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Lozano Defends Teachers Return To Title On TV Their Classrooms B1 Photos Inside Herald-THE Advocate HARDEE COUNTY’S HOMETOWN COVERAGE 118th Year No. 37 2 Sections www.TheHeraldAdvocate.com 70¢ Plus 5¢ Sales Tax Thursday, August 9, 2018 RV Park May Replace Golf Course By MICHAEL KELLY purchase the 138-acre parcel Harvey, who has built and on the east, north and south maintained as a golf course. and appreciates the investment Of The Herald-Advocate from Bill and Marie Lambert, operated two similar parks, ends of the property along U.S. Several homeowners of in the community. A proposed 374-site recre- who owned and operated Tor- said he will market the park to 17 and Bostick Road. Oaks Bend attended the meet- The RV sites are proposed to ational-vehicle park received rey Oaks Golf Course there for retired northerners, and it will No mobile homes will be ing but none expressed opposi- be built on what were holes one approval from the Hardee nearly three decades until clos- be restricted to those 55 and placed near the single-family tion to the project. and nine and 10 through 18. County Planning & Zoning ing it earlier this year. older. residences of the private Oaks Paul Samuels, the only resi- What used to be holes two Board last week and now Harvey said he would like to He said during the meeting Bend subdivision, which was dent of Oaks Bend who ad- through eight will be main- moves on to the County Com- get started on the first of two he does not plan on reopening built through the course and dressed the board, said his only tained as open nature space and mission for final hearings. phases of Torrey Trails RV the golf course and will main- bordered several holes. Noth- concerns were the drainage include walking trails. William Harvey, who hopes Park later this year and have it tain some of the previous ing in that deed-restricted com- areas being kept up and the nat- The only opposition voiced to develop the park, told board open for business by the fall of course as open spaces. munity, however, required the ural areas maintained, adding during the meeting was from members he has a contract to 2019. The RV sites will be located surrounding property to be he supports the proposed plan See RV A3 MOCK MAYHEM Wildcat Tailgate Party Friday By JENNIFER McCONKEY Herald-Advocate Intern It’s time to show your or- ange-and-blue pride as the community kicks off another school year with a downtown tailgate party! Main Street will be closed to traffic between Seventh and Eighth avenues tomorrow (Fri- day) from 6 to 9 p.m. to make way for the eighth annual COURTESY PHOTO Wildcat Tailgate Party at Her- The Hardee County Sheriff’s Office Special Weapons And Tactics at the bus loop of Hardee Junior High School. “Hands-on training is itage Park. team stands on alert as “students” – bus drivers for the Hardee much more effective than videos or lecturing,” said Transportation The party, hosted by Main County School District – exit a bus with their hands in the air on Director Rob Krahl. “I appreciate the HCSO working with us, and just Street Wauchula Inc. and pre- Wednesday of last week. The mock exercise, simulating a law-en- hope that these skills are never needed.” See story and more photos sented by Mosaic, will include forcement response to an active shooter on a school bus, was held on A3. performances, live music, ven- dors, games, free health serv- ices, and opportunities to meet political candidates. The Hardee County Youth Teen Father Gets Split Sentence Football League cheerleaders will be performing at 6:45 By CYNTHIA KRAHL crime of child abuse. care. was 18. p.m., and the high school Of The Herald-Advocate A second-degree felony Ezelle also assessed court The two began dating, Her- cheerleaders and marching A teenager who impregnated charge of lewd battery was fines, fees and costs in an nandez said, but the girl kept band will be showcased begin- his girlfriend – who was and is dropped as the result of plea amount totaling $1,681. To the relationship a secret, as she ning at 8. The junior high underage – has been handed negotiations between the pros- date, Herrada has made his first knew her parents would not ap- cheerleaders will also be per- jail time and probation in ecution and defense. payment of $50. prove of her having a boyfriend forming sometime during the Hardee Circuit Court. In addition to the split sen- Should Herrada successfully at her age. evening. Ramon Jonathan Herrada, tence, Circuit Judge Marcus J. pay the monies due and abide The girl told the detective The volleyball team will get now 21, of 3004 Jack Jones Ezelle ordered Herrada to un- by the terms of his probation, Herrada would drive over to in on the action, too, with a Road, Wauchula, was sen- dergo a mental health evalua- the court may consider an early her house in the middle of the demonstration. tenced to 364 days in the tion and to complete any termination of his probation at night, parking in the nearby or- And performing live is mu- Hardee County Jail and five recommended treatment. the four-year mark, Ezelle ange groves. She would sneak sical duo Cory Greenway and years of supervised probation Further, the judge prohibited added. out of the house to go meet Rodger Brutus, called Prime for the third-degree felony Herrada from any unsupervised According to a report filed with him. Herrada See WILDCAT A3 contact with children under 17 by Det. Yolanda Hernandez of On occasion, the girl added, years of age. He is permitted the Hardee County Sheriff’s the pair would then go to Her- contact with his victim’s Office, Herrada met the victim rada’s home. WEATHER mother regarding his child’s through mutual friends. The One time, while the girl was Free Haz-Waste DATE HIGH LOW RAIN medical, educational and day girl was 14 at the time, and he See SENTENCE A2 07/31 89 72 0.01 08/01 92 74 0.00 Disposal Saturday 08/02 92 73 0.84 08/03 93 73 0.25 By JENNIFER McCONKEY dents, will last from 8 a.m. 08/04 93 75 0.07 Company Seeks More IDA $$$ 08/05 92 74 0.00 Herald-Advocate Intern until noon. 08/06 91 74 0.00 By MICHAEL KELLY stimulus grant in 2009 that moved and replaced by former Now is the time of year You can bring up to 60 Rainfall to 08/06/2018 - 35.24 Of The Herald-Advocate would provide other rural com- county commissioner Grady when people are buying new pounds of material per house- Same period last year - 26.68 An attorney representing in- munities in the area with a sim- Johnson. school supplies, including hold. Items you can bring in in- Ten Year Average - 49.17 ternet service provider Rapid ilar wireless system as Terms of the Memorandum computers, tablets and other clude the following: Source: Univ. of Fla. Ona Research Center Systems recently sent a letter to developed here. of Understanding, which was electronics. Electronics like cell phones, the Hardee County Industrial FRBA, a non-profit organi- put together hastily by all three But what do you do with computers, tablets and TVs, al- INDEX Development Authority seek- zation formed in part by the parties to meet the grant dead- your outdated ones? though you can’t bring more Classifieds . .B4 ing $720,000 in “outstanding Florida's Heartland Regional line, outlined a plan for Rapid This Saturday, you can bring than two TVs per household. Courthouse Report . .A4 shared costs” incurred after the Economic Development Initia- Systems to tap into bandwidth those old electronics along Chemicals like household Crime Blotter . .A4 Florida Rural Broadband Al- tive, applied for and was from the Level 3 connection with many other hazardous cleaners, pool and photo- liance breached its obligations awarded $24 million through running through Ona and send waste items to the Hardee Entertainment . B10 graphic chemicals, old paint, with the company and the IDA. the American Recovery & In- it via microwave signal using County Sanitary Landfill to get paint removers and wood Hardee Living . .A8 Rapid Systems received a $2 vestment Act of 2009. the towers located throughout rid of them for free. preservatives, stains, and Information Roundup . .B7 million grant from the Eco- The goal was to provide Hardee to Highlands County, This event is for items that polyurethanes. Obituaries . .A6 nomic Development Authority wireless internet to all the rural where it would then be dis- are dangerous to dispose of Fuels like old gasoline, pe- Puzzles . .B9 in 2010 after partnering with counties of critical economic persed to the other counties in with regular garbage for vari- troleum products and used Save The Date . .A2 the IDA to blanket the county concern in the Heartland region the region. ous reasons, but hoarding them motor oil. Solunar Forecast . .B2 with high-speed wireless inter- of Hardee, DeSoto, Highlands, Under the MOU, FRBA in a shed isn’t the best idea ei- Vehicle supplies like auto- net capabilities. Okeechobee, Glades and agreed to pay for the additional ther. So start gathering them mobile batteries, engine filters, The IDA and Rapid Systems Hendry counties. cost of increasing Rapid Sys- up, and head on over to the antifreeze, and brake and trans- signed a Memorandum of Un- IDA Executive Director Bill tems’s bandwidth to provide landfill, which is at 685 Airport mission fluids.