THE NEWSCASTER-Nature Coast News
PAGE 8 - July 28, 2010
Hunters Quota permits not being
Citrus County Airports Expansion
mailed anymore
Promise to Boost Local Ecomony
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) wants to make
Citrus County is closing in on some major projects in its current plans for a new
hunters aware that beginning this year, quota permits for general gun, archery, muzzleload-
aviation future. It has finished or is in the last stages of major upgrades and expansions at
ing gun, family, youth, airboat and track will not be mailed out to successful applicants as
its two airports, and local officials are excited about the potential those improvements will
they have been in the past.
afford for the future of the businesses community.
Instead, the FWC is allowing hunters, who are awarded permits in the random
Currently the Crystal River Airport has an economic impact of $9.6 million, with 115
drawings, to print the quota permits by going to www.fl.wildlifelicense.com and choosing
related jobs that generate a $3 million payroll. Inverness Airport has a $2.6 million impact
“Limited Entry/Quota then Pickup/Pay for Awarded Permit.” For detailed instructions on
with 25 related jobs generating a $759,900 payroll.
how to do this, go to MyFWC.com/Hunting and click “Limited Entry Hunts,” then “How
The major goals of Citrus County’s Aviation Master Plans are closer to being
to Print Your Limited Entry Hunt Permit Directly from the Website.”
realized as one airport runway, at Inverness, is currently being extended to 5,000 feet, the
Hunters not having access to the Internet or a printer can pick up their awarded
magic number for small corporate jets.
quota permits at license agents or county tax collectors offices. But, be prepared to give to
The ultimate goal is to take the Crystal River Airport to 5,000 feet, starting in
the clerk, the 4-digit hunt number of the hunt you were awarded. Hunt numbers are listed
2012. It is currently 4,555 feet. The taxiway was recently widened and moved for increased
on the quota worksheets.
separation from the runway to service B-2 type aircraft (corporate jets, for example).
To check drawing results and permit availability, hunters may again go to My-
The commission also recently approved a supplement to amend an existing grant
FWC.com/Hunting and click “Limited Entry Hunts.”
to upgrade existing navigation aids at the airport to enhance safety.
Permits issued during phase I or II can be downloaded or picked up any time be-
Also at Crystal River, the county commission recently approved a contract for the design
fore the hunt ends. However, if you obtain a quota permit during the first-come, first-served
for an estimated 25 new T-hangars.
phase III, make sure to print it out at the end of the transaction. If you go through a license
In Inverness, work is ongoing to significantly upgrade the airport. In addition
agent or tax collector during this period, you will receive your quota permit from the clerk.
to the runway being realigned and extended to 5,000 feet, all new airfield lighting with a
The exception is that mobility-impaired quota hunt permits will continue to be mailed to
backup generator is being installed, a Jet-A fuel tank has been installed, and an automated
successful applicants.
weather observation system has been put into service.
Water authority gives Citrus County
The new Fixed Base Operator (FBO) terminal/maintenance hangar and apron
design for Inverness is almost complete, and construction will soon be underway on the
$45k Grant for Water Conservation
terminal at the south end of the airport. To accommodate the upgrades, Watson Street, off
U.S. 41, has been extended to the terminal area.
The Withlacoochee Regional Water Supply Authority has awarded Citrus County
In addition to that, the Citrus County Economic Development Council (EDC),
Water Resources Department a $45,000 grant to continue its efforts in water conservation.
with support from the county commission, is readying property along the road near the
A number of counties received the matching grant, and Citrus, Hernando and Mar-
terminal that will soon be developed as a business park.
ion counties will oversee local programs for rebates, incentives, irrigation audits, outreach,
Citrus EDC president John Siefert said Citrus County has now become much
media campaigns, education, and grants for low-flow devices.
more aviation friendly, and said, “We expect our new capabilities to make a difference in
“The success of the grant application is a tribute to the efforts and successes being
how companies that utilize aviation view doing business here and basing operations here.”
implemented by Bernadine Flood,” said Citrus County Water Resources Director Robert
Sworn Complaint for Grand Theft
Knight, referring to the county’s conservation and outreach coordinator. Flood works with
both private and commercial interests to educate the public and create partnerships that fo-
Issued for Inglis Man
cus on water conservation. She works with individuals, groups and businesses on methods
to conserve water both inside and outside homes and businesses.
Jackson Sullivan, Executive Director of the authority, said in his notification to
A Sworn Complaint was submitted to the State attorney s Office, July 7, by
Citrus of the grant approval, “As you know, the authority places the highest priority on
the Inglis Police Department, against Michael Richard Kitchen, 50, who is listed on the
water conservation projects within the region.”
report as an Inglis transient, charging him with grand theft,
He told the counties getting the grant: “The authority is counting on your wa-
According to the complaint, a male witness stated that Kitchen had come to
ter conservation programs to lead the way in our region toward meeting the 150 gallons
him and told him he d removed a trailer from an E. Cason Blvd. property and asked him
per capita per day requirement by 2018 adopted by SWFWMD [Southwest Florida Water
what he should do. The witness wrote, that as he (the witness) didn’t know the property
Management District -- which sets per capita consumption goals for the district].” That per
that Kitchen was trying to describe (as the location where he’d taken the trailer), he asked
capita use is now at about 187 gallons per day for the area.
Kitchen to show him where the property was, so he and Kitchen had driven past the
Neighborhood Stabilization Homebuyer’s Seminar July 31, Aug. 14
property where he’d allegedly taken the trailer and saw the property owner speaking with
Citrus County’s Housing Services and Neighborhood Housing & Development Coro-
Officer Letson of the IPD.
ration will be holding Homebuyer’s Education Seminars for those families purchasing a
Officer Letson also spoke with the owner of the property across the street from
home through the Neighborhood Stabilization Program and those interested in doing so.
the property where the trailer had been taken. She said that she had seen a white pickup
The first seminar will be on Saturday, July 31, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and the second
truck, that she believes to be Kitchen’s, at the property where the trailer was taken.
one will be held on Saturday, August 14, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Ofc. Letson again spoke with the male witness who stated that Kitchen had left
The seminars will be held at the Citrus County Resource Center at 2804 W. Marc
a voicemail on his phone that he (Kitchen) had left the travel trailer he had taken at St.
Knighton Court in Room 135. Marc Knighton Court is off County Road 491 just south of
Anthony’s Catholic Church (located at Hwy. 19 and C.R. 40A).
Beverly Hills. For more information or to reserve a seat, call the Citrus County Housing
Sgt. Ballard of the IPD located a white and gold travel trailer that was identified
Services at 527-7532.
by the owner as the one in question that had been taken from his E. Cason Blvd. home.
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