THE NEWSCASTER
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Deborah Russell - Editor
A Publication of
Wednesday May 4, 2016
Inglis, FL 34449
Tom Russell - Publisher
Newscaster Publishing
Permit No. 14
Sally Price - Historian
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Mike Moore - Photojournalist
Community
New YMCA Lecanto
facility now open!
The new Citrus Memorial
Health Foundation's Healthy Living
Center YMCA, located at 4127 N. Nor-
vell Bryant Hwy. (CR 486) in Lecanto
officially opened on Sunday, May 1, and
the YMCA Grand Opening Celebration
will be held on Friday, May 20, at 10:00
am.
On Sunday, members and pro-
spective members were treated to an
overvue of the Center's features which
include an eight-lane pool, a water slide
pool and the Healthy Living Education
Center, with private meeting rooms, an
auditorium and an education resource
room.
Area  health  organizations,
along with health, medical and fitness
professionals, will provide programs
and activities to address health con-
cerns and promote healthy living. Many
resources, activites and programs are
available with membership, such as a
Kids' Zone, outdoor basketball courts,
Postcard from the past - In the late forties or early fifties if you were looking for a room for the night in Crystal River, you might be drawn
nature trail, Teen Center, cycling room,
to this modern motel and restaurant. The Crystal Lodge Motel was located at the north entrance to town on Highway 19. The postcard, post-
exercise programs, before and after
marked 1949, listed the motel as being on the Gulf Coast Highway No 19 and the phone number was 2791. One card listed the owner as H
school child care, children's' sports, bi-
Daugherty and the other card said Roy B Johnson was the manager. The card claimed the motel/restaurant complex was AAA and Duncan Hines
Fatal Hit & Run "Pillowcase Burglars" suspects &
cycling, summer camps and much more.
recommended. It boasted the finest fishing in Florida, boats, guides and private dock. Rentals were available. History by Sally Price.
The Center s hours are Mon. -
Fri., 5:30 am - 10:00 pm; Sat., 7:00 am
on U.S. 19
- 6:00 pm and Sun., 12:00 - 6:00 pm.
persons of interest
Membership rates range from $25 to
$69, and financial assistance is avail-
able. Pool hours for May are Mon. - Fri.,
From FHP
Ocala, where cash, jewelry and the contents
From The Citrus County Sheriff Dept.
9:00 am - 7:30 pm; Sat., 9:00 am - 5:30
Man lying in road hit/killed by
of her wallet had been taken.
pm and Sun., 12:30 - 5:30 pm. For ad-
More information is coming to
vehicle that failed to stop
Decker and Baker are
ditional information, call 352-500-9622.
light involving the arrests of husband and
said to have targeted homes
wife team Darren Decker, 41, and Jessica
Passes Now Available for
in rural areas, stealing guns,
Sixty-six year-old Arthur Whit-
Baker, 44, of Ocala, after an April 25 multi-
Central Ridge Pool
jewelry, electronics, cash and
ney Evans of Crystal River lost his life,
agency press conference in Ocala at the
prescription medication. A pil-
Citrus County Parks & Recre-
April 27, after being struck by a vehicle
Marion County Sheriff s Office. The two are
lowcase was often reported as  Baker
ation Division announced pool passes
on U.S. Hwy. 19 in Crystal River.
now suspected of as many as 60 residential
missing from the burglarized
are now available at the Central Ridge
The incident occurred at 1:25
burglaries in north Central Florida - 12 in
home, so that several law en-
Community Center for the upcoming
am, according to the Florida Highway
Citrus County and 10 in Levy County.
forcement and news agencies
pool season at Central Ridge Pool in
They are also considered suspects
Patrol, when an unknown vehicle was
are now referring to the couple
Beverly Hills. Opening day is scheduled
in the murder of 71 year-old music com-
traveling south on U.S. Hwy. 19 in the
as the "Pillowcase Burglars."
for May 7, with weather pending.
poser Terry Plumeri during a break in of his
inside lane, just south of N. Larue-De-
Decker and Baker are   Decker
Please contact Central Ridge
6662 W. Candier Ct., Dunnellon home. His
nise Terrace, and struck Mr. Evans who
being held in the Sumter County
Community Center at 352-746-4882 for
body was found, April 1, by deputies who
Detention Facility on a no bond status, and
more information.
- for unknown reasons - was laying in
checked on his wellbeing. Mr. Plumeri had
other charges will likely be added as the
Easier Than eBay
the roadway.
been bound, beaten and stabbed, and his
complex investigation continues.
The vehicle failed to stop. Mr.
home had been ransacked.
"We will do whatever it takes to
You can now place classified ads at the
Evans received fatal injuries and expired
They are also being called "per-
ensure the job gets done and our citizens
Food Ranch Service Desk - 25 words/$12.
at the scene of the crash. If you have in-
sons of interest" in the death of 57 year-old
are safe in their homes," said Levy county
New deadline: Monday 12 noon at the Inglis
formation regarding this incident, please
realtor Tamara Bedenbaugh, whose body
Sheriff bobby McCallum. "It is a great relief
Food Ranch service Desk. Cash or Check.
was found, Jan. 25, at her home located in
contact the FHP by phone at 813-631-
No refunds for early cancellations
Continued on page 12 - Persons of Interest
the 4500 block of NW County Rd. 225A in
4020.