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Community
Will McLean Festival
Celebrates
Twenty-Five Years
The 25fh Will McLean Music
Festival will celebrate Florida in music as
over 50 acoustic singer/songwriters take
the stage March 7, 8, 9 at the Sertoma
Youth Ranch on the border between Pasco
and Hernando Counties.
The festival, honoring Florida s
"Black Hat Troubadour," Will McLean,
takes place in a campground under tower-
ing oaks and features Florida performers
who come from all parts of the state.
Beginning at Friday noon, performance
stages, food, crafts, and workshop areas
will open. Five stage areas feature Flor-
ida s finest acoustic musicians. The fes-
tival features storytelling, a Young Folk
performer section and a children s corner,
as well as selected crafts and gourmet
food,
Workshops have become a popular
feature of the festival, offering sessions in
guitar, banjo, dulcimer, autoharp, harmon-
ica, native flute, drumming, and songwrit-
ing. The workshops have become popular
features of the Will McLean Festival.
Festival gates will open Wednes-
day morning, March 5, as campers settle
Evidence seized in the arrest of five after a two month investigation.The search yielded over $2,000 in cash and trafficking amounts of cocaine
in and get ready for a potluck supper on
and Hydrocodone. Detectives also seized eleven infrared cameras, strategically placed all around the property, and a sign directing people to
Thursday. Camping fees are paid at the
not enter until they were recognized on camera. See full story below. CCSO Photo
gate.Performances begin a noon on Fri-
Two Month Drug Trafficking
Homosassa
day, March 7 and end on Sunday at 6 p.m.
For information, please call 352-
489-3766.
Investigation Nets Five
Man Dies in
Education Salad Luncheon
From Citrus County Sheriff Dept.
The search yielded over $2,000 in
The Yankeetown-Inglis Wom-
Crash
cash and trafficking amounts of cocaine and
an s Club will hold their highly anticipated
At 6:00 a.m., Feb. 14, a two-month
Hydrocodone. Detectives also seized eleven
Education Salad Luncheon, Wednesday,
investigation into drug trafficking by the
From FHP
infrared cameras, strategically placed all
March 19th, 12 noon at the Clubhouse on
Citrus County Sheriff s Office was conclud-
around the property, and a sign directing
56th St., Yankeetown. Many groups, both
A February 16 crash in Homosassa
ed when the Tactical Impact Unit and SWAT
people to not enter until they were recog-
near and far make their reservations early
resulted in the death of the driver. Accord-
Team executed a search warrant at 6429 W.
nized on camera.
so they won t miss out on tasting all the
ing to the Florida Highway Patrol, the crash
Folger Court in Homosassa and arrested five
Arrested were: (1) Bashon Bilal
mouthwatering salads provided by mem-
occurred at 5:47 p.m. when a 1999 Chevy
of the seven people inside the residence on
Lewis, 24, charged with trafficking in co-
bers of the Club. In an effort to continue
Tracker, driven by Jerimiah Franklin Smith,
varying drug charges.
caine, trafficking in hydrocodone (15 Ω tab-
to support our communities, over 40 sal-
of Homosassa, was traveling east on W. Car-
According to the sheriff s office,
lets, 350 mg./10 mg., bearing a total weight
ads and a delicious homemade dessert
dinal St. near S. Sorrell Ave. For unknown
three tenants of the residence, Tony Stew-
of 7.6 grams, in excess of 4 mg.), possession
will be offered for a donation of $10.00 in
reasons, Smith lost control of the vehicle
art, Jr. and brothers Bashon Lewis and Jamir
of less than 20 grams cannabis and posses-
advance or $15.00 day of event if avail-
which traveled across the westbound lane
Lewis, conspired together to sell cocaine
sion of paraphernalia (a scale with residue,
able. Plus you have a chance to win one
and off the road and collided with the right
from the residence on a daily basis. The
a fork with cocaine residue and Ziploc bag-
of the many door prizes donated by our
front of a vehicle parked in the driveway of
press release stated that the residence is
gies), with his total bond set at $101,000; (2)
Community partners.
6525 W. Cardinal St. After the impact, the
owned by a convicted sex offender named
Jamir I. Lewis, 19, charged with possession
The Second to None Shoppe will
Chevy rotated counter-clockwise and col-
George Orsic, who was arrested for posses-
of (2 grams crack) cocaine with intent to
be open for your shopping pleasure, so
lided with a chain link fence and a utility
sion of paraphernalia. Michael Bagley was
sell, with his bond set at $5,000; (3) Tony
come early to check out all the bargains.
trailer which was parked on the other side
also taken into custody for possession of
More Community Events on pg 5 & 10
Continued on page 4 - Drug Trafficking
Continued on page 4 -Fatal Crash
paraphernalia and violation of probation.