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Water warrior follows passion
Floral City man
at center of battle
TERRY WITT
terrywitt@chronicleonline.com
Chronicle
W ayne Sawyer never set out
Sto be an advocate for the
WW restoration of the Tsala
VApopka Chain of Lakes, but
his passion for the issue has moved
him into the forefront of local efforts
to find solutions for the lakes' weed
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the 19,000-acre lake system has been
neglected too long by government -
agencies. After moving here 11 years ...- .-
ago, he said that became obvious to - :
him.
His goal is to restore the ailing
lake system to its former condition
as a world-class fishery, and he has
positioned himself to be a player in
a political process that will ulti-
mately, he hopes, lead to solutions.
He was appointed this year by
State Sen. Nancy Argenziano, R-
Dunnellon, to serve on the new%
Citrus-Hernando Waterways
Restoration Council, a panel of sci-
entific experts and lay people who
Will idefitify broblenmsiri the' ke
system and ways to solve them.
The council was created by the
Florida Legislature, and Argenziano
believes it has a good chance of
securing state funding for restora-
tion projects. DAVE SIGLER/Chronicle
State Sen. Nancy Argenziano, R-Dunnellon, appointed Wayne Sawyer, above, a 68-year-old Floral City resident, to the Citrus-Hernando Waterways Restoration
Please see WATER/Page 4A Council........
2004 in REVIEW
School leaders
aa look to new year
Sandra
"Sam"meJ. Fl7 t She hopes that in-
superintendent, creased partnerships with
fdoc s d n Withlacoochee Technical
intends on all fs fo set Institute, the Citrus County
the students Builders Association and
and decrease CRISTY LOFTIS other groups will help stu-
the dropout cloftis@ dents to prepare better for
rate. chronicleonline com their fi itircs
Linda
Powers
new board
member visit-
ing schools.
Pat
Deutschman
walk-and-talk
program.
Chronicle
Maybe call it a noble
greediness.
Newly elected superin-
tendent Sandra "Sam"
Himmel will simply not
settle for a majority of stu-
dents accomplishing aca-
demic achievement.
"Of course, you always
focus on student achieve-
ment, but I want to focus
on all the students,"
Himmel said.
As Himmel looks ahead
to the new year, she plans
to decrease the dropout
rate by. encouraging stu-
dents to begin planning
earlier for their futures.
"If we focus our stu-
dents, whether they're col-
lege-bound, entering the
workforce or the military,
we can help prepare
them," Himmel said.
Himmel believes if more
students are planning for
life after elementary
school, they will be more
likely to finish high school,
thus increasing the dis-
trict's graduation rate.
In the 2002-03 school
year, Citrus County's grad-
uation rate was 75.3 per-
cent 6.3 percent higher
than the state's. Himmel's
both optimistic and ambi-
tious goal is for 100 per-
cent of high school stu-
dents to graduate.
"You can't reach it if you
don't set it," she said.
Himmel's goals for the
district are far-reaching,
and also include creating a
more personal and friend-
ly working environment
for staff and students.
"It's almost like with
Please see SCHOOLS/Page 4A
Special to the Chronicle
Missionary Paul Carlson, who died recently, is
shown in a family photograph.
Legacy of giving
CRISTY LOFTIS
cloftis@chronicleonline.com
Chronicle
Paul Carlson will be remembered as a selfless
man who loved traveling, his family and spread-
ing the word of God.
After celebrating his V DC /
88th birthday on Dec. L-
17 with family mem-
bers, Carlson had a stroke and went into a coma.
He died at 12:15 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 26, 2004.
"My dad was the type who felt he didn't do
enough," his daughter, Esther Purcell, said.
Please see LEGACY/Page 4A
FEMA mobile unit
to visit Citrus County
Agency has assisted
5,800people
TERRY WITT
terrywitt@chronicleonline.com
Chronicle
The Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency will revisit Citrus
County Monday to take questions
from homeowners who have filed
disaster claims.
A mobile FEMA Disaster
Recovery Center will operate
Monday through Saturday at Rock
Crusher Canyon near Crystal
River
Representatives of FEMA and
the Small Business Administration
will be on hand to assist residents.
"We'll have all kinds of stuff,
including people who can explain
how to limit damage during the
next hurricane," said FEMA
spokesman Butch DuCote.
In Citrus County, FEMA has
awarded $4.4 million in disaster
assistance to 5,800 people, DuCote
said.
FEMA has extended the dead-
line to apply for disaster recovery
loans and grants to Feb. 28. The
agency is continuing to receive
1,500 to 2,500 applications per day
The large number of late appli-
FACE-TO-FACE WITH FEMA
* A Federal Emergency
Management Agency disaster
recovery center will open at
Rock Crusher Canyon near
Crystal River beginning at
noon Monday.
The center will remain open
from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday
through Saturday. The center
will be at 275 S. Rock Crusher
Road.
During the visit of the mobile
unit, residents can ask ques-
tions about claims they filed
earlier.
cations prompted the agency to
extend the deadline for filing dis-
aster assistance applications.
"With that many applying per
day, we wanted to see that every-
body that needed help got help,"
DuCote said.
However, DuCote said residents
are not being discouraged from fil-
ing first-time applications at the
disaster recovery centers, like the
one in Rock Crusher Canyon.
The center will be there primari-
ly to take questions from people
who have applied for assistance.
First-time applicants should call
the 800 FEMA disaster number to
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solid holiday shopping season./1D
Senior reporter Mike Wright reflects on the
last half of 2004 through the words of
those who lived through the events./1C
First baby of 2005
Edwin Wilder Linhart was born New Year's
Day at Citrus Memorial at 3:31 a.m./3A
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Relieved and exhausted, Crystal River Junior Holly Van Sicklen crosses
the finish line to win the Region 2A-2 girls cross-country title In October.
Peaches, an 11-year-old
Chihuahua, Is former rodeo
clown Pete Peterson's
constant companion during
an April Interview.
Rising floodwaters
from the
Withlacoochee
River caused many
residents, including
James Wildey and
Sara Roberts, to
evacuate their
homes in
September.
Kenny Ritchie, 19, of Crystal River, calms down with a cigarette after losing control of his car on
East Withlacoochee Trail and it overturned and burst Into flames In May.
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Sheriff's office
seeking PSOs
The Citrus County Sheriff's
- Office is looking for community-
minded men and women who
--- *are interested in volunteering as
public service officers (PSOs).
A These positions are open to all
active sheriff's office volunteers,
regardless of what their current
assignment is, as well as all
"-" "those in the community who
- have the desire to perform the
duties of a PSO.
-" Interested applicants must be
at least 18 years of age and be
. willing to complete an applica-
tion form. In addition, all appli-
cants will be subject to a crimi-
nal background check.
.- ..... ....-.--- Anyone with an interest in
becoming a volunteer PSO is
asked to call Cpl. Boline at 726-
4488, Ext. 326, or go to the
f 2 0 0 5 sheriff's office Web site at
www.sheriffcitrus.org. Click on
of 2 0 0 5 "job applications," then down-
load a volunteer application. All
applications must be submitted
to Cpl. Boline no later than Jan.
WALTER CARLSON/For the Chronicle
Edwin Wilder Unhart, Citrus County's first born child for the year 2005, with his mother, Cybil Linhart, at Citrus Memorial Hospital in Inverness. The
baby was born at 3:31 a.m. on New Year's Day.
Edwin Wilder Linhart
makes Citrus history
CASEY MCKENNA
newsdesk@chronicleonline.com
For the Chronicle
After a family of seven girls, Edwin Wilder
Linhart is the first boy, said father Danny
Linhart.
That's in addition to being Citrus County's
first baby of the year at 3:31 a.m. on Saturday.
Born to Danny and Cybil Linhart, Floral City,
Edwin weighed in at six pounds, 15 ounces and
measured 20 inches long.
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The Linharts first came into CMH Friday
about 7:30 a.m. Cybil said the 20-hour labor was
not the longest she's experienced. Edwin was
delivered naturally.
"We're done," Danny said. "That's it Thank
goodness the last one was a boy."
Danny Linhart works for the sheriff's office
as an operating sergeant in the West District He
said that all of his children have been born at
Citrus Memorial Hospital.
"Oh, yes, they're very familiar with us," he
said. "Dr. Roth, tell him thank you. He's always
been great and really nice."
Hannah, 8, Shelby, 5, and Madeline, 2, clam-
ored around their mom Saturday morning to
take turns holding their new brother. The oldest
daughter, Samantha, 14, was in Georgia.
"This one went pretty good. I'm a little tired,"
Cybil said of the labor. "I'm glad it's over."
Madeline climbed up into bed to look at
Edwin, fast asleep.
She didn't have much to say about her broth-
er, but Cybil said that all the girls are excited.
Edwin will go home Sunday morning.
The Linharts considered the first thing they
would do on arrival.
"Dad will probably take care of the other
three," Danny said. "Let mom get a little rest"
Skyler James Lee King, also born at CMH at
5:41 a.m, followed Edwin Wilder closely
The second child of Stephanie King,
Inverness, measured 19 and one-half inches
and weighed in at 7 pounds, five and three-
fourths ounces.
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A bathroom was damaged in
an early afternoon structure
fire Inverness on Saturday.
No was home at 326 Edison
St., Inverness, when the fire
began. A neighbor reported
the fire, said John Kabacinski,
spokesperson for Fire
Services.
Kabacinski said the neigh-
bor had keys to the house and
discovered the fire. The alarm
came in at 11:11 a.m.
Kabacinski said the first unit
arrived at 11:13 a.m. Damage
was confined to the bathroom.
Kabacinski said the fire was
the fourth this week in Citrus
County. Two previous fires gut-
ted homes in Homosassa and
Inverness.
Family seeks help
after fire
Karen and Mike Wolfson and
their two sons, of Inverness,
recently lost their home and
possessions to a fire. To help,
contact Sherry Daugherty at
637-5028.
VFW Post 4337 lists
week's events
Eugene Quinn VFW Post
4337, 906 State Road 44 E.,
Inverness, announces schedule
for this week.
Today: Monthly Parking Lot
Party: Victor's Wimpy Burgers
from 4 to 7 p.m.; Wild Willy at 5.
Watch football in the bar from
1 to 5 p.m.. Pool tournament at
2.
Monday: Free pool from 9
a.nm. to noon. Bar bingo 3 p.m.
Tuesday: Free pool 9 a.m. to
noon. Chicken wings four for $1
from 4 to 7 p.m.
Wednesday: Free pool 9 a.m.
to noon. Karaoke by Harry S. at
6 p.m.
Thursday: Free pool 9 a.m. to
noon. Bar bingo 3 p.m.
.Friday: All-you-can-eat fried
grouper or three-piece fried
chicken, $6, from 4:30 to 7 p.m.
Karaoke by Harry S. at 7.
Saturday: Vietnam. Veteran
Gathering meeting at 10 a.m.
Ham and yams by Victor, 5:30
p.m., $5.75. Music by Sundown
at 6:30.
The Post Honor Guard pro-
vides funeral services for all vet-
erans in Citrus County. VFW
Post 4337 welcomes all return-
ing service members from
Iraq/Afghanistan.
The post displays a perma-
nent "Gold Star and Blue Star"
Mothers' display. If you have
any photos or stories that you
wish to share with our veterans,
bring them in or call
Commander Victor Houston at
344-3495.
VFW Post 4337 is adopting
the 690th Military Police Unit
from Crystal River. Anyone who
wishes to donate necessary 7
items to make these 100-plus
troops feel more at home and .
offer them a degree of comfort
in Afghanistan can contact
Commander Victor Houston or
Tony Friedrich at 344-3495.
Donations can be sent to:
Eugene Quinn VFW Post 4337,
906 Highway 44E, Inverness,
FL 34450.
Chamber announces:
parade winners :
Here are winners from the
Inverness Christmas Parade,
sponsored by the Citrus County 4
Chamber of Commerce:
Best Commercial Entry -
Noah's Ark School Readiness
Center.
Best Non-Commercia
Entry Inverness Kiwanis 2
Club.
Best Religious Entry -
Inverness Christian Academy.
Best Marching Unit -
Inverness Middle School
Cheerleaders.
Judge's Choice Citrus
County Sheriffs Office Posse.
Band Participants -
Hernando Elementary School
Band Inverness Middle School
Band and Citrus High School
Band.
From staff reports
Family welcomes first baby o
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CITRUS CouN'TY (FL) CHRONICLE
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Club
to cook
chili
Special to the Chronicle
The Illinois Club of Citrus
County invites all former
Illinois residents to attend its
meetings on the second
Sunday monthly at the
American Legion Hall on State
Road 44 in Crystal River.
The club's annual Chili
Cook-Off and Potluck Dinner
will be Sunday, Jan. 9.
Organizers are looking for par-
ticipation for the cook-off, so
entrants may still bring in
their favorite recipe for chili to
enter the contest. If not, bring a
:Mexican style side dish for 8 to
10 people to pass.around.
After the chili judging, The
(Cloggers will entertain, so plan
,to attend the meeting for an
afternoon of fun and friend-
ship. First-time visitors are
!.welcome as guests, so come as
a former Illinois resident and
,leave as a friend.
Visit the Web site at
;hftp/homelinknet/-redram41/.
SCHOOLS
Continued from Page 1A
,these state mandates you're
losing the human side,'"
'Himmel said.
To help ensure closer rela-
-tions, Himmel and other
board members are commit-
ted to visiting all the schools
,ais often as possible.
Newly elected board mem-
"ber Linda Powers has already
,begun visiting schools to get a
Teel for what the issues and
concernss of staff, students and
parents are.
1* "We want people to be com-
;fortable coming into schools
:and calling school board mem-
bers," Powers said.
* Himmel agreed that if peo-
ple feel more comfortable
:voicing concerns, the district
will be able to better serve the
community.
"I want to make sure that
,every staff member wakes up
,and is excited to work in the
LEGACY
, Continued from Page 1A
Z But to her and many others,
'Paul Carlson did more than
enough he changed the
-world.
, Carlson's life led him along
,many paths. He studied at
,Harvard University and the
-Massachusetts Institute of
,Technology. He worked as an
:engineer, refurbished planes
'and served in the U.S Marine
rCorps during World War II.
His daughter, Esther Purcell,
,of Crystal River, said her
favorite memories of her father
-are when he moved their fami-
:ly to northern Mexico to minis-
.ter and help the Tarahumara
WATER
Continued from Page 1A
Sawyer also is a charter
member and current chair-
man of the Lake Tsala Apopka
Basin Recreation and Water
Advisory Board, better known
as the lakes advisory board,
which advises the county com-
mission on lakes issues.
He is a director for TOO
FAR, a water rights organiza-
tion that successfully fought to
replace the Wysong Dam on
the Withlacoochee River. It
was the Wysong Dam that ulti-
mately propelled Sawyer into
the thick of political conflict
about the condition of the
lakes and the WithlacoQchee
River that borders them.
At a meeting of the
Southwest Florida Water
Management District govern-
ing board some years ago,
Sawyer said TOO FAR repre-
sentatives asked to speak
about the Wysong Dam. The
governing board voted instead
to bar the organization from
ever making a presentation
about the Wysong again.
Sawyer was incensed.
"The hair went up on the
back of my neck, and I said to
myself, my God, where are we
headed?" said Sawyer, who
described it as a "mountain-
top experience" that led him
Citrus County school system,"
Himmel said.
School board chairwoman
Pat Deutschman is embracing
the cliche of new year resolu-
tions and plans to start the
new year getting fit while
setting an example for stu-
dents.
"We are finding that kids are
just not getting outside to
play," Deutschman said.
"I have invited the superin-
tendent to walk with me at
least once a week,"
Deutschman said.
"We're calling it a walk-and-
talk."
Deutschman will set up a
schedule for Himmel and her-
self to walk around various
high school tracks in the late
afternoon and hope district
employees, students and par-
ents will join them to both
exercise and talk about the
schools.
"We are the public face of
education," Deutschman said.
"We really need. to be ,team
players and set an example."
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Indians during the 1950s and
'60s.
Carlson decided to become a
missionary for the Wycliffe
Bible Translators after becom-
ing inspired by a movie he saw
with his wife, Betha, about the
program.
The Tarahumara Indians
were a primitive group that
lived humble lives with little
technology or knowledge of
health care. Purcell said her
father minored in pre-medi-
cine in college, and helped the
people with minor ailments
that, left untreated, were dead-
ly, such as tooth cavities, diar-
rhea and the flu.
"The one thing he never lost
sight of was not just to help, but
also to witness about Christ,"
Purcell said.
to become more involved in
water issues.
County Commissioner Joyce
Valentino, herself a member
of TOO FAR, said Sawyer has
been involved in lakes issues
for at least a decade through
TOO FAR and the lakes advi-
sory board, and has become
an expert on the lakes, like
many of his counterparts in
the organization. She said
Sawyer is dedicated to solving
the lakes' problems.
"When you've been dealing
with something that long, you
become an expert. He's very
dedicated," Valentino said.
"It's a goal. He wants to get
that lake system in shape."
Sawyer sees himself as the
people's representative, and
doesn't mince words when he
talks about what he thinks the
work the new restoration
council should be doing.
"The waterways council
should be doing something
about the weed growth and
the muck," Sawyer said. "If
you're going to be a restora-
tion council, by gosh, give the
people back what they've
lost."
Sawyer spent much of his
early life fishing and hunting
around the Tippecanoe River.
He was raised in Indiana and
Ohio.
. After he and his wife Alice
married, they moved to
Athens, Ga., where Sawyer
He wants to
get the lake
system
in shape.
Joyce Valentino
county commissioner, speaking
about Wayne Sawyer.
graduated in 1984 from the
University of Georgia with a
degree in education. He
taught school and coached a
state championship high
school football team. He
owned and operated his own
businesses in Athens, while he
and his wife raised their four
children. They moved to
Duval Island near Floral City
in 1993.
Sawyer said he learned to
appreciate clean water as a
boy on the Tippecanoe River.
He said that may have been
the reason he was so appalled
when he moved to the pictur-
esque Duval Island and found
that the lake bottom was cov-
ered with muck, and many
areas of the lake were choked
with weeds.
"If the muck is not healthy
to smell, imagine what it's like
for a fish to live in or for birds
to stick their beaks in," he
said.
LOOKING BACK AT SCHOOL YEAR
January 8
* U.S. Army Ranger Aaron
Weaver is killed in Iraq
when a rocket hit the media
vac helicopter he was riding
in. Weaver was an Inverness
resident and Citrus High
School graduate.
May
* Homosassa Elementary
School's new media center
and cafeteria were exposed
as being built with signifi
cant amounts of grout and
steel missing from the
walls.
Oct. 11
* Homosassa Elementary
School pupils return to their
school after being tem-
porarily housed at Crystal
River Middle and Primary
schools.
Oct. 13
* The Blue Ribbon
Committee holds its first
One of her sisters, Christina
Ochoa, still lives in Mexico,
and e-mailed her sister last
week about a Tarahumara'
man, who recently visited a
doctor from her church.
"Somehow, the topic of our
family came up, and he said
that he had come to know the
Lord through Dad, and that the
most important thing he
learned from Dad is to give
your life to others," Ochoa
wrote.
"The interesting thing is that
he didn't know anything about
Dad passing away"
The man, who must have met
Carlson more than 40 years
ago, is now an evangelist for his
people.
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For the RECORD
Citrus County Sheriff
Domestic
battery arrest
John M. Hinds, 44, of
Hemando, at 9:12 on Friday, on a
charge of domestic battery.
No bond was set.
Arrests
Travis Ray Buckingham, 20,
9272 E. Gulf-to-Lake Highway, at
4:14 p.m. on Friday, on a charge of
driving with a suspended license.
His bond was set at $150.
George Anthony Rodriguez,
28, Orlando, at 5:21 p.m. Friday, on
a charge of driving with a suspend-
ed license.
His bond was set at $500.
Andrew Hugh Wightman, 36,
at 12:25 a.m. Saturday, on a charge
of being a fugitive from justice. He
was arrested on an active warrant
out of Georgia for aggravated child
molestation, rape, aggravated sexu-
al battery and child molestation.
No bond was set.
Brandi 0. Esterline, 25, 7962
W. Fern Place, Homosassa, at
12:50 a.m. Saturday, on charges of
possession of marijuana less than
20 grams and drug paraphernalia.
No bond was set.
Justin Ralph Nash, 23, 912
Inverness Blvd., Inverness, at 1:07
a.m. Saturday, on charges of dis-
charging a firearm in public and
using a firearm while intoxicated.
His bond was set at $750.
David Wingate, 63, 1049 W.
Pearson St., Hemando, at 1:36 a.m.
Saturday, on a charge of aggravated
assault with a deadly weapon.
His bond was set at $7,000.
Justin Elliot Sawyer, 19, 1110
N.E. 7th Ave., Crystal River, at 3:39
a.m. Saturday, on a charge of no
valid driver's license.
His bond was set at $150.
Florida
Highway Patrol
Arrests
Tony Michael Locklear, 19,
956 N.E. 8th Ave., Crystal River, at
7:35 p.m. Friday, on charges of pos-
session of cocaine, intent to sell
cocaine and drug paraphernalia.
According to the traffic report, he
was arrested during a traffic stop in
which he was a passenger. Two wit-
nesses provided statements.
His bond was set at $25,500.
Crystal River
Police Department
Domestic
battery arrest
Matthew Scott Varvarincz,
Inverness, at 2:11 a.m. Saturday, on
charges of domestic battery and
criminal mischief.
No bond was set.
DUI arrest
Clifford Henry Macbroom, 55,
Fort Lauderdale, at 2:34 a.m.
Saturday, on a charge, of driving
under the influence.
His bond was set at $500.
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