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A Publication of
Wednesday July 7, 2010
Sally Price - Correspondent
Permit No. 14
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Mike Moore - Photojournalist
Squawk Box
Water Woes
With Sally Price
Inglis Code Sec.
70-43. Tampering with wa-
ter system states: No person
shall tamper with, alter, tap
into, connect, disconnect, or turn on or off,
any component of the town water system,
including any storage facility, distribution
line meter, cutoff valve or lock. Any person
who violates this section, shall upon con-
viction, for each offense thereof, be subject
to a fine not to exceed $300.00 or imprison-
ment not to exceed 90 days, or by both such
fine and imprisonment in the discretion of
the court.
There has been a lot of “water
under the bridge” this past 6 months at
Inglis Town meetings pertaining to town
water. Inglis residents who have suffered a
large water bill due to a line break on their
side of the meter found the 5 elected offi-
cials stood by the payment of the total bill,
which could be divided over the year if the
bill was over a certain amount. One citizen
had a $2000 bill for a water line break at a
home they bought and was in the process of
renovation, not living in it.
Cooling It on The River --Tubing down the Rainbow River (Blue Run) in Dunnellon has been a favorite way to cool off on a hot summer day for
If you had your water line break
years. Jumping in the cold crystal clear waters at KP Hole Park north of Dunnellon with anything that floats commits a person to an exhilarating
your first thought would be to shut off the
3 to 4 hours float to the bridge east of Dunnellon on Hwy 484 which is the “getting out” spot. If you don’t take along a mask and snorkel, you
water as quick as possible. When you read
miss an underwater wonderland equated to most sought after river dive spots in the world. Continued on page 2 -River
Water District
Deputies Investigating Home
the above Inglis Code you realize the prac-
tical thing to do could impose a big penalty
on you including jail time up to 90 days.
to allow yard
Invasion/Robbery In Citrus Springs
This subject has been talked to death at
meetings in the case of an emergency to no
watering twice a
avail with Commissioner Mosher stating
Just before midnight on Thursday, Berg, 40; and Troy Pittman, Jr., 44. No one
publicly 2 times he would still turn his off.
July 1, Citrus County Sheriffís Office com- was injured during the incident. The wit-
week Governing Board of the South- munications officers dispatched deputies to nefeets to 6 feet 1one suspectwithbeing about
Andy White will soon be facing the judge
sse described
as
for turning his rental line off with a break
a Citrus Springs residence where a home 6
inch tall,
a medium
The
in the mobile and the rule will be tested.
invasion robbery was reported at 870 W.
to heavy build. Two were described as be-
west Florida Water Management District
Saturday afternoon as I was on
Lightwood Street, not far from the Withla-
ing about 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighing
voted on June 29 to go to its Year Round
my way to the Inglis July 4 celebration
coochee River.
around 180 pounds, and the smallest suspect
Water Conservation Measures beginning
at the South Levy Rec Park I passed run-
The five shaken victims included a
is described as being about 5 feet 4 inches
Thursday, July 1, meaning that until fur-
ning water on the side of Hwy 40 at Elm
12-year-old boy who was visiting his grand-
tall with a thin build, weighing roughly 140
ther notice irrigating lawns will be allowed
St (which ironically goes to the town wa-
parents. They told deputies that four armed
pounds.
two times a week instead of once a week.
ter plant.) I turned around and drove up
men, dressed all in black and wearing masks,
A BOLO (be on the lookout) was issued
Residents should note that this could change
Elm St to discover the water bubbling out
barged through an unsecured back door and
for the four suspects, however, bad weather
days and times they are allowed to water.
of the water meter of Rev. Marvin Eiland
held them at gunpoint while the residence
prevented the agencyís helicopter from re-
Under the new rules, even address-
who founded the Inglis Baptist Church and
was robbed. A small amount of cash, pre-
sponding to the area for a search. K-9 units
es may water on Thursday and/or Sunday
probably lived here prior to the water plant.
scription drugs and a firearm were reported
attempted to track the area, but no one was
before 10 a.m. or after 4 p.m. Odd addresses
Continued on page 4 - Squawk Box
as taken. Three of the suspects brandished
located. Crime scene technicians processed
may water on Wednesday and/or Saturday
what appeared to be automatic weapons,
the scene for physical evidence, and detec-
before 10 a.m. or after 4 p.m. Watering on
Pet Patrol
while the fourth carried a baseball bat. The
tives have several leads.
any unauthorized day or during the prohib-
robbers fled the home on foot through the
If anyone has information about this
ited hours on an authorized day can result
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same back door.
crime or the four men responsible, please
in fines from the county’s Code Compliance
Besides the boy, victims included Ken-
call Detective Matt Taylor at 352-249-2792,
Division, which enforces restrictions.
neth Wise, Sr., 63; Joann Wise, 61; Patricia
or call 911 or 352-726-1121.
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