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Wednesday July 30, 2014

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Community

Be A Foster Parent

For Pets

Training Offered to Become

Animal Foster Home

Citrus County Animal Ser-

vices invites you to attend an infor-

mation/training session on becoming

a foster home for shelter animals to

be held on Thursday July 31th from

2:30-4:30 pm. The training will be

held in the training room at the Citrus

County Resource Center, located at

2804 W Marc Knighton Ct. in Lecan-

to.

Animal Services is seeking

foster homes in which to place a pet

that has been with us a length of time

and requires a little extra promoting

to find them a loving home. Ultimate-

ly, the goal is to find a "furever" home

for each animal. We also, from time

to time, have animals who need a lov-

ing hand and a place to recuperate af-

ter surgery or recover from an illness.

By becoming a foster caregiver to

these animals you may get the chance

to spend quality time with some tiny

kittens, teach a dog how to love and

be loved, or assist an injured cat or

Thursday, August 21, 2014, will be the day that Yuma, the endangered Florida Panther kitten, will be moving into his new home in the Wildlife

dog to get back on their feet thanks

Park's Panther exhibit. Yuma will then be seven months old and will weigh over 30 pounds. He will be released into the refurbished habitat at

to your care and attention. It's an im-

10:00 a.m. on that day. The 80' by 120' exhibit has been re-planted with new sod and includes a rock-bordered pond. Continued on page 4.

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mensely rewarding experience, and

Man Charged With Scheme to

it saves animals lives in a very direct

way. This training is required to be-

Holiday Begins

Defraud Walmart

come a foster caregiver.

Please RSVP to Billie Lom-

bardo, Citrus County Animal Ser-

phone case had been taken from the store

August 1st

From The Citrus County Sheriff Dept.

vices Volunteer Coordinator at Billie.

then brought back for a fraudulent return.

lombardo@bocc.citrus.fl.us or call

Thomas had received a store credit

Robert

Edward

352-746-8408.

Legislation was passed to create

in the amount of $22.22 for the phone case

Thomas, IV, 21, 8185 N. Fani-

a 3-day sales tax holiday that will begin at

Captain's  Big

and signed his name on the receipt, then

ta Dr., Dunnellon, was arrest-

12:01 a.m., Friday, August 1, 2014, and end

made two purchases, one for $14.63 and the

ed by the Citrus County Sher-

at midnight, Sunday, August 3, 2014. Dur-

other for $7.28, using the store credit card

Redfish Contest

iff s Office, July 24, charged

ing this period, no Florida sales tax or local

for both. He then headed toward the gro-

with scheme to defraud less

option tax will be collected on sales of cloth-

cery vestibule when he was approached by

Thomas

than $20,000 (a third degree

ing, footwear, and certain accessories selling

two loss prevention officers. He attempted

Begins Aug.1st

felony). His bond was set at

for $100 or less per item, on certain school

to run, but the officers were able to redirect

$5,000.

supplies selling for $15 or less per item, and

him into the loss prevention office.

The report stated that the loss

Over $1500

on the first $750 of the sales price for com-

Thomas told the deputy that he did

prevention officer at the Lecanto Walmart

puters and certain computer-related acces-

want to talk with him. He said, because he

noticed that Thomas was displaying sus-

sories when purchased for noncommercial

needed gas money, he'd gone inside the

in Prizes

picious behavior at the Customer Service

home or personal use.

store and tried to return an item for cash,

Desk while returning a waterproof phone

The sales tax exemption for cloth-

but when he received the store credit in-

case from the sporting goods department.

ing items is increased to $100 or less per

See page 12

stead of cash, he went inside the store to

The officer reviewed recent closed circuit

item from $75 or less per item in 2013. The

purchase some items, instead. He said he'd

television footage and determined that the

Continued on page 10 - Sales Tax Holiday

made a mistake, and he was sorry.