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where. I witnessed a young lady recently enter our grocery store talking on the phone, talk
on it the entire time she shopped, then stay on the darn thing while she checked out. The
sales clerk was trying to make conversation with the young lady, but was not able to break
into her conversation with the mystery voice on the other end of the line. She left the store,
got into her car and drove off still engaged in conversation on her cell phone. Did I mention
she had small children with her? I’m sorry, but I think that’s kind of tacky.
I have owned a cell phone for about 5 years or more now and I have lost one and
managed to drown one in the Muddy River in Swallow Falls Maryland. That incident oc-
curred at the tail end of a hike through heavy woods and intermittent wading with my young
grandsons in the rough waters at Swallow Falls. My dear wife kept warning me to give her
the cell phone, but I assured her everything was under control: And it was, until the 4 year
old broke free from my grip and I tried to corral him in. At that precise moment I stepped
into a hole and was up to my neck in water. My grandson, who caused the fall, said “come
on Grandaddy, we can’t swim here”.
I should have let the Muddy River claim that phone and call it quits but I still own
one. Maybe W.H.O should test cell phones for its addiction tendencies rather than its pos-
sible role in causing cancer. I think I have a problem.
Inglis man charged with shoplifting porn magazine
Leonard J. Ramsey, 28, 11240 N. Northwood Dr. Lot 41, Inglis, was arrested by the
Inglis Police Department at 7:35 p.m., May 28, following a complaint of theft made against
him by an employee of the Inglis Food Mart, located at 650 Hwy. 40 East, Inglis. According
to the arrest report, the incident occurred at 2:47 p.m. An Inglis Police Officer went to the
store around 7:00 p.m. and reviewed the surveillance video. In the video, he saw Ramsey
Yankeetown School Awards - Fifth graders Alexander Wildey and Violetta Kolozsy were
remove a pornographic magazine from the shelf and take it behind a door, off camera, and
each awarded a $4000 STEPS to CF scholarship to attend the College of Central Florida upon
return without it.
graduation from high school. Judy Peacock, a member of the board of directors at the Col-
The store clerk looked for the magazine, but did not find it. The store clerk rec-
lege of Central Florida Foundation awarded the STEPS which stands for “Scholarships Taking
ognized the vehicle and the person who came inside the store with Ramsey. The officer
Elementary Promising Students” to CF.
located Ramsey at his residence and identified him as the person he had viewed in the store s
Carol Runnels Sullivan awarded the first STEPS scholarship at YTS in 2008. Mr Jack Wilkin-
surveillance video. The officer reported that Ramsey told him he knew better than to take
son, the namesake of the new Levy Campus adopted the second scholarship for Yankeetown
the magazine, then returned the magazine to him. Ramsey was charged with retail theft and
which is dedicated in honor of Eleanor Hutchinson.
released with a court date of June 21 on the misdemeanor charge.
Students are selected by their school who demonstrate an exemplary ability to excel aca-
Levy County's Most Wanted
demically. These students awarded the STARS must continue to do well in school and remain
drug and crime free. Upon high school graduation, the recipients will have $4000 waiting for
Levy County’s Most Wanted List, June 1,
them at CF to use toward tuition and fees for any program at the college.
2011: Melinda H. Foster, Inglis, date of
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