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Suggested Retail 75¢ The Hernando Sun Feb. 10 - 16, 2017 hernandosun.com Volume II, Issue XLV Your Weekly Local Newspaper Local & State 2-6 • Out & About 7 - 9 • Sports 10-12 • Business 13-15 • Community 16-18, 20 • Editorial 19 by ROCCO MAGLIO HIGHLIGHTS ear where the Addressing Methampetamine Below the fold: NWestern Way Pla- Brooksville: za now sits, in Brooks- usage in Hernando County ville, there was a replica Lady Shark lifters by MICHELLE ELIZABETH SALAZAR state runners up UFO. It was built by 'UFO Capital John Reeves who report- ed that he frequently saw Artful Possibilities UFOs in that area. He enjoyed taking Inside: of the World' See UFO , Page 17 Heroin Seized p 5 School Calendar p 5 HCSD Tech Upgrade p 6 Good Food: Chefs of Napoli p 7 HCSO PHOTO- Sheriff's Deputy holds drugs seized from a Weekend Preview chop shop and meth house raided in September 2016. p 8 t’s no secret- Her- prevalent this problem Events Inando County has a is. In December, a meth Calendar p 9 huge Meth problem. It’s lab was found inside a Boys Soccer: Season been growing rapidly local retirement com- Ends for Sharks at and giving the coun- munity and a patient in Sunlake p 10 ty a bad reputation. A the Intensive Care Unit quick scan of local news Rowdies to MLS? p 11 Photo Courtesy of Old Brooksville In Photos & Stories, Bob Martinez headlines shows how See METH , Page 2 Lady Lions revel in district repeat p 12 High School Sports History comes Calendar p 12 Biz Spotlight: Flowerhouse alive for students p 13 Article and Photography by SARAH NACHIN Tech Talk: Internet's Main Street p 15 rom famous people like Teddy Roosevelt to ordinary individuals like Philip Johnston; COMICS from well-known historical events such as p 18 F the Salem Witch Trials to obscure incidents such as the desegregation of public schools in Clinton, Ten- Editorial: nessee – Hernando county middle and high school The importance of students showed off their knowledge and creativity teaching boys to be at the annual History Fair. men and girls to be The expo took place on Saturday, February 4 women at Springstead High School. Organized by local p 19 middle and high school teachers, it is affiliated with National History Day (www.nhd.org). NHD offers AND MUCH MORE. year-long academic programs that encourage stu- See HISTORY FAIR , Page 6 Sports notebook: Lady Sharks Artful Possibilities makes repeat as state runners-up Brooksville home by CHRIS BERNHARDT JR. Owner of Artful Possibilities, Michelle Margotta, puts the finishing touches on a painting in her new Brooks- ville art studio. Article & Photography by ELIZABETH DENTATO Nature Coast's girls weightlifting team celebrates with its district championship trophy source of creativity and art for over 4 years, and medals last month. Photo by Cheryl Clanton A Artful Possibilities was originally located in Spring Hill, but recently made the move to 414 E. n Friday, the Nature Coast keep kids from playing other sports,” Liberty St., in Brooksville. They had their grand girls weightlifting team Nature Coast coach Rudy Story said. opening on February 4th at the new location. Otraveled to Belleview for the “Back-to-back, that’s awesome. Not Michelle Margotta, the owner of Artful Pos- Class 1A FHSAA Finals, and they too many people can say that. It’s a sibilities, grew up in a ceramic business and has didn’t return home empty-handed. great bunch of girls. They work hard, been painting ever since she was little. Her inter- For the second year in a row, the do everything you need to do. They’re est in painting grew, and she actually published 6 Lady Sharks were the state run- pretty independent, which helps. books on decorative painting in the ‘90s. ners-up, scoring 17 points to edge “We graduate four seniors, five “They were all my own original designs, and Lake Weir, the team that had defeated seniors. We have a lot of young kids, then I would draw them up, send them to the pub- Nature Coast at regionals two weeks too, coming that they were able to lisher, write the whole book, do the patterns...” earlier, by one point. River Ridge was help bring along. That’ll give us a little She did that for a few years and worked in vari- again state champion, scoring 29. momentum going into next year, as ous areas, but later down the road decided to open “I was pleased. I felt like the girls well.” Artful Possibilities because she missed teaching. worked hard and I was happy to get Samantha Traudt, a senior, earned “I like to teach. I like to help other people find out of there with no major injuries to a repeat of her own by taking the See NOTEBOOK , Page 11 See ARTFUL, Page 16 NEW PATIENT SPECIAL SAME DAY CROWNS! Exam and X-Rays Cerec Crown FREE (ADA-D0150) $649 Includes: X-Ray (D0220) Full Mouth Service (ADA-D0210) Office Visit (D0140) MUST PRESENT COUPON BEFORE TREATMENT. 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In January, a fa- not counting all the for Feb. 10 - 16, 2017 ther and daughter team in arrests. But they cannot Brooksville were arrested do it alone. Meth use in Sue Quigley: Layout Designer and Writer for meth-related crimes our county is a cancer Cheryl Clanton: Sports Photographer and the county had more that is spreading faster Elizabeth Dentato: Photographer and Arts Writer than 10 separate arrests than it can be detected. Matt Dolman: Business Contributor Chris Bernhardt Jr: Sports Writer made for possession of They need help from the Matt Vandenburgh: Sports Writer methamphetamine. In community and other Dr. Domenick Maglio, Editorial Contributor 2016, meth labs were dis- professionals. Melissa Fordyce: Community, Staff Writer covered across the street There’s been talk of HCSO - Just last month the Tampa Bay Bomb squad had Gary Joseph LeBlanc: Health Writer from both Spring Hill Great Life Church creat- to be called in to sweep the premises of a drug dealer Alice Mary Herden: Staff Writer, Photographer on Stevenson Road in Brooksville. Both the drug dealer Sarah Nachin: Staff Writer Elementary School and ing an outreach program and his daughter were arrested on multiple drug related Springstead High School. specifically targeting charges relating to Meth and Marijuana. Donna Snapp: Sales Representative (352) 428-8419 Methamphetamine, meth addicts but when Ellen Corsi Tutko: Sales Representative (614) 208-2066 most commonly referred asked about the specif- Sarah Nachin: Sales Representative Subscribe to as meth, is a stimulant ics, the church stated that they currently don’t most of their current pro- We currently offer a 52 issue subscription for $28.60 and 26 that causes increased that it’s still something have any programs in grams, Watson says that issues for $16.90. Fill out the form in this issue and mail along dopamine activity, which they’re wanting to do, place or the data to get DCF, HCSO, or some with your check made out to “Hernando Sun Publications” to provides a pleasurable but nothing concrete anything going. other local organization P.O. Box 12203; Brooksville, FL 34603 sense and euphoria much has been set up. 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