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The Newscaster/Nature Coast News
Inglis Offered Alternate Sewer Plan
Kids Awaiting 8th Annual
Shop With a Cop Event
By Newscaster Correspondent Sally Price
Citrus County Land Use Attorney Clark Stillwell appeared before the Inglis Plan-
(Inverness/Homosassa) Thanks to the generosity of some bighearted area businesses, orga-
ning Commission this past week to let Inglis know that it could be possible for Inglis and
nizations and ordinary citizens, 80 youngsters (and their families) have been selected to be
Yankeetown to join in with Citrus County in a regional sewer system that could serve Inglis
and Yankeetown as well as all the way to north of the Crystal River Mall. This would in-
part of a very festive seasonal event come December.
cluded River Lodge, Dixie Hollins Port, Seven Rivers Regional Medical Center and other
The Sheriff’s Office Juvenile Affairs Unit, working closely with the Inverness
businesses. .
Walmart Supercenter and Homosassa Walmart, solicited referrals from the county’s elemen-
Stillwell said he has represented the Caruth family who own the NE corner of Hwy
tary school guidance counselors to provide deserving students with a totally free-of-cost
40 and Hwy 19 for almost 30 years and the owners would be in favor of a sewer project.
shopping spree, plus the makings of a full family feast for the holidays.
Stillwell and other interested parties had come to the last Inglis Town meeting to introduce
On Tuesday, Dec. 14, youngsters will enjoy a kid’s meal, courtesy of the McDon-
the plan at a meeting about possibly getting Inglis it’s own sewers but found out that if you
ald’s in the Inverness Walmart Supercenter. Then, at 6 p.m., with a $125 gift card in hand,
did not sign up before the meeting began you don’t speak. At that meeting a central sewer
children will be escorted through the store by deputies who’ll help them pick out gifts for
for Inglis commercial district was on the agenda.
their parents, siblings and other family members. The children are always encouraged to
Stillwell said a lift station would be located at Foss Grove Path and all Inglis would have
buy something special for themselves, too.
to do is come over the bridge. The line would be owned by Citrus County and a maintenance
The same festivities will be repeated on Thursday, Dec. 16, at the Homosassa
agreement would have to be signed with them.
Walmart and the McDonald’s near the store. In addition to Sheriff Jeff Dawsy and his depu-
Mayor Lake followed Andy White saying that this is not a good idea using com-
ties who give of their time and expertise as shopping elves, Sheriff’s Office employees and
ments about giving a money making deal to another county, engineering of the bridge won’t
volunteers will be on hand to wrap the children’s purchases for gift-giving at the holidays.
handle anything but traffic and the fact that it would have to involve DOT. Lake said “in
The families of the 80 lucky youngsters also will be presented with a turkey, plus
business don’t ever take a partner You never know when someone will bail out on you.”
Mayor Lake justified following through with his plans presented at a prior meeting stating
all the trimmings, for a holiday feast of their own to remember.
that there are a lot of other possibilities not researched yet. Lake also wanted to know which
If any individual or organization wishes to donate funds to this annual holiday
commissioner would take on the responsibility.
event, there’s still plenty of time. Just make checks payable to Shop With a Cop and mail
Jim Zaloga, Inglis resident and owner of Captain’s Cove Outfitters described the
them to Dep. Joe Faherty, the event’s organizer, at the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office, 1 Dr.
burden of $30,000 additional he had to spend to build a building over his ice machine and it
Martin Luther King, Jr., Avenue, Inverness, FL 34450. For more information, please call
took 7 months to get the building. Jim said changes are going to come quick as new money
him at 352-726-4488 during regular business hours. According to Faherty, 100 percent of
comes to town and we are going to bend the rules a little bit but stick to the palet. White
the monies raised goes directly to the kids. See page 12 for the Inglis "Shop With A Cop".
Book Bag Meth Case - Continued from page 1
said “there’s too much regulation, (we) need to ease up and go back after the tax base eases
off the residents”. White said George Obier, zoning officer, needs some kind of authority to
which Obier said he needs everyone’s confidence not more authority. You can listen to this
vices was contacted to respond to the area, along with the DEA. Summit Environmental
entire meeting online. Go to: http://thenewscaster.com and click on the Inglis meeting link
was contacted to clean up the site, but they were in Orlando, and deputies had to wait on
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the scene until they arrived and completed the cleanup of the area. Air quality samples were
taken and no high readings were found. The backpack was a grey color and had the name
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“Tammy” on it. A confidential source called a detective while he was on the scene and told
him that Tammy Spears had conducted a methamphetamine cook recently. and she had
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placed the cook and supplies in the woods. Fingerprints were taken from several items in the
book bag, and they matched those of Tammy Spears.
On Nov. 30, two detectives interviewed Spears at the jail. At first, Spears denied
responsibility for the items in the book bag, but later in the interview she admitted that the
book bag was hers and she had placed all the items inside the bag, but she denied placing
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Spears said, on a weekly basis, she purchased psuedoephedrine, Coleman Fuel and
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a box of psuedoephedrine for $15, she would usually be paid $20 in return. She said she
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normally purchased eight boxes of pseudoehedrine per month. She said she’d watched the
methamphetamine manufacturing process a thousand times, and that anyone could go onto
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