Today's News

 A couple of years ago, when I first joined the Energy Advisory Group, one of the other volunteers  suggested that we promote composting along with other initiatives like curbside recycling with unit based pricing, electric/water conservation  and the weatherization program.  My response at that time was – OMG, that’s way over the top --- only the most dedicated “tree huggers” would ever do THAT!  And, anyway, I thought to myself, “I don’t have a garden and I hate yard work, why would I compost?”

The University of Florida IFAS Shellfish Extension Program and Florida Sea Grant invite you to a presentation at the Cedar Key Library on Saturday, Feb. 18 from 10:30 a.m. to noon.

The talk, by Dr. Jennifer Seavey, a landscape ecologist with the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation at the University of Florida (UF) in Gainesville, will focus on the analysis of oyster reef changes over time in the Big Bend.

 Cedar Key School’s Teacher of the Year Rebecca Linan (third from left) and ESP of the Year Elaine Rains (fourth from left). Also pictured are, from left: School Board member Beth Davis, Cedar Key School Principal Sue Ice, Linan, Rains and Superintendent Bob Hastings. 

On Thursday, Feb. 16 at 5 p.m., Alachua writer, poet and documentarian Sudye Cauthen will talk about her work to preserve the culture of the area in which she grew, by using narrative, interviews, poetry and introspection on the people and the land that supported them. Her writing offers an inspiration to each of us to look inside and out and discover the relationship between where we live and who we are. Ms. Cauthen, a fifth-generation north Floridian, has won numerous awards for her non-fiction and fiction works.