THE NEWSCASTER-Nature Coast News
PAGE 8 - July 6, 2011
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Cason Acres, Inglis to Get Paved Roads
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dated my sisters were required to come into our house and sit a spell before they could take
At the June 30, 2011 Inglis Town Commission Special Meeting, the commission
one of my sisters to a movie or skating or any other approved activity. Our curfew was
voted unanimously to allocate $100,000 for plans to start paving some Cason Acres roads
11P.M. My oldest sister had to plead with my parents to get that time extended to midnight
with highway millings from DAB constructtors of Inglis.
on the night of the Senior Prom. You toed the line at our house.
The town would receive a special price for the millings from DAB and would
As we approached Tigert Hall I saw a huge crowd of students gathered on the
have to purchase at auction several pieces of used road paving equipment needed to do the
lawn and there was a CBS truck also on the lawn and I saw a man aiming a camera that had
job. The Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFMD) would have to give its
NBC written on the side.
okay to the plan. A meeting was scheduled to take place with SWFMD on Tuesday July 5.
I was briefly caught up in the excitement and then a sobering thought hit me: My
The project is contingent on the outcome of that meeting.
parents always watched the six o’clock news with Walter Cronkite. If I were to be caught
It was decided to start with the seven roads between Hwy 40 E and Easy Cason
on camera protesting they would most likely see it. I was certain that even if my parents
Blvd east of Hwy 19. The plan is to use town maintenance employees working around their
happen to miss it someone in Inverness would see the broadcast: Recognize me and report
schedules. The progress of the work would be dependent on the availability of the millings.
it to my parents.
The equipment needed to do the job could be purchased at auction and then sold
I had just talked to Mama the day before and told her I would be home that week-
when finished. A sample of the same type of work can bee seen in front of the Chamber of
end. She said she would make sure we had mustard greens. I love mustard greens and no-
Commerce building in Inglis. If the project is successful, other roads in Cason Acres in the
body made them better than mama. I quickly turned and headed back to the dorm. “Where
town limits could also receive the upgrade.
are you going”? Benny asked. I told him I had a paper to write and left him there.
Couple arrested by the IPD on drug charges
That Friday I hitchhiked home to Inverness and arrived just in time for supper. As
we were eating my dad said, “On the news the other night I saw a bunch of University of
Marcus Miller, Jr., also known as Ryan Brooks Miller, 32, of S.E. 194th St.,
Florida students protesting that girl being suspended for posing for Playboy magazine. Did
Inglis, and Cathy Allyn Petty, 55, 2083 N. Heart Path, Crystal River, were both charged
you hear about that “?
with felony possession of cocaine and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia,
“The idea of that girl posing for Playboy magazine”, Mama added. “Her mother
around 3:00 a.m., July 23. According to the arrest reports, Miller and Petty were in posses-
needs to have a long talk with her”. I nodded my head and told my parents that I would
sion of 24.8 gms. of powdered cocaine and 5.3 grams of crack cocaine, along with hypo-
never have anything to do with a demonstration. I then looked at my sister and said “pass
dermic needles, metal spoons, and glass and metal pipes.
the mustard greens please”.
Miller’s arrest report stated that he was operating a motorcycle without an en-
dorsement, the motorcycle was not registered, and he gave a false name during the traffic
stop in an attempt to conceal his identity. Both were placed under arrest and transported to
the Levy County Jail for booking. Miller was also issued citations for driving while license
knowingly suspended, having an unregistered vehicle, and having no motorcycle endorse-
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