The Hernando Sun editor, publisher, co-founder, and owner Julie Maglio has been appointed to the National Newspaper Association (NNA) Foundation’s board. The NNA is the United States’ largest newspaper trade association with 2,300 members. It has been serving its members since 1885.

Julie Maglio and her team started a brand new newspaper over seven years ago in an age when many newspapers are closing. Her artistic side loves the beauty that can be created in print. She also maintains a state-of-the-art website. As a small business owner, she is involved in all aspects of the paper including editing, layout, sales, legal notices, mailing, reporting, payroll, and taxes.

She received tremendous support on mailing the newspaper from Max Heath, NNA’s longtime Postal Chair, and Tonda Rush, NNA’s legal counsel and director of public policy. Having a newspaper trade organization that she could contact with questions has been invaluable.

“Because of the help we received from the NNA in setting up how we mail the newspapers, we can count on the US Postal Service to deliver the newspapers in a timely manner- and if that doesn’t happen, they are there to find out what went wrong,” explained Julie Maglio.

“This service is essential to every community newspaper that depends on mail delivery.”

Hernando County was an early test case for consolidating the Business Mail Entry Unit (BMEU) and moving it to Tampa. As the only mailing periodical newspaper in Hernando County, the Hernando Sun had to figure out solutions to a number of challenges.

Julie appreciated the support she received from the NNA and looks forward to giving back by being a member of the foundation’s board. The NNA Foundation now runs the Max Heath Postal Institute which was created in memoriam of Max Heath.

In addition to serving on the NNA Foundation board, Julie also serves on the Florida Press Association’s Newspapers in Education board called Florida Press Education Services (FPES). This non-profit works to assist newspapers in creating programs that provide newspapers to teachers and students as well as educational support materials.

The Hernando Sun has grown substantially since starting in 2015. Currently, the Hernando Sun is printing over 4000 newspapers a week and according to Cloudflare statistics, our website had 174.4k unique visitors last month.

Julie is supported by a team of dedicated contributors at the Hernando Sun. Her passion to produce the best newspaper possible each week is an inspiration. As she is involved in all aspects of the newspaper it is often difficult to get a hold of her.

The newspaper has been printing weekly for over six years and has printed well over three hundred newspaper issues. The first year we only printed monthly and that was a struggle as we learned about the newspaper industry.

Julie brought in contributors with significant newspaper experience and reached out to experts in the field. Over the past seven-plus years Julie has earned the equivalent of a “Ph.D.” in “Newspapering.” With this knowledge acquired through mistakes and successes, she hopes to support others who decide to start newspapers.

On Sunday, the Hernando County Hawks held their second of many practices of the offseason. The coaches and players met at Kennedy Park in Brooksville and ran drills in the surprisingly sweltering setting sun. As the focus in the Sun’s last column about the Hawks was regarding their players, naturally it is now time to shine a spotlight on the coaches. The staff of the Brooksville-based football team is comprised of Owner Austin Webster, General Manager Paul Vermeulen, Head Coach Eric Riggins Sr., Running Backs Coach Eric Riggins Jr., Offensive Coordinator Fabian Burnett, Defensive Backs Coach/Defensive Coordinator Taz, Wide Receivers Coach Blake, and Team Chaplin Josh Mallmann. The Sun had the chance to speak with some of the coaching staff about their backgrounds and what led them to become coaches with the Hawks.

Head Coach Eric Riggins Sr. has coached football at multiple levels of the sport for nearly 20 years since graduating from the University of Southern Mississippi. Since 2003, the Hawks’ head man has coached high school football, Hernando Youth League, and the Brooksville Ballers. A semi-professional football team that preceded the Hawks, the Ballers won the championship of their league in 2013 under the guidance of Coach Riggins. What led him to want to get into coaching? The short answer: a love for the game.

The longer version: “When I got done, I wanted to still be a part of football,” Coach Riggins said. “I just really believe football saved my life, saved me from getting in trouble, kept me out of the penitentiary. I’m going to say that because you have to be disciplined, you have to be respectful, and it’s all about your character, your morals. So, football will teach you all those life skills.”

Coach Eric Riggins Jr., the head coach’s son, serves as the running backs coach for the Hawks. Though Riggins has three years of experience coaching Hernando Youth League football and a year as a coach at Hernando High, this will be his first season coaching a semi-professional squad. Like his father, Coach Riggins played football in Hernando County. The elder Riggins played high school football at Hernando while his son played for Nature Coast before an injury cut his career short.

“My dad coached me in the Hernando Youth League,” the younger Coach Riggins said. “I played out there for about four years, then I went to Powell Middle School. I played football there for three years and I played at Nature Coast my freshman year up until I broke my arm. Then I just pretty much stopped playing, but I always stayed around it because my dad always coached it… So, I kind of wanted to keep it going through the family.” Coach Taz’s background was a little different as he “excelled in the culinary arts” starting around 13 years of age. The 22-year-old coach is a certified chef and recently decided to “flex all [his] muscles in the savory chef area” by starting a bakery. So how does a chef get into coaching?

Like the head coach, Coach Taz “always loved the game of football,” but he was diagnosed with an auto-immune disease which ended his career his junior year of high school. The young coach was initially hesitant at the concept of coaching, but he explained what convinced him otherwise. “I didn’t have the desire to coach because I didn’t want to work with people who didn’t want to be there,” Coach Taz said. “I wanted to be able to choose who exactly I wanted to work with. So, I was more of a trainer prior to this point… and essentially, I knew I wanted to be here because I knew the people that would be out here wanted to be here.”

Coach Riggins and company are preparing to put toe to leather in their preseason matchup against the Tarpon Springs Pirates on January 21. The game will kick off at Hernando High at 111 Ernie Chatman Run at 1 PM on the third Saturday of the new year.

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Hernando County, Fla– The Florida Department of Health in Hernando County (DOH-Hernando) is monitoring the monkeypox outbreak. There are cases of monkeypox in at least 43 states and Washington DC. To date, there have been no monkeypox-related deaths outside of endemic countries. The risk of monkeypox to the general population remains low.

Currently, DOH-Pasco has no reported cases of monkeypox.

In the event of a monkeypox case, DOH-Pasco will conduct epidemiological investigations to notify possible exposures and offer potential post-exposure prophylaxis. DOH-Pasco will offer the monkeypox vaccine to high-risk groups as doses become available from the federal government.

Up-to-date information on monkeypox is available at FloridaHealth.gov. Case data for monkeypox, as well as other reportable diseases, can be found on FLHealthCharts.gov.

Prevention and Treatment

If health care providers suspect a possible case of monkeypox, immediately contact your local health department or the 24/7 disease reporting hotline at 850-245-4401. Local county health departments can help providers obtain monkeypox virus-specific real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing.

Human-to-human transmission generally requires prolonged, face-to-face contact, direct contact with lesion materials, or indirect contact with lesion materials through contaminated items, such as contaminated clothing. Therefore, the risk of exposure remains low.

Health care providers should remain vigilant of information related to monkeypox:

The public should also remain vigilant of the current meningococcal outbreak. Demographic impacts are similar among meningococcal and monkeypox cases. The meningococcal vaccines are available to high-risk populations at every county health department, free of charge. Floridians can find more information on meningococcal disease here.

About the Florida Department of Health

The Florida Department of Health, nationally accredited by the Public Health Accreditation Board, works to protect, promote, and improve the health of all people in Florida through integrated state, county, and community efforts.

Follow us on Twitters at @HealthyFla and Facebook. For more information about the Florida Department of Health, please visit http://www.floridahealth.gov.

BROOKSVILLE, FL – It’s been a little bit of a revolving door when it comes to the head coaching position for football at Hernando High School.

Since 2011, Hernando has gone through five different head coaches and the Leopards went through another coaching change after the 2021 season with Earl Garcia III stepping down and accepting the defensive coordinator job at Plant High School.

The program has tabbed former Countryside High School defensive coordinator John Scargle as the next head coach and creating a sense of stability is going to be one of the major hurdles. Scargle follows the line of coaches that have come through in the last decade from John Palmer to Garcia III and now wants to put his touch on Hernando football.

“I was at Countryside High School just one season as defensive coordinator, two at Clearwater High School before that as defensive coordinator,” Scargle said. “The main difference between the programs, are the mind set of the culture being the fifth coach in ten years. So far I have had to earn the trust of the players, faculty and boosters. I run the program pretty much the same as when I was at Clearwater Central Catholic, under John Davis when we went to the state championship.”

Hernando had a spring jamboree with Citrus and Fivay, but it ended up getting cut short due to bad weather, leaving much to be desired when it comes at looking at players performing in-game. The Leopards were able to play the Hurricanes for two quarters before the weather came. A limited amount of time to evaluate now has Hernando itching for August 1st team practices to begin.

Scargle did point out some of the players people will need to be watching for, including nose guard/offensive guard Devin Williams, quarterback/safety John Capel, offensive guard/nose guard Tavareon Smith, tight end/offensive guard CC Peeples, running back/defensive back Demarcus Langley, wide receiver/free safety Leandre Wright, wide receiver/defensive back Manny Acker and defensive end/offensive guard Colton Ashworth.

“We had many players step up, who played JV last year, to show they are ready to play at the varsity level,” Scargle said. “Great performance from our leaders, and I was very happy to see the progress we made from the Purple & Gold Game, played two weeks earlier. Of course we had plenty of missed assignments, players that still need to learn how to play at full speed, and many coaching points to expand on while watching film for the players and for the coaches.”

This isn’t Scargle’s first go around as a head coach, with him also being the lead man at Palm Harbor University in 2017-2018. Having already previously been a head coach in the area before, Scargle’s second go around will take place with a program that’s needing continuity at the top down. With summer workouts going well, the Leopards are heading in the right direction for 2022.

“Good, we have most all the players showing up everyday for workouts, with about 65 players on the total team roster,” Scargle added. “The players get their work done in the weight room, and on the field, in a no nonsense approach.”