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Senior Spotlight: Haley Simpson

By Sarah Bartholemy

Each branch of the Levy County Public Library System will have a series of fun, free summer library programs this year. All the programs start at 10 a.m. and will last about an hour. Each program will include a presentation, a craft, a snack and take home goodies. All materials are provided by the library and the programs are open to children of all ages.

Clammers who asked for the Levy County Commission's help two weeks ago to halt a state plan for expanding clam leases have not only won the support of the commissioners, but the attention of a state official overseeing the lease proposal.

Mike Hodges of the Cedar Key Aquaculture Association has announced that Kal Knicherbocker, the director of the state Department of Aquaculture, will be on hand for a meeting Thursday at 2 p.m. at the George Kirkpatrick Marine Lab building on State Road 24. 

A low pressure area in the Gulf of Mexico that has brought spotty rains to the area is getting more organized and the National Weather Service at Ruskin has issued several notices of foul weather that will affect Levy County residents for today and the rest of the week.