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Deborah Russell - Editor
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Wednesday May 24, 2017
Inglis, FL 34449
Tom Russell - Publisher
Newscaster Publishing
Permit No. 14
Mike Moore - Photojournalist
Have A Safe Memorial Day
Community
Bear Problems
Continue, pg. 11
Time to register for "Harmony in
the Streets" day camps
Again this summer, the Cit-
rus County Sheriff s Office is hosting
"Harmony in the Streets" day camps.
The camps will be at Inverness Middle
School June 12-16 and Forest Ridge El-
ementary School June 19-23. The camps
are open to all kids, ages 6-12. There
isroom for 60 children at each camp. If
you are interested in this camp for your
child, please visit www.SheriffCitrus.
org; click on the "How Do I" tab at the
top of the page and follow the directions.
You can also obtain information and reg-
istration documentsto be turned it from
your child s School Resource Officer.
Levy County 4-H Day Camps
To register or find out about pricing,
deadlines, age limits or times please call
the 4-H office at 352-486-5131 or visit
our website at levy.ifas.ufl.edu.
4-H Grows Here: Gardening & Nutri-
Yankeetown Flotilla Commander John Caddigan inspecting a boater's safety flare kit for "use by" dates on the Cedar Key public boat ramp last
tion, June 12 ­ 15. During this camp
Saturday as Yankeetown Auxiliarist Joe Catalano looks on. The week long annual event is filled with activities all along our seacoast in order
youth will discover what it takes to be an
to remind the boating public of fundamental safe boating practices. Fourteen out of thirty-one boats passed the safety checklist and were
avid green thumb while adding color to
presented with a "Vessel Checked" sticker. TheNewscaster/Mike Moore
their palates. Youth will explore through
One killed,
Multi-drug bust, Lecanto, nets large
games and science-based activities. They
will also learn some fun and tasty ways to
include the produce they grown in their
another seriously
amount of heroin & 3 arrests
meals.
Wildlife Park To Present
From Citrus County Sheriff Dept.
injured, in early
Wildlife Ranger Camps
Early Friday morning, May 19, the
arrests, all Lecanto residents. The main sus-
HOMOSASSA - The Florida Department
Citrus County Sheriff s Office SWAT and
pects were Kelli Helms, 32, and
morning crash
of Environmental Protection's Ellie Schil-
Tactical Impact Units served a search war-
Joseph Evans, 31. *Kelli Helms
ler Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park
rant at 4811 W. Old Citrus Rd., Lecanto, due
was charged with trafficking in
will offer two weeklong Wildlife Ranger
to an investigation indicating the residents
heroin, possession of cocaine,
Camps in June and July. The Friends of
sell illegal drugs.
and possession of drug parapher-
Homosassa Springs Wildlife Park spon-
From FHP
During the search of the residence,
nalia.
Helms
sor the programs. June's Wildlife Ranger
An early morning traffic crash in
detectives found more than 50 grams of
*Joseph  Evans  was
Camp is for children ages 8 and 9 years
Inverness, Thursday, May 18, killed one
heroin, along with cocaine, 0.25 oz. meth-
charged with trafficking in her-
old, and runs June 19 through June 23.
driver and seriously injured the other, the
amphetamine, marijuana, other controlled
oin, possession of methamphet-
July's Wildlife Ranger Camp is for chil-
lone occupants of the two vehicles involved
substances and approximately $3,500 in
amine, possession of cocaine,
dren ages 10 through 12, and runs from
in the crash. The crash occurred at 5:18 am
cash
possession of drug parapherna-
July 17 through July 21. Applications for
on W. Main St. at Seminole Ave. Accord-
lia, possession of ammunition by  Evans
According to the CCSO, the
the Wildlife Ranger Camp are available in
ing to the Florida Highway Patrol, Daniel
amount of heroin found at the residence is
a convicted felon, and violation
the park office.
Joseph Edmondson, 20, of Inverness, was
a significant amount - with a street value of
of probation.
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driving a 1999 Jeep Laredo, traveling east
$10,000 and a 25 year minimum sentence
*Rhonda Atwood, 54,
on W. Main St., approaching the intersection
with conviction. For perspective, the drug
was charged with possession of
You can now place classified ads at the Food
of Seminole Ave. while
trafficking statute requires a weight of over
methamphetamine, possession
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Steven Wesley Ekeli, 48, Inverness
4 grams of heroin to carry a mandatory min-
of cannabis wax, possession
deadline: Monday 12 noon at the Inglis Food
Atwood
was driving a 1989 Toyota 4Runner, trav-
imum sentence, and the weight found at the
of hydrocodone, possession of
Ranch service Desk. Cash or Check.
eling west on W. Main St., also approach-
residence was, again, more than 50 grams!
marijuana less than 20 grams, and posses-
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The investigation resulted in three
sion of drug paraphernalia.
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