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Real Estate Today
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Rev Eiland and wife Lillie live on a limited retirement, they both use motorized chairs and
A Real Estate Success Story
Rev Eiland has a leg amputated. Having no number to call in the case of a water break on
A Guest Commentary by Darryl Diamond
the weekend and the holiday celebration going on I drove quickly to their son Andy’s home
A good friend of mine, David Rut-
acres he presently has 33 acres of C-3 com-
nearby and told him to call the police or sheriff and see if they had a number to call for shut
tinger has enjoyed a long career as a master
mercial zoning, waiting to
off while I ran back to the police station for help. After an officer opened the door and I
wood worker, and a local real estate devel-
be developed. He recently
asked for help with a number, Mayor Lake drove past. I waved him down, he came back and
oper. He has lived in the South Levy county
completed an extremely
I told him what happened. He said lead the way and east we went. When we got to the Eiland
area for many years. A few years back, Dave
high quality 4,800 com-
residence there was Danny Dayton, the new public works guy on his knees in the water shut-
had a dream of owning a unified ownership
mercial  building  with
ting the valve off. I got on my knees to dig out the box and see just how these lines break.
campground right on Lake Rousseau. He
many upgrades including
As I am digging out mud, the Mayor offers me a towel to kneel on and then got down on
speaks fondly about how this special type of
phase 3 electric. He built
the wet ground as well to check the box out in his dress slacks. I wish I had a picture of Rev
camp ground allows everybody in the com-
this magnificent building right on #19 to
Eiland in his chair with his son Andy and Danny with Mayor Lake and myself on our knees
plex to own the piece of land where their RV
showcase his fantastic wood work. Dave is
dipping out mud by hand. We stood up and Rev Eiland’s son Andy, explaining the financial
or camper is placed. With many lots back-
also a bit of a philanthropist as he used his
hardship this could have caused his father. He said he would be presenting the commission
ing to the lake, Dave knew that these lots
custom carpentry skills to build the commis-
alternate ways of handling broken lines and large water bills.This genuine interest by Mayor
would sell quickly, and since this type of
sioner’s desks, and podium which are regu-
Lake showed me that the Mayor truly was concerned and his comment as we all got ready
campground is used just part of the year, no
larly used in the Inglis town hall, and then
to leave was.. “you understand I am a figurehead, I have a voice but I don’t have a vote.”
homestead exemption would apply, with the
donated them to the town.
result of full tax millage paid to the County.
A few years ago, then Mayor Caro-
I can not help to think that Dave
lyn Risher told me that when she accepted
wanted to have the fun of running a camp-
the donation from Dave, she was delighted,
ground while seeing other people have fun
however she insisted that the town repay
on Lake Rousseau. The campground was to
him at least for the materials. Dave has al-
be located next to Big Bass Village which
ways been generous to his friends, and to
is at 105Th Ave and #40 just across from
the people of his town. He now has health
the entrance to the Queen Bee complex. He
issues, and could use help himself. He needs
made the pond that sits on the property, and
to sell his current building, and his com-
he had a large septic system placed on the
mercial land. If you know of anyone inter-
property, however the campground never
ested in his 33 acres and/or his commercial
got started for financial and other reasons.
building please contact him or me. This is a
In recent years David has started the devel-
rare opportunity for any commercial prop-
opment of a 36 acre commercial site, with
erty buyer, and he will consider some owner
over 900 feet frontage on #19, about 3 miles
financing. Diamond Investments Inc. 352-
north of Inglis. After selling off approx. 3
447-4442 I ll see you around “The Campus”
Aviation Advisory Board to meet July 12
The Citrus County Aviation Advisory Board meeting date has been changed. The
board will meet on July 12. Under Old Business will be an update by Community Develop-
ment Planner Joe Hochadel on towers. Engineering Project Manager Quincy Wylupek will
Rev. Marvin Eiland and his son Andy on a cell phone trying to get help with a water leak in the
give the board a status report on the Watson Street resolution in reference to Florida Depart-
Town of Inglis. Newscaster photo/Sally Price.
ment of Transportation and the June 22 county commission meeting.
Two Inglis passers-by arrested on drug charges
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A Sefner, Florida man, Timothy Walton Britt, 30, was arrested after a traffic stop
at Plaza 40
was made by the Inglis Police Department on a green Toyota van at 6:49 p.m., June 28. Ac-
Carting
cording to the arrest report, the van was stopped on U.S. Hwy. 19 at Gobbler’s Restaurant.
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K-9 police officer Elvis alerted to the presence of narcotics, so Sefner and a co-defendent
10-20-30 yd.
Hwy. 40E, Inglis
were asked to exit the vehicle. A search turned up a digital scale with residue on it, rolling
papers, a rolling machine, two bags of marijuana and several marijuana stems and seeds. As
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in the vehicle were placed under arrest and charged with possession of less than 20 grams
of marijuana and possession of paraphernalia
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