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Hardee Homeless Shop Locally Receive Assistance On Saturday B4 A3 Herald-THE Advocate HARDEE COUNTY’S HOMETOWN COVERAGE 117th Year No. 52 2 Sections www.TheHeraldAdvocate.com 70¢ Plus 5¢ Sales Tax Thursday, November 23, 2017 HOW TO COOK A TURKEY? Traffic Stop Nets Arrests By JOAN SEAMAN Of The Herald-Advocate An attempted traffic stop turned into a foot chase and ar- rest of two people charged with a variety of drug offenses. How To Cook A Turkey Arrested were Jason How To Cook A Turkey Michael Lopez, 33, and Bri- Ryan Smith Win Graham anna Diane Owens, 26, both of 333 River Chase Circle, Git it. Wauchula, who together face Skin it. First you git a turkey. Then pot it in Klen it. 14 charges. the oven to 50 drgree. Keep it in According to her report, the Cook it for 6 minits. the oven for a lot 13 minis. Then Lopez Have a feast. incident began shortly after 10 get it out from the oven. Then you p.m. last Thursday night when eat it. Wauchula Ofc. Kaleigh Ander- son was on East Main Street and notified of a westbound vehicle without taillights or tag lights. FILE PHOTO Anderson followed the vehi- In the spirit of Thanksgiving, Mrs. Sharon Ussery’s first grade class at Zolfo Springs Elementary School took cle and attempted a traffic stop time to open their holiday cookbooks and share their fanciful recipes for cooking up Tom Turkey with readers at the Rust Avenue/West Oak of The Herald-Advocate. For more of their recipes see How To Cook A Turkey? A-2. Street intersection. The driver of the vehicle ignored the emergency lights and siren An- Research derson activated, turning on School Buses Collide, 11 Hurt West Oak Street, leaving the Owens By TOM STAIK report, occurred when the The FHP did not estimate roadway and driving through ouflage hat, T-shirt and the Underway Of The Herald-Advocate driver of a 2018 school bus, damage to the vehicles, but the front yard, around a resi- keys to the fleeing vehicle. A smash-up involving two driven by Belinda Romeo An- Shayman said both buses sus- dence and west on the grass Meanwhile, Sgt. Thomas On Olives Hardee County school buses derson, of Wauchula, stopped tained substantial damage. Di- before stopping. Fort and Lt. Matthew Whatley sent 11 students to the hospital suddenly “due to traffic” as it mock was cited with careless The driver, later identified as had begun a search of the ve- By MICHAEL KELLY last Tuesday. was heading north on Altman driving. Lopez, ran north toward the hicle, finding ammunition, and Of The Herald-Advocate The wreck – that occurred Road. “Both buses are off the River Chase Apartments. The a camouflage book bag with The Hardee County Indus- as the buses were departing James Walter Dimock, 43, road,” Shayman said. “It kind passenger, Owens, was ar- drug paraphernalia, a blow trial Development Authority Hardee Senior High School – of Wauchula, was unable to of hurts us because they are rested at the scene. torch and pipe which had co- and South Florida State Col- resulted in only minor in- stop his bus – a 2016 model – two of the newest buses we A Hardee County Sheriff’s caine residue. lege are partnering on an olive juries. in time to avoid Anderson’s have.” Office K9 unit led by Dep. Obtaining a warrant, What- research project after receiving “It could have been a lot school bus. Anderson’s bus was pur- Ryan Abbott tracked Lopez to ley, Fort and Anderson went to a $150,000 grant. worse,” said Superintendent Six students from Dimock’s chased by The School District a River Chase Circle Apart- the River Chase Circle home The grant, given from the of Schools Bob Shayman. bus and five students from An- of Hardee County in early Oc- ment. The resident motioned of the couple and searched it, U.S. Department of Agriculture According to a report from derson’s bus were taken to tober and had been in service that he was in her unit. Abbott finding a black box, containing and the Florida Department of the Florida Highway Patrol, area hospitals for treatment. less than a month. located him in a bathroom and cash, various drug equipment Agriculture, will look to iden- the Nov. 14 wreck was re- Neither driver was injured. There were a total of 91 stu- took him into custody. A and baggies, which were later tify cultivars, a variety of plant ported at 3:42 p.m. Hardee County Fire-Rescue dents on the buses at the time search of the kitchen and adja- tested positive for marijuana, that can be profitably grown in The accident, according to rendered aid at the scene. of the accident. cent bathroom located a cam- See DRUGS A2 the region. The study will be conducted at the IDA’s already established site at the Hardee County Com- Station Closed For Repairs merce Park and trees will also By TOM STAIK concrete surface. be planted on a former orange Of The Herald-Advocate “No gasoline entered the grove at the college’s Avon More than 11,000 gallons of storm drain system,” noted Park campus. fuel were pumped from an un- Michael McDonald, division Lindsay Lynch, director of derground tank last week as chief for National Rapid Re- grants and federal relations at crews made emergency repairs sponse in his written report to SFSC, said having two sites to a leaking pump system at a FDEP. will allow the project to study local gas station. The ACT Environmental the olive’s success on Hardee’s Murphy Gas Station – lo- team – under the guidance of native flatwood soil and also cated at the entrance of the environmental engineers from on the Highlands ridge soils. Walmart complex on U.S. 17 – PPM Consultants – then began SFSC students will partici- remained closed as of Monday. work to mitigate further fuel re- pate by doing agricultural re- The leak was discovered leases. search projects on the various around noon on Nov. 14 when More than 200 gallons of See OLIVES A2 approximately 5-15 gallons of fuel was removed from the fuel spilled onto the concrete above-ground pump systems from pumps at the south side of and stored in 55 gallon drums. WEATHER the station. With the pumps secured, the Hardee County Fire-Rescue crews set their efforts to dis- DATE HIGH LOW RAIN and Hardee County Emergency covering issues below the sur- 11/14 82 65 0.00 Management responded to the face. 11/15 80 59 0.00 11/16 79 61 0.04 spill and alerted the Florida De- “Free floating product was 11/17 81 56 0.01 partment of Environmental found in a compliance well 11/18 82 51 0.00 Protection (FDEP). after the release,” McDonald 11/19 82 52 0.01 Mitigation of the spill was noted. 11/20 80 46 0.00 managed by National Rapid Officials estimate the pool at TOTAL Rainfall to 11/20/2017 - 48.64 Response Center, a private near 150 gallons. Same period last year - 42.64 company specializing in haz- As the station remained Ten Year Average - 47.77 Source: Univ. of Fla. Ona Research Center ardous material clean-up. closed, crews from Guardian Clean-up at the site began Fueling Services arrived at the INDEX within hours of the incident site Nov. 15 to repair the faulty when a team from ACT Envi- pump. Classifieds . .B12 ronmental began working to re- According to reports, 11,156 PHOTO BY TOM STAIK Courthouse Report . .B11 move the gasoline from the See STATION A2 A mitigation team examines samples taken from an underground tank. Crime Blotter . .B11 Hardee Living . .B8 Information Roundup .B10 Obituaries . .A4 Puzzles . .A11 Save The Date . .A2 School Lunch Menus . .B10 Solunar Forecast . .B5 A2 The Herald-Advocate, November 23, 2017 THE How to Cook a Turkey? DRUGS Continued From A1 erald- dvocate Recipes from Mrs. Sharon Ussery’s first grade class at Zolfo H A Springs Elementary School. synthetic marijuana and SAVE HARDEE COUNTY’S HOMETOWN COVERAGE I’m going to tell you how to cook a Turkey. First you pat it methamphetamine. everywhere. Next you pont the turkey in a pot. Then you poot it The final result was mari- JAMES R. KELLY & MICHAEL R. KELLY in the uvine. Last tak it out uv the uvinge. Then we wat it. juana, unused, burnt and THE Publishers Elisa Hernandez roaches; methamphetamine un- CYNTHIA M. KRAHL used and residues, cocaine, Editor I’m going to tell you how to cook a Turkey. First you grill the rolling papers, a torch lighter, JOAN M. SEAMAN NOEY DeSANTIAGO turkey. Nxt you sezoning it. Then you eat it. Do you whant a revolver and various times of DATE Sports Editor Emeritus Production Manager turkey? Come we me. ammunition, and $130. Owens faces charges of pos- Dodge Graham NOVEMBER TOM STAIK DARLENE WILLIAMS session of cocaine, possession Sports Editor Assistant First I’m going to tell you how to cook a turkey. Nrext putt of methamphetamine, posses- 30 – Fitness In the Park/ Production Manager the stuff in the turkey. Then cook the turkey. Last eat the turkey. sion of marijuana with intent to Zumba/Heritage 115 S. Seventh Ave. P.O. Box 338 Miguel Rosales-Baquiax sell, possession of synthetic Park/5:30 p.m. Wauchula, FL 33873 marijuana, possession of drug Phone: (863) 773-3255 Fax: (863) 773-0657 I’m going to tell you how to cook a turkey.