The Newscaster/Nature Coast News
PAGE 11 - January 21, 2015
"Searching for the Truth"
Editorial - Opinion - Commentary
HAVE YOU CONSIDERED THE PENGUIN?
Letter to the editor:
It is a bird, but it cannot fly. Why not?
Re: Vandalism
The penguin dives for fish in the oceans.
We've been coming to Inglis for over 12 years. My wife's parents live in Inglis. It's
This bird does not have hollow, light bones but solid
the little things that matter in a great community. The big things usually have to go a certain
heavy bones with wings that act like paddles, so the
way without much choice. I often read with amusement of the bickering between grown
penguin is equipped to swim. To swim and dive in the
adults that denigrates into behavior more like that seen on a middle school playground.
oceans with hollow bones would be like wearing a life
Today, on Cason Blvd., my father-in-law put up a post this morning for a mail box.
jacket while diving to the bottom of a pool ­ very dif-
The post had a small metal clasp at the top. Not two hours later some (fill in the blank with
ficult, if not impossible. So, the great Creator gave the
a common expletive) stole the clasp. If these are the kind of folks that live here, we want
penguin solid, heavy bones which enable him to dive
no part of it. This isn't the type of thing a Deputy Sheriff should have to be involved in. This
deep into the ocean to catch fish. There is no known
stuff shouldn't be tolerated by the folks that live here. Police your own...
link between penguin wings and bird wings. After all,
Jim O'Neill Ocoee, FL
how do you slowly change an intricately re-enforced,
Letter to the Editor:
light, hollow bone structure into a heavy, solid bone?
How do you slowly transform a wing meant for flying
Re: Letter of Thanks
The Newscaster
The
into a wing perfectly designed for swimming? No transitions are known, and 34446
5093 S. Orwell Pt., Homosassa, Florida they are
even hard to envision.
THANK YOU to all who attended the Yankeetown-Inglis Woman's Club Chili
Phone: (352) 489-4588  Fax: (727) 362-4788
Cook-Off making it one of the best. There was a little nip in the air which made it just mail, Tom Russell, Publisher: thenewscaster1@gmail.comIEmail, Debbie Russell, Editor: d
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for tasting the 22 varieties of chili from club members and the community. Crock pots lined ebsites: thenewscaster.com ·a fancy tuxedo. This tuxedo allows the swimming pen-
Penguins also sport
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guin to disappear in a flash when a predator spies him. Leopard seals, fur seals, sea
the walls as the standing room only crowd sampled each one to find their favorite. By the
lions, sharks and killer whales are the main threats for penguins in water. When a
end of the day baked goods had been sold and crook pots emptied. Chairman Susan Ed-
penguin swims, the black side of his tuxedo is up. If a predator is swimming above the
wards and her "crew" did a fabulous job and the day ran like a well oiled machine.
penguin and looks down, the black penguin tuxedo blends in with the blackness of the
The winners are; Home Cook, 1st place Paula Wilde #13, Miss Hazel's Chili, 2nd
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ocean. If the predator is swimming below the penguin and looks up, the white part of
place Yolanda Canchola #10, Southwestern Pepper Jack Chili and 3rd place Cori and John
the penguin tuxedo blends in with the light surface of the ocean, again making it dif-
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Welbes #9, Simply Chili. The Restaurant Chef winner is Bart Housholder #1, 40 Spoon
ficult for the predator to spot the penguin. God has designed the penguin for successful
Chili.
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living in the water. When you see design and purpose, you know it didn't happen by
Marty Hilliard, Yankeetown-Inglis Woman's Club
chance. There is a designer and that designer           
 is God.
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The ladies of the Yankeetown-Inglis Woman's Club are looking for deserving stu-
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Inglis for two or more years and be a current resident. New residents who do not meet the
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above criteria may still apply and will be evaluated by the Education Committee on a case
AllLUKEWARM wouldFIRE UP
citizens   
by case basis.
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Applicants are asked to write a personal essay, complete a questionnaire, have a 3.0
Allcitizens wouldUP
CRITICAL  SWEETEN 
GPA or higher, and submit teacher and counselor recommendation letters. Applications are
available from guidance counselors at Dunnellon or Crystal River High Schools, the A.F.
All NEGATIVE citizens would
Knotts Library on 56th Street, Yankeetown.
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Completed applications should be mailed to: Yankeetown-Inglis Woman's Club
ASSUME POSITIVE OUTLOOKS
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Education Committee, P.O. Box 298, Yankeetown, FL 34498 or dropped off Tuesday thru
Saturday, 10am-2pm at the Second To None Thrift Shoppe behind the clubhouse on 56th St,
All ARGUING citizens wouldMAKE
  UP
Yankeetown. All applications must be post marked or received no later than April 4, 2015
All AGITATORS would BE STILLANDLISTEN 
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to be considered. If you have further questions, call the club at 352-447-2057, or email:
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yiwomansclub@gmail.com
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All  citizens would  
 NON-VOTING  
VOTE
Recall  - Continued from page 1
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What a wonderful town Inglis would be
you to hold things up until a decision is made. It seems to me that this is tromping all over
the rights of the people to recall a Commissioner they believe is abusing his authority."
Adapted from a poem by Rudyard Kipling
Meanwhile attorneys paid for by the town's insurance policy have intervened on
Paid For And Approved by Betsy Webb, Candidate for Inglis Commission(NP)
Kesterson's behalf in an attempt to block the election. Papers have been filed with the court
asking for a temporary/permanent injunction prohibiting the town clerk from proceeding
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with a recall election. Named in the lawsuit are Carol Gibson of Inglis, the petitioner, town
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clerk Sally McCranie and Levy Supervisor of elections Tammy Jones.
A hearing was scheduled for Tuesday, January 20th after The Newscastergoes to 
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