THE NEWSCASTER
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Deborah Russell - Editor/Publisher
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Wednesday December 14, 2011
Tom Russell - Consulting Editor
Newscaster Publishing
Permit No. 14
Sally Price - Correspondent
Mike Moore - Photojournalist
Squawk Box
Memories of
Christmas
With Doug Johnston
Christmas is a spe-
cial time of year for me and
my memories are a reason
Christmas is such a wonder-
ful occasion for me.
Growing up in a
small town (Inverness) in the 1950’s and
60’s may have been the precise time and
place in this universe that was closest to
being Utopia. Of course we had poverty,
tragedies did occur and there were peo-
ple who had the misfortune of being in
poor health. But we had a peace of mind
in those days knowing that we lived in a
community that was safe, where we could
always be rewarded for doing the right
thing and there were not many gray areas
in our lives. You knew right from wrong.
You knew who the bad guys were. You
knew that it was a good thing to conform
to accepted social practices. It was a much
simpler time.
Our Christmas started after
Thanksgiving. The first weekend in De-
cember was the day that we went to the
“Dynabody Fitness Club, the premier area health club in Inverness, announces the first certified Biggest Loser weight loss program in Citrus
woods to find our Christmas tree. We al-
County. Now an official licensee of NBC’s “The Biggest Looser” Hit TV series, Dynabody trainers and fitness professionals have even more to
most always chose a Florida variety of
offer their clients. For more information see page 11 in this week's Newscaster - Paid Advertisement.
short leaf pine. Once or twice we cut and
Inglis Fire/Rescue Future Artists Brave the Elements
used a Cedar but the Cedar always seem to
Continued on page 4- Squawk Box
Balks at Merger And Display Their Christmas Spirit
By Deborah Russell, Newscaster Editor - Although it was chilly and drizzly on Saturday
By Tom Russell, Newsaster Editor
morning, the weather did little to dampen the holiday spirit exhibited by the 84 contestants of
Discussion has been ongoing
the 17th-annual Holiday Window Painting Contest in Inglis, sponsored by the Food Ranch
the last several months regarding merger
supermarket, The Newscaster, the
of the three Fire/Rescue stations in south
Inglis Shell Superstop/Bobbalu’s
Levy County, Yankeetwon, Inglis, and South
Deli and the Hairport salon!
Levy.
When the drizzle did not
Yankeetown Mayor Dawn Clary
subside as expected, Fred Clacker,
reports in her weekly Newscaster column
owner of Buddy & Fred’s Hardware,
this week that Inglis has decided not to go
gave Food Ranch manager Doug
along with the merger. In a position state-
Johnston permission to use his old
ment to Yankeetown, Inglis Fire/Rescue
storefont windows to allow more
stated “political considerations are outside
window spaces for the younger,
the boundaries of the Inglis Fire Rescue and
shorter children and to keep others
can only be considered by the Inglis Town
out of the drizzle, which actually
Commission. Inglis Fire/Rescue recom-
intensified in the final hour of the
mended they not joint the consolidation for
contest. You’ll note in some of the
several reasons: 1. Not considered the best
photographs, that many of the paint- Deandra Allen of Inglis has been painting at the annual
interest of Inglis taxpayers and citizens, the
Layla Dennis and London Castle sport their
ers continued in the drizzle, with Food Ranch/Newscater contest for nearly 10 years,
town would lose its ability to control and
umbrella during a mild sprinkle at the annual
tightly-tied hoodies or umbrellas, while Destiny Wiles (background) honors a sister in
manage the Inglis rules, regulation and ap-
painting contest at the Food Ranch Saturday.
determined to complete their paint- the military by a painting honoring troops as mom
pointment of the Inglis Fire Chief. 2.If the
Layla’s sister DeLaney Cowan and mother Lila
Nancy Rasmussen cheers her on. Newscaster photo
Continued on page 3 - Proposed Merger
Continued on page 3 - Painting
Tyler painted the window behind the girls..