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January at the Cedar Key Arts Center includes ongoing classes and salons, as well as several one day workshops and a gallery opening.
January’s Gallery will be filled with cozy quilts. This exhibit is open to the community and ready to hang quilts are due at the Art Center by Jan. 3 at 5 p.m. Photographer Christian Harkness will be featured in the Members Gallery. Gallery Reception is Jan. 7, from 5-7 p.m.

Like any good country boy growing up in these parts, Newnan Sanchez knows firsthand about the circle of life, about nature’s delicate balance and how people once lived more harmoniously with the land.
“I hate to see a lot of Old Florida disappearing,” the 69-year-old Chiefland native said, swaying gently in a rocking chair on the porch of an old cabin where his aunt and uncle once lived.
“When I grew up, it was one of the smaller states in the Southeast.”

Several palm trees planted along the sidewalk leading from City Park to the boat launch have died and Cedar Key resident George Oakley is leading a drive to replace them.
Oakley pledged at the Dec. 20 meeting of the Cedar Key City Commission to get the ball rolling and has delivered a $150 check to City Hall to pay for replacing one of seven of the trees that have died and been cut down.

By LESLIE STURMER
Special to the Citizen
This was the third year the Cedar Key Aquaculture Association hosted a Christmas boat parade held in conjunction with Community Night in the Park on December 17.
“Although the number of entries was the same as last year, the crowds more than doubled,” reported Rose Cantwell, who organized the event.