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Wednesday July 21, 2010
Sally Price - Correspondent
Permit No. 14
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Mike Moore - Photojournalist
Squawk Box
Sewers A Must For
Inglis' Future
With Sally Price
At the July 13th Inglis
town meeting Bruce Day,
Planning Director from the
Withlacoochee Regional Planning Council
(WRPC) was on hand for the final read-
ing and adoption of the Inglis Comprehen-
sive Plan. Scott Monasett from Summitt
Professional talked on Fair Housing and
the fact that the grant cycle for Commu-
nity Development Block Grant (CDBG)
could net the Town of Inglis $650,000 for
improvements to qualified home owners.
Scott said Information can be picked up at
town hall. The first criteria for getting one
of the grants is income level and the ap-
plicants are ranked by information in the
application.
Mayor Bill Lake discussed the subject
of trying to get a sewer system at least in
the commercial district. Commissioner
Merritt backed up the necessity of that
and other things which the town needs for
growth to help with taxes and keeping the
This is not your normal group of youngsters on tricycles pictured in front of the Elvis Presley Follow That Dream sign on Hwy 40 W in Inglis
town running. Merritt said her attendance
this past Sunday. This group of serious trikers called the Spring Hill Wingnuts is Following Their Dream and have joined together to promote
in Tallahassee of the Infrastructure of the
Motorcyclist
trike riding for fun, fellowship and education. They just returned from a ride and lunch in Cedar Key. Photo by Sally Price, More on page 8.
Future meeting and how the town needs to
Robber Demands Cash at
look 50 years into the future.
Merritt told of the importance of
Dies, Driver of
jobs being created and how sewer systems
Capital City Bank
were being used in a new green technol-
ogy to capture the sludge (by-product),
Car Still
burn it and capture the carbon dioxide in
(Citrus Springs) Just after 3:20 p.m. on Thursday, Citrus County Sheriff’s Office
a system and then feed hydroponic green-
dispatchers received a call about a robbery at the Capital City Bank located at 10241 N.
houses where the plants convert the carbon
Sought
Florida Avenue. Area deputies responded immediately.
dioxide into oxygen. She feels this is a new
Three employees reportedly were in the bank at the time of the robbery, but no
technology which needs to be seriously
customers. The suspect came in the lobby entrance door and exited the same way. He ap-
considered.
proached a teller and demanded cash. The suspect also displayed a firearm, saying he would
Merritt is trying to identify land
The Florida Highway Patrol (FHP)
use the weapon if he had to.
that can be used and looking into stimu-
is looking for an unknown driver of a car, in
After receiving an undisclosed amount of cash, the man placed the money in a
lus money & other available funds through
relation to a motorcycle crash that occurred
small gray-colored, golf-type ditty bag. He then exited the building, ran across the parking
other sources for green houses, training and
in Inglis, around 2:00 p.m., July 13 (last
lot and jumped over a chain-linked fence into a heavily wooded area nearby.
for green technology. Commissioner Webb
Tuesday), that resulted in the death of the
Wet weather hindered a search of the woods by one of the agency’s K9 units; however, the
agreed with Merritt and Lake that without
driver of a motorcycle and critical injuries
dog followed a track at least for a short distance. It is unknown at this time if a vehicle was
a sewer system in the commercial district
to his passenger.
involved in the robbery.
Continued on page 10- Bank Robbery
at least, the town will never come of age.
The driver of the 1995 Harley Da-
Charles Botts from Palm Point was voted
vidson motorcycle was Bret E. Stutler, 49,
9 Arrested in Citrus,Marion Drug Case
to fill the seat vacated by David Boyd on
who died as a result of his injuries at Shands
the Planning Commission after his talk on
U.F. Hospital in Gainesville, around 11:20
Operation Eclipse, a five-month-
his past work experience which covered a
more than 180 kilograms of cocaine a year
a.m., Thursday, July 15. His passenger, De-
long investigation that culminated in nearly
career working in many relevent positions.
and more than 7,700 pounds of marijuana a
loris A. Stutler, 54, remains in Shands Hos-
three dozen arrests, plus seizures of cash, ve-
year were uncovered during the special op-
pital in critical condition. The Stutlers, both
hicles, guns and drugs, translates into a drug
eration. That’s nearly $12 million in drug
from Clarksburg, W.V., were air-lifted to
Pet Patrol
enforcement campaign involving a multi-
trafficking between Marion and Citrus coun-
Shands Hospital the day of the crash, both
agency law enforcement team. The Citrus
ties. These drug rings were trafficking pre-
with critical injuries.
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County Sheriff’s Office was a key player.
scription pills as well.
According to Trooper John Gikas
Four drug organizations moving
Continued on page 4 - Drug Arrests
Continued on page 3 - Driver Sought