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CK CITY DECALNOTICE:
CITY OF CEDAR KEY
LAND PLANNING AGENCY MEETING
2-24 November
 
The LPA will meet Thursday, November 8, 
at 5 pm in City Hall.
 
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USPS UPDATE FROM POSTMASTER BRYAN KLING
2024 Noveember 6
 
PO Box Customers: I want to thank everyone for the support and encouragement as we work on making this process better.
 
Just to be transparent, I am working on getting a storage unit on site to allow us to run both letter mail and packages every day. Until we get the storage unit, we ask that packages be picked up as soon as possible due to storage.
 
Once again, packages can be picked up at the mobile unit. Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Packages (ONLY) can be picked up Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at the Chiefland Post Office.
 
Regular letter mail and magazines can be picked up at the mobile unit Monday, Wednesday, Friday.
 
The blue collection box located in front of the post office will be open for after hour collections and will be checked daily as we leave Cedar Key starting 11/6/24.
 
Street Delivery customers: I truly appreciate your patience and understanding as we work through this together. Packages that we not able to be delivered and you received PS Form 3849 (Peach Slip) will still be available for pick up at the Chiefland Post Office.
 
We are working on plans to allow us to have those available at the mobile unit. I will update you all when that becomes available.
I truly appreciate all of you.
 
Thank You
Bryan Kling
Postmaster Cedar Key
#CKStrong!!
 
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CK CITY DECALSTORM DEBRIS REMOVAL ENDS SOON
2024 Novvember 6
 
Please, have all of your storm debris out
to the right-of-way by
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2024.
 
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 OPEN LETTER TO THE CCITIZENS OF CEDAR KEY
2024 November 4
 
To the Citizens of Cedar Key,
 
You may have noticed a group of young adults, in blue tee shirts, working around our island to help clean up after the storm. About twenty kids and a few more mature folks from a group called Friend Ships drove all the way from Lake Charles, Louisiana, to help us folks in Cedar Key. They brought everything that they needed, cook tent and all. You might have seen them camped at the City Park.
 
You would see them at: Rains Beach, deep into mangroves, muck, and bugs, a; storm drains, getting out all of the storm debris; home and business sites, pulling down ceilings along with the insulation; all over town n their hands and knees, picking up the smallest pieces of stuff; or At the Cedar Ky community Garden working to help rebuild the site. They are doing all this on their own dime while working for approximately 2,000 hours to help our citizens and our island.
 
The only thing they asked of the city was where they could make camp and what work could they do to help Cedar Key. I worked with them for multiple hours. Those kids were totally awesome; it would be good if more kids could be that way.
 
So if you could, please do send them a thank you note to show your appreciation for all of the work that they did to help our citizens and our island to recover from the storm. You might consider including a donation, so that, in the future, others can be helped. During their two weeks stay here, they fell in love our island, commenting especially how friendly we islanders are. They were all dragging their feet when it came time to be leaving.
 
The address is:
FRIEND SHIPS
1019 NORTH FIRST AVENUE
LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA 70601
WWW.FRIENDSHIPS.ORG
 
Thank you and all the best.
 
Tom Deverin
 
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CEDAR KEY SCHOOL...
WHAT'S HAPPENING  THIS WEEK?
2024 November  8-11
 
This piece waswritten by Cedar Key School's  Jessica Crosby. 
 
CURRENT CKS NEWS   
No new students have been added to the Achieve roster for this week.
This Wednesday, 11/6, is our rescheduled Parent Conference Night and PTO Paint-A-Tile Fundraiser.

IMPORTANT DATES
Monday, 11/4:
DECA & Hospitality Field Trip.
PTO Meeting. Auditorium. 3 p.m.

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 FWC RED TIDE REPORT  NOVEMBER 4, 2024

   VIEW MAP OF FLORIDA COUNTIES BY CLICKING ON "READ MORE" BELOW.  

 Current Conditions

Over the past week, the red tide organism Karenia brevis was detected in 76 samples collected from Florida’s Gulf Coast. Bloom concentrations (>100,000 cells/liter) were present in 18 samples: 2 offshore of Pinellas County, 3 from and offshore of Sarasota County, 4 offshore of Charlotte County, 8 offshore of Lee County, and 1 offshore of Collier County. Satellite chlorophyll imagery (NOAA, USF) from 10/31 indicates patchy conditions along Southwest Florida, with elevated chlorophyll extending along ~160 miles of coastline. Elevated chlorophyll levels were observed ~25-35 miles offshore of Pasco County, and alongshore from southern Pinellas County to Lee County. The patch ranges from ~5 miles wide to ~20-25 miles wide off of Charlotte Harbor and Tampa Bay estuaries. Additional details are provided below.


• In Southwest Florida over the past week, K. brevis was observed at background to medium concentrations in and offshore of Pinellas County, very low to low concentrations in and offshore of Manatee County, background to high concentrations in and offshore of Sarasota County, background to high concentrations in and offshore of Charlotte County, very low to medium concentrations in and offshore of Lee County, background to medium concentrations offshore of Collier County, and background concentrations offshore of Monroe County.
• In Northwest Florida over the past week, K. brevis was at background concentrations in one sample collected from Franklin County.
• Along the Florida East Coast over the past week, K. brevis was not observed.

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ELECTION NIGHT
2024 November 4
 
In anticipation of increased web traffic tomorrow, we are releasing a new feature tomorrow evening. Our website will transition into Election Night Mode at 6:30 p.m.
 
This will be a slimmed-down version of our current site, and it will provide faster response times for those looking for Election Night results, with direct links to our most visited pages during this time period. The Election Night Mode should continue to provide fast load times for the public. The website is completely legitimate and secure.
 
Polls close at 7 p.m. and we anticipate having our first set of results on our website no later than 7:30 p.m. The first results released will include, at a minimum, all early voting, and vote-by-mail totals. It may also include a few polling sites. We will update the results every 15 minutes until all results have been received. We anticipate having all results final and released to our website by 9pm. It may be sooner, but we do not want to underestimate possible lines at closing. Below is a direct link to the results.Summary Results - Election Night Reporting
 
 
Please let our office know if you have any questions. Thank you!
Jordan Lindsey
Assistant Supervisor of Elections
 Levy County, Florida 
 

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 LCSO

  ARREST REPORT
2024  November 4 
 
DISCLAIMER
The information provided below comes from the Levy County Sheriff’s Office Jail Media Report.
The photographs and commentaries regarding the allegations against the persons identified herein
are copied from the report verbatim, without any editorial comment or revision by this newspaper.
 
 
 
   
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COMMUNITY GARDEN RESURRECTING…WITH SERIOUS LEADERRSHIP, MUCH HELP
2024 October
 
One of the sad results of Hurricane Helene was the Gulf water encroachment approximately three quarters of the full Cedar Key Community Garden property. After nearly ten years of producing great greens for the community, now the Garden’s salt-saturated beds needed some help.
 
To the rescue rode Cedar Key Community Garden Leader Tom Deverin, marshalling troops to return the Garden that was.
 
On Saturday, October 12, Tom, with the irreplaceable help of Royce and Allison Nelson and their trusty Sid Steer, emptied all twenty-six beds, tipping them over and hauling them to the rear of the Garden. After four hours of work, the Garden had a new soil floor.
 
Later that week, leveling out the Skid Steer tracks was the work of resident Jeff Wigston and his leveling machine. After hours of work, he left the Garden surface more even, readying it for the replacement and leveling of the beds.
 
The magnificent management, scheduling, and overseeing of this initial resurrecting of the Garden is the work of Tom Deverin. Royce, Allison, and Jeff are generous powerhouses themselves.
 
PICTURES COMING
 
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COMMUNITY GARDEN CONTINUES ITS RESURRECTION...WATER LINES TO GO... 
2024 October
 
 
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26
Key Community Garden, Tom Deverin again put out the call or assistance for Saturday, October 26, and that call delivered over forty individuals to the Garden.
 
Approximately twelve of the volunteers were part of the Friend Ships group., an international relief organization https://friendships.org/ Mostly high school graduates taking a gap year before furthering heir education or other pursuits, the group’s mission is to help people in need. This particular group, from Lake Charles, Louisiana, came to Cedar Key for two weeks, pitched tents on City Park’s east side, and worked irelessly while here.
 
Tom’s tasks for this Saturday were to :
• build seven new garden beds to replace the aging ones;
• line all 26 extant beds and the seven new beds with plastic to retain moisture;
• to punch holes in the plastic for proper drainage;
• and to ad blocks to strengthen the bed construction.
 
Every person of the forty found a job that fit him/her ability and liking. In charge of bed building was Dan Wilcox a, March, Norm Hodge, and the Friend Ships crews. In charge of preparing beds with plastic and holes was Sam Gibbs, Carol Wilcox, Robin Gilles, Denise Feiber, and Friend Ships crews. In charge of strengthening beds was Vince McVeigh and his crews. Many volunteers and gardeners performed multiple jobs, meeting new people, and varying experiences.
 
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31
Not relaxing for a moment, Tom called another workday for Thursday, October 31, to ready the Garden for the heavy equipment and giant task planned for the upcoming Saturday, November 2. Again, his call reached not only Gardeners, but aslo the Friend Ships group who arrived in force, with all their strength and warmth, .
 
On this day, the group finished building the last bed, finished lining beds with plastic, and left feeling ready for Saturday tasks.
 

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2
On Saturday, November 2, the Garden was again abuzz with, tractor, Sked Steer, Friend Ships, University of Florida students, and gardeners.
Jeff Wigston and Joe of Friend Ships drove the heavy equipment, moving all garden beds back into their places, filling them with compost, moving mulch stacks about the Garden, and recreating the inviting central clam shell path.
 
As beds were put in place, the team of Dan Wilcox, Norm Hodge, and others leveled the beds and rested them on stone pavers designed to limit their potential rot from below.
 
As the beds were filled with compost, Friends Ships teams, Carol Wilcox, Greg and Nancy Martin and others leveled the compost.
As mulch piles were presented about the Garden,

University of Florida Ph.D. students, Sandy Witcher, and others pitchforked the mulch on the Garden floor.
 
Starting at 8 am and finishing by 11:30 am, the group left the Garden in fine shape.
CAMARADERIE
Each workday’s labor was marked by good humor, the pleasure of meeting new friends, and the satisfaction that the Garden would soon be operative.
 
The amount of preplanning and ordering and receiving materials to do the work, not to mention the charming of individuals to do the work as volunteers, is certainly monumental. If Tom Deverin looks tired, he, no doubt, is. Gardeners certainly appreciate him.
 
When water lines are connected and tested, Tom will let us know.
 
 
PICTURES ARE COMING
 
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CKWSD FAUCETNOTICE:
PRECAUTIONARY BOIL WATER NOTICE RECINDED

2024 November 1

CLICK HERE FOR NOTICE 

 

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COLLEGE CENTRAL FLOR


 CCF HOSTS OPEN HOUSE 2024
2024 nOVEMBER 1
 
Future students are encouraged to tour the campus and learn about more than 170 academic pathways, including 70 job-training programs. Attendees can receive assistance with the application process, financial aid and veterans’ assistance, and can register for the spring semester, which starts Jan. 8.
 
Everyone who completes an admissions application at the event will have the $30 application fee waived and will receive a CF T-shirt or lanyard.
 
The college also will host two other events in connection with the open house: An orientation for first-time-in-college students from 5-6 p.m., and an Emergency Medical Technician information session at 6 p.m.

FEMA HOUSING ASSISTANCE
2024 October 30
 
 
 
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 NOTICE:
UPDATE FROM THE CEDAR KEY POST OFFICE
2024 oCTOBER 28
 
 
Mobile Postal Operations will resume on Monday October 28th. We will be located on First Streett across from the Fire Department. Due to the lack of space in our mobile unit, the following are the hours of operation and services we will provide. We ask that all packages be picked up as soon as possible due to space constraints.
 
Monday-Friday 10am – 3:30 PM Lunch 12:00-12:30
Saturday 10:30 am to 12:30 PM
 
Monday, Wednesday, Friday – Regular Mail (Letters, Magazines, etc) Packages may be picked up @ the Chiefland Post Office on these days.
 
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday – Packages ONLY. No mail on these days.
Mail and prepaid packages will be collected @ the mobile unit daily.
 
Limited Stamp Sales will be available (Cash Only) Correct change would be appreciated.
Rolls: $73
Books: $14.60
Individual Stamps: $ .73
Stamped Envelopes: $.95

All other shipping and stamp needs can be made at the Chiefland Post Office.
 
We appreciate your patience and can not wait to get back “home.”
#CKStrong
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NCBS UF IFAS
DIRECTOR'S MESSAGE

  2024October 28

Editor’s Note: This article was excerpted from the Nature Coast Biological Station monthly publication
UF IFAS Nature Coast News, October 2024. 
The NCBS is operated by Dr. Mike Allen.

WE ARE ALL CONNECTED... 

Hurricane Helene has caused dramatic impacts to our communities and to natural resources in the Nature Coast region. Helene caused the highest storm surge ever recorded in Cedar Key, with over 13 feet storm surge (MLLW) recorded at the Cedar Key NOAA gauge. Most folks in our area were spared from storm surge impacts from Hurricane Milton, but the impacts of Helene created huge challenges for many of us. Regarding our facilities at NCBS and the Seahorse Key facilities we help manage, all received damage, which has been summarized on our social media and I won’t go into detail here.  
 
The outpouring of volunteers to our communities has made a huge impact on the initial recovery from this storm, and without those volunteers, we would be substantially delayed in any recovery efforts. We are all grateful for the folks who have taken their time to come to help, often from long distances and much personal expense. 
 
Every hurricane we have faced has created lessons about how to prepare for storms, but in my view the biggest lesson from Helene is that we are literally all connected. In ecosystem science the concept of connectivity is pervasive, where loss of one part of the system influences the rest of the food web. If you lose seagrass habitat, you functionally change the rest of the food web, all the way up to humans. Similarly, damage to oyster reefs, mangroves, and salt marsh all have cascading impacts to forage fishes, predators, sea birds, sea turtles and marine mammals.  

COLUMNIST ROQUEMORE'S  CORNER
 2024 October 20
 
  Cedar Key resident and Cedar Key Beacon columnist Susan Engle Roquemore has compiled her writings into two wonderfully and cleverly titled books:
Turn Left at the Big Osprey Nest and
Water Under the Number 4 Bridge: A Memoir of the Beacon Years (1988-1993)
FEB 19 ROQUEMORE IMAGE BOOK
These books are currently sold at:
the Cedar Key Chamber of Commerce Welcome Center,
the Cedar Key Historical Society Museum,
the Florida’s Nature Coast Conservancy events,
and the Woman’s Club.
These organizations receive the book’s full sales price.
For your reading pleasure and enjoyment of an incisive, often humorous
view of Cedar Key two decades ago, Ms. Roquemore and the Cedar Key News intend to publish selected articles monthly.
Cedar Key News hopes you enjoy the articles. If you do, and should you purchase one or both books, the above non-profit organizations will certainly appreciate the effort. 
 
 CAN THIS ROOM BE SAVED?
 
Every house has at least one. Why, Lord, is it always mine? The room that refuses to clean itself or allow anyone else to do it?

When I was a very young child (I’m now a very old child) I shared a room with a dining room table, six chairs and four thousand comic books, two parakeets, a cat and dog and a space heater. That’s the most orderly my room has been in the last forty years. It’s a certain magnetism in my personality that attracts clutter. It’s not that I like working in the middle of a mess—around me, it just happens to be there.