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Deborah Russell - Editor
A Publication of
Wednesday May 25, 2016
Inglis, FL 34449
Tom Russell - Publisher
Newscaster Publishing
Permit No. 14
Sally Price - Historian
Have a Safe Memorial Day
Mike Moore - Photojournalist
Community
Levy Summer Food Service
The Summer Food Service
Program serves FREE lunch to ALL
children and teens age 18 and young-
er.
The program is set to oper-
ate Monday through Thursday, begin-
ning June 20th and ending July 28th.
We are also proud to introduce one
hot meal consisting of a `Corndog on
a Stick' to be served on Wednesdays!
For a complete listing of the
summer lunch menu, check out www.
levy.nutrislice.com and select Sum-
mer Food Service Program.
Walk-ins are welcome from
10 A.M. to 12 P.M. to sit in our air
conditioned facility and enjoy their
lunch at any of the following 5 school
sites: Bronson Elementary, Chiefland
Elementary, Williston Elementary,
Cedar Key School, and Yankeetown
School. Removing meals from the
Hurricane Drill--Community leaders, county officials and representatives of local and state agencies participated in a Hurricane Drill, May 18,
premises is prohibited.
at the Citrus County Sheriff's Office (CCSO), Emergency Operations Center. In years past, the drill consisted of response and recovery, or both,
Wildlife Park To Present
but ģEvacuation" was added this year to ensure that residents could be guided to a safe part of the county, or out of the county, if an impend-
ing storm moves in. During the debriefing after the drill, participants were asked to give input on the exercises. Comments included "The best
Wildlife Ranger Camps
drill I've ever attended," and "People in this room really know what they're doing." The CCSO's Emergency Management team is led by Captain
June And July
Dave DeCarlo, whose mission is to make sure the citizens of Citrus County pay attention to the county's messages if the Emergency Manage-
HOMOSASSA - The Florida Depart-
ment team is activated for a storm. The county's message, for now, is "We're prepared. Are you? Get a plan, Citrus County." CCSO Photo.
Highway Chase Crosses Two
ment of Environmental Protection's El-
Homosassa
lie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wild-
life State Park will offer two weeklong
pedestrian killed
Wildlife Ranger Camps in June and July.
Counties, Ends in Homosassa
The Friends of Homosassa Springs Wild-
life Park sponsor the programs. June's
on roadway, early
Wildlife Ranger Camp is for children
From The Citrus County Sheriff Dept.
ages 8 and 9 years old, and runs June 13
vehicle description and license plate num-
Sat. morning
through June 17. July's Wildlife Ranger
ber, and they had attempted to make a traffic
On the morning of May 16, the
Camp is for children ages 10 through
stop on the vehicle, but the driver had not
Citrus County Sheriff s Office (CCSO) re-
12, and runs from July 11 through July
stopped and was traveling toward Citrus
ceived numerous calls about a swerving car
From the Florida Highway Patrol
15. Applications for the Wildlife Ranger
County on US 19.
with a reckless driver who was possibly in-
Camp are available in the park office.
A deputy soon spotted the pickup
Investigators with the Florida
toxicated.
Each program is limited to 20 campers
truck, heading north on US 19, near W. Cy-
Highway Patrol have determined that 32
The vehicle was not immediately
and will be filled on a first come basis
press Blvd. (Sugarmill Woods, Homosassa),
year-old Robert Brooks of Homosassa
located, but at 11:18 am, a deputy was dis-
with preference to those who have never
weaving in and out of traffic.
who was struck and killed by a car, early
patched to an area just south of S. Suncoast
attended before. Each Wildlife Ranger
The deputy turned around and
Sat. morning, May 14, was already lying
Blvd. and US 98 (Ponce de Leon Blvd.),
Camp includes five, half-day camp ses-
got behind the truck. The dep-
in the road - for unknown reasons - at the
due to a hit and run accident, where the sus-
sions from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. Monday
uty reported that the truck was
time he was struck, at 5:21 am. The inci-
pect vehicle was a 2004 gold Dodge pickup
through Friday The cost of the program is
traveling between the lanes and
dent occurred in Homosassa on W. Grover
truck, bearing Florida license plate number
$75 per child and includes a Applicants
forced another vehicle off the
Cleveland Blvd. at S. Missouri Dr.
glnn43 - the same tag number as in the reck-
will be asked to write a short essay on an
road while hogging both lanes. Stanley
The driver of the 2005 Audi that
less driving complaints. The witness stated
animal that lives in Florida and why you
The deputy attempted to make a
struck Brooks is 19 year-old Skyler McK-
that the Dodge truck had continued south on
think that animal is important to attach
traffic stop on the truck, but the driver, who
US 19 into Hernando County.
eown of Homosassa. She was not charged
to their application. Parents and guard-
was later identified at 47 year-old Lewis Al-
While deputies were en route to the
or cited for any wrongdoing. Ms. McK-
ians may stop by the park office located
len Stanley of 7442 Navajo Trail, Spring
crash area, the Hernando County Sheriff's
eown's passenger was 18 year-old Trevor
in the Visitor Center on U.S. 19 to pick
Hill, did not stop. Instead, the truck forced
Office contacted the CCSO with informa-
Clark of Spring Hill. Both were wearing
up an application. For more information,
yet another vehicle out of its lane of travel,
tion that they also had a report of a hit and
a seatbelt and neither was injured in the
please call Rene Poppe at (352) 628-
by traveling into the median. The Dodge
run motor vehicle accident with the same
crash.
5343, ext. 1004.
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