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© St. Petersburg Times, published June 21, 2002
Nuclear plant fixes line to stay open
CRYSTAL RIVER -- Florida Power avoided a shutdown late Wednesday when workers restored electricity to an external line that feeds the nuclear plant. Power was restored at 11:45 p.m., spokesman Mac Harris said. The transformer was damaged during a thunderstorm Monday morning. Under federal guidelines, nuclear plants must have two independent external power sources. If repairs had not been made in 72 hours, the facility would have been shut down for safety reasons.
CRYSTAL RIVER -- The couple that accused former City Council member Ray Wallace and his wife, Lynn, of tearing down a fence lost their case in small claims court Wednesday. Anita and Bill Ward of 1408 SE Fifth Ave. filed a complaint with police in February, but the case was deemed civil, not criminal. Bill Ward said he lost the case because he could not introduce his main evidence, a property survey showing whose land the fence was on. "There was no proof to (County Judge Mark Yerman) that was a valid survey," Ward said. Said Wallace: "I'm just glad I won."
HERNANDO -- Nancy Dunwoodie has become the third Republican candidate, and the sixth overall, to seek the vacant District 43 seat in the state House of Representatives. Dunwoodie, 64, is a retired FBI analyst who has lived in Citrus County for almost two years. In the Republican primary, Dunwoodie will face former Citrus Sheriff Charles Dean and Crystal River resident Michael White. Also in the race are Democrats Alex Ilnyckyj and James Carr and Libertarian Neil Polimeni. State Rep. Nancy Argenziano, R-Crystal River, is seeking a seat in the state Senate.