| The Citrus County Commission recently proclaimed the third week in March as Springs Awareness Week in the county. A number of the leaders of the many citizens and groups that have supported and worked on projects connected with the county’s springs and associated waterways were able to be on hand.
Shown from left are: Crystal River Mayor Ron Kitchen; Mike Moberly, past Chairman of the Citrus Waterway Restoration Council; Theodora Rusnak, President of the Citrus County Council; Georgianna Phelps, a founder of Springsbusters in Homosassa; Helen Spivey, former City Council Woman, State Representative and longtime Save the Manatee representative; Cara Martin, Southwest Florida Water Management District Community Affairs program manager; Robert Knight, County Water Resources Department Director; County Commission Chairman Gary Bartell; Gary Maidhof, County Operations and Projects Officer and member of the State Springs Initiative; and Jim Bitter, President of the Homosassa River Alliance. Back row, from left: Al Grubman, 1st Vice-President of the CCC & President of TOOFAR; Norman Hopkins, Director of the Amy Remley Foundation; and Andy Houston, Crystal River City Manager.
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