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The Newscaster/Nature Coast News
New Use For An Old
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tion off shore was decided due to depth and
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the fact that the reef can not go above 10 feet
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above the ocean floor and some are put to-
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gether like Lincoln Logs.
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The bridge will be named in honor
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of Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Ronald
Gordon Smith who was shot and killed on
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the south side of the barge canal bridge De-
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cember 1973 by Carl Ray Songer who was
wanted for parole violation in Oklahoma.
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Senator Mike Fasano, (R) New Port Richey
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proposed the legislation in the Florida Sen-
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ate, passed unanimously and signed by the
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Governor April 6.
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The grassy slopes of the old bridge
that have entertained many kids and adults
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over the years will be replaced with retain-
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ing walls on the new structure. These grassy
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slopes are the nearest to snow skiing many
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of us will ever see. Many adults slid with
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their children and friends on a large piece of
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card board down the steep slopes. A piece
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of cardboard from a new kitchen appliance
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made it possible to put 3 folks on at a time.
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As many hours as we have done this over the
years I never saw a broken bone and it definitely was exercise walking that cardboard back
up the hill.
OLD BUDDY & FRED’S STORE
Many changes come with progress and the separate bike/walking lane will be one
of the more exciting benefits making the Greenways and Trails Withlacoochee Bay Trail
517 Hwy. 40 West • Inglis, Florida
accessible to South Levy folks.
Crystal River man charged with
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alleged sexual abuse  was arrested by the
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Russell Glenn Elmer, 52, 1260 N.W. 19th St., Crystal River,
Citrus County Sheriff’s Office, April 25, charged with the sexual battery of a person under
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the age of 12. According to the arrest report, the victim is now an adult and living in another
city, and the alleged sexual abuse was over an unclear period from about 1988 until 1992,
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starting when the girl was 11 until the age of about 15 or 16.
The victim came forward, earlier in April, and a detective soon interviewed her.
When the detective conducted a background search of Elmer, it was learned that the case
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had been reported to the CCSO in 1995. However, the victim said, although she remembers
speaking to someone, she did not disclose details until April, 2010.
The report stated the victim said that she met with Elmer in Crystal River on April
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25 “and had a conversation with him regarding his expoltation of her as a child.” In the con-
versation, the report stated, Elmer allegedly admitted to sexually molesting the victim when
she was under the age of 12. The report also said that the victim stated Elmer “apologized
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to the victim and told her it was not her fault.”
When Elmer was placed under arrest on the charges at his Crystal River residence,
“He denied all the allegations concerning the victim and any other,” the report stated.
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Sworn Complaint filed by the Inglis Police Department
The complaint was filedApril 8, against Zachariah C.S. Beam, 19, Big Oaks RV
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Park, River Rd., Inglis. According to the report, a store clerk at the Kangaroo Express said
she witnessed Beam, around 10:40 p.m., walk past the hat rack, remove a hat and take it
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with him to the cooler area. She said she watched Beam pull the tag off the hat and place it
in his jacket. As she was helping other customers at the time Beam walked out of the store,
the clerk stated she was unable to stop him, but she located the tag from the hat on the floor
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in the cooler area after he left the store. A witness identified Beam as being in the store at
the time of the alleged incident, but did not witness him take the hat, the report stated, and
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the store’s video surveillance did not capture the incident.
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