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Williston Pioneer Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014 3 OF WILLISTON 710 SW 6th Ave. Williston 528-0220 New line of Memory Foam Mattresses Starting at $149 10 Year Warranty Ashley Furniture Broker Up to 40% Discounts Trust Choice Agency • 100 Companies www.sunshinestateinsurance.com 352-371-9696 Home • Mobile • Homes all ages Auto • Business & Buildings Workers Compensation Free Consultation We offer a variety of payment options and will help you choose the plan that best suits the needs of you and your family. Dr. Bill Martin 490.0900 410 N. Main St., Suite 8 Chiefland Nature Coast Professional Center Smiles Change Lives! Visit www.martinorthodontics.com to view each look! Braces for Smiling Faces! www.BabionesAC.com 352-529-1034 Protect your HVAC equipment by having a surge protector installed Licensed & Insured 820 N. Main St. - A, Williston Don’t wait for lightning to BABIONE’S AIR CONDITIONING & HEATING, INC Buy a Surge protector for $150 Installed & get a FREE basic AC inspection ($69 value) Windows & Doors 352-528-3707 www.willistondoor.com 5251 NE State Rd 121 • Williston Wood & Fiberglass Exterior Doors Custom Doors • Locks • Columns Pre-Hung Interior Doors Wood, Poly and Flex Moulding Vinyl & Aluminum Windows Area authorized dealer In Loving Memory of Gary Levon Miller 1/7/56 - 9/6/93 It is still hard to realize that you have been gone this long. We still miss you. Love you always Your Family Obituaries William Sanders William Keith Sanders, 32, passed away Aug. 30, 2014 following an automobile accident near Hawthorne. He came to Hawthorne five years ago from Gainesville and Williston. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and his top priority was spending time with his children. Survivors include father, Larry Keith Sanders of Williston; grandmother, Doris Sanders of Williston; son, Christian Sanders; daughter, Adelia Sanders; brothers, Trinity (Tammy) and Chris (Ana) and a sister, Karen. He was preceded in death by his mother, Adelia in 1988. Visitation will be Friday, Sept. 5 from 6-8 p.m. at Cornerstone Assembly of God in Williston. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Sept. 6 at 10 a.m. at the church. Knauff Funeral Home, Williston, is in charge of arrangements. Willie Frank Watson Willie Frank Watson, 75, of Otter Creek died Sept. 2, 2014. Survivors include daughters, Linda Kay (Kenny) Brown of Bronson, Stephanie Watson of Bronson and Amy (Slugger) Lanham of Otter Creek; broth- ers, Jimmy Wright of Chiefland and Hughie Watson of Williston; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren with another on the way. Funeral services are scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 4 at 11 a.m. at the Knauff Funeral Home Chapel, Chiefland with the Rev. Billy Keith officiating. Burial will follow at the Chiefland. In lieu of flow- ers the family requests donations to be made to the family for funeral expenses. Arrangements are under the care of Knauff Funeral Home, Chiefland. Dr. Lindo joins Regional General Hospital Dr. Hersell Lindo has joined Regional General Hospital as a Board Certified Obstetrician/ Gynecologist. He currently is in pri- vate practice in Ocala and has admitting and consulting privileges at Monroe Regional Medical Center. He attended Medical School at the University of the West Indies and went on to complete his residency training at Columbia University Affiliated Hospital in New York City. He has served as an associate professor in the department of Obstetrics/Gynecology at Michigan State University. He has also been involved in various committees and held several different posi- tions including Medical Director at Bronson Methodist Hospital, Kalamazoo, Mich., Chairman of Infectious Disease Committee, Calais Regional Hospital, Calais, Maine and Chairman of the Surgical/Operating room Committee. In a joint effort, Regional General Hospital and Dr. Lindo are reaching out to serve a void in this communi- ty and the surrounding areas. Dr. Lindo is extremely excited and honored to be able to serve the women of this community. He looks forward to bringing ser- vices which include family planning, well women exams, and pre-natal care. Dr. Lindo also has a clear vision of what services he can begin to offer in the future at Regional General Hospital including new out-pa- tient procedures and testing. Dr. Lindo will be see- ing patients at the Regional General Rural Dr. Hersell Lindo Health Clinic located at 125 SW 7 th St., Williston on Tuesdays beginning Sept. 2. Average retail gasoline prices in Florida have risen 3.7 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.35/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy's daily survey of 8,237 gas outlets in Florida. This com- pares with the national average that has increased 0.7 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.43/g, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com. Including the change in gas prices in Florida during the past week, prices yes- terday were 19.4 cents per gallon lower than the same day one year ago and are 4.9 cents per gallon lower than a month ago. The national average has decreased 7.1 cents per gallon during the last month and stands 16.1 cents per gallon lower than this day one year ago. Gas prices climb–again BY MARK SCOHIER NEWS2@CHIEFLANDCITIZEN.COM As a scientist, Dr. Ken Sulak is trained to make observations. He makes his living studying the ways of the natural world, with an emphasis, in recent years, on the lives of sturgeon swimming the lengths of the Suwannee River. But his professional work over time has bled into his personal inter- ests: observations on the lives of humans and their place in the world. "In the course of being on the river, you run into a lot of people, a lot of old timers," Sulak said from his office at the U.S. Geological Survey last week. For the last few years, Sulak has been engaging in a side project to docu- ment through photos and recordings the lives of older generations liv- ing on and around the Suwannee River. In the last 20 years, there's been a big demo- graphic shift in the area, he said, explaining that the descendants of peo- ple who came down from Georgia and the Carolinas in the thou- sands in the 1830s and 40s are all dying out. "The people that live there now have money," he said, which is a big departure from the cul- ture that once eked out a living from whatever resources were available. "That culture is disap- Stories from the river pearing," and, surpris- ingly, not much has been done to preserve those stories, he said. On Saturday, as part of his ongoing research and documentation, Sulak, along with the help of the Dixie County Historical Society, has organized an oral history storytell- ing event called "Lore, Lies and Legends of the Suwannee." The event, which includes a cookout and live bluegrass music, begins at 4:30 p.m. at the Dixie County Cultural Center (the former Old Town School). Sulak, who is also working with the University of Florida's Samuel Proctor Oral History Program, the Florida Memory project and the Smithsonian, said it's important to make the information accessible. "I'd like to educate younger people," he said. "I don't know if it will work." But, he said, he's hop- ing Saturday's event will give him some idea of public interest. And if all goes well, Sulak said in the future he'd like to break the project on the river into different regions: Lower, Middle and Upper Suwannee River. The people of each region varied slightly in how they made use of the river, he said. "There's a lot to learn." The "scene is very different than what it was a generation or two earlier." And it's important to show peo- ple how things used to be, he said. "People talk about conservation ... well, what are you getting back to?" Sulak said his focus is on how the use of resources has changed over the years. The Suwannee, with all of its ancient cypress trees, was "like a red- wood forest" at one time, he said. And a couple of men armed with cane poles on the Gulf could fill a boat in a couple of hours with sea trout. "Now, you could go out all day and not catch five." The system has changed dramatically, he said. "You talk to these people and you realize, wow, this was really dif- ferent back then."
