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Wednesday October 8, 2008
A Publication of
Permit No. 14
Mike Moore - Photojournalist
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Sally Price Correspondent
Squawk Box
With Doug Johnston
Arachnid Phobia tops list of
human fears
The bravest and most stoic
people among us have inner
fears. Former Oakland Raider
football coach and now tele-
vision personality John Mad-
den is one of many prominent
people who had to change careers because
of a fear of flying. Lewis Grizzard, the noted
Georgia writer and humorist had the same
problem.
I know people who such an over-
whelming fear of snakes that they refuse to
walk in a stretch of woods or even a vacant
lot that has high grass. Snakes are creepy.
They give me the willies too.
I am among the many people who
have a fear of heights. When we go on a trip
and stay at a Hotel, like the Omni, I always
plan ahead and make reservations before we
leave so I have a better chance of the hotel
honoring my request to be on the lowest
floor possible. When the Jacksonville Omni
moved us from our usual 10th floor room to
the 18th floor at the Florida/Georgia game
last year I pitched such a fit that they prom-
FHP Trooper John E Gikas, LCSO Investigator Joe Barrera,and LCSO Dive Team Lt. Scott Finnen prepare a late model rental car for
ised to not make the same mistake again. A
extraction from the water at the Yankeetown boat ramp at the end of Hwy 40 Monday. This is the second week in a row that a driver ended
promise they have kept over the past several
up in the "drink" at this location. More on page 4. Photo by Sally Price.
years. That weekend I didn't look out the win-
CCSO Searching
Armed Robbers Hit Hernando
dow very much and when I did it was from a
distance. Of course having a wife who de-
for a Crystal River
lights in grabbing me from behind and feign-
Convenience Store
ing pushing me out the window doesn't make
matters any better.
Runaway
The fear that seems to horrify
pects was just over 6 feet tall. The other two
(Hernando) Shortly after 9 p.m. Octo-
people more than any I know of is the fear of
were shorter, including the robber who had
ber 1, 2008 the clerk from the Liberty Gas
spiders. I know men who have the spider pho-
(Crystal River) Citrus
the firearm.
station, 6695 N. Carl G. Rose Highway (SR
bia, but women seem to have the more acute
County Sheriff’s Office
Arrests Made
200), was locking the front door and closing
cases.
detectives are asking for
Citrus detectives have an arrest warrant
up for the night. Suddenly, three men ac-
Deborah Russell, the wife of News-
the public’s help in locat-
costed him, forcing him back inside the store.
caster owner/editor Tom Russell, cleans the
ing a 16-year-old Crystal
They had their faces covered and were wear-
paper boxes off regularly in front of Food
River teenager who ran
ing gloves. One of them was holding a hand-
away from her home again
Continued on page 3 - Squawk Box
gun.
close to a week ago.
WE
Once inside, the suspects demanded
The family of Emily
Anne Busby, 4921 N. Elm Emily Busby
money and took an undisclosed amount of
MOVE
cash from the cash register. They left on foot,
Drive, reported the girl missing the morning
heading westbound from the store.
of Oct. 1. The last time the teen was seen at
SHEDS
No shots were fired, and the clerk was
home was on Tuesday, Sept. 30, around 10
uninjured.
(352)637-6607
p.m.
The Sheriff’s Office responded to the
Emily is a white female, 5 feet 2 inches
scene with its air unit, K-9s and ground units.
The Shed Store
tall and weighs 130 pounds. She has long
After canvassing the area, no one was found.
brown hair and blue eyes. It is unknown what
156 N. Florida Ave.
According to the clerk, the three men
Emily was wearing when she left the family
appeared to be young. He turned over the
Inverness
Emily Busby, 16, of Crystal River resi-
Surveillance image from store robbery
store’s surveillance tape to sheriff’s detec-
dence, possibly on foot. She is a student at
Continued on page 4 - Runaway
Continued on page 3 - Robbery
tives. The clerk told them one of the sus-