[https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53538022877_a1f6dba981_b.jpg] Weekly Media is prepared by the County Manager’s Communications Office and is a roundup of media stories involving the Alachua County government over the past week. The Communications Office sends it out on Mondays. Here are some of the stories that you may be interested in… Alachua County agencies save horse from drowning in retention pond<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wcjb.com/2024/04/10/alachua-county-law-enforcement-saves-horse-drowning-retention-pond/?utm_source=newsfore&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=16933&pnespid=ur9jWHxWKq0G2qWbuDnoGM7StA6xWYItfOS83PRptB5mnIHJhF4iWQ0cDp2rK0LUJPo0HNZNbA__;!!KOmxaIYkRmNA0A!R3rZXNU7wYs_AaKmsfapr8p1MAGGk6_cSJSWTD70M7DYsK8d2H_Prnby-1sIWt6_HuOC1Xx5hUPD_c6d0Pl8PZyydfx4RWw$> WCJB TV20 News Alachua County Sheriff’s deputies, and crews from Lacrosse and Alachua County Fire Rescue responded to an area in northwest Alachua County. Read more<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wcjb.com/2024/04/10/alachua-county-law-enforcement-saves-horse-drowning-retention-pond/?utm_source=newsfore&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=16933&pnespid=ur9jWHxWKq0G2qWbuDnoGM7StA6xWYItfOS83PRptB5mnIHJhF4iWQ0cDp2rK0LUJPo0HNZNbA__;!!KOmxaIYkRmNA0A!R3rZXNU7wYs_AaKmsfapr8p1MAGGk6_cSJSWTD70M7DYsK8d2H_Prnby-1sIWt6_HuOC1Xx5hUPD_c6d0Pl8PZyydfx4RWw$>. Gainesville poetry slam raises cancer awareness<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wuft.org/heard-on-wuft-fm/2024-04-12/gainesville-poetry-slam-raises-cancer-awareness__;!!KOmxaIYkRmNA0A!R3rZXNU7wYs_AaKmsfapr8p1MAGGk6_cSJSWTD70M7DYsK8d2H_Prnby-1sIWt6_HuOC1Xx5hUPD_c6d0Pl8PZyyPtUgLCE$> WUFT News Alachua County Poet Laureate E. Stanley Richardson is organizing the festival. He said they’re expecting poets from all over Florida and across the country. Read more<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wuft.org/heard-on-wuft-fm/2024-04-12/gainesville-poetry-slam-raises-cancer-awareness__;!!KOmxaIYkRmNA0A!R3rZXNU7wYs_AaKmsfapr8p1MAGGk6_cSJSWTD70M7DYsK8d2H_Prnby-1sIWt6_HuOC1Xx5hUPD_c6d0Pl8PZyyPtUgLCE$>. Citizens Academy – Session 2 update<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://alachuachronicle.com/citizens-academy-session-2-update/__;!!KOmxaIYkRmNA0A!R3rZXNU7wYs_AaKmsfapr8p1MAGGk6_cSJSWTD70M7DYsK8d2H_Prnby-1sIWt6_HuOC1Xx5hUPD_c6d0Pl8PZyylYLwTuM$> Alachua Chronicle Week two of Alachua County’s Citizen Academy kicked off Thursday at the Emergency Operations Center, at 1100 SE 27th St. in southeast Gainesville, where participants got an up-close look into public safety and how fire rescue, the sheriff’s office, and others respond to emergencies and natural disasters. Read more<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://alachuachronicle.com/citizens-academy-session-2-update/__;!!KOmxaIYkRmNA0A!R3rZXNU7wYs_AaKmsfapr8p1MAGGk6_cSJSWTD70M7DYsK8d2H_Prnby-1sIWt6_HuOC1Xx5hUPD_c6d0Pl8PZyylYLwTuM$>. View the complete list of this week's news roundup<https://alachuacounty.us/Depts/Communications/Pages/MediaUpdate.aspx?week=2024-04-09>. View the past issues<https://alachuacounty.us/Depts/Communications/Pages/WeeklyMediaUpdate.aspx>. ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the MARIHELEN-WHEELER list, click the following link: http://listserv.alachuacounty.us/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=MARIHELEN-WHEELER
