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Community
Wildlife Jeopardy Focuses on
the Black Bear this Saturday
Guest article by Susan Strawbridge,
Park Services Specialist
Ellie
Schiller
Homosassa
Springs Wildlife State Park will be fo-
cusing on Florida's black bears during
the month of June. Two programs are
planned on the theme of black bears
with displays and hands-on activities in
the Visitor Center and in the Discovery
A Wildlife Jeopardy program
on Black Bears by Barbara Cairns will
be presented on Saturday, June 18,
2016, starting at 12 Noon. The half-hour
Wildlife Jeopardy program will use a
20-question format inviting visitors, old
and young alike, to test their knowledge
about Florida's black bears and their
cousins. Her goal is to have each per-
son learn at least one new thing about
bears. Hand-outs will be provided. The
program will be held in the Discovery
Center.
Regular park admission applies
to attend Barbara volunteers as a docent
in the Discovery Center and is a retired
school principal in overseas Dept. of
Defense Schools in Labrador, Germany
and Panama. She is also a published au-
Child abduction attempt thwarted
Newscaster/Mike Moore
Silver
Alert
thor with articles and stories in books,
magazines and newspapers. Her books
by mom and off-duty deputy
include Cracker Cow: a Narrative of
driver involved
Florida History, Gatsby s Grand Adven-
tures a series of picture books, and The
in wrong-way
and ran out of the front door of the store,
From The Citrus County Sheriff Dept.
Not So Secret Life of Nimh, A Dumbo
just as off duty Deputy Jonathan Behnen
Rat.
At 11:42 am on Tuesday, June 7,
was getting out of his patrol car to enter the
Her latest On Friday, June 24,
crash
deputies with the Citrus County Sheriff's
store. Behnen had been in court earlier in the
2016, starting at 1:00 pm, Angeline Scot-
Office responded to the Dollar General store
morning and had stopped at the store to grab
ten, a Senior Wildlife Assistance Biolo-
in Hernando, located at 2560 N. Trucks Ave.,
cleaning supplies when he encountered the
gist with Florida Wildlife Conservation
From the FHP
regarding an incident that was happening in-
running Bonello. The store manager yelled
According to the Florida Highway
Commission will offer a program titled
side the store. Dispatchers soon learned that
to him that the man running away had just
Patrol, a Silver Alert case on Sat., June 10,
Florida's Black Bears. This educational
an attempted child abduction was in prog-
tried to kidnap a child. Behnen jumped
resulted in a wrong-way, head-on crash on
program will discuss several subjects in-
ress.
into action, pulling his patrol car in front
Interstate 75 at 5:33 am, with critical inju-
cluding biology, behavior, conflicts and
The suspect, who was
of Bonello's vehicle as he tried to exit the
ries to the `Silver Alert' driver, 88 year-old
attractants, and ultimately how to coexist
pushing a shopping cart inside
parking lot. Dep Behnen said he trapped
Clifford Shilling of Dunnellon, who was
with bears.
the store - and later determined
Bonello's car between a service vehicle and
transported to Ocala Regional Medical Cen-
The presentation is about 30
to be 30 year-old Craig Bonello
his patrol car. He ordered the Bonello out of
ter in Ocala for treatment of his injuries.
minutes long with time for questions.
of 3999 S. Highlands Ave., In- Bonello
the car with his weapon in hand, and he was
According to the Press Release by
The program will be held in the Florida
verness - grabbed a petite, 13-year-old girl
taken into custody without further incident.
the FHP, about 5:00 am, troopers were alert-
Room at the park's Visitor Center locat-
who was also inside the store, shopping with
"In my ten years on the road I have
ed to a wrong-way driver who was driving a
ed on US 19.
her mother. As he ran toward the exit of the
never seen anything like this," said Sgt.
2012 Volkswagon Passat, traveling south on
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I-75 in the northbound lanes near the Marion
was able to catch up to him and grab onto
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right in front of everyone in the store."
A brief attempt to stop or alert Mr.
sued between Bonello and the mother, and
New deadline: Monday 12 noon at the Inglis
The mother and her daughter,
Shilling - who was listed as the subject of
screaming could be heard throughout the
Food Ranch service Desk. Cash or Check.
whose names will not be released were un-
the active Silver Alert case - was unsuc-
store.
injured, although shaken up.
No refunds for early cancellations
cessful. Mr. Shilling continued south in
Bonello finally let go of the girl
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