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Deborah Russell - Editor/Publisher
Wednesday November 24, 2010
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A Publication of
Sally Price - Correspondent
Permit No. 14
Newscaster Publishing
Have A Safe & Happy Thanksgiving
Mike Moore - Photojournalist
Squawk Box
Donate $100, Feed the Hungry,
Win a Corvette
Time is running out on a fund-
raiser by the We Care Food Pantry in Ho-
mosassa, which is offering the community
an opportunity to own a red 2011 Corvette
OR $53,000 in cash - for a donation of
$100 to the We Care food Pantry (the cost
of a ticket). The drawing will be held on
Sat., Dec. 4th, so time is getting short to
take advantage of this unusual opportunity.
See accompanying photo of a car that is
representative of the 2011 Corvette that
will be won by one lucky/generous person.
Only 2000 tickets have been
printed, “So the odds of winning are much
better than in the State Lottery,” said We
Care Food Bank president, Diane Toto.
And the proceeds will go toward a very
good cause, feeding the hungry in Citrus
County, by way of the We Care Food Bank
and Feed Citrus County non-profit organi-
zations,
Tickets are available - for just
a short time longer - at several locations
around the county: Crystal Motor Car
Company in Crystal River, the Chamber
of Commerce offices in Crystal River, Ho-
mosassa, and Inverness; the We Care Food
Unexplained Inverness crash kills elderly man - A one-vehicle traffic crash in Inverness on N. Florida Ave. at the Inverness Regional Plaza,
Pantry in Homosassa; all Capital City
around 7:52 a.m., Nov. 19, took the life of an 82 year-old Lake Crystal, Minnesota man, Jerome Donald Kjeldahl. The accident took out a traffic
Banks in Citrus County, and the Superior
light and concrete pole. Traffic was routed through the shopping center for about three hours. Newscaster Photo/More on page 2.
Suspect Arrested for Brannen
Bank in Homosassa. For details, please
Inglis Moving
call the food pantry at (352) 628-9333.
Our Pub
Bank Robbery
Forward on
Inglis
An Inverness man, 43 year-old
the fog line in the area of Thayer and E. Leo-
Sewage Study
Open Thanksgiving Day
Shane Michael Nolan, also known as Steven
na Sts. “at least four times,”
Turkey or Ham
Michael Kellogg, 1445 N. Toro Dr., was ar-
the report stated. A canine
rested by the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office,
deputy and his canine part-
By Newscaster Correspondent Sally Price
Dinner with All the
The Nov. 9 Inglis Town Commis-
Nov. 20, charged with the Nov. 18 armed
ner arrived to serve as back-
Trimmings
sion meeting had the controversial Wastewa-
robbery of the W. Inverness Brannen Bank
up, and the dog alerted to
ter Project on the agenda and drew a full au-
located at 401 N. Central Ave. He was also
the presence of a controlled
Details, pg. 5
dience that included numerous attorneys, a
charged with grand theft and possession of
substance in the vehicle.
pro-development faction from Citrus Coun-
cannabis less than 20 grams. His bond was
The
occupants
It’s Almost Window
ty, and local business owners and residents
were asked to step out of
set at $52,500.
Nolan
- each choosing their side of the issue.
the van so the van could be
According to the CCSO, the bank’s
Painting Time!
Consulting engineers, Mittauer &
searched. When Shane Nolan stepped out,
video surveillance video system had “clear
Associates, Inc. of Orange Park, FL, pre-
the deputy saw that Nolan looked like the
views of the defendant (Nolan).” Just be-
Saturday, December 11
sented information on the proposed proj-
suspect in the Brannen Bank robbery and
fore 12:49 p.m., the robber entered the bank,
Join in the FUN
ect, including preliminary placement of the
asked him why his picture would have been
approached a teller and handed her a note
from 8 am to 12 noon
sewer lines, pump up stations, a treatment
in the newspaper the day before, and Nolan
telling her that he had a gun and demand-
Kick Off the Holidays
plant and spray fields. In the beginning, the
ing money. He requested a dye pack, took
replied that he did not know.
& Compete for
sewage line would only serve 288 Equiva-
the money from the dye pack, tossed the dye
Nolan agreed to speak with depu-
Prize Money!
lent Residential Units (ERCs) on Hwy. 40
pack on the floor, then fled the bank.
ties. When asked about his involvement in
See Pg 12
and Hwy. 19, with future expansion an op-
Around 12:18 a.m., Nov. 20, a dep-
the robbery, he stated that he did not rob
Inglis King Rd. Mine
tion.The system would include Yankeetown
uty made a traffic stop on a GMC van with
anyone. He was then shown a photograph
Pets
The Newscaster
School, which is on county property, and
six occupants, after a person inside the van
taken from the bank’s video surveillance.
Food Ranch
Plus 16th-Annual Holiday
littered the highway and the vehicle crossed
Continued on page 4 - Sewage
Continued on page 3 - Robbery Suspect
Window Painting Contest!