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Community Events
Levy Tourist Dev. Council to meet 11-21
The Levy County Tourist Devel-
opment Council will have its regular bi-
monthly meeting on Thursday, Nov. 21,
at 6:00 p.m. inside the Levy County Road
Department Office building located at 620
N. Hathaway Ave. in Bronson. The meet-
ing is open to the public. Please call 352-
486-3396 for additional information.
Larry Jordan to speak on Iceland
"Iceland, Land of Fire and Ice" will be the
topic of photographer Larry Jordan at a
dinner presentation at the Florida Artists
Gallery Café in Floral City on the evening
of Friday, December 13, 2013.
Larry Jordan has been an avid
photographer since the 1960s. His works
have been published in nature and travel
magazines, and four of his photographs
were selected in 2012 to appear in a Smith-
sonian Journey Stories Series presenta-
tion entitled "Rails and Rivers." He runs
photo critiquing workshops at the Florida
Artists Gallery and teaches photography
when not on the road doing photo shoots
or running his Inverness-based structural
engineering company.
The evening will begin at 6 p.m.
with an Icelandic themed dinner, followed
by Jordan's presentation at 7 p.m. featur-
ing photography ranging from Puffins to
majestic waterfalls taken during his recent
trip to Iceland with his wife Betsy. Dinner
Citrus Sheriff Jeff Dawsy speaks of Fire Chief Larry Morabito's leadership and his role in growing and changing the fire service into what it
and lecture are $25 per person. Reserva-
is today. Chief Morabito (seated) retired from 40 years of public service in October. Chief Morabito received a standing ovation from the
tions are required and seating is limited.
entire audience after his speech that reflected on his accomplishments of 40 years in public service. The retirement ceremony was held at the
The presentation only, without dinner, is
Emergency Operations Center in Lecanto on October 30, 2013.
$5 per person, subject to availability. For
Duke Energy makes Man charged with stealing jewelry
reservations, call 352-344-9300.
The Florida Artists Gallery &
admits he has a pill problem
partial payment of
Café are located in the historic Knight
House at 8219 Orange Avenue in Floral
City.
elry at Neal's Pawn in the amount of $475
2013 Citrus tax bill
From Citrus County Sheriff Dept.
Jingle and Mingle Holiday Event
and $735 were noted on the report. The vic-
on Tuesday, December 10 at 10:15 AM at
Jonathan Robert Erlandson, W. tim was shown the items photographed for
the Central Ridge Library in Beverly Hills.
Richland Ln., Homosassa, was
From Citrus County Appraiser
pawn, and she identified the items as jewelry
the Nature Coast Dulcimer Group to en-
arrested by the Citrus Coun-
taken from her residence.
tertain us. Remember to bring an UN-
ty Sheriff s Office, Nov. 20,
Citrus County Property Appraiser
When the deputy returned to Neal's
WRAPPED toy or donation for the Toys
charged with plan, manage su-
Geoffrey Greene announced, Nov. 21, that
Pawn, he found Erlandson sitting at the
For Tots collection and you will receive a
pervise and traffic in stolen
Duke Energy has made a partial payment of
counter with a clear plastic bag of jewelry.
free ticket for the door prizes.
property; grand theft (greater
their 2013 taxes to Citrus County. He said
He was placed under arrest. He told the dep-
Erlandson
then $300, but less than $5,000)
the reason for the partial payment is due to a
Continued on pgs. 5 & 10 - Community Events
uty that he had a backpack with other items
and burglary of an unoccupied residence.
difference of opinion on valuation and clas-
of jewelry, which was collected. Erlandson
His total bond was set at $22,000.
sification of its property.
was transported to an interview room.
According to the arrest report,
"Duke Energy's partial payment is
He said he'd entered the residence
Erlandson was charged with the theft of
a precursor to filing litigation to challenge
through a rear screen door, that he went
jewelry from a S. Bolton Ave., Homosassa
the 2013 just value of approximately eighty-
through the kitchen to a locked bedroom
residence and pawning items at three Homo-
five (85) real and tangible properties owned
door which he pried open with a screw-
sassa businesses between Sept. 5 and Nov.
throughout Citrus County," said Greene.
driver. He explained about the other thefts at
19, 2013. Jewelry items were pawned at
"When certifying taxable values
that time and told detectives that he'd stolen
Neal's Diamond and Gold Pawn, Pat's Pawn
earlier this year, I cautioned the taxing au-
the jewelry because he has a pill problem,
and Jewelry, and Jewels and Diamonds.
thorities to base their budgets on a worst
and the money from the pawns went toward
Two receipts for the pawn of jew-
Continued on page 4 - Duke Taxes
Continued on page 4 - Jewelry