PAGE 10 - September 26, 2007
THE NEWSCASTER-Nature Coast News
Community Events
Head-On Crash On Barge Canal
Bridge Send Three to The Hospital
Fishing Tourney October 6
There is a fun time fishing tournament scheduled for Saturday October 6 from the Yankee-
If you have ever feared a head on
town Marina and hosted by the Nature Coast Sportsman's Club of Yankeetown, Florida. All of
wreck on top of the barge canal bridge, rest
the money from raffles of sponsor products and food sales will be donated to Hospice of Citrus
assured it can happen and did. This stroke
County for use in their bereavement camps for children who have experienced a loss of some-
of bad timing caught Monique (Nikki)
one in their family.
Flanders,16, and her brother John,13, last
The tournament will be a one day event open to club members, guest and registered partici-
Wednesday night. Nikki and John are the
pants. The entry fee is $75 per boat including 2 anglers. The entry fee for extra anglers is $25
teenagers of Mike and Lisa Flanders who own
each..Official entry forms may be picked up from tournament official Bob Webb at 447-0491
the Gobblers Eatery on Hwy 19 N in Inglis.
Flu shots available at the Levy County Health Dept.
Nikki had not had her white 1995 Chevy S-10
Beginning Oct. 1, flu shots (influenza vaccinations) will be available at the Levy
paid off for long when it saved the 2 young
County Health Dept. main office and other locations in the county for $20. Call (352) 486-
folks lives in a freak accident.
5300, ext. 248, for an appointment or additional information. The health department accepts
Jimmy Pugliesi, who works at
The Chevy pick-up truck after the crash
Medicare Part A & B and is not assinged to a Medicare Managed Care group. Please bring
Gobbler's Eatery left work Wednesday
at the top of the barge canal bridge.
your Medicare card with you. If you know of someonewho is homebound and has not
evening before cousins Nikki and John.
received their flu shot, please call the health department with the information and they will try
Knowing the two would be driving down
to help.
Hwy 19 shortly behind him, Jimmy
Meet the Candidates at The Lions Club
called Nikki from around the Progress Energy
"Coffee with the Candidates" Saturday Sept. 29, 2007 10 am- Noon Sponsored by
Powerline Road and warned her that a car
the Lion's Club - 59th St. Yankeetown This will be your first opportunity to meet candidates
was going north in the south bound lane.
running for office in Yankeetown's October 30, 2007 election for Mayor and 2 Council seats
As Nikki and John were headed south up the
Continental Breakfast will be provided.
barge canal bridge at 10:10 PM, they were hit
head-on at the top of the bridge by Laurie
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Zimmerman, 43, of West River Rd. Inglis driv-
ing the incident, but Allen responded that he was illiterate and unable to write very well.
ing a 1992 Mercury station wagon, accord-
The deputy was informed by jail personnel that the victim had sustained a serious
ing to Nikki's mother Lisa who had the report
cut to his left arm and had been transported to Citrus Memorial Hospital in Inverness for
from Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Reaves
medical attention. The deputy obtained photographs of the victim's injury, a laceration that
from Brooksville who handled the wreck. Lisa
was approximately six inches long by one inch wide, and had required 18 staples to close.
said both of the teenagers were wearing their
Allen was advised, that while already in custody of on unrelated charges, he was
seatbelts and the doors to the truck jammed
being placed under arrest for one count of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. His
in the collision. Both side windows broke
bond was set at $5,000.
which is how they exited the crashed truck.
Inglis VFW May Re-Open Soon
John had bruises and got 3 stitches in his
elbow.
The Gilley, Long, Osteen VFW Post 8698 on Hwy 40 East Inglis has a chance to get
All three were transported to Seven
their doors unlocked and resume as the meeting place of a good number of veterans who
Rivers Hospital. According to neighbors,
have enjoyed the comraderie of fellow vets. The Post has been in "lock down" since the
Zimmerman was suppose to have had sur-
State VFW officers stepped in to resolve dissension among members and allow a cooling off
gery the next day, but as of this printing, there
Nikki received bruises,††a sore chest and
period.
shoulder†and†is on crutches with a sprained
is no information available from the hospital
ankle-Photos & Story by Sally Price
Last Wednesday the doors were open and about 35 members came out for the state
and no more from those that lived next to her.
run meeting. It was decided to give the Inglis group a chance to prove they could handle their
A.B.A.
affairs in a manner approved by the state orgnization. Trustees have been over seeing the
functions of the post during this closed time and will continue to oversee it until the group is
A/C & Heating,Inc.
on their feet again and running smoothly. A new election with all new officers has to take
place with a representative number of members present. A showing of hands of those willing
"Your Electric Bill Reduction Specialists"
to hold one of the 9 offices came up with 3 or 4 spare people willing to join in and help keep
the post alive and active. A letter to members will announce the next meeting and election.
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