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The Newscaster/Nature Coast News
Remembering the Past
The annual Yankeetown School Fall Festival was held this past Friday night and was a real
success. The "jail" was kept busy with lots of festival visitors being held for bond and waiting
to be bailed out. Over 60 awesome cakes tempted those that walked the cake walk until the
last minute of the festival. This is a money maker for the PTO and one of the most successful
The year was 1989 and the location was the SE corner of Hwy 19 and Hwy 40 E in Inglis. The
festivals in years. Plenty of volunteers turned out and a lot of innovative ideas made for a
Union 76 gas station had been in operation years with prior owner Bernard Fisher in the 60's
great time for a crowd that came for a good time. Photo/story by Sally Price.
when it was a Pure Gas Station and the Pure Dip or Millie's Hamburger Stand was right on the
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corner next to it. Later it was run by David Christopher and others. Bob Sargent purchased
it and the original building was torn down and the Texaco built. The Hamburger Stand was
moved out to the corner of Vicki St and Hwy 40 opposite the VFW. In this picture Curt McCown,
48 Hwy. 19 S. at Hickory Island
Dan Ogen and Leland McCown are getting ready to start the tear down process with "Dude"
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standing by. The station was later changed to Shell and after a fire, the present building was
built. History/picture by Sally Price.
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percent. Last month, 548 employers posted 1,611 open positions with CareerSource Citrus
Levy Marion. DEO reported 1,132 job placements for the region. Levy County posted a 51
percent increase in jobs posted over the year and Citrus County a 71 percent increase while
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