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Marion County Sheriff's Deputy Mike "Scooter" Joyner, son of Levy County Commissioner Mike Joyner (R-District 1) and Diana Priest Joyner, was injured Tuesday morning while working with an inmate crew on a University of Florida farm in Citra.

The younger Joyner who has campaigned for his father in this year's election — including speaking at a recent Cedar Key Lions political forum — suffered a hand injury while using farm equipment and is hospitalized at Shands Hospital at UF.

SHINE, a volunteer program with the FL Dept of Elder Affairs, is here to assist you in making the best informed decision for your 2013 Medicare Part D Drug Plan or Medicare Advantage Plan.  Each site will have a short presentation followed by individual counseling.  SHINE provides free, unbiased and confidential counseling. 

Free Loud & Clear landline telephones for the hearing impaired will be distributed Oct. 23 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Audibel Hearing Center in Walmart Shopping Plaza, 2161 N.W. 11th Drive, Chiefland. For an appointment call 352-493-7830