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Community
12th Annual Citrus County Veterans
Benefit Golf Tournament
The Twelfth Annual Citrus
County Veterans Golf Tournament will
be held September 10, 2016 at the Citrus
Hills Golf and Country Club Course for
the benefit of the Citrus County Veterans
Foundation, Inc.
Check-in for the four-person
scramble will be at 7:30 a.m. at the Tiki
Bar with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. In-
dividuals and groups short of four per-
sons will be combined to make a team.
You do not need to be a veteran to par-
ticipate.
Registration form and donation
of $55.00 per person must be received
no later than August 31. Each partici-
pant's donation includes golf and cart,
beverages on the course and lunch at the
The Citrus County Board of County Commissioners has continued to add amenities for the Withlacoochee State Trail. Citrus County Public Works
country club. The tournament features a
has completed design and has commenced construction on the Floral City Trailhead Parking Lot project. This project consists of creating 17
Hole-in-One prizes and door prizes.
spaces of parking for the Withlacoochee State Trail next to the existing trailhead and restroom facility, with drainage and roadway improve-
Charitable tax-deductible con-
ments. The project construction cost is estimated at $62,000 and is funded by park impact fees and gas tax. Photo courtesy Citrus Link.
tributions for door prizes and hole spon-
Homosassa Crash Arrest made & person of interest
sorships for $425, $325, $225 or $125
are greatly welcome.
Fatal For One
Participating golfers should
sought in counterfeit case
make their check or money order pay-
able to Citrus County Veterans Founda-
Person
From The Citrus County Sheriff Dept.
cash, and it was $30 in twenty-five $1 bills
tion and send it with their registration
A woman has been arrested by the
and one $5 bill. The manager told deputies,
form to Citrus County Veterans Founda-
Citrus County Sheriff s Office and a `person
that when she checked into the motel, Ms.
tion, c/o Citrus County Veterans Servic-
From the FHP
of interest' - 31 year-old Lelton Barron of
Coldsnow was accompanied by two men -
es, 2804 W. Marc Knighton Court, Key
One person seriously injured
Homosassa - is being sought in a counterfeit
Lelton Barron, the person of interest in the
#13, Lecanto, FL 34461-7718 no later
A head-on collision on Monday
case that began when the woman checked
case - and another man, in a green four-door
than August 31.
morning, Aug. 8, took the life of Carl Joe
into the Crystal River Motel (1151 NW U.S.
Cadillac sedan. He said he was familiar with
The Foundation is a 501 (c)
Howard, 58, of Homosassa, who expired at
Hwy. 19) in Crystal River on Thursday, Aug.
Ms. Coldsnow because she'd rented rooms
(3) not for profit entity that has provides
the scene of the crash. The crash also caused
from him previously, but he did not know
11.
grant emergency financial assistance
serious injuries to the other driver, Perry
the two males with her.
According to the arrest report, Tif-
to local honorably discharged veterans
T. Nichols, 68, of Crystal River, who was
The manager also told deputies,
fany Editha Coldsnow, 31, 9005 S. Water-
and their surviving spouses. Since the
transported to Baypoint Hospital in Hudson,
that after he returned from the bank, he be-
view Dr., Floral City checked into the motel
Foundation's inception in 2004, over a
FL. According to the Florida Highway Pa-
gan cleaning motel rooms. While cleaning
about 10:00 am and paid for her room until
quarter of a million dollars have been
trol, the crash occurred at 10:47 am, as Mr.
Ms. Coldsnow's room (109), he noticed a
Sat., Aug. 13 with $110 in cash, five $20 bills
provided.
Howard was driving a 1993 Chevrolet Cava-
printer on one of the beds and multiple gar-
and one $10 bill. The manager stated, that
For more information or a reg-
lier, traveling east on Homosassa Trail, west
bage bags on the floor. He said he noticed
when he deposited the money at the Bank of
istration form, please visit the Citrus
of S. Kings Ave. At the same time, Mr. Nich-
what appeared to be counterfeit currency in
America, around 12:30 pm, he was informed
County Veterans Foundation Web site
ols was driving a 2010 Chevrolet Silverado,
one of the garbage bags, which he took to
that the money was fake, and would be held
at www.citrusvf.org or contact Janet
also driving on Homosassa Trail, but travel-
the office.
by the bank for the Secret Service. He said
Gramann at 352-527-5915.
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that only one other person had given him
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