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Permit No. 14
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Squawk Box
Posing for Playboy In
1967 A Big Deal
With Doug Johnston
I was a student at
the University of Florida in
1966-1967 when a coed did
the unthinkable: She posed
for Playboy magazine.
I remember com-
ing to my room in Murphree
Hall one afternoon after
class and one of my roommates and fel-
low Citrus High School graduate, Benny
Dixon, was agog. “There is a big demon-
stration at Tigert Hall. Everyone is pro-
testing that girl Pam Brewer’s suspension
because she posed for pictures in Playboy
magazine. We need to go over there and
join the protest”, Benny said.
I was immediately caught up
in the excitement of being part of a real
college campus protest. Being a small
town country boy I sometimes felt out
of place on a campus with so many big
city students. This was a chance to be part
of something small town folks only read
about or see on television.
Benny and I headed to Tigert
Hall, which is about a 15 minute walk
from our dorm. As we walked I couldn’t
help but reflect on the morality of the situ-
The Inglis AMVETS Post 447 on Hwy 40 E took the time Monday July 4, 2011 to celebrate the 235 birthday of our great Nation. With the raising
ation. I sympathized with the coed, but I
of a new larger U S flag Commander Joe Hozian finished off his speaking with “We celebrate this day to commemorate the men who signed our
was raised with three sisters and we all
Declaration of Independence and all the men and women who defended our country, not only in war but in peace to make America what it is,
lived under a code we called “Mama’s
the greatest country in the world.” God Bless America. The post welcomes new memberships in the Women’s Auxiliary, Riders, Sons and the
Law”. I don’t recall all the tenets of that
AMVETS post itself. There is always fun, food and a sharing of friendship. Newscaster/Sally Price photo
law, but I was pretty sure that none of
Abscounder
Citrus Commission Opposes Rules
my sisters were allowed to get naked in
front of a photographer. In fact the boys
Nabbed After
Continued on page 8- Squawk Box
for Kings Bay & Rejects Mine Plan
CATTAIL CREEK RV PARK
Ten Hour
In Charming Yankeetown, FL
The Citrus County Commission
with the city of Crystal River and the Cham-
Minutes to River and Gulf!
Manhunt
will be sending a resolution in opposition to
ber of Commerce in opposition because of
Full Service Hook-up
a proposed rule by the U.S. Fish and Wild-
the effects of the rule on the county’s econo-
All Wooded Sites
life Service to require idle speed on the en-
my, tourism, and recreational use of the bay.
An approximately
tirety of Kings Bay for manatee protection.
Commissioner Joe Meek promised
Pool
ten hour long manhunt for
The resolution, passed unani-
the county would be vocal and loud in its
Laundry
a 22 year-old Crystal River
mously at the commission June 28 meeting,
opposition. He and the other commission-
Clubhouse
man, June 28, resulted in
would oppose the rules which commission-
ers pointed out how well the city and county
his capture and arrest. Dan-
ers and other opponents say would curtail
have helped protect the manatee historically
STAY 2 NIGHTS
iel Ray Hills, Jr., 968 N.E.
recreational boating on the bay. The reso-
-- even in the county’s comp plan -- and said
& GET
8th Ave., Apt. 1, Crystal
3rd NIGHT FREE
lution will also go to the county’s state and
there has to be a balance with recreational
River, was changed with
352-447-3050
federal delegations asking them for help.
use in that protection.
two counts of auto theft,
Hills
Commissioners said they would
After a lengthy public hearing
41 Cattail Ln.
fleeing/eluding a law en-
on June 28, the Citrus county commission
all attend a forum on July 7 regarding the
Yankeetown
forcement officer, resisting an officer with-
proposed rule to emphasize their opposition.
voted 4-1 to reject a planned development
RV Lots
out violence, leaving the scene of a crash,
They said they would show a united front
RV Rentals
Continued on page 3 - Citrus Commission
Continued on page 2 - Manhunt