WEEKEND Right Whale Festival Sunday EVENTS this weekend morning PAGE 2A 2:00 AM $1.00 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2019 / 16 PAGES, 2 SECTIONS • fbnewsleader.com Does your waste for recycling actually get recycled? JULIA ROBERTS recycled is taken to Republic Services News-Leader in Jacksonville. Advanced Disposal wants to dispel If you care about the environment, the myth that recyclable material is sim- you separate the things you dispose of: ply taken to a landfill along with garbage. paper, aluminum cans, cardboard, and Their recycle trucks weigh in and out at plastics go in a recycling bin, separate Republic Services, they said, so there is from the rest of the trash and garbage. a record of how much material is taken But do the items you painstakingly sepa- to be recycled. rate actually get recycled? The answer “Folks get on Facebook and com- can depend on how well you avoid some- plain that we are loading it on to a truck thing called “contamination.” and taking it to the dump anyway. We Advanced Disposal, the company don’t do that. We’d never do that,” that collects garbage and recycling from Advanced Disposal General Manager 6,000 residential customers in the city Jeff Edwards said. “It is just not right. JULIA ROBERTS/NEWS-LEADER of Fernandina Beach, says that after Advanced Disposal has recycling containers at the city’s parking lot D on the south end of the Fernandina it is picked up, the waste meant to be RECYCLING Continued on 4A Harbor Marina. Recyclable items can be placed in the containers for pickup by Advanced. $500,000 KENDRICK’S HOMER PULLS NATS AHEAD IN WORLD SERIES WIN Cummer lottery win Museum for Yulee is free on woman Fridays The Florida Lottery announced The Cummer Museum of Art & Oct. 23 that Ashley Kelly, 34, of Yulee, Gardens offers free admission to its claimed a $500,000 top prize from the permanent collection and gardens $500,000 Jackpot Multiplier scratch- 4 to 9 p.m. every Friday to kick off off game. She purchased her winning the weekend. The free admission ticket from the Circle K at 850378 U.S. is presented compliments of PNC Highway 17 in Yulee. Bank. The $5 game features 12 top prizes Over the past three months, the of $500,000, and the Museum provided free admission odds of Kelly win- and programming every Friday eve- ning $500,000 were ning. The campaign drew approxi- 1-in-1,180,000, mately 9,000 visitors to the Museum, according to the including more than 1,200 visitors Florida Lottery. during its final week – representing There were seven a 25% increase in visitation compared more of the win- to the same period in 2018. Guests ning game cards in will be able to purchase food and bever- circulation as of Oct. 30, according to ages including beer, wine and cocktails floridalottery.com. from the Cummer Café during Free The game’s overall odds of winning Fridays. are one-in-4.01. Additional experiences, such as Scratch-Offs generated more admission to signature exhibitions, will than $871 million for the Educational be available for purchase. Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF) in FOX SPORTS/MLB.COM The Cummer Museum of Art FY 2017-18, according to the Florida A two-run homer by Washington Nationals designated hitter and former West Nassau High School & Gardens is located in downtown Lottery, and comprise approximately player Howie Kendrick in the seventh game of the 2019 World Series Wednesday night powered the Jacksonville at 829 Riverside Ave. Visit 69% of ticket sales. Nationals to a 3-2 lead over the Houston Astros. For more on Kendrick see page 10A. www.cummermuseum.org. North Florida general gun deer season opens Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is a safe activity, and hunter safety courses help make it even safer by teaching students about fire- Florida’s Zone C general gun deer season begins arms safety, hunting laws and regulations, outdoor Saturday, Nov. 2, providing hunters the opportunity skills, knowledge about wildlife and habitats, and the to get back to nature. And if knowledge, skill and importance of being a conservationist. luck come together for a successful hunt, there’s The FWC offers other programs and oppor- also healthy and delicious wild game to share and tunities for youth and families to learn about and enjoy. experience hunting, including the Youth Hunting Zone C is Florida’s largest hunting zone, encom- Program. This program offers safe, educational, passing the central and northern part of the state. mentored hunts for youth who have successfully The general gun season for deer runs Nov. 2 to Jan. completed a hunter safety course. Participants 19 on lands outside of the wildlife management area accompanied by a parent or guardian can learn about system and gives hunters the chance to carve out conservation and gain new outdoor skills during time from their busy schedules to go afield. It’s also these organized weekend hunts. Sign up for a hunt a good opportunity to introduce someone to deer by checking out the Youth Hunting Program event hunting. Taking a friend, family member, co-worker calendar. or neighbor hunting makes the experience even Youth throughout the state also are learning a more special. variety of outdoors skills through the FWC’s Florida The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Youth Conservation Centers Network. Through this Commission (FWC) has developed online resourc- program, staff work with more than 350 partners to es to make it easier for mentors and new hunters introduce children and teens throughout Florida to to get started deer hunting. Plus, the FWC’s new archery, hunting, boating, fishing, wildlife discovery WMA Finder allows users to locate public hunt- and more. The FYCCN’s partners engage youth in ing opportunities based on species, season, location outdoor adventure while igniting their interest in and more. If you plan on hunting at a WMA, check conservation. WMA regulations brochures for each area you’re The FWC’s wildlife professionals use scientific interested in because season dates and other regula- data to conserve game wildlife populations and pro- TIM DONOVAN/FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION tions may vary. vide sustainable hunting opportunities. 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No. 88, Copyright, 2019 NL Friday 11.01.19.indd 1 10/31/19 6:52 PM 2A FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2019 NEWS News-Leader OBITUARIES Right Whale Festival this weekend Ronald N. Leyendecker NOAA Fisheries and other Keep Nassau Beautiful at 9 a.m. a live “mermaid” and an endan- and nurse their young. Ronald N. Leyendecker, 83, and son, Scott dedicated partners are hosting Saturday. gered species puppet parade. With a population of only of Fernandina Beach, Fla., passed Leyendecker. the 11th annual Right Whale Then, at 10 a.m., the festival For more information and a about 400 and fewer than 95 away Monday evening, October He is sur- Festival on Saturday and Sunday grounds will open and guests schedule of activities, visit right- breeding females remaining, 28, 2019. vived by his in its new home at Main Beach will be able to meet right whale whalefestival.com. protecting every individual is a He was born February 28, children, Brian in Fernandina Beach. biologists and visit dozens of Each year, endangered North priority in order to avoid extinc- 1936 in Massachusetts to Jacob Leyendecker, The free family event cel- educational booths. In addition, Atlantic right whales migrate tion. and Mary Rose Leyendecker and Kimberly ebrates the endangered North vendors will be selling ocean- south, more than 1,000 miles NOAA’s partners include the served in the U.S. Marines. Talbot, Tracey Atlantic right whale’s upcom- themed art & gifts and a variety away from their feeding grounds Amelia Island Convention and In addition to his parents, he Daly, and Todd Leyendecker; ing return to Northeast Florida of games, prizes, and food will off Canada and New England, Visitors Bureau, Clearwater was preceded in death by his eight grandchildren; and four as North Atlantic right whale be available. to the warm coastal waters of Marine Aquarium Research wife, Jacqueline Leyendecker, great-grandchildren. calving season begins in mid- Live music will be provided South Carolina, Georgia and Institute, and the Amelia Island November and continues by Brian Ernst, The Honey Northeast Florida. These south- Right Whale Action Group, as Norman Joseph Pineault through mid-April. Badgers, Mama Blue and other ern waters are the only known well as dedicated sponsors The festival will kick off local favorites. Other entertain- calving area for the species, an Jaxport, Advanced Disposal, and Norman Joseph Pineault, 81, After retiring in 1986, Norm with a beach cleanup hosted by ment will include giant bubbles, area where they give birth to SeaWorld.