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Announcements: 42nd Annual Cedar Key Seafood Festival
October 3rd, 2011

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October 3rd, 2011

Announcements: October Events at the Levy County Library Branches
October 2nd, 2011

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October 1st, 2011

Announcements: New Managing Editor
September 28th, 2011

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September 26th, 2011

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September 25th, 2011

Announcements: Lions Adopt-a-Road pick up 9-24-11
September 24th, 2011

Announcements: SUNSTATE RECOGNIZES TEACHERS
September 23rd, 2011

Announcements: Honey Bees and Their Keepers
September 21st, 2011

Announcements: SETTLEMENT REACHED IN EAGLES LITIGATION LOCAL AERIE CHARTER TO BE REINSTATED BY COURT ORDER
September 20th, 2011

Announcements: Cedar Key Eagles Aerie 4194, to Participate in Food Drive
September 20th, 2011

Announcements: Empty Bowls
September 19th, 2011

Announcements: Cedar Key Community Relief Fund - Spaghetti Diner
September 19th, 2011

Announcements: Cedar Key Seafood Festival Parade Registration
September 18th, 2011

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Yankeetown to Host Whooping Crane Program

Yankeetown to Host Whooping Crane Program

ANNOUNCEMENT

Program to Highlight Project to Reintroduce Whooping Cranes to Florida


Ben Weiss, Whooping Crane Intern at Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge Complex, will give a slide presentation on the national effort to revitalize the whooping crane populations.

The program will be held at the Ellie Schiller Education Center in the Withlacoochee Gulf Preserve (WGP) at 1001 Old Rock Road , Yankeetown, on Friday, December 10 at 10:00 a.m. Admission is free.


Mr. Weiss will discuss the captive breeding and rearing techniques of chicks in their Wisconsin habitat and their migration from their breeding grounds to the crane`s winter refuge at Chassahowitzka. The presentation will focus on the annual ultralite led migration plus their care once they reach Florida . For more information call 352-447-6186 or send an email to friendswgp@bellsouth.net

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