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Wednesday December 11, 2013
Inglis, FL 34449
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Mike Moore - Photojournalist
Community Events
Larry Jordan to speak on Iceland
"Iceland, Land of Fire and Ice" will be the
topic of photographer Larry Jordan at a
dinner presentation at the Florida Artists
Gallery Café in Floral City on the evening
of Friday, December 13, 2013.
Larry Jordan has been an avid
photographer since the 1960s. His works
have been published in nature and travel
magazines, and four of his photographs
were selected in 2012 to appear in a Smith-
sonian Journey Stories Series presenta-
tion entitled "Rails and Rivers." He runs
photo critiquing workshops at the Florida
Artists Gallery and teaches photography
when not on the road doing photo shoots
or running his Inverness-based structural
engineering company.
The evening will begin at 6 p.m.
with an Icelandic themed dinner, followed
by Jordan's presentation at 7 p.m. featur-
ing photography ranging from Puffins to
majestic waterfalls taken during his recent
trip to Iceland with his wife Betsy. Dinner
and lecture are $25 per person. Reserva-
tions are required and seating is limited.
The presentation only, without dinner, is
$5 per person, subject to availability. For
reservations, call 352-344-9300.
The Florida Artists Gallery &
Café are located in the historic Knight
House at 8219 Orange Avenue in Floral
City.
Outstanding Citizen Nominations
Nominations for "Outstanding
Citizen" will be taken until December 6th
A work in progress as Valorie Vogel of Homosassa "hops" from window to window at the Chicken King restaurant in Hernando. Valorie draws an
at the Inglis Town Hall (forms available).
intent crowd of onlookers as she moves from pane to pane crafting a holiday message. Valorie was a contestant in the 2000 Newscaster/Food
The winner will be selected from the nom-
Ranch window painting contest and is following in the footsteps of her father. She professionally paints windows from Homosassa to Ocala.
inees by the Inglis Recreation Committee
This year we have commissioned her to paint the windows at the Food Ranch supermarket in Inglis. Be sure to stop by and enjoy Valorie's work.
Three Yr. Old Detectives Uncover "Mystery"
and will ride in the 2013 Inglis Christmas
Parade and be honored at the Christmas
Festival on December 21st. Nominees
Grow House in Citrus Hills
should be someone who has impacted the
Toddler Drowns
Inglis community in a positive way, has
been or is currently involved in commu-
in Canal
the residence, they found that the house had
nity events, and is not a member of the
From Citrus County Sheriff Dept.
been converted into a large scale, major
Inglis Recreation Committee.
grow house operation. Three bedrooms had
After the Citrus County Sheriff's
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been converted to marijuana grow rooms
From Citrus County Sheriff Dept.
Office received a report of possible sus-
Community Events
with sophisticated lights (see photograph on
picious activity at a house in Citrus Hills
page 3).
Citrus County Sheriff s Office dep-
around Dec. 3, a deputy noticed a broken
"Christmas
Detectives also noticed that the
uties responded to 9121 E. Tsala Apopka Dr.
well in the front yard of 914 W. Keller St.
house was being powered by stolen electric-
in Inverness today in reference to a missing
that was gushing water into the street. After
ity from Duke Energy, which responded to
toddler. Upon arrival, deputies discovered
In The Park"
looking around the residence, Deputy Rob-
the home to investigate the meter.
three-year-old Tristan Costello had been
ert Williams noticed suspicious pipes com-
Ninety-one marijuana plants were
pulled from the water near the residence.
from our
ing out of the side of the house and contact-
recovered, half of which had reached mid-
They began CPR immediately and Tristan
ed Detective Aidan Marshall of the Tactical
level growth (4 feet tall). The plants were
was transported to Citrus Memorial Hospital
2002 Archives
Impact Unit (TIU) for assistance.
not ready to be harvested or sold.
where he was pronounced dead.
Detective Marshall arrived at the
The residents were not home at the
Sheriff s Office detectives are in-
see Page 4
house and found probable cause for a search
time and no arrests were made. This investi-
vestigating to determine exactly what hap-
warrant, based on his drug knowledge.
pened.
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When the TIU arrived and entered