Growing Up: Hernando Sun Celebrates Six Years in Print
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READERS' CHOICE NOMINATIONS HAVE BEGUN NOMINATE ONLINE: HERNANDOSUN.COM/RC2021 Suggested Retail March 5-11, 2021 75¢ Volume VII, Issue X hernandosun.com TELLING YOUR STORY IN PRINT WEEKLY, ONLINE DAILY. MORE HERNANDO BUILDERS ASSOCIATION 2021 SHOWCASE OF HOMES SPONSORS PRESENTING THE Hernando Sun More SPONSOR: Newspaper Showcase Info Inside! FEB. 26-MARCH 14, WWW.HERNANDOSHOWCASEOFHOMES.COM Growing Up: Hernando Sun FAITH celebrates six years in print Pastor Pope, PAPA FILES Inspiring Zoo House Positive Change PAGE 21 My name is Pete; please take me home with you Our little newsies in 2015, Julie Catherine, Beatrice and Max. Below: The newsies Max, Han- PAGE 13 na, Beatrice and Julie off to school in 2020. Don't think we can convince them to put on the suspenders anymore, however Max might be willing to. Just like our children, the Pastor Bill Pope & his wife, Sharon Hernando Sun has grown up a lot SARAH NACHIN in six years. [email protected] Rocco & Julie Maglio This 12-year military veteran of Des- Hernando Sun Co-Founders ert Storm and 23-year veteran of law enforcement might not look like your When we started the newspaper in late 2014, early 2015 we quickly realized that typical minister, but Pastor Bill Pope it was now the baby of the family. In its (he prefers “Bill”) has guided Encour- infancy, the newspaper was quite a bit of aging Words Ministries (EWM) Church work and it still is! It has matured in many since 2008. This mission comes natural- Peck Sink ways though and we are proud of the positive ly to him, as he was raised in a family impacts it has had on our community. of ministers. Improvements The first Hernando Sun printed newspa- “My great-grandfather, grandfather, Grant per edition was released in March 2015. and mother all served as ministers,” This newspaper was an eight-page monthly states Bill. newspaper and had no ads. The Hernando He started his non-denomination- PAGES 4 & 5 Sun's online presence launched earlier in December 2014, since this is the area where al church while he was still a school we have extensive experience. standard and we choose to use it to layout the resource officer with the Hernando The print edition required choosing soft- Hernando Sun. This means that our editor/ County Sheriff’s Office because “it ware to layout the newspaper, we weighed publisher/owner Julie Maglio had to quickly was a drawing from within my spirit to the options from open source Scribus to Ado- come up to speed in InDesign. Building on a serve others and make a difference in be InDesign. Adobe InDesign is the industry keen eye for detail developed as an accom- this world by preaching the Gospel. I See GROWING UP, page 20 do believe that the calling on my life was to reach a generation that had been forgotten and to go about it using a SPORTS different approach.” The 200-member congregation of EWM is a multi-racial, multi-ethnic The road narrows to 2021 state wrestling group of men, women, and children that worship together and serve the Lord to- gether in various ministries, both within tourney the local community, as well as nation- Article & Photography by ally and internationally. These minis- DONNA GARRETT tries include Music; Youth; Evangelical, Missionary, and Community Outreach; The road to States got and Education. a little narrower as the 37 Their Evangelical, Missionary, and Hernando County Wres- Community Outreach ministry serves tlers coming out of District the wider community and encourages victories faced off against positive relations within the community. some tough competition in their Regional battles. The See PASTOR POPE, page 17 nine Springstead wrestlers from 2A -2R took on com- petition from Lake Gibson, WEATHER: FRI INDEX Brandon, and Jesuit. LOCAL & STATE 2 Hernando High School EVENT PREVIEWS 9 Wrestlers were among those to watch out for in LEGAL NOTICES 22,23 1A-2R as well as teams KID SCOOP 14 from Palm Bay, Merritt Hernando High Senior Billy Gould advanced by a pin over Nature COMICS 15 Island, and The Master’s Coast Junior Damon Wiedmer to the District championship round. Academy (Oviedo). All in Gould (152) will be advancing to the state tournament along with HIGH LOW SPORTS 13, 19 all the two-day Regional 6 other Leopard grapplers. OPINION 21, 22 Tournament would leave each team suffering some See WRESTLING, page 19 76 60 CROSSWORD 11 The Hernando Sun: a local paper delivered to your mailbox EVERY WEEK. Subscribe today. Subscription form on page 2 2 • THE HERNANDO SUN March 5-11, 2021 • hernandosun.com • news desk call: (352) 900-5147 Hernando Sun Staff & LOCAL & STATE Regular Contributors Julie B. Maglio: Editor, Publisher Rocco Maglio: Barrista, Publisher Sue Quigley: Community Reporter, Layout Lisa MacNeil: Local Government and Community Reporter state news items Sarah Nachin: Community Reporter Megan Hussey: Community Reporter Linda White-Francis: Community Reporter DeSantis Delivers State of the State Address Andy Villamarzo: Sports Reporter Melissa Fordyce: Community Reporter Tallahassee, Fla. – Provided below is the State of the Florida also established COVID-only nursing facilities Summer Hampton: Community Reporter State address delivered by Gov. DeSantis on March 2, so that infections in long-term care facilities could be Toby Benoit: Hunting Sports, Community Writer 2021 to a joint session of Florida’s legislature. more effectively contained. Jessica Williams: Reporter And perhaps most importantly, we are prioritizing Vincent Cardegin: Columnist Opening our senior citizens for vaccinations. Florida is putting Dr. Domenick Maglio: Columnist Seniors First because it is the best strategy to save lives William Holland: Columnist Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, members of the House and is the best way to honor our elders from whom we Ellen Corsi Tutko: Ad Sales Representative and Senate and fellow citizens: draw inspiration. We have vaccinated millions of se- (614) 208-2066; [email protected] I see, in many parts of our country, a sad state of af- niors throughout Florida – parents, grandparents, veter- Leslie Stein: Ad Sales Representative fairs: schools closed, businesses shuttered and lives de- ans of the second world war, survivors of the holocaust. [email protected] stroyed. We have made vaccinations available all across the Tracy Bradbury: Ad Sales Representative This calamitous reality is just the beginning of what state: in retail pharmacies including Publix, Walmart [email protected] will likely be long-term damage to children, families and CVS, at hundreds of hospitals throughout Florida, Subscribe and society. at drive-thru sites in places like the Villages retirement We currently offer a 52 issue subscription for Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind. community, at houses of worship from the First Bap- $31.50 and 26 issues for $18.90. Fill out the form While so many other states kept locking people down, tist Church Piney Grove in Lauderdale Lakes to the St. Florida lifted people up. in this issue and mail along with your check made Paul AME in Jacksonville, at senior communities such Florida’s schools are open – and we are one of only as Century Village and Kings Point in south Florida, out to "Hernando Sun Publications" to P.O. 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We For news tips, concerns, or corrections call: since January 30th, the number of seniors hospitalized have stood up for small, family-owned businesses and for COVID has declined by 80% and cases among se- have saved thousands of them from ruin. niors have declined by 71%. (352) 900-5147 Because of our actions, Florida is leading the nation [email protected] Florida was right to prioritize the elderly. Seniors in the number of people submitting business formation First works. applications and we are one of the top destinations for As we worked to protect seniors, we also worked to business relocation. HOW TO READ YOUR MAILING give opportunities to our kids. Florida has led the way Friends, legislators, Floridians, lend me your ears: in providing all parents the right to send their kids to LABEL & YOUR EXPIRATION DATE We will not let anybody close your schools, we will not school for in-person instruction. Florida is one of only let anybody take your jobs and we will not let anybody 4 states – and the only large state – to offer in-person close your businesses! **********************************CAR-RT LOT **R 084 instruction to 100% of its students. One year ago, COVID-19 had not yet been declared a Across the nation, millions of students have been 749 12-15-21 0048A24 46P 17T global pandemic. We had scant knowledge of the virus, locked out of the classroom for nearly a year – and for JANE DOE little ability to test for it, and no approved treatments.