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Port Citrus,
Due Diligence Needed
By Thomas Griffin
The Citrus BOCC has taken a
big step in the initial funding for the Port
Authority of Citrus County. The ocean
freight industry has viewed this location as
having good potential for a strategic gate-
way for various trade commodities. But a
strong feasibility study on cargo potential
needs to focus on three areas.
The first priority would be bulk
barge load connections to well established
services that run in the Inter Coastal Wa-
terway (ICW) from Apalachicola to Mex-
ico and north-south waterways like the
Mississippi River. Strategic alliances with
companies like Parker Towing Company,
Tuscaloosa AL and Louisiana Carriers LC,
Cut Off, LA would be key. But ultimately
discussions with sellers and buyers of the
commodities would be necessary. For ex-
ample, Closet Maid Corporation, Ocala
FL buys steel coil from steel producers in
Texas and moves to Florida in volume by
truck. Scrap Metal moves in barge loads
from Tampa, FL to steel mills in Alabama
and Louisiana. These would be potential
Ready, Set, Go! Cooter racing at it’s finest! Big kids and little kids enjoying the hare raising action as turtles tear down the track at the Annual
customers to move on the ICW through
Cooter Festival on Saturday in Inverness. Expectations would have that this event is a sleeper; actually this race took all of about 45 seconds
Port Citrus.
from start to finish. TheNewscaster/Mike Moore
Dunnellon Man Woman charged with violence
The second area would be con-
tainer on barge (COB) services whereby
20’ and 40’ seagoing containers are loaded
Dies in Traffic
toward Citrus deputy
onto barges for transport. Several compa-
nies such as Osprey Line, Houston TX run
COB services from Mexico, to Houston,
Mishap
From Citrus County Sheriff Dept.
New Orleans and Mobile. A COB carrier
she didn’t know what the
like Osprey Line could be induced into
deputy was talking about.
Margaret L. Carley, 52, 7880 E
Port Citrus with freight that is currently
She was placed
Southlake Dr., Floral City, was arrested by
From Florida Highway Patrol
running over the road from Texas, West
under arrest and hand-
the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office, Oct. 26,
Donald Francis Snyder, 46, Dun-
coast USA and Mexico. For example,
cuffed, with her hands
following a complaint that she’d caused a
nellon, was killed, Oct. 26, on S.R. 40 at
Grupo Industrial Azucar, Mexico moves
behind her back. When
disturbance and damaged a truck. The report
S.W. 46th AVe. in Marion County when he
one ton super sacks of sugar from Mexico
a second deputy went to
stated that two deputies went to a S. Spoon-
was struck by a tractor trailer. According to
in approximate volumes of 25,000 metric
close Carley’s front door,
bill Ave. residence where the alleged distur-
the Florida Highway Patrol, Larrison Mcnell
tons per year to Sanford, FL and 100,000
which she’d left open, she
Carley
bance had occurred. The complainant said
Parker, 35, Ocala, the driver of the 2009 Vol-
metric tons per year to Atlanta, Georgia.
became belligerent, ac-
he’d heard Carley screaming that she had
vo tractor-trailer, was traveling east on S.R.
Daltile, Mexico makes volume moves of
cording to the report. She attempted to turn
a gun and was going to kill him and some
40 in the left lane. Mr. Snyder was walking
tile from Texas to Florida. These would be
around and continued to pull away from the
other “old” people, then she’d thrown a rock
in a northern direction across the eastbound
potential customers to move COB through
deputy. She was taken to the ground, but
at his box truck, leaving damage estimated
lanes of S.R. 40.
Port Citrus.
kept resisting. She kicked one of the depu-
at $100.
The right front of the tractor-trailer
The third area would be a study
ties, said she was going to bite him and be-
The deputies then went to Carley’s
struck Snyder within the eastbound lane.
on a shallow draft feeder vessel that could
gan “chomping her teeth,” the report stated,
house. Initially, the report stated, she yelled
Snyder was thrown approximately 80 feet
potentially connect Port Citrus with a
then dug her fingernails into his left elbow.
that she apologized for her action. She said
in an eastern direction, coming to rest in the
small foreign port and develop a sister port
As the deputy was attempting to place a
she’d consumed three beers, then had gone
left lane facing south. Mr. Parker swerved
relationship to develop trade on specialty
seatbelt on her in the patrol vehicle, she be-
to the residence and screamed at the neigh-
left and skidded to a stop in the center medi-
commodities. An example may be the port
gan kicking him on his arms. During the ride
bor “about how she felt,” according to the
an turn lane, coming to rest facing east.The
of Seybaplaya located in Campeche, Mex-
to the Citrus County Detention Facility, she
report. When asked if she’d thrown the
incident occurred around 9:15 p.m. Snyder
rock at the car, she sighed and stated that
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