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Deborah Russell - Editor/Publisher
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Tom Russell - Consulting Editor
A Publication of
Wednesday December 10, 2008
Permit No. 14
Mike Moore - Photojournalist
Newscaster Publishing
Sally Price Correspondent
Remember
This
Construction begins on US-19 barge canal bridge(left).A traffic study did not warrant the extra bridge but the power plant evacuation route
and increased safety criteria made way for the project to be a "go". Local DAB Constructors will be doing the roadway and retaining walls
along with other subcontractors doing various jobs. (right) An oldies car in the Crystal River Christmas parade, more events on page 5 & 10.
Rationing Gas? As gas prices fluctuate it
Construction Begins on
CVS robbery
brought to mind some history when this sign
appeared at the Yankeetown General Store gas
New Barge Canal Bridge
pumps when Chuck and Mary Vorisek ran the
suspect
station during the President Jimmy Carter oil
crisis.
If you had less than a half tank of
By Newscaster Correspondent
accrues
have two 12 foot wide lanes with a six foot
gas you could get $2.00 worth of gas, over 1/
Sally Price
shoulder on the inside and a ten foot shoul-
2 tank you got none. The bottom line said "If
der on the outside. Each bridge will have a
you want to argue, go somewhere else." Mary
additional
Misener Marine Construction Inc will
five foot wide sidewalk with a handrail sepa-
had these old pictures out during a recent
start driving pilings on shore this week to
rated from the traffic by a concrete barrier and
family reunion.
begin construction on one of two new 2 lane
a 32 inch standard concrete wall rail formerly
charges
concrete bridges over the barge canal. There
called a Jersey Barrier. Retaining walls will be
Food Ranch
is a two year completion date for the two 40
built under the new bridges where now it is
foot vertical clearance bridge project. When
open leaving a path near the canal for the
The Newscaster
Melissa Lynn Dumal, 21, 6019 W. Holi-
the west bridge is finished, the old 65 foot
Greenways and Trail. There will be no light-
14th Annual Holiday
day St., Homosassa, who confessed to the
bridge will be demolished and a new span built
ing on the bridge except for navigation lights
Nov. 28 robbery of drugs
Window Painting Contest
with a three gap to the east of the new bridge.
underneath. Criss said there is a process in
from the Homosassa CVS
It was decided it was more cost efficient to
place for the bat colony that adopted the old
Saturday Dec. 13,2008
Pharmacy, had several ad-
replace the old bridge than to try and salvage
bridge as a home. Hwy 19 will then become a
ditional charges filed
8am-12pm
part of it. There will be no supports in the
four lane divided highway from Foss Grove
against her by the Citrus
water on this new project. Both bridges will
Continued on page 10 - Bridge Construction
County Sheriff's Office.
Dumal was arrested on the
Fun
researched the Florida State Statutes and spo-
charges explained that the victim in this case
robbery charge, Dec. 1st.
ken with a CVS pharmacist who verified that
reported to the CCSO, on Nov. 21st, that
&
The robbery arrest report
Dumas had received in excess of 100 grams of
Dumal had fraudulently used several of her
Cash Prizes
stated that Dumal went
oxycodone pills in the robbery, an additional
credit cards without her knowledge or per-
for
into the pharmacy with a Melissa Dumal
charge of trafficking in oxycodone was added.
mission, and she had become aware of this
note that demanded
All Ages
Her bond on this charge was set at $500,000.
when she saw Dumal returning a credit card
bottles of the drug, oxycodone, or else she
On Dec. 4th additional charges were
to her purse. The victim said that she had
would shoot everybody. The report stated
added, fraud/illegal use of a credit card, and
also received a call from that same credit card
that she was given 1,030 oxycodone pills, then
grand theft of $20,000 or more but less than
company inquiring about charges they
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she left the store. Her bond on the robbery
$100,000. Dumal's bond on these charges was
deemed suspicious. After receiving the call,
charge was set at $10,000
$7,000.
by Cemex
Continued on page
Additional Charges
On Dec. 3rd, after an investigator had
The arrest report for the credit card