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PAGE 11 - May 17, 2017

YTS Students Give Up Recess

Searching For The Truth

to Study Fossils

Our Sun is Unique

Special to The Newscaster by Mark Moore

Yankeetown School's science classes enjoyed some hands on experience last week

Astronomers are finding that our sun is no ordinary star. Our sun is a yel-

when after a morning class of learning about rocks and fossils they had a chance to "hit the

low dwarf, and yellow dwarf stars

beach." After the class forty students boarded a bus for the short ride to the Hwy. 40 ramp

are a minority. Red dwarfs make

area where they scoured the south side shoreline recovering fossils from the river bank road

up 80% of stars but are not condu-

to the boat ramp.

cive to life because they emit most

The fossils are from 30 million year old debris from the dredging of the channel

of their radiation in the red part of

from the river to the Gulf. The students were so thrilled with their finds that they passed

the spectrum, which make photo-

up recess to study their finds. Given a safety briefing by a member of Yankeetown's Coast

synthesis less efficient. For life to

Guard Auxiliary the entire event when without a single problem.

be possible on any planet orbiting

a red dwarf star, it would need to

be closer to the star. But the closer

planet would tend to stop rotating

resulting in the lit side being too hot

for life, and the unlit side being too cold.

Red dwarfs also have flares. For this kind of star, flares cause the star's

luminosity to vary. With flares come dangerous radiation. Astronauts in orbit al-

ways take cover in shielded parts of the space station whenever this happens. On

Earth, we recieve very minor effects from this deadly particle radiation because

the Earth's magnetic field funnels it to the poles. Without our strong magnetic

field, this particle radiation would eventually strip away our atmosphere, resulting

in the Earth becoming a dead, sterile planet.

Our sun has the right mass, the right light, the right composition, the

right distance, the right orbit, the right galaxy and the right location for living be-

ings. The vast majority of stars would be automatically ruled out for life. That

makes our sun and Earth rare indeed.

I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have

stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded. Isaiah 45:12

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

Presented by Bob Allen, Biologist-Paid Advertisement

Contact Bob at SFTT321@gmail.com

FHP Trooper HERO rescues two from

allegedapproximately 11:40trafficker Patrol Trooper

human am, Florida Highwy

On Tuesday, May 9 at

Keith Slanker made a traffic stop of a 2017 Toyota Corolla on Interstate 10 in Suwannee

County, FL, due to a traffic violation. The vehicle had a Texas tag, and the driver was 43

year-old Leonardo Garcia-Lavin, of Miami, FL.

Leslie Moore of Inglis discusses with two students "fossil finds" on the Gulf shoreline area.

Multiple Charges - Continued from page 1

Mr. Garcia-Lavin (the driver) stated that the passengers were his friends, however

he was unable to provide their names. A second FHP Trooper, Trooper Ogden utilized his

K-9 (canine) partner "Mako" to sniff around the vehicle. When K-9 Mako made an alert to

lights) on the rear of the vehicle. A traffic stop was made on the vehicle at the intersection of

the presence of contraband, the vehicle was searched, and marijuana residue was located on

U.S. Hwy. 19 and W. Cornflower Dr., Crystal River.

the floorboard.

The occupants, driver Nancy Waters Tindale, 64, 288 Sapp St., and passenger Ed-

During interviews with the driver and his two passengers, it was determined that

ward Joseph Labretone, 48, 347 Debra St., provided identification to deputies. When depu-

the driver was transporting the man and woman from Texas to Florida. The female passen-

ties asked Ms. Tindale for permission to search the vehicle, she said, that since the vehicle

ger advised that she had been forced to come to Florida to work off debt she'd incurred. The

did not belong to her, she was unable to do so. Meanwhile, a K9 (canine) gave a positive

male passenger stated that he had only been in the country for 4 or 5 days. Border patrol

alert for the presence of contraband, so the vehicle was searched.

officers arrived, and all three were released to them. The driver is being charged with human

Inside a cloth bag found on the seat between where the two passengers had been

trafficking. Neither passenger possessed a valid identification, and their identity is pending

sitting, deputies found a bag containing methamphetamine residue and small bags com-

futher investigation by the border patrol.

monly used in the distribution of methamphetamine, according to the report. A small bag in

the glove box contained approximately 0.10 gram methamphetamine. Inside Ms. Tindale s

Sexual predator Notice - Homosassa

purse, deputies found numerous empty bags (commonly used in the distribution of metham-

The Citrus County Sheriff's Office sent a Sexual Predator Notification, May 12, for John

phetamine). Ms. Tindale was charged with trafficking in methamphetamine and possession

W. Brundon, who now lives at 5355 W. Oaklawn St. in Homosassa. He's 5'8" tall, weighs

of drug paraphernalia ($11,000 bond). Mr. Labretone was charged with possession of meth-

184 lbs., has blond hair, blue eyes, and sometimes uses the name of Ryan A. Trotter or the

amphetamine ($2,000 bond). Deputies learned that Mr. Labretone also had a Levy County

last name of Brunnon as aliases. His qualifying offense was sexual battery/coercing a child.

warrant for driving while license suspended, and a hold was placed on the warrant.

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