Live Oak —
Let’s eliminate the irritants
Shop local. I am sure you have heard or read that more than once this year alone. There are web sites and Facebook pages urging you to shop local, or in other words, at businesses that are locally owned - not the big box stores. The problem is, most folks who have the means to spend money work during the day. A lot have weekends off.
Now you say, well Myra and Jeff, they can go after work or on the weekend to the local shop to get their wares.
Not so easy.
Most of these “shop local” businesses call it a night around 5 p.m. and many don’t open on weekends.
Folks, you pay for convenience and you should pay for customer service.
That brings us to the other matter of customer service.
We agree with helping out your neighbor and your hometown people. But when you have hours of operation that aren’t suitable to your customer base and you have customer service that is worse, don’t blame folks from going elsewhere.
We understand local prices for some items may be a bit higher to stay in business. But, if you eliminate those irritants we have just mentioned, we are sure that the price can be overlooked - to an extent.
Kudos to Live Oak City Council
For refusing to take on the condemned buildings in downtown Live Oak.
You should not take on someone else’s responsibility. The owners of that building would have received a very sweet deal if you took those buildings off their hands. But Valentine’s Day is over and sweet deals are out of the question when you start involving city taxpayers.
After the owners have the building taken down with their own financial fortitude, then they can come back to the city and see if they want the deed to the open land. But then again, now that we think about it, once the sinkhole problem is remedied, why take prime real estate off the tax roll?
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Fire consumes motorhome
A motorhome was destroyed by fire late Tuesday afternoon shortly after the owner discovered flames were coming from the engine compartment, according to Suwannee County Fire Chief James Sommers.
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Home destroyed by fire Tuesday
No injuries reported
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Boarding up the roundabout
No injuries sustained as truck loses lumber
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Suwannee County Commission special meeting for Thursday, June 20, 2013
The purpose of the special meeting is to discuss, with possible Board action, integrity and maintenance of Catalyst Site upon commencement of construction activities by Klausner.
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Videos: Grilling tips from local pit master Damon Wooley
Get those grills out and get ready for some expert advice.
Videos are compliments of Do Good Media. Visit them on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/dogoodmedia.
Wooley and The Wooley Bully “BBQ Mafia” of Live Oak host the annual Smokin’ on the Suwannee BBQ Festival to be held this year at the Suwannee County Coliseum on July 26 and 27. Click here to learn more.
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FHP monitoring smoke/fog visibility issues in Hamilton County
There is a prescribed control burn in Hamilton County at Stephen Foster State Park in the area of US 41 in White Springs which could cause smoke issues and could possibly impact the roadways in this area, especially during the night and early morning hours.
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Softball tourney at Sportsplex this weekend
Baseball tournament in Madison
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Suwannee County commission round-up
On Tuesday, June 18, the Suwannee County Board of County Commissioners met for their bi-monthly meeting. Here’s a round-up of what took place.
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Suwannee Democrat Obituaries-June 19, 2013
Rachel A. Howard, Marvin E. Williams, Jacinto T. Perez, Shirley Davis
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Morning Update for Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Good morning. Here are your updates for today.
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