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Community Events
City of Crystal River/Pilot Club
hosting tree lighting festival, Dec. 6
The City of Crystal River and
the Pilot Club of Crystal River are hosting
a fun, FREE family event, on Friday, Dec.
6 from 4:00 to 7:00 pm, the"City of Crys-
tal River Christmas Tree Lighting Festi-
val" which will be held at Little Springs
Park (behind City Hall, located at 123
NW Highway 19). There will be bounce
houses, horseback rides, the tree lighting
ceremony, a puppet show, face painting,
live music, along with train rides and re-
freshments. Santa will be there, so you
can have a photograph made or you and/
or your pet/child with Santa! You may
also honor loved one with the purchase
of a luminary ($2 each) for him or her,
which can either be purchased in advance
or at the festival from a pilot club mem-
ber. For additional information, please
call town hall at 352-795-4216.
Jingle and Mingle Holiday Event
on Tuesday, December 10 at 10:15 AM at
the Central Ridge Library in Beverly Hills.
the Nature Coast Dulcimer Group to en-
tertain us. Remember to bring an UN-
WRAPPED toy or donation for the Toys
For Tots collection and you will receive a
free ticket for the door prizes. So save the
Citrus BOCC declares December 7th " Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day". From left to right: JJ Kenney, Commissioner; Rebecca Bays, Commis-
date-Dec 10th and come and enjoy. With
sioner; Dennis Damato, Commissioner; Scott Adams, Commissioner; Joe Meek, Commissioner, joined by members of Fleet Reserve Association
our warmest wishes for a Happy Thanks-
and Pearl Harbor Survivor Ted Archumbault). Full story on page 2.
giving and the Best of the Season to you
Lottery tickets stolen from B & W
all.
Rash of car
Marie Pettibone, President
League of Women Voters of Citrus County
Rexall Store, Manager Accused
burglaries hit
RSVP TO LWVCC2013@GMAIL.COM
OR 352-601-6857
Inverness.
From Citrus County Sheriff Dept.
Larry Jordan to speak on Iceland
Citrus Springs &
Thomas Beuford Dorton, 33, S.
The owner and office manager re-
"Iceland, Land of Fire and Ice" will be the
Ringley Ter., Inverness, was arrested by the viewed the surveillance film of the transac-
topic of photographer Larry Jordan at a
tion at the Winn Dixie, and recognized the
Beverly Hills
dinner presentation at the Florida Artists
Citrus County Sheriff s Office,
store manager, Mr. Dorton, in the video.
Gallery Café in Floral City on the evening
Nov. 25, charged with traffic
The sheriff s office collected the video as
of Friday, December 13, 2013.
or endeavor to traffic in stolen
From Citrus County Sheriff Dept.
evidence. The store currently had docu-
Larry Jordan has been an avid
property and grand theft ($300
mentation that $4,250 in lottery tickets was
Residents need to be aware of or more, but less than $5,000).
photographer since the 1960s. His works
missing, and there could be a loss of up to
an increase in car burglaries in the Citrus The report stated that Dorton,
have been published in nature and travel
$25,000 in lottery tickets. The report stated
Springs and Beverly Hills areas. In each of the store manager for the past Dorton
magazines, and four of his photographs
that the store manager has access to the en-
these incidents, numerous vehicles were en- five years, is accused of taking
Cont. on pgs. 2,5 & 10 - Community Events
tered during the night. Most of the vehickles about $4,250 in scratch-off lottery tickets tire store.
were left unlocked by the owners, making from B & W Rexall drugs in Inverness. The
In an interview, Mr. Dorton said
entry easy for the intruders.
report stated that Capital City Bank con- that he had started taking lottery tickets in
Sat. Dec. 7
The Citrus County Sheriff s Office tacted the store owner and office manager Sept. of 2013, and he had taken a few every
is asking residents to be vigilant in keeping to inform them that the drug store's lottery couple of days, but he is uncertain to how
"Pearl Harbor
their car doors locked at all times. In many account had been overdrawn by $6,000. many he'd taken, although he said he'd
of these cases, the suspects are simply pull- Upon investigation, the store learned from never taken any cash, just the lottery tick-
Remembrance
ing on car door handles to see if they are un-
the Florida Lottery Commission in Talla- ets. An agent with the lottery commission
locked.
hassee that 15 winning tickets worth $20, in Tallahassee said that one ticket had been
Day"
To protect yourself, deputies say
each, were accounted for on Nov. 19, as redeemed for $1,000 at the Gainesville Lot-
you should: ïAlways lock your vehicles
they had been redeemed at the Winn Dixie to Office at 11:30 a.m. on Sept. 23, that any
See page 2
when unattended, even if itís for a short pe-
store located at 333 Highlands Avenue in
Continued on page 4 - Lottery Tickets
Continued on page 4 -Car Burglaries