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Community
College Scholarships Available
for Eligible Students
The ladies of the Yankeetown-In-
glis Woman's Club are looking for deserv-
ing students to receive a scholarship. The
awards are open to students who attend
public school, private school and those
home-schooled.  Applicants must have
lived in Yankeetown or Inglis for two or
more years and be a current resident. New
residents who do not meet the above cri-
teria may still apply and will be evaluated
by the Education Committee on a case by
case basis.
To be considered for a scholar-
ship, students are asked to write a personal
essay and complete a questionnaire, have a
3.0 GPA or higher, and submit teacher and
counselor recommendation letters. Those
who wish to apply may obtain an appli-
cation from guidance counselors at Dun-
nellon or Crystal River High Schools, at
the A.F. Knotts Library on 56th Street in
Yankeetown. Selection will be made by
members of the Yankeetown-Inglis Wom-
an's Club Education Committee.
Completed applications should
be mailed to: Yankeetown-Inglis Wom-
an's Club Education Committee, P.O. Box
Technicians scour the area near 8290 W. Balloon Lane in Crystal River for remains in a twnty year old cold case.For about a week investigators
298, Yankeetown, FL 34498, and must be
have been cordoning-off, mapping, draining and sifting dirt in a half-acre wooded swampy area, looking for Margo Register's remains.
post marked no later than April 4, 2014 to
CCSO Photo
Detectives receive new lead in
Citrus Springs
be considered. If you have further ques-
tions, prospective applicants may call the
Crystal River missing person cold case
club at 447-2057, Tuesday thru Saturday
Woman Dies In
between 10am-2pm or email: yiwomans-
club@gmail.com.
From Citrus County Sheriff Dept.
was present with Willis Register shortly af-
Seeking Artists
ter his wife went missing.
House Fire
A cold case of a Crystal River
According to the Citrus County
The Florida Artists Gallery is inviting art-
woman who went missing twenty years ago
Sheriff s Office and other reports, Margo
ists from Citrus and adjoining counties to
is warming up with a lead in the case that
Ann Register and her husband of ten months,
From Citrus County Sheriff Dept.
participate in its Starving Artists Sale to be
was received in June of 2013 of a location
Willis, left their Greenleaf Forest apartment
held on the lawns of the historic Knight
The Citrus County Sheriff's Of-
where the remains of Margo
in Crystal River about 2:30 p.m., after a day
House in Floral City on February 1, 2014.
fice, Fire Rescue Division was dispatched to
Ann Register may be found.
filled with arguments. Willis Register said
A 10 by 10-foot space is $30. No com-
a fire in Dunnellon, at 11:47 p.m., Saturday
Register was 19 at the time of
that he and Ann went to A to Z Discount
mission will be taken by the Gallery. For
night, Jan. 18, to find a home 75% involved
her disappearance on Jan. 4,
Beverage on Hwy. 44, within the city limits.
information call 352-344-9300.
with fire showing through the roof. Neigh-
1994.
Willis said he went inside the store for about
More events on pgs. 5 & 10
bors feared for the safety of the elderly fe-
For about a week
five minutes, to get change for the nearby
male resident, who is unable go ambulate
now, investigators have been
Margo
pay phone and a beer, and when he came out
well and last seen the previous day, they told
cordoning-off,
mapping,  Register
of the store, Margo was gone. Willis said he
firefighters. The fire was a residential rental
draining and sifting dirt in a
believed that Ann had traveled to Washing-
property at 8595 N. Golfview Dr. in the Cit-
half-acre wooded swampy area near 8290
ton D.C., but authorities believed foul play
rus Springs subdivision.
W. Balloon Lane in Crystal River, looking
was involved because Ann Register had no
Fire crews were on scene by mid-
for Ann's remains. On Jan. 12, investiga-
high school diploma, work experience or
night, and the fire was soon brought under
tors brought in a cadaver dog. Det. Corey
job training, and left without money or ex-
control. When firefighters were able, they
Sharpe, formerly of the Crystal River Police
tra clothing. She and Willis allegedly had a
confirmed that there was a fatality, but iden-
Department worked on the case at the time
stormy relationship. Willis said he told Ann
tification of the body has not yet been an-
Ann went missing, and is still working the
that he wanted to end their relationship, but
nounced. The State Fire Marshal arrived on
case today, with another agency. He told
Ann - who has a history of suicide attempts
scene to investigate the fire, which created a
media on Jan 16, that the information came
- threatened to commit suicide. At the time,
100% loss of the home and its contents.
from a friend of the Register family who
1st Place $300 - 2nd Place $200
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