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by Kathy McKinney

Well, this is different.  I don’t normally have to write in hospital waiting rooms.  I usually wait for some sort of inspiration to strike over the weekend to write this editorial…but by late on Sunday afternoon, in the words of Jack O’Neil on Stargate, “I got nothin’.”  My daughter Casey was here for the weekend, and she showed up at the house, complaining that her back was hurting.  Turns out that she (and the Advocate’s Brandi, along with several other accomplices who I won’t name here in case I need to blackmail them later) had been out Saturday night at a Fanning Springs bar, and my daughter, the one who is “graceful like a baby deer,” (i.e. she’s as clumsy as an intoxicated hippopotamus), was standing on the sidewalk and a Jeep, driven by a jerk who was  apparently “playing” by gunning the gas pedal, jumped the curb and hit her.

The Department of Agriculture, Mosquito Control Division will be spraying Dixie County by air TONIGHT, September 8th!  The mosquito outbreak is considered a health hazard and FEMA and the state cover the expense.  They will start about dark and be finished by daylight.

We have contacted the beekeepers that we know about and the state has contacted all registered beekeepers in the county. It’s probably a good idea to stay indoors this evening and to bring in any fragile pets.