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It's
time to
vow to
change
New Year's
resolutions come
in all forms
CHERI HARRIS
charris@chronicleonline.com
Chronicle
Feeling a little squeeze in
the waistband after too much
;\ holiday feasting, many people
vow to change their eating
habits in the NeiW Year.
Some choose
New Year's
Day as a time
to make posi-
tive changes in
other areas of
their lives. And
with some, the
idea of making
New Year's
Carol resolutions
McDonald just never
wants to be caught on.
healthier. Carol Mc-
Donald, 61,
Crystal River, said she is deter-
mined to lose a few more
pounds and
become health-
ier by follow-
ing a low car-
bohydrate diet
and exercising.
"I said that
last year, too,
M cDonal I d
stuck to it all pledges to
year except exercise.
for the holi-
days.
Lisa Schwartz, 36, Sterling,
Va., said her New Year's
Resolution is to eat healthier
and exercise.
Schwartz
said it's not a
new resolu-
tion, however.
It's one she
makes "every
month, every
week, every
Mark time I quit
Hodson doing it"
hopes to stay Mark Hod-
out of trouble, son, 40, Crystal
River, said his
goal for this year is to stay out
of trouble because his proba-
tion ended on Christmas Day.
Please see RESOLUTIONS/Page 4A
EMS
union
blocks
petition
President says it
was 'mishandled'
DAVE PIEKLIK.
dpieklik@chronicleonline.com
Chronicle
The union representing
paramedics and Emergency
Medical Technicians at Nature
Coast Emergency Services is
blocking a petition asking for
its decertification, citing
unfair labor practices.
Management. at NCEMS
received a petition this week
with the names of 25 union
members asking for removal of
union representation because
they felt their best interests
were not being represented.
The petition was started last
month, after the company and
union entered contract negoti-
ations.
But union president Donnie
Collins said the petition sub-
Please see PETITION/Page 4A'
2004 in REVS E
Schultz's
farewell
another
lawsuit
MIKE WRIGHT
mwright@chronicleonline.comn
Chronicle
Most people spend the final
days of their job cleaning out
desks and removing plaques
from the wall.
Not property
appraiser Ron
Schultz.
Schultz, i
whose last day
in office is
Monday, filed
suit Thursday
that asks a Ron
judge to de- Schultz
care Citrus leaves office
County the Monday.
winner in a
complicated lawsuit between
him and Time Warner Cable.
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Selling bad
neighborhoods
A California
group has sold
thousands of
bad lots in
antiquated.
subdivisions
to unwary
customers
across the
country./
Sunday
Huddling together
A Dallas, Texas, church shows football on
a TV in its fellowship hall./Cl
'Still' going
strong
A Georgia
family still
maintains an
old-still that
produces tur-
pentine and
rosin, to com-
memorate the
South's naval
stores
industry'12A
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fun to do
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do this weekend
by checking out
the events and art
exhibits
roundup./7A
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hotel tackles
hangovers with
'Recovery
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service./11A
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DAVE SIGLER/Chronicle
Mary Morrissey, 6, put her two years of gymnastics training to good use Thursday while playing on the playground equipment
In the Central Ridge County Park In Beverly Hills. The girl was flipping, hanging and twirling her way from bar to bar at the park.
Mary was visiting her grandparents In Beverly Hills along with her family from Barrington, Ill.
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A fiery sunrise
greeted residents
south of Inverness
at the
Withlacoochee
State Forest last
April along County
Road 581.
R.D. Dorman used a small boat powered by a small electric motor In October to make
his way from his stilt home In northeast Citrus County. Floodwaters from the
Withiacoochee River continued to pour out of its banks, leaving dozens of families with-:
out a way to get to or from their homes. Dorman and several others in the community
policed the area, making sure uninvited guests didn't do harm to residents' property.
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Ed Simon's reflection was silhouetted In a mirror last March at the Women of Sugarmill Woods annual Tag Sale.
The profits from the annual sale go to further the group's community Involvement.
A rainbow
formed near
the Old
Courthouse In,
July after an.-
early morning
storm doused..
Inverness.
Duanne Keller, Crystal River martial arts Instructor, was recently inducted Into
the Martial Arts Hall of Fame. Keller, featured In September, specializes in a form
of martial arts known as Jeet Kune Do, a form legendary martial artist Bruce Lee
originated, decades ago.
A frosty
morning
greeted Mary
Wright as she
got an early
start working
out her
Belgian draft
horse last
January.
Wright and her
boyfriend, Kirk
Fenoff, have a
team of show
horses they
train north of
Hernando.
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Chronicle
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came home on Wednesday to
find their daughter naked and
passed out in her bed, accord-
ing to an arrest report.
They woke her up and she
told them Drawdy, the father of
her baby, came by earlier that
day, but she told him to leave
because her parents weren't
home, according to the report.
She then went to a friend's
house to borrow a bicycle and
rode to Drawdy's house.
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drinking alcohol at his house
when she told him she wanted
to break up with him and want-
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A 22-year-old man from
Homosassa was killed Friday
morning while walking on U.S.
19 in Homosassa.
Gregory M. Benefield, of 6645
Frankfurter Way, was on the
inside lane of U.S. 19 near the
intersection of McKinley Street
at about 12:30 a.m. when a van.
hit him; according to a press '
release from the Florida
Highway Patrol.,
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Continued from.Page 1A
"Don't drink and drive,"
Hodson said. "That's never
happening again."
He said he planned to spend
this New
Year's Eve at
home with his
Family and
invite some of
Shis, neighbors
to come over to
enjoy a bonfire
in his yard.
Ken
Frink
take more
family time.
Ken Frink,
38, Lecanto,
said his goal
for the new
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PETITION
Continued from Page 1A
mitted this week to the
National Labor Relations
Board was mishandled and the
union objected. 'He said man-
agement should never have got-
ten involved with the petition.
. "As soon as you get manage-
ment in there, it corrupts the
whole thing," Collins said.
Collins argues the petition
was started with the urging of
company management, and
when signatures were collect-
ed, it was returned to manage-
ment before being filed with
the NLRB, bypassing any union
SCHULTZ
Continued from Page 1A
The lawsuit says that even
though Schultz won the case
on appeal, the judge still
awarded attorney's fees to
Time Warner, which now is
Bright House Networks.
Schultz has an appeal on
the legal fees pending with
the District Court of Appeal.
In the lawsuit filed Thursday,
Schultz says he does not
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with his 3-year-old daughter,
Kiah and his
wife, Michel-
lene.
Clifford
Darrien, 75,
Beverly Hills,
said he always _
makes the
same resolu-
tion: He asks Clifford
God to give Darrien
him good wants health,
health and strength.
strength.
"Keep him first in your life
and he will carry the rest of
the year," Darrien said.
Todd Dyer, 42, Crystal River,
said he has never made a New
Year's resolution.
vote.
He said the union is in place
to protect employees from such
things, and other things like
being fired without just cause,
to getting better pay and bene-
fits, or improving working con-
ditions.
"I feel the union's very good
for everybody," he said. "We're
trying to fight for the employ-
ees."
Union secretary and treasur-
er Teresa Thomas argues that
while she isn't criticizing the
company, things like better pay
could always be looked at
"It's not that we're,not happy
with our jobs. We love what we
do," she said. "But we haven't
been getting cost of living wage
believe that appeal will be
settled soon.
Schultz said Friday he filed
the lawsuit because he didn't
want the issue hanging, after
he leaves office.
"The issue has been dealt
with for two years," he said.
"There has been an appeal
for over 18 months that has
sat out there. I have waited as
long as I could to see if that
appeal would be ruled on."
Schultz is retiring after 14
years in office.
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quit something bad enough,"
Dyer said, "I
,i, would quit it
and not wait
Year'
Vicki Hus-
key, 56, Crystal
River, has
decided to get
Todd more focused
Dyer at work. She
makes no said she works
resolutions, in marketing at
a skilled nurs-
ing facility, but she used to
work in another part of the,
facility, so she often gets side-
tracked.
"I keep myself in everybody
else's business," Huskey said.
increases."
The company put a wage
freeze into effect when last
month's collective bargaining
talks began, according to
Collins. He said his main con-
cern is to resolve that issue.
'All we want is to do the con-
tract and get it ratified so that
employees get their pay and get
their benefits," he said.
The talks ended last month
without a resolution and were
rescheduled. Collins admitted
participation at union negotia-
tion meetings was small, but he
blames that on fear that mem-
bers will be treated differently
if they attend.
Thomas said things could
improve if more members
Melanie Hensley, was elected
in November to replace him.
Hensley, who could not be
reached for comment, starts
her new job Tuesday.
Schultz's case against Time
Warner dealt with whether
the actual cable that connects
to a person's house is taxable.
Time Warner insisted it isn't;
Schultz said it is.
In July 2002, Circuit Court
Judge Patricia Thomas ruled
in Time Warner's favor.
Thomas then ordered Schultz
to pay Time Warner $185,000
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Now she plans to stay in her
department and stick to her
priorities.
"I've made up my mind,"
Huskey said.
She also plans to eat health-
ier foods instead of drinking
soft drinks, and constantly
snacking on junk food instead
of having regu-
lar meals.,
Huskey said
she intention-
ally limited
herself to two
resolutions
because if she
made too many,
she would get
distracted and
wouldn't stick
to any of them.
Vicki
Huskey
wants to be
more focused.
showed up.
"It's gonna benefit the
employees if they could just
give it a chance," she said.
While executive director
Teresa Gorentz could not be
reached for comment Friday,
EMS chief of operations Jim
Goodworth said the petition
has been placed on hold until
the unfair labor practice claim
is cleared up. He said the claim
was actually filed prior to the
petition being submitted.
If the petition moves forward
and is verified, the NLRB could
hold a hearing to determine if
the union should be dissolved.
The next round of contract
talks have been rescheduled
for February.
in attorney fees and $102,683
in other costs. Meanwhile,
Schultz appealed the deci-
sion.
Schultz won the appeal in
November 2003, but Thomas
never reversed her order that
Citrus County taxpayers pay
the company's fees and costs.
This week's lawsuit asks
Thomas to declare Schultz
the winner, or "prevailing
party" in the Time Warner
case and take taxpayers off
the hook for the fees and
costs.
Citrus County Sheriff
Arrests
Julie Dawn Cline, 28, of 307
Washington Ave., Apartment 11,
Inverness, and Nancy Elizabeth
Mellott, 25, of 437 S. Jackson St.,
Beverly Hills, were arrested
Thursday on charges of selling,
manufacturing, delivering or traffick-
ing drugs, unlawful possession of a
listed chemical and drug parapher-
nalia.
Deputies found a glass container
holding more than 14 grams of
pseudoephedrine, iodine, red phos-
phorous, and water which, when
combined, produce methampheta-
mine as well as a container of
camping fuel behind Cline's apart-
ment, according to an arrest report.
They also found two tin foil boats,
and small plastic containers with
methamphetamine residue, accord-
ing to the report.
Cline and Mellott both told
deputies that they had been cooking
methamphetamine for personal use
and all the items belonged to them,
according to the report.
Their bond was set at $40,500
each.
Charles V. Buck, 35, of 4100
S. Arrowhead Drive, Homosassa,
was arrested Thursday on charges
of carrying a concealed weapon.
Buck was released on his own
recognizance.
Laquon D. Knight, 18, of 850
S.E. 8th Ave., Crystal River, was
arrested Friday on charges of flee-
ing or attempting to elude a police
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For information about
arrests made by the
Citrus County Sheriff's
Office, go to www.sherif-
fcitrus.org and click on
the link to Daily Reports,
then Arrest Reports.
officer.
Knight was released on his own
recognizance.
Dennis W. Rauch, 32, of 522
Mimosa Place, Savannah, Georgia,
was arrested Friday on charges of
driving with a suspended license.
Bond was set at $10,000.
DUI arrest
David E. Fuller, 49, of 8515
Bayshore Drive, Palmetto, was
arrested Thursday on charges of
driving under the influence and driv-
ing with an expired license.
Total bond was set at $650.
Crystal River Police
Domestic battery
arrest
Eileen Gage, 46, of Crystal
River, was arrested Friday on
domestic battery charges.
A man said Gage had gone out
drinking with friends, and when she
returned home the two began argu-
ing, according to an arrest report.
He told deputies Gage slapped the
glasses off his face, according to the
report.
Gage is being held without bond.
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HERNANDO
Richard John Becan, 77,
Hernando, died Thursday, Dec.
30, 2004, in Hernando.
Born March 17, 1927, in
Queens, N.Y, to John and
Emma Becan,
he moved here
from Shirley,
N.Y, in 1996.
Mr. Becan
was a World
War II U.S.
Navy veteran and a retired
supervisor in the cosmetics
industry.
He enjoyed golfing, boating
and his family activities.
He was a member of Good
Shepherd Lutheran Church of
Hernando.
Survivors include his wife of
56 years, Leona Janye Becan of
Hernando; one son, John R.
Becan of Boca Raton; four
daughters, Linda Becan of
Islandia, N.Y, Laura Brymer
and husband, Arthur, of New
Smyrna Beach, Lauraine
Masciopinto and husband,
Stephen, of Patchogue, N.Y,
and Leslie Drake and husband,
Thomas, of East Moriches,
N.Y.; and seven grandchildren.
Hooper Funeral Home,
Beverly Hills.
Lucy Rose, 87
DUNNELLON
Lucy M. Rose, 87, Dunnellon,
died Thursday, Dec. 30,2004, in
Ocala.
. She was born in Bridgeville,
Pa., and moved here from
Michigan one and a half years
ago.
She was a homemaker.
She was preceded in death
--* --- by a sister, Amelia Lucas, and a
S--- brother, Charles DiMarco.
-Survivors include one son,
-- --- Victor Rose of Boca Raton;
three daughters, Carol
-* Donohue of Cadillac, Mich.,
-* -Gladys Rose and Helen Kocan
S- both of Dunnellon; one brother,
William DiMarco of
- Strongsville, Ohio; five grand-
- children; and four great-grand-
- children.
- -- Roberts Funeral Home,
S- Dunnellon.
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INVERNESS
Susanne Shearer, 48,
-- Inverness, died Wednesday,
- Dec. 29, 2004, in Ocala.
A native of Greenville, Pa.,
S- she came here in 2000 from.
--- Texas.
- Prior to her illness she was a
.. -- physical therapist
-She enjoyed her home, fami-
-o- ly and friends.
S- She will be missed by her
. .- companion, Scrappy the dog.
Survivors include one
daughter, Tina Kelso of
Inverness; one son, Brad Boyce
k r v d of Fredonia, Pa.; her mother,
Lilian Kelso of Hernando; four
Sisters, Evelyn Krokker and
l .. o_ Wanda Slater both of
Hernando, Linda Wright of
Fredonia, Pa., and Sandy Hahn
_*- __,___. of Watagua, Texas; one grand-
-son, Travis Kelso, and two
.. granddaughters, Autumn
.. Madej and Samantha Madej,
S .. -. all of Inverness.
vn- ., Fero Funeral Home with
S 4 o Crematory, Beverly Hills.
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DUNNELLON
William H. Smith, 68,
- - --- - -- Dunnellon, died Thursday,
S -.-. - --- Dec. 30, 2004, in Dunnellon.
S --- -- He was born in Oakhurst,
- a---f- 0- N.J., and moved here six years
< a. -- - ago from West Palm Beach.
S -- -- Mr. Smith was a retired
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- - Survivors include his wife,
---- -. .- -- Patricia Smith of Dunnellon;
- *- - two sons, William H. Smith Jr.
S- -- - of Dunnellon and Peter Smith
SS - -- of Summerfield; two daugh-
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Richard John Becan. The
service of remembrance for
Richard John Becan, 77,
Hernando, will be at 11 a.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2005, at the
Good Shepherd Lutheran
Church of Hernando under the
direction of the family.
Cremation will be under the
direction of Hooper
Crematory, Inverness. Friends,
who wish, may make memorial
donations to Hospice of Citrus
County, PO. Box 641270,
Beverly Hills, FL 34464.
Susanne Shearer. Visitation
for Susanne Shearer, 48,
Inverness, will be from 1 until
2:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 3, 2005,
at Fero Funeral Home with
Crematory, 5955 N. Lecanto
Highway, Beverly Hills. Private
Palm Beach; one brother, Alton
Smith of New Jersey; two sis-
ters, June Virgilio and Judy
Smith both of New Jersey; five
grandchildren; and two great-
grandchildren.
Roberts Funeral Home,
Dunnellon.
Michael 'Frank'
Stefanek, 68
HOMOSASSA
Michael Franklin "Frank"
Stefanek, 68, Homosassa, died
Thursday, Dec. 30, 2004, at his
home.
Born April 6, 1936, in
Summit, N.J., to Adam and Eve
(Dudek) Stefanek, he came
here 15 years ago from South
Plainfield,
N.J., where he
was a retired
roofer.
Mr. Stefanek
was a U.S.
Marine Corps
veteran and a life member of
the Paralyzed Veterans of
America.
He was Catholic.
He was preceded in death by
his wife, Carol Stefanek, in
1975.
Survivors include his son,
Glenn Stefanek, and a daugh-
ter, Pam Stefanek, both of
South Plainfield, N.J.; three
brothers, John, Teddy and
Walter Stefanek of New Jersey;
and two sisters, Dorothy
Stefanek of Chatham, N.J., and
Eleanor Smith of Scotch
Plains, N.J.
Strickland Funeral Home
with Crematory, Crystal River.
James
Tongate, 42
INVERNESS
James Bryon Tongate, 42,
Inverness, died Wednesday,
Dec. 29, 2004, in Homosassa.
He was born Aug. 24,1962, in
Chicago, Ill., to James and
Mary Tongate, and he moved
here in 1991 from Homestead.
Mr. Tongate was an auto
salesman.
He attended Citrus Ridge
Bible Church.
Survivors include his wife,"
Patricia S. Tongate of
Inverness; son, Robert Bass of
Inverness; daughter, Courtney
Bass of Inverness; mother,
Mary Ulrick of Baconton, Ga.;
and two brothers, Arnold M.
Tongate of Inverness and
David B. Oglesby of Baconton,
Ga.
Hooper Funeral Home,
Inverness.
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local obituaries.
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graveside services will follow
at Fero Memorial Gardens
Cemetery, Beverly Hills.
James Bryon Tongate. The
service of remembrance for
James Bryon Tongate, 42,
Inverness, will be at 3 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2005, at the
Inverness Chapel of Hooper
Funeral Homes. Cremation
will be under the direction of
Hooper Crematory, Inverness.
Friends may call from 1 to 3
p.m. Monday, Jan. 3, at the
Inverness Chapel.
Deaths
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Artie Shaw, 94
MUSICIAN
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -
Artie Shaw, the clarinetist and
bandleader whose recording of
"Begin the Beguine" epito-
mized the Big Band era, died
Thursday. He was 94.
Shaw had been in declining
health and apparently died of
natural causes, his attorney
and longtime friend Eddie
Ezor said.
At his peak in the 1930s and
'40s, Shaw pulled in a five-fig-
ure. salary per week and
ranked with Benny Goodman,
Tommy Dorsey and Glenn
Miller as the bandleaders who
made music swing.
But he left the music world
largely behind in the mid-'50s
and spent much of the second
half of his life devoted to writ-
ing and other pursuits.
His band's recording of Cole
Porter's "Begin the Beguine"
was intended to be the "B" side
of the record.
Instead, it became a huge hit,
topping the charts for six
weeks in 1938 and making
Shaw famous at age 28.
Among his other hits, some
with his big band and some
with his quartet, the Gramercy
Five: "Frenesi," "Dancing in
the Dark," "Nightmare," "Back
Bay Shuffle," "Accent-tchu-ate
the Positive" and "Traffic
Jam."
He worked with such jazz
legends as Buddy Rich, Mel
Torme, Gordon Jenkins and, at
a time when most white band-
leaders refused to hire blacks,
Billie Holiday.
Another famous roster: his
wives. They included actresses
Lana Turner (wife No. 3, 1940),
Ava Gardner (No. 5, 1945).,
Evelyn Keyes (No. 8, 1957), and
novelist Kathleen Winsor,
author of the 1944 best-seller
"Forever Amber."
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Private Services in Roanoke, VA
Mae Mayo
Burial: Virginia Beach, VA
Charles Ritter, Sr.
Viewing: Sun. 2pm
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Graveside Services: Mon. 2pm
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