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by ROCCO MAGLIO

Public and private school teachers, as well as parents of homeschoolers, digital learners, and e-schoolers, can request a Hernando Sun newspaper for each of their students free of charge. Teachers can request a newspaper for every student since we encourage them to have the students take the newspapers home after using them in a lesson. We also understand that with the threat of COVID-19 many teachers do not want to reuse newspapers with different classes and we encourage them not to. 

One day after officials from Pasco County shuttered the attraction for a variety of code violations, the Snowcat Ridge Alpine Snow Park was given permission to reopen under a temporary permit. The Snowcat Alpine Snow Park features a real snow-covered tubing hill, an Alpine Village, and a 10,000-square-foot snow dome. The park opened on Nov. 20.

We have now reached December 18, 1941, in our trip to the past. It was a historic month. The Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor just eleven days before and the United States was at war. 

Everyone was behind the effort in big ways, as well as small. For example, a local businessman who volunteered with the Defense Stamp Publicity Sales Program was hosting a movie at the local movie theater. 

Since its inception 10 years ago, Stir Up the Gift has provided an inspiring and educational showcase for talented performers who finally have a chance to shine. And they promise to shine again at 6 p.m. Dec. 22, when they “stir up” a jubilant Christmas Concert on Main Street in Brooksville. 

In recent city council meetings, outgoing city council members were honored for their service to the city, and incoming council members were welcomed aboard.

Outgoing council member William Kemerer was honored on November 16, 2020, as he has given over five years of service to the city of Brooksville-- serving on city council from Aug. 3, 2015 to Dec. 7, 2020.

During the Dec. 1, 2020 Hernando County School Board workshop, Executive Director of Student Support Programs Lisa Cropley presented a Return to School plan for the second semester of the 2020-21 school year.  Cropley began the address at the Hernando County School District Workshop on December 1, 2020

On Monday morning Dec. 14, 2020, a 31-year-old nurse at Tampa General Hospital became the first person to receive the  COVID-19 vaccine in the state of Florida. 

“Today is truly a historic day,” said Gov. Ron DeSantis during a press conference at Tampa General Hospital.