Archive for October, 2011

Board Meeting Recap for Oct 25th

Board Meeting Recap for Oct 25th Tuesday’s board meeting and workshop while having a full schedule and covering a multiple of different subjects was, as one person put it, “kind of like watching sausage being made”!  You are really just waiting for the results, not how it is made.  I thought that was a good […]

Next Generation Voters Student Committee Meeting

Next Generation Voters Student Committee Meeting Monday I helped facilitate our Student Committee Meeting for the Next Generation Voters that I am working to develop with Susan Gill, Citrus County Supervisor of Elections, and Patrick Thomas, Voter Outreach Coordinator for the Elections Office.  What a powerful evening we had with some impressive young people!  We […]

October 2011 Regular Board Meeting Review

October 2011 Regular Board Meeting Review Not all Board meetings are alike. Not all Board meetings are alike. That was my thoughts as we finished the regular Board meeting on October 11th, 2011. After the opening exercise by Board Member Linda Powers, we had several presentations.  The first was a Presentation by the Nature Coast […]

EdCamp Citrus 2011 Recap

EdCamp Citrus 2011 Recap “To be a Geek or Not be a Geek…” EdCamp is a new grassroots movement happening all around the United States.  EdCamp Citrus started in 2010 by Educational Technology Specialist Jerry Swiatek.  The goal of Edcamp Citrus is to bring educators together to discuss technology that works in the educational system. […]

Former Crystal River Graduate Honored by President of U.S.

“Over 20 years ago before I had even started dating my wife,  I kept hearing from my close friend, Tim Stuart, about this amazing Crystal River Middle School student of his who was so smart that he would talk to him about ‘Quantum Physics‘.  That student’s name, Ben Lev.” ~Thomas Former Crystal River Graduate Honored […]

Blessings Meals Project was a big success!

Blessings Meals Project was a big success! If your bellies were full last Friday from the Inverness Kiwanis’s Fundraiser for “Blessings in a Backpack”, I thank you! Blessings sold 883 chicken box lunches on Friday, and that was as I understand, every meal that they made.  That exceeds last year’s sales by over 50 meals.  […]