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Saturday's candidate forum, sponsored by Williston AARP Chapter 912 and Citizens for an Engaged Electorate drew about 100 interested residents and over 19 political hopefuls.

Questions, submitted by those attending the forum, were collected by the sponsor hosts and questions that were asked most frequently were posed to the candidates by student volunteers from Williston Middle High School.

All candidates were given the same amount of time to answer and were flashed time warning posters as the clock ticked down.

A Williston physician’s assistant was arrested last week following an embezzlement investigation by the Williston Police Department.

James Eldon Long Sr., 67, of Morriston, who was employed with Williston Rural Health and Wellness Clinic, was charged with grand theft Aug. 2.

The arrest came on the heels of the investigation that began July 17 when the police were contacted by one of the owners of the clinic who reported an embezzlement of clinic funds.

Three Williston teenagers, found in an abandoned home, were arrested July 27 and charged with trespassing and burglary.

According to the Levy County Sheriff's Office, investigators were sent to a home following a trespassing complaint. The investigators were familiar with the abandoned property due to recovering six stolen firearms at the location in June.

The sheriff's office said the home is often used by local criminals to hang out, hide stolen property and sell drugs.

I missed most of July.

I remember it coming in and I remember the ending, but all that middle stuff is totally lost on me.

The reason?

It started with a tickle.

I can pinpoint it to the minute. I can't tell you why I checked my watch but I did.

2:01 p.m. Tuesday, July 17 my nose tickled and I looked at my watch. By nightfall, my nose was stopped up and the next morning I felt the crud creeping into my chest.