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In a surprise move 30 seconds before the city council meeting adjourned Tuesday night, President Jerry Robinson tendered  his resignation effective at 12:01 a.m. July 18.
Robinson, a council member since April 2011 and president since December, read, “It is with a very heavy heart and after much prayer and consideration I have reached a decision for personal reasons, that  shall remain personal, to resign from the  Williston City Council effective 12:01 a.m.  July 18, 2012.”
Robinson’s position is up for re-election in 2013.

A retired police officer and his fiancee have won approval to operate a dog kennel for up to 20 animals that will be used in a training operation for service, movie, tracking and law enforcement animals.
Colby Gwyn-Williams and Jose Raul Hernandez are moving their operation from Key West to a 30-acre site on Southeast 215th Avenue — County Road 323 — in Morriston.

About 30 people, shouting  slogans such as “self defense is no offense” and armed with protest signs and banners, marched Saturday from the Levy County Sheriff’s Office to the county courthouse in support of a Bronson man they say was treated unfairly by law enforcement because of the color of his skin.
“We’re here because a black person stood up and resisted,” said African People’s Socialist Party Committee Member Penny Hess from the steps of the courthouse.

Things are tough all over. Property values have declined while gasoline prices have risen. Unemployment is high and morale is low.
And while it may seem like dark days ahead, a group of people in the Morriston community are searching for rays of sunshine by leaning on one another.
In May Cindy Johnson was casually chatting with some friends about the surplus of eggs she had from her chickens. Before long, she discovered that her excess was someone else’s necessity and the idea to create a network of neighbor helping neighbor started envolving.