The Newscaster/Nature Coast News
PAGE 5 - December 9, 2009
Celebration of Lights DEC. 18-24 & DEC. 26
Community Events & Meetings
Homosassa – The Friends of Homosassa Springs Wildlife Park have announced the dates
5th Annual Crystal River Community Boat Parade
for their popular annual Christmas Celebration of Lights event at Ellie Schiller Homosassa
Saturday, December 19th, 2009, Theme: Decorate for: “A Fairytale Christmas”
Springs Wildlife State Park. The eight–evening event is scheduled for the evenings of De-
Time:  Kings Bay, at 4:45pm. Parade starts promptly @ 6:15pm. A designated route and
cember 18 through Christmas Eve and then will be open again on the evening of December
entry number will be given to each participating boat.
26. The park will reopen at 5:30 p.m. on these evenings and remain open until 9:00 p.m.
Come watch the boat parade from any location on Kings Bay to see SANTA before he
This event is one of the ways this citizen support organization and the park give back to the
takes off on his trip from the North Pole!!!
community for all of its support throughout the year. Everyone is invited to come out to the
Prizes we’ll be given for “BEST THEMED BOAT” and “MOST LIGHTS.” All
park to relax and enjoy the holiday season.
participants are responsible for his/her own vessel.
Holiday lights, decorations and music will create the perfect setting for the Wildlife
For more information or to pre-register, contact Capt. Suzie Martin at (352)586-8068.
Park’s holiday wonderland. This year is the park’s 20th anniversary as a Florida State Park.
We are taking this opportunity to invite you to take a walk down Memory Lane, with a spe-
Nature Coast Maryland Club Meeting Schedule
cial screening of photos from the early days of the attraction to the present day. The program
The Nature Coast Maryland Club will hold its annual Christmas party on Wednesday,
will be presented on a big screen in the Garden Pavilion.
Dec. 9, 2009, at 12 noon, at Tug’s Restaurant, US 44, Crystal River.
A donation of $2.00 for adults and $1.00 for children ages six through 12 is suggested. Chil-
Attendance is by pre-paid reservation only. Reservation forms and payment must be
dren ages five and under are admitted free. On Christmas Eve, donations of non-perishable
received no later than Friday, Dec. 4. Please mail reservations and payments to Mr. Virgil
food items will be accepted for the We Care Food bank in lieu of a financial donation.
Bird, 8058 W. Coconut Drive, Homosassa, FL 34448. Virgil may be contacted by phone at
The Miss L-Toe Café will be set up in the Garden of the Springs with a selection of
352-628-3691 with questions. Members should also include their dues payment for the year
tasty holiday treats for sale. The park’s Wildside Café will also be open the evenings of the
2010. Dues remain at $6.00 per member.
event. Transportation will be provided by tram from the Visitor Center parking lot on U.S.
A buffet featuring beef, chicken, and pasta dishes, with salad, potato, vegetables, rolls,
19 to the West entrance on Fishbowl Drive. For more information about for the Celebration
butter, coffee, tea, and dessert will be served. Cost is $15.00 per member and/or guest.
of Lights, please call the park office at (352) 628-5343, ext. 1002, Mondays through Fridays.
2nd Sunday Sunset Drum Circle
All are invited to a Drum Circle, Sunday Dec. 13 at 4 PM, at the far end of Fort
Recent Arrests Reported by the Inglis PD
Island Trail Gulf Beach in Crystal River. We will drum until sunset. Bring a chair; we have
Speeder arrested in Inglis
a few drums to share. Dancers and children invited. Free. The Circle is held the second
Justin D. Rolph, 20, 5010 N. Alexa Dr., Crystal River, was arrested by the Inglis
Sunday of every month, starting 1½ hours before sunset, which is about 4 PM, this month.
Police Department, NOv. 29, charged with DUI and possession of cannabis 5.1 gms. Ac-
Information: Charlotte at 352-344-8009.
cording to the arrest report, Rolph was driving his vehicle at 96 mph in a 55 mph zone, as
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determined by radar. The officer stopped Rolph’s vehicle and noticed that Rolph’s speech
was slurred, he smelled of alcohol and admitted to the officer that he’d consumed four beers,
several hours previous. Rolph agreed to perform roadside sobriety testing and performed
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poorly. Rolph was arrested on the charges and transported to the Levy County Jail.
Saturday • December 12 • 1:00 pm, until Food is Gone!
Two Counts of Uttering A Forged Instrument
$4.00 Donation • Everyone Welcome
Dennis Robert McGee, 37, of S.E. 110 Ave., Inglis, was arreted by the Inglis Police
Department, Nov. 1, charged with 2 counts of uttering a forged instrument at the Inglis Food
Ladies Auxiliary
Mart located at 650 E. Hwy. 40. According to the arrest report, the two checks, dated Oct.
31 and NOv. 1, totaled $625 and were presented to the bank by the victim, but he was told
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that the checks had been reported as stolen. The arrest report stated that on Nov. 3rd, McGee
presented a check to the Inglis Food Mart in the amount of $1500, but the check was refused.
520 Hwy. 40 E, Inglis
McGee was arrested at his residence and transported to the Levy County Jail.
1 Mile East of Hwy. 19
Possession of a Controlled Substance
Ryan Seth Giddens, 30, Odessa, FL, was arrested by the Inglis Police Department,
Nov. 21 after he was stopped on Hwy 19 in front of the Kangaroo Express for driving 61
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mph in a 45 mph speed zone. The arresting officer’s K-9 partner alerted to the vehicle, so
it was searched. A package of cigarette rolling papers was found, along with 3 carisoprodol
(“Soma,” a muscle relaxer) 350 mg tablets which were wrapped in an ATM receipt dated
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Nov. 21, 2009. Giddens told the officer that he does not have a prescription for the tablets.
He was arrested on a charge of possession of a controlled substance without a prescription.
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