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Wednesday January 14, 2009
Permit No. 14
Mike Moore - Photojournalist
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Sally Price Correspondent
Squawk Box
With Jerry Robinson
Tarmac’s “Monetary Benefit”
The Tarmac King
Road Mine has a total project
area of 9377.7 acres, more or
less, and a mining area of 4796.4
acres, more of less. The current
land use and zoning district is
Forestry/Rural Residential.
They report that blasting would be limited
to 1or 2 times per week, really? The estimated
depth of excavations will reach 100 to 125
feet, really? An estimated 600 million tons of
limerock is allegedly available within the min-
ing site. There is a life expectancy of 100
years and new mining cuts will average 40
acres per year. The County has agreed the
proposed mining operation appears to be
consistent with the applicable policies of the
Future Land Use Element in an area desig-
nated as Rural by the County’s Comprehen-
sive Plan and it appears to be consistent
Crystal River’s Manatee Festival "Best of the Show" ribbon and $900 went to Leland Williams(right), an outstanding mixed media sculptor
with the Conservation Element.
from Crescent City. His 'Nature Is The Art' display showed his love of nature and the passion put into his works that fit perfectly with this
Will Tarmac bring to Levy County
festival. Williams, who identifies himself as a nature / environmental artist, has spent 16-18 years producing what he sees in the beauty and the
a large monetary benefit? In their initial bro-
emotional side of what he loves. This artist is convincing in word and sculpting that he truly believes in nature. His works were awesome and
chure Tarmac states, “if the King Road Mine
his unique use of an aluminum support covered with fiberglass resin (Bondo) is finished off with a patina of sand and acrylic. This sculpture
is approved, more than $1 billion dollars in
is hand carved of a fallen city and the thoughts of 9-11 with a logger head turtle, manatee and humpback whale. (left) The Manatee Lady, Helen
new revenue will flow into Levy County in
Spivey, shares the prizes in the drawing to Save Three Sisters Spring with Gator lovers Debbie and Walt Bunnell of Tallahassee. These
the first decade of operations.” This
environmentalist just returned from the Miami game and rushed home to catch sight of the cranes flying into their home at St Marks. The
amounts to $100 million dollars per year. In
Whooping Cranes were delayed in Alabama in their flight from Wisconsin so this couple had time to poke around the Manatee Festival this
the Gainesville Sun on April 14, 2008, Albert
weekend. Photos by Sally Price
Townsend, who is director of real estate and
Dunnellon Man Charged With
environmental services for Tarmac America,
Burn Ban
made the same statement. Question, who in
the County will be receiving this money?
Sexual Battery, Victim A 3 Yr. Old
How does Tarmac break down this $100 mil-
Announced
lion to those in the County? Can they? What,
in reality, would the proposed traffic count
A 23-year-old Dunnellon man, Jonathan Hughes Jahna, 2499 W.
be going through the Inglis/Yankeetown
Paragon Ln., was arrested by the Citrus County Sheriff's Office, Jan. 8,
for Citrus
charged with the sexual battery of a 3-year-old boy. According to the arrest
Continued on page 3 - Squawk Box
report, the incident allegedly took place on Dec. 19, when the mother of the
Adopt A
boy arrived home early and found Jahna and her son in bed together wear-
County
ing only their underwear.
Pet
The child made statements that alarmed the mother, and she con-
County Commission Chairman John
tacted authorities. Initially, Jahna denied the allegations. He was arrested at
Thurmston signed a Declaration of Drought
his residence on Jan. 8 and declined an interview, but later agreed to be
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Emergency Friday, putting a burn ban in Cit-
interviewed at he CCSO Emergency Operations Center. He assured the
detectives that the contact with the child was a one time incident. He said Jonathan Jahna
rus County into effect immediately. That
means open burning is forbidden in Citrus
they were lying in the bed watching a movie ("Porky's"), and the incident happened by
County until the ban is rescinded. That ban
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includes campfires, bonfires, yard trash fires,
Beverly Hills Man Dies in Crash
household trash fires, and wood or leaf fires.
The emergency was triggered by extremely
A 41 year old Beverly Hills man died in a
Mazda 4 door was southbound on county
dry conditions that can result in wildfires. The
two car crash Thursday January 8th on
road 491 north of us hwy 41. A 2000 Volkwagon
county has a significant rainfall deficit and is
County Road 491 North of U.S. hwy 41 in Cit-
4 door driven by Krystal McCracken, 19 of
now in the traditional dry season, which nor-
rus County. A Florida Highway Patrol report
Crystal River was northbound on county road
mally runs from October to June. The very
stated that Paul James McDermott,II died at
491. As McDermott's vehicle approached a
dry conditions make the wildfire hazard ex-
the scene of the accident at about 7:25 a.m.
curve in the roadway he apparently drove into
tremely dangerous, according to fire officials.
The report stated that McDermott's 1988
Continued on page 4 - Citrus Burn Ban
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