PO BOX 2709, Inverness, FL 34451 Phone: (352) 726-5004 Email: toofarinc@earthlink.net |
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It was Standing Room Only!
Water sustainability and the future of Florida
Speaker: Cynthia Barnett
February 5, 2009
6:30 p.m.
Best Western Citrus Hills Lodge
350 E. Norvell Bryant Highway
Hernando, FL
 
Cynthia Barnett is a senior writer at Florida Trend magazine and author of "Mirage: Florida and the Vanishing Water of the Eastern U.S." The presentation will be followed by an Ask the Author Session and a Book Signing. This event is free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase at $13.50. Don’t miss this informative session focused on our most precious resource ---water.
Ms. Barnett has worked for 10 years covering investigative, environmental, public policy and business stories. She’s won numerous journalism prizes, including seven Green Eyeshade Awards, which recognize outstanding journalism in 11 southeastern states. Barnett earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism and master’s in American history with a specialization in environmental history, both from the University of Florida.
In 2004, she was awarded a Knight-Wallace Fellowship at the University of Michigan, where she spent a year studying freshwater supply. Her book, "Mirage" won the Gold medal for best nonfiction in the Florida Book Awards and the St. Petersburg Times called it "one of the most important books to hit our state in a very long time."
Sponsored by the Homosassa River Alliance, Citrus 20/20, Inc., Citrus County Council, Kings Bay Association, and TOOFAR with support from the Chronicle. Thanks go to the Citrus Hills Lodge and Ann Marie Briercheck of Tuscany on the Meadows for the excellent accommodations and refreshments.
Ms. Barnett’s presentation entitled: "Water Sustainability and the Future of Florida" provided attendees with a description of water and its use and misuse in Florida. She challenged attendees not to repeat the past and make the same mistakes. She challenged attendees to conserve, protect and respect our most precious resource: water.
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Kid’s Fishing Clinics: June 28 and July 19, 2006
TOOFAR hosted it’s first kids fishing clinic in conjunction with the Parks & Recreation Program. Each clinic had 40 to 45 children. It was held at Wallace Brooks Park, June 28 and July 19, 2006 from 9:30 to 12:15. Fishing equipment was provided for the kids to use. The kids received instruction, and then using what they learned, went fishing!
If you would like to learn more about the program, please contact the office at 726-5004 or by email: toofarinc@earthlink.net or call Rol Steinhauser, one of our newest board members, at (352) 344-0618. Rol has taught fishing programs for many years in Illinois before retiring to Citrus County. We’re pleased to have him on board.
Thank you to everyone involved who volunteered who helped show the children how to fish, who volunteered their time materials, skills and expertise to help plan, prepare and implement this program... it was a big success.
Thanks to: Duane for making the bump boards, Jan & Jerry for painting them. To Jan, Karen, Betty, Lolly, Leslie & Mary for sewing and painting the stuffed fish needed for part of the program. To Frank, Bud & Bob for making the fish hooks. To the Grubmans for helping prepare the rods and reels etc…
Also, special thanks to Lolly Adkison for the posters she is making. And also to Ace Hardware in Hernando for providing the yardsticks for the bump boards, at no cost.
Rol Steinhauser |
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May 13, 2006
Lake Panasoffkee Restoration Celebration:
The Lake Panasoffkee Restoration project, through state of the art dredging technics, restored over 5000 acres of lake bottom and shoreline habitat of Lake Panasoffkee – the third largest lake in west central Florida. This improved the lake’s water quality, navigation, fisheries habitat, and public access area of the lake – all of which had been degraded due to extensive deposits of sediments and nuisance vegetation.
Please join us on May 13, 2006 at the Outlet River Park on CR 470 from 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM to celebrate the completion of the Restoration Project. There will a presentation to the winners of the poster contest "Be A Lake Pan Pal", entertainment, food, educational activities for adults and children with the focus on the preservation of the restoration.
If you have any questions please contact Dave Starnes at sylndave@earthlink.net
TOOFAR is planning to have a booth at the event and volunteers are needed, if you would like to join us please contact the office at 726-5004 or by email: toofarinc@earthlink.net. We will have items from our gift shop available for purchase as well. |
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| TOOFAR’s Annual Pig Roast: December 2005 |
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Our 14th annual Pig Roast was held Saturday Dec. 3rd, 2005. We would like to thank everyone who helped, whether by baking cakes or muffins, dicing and sautéing 30 pounds of onions, preparing the pig, or canvassing area businesses for contributions. These are just a few of the many jobs that are done in preparing for this event.
If you were not able to attend this year, you missed quite an experience. See you next year! |
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| Highlights of Boat Trips and Past Events |
| Rainbow River Boat Trip and Picnic: April 2005 |
| Tallahassee Trip: May, 1995 |
| Various Meeting Photos |
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TOOFAR, Inc., PO BOX 2709, Inverness, FL 34451
contact us: toofarinc@earthlink.net |
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Last updated: April 20, 2009 |
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