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Mom, son jailed in confrontation with deputies

By TIMES WIRES
Published January 4, 2007

Robbin Rawlins tried to intervene when she saw deputies talking to her son outside her home in the 7300 block of Holiday Drive, a Sheriff's Office report said. The deputies were responding to a disturbance, the report said. The 46-year-old mother became disruptive and escalated the situation, deputies say, and was arrested. Then Rawlins' 17-year-old son, Shane, attacked the two deputies, they say. The deputies struck the teen three times with a Taser. The mother and her son were taken to the Hernando jail. Robbin Rawlins was charged with two counts of resisting arrest. Her son was charged with battery of a law enforcement officer.

MLK celebration to span two days

Martin Luther King Jr. Day will be celebrated over two days this month in Hernando County. Sponsored by the Hernando County Branch of the NAACP, the remembrance of the slain civil rights leader will begin at 3:30 p.m. Jan. 14 at Grace World Outreach Church, 20366 Cortez Blvd., Brooksville. The theme is "United and Committed: Keeping the Dream Alive." The Jan. 14 event includes music, praise dancing and speeches. For information, call 796-4378 or 684-0340. Jan. 15, there will be an old-time fish fry and family entertainment from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Kennedy Park in Brooksville. For information, call 942-0164 or 584-3369.

Jan. 24 blood drive to teach wellness

LifeSouth's Hernando Community Blood Center, 12395 Cortez Blvd., will have its "Healthy Habits for Life" blood drive from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Jan. 24. During the drive, representatives from Candlelight Fitness and Wellness Center and the Hernando County Health Department will hand out materials and discuss living a healthy lifestyle. Southern gospel radio station WKJO will broadcast live from noon to 3 p.m. Donors receive free blood pressure, iron level, pulse and cholesterol checks. To obtain information or to make an appointment, call toll-free 1-888-795-2707.

Editor's note

The Top of the Class school news page, which is normally published Thursdays, will resume Jan. 11.

Corrections

- Podiatrist Stephen J. Leonard of the Florida Foot & Ankle Center, 4015 Mariner Blvd., Spring Hill, can be reached at 688-9558. The wrong phone number was listed in Monday's Business Digest.

- A story about the Giggles Comedy Club in Tuesday's edition gave an incorrect phone number for the Saints & Sinners Lounge in Spring Hill. The correct number is 686-5171 .

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