Today's News

GAINESVILLE - Scratch a "W" on the schedule right now - at 1-0, Bronson football starts the season with a winning record. The blue Eagles paid a visit to Oak Hall, whom they'd beaten 28-12 last year, and left the field carrying a hard-earned 27-18 win.

"I'm so happy we won," said Bronson head coach Al Cooksey.

Following a tough loss at Chiefland in the preseason, Cooksey said he had feared his Eagles might turn their hopes to the Oak Hall game with more expectation than reason.

"I think they think they've beaten them already," he said then.

Thrown beer bottles followed by a car chase resulted in the arrest of two men on Sept. 1.

According to a report from the Levy County Sheriff's Office, a deputy responded to the area of State Road 121 and Northeast 20th Street shortly after 11 p.m. after a complaint of an occupant of a vehicle throwing beer bottles at a residence.

Editor:

Seems like you and I have the same common thought, people don't appear to care about the sacrifices others made for the freedoms they enjoy.

Our generation made major sacrifices to the extent of thousands killed every day in battle on some far away shore.

Yes, we lost a few thousand on 9-11 and we still continue to count up the 4,000 plus we have lost in Iraq.

But today's generation doesn't count these lives toward their freedoms and rights enjoyed by all living in the U.S. today legally or illegally.

The problem is straightforward; the solution is going to be complex.

That was the message Finance Director Mark Schiefer delivered to the city council and department heads at a workshop about the fiscal year 2008-2009 budget.

The problem: according to Florida statute, the city must have a balanced budget by the end of September. At this point, after Schiefer has incorporated all of the directives given him by the council, the deficit is $309,067, based on a budget of nearly $13 million.