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4,000 failing students sent back to class

By Brad Rogers Ocala Gazette

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‘When he did something, he did it to the fullest’ Ocala Police Chief Greg Graham loved his family, his life, his community, his job, friends say

By Brad Rogers Ocala Gazette

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reg Graham will be eulogized today at the First Baptist Church of Ocala with hundreds in attendance. There will be tributes to his 33 years of service to the community. It was an extraordinary career during which he rose from police officer to undercover drug agent to deputy chief to chief of police.

Graham, 58, died Sunday morning when his Cessna plane crashed into a field east of the Dunnellon airport.

Born in North Carolina and raised in Gainesville, Graham went to work for Ocala Police Department as a patrolman in 1983 for $250 a week.

But his life when he took off the badge and the gun was extraordinary, too, according to those who knew him best.

“When he went and did something, he did it to the fullest,” said Raymond Andrews, Graham’s longtime friend and barefoot water-skiing partner.

“Whether it was barefooting, or diving, or whatever … he always wanted to be the best.”

Another one of the so-called Breakfast Barefoot Boys – because they regularly barefoot water skied on Lake Weir in the early mornings – was banker Tom Ingram. He said there was no question Graham was a daredevil who loved taking risks.

“As he would describe it, he was an adrenaline junkie,” Ingram said. “He loved to go fast.

Skydiver. Endurance barefoot

water skier. Motorcyclist. Flyer.

He maximized everything to the fullest. It’s what made him so fun to be around.”

Just how maximized? Graham and his fellow “barefooters,” as they call themselves, traveled the country participating in endurance barefoot skiing events.

Andrews remembers their first in Austin, Texas, years ago. They showed up, never having entered such a competition, and they beat dozens of other teams to place third.

Kevin Camp, another one of the Barefoot Boys, remembers the Austin trip and the 22-mile endurance run. He said Graham always wanted to be the last one to let go of the skiing rope.

“Oh my gosh he was competitive,” Camp said.

ith the first nine-week grading period in the books, Marion County Public School officials are forcing about one-third of their online students to either return to in-person classes or another instructional alternative because they are failing.

An estimated 4,000 of the district’s 12,000 MCPSOnline students are expected to be affected by the district’s decision, one endorsed by the School Bord. Those students are being moved because they are earning less than a C grade in at least one core subject, with some failing all their subjects.

“When we looked at our current data for online students, what we saw was a very strong contrast between students who were very successful online and students who were very, very unsuccessful online,” Ben Whitehouse, area director for secondary schools, told the School Board. “There wasn’t a whole lot of middle ground.”

At the start of the school year, due to the coronavirus epidemic, parents and students were given the option of either returning to in-person classrooms or taking classes at home via MCPSOnline. MCPSOnline is supposed to operate like inperson classes, with a regular school day start time and regular changing of classes, just like inperson school.

Whitehouse said the criteria for determining which students would be forced to return to the classroom – or be homeschooled or switch to Marion Virtual, another online platform – is that they have less than a C in one or more core subjects or have multiple unexcused absences, tardies or “early checkouts.” He said with the second nine weeks beginning, district officials did not want these students to fall further behind.

Whitehouse told board members the district will use “a tiered approach.” The first to be

See Graham, page 14

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Live Oak International canceled over COVID

By Bill Thompson Ocala Gazette

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ive Oak International, Marion County’s largest equine spectator sport, has been canceled for 2021.

Chester Weber, owner of Live Oak Stud, where the annual event is held, and a perennial four-in-hand combined driving champion, said COVID-19 forced the decision to halt the event for

at least next year.

“How are we going to hold a large spectator event in the middle of a pandemic? That’s hard,” Weber said on Wednesday.

In a letter dated Wednesday to the competition’s sponsors and partners, Weber and his sister, Juliet Reid, who jointly preside over the four-day event, noted they were tabling the 2021 tournament so as “to safeguard the continuity of

Live Oak International in the long term.”

“This was a very emotional and difficult choice to make but we do not want to take any risks whatsoever when it comes to the health of those involved in this wonderful event,” they wrote.

“It is impossible to predict how the pandemic will develop over the next few months or what measures will be needed to safely host an event.

We believe making this decision early is the fairest for our sponsors, exhibitors, partners, volunteers, suppliers and community.”

Loretta Shaffer, director of the Ocala/Marion County Visitors and Convention Bureau, said, “The 2021 edition of the Live Oak International Tournament will be sorely missed by our wonderful equine industry, our tourism partners and our entire community.”

“We look forward to

brighter days ahead and are excited for Live Oak International’s return in the coming years, along with the positive economic impact the event creates,” she added. “The Ocala/ Marion County Visitors and Convention Bureau continues working every day to support events in the area that prioritize the health and safety of both visitors and residents.”

Live Oak International celebrated its 30th See Live Oak, page 14

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Health officials ask that kids, adults observe COVID precautions this Halloween Staff Report

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he Marion County Health Department has offered some guidelines for those who may be skittish about celebrating the fall and winter holidays in the middle of a pandemic.

In a press release, department spokeswoman Christy Jergens reminds county residents that Halloween, and subsequent holidays, are not the time to relax COVID-19 precautions, especially as we open our homes to friends and family members.

Starting with Halloween, which is on Saturday, and trick-or-treating, the Health Department offers a few safety tips.

“Some traditional Halloween activities are riskier than others due to COVID-19,” said Jergens.

“However, if you will be trickor-treating this weekend, there are several steps you can take to make it a

From Schools, page 1 moved off MCPSOnline will be students who are failing all subject areas. Next, those who are failing some classes but not all will be moved “so we are meeting the needs of all our learners and getting as many of them back on our campuses who are unsuccessful as we can.”

Whitehouse conceded the switchover of so many students will create “scheduling challenges,” not the least of which will be making sure in-person classes do not become too overcrowded to adhere to

safer experience for all,” in accordance with guidelines from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

For one thing, reduce direct contact.

The CDC recommends avoiding direct contact, if possible, with trick-ortreaters and giving treats outside, Jergens said.

Instead, setting a station up with individually prepared bags is preferred. And everyone should wash hands before handling treats and wear a mask when giving out, preparing or receiving treats.

Another suggestion is to wear a cloth face mask as part of your costume.

Costume masks are not a substitute, Jergens advised.

Anyone who has difficulty breathing and children younger than 2 should not wear a mask.

A third recommendation is to steer clear of people not from your own household.

Practice social distancing, which means remaining at

least six feet apart, whether indoors or outdoors, Jergens noted.

Finally, clean your hands.

Use hand sanitizer after touching surfaces or other people. And make sure to wash your hands with soap and water for 20 seconds before eating any Halloween treats.

The Health Department also notes that people can still enjoy Halloween even if health concerns led them to scratch trick-or-treating off their holiday list.

Jergens suggested decorating or carving pumpkins, visiting a pumpkin patch or corn maze, or holding a Halloween movie night indoors with household members or outside with friends and neighbors.

Yet during Halloween or beyond, whether host or guest, people should approach holiday gatherings by carefully weighing several factors that influence the risk of any particular event,

and consider them both individually and in whole in conjunction with CDC guidelines.

Jergens further noted that

Additional information on considerations for fall and winter holidays can be found at https://www.cdc. gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/ daily-life-coping/holidays. html#halloween.

COVID-19 safety measures.

School Board members agreed something needed to be done to ensure the failing online students did not continue to fail, but some also encouraged caution and said parents must be engaged.

“The fact of the matter is parents have to look at their child’s situation and see if it’s going to be conducive for them to stay out or to come back,” board Chairman the Rev. Eric Cummings said.

Board member Nancy Thrower said parents should not be caught off guard.

“This should not come as a surprise to these families, because a couple of unsung heroes who are not sitting here right now -- our social workers and our psychologists – have continued to make home visits, have continued to problem-solve,” she said. “It’s really been a tremendous amount of outreach.”

The recommendations were the result of three committees that have been evaluating online instruction and the district’s response to the coronavirus.

The committees collectively include about 50 members of the community and the school district.

In addition to the students who will be forced to move from MCPSOnline, Whitehouse said growing numbers of students are returning to in-person classrooms. That may necessitate how the district handles online instruction going forward.

“We certainly need to pay attention to the number of students who will remain online and how we can successfully operate

those online schools if they become very small,” he said.

School district spokesman Kevin Christian said the number of students attending classes online through MCPSOnline was 30 percent of the district’s enrollment at the start of the year. That number is now down to 27 percent – before the 4,000 are moved back into classrooms, a process which is under way.

“Online is not working for at least 4,000 students,” Christian said. “The best place for kids to be in in school.”

These factors include: • The location of the event.

Events held indoors or in areas with poor ventilation will be riskier than events held outdoors.

• The length of the gathering. Longer events are riskier than shorter ones.

• The number of people at the event. Although now there are no formal limitations on event size, the health risk at the gathering increases with the number of people at an event.

• The behavior of attendees during the event. The more preventive measures in place during an event, such as mask wearing, social distancing, and handwashing, the lower the risk is for attending.

there are several groups that should not attend in-person holidays or events, per the CDC recommendations.

If you have COVID-19 or have been exposed to the virus, neither you (nor someone in your household) should take part in or host in-person festivities. These restrictions apply if you: • Have been diagnosed with the coronavirus and have not yet met the guidelines for when it’s permissible to be around others.

• Are experiencing symptoms of COVID-19, or are awaiting COVID-19 test results.

• Were exposed to someone who has COVID-19 within 14 days of the event.

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Commentary Making history while repeating history

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By Brad Rogers Ocala Gazette “It’s history repeating itself.”

With those words, Jaye Baillie summed up Monday’s grand opening of the new downtown Ocala Hilton Garden Inn. Baillie, who once went to the former Chamber of Commerce site each day when she served as executive director of that organization, noted that for much of Ocala’s history, a hotel has stood on that site.

She is right, of course.

What is particularly fascinating, though, is not just that a hotel is going where a hotel once stood but the similarities between the hotels then and now.

For 121 years in the 19th and 20th centuries, the Ocala House stood where Danny Gaekwad’s Hilton is today. Here’s what a brief history from Ocala’s Historic Preservation Society says: “In 1883, an 1847 frame building, identified as the first Ocala House, was demolished to make way for a new 150-room, threestory imposing brick hotel

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terrace that overlooks the downtown square.

“You can stand here and see people you know on the street,” he told me. It’s true. The yawning terrace will also feature a bar with a 93-inch big-screen TV and surely will become a downtown gathering place.

So, yes, history is repeating itself.

But at the same time it was repeating history, the new Hilton on Monday was making history. Make no mistake, it will change not only the look but the vibe of downtown. And if city Growth Management Director Ty Chighizola is right, it will be a catalyst

for more downtown development.

“I think it’s huge for downtown,” Chighizola told me in an earlier interview.

“There’s just a lot of opportunities with a hotel as a core. Having that national brand gives us credibility in our downtown.”

So, while the grand opening of the downtown Hilton Garden Inn was a somewhat low-key affair attended by 100 or so dignitaries and friends of Gaekwad’s, it was a monumental moment for downtown Ocala. It not See Hotel, page 4

Danny Gaekwad talks about his vision of his new hotel, a Hilton Garden Inn, on the Ocala Downtown Square. [Bruce Ackerman/Ocala Gazette]

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bearing the same name, fronting the east side of the courthouse square at what was East Broadway and Main Streets. The hotel was … one of the first of several grand Florida hotels commissioned by Henry Plant throughout the state during the period. … At the time of its completion, the Ocala House was the largest brick hotel in the state.”

Actually, the original wood-frame Ocala House burned to the ground with the rest of downtown in the great Thanksgiving Day Fire of 1883. Like the rest of the rebuilt downtown, the new Ocala House was brick.

The Ocala House, like the Hilton today, was a centerpiece of the downtown until it was demolished in 1968. And like the new hotel, the old one gave patrons a unique view of the city.

“From a balustraded deck on top of the building, nearly all of the city could be seen,” says the written history.

Well, one of the features of his hotel that Gaekwad is most proud of is a large, 6,000-square-foot

By Larry Bush Guest Columnist

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he inexplicable, unnerving, shake-aperson-to-the-core death of Ocala Police Chief Greg Graham will affect many of us in the community for a long time.

Like many people, Greg’s cell phone number is undeleted in our contact list. It doesn’t make sense, but I feel if I delete his number it would be tantamount to giving up. I don’t want to give up.

We spoke on a regular basis and my admiration for him is immense.

Thankfully, I told him so --several times. While we agreed on some things and disagreed on others, there was a superseded mutual respect.

There are pillars in every community - folks who just made a difference, those who continue to make a difference and others who continue to listen and learn so they can make a difference.

Chief Graham was all three, wrapped in an aura of a true public servant.

Writing about him in the past tense is making me cry – again.

When we were in public, he was always “Chief Graham” because he earned that respect; I called him “Greg” when it was just us, because he was my friend.

My family considers his family our friends.

We weren’t the best of friends and didn’t vacation together or have regular dinners, but we knew we were there for each other.

Amy Graham and my wife, Debbie, and my youngest daughter, Kelly, are avid tennis players and have played with and against each other many times over the years. Amy even tried to get Greg to play tennis, and he did for a while.

One time, we played against the Grahams in a group social and Greg kept swinging as hard as he could at every ball, shanking it sideways, blistering the ball into the net or banging it halfway up the back fence. On one changeover, I told him if he’d get control of his swing he’d do better and be in more games.

Greg took a step closer to me and said quietly, “That’s a great idea … if I wanted to be out here.”

Never saw him on the court again.

In 2009, one of my business trips took me to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where he had become the police chief of that department in 2008. The Chief took time out of his day to give us a tour of the police station.

He told us about his first couple of weeks in Cedar Rapids and the record-setting flood that hit the town hard. We were in the station’s top floor conference room on the banks of the Cedar River, which runs through the middle of town, connected by a bridge.

The Chief can tell the story: “So, I ask my staff, ‘What’s our plan?’ And they tell me they put some officers on one side of the river and some on the other I say ‘No, what is our plan,’ and they just look at me. I See Bush, page 4

Celebrating Florida’s Blacks in Energy

By Kathy Judkins Guest Columnist

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ew realize the array of professionals behind the scenes who help provide energy to run the lights in a room, power the devices we all use for business, school, and entertainment and keep everything moving smoothly. The absence of this all-important power connection means things come to a halt. It’s why the American Association for Blacks in Energy (AABE) Florida Chapter is highlighting Black Energy Awareness Month, known as AABE BEAM.

BEAM month gives the group the perfect platform to promote the many career options in energy to minority students who may occasionally see a line technician in their community. The energy sector needs line techs, engineers, both mechanical and electrical, along with GIS technicians or analyst, relay technicians, and telecommunications technicians and IT, to name a few. There are also careers in business accounting and human resources.

The expanding list of careers and emerging technology is what inspired three Duke Energy

professionals to create what became the Youth Energy Academy in 2010. Malcolm Barnes, Mikle Gordon and Melvin Philpot wanted to use the academy format to introduce career options to students from low-income neighborhoods throughout Florida.

The trio, each of whom grew up in low-income communities, referred to the concept as “the best-kept secret in the neighborhood,” since students from many of these areas don’t grow up with the idea of working for a utility company or the high-salary career opportunities. They sought assistance from their

employer to execute the plan and expanded. To date, the Youth Energy Academy has served 1,500 students around the state.

The concept grew over time and had several different names along the way before it was later adopted by the AABE Florida Chapter. The program, focusing on middle school and high school students, is held during the summer in twoday sessions around the state, including Ocala, St. Petersburg, Orlando, and Jacksonville. The Florida group is working to develop other sites in the state. The Duke Energy Foundation See Judkins, page 7

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only changed the face of downtown but likely changed downtown’s trajectory as well.

Gaekwad estimates that his hotel, if it averages 70 percent occupancy nightly, will bring more than 50,000 new visitors to downtown Ocala each year. That, folks, would be a game-changer.

The hope of both Gaekwad and Chighizola is that the new hotel will make coming downtown not just a visit but “an experience.”

“It’s nice to have that urban hotel feel where people can walk to do things,” Chighizola said. “It’s more of an

From Bush, page 3

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experience than a stay in a hotel.”

Congratulations to the city of Ocala and to Gaekwad for bringing this project to fruition.

It was long talked about.

And once the decision was made to level the old Chamber of Commerce building and move forward with finding a hotel developer, negotiations took years.

Construction delays and other setbacks pushed the opening date back more than a year.

That is all history now. And a new chapter in downtown Ocala’s history is under way -- right back where it started.

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tell them, ‘Call me the new guy, but I went through back-to-backback hurricanes in Florida, so what is our plan when the water rises in this building?”

“They tell me that has never happened. I asked for a compete evacuation plan, just in case. Right out of the gate, that directive didn’t go over well.”

As the Chief told the story, we started walking to the bottom floor where he pointed to a painted horizontal line about three to four feet above our heads.

In handwritten letters, it read “High Water Mark, 2008.”

I can only imagine the outpouring of sympathy the Grahams are receiving. The family is surrounded by love while dealing with this sudden, enormous loss. They know their Ocala family is only a phone call away.

What’s the measure of a person’s life? I believe each of us is a direct result of our experiences and the people who

have impacted us – for good or bad. Yeah, there’s some DNA mixed in there we can’t undo.

I believe most people want to make a difference and most want to do good. I know I want to leave the world just a little better than when I got here.

Chief Graham dedicated his life to helping us – any of us, all of us. Instead of saying hello, he’d often answer his phone, “Tell me how I can brighten your day.” I really hope he looked at who was calling first.

Here’s what I know he believed in: Do the right thing, ask for forgiveness instead of permission, find ways to say yes, treat everyone with respect, and have fun.

Chief Graham, Ocala will miss you.

Greg, we already miss you.

Larry Bush is marketing consultant and longtime Ocala resident.

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Bridge to Recovery Program The Small Business Assistance Program seeks to assist businesses with 25 or fewer employees who have been experiencing continuing negative impacts as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The business will need to submit an online application demonstrating the negative impact of COVID-19 and will be able to receive up to $15,000. The business will be expected to maintain the same number of employees. The company will report quarterly on their status for a period of 1-year.

Moving Forward Program The Business Assistance Program seeks to assist businesses with 26-100 employees who have been experiencing continuing negative impacts as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The business will need to submit an online application demonstrating the negative impact of COVID-19 and will be able to receive up to $40,000. The business will be expected to maintain the same number of employees. The company will report quarterly on their status for a period of 1-year.

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Election 2020 Official: ballot integrity assured here Supervisor of Elections says numerous safeguards in place to prevent ballot mischief

By Bill Thompson Ocala Gazette The 2020 presidential election is fraught with questions about voting and whether votes will be tabulated accurately and within a reasonable time.

But Marion County’s top elections official does not believe local voters have a cause for concern.

Election Supervisor Wesley Wilcox said his agency’s safeguards will prevent any hanky-panky with ballots.

In the run-up to the start of early voting, much of the focus was on voting by mail.

Wilcox, in previous public comments, sought to assure voters that mail-in ballots are secure, whether actually dropped in the mail or returned in person to a box in the main elections center.

Now, with early voting taking place and Election Day on the horizon, Wilcox again is telling Marion County voters their votes will be counted correctly.

That process, he noted,

begins once a voter’s identification is confirmed and he or she votes.

The ballot is sent through the vote-counter, and thus the votes are recorded.

“At that point,” Wilcox said, “the ballot becomes back-up documentation.”

With early voting, as is happening now, the votes are already recorded. Each day paper ballots gathered at the nine voting sites are boxed up each day and stored by date.

Along with them are the daily voter sign-in sheets.

Those boxes are then housed in a locked chain-link cage at election headquarters.

That secure area is accessible only by a key card and, like much of the backroom of Wilcox’s headquarters, is watched by closed-circuit surveillance cameras.

Additionally, the whole building littered with alarms and monitored by an outside security company.

At the precincts, meanwhile, once the polls close, the vote tabulators electronically send the results to the main vote-counter at Wilcox’s Elections Center.

The machines also spit out a report of the results. Wilcox’s clerks in the precincts certify that document, including posting a copy at their individual precinct, gather up all the ballots and bring them to the

main office.

“We already know what the answer is,” said Wilcox, referring to the results. “I’m just waiting for the back-up documentation.”

“You can’t add things, or alter things, because it’s already done.”

Wilcox said he has absolute confidence in the machines.

For one thing, they are immune from hacking, which is a lingering concern from the 2016 election for both parties.

Wilcox said his tabulators operate on a self-contained network, independent of the internet system that allows his office to conduct “business.”

Another reason for Wilcox’s confidence is that the machines are tested before and after every election.

Prior to voting, Wilcox conducts a public test of the equipment so interested voters can see its accuracy, as validated by his staff.

After the election he audits the tabulators by pulling sample precinct results from certain races and comparing that to a staff hand count of the corresponding paper ballots.

Wilcox noted that in more than a decade of doing such audits, the machines have never been wrong, but the human hand count was off

twice.

On election night, as the main tabulator periodically aggregates the vote totals, the “sneaker net” kicks in.

As precinct results roll in on election night, staffers insert a thumb drive into the main machine to download the tallies.

Election workers then physically walk the drive across the building to the terminal that will upload the numbers onto the website – thus, because it travels by foot, it’s dubbed the sneaker drive.

In short, Wilcox added,

anyone who wanted to tamper with the outcome would have to be physically in the room with the tabulators during this process.

And the only people allowed in that room at the time is Wilcox, some of his staff and the county Canvassing Board, which certifies the results. Besides Wilcox, the board includes a county commissioner and a county judge.

“If I could do something better, I’d do it,” said Wilcox.

“But I cannot think of a way I could do anything better at this point in time.”

Supervisor of Elections Wesley Wilcox, left, looks over Primary results with election canvassing board members, Marion County Commissioner Kathy Bryant, center, and Judge James McCune. [Bruce Ackerman/Ocala Gazette]

Voting in Marion County: What you need to know Vote-by-Mail The deadline to request vote-bymail ballots was Oct. 24. Those ballots must be received by the Supervisor of Elections by 7 p.m. Election Day. To ensure your ballot is received timely, return to a Secure Mail Ballot Drop Box located at each Early Voting site during early voting hours or at the Election Center, 981 N.E. 16th St., Ocala.

[Bruce Ackerman/Ocala Gazette]

Early Voting The last day of early voting is Saturday, Oct. 31. Polls are open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Voters can cast their ballot at any one of the nine open early voting locations. They are: • Marion County Supervisor of Elections headquarters.

981 N.E. 16th St. • Belleview Public Library.

13145 S.W. Hwy. 484 • Deputy Brian Litz Building.

9048 S.W. State Road 200

• Dunnellon Public Library.

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Election 2020 Byram, Harding running to capture Stone’s House seat This article first appeared in the Oct. 16 edition of the Ocala Gazette

By Brad Rogers Ocala Gazette Two political novices are running for the state House District 22 seat that is being vacated by state Rep. Charlie Stone, and their platforms are as different as their profiles.

Democrat Barbara Byram and Republican Joe Harding are running for the District 22 seat that includes Levy County and most of western Marion County, including the State Road 200 corridor and Dunnellon.

Byram, 64, is a seasonal national park employee who lives near the Goethe State Forest in Levy County, and Harding, 33, is a farmer and father of four with a background in construction management who lives in Williston. They seek to succeed Stone who is being term-limited out of the House after eight years in office.

Both candidates agree that their rural district needs more vocational and technical education to help attract better-paying jobs and, in turn, raise the standard of living in District 22.

Harding points out that the average annual household income in Levy and Marion counties is $35,000 and $38,000, respectively.

“If we want to raise wages,”

Harding said, “we don’t get use Corridors of Regional there with a minimum wage.

Economic Significance, a We get there with a more multibillion-dollar plan that skilled and trained workforce. was rammed through the If we do that, the jobs will Legislature last year with follow.” little public input. Byram Byram disagrees co-founded the Citizens for an vehemently on the issue of a Engaged Electorate in 2011 minimum wage. She strongly and MCORES currently is a advocates for an increase in key issue for the group. the minimum wage, saying, “I’m extremely frustrated “I feel very strongly that we with the state Legislature, need a livable minimum wage, with how business is done such as the one proposed in there, and I think it should be Amendment 2 on our current ballots.”

In a rare point of agreement, Byram supports investment in vocational training and more “business incubators.”

“We need some kind of vocational-technical education,” she said, Barbara Byram Joe Harding adding that her father and grandfather were both changed,” she said. teachers. “The young people While Harding believes are leaving in droves. We lack public education is adequately innovation out here, and I funded but is not using those think a business incubator dollars efficiently, Byram would help stimulate the believes too many public economy.” education dollars are being That is about where their funneled off to help charter agreement on the issues ends. and private schools.

Byram said the way the Harding noted that Legislature works needs to be Marion County Public changed. Too many decisions Schools have a $652 million are made without adequate budget this year, about debate or public input. $14,000 for every one of She said the most recent its 43,000 students. He example of this is the state’s believes school systems are plan to build a toll road top-heavy administratively, through Levy County and and more money needs to other parts of North Florida go toward maintenance and to the Georgia state line. It construction. But that is not is part of a legislative plan happening. called MCORES, or Multi“In the middle of all

this, no one is talking about teachers and students,” Harding said.

Byram, meanwhile, said while state leaders boast about record education funding, the reality is that, once inflation is factored in, it has actually gone down.

“No teacher should have to pay out of pocket for classroom needs,” she said.

“It’s just wrong.”

Harding is also an advocate for school choice, meaning parents should be able to send their child to any school they want -- public, charter or private.

Harding has said he opposes new taxes, but Byram is outspoken about the need for major tax reform in Florida. She said the state’s dependence on the sales tax is a mistake.

“The sales tax, obviously, does not work in times of crisis, as we’re now seeing,” she said. “I favor a state income tax.”

One of the issues Harding is most vocal about is agriculture. He believes more needs to be done to promote agriculture and to protect farmers. Specifically, Harding believes farmers are too often erroneously blamed for Florida’s environmental programs.

“Farms are green spaces,” he said. “Any good farmer that is looking to preserve their farm for future

generations is going to be environmentally responsible” He believes Florida should step up its efforts to promote homegrown agriculture products.

Health care is a concern of Byram, who believes “wholeheartedly” in Medicare for all.

“We have to take the profit out of health care,” she said.

“Obviously relying on a forprofit system isn’t working.

So, the state needs to step in and do something about it.”

On water, Byram is a staunch environmentalist.

Harding, meanwhile, said the state is spending record amounts on springs restoration and Lake Okeechobee, yet there seems to be a simmering dispute between environmental and agriculture forces.

“You seem to have a line drawn in the sand – you have environmental and you have agriculture. I think they have an awful lot in common.”

Harding said the number of septic tanks in Marion County is a water issue and more needs to be done to ensure they are working efficiently and not polluting the groundwater.

Finally, Byram favors “gun sense” laws – background checks for all gun sales and outlawing military-style weapons and large magazines.

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Marion County ups ante on affordable housing As state funds dwindle for housing efforts, commission ratchets up its contributions

By Bill Thompson Ocala Gazette

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everal low-income families in Marion County could soon be removed from the local roster of house hunters.

As part of Marion County’s affordable housing initiative, the County Commission recently approved separate deals to add seven new homes in Silver Springs Shores.

According to records, the county will lend $400,000 to Habitat for Humanity to build four units, and another $299,997 to the Housing Finance Authority of Marion County, or HFA, for the other three.

The projects fall under the State Housing Initiatives Partnership, or SHIP, program. SHIP was created under a 1992 state law that set aside revenue from taxes on real estate transactions to be distributed to counties for housing assistance for lowincome constituents.

SHIP money can pay for a variety of needs for homeowners or prospective buyers, including emergency repairs, rehabilitation projects, help with down payments and closing costs and impact fees.

But because of the Legislature’s long-time fondness for sweeping trust funds to keep the state budget balanced, Marion County’s Community Services Department, under Director Cheryl Martin, has had to get creative to grow the inventory of affordable housing.

These homes are evidence of those efforts, Martin said.

The county’s SHIP allotment has been “drastically reduced,” she noted. Marion County once received as much as $2 million a year for SHIP projects, she said, but Tallahassee returned just $470,000 a year for each of the previous two fiscal

years. In the current state budget, Marion County got nothing.

Under the current system, the county floats zero-interest loans to builders. Construction costs are capped at $100,000 per home, although the unit can be sold for up to $120,000.

Once sold, the county reaps $80,000.

For the first cycle, the county doled out $2 million to build 20 homes. The county received $1.6 million from those sales to plow back into the SHIP account, Martin said.

“We’re always looking for ways to leverage the dollars so we can get more housing in return,” said Martin.

The second round will produce the recently approved seven houses – all three-bedroom, two-bath models covering about 1,100 square feet. They will be built within six months on surplus county land.

The homes will be available to families who make 80 percent or less of the county’s median income.

For a family of four, that’s $44,000 a year.

When they are sold, Martin said, the county will receive $560,000 to bank in the local housing trust fund – enough for a handful of additional homes at some point.

Dave Layman, president and CEO of Habitat for Humanity in Marion County, said the four additional units further the agency’s efforts to establish a “community” where it erects homes.

Habitat, he said, now has 12 projects under way.

He expects two to soon come off the list, perhaps by Thanksgiving, when a pair of “family partners” close on their new homes.

While two of the remaining 10 projects are in Dunnellon, Habitat is focusing its efforts primarily in Silver Springs Shores because vacant land is relatively plentiful and affordable, Layman said.

Habitat seeks to cluster its

clients so they don’t feel isolated, he added.

“There’s a pretty big deficit in affordable housing in Marion County. This is not going to eradicate it.

But we do want to get those families into housing,” said Layman.

“Within two years, we hope to get up to 15 homes a year,” he added. “We’ve got to do some more recruiting of family partners and volunteers.”

HFA Director Keith Fair could not be reached for comment.

Martin agreed that a lack of affordable housing in Marion County is a problem – and the county faces challenges in providing more of it.

For instance, according to Martin, builders report that construction materials are getting more expensive, making each home more costly.

Martin said these seven homes went to Habitat and the HFA because the rising cost of materials made contractors more reluctant to participate.

Moreover, it is difficult to establish a working definition of “affordable” that those who want to help, or are in a position to help, can agree on. For the county’s purpose, Martin defined affordable as a mortgage payment that is 30 percent or less of the owner’s gross income.

Yet the county is

inclusiveness for the utility.

“The mission and objectives of the American Association of Blacks in Energy seemed to comport well with the initiative of GRU at the time,” Knowles said. “However, at the time, there were no chapters…so consequently we worked to form the Florida Chapter.

Knowles is the founding president of AABE Florida Chapter and remained at the helm of the group for five years. Today, Knowles works for JEA and remains an active member of the Florida Chapter, currently serving on AABE’s National Legislative Issues and Public Policy Committee.

Derick Farfan, Program Manager for Clean Energy Connection at Duke Energy Florida, serves as the AABE Scholarship Chair.

He reflects on playing an integral role from the Youth Energy Academy’s start and expanding his AABE involvement to the scholarship committee.

“The scholarship committee has allowed the Florida Chapter the opportunity to support tremendous and deserving minority students in Florida,” Farfan said. “We are extremely proud of all of our AABE Florida Scholars.

These promising students in STEM have limitless

futures, especially when given opportunities to show their natural talents and true selves.”

Students like Sebastian Lohier, Nasya Lucien, and Chelsea Nichols are all recipients of an AABE scholarship and are working toward careers in energy.

Lohier, a 2020 AABE Scholar, FL, is a student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology majoring in chemistry. He said interacting with AABE members through the Youth Energy Academy helped enhance his public speaking skills, “which is integral to a successful professional career.”

“I think organizations that focus on the advancement of marginalized groups are important,” Lohier said. “It is generally the case that they do not get the support and representation they deserve. I hope to play a big role in this in the near future.”

Lucien, a biomedical engineering student at Duke University, is a 2019 AABE Scholar. She said AABE definitely allowed her to see firsthand where engineering can take her.

“They’ve shown me the various avenues I have available to me and have provided me with resources and support to navigate them,” she said.

Lucien adds, “It strongly

attacking this issue from a couple of angles.

For instance, these projects with Habitat and the HFA represent a new wrinkle, Martin said.

The county for the first time is using its own surplus property for affordable housing units.

The county acquired the lots because landowners were delinquent on their taxes, and bidders snubbed them in a subsequent auction. When such land becomes available, Martin said she stakes a claim for her agency’s housing projects.

Martin pointed out that this method gives the county more control over whether the homes are actually affordable, and raises more money for the local housing trust fund than just selling vacant property.

In another example, Martin cited the county’s support of the recent renovation of the Ritz Reserve apartment complex by the Volunteers of America of Florida. So far, 12 of the 27 units at the site, which sits a block off East Silver Springs Boulevard near the Ritz Historic Inn, have been completed.

Martin added that the county also is making greater use of the HFA, a board created by the County Commission 40 years ago.

The HFA now operates 30 rental units, Martin said.

But the authority’s board has the capacity to borrow money to create more housing for ownership, and it is discussing with developers how to do that.

Martin seeks to enhance the SHIP construction program because several benefits.

Besides providing a basic need to low-income county residents, she said, sheltering people through this initiative stabilizes families, creates tax revenue and instills pride of ownership in people who may not have had such an opportunity before.

While the particular projects at hand were in the Shores, Martin observed that more affordable housing is needed countywide, especially in Marion’s northwest quadrant and in Marion Oaks in the southwest.

“We’re not making massive leaps, but we’re making much larger leaps than we have in the past,” said Martin.

“There is a huge need for housing, and it’s being recognized. We’re a little behind, so my goal is to start bringing awareness to the developers and seeing what we can do to maybe help provide some incentives on the county’s side that can help developers, or encourage developers, to do more affordable housing all throughout the county.”

This home in Citra Highlands, built by KAP Designs of Ocala, is one of 20 recently completed houses that Marion County has made available to low-income families through its State Housing Initiatives Partnership program.

[Photo courtesy of Marion County Community Services Department]

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In recent years, the Youth Energy Academy has received the prestigious James B. Duke Award, the Cornerstone Award from the Central Florida Urban League, and applauded by Siemens Energy with a $20,000 grant and an annual donation of $2,000 from Mitsubishi Energy.

The AABE Florida Chapter has also created partnerships with utility providers around the state to host the academy to include SECO Energy, City of Ocala, JEA and Orlando Utilities Commission. A few other community organizations assist, such as Siemens, College of Central Florida, CareerSource CLM and Lockheed Martin.

The Florida youth academy has now been modeled in North Carolina.

And in 2019, Polk State College, based in Winter Haven, implemented the Energy Academy to prepare college students to fill entrylevel and mid-level positions in the energy sector.

The AABE Florida Chapter did not exist when Berdell Knowles went looking for a connection in 2000. At the time, Knowles worked for Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU) and was tasked to enhance diversity and

believe that organizations with the mission to represent marginalized communities play a crucial role in the betterment of these communities. It’s through pouring back into these communities that we are able to see greater things come out of them.”

Nichols, a 2019 AABE Scholar now at USF, is majoring in mechanical engineering. She said not only did AABE help with the financial burden of college but also provides networking opportunities through events and experienced members.

“Without organizations like AABE, I probably wouldn’t be where I am today. They’ve mentored me, supplied financial support, and helped me decide on a major,” Nichols said. “Being an aspiring black, female engineer will unquestionably have its challenges, but with my great support network, I am more confident that I can do this.

The AABE scholarship gives students a chance to compete for the Southeast Regional AABE scholarship and possibly go on to the national level. We have not had one of our scholars go on to the national level from Florida, so we really want to encourage students to apply.

The AABE scholarship application process opens

on Nov. 1. The scholarship application deadline is March 7, 2021. The scholarship targets underrepresented minority (African American, Hispanic or Native American) students who are graduating high school and want to pursue a degree in business, one of the physical sciences, technology, engineering or mathematics.

In addition to the Youth Energy Academy, BEAM month presentations on careers, energy conservation tips and community projects, the AABE Florida Chapter hosts an annual golf tournament in December of each year to raise funds for scholarships. In 2020, the AABE Florida Chapter awarded over $9,000 to students around the state either as graduating high school seniors or continuing college students.

We at the AABE Florida Chapter urge Florida’s minority students to take a more-in-depth look at careers in the energy sector and find their place to shine. For more information, visit the Florida Chapter at aabe.org.

Kathy Judkins is senior consultant for Civic, Charitable & Government Relations with SECO Energy.

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Election 2020 In Marion School Board race, it’s the businesswoman vs. the schoolteacher This article first appeared in the Oct. 16 edition of the Ocala Gazette

By Brad Rogers Ocala Gazette

As Election Day approaches, the race for the Marion County School Board District 1 seat between Allison Campbell and Lori Conrad has come down to a contest between a schoolteacher and businesswoman – and they’re both comfortable with those labels.

The Campbell-Conrad School Board race is the only county contest on the Nov. 3 ballot, the others having been settled during the August primary. The two women ended up in this runoff election after they finished in the top two spots of a threeway primary race. Conrad won 41 percent of the vote, Campbell received 36 percent and Sheila Arnett got 23 percent. Arnett has endorsed Campbell.

Both candidates say attendance, or the lack thereof by too many students, is a major problem in the school district.

“At some level, we have communications. to have accountability,” With a record $652 Campbell said. “Some of it is million school district budget holding parents accountable, this year, Campbell believes but there is no level of there needs to be more accountability.” questions asked about how Campbell said that “80 percent of success is showing up” and, after visiting every principal in the district, those schools with the worst attendance records also have the worst academic performance.

“We have to get back to communicating why attendance is important,” Allison B. Campbell Lori Conrad she said, adding that the School Board should the school system is spending enlist the help of businesses, some of its money. With churches and civic groups in 80 percent of the budget spreading the message. earmarked for salaries Conrad also sees and employee benefits, she attendance as a huge problem believes how the other 20 in the schools and believes percent is spent must be parents must be held scrutinized. accountable.

“I’m of the belief that “It just boils down to kids $652 million is enough to missing school,” she said. live within our means,” she “The tardies and absences said. “If we’re going to money affect their education. They’re to buy textbooks and make just missing out on so much technological advances, when they’re missing school.” where are those dollars going Campbell has run on to come from?” the slogan “Improve our For example, Campbell, a schools with ABC” (her mother of three public school initials) and says the ABC students ages 10, 12 and stands for attendance, 13, questions whether the budget accountability and school district needs an in-

house legal department and whether there are too many employees driving district vehicles.

As a public relations professional, Campbell has made better communications at all levels of the school system, from students on up, a cornerstone of her campaign.

Specifically, she believes that improved communications between the grownups running the school district can only improve the operation of our schools, but that teaching effective communications to our children will enhance their futures as well.

“Communication builds trust, trust builds relationships and, through relationships, that’s how we get things done,” she said.

Conrad, who at 49 has 25 years’ experience teaching in Marion County classrooms, has focused her campaign on maintaining strong school security, less testing and updating the district’s educational curriculum.

The Dr. N.H. Jones fourth-grade teacher, who

was a Golden Apple finalist in 2014, said it is the district’s responsibility to be proactive in constantly assuring students and teachers that security on campuses is strong. She believes the school district is doing a good job, given its resources, but said it must remain vigilant.

“I think we’re doing a great job, but I know the state doesn’t always fund us properly, so we just need to stay ahead of things,” Conrad said.

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“If we want our kids to be engaged and interested, I would like us to get some things that get them excited,” she said.

Conrad said too much testing in Marion County schools is eating up instructional time and is unnecessary.

“I don’t think we can See School Board, page 12

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Election 2020 The $200 million question Voters will be asked to decide on renewing sales tax to pay for local needs This article first appeared in the Ocala Gazette on Oct. 16

By Brad Rogers Ocala Gazette It will be the last question on the Nov. 3 Marion County ballot, but it is a $200 million decision for voters that local government officials say is needed to finish recovering from the budget cuts of the Great Recession and to meet the demands of resurgent growth.

The question is whether to renew a 1 percent local option sales tax for new roads and public safety needs. It will appear on the ballot as a “One Percent Public

Safety and Transportation Infrastructure Sales Tax Referendum,” and it was first approved by Marion County voters in 2016 for four years, ending on Dec. 31.

During the tax’s first four

If the local option sales tax is renewed, the county projects generating $200 million from 2021-24 and paying for: • $10 million in county jail renovations and repairs • $7.6 million for a Sheriff’s Office hangar and special ops building • $11 million to remodel or rebuild four fire stations • $6.7 million for new fire trucks • $6.7 million for new ambulances • $2.7 million for Animal Control building rehabilitation • $117 million in road construction and improvements

years, according to county officials, it has generated $167 million for county and municipal governments in Marion County, with money going to buy 388 police cars, 12 fire trucks, 12 ambulances, a Sheriff ’s Office helicopter, 300 air packs for firefighters, bullet-proof vests for police officers, 2,000 new public safety radios, new fire stations and to finance some $101 million in road construction and improvements.

If renewed, the local sales tax would remain in place from Jan. 1, 2021 and through Dec. 31, 2024. Voters would have to renew it again after that.

County officials estimate that if the tax is renewed, it will raise nearly $200 million over

the next four years.

County Administrator Mounir Bouyounes said while the first four years of the local sales tax allowed the county to take Kenny Schultz, left, and Mahendra Dataram, install a huge steps in cage in a new patrol car at the Marion County Sheriff ’s Office. [Bruce Ackerman/Ocala Gazette] 2020. recovering from the recessionantiquated public safety induced budget cuts of the equipment and building previous decade, the county and repairing roads, the still has work to do on that focus of the next four years front.

– if the tax is approved for “We’re still trying to renewal – will be targeted catch up,” Bouyounes said. much more on upgrading “It may still take another essential buildings, not least round to get caught up.” being the county jail and Unlike the first four more roads. years of the tax, when More than $10 million is spending was focused on proposed for a wide range updating public safety of jail maintenance and vehicle fleets, replacing renovation projects, which See Sales Tax, page 12

A look at the ballot amendments Voters asked to decide on raising minimum wage, extending tax breaks to vets’ widows, ensuring non-citizens can’t vote This article first appeared in the Sept. 25 edition of the Ocala Gazette

By Bill Thompson Ocala Gazette

The presidential race is obviously the focus of the Nov. 3 ballot.

But voters in Marion County, and throughout the state, also will have to determine whether to change the state Constitution – perhaps multiple times.

At issue during this election are six potential amendments to Florida’s governing charter. Here’s a glimpse at what they mean.

Amendment 1 The sponsor of the initiative, a Ponte Vedra Beach-based group called Florida Citizen Voters, has spent $2.4 million to change two words in the Constitution.

The document’s Article VI, which concerns elections, says, “Every citizen of the United States who is at least eighteen years of age and who is a permanent resident of the state, if registered as provided by law, shall be an elector of the county where registered.” Florida Citizen Voters proposes to strike the words “Every citizen …” and

replace them with the phrase “Only a” citizen.…

John Loudon, the group’s chairman, recently told local media in Orlando that the new wording was necessary to prevent non-citizens from voting in Florida elections.

“The Constitution says all citizens are electors, but it doesn’t say non-citizens are not electors. That’s the loophole,” Loudon argued.

Non-U.S. citizens are barred from voting in Florida, and in most states. But some blue states have allowed it in certain circumstances. The Federation for American Immigration Reform released a report in July that noted non-citizens can vote in school board elections in Chicago and San Francisco, while 10 states let them vote in municipal or specialdistrict elections.

Amendment 2 Sponsored by renowned Orlando lawyer John Morgan, this proposed amendment would lift the state minimum, effective Sept. 30, 2021.

Currently, Florida’s minimum wage is $8.56 an hour, or $1.31 above the federal level. State law mandates an increase each Jan. 1 to match the rate of inflation.

If adopted, Morgan’s

change would set the minimum wage at $10 and implement successive annual increases until it reaches $15 an hour. Then, in September 2027, the state would go back to making yearly hikes based on the growth of inflation.

On its website, Morgan’s group, Florida For a Fair Wage, notes that the boost is needed because the current level “is not a livable wage for many of the 200,000 hardworking Floridians that earn it, especially those working to support a family.” The group cited an MIT study that found a single adult in Florida would have to make $12 an hour to earn a “living wage.”

Critics, primarily those in the hospitality industry, think the change will be harmful to workers and business owners alike. According to Ballotpedia, Carol Dover, CEO and president of the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association, said Amendment 2 has “a lot of feel-good appeal.” But, she added, “behind all the warm and fuzzies lie a plethora of unintended consequences,” including potentially forcing business owners to cut staff, reduce workers’ hours and consider alternatives like automation.

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Amendment 3 would introduce California-style “jungle primaries” into Florida, whereby the top two vote-getters in a primary election, regardless of party, would advance to the general election. If only two candidates qualify, again regardless of party, the primary becomes the general election.

The change, championed by a Tallahassee-based group called All Voters Vote, would apply to elections for governor, Legislature and Cabinet, beginning in 2024.

Proponents maintain it is needed as more Sunshine State voters become disenchanted with the two major parties – a growing trend in recent years.

Ahead of the August primary elections, roughly 28 percent of Florida voters were something other than Republican or Democrat. In Marion County, that ratio was 23 percent.

But Florida is a closedprimary state. That means those voters sit out primary elections unless only one party fields candidates, or

they switch to a major party in order to vote.

On the other hand, this is the one issue that unites Republicans and Democrats.

Leaders from both statewide parties have opposed Amendment 3, which is primarily backed by Mike Fernandez, a South Florida billionaire.

For instance, the Democrats in the Florida Black Legislative Caucus believe the amendment could dilute the influence of black voters. “If you are for Amendment 3, you are not for the minority community — period,” Senate Democratic Leader Audrey Gibson of Jacksonville recently told Treasure Coast Newspapers.

The Republican Party of Florida, meanwhile, has said it would restrict voters’ choices in a general election, and allow the weaker party to consolidate behind a candidate and exploit an election where the other side has multiple candidates.

Amendment 4 Amendment 4, if approved, could significantly alter how Floridians amend the Constitution itself.

Backed by a Fort Lauderdale-based group called Keep Our Constitution Clean, the proposal would See Amendments, page 12

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do away with testing, but what we can do is shorter testing,” she said. “Shorter tests and fewer tests. We’d still be doing the testing, but we’d shorten the time of the assessment.”

An issue that has surfaced during the campaign is whether adding a third teacher to the School Bord – board members Kelly King and Nancy Thrower are both teachers – would make it unbalanced with an outsized influence of teachers.

From Campbell’s perspective, she believes her years of business experience, drafting budgets and developing corporate policy and communications, is needed on the board.

“We already have two teachers on the board and another teacher is not what we need,” she said. “There’s more perspective needed on that board than just that of a teacher.”

As for Conrad, she believes the School Board does not grasp what teachers face every day.

“There’s still a disconnect between what’s going on in the schools and fixing those things,” she said, adding that it takes too long to address classroom-based issues, largely because of poor communications between the board and the superintendent.

“If we don’t take action, more of our kids are going to be further behind,” Conrad said.

Conrad has hit some bumps along the campaign trail.

First, she discovered that her main residence was not located in District 1. But a nearby family farm is in the district and Conrad moved to the farm in mid-campaign, raising questions about the legality of the move. A state inquiry found there was nothing illegal about it and Conrad was cleared. Since then, the county has assessed her family back taxes because the structure she is living in was never permitted.

Also, Conrad received a written reprimand for using her school email to conduct campaign business, which she said mostly involved emailing her teacher friends, although some of the more than 100 emails were to outside consultants and elections officials.

School Board seats are nonpartisan and are for four-year terms. The job pays $39,732 plus benefits.

A new grass fire unit is shown at the new Marion County Fire Rescue Station 28 in Rolling Greens. The station was built entirely with funding raised through the Penny Sales Tax. [Bruce Ackerman/Ocala Gazette] 2020.

From Sales Tax, page 11 County Commission Chairwoman Kathy Bryant said are needed to keep from having to replace the jail.

“We’re dealing with an antiquated jail,” she said.

“We either have to replace it or, well, the board decided to take this route.”

The sales tax proposal also calls for building one new fire station and rebuilding three others and buying 19 new fire engines and 24 new ambulances. Marion Fire Rescue also proposes a new EMS station costing $2.7 million for the west side of the county.

Included in the $78 million in proposed public safety sales tax expenditures are a $7.6 million hangar and “special ops” building, as well as a $1.5 million gun range and $2.1 million driving pad for the Sheriff ’s Office. Sheriff Billy Woods is also seeking a second helicopter at a cost of $3.8 million and is proposing buying 188 new patrol cars.

The county’s Animal Services is asking

and, importantly, spread the burden across the entire community and not just on property owners.

In fact, they argue that 30 percent of all sales taxes paid in Marion County are paid by visitors, thus

out and not generating the kind of money the community needs for its road demands.

Local sales taxes can only be used for capital purchases or improvements. In other words, they cannot be used for salaries From 2017-20, the local option or recurring costs, sales tax raised $167 million such as utility bills and helped fund: or operational costs.

• 2,000 new public safety radios It can be used for • 388 Sheriff’s Office patrol cars buildings, equipment • A $4.3 million Sheriff’s Office and infrastructure. helicopter The total amounts • 500 SWAT/bullet-proof vests of local sales tax • 30 ambulances, 22 fire trucks, dollars expected to be 300 air packs and 85 computers spent by the various for Marion County Fire Rescue county agencies from • New Rolling Greens Fire 2021-24 are: Station • Animal Services: • $101 million in road $2.7 million construction and improvements • Sheriff ’s Office: $42.5 million • Fire Rescue: $37.8 reducing the burden on million local taxpayers.

• Transportation: “It’s really effective in $117.5 million meeting our needs without • Total: $200.6 million raising our millage rate,” If you would like to learn Bryant said. more about how the county Moreover, Bouyounes spent the first four years’ said the county’s gas worth of the sales tax, and tax, which historically what it plans for the next has funded major road four years, go online to projects, is maxxed marionsalestax.org.

The new Marion County Fire Rescue Station 28 in Rolling Greens. The station was built entirely with funding raised through the Penny Sales Tax. [Bruce Ackerman/Ocala Gazette] 2020.

From Amendments, page 11 force potential constitutional amendments to survive two elections in order to be adopted.

In 2006 Florida voters imposed a 60-percent supermajority for incorporating amendments into the Constitution. The irony of that change is that the amendment itself would not have passed under the condition it introduced.

Nevertheless, Amendment 4 would force a proposed amendment to obtain 60-percent support in two successive elections before becoming law.

Jason Zimmerman, a lawyer for Keep Our Constitution Clean, argues that the state must reduce the number of “whimsical”

for $2.7 million for a “rehabilitation” of its facility on Baseline Road.

Among the roads projects on the county’s list are: North Highway 314A, Northwest 49th/35th Street, Northwest 60th Avenue, Northwest 80th/70th Avenue, Northwest 112th Place Road, Northwest 145th Avenue Road, Northwest 150th Avenue, Northwest Highway 320, Northwest/ Northeast 42nd Street, Northeast 19th Avenue, Northeast Highway 314, East Highway 25/ South Highway 25, Southeast 47th Avenue, Southeast 59th Street, Southeast 73rd Avenue, Southeast 183rd Avenue Road, Southeast Sunset Harbor Road, Southeast Maricamp Road, Southwest 31st Street/34th Place, Southwest 49th Avenue, Southwest 80th Avenue and Marion Oaks Manor.

Proponents of renewing the tax say a sales tax is a quick way to raise significant dollars

amendments, according to Ballotpedia. He pointed out Florida’s Constitution has been amended 140 times since it was ratified in 1968, compared to just 27 amendments for the U.S. Constitution in more than 230 years.

On the other hand, foes, such as the League of Women Voters, say it will significantly restrict citizen input in changing our laws.

Ellen Freidin of the group Fair Districts Florida, which promotes an end to gerrymandering, called it a “shameless effort to take away the people’s control over what goes into our Constitution.

We simply cannot give up our most effective tool for change,” Ballotpedia reports.

Amendment 5 Introduced by the Legislature, Amendment 5 would extend property tax benefits under Florida’s “Save Our Homes” amendment.

In 1992, voters enacted the Save Our Homes change that capped property valuation increases on homesteads at 3 percent annually. That value is established each Jan. 1.

Later, the state established “portability,” meaning homeowners who sold their houses could transfer up to $500,000 in value to their new homestead for up to two years.

But some lawmakers saw a problem. As a Florida House staff analysis of the proposal noted, state law

says portability is carried over “if the owner received a homestead exemption as of January 1 in either of the immediately preceding two years.” The problem is that the owner could lose portability depending on when they sold their previous home and moved into the new one.

For instance, if a homeowner sells late in one year but doesn’t find a new home until after Jan. 1 the year after next, portability is gone.

The proposed amendment extends the portability time frame from two years to three years.

Amendment 6 State lawmakers also offered

Amendment 6, which also pertains to property taxes.

The Constitution grants a property tax exemption on homesteads owned by military veterans 65 or older who received an honorable discharge and who are partially or totally disabled because of combat service.

The amount of the exemption equals the level of the veteran’s disability.

But when the veteran dies, state law does not permit his or her spouse to claim the exemption.

The amendment, if enacted, would allow spouses to claim the tax discount until they remarry or until they give up the home, either by selling or some other means.

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Yes / Sí This Sample Ballot was prepared in accordance with Section 101.20(2), Florida Statutes, and furnished by Wesley Wilcox, Supervisor of Elections.

Vote Both Sides / Vote a ambos lad No / No This translation has been prepared in compliance with Rivera Madera v. Detzner, No. 1:18-CV-152-MW/GRJ, 2018 WL 4289625 (N.D. Fla. Sept. 10, 2018).

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From Graham, page 1 “Greg was the best – the best barefooter I’ve ever skied with. He was also one of the most real people I’ve ever known. He was a charming guy. When Greg wanted to turn it on, he did – and he was genuine.”

Fun-loving as Graham was, those same friends say, his job was never out of mind.

Pat Gilligan knew Graham for nearly three decades, a friendship that started when Gilligan was named the city attorney for Ocala. Gilligan will give a eulogy at Graham’s funeral service.

“If I ask people to raise their hands if they have his personal cell phone number, I bet 90 percent will raise their hands,” Gilligan said.

“That is so telling.”

“I knew I wasn’t special,” Gilligan said. “The number of citizens who have his personal cell number was astounding. And they were just regular people. That’s the beauty of Greg Graham.

You weren’t special.

Everybody had it. I think he thrived on it, frankly.

“I doubt there’s a pastor in Marion County that doesn’t have his phone number. I doubt there’s an organization in Marion County that doesn’t have his cell number. He just wanted to be available. It was his job.”

Gilligan remembers the first time he met Graham, shortly after he became city attorney. Former Police Chief Lee McGhee invited the new city attorney to sit in on a command staff

“If I ask people to raise their hands if they have his personal cell phone number, I bet 90 percent will raise their hands,” former City Attorney Pat Gilligan said of Chief Graham, seen here addressing the City Council in July. “That is so telling.” [BruceAckerman/Ocala Gazette] 2020

Gilligan said he and Graham would go to Gator football and basketball games together and Graham would receive phone calls throughout the day.

“He was never off the job,” Gilligan said. “There were no working hours. It was continuous. He was never bothered; it was so much a part of his life. It was just what he did. He was always so calm, so patient, he was working.”

Back to the cell phone number.

meeting. There were about 15 people in the room, all but one wearing police uniforms. The one, Graham, had long hair, an earring, flip flops, shorts and a T-shirt on – part of his undercover look.

“He’s so baby-faced – looked like he was in high school,” Gilligan remembered. “I said, ‘This is a cop?’

“Then he started talking.

I was so impressed. His confidence. His bearing.

Everybody’s listening to him

– and I’m impressed.”

A couple years later Gilligan signed his kids up for T-ball, and Graham was the coach.

“He made it great fun. All the kids loved him. He made everything fun. It’s the same guy that was in the meeting.”

Graham would climb through the ranks of OPD, and Gilligan, who stepped aside as city attorney just last week after 27 years, said he and the chief developed a good working relationship that evolved into a close friendship.

“He was literally the best city employee I’ve ever worked with, and I’ve dealt with a lot of really good ones,” Gilligan said. “He had a natural authority to him when he talked to people. I think people respected him for that.”

It was that leadership quality that led Mayor Kent Guinn to hire him shortly after Guinn became mayor in 2011. Graham had left the city in 2008, when he was deputy chief, to become police chief in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. When Ocala’s then-Chief Sam Williams resigned in 2012, Guinn called Graham.

“I asked him if he was interested,” Guinn said. “He asked me how the weather was down here. I told him it was sunny and 70. He said it was minus-15 and there was 3 feet of snow on the ground in Cedar Rapids. That was it. He said he was ready to come back.”

Guinn said it was Graham’s leadership skills and personality, which he had seen on display when he served on the City Council before becoming mayor, that made him recruit Graham back to Ocala.

“The people liked him,” the mayor said about Graham’s relationship with the OPD staff. “And he could bring everyone together. He knew the mechanics.”

Graham’s contract was up for renewal this year – it was

Photos courtesy of Erin Gilmore

From Live Oak, page 1 anniversary in March.

Weber and Reid host more than 15,000 fans a year at their 5,000-acre farm just outside Ocala.

The competition features combined driving and show jumping, and, as one of the largest events of its kind in America, has drawn Olympic-caliber participants from both Europe and the United States. The competition is one of seven in the country that serves as a qualifier for the combined driving World Cup. This past spring, on his

home turf, Weber won the U.S. Equestrian Federation’s Advanced Four-in-Hand Combined Driving National Championship, which positioned him to capture a record 17th national title in his sport.

In their letter, Weber and Reid noted, “Hosting an event without spectators is not our vision.”

“Live Oak International is memorable for its large supportive crowds, vibrant atmosphere, team-spirited volunteers and hands down incredible experience.

Without these moments,

the tournament would not be truly Live Oak International,” they said.

“We look back gratefully on the exceptional event that was Live Oak International 2020. The timing of our tournament was only days before COVID-19 closed nearly every sporting event in the world. It was a memorable weekend and something we will all cherish as we await the time until we can come back together again,” Weber and Reid closed.

In their logo, they added, “See you in 2022. Stay safe.”

Police Chief Greg Graham, right, shown here flying with Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods, held a pilot’s license and was a skydiving enthusiast.

Friend Tom Ingram described him as an “adrenaline junkie ... It’s what made him so fun to be around.” [Facebook]

just renewed last week – and he had considered retiring.

But when it came time to decide, he opted to go at least another two-year term.

“He loved being police chief,” Camp said. “But you know what he really loved?

He loved his people. He loved bringing in people and training them.”

Those who knew him said Graham had two overriding rules in life: do the right thing and treat other people the way you would want to be treated.

“I admired him so much, how he treated people,” Gilligan said. “It was always, ‘What do you need from me to help you.’ “He never complained. It never bothered him.”

Narvella Haynes, a longtime community organizer, knew Graham for much of his career in Ocala and worked with him on numerous projects, including Mad Dads, Weed & Seed and other crime-fighting initiatives.

The two organized a 2014 prayer vigil to help mobilize black pastors to help police get witnesses to several shootings in the black community to come forward. An atheist group

sued the city over the vigil, but Haynes remembers Graham for his willingness to try different approaches to problem-solving and for his kindness to others.

“He always said we have to do our jobs but treat people the way you’d want to be treated,” she said.

Investigators for the National Transportation Safety Board are working to determine the cause of the plane crash that killed Graham. NTSB officials say it will take about two weeks to issue a preliminary report.

Meanwhile, a community mourns. And remembers.

“Greg died the way he lived,” Camp said. “He would not want to die in a bed. He would have wanted to die doing something he loved.

And he loved flying that plane.”

Funeral services for Graham will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at First Baptist Church of Ocala. Graham is survived by his wife, Amy, and three children, Tyler, Mark and Kalin.

For those unable to attend, the service may be viewed on Tribucast at this link: https://client.tribucast.com/ tcid/199912298

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Sports Dunnellon stays unbeaten with win over Vanguard Forest takes on Tigers Friday night

By Morgan Willett Ocala Gazette

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s the frontrunners in the county clashed, only one could remain undefeated, and Dunnellon fought to the end to make sure they were that team.

Final score: Dunnellon 30, Vanguard 28.

In another close one, in the battle for the third and fourth positions in the county, Forest and West Port went head to head.

Meanwhile, North Marion finally put a W on the board with a sizeable win over Lake Weir, 46-6.

Here is a look at last week’s action.

Dunnellon 30, Vanguard 28 In this battle of the unbeatens, Vanguard roared out to a twotouchdown lead but couldn’t hold on and dropped a close one, 30-28, to Dunnellon

at Tiger stadium last week.

The win vaulted undefeated Dunnellon (4-0) to a No. 26 ranking in Florida.

Entering the second quarter, Vanguard was up 14-3, but Dunnellon’s defense came up big with an interception by Jermain Fashaw, which he returned for six, followed by a successful two-point conversion.

Vanguard put the next seven on the board, bringing the score to 21-11 in the third quarter.

Dunnellon, feeling the pressure to get their offense going, took a chance that paid off with a 37-yard completion by Trent Townsend to Shai’hem Thomas. Then, with a new set of downs, Christian Fashaw took an end around handoff from Townsend, skirted past Vanguard tacklers and put 6 on the board with a 20-

yard run.

With only one quarter remaining and Vanguard on top 21-17, Townsend went deep again and connected with a receiver for a 53-yard completion.

In the end Dunnellon’s nevergive-up attitude paid off with a hardfought victory. While Vanguard definitely gave them a run for their money, in the end, Dunnellon’s offense was just too much to handle.

Townsend led the charge for Dunnellon with nine completions for a total of 171 yards, with his leading receivers being C. Fashaw (55 yards) and Thomas (54 yards).

Brody Luckey led the ground assault with 72 yards rushing.

On the other side of the ball, Dunnellon’s defense was put to the test by the Knights, who had 356 total yards on the night, but

The Vanguard Knights burst through their banner as they run onto the field to face Dunnellon last Friday. Vanguard dropped their first game of the season to the Tigers. [Bruce Ackerman/ Ocala Gazette] 2020.

Dunnellon’s Jermain Fashaw (21) runs the ball in for a touchdown against Vanguard during the Tigers’ 30-28 win last Friday. Dunnellon remained undefeated on the season and moved up to 26 in the state according to MaxPreps. [Bruce Ackerman/Ocala Gazette] 2020.

Dunnellon’s Trent Townsend (15) powers through Vanguard defenders on a quarterback keeper during the Tigers’ win over the Knights on Friday, Oct 23. Townsend completed nine passes for 171 yards on the night, and Dunnellon won 30-28. [Bruce Ackerman/Ocala Gazette] 2020.

the Tigers dug their heels in with a total of 69 tackles. Sam Wryals and J. Fashaw led the way with four solo tackles and four assists apiece.

West Port 19, Forest 13 With Forest up 13-6 in the fourth quarter and threatening to close out the game with another score, West Port came up with a huge defensive stop, then pulled even to send the game into overtime last Friday night.

In the extra period, West Port’s backup quarterback, Chaz Siddall, hit Jyliqyr Barnes with a fourthdown pass for the goahead score.

Forest’s Antonio Crim, with one more chance to put points on the board, was dropped by West Port’s Israel Chisolm to seal the win for the Wolfpack Elijah Hopkins led the way again for West Port with 22 carries for 156 yards and one touchdown.

“I am ecstatic with the guys’ effort throughout this entire season. I’m not sure the last time West Port was 4-1,” said head coach Steve Rehm.

“We will use our bye week to get healthy and prepare for a talented Dunnellon team.”

West Port improved to 4-1 on the season, while Forest dropped to 2-2.

North Marion 46, Lake Weir 6 North Marion, which came into the season with high rankings and lofty expectations, finally got in the win column, and in extreme fashion, with a 46-6 thrashing of Lake Weir.

North Marion running back Antonio Crim led the way with 198 yards and two touchdowns and the Colts’ defense allowed Lake Weir to score only six total points on the night.

Week 6 Matchups: The schedule doesn’t get any easier for Forest, which has to recover from a tough overtime loss to West Port and take on the goliath Dunnellon, who remains undefeated.

Vanguard, which narrowly lost to Dunnellon on the Tigers’ home field, takes on the Lake Weir Hurricanes, whose sole victory is over Belleview.

North Marion looks to put another win on the board as they face winless Belleview. The Belleview Rattlers, coming off a bye week, hope to strike a victory. However, with a current record of 0-4 and North Marion having trounced Lake Weir, who bettered Belleview earlier in the season, the odds are not in their favor.

The West Port Wolfpack has a bye this week as they prepare to take on the dominant Dunnellon Tigers in Week 7.

Private School Action Trinity Catholic 20, Victory Christian Academy 7 Trinity Catholic never trailed in this game and rode a strong defensive effort to a 20-7 win over Victory Christian Academy last

Friday night.

The game started slowly, with each team turning the ball over on downs. Victory had an opportunity to score in the second quarter after intercepting a TC pass, but the Celtics defense stopped them.

Trinity was able to move the ball on offense and found themselves in field goal range, and successfully put the first three points on the board.

The Celtics adding a touchdown and another field goal in the third quarter to put the score at 13-0 entering the fourth quarter. Each team scored seven in the fourth quarter as Trinity held on for the win.

Trinity takes on undefeated Calvary Christian (6-0) on Friday.

Faith Christian 48, Ocala Christian 14 OCA suffered another loss at the hands of Faith Christian, dropping their record to 1-6 on the season.

The Crusaders take on Cedar Creek Christian on at 7 p.m. on Friday. As Cedar Creek has a current record of 2-5, OCA should be able to dig deep and come away with a win.

Vanguard’s Dewhitt Betterson (9) battles for extra yardage as he is stopped by Dunnellon defenders Friday, Oct. 23. Dunnellon won the game 30-28. [Bruce Ackerman/Ocala Gazette] 2020.

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Forest, Vanguard, Trinity Catholic storm to regional semifinal games St. John Lutheran, Meadowbrook Academy and North Marion fall

Trinity Senior Mason “The Pope” Scroggie cheers as Trinity Catholic defeats Orangewood Christian in straight sets at Trinity Catholic High School in Ocala on Thursday Oct. 22, 2020. [Alan Youngblood/Special to the Ocala Gazette]

Crusaders, who have a current record of 16-2.

Trinity Catholic middle blocker Emily Hirst (9) spikes the ball through a trio of Orangewood defenders as Trinity Catholic defeated Orangewood Christian in straight sets at Trinity Catholic High School in Ocala on Thursday, Oct. 22. [Alan Youngblood/ Special to the Ocala Gazette]

4A: • North Marion (8-7)

By Morgan Willett Ocala Gazette

Following their loss to Crystal River in the District Championship, the road for North Marion did not get any easier as they confronted the undefeated Hornets of Weeki Wachee.

Weeki Wachee won the match 3-0, with set scores of 25-16, 25-13 and 25-14. The fearsome offense of the Hornets with 43 kills on the night simply overpowered the Colts and brought their 2020 season to a halt.

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ith wins in the regional quarterfinal, Forest, Vanguard and Trinity Catholic move on to the regional semifinal games and continue their trek through the state bracket.

St. John Lutheran, Meadowbrook Academy and North Marion suffered losses, bringing their 2020 seasons to an end.

2A: • St. John Lutheran (14-6) • Meadowbrook Academy (8-9) In the first round of the State Tournament (regional quarterfinal), St. John Lutheran met its demise as they faced St. John Country Day. While the Saints fought hard and gave St. John Country Day a run for their money with set scores of 22-25, 22-25, 26-24 and 15-25, in the end the Spartans were too much to handle and won the match 3-1.

Leading the Saints offense in the disappointing loss were Samantha Kreitenstein (16 kills) and Sophia Ochoa

(12 kills). Defensively St. John Lutheran had 78 digs as a team, with the team leaders being Sara Reese (21 digs), Ochoa (15 digs), Kreitenstein (13 digs), and Saylor Spears (13 digs).

Also competing in the 2A bracket, Meadowbrook encountered Christ’s Church for the regional quarterfinal game. The Christ’s Church Eagles’ offense, with 29 kills, overwhelmed Meadowbrook three sets to zero (25-13, 2512 and 25-11).

Alas Meadowbrook’s 2020 season is over.

3A: • Trinity Catholic (15-6) Following their District Championship win over Father Lopez on Oct. 22, the lady Celtics took on Orangewood Christian, whose only loss on the season was to Trinity Prep in the championship game for their respective district.

TC, however, made it clear they are a force to be reckoned with, stomping Orangewood 3-0, with scores in sets one and two of 25-17,

St. John Lutheran coach Brad Ewers works with his players on the bench during a loss to St. Johns Country Day School during the Region 2A quarterfinal at St. John Lutheran in Ocala on Thursday, Oct. 22. St. John Lutheran lost 3 sets to 1 and was eliminated from the postseason. [Alan Youngblood/Special to the Ocala Gazette]

25-10 and a complete blowout in set three of 25-7.

Leading the offense were Chloe Teter and Kiana Laborde with 10 kills apiece and Amelia Fitzpatrick contributing an additional nine.

Izabella Sanchez assisted on 22 points and Fitzpatrick added 18 assists from her backrow transition.

Laborde also led the defensive stance with 12 digs on the night, followed closely

by McKenna Yates with another 11.

Following the win, TC traveled to Winter Park to face Trinity Prep for the regional semifinal in round two of the state bracket.

The lady Celtics again made their presence known, blanking Trinity Prep with set scores of 25-16, 25-15 and 25-16.

Laborde and Teter stayed consistent in their offensive attack, jointly contributing 28 of the team’s 42 kills. TC’s tough defense added to the onslaught, with a team total of 55 digs (Yate, 15; Laborde, 15; and Crews, 10).

The lady Celtics travel to Pensacola Catholic Saturday to take on the lady

5A: • Vanguard (14-2)

Team leaders in the victory were Emma Ehmann who dominated the outside with 21 kills, eight service points including two aces, and 13 digs. Setter Sophie Reed had 35 assists on the night, six kills, 10 service points with two aces and 10 digs.

Also contributing to the offense front were Adyla Kerley (six kills) and Ruby Owen (five kills). Taryn Reardon added to the essential defensive side of play with 13 digs.

Vanguard will play their next game at home against Fivay out of Hudson at 2 p.m. on Saturday. Solely comparing records Vanguard should walk away with a victory as Fivay is barely over .500 at 13-12.

up against South Lake for the regional quarterfinal on Oct. 21. Although Forest was tested by South Lake in the first set, 25-22, the Wildcats came out hot in the next two sets, easily winning by scores of 25-18 and 25-15, blanking South Lake 3-0.

Forest was scheduled to take on Gainesville, who they beat for the District Championship> However, due to a recent COVID-19 outbreak on the Gainesville team, they were forced to pull out of the tournament and forfeit to Forest.

With the unconventional win, Forest will travel to St. Petersburg on Saturday to play the lady Green Devils at 2 p.m. St. Petersburg high school has a current overall record of 14-3.

Entering the first round of the state bracket, in the regional 6A: quarterfinal, Vanguard • Forest (16-0) took on Lake Minneola and handled Forest matchedthem with ease. With set scores of 25-11, 25-16 and 25-18, Vanguard moved on to the next round.

Vanguard having traveled to Winter Park to take on Pine Ridge on Oct. 28, blanked the Panthers, Trinity Catholic’s Amelia Fitzpatrick (17) and her teammates get fired up 25-13, 25-18 before taking Orangewood Christian in Ocala on Thursday, Oct. 22. The Celtics defeated Orangewood in straight sets. [Alan Youngblood/Special to and 25-18. the Ocala Gazette]

Trinity Catholic middle blocker Emily Hirst (9) spikes the ball through a trio of Orangewood defenders as Trinity Catholic defeated Orangewood Christian in straight sets at Trinity Catholic High School in Ocala on Thursday, Oct. 22. [Alan Youngblood/Special to the Ocala Gazette]

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County approves solar farm near Dunnellon Deal includes land for public trail

By Bill Thompson Ocala Gazette

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arion County moved closer to having its first solar-energy farm -- and outdoor enthusiasts stand to reap an important side benefit, if or when the project gains final approval.

The County Commission Oct. 20 unanimously approved a request by Kingston Properties LLC to plant a 294acre field of solar panels on a site along the Withlacoochee River in Dunnellon.

But with its vote, the board also secured land to develop a paved 30-foot-wide multiuse recreational trail that will help link the Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway across the state.

As of this writing, county staff and the landowner were still negotiating whether the trail property would be an acre-foracre swap, with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection kicking in land, or an easement to the solar farm site granted to Marion County.

Either way, securing this land would fulfill a

longtime goal shared by the county and the DEP’s Office of Greenways and Trails.

According to the county’s plan, the proposed trail would traverse the site along the northern and eastern edge of the solar farm for about four miles. It would link the easternmost point of the Kingston land to the Dunnellon Sportsplex, Kenneth Odom, the county’s transportation planner, told the Gazette on Wednesday.

Odom added that smaller gaps still must be filled.

One stretch would run northeast for perhaps three miles from the eastern terminus of the proposed trail to DEP’s Pruitt Trailhead on County Road 484.

Meanwhile, on the western end, a mile-long path would be needed to reach the Dunnellon Trail, another state recreation area that bridges the river into Citrus County.

The state, Odom said, has recently commenced with tying that trail, via a tunnel at U.S. 41 just south of the city, to the Withlacoochee State Trail, about 2½ miles away.

Once connected, a contiguous paved trail would reach from Dunnellon down to Blanton in Pasco County, more than 50 miles away.

If the other breaks identified by Odom are connected, the trail would continue east almost to Jacksonville.

At the meeting, Odom told the County Commission that a few years ago the Legislature had appropriated funding for a proposed trail to link the open areas.

That money went away, however, when there was no action to move the project along, he said.

Which means the county, DEP, or both would have to lobby lawmakers for new funding in the state’s 2022 budget.

In response to a critic who questioned the solar farm’s effect on the area’s trail system, John Taylor, the agent for Renewable Management Services, the Riviera Beach-based firm that will build the solar farm, maintained, “We’re trying, I think, to make the Greenway better.”

Mickey Thomason, manager of the Greenway, told commissioners he

appreciated the county’s effort to address this situation.

“We are in support of trying to get the trail gap remediated,” Thomason said.

Hopefully, he added, the agencies and Kingston “can get a connector done so that everybody can enjoy it out into the future.”

It is not a done deal, however.

The city of Dunnellon also must weigh in. The property including the solar farm spans 1,100 total acres, about 30 percent of which is within the city.

Dunnellon Community Development Manager Lonnie Smith said officials continue to review a proposed change to the city’s comprehensive landuse plan to create a category for solar farms.

The suggestion cleared the city’s Planning Commission this week. It will now go before the City Council on Nov. 9. If the council agrees, the plan will be sent to the state for study and recommendations.

Meanwhile, the Cannon family, owners of a neighboring ranch,

is weighing a legal challenge to the County Commission’s action.

On Oct. 20 Stacie Corbett, a lawyer representing the Cannons, renewed objections the family first made last month.

The application was tabled at the time so the landowner could evaluate the county’s request for the trail easement.

Corbett said the Cannons are not “anti-solar,” but they do believe too many unanswered questions remain about the “massive” project’s impact on their land.

She complained that county planners had not visited a similar project elsewhere to gauge the ramifications.

The estimated $95 million project, if allowed, is expected to generate 74.9 megawatts of electricity – enough to power 15,000 homes.

Taylor has suggested the site will serve Duke Energy.

Duke officials, however, have said no deal exists yet.

Corbett noted that as well in her complaints, saying the developer has no contract with the power company, and there is no sign one will be inked.

Corbett further took exception to Taylor’s assertion that the project would boost tax revenues.

She argued studies have shown that “a solar farm of this size does have a negative impact on land values for its neighbors.

“They are concerned about this coming in right next to them,” Corbett said.

Last month, in a letter to the County Commission announcing the Cannons’ opposition, Corbett indicated the Cannons may consider a lawsuit under the state’s Bert Harris Act. The law permits landowners to sue the government if they can demonstrate their land values have suffered because of some government action.

County Attorney Guy Minter said after the meeting that he has not been contacted by the family or its lawyer and so is not sure what may happen next.

Minter also said that Florida courts have ruled that landowners directly affected by government regulation, and not neighbors, are entitled to make a Bert Harris Act claim.

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Ina A. Colen Academy breaks ground Area dignitaries gathered last Friday to break ground on the Ina A. Colen Academy, a public charter school named after the mother of On Top of the World developer Ken Colen. The school, which will be located in the new 5,000-home Calesa Township community off Southwest 80th Avenue, is expected to open in the fall of 2022 with 215 students. It will add grades each year until it has an enrollment of 1,450 students. Ken Colen said the charter school will focus on “social emotional” instruction by encouraging hands-on learning and group engagement. Half the seats will be set aside for Calesa Township residents. The school is expected to begin accepting student applications soon for students in grades kindergarten through grade six for the 2022-2023 school year.

For more information, go to www.iacafl.org [Bruce Ackerman/Ocala Gazette] 2020.

Ken Colen, the president of Colen Built Development, speaks during the groundbreaking ceremony for the Ina A. Colen Academy in the Calesa Township planned family community on Southwest 80th Avenue in Ocala on Friday, Oct. 23.

Ken Ausley of Ausley Construction presents Colen a commemorative shovel during the groundbreaking ceremony for the Ina A. Colen Academy in Calesa Township. The tuition-free academy will be a K-8 public charter school but is expected to open with grades kindergarten through six in August 2022.

Ken Colen, the president of Colen Built Development, poses for a photo with Matias Colen, 14, Arieh Colen, 9, and Daniel Colen, 11, left to right, during the groundbreaking ceremony.

Dignitaries throw shovels full of dirt during the groundbreaking ceremony for the Ina A. Colen Academy in the Calesa Township planned family community on Southwest 80th Avenue in Ocala on Oct. 23. The Academy is scheduled to open in August 2022.

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Community Astronaut Academy

Discovery Center, 701 NE Sanchez Ave. Tuesday-Saturday 10am-4pm Kids of all ages learn about space travel with hands-on exhibits exploring the space station, Mars rover and rockets. www.mydiscoverycenter.org

10/30 Friday Talks Business Advancement Series

Virtual 8:30-9:30am The Ocala/Marion County Chamber & Economic Partnership (CEP) hosts Cindy LeCouris of CareerSource Levy Marion presenting “Workforce Support for Today’s World.” RSVP to andrea@ocalacep.com. Visit cepocala.com for more information.

10/30 Marion Oaks Farmers Market

Marion Oaks Community Center, 294 Marion Oaks Ln. 9am-12pm Fresh vegetables, artisan food products and handmade crafts.

10/31 Ocala Downtown Market

SE 3rd Street and SE 3rd Avenue 9am-2pm A variety of vendors offer local fruits and vegetables, meats and seafood, fresh pasta, honey, arts and crafts, rain or shine. Visit ocaladowntownmarket.com for more information.

10/31 Old Florida Cracker Craft Show & Thanksgiving Festival

Harbison Farm, 4696 NE C.R. 329, Anthony 9am-6pm Enjoy family-friendly fun the way our great-great grandparents did – with a craft show, fresh produce, kids’ costume contest, candy and activities, and a Thanksgiving meal with turkey, ham and all the trimmings. Enjoy live music, dancing and libations. Follow Harbison Farm Cattle & Produce on Facebook for more details or call (352) 239-3552.

10/31 West Coast Wine Tasting

Agapanthus, 18 SW Broadway St. 12-3pm A drop-in tasting event featuring natural and organic wines from California, Oregon and Washington. Call (352) 401-0800 for more information. Visit shopagapanthus.com for more information.

10/30 Marion County Friday Market

McPherson Government Complex, 601 SE 25th Ave. 9am-2pm Shop locally fresh fruits and veggies, cinnamon buns, jerky, freeze dried treats, olive oils and seafood.

10/30 Ocala Main Street Trick or Treat

Downtown Ocala 4-6pm Safe trick or treating for little ones with Ocala’s small businesses. Visit facebook.com/ocalamainstreet or call (352) 421-0047 for more information.

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10/31 City of Belleview Trunk or Treat

Lake Lillian, Robinson Rd., Belleview 5-8pm Safe trick or treating with free candy for kids at this familyfriendly event. Call Mariah Moody at (352) 233-2122 for more information.

10/31 Trunk or Treat & Wrestling Show

CrossFit Pinnacle, 7175 S. Pine Ave. 5-8:30pm Free trunk or treat, haunted house and bounce houses followed by a live wrestling Halloween battle at 6pm. Visit facebook. com/crossfit.pinnacle for more information.

Sholom Park, 7110 SW 80th Ave. 7:30pm Bring your chairs and snacks and enjoy a family-friendly movie under the full moon. Advance registration is required; call (352) 873-0848 or visit sholompark.org for details.

Coon Hollo Fall Festival and Flashlight Fall Nights

22480 N. Hwy 441, Micanopy Festival: 4-7pm Friday, 10am-7pm Saturday, 12-7pm Sunday Flashlight Nights: 7-9pm Friday and Saturday The festival includes a hemp maze, pony rides, hayride, sack slide, pasture putt-putt and farm animals. Flashlight nights feature bonfires, hayrides and maze by flashlight. Visit coonhollo.com or call (352) 318-9258 for more information.

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Tuesday Talks Business Advancement Series

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Biz Promoters Networks Group

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Webinar: Meet Holiday Stress with Mindfulness

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CEP South Marion NetWorks Group

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CEP 75 West Networkers

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Timberline Farm, 3200 SE 115th St., Belleview 4pm-dusk Friday, 10am-dusk Saturday, 12pm-dusk Sunday Family activities include a pumpkin patch, hay rides, slide, face painting, music, craft and food vendors and kids’ games. A portion of the proceeds benefit St. Theresa’s Soup Kitchen. Visit timberlinefarm.net or call (352) 454-4113 for more information.

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Wayne’s World of Paintball, 4841 S Pine Ave 8-11:30pm The annual haunted trail to benefit Toys for Tots features 5 acres of haunted attractions. Please wear a mask and proper footwear. Visit waynes-world.com or call (352) 401-1801 for more information.

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Ocala Civic Theatre, 4337 E. Silver Springs Blvd.

8-9:15pm Bring kids ages 3-10 for a costume parade with treat bags on the outdoor stage, then pull up a hay bale for spooky stories by jack-o-lantern light with concessions available for purchase.

Visit ocalacivictheatre.com for more information.

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Halloween Costume Family Fun Run 5K

Citizens’ Circle, 110 SE Watula Ave. 8:30am Ocala Recreation and Parks hosts the annual family-friendly costumed run to benefit United Way of Marion County. Visit ocalafl.org for more information.

10/31 Brownwood Farmers Market

2726 Brownwood Blvd., Wildwood 9am-1pm More than 70 vendors offer fresh produce and crafts. Visit thevillagesentertainment.com for more information.

War Horse Harley-Davidson, 5331 N. U.S. Hwy 441 7:30am-12pm See unique cars, trucks and motorcycles and enjoy coffee beverages and live music. Call (352) 732-2488 for more information.

CEP, 310 SE 3rd St. and virtual 8:15-9:30am The CEP hosts Jeromy Williams of Chick-fil-A presenting “The recipe for Customer Service.” Participate in person or on Facebook Live. RSVP to andrea@ocalacep.com. Visit ocalacep. com for more information.

Power Plant Business Incubator, 405 SE Osceola Ave. 11:30am-12:30pm Bring your own lunch. Email tom@ocalacep.com for more information.

Virtual 2-3pm The CEP hosts Amy K. Roberts, MSW, LCSW presenting a mindful approach to preserve your inner calm during a hectic time of year. Visit ocalacep.com for information on this Zoom meeting.

The Farmhouse, 11077 SE 57th Ct., Belleview 7:30-8:30am Contact Faith Wilt at (352) 602-5695 for more information.

Power Plant Business Incubator, 405 SE Osceola Ave. 9:30-10:30am Two local startups present their business idea to an audience of community entrepreneurs. Email ryan@ocalacep.com for more information.

Virtual 12:30-1:30pm Jenkins Auto Group presents Joel Fuhrman, MD discussing his nutrition and natural healing program for longevity, disease reversal and weight loss. Register for this free online workshop at jenkinscars.com.

Bank of the Ozarks, 8375 SW State Rd. 200 8-9:30am Contact Randy Ziemann at (847) 302-2400 for more information.

Circle Square Commons, 8405 SW 80th St. 9am-1pm Locally grown seasonal produce, baked goods, plants and more. Visit circlesquarecommons.com/farmersmarket for more information.

Power Plant Business Incubator, 405 SE Osceola Ave. 9:30-10:30am Email admin@hispanicbusinesscouncil.com for more information.

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Now Alone Together -10/31

Arts

NOMA Gallery, 939 N. Magnolia Ave. 12-6pm An art exhibit featuring best-in-show artists from the last five Ocala Arts Festivals presented by Fine Arts for Ocala (FAFO) and sponsored by the David & Lisa Irwin Midgett Foundation at the historic Coca Cola building. Open Thursdays-Sundays. www.fafo.org

Now Community -10/31

Brick City Center for the Arts, 23 S. Broadway 12-6pm Local artists take on the topic “What does community mean to you?” in this new exhibition. Opening reception October 2nd, 5:30-7:30pm; exhibit open Tuesday-Saturday through October 31st. Call (352) 369-1500 for more information.

Now -11/5

Pre-Conception Exhibit

Now -1/1

Hinterlands

Now -1/15

Florida: Explored

CF Webber Gallery, 3001 SW College Rd. 10am-4pm 10am-4pm A solo exhibit of sculptures by Russell Bellamy features both floor-based interactive sculptures and wall-based relief sculptures influenced by the proximity of urban and rural landscapes. Open Monday-Thursday. Visit cf.edu/webber for more information.

City Hall, 110 SE Watula Ave. 8am-5pm Artist Megan Welch, a portrait painter and educator who lives in Northeast Florida, has created an exhibition of portraits in oil and graphite that portray the stories of those navigating the temporal nature of life, the unknown and the human condition. Open Monday-Friday. Call (352) 629-8447 for more information.

City of Ocala Recreation and Parks Administration, 828 NE Eighth Ave. 9am-5pm Ocala artist Dan McCarthy’s exhibition includes pieces created during his exploration of Indian Lake State Forest, a hidden gem in Marion County, capturing the mood and feeling of this wild space. Open Monday-Friday. Call (352) 629-8447 for more information.

10/30 The Art and Life (So Far) of Jordan Shapot

NOMA Ocala, 939 N. Magnolia Ave. 12pm Local painter Jordan Shapot will show some original artwork and talk about his background, studio practices and artistic passion. One attendee will win an art prize. Lunch available for purchase on site. Visit fafo.org for more information.

10/30

Picnics, Music and Stories with Becky Sinn

11/3

Teaching Tuesday: Paper Bag Monster Puppet

11/5

11/2

Marion County Board of Adjustment Variances

11/3

Marion County Board of Commissioners

11/3

Marion County Public Hearing

11/3

Ocala City Council

11/3

Belleview City Commission

11/4

Marion County Public Hearing

11/4

Dunnellon City Council Workshop

11/5

Marion County Development Review Committee Staff Meeting

11/5

Marion County Commission Workshop

NOMA Ocala, 939 N. Magnolia Ave..

6-8pm Bring a picnic and enjoy songstress Becky Sinn performing original songs and sharing the stories and inspirations behind them. BYOB. Visit fafo.org for more information.

Appleton Museum – virtual 10-10:30am The Appleton Museum presents a live streaming art project that the whole family can make at home with basic art and craft supplies. Online at facebook.com/appletonmuseum.

The Life of Bill Baggs Book Signing

Brick City Center for the Arts, 23 SW Broadway St. 5-7pm The release event for Amy Paige Condon’s biography “A Nervous Man Shouldn’t Be Here in the First Place” is hosted

by Marion Cultural Alliance and Craig and Mary Baggs and will feature author talks, an exhibition of Baggs’ memorabilia, refreshments and books for purchase. Visit mcaocala.org for more information.

10/27 Spoken Word Ocala

Marion Cultural Alliance, 23 SW Broadway St. 7-9pm Spoken word artists of any style—beat to baroque, formal to freestyle—are invited to share community-friendly content in an open mic event in The Brick’s courtyard. The socially distanced event will also be shared on Facebook Live. Find details on Spoken Word Ocala’s Facebook page.

Government

11/2

City of Ocala Investment Committee

11/2

Marion County Development Review Committee

Virtual 9am Online at zoom.us/j/567161037. Call (352) 629-8401 for more information.

Office of the County Engineer, 412 SE 25th Ave. 9am The DRC votes on waiver requests, drainage/site plans, subdivision master plans, preliminary plats, improvement plans and final plats. Call (352) 671-8686 for more information.

Growth Services training room, 2710 E. Silver Springs Blvd.

2pm The Board hears potential variances to code regulations and challenges to zoning code interpretations. Call (352) 438-2600 for more information.

McPherson Government Complex Auditorium, 601 SE 25th Ave. 9am Call (352) 438-2323 for more information.

McPherson Government Complex Auditorium, 601 SE 25th Ave. 10am A public hearing to consider approval of the amendment to and adoption of an ordinance related to chapter 11 of the Marion County code. Contact Dawn Phelps at (352) 438-2300 for more information.

Ocala City Hall, 110 SE Watula Ave. and online 5pm Call (352) 629-8401 for more information. Visit https://zoom. us/j/446885807 to participate online.

City Hall Commission Room, 5343 SE Abshier Blvd., Belleview 6-8pm Call (352) 245-7021 for more information.

McPherson Government Complex Auditorium, 601 SE 25th Ave. 2pm A continuation of a public hearing to consider an amendment to the developer’s agreement regarding the Golden Ocala project site. Call (352) 438-2300 for more information.

Dunnellon City Hall, 20750 River Dr., Dunnellon 5:30pm Call (352) 465-8500 for more information.

Office of the County Engineer Bldg 1 Conference Room, 412 SE 25th Ave. 8:30am Applicants may discuss proposed or current projects with county review staff prior to meeting formally with the Development Review Committee. Call (352) 671-8686 for more information.

McPherson Government Complex Auditorium, 601 SE 25th Ave. 2pm A workshop to discuss the Southeastern Livestock PavilionExtension Service auditorium. Call Dawn Phelps at (352) 4382300 for more information.

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8pm Grass Campers Bank Street Patio Bar

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11:30am Fareeza Pi on Broadway

6:30pm Conrad Marcum The Crazy Cucumber

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7pm The Kenny Rogers Band

31

2pm Rob Hazen Bank Street Patio Bar

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1-4pm Jeff Jarrett Swampy’s Bar & Grille

30

6:30pm Gilly & the Girl La Cuisine French Restaurant

30

7pm Music of Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn Orange Blossom Opry

31

7pm Heather Lynne The Keep Downtown

5

6-8pm Jeff Jarrett Ocala Downtown Square

30

7pm Fareeza Infinite Ale Works

30

7-10pm Noah Hunton The Corkscrew

31

7-10pm Warren McCullough The Corkscrew

5

7pm Orange Blossom Showcase Orange Blossom Opry

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30

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