PAGE 3 - October 8, 2008
The Newscaster/Nature Coast News
Residents Want to Maintain Water
Squawk Box
from page 1
Ranch because she cannot stand the thought of a spider lurking behind the Newscaster box
Way From Lake Rousseau to Gulf
waiting to spring at her while she goes about the business of loading the paper rack.
Closer to home, there is the matter of my wife Kathie's fear of spiders. I was introduced to
By Newscaster Correspondent
the Inglis Lock. Once the bill was signed by
this problem the first night of our marriage at a motel somewhere in Virginia. My beautiful
Sally Price
the Governor the procedure had to start in
wife was taking a shower when she let out the most horrific, blood-curdling scream I have
motion. DEP contracted with Bergmann As-
The Florida Department of Environmen-
ever heard in my life. I flew off of the bed and ran over a table and chairs on my way to the
sociates to start this procedure. Obtaining
tal Protection's Office of the Greenways and
shower expecting to see Freddie Kruger with a chain saw or Jack the Ripper slashing away
public comments is part of this procedure.
Trails conducted a public meeting at the Inglis
at Kathie. Instead I found the surreal setting of a 105 pound woman trembling in the back of
These will be submitted with the closure per-
Community Center October 1 to obtain com-
the shower pointing at a spider the size of a piece of rug lint. I swatted the spider immedi-
mit for closing off a navigable waterway. A
ments concerning the conceptual permanent
ately, but I think it had already died from the freight of hearing a woman scream loud enough
permit to Southwest Florida Water Manage-
closure of the Inglis Lock on the Marjorie
to wake the dead.
ment District must also be applied for in or-
Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway. A ma-
I know spiders can be a serious threat. The Brown Recluse can cause a terrible, painful
der to work in their waterway.
jority of the large crowd was Lake Rousseau
sore and even death in extreme cases if the creature is able to inject his venom into your
Morales was on hand to explain the possi-
property owners who turned out for the meet-
system. They have been known to hide in clothing, shoes and even blankets. I don't take their
bility of an alternative smaller lock that
ing to object to their loss of access to the
presence lightly. But the fear these ugly creatures instill in some of us is just over the top.
could be constructed inside the larger old
Gulf if the ailing structure was permanently
Oh by the way, I make sure I check my shoes every morning before I put them on and I don't
one. Morales explained that the present lock
closed and filled in. The structure has not
reach into my mailbox without first making sure it is free from the dreaded critters. But I
is 800 feet long, 100 feet wide, 30 feet deep
been in use since 1999.
don't have to worry much at our house because Kathie has spider radar. If only I could find
and flushes 10 to 11 million gallons of wa-
According to Project Manager Ed J Mo-
a way to get over this fear of being more than 3 feet off the ground I would be phobia
ter with each locking. If a smaller lock could
rales, Jr. of Bergmann Associates, 4 million
free.This Squawk Box was first published in September of 2006.
dollars was appropriated for the closure of
Continued on page 11 - Lock Closing
Price Gouging Hotline
Robbery - Continued from page 1
If price gouging is suspected, please contact the Price-Gouging hotline at 1-866-
issued by the State Attorney’s office for a 19-year-old Crystal River man.
966-7226 or online at www.myfloridalegal.com. Those reporting are asked to photo-
They have identified Ronald “Ronnie” Hannah of 6322 W. Fairlee Court
graph the price signs of the stores against whom any complaints are lodged.
as the second suspect. 19-year-old Hannah of Crystal River man was ar-
rested without incident Monday night on an active Citrus County warrant.
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Hannah is the brother of Joshua Hannah, 22, who was arrested late Fri-
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Ronald Hannah
day night on a charge of armed robbery for his role in the crime. Ronnie
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faces the same charge.
month.
A 17-year-old Crystal River youth also was arrested on Friday, charged as an accessory
after the fact. Although not one of the three robbers who hit the Hernando convenience
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