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Vol. 101 No. 17 Sunday, February 7, 2010 50¢ Plus tax Where’ there’s Phone smoke ... Okeechobee City Firefi ghters conducted scam training drill while demolishing a condemned home on North Parrott Avenue on Friday. frightens For more on the story, see page 11. March of Dimes plans local events woman By Eric Kopp ... Page 8 Okeechobee News As the 73-year-old woman fought back the tears, she de- scribed how she was “torn up” Index by a scammer who tried to extort $1,500 from her -- supposedly to Classifi eds .................................16, 17 help her son who had been ar- Community Events ............................6 rested. Crossword ....................................... 17 Obituaries .......................................... 6 When the woman, who we Opinion ........................................... 4,5 will refer to as Rose, answered the Speak Out ......................................... 4 See SCAM — Page 14 Sports ........................................ 15, 18 Weather ............................................. 5 Teenage Indian game Lake Levels Herbert Jim, a Seminole who is a member of the 13.5 feet pregnancy Panther Clan, uses animal Last Year: 13.48 feet bones to demonstrate a rates show game that young Semi- noles would have played 6SRQVRUHG%\ many years ago. His audi- improvement ence, a group of area fourth graders, also learned 3RJH\·V)DPLO\5HVWDXUDQW County still higher about Seminole history 63DUURWW$YH than state average, and culture. 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Hours: Mon.-Fri. 8:00 - 5:30 Okeechobee’s Stop sign violation leads Sat. 8:00 - 12:00 Most Wanted DRIVE IN to felony drug arrest NO APPOINTMENT NEEDED Okeechobee’s 1st By Eric Kopp She was booked into the Okeechobee Okeechobee News County Jail then released on her own re- Oil Change Specialists A Jupiter woman was stopped for re- cognizance. portedly running a stop sign and was sub- According to an arrest report by a de- Celebrating 23 sequently arrested on felony drug charges. tective with the Okeechobee Narcotics years of quality Stefanie Michelle Kelly, Task Force, Kelly was stopped in the 2600 25, was arrested Thurs- block of S.E. 42nd Ave. around 10:15 p.m. service day, Feb. 4, on felony by Deputy Don Ellis of the Okeechobee charges of possession of County Sheriff’s Offi ce (OCSO). She was Same owner, same honest Marcel Bates Bill Clemons xanax without a valid pre- stopped for running a stop sign, the report scription and possession added. and reliable maintenance The following people are among Okeecho- of hydrocodone without The detective said the pills were found in for your vehicle. bee’s Most Wanted per- a valid prescription. She a purse belonging to Kelly during a search was also arrested on a sons. There are active of the 2005 Ford Expedition she was driv- warrants for each of misdemeanor charge Stefanie them. The criteria for of possession of legend ing. The woman did not have a prescrip- Michelle Kelly tion for the narcotics, the detective added. making Okeechobee’s drug without a valid pre- Valvoline rebate of $5, $10 or $15.