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The Newscaster/Nature Coast News
Squawk Box
Inglis Man Arrested on Two Counts
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courthouse and south of the Sinclair Station on US 41. Gene Hewitt was the first owner/
of Capital Sexual Battery
operator of that station and it was built a little later than the other stations mentioned.
I remember when the Super Test filling station was built in Inverness probably in the very
A resident of 115th Avenue in Inglis, William "Bill" Duane
late 50’s or early 1960. They introduced a new concept in gasoline sales: self service. Most of
Snyder, 64, was arrested by the Levy County Sheriff's Office,
the citizens of Inverness didn’t like that idea. I can remember my Grandfather saying if no one
August 4th, and charged with two counts of capital sexual bat-
was going to pump his gas at a station he certainly wouldn’t do business with them.
tery and three counts of lewd and lascivious molestation on a
During my high school years a group of teens that included Buster Geiger, Francis Croft,
child.
Joe McLeod and myself would often pile in the Geiger’s old Ford station wagon (when Buster’s
According to the LCSO, the victim's mother made the
mom, Alma, would allow him to use it), and we would ride around Inverness. We rarely had
complaint on July 27, and an investigation was initiated. On Au-
much money and I recall pulling into the Super Test and everyone emptying their pockets to
gust 4, the child was interviewed at a child protection location by
put gas in the car. Usually 75 cents or so would be all that we could muster and that would buy
a forensic interviewer, and Snyder was interviewed at the LCSO
about three gallons. That was enough to ride the streets for at least as long as we were allowed
substation in Inglis. According to information obtained at the
out. In those days parents wanted their children home well before midnight on weekends and
interviews, the alleged sexual activity had started around August
Wm. Snyder
for the most part we weren’t allowed out at all on week nights.
of 2007, and the most recent activity had occurred about four
Buster Geiger was the most resourceful individual I have ever known. I recall running out
months ago. Snyder told interviewers that he was sorry for his
of gas in that old station wagon and he would instruct everyone in the car to sway side-to-
actions and made an excuse as to the reason for his actions. "He told the child that he would
side. The motion would somehow coax enough gas from the bottom of the tank to the carbu-
kill himself if she ever told anyone," the report stated.
retor to squeeze out another mile or two. On more than one occasion he used this technique to
Anyone who may have had inappropriate contact with Snyder is asked to contact
pull us into a gas station just as the car quit running.
LCSO Investigator Mike Narayan at (352) 486-5111. Bond was set at $1.75 million.
Of course 25 cents in those days was worth a lot more than now. But oh how I fondly
Dunnellon woman dies in
remember how sweet it was to have someone pump your gas and shoot the breeze with you
while you spent your money on gas. It would sure ease the pain at the pump seeing the owner
Citrus Springs car crash
of the station personally taking care of your car. This Squawk Box originally ran in Sept.2007.
Yankeetown to Select New
A 23-year-old Dunnellon woman was killed in a single car accident, July 29, at 9:30
p.m. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Carla Suzanne Bradley was driving east in a
Councilman August 18
2006 Pontiac on Citrus Springs Blvd., just east of W. Iva Dr. in Citrus Springs. There was a
slight curve to the right, and Ms Bradley drove onto the grassy median, overcorrected, and
Three applicants have thrown their “ hats into the ring” to replaced resigned Yan-
the car rotated counterclockwise and struck a tree that was located in the median. Her car
keetown councilman Ed Candela. They are Bill Cox, Jack Scofield and Jim Petrovich. Bill Cox
ended-up facing north. Ms Bradley was not wearing a seatbelt.
is a former Yankeetown councilman and Jim Petrovich is a former candidate who ran in a
Herbicide treatments on
previous election. Yankeetown Mayor Dawn Clary said in her weekly Newscaster column
that,"the selection of someone to fill the vacant seat on the Town Council is scheduled for the
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midmonth meeting on the 18th (of August). If you are interested in this position, please bring
a resume and a cover letter discussing why you wish to be on the council, to town hall."
Croft Avenue Lane changes,
During August 11 through 22, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commis-
sion (FWC) will conduct aquatic weed operation in Lake Rousseau using EPA-approved
traffic light go into effect Aug. 15
(Environmental Protection Agency) herbicides. Water lettuce and water hyacinth will be con-
trolled by the herbicide Reward and, boat trails will be maintained with the herbicides Glyphosate
and Aquathol Super K.
Motorists at the north end of Croft Avenue will soon find two new lanes and a new
People using treated areas of the lake for domestic purposes or irrigation should not
access road into Hernando Elementary School, in addition to a new traffic signal at that
use treated water for 5 days in Reward-treated areas and for 7-days in Aquathol Super K-
intersection. All traffic will be rerouted Friday morning, August 15, onto the two new lanes
treated areas. Do not use treated water to water livestock for 1 day in Reward-treated areas.
that have been constructed alongside the north end of Croft. Those lanes, which will be two-
Treated water should not be used for drinking for 3 days in Reward-treated areas (this does
way for a while, will eventually become the northbound lanes in a divided, four-lane section
not apply to tap water). There are no restrictions in Glyphosate-treated areas.
when the two old lanes are reconstructed to become the southbound lanes of the section. The
Signs displaying treatment dates and restrictions will be posted in treated areas.
new access to the entrance to the elementary school off Croft will be East Trailblazer Lane,
Treatment dates may be delayed due to adverse environmental conditions. According to the
which is where the traffic signal will be located. School begins Aug. 18. In a joint project with
FWC, the management and treatment of nuisance exotic vegetation is necessary to maintain
the Citrus County School Board, the county is widening Croft at the north end of the three-
recreational activities and protect native plant habitats in Florida waters. For additional infor-
mile road, from County Road 486 south to Hayes Street. The project is an add-on to the C.R.
mation on the herbicide treatments, call the FWC Brooksville biologist's office at (352)726-
486 widening project. The school’s old entrance had been too close to the C.R. 486 intersec-
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tion, causing congestion when school was starting and letting out, and so it was redesigned
A.B.A.
as an extension of the C.R. 486/Croft intersection improvements. The new East Trailblazer
Lane off Croft leads not only to the school entrance but to two streets: Barn Owl Path and
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Rotor Wing Path. The Project began March 31, 2008. The total cost of the project is about $7.7
million. The school board’s portion of the project was $333,830.
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