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Thursday, November 3, 2016
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UC Early Voting Ends Sat.
Early voting in Union County
runs through Saturday, Nov. 5.
The Union County Supervisor of
Elections Office, 175 West Main
Street in Lake Butler, is the only
location to vote early.
A forest of campaign signs greets voters as they approach the Supervisor of Elections
Office in downtown Lake Butler. Early voting in Union County will end at 6 p.m. on
Saturday, Nov. 5.
North Florida’s Early Voters Flock to Polls
BY JAMES WILLIAMS
UC Times, Interim Editor
It is the beginning of the end of what Sen. Rob
Bradley has called “the silly season,” as November elections near. According to some talking
Early voting hours for the
heads, this year, many of us can’t wait for that
2016 General Election thru
season to end. The anticipation, they say, has
11/05/2016 — 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
pushed us toward early voting.
No early voting will take place
Union County’s early voting opened last Saturday, Oct. 29, and will run through this coming
beyond Saturday, Nov. 5.
Saturday, Nov. 5th.
If you wait until Election Day,
Union County Supervisor of Elections DebTuesday Nov. 8, you must vote at
orah
Osborne, said that on Saturday, there were
your designated precinct! If there
406
votes
cast at her office, 175 W. Main Street
are any problems, you may ask
in Lake Butler, Union’s only early voting site.
for a provisional ballot.
That was a record number of ballots for
The UC Supervisor of Elections
Union’s first day of early voting, she said. Another record was set the next day, with 199
office is the ONLY Early Voting
votes, the largest number ever on a Sunday.
location! More info online at
By 10:33 a.m. on Nov. 1, three days into early
UnionFLVotes.com or call
voting,
a total of 1,621 vote-by-mail and early
(386) 496-2236.
ballots had been received, or 22 percent of all
UC Recreation Board
registered voters in Union County.
Monthly meeting, Monday, Nov. 7,
So far, about 28 percent of all registered Union
at 5:30 pm at the Baseball field at Republicans, 19 percent of registered Democrats and 15 percent of independent voters had
Phillips field.
Suwannee River Economic
Council Board Meeting
Wednesday, Nov. 9, 9:30 a.m.
for the Nominating Committee
Members on at Suwannee River
Economic Council, Inc. Administration Office located at 1171
Nobles Ferry Road NW in Live
Oak, Florida.
Raiford meets
2nd Tuesday each month
The Raiford Town Council meets
on the second Tuesday of every
month at 5 p.m. at Raiford Town
Hall, located at the corner of S.R.
121 and C.R. 229 in Raiford. The
next meeting is Nov. 8.
UCHA meets 2nd Monday
The Union County Housing Authority holds its board meetings
on the second Monday of each
month at 6:30 p.m. The Nov.
meeting will be held Mon., Nov.
14. Meetings take place at the
housing authority’s main office at
715 W. Main St. in Lake Butler
and are open to the public.
LBCC meets
2nd Monday each month
The Lake Butler City Commission
meets the second Monday of the
month at 5:15 p.m. at city hall,
200 S.W. First St. The Nov. meeting is Nov. 14. For more information, call 386-496-3401.
UC Board meets
3rd Monday each month
The Union County Board of
County Commissioners meets on
the third Monday of each month
See ETC, 5A
cast their ballots by the first day of November.
Clay County residents cast 5,500 votes on
Oct. 24, Clay’s first day of early voting, which
ends in Clay County on Nov. 5.
Clay voters totalling 48,897 had made their
voices heard, representing one-third of all registered voters in the county by 10 a.m. on Nov.
1st. Of those, 31 percent of registered Democrats had voted early, compared to 39 percent
of Republicans and 23 percent of registered independents.
Bradford County’s early voting opened on
Oct. 24, and runs through Nov. 6.
By 10:20 a.m. on Nov 1, 4,536 Bradford voters had voted by mail or driven to an early election poll. This represents 28 percent of all registered voters in Bradford County.
About 27 percent of Bradford’s Democrats, 33
percent of its registered Republicans, and about
17 percent of independents cast early ballots.
Osbourne said so far, she has encountered
only one disgruntled Union County voter, who
had mailed in his ballot but then changed his
mind.
“Once it’s in, it’s in,” Osbourne had to tell
him.
GUN
HUNTING
SEASON
BEGINS
UC Times Interim Editor
Florida’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission sends this information as hunting
season begins.
The general gun season runs Nov. 5 – Jan. 22
in Zone C, and Dec. 3 – Feb. 19 in Zone B. In
Zone A, the second phase of general gun season
is Nov. 19 – Jan. 1. In Zone D, it always starts
Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 24) and lasts four days
(until Nov. 27). Two weeks later, the gun season
reopens Dec. 10 and runs through Feb. 19.
During general gun season, only legal-to-take
bucks as they are defined
in each deer management
unit may be harvested, but
don’t forget that you need to
purchase the $5 deer permit
first.
On private land, the daily bag limit on deer is two. Bag limits and other regulations for deer on wildlife management
areas (WMAs) can differ, so before you hunt
BY TRACY LEE TATE
Interim Editor on-leave
The position of County Clerk
of the Court is a position which
requires a person with a firm
grasp of financial record keeping, the ability to multitask and
keep track of multiple information streams which occur both
separately and interact with one
another in numerous ways. The
position is not a political one,
it is more an administrative job
with its sole purpose in keeping
track of the county’s funds, see-
Zombie George Taylor was
asked to look up for the
camera. “Zombies don’t
look up,” he insisted. Is
this true?
BY JAMES WILLIAMS
Florida Fish and Wildlife
Hunting Regulations
General gun season
Kellie Connell
download the specific WMA brochure by going
to MyFWC.com/Hunting online.
You can hunt wild hogs on private lands yearround with no bag or size limits. Similarly, on
most public lands there are no bag or size limits,
and hogs are legal to take during most hunting
seasons except spring turkey. On a few public
hunting areas, specific
bag and size limits do apply, so check the WMA
brochure to be certain.
Hunters are allowed to
take deer and wild hogs
over feeding stations on
private land, but that’s
not the case on WMAs,
no matter the season or the game.
It’s illegal to take deer using rimfire cartridges
or non-expanding, full-metal case ammunition.
Shooting a swimming
deer is illegal
See HUNTING, 4A
ing that the bills are paid on time
and making sure that the county
stays in line with the seemingly
endless assemblage of state and
federal rules, regulations, guidelines and requirements which
codify how a county’s financial
matters should be handled.
According to current Union
County Clerk of Court Kellie
Connell, her job includes a number of functions serving several
areas of county government.
Among the duties of the office
See CLERK, #A
Even if the light on her
porch was out, trick-ortreaters had no problem
seeing Brandi Waters and
her bowl of candy.
A Frightful
RMC Event Halloween
Happenin’s
All Over
BY JAMES WILLIAMS
UC Times Interim Editor
The Department of Corrections’ Reception and Medical
Center on the edge of Lake Butler held its annual Halloween
event last Saturday evening.
Traditionally held on Halloween night, the event was moved
to the weekend since Halloween
fell on a school night, a Monday,
this year; and holding the event
on the same night as The City
of Lake Butler’s Trick or Treat
event made for an exhausting
evening.
See FRIGHTFUL, 3A
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BY JAMES WILLIAMS
UC Times Interim Editor
Parents, homeowners and
maybe even a few Lake Butler kids probably breathed an
exhausted sigh of relief about
9 p.m. on Monday night.
Halloween ghosts and goblins
and princesses and witches are
gone; all that walking around is
finished and the hot, sticky cosSee HALLOWEEN, 3A
2A
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FRIGHTFUL
Continued from 1A
Parents zipped their kids
through the Center event to get to
Lake Butler homes before all the
Trick or Treat candy was gone,
lights turned off, and homeowners in bed.
Saturday night’s event featured safe and contained treating
in RMC housing nearby, with a
three-tent fright house featuring
the center’s medical, security and
classification departments.
Classification
employee
Heather Raish said it had taken
employees a week just to build
the tents of horror. In these, she
said, were a spooky forest, standard Halloween gore and dismemberment, and then a surreal exit with (live) hands coming
from walls and a frightening
clown who repeatedly escaped
from a translucent box, and came
at visitors with a chain saw, all of
it lit by unsettling strobe lights.
Most homes along the streets
were done up with spooky Halloween decor or less intimidating
flights of fancy. One home featured an anime bubble machine
in the driveway.
Tony Raish, an RCM employee and the horrific clown mentioned above, said there was
unofficial competition among
housing residents to see who
could have the most elaborate
décor on their lawns. According
to one attendee, the Center also
makes a contribution to the cost
of candy distributed, although
homeowners also invest significant amounts in treats.
UCSO reported on Monday
night that 6,000 to 7,000 people
had attended the RMC event.
Deputies guided traffic onto and
off of S.R. 231 as dark settled in
and lines of vehicles on the highway grew longer.
The line to get into the tents
of terror grew longer and longer
too, until at 6:40 the thrill show
opened; groups of three brave
souls at a time went in, with a
minute or so pause between.
The costumed audience old
and young, were an entertainment. Parents and other adults
too, joined the kids’ costume fun.
Spanish conquistadores — or
something like them — seemed
to be a trend this year.
A witch was seen pushing
her baby stroller down the road.
Many children came dressed as
Pokemons or characters from
Tim Burton’s animated film, “A
Nightmare Before Christmas.”
Others came as characters in
slasher flicks they were hardly
old enough to see without parental consent.
One adult male, possibly a
father, it was hard to tell, came
dressed as a — well, as a sort of
fern. You had to be there.
Kenley Combs, 4, dressed
as reluctant milk and
donuts.
FOODIE & FISHIE? Grant Dicks, 10, and
sister Ella, 11, gathered treats as bacon
and a jellyfish, respectively.
Oh, no, not clowns!
The self-proclaimed Freak Show included (l-r) Anniston
Liston, Bryan Thornton, Heather and Chelsea Liston.
Waiting inside are Matthew Liston and others.
A happy crowd waited patiently to dare the tents of terror.
Resident Nathan Thornton
is ready to receive visitors.
His valet is McCanical.
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HALLOWEEN
Continued from 1A
tume and the mask can be put
back in the closet. The creatures
of the night have gone back to
wherever they come from and
Halloween is over.
UCSO too, is probably heaving a sigh of relief. Capt. Lyn
Williams said the department
estimated 6,000 to 7,000 people
at the RMC event on Saturday
night.
UCSO doesn’t even try to estimate the number attending Lake
Butler’s Trick or Treat night;
mainly because people are so
spread out all over town you never know when you’re counting
the same groups twice. In some
areas, blue lights on slow moving patrol cars was about all that
lit the streets.
“This is the one that scares
us,” Williams said. “The kids in
masks running along dark public
streets. You might not see them,
no matter how slow you’re driving.”
To make things a little safer,
UCSO had handed out 3,0004,000 glow sticks for kids to wear
around their arms or necks. They
certainly helped if you were trying to drive in darkish residential
neighborhoods.
But on the bright side, UCHS
art teacher Dwayne Archer has to
have won the prize for most elaborate—and brightest—yard décor. A multi-media extravaganza,
his display featured orange lights
festooned all over his flower garden with seemingly dozens of
Jack-o-lanterns and scarecrows,
a hidden fog machine, spooky
Dwayne Archer’s home was a lighted treat along dark, Lake
Butler streets. His multi-media décor even included a selfie
corner haunted by nearby ghosts and goblins.
Callen, 5, and Caden
Collins, 9, helped their
mom distribute candy to
other trick-or-treaters
much of the evening.
music, and a shadow play against
the front windows inside his
house. He had even thoughtfully
provided a special selfie corner
at the entrance to his yard.
Across the street, David and
Brandi Waters were nearly invisible on their darkened front
porch. “The light went out,” Da-
BALLERINA, YOU MUST’VE SEEN HER!
Beverly Stoutamire brought along Rosa who
was dressed as Superman or Superdog, or
maybe Wonderdog.
vid explained. Brandi wore a tall
witch hat and handed out handfuls of candy nevertheless. Kids
walking by could see her hat and
didn’t seem to mind the scariest
conditions of all—the darkness.
Guardian of the Galaxy
Brandon Richardson, 3,
and big sis Princess
Melaney, 6, waited with
their family for the tents of
terror to open at RMC.
620 East Main Street
Lake Butler, FL 32054
386-496-9656
(Across from Subway Plaza)
Princesses and
super heroes
strolled among
the crowds
at RMC while
checking out all
the Halloween
festivities taking
place.
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UCHS HOMECOMING 2016:
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Chase Williams, Macey Fulgham.
Chloe Bailey, Dawson Kitler.
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Kyrsten Jenkins, Travis Durant.
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Elect
CHUCK CLYATT
County Commissioner District 4
Honest Passionate Caring
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CLERK
Continued from 1A
are carrying out the decisions and
directives of the county commission, serving as both secretary
and bookkeeper for the county.
The clerk actually fulfills four
roles for the county: clerk to the
board of county commissioners,
clerk of the courts, county recorder and comptroller/custodian of county funds. These are
the broad categories of the job,
which has over 1,000 identified
and dictated by current Florida
law.
Duties to the board include the
keeping of meeting minutes and
preparing them for review by the
board and interested parties and
also keeping them as a part of the
county’s public record. Also the
clerk serves as the budget officer
of the county – not in a management or decision making capacity, but taking the directives and
proirities of the board and putting
them in a usable form (the annual
county budget) which is the main
document by which the board
allocates funds to various areas
and controls spending. The clerk
is also responsible for keeping up
with spending and keeping a running record of funds spent and
moved within the system.
Connell said she has made
what was once an annual process
into a monthly process, keeping
all of the records current rather
than letting things slide until the
end of the budget year and creating a scramble to close out the
books. She said that when managing the taxpayers’ money it is
very important to get, and keep
things correct and up to date and
to maintain a high level of transparency in government so taxpayers can always access current
and correct information at will.
Also part of the clerks job is to
act as a recorder of all the information which will one day be a
part of the history of the county,
including official record, miliatry discharges, marrriages and
divorces. At one time the clerk
also conducted weddings at
the courthouse, but this service
has not been provided in recent
years, although the paperwork of
matrimony is still required and
available at the clerk’s office.
Connell is a certified public
accountant who worked in the
private sector for more than ten
years and she said that her training in this field has served her
well in the position, even though
some of the state mandates require procedures which are not
used in everyday accounting,
such as fund accounting.
The job of clerk of the court
in not an easy one and it requires
much attention to detail and a
steep learning curve when first
entering the position.
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at 7 p.m. The next meeting will be
held Nov. 21 in the Union County
Courthouse. For more information, call 386-496-4241.
da, contact Robin Lamm at (386)
362-1001 or (800) 226-1066, or
visit the District’s website, www.
mysuwanneeriver.com. All meetings, workshops, and hearings
are open to the public. For more
information, visit www.mysuwanneeriver.com or follow the District
on Facebook and Twitter, search
@SRWMD.
Providence Village Baptist
Church in Providence, Union
County holds its 9th annual Arts &
Crafts Expo from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m
on Saturday, Nov. 5. Providence
is 12 miles west of Lake Butler
on Rte. 238, near the Columbia
County line.
UC Beekeepers Club Meet
Nov. 8: How to melt and use your
wax, Basic Candle Making. At the
UC Extension Office at 7 p.m.
5A
All mothers and daughters are
invited. For further information,
visit victorylakebutler.com or call
(386) 496-2115.
Veterans services office hours
Veterans Day parade planned
The veterans services office
The Veterans Day parade on
hours are Wednesdays from
Friday, Nov. 11, will start about
10:30 a.m. The parade will line up 8:30 a.m. to noon. The office is
Pray for our nation
at the lake and take Lake Avenue located next door to the office of
Worthington meets
All those who believe in the pow- Main Street, turning right on S.R. the Union County Commission on
1st Tuesday of month
Community Health
er of prayer are invited to join a
15 Northeast First St. For more
100 and proceeding to the light
The town council of Worthington
Advisory Council to meet
group that will meet on Monday,
information, call Barbara Fischer
at C.R. 231. There, the parade
Springs meets on the first TuesThursday, Nov. 3, at the
Nov. 7 at 5 p.m. in front of the
takes a left at Spires and crosses at 386-496-4248.
day of every month at 7:30 p.m.
Townsend Building, 410 W Main
Lake Butler Community Center.
C.R. 121, to pass the Lake Butler
at the Worthington Springs ComAre you a victim of elder abuse?
Street in Lake Butler. The meetThe group will pray for the comElementary School. The parade
munity Center, located on S.R.
Are you age 60 or older and being will be a two-way dialogue
munity and our nation during the
then turns right onto C.R. 121
121 in Worthington Springs.
ing hurt or taken advantage of by
from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.Discussion national election. For further infor- and passes Lake Butler Middle
someone you know or trust? To
SRWMD Board to meet
will include ideas, evidence, and
mation, call (386) 496-1461.
School. At that point, part of the
strategies to identify health goals
On Tuesday, Nov. 8, the Suwanparade will take a left on Lake Av- report suspected cases of elder
of the community. Representanee River Water Management
enue and return to the Lake. The abuse, neglect and exploitation
for yourself or someone you
tives from Lake Butler hospital
District’s Governing Board will
band and ROTC will take a right
know, please call 800-96-ABUSE
will be present; materials from
meet at 9 a.m. at the City of Alaand return to the high school.
(962-2873). For information about
the cancelled September meeting
chua’s James A. Lewis CommisTo be part of the Veterans Day
services and resources that may
sion Chambers, 15100 NW 142nd will be discussed. The meeting
ceremony or parade, contact Bar- be available in your area, call the
is open to anyone interested in
Terrace, in Alachua.
bara Fischer, VFW Quartermaster Elder Helpline at 800-96-ELDER
contributing to the public health of
at (904) 263-0647.
The meeting will consider District the community
(965-5337).
business and conduct public
Free Medicare counseling
Dial-a-Story for children
hearings on regulatory, water
COMMUNITY & SCHOOL EVENTS
service offered at UCHD
Young children of Union County
resource planning, and other
There will be a free Medicare and
are invited to call Dial a Story to
Providence Baptist
matters. For a copy of the agenMedicaid counseling meeting held
listen
to
a
story
through
the
telehas arts expo
from 2 p.m. – 4 p.m., on the secphone. Children can hear a story
ond and fourth Wednesdays of
by calling 386-496-2542.
every month at the Union County
Dial a Story is a free telephone
Health Department, located at
service provided by the Union
495 E. Main Street in Lake Butler.
County Public Library. Stories are
The purpose of the counseling
appropriate for young children
meeting is to assist Medicare and
and are changed weekly. For
Medicaid recipients with all of the
more information, call the library
paperwork needs. This service is
at 386-496-3432.
provided by full-time, experienced
volunteers. For general informaFarm City Week
tion, please call the health departUF/IFAS Extension will be celment at 386-496-3211.
ebrating Farm City Week at the
Lakeside Community Center on
LB Lions club meets
twice monthly
Monday, Nov. 21. The evening
program starts at 6:00 p.m. with
The Lake Butler Lions Club meets
dinner. This national event is
on the first and third Wednesday
celebrated in different counties
of the month at 12 p.m. at Carjust before Thanksgiving. It brings ter’s Fried Chicken in Lake Butler.
our community together to forge a The Lions Club is a service orgabond through socializing, sharing nization that focuses on eyesight
of information and expressing our needs locally and internationally.
thankfulness for our harvest. EvIf you are interested in joining
eryone is invited to attend. Please the club, or attending a meeting,
remember to bring a dish (with
please stop by or call president
serving utensil) for your family
Kenneth Parrish at 386-496-3629
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Victory Christian holds
mother/daughter event
Victory Christian Center in Lake
Butler holds an “All the King’s
Daughters” event on Dec. 3, at
12 p.m. for a high-energy worship
event with dance, prizes, special
mother/daughter time and illustrative Bible teaching. The day will
focus on Mothers and daughters
discovering character traits of a
princess and what it means to be
the King’s Daughter. Moms and
their princesses will enjoy lunch
with sweet treats to follow. Guests
will also receive beauty bags and
photo opportunities. Princess
attire is invited but not required.
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HUNTING
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Shooting a swimming deer also
is against the law.
Miscellaneous
hunting regulations
Shooting hours for deer, turkeys and quail are a half-hour before sunrise to a half-hour after
sunset. All legal rifles, shotguns,
muzzleloaders, bows, crossbows
and handguns may be used to
take each of these resident game
animals during the general gun,
fall turkey and quail seasons.
Illegal firearms and ammunition are defined as centerfire,
semiautomatic rifles having
magazine capacities of more
than five rounds, and fully automatic firearms. Other prohibited
methods for taking game include
shooting from a moving vehicle
and herding or driving game with
a vehicle.
The FWC provides an online
update that gives the latest information on Florida’s public
dove fields. The address is MyFWC.com/Dove, and it’s updated
throughout dove season. Information includes dove densities,
previous week’s harvests and
field conditions.
License and permit
requirements
The first thing you’ll need
to participate in one or more of
these hunting opportunities is a
Florida hunting license. Residents pay just $17. Nonresidents
have the choice of paying $46.50
for a 10-day license or $151.50
for 12 months.
If you want to hunt on a WMA,
you also must purchase a management area permit for $26.50.
And don’t forget to obtain the
brochure on the WMA you’re
going to hunt because dates, bag
limits and rules differ greatly for
each area.
All necessary licenses and
permits are available at your
tax collector’s office, retail outlets that sell hunting and fishing gear, by calling toll-free
888-HUNT-FLORIDA or by going online at GoOutdoorsFlorida.
com.
Safe and happy hunting!
With unique hobbies or areas of
interest such as crafts, scrapbooking, sewing, cooking, ethics,
table setting, archery, fishing,
hunting, ecology or just the love
of the outdoors who are willing
to share them with Union County
youth. Please contact Colan
Coody at 386-496-2321.
VFW regular
monthly meeting dates
The regular monthly meetings of
Lake Butler VFW Post #10082
are as follows: the men’s auxiliary
meets on the first Monday of each
month, the ladies’ auxiliary meets
on the second Monday of every
month and the veterans’ meeting
is held the first Tuesday of the
month. Bingo is every Thursday
evening at 7 p.m. For more information, please call 386-496-3263.
6A
Union County Times • Thursday, November 3, 2016
BOUND FOR STATE SEMI-FINALS!
UCHS’s Madelyn Kish
takes on an incoming serve
as teammates Madison
Adams (foreground left)
and Erica Faulkner (far
right) prepare to assist
in the Union County High
School volleyball team’s
3-0 win over Lafayette to
win the Tigers’ first-ever
regional championship.
Union plays a state
semifinal match against
Newberry on Saturday,
Nov. 5, at 2 p.m. at
Newberry’s Oak View
Middle School. Please see
page 1B of the Regional
News section for more.
Photo by Cliff Smelley.
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN
AND FOR UNION COUNTY,
FLORIDA
CASE NO: 63-2016-CA-22
THE BRADFORD COUNTY
TELEGRAPH, INC.,
Plaintiff,
VS.
FAYE L. CROUSE and
JOHN WARREN STRICKLAND,
Defendants.
NOTICE OF SALE
Notice is hereby given that on the
15th day of December, 2016, at
11:00 a.m. at the east front door of
the Courthouse of Union County at
Lake Butler, Florida, the undersigned
Clerk will offer for sale the following
described real property:
A PARCEL OF LAND LYING, BEING AND SITUATE IN THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF
SECTION 18, TOWNSHIP 5 SOUTH,
RANGE 21 EAST, UNION COUNTY,
FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY
DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
COMMENCE AT THE NORTHEAST
CORNER OF SAID NORTHWEST
1/4 OF SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 18, AND RUN SOUTH 00 DEGREES 24 MINUTES 33 SECONDS
EAST, ALONG THE EAST LINE OF
SAID NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 18, A DISTANCE OF 240.00 FEET; THENCE
RUN SOUTH 89 DEGREES 31
MINUTES 00 SECONDS WEST A
DISTANCE OF 180.00 FEET TO
THE POINT OF BEGINNING OF
THE HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED
PARCEL OF LAND; THENCE RUN
SOUTH 00 DEGREES 24 MINUTES
33 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE
OF 180.00 FEET; THENCE RUN
SOUTH 89 DEGREES 31 MINUTES
00 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE
OF 114.82 FEET; THENCE RUN
NORTH 03 DEGREES 48 MINUTES
37 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE
OF 180.30 FEET; THENCE RUN
NORTH 89 DEGREES 31 MINUTES
00 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE
OF 125.52 FEET TO THE POINT OF
BEGINNING.
SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF
WAY FOR A PUBLIC ROAD
KNOWN
WHITTEN
STREET,
OVER, ACROSS AND ALONG THE
NORTHERLY SIDE OF RIGHT OF
WAY AS IT PRESENTLY EXISTS IS
PRESCRIPTIVE.
TOGETHER WITH A 1997 JAGU
MOBILE HOME, ID NUMBERS:
GMHGA3309612371A,
TITLE
NUMBER: 72193543 AND GMH-
GA3309612371B, TITLE NUMBER:
72193544. WHICH IS LOCATED
THEREON.
TAX PARCEL NO: 18-05-21-00-0000882-0
The real property described herein is
not the constitutional homestead or
the Grantor herein as that term is defined by Article 10, Section 4, of the
Florida Constitution.
The aforesaid sale will be made pursuant to the Final Judgment of Foreclosure in Case No: 63-2016-CA-22
now pending in the Circuit Court in
Union County, Florida.
DATED this 31st day of October,
2016.
Clerk of the Circuit Court
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at 1015 SW 6TH Street, Lake Butler,
FL 32054, HWY 121. We have 7 units
up for auction 1 - 5x10, 3 - 10x10, and
3 - 10x15.
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