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Squawk Box
Homosassa Pilot Program
Providing Free Healthcare
Guest Commentary by Diane Toto,
President, We Care Food Pantry
A strong partnership was formed
by Citrus Memorial Hospital, Citrus Coun-
ty Transportation, The Department of Chil-
dren and Families, and the We Care Food
Pantry recently to better serve the homeless
and needy population on the west side of
the county. This pilot medical program
will provide primary care for the Homo-
sassa-area’s uninsured and homeless. The
program will focus on preventive health-
care with family care and diagnostic test-
ing as program components. Free media-
tions, surgeons and speciality care are not
yet available, however, this is a new and
evolving program.
A driving force behind the part-
nership is We Care Food Pantry’s president
Diane Toto who shared an update on the
early success of the program:
“The new medical shuttle has
made some significant advances. Citrus
Memorial Hospital (CMH) and Lon Frye,
from Citrus County Transportation, could
not be more cooperative. It is one thing to
announce a new program, but it is another
when it is so successful in such a short peri-
od of time. Once our clients are treated and
properly diagnosed, CMH has found doc- Manatee and Calf returned to Three Sisters Springs - Michael Lusk, who manages the Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge
tors to accept our clients and become their Complex which includes the Three Sisters Springs property said the rescue and release could not have gone better as he watched
primary physicians. They will be accepted over and helped with the return of the mother and calf. Newscaster Photo

Injured Manatee Homeless man “tired of living on the

whether they have Medicare, Medicaid or
nothing. That is a giant leap for our under-
served population.
One client told me, that in addi-
tion to not feeling good, he knew he also
needed surgery. When he got on the bus,
he accepted the fact that we couldn’t get
him a surgeon, not yet, anyway. Surprise -
CMH is going to find him a surgeon, and he
should be taken care of within two weeks!
Another client had been to the emergen-
cy room a few times within the last six
months. She is now properly diagnosed and
will not need to go to the emergency room
to receive medical care. Keeping this one
client out of the emergency room is already
a huge monetary saving.
This pilot program is already
demonstrating traceable results and mak-
ing a difference in the lives of desperate
people. Once a person is properly diag-
nosed, treated and given a primary physi-
cian, they can lead a more normal, pain-
free life. Another important, and probably
Continued on page 3 - Squawk Box
& Calf Returned streets” charged with bank robbery
to the Wild
It was a very touching scene this
past week as rescuers slid a baby manatee
calf down the bank at Three Sisters Springs
in Crystal River.The larger mother was low-
ered into the water 6 or 8 feet away. In a
tense moment  the two were gently released
and the baby swam over to meet the mother
and the two glided off  side by side  in the
crystal clear water. About 50 rescuers and
media recorded the event and cheered as the
two left.   to the right. Dunlow instructed the teller to
Tracy Colson, wildlife photogra-
pher while photographing manatees spotted
the  large female  last year with mono fila-
ment fishing line wrapped around her right
flipper cutting into it,  but the  manatee left
Continued on page 3 -Manatee & Calf
A 42 year-old homeless man, Rob-
ert Alphus Dunlow, Jr., who was arrested by
the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office, Feb. 8,
charged with the robbery, earlier that day,
of the BB&T Bank in Inverness, told the ar-
resting deputy that he robbed the bank be-
cause he was tired of living on the streets
and wanted to go to federal prison because it
was easier.
According to Dunlow’s arrest re-
port, Dunlow entered the BB&T bank, locat-
ed at 2709 E. Gulf to Lake Highway, through
the north door and approached the first teller
put money in the bag. She queried, “Are you
kidding?” Dunlow replied, “Put the money
in the bag.” He pushed a gray plastic bag
toward the teller, telling her to hurry. The
teller quickly placed money in the bag and
handed it back to Dunlow who instructed
her to not push any buttons.
He fled through the north
door and entered a white
Ford F-150 truck, traveling
west on Hwy. 44.
A “Be On the
Look Out,” commonly
called a “BOLO,” was is-
sued for Dunlow and the Dunlow
truck. Deputy Ferguson
and Captain Richie saw the truck, heading
west on Hwy. 44, and activated the overhead
lights and siren in an attempt to stop Dun-
low. The truck headed north on S. Leona
Ave. to a portion of the road that is separated
by a wooded area. The truck entered the
wooded area, but due to the terrain became
disabled, and Dunlow fled on foot, headed
northwest. A passenger in the vehicle exited
Continued on page 3 -Bank Robbery