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Deborah Russell - Editor
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Wednesday July 6, 2016
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Permit No. 14
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Community
Wildlife Park Focuses On
Bald Eagle in July
Guest article by  Susan Strawbridge,
Park Services Specialist
The Bald eagle, full of the
boundless spirit of freedom, living above
the valleys, strong and powerful in his
might, has become the national emblem
of a country that offers freedom in word
and thought and an opportunity for a full
and free expansion into the boundless
space of the future."
Benjamin Franklin, however,
did not agree with the choice, preferring
the turkey who he claimed was "a much
more respectable bird."
Ellie
Schiller
Homosassa
Springs Wildlife State Park will be fo-
cusing on the threatened  Bald Eagle
(Haliaeetus leucocephalus) during the
month of July. Educational exhibits
about the Bald eagle will be on display in
the Park's Visitor Center and Discovery
Center during the month of July.
The Park is now home to three
Bald eagles that could not otherwise sur-
vive in the wild due to injuries or im-
Celebrating Independence Day - A few hundred of the many thousands of people watching the fireworks display overhead at Liberty Park,
printing. Two of the eagles are on display
Inverness July 3rd. A clear night made the pyrotechnics spectacular for everyone young and old alike. TheNewscaster/Mike Moore
and another is used in  outreach pro-
Woman killed Couple accused of smashing car
grams.
The Park received its first two
Bald eagles, Abby and Jake, in 1989 1
window, grand theft auto
in three-vehicle
from the Birds of Prey Center in Mait-
land, Florida. Both had suffered injuries
ing).
that would prevent them from being re-
From The Citrus County Sheriff Dept.
crash
leased.
A Homosassa duo was arrested by
On the morning of June 25, depu-
A Wildlife Jeopardy program
the Citrus County Sheriff s Office, June 25,
ties located the car pulled into the driveway
on Bald Eagles by Barbara Cairns will
From the FHP
accused of stealing a car while the owner
of a W. Folger Ct., Homosassa residence
be presented on  Saturday, July 16,
A three-vehicle crash in Levy
was out-of-state.
with a piece of wood covering the vehicle's
2016, starting at 12 Noon. The half-hour
County at 4:20 pm, July 2, took the life
The victim told deputies said that
license plate. The passenger's side front
Wildlife Jeopardy program will use a
20 year-old Alshatek Monique Frazier of
her 1999 four-door Saturn had been stolen,
window had been broken out, glass was
20-question format inviting visitors, old
Gainesville. The driver of the third vehicle
and the only set of keys to her car was still
inside the car, the ignition was
and young alike, to test their knowledge
received serious injuries, and all others re-
inside her residence. The car was placed into
damaged, and a pair of pliers
about Bald Eagles.
ceived no injuries other than one passenger
the FCIC/NCIC computer databases as sto-
was in the cup holder.
Her goal is to have each person
who received minor injuries not requiring
len.
The report stated that
learn at least one new thing about Bald
medical care.
Later in the day, a deputy located
Ms. Baldwin was standing near
eagles. Hand-outs will be provided. The
The crash occurred on State Rd. 24
the car, "parked in a conspicuous manner,"
the vehicle, but took off, run-  Baldwin
program will be held in the Discovery
at NE 66 Place in northeast Levy County.
according to the report, and spoke with two
ning into the house, when she
Center. Regular park admission applies
According to the Florida Highway Patrol,
people nearby: Diana Michael Baldwin, 30,
saw the deputy.
to attend this program.
Ms. Frazier was driving a 1994 Toyota Co-
and Carl Mitchell McGahen, 31, both of
Shortly, Baldwin and
rolla, traveling north on State Rd. 24, be-
2237 S. Stonebrook Dr., Homosassa. The
McGahen both came out of
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hind a 2011 Ford Edge driven by Derrick
report stated that Ms. Baldwin advised that a
the residence and were taken
Carnel Edwards, 43, of Bronson. A third ve-
lady let them borrow the car.
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into custody. Neither admitted
hicle, a 2007 Kia Sedona driven by Susan R.
guilt. Baldwin stated they'd  McGahen
A witness at a gas station told the
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Hill, 50, of Chiefland, was traveling in the
deputy that he'd seen "Mitch" driving the
borrowed the vehicle from a
New deadline: Monday 12 noon at the Inglis
opposite direction - south - on State Rd. 24,
car the previous day (June 24), and he'd
friend, and she did not know it was stolen.
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approaching the Ford Edge, which was stop-
parked it in a suspicious manner (backed
She said she didn't know who had cov-
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into the parking lot on the side of the build-
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