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Community
Summer Music at the
Museum Concert
Series: Brian McCullough
The Inverness Cultural Heri-
tage Council continues its third annual
"Summer Music at the Museum Concert
Series" on Thursday, July 20, with Brian
McCullough, who will perform a tribute
show of classic Roy Orbison and Con-
way Twitty tunes. Brian has been travel-
ing and perfecting the songs of Orbison
and Twitty since 1995.
The concert will begin at 7:00
pm, and doors open at 6:00 pm. All seats
are $25. Proceeds will benefit the Citrus
County Student Scholarship Program.
Please call 352-341-6428 to reserve your
seat.
Adult gym volleyball,
Wednesdays, Lecanto
Adult open gym volleyball is
available on Wednesdays, 6:00-9:00 pm
at the CREST School gym, located at
2600 S. Panther Pride Dr. in Lecanto.
The cost is $3 per session, however,
cash payment is not accepted on site;
During Camp RISE (Respect, Individuality, Support, Everyone), held by the Citrus County Sheriff's Office, June 26-30, the 10 to 13 year-old,
punch cards are available for purchase
5th to 8th grade day campers enjoyed many activities and demonstrations and had lots of fun and laughter. K9 Deputy Williams spoke with
at the Parks and Recreation Office, lo-
the campers and performed activities with K9s Ally and Samson. Campers also enjoyed outdoor team building activities with Deputy Wilson,
cated at 2404 W. Marc Knighton Ct. in
along with inside activities such as painting rocks. Sponsers of the camp, other than the CCSO, included the Citrus County School Board, Eckerd
Lecanto; phone 352-527-7540.
Youth Alternatives, Inc.; Aspire Relationship Center, the Anti-Drug Coalition of Citrus County, CASA, and the Hanley Foundation. CCSO Photos.
Inglis Man
2016 Citrus County BOCC
Two Citrus men cited for
Annual Report is online
Charged With
The  2016  Citrus  County
animal cruelty to 6 horses
BOCC Annual Report is now available
Arson at Villas
online. Please visit the Commission-
From Citrus County Sheriff Dept.
horses care. Edwin Hedberg told the offi-
ersí page on the Citrus County BOCC
Animal control officers with the
cers that he kept the horses' food at a nearby
website at https://www.citrusbocc.com/
Citrus County Sheriff s Office started an in-
residence.
commissioners/annual-report-2016.pdf
From Levy County Sheriff Dept.
vestigation into allegations of animal cruel-
One horse, who was lying down in
Bald Eagles Featured Topic In July
ty, July 9, at the Lecanto residence of Edwin
a paddock in "extremely poor condition,"
Investigators with the Levy County
At Wildlife Park
Hedberg, 71, and John Jason Hedberg.
the report stated, labored to get up when the
Sheriff s Office responded to Inglis Villas,
Educational exhibits about the
Several complaints had been made
officers approached. The horse had a large,
located at 33 Tronu Dr. in Inglis, July 6, after
Bald eagle will be on display in the Ho-
that the six horses at the residence were in
swollen wound that was approximately 8
a maintenance worker found ev-
mosassa Wildlife Park's Visitor Center
poor condition, and one of the horses was
inches round, on one of his knees. The horse
idence that a fire had been inten-
and Discovery Center during the month of
supposed to be `put down' (euthanized).
was extremely thin, severely dehydrated,
tionally set in the laundry room.
July. An outlook on Bald eagles and the
When the animal control officer arrived at
and had pressure sores on his protruding
The laundry room is connected
use of ambassador animals in conserva-
the residence, both men came outside and
hip bones due to spending extended periods
to the administrative offices,
tion on Thursday, July 20, 2017, starting
argued with her, so she called for backup
of time lying in a prone position, the report
which could have been occu-  Meyers
at 1:00 pm in the Florida Room.
support. When a deputy arrived, the men
stated.
pied at the time. A law enforce-
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shouted that he was trespassing. The deputy
Another horse in a back paddock
ment officer who is employed by the LCSO
explained to the men that they were there to
was in a similar state of neglect. Neither of
and lives in the Villas directed investigators
conduct an animal cruelty investigation due
the men could give a veterinarian's name or
to a potential suspect, Seth Lee Myers, 18.
You can now place classified ads at the Food
to complaints.
say when the horses had been seen by one.
Myers was located and interviewed
Ranch Service Desk - 25 words/$12. New
John Hedberg told the officers that
The other four horses had severe slipper
by LCSO investigators. Myers, who also
deadline: Monday 12 noon at the Inglis Food
he was the property owner, but Edwin Hed-
hooves and were in desperate need of a far-
lives in the Villas, told investigators he was
Ranch service Desk. Cash or Check.
berg owned two of the horses on the prop-
rier's attention (trimning the hooves). Edwin
angry with his mother and had gone outside
No refunds for early cancellations
erty, and that both were responsible for the
Continued on page 8 - Animal Cruelty
Continued on page 4 -Arson