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Coast Guard searching for missing

boater Fla.-- The Coast Guard is of Steinhatcheeman in

southwest searching for a missing 54-year-old

ST. PETERSBURG,

the water 17 miles southwest of Steinhatchee, Florida,Monday. Missing is Edward Viola,

54, from Steinhatchee. At 9:46 a.m. watchstanders from Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg

received a call from a the Sea Hag Marina in Steinhatchee, reporting a Good Samaritan had

located and recovered a woman from the water approximately nine miles southwest of the

Steinhatchee River entrance.

Cheryl Sims, 50, from Steinhatchee stated she had been with her boyfriend, Viola,

aboard a 15-foot boat, Sunday evening. After dark, Viola entered the water when the boat

experienced engine trouble. Sims went into the water to assist but lost contact with her boy-

friend and the boat. Viola was last seen clinging to a blue seat cushion.

An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Clearwater, Florida, was

launched and at 10:50 a.m. located the boat 17 miles southwest of Steinhatchee. A 24-foot

Special Purpose Craft-Shallow Water boatcrew from Station Yankeetown, Florida, and a

HC-130 Hercules from Air Station Clearwater have been launched to assist in the search.

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The

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is also aiding in the search. The Coast

Guard asks the public to keep a sharp lookout and contact Coast Guard watchstanders at

5093 S. Orwell Pt., Homosassa, Florida 34446

(727) 824-7506 with any information regarding the whereabouts of Viola.

Phone: (352) 489-4588 Fax: (727) 362-4788

Atlantic snook to close in

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Help Support Old Homosassa Veterans Memorial

Lake Okeechobee and the Kissimmee River, on Sept. 1. Snook is also closed for harvest in

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Homosassa residents and veterans observed Memorial day from 1pm to 2pm Monday at the

Gulf of Mexico state and federal waters, including Everglades National Park and Monroe

Veterans memorial in Homosassa. Supporters of the memorial are asking for the public to

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County, through Aug. 31, reopening Sept. 1.

help in its up keep by visiting the Yard sale for the Troops at Howard's Flea Market, main

Unique to the region, snook are one of the many reasons Florida is the Fishing

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