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Sixteen new positive cases were reported in Citrus County since the latest FDOH update. One new hospitalization was reported; no new deaths were reported.

To date in the county, 1,794 people have tested positive (including five non-residents), 162 have been hospitalized and 40 have died.

See the past week’s breakdown of COVID-19 cases in Citrus County on page A3.

Test site closed on Election Day

Due to Primary Elec-tion Day and the ex-pected traffic at the Citrus Springs Community Cen-ter polling place, there will be no COVID-19 testing at the Citrus Springs Community Center on Tuesday, Aug. 18. Testing will resume on Wednes-day, Aug. 19.

As a reminder, testing is offered weekdays at no cost to adults and children over 12, with or without symptoms; how-ever, it is limited to the first 150 individuals daily or until 10 a.m. Registra-tion starts at 7:30 a.m. Please bring a photo ID and plan to stay in your vehicle.

For information about DOH-Citrus, visit www.CitrusCountyHealth.org or follow us on Twitter at @FLHealthCitrus.

Open Mic Night goes virtual

Citrus County Parks and Recreation will host a free, virtual open mic night on the last Wednes-day, monthly. Vocalists, musicians, comedians and poets may partici-pate. Register at least 24 hours in advance by visiting apm.active communities.com/citrus countyparks. This pro-gram requires the use of the video chat feature of Microsoft Teams. You do not need a camera or mi-crophone to join the audi-ence. Participants must mute themselves while not performing and un-mute to applaud.

— From staff reports

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BUSTER THOMPSONStaff writer

A local food charity wants to stop trying to evict its food bank tenant, claiming the lease be-tween them over their shared property in Homo-sassa is being followed.

We Care Food Pantry Inc. lawyer Bill Grant on Friday, Aug. 14, 2020, wrote and signed a notice to vol-untarily dismiss his cli-ent’s complaint to remove the Community Food Bank of Citrus County Inc. (CFBCC) from its space at 5259 W. Cardinal St.

“The parties stipulate

and request that the court enter an order dismissing the action with prejudice and each party bearing all of their own attorney fees and costs,” the Inverness-based attorney wrote in his notice, ob-tained by the Chronicle on Aug. 17.

CFBCC attorney Keith

Robert Taylor told a Chronicle reporter on Aug. 17 he signed Grant’s notice and filed it with other case records under Citrus County’s civil court.

“I think it’s a good deci-sion ... that was long over-due,” said Taylor, who has firms in Crystal River and Dunnellon. “We found

some way to get this non-sense over with.”

Grant said his decision to ask Citrus County Judge Bruce E. Carney for a dis-missal came after the food bank showed an interest in complying with We Care’s lease.

No eviction for food bankWe Care files new motion, citing charity group’s compliance with lease terms

See FOOD/Page A2

MICHAEL D. BATESStaff writer

Citrus County is halfway through rainy season and so far we’re behind last year’s num-bers, resulting in decreased lake and river levels.

Dr. Mark Fulkerson, chief professional engineer with the

Southwest Florida Water Man-agement District (SWFWMD), released these highlights for the season, which runs June through September:

� Average rainfall for Citrus County in July was 8.6 inches, close to the historical average.

� Some areas of the county saw upward of 15 inches in July.

� Aquifer indicators (moni-toring wells) in the area suggest groundwater levels are about average for this time of year, in the 54th percentile.

� From January through July, Citrus County received an aver-age of 24 inches of rain, three-quarters of the historical average rainfall (32 inches) for

the first seven months of the year.

� Summer rainfall (June to July) in 2020 has been lower than last year. So far this sum-mer, Citrus has recorded 14 inches of rain compared to 23 inches last June and July.

Report: Rainfall lower than last year

Rainy season halfway over, county totals in line with historic averages

MATTHEW BECK/ChronicleEight-year-old Caylum Golbrandsen fishes Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020, along the Withlacoochee River near Dunnellon with Bryant Fausnaught. Rainfall has increased in recent days, but lake levels are still below what they were last year at this time.

See RAIN/Page A7

MIKE WRIGHTStaff writer

It’s primary day 2020 in Citrus County. Here’s what you need to know:

Q: When can I vote?A: Polls are open from

7 a.m. to 7 p.m. There are 31 polling places and their locations haven’t changed since the last election. If you’re not sure where to vote, call the Citrus County Supervisor of Elections of-fice at 352-564-7120, or go online to www.votecitrus.com.

Q: Are masks required?A: While poll workers

will be wearing them, masks are not required to vote.

Q: Can anyone vote in the primary?

A: Yes, but not in all races.

Q: Meaning?A: Two races on the bal-

lot — sheriff and property

appraiser — have no-party affiliate candidates wait-ing for the general elec-tion. Those races are open only to Republican voters because the winner faces a challenger in the Novem-ber election.

Q: What about the other races?

A: County Commission Districts 3 and 5,

superintendent of schools, and supervisor of elec-tions all have only Repub-lican candidates, so they’re open to all voters.

Whoever wins those races on primary night wins the race outright.

Ready to vote? It’s primary day in Citrus CountyPRIMARY NIGHT RESULTS

� Go to www.chronicleonline.com for primary night results. Polls close at 7 p.m. and the first wave of results are usually provided not long after that.

� WHAT: 2020 Primary Election.

� WHEN: Today. Polls open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

� WHERE: Polling locations throughout Citrus County. If you’re unsure where to vote, go to www.votecitrus.com.

� ON THE BALLOT: Sheriff, property appraiser, superintendent of schools, supervisor of elections, circuit court judge, county commission District 3, county commission District 5, school board District 2.

See PRIMARY/Page A15

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We Care filed to evict CFBCC in November 2019, alleging its tenant was vio-lating lease terms because its staff was disregarding loading dock rules and parked in restricted areas.

In June 2020, We Care erected barricades to force CFBCC’s food do-nors and receivers to use the loading dock shared by the nonprofits and keep CFBCC vehicles from crowding driveways.

CFBCC officials said many of their vehicles are too small to be compatible with the loading dock meant for semitrailers.

“They’re complying with the lease so it’s no longer necessary to go forward with lawsuit,” Grant said about CFBCC, adding County Commissioner Jimmie T. Smith assisted with negotiations. “I’m proud of the resolution be-tween the parties.”

Taylor filed a motion in June 2020 for Carney to issue a final judgement in We Care’s case, claiming its allegations are legally insufficient.

A hearing for the motion had been scheduled for Sept. 29, court records show.

Taylor said he was pre-pared to argue We Care didn’t give CFBCC ade-quate notice to terminate its lease, which had to hap-pen before CFBCC could be removed as a tenant.

We Care officials claim they gave CFBCC enough time and notice since ad-dressing the letter to the food bank in July 2019.

“That letter did not do that,” Taylor said. “They have to declare the lease

terminated, and they didn’t do that.”

Grant said his request for dismissal was a result of CFBCC doing what it was asked to do.

“My client’s position was the use of the loading dock and zone was con-templated for the health and safety of all volunteers that go onto the property,” he said. “They’re now using the property as con-tracted for ... and that’s all my client wanted.”

After gaining consider-able community support and funding to build a hub for feeding local neighbor-hoods, We Care purchased and developed the

property in July 2012.Following a lease agree-

ment with We Care in Sep-tember 2012, CFBCC moved into a vacant build-ing next door to its land-lord and began in 2013 distributing food to 53 area pantries, including We Care.

CFBCC’s lease with We Care was automatically re-newed for another decade before it expired in March 2020.

“The relationship is ba-sically the same as it has been,” Taylor said.

“Everybody’s going to be happy,” Grant said. “So let’s let these parties go back to their missions.”

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Lions Club to host flea market

The Homosassa Lions Club will host a flea market from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22, at the Lions Club-house, S. Indiana Avenue,

Homosassa Trail.For information, call

352-228-0115.

Habitat in need of volunteers

Habitat for Humanity of Cit-rus County needs volunteers at

the job site. If you can spare a few hours a week to help elimi-nate substandard housing in Citrus County and help families realize the dream of home ownership right here in Citrus County, call 352-563-2744 to volunteer.


Council to vote on zoning for annexed land

The Inverness City Coun-cil meets at 5:30 p.m. Tues-day, Aug. 18, at the Valerie Theater on the Courthouse Square.

The meeting is relocated because city hall is a polling place for the primary.

Tuesday’s agenda in-cludes a zoning change for Lakeside Ranch, about 380 acres near the Lake-side Country Club that was annexed into the city. The city’s zoning is similar to the county zoning that was in place when the annexation occurred.

Also during Tuesday’s meeting, City Manager Eric Williams will provide up-dates on city projects, in-cluding Wallace Brooks Park docks that are now completed.

Williams will also update the council on the COVID-19 impacts on the Cooter Festival and Festival of the Arts.

To view the agenda, go to www.inverness-fl.gov.

Drive-thru food drive benefits SOS

Support CenterThe Esther Chapter of

the Daughters of the King at Shepherd of the Hills Episcopal Church in Le-canto is asking for food do-nations to benefit SOS Support Center, which feeds more than 7,000 families in Citrus County each month.

They will be having a drive-thru food drop off from 9 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, Aug. 18 at Shepherd of the Hills Episcopal Church, 2540 W. Norvell Bryant Highway (County Road 486), Lecanto.

The food collected on Tuesday will be taken to SOS on Wednesday in time for distribution on Thursday.

Also, they will have cool-ers on hand to store refrig-erated or even frozen items.

Cemetery cleanup, yard

sale set Aug. 22For more than a century,

the cemetery near Citrus Avenue and Turkey Oak Drive in Crystal River has been called the “Black cemetery,” but is now named Crystal Memorial Gardens, owned by the community.

Beginning at 7 a.m. Sat-urday, Aug. 22, the commu-nity is invited to a community cemetery cleanup and yard sale.

Bring your yard cleanup tools and yard waste bags to help beautify the resting place of hundreds of Crystal River’s ancestors.

Proceeds from the yard sale will go toward the cem-etery’s restoration.

The cemetery is located near the intersection of Cit-rus Avenue and Turkey Oak Drive in Crystal River.

To get there: If you’re traveling north on Turkey Oak Drive, at the light at Citrus Avenue turn left and then right at Garden Street. The cemetery is on that road.

For information, call George Ann Jackson, cem-etery sexton, at 352-202-2665 or Rev. Leon Thomas at 352-257-8223.


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The county added 251 positive COVID-19 cases over the past week as Citrus gears up for the first day of the 2020-21 school year on Thursday.

In its Monday, Aug. 17, 2020, coro-navirus update, the Florida De-partment of Health (FDOH) reported a total of 1,799 cases for Citrus County, a 16.2% jump from the 1,548 cases documented a week earlier on Aug. 10.

From Aug. 3 to Aug. 10, the county witnessed a case increase of 19.2%, a slightly larger increase over the 17.8% rise in cases a week beforehand.

Hospitalizations went from 148 to 162 between Aug. 10 and Aug. 17, an increase of 9.5% compared to the 22.3% rise in hospital visits from Aug. 3 to Aug. 10.

Four additional deaths were re-ported in Citrus County for a new total of 40. Current death demo-graphics are as follows: age 25-34 – 1 (3%); age 45-54 – 1 (3%); age 55-64

– 2 (5%); age 65-74 – 7 (18%); age 75-84 – 17 (43%); age 85-plus – 12 (30%).

Citrus’ long-term care facilities have reported 208 positive COVID-19 cases between residents and staff, a 13.7% increase from the 183 cases reported on Aug. 10.

Staff and residents in Citrus cor-rectional facilities have had 51 pos-itive cases, a 10.9% increase from the 46 cases reported on Aug. 10.

According to CoreCivic Public Affairs Manager Ryan Gustin on Aug. 17, an additional staff member of the Citrus County Detention Fa-cility tested positive and recovered from the virus. Since the onset of the pandemic, four employees that work at the facility have contracted COVID-19, recovered and have been medically cleared to return to work.

There have been no changes in cases within inmate populations of the detention facility since Aug. 3, according to County Administrator Randy Oliver.

As of Aug. 13, there have been 11 reported staff and 24 youth cases at

the Cypress Creek Juvenile Of-fender Correctional Center and Cypress Creek Treatment Center. Six staff members have been cleared to return to work and 24 youths are no longer in medical isolation.

At 31.3% and 29.6%, 34453 and 34436 reported the highest surge in cases since last week.

Here are the number of COVID-19 cases ranked by Citrus County’s 15 zip codes:

� 34452 (Inverness, Floral City, Inverness Highlands North and In-verness Highlands South): 336, an increase of 21 (6.7% increase) since Aug. 10.

� 34429: (Crystal River, Ozello, Homosassa Springs, Lecanto and Black Diamond): 146, an increase of 26 (21.7%).

� 34428 (Crystal River, Red Level and Inglis): 128, an increase of 11 (9.4%).

� 34446 (Homosassa, Homosassa Springs, Lecanto and Sugarmill Woods): 158, an increase of 15 (10.5%).

� 34465 (Beverly Hills, Black Di-amond, Citrus Springs, Lecanto and Pine Ridge): 168, an increase of 32 (23.5%).

� 34453 (Inverness, Citrus Hills, Hernando, Inverness Highlands North and Lecanto): 130, an in-crease of 31 (31.3%).

� 34461 (Black Diamond, Citrus Hills, Homosassa Springs, Lecanto, Pine Ridge and Sugarmill Woods): 171, an increase of 16 (10.3%).

� 34442 (Citrus Hills, Citrus Springs, Hernando, Lecanto and Pine Ridge): 114, an increase of 15 (15.2%).

� 34448 (Homosassa, Homosassa Springs, Sugarmill Woods, Lecanto and Crystal River): 82, an increase of 8 (10.8%).

� 34434 (Dunnellon, Citrus Springs, Hernando and Pine Ridge): 102, an increase of 17 (20%).

� 34450 (Inverness and Inver-ness Highlands South): 86, an in-crease of 13 (17.8%).

� 34433 (Dunnellon, Citrus Springs and Pine Ridge): 69, an in-crease of 14 (25.5%).

� 34436 (Floral City): 70, an in-crease of 16 (29.6%).

� 34445 (Holder, Citrus Springs, Hernando and Pine Ridge): Less than five, no change.

� 34449 (Inglis and Yankeetown): 0, no change.

— Source: Florida Department of Health.

Weekly report:

COVID-19 numbers creep up at slower paceFour more deaths reported in past week

BUSTER THOMPSONStaff writer

Mylon Adkins leaned over the boardwalk railings at Kings Bay Park to watch his pad-dlecraft guide Taylor Masnjak-Enriquez help a family of visitors disembark from a dock.

Launching customers out of Crystal Riv-er’s waterfront park at the end of Northwest Third Street is nothing new to Adkins, who owns Get Up and Go Kayaking’s location in the city.

“I like it over here even more just because it was very private when we started launch-ing here,” Adkins said about when business began in October 2018. “We were one of the only people who’d launch here.”

Things changed Monday, Aug. 17, 2020, when all commercial paddlecraft opera-tions had to start launching their clients out of Kings Bay Park, no matter if it’s a guided tour.

“It just kind of caught me off guard,” Ad-kins said about the rule changes, which ap-plies to around a dozen businesses licensed with Crystal River. “They don’t seem to be finalized yet so it’s causing us to be leery about the situation, but we’re hopeful.

“I think it can go one or two ways,” he added, “it can be very helpful, but it could also be very chaotic.”

Crystal River City Council voted for the initiative in mid-July to help alleviate pad-dlecraft traffic within the city’s other bay-front park at the end of Northeast First

Avenue: Hunter Springs.Adkins said he was even put off by the

park’s congestion to disembark from there.More paddlecraft businesses like to shove

off from Hunter Springs Park’s open and beach-like ramp because it’s easier and safer for their kayakers and paddle-boarders.

They didn’t like bringing people to Kings Bay Park’s kayak ramps, which they told the city was slick and surrounded by rocks.

“I’ve personally slipped on this,” said Ad-kins, pointing to the park’s wooden kayak ramp, which was layered with algae.

Adkins said his guides use the sides of the park’s floating dock because they don’t want their see-through kayaks getting scratched on its launch ramps.

He suggested the city construct a beach along Kings Bay Park, similar to the one at Hunter Springs, to help ease launch concerns.

City Manager Ken Frink said since coun-cil’s vote, city crews have removed shoreline hazards, added a couple more kayak launches, designated a drop-off point for businesses to unload customers and built six fenced-in corrals for paddlecraft equipment to be stored inside.

More is planned for Kings Bay Park so the city can better accommodate and capitalize on the paddlecraft industry there.

Each of the corrals have already been claimed by individual businesses to lease, including Get Up and Go Kayaking.

Since Adkins’ business is based online, he’ll have to pay Crystal River a monthly

lease of $1,500; storefront operations have to pay just $750.

For each vessel launched from the park, online paddlecraft businesses will pay a $10 city fee; $7.50 for local shops.

Once council approves the fee structure and franchise agreements through a series of meetings in September, the city will start collecting from businesses in late-October, Frink said.

“That gives us kind of a breathing period,” Frink said about the city resolving any issues at the park between now and then before money begins changing hands.

Adkins said these added costs will cut his profits in half, adding his fleet of six kayaks don’t contribute to overcrowding on city waters.

“I’m all about giving back to the city … you think we’re doing a service to the city by not throwing in 50 kayaks a day,” he said. “We’re a small company, but we’ve brought thou-sands of people here.”

Adkins also shared worries over an influx of parking, especially when the city decides to host events on park grounds.

Frink said the launch fees are competitive with neighboring kayaking hotspots, and, coupled with corral rent, will go toward pay-ing for future park upgrades and staffing to coordinate launches.

“They’ve had a good run of it,” he said of paddlecraft businesses. “They’re using com-mercial waterfront property free of charge … and the residents of Crystal River are pay-ing for the upkeep and management for them to make a profit.”

Kings Bay Park welcomes first day of mandated commercial paddlecraft areas

BUSTER THOMPSON/ChronicleGet Up and Go Kayaking guide Taylor Masnjak-Enriquez, right, helps Kirstan Cazzola get her son, Cameron, into a kayak Monday, Aug. 17, 2020, at Kings Bay Park in Crystal River.

Launching business forward

Birthday — Expand your mind, inter-ests and spiritual awareness this year. Personal growth will encourage you to envision life from a different perspec-tive. Create what you want to happen in your life.Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Pick up the pace, and focus on whatever will help you accomplish what you set out to do. Put your heart into whatever you feel passionate about.Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Be cre-ative when dealing with changes you are facing or want to pursue. Taking a different approach will alter your perspective. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Take the initiative, and do something that will help your community or family. Getting angry will not solve problems. Don’t take a risk when it comes to your health.Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Do what you can, and stop wasting time trying to achieve the impossible. Look for an alternative way to use your talents that will also improve your lifestyle.Sagittarius (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Con-centrate on what’s important to you. There is money to be made if you tailor your skills, knowledge and experience to fit the current economic trends.Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Thrive on change, but don’t go overboard. Know what you want and focus on what’s important.Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Don’t be a follower or fold under pressure. Consider what’s best for you and the people you love. Be reasonable in the face of opposition, and proceed with your plans intelligently.Pisces (Feb. 20-March 20) — Look for innovative ways to help those in need without yielding to unsafe situa-tions. A positive change in your per-sonal life will make things easier. Make romance a priority. Aries (March 21-April 19) — It’s up to you to finish what you start. Put your energy to good use, and take care of business before moving on to the things you’d prefer to pursue.Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Take care of yourself. Fitness, exercise, diet and rest are encouraged.Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Take care of personal and domestic matters, make adjustments to the way you live and do your best to avoid disruptive influences. Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Reach out to someone you enjoy working with. Before you make a decision, con-front issues that may become a problem.

Today’s HOROSCOPES

Today is Tuesday, Aug. 18, the 231st day of 2020. There are 135 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight: On August 18, 1920, the 19th

Amendment to the Constitution, guaranteeing all American women’s right to vote, was ratified as Tennes-see became the 36th state to ap-prove it.

On this date: In 1587, Virginia Dare became

the first child of English parents to be born in present-day America, on what is now Roanoke Island in North Carolina. (However, the Roa-noke colony ended up mysteriously disappearing.)

In 1963, James Meredith became the first Black student to graduate from the University of Mississippi.

In 2014, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon ordered the National Guard to Fer-guson, a suburb of St. Louis con-vulsed by protests over the fatal shooting of a Black teen,

Ten years ago: General Motors filed the first batch of paperwork to sell stock to the public again, a sig-nificant step toward shedding U.S. government ownership a year after the automaker had filed for bankruptcy.

Five years ago: Bud Yorkin, a di-rector and producer who helped forge a new brand of topical TV comedy with the 1970s hit “All in the Family,” died in Los Angeles at age 89.

One year ago: Broadcaster Jack Whitaker, who reported on events ranging from the first Super Bowl to Secretariat’s Triple Crown, died in Devon, Pennsylvania; he was 95.

Today’s Birthdays: Former first lady Rosalynn Carter is 93. Ac-tor-director Robert Redford is 84. Comedian Elayne Boosler is 68. Actor Denis Leary is 63. Rapper Masta Killa (Wu-Tang Clan) is 51. Actor Christian Slater is 51. Actor Edward Norton is 51. Actor-come-dian Andy Samberg (TV: “Saturday Night Live”) is 42. Actor Madelaine Petsch is 26. Actor Parker McK-enna Posey is 25.

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LOW. There is no burn ban.

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:

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ENTERTAINMENTTwo men charged in ‘02 killing of Run-

DMC star Jam Master Jay

NEW YORK — Nearly two de-cades after the slaying of Run-DMC star Jam Master Jay, federal prosecutors said Monday they have solved one of New York City’s most enduring mys-teries, charging two men from his neighborhood with murder and suggesting that the hip-hop artist — celebrated for his an-ti-drug stance — was ambushed over a cocaine deal.

The suspects were identified in court papers as Ronald Washington, 56, who is cur-rently serving a federal prison sentence stemming from a string of robberies while on the run from police after Jay’s 2002 death, and Karl Jordan Jr., 36, who is also charged with engag-ing in a cocaine distribution con-spiracy in 2017.

Jason “Jay” Mizell, known professionally as Jam Master Jay, formed Run-DMC with Jo-seph “Run” Simmons and Darryl “DMC” McDaniel in the early 1980s. Together, they helped take hip-hop mainstream with hits like “It’s Tricky” and the Aerosmith remake collaboration “Walk This Way.”

Jay’s death, following the long unsolved slayings of rappers Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas in 1996 and Christopher “Biggie Smalls” Wallace in New York City in 1997, shook the hip-hop world. Chuck D of Public Enemy compared his death to that of John Lennon. More than $60,000 in rewards was offered, but witnesses refused to come forward and the case languished.

“This is a case about a murder that for nearly two decades had

gone unanswered,” Acting U.S. Attorney Seth DuCharme said at a news conference announc-ing the charges. “Today, we begin to answer that question of who killed Jason Mizell, and why, and we’re confident that we can prove those charges beyond a reasonable doubt.”

Washington, who had report-edly been living on a couch at Jay’s home in the days before the killing, was publicly named as a possible suspect or witness as far back as 2007. Prosecu-tors allege he waved a handgun and ordered another person at the recording studio to lie on the ground while Jordan shot Jay in the head Oct. 30, 2002.

Feds urge judge to OK prison deals for Loughlin, GiannulliBOSTON — Federal prosecu-

tors urged a judge Monday to accept deals that call for “Full House” actor Lori Loughlin to spend two months in prison and her fashion designer husband,

Mossimo Giannulli, to serve five months for paying half a mil-lion dollars to bribe their daugh-ters’ way into college.

Ahead of the famous couple’s scheduled sentencing hearings Friday, prosecutors said in court filings that the proposed prison terms are comparable to the sentences other prominent par-ents charged in the case have received, while accounting for Loughlin and Giannulli’s “re-peated and deliberate conduct” and their “decision to allow their children to become complicit in crime.”

Prosecutors called Giannulli “the more active participant in the scheme,” while they said Loughlin “took a less active role, but was nonetheless fully complicit.”

The famous couple pleaded guilty in May to paying $500,000 to get their two daughters into the University of Southern Cali-fornia as crew recruits even though neither girl was a rower.

— From wire reports

Associated PressThe rap group Run-DMC, from left, Joseph “Run” Simmons, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, and Jason Mizell, “Jam Master Jay,” poses at the 31st annual Grammy Awards on March 2, 1988 in New York. Two suspects have been indicted in the 2002 killing of hip hop artist Jam Master Jay, which until now had been one of New York City’s most notorious unsolved killings.

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Water District seeks input on water bodies

The Southwest Florida Water Management District is seeking public input about the order in which minimum flows and levels (MFLs) for lakes, wetlands, rivers, streams and aquifers in the district will be determined. Legislation re-quires the district to review and, if necessary, revise this schedule each year.

Following the directive in the Florida Department of En-vironmental Protection’s Emergency Order to conduct all public meetings electroni-cally to reduce the spread of COVID-19, the public meeting for the annual update of the District’s Minimum Flows and Levels Priority List and Schedule will be virtually via Microsoft Teams from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 26. The workshop will provide an important opportunity for local governments, residents and the public to be part of

the scheduling of minimum flows and levels for priority water bodies.

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The adopted minimum flows and levels priority list and schedule for 2019 is available on the district’s web-site. The draft 2020 list will be published on the site following the governing board’s August

meeting. The revised sched-ule will be considered for ap-proval at the board’s meeting in October.

Written comments on the draft priority list and schedule may be submitted to Doug Leeper, MFLs Program Lead, at doug.leeper@water matters.org or to 2379 Broad Street, Brooksville, Florida, 34604 no later than Sept. 23.

For information, call Doug Leeper at 800-423-1476, ext. 4272.

Drive-in movie set for this month

Citrus County Parks and Recreation will host a free drive-in movie at 8 p.m. Fri-day, Aug. 28, at the Homo-sassa Area Recreation Park in the soccer complex parking lot, 4210 S. Grandmarch Ave., Homosassa. Visit apm.active communities.com/citrus countyparks to reserve a space. Concessions will not be provided. For information, call 352-527-7540.


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John Thomas Bowman, 74, died peacefully sur-rounded by loving family on August 13, 2020. John was a resident of Ocala but was born and raised in Crystal River, FL.

He was a loving hus-band and father who loved God, Southern gospel music, country cooking, watching baseball, fishing, and writing.

He held several edito-rial positions over his life-time in journalism — working for newspapers including the St. Pete Times, Citrus County Chronicle, Albany Herald, Chiefland Citizen, Ocala Star Banner and many more. He was also the au-thor of three books.

He was an ordained Southern Baptist minister and pastored a church in North Carolina.

He was also involved in starting the Creative Play-ground and the Freedom Festival, both in Crystal River, FL.

He is survived by his wife, Elsie Howes Bow-man; son, Robert Thomas Bowman and Cel Bow-man; daughter, Amanda Joy Bowman Hall and Jason Hall; son, Benjamin Yager Bowman; grandson Tyler Thomas Bowman; sister, Mary Alice Bowman Hope; and many nieces and nephews.

A Celebration of Life service will be held at a date yet to be determined due to COVID-19.

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William ‘Will’ Bryant Jr., 41

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William “Will” Taylor Bryant Jr., 41, passed away

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Cheryl Cannon Bryant of Durango, CO. He is sur-vived by both parents and his loving wife, Lazetta Bryant, his daughter, Jade Bryant and his son, Wil-liam “Tre” Bryant III. Will is also survived by his brothers Chris (Elaine) of New York City, Jamie (Amy) of Magnolia, TX, and Robert (Christi) of Cit-rus Springs, FL. Will was born in Slidell, Louisiana but spent most of his adult life in Texas and Okla-homa. A special internet service will be held on Au-gust 28, 2020 at the William Taylor Bryant Jr Memorial Facebook page.


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on April 13, 1987, to David Helms and Rhonda Ken-nedy in Inverness, FL.

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lived to the fullest. The family is asking that

in lieu of flowers, dona-tions be made to a Go-FundMe account being set up for her children. The family will receive friends in visitation from 5 PM to 7 PM at the Strickland Fu-neral Home Chapel in Crystal River, FL. A me-morial service will begin at 6:30 PM.


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Bertha (Bea) Luttrell, 88, went to be with the Lord on the July 12, 2020, after a long battle with Alz-heimer’s. Born and raised in Arkansas.

She was preceded in death by her husband Bennie, her son’s: Gary and Joseph, daughter: Kathy Tinkham, 2 grand-children, Jonathon and Sarah, Luttrell, a sister Fay Sliter. She is survived by ther her son’s Bennie (David), Jerry, and James (Dot) Lutrell, sister Pat (Oscar) Heritz;, 8 grand-children, 10 great grand-childres, and I great grandchild. Bea, retired from Leco Corp and was a member of New Life Bap-tist Church, St. Joseph.

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The Grove Assisted Living. He was born in West Mil ford, NJ on Oc-tober 9th, 1931 to George V. and Alice

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Richard volunteered at the Apshawa Volunteer Fire Department in West Milford, NJ for 22 years before he moved to Inver-ness. He joined the High-lands Fire Department in Inverness in 1977 once moving here, and com-pleted 30 years of service by September 2007. Rich-ard was also a member of the VFW Post #4337 of In-verness. He worked as a Security Guard at the Cit-rus Memorial Hospital in Inverness for 17 years, be-fore retiring in 1994. He and his wife attended Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church.

Along with his parents, he is preceded in death by his loving wife of 63 years, Darlene, who passed away on March 26th, 2020; his

sister, Rose Mary Specht; 2 brothers, Robert and Fran-cis Struble, and his grand-daughter, Christina Marie Gray. Those left to cherish his memory are his daugh-ter, Brenda Conover, Bev-erly Hills, FL; his son, David, of West Milford, NJ; a sister, Patricia Burd of West Milford, NJ; four grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Funeral services will be conducted on Friday, Au-gust 21, 2020 at 10:00 AM at the Chas. E. Davis Funeral Home with Fr. Tim Cum-mings, pastor of Our Lady of Fatima Catholic. Burial with military honors will follow in Florida National Cemetery. Friends may visit the family at the fu-neral home Friday morn-ing from 9:00 AM until the hour of service.



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Sheriff’s Office

Arrests� Richard Connolly, 45, of

West Hadenotter Lane, Homo-sassa, at 12:42 a.m. Aug. 12 on a felony charge of posses-sion of a controlled substance. According to his arrest affidavit, Connolly was pulled over for an expired tag. A K-9 unit alerted to possible drugs in the vehicle and approximately .5 grams of methamphetamine were found in his possession. His bond was set at $2,000.

� Joshawa Colvin, 18, of Homosassa, at 2:57 a.m. Aug. 12 on a felony charge of possession of a controlled sub-stance and a misdemeanor charge of carrying a concealed weapon. According to his ar-rest affidavit, Colvin was pulled over for failing to maintain a single lane of traffic. A K-9 unit alerted to possible drugs in the vehicle and approximately 0.6 grams of methamphet-amine, one alprazolam pill, one oxycodone pill, seven dextro-amphetamine pills and a pair of

brass knuckles were found in his possession. His bond was set at $8,500.

� Sierra Wilkerson, 25, of Homosassa, at 2:57 a.m. Aug. 12 on a felony charge of possession of a controlled sub-stance and misdemeanor charges of drug paraphernalia and resisting an officer without violence. According to her ar-rest affidavit, Wilkerson was a passenger in a vehicle pulled over for failing to maintain a single lane of traffic. A K-9 unit alerted to possible drugs in the vehicle and approximately 0.8 grams of methamphet-amine and a syringe were found in her possession. She was reportedly arrested after repeatedly attempting to ap-proach the vehicle as it was being searched. Her bond was set at $4,000.

� Bruce Nisiewicz, 66, of

West Alamo Drive, Beverly Hills, at 2:40 p.m. Aug. 12 on a misdemeanor charge of petit theft. According to his arrest affidavit, Nisiewicz is accused of shoplifting cat supplies and twinkies from the Lecanto Walmart. His bond was set at $1,000.

� Donna Fonseca, 29, of Crystal River, at 3:24 p.m. Aug. 12 on a misdemeanor charge of petit theft.

� Faith Michaelson, 40, of Crystal River, at 3:24 p.m. Aug. 12 for felony retail theft. Her bond was set at $2,000.

� Jadon Hubbard, 19, of SW 28th Terrace Road, Ocala, at 3:03 p.m. Aug. 12 for felony retail theft. According to his ar-rest affidavit, Hubbard is ac-cused of shoplifting 83 items valued at $802.48 from the Lecanto Walmart. His bond was set at $2,000.

Meanwhile, Citrus Countians can expect a 70% chance of rain Tues-day and 80% Wednesday and Thursday, according to the National Weather Service.

Normally, Fulkerson said there is a sharp rise in the levels and flows on the Withlacoochee River in July, as rainfall satu-rates soils and adjacent swamps flowing into it.

And while levels in-creased about 1 foot the past month, they are about 3.5 feet lower than this time in 2019.

River flows also in-creased in July, but are currently about 75% less than they were a year ago.

“We simply haven’t had enough rainfall this summer to fill the avail-able storage (soils and low areas) in the water-shed and drastically in-crease river conditions yet,” Fulkerson said.

Since early June, the water control structures have been open allowing Withlacoochee River water to flow into all

three pools of the Tsala Apopka Lake Chain.

But that changes as of Monday night (Aug. 17).

River inflows haven’t been very high this sum-mer, but have helped to increase lake levels and offset the natural losses, due to evaporation and leakage to the aquifer, Fulkerson said.

But in recent weeks, the lakes have risen quicker than the river, mostly due to rainfall di-rectly on the lakes.

The Withlacoochee River is no longer higher than the Floral City Pool, where the inflow canals are located, he said.

As a result, the follow-ing structures will close to prevent lake water from flowing back out to the river: Leslie Heifner, Floral City, Golf Course and Brogden Bridge.

All three pools of the Tsala Apopka Lake Chain are currently about 13 to 15 inches below their high guid-ance levels.

“Once water levels in

the Withlacoochee River rise again, the structures will be reopened to allow available river water to enter the lakes,” Fulker-son said.

No water will be drained from the lakes through any structures until the lakes approach those levels, he said.

Water levels in the Tsala-Apopka lake chain rose an average 11 inches the past month but remain about 9 inches lower than they were this time last year.

Rainfall, measured from gauges on the lake chain, was about 12 inches in July. That’s higher than the regional average of 8.2 inches.

Contact Chronicle re-porter Michael D. Bates at 352-563-3205 or [email protected].


3443-0818 TUCRN

NOTICE OF HEARING TO IMPOSE

AND PROVIDE FOR COLLECTION

OF UTILITY AVAILABILITY

SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS Notice is hereby given that the Board of County Commissioners of Citrus County, Florida will conduct a public hearing to consider the imposition of utility availability special assessments for the provision of water and wastewater utility availability services for the Fiscal Year beginning October 1, 2020 and future fiscal years within the unincorporated areas of Citrus County.

The hearing will be held at 2:00 p.m. on September 8, 2020, in Room 100 of the Citrus County Courthouse, 110 North Apopka Avenue, Inverness, Florida, for the purpose of receiving public comment on the proposed assessments. All affected property owners have a right to appear at the hearing and to file written objections with the County within 20 days of this notice. If a person decides to appeal any decision made by the Board of County Commissioners with respect to any matter considered at the hearing, such person will need a record of the proceedings and may need to ensure that a verbatim record is made, including the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be made. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, persons needing a special accommodation or an interpreter to participate in this proceeding should contact the County Manager’s office at (352) 341-6560, at least two days before the meeting. If you are hearing or speech impaired, use the TTY telephone (352) 341-6580. If you need a Spanish Translator please make arrangements with the County by telephone within two days of the publication notice at 352- 527-5370. Si necesita un traductor de español por favor haga arreglos con el Condado dentro de los dos días de la notificación de la publicación a 352- 527-5370.

The assessment for each parcel of property will be based the total number of ERPs attributed to that parcel. ERPs for improved property are assigned based on the property’s existing development, as determined by the Property Appraiser’s assigned land use codes, and the property’s likely meter size and meter maximum flow rates. ERPs for vacant property are assigned based on a combination of the property’s front footage abutting the available utility lines and the property’s land area to which service is available. The annual assessment will include each Tax Parcel’s share of the service cost, plus administrative and collection costs. The maximum annual assessment is estimated to be $21.77 per ERP for water and $29.51 per ERP for wastewater.

Copies of the Master Service Assessment Ordinance, Chapter 86 of the Citrus County Code of Ordinances, the Initial Assessment Resolution, and the preliminary Utility AvaillabilityAssessment Roll are available for inspection at the Office of the Board of County Commissioners, located at the Citrus County Courthouse, 110 North Apopka Avenue, Inverness, Florida between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The assessments will be collected on the ad valorem tax bill to be mailed in November 2020, as authorized by section 197.3632, Florida Statutes. Failure to pay the assessments will cause a tax certificate to be issued against the property which may result in a loss of title. If you have any questions, please contact Citrus County Land Section at (352) 527-5458, Monday through Friday between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. or go to www.bocc.citrus.fl.us for additional information.

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CITRUS COUNTY, FLORIDA

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CITRUS COUNTY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

Thursday, September 3, 2020 at 9:00 AM Lecanto Government Building

3600 West Sovereign Path, Room 166 Lecanto, Florida 34461

JOEL BRENDER, CHAIR JAMES ROYS MICHAEL FACEMYER, 1 ST VICE CHAIR KURT STONE DAVID BRAMBLETT, 2ND VICE CHAIR SCOTT BORGESON (Alternate) ROBERT BASS DONNY HARRELSON (Alternate) JAMES BROOKS CHUCK DIXON (School Board)

A. CALL TO ORDER B. INVOCATION C. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE D. ROLL CALL E. CHAIRMAN TO READ THE APPEAL PROCESS AND

MEETING PROCEDURES F. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC – Receive comments from the public G. APPROVE MINUTES – Approval of available minutes H. STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS I. EX PARTE COMMUNICATION: County Attorney J. APPLICATIONS

1. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT

a. CPA/AA/PUD-20-15 Michael Wilburn for Affordable Secure Storage – Floral City, LLC REQUEST : This request is to amend the Future Land Use Map (FLUM) of the Citrus County Comprehensive Plan, to amend the Land Development Code Atlas Map, and to establish a Planned Unit Development for the development of mini warehouses and RV/boat storage. LOCATION : Section 3, Township 20 South, Range 20 East ; A portion of Rosko Manor Unrecorded Lots 40-75 (AK 3523741) in Floral City, Florida. A complete legal description of the property is on file with the Land Development Division. STAFF CONTACT : Miranda Anaya, Planner I; Land Development Division

2. PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT

a. PUD-20-07 CHW Professional Consultants for Mark S. Barry REQUEST : This request is to modify the Land Development Code (LDC) Atlas designation from General Commercial (GNC) to General Commercial (GNC) with a Planned Unit Development (PUD) for non- residential uses. LOCATION : Section 22, Township 19 South, Range 17 East ; more specifically, Lots 1-19, Block 20, Homosassa Unit 1 (including previously vacated alleys), Alternate Key Numbers 1123477, 1123585 and 2373172, which addresses are 3899 S Suncoast Blvd, 8546 W Homosassa Trail, and 8535 W Aquaduct St, Homosassa, FL. A complete legal description is on file with the Citrus County Land Development Division. STAFF CONTACT : Joe Hochadel, Planner III, Land Development Division

b. PUD-20-08 Invictus Development, LLC REQUEST : This request is to amend an existing Planned Unit Development. The applicant proposes to extend the expiration date and allow multi-family apartments, as well as some site plan changes. LOCATION : Section 12, Township 20 South, Range 17 East and Sections 6 and 7, Township 20 South, Range 18 East ; more specifically, Lots 1-29, of an unrecorded subdivision (formerly Lots 4-7 of Homosassa Gardens); Homosassa Gardens Lot 2, Tract 3.1, and portions of Lots 30-32; Alternate Key Numbers 1517249, 1517265, 2570091, 1517273, 1517281,1181151 and 1181143, which addresses are 7035 W Cardinal Street, 6674 S. Lewdingar Drive; and 6595, 6611 and 6635 S. Suncoast Blvd. Homosassa, FL. A complete legal description is on file with the Citrus County Land Development Division.

c. PUD-20-09 River Oaks Properties, Inc. REQUEST : This request is to amend the Land Use Atlas Map (LUAM) of the Land Development Code to remove an expired Planned Unit Development. LOCATION : Section 2, Township 18 South, Range 19 East ; further described as Parcel 30000; River Oaks Properties Unrecorded Lots 1-8 and a portion of Lot 9 (Alternate Key Number 3466951), and Section 11, Township 18 South, Range 19 East , further described as Parcel 41000 (Alternate Key Number 1590906); all in Hernando, FL. A complete legal description is on file with the Citrus County Land Development Division.

K. ADDITIONAL ITEMS L. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION MEMBER

COMMENTS M. ADJOURN

If any person decides to appeal any decision made by the Commission with respect to any matter considered at this meeting or hearing, he or she will need a record of the proceedings and, for such purpose, he or she may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based.

Any person requiring reasonable accommodation at this meeting because of a disability or physical impairment should contact the County Administrator’s Office, 3600 W. Sovereign Path, Suite 267, Lecanto, FL 34461, (352) 527-5210, at least two days before the meeting. If you are hearing or speech impaired, dial 7-1-1, 1-800-955-8771 (TTY) or 1-800-955- 8770 (v), via Florida Relay Service.

Si necesita un traductor de español por favor haga arreglos con el Condado dentro de dos días de la notificación de la publicación (352-527-5370).

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3442-0818 TUCRN

NOTICE OF HEARING TO IMPOSE AND PROVIDE

FOR COLLECTION OF FIRE PROTECTION

SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS Notice is hereby given that the Board of County Commissioners of Citrus County, Florida will conduct a public hearing to consider the continued imposition of annual fire protection special assessments for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2020 and future fiscal years to fund the provision of fire protection services within the Citrus County Municipal Service Benefit Unit for Fire Protection Services (the “MSBU”), which includes the unincorporated area of the County.

The hearing will be held at 2:05 p.m. on September 8, 2020, in Room 100 of the Citrus County Courthouse, 110 North Apopka Avenue, Inverness, Florida, for the purpose of receiving public comment on the proposed assessments. All affected property owners have a right to appear at the hearing and to file written objections with the County within 20 days of this notice. If a person decides to appeal any decision made by the Board of County Commissioners with respect to any matter considered at the hearing, such person will need a record of the proceedings and may need to ensure that a verbatim record is made, including the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be made. Any person requiring reasonable accommodation at this meeting because of a disability or physical impairment should contact the County Administrator’s Office, 3600 W. Sovereign Path, Suite 267, Lecanto, FL 34461, (352) 527-5210, at least two days before the meeting. If you are hearing or speech impaired, dial 7-1-1, 1-800-955- 8771 (TTY) or 1-800-955-8770 (v), via Florida Relay Service. If you need a Spanish Translator please make arrangements with the County by telephone within two days of the publication notice at 352-527-5370.

Si necesita un traductor de español por favor haga arreglos con el Condado dentro de los dos días de la notificación de la publicación a 352-527-5370.

The assessment for each parcel of property will be based upon each parcel’s classification and the total number of billing units attributed to that parcel. The following tables reflects the proposed fire protection assessment schedules.

FIRE PROTECTION ASSESSMENTS FIRE PROTECTION ASSESSMENTS FOR FY 2020-21

Residential Property Use Categories Rate Per Dwelling Unit Residential $79.00 Non-Residential Property Use Categories Rate Per Square Foot Commercial $0.07 Industrial/Warehouse $0.02 Institutional $0.12 Land Property Use Categories Rate Agricultural/Vacant

Land < 160 (per parcel) $4.07 Land > 160 (per acre) $0.03

MAXIMUM FIRE PROTECTION ASSESSMENTS

Residential Property Use Categories Rate Per Dwelling Unit Residential $100.00 Non-Residential Property Use Categories Rate Per Square Foo t Commercial $0.09 Industrial/Warehouse $0.02 Institutional $0.15 Land Property Use Categories Rate Agricultural/Vacant

Land < 160 (per parcel) $5.20 Land > 160 (per acre) $0.04

Copies of the Ordinance, the Initial Assessment Resolution, the Final Assessment Resolution, the Preliminary Rate Resolution, and the updated Assessment Roll for the Fiscal Year commencing October 1, 2020 are available for inspection at the Office of the Board of County Commissioners, located in the Administration Office, Room 232, Citrus County Courthouse, 110 North Apopka Avenue, Inverness, Florida between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

The assessments will be collected on the ad valorem tax bill to be mailed in November 2020, as authorized by section 197.3632, Florida Statutes. Failure to pay the assessments will cause a tax certificate to be issued against the property which may result in a loss of title.

If you have any questions, please contact Citrus County Land Section at (352) 527-5458, Monday through Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

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River flows also increased in July, but are currently about 75% less

than they were a year ago.

St. Louis 3, Chicago Cubs 1

Game 1St. Louis Chicago ab r h bi ab r h bi Wong 2b 3 0 0 0 Bryant lf 3 0 1 0 Edman ss 3 0 0 0 Rizzo 1b 1 0 0 0 Goldschm. 1b 3 0 1 0 Báez ss 3 0 1 0 O’Neill lf 2 1 0 0 Contreras c 2 0 0 0 Carpenter dh 3 1 1 0 Happ rf 3 1 1 1 Carlson cf-rf 3 0 0 0 Bote 3b 2 0 0 0 B.Miller 3b 3 0 1 2 Schwarber ph 1 0 0 0 Fowler rf 3 1 1 1 Phegley dh 3 0 0 0 Bader cf 0 0 0 0 Almora Jr. cf 3 0 0 0 Wieters c 2 0 0 0 Hoerner 2b 2 0 0 0 Totals 25 3 4 3 Totals 23 1 3 1St. Louis 001 000 2 —3 Chicago 000 100 0 —1E—Báez (1). DP—St. Louis 1, Chicago 0. LOB—St. Louis 2, Chicago 4. 2B—Goldschmidt (1), B.Miller (1), Báez (4). HR—Fowler (2), Happ (4). IP H R ER BB SO

St. LouisKim 3 2/3 3 1 1 3 1Gant 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 3 Gallegos, W, 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 2 A.Miller, S, 2-2 1 0 0 0 0 1ChicagoHendricks, L, 3-2 6 1/3 3 3 3 1 5 Wick 2/3 1 0 0 0 0

Umpires—Home, Tim Timmons; First, Laz Diaz; Second, Ryan Blakney; Third, D.J. Rey-burn.

T—2:03.

Chicago Cubs 5, St. Louis 4

Game 2Chicago St. Louis ab r h bi ab r h bi Bryant 3b 4 0 0 0 Edman ss 4 0 1 0 Rizzo 1b 2 1 1 0 Carlson rf 4 0 0 0 Báez ss 3 1 0 0 Goldsch. 1b 2 0 0 0 Schwarber lf 2 0 0 0 O’Neill lf 3 0 0 0 Almora Jr. pr 0 0 0 0 Carpenter 3b 2 1 0 0 Contreras dh 3 1 1 1 B.Miller dh 2 2 2 3 Happ cf-lf 3 0 0 0 Schrock 2b 2 1 1 1 Heyward rf 2 1 0 0 Wong 2b 1 0 0 0 Caratini c 0 0 0 0 Knizner c 3 0 0 0 a-Bote ph-2b 1 1 1 3 Bader cf 1 0 1 0 Kipnis 2b 2 0 0 0 b-Fowler ph 1 0 0 0 Winkler p 0 0 0 0 Jeffress p 0 0 0 0 Totals 22 5 3 4 Totals 25 4 5 4Chicago 100 004 0 —5 St. Louis 020 200 0 —4DP—Chicago 1, St. Louis 0. LOB—Chicago 7, St. Louis 4. 2B—Contreras (6), Rizzo (2). HR—Bote (3), B.Miller 2 (2), Schrock (1). S—Happ (1). IP H R ER BB SOChicagoT.Miller 2 1 2 2 3 0 Tepera 1 0 0 0 0 3 Ryan 2/3 4 2 2 0 1 Under. Jr., W, 1-0 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 2 Winkler, H, 1 1 0 0 0 1 0

West Division

W L Pct GB WC L10 Str Home Away

Oakland 16 6 .727 — — 8-2 W-4 9-3 7-3

Houston 11 10 .524 4½ 1½ 5-5 W-4 8-4 3-6

Texas 10 10 .500 5 2 7-3 L-1 7-4 3-6

Los Angeles 7 15 .318 9 6 3-7 L-4 4-8 3-7

Seattle 7 16 .304 9½ 6½ 2-8 L-5 3-7 4-9

East Division


New York 15 6 .714 — — 6-4 W-5 9-1 6-5

Tampa Bay 14 9 .609 2 — 8-2 W-2 8-3 6-6

Baltimore 12 10 .545 3½ 1 7-3 L-2 4-7 8-3

Toronto 8 11 .421 6 3½ 4-6 W-1 2-5 6-6

Boston 6 16 .273 9½ 7 2-8 L-7 3-9 3-7

East Division


Atlanta 14 10 .583 — — 5-5 W-3 8-2 6-8

Miami 9 8 .529 1½ — 4-6 L-3 3-4 6-4

Philadelphia 8 9 .471 2½ 1 5-5 W-3 7-8 1-1

New York 11 14 .440 3½ 2 5-5 W-1 5-7 6-7

Washington 8 12 .400 4 2½ 4-6 L-1 2-8 6-4

Central Division


Chicago 14 7 .667 — — 5-5 W-1 8-5 6-2

Milwaukee 10 10 .500 3½ ½ 5-5 W-3 2-6 8-4

St. Louis 5 5 .500 3½ ½ 5-5 L-1 2-2 3-3

Cincinnati 9 11 .450 4½ 1½ 4-6 W-1 5-7 4-4

Pittsburgh 4 14 .222 8½ 5½ 2-8 L-1 2-6 2-8

West Division


Los Angeles 16 7 .696 — — 7-3 W-5 6-5 10-2

Colorado 13 8 .619 2 — 5-5 W-1 7-6 6-2

Arizona 11 11 .500 4½ ½ 7-3 W-4 6-4 5-7

San Diego 11 12 .478 5 1 4-6 L-5 6-4 5-8

San Fran. 8 15 .348 8 4 2-8 L-4 3-6 5-9

Central Division


Minnesota 14 8 .636 — — 4-6 W-1 9-2 5-6

Cleveland 13 9 .591 1 — 7-3 W-3 6-4 7-5

Chicago 11 11 .500 3 2 4-6 W-1 3-8 8-3

Detroit 9 10 .474 3½ 2½ 4-6 L-5 4-9 5-1

Kansas City 9 13 .409 5 4 6-4 L-1 4-4 5-9

AMERICAN LEAGUE NATIONAL LEAGUE ROUNDUP/MATCHUPSCardinals 3, Cubs 1: Brad Miller hit a tiebreaking two-run double in the sev-enth inning, and the St. Louis Cardi-nals beat the Chicago Cubs 3-1 on Monday in the opener of an unusual five-game series between the NL Central rivals. Cubs 5, Cardinals 4: David Bote hit a three-run homer in Chicago’s four-run sixth inning, and the Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 on Mon-day night for a doubleheader split.Blue Jays 7, Orioles 2: Hyun Jin Ryu pitched six innings of four-hit ball, Randal Grichuk homered and drove in four runs and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles 7-2 Mon-day night.Braves 7, Nationals 6: Dansby Swanson hit a two-out, two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth in-ning to cap a four-run rally that gave the Atlanta Braves a stunning 7-6 victory over the Washington Nationals

on Monday night. Mets 11, Marlins 4: Robinson Cano and Pete Alonso hit two homers apiece to help the New York Mets snap a three-game losing streak by beating the Miami Marlins 11-4 Mon-day night.LATEBoston at N.Y. YankeesDetroit at Chicago White SoxKansas City at MinnesotaSan Diego at TexasColorado at HoustonOakland at ArizonaSan Francisco at L.A. AngelsSeattle at L.A. DodgersTODAY’S GAMESColorado (Senzatela 3-0) at Houston (Greinke 1-0), 3:10 p.m. San Diego (Paddack 2-2) at Texas (Minor 0-3), 4:05 p.m. San Francisco (Cahill 0-0) at L.A. An-gels (Bundy 3-1), 4:10 p.m. Oakland (Montas 2-1) at Arizona

(Weaver 0-3), 6:10 p.m. Cleveland (Carrasco 2-2) at Pitts-burgh (Brubaker 0-0), 7:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Snell 1-0) at N.Y. Yan-kees (Tanaka 0-0), 7:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Peterson 3-1) at Miami (TBD), 7:10 p.m.Seattle (Gonzales 2-2) at L.A. Dodg-ers (Gonsolin 0-0), 7:10 p.m. Washington (Voth 0-2) at Atlanta (Tomlin 1-0), 7:10 p.m.Philadelphia (Eflin 0-1) at Boston (Godley 0-2), 7:30 p.m. Toronto (Pearson 0-0) at Baltimore (LeBlanc 1-0), 7:35 p.m. Cincinnati (Bauer 2-0) at Kansas City (Keller 2-0), 8:05 p.m. Detroit (TBD) at Chicago White Sox (Cease 3-1), 8:10 p.m. Milwaukee (Burnes 0-0) at Minnesota (Maeda 3-0), 8:10 p.m. St. Louis (Ponce de Leon 0-1) at Chi-cago Cubs (Darvish 3-1), 8:15 p.m.

BOX SCORESJeffress, S, 2-2 1 0 0 0 0 0St. LouisReyes 1 0 1 0 3 2 Sánchez 2 0 0 0 2 3 Kaminsky, H, 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 Cabrera, H, 1 1 1/3 0 1 1 1 2 Webb, L, 0-1, BS 2/3 2 3 3 2 0 Crismatt 1 1 0 0 1 2

HBP—Cabrera (Báez). Umpires—Home, Shane Livensparger; First,

Laz Diaz; Second, Ryan Blakney; Third, Erich Bacchus.

T—2:33.

Toronto 7, Baltimore 2

Toronto Baltimore ab r h bi ab r h bi Biggio 2b 5 2 3 3 Alberto 2b 4 0 0 0 Grichuk cf 5 1 2 4 Santander rf 4 1 2 0 Shaw 3b-1b 4 0 1 0 Núñez 1b 4 0 1 1 Hernández rf 4 0 1 0 Severino dh 4 0 1 1 Tellez 1b 3 0 0 0 Valaika lf-ss 3 0 0 0 Drury ph-3b 1 0 0 0 Ruiz 3b 3 0 0 0 Guer. Jr. dh 4 0 0 0 Holaday c 2 0 0 0 Gurriel Jr. lf 4 1 1 0 b-Sisco ph-c 1 0 0 0 Panik ss 3 2 1 0 Velazquez ss 2 0 0 0 Jansen c 3 1 0 0 Smith Jr. ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Mullins cf 2 1 1 0 Totals 36 7 9 7 Totals 30 2 5 2Toronto 004 000 102 —7 Baltimore 000 100 001 —2DP—Toronto 2, Baltimore 0. LOB—Toronto 4, Baltimore 2. 2B—Santander (8). HR—Grichuk (3), Biggio (6). IP H R ER BB SOTorontoRyu, W, 2-1 6 4 1 1 0 3 Dolis 1 0 0 0 0 0 Bass 1 0 0 0 0 2 Waguespack 1 1 1 1 1 1BaltimoreCobb, L, 1-2 6 2/3 8 5 5 1 4 Tate 2 1/3 1 2 2 1 2

Umpires—Home, Nic Lentz; First, Angel Her-nandez; Second, Dan Bellino; Third, Will Little.

T—2:45.

Atlanta 7, Washington 6

Washington Atlanta ab r h bi ab r h bi Turner ss 4 1 1 0 Swanson ss 6 2 3 2 Eaton rf 3 0 0 0 Freeman 1b 4 0 2 0 Soto lf 4 1 1 1 d’Arnaud c 3 0 1 1 Cabrera dh 4 1 2 1 Ozuna dh 4 1 1 0 Suzuki c 3 1 1 1 Markakis rf 3 2 2 1 García 2b 5 1 1 2 Duvall lf 4 1 1 2 Kieboom 3b 3 0 1 0 Camargo 2b 5 0 1 0 Thames 1b 4 1 1 1 Culberson pr 0 1 0 0 Robles cf 4 0 1 0 Riley 3b 3 0 1 1 a-Adams ph 1 0 0 0 Hechavarría 3b 1 0 0 0 Inciarte cf 5 0 1 0 Totals 34 6 9 6 Totals 39 7 13 7Washington 031 010 001 —6 Atlanta 021 000 004 —7DP—Washington 0, Atlanta 1. LOB—Washing-ton 9, Atlanta 13. 2B—Turner (4), Markakis 2

(6), Freeman (7). HR—García (1), Thames (1), Cabrera (5), Soto (7), Duvall (4), Swanson (3). SB—Turner (1), Inciarte (4). IP H R ER BB SOWashingtonSánchez 5 7 3 3 3 1 Bacus, H, 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 Rainey, H, 6 1 1 0 0 2 3 Harris, H, 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 Hudson, L, 1-2, BS 2/3 3 4 4 0 1AtlantaToussaint 3 2 4 4 6 4 Dayton 1 2/3 4 1 1 1 2 Ynoa 3 2 0 0 0 4 Smith, W, 2-0 1 1/3 1 1 1 0 2

Toussaint pitched to 1 batter in the 4th, Ynoa pitched to 3 batters in the 8th.

HBP—Toussaint (Turner), Hudson (Marka-kis). WP—Ynoa.

Umpires—Home, Chad Whitson; First, Ro-berto Ortiz; Second, Mike Estabrook; Third, Mark Carlson.

T—3:35.

N.Y. Mets 11, Miami 4

New York M iami ab r h bi ab r h bi Nimmo cf-rf 4 1 1 0 Villar ss 5 2 2 1 McNeil dh 4 0 1 1 Aguilar dh 5 0 1 0 Davis 3b 3 2 0 0 Joyce lf 3 0 1 1 Conforto rf 3 1 1 0 Harrison cf 1 1 1 0 Hamilton cf 0 0 0 1 Anderson 3b 3 0 0 0 Canó 2b 4 3 3 4 Brinson rf 1 0 0 0 Giménez 2b 2 0 0 0 L.Díaz 1b 4 1 1 1 Alonso 1b 3 2 3 2 Cervelli c 2 0 1 0 D.Smith lf 4 1 2 2 Lavarnway c 2 0 1 0 Ramos c 5 0 1 0 Alvarez 2b 4 0 1 0 Rosario ss 5 1 2 1 Berti rf-2b 4 0 1 1 Sierra cf-lf 4 0 1 0 Totals 37 11 14 11 Totals 38 4 11 4New York 032 014 001 —11 Miami 100 010 002 —4DP—New York 0, Miami 2. LOB—New York 12, Miami 15. 2B—D.Smith (7), Rosario (2), Ramos (3), Conforto (5), Joyce (1), Harrison (1). 3B—Nimmo (1). HR—Canó 2 (4), Alonso 2 (5), Villar (2). SB—Sierra (3). SF—McNeil (3), Hamilton (1). IP H R ER BB SONew YorkGsellman 1 2/3 3 1 1 2 1 Shreve W,1-0 2 1/3 0 0 0 0 5 Familia 1 1 1 1 0 1 Brach 1 3 0 0 0 0 Kilome S,1-1 3 4 2 2 5 4MiamiYamamoto L,0-1 1 1/3 3 3 3 3 1 Sharp 2 1/3 3 2 2 2 2 Josh D.Smith 1 1/3 1 1 1 0 3 Shafer 1 3 4 4 1 0 Josh A.Smith 2 2 0 0 1 2 Forsythe 1 2 1 1 1 0

HBP—Gsellman (Berti), Sharp (Davis), Josh D.Smith (Conforto), Shafer (D.Smith). WP—For-sythe.

Umpires—Home, Sean Barber; First, Mark Wegner; Second, Randy Rosenberg; Third, Alan Porter.

T—3:55.

STATISTICAL LEADERSAMERICAN LEAGUE

BATTING—LeMahieu, New York, .411; Bichette, Toronto, .361; Cruz, Minnesota, .342; Lowe, Tampa Bay, .338; Sev-erino, Baltimore, .328; Grichuk, Toronto, .327; Lewis, Seat-tle, .325; T.Frazier, Texas, .317; F.Reyes, Cleveland, .316; J.Jones, Detroit, .315.

RUNS—Lowe, Tampa Bay, 19; Santander, Baltimore, 18; Alberto, Baltimore, 17; Merrifield, Kansas City, 17; Cruz, Minnesota, 16; Judge, New York, 16; Núñez, Baltimore, 16; Olson, Oakland, 16; Ramírez, Cleveland, 16; Tucker, Hous-ton, 16.

RBI—Santander, Baltimore, 22; Cruz, Minnesota, 21; Judge, New York, 20; Lowe, Tampa Bay, 20; Severino, Bal-timore, 19; Trout, Los Angeles, 19; Seager, Seattle, 19; Rosario, Minnesota, 18; Ramírez, Cleveland, 18; Piscotty, Oakland, 17; E.Jiménez, Chicago, 17.

HITS—Alberto, Baltimore, 30; LeMahieu, New York, 30; Cruz, Minnesota, 27; Fletcher, Los Angeles, 27; Lewis, Seattle, 27; Lowe, Tampa Bay, 27; S.Perez, Kansas City, 27; Merrifield, Kansas City, 26; Santander, Baltimore, 25; Núñez, Baltimore, 24; Polanco, Minnesota, 24; F.Reyes, Cleveland, 24.

DOUBLES—Alberto, Baltimore, 11; Iglesias, Baltimore, 9; Adames, Tampa Bay, 8; Martinez, Boston, 8; Santander, Baltimore, 8; Bregman, Houston, 7; Franco, Kansas City, 7; T.Frazier, Texas, 7; J.Jones, Detroit, 7; Lowe, Tampa Bay, 7; Seager, Seattle, 7.

TRIPLES—Candelario, Detroit, 3; Chapman, Oakland, 2; Chavis, Boston, 2; Crawford, Seattle, 2; Grossman, Oak-land, 2; Kiner-Falefa, Texas, 2; Lowe, Tampa Bay, 2; Wen-dle, Tampa Bay, 2; 17 tied at 1.

HOME RUNS—Judge, New York, 9; Trout, Los Angeles, 9; Olson, Oakland, 8; E.Jiménez, Chicago, 7; T.Hernández, Toronto, 7; Lowe, Tampa Bay, 7; Santander, Baltimore, 7; 8 tied at 6.

STOLEN BASES—Kiner-Falefa, Texas, 5; Mondesi, Kansas City, 5; Moore, Seattle, 5; Bichette, Toronto, 4; Grossman, Oakland, 4; Kiermaier, Tampa Bay, 4; Lopes, Seattle, 4; V.Reyes, Detroit, 4; Robert, Chicago, 4; Tauch-man, New York, 4.

PITCHING—Bieber, Cleveland, 4-0; G.Cole, New York, 4-0; Dobnak, Minnesota, 4-1; Lynn, Texas, 3-0; Maeda, Minnesota, 3-0; J.Hernández, Texas, 3-0; Loup, Tampa Bay, 3-0; Bundy, Los Angeles, 3-1; Cease, Chicago, 3-1; Keuchel, Chicago, 3-2.

ERA—Lynn, Texas, 1.11; Bieber, Cleveland, 1.30; Dob-nak, Minnesota, 1.42; Bundy, Los Angeles, 1.57; Montas, Oakland, 1.57; F.Valdez, Houston, 1.90; Bassitt, Oakland, 2.42; Greinke, Houston, 2.53; Maeda, Minnesota, 2.66; G.Cole, New York, 2.76.

STRIKEOUTS—Bieber, Cleveland, 54; Lynn, Texas, 36; Bundy, Los Angeles, 35; G.Cole, New York, 34; Giolito, Chicago, 32; Carrasco, Cleveland, 30; Duffy, Kansas City, 28; Eovaldi, Boston, 27; Glasnow, Tampa Bay, 27; Ryu, Toronto, 27.

NATIONAL LEAGUEBATTING—Blackmon, Colorado, .446; Solano, San

Francisco, .403; Winker, Cincinnati, .365; B.Harper, Phila-delphia, .364; S.Marte, Arizona, .351; K.Marte, Arizona, .337; Story, Colorado, .326; D.Peralta, Arizona, .321; Betts, Los Angeles, .314; Conforto, New York, .314; Goldschmidt, St. Louis, .314.

RUNS—Story, Colorado, 20; Tatis Jr., San Diego, 20; Yastrzemski, San Francisco, 20; Blackmon, Colorado, 19; Swanson, Atlanta, 19; Betts, Los Angeles, 17; F.Freeman, Atlanta, 17; B.Harper, Philadelphia, 17; Nimmo, New York, 17; Bellinger, Los Angeles, 16.

RBI—Blackmon, Colorado, 22; Tatis Jr., San Diego, 21; Realmuto, Philadelphia, 20; Castellanos, Cincinnati, 19; Betts, Los Angeles, 19; Do.Smith, New York, 18; Calhoun, Arizona, 17; J.Turner, Los Angeles, 16; Yastrzemski, San Francisco, 16; Swanson, Atlanta, 16.

HITS—Blackmon, Colorado, 37; K.Marte, Arizona, 30; Solano, San Francisco, 29; Story, Colorado, 28; Swanson, Atlanta, 28; Betts, Los Angeles, 27; Conforto, New York, 27; S.Marte, Arizona, 27; Tatis Jr., San Diego, 27; D.Peralta, Arizona, 25; Yastrzemski, San Francisco, 25.

DOUBLES—C.Walker, Arizona, 10; Solano, San Fran-cisco, 9; Blackmon, Colorado, 7; F.Freeman, Atlanta, 7; Do.Smith, New York, 7; 11 tied at 6.

TRIPLES—Yastrzemski, San Francisco, 3; Bruce, Phila-delphia, 2; Cronenworth, San Diego, 2; Giménez, New York, 2; Hampson, Colorado, 2; 20 tied at 1.

HOME RUNS—Tatis Jr., San Diego, 9; Realmuto, Phila-delphia, 8; Castellanos, Cincinnati, 8; Betts, Los Angeles, 8; Soto, Washington, 7; Do.Smith, New York, 6; C.Moran, Pittsburgh, 6; Calhoun, Arizona, 6; Arenado, Colorado, 6; Story, Colorado, 6.

STOLEN BASES—Giménez, New York, 6; Pham, San Diego, 6; Villar, Miami, 6; Berti, Miami, 5; Slater, San Fran-cisco, 5; Tatis Jr., San Diego, 5; Grisham, San Diego, 4; Inciarte, Atlanta, 4; Story, Colorado, 4; Dyson, Pittsburgh, 3; B.Harper, Philadelphia, 3; Sierra, Miami, 3; Swanson, Atlanta, 3.

PITCHING—S.Gray, Cincinnati, 4-1; Fried, Atlanta, 3-0; Wheeler, Philadelphia, 3-0; Senzatela, Colorado, 3-0; M.Kelly, Arizona, 3-1; Darvish, Chicago, 3-1; Stripling, Los Angeles, 3-1; Peterson, New York, 3-1; Hendricks, Chicago, 3-2; 8 tied at 2-0.

ERA—Fried, Atlanta, 1.24; Lamet, San Diego, 1.59; Wainwright, St. Louis, 1.64; M.Kelly, Arizona, 1.71; Darvish, Chicago, 1.88; S.Gray, Cincinnati, 2.05; Nola, Philadelphia, 2.05; P.López, Miami, 2.25; Márquez, Colorado, 2.25; Free-land, Colorado, 2.46.

STRIKEOUTS—S.Gray, Cincinnati, 45; Scherzer, Wash-ington, 39; Nola, Philadelphia, 37; Lamet, San Diego, 36; Gausman, San Francisco, 34; Bauer, Cincinnati, 32; Cas-tillo, Cincinnati, 31; Márquez, Colorado, 30; Woodruff, Mil-waukee, 30; Fried, Atlanta, 28; Gallen, Arizona, 28; Lindblom, Milwaukee, 28; deGrom, New York, 28.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

Associated PressSt. Louis’ Brad Miller watches Chicago Cubs center fielder Albert Almora Jr. try to make a play on his two-RBI triple during the seventh inning of Game 1 of a doubleheader Monday in Chicago.

THIS DATE IN BASEBALL1915 — Boston opened Braves Field

with a 3-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals.

1931 — New York’s Lou Gehrig played in his 1,000th consecutive game. Gehrig went hitless in the 5-4 loss to Detroit.

1948 — Brooklyn’s Rex Barney pitched a one-hitter for a 1-0 win over Robin Roberts and the Philadelphia Phillies at Shibe Park.

1956 — The Cincinnati Reds hit eight home runs and the Milwaukee Braves added two to set a National League re-cord for home runs by two clubs in a nine-inning night game. Bob Thurman’s three homers and double led the Reds in the 13-4 rout.

1960 — Lew Burdette of the Milwau-kee Braves pitched a no-hitter, beating the Philadelphia Phillies 1-0. Burdette faced the minimum 27 batters.

1965 — Hank Aaron of Milwaukee hit Curt Simmons’ pitch on top of the pavil-ion roof at Sportsman’s Park in St. Louis for an apparent home run. How-ever, umpire Chris Pelekoudas called him out for being out of the batter’s box when he connected. Nevertheless, the Braves won the game 5-3.

1967 — California’s Jack Hamilton hit Tony Conigliaro on his left cheek-bone with a fastball in the fourth inning of a 3-2 loss to Boston. Conigliaro was carried unconscious from the field and missed the remainder of the 1967 sea-son and the entire 1968 season. The 22-year-old already had more than 100 home runs to his credit.

1977 — Don Sutton of the Los Ange-les Dodgers pitched his fifth one-hitter to tie the National League record. Sut-ton gave up a two-out single in the eighth inning to San Francisco’s Marc Hill. The Dodgers won 7-0.

1995 — Tom Henke became the seventh pitcher to reach 300 career saves, surviving a rally by the Atlanta Braves in the ninth inning of the St. Louis Cardinals’ 4-3 victory.

2000 — Darin Erstad of Anaheim made a spectacular, game-saving catch in the 10th inning and followed it with a homer in the 11th as the Angels defeated the New York Yankees 9-8.

2006 — Alfonso Soriano became the third player in major league history to have at least four seasons of 30 hom-ers and 30 stolen bases, and the Washington Nationals beat the Phila-delphia Phillies 6-4.

2007 — Micah Owings went 4-for-5, including a pair of mammoth homers, drove in six runs and scored four times while pitching three-hit ball through seven innings as the Arizona Diamond-backs beat the Atlanta Braves 12-6.

2017 — Manny Machado capped a three-homer night with a grand slam in the bottom of the ninth inning, and the Baltimore Orioles rallied past the Los Angeles Angels 9-7 in a game that fea-tured 10 home runs.

2018 — New York Mets ace Jacob deGrom pitched his first complete game of the season and lowered his major league-leading ERA to 1.71 with a 3-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies.


CURTIS COMPTON/Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionWashington’s Luis Garcia reacts after hitting a two-run home run Monday against the Atlanta Braves during the second inning in Atlanta. Garcia became the first player born in the 2000s to hit a homer in the big leagues.

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BASEBALL5:25 a.m. (ESPN2) Korean: Kiwoom Heroes at NC Dinos3 p.m. (MLB) Colorado Rockies at Houston Astros4 p.m. (ESPN) San Francisco Giants at Los Angeles Angels7 p.m. (ESPN, SUN) Tampa Bay Rays at New York Yankees7 p.m. (FSNFL) New York Mets at Miami Marlins8 p.m. (FS1) St. Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs2 a.m. (ESPN2) San Francisco Giants at Los Angeles Angels (Taped)

NBA PLAYOFFS1:30 p.m. (FSNFL, TNT) Orlando Magic vs Milwaukee Bucks4 p.m. (TNT) Miami Heat vs Indiana Pacers6:30 p.m. (TNT) Oklahoma City Thunder vs Houston Rockets9 p.m. (TNT) Portland Trail Blazers vs Los Angeles Lakers

WNBA9 p.m. (ESPN2) Las Vegas Aces vs Chicago Sky

NHL PLAYOFFS12 p.m. (NHL) Tampa Bay Lightning vs Columbus Blue Jackets. (Taped)1 p.m. (NHL) Colorado Avalanche vs Arizona Coyotes (Taped)3 p.m. (NBCSPT) Philadelphia Flyers vs Montreal Canadiens5:30 p.m. (NBCSPT) Calgary Flames vs Dallas Stars8 p.m. (NBCSPT) Washington Capitals vs New York Islanders10:30 p.m. (NBCSPT) Chicago Blackhawks vs Vegas Golden Knights

Note: Times and channels are subject to change at the discretion of the network. If you are unable to locate a game on the listed channel, please contact your cable provider.

Washington hires Wright as NFL’s

first Black team presidentThe Washington Foot-

ball Team on Monday hired Jason Wright as team president, making him the first Black person to hold that position in NFL history.

At 38, he becomes the NFL’s youngest team pres-ident and will run the orga-nization’s business operations with coach Ron Rivera maintaining control over football decisions.

NCAA looks to Sept. for decision

on basketballINDIANAPOLIS — The

NCAA will likely decide next month whether to start the college basketball season on time or have a delay due to the coronavi-rus pandemic.

NCAA senior vice presi-dent of basketball Dan Gavitt said Monday that mid-September will likely be the first of many deci-sions about the 2020-21 season. Gavitt said the NCAA has developed and studied contingency plans in case the season cannot be started on Nov. 10.

Four conferences, in-cluding the Big Ten and Pac-12, have postponed fall sports and hope to play in the spring.

CFL scraps season amid coronavirus

The Canadian Football League canceled its 2020 season Monday because of the pandemic, marking the first year since 1919 the Grey Cup won’t be awarded.

The move by the nine-team league dashed hopes of a shortened sea-son in the hub city of Win-nipeg, Manitoba.


SPORTS BRIEFS

Lightning one win away

TORONTO — Andrei Vasilevskiy had 28 saves and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-1 on Monday to take a 3-1 lead in their Eastern Conference playoff series.

Barclay Goodrow and Yanni Gourde each had a goal and an as-sist as the Lightning pushed the Blue Jackets to the verge of elimina-tion after being swept by Columbus in the first round of the 2019 playoffs.

Game 5 is Wednesday.“Every game has been a battle,

and I don’t expect any different going forward,” said Lightning cen-ter Blake Coleman, who assisted on Goodrow’s score. “They’re not going to be a team that lays over for us. Being up 3-1 is great, but it doesn’t mean anything if you don’t take care of business.”

Cam Atkinson scored for Colum-bus, and Joonas Korpisalo had 20 saves.

The Blue Jackets seemed to have recharged after running out of gas in the Game 3 loss. They got the first goal early in the first period, but it was waved off because Alexandre Texier was offside entering the zone.

Then the Lightning scored twice in the first five minutes of the sec-ond period.

They opened the scoring 16 sec-onds into the second when Goodrow chopped at the puck in traffic in front of Korpisalo and popped it over his blocker. Gourde made it 2-0 by redirecting a long shot by Kevin Shattenkirk at the 4:09 mark.

Less than two minutes later, At-kinson got credit for the Columbus goal when a long shot by Pierre-Luc Dubois pinballed between Atkinson and the goalie before going into the net. Vasilevskiy argued for goalie in-terference to no avail.

“The real key is (the last two) games we were up by two, and let up, you know, a goal at pretty crucial times where they might gain mo-mentum off of something,” said Lightning defenseman Kevin Shat-ternkirk, who had an assist on Gourde’s goal. “And I think we did a great job of resetting, you know, re-alizing that we have a two-goal lead

for a reason, and when it goes down to one we’re still in control.”

Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper said it was gratifying to see the Gourde-Goodrow-Coleman line fi-nally rewarded for their hard work.

“The one thing is, they set the tone for us,” Cooper said. “They started every game. You know they’re like gnats. I feel like they’re just always buzzing around and you try to knock them away and they just never leave. They put work ethic above everything else. They’re self-less players, and they don’t have an off-switch.”

Avalanche 7, Coyotes 1EDMONTON, Alberta — Nazem Kadri

had two goals and an assist, Philipp Gru-bauer stopped 14 shots and the

Colorado Avalanche overwhelmed the Arizona Coyotes 7-1 to take a 3-1 lead their first-round playoff series.

The Avalanche jumped on Arizona after losing 4-2 in Game 3, scoring three first-period goals, two by Kadri on the power play.

Matt Calvert, Cale Makar and Mikko Rantanen each had a goal and an assist.

Bruins 4, Hurricanes 3TORONTO — Jake DeBrusk scored

twice in Boston’s dominating third period to help the Bruins rally and beat the Car-olina Hurricanes 4-3 to take a 3-1 lead in their first-round playoff series.

Brad Marchand and Connor Clifton also scored in the third, helping Boston erase a 2-0 deficit entering the period.

Tatum, Brown lead Celtics past 76ers

Associated Press

LAKE BUENA VISTA — Jayson Tatum had career playoff highs of 32 points and 13 rebounds, and the Boston Celtics beat the Philadelphia 76ers 109-101 on Monday in Game 1 of their first-round Eastern Con-ference playoff series.

Jaylen Brown scored 15 of his 29 points in the fourth quarter and Kemba Walker added 19 points for the Celtics.

Joel Embiid had 26 points and 16 rebounds and Josh Richardson and Alec Burks each added 18 points for the 76ers.

Nuggets 135, Jazz 125 OTLAKE BUENA VISTA — Jamal Murray scored 10 of his

36 points in overtime on a day Donovan Mitchell erupted for a Jazz playoff-record 57 points and the Denver Nuggets beat Utah 135-125 in Game 1 of their first-round series.

Nikola Jokic finished with 29 points and 10 rebounds for Denver.

Game 2 is Wednesday.

Raptors 134, Nets 110LAKE BUENA VISTA — Fred VanVleet scored 30 points

and led Toronto’s sizzling 3-point attack as the defending NBA champion Raptors beat the Brooklyn Nets 134-110 in the opening game of their first-round playoff series.

VanVleet went 8 of 10 from 3-point range and the Raptors shot 22 of 44 from beyond the arc as a team.

Brooklyn’s Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot scored 26 to match a career high.

Associated PressBoston’s Jaylen Brown, left, goes up for a shot as Philadelphia’s Al Horford defends during the first half of a first round playoff game Monday in Lake Buena Vista.

FRANK GUNN/The Canadian PressTampa Bay center Barclay Goodrow celebrates his goal Monday aganst Columbus during the second period in Game 4 of an NHL first-round playoff series in Toronto. The Lightning won 2-1 to take a 3-1 series lead.

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Citrus County Property Appraiser Les Cook an-nounced the 2020 Truth-In-Millage (TRIM) Notices were mailed Friday, Aug. 14, 2020. The TRIM notices contain proposed taxes, values and non-ad va-lorem fees and will be available online via our website for your review.

After establishing pre-liminary values, classifica-tions and exemptions, the Property Appraiser re-ceives proposed millage rates from each taxing au-thority. The Property Ap-praiser’s Office then reports the proposed property taxes to each owner of record on behalf of the taxing authorities who levy taxes.

The TRIM notice con-tains important appeal deadlines, dates for public comment and provides all the important information required by Florida Law including the following:

� Page 1, under the Property Appraiser Value Information section, you’ll find your market value and assessed values for this year and last year, along with any exemptions and assessment reduc-tions that apply to your property. If you do not see an exemption or assess-ment reduction shown that you believe you ap-plied and qualified for, you should contact our of-fice at 352-564-7135 or 352-341-6636.

� Page 1, under the Tax-ing Authority Information section, there are eight columns that reflect your taxes and tax rates: Col-umn 1 through 3 rep-resents last year’s amounts and Column 4 through 6 reflect rates and taxes if the present proposed bud-get change is adopted; Col-umn 7 and 8 reflect rates and taxes if no budget change is made (rollback). A comparison of these col-umns will provide a good idea of the change in taxes property owners may real-ize on the actual bill.

� Page 2, under the Tax-ing Authority Hearing In-formation section, reflects the dates and times of bud-get hearings for each Tax-ing Authority along with the phone numbers for in-quiries concerning tax rates and tax amounts. Please remember that millage rates and tax lev-ies are the responsibility of each of the taxing authorities.

� Page 2, under the Non-Ad Valorem Assess-ments section, it lists non-ad valorem assess-ments that have been placed on this notice at the request of the

respective governing boards. Please call the phone number listed in this section for inquiries regarding any Non-Ad Va-lorem Assessment, as the Property Appraiser’s of-fice does not impose these assessments.

Market Value is the pri-mary value established by the local Property Ap-praiser’s Office. These val-ues were established as of Jan. 1, 2020, based on the prior year’s sales and other relevant information and factors.

In 2020, residential im-proved prices are trending higher, accelerating per-mitting activity in the con-struction industry. New construction of real prop-erty increased to $155 mil-lion in taxable value, or 7% over last year.

Due to these upward trends in home prices for many Citrus County neigh-borhoods, a majority of residential improved properties will see an in-crease in market value shown on their TRIM notice.

Another positive eco-nomic sign for 2020 is more than 4,200 new homestead exemptions applications were re-ceived as more people call Citrus County their per-manent home.

In order to obtain the re-quired approval of the Cit-rus County Assessment Roll from the Department of Revenue (DOR), the Property Appraiser must set values that follow the movement of the real es-tate market and reflect qualified sales prices being paid. Local sales transactions are submit-ted to DOR four times a year, as required by law.

While market values are increasing in many areas, most homestead proper-ties are once again bene-fiting from the protection of the Save Our Homes amendment that caps as-sessed value. When there have been no physical im-provements, changes in ownership or exemption status to a property for this year, 2020 assessment changes are capped at 2.3%. The number of capped homestead prop-erties is 44,299 in 2020, representing 92% of all homesteaded properties. $1.7 billion in just value is currently shielded from taxation.

Due to issues concern-ing COVID-19, the Prop-erty Appraisers Office is taking in-person meetings by appointment only from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Con-tact the office at 352-341-6600 or 352-564-7130 for an appointment.

For other questions or

information, visit at www.citruspa.org, email [email protected] or call 352-341-6600 or 352-564-7130.

Anyone with a

difference of opinion that cannot be resolved within the 25-day period may further preserve their right of a formal appeal by filing a petition to the

Value Adjustment Board (VAB), on or before Sept. 8, 2020.

For information on fil-ing an appeal, contact the VAB clerk at 352-341-6424,

or you may visit thhe web-site at www.citrusclerk.org and click on Value Adjust-ment Board under the re-cords tab of the home page.

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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CITRUS COUNTY, FLORIDA

NOTICE OF HEARING TO IMPOSE AND PROVIDE FOR COLLECTION OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS IN CITRUS COUNTY TO PROVIDE FOR

SERVICES, FACILITIES, AND PROGRAMS RELATED TO STREET LIGHTING, NEIGHBORHOOD BEAUTIFICATION, ROADWAY MAINTENANCE

AND IMPROVEMENTS, AND WATER AND WASTEWATER Notice is hereby given that the Board of County Commissioners of Citrus County will conduct a public hearing to consider the continued

imposition of annual, non-ad valorem special assessments to fund street lighting, neighborhood beaut ification, roadway maintenance and improvements, and water and wastewater improvements within the various assessment areas identified b elow for the fiscal year beginning on October 1, 2020 and future fiscal years. The following table reflects the previously approved asses sment areas, the total estimated revenue, the assessment units used for apportionment, and the proposed assessment rate schedules:

TOTAL MAXIMUM ANNUAL ANNUAL

ASSESSMENT ASSESSMENT REVENUE FOR ASSESSMENT RATE PER

DIST# ASSESSMENT AREA AND PURPOSE FY20-21 UNITS UNIT 0002 CRYSTAL GLEN LIGHTING DISTRICT $7,438.69 Lot $55.93 0003 RIVERHAVEN VILLAGE LIGHTING DISTRICT $24,791.90 Lot $33.10 0004 CRYSTAL PARADISE ESTATES (ALL UNITS) LIGHTING DISTRICT $11,733.48 Lot $29.63 0005 FOXWOOD UNITS 1 & 2 LIGHTING DISTRICT $3,816.75 Lot $50.89 0006 CINNAMON RIDGE UNITS 1 & 2 LIGHTING DISTRICT $7,104.78 Lot $31.86 0007 FLYING DUTCHMAN ESTATES LIGHTING DISTRICT $4,494.00 Lot $53.50 0008 WATER OAKS LIGHTING DISTRICT $3,121.95 Lot $48.03 0009 OAK FOREST UNITS 1 & 2 UNREC. LIGHTING DISTRICT $2,464.93 Lot $8.71 0010 SPRING GARDENS UNITS 1& 2 LIGHTING DISTRICT $3,427.38 Lot $34.62 0011 CONNELL HEIGHTS UNIT 8 LIGHTING DISTRICT $1,407.12 Lot $27.06 0012 DIXIE SHORES LIGHTING DISTRICT $2,451.00 Lot $19.00 0014 CINNAMON RIDGE UNIT 3 LIGHTING DISTRICT $2,357.64 Lot $31.86 0017 CRYSTAL OAKS LIGHTING DISTRICT $13,083.20 Lot $48.10 0018 SUGARMILL WOODS CYPRESS VILLAGE LIGHTING DISTRICT $127,570.02 Lot $25.58 0019 SUGARMILL WOODS OAK VILLAGE LIGHTING DISTRICT $82,469.92 Lot $25.58 0020 EMERALD OAKS LIGHTING DISTRICT $1,749.12 Lot $72.88 0022 APACHE SHORES 10 & 11 / LAKE PARK LIGHTING DISTRICT $3,870.00 Lot $12.90 0023 HAMPTON HILLS LIGHTING DISTRICT $7,996.80 Lot $58.80 0034 SOUTHERN WOODS PHASE 1 LIGHTING DISTRICT $4,218.20 Lot $45.85 0037 CRYSTAL OAKS 7& 8 LIGHTING DISTRICT $7,424.58 Lot $72.79 0038 SOUTHERN WOODS 2 & 3 LIGHTING DISTRICT $6,317.28 Lot $87.74 0040 CARPENTERS COUNTRY SQUARE UNITS 1& 2 LIGHTING DISTRICT $2,504.04 Lot $89.43 0041 CEDAR LAKE ESTATES LIGHTING DISTRICT $2,232.00 Lot $22.32 0042 KENSINGTON EST. UNITS 1 & 2 LIGHTING DISTRICT $2,957.15 Lot $5.95 0043 LOVELACE LODGES LIGHTING DISTRICT $4,740.45 Lot $21.45 0045 BEV. HILLS BEAUTIFICATION MSBU $60,211.00 Lot/Tract $250.00 0048 CASTLE LAKE LIGHTING DISTRICT $5,768.40 Lot $50.16 0049 RIVER RD. & STOKES FERRY PRIVATE RD PERPETUAL MAINT. $2,150.82 Lot $34.14 0050 HIGH RIDGE ESTATES PRIVATE RD PERPETUAL MAINT. $1,495.00 Lot $32.50 0051 SUBURBAN ACRES PRIVATE RD PERPETUAL MAINT. $8,577.60 Lot $89.35 0057 SOUTH BENNETT POINT PRIVATE RD PERPETUAL MAINT $611.64 Lot $33.98 0058 EAST BOW N ARROW LOOP PRIVATE RD PERPETUAL MAINT $1,343.68 Lot $17.68 0059 WEST CARAVAN PATH PRIVATE RD PERPETUAL MAINT $790.40 Lot $60.80 0061 E HARTLEY CT & N SKEETER TERR PRIVATE RD PERPETUAL MAINT $1,141.50 Lot $76.10 0062 SOUTH HULL TERRACE PRIVATE RD PERPETUAL MAINT $304.72 Lot $23.44 0063 S KENVERA LOOP ET AL PRIVATE RD PERPETUAL MAINT $2,770.31 Lot $52.27 0073 SOUTHERN WOODS PHASE IIB LIGHTING DISTRICT $3,188.16 Lot $88.56 0074 SOUTHERN WOODS PHASE IV LIGHTING DISTRICT $5,248.32 Lot $54.67 0079 CRYSTAL GLEN PHASE IIA LIGHTING DISTRICT $1,518.07 Lot $48.97 0081 CHASSAHOWITZKA WTR PHASE 1 $84,968.59 ERU $207.86 0082 CHASSAHOWITZKA WASTEWATER $9,557.67 ERU $25.57 0084 CITRUS SPGS WTR EXT 2008 $612,607.70 Lot $161.35 0088 CITRUS SPGS WTR EXT 2009 $69,352.07 Lot $285.64 0124 CITRUS SPGS WTR EXT 2010 $24,366.86 Lot $348.20 0127 2011 CITRUS SPRINGS WATER $2,327.16 Lot $211.55 0128 NORTH KINGS COVE POINT ROAD IMPR. $8,019.12 Lot $2,004.78 0129 INV. VILLAGE UNIT 4 DIST. B PAVING $43,581.21 Lot $846.96 0130 2010 CR WASTEWATER 112 & 113 $49,118.99 Lot $277.42 0132 COUNTRY OAKS ROAD IMPR $8,437.63 Lot $421.89 0133 CR WASTEWATER HARBOR ISLE $3,822.03 Lot $424.68 0134 CR WASTEWATER 114 $46,868.24 Lot $352.64 0135 2014 CITRUS SPRINGS WATERLINE EXT $1,121.34 Lot $186.89 0136 FLYING DUTCHMAN ROAD PAVING $26,071.12 Lot $582.93 0137 LAS BRISAS ROAD PAVING $4,424.53 Lot $309.99 0138 2017 WEST BRITIAN STREET WATERLINE EXT. $2,621.68 Lot $327.71 0139 2017 LIMEROCK ROAD PAVING PROJECT $899.49 Front Foot $307.38 0140 2018 LIMEROCK ROAD PAVING PROJECT $5,376.85 Front Foot $293.21 0141 2018 CITRUS SPRINGS WATERLINE EXT $7,072.10 Lot $150.48 0142 SOUTH GARCIA POINT SEWER PROJECT $50,473.31 Lot $827.44 0143 2019 CITRUS SPRINGS WATERLINE EXT $6,268.86 Lot 133.38 0144 2019 LIMEROCK ROAD PAVING PROJECT $925.70 Front Foot $462.31 0145 WEST RED VALLEY COURT WATERLINE EXT $3,942.12 Lot $777.27

The assessment for each parcel of property will be based on the number of assessment units attribute d to each tax parcel. The annual assessment will also include each tax parcel’s share of administration and collection costs. A more specific description of the services, facilities, or programs and the method of computing the assessment for each parcel of property can be found in the enabling documents for the specific assessment area. Copies of Chapters 86 and 90 of the County Code, the enabling resolutions, and the preliminary assessment rolls for the upcoming fiscal year are available for inspection at the office of the Office of the Board of County Commissioners’ Administrative Office, Room 232, located at the Citrus County Courthouse, 110 North Apopka Avenue, Inverness, Florida, and the Land S ection Office, located at 3600 W. Sovereign Path, Suite 205, Lecanto, Florida, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Frid ay.

The hearing will be held at 2:10 p.m. on September 8, 2020, in Room 100 of the Citrus County Courtho use, 110 North Apopka Avenue, Inverness, Florida, for the purpose of receiving public comment on the proposed special assessments and their collection on the ad valorem tax bill. All affected property owners have a right to appear at the hearing and to file written object ions with the Board within 20 days of this notice.

Pursuant to section 286.0105, Florida Statutes, if you decide to appeal any decision made by the Boa rd with respect to any matter considered at the hearing or at any subsequent meeting to which the Board has continued its deliberations, you will need a record of the proceedings and may need to ensure that a verbatim record is made, including the testimony and evidence upon which the a ppeal is to be made. Any person requiring reasonable accommodation at this meeting because of a disability or physical impairment should conta ct the County Administrator’s Office, 3600 W. Sovereign Path, Suite 267, Lecanto, FL 34461, (352) 527-5210, at least two days before the meeti ng. If you are hearing or speech impaired, use the TTY telephone (352) 341-6580. If you need a Spanish Translator please make arrangements with the County by telephone within two days of the publication notice at 352-527-5370. Si necesita un traductor de español por favor haga arreg los con el Condado dentro de los dos días de la notificación de la publicación a 352-527-5370.

The assessments will be collected on the ad valorem tax bill to be mailed in November 2020, as autho rized by section 197.3632, Florida Statutes. Failure to pay the assessments will cause a tax certificate to be issued against the prop erty which may result in a loss of title.

If you have any questions, please contact the Land Section Office at (352) 527-5458, Monday through Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

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TALLAHASSEE — Flor-ida’s vital tourism indus-try suffered an estimated 60.5% drop in visitors as the COVID-19 pandemic hit hard during the year’s second quarter, with inter-national travel off more than 90%.

And the outlook remains dim for the state following the nearly 20 million visi-tor drop from April through June. The tourism industry must combat on-going negative percep-tions of Florida’s handling of COVID-19, international travel bans, people slow to return to entertainment venues and double-digit unemployment.

During the second quar-ter, an estimated 12.801 mil-lion people — almost all traveling from other states — came to Florida as busi-nesses were shut down in April and amid harried re-opening efforts in May and June, according to numbers posted Sunday by the Visit Florida tourism-marketing agency.

In 2019, Florida re-corded 32.4 million visi-tors in the second quarter and 68.2 million for the first six months. For the first half of 2020, the state

saw its tourism numbers drop 35.2%, attracting 44.188 million visitors.

Florida saw a 12.3 de-crease in first-quarter tour-ism from 2019, representing a reduction of 4.4 million visitors, as the pandemic started to take hold. In all, an estimated 31.39 million visitors came to the state during the first quarter.

Florida ended 2019 with 131.4 million visitors.

Among the second-quar-ter 2020 numbers, Florida saw just 235,000 overseas visitors and 9,000 Canadi-ans, per the numbers posted by Visit Florida.

The state, which had been on a nine-year run of increasing tourist num-bers, estimated nearly 2.65 million overseas visi-tors in the second quarter of 2019 and 931,000 Cana-dians in the same time.

After releasing the second-quarter numbers Sunday, Visit Florida added a note online that the pan-demic has impacted the way the numbers were esti-mated and that the interna-tional figures released may be higher than the actual totals.

With Florida continuing to add thousands of corona-virus cases a day, a sharp rebound in the tourism in-dustry isn’t expected soon.

Tourism takes hit in second quarter

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State Farm has pre-sented Habitat for Hu-manity of Citrus County with a 2020 State Farm Good Neighbor Citizen-ship grant for $5,000 to as-sist with their Homebuyer Education and Financial Counseling Program.

The grant funds will be used to support Habitat’s Homebuyer Education and Financial Counseling with classes and educa-tional programs designed to train, support and pro-vide valuable skills to fam-ilies aspiring to own their own home.

All families entering into the Habitat program are re-quired to take these educa-tional classes. After the required classes are com-pleted, Habitat continues to support those families with ongoing counseling.

“We make it our business to be like a good neighbor, helping to build safer, stron-ger and better-educated communities across the United States,” said Jose Soto, State Farm Corporate Responsibility Analyst.

Habitat for Humanity of Citrus County provides help to income-challenged families who are unable to qualify for conventional financing but are willing to work hard to improve

their family’s lives.Key initiatives include

empowering partner fami-lies through education, re-sources and support to successfully achieve their personal, academic and professional goals; teach-ing the youth of future homeowner families the skills and attitudes needed to make better life choices and break the inter-gener-ational cycle of poverty; increasing awareness and educating the community regarding issues related to the affordable housing cri-sis and what they can do to help.

Driven by the vision that everyone needs a decent place to live, HFHCC was founded in 1993. Since then, HFHCC has in-creased the number of houses they build each year in Citrus County.

Through the support of benefactors, churches, businesses, civic organiza-tions and others, HFHCC celebrated its 25th year in 2019 and as of June 2020, completed its 200th home build.

For information about Habitat for Humanity of Citrus County, Inc. call 352-563-2744 or visit www.habitatcc.org.

For information about State Farm, visit state farm.com.

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AT&T Inc T 26.08 3 39.70 29.85 -.16 -0.5 t r t -23.6 -5.9 15 2.08f

Ametek Inc AME 54.82 0 102.31 101.40 +.12 +0.1 s s s +1.7 +22.3 42 0.72

Anheuser-Busch InBev BUD 32.58 4 98.34 56.19 -.03 -0.1 t s s -31.5 -38.2 14 1.10e

Bank of America BAC 17.95 5 35.72 25.90 -.57 -2.2 t s s -26.5 +2.9 9 0.72

Capital City Bank CCBG 15.61 4 30.95 20.67 -.27 -1.3 t s t -32.2 -14.0 1 0.56

CenturyLink Inc CTL 8.16 4 15.30 10.80 -.27 -2.4 t s s -18.2 +6.9 4 1.00

Citigroup C 32.00 4 83.11 51.42 -1.51 -2.9 t s s -35.6 -10.5 7 2.04

Disney DIS 79.07 7 153.41 129.37 -1.16 -0.9 t s s -10.6 -1.1 17 1.76

Duke Energy DUK 62.13 5 103.79 82.60 +.45 +0.5 s s s -9.4 -2.2 20 3.86f

EPR Properties EPR 12.56 4 79.80 32.78 +.13 +0.4 s s t -53.6 -52.0 10 4.32

Equity Commonwealth EQC 27.62 4 35.08 30.57 +.04 +0.1 s t t -6.9 +0.5 31 2.50e

Exxon Mobil Corp XOM 30.11 3 75.18 42.64 -.56 -1.3 t s t -38.9 -31.0 10 3.48

Ford Motor F 3.96 6 9.65 6.98 -.06 -0.9 t s s -24.9 -18.4 6 ...

Gen Electric GE 5.48 2 13.26 6.47 -.19 -2.9 t t t -42.0 -25.8 dd 0.04

HCA Holdings Inc HCA 58.38 9 151.97 134.30 -.13 -0.1 t s s -9.1 +10.1 20 1.72f

Home Depot HD 140.63 0 282.97 288.24 +7.69 +2.7 s s s +32.0 +42.0 29 6.00

Intel Corp INTC 43.63 3 69.29 48.93 +.04 +0.1 s t t -18.2 +6.5 17 1.32

IBM IBM 90.56 5 158.75 124.44 -.83 -0.7 t t s -7.2 +0.4 13 6.52

LKQ Corporation LKQ 13.31 8 36.63 31.33 -.16 -0.5 t s s -12.2 +23.6 18 ...

Lowes Cos LOW 60.00 0 157.98 158.41 +4.07 +2.6 s s s +32.3 +67.3 35 2.20

McDonalds Corp MCD 124.23 9 221.02 208.67 +1.64 +0.8 s s s +5.6 -2.1 32 5.00

Microsoft Corp MSFT 132.52 0 217.64 210.28 +1.38 +0.7 s t s +33.3 +52.0 41 2.04

Motorola Solutions MSI 120.77 4 187.49 147.36 +1.99 +1.4 s s s -8.6 -13.6 27 2.56

NextEra Energy NEE 174.80 0 289.41 282.99 +2.49 +0.9 s s s +16.9 +33.0 21 5.60

Piedmont Office RT PDM 12.86 3 24.78 16.30 +.13 +0.8 s s t -26.7 -11.5 8 0.84

Regions Fncl RF 6.94 5 17.54 11.67 -.10 -0.8 t s s -32.0 -9.3 9 0.62

Smucker, JM SJM 91.88 7 125.62 113.50 -.47 -0.4 t s s +9.0 +4.4 14 3.60f

Texas Instru TXN 93.09 0 139.14 138.28 +.93 +0.7 s s s +7.8 +14.1 25 3.60

UniFirst Corp UNF 121.89 8 217.90 197.36 -.48 -0.2 t s s -2.3 +1.0 22 1.00

Verizon Comm VZ 48.84 8 62.22 58.78 -.01 ... r s s -4.3 +9.9 13 2.46

Vodafone Group VOD 11.46 4 21.72 15.46 -.13 -0.8 t t t -20.0 -7.1 0.97e

WalMart Strs WMT 102.00 0 134.13 135.60 +3.00 +2.3 s s s +14.1 +26.9 78 2.16f

Walgreen Boots Alli WBA 36.65 2 64.50 41.18 -.74 -1.8 t s t -30.2 -19.3 7 1.87f

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The company gave investors a dis-appointing update on its potential treatment for osteoarthritis of the knee.

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hatha-way said it's trimmed its investment in the bank.

The chain of dialysis centers launched a $1 billion stock buyback program.

The chipmaker is interested in buy-ing chip designer ARM from Soft-bank, according to media reports.

The biotechnology company’s po-tential coronavirus vaccine moved into the next phase of development.

Drug developer Sanofi is buying the biotechnology company for about $3.4 billion.

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Wall Street inched higher on Monday. The S&P 500 added to its three-week rally, even though investors are still wait-ing for Congress to offer more aid to the economy, particular-ly after $600 in weekly unem-ployment benefits and other stimulus expired.

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The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 0.69% on Monday. Yields affect rates on mortgages and other consumer loans.

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Barclays Glob Agg Bd .90 .82 +0.08 1.20Barclays USAggregate 1.16 1.03 +0.13 2.17Barclays US Corp 1.96 1.83 +0.13 2.87Barclays US High Yield 6.37 6.35 +0.02 6.23Moodys AAA Corp Idx 2.30 2.17 +0.13 2.9010-Yr. TIPS 0 0 ... .04

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Crude Oil (bbl) 42.89 42.01 +2.09 -29.8Ethanol (gal) 1.31 1.28 +2.34 -4.7Heating Oil (gal) 1.24 1.24 +0.19 -38.9Natural Gas (mm btu) 2.34 2.36 -0.72 +6.9Unleaded Gas (gal) 1.27 1.24 +2.04 -24.9

FUELS CLOSE PVS %CHG %YTD

Gold (oz) 1985.00 1937.00 +2.48 +30.6Silver (oz) 27.64 26.07 +6.05 +55.1Platinum (oz) 967.60 959.10 +0.89 -0.4Copper (lb) 2.90 2.86 +1.47 +3.7Palladium (oz) 2230.40 2140.40 +4.20 +16.8

METALS CLOSE PVS %CHG %YTD

Cattle (lb) 1.07 1.08 -0.65 -14.3Coffee (lb) 1.17 1.16 +0.86 -9.4Corn (bu) 3.31 3.25 +2.00 -14.6Cotton (lb) 0.63 0.63 +0.68 -8.4Lumber (1,000 bd ft) 735.00 726.50 +1.17 +81.2Orange Juice (lb) 1.17 1.20 -2.38 +20.2Soybeans (bu) 9.13 9.03 +1.72 -3.2Wheat (bu) 5.17 5.00 +3.30 -7.6

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Should the park be renamed?

Fort Cooper State Park is lo-cated in Inverness. Some of the amenities available are bicy-cling, camping, hiking, pad-dling, bird watching, fishing and picnicking. There are a few more amenities not men-tioned. The park is meticu-lously well kept and maintained. Out of a possible five-star rating they should get a seven or eight.

This state park is named after Maj. Mark Anthony Coo-per; he served in the United States Army with integrity, valor and honor. He came to Florida from Georgia and fought in the second and third Seminole Wars after President Andrew Jackson signed the In-dian Removal Act as law in 1830. Two reasons that the United States engaged in these wars were to acquire Seminole land by force and the fact that the United States was disen-chanted with the Seminoles because they harbored run-away slaves. In the name of our great American Heritage the United States oppressed and discriminated against Florida Native American people and enslaved black African Ameri-can people. This is not some-thing that we would emulate today, nor should we give it any respect.

Consideration could be given to award the honor of this park to someone of notoriety in the Seminole Indian Tribe. One possibility would be Betty Mae Tiger Jumper. She faced many hurdles in life beginning at birth to eventually become the first and only woman Seminole Indian Chief. She also has other lifetime achievements. It would be a proud thing for our country to acknowledge an honorable Seminole Indian by naming this park after one. Imagine going through the en-trance and the sign would read: Welcome to Betty Mae Tiger Jumper State Park.

What do you think?

Bob WituohsInverness

Don’t be silent anymore

Who and what percent of America is the silent majority? There are over 328 million Americans. It’s been said that 95% of us are the silent major-ity (311 million). That leaves 16 million people to take over our country. We can’t be silent anymore. We have to take a stand.

We talk among ourselves. “What is becoming of our coun-try? Why can’t they do some-thing about it?” Our history is being rewritten. What example are we giving to our younger generation? How will we an-swer their questions, like, “How did you let this happen? Didn’t anyone fight against that evil force?”

This is not about politics! It’s about taking pride in our coun-try and saving it from a very evil force. This 5% of evil and hateful people is winning. That 95% also applies to our law en-forcement. We don’t hear about all the good, just the bad. They have to deal with the evil 5%, too.

Who are the evil 5%? Most are just followers, being told to destroy our monuments, writ-ing graffiti, throwing

firebombs. Is that behavior going to change anyone’s mind? We, the silent majority, need to speak out. Am I afraid to speak out? Yes, but I am more afraid not to speak out. Let’s go back to being “The home of the free and the brave.”

Patricia A. CooneyHernando

WREC responded quickly

This morning I called WREC in regards to my power in my residence at approximately 8:15; the person I spoke to was very professional. At approx. 10 a.m. a crew of two workers arrived and solved the prob-lem I was having. I appreci-ated their quick response. As always, WREC has always re-sponded in a timely manner to my complaints of power outage during storms or trees limbs on the power lines. I just think that WREC has the best em-ployees out there and I appre-ciate what they do. Thanks again WREC.

Mike HillDunnellon

Use brains and science, not ego

Hello, my name is COVID-19 virus, I wish to clear up some misperceptions about my job. First and foremost, I don’t care about your viewpoints or your belief in your indestructibility. I don’t know or care about your political affiliation. What I do is to infect humans with the hope of killing or at least making you really sick. I do not care about your age, but I make exceptions to some by changing my symp-toms. I can infect you through the air or contact with your bodily fluids like spit. I hide well and wait for an opportunity to attack.

I depend on arrogance and ig-norance to move quickly among humans. You continue to deny my power and ignore defensive practices. I guess my job is to re-duce the excess humans on this planet to help it survive. You continue to destroy the environ-ment that you depend on for survival. You foolishly believe you can control me but you con-tinue to ignore safe practices to limit my ability to spread.

You place money over human life which is fine with me. I am excited that your politicians have decided to force opening of schools. This is an enormous op-portunity for me to spread through humanity. I have de-cided to attack kids differently but equally as deadly. It appears that humans place a low value on their kids and seniors which works well with our task.

Masks are a pain for us. We cannot infect when we can’t reach the human. Luckily for us

humans think they are impervi-ous to our poison making them easy targets while they brazenly walk around without a mask, I guess to show off their macho-ism or indifference to your fel-low humans.

We are not the first plague but we feel we are the most deter-mined. Humans may beat us back, but never believe we are gone. We can be controlled if hu-mans use their brains and sci-ence instead of ego, ignorance and self-interests but from what I am seeing we are safe to con-tinue our work for a long time. Your current president ignores science and has an attitude of don’t confuse me with facts my mind is made up. That is great for us bugs, it helps us im-mensely infecting the human race and filling your cemeteries.

When you are dead there is no allowance for regret.

Roger B. KriegerBeverly Hills

Help with kittens appreciated

I wrote to the Chronicle several weeks about five 3 1/2-week-old kittens I found in an abandoned house along the Homosassa River. Today the house where those incredi-ble animals were born was demolished.

Taking care of these little guys was a job for sure, and I would have never expected I would come to the end of this experience feeling as I do. Last week, they all went to their new homes and my home will never be the same. I would have never imagined how much I would grow to love these cats. To watch them prog-ress from wobbly legged little kittens to running at lightning speed was fascinating. I found each and every one of them different and special.

The reason I am writing again is to express my sincere appreciation to Pat O’Brien of Precious Paws Inc. I was clue-less on how to care for these kittens and she was my rock. She and this organization de-serve so much credit.

Another reason I am writing is to ask the community to again visit the shelter and adopt, volunteer, donate. When you see a stray cat near a dumpster, afraid and hungry, remember, they are animals that never had a chance. No one will ever know how special they are. Any of those could have been my kittens. Please have your animals spayed or neutered.

The shelter is located at 5164 S. Florida Ave., Inver-ness, FL 34450, 352-726-4700.

Iris RoseHomosassa

Thanks for the good service

Commendations to Chrysler Jeep in Inverness. I own two Chryslers, and the other com-pany took care of my vehicles for 10 years. When the new owners took over, I stayed with the new company. This com-pany is outstanding working with the elderly, disabled and veterans, and I want to let them know I am pleased with their work. The manager, I only know as Dave, is outstanding helping the disabled.

Rev. Anna M. ClarkInverness

“Very often, a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.”

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Floridians deserve a better process

“Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame

on me.”This familiar saying best

reflects the re-cent Florida A g e n c y f o r Health Care Ad-m i n i s t r a t i o n (AHCA) low-bid procurement de-b a c l e t h a t awarded Deloitte Consulting a lu-crative, multiyear contract poten-tially worth $135 million to modernize Flori-da’s Medicaid database.

Deloitte is the company that was the architect of Florida’s unemployment CONNECT website that colossally failed, resulting in the state’s COVID-19 unemployment benefits fi-asco that prompted Gov. Ron DeSantis to direct the state’s chief inspector general to ex-amine the company’s CON-NECT contract.

Awarded the CONNECT contract in 2011, Deloitte’s performance proved to be so abysmal that when the web-site launched in 2013 the Florida Department of Eco-nomic Opportunity (DEO) fined Deloitte and withheld payments, citing the compa-ny’s “failure to deliver a fully functioning online computer system.” Furthermore, De-loitte’s bargain basement bid of $40 million ballooned to a costly $78 million for a web-site plagued with perfor-mance shortcomings that destined it for failure.

In addition to the state probe, Deloitte’s abysmal CONNECT performance has actuated state fines, a state lawsuit, a negative DEO per-formance review, and Gov. DeSantis’ sharp rebuke, as well as a class-action lawsuit by unemployed Floridians who suffered monetary dam-age because of the website’s failings.

Nevertheless, ACHA bid evaluators inexplicably

awarded Deloitte a perfect 10 of 10 points for past perfor-mance. Even more mind- boggling, ACHA bid evalua-tors chose Deloitte as one of

two finalists to enter into negotia-tions for the Medi-care database contract. This af-forded Deloitte the opportunity to drop its bid so low that its selection was assured, de-spite its dismal CONNECT per-formance and the doubling of CON-NECT’s cost

above its original bid.How a company with the

worst possible performance record, a significant cost overrun, and a demonstrated unwillingness to accept any responsibility for the failure of the CONNECT website it designed and developed gained selection for a multi-million dollar contract is shameful.

Whether the answer is a flawed procurement bidding process, sympathetic bid evaluators, or lobbying influ-ence, it is moot because cur-rent Florida procurement laws prohibit any direct in-tervention by Gov. DeSantis.

As revealed by the Deloitte bid debacle, a procurement selection process that com-pels the state to do business with a company that was the architect of a colossal failure is not only egregious, but also undermines citizen trust.In the long-term inter-est of assuring that Floridi-ans get what they pay for, Gov. DeSantis is urged to call for a review of the state’s en-tire bid procurement pro-cess with an eye toward legislation to at least give past performance more weight, prohibit bids from companies under active in-vestigation, and use “best value” rather than “low bid” as the bottom line.

For certain, Floridians de-serve a better process.

THE ISSUE:State’s low bid procurement

debacle.

OUR OPINION:Deloitte

Consulting’s win is a loss for Floridians.

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� Commissioner, District 5 — Holly Davis

� Commissioner, District 3 — Ruthie Davis Schlabach

� Supervisor of Elections — Maureen “Mo” Baird

� Circuit Court Judge — George Angeliadis

� School Superintendent — Sandra “Sam” Himmel

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� I was away from the area for a month and a half and all that was done on the (U.S.) 19 road-work was a partial opening of southbound lanes. So, with that said, I guess we still don’t have to go to Orlando. We have our own Fantasyland. We should charge admission. Just saying.

� In 1995, I attended a pub-lic workshop of Citrus County

to four-lane (County Road) 491 between (State Road) 44 and (County Road) 486. I am still waiting for those two additional lanes in front of my property. The cows came home in 1996, so I guess they will get to it after the new bridge over the Withlacoochee River.

� I wonder if anyone can help me on how to get the

highway maintenance people to do anything. We’ve had several things that have been reported — one or two items have been over a year — and their stand-ing answer is, “We’ll drive by and look at it.” If anyone can add anything to that, it would be greatly appreciated because they’re certainly not doing what they’re supposed to be doing.

Q: What about school board and circuit court judge?

A: These are nonparti-san positions and open to all voters.

Q: The Democratic bal-lot has no Democrats. What’s up with that?

A: There are no regis-tered Democrats in any partisan race on the pri-mary ballot. Democrats and no-party affiliation voters can vote in all races except for property ap-praiser and sheriff.

Q: Should you empha-size that fact?

A: Yes! To be clear: Be-cause their races are de-cided in November and not this primary, ONLY Repub-licans can vote for sheriff and property appraiser. Those races do not appear on the Democratic or no-party affiliation ballots.

Q: The nonpartisan school board race has

three candidates. Is the candidate with the most votes elected?

A: Possibly, but not nec-essarily so. Unless the overall winner receives more than 50% of the vote, the top two vote-getters advance to the November ballot.

Q: What’s the expected voter turnout?

A: Supervisor of Elec-tions Susan Gill is hoping for something north of 34.6%, which is the aver-age turnout for the last three general election pri-maries. Already, through vote-by-mail and early

voting, 25.9% have cast ballots.

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A: Vote by mail ballots that haven’t been mailed back can be dropped off Election Day by 7 p.m. at the supervisor of elections office: 1500 N. Meadow-crest Blvd., Crystal River. Do NOT bring the vote-by-mail ballot to a polling location.

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� COVERS: All Citrus County.

� ON THE BALLOT: Aug. 18 primary will decide winner; this contest is open to all voters.

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� ON THE BALLOT: Aug. 18 Republican primary winner faces Schroeder in the Nov. 3 election.

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for Alaska Wildlife refugeANCHORAGE, Alaska —

The Trump administration on Monday took another step to opening Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Ref-uge to drilling for oil and gas, potentially fulfilling a decades-long dream for Republicans.

Environmentalists, how-ever, promised to fight opening up the coast plain of the refuge, a 1.56-million acre swath of land along Alaska’s northern Beaufort Sea coast, home to polar bears, caribous and other wildlife, after the Depart-ment of the Interior ap-proved an oil and gas leasing program.

Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt signed the Record of Decision, which will determine a program for where oil and gas leasing will take place in the ref-uge’s coastal plain.


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Five of Democrat Joe Biden’s grandchildren recited the Pledge of Allegiance.

Among the night’s speakers were Republican John Kasich, the former governor of Ohio, Vermont Sen. Ber-nie Sanders and former first lady Michelle Obama.

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According to excerpts released before Sanders’ Monday night speech, he plans to say that the country needs “an unprecedented response” because of the “unprece-dented set of crises we face.”

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Jarrett said, “This election is very personal for her.”

Donald Trump succeeded Barack Obama as president in 2017 and promptly set out to undo many of Obama’s achievements on health care, the environment and foreign policy, among others. Trump also routinely criticizes Obama’s job performance.

Biden’s sense of empathy will also be a focus of Mrs. Obama’s speech.

Mrs. Obama, who leads an effort to help register people to vote, will

also speak about the importance of voting in the Nov. 3 election. The election will take place amid a deadly coronavirus that has killed more than 170,000 Americans and sickened more than 5 million others.

Biden will accept the Democratic presidential nomination in a live speech Thursday night, but he’ll be seen and heard every night of the convention in some form.

Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez told The Associ-ated Press on Monday that Biden will be part of the virtual conven-tion’s prime-time programming leading up to his Thursday address. For example, Perez said Monday’s programming will include Biden talking with activists about criminal justice reform.

Associated PressIn this image from video, former first lady Michelle Obama speaks during the first night of the Democratic National Convention on Monday, Aug. 17, 2020.

HEALTH & LIFECITRUS COUNTY CHRONICLE

Section B - TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 2020

n So you know: The information contained in the Health & Life section is not intended to cover all possible directions, precautions, warnings, drug interactions, allergic reactions or adverse effects and is not intended to replace consultation with a physician.

Dr. Robert Brockett

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We are living in un-precedented times; there is a

global pandemic which, at the time of this writing, has claimed more than 166,000 lives in the U.S., over 8,900 in Florida, and 38 in our county.

There is unequivocal ev-idence that the COVID-19 virus spreads through ex-pired air of the person who is shedding the virus. There is also unequivocal evidence that wearing a face mask (as well as social distancing) greatly reduces the possibility of contract-ing this virus.

It would seem logical to me, someone who has worn a mask daily for over 30 years, that the simple wearing of a mask when around other people during this time would be logical. I do not understand why there is any controversy.

Yet, every day we see on the news large gatherings of people in churches, bars, social gatherings, demonstrations, rallies of various types, etc., not wearing masks. People are in close proximity with no protection from the gen-eral public, during a spreading pandemic from a new/novel virus of which there is still a great deal that is unknown.

Where is the logic in this behavior? There is more and more evidence that the effects of this virus can be extremely destructive even after someone has re-covered (if they do recover).

Before this pandemic, if you needed any surgical procedure, you would be appalled if your surgeon did not wear a mask. You would know that he or she wanted to protect you from their expired air, and that they did this for your pro-tection, even though it might not be so comfort-able every day for them.

With a virus that spreads through breathing/cough-ing/sneezing, presume that everyone you come in con-tact with could either be infected by this virus, or could be an asymptomatic spreader of this virus. Would you not want to pro-tect yourself from them? What if you had contracted this virus? Would you not want to protect the people around you?

Personal comfort aside, would it not be logical to put up a barrier between your breathing and others’ breath?

This virus may be with us for a long time. Obliter-ating the virus may be more difficult than we know. In the meantime, protect yourself, and pro-tect others around you.

There are many options available today. Make a fashion statement. You can even make them yourself — see https://youtu.be/BCJcE-r7kcg.

Please, just wear a mask.

Robert L. Brockett, DMD, a board-certified oral and maxillofacial surgeon, is with Citrus Oral & Facial Surgery, Crystal River. Visit www.citrusofs.com or email [email protected].


VITAS Healthcare, 3280 W. Audubon Park Path in Lecanto, will host an event Friday, Sept. 4, 2020, to provide education and resources about Alzheimer’s dis-ease and other forms of demen-tia to citizens of Citrus County.

The VITAS Dementia Educa-tion Festival will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and be held out-side to observe social distancing and other safe practices. A photo exhibit, sponsored by Cop-ing with Dementia LLC, will showcase images and stories of more than 40 famous Americans who have succumbed to dementia.

Boxed lunches will be pro-vided, and organizations from throughout the county health care system will host informa-tion tables about their services. The event is free and open to the public with all donations directly supporting nonprofit, Citrus-based Dementia Educa-tion Inc.

“This will be an exciting event carefully designed to protect the safety and well-being of our visi-tors while connecting them with this critical information,” said Jennifer Bosak, VITAS director of market development. “The Famous Americans Dementia


Citrus Memorial Hospital will offer a series of free online health seminars focused on mental health with li-censed clinical social worker Laura Sturdevant, outpatient program coor-dinator at Behavioral Health Transi-tions; the series will be conducted using the Cisco Webex Meetings app, which is available on all app stores.

Webinar meetings will be at noon on the following days:

� Understanding Resources: Thurs-day, Aug. 20 — This discussion will focus on the continuum of psychiatric care in Citrus County and how Citrus Memorial Hospital’s services fit in.

How and where to access mental health treatment will be reviewed. An introduction to mindfulness as a cop-ing skill will take place and be practiced.

� Trauma and Resiliency: Thursday, Aug. 27 — This discussion will focus on the adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) study and how trauma can af-fect long term health and well-being.

The impact of COVID-19 restrictions has led to a decline in mental well- being as well as increase the preva-lence of grieving.

Examples of when to seek support to cope with trauma as well as contin-ued pandemic stressors will be re-viewed and guests will be given an opportunity to practice skills in the session.

� Mindfulness: Thursday, Sept. 3 — The topic of this discussion is the con-cept of mindfulness and the science that supports the use of it for mental well-being and more.

Different mechanisms to practice mindfulness will be introduced and applied in the session.

� The Mind/Body Connection and Overall Wellness: Thursday, Sept. 10 — This discussion will focus on the multiple ways in which the mind in-fluences the body and vice versa.

A holistic approach to whole person wellness will be introduced and indi-viduals encouraged to explore differ-ent areas of their life to invest in self

care. A mind-body exercise will end the session.

Attendees can choose to view the course online via Cisco WebEx

Meetings or dial in through a WebEx phone line at 415-655-0003. Visit CitrusMH.com to learn more about how to join these interactive courses.

By now, many of you may have seen the World Health Organization

(WHO) suggestion on avoiding the dentist and dental hygienist under certain circum-stances. I thought I would publish the American Dental As-sociation’s (ADA) re-sponse to this and give you my thoughts, as well.

This is the state-ment from the ADA:

“The American Dental Association (ADA) respectfully, yet strongly, disagrees with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) recommendation to delay ‘rou-tine’ dental care in certain situa-tions due to COVID-19.

“Oral health is integral to overall health. Dentistry is es-sential health care,” states ADA President Chad P. Gehani, DDS, “Dentistry is essential health care because of its role in

evaluating, diagnosing, prevent-ing or treating oral diseases, which can affect systemic health.”

Dr. Gehani added that in March, when COVID-19 cases began to rise in the U.S., the ADA called for dentists to postpone all but ur-gent and emergency care in order to un-derstand the disease, consider its effect on dental patients, den-tal professionals and the greater community.

Both the ADA and the U.S. Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) then issued interim guid-ance for dental professionals re-lated to COVID-19. The ADA’s guidance calls for the highest level of PPE available — masks, goggles and face shields. The ADA’s interim guidance also calls for the use of rubber dams and high velocity suction

whenever possible and hand scaling when cleaning teeth rather than using ultrasonic scaling to minimize aerosols.

Dr. Gehani concludes, “Mil-lions of patients have safely vis-ited their dentists in the past few months for the full range of dental services. With appropri-ate PPE, dental care should con-tinue to be delivered during global pandemics or other disas-ter situations.”

It has been well documented over the years that dental dis-ease can lead to overall health decline and disease. I have written about this many times over the years. Many organiza-tions have made recommenda-tion on what dental offices can do to treat patients safely during this time of COVID-19, and I would hope that most dental of-fices have adhered to all of these.

You might want to have a dis-cussion with your dental office to see that this is the case if you have any concerns.

I am of the opinion that the dental office has always been a safe place. From day one in den-tal school, asepsis has always been at the forefront. Because we are a detail-driven profes-sion we, as a whole, take things to extremes. I feel like the preparation for treating patients in the COVID-19 era is no different.

That being said, take the time to make sure you are comfort-able with what your dental home is doing. If you aren’t, either postpone your appointment or consider changing your dental home.

Remember, maintenance care or regular dental care can and will lead to bigger concerns in the future.

Dr. Frank Vascimini is a dentist practicing in Homosassa. Send your questions to 4805 S. Suncoast Blvd., Homosassa, FL 34446 or email them to him at DrVascimini@Masterpiece DentalStudio.com.

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Putting off dental care can be detrimental

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MINDING MENTAL HEALTHCitrus Memorial plans Behavioral Health webinar series

MetroCreativeCitrus Memorial will offer a series of free webinars on different topics about mental health. Visit CitrusMH.com.

Dementia Education Festival slated

Special to the ChronicleCoping with Dementia President Debbie Selsavage shows several of the more than 40 photos that will be on display at the VITAS Dementia Education Festival in Lecanto on Sept. 4.

Education Photo Exhibit will be arranged throughout our Lecanto

campus so attendees can choose to study the portraits up close or view while driving by in their cars.”

For more information, call VITAS representative Jayme Shepherd at 352-547-6092 during regular busi-ness hours.

Serving Citrus County and the Nature Coast since 2018, VITAS Healthcare is the nation’s leading provider of end-of-life care.

For more information about end-of-life care and hospice, visit VITAS.com.

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Coping with Dementia LLC, the orga-nizer for the Citrus County Virtual Well-ness Challenge, is seeking sponsors to support the event. Sponsors will receive a range of benefits that include advertis-ing, commemorative certificates and rec-ognition on social media. Opportunities are available from $250 to $3,000.

The Citrus County Virtual Wellness Challenge, which will run from Sept. 13 to Oct. 10, 2020, has been developed in partnership with Mr. Bill Fitness LLC of Crystal River. It is designed to enable its participants to get credit and earn recog-nition for simple activities to improve their physical, emotional and spiritual wellness.

Funds raised by the event will be do-nated to Dementia Education Inc., a Cit-rus County-based nonprofit that supports publications and projects designed to help caregivers of loved ones living with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.

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Citrus Memorial Hospital will present a virtual women’s health seminar at noon

Tuesday, Sept. 22. The webinar will be conducted using the Cisco Webex Meet-ings app, which is available on all app stores.

“Women’s Pelvic and Sexual Health” will feature a presentation from OB/GYN Dr. Ashok Buddhadev. The seminar will focus on sexual health and pelvic organ support. Correction of pelvic organ pro-lapse can benefit sexual function, ease vaginal or pelvic pain and urinary leak-age problems. Additionally, Buddhadev will discuss available therapies as well as minimally invasive and robotic surgi-cal procedures.

Attendees can choose to view the course online via Cisco WebEx Meetings or dial in through a WebEx phone line. Visit CitrusMH.com to learn more about how to join this interactive course.

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MetroCreative

Cancer diagnoses are often made only after patients self-report symptoms to their general practitioners. But what if there was a way to test the average person to see if cancer might be lurking? Such a test may uncover tumors when they would be most treatable.

According to the “Circulating Cell-Free Genome Atlas” study, published in Annals of Oncology, a novel blood test accurately detected more than 50 types of cancer with a specificity of 99.3%. Researchers behind the study say the test uses targeted methylation analysis of circulating cell-free DNA to look for chemical changes to bits of genetic code that leak from tumors into the bloodstream.

Researchers from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, in conjunction with colleagues from The Francis Crick Institute and Uni-versity College London, tested more than 4,000 samples from patients, some of which had cancer and others that did not. Cancers of the bowel, lung and ovaries, as well as more than 50 other cancers, were included in the study. Data indicates that, in 96% of the samples, the test accurately

detected the type of cancer.“This blood test seems to have all the

features needed to be used on population scale, as a multi-cancer screening test,” said professor Geoff Oxnard, a lead re-searcher on the study.

Doctors advise that the ability to detect multiple deadly cancers in a single test with a relatively low false-positive rate can be essential for prompt diagnosis and treatment. It also may be a method to screen at-risk populations. Early detec-tion also can lead to better treatment out-comes due to prompt treatment and/or reduce treatment morbidity.

This type of test is still in its infancy, and will need to go through rigorous clini-cal studies to fully understand test perfor-mance and potential. However, there is hope that this will soon be a viable op-tion and that broad blood-based cancer detection will become the new normal.

Is there a blood test to help detect cancer?

According to the “Circulating Cell-Free Genome Atlas” study, published in Annals of Oncology, a novel blood test accurately

detected more than 50 types of cancer with a specificity of 99.3%.

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(HBO) 302 201 302 2 2 “Yusuf Hawkins”

Real Time With Bill Maher ‘MA’ Å

Axios ‘14’ Å

››› “Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)”

Hard Knocks: Los Angeles (N) ‘MA’

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Lovecraft Country “Sundown” ‘MA’

Last Week To.

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Good Bones (N) ‘G’ Å Good Bones (N) ‘G’ Å House Hunters

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“My Husband’s Double Life” (2018, Suspense) Amy Nuttall. ‘NR’ Å

“His Deadly Affair” (2019, Suspense) Gina Holden, Helena Mattsson. ‘NR’ Å

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Napoleon Hill, who was a self-help author, wrote, “When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.”

Today’s deal features an im-portant defensive signal that is not employed by most players below the expert level. But it isn’t so difficult to benefit — as long as you and your partner

carefully watch each other’s cards.

Cover the South and East hands in the diagram. Against four hearts, West leads the dia-mond ace: three, two, five. Next, he cashes the diamond king: six, eight, queen. What should West lead at trick three?

After South opened with a weak two, North bid what he hoped his partner could make.

After two top diamonds, West’s next play is critical. As the cards lie, if West switches to a spade, the contract goes down. But if he switches to a club or leads a third diamond, declarer gets home, his spade loser eventually being dis-carded on dummy’s fourth club.

How does West know? By watching East’s cards. After sig-naling discouragement at trick one with the diamond two, East could play either the four or the eight on the second round. Here, East follows suit with the eight, his higher card being a suit-pref-erence signal for spades, the higher of the two remaining side suits. Alternatively, if East had had the club king, he would have played the diamond four at trick two.

One word of warning: These signals apply only if the defend-er’s cards cannot win a trick. Do not waste critical cards.

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Dear Annie: We’re a group of about 10 over-60 high school friends

who get together for brunch or dinner annually around Christmastime. “Ronnie” will always make the reservations, send out the details and grab the check. She’ll simply divide for the number and ask every-one for that amount.

This most recent dinner, t h e r e w e r e nine of us. The bill, be-fore tip, came to $ 3 6 0 . Many in the group had a d r i n k , some or-dered a s e c o n d one, in-c l u d i n g top-shelf brands. Most had dessert. I don’t drink much, and I’m not into dessert. I or-dered an entree that cost $17. We were each asked to pay $55. Needless to say, when the check is split, those who spend the least get taken advantage of the most.

This time, I did express my displeasure to Ronnie, but she quickly shot me down. Nobody else said anything.

Look, if it’s only a few dol-lars, I’m OK with easier math for everyone, but not when my share gets more than doubled. Mind you, I’m doing fine finan-cially, so that’s not the issue. I would never ask someone to pay more to subsidize my drinks and dessert.

Any thoughts on how to han-dle this for next year? I’m tempted to drop out or even say I’ll only attend if we ditch the check splitting. — Split the Bill

Dear Split the Bill: I would bite your tongue and not say anything. It is a yearly occur-rence, around the holidays, with friends you’ve known for at least the last 40 years.

Much like giving birthday and Christmas presents, look at this dinner as a kind gesture from you to your friends be-cause you enjoy their com-pany. As finances are not your concern, weigh the pros and cons for yourself. Is saving $40 worth losing the memories you’d gain from attending the meal?

Let this one go and focus your attention on the joy of being with your friends who you have known for so long. What a gift.

However, if this advice drives you nuts, you could al-ways ask for a separate check. But don’t be surprised if your friends start calling you Scrooge.

Dear Annie: I was sad to read the letter from the woman in the long-distance relation-ship whose boyfriend of 14 years failed to remain in con-tact with her. I feel lucky to say that this pandemic has made my long-distance relationship of four years — between Indi-ana and Florida — even better.

Before, I would spend one week a month down there. But I don’t want to travel yet — es-pecially to high-risk areas. We may not see each other physi-cally, but we have worked to maintain communication. We actually talk more now.

I’m not running around like crazy, so I have time to carry on a decent conversation. We met halfway over the July 4 holiday and both agreed that visit was better than my monthly trips. We were able to spend quality time together because he wasn’t working.

I’m hopeful that things will go back to “normal,” but until then, we are making the best of the situation. It really depends on what you’re willing to put into a relationship. — Stronger in a Pandemic

Dear Stronger in a Pan-demic: Your letter brings up a good point. If you want to make something work, then you make something work.

If you don’t, then you can al-ways find excuses as to why it can’t. While the distance is certainly challenging to you and your boyfriend, you have been committed to making it work and, like anything in life, we get what we put in.

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Work BenchMobile , 3 x 6 FT

Heavy Duty!352-447-2967

BIG Local boat run SHRIMP $7.99 lb.

(13-15) or 5 lbs for $35.BEST Smoked Fish in town! Rio’s Blue Crab Shack 352-651-8801

ChihuahuaF, 3½ lb, chestnut

color, long hair, N.Gray Ter & Land-mark Dr, Cit. Spgs

Missing since 7/10/19(352) 651-2001, LMREWARD OFFERED

Lost Small White Dog—Missing Since

Tuesday the 11th -Near Library in

Homosassa area -Please Call

(352) 212-5368

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Man in his 60’slooking to meet lady

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(352) 400-3672

Carpentry & Mobile Home Repair- Decks

30yrs exp. Hourly rates.352-220-4638

JEFF’SCLEANUP / HAULING

Clean outs / Dump runs, Brush Removal.Lic./Ins. 352-584-5374

PLUS handyman, floor-ing, painting. Pressure wash.free est. Veteran owned 352-949-2760

CURB APPEALDecorative Landscape Curbing, Epoxy River

Rock, Reseals & Repair352-364-2120

BIANCHI CONCRETEINC.COM Lic/Ins #2579Reputable for 21 yrs.

352-257-0078

Danny Works ConcreteAll type of concrete work Resurfacing & PaintingCredit Cards accepted.Lic/Ins 352-302-2606

ROB’S MASONRY & CONCRETE Driveways tear outs, tractor work Lic#1476 726-6554

ALL Tractor & Tree Work Land Cleared, Deliver dirt & rock,

1 time cleanup, Drive-ways (352) 302-6955

A-1 RepairsPress. Wash, Painting

(Int/Ext) 25 yrs, Ref, Lic #39765, 352-513-5746

COUNTY WIDEDRY-WALL 30 Yrs

Exp. Lic. #2875. All your drywall needs!! Ceiling

& Wall Repairs-Popcorn Removal 352-302-6838

DUN-RITE ELECTRICSince 1978 � Free Est.

Lic. EC 13002699** 352-726-2907 **

CITRUS HANDYMANSERVICES & FENCING

We have our bus. lic., $2 mil. liability Ins., & St Certification. Be Safe! Fair Pricing. Free Est.

352-400-6016

Alex’ FlooringHome & RV. Install,

repair, restretch. Dust-less tile removal. Lic/Ins. 30 yrs ex. 352-458-5050

Vinyl, wood & tilePLUS Handyman,

Pressure Wash, FREE EST. Veteran owned

352-949-2760

Get your mind out of the gutter! Cleaning

$25-$40 & Handyman Mark: 352-445-4724

M&W INTERIORSBath, kitchen, floors,

walls, ceilings.Lic/Ins 352-537-4144

ANDREW JOEHL HANDYMAN

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Two Hags & A HooverCleaning SVC / Carpet

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Tile Bathroom Remodel & Repair specializing in no curb role in showers

352-794-1799

Heavy Bush-HoggingLand Clearing, Fill DirtSeeding,Tree Removal Lic/Ins 352-563-1873

CURB APPEALDecorative Landscape Curbing, Epoxy River

Rock, Reseals & Repair352-364-2120

AFFORDABLE LAWN CARE & CLEAN UPS.

Starting at $20. WE DO IT ALL! 352-563-9824

F&S Lawn Main.Landscaping, Tree Trimming, Sprinklers,

Sod InstallationLic/Ins (352) 560-1546

Gails Landscapingthe Lady Landscaper

Mow, trim, blowPlus Other ServicesGail 352-436-7604

GREENLADY CUTS LLC

mow, edge, blow,weeding & trim. Call

Crystal (352) 400-3672

H & H Lawn Care PlusRegistered & Insured. Reliable & Prof. (352)796-8517 or 453-7278

Vietnam VeteranNewly Lic. HandymanWill Mow, trim, blow Plus Other Services

Wesley 352-364-2917

A-1 Complete RepairsPres. Wash, Painting

(Int/Ext) 25 yrs, Ref, Lic #39765, 352-513-5746


SANDERS PAINTING Quality Craftsmanship40 yrs exp, Sr.Citz Disc.,

Lic/Ins 352-423-0116


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FREE Estimate/30 yrs Experience.Lic# CCC057537

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Serving Citrus 30 yrs.

Licensed & Insured

A TREE SURGEON Proudly serving Citrus

Co. Since 2001. Lic/Ins. Lowest rates! Free est.

352-860-1452

ALL Tractor & Tree Work Land Cleared, Deliver dirt & rock,

1 time cleanup, Drive-ways (352) 302-6955

CLAYPOOL’S Tree Service - Lic/Ins.

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352-201-7323

Heavy Bush-HoggingLand Clearing, Fill DirtSeeding, Tree removal

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While Supplies Last!

PONTOON BOAT1997 Monarch 18 ftAll redone, 88 HP

Galv Trlr $6500 OBO, 352-476-1113

SEA ARK14’ x 67”w, 15 Yamaha 4 stk, 15-25 hrs, new

axels, springs. Deck w/ carpet & radio $3400

YAMAHA17 FT, 2004 G3, 60 hp Yamaha, 4 stroke, Troll-ing, Hummingbird Fish

Finder & Bimini352-726-0415

Gulf Stream2018 motor home,

model 6238, 4500 mi self contained, slide out $47,500 352- 212-6949

Holiday Rambler1991 / 27ft “C” Very

Good Cond./ Sleeps 6 / 351W eng/ 6 NEW tires $12,000 352-436-9718

**REDUCED**WINNEBAGO

2017 Travel TrailerUsed for weekend trips in FL only. Excellent

Condition! Call forpictures. $18,500

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5th WHEEL2012 Winslow

Model #34RLS, $24,995Solid Wood Cabinetry

352-795-7820

DAMON2011 Tuscany - 43 footBath & a half, King size bed. 44K mi. Exc cond

MUST SEE !!352-601-0310

FIFTH WHEEL2017 Heartland PioneerPI 276 -32ft./ 2 slides, Auto Leveling, Rear

Bunks, $24,500352-634-2247

Forrest RiverSalem

2017- 24RLSHLCall for photos, $18K

HEARTLAND2008 Big Country 5th Wheel, 32’, 2 Slides/

Newer tires/ Loveseat/T.V.

Must See toAppreciate!

36’ Travel Trailerin Excellent Cond!

NEW reclining loveseat,dining table, QN sz

Bed,& flooring. NEW LG custom deck w/ built in

lights. Storage Shed Never Used! Located

in Natures Resort Campground w/ all the

amenities of Homosassa right off the

river. Will only sell alltogether. Listed at

$13,900 734-634-9835 or 352-442-0764

HOMOSASSA100 x 150 vacant loton Homosassa Trailacross from Payless

Septic. Orig price $30k will accept $15,000

(813) 469-4267

Mike Czerwinski

Specializing InGOPHER TORTOISE

SURVEYS &RELOCATIONS

WETLAND SETBACKLINES

ENVIRONMENTALASSESSMENTS

Michael G. Czerwinski, P.A

ENVIRONMENTALCONSULTANTS

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.com30+ Yrs. Experience

DAVID KURTZRealtor

VacantLand

SPECIALIST

Let me help youBuy, Sell, Invest.

Free/ No Obligation Market Analysis

for your property.Residential

& Commercial

Century 21 J.W.Morton Real Estate, Inverness, Fl. 34450

CELL 954-383-8786Office 352-726-6668

14 ft AIR BOATChevy 454 engine,

Trolling motor, Carbon Fiber Prop, $12K or

Trade (car or something fun) 352-344-0997

98 LOWE 172075hp Evenrude, trolling motor, fish finder, life

vests, trailer. All in good condition! $4000 Call or

Text 719-201-0403E-mail: wayne.boring

@gmail.com

16ft C-DoryCruiser

50HP Honda, just over 1 yr old, Garage Kept,

$30K / Make Offer

16’ Flat Bottom Boatw/ NEW trailer

15HP 4 stroke elec start motor, Asking $5200 -

765-720-0024or 812-797-2845

17’ BOSTON WHALER / Montauk Ed. / 90HP Yamaha 4

Stk, Low Hrs. Comes W/ easy loader roll on trailer

$6000 352-603-0831

JOHNSON1990, Fiberglass, 14’10”

CC,25 HP Evinrude +trolling mtr; galv. trailer.

$2375 OBO(352) 795-7335

MONTEREY2000 MONTURA

23½’, VG cond, too many extra’s to list, $9,000 or best offer

(352) 563-0074

SAILBOAT1980 41’ Ketch Taiwan

Built, center cockpit, Blue Water Cruiser,

Withlacoochee River, Inglis. $21,000 Charlie: 352-447-5171 Lv. Msg.

LECANTONice 2BR/2BA, water &

garbage, $725No pets, Ref., credit check, security dep.

352-476-9598


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CRYSTAL RIVERBest Tennants WantedNice 3/2, Huge Fenced Yard, Newly Furnished,

w/wo Huge garage,(540) 720-0098

Room to rent - Inv.2 mi from Applebee, Female only, no pets, furnished, access to

home. $400/mo. Call Rick (352) 942-9242

PUBLISHER’SNOTICE:

All real estateadvertising in this

newspaper is subject to Fair Housing Act

which makes it illegal to advertise “any

preference, limitation or discrimination

based on race, color, religion, sex, handi-

cap, familial status or national origin, or an

intention,to make such prefer-ence, limitation or

discrimination. “ Fa-milial status includes

children under the age of 18 living with

parents or legal cus-todians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18.

This newspaper will not knowingly accept

any advertising for real estate which is in

violation of the law.Our readers are

hereby informed that all dwellings adver-

tised in this newspa-per are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of

discrimination call HUD toll-free at 1-800-669-9777.

The toll-free telephonenumber for the

hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275.

DUNNELLONNorth Williams St

3000 SF MOL;Commercial building

on .042 acre**For sale or lease**

Call for detailsContact: Al Isnetto,Palmwood Realty.352-597-2500 x202

3/2/2 Princeton LaneHighlands Home

$119K Can be seen onSundays Only! Please Call (352) 637-1173

Remodeled Villa inInverness Landing1431 Longboat Pt.

Lg end unit on priv st. 1471 sf; 3BR, 2BA.

New kit cab. & applis. New flooring and paint throughout. Many amenities indevelopment. Priv boat launchwith

docks, heated pool,& club house. Call to

view this gem. 980-621-8227

2/1, 1972 Single Wide in Homosassa 55+

Park. Furn., carport, storage shed, Nice,

CLEAN & QUIET$12.5K 352-564-0201

WANTEDJUNK & ESTATE

CARSUp to $1,000. & MORE

(352) 342-7037

BIRD CARRIERLARGE-Wingabago $75-Text for Pic’s

443-336-6054

Galaxyis a beautiful

4-year-old neutered male Terrier mix, whose weight isapproximately 60

pounds, a good size for a family. He is crate-trained and

leash-trained, walking great on a leash. He

also loves to go on car rides. He does need to be the only pet in the family. For more

information please call

or text Loren at 352-201-6777.

GERMAN SHEPHERDPUPPIES

AKC, White-3 fem, 3 male, health cert’s, 95% potty-trained. Avail. Aug

29th; $600 per pup. 352-419-4400 / leave

message or text

HERNANDO3/2 DW, country

setting, 1.25 acre,detached shed $800/mo(352) 362-5019 Lv Msg

2/1, 1972 Single Wide in Homosassa 55+

Park. Furn., carport, storage shed, Nice,

CLEAN & QUIET$12.5K 352-564-0201

TIME TO BUYOR SELL

YOUR MOBILEIn A Leased Land

Park?

CALLLORELIELEBRUN

Licensed Realtor & Mobile Home Broker

Century 21Nature Coast,

835 NE Highway 19, Crystal River Fl,

Office 352-795-0021Direct 352-613-3988

CRYSTAL RIVERAnnual Sites

Available Startingat $585 a monthPlease Call Rock

Crusher Canyon RV Resort Today 352-564-9350

INVERNESS55+ Apt., 2/2, Fully

furn.-1035sqft, No Pets, $980 Many AmenitiesIncl.\ 360-808-6210

CITRUS HILLS2 BR 2 BA

385 Hartford 3-AOne Year Lease$995; No Dogs352-422-2798

BONE CHINA CUPS AND SAUCERS

Different patterns.3 sets for $8.00.239-404-8589

DANSK BISTROCOBALT BLUE DISHES plates bowls mugs $5

each 352-513-5339

DELTA RAINSHOWER HEAD

Excellent Condition! Lowes retail $69 -sell

$30 352-513-5339

DRAPES RED 95” X 54” ROOM DARKENING lined Xcel cond 10

panels - $10 a panel. 352-513-5339

FISH PLATTERGLASS -Clear -no chips $5

352-513-5339

Gas GrillWeber, includes gas

tank, and covergood Cond $100(352) 513-5600

GOLF CART TIRE WITH RIM brand new

Carlisle Stryker AT22X11-10

$100 352-613-0529

PLASTIC CONTAINER AND DRAWER

DIVIDERSClear 15”x12”x6” $5

352-513-5339

POOL CHLORINE SUNCOAST

4lb Retail $20 -Sell $10 352-513-5339

Record CollectionLP’s, Country/Western & Gospel, 30 ALBUMS

TOTAL. ONLY $30(352) 344-1515

TIRENew 125/80/16 donut

tire and jack kit for Kia soul. Paid $165 $100

352-465-6619

TOMMY BAHAMA SEAT CUSHIONS New Palm Tree design - $20 ea

352-513-5339

VINTAGE WATER PITCHER CERAMIC Large Fruit DecorExcel Cond $10

352-513-5339

WICKER WINE STAND Excel Cond holds

wine or liquor 14” x 12” x 17” High $20 352-513-5339

WALKER8” wheels

Good Condition$50. 352-419-4066

WHEELCHAIRlike new, seat 20”

high $75352-419-4066

VACUUMBISSELL / model 82HI Upright / Helix system$30 (352) 344-1515

2 Golf Bags, 1 set of clubs complete, 1 partial set, 1 Hand Buggy, ALLfor $99 -INVERNESS

(352) 201-6924

BIKES2 Ladies 26” $30 ea.

2 Small Bikes $10 ea.(352) 436-2953

CAR SEATSAFETY 1ST

Brown and beige $25 352-201-0876

DRESSER/CHANGING TABLE blonde finish has storage area in

good condition $100. 352-613-0529

JAGUAR BRACELET+EARRINGS Gold Diamond Cos-tume Retail $99 Sell

$35 352-513-5339

I buy, jewelry, silver, gold, paintings, instru-

ments, records, an-tiques, coins,watches

& MORE! 352-454-0068

Wanted Model Trains $ INSTANT CASH $For old Lionel & other

model trains, anyquantity- one piece

or a house full! 330-554-7089

Antique BuffetPerfect Condition

We are remodeling, no longer fits $200

(352) 628-5355

BAR STOOLSset of 3 solid wood maple brown 29”excellent condition $60 352-613-0529

BDRM SETComplete 3 pc SetQueen SZ, Wood

GREAT CONDITION!$450 (352) 270-2495

BED FRAME KING SIZE metal in good

condition $60 352-613-0529

BOX SPRINGS set of 2 for king size bed in ex-cellent condition $100

352-613-0529

China Cabinet1 Glass Front Wood

China Cabinet, $50 obo(352) 344-1515

COUCH / BEDRMCOUCH BEDROOM SET-$1.00 FOR ALLCLEAR OUT HOUSE

352-419-5549

CURIO CABINET large white wash finish 82”HX40”WX13”D

needs door replaced. $100 352-613-0529

DINING TABLE/CHAIRS Vintage table and six

chairs. VGC. One chair needs work.

Can send pics. $200, OBO. 352-212-3271

Mattress twin size with box spring, frame &

headboard maple fin-ish in good cond.

$100. 352-613-0529

OAK TOP TABLE53” round w/ 4 OAK Chairs, Black Cloth

Seats -VERY GOODCONDITION! $130

352- 513-4311

RECLINERVERY GOODCONDITION!

Fabric Brownish Color $95 352- 513-4311

TABLEDrop Leaf Table

w/ 4 ChairsEXCELLENT

CONDITION! $150 (386) 747-0924

Bob’s DISCARDEDLawn Mower Service � FREE PICK-UP �

352-637-1225

Craftsman Lawnmower6.75HP Self-propelled & Home Lite Weed Eater

Taking Offers352-423-4381

3 Wheel Jogging Stroller w/ Car Seat

$40(352) 436-2953

4 Tempered Safety Glass Patio Doors

w/ Aluminium Tracks3’ x 6.5’ $70 obo(352) 344-1515

BATHROOM VANITYLIGHTS 4 chrome 34” shaded lights in good

condition $30. 352-613-0529

GENERALMERCHANDISE

SPECIALS!

6 lines - 10 days(up to 2 items

per ad)

$1 - $200$11.50

$201-$400$16.50

$401-$800$21.50

$801-$1500 $26.50

352-563-5966Classified Dept.

TUESDAY,AUGUST 18, 2020 B7CITRUS COUNTY (FL) CHRONICLE CLASSIFIEDS

SAR011149

3436-0901 TUCRNUnknown Father 2019-DP-124 Notice of Action

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT,IN AND FOR CITRUS COUNTY, FLORIDA

Case No.: 2019-DP-124Division: Juvenile

IN THE INTEREST OF:P.K.L.C-M (F) D.O.B.: 05/25/2017

A Child.

NOTICE OF ACTION, SUMMONS AND NOTICE OFADVISORY HEARING AS TO THE UNKNOWN FATHER FOR

MANIFEST BEST INTEREST AND ADVISORY HEARING

THE STATE OF FLORIDA

TO: Unknown Father of P.K.L.C-M.

You are hereby notified that a petition under oath has been filed in the above-styled court for the termination of your parental rights as to P.K.L.C-M., a female child born on May 25, 2017, in the State of Florida, for placement of the child with the Florida Depart-ment of Children and Families for subsequent adoption, and you are

DEBTHOMPSON

* One call away for your buying and

selling needs.* Realtor that you can refer to your

family and friends.* Service with a smile

seven daysa week.

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GARY & KARENBAXLEY

GRI Realtors

Your ChristianRealtor

connectionto your

next transaction

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Tropic ShoresRealty

Is it TIME to$$ CASH IN $$

on yourInvestment?

It MAY be the PERFECT TIME While $$ are at

their PEAK!* * *

* * *Specializing in

MEADOWCREST serving ALL ofCitrus County

DEBRA CLEARY(352) 601-6664

Tropic Shores Realty

Les J. Magyar,

REALTOR

“Simply PutIntegrity #1”

352-220-1786Lmagyar01@

gmail.comCraven Realty,

Inc.352-726-1515

Mortgage Loan Originator

Should yourefinance?

If you’repaying 4.25%or more…YES!

Dianne Perkins 352-464-0719

NMLS #1410743

Equal Housing Lender

I put the REAL in REAL ESTATE!

JIM THE “REAL”MCCOY

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(352) 232-8971

Is it TIME to$$ CASH IN $$

on yourInvestment?

It MAY be the PERFECT TIME While $$ are at

their PEAK!* * *

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MEADOWCREST serving ALL ofCitrus County

DEBRA CLEARY(352) 601-6664

Tropic Shores Realty

Gerard “Jerry” BoveeRealtor

Multi Million Dollar Producer

THINKING ABOUT SELLING?

Let’s talk about aCASH OFFER!

Call or text metoday.

352-270-6038 CellParsley Real Estate

SUGARMILLWOODS

Sellers & Buyers FRUSTRATED?NEEDING HELP? CALL ME, NOW.

Hello I’m

Wayne CormierKey One

352-422-0751

[email protected]

“Have a great day and God Bless”

.. Nick Kleftis ..

Now is the time to consider listing your home, inventory is down and buyers

are ready.

Call me for a free market analysis.

Cell: 352-270-1032Office: 352-726-6668

email: [email protected]

BETTY J. POWELLRealtor

“ Your SUCCESSis my GOAL...

Making FRIENDS along the way

is my REWARD! “

BUYING ORSELLING?!

CALL ME: 352-422-6417 bjpowell72@

gmail.comERA American

Realty & Investment

BOBBI DILEGO352-220-0587

SELLING?

GET TOP DOLLAR& TOP SERVICE!

FREEHOME MARKET

ANALYSIS

FREEHOME WARRANTY

26 yrs in Real Estate36 yr Citrus County

ResidentERA American Realty

IS A MOVE IN YOUR FUTURE?

For your next move, you deserve the best. Phyllis has sold real estate in 6 states for

25 years.Now exclusively

in Florida, See how you can put

HER experience towork for YOU

by contacting herTODAY.

Phyllis EGarrett,

Realtor 352-445-1393

Coldwell BankerInvestors Realtyof Citrus County

It’s a GREATTIME TO

SELL!Deb Infantine

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hereby commanded to be and appear before THE HONORABLE PE-TER M. BRIGHAM of the Circuit Court or any judge assigned to hear the above cause, at the Manifest Best Interest and Advisory Hear-ing on September 11, 2020 at 9:00 AM via THE “ZOOM” APPLI-CATION, 110 North Apopka Avenue, 3rd floor, Inverness, FL34450.

ALL PARTIES SHALL APPEAR BY ELECTRONIC MEANS, ONLY. UNLESS OTHERWISE ARRANGED BY A PARTY, THE HEARING WILL OCCUR BY VIDEO/TELEPHONE USING THE ZOOM APPLI-CATION.

To appear by video: Please click on the hyperlink you received via email (best method), or type https://zoom.us in your web browser, click on Join Meeting, then enter the Meeting ID (929 3086 6975) and Password (748240) per the prompts. You will be admitted to the hearing by the Magistrate.

To appear by phone: Please call (786) 635 1003 US (Miami) or (646) 558 8656 US (New York) and enter the Meeting ID (929 3086 6975) and Password (748240) when prompted. You will be ad-mitted to the hearing by the Magistrate.

*PLEASE EMAIL THE MAGISTRATE [email protected] IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND BY TELEPHONE OR VIDEO ON THE ZOOM APPLICATION.

YOU MUST PERSONALLY APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED.

FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORYHEARING OR THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TRIALCONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTALRIGHTS TO THIS CHILD, IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED, YOU MAY LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS TO THE CHILD NAMED IN THE PETITION.

YOU ARE ENTITLED TO HAVE AN ATTORNEY PRESENT TO REPRESENT YOU IN THIS MATTER. IF YOU WANT AN ATTOR-NEY, BUT ARE UNABLE TO AFFORD ONE, YOU MUST NOTIFYTHE COURT, AND THE COURT WILL DETERMINE WHETHER YOU QUALIFY FOR AN ATTORNEY TO BE APPOINTED TO REP-RESENT YOU IN THIS MATTER.

If you are a person with a disability who needs any accom-modation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are enti-tled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the ADA Coordinator at the Office of the Trial Court Administrator, Citrus County Courthouse, 110 North Apopka Avenue, Inverness, FL 34450, Telephone (352) 341-6700 within seven (7) working days of your receipt of this notice; If you are hearing or voice impaired call 1-800-955-8771, Florida Relay Service 711.

THIS NOTICE shall be published once a week for four consecu-tive weeks in the Citrus County Chronicle’s Classified Section.

Dated this 6th day of August, 2020, at Inverness, Citrus County, Florida.

ANGELA VICK, Clerk of Courts{{ COURT SEAL }}

By: Lindsey C Thomas, Deputy Clerk

Published August 11, 18, 25, and September 1, 2020

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3444-0818 TUCRNPUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Citrus County Board of County Commissioners will meet in Regular Session on Tuesday, August 25, 2020, at 1:00 P.M., in the Citrus County Courthouse, 110 North Apopka Avenue, Inverness, Florida, for the purpose of conducting the regular business of Citrus County.

Any person requiring reasonable accommodation at this meeting be-cause of a disability or physical impairment should contact the County Administrator’s Office, 3600 W. Sovereign Path, Suite 267, Lecanto, FL 34461, (352) 527-5210, at least two days before the meeting. If you are hearing or speech impaired, dial 7-1-1, 1-800-955-8771 (TTY) or 1-800-955-8770 (v), via Florida Relay Serv-ice.

If you need a Spanish Translator please make arrangements with the County by telephone within two days of the publication notice at 352-527-5370

Si necesita un traductor de español por favor haga arreglos con el Condado dentro de dos días de la notificación de la publicación 352-527-5370

Any person who decides to appeal any decision of the Governing Body with respect to any matter considered at this meeting will need a record of the proceedings and for such purpose may need to pro-vide that a verbatim record of the proceeding is made, which record includes testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based. (Section 286.0101, Florida Statutes).

Published August 18, 2020

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