'Unknown' by The Newscaster Nature Coast News

Cicrashus pedestrian May 18,by car injuries to

tr in Citrus County at 11:08 p.m., hit resulted in minor

Remembering the Past

a 12 year-old pedestrian who was transported to St. Joseph s Hospital in Tampa, Florida for

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, preliminary information lead the inves-

tigator to believe that these are the incidents that led up to the crash, which remains under

investigation: Tasha Pinney-Martell, 23, of Lecanto was driving a 2001 Mitsubishi Eclipse

GS, traveling south on County Rd. 491, south of N. Forest Ridge Blvd. Meanwhile, Austin

Prather, 12, of Citrus Springs was walking with three other pedestrians in the southbound

lane, crossing, mid-block, from east to west, in a dark, unlit location, directly ahead of the

Mitsubishi. As the pedestrians walked into the path of the Mitsubishi, Ms. Martell attempt-

ed an evasive maneuver to avoid colliding with the pedestrians, but was unsuccessful. The

front left corner of the Mitsubishi struck Prather, who was propelled to the west shoulder of

the roadway. The Mtsubishi continued in a southwest direction onto the west shoulder of

the roadway where it struck a small tree and came to rest.

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Niether Pinney-Martell or her 29 year-old passenger, Andy Martell, who were both

wearing seatbelts, received injuries. News for the Nature Coast Prather was injured.

Hometown No other pedestrian walking with

Smoke Advisory for Lebanon Station and Goethe Forest

Advertising at Reasonable Rates for S Levy, NE Citrus & SW Marion Counties

Smoke from 3 S. Orwell fires Homosassa, Floridain the area of Goethe State

509several wild Pt., southern Levy County 34446

Forest and Lebanon Station,(352) 489-4588 Fax:affect portions of the following road-

Phone: just north of Inglis, may (727) 362-4788

ways: SREmail, Tom Russell, Publisher: thenewscaster1@gmail.com roads in

24, SR 55, SR 121, CR 336, CR 337, and CR 326, as well as other local

EMotorists are urged to use cautiondebbienewscaster@gmail.com

mail, Debbie Russell, Editor: when traveling in these areas. Visibility may

enewscaster.com • newscasterarchives.com • history.newscasterarchives.com early This Florida State Archives photo with no date is of days gone by of the Chassahowitzka River.

deteriorate quickly due to smoke/fog type conditions, especially during the night and • thehealthcaster.com

morning. Motorists are reminded to reduce their speed and utilize low beam headlights in This 5 mile long spring fed river is in southwestern Citrus County and is named by the Indi-

ans for the “land of the hanging pumpkins.” In 1941 31,000 acres of it’s salt water creeks,

order to adapt to changing weather conditions

freshwater tributaries and hardwood hammocks were recognized as Chassahowitzka National

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Wildlife Refuge. The shallow river that is known as the home of hundreds of species of birds

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including the Bald Eagle and is accessed by a boat ramp from the camp ground. The headwa-

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ters is Chasshowitzka Spring, a first magnitude spring that is visible from the ramp dock. A

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group of smaller springs are located up a creek from the main vent with caves that snorkelers

can dive through holding their breath. Newscaster/Sally Price.

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Holiday Traffic Checkpoint in Levy County

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On May 25, 2013 the Levy County Sheriffs Office and Chiefland Police Depart-

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ment will be hosting a Multi agency DUI, driver s license vehicle safety checkpoint on

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NW 14 Street in the area of NW 22nd Ave from 10pm to 2am. This is part of a statewide

effort to crack down on impaired driving over the Memorial Day Holiday weekend. Drivers

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are asked to have their insurance, registration and drivers license ready when entering the

checkpoint. The Levy County Sheriff s Office and the Chiefland Police Department would

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like to wish everyone a safe Memorial Day. Please do not drink and drive.

Commercial Properties

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21 +/- acres C-3 commercial

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at the corner of US19, Hwy121 and CR336

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Just reduced to $175K

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33+/-acres C-3 zoning, 1,000 feet on US19

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Newer 4,800 sq ft building with phase 3 electric

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RV park, shopping center site etc.

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Owner financing available

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One acre commercial with 1,400 sq ft building

on Hwy 40 just reduced to $75K

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We have rentals available

Diamond Investments, Inc.

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Darryl A. Diamond

"Big or small we sell it all"

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Licensed Real Estate Broker

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Double D Auction Services, LLC

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Lic. Florida Auction House#AB3141

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www.diamondhomesandland.com

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Licensed Florida Auctioneer#AU4300

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ds must be paid for, in advance,Brandell Campbell

in monthly installments (4 to 5 weeks per month)

by cash, check or credit card

Land Clearing - Fill - Septic Installation

Carl Roof, Owner

s can be changed at any time, by our weekly deadline of 12:00 pm (noon) on Mondays

352-634-0129 plantationlisa@yahoo.com

19371 SE Butler Rd.

St. Catherine Quarry by phone, email or fax (above)

See all the Citrus County listings on our Website:

Inglis, FL 34449

www.plantationrealtylistings.com

Office (352)793-4526

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