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The USDA estimates that 20% of all food grown in the US is wasted during har-

Aaron Moses Beam IV, also called “Twoey,” 32, ofPark St., Inglis, was arrested

vest. According to Barbara Sayles, Director of the Society of St. Andrews of Florida, the

by the Inglis Police Department, July 5, charged with domestic battery and kidnapping.

North Carolina potatoes were headed to a landfill before The Gleaning Network stepped in

According to the arrest report, police were called to room 115 of the Withlacoochee Motel

and gathered them up to be re-directed for better use. “Usually we glean citrus in Florida,

where Beam was staying with a Valrico, Florida woman.

she added, or corn or cantaloupe. This year we gleaned 38 tractor-trailer loads of watermel-

Officer Letson was dispatched to the room due to a complaint of domestic vio-

ons. Gleaned potatoes are a first for us.”

lence. When the officer arrived, he found both Beam and the woman in the room. Beam

“If it takes the lowly potato to ignite the spark of cooperation towards a common

came out of the room to speak with Letson. The report stated that Beam smelled strongly

goal, so be it”, said Diane Toto, Civic Director and Food Bank organizer. As she directed

of alcohol and said, “I didn t do nothin, Letson.” The report stated that the woman then ap-

the weekly food distribution outside the Homosassa Civic Center, she also directed the

proached Letson and said, “Look what he did,” while pointing to scratches on her forehead

potato bagging and distribution operations. “This warms the cockles of my heart to finally

and both sides of her nose. She turned her head and showed Ofc. Letson a red area on her

see a spirit of cooperation between counties, agencies and churches. This is the vision that

neck that extended about five inches from below her chin to her collar bone area, that had

we must nurture and allow to grow.”

some abrasion to the area. The victim stated that Beam had bitten her on the nose, wrapped

his hands around her neck and told her that he could kill her, and that he d also prevented

her from leaving the motel room.

The victim was checked by paramedics, but she refused treatment. Beam was

arrested on charges of domestic battery by strangulation and false imprisonment. He was

transported to the Levy County Jail.

Faulty tag light leads Inglis woman to

court date for drug charge

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Kerry L. VanZandt, 38, 30 Tronu Dr., Inglis, was issued a Notice to Appear, fol-

lowing a traffic stop by the Inglis Police Department, around 2:45 a.m., July 10, for having

a faulty tag light on the vehicle she was driving. The Officer asked VanZandt if she had any

        egal tm inhe car, and she stated that she had some cannabis on her person. VanZandt

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 removed a plastic bag containing a green leafy substance from inside her waistband that

field-tested positive for cannabis and had a total weight of 13.4 grams. VanZandt was is-

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sued a Notice to Appear in Levy county Court on August 3 for possession of cannabis less

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Inglis man charged with domestic battery

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Kirk Wilfred Cooper, Jr., 33, 29 Lois St., Inglis, was arrested by the Inglis Police

Volunteers handle the bagging and distribution of “gleaned” potatoes in support of a

Department at his residence, around 1:15 a.m., July 8, charged with domestic battery.

multi-agency event in Homosassa last Saturday morning. Held at the Homosassa Civic Cen-

While the officer was enroute to the residence, he was informed that the argu-

ter, the joint inter-county effort will help feed 9000 families across three counties in our

ment had turned physical. When the officer arrived at the home, the victim was walking

area. Newscaster/Mike Moore Photo

up the driveway toward the road. She said that Cooper was in the house.

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Cooper stated that he and the woman had argued, and during the argument, the

woman had approached him aggressively, and he had pushed her backward. The victim

told the officer that they had argued, and Cooper had shoved her backward.

                 

Cooper was placed under arrest, charged with domestic battery. He was trans-

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ported to the Levy County Jail.

Citrus Transportation Planning

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Organization Is Formed

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County and city officials met with the District 7 secretary of the Florida Department

of Transportation (FDOT) on July 8 in an historic signing ceremony in the Old Courthouse

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to create the Citrus County Transportation Planning Organization (TPO).

     

ganization brings together FDOT, Citrus County and both Inverness and Crystal River city

governments to facilitate coordinated planning of transportation projects by all four juris-

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dictions. The TPO will allow Citrus County to participate as full voting partner in regional

transportation planning, prioritization of funding allocations and receiving state and federal

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transportation grants. It will monitor and prioritize a Long Range Transportation Plan and

a Transportation Capital Improvement Plan and also assist FDOT by providing information

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relating to access management, classification of roadways and data collection.

The actual membership of the TPO will consist of three county commissioners

and two members from each city council. In addition, the TPO will establish a Citizen’s

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ments without local representation when federal transportation dollars are allocated to dif-

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