Beeman at 352-369-3924.

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Iwould agree with theidea that religioncomes in all shapes,

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Every religion has somesort of litmus test for faith.It is in this area of religionthat smacks so loudly of in-sanity. Superstition, re-gardless of the basis, is onegreat common denomina-tor of all religion. It is notthat I mind superstition; Ijust do not want it associ-ated with my religion.

I read in the newspaperheadlines just this week apastor was killed by a rat-tlesnake bite. I had almostforgotten this sort of thingwent on in our sophisti-cated, “enlightened”world.

As a young preacher, Iwas visiting a congregationin Kentucky as the guestspeaker for that Sunday.Never mind the town orthe church that is besidethe point.

I got to the church a littleearly and was escortedaround the church lookingat the facilities. Then theytook me into the sanctuarywhere I could look at thepulpit and the sanctuarywhere I would be preach-ing.

Being the observant per-son that I am, I noticed abasket next to the pulpit.

I had never seen such abasket before. I really didnot know too much aboutthe church and now I can-not remember exactly whyI was invited to preachthere. Be that as it may, Iwas greatly curious aboutthe basket next to the pul-pit. I did not know if it wasa wastebasket or if perhaps

it was the offering basketand the congregationwould fill it up before theservice was over.

So, I ask my host whatthe basket was next to thepulpit.

“That’s where we keepthe rattlesnake,” he saidrather passively.

“Say what!”“That basket there is

where we keep the rat-tlesnake that we use in ourservice.”

I can take a joke and giveit a joke back with the bestof them. I responded with ahearty laugh.

“Ha, Ha, Ha,” I saidgood-naturedly. “Really,what is that basket for?”

I could see my host wasnot the least bit amusedwith my persistent inquiry.

“I said,” he said rathersternly, “that’s where wekeep our rattlesnake forour church service.”

He then stared at me fora few moments and thensaid, “I don’t think we’llneed it in our servicetoday. You don’t look likeyou have enough faith.”

Inside me, I sighed adeep sigh of relief. There isa time when I want to bol-ster my faith, but in the cir-cumstance before me, I didnot want enough faith tohandle some rattlesnake.One of the tenants of my re-ligion is to run as fast as Ican away from any and allrattlesnakes. It is one partof my religion I take ratherseriously.

My host tried explainingto me what was going on.He pointed to a passage inMark 16:17-18 (KJV) , “Andthese signs shall followthem that believe; In myname shall they cast outdevils; they shall speakwith new tongues; Theyshall take up serpents; andif they drink any deadlything, it shall not hurtthem; they shall lay handson the sick, and they shallrecover.”

My first reaction was tothink he was pulling thewool over my eyes, so tospeak, and I almostlaughed out loud. I caughtmyself in time when I real-ized this man was serious.According to him, he couldhave enough faith in God topick up the poisonous rat-tlesnake and if it bit him, it

would not hurt him at all.According to their reli-

gion, when they are truly“in the Spirit,” they havethe power to pick up a poi-sonous rattlesnake, and ifit bites you, it will not hurtyou. They keep the basketcontaining a rattlesnake inthe front of the church forwhen such an occasionarises. I was hoping itwould not arise during mytime in the pulpit. All dur-ing my sermon, I could nothelp casting a wistful eyein the general direction ofthe basket next to the pul-pit.

At one point, I thought Idid see the basket move.

I yelled at this point,which excited the congre-gation thinking I had got-ten “in the spirit,” and theneverybody cast a wistfuleye in the direction of thebasket.

I respect other people’sviews on everything, I sup-pose. However, there aresome things I have diffi-culty wrapping my tiredbrain around. This has tobe one of them. How youcan pull the bit about therattlesnake out of thatverse of Scripture and ig-nore the rest of it is reallybeyond me.

Religion will make youdo many silly things thathave no sanity behindthem.

Many people just gothrough the motions not re-ally knowing why they aredoing what they are doing.

At least the snake han-dlers have a little bit of ex-citement in their services.Nothing I want to experi-ence, but then who am I tocriticize.

I rest my faith upon theScripture. Particularly, “Sothen faith cometh by hear-ing, and hearing by theword of God” (Romans10:17 KJV).

My faith keeps me awayfrom poisonous rat-tlesnakes.

The Rev. James L. Sny-der is pastor of the Familyof God Fellowship, Ocala.He lives with his wife,Martha, in Silver SpringsShores. Call him at 352-687-4240 or e-mail jamess-nyder2@att.net. Thechurch website iswww.whatafellowship.com

Snake, rattle and roll in the aisles

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Planned Parenthood and other such abortion organi-zations are not concerned whether they abort males orfemales — they care only about the funding that abortionbrings. However, these abortionists welcome anotherreason for parents to abort their children, and sex-se-lection abortions add to the category of reasons.

Planned Parenthood is a leader in advising parentshow to time sonograms to determine the gender of theunborn for purposes of positively producing a malechild. Gender of the unborn can be determined by sono-gram at about five months gestation — but now sonogramis not the only means of determining gender — now themother’s blood can be tested early in the pregnancy todetermine gender. This is a recent discovery which willenable even larger numbers of unborn females to beaborted.

Why is the public so shocked at the discovery of sex-se-lection abortion? It is completely within the despicable“law” known as Roe vs. Wade. Parents can abort their un-born children at any stage of gestation, for any reason,or for no reason at all. Shouldn’t we have known thatthere would be parents with no personal, moral, or so-cial ethics who would prefer designing their own childusing abortion as the tool of preference?

The killing of baby girls by abortion or at birth is per-vasive in China due to the One Child policy and a pref-erence for sons. We have often heard pro-abortionAmerican politicians denounce China for its extremepopulation control program while at the same time thesesame politicians support and promote abortion in theirown country. Now these same politicians are supportingand promoting sex-selection abortions in the USA as if itis a normal part of life and their political agenda.

The Congressional Democrats recently voted downwhat would have been a ban on sex-selection abortions.These Democratic supporters of targeted abortion of fe-males publicly stated that “this bill to ban sex-selectionabortions is the latest tactic in the War on Women.” Arethese politicians brain damaged or are they hoping thatthe public is brain dead? What is pro-woman aboutkilling a baby girl simply because she is female?

President Obama who fathered two daughters himselfhas promoted and supported abortion during his entirepublic life. He is now revealing extreme discriminationagainst women by supporting the killing of baby girlssimply because they are female. This is barbaric activityand has no place in civilized society. This has passed be-yond civilization into moral decadence.

Is this the tipping point in America for abortion? In re-cent years reliable polling has shown that more than halfthe citizens in the USA are pro-life and against abortionat any stage for any reason. Is this newly revealed sex-selection abortion the incentive that will spur those whoare undecided to take a stand for life? May it be so.

Mabel RyanPresident Life Education Ministry, Inc.

LETTERS continued from Page 6 HappeningsThursday, June 14NARFE to meet

The National Association of Retired Federal Employ-ees and spouses Chapter 2279 will meet at the Olive Gar-den restaurant in Ocala on Thursday, June 14, at 1 p.m.for lunch and a short meeting.

Friday, June 15Elder Abuse Symposium scheduled

A former star of the television show “Father KnowsBest” will be featured in the Ocala Elder Abuse Sympo-sium, to be conducted Friday, June 15, from 10 a.m. to 2p.m. at the Ewers Century Center, College of CentralFlorida.

The event is free and open to the public. People areencouraged to wear something purple.

The event will feature Lauren Chapin, who played theyoungest child on the famed television show of the 1950s.

To reserve a spot call 1-888-902-3011, ext. 7920.

Saturday, June 16Are you interested in publishing?

Interested in publishing? On Saturday, June 16, from10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Friends of Freedom Public Li-brary present guest speaker Rik Feeney, book coach,consultant and author of more than 48 books, reports andCDs. Mark your calendars and join us for his presenta-tion Publishing in 2012 and Beyond in the library’s meet-ing room. Feeney is a dynamic speaker possessing awealth of knowledge in the field of publishing. Seatingis limited; admittance will be on a first come, first servedbasis.

Wednesday, June 20Women to mark summer solstice

Women from diverse faith and cultural backgroundsare invited to celebrate the summer solstice on Wednes-day, June 20, when The Interfaith Alliance of MarionCounty (TIA) holds a potluck luncheon at the First Chris-tian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Ocala. The church,located at 1908 S.E. Fort King St., will open the doors to

its Fellowship Hall at 11:30 a.m. for this “women’s gath-ering” after which speakers will discuss the manner inwhich the longest day of the year is observed throughoutthe northern hemisphere.

“While we can’t do bonfires on the beach or dancearound Stonehenge, we can have the joy of sharing thewarmth of our common humanity as we learn how peo-ple of differing traditions have saluted the power of thesun since the beginning of recorded history,” commentedKay Marks, TIA board member and co-hostess with othermembers of the church’s Christian Action Committee.

The Interfaith Alliance of Marion County works toopen windows of opportunity for mutual understandingby celebrating community, compassion and civilityamong people of good will no matter what their beliefsystem. Please RSVP by emailing TIAofMarionCoun-tyFL@gmail.com or by telephoning Delphine Herbert at352-873-9970.

Thursday, June 21Air Force Association to meet

The Red Tail Memorial Chapter 136 of the Air ForceAssociation will hold its June meeting on Thursday the21st at 7 p.m. The location is the Ocala Regional AirportAdministration Building, 750 S.W. 60th Ave., Ocala.

Everyone is welcome.

Saturday, June 23Women’s Ministry Super Saturday

Women’s Ministry Super Saturday Special: "Dot to Dot"Living. Special speaker will be Linda Bellows. Enjoy alight brunch, door prizes and an opportunity to meetChristian friends. For additional information: 352-861-6182, www.ccomc.org. Christ's Church of Marion Countyis located at 6768 S.W. 80th St., just off State Road 200.

Moose to sponsor golf tournament

A four person best ball golf tournament will be held onJune 23 at Marion Oaks Country Club. Longest drive andclosest to the pin contests are part of the fun. Mulliganswill be available for purchase.

Tee time is 8 a.m. with a shotgun start. This 18-holeevent will offer free coffee, donuts, prizes and plenty oflaughs followed by a ½ chicken and fixin’s lunch at WestMarion Moose Lodge.

For more information call Joe Edel, 352-238-1485, FredPulis, 352-854-9976 or signup sheets are available at WestMarion Moose Lodge 352-854-2200. Golf outing is open toMoose members and guests.

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Three graduating sen-iors in Marion County Pub-lic Schools know preciselywhat it means to always bethere, especially when itcomes to class.

Dustin Ciraco, WayneLivingston, and ElizabethTurner graduate with thehighest attendance rates in

the district for the Class of2012 – not missing a singleday of class during 13 yearsof school.

That’s 100 percent atten-dance — 2,340 out of 2,340days of class.

Ciraco graduated Satur-day from Forest HighSchool. In 1999, he en-

rolled in Marion County asa Pre-Kindergarten stu-dent at Shady Hill Elemen-tary.

Livingston graduatedfrom Vanguard High Fri-day. In 1999, he enrolled inMarion County as a Pre-Kstudent at Saddlewood El-ementary.

Turner graduated Thurs-day from North MarionHigh. In 1999, she enrolledas a Pre-K student at Fes-senden Elementary andlater attended North Mar-ion Middle.

Marion County PublicSchools recognizes thesethree students for theirdedicated and consistentefforts to always attendschool and their outstand-ing emphasis on a com-plete education.

In addition, seven othergraduating seniors nevermissed a day of high schoolclass — Brandon Goul-bourne – West Port High,Brittany Lakhani - Dunnel-lon High, Kristin Phifer –Vanguard High, ShanePrince – Vanguard High,Derrick Smith Jr. – Van-guard High, Katelyn Shal-lue – West Port High, andAnna Zarkowski – Dunnel-lon High.

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another important day inour history is June 14. Thisis known as “Flag Day”.This day commemoratesthe adoption of our flag.This was done by resolu-tion of the Second Conti-nental Congress in 1777.Many people had part inestablishing June 14 as our

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Among the manylovely things aboutour community, one

must be the beautiful mag-nolia trees that are part ofthe natural scenery. A sym-bol of southern charm, theyare stately, graceful, andbeautiful.

Basically, the magnoliasin Fairfield Village are ofthe type called Grandi-flora, the classic Southernmagnolia with large glossyleaves and huge, and oftenfragrant, white blossoms.But there are many differ-ent varieties as I found outwhen I did some research.

There is the Virginianawhich is a smaller tree andeasier to fit into most gar-

dens. Also there is theSoulangeana which areoften called tulip trees be-cause of the shape andbright color of their flow-ers.

These are deciduous anddo not tolerate heavy windor salt spray. Obviously, wewould not find them alongFlorida’s coastal areas.These bloom very earlyand are glorious when theyare in full bloom all overthe tree before the leavesappear.

There are some large-leafed magnolias oftengrown for use as shadetrees. Magnolias with yel-low blossoms and many oftheir possible hybrids aregenerally called Cucumbertrees.

The Oyama Magnolia isnative to western China.Its blooms are cup-shapedand drooping and are ex-tremely fragrant. Though Ihave only seen photos ofthese, I think that theymust be gorgeous whenthey can be a part of some-one’s garden.

One of the really goodthings about Magnolias in

The lavender colored blossoms of the Anne Magnolia(Tulip Tree) appear in early spring and only last a shorttime. (This tree originated in Tennessee, moved toGeorgia, then to California, before becoming a part ofthe Fairfield Village landscape.)

The magnolias of Fairfield Village

general is that they usuallydo not have any seriouspest or disease problems. Idid find out that it is rec-ommended that Magnoliasshould not be pruned toomuch as it is definitelylikely to endanger the tree.

As my accompanyingphotos show, the FairfieldMagnolia trees are a really

delightful part of our com-munity which we maysometimes take forgranted.

Perhaps, we should stopand admire their beautymore often as we take ourbrisk or casual walksthrough this neighborhoodmade up of “lively” and“lovely” people.

PriscillaGeissal

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Another important patriotic day is Flag Day on June 14

CarolynSlocumb

national Flag Day. Amongthose who worked for thisrecognition was a man bythe name of Bernard J.Cigrand. He was a gradeschool teacher in Waubeka,Wisconsin. In 1885, Mr.Cigrand held the first rec-ognized formal observanceof Flag Day at the StonyHill School. Beginning inthe late 1880s Mr. Cigrandspoke around the countrypromoting patriotism, re-spect for the flag, and theneed for the annual obser-vance of a flag day on June14 - - we need someone likehim now, instead of the flagburners. Mr. Cigrand laterattended dental school inChicago. While there hecontinued his patrioticspeeches and writing formany magazines and news-papers. He is credited withbeing the “Father of FlagDay.” I understand that heis a distant relative of ourQuail Meadow residentPaul Cigrand!

Following right afterFlag Day is Father’s Day onSunday the 17th. Many

years ago I read statisticsthat said on Mother’s Daymore long distance phonecalls were made than onany other day of the year.However, this same reportsaid that on Father’s Daymore “collect” calls weremade than any other day!Remember these statisticsgo back to when we actu-ally spoke with an operatorto make a long distancecall – oh, the beauty of cellphones!

Father’s Day will be cel-ebrated on Sunday, the17th. The first time a bill tohave national recognitionof the holiday was intro-duced in Congress in 1913.In 1916, PresidentWoodrow Wilson went toSpokane, Washington, tospeak at a Father's Day cel-ebration and wanted tomake it official, but Con-gress resisted, fearing thatit would become commer-cialized. In 1924, President

Calvin Coolidge recom-mended that the day be ob-served by the nation, butstopped short of issuing anational proclamation.Two earlier attempts to for-mally recognize the holi-day had been defeated byCongress. In 1957, SenatorMargaret Chase Smithwrote a proposal accusingCongress of ignoring fa-thers for 40 years whilehonoring mothers, thus"singling” out just one ofour two parents. In 1966,President Lyndon B. John-son issued the first presi-dential proclamationhonoring fathers, designat-ing the third Sunday inJune as Father's Day. Sixyears later in 1972, the daywas made a permanent na-tional holiday when Presi-dent Richard Nixon signedit into law. Happy Father’sDay!

Did anyone observeVenus passing in front of

the sun? It’s probably agood thing it was cloudy allday, so we weren’t temptedto go out and look at thesun without the proper eyeprotection. This eventwon’t take place again untilthe year 2117. I don’t thinkany of us will be around tosee it.

Just a reminder: Pleaseobserve the watering re-strictions of only 2-days perweek. With the showers weare having, there is noneed to waste the water onour lawns. The restrictionsalso apply to those withtheir own wells – the watercomes from the same un-derground water source.Restrictions are: odd num-ber addresses water onlyon Wednesday and Satur-day; even number ad-dresses – Thursday andSunday. There is no water-ing allowed between 10a.m. and 4 p.m.

‘Absent’ not part of their vocabulary

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Qualifying ended Friday for the upcom-ing local election cycle, and several can-didates will face no opposition whenvoters go to the polls in August and No-vember.

County Commissioner Charlie Stonedecided this year to leave the county gov-erning body and make a run for state rep-resentative in District 22. It’s alreadybeen successful as he faces no oppositionand will go to Tallahassee next January.

In county races, Tax Collector GeorgeAlbright, Clerk of the Circuit Court DavidEllspermann and Property Appraiser Vil-lie Smith, all Republicans, drew no oppo-sition and are automatically re-elected.

In addition to Stone, Dennis Baxley and

Marlene H. O’Toole have beenre-elected to the Florida House,and Charlie Dean has been re-elected to the Florida Senate.

In other county races, ChrisBlair and Dan Kuhn will squareoff in the Republic primary Aug.14 for sheriff, with the winnerfacing Bernie DeCastro, Consti-tution Party, and Judson Cau-then Spence Jr., write-in, in thegeneral election. Only Republi-cans may vote in the primary.

For school superintendent, JackiePorter, George Tomyn and Wally Wagonerwill run in the Republican primary, withthe winner to face Democrat DianaGreene in November. Only Republicansmay vote in August.

In County Commission Dis-trict 1, Mike Amsden, the incum-bent, is being challenged byDavid R. Moore in the Republi-can primary. The winner faceswrite-in James Bailey in No-vember.

For District 3, incumbent StanMcClain is challenged by JeffreyGold in the Republican primary,with Patricia Reed and RobertBrown as write-ins on the ballot

in November. Reed had originally beenlisted as a Democrat.

In District 5, four Republicans, includ-ing Earl Arnett, Pat Gabriel, Francine Jo-hannesen and Butch Verrando will be onthe ballot Aug. 14, with the winner to faceDemocrat Jessica Hadley in November.

In all three County Commission races,only Republicans may vote in August.

School Board races are different, sinceby law the competition is non-partisan.Everyone in the county may vote in theboard races. In District 1 it’s Woody Cly-mer vs. Nancy Stacy; in District 2 it’s CarolEly vs. Robert Dobkowski.

Both races will be decided Aug. 14.For supervisor of elections, Barbara

Ruse and Wesley B. Wilcox, both Republi-cans, will square off in the GOP primary,with the winner to face Judge Cochran inNovember. Only Republicans can vote inAugust.

In the U.S. House District 11, there willbe no primary as Richard Nugent, incum-bent Republican, and David Werder, aDemcorat, will square off in November.

Candidate qualifying closes; Stone elected to State House

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West Port graduationShannon Hill, right, salu-tatorian for the WestPort High School Classof 2012, visits withher friend MichaellaQuesada prior to cere-monies. Graduationwas originally sched-uled for Thursday night,but the day’s rain forcedthe postponement ofthe outdoor ceremonyon the school’s footballfield. That failed todampen the ethusiasmof those who receivedtheir diplomas.

PHOTOS BY MICHEL NORTHSEA

West Port High School graduate Mariah Fernandezadjusts her cap prior to graduation Friday morning.

West Port High School graduates Kevin Jones andCassie Mrod share a joke before graduation cere-monies began Friday morning. The phone was latercollected by school officials – they also took car keys– and returned to graduates after the ceremony.

Ocala Honor Flight reunionceremony scheduled forFlag Day, June 14

A reunion for the Ocala Honor Flight is planned forFlag Day, June 14, at 10 a.m. at Veterans Park, Corner ofEast Fort King Street and 25th Avenue.

All World War II veterans who have made one of theflights and their families and all flight escorts and theirfamilies are asked to gather together and proudly weartheir hats and dog tags.

Prizes will be given away.RSVP by leaving a message at 352-351-9341.

County Commissionmakes recycling easierfor non-city residents

In a unanimous vote at its Tuesday meeting, the Mar-ion County Board of County Commissioners voted tomake recycling in Marion County even more convenientby approving an agreement with Waste Pro of Ocala toprovide single-stream recycling at county recycling cen-ters.

Single-stream recycling will eliminate the need forcounty residents to separate items into cardboard, glass,plastic, aluminum and other categories before recycling.Citizens will be able to dispose of all items in the samebox at county recycling centers.

According to the five-year contract, Waste Pro of Ocalawill be responsible for constructing a regional materialrecovery facility in Marion County as well as for trans-portation of the recyclables from county recycling cen-ters to the facility.

Marion County will receive 55 percent of the revenuefrom the sale of the recyclable material.

This revenue, combined with cost savings due to thenew recycling processes, is anticipated to cover the costof the expanded services.

According to the Florida Department of Environmen-tal Protection, Marion County currently ranks 10th outof Florida’s 67 counties in a statewide ranking of eachcounty’s adjusted recycling rate.

Marion County Solid Waste officials hope single-stream recycling will help improve that rate even more.

“We hope this enhancement of our recycling programwill increase Marion’s recycling rate and help reduce theamount of materials going into the landfill,” Mike Sims,Marion County Solid Waste Director said.

“Plus, recycling will be easier and less time-consum-ing for our residents – with no increase in cost to the de-partment or to the taxpayers.”

The single-stream recycling program is expected tobegin Sept. 1.

BY PATRICIA A. WOODBURYJune 2012 marks the 10th

anniversary of the Rev. Ed-ward Holloway Jr.’s call tobe the pastor at Joy Evan-gelical Lutheran Church aswell as marking his 30years since ordination. Thecongregation wanted tocelebrate this event andheld a dinner at the PalmGrove Auditorium in OakRun on Saturday, June 2.More than 160 members ofthe congregation attendedthe dinner with guests Pas-tor Anna Figuerio, St.Matthew’s LutheranChurch, Pastor AshleyNicolls, St John’s LutheranChurch, Summerfield andPastor Jim Young, Ascen-sion Lutheran Church.

Pastor Holloway camefrom Minnesota, where hereceived a bachelor’s de-

gree from the University ofMinnesota and his Masterof Divinity from North-western Lutheran Semi-nary. He also served in theU.S. Navy. He was a pastorin a small Lutheran churchin Monticello, Minnesotafrom 1982 to 1992 and thensenior pastor at ZionLutheran Church, CottageGrove, Minnesota for 10years before coming toFlorida.

Joy Council President,Jerry Hollnagel greetedeveryone to the not so very“Surprise Party” andthanked all for coming tocelebrate a friend, confi-dant and preacher. PastorYoung gave the invocationto begin the celebration.

Sharon Hickman-Besch,Joy Associate in Ministry,Music developed and di-

Pastor Holloway at Joy Lutheran honored on anniversaryrected a Musical Toast ofPastor Holloway coveringhis life events from birth tothe present. For his birth,the members were led inthe singing of “Jesus LovesMe.” Then the Joyful Notes(absent one note) withLinda Aker, Trudy Harrschand Ann Bellis, accompa-nied by Ardith Thomassang “Think About HisLove” for Pastor’s confir-mation. In honor of hisyears in the Navy, themembers all sang AnchorsAweigh. Warren Erickson,marked Pastor’s marriagein 1970 to Marsha bysinging a solo, “You’llNever Walk Alone.” TheJoyful Notes Trio then rec-ognized Pastor’s seminaryyears (1979-1982) with asong, “Life in Jesus.”

When Pastor Ed wascalled to Florida he ini-tially had to move alone sohe brought his dog withhim for company. So themembers all joined in totease him with the song“That Doggie in the Win-dow.” Pastor Ed has be-come known as the “pianoplaying singing pastor”which he often does at wor-ship services. Irene Hen-derson devoted this song tohim by singing “In MyHeart There Rings aMelody.” Lynn Barrett,sang a “Simple Song” forPastor’s future life. Finallythe Joy vocal choir sang“The Lord Bless You” forthe Benediction.

After a delicious mealcatered by the Oak RunCaterers, there was a lot of“toasting” of Pastor Hol-loway. A member of theoriginal Call Committeesaid that after interviewingmany potential pastors sheknew that Rev. Hollowaywould be the right one“just by the way he got outof the car” when coming tothe interview. The Commit-tee was looking for some-one who would be anavailable minister to hiscongregation and a goodlistener and Pastor Ed fitthose criteria.

One of the Stephen Min-isters commended PastorEd for his initiative inhelping to develop thisministry at Joy. Anothersaid she had learned whyPastor Ed was patient andwilling to wait because ashe said, “God is in control,you wait because it is al-ways in God’s time.” Otherspraised him for helpingthem through hard times,especially one who had aheart attack and heart sur-gery.

A new member said shewas so impressed with howPastor Ed does so much fora lot of people even whenthey are not members ofthe church such as, provid-ing weddings and bap-tisms. Another praisedPastor Ed’s inspiring DailyDevotionals on the churchwebsite, www.joyocala.org.

Pastor Ed was allowed to

have the last word at thisevent. However he had toadmit that he was quiteoverwhelmed by the manypositive comments. Hethanked his church stafffor all their devotion and

hard work and especiallythose who helped to putthis event together. He saidthis was like “grace” to himand coming to JoyLutheran Church was trulya gift.

Joy EvangelicalLutheran Church will holdits vacation Bible schoolfrom July 23 – 27 from 9a.m. to noon. All childrenfrom 5 years of age throughfifth grade are encouragedto attend and join the fun.The cost is $12 per childand scholarships are avail-able.

Vacation Bible School at JoyThis year the theme for

vacation bible school is“Adventures on Promise Is-land” where students dis-cover God’s lifesaving love.These students will learnGod’s Promises: God iswith you, God cares aboutyou, God gives you whatyou need,

God saves you and Godanswers you. They will seeGod at work in the lives ofthe Old Testament andNew Testament as Biblecharacters realize God’spromises are for them too.

Amid the swaying palmtrees, exotic wildlife andwelcoming sunshine thestudents will learn aboutthese promises through thegames, songs, crafts, andbible stories while enjoyingthe tasty snacks.

Registration for vacationBible school is availableduring the month of June,Monday through Fridayfrom 8:30 to 4 p.m. at thechurch office.

The program plannersare also looking for stu-dents in the 6th grade andolder plus some adults whowould like to volunteer andassist the teachers.

For further informationcontact the VBS Coordina-tor, Joan Greve at 352-304-8711 or the church office at352-854-4509 ext. 221.

Joy Lutheran Church isat 7045 S.W. 83rd Place atState Road 200, Ocala.

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