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Deborah Russell - Editor
A Publication of
Wednesday September 28, 2016
Inglis, FL 34449
Tom Russell - Publisher
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Permit No. 14
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Community
New Evening Classes at Central
Citrus Community Center
Would you like to improve
your life? This is a benefit of doing Tai
Chi.
John Read, Tai Chi instructor is
forming a new class on Wednesday eve-
nings from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. John
will be teaching Tai Chi Yang, short
form.
The class will be held at Cen-
tral Citrus Community Center, located
in the Citrus County Resource Center at
2804 W. Marc Knighton Court, Lecanto,
Florida. Class starts Wednesday, Sep-
tember 28th and the sessions will be
held every Wednesday.
There is a $10.00 fee for each
session attended. If you are interested
in registering for the class or need more
information please call (352) 527-5942.
There will need to be a minimum of
Seven manatees are reportedly doing well after an extensive health check up and being returned to Kings Bay, Crystal River. About a hundred
eight students to start the class.
volunteers along with the (FWC) rescued the manatees, Sept. 15. They were stranded at the Plantation on Crystal River Golf Course, dur-
Windows Ten Classes
ing the flooding from Hurricane Hermine. As the water receded, the manatees were stranded in shallow ponds on the golf course. To report
Microsoft Windows 10 is the
manatees in distress call the FWC hotline at (1-888-404-3922). Be prepared to answer several questions such as the exact location, is the
operating system included with new
animal dead or alive and the approximate size. Photo courtesy FWC.
computers these days and users are find-
Man riding
Man shoots relative in the face with
ing they need help with all that this sys-
tem has to offer.
lawnmower struck shotgun pellets during argument
Central Citrus Community
Center will be offering two opportuni-
and killed by car
ties for Microsoft Windows 10 classes,
beginning on Wednesday, October 12th
the gun, but the argument continued and
and Friday, October 14th. The classes
From the Citrus County Sheriff Dept.
just a few minutes later, Brown raised the
From the FHP
are from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. It is a six
A 35 year-old Beverly Hills man shotgun, pointed it toward the victim and
week course and the cost is $25.00.
A two-vehicle traffic crash in Fan- was arrested by the Citrus County Sher- fired it, according to the report. Witnesses
Gail Marfia is the instructor
ning Springs, on Sept. 24, took the life of 71
iff s Office, Sept. 25, following an argu- stated that Brown was standing about 6 to
and is proficient in Windows 10. You
year-old Glenn Norman Wheeler, of Tren-
ment with a family member during which 9 feet away from the victim when he fired
may bring your personal lap top or there
ton, FL. The crash occurred on U.S. Hwy.
the shotgun, striking the victim in the face.
he allegedly shot the relative
are computers available with Windows
19 at NW 164th St. at 8:40 pm.
Witnesses told deputies that
in the face with a shotgun.
10 at the center. Classes are limited
According to the Florida Highway
Brown panicked after firing the gun and
to eight students and registration is re-
James T. Brown,
Patrol, Mr. Wheeler was driving a 2009 John
quired.
left the house. However, when deputies ar-
Deere riding lawnmower, traveling south on 35, was charged with aggra-
Please call (352) 527-5993 for
rived at the home, Brown was there and
U.S. Hwy. 19 in the inside lane, without vated battery using a deadly
more information and to register for ei-
spoke with deputies. He first stated that the
lights or any illumination devices, as Esther weapon. The report stated
ther the Wednesday or Friday classes.
shooting was accidental, but when depu-
Rebekah Simpson, 38, of Chiefland, was that Brown's bond was set
Brown
ties confronted him with the statements of
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According to two witnesses and the shotgun and twice pointed it toward the
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The press release stated, that as Ms. the victim, Brown and the victim were victim. Brown told deputies that he was
New deadline: Monday 12 noon at the Inglis
Simpson was unable to see the lawnmower arguing during the late afternoon in a angry and partially intoxicated during the
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and the two vehicles were traveling at differ- bedroom. Brown is said to have made incident.
The victim was transported to
ent speeds, the front of the Pontiac struck the references to using the shotgun, during
No refunds for early cancellations
rear of the lawnmower. Due to the force of the argument, and at one point, he alleg- Ocala Regional Medical Center in Ocala
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the collision, the lawnmower became stuck edly grabbed the shotgun, loaded it with for treatment of non-life threatening in-
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in the front of the Pontiac, and the Pontiac a shotgun shell and pointed it toward the juries, that were specified in the report as
pushed the lawnmower south along U.S. victim. One of the witnesses told Brown abrasions to the face from shorgun pellets
See page 8.
to put the shotgun away, and he lowered and broken glasss.
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