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Christmas is over and normally folks turn their attention to those New Year’s resolutions — promises to ourselves to lose weight, eat healthier, consume less alcohol and stop smoking, dippin’ and chewin’.

The promises we seem to break within days. 

But some of Levy County’s residents are keeping those promises made to themselves. 

Paul Pilney, of Citrus County, just happened to make a stop in Levy County when something caught his eye: bold black letters across the top of a November issue of the Chiefland Citizen that read “No Toys for Tots this year.”

“It killed me to see that headline. I said, ‘Oh, no, this is not good. I read it and was really disturbed,” Pilney said last week.

With minimal negotiations and a few concessions on both sides, the Williston City Council and its candidate for city manager came to terms last week.

Tuesday night, the final details were hammered out and Scott Lippmann became the city’s third city manager in three years.

Council voted to make Lippmann’s official start date Dec. 13 since he has been at city hall working closely with Dr. Oel Wingo, interim city manager, to ensure a smooth transition.

Levy County Commissioner Ryan Bell wasn't on the roster for Saturday's mixed martial arts bouts at Chiefland Billiards and Bar, but that didn't keep him from taking a slam to the back of the head, according to a statement he gave Chiefland Police later that evening.