SERVING DUNNELLON AND RAINBOW SPRINGS Thursday, September 23, 2010 Vol 28 No. 49 75 cents AT A GLANCE Vets to be honored in special edition A special section of the City to finalize budget Nov. 11 Riverland News will honor those who citations. The use of red-light served in active duty. Council will also vote on increase for water, sewer rates cameras, which are to be in- Veterans are invited to stalled in late October and fully send a photo of them- JEFF BRYAN City officials are expecting to “It was one of the most profes- operational by late November, selves in their uniform Riverland News generate nearly $800,000 in sional yet. I feel that (City Man- was approved by the City Coun- along with what years gross revenue from the red-light ager) Lisa (Algiere) really has a cil in August. they served, a list of With revenues coming from cameras alone to offset the in- handle on what she is doing.” “One of things I wanted from medals, awards and cita- red-light cameras, a boat patrol crease, which will see the city The city will have to pay a ven- Lisa was to find alternate rev- tions earned, duties, unit and K-9 unit, the city of budget rise from it current fig- dor fee of $195,000. The vendor enue streams,” Ward said. “She campaigns served in and Dunnellon will formally vote on ure of $3,281,073 to a little more will be in charge of monitoring has found ways. I’m so pleased other pertinent informa- a roughly 40 percent budget at than $4.5 million. the cameras and providing in- she’s come up with alternate tion. Please include your 5:30 p.m. Monday night at City “This is my third budget formation to the Dunnellon Po- name and contact phone Hall. cycle,” Mayor Fred Ward said. lice Department to verify See BUDGET page 7 number. There is no charge. Information may be e- mailed to editor@ Prescription riverlandnews.com or mailed to Riverland News, 20441 E. Pennsyl- ‘take back’ vania Ave., Dunnellon, FL 34432. For more information program or questions, call Jeff Bryan, editor, at 489- 2731. Photos will be re- Saturday turned. City Tree Board Event will be meeting cancelled The city Tree Board at Walmart meeting slated for today Riverland News has been cancelled due The Dunnellon Police to a lack of a quorum. Department prefers giv- The meeting has been ing back to the commu- rescheduled for 5 p.m. nity; however, on Thursday, Oct. 28. Saturday, officers hope to For more information “take back” from resi- or questions, contact dents. Jeanette Rehberg at As part of a joint opera- 465-8500, ext. 1010 or tion with the Drug En- email jrehberg@ forcement dunnellon.org. Administration (DEA) as FFA fundraiser slated well as other government, for Saturday community and public The Dunnellon FFA health agencies, the po- Chapter will host a lice department is taking fundraiser from 10 a.m. part in a nationwide pre- to 2 p.m. Saturday. The scription drug “Take- group will sell sweet Back” initiative that teat at the livestock seeks to prevent in- swap meet and host a creased pill abuse and car wash at Sonic. theft. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., City road work officers with the police slated to begin department will collect The V.E. Whitehurst potentially dangerous ex- Company, under the su- pired, unused and un- pervision of City’s wanted prescription Streets and roads De- drugs for destruction at partment, will begin JEFF BRYAN/Riverland News the Dunnellon Walmart. roadway improvements John DeVries is presented with a birthday “cake” by Greg Zmud for DeVries’ 100th birthday cele- The Marion County Sher- to McKinney and Illi- bration on Sept. 15 at Go For Donuts. The cake consisted of two doughnuts and a long john adorned iff ’s Office and Ocala Po- nois Avenues. Road con- with candles. lice Departments are also struction is scheduled to offering the service at begin on or after Sept. their respective loca- 20 and will continue for Friends, family celebrate John DeVries’ 100th birthday tions. The service is free and approximately 120 days. JEFF BRYAN Expect periodic lane anonymous, no questions closures and/or delays Riverland News asked. on McKinney and Illi- For John DeVries, it was just “Because of our field, nois and on the inter- another regular day. we see a lot of people secting streets. Please To his friends and family, who have old prescrip- be patient while we im- Wednesday, Sept. 15, was not just tions,” said Dunnellon prove road conditions in another average day, it was a mo- Police Chief Joanna the city. For more infor- ment to celebrate DeVries’ 100th Black. “They ask what mation or questions re- birthday. they can do with them, garding the project, call Throughout the early party, but a lot of people cannot Anthony Santacross, friends and regular customers of afford to drive far to public services supervi- Go For Donuts came over to other locations. We fig- sor, at 465-8590. shake hands or present DeVries ured, if we can bring it with a card or small gift. here, we can do our part John Pollock with the Ameri- to take all the prescrip- ON THE WEB can Legion presented DeVries tions back that are out- with a certificate and history of dates and dispose of them the first USS Bushnell, which correctly. We’re looking DeVries served aboard during for a good turnout.” his 2 1/2 years of duty with the This initiative ad- U.S. Navy in the late 1920s. dresses a vital public safety and public health Greg Zmud had the honor of DeVries kisses the hand of Lydia Lytle during his 100th birthday bringing out the “cake,” which issue. Many Americans celebration. Lytle and her father, Ron, sang happy birthday to De- are not aware that medi- consisted of two doughnuts and Vries in his native Dutch language. a long john, adorned with can- cines that languish in Visit our website dles. as he and his daughter, Lydia, bond. DeVries was born in Hol- home cabinets are highly for more stories “He’s a great guy,” Zmud said, sang Happy Birthday to DeVries land and moved to the United susceptible to diversion, noting he’s known DeVries for in his native Dutch language. State when he was an infant. misuse and abuse. Rates and photos about six years. “He’s a good Lytle presented his American- “It’s nice to see him,” Lytle of prescription drug riverlandnews.com God-fearing man. He’s a wonder- Dutch flag pin for the day, a me- said. “He’s a good person to be abuse in the United ful man.” mento he obtained while around, because he’s always States are increasing at “Do I deserve all of this?” De- stationed in Holland during his very positive no matter what’s alarming rates, as are the Riverland Vries asked Ron Lytle, his friend time spent in the U.S. Air Force. going on. He’s always smiling.” number of accidental poi- and barber. Lytle said he met DeVries a few sonings and overdoses News “Of course,” Lytle responded, years ago and they share that See BIRTHDAY page 7 due to these drugs. See PROGRAM page 3 20441 E. Pennsylvania Ave. Dunnellon, FL 34432 DES welcomes physical ed. room students to class on a re- Room was finished this summer cent Thursday morning. JEFF BRYAN mer. “We’ve got equipment “It’s great,” said Dan that is adaptable, so when VISIT US: Riverland News Werner, a physical educa- we’re unable to go out- www.riverlandnews.com Dunnellon Elementary tion teacher at Dunnellon side we can do what we CALL US: School opened its doors Elementary for the past need to inside.” 489-2731 in 1993, and since then 25 years. “Before, we did- Werner added it’s a has sought a much- n’t have that many open bonus for the younger needed room for its phys- classrooms if the weather kids who have PE later in ical education classes. was bad. Now, we’ve got the day. Officials finally got our own spot.” “When we’ve got the what it’s been after the And the kids are enjoy- younger kids, we’ve got a past 17 years with the ing it too, Werner said. place we can take them JEFF BRYAN/Riverland News completion of such a “We are excited,” Fourth-grade students at Dunnellon Elementary classroom this past sum- Werner said as he led his See ROOM page 2 School warm up at the start of class last Thursday. 2 Riverland News, Thursday, September 23, 2010 DES Open House a rousing success and see some of the work that has Grade levels and clubs will be Read In. People from the com- RITA HUTTON CALENDAR OF EVENTS Special to the Riverland News been accomplished since the be- able to have their own games, munity came to read to every ginning of school. The media cen- booths, etc. to raise money. PTO classroom. Our students love Now through Oct. 11 Dunnellon Elementary School ter was open for parents and will sell all the food items. this each year. — Coupons for Education. had a very successful Open students to visit our Book Fair. There will be a “Silent Auction” Our PTO met and discussed Monday — No School House on Sept. 16. Parents met in PTO sold refreshments in the on baskets the different grade fall festival.