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Deborah Russell - Editor/Publisher
Inglis, FL 34449
Tom Russell - Consulting Editor
Wednesday August 12, 2009
A Publication of
Sally Price - Correspondent
Permit No. 14
Newscaster Publishing
Mike Moore - Photojournalist
Squawk Box
With Sally Price
Is Your Post
Office Safe?
Word came down recently
of closing some post offices
due to extreme financial difficulties for
the U S Postal Service. This decision
came about as the hard economic times
hit the post office like many businesses.
With electronic mail and internet usage
up, the year to date mail volume has
declined 27 billion pieces, while delivery
addresses have increased from 134 mil-
lion to 150 million. Delivering less mail
to more addresses results in less revenue
per address.
The Postal Service responded with
many changes. The career workforce will
be reduced by the end of the fiscal year
by 175,000 employees below the peak
of 800,000 in 1999 and a 20% reduction
of temporary and seasonal employees.
Many other ideas are being worked on.
The post offices on the list to possibly
close are stations and branches in larger
BOMB UNIT REMOVES SUSPICIOUS DEVICE (Inverness) The Citrus County Sheriff’s Office bomb unit used a robot to retrieve a suspicious device
cities where there are other available op-
reportedly thrown at a residence at 3507 S. Fairway Terrace shortly before 4:30 p.m. Monday. The device was loaded into the bomb unit’s
tions, not smaller towns.
containment vessel for transport to the landfill in Lecanto where it will be rendered safe.According to our photojournalist Mike Moore on the
The Postal Service is also looking at
scene, sheriff’s patrol cars were used as shields in the process. One deputy on the scene said “a dark cylindircal object was removed”. No
reducing the street delivery of mail to a 5
injuries were reported in the incident. More on page 8. Newscaster Photo by Mike Moore
Man Arrested on Lewd and
Toddler
day week, eliminating Saturday delivery
which would return to the level of 2000.
Lascivious Exhibition Charge
This would help close the gap between
Drowns In
cost and revenue. This would not affect
post office boxes or window services.
An investigation was started by
Doll,” where the player can dress up like
Few people are aware that the Postal
the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office, August
a celebrity. This game led
Pool
Service has to give the U S Treasury $5.4
3, after an 8-year-old Hernando County
up to one of the touching
billion September 30 for the Postal Ser-
girl disclosed to an adult that a Homosassa
incidents, according to
vice Retirees Health Benefit Fund man-
man had shown her obscene material and
the arrest report. A final
Bronson, Florida-On August 8, 2009 a 2
dated by the Congressional Postal Ac-
touched her inappropriately. The adult
incident occurred when
year old toddler was found at the bottom of
contacted the Florida Abuse Line, and the
the girl was playing a
an above ground pool. The home owners at
Continued on page 3- Squawk Box
sheriff’s office then spoke with the girl
video game, and Siebe
10551 NE 85th Street were having a large
Adopt A
about the allegations.
exposed himself to her
family party and the toddler was located by
The girl identified the man as 64-
and touched her inappro-
another child which called an adult for help.
year-old Robert L. Siebe, 6989 W. Cross-
priately, the report stated.
Siebe
The Levy County Sheriff’s Office received
Pet-Page 2
beck Ct., Homosassa. She explained that
The girl explained that
the 9-1-1 call at 7:13 PM.
she and her sister had traveled to Siebe’s
she was able to leave the room when she re-
Deputies  and  EMS  personnel
home for a visit. She said that they swam
minded Siebe that her sister would be back
called Shands Cair helicopter and set up
in his pool, where Siebe had taken photos
soon.
a landing zone at the Bronson Elementary
of people swimming, and she wanted to see
The girl said that she did not tell
School. The child was transported by air
them. She said she saw three nude pictures
anyone about what had occurred during her
to Shands at the University of Florida. The
of a woman she recognized as an acquain-
weeklong stay at Siebe’s home, then she and
child was pronounced dead at the hospital.
tance of Siebe’s. The girl mentioned another
her sister traveled out ot state to visit rela-
incident where she’d viewed a video on
tives, but when the girl returned to Florida
Yankeetown
YouTube (an internet video site) of a nude
on Aug. 2, she had a conversation with an
man.
adult about “secrets,” and that is when she
Realtor Dies
Another incident that was relayed
revealed what had happened to her during
to detectives by the girl started when she
her visit to Siebe’s home.
Details on page 3
was playing a computer game called “Star
According to the arrest report, the
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