PAGE 4 April 30, 2008
The Newscaster/Nature Coast News
Sheriff's Dept., Business Masters
Real Estate Today
Merge Ideas for Kids Safety
Don't be bored, get out, and enjoy our free parks!
A Guest Commentary by Darryl Diamond
By Mike Moore, Newscaster Correspondent
arts camps.
If you are selling a property in the  ramp located at the coast guard
The merge is a good one. Keeping
"tri county area" of Levy, Marion, and Citrus  station was recently refreshed.
The Suncoast Business Masters
kids interested in busy activities like day
The small park and
counties do not forget to mention to your pro-
(SBM) co-hosted with the Sheriff's department
camps keeps them from finding not so safe
spective buyers the many free parks this area  boat ramp and park under the
this year's Sheriff's Summer Safety and Youth
alternatives; especially eye-opening was the
has to offer. With the economic turndown,  US-19 bridge at the barge canal,
Expo. It's the first collaboration for both orga-
electricity safety booth. The booth used live
inflation, and crazy gas prices, free is the magic  is convenient. This park and trail
nizations says current SBM president Lora
high voltage current behind a glassed over
extends along the south side of the canal for
word.
Wilson. SBM is a group of networking Citrus
model house to demonstrate to kids why they
Living on the nature coast we have  miles all the way out to the gulf with fishing
County business professionals who orga-
need to not climb power poles or poke metal
more free parks in and around Inglis, Yankee-  platforms available to the public, again at
nized their own Youth Safety day in years past.
objects into sockets.
town, and Dunnellon than anywhere else I  everyone's favorite price of no charge.
The SBM Youth Safety expo was usually held
Other safety theme exhibits in-
Then you have the park south of
have ever been in Florida, and the park at the
within a few weeks of the Sheriff's expo. The
cluded a building mock-up that demonstrates
headwaters of the beautiful Rainbow spring  Inglis, and east of US-19 off of Riverwood Dr
group approached the Sheriff's office and both
how to make a house more child-safe. Keep-
is just a dollar to get in. We do not have to  in Crystal Manor. This park (part of Greenways
organizations decided to "stop reinventing
ing kids safe and/or keeping them safely busy;
drive far to enjoy fresh water fishing, and we  and Trails) has is all, with picnic, areas, fish-
the wheel", according to Ms. Wilson, and
a winning combination.
do not have far to drive for saltwater fishing.  ing platforms on Lake Rousseau, fishing be-
merge the two events into the one April event.
The Summer Safety and Youth Expo
If you want both in one fishing trip  low the dam, and boat ramps above and be-
One result of the merge is the addi-
is only one of two youth safety events hosted
try Crystal River's Kings Bay. At this present  low the dam. If you are lucky enough to be
tion of summer camp information for the pub-
by Suncoast Business Masters according to
time you can catch freshwater and saltwater  there when they open the dam, you will be
lic. Over 40 exhibitors and vendors were on
Debbie Johns, president elect of SBM; the
fish in this wonderland of brackish water  treated to a powerful and spectacular rush of
hand last Saturday to provide information on
other is the fall auction held in November at
coves as I did a few weeks ago. I love to drive  water over the dam.
a wide variety of structured summer activi-
the Citrus Hills Country Club which benefits
A short drive down to Crystal River
into the Inglis lock park off of Hwy 40 just 1
ties. Keeping kids safe includes helping them
the Early Learning Coalition.
mile east of Inglis to fish, to hike, to view the  to US-44 west brings you to Fort Island park
find something interesting to do especially if
For more information about the
lock, and on many weekends you can watch  with white sand beach, boat ramp and fishing
mom and dad are working. The types of camp
Suncoast Business Masters or their activi-
the model airplane club enjoying their hobby.  areas. We have to feel blessed to be able to
activities ran the gamut from nature and snor-
ties, call Debbie Johns at 352-586-6590.
Just down the road is South Levy  enjoy these, and the many other local parks.
keling camps to YMCA and dance and martial
If you have a local property to sell, I
Recreational Park which has many activities
such as baseball, for the younger folks. You  suggest you use them as a selling tool. I'll
can also go through the park, make a right at  see you around "The Campus" Darryl and
the bypass canal, then go to the end of the  Vicki Diamond and Shirley Dodge are "The
dirt road where you will be treated to a lovely  Diamond Team". They are seasoned profes-
park, (Spillway Park) and fishing hole just be-  sionals that are available for all of your real
low the dam. The boat ramp and park at the  estate needs 7 days a week. Please call us at
end of C.R. 40 is nice. The cute park, and boat  352-447-4442.
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