The Newscaster/Nature Coast News
PAGE 11 - December 18, 2013
Town of Inglis - Mayor's Report
"Searching for the Truth"
As Commissioner Sally Price has always said "if you always do what you always
The Pitcher Plant Makes No Evolutionary Sense!
did, you will always get what you always got." This statement says a lot when referring to
The pitcher plant is a carnivorous plant that traps
our town. We as the present elected officials have changed many things to become more
its prey. The leaves form a deep cavity in which a liquid
transparent and effective as managers over seeing employees and daily functions.
is at the bottom, like a pitcher of water. To catch bugs,
Recently Stephen Smalldridge, your newest commissioner, took over mainte-
sweet nectar is needed. Instead of mixing the sweet nec-
nance, roads and bridges and with him came knowledge and expertise in some of our age
tar with the water at the bottom of the pitcher, this plant
old problem areas, dusty roads being one. Smallridge has researched the type road base
drips it down the outside of the container. An unsuspect-
being used on our unpaved roads, it appears to be a scrap mixture similar to dolomite
ing ant walks up the plant, slurping the sweet nectar. Then
which is ground up limerock mostly used for fertilizer, which when dry turns to powder.
the ant arrives at the top of the pitcher, but it does not stop
The Commission instead has approved the purchase
because the plant has nectar along the inside rim. It's
of 300 tons (less than $2000) of a sturdier gravel base
almost like free candy. As it slurps up this sweet nectar
mixture to use on our lime rock roads. This will help
under the rim, it moves farther into the plant until it arrives where the walls of the con-
keep those large pot holes from washing out after
tainer are very slippery. Ants that can even walk upside down on a ceiling are helpless
each rain. Tackling the poor drainage problems is
here.
also on Smalldridge's agenda.
It is just too slippery and so it slides down until its feet catch on stiff hairs of
Forming citizens boards for problem areas
the plant. These hairs are pointed downward toward the pool, so as the ant struggles to
to increase our knowledge base has really paid off.
hold on, he steps closer and closer to the pool. These hairs signal the plant to get ready
The new water board has not only addressed water
for dinner. Digestive juices start flowing. The inside of the pitcher plant becomes slip-
quality but poor record keeping as a key to a suc-
perier as the ant struggles harder and harder. Finally the ant loses the battle and falls into
cessful water operation. As Inglis Attorney Brad Bet-
the pool of death and drowns. The digestive juices, already in the water, dissolve the ant
tin stated, there is a state statute on record retention Commissioner Stephen Smalldridge,
and allow nutrients to be absorbed by the plant.
but does not mean you have to destroy the records, it maintenance, roads and bridges re-
This amazing mechanism is said to happen by accident and chance. How did
only gives a minimum time you have to keep records. sponded to John Teevens request for
the plant know it needed sweet nectar to attract insects and then to lure them by putting
This is especially important with water deposits and help in a drainage problem on Masta-
it on the outside and inner rims? How did the plant know to point the hair downward
assessment records since water deposits are held in a don Dr and discovered that not only
and not upward? How did it know to activate the digestive juices only when the hairs
non interest bearing account.
are stimulated and thereby not waste the digestive juices? How did it know how to
had the ditch never been reinforced
We encourage all citizens to offer sugges- properly but the washed out sand had
make digestive juices remember this is a plant and not an animal! There are far too
tions to direct our attention to problem areas. As filled the Oak Ave drainage pipe up
many features present to have evolved over eons for the pitcher plant to live. All these
Inglis Mayor, I am always available with a call to half way stopping water run off.
features needed to be present and fully functioning from the moment the pitcher plant
352 302-5913. Glenda Kirkland, Mayor.
was designed. This mechanism for survival was needed only after sin entered the world.
Water Board - Continued from page 8
God knew what the pitcher plant needed and designed it to survive.
The earth is the LORD's, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that
The board is recommending a new site be chosen. Greg Kirkland, chairman of the water
dwell therein. - Psalm 24:1 (NIV)
board said that the water record keeping was not acceptable. This was determined after
Based on, Inspired Evidence a book by Bruce Malone, 2011
hours of research on a complaint from a customer requesting a water deposit refund that
Presented by Bob Allen, Biologist-Paid Advertisement Contact Bob at SFTT321@gmail.com
dated back to 1994. Attorney Bradly Bettin said there is no mandate to destroy records just
Election Notice
because a Florida State Statute has a retention guideline of three years.
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