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The Newscaster - Nature Coast News
Citrus News Briefs
Pet Patrol
Training Offered to Become Animal Foster Home
Citrus County Animal Services invites citizens to attend an information/training
session on becoming a foster pet home for shelter animals to be held on Wednesday, Janu-
ary 20, 2016 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. The training will be held at the Citrus County Animal
Services, 4030 S. Airport Road, Inverness, 34450. Please RSVP to Billie Lombardo, Citrus
County Animal Services Volunteer Coordinator at Billie.lombardo@citrusbocc.com or call
352-746-8408.
Lane Closures on West Hampshire Blvd
Citrus County Engineering Division will be repaving portions of West Hampshire
Blvd. in Citrus Springs during the week of January 25, pending weather conditions. Citizens
can expect multiple land closures during that week and we ask everyone to use caution in
this area. For questions, please contact the Engineering Division at 527-5446.
Zinnia is a very sweet-natured,  Hi everybody, it's me here, Yosemite, af-
friendly young female tabby cat with beauti-  fectionately known as "YoYo." I'm a lovely
ful black/brown markings. She came to the  tan color, a purebred male Lhaso Apso. If
shelter with her kittens, but she has since  you know much about dog breeds, my breed
been spayed and is ready for a home of her  has been domesticated longer than any oth-
own. Zinnia loves to play and look out of a  er breed, having lived inside the homes of
sunny window. Zinnia came into the shel-  human families in Tibet for thousands of
ter on Dec. 1. Her Animal ID number is  years, so we tend to be very smart! Physi-
30300907, and she can be found in the ga-  cally, I am in good shape for being 9 yrs.
old, but I have an eyesight problem. My
rage area.
The shelter is running a special at  mom calls it cataracts. All I know is that I
this time: Free pet adoptions of any dog or  don't see so well, but I'm learning to follow
cat that has been at the shelter over 30 days.  a person's voice when called, and my family
A $15 adoption fee for any spayed/neutered  puts me on a leash to take me outside so I
cat that has been at the shelter under 30 days  don t bump into anything. Please find room
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Citrus County Animal Services is  for me in your heart, and let's have a happy
open Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00  newOrwell Pt., Homosassa, Florida 34446
5093 S. year together. If you are interested in
am to 4:00 pm and is located at 4030 S. Air-  meeting me, please contact Citrus County
Phone: (352) 489-4588  Fax: (727) 362-4788
port Road in Inverness (behind the Citrus  Animal Services at (352) 746-8400. I can be
Email, Tom Russell, Publisher: thenewscaster1@gmail.comIEmail, Debbie Russell, Editor:
County Fairgrounds on Hwy. 41). Please  viewed atienewscaster@gmail.com
debb the Old Administration Building,
Wcallsites: thenewscaster.com · newscasterarchives.comNumber is 7248901.  BOCC Recognizes thehealthcaster.com  Citizen
eb 352-746-8400 or TTY 352-726-7093  and my Identification · history.newscasterarchives.com · 90th Birthday of Local
for more information on how to adopt a pet!
The Citrus County Board of County Commissioners presented a Proclamation at their
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regular meeting on January 12 recognizing the 90th birthday of local citizen Harold Seckinger
on January 21. Harold played double bass for the University of Florida Symphony Orchestra
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and earned a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Florida. He is a registered pro-
fessional architect and a certified general contractor and has also served in many positions
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in the South Florida Rotary clubs. Harold has had a lifetime love for classical music, and con-
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ceived the idea for a youth orchestra in Citrus County. As the founding President of the Citrus
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Youth Educational Symphonic Orchestra, and with the help of organizations his idea became a
reality.
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