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The Newscaster/Nature Coast News
Kings Bay - Continued from page 1
Remembering The Past
the spending in the previous three years,” said Secretary Vinyard. “We are aggressively
identifying Florida s water quality problems and working with our state and local partners to
solve them, achieving measurable ecological progress through critical restoration projects.”
Kings Bay has a history of water quality problems, including poor water clarity,
destruction of native aquatic vegetation and nuisance algae. To address those issues, the
reduction targets, or total maximum daily loads, for Kings Bay and the other Springs Coast
spring-related waters that are impaired by nutrients will be adopted in 2013. The restoration
needs for Kings Bay are well known, but the specific nutrient threshold must still be estab-
lished. Cleaning up Kings Bay requires concerted, cooperative action.
“Successfully addressing pollution in springs, and all of the state s waterbodies,
requires cooperation and partnerships between the Department, the Legislature and public
and private stakeholders. It also takes applying and committing monies allocated by the
Legislature to meaningful projects to restore and protect our waterbodies such as we are
seeing with Kings Bay,” said Senator Charlie Dean. “I applaud the Department s and the
Water Management District s leadership, as well as the efforts of the local governments and
stakeholders of this basin. Efforts such as this serve as a great model for other communities
in the state.”
The Southwest Florida Water Management District has already been working with
This law enforcement picture of the Levy County Sheriff with Florida Highway Patrol Troop-
a group of Kings Bay stakeholders for several years and some major restoration actions to
ers and Levy County Sheriff Office Deputies comes from the seventies. The photo was taken
reduce nutrients to the bay have been implemented or soon will be implemented. It is antici-
on Hwy 19 in Inglis. Left to right: Sheriff Pat Hartley, Milton Johnson, Warren Hallman, Mitch
pated that additional restoration projects will be identified as the restoration plan is finalized.
Inglis Mandatory Garbage Update
Billups (former Inglis Police Chief), Gordon Ingram and Carl Kozontko. At this time there was
a State Florida Highway Patrol Station just north of Inglis that became a Levy County Sheriff
Office sub-station serving South Levy. The present ambulance station is behind the LCSO sub-
Mandatory garbage pickup for Inglis came one step closer to enforcement at the
station. According to LCSO Sheriff Hartley served Levy County from 1964 to 1976 and 1981 to
Inglis Town Commission December 11 meeting as Commissioners Bob Webb, Tom Bren-
1988. History by Sally Price.
nan and Drinda Merritt voted to accept changes at the second public reading of the ordi-
Charges Pending in
nance necessary to move forward with the vote for the contract with Waste Pro. Voting
against the changes were Commissioners Sherry Ely and Sally Price in front of a crowded
Stabbing/Suicidecontinue to investigate the stabbing
Attempt
audience protesting the move forcing Inglis citizens into mandatory garbage pickup that has
been on the books 30 years but never enforced.
(Inverness) Citrus County Sheriff s Office detectives
Under the ordinance the town would owe almost $15,000 monthly to Waste Pro
and subsequent attempted suicide that occurred early Monday.
and then Inglis would have to collect. Inglis Mayor Williams said that even with the room
Brandy Conley, a 35-year-old female of 10517 E. Patience Ln., was stabbed by
full of citizens against the move, a majority of citizens want the enforcement. Commissioner
Levi Humes, 29, of 6589 E. Haynes Ln.
Sally Price responded that of the over 830 residents who could be affected only 250 volun-
Humes, who is acquainted with the victim, left Conley s residence Monday morn-
tarily pay for collection now leaving almost 580 that don t have service. She said, “if they
ing to go to work. He returned a short-time later stating he left his wallet there. He stabbed
wanted it, they would have it.” The contract would not allow neighbors or families to share
an unsuspecting Conley from behind for reasons unknown and then fled the scene in the
cans or have an alternate method of pickup with recycling or composting.
white Ford Explorer.
The contract would have been voted on following the acceptance of ordinance
Deputies spotted Humes on Gospel Island Rd. shortly after the incident oc-
changes at the meeting but was not received from the attorney in time to review it. Price
curred. Humes shot himself, and the vehicle crashed into a tree.
said she feels some minor changes were made to make it a little “easier to swallow”. See
Conley and Humes were both airlifted to Ocala Regional Medical Center. Conley
additional comments on page 11, letters to the editor.
is in stable condition. Humes underwent surgery and is now in intensive care.
The investigation continues, and charges are pending in this case.
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