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Wednesday February 13, 2008

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Sally Price Correspondent

Squawk Box

With Mike Moore

The Super Bowl, Ugh!

I know I'm not going to win

any popularity contest this

week. Some people might just

consider me down right anti-pa-

triotic. But after all - this is the

Squawk Box and dang it, I just

have to squawk about it - and

squawk for anyone who secretly harbors the

same feelings but can't squawk about it them-

selves. It happened a week ago last Sunday

evening. We had been putting off going gro-

cery shopping for a couple of weeks and de-

cided that peanut butter and jelly sandwiches

for dinner wasn't cutting it. So off we went

for some provisions.

We were amazed at the state of Inv-

erness. It was deserted. Literally. There was

not another car in sight for about 5 of the 8

miles from Gospel Island down Rt.44 to Wal-

Mart. All along the way, we noticed that nearly

every business was closed and the parking

lots of the few open businesses were totally

empty; the lack of human activity made it seem

eerily silent.

We ended up at the only business

Citrus County Deputy Sheriffs went on a shoreline search last Wednesday on Little Lake Henderson. The Sheriff's department searched by air,

in town that seemed actively interested in

on foot and (shown here) by water for two days in Inverness trying to locate Stanley Herbert Young. (see story below) Photo by Mike Moore

commerce (Wal-Mart) and once inside we had

the place virtually to ourselves. Even the skel-

Missing Man Found Short

Robber

eton crew that was working seemed to a per-

son despondent and shuffled around and

moping along (did they wish they were also

Distance From Home

Shoots Clerk

home watching 'the game')?

OH BROTHER, GIVE MEABREAK!

Stanley Herbert Young, the 84-year-old

through Inverness, south to Eden Dr.; depu-

Personally I'm finding it pretty hard to

At Crystal

Inverness man who had been missing since

ties on four-wheelers searching wooded ar-

grasp the idea that a football game can para-

Feb. 2, was found dead, around 9:30 a.m., Feb.

eas east and west of U.S. Hwy. 41 from Middle

lyze an entire population; I doubt our little

6, in a heavily-wooded near the Inverness

School Drive to Sportsmen's Bowl; spot-

town was the exception to the game induced

River Store

Club Senior Apartments on Ella Ave., where

checking the Rails

flat-line. There doesn't seem to be anything

he had recently moved. Mr. Young's vehicle

to Trails system

else (in this country) that commands so much

was parked in front of the apartment.

from county line

From the Citrus County Sheriffís Dept.

respect. Not politics, heroes, success,

According to the Citrus County Sheriff's

to county line;

homelessness, war against innocent popula-

A woman was shot, Sunday evening,

Office, Mr. Young's family in South Florida

and walking shop-

tions, art; I've never seen anything that stops

during the armed robbery of the Marina Mart,

was notified that his body was found. His

ping plazas. The

life in it's tracks as completely.

a Crystal River convenience store located at

body was transported to the Medical

search included

Continued on page 3 - Squawk Box

5980 W. Gulf to Lake Highway.

Examiner's office in Leesbury for an autopsy

mounted possee

According to the Citrus County

to determine the cause of death. No foul play

and bloodhounds

Sheriff's Office, the only people in the store,

was suspected in his disappearance.

and also utilized

at the time of the burglary, were the store's

Mr. Young's body was found by the

trail and park

owner and his mother, who is a clerk in the

sheriff's office, during a massive grid search

rangers to con-

Stanley Young

store. Around 7:30 p.m., a man entered the

of the area, which started with a wooded area

duct a thorough

store, displayed a firearm, and demanded

near Cooter Pond in downtown Inverness,

search of Ft. Cooper State Park.

money. The store owner struggled with the

Whispering Pines Park and the wooded areas

Although Mr. Young had not been diag-

robber, and the gun discharged, hitting the

along the Rails to Trails system, up to Arling-

nosed with Alzheimer's disease or dementia,

store owner's mother, Sohur Mohareb, in the

ton St. The search included an aerial search,

deputies had visited his home twice within

abdomen. Mrs. Mohareb was able to get to

dive and marine teams checking the western

the past three months, and he had appeared

"Sam" the Russell's red lab mix earned his

her feet and was later air-lifted to Tampa Gen-

sholelines of Big Lake Henderson, Little Lake

disoriented. According to family members,

heart covered bandana Sat. with a dona-

eral Hospital for treatment.

Henderson and Cooter Pond with sonar scan-

Young had no known medical conditions and

tion to the dog walk fundraiser held by

The robber left the parking lot in a

ning equipment; four two-deputy teams can-

loved to walk; when fatigued, he sometimes

Adopt a Rescued Pet, Inc. See page 2

Continued on page 3 - Robbery

vassing a 3-square-miles along Hwy. 41

became forgetful.