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Wednesday December 3, 2014

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Community

Pet Photos With Santa

BEVERLY HILLS- Get Fido a Perm!

Get your Holiday card photo ready! Pet

Photos With Santa will be held on Satur-

day, December 6 from 11:00 am - 2:00

pm at Barkaritaville located at 3892 N.

Lecanto Highway in Beverly Hills.

Visit with your neighbors! Dog-

gie treats and biscuits will be available

for your best friend! A $10 Pet Photo

donation will benefit patients and fami-

lies served by Hospice of Citrus and the

Nature Coast.

Make a reservation by contact-

ing Hospice of Citrus and the Nature

Coast Director of Development Linda

Baker at 352.527.2020.

Celebration of Lights

HOMOSASSA - Friday, December 19

through Wednesday, December 24, and

again on Friday, December 26, 2014.

Hours: 5:30 pm to 9:00 pm. The annual

Celebration of Lights at the Ellie Schil-

ler Homosassa Springs Wildlife State

Park will run seven evenings from De-

cember 19 through Christmas Eve, and

then again on December 26 for an after-

Manatees at Crystal River Three Sisters Springs. The annual migration of Florida manatees to warmer waters has begun. On their annual trek,

Christmas party. The community is invit-

manatees, including mothers and their calves, swim along Florida's many rivers, bays and coastal areas in search of the warmer, more stable

ed to come and enjoy Sebastian's Winter

temperatures found in freshwater springs, man-made canals and power plant outflows. Unlike dolphins and other marine mammals, manatees

Wonderland, a spectacular, synchronized

do not have true blubber to insulate them from waters below 68 degrees Fahrenheit, so they must find warmer waters during their migration

light and sound show. A variety of enter-

to survive the winter cold. On Nov. 15, many seasonal manatee protection zones around the state went into effect. FWC Photo.

tainment will be offered nightly and re-

Hernando woman charged with

Two Men Arrested

freshments will be available. This event

is sponsored by the Friends of Homosas-

sa Springs Wildlife Park. The suggested

animal cruelty

in Connection

donation is $3.00 for adults and $1.00 for

children.

From The Citrus County Sheriff Dept.

spoke with Johnson.

With Rivals Fire

Two ways

Johnson told the deputy that Mia

A Hernando woman was arrested

is about 15 to 16 years old, and has always

by the Citrus County Sheriff s Office, Nov.

From The Levy County Sheriff Dept.

gone down in weight, around this time of

25, after a neighbor called Citrus County

Two men were arrested on numer-

year, but normally, after a good worming,

Animal Control, and three officers who re-

Place Ads

ous charges related to the Monday morn-

she comes back to normal size, which is

sponded to the call agreed the dog was ema-

ing, Nov. 24, arson of Rivals Bar located in

about 40 pounds when healthy. She said Mia

ciated.

Use our website to order

Inglis, FL at 439 Highway 40 West.

has never been a large dog and was used for

Rebecca Jean Johnson,

About 6:19 am Monday morning,

hunting hogs most of her life. She said it has

35, 6071 N. Mallard Dr., Her-

a classified ad

deputies from the Levy County Sheriff's

been four or five years since Mia has been

nando was charged with cruelty

Office (LCSO), firefighters from the Levy

seen by a veterinarian. Johnson says Mia is

to an animal, a misdemeanor.

You can now place classified print ads on

County Department of Public Safety and

fed and watered daily and has shelter. John-

Her bond was set at $1,000.

our website: www.thenewscaster.com.

investigators from the State Fire Marshal's

son said Mia looked a little worse this year,

The emaciated dog was a pit Johnson

Office responded to the business.

but she figured this

bull. The officer described the

Two firefighters were injured while

was because of her

dog, Mia, as having "extreme weight loss

fighting the fire, which fire marshal inves-

Now you can place classified ads at

age.

and thinness due to a loss of subcutaneous

tigators determined had been deliberately

According to the

the Food Ranch Service Desk - 25

fat and muscle throughout the body." The

set. Investigators discovered that an un-

CCSO's Media Di-

words/$12. New deadline: Monday 12

animal control officers told the deputy, the

known quantity of alcoholic beverages, and

vision, Mia weighed

noon at the Inglis Food Ranch service Desk.

report stated, "This was caused by severe

the bar's cash register, had been stolen prior

27 pound, is a bull-

Cash or Check.

malnourishment and starvation." Animal

dog mix.

control officers took Mia, while the deputy

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