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Check out park's wildlife and get healthy

By TIMES WIRES
Published February 19, 2007

Hey, how about starting the week in a healthy way? You have a great chance this morning. At 9:30 a.m. there will be a special walk at the Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park. Gather at the visitor center parking lot, 4150 S Suncoast Blvd. U.S. 19. See the park and enjoy the native wildlife as you follow a 2.6-mile trail at your own speed. This is part of "Step Up, Florida - On Our Way To Healthy Living!" a statewide physical fitness effort. The Citrus County Health Department is helping organize the local effort.

Volunteer to help long-term recovery

Learn to be a summer lifeguard

Interested in becoming a lifeguard this summer, but don't know where to get started? Sign up now for an American Red Cross lifeguard class taught March 16-20 at the Bicentennial Park Pool. The cost for the course and all materials is $125. Registration required. The class is limited to 10 people. Anyone who signs up after the first 10 places are filled will be added to a waiting list for an open position or possible second class. For information or to register, call Joey Huxley at 795-1478 or Duane Levesque at (352) 400-0648.

Woman charged in purse-snatching

A purse-snatcher was followed by a witness who persuaded the thief to return the stolen purse after a foot chase, deputies said. Officers arrested a woman after hearing her story that she was coerced into committing the crime. Vicki Gail Armstrong, 27, of 3320 E Millwood Ave. in Hernando was accused of snatching an elderly woman's purse as she left the Dollar General store on County Road 491 on Saturday. A witness chased Armstrong for several blocks, according to reports. Armstrong ducked into a house, then exited briefly to hand the purse back to her pursuer. A deputy arrived and Armstrong told him that another woman hit her and forced her to commit the theft. Other witnesses said Armstrong followed the victim throughout the store and snatched the purse just outside. Armstrong was charged with robbery and is being held at the county jail, where her bail is $10,000.

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