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By MICHAEL D. BATES Chronicle Reporter Carve out some time later this month and learn pretty much everything you need to know about hurricane season, which begins June 1 and ends Nov. 30. The Citrus County Sher iff’s Ofce (CCSO) Emer gency Management Divi sion will host its annual All-Hazards Expo from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Satur day, May 27 at the Citrus County Auditorium, 3610 South Florida Ave. in In verness. There will be educational booths and presentations on how citizens can pre pare for hazards, including severe weather and health needs.The public can get information on weather preparedness, medical and special needs, re safety, MAY 9, 2023www.chronicleonline.com HIGH Mostly sunny and warm. PAGE A4 TODAY & next morning TUESDAY 65 88 LOW Florida’s Best Community Newspaper Serving Florida’s Best Community VOL. 129 ISSUE 129 $1Investigations into Trump gathering steam / A10 INDEX Business ................... A8 Classieds ................ B7 Comics ..................... B6 Crossword ................ B5 Entertainment ........... B4 Horoscope ................ B5 Nation/World ........... A10 Obituaries ................. A6 Opinion ..................... A9 TV Listings ................ B4 Weather .................... A4Two teenagers charged with armed home invasionTwo teenagers were ar rested on charges related to an armed home invasion in Crystal River Sunday eve ning. Citrus County Sheriff’s Ofce deputies responded to a 911 call concerning a home invasion at an occu pied home in Crystal River. According to deputies, one of the victims said they heard a noise coming from the bedroom. When they went to inspect the noise, they saw two individuals – one armed – in the hall way. The suspects were later identied as Ryan Wainwright and Cameron Ingram. Deputies say Wainwright demanded the keys to the victims’ vehicle while In gram pointed a gun at an other resident who was sleeping. Once Ingram obtained the keys, he gave them to Wainwright, who then exited the residence to start the vehicle. The victim who was awake attempt ed to leave the residence on two separate occasions but was stopped by Wain wright, who directed that victim to sit on the couch. The suspects also took both victims’ phones before ee ing the residence. Once the suspects were gone, both victims went to a neighbor’s residence to call 911. Shortly after the two suspects departed the residence, deputies were able to quickly locate the vehicle, stopped on the side of the road with the male suspects still inside. When deputies activated their emergency lights, the sus pects immediately ed in Search finds pair hiding under dockEmergency chief Evan: ‘It only takes one’ By MICHAEL D. BATES Chronicle Reporter The Chronicle is publish ing an occasional ques tion-and-answer series fo cusing on inuential and interesting people in Citrus County. Hurricane season begins June 1 and it’s not too early to prepare. Seasoned Citrus Coun tians already know (or should know) the drill. Newcomers to our great county may need to bone up on the ne art of storm prep. Chris Evan is the county’s emergency management director and no stranger to the community. He served in that role from 2020-21. Then he retired. Then he came back. Evan explains the reason for his return and gives a complete overview of what residents need to do in the days leading up to storm season. Q: You were the county’s emergency management director in 2020-21. What prompted you to return? A: “After retiring and tak ing some time off with fam ily, I received a phone call from (Sheriff Mike Prender gast) asking if I would be interested in coming back as a background investiga tor in Human Resources. As I told him when I retired, I found him to be one of the most ethical people I know. That was a major determin ing factor for me coming back to the sheriff’s ofce. “After being in HR for over a year, I was ap proached again asking if I would take the helm at Emergency Management. I said yes. My passion has always been EM. I have to say that working in HR was very rewarding and I was able to take much of my institutional knowledge and technology into HR to make improvements. I do miss that division and the great people there.” Q: Forecasters are predict ing a slightly less active hurricane season this year. What does that mean for residents? Should they still prepare as normal? A: “Yes, always prepare. I frequently get asked about the annual storm predic tions, and my advice is al ways the same. Whether it’s three storms or ten, it only takes one to cause damage and destruction. “And with that in mind, we should all remain vig ilant and prepared to deal with severe weather at any time during the year.” Q: Citrus County has been fortunate not to be hit with a major hurricane in decades. Are we due? A: “Who can say? But being fortunate in the past shouldn’t make us compla cent. We live in an ‘All Haz ard State.’ From hurricanes, severe thunderstorms, ex treme heat or chemical spill – anything can occur at any time.” Q: Does the emergency Matthew Beck / Chronicle photo editor Citrus County Emergency Management Director Chris Evan says having a game plan, supplies and being flexible are important steps to prepare for hurricane season.Director urges folks to prepare now for storm season Q & A C HRIS E VANUpcoming expo is your one-stop shop for hurricane seasonEvent is May 27 at the Citrus County Auditorium Man accused in shooting tells judge he just wanted to scare teens By FRED HIERS Chronicle Reporter The legal defense for a Citrus Spring man is start ing to take shape after be ing accused of intentional ly shooting a juvenile last month who drove by his home in an ATV. During a hearing last week about the shooting, defen dant Michael Regalski, 65, and his two Inverness law yers, drew a legal picture of a man trying to protect is home from the damage caused by all-terrain vehi cles in his neighborhood, asking for help from local law enforcement but get ting ignored, and someone shooting a gun to scare off intruders, but hitting one by mistake. Regalski’s hearing Friday was about prosecutors’ mo tion to revoke his bond. Re galski and his lawyers took the opportunity to appeal to Citrus County Circuit Court Judge Joel Fritton that the bond should be left as it was. But in doing so Regal ski also gave his side of the April 22 events that led to his arrest and one teenager airlifted to Gainesville with a gunshot to his stomach. Regalski, now facing three counts of attempted rst-de gree murder with a rearm, described his decision to shoot his 40-caliber pistol at the utility vehicle as, “stu pid.” But he also gave his accounting of that night. During the hearing, pros ecutors played the video of Regalski’s interview with Detective Rosco Watts with the Citrus County Sheriff’s Ofce. In jail and wearing the facility’s orange pants and shirt, Regalski told Watts his intention was only to scare the people in the util ity vehicle with the noise of a red gun. “I didn’t want to hit any body,” he said. Later, in court Friday, he said he shot towards the woods across from his home on North Pavillion Loop and couldn’t see in the dark where the utility vehi cle was by the time he red. CCSO photos of the area showed darkness and a neighborhood with no street lights and little visibility. “At that point I red the gun without even thinking,” he said, and added he nev er intentionally pointed his pistol at them. Regalski said that before the utility vehicle, with its lights on, crested on the road near his home, he didn’t know where it was, and it soon disappeared into the night. Regalski later learned that there were three people in the vehicle: an 18, 15, and 14-year old. He hit the 14-year-old. The teenager is back at home recovering. Regalski said that after shooting a single round, he went about his chores around his home, such as washing his clothes, check ing his Facebook page, tak ing his daily medicines, and showering. Watts reported in his ar rest report that soon after the shooting, Regalski put his clothes in his washing machine. But Regalski said he had been working on the home’s irrigation system, watering his lawn, and working under a trailer in his yard. He said during the jail interview he was covered in mud, so he washed a small load in his washing machine. Regalski also told Watts that he had viewed his se curity camera’s footage for that evening, but it didn’t capture the shooting or any of the events leading up to it. He told Watts he erased the recording. Prosecutors also charged Regalski with tampering with evidence. Fred Hiers / Chronicle Reporter Michael Regalski, right, listens Friday to his two attorneys, Melisa Militello, in red, and Pam Bauman, in black, during a hearing to keep him in jail until his trial See INVASION , page A4 See Q&A , page A4 See EXPO , page A4 See ACCUSED , page A4
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A2 Tuesday, May 9, 2023 Citrus County Chronicle The Citrus County Chronicle created the Nurses Appreciation Awards Program in 2018. This was a way for local nurses to be recognized for their achievements. The community was asked to submit nominations and the judgeÂ’s panel narrowed down the selection through a rigorous voting process. This year the nurses celebrated their achievements at a dinner held at Citrus Hills Golf and Country Club where they were treated to a night of fun and prizes. Some even won amazing gift baskets provided by various businesses in our community. WHAT HAPPENS AT CASINO NIGHT . . . r n rnn BabyBargains ThankyouCitrus Countyfor25years Drawingfor $100 GiftCert. onMay9th FREETote toallcustomers whilesupplylasts Additional sales throughout May 25%off EntirePurchaseMay8-13th rn  DeeKnight SalesStaff r n r rr n Deehasbeenwith NickNicholasFord forover23years. Comeby andseehimtoday. DanGardner M.S.,CEO Confusedabout HearingAids? SEEDOCTOR-NOTASALESMAN ™ GardnerAudiologyDoctors. CRYSTALRIVER352-795-5700DUNNELLON352-448-1772INVERNESS352-419-6565 rn nr n YOURLOCALLYOWNED G&R PHARMACY WWW.GANDRPHARMACY.COM Hernando/ CitrusHills 419-8949 BeverlyHills 527-3111 Homosassa 628-0096 •Semaglutideweightlossprogram•Medicalcannabiscard &Renewal •IVtherapylounge•Vitaminshots•Massagae•Skincare•Reiki 855NE4thSt.,CrystalRiver,FL 352-794-3544 r n 1ReginaBlvd.,BeverlyHills(AcrossFromFireStation)746-0330 MOSTINSURANCESACCEPTED. INTERESTFREEFINANCING(IFQUALIFIED) BeverlyHillsDentalCenter PLEASECALLFORAFREECONSULTATIONON MINIIMPLANTDENTURESTABILIZATION NEWPATIENTSPECIAL!  ÂÂMustPresentCouponAtTimeOfVisit  Â€‚ƒ„…•FMX00210 •Prophy01110 •InitialOralExams00150 RaphaelC.LewisD.D.S.P.A. Senior Citizen Discount! (askfor details) INVISALIGN $2,499 SPECIAL! Implantwith crown-all inclusive FREE 2nd Opinion Consultation rrrnnrnrnrn nrrnnrn rnÂÂrnrnrnn rÂrÂnnnrrn ÂrnnrnÂÂr nrnr nn 6/12/23 R
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Citrus County Chronicle Tuesday, May 9, 2023 A3L CITRUS COUNTY CHRONICLEGroup to host Superintendent Sam Himmel The League of Women Voters of Citrus County is pleased to announce that the speaker for their May meeting will be the Superintendent of Citrus County Schools, San dra “Sam” Himmel. The League has asked Him mel to provide an update on recent changes in the Florida public school system. The meeting will be at 10 a.m. May 9 at the Coastal Region Library, 8619 W. Crystal St., Crys tal River. For more infor mation, call 352-637-9623 or go to lwvcitrus.org.Citrus Writers Club to meet The Citrus Writers Club will meet at 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 10, at the Hope Evangelical Church, 9425 N. Citrus Springs Blvd., Citrus Springs. Meetings are for pub lished and unpublished writers. There is no charge to attend. For more information, contact Lorelie Boutin at 352-613-3988 or lorelie lebrun@gmail.com.Senior Friends for Life to gather Senior Friends for Life will meet at 11:30 a.m. May 10 at the Inverness Golf and Country Club, 3150 S. Country Club Drive, Inverness. Lunch will be ordered from the menu and will be served at noon. The restaurant tour will take the group to Los Magueyes on May 24, lo cated at 3887 N. Lecanto Highway, Beverly Hills. For reservations, call Jan et at 352-210-3601. Call Nancy at 352-5635732 or Pat at 352-795-5822.May Master Gardener Plant Seminars The May Master Gar dener Plant Seminar will identify some “housekeep ing” for your yard before the start of the hurricane season and, if necessary, some cleanup/restoration information should there be damage to the plants in your landscape. These seminars will be held at 1 p.m. at all li brary locations on the fol lowing dates: May 10 at Central Ridge in Beverly Hills, May 11 at Citrus Springs, May 17 at Floral City, May 22 at Coastal in Crystal River, May 24 at Lakes Region in Inver ness and May 25 at Ho mosassa. There will also be a Zoom presentation on May 15. Registration is required. Registration is available via Eventbrite; contact the Citrus County Extension ofce for details: citrus@ifas.u.edu.Convention of States meet slated There will be a Con vention of States House District 23, which covers Citrus County, district meeting from 1 to 2 p.m. on May 15 in the com munity room of the Lakes Region Library, 1511 Druid Road, Inverness. Contact Pat McCray at 810-886-2100 or go on line to conventionofstates.com. IN BRIEF Plane crashes in Hernando during landing By FRED HIERS Chronicle Reporter Citrus County Fire Rescue reghters and emergency workers responded to North Fairwind Loop in Hernando at 9:35 p.m. after a plane crash and two people in jured. According to Courtney Marsh, spokeswoman for Citrus County Fire Rescue, emergency workers evalu ated the two passengers and took the adult male patient as a trauma alert by ground to a local trauma hospital. The emergency workers took the female patient to the same hospital, but her injuries were not life threat ening. Marsh told the Chronicle the plane was not on re when emergency workers arrived. According to the Citrus County SheriffÂ’s Ofce the small, two-passenger plane crashed after it struck a tree while attempting to land. Fred Hiers is a reporter at the Citrus Chronicle. Email him at fred.hiers@chronicleonline.com.No one seriously hurt Fred Hiers / Chronicle Reporter Citrus County emergency workers at scene of Sunday night plane crashCemetery cleanup honors ancestors By NANCY KENNEDY Chronicle Reporter Off the main Floral City thoroughfare, down the sce nic Great Oaks Drive, sit two once-unmarked ceme teries. During the phosphate boom of the 1800s, the land was deeded to the commu nity for the purpose of a cemetery, which became two cemeteries known as the Williams and the Frazier cemeteries. Today itÂ’s called the Floral City Community Cemetery, one of only two places in Citrus County registered on the Florida Black Heritage Trail as African American historic sites. The other is Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, also in Flo ral City on East Magnolia Street. The cemetery was estab lished by H.C. Frazier when he buried his son there in 1908. Also buried there is Arthur Norton (1877-1986), one of the rst black settlers to ar rive in Floral City by train. He worked in the phos phate mines and remained a resident in Floral City until he died at age 108. On Saturday, communi ty residents, members of the VFW Post 7122, the VFW Post 7122 Auxilia ry, Boy Scout Troop 7122 and the Floral City Heri tage Council came out to clean off graves, trim trees and bushes and pay hom age to their communityÂ’s ancestors. Saturday, May 6, was the VFWÂ’s National Make A Difference Day, said Post 7122 commander Shawn Howard. The cleanup day was Nancy Kennedy / Chronicle Reporter On Saturday, May 6, community residents, members of the VFW Post 7122, the VFW Post 7122 Auxiliary, Boy Scout Troop 7122 and the Floral City Heritage Council had a cleanup day at the Floral City Community Cemetery, one of only two places in Citrus County registered on the Florida Black Heritage Trail as African American historic sites. Pictured are the Franklin brothers, Clifford Jr. and Andrew, at the grave of their grandfather, Clarence Langley Jr. Many of their ancestors are buried in this historic cemetery.Next generation taking the reins of community involvementFire destroys mobile home in Hernando area early MondayShortly after midnight Monday Citrus County Fire Rescue responded to a reported structure re on N. Tumbleweed Trail in Hernando where, upon ar rival, a mobile home was found fully involved with re and re spreading to the surrounding trees and fence line. Fireghters from Hernando, Citrus Springs, Kensington, Con nell Heights, Highlands, and Pine Ridge responded to the scene. An inspection of the scene revealed a completely de stroyed structure, along with an RV in the front yard. There was no power connected to the service pole. Citrus County SheriffÂ’s Ofce was on scene and advised a neighbor ap proached one of the depu ties on scene and advised they had security cameras that may have captured some possible subjects in the area of the structure re at the time of ignition. Based on this information, the Florida State Fire Mar shalÂ’s Ofce was contacted and requested to respond to investigate. The re was brought un der control as of 12:37 am. The residence was a total loss. The Florida State Fire MarshalÂ’s Ofce is investi gating the cause and origin of the re.ThursdayÂ’s BOCC meeting promises to be a marathon By MICHAEL D. BATES Chronicle Reporter If you show up for this weekÂ’s county commission meeting on Tuesday, youÂ’ll have no problem nding a seat because nobody will be there. ThatÂ’s because the county moved it to Thursday, May 11. County spokeswoman Veronica Kampschroer said the day was changed due to commissionersÂ’ scheduling conicts. ThursdayÂ’s promises to be a marathon meeting. It all kicks off with a 10 a.m. workshop where commissioners will discuss paying for a professional pay and classication study for its 400-plus employees. ItÂ’s been 15 years since the last one and the board gures it is time to revisit the staff salaries and how they stack up to others in their classication in other counties. At 1 p.m., the regular busi ness meeting begins. The agenda is light compared to recent meetings. However, there will be some timely issues discussed, including the continuing saga of the bad roads in Inverness Vil lage Unit 4 and an overview of tourism in Citrus County. Then at 5:01, expect a packed house when com missioners take up a de veloperÂ’s proposal to pro posal to build up to 250 multi-family rental homes at Sugarmill WoodÂ’s Oak Village community. Many Sugarmill residents oppose the Cherry Oaks development, fearing in creased congestion, a loss of the communityÂ’s laid-back atmosphere and a drop in property values caused by renters. Steve Ponticos, CEO of Sweetwater Homes of Cit rus, told the Chronicle re cently he is condent that once he explains the project in detail at the hearing, he will put peopleÂ’s minds at ease. The morning workshop and afternoon meetings will be held inside county com missionersÂ’ chambers at the Citrus County Courthouse at 110 N. Apopka Avenue, Inverness. Just remember – itÂ’s Thursday. To view the entire agen da, visit https://www.citrus clerk.org/728/BOCC -Meeting-Portal Submitted photo Steve Ponticos, CEO of Sweetwater Homes of Citrus, said he will correct some misconceptions circulating about the his proposed Cherry Oaks Village housing development in Sugarmill Woods during ThursdayÂ’s hearing.Workshop at 10 a.m., regular meeting at 1 p.m. and Sugarmill Woods hearing at 5:01 p.m. See CEMETERY , page A8 YOUARENOT ALONE!Weofferafullspectrumoftrusted andprofessionalinhomecareservices tohelpourclientsmaintaintheir independenceinthecomfortof theirownhomes. rnrrnn nnnrnnr nÂn rn  Â r n 1657W.GULFTOLAKEHWY(2MI.E.OFHWY.491&44)•LECANTO rrrn FauxWoodBlinds, Shades,Shutters, Verticals,Cellular
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If you have any questions you should contact the Hydr ological Data Section at (352) 796-7211. r r Â…rÂ…rr†  …‡ rr „ˆ Â r *From mouths of rivers**At King ‹ s Bay***At Mason ‹ s Creek rrr‰r‰ „ˆÂ (MORNING) (AFTERNOON) rRecordNormalMean temp.Departure from mean rTotal for the monthTotal for the yearNormal for the year Š‹Â0 -2 minimal, 3-4 low, 5-6 moderate, 7-9 high, 10+ very high ÂŒrÂ…Â… * r n Taken at Crystal River THURSDAY & FRIDAY MORNINGHigh: 90° Low: 66° Partly sunny with a chance of afternoon pop-up thunderstorms. 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Palm Bch.8176s Chassahowitzka* 10:07 a.m.0.1 ft9:55 p.m.0.7 ft5:42 a.m.0.0 ft1:05 p.m.0.1 ft Crystal River** 8:27 a.m.1.6 ft7:46 p.m.2.5 ft2:29 a.m.-0.3 ft1:43 p.m.0.9 ft Withlacoochee* 6:12 a.m.2.7 ft4:34 p.m.3.8 ft12:10 a.m.-0.5 ft11:51 a.m.1.8 ft Homosassa*** 9:05 a.m.0.4 ft8:01 p.m.1.8 ft4:55 a.m.0.0 ft1:25 p.m.0.2 ft 8:09 pm6:41 am Prev Day 9:50 am 05/09TUESDAY6:424:468:095:1705/10WEDNESDAY6:415:488:106:19 Predominant: TreesTue lowmedhigh Yesterday at 3 p.m.60° 10 Yesterday89/59 97/4288/59 74 1 WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY MORNINGHigh: 90° Low: 67° Partly sunny with a chance of afternoon pop-up thunderstorms. TODAY & TOMORROW MORNINGHigh: 88° Low: 65° Mostly sunny and warm. MODERATE. Burn ban in effect. For established lawns and landscapes, irrigation may occur during only one (1) of the specified time periods, 12:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m., or 4:00 p.m. 11:59 p.m., on the allowable watering days below:Addresses with house numbers ending in: Questions, concerns or reporting violations, please call: City of Inverness at 352-726-2321; City of Crystal River at 352-795-4216, Ext. 313; unincorporated Citrus County at 352-527-7669. For more information, visit:https://www.citrusbocc.com/departments/water_resources/watering_restrictions.phpTUESDAY KEY TO CONDITIONS: c=cloudy; fg=fog; hz=haze; mc=mostly cloudy; pc=partly cloudy; ra=rain; rs=rain/snow; s=sunny; sh=showers; sm=smoke; sn=snow; ss=snow showers; t=thunderstorms 99, Hamlin, Texas21, Mtn. View, Wyo. Today: East winds around 5 knots, becoming northwest in the afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Bay and inland waters light chop. Tonight: Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming north WRNQRWVDIWHUbPLGQLJKW 78° FORECAST FOR 3:00 P.M. Tuesday ALERT CITRUS SIGNUP Q To register for the Citrus County SheriffÂ’s OfficeÂ’s Alert Citrus weather program, visit www.sheriffcitrus.org and click on the links to register. Q Create a profile, list how you want to be contacted in case of a weather emergency (text, mobile phone, home phone, email), then include the address(es) you want alerts for. You can choose what types of emergencies you want to hear about, and set a quiet period for no conduct. Q Those without computer access may call 352-2492705. the stolen vehicle, crossing North Suncoast Boulevard before crashing into the woods. Both suspects exited the vehicle and ed into the woods on foot. CCSOÂ’s Air Unit was deployed to assist in locating the suspects, who were subsequently spotted in a nearby river. The Air Unit observed both suspects exit the river, remove their clothes, and make another attempt to hide. Additional units responded to the area and converged on both sides of the river, where they lo-cated both suspects hiding under a oating dock. “It is exceedingly disappointing to see two individu-als at such a young age com-mitting crimes such as the ones in this case. These two juveniles ran away from their homes, caused us to spend valuable time and resources looking for them, and then turned to unconscionable felony behavior towards in-nocent citizens,” said Sheriff Mike Prendergast. All items stolen by the suspects were subsequently re-covered. Ryan Wainwright and Cameron Ingram were arrested and transported to the Department of Juvenile Justice in Ocala. 17-year-old-Ryan Thomas Wainwright was charged with:QHome Invasion Robbery (with rearm)QFalse ImprisonmentQGrand Theft AutoQGrand Theft (more than $750 less than $5000)QBattery on a Person 65 Years of Age or OlderQResist Law Enforcement Of cer without Vio-lenceQFlee and Elude Law Enforcement 16-year-old Cameron David Ingram was charged with:QHome Invasion Robbery (with rearm)QAggravated Assault with a Deadly WeaponQGrand Theft AutoQGrand Theft (more than $750, less than $5000)QResist Law Enforcement Of cer without Vio-lenceQLeaving the Scene of an Accident INVASIONFrom page A1management division have new technology/tools to enhance hurricane-tracking this year? A: “We have many tools at our disposal for deci-sion-making. We do not rely on one. “However, our strongest resource is the great people at the National Weather Ser-vice (NWS) Weather Field Of ce (WFO) in Ruskin, Florida. When the Nation-al Hurricane Center (NHC) pushes out their general forecast, the WFO drills down the forecast to our local area – details such as wind, rain, and storm surge impacts. “The meteorologists at Ruskin are some of the best and they know our region. They provide such valu-able information. I was also fortunate to receive special training at the NHC some years back. It was an amaz-ing week learning about FloridaÂ’s tropical weather. “One last thing, the NWS has moved to providing a Tropical Weather Outlook from ve days to seven days. Technology, modeling and forecasting have im-proved and we expect to see even more advanced anal-ysis and decision-making support in the future.” Q: What advice can you offer residents as we prepare for hurricane season? A: Look toward the number seven: seven days of food. seven days of water. seven days of whatever you need to sustain yourself, your family and your pets. “Have a plan. Those who wait to the last minute set themselves up for potential failure. Furthermore, I come in contact with far too many people who do not monitor the weather. They have no clue that a storm is coming. I will be blunt. They are more worried about social media and who is doing what then making sure they are safe. “Everyone has to take responsibility for themselves. Just check-in every few days with a trusted weath-er outlet, especially during the hurricane season, to see whatÂ’s happening.” Q: Is there anything else you would like to convey to our readers? A: “If you do not have a plan, make one now. Pre-pare a disaster kit. Most im-portantly, donÂ’t panic. This especially goes to new resi-dents of the state who have never been through a trop-ical event. If people need more information, they can visit our website, sheriff-citrus.org and click on the Emergency Management button. “One nal note: Run from the water and hide from the wind. If you are not in a suitable structure, look to evacuating tens of miles rather than hundreds of miles to a family or friendÂ’s home. A shelter is a place of last resort. Listen to emer-gency management of cials and trusted news sources.” Michael D. Bates is a staff writer with the Citrus County Chronicle and can be reached at mbates@chronicleonline.com. Q&AFrom page A1 and transit. The event will feature:QCCSO: Drone demo, Emergency Management Trailer, Mobile Command Bus, and F.O.C.U.S. vehi-cleQCommunity Emergency Response Team (CERT) TrailerQCitrus County Fire Rescue – Fire engine, res-cue vehicle, and interactive Fire Safety HouseQCitrus County Transit – County busQFind-MÂ’-Friends – Scent tracking dogs and handlers with periodic tracking demosQFlorida Highway Patrol – Rollover simulatorQPubSafe, Inc. – Sherp ATVQSalvation Army – Mobile canteenQCitrus Hearing Impaired Program Services (CHIPS) will provide in-terpreter services for the deaf or those with hearing impairments. EXPOFrom page A1 But Regalski said he routinely checks his security camera every day or so and if thereÂ’s nothing of interest recorded, he erases it. He told Watts that the cameras didnÂ’t record him shooting. The CCSO now has the camera and is trying to re-trieve the deleted record-ing. Watts also reported that Regalski showered after shooting at the three vehi-cle passengers. But Regal-ski said he was covered in mud and dirt. “I was lthy, dirty,” he told Watts. He also told Watts that he had called 911 many times over the past two years complaining about ATV vehicles and the damage they caused to his and other peopleÂ’s homes. He said that he tried ditches, planting hedges, and even a fence, but noth-ing deterred them. He said that in many cases deputies didnÂ’t come to investigate his complaints. Regalski learned that he hit the teenage passenger during his interview at the jail. “I had no intention. Oh my God,” said a distraught Regalski upon learning the news. “Holy crap. I did not mean to do that. I didnÂ’t. My God.” “ItÂ’s devastating. That wasnÂ’t my intention. My God,” he said. As Watts was telling him about the victimÂ’s medical condition, Regalski bent over in his chair and held his head in his hands. “Do me a favor. Keep me up-to-date how heÂ’s doing,” Regalski said. But Assistant State Attorney Kaitlyn Mannis wasnÂ’t buying it. She told Citrus County Circuit Court Judge Joel Fritton that Regalski had gotten “frustrated at kids being kids” and took the law into his own hands, Mannis also had a question Friday for Regalski. She asked him when he red his pistol to scare those in the utility vehicle, did he re it straight into the ground? Regalski replied, no.Fritton revoked his bond Friday and Regalski now awaits trial while in jail. ACCUSEDFrom page A1Disney updates suit against DeSantis By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Disney on Monday amended its free speech lawsuit against Gov. Ron DeSantis to add recent developments in the tit-for-tat ght between the entertainment giant and the Florida governor, such as a new law granting the state unprecedented authority to inspect a monorail system at Disney World. DisneyÂ’s amended complaint led in federal court in Tallahassee is updated with developments since the entertainment giant al-most two weeks ago sued DeSantis and an oversight board for the Disney World governing district that is made up of members newly appointed by the governor. The new complaint references legislation passed last week by Florida lawmakers that rescinds agreements that Disney and a previous oversight board consisting of Disney supporters made earlier this year, giving the entertainment giant con-trol over design and con-struction at Disney World. The amended lawsuit also includes the new measure passed last week by Florida lawmakers giving the state authority to inspect Disney WorldÂ’s monorail system. Disney is the only company impacted by the new measure and it “was pre-cision-engineered to target Disney alone, just as Gov-ernor DeSantis intended and previewed,” said the amended lawsuit.
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A6 Tuesday, May 9, 2023 Citrus County Chronicle OBITUARIES Verena MaherApril 28, 2023Crystal River, Florida. – Verena. (Hoffman) Maher, age 70, of Crystal Riv er, passed away April 28, 2023, at home surrounded by her loving family with Hospice Vitas.She was the beloved wife of An thony Maher for 25 years. Born in Mannheim, Ger many, she was the daugh ter of the late Lieselotte and Kurt Hoffmann. She was a former bank teller with Capital City Bank of Tallahassee Fl. She was an inter preter for Global Dimension, Fred ericksburg,Va. She was semi-retired in Crystal River where she was always found enjoying nature, spending time with the girls at the YMCA, enjoy ing family time, hanging with the love of her life (Tony) and making the fondest of memories with everyone she loved. She is survived by her husband Antho ny Maher, sisters Christel Bosley and Claudia Hoffmann Doll (children, Di anne Sellner, Joe Sellner, and Bill Sellner. She also leaves sever al nieces and nephews; four-grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and sib lings. She will be dearly missed by her countless family and friends. A Cele bration of Life will be held for her and her daughter Dianne Sellner at the Inglis Community Center located at 137 Hwy 40 West, Inglis FL 34449 on Saturday May 13th at 2 PM Dianne SellnerMay, 1st, 2023Morristown, TN. – Dianne Sellner, age 53, of Morris town, passed away May, 1st, 2023, unexpectedly after complications from a routine surgery. Born in Mannheim, Ger many, she was the beloved daughter of the late Joseph Terry Sellner and Verena Maher. She was a former teacher from several dif ferent schools where she followed her passion of educating and impacting future generations from around the world. She most recently served as a child advocate for the State of Tennessee.A proud Flori da State University Alum ni that enjoyed reading, teaching, drama, work ing with children, spending time with her friends and fam ily, and loving on her dog Maggie. She is survived by her Step-father An thony Maher, broth ers, Joe Sellner and Bill Sellner and their families along with several aunts, uncles, cousins, nephews and nieces of whom she loved with all her heart. Dianne was loved by all and will be missed by her family and friends. A Celebration of Life will be held for her and her mother Verena Maher at the Inglis Community Center located at 137 Hwy 40 West, Inglis FL 34449 on Saturday May 13th at 2 PM Gary Michael WilliamsOctober 4, 1942The beloved hus band, father, grand father and friend, Gary Michael Wil liams was born on October 4, 1942 in Cumberland, Mary land. He was the only child of George Em mert Williams and Alma May Swartz Williams. He and his mother shared a birthdate. Gary is survived by his loving wife of 58 years, Margaret Ellen Filler Williams. He is the loving father of son Gary Michael Williams Jr. and Daugh ter in law, Fannie Leona Jordan Williams, daughter Melody Luttrell Williams Hinson, son, Retired USA Major Marc Howard Wil liams and daughter, Merry Ellen Williams. He is Pop Pop to Veronica Coria Wil liams, Elizabeth Llewellyn Ladkani, Garrett Neil Hin son and Brooklyn Marie Fuchs. He is also survived by many cousins who were very close in relationships. Gary graduated from Allegany High School in Cumberland, Maryland followed by Embry Rid dle Aeronautical Univer sity where he obtained a BS Degree in Aeronauti cal Engineering. He then attended OfcerÂ’s Basic Training for the United States Air Force and was commissioned a LT2. As an aircraft Maintenance Ofcer in the Strategic Air Command, he ew in and out of Viet Nam and Thailand while serving at SAC Headquarters at Clark AFB, PI. After 9 years of military service at the rank of Captain, Gary worked as an Aeronautical De sign Engineer for Martin Marietta in Orlando. After moving to Crystal River, Florida, Gary worked on the Nuclear Power Plant as a Project Engineer for JA Jones Construction. Fol lowing the construction, he became a Quality Control Nuclear Engineer for Flor ida Power and was licensed as a Nuclear Plant Opera tor. At age 55, Gary worked at D.C. Cook Nu clear Power Plant in Stevensville, MI. His nal work in his extraordinary carrer was as a Civil En gineer with Crystal River Engineering. Gary was an active mem ber of the community-al ways willing to support philanthropic endeavors alongside his wife and children. He was VP of the Kiwanis Club of West Cit rus where he coordinated the Key Center, Kiwanis Field Day for 10 years, and the Zone M Kiwanis Ad visor to KEY Club. Gary was Past President of the United Methodist MenÂ’s Unit from 1980-1984. He was treasurer for the Citrus County Retired Educators from 2015-2019. Gary was extremely talented and was the lighting director for the Ray Cole Community Theatre and Playhouse 19 for 10 years. He supported the Crystal River Wom anÂ’s Club and the Women Helping Women in various ways. Gary was a member of the Crystal River United Methodist Church for 47 years where he was a Sun day School teacher, youth director, sound technician, sang in the Sanctuary Choir and was Finance Chairman for many years. Gary loved people and people loved him. He will be greatly missed by his family and friends. A Celebration of Life un der the care of Strickland Funeral Home, will be held on May 19, 2023 at the Crystal River United Meth odist Church, 4801 N Cit rus Avenue, Crystal River 34428. Friends may call on the family from 9:30am to 10:30 am, followed by the service at 10:30am. Gary will be interred at the Na tional Cemetery in Bush nell, Florida at 2:00 pm. In addition to owers, dona tions can be made to Crys tal River United Method ist Church or the Kiwanis Club of West Citrus. Marcia WatcheskiMay 5, 2023Crystal River – Marcia Watcheski, 77, passed away May 5th, 2023, at home in Crystal River, her family by her side. Mar cia was preceded in death by her parents, Thel ma and Hyman Levin and brother David Levin. SheÂ’s survived by her two sons: Mark and Jeff Watcheski; devoted companion, Mack Miller and sisters: Jac quelin Tippett and Janice Hardesty. Marcia leaves behind many nieces, nephews, work associates and friends, all who loved her dearly. After graduating from LaPlata High School (MD), Marcia moved to Balti more, working for Alpha Graphics Co. Starting at the entry level she ultimately progressed to Own er/CEO. In 2006, Marcia retired to South Carolina; then ultimately Crystal River, nearer to her sister Jacque lin (Homosassa). Every one that met Marcia ,loved Marcia. She was a “force of nature!” Her sense of humor and compassion was felt by everyone she met. She loved family, peo ple, animals and Maryland steamed crabs. A private memorial service will be held by the family. You can send donations to:Hospice of Citrus County, 2939 West Gulf to Lake Hwy., Lecanto, FL. 34461 Nancy WentworthAugust 5, 1946 – April 28, 2023Ms. Nancy Wentworth, age 76, Hernando, FL, passed away peacefully in her home on Friday, April 28, 2023. Nancy was born August 5, 1946 in Cam bridge, MA, to John and Catherine (Murphy) Co gan. Prior to moving to Flori da, Nancy and her husband Frank raised their children and opened their home to countless foster children in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. In 1998, she relocated to Florida and began working as an aide in the classroom and clin ic at Forest Ridge Elementary. Nancy enjoyed being out doors, gardening, and traveling. She loved spending time with her many friends and large family. She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank, and her parents. She is survived by her broth er, Daniel Cogan of Sun City, AZ, children, Frank Wenworth, Bronx, NY, Amy Pike of Newton, NH, Katie (Jason) Ingalls of Plaistow, NH, Laura (Warren) Hackett of Plaistow, NH, Meg (Lauren) Wentworth of Bloomingdale, NJ, Dan Wenworth of Marsheld, MA, Shauna (Kristopher) Henshaw of Citrus Springs, FL, and Betsy (Ben) Ben nett of Hernando, FL and grandchildren, Maicie, Erin, Ashalyn, Cogan, Jaycie, Matthew, Timothy, Kiley, Brooke, Cather ine, Samantha, Benjamin, Bryndle, and Brady. Friends who wish may send memorial donations to JessieÂ’s Place: Citrus County ChildrenÂ’s Ad vocacy Center or Autism Speaks. Online condolenc es may be sent to the fam ily at www.HooperFuneral Home.com. Arrangements by the Inverness Chapel of Hooper Funeral Homes & Crematory. Funeral will be held in Burlington, MA at a later date. OBITUARIES Q Barring holidays, obituary deadlines for Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday editions are 3p.m. the day before. Deadlines for Saturday, Sunday and Monday editions are 3p.m. Friday. Q Email obits@chronicleonline.com or call 352-5636363 for more information. Q Submissions must be verified with the funeral home or society in charge of arrangements. Q The Chronicle does not edit obituaries for content. 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Citrus County Chronicle Tuesday, May 9, 2023 A7 FOR THE RECORD Citrus County SheriffÂ’s Office Arrests from May 4Q Daniel Josiah Bookout , 18, Lecanto, arrested May 4 for felony possession of con trolled substance. Bond $2,000. Q Adam Sha Head , 30, Homosassa, arrested May 4 for felony assault on LEO/fire fighter/EMS provider/public transport employee, battery on LEO/firefighter/EMS pro vider/public transport employ ee and resist officer with vio lence. Bond $9,000. Q Blake Russell Doucette , 23, Urbana, arrested May 4 for violation of parole. No bond. Q Joseph Humphrey , 40, Hernando, arrested May 4 for felony trespass on posted construction site. Bond $5,000. Q Joseph Jason Collura , 43, Inglis, arrested May 4 for mis demeanor failure to appear. Bond $500. Q Donna Jean Gobin , 64, Inverness, arrested May 4 for felony cause cruel death/pain/suffering. Bond $2,000. Q Paula Collier , 39, Homo sassa, arrested May 4 for drug paraphernalia. No bond. Q James John Middlemiss , 44, Naples, arrested May 4 for one felony count and one mis demeanor count failure to appear. No bond. Q Tiffany Elizabeth Greene , 36, Ocala, arrested May 4 for two felony counts and one misdemeanor count violation of probation. No bond. Q Michael Dean Blatchford , 41, Ocala, arrested May 4 for borrowed for court. No bond. Q Melissa Dawn Heward , 41, Homosassa, arrested May 4 for felony credit card theft by retaining possession of lost/mislaid/delivered by mis take and fraudulent use of credit cards/more than two time in six months or $100 or more. Bond $3,000. Q Mark Russell Nichols , 43, Hernando, arrested May 4 for felony possession of con trolled substance and traffick ing in methamphetamine. Bond $27,000. Q Kody Alain Miller , 30, Hernando, arrested May 4 for felony grand theft ($750 or more but less than $5,000) and traffic/endeavor to traffic in stolen property. Bond $7,000.Arrests from May 5Q Jessica White , 40, Crystal River, arrested May 5 for mis demeanor trespass in occu pied structure or conveyance. Bond $1,000. Q Kelly Kai Carlock , 49, Lecanto, arrested May 5 for felony driving while license suspended or revoked, pos session of controlled sub stance and drug parapherna lia. Bond $3,500. Q Frederick Brockway Long , 62, Hernando, arrested May 5 for misdemeanor viola tion of probation. No bond. Q James David Earley , 47, Beverly Hills, arrested May 5 for writ of bodily attachment. Bond $970. Q Monica Boswell , 35, Dun nellon, arrested May 5 for vio lation of condition of pretrial release when the original arrest was for domestic vio lence. No bond. Q Gregg David Atkisson , 36, Beverly Hills, arrested May 5 for felony battery on LEO/fire fighter/EMS provider/public transport employee, criminal mischief ($200 or less) and resist officer with violence. No bond. Q Shandis Marie Tedder , 41, Homosassa, arrested May 5 for felony possession of con trolled substance and drug paraphernalia. Bond $3,000. Q Kevin Patrick Ruane , 38, Homosassa, arrested May 5 for felony possession of con trolled substance. Bond $2,000. Q Ashton Tyler Howard , 19, Crystal River, arrested May 5 for felony DUI and fail to stop/fleeing LEO after ordered to stop. Bond $3,000. Q Jacob Allen Freier , 21, Inverness, arrested May 5 for misdemeanor DUI. Bond $1,000.Arrests from May 6Q Daniel L. Spurlock , 49, arrested May 6 for misde meanor retail petit theft (value $100 or less). Bond $500. Q Amanda Jane Edmond son , 42, Homosassa, arrested May 6 for felony possession of controlled substance and drug paraphernalia. Bond $3,000. Q Gregg David Atkisson , 36, Beverly Hills, arrested May 6 for felony violation of proba tion. No bond. Q Lucky Louis Dormand , 26, Homosassa, arrested May 6 for misdemeanor boat under influ ence first offense. Bond $1,000.Arrests from May 7Q Raul Lazaro Morejon , 41, Beverly Hills, arrested May 7 for felony warrant, misde meanor possession cannabis (less than 20 grams) and drug paraphernalia. No bond. Q Jonathan Ignacy El Bedawy , 32, Hernando, arrested May 7 for misde meanor failure to appear. Bond $500. Q Steven William Jennings , 52, Inverness, arrested May 7 for misdemeanor failure to appear. No bond. Q Stephen Michael Cabral , 72, Floral City, arrested May 7 for misdemeanor violation of probation. No bond. www. chronicleonline. com Cannotbecombinedwithanyotheroffer. Expires5/26/2023. Couponmustbepresentedattimeofservice.Notvalidwithanyotheroffers,maintenanceorwarrantycontracts.SeeSenicaAirConditioningfordetails.Expires5/26/2023.rrrn nn ÂÂr Â n rn 19932023 30 rn n r n n  Â
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A8 Tuesday, May 9, 2023 Citrus County Chronicle Money & Markets A click of the wrist gets you more at www.chronicleonline.com 3,700 3,800 3,900 4,000 4,100 4,200 NM DJ FM A 4,040 4,120 4,200 S&P 500Close: 4,138.12Change: 1.87 (flat) 10 DAYS 31,200 32,000 32,800 33,600 34,400 35,200 NM DJ FM A 32,920 33,600 34,280 Dow Jones industrialsClose: 33,618.69Change: -55.69 (-0.2%) 10 DAYS Advanced 1080Declined 1280New Highs 50 New Lows 35 Vol. (in mil.) 3,481 Pvs. Volume 3,966 3,9594,330 16301795 7389 NYSE NASD DOW 33,747.49 33,509.23 33,618.69 -55.69 -0.17% +1.42% DOW Trans. 14,223.60 13,985.80 14,015.94 -107.19 -0.76% +4.66% DOW Util. 967.13 954.93 959.32 -2.95 -0.31% -0.84% NYSE Comp. 15,448.71 15,353.68 15,391.27 +10.40 +0.07% +1.36% NASDAQ 12,264.99 12,178.26 12,256.92 +21.50 +0.18% +17.11%S&P 500 4,142.30 4,123.81 4,138.12 +1.87 +0.05% +7.78% S&P 400 2,473.53 2,445.92 2,453.87 -7.23 -0.29% +0.97% Wilshire 5000 40,837.89 40,655.61 40,800.29 +32.26 +0.08% +7.16% Russell 2000 1,768.21 1,748.32 1,754.47 -5.41 -0.31% -0.38% HIGH LOW CLOSE CHG %CHG YTD Stocks Recap AT&T Inc T 14.46 r 22.84 17.12 -.01 -0.1 t t t -7.0 -9.7 1.11 Ametek Inc AME 106.17 148.06 145.02 ... ... r s t +3.8 +13.1 28 1.00f Anheuser-Busch InBev BUD 44.51 67.09 64.68 -.15 -0.2 t t t +7.7 +14.4 26 0.82e Bank of America BAC 26.32 38.60 27.69 -.02 -0.1 t t t -16.4 -27.9 8 0.88 Capital City Bank CCBG 25.08 r 36.86 29.46 -.87 -2.9 t t s -9.4 +9.4 12 0.72f Citigroup C 40.01 54.56 46.36 +.04 +0.1 s t t +2.5 -10.1 6 2.04 Disney DIS 84.07 126.48 102.97 +2.45 +2.4 s s s +18.5 -16.1 57 ... Duke Energy DUK 83.76 114.50 98.90 -.46 -0.5 t t s -4.0 -7.6 30 4.00f EPR Properties EPR 33.92 r 55.90 42.35 +.05 +0.1 s s s +12.3 -14.5 24 3.30 Equity Commonwealth EQC 19.41 23.57 20.39 -.43 -2.1 t t t -2.3 -1.3 78 5.25e Exxon Mobil Corp XOM 80.69 119.92 109.11 +.43 +0.4 s t t -1.1 +19.5 8 3.64 Ford Motor F 10.61 16.68 12.02 +.03 +0.3 s t t +3.4 -14.5 17 0.60a Gen Electric GE 46.55 102.95 100.92 +.68 +0.7 s s s +55.1 +58.8 0.32 HCA Holdings Inc HCA 164.47 294.02 277.78 -.28 -0.1 t s s +15.8 +24.5 14 2.40f Home Depot HD 264.51 347.25 287.93 -1.69 -0.6 t t t -8.8 -6.9 17 8.36f Intel Corp INTC 24.59 r 44.93 30.77 -.22 -0.7 t t t +16.4 -29.5 16 0.50m IBM IBM 115.55 153.21 123.40 -.25 -0.2 t t t -12.4 -6.0 63 6.64f LKQ Corporation LKQ 46.20 59.33 57.18 +.11 +0.2 s s s +7.1 +8.6 14 1.10 Lowes Cos LOW 170.12 223.31 204.05 -1.76 -0.9 t s s +2.4 -0.1 17 4.20 Lumen Technologies LUMN 2.06 n 12.54 2.30 +.02 +0.9 s t t -55.9 -75.4 ... McDonalds Corp MCD 228.34 298.80 296.69 +.09 ... r s s +12.6 +18.3 36 6.08 Microsoft Corp MSFT 213.43 311.97 308.65 -2.00 -0.6 t s s +28.7 +6.2 34 2.72 Motorola Solutions MSI 195.18 295.10 284.90 +3.34 +1.2 s s t +10.6 +33.9 36 3.52 NextEra Energy NEE 67.22 r 91.35 76.06 +.55 +0.7 s t t -9.0 +5.7 36 1.87f Piedmont Office RT PDM 5.99 n 15.57 6.49 -.14 -2.1 t t t -29.2 -56.7 9 0.84 Regions Fncl RF 13.94 24.33 16.40 -.14 -0.8 t t t -23.9 -25.1 7 0.80 Smucker, JM SJM 119.82 163.07 157.11 -1.09 -0.7 t s t -0.9 +16.1 20 4.08 Texas Instru TXN 144.46 186.30 164.22 -1.60 -1.0 t t t -0.6 -5.2 18 4.96 UniFirst Corp UNF 154.72 205.59 160.29 -2.61 -1.6 t t t -16.9 -5.7 20 1.24f Verizon Comm VZ 32.76 52.18 37.83 ... ... r t t -4.0 -17.4 7 2.61 Vodafone Group VOD 9.94 16.88 11.94 -.01 -0.1 t s s +18.0 -19.4 cc 1.06e WalMart Strs WMT 117.27 154.64 152.72 +.95 +0.6 s s s +7.7 -0.9 36 2.28 Walgreen Boots Alli WBA 30.39 n 44.96 31.66 -.51 -1.6 t t t -15.3 -24.7 6 1.92 52-WK RANGE CLOSE YTD 1YR NAME TICKER LO HI CLOSE CHG %CHG WK MO QTR %CHG %RTN P/E DIV Stocks of Local Interest Dividend Footnotes: a Extra dividends were paid, but are not included. b Annual rate plus stock. c Liquidating dividend. e Amount declared or paid in last 12 months. f Current annual rate, which was increased by most recent dividend announcement. i Sum of dividends paid after stock split, no regular rate. j Sum of dividends paid this year. Most recent dividend was omitted or deferred. k Declared or paid this year, a cumulative issue with dividends in arrears. m Current annual rate, which was decreased by most recent dividend announcement. p Initial dividend, annual rate not known, yield not shown. r Declared or paid in preceding 12 months plus stock dividend. t Paid in stock, approximate cash value on ex-distribution date.PE Footnotes: q Stock is a closed-end fund no P/E ratio shown. cc P/E exceeds 99. dd Loss in last 12 months. The cloud-based security company gave investors an encouraging fi nancial update. The amusement park operator beat analysts’ first-quarter financial fore-casts . The bank slashed its dividend . The battery maker beat analysts’ first-quarter earnings forecasts. The maker of Jimmy Dean sausag es and Ball Park Franks reported disappointing first-quarter financial results. Wa ll Street drifted to a mixed close Monday to begin a week full of reports on inflation and some other of the market’s big-gest worries. The S&P 500 edged higher . The Dow fell and the Nasdaq rose. Shares of small and mid-sized banks sta-bilized. 50 55 60 $65 FM MA Ty son FoodsTSN Close: $50.73 -9.96 or -16.4% $50.02$94.75 Vo l.: Mkt. Cap: 25.2m (8.0x avg.) $14.5 b 52-week range PE: Yi eld: 7.4 3.8% 30 35 $40 FM MA Energizer HoldingsENR Close: $34.74 2.00 or 6.1% $24.81$37.89 Vo l.: Mkt. Cap: 1.4m (2.6x avg.) $2.5 b 52-week range PE: Yi eld: ... 3.5% 0 10 20 $30 FM MA PacWest BancorpPA CW Close: $5.97 0.21 or 3.7% $2.48$32.68 Vo l.: Mkt. Cap: 101.5m (4.9x avg.) $704.7 m 52-week range PE: Yi eld: ... 16.8% 20 25 30 $35 FM MA Six Flags Ent.SIX Close: $26.62 4.18 or 18.6% $16.83$33.76 Vo l.: Mkt. Cap: 7.9m (4.5x avg.) $2.2 b 52-week range PE: Yield: 20.1 ... 50 100 150 $200 FM MA ZscalerZS Close: $107.92 18.46 or 20.6% $84.93$194.21 Vo l.: Mkt. Cap: 14.2m (5.3x avg.) $15.7 b 52-week range PE: Yield: ...... The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose to 3.51% Monday. Yields affect rates on mortgages and other consumer loans. NET 1YR TREASURIES LAST PVS CHG AGO 8.25 7.00 4.00 5.13 3.88 .88 PRIME RATE FED FUNDS 3-month T-bill 5.30 5.25 +0.05 .85 6-month T-bill 5.11 5.11 ... 1.39 52-wk T-bill 4.84 4.77 +0.07 2.04 2-year T-note 4.00 3.92 +0.08 2.72 5-year T-note 3.49 3.41 +0.08 3.06 7-year T-note 3.50 3.41 +0.09 3.13 10-year T-note 3.51 3.44 +0.07 3.12 30-year T-bond 3.83 3.75 +0.08 3.22 NAT'L WK 6MO 1YRCONSUMER RATES AVG AGO AGO AGO 48 month new car loan 6.98 s 6.97 6.92 6.12 Money market account 0.52 s 0.51 0.49 0.25 1 year CD 2.45 s 2.40 2.38 1.92 $30K Home equity loan 9.13 s 8.74 9.11 7.93 30 year xed mortgage 6.83 t 6.85 6.86 7.29 15 year xed mortgage 6.23 s 6.17 6.10 6.48 LAST 6 MO AGO 1 YR AGO Commodities Energy prices closed broadly higher, with U.S. crude oil gaining 2.6% and natural gas up 4.7%. Gold prices rose while silver fell. Crude Oil (bbl) 73.16 71.34 +2.55 -8.9 Heating Oil (gal) 2.38 2.31 +2.72 -29.3 Natural Gas (mm btu) 2.24 2.14 +4.73 -50.0 Unleaded Gas (gal) 2.46 2.38 +3.47 +0.1 FUELS CLOSE PVS %CHG %YTD Gold (oz) 2,026.30 2,017.40 +0.44 +11.4 Silver (oz) 25.64 25.74 -0.42 +7.4 Platinum (oz) 1,087.70 1,068.30 +1.82 +1.3 Copper (lb) 3.92 3.87 +1.20 +3.0 Aluminum (ton) 2,314.25 2,329.50 -0.65 -4.0 Palladium (oz) 1,571.40 1,494.80 +5.12 -12.2 METALS CLOSE PVS %CHG %YTD Cattle (lb) 1.62 1.62 +0.31 +4.9 Coffee (lb) 1.84 1.88 -2.18 +10.0 Corn (bu) 6.57 6.53 +0.50 -3.2 Cotton (lb) 0.82 0.82 -0.73 -2.2 Lumber (1,000 bd ft) 358.00 358.50 -0.14 -4.2 Orange Juice (lb) 2.79 2.74 +1.60 +35.0 Soybeans (bu) 14.69 14.69 -0.02 -3.3 Wheat (bu) 6.41 6.47 -0.93 -19.1 AGRICULTURE CLOSE PVS %CHG %YTD American Funds AmrcnBalA m 29.63 -.04 +3.4 +0.3 +7.0 +6.4 CptWldGrIncA m 55.21 +.03 +7.4 +5.5 +10.3 +5.4 CptlIncBldrA m 64.41 -.13 +3.0 +1.8 +8.6 +5.0 FdmtlInvsA m 64.27 +.07 +7.0 +3.3 +12.2 +8.2 GrfAmrcA m 55.35 +.19 +11.8 +0.3 +8.7 +8.4 IncAmrcA m 22.76 -.05 +1.4 -0.4 +9.6 +6.1 InvCAmrcA m 44.32 +.03 +7.8 +4.6 +12.7 +8.8 NwPrspctvA m 52.73 +.12 +11.5 +4.9 +11.7 +8.9 WAMtInvsA m 52.86 -.06 +2.1 +0.6 +13.8 +9.6 Dodge & Cox IncI 12.45 -.05 +3.0 +1.0 -0.8 +2.0 StkI 214.98 -.41 +0.8 -1.4 +17.9 +9.1 Fidelity 500IdxInsPrm 143.72 +.07 +8.4 +2.1 +14.0 +11.1 Contrafund 13.65 +.04 +14.5 +4.3 +10.2 +10.1 TtlMktIdxInsPrm 113.81 +.08 +7.6 +1.2 +13.3 +10.1 USBdIdxInsPrm 10.40 -.05 +3.2 +0.2 -3.3 +1.1 Schwab SP500Idx 63.65 ... +8.3 +1.5 +14.8 +11.1 Vanguard 500IdxAdmrl 382.15 +.18 +8.4 +2.0 +13.9 +11.0 DivGrInv 35.63 -.09 +1.3 +3.3 +14.4 +12.2 EqIncAdmrl 82.29 -.11 -2.1 -1.1 +14.7 +9.0 GrIdxAdmrl 130.12 +.34 +18.8 +3.8 +11.6 +12.6 InTrTEAdmrl 13.59 ... +2.7 +4.3 +0.8 +2.2 MdCpIdxAdmrl 256.08 -.22 +1.8 -2.8 +12.2 +7.5 PrmCpAdmrl 142.07 +.18 +8.6 +4.8 +14.6 +9.9 TrgtRtr2025Fd 17.68 -.02 +6.0 +1.9 +5.9 +4.8 TrgtRtr2030Fd 33.39 -.03 +6.4 +2.2 +7.0 +5.2 TrgtRtr2035Fd 20.67 -.01 +6.8 +2.5 +8.2 +5.7 TrgtRtr2040Fd 36.43 -.01 +7.1 +2.8 +9.4 +6.1 TrgtRtr2045Fd 24.54 ... +7.5 +3.1 +10.6 +6.6 TrgtRtr2050Fd 40.72 +.01 +7.7 +3.2 +10.7 +6.7 TtBMIdxAdmrl 9.68 -.05 +3.2 +0.1 -3.2 +1.1 TtInSIdxAdmrl 30.35 +.05 +9.2 +6.9 +10.6 +2.8 TtInSIdxInv 18.14 +.02 +9.1 +6.8 +10.6 +2.8 TtlSMIdxAdmrl 99.73 +.07 +7.5 +1.2 +13.3 +10.1 WlngtnAdmrl 69.08 -.10 +4.7 +3.1 +8.4 +7.4 WlslyIncAdmrl 59.52 -.25 +1.3 +0.1 +3.8 +5.0 TOTAL RETURNFAMILY FUND NAV CHG YTD 1YR 3YR* 5YR* Mutual Funds *– Annualized; d Deferred sales charge, or redemption fee. m Multiple fees are charged, usually a marketing fee and either a sales or redemption fee. x fund paid a distribution during the week. Interest rates (Previous and change gures reect current contract.)Wall Street steadies as banks stabilize By STAN CHOE Associated Press NEW YORK — Wall Street held steady Monday ahead of a week full of re ports on some of the mar ket’s biggest worries, in cluding how stubbornly high ination remains across the economy. The S&P 500 edged up by 1.87, or less than 0.1 per cent, to 4,138.12 coming off its worst week in nearly two months. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 55.69 points, or 0.2 percent, to 33,618.69, while the Nas daq composite added 21.50, or 0.2 percent, to 12,256.92. Besides a strong reading on U.S. jobs, which calmed worries about a possible recession but raised con cerns about high ination, last week was dominated by fears about smaller and mid-sized banks. PacWest Bancorp rose 3.6 percent to recover some of its 43 percent plunge last week. It said on Friday night that it’s cutting its dividend to help it build its nancial strength. Several other small erand mid-sized banks also rose, including a 0.6 percent tick higher for Western Alli ance Bancorp. They’ve been under heavy pressure as Wall Street hunts for the next weak link fol lowing three U.S. bank fail ures since March. Weighed down by much higher inter est rates, smaller and mid-sized banks are scrambling to assure Wall Street their deposits are secure and not at threat of seeing a sudden ex odus, similar to the runs that toppled Silicon Valley Bank and others. The larger concern for mar kets is that all the turmoil could cause banks to pull back on their lending. That in turn could raise the risk of a recession that many investors already see as highly likely. A report from the Federal Reserve on Monday showed many banks tightened their lending standards during the rst three months of the year. Not only that, the survey sug gested banks widely expect to raise their standards over the course of 2023. Among the reasons some smaller and mid-sized banks gave for the forecast were wanting to take less risk and worries about deposit outows. organized, in part, by An drew Franklin, whose lin eage in Floral City goes back four or ve generations. Franklin, 33, is a Navy veteran and a member of the VFW Post 7122. “What initiated my desire to get out here today is this grave,” Franklin said, point ing to the grave of James McNeill, a U.S. Navy World War I veteran, born Dec. 10, 1895 and died April 29, 1981. “His grave was hit by a drunk driver years ago, and that’s why the headstone is facing the wrong way,” he said. “The fence goes right across his grave, and no one knows it. I want his head stone xed – there are a lot of things out here that need real attention.” Franklin said when he got out of the Navy and came back home to Floral City he was, and still is, determined to step up and do what he can to help the community that raised him. “My passion is together ness inside the community as well as preserving the history of all of our ances tors,” he said. Franklin has his own pressure washing business and is starting a produc tion company with plans of bringing live shows, stand-up comics and other com munity and family events. He also said the cemetery has a special place in his heart because of his strong family ties. The cemetery is di vided into two sections, with one being a private family section where his ancestors are buried, his great-great-grandfa ther Bertie Vickers, his great-grandparents Rev. An drew “A.W.” Williams and Alida Williams, his grand father Clarence Langley Jr. “My grandfather died on my sixth birthday,” Franklin said. “That was a dening moment in my life.” He said he wants to pre serve the rich heritage of the people who made a mark in Floral City, who helped shape him. “The stories my grand mother tells me and the stories others who have al ready gone have told, they cause us to have pride in our community,” he said. He also said he knows or knows of others of his generation throughout the county who feel the same way about their community as he does about Floral City. “We all grew up together – we’re all family,” he said. Franklin added that he appreciates the specialness of Floral City and Citrus County as a whole. “I don’t want anything bigger than Floral City to run Floral City,” he said. “I don’t want anything big ger than Citrus County to run Citrus County, because we’ve developed a cul ture and a kinship in this area that’s unlike anything around. I’ve been around the world two times, so I know what we have at home.” Nancy Kennedy can be reached at 352-564-2927 or by email at nkennedy@chronicleonline.com. CEMETERYFrom page A3 Chronicle file Sign marking the Historic Floral City Community Cemetery, one of only two places in Citrus County registered on the Florida Black Heritage Trail as African American historic sites. The other is Pleas ant Hill Baptist Church, also in Floral City on East Magnolia Street. Nancy Kennedy / Chronicle Reporter VFW Post 7122 member Rob Stere scrubs a grave at the historic Floral City Community Cemetery as part of a cemetery cleanup day Saturday, May 6, which was the VFW’s National Make A Differ ence Day. rnMonday-ApptOnly TuethruFri-9:30-4:30 r
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Citrus County Chronicle Tuesday, May 9, 2023 A9 T here is an old adage that “no man’s life, liberty or wallet is safe when the legislature is in session,” and the Florida Legislature seems dedicated to proving it correct. One example of this is in a provision quietly tucked into the state budget ap-propriation bill late in the session without public discussion. The provision prevents local governments from enacting new fertilizer re-strictions during the coming scal year. This means that local governments cannot enact or amend local fertilizer or-dinances during the coming year to make them more re-strictive than statewide fer-tilizer ordinances that were enacted with input from the phosphate industry. Phosphates are one of the key ingredients in fertilizer, and local bans have the po-tential to cut into phosphate industry revenues. The legislation also earmarks about $6 million of the budget to fund Univer-sity of Florida researchers examining the impact of preventing new fertilizer bans. One of the proponents of the legislation said all the language in the bill does is give the state a period of time so they can make a “thoughtful decision” on local fertilizer bans. This may be the intent of the bill, but to us, regardless of intent, this is yet another case of the state legislature taking away the authority of local governments to deal with local issues by impos-ing a state law forbidding that exercise of local con-trol. The state legislature has enacted a number of bills in recent sessions that limit, restrict, or some-times simply forbid local governments from acting locally, from bills restrict-ing the right of cities to pass ordinances regarding short term rentals to recent laws limiting the terms of school board members and new rules on what books can be in school libraries. This penchant for state control of local issues seems to go against the fundamental principle that local government closest to those governed is the pref-erable form of government, but our legislature seems to plow ahead, unchecked in limiting the choices local governments get to make. We urge our legislative delegation to encourage the state legislature to work on statewide issues and let local jurisdictions deal with local issues. Y ou’ve heard the litany, often from reporters and commen tators who never liked Republi-cans and, lately, from others who can’t stomach former President Donald Trump. And they’ve got something of a point. Republicans have lost four of the last seven presidential elections and won fewer popular votes than Demo-crats in six of the seven. Republi-cans are no longer competitive in the nation’s largest state, California, which they carried in nine of 10 elections from 1952 to 1988, during what political analyst Sean Trende calls the “Eisenhower alignment.” Republican core constituencies then were white college graduates and afuent suburbanites – groups that started trending Democratic in the 1990s and have become solidly Democratic since Trump was nominated in 2016. Of course, if you’ve been following political demographics more closely than most people do, you know there are coun-tervailing trends. Noncollege white people have been trend-ing Republican since around 2000 and especially since 2016. Noncollege Hispanic people and black people seem to be headed their way, too. Moreover, as the New York Times’ Ross Douthat points out, Republicans have won the popular vote for House in four of the seven elections starting since 2008, and they won a major-ity of seats in a fth (because Democrats’ 2012 popular vote margin was due to heavy turnout for President Barack Obama in black-majority seats). But there may be better news for Republicans in the long run. They beneted marginally from the reapportionment of House seats (and, therefore, elector-al votes) following the 2020 census. Moreover, they stand to make much bigger gains in the census in 2030. That’s the news from the Amer ican Redistricting Project’s fore cast, based on extrapolations from 2022 Census Bureau estimates. ARP shows California, which gained seats in every census from 1850 to 2000 and lost just one seat in 2020, losing ve seats in 2030. It shows New York losing three seats and Illinois two seats. This reects large-scale ight from our four most popular met-ropolitan areas, and from what are three of the most heavily taxed states, starting in the pan-demic year (the 2020 census was taken as of April 1, when that ight was about to begin) and continuing as lockdowns were eased in the rst half of 2022. It also shows large-scale ight to low-tax states, with Texas and Florida each projected to gain four House seats in 2030 and Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Arizona, Utah, Idaho and Delaware one each. What would such shifts do to the political balance? Take the 2016 and 2020 elections, in both of which the electoral votes were based on the 2010 census. Trump carried 25 states and one electoral vote in Maine in both elections, whereas Democrats Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden carried 19 states and the District of Columbia in both. Five states (Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin) and one electoral vote in Nebras-ka switched from Trump in 2016 to Biden in 2020. In 2016, the balance between the consistently Trump and consistently Democratic elec-toral votes was precisely even, 232-232. The 2020 reapportion-ment would have changed that just slightly to 235-231, with the switching states dropping from 74 to 72 electoral votes. But by applying the ARP’s 2030 estimates, you get a dif-ferent picture. The consistently Trump states would have 247 electoral votes, just 23 short of a majority, while the consistently Democratic states would have just 219. The switching states would stay at 72. Looking at just the 10 largest states, which account for a major ity of the nation’s population, the consistently Trump states would have 114 electoral votes, the Democratic states just 91 and the switching states 50. And obvious ly, there would be a signicant partisan shift in the House of Rep resentatives toward Republicans. This future isn’t inevitable. Demographic trends can change over a decade, and the 2020-22 period was unusual. Still, those empty ofce spaces and rising crime rates in Manhattan, Chicago, Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area suggest that these states are still bleeding House seats and electoral votes to the likes of Florida and Texas. Over time, politics tends to balance out. Republicans won the combined popular vote for president in the 10 elections of Trende’s Eisenhower period, 52 percent to 45 percent, average margin, but in the 21 House elec-tions in that stretch, Democrats won the popular vote 53 percent to 46 percent. Since then, in the current ideologically polarized period, things have gotten closer. Over eight presidential elections, Democrats have won the popular vote 49 percent to 45 percent, but Republicans edged Demo-crats in House popular vote 48.2 percent to 48.1 percent. Bottom line: Don’t look for either party to disappear any time soon. Michael Barone is a senior political analyst for the Washington Examiner, resident fellow at the American Enter prise Institute and longtime co-author of The Almanac of American Politics. O Maybe they need a class on math Wow! Finally it seems that the county will make some progress toward getting a new, modern ani mal shelter. I like animals. Espe cially wild ones or other people’s. And I know that a shelter for lost and abandoned privately owned animals is a good thing. So I have been following, albeit haphazard ly, the cost prognostications for a new facility because the current facility is not in good shape. After recovering from its collective fainting spell caused by the initial cost estimate for a replacement shelter the county leaders are ecstatic with the new figures. The choice has seemingly been made to skip the bare bones $6 million version for the noisier one for $9 million with a bunch of bells and whistles. One would think the ringing and whistling might bother the critters housed therein, but who knows? For a mere 50 percent more I suppose the noise is worth it. What’s another $3 million among animal friends anyway? Here’s my gripe: Even with all the bells and whistles the $9 million version is not really $9 million after all. It is really $12.5 million, more or less, when you count the needed associated stuff. So, as I understand it, for another mere 30 percent more than the $9 million version we will also get some associated stuff with it. Bigger bells and louder whis tles? Let me be Frank instead of Tom for just a minute here. The animals and the staff should have a nice enough place to stay and work. I just hope that there might be enough money left over for the county bean counters and politi cians to enroll in a basic arithme tic course. Thomas Fallon Lecanto Sheriff was right to help with arrests of Jan. 6 suspects Sensational criminal cases seem to pop up in the news. Take the recent case of attorney Alex Mur daugh’s murder trial which major news covered daily. Though I heard tidbits of the trial and had formed my own opinion as to his guilt (or not), I feel that these tri als should not be sensationalized. The defendant should have his day in court to prove his inno cence before a judge and jury. We need an “impartial” jury not affected by the media or public thought. In 1807, Aaron Burr was tried for treason. All the newspapers covering the case had spread many stories of Burr’s guilt. Burr’s lawyers had Supreme Court Justice John Mar shall step in and set up ground rules for an “impartial” jury selection. These ground rules seemed to work until the early 1960’s. There was a Cleveland doctor, Sam Shepphard who was accused of murdering his wife. The press went wild during the trial with T.V. cameras and daily updates and opinions. The trial judge did little to weed out jurors with pretrial opinions formed by all the publicity. Sheppherd was convicted and served 10 years in prison until he eventually appealed to the Supreme Court that he was denied a fair trial. He was acquitted in 1966 (Sheppard v Maxwell, 384 U.S. 333). There are several January 6th cases being tried now. It has been in the news mainly negatively which could or could not affect a fair trial. Close to home, Jesse James Rumson from Lecanto was arrested by Sheriff Prendergast and the FBI for his connection. There are photos and video of a person (fitting Rumson’s descrip tion) wearing the panda head walking with other Jan. 6 protest ers. I have mixed feelings about whether the trials will be handled impartially. But I still leave that to a court of law. I do support Sheriff Mike Prendergast’s deci sion to be part of the arrest raid of Mr. Rumson. In his oath as a Florida sheriff, he affirms that he will “support, protect, and defend the Constitution and Government of the United States and of the State of Florida.” It does not mat ter how he feels about the guilt or innocence of a person that he must arrest. That will be decided in the court of law. Prendergast is a good sheriff and follows his oath of office. I greatly admire this man. Richard Musgrove Crystal RiverRepublicans aren’t disappearing – and may even be growing stronger LETTERS TO THE EDITOR OPINIONS INVITED Q Viewpoints depicted in politi cal cartoons, columns or let ters do not necessarily repre sent the opinion of the editorial board. Q Groups or individuals are invited to express their opinions in a letter to the editor. Q Persons wishing to address the editorial board, which meets weekly, should call Jim Gouvellis at 352-563-5660. Q All letters must be signed and include a phone number and hometown, including letters sent via email. 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Gerard “Gerry” Mulligan publisher emeritusAnother example of the state pre-empting local governments Michael BaroneVarying Voices Our Viewpoint The issue: Legislature passes legislation limiting local restric tions on fertilizerOur opinion: Another example of state government preempting local governments
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A10 Tuesday, May 9, 2023 Citrus County ChronicleN & W CITRUS COUNTY CHRONICLETeachers earn $67K on average: Is push for raises too late? By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. — As schools across the country struggle to nd teachers to hire, more governors are pushing for pay increases, bonuses and other perks for the beleaguered profession – with some vowing to beat out other states competing for educators. Already in 2023, governors in Georgia and Arkansas have pushed through teach er pay increases. Ahead of Monday’s start of national Teacher Appreciation Week, others – both Republican and Democratic – have proposed doing the same to attract and retain educators. More than half of the states’ governors over the past year – 26 so far – have proposed boosting teacher compensa tion, according to groups that track it. The nonprot Teach er Salary Project said it is the most it has seen in nearly two decades of tracking. “Today we have governors left and right from every po litical party and then some who are addressing this issue because they have to,” said founder and CEO Ninivé Caligari. “We’ve never seen what we are seeing right now. Never.” In Idaho, Gov. Brad Little is aiming to raise the state’s average starting salary into the nation’s top 10. In Dela ware, Gov. John Carney said competition for teachers is more intense than ever and a pay increase is necessary to “win the competition with surrounding states.” It’s not clear how far pay raises will go toward reliev ing the shortages, though, and some teachers say it is too little, too late to x problems that are years in the making. Blame for teacher short ages has fallen on under funding after the Great Re cession, tight labor markets, lackluster enrollments in col leges and programs that train teachers and teacher burnout inamed by the travails of the COVID-19 pandemic. There has been no mass exodus, but data from some states that track teacher turn over has shown rising num bers of teachers leaving the profession over the past cou ple years. Shortages are most ex treme in certain areas, in cluding the poorest or most rural districts, researchers say. Districts also report par ticular difculties in hiring for in-demand subjects like special education, math and science. Meanwhile, teacher sala ries have fallen further and further behind those of their college-educated peers in other elds, as teachers re port growing workloads, shrinking autonomy and in creasingly hostile school en vironments. Magan Daniel, who at 33 just left her central Alabama school district, was not per suaded to stay by pay raises as Alabama’s governor vows to make teacher salaries the highest in the Southeast. It would take big increases to match neighboring Georgia, where the average teacher salary is $62,200, according to the National Education Association. Fixing teachers’ deteri orating work culture and growing workloads would be a more powerful incentive than a pay raise, she said. She recalled, for instance, her principal asking her to make copies and lesson plans last fall while she was on unpaid maternity leave. Difculty getting substitutes puts pressure on teachers who need time off for emer gencies, she said, and spend ing nights and weekends on paperwork siphoned the joy out of teaching. “I would not go back just for a higher salary,” Daniel said. In Oklahoma, Joshua Mor gan, 46, left his rural district a year ago because after 18 years he was still earning under $47,000. Oklahoma’s governor is talking about awarding performance bo nuses, but Morgan said he would only go back to teach ing for substantially more money – like $65,000 a year. The national average pub lic school teacher salary in 2021-22 increased 2 per cent from the previous year to $66,745, according to the NEA, the nation’s larg est teachers union. Ination peaked around 9 percent at the time. For new recruits, the math of paying for a college edu cation is grim: The national average beginning teacher salary was $42,845 in 2021-22, according to the NEA. Teachers do often qualify for public service loan forgive ness, which forgives their student debt after they’ve made 10 years of monthly payments. Besides fewer teachers get ting certied, the “teacher pay penalty” – the gap be tween teacher salaries and their college-educated peers in other professions – is growing. It reached a record 23.5 percent in 2021, with teach ers earning an average 76.5 cents for every dollar earned by other college-educated professionals, according to the Economic Policy In stitute, a nonpartisan think tank. It has been widening for decades, researchers say. For men, it is 35 percent and for women it is 17 percent – re ecting the gender pay gap seen across the U.S. econo my. For Rachaele Otto and oth er Louisiana teachers, the prospect of a $3,000 salary increase proposed by the governor might be appreci ated. But at roughly $200 a month after taxes, it’s not enough to keep a teacher who feels burned out or de moralized, Otto said. “I know there are teachers willing to take pay cuts to leave the profession,” said Otto, 38, a science teacher in a rural Louisiana district. “If you double the salary, may be that would change their thinking.” Sylvia Allegretto, a se nior economist who studies teacher compensation for the Center for Economic and Policy Research, called sal ary promises by governors one-time “Band-Aids” that barely keep up with ination. “You’re kind of chipping away at the margins,” Alle gretto said. “You’re not x ing the problem, generally.” For governors, raising teacher pay may be good politics, but raising it across the board may have little long-term impact. Getting better data on where the shortages are and then target ing raises – or bigger raises – to those areas will help more, researchers say. Research shows a pay raise will have at least some effect on retaining teachers, said Ed Fuller, a Penn State associate professor who studies teach er quality and turnover. What is difcult to research, Fuller said, is the effect a raise has on a college student’s deci sion to enter a teacher prepa ration program – and take on debt. Some districts haven’t waited for governors and legislatures to act. Kentucky’s biggest school district, Jefferson County in Louisville, gave a 4 percent raise last year and the board approved another raise of 5 percent to start this coming July. It also started giving an annual $8,000 stipend to teachers who work with higher-need students. Superintendent Marty Pol lio wants the district to be the highest paying in Kentucky, calling the teacher shortage “a real crisis and a growing crisis.” In Pennsylvania, the Wil liam Penn School District is offering signing bonuses for long-term subs and holding its rst-ever teachers job fair. Superintendent Eric Be coats said a teacher told him they can move to neigh boring districts and make $10,000 more – something the relatively small and poor district cannot compete with right now. Some teachers also tell him they will retire or leave the profession if they can. Morgan said a major change in salary is required to overcome a major change in how teachers now view a profession where they once expected to stay until they retired. “That’s not how the world works anymore,” Morgan said. “I’m seeing more edu cators, especially the young er ones, coming in and say ing, ‘I’m not willing to put up with this.’” Matt Rourke / AP William Penn School District Superintendent Eric Becoats, center, speaks with prospective applicants during a teachers job fair at the high school’s cafeteria in Lansdowne, Pa., on May 3. As schools across the country struggle to find teachers to hire, more governors are pushing for pay increases and bonuses for the beleaguered profession.Russia bans jet skis, ride-hailing before WWII tributes By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine — Russia enacted a major security clampdown before Tues day’s annual commemo rations marking the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, curbing the use of drones and ride-sharing services in its largest cit ies – even jet skis on the canals of St. Petersburg – amid its 14-month war with Ukraine. At least 21 Russian cit ies canceled May 9 mili tary parades – the staple of Victory Day celebrations across Russia – for the rst time in years, Russian me dia said. Regional ofcials blamed unspecied “security con cerns” or vaguely referred to “the current situation” for the restrictions and can cellations. It wasn’t clear whether their decisions were taken in coordination with the Kremlin. Last week, Russia – which hasn’t witnessed the carnage endured by Ukraine during the inva sion – was rattled by am biguous ofcial reports that two Ukrainian drones ew into the heart of Moscow under the cover of darkness and reached the Kremlin before being shot down. Media and local ofcials have blamed other sporad ic drone attacks, especially targeting oil depots near the two countries’ border, on the Ukrainian military. Kyiv ofcials decline to comment on such claims. The fears of a possible Ukrainian attack appeared real, even though parades will go ahead in Russia’s largest cities, Moscow and St. Petersburg. But the use of drones has been banned in both cities before Victo ry Day. Andrew Kravchenko / AP Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reacts standing in an apartment build ing damaged by a drone that was shot down during a Russian overnight strike, amid Russia’s attack, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 8. As Trump probes intensify, foes of ex-president see opening By ERIC TUCKER and STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press WASHINGTON — An investigation into Donald Trump’s handling of clas sied documents has in tensied in recent weeks, with prosecutors sum moning a broad range of witnesses before a federal grand jury and zeroing in on questions of whether the former president or others obstructed govern ment efforts to recover the records. It remains unclear when the investigation led by Justice Department spe cial counsel Jack Smith might end or whether Trump might face charges over documents found at Mar-a-Lago, his Florida estate. But as probes in Washington and Atlanta proceed, Republican crit ics of Trump see an op portunity for intensifying legal woes to take away his frontrunner mantle in the 2024 presidential race in a way that an earlier indictment in New York failed to do. The ongoing investiga tions “are the ones that have the meat,” said Bob bie Kilberg, a longtime Republican donor who has become a vocal Trump critic. “It’s very, very serious,” she said. “It ought to have a real impact on the American people. And if it doesn’t, all I can do is shake my head in bewil derment.” A grand jury in the Mara-Lago case has heard tes timony over the last few months from numerous Trump associates. Prose cutors have put before the panel a lawyer who helped respond to Justice Depart ment demands for the clas sied documents last year, and have also been inter ested in Mar-a-Lago sur veillance footage. At least one witness was asked to testify a second time, suggesting prosecutors may be looking to lock in particular testimony they view as useful, according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss secret legal pro ceedings. In a message Friday on his Truth Social platform, Trump accused Smith of “harassing and threaten ing my people” over the documents investigation, which he called a “hoax.” His lawyers have similar ly sought to pre-emptively attack any indictment, tell ing the House Intelligence Committee in a letter last month that the Justice De partment “should be or dered to stand down” from the probe. Trump spokesman Ste ven Cheung said in a state ment to The Associated Press on Monday that the investigations are “noth ing more than a targeted, politically motivated witch hunt against President Trump” designed to pre vent him from returning to the White House. Charles Krupa / AP Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event on April 27 in Manchester, N.H. Simulation suggests census missed many noncitizens By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press New results from a U.S. Census Bureau simulation indicate a signicant num ber of noncitizens were missed in the 2020 cen sus, a national head count during which the Trump administration tried to pre-vent people in the United States illegally from being tallied at all. Some civil rights groups pointed to the bureau’s latest ndings as evidence that, despite the Trump administration’s failure to exclude residents in the country illegally from the 2020 count altogether, the former president’s push contributed to an under count for some racial and ethnic minorities. A simulated head count by the statistical agency utilized 31 types of ad ministrative records from government agencies and third-party sources to pro duce estimates of the U.S. population on April 1, 2020 that could be com pared to the survey-like responses used in the last ofcial tally of every U.S. resident. The simulation was an experiment which doesn’t change the results of the once-a-decade count of every U.S. resident that helps determine political power and the distribution of $1.5 trillion in federal funding in the U.S. Almost a fth of non citizens found in the ad ministrative records had addresses that couldn’t be matched in the 2020 census, suggesting that “a signicant fraction of noncitizens” were missed, according to the U.S. Cen sus Bureau report released Friday. By comparison, that same gure was 5.4 percent for citizens.
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Citrus County Chronicle Tuesday, May 9, 2023 A11H & L CITRUS COUNTY CHRONICLEAll breast cancers are not the sameI recently saw a 65-year-old white fe male. She noticed a lump in her breast, mammogram conrmed it. She had breast biopsy. This is an outpatient procedure done by a surgeon or radiologist. She was diagnosed with breast can cer. To most patients, all breast cancers are the same but that is not true. In the U.S., all invasive breast cancers are checked for estrogen receptor (ER) or proges terone receptor (PR) and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (ERr2) testing. ER and PR are receptors found on breast cancer cells where estrogen and progesterone, respectively, bind. This helps determine both the patient’s risk of recurrence (risk of the cancer coming back) and the type of treatment that is most likely to lower the risk of recurrence. Human epidermal growth factor recep tor 2 status of the cancer helps determine whether drugs that target the HER2 receptor, such as trastuzumab (Herceptin) and Pertuzumab (Perjeta), might help treat the cancer. HER2 positive tumors tend to grow faster. My patient has all three positive, mean ing that she would respond to hormone therapy and the targeted therapy. Most feel that standard therapy for breast cancer is surgery to remove the breast cancer. Once we remove all visible cancer, patient may be cured. This is not true. Breast cancer tends to be systemic disease at diagnosis and requires some form of therapy almost all the time. In most cases, patient is treated with surgery and then appropriate systemic therapy like hormone therapy or chemotherapy. At the same time, for patient who has HER2 positive disease or triple negative disease (ER/PR and HER2 all three nega tive or not expressed) should get systemic therapy rst and then surgery. This has shown to make patient live longer. For larger cancers, or those that are growing more quickly, doctors may recommend systemic treatment with chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and/or hormonal therapy before surgery, called neoadjuvant therapy. There may be several benets to having drug treatments before surgery: Surgery may be easier to perform be cause the tumor is smaller. Your doctor may nd out if certain treatments work well for the cancer. Microscopic distant disease can be treated earlier by the drug therapy that circulates through the body. People who may have needed a mastec tomy could have breast-conserving sur gery (lumpectomy) if the tumor shrinks enough before surgery. My patient is started on chemotherapy and targeted therapy against HER2. She will undergo surgery almost ve months later. Advances like this help us beat cancer. Dr. Sunil Gandhi is a hematologist and oncologist. He is the volunteer medical adviser of the Citrus Unit of American Cancer Society. Write to 521 N. Lecanto Highway, Lecanto, FL 34461, email sgandhi@tampabay.rr.com or call 352-746-0707. Soothing sounds for sound sleepH ow do you handle insomnia? Maybe you are one of the few who falls asleep the minute the head hits the pillow. But for many people, particularly older folks, not being able to fall asleep, stay asleep and sleep soundly is a problem. An Irish proverb tells the humble advantages of a good night’s sleep: “A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cure in the doctor’s book.” Not being able to sleep well leads to myriad problems, both psychological and physical. Hence, the drug companies have answered the call and come up with pharmaceuticals that assist in falling asleep. But drawbacks to consistent use of sleeping pills are well known, so some researchers have delved into the idea of using music instead. They may be on to something, because frequently when I’m playing therapeutic music to patients, they fall asleep. Alas, I’m not playing just before bedtime, so I don’t know if later that patient nds it easier to slip away to dreamland or not. One study asked university students whether they use music to fall asleep or not. And why they want-ed to use music. From this self-reported data, researchers found that relaxation and distraction topped the list for music users. Masking outside noises was not a noted fac-tor. Neither was enjoyment. Self-reported data is notoriously unreliable, but other studies applied tested clinical trial protocols. One study reviewed ve of these control trials. This was published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Vol. 69, No. 7, page 1,925. What the review revealed was that older people who listened to music to fall asleep did indeed have better sleep quality than those who didn’t use music. The studies pointed to “sedative” music being more effective than rhythmic music. Other studies have shown that a fairly slow tempo is better than a lively one. Sixty to 80 beats per minute seem optimal. And quiet music in a low register is better than high notes. There seems to be a con sensus that percussion shouldn’t be used. So, what genre? Classical? Hip-hop? Jazz? Country? It seems that the genre doesn’t matter, as long as it is “sedative,” slow, and with low notes. One study indicated, however, that music in a major chord is preferable over that in a minor. Going back to the study with the university students, remember that one reason they used the music was for distraction. The music distracted them from thinking about all the ramblings that an active mind comes up with. With distraction in mind, you might prefer unfamiliar music that won’t bring up memories. Or…. you might prefer familiar music to conger up those memories that will blot out other tangents your mind want to take. Use what works for you. If music doesn’t prove to be the magic pill on the rst night you experiment with it, keep at it. Most of the studies lasted over four weeks or more before the data collection was done. So it may take your brain and your body a little while to accli-mate to the new sound. An American actor, Thomas Dekker, got it right when he said, “Sleep is a gold-en chain that ties health and our bodies together.” Sweet dreams. Adele Jacobson founded the nonprofit organiza tion Music in Medicine. For more information about the group and its mission, email musicbedside@gmail.com. The website is musicinmedicinecitrus.org. MetroCreative An Irish proverb tells the humble advantages of a good night’s sleep: “A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cure in the doctor’s book.” SUPPORT GROUPS Weekly Weight Accountability Group Many Citrus County weight watchers were surprised when live weigh-ins and support sessions were discontinued. Now a weekly in-person meeting has been estab lished in Homosassa to provide weigh-ins, weight management tips and support discussions. The Weight Accountability Group meets at 9 a.m. Tuesdays at Grace Methodist Church, 5030 S. Memorial Drive. Meetings are free and open to the public. No reservation is needed. For more information, call 352651-2502.Memory Lane support group, respite program relocates The Memory Lane support group and respite program for in dividuals dealing with dementia has relocated to Grace Methodist Church in Homosassa. It meets every Monday from 1-3 p.m. at the church, 5030 S. Memorial Drive. As a ministry of Grace Method ist Church, it is free and open to the public. The facilitator is Karen Kline. For more information, contact Kline at karen@gracemethodist church.org or 352-634-1781. This program has long been established in Citrus County, be ginning as a support group for caregivers who were struggling in their roles. Afternoon respite care was later added for patients with dementia. There is no rule that someone bringing a loved one to the respite program is obligated to attend the support group. They can use this time to run errands or just have some quiet time. However, over the years most people have found a great benet in the companion ship and education that the sup port group offers. Parkinson’s Support Group at Bravera The Bravera Health Seven Riv ers Parkinson’s support group meets meets the third Thursday of each month at Bravera Health Seven Rivers in the cafeteria, 6201 N. Suncoast Blvd, Crystal River, and includes guest speak ers, dances, exercise classes and crafts as well as Table Talks. Table Talks give members the opportunity to converse and to ask and answer questions of one another. Some topics include available medications, doctors that provide specialized care for people with Parkinson’s, classes available and services offered by Bravera Health Seven Rivers to help keep people moving such as physical, occupational and speech therapy, dietary advice and more. Floral City Alzheimer’s group meets The Floral City CarePartners Support Group meets at the Flo ral City United Methodist Church on the third Friday monthly at 10:30 a.m. Helen Ciampi and Marcia Bea sley, who are Alzheimer’s Asso ciation certied facilitators, will greet those attending in the large fellowship room located in the main church-building at 8480 E. Marvin St. across from the Ele mentary School house. Gathering precautions are being continued with distance seating, and ceiling fans operating while face masks and hand sanitizer are optional. Support for the shared concerns and challenges expressed by all care-partners who are involved with a person experiencing de mentia are always held in the strictest condence and with re spect. Caregivers may feel free to share whatever they feel comfort able sharing. Call Helen at 352-341-2867 or Marcia at 352-726-7740 for more information about the meetings.Grandparenting group meets at St. Anne’s St. Anne’s Church, 9870 W. Fort Island Trail, Crystal River, hosts a monthly “Grandparenting” pro gram to offer support to grandpar ents who are raising their grand children. The program is held the second Wednesday of every month, from 5:30-7 p.m. There is no cost to participants. This is a nonreligious program, for the purpose of helping our community. Children are invit ed and will meet separately from the grandparents. Pizza is served to the children; light snacks are served to the adults. Coffee, tea and lemonade are provided. For more information, call the church at 352-795-2176 or Tom Thomas at 352-634-5516. Celebrate Recovery in Beverly Hills Celebrate Recovery meets at Hills Church, 2 Civic Circle, Beverly Hills, from 6-8 p.m. Mondays. This a Christ-centered recovery group for anyone who has a hurt, hang-up or habit that makes one’s life unmanageable. For more information, call Tom and Sheila Boss, 410-353-7857.Celebrate Recovery ministry meets Celebrate Recovery is a Christ-centered ministry help ing others with hurts, habits, and hang ups. They meet from 6 to 8:30 p.m. every Thursday at Sun coast Baptist Church, 5310 S. Suncoast Blvd., Homosassa. NAMI offers daytime support group The National Alliance on Men tal Illness (NAMI) Citrus, in co operation with Lifestream, is now offering a daytime Connection support group. Connection brings together people living with a men tal health condition for education, discussion and empowerment. The group meets the third Tues day of the month from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the Lifestream drop-in center, 1554 N. Meadowcrest Blvd. Attendees do not have to be a participant in the drop-in center. There is no charge to attend. For more details, call the NAMI re source line at 844-687-6264. NAMI Citrus continues to offer family and peer support groups on Thursday evenings from 6-7:30 p.m. at the First Christian Church of Inverness, 2018 W. Colonade St.Alcoholics Anonymous meets daily Meetings are held various times every day. Go to the website for updated printable meeting sched ule: www.ncintergroup.com or call the hotline at 352-621-0599. ‘Sedative’ music effective for older adults AdeleJacobsonMusic in Medicine Dr. SunilGandhiCancer & Blood Disease The Lions Club of Beverly Hills held a free diabetes screening from 9 to 10 a.m. on Thursday, April 6. Regular Thursday bingo followed the screening.Special to the Chronicle LIONS DO FREE DIABETES SCREENING
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A12 Tuesday, May 9, 2023 Citrus County Chronicle SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE The Black Diamond Ladies Golf Association held its 11th annual golf tournament fundraiser, Con quering Cancer in Citrus County (the “4C”), on March 8. Monies raised signicantly ex ceeded expectations and will enable the association to donate $69,000 to Citrus County resi dents suffering from cancer who are in nancial need. Funds will be distributed to four 501(c)(3) charitable organizations with operations in Citrus Coun ty: Citrus Aid Cancer Founda tion, Florida Cancer Specialists, YMCA of the SuncoastÂ’s LiveS trong program and the Family Re source Center, with the stipulation that all monies go to support life needs of Citrus County cancer pa tients. Pamela Lestage, co-chair of this yearÂ’s event, said, “The success of this yearÂ’s fundraiser is attrib utable to the efforts of a team of volunteers, each of whom worked very hard to assure the rewarding results.” Since 2013, the 4C has generated over $425,000 donated to Citrus County cancer patients.Black Diamond 4C fundraiser brings in major funds for cancer Special to the Chronicle The Black Diamond Ladies Golf Association held its 11th annual golf tournament fundraiser, Conquering Cancer in Citrus County (the “4C”), on March 8, which raised $69,000 to help Citrus County cancer patients. Community Emergency Response Team basic training class Would you like to learn how to take care of your self, your family and your neighborhood in the event of an emergency? If so, con sider taking the Community Emergency Response Team basic training class. This class teaches basic medical techniques, re suppression, search and res cue and many other skills to help you during a disaster, man-made or natural. The class will be taught on three Saturdays, June 10, 17 and 24, and will be held at the Lecanto Emergency Op erations Center, 3549 Saun ders Way, Lecanto. There is no cost to join this class. If interested in sign ing up, send an email to certcitrus@gmail.com and include your name, and phone number, or call Lane Schneider at 352-249-2704.Center to host free workshop to manage falls Many older adults experi ence concerns about falling and restrict their activities. In June, the West Citrus Com munity Center will host a free four-week workshop empha sizing practical strategies to manage falls, in partnership with Gamba & Associates Health Education, Elder Options and the Florida De partment of Elder Affairs. “A Matter of Balance” is an award-winning program designed to manage falls and increase activity levels. Par ticipants learn to view falls as controllable, set goals for increasing activity, make changes to reduce fall risks at home and exercise to in crease strength and balance. Anyone who is concerned about falls, has fallen in the past or has restricted ac tivities because of falling concerns is encouraged to attend. Attendees interested in improving balance, ex ibility and strength are also welcome. The workshops will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays from May 16 through June 8, located at 8940 W. Veterans Drive, Homosassa. For more infor mation or to register, contact Laura Gamba at lgamba@live.com.More dementia workshops offered Coping with Dementia and the Citrus County Library System have announced that free ABC of Dementia workshops will be offered monthly at venues through out the county during 2023. The remaining 2023 sched ule will include: May 15, Homosassa; June 16, Inver ness; July 17, Central Ridge Library, 425 W. Roosevelt Ave., Beverly Hills; Aug. 21, Crystal River; Sept. 18, Homosassa; Oct. 20, Inver ness; Nov. 20, Beverly Hills; Dec. 18, Crystal River. All workshops are pre sented from 10 a.m. to noon. While the workshops are free, reservations are en couraged. For more infor mation or to reserve seats, call 352-422-3663 or email deb@coping.today. HPH Hospice seeks volunteers HPH Hospice in Lecanto, a Chapters Health afliate, needs volunteers willing to share their time with a patient at home, an assisted living or skilled nursing facility. Caregivers spend their waking hours caring for their loved ones. However, at times, they need to run errands, go to the doctor or just get out of the house for a while. Those in a facility may not have any family members and get very lonely. When someone has a life limiting illness, as time goes on, friends stop coming by be cause they just donÂ’t know what to say anymore. Patients can feel isolated and just want someone to sit with them, talk with them or watch TV with them so they donÂ’t feel so alone. HPH needs volunteers through out the county, however, currently there is a huge need in the Homosassa area. Volunteers do not provide personal care, only compan ionship and would always be in a safe environment. For questions or more infor mation, call 352-359-8373 or email lucass@chapters health.org. HCA Florida Citrus Hospital to host stroke seminar HCA Florida Citrus Hospi tal will present a stroke sem inar at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, May 16, at the Citrus Me morial Health Foundation YMCA, 4127 W. Norvell Bryant Highway, Lecanto. “Stroke 101” will feature a presentation from a Fellow in the hospitalÂ’s graduate med ical education program. The talk will focus on the types of stroke, signs and symptoms. Attendees will learn about the steps they can take to pre vent a stroke as well as the treatment and recovery pro cess for stroke survivors. 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S CITRUS COUNTY CHRONICLE Section B TUESDAY, MAY 9 , 2023 Tops on the tennis courts By MATT PFIFFNER Sports editor2023 All-Chronicle Boys Tennis Team SinglesNo. 1 – Riley Dodd, senior, Cit rus No. 2 – Landon Hensley, sopho more, Citrus No. 3 – Carson Edwards, senior, Crystal River No. 4 – Joshua Sevilla, sopho more, Lecanto No. 5 – Logan Shaw, senior, Cit rusDoublesNo. 1 – Dodd and Hensley, CitrusNo. 2 – Austin Purinton, junior, and Sevilla, LecantoFinalists for Boys Tennis Player of the Year Riley Dodd, senior, CitrusDodd closed out his career with Gulf Coast 8 Conference singles and doubles titles, district champi onships in singles and doubles for the third year in a row and helped lead the Hurricanes to a state berth for the second straight year. Didn’t lose a singles match until the state tournament, nishing 20-1. Was 15-2 in doubles.Landon Hensley, sophomore, CitrusThe Hurricane jumped into the No. 2 singles and No. 1 doubles spot and was outstanding, nishing 18-1 in singles with GC8 and dis trict titles and went 15-2 in doubles with Dodd, also claiming GC8 and district crowns.Joshua Sevilla, sophomore, LecantoThe Panther performed well wherever in the lineup he was need ed. Finished 10-2 in singles in the regular season playing between No. 1 and 4 singles and was 9-4 in dou bles. Sevilla won GC8 titles in No. 4 singles and No. 2 doubles. MATT PFIFFNER / Sports editor Riley Dodd, senior, Citrus MATT PFIFFNER / Sports editor Landon Hensley, sophomore, Citrus MATT PFIFFNER / Sports editor Joshua Sevilla, sophomore, Lecanto Horse deaths cast shadow as competitors move onto Preakness By GARY B. GRAVES Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A raging thunderstorm that washed out activities Sun day morning at Churchill Downs symbolized the dark clouds hanging over the Triple Crown after a troubling string of horse deaths. Seven horses have died following injuries at the track since April 27, in cluding Derby entrant Wild On Ice. Freezing Point and Chloe’s Dream were euthanized after injuries before Satur day’s Kentucky Derby that was ultimately won by Mage. Four sustained catastrophic leg injuries, two succumbed suddenly from causes yet to be de termined and another sus tained a neck injury after ipping in the paddock. This spate of incidents comes four years after more than 30 horses died at Santa Anita racetrack in California. Those deaths shook up the industry and resulted in safety reforms such as the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA), which estab lished a similarly lettered organization that set uni form safety and doping rules for thoroughbreds. A set of regulations are scheduled to take effect May 22. The question for now is how the stunning oc currence of fatal injuries at the cathedral of horse racing affects the sport during its height of vis ibility with the Preak ness and Belmont Stakes following over the next month. And, how horse racing responds. “Everyone in the indus try wants to make racing as safe as possible,” Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher said Sunday. “And even in situations like that where right now everyone is doing every thing they can to make sure the horses are going out there in the safest pos sible conditions, we still had two fatal breakdowns yesterday. It’s something as a trainer that keeps you up at night.” Churchill Downs said in a statement Saturday night that it is working with the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission and Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority to inves tigate each death. A sub sequent statement from the HISA organization said Chloe’s Dream and Freezing Point “passed McClanahan sharp again, leads Rays past the Orioles 3-0 By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer BALTIMORE — In a matchup between the top two teams in the American League, Shane McClanah an and the Tampa Bay Rays kept right on cruising. McClanahan pitched six impressive innings to be come this season’s rst sev en-game winner, and Josh Lowe and Luke Raley hom ered to lift the Rays to a 3-0 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Monday night. Tampa Bay extended its AL East lead to 6 1 / 2 games over a Baltimore team that start ed fast this season but – like everyone else in baseball – is struggling to keep up with the Rays. “The Orioles are play ing great baseball right now. They’re a fun team to watch,” McClanahan said. “That’s a fun team to play. You always want to be the best, but you’ve got to play the best.” It’s a similar challenge for the Orioles. After losing two of three – both one-run defeats – in a competitive series at Atlanta, Baltimore fell to Tampa Bay. This is the rst three-game losing streak of the season for the Orioles, who still have the AL’s second-best record. McClanahan (7-0) allowed four hits and four walks and struck out seven. Kyle Gibson (4-2) pitched well in defeat, allowing two runs in six-plus innings. Lowe hit a solo shot lead ing off the second and Ra ley added one in the ninth. Wander Franco hit a sacri ce y in the seventh. Colin Poche and Kevin Kelly followed McClanah an for Tampa Bay, and Ja son Adam struck out three in the ninth for his fourth save. The Rays already have seven shutouts this year. The Orioles lost a series opener for the rst time all season after winning their rst 11. McClanahan did have a few problems to pitch through. A walk and an in eld hit to start the bottom of the fourth put men on rst and second. One out later, Adam Frazier’s bloop er to shallow left was caught by Franco, the shortstop. He easily doubled Anthony Santander off second. The following inning, an other leadoff walk by Mc Clanahan was erased by a double play. “We put a couple of rallies together. We just didn’t get a big hit,” Orioles manager Julio Cortez / AP Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Shane McClanahan throws a pi tch to the Baltimore Orioles during the first inning of Monday’s game in Baltimore. See RAYS , page B3 See TRIPLE CROWN , page B3Heat take 3-1 series lead, hold off Knicks 109-101 in Game 4 By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI — Jimmy Butler had 27 points and 10 assists, Bam Adebayo nished with 23 points and 13 rebounds and the Miami Heat moved a win away from their third trip to the Eastern Confer ence nals in the last four years by topping the New York Knicks 109-101 on Monday night. Max Strus scored 16 points, Kyle Lowry added 15 and Caleb Martin had 10 for the Heat. Miami, the No. 8 seed, leads the East semi nal series 3-1, with Game 5 – and the rst potential clincher – awaiting in New York on Wednesday night. Jalen Brunson nished with 32 points and 11 as sists for fth-seeded New York, while RJ Barrett had 24 points and Julius Randle scored 20 for the Knicks be fore fouling out with about three minutes left. Miami missed 12 of its rst 15 shots of the fourth quarter, but the Knicks didn’t take full advan tage – trimming only three points off the Heat lead in that span. It was nine en tering the fourth, and a pair of free throws by Brunson with 4:40 left got New York within 99-93. But a slam by Martin breathed some life into an antsy building, and the roars got a bit louder about a min ute later. With the Knicks down seven, Randle went into the lane – but Strus beat him to the spot, drawing Lynne Sladky / AP Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo, center right, dunks as New Y ork Knicks center Mitchell Robinson, center left, defends during the first half of Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals on Monday. See HEAT , page B3
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B2 Tuesday, May 9, 2023 Citrus County Chronicle AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GBTampa Bay 29 7 .806 —Baltimore 22 13 .629 6½Toronto 21 14 .600 7½Boston 21 15 .583 8New York 19 17 .528 10 Central Division W L Pct GBMinnesota 19 16 .543 —Detroit 16 18 .471 2½Cleveland 16 19 .457 3Chicago 12 24 .333 7½Kansas City 10 26 .278 9½ West Division W L Pct GBTexas 20 13 .606 —Los Angeles 19 16 .543 2Houston 17 17 .500 3½Seattle 17 17 .500 3½Oakland 8 28 .222 13½ NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GBAtlanta 24 11 .686 —Miami 17 18 .486 7New York 17 18 .486 7Phila. 16 19 .457 8Washington 14 20 .412 9½ Central Division W L Pct GBPittsburgh 21 15 .583 —Milwaukee 20 15 .571 ½Chicago 17 18 .486 3½Cincinnati 14 20 .412 6St. Louis 12 24 .333 9 West Division W L Pct GBLos Angeles 21 15 .583 —Arizona 19 15 .559 1San Diego 18 17 .514 2½San Francisco 15 18 .455 4½Colorado 14 22 .389 7 AMERICAN LEAGUE SundayÂ’s Games Atlanta 3, Baltimore 2, 12 inningsCleveland 2, Minnesota 0Phila. 6, Boston 1Toronto 10, Pittsburgh 1Kansas City 5, Oakland 1Tampa Bay 8, N.Y. Yankees 7, 10 inningsSt. Louis 12, Detroit 6Seattle 3, Houston 1Chicago White Sox 17, Cincinnati 4Texas 16, L.A. Angels 8 MondayÂ’s Games Detroit 6, Cleveland 2Tampa Bay 3, Baltimore 0N.Y. Yankees 7, Oakland 2Kansas City 12, Chicago White Sox 5Houston at L.A. AngelsTexas at Seattle TuesdayÂ’s Games Detroit (Lorenzen 1-1) at Cleveland (Bieber 2-1), 6:10 p.m.Tampa Bay (Ein 4-0) at Baltimore (Rodri guez 1-0), 6:35 p.m.Toronto (Manoah 1-2) at Phila. (Nola 2-2), 6:40 p.m.Oakland (Rucinski 0-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Schmidt 0-3), 7:05 p.m.Boston (Pivetta 2-2) at Atlanta (Morton 3-3), 7:20 p.m.Chicago White Sox (Giolito 1-2) at Kansas City (Lyles 0-5), 7:40 p.m.San Diego (Wacha 2-1) at Minnesota (Var land 0-0), 7:40 p.m.Houston (Valdez 2-4) at L.A. Angels (Ohtani 4-0), 9:38 p.m.Texas (Heaney 2-2) at Seattle (Kirby 3-2), 9:40 p.m. WednesdayÂ’s Games Oakland at N.Y. Yankees, 12:35 p.m.Detroit at Cleveland, 1:10 p.m.Texas at Seattle, 3:40 p.m.Toronto at Phila., 4:05 p.m.Houston at L.A. Angels, 4:07 p.m.Tampa Bay at Baltimore, 6:35 p.m.Boston at Atlanta, 7:20 p.m.Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, 7:40 p.m.San Diego at Minnesota, 7:40 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE SundayÂ’s Games Atlanta 3, Baltimore 2, 12 inningsPhila. 6, Boston 1Toronto 10, Pittsburgh 1Colorado 13, N.Y. Mets 6St. Louis 12, Detroit 6Miami 5, Chicago Cubs 4, 14 inningsMilwaukee 7, San Francisco 3Chicago White Sox 17, Cincinnati 4Washington 9, Arizona 8L.A. Dodgers 5, San Diego 2, 10 innings MondayÂ’s Games Pittsburgh 2, Colorado 0Milwaukee 9, L.A. Dodgers 3St. Louis 3, Chicago Cubs 1Miami at ArizonaWashington at San Francisco TuesdayÂ’s Games Colorado (Seabold 0-0) at Pittsburgh (Ortiz 0-0), 6:35 p.m.N.Y. Mets (Scherzer 2-2) at Cincinnati (Weaver 0-2), 6:40 p.m.Toronto (Manoah 1-2) at Phila. (Nola 2-2), 6:40 p.m.Boston (Pivetta 2-2) at Atlanta (Morton 3-3), 7:20 p.m.L.A. Dodgers (Syndergaard 1-3) at Milwau kee (Lauer 3-3), 7:40 p.m.San Diego (Wacha 2-1) at Minnesota (Var land 0-0), 7:40 p.m.St. Louis (Flaherty 2-4) at Chicago Cubs (Taillon 0-2), 7:40 p.m.Miami (Luzardo 2-2) at Arizona (Pfaadt 0-0), 9:40 p.m.Washington (Corbin 1-4) at San Francisco (Webb 2-5), 9:45 p.m. WednesdayÂ’s Games Colorado at Pittsburgh, 12:35 p.m.L.A. Dodgers at Milwaukee, 1:40 p.m.Miami at Arizona, 3:40 p.m.Washington at San Francisco, 3:45 p.m.Toronto at Phila., 4:05 p.m.N.Y. Mets at Cincinnati, 6:40 p.m.Boston at Atlanta, 7:20 p.m.San Diego at Minnesota, 7:40 p.m.St. Louis at Chicago Cubs, 7:40 p.m. TAMPA BAY 3, BALTIMORE 0 Tampa Bay Baltimore ab r h bi ab r h bi DÃaz dh 3 0 1 0 Hays lf 4 0 2 0Franco ss 3 0 2 1 Rutschmn dh 4 0 0 0Arozarena lf 3 0 1 0 Mountcat 1b 4 0 1 0B.Lowe 2b 4 0 0 0 Santander rf 3 0 1 0Walls 3b 4 0 0 0 Mateo ss 4 0 1 0J.Lowe rf 4 1 1 1 McCann c 3 0 0 0Siri cf 4 0 0 0 Mullins ph 1 0 0 0Raley 1b 4 2 2 1 Frazier 2b 3 0 0 0Paredes 1b 0 0 0 0 UrÃas 3b 2 0 1 0MejÃa c 3 0 0 0 Stowers pr 0 0 0 0 McKenna cf 3 0 1 0 Hendersn ph 1 0 0 0Totals 32 3 7 3 Totals 32 0 7 0Tampa Bay 010 000 101 — 3 Baltimore 000 000 000 — 0 DP Tampa Bay 2, Baltimore 1. LOB Tam pa Bay 7, Baltimore 9. 2B Santander (11), Hays (8). HR J.Lowe (7), Raley (8). SF Franco (1). IP H R ER BB SO Tampa Bay McClanahan W,7-0 6 4 0 0 4 7Poche H,5 1 2 0 0 0 1Kelly H,3 1 0 0 0 0 2Adam S,4-5 1 1 0 0 0 3Baltimore Gibson L,4-2 6 6 2 2 2 4Baker 1 0 0 0 2 0Akin 2 1 1 1 0 3Gibson pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.Umpires Home, Todd Tichenor; First, Brian Knight; Second, Alex Tosi; Third, Tony Randazzo.T 2:35. A 12,669 (45,971). DETROIT 6, CLEVELAND 2 Detroit Cleveland ab r h bi ab r h bi McKinstry rf 4 1 2 1 Kwan lf 4 1 1 0Greene cf 4 0 2 2 Rosario ss 3 0 1 0Báez ss 5 0 1 1 RamÃrez 3b 4 1 1 1Maton 3b 4 0 1 1 Bell dh 3 0 1 0Torkelson 1b 4 0 1 0 Fry 1b 2 0 0 0Baddoo lf 4 0 0 0 Naylor ph 2 0 0 0Cabrera dh 4 0 1 0 Giménez 2b 4 0 1 0Rogers pr 0 0 0 0 Zunino c 4 0 0 0Ibáñez 2b 3 3 2 1 Arias rf 2 0 0 0Haase c 4 2 3 0 Brennan ph 2 0 1 0 Straw cf 3 0 0 0Totals 36 6 13 6 Totals 33 2 6 1 Detroit 003 101 010 — 6 Cleveland 100 100 000 — 2 E Báez (5). DP Detroit 1, Cleveland 2. LOB Detroit 9, Cleveland 8. 2B Maton (6), Greene (3), Torkelson (7), Kwan (5). HR Ibáñez (1), RamÃrez (4). SB Greene (4). IP H R ER BB SO Detroit Wentz W,1-3 5 2 / 3 3 2 2 3 5 Vest H,1 2 / 3 1 0 0 0 1 Foley H,6 2 / 3 0 0 0 0 0 Shreve 1 2 / 3 2 0 0 0 2 Lange 1 / 3 0 0 0 1 0 Cleveland Bibee L,1-1 3 2 / 3 7 4 4 4 2 Sandlin 1 1 / 3 1 0 0 0 2 Morgan 1 1 1 1 1 2 De Los Santos 1 0 0 0 1 0 Curry 2 4 1 1 0 1 Umpires Home, Nick Mahrley; First, Jerry Layne; Second, Adam Hamari; Third, Vic Carapazza.T 2:53. A 12,509 (34,788). PITTSBURGH 2, COLORADO 0 Colorado Pittsburgh ab r h bi ab r h bi Blackmon rf 4 0 1 0 Hayes 3b 3 0 2 0Profar lf 3 0 0 0 Reynolds lf 4 0 0 0Bryant dh 4 0 2 0 McCutch dh 3 0 0 0McMahn 3b 4 0 0 0 Santana 1b 3 0 0 0DÃaz c 3 0 0 0 Joe rf 3 1 1 0Moustaks 1b 3 0 1 0 Bae cf 0 0 0 0Tovar ss 3 0 0 0 R.Castro 2b 2 1 1 2H.Castro 2b 3 0 0 0 Suwinski cf 2 0 1 0Doyle cf 3 0 0 0 Owings ss 3 0 1 0 Hedges c 3 0 1 0Totals 30 0 4 0 Totals 26 2 7 2Colorado 000 000 000 — 0 Pittsburgh 000 000 20x — 2 DP Colorado 4, Pittsburgh 1. LOB Col orado 4, Pittsburgh 4. 2B Blackmon (8), Hedges (2). HR R.Castro (4). IP H R ER BB SO Colorado Freeland L,3-4 7 7 2 2 3 4 Bard 1 0 0 0 1 1 Pittsburgh Keller W,4-1 9 4 0 0 1 8 Umpires Home, Nate Tomlinson; First, Sean Barber; Second, Mike Muchlinski; Third, Alan Porter.T 1:55. A 9,596 (38,753). N.Y. YANKEES 7, OAKLAND 2 Oakland New York ab r h bi ab r h bi Ruiz cf 5 0 2 0 Volpe ss 4 0 0 0Pérez dh 4 0 1 0 Torres 2b 4 1 2 1Rooker lf 3 1 1 0 Rizzo 1b 3 1 2 0Aguilar 1b 2 1 1 0 LeMahieu dh 4 1 1 2Noda ph-1b 2 0 0 0 Bader cf 3 1 1 0Laureano rf 1 0 0 0 Kiner 3b 4 0 0 0Bleday rf 4 0 1 0 Cabrera rf 4 1 1 2Diaz 2b 2 0 1 0 Trevino c 3 1 1 0Kemp ph-2b 2 0 1 1 Hicks lf 3 1 1 2Langeliers c 4 0 0 0 Smith 3b 2 0 0 0 Peterson ph 1 0 1 1 Allen ss 4 0 1 0 Totals 36 2 10 2 Totals 32 7 9 7 Oakland 000 002 000 — 2 New York 000 023 20x — 7 DP Oakland 1, New York 1. LOB Oakland 12, New York 3. 2B Ruiz (9), Torres (7). 3B Bader (2). HR Cabrera (2), Torres (5), LeMahieu (4), Hicks (1). SB Ruiz (17). IP H R ER BB SO Oakland Sears L,0-3 5 1 / 3 6 5 5 0 4 Pruitt 1 2 / 3 3 2 2 1 2 Long 1 0 0 0 1 1 New York Cortes 5 6 2 2 2 4 Marinaccio W,2-1 1 2 0 0 2 1 Hamilton H,1 1 0 0 0 0 2 Ramirez 2 2 0 0 1 1 Cortes pitched to 3 batters in the 6th, Mari naccio pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.Umpires Home, Mike Estabrook; First, Andy Fletcher; Second, Erich Bacchus; Third, Laz Diaz.T 2:34. A 33,011 (47,309). MILWAUKEE 9, L.A. DODGERS 3 Los Angeles Milwaukee ab r h bi ab r h bi Betts 2b 4 0 1 0 Yelich lf 3 1 1 2Freeman 1b 4 1 1 0 Winker dh 3 1 0 0Heyward rf 2 0 0 0 Adames ss 4 1 1 3Thompsn ph 0 0 0 0 Tellez 1b 4 0 0 0Muncy dh 4 0 0 1 Contreras c 4 0 0 0Outman cf 4 1 1 0 Anderson 3b 4 1 1 0D.Peralta lf 3 0 1 0 Turang 2b 4 2 1 0Vargas ph 1 0 0 0 T.Taylor rf 4 1 2 0Busch 3b 2 0 0 0 Wiemer cf 3 2 2 4C.Taylor ph 1 1 1 2 Rojas ss 4 0 0 0 Barnes c 4 0 1 0 Totals 33 3 6 3 Totals 33 9 8 9Los Angeles 000 001 002 — 3 Milwaukee 000 030 60x — 9 E Busch (1). LOB Los Angeles 6, Milwau kee 2. 2B D.Peralta (2), Barnes (1), Free man (11), Betts (10), Wiemer (7). HR C.Tay lor (7), Wiemer (3), Adames (7). SB T.Taylor (2), Yelich (7). IP H R ER BB SO Los Angeles Gonsolin L,0-1 6 3 3 0 0 6 Bickford 1 / 3 4 4 4 0 0 Suero 1 2 / 3 1 2 2 1 0 Milwaukee F.Peralta W,4-2 6 3 1 1 2 5 Peguero H,1 1 1 / 3 1 0 0 0 0 Sousa 1 2 / 3 2 2 2 1 2 HBP Gonsolin (Yelich).Umpires Home, Alfonso Marquez; First, Ramon De Jesus; Second, Doug Eddings; Third, Charlie Ramos.T 2:18. A 22,847 (41,700). ST. LOUIS 3, CHICAGO CUBS 1 St. Louis Chicago ab r h bi ab r h bi Nootbaar rf 2 2 0 0 Hoerner 2b 3 0 0 0Goldscht 1b 4 0 0 0 Madrigal pr 2 0 0 0Gorman 3b 4 0 1 0 Swanson ss 3 0 1 1Contreras dh 4 1 2 2 Happ lf 3 0 1 0Donovan lf 4 0 1 0 Bellinger cf 4 0 1 0DeJong ss 4 0 1 0 Suzuki rf 4 0 1 0Carlson cf 4 0 1 1 Mancini dh 4 0 0 0Edman 2b 4 0 0 0 Mervis 1b 3 0 0 0Knizner c 3 0 0 0 Wisdom 3b 1 1 1 0 Hosmer ph 1 0 0 0 Barnhart c 1 0 0 0 Amaya ph-c 2 0 0 0Totals 33 3 6 3 Totals 31 1 5 1St. Louis 010 001 010 — 3 Chicago 000 010 000 — 1 DP St. Louis 1, Chicago 0. LOB St. Louis 5, Chicago 9. 2B Contreras (10), DeJong (3), Swanson (6). SB Nootbaar (4). IP H R ER BB SO St. Louis Mikolas 4 1 / 3 4 1 1 3 7 Cabrera W,1-0 1 1 / 3 1 0 0 2 1 Hicks H,3 2 0 0 0 1 2 Helsley S,4-7 1 1 / 3 0 0 0 0 0 Chicago Stroman L,2-3 6 4 2 2 1 6 Boxberger 1 1 0 0 0 1 Fulmer 1 1 1 1 1 0 Merryweather 1 0 0 0 0 2 Umpires Home, CB Bucknor; First, Ryan Wills; Second, Ben May; Third, Jeff Nelson.T 2:57. A 30,937 (41,363). KANSAS CITY 12, CHICAGO WHITE SOX 5 Chicago Kansas City ab r h bi ab r h bi Anderson ss 5 1 1 0 Witt Jr. ss 5 1 2 0Benintendi lf 3 1 1 0 Pasquant dh 5 0 2 1Sosa ph-3b 2 0 0 0 Perez c 3 2 1 1Vaughn dh 5 0 1 2 Fermin c 0 0 0 0Robert Jr. cf 3 2 1 0 Melendez rf 5 2 2 4Sheets 1b-lf 3 1 1 1 Olivares lf 4 2 1 0Grandal c 3 0 0 0 Pratto 1b 3 1 2 3Alberto 3b 3 0 1 2 Garcia 3b 4 1 0 0Andrus 2b 3 0 1 0 Massey 2b 4 1 1 1Haseley rf 4 0 1 0 Bradley cf 4 2 3 2Totals 34 5 8 5 Totals 37 12 14 12 Chicago 012 001 010 — 5 Kansas City 100 218 00x — 12 E Robert Jr. (1), Olivares (2). DP Chicago 1, Kansas City 1. LOB Chicago 7, Kansas City 7. 2B Vaughn (12), Bradley Jr. 2 (5), Pasquantino (12), Pratto (3). HR Sheets (4), Melendez (4). SB Witt Jr. 2 (10). SF Alber to (1), Perez (2). IP H R ER BB SO Chicago Cease L,2-2 5 9 7 7 1 6 Bummer 2 / 3 3 4 4 1 0 Lambert 1 / 3 1 1 1 1 1 Santos 1 1 0 0 0 1 Graveman 1 0 0 0 1 1 Kansas City Greinke 5 2 / 3 6 4 3 1 2 Cuas W,2-0 1 / 3 0 0 0 0 0 Garrett 1 / 3 0 0 0 0 1 Castillo 2 2 / 3 2 1 1 2 1 Cease pitched to 3 batters in the 6th.HBP Cease (Pratto), Castillo (Robert Jr.).Umpires Home, Manny Gonzalez; First, Junior Valentine; Second, Adrian Johnson; Third, Quinn Wolcott.T 2:55. A 9,814 (38,427). MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL THIS WEEK IN BASEBALL THIS DATE IN BASEBALL STANDINGS AND SCORES May 9 1901 – Earl Moore of the Cleveland Indians pitched nine hitless innings against the Chicago White Sox before giving up two hits in the 10th to lose 4-2. 1947 – In his first game outside of New York City, Jackie Robinson has two hits and scores twice in the DodgersÂ’ 6-5 loss to the Phillies. 1961 – Jim Gentile of the Baltimore Orioles hit con secutive grand slams in the first and second innings of a 13-5 rout of Minnesota. 1962 – Brooks Robinson becomes the 6th major leaguer this century to hit grand slams in back-to-back games, as he hits one against Kansas CityÂ’s Ed Rakow. Baltimore wins, 6-3, at home. 1967 – Cardinals outfield er # 9 Roger Maris hits his first National League home run on the ninth day of the month. 1973 – Johnny Bench of the Reds hit three home runs off PhiladelphiaÂ’s Steve Carlton for the sec ond time in his career. Bench drove in seven runs in CincinnatiÂ’s 9-7 victory. 1987 – BaltimoreÂ’s Eddie Murray became the first major leaguer to homer from both sides of the plate in consecutive games as the Orioles beat the Chica go White Sox 15-6 at Comiskey Park. 1993 – Cubs 1B Mark Grace hits for the cycle in ChicagoÂ’s 5-4 loss to the Padres. He is the 14th Cub to do so. 1999 – Marshall McDou gall hit six consecutive homers and knocked in 16 runs – both NCAA records – in Florida StateÂ’s 26-2 rout of Maryland. The second baseman opened with an RBI single, then hit six straight homers. After his base hit, McDougall had a solo homer in the second inning, a three-run shot in the fourth, a solo homer in the sixth, a three-run shot in the seventh, a grand slam in the eighth and a three-run shot in the ninth. 2006 – Tampa Bay pros pect Delmon Young was suspended for 50 games without pay by the Interna tional League for throwing a bat that hit a replacement umpire in the chest. IL president Randy Mobley said he believed the sus pension was the longest in the leagueÂ’s 123-year his tory. The suspension is ret roactive to April 27, the day after Young tossed his bat in a Triple-A game. 2010 – Dallas Braden pitched the 19th perfect game in major league his tory, a dazzling perfor mance for the Oakland Ath letics in a 4-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays. He struck out six in the 109-pitch performance, throw ing 77 strikes in his 53rd career start. 2011 – Zack Greinke wins his first game for the Mil waukee Brewers, striking out 9 batters in 6 innings in a 4-3 win over San Diego. Harper, Verlander return but Phillies and Mets are in a funk By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer Bryce Harper and Justin Verlander are back – and not a moment too soon for two struggling NL East teams with high expectations. The two stars missed the beginning of the season because of injuries – and oddly, it wasnÂ’t the pitcher who was coming off Tom my John surgery. Harper had that operation in No vember and made it back for the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday. He homered Saturday. Verlander made his sea son debut for the New York Mets on Thursday after dealing with a muscle strain in his back. He allowed a couple of solo homers in the rst against Detroit before shutting the Tigers out for the next four innings. Although it was nice to have Harper and Verlander, it was not a pleasant week for the Phillies and Mets. Philadelphia had lost six in a row before nally beat ing Boston on Sunday. The defending National League champions are 16-19 and trail NL East-leading Atlan ta by eight games. The overly high-priced Mets are seven games out of rst after losing ve of six against the Tigers and Rockies. The Braves overcame a 10 1 / 2 -game decit last year and beat out the Mets for the division title. This year, At lanta is the team that is out to a signicant early lead.Trivia timeThe Braves have won ve consecutive NL East titles. When is the last time they were in sole possession of rst place at the start of play on June 1?Red Sox risingThe Boston Red Sox won eight in a row before Sun dayÂ’s loss to the Phillies. Included in that streak was a four-game sweep of To ronto. Masataka Yoshida is on a 16-game hitting streak and Rafael Devers leads the American League with 11 home runs.Pirates fallingThe Pittsburgh Pirates were one of baseballÂ’s biggest stories when they raced out to a 20-8 record, but theyÂ’ve since lost seven in a row. A tough schedule played some role – they were swept by Tampa Bay and Toronto in three-game series – but PittsburghÂ’s struggling offense is the main culprit. The Pirates have scored just nine runs during this skid. The reason theyÂ’re still atop the NL Central is be cause second-place Mil waukee dropped six straight before beating San Francis co on Sunday.Line of the weekThe rst few weeks of the season have been a bit of a nightmare for the St. Louis Cardinals, but they snapped an eight-game losing streak Sunday with a 12-6 win over Detroit. Paul Gold schmidt hit three home runs and nished with four hits and four RBIs.Comeback of the weekThere were lots of good candidates this week. On Sunday alone, Tampa Bay won after trailing the Yan kees 6-0 in the fth, Wash ington won after trailing Arizona 7-3 in the seventh, and the Dodgers won after being down to their last out against San Diego. But the top comeback was by the Los Angeles Angels, who were down by three runs against Texas with two outs and a man on rst in the bottom of the ninth Fri day. At that point, the An gels had a 1.4 percent win probability, according to Baseball Savant. Brandon Drury then hit a single, Chad Wallach added a two-run double and Luis Rengifo tied it with an RBI single. Los Angeles eventu ally won 5-4 in 10 innings, scoring the winning run on a wild pitch.Trivia answerIt hasnÂ’t happened since 2014, when Atlanta had a two-game lead over Miami. Washington went on to win the division that year. Since then, on June 1:2015 – Washington led the Mets by a half-game. New York went on to win the di vision. 2016 – Washington led the Mets by two games. The Nationals went on to win the division. 2017 – Washington led the Mets by 9 1 / 2 games. The Nationals went on to win the division. 2018 – Atlanta and Wash ington were tied for rst. The Braves went on to win the division. 2019 – Philadelphia led Atlanta by three games. The Braves went on to win the division. 2020 – There was no base ball in June. The Braves went on to win the division. 2021 – The Mets led At lanta by four games. The Braves went on to win the division. 2022 – The Mets led At lanta by 10 1 / 2 games. The teams went on to nish tied for rst, with the Braves winning the division on a tiebreaker. KellerÂ’s shutout helps Pirates edge Rockies By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PITTSBURGH — Mitch Keller pitched his rst career complete game and Rodolfo Castro hit a two-run homer as the Pittsburgh Pi rates snapped their seven-game los ing streak with a 2-0 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Monday night. Keller (4-1) shut out the Rockies on four hits in his rst time pitch ing into the eighth inning. The fth-year veteran struck out eight and walked one in a game that took just 1 hour, 55 minutes. CastroÂ’s homer off Kyle Freeland in the seventh broke the scoreless tie. Freeland (3-4) also had a strong start, giving up two runs and sev en hits in seven innings with four strikeouts and three walks. KeÂ’Bryan Hayes had two hits for the Pirates, who hold a slim lead in the NL Central. Kris Bryant had two hits for the Rockies, who had won six of seven. ––– Yankees 7, Athletics 2 NEW YORK – Aaron Hicks broke out of his season-long slump with a two-run homer and New York went deep four times in a win over Oakland. Gleyber Torres hit a tiebreaking solo drive in the sixth inning against former Yankees lefty JP Sears (0-3). Oswaldo Cabrera and DJ LeMahieu launched two-run shots off Sears as New York (19-17) avoiding falling back to .500 for the second time in a week. The Yankees won for the fourth time in 10 games without slugger Aaron Judge, who is expected back Tuesday from a stint on the injured list due to a strained right hip. Nestor Cortes rebounded from his worst start with the Yankees and allowed two runs on six hits in five-plus innings. Ron Marinac cio (2-1) earned the win in relief. Sears allowed five runs and six hits in 5 1 / 3 innings as the major league-worst AÂ’s dropped to 8-28 overall. Tigers 6, Guardians 2 CLEVELAND – Joey Wentz settled down after allowing a double and single to start the game on the way to his first win, and Andy Ibañez homered and scored three runs in DetroitÂ’s win over struggling Cleveland. After allowing the opening hits, Wentz (1-3) then retired 13 of 14 before giving up a pair of walks in the sixth. He got two outs and was pulled for Will Vest, who worked out of the jam. Jason Foley, Chasen Shreve and Alex Lange completed the combined six-hit ter. Ibañez connected for his first homer for Detroit and Riley Greene drove in two runs as the Tigers won for the sixth time in seven games. José RamÃrez homered as the Guardians continued to scuffle offensively. Rookie Tan ner Bibee (1-1) for three runs and five hits in the third inning and didnÂ’t survive the fourth. Brewers 9, Dodgers 3 MILWAUKEE – Joey Wiemer and Willy Adames hit three-run homers to back Fred dy PeraltaÂ’s strong pitching and Milwaukee defeated Los Angeles for its second straight win after six straight losses. Wiemer went 2 of 3 with four RBIs – his first since April 29 – while homering off Tony Gonsolin (0-1) with two outs in the fifth. He added an RBI double against Phil Bickford in the seventh. Christian Yelich added a two-run single in the win. Peralta (4-2) struck out five and allowed just three hits, one run and two walks in six innings for his third straight quality start. Chris Taylor hit a two-run homer in the ninth for the Dodgers, who lost for just the second time in 10 games. Royals 12, White Sox 5 KANSAS CITY, Mo. – MJ Melendez hom ered and drove in four runs, Nick Pratto had a three-run double during an eight-run sixth inning, and Kansas City beat Chicago and won consecutive home games for the first time this season. Melendez hit a 431-foot, two-run shot in the fourth against Dylan Cease and then had a two-run single in the sixth as the Royals turned a 4-4 game into a rout. Kansas City had its highest-scoring game this season. Jose Cuas (2-0) relieved Zack Greinke with two out in the sixth and retired the only batter he faced. Cease (2-2) gave up seven runs on nine hits in five-plus innings. Gavin Sheets hom ered for the White Sox and Andrew Vaughn had a two-run double. The RoyalsÂ’ Jackie Bradley Jr. finished 3 for 4 with two runs scored and a two-RBI double. Cardinals 3, Cubs 1 CHICAGO – Willson Contreras had two hits and two RBIs in his return to Wrigley Field, including a tiebreaking double, and St. Louis beat Chicago. St. Louis also got a strong effort from its bullpen in its second straight win after an eight-game losing streak. Génesis Cabrera (1-0), Jordan Hicks and Ryan Helsley com bined for 4 2 / 3 innings of one-hit ball in relief of Miles Mikolas. Helsley got his fourth save. It was the CardinalsÂ’ first win in 12 series openers. The streak of 11 straight losses in such games to begin the season was a fran chise record. Dansby Swanson hit an RBI double in the fifth to account for ChicagoÂ’s only run. Mar cus Stroman (2-3) pitched six innings of two-run ball as the Cubs lost for the fifth time in seven games. Gene J. Puskar / AP Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Mitch Keller delivers during the second inning of MondayÂ’s game against the Colorado Rockies, in Pittsburgh. The Pirates won 2-0 to snap a 7-game losing streak.
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Citrus County Chronicle Tuesday, May 9, 2023 B3 NBA SECOND ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Sunday, May 7 Phila. 116, Boston 115, OT, series tied 2 – 2Phoenix 129, Denver 124, series tied 2 – 2 Monday, May 8 Miami 109, New York 101, Miami leads se ries 3 – 1Golden State at L.A. Lakers Tuesday, May 9 Phila. at Boston, 7:30 p.m.Phoenix at Denver, 10 p.m. Wednesday, May 10 Miami at New York, 7:30 p.m.L.A. Lakers at Golden State, 10 p.m. Thursday, May 11 Boston at Phila., 7:30 p.m.Denver at Phoenix, 10 p.m. Friday, May 12 x-New York at Miami, TBAx-Golden State at L.A. Lakers, TBA Sunday, May 14 x-Phila. at Boston, TBAx-L.A. Lakers at Golden State, TBAx-Phoenix at Denver, TBA NHL SECOND ROUND (Best-of-7) (x-if necessary) Sunday, May 7 New Jersey 8, Carolina 4, Carolina leads series 2–1Florida 3, Toronto 2, OT, Florida leads series 3–0Seattle 7, Dallas 2, Seattle leads series 2–1 Monday, May 8 Vegas at Edmonton Tuesday, May 9 Carolina at New Jersey, 7 p.m.Dallas at Seattle, 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 10 Toronto at Florida, 7 p.m.Vegas at Edmonton, 10 p.m. Thursday, May 11 New Jersey at Carolina, 7 p.m.Seattle at Dallas, 9:30 p.m. Friday, May 12 x-Florida at Toronto, TBAEdmonton at Vegas, TBA Saturday, May 13 x-Carolina at New Jersey, TBAx-Dallas at Seattle, TBA Sunday, May 14 x-Toronto at Florida, TBAx-Vegas at Edmonton, TBA TRANSACTIONS BASEBALL Major League Baseball American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Sent RHP Joey Krehbiel outright to Norfolk (IL).HOUSTON ASTROS — Reinstated RF Chas McCormick from the 10-day IL. Optioned 3B Rylan Bannon to Sugar land (PCL).KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Acquired RHP James McArthur from Philadelphia for OF Junior Marin and cash considerations and then optioned him to Omaha (IL). Designat ed RF Franmil Reyes for assignment. Placed LHP Ryan Yarbrough on the 15-day IL. Re called RHP Jose Cuas from Omaha (IL).LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Placed LHP Jose Suarez on the 15-day IL. Selected the contract of RHP Cesar Valdez from Salt Lake (PCL).TAMPA BAY RAYS — Placed LHP Garrett Cleavinger on the 15-day IL. Recalled RHP Trevor Kelley from Durham (IL). National League ATLANTA BRAVES — Reinstated C Travis dÂ’Arnaud from the 7-day IL. Optioned C Chadwick Tromp to Gwinnett (IL).CHICAGO CUBS — Recalled INF/OF Chris topher Morel from Iowa (IL). Optioned OF Nelson Velsqez to Iowa.CINCINNATI REDS — Claimed RHP Frank German off waivers from the Chicago White Sox and optioned him to Louisville (IL).PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Traded LHP Ethan Lindrow to Seattle in exchange for cash considerations.PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Selected the con tract of INF Chris Owings from Indianapolis (IL). Optioned INF Mark Mathias to Indianap olis. Added RHP Luis Ortiz to the taxi squad.ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Sent 2B Taylor Motter outright to Memphis (IL).WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Placed CF Victor Robles on the 10-day IL, retroactive to May 7. Minor League Baseball Frontier League GATEWAY GRIZZLIES — Named Zac Treece bullpen coach.OTTAWA TITANS — Acquired C/OF J.D. Os borne from Lexington (Atlantic League).TROIS-RIVIERES AIGLES — Signed RHP Jesen Therrien.WASHINGTON WILD THINGS — Sold the contract of OF Turner Hill to San Francisco (MLB). Recalled 3B Jale Alu from Roches ter (IL) BASEKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Fined Denver G Nikola Jokic an un disclosed amount for making improper con tact with a spectator sitting courtside during May 7 game against Phoenix. WomenÂ’s National Basketball Association MINNESOTA LYNX — Waived Gs Kiana Wil liams and Stephanie Watts. FOOTBALL National Football League ATLANTA FALCONS — Signed CB Tre Flow ers to a one-year contract.BALTIMORE RAVENS — Signed DB Jaquan Amos. Waived DE Levi Brown.CAROLINA PANTHERS — Signed OL Chan dler Zavala to a rookie contract.CHICAGO BEARS — Released OL Nick Amoah, S Justin Broiles and TE Damien Caf frey. Signed TE Stephen Carlson.CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed FS Rodney McLeod.DENVER BRONCOS — Re-signed S Kareem Jackson to a one-year contract.GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed WR Grant DuBose, LS Broughton Hatcher, CB William Hooper and DL Antonio Moultrie. Released LS Jack Coco.HOUSTON TEXANS — Signed LBs Jermaine Carter and Neville Hewitt.INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed WRs Tyler Adams and Kody Case, T Matthew Vander slice and DT Jamal Woods.KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Signed DBs Mon trae Braswell, Anthony Cook, Kahlef Hailas sie, Martez Manuel and Isaiah Norman, G Jerome Carvin, Ts Chukwuebuka Godrick, Anderson Hardy and Blake Haynes, LBs Cam Jones and Isaiah Moore, DE Truman Jones, RB Deneric Prince and WR Nikko Remigio.MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed DL Jaquelin Roy to a rookie contract.NEW YORK GIANTS — Placed DB Terrell Burgess on the physically unable to play (PUP) list.PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Waived S Andre Chachere. Signed TE Dan Arnold.SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Signed QB Bran don Allen, TE Troy Fumagalli and DL Marlon Davidson to one-year contracts.TENNESSEE TITANS — Named Anthony Robinson assistant general manager. Canadian Football League WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Signed QB Tyrell Pigrome, WRs Otis Lanier, Michael OÂ’Shea and Matt Cole and DE/LS Damian Jackson. MLB 6:30 p.m. (SUN): Tampa Bay Rays at Baltimore Orioles 7 p.m. (TBS): Boston Red Sox at Atlanta Braves 9:30 p.m. (BSF): Miami Marlins at Arizona Diamondbacks 9:30 p.m. (MLBN): Houston Astros at Los Angeles Angels or Miami Marlins at Arizona Diamondbacks COLLEGE BASEBALL 6 p.m. (ESPN2): Vanderbilt at Louisville COLLEGE SOFTBALL 7:30 p.m. (SEC): SEC Tournament, Game One – Teams TBA NBA PLAYOFFS 7: 30 p.m. (TNT): Phildelphia 76ers at Boston Celtics, Game 510 p.m. (TNT): Phoenix Suns at Denver Nuggets, Game 5 GOLF 4:30 p.m. (GOLF): 2023 PGA WORKS Collegiate Champi onships, Second Round NHL PLAYOFFS 7 p.m. (ESPN): Carolina Hurricanes at New Jersey Devils, Game 49:30 p.m. (ESPN): Dallas Stars at Seattle Kraken, Game 4 SOCCER 3 p.m. (CBS, WVEA): UEFA Champions League – Real Madrid vs. Manchester City. 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We just had a tough time against him. We just didnÂ’t get that big hit with runners in scoring position.” After the Rays went up 2-0, the Orioles put men on second and third in the seventh, but Adley RutschmanÂ’s third strikeout of the day ended that threat. The Rays have an MLBbest 21 multi-homer games and are 19-2 when they do that. Only two teams in the modern era – the 1984 Tigers and 1902 Pirates – have posted a better record through 36 games than Tampa BayÂ’s 29-7 mark. “Just a group of guys that are doing a lot of things well,” manager Kevin Cash said. “All facets of our team are performing really, real ly well.”Back in BaltimoreMcClanahan is a Balti more native, so he appreci ates the chance to pitch at Camden Yards. “IÂ’ve always been asking the last couple years, about three years or so ... ‘Hey, whenÂ’s Cal (Ripken) going to come by?’” McClanahan said. “ItÂ’s a great stadium, great fans.” McClanahan is 6-0 in eight career starts against the Orioles.TrainerÂ’s roomRays: Tampa Bay put LHP Garrett Cleavinger on the 15-day injured list with what Cash said appears to be a right ACL injury. Orioles: RHP Mychal Givens (left knee inam mation) and RHP Dillon Tate (right elbow ex or strain) are expected to pitch Wednesday for Dou ble-A Bowie and Triple-A Norfolk. The Orioles also announced that RHP Joey Krehbiel cleared waivers and accepted an assign ment to Norfolk. ... 3B Ramón UrÃas exited with a left hamstring strain after hitting a ninth-inning sin gle.Up nextOrioles rookie Grayson Rodriguez (1-0) takes the mound Tuesday night against Tampa BayÂ’s Zach Ein (4-0). Ein threw sev en scoreless innings Thurs day against Pittsburgh. RAYSFrom page B1 all inspections without inci dent” while being observed in the paddock and post pa rade. An examination of fac tors including necropsies, preexisting health con ditions, training sessions and inspection of track surfaces will take several weeks. Racetrack surface expert Mick Peterson, who has worked with Churchill Downs since 2008 and was once retained by HISA, said Sunday that the surface was consistent. The director of the Univer sity of KentuckyÂ’s racetrack safety program added that the evaluation is ongoing to keep the track condition uniform and make needed improvements. “WeÂ’ve got to look at every factor on that and get it so that we reduce the risk fur ther and further and further to protect them,” Peterson said. “But we need to learn more in order to understand whether this consistency is going to get us to the safe ty we need. And we need to keep improving it.” Concerns still hovered over the 149th Derby, which went off with the eld reduced to 18 horses following ve scratches in the days leading up. That list of defections included Pletcher-trained Forte, the initial favorite, on Satur day morning because of a bruised foot. “I think he would have performed well (Saturday),” the trainer said. “Unfortu nately, that wasnÂ’t an op tion.” Lying ahead for many trainers and ownership is whether to run horses in the Preakness on May 20 in Baltimore. The Triple CrownÂ’s sec ond jewel is shorter at 1 3/16th mile but occurs just two weeks after the Der by compared to the typical one-month layoff. Ramiro Restrepo, MageÂ’s part-owner and a blood stock agent, will watch the coltÂ’s workouts this week and consult trainers and oth er owners before deciding his immediate plans. His coltÂ’s safety and well-being is always the priority, particularly after a tragic week of loss with the animals theyÂ’re devot ed to. “We take care of them more than we take care of our children,” said Re strepo, who expressed con dolences to stables that have lost horses. “But we had a condence in how the horse had been responding. So, we can only control whatÂ’s in our barn and whatÂ’s in front of us.” TRIPLE CROWNFrom page B1 LeafsÂ’ Big 4 seeking break out effort versus Panthers By TIM REYNOLDS Associated Press SUNRISE — It was al most automatic in every game this season for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Ei ther Mitch Marner, William Nylander, Auston Mat thews or John Tavares was going to score a goal. That was the case, any way – until the Eastern Conference seminals. Three games against the Florida Panthers in this series, and that fearsome foursome has been blanked so far. After scoring at least once in 81 of TorontoÂ’s 88 games this season entering this series, Marner, Nylander, Matthews and Tavares have combined for exactly zero goals so far in their match up with the Panthers. “Bobrovsky,” Panthers coach Paul Maurice said, offering the simplest and most accurate explanation. “That would be the end of that answer.” That would be Panthers goalie Sergei Bobrovsky, who has stopped everything theyÂ’ve thrown at him. Matthews has gotten 14 shots at Bobrovsky in the rst three games. So has Nylander. Tavares has got ten 12 to the net. Marner has taken nine. ThatÂ’s 49 shots on goal in all – and Bobrovsky is 49-for-49 in those oppor tunities. The Panthers lead the series 3-0 after a 3-2 overtime win on Sunday and have a chance to send Toronto home via a sweep on Wednesday night. “WeÂ’re trying to do all the right things,” Marner said. “I think weÂ’ve had our chances. WeÂ’ve had our looks. Just hasnÂ’t gone for us yet. For us, itÂ’s just mak ing sure weÂ’re continuing to do the right things out there on the ice and try to get around that net a little more and try and create second opportunities.” The numbers, both to ex plain all the success those four players had to this point and to explain all the success theyÂ’re not current ly having, are staggering. “In terms of what I can do, itÂ’s continue to put them in positions to succeed. That would be the rst thing,” Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe said Monday. “And then, just like with the rest of our team right now, focus has got to be on doing what we can control and focus on the things that really, truly matter.” TorontoÂ’s top four scor ers combined for at least 10 points in ve games this season, had a combined six goals twice – once late in the regular season against Mon treal, the other in Round 1 of the playoffs against Tampa Bay – and never had back-to-back games without someone from that group scoring a goal. In this series, itÂ’s been back-to-back-to-back games – and counting. “All different games,” Maurice said. “I think (Game 3) was a very dif cult game for our goal tender to play. ... These are playoff games. They just turn on the smallest of plays. ThereÂ’s way more offense than you think be cause every play is danger ous.” Marner, Nylander, Mat thews and Tavares com bined for 146 goals and 351 points during the regu lar season. But the Panthers have done more than keep them off the scoresheet, other than four combined assists in the three games. They limited their chances in Game 3, which was an other big key. Consider: those four play ers got only seven shots to the net Sunday night. Nylander had that many, by himself, in FloridaÂ’s 4-2 win in Game 1. That said, Maurice cautioned that the numbers donÂ’t tell the whole story, that a couple of inches to the left or right on a lot of shots would change the way the stat sheet looks. “WeÂ’ve obviously just got to nd a way to capitalize a little more,” Tavares said. “TheyÂ’re defending very tight around their net. We just didnÂ’t make the plays we needed to get us the re sult we want.” NOTES: Leafs G Ilya Samsonov was scheduled for an MRI exam, Keefe said, to determine the extent of the injury that forced him out of Game 3 early in the second peri od. Samsonov was feeling better Monday, Keefe said. ... Neither team practiced Monday, just gathered for meetings. ... MondayÂ’s line of the day, from Maurice, on his philosophy right now with Florida riding a franchise-record six-game playoff winning streak: “Play your (butt) off and see what happens.” Frank Gunn / The Canadian Press Toronto Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews (34) controls the puck along the boards as Florida Panthers center Sam Bennett (9) pursues during the second period in Game 2 of their Stanley Cup second-round series in Toronto on Thursday. contact that became the New York starÂ’s sixth foul with 3:08 left, and the Heat held control the rest of the way. The Knicks never led in Game 3, then held the lead twice in Game 4. Barely.They had a pair of onepoint leads in the opening quarter, for a combined 33 seconds, and with Miami erasing the decits with im mediate baskets on its next possession. But unlike Game 3, when MiamiÂ’s lead was double digits for nearly the entire ty of the nal three quar ters, this one remained in some doubt much of the way. Miami didnÂ’t get its rst 10-point lead until a 3-pointer by Strus with 3:23 left in the half, and whenev er the Heat seemed poised to pull away New York had an answer. The Knicks cut what was an 11-point decit down to 67-65 on a 3-pointer by Barrett with 7:07 left in the third, but never got all the way over the hump. An 8-1 spurt over a two-min ute stretch late in the third restored the 11-point lead, and MiamiÂ’s cushion was 90-81 going into the fourth.Tip-insKnicks: Immanuel Quick ley, who sprained his left ankle late in Game 3, was out. His status for Game 5 isnÂ’t clear, and heÂ’s listed as day-to-day. Â… New York changed its starting line up, with Quentin Grimes – who was celebrating his 23rd birthday – in for Josh Hart. Â… The Knicks gave up six offensive rebounds in the rst three quarters combined, then gave up six more in the fourth alone. Heat: Adebayo had seven eld goals in the rst half. Five were dunks, marking the rst time in his 473 NBA games that he had that many before halftime. Â… The 7-2 start to the postsea son matches the fth-best in Heat history. They were 8-1 in 2005, 2013, 2014 and 2020 – getting to the NBA Finals in the three most-recent instances. Â… Butler was questionable with his right ankle, even though he played in Game 3, and wasnÂ’t announced as playing until about an hour before tip-off Monday. ... Miami missed four 3s on one possession early in the fourth quarter.Spo markThe win was the 103rd playoff victory for Heat coach Erik Spoelstra. He becomes the third coach with that many playoff wins with one team; Gregg Popo vich has 170 with San An tonio, and Phil Jackson had 118 with the Los Angeles Lakers and 111 with Chi cago. Pat Riley – the Heat pres ident, SpoelstraÂ’s boss and his predecessor as Heat coach – won 102 with the Lakers.Big WednesdayThe Heat have a chance to reach the East nals on Wednesday – and so does South FloridaÂ’s NHL team. The Florida Panthers lead their second-round series with the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-0, with Game 4 of that matchup in Sun rise, Florida on Wednesday night. HEATFrom page B1
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Yet here, at an obliging trot, comes Winston. The Frenchie with NFL connections is a strong con tender at this weekÂ’s Westminster Kennel Club dog show, less than two months after the release of rankings showing that his kind has become the countryÂ’s most preva lent dog breed. FrenchiesÂ’ rise has been stun ning: from 83rd most popular to No. 1 in three decades. It also has been dogged by concerns about their health, debate over the eth ics of breeding, denunciations of a gold-rush-like market with ever more “exotic” variations, and a recent spate of high-prole and sometimes fatal robberies. If all that says something about these stumpy-snouted, pointy-eared, deep-chested, quizzical little bulldogs, what does it say about the culture that loves them?Their media image impacts their popularity“Just like humans, dogs get char acterized for what they can do, but more importantly what they can symbolize,” says Cameron Whitley, a Western Washington University sociology professor and the chair-elect of the American Sociological AssociationÂ’s Animals and Society section. Whitley argues that breedsÂ’ popularity depends less on their traits than on their portrayal in me dia and pop culture. Indeed, a 2013 study found no indication that longer lifespans, better behavior or other desirable characteristics make a dog breed more sought-after. One of the au thors, Western Carolina University psychology professor Hal Herzog, also has observed that parabolic spikes in dog breeds resemble those in baby names, hit songs and other boom-and-bust commodities of pop culture. In short, theyÂ’re canine me mes. “The dogs have become a form of fashion,” says Herzog, who wrote a book about human attitudes and conduct toward animals. French bulldogs have a colorful, centuries-long history involving English lacemakers, the Parisian demimonde and Gilded Age Amer ican tourists who brought the dogs home. (One even died in the 1912 sinking of the Titanic.) But the breedÂ’s U.S. heyday soon ended. Then Americans got a fresh look at Frenchies in the current centu ry. They turned up on domesticity maven Martha StewartÂ’s TV show, then in narrative series and mov ies (such as “Modern Family” and “Due Date”), ads (including Super Bowl spots for Skechers in 2012 and Bud Light this year) and the social media accounts of celebrity owners (Lady Gaga, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and many more). French bulldog fans point to at tributes beyond camera-readiness to explain the dogsÂ’ appeal. They boast easy-care coats, modest ex ercise needs, an apartment-friendly size and a demeanor memorably de scribed as “a clown in the cloak of a philosopher.” Yet that hasnÂ’t translated into wins at Westminster, where each dog is judged against an ideal for its own breed, not against others. Still, longtime breeder and French Bull Dog Club of Ameri ca spokesperson Patty Sosa posits that Frenchies “might have been out-ashed” by showier-looking breeds, such as poodles. (Labrador retriever partisans harbored similar theories during the 31 years their breed topped the popularity charts; itÂ’s still winless at Westminster.) Winston, however, came within a whisker of the trophy last year, tak ing runner-up to the rst bloodhound ever to win. The Frenchie later won another prominent competition, the National Dog Show in Philadelphia in November. He headed into West minster as one of the show worldÂ’s most-winning dogs and bested doz ens of other Frenchies on Monday morning to advance to the semi nals (the top prize will be awarded Tuesday night). If a pooch can get a competi tive edge through osmosis, the cream-colored 4-year-old probably has. He lives with part-owner Mor gan Fox, a Los Angeles Chargers defensive end, and ancee Kailyn Provin when not on the show circuit with handler and part-owner Perry Payson. Besides WinstonÂ’s physical at tributes, “his personality is to die for,” says Sandy Fox, who bred him with Payson and is the NFL playerÂ’s grandmother. “He loves to show.” To win Westminster on the heels of the popularity rankings “would be awesome,” she said. But like many other longtime breeders, Fox has mixed feelings about the na tionÂ’s ardor for Frenchies. “ItÂ’s nice,” she said, adding: “A lit tle scary. Everybody will want one.”People worry about their healthShow breeders who adhere to health testing and other guidelines feel that Frenchie fever already has attracted opportunistic, slapdash people producing anything-goes, possibly unhealthy pups. ThereÂ’s concern that “weÂ’re losing the battle with education and just promoting a well-bred dog,” Sosa said. Some veterinarians also are wor ried for Frenchies – all of them. Partly because of their pushedin, wrinkly faces, the animals are susceptible to breathing, eye, and other problems. While other breeds also have predispositions and mixed-breed dogs can be a ques tion mark, recent research in Brit ain suggested FrenchiesÂ’ health is “largely much poorer” than that of other canines. The British Veterinary Associa tion has “strongly” recommended against buying any at-faced dogs, and the Dutch government has pro hibited breeding very short-snouted canines. In the U.S., the Humane Society Veterinary Medical Asso ciation – a professional group with a focus on animal welfare advoca cy – wants “to counter the dramatic increase in demand” for push-faced dogs, partly by discouraging their use in advertising. “Owners who really love these dogs donÂ’t understand how much the dogs are suffering,” says the groupÂ’s education director, Dr. Lor na Grande. (The broader American Veterinary Medical Association, meanwhile, has said itÂ’s exploring ways to improve at-faced dogsÂ’ well-being.) Dr. Carrie Stefaniak has seen French bulldogs with breathing dif culties in her practice in Glendale, Wisconsin. She urges would-be owners to understand the breedÂ’s health risks and the potential ex pense of treatment. She emphasizes researching breeders carefully. But sheÂ’s quick to add that French ies can ourish. “The general public talks about the unhealthy ones,” Stefaniak says, “but we donÂ’t often hear about the 13-year-olds that are still out there, doing great, or the ones that are do ing agility or taking long hikes.” Her own two French bulldogs do both those things. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Today is Tuesday, May 9, the 129th day of 2023. There are 236 days left in the year. Highlight in history:On May 9, 1994, South Afri caÂ’s newly elected parlia ment chose Nelson Mandela to be the countryÂ’s first Black president. On this date:In 1860, writer J.M. Barrie, the creator of Peter Pan, was born in Kirriemuir, Scotland. In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson, acting on a joint con gressional resolution, signed a proclamation designating the second Sunday in May as MotherÂ’s Day. In 1945, with World War II in Europe at an end, Soviet forces liberated Czechoslova kia from Nazi occupation. U.S. officials announced that a midnight entertainment curfew was being lifted immediately. In 1951, the U.S. conducted its first thermonuclear exper iment as part of Operation Greenhouse by detonating a 225-kiloton device on Enewetak Atoll in the Pacific nicknamed “George.” In 1962, scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology succeeded in reflecting a laser beam off the surface of the moon. In 1965, Russian-born American pianist Vladimir Horowitz performed publicly for the first time in 12 years with a recital at Carnegie Hall in New York. In 1970, President Richard Nixon made a surprise and impromptu pre-dawn visit to the Lincoln Memorial, where he chatted with a group of protesters whoÂ’d been rest ing on the Memorial steps after protests against the Vietnam War and the Kent State shootings. In 1974, the House Judicia ry Committee opened public hearings on whether to rec ommend the impeachment of President Richard Nixon. (The committee ended up adopt ing three articles of impeach ment against the president, who resigned before the full House took up any of them.) In 1980, 35 people were killed when a freighter rammed the Sunshine Sky way Bridge over Tampa Bay in Florida, causing a 1,400-foot section of the south bound span to collapse. In 2016, Filipinos went to the polls to elect Rodrigo Duterte, the controversial, tough-talking mayor of Davao city, to be their countryÂ’s next president. In 2019, Pope Francis issued a groundbreaking new church law requiring all Catholic priests and nuns to report clergy sexual abuse and cover-ups by their supe riors to church authorities. In 2020, Rock ‘nÂ’ roll pio neer Little Richard, known for his piercing wail, pounding piano and towering pompa dour, died in Tennessee at the age of 87 after battling bone cancer; he had helped shatter the color line on the music charts while introduc ing Black R&B to white Amer ica. TodayÂ’s birthdays: Actor-writer Alan Bennett is 89. Actor and politician Glen da Jackson is 87. Produc er-director James L. Brooks is 86. Musician Sonny Curtis (Buddy Holly and the Crick ets) is 86. Singer Tommy Roe is 81. Singer-musician Richie Furay (Buffalo Springfield and Poco) is 79. Actor Candice Bergen is 77. Pop singer Clint Holmes is 77. Actor Anthony Higgins is 76. Singer Billy Joel is 74. Blues singer-mu sician Bob Margolin is 74. Rock singer-musician Tom Petersson (Cheap Trick) is 73. Actor Alley Mills is 72. Actor Amy Hill is 70. Actor Wendy Crewson is 67. Actor John Corbett is 62. Singer Dave Gahan (Depeche Mode) is 61. Actor Sonja Sohn is 59. Rap per Ghostface Killah is 53. Actor Chris Diamantopoulos is 48. R&B singer Tamia is 48. Actor Daniel Franzese is 45. Rock singer Pierre Bouvi er (Simple Plan) is 44. Actor Rosario Dawson is 44. Rock singer Andrew W.K. is 44. Actor Rachel Boston is 41. TV personality Audrina Patridge is 38. Actor Grace Gummer is 37. TODAY IN HISTORY Frank Franklin II / AP file Winston, a French bulldog, competes for Best in Show at the 146th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, June 22, 2022, in Tarrytown, N.Y. French bulldogs are ranked as the United StatesÂ’ favorite dog breed, yet none has ever won the nationÂ’s pre-eminent dog show. This year, Winston is a strong contender to take the trophy at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show.
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Citrus County Chronicle Tuesday, May 9, 2023 B5A & P Successful sister ponders her family obligationDEAR AMY: My question is about family obligations – both nancial and emotion-al. My sister and I are both in our 70s and retired. She has made life choices that have left her alone and out of money with serious health issues. She has had multiple marriages that failed. She quit working at a young age (30s) due to health concerns. I believe our mother supported her for years before (my mother’s) death in 2003. We live 1,000 miles apart. She has children who live near her: one who has not had contact with her in a de-cade and one who helps only when she feels she has to. I have been married for over 40 years; we both worked hard for decades and have a reasonable retirement that may or may not last as long as we live. My sister has often expressed how she needs money, without actually asking for it. I have given her about $1,000 over this past year. I send cash gifts for hol-idays and birthdays, but I’m sure that is nowhere near what she needs. She has recently asked me to exit her life due to “lack of support.” She has never been a kind person.I am looking for an objective answer as to what my support for her should be, if any. My last visit to see her was 10 years ago, and I have no desire to visit again. She has a social worker and gets some government help but still lives inde-pendently in an apartment she can’t af-ford. Her children have never asked me for money. The one who does help her out re-luctantly is a high earner. The other one, not so much. I wonder how other families handle these situations. Any advice? – Sorry SisterDEAR SISTER: Other families handle this the way your family is: by wading through their confusion, guilt and sorrow – and by making choices they then doubt. In short, most families react to messy situations in messy ways. You are not obligated to help your sister – or anyone. But do you donate to causes that help needy strangers? And do the recipients of this help need to prove that they are wor-thy in order to receive your generosity? It might inspire you to put your sister in the category of someone who will never earn your help or (possibly) express grat-itude for it. Will you help, anyway? It’s totally up to you. If you do choose to help, you will feel better if you do so from a place of com-passion versus obligation. You should contact your sister’s daughter to ask for her perspective regarding her mother’s needs. I think it’s likely that this unkind and needy woman raised a daughter who is extremely careful with her own boundar-ies, and she would likely advise you to do the same. DEAR AMY: Some relatives (who do not usually gather, except for reunions) are getting together for an almost weeklong time together. Everyone has to y to get there. A big house will be rented for the vacation. I had originally wanted to go but, upon thinking and pondering this, it does not feel comfortable to me in my present state of mind. I’m not sure why, but that’s how I feel. The dates are in place, but nothing else has been decided.\ How can I gently de-cline when I originally thought this a good/fun idea? – Reluctant Traveler DEAR RELUCTANT: Before declining altogether, you should do your best to sort out your feelings. I believe for many peo-ple, experiencing the personal and social dislocation of the pandemic has had a lin-gering aftereffect of a sort of freeoating anxiety about leaving home. While it is extremely important for you to listen to your own instincts, it is also helpful to occasionally push through; sometimes showing up (even when you’re unsure) can lead to positive experiences. If you do decide to decline – keep it simple. Just say, “I think this sounds like a really fun time. Thank you for putting it together. Unfortunately, I won’t be able to make it this year, but I hope everyone has a great time.” DEAR AMY: “Confused” was disenchanted with her marriage and contemplating a move with her minor daughter and retir-ing on “her” pension. In your response, you forgot to issue your usual sage advice to consult a law-yer. She might be shocked to discover that her pension may be considered a marital asset, divisible in a divorce. – Concerned Reader DEAR READER: Absolutely! Thank you. 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Mathews 5/9/23Monday’s Puzzle Solved 5/9/23 (Answers tomorrow) Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, assuggested by the above cartoon. THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek Unscramble these Jumbles,one letter to each square,to form four ordinary words. ©2023 Tribune Content Agency, LLC All Rights Reserved. Get the free JUST JUMBLE app • Follow us on Twitter @PlayJumble CENEI ATVIL LHAWET LORALD
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Applyinpersonat 114WestMainSt Inverness,FL34450 orsendresumeto erica.springer@ chronicleonline.com -EOEEMPLOYMENT WORKON THEWATER rn ‘Sick of him’: Chastain drawing ire of fellow NASCAR drivers By DAVE SKRETTA Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Ross Chastain used to be known primarily as the driver with the family roots in watermelon farming, and whose victory lane cele brations usually involved standing on the roof of his car and smashing a melon to pieces on the pavement. Now, he’s becoming known for an aggressive driving style that is repeat edly rubbing others the wrong way. The latest incident came Sunday at Kansas Speed way, where Chastain rst earned a torrent of exple tives over the radio from Kyle Busch, then squeezed Noah Gragson into the wall with about 60 laps to go. The latter dust-up led to a wild scene on pit road, where Chastain threw a haymaker at Gragson and the two had to be pulled apart by security. “I’m sick and tired of it,” Gragson said afterward, while dropping a few exple tives of his own. “The guy runs into everyone. When you have guys like Chase Elliott and other guys tell ing you to beat his ass, ev eryone is just sick of him.” The incident came six days after the NASCAR Cup Series ran its rain-de layed race at Dover, and Chastain got into the back of Brennan Poole, sending him up the track and taking Kyle Larson out of the race in the process. Larson vented over his radio about Chastain while Poole was more pointed in his criticism during a tele vised interview. “I haven’t really seen the replay, but it felt like I just got ran over really for no reason 80 laps into the race,” he said. “Doesn’t make any sense to me. I guess that’s something he’s been known to do here recently. Prob ably needs to get his butt whooped.” Last month, Denny Ham lin had a $50,000 ne and 25-point penalty upheld after he acknowledged on his weekly podcast that he intentionally wrecked Chastain on the last lap of the Phoenix race in March. “I got no respect from him,” said Hamlin, who won Sunday’s race at Kan sas, “so I chose not to give him any.” Chastain, who was fth at Kansas and leads the NA SCAR Cup Series points standings, was even crit icized by Hall of Famer Rusty Wallace, who was a guest analyst on the Fox broadcast at Dover: “He’s got a steering wheel in his hand and a brake and a gas (pedal) at his feet. He could have controlled that a little better. That was a little too aggressive, in my opinion.” Back in Wallace’s day, it wouldn’t have taken long for someone to retaliate. Dale Earnhardt had a repu tation for policing the way drivers acted on the drack, and many others from NA SCAR’s heyday did the same thing. Yet the furor also begs the question: Is Chastain ex actly what NASCAR needs these days? The series has struggled to attract audiences, and sec tions of empty seats at Kan sas Speedway on a bright, sunny Sunday were the latest evidence of it. Many drivers have told The Asso ciated Press that one of the series’ problems is the lack of identiable stars in the Cup Series. Perhaps Chastain can em brace the role of the villain. There’s a ne line to walk between creating drama and creating havoc, though. Take the incident with Busch on Sunday. Chastain was racing him hard short ly before Busch crashed out of the race – Chastain had nothing to do with that – and the two-time series champi on often regarded as some thing of a villain himself lit into him over the radio. “He’s pissed because I’m pissed that he races like an (expletive),” Busch told his team, “and so I doored him twice down the backstretch like, ‘This is your warning, boy.’” Apparently the warning wasn’t heeded. Or at least, not where Gragson was concerned. “Just got fenced by him,” Gragson said in explaining their pit-road altercation. “Nobody else has the balls to at least confront him, at least just grab him and do something. He’s going to keep doing it. I’m over it. I’m ready to ght him. I didn’t even get a shot in because the security guards got in the middle of it.” Chastain acknowledged racing Gragson hard and defended the swipe he took on pit road. “Noah and I have a very similar attitude on the race track, and we train togeth er, we prepare together, we know every little bit about each other,” Chastain said. “Denitely crowded him up off of four, and he took a swipe at us in three, and then he came down and grabbed ahold of me, and a very big man once told me we have a no-push policy here at Trackhouse.” That policy will surely be tested in the coming weeks. Colin E. Braley / AP A fan, left, takes a photo with Ross Chastain, right, before a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Kan sas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan. on Sunday.Don January, PGA champ and 1st winner on senior tour, diesDALLAS (AP) — Don January, who won the 1967 PGA Championship in a playoff and became the rst winner on what is now the PGA Tour Cham pions, died Sunday, the PGA Tour announced. He was 93. The tour did not list the cause of death. January won 10 times on the PGA Tour over 20 years, none bigger than the 1967 PGA Champion ship at Columbine Country Club in Colorado. He shot 69 to beat Don Massengale by two shots in an 18-hole playoff. Four years after his nal win, the Senior PGA Tour for players 50 and older began with four tourna ments. Jan uary won the rst one, the At lantic City Senior In vitational, and made $20,000. That tournament was never held again. January won 22 times on the Senior PGA Tour, including the 1982 Senior PGA Championship the rst year it went to PGA National in Florida. Born Nov. 20, 1929, in Plainview, Texas, Janu ary played college golf at North Texas State when the Mean Green won the NCAA title four straight years. JANUARYBlackhawks win NHL draft lottery, get to pick Connor Bedard By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer SECAUCUS, N.J. — The Chicago Blackhawks won the NHL draft lottery Monday night and with it the right to select Connor Bedard with the rst pick, parlaying one of their worst seasons in decades into a potentially franchise-alter ing player. It’s the second time the Blackhawks have won the lottery in the past two de cades, and the previous victory in 2007 netted them Patrick Kane, who helped them win the Stanley Cup three times between 2010 and 2015. Bedard can now step into the void lled by the departures of Kane and longtime captain Jon athan Toews and become the new face of the Original Six organization currently in the midst of a full-scale rebuild. Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly unveiled a placard featuring the Blackhawks logo at 8:22 p.m. EDT, sig nifying they had gotten the No. 1 pick and setting off a wild celebration among fans at a watch party. Chi cago had the third-highest odds of winning the lottery at 11.5 percent, behind Ana heim’s 25.5 percent and Co lumbus’ 13.5 percent. League-worst Anaheim won the lottery for the second pick and will get to choose among a trio of talented forwards: Canadi an Adam Fantilli, Russian Matvei Michkov and Swede Leo Carlsson. Columbus is set to pick third. But Bedard has been the presumptive top pick in the 2023 draft for several years, considered the best prospect available since Connor Mc David eight years ago and making this lottery nearly as anticipated as that or the drawing in 2005 for Sidney Crosby.
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Jim352-219-4134 Sheila352-219-1862 BlackTrousers+Skirt MacysAlfanisuit2piece,size 12,New,Macysretail$279, sellingfor $30 352-513-5339 BlackVelvetPants LizClairborneDesigner,Size 12,Excellentcondition,retail $150,asking $15 352-513-5993 BOXESOFLADIES JEWELRY 4itemsperbox $10perbox. 352-726-1882 CHRISTMASDOLLS(2) 18"long,vintagestyleclothing 1999-2000,$20ea. 352-344-1515 COOKIEJAR CeramicSchoolhouse. 7"x9"x10"$20 callortext352-586-4576 COOKIEJAR CeramicvintageMcCoy RockingHorse$20 callortext352-586-4576 COOKIEJAR CeramicPenguin$10 callortext 352-586-4576 Cookware 15piecespyrexaluminumpots etcsomebrandnew$30 352-428-0721 CoscoStepStool Farmstyle,RedVinyl $25 352-423-1088 EDGER PowermateKingPro withextrablades $50OBO 352.382.8902 GRANDFATHERCLOCK 7ftRidgeway BeautifulandWorks $100.00352-382-8902 GreenleeWireCutters Electricalwirecutter no.718madeinUSA $30 352-428-0721 HoboAntiqueBarLamp 18"high8"base, veryuniquefrom50s $40 352-428-0721 Jeans-3Pairs Size18,Greatcondition, $3each,allfor$9 352-419-5549 MERCHANDISE KEYBOARDCOVER Yamaha76keyboard cover-NEW $10 352-513-5339 BusinessLaptopComputer DellLatitude6430UforUltra book,setup,readytogo,updatedw/everythingincluding Microsoft10 Reasonableoffer 352-212-5140 LAWNTRAILER 30"Wx40"Lw/12"sides,tiltbed.Goodcondition. $40 352-419-4066 LOOSEJEWELRY Cameobracelet/necklace $3 352-726-1882 MISC.STARWARS FIGURESANDMISC.DOLLS $5TO$50 CALLBEFORE6PM 352-637-6702 NAUTICALSHIPBELL StainlessSteelexccond Picturesavail. $35352.344.1515 NEW RECHARGEABLE TOOTHBRUSH INTERPLAK Inbox$10 727-247-3025 NordstromDress w/BoleroJackettop Size12,Blackw/whitebodice, retail$100,neww/tags $20 352-513-5339 Queenairmattress builtinpump,newinbox $45cash 352-765-3475 MERCHANDISE OLDHORSESHOE&BRIDLE BITCOLLECTION Somevintage/somebarely used$90OBO Willsellseparately 352-344-1515 Bob'sDISCARDED LawnMowerService «FREEPICK-UP« 352-637-1225 PROPANECAMPFIRE Portablepropanecampfire, logs,cover,regulator,& 20LBaluminumtank. 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Citrus County Chronicle Tuesday, May 9, 2023 B9 CLASSIFIEDS HOME SERVICES DIRECTORY .. NickKleftis .. NOWisthetimeto considerlistingyourhome, inventoryisdownand buyersareready. Callmefora FREEMarketAnalysis. Cell:352-270-1032 Office:352-726-6668 email: nick@nickkleftis.com BATH&SHOWERUPDATESi naslittleasONEDAY!Afforda bleprices-Nopaymentsfor 1 8months!Lifetimewarranty& p rofessionalinstalls.Senior& M ilitaryDiscountsavailable. Call: 888-460-2264 BETTYJ.POWELL Realtor "Yoursuccessismygoal... Makingfriendsalongtheway ismyreward!" BUYINGORSELLING? 352.422.6417 352.726.5855 E-Mail: bjpowell72@gmail.com LaWanda Watt LWattC21@gmail.com Thinkingofselling? Inventoryisdown andweneedlistings!! Callmefora FreeMarketAnalysis! 352-212-1989 Century21J.W.Morton RealEstate,Inc. HOME SERVICES DIRECTORY DEB THOMPSON *Onecallawayforyour buyingandsellingneeds. *Realtorthatyoucanrefer toyourfamilyandfriends. *Servicewithasmile sevendaysaweek.ParsleyRealEstate DebThompson 352-634-2656 resdeb@yahoo.com FRANKJ.YUELLING,JR. Lic.RealEstateBroker VETERANOWNED Callmeifyouare lookingto buyorsellyourhome orvacantlot, residentialorcommercial. Over30yearsexperience. Cell:352-212-5222 GARY&KAREN BAXLEY GRIRealtors YourChristianRealtor connectiontoyour nexttransaction 352-212-4678Gary352-212-3937Karen kbbaxley@yahoo.com TropicShoresRealty PROTECTYOURHOME from p estssafelyandaffordably. P est,rodent,termiteandmosq uitocontrol.Callforaquoteo r inspectiontoday 888-498-0446 HOME SERVICES DIRECTORY Iputthe REAL in REALESTATE! JIMTHE"REAL" MCCOY I'mattentiveto yourrealestate needs! CALL&GET RESULTS! (352)232-8971 MakingRealty DreamsaReality Mypassionandcommitment istohelpyoumake yourRealEstatedreams cometrue. CALLME forallyour RealEstateneeds!! LandmarkRealty KimberlyRetzer DirectLine 352-634-2904 MICHELEROSE Realtor "Simplyput I'llworkharder" 352-212-5097 isellcitruscounty @yahoo.com CravenRealty,Inc. 352-726-1515 HOME SERVICES DIRECTORY MikeCzerwinski Specializingin *GOPHERTORTOISE SURVEYS&RELOCATIONS *WETLANDSETBACKLINES *ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS MichaelG.Czerwinski,P.A ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS 352-249-1012 mgcenvironmental.com 30+Yrs.Experience Ourofficecoversallof CITRUSandPINELLAS Counties! **FREE** MarketAnalysis PLANTATIONREALTY LISAVANDEBOE BROKER(R)OWNER 352-634-0129 www.plantation realtylistings.com PickJeanne Pickrelforall yourReal Estateneeds! CertifiedResidential Specialist. GraduateofReal EstateInstitute. 352-212-3410 Callfora FREE MarketAnalysis. pickjean@gmail.com Century21JWMorton RealEstateInc. HOME SERVICES DIRECTORY Debra"Debbie"Cleary Professional Representation IstheKEYtoSuccess! PROVENPRODUCER! MeadowcrestSpecialist ServingALLofCitrusCounty (352)601-6664 TROPICSHORESREALTY Thankyoutoallwhoserved. 38Clientsservedin2022 8.3 MILLION inSales 40yearsintheBusiness MayIhelpyounext? CALL(352)302-8046 DebInfantine-Realtor TropicShoresRealty Century21JWMorton RealEstate,Inc StefanStuart Realtor 352.212.0211 Honest Experienced HardWorking ForAwardWinning CustomerServicecontact StefanStuartC21@gmail.com HOME SERVICES DIRECTORY AGENTFOR SUGARMILLWOODS Sellers&Buyers FRUSTRATED? NEEDINGHELP? CALLME,NOW. HelloI'm WayneCormier KeyOne 352-422-0751 wayne@waynecormier.com "Haveagreatday andGodBless" THINKINGOFSELLING YOURHOME? LETMY25YEARSOF EXPERIENCEHELPYOU SELLYOURHOME! EXPERIENCECOUNTS! CALLMETODAYFORALL YOURREALESTATE NEEDS! *FreeHomeMarketAnalysis MARTHASATHER Realtor (352)212-3929 Martha.sather@gmail.com TropicShoresRealty TIMETOBUY ORSELL YOURMOBILE InALeasedLandPark? CALL LORELIELEBRUN LicensedRealtor&Mobile HomeBroker Century21 NatureCoast, 835NEHighway19, CrystalRiverFl. 352-613-3988 Unique&HistoricHomes, CommercialWaterfront& Land SMALLTOWNCOUNTRY LIFESTYLEOUR SPECIALTYSINCE1989 www.crosslandrealty.com "LETUSFINDYOU AVIEWTOLOVE" (352)726-6644 CrosslandRealty Inc. SAR011149 MERCHANDISE TEAPOT Ceramic.Vintage.Wildwest catwithguns.Textforpic.$20 callortext352-586-4576 TONERCARTRIDGE BrotherTN-550BrandNew, stillinoriginalbox$30 352-613-0529 UPDATEYOURHOME with B eautifulNewBlinds& S hades.FREEin-home e stimatesmakeitconvenient t oshopfromhome. P rofessionalinstallation.Top q uality-MadeintheUSA.Call f orfreeconsultation: 866-6361910 .Askaboutourspecials! VintageCroquetSet 6personwoodenSet,Excellentconditionfromthe50s $100 352-428-0721 WildSageTwinSheets madeinIndia,Brandnew, 100%cotton,lightblue,$15 865-201-6579 Wirelesshomemusicsystem new-neverused,2speakers, CDplayer,Bluetoothwireless, w/remote $20 865-201-6579 XBOXONECONSOLE Includescontroller,powercord andonegame$110 (352)842-4489 APPLIANCES NostalgicCoca-Cola Refrigerator 3.2cubeft.,verynice,$80 352-423-1088 APPLIANCES COMMERCIALMIXER GLOBESP20Commercial 20QuartPlanetaryMixer AllAccessoriesincluded! ExcellentCond.!$1100OBO 352-212-4622LeaveMsg SMITTYS APPLIANCEREPAIR 352-564-8179 FURNITURE 2VintageSouthernsofasin excellentcondition Perfectforgrandma! $200eachor$375both Textforpictures! 239-691-2993 CURIOCABINET 82"Hx40"Wx13"Dwith shelves-Whitewashed$100 352-613-0529 FURNITURE Early60sWoodenDesk GreatShape$100 724-554-4761 LazyBoy RealLeatherCouch beautifullikenew,costwas $3,000, asking$1,500 352-422-6091 Rolltopdesk $225 352-513-2118 SouthernLivingLoveseat likenewloveseat, usedverylittle $100608-617-4599 TALLCABINET Solidwood-Shelvesandglass upperdoor $150 352-513-5339 MEDICAL EQUIPMENT ATTENTIONOXYGENTHER-A PYUSERS! InogenOneG4 i scapableoffull24/7oxygen d elivery.Only2.8pounds. F REEinformationkit.Call 844958-2473. EQUATESHOWER&BATH CHAIR w/back,newinbox, neverbeenopened, REDUCEDPRICE ,$30 352-410-8262or 732-857-5120 FannyPack forINOGENOneG4Portable OxygenConcentrators Brandnewstillinpackage $45727-247-3025 INVERSIONTABLE $60352.726.1882 MEDICAL EQUIPMENT HospitalBed Withtrapeze,likenewmattresswithpillowtop. $350OBO 352-726-0480 Merits3Wheel MobilityScooter Needsbatteries $150obo 352-287-1735 MOBILITYSCOOTER 3-Wheeled,batterypowered $400OBO 352-726-0480 PAIROFALUMINUM CRUTCHES $10 352-726-1882 QuantumMotorized PowerChair N everused/BrandNew-muliti positional,lifting/layingdown, etc. $7,500OBO 352-726-0480 ROVERKNEECYCLE withmanual$25 352.726.1882 BrunoScooterCarrier Pushoutforrearcaraccess, weightcapacity350lbs,with4 retractingstraps,lockkey listprice$2,600 DisabledVeteranasking $900 352.697.0240 EQUATEARMBLOOD PRESSUREMONITOR BrandNewinBox, PriceReduced,$20 (352)410-8262or (732)857-5120 TOILETSEATCHAIR $10 352-726-1882 SPORTING GOODS BeautyBeltMassager Messagesyourwaist.Suntentownbrand. $25 352-419-4066 ELLIPTOGO LikeNewpdover$3000will take$1000OBOElliptogo VehicleRackIncluded 352.586.8946 FishingPoleRack 16holes,blackmetalon wheels$20 352-423-1088 GOLFBALLS ExcellentTitleist,Callaway, Taylormade,Bridgestone. $10/doz. 352-228-9030 SCHWINNBICYCLEHELMET ventilated,adjustable,Model #SW124,$22, 352-344-1515 Treadmill Pro-Form735Treadmill $100352-422-6750 WEIGHT 25lbcastirondumbbell $20 352.344.1515 REAL ESTATE FOR SALE 8.4WOODEDACRE FORSALEBYOWNER 3Bd/3BaHome,newporches front8x20,backporch12x30 w/newscreen,newmetalroof, completelyinspected. Readytomovein! $300KCashorBestOffer Ray:(828)497-2610Local 6acres with 370ftofpavedroadfrontage Mixedresidential.LocatedEof Hwy19inHomosassa. Call352.422.6088 DUNNELLON NorthWilliamsSt 3000SFMOL; Commercialbuilding on.042acre **Forsaleorlease** MotivatedOwner Contact:AlIsnetto, PalmwoodRealty. 352-597-2500x202
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B10 Tuesday, May 9, 2023 Citrus County Chronicle C Fun By The Numbers Like puzzles? Then youÂ’ll love sudoku. This mind-bending puzzle will have you hooked from the moment you square off, so sharpen your pencil and put your sudoku savvy to the test! SOLUTIONS This Spot Could Be Yours (Your Business Here) Call 352-563-5592 XNLV90454 Brought to you by: WORD SEARCH (Eyes On Health)AMBLYOPIAASTIGMATISMBLEPHARITISCATARACTSCOLOBOMACOLOR BLINDNESSDRYNESSEDEMAEYEFLOATERSGLAUCOMA GRAVESHYPEROPIALOW VISIONMYOPIAPINK EYEPRESBYOPIAREDNESSRETINOBLASTOMASTARGARDTUVEITISPeanuts 5/9/23 Siding Sof t Fa scia Skirting Ro of ov ers Ca rp orts Screen Roo ms De cks Wi ndo ws Do ors Ad ditions Pe rmi t An d En gineering Fe es Al lofour structures withstand 120mph winds 352-628-7519 WILLCONSTRUCTIONCORP. 352-628-2291 We alsoofferSafetyGrabBars, We atherStripping,InsuranceInspections r REAL ESTATE FOR SALE LovelySpaciousInterior 2bed2bath RecentlybeenremodeledNewwalkinshowers,NewAC Approx.1,600sqft Moreinfo.Call706-492-5119 HOMOSASSA 71CypressBlvd Outstanding3/2/2Pool Homeonanoversized LotinSMW Only$440,000 RE/MAX KathyGreen724.601.8619 kathygreensellshomes.com locatedonanIslandinNorth FloridawithAceHardware department,Conveniencest ore,Bar&3bed2bath house.Ownerretiringafter 10years.$1,400,000 352.498.5986 REAL ESTATE FOR SALE DAVIDKURTZ Realtor VacantLand SPECIALIST Letmehelpyou BUY,SELLOR INVEST FREE/NoObligation MARKETANALYSIS foryourproperty. Residential&Commercial Century21 J.W.MortonRealEstate, Inverness,FL34450 CELL954-383-8786 Office352-726-6668 TRANSPORTATION CARGOTRAILER 20228'X16'Arisingw/2ftV noserearrampdoorandside door110Vlights&plugsinside.Pulledlessthan800mi. LocatedinHomosassa $7500CallsOnly 407.705.9141 CUSTOMVAN 1998Savanna1500.Oneofa kind,rarefindw/only16,000 miles&garagekeptinTN. 2Captainchairseatsand entirecargoareaisopenand carpeted.Makingthisthe perfectcamperorhauling largerequipmentasthiswas designedforsuch. Refurbishedenginetiresand radio.Haveallreceiptstotaling 14,000alongwithletterfrom customcarshoponallwork donetobringthisvanbackto life.$18,500 Call901.377.4930 TRANSPORTATION SIDEBYSIDE 2019PolarisRZR HighLifterwithmanyextras 170hours,1,153miles Local515.460.1173 WANTED ALLCARS,TRUCKS,SUVs, RV's/Upto$1,000& MORE!!!-FREETOWING (352)342-7037 BOATS 1997SPORTSCRAFTFISHM ASTER ,27ft.,new2021twi n 350VortecMtrsw/650Holly doublepumpers,includeselectronics&safetygear,etc., alum.3-axleTrailer,$28,500 Local864-247-6395 IBUYBOATS CASHPAIDFOR ALLBOATS $$CALLVINCE$$ LOCAL 941-301-9946 Lowe14'aluminumBoat Bimini,trailer,&15hpTohatsu 4cycle$2,100 813-951-3253 TrollingMotors Minn-Kota 75lbsofthrust24v remotecontrol$950 Watersnake 54lbsofthrust12v $525OBO 352.586.8946 CARS/SUV 2006ToyotaSequoiaLTD 4x4,navigationsystem, DVD/CD,Sunroof,3rowseati ng,rearconsoleseat,coldAC , leather&powerseats,black exteriorgrayinterior Everythingingoodcondition 159,800mi $9,500OBO352-293-4504 CARS/SUV CHEVYTAHOE 2007-newJasper engine&transmission Ingoodshape$13,500 352.256.5980 2007ChryslerCrossfire 2DoorConvertible,62,400mi, 3.2Lengine, $11,200 Pristine Condition!Garagekept! BeautifulInterior! Runs160MPH (Butdon'tdoit!!LOL) 352-552-3484 2010VOLKSWAGEN GOLFTDI TurboDiesel,auto,fullpower 62Kmi.,silverw/blackinterior $8500 352-697-1805 2012HYUNDAIACCENT 91,000miles,excellentcond. $7,500OBO AskforCarl 352.400.8353 2014HYUNDAISONATA Inexcellentcondition,loaded, backupCamera,73,000mil Callformoreinformation 352-601-3225 CADILLAC Black2008DTS165,000Miles Newtires,brakes,Battery 18"ChromeRims Notnewbutnicecar 352-342-3917 FORD 2019MUSTANGGT HighPerformance5.0460HP 17KSpecial,Maroonincolor $50,000 Tom352-341-3803 Lincolntowncar2007 Excellentcondition,always garaged2tonebronzebody, creaminterior. Withnewbrakes. $10,000askingprice. 352-489-7696BOB CLASSICS 1963StudabakerLark Regal4doorsedanV-8. Manynewitems .$9,850 606.207.7160 CLASSICS 1990CHEVY LUMINA EURO,red,4-DR,good tires,rebuiltmotor, $5,000OBOasis 352-212-4622 1990CHEVY LUMINA EURO,red,4-DR,good tires,rebuiltmotor, $4,000OBOasis 352-212-4622 CHEVY CAMARO 1981Z28 Coupe PerfectBody,norust,no dents,4speedmunci,NEW 355ciw/450to525HP-Looks &RunsAwesome-Toomuch tolist-$25K 352-364-7229 MOTORCYCLES CANAMSPYDER 2 013LikeNewSpyderRT-LT D ChromePackageithasevery option.AutomaticTransmission,ExcellentCondition, NO Scratches,lowmiles15,000 andalwaysgaragekept.EngineSize997ExteriorBrown $14,500Callortext Todd802.233.1704 MotorScooters 2013Kymco150cc542mil& 201950cc105mil $2,200forBoth 727-415-7728 TRUCKS 2011FordF-150XLT4D CherryRed,fewcigarette burnsonseat,lowmillage 117,398k,USBmusicinput, cruise,wiredhitch,weather techliningthroughout $15,000OBO text 352-575-3621 TRUCKS 2015Chevrolet SilveradoLTZ 3,5000HD4x4,duallydiesel, 44,000mil,leatherinterior,long bed,fullyequipped,$52,000 904-806-5378 RECREATIONAL VEHICLES 2021LightWeight TravelTrailer withExtras-$17,900 352-212-6949 DUTCHMANCOLEMAN BRANDNEW 202217fttraveltrailer Sleeps6,features WinegardAIR360antenna Lotsofstorage$14,500 352-247-0788 29ftSAFARI 1998Motorhomewith83,000 miles,FordPowerstrokediesel engine.NewtiresExcellentcond, tomuchtolist!$20,500OBO Carl352.400.8353 HURRICANERV ClassA2010Fourwinds31D Lowmileage,twoslideouts, garagekept&veryclean 352.634.1874 IBUYRV's CASHPAID FORRV's $$CALLVINCE$$ LOCAL 941-301-9946 NewmarMountainAire 37.5ft1999RVwith 69,000originalmiles. GoodconditionLOCAL $25,000 207.502.2216 TRAVELTRAILER 2019SalembyRiverForest26' w/slideout.ExcellentCond. 17,500 352-215-0027
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