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A Publication of
Sally Price - Correspondent
Permit No. 14
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Mike Moore - Photojournalist
Squawk Box
Cure Vs.
Cause
With Sally Price
Have you ever thought of the dif-
ference in looking for a CURE and seek-
ing to eliminate the CAUSE? This could
be every aspect in life. We are so focused
on cures which involve $$, we don’t real-
ize we could eliminate most things we are
fighting and keep them from ever happen-
ing by eliminating what causes them. In
government and big business, GREED
and the ALMIGHTY DOLLAR are usu-
ally the reason seeking the cause is never
done. Billions of dollars are wrapped up in
research and “fixes”. Scare tactics are used
to enhance the fight and make people feel
vulnerable.
Lobbying (again $$$)our elected
wins support for bad things to be passed
or tacked on to bills and lost in the paper
shuffle and then we have to abide by them.
I write this focusing on health but in reality
you can substitute any issue. Your skin is
the largest organ in our body. This amaz-
ing organ will absorb anything you put
on it. We put chemicals in our clothes to
As part of Crime Prevention month in October, Citrus County Sheriff’s officer (CCSO) Chris Prus speaks with an Apache Shores resident during
make them and then care for them. We use
a community outreach walk-around. Several ‘meet and greet’ events held around the county informed people about things to do and places to
chemicals in deodorant, makeup, cologne,
get more information about crime prevention. Photo by Mike Moore
Woman charged with “big scheme” to defraud
lotions. We use deodorizers and room
fresheners to make our houses smell good.
We add chemicals to our food before we
cook or eat it. The fight against cancer and
Kimberly Joan Vandyke, 33, 2527
the store without paying for the concealed
credit when the loss prevention officer ap-
heart disease are foremost in my mind.
E. Dawson Drive, Inverness, was arrested
merchandise.
prehended her.
It isn’t enough that we feed
by the Citrus County
Around 7:14 p.m. on Oct. 24, he
Vandyke said she’d been steal-
our animals antibiotics and hormones to
Sheriff’s Office, Oct. 24,
said Vandyke had returned to the electronics
ing from the Ocala Wal-Mart on S.R. 200
spur growth, then we add additives to en-
after the loss prevention
department where she concealed a PC Soft
for about a month and admitted to stealing
hance the color, taste or smell to make it
officer at Wal-Mart con-
Wave and a WII game in a Wal-Mart bag,
a book from the Inverness Wal-Mart about
tacted them with infor-
then concealed a telephone in her purse. She
two weeks previous and also to stealing (on
Continued on page 3- Squawk Box
mation that he had two
went to the checkout area and was appre-
Oct. 24) 2 movies, a game, and a satellite ra-
Prize
women in custody, one
hended by the loss prevention officer.
dio which she returned for a gift card in the
whom he believed had
The second woman told the deputy
amount of $106. A search of her green purse
attempted to get the other
that Vandyke had engaged her in conversa-
netted a dog collar, an anklet, a package of
Packages
person to return some
tion about her children in the baby section
earrings, 2 DVDs and an XBox 360 game,
Vandyke
stolen merchandise.
and had offered her $20 to return some
which were determined to have been stolen
Available at
The loss prevention officer told the
items that were in her buggy, because her
from the store.
deputy, that on the previous day, he’d seen
identification was invalid. She said Vandyke
According to the arrest report, in
Homosassa
Vandyke “looking around suspiciously” in
had told her she did not have the receipt, to
Vandyke’s purse the deputy found her iden-
the electronics department and saw her con-
get credit on a Wal-Mart card, and that she
tification card, which appeared to have al-
ceal video games in a Wal-Mart bag, select
could not accompany her to the service desk
tered numbers (and she admitted to altering
Seafood
“DVDs,” then proceed to the automotive
because someone was in the electronics de-
it), along with a Florida Driver’s License
department, where she selected a XM Satel-
partment helping her. She said the items for
(which Vandyke said she’d found) belong-
Festival
lite Radio, and placed items inside a green
return were DVD’s, possibly a calculator
ing to a Sandra Clark, with the picture
purse. He said she went to the deli, selected
and a cellular phone. She said she’d sent her
scratched enough to make the photograph
a loaf of bread that she paid for at the cash
daughter to the greeting area to get return
Details, page 12
unidentifiable. A Wal-Mart store card in her
register, then went to the (locked) garden en-
stickers for the items in the bag. The woman
purse had transactions in early October to-
trance, but unlocked the door and fled from
was attempting to return the items for store
Continued on page 3- Fraud Charge