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Thursday, March 5, 2009
 Vol. 87. No. 10 14 pages- 1 Section


Briefs



CHREERLADER


A truckload of dope Bearsbring home

 Drug busts extend from Old Town to Gilchrist County: Suspects still wanted
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Varisity (10th & 11th
graders) & Junior Varsi-
ty (8th &e 9th graders):

Tryout packets are
available at the Ruth
Rains Middle School of-
fice or in Mrs. Heather
Dixon's room at Dixie Co.
High School. All infor-
mation about tryouts are
in this packet. There is a
 deadline. Tryouts are
 Sthe week of March 16th -
 20th. For additional In-
 formation call Melody
 Rollison at 498-1939 or
 Heather Dixon at
 498-6410.




Thu 73/42

Mainly sunny. Highs in the low 70s
and lows in the low 40s.


Fri 76/44 L
3/6
Sunshine. Highs in the mid 70s
and lows in the mid 40s.


Sat 78/i 50

Sunshine. Highs in the upper 70s
and lows in the low 50s. 1


Sun
3/8
SUn'.
318 .


78/48


Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper
70s and lows in the upper 40s.


Mon 81/50
3/9
Partly cloudy. Highs in the low 80s
and lows in the low 50s.


INDEX

 2 ..........Viewpoints
 3...Law Enforcement
 4....Announcements
 5................ Hoops
 6:...................Local
 7...................Local
 8................. School
 9......I........Stuff to Do
 10...................Local
 11............Classifieds
 12..............Local
 13.......... Legals
 14..,.O..0bits & faith
 15.......Entertainment
 16.... In Closing


The Dixie County Sheriff's
Office executed search war-
- rants at 238 NE 816 Avenue
 and 9322 NE 349
 Highway in the
 First District com-'
 Smunity. These
 search warrants -
 were obtained after
 investigators deter-
 mined that there
 were Indoor Mari-
 juana cultivations I
 being conducted at Ca
 these two homes.
 During the execu-
 tidn of the search
 warrants it was de-
 termined that the
 opei-ations were
 being directed by
 and under the con-
 trol of Michael
 Tiner. 58 and Car- P
 olyn McPeek, 57 of
 Old Town. During
 the-subsequent
 search of these
 ,two residences, in-, .
 vestigators located
 52 Marijuana
 plants, numerous
 bags of processed Sai
 Marijuana along with
 air conditioning, electrical
 and irrigation equipment'
 used in the operation.

 It was also determined that
 Tiner had control of anoth-
 er location in Gllchrist
 County, This information
 was relayed to the Gilchrist
 County Sheriff's Office and.
 through a cooperative inves-
 tigation; the Gilchrist Coun-


After a long, trying ordeal,
Jacob Lubin is back home
in Dixie County As was
previously reported in the
Advocate, Jacob was badly
burnt and has been hospi-
talized since last year.

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 ty investigators were able to
 obtain a search warrant for
 the undisclosed location.
 During the execu-
 tionr of the search
 warrant. investiga-
 tors located 119
 Marijuana plants,
 numerous bags of
 processed Marijua-
 na along with air
 conditioning, elec-
 trical and irriga-
Lbrera tion equtiipment
 'used in the opera-
 tion.

 This investigation
 resulted in the ar-
 rest warrants be-
 ing issued for the
 below listed sus.
 pects for the fol-
erez lowing charges as
 indicated.

 Michael Tiner, 58
 .of Old Town is
 wanted on the
 charges of Traf-
 ficking in a Con-
 trolled Substarnce,
nchez Possession of a
 Controlled Substance,
 Possession of a Controlled
 Substance with Intent to Sell
 or Deliver'and Possession of
 a Firearm by a Convicted
 Felon. .

 Carolyn McPeek, 57 of Old
 Town is wanted on the
 charges of Trafficking in a
 Controlled Substance, Pos-
 session of a Controlled Sub-
 stance and Pospession of a


thank all the wonderful in-
dividuals and businesses
who contributed to the
blessings and prayers they
received during his stay at
Shands. He received nu-
merous cards and well-
wishes, some from people
we didn't even know. ,
 Thank you to
 Chuck & Mary
 Ann at Double
 D Auto, Bill
 Miller, Paul,
 Candace, Betty,
 Sharon, and
 Norris.

 See JACOB, pg 6


 Carolyn McPeek

Controlled Substance with
Intent to Sell or Deliver.

In a separate investigation,
members of the Dixie and
Levy County Sheriff's Office.
conducted traffic stops on
vehicles being operated by
Rogelio Cabrera of St. Cloud
and Jose Sanchez of Old
Town. D-
 See DRUG BUSTS, pg 3


The DCHS Bears overtake
the Branford Bucs, but are
less fortunate in away
games in Bronson and at


PK Yonge. The Bears go to
Chiefland on the 13th. The
full story, statistics, and
photos are on page 5.


City, County talk water

 Determined to "keep options open"'


Dixie County Commission-
ers, staff and the Cross City
Town Council met Monday
night to discuss possible op-
tions for bringing water to
Old Town and to parts of
Cross City that
have tested pos-
itively for ar-
senic.

No definite de-
cision was
made, but both
entities seemed
to be deter-
mined to err on
the side of cau-
tion regarding
the proposed
Nature Coast
Water Authori-
ty Although
both the City Candace
and County ap- smart new
pear to be on the radiant rr
track to pay the .Monday
$5,000 each in'
seed money that the NCWA
requires for membership,
neither seemed to be dead-
set on actually becoming ac-
tual members of the Gov-
ernment Utility Authority
City Manager Mike Cassidy
summed up the general con-
sensus, saying that "it's
worth the money to 'stay in


Corl
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nor
ni


the loop; we'll learn alot."
The most palatable option
on the table was the possi-
bility of a joint GUA formed
of Dixie County, Horseshoe
Beach, Cross City, and possi-
  bly Suwan-
 pnee, and by-
 passing any
 involvement
 of Gilchrist
 or Levy
 Counties.

 Arthur Bel
 lot gave an
 elegant
 speech in
 defense of
 the Dixie
 County tax-
 payer, stat-
 ing that the
 most impor-.
bin shows off her tant issue
airstyle and her tantissue
n-to-be glow at was that peo-
ght's meeting. ple in the
 First District
 who would probably not
 have access to "city" water
 in their lifetimes should not
 be "on the hook" for taxes to
 pay for the people who
 would receive service.

 The Commission will vote
 on the matter at Thursday
 morning's meeting.


 i.

 FFA Pageant Winners


 Miss Shelby Hank, daughter
 of Kim and Charles Hank,
 was chosen as the.FFA
 Sweetheart at the pageant
 on Tuesday evening. Kyn-
 dal VanAernam, daughter
 of Karen and Wayne-O
 VanAernam was chosen as
 Princess and was also voted
/ Miss congeniality by the
other Princess contestants.
 Samantha Anderson was
 voted as Miss Congeniality
 by the Sweetheart contes-
 tants.

 First runner up for Sweet-
 heart was Selena Burbach
 and second runner up was
 Anna Fowler. Princess first
 runner-up was Cheyenne
 Stemple and second was
 Kendeall Bush.

 Sponsors of the FFA compe-
 tition included Carol West
 of Suwannee Corporation
 who donated the FFA
 Princess jacket and De-
 wayne "Top" Rollison who
 donated the Sweetheart
 jacket, Advanced Auto
 Parts, New to You, Liles
 Auto Parts, Glen Osteen,. '.
 David Keen, Tim Alexander
 Cheryl Pridgeon, Mark
 R a in s a n d F o o d la n d '0 . .. rM.
 2009 FFA Sweetheart, Miss Shelby Hank


WANTED:


Michael Tiner


Jacob comes home