PAGE 8 - July 4, 2012
THE NEWSCASTER-Nature Coast News
From Dawn's Front Porch
Area Fourth of July Celebrations
Bronson - Fourth of July Celebration, Wed., July 4, Bronson Sports Complex, 10:00 a.m.-
By Newscaster Contributor Dawn Clary
10:00 p.m. Music, horseshoes, pickup softball game, food, craft and farmer’s market, kids’
Fire Merger Saga – Nailed to a tree at the YT Town Hall is a giant saw blade. The thing
games and fireworks.
looks about 3 feet in diameter and is supposedly from an old saw mill. There were blades
Crystal River - Independence Day Fireworks Display, Wed., July 4, at 9:00 p.m. The Fire-
all over Yankeetown but now only two are left, one at the hall and one on 63rd Street. In
works display may be viewed along U.S. Hwy. 19 near Charlie s Restaurant, heading south
the old days, when there was a fire, someone would run to the hall or the closest blade and
on the west side of Hwy. 19, and from Kings Bay Park (268 NW 3rd St.). Boaters will be
bang on the blade which would sound kind of like a big bell. You had to bring your own
able to view the display from Kings Bay and the Crystal River waterways. Boaters are
hammer and folk lore has it that people would use ladles and just about anything to bang on
restricted to an area of 1000 feet from the fireworks barge.
the thing. Like a siren, it would call the town’s folk and volunteers would come running to
Cedar Key - CLAMerica event is not being held this year, as members of the clam indus-
help fight the fire or what ever the disaster was. People who had shops in town would even
try will go to Washington, D.C. to educate Smithsonian Folklife Festival-goers about the
close their stores and go to help. Sadly those days are gone. Modern life has made find-
importance of water.
ing volunteers difficult. Jobs are not as flexible, younger people have left the area to find
Ocala - Red, White and Blues, Tues., July 3, 6:00-9:00 p.m. at Downtown Ocala on the
work. People in the YT area, tend to be retired and much as they would like to contribute,
Square. Music, food and family fun. Call 352-629-8444 for further information.
it is sometimes too physically demanding. Increase in training requirements by a factor of
Ocala - Fourth of July Party Celebration, Circle Square Commons, 8409 SW 80th Street,
six since the eighties, makes the commitment even more daunting. Smaller communities
Wed., July 4. Second Slice band, patriotic skydiving show and fireworks, 5:00-9:00 p.m.
are having a harder time supporting fire protection service as volunteers disappear, and
Bring your lawn chair. Parking $5.00 for non Top of the World residents.
the option of paid fire fighters is very expensive. A regional approach is one option which
Ocala - God & Country Day, Wed., July 4, by Ocala Jaycees, from late morning into the
broadens the base enough to help provide the service. YT held what is thought to be the last
evening at the corner of U.S. Hwy. 27 and County Road 225-A. The large festival will in-
workshop before calling for a vote at the July mid month council meeting on the merger of
clude family activities, entertainment and a fireworks display after dark.
the Yankeetown fire department with Levy County. The main point of contention seemed to
Steinhatchee - Wed., July 4. Fireworks at dusk, food by local groups, winning ticket for
be over the disposition of the equipment. The proposed agreement leases the fire equipment
golf cart will be selected, and mullet toss at 6:30 p.m. Inverness and Williston celebrations
to the County for 4 years.
were scheduled for July 3rd.
At the end of the 4 years all the equipment is then assigned or transferred to the
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county. Yankeetown has some very good equipment and some council members wanted ad-
ditional concessions from the county in exchange for the equipment, such as forgiving Yan-
keetown the proposed fire assessments for a period of years. However the County seemed
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keep costs as low as possible. There is also some concern that YT’s equipment would be
moved to other areas of the county and YT would have a lesser quality of equipment but the
MONDAY
SATURDAY
County has said that it can “commit that it will not reduce the level of service to the Town
Free Pool - All Day
Mens’ Night - 8:00-12:00 pm
from what it currently experiences”. David Knowles, County Safety Director, attended the
Dart Tournament - 7:30 pm
2 for1 Drafts & Free Jello Shots
workshop and answered a plethora of questions from YT Council. It’s time for all of us, as
Mr. Knowles put it, to work together.
Karaoke 8:00 pm
WEDNESDAY July 4th
Help Needed for WGP Plant & Tree-Marking Activity - The Friends of the Withla-
Free BBQ-Karaoke w/Bobby 3pm
coochee Gulf Preserve have scheduled a Plant & Tree Marking activity for Sunday, July
SUNDAY
THURSDAY
8th, at 9:00 a.m. The Forest Service will be doing a heavy duty mowing at the WGP to pro-
Chrissy & Gill's Wedding 1 pm.
Free Pool - All Day
tect trails and buildings from fire. The Friends need to mark trees and plants that they don’t
Public Invited
want to be mowed. They will also transplant some wild flowers to the butterfly garden.
Pool Tournament - 8:00 pm
2 pm. Charlie on Guitar
Tropical Storm Debby left a lot of debris behind so there will be some yard cleanup work.
FRIDAY
issy!
If you can lend a hand, contact the Friends of the WGP, email friendswgp@bellsouth.net or
th Chr
arty wi
Ladies’ Night - 8:00-12:00 pm
Jack Schofield, email jschof7338@aol.com or just show up Sunday morning. Good Night
Come P
2 for1 Drafts & Free Jello Shots
and Good Luck.
Bank Robbery  - Continued from page 4
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Chrissy's Fin & Feather
Homosassa. The 1999 white Dodge mini van that was used in the bank robbery had been
Formerly Bubba's
reported as missing from Nature Coast Auto Sales, sometime after 4:00 p.m. on June 26.
10930 S.E. 201st St.• Inglis
The car was taken by breaking the driver s side window, steering column and ignition
off Hwy. 40-East on Lk. Rousseau
switch. Williams would not speak with the detective about the auto thefts and damage. Lei-
kauskas, however, said that he and Williams had stolen a vehicle, but the battery was dead
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so they went to Nature Coast Auto Sales and choose the 1999 Dodge mini van because he
knew how to break the ignition. He said he broke the driver s side window and was able
to break the ignition and get the vehicle running. He said they parked it near the homeless
Shrimp Landing
shelter and later used it during the bank robbery, after which he drove it away, dropped off
Williams, then abandoned it on Jump Court where he was taken into custody.
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