NEWSLETTER#26
AFTERALMOST TWO YEARS GLADESCOLTNTYHEALTH DEPARTMENTOFFICIALHAS
CHANGEDHIS MIND ON SEPTICTANKS IN UNIT 102,UNTIL NOW T}IE LOTS IN UNIT 102COULD
NOT GET A BUILDING PERMITFROM TFM FIEALTHDEPARTMENTEVEN WITH TI{E WATER
LINES INSTALLEDBECAUSEFIESAID THE LOTSWERETOO SMALL. THE GLADESCOUNTY
COMMISSIONIERSAGREEDWITH FIENDRYCOI.]NTYCOMMISSIONIERSSEVERALYEARSAGO
TO ALLOW BUILDING ON THOSELOTSWHEN WE GOT TFIEWATER LINES INSTALLED.THE
I{EALTH DEPT.OFFICIALFORGOTTFIATAGREEEMENTFORA COUPLEOF YEARS.OH WELL,
ALL IS WELL T}IAT ENDS WELL. ALL LOTS IN UNIT 102ARE BUILDABLE.
HABITAT FORF{UMA}{ITY IS NOV/ ACTI\T IN IIENDRY COLINTYA\\TING COMPLETEDONE
HOUSEIN CLEWISTONAND ruST ABOUT TO COMPLETETF{EIRFIRSTHOUSEIN PORTLABELLE.
HABITAT FORHUMANITY WAS STARTEDIN 1976BY MILLARD AND LINDA FULLER.IN 1984
FORMERU.S.PRESIDENTJIMMY CARTERAND HIS WIFE ROSAIYNN TOOK THEIR FIRST
FIABITAT WORK TRIP TO NEW YORK CITY. TF{EIRPERSONALINVOLVEMENT IN HABITAT
BROUGHTTHE ORGANZATIONNATIONAL VISIBILITYAND TODAY HABITAT BUILDSAN
AVERAGEOF ONE HOME PERDAY WORLDWIDE.WE IN T{ENDRYCOUNTY ARE ON A PERIOD
OF PROBATIONWHICH MEANS WE ARE A NON-PROFITCORPORATIONAT'FILIATEDWITH AND
UNDER THE DIRECTIONOF HABITAT FORHUMANITY OF LEE COUNTY. WHEN THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORSOF LEE COUNTY FEELSWE ARE READY TFIEYWILL TAKE OUR AFFILIATE
STANDINGAWAY AND PUT US ON OUR OWN.
USINGVOLLINTEERLABOR AND TAX-DEDUCTIBLEDONATIONSOF MONEY, LOTS AND
BUILDING MATERIALS,HABITAT BUILDSAND REHABILITATESHOUSESWITH TT{EFIELPOF
FUTUREHOMEOWNERS,FIABITAT'SPARTNERFAMILIES.HOUSESARE SOLDTO PARTNER
FAMILIESFORNO PROFIT,FINANCEDTF{ROUGHAFFORDABLE,NO-INTERESTMORTGAGES.
MORTGAGESARE ISSUEDOVER A FIXED PERIOD,USUALLY 20 YEARS.MONTHLY MORTGAGE
PAYMENTSARE USEDTO SUPPORTTHE CONSTRUCTIONOF MORE HOUSESTHROUGHTFIE
REVOLVINGFLINDOF HABITAT FORHUMAMTY.
I AM ON TI{E BOARD OFDIRECTORSOF FIABITATFORHUMANITY OF FMNDRY COUNTY.MY
JOBIS TO GET BLIILDINGLOTSDONATED.TFYOU WOULD LIKE TO DONATE YOUR PORT
LABELLE LOT(S)AND GET A LETTERFROMHABITAT FORHUMAMTY FORA TAX WRITE-OFF
IN TF{EAMOUNT OF TF{EASSESSEDVALUE ON YOUR TAX BILL. WE CAN'T TAKE LOTSIN
BANYAN VILLAGE. LOTS WITH THE TAXES PAID WILL BE TRANSFERREDTO HABITAT AT NO
COSTTO YOU. WE ruST NEED A FEW LOTS SOLET ME FIEARFROM YOU IF YOU WOULD LIKE
TO DONATEYOURLOT(S).
OUR WATER PLANT MUST MAINTAIN QUALITY WITH QUANTITY AND THIS IS GETTING
HARDERTO DO AS OTJRWATER PLANT GETSOLDER.AT OUR LAST PLUSADVISORY BOARD
MEETING WE DECIDEDTO GO FORWARDWITH A NEW BUILDING AND THE MOST UP TO DATE
WATER TREATMENTPLANT AVAILABLE. THIS SYSTEMCAN BE ADDED TO AS OUR DEMAND
GROWS.THIS EXPANSIONHAD TO HAPPENSOONEROR LATER SOWE DECIDED TO DO IT NOW
AND STOPPATCHINGAN OLD WORN OUT SYSTEM-
TF{EFOLLOWINGWAS GIVEN TO US ON OI,]RVACATION IN MAY OF THIS YEAR. IT WAS
PREPAREDBY OUR TOUR DIRECTORROGERT. JOHNSONAND IS GIVEN TO YOU FORYOUR
ENJOYMENT.
HISTORYOF THE EARTH
4.6 BILLION YEARSAGO - FORMATIONOF THE SOLARSYSTEMAND CREATIONOF THE EARTH
4.2 BILLTONYEARS AGO - EMERGENCEOF PzuMITIVELIFE
3.5 BILLION YEARSAGO - OXYGENENTEREDTHE ATMOSPHERE
2 BILLION YEARS AGO - FORMATIONOF THE EARLIESTROCK IN THE AMERICAN WEST
425 MILLION YEARSAGO- OLDESTKNOWN MASSEXTINCTION
365MILLION YEARSAGO - SECONDOLDESTKNOWN MASSEXTINCTION
285 MILLION YEARS AGO - APPEARANCEOF CONIFEROUSTREES
270MILLION YEARSAGO -EMERGENCEOF MODERNINSECTS
250 MILLION YEARS AGO - FORMATIONOF LATEST ROCK IN THE GRAND CANYON
230 MILLION YEARSAGO - APPEARANCEOF FIRSTDINOSAURS
225 MTLLIONYEARS AGO - THIRD OLDEST,AND MOST VIOLENT, MASS EXTINCTION,ERASING95% OF
FOLLOWEDBY EMERGENCEOF FIRSTMAMMALS
ALL SPECIES,
190MILLION YEARS AGO _ FOURTHOLDESTKNOWN MASS EXTINCTION
I70 MILLION YEARSAGO - APPEARANCEOF FIRSTBIRDS,PROBABLYEVOLVED FROMDINOSAURS
I OOMILLION YEARS AGO _ FORMATIONOF BLACK HILLS
80 MILLION YEARSAGO - APPEARANCEOF MODERNMAMMALS
75 MILLION YEARS AGO - FORMATIONOF ROCKY MOI.INTAINS
73 MILLION YEARSAGO - EMERGENCEOF FIRSTPzuMATES
70 MILLION YEARS AGO _ SOUTHAMERICA SPLITSFROM AFRICA AND DRIFTSWEST
65 MILLION YEARSAGO _ DINOSAURSBECOMEEXTINCT
60 MILLION YEARSAGO - MOLTENMAGMA FORMEDCOREOF DEVILSTOWER
55 MILLION YEARS AGO - FORMATIONOF BIGHORN MOLTNTAINS
45 MILLION YEARSAGO - ALASKA SPLITSFROMASIA AND DzuFTSEASTWARD
30 MILLION YEARS AGO _ FORMATIONOF THE ALPS AND HIMALAYAS
20 MILLION YEARSAGO - APPEARANCEOF FIRSTHOMINOIDS
10 MILLION YEARS AGO - BEGINNINGOF CARVING OF BRYCE CANYON AND THE GRAND CANYON
9 MILLION YEARS AGO - GRAND TETONSBEGIN zuSING
2 MILLION YEARS AGO - FIRSTOF THREE CATASTROPHICVOLCANIC ERUPTIONSTHAT PRODUCED
YELLOWSTONE
1.2MILLION YEARS AGO _ SECONDOF CATASTROPHICVOLCANIC THAT PRODUCEDYELLOWSTONE
I TO 2 MILLION YEARSAGO-DRAMATICSHRINKTNGOF LAKE BONNEVILLE,A HUGE FRESHWATER
LAKE, WHICH LEFT A MUCH SMALLER BODY OF WATER.GREATSALT LAKE- WITH NO OUTLET TO THE
SEA AND THUS TNCREASINGSALINITY
600.000YEARS AGO _ THTRDOF CATASTROPHICVOLCANIC ERUPTIONSTHAT PRODUCED
YELLOWSTONE.SPEWING240 CUBIC MILES OF DEBRISAND COLLAPSINGCENTRAL PORTIONOF THE
PARK, A 28 BY 47I\/IILECALDERA
OF DEVELOPMENTOF HOMO SAPIENS
YEARSAGO-BEGINNINGS
5OO,OOO
TO 5O,OOO
465,000YEARSAGO FIREUSEDFORHEATINGAND COOKING
3OO.OOO
YEARSAGO - HOMO SAPIENSFIRSTAPPEARIN SIBERIA
YEARS AGO - HOMO SAPIENSFIRSTAPPEARIN AUSTRALIA
IOO,OOO
2O,OOO
TO 12,500YEARS AGO-LASTICE AGE, WITH GLACIAL CREATIONOF NORTH AMERICAN LAKES
I2,5OOYEARSAGO - FIRSTAMERICANSCROSSLAND BRIDGEFROM ASIA TO THE AMEzuCAS
IO,OOO
YEARS AGO - WARMING AND DRYING OF GLOBAL CLIMATE
6,000YEARS AGO - EARLIESTBEGINNINGSOF RECORDEDHUMAN HISTORY
I SAY AGAIN THIS WAS GIVEN TO US TO HELP UNDERSTAND TIMES OVER WHICH HISTORY IS
FORMED AND I AM NOT REPRESENTING THIS AS BEING FACTUAL.
IIAR.LD
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