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Community
Hospice of Citrus and
Nature Coast
Set for "Black Friday" Sale
LECANTO--The Hospice of Citrus and
the Nature Coast Thrift & Gift Shoppes
announce their annual Black Friday sales
extravaganza to be held onFriday, No-
vember 28 at 9:00 am.
All items, with very few excep-
tions, will be offered at 50% off.
The Hospice of Citrus and the
Nature Coast Thrift & Gift Shoppes are
located at 304 N. Main St., Chiefland;
140 N. Main St., High Springs; 4049 N.
Lecanto Hwy., Beverly Hills; 8471 W.
Periwinkle Lane., Homosassa; 1114 Hwy
20, #202, Interlachen; 415 S. US Hwy 41,
Inverness and 945 SW Main Blvd., Lake
City.
Better Than "Black Friday"
The Second To None Thrift Shoppe in
Yankeetown on 56th St. will be open
for your shopping pleasure. Bring your
Christmas list and get a jump on your
shopping. You ll find better than Black
Friday prices and just maybe, that un-
expected item right here in Yankeetown.
Round up your family, friends and an
appetite....we'll see you at the Woman's
HazMat (Hazardous Materials Unit) responded to check the ammonia level, which was greater than 400 parts per million (unsafe to enter), in
Club, Friday and Saturday, November
a Floral City home. It was ventilated with fans for 45 minutes to an hour prior to anyone entering the home with special suits and ventilators.
21st and 22nd. (More on page 10)
Inside, the only water in the home was in one bowl, and the water was black in color, Inside, the carcasses of four cats were found, varying
Inglis AmVets raises
from decomposing to skeletal remains. Cat food and feces were also found in the garage. See story below. CCSO Photos
Huge horde of cats found in
hundreds for
CCSO Deputy
White Clover Program
abandoned Floral City home
Twelve members of the Inglis
Involved In
AmVets William Crow Post 447 col-
lected several hundred dollars in dona-
From The Citrus County Sheriff Dept.
trance to the porch.
tions outside the Dunnellon Walmart in a
Animal Control had
A huge clowder of cats was found
Shooting
recent fundraiser called the White Clover
already learned that the owner
in a Floral City home, Thursday afternoon,
Program.
of the home, John Patrick Cal-
Nov. 13, when deputies with the Citrus
The White Clover, meaning,
lagy, 49, was living with his
County Sheriff s Office and officers with
From The Citrus County Sheriff Dept.
"remember me" is the official flower of
girlfriend, 42 yeaar-old Victoria
Citrus County Animal Control went to the
AmVets. The white four-leaf clover sym-
(Inverness). Just before midnight Sun-
Gatto, at the Central Motel in Callagy
8980 S. Zanmar Dr. address in response to
bolizes the states from which the U.S.
day night Citrus County Sheriff s Office
Inverness. Their presence was
a complaint of cats living in a vacated resi-
Armed Forces were drawn and the world-
was dispatched to Inverness Park, 550 W.
requested at the residence and
dence.
wide battlefields on which they fought.
Independence Hwy., Lot 6,
they went there, as promised.
Looking inside the residence
Since 1946, AmVets Posts throughout
Inverness reference a distur-
When a deputy ap-
through the windows, officers saw 30 to 40
America have brought the white clover
bance/ nuisance call. The fe-
proached him at the residence,
cats in the living room, which had feces on
into their communities as a fundraiser to
male suspect was attempting to
Gatto
the report stated, Mr. Callagy
the floor; a bedroom, with the door closed,
benefit those in need, be it veterans or the
light a neighbor s truck on fire.
began to cry and said he knew
containing numerous cats and feces on the
general public.
The fire was put out and there Cameron
the conditions inside were horrible. He gave
floor, and another bedroom with numerous
"The post did a great job for
was no damage to the truck.
permission for law enforcement to enter the
cats, litter boxes overflowing with feces, and
this cause," said Post Commander Joseph
When the deputy arrived at the park
home to check on the cats and also gave per-
what appeared to be the carcass of a cat in
Hozian. Hozian said the money collected
entrance the suspect, identified as Dawn Re-
mission for officials to take control of them.
the middle of the room. No water was noted,
will go to the Wounded Warriers Project
nee Cameron, 46 charged the deputy and
The report stated that Mr. Callagy was feel-
but food was strewn about the floor, mixed
then attacked him engaging him in a physi-
ing ill, and his speech was slurred. Emer-
in with the feces. Numerous trash bags were
Continued on page 2 - White Clover
Continued on page 4 - Deputy
in the back of the house, blocking the en-
Continued on page 3 - Animal Abuse