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The Newscaster/Nature Coast News
Real Estate Today
OffiJoe Warren Young, 52, Debra St.,to help endsInglis Police Depart-
cer s attempt Inglis, was arrested by the in arrest
Facts About Radon & Radon Testing
ment, around 10:42 p.m., March 15, charged with two misdemeanors. According to the
arrest report, an officer made a traffic stop on Young s vehicle at E. Cason Blvd. and Lori
A Guest Commentary by Darryl Diamond
St., because Young was failing to keep his vehicle on the roadway. The officer asked asked
Radon is usually thought of as a
Young if he was under the influence of any substance and he replied, “no.” The officer re-
concentrated way.
minor concern when buying or selling any
ported that Young had difficulty standing and balancing, so he unsuccessfully attempted to
Nearly 1 out of
building. However the Surgeon General
contact a relative to drive him home.
every 15 homes in the US
has identified Radon as the second leading
The officer offered to drive Young home, for both his safety and the safety of oth-
is estimated to have elevat-
cause of lung cancer deaths in the US right
ers, and when the officer patted Young down for his (the officer s) safety, he felt what turned
ed Radon levels, and Ra-
behind smoking.
out to be brass knuckles, along with a “small baggy” of marijuana. Young was arrested on
don gas can also contami-
It is estimated that 16,000 to
charges of carrying a concealed weapon and possession of marijuana less than 20 grams. He
nate well water. Health
20,000 lung cancer deaths are caused by
was transported to the Levy County Jail.
officials have determined that Radon is a
radon in homes each year. Now that I have
Authorities Identify Victims of Plane Crash
carcinogen that can lodge in the lungs and
your attention, what to do? If you are buying
cause lung cancer. Radon has been shown to
The Medical Examiner Office has identified the
a home for your family, have your realtor
be more of a risk to smokers, but non smok-
two that were killed in the tragic plane crash that occurred
put a 15 day examination period into your
ers also have a slightly elevated chance of
on March 20, 2010. The pilot, of the Piper 32, 59 year old
contract. In concert with your other exami-
developing lung cancer when radon levels
Rainer Salm and his wife, Alice Stuebling-Salm 34. They re-
nations, have a radon test performed. If you
are higher than recommended levels.
sided at 1991 SE 195th Terrace, Morriston.
are having a professional home inspection
The
Environmental Protection
Levy County Sheriff’s Deputies, EMS and Williston Fire
performed, that inspector may offer to per-
Agency (EPA) recommends you install a
Department responded to the scene on Saturday March 20
form this additional inspection item for a
Stuebling-Salm
Salm
system to reduce radon gas in your home if
about 12 noon and discovered an experimental small air-
small additional cost.
your present levels of gas is 4 picocuries of
plane upside down. Deputies have confirmed that the 73 year old pilot of the
If the levels are high, have migra-
radon per liter (pCi/L) or higher. Bringing
Experimental airplane has been identified as Lee Hanley Sentman III, from
tion preformed to bring levels down, or
in a professional tester will cost in the range
Summerfield, Fl.
simply pass on purchasing that potentially
of $75. to $150., or you can test for Radon
Upon further investigation a second airplane a Piper 32 was dis-
dangerous home. If you are selling a home
yourself with a home kit costing in the range
covered fully engulfed in flames approximately 400 yards to the west of the
you may want to do a radon test when you
of $25. to $35k.
experimental plane. The Williston Fire Department extinguished the fire with
list, and give those test results to your agent
Not bad for piece of mind, and there
water and foam and discovered two unidentified bodies in the second air-
as many buyers will be asking questions on
Sentman
are many government websites with more
plane crash.
that subject. Radon is a colorless, odorless,
information on how to handle this potential
and tasteless radioactive gas that is formed
Inglis Super Stop Restaurant
problem. The good news is that even though
during the natural breakdown of Uranium in
there is an area between Lakeland and Tam-
soil, rock, and water.
Open 5 am - 3 pm for Breakfast & Lunch
pa with some high Radon levels, we are for-
When Radon gas exits the ground
Daily Lunch Specials $5.99
tunate that the nature coast has been shown
into the open atmosphere, it quickly dissi-
to be an area with few Radon problems. If
Specials Include DRINK & FRIES
pates. However radon gas can seep into any
in doubt, have your home checked. I’ll see
home through cracks and holes in the foun-
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dation, then “get trapped” in that home in a
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