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Sally Price Correspondent

Squawk Box

With Doug Johnston

Ghosts of Florida/Georgia

Past

Florida and Georgia have

been playing football against

each other since 1906. The

game was moved permanently

to Jacksonville in 1933 and has

been played in that city every year since then

except in 1994 and 1995 when the teams

played in Gainesville, then Athens, because

Alltel Stadium was being remodeled. The

only other interruption was 1943 when nei-

ther university fielded a team because of the

war.

It is quite a spectacle, this game they

call the Worlds Largest Outdoor Cocktail

Party. At kickoff the stadium is split right

down the middle with orange and blue on one

side and red and black on the other.

My first Florida/Georgia game was in

1958 when I was 13 years old. My Grandfa-

ther took me to Jacksonville to see the

Gators upset the Bulldogs 7-6 on the

strength of a long Jimmy Dunn punt return.

Aeromed, a Medical Emergency Transport Helicopter from Tampa General Hospital, visited Inverness Middle School to provide students

We stayed in Jacksonville that night with

an opportunity to tour the helicopter and learn about various medical/aviation careers. Over five hundred students were privileged to a

some of our relatives, but on the long bus

presentation, and had an opportunity to ask questions about the careers of the flight crew. Members of the flight crew [left to right] were:

ride back to Inverness the following day I

Heather Collins, Nurse/Paramedic; James Holt, Nurse/Paramedic; Mark Thomas, Chief Flight Nurse; John Greene, Pilot. The event was

relived every play of that great game.

coordinated by volunteers Arnold and Mary-Ann Virgilio, and Laurie Grant, Curriculum Specialist at IMS.

My father told me of his first Fla/Ga

Deputies Thwart Armed

Robbery

game in 1942. He was living in Jacksonville

with my mother and their first child, my sis-

Robbery In Progress

ter, who was 11 months old at the time.

Suspect

Granddaddy had purchased 3 tickets but my

Mother didn’t want to leave my sister with a

duct a felony traffic stop with his lights and

Chiefland-On October 27, 2008 the Levy

baby sitter so Daddy was to meet my Grand-

Arrested,

siren at CR-346A at CR-129 and the driver,

County Sheriff’s Office arrested Jeremy

father and legendary Citrus High School

Earle Robbins attempted to flee west bound

Eugene Scott Farnham, 20 and Earle Robbins,

football Coach Bill Thompson at the gate

on CR-346A. Captain Anderson and Captain

19, both of Oldtown for armed burglary, grand

before kickoff. They drove from Inverness

Hiding Under

Sullivan observed Jeremy Farnham reaching

theft, resisting arrest without violence and

to attend the game

down in the car and it was believed that he

fleeing and attempting to elude a police of-

Daddy told me how bittersweet it was

was reaching for a handgun. Captain Ander-

ficer.

crossing the bridge (later named the Acosta

House

son and Captain Sullivan did a Precision Im-

The Levy Sheriff’s Office received an

Bridge) over the St. Johns River walking to

mobilization Technique (PIT) and forced the

anonymous call of a suspicious gold Saturn

meet his father and old football coach. He

suspects to the shoulder of the road.

Florida driving in the area of the 14000 block

Bryan Hollister Falk, 29, 1151 S.

Continued on page 3 - Squawk Box

Robbins jumped out of the car while the ve-

N.E. 10 Ave. A farmer notified Captain Evan

Palm Ave., Homosassa was arrested at his

hicle was still moving and ran across the road

Sullivan that the suspect’s vehicle was parked

residence, around 3:00 p.m., Oct. 27, on an

attempting to escape and ran directly in the

at 13470 N.E. 10 Ave to the rear of the resi-

Alachua County warrant for robbery-home

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path of Corporal Rick Rogers’ vehicle and

dence and he knew that the car did not be-

invasion robbery. Falk was found in the crawl

was struck by the his vehicle. Robbins car

long at the residence. Upon arrival at the

space under his residence (house) which he

SHEDS

continued west bound and struck the embank-

victims residence Captain Scott Anderson

had accessed via a trap door in a closet. The

(352)637-6607

ment and Robbins was immediately arrested.

verified that the residence was burglarized

Citrus County Sheriff's Office assisted the

Farnham bailed out of the passenger car

and the back door was forcibly entered.

Alachua County Sheruiff's Office and the

The Shed Store

while the vehicle was moving armed with a

Corporal Rick Rogers located the ve-

U.S. Marshall Service in the arrest. He was

black 45 caliber pistol and jumped a fence

hicle a short distance away and the drag net

transported to the citrus County Detention

156 N. Florida Ave.

and ran in a wooded area. Captain Evan

tighten with Sgt. Lauree Allen, Investigator

Facility in Lecanto. According to his arrest

Sullivan gave chase and the suspect was ar-

Mark Morgan, Lt. Duane Dykstra, Captain

Inverness

report, Falk was the last suspect taken into

rested approximately ¼ of a mile in the

Scott Anderson and Captain Evan Sullivan in

custody, but no additional information was

Continued on page 5 - Robbery

the area. Captain Anderson attempted to con-

available. His bond is $50,000.