Page 4 December 28 , 2011
The Newscaster/Nature Coast News
Robberies - Continued from page 1
Remembering the past
graph from the store's surveillance camera was sent to local media outlets.
CITRUS SPRINGS - At 6:44 a.m., Dec. 22, the home invasion of a N. Academy Dr., Citrus
Springs residence was reported to the sheriff's Office. During the home invasion, four adults
and three children were confronted by a masked suspect who forcefully entered the home
by breaking a rear sliding glass door. He threatened them with an assault-type firearm. He
said, if he wasn’t given all the money in the house, he'd shoot them. When he was told they
had no money to give him, the suspect ran from the residence, empty-handed. No one was
injured. Witnesses described
the suspect as a white male,
between 6 feet 2 to 4 inches
tall, with a medium build. He
was wearing a dark ski mask,
a dark flannel-type shirt and a
toboggan hat with ear flaps.
Anyone with infor-
mation about these crimes or
the identity of the suspects is
asked to contact 911 or Crime
Stoppers of Citrus County, Inc.
by texting CITRUS, and your
tip, to 274637 (CRIMES),
visiting the website, www. Do you know this man? The suspect in the 12:30 a.m., Dec.
crimestopperscitrus.com, or 22nd armed robbery of the Kangaroo Express located in
calling 1-888-ANY-TIPS, toll- Crystal River at 6296 W. Gulf to Lake Hwy. was described
free. Tipsters may be eligible as a white male, about 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighing 170
to receive a cash reward of up pounds. If you do, call 911 or call 1-888-ANY-TIPS, toll-free,
45 years ago this welcome sign appeared on the Holiday Inn sign just north of Crystal River
to $1,000.
for possible reward.
on Hwy 19. Today the motel is the Days Inn. The 1967 message welcomed the Cross Florida
Squawk Box
Barge Canal in Inglis which included the Inglis Lock and Hwy 19 bridge. Plans were designed
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by the U S Army Corps of Engineers and was sponsored by the Canal Authority of Florida. When
cided the standards need to be higher. Never mind that Florida rates 46th in the United States
President Nixon signed an executive order in 1971 to suspend work on the canal 1/3 of the
in high school graduation rates, according to the National Center for High School Education
project was completed and approximately $74 million had been spent on land acquisition and
Management Systems, lets up the ante!
construction. In 1990 Senate Bill 2740 deauthorized the Cross Florida Barge Canal changing
The test should not be used as a requirement for high school graduation-period.
the purpose of the lands to recreation and conservation and in1991the Florida Governor and
Use it as a tool to evaluate a students progress, but to withhold a diploma from a
Cabinet agreed which led to the creation of the Cross Florida Greenway State Recreation and
student who has spent 12 years in school and made passing grades should not hinge on a
Conservation Area. In 1998 the Cross Florida Greenway was officially renamed the Marjorie
standardized test. The educators and administrators in the respective schools should decide
Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway in honor of the lady who led the fight to stop the canal
who has earned a high school diploma: Not politicians who give lip service to improving
project. Photo from the Florida State Archives, history by Sally Price.
education then slash the education budget to ridiculous proportions. Did you know that
Coastal
Hair Port
Marion County is very likely to go to a four day school week next year to meet their budget
shortfall? That should help those students compete in the workplace if and when they ever
at Plaza 40
graduate.
Carting
I think that every Florida legislator should be required to take the FCAT. If they
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fail, they should be terminated from their position. Now that would be a role for the FCAT
that I could live with.
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