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lately, be advised that many of Florida's waters are polluted. Our rivers, the Withlacoochee

South Levy crash kills one and

and Crystal contain contaminants. When we receive large amounts of rainfall, runoff into

the gulf requires officials to close swimming areas , for example Fort Island Trail Beach,

seriously injures another

due to hazardous bacteria counts. And there is south Florida. The Caloosahatchee and St

Lucie Estuaries have a green slime resulting from pollution from Lake Okeechobee. This

dirty water is caused by the sugar companies fertilizing sugar cane fields. These carcenogins

A single vehicle traffic crash in Levy County, at 1:10 am, Aug. 15, took the life of

eventually find their way to the estuaries.

the driver and resulted in serious injuries to the passenger.

Then we have coral reefs dying in the Florida Keys. We must call or write our

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the driver of a 2007 Buick Lucerne, 81

elected officials and request a written response that addresses their spercific plan to correct year-old Meyer Kans, Jr., of Palm Harbor, Florida, was traveling south on U. S. Hwy. 19

the destruction of our precious natural resources. If corrective action is not taken quickly in the inside lane, two miles 2 miles south of State Road 24 (Archer Rd.) in Levy County,

Florida will be called the "Green Slime State" as opposed to the "Sunshine State". A recent when for unknown reasons, the vehicle veered to the left and departed from the roadway.

article in the Tampa Bay Times states that Senator Joe Negron, incoming Senate president, The vehicle began to rotate counter-clockwise as it traveled into the median. The car entered

5093 S. Orwell Pt., Homosassa, Florida 34446

has gone on record that he proposed $2.4 billion in state and federal funding to purchase the wood line,362-4788

Phone: (352) 489-4588 Fax: (727) striking several trees with its right side. The vehicle overturned and came to

land in the Everglades. mail, Tom Russell, Publisher: thenewscaster1@gmail.comIEmail, Debbie Russell, Editor: debbienewscaster@gmail.com

E (August 10, 2016) Senator Negron's support to clean up the Ever- rest on it's left side.

glades is a positive start, butemuch s: thenewscaster.com · newscasterarchives.com · history.newscasterarchives.com · thehealthcaster.compassenger, 67 year-old Mo-

W bsitemore needs to be done there as well as in other areas,

The driver was pronounced deceased at the scene. The

specifically our rivers and coastal areas and the Florida Keys.

nique Sonia Kans, also of Palm Harbor, was flown to University of Florida Hospital in

Bob Webb, Inglis, FL

Gainesville. The report stated that the driver and the passenger were both wearing seatbelts.

Coast Guard Station Yankeetown

Levy County Horse Going to

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Searching for overdue boaterHorseshoe

Sheriff'sYouth Ranch

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The Coast Guard is searching for a 47-year-old man Monday near

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Beach after the man failed to return from a fishing trip. Missing is Mitchell Szegi, 47,

of Ocala. Szegi left in a 22-foot fishing boat at noon Sunday from Horseshoe             

 Beach and

was scheduled to return no later than Sunday night. A concerned family member      

watch standers at Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg at 3:25 p.m. Mondayreport him      

 to  

overdue after he failed to return.

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A boat crew aboard a 27-foot Response BoatSmall from Coast Guard Station

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Yankeetown launched at 3:45 p.m. About an hour later, a Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules

airplane crew and an HH-60 Jayhawk air crew, both from Air Station Clearwater, launched

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to search a 2,000 square mile search area. Search crews from Florida Fish and Wildlife

Conservation Commission also joined the rescue effort.

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Boaters are encouraged to remain vigilant while in the area and to render aid and

assistance if necessary. Anyone with information on Szegi's location is encouraged to con-

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tact the U.S. Coast Guard at 727-842-7543.

TheSheriff'sOffice, in cooperation with the Federal Drug Enforce-

 Levy County  

ment Administration (DEA), recently finalized the last remaining seized asset from an old

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case. Both the LCSO and the DEA joined efforts to shut down a large marijuana growing

operationseveral the seizure, a 2 year old Paso Fino colt was discov-

  months back. During

rdand hisyet  LCSO Corporal Brandin Sullivan, Agricultural

e e   fate had not been decided.

petitionedCourt (on behalf of LCSO) for ownership, and the colt

 the Levy County 

was awarded to the LCSO. The court determined the colt's owner abandoned it when he fled

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in his attempt to avoid prosecution.

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Sheriff McCallum decided to donate the colt to the Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranch

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(FSYR). The FSYR established programs to aid communities' at risk youth by giving them

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a foundation for success upon completing the program. The FSYR challenges youth, both

physically and mentally and often uses large animals to teach responsibilities to the youth.

Haley Eatman, the Assistant Farm Manager for the FSYR Live Oak location came to one of

the LCSO animal recovery sites to pick up the colt. She has not decided on a name for their

newest addition; however, Ms. Eatman said he will be trained and assigned to future youth

ranchers. Photo from LCSO.

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