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Tuesday, July 6, 2004

[Times photo: Daniel Wallace]
Barbara Vaughan, 43, and Kenneth Nadeau, 44, prepare to enter the gazebo to say their vows Sunday and become the first couple to marry at the Nature Coast Botanical Gardens in Spring Hill.
Gardens provide scene for any occasion
Planning an excursion or event? The Spring Hill site offers views from the desert to a shady "secret garden."

His mountain of litigation vexes court clerks
They're dusting off a rarely used law that would prevent the homeless man from filing more lawsuits.

Unofficial mayor watches over Pine Island waters
His platform is water safety and he wants power craft a legal distance from the shore.

M&Ms lover gets kick out of his first victory
After starting fourth, Wayne Heater moves up to earn a win in the Thunder Stock class.


Guest column
Value of teaching hasn't changed in 42-year career
As I approached the podium to give my farewell address, a friend said, "You have been teaching longer than I have been alive." True. I began to ponder how much being a schoolteacher has changed and how much it is still the same.
 

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