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| CANCER CARE www.cancer.org wwwcancer.gov www.breastcancer.org www.lotsahelpinghands.com www.talkingabout cancer. com www.carepages.com |
| CHOICES Health Services Is a program to provide health care for thousands County who do not have health insurance. www.acchoices.com |
| CRISIS INTERVENTION North Central Florida Residents: Dial 2-1-1 Overwhelmed? Money trouble? Depressed? Alcohol or drug problems?Legal issues? Abused? Child care concerns? Whatever has you feeling swept away, we can help. To get or give help, just dial: 211. Get Connected. Get Answers A service of United Way of North Central Florida (352-332-4636) & Alachua County Crisis Center |
| AUTISM, ASPERGERS & RELATED DISABILITIES Center for Autism and Related Disabilities University of Florida P.O. Box 100234, Gainesville, Florida 32610(352) 846-2761 http://www.card.ufl.edu The Center for Autism and Related Disabilities (CARD) provides support and assistance with the goal of optimizing the potential of people with autism and related disabilities: People who show difficulties in verbal and non-verbal communication, social interactions, and leisure or play activities may be dealing with such a disability. |
| 33. Inner Resources To know how other people behave takes intelligence, but to know myself takes wisdom. To manage other people’s lives my own life takes true power. If I am content with what I have,I can live simply and enjoy both prosperity and free time. If my goals are clear,I can achieve them without fuss. If I am at peace with myself,I will not spend my life force in conflicts. If I have learned to let go,I do not need to fear. The Tao of Leadership by John Heider |
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| Alachua Branch Library 14913 NW 140 Street Alachua, FL 386-462-2592 http://www.aclib.us |
| Book I just finished - OLIVE KITTERDIGE by Elizabeth Strout. Hmmnm – what to say? I’m glad I read it, it was extremely well written and a winner of the Pulitzer Prize. I SHOULD have LIKED IT. But alas, I was, by turns, annoyed, depressed, on occasion hopeful – but amazingly I kept reading it! The book is a series of short stories set in the town of Crosby, Maine. The thread that binds the stories together is the character of Olive Kitteridge. Olive is an older women, a former teacher who fearlessly blunders through life, thinking she knows what is going on and doesn’t hesitate to comment on it. Each story unfolds revealing a seemingly unknown fact and Olive’s part in that particular story. Taken from a review by Andrew Sperling “…But as the stories continue, a more complicated portrait of the woman emerges. Olive may hurl invectives at her son, but she also loves him, almost more than she can bear. Her husband is a kind man and she loves him too, although she has trouble expressing it. She’s prone to “stormy moods,” as well as “sudden, deep laughter,” and she harbors a sense of compassion, even for strangers. Taken from a 2008 book review by Louisa Thomas for the New York Times: The pleasure in reading “Olive Kitteridge” comes from an intense identification with complicated, not always admirable, characters. … And there are moments in which slipping into a character’s viewpoint seems to involve the revelation of an emotion more powerful and interesting than simple fellow feeling — a complex, sometimes dark, sometimes life-sustaining dependency on others. There’s nothing mawkish or cheap here. There’s simply the honest recognition that we need to try to understand people, even if we can’t stand them! |
| For a complete list of events, click Events Calendar Hope you can make it, Your librarian, Joanne Tremblay, Alachua Branch Librarian I jtremblay@aclib.us, www.aclib. us Alachua County Library District, …thinking outside the book |
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| Discover Rural North Florida through the stories of Mary Lois (Douglas) Forrester. Read her wonderful personal stories about her childhood and how things used to be growing up in rural North Florida. Mrs. Forrester has authored four (4) books: Lest We Forget, A Town, Newnansville (Alachua) Florida Our Towns - The Way They Were & Memories of my Childhood High Springs, Florida Our Town Think on These Things Books Available at The Pink Porch Bookstore in downtown Alachua. |
USEFUL WEB SITES Measure your risk of identity theft: www.myidscore.com Ask a librarian: www.ipl.org/div/askus Native plant database: www.wildflower.org/explore Home product savings: www.habitat.org/env/restores.aspx Antiques price guide: www.kovels.com/quick_lists Healthier pets: www.petmd.com |
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| FOR FUN -LEXOPHILES (LOVERS OF WORDS): 1. A bicycle can't stand alone; it is two tired. 2. A will is a dead giveaway. 3. Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana. 4. A backward poet writes inverse. 5. A chicken crossing the road: poultry in motion. 6. When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds. 7. The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine was fully recovered. 8. You are stuck with your debt if you can't budge it. 9. He broke into song because he couldn't find the key. 10. A calendar's days are numbered. 11. A boiled egg is hard to beat. 12. He had a photographic memory which was never developed. 13. The short fortuneteller who escaped from prison: a small medium at large. 14. Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end. 15. When you've seen one shopping center you've seen a mall. 16. If you jump off a Paris bridge, you are in Seine . 17. When she saw her first strands of gray hair, she thought she'd dye. 18. Santa's helpers are subordinate clauses. 19. Acupuncture: a jab well done. 20. Marathon runners with bad shoes suffer the agony of de feet. 21. The roundest knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much pi. 22. I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island, but it turned out to be an optical Aleutian . 23. She was only a whisky maker, but he loved her still. 24. A rubber band pistol was confiscated from algebra class because it was a weapon of math disruption. 25. No matter how much you push the envelope, it'll still be stationery. 26. A dog gave birth to puppies near the road and was cited for littering. 27. Two silk worms had a race. They ended up in a tie. 28. A hole has been found in the nudist camp wall. The police are looking into it. 29. Atheism is a non-prophet organization. 30. I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger. Then it hit me. 31. A sign on the lawn at a drug rehab center said: 'Keep off the Grass.' 32. A small boy swallowed some coins and was taken to a hospital. When his grandmother telephoned to ask how he was, a nurse said, 'No change yet.' 33. The soldier who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran. 34. Don't join dangerous cults: practice safe sects. From our friend Gib Coerper. |
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| WOMEN IN MY CIRCLE When I was little, I used to believe in the concept of one best friend, and then I started to become a woman. And then I found out that if you allow your heart to open up, God would show you the best in many friends. One friend is needed when you're going through things with your man. Another friend is needed when you're going through things with your mom. Another will sit beside you in the bleachers as you delight in your children and their activities. Another when you want to shop, share, heal, hurt, joke, or just be. One friend will say, "Let's cry together," another, "Let's fight together," another, "Let's walk away together." One friend will meet your spiritual need, another your shoe fetish, another your love for movies, another will be with you in your season of confusion, another will be your clarifier, another the wind beneath your wings. But whatever their assignment in your life, on whatever the occasion, on whatever the day, or wherever you need them to meet you with their gym shoes on and hair pulled back, or to hold you back from making a complete fool of yourself . those are your best friends. It may all be wrapped up in one woman, but for many, it's wrapped up in several.. one from 7th grade, one from high school, several from the college years, a couple from old jobs, on some days your mother, on some days your neighbor, on others, your sisters, and on some days, your daughters. Thank you to all of you for surrounding me with friendships that nourish, inspire, and fulfill me. From our friend Sharon Traud |
Honey Chicken Skewers W/Grilled-Corn Serves 4 Hands-On Time: 10m Total Time: 20m Ingredients • 1/2 cup ketchup • 2 tablespoons honey • 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce • 1 1/2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts • kosher salt and pepper • canola oil, for the grill • 6 ears corn, shucked • 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, cut into pieces • 2 scallions, sliced Directions 1. Place twenty 8-inch wooden skewers in water to soak. Heat grill to medium-high. In a small bowl, combine the ketchup, honey, and Worcestershire sauce; set aside. 2. Slice the chicken lengthwise into twenty 1/2-inch-thick strips. Thread each strip onto a wooden skewer. Season with 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. 3. Lightly oil the grill. Cook the chicken, turning occasionally, until cooked through, 6 to 8 minutes, basting with the ketchup mixture during the last 2 minutes of cooking. 4. Meanwhile, grill the corn, turning occasionally, until slightly charred, 3 to 4 minutes. Cut the kernels off the cobs, place in a medium bowl, and toss with the butter, scallions, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Serve with the chicken. |
| The City of Alachua Downtown Redevelopment Trust Board administers the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA). The CRA is a public body created by the City Commission following Florida Statute guidelines. The CRA creates a redevelopment plan that includes the overall goals for redevelopment in the area, as well as identifying the types of projects planned for the area. It is funded through tax increment financing contributions from the City of Alachua and the Alachua County Board of County Commissioners. Tax increment financing is a unique tool available to cities and counties for redevelopment activities. The dollar value of all real property in the Community Redevelopment Area is determined as of a fixed date, also known as the “frozen value.” Taxing authorities, who contribute to the tax increment, continue to receive property tax revenues based on the frozen value. These frozen value revenues are available for general government purposes. However, any tax revenues from increases in real property value, referred to as “increment,” are deposited into the Community Redevelopment Agency Trust Fund and dedicated to the redevelopment area. |
| CITY OF ALACHUA’S DRTB - Connecting the dots – we citizens often understand how these wonderful things happen! Just in case you’ve been noticing improved streets, sidewalks, streetlights, parking plans, seasonal decorations, the annual Christmas Tree and more ... These projects and more are the result of the City of Alachua’s Downtown Redevelopment Trust Board (DRTB) which serves as the City of Alachua’s Community Redevelopment Agency. Members, along with the Chair and Vice-Chair are appointed by the Alachua City Commission. The community redevelopment district was established in 1982. The purpose of the community redevelopment district is to rehabilitate, conserve, and redevelop areas within its geographical boundaries. www.cityofalachua.com, Boards, DRTB. I’ve been honored to serve on this Board for the past several months. During this time I have learned of the outstanding work this group has done over the years to improve the downtown district. |
