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Okeechobee,News, Clewiston News, Glades County Democrat, ate.. Sun October 14, 2020
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Administrator honored
OKEECHOBEE — Congratulation to City Adminisdcotor Marcos Montes De
Oca for five years of dedicated service and hard work for the city and the
community. We appreciate all you have accomplished and wish you many
years of success In all your endeavors to serve this great community. A
plaque was presented to him by Mayor Dowling Watford.
Special to the Late Okeeciaoosa Nevus/Guardianc tv iha 3[avies
Food, school supplies distributed
BELLE GLADE — Not only is Team Glades working every week to distribute
food to residents at the weekly bulk food distributions, when special dona-
tions come to the community, they work hard to get those out to the residents
as well. Thanks to a generous donation of school supplies, team members
quickly organized and provided them to individuals as they exited the food
distribution lines on Oct. 8.
Wet envelopes upset voters
By Cathy Womble
Lake Okeechobee News
OKEECHOBEE — Several voters have
noticed that the return envelope they re,
ceived with their mail -in ballot was already
sealed when they received it. Linda Eden -
field opened her ballot Tuesday morning,
Oct. 6, filled it out and attempted to place it
in the return envelope but found she could
not open the envelope. "It was damp," she
said, "and there was no way it was coming
open." She thought about using a letter
opener to open it but was worried it would
appear to be tampered with, so she called
the office of the supervisor of elections to
ask them what to do.
Faith Nielson said they have had several
instances of this happening, possibly due
to the weather we have been having lately,
and the voter should not use the envelope.
If they call the office, a new one will be
mailed out right away. The voter is also wel-
come to come in and get a new envelope.
Asked whether ballots would be thrown
away if the voter did cut open the envelope
and then reseal it, Neilson said their office
never, ever throws away a signed ballot. If
anyone did mistakenly cut open the return
envelope and then seal it up with tape, the
election office would call the voter to clarify
the situation.
if you have a problem with your ballo
or your envelope, please call 863-763-40ks
ity of Okeechobee to consider
code enforcement cases
Special to the Lake Okeechobee News Vehicle;
OKEECHOBEE - The City of
Okeechobee will hold a code enforcement
hearing on Oct. 21 at 6:30 p.m. at city hall,
55 SE Third Ave. Cases on the agenda
include:
1. Bravoflorida LLC - S.E. Sixth St., Chap-
ter 30 Section 30-44 General Cleaning and
Beautification;
2. Arturo Lopez & Maricel Luevano, - 510
S.E. 1 I th Ave., Chapter 30 Section 30-43
Public Nuisance and Section 30-44 General
Cleaning and Beautification;
3. Rebecca Bodey and Chris Rutherford
- 501 S.E. Sixth St., Chapter 30 Section 30-
44 General Cleaning and Beautification;
4. Francisco Guerreo, A/C Today- 1604
N.W. Seventh Ave., Chapter 70 Section 70-
302 Working without a Permit;
5. Geraldine Kimbrow-1004 N.W.
Fourth St., Chapter 30-41 Abandoned/In-
operable vehicle and Chapter 30-43 Public
Nuisance, Section 30-44 General Cleaning
and Beautification;
6. Daniel Mears - 905 S.W. Third Ave.,
Chapter 30-41 Abandoned/Inoperable
7. Crystal 1 LLC - Wayne Wiggins - 210
N.W. 12th St., Chapter 80 Section 82-124
Work Without Permit;
8. Bruce and Pamela Snell - 700 N.W.
Ninth St., Chapter 30 Section 30-01 Aban-
doned/Inoperable Vehicle, Section 30-43
Public Nuisance and Section 30-44 General
Cleaning and Beautification;
9. Capital C INC - 806 N.W. 12th St.,
Chapter 30 Section 30-43 Public Nuisance
and Section 30-04 General Cleaning and
Beatification;
10. Donald and Linda Wier -15 S.W.
Park St., Chapter 30 Section 30-40 Junk; -
11. Leon Royal -1265 S.E. 21st St., Flor-
ida Statutes 515.29 Residential Swimming
Pool Barrier;
12. Barbara Mills -1206 S.W. Fifth Ave. -
Recommend Foreclosure;
13. Kemp Properties of Okeechobee -
909 S. Parrott Ave. - Recommend Foreclo-
sure;
14. Fortex Holdings - 510 N.E. Park St. -
Recommend Foreclosure;
15. South Florida Barbeque-102 S.W.
19th St. - Recommend Foreclosure.
\rax Collector offers commemorative lapel pis
to Palm Beach County's Vietnam veterans
Special to the Lake Okeechobee News
WEST PALM BEACH — Constitutional
Tax Collector Anne M. Gannon is pleased
to offer commemorative lapel pins to Palm
Beach County's Vietnam veterans as a spe-
cial recognition of the 50th anniversary of
the Vietnam War. "It is my honor to recog-
nize our veterans, especially as our country
marks the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam
War," said Gannon. "We must never forget
their service and sacrifice."
Designed by the United States of
America Vietnam War Commemoration, a
program authorized by Congress, the lapel
pins are available to anyone who served
on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces
between Nov. 1, 1955, and May 15, 1975.
Veterans may request a lapel pin by sub-
mitting a form online at www.pbctax.com.
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Vietnam Veteran Lapel Pin
Family members may also request a lapel
on behalf of a veteran. The lapel pin will be
mailed along with Gannon's note of thanks.
These pins (shown above) are available
now through Veterans Day, Nov. 11.
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