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Butterflies & Bees at the

Wildlife Park this Month

By Susan Strawbridge, Park Services

Springs Wildlife State Park invites you to

discover the hidden lives of butterflies,

moths and bees during the month of Au-

gust. The Park's monthly themes feature

Florida's natural and cultural resources

with special displays and programs.

Learn about butterflies and bees through

exhibits in the Visitor Center and in the

Discovery Center. Two special programs

will also be offered, one on "The Impor-

tance of Honey Bees" by Master Bee-

keeper Melody Tayler, and one on "Flor-

ida s Butterflies and Moths" by biologist

Jeff Rundell. August displays in the Visi-

tor Center include a photography exhibit

of dozens of varieties of native butterflies

by Park Volunteer Ralph Bischoff. Melo-

The College of Central Florida in Lecanto held a Career Expo and Job Fair last week on July 26, throughout the morning and early afternoon, to educate the

dy Tayler will set up a fascinating exhibit

public about the many available jobs in Citrus County. This booth shows deputies and fire rescue personnel talking with students and the public about jobs and

on beekeeping in the Visitor Center which

training available right here in Citrus County with the sheriff's office. CCSO Photo.

Five seriously Kayaking couple arrested with a

will include a bee hive, beekeeper s head

gear and tools used in caring for bees.

The Homosassa River Garden

large amount of drugs

Club will have a display with information

on how to plant a butterfly garden. Exhib-

its and activities on Florida s butterflies

smelled cannabis, so he asked the occupants

From The Citrus County Sheriff Dept.

and bees will also be featured in the Dis-

how much "weed" was in the vehicle.

A couple who had traveled to the

covery Center inside the Park. There will

The passenger, 24 year-old Mi-

Chassahowitzka area to kayak on Thursday,

be two special programs this month on

chael Joseph Frederick Herndon of Clear-

July 28, was arrested by the Citrus County

Creating a Butterfly Habitat and another

water, reached into an ashtray

Sheriff s Office after a deputy smelled the

on Florida's Honeybees. Learn about

and removed a burnt marijuana

A traffic crash on Monday morn- odor of cannabis wafting from their vehicle.

Honey Bees Thursday, August 11, 2016,

cigarette, commonly known as

ing, July 27, killed a Homosassa woman and

The deputy was on patrol at W.

starting at 1:30 pm A special program on

a "blunt," according to the re-

seriously injured the other five occupants of Miss Maggie Dr. and W. Lykes Trail in

Florida s Honeybees will be presented by

port. The driver was 28 year-

the two vehicles involved in the crash. The Homosassa, about 6:10 pm, when he saw

Melody Tayler in the Florida Room at the

old Andrea Marie DeRenzis of Herndon

crash occurred at 8:25 am in the Sugarmill a red Ford F250 super-duty truck traveling

Park's main entrance and Visitor Center.

Woods area of Homosassa at the intersection west on W. Miss Maggie Dr. As the vehicle

The deputy s K9 made

passed by the deputy, he smelled a strong

of County Roads 480 and 491.

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a positive alert on the vehicle,

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and it was searched. A bag with

old Christine Guntert of Weeki Wachee was cle.

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a floral pattern was located on

driving a 2008 Nissan Frontier pickup truck,

The deputy notified a K9 deputy

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the back seat floorboard, near

traveling east on CR-480, approaching the who conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle

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the center console, that con- DeRenzis

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old Lee Becker of Brooksville was driving Loop, Homosassa. The report stated, that as