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Deborah Russell - Editor/Publisher
A Publication of
Inglis, FL 34449
Wednesday March 7, 2012
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Newscaster Publishing
Permit No. 14
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Mike Moore - Photojournalist
Squawk Box
SMH...
Inglis, Really?
With Mike Moore
There is an Internet
shorthand that reads SMH. It
is usually placed after a short
comment to add emphasis. It
means, “shake my head,” as
in a condescending way, or
in disbelief. For example, “I
can’t believe she had the nerve to wear
those shoes with that skirt...smh.î “SMH”
is currently a very popular way of saying,
in writing, are you kidding me? Which
brings me to my point.
For better or worse, I am not an
Inglis resident. But relatives are, and that
takes me into Inglis, on personal business,
on a semi-regular basis. Yesterday was the
first time I ve been in Inglis for a while,
and as I drove through town, I couldn’t be-
lieve what I was seeing - battle lines drawn
in signage over the Inglis Police Depart-
ment? I felt as though I were running a
gauntlet.
No apologies, cute kids eating strawberry shortcake at the Floral City Strawberry Festival (Saturday)are always a photographer’s dream. This
Not being a resident, I will have
little 16 month old getting a hand-out from grandma was too good to pass up; the near perfect weather on Saturday flushed out multiple
to say I don’t give a whit, one way or an-
thousands of local residents who showed up for the fun. TheNewscaster/MikeMoore
Crystal River Man Charged
Levy County
other, of the fate of the IPD. But what I
do find disturbing is the way the Inglis
populace airs its dirty laundry in public.
With Child Abuse
Sheriff’s Office Jail
Apparently, some of the participants in this
ridiculous mess are bored and need a new
month previous, and she had given him per-
Media Report
From Citrus County Sheriff Dept.
hobby. I feel they should choose an activity
mission to discipline her children. She said
A 28 year-old Crystal River man,
which is productive, rather than negative,
he usually placed them into time out, but on
Corey Lamar Kendrick, was charged on
From Levy County Sheriff Dept.
disruptive and divisive. There’s no opera,
Feb. 5, the girl refused to go to bed, and she
Feb.7 with the child abuse of a 5 year-old
James Darrell Edwards, 39, 347
playhouse, dinner theatre or concert hall in
heard Kendrick hit her two or three times
Crystal River girl. A child protective inves-
Debra St., Inglis, was arrested by the Inglis
Inglis. There’s limited social activity and
on the buttocks with his black slipper. The
tigator started an investigation due to an
little opportunity for gainful employment,
Police Department, Feb. 27, charged with
following morning, the boy was being dis-
abuse hotline report that two children, a 5
so what do people do with their time? Some
failure to appear. His bond was set at $2,000.
respectful to her, and Kendrick hit the boy
year-old girl and a 6 year-old boy, had been
do nothing, while others gossip and spread
Melissa Corrinne Fellhauer, 28,
once on his lower back area with the same
hit with a shoe by their mom’s boyfriend
hatred for those with different viewpoints.
181 Linda St., 28, was arrested by the Levy
black slipper. When giving the girl a bath,
(Kendrick).
There’s apples and oranges and conserva-
County Sheriff s Office, Feb. 28, charged
she saw the marks and asked Kendrick why
A deputy viewed the photographs
tives and liberals. That’s just the way it is
with an out-of-county warrant. Her bond
the injuries were so severe, and he replied
of the children. The report stated that the girl
- so why can’t people of different persua-
was set at $500.
that he did not think he’d hit her that hard,
had several “severe” red marks on her lower
sions work together to make the town bet-
Stephen Michael Baker, 20, 17
and had not meant to injure her so severely.
back and buttocks which would soon turn
ter for everybody, without so much empha-
Truni Dr., Inglis, was arrested by the Inglis
Kendrick said he wanted to disci-
into bruising, and the boy had a red mark on
sis on a person’s socioeconomic status or
Police Department, March 4, charged with
pline the children by using corporal punish-
his back that was not as severe as the girl’s.
their stance on a local issue?
battery, touch or strike. His bond was set at
ment because nothing else was working.
The mother told deputies that Ken-
$30,000.
Continued on page 2 - Squawk Box
His bond was set at $5,000.
drick had moved into her residence about a