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Deborah Russell - Editor
A Publication of
Wednesday July 1, 2015
Inglis, FL 34449
Tom Russell - Publisher
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Permit No. 14
Sally Price - Correspondent
Have a safe and Happy Independence Day!
Mike Moore - Photojournalist
Community
Area 4th of July
Celebrations
Saturday July 4th, Town of Inglis
4th of July Family Festival South Levy
Park 11 AM - 2 PM Fun and Games for
All Ages, Cake Walk. Drawing. Live Mu-
sic, see ad on page 4 for more details.
Thursday & Friday, July 2 & 3
- Inverness - A "Freedom Fest" concert
featuring members of 18 area churches
performing patriotic music at 7:00 pm,
Fri. and Sat., July 2 and 3, at the Inverness
Church of God, 416 U.S. 41 S, Inverness.
Free admission.
Friday, July 3 - Inverness - Pa-
triotic Evening at Liberty and Wallace
Brooks Parks in Inverness. Both parks are
on Lake Henderson, joined by a board-
walk. Liberty Park is off N. Apopka Ave.,
and Wallace Brooks Park is off Dampier
St. The event is free and begins at 5:00
pm with vendors, kids games, an inflat-
able bounce house, and a wine and beer
The future public entrance to Three Sisters Spring is in the process of being developed according to Kimberly Sykes, Assistant Manager of
garden. The Patriotic Ceremony begins at
Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge. FWS and the City of Crystal River partnered in a Federal Land Access Program Grant (FLAP) to develop
7:00 pm, music at 7:30 pm, and the fire-
this new entrance which will take traffic off SE Kings Bay Drive, a residential neighborhood, and move it to Three Sisters Spring Trail (formerly
works about 9:00 pm. The fireworks can
Cutler Spur). Construction involves culverts that will allow natural flow under the new entry road that will cross the small canal on the side of
be viewed from Lake Henderson, or the
the Three Sisters Spring Trail. When the work is completed close to the next manatee season, the new entrance will be gated and controlled.
parking lots of nearby businesses. It's
Scalloper nearly Murder suspect arrested while allegedly
These plans are still being worked out among the entities involved. Photo/story by Sally Price.
okay to bring chairs, blankets and a cooler,
but no alcohol, pets or personal fireworks.
drowns near
The festivities will be broadcast by radio
attempting suicide in Crystal River
at 87.7 FM. Call 352-726-3913 for more
information.
Crystal River
Friedman declined to speak with investiga-
From Citrus County Sheriff Dept.
Saturday, July 4 - Cedar Key -
tors, according to the CCSO, and was trans-
Old Florida Clamfest at City Park in Ce-
A 63 year-old Del Ray Beach, FL
ferred to the Citrus County Detention Facil-
dar Key - An all-day celebration with mu-
man wanted by authorities in a
From Citrus County Sheriff Dept.
ity.
sic, art, crafts and food, then fireworks at
Seminole County, FL murder
Aroound 1:30 pm, June 26, Fried-
dark.
A call for help came through the
case, was arrested on Thursday,
man was booked into the John E. Polk Cor-
Saturday, July 4 - Dunnellon
Citrus County Sheriff s OFfice 911 dispatch
June 25, after a day-long, state-
rectional Facility by the Seminole County
- Boomtown Blast 4th of July Celebra-
on Sat., June 27, of a possible drowning
wide manhunt, about 10:50 am.
Sheriff s Office, charged with first-degree
tion starts at 6:00 pm at Dunnellon High
in the Gulf scallop beds, out from Crystal
Michael Ross Friedman, 63, Friedman
murder. His booking information states that
School, 10055 SW 180th Ave., Dunnel-
River. According to the CCSO, 20 year-old
was taken into custody by the
his arraignment will be on Aug. 25 at 1:30
lon, with food, fun and fireworks at dark.
Brandon Palmatier of Interlachen, FL, who
U.S. Marshals Service and the Citrus Coun-
pm, and he will not be offered bail.
Saturday, July 4 - Crystal River -
had been snorkeling with family members,
ty Sheriff s Office on a Seminole County
Additional information was given
An Old Fashioned 4th of July Celebration
had brought up a bag of scallops and had
Sheriff s Office warrant for homicide.
by Police Chief Kevin Brunelle of the Win-
with old-fashioned games, food, beer and
gone back down for more. A family mem-
The arrest was made behind Apple-
ter Springs Police Department in a press
wine. The day starts with a community hot
ber, who was also snorkeling, saw Palmatier
by's restaurant in Crystal River. According
conference. Several times, Chief Brunelle
dog party at Hunter Springs Park at 11:00
on the bottom and screamed for help.
to Friedman's arrest report, after he was tak-
said that Friedman was "loopy " upon his
am with hot dogs, an inflatable ride and
Two nearby boaters who were
en into custody, Friedman was transported
arrest because he'd attempted to commit
an Adopt a Duck Race (fundraiser) at 3:00
nurses came to the rescue. They performed
to Seven Rivers Regional Medical Center in
suicide by "hoses running from his exhaust
pm with a cash winner. Live entertainment
CPR, and assisted Palmier in regaining a
Crystal River due to possible carbon mon-
into his vehicle." Chief Brunelle also said
at 5:00 pm, featuring The Susan Smith
pulse and heartbeat. He was transported to
oxide poisoning. He was medically cleared
that Friedman's ex wife, who had been mar-
Band and Rebel Soul. At 5:30 pm, enjoy
the boat ramp and flown to Bayonet Point.
and transported by a regular patrol vehicle
ried to him for twenty years, had been in-
the Red, White & Blue Parade, and the
Hospital in Hudson, FL. As of Sunday,
to the Citrus County Sheriff s Office, Emer-
jured when hit with an unspecified object
Fireworks Show at 9:00 pm over Kings
Palmier was still hospitalized. No foul play
gency Operations Center to meet with in-
during the attack. She had filed a restrain-
Bay. The fireworks can be enjoyed from
is suspected, although law enforcement
vestigators from the Winter Springs Police
ing order against Friedman in 2013, but later
Department in Seminole County. However,
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