Page 4 October 19, 2011
The Newscaster/Nature Coast News
Squawk Box
Remembering the past
Continued from page 1
So as I am want to do, I polled the patrons of my favorite gathering places and ask
folks straight up, “what about the new port?” **crickets** (that means quizzical silence
btw).
The main response I get over here is “what new port?” Oh, I did get a “what about
the manatees” answer and one “what, are the mines finally running dry and time for us to
buy them?”
Wow, cynicism, you have to love it. It all looks good on paper and the speed in
which the new port development is taking place impressive; I’ve been following the story
with mild interest since last spring, and the latest minutes of the “Port Authority” (which is
just a version of the County Commission) has since gotten Port Citrus on the map and is now
scratching around for money for a feasibility study. I for one am going to be very interested
in those study results I can tell you.
What do I think about the new port? Hey, why not? Between the existing power
complex, the unfettered mining, and the newer nuclear plant that will probably never get
built, the proposed toll road by-pass (with newly build and dedicated bridge), the quaintness
of the region is already kind of going somewhere in a hand basket, so “in for a penny in for
a pound” I suppose. By the reaction of the folks around the relatively unspoiled county-seat
Tsala Apopka area, seems like just another nice day to go fishing.
Inglis Police Dept. to Participate in
"Take Back" Drug Program
On October 29th from 10 am to 2 pm the Inglis Police Department will participate
in a nationwide initiative to get unwanted, expired, and unused prescription drugs off the
streets. The event is a one day “take back” initiative coordinated by the Miami Office of the
After the filming of the movie Follow That Dream starring Elvis Presley in 1961 in
DEA.
Yankeetown, the Kwimper cottage was donated to the Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranch,
In April of this year a similar event collected over 121 tons of unwanted drugs
Live Oak, Florida. The $20,000 relocated cottage is still in use today at the Ranch.
nationwide and over 10 tons of drugs in Florida. A survey shows that more Americans are
Pictured in the turning over of the keys to the Youth Ranch are: Arthur O’Connell
abusing psychotherapeutics than the number of cocaine, heroin, and hallucinogen abusers
(Pop Kwimper), Ranchers Wally Edwards, Cecil Durden and Donald Lee, ELVIS (Toby
combined. You can drop your unwanted, expired drugs at the Inglis PD from 10am to 2 pm
Kwimper), Levy County Sheriff James Turner and Gavin and Robin Koon (Eddy and
on Saturday, Oct. 29th. For more information on disposing of unwanted, expired drugs call
Teddy). The main portion of the movie was filmed on the NE side of Bird Creek Bridge
the Inglis police department at 352-447-0303.
on Hwy 40 west of Yankeetown. The 9th Elvis movie was based on the Richard Powell
Levy Crime Stoppers 1-877-349-8477
novel Pioneer Go Home. Over the next 6 weeks many events will take place locally cel-
ebrating the 50th anniversary of the filming leading up to the I/Y Lions Club Art and
Coastal
Hair Port
Seafood Festival the weekend before Thanksgiving on Riverside Drive in Yankeetown.
Watch The Newscaster for events. From Sally Price.
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