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Project1:Layout 1 6/10/2014 1:13 PM Page 1 NASCAR: William Byron continues iRacing mastery /B1 MONDAY TODAY CITRUSCOUNTY & next morning HIGH 87 Sunny with light LOW winds and a sea breeze. 61 PAGE A4 www.chronicleonline.com MAY 4, 2020 Florida’s Best Community Newspaper Serving Florida’s Best Community 50¢ VOL. 125 ISSUE 209 NEWS BRIEFS Nursing home target of lawsuit Motorcyclist Phillip Gordon is asking for more than Lawsuit claims wrongful death, torture of patient $5 million in the lawsuit, which names the dies in crash long-term care facility, its affiliates, owners, A 50-year-old Her- FRED HIERS beaten, cut and tortured for over a week administrator Samantha Lynn Dulaney, and until his death in March 2019. one employee, as defendants in the lawsuit. nando man was killed Staff writer “It’s the most egregious case of abuse that “They (Crystal Gem Manor Assisted Living) early Sunday morning in A Crystal River long-term care facility is I’ve ever seen in my 40 years of medical mal- were on notice that (Gordon) was being at- a single-vehicle crash, the target of a wrongful death lawsuit in practice cases,” said David Best, the attorney tacked and did nothing about it,” Best told the according to a Florida which Crystal Gem Manor Assisted Living is representing Phillip J. Gordon, the represen- Chronicle. Highway Patrol report. accused of allowing a former resident to be tative of Harvey James Gordon’s estate. See LAWSUIT/Page A2 The man, whose name was not released per new FHP policies, was travel- ing westbound on West Pine Ridge Boulevard on Local church holds drive-thru communion a motorcycle, west of North Elkcam Boulevard when he lost control of the motorcycle. As a result, the man traveled off the roadway and into the center grass median, the report stated. Once in the median, the man collided with a tree, ejecting the rider who suf- fered fatal injuries at the scene of the crash. — Jeff Bryan/Staff writer Virtual prayer breakfast set The Citrus County YMCA will host a virtual prayer breakfast at 7 a.m. Friday, May 8, on Facebook.com/ Citrus YMCA. A live community breakfast had been planned for May, but the Y postponed that event because of the COVID-19 virus. It will be held later in the year at a yet-to-be- announced date. The virtual prayer breakfast has been planned because “during times of difficulties and uncertainty, two things that are comforting to turn to are family and faith.” St. Timothy Lutheran Church member Patti Cyr bows her head and folds her hands in prayer with Pastor Joanie Holden on Sunday morning The Y will celebrate both outside of the church in Crystal River. The church offered a drive-through communion for their parishioners as well as any others in the during the digital event on community who felt compelled to take part in the service. Cry said that she and her husband were married in the church in 1985 and said Facebook. she feels communion is deeply important to her beliefs. “We all have to keep our faith, and that’s what we do,” she said. The drive-through Prayers will be offered communion concept is one way this church, and others around the nation, are practicing distance worshiping during the global pandemic. by Citrus County Fire Chief Craig Stevens; Dr. Robert Brockett; school board member Doug Dodd, and, Rev. Ray Cor- tese of Seven Rivers Presbyterian Church. The live event will hap- pen at 7 a.m. Friday. A re- cording of the event will be available on the YMCA and Chronicle websites. — From staff reports POLL ONLINE POLL: Your choice? As new scientific evidence emerges that wearing masks help protect us from and Pastor Joanie Holden speaks with one of her church members others from COVID-19, For more Sunday morning during the St. Timothy Lutheran Church’s drive- are you wearing a mask photos, Deacon Frank Hofstetter holds a bowl of through communion service. The church offered communion when in public? click communion wafers Sunday as the St. Timothy between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. to any who wanted to take part. “Our A. No. I don’t have it, so Lutheran Church holds communion for church church believes this is a gift of love,” Pastor Holden said referring on this story members outside of the church. In the Christian I don’t need to worry to communion as a gift from Christ. Those serving communion at www. faith, the bread, in this case the wafers above, about spreading it. wore masks and kept safe distances from one another as they chronicle symbolizes the body of Christ. Wine, or in some B. Yes. I don’t know who practice social distancing during a time of distance worshiping. online.com. has it and if I have it, I churches grape juice, is used to symbolize the don’t want to spread it. blood of Christ. Both the bread and wine are C. Don’t like these Photos by Matthew Beck taken by those participating in communion. choices? Click on the question and add your comment. To vote, visit www. chronicleonline.com. Task force plans path to Scroll down the home Restaurants prepare page and look for the poll box in the right- post-pandemic recovery hand column. JOHN HAUGHEY Results will appear to reopen with limits The Center Square next Monday. Find last week’s online poll MICHAEL D. BATES Pub & Grill. Kane’s, she said, will not be Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office Thursday published the results./Page A3 Staff writer open inside just because the limited ca- Re-Open Task Force report, which lays out a three- pacity makes it difficult for a steakhouse. phase “road map” for the state’s post-COVID-19 eco- INDEX Morgan Sundberg is asking diners to But still, it’s a first step to getting nomic recovery. be patient and understanding when two restaurants back to normal and she ap- DeSantis Wednesday announced phase one of the Classifieds ............... B4 of her Crystal River restaurants open in- plauds Gov. Ron DeSantis for making this reopening would begin Monday to be followed by a se- Comics .................... B3 door dining Monday. move. quence of relaxed measures, but did not spell out spe- Crossword ................ B6 If folks are expecting a pre-virus ambi- “Be patient, be understanding but still be cific timelines or discuss what ensuing phases would Editorial ....................A8 ance, it won’t happen, especially with only supportive,” Sundberg is asking patrons. look like in his “Safe. Smart. Step-by-Step” plan. Entertainment ...........A4 25% state-mandated capacity. That means Lollygaggers will be limited to 30 seats Thursday afternoon, the picture became clearer Horoscope ................A4 it may take awhile to go inside and get a and there will be no bar seating. Patrons with the posting of task force’s 32-page report, Lottery Numbers ...... B1 table. And there can’t be any standing at will see more outdoor seating at The Loft gleaned from a week of teleconferences by four in- Lottery Payouts ........ B1 the door waiting for that table. simply because there’s enough room to dustry groups. DeSantis does not have to follow the TV Listings ............... B2 Sundberg said if most people follow do so, she said. recommendations, but the plan will serve as a guide. the rules and respect the distancing and If folks are not comfortable going in- Phase two, according to the report, should begin capacity rules, then the faster the state side, she recommends people still ad- after “a downward trajectory of the syndromic and can progress to the next phase. here to the take-out and curbside service epidemiology criteria while maintaining adequate Sundberg owns Kane’s Cattle Co., The until capacity increases. health care capacity.” Loft Bar & Grill and Lollygaggers Sports See REOPEN/Page A7 See PLANS/Page A2 A2 Monday, May 4, 2020 State & LocaL Citrus County (FL) ChroniCLe theaters, concert halls, auditoriums, bowling al- Under phase two, “nonessential” PLANS leys, arcades, playhouses Continued from Page A1 and casinos can open travel can resume and employers under “strict social dis- A primary metric will be tancing protocols” at 75% should “encourage teleworking the “positivity” of test re- capacity. where practical” and plan “for sults. Rather than gauging n Sporting events/theme progress by declining case parks: Spectator capacity employees to return to work in numbers, as the Trump should be limited to administration’s Opening 50% with strict social phases.” Up America Again plan distancing. Theme parks does, Florida will use de- “may consider re-opening cloth face coverings. operate at 75% capacity clines in the percentage of with capacity limits, strict Owners should remove with signage directing positive test results as its social distancing and “frequent-touch items” such “flow of customers within metric. proper measures to clean as magazines, newspapers. the premises to promote Under phase two, “non- Associated Press and disinfect,” the report n Retailers: Stores can social distancing.” essential” travel can re- A health worker conducts COVID-19 tests at a drive-thru suggests. sume and employers coronavirus testing site Tuesday in Sanford. n Vacation rentals: Va- should “encourage tele- meetings can resume Menus, if laminated, cation rentals should be working where practical” within social distancing should be cleaned after each allowed only for Florida and plan “for employees protocols with no more use with single-use paper residents to “prohibit to return to work in than 50 in attendance. menus recommended. rentals to persons travel- phases.” Other compo- n Bars: Bars can reopen “Avoid cafeteria-style ing internationally or from nents include: at 50% capacity “with an dining arrangements,” the a state or locality with a n Social gatherings: emphasis on diminished report states.