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ack-to-School Sales Tax
2017 Stuff the Bus for YTS
Holiday,  Holiday will give shoppers a sales tax break if
Aug. 4-6
at the
SOUTH LEVY MARKETPLACE
The 2017 Back-to-School Sales Tax
Located Next to WGA Chamber Building
buying certain school related items during Friday through Sunday, August 4 - 6.
During this sales tax holiday period, Florida law directs that no sales tax or local
option tax (also known as discretionary sales surtax) will be collected on purchases of cloth-
ing, footwear, and certain accessories selling for $60 or less per item, certain school sup-
plies selling for $15 or less per item, and personal computers and certain computer-related
accessories, selling for $750 or less per item, when purchased for noncommercial home or
personal use.
This sales tax holiday does NOT apply to any item of clothing selling for more than
$60; any school supply item selling for more than $15; books that are not otherwise exempt;
personal computers and computer-related accessories purchased for commercial purposes;
rentals or leases of any eligible items; repairs or alterations of any eligible items; or sales of
167 Hwy. 40 W.
July 22
any eligible items in a theme park, entertainment complex, public lodging establishment, or
airport.
Inglis, FL
Marion County to adopt
9 AM - 12 PM
YANKEETOWN SCHOOL
`No Homework' elementary policy
Heidi Maier, Ed.D., Superintendent of Marion County Public Schools, issued a
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`No Homework' mandate, July 12, for the 31 public elementary schools in Marion Coun-
Composition Books
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ty for the upcoming 2017/2018 school year, according to Marion County Public Schools
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2-Pocket Folders
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spokesman Kevin Christian to WESH 2 News.
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Maier's decision was reportedly based on a study by Richard Allington, a Univer-
Graph Paper
Erasers
Backpacks
sity of Tennessee professor of theory and practice in teacher education, which found that
reading to a child has more positive effects than homework.
Supplies collected for "Stuff the Bus" will be provided
The school district will be asking parents to read with their children for 20 minutes
ONLY to students enrolled in Yankeetown School. Do-
every night. Maier reportedly encouraged parents to assist their child to select material that
inspires them and encourages them to read. Some assignments, such as science projects or
nations may continue to be dropped off at Inglis Town
research papers, will be assigned on occasion.
Hall and other local businesses until Friday, August 11.
Inglis woman, angry, accused of
PRESENTED BY THE INGLIS RECREATION COMMITTEE "IRC"
setting   was arrested during the early morning hours of Sun-
fire to occupied home
An Inglis woman
2017 Stuff the Bus for YTS  at the South Levy Marketplace
day, July 16, after allegedly setting fire to her home. According to the Citrus
South Levy Marketplace located next to  WGA Chamber Building
County Sheriff s Office, the events were pieced together through interviews with
at  167 Hwy. 40 West  Inglis, FL
59 year-old Novanda McCain, of Inglis, who was accused of starting the fire, and
July 22 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
two witnesses.
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At approximately 2:33 am, deputies arrived at the location of the fire,  McCain
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11240 N. Northwood Dr., Lot 61. A witness stated that he and Ms. McCain had
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gone to Shipwreck Lounge for drinks and had gotten into an argument because he'd given
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his phone number to a woman. He said that Ms. McCain left the bar and walked home.
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The witness stated that he arrived at the residence a short time before Ms. McCain
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Supplies collected for "Stuff the Bus" will be provided ONLY to students enrolled in Yankeetowndid, and they continued to argue. He said he was cooking hamburgers, and Ms. McCain went
Schol. Donations may continue to be dropped off at Inglis Town Hall and other local businesses to the back bedroom. The witness told deputies that he looked toward the rear of the resi-
dence and sawB
McCain light the curtains on fire with a match. He said he ran into the room,
until Friday, August 11.
pushed McCain away, and put out the fire with his hands. He said he then went back into
Presented by the Inglis Recreation Committee (IRC)
the kitchen, and Ms. McCain stayed behind in the bedroom. He said he again looked down
the hallway and saw that the room was engulfed in flames, that he grabbed a rug and used it
to put out the fire. He said he grabbed a pitcher and filled it with water, numerous times, to
extinguish the fire.
A neighbor also had contact with Ms. McCain and the male witness, the report
stated. She said that the man woke her up and told her that Ms. McCain was trying to burn
down the house. The neighbor told deputies, that as they arrived at Ms. McCain's residence,
Ms. McCain was walking up the street, and she asked McCain why she would burn down
her house. She said Ms. McCain told her she'd done it because the man was stupid, and she
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Ms. McCain corroborated many of the details the male witness had given deputies,
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that they'd gone to the bar and argued because the man and a woman had exchanged phone
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numbers, that she walked home because she was angry, and she was still angry when she ar-
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