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Community

Inglis Christmas Parade

And Celebration

The IRC sponsored event will

be on December 12th beginning at 4

pm followed by our annual Christmas

Party. Please get your float applications

at Inglis town hall. We will be having

a Cookie decorating Contest, cookies

must be at the Community Center by 2

pm. Our goal this year is 24 Bicycles, we

purchase new bicycles for our children

for Christmas and any assistance helping

us meet this goal is greatly appreciated

by our committee. We will be placing

donation boxes for toys in the Post Of-

fice, SHRIMP LANDING Restaurant,

Our Pub, Dollar General, Scooter Ha-

ven, Capital City and Drummond Bank.

***We are requesting no stuffed animals

due to allergies, thank you. Any mone-

tary donations can be made out to Inglis

Town Hall with the memo reading IRC.

See ad on page 10 for details.

Light Up Inverness:

Public Information Officer Lindsay Blair, with the Citrus County Sheriff's Office, spoke to the AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination)

Old Fashioned Christmas

program classes at Lecanto Middle School last week. The AVID program is designed to help students with high academc potential prepare for

FWS Extends

entrance to colleges and universities. Photo courtesy CCSO.

On The Courthouse Square

Woman accused of bilking $20,000

County Historical Society, City and The-

atre plan holiday event Thursday, Decem-

Comment Period

ber 3, 2015, festivities begin at 5 p.m.

from elderly disabled woman

The lights of Inverness will shine

for 3 Sisters Springs

bright this holiday season throughout

From The Citrus County Sheriff Dept.

Courthouse Square, and bring joy to the

Brown was in a position of trust with the

Proposed Changes

hearts of all in attendance on the evening

woman, in that she ran errands for the vic-

A twenty year-old In-

of December 3, 2015 with the combined

tim and made purchases for her using the

verness woman was arrested by

efforts of the Citrus County Historical So-

woman s debit/bank/ATM card for payment.

the Citrus County Sheriff's Of-

From The U.S. FWS

ciety, the City of Inverness and the Valerie

The report stated that Brown was paid $20

fice, Nov. 17, charged with ex-

In response to requests received

Theatre. This event is free and open to the

for each errand, and she always returned the

ploiting an elderly woman out

from the local community and elected of-

public.

debit card after she ran an errand for the vic-

of approximately $20,000 over Brown

ficials, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

tim.

a period of about four months'

Homosassa Chistmas Boat

is extending the comment period by more

According to the sheriff s office,

time, depleting the money in the victim's

than three weeks on a draft proposal for the

Parade, Dec. 19 pm

Brown fraudulently used the victim's debit

checking account from around $25,000 to

future management of Three Sisters Springs

The 31st-annual Homosassa

card multiple times between Dec. 11, 2014

around $5,000. In an interview on Nov. 3,

at Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge

Christmas Boat Parade will be held on the

and April 15, 2015, totaling over $6,000 in

the victim told a detective, that due to the

through Friday, December 18, 2015. "In

Homosassa River on Saturday night, De-

cash.The report also said that Brown wrote

loss of this money, she no longer has the

conversations with tour operators, the Citrus

cember 19, beginning at 6:00 pm. Boat-

six checks from the victim's personal check-

money to pay for her assisted living expens-

County Chamber of Commerce, and con-

ers are invited to join in the Wonder of

ing - that were made out to Brown - between

es. The detective reported that the 83 year-

gressional representatives, we believe ex-

Christmas by participating in the parade!

Jan. 5 and April 14, 2015, in amounts that

old victim is completely blind, but mentally

tending the comment period on our revised

The residential 1st-Place Prize is $500!

totaled $6,200, that the victim stated she d

competant.

proposal is needed," said James Burnett,

To participate in the parade,

bever authorized.

Ariana Joyce Brown, 20, Inverness

project leader for the Northwest Florida Na-

please register at the Freezer Tiki Bar

On May 7, 2015, a detective con-

was charged with exploitation of an elderly

tional Wildlife Refuge Complex. The Ser-

(5590 S. Boulevard Dr., Homosassa).

or disabled person. The report stated that

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