THE NEWSCASTER-Nature Coast News
PAGE 8 - July 13, 2011
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Scooter - truck crash injures woman
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A traffic crash involving a motor scooter and a truck, July 7, resulted in the driver
Whipperwills and Bob Whites. Those sights and sounds are gone, probably forever, and if
of the motorcycle being injured and charged with improper passing. According to the Flor-
we don’t wise up our grandchildren will turn on the spigot one day and nothing will come
ida Highway Patrol, Bethann Buckaloo, 49, of Homosassa, was driving a 2010 Bash motor
out.
scooter in Homosassa, traveling east on W. Green Acres Blvd.
Our ecosystem is fragile and the older I get the more I realize that only God could
She was driving behind Michael Schneider, 58, also of Homosassa, who was driv-
create a place like earth where all life is connected and dependant on each other. Nature
ing a 2004 Ford F-350 truck. Buckaloo attempted to pass Schneider as he was attempting
is such an incredible balancing act. The earth depends on floods, fire and wind just as life
to make a left turn onto S. Memorial Dr.The front of the scooter made contact with the
forms depend on each other to survive. It is truly a miracle.
left front of the truck, which ejected Buckaloo from the motor scooter. She received un-
I live in-between two golf courses. I have seen the sprinkler systems going full
specified injuries and was transported to Seven Rivers Regional Medical Center in Crystal
blast on both courses in the middle of driving rainstorms. I realize they may be using re-
River. Buckaloo was charged with inproper passing. No mention was made in the report of
cycled water, but couldn’t they save it for an, uh, unrainy day?
any injuries to Schneider.
What we put in the aquifer may be immediately more dangerous to future genera-
Traffic stop leads to passenger s arrest
tions than what we take out. Pesticides and chemical run off from fertilizers also pollute our
rivers and will eventually find its way into the aquifer. Do you remember the arsenic levels
During a routine traffic stop in Inglis, around 8:20 p.m., July 3, Patrick Michael
being too high in the Inglis/Yankeetown water supply and the embarrassing notices all over
(“Mike”) Nichols, 38, 141 N. Maple St., Inglis, was arrested and given a notice to apear in
the town warning about our water? The source of that arsenic, by the way, was man made.
court on misdemeanor charges of possession of marijuana and possession of paraphernalia.
A person who I have known for a while mentioned to me the other day that I was too far to
According to the arrest report, Nichols was a passenger in the vehicle. When the traffic
the left for his liking. I was taken aback, somewhat, because if any thing I consider myself
stop had been completed, the driver gave consent for a search of the vehicle. The
of-
clearly right of the centerline on the political spectrum. But then it occurred to me that be-
ficer found a small amount of marijuana on the passenger seat. Nichols denied having any
ing so concerned about our environment, particularly finite resources like water, may lead
marijuana on his person, but gave the officer permission to search him. During the search,
people to believe I have lefty tendencies.
the officer found marijuana in a clear plastic bag and a pack of rolling papers. Nichols has
I only have one label for folks who put profit in front of protecting and preserving
a mandatory court apearance on the charges, August 2.
for our posterity the land that God has made us stewards of: Not left or right, not Democrat
Woman jailed for driving While License suspended
or Republican, not liberal or conservative: Just plain stupid.
Robin L. Esteves, 27, of S.E. 203rd Place, Inglis, was arrested by the Citrus Coun-
ty Sheriff s Office, June 21, on a misdemeanor charge of knowingly driving while license
suspended. According to the arrest report, a deputy made a traffic stop on Esteves vehicle
at 12:40 a.m. She located her driver s license, but it had been suspended on May 16 (2011)
for failure to pay traffic fines on three occasions. She stated she knew the license was
suspended, but she thought she was doing the right thing by taking two friends home so
they would not drive. Esteves was transported to the Citrus County Detention Facility on
the charge. Her bond was set at $250. She was cited for the offense and a mandatory court
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