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Permit No. 4
Mike Moore - Photojournalist
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Sally Price Correspondent
Squawk Box
With Doug Johnston
The night the Russian bear
came to Inverness
I can't be sure of the exact year
but I believe it was 1960. The
Citrus High School Quarterback
Club brought a wrestling pro-
gram to the school gymnasium
one night to raise money for the
football program. The event was well adver-
tised and the CHS gym was packed with stu-
dents and local citizens anxious to see pro-
fessional wrestling in our little city.
The matches were quite entertain-
ing, but the climax of the evening was the
challenge presented by the shows promoter
at the conclusion of the program. The pro-
moter offered anyone in the audience who
could last one full minute in the ring with a
Russian bear the handsome sum of $50.00.
That was a lot of money in those days.
When the promoter/emcee brought
the bear into the ring the audience quickly
became excited. The bear was being led by a
chain that was secured around his neck and
while he was on all-fours he looked some-
"Everyone that once wore blue, now wears green" Jeff Dawsy, Citrus County Sheriff. First it was the Inverness City Police
what docile.
Department. Now Crystal River Police Department joins the Citrus County Sheriff's Department. Sheriff Jeff Dawsy administers the oath of
The young men in the audience be-
duty to the former CRPD members Friday February 1st. in a ceremony that creates a unified, county - wide force. "Embracing change is the
gan to dare each other and several CHS stu-
toughest and bravest thing of all," said Dawsy. Crystal River has a population of about 3400 and Inverness about twice that number according
dents started towards the ring but then backed
to a sheriff dept. spokesperson. Photo by Mike Moore
away. Terry Cook, whose father Lester Cook
Inglis PD Make Traffic
had recently purchased a Drug Store in Inv-
Sheriff's
erness was almost in the ring when he took a
last glance at the bear and his discretion over-
Stop, Major Drug Bust
ruled his valor. Terry was heartily booed. He
Office Warns
would have had a difficult time living that
down if he weren't such a popular guy. The
The Inglis Police Department made two arrests on drug distribu-
fact that he had two very pretty younger sis-
of Death
tion charges in the early morning hours of Feb. 4th, after a routine traffic
ters, Cindy and Julie, both students at CHS,
stop. Shannawey Marie Fenn, 28, and Eric James Christie, 25, both of
didn't hurt his reputation either.
22190 Rainbow Lakes Blvd., Dunnellon, were charged with six felony and
Just when it looked like there would be no
Threat
two misdemeanor drug charges.
takers, fearless Ed Martin came out of his seat
According to the arrest report, Officer Jeff Pasternak was con-
and entered the ring. Ed was one of those
ducting traffic enforcement in the center median of U.S. Hwy. 19 at 4:36
Holder boys attending CHS. We always felt
E-mail Scam
a.m., when he noticed a vehicle make a left turn onto Diana St. without
like the boys from Holder were playing with a
using a turn signal; the vehicle then turned onto Debra Ave. Traveling
few cards short of a full deck. But on this
behind the vehicle, Pasternak watched the vehicle swerve toward the
night Ed Martin would etch his name in CHS
From the Citrus County Sheriffís Dept.
right shoulder of the road, near the ditch, several times. "A driving pat- Eric J. Christie
lore. He was going to take on the Russian
tern indicative of an intoxicated driver," Pasternak reported. He stopped
Sheriff's detectives are warning Cit-
bear.
the vehicle in the driveway of a home in the 6000 block of S.E. Debra Ave.
rus County citizens of yet another scam be-
Ed encountered his first obstacle
The driver of the vehicle, Christie, told the officer that his driver's
ing circulated via e-mail on the Internet. This
when he attempted to climb into the ring.
license had been suspended. Pasternak confirmed this and placed him
one can be somewhat disconcerting, seeing
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under arrest. As he was taking Christie into custody, he noticed that Fenn
as it blackmails the recipient by way of a death
was reaching under the passenger seat, as if she were attempting to "con-
threat.
Adopt A
ceal or pull out an unknown object," the report stated. The officer asked
Last week, a 62-year-old Hernando
Fenn to show him her hands, but she "continued to reach under the seat,"
woman reported to deputies that she had re-
Pet
the report stated, so the officer asked Fenn to step out of the vehicle
ceived an e-mail from an unknown party that
slowly (for his own safety). She complied, and as she stood up, Pasternak
stated he had been hired by a so-called friend
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saw a plastic bag that contained 7 pills (Methadone 10 mg) and 1 large S. Marie Fenn
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Continued on page 3 - Drug Bust