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Today's News

  • Shark News

    Freshmen receive mentors

    By Jessi Robinson

    This year's freshman class recently received their high school mentors. Each student received a survey on Monday that they were required to complete and turn in to their mentor.

    Every mentor, chosen from the school faculty, must chose a student whom they are willing to support for the rest of the students' high school career. This includes remembering their birthday, and sending cards and words of encouragement their way when needed.

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  • Candidates: County will change, no matter what

    When things happen in Cedar Key, they inevitably happen at the same time. Despite occurring the same Tuesday evening as the City Commission Comprehensive Plan Review, the Candidate Forum co-sponsored by the Lion's Club and Cedar Key News, was well attended by both candidates and citizens.

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  • Coastal Cleanup nets big haul

    Saturday's Coastal Cleanup of the area around Cedar Key and the Lower Suwannee Refuge was a big success. Toxic and entangling debris that kills seabirds, fouls fishing grounds and pollutes shellfish beds was hauled from various tender spots around the Levy County coastline.

    Co-organizer Sue Colson was cautiously thrilled, saying that this year's numbers were almost equal to last year's, after a very slow start in the morning.

    "I was so down early Saturday," she said. "I didn't think anybody was going to show up, it was so slow. But they did, and look how much we got done!"

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  • More Comp Plan elements ready to go

    Cedar Key City Commission had to tread some old ground on the way to clearing the rest of the Conservation and Coastal Element and Future Land Use Element for transmittal to DCA.

    The commission had examined those two contentions elements line-by-line, starting at a meeting two weeks ago, in the presence of a very few fiercely interested citizens.

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  • Cedar Key bids farewell to pastor David (

    David Binkley, the Cedar Key Church of Christ's pastor, and his wife Galina are moving away after living and serving in Cedar Key for seven years. Members of the church organized a farewell reception for the Binkleys where locals gathered to say goodbye to the couple who has done so much for the Cedar Key community. While working with the Church of Christ, the Binkleys initiated several new outreach programs, one of which was a daily morning bible study.

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  • Reflections: Regrets? Just the one

    Sometimes we do things, even unintentionally that we regret. It just proves how infallible we all really are. This weekend I did something I regret, and it was not intentional.

    A friend and I went fishing off Cedar Key last weekend and we had a great time. Afterwards when we got back to shore, we decided to take in one of the fine restaurants there. It was late and by the time we cleaned up the boat and got home, it would have been way past dinner time. Eating out at one of Cedar Key's great restaurants made sense.

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  • Fishing Lines: When all hope is lost, Reds come through

    Still not many reports from offshore as strong east winds have made offshore fishing uncomfortable. My best guess is that as the days get shorter the fish come in closer, especially down by Crystal River and Homosassa. The King mackerel fishing has been so poor all year that I do not expect any kind of a run this fall. I would love to be wrong however.

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  • Trouble in Cedar Key: The crack of dusk

    It was almost evening, the air was cool. A light rain had settled in after lunch. It had rained for about three hours, puddles had formed here and there. The soil was dampened enough to knock down the dust, allowing the green to come up from the soil.

    The breeze dropped down and swung around from the northeast. A chop with small waves was on the water, to the south and west; the tide was on the wane. Odors from the exposed flats wafted in from behind. That familiar, pungent, almost sweet smell of the marshes at low tide.

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  • Fall sports calendar

    Tuesday, Oct. 14

    Volleyball home vs Dunnellon Christian, MS 5 p.m., Var. 6 p.m.

    Thursday, Oct. 16

    Cross country at Williston for Levy County Meet, MS and Var. 4:30 p.m.

    Friday, Oct. 17

    Volleyball home vs. Meadowbrook, MS 5 p.m., Var. 6 p.m.

    Thursday, Oct. 23

    Volleyball at Bronson, Var. time TBA

    Friday, Oct. 24

    Cross country at UF for Gator Gallop, MS and Var. 11 a.m.

    Oct. 27, 28, 30

    Volleyball District tournament at St. John, times TBA

    Monday, Oct. 27

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  • Road Sharks get tuned up at first meet

    Cedar Key girls' cross country hosted Branford in a dual meet Monday that served both as a shakedown for today's bigger race at Williston and a first race ever for the Buccaneers, in their first year with a team.

    Branford head coach Eric Rodriguez said his team was a little tentative about the unfamiliar route, particularly the hill by the cemetery, but didn't think the heat would be a factor.

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