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Wednesday October 8, 2008 A Publication of
Newscaster Publishing Permit No. 14
Sally Price Correspondent

Squawk Box
With Doug Johnston
Arachnid Phobia tops list of
human fears

The bravest and most stoic

people among us have inner
fears. Former Oakland Raider
football coach and now tele-
vision personality John Mad-
den is one of many prominent
people who had to change careers because
of a fear of flying. Lewis Grizzard, the noted
Georgia writer and humorist had the same
problem.
I know people who such an over-
whelming fear of snakes that they refuse to
walk in a stretch of woods or even a vacant
lot that has high grass. Snakes are creepy.
They give me the willies too.
I am among the many people who
have a fear of heights. When we go on a trip
and stay at a Hotel, like the Omni, I always
plan ahead and make reservations before we
leave so I have a better chance of the hotel
honoring my request to be on the lowest
floor possible. When the Jacksonville Omni
moved us from our usual 10th floor room to
the 18th floor at the Florida/Georgia game
last year I pitched such a fit that they prom- FHP Trooper John E Gikas, LCSO Investigator Joe Barrera,and LCSO Dive Team Lt. Scott Finnen prepare a late model rental car for
ised to not make the same mistake again. A extraction from the water at the Yankeetown boat ramp at the end of Hwy 40 Monday. This is the second week in a row that a driver ended
promise they have kept over the past several up in the "drink" at this location. More on page 4. Photo by Sally Price.
years. That weekend I didn't look out the win-
dow very much and when I did it was from a
distance. Of course having a wife who de- CCSO Searching Armed Robbers Hit Hernando
lights in grabbing me from behind and feign-
ing pushing me out the window doesn't make
matters any better.
for a Crystal River Convenience Store
The fear that seems to horrify
people more than any I know of is the fear of
Runaway (Hernando) Shortly after 9 p.m. Octo- pects was just over 6 feet tall. The other two
spiders. I know men who have the spider pho- (Crystal River) Citrus ber 1, 2008 the clerk from the Liberty Gas were shorter, including the robber who had
bia, but women seem to have the more acute County Sheriff’s Office station, 6695 N. Carl G. Rose Highway (SR the firearm.
cases. detectives are asking for 200), was locking the front door and closing Arrests Made
Deborah Russell, the wife of News- the public’s help in locat- up for the night. Suddenly, three men ac- Citrus detectives have an arrest warrant
caster owner/editor Tom Russell, cleans the ing a 16-year-old Crystal costed him, forcing him back inside the store.
paper boxes off regularly in front of Food River teenager who ran They had their faces covered and were wear-
Continued on page 3 - Squawk Box away from her home again ing gloves. One of them was holding a hand-
close to a week ago. gun.

WE The family of Emily

Anne Busby, 4921 N. Elm Emily Busby
Once inside, the suspects demanded
money and took an undisclosed amount of
MOVE Drive, reported the girl missing the morning
of Oct. 1. The last time the teen was seen at
cash from the cash register. They left on foot,
heading westbound from the store.
SHEDS home was on Tuesday, Sept. 30, around 10 No shots were fired, and the clerk was

(352)637-6607
p.m. uninjured.
Emily is a white female, 5 feet 2 inches The Sheriff’s Office responded to the

The Shed Store

tall and weighs 130 pounds. She has long
brown hair and blue eyes. It is unknown what
156 N. Florida Ave. Emily was wearing when she left the family
Inverness
Emily Busby, 16, of Crystal River resi-
dence, possibly on foot. She is a student at
Continued on page 4 - Runaway
scene with its air unit, K-9s and ground units.
After canvassing the area, no one was found.
According to the clerk, the three men
appeared to be young. He turned over the
store’s surveillance tape to sheriff’s detec- Surveillance image from store robbery
tives. The clerk told them one of the sus- Continued on page 3 - Robbery