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Today's News

  • Seafood, music, art and more seafood

    By Rebecca Gallagher

    The 48th Cedar Key Seafood Festival was held Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 21 and 22. The festival featured over 200 vendors who had arts and crafts galore for sell. Some of the items for sale included handmade wooden items, jewelry, soap and lotions, hand-sewn purses, paintings, fine art photography, sauces and spices, honey, dog treats, and stained glass.

    Festival-goers were treated to live music, but there were many visitors who were there strictly for the food and they were not disappointed.

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  • CKS students get resourceful for go-kart project

    What can you build with straws, toothpicks, Lifesavers, and some tape?

    If you are a Cedar Key School middle school student in the AVID, class you can build a go-cart!

    AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) is designed to help students develop the skills, especially critical thinking skills, needed for college and careers.

    The go-cart project was a team effort that was graded Tuesday Oct. 17, when students set their designs in front of an electric fan to see which one ran fastest.

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  • CKS' Forney recognized for perfect test score

    Seventeen Levy students were recognized Oct. 10 by the School Board of Levy County for scoring perfect scores on individual state assessments tests last spring.

    Cedar Key principal Joshua Slemp presented to Lane Forney for his accomplishment on the Florida Standards Assessment in Grade 6 Mathematics.

    “This is a great thing for this young man, our only perfect score,” Slemp said.

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  • Lady Sharks hoops receives donation from Women’s Club

    Eileen Senecal, the first vice president for the Cedar Key Women’s Club, presented a check to the Cedar Key School girls’ basketball program Friday Oct. 13.

    Senecal said the donation was a part of her organization’s ongoing efforts to support local girls and women in various pursuits. Coaches David and Carrie Tomlin said the generous donation would make it possible to buy shoes for 12 players.

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  • Taste of the Nature Coast raises funds for Resource Center

    The first-ever Taste of the Nature Coast fundraiser hosted by Tri-County Community Resources combined good food for a good cause with a strong dose of community spirit.

    Diana Child, chair of Tri-County Community Resources, who led the organization of the event, called the event a success, with hopes of expanding the event in the future. It was held at the Haven Hospice Community Building in Chiefland.

    All proceeds go toward the Tri-County Community Resource Center in Chiefland. The food and prizes were donated at no costs.

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  • HOOPla! fundraiser to benefit CKS boys' basketball

    The Cedar Key School is holding a Cedar Key HOOPla! Boys’ Basketball Fundraiser Friday Oct. 13 at 5 p.m. in the school gym. Admission is $3. Concessions will be available and there will be a drawing to win a cooler. There will be fun halftime challenges, followed by a middle and high school dance. The dance is $5 for admission and will last until 10 p.m.

    Pre-registration for basketball camp for grades 5 through 8 will also be held at the event.

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  • Two men rescued from Gulf waters

    By Buster Thompson

    Being stranded in a boat on the Gulf of Mexico for 12 hours will be a fishing trip Charles Scott won’t soon forget.

    Scott and his brother-in-law Jerry Newsome, both in their late 60s, went out the morning of Sept. 29 to go grouper fishing, Scott said Tuesday.

    The Marion County residents launched Newsome’s boat from a ramp near Yankeetown in Levy County, pushing their 17’ Starcraft vessel 27 miles out into the Gulf.

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  • CKS cross country hosts 34th Invitational

    The 34th Annual Cedar Key Invitational Cross Country Race drew teams from across North Central Florida Thursday afternoon.

    The 3.1 mile (5 kilometer) race began under sunny skies with a brisk breeze and ended in a pouring rain. The weather prevented some times from being recorded correctly.

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  • Climate change lecture discusses impact on local environment

    Deborah Goad, Beacon Correspondent

    The University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences through the Levy County Agricultural Extension Service presented the facts of climate change Friday, Sept. 22 that are supported by documented geological evidence, and the potential impact on agriculture and horticulture.

    Levy County Extension Agent Anthony Drew began by asking the audience how many have planted dogwood trees recently and how were those trees doing?

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