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Community
Tipping Points Series of
Environmental
Presentations
Beverly Hills, FL, September 20,
2014:
Citrus County Council is
hosting Tipping Points, a series of
presentations pertaining to our envi-
ronment and vanishing water supply.
"Gasland" will be shown followed by
a discussion Saturday, September 20,
2014 at 10 a.m. at the Central Ridge
Library in Beverly Hills, FL.
Josh Fox's feature documen-
tary debut "Gasland" won the 2010
Sundance Special Jury Prize, the
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
Artistic Vision award, the Audience
Award at Thin Line Film Festival, the
Special Jury Prize at Sarasota Inter-
national Film Festival and the Grand
Jury Prize at the Yale Environmental
Film Festival. "Gasland" explores the
health and environmental safety of
the largest industrial drilling cam-
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) officially approved adding three first-magnitude spring systems -- Weeki Wachee
paign in history across the US. Hy-
River, Chassahowitzka River and Homosassa River -- to the Surface Water Improvement Management (SWIM) Program priority list. With the
draulic fracturing or "fracking" is the
DEP's approval, all five of the District's first magnitude springs are now on the SWIM Program priority list. District staff will now craft a SWIM
drilling technology used to extract
management plan for each of the first magnitude springs systems A first-magnitude spring or spring group discharges 64.6 million gallons of
natural gas. The process involves in-
water per day or more. Weeki Wachee River in Hernando County photo by Christine Negroni.
jecting a pressurized mixture of wa-
No Bond For Man Accused of
Citrus Woman
ter, sand and chemicals down a drilled
well, causing layers of rock deep in
Sexually Battering Children
the earth to crack and release natural
Killed in Traffic
gas. The "Gasland" documentary has
inspired a national dialogue over the
Place for an interview. She also described
multi-layered environmental dangers
From The Citrus County Sheriff Dept.
Crash
inappropriate touching by Willis. The 11
potentially at risk.
Bill Willis, 40, of Inverness, was
year-old and 15 year-old victims stated that
Citrus County Council
arrested by the Citrus County Sheriff's Of-
Willis had enticed them to perform sexual
From The FHP
(CCC) is a not-for-profit, non-parti-
fice, Sept. 5, charged with crimes of a sexual
favors, to lessen their punishments, but they
A Floral City woman was killed
san consortium of homeowner asso-
nature against three Inverness girls, ages 11,
had refused.
in a single-vehicle crash at 1:55 pm.
ciations, civic clubs and environmen-
12 and 15.
After the detective completed the
Sept. 3.
According to
tal groups whose mission is to protect
The investigation began on Sept. 5,
interviews with the children, he spoke with
our environment and natural resourc-
the Florida Highway Patrol, 73 year-old
of an alleged sexual battery of a 12 year-old
Willis, who was already incarcerated on
es, thereby preserving the quality of
Carris Laverne Cash, of Floral City, was
girl. The girl told the detective she'd been
other charges at the Citrus County Deten-
life in Citrus County. CCC monitors
driving a 2000 Chevrolet Blazer, travel-
involved in a sexual incident. The Child Pro-
tion Facility. The detective explained the
local government, researches issues
ing north on U.S. Hwy. 41 in Hernando
tection Team at Jessie's Place was contacted
allegations against him and asked for his
and disseminates relevant informa-
to do a forensic interview with the child,
County, approaching the Citrus County
side of the story. Willis claimed that none
tion to citizens. Meetings are the sec-
who told them she'd been sexually battered
of the allegations were true, that he thought
line.
ond Wednesday of each month at 9
by Willis on numerous occasions, and of
the children made up the stories because he
For unknown reasons, the ve-
a.m. at the Beverly Hills Lions Club,
sexual contact she'd had with Willis within
was the disciplinarian in the relationship. He
hicle departed the roadway and traveled
72 Civic Circle, Beverly Hills, FL and
the past 72 hours. The 12 year-old girl said
claimed that some of the dates mentioned to
onto the northbound shoulder while in-
are open to the public.
there were other children in the home who'd
him would prove his innocence because he
side Hernando County, crossed into Cit-
For more information visit
been victimized by Willis.
was working on some of the dates.
www.CitrusCountyCouncil.org.
rus County and continued traveling east
An investigator with the Depart-
Willis was charged with sexual bat-
into the wood line.
ment of Children and Families (DCI) was
tery on a person under 18 years of age, sex-
The Blazer collided with a tree
with the 11 year-old alleged victim, and took
ual battery of a person under the age of 12,
and came to rest. Ms Cash suffered fatal
her to Jessie's Place, where she described
lewd and lascivious molestation on a person
inappropriate touching by Willis. The 15
injuries and expired at the scene of the
between the ages of 12 and 16, and lewd and
year-old girl was also transported to Jessie's
lascivious molestation on a person under 12.
crash.