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Sally Price - Correspondent
Permit No. 14
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Have a Safe & Happy Halloween
Mike Moore - Photojournalist
Squawk Box
Dedicated to
Preserving the
Park
Jeanette Scorzelli
and Ashton Turner
were joined in mar-
riage Saturday at the
Winding River Garden Club Park in Yan-
keetown. The wedding site was chosen
because of it’s beauty and serenity. The
passive park has seen many celebrations
and matrimonial ceremonies over the 27
years it has been in the hands of a dedi-
cated group of women who formed the
Winding River Garden Club back in the
early 80’s with full support of the town.
The women’s goal was to save a piece of
overgrown swamp land and turn it into a
natural place of beauty to be enjoyed by
future users seeking what little was left of
natural Florida on the water front.
The 25 women who dedicated all
these years to their cause are survived
with only 2 original members, Dot Cason
and Gladys West. 15 other members have
joined on in their places and upheld their
promise to keep this place of beauty in
“ENTER IF YOU DARE” is the word about the Crystal Manor Graveyard that sprang up a couple of weeks ago. The entrance sign says “always
pristine shape and sacred to destruction.
room for one more. “ Garry and Joanie Conroy of 12244 W Appletree Place Crystal Manor invite thrill seekers, ghost hunters and trick or treat-
There is a memorial place of quiet rest
ers to swing by their home to check out the the ghost, ghouls and burials beneath the spreading limbs of grandfather oaks that add more
with a bench on the east edge of the
mystique to the fun of the fall season at the Conroy place. Candy will be provided to those who dare come round as the moon gets full and the
park where the names of the dedicated
Halloween night is here. Strategic lights on the skeletons, raven, ghost will make the night visit a real treat if not a trick. (From Hwy 19 take
members who have passed on are memo-
Riverwood. Make the 3rd left which is Cacalia. On Cacalia make the first right on Appletree Place and it is the first house on the right after the
rialized on a piece of driftwood. Those
mailbox 12244. The graveyard will be behind the large shrubs in the driveway. Photo by Sally Price
names and dates are: Nellie Pyle 1986,
Levy Deputies Man Charged With Internet Sex Crime
Bessie Mae Russ 1988, Audrey Richards
1999, Jean Clacher 1999, Alice Opper-
14-year-old girl over the
Brian S. Wilson, 30, a resident of
man 2000, Maudie Messer 2002, Norma
Arrest 13
internet looking for people
97 S. Harrison St. in Beverly Hills, and a
Pelter 2004, Myrtle Albright 2004, Anne
over the internet who se-
U.S. Coast Guard employee at Yankeetown,
Tressen 2005, Frances Gore 2005, Mary
duce or solicit children for
was arrested by the Citrus County Sheriff’s
Jaedtke 2997. I knew all these fine la-
In "Trick or
inappropriate activity and
Office, Oct. 22, charged with two counts of
dies and they were not just talk but action.
had received a complaint
lewd and lascivious exhibition, live over an
Continued on page 3- Squawk Box
that there were people in
internet service, while in the presence of a
Treat" Drug
a certain Yahoo chat room
child under the age of 16. His bond was set
acting inappropriately to-
at $10,000.
Wilson
ward children. She was
According to the arrest report, on
Sweep
contacted by a person, via
August 24, a detective with the Hillsbor-
the Yahoo messenger service, whom she had
ough County Sheriff’s Office contacted
Chiefland, Florida- On October 23, 2009 the
the CCSO that she had been posing as a
Continued on page 4 - Internet Sex Charge
Levy County Sheriff’s Office executed five
Dunnellon Man Injured by Dogs
search warrants in the city of Chiefland and
arrested 13 people during the round up.
During a six month investigation,
The Citrus County 911 communi-
dogs, several of which attacked Mr. Catt’s
the Drug Task Force has been purchasing
cations center received a call at 3:31 Satur-
dog. Catt climbed the fence and jumped into
powder and crack cocaine and cannabis
day afternoon regarding an attack that was
his neighbor’s yard, in an attempt to save his
from several drug dealers in the Chiefland
in progress by several dogs.
pet. He managed to get his dog back over
area. At 5 p.m., Drug Task Force Investiga-
Richard Catt, 51, of 8230 W. Char-
the fence to safety, however, the mastiffs at-
tor Burt Miller briefed “Operation Trick-Or-
lynn Ln., Dunnellon, was out with his small
tacked Mr. Catt. The report stated that only
5 month old Leslie Beatrice Martin at last
Treat” to law enforcement officers that par-
dog, and the animal managed to get under
three of the dogs were involved in the attack.
week's Crystal River Scarecrow Fest. Leslie is
the fence of the next-door-neighbor’s yard.
Mr. Catt yelled for his neighbor to
the daughter of Suzie and Arnold Martin of
Continued on page 2 - Drug Arrests
Inside the fence were four large mastiff
Continued on page 4- Dog Attack
Crystal River.