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PAGE 11 - March 22, 2017

Searching For The Truth

Merritt Re-Eected Mayor office on the ballot. Drinda

In Inglis

The Inglis municipal election March 14th had only one

Merritt, incumbent mayor was returned to office. Election Re-Cap:

God Made it to Live on Poison!

Mayor, 2-year term: Total Votes Cast: 227 (165 regular votes and 62 absentee)

Drinda B. Merritt - 170 votes (113 votes and 57 absentee)

Michael Andy White - 57 votes (52 votes and 5 absentee)

The koala feeds on eucalyptus leaves

Student arrested after writing note

- which happen to be poisonous. Yet the koalas

Seth Lee Myers, 18, Inglis, was arrested by the Levy County Sheriff's Office,

make their homes in these very trees, eating the

March 7, charged with disturbing the peace by interfering with a school function (disrupting

poisonous leaves for nourishment and water.

the school's schedule).

As a matter of fact, that is all koalas will eat.

According to Myers' arrest report, about 2:45 pm, on Monday, March 6, the School

When Koalas are put into zoos, great quantities

Resource Officer at Hilltop Alternative School, located at 320 Mongo St. in Bronson, re-

of the poisonous leaves must be shipped in to

ceived a note from the principal that stated, "Don't show up on 03-07-17. Bullets will fly.

keep them alive. The koalas eat so many eu-

You have been warned." The principal informed the School Resource Officer that the note

calyptus leaves that they take on the smell of a

was found in a hallway where there was no camera to help identify the person who had left it

eucalyptus-flavored cough drop.

there. The school was placed on immediate lockdown while the school deputy investigated

How does the koala survive while eat-

the incident.

ing poison all day long? The answer is its di-

The officer compared the handwriting on the note to the handwriting of several

gestive system. Koalas, like many other mam-

students, and the handwriting that most closely matched the note was the handwriting of Mr.

mals, cannot digest the cellulose in the leaves;

Myers. The school officer interviewed several students, one of whom had found the note.

therefore, they depend on micro-organisms

The officer learned from a teacher there were only two people in the restroom around the

within their intestines to digest them. The place where the small and large intestine

time the note was found, one of which was Mr. Myers.

converge is the caecum. The caecum functions as a fermentation chamber where

When the School Resource Officer spoke with Mr. Myers, who openly admitted to

microbes digest cellulose. Unique to the koala bear is a specially designed caecum

writing the letter, he said that a neighbor had used him over the weekend, and he was upset

containing bacteria that neutralize the poison found in eucalyptus leaves.

about that and also upset because he'd been unable to complete some of his school work. He

Why would these poison-neutralizing microbes exist in the koalas if they

said he had no intention of shooting anyone, and that writing the note was a stupid mistake,

were not eating these poisonous leaves? And even if the koala had these microbes,

according to the report. Mr. Myers said he'd written the note in fourth period, between 12:45

which koala would volunteer first to eat these leaves when other creatures died every

and 1:30 pm, and he'd held onto the note until sixth period, which runs from 2:15 until 3:00

time they ingested the leaves? This caecum, with the neutralizing microbes, and the

pm, in order to place it in an area with no surveillance cameras. Mr. Myers was transported

koala bear's instinct to eat poisonous leaves had to have been created at the same

to the Levy County Jail and later released on his own recognizance.

time. It could not have happened by chance. God designed it. Isn't it wonderful to

Bronson man killed in Chieflandthe life of Steven

crash

see God's fingerprint in the "cough drop" bear?

A traffic crash in Chiefland, Wednesday morning, March 15, took

Along the bank of the river, on this side and that, will grow all kinds of

P. Miller, 52, of Bronson, who was driving a 2005 Harley Davidson motorcycle. The crash

trees used for food... Their fruit will be for food, and their leaves for medicine. -

occurred at 10:59 am, in northern Chiefland on U.S. Hwy. 19, north of NW 26 Ave. Accord-

Ezekiel 47:12 (NKJV)

ing to the Florida Highway Patrol, witnesses on the scene told the investigating trooper that

Based on, Inspired Evidence a book by Bruce Malone, 2011

Mr. Miller was looking down to toward the right of the motorcycle, when he drifted off of

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the roadway onto the east shoulder, and lost control of the motorcycle, which overturned.

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Mr. Miller was ejected from the motorcycle onto the east shoulder. He was transported to

University of Florida Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville, FL, where he later expired

from his injuries. The release stated that Mr. Miller was not wearing a helmet.

Body Found - Continued from page 1

Freeman had not been seen since Mon., March 13, and was considered a missing person.

Due to information posted on social media sites and in media releases in Kentucky

and Florida, on the lookout for the two as suspects in the theft of Ms. Freeman's vehicle,

detectives learned that Nichols and Colyer had shopped in a Walmart store in South Point,

Ohio on Friday, March 17. Detectives received a tip on Sat., March 18, that the duo had just

been seen at a truck stop in Barboursville, W. Va., just off the Interstate 64, 29th Street. exit.

Deputies with the Cabal County (WV) Sheriff s Office immediately went to the location and

took the two into custody. They were initially arrested as suspects in the theft of Ms. Free-

man's vehicle on warrants issued by the Palmetto, FL P.D., but the interview process led to

confessions in the murder of Ms. Freeman s and directions to the area in Chiefland where

they'd buried Ms. Freeman's body. Nichols and Colyer are currently lodged in the Western

Regional Jail in Barboursville, W. Va., awaiting arraignment and extradition to Florida.

Man dies following Bronson motorcycle crash

A single vehicle crash in Bronson, March 17, took the life of 50 year-old James Ed-

ward Moniz, of Bronson. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, at 5:30 pm, Mr. Moniz

was driving a 2016 Yamaha R6 motorcycle, traveling east on NE 61 Place, Bronson, at high

rate of speed and failed to negotiate a left curve, causing him to travel off the road, onto the

south grass shoulder and collide with a fence. The motorcycle came to rest on the shoulder

First graders, YTS, enjoy waltzing to "The Blue Danube!" - First grade students at Yan-

on its left side, facing west. Mr. Moriz was transported to UF Health Shands Hospital in

keetown School enjoyed a waltz during class, earlier this month, to "The Blue Danube" after

Gainesville, where he was pronounced deceased. The press release stated that Mr. Moriz

reading "Henry and Mudge and Mrs. Hopper." The students enjoyed trying something new,

was not wearing a seatbelt.

and teachers appreciated the opportunity to fit music into the curriculum! Photo from YTS.

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