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MAY 19, 2023www.chronicleonline.com HIGH Partly cloudy with a couple of late storms inland. PAGE A4 TODAY & next morning FRIDAY 66 91 LOW Florida’s Best Community Newspaper Serving Florida’s Best Community VOL. 129 ISSUE 139 $1White House vows more aid to fight homelessness / A10 INDEX Business ................... A7 Classi eds ................ C6 Comics ..................... C5 Crossword ................ C4 Entertainment ........... C3 Horoscope ................ C4 Nation/World ........... A10 Obituaries ................. A6 Opinion ..................... A8 TV Listings ................ C3 Weather .................... A4Planners to developers of proposed Glampground: No By MICHAEL D. BATES Chronicle Reporter Second time, same result.The county’s Planning and Development Commission (PDC) on Thursday voted 6-1 to recommend denial on a developer’s rezoning request to build a Glamp-ground re-sort on 16 acres off Fishcreek Road in Ozello. They did the same thing three months ago by a vote of 5-2. “I’m feeling like I’m having deja vu,” joked PDC chairwoman Stacey Worth-ington before proceedings began. Worthington was the sole nay vote. County commissioners, the last word on zoning matters, will consider the plan June 20. As before, project opponents Tuesday packed the Lecanto government building meeting room to air their concerns. Attorney Clark Stilwell, representing the applicant, introduced a less-inten-sive use for the proposed Fishcreek Glampground & Ramp. Many of the out-buildings, including a pavil-ion and tiki hut, are absent from the revised plan. The plan now shows 32 RV lots, 16 luxury camping areas (or glampsites) and 20 traditional sites. The proposed use is appropriate for the area, will not harm wetlands and meets county regulations, Stillwell said. Residents were concerned about traf c from RVs go-ing down their roads. But Stillwell said the impact of RVs would be less than 1 percent of existing traf c. Residents, though, were not buying it, Ozello resident Dick Urban said the revised appli-cation is nothing more than “rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.” Resident Gene Strickland called the proposed de-velopment “the most dev-astating land use-zoning Great idea, wrong location, they said WORTHINGTONCREST School celebrates as 12 graduate By NANCY KENNEDY Chronicle Reporter No one was more excited to graduate from CREST School Thursday afternoon than Logan Ruohonen. As the Class of 2023 from Citrus Resource for Exceptional Students in Transition in Lecanto marched into the school gymnasi-um to “Pomp and Circumstance,” Logan’s enthusiastic screams brought smiles to the families and friends in the audience. “That’s my brother!” said Logan’s sister, Alexandra Hill. In his welcome remarks, CREST Principal Lee Mulder said, “This is an excited and lively group.” Then, tearing up, Mulder thanked the parents of the excep-tional students “for always putting their needs before yours. That’s what makes them able to gradu-ate.” Another poignant moment occurred when graduate Daniel Brown stood and pointed heaven-ward. He dedicated his graduation to his grandfather, who died earli-er this year. As his name was called to receive his diploma, Daniel said, “We did it, Pops.” As is tradition, each of the 12 graduates was lauded for his or her strengths or accomplishments. This year, CREST staff members Kay Carey, Nancy Hopp, Joseph McCue, Tina Thomas, Steven Walker and Heather White introduced the Crest School Class of 2023 and read their bios: Daniel Brown: A charming young man with a unique sense of style and a swagger in his step, Daniel dreams of becoming a NASCAR driver. A hard worker, Daniel has a bright future ahead of him. Addie Burdick: Playful, watchful and pondering are the words that best describe Addie. She thrives on routine and does NOT like change. She can often be found “contemplating and laugh-ing at the things that go on in the classroom.” Addie will remain at CREST in the transition program until she is 22. Joseph Domenech: With a reputation for politeness and genuine common courtesy, Joseph’s “shy-ness, care and consideration for others shine through his personal-ity.” He is also known as “the one who walks,” because of his daily walks around the track to exercise and relieve stress. Joe is “intently interested” in computers and teaches himself whatever he needs to learn about them. Dakota Hodge: Although nonverbal, Dakota knows how to communicate – and she loves to get others chattering in the class-room. If things get too quiet, her Matthew Beck / Chronicle photo editor Citrus Resource for Exceptional Students in Transition, CREST, graduate Daniel Brown points to the sky Thursday afternoon during the CREST school com-mencement exercises. The teen’s grandfather died earlier this year, according to the school. He dedicated his graduation to his grandfather, and when handed his diploma the young man exclaimed, “We did it Pops!”Disney scraps plans for Fla. campus as fight with DeSantis continuesLAKE BUENA VISTA (AP) — The Walt Disney Co. announced Thursday that it was scrapping plans to build a new campus in central Florida and relo-cate 2,000 employees from Southern California to work in digital technology, -nance and product develop-ment. The decision follows a year of attacks from Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Legislature because the com-pany opposed a state law that bans classroom lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity in early grades. Disney led a First Amendment lawsuit against DeSantis and other of cials last month. Disney had planned to build the campus about 20 miles from the giant Walt Disney World theme park resort, but Josh D’Amaro, chairman of the parks, ex-periences and products di-vision, said in a memo to employees that “new lead-ership and changing busi-ness conditions” prompted the company to abandon those plans. “I remain optimistic about the direction of our Walt Disney World business,” D’Amaro said. “We have plans to invest $17 billion and create 13,000 jobs over the next ten years. I hope we’re able to do so.” Disney and DeSantis have been engaged in a tug-of-war for more than a year that has engulfed the GOP governor in criticism as he prepares to launch an ex-pected presidential bid in the coming weeks. DeSantis spokesman Jeremy Redfern said the state had been unsure whether the new Disney campus would come to fruition since it was announced nearly two years ago. “Given the company’s nancial straits, falling mar-ket cap and declining stock price, it is unsurprising that they would restructure their business operations and cancel unsuccessful ven-tures,” Redfern said. Florida Sen. Joe Gruters, a former chairman of the state Republican Party, called Disney’s decision a huge loss. “I hope we can put this con ict behind us and get back to a more normal working relationship with a company that’s been one of our best business and tourism partners that we’ve had over the last 50 years,” Gruters said. “Two thousand jobs and a billion dollars See DISNEY , page A4 See CREST , page A4 See GLAMPGROUND , page A4
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Citrus County Chronicle Friday, May 19, 2023 A3L CITRUS COUNTY CHRONICLEArt from the Heart continues on May 25 Thanks to funding from Dementia Education Inc., Art from the Heart, a program for families liv-ing with dementia, has returned to the Citrus Memorial Health Foun-dation YMCA at 4127 W. Norvell Bryant Highway, Lecanto. Its next session will be 1 to 3 p.m. on Thursday, May 25. Art from the Heart, which provides super-vised art and music as social and therapeutic activity for individuals with dementia and their care partners, has a popu-lar history at the YMCA, but was forced to close in 2020 due to COVID-19. Now, it is back, featuring painting, drawing, crafts, puzzles and music. The program is free. To learn more or to register to join the fun, contact Janel at jwirta@suncoastymca.org or Garret at gadkins@suncoastymca.org, or call 352-500-9622.Hero Appreciation Event at Nick Nicholas Ford Nick Nicholas Ford will host its annual Hero Appreciation Event from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Satur-day, May 27, at the deal-ership in Inverness. The dealership would like to express its grat-itude and invite those who have served or are currently serving in any branch of the military or are currently a rst re-sponder to the annual ap-preciation event. There will be barbecue by Inverness Kiwanis, giveaways, music and more. RSVP on the Face-book page or call at 352-201-3979.VFW Post 4864 Auxiliary holding yard/bake sale VFW Post 4864 Auxiliary is having its annu-al yard/bake sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Fri-day, June 2, and Saturday, June 3, located at 10199 N. Citrus Springs Blvd., Citrus Springs. Come nd some “unique” treasures and lots of “goodies” to each. There will be something for everyone. All proceeds go to help local veterans.Bingo and Brunch Fundraiser coming up The Gulf to Lakes Pilot Club is proud to an-nounce its Bingo and Brunch Fundraiser. Doors open at 10:30 a.m. on Sat-urday, June 3, located at the Moose Lodge, 221 S. Haid Terrace, Lecanto. Tickets are $20 each and include 12 games, brunch, raf e baskets, a 50/50 rafe and game prizes. All proceeds will bene t or-ganizations within Citrus County that align with the Pilot International mis-sion of training youth for a life of service, educat-ing the public about brain health and safety and helping those who care for others. So bring a friend and enjoy the food and fun. For tickets and infor-mation, call Gidget at 352-476-6337 or email ondago39@aol.com.Citrus Writers to be at ‘Coffee and type’ Citrus Writers, a nonpro t group, will be at the meet and greet drop-by event “Coffee and type” from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, June 7, at the Citrus County Canning Center, 3405 W. South-ern St., Lecanto. Refresh-ments provided. For more information, email Beryl at berylstj@gmail.com. IN BRIEF Opioid-related fatalities substantially down By NANCY KENNEDY Chronicle Reporter Although one death from an overdose is one too many, there was good news from the Citrus County Opioid Task Force this month. Last year at this time, from January to the end of April 2022, there were 32 opioid-related deaths in Citrus County. This year to date, with not all the data in, there have been 12 con rmed opioid-related deaths. “We’re de nitely down, and we hope the trend con-tinues to stay low,” said Todd Hockert, Human Ser-vices Program Specialist for the Florida Department of Health in Citrus and Marion counties and Opioid Task Force facilitator. The task force did not meet this month, but the data was still released from the health department. Hockert also noted several bills passed by the Florida Legislature that impact Cit-rus County: CS/HB 179 Florida Kratom Consumer Protection Act prohibits the sale, de-livery, bartering, furnish-ing, or giving of any kratom product to persons under 21 years of age effective date July 1, 2023. “Kratom has similar effects as opioids and they sell it at smoke shops and vape shops,” Hockert said. “This is not a ban on it, but it’s restricting it to over 21.” CS/HB 165 Controlled Substance Testing con-cerns the use of fentanyl test strips. Effective July 1, 2023, it will no longer be illegal to have the test strips. “This is big for harm reduction,” Hockert said. “It Less than half the reported deaths so far this year HOCKERTMan arrested on domestic violence, animal cruelty charges By AIDAN BUSH Chronicle Reporter A Floral City man was arrested by the Citrus County Sheriff’s Of ce on suspi-cion of hitting a woman with a gun in a domestic ght. Theron Ashley Dunn, 46, was charged with one count of domestic aggravated as-sault with a weapon, one count of domestic aggra-vated assault with a weapon without the intent to kill and two fel-ony counts of animal cruelty and neglect. CCSO deputies responded around 6 p.m. on Tuesday, May 16, to reports of a domestic disturbance at a Floral City home. Law enforcement made contact with the woman Theron was dating and liv-ing with since October, ac-cording to the arrest report. An argument began after Dunn, who reportedly had been drinking, repeatedly called her expletives. Dunn allegedly began yelling at her before walk-ing toward her and throwing down a chair, she told dep-uties. He backed her into a corner of their living room while continuing to shout. The woman was afraid Dunn would hurt her, so she picked up a large kitch-en knife – in response, he pointed a handgun at her forehead and threatened to kill her. She dropped the knife and Dunn hit her on the head with the gun, which she said knocked her unconscious onto their couch. The woman woke up and felt the blood coming from her head on her arms. Dunn then shouted, “Look what you made me do,” before cursing her out. Deputies reportedly saw the bloody wound on her head and entered the house through a side door – law enforcement found blood on the couch, droplets across the house and the knife, though no chairs were knocked over. The woman was moved off the property. DUNNUSCG Auxiliary recognized by Crystal River City Council By LINDA JONES Special to the Chronicle At a recent Crystal River City Council meeting, May-or Joe Meek presented the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Auxiliary of Crystal River with a proclamation in sup-port of National Safe Boat-ing Week. The proclamation recognizes the efforts of the USCG Auxiliary and their efforts to educate the public about boating safety. National Safe Boating Week takes place May 20-26. Those interested can visit the USCG Auxiliary display at West Marine in Crystal River. Attendees bringing their boat can get a free vessel safety check from 9 a.m. to noon on the following days: May 20, 27 and 28. In addition, a coloring contest for children grades K-6 is being sponsored by the USCG Auxiliary Crystal River at the Coastal Region Library in Crystal River through May 20. The contest highlights water safety and the role of the U.S. Coast Guard. There will be two prizes awarded. Those interested can visit the children’s section of the library for more details. Pictured from left are: Mayor Joe Meek, Linda Jones, Helen Cummings, Martin Feldberg, Alexandra Feldberg, Deborah Thomas, Bill Cummings, Don Jones and Larry Taylor. Special to the ChronicleNational Safe Boating Week begins May 20 NAMI llamas By NANCY KENNEDY Chronicle Reporter Everybody needs hope to hold onto through the tough times, and people who suf-fer with mental illness as well as their family, friends and coworkers, especially need hope. “When we talk about mental illness, it’s a burden for everyone,” said Cindi Fein, NAMI Citrus executive di-rector. NAMI stands for National Alliance on Mental Illness. “We’ve started the ‘Lighten the Load’ program, which began with NAMI in Southwestern Illinois, using stuffed toy llamas. A llama is known as a pack animal – they carry your stuff,” Fein said. Fein said they’ve named their llama “Hope.” “So, we want to equate the llama, that carries the bur-dens and lightens the load, to NAMI, which lightens the load for those who are affected with mental ill-ness.” As Fein explained, when a person is going through a crisis, sometimes holding something or seeing some-thing that symbolizes hope is enough to bring a sense of calm. She said it’s especially bene cial as a tool for EMS or law enforcement to help de-escalate someone hav-ing a panic attack or even in psychosis. “It still might take 20-30 Cindi Fein, NAMI Citrus execu-tive director, poses with some of the 100-plus furry stuffed toy llamas for the organi-zation’s “Lighten the Load” program, bringing hope and comfort to those affected by mental illness.‘Lightening the load’ for families and individuals affected by mental illness See FATALITIES , page A7 See ARREST , page A7 See NAMI , page A7
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Palm Bch.8377t Chassahowitzka* 7:01 a.m.0.2 ft6:37 p.m.0.7 ft1:58 a.m.0.0 ft11:19 a.m.0.1 ft Crystal River** 5:21 a.m.1.7 ft4:41 p.m.2.4 ft10:59 a.m.0.8 ftNonen/a Withlacoochee* 2:58 a.m.3.1 ft1:56 p.m.3.8 ft9:06 a.m.1.4 ft9:59 p.m.-0.5 ft Homosassa*** 6:32 a.m.0.7 ft5:20 p.m.1.5 ft1:35 a.m.-0.2 ft11:09 a.m.0.4 ft 8:15 pm6:35 am6:24 am8:36 pm 05/19FRIDAY6:361:018:151:2605/20SATURDAY6:351:538:162:19 Predominant: TreesFri lowmedhigh Yesterday at 3 p.m.66° 11 Yesterday90/66 98/4890/62 76 2 SATURDAY & SUNDAY MORNINGHigh: 92° Low: 68° Partly cloudy with a couple PM storms TODAY & TOMORROW MORNINGHigh: 91° Low: 66° Partly cloudy with a couple PM storms inland LOW. 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.phpFRIDAY 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 106, Furnace Creek, Calif.14, Gorham, N.H. Today: Southeast winds around 5 knots, becoming west in the afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Bay and inland waters light chop. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms LQWKHbDIWHUQRRQ 85° FORECAST FOR 3:00 P.M. Friday 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. worth of investments into our state, I would say thatÂ’s a serious blow. The market is much better at dealing with companies rather than heavy-handed government.” Democratic Rep. Anna Eskamani, who represents the Orlando area in the Florida House, released a statement blaming the governor for the lost jobs. “Governor Ron DeSantis is a job killing moron who cares more about his own political ambitions and cul-ture wars than Florida and our future,” Eskamani said. “According to him, ‘woke makes you go brokeÂ’ but this is another example of how itÂ’s actually the com-plete opposite. DeSantis is not who you want for Presi-dent – ever.” The feud started after Disney, in the face of sig-ni cant pressure, publicly opposed the state concern-ing lessons on sexual ori-entation and gender identity in early grades that critics called “DonÂ’t Say Gay.” As punishment, DeSantis took over Disney WorldÂ’s self-governing district through legislation passed by lawmakers and appoint-ed a new board of supervi-sors. Before the new board came in, the company signed agreements with the old board stripping the new supervisors of design and construction authority. In response, the Republican-controlled Florida Leg-islature passed legislation allowing the DeSantis-ap-pointed board to repeal those agreements and made the theme park resortÂ’s monorail system subject to state inspection, when it previously had been done in-house. DisneyÂ’s suit against DeSantis alleges the governor waged a “targeted cam-paign of government re-taliation.” It asks a federal judge to void the takeover of the theme park district, as well as the DeSantis oversight boardÂ’s actions, on the grounds that they were violations of the com-panyÂ’s free speech rights. The creation of DisneyÂ’s self-governing district by the Florida Legislature was instrumental in the companyÂ’s decision in the 1960s to build near Orlan-do. Disney told the state at the time that it planned to build a futuristic city that would include a transit system and urban planning innovations, so the com-pany needed autonomy. The futuristic city never materialized, however, and instead morphed into a sec-ond theme park that opened in 1982. DISNEYFrom page A1 screech gets the conversa-tion going again. Dakota will remain at CREST in the transition program until she is 22. Joseph Hummel: Quiet and shy when he rst arrived at CREST, Joseph quick-ly became part of the high school social circle with his eagerness to participate, his encouraging ways and his readiness with a joke. Joe hopes to pursue a career in welding and he also plans to customize a Jeep he hopes to own one day. Joshua McKinnon: Kind, sweet and sensitive with an intense love for animals, Joshua hopes to pursue an education in ani-mal care. He already works with birds at ZiggyÂ’s Hav-en bird sanctuary. Josh is also a talented artist “with a love of purple,” and has worked on many projects for the CREST high school hallway with his friend and fellow grad-uate, Joshua Powell. Adam Mendez: A strong personality combined with a sense of humor and an in-terest in the lives of others is what makes Adam a joy to be around. He has a passion for wrestling and enjoys nding the absurdity in me-nial things. “Adam has great potential to go very far in this world and we hope he does.” Joshua Powell: Smart and sweet, loyal, consid-erate and thoughtful with a love for the spiciest of foods, Joshua Powell made his mark at CREST school. “He will make an incredi-ble employee one day as he is a hard worker and very strong.” Logan Ruohonen: Every school needs a student like Logan, full of mischief, giggles and smiles. Lo-ganÂ’s claim to fame is his incredible reach – he loves nothing more than grabbing things and sending them y-ing through the air. ThereÂ’s never a dull moment when Logan is around. Michael Shehan: During his time at CREST, Michael has shown himself that he can overcome his doubts and fears, from completing all his graduation require-ments and getting a job at McDonaldÂ’s to taking the rst step toward his dream of joining the military “with a focus on culinary” by meeting with a recruiter and taking a practice ASVAB test. Alec Watson: Hard working and bright with a love for helping, doing every-thing with a smile, Alec is the “best kind of team-mate.” He also can “bury the three-pointer like no one else, especially when wear-ing his favorite Crocs” on the basketball court. Malyki Weichman: When Malyki rst came to CREST, he couldnÂ’t stop moving and paced constant-ly. Then the staff learned that he loved water and washing his hands. Since then, Malyki has “grown by leaps and bounds” and enjoys interacting with oth-ers, laughing, singing and dancing. Nancy Kennedy can be reached at 352-564-2927 or by email at nkennedy@chronicleonline.com. CRESTFrom page A1 Matthew Beck / Chronicle photo editor Joseph Hummel seems in good spirits while he waits in the doorway of a classroom Thursday afternoon as he and 11 other CREST School students prepare to walk to their commencement exercise. application of a coastal low-estuary property that I have seen in my 42 years as an Ozello homeowner. “I am concerned about the safety of the people oc-cupying the tents, RVs and surrounding single-family homes.” Resident Pat Wade said Ozello Trail and connect-ing roads ood regularly and would hinder hurricane evacuations. Attorney Ralf Brookes, representing the Protect Ozello Waters, said the re-quest is inconsistent with the county comprehensive plan. A handful of people spoke in support of the RV park, including Debi Sullivan, who lives next door to the proposed site. Fishcreek, she said, has always been a campground and this would be a good t. “All the negative noise is baseless,” she told the board. Josh Wooten, CEO and president of the Citrus County Chamber of Com-merce, said the owner of the property would improve the area and would allow tour-ists to share in the beauty of Ozello. “ItÂ’s not a big impact on this area,” he said. PDC member James Roys summed up the consensus of the board: “Great project, wrong place.” Member Kurt Stone said the proposed use is too intense for the area, especially because the area is prone to ooding. “I believe in the project, I believe the project is ex-actly what Citrus County needs,” PDC member Rich-ard Barmes said. “(But) the location is not right.” Worthington supported the RV application, calling it a low-density eco-tourism opportunity for the county. Michael D. Bates is a staff writer with the Citrus County Chronicle and can be reached at mbates@chronicleonline.com. GLAMPGROUNDFrom page A1 Matthew Beck / Chronicle photo editor Many Ozello residents sat Thursday morning at the Citrus Coun-ty Planning and Development Commission meeting in Lecanto. Ozello resident Susie Broadwell wears a T-shirt that reads, “Pro-tect Ozello Waters.”
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Citrus County Chronicle Friday, May 19, 2023 A5 FOR THE RECORD Citrus County SheriffÂ’s Office Arrests from May 16Q Howard Anthony Mas troberti , 59, Crystal River, arrested May 16 for felony warrant. Bond $7,000. Q Howard Anthony Mas troberti , 20, Crystal River, arrested May 16 for felony warrant. Bond $8,000. Q Lynette Renee Etts , 51, Crystal River, arrested May 16 for felony violation of proba tion. No bond. Q Paul David Linton , 62, Pensacola, arrested May 16 for felony violation of proba tion. No bond. Q Lisa Marie OÂ’Callaghan , 45, Crystal River, arrested May 16 for four felony counts sell/mfg/del or possess with intent to sell/mfg/del con trolled substance schedule I or II, two felony counts traf ficking in +4 grams (mor phine/opium/oxycodone/hero-in), own/lease/rent with knowledge of it being used to traffic a controlled substance, drug paraphernalia, mfg/culti vate/grow/plant paraphernalia for controlled substance, and child neglect by willful or cul pable negligence without causing great bodily harm. Bond $85,000. Q Garry Lynn Inman , 52, Crystal River, arrested May 16 for fugitive from justice. No bond. Q Robert Goodman , 42, Mid dleburg, arrested May 16 for misdemeanor failure to appear. Bond $2,000. Q Shauna Mariah Carpen ter , 23, Crystal River, arrested May 16 for felony violation of probation. No bond. Q Michelle Marie Bagrows ki , 47, Crystal River, arrested May 16 for writ of bodily attachment. Bond $990.Arrests from May 17Q Theron Ashley Dunn , 46, Floral City, arrested May 17 for felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill, aggravated bat tery using a deadly weapon and cause cruel death/pain/suffering. No bond. Q Charley Rainbow Rise , 46, Crystal River, arrested May 17 for misdemeanor boating under influence first offense. Bond $1,000. Q Dakota Henderson Posey , 27, Inverness, arrested May 17 for misdemeanor retail petit theft (value $100 or less). Bond $500. Q Nicole Ann Kuziak , 35, Homosassa, arrested May 17 for criminal mischief (over $200 less than $1,000). Bond $1,000. Q Gregg David Atkisson , 36, Beverly Hills, arrested May 17 for two felony counts violation of probation. No bond. Q Chris Gordon , 58, Dunnel lon, arrested May 17 for felony criminal mischief ($200 or less), burglary of unoccupied resi dence, two felony counts grand theft from designated construc tion site, burglary of unoccupied structure, burglary of unoccu pied conveyance and grand theft ($750 or more but less than $5,000). Bond $32,000. Q Raynaldo Garcia , 42, Ocala, arrested May 17 for felony simple stalking, pos session of burglary tools and auto theft. Bond $9,000. Q Roberto Thondike-Sosa , 51, Ocala, arrested May 17 for felony possession of burglary tools and auto theft. Bond $7,000. Q Larry Wayne Bedford , 43, Beverly Hills, arrested May 17 for felony criminal mischief ($200 or less) and burglary of occupied residence. Bond $16,000.Environmental groups seek DeSantis veto of comp plan bill By JIM TURNER News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Envi ronmental groups are urging Gov. Ron DeSantis to veto legislation they contend will have a “chilling effect” on efforts to limit sprawl in Florida. DeSantis has until Wednesday to act upon a bill (SB 540) that in part allows “prevailing” parties to recover legal fees in com prehensive growth-manage ment plan challenges at the state Division of Adminis trative Hearings. Bill supporters have said local governments hold numerous public hearings before comprehensive-plan changes are approved, giv ing people an opportunity to have input. But more than 60 groups, including the Everglades Coalition, ercely oppose the plan, arguing that the threat of facing hefty le gal costs would dissuade environmental organiza tions and other people from challenging comprehensive growth-management plan changes. “What citizen could pos sibly bring a challenge with the threat of bankruptcy looming,” Friends of the Everglades Executive Di rector Eve Samples said Tuesday during a recap of the 2023 legislative session, which ended May 5. “We already have provi sions in state law to prevent frivolous lawsuits,” Sam ples continued. Inhibiting the publicÂ’s willingness to challenge the actions of local govern ments likely will result in “a situation of sprawl that will be unprecedented,” predict ed Jane West, policy and planning director for 1000 Friends of Florida. WestÂ’s group has gathered more than 4,100 signatures ask ing DeSantis to veto the bill. Friends of the Everglades has collected another 2,800 signatures urging a veto. During debate on the mea sure last month, Senate bill sponsor Nick DiCeglie, R-Indian Rocks Beach, sug gested that people who ob ject to comprehensive-plan changes should work to elect new local ofcials instead of ling legal challenges. DiCeglie acknowledged that “sometimes local gov ernments will make a mis take. “And when that happens, that is an appropriate time for someone to le suit and to challenge that. Â… The problem I think we have,” he added, “Some folks who go through that process and tell the government they donÂ’t like this comprehensive plan or amendment nine or 10 times, theyÂ’ll say, ‘Well, you know what, weÂ’re going to continue on and le a law suit.Â’ My view, the best way to deal with local govern ments and comprehensive plans that you donÂ’t like is usually at the ballot box.”Glampground family is eco-consciousI am looking forward to the new Fish Creek Glampground. IÂ’ve been going out to Ozello for many years, shing out there before this new family pur-chased it. I just wanted to share that I believe it would be a great improvement for that community. The family that purchased it is eco-conscious and they are looking to run an amazing glampground. I would love to be able to camp out there while IÂ’m shing on the weekends. I would be spending money in the area, which would help not just the Ozello people, but it would help everybody around. Citrus County needs to approve this development. We donÂ’t have many camp-grounds; we donÂ’t have a glampground in that area at all and we have few campgrounds on the water. ItÂ’s run by eco-conscious people so please consider approving this develop-ment. It would be a great asset to Ozello.What about the oysters?I just nished reading an article about oysters. The author explained that oysters are born male but then change their sex multiple times during their lives. I donÂ’t know how an article about transgenderism escaped Ron DeSantisÂ’s thought police, but now the information in the article has me worried. If DeSantis nds out that oysters are transgender, will he ban their consumption in Florida?U.S. might be great but Â…Reading John StewartÂ’s column in the Sunday paper, heÂ’s talking with an A.I. intelligence computer. He asked about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Well according to the computer, there was no evidence Saddam Hussein was making the weapons of mass destruction or that Afghanistan was a threat to our country, that they did not like Al-Qae-da, 7,000 soldiers killed, 100,000 wounded, cost the U.S. trillions of dollars, negative impact in middle east, breeding ground for terrorists Â… So, according to this smart computer, all the claims by the patriotic Trumpers that the United State is such a great coun-try and weÂ’re so peaceful Â… We went and caused these two horrible wars. Yeah, they were all ght-ing amongst themselves in Iraq and Afghanistan, but we made it much worse. So, all this talk about the U.S. being the greatest country in the world is just that. Sure, there are great things here, but there are also great other countries, Sweden, Switzerland, Ja-pan. We have been a war-mongering country selling weapons to countries all over the world, and thatÂ’s why IÂ’m still at an anti-war protesting hippie at the age of over 70.Move back to blue thenIÂ’m responding to Sound Off, “Time for a new sheriff,” where the person complained that Sheriff Prendergast said heÂ’d rather be an American than a Democrat. I donÂ’t agree with Prendergast being the sheriff, but heÂ’s entitled to his opinions. ThatÂ’s his prerogative. And if you donÂ’t like it and you want to be a Democrat, go back to your blue state where you moved from. Go back there and live there.Response about Social SecurityIÂ’m responding to Sound Off where the person wanted to know how much the government has taken out of Social Security. Well, IÂ’ll give you the answer. President Clinton took the majority of money from Social Security to utilize it somewhere else, so he should be forced to pay it back. Look it up.Outstanding presentationThe League of Women Voters just held an out-standing presentation and discussion by superinten-dent Sam Himmel and her team on all the educational issues in Citrus County. Well done by everybody.LetÂ’s get together on thisIÂ’m calling in reference to all the Sound Offs that are coming in where people seem to keep com-plaining about the price of the animal shelter that is going to top out at $12.5 million. I support the shel-ter. I donated to it. I think people should support it. That being said – this is re-ally my point here – if this would have been addressed several years back when supposedly we didnÂ’t have the money then either, it wouldÂ’ve been a heck of a lot cheaper than it is right now. So, to me, the lesson learned should be for everybody. The more you put stuff off, the more expensive itÂ’s going to get. How about everybody just get together on this, quit complaining about it, letÂ’s support the shelter for the workers, the volunteers and, of course, mainly for all the animals. SOUND OFFCALL 563-0579 Two Florida beaches among nationÂ’s best By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG — A 9-mile stretch of Flori da sugar-white sand in an unspoiled natural setting alongside the Gulf of Mexi co is the nationÂ’s best beach for 2023, according to the annual ranking released Thursday by the university professor known as “Dr. Beach.” The state park on St. George Island just off the Florida Panhandle drew the top honor from Stephen Leatherman, professor in the Department of Earth & Environment at Florida In ternational University. This yearÂ’s top 10 list marks the 33rd year Leatherman has rated the best of AmericaÂ’s 650 public beaches around Memorial Day, the tradi tional start of summer. St. George Island is fre quently on the list. But this year what set it apart from others is its natural beauty, lack of development, abun dant activities including shing, swimming, kayak ing, cycling, camping and an unparalleled view of the night sky for stargazers, Leatherman said. “ThereÂ’s just so many things that capture my imagination there,” Leath erman said in an interview. “ItÂ’s an idyllic place.” The park covers about 2,000 acres on the east end of the island, which is con nected by a bridge to the mainland across Apalachic ola Bay, famed for its oys ters. The other sections of the island contain a small village, restaurants, rental homes and motels, but not a whole lot else. And thatÂ’s the way Leath erman likes it. “People can have the best of both worlds there, just miles and miles of un spoiled beaches,” he said. The island has been bat tered over the decades by tropical storms, most re cently by Hurricane Mi chael in October 2018. That deadly Category 5 storm made landfall about 50 miles northwest in Mexico Beach, but packed enough punch to level many St. George Island sand dunes and damage park facilities such as picnic pavilions and restrooms. “Since that time, staff and volunteers have made great strides toward getting the park back to normal,” park ofcials said on its website. In 2005, a 153-year-old lighthouse on nearby, un inhabited Little St. George Island collapsed into the Gulf due to storms and erosion. It was rebuilt on the main island after volun teers salvaged 22,000 of the original bricks and found the 19th-century plans at the National Archives. The new location means people can more easily trek to the top for a panoramic view. Leatherman uses 50 cri teria to evaluate beaches including sand type, wave action, whether lifeguards are present, presence of wildlife, the level of devel opment and crowding, and many other factors. Extra credit is given to beaches that forbid cigarette smok ing, mainly because of the need to prevent discard ed butts. None were seen during a recent visit to St. George Island, he said. “I had to give them more credit for that,” Leatherman said. “I think people are coming around to the point of view that our beaches are some of our greatest recre ational areas. You can go to the beach and you can do so many things.” A second Florida Gulf coast beach, Caladesi Is land State Park near Clear water and Dunedin, ranks fourth on the list this year. ItÂ’s reachable mainly by ferry and private boat, or a person could walk a fairly good distance there from Clearwater Beach depend ing on the tides. Despite the name, Caladesi isnÂ’t a true island any longer because an inlet closed off, Leather man said. “The white beach is com posed of crystalline quartz sand, which is soft and cushy at the waterÂ’s edge, inviting one to take a dip in the sparkling clear waters,” he said. Caladesi has boardwalk nature trails and kayaking through mangroves that are home to numerous species of sh, birds and other an imals. Hawaii placed three beaches on the list, more than any other state. Florida was next with two. Here is Dr. BeachÂ’s com plete 2023 top 10: 1. St. George Island State Park, Florida Panhandle 2. Duke Kahanamoku Beach, Oahu, Hawaii 3. Coopers Beach, South ampton, New York 4. Caladesi Island State Park, Dunedin/Clearwater, Florida 5. Lighthouse Beach, Buxton, Outer Banks of North Carolina 6. Coronado Beach, San Diego 7. Wailea Beach, Maui, Hawaii 8. Beachwalker Park, Kiawah Island, South Carolina 9. Poipu Beach, Kauai, Hawaii 10. Coast Guard Beach, Cape Cod, Massachusetts William Kronholm / AP Miles of empty beach and billions of sea shells await a lone beachcomber at St. George Island State Park near Apalachicola in the Florida Panhandle on Feb. 5, 2007. 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A6 Friday, May 19, 2023 Citrus County Chronicle OBITUARIES Maxine ‘MikeyÂ’ C. HulseMay 16, 2023Maxine (Mikey) C. Hulse (Weichert) was born in 1935 and died May 16, 2023. She is prede ceased by her son Kenneth Jr and sur vived by her daugh ters Cindy and Penny and her son Andy; daughter in law Tina; sons in law Ron and Mike. Mikey is also survived by her grandchil dren Wendy, Robin, Hilary, Jill, Bill, Dan, Eileen, and Mikey. She is also blessed with many great-grandchil dren. Mikey loved her family, many friends, and her Gulf to Lake Baptist Church fam ily. Those who knew Mikey knew how much she liked to dance, sing, and be around horses. From church choir to karaoke singing brought her joy. Mikey enjoyed years of owning and showing horses. Although she could no longer sit on a horse, her lifelong love of horses never dimmed. As per her last wishes, there will not be any visi tation or funeral. There will be a celebration of her life at a future date. Donations may be made to Vitas Hos pice House in lieu of ow ers. Services entrusted to Fero Funeral Home, Bever ly Hills, FL. Virginia Lee OÂ’ConnorJan. 12, 1941 – May 16, 2023Virginia Lee OÂ’Connor (nee Clark), 82, passed away May 16, 2023, at Arcadia Care in Morris, Illinois. Vir ginia was born Janu ary 12, 1941, in Indi anapolis, Indiana, to the late Charles and Thelma Clark (nee Bullock). She met the love of her life, Bernard (Barney) OÂ’Connor while still in high school and they were married on April 27, 1963. After living in Indi ana and Texas, they settled to raise their children in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. Early in her nursing career, she worked at Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights, Illinois, and Little City, a home for persons with developmental disabilities in Palatine, Illi nois. She was much appre ciated by her co-workers for her friendly personality and concern for patients. After retirement to Flori da, she was a member of St. Benedict Catholic Church in Crystal River for many years where she enjoyed volunteering with the Ro sary Club. She also volun teered at Meals on Wheels and the Homosassa Wildlife Park. Jennie enjoyed sewing, card games, boating with the Crystal River Power Squadron, and trav eling throughout the Unites States with Barney in their mo tor home. She is survived by her husband Barney and their four chil dren: Kelly Strom (Ritchie) of Mahomet, IL; Karrie OÂ’Connor of Champaign, IL; Patrick OÂ’Connor (The resa) of Geneva, IL; and Kevin OÂ’Connor (Heath er) of Grayslake, IL: Sister Linda Grosvenor (Bruce) of Rotonda West, FL; Sister Connie Merkel (Marty) and Sister-in-law Dixie Clark of Indianapolis, IN; ve grandchildren, many nieces and nephews, and lots of friends around the world. She was preceded in death by her parents and her brother, Tom Clark (Dixie), Indianapolis. There will be a memorial mass on June 19 at 10:00am at Christ the King Church in Indianapolis, where she and Barney were married in 1963. She will be buried at Holy Cross and St. Joseph Cemetery, also in Indianap olis. In lieu of owers, the fam ily requests donations in VirginiaÂ’s memory be made to St. Benedict Catholic Church, Crystal River, FL or the AlzheimerÂ’s Associa tion (alz.org). Billionaire real estate investor Zell dies(AP) — Sam Zell, a Chica go real estate magnate who earned a multibillion-dollar fortune and a reputation as “the grave dancer” for his ability to revive moribund properties died on Thursday. He was 81. Zell died at home due to complications from a recent illness, according to Equity Group Investments, a com pany he founded in 1968. Bearded and blunt-spo ken, Zell reveled in bucking traditional wisdom. He had a golden touch with real es tate, and got his start man aging apartment buildings as a college student. By the time he reached his 70s, he had amassed a fortune esti mated at $3.8 billion. Zell sold Equity Ofce, the ofce-tower compa ny he spent three decades building, to Blackstone Group for $39 billion in 2007. It was the largest pri vate equity transaction in history, and Zell personally netted $1 billion. A month later, he made an other deal that ultimately tar nished his image: the acqui sition of the ailing Tribune Co. for $13 billion. The me dia giant led for bankruptcy the following year. Real estate was his trade mark, but as he noted in an interview shortly before making the ill-fated Tri bune deal, it represented only about 25 percent of his holdings. “IÂ’m a professional op portunist,” Zell told The Associated Press at the time. “IÂ’m pretty sure that no matter what topic you pick, weÂ’re involved in some way or another.” Zell was born in High land Park, Ill., on Sept. 28, 1941, four months after his immigrant parents arrived in the United States. They ed Poland before the Nazi invasion. His father was a whole sale jeweler who dabbled successfully in real estate investment and the stock market. The young Zell took pictures at his 8th-grade prom and sold them, and later took to buying Playboy magazines in downtown Chicago and reselling them to his class mates in Hebrew school in the suburbs for a 200 per cent markup. His rst successes in real estate came while he was a student at the University of Michigan. After man aging the building where he lived in exchange for free rent, he moved on to managing other properties, ultimately incorporating an apartment-management business and then selling it. After working briey at a Chicago law rm, he teamed with his Ann Arbor fraternity brother Robert Lurie and they began ac quiring distressed proper ties from developers who were bogged down by high interest rates. That practice continued through the re cession of the mid-1970s, with great success. He later co-founded the Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepre neurial Studies at the Uni versity of MichiganÂ’s Ross School of Business in 1999 with LurieÂ’s widow, Ann. Richard Drew / AP Sam Zell listens during an interview by Maria Bartiromo, during her “Mornings with Maria Bartiromo” program on the Fox Busi ness Network, in New York, on Aug. 15, 2017.Austrian actor Helmut Berger dies at 78BERLIN (AP) — Aus trian-born actor Helmut Berger, a European movie star in the 1960s and 1970s who rose to prominence with roles in lms by Italian director Luchino Visconti, died Thursday, his agent said. He was 78. Berger died “peacefully but nevertheless unexpect edly” early Thursday in his home city of Salzburg, agent Helmut Berger wrote on his management compa nyÂ’s website. Berger was born in Bad Ischl, Austria on May 29, 1944. In 1964, he worked as a lm extra in Rome before being discovered by Viscon ti, who would later become his partner and in 1966 gave him his rst role. He played prominent roles in Viscon tiÂ’s “The Damned,” “Lud wig” and “Conversation Piece.” BergerÂ’s credits also in cluded appearances in Vit torio De SicaÂ’s “The Garden of the Finzi-Continis,” Mas simo DallamanoÂ’s “Dorian Gray,” and, later, in Francis Ford CoppolaÂ’s “The God father Part III.” After a string of health problems, Berger an nounced the end of his acting career in November 2019. BergerÂ’s agent said that “he enjoyed his motto ‘La Dolce VitaÂ’ to the full all his life.” He quoted Berger as saying many years ago: “I have lived three lives, and in four languages! Je ne re grette rien!” Alastair Grant / AP Actor Helmut Berger, right, speaks with from left, actor Jer emie Renier, actress Aymeline Valade, and director Bertrand Bonello for the screening of Saint-Laurent at the 67th interna tional film festival, Cannes, southern France on May 17, 2014. 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Citrus County Chronicle Friday, May 19, 2023 A7 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 4,300 NM DJ FM A 4,080 4,160 4,240 S&P 500Close: 4,198.05Change: 39.28 (0.9%) 10 DAYS 31,200 32,000 32,800 33,600 34,400 35,200 NM DJ FM A 33,000 33,400 33,800 Dow Jones industrialsClose: 33,535.91Change: 115.14 (0.3%) 10 DAYS Advanced 1442Declined 909New Highs 63 New Lows 38 Vol. (in mil.) 3,700 Pvs. Volume 3,704 4,2334,253 18641548 9070 NYSE NASD DOW 33,579.91 33,212.09 33,535.91 +115.14 +0.34% +1.17% DOW Trans. 14,077.45 13,815.49 14,003.33 +63.94 +0.46% +4.57% DOW Util. 918.77 909.38 916.91 -4.36 -0.47% -5.22% NYSE Comp. 15,361.74 15,214.00 15,345.43 +31.51 +0.21% +1.06% NASDAQ 12,698.50 12,512.66 12,688.84 +188.27 +1.51% +21.23%S&P 500 4,202.20 4,153.50 4,198.05 +39.28 +0.94% +9.34% S&P 400 2,481.18 2,447.12 2,477.87 +19.64 +0.80% +1.95% Wilshire 5000 41,461.41 40,978.36 41,418.95 +388.57 +0.95% +8.79% Russell 2000 1,787.36 1,766.29 1,784.86 +10.36 +0.58% +1.34% HIGH LOW CLOSE CHG %CHG YTD Stocks Recap AT&T Inc T 14.46 22.84 16.55 -.11 -0.7 t t t -10.1 -13.0 1.11 Ametek Inc AME 106.17 148.06 147.79 +1.86 +1.3 s s s +5.8 +21.0 29 1.00f Anheuser-Busch InBev BUD 44.51 67.09 58.80 +.04 +0.1 t t t -2.1 +6.8 16 0.82e Bank of America BAC 26.32 38.60 28.47 -.10 -0.4 s t t -14.0 -18.9 9 0.88 Capital City Bank CCBG 25.08 36.86 30.29 -.36 -1.2 s s s -6.8 +15.2 11 0.72f Citigroup C 40.01 54.56 46.39 -.69 -1.5 s t t +2.6 -0.3 6 2.04 Disney DIS 84.07 126.48 93.76 +.99 +1.1 s t t +7.9 -13.5 52 ... Duke Energy DUK 83.76 114.50 92.81 -.21 -0.2 t t t -9.9 -10.9 28 4.00f EPR Properties EPR 33.92 r 55.90 41.85 -.16 -0.4 s s s +10.9 -10.2 23 3.30 Equity Commonwealth EQC 19.41 23.57 21.15 +.21 +1.0 s s s +1.3 -0.3 46 5.25e Exxon Mobil Corp XOM 80.69 119.92 105.77 +.95 +0.9 s t t -4.1 +16.7 8 3.64 Ford Motor F 10.61 16.68 11.64 +.14 +1.2 t t t +0.1 -4.2 16 0.60a Gen Electric GE 46.55 103.58 104.01 +.54 +0.5 s s s +59.8 +74.2 0.32 HCA Holdings Inc HCA 164.47 294.02 279.40 +3.94 +1.4 s s s +16.4 +31.3 14 2.40f Home Depot HD 264.51 r 347.25 295.16 +2.77 +0.9 s t r -6.6 -2.0 18 8.36f Intel Corp INTC 24.59 44.93 29.68 +.81 +2.8 s t t +12.3 -29.3 15 0.50m IBM IBM 115.55 153.21 126.15 +.44 +0.4 s t t -10.5 -3.7 64 6.64f LKQ Corporation LKQ 46.20 59.33 56.68 +.57 +1.0 s s t +6.1 +11.7 13 1.10 Lowes Cos LOW 170.12 223.31 209.16 +1.96 +0.9 s t s +5.0 +4.5 17 4.20 Lumen Technologies LUMN 2.06 n 12.54 2.51 -.13 -4.9 s s t -51.9 -74.0 ... McDonalds Corp MCD 228.34 298.86 294.05 +.59 +0.2 t s s +11.6 +22.9 35 6.08 Microsoft Corp MSFT 213.43 314.43 318.52 +4.52 +1.4 s s s +32.8 +20.2 35 2.72 Motorola Solutions MSI 195.18 295.10 296.53 +3.88 +1.3 s s s +15.1 +40.7 37 3.52 NextEra Energy NEE 69.40 91.35 75.10 -.24 -0.3 t t t -10.2 +10.6 36 1.87f Piedmont Office RT PDM 5.99 n 15.57 6.38 +.04 +0.6 s t t -30.4 -53.5 9 0.84 Regions Fncl RF 13.94 24.33 16.99 +.13 +0.8 s t t -21.2 -15.6 7 0.80 Smucker, JM SJM 119.82 163.07 151.88 -2.83 -1.8 t r t -4.2 +10.2 19 4.08 Texas Instru TXN 144.46 186.30 169.81 +4.47 +2.7 s t t +2.8 -0.2 19 4.96 UniFirst Corp UNF 154.72 205.59 167.19 +1.17 +0.7 s t t -13.4 +0.8 21 1.24f Verizon Comm VZ 32.76 52.18 36.13 -.05 -0.1 t t t -8.3 -21.2 7 2.61 Vodafone Group VOD 9.94 n 16.88 10.25 +.01 +0.1 t t t +1.3 -25.5 cc 1.06e WalMart Strs WMT 117.27 154.64 151.47 +1.94 +1.3 t s s +6.8 +2.6 35 2.28 Walgreen Boots Alli WBA 30.39 n 44.96 31.46 -.10 -0.3 s t t -15.8 -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 automotive repair chain report ed disappointing fiscal fourth-quar ter financial results. The personal care products retailer reported strong first-quarter earn ings and revenue. Shopping center operator Regency Centers is buying the real estate in vestment trust . The maker of software used to test and develop chips raised its finan-cial forecasts for the year . The retailer raised its profit forecast for the year after reporting strong first-quarter financial results . Stocks rallied into the close on Wall Street, pushing the S&P 500 up 0.9%, as several companies reported bet ter-than-expected results. The Nasdaq composite led the market with a 1.5% gain Thursday , while the Dow lagged with a gain of 0.3%. 130 140 150 $160 FM MA Wa lmartWMT Close: $151.47 1.94 or 1.3% $117.27$159.88 Vo l.: Mkt. Cap: 15.6m (2.4x avg.) $408.6 b 52-week range PE: Yi eld: 35.5 1.5% 300 350 400 $450 FM MA SynopsysSNPS Close: $409.71 32.63 or 8.7% $267.00 $410.91 Vo l.: Mkt. Cap: 2.0m (2.7x avg.) $62.4 b 52-week range PE: Yield: 67.7 ... 14 16 18 $20 FM MA Urstadt Biddle PropertiesUBP Close: $19.70 4.36 or 28.4% $14.76$22.80 Vo l.: Mkt. Cap: 130.0k (50.6x avg.) $204.0 m 52-week range PE: Yi eld: 32.3 4.6% 30 35 40 $45 FM MA Bath & Body WorksBBWI Close: $37.67 3.65 or 10.7% $25.75$49.55 Vo l.: Mkt. Cap: 10.0m (2.8x avg.) $8.6 b 52-week range PE: Yi eld: 11 .0 2.1% 45 50 $55 FM MA MonroMNRO Close: $45.05 -3.88 or -7.9% $37.49$55.70 Vo l.: Mkt. Cap: 1.1m (4.5x avg.) $1.4 b 52-week range PE: Yi eld: 31.7 2.5% The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose to 3.65% Thursday. 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 5.29 5.25 +0.04 1.04 6-month T-bill 5.35 5.27 +0.08 1.55 52-wk T-bill 5.02 4.91 +0.11 2.16 2-year T-note 4.26 4.16 +0.10 2.68 5-year T-note 3.69 3.58 +0.11 2.89 7-year T-note 3.67 3.58 +0.09 2.91 10-year T-note 3.65 3.57 +0.08 2.88 30-year T-bond 3.90 3.87 +0.03 3.07 NAT'L WK 6MO 1YRCONSUMER RATES AVG AGO AGO AGO 48 month new car loan 7.03 r 7.03 6.93 6.58 Money market account 0.53 s 0.52 0.49 0.29 1 year CD 2.48 s 2.47 2.39 1.94 $30K Home equity loan 9.14 s 9.13 9.10 7.88 30 year xed mortgage 6.96 s 6.89 6.94 6.84 15 year xed mortgage 6.30 s 6.23 6.27 6.22 LAST 6 MO AGO 1 YR AGO Commodities Natural gas prices soared nearly 10%, while U.S. crude oil fell 1.3%. Heating oil closed slightly lower and wholesale gasoline was unchanged. Gold and silver fell. Crude Oil (bbl) 71.86 72.83 -1.33 -10.5 Heating Oil (gal) 2.40 2.42 -0.83 -28.5 Natural Gas (mm btu) 2.59 2.37 +9.60 -42.1 Unleaded Gas (gal) 2.57 2.57 -0.04 +4.4 FUELS CLOSE PVS %CHG %YTD Gold (oz) 1,956.50 1,980.70 -1.22 +7.5 Silver (oz) 23.50 23.75 -1.08 -1.5 Platinum (oz) 1,058.20 1,082.60 -2.25 -1.4 Copper (lb) 3.68 3.74 -1.64 -3.3 Aluminum (ton) 2,286.75 2,295.75 -0.39 -5.1 Palladium (oz) 1,458.20 1,492.90 -2.32 -18.5 METALS CLOSE PVS %CHG %YTD Cattle (lb) 1.66 1.65 +0.42 +6.9 Coffee (lb) 1.90 1.90 +0.32 +13.8 Corn (bu) 5.55 5.62 -1.11 -18.2 Cotton (lb) 0.87 0.87 -0.32 +4.0 Lumber (1,000 bd ft) 503.50 503.00 +0.10 +34.7 Orange Juice (lb) 2.53 2.52 +0.48 +22.7 Soybeans (bu) 13.33 13.37 -0.28 -12.2 Wheat (bu) 6.12 6.26 -2.20 -22.8 AGRICULTURE CLOSE PVS %CHG %YTD American Funds AmrcnBalA m 29.75 +.09 +3.8 +2.5 +7.0 +6.3 CptWldGrIncA m 55.53 +.24 +8.1 +7.8 +10.3 +5.2 CptlIncBldrA m 63.53 -.10 +1.6 +1.2 +8.1 +4.5 FdmtlInvsA m 65.17 +.52 +8.5 +8.2 +12.5 +8.2 GrfAmrcA m 56.78 +.76 +14.7 +9.1 +9.2 +8.7 IncAmrcA m 22.54 -.02 +0.4 +0.2 +9.2 +5.7 InvCAmrcA m 45.07 +.41 +9.6 +9.7 +13.0 +8.6 NwPrspctvA m 53.12 +.35 +12.3 +9.9 +11.7 +8.9 WAMtInvsA m 53.25 +.34 +2.8 +4.8 +13.7 +9.3 Dodge & Cox IncI 12.38 -.04 +2.5 +0.2 -1.1 +2.0 StkI 217.54 +1.22 +2.0 +2.6 +18.4 +8.8 Fidelity 500IdxInsPrm 145.96 +1.39 +10.1 +8.8 +14.2 +11.0 Contrafund 13.99 +.15 +17.4 +12.4 +10.6 +10.3 TtlMktIdxInsPrm 115.64 +1.11 +9.3 +7.9 +13.6 +10.0 USBdIdxInsPrm 10.30 -.05 +2.3 -1.6 -3.5 +1.0 Schwab SP500Idx 64.05 ... +9.0 +3.5 +15.0 +10.7 Vanguard 500IdxAdmrl 388.11 +3.70 +10.0 +8.8 +14.2 +11.0 DivGrInv 35.49 +.09 +0.9 +6.3 +14.0 +11.6 EqIncAdmrl 81.99 +.32 -2.5 +1.0 +14.4 +8.5 GrIdxAdmrl 134.58 +2.09 +22.9 +15.0 +12.4 +13.0 InTrTEAdmrl 13.46 -.06 +1.8 +4.4 +0.3 +2.0 MdCpIdxAdmrl 257.47 +2.34 +2.4 +2.5 +12.2 +7.3 PrmCpAdmrl 144.67 +1.21 +10.6 +9.7 +15.1 +9.9 TrgtRtr2025Fd 17.67 +.01 +5.9 +3.4 +5.8 +4.7 TrgtRtr2030Fd 33.41 +.04 +6.5 +4.1 +6.9 +5.1 TrgtRtr2035Fd 20.70 +.04 +7.0 +4.9 +8.0 +5.5 TrgtRtr2040Fd 36.53 +.10 +7.4 +5.6 +9.2 +6.0 TrgtRtr2045Fd 24.62 +.08 +7.9 +6.3 +10.4 +6.4 TrgtRtr2050Fd 40.89 +.16 +8.2 +6.7 +10.6 +6.5 TtBMIdxAdmrl 9.59 -.05 +2.3 -1.6 -3.5 +1.0 TtInSIdxAdmrl 30.02 -.07 +8.0 +6.7 +10.0 +2.5 TtInSIdxInv 17.95 -.04 +8.0 +6.7 +9.9 +2.5 TtlSMIdxAdmrl 101.32 +.97 +9.3 +8.0 +13.6 +10.1 WlngtnAdmrl 69.40 +.21 +5.2 +5.8 +8.3 +7.2 WlslyIncAdmrl 59.11 -.05 +0.6 -0.2 +3.4 +4.7 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 stocks rise, adding to a winning week By STAN CHOE Associated Press NEW YORK — Stocks rose again Thursday after more companies reported better prots than expected, while yields climbed after a Federal Reserve ofcial cautioned the end to its in terest-rate hikes may not arrive as soon as Wall Street hoped. The S&P 500 gained 0.9 percent, adding to its ral ly from the day before as hopes rise further that the U.S. government can avoid a disastrous default on its debt. The Dow Jones In dustrial Average added 115 points, or 0.3 percent, while the Nasdaq composite climbed 1.5 percent. Video game maker TakeTwo Interactive shot to the biggest gain in the S&P 500 after it forecast a huge jump in revenue for the s cal year following this one. That stoked speculation that Grand Theft Auto VI is on the way, and its stock jumped 11.7 percent. Bath & Body Works was close behind with a gain of 10.7 percent. It reported stronger revenue and earn ings for the latest quarter than analysts expected. Also helping to support Wall Street was another re tailer, Walmart, which rose 1.3 percent after reporting stronger results for the lat est quarter than expected. It raised its nancial forecast for the full year, though it said it’s seeing shoppers re main cautious about spend ing. Much scrutiny has been on the retail industry because strong spending by U.S. households has been one of the main pillars keeping the slowing economy out of a recession. Stocks have remained re markably resilient since early April despite a long list of worries. A major rea son for that is hope the Fed would take it easier on its hikes to rates, which have slowed ination at the ex pense of risking a recession and knocking down prices across nancial markets. The widespread bet was that the Fed would take a pause at its next meeting in June. But Dallas Fed Pres ident Lorie Logan cooled some of those hopes in a prepared speech for the Tex as Bankers Association. “The data in coming weeks could yet show that it is appropriate to skip a meeting,” Logan said. “As of today, though, we aren’t there yet.” Treasury yields climbed as traders increased bets that the Fed would raise rates again at its June meeting, though the majority are still forecasting a pause. The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose to 3.64 per cent from 3.57 percent late Wednesday. allows agencies like the health department to hand them out. We’re hoping we will be able to distribute them with (doses of) Nar can. “Also, if you get pulled over by a deputy and you have them in your posses sion, it’s no longer illegal.” The Citrus County Opioid Task Force was formed in 2021, comprising govern ment, health, law enforce ment and treatment entities, as a response to the 65 opi oid-related overdose deaths in 2020, at that time the deadliest year-to-date. In 2022, 69 people died from opioid-related over doses. Prior to 2021, during 2010-19, Citrus County averaged slightly over 37 deaths each year due to opi oid-related overdose. These numbers only reect reported deaths; the numbers of unreport ed overdose deaths are unknown. Nancy Kennedy can be reached at 352-564-2927 or by email at nkennedy@chronicleonline.com. FATALITIESFrom page A3 When law enforcement returned to talk to Dunn, he shouted at deputies before shooting multiple times from the yard. Dunn went to a barn on his property and stayed in it, ig noring deputies’ attempts to contact him through phone calls and the use of a speak er system. CCSO called in its Crisis Negotiation Team, among others – after hours of talking with the CNT, Dunn left the barn and surren dered. Dunn told law enforce ment he “poked” her fore head with a gun out of a fear for his safety – though he also told deputies she didn’t do or say anything aggres sive toward him. Deputies later searched Dunn’s home and found six handguns, three ries, a bul letproof vest, ammunition and two severely emaciated dogs, according to a press release. Dunn was arrested and faces a risk protection or der – which wouldn’t let him own any weapons or ammunition under men tal health courts. A tem porary order was granted Thursday morning. While he was proud the situation ended peacefully, Sheriff Mike Prendergast said the isolating nature of local domestic violence cases require assistance from outside services like CCSO. ”I want to remind our citi zens that you are not alone – if you or someone you know is living in an abusive rela tionship, please seek help. Our team is here to assist you at all times,” Prender gast said. Contact Chronicle reporter Aidan Bush at 352-270-1823 or via e-mail at aidan.bush@ chronicleonline.com. ARRESTFrom page A3 minutes to get them calm, but it might help,” she said. “So, we’re giving some to EMS and we’ll give some to therapy ofces. The Plantation (on Crystal Riv er) asked for some, and a woman from hospice told me about her staff of 19 who are always dealing with people going through crisis, so I gave her 19 lla mas.” At a recent meeting where mental illness was the top ic, Sgt. Rachel Montgom ery who heads the Citrus County Sheriff’s Ofce Behavioral Health unit, said one in ve adults in Ameri ca lives with some form of mental illness, from depres sion and anxiety to bipolar or schizophrenia. If you eliminate people under age 18, that means about 31,000 people in Cit rus County live with mental health issues, and one in 17 of those have a serious men tal illness, Montgomery said. “Minor conditions such as depression and anxiety, if left untreated, will morph into a more serious mental illness … and if a mental illness is caught early and is diagnosed and provided treatment, then we can re duce homelessness and hos pitalization and incarcera tion,” Fein said. She added that there’s a serious lack of psychiatric care for children in Citrus County and an abundance of kids with anxiety and de pression. “It’s very concerning,” she said. “If they can’t get diag nosed properly, they can’t get treated.” She added that one of the best things parents can do with their kids is to talk to them regularly: “What’s something good that hap pened today? What’s some thing that wasn’t good?” If there’s a habit of asking it’s easier to detect when there’s a potential problem. Fein said NAMI exists to educate people about men tal health/mental illness, to break the stigma and en courage people to seek help for themselves and their children, and they exist to offer hope. Hope, in the form of a furry stuffed toy llama, is available to the public. With a $20 donation to NAMI Citrus, you will receive a llama and one llama will be given to someone in need of hope. Call NAMI at 844-6876264 or visit the website at namicitrus.org. Follow on Facebook at NAMI Citrus. 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A8 Friday, May 19, 2023 Citrus County Chronicle I t’s a rare day when Gov. Ron DeSantis visits heavily Democratic Broward County. But there he was recently, signing into law a long-overdue legislative package of bills designed to reduce the horric and worsening problem of hu-man trafcking of children and adults for sex, forced labor and other crimes. For years in Florida, the scourge of trafcking has received more tough talk from politicians than ag-gressive action. The mo-mentum for a better strategy received much-needed at-tention from a Sun Sentinel investigative series, “Inno-cence Sold,” and an accom-panying podcast published in November. The reports laid bare a failed system in which a deadly and illicit child sex trade ourishes, in part by allowing hotels to escape responsibility for thou sands of violations of a weak state anti-trafcking law. The series showed how a privatized foster care system sometimes lures adolescent kids into an evil world of trafck ing, rather than rescuing them from troubled or dangerous homes.Florida’s shameFlorida is a marketplace for rampant human trafck-ing. As one of the world’s most popular tourist desti-nations, it has a prolifera-tion of hotels and motels, a highly mobile and transient population, and large pop-ulation of immigrants who are especially vulnerable to being trafcking victims, research shows. The new laws are an improvement, and they dovetail nicely with the law-and-order theme of De-Santis’ undeclared bid for the presidency, which may be ofcial any day now. The governor linked trafcking to a favorite talking point, the ow of “illegal aliens” into the United States. He cited ndings of a statewide grand jury he impaneled last year that focused most-ly on human smuggling – a different, albeit related, problem. The governor, joined by M y son is 7 and intensely into drawing dragons and playing chess. When he was 6, he lived in his pirate costume for several weeks. When he was 5, he was all about his Batman outt, especially the black cape. When he was 4, he loved the story of King Richard the Lion-heart. I’ve played along, sewing outts and trying to call him by whatever name he wore at the time – he was adamant about being called “Richard” during Lionheart’s phase. When he was the pirate captain, he played the part by narrowing his eyes and slurring his speech by hiking his lower jaw to one side. I mostly allow him to wear his costumes everywhere except school and church, but do I need to be more careful? When I was a kid, activists were more interested in achieving equality in the workforce or eradicating world hunger than ensuring kids cement their self-expression by the time they become teens. But nowadays, things are different. The last few years have seen a crescendo in battles among activists, the media, govern-ments, lawyers and families over “rights” versus safety for trans-gender youth to use hormone therapy or surgical procedures to permanently alter their physi-cal bodies. Sadly, some media and medical organizations have thrown out child safety in the name of “rights.” Those ght-ing for child safety point out that these medical transition methods carry many health risks for youth, such as potentially hijacking normal bone and brain development, setting up diabe-tes when messing with normal levels of testosterone, or causing permanent infertility. In the name of child safety, our government does not allow minors to smoke, drink alcohol or consume marijuana, but most state governments will enable them to choose to become infer-tile or have parts of their bodies cut off. The pro-mutilation side says the kids’ lives may be in danger if they don’t self-muti-late. But why has this drastic form of depression-induced cutting become a valid treatment option for mental distress? The news is abuzz with recent actions from states like Tennes-see and Minnesota taking op-posite sides in this battle – both declaring their goal is to protect the children. But what doesn’t get much coverage is the havoc this “medi-cine” wreaked on the central pro cess of role-playing in childhood development – possibly resulting in the normal child identity ex-perimentation being mislabeled as a denite, permanent trans-gender personhood that needs surgical establishment. That’s a big oops if the teen has been convinced to amputate undesired features and later realizes they were going through a stage. So, what is the importance of this role-playing stuff for kids? Let’s pick my son playing pirate – an activity I also enjoyed as a kid. This pretending is far more than donning a few pieces of cloth. Role-play is part of the normal identity investigation vital to every childhood and ado-lescent development stage. Thalia R. Goldstein and Ellen Winner studied children ages 8 to 11. They found that role-play-ing and identity try-ons are entirely natural and essential elements for helping kids gure out themselves concerning others and the world. But wait, transgender activists and doctors encourage transgen der kids at these same ages – 8 to 11 – to start puberty-blocking hormone therapy to begin perma nenting this one identity – even though in most cases, a young kid’s transgender trial run usually gets discarded by age 9 or 10. I thank God these activists weren’t lurking around my elementary school to press me to stick with looking like a pirate for my entire life. In middle school, no one pushed me to surgically remove my left eye and cut off my right leg from the knee down so that I could really look like a pirate captain when I was 14. If any doctor “afrmed” my pirate self-diagnosis and per-formed the requested eye-goug-ing and leg-chopping, that doctor would have been thrown in prison. But not anymore; activ-ists herald these doctors as civil rights stars. Sadly, I may need to be more careful with what my son wears. Havilah Wingfield is a visiting fellow at the Independent Women’s Forum. She wrote this for InsideSources.com. O No more free lunch Title IX was enacted in 1972, as a follow-up measure to pre vent sex discrimination in feder ally funded education programs and to close some loopholes left by the Civil Rights Act (1964). It has had a huge impact on school sports programs by requiring schools to support and invest in women’s sports. In 1972, only 2 percent of high school and college athletic bud gets went to women’s sports. More women’s involvement in sports reap many benefits such as physical fitness, competition, and team spirit. In high schools today, 42 percent of the athletes are women. Now, Title IX is being “wea ponized” and radically rein terpreted to achieve a social goal. This response threatens to destroy women’s sports by giving an unfair biological advantage to some athletes over others. It was intended to create an even playing field, but this new interpretation will do the opposite. Reinterpretation to include sexual orientation and gender identity will give biolog ical males who transition into females (i.e. trans women) an unfair physical advantage. This debases Title IX by sacrificing safety, privacy, and equality of girls and women. In December 2022, families of four Connecticut biological girls sued over the fact that two transgender students had an unfair advantage and “displaced girls” on local school teams. The Connecticut Association of Schools won that case. The two trans girls were allowed to play school sports. In February 2023, this case was appealed and still pending a decision. The U.S. Department of Agri culture’s (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) are reinterpreting Title IX and the Food and Nutrition Act (2008) to include sexual orientation and gender identity when adminis tering their food programs with “equity and fairness.” Twen ty-two states have filed a lawsuit with USDA for tying school lunch programs to LGBTQ+ policy. Using food as a weap on causes inequity in itself. These children, many poor and impoverished, are punished for something that was no fault of their own. Trans rights should not come at the cost of women’s great struggles for equality. Sex means male and female. Gender means socially constructed roles or identity. Recently, there have been 55 different genders. The laws should stand, as written, concerning discrimination on sex and not gender. We need to protect the rights of biological women. Shelly Young Dunnellon LGBTQ kids deserve better Who can forget their teen years, when most of us longed for acceptance and belonging? Imagine being a teen who is targeted by politicians with new laws every year, laws that ostra cize or devalue them. How would it feel to be part of a group whose members are not accepted for who they are? How must it feel to be a LGBTQ teen in Florida? Schools should be places where kids feel safe and valued. But Florida’s new laws have targeted LGBTQ kids in public schools. Although teachers don’t teach about gender identity or sexual preference anyhow, they face punishment if they are accused of teaching these topics. Another new law forbids teachers to use their students’ preferred pro nouns. How would it feel to be a student whose very identity is considered to be unmentionable? And no, they weren’t “groomed” by their teachers as some accuse. LGBTQ kids are also targeted indirectly by another new law requiring that all materials in public school libraries or class rooms be reviewed for objection able content. Parents and citizens may challenge materials they find objectionable. Numerous books have been permanently removed from schools across Florida because they may con tain content about sexual iden tity. If LGBTQ kids seek affir mation or resources, will helpful books even be available? In Florida, LGBTQ kids and their parents are now sec ond-class citizens. Parents and even physicians are forbidden to provide gender-affirming care to kids and teens. Most of these kids and their parents have known for several years about their gender identity. But the government of Florida has declared itself to know their needs better than their parents and physicians. Communities should recognize the worth and value of their citizens. But LGBTQ individ uals are the target of cruel and demeaning language from politi cians and community members. LGBTQ kids are given labels like “sociopaths” and “deviant.” Kids hear that they have been “indoctrinated” by “groomers” or “pedophiles.” What a hurtful atmosphere for anyone to grow up in! Some may claim to not under stand what makes LGBTQ kids who they are. Most of us have never walked in their shoes. It should not matter! Every LGBTQ youth is somebody’s child. All are children of God. They deserve better. Rosemary Nilles Inverness Educational legislation Benjamin Franklin said: “An investment in education returns the best interests.” Governor DeSantis believes that education will promote a brighter future and has signed several legislative bills to benefit students and teachers in Florida. He signed a record $26.7 billion for the Florida Education Finance Program, which funds the operational costs of public and charter schools. The bucks did not stop there. Another $10 million for Heroes in the Class room Program provides a sign-on bonus to retired first responders and veterans who become full-time teachers. Dual Enrollment Teacher Scholarship Program got $3.5 million to provide reim bursement to colleges for tuition and instructional cost for dual enrolled students. Another $4 million went toward establishing the Teacher Apprenticeship Pro gram and Mentor Bonus as an alternative to enter the teaching profession and authorizes a tem porary apprenticeship certificate. Grow Your Own Teacher Reg istered Apprenticeship Program Expansion was funded with $5 million to allow other alternatives to gaining a teaching career. As of Sorry kid, you’ll always be a pirate now LETTERS TO THE EDITOR OPINIONS INVITED Q Viewpoints depicted in political cartoons, columns or letters do not necessarily represent 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 Gouvel lis at 352-563-5660. Q All letters must be signed and include a phone number and hometown, including letters sent via email. Names and hometowns will be printed; phone numbers will not be published or given out. Q We reserve the right to edit letters for length, libel, fairness and good taste. Q Letters must be no longer than 400 words, and writers will be limited to four letters per month. Q SEND LETTERS TO: The Editor, 1624 N. Meadowcrest Blvd., Crystal River, FL 34429; or email to letters@chronicle online.com. THE CHRONICLE invites you to call “Sound Off” with your opinions about local subjects. You do not need to leave your name, and have less than a minute to record. COMMENTS will be edited for length, libel, personal or political attacks and good taste. Editors will cut libelous material. OPINIONS expressed are purely those of the callers. CITRUS COUNTY CHRONICLE ANOTHER VIEW CITRUS COUNTY CHRONICLE Founded by Albert M. Williamson “You may differ with my choice, but not my right to choose.” — David S. Arthurs publisher emeritus EDITORIAL BOARD Trina Murphy .................................................... publisher Jim Gouvellis ......................................................... editor Tiarra Alexander .................................. citizen member Curt Ebitz .............................................. citizen member Mac Harris ............................................. citizen member Rebecca Martin ................................... citizen member Don Hiers ............................................... citizen member Roger B. Krieger .................................. citizen member Trish Thomas ......................................... citizen member The opinions expressed in Chronicle editorials are the opinions of the newspaper’s editorial board. Gerard “Gerry” Mulligan publisher emeritusToo slowly, Florida gets tougher on human trafficking Havilah WingfieldVarying Voices See TRAFFICKING , page A9 See LETTERS , page A9
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Citrus County Chronicle Friday, May 19, 2023 A9 January 2023, there were 5,294 teacher vacancies in Florida. Senate Bill 256 gives teachers a voice concern ing unions. It prohibits union dues from being deducted directly from paycheck. Unions must give members a record of all costs. Union represen tation must now be 60 per cent of employees. House Bill 1537 extends tempo rary teacher certificates to five years. House Bill 1035 creates a Bill of Rights for teachers. It also offers protection when handling classroom assaults from litigation. Students have benefited with the Universal School Choice Bill (HB1), which allows school choice to all students by eliminat ing financial eligibility restrictions and the current enrollment cap. Parents can decide which school will best fit their child. House Bill 379 points out the effects of social media, TikTok, and cell phones on students. Teachers can establish phone usage guidelines during instruc tional times. TikTok will be prohibited in the school districts. School boards can set up website filtering to certain sites. It will also require instruction on the harmful effects of social media. The school board controls school property, finances, enrollment, curriculum, school calendar, and many duties set forth by the Flor ida Statutes. A proposed amendment (HJR 31) will require school board members to be elected in partisan elections. Voters will have more insight into a candidateÂ’s beliefs and goals. Through these legisla tions, Governor DeSantis wants to strengthen Flori daÂ’s position as a leader in higher education. Educa tion will mean a brighter future for the Sunshine State. Regina Curtis Citrus Springs legislative leaders and a trafcking victim, signed a bill (SB 7064) that allows victims to le civil lawsuits and collect damages against strip clubs and other adult entertain-ment businesses, and toughens penalties on businesses for failing to verify ages and identities of workers. A second law (HB 1465) makes human trafcking subject to minimum mandatory prison sentences. A third law (SB 1690) closes the loophole that allows hotels and mo tels to evade nes and requires staff training, security and services for safe houses, which are shelters for victims of human trafcking or sexual exploitation. That law, effective July 1, will end the possibility of lodging establishments avoid ing nes after the rst time they violate rules on trafcking-related signs and training.Bipartisan supportSenate Democratic Leader Lauren Book, D-Davie, called passage of the bills “bipartisan work” (a rarity in this era of culture-war divisions) to combat a crime that occurs “in plain sight in every single community across the state.” Also at the bill signing was Savannah Parvu, 36, of Umatilla, a child trafcking vic-tim and the daughter of two parents who were alcoholics and drug abusers. Parvu gave a chilling rst-person account of how her mother sold her for a $10 piece of crack cocaine, and a Central Florida hotel covered up for her fatherÂ’s criminal trafcking rather than protect her. “The staff there actually assisted him,” Par-vu said. “They knew what was happening, but they never did any-thing to help me.” ParvuÂ’s harrowing experience shows how this legislation still doesnÂ’t go far enough. In an apparent bow to the inuence of the stateÂ’s powerful tourism industry, state lawmakers deleted a provision that would have allowed traf-cking victims to sue hotels and motels and collect damages unless a business could prove it had taken specic steps to curb trafck-ing. A sponsor of a House anti-trafcking law, Rep. Taylor Yar kosky, R-Montverde, cited pressure from the Florida Restaurant & Lodging Association, a statewide hotel indus-try trade group. “(If) we canÂ’t protect them from human trafcking,” Yarkosky said of children, “then I would ask this ques-tion to everyone in Tallahassee: What in the hell are we doing here, then?” By the time the Legislature meets again in Tallahassee next January, there will tragically be many more victims of human trafcking in Florida. Lawmakers can build on this yearÂ’s progress by giving more pro-tection to victims from any business that turns a blind eye to these horric crimes. Help is available. 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A10 Friday, May 19, 2023 Citrus County ChronicleN & W CITRUS COUNTY CHRONICLEBiden vows more aid to combat homelessness By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Five major U.S. cities and the state of California will re ceive federal help to get unsheltered residents into permanent housing under a new plan launched Thurs day as part of the Biden administration’s larger goal to reduce homelessness 25 percent by 2025. The All Inside initiative will partner the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness and its 19 federal member agencies with state ofcials in California and local gov ernments in Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Seattle and the Phoenix metro area. The goal is for the feder al government to provide “knowledge, resources and elbow grease” to popula tion centers where nearly half the nation’s unhoused residents live, said Susan Rice, President Joe Biden’s domestic policy advisor. The administration will offer “tailored support” for two years to improve efforts toward housing unsheltered people in the participating communities, including em bedding a federal ofcial in each area, ofcials said. In addition, teams will be deployed to help the com munities obtain federal funding, establish a network of resources and identify areas where regulations can be loosened and the process for securing housing can be sped up. Philanthropic groups and private businesses will be invited to help identify op portunities for support and collaboration, ofcials said. More than 580,000 Ameri cans were homeless in 2022, with 4 out of 10 of them un sheltered and sleeping on sidewalks and in tents and cars, Rice said. “We know we cannot meaningfully address our nation’s homelessness problem without a distinct focus on unsheltered home lessness,” she said during a livestreamed announcement with the city’s mayors and other ofcials. Agencies, including the Department of Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Social Security Agency, De partment of Labor, Federal Emergency Management Agency, will be involved under Thursday’s an nouncement to help coordi nate housing opportunities. Funding specics were not offered, but the White House said the program will build on the $2.5 billion already allocated to prevent home lessness under the adminis tration’s American Rescue Plan and $486 million in the Department of Housing and Urban Development funding released to local municipalities earlier this year. Los Angeles Mayor Kar en Bass said she hoped the initiative would unstick the current bottleneck plaguing her program Inside Safe, which offers homeless peo ple motel rooms and a path to permanent housing with services. The City Coun cil on Thursday passed the mayor’s budget, which pro vides $250 million for the LA initiative. It has over 1,200 enrollees so far but is moving slowly because of bureaucratic red tape. “If anything, we know that our current system on the federal, state and county level isn’t designed for the emer gency that we are facing to day,” Bass, a Democrat, said. Seattle Mayor Bruce Har rell said the White House plan will “unite our sys tems,” bringing solutions that are effective in some cities to other areas. “What’s working in one city will work here because we’re dealing with the same American issues,” Harrell, a Democrat, said. The Seattle area had the nation’s third highest popu lation of homeless residents in 2022, after Los Angeles and New York, at more than 13,300, according to a one-night count required by the federal government. Jae C. Hong / AP Robert Mason, a 56-year-old homeless man, warms up a piece of doughnut over a bonfire he set to keep himself warm on Skid Row in Los Angeles on Feb. 14.Russia fires 30 cruise missiles at Ukrainian targets; Ukraine says 29 were shot down By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine — Rus sia red 30 cruise missiles against different parts of Ukraine early Thursday in the latest nighttime test of Ukrainian air defens es, which shot down 29 of them, ofcials said. One person was killed and two were wounded by a Russian missile that got through and struck an industrial building in the southern region of Ode sa, according to Serhiy Bratchuk, a spokesperson for the region’s military ad ministration. Amid the recently inten sied Russian air assaults, China said its special envoy met with Ukrainian Presi dent Volodymyr Zelenskyy during talks in Kyiv earlier this week with Ukraine’s chief diplomat. Beijing’s peace proposal has so far yielded no appar ent breakthrough in the war. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said Thursday that the war ring parties needed to “ac cumulate mutual trust” for progress to be made. Ukrainian ofcials sought during the talks to recruit China’s support for Kyiv’s own peace plan, according to Ukraine’s presidential of ce. Zelenskyy’s proposal includes the restoration of his country’s territorial integrity, the withdrawal of Russian forces and holding Russian President Vladimir Putin le gally accountable for the in vasion in February 2022. Leaders of the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations gathering in Japan on Thursday were expected to denounce Russia’s war and vow to keep helping Ukraine ght Moscow. They were to hold “discussions about the battleeld” in Ukraine, ac cording to Jake Sullivan, the White House national securi ty adviser. A Western ofcial said Russia had built “potential ly formidable” defensive lines on Ukrainian territory, including extensive mine elds, and had more than 200,000 troops along the 600-mile front line, though it is unlikely to possess credible reserves. As Ukraine receives so phisticated weapons sys tems from its Western al lies, the Kremlin has started losing warplanes in areas previously deemed as safe, the ofcial said, while Kyiv has proven able to shoot down Russia’s hypersonic ballistic missiles – the most advanced weapons in Mos cow’s arsenal. The ofcial spoke on con dition of anonymity to dis cuss military intelligence. Meanwhile, Kremlin-in stalled authorities in occu pied Crimea reported the derailment of eight train cars Thursday because of an explosion, prompting renewed suspicions about possible Ukrainian sabo teur activity behind Russian lines. Russian state media reported that the train was carrying grain. The state news agency RIA Novosti, quoting a source within the emergen cy services, said the inci dent occurred not far from the city of Simferopol. The Crimean Railway compa ny said the derailment was caused by “the interference of unauthorized persons” and that there were no ca sualties. Ukrainian Police Press Office Fragments of a Russian rocket which was shot down by Ukraine’s air defense system are seen after the night rocket attack in the Kyiv region, Ukraine, on Thursday.$3 billion accounting error means the Pentagon can send more weapons to help Ukraine By TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has overestimat ed the value of the weapons it has sent to Ukraine by at least $3 billion – an account ing error that could be a boon for the war effort because it will allow the Defense De partment to send more weap ons now without asking Con gress for more money. The acknowledgment Thursday comes at a time when Pentagon is under in creased pressure by Congress to show accountability for the billions of dollars it has sent in weapons, ammunition and equipment to Ukraine and as some lawmakers question whether that level of support should continue. It also could free up more money for critical weapons as Ukraine is on the verge of a much anticipated coun teroffensive – which will require as much military aid as they can get. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelen skyy has previously said the offensive was delayed be cause they did not yet have everything they needed. The error was caused when ofcials overvalued some of the systems sent to Ukraine, using the value of money it would cost to replace an item completely rather than the current value of the weapon. In many of the military aid packages, the Pentagon has opted to draw from its stockpiles of older, existing gear because it can get those items to Ukraine faster. “During our regular over sight process of presidential drawdown packages, the Department discovered in consistencies in equipment valuation for Ukraine. In some cases, ‘replacement cost’ rather than ‘net book value’ was used, therefore overestimating the value of the equipment drawn down from U.S. stocks,” said Pen tagon spokeswoman Sabri na Singh. She added that the mistake hasn’t constrained U.S. sup port to Ukraine or hampered the ability to send aid to the battleeld. A defense ofcial said the Pentagon is still trying to determine exactly how much the total surplus will be. The ofcial, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliber ations, said the comptroller has asked the military ser vices to review all previous Ukraine aid packages using the proper cost gures. The result, said the ofcial, will be that the department will have more available fund ing authority to use as the Ukraine offensive nears. The aid surplus was rst reported by The Wall Street Journal. To date the U.S. has pro vided Ukraine nearly $37 billion in military aid since Russia invaded in February 2022. The bulk of that has been in weapons systems, millions of munitions and ammunition rounds, and an array of trucks, sensors, radars and other equip ment pulled from Pentagon stockpiles and sent quickly to Ukraine. IN BRIEF TikTok content creators file lawsuit against Montana HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Five TikTok content creators have led a law suit seeking to overturn a planned ban on the video sharing app in Montana, arguing the law is an un constitutional violation of free speech rights. The Montana residents also argued in a legal com plaint led late Wednesday in federal court in Missoula that the state doesn’t have any authority over matters of national security. Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte signed the bill into law Wednesday and said it would protect Mon tana residents’ private data and personal information from being harvested by the Chinese government. The ban is scheduled to take effect on Jan. 1, 2024. “We expected a legal challenge and are fully pre pared to defend the law,” said Emily Flower, spokes woman for the Montana Department of Justice. TikTok has argued the law infringes on people’s First Amendment rights. However, spokesperson Brooke Oberwetter de clined to comment on the lawsuit Thursday. She also declined to say whether the company helped coordinate the complaint led by the TikTok content creators. The creators are ve Montana residents who use the video-sharing app for things like to promoting a business, connecting with military veterans, intro ducing others to ranch life, sharing outdoor adventures or expressing their sense of humor. Some of them make signicant money from the app, the complaint states. The lawsuit – led with out public notice just hours after Gianforte signed the measure into law – states the ban would “immediate ly and permanently deprive Plaintiffs of their ability to express themselves and communicate with others.”Videos show gunman saying ‘kill me’ to officers SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Videos released Thurs day of this week’s deadly rampage in northwest New Mexico recorded a voice said to be the shooter urg ing police to “kill me” and ofcers rushing toward the 18-year-old gunman be fore fatally shooting him outside a church. “He is yelling on the Ring footage, ‘Come kill me,’” Farmington Police Chief Steve Hebbe said of Beau Wilson, the high school senior who authorities say killed three older women during the attack. “He’s making a stand, he has opportunities to run off, he does not use those oppor tunities,” Hebbe said. “So yes it’s my belief that ulti mately in his head, he has made the decision that he is going to stand and ght it out until he is killed.” Three older woman were killed Monday by the shoot er, including a mother and daughter who happened to be driving through the neighborhood. The victims were identied as long time Farmington residents Gwendolyn Schoeld, 97, her 73-year-old daughter, Melody Ivie, and 79-year-old Shirley Voita.Report: 10K bridges similar to one that collapsed should be checked (AP) — Investigators looking into the collapse of a Pittsburgh bridge want transportation ofcials na tionwide to examine more than 10,000 other bridges with similar construction to ensure they don’t have the same kind of corrosion that was found on the bridge that collapsed. The National Transpor tation Safety Board said in a report Thursday that drainage problems on the weathered steel bridge that failed allowed the metal legs to deteriorate over time. It determined Pennsylvania neglected for years to perform the main tenance needed to clear the debris, dirt and leaves that were causing the problem, even though inspectors noted the issue. Rust that caused the de terioration of the Pitts burgh bridge’s steel legs and allowed holes to form in the structure was noted on every inspection done since 2005, including one completed just four months before the Fern Hollow Bridge collapsed on Jan. 28, 2022. Work was done in 2009 to clear the debris clogging the bridge’s drain age system, but that wasn’t repeated in the years since even after inspectors said in every report between 2011 and 2021 that the drains had become clogged again. 8-year-old girl dies in Border Patrol custody in Texas MCALLEN, Texas (AP) — A little girl from Panama born with heart problems died in Border Patrol custo dy Wednesday, the second death of a child from Latin America in U.S. govern ment custody in two weeks. The 8-year-old girl and her family were being held in Harlingen, Texas, in the Rio Grande Valley, one of the busiest corridors for migrant crossings, the Bor der Patrol’s parent agency, U.S. Customs and Bor der Protection, said. The agency has struggled with overcrowding at its facil ities, spurred by a large increase in migrants ahead of the expiration last week of a key regulation on im migration linked to the COVID-19 pandemic. The girl experienced “ a medical emergency ” and emergency medical ser vices were called. They took her to the hospital where she was pronounced dead, the agency said. The girl’s name was Ana dith Tanay Reyes Alvarez, said Honduran Consul José Leonardo Navas. He said she is from Panama, although her parents are from Honduras. The con sul said that she was travel ing with her father, mother and two older siblings. She was born with heart problems and was operated on three years ago in Pana ma, according to her father who spoke with the consul.Court avoids ruling on law shielding internet companies WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with Goo gle, Twitter and Facebook in lawsuits seeking to hold them liable for terrorist attacks. But the justices sidestepped the big issue hovering over the cases, the federal law that shields social media companies from being sued over con tent posted by others. The justices unanimously rejected a lawsuit alleging that the companies allowed their platforms to be used to aid and abet an attack at a Turkish nightclub that killed 39 people in 2017. In the case of an Amer ican college student who was killed in an Islamic State terrorist attack in Paris in 2015, a unanimous court returned the case to a lower court, but said there appeared to be little, if any thing, left of it. The high court initially took up the Google case to decide whether the com panies’ legal shield for the social media posts of oth ers, contained in a 1996 law known as Section 230, is too broad. Instead, though, the court said it was not necessary to reach that issue because there is little tying Google to responsibility for the Paris attack.
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S CITRUS COUNTY CHRONICLE Section B FRIDAY, MAY 19 , 2023 By MATT PFIFFNER Sports editor The annual Student Athletic Recognitions (STARS) banquet was held Thursday night at the Col lege of Central Florida in Lecanto. The athletes of the year in Citrus County for each high school sport were an nounced, and awards were also handed out for schol ar-athletes of the year, Will Bleakley MVPs and over all female and male ath letes of the year. Here are this year’s win ners:FallVolleyball – Mallori Grey, senior, Lecanto Boys Golf – Luke Wood, junior, Citrus Girls Golf – Mikayla Pungsuwan, freshman, Le canto Boys Cross Country – Lo gan Shaw, senior, Citrus Girls Cross Country – Catalina Veldwijk, junior, Lecanto Boys Swimming – Drew Jenkins, senior, Citrus Girls Swimming – Grace Burkholder, senior, Lecanto Football Offense – Nehe miah Vann, senior, Seven Rivers Christian Football Defense – Travis LaBelle, senior, LecantoWinterBoys Basketball – JT Tip ton, freshman, Lecanto Girls Basketball – Jillian Landgraf, senior, Citrus Boys Soccer – Zachary Seneriz, junior, Lecanto Girls Soccer – Mallory Mushlit, senior, Lecanto Girls Weightlifting – Ava Rueck, sophomore, Lecanto Wrestling – Tim Gray, ju nior, Crystal RiverSpringBoys Weightlifting – Trev or Rueck, junior, Lecanto Flag Football Offense STARS winners are announced MATT PFIFFNER / Sports editor Mallori Grey of Lecanto was named the Chronicle’s Female Ath lete of the Year at the STARS banquet Thursday night. By MATT PFIFFNER Sports editor JACKSONVILLE — The high school careers came to a close for a pair of Crystal River seniors on Thursday, competing against the best in the state at the Class 2A Track & Field State Championships at Hodges Stadium on the campus of the University of North Florida. Bailee Einspahr was competing in the girls jav elin for the third year in a row, while Kasey Strom was making her rst ap pearance in the discus. Einspahr just missed medaling in the girls jave lin for the second year in a row with a ninth-place season-best toss of 32.64 meters (107-feet 1-inch). The top eight place n ishers medal. Einspahr n ished seventh a year ago. After struggling with her throwing much of the spring, the Pirate was hap py all four of her throws Thursday were better than any she had this season. “I felt a lot better than I had throughout the rest of the season,” she said. “I didn’t expect to come in and medal, I was ranked 17th (out of 18 qualiers). So the fact that I’m top 10, I’m good with that. “I tried not to focus too much on last year so that my expectations weren’t up there, and I didn’t dis appoint myself in the end.” Einspahr unleashed her best throw of the compe tition on her rst attempt. “It felt good. A relief went through my body when I saw it was past 30,” Einspahr said. “I hit 30 a few times this season but just hadn’t broke 31 quite yet.” It was the third trip to state in a row for the Pirate javelin thrower and she heads to college ready to continue in that event. “That was pretty much it for me this year. I gured out earlier that I was hav ing a rough season, so just getting here was the goal for me,” she said. “And it’s not over for me. Still have four more years coming after this. “I’m a three-time state qualier and going to col lege for it. I’m very proud of what I’ve done in my time at Crystal River.” Strom can also be proud of her Crystal River athlet ic career. A two-time state qualier in weightlifting, the Pirate senior closed out the year at the state track meet for the discus. Strom got in three of her four throws before a weather delay sent every one out of the stadium. She came back later for her nal throw and the Pirate nished 17th in 2A with a best toss of 28.68 meters (95-feet 1-inch).Taking on the best CR’s Einspahr, Strom finish careers at state track meet MATT PFIFFNER / Sports editor Bailee Einspahr of Crystal River unleashes the javelin during the Class 2A Track & Field State Championships on Thursday in Jacksonville. Einspahr finished ninth in the state. MATT PFIFFNER / Sports editor Kasey Strom of Crystal River begins her spin during the discus competition Thursday at the Class 2A Track & Field State Championships in Jacksonville. By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer PITTSFORD, N.Y. — Bryson DeChambeau was back on a major stage Thursday. No longer the incredible bulk, he still lashed away with speed and strength that carried him to a 4-under 66 at tough Oak Hill and the early lead in the PGA Championship. DeChambeau kept the ball in play for most of the round and powered his way out of the gnarly rough the few times he got out of position. He matched his low score at the PGA Championship and led by one over Scottie Schefer, Dustin Johnson and Corey Conners. Still to be determined was whether he would be leading after the opening round. A two-hour frost de lay meant 30 players didn’t nish because of dark ness. They were to return Friday morning to nish. That included Bobby Cole, the 34-year-old PGA Tour rookie who was at 5 under with four holes remaining. “It’s a fantastic round of golf at Oak Hill,” DeCham beau said. “It’s a prestigious place, very difcult golf course. As I was looking at DeChambeau resurfaces at Oak Hill and leads PGA Championship Eric Gay / AP Bryson DeChambeau watches his tee shot on the 14th hole during the first round of the PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club on Thursday in Pittsford, N.Y. By LARRY FLEISHER Associated Press NEW YORK — Pete Alonso homered again and the New York Mets beat the Tampa Bay Rays 3-2 on Thursday to post consecu tive wins for the rst time in a month. The game was tied at 2 before Tommy Pham legged out a bouncer to third with one out in the sixth inning, driving in Jeff McNeil with the ineld hit against Zack Littell (0-1). Tylor Megill (5-2) worked six innings of two-run ball for the win. David Robert son allowed Randy Aroza rena’s one-out double in the ninth before nishing his eighth save. “It’s great,” Alonso said. “We’re a talented bunch. We know we’re talented. Our talent has been here the entire year. It’s just a matter about performing. For us to perform against a high qual ity opponent is a good sign for us.” The Mets won consecu tive games for the rst time since April 20-21 in San Francisco. They won a se ries for the rst time since taking two of three at the Los Angeles Dodgers from April 17-19. “For us to be able to scratch out two out of three against them is big for us,” Robertson said. “We needed one of those for our con dence.” Josh Lowe homered for Tampa Bay, which has dropped four of six. Lowe Alonso, Pham help Mets beat Rays See STARS , page B3 See PGA , page B3 See RAYS , page B4
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B2 Friday, May 19, 2023 Citrus County Chronicle By JOSEPH WILSON and HOWARD FENDRICH Associated Press For months, Rafael Nadal waited for his body to heal. Waited to be able to push himself around a court at full speed, with full energy, of the sort that has carried him to a record 14 titles at the French Open and a to tal of 22 at all Grand Slam tournaments. He nally acknowledged Thursday it wasn’t going to happen in time for Roland Garros, where play begins in 10 days – and, while he’s not exactly sure when he will be fully recovered from a lingering hip injury, Nad al said he expects to return to action at some point and probably wrap up his career in 2024. Speaking at a news con ference at his tennis acad emy in Manacor, Spain, the 36-year-old Nadal an nounced he will miss the clay-court French Open for the rst time since making his debut – and, naturally, claiming the trophy – there in 2005. He also spoke about his future in a sport that he and Big Three rivals Rog er Federer, who retired last year, and Novak Djokovic have ruled for decades. “You can´t keep demand ing more and more from your body, because there comes a moment when your body raises a white ag,” said Nadal, who sat alone on a stage, wearing jeans and a white polo shirt, as his session with the media was carried live in Spain by the state broadcaster’s 24-hour sports network. “Even though your head wants to keep going, your body says this is as far it goes.” He did not offer a date for his return to the tennis tour, but said it is likely to take months. “You never know how things will turn out,” said Nadal, who answered ques tions in English, Spanish and the local Mallorcan di alect, “but my intention is that next year will be my last year.” One thing he made clear: He does not want to bow out like this, holding a mi crophone in his left hand in stead of a racket. Nadal has been the ultimate competi tor, playing every point as if it might be his last, as if the outcome might depend on each and every swing. That hard-charging style has been at the heart of his brilliance on the court – and also perhaps contributed to a series of injuries over the years. “I don’t deserve,” Nadal said, “to end my career like this, in a press conference.” He is just 1-3 this season and has dropped seven of his past nine matches over all, dating to a fourth-round loss to Frances Tiafoe in the U.S. Open’s fourth round last September. The Spaniard hasn’t com peted anywhere since he lost to Mackie McDonald in the second round of the Australian Open on Jan. 18, when his movement clearly was restricted by a bother some left hip exor. That was Nadal’s earliest Grand Slam exit since 2016. An MRI exam the next day revealed the extent of the injury, and his manager said at the time that Nadal was expected to need up to two months to fully recover. He initially aimed to enter the Monte Carlo Masters in March on his beloved red clay, but he wasn’t able to play there, then subsequent ly sat out tournament after tournament, decreasing the likelihood that he would be ready for the French Open. It is one thing for Nadal to lose more frequently, and in earlier rounds, than he usu ally has over the course of his illustrious career – one in which his 22 major titles are tied with Djokovic for the most by a man (Feder er won 20), and includes 92 trophies in all, along with more than 1,000 tour-level match wins. It is another thing entire ly for Nadal to be missing from Roland Garros, where he has appeared 18 times in a row and is 112-3 over his career. He lifted the trophy in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2022, when he be came the oldest champion in tournament history. French Open tournament director Amélie Maures mo said she is “so disap pointed” for Nadal, for the event’s spectators and for all tennis fans. “My thoughts go out to him, as I can only imagine the pain and sadness he must be feeling after having to make such a hard deci sion. It’s heartbreaking,” said Mauresmo, a former No. 1-ranked player who won two major singles ti tles. “We hope that he will be able to recover quickly so that he can get back out onto the tennis courts, and we hope to see him at Ro land Garros next year.” Nadal’s birthday is June 3, when ordinarily he might have been playing his third-round match in Court Philippe Chatrier weeks from now. Instead, he will be absent right from the start in Par is this time. And soon, it seems, he could be bidding the tennis tour adieu for good. “Tournaments stay forev er; players play and leave. So Roland Garros will al ways be Roland Garros, with or without me, without a doubt. The tournament is going to keep being the best event in the world of clay, and there will be a new Roland Garros champion – and it is not going to be me,” Nadal said. “And that is life.”Rafael Nadal to miss French Open with hip injury, expects 2024 to be last season Francisco Ubilla / AP Spain’s Rafael Nadal speaks during a press conference at his tennis academy on Thursday in Manacor, Mallorca, Spain. Nadal announced that he is pulling out of the French Open because of a lingering hip injury and he expects 2024 to be the final season of his career. By STEPHEN WHYNO Associated Press BALTIMORE — Mage winning the Kentucky Der by gave horse racing a wel come distraction. After seven horses died at Churchill Downs over a span of 10 days, the sport got a winner with a unique story. No conglomerate owners, no big-name trainers. Mage is the rst Derby winner with ties to Venezuela in more than half a century, and near ly 400 people can call them selves one of his co-owners. Mage can make them all even happier if he can win the Preakness on Saturday and keep alive the chance for a Triple Crown. “I had been working on this goal for many years,” trainer Gustavo Delgado Sr. said through an interpreter in his ofce at Pimlico on Thursday. “It would be a re ward for our work and our sacrices. And also, it would mean a lot to give back to all the people that have be lieved in me: my family, the owners and the people that have been involved with the horse.” Nearly everyone involved on a daily basis with running the horse is from Venezuela: Delgado and son Gustavo Jr., exercise rider J.J. Delga do and jockey Javier Castel lano, who won the Derby in his 16th try. Gustavo Delga do Jr. said Mage’s success means “everything” back home. “It means a lot to my coun try because they deserve it: They need something to feel proud of,” he said. “It’s about (showing) that we’re capable, too, and in a good way it’s a blessing for my country.” A blessing but not a coinci dence. Delgado Sr. – known affectionately as “Puma” – won the Venezuelan Triple Crown twice before turning his attention to the U.S. It was his goal to nd horses good enough to compete at the elite levels of racing here. After 18thand 13th-place nishes in the Derby in 2016 and ‘19, he found Mage – horse who delivered for the Delgados and beyond. Gustavo Jr. owns a 25 per cent stake, blood stock agent Ramiro Restrepo 25 percent and Sam Sterling 25 percent. The other 25 percent be longs to Commonwealth, a group that sells micro shares to anyone who wants to get in on a thoroughbred race horse for as little as $50. There are 382 stakeholders in Mage all over the U.S. and in roughly a dozen other countries around the world, down to single-share own ers. “We have people from all walks of life: We have ex ecutives and surgeons, and we have factory workers and laborers,” said Chase Cham berlin, Commonwealth co-founder and head of rac ing. “The reactions are all the same. When that horse crossed the nish line ... you forget how many shares you have. You feel like the king of the world.” One of Mage’s owners, Rebecca Vesty, died in April after ghting breast cancer for several years. Chamber lin later learned that multiple horse shows full of people who knew her stopped to watch the Derby and got to see NBC Sports tell her story after Mage won. In the winner’s circle with Commonwealth co-founder Brian Doxator, Chamberlin had a thought. “What good is a great stage unless you can share it with others?” he recalled. “These horses allow us to connect with people in such pro found ways and in so many ways that we don’t even re alize.” Restrepo, whose grandfa ther emigrated from Colom bia, realizes it from spend ing his entire life around horse racing. It was a family dream to have a horse in the Derby, let alone win it, and Restrepo said, “A genie in a bottle couldn’t have granted a better wish than that.” More than three decades since watching Easy Goer and Sunday Silence go neck and neck down the stretch in the 1989 Preakness, Re strepo this week talked about enjoying the race no matter where Mage nishes. “There’s no need for us to put added human pressure of expectations on a horse,” Re strepo said. “He’s going to race. He’s going to give his best effort and on our end, just soak it all in, take this all in and enjoy it and just love the process.” Doxator described his role as a full-circle moment, re turning to Baltimore with the Derby winner long after he lived there and watched Aeet Alex, Bernardini and Curlin win the Preakness from 2005-07. Mage is a grandson of Curlin and will have about 100 co-owners cheering him on at Pimlico. “The fact that this wild idea has turned into some thing that has had this ripple effect and brought so much joy to so many people, that’s really what it’s about,” Dox ator said. “We all share in that emotion and and we’re all forever connected by it.”Triple Crown hopeful Mage heads to the Preakness By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer INDIANAPOLIS — Jeff Gordon remembers stand ing along the fence of pit lane at Indianapolis Motor Speedway as a child, hop ing that his hero Rick Mears would walk past and give the aspiring young driver an autograph. As he grew older, Gordon dreamed of following in Mears’ footsteps and driv ing in the Indianapolis 500. His path ultimately led him toward stock cars, where the NASCAR Hall of Famer built one of the best resumés in the history of the sport. Now, eight years after re tiring as a driver, Gordon has found his way back to the speedway. He was part of the Hen drick Motorsports entou rage that arrived Thursday with Kyle Larson, who started the immersion pro cess to prepare for the Indy 500 in 2024. A two-year deal between Arrow Mc Laren Racing and the 2021 NASCAR champion with Hendrick Motorsports gives Larson a chance to fulll the childhood dreams he shared with his own father. It also gives Gordon and Rick Hendrick an oppor tunity to be part of “The Greatest Spectacle in Rac ing.” “This is bringing back a lot of memories from when I was a kid,” Gordon said as he watched the start of prac tice from atop a McLaren pit stand. “I never got this experience and I watched a lot of my heroes go around this track in an Indy car. “Kyle has always made it known that he wanted it to be possible to get behind the wheel of an Indy car and do the Indy 500,” Gor don added, “and we’re here to learn all we can to plan logistically as well as all he needs from a competition standpoint.” The deal was brokered by Gordon, the winningest driver on Indy’s 2.5-mile oval with ve NASCAR victories, and McLaren Racing boss Zak Brown, who will will eld the car for Larson in conjunction with Hendrick Motorsports and Larson’s sponsor from NASCAR. When Brown rst ap proached Gavin Ward, Mc Laren’s new racing director, he wasn’t sure about ex panding the team’s Indy 500 eet. The team this year will eld four teams with regular drivers Pato O’Ward, Felix Rosenqvist, newcomer Al exander Rossi and 2013 Indy 500 winner Tony Ka naan, who claims the May 28 race will be his IndyCar nale. Larson would be at least a fourth car next year, if not a fth for McLaren. “I said, ‘Well, if you gave me Kyle Larson to put in it, I’d denitely want to do it,’” Ward said. “Little did I know it was even a pos sibility. I was just joking. And then it was, ‘We’ll nd a way to make it happen if you can do that.’ Lo and be hold.” Larson, considered one of the most versatile racers in the U.S. because of his ex tensive background in dirt track racing, has 21 career NASCAR Cup Series wins, including two so far this season. His 10 wins in 2021 earned him his rst Cup ti tle, and last weekend he was celebrated as one of NA SCAR’s 75 greatest drivers. To run the Indy 500, Lar son will also attempt “The Double” by racing in NA SCAR’s Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway the same night. Five drivers have previously tried it, the last of them Kurt Busch in 2014, and only Tony Stew art in 2001 was able to com plete all 1,100 miles. “I wanted to be patient and kind of wait for the timing to feel right. It feels right,” Larson said. “Jeff kind of told me that I get to live out a dream of his. That’s real ly special also to me. In my opinion, this is the biggest race in the world, so you want to be a part of the big ones. Hopefully someday be a winner of a big event.” Larson had his seat t in an Indy car but has yet to do testing or simulator work. Nonetheless, he was busy Thursday, soaking in the day of practice with the Mc Laren team and debrieng with his future teammates. As exciting as the buildup already is, Larson is looking forward to racing the Indy 500 in front of his father, Mike. “It really more than any body makes my dad really proud. That’s something that’s special to me,” Larson said. “There’s denitely no bigger race to him than the Indy 500. I know he’s want ed me to do it for a very long time. “It’s going to be really special to see him kind of see me during driver in troductions and stuff like that. He’s a crier, so he’ll probably not even be able to watch the race, because he’ll have tears in his eyes the whole time. That’s the thing that’s most special to me at this point, knowing I’m in the Indy 500 is mak ing him proud.”Larson and Hendrick crew arrive for Indianapolis 500 immersion Darron Cummings / AP NASCAR’s Kyle Larson watches practice for the Indianapolis 500 auto race from an Arrow McLaren pit box at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Thursday in Indianapolis. Larson announced that he will drive in the 2024 Indianapolis 500 for Arrow McLaren. Julio Cortez / AP Kentucky Derby winner Mage works out ahead of the 1 48th running of the Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course on Thursday in Baltimore.
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Citrus County Chronicle Friday, May 19, 2023 B3 GOLF PGA Championship Thursday At Oak Hill Country Club-East Course Rochester, N.Y. Purse: $15 million Yardage: 7,394; Par: 70 a-amateur Partial First Round Suspended due to darkness Bryson DeChambeau 32-34—66 -4Scott Schlefer 33-34—67 -3Corey Conners 33-34—67 -3Dustin Johnson 34-33—67 -3Ryan Fox 33-35—68 -2Victor Hovland 34-34—68 -2Keegan Bradley 34-34—68 -2Adam Scott 33-35—68 -2Justin Suh 34-35—69 -1Hayden Buckley 35-34—69 -1Sepp Straka 36-33—69 -1Thomas Peters 35-34—69 -1Keith Mitchell 36-33—69 -1Harold Varner III 35-35—70 EAdam Svensson 35-35—70 EKurt Kitayama 36-34—70 EMatt NeSmith 33-37—70 EMichael Block 36-34—70 ETaylor Pendrith 36-34—70 EChris Kirk 34-36—70 ESam Stevens 37-34—71 +1Beau Hossler 36-35—71 +1Sahith Theegala 33-38—71 +1Rory McIlroy 33-38—71 +1Collin Morikawa 37-34—71 +1Callum Tarren 34-37—71 +1Mark Hubbard 35-36—71 +1Cam Davis 34-37—71 +1Nick Taylor 36-35—71 +1Max Homa 38-33—71 +1Kazuki Higa 40-32—72 +2Davis Riley 36-36—72 +2Brooks Koepka 37-35—72 +2Justin Thomas 38-34—72 +2Padraig Harrington 36-36—72 +2J.T. Poston 38-34—72 +2Cameron Smith 37-35—72 +2Luke Donald 36-36—72 +2Brendan Steele 36-36—72 +2Patrick Reed 37-35—72 +2Brian Harman 37-35—72 +2Tommy Fleetwood 36-36—72 +2Hideki Matsuyama 37-35—72 +2Tony Finau 41-31—72 +2Xander Schauffele 38-34—72 +2Min Woo Lee 37-36—73 +3K.H. Lee 36-37—73 +3Gary Woodland 34-39—73 +3Jimmie Walker 36-37—73 +3Shane Lowry 36-37—73 +3Jordan Speith 38-35—73 +3Dean Burmester 37-36—73 +3Christian Bezuidenhout 38-35—73 +3Tom Kim 35-38—73 +3Joel Dahmen 37-37—74 +4Adam Schenk 38-36—74 +4Andrew Putnam 36-38—74 +4Tom Hoge 39-35—74 +4Scott Stallings 39-35—74 +4Zach Johnson 38-36—74 +4Joaquin Niemann 38-36—74 +4Alex Noren 37-37—74 +4Mackenzie Hughes 37-37—74 +4Taylor Moore 37-37—74 +4Jeremy Wells 38-36—74 +4Brandon Wu 36-38—74 +4Thorbjorn Olesen 35-39—74 +4Danny Willett 39-35—74 +4Harris English 35-39—74 +4Callum Shinkwin 37-37—74 +4Cameron Young 39-35—74 +4Sam Burns 40-34—74 +4Josh Speight 36-39—75 +5Ben Grifn 37-38—75 +5Thirston Lawrence 38-37—75 +5Wyatt Worthington II 39-36—75 +5Nico Echavarria 37-38—75 +5Adrian Otaegui 38-37—75 +5Kevin Kisner 37-38—75 +5Lee Hodges 36-39—75 +5Adrian Meronk 38-37—75 +5Denny McCarthy 37-38—75 +5Rikuya Hoshino 38-37—75 +5Taylor Montgomery 39-36—75 +5Sihwan Kim 39-36—75 +5Rasmus Hojgaard 35-40—75 +5Lucas Herbert 37-38—75 +5Seamus Power 37-38—75 +5Nicolai Hojgaard 39-37—76 +6Steve Holmes 38-38—76 +6Matt Fitzpatrick 38-38—76 +6Jon Rahm 39-37—76 +6David Lingmerth 38-38—76 +6Yannick Paul 38-38—76 +6Adri Arnaus 37-39—76 +6Jason Day 38-38—76 +6Sadom Kaewkanjana 40-36—76 +6Ben Kern 41-35—76 +6Y.E. Yang 34-42—76 +6Brendon Todd 39-37—76 +6Robert McIntyre 38-38—76 +6John Somers 38-38—76 +6Chez Reavie 36-40—76 +6Abraham Ancer 41-35—76 +6Trey Mullinax 39-38—77 +7Colin Inglis 41-36—77 +7Wyndham Clark 37-40—77 +7Ockie Strydom 40-37—77 +7Davis Thompson 39-38—77 +7Jesse Droemer 40-37—77 +7Webb Simpson 38-39—77 +7Tyrrell Hatton 42-35—77 +7Chris French 37-41—78 +8Emiliano Grillo 43-35—78 +8Maverick McNeally 43-35—78 +8Sam Ryder 39-39—78 +8Matt Cahill 40-38—78 +8Braden Shattuck 40-39—79 +9Anthony Cordes 43-36—79 +9Steven Alker 38-42—80 +10 Alex Beach 40-40—80 +10Sungjae Im 41-39—80 +10Shaun Micheel 37-44—81 +11 Kenny Pigman 39-42—81 +11Gabe Reynolds 44-41—85 +15 Leaderboard SCORE THRU Eric Cole -5 14Bryson DeChambeau -4 18Scott Schleffler -3 18Corey Conners -3 18Dustin Johnson -3 18Ryan Fox -2 18Victor Hovland -2 18Keegan Bradley -2 18Adam Scott -2 18 NHL CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Thursday, May 18 Florida at Carolina Friday, May 19 Dallas at Vegas, 8:30 p.m. NBA CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Wednesday, May 17 Miami 123, Boston 116, Miami leads series 1 – 0 Thursday, May 18 Denver 108, L.A. Lakers 103, Denver leads series 2 – 0 Friday, May 19 Miami at Boston, 8:30 p.m. TRANSACTIONS BASEBALL Major League Baseball American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Acquired SS Rob bie Glendenning from Kansas City in ex change for cashconsiderations and assigned him to Norfolk (IL). Agreed to terms with C Tim Susnara on a minor league contract.BOSTON RED SOX — Optioned LHP Ryan Sherriff to Worcester (IL).CLEVELAND GUARDIANS — Sent RHP Aaron Civale to Columbus (IL) on a rehab assignment.NEW YORK YANKEES — Placed C Jose Trevino on the 10-day IL. Recalled C Ben Rortvedt fromScranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Sent RHP Tom my Kahnle to Tampa (FSL) on a rehab as signment.SEATTLE MARINERS — Assigned 1B Dylan Moore to Everett (NWL) on a rehab assignment.TAMPA BAY RAYS — Recalled RHP Taj Bradley from Durham (IL). Optioned RHP Zack Burdi to Durham. National League ATLANTA BRAVES — Optioned SS Braden Shewmaker to Gwinnett (IL).COLORADO ROCKIES — Optioned RHP Ri ley Pint to Albuquerque (PCL).LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Recalled RHP Andre Jackson and LHP Justin Bruihl from Oklahoma City (PCL). Designated RHP Dylan Covey for assignment. Placed RHP Dustin May on the 15-day IL.SAN DIEGO PADRES — Placed RHP Seth Lugo on the 15-day IL, retroactive to May 17. Optioned LF David Dahl to El Paso (PCL). Recalled LHP Ryan Weathers from El Paso. FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed CB Garrett Williams and WR Brian Cobbs. AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL2:30 a.m. (FS1): AFL Premiership Football – Fremantle Dockers vs. Geelong Cats AUTO RACING 7:25 a.m. (ESPNU): Formula 1 Racing Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, Practice 110:55 a.m. (ESPNU): Formula 1 Racing Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, Practice 23 p.m. (FS1): NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Race at North Wilkesboro, Prac tice4 p.m. (FS1): NASCAR Cup Series NASCAR All-Star Open & All-Star Race, Practice5:30 p.m. (FS1): NASCAR Cup Series NASCAR All-Star Race, Qualifying7 p.m. (FS1): NHRA Drag Racing Route 66 NHRA Nation als, Qualifying MLB 6:30 p.m. (SUN): Milwaukee Brewers at Tampa Bay Rays 8 p.m. (MLBN): Los Angeles Dodgers at St. Louis Cardi nals or Colorado Rockies at Texas Rangers10 p.m. (BSF): Miami Marlins at San Francisco Giants COLLEGE BASEBALL 7 p.m. (ACC): Notre Dame at Boston College 8 p.m. (SEC): Arkansas at Vanderbilt SOFTBALL NCAA TOURNAMENT REGIONALS 12 p.m. (ACC): Teams TBA 1 p.m. (ESPNU): Teams TBA 1 p.m. (SEC): Teams TBA 2 p.m. (ACC): Teams TBA 3 p.m. (ESPN2): Louisville vs. Indiana 3 p.m. (ESPNU): Teams TBA 5 p.m. (BIGTEN): Maryland at Penn State 5 p.m. (ESPN2): Teams TBA 5 p.m. (ESPNU): Teams TBA 6 p.m. (SEC): Teams TBA 7 p.m. (ESPN2): UCF vs. South Carolina 7 p.m. (ESPNU): Teams TBA 9 p.m. (ESPNU): Teams TBA 11 p.m. (ESPNU): Teams TBA NBA PLAYOFFS 8:30 p.m. (TNT): Miami Heat at Boston Celtics, Game 2 WNBA 11 p.m. (ESPN): Phoenix Mercury at Los Angeles Sparks GOLF 11 a.m. (ESPN): 2023 PGA Championship Second Round 1 p.m. (ESPN, ESPN2): 2023 PGA Championship Second Round HOCKEY 9 a.m. (NHL): 2023 IIHF World Championship Hungary vs. Finland1 p.m. (NHL): 2023 IIHF World Championship Kazakhstan vs. Slovakia5 a.m. (NHL): 2023 IIHF World Championship United States vs. Denmark NHL PLAYOFFS 8:30 p.m. (ESPN): Dallas Stars at Vegas Golden Knights, Game 1 HORSE RACING 8:30 p.m. (FS1): America’s Day At the Races TENNIS 7 a.m. (TENNIS): 2023 Internazionali BNL d’Italia ATP Doubles Semifinal 19:30 a.m. (TENNIS): 2023 Internazionali BNL d’Italia WTA First Semifinal1 p.m. (TENNIS): 2023 Internazionali BNL d’Italia WTA Semifinal 2, ATP Doubles Semifinal 25:30 p.m. (TENNIS): Women’s College Team Semifinals TRACK AND FIELD Class 3A State Championships at UNF in Jacksonville1 p.m.: Lecanto SPRING FOOTBALL 7 p.m.: Nature Coast at Lecanto 7 p.m.: Eustis at Crystal River 7 p.m.: Citrus at Wesley Chapel 7:30 p.m.: Trinity Christian at Seven Rivers Christian ON THE AIRWAVES PREP CALENDAR LOTTERY NUMBERS POWERBALL Wednesday, May 17, 2023 18-34-37-45-51-14-x2 Next Jackpot: Saturday, May 20, 2023 $162 MILLIONMEGA MILLIONS Tuesday, May 16, 2023 15-34-36-69-70-17-x3 Winning Numbers Next Jackpot: Friday, May 19, 2023 $132 MILLIONLOTTO Wednesday, May 17, 2023 1-9-10-11-13-38 Next Jackpot: Saturday, May 20, 2023 $37 MILLIONCASH 4 LIFE Wednesday, May 17, 2023 14-39-48-58-59-4 Winning Numbers Top Prize: Thursday, May 18, 2023 $1,000/DAY FOR LIFEJACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY Tuesday, May 16, 2023 8-13-24-30-33-41 Winning Numbers Next Jackpot: Friday, May 19, 2023 $2 MILLION CASH POPThursday, May 18, 2023 Morning -14 Thursday, May 18, 2023 Matinee -10 Thursday, May 18, 2023 Afternoon -4 Wednesday, May 17, 2023 Evening -1 Wednesday, May 17, 2023 Late Night -1 FANTASY 5 Thursday, May 18, 2023 Midday -13-19-23-24-32 Wednesday, May 17, 2023 Evening -4-17-22-27-33PICK 5 Thursday, May 18, 2023 7-1-5-1-9 8 Wednesday, May 17, 2023 9-3-3-1-2 0PICK 4 Thursday, May 18, 2023 8-9-6-0 8 Wednesday, May 17, 2023 3-6-8-9 0PICK 3Thursday, May 18, 2023 9-7-2 8 Wednesday, May 17, 2023 9-9-9 0 PICK 2Thursday, May 18, 2023 3-9 8 Wednesday, May 17, 2023 2-1 0 Take advantage of a pair of opportunities to get bet ter at the game of basket ball this summer in Citrus County.Sign up for Lecanto hoops campThe 2023 Lecanto Pan ther Basketball Camp will be held in June at the high school and middle school gyms. The dates are June 5-8 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. and June 12-15 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. The camp, for students entering 1st-9th grades, is $75 per week. There is a multiple sibling discount of $120 per week for two siblings, $160 per week for three siblings. Come out and enjoy a week of quality instruc tion and competition at the camp. Panther Camp offers quality basketball instruc tion at an affordable cost to area youth. Every camper receives a free T-shirt. All players should either bring a bag lunch to camp or they will be able to pur chase a lunch at camp for $3 per day (pizza, chips and drink). A concession will be open during the day also. To register online go to Citrusschools.org, click on Parents (Top right-hand), Scroll Down to Online Payment-RevTrak (Left side), Scroll down to Pan ther Basketball Camp and ll out the information on the left. Contact Frank Vilardi at 352-270-2246 for more in formation.Junior Hurricane league returnsWhat was once a staple for youth sports every sum mer for years is returning after a several year hiatus. The Junior Hurricane Summer Basketball League has been instrumental in the development of several young boys and girls who got their rst experiences with competitive basket ball playing every Saturday over the summer while also honing their skills during their weekly instructional practices. Year after year the all-Chronicle team is made up of several athletes that got their start through the annual summer league. Along with the summer league that will run from June into August, will be a youth camp that will be offered to further enhance and develop the skills of fu ture Citrus County greats. The league and camp will be for boys and girls ages 10-15. The league will in clude instructional prac tices to help individuals become better basketball players while the camp will include individual and team drills designed to work on individual and game funda mentals. Registration for the league is $85. The sum mer camp, which will take place June 19-22, will also be $85. Register for both the league and camp for a $20 discount. Registration for the league ends on May 20. Registration will be accept ed for the summer camp up to the start date of June 19. Parents interested in reg istering their child can do so today through our web site at www.jrhurricanes.org or you can attend one of our registration events at Citrus High School gym lobby May 20 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Come be part of some thing special as we see the stars of tomorrow learn and develop their skills today.Local hoops camps in June– Peyton Dison, freshman, Lecanto Flag Football Defense – Mya Connor, senior, Le canto Boys Tennis – Riley Dodd, senior, Citrus Girls Tennis – Mirabelle Tahiri, senior, Lecanto Boys Track – Burke Malmberg, junior, Lecanto Girls Track – Julia Shipes, senior, Seven Rivers Chris tian Baseball – Palmer Loop er, sophomore, Seven Riv ers Christian and Cris Wal ley, senior, Citrus Softball – Violet Flynn, freshman, Crystal River Boys Volleyball – Hen drix Loughridge, sopho more, Seven Rivers Chris tianSpecial AwardsMale Scholar-Athlete of the Year – Austin Edwards, senior, Crystal River Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year – Kasey Strom, senior, Crystal River Male Will Bleakley MVP Award – Nehemiah Vann, senior, Seven Rivers Chris tian Female Will Bleakley MVP Award – Mya Con nor, senior, Lecanto Male Athlete of the Year – Burke Malmberg, junior, Lecanto Female Athlete of the Year – Mallori Grey, se nior, Lecanto STARSFrom page B1 MATT PFIFFNER / Sports editor Burke Malmberg of Lecanto was named the Chronicle’s Male Athlete of the Year at the STARS banquet Thursday night. it throughout the week, I’m like, ‘Man, I don’t know how shooting under par is even possible out here on some of the holes.’ But luckily, I was able to play some really good golf.” So did Johnson, the twotime major champion who is coming off a playoff win last week in Oklahoma in the Saudi-funded LIV Golf League. Johnson went from a fairway bunker to deep rough left of the 18th green and missed a putt just inside 15 feet for his only bogey. “I didn’t have my best stuff, but I felt like he man aged the golf course very well and took advantage of the opportunities when I had it,” Johnson said. “Made some crucial saves there on the back side.” Fairways covered with a thin layer of frost gave way to magnicent weather with little wind. “Today was probably the easiest conditions we’ll see all week,” said Schefer, who took advantage with his rst bogey-free card in 51 rounds at a major. Masters champion Jon Rahm failed to take advan tage, making ve bogeys in a six-hole stretch around the turn and nishing with a 76, his highest start at a major since the 2018 U.S. Open. Jason Day, coming off a win at the AT&T By ron Nelson, and U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick also were at 76. Schefer challenging for the lead was not a sur prise. Last year’s Masters champion has six wins in the last 15 months, and he hasn’t nished worse than 12th this year. Johnson had a slow start to the year but is starting to hit his stride. He won the LIV points list last year. As for DeChambeau, he practically vanished from golf’s elite over the last year. He injured his hip in early 2022, attributing it to slip ping on marble tile playing ping-pong in Saudi Arabia. He had surgery on his left wrist after the Masters last year. And then he joined the Saudi-funded LIV Golf League, where his tie for fth last week in Oklahoma was his only top 10 in six events this year. “The emotions have de nitely uctuated pretty high and pretty low, thinking I have something and it fails and going back and forth. It’s humbling,” DeCham beau said. “Golf, and life, always has a good way to kicking you on your you-know-what when you’re on your high horse. “It’s nice to feel this to day.” His only big miss came on his approach to the 17th out of rough. It sailed to the right toward the 18th tee and plunked club pro Ken ny Pigman, who shook it off and then shook hands with an apologetic DeChambeau. This isn’t so much a trans formation as a restoration. His goal is no longer to cre ate a new way to approach the game, rather to nd what brought him success when he won eight times in a span of three years, in cluding a U.S. Open title at Winged Foot. Gone are the days when he consumed some 5,000 calories a day in a bid to build a body – he was called the “Incredible Bulk” – that could tolerate him swing ing as hard as he could to overpower golf courses. He began a diet that re duces inammation (he estimates his daily calorie intake at 2,900) and tried to nd his way back to 2018, when he felt he was at his best. “I want to be just stable now,” he said. “I’m tired of changing, trying different things. Yeah, could I hit it a little further, could I try and get a little stronger? Sure. But I’m not going to go full force. “It was a fun experiment,” he said, “but denitely want to play some good golf now.” Schefer has been do ing that all year, and the opening round of the PGA Championship was no ex ception. He made a stress ful golf course look stress-free, except for a few holes. One of them was the sec ond hole, his 11th of the round, when he went over the green and faced a scary chip up a steep slope to a back pin. He pitched up to 7 feet and saved par. He also got out of position on the par-5 fth hole, getting up and down from a bunker for par. “It was a grind today,” Schefer said. “No bogeys is pretty solid.” For so many others, Oak Hill was the grind they ex pected. Jordan Spieth felt t enough with an injured left wrist to pursue the nal leg of the career Grand Slam, only to struggle with his putting. He shot a 73. Rory McIlroy looked as though he might be headed to another early exit from a big event. He was 3 over af ter nine holes and in trouble at No. 2 when he was over the green in three, some 35 feet away with a steep slope between him and a back pin. He holed it with his put ter for a most unlikely par, made birdie on the next two holes and salvaged a 71. “It was massive,” McIlroy said. “Depending on what happens over the next three days and what I go on to do, I may look back at that shot as being the sort of turning point of the week.” PGAFrom page B1 BALTIMORE RAVENS — Signed OT Jaylon Thomas.CAROLINA PANTHERS — Released QB Ja cob Eason and WR Preston Williams.DENVER BRONCOS — Signed LB Drew Sanders.HOUSTON TEXANS — Signed DT Byron Cowart, DE Dylan Horton and CB Shaquill Griffin. Released TE Eric Tomlinson. Placed DT Taylor Stallworth on injured reserve.LAS VEGAS RAIDERS — Waived DE Brock Martin.NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Place OT Yod ny Cajuste on waivers.NEW YORK GIANTS — Signed CB Deonte Banks.NEW YORK JETS — Signed OT Carter Warren.PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Signed OL Tyler Steen and DB Sydney Brown.PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Signed OL Dylan Cook.TENNESSEE TITANS — Signed TE Alize Mack. SOCCER Major League Soccer MLS — Awarded expansion team to San Diego. COLLEGE CALIFORNIA — Hired Kiara Russell as women’s basketball director of player de velopment.
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B4 Friday, May 19, 2023 Citrus County Chronicle AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GBTampa Bay 32 13 .711 —Baltimore 28 16 .636 3½Toronto 25 19 .568 6½New York 26 20 .565 6½Boston 24 20 .545 7½ Central Division W L Pct GBMinnesota 24 20 .545 —Cleveland 20 23 .465 3½Detroit 19 22 .463 3½Chicago 16 29 .356 8½Kansas City 14 31 .311 10½ West Division W L Pct GBTexas 26 17 .605 —Houston 24 19 .558 2Los Angeles 23 22 .511 4Seattle 21 22 .488 5Oakland 10 35 .222 17 NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GBAtlanta 27 16 .628 —Miami 23 21 .523 4½New York 22 23 .489 6Phila. 20 23 .465 7Washington 18 26 .409 9½ Central Division W L Pct GBMilwaukee 24 19 .558 —Pittsburgh 23 20 .535 1Chicago 19 24 .442 5Cincinnati 19 24 .442 5St. Louis 19 26 .422 6 West Division W L Pct GBLos Angeles 28 17 .622 —Arizona 25 19 .568 2½San Francisco 20 23 .465 7San Diego 20 24 .455 7½Colorado 19 25 .432 8½ AMERICAN LEAGUE WednesdayÂ’s Games Pittsburgh 8, Detroit 0L.A. Dodgers 7, Minnesota 3Arizona 5, Oakland 3Kansas City 4, San Diego 3Baltimore 3, L.A. Angels 1Boston 12, Seattle 3Toronto 3, N.Y. Yankees 0, 10 inningsN.Y. Mets 8, Tampa Bay 7, 10 inningsAtlanta 6, Texas 5Chicago White Sox 7, Cleveland 2Houston 7, Chicago Cubs 6 ThursdayÂ’s Games N.Y. Mets 3, Tampa Bay 2L.A. Angels 6, Baltimore 5Cleveland 3, Chicago White Sox 1N.Y. Yankees 4, Toronto 2 FridayÂ’s Games Milwaukee (Houser 0-0) at Tampa Bay (Mc Clanahan 7-0), 6:40 p.m.N.Y. Yankees (Schmidt 1-4) at Cincinnati (Lively 1-1), 6:40 p.m.Detroit (Boyd 2-3) at Washington (Irvin 1-1), 7:05 p.m.Baltimore (Gibson 4-3) at Toronto (Kikuchi 5-0), 7:07 p.m.Cleveland (Quantrill 2-2) at N.Y. Mets (Car rasco 0-2), 7:10 p.m.Seattle (Miller 2-0) at Atlanta (Elder 3-0), 7:20 p.m.Colorado (Kauffmann 0-0) at Texas (Pérez 4-1), 8:05 p.m.Kansas City (Greinke 1-4) at Chicago White Sox (Kopech 1-4), 8:10 p.m.Oakland (Waldichuk 1-2) at Houston (Bielak 0-1), 8:10 p.m.Minnesota (Ryan 6-1) at L.A. Angels (Det mers 0-3), 9:38 p.m.Boston (Paxton 0-0) at San Diego (Snell 1-5), 9:40 p.m. SaturdayÂ’s Games Kansas City at Chicago White Sox, 2:10 p.m.Baltimore at Toronto, 3:07 p.m.Colorado at Texas, 4:05 p.m.Detroit at Washington, 4:05 p.m.Cleveland at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m.Milwaukee at Tampa Bay, 4:10 p.m.N.Y. Yankees at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m.Oakland at Houston, 4:10 p.m.Seattle at Atlanta, 7:15 p.m.Minnesota at L.A. Angels, 10:07 p.m.Boston at San Diego, 10:10 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE WednesdayÂ’s Games Pittsburgh 8, Detroit 0Colorado 11, Cincinnati 6L.A. Dodgers 7, Minnesota 3Arizona 5, Oakland 3San Francisco 7, Phila. 4Kansas City 4, San Diego 3Miami 4, Washington 3St. Louis 3, Milwaukee 0N.Y. Mets 8, Tampa Bay 7, 10 inningsAtlanta 6, Texas 5Houston 7, Chicago Cubs 6 ThursdayÂ’s Games Miami 5, Washington 3N.Y. Mets 3, Tampa Bay 2St. Louis 16, L.A. Dodgers 8 FridayÂ’s Games Arizona (Gallen 6-1) at Pittsburgh (Oviedo 2-3), 6:35 p.m.Milwaukee (Houser 0-0) at Tampa Bay (Mc Clanahan 7-0), 6:40 p.m.N.Y. Yankees (Schmidt 1-4) at Cincinnati (Lively 1-1), 6:40 p.m.Chicago Cubs (Stroman 2-4) at Phila. (Suárez 0-0), 7:05 p.m.Detroit (Boyd 2-3) at Washington (Irvin 1-1), 7:05 p.m.Cleveland (Quantrill 2-2) at N.Y. Mets (Car rasco 0-2), 7:10 p.m.Seattle (Miller 2-0) at Atlanta (Elder 3-0), 7:20 p.m.Colorado (Kauffmann 0-0) at Texas (Pérez 4-1), 8:05 p.m.L.A. Dodgers (Gonsolin 1-1) at St. Louis (Matz 0-4), 8:15 p.m.Boston (Paxton 0-0) at San Diego (Snell 1-5), 9:40 p.m.Miami (Alcantara 1-4) at San Francisco (De Sclafani 3-3), 10:15 p.m. SaturdayÂ’s Games Arizona at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m.Chicago Cubs at Phila., 4:05 p.m.Colorado at Texas, 4:05 p.m.Detroit at Washington, 4:05 p.m.Miami at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.Cleveland at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m.Milwaukee at Tampa Bay, 4:10 p.m.N.Y. Yankees at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m.L.A. Dodgers at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m.Seattle at Atlanta, 7:15 p.m.Boston at San Diego, 10:10 p.m. N.Y. METS 3, TAMPA BAY 2 Tampa Bay New York ab r h bi ab r h bi J.Lowe rf 4 2 2 1 Nimmo cf 4 0 1 0Arozarena lf 3 0 2 0 Lindor ss 3 1 0 0RamÃrez dh 4 0 1 1 McNeil rf-2b 4 1 2 0B.Lowe 2b 4 0 0 0 Alonso 1b 3 1 1 1Paredes 3b 3 0 0 0 Baty 3b 4 0 1 1Walls ss-3b 3 0 0 0 Marte rf 0 0 0 0L.Raley 1b 2 0 0 0 Pham lf 4 0 2 1Franco ph 1 0 1 0 Vogelbac dh 3 0 0 0Bethancort c 3 0 0 0 Canha pr-dh 0 0 0 0Margot cf 3 0 0 0 Escobar 2b 4 0 1 0 Pérez c 3 0 0 0Totals 30 2 6 2 Totals 32 3 8 3Tampa Bay 100 001 000 — 2 New York 100 101 00x — 3 E Baty (2). DP Tampa Bay 0, New York 3. LOB Tampa Bay 2, New York 8. 2B J.Lowe (11), Arozarena (6), Pham (3). HR J.Lowe (10), Alonso (16). IP H R ER BB SO Tampa Bay Bradley 5 3 2 2 2 4Littell L,0-1 1 3 1 1 0 1Beeks 1 1 0 0 0 1Kelley 1 1 0 0 1 0New York Megill W,5-2 6 4 2 2 1 4B.Raley H,9 1 1 0 0 0 2Brigham H,3 1 0 0 0 0 0Robertson S,8-8 1 1 0 0 0 1B.Raley pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.WP Bradley.Umpires Home, CB Bucknor; First, Chris Segal; Second, Ben May; Third, Jeff Nelson.T 2:22. A 29,946 (42,136). MIAMI 5, WASHINGTON 3 Washington Miami ab r h bi ab r h bi GarcÃa 2b 4 1 1 0 Segura 3b 4 0 1 1Thomas rf 4 1 1 0 Cooper 1b 3 0 1 1Candlario 3b 4 1 2 2 Arraez 2b 4 0 0 0Dickersn dh 4 0 1 1 Soler dh 4 0 0 0Ruiz c 3 0 0 0 De La Cruz lf 4 2 1 1 Smith 1b 3 0 1 0 Wendle ss 4 1 1 0Alu lf 4 0 2 0 Burdick rf 3 0 1 0Abrams ss 4 0 0 0 Fortes c 4 1 2 1Call cf 3 0 0 0 Edwards cf 3 1 2 1Vargas ph 1 0 0 0 Hampson cf 1 0 0 0Totals 34 3 8 3 Totals 34 5 9 5Washington 000 100 020 — 3 Miami 011 100 11x — 5 E Candelario (4). DP Washington 0, Miami 1. LOB Washington 6, Miami 7. 2B Smith (3), Candelario (12), Edwards (1). HR Can delario (5), De La Cruz (4). SB Segura (3), Edwards (1), Fortes (2). IP H R ER BB SO Washington Williams L,1-2 6 5 3 3 1 5Thompson 1 2 1 1 0 0RamÃrez 1 2 1 0 0 1Miami Pérez W,1-0 5 3 1 1 1 6Barnes H,2 1 2 / 3 1 0 0 0 0 Okert H,3 1 / 3 0 0 0 0 1 Brazoban H,7 1 4 2 2 0 0Floro S,4-6 1 0 0 0 1 0HBP Williams (Burdick).Umpires Home, Jordan Baker; First, Bren nan Miller; Second, Mark Carlson; Third, Tripp Gibson.T 2:16. A 7,752 (37,446). CLEVELAND 3, CHICAGO WHITE SOX 1 Cleveland Chicago ab r h bi ab r h bi Kwan lf 4 0 0 0 Anderson ss 4 0 1 0 Rosario ss 4 0 0 0 Vaughn 1b 4 0 0 0Giménez 2b 4 0 1 0 Robert Jr. cf 4 0 2 0Bell dh 4 0 1 0 Burger 3b 4 0 1 0Brennan rf 4 1 1 0 Grandal dh 4 0 1 0Arias 1b 4 2 2 1 Benintendi lf 3 1 1 0Rocchio 3b 4 0 1 1 Alberto 2b 3 0 0 0Gallagher c 4 0 1 1 Moncada ph 1 0 1 0Straw cf 2 0 0 0 Zavala c 4 0 1 1 Marisnick rf 2 0 0 0 Sheets ph-rf 1 0 0 0Totals 34 3 7 3 Totals 34 1 8 1Cleveland 000 010 200 — 3 Chicago 000 100 000 — 1 E Rocchio (2), Anderson (4). DP Cleveland 0, Chicago 1. LOB Cleveland 5, Chicago 7. 2B Arias (3), Robert Jr. (12), Benintendi (12). HR Arias (2). SB Straw (10). IP H R ER BB SO Cleveland Allen 5 2 / 3 7 1 1 1 5 Sandlin W,2-1 1 1 / 3 0 0 0 0 1 Stephan H,6 1 0 0 0 0 1 Clase S,15-19 1 1 0 0 0 1 Chicago Cease L,2-3 6 1 / 3 5 3 3 1 3 Santos 1 1 0 0 0 0 Bummer 2 / 3 1 0 0 0 0 Crochet 1 0 0 0 0 0 Santos pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.Umpires Home, Gabe Morales; First, Scott Barry; Second, Adam Beck; Third, Dan Ias sogna.T 2:17. A 11,900 (40,241). L.A. ANGELS 6, BALTIMORE 5 Los Angeles Baltimore ab r h bi ab r h bi Moniak lf 3 0 1 0 Hays lf 4 2 3 0Ward ph-lf 2 0 0 0 Mullins ph 1 0 1 0Trout cf 4 1 2 2 Rutschm dh 3 1 1 2Ohtani dh 5 1 2 2 Mountcat 1b 4 0 0 1Renfroe rf 4 0 1 0 Santander rf 3 1 1 2Drury 1b 5 0 1 0 McCann c 4 0 0 0Wallach c 3 0 0 0 McKenna cf 3 0 0 0Thaiss ph 2 0 0 0 Mateo ss 4 0 0 0Rengifo 3b 4 2 3 0 Hendersn 3b 4 0 1 0Neto ss 4 1 1 1 Ortiz 2b 2 1 2 0Soto 2b 1 1 1 0 Frazier ph 2 0 1 0Urshela ph 2 0 1 1 Totals 39 6 13 6 Totals 34 5 10 5 Los Angeles 102 001 020 — 6 Baltimore 000 030 200 — 5 DP Los Angeles 1, Baltimore 1. LOB Los Angeles 11, Baltimore 7. 2B Hays (10), Mullins (9). HR Ohtani (10), Trout (10), Santander (7), Rutschman (7). SB Rengifo (3). SF Mountcastle (3). IP H R ER BB SO Los Angeles Anderson 5 6 3 3 2 2 Wantz H,3 1 0 0 0 1 1 Devenski W,1-0 1 2 2 2 0 0 Moore H,9 1 0 0 0 0 0 Estévez S,10-10 1 2 0 0 1 2 Baltimore Wells 5 6 3 3 1 7 Baumann 2 / 3 2 1 1 1 0 Pérez 1 1 0 0 0 0 Baker L,3-1 2 / 3 1 2 2 2 1 Voth BS,0-1 1 / 3 1 0 0 0 1 Coulombe 1 1 / 3 2 0 0 0 4 Pérez pitched to 3 batters in the 7th.HBP Voth (Trout).Umpires Home, Nestor Ceja; First, Brian OÂ’Nora; Second, Pat Hoberg; Third, Emil Jimenez.T 3:05. A 27,778 (45,971). N.Y. YANKEES 4, TORONTO 2 New York Toronto ab r h bi ab r h bi Torres 2b 5 1 2 0 Springer rf 4 0 0 0Judge dh 4 1 2 2 Bichette ss 4 1 3 1Rizzo 1b 4 0 0 0 Chapman 3b 4 0 0 0LeMahieu 3b 4 0 0 0 Varsho cf 4 0 1 0Bader cf 4 0 0 0 Merrifield lf 3 1 0 0Cabrera rf 4 1 1 0 Jansen c 4 0 1 0Volpe ss 2 1 1 1 Kirk dh 3 0 0 0Higashioka c 4 0 0 0 Belt 1b 3 0 1 0Hicks lf 4 0 3 1 Espinal 2b 2 0 0 0 Guerrero ph 0 0 0 1 Biggio 2b 0 0 0 0Totals 35 4 9 4 Totals 31 2 6 2New York 200 000 101 — 4 Toronto 100 000 100 — 2 DP New York 0, Toronto 1. LOB New York 6, Toronto 5. 2B Judge (7), Cabrera (6), Hicks (2). HR Judge (12), Volpe (7), Bichette (9). SF Guerrero Jr. (3). IP H R ER BB SO New York Cortes W,4-2 6 5 2 2 1 6 Weber H,1 1 1 0 0 1 0 Abreu H,2 1 0 0 0 0 2 Marinaccio S,1-4 1 0 0 0 0 0 Toronto BerrÃos L,3-4 6 2 / 3 6 3 3 1 8 GarcÃa 1 / 3 1 0 0 0 1 Pearson 2 2 1 1 0 1 Cortes pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.HBP BerrÃos (Volpe).Umpires Home, John Libka; First, Clint Vondrak; Second, James Hoye; Third, D.J. Reyburn.T 2:29. A 33,290 (49,282). MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL THIS DATE IN BASEBALL STANDINGS AND SCORES May 19 1910 – Cy Young won the 500th game of his career as the Cleveland Indians beat the Washington Senators, 5-4, in 11 innings. 1962 – Stan Musial of St. Louis became the NL career hits leader. The 41-year-old got a ninth inning single for his 3,431st hit and moved past Honus Wagner. The Car dinals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers, 8-1. 1976 – Carl Yastrzemski has the only three-homer game of his illustrious career, going deep three times in a 4-for-4 day in a 9 – 2 Red Sox win over the Tigers. He victimizes three different pitchers – Dave Roberts, Steve Grilli and John Hiller. 1981 – PittsburghÂ’s Jim Bibby gave up a leadoff single to Terry Harper of the Atlanta Braves, then retired the next 27 batters for a 5-0 one-hit ter. Bibby also hit two doubles. 2000 – Jason Kendall hit for the cycle and drove in a career-high five runs, leading Pittsburgh to a 13-1 rout of St. Louis. Kendall had a two-run homer in the first inning, an RBI single in the second, a double in the third and a two-run triple in the eighth. 2008 – BostonÂ’s Jon Lester shut down Kansas City 7-0 for the first no-hitter in the majors this season. The 24-year-old lefty, who sur vived cancer to pitch the World Series clincher for the Red Sox last fall, allowed two baserunners via walk.Warning: Batters may not try to trick pitchers into clock violationsNEW YORK (AP) — Teams were warned by Major League Baseball on Wednesday that batters may not attempt to deceive pitchers into quick-pitch violations. “In recent days, we have seen batters attempt to in duce pitchers to violate the pitch timer regulations by creating the appearance that they are in the batterÂ’s box and alert to the pitch er with more than eight seconds remaining on the clock when, in actuality, they have not fully entered the batterÂ’s box,” MLB se nior vice president Michael Hill wrote in a two-page memo to general manag ers, assistant general man agers and eld managers. After getting ahead 0-1 in the count during the ninth inning Saturday, Boston closer Kenley Jansen was called for a violation for starting his delivery while St. LouisÂ’ Willson Con treras had his right foot in the batterÂ’s box and his left foot outside. Jansen fol lowed with a pair of balls that pushed the count to 3-1, then was called for an other quick-pitch violation, resulting in a walk. “The batterÂ’s purpose with such an approach is to deceive the pitcher into be ginning his windup or com ing set before the batter is fully in the batterÂ’s box and alert to the pitcher,” Hill wrote in the memo, a copy of which was obtained by The Associated Press. “We have advised um pires that conduct by bat ters designed to deceive a pitcher into beginning their windup or coming to the set position early – includ ing pretending to be in the batterÂ’s box and alert to the pitcher – constitutes cir cumvention under the pace of game regulations.” “Pitchers must continue to be aware of the position of the batter, and identify when the batter is appro priately in the batterÂ’s box and alert to the pitcher be fore the pitcher begins the windup or comes set,” Hill added. HillÂ’s memo was the eighth in a series of clar ications issued by MLB since spring training. Ohtani homers as Orioles hold off Angels for 6-5 win By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BALTIMORE — Shohei Ohtani homered in the rst inning and hit a tiebreaking ineld single in the eighth, and Hunter RenfroeÂ’s ter ric defensive play in the ninth helped the Los Ange les Angels hold on for a 6-5 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday after noon. Mike Trout also went deep for the Angels, and Antho ny Santander and Adley Rutschman homered for Baltimore. RutschmanÂ’s two-run shot in the seventh gave Baltimore a 5-4 lead, but it was short-lived. Bryan Baker (3-1) was charged with the loss. Chris Devenski (1-0) got the win, and Carlos Estévez pitched the ninth for his 10th save in 10 chances. With one out in the ninth, Adam Frazier hit a line drive to right, but Renfroe played the ball beautifully off the wall and made a great throw to second to catch Frazier trying for a double. ––– Guardians 3, White Sox 1 CHICAGO – Cam Gallagher hit an RBI single during ClevelandÂ’s two-run seventh inning, and the Guardians beat Dylan Cease and the White Sox. Gabriel Arias homered as Cleve land salvaged the finale of the three-game series. Nick Sandlin (2-1) got four outs for the win, and Emmanuel Clase worked the ninth for his 15th save. ClevelandÂ’s catchers were 0 for 44 with 26 strikeouts in May before GallagherÂ’s hit. Luis Robert Jr. had two hits for Chicago, including a double. Seby Zavala hit an RBI single in the fourth. Cease (2-3) was charged with three runs and five hits in 6 1 / 3 innings. Marlins 5, Nationals 3 MIAMI – Eury Pérez pitched five solid innings for Miami, earning his first major league win in his sec ond start. Bryan De La Cruz homered for Miami in the second, extending his hitting streak to a career-high 12 games. Nick Fortes had two hits, including an RBI single in the eighth. The Marlins stretched their win streak to four games. The 20-year-old Pérez (1-0) allowed one run and three hits. He struck out six and walked one. Dylan Floro pitched a scoreless ninth for his fourth save of the sea son. Jeimer Candelario homered for Washington. Trevor Williams (1-2) was charged with three runs and five hits in six innings. Yankees 4, Blue Jays 2 TORONTO – Aaron Judge hit a two-run homer and New York beat Toronto to win for the 11th time in 16 games. Nestor Cortes (4-2) allowed two runs and five hits in six-plus innings to snap a four-start winless streak. He struck out six and walked one. Anthony Volpe also homered for the Yankees, who took three of four from Toronto. Ron Marinaccio fin ished for his first career save. Bo Bichette homered as Toronto lost its first home series of the sea son after winning five straight. José BerrÃos (3-4) allowed three runs and six hits in 6 2 / 3 innings, losing for the first time since April 19 at Houston. He walked one and struck out eight. and Arozarena each had two hits, and Harold RamÃrez drove in a run with a elderÂ’s choice in the rst. The Rays (32-13) closed out a 4-6 trip that included ve one-run losses. “Two or three games didnÂ’t go our way,” Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash said. “We were close a couple (of games) but close doesnÂ’t necessarily cut it. Frustrating.” The Rays blew a 5-2 lead in Wednesday nightÂ’s 8-7 loss at New York. Francis co Ãlvarez connected for a tying three-run homer for the ninth for the Mets, and Alonso hit a three-run shot in the 10th. Alonso also put New York in front in the series nale, driving a 1-2 fastball from rookie Taj Bradley 446 feet to center in the fourth. The big rst baseman homered for the third straight game for the second time this season, giving him 16 on the year. Alonso has been dealing with an illness, making his current streak even more impressive. “I just donÂ’t want me not feeling well to be an excuse for a lack of performance,” Alonso said. “So, for me I want to approach it how I normally do and just go out there and play as best I can and as hard as I can.” “I just think sometimes it kind of relaxes you because it kind of lowers your ex pectations a little bit,” Mets manager Buck Showalter said. “HeÂ’s a strong man.” After Lowe hit a tying homer in the sixth, the Mets had runners at rst and third when Brett Baty followed AlonsoÂ’s warn ing-track y ball with a single. PhamÂ’s grounder bounced high before third baseman Isaac Paredes elded the ball at the edge of the grass. McNeil broke for home and Pham just beat the throw at rst as the Mets regained the lead. “I thought we had some breaks kind of go our way today that hadnÂ’t been coming our way,” Showal ter said. Pham had been in a 1-for20 skid. Bradley allowed two runs and three hits in ve in nings.TrainerÂ’s roomRays: 1B Yandy DÃaz (left groin) missed a third straight game and like ly will return for FridayÂ’s homestand opener against Milwaukee. ... RHP Zack Burdi was optioned to Triple-A Durham to make room for Bradley on the active roster.Up nextRays: RHP Shane Mc Clanahan (7-0, 2.34 ERA) opposes Milwaukee RHP Adrian Houser (0-0, 5.19 ERA) in the opener of a three-game series Friday. Mets: RHP Carlos Car rasco (0-2, 8.56 ERA) re turns after missing over a month with right elbow inammation. He pitches Friday against Cleveland RHP Cal Quantrill (2-2, 3.97 ERA). RAYSFrom page B1
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S CITRUS COUNTY CHRONICLE Section C FRIDAY, MAY 19 , 2023 Woman’s Club hosting tea party The Crystal River Woman’s Club cordial ly invites the public to their “Time for Tea Par ty” from 2-4 p.m. Satur day, June 24, held at First Baptist Church of Crystal River, 700 N. Citrus Ave., Crystal River. It will feature a Japa nese Tea Ceremony pre sentation, so join for an afternoon of a fun tea experience. There will be themed table décor, such as Downton Abbey, Peter Rabbit, Travelogue, Vic torian and many more. Hats encouraged but not required. Ticket price is $25 per person. Contact Lorry at 630-269-1096 for res ervations by June 14. Checks made payable to CRWC. Mail to 320 N. Citrus Ave., Crystal Riv er, FL 34428.Drum circle to be held in Dunnellon Learn how to drum, and then release your inner rhythm to the universe when Rainbow Springs Art in Dunnellon gallery hosts a Drum Circle May 20 from 3-5 p.m. at the gallery, 20804 W. Penn sylvania Ave. Offered by The Healing Solutions Center of Dun nellon, the free drumming session includes a lesson, starting at 3 p.m., and then, creative drumming at 4 p.m. The gallery offers art and other classes, dis plays the work of local artists, sponsors writers’ and artists’ talks, and is committed to supporting creativity in the commu nity. The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Sat urday. For information, call 352-445-8547 or see www.rainbowspringsart.com.Post 225 hosting Memorial Day program May 29 The American Legion Herbert Surber Post 225 of Floral City is having their 48th Memorial Day program at 11 a.m. May 29 at the Hills of Rest Cemetery on U.S. 41 just north of the trafc light. The program will have skits and pomp by SAR, Citrus High Air Force JROTC, Lecanto High musicians and more. Da vid Halbstein, congres sional aide to Rep. Gus Bilirakis, will be the hon ored speaker. Bring chairs and come early to get the shade. Water will be available. For more information, contact Fred Daniels, Post Commander, 352-422-2449.Take a trip to the Florida Museum of Natural History Join the Friends of the Nature Coast Volunteer Center for a trip to the Florida Museum of Nat ural History on Saturday, June 3. The bus will depart at 8:30 a.m. from the Citrus County Resource Center. Trip cost is $55 per person and includes the motor On the Town Get your Citrus County entertainment and events news every Thursday morning in your email inbox by subscribing to the FREE On the Town newsletter at https://bit.ly/2As4YPn Go Tm Know your tunes? Head over to the Valerie By MARGO WILSON Chronicle Correspondent Brush up on the likes of Barry Manilow, the Steve Miller Band and Queen, then head to the Valerie Theatre in Inverness from May 26 through June 4, where your knowledge of the lyrics of the 1970s will be tested in “Lyrical Pursuit – A Murder Mystery aka Win, Lose, or Die!” In the interactive who dunnit, produced by Under Siege Enterprises and Two Pence Productions, four to six audience members will compete in recalling the lyr ics of ’70s songs for a game show similar to “Name That Tune.” And when one of the par ticipants is murdered, the entire audience will try to solve where the last words of the victim are hidden, what was the person’s last message, and who is the killer. Prizes will be awarded for “best answer,” “worst an swer” and “actors’ choice.” Director Charles Nis ki said about the show, “There’s no moral ... But one theme is that we want everyone to leave on a posi tive, uplifting, happy note.” Niski also oversees Under Siege and Two Pence. Special to the ChronicleShow will feature musical competition Linda Wilinski: Conservation photographer talks thru art By CLAIRE PHILLIPSLAXTON Chronicle Correspondent Conservation photographer Linda Wilinski creates beautiful photo art with a strong focus on freshwater springs. She tells stories through her artistic images. Her art tells stories of Florida’s beautiful wildlife as she advocates for its protection. “I strongly believe each of us is given a gift which should be used to have a positive impact in this world,” Wilinski said. Her mom was a great inuence in her love of conservation and be coming a photo artist. “We spent our summers in Scan dinavia in a little RV. She loved tak ing pictures and could never take enough photos. There was always one more shot my dad needed to pull over for,” Wilinski recalled. “I loved reliving these moments all over again,” she added. She’s been doing conservation photography on a more serious lev el for the past ve years. And from a very young age, she was always concerned about the environment. “I witnessed Chernobyl as a child growing up in Germany,” she said. That planted the seed. She grew up observing nature, not watching much TV. Wilinski also works as a envi ronmental specialist with the State of Florida for the past 18 years, although she hopes to retire in the near future to concentrate on her conservation photography and “be more engaged with nonprot orga nizations,” she said. She loves to share her knowledge with others and always had a dream to submit a meaningful article to be printed in a newspaper. “The more we know, the more we care, the more we will be called to protect,” she stated. Wilinski has written articles in the Riverland News in Dunnellon, a Citrus Publishing-owned paper. Her rst article was about her favor ite subject – North American river otters. “I wanted to share stories on these charismatic, yet ferocious creatures to shed light onto the importance of their protection as well as the im portance of springs conservation,” she said. “Everything in nature is intercon nected,” Wilinski said. “If we can save our springs, we will also pro tect the wildlife.” She wrote another article on the American alligator, which she says “is an often misunderstood key stone species.” “Alligators are vital to our ecosystems and I wanted to put into perspective how they are tied to a healthy environment and needed by other wildlife,” Wilinski said. The last article she wrote was about doing our part by planting native vegetation, which is a “win-win, as native plants support polli nators, save us money and help keep the nitrates out of our waterways.” She always ends each article with helpful hints and how to do our part. Wilinski is a certied Florida Master Naturalist who attended Crealde School of Art. She is a vol-unteer board member of the Rain bow River Conservation and is part of the Florida Springs Council. She resides on the Rainbow Riv er and likes to spend her free time snorkeling, kayaking and educating others about caring for the Florida Springs. Observing all the wildlife fuels her inspiration. “No matter how many times I am submerged in the refreshing spring water, there’s an endless amount of stories to be told,” she said. “I have a vision to reconnect people Photos courtesy of Linda Wilinski Nature photographer Linda Wilinski also works as an environmental specialist with the State of Florida for the past 18 years, although she hopes to retire in the near future to concentrate on her conservation photography and “ be more engaged with nonprofit organizations,” she said.Appreciation, advocacy found in her work Wilinski is a certified Florida Master Naturalist who attended Crealde School of Art. She is a volunteer board member of the Rainbow River Conservation and is part of the Florida Springs Council. “I have a vision to reconnect people with the outdoors to raise awareness and to shed light onto nature’s hard ships.” Wilinkski encourages conserva tion with her art. Some of Wilinski’s work has been on display at the Coastal Region Library in Crystal River and she recently spoke and had an exhibit at Cedar Key.Show off your ride at Beverly Hills Civic Association Car Show By CLAIRE PHILLIPSLAXTONChronicle Correspondent Sign up your cars, all makes and models from the 1900s to 2023, for the Bev erly Hills Civic Association Car Show on Saturday, June 3. This is a judged show with cash prizes in each category. Entrance fee is $20. Send checks to Beverly Hills Civic Association at 1 Civ ic Circle, Beverly Hills, FL 34465. The day of the show, regis tration is $25. Brannen Bank, Sea Coast Bank and Curb Appeal Re ality are all $350 sponsors. The rst 80 cars regis tered get a “Dash Plaque.” There is also a People’s Choice trophy. There will be a 50/50 drawing and all participating car owners get free burgers and hot dogs that day. Harvey Gerber, president of the Beverly Hills Civic Association said, “Glenn Palhoff, owner of Kustom Glass with his wife Kathy, will be our head judges for the show.” Glenn and Kathy will dis tribute yers this Saturday evening at the Citrus Coun ty Cruisers gathering at the Wendys parking lot in Crys tal River on U.S. 19. Best-in-Class Categories will be: Q1900-1919 Q1920-1959 Q1960-1999 Q2000-2023 Prizes for rst place, sec ond place and third place in each category are $150, $100 and $50, respectively. “It’s wonderful for the BHCA to attempt a new fundraiser to support our self-nanced association with a group of 12 volun teer board members,” said Gerber. The Beverly Hills Civ ic Association cares about their community, he noted. Members recently collected unwanted items from over 100 mostly senior citizens on April 21 that resulted in 8 tons of debris removed out of Beverly Hills. “We do this worthwhile community service project in the spring and in the fall every year since the 1990s,” Gerber said. “This is our 60th anniversary of the Bev erly Hills Civic Association and I am proud to be part of the current group of dedi cated volunteers.” Sign up early for the Bev erly Hills Civic Car Show, to be held rain or shine. For more information, contact Harvey Gerber at 3524222798. Special to the Chronicle This is a judged show with cash prizes in each category. Kids get a chance to ‘rise’ to occasion this summer By MARGO WILSON Chronicle Correspondent Sixty middle school stu dents will have a chance to learn about trust and friend ships, managing emotions and theater at Camp Rise, a free camp for students ages 11-14 on June 5-9 or July 17-21. Charles Niski, whose Under Siege Enterprises and Two Pence Produc tions, have performed mur der-mysteries and more serious works at the Valerie Theatre over the past couple years, said several nonprof it groups are collaborating to offer the camp and have asked him to participate. According to a ier for the camp, students entering sixth through eighth grade are eligible to apply for the camp. The June 5-9 camp is at Cit rus Springs Middle School and the July 17-21 camp is at Inverness Middle School. Lunch will be provided.Other topics students will study include respecting oneself and others, similar ities and differences among people, and communicating and problem-solving. Niski said the students with whom he will work will stage an approximately 40-minute show on the last day of camp. Also sponsoring the camp are: Eckerd Connects, Citrus County Children’s Advocacy Center (Jesse’s Place), CASA, the Citrus County Sheriff’s Ofce, Aspire: Home of the River Project, Hanley Founda tion, Anti-Drug Coalition of Citrus County and Citrus County Schools. Thirty spots are available each week. Registration must be before May 29 and can be accomplished at www.antidrugcitrus.com. For information, call 352-601-6620.Special, free camp in June and July “I have a vision to reconnect people with the outdoors to raise awareness and to shed light onto nature’s hardships.”LINDA WILINSKINature Photographer and Environmental Specialist See VALERIE , page C6 See PHOTOGRAPHER , page C6 See TIMES , page C6
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Using two remote operated sub mersibles, a team of researchers spent six weeks last summer in the North Atlantic mapping the whole shipwreck and the surrounding 3-mile debris eld, where per sonal belongings of the ocean lin erÂ’s passengers such as shoes and watches were scattered. Richard Parkinson, founder and chief executive of deep-sea explo ration rm Magellan, estimated that the resulting data – including 715,000 images – is 10 times larg er than any underwater 3D model ever attempted before. “ItÂ’s an absolutely one-to-one digital copy, a ‘twin,Â’ of the Ti tanic in every detail,” said Antho ny Geffen, head of documentary maker Atlantic Productions. The Titanic was on its maiden voyage from Southampton, En gland, to New York City when it hit an iceberg off Newfoundland in the North Atlantic on April 15, 1912. The luxury ocean liner sank within hours, killing about 1,500 people. The wreck, discovered in 1985, lies some 12,500 feet under the sea, about 435 miles off the coast of Canada. Geffen says previous images of the Titanic were often limited by low light levels, and only allowed viewers to see one area of the wreck at a time. He said the new 3D model captures both the bow and stern section, which had sepa rated upon sinking, in clear detail – including the serial number on the propeller. Researchers have spent sev en months rendering the large amount of data they gathered, and a documentary on the project is expected to come out next year. But beyond that, Geffen says he hopes the new technology will help researchers work out details of how the Titanic met its fate and allow people to interact with his tory in a fresh way. “All our assumptions about how it sank, and a lot of the details of the Titanic comes from specula tion, because there is no model that you can reconstruct, or work exact distances,” he said. “IÂ’m excited because this quality of the scan will allow people in the future to walk through the Titanic themselves ... and see where the bridge was and everything else.” By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Today is Friday, May 19, the 139th day of 2023. There are 226 days left in the year. Highlight in history:On May 19, 1536, Anne Boleyn, the second wife of EnglandÂ’s King Henry VIII, was beheaded after being convict ed of adultery. On this date:In 1780, a mysterious dark ness enveloped much of New England and part of Canada in the early afternoon. In 1920, 10 people were killed in a gun battle between coal miners, who were led by a local police chief, and a group of private security guards hired to evict them for joining a union in Matewan, a small “company town” in West Virginia. In 1962, film star Marilyn Monroe sang “Happy Birthday to You” to President John F. Kennedy during a Democratic fundraiser at New YorkÂ’s Mad ison Square Garden. In 1967, the Soviet Union ratified a treaty with the Unit ed States and Britain, banning nuclear and other weapons from outer space as well as celestial bodies such as the moon. (The treaty entered into force in October 1967.) In 1993, the Clinton White House set off a political storm by abruptly firing the entire staff of its travel office; five of the seven staffers were later reinstated and assigned to other duties. In 1994, former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis died in New York at age 64. In 2003, WorldCom Inc. agreed to pay investors $500 million to settle civil fraud charges. In 2020, a Trump adminis tration policy of quickly expel ling most migrants stopped along the border because of the COVID-19 pandemic was indefinitely extended. Ten years ago: President Barack Obama, in a soaring commencement address on work, sacrifice and opportuni ty, told graduates of histori cally black Morehouse College in Atlanta to seize the power of their example as black men graduating from college and use it to improve peopleÂ’s lives. Five years ago: BritainÂ’s Prince Harry wed American actress Meghan Markle in a service that reflected HarryÂ’s royal heritage and his brideÂ’s biracial roots, as well as their shared commitment to put a more diverse, modern face on the monarchy. Justify won the Preakness in foggy Baltimore, on the way to a Triple Crown sweep. Starbucks announced a new policy allowing anyone to sit in its cafes or use its restrooms, even if they donÂ’t buy anything; the policy came five weeks after two black men who hadnÂ’t bought any thing were arrested at a Phil adelphia Starbucks. One year ago: The nationÂ’s oldest civil rights organization said it will propose a sweep ing plan meant to protect Black Americans from white supremacist violence, in response to a hate-fueled massacre that killed 10 Black people in Buffalo, New York. Vangelis, the Greece-born electronic composer who wrote the Academy Award-winning score for “Chariots of Fire” and music for dozens of other movies, documentaries and TV series, died at age 79. TodayÂ’s birthdays: TV per sonality David Hartman is 88. Actor James Fox is 84. Actor Nancy Kwan is 84. Rock sing er-composer Pete Townshend (The Who) is 78. Concert pia nist David Helfgott is 76. Col lege Football Hall of Famer and former NFL player Archie Manning is 74. Singer-actor Grace Jones is 72. Rock musician Phil Rudd is 69. Actor Steven Ford is 67. Actor Toni Lewis is 63. Actor Polly Walker is 57. Actor Jason Gray-Stanford is 53. Gospel singer Israel Houghton is 52. Rock singer Jenny Berggren (Ace of Base) is 51. Former race car driver Dario Franchitti is 50. Country/rock singer Shooter Jennings is 44. Actor Drew Fuller is 43. Actor-co median Michael Che (TV: “Saturday Night Live”) is 40. Actor Eric Lloyd is 37. Pop singer Sam Smith is 31. Actor Nolan Lyons is 22. TODAY IN HISTORY Images by Atlantic / Magellan via AP In this grab taken from a digital scan released Thursday, a view of the bow of the Titanic, in the Atlantic Ocean created using deep-sea mapping. Deep-sea researchers have completed the first full-size digital scan of the Titanic wreck, showing the entire relic in unprecedented detail and clarity, the companies behind a new documentary on the wreck said Thursday. A view of the bow of the Titanic, in the Atlantic Ocean created using deep-sea mapping. Using two remote operated submersibles, a team of researchers spent six weeks last summer in the North Atlantic mapping every millimeter of the shipwreck and the surrounding 3-mile debris field, where personal belongings of the ocean linerÂ’s passengers such as shoes and watches were scattered. A view of part of the propeller of the Titanic.
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C4 Friday, May 19, 2023 Citrus County ChronicleA & P Elder man worries his daughter has ‘quit’ himDEAR AMY: As an older male I have seen fundamental changes in all types of rela-tionships. One change is a reduction in work ambition. Some people chose “quiet quitting” – to do as little as possible and still keep their job. I see “quiet quitting” in relationships as well, and my daughter has chosen to quietly quit her relation-ship with me. She seems happy to see me when we get together (rarely) and there is al-ways a “love you” some-where – but that’s it. Her mother and I got divorced 15 years ago when my kids were teenagers. They lived with her full time. I know that my ex does her best to poison their relationship with me. My daughter and her husband never proactively contact me or offer to get to-gether, even though I live nearby. I suggest that they come to my home to celebrate my birthday – but it never happens. She and her husband had Easter dinner with her mother, but she didn’t even bother to give me a “Happy Easter” phone call. She even had her mother give her away at her wedding, even though she and her ancé made sure to visit me to get a sub-stantial check for half the wedding cost. I have chosen to not only write her completely out of my will, but I will not leave any money to her new child. Instead, I will leave everything to my son. I will have multiple millions of dollars in my estate and as I take my last breaths in life I will have a sense of pleasure knowing how shocked she and her hus-band will be when my will is read. – Dad in Name Only DEAR DAD: Your daughter seems happy to see you when she sees you. She tells you she loves you. To me, this sounds like a relationship that has some strains at the seams, but also room for growth. If your ex has poisoned your daughter toward you, then – as her father – can’t you hold some compassion toward her? You seem to be blaming your daughter for a dynamic created by her mother’s behavior during an extremely import-ant and emotionally formative time in a teen’s life. You are obviously very hurt, but there are areas where you could work harder to try to knit together the shreds of this relationship. You could tell your daughter that you are sorry she and her brother endured a tough divorce. You could tell her that you would like to build a better relationship with her, now. You could express truth-fully that you feel wounded because you would like to be closer, but you’re not sure how to go about it. You could ask if she is willing to try. Furthermore, your attitude toward your baby grandchild is completely misplaced. What has this baby ever done to you? Your rage is not good for you.Furthermore, just to point out the obvious: You seem to be the quitter, here. DEAR AMY: I have a friend who is my age, (late 50s). She has grown children and a good career, but – since her divorce – has never had a long-term happy relationship. She is on all the dating sites and dates many times per week. I don’t choose to date right now. I am content to be on my own. I know I am lucky to be content. I don’t want to hear all the news around this topic – it doesn’t interest me. It’s been years of these stories and I would prefer to discuss something else. We work together, so I can’t drop contact. How do I set a boundary about this? – RDEAR R: All of us are called upon to occasionally be tolerant about topics that don’t interest us. If your friend’s nattering exceeds your limit, you should try to be polite, but blunt: “Can I be honest with you? I know this is important to you, but I also know that you have a lot more going on than your dating life. Can we switch topics?” DEAR AMY: Your response to “Polite Gentleman” surprised me. This guy merely expressed his opinion on people being addressed as “Ladies and Gentle-men,” and you ripped into him! – Dis-tressed DEAR DISTRESSED: “Polite Gentleman” expressed his opinion, and asked for mine. In doing so, I explained the mod-ern reasons not to divide people into the binary of “ladies and gentlemen.” I don’t consider this a “ripping,” though I assume that he probably felt stretched. You can email Amy Dickinson at askamy@ amydickinson.com or send a letter to Ask Amy, P.O. Box 194, Freeville, NY 13068. 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Removalofscrapmetal a/c,auto's,appliances anddumpruns. 352-476-6600 WoodDeskw/hutch GivingAwayforFree 352-586-1024 OTHER $WWHQWLRQ 9,$*5$DQG&,$/,686(56 $FKHDSHUDOWHUQDWLYHWRKLJKGUXJ VWRUHSULFHV3LOO 6SHFLDO2QO\ JXDUDQWHHG&$//12: DISCOUNTAIRTRAVEL Call F lightServicesforbestpricing o ndomestic&international f lightsinsideandfromtheUS. S ervingUnited,Delta, A merican&Southwestand m anymoreairlines.Callfora f reequotenow!Havetravel datesready! 866-245-7709 Audience members who compete on stage in “Lyr ical Pursuit” will don “fun little hats with sequins, dis co ball necklaces and star sunglasses,” Niski said. They will join actors Do reen Fontanez, Anastacia Vinson, and Angelo Fon tanez, who are a mom, daughter, and dad in real life. Also performing are Melanie Burkhardt, Dylan Earnheart, John Telschow and Trista Naylor Qaasim. Niski said this is Naylor Qaasim’s rst time on stage. The audience is invited to dress in ’70s ware. The show includes two commercials that Niski re cently recorded, as well as a live commercial. Niski seems drawn to the work of playwright Ei leen Moushey, who not only wrote “Win, Lose, or Die!” but also “Funeral for a Gangster,” which Niski’s actors performed in January, as well as “The Pajama Party Murder,” performed in 2022. Niski said Moushey al lows local troupes to adapt scripts to meet their needs. He and his actors decided on the ’70s setting. He said Burkhardt helped a lot in adapting the script. Niski said about the mur der mysteries he’s pro duced, “They are fun and they are easy.” He said as he rehearses murder mysteries with the actors, he gives them basic ideas about movement but “75 percent of the ideas are pitched by the actors. That’s why I like them (murder mysteries). Absurdity is not frowned on.” He also said he’d like to offer a clue to people who might be reading this article. The preview music and slides shown in the theater before the show begins, are the lyr ics of at least some of the songs in “Lyrical Pursuit.” According to Niski, these preshow songs are “a cram session.” “Lyrical Pursuit – A Mur der Mystery aka Win, Lose or Die!” is at 7:30 p.m. May 26-27 and June 2-3 and 3:30 p.m. May 28 and June 4. Tickets range from $20-$30 and are available at www.valerietheatre.org. The Valerie Theatre is at 207 Courthouse Square, Inverness. Tickets also are available at the box ofce from noon to 5 p.m. Tues day through Sunday and one hour before the show. For general information, call 352-341-7850. VALERIEFrom page C1 with the outdoors to raise awareness and to shed light onto nature’s hard ships,” she stated. She encourages conservation with her art. Some of her work has been on display at the Coastal Region Li brary in Crystal River and she re cently spoke and had an exhibit at Cedar Key. She sells her work at the annual Rainbow Springs Art Festival ev ery spring and is planning a few more local events this fall. She has a website and gets requests for her work from it and delivers locally. Selling some of her art gives her a chance to give back to nonprot organizations protecting Florida’s nature. That’s her motivation. Her husband recently came up with merchandise that also re solves around springs awareness. “We named it ‘Blue 72’ (blue for the water and 72 for the degrees.) “With every purchase, we give back to natural Florida,” she said. “It’s a new project and we are still working on it.” She loves conservation photog raphy as it gives her purpose and the courage to speak for the ones who cannot. “I hope my images move hearts into the direction of compassion,” she said. She also would like to partner with local art galleries. Some of her work is on display at the Rainbow Springs State Park Gift Shop. Wilinski is also available for speaking events and is active on social media. She is now working on a short lm for “World Otter Day,” a video that will premiere on May 31 on YouTube. “I have formed a strong bond with some of the local wildlife and I am known as the ‘Otter Whisperer’ in my circle of human friends,” she noted. For more information visit www.lindawphotography.com or Instagram: @lindawphotography or email at lindasphotography3@gmail.com. PHOTOGRAPHERFrom page C1 coach to Gainesville, access to the museum’s Always on Display exhibits, admission to the Buttery Rainforest, special “Spiders Alive!” ex hibit and boxed lunch. Tickets are available at the Citrus County Resource Center or by calling 352-527-5952. Seating is limited, so reserve your ticket by May 20. Payment is due within seven days of registration and tickets are non-refundable. Proceeds go to benet the Friends of the Nature Coast Volunteer Center.Concert Choir to begin summer rehearsals The Citrus Community Concert Choir will begin rehearsals for its summer series of concerts at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 20, held at First Presbyterian Church of Inverness, 206 Washing ton Ave., Inverness. Concerts are set for Aug. 5 and 6 with more details to come. This summer’s pro gram is titled “Songs That Make You Smile!” and sing ers are welcome through June 3. Arrive by 9:45 a.m. to sign up and receive and pay for your music. For any questions, call 352-634-3927.Orchid Society to hold repotting workshop Nature Coast Orchid Society will host a repot ting workshop on May 20. Doors open 11 a.m. Meet ing starts at noon. Located in the Northcliffe Church Fellowship Hall behind the church, 10515 Northcliffe Blvd., Spring Hill. Bring necessary supplies including items for clean up. Members’ show table, rafe and plants available. For more information, call 352-895-4035.Citrus Writers to be at ‘Coffee and type’ Citrus Writers, a nonprot group, will be at the meet and greet drop-by event “Coffee and type” from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 7, at the Citrus Coun ty Canning Center, 3405 W. Southern St., Lecanto. Re freshments provided. For details, email Ber yl at berylstj@gmail.com.Free classes on grilling food safely The UF/IFAS Extension Citrus County is providing free programs on Grilling Food Safely. Summertime means grilling and cook outs, but as the summer temps rise, so do the chanc es of food borne illness. Learn the preventive steps to take to keep your summer cookout safe. The classes will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, May 22, at the Central Ridge Library, 425 W. Roosevelt Blvd., Beverly Hills, and at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 30, at the Floral City Li brary, 8360 E. Orange Ave., Floral City. Pre-register online at: tinyurl.com/bdf pjt6v. For details and to regis ter, call the UF/IFAS Citrus County Extension ofce in Lecanto at 352-527-5700. Entomologist to speak at Wildlife Club meeting Entomologist Tarolyn Frisbie, public education specialist, will speak at the Wildlife Club meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 23, at the Nature Coast Unitarian Universalists (NCUU) fel lowship hall, 7633 N. Flor ida Ave., Citrus Springs. Topics will include the mosquito life cycle, diseas es they carry, mosquito pre vention around your home and the role of the Citrus County mosquito control program. The doors will open at 6:30 p.m. for many free wildlife handouts and information and light re freshments. There will be a door prize and a 50/50 drawing held to benet the NCUU. Wildlife Club meetings are always free and all are welcome. The presentation will begin at 7 p.m. This Wildlife Club meet ing will be the last for this season and will resume meetings in September 2023. For more information, contact Brenda L. Roberts, president and founder of the Wildlife Club, at 352-746-2384 or blr768@tampabay.rr.com. Military Tribute Bikes on display forMemorial Day To honor our heroes on Memorial Day weekend, from May 25 to 30, the rst of the three Military Trib ute Bikes, The Air Force Tribute Bike “The Chief,” will be on display at Plaza Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram of Inverness located on State Road 44 in Inverness. The last of the three, The Navy Tribute/Ranger Trib ute Bike “Top Gun,” will be on display at Crystal Harley Davidson on U.S. 19 in Ho mosassa. For information, go to militarytributebikes.com. Legion Riders to have celebration The American Legion Rider Chapter 237 Beverly Hills will have a Memorial Day Weekend Celebration from noon to 5 p.m. Satur day, May 27, at Crystal Har ley-Davidson, 1147 S. Sun coast Blvd., Homosassa. The band Hat Trick will be playing and Big Mike’s slow-cooked pulled pork sandwich, potato salad, sweet corn and dessert will be offered for $15 a plate. The event is sponsored by Crystal Harley-Davidson, Lowman Law Firm, S&S Electric Co. and the Citrus County Chronicle. A full cash liquor bar will be avail able for drinks purchase. Proceeds from this event will benet Wreaths for Our Fallen Heroes. For information, call John Roby 352-536-7480 or Amy Moodie 352-563-9900.‘Bingo and Brunch’ fundraiser June 3 The Gulf to Lakes Pilot Club is proud to announce their Bingo and Brunch fundraiser. Doors open at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 3, at the Moose Lodge, 221 S. Haid Terrace, Lecanto. Tickets are $20 each and include 12 games, brunch, rafe baskets, a 50/50 rafe and game prizes. All proceeds will benet or ganizations within Citrus County that align with the Pilot International mission of training youth for a life of service, educating the public about brain health and safety and helping those who care for others. What could be better than playing some bingo and helping the community at the same time? So bring a friend and enjoy the food and fun. For tickets and information, call Gidget at 352-476-6337 or email ondago39@aol.com.Watercolor classes for beginners, intermediates Susan Strawbridge will be offering watercolor classes at the Cracker Canvas from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. Tues-days, beginning June 6 run ning through June 27. The four classes will in clude the basics in watercol or including composition, color theory and values. The class is open to anyone from beginners to intermediate skill levels. The class needs a mini mum of three students and has a maximum of ve stu dents. For information, cost and to register, call 352-212-4011 or call Susan at 352-212-4378. TIMESFrom page C1
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Pleaseemailyourresumeto wfma.peds@gmail.com PETS AdorablePuppies 2litters,York-Pom& PomBichon ReadyJune4th&June13th NowtakingDeposits 352-546-1099 DiatonFilter FishTank/Aquarium w/filter&powder$100 352-560-3019 DOGCARRIER PetMateUltra,large,28"Lx 15"Wx21.5"D.Taupe/black $60 352-613-0529 JACKRUSSELLPUPPIES Claws&TailsDone,CKCregisteredw/HealthCerts.shots, SmoothCoatw/shortlegs, Readytogo! FamilyraisedMother&Father onpremises$700 508-971-9920(Inverness) MINIDACHSHUNDS Chocolate/tanandblack/tan male&female$1500 8wksoldUTDshots&health certificate.Silver&chocolate dapple,piebald$2500 LocatedinHomosassa 352.201.8853or 813.816.2496 Textorleavevoicemail. PETS PUPPIESFORSALE CKCRegisteredMini Dachshunds.FLHouseCerts. Completepuppykit.Silver dapplelong-coatmale,anda Black/Tanmaleandfemale shortcoat.Homeraisedwith love.ReadyMay19th. 352-220-4231 ShihTzuPuppies M/F,Variouscolors, Vetchecked,Homeraised AvailableJune7th Takingdepositsnow$800 352-544-0330 YORKIPOOPUPPIES 2male,2female,tailscut 3/4Yorkie,1/4Poodle Parentsonpremises, Mom3.5lbs.,Dad6lbs. HealthCerts-Ready6/7 $1000,352.528.4184 FARM 42"MowerBlades 5PTStarcenterholefitsmany 42"deckbrands,$25set 352-249-7063 AUGER 5ftlongsteelgroundauger tobeusedPTO $30OBO 352-344-1515 HORSE&CATTLE BURIALS ...alsootheranimals 352-212-6298 MERCHANDISE ANTIQUESILVER COMB/BRUSH/MIRRORSET $60352-560-3019
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C8 Friday, May 19, 2023 Citrus County Chronicle C Your Hometown Agents 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 PROTECTYOURHOME from p estssafelyandaffordably. P est,rodent,termiteandmosq uitocontrol.Callforaquoteor inspectiontoday 888-498-0446 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 Century21JWMorton RealEstate,Inc StefanStuart Realtor 352.212.0211 Honest Experienced HardWorking ForAwardWinning CustomerServicecontact StefanStuartC21@gmail.com HOME SERVICES DIRECTORY Iputthe REAL in REALESTATE! JIMTHE"REAL" MCCOY I'mattentiveto yourrealestate needs! CALL&GET RESULTS! (352)232-8971 LaWanda Watt LWattC21@gmail.com Thinkingofselling? Inventoryisdown andweneedlistings!! Callmefora FreeMarketAnalysis! 352-212-1989 Century21J.W.Morton RealEstate,Inc. 38Clientsservedin2022 8.3 MILLION inSales 40yearsintheBusiness MayIhelpyounext? CALL(352)302-8046 DebInfantine-Realtor TropicShoresRealty HOME SERVICES DIRECTORY MICHELEROSE Realtor "Simplyput I'llworkharder" 352-212-5097 isellcitruscounty @yahoo.com CravenRealty,Inc. 352-726-1515 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 HOME SERVICES DIRECTORY PickJeanne Pickrelforall yourReal Estateneeds! CertifiedResidential Specialist. GraduateofReal EstateInstitute. 352-212-3410 Callfora FREE MarketAnalysis. pickjean@gmail.com Century21JWMorton RealEstateInc. Debra"Debbie"Cleary Professional Representation IstheKEYtoSuccess! PROVENPRODUCER! MeadowcrestSpecialist ServingALLofCitrusCounty (352)601-6664 TROPICSHORESREALTY Thankyoutoallwhoserved. TIMETOBUY ORSELL YOURMOBILE InALeasedLandPark? CALL LORELIELEBRUN LicensedRealtor&Mobile HomeBroker Century21 NatureCoast, 835NEHighway19, CrystalRiverFl. 352-613-3988 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 Unique&HistoricHomes, CommercialWaterfront& Land SMALLTOWNCOUNTRY LIFESTYLEOUR SPECIALTYSINCE1989 www.crosslandrealty.com "LETUSFINDYOU AVIEWTOLOVE" (352)726-6644 CrosslandRealty Inc. MERCHANDISE 1PAIROFDARKWOOD SWIVELCHAIRS picturesavailable,std.height $12ea, 352-344-1515 1940s65PieceChina MadeinEngland,Serves8,n o chips,servingbowls&lids, platters,gravybowl$300 352-560-3019 20lbIronANVIL 10inlong $25Picsavail. 352.344.1515 5casesofLaminate ColorAgedOak $10eachor$40all 352-560-3019 AirConditioner PortableA/C8,000BTU $125LeaveMessage 207.713.7469 WEBUYANTIQUES &VINTAGEITEMS ...PedalCars,Toys,Bicycles, CastIron,Pyrex,OldTools, MilitaryItems(Knives,Bayonets...),BBGuns,OldMetal Signs,Fenton,Lladro ... $CASH$ CallforInfo. Jim352-219-4134 Sheila352-219-1862 DesignerLeatherHandBag ANTONIOMELANI $50.00 352-560-3019 BareTrapMuleSneakers Newinboxneverworn,White, Size7,Retail$39,Selling $20 Picsavailable 352-513-5339 BathroomButler 1fttall,holdtoiletpaper,never used,inbox&storage$30 352-560-3019 MERCHANDISE CHRISTMASDOLLS(2) 18"long,vintagestyleclothing 1999-2000,$20ea. 352-344-1515 CIRRUSUPRIGHTVACUUM Neverused $50 Call352-423-1004 COINS Eisenhower"Silver"pieces from1970s,Moondollars $2Each 352-445-2680 CONAIROptiCleanPower PlaqueRemover Rechargeable,NEWINBOX REDUCEDPRICE ,$20OBO (352)410-8262 or(732)857-5120 COOKIEJAR CeramicSchoolhouse. 7"x9"x10"$20 callortext352-586-4576 COOKIEJAR CeramicvintageMcCoy RockingHorse$20 callortext352-586-4576 COOKIEJAR CeramicPenguin$10 callortext 352-586-4576 Women'sDesignerClothing Large/Xlarge,Jackets,Vests, Jeans,Tops&Dresses,New orWornOnce,$5-20/ea. 352-410-8262 or732-857-5120 GIADiamondRing BrandNew,Size7 $1,000 352-453-7636 Electrictoothbrush withFlosser $50352-560-3019 FABRICSTEAMER C onAir-Newinbox.Onehou r ofcontinuoussteam. $50/OBOCallBob,leavemsg 352-527-1557 KEYBOARDCOVER Yamaha76keyboard cover-NEW $10 352-513-5339 LEATHERPANTSW/BELT Genuineleatherpantsw/belt, women'ssize10. $75 352-586-4576 CallorText MILKBOTTLELAMP fr/Miller'sDairy,$15OBO, 352-344-1515 NAUTICALSHIPBELL StainlessSteelexccond Picturesavail. $35352.344.1515 MERCHANDISE NewClogsw/FleeceLining SizeMed,Pinkw/White FleeceliningfromRuralKing Retail$29,Asking $10 352-513-5339 Brand-newinbox!! InterplakRechargeable Toothbrush Storeprice$30,sellingfor$10 727-247-3025 OLDHORSESHOE&BRIDLE BITCOLLECTION Somevintage/somebarely used$50OBO Willsellseparately 352-344-1515 Bob'sDISCARDED LawnMowerService «FREEPICK-UP« 352-637-1225 PORTAPOWER/HYDRAULIC Completesetwithallaccessoriesincarryingcase. $ 150/OBOCallBob,leavemsg 352-527-1557 StockPot StainlessStealw/glasslid $15 352-560-3019 T.V.TRAYS 3T.V.Trayswithholder $20 352-560-3019 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! WineRack 126bottleWineEnthusiast MahoganyWineRack$45 352-860-0865 WineRack 24bottlebrushedaluminum winerack,likenew,$25 352-860-0865 APPLIANCES BissellBaglessVacuum barelyused,runsgreat PowerForce$30 352-560-3019 APPLIANCES COMMERCIALMIXER GLOBESP20Commercial 20QuartPlanetaryMixer AllAccessoriesincluded! ExcellentCond.!$1100OBO 352-212-4622LeaveMsg SMITTYS APPLIANCEREPAIR 352-564-8179 RVREFRIGERATOR3WAY DIMENSIONSARE25 INCHES7.16 23INCHES3.8391/2 $400.00 352-422-7225 FURNITURE ChinaCabinet GoldenColored,Wood,$150 352-601-3088 CURIOCABINET 82"Hx40"Wx13"Dwith shelves-Whitewashed$100 352-613-0529 DINETTETABLE Oaktop,42"X42".Octagonal TableOnlyNoChairs. DouglasCasualLiving. $35Call352-382-1000 DinningSet Table,4Chairs&Bench Darkwoodw/blackseats verygoodcondition $350obocashonly 352-302-1084 BeautifulQueenWaterBed GreatCondition,$350 352-651-4658 TALLCABINET Solidwood-Shelvesandglass upperdoor $150 352-513-5339 FURNITURE WoodStyleDesk Hasdrawers,&filedrawer NiceCondition,$130 CansendPicture 352-527-1193 MEDICAL EQUIPMENT ATTENTIONOXYGENTHER-A PYUSERS! InogenOneG4 i scapableoffull24/7oxygen d elivery.Only2.8pounds. F REEinformationkit.Call 844958-2473. DolomiteMaxi+650Walker Retail$500,sellingused$100 706-412-2378 ElectricWheelchair ForzaD091yrold,neverbeen used.Ultralight,foldable. LocalCashSaleOnly $1,200OBO 352.212.0603 EQUATENOCONTACT INFAREDBODY THERMOMETER , NewinBox,$20, 352-410-8262 or 732-857-5120 EQUATESHOWER&BATH CHAIR w/back,newinbox, neverbeenopened, REDUCEDPRICE ,$25 352-410-8262or 732-857-5120 FannyPackBag ForcarryingtheINOGENone G4PortableOxygenConcentrators.(Bagonly)Brandnew stillinpackage. $45 727-247-3025 EQUATEARMBLOOD PRESSUREMONITOR BrandNewinBox, PriceReduced,$20 (352)410-8262or (732)857-5120 EQUATEWRISTBLOOD PRESSUREMONITOR ,New inbox,$20, 352-410-8262 or 732-857-5120 SPORTING GOODS INABOVEPOOLLADDER $20 352-560-3019 KAYAK Heritage11'kayak Riggedforfishing. $175 352-201-2656 SCHWINNBICYCLEHELMET ventilated,adjustable,Model #SW124,$15, 352-344-1515 WEIGHT 25lbcastirondumbbell $20 352.344.1515 REAL ESTATE FOR RENT r rrr rn  r ÂrÂÂÂr rrrn r rrr r Âr ÂrÂÂÂr rr  REAL ESTATE FOR SALE 6acres with 370ftofpavedroadfrontage Mixedresidential.LocatedEof Hwy19inHomosassa. Call352.422.6088 &DVKIRU\RXU +RXVH&RQGRRU 7RZQKRXVH Faircashofferforyour property.NoFees& IpayALLclosingcosts. Call/TextJon813-359-7281
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Citrus County Chronicle Friday, May 19, 2023 C9 CLASSIFIEDS 0519FCRNNTCMEER INTHECIRCUITCOURTFIFTHJUDICIALCIRCUITOF FLORIDAINANDFORCITRUSCOUNTY PROBATEDIVISION CASENO.2023-CP-452 I NRE:THEESTATEOF H ENRYD.MEER, Deceased. NOTICETOCREDITORS (SummaryAdministration) T OALLPERSONSHAVINGCLAIMSORDEMANDSAGAINS T T HEABOVEESTATE: YouareherebynotifiedthatanOrderofSummaryAdminis t rationhasbeenenteredintheestateofHENRYD.MEER,de c eased,FileNo.2023-CP-452bytheCircuitCourtforCitru s C ounty,Florida,ProbateDivision,theaddressofwhichis11 0N . A popkaAvenue,Inverness,Florida34450;thatthedecedent' s d ateofdeathwasApril11,2023,thatthetotalapproximateva lu e o ftheestateis$70,000.00andthatthenamesandaddresseso f t hosetowhomithasbeenassignedbysuchorderis: E DMUNDA.MEER,558W.RexfordDrive,BeverlyHills,F L 3 4465 E THANA.BROOKE-MEER,905LakeLilyDriveAptC3O9, M aitland,FL32751 A LLINTERESTEDPERSONSARENOTIFIEDTHAT: Allcreditorsoftheestateofthedecedentandpersonshavin g c laimsordemandsagainsttheestateofthedecedentothertha n t hoseforwhomprovisionforfullpaymentwasmadeintheOrde r o fSummaryAdministrationmustfiletheirclaimswiththisCo ur t W ITHINTHETIMEPERIODSSETFORTHINSECTIO N 7 33.702OFTHEFLORIDAPROBATECODE. ALLCLAIMSANDDEMANDSNOTSOFILEDWILLB E F OREVERBARRED. NOTWITHSTANDINGANYOTHERAPPLICABLETIM E P ERIOD,ANYCLAIMFILEDTWO(2)YEARSORMOR E A FTERTHEDECEDENT ‹ SDATEOFDEATHISBARRED . ThedateofthefirstpublicationofthisNoticeisMay12,2023. PersonGivingNotice : EDMUNDA.MEE R 558W.RexfordDriv e BeverlyHills,Florida3446 5 A ttorneyforPersonGivingNotice: M ORING&MORING,P.A. 7 655W.GulftoLakeHwy. C rystalRiver,Florida34429 T elephone:(352)795-1797 P ATRICIAM.MORING E mail:pmoring@moringlaw.com F loridaBarNo.712809 PublishedMay12&19,2023 CREDITORS 0519FCRNNTCBORICK INTHECIRCUITCOURTOFTHEFIFTHJUDICIALCIRCUIT INANDFORCITRUSCOUNTY,FLORIDA PROBATECASENO.2023CP00036 1 I NRE:THEESTATEOF P ATRICIAS.BORICK A /K/APATRICIAANNBORICK, Deceased. NOTICETOCREDITORS TheadministrationoftheestateofPatriciaS.Boricka/k/a Pa t riciaAnnBorick,deceased,whosedateofdeathwasDecembe r 3 0,2022,ispendingintheCircuitCourtforCitrusCounty,Fl or i da,ProbateDivision,theaddressofwhichis110NorthApopk a A venue,Inverness,FL34450.Thenamesandaddressesofth e p ersonalrepresentativesandthepersonalrepresentatives 'attor n eyaresetforthbelow. Allcreditorsofthedecedentandotherpersonshavingclaim s o rdemandsagainstdecedent'sestateonwhomacopyofthi s n oticeisrequiredtobeservedmustfiletheirclaimswiththi s c ourtONORBEFORETHELATEROF3MONTHSAFTERTH E T IMEOFTHEFIRSTPUBLICATIONOFTHISNOTICEOR3 0 D AYSAFTERTHEDATEOFSERVICEOFACOPYOFTHI S N OTICEONTHEM. Allothercreditorsofthedecedentandotherpersonshavin g c laimsordemandsagainstdecedent'sestatemustfilethei r c laimswiththiscourtWITHIN3MONTHSAFTERTHEDATEO F T HEFIRSTPUBLICATIONOFTHISNOTICE. ALLCLAIMSNOTFILEDWITHINTHETIMEPERIODSSE T F ORTHINFLORIDASTATUTESSECTION733.702WILLB E F OREVERBARRED. NOTWITHSTANDINGTHETIMEPERIODSSETFORT H A BOVE,ANYCLAIMFILEDTWO(2)YEARSORMOREAFTE R T HEDECEDENT ‹ SDATEOFDEATHISBARRED. ThedateoffirstpublicationofthisnoticeisMay12,2023. PersonalRepresentatives : DouglasMeserol l 807NorthStreamParkwa y PointPleasantBoro,NJ0874 2 DarrenMeserol l 2227RivieraParkwa y PointPleasantBoro,NJ0874 2 A ttorneyforPersonalRepresentatives: T homasM.VanNess,Jr.,Esquire F loridaBarNo.0857750 V anNess&VanNess,P.A. 1 205NorthMeetingTreeBlvd. C rystalRiver,FL34429 3 52-795-1444 t mv@vannesspa.com b tl@vannesspa.com PublishedMay12&19,2023 0519FCRNNTCIRISK.JONES INTHECIRCUITCOURTFORCITRUSCOUNTY,FLORIDA PROBATEDIVISIO N FileNo.2023CP32 0 I NRE:ESTATEOF I RISK.JONES, Deceased. NOTICETOCREDITORS TheadministrationoftheestateofIrisK.Jones,deceased , w hosedateofdeathwasOctober28,2021,ispendingintheCir c uitCourtforCitrusCounty,Florida,ProbateDivision,the ad d ressofwhichis110NApopkaAvenue,InvernessFL34450 . T henamesandaddressesofthepersonalrepresentativeandth e p ersonalrepresentative'sattorneyaresetforthbelow. Allcreditorsofthedecedentandotherpersonshavingclaim s o rdemandsagainstdecedent'sestateonwhomacopyofthi s n oticeisrequiredtobeservedmustfiletheirclaimswiththi s c ourtONORBEFORETHELATEROF3MONTHSAFTERTH E T IMEOFTHEFIRSTPUBLICATIONOFTHISNOTICEOR3 0 D AYSAFTERTHEDATEOFSERVICEOFACOPYOFTHI S N OTICEONTHEM. Allothercreditorsofthedecedentandotherpersonshavin g c laimsordemandsagainstdecedent'sestatemustfilethei r c laimswiththiscourtWITHIN3MONTHSAFTERTHEDATEO F T HEFIRSTPUBLICATIONOFTHISNOTICE. ALLCLAIMSNOTFILEDWITHINTHETIMEPERIODSSE T F ORTHINFLORIDASTATUTESSECTION733.702WILLB E F OREVERBARRED. NOTWITHSTANDINGTHETIMEPERIODSSETFORT H A BOVE,ANYCLAIMFILEDTWO(2)YEARSORMOREAFTE R T HEDECEDENT'SDATEOFDEATHISBARRED. ThedateoffirstpublicationofthisnoticeisMay12,2023. PersonalRepresentative : KathleenL.Bresci a 35WinchesterDriv e TomsRiver,NJ0875 3 A ttorneyforPersonalRepresentatives: J ohnS.ClardyIII F loridaBarNo.123129 E -MailAddresses: c lardy@tampabay.rr.com m ary@clardyelderlaw.com C lardyLawFirm P OBox2410 C rystalRiver,FL34423 T elephone:352-795-2946 PublishedMay12&19,2023 CREDITORS 0519FCRNNTCTIBBALS INTHECIRCUITCOURTFORCITRUSCOUNTY, FLORIDA,PROBATEDIVISION FileNo.2023CP39 9 I NRE:ESTATEOF P AULA.TIBBALS, Deceased. NOTICETOCREDITORS TheadministrationoftheEstateofPAULA.TIBBALS,De c eased,whosedateofdeathwasOctober18,2022,ispendin g i ntheCircuitCourtforCitrusCounty,Florida,ProbateDivi sion , t headdressofwhichis110NorthApopkaAvenue,Inverness , F lorida34450.ThenamesandaddressesofthePersonalRep r esentativeandthePersonalRepresentative'sattorneyare se t f orthbelow. Allcreditorsofthedecedentandotherpersonshavingclaim s o rdemandsagainstdecedent ‹ sestateonwhomacopyofthi s n oticeisrequiredtobeservedmustfiletheirclaimswiththi s c ourtWITHINTHELATEROFTHREEMONTHSAFTERTH E T IMEOFTHEFIRSTPUBLICATIONOFTHISNOTICEOR3 0 D AYSAFTERTHEDATEOFSERVICEOFACOPYOFTHI S N OTICEONTHEM. Allothercreditorsofthedecedentandotherpersonshavin g c laimsordemandsagainstdecedent ‹ sestatemustfilethei r c laimswiththiscourtWITHINTHREEMONTHSAFTERTH E D ATEOFTHEFIRSTPUBLICATIONOFTHISNOTICE. ALLCLAIMSNOTSOFILEDWILLBEFOREVERBARRED.NOTWITHSTANDINGTHETIMEPERIODSETFORT H A BOVE,ANYCLAIMFILEDTWOYEARSORMOREAFTE R T HEDECEDENT'SDATEOFDEATHISBARRED. T hedateofthefirstpublicationofthisNoticeisMay12,2023. PersonalRepresentative : MichaelE.Tibbal s 37894SunnybrookStree t HarrisonTownship,Michigan4804 5 A ttorneyforPersonalRepresentative: S .MichaelMountjoy B RADSHAW&MOUNTJOY,P.A. 2 09CourthouseSquare I nverness,Florida34450 T elephone(352)726-1211 F acsimile(352)726-3180 PublishedMay12&19,2023 MEETINGS 0519FCRN5/23WORKSHOP&SPMTG PUBLICNOTICE T heCitrusCountySchoolBoardwillholdaWorkshopandSpe c ialMeetingat9:00a.m.,onTuesday,May23,2023,inth e B oardRoomoftheDistrictServicesCenterlocatedat1007Wes t M ainStreet,Inverness,Florida. T heWorkshoptopicsareJobDescriptionUpdate,VapingUp d ateandSROContractUpdate.TheSpecialMeetingistoac t u ponbusinessthatneedstocomebeforetheBoardasoutline d o ntheagenda. I fanypersondecidestoappealadecisionmadebytheBoard , w ithrespecttoanymatterconsideredatthismeeting,hema y n eedarecordoftheproceedingsandmayneedtoensurethat a v erbatimrecordoftheproceedingsismade,whichrecordshou l d i ncludetestimonyandevidenceuponwhichhisappealistob e b ased. SandraHimme l Superintenden t CitrusCountySchoolBoar d PublishedMay19,2023 REAL ESTATE FOR SALE DUNNELLON NorthWilliamsSt 3000SFMOL; Commercialbuilding on.042acre **Forsaleorlease** MotivatedOwner Contact:AlIsnetto, PalmwoodRealty. 352-597-2500x202 ESTATEAUCTION SATMAY27&SUNMAY28 Preview9AM,Auctiontostart 10AMbothdays. 1540N.OttawaAve.Lecanto 3bed,3bathpoolhomeon 2.33acres. SellsonSaturdayat10AM.Bid onlineforhomeat HIBID.COM allcontentstosellafterwards. Formoreinfogoto www.allcoastauction.com 239-233-5281 AU415/AB3589 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 VACANT LOT 1.17Acre CornerLot 5923NBuffaloDr PineRidge$57,000 (352)513-4494 Parklikemodelhomelocated atalovelymobileparkin SpringHill.Relocating MUSTSELLValuedat $10-$15,000duringsnowbird season.50andupcommunity $4,900 352.249.8036 ForSaleByOwner Tips,Products&Services Checkoutourwebsiteat CitrusFSBO.com StephenFairchild SalesAssociate SandDollarReferralsLLC 727.319.9393 CitrusFSBO@outlook.com 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 SIDEBYSIDE 2019PolarisRZR HighLifterwithmanyextras 170hours,1,153miles Local515.460.1173 Tires Almostnew245/45/R19 Dunloptires-4available$50 352-860-2818 TRANSPORTATION 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 BOATS 17ftBaylinerCapri w/Matchingtrailer,130HP,i/o w/lifejackets $3,950obo 352-270-8917 1997SPORTSCRAFTFISHM ASTER ,27ft.,new2021twi n 350VortecMtrsw/650Holly doublepumpers,includeselectronics&safetygear,etc., alum.3-axleTrailer,$28,500 Local864-247-6395 1999SeaPro 235Walkaround,200HPJohnson,lowhours,2004Aluminumtrailer,$14,900 352-447-1244 97Hydrosport 22'withbrandnewSuzuki150 h as3hoursonit,boat&trailer . $18,000 352-302-4705 IBUYBOATS CASHPAIDFOR ALLBOATS $$CALLVINCE$$ LOCAL 941-301-9946 OUTBOARDMOTOR 1972Chrysler2stroke8HP outboardmotor+stand.Fresh waterMidwestonly.Super clean.Lastserviced/ran (perfectly)2012. $500 352-770-5458 OUTBOARDMOTOR 2022Mercury200Horsepower 4strokew/factorywarranty Guidemotor. 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C10 Friday, May 19, 2023 Citrus County Chronicle CLASSIFIEDS Fun By The Numbers Like puzzles? Then youÂ’ll love sudoku. This mind-bending puzzle will have you hooked from the moment you square off, so sharpen your pencil and put your sudoku savvy to the test! 5/19/23 CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS 1. As soon as possible 5. Gateway (Arabic) 8. DoctorsÂ’ group11. Madder genus of plants13. A teamÂ’s best pitcher14. Ancient Greek sophist15. Go up16. Neither17. Bolivian river18. Manila hemp20. Comedienne Gasteyer21. British School22. Human reproductive organs25. Surrenders30. Dog with long, silky coat and drooping ears31. Sun up in New York32. Lead alloy33. Eastern Asian plant38. Rapid deployment force (abbr.)41. Japanese warrior43. Festivity 45. Interruptions47. Nonsense (slang)49. Data mining methodology (abbr.)50. Calvary sword55. French river56. Global business conference (abbr.)$IÀLFWHG59. Con manÂ’s game60. No (Scottish)61. Jewish spiritual leader62. Fish63. Camera term (abbr.)64. 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Speak disrespectfully of rnrr rrr rrr   Â SOLUTIONSPeanuts 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 CREDITORS 0526FCRNNTCCOXE INTHECIRCUITCOURTFORTHEFIFTHJUDICIALCIRCUIT INANDFORCITRUSCOUNTY,FLORIDA PROBATEDIVISIO N FileNo:2022-CP-102 4 I NRE:ESTATEOF B ARBARAANNCOXE, Deceased. NOTICETOCREDITORS Theadministrationoftheestateof BarbaraAnnCoxe ,de c eased,whosedateofdeathwasNovember21,2020,i s p endingintheCircuitCourtforCitrusCounty,Florida,Prob at e D ivision,theaddressofwhichis110NorthApopkaAvenue,In v erness,FL34450.Thenamesandaddressesofthepersona l r epresentativeandthatofpersonalrepresentative'sattor neyar e s etforthbelow. Allcreditorsofthedecedentandotherpersonshavingclaim s o rdemandsagainstdecedent'sestateonwhomacopyofthi s n oticeisrequiredtobeservedmustfiletheirclaimswiththi s c ourtWITHINTHELATEROF3MONTHSAFTERTHETIM E O FTHEFIRSTPUBLICATIONOFTHISNOTICEOR30DAY S A FTERTHEDATEOFSERVICEOFACOPYOFTHISNO T ICEONTHEM. Allothercreditorsofthedecedentandotherpersonshavin g c laimsordemandsagainstdecedent'sestatemustfilethei r c laimswiththiscourtWITHIN3MONTHSAFTERTHEDATEO F T HEFIRSTPUBLICATIONOFTHISNOTICE. ALLCLAIMSNOTFILEDWITHINTHETIMEPERIODSSE T F ORTHINSECTION733.702OFTHEFLORIDAPROBAT E C ODEWILLBEFOREVERBARRED. NOTWITHSTANDINGTHETIMEPERIODSSETFORT H A BOVE,ANYCLAIMFILEDTWO(2)YEARSORMOREAFTE R T HEDECEDENT'SDATEOFDEATHISBARRED. ThedateofthefirstpublicationofthisNoticeisMay19,2023. PersonalRepresentative : /s/MichaelT.Kovach,Jr . 405TompkinsStree t Inverness,FL3445 0 A ttorneyforPersonalRepresentative: / s/MichaelT.Kovach,Jr.,Esquire,FLBarNumber:0308020 K OVACH&BAKERLAW P ostOfficeBox635, 4 05TompkinsStreet I nverness,Florida34450 T elephone:(352)341-5557Facsimile:(352)341-5558 E -Mail:MTK.kovachlawfirm@gmail.com S econdaryE-Mail:coh.kovachlawfirm@gmail.com PublishedMay19&26,2023 CREDITORS 0526FCRNNTCVANHORN INTHEFIFTHJUDICIALCIRCUITCOURTOFFLORIDA, INANDFORCITRUSCOUNTY INPROBATEFILENO.:2023-CP-39 4 I NRE:ESTATEOF R ONALDKEITHVANHORN, a /k/aRONALDK.VANHORN, Deceased. NOTICETOCREDITORS TheadministrationoftheEstateof RONALDKEITHVA N H ORN,a/k/aRONALDK.VANHORN ,deceased,whosedateo f d eathwasFebruary20,2023,andwhoseSocialSecuritynum b erwasxxx-xx-1156,FileNumber2023-CP-394,ispendingi n t heCircuitCourtforCitrusCounty,Florida,ProbateDivisi on,th e a ddressofwhichis110N.ApopkaAvenue,Inverness,Florid a 3 4450.Thenamesandaddressesofthepersonalrepresentativ e a ndthepersonalrepresentative ‹ sattorneyaresetforthbelow. Allcreditorsofthedecedentandotherpersonshavingclaim s o rdemandsagainstthedecedent ‹ sestate,includingunmatured , c ontingentorunliquidatedclaims,onwhomacopyofthisnoti c e i srequiredtobeservedmustfiletheirclaimswiththiscour t W ITHINTHELATEROFTHREE(3)MONTHSAFTERTH E D ATEOFTHEFIRSTPUBLICATIONOFTHISNOTICEO R T HIRTY(30)DAYSAFTERTHEDATEOFSERVICEOF A C OPYOFTHISNOTICEONTHEM. Allothercreditorsofthedecedentandotherpersonshavin g c laimsordemandsagainstdecedent ‹ sestate,includingunma t ured,contingentorunliquidatedclaims,mustfiletheircl aim s w iththiscourtWITHINTHREE(3)MONTHSAFTERTHEDAT E O FTHEFIRSTPUBLICATIONOFTHISNOTICE. ALLCLAIMSNOTSOFILEDWILLBEFOREVERBARRED.ThedateofthefirstpublicationofthisNoticeis:May19 , 2 023. PersonalRepresentative : /s/ThomasVanHor n THOMASVANHOR N A ttorneyforPersonalRepresentative: / s/SusanE.Dean S USANE.DEAN,Esquire F loridaBarNo.:746827 D ean&Dean,LLP 2 30Northeast25thAvenue#100 O cala,Florida34470 ( 352)368-2800 e service@deananddean.net PublishedMay19&26,2023 0519FCRNLIEN6/14NOS NOTICEOFPUBLICSALE: M ILLSAUTOSALESINC givesnoticethaton 06/14/2023a t 0 9:00AM thefollowingvehicles(s)maybesoldbypublicsalea t 1 756SSUNCOASTBLVDHOMOSASSA,FL34448 tosatisf y t helienfortheamountowedoneachvehicleforanyrecovery , t owing,orstorageserviceschargesandadministrativefees al l owedpursuanttoFloridastatute713.78. 1 FA6P8CF1F53320512015FORD PublishedMay19,2023 LIENS 0519FCRNLIEN6/2NOS N OTICEOFPUBLICSALE:ADVANCEDTOWING givesNo t iceofForeclosureofLienandintenttosellthesevehiclesa t 0 8:00amat4875SFloridaAveInverness,FL34450-0537 , p ursuanttosubsection713.78oftheFloridaStatutes. AD V ANCEDTOWING reservestherighttoacceptorrejectan y a nd/orallbids. D ateofSale:06/02/2023at8a.m. 1 N6AD06U97C4240742007NISS PublishedMay19,2023 CREDITORS 0519FCRNNTCEYE INTHECIRCUITCOURTFIFTHJUDICIALCIRCUITOFFLORIDAINANDFORCITRUSCOUNTY PROBATEDIVISION CASENO.2023-CP-451 I NRE:THEESTATEOF C ANDICEB.EYE, Deceased. NOTICETOCREDITORS {SummaryAdministration) T OALLPERSONSHAVINGCLAIMSORDEMANDSAGAINS T T HEABOVEESTATE: Y ouareherebynotifiedthatanOrderofSummaryAdministra t ionhasbeenenteredintheestateofCANDICEB.EYE,de c eased,FileNo.2023-CP-451bytheCircuitCourtforCitru s C ounty,Florida,ProbateDivision,theaddressofwhichis11 0N . A popkaAvenue,Inverness,Florida34450;thatthedecedent' s d ateofdeathwasMarch28,2022,thatthetotalvalueofthees t ateis$4,702.67andthatthenamesandaddressesofthoset o w homithasbeenassignedbysuchorderis: G ENER.EYE;2383N.SunshinePath,CrystalRiver,Florida ; S urvivingSpouse K ATIEWRENMARTIN;9448W.EdgarEarlLoop,CrystalRiver , F L34428;AdultDaughter A LLINTERESTEDPERSONSARENOTIFIEDTHAT: Allcreditorsoftheestateofthedecedentandpersonshavin g c laimsordemandsagainsttheestateofthedecedentothertha n t hoseforwhomprovisionforfullpaymentwasmadeintheOrde r o fSummaryAdministrationmustfiletheirclaimswiththisCo ur t W ITHINTHETIMEPERIODSSETFORTHINSECTIO N 7 33.702OFTHEFLORIDAPROBATECODE. ALLCLAIMSANDDEMANDSNOTSOFILEDWILLB E F OREVERBARRED. NOTWITHSTANDINGANYOTHERAPPLICABLETIM E P ERIOD,ANYCLAIMFILEDTWO(2)YEARSORMOR E A FTERTHEDECEDENT'SDATEOFDEATHISBARRED . ThedateofthefirstpublicationofthisNoticeisMay19,2023 PersonGivingNotice : GENER.EY E 2383N.SunshinePat h CrystalRiver,Florida3442 8 A ttorneyforPersonGivingNotice: M ORING&MORING,P.A. 7 655W.GulftoLakeHwy. C rystalRiver,Florida34429 T elephone:{352)795-1797 P ATRICIAM.MORING E mail:pmoring@moringlaw.com F loridaBarNo.712809 PublishedMay19&26,2023 LIENS
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