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VOL. 101 | NO. 133 | $1.00 YOUR HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER SINCE 1919 An Edition Of The Sun Sebring police seek information in shooting Highlands HCSO continues to investigate Saturday morning murder News-Sun By KIM MOODY According to SPD Lt. Gilliard said the suspect Stoppers and could be eli- STAFF WRITER Thomas Gilliard officers got away in a grey four-pas- gible for a reward of $3,000. reopens with arrived at the scene in senger vehicle, heading Call 800-226-8477 or visit SEBRING – Investigators the 1500 block of Colmar south from the scene. The heartlandcrimestoppers. from the Sebring Police Avenue regarding a shoot- suspect was driving the com. Department are seeking a ing where they found the car and is described as an Highlands County depu- modified hours suspect in a shooting that victim, described as a African American male. ties continue to investigate The Highlands News-Sun will reopen its took place about 1:30 p.m. 26-year-old Hispanic male. Anyone with informa- a shooting that took place office today at 321 N. Ridgewood Drive in Sunday. Police are seeking The victim was taken to tion is asked to call SPD early Saturday morning Sebring with modified hours. information from the nearby Highlands Regional Investigator Stephen near Hal McRae Boulevard The office will be open from 9 a.m. to public on the location Medical Center with inju- Williams at 863-471-5107. and Delaney Avenue in 3 p.m. Monday-Friday. In taking safety and identification of the ries that are not expected Anonymous tips can be precautions as outlined by the Centers for suspect. to be life-threatening. given to Heartland Crime SHOOTING | 8A Disease Control, only one customer at a time will be allowed in the lobby. Highlands virus Unexpected bundle of joy cases totals 99 Department of Health drive-thru testing today

By MARC VALERO STAFF WRITER

SEBRING — With one new case on Saturday and one on Sunday, Highlands County had 10 new COVID-19 cases in four days bringing the total to 99. The new case on Saturday was a 59-year-old male and the new case on Sunday was an 11-year-old female, the fourth child under the age of 16 to test positive since the initial first positive case in March. Highlands also had an infant test positive in March. According to Highlands County offi- cials, the Florida Department of Health Highlands County, 7205 S. George Blvd., in Sebring will be open 9-11 a.m. today for drive-thru COVID-19 testing for residents of Highlands County. In Highlands, there have been 33 hospitalizations and 8 deaths due to the COURTESY/CENTER FOR GREAT APES virus. Among the 98 residents with the virus, Sunshine and her baby Cahaya. In this photo, Cahaya is less than an hour old. there are 48 male and 50 female cases within an age range of 0 to 85 with a median age of 56. Center for Great Apes welcomes Cahaya The FDOH’s update on nursing homes and assisted living facilities (ALF) shows By INGRID UTECH Sunny Hills of Sebring ALF has two CORRESPONDENT positive residents, one positive resident transferred and one staff member This good news story sponsored by positive for COVID-19. Sebring Meats, 3721 Kenilworth Blvd., Also, SIM ALF near Sparta Road in Sebring, FL 33870; 863-314-6177. Sebring has one employee who tested WAUCHULA — The Center for Great positive. The Palms of Sebring has one Apes, which is located on 130 acres employee who tested positive and one of land in nearby Wauchula, provides resident to test positive. a permanent home and sanctuary to There have been 30 new cases in chimpanzees and orangutans who Hendry County in the past five days have spent their lives in the entertain- with many of those at the Clewiston ment industry, commercial breeding Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, which facilities, research labs or the exotic has five positive residents, 11 positive pet trade. residents transferred and 14 positive The Center provides care with staff members. dignity in a safe, healthy and enriching There have been a total of 40,982 cases environment for the remainder of the in Florida with 7,224 hospitalizations great apes’ lives. and 1,735 deaths. Recently Center founder and In the United States, there have been director Patti Ragan sent out an email 1,337,541 cases and 79,825 deaths. to supporters and friends about a most Worldwide, there have been 4,142,970 unusual event that has never occurred in the Center’s long history. The email cases and 284,124 deaths. COURTESY/CENTER FOR GREAT APES The Florida Department of Health begins as follows. Highlands County stated there will be “In our 27-year history, the Center Baby Cahaya and Sunshine. additional testing sites and dates will be for Great Apes has successfully imple- orange bit of fluff climbing up to her loving and caring mother. announced in the coming days. Local mented birth control methods for all chest … the caregivers saw the baby “Sunny (as we call her) gave birth to health officials are working to bring our sanctuary residents with no ‘birth only minutes after she was born. To three previous infants at a breeding testing sites to areas throughout the control failures’ … until now. say we were all shocked is to put it compound, but they were each taken county, so residents do not have to travel “Sunshine, a 37-year-old female mildly!” from her, and she never raised them. far to be tested. orangutan who arrived at our sanc- Ragan’s e-mail continues. “Our staff has named the infant Testing on Tuesday will be available for tuary three years ago from the enter- “While reproducing more infants Cahaya, which in Indonesian means individuals over the age of 18 regardless tainment world, gave birth to a little is definitely not a sanctuary ethic or ‘light,’ ‘radiant’ and ‘shine.’ We of symptoms. Testing is free, and no female one morning in February. She activity, this little female will have thought this an appropriate name for insurance is required. had been on birth control since she all the love and care that each of our Sunshine’s offspring. The test site is drive-thru only. The arrived at the sanctuary, so we had no reason to think she was pregnant. other great ape residents receive at the “Sunny is doing a very good job CASES | 8A “However, suddenly there was a tiny Center. Thankfully, Sunshine is being a APES | 8A Ridgeway selected to fill Sebring High AP position

By MARC VALERO Longshore to Mrs. [Ilene] Eshelman’s He was at Lake Placid for this new opportunity. Go STAFF WRITER stated, “It is retirement.” Middle from August 2004 Blue Streaks!” my pleasure to Ridgeway worked as a through May 2019 and then at Superintendent appoint- SEBRING — Donald announce that classroom teacher and dean Sebring Middle School from ments are subject to approval Ridgeway has been selected to Mr. Donald at Lake Placid Middle School. August 2019 through May by The School Board of fill an assistant principal po- Ridgeway has He became the dean at Lake 2020. Highlands County. sition for the 2020-21 school been named as Placid Middle in the 2012-13 Ridgeway said, “I am super Due to the size of its enroll- year at Sebring High School. the new Assistant school year. excited to announce that I ment, about 1,500 students, In a recent announce- RIDGEWAY Principal During the current 2019-20 have accepted a new position Sebring High has three assis- ment to administrators and at Sebring school year, he is serving as at Sebring High School as tant principals. The other two School Board members, High School the dean at Sebring Middle assistant principal. I am assistant principals are David Superintendent Brenda filling a vacancy left due School. beyond thankful and blessed Holder and Laura Sherley.

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5 THINGS That Will Make You Ashby get surprise 100th SMARTER birthday party amid virus 1. Leaf-tailed gecko, the body ensure perfect also known as fl at-tailed camoufl age in the forest. By KIM MOODY gecko is reptile that 3. Leaf-tailed gecko STAFF WRITER belongs to the family has large eyes without Gekkonidae. There are eyelids, sticky toes on the LAKE PLACID — Normally when more than 10 species of feet and long, broad and Lake Placid Police Department leaf-tailed gecko that are fl at, leaf-like tail (hence shows up with fi re trucks in tow, endemic for Madagascar the name “leaf-tailed”). it is cause for alarm. However, on and surrounding islands 4. Due to lack of Wednesday, they formed a parade of (they cannot be found eyelids, leaf-tailed gecko lights to honor Irene F. Ashby on her anywhere else in the removes dirt from the 100th birthday, which was actually world). eyes with its long tongue. on Thursday, at Balmoral Assisted 2. Leaf-tailed gecko can 5. Leaf-tailed gecko is Living Facility. be grey-brown, green- adapted to the life in the When you have 100 candles on a brown or black colored. trees (arboreal animal). It cake, it’s handy to have Highlands Its skin has rough climbs on the trees with County Fire Chief Marc Bashoor on texture that resembles ease thanks to its sticky site with his crews. A caravan deco- either bark of a tree or toes and curved claws on rated with balloons and streamers leaf, depending on the the feet. Long tail can be were driven by friends and family species. Some leaf-tailed wrapped around branch- while they shouted birthday wishes geckoes are covered with es to ensure stability on COURTESY PHOTO to Irene. Because the assisted living COURTESY PHOTO spines. Color and texture the trees. facility has strict precautions in place Irene Ashby celebrates her 100th birthday of the skin, together with — Mental Floss regarding visitors, Irene waved to her party with a personal cake at Balmoral Irene Ashby in her early 20’s. unusual morphology of admirers from the front entrance. Assisted Living Facility on Thursday. testy, that’s probably why she’s lived She surely never imagined getting a so long.” surprise party thrown in her honor of 32 years in the U.S. Navy, and an Williams said her mom was always in the middle of a pandemic. There additional two years in the United SEX OFFENDER BLOTTER a Baptist and woman of faith, which are not too many people who can States Army. He fi nally retired in she attributed to her long life. say they had Lake Placid Police Chief Sanford, Florida. The couple had The following people registered as a sex “I can’t say it’s because she cooked James Fansler sing Happy 100th three children — Janie Williams, were arrested on felony offender on May 7, and ate healthy. She was a southern Birthday to them over a loudspeaker Robert Ashby and Linda Bratton, charges related to sexual with Highlands County cook but she walked miles every either. who preceded her parents in death. offense violations and Sheriff’s Offi ce. This was morning. Her favorite foods now are Family brought gifts and love to Irene has four grandchildren, booked into the Highlands a registration only, not an fried fi sh and shrimp. They still let this new kind of partying with social Kim Dixon, Terri Lynn Bratton, Nick County Jail from May 1 arrest. The FDLE Sexual her walk at Balmoral when there is distancing. Her daughter, Janie Ashby and Kate Slezick. She has nine through May 10. Non- Offender and Predator no one else around.” Williams, organized the shindig and great grandchildren and another arrest sexual offender website shows that Biddle Irene was a bit frustrated with the Irene was thrilled to see her son little girl due any day, who will be registrants are also listed was originally arrested social guidelines that did not allow Robert and several of her grand- named Audrey. for the same time frame. for “lewd and lascivious gathering of many of the staff. children and great-grandchildren in The Ashbys celebrated their James Marcus Biddle, battery sex with victim “I’m friends with all of them; they attendance. golden 50th wedding anniversary in 40, of 2577 Lake Lillian 12-15 years old.” should all be here.” Irene married Robert D. Ashby November of 1992 before Robert’s Drive, in Avon Park, She also said being 100 felt the (senior) in November 1942 at the death in March of ‘93. same as it did being 99 the day very fi rst, First Baptist Church of Irene raised three children and before. Providence where her husband was kept an immaculate house, accord- POLICE BLOTTER “Knowing the Lord has kept me stationed. ing to Williams. alive,” Irene commented on her Robert Ashby Sr. made a career “She has always had a beautiful The following people were arrested on felony smile,” Williams said. “She could get longevity. charges and booked into the Highlands County jail on May 4: Devin Austin Donnelly, 23, Lake Placid, charged with out-of-county warrant. Hunt charged with weapon on school grounds Naquila Lasheze Hardy, 41, Avon Park, charged with probation violation. By RUTH ANNE LAWSON who denied the allega- pocket knife but did not threaten Charlene Michelle Korzep, 23, Sebring, on STAFF WRITER tions at fi rst but then anyone with it. charges of burglary and criminal mischief. admitted that a friend, After hearing from a witness, who Katareana Luz Santos, 26, Syracuse, New York, on Deputies with the Highlands whose name Hunt claimed the victim was threatened, six charges from out-of-county warrant. County Sheriff’s Offi ce arrested did not know, asked deputies spoke with the victim once Charlene Gayle Walterman, 39, Sebring, on Thomas David Hunt, 19, of Lake if he had a pocket again to confi rm the witness’ state- charges of three counts of passing counterfeited Placid, Wednesday for exhibition knife on him, which ments. The victim said the witnesses instrument, three counts of grand theft more than of a weapon (pocket knife) while he did. Hunt claimed account was true and that he couldn’t $300 less than $5,000 and one count of felony fraud. on school grounds. The incident HUNT he did not remove the recall what exactly happened but said allegedly took place Sept. 9, 2019 at knife from his pocket. he did not feel threatened by Hunt Roger Scarborough Memorial Field. While deputies spoke with Hunt, they and did not believe Hunt would stab According to the arrest affi davit, noticed a multicolored pocket knife him. Deputies advised the victim that LOTTERY NUMBERS a Lake Placid High School dean was in Hunt’s right front pocket. although he did not feel threatened, notifi ed that a former student, Hunt, Deputies spoke with the victim it was still a violation of the law to POWERBALL JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY exhibited a knife to a current student who initially denied a knife being ex- exhibit a knife on school property. in a threatening manner while stand- hibited to anyone but said his friend, Hunt was released on $1,000 bond Saturday, May 9, 2020 Friday, May 8, 2020 ing in line at the concession stand. whose name he didn’t know, had a Wednesday. 12-18-42-48-65-19-x5 27-29-30-33-41-42 Deputies made contact with Hunt, Winning Numbers Winning Numbers Next Jackpot: Next Jackpot: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 Tuesday, May 12, 2020 Tampa, other communities to get 656 area code $77 MILLION $300,000 NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA telephone numbers has Plan Administrator, an code in that region, 448, is MEGA MILLIONS FANTASY 5 been growing rapidly, agency that governs phone expected to start in 2021. Future telephone resulting in a shortage of numbers across the United The 813 area code, the sec- Friday, May 8, 2020 Sunday, May 10, 2020 numbers issued to people available numbers in many States. A similar “overlay” ond oldest in Florida, was 5-20-22-61-70-4-x2 5-7-8-14-25 in Hillsborough County will areas. That stems from plan was approved last created in 1953 and served Winning Numbers start with a 656 area code, factors such as population year for the current 850 a 16-county region from Next Jackpot: PICK 5 the state Public Service increases and cellular area code, which covers Pasco County to inland Tuesday, May 12, 2020 Commission announced phones. 18 counties and is used in portions of Monroe County. $248 MILLION Monday, May 11, 2020 2-3-2-5-1 last week. 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Cub Cadet & STIHL Dealer Note: Map not to scale Sales • Service • Parts N Locations indicators approximate. Feel better. Venus Faster. 70 adno=00038580 A4 | HIGHLANDS NEWS-SUN | May 12, 2020 www.highlandsnewssun.com STATE/NATION NEWS Florida adds COVID-19 into its Moody spreads hurricane preparations awareness about By JIM TURNER “So, as you’re looking at sheltering this year, the Atlantic could be as new secure reporting NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA for a hurricane, you got to keep active or more active than in 2019, that in mind,” he added. “If you pile according to forecasters. TALLAHASSEE — With another people into a place, under normal Penn State University’s Earth app for domestic expected active hurricane season circumstances, that may be fine. System Science Center last month, starting June 1, Florida emergency But that would potentially allow the presuming a La Nina weather pat- management officials are taking virus to really spread if somebody tern rushing warm water into the violence victims into account a big new factor: the is, in fact, infected.” Atlantic, forecast 15 to 24 named coronavirus. Moskowitz said evacuations tropical storms. SPECIAL TO THE HIGHLANDS NEWS-SUN Division of Emergency outside of flood zones could take The Weather Channel has pre- Management Director Jared into account details of structures, dicted 18 named storms, with nine Moskowitz said last week his agency with people in newer structures growing into hurricanes, of which TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Attorney General Ashley is redeveloping plans about evacua- built under up-to-date codes given four would carry sustained winds Moody is highlighting a free, new mobile app tions and shelters, while also adding the option to remain home. He said above 115 mph. created by security and home automation compa- facemasks to the state’s stockpile of officials are looking at protocols for Researchers from North Carolina ny ADT, that can help domestic violence victims storm supplies. shelters that range from separating State University have gone with signal for help without alerting their abusers. The “We’re going to have 10 million people based on temperature 18 to 22 named storms, of which app, SoSecure, is available for free download on masks in reserve by the time the checks to non-congregated shelter- eight to 11 are expected to grow to both iOS and Android and provides domestic vio- hurricane season starts,” Moskowitz ing in hotels. hurricane status, with three to five lence victims with the ability to discreetly ‘call’ for said. “And we signed a long-term “We’ve been talking to FEMA (the reaching major hurricane strength. help with a simple swipe on their mobile phone. deal with Honeywell to help get us Federal Emergency Management The North Carolina State team proj- SoSecure can help victims, isolated with 12 million N95 masks over the next Agency) almost daily about that ects six to 10 of the named storms abusers while social distancing, inconspicuously year directly from the manufactur- planning,” Moskowitz said. “They’ve would form in the Gulf of Mexico, put out a call for help — without ever needing to ing plant, with a significant portion been a real partner in that, making of which two to five would become speak. Once users engage the SOS feature within of that being delivered during sure that obviously we’re looking at hurricanes. the app, they can discreetly connect via SMS chat hurricane season.” all of our standard operating proce- Last week, AccuWeather me- or speak with a live, professionally trained ADT As of Sunday, Florida had 40,596 dures. We have a lot of (hurricane) teorologists upped their initial monitoring agent to relay information about cases of COVID-19, the respiratory experience here in Florida, espe- forecast of a “normal” season of 14 their situation. ADT can then place an emergency disease caused by the coronavirus, cially over the last four years. But to 18 storms, with seven to nine call to authorities on behalf of the victim, so the with 1,721 deaths. With the respi- how do we change that? How do we becoming hurricanes, to a more-ro- abuser is not alerted. ratory disease expected to still be modify it to take COVID-19 and the bust prediction of 14 to 20 named Moody said, “When I was a young lawyer, I around this summer, that means challenges that that poses, especial- storms, of which seven to 11 would volunteered to assist domestic violence victims changes will be needed at shelters. ly if we have an earlier storm in the reach hurricane strength. seeking protection because justice requires us to “The one thing that I think we’ve June and July season?” While AccuWeather’s experts fight for the most vulnerable among us. Now, as learned is this virus really thrives The need to revise storm plans warned that four to six of the the Chief Legal Officer of Florida, I’m continuing and transmits when you have close amid the pandemic comes as fore- named systems could directly im- that fight working through my office and with sustained contact with people cast models lean toward an active pact the U.S mainland, Puerto Rico public and private entities to help protect crime victims. ADT’s new app, SoSecure, will help vic- inside an enclosed environment,” hurricane season in the Atlantic or the Virgin Islands, most of the tims of domestic violence call for help discreetly. Gov. Ron DeSantis said last week Ocean. other forecasts don’t make landfall Their ability to access an individual’s location and during an appearance in Sarasota. In terms of the number of storms predictions. text, instead of call, will help safeguard a victim from alerting an abuser—giving law enforcement more time to act, before the abuser even knows help was sought.” Strangeness of the day: For Domestic violence calls have increased during the COVID-19 stay-at-home period. For example, Cape Coral police report that between March Americans, an in-between moment 8 and April 20, the department responded to 389 domestic violence calls during COVID-19 compared to 289 — 100 fewer calls — during the By TED ANTHONY same time frame last year. SoSecure provides AP NATIONAL WRITER an additional, new option for domestic violence victims to call for help while sheltering in place In coming years, when they write with their abuser. the narrative histories of the 2020 Leah Page, vice president, Mobile Security pandemic — those paperweight-lev- & Strategic Projects at ADT, said, “We believe el volumes that reconstruct these everyone deserves to feel safe, and with SoSecure, strange days in painstaking and vivid we are able to offer ADT security to everyone. detail — the past week in American Should a user find themselves in a domestic life will be a particularly curious mo- violence situation where they can’t verbally call ment to unpack. It was unlike what for help, SoSecure makes it possible for the victim came before, and almost certainly to discreetly connect with a trusted ADT resource, unlike what is still ahead. without alerting their abuser.” On social media and in real life, SoSecure offers several benefits that can be Americans fought fervent pitched helpful to people in abusive situations, including: battles about getting back to their - GPS Coordination: When a user triggers an lives — when, where and under what alert through SoSecure, the app gains access to conditions. Mostly, these battles the user’s GPS coordinates (something not all 911 were verbal. Sometimes, they got centers are set up to receive) to help determine physical. JOHN LOCHER/AP PHOTO where they are located; Job numbers confirmed what ev- - Discreet Chat: Users can discreetly connect eryone already suspected: the worst Plastic sheets separate customers at A Cut Above the Rest barber shop, Saturday, May via SMS chat or speak with a live ADT monitoring unemployment rate since the Great 9, 2020, in Las Vegas. Saturday was the first day restaurants, salons and other nones- agent 24/7 via the app to relay information, such Depression. The face mask evolved sential businesses were allowed to start reopening after restrictions were imposed as the type of first responder support they might from a piece of protective equip- seven weeks earlier to help stop the spread of the new coronavirus. require, and/or confirm whether or not they are ment into a political litmus test. Beth Skwarecki, wrote in a fact check humans in Italy and Spain said in in fact experiencing an emergency; and The coronavirus itself hit the - Emergency Contact Notification: SoSecure White House just as conspiracy-the- about the “Plandemic” video Friday. March. “We’re hungry for anything that Normal life, after all, has its enables users to include emergency contact ory fervor abruptly hit its stride. information, so family and friends can be alerted Mortality numbers were questioned, can make this moment in our lives inflection points, its ways to clearly feel a little bit less weird,” she said. mark the advancing of the clock — in case of an emergency. and a slick and misleading video, Anyone who is a victim of violence should “Plandemic,” left some Americans But the utter weirdness of this part the spikes in the EKG of existence of the COVID-19 storyline is its own that reassure us that the heart of the contact local law enforcement immediately scratching their heads and by calling 911. The Florida Domestic Violence wondering. distinct kind of crazy, where the road world is still beating. map has run out and the next page Workdays themselves provide one Hotline number is 1(800) 500-1119. For a list of As the storied halls of the nation’s local domestic violence services, including safe highest court became virtual, in the of the script is blank. arc, as does the week that points All those Hollywood productions, toward the weekend. Holidays shelter and abuse counseling, visit the Attorney background of one oral argument General’s Victims Services Directory by clicking you could distinctly hear what those movies and video games about and visits with friends break up huge cataclysms that challenge the routine. Sports seasons begin, here. Many nonprofits are now offering telephone sounded like a toilet flushing. On counseling and video sessions for victims who Saturday, in parts of the Northeast, humanity? Whether they’re about blossom and end. There is some- zombies or aliens or asteroids or thing you have just done, something feel safe enough to utilize these services. Options there was snow — in the first week may vary by organization. of May. nuclear Armageddons, they don’t you’re doing, something you’re going usually tell you about this part. to do. Life isn’t all just one thing in Moody is reminding victims that, despite these And finally, naturally, the “murder challenging times, resources are still available. hornets” arrived on American shores They chronicle the arrival of the one place, as it has been for so many to great and misguided fanfare. threat and the things it does, the de- people over so many weeks. Minuscule threat though they are, struction it causes. And sometimes The American system — the fed- they claimed an instant spot as the they spend time on the parts about eral government doing some things, ideal metaphor for what everyone humanity rebuilding itself. the states doing others, local officials has been thinking: Hasn’t there been But they don’t linger much on the doing still others — is a multilayered enough already? part after the first wave of events, approach to governing. That helps These events are not all related, when things might look normal but protects 320 million people from too no matter what the apocalypticians aren’t yet. When people peek their many monolithic solutions. might tell us. And yet somehow they heads out of their houses and won- Yet all those layers can produce feel of a piece. Right now, Americans der if anyone’s actually still writing confusion, too — lots of people are the insects, caught in amber, that script — and what it’s going giving lots of orders and coming suspended for an uncertain moment to say. When rational Americans, up with lots of (sometimes diver- between the isolation of a national confronted with untenable circum- gent) solutions. That is particularly shutdown and the revving up of a stances, start to question everything confusing during these in-between much-disputed return. in front of them. moments, when the already muddy Old political polarities are setting Part of the problem, of course, is path forward is almost quicksand, in, smoothly superimposing them- that those very circumstances have when the road forks in multiple selves upon the new circumstances left many millions of people stuck in directions and a fog is setting in. as the country finds itself beset not their homes with a lot of opportu- Of course, the very existence of an )/225,1* only by uncertainty about the virus nity to contemplate their lot — and in-between moment suggests two but — now — by uncertainty about contemplate, and contemplate, bookends. The first has already been 560 U.S. 27 North the uncertainty as well. and contemplate. 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Almanac THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Iranian navy friendly fire incident Today is Tuesday, May 12, the 133rd day of 2020. There are 233 days left in the year. kills 19 amid US tension Today in history By NASSER KARIMI and JON time of the missile strike. The GAMBRELL army identified those slain as On May 12, 2002, Jimmy Carter ASSOCIATED PRESS including officers and enlisted arrived in Cuba, becoming the men, including a combat first U.S. president in or out TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A diver. of office to visit since the 1959 missile fired during an Iranian It appeared the sailors revolution that put Fidel Castro training exercise mistakenly may have been firing Noor in power. struck a naval vessel instead anti-ship missiles during the of its intended target in waters exercise, said Reed Foster, a On this date near the strategic Strait of senior analyst at Jane’s. He Hormuz, killing 19 sailors and said a replacement for the In 1780, during the wounding 15 others, Iranian vessel “will likely take years Revolutionary War, the besieged authorities said Monday. to come into service” and city of Charleston, South The bungled training exer- represented a blow to the navy Carolina, surrendered to British cises took place on Sunday as Iran already saw a destroyer forces. and raised new questions sink in the Caspian Sea in In 1922, a 20-ton meteor about the readiness of the January 2018. crashed near Blackstone, Islamic Republic’s armed “Perhaps the greatest Virginia. forces amid heightened ten- impact to the Iranian military In 1937, Britain’s King George sions with U.S., just months and government is that this VI was crowned at Westminster after they accidentally shot is the second high-profile Abbey; his wife, Elizabeth, was down a Ukrainian jetliner near incident in less than half a crowned as queen consort. Tehran, killing 176 passengers. year where mistakes in missile In 1958, the United States and It also comes soon after a J MANGO VIA AP targeting have resulted in Canada signed an agreement tense naval encounter be- significant loss of life,” Reed to create the North American tween Iranian and U.S. forces Map shows location where Iranian missile accidentally strikes own ship said. Air Defense Command (later in the nearby Persian Gulf. Konarak. Reed added that the friendly the North American Aerospace President Donald Trump Guard usually patrol the photograph released by the fire incident “damages the Defense Command, or NORAD). withdrew the U.S. from Persian Gulf. Iranian army showed burn credibility” of the Iranian In 1982, in Fatima, Portugal, Tehran’s nuclear deal with The Konarak, a Hendijan- marks and some damage to military and government’s security guards overpowered world powers two years ago, class support ship taking the vessel, though the military claim that they can develop a Spanish priest armed with a launching a maximum pres- part in the exercise, came did not immediately offer a sophisticated defense bayonet who attacked Pope John sure campaign against Iran too close to a target and the detailed photographs of the weapons despite international Paul II. (In 2008, the pope’s long- that has pushed the archrivals missile struck it, state TV said. site of the missile’s impact. sanctions. time private secretary revealed to the verge of conflict Authorities did not identify Iranian king Mohammad This likely will provide new that the pontiff was slightly repeatedly. the ship that fired the missile, Reza Shah Pahlavi had fodder for the U.S., which has wounded in the assault.) Analysts have warned though semiofficial media in purchased the Dutch-made, been actively campaigning to In 2008, a devastating 7.9 regional tensions likely will Iran identified it as the Iranian 47-meter (155-foot) vessel keep a United Nations arms magnitude earthquake in China’s increase again. This week also destroyer Jamaran. just before being toppled by embargo in place on Iran that Sichuan province left more than marks the one-year anniver- The Konarak had been the 1979 Islamic Revolution. is due to expire in November. 87,000 people dead or missing. sary of attacks on oil tankers putting targets out for other The Konarak entered service Iran regularly holds exer- In 2009, five Miami men were near the strait that the U.S. ships to target, state TV said. in 1988 and crews later cises in the Gulf of Oman, convicted in a plot to blow up blamed on Iran. Initially, officials said only overhauled the vessel some which is close to the Strait of FBI buildings and Chicago’s Sears Sunday’s friendly fire one sailor had been killed. 30 years later, making it able Hormuz, the narrow mouth Tower; one man was acquitted. incident struck the Iranian That number quickly changed to launch sea and anti-ship of the Persian Gulf through Suspected Nazi death camp navy vessel Konarak near to 19. A local hospital ad- missiles. Iran still relies on which 20% of the world’s oil guard John Demjanjuk was the port of Jask, some 1,270 mitted 12 sailors and treated weaponry purchased under trade passes. deported from the United States kilometers (790 miles) south- another three with slight the shah due to international The U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet, to Germany. east of Tehran in the Gulf of wounds, the state-run IRNA sanctions. which monitors the region, Ten years ago: An Afriqiyah Oman, the Iranian army said news agency reported. The boat typically carried did not respond to a request Airways Airbus A330 jetliner in a statement. Iran’s regular Iranian vessels towed a crew of 20 and authorities for comment. plunged into the Libyan desert navy typically patrols those the Konarak into a nearby did not explain why it had Gambrell reported from less than a mile from the runway waters, while vessels from the naval base after the strike. A 34 people on board at the Dubai, United Arab Emirates. in Tripoli after a flight from paramilitary Revolutionary Johannesburg; a 9-year-old Dutch boy was the sole survivor of the crash that killed 103 people. Five years ago: U.S. Secretary African nations seek their own of State John Kerry arrived in Russia to meet President Vladimir Putin with an eye on easing badly strained relations solutions in virus crisis over conflicts in Ukraine and Syria. By CARLEY PETESCH ASSOCIATED PRESS One year ago: The White House’s top economic adviser acknowledged on “Fox News DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A loud hiss Sunday” that U.S. consumers and and grunt come from a green bag press- businesses pay the tariffs that ing air through a tube, as Senegalese the administration had imposed researchers work to develop a prototype on billions of dollars of Chinese ventilator that could cost a mere $160 goods; Larry Kudlow added that each instead of tens of thousands of China would suffer losses from dollars. reduced exports to the U.S. The team is using 3-D printed parts as it works to find a homegrown solution Today’s birthdays to a medical shortfall that has struck even the richest countries: how to have Composer Burt Bacharach is enough breathing machines to handle 92. Actor Bruce Boxleitner is 70. an avalanche of COVID-19 patients who Singer Billy Squier is 70. Rock need the devices to help increase their musician Eric Singer (KISS) is 62. blood oxygen levels. Actor Ving Rhames is 61. Rock Complicating the task in Africa is the musician Billy Duffy is 59. Actor fact that the peak in coronavirus cases for Emilio Estevez is 58. Actress April the continent’ is expected to come later Grace is 58. Actress Vanessa A. than in Europe and the United States, Williams is 57. TV personality/ well after dozens of other countries have JOHN MUCHUCHA/AP PHOTO chef Carla Hall is 56. Country bought out available supplies. musician Eddie Kilgallon is “Africans must find their own solutions In this photo taken Monday, April 13, 2020, medical students test a self-designed computer-con- 55. Actor Stephen Baldwin is to their problems. We must show our trolled ventilator prototype at the Chandaria Business and Incubation Centre of Kenyatta University 54. Actor Scott Schwartz is 52. independence. It’s a big motivation for in Nairobi, Kenya. Researchers across Africa are looking for ways to make their own ventilators, Actress Kim Fields is 51. Actress this,” said Ibrahima Gueye, a professor protective equipment and hand sanitizers as the continent faces a peak in coronavirus cases Samantha Mathis is 50. Actress at the Polytechnic School of Thies in long after the United States and European countries have bought up global supplies during the Jamie Luner is 49. Actor Christian Senegal, on the 12-member team devel- pandemic. Campbell is 48. Actress Rhea oping the prototype ventilator. produce mechanical ventilators are Workers in Dakar are using laser cut- Seehorn is 48. Actor Mackenzie Their efforts are being mirrored saying they can’t accept new orders until ters to make about 1,000 face shields per Astin is 47. Country musician elsewhere across the continent, where July. The same is true with other medical week for health care workers. They also Matt Mangano (The Zac Brown medical supplies are usually imported. items like PPE and gloves,” Annbesse are creating key chains with prevention Band) is 44. Actress Rebecca Many hope that these efforts to said, referring to the personal protective messages such as “Stay Home.” Herbst is 43. Actress Malin develop ventilators, personal protective gear worn to minimize exposure to Alcohol-based hand sanitizers are Akerman is 42. Actor Jason Biggs equipment, sanitizers and quick-result health hazards. being produced in Zimbabwe on uni- is 42. Actor Rami Malek is 39. antibody tests will lead to more indepen- Africans also are helping to devel- versity and technical college campuses Actress-singer Clare Bowen is dent solutions for future health crises. op tools for disease prevention and that have been transformed into “COVID 36. Actress Emily VanCamp is 34. Although the quality of some products surveillance. response factories.” Higher Education Actor Malcolm David Kelley is 28. won’t meet as high a standard as in Institut Pasteur in Dakar is working Minister Amon Murwira said the teams Actor Sullivan Sweeten is 25. the U.S. or Europe, Gueye said there is excitement that level can be reached on a rapid test for COVID-19 in partner- are also producing face masks, gowns Bible verse eventually, with enough time and ship with the British biotech company and aprons. investment. Mologic, which developed a rapid Ebola It’s not known whether these projects “And the King shall answer and In Ethiopia, biomedical engineer test. They hope the coronavirus test, will be finished before the virus hits its say unto them, “Verily I say unto Bilisumma Anbesse is among those which can give results in 10 minutes, peak in Africa, but observers say the you, Inasmuch as ye have done it volunteers repairing and upgrading old could be distributed across Africa as early longer-term impact of such ingenuity is unto one of the least of these my ventilators. While the country has tried as June. Once a prototype is validated, substantial. brethren, ye have done it unto to procure more than 1,000 ventilators the test kits will be made in the U.K. and Associated Press writers Elias Meseret me.” — Matthew 25:40. abroad, progress has been thwarted by at a new facility in Senegal for infectious in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Farai Mutsaka When we help someone else in the high demand. disease testing, DiaTropix, that was in Harare, Zimbabwe; and Cara Anna in need we are actually serving the “U.S. and Chinese companies that founded by Institut Pasteur. Johannesburg contributed. Lord. Let’s be sensitive to others who are having difficult times. A6 | HIGHLANDS NEWS-SUN | May 12, 2020 www.highlandsnewssun.com VIEWPOINTS

HIGHLANDS NEWS-SUN YOUR HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER SINCE 1919 Timothy D. Smolarick Romona Washington VP & Publisher, D-R Media Corporate Executive Editor [email protected] [email protected] Amanda Young Rob Kearley Advertising Director Corporate Circulation Director [email protected] [email protected] SUN ANOTHER VIEW We need to understand and act on COVID-19 risks Celebrating another Mother’s Day With Mother’s Day happening the simplest ways to express my Common health conditions appear to this past Sunday, many of us may love and gratitude for her. And increase likelihood for severe illness. find ourselves looking back on that was, sending flowers. After all, The COVID-19 briefings by health officials our childhoods, a time when our flowers are one of the most classic provide a deluge of data points about this viral mothers may have been our most gifts to give or receive. They’re disease and its spread across the nation. But crucial means of survival. After all, something beautiful to express few figures have stood out as sharply as this who else was going to cut the crust yourself. one: off your sandwiches and drive you Of course, that meant that this Of all those who have died from the mys- to band practice? year I had to order my mom some terious viral illness, many had an underlying Even though my own mother GUEST COLUMN flowers. Perry, where my mother health condition. and I are separated by roughly 250 lives, is very small, but somehow I When there’s no proven treatment for Annsley Bohlman miles, we’re still able to maintain was able to remember the name of COVID-19 and no vaccine, it’s tempting to a pretty close relationship. We call the florist who provided the flowers succumb to the potentially false reassurance good relationship is the fact that each other every couple of days, for my prom all those years ago. I offered by both this eye-grabbing information she was always transparent and her update each other on the most expected to have to order over the and the vagueness of the “underlying con- presence was permanent. I always recent events of our lives and share phone, since it’s a small business dition” category. Without further scrutiny, it knew she did the best she could to our newest recipes and gossip. It’s in a small town. To my surprise may seem that only those who are elderly or provide for my siblings and I. actually become a way for me to however they had not only a acutely ill are vulnerable. Knowing just how much my spend my time, knowing I’ll be website, but even special Mother’s The reality: Many of those who lead nor- mother has done for me all my on the phone with her for roughly Day bouquets. mal lives despite having common, treatable life, and finally being in a positive an hour at a time. And one of my After scrolling through my chronic conditions — high blood pressure is a financial position, I really like to favorite times to chat with her is options I chose some flowers I prominent example — appear to be at higher make the most of Mother’s Day. over Bluetooth while driving long thought my mother would like risk for becoming seriously ill or dying after Whether that be having a piece of distances. and ordered them to be sent to her becoming infected with this new strain of art commissioned, or putting to- I might even say that my work the day after Mother’s Day. coronavirus. As mitigation measures begin to gether a photo album, the last few relationship with my mother is The whole process was one of the ease, it’s critically important to understand years I’ve really put my best foot currently the best it’s been. Not to simplest ways to give my mom a individual susceptibilities. Your risk, or that forward in making sure my mom say it’s ever been bad, but there great gift. Not only that, but I felt of a loved one, may be higher than previously got something nice on “her day.” were definitely some rough years like I got my mom a great gift that realized. Something I realized I had never when I was between the ages of she would enjoy. I guess that makes The state has a useful dashboard of done for my mother, regardless of 14 to 17. Something that I think this another successful Mother’s COVID-19 information. But it doesn’t list all my efforts, was perhaps one of has always ensured we had a Day. underlying health conditions for those who have become severely ill or passed away — an information gap that should be filled. YOUR VIEW The New York State Department of Health does track some of this information for that Stimulus barriers small businesses fail in lifeline. Private package thinking “Now would hard-hit state. Of the 20,828 fatalities listed hurt some small our effort to fight the carriers do function but be a great time to install on Friday, 89.4% had at least one underlying coronavirus pandemic I’ve had negative issues metal detectors on all health condition, also known as a “co-morbid- business and minimize its eco- with some. The U.S. the entrance doors at the ity.” Hypertension (high blood pressure) is by The continued spread nomic harm. postal system has never schools.” Am I right? far the most common. Rounding out the top of COVID-19 across the Small businesses once failed me and in Velma Barnard five are diabetes, hyperlipidemia (high choles- U.S. is forcing businesses throughout the state are my opinion they should Sebring terol), dementia and coronary artery disease. to adapt to the economic counting on great lead- remain our mail carrier. A recent study published in the medical turmoil. But while certain ers like Senator Marco I’m retired from about A warning from Rubio, Senator Rick Scott, 53 years working nights in journal JAMA raised concerns about other businesses have received the past common health conditions. The study an- some relief in the relief Governor Ron DeSantis, health care facing numer- alyzed the underlying health conditions in measures passed by and our other elected ous contagious diseases First Lady Eleanor 5,700 patients, with a median age of 63, who Congress, many business- officials to take a stand as all people working Roosevelt gave us our first were hospitalized in the New York City area es have been left behind and push to waive the in the medical field do warning of the dangers of between March 1 and April 4 with COVID-19. and forgotten. rules that are keeping while keeping level heads. dealing with, or serving It included patients who survived, a key differ- That’s because, un- businesses from getting Patient care is always first in China. China still is ence from the state fatalities-only figures. der the current rules, the funding they need. As and foremost. Besides the the most diseased nation The most common co-morbidities were businesses who receive long as there are barriers postal system, I am very on Earth. China has hypertension (56.6%), obesity (41.7%) and funding from venture to stimulus funding, it grateful to the people never had safe potable diabetes (33.8%). Being older and being male capital or private equity will be much harder to working in stores and water. For many years were also common characteristics, researchers firms cannot apply for protect the economy to the stores themselves they have taken water by found, noting the “pattern” here is similar to the Paycheck Protection and workers from the such as Publix, Walmart, the tankers full from our data reported in China. Program. This poses a economic damage of this and Lowe’s. These people Great Lakes to fix their Hypertension’s prevalence in both sets particularly large risk to crisis. and stores make it pos- aquifers. of New York data is worth noting. This is a businesses based here Kyle Green sible for us to maintain As a teenage Marine, common condition, affecting an estimated in our state. Private Sebring our lives in these difficult under age, I was exposed 29% of the general population, according equity supports a range of times. Thank you to all. from 1947 through 1949 to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and businesses here in Florida COVID crisis I think our Highlands when we were forced County leadership is Prevention. The percentage climbs steadily from large chains like handled well out of China. The First with age. The condition is also more prevalent Dunkin’ Donuts to small handling the COVID Lady wanted all China among blacks. businesses like Structural I might be wrong but I crisis very well. In some Marines to wear special So what is it about hypertension that may Medical in Naples. wonder how many other cases their hands were badges to show exposure increase the risk of severe COVID-19 illness? Right now, over 700 taxpaye- funded agencies tied by Federal and state to all diseases. She was And is the risk less if the condition is con- small businesses in the or programs are losing guidelines but overall way ahead of the world’s trolled with medication? “The short answer state receive private money other than the they have made the right, medical field. is we don’t know,’’ said Dr. Bradley Benson, equity funding, and U.S. postal system? The intelligent, and panic free This judgment by the University of Minnesota Medical School’s those businesses employ difference being the U.S. decisions in my opinion. those in the VA’s Claim chief academic officer. more than half a million postal system performs Jerry Nargelovic Department, who were There are several theories involving vas- people. By unfairly affordable vital mailing Sebring not yet born, making cular abnormalities or inflammation. While treating some businesses and package delivery claims against World War researchers scrutinize this, Benson is telling differently than others — services for millions of Good time for II veterans, denying their patients with hypertension to continue taking just because of how the Americans and busi- more safety claims is a slap in the face their medication and “not to hit the panic business is structured nesses and does it very to all Americans. We all button.” — the current system well. For retired fixed measures served in World War II. “Most people with hypertension do just fine. puts many of those jobs income seniors like me For the safety of the God bless all who served. But you do need to understand that if you get in danger. Florida cannot (and others) who don’t children, I bet the School Billie E. Jewett COVID … you do have a higher risk of a bad afford to let any of those trust the internet it is our Board members are outcome. This is real.” Sebring Data-driven tools under development may soon help doctors more precisely calculate JOIN THE CONVERSATION individuals’ risk of a poor outcome after con- Letters are welcome on virtually any subject, but we do have some rules. We will not accept any Letters to the Editor that mention tracting COVID-19. Until then, Benson advises a business in a negative tone, as they have no means to defend themselves. Please keep Letters to the Editor to less than 250 that patients with hypertension or other words. Letters will be edited to length as well as for grammar and spelling. All letters must be signed with full name – not initials. An common conditions err on the side of caution, address and telephone number must be included. The phone number and address are not for publication, but must be provided. In for example by continuing social distancing the case of letters that are emailed, the same rules apply. even as state-ordered precautions phase out. Due to the number of letters received, we are able to run only four letters per person per month. Just because you can let down your guard The Letters to the Editor section is designed as a public forum for community discourse, and the opinions and statements made in against COVID doesn’t mean you should. letters are solely those of the individual writers. The newspaper takes no responsibility for the content of these letters. An editorial from the Minneapolis Star Please send or bring correspondence to the Highlands News-Sun, Letters to the Editor, 321 N. Ridgewood Drive, Sebring, FL Tribune. 33870, or fax to 410-297-0050. Readers may also email Letters to the Editor to [email protected]. www.highlandsnewssun.com May 12, 2020 | HIGHLANDS NEWS-SUN | A7

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Wed. 5:00a 11:43a 5:10p 11:49p 87/62 87/64 Naples 89 69 s 88 71 pc City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Ocala 85 59 s 87 63 s Winter Haven Venice Albuquerque 82 52 s 81 53 s Kansas City 54 47 c 67 61 t Tampa Okeechobee 82 65 s 80 66 pc 87/65 Today 3:06p ------Anchorage 53 40 pc 57 44 s Knoxville 62 49 c 67 51 c 88/67 Orlando 85 64 s 85 69 s Wed. 4:06p 12:26a ------Atlanta 72 54 pc 78 58 c Las Vegas 84 62 s 83 64 pc Bartow Frostproof Panama City 81 64 s 83 67 s 87/64 Baltimore 61 41 pc 65 44 s Los Angeles 70 57 pc 72 57 pc St. Petersburg 86/65 Pensacola 81 64 pc 82 69 s Birmingham 74 55 c 82 62 c Louisville 63 48 c 65 56 pc 89/69 Avon Park Pompano Beach 82 74 s 81 73 t Marine Boise 68 45 c 63 46 c Memphis 63 57 t 77 64 c Wauchula 86/64 Vero St. Augustine 76 65 s 79 68 s Wind Speed Seas Bay/Inland Boston 57 38 s 58 43 s Milwaukee 53 36 s 57 47 c 86/64 Basinger Beach St. Petersburg 89 69 s 89 71 s Sebring direction in knots in feet chop Buffalo 46 29 pc 53 37 s Minneapolis 59 44 pc 62 53 r 85/62 81/69 Sarasota 88 65 s 88 68 s Sarasota Myakka City 85/64 Burlington, VT 51 32 pc 56 38 s Montgomery 80 54 pc 87 62 pc Tallahassee 84 58 s 89 62 s Cape Sable to Tarpon Springs 88/65 89/63 Charleston, WV 58 37 pc 65 47 pc Nashville 61 52 c 72 61 c Okeechobee Tampa 88 67 s 88 68 s ENE 8-16 1-2 Light Charlotte 66 49 pc 68 52 pc New Orleans 83 70 pc 86 72 s 82/65 Vero Beach 81 69 s 80 71 pc Tarpon Springs to Apalachicola Port Chicago 59 41 pc 64 53 pc New York City 59 40 s 62 46 s Venice Venus Indiantown West Palm Beach 82 73 s 82 73 pc ENE 7-14 1-3 Light 88/66 Charlotte Cincinnati 60 41 c 62 51 pc Norfolk, VA 65 48 pc 66 50 pc 89/63 86/63 83/68 Cleveland 56 36 s 57 45 s Oklahoma City 60 57 r 80 65 t UV Index Today Sun and Moon Columbia, SC 73 50 pc 77 54 pc Omaha 59 45 c 65 55 t Sebring Winter Haven Columbus, OH 58 37 pc 64 50 s Philadelphia 59 42 s 63 46 s The Sun Rise Set Concord, NH 55 32 s 58 36 s Phoenix 94 68 s 90 68 s Statistics through 1 p.m. Monday Statistics through 1 p.m. Monday Today 6:39 a.m. 8:06 p.m. Dallas 79 67 t 86 70 pc Pittsburgh 54 34 pc 58 40 s Temperatures Temperatures Wednesday 6:38 a.m. 8:07 p.m. Denver 76 47 pc 78 43 pc Portland, ME 57 35 s 57 39 pc Minutes to burn ...... 10 Des Moines 61 46 c 61 56 r Portland, OR 63 51 r 62 51 r High/low 82/65 High/low 84/66 The Moon Rise Set The higher the number the greater the risk. Detroit 58 34 s 59 45 pc Providence 57 37 s 57 37 s Normal high/low 89/60 Normal high/low 89/67 Today 12:43 a.m. 11:23 a.m. Duluth 55 35 s 50 45 r Raleigh 66 45 pc 68 50 c Record high 99 in 2009 Record high 97 in 2017 Wednesday 1:31 a.m. 12:21 p.m. Record low 41 in 1992 Record low 55 in 1982 Pollen Index Fairbanks 59 43 sh 59 35 s St. Louis 61 51 c 65 61 t Precipitation (in inches) Precipitation (in inches) Last New First Full Fargo 55 42 pc 55 44 r Salt Lake City 74 52 pc 67 49 c Hartford 57 35 s 59 37 s San Antonio 87 70 c 88 71 c 24 hours through 1 p.m. Mon. 0.00” 24 hours through 1 p.m. Mon. 0.03” Helena 59 41 sh 61 39 r San Diego 73 63 pc 72 64 pc Month to date 0.03” Month to date 0.04” Honolulu 85 69 pc 84 71 sh San Francisco 67 51 c 67 52 pc Normal month to date 0.75” Normal month to date 0.71” Cause ...... Grasses/Trees Houston 87 70 c 89 73 pc Seattle 64 52 r 63 51 c Year to date 9.12” Year to date 5.50” May 14 May 22 May 29 Jun 5 Source: National Allergy Bureau Indianapolis 60 44 c 63 53 c Washington, DC 62 45 pc 68 48 s Normal year to date 11.34” Normal year to date 12.06” Last year to date 11.48” Last year to date 9.34” Solunar Table Air Quality Today The World Monthly Rainfall Leesburg Minor Major Minor Major Statistics through 1 p.m. Monday Today Wed. Today Wed. Month 2020 2019 Avg. Record Today 11:10a 4:57a 11:37p 5:24p City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Wed. 12:06p 5:53a ---- 6:19p Jan. 0.58 3.37 2.48 7.46/1948 Temperatures Amsterdam 53 38 sh 54 40 pc Mexico City 78 56 s 79 55 t Thu. 12:32a 6:44a 12:56p 7:08p Feb. 1.44 1.56 2.54 10.61/1998 High/low 85/65 Main pollutant ...... Ozone Baghdad 94 65 s 99 71 s Montreal 50 31 c 57 36 s March 0.14 1.43 3.60 12.18/1960 Source: The solunar period schedule allows planning days so you Beijing 84 53 s 88 65 c Ottawa 48 26 pc 57 31 s Precipitation (in inches) Airnow.gov will be fishing in good territory or hunting in good cover April 3.30 2.08 2.63 7.36/1951 Berlin 53 38 pc 55 37 c Paris 59 43 pc 62 44 c May 0.04 1.49 2.74 12.72/1957 24 hours through 1 p.m. Mon. 0.00” during those times. Major periods begin at the times June 9.66 7.87 16.44/1992 shown and last for 1.5 to 2 hours. The minor periods are Buenos Aires 64 51 pc 64 47 s Rio de Janeiro 81 67 s 83 72 pc Weather Trivia™ shorter. July 11.89 8.25 16.45/1945 Airport Cairo 94 69 pc 97 69 pc Rome 73 56 t 78 62 pc Aug. 8.20 7.48 14.59/1949 Q: Cancun 84 77 t 86 78 t St. John’s 47 36 r 46 30 c Possible weather-related delays today. Check with What month in the United States Sept. 3.78 6.08 17.26/1960 averages the most tornadoes? Weather History Dublin 54 36 c 50 35 pc San Juan 89 76 s 89 75 pc Oct. 4.66 2.58 9.43/1952 your airline for the most updated schedules. Edmonton 55 28 pc 60 36 pc Sydney 70 50 s 69 54 s Nov. 2.79 2.11 7.81/1988 Hi/Lo Outlook Delays On May 12, 1934, wind-blown dust Halifax 51 36 r 49 37 sh Tokyo 75 64 pc 79 61 s Dec. 2.99 2.76 12.52/2002 Orlando 85/64 sun none darkened the sky as far east as the Kiev 70 37 r 60 46 pc Toronto 47 30 pc 55 38 s

Total 5.50 53.90 51.12 73.28/1959

Sarasota 88/65 sun none even about just are June and May Atlantic coast. London 58 41 pc 58 39 c Vancouver 62 50 r 61 48 r Totals are from a 24-hour period ending at 5 p.m. Tampa 88/67 sun none A: Madrid 64 50 t 68 50 c Winnipeg 52 32 s 47 37 r Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2020 Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice. POP: Probability of precipitation REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (“RFP”) The Board of County Commissioners (“Board”), Highlands County, a politic- al subdivision of the State of Florida (“County”) will receive sealed Propos- als in the Highlands County Purchas- ing Division (“Purchasing Division”) for: RFP NO. 20-026 GRANT WRIT- ING & ADMININISTRATIVE SER- VICES The Highlands County Board of County Commissioners (HCBCC) will receive sealed proposals in the County Purchasing Division for grant writing and administrative services. The Request for Proposals may be obtained by downloading from our website: www.highlandsfl.gov which connects to www.VendorRegistry.com. Firms in- terested are responsible for obtain- IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR HIGH- ing any Addenda prior to their submit- LANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA tal. For information contact: Chris PROBATE DIVISION Davis, Purchasing Manager; 600 S. FILE NO. PC 20-145 Commerce Avenue, Sebring, Florida IN RE: ESTATE OF 33870, Phone: 863-402-6528 or E- ELEANOR J. BRODRICK A/K/A Mail: [email protected]. ELENORA J. BRODRICK F/K/A The County is seeking Proposals ELEANOR J. REINHARD from qualified individuals/firms inter- Deceased. ested in providing grant writing and NOTICE TO CREDITORS administrative services for Com- The administration of the estate of munity Development Block Grants, Eleanor J. Brodrick a/k/a Elenora J. USDOC Economic Development Ad- Brodrick f/k/a Eleanor J. Reinhard, ministration Grants, USDA Rural De- deceased, whose date of death was velopment Grants and Low-Interest March 2, 2020, is pending in the Cir- Loans, Department of Environmental cuit Court for HIGHLANDS County, Protection Grants and Low-Interest IN THE CIRCUIT COURT Florida, Probate Division, the address Loans, and other applicable grant and FOR HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA of which is 590 S. Commerce Aven- low-interest loan funds through the PROBATE DIVISION ue, Sebring, Florida 33870. The Federal, State, or other public FILE NO. PC 20-140 names and addresses of the person- sources. Services require compli- Division Probate al representative and the personal ance with all local, state and federal IN RE: ESTATE OF representative's attorney are set forth regulations including Florida Depart- BETTY G. CAUFFIELD below. ment of Economic Opportunity’s www.highlandsnewssun.comDeceased. All creditors of the decedent and (“DEO”) policies, Chapter 73c-23, May 12, 2020 | HIGHLANDS NEWS-SUN | B1 NOTICE TO CREDITORS other persons having claims or de- Florida Administrative Code, 2 Code The administration of the estate of mands against decedent's estate on of Federal Regulation 200.317-.326 BETTY G. CAUFFIELD, deceased, whom a copy of this notice is re- and Chapter 287.055, Florida Stat- whose date of death was March 27, quired to be served must file their utes, 2 CFR 200, Florida Small Cities 2020, is pending in the Circuit Court claims with this court ON OR BEFORE CDBG program policies. Selection will for HIGHLANDS County, Florida, Pro- THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER be based on proposer’s qualifications, bate Division, the address of which is THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICA- history, experience, 590 S. Commerce Ave., Sebring, FL TION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS understanding/approach, ability to 33870-3867. The name and ad- AFTER THE DATE OF quantify needs and price for services. dresses of the personal representat- SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NO- Proposals may be provided to the ives and the personal representative's TICE ON THEM. County in one of two methods, either attorney are set forth below. All other creditors of the de- by mail or by electronic submittal. All creditors of the decedent and cedent and other persons having Electronic submittal may be up- other persons having claims or de- claims or demands against loaded into Vendor Registry.com with mands against decedent's estate on decedent's estate must file their access through the County website at whomNotice a copy to of Creditorsthis notice is re- claimsNotice with thisto Creditorscourt WITHIN 3 www.highlandsfl.gov.Invitation Vendorsto Bid can re- Townhomes Medical quired to be served0120 must file their MONTHS AFTER0120 THE DATE OF THE gister through the0129 County’s website to 1280 2030 claims with this court ON OR BEFORE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. access for uploading a proposal on THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN Vendor Registry. Or mail in a hard LEGAL THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICA- THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN copy (and electronic copy) of their Placid Lakes-2/2.5 with 4 TION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION proposal to the Purchasing Depart- screened porches, W/D in- AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. ment, 600 S. Commerce Avenue., cluded, tile floors & swim- NOTICES COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME Sebring, FL 33870. Each mail in sub- ming pool. $800/mo, 1st & All other creditors of the de- PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY mittal shall include one (1) original sec. Annual lease. cedent and other persons having CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR proposal packet and one (1) exact claims or demands agains t MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT'S DATE electronic copy (CD or thumb drive) of 863-441-2462 decedent's estate must file their OF DEATH IS BARRED. the Proposal submission packet. claims with this court WITHIN 3 The date of first publication of this PROPOSALS MUST BE UP- Commercial For Rent Notice to Creditors MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE Notice is the 12th day of May, 2020. LOADED on Vendor Registry or BE 1392 FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. Personal Representative: DELIVERED to the Purchasing Divi- 0120 M RN/LPN–Long Term Care ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN /s/ Cheryl A. Toney sion, 600 S. Commerce Ave., i i THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN Cheryl A. Toney Sebring, Florida 33870, Sebring, FL. NEW Sign On Bonus NOTICE TO CREDITORS FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 16011 Moon Road 33870 by no later than 3:30 P.M., TO ALL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. Mount Orab, Ohio 45154-9729 Thursday, June 12, 2020; at which M CNA– Long Term Care OR DEMANDS AGAINST THE ABOVE NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERI- Attorney for Personal Representative: time they will be opened. The Public i NEW Sign On Bonus i ESTATE: ODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM /s/ Joy Bogaert is invited to attend this meeting. One You are hereby notified that RITA FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE Joy Bogaert, Esquire or more County Commissioners may M NA–Assisted Living J. LONGSHORE died on March 12, AFTER THE DECEDENT'S DATE OF Florida Bar Number: 0179264 be in attendance at the Proposal i NEW WAGES i 2020, whose last known address was DEATH IS BARRED. KARLSON LAW GROUP, P.A. opening. P.O. Box 1423, Avon Park, Florida Sebring Liberty Star Plaza The date of first publication of 301 Dal Hall Blvd. The Board’s Local Preference Policy M ADON 33826. The name and address of the 3000-18,000 sqft; Built out. this Notice is May 5, 2020. Lake Placid, FL 33852 and Women/Minority Business Enter- i NEW Sign On Bonus i Successor Trustee of the RITA J. Personal Representatives: Telephone: (863)465-5033 prise Preference is not applicable to US 27 Near SR 66. Great LONGSHORE REVOCABLE TRUST /s/ Lex Cauffield Fax: (863)465-6022 this solicitation. DBE/WBE/MBE are Medical, School, Real Es- dated July 11, 2003, is as follows: M Care Team Manager LEX CAUFFIELD E-Mail: [email protected] encouraged to participate in this soli- tate space! 863-471-0663 Loretta S. Wells, c/o McClure & i NEW Sign On Bonus i PO Box 516 May 12, 19, 2020 citation. Lobozzo, 211 South Ridgewood Lake Placid, Florida 33862 The County does not discriminate Drive, Sebring, Florida 33870, atten- /s/ Vaughn Cauffield upon the basis of any individual's dis- Stores For Rent- 2300 Rewarding Work tion John K. McClure, P.A. VAUGHN CAUFFIELD Notice of Sale ability status. This non-discrimination US 27 N. Sebring (across Environment PO Box 1031 0130 policy involves every aspect of the Home Depot) 1250–7000 sf ALL INTERESTED PERSONS ARE NO- Lake Placid, Florida 33862 Board's functions, including one's ac- Lowest Rent on US 27 N. TIFIED THAT: Attorney for Personal Representat- cess to, participation, employment or Highest Traffic Count! *NEW* All creditors of the estate of the PUBLIC SALE: MAY 29, 2020 TIME: ives: treatment in its programs or activit- Call Don decedent and persons having claims 9:00AM AT: Avon Towing 1102 KER- 863-414-0609 Competitive Wages /s/ Michael A. Rider ies. Anyone requiring reasonable ac- or demands against the estate of the SEY ST. AVON PARK, FL 33825 MICHAEL A. RIDER commodation as provided for in the *NEW* decedent must file their claims with 2003 NISSAN Attorney Americans with Disabilities Act or Sec- Real Estate Other Sign On Bonus the Successor Trustee WITHIN THE VIN# 1N4AL11D83C351167 Florida Bar Number: 0175661 tion 286.26, Florida Statutes should 1560 TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN SEC- May 12, 2020 Amounts! Rider & Thompson, P.A. contact Ms. Rebecca Cable, ADA Co- TION 733.702 OF THE FLORIDA PRO- 13 N Oak Avenue ordinator at: 863-402-6509 (Voice), BATE CODE. ALL CLAIMS AND DE- Join Our Team. Voted Lake Placid, FL 33852 Other Notices or via Florida Relay Service 711, or MANDS NOT SO FILED WILL BE Lake Placid CASH Best in Highlands County! Telephone: (863) 465-1111 by e-mail: [email protected]. Re- FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTAND- 0138 Fax: (863) 465-8100 quests for CART or interpreter ser- For Your Home! ING ANY OTHER APPLICABLE TIME E-Mail: riderthompson@ vices should be made at least 24 Rapid Closing; Any Apply: PERIOD, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) riderthompsonlaw.com Notice is hereby given that the South- hours in advance to permit coordina- Condition. Must have at www.palmsofsebring.com YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DE- May 5, 12, 2020 west Florida Water Management Dis- tion of the service. sufficient equity. Ken Email resume to: CEDENT'S DATE OF DEATH IS trict has received Environmental Re- Board of County Commissioners, [email protected] BARRED. source permit application number Highlands County, FL 863-441-2689 or In Person at: 725 S. Pine The date of first publication of this IN THE CIRCUIT COURT 803372 from Heartland Develop- www.highlandsfl.gov St., Sebring, FL 33872. Notice is May 5, 2020. HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA ment Group, LLC, 3321 US Hwy 27 May 12, 19, 2020 PROBATE DIVISION South, Sebring, Florida 33870 and 2000 Person Giving Notice FILE NO. PC 20-144 Housing Assistance of Sebring, LTD, FT Tech Needed for fast- John K. McClure, IN RE: ESTATE OF 708 South Gay Street, Suite 200, 1000 EMPLOYMENT paced Ambulatory Surgery Attorney for Loretta S. Wells, Suc- ELEANOR COLEMAN WHETSTINE Knoxville, TN 37902. Application re- Center. Must be motivated to cessor Trustee a/k/a ELEANOR WHETSTINE, ceived: May 4, 2020. Proposed activ- REAL ESTATE learn & available to work Florida Bar Number: 286958 Deceased. ity: Multi-Family Apartment Complex. Help Wanted flexible hrs. Willing to train. MCCLURE & LOBOZZO NOTICE TO CREDITORS Project name: Persimmon Commons. 2001 Fax Resume: 863-471-6834 211 S. Ridgewood Drive The administration of the estate Project size: 6.89 acres Location: or Email Resume: Sebring, Florida 33870 of ELEANOR COLEMAN WHETSTINE Section(s) 32, Township 34 South, “We are Pledged To The Letter info@surgeryand Telephone: (863) 402-1888 a/k/a ELEANOR WHETSTINE, de- Range 29 East, in Highlands County. And Spirit of U.S. Policy For The endoscopycenter.com Fax: (863) 402-2346 ceased, whose date of death was Outstanding Florida Water: no. Aquat- DRIVER WANTED E-Mail: [email protected] March 12, 2020, and whose social ic preserve: no. The application is Achievement Of Equal Housing -CDL Class A- Full-Time or Secondary E-Mail: [email protected] security number is XXX-XX-7539, is available for public inspection Monday Opportunity Throughout The Part-Time with 3 yrs exp. OAKS AT AVON or [email protected] pending in the Circuit Court for High- through Friday at SWFWMD, 4601 Nation. We Encourage And Sup- 863-443-1518 Readers Choice Award May 5, 12, 2020 lands County, Florida, Probate Divi- Highway 301 North, Tampa, Florida port An Affirmative Advertising sion, the address of which is 590 S. Facility 33637. Interested persons may in- And Marketing Program In Which Commerce Avenue, Sebring, FL spect a copy of the application and Garden Help Needed- IN THE CIRCUIT COURT u HIRING LPNs u 33870. The names and addresses of submit written comments concerning There Are No Barriers To Obtain- Sebring. Long term, 5 hrs per FOR HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA Full-Time & Part-Time the personal representative and the the application. Comments must in- ing Housing Because of Race, week. Student Welcome! PROBATE DIVISION Career Advancement personal representative's attorney are clude the permit application number Color, Religion, Sec, Handicap, FILE NO. PC 19-438 917-312-3605 Opportunities set forth below. and be received within 14 days from Division Probate Familial Status or National Origin” (Spanish call 786-355-7384) Highly Competitve Salaries All creditors of the decedent and the date of this notice. If you wish to IN RE: ESTATE OF All Eligible Applicants will other persons having claims or de- be notified of intended agency action EARNEST CHARLES WESTBERRY mands against decedent’s estate on or an opportunity to request an ad- HEALTH SERVICES be Interviewed Directly Deceased. whom a copy of this notice is re- ministrative hearing regarding the ap- Homes For Sale PROGRAM Apply at 1010 Hwy 27N NOTICE TO CREDITORS quired to be served must file their plication, you must send a written re- 1020 INSTRUCTOR (FT) Avon Park or fax resume The administration of the estate of claims with this court WITHIN THE quest referencing the permit applica- Application review begins to Tammy Padilla at Earnest Charles Westberry, de- LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE tion number to the Southwest Florida 5/31/20. 863-453-5308 ceased, whose date of death was TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF Water Management District, Regula- For requirements and September 2, 2019, is pending in the THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER tion Performance Management De- to apply visit Circuit Court for HIGHLANDS County, THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF partment, 2379 Broad Street, Has the Virus http://sfsc.interviewexchange.com Florida, Probate Division, the address THIS NOTICE ON THEM. Brooksville, FL 34604-6899 or sub- 863-784-7132. of which is 430 S. Commerce Ave., Affected Our Market? All other creditors of the de- mit your request through the District’s (per MLS Residential Only) EA/EO VET'S PREF. Sebring, FL 33870. The names and cedent and other persons having website at www.watermatters.org. addresses of the personal represent- c laims or demands agains t The District does not discriminate ative and the persona l March 1-April 30 decedent’s estate must file their based on disability. Anyone requiring representative's attorney are set forth claims with this court WITHIN 3 accommodation under the ADA 335 New Listings! OAKS AT AVON below. MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE should contact the Regulation Per- Reader's Choice Award Facility All creditors of the decedent and 309 Closings! FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. formance Management Department at other persons having claims or de- u HIRING RNs u ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN (352)796-7211 or 1(800)423-1476, mands against decedent's estate on Full-Time & Part-Time THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN TDD only 1(800)231-6103. Sanders & Sanders whom a copy of this notice is re- Positions SECTION 733.702 OF THE FLORIDA May 12, 2020 Heartland Inc. Lawn Care quired to be served must file their PROBATE CODE WILL BE FOREVER Flexible Shifts Available is Accepting Applications Career Advancement claims with this court ON OR BEFORE BARRED. for new hires. Experience THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER Opportunities NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME Invitation to Bid preferred. Call 863-385-2022 THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICA- PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY 0129 All Eligible Applicants will TION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR be Interviewed Directly. AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE Employment Apply at 1010 Hwy 27N COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. OF DEATH IS BARRED. REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS 2002 Avon Park or fax resume All other creditors of the de- The date of first publication of this (“RFP”) to Tammy Padilla at cedent and other persons having notice is May 12, 2020. The Board of County Commissioners 863-453-5308 claims or demands agains t Personal Representative: (“Board”), Highlands County, a politic- Experienced Ceramic Tile decedent's estate must file their /s/ Christopher T. Nelson al subdivision of the State of Florida Installer or Helper Needed claims with this court WITHIN 3 CHRISTOPHER T. NELSON (“County”) will receive sealed Propos- Must have own vehicle MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE 2850 S. Lake Letta Dr. als in the Highlands County Purchas- Jeanny Campbell and phone. FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. Avon Park, FL 33825 ing Division (“Purchasing Division”) Broker Associate Call 863-381-2025 ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN /s/ Mary Ann McDermott for: RFP NO. 20-026 GRANT WRIT- THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN MARY ANN MCDERMOTT Skilled Trade FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 3 N. Egret St. ING & ADMININISTRATIVE SER- This is a Learn to Drive a Truck! 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. Sebring, FL 33870 VICES STRONG Market! Get your Commercial 2050 NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME Attorney for Personal Representative: The Highlands County Board of Driver's License today at PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY /s/ Robert E. Livingston County Commissioners (HCBCC) will South Florida State College. CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR ROBERT E. LIVINGSTON receive sealed proposals in the How Can I Help? Funding opportunities Now Hiring Full-Time MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE Florida Bar No. 0031259 County Purchasing Division for grant writing and administrative services. available to eligible Tractor Operators! OF DEATH IS BARRED. 445 S. Commerce Avenue participants. The date of first publication of this The Request for Proposals may be Pay based on experience. Sebring, Florida 33870 863-381-1848 Drug-free workplace. Pick Notice is May 12, 2020. Telephone: (863)385-5156 obtained by downloading from our 863-784-7033 Personal Representative: website: www.highlandsfl.gov which up an application at the Email: [email protected] RE/MAX Realty Plus main office Monday– /s/ Paul Westberry May 12, 19, 2020 c o n n e c t s t o Paul Westberr www.VendorRegistry.com. Firms in- Friday 8am - 4pm @ 109 37643 Shamrock Place terested are responsible for obtain- Arron Dr., Lake Placid, FL Zephyrhills, Florida 33541 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR HIGH- ing any Addenda prior to their submit- Mobile Homes for Sale 863-465-2821 or Attorney for Personal Representative: LANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA tal. For information contact: Chris 1090 [email protected] /s/ William J. Nielander PROBATE DIVISION Davis, Purchasing Manager; 600 S. WILLIAM J. NIELANDER FILE NO. PC 20-145 Commerce Avenue, Sebring, Florida Medical Attorney IN RE: ESTATE OF 33870, Phone: 863-402-6528 or E- MH For Sale $6,000 Florida Bar Number: 0386014 ELEANOR J. BRODRICK A/K/A Mail: [email protected]. RV Space Rentals 2030 172 E. Interlake Blvd. ELENORA J. BRODRICK F/K/A The County is seeking Proposals (starting at $400) Lake Placid, FL 33852 ELEANOR J. REINHARD from qualified individuals/firms inter- In 55+park on Dinner Lake Telephone: (863) 465-8181 Deceased. ested in providing grant writing and 863-273-2874 OAKS AT AVON Fax: (863) 583-0354 NOTICE TO CREDITORS administrative services for Com- Readers Choice Award E-Mail: [email protected] The administration of the estate of munity Development Block Grants, Eleanor J. Brodrick a/k/a Elenora J. USDOC Economic Development Ad- Facility Secondary E-Mail: Homes For Rent [email protected] Brodrick f/k/a Eleanor J. Reinhard, ministration Grants, USDA Rural De- u HIRING CNAs u May 12, 19, 2020 deceased, whose date of death was velopment Grants and Low-Interest 1210 Full/Part-Time, all shifts March 2, 2020, is pending in the Cir- Loans, Department of Environmental cuit Court for HIGHLANDS County, Protection Grants and Low-Interest * New Wages!! IN THE CIRCUIT COURT Florida, Probate Division, the address Loans, and other applicable grant and 2BR/2BA near downtown * Benefits for FT!! FOR HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA of which is 590 S. Commerce Aven- low-interest loan funds through the Sebring- $750/mo; 1st, last Apply at 1010 Hwy 27N PROBATE DIVISION ue, Sebring, Florida 33870. The Federal, State, or other public & security. No Pets. Avon Park or fax resume FILE NO. PC 20-140 names and addresses of the person- sources. Services require compli- 800-743-2301 to Tammy Padilla at Division Probate al representative and the personal ance with all local, state and federal 863-453-5308 IN RE: ESTATE OF representative's attorney are set forth regulations including Florida Depart- BETTY G. CAUFFIELD below. ment of Economic Opportunity’s Deceased. All creditors of the decedent and (“DEO”) policies, Chapter 73c-23, NOTICE TO CREDITORS other persons having claims or de- Florida Administrative Code, 2 Code The administration of the estate of mands against decedent's estate on of Federal Regulation 200.317-.326 BETTY G. CAUFFIELD, deceased, whom a copy of this notice is re- and Chapter 287.055, Florida Stat- whose date of death was March 27, quired to be served must file their utes, 2 CFR 200, Florida Small Cities 2020, is pending in the Circuit Court claims with this court ON OR BEFORE CDBG program policies. 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Or mail in a hard THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICA- THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN copy (and electronic copy) of their TION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION proposal to the Purchasing Depart- AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. ment, 600 S. Commerce Avenue., COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME Sebring, FL 33870. Each mail in sub- All other creditors of the de- PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY mittal shall include one (1) original cedent and other persons having CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR proposal packet and one (1) exact claims or demands against MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT'S DATE electronic copy (CD or thumb drive) of decedent's estate must file their OF DEATH IS BARRED. the Proposal submission packet. claims with this court WITHIN 3 The date of first publication of this PROPOSALS MUST BE UP- MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE Notice is the 12th day of May, 2020. LOADED on Vendor Registry or BE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. Personal Representative: DELIVERED to the Purchasing Divi- ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN /s/ Cheryl A. Toney sion, 600 S. Commerce Ave., THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN Cheryl A. Toney Sebring, Florida 33870, Sebring, FL. FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 16011 Moon Road 33870 by no later than 3:30 P.M., 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. Mount Orab, Ohio 45154-9729 Thursday, June 12, 2020; at which NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERI- Attorney for Personal Representative: time they will be opened. The Public ODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM /s/ Joy Bogaert is invited to attend this meeting. One FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE Joy Bogaert, Esquire or more County Commissioners may AFTER THE DECEDENT'S DATE OF Florida Bar Number: 0179264 be in attendance at the Proposal DEATH IS BARRED. KARLSON LAW GROUP, P.A. opening. The date of first publication of 301 Dal Hall Blvd. The Board’s Local Preference Policy this Notice is May 5, 2020. Lake Placid, FL 33852 and Women/Minority Business Enter- Personal Representatives: Telephone: (863)465-5033 prise Preference is not applicable to /s/ Lex Cauffield Fax: (863)465-6022 this solicitation. DBE/WBE/MBE are LEX CAUFFIELD E-Mail: [email protected] encouraged to participate in this soli- PO Box 516 May 12, 19, 2020 citation. Lake Placid, Florida 33862 The County does not discriminate /s/ Vaughn Cauffield upon the basis of any individual's dis- VAUGHN CAUFFIELD ability status. This non-discrimination PO Box 1031 policy involves every aspect of the Lake Placid, Florida 33862 Board's functions, including one's ac- Attorney for Personal Representat- cess to, participation, employment or ives: treatment in its programs or activit- /s/ Michael A. Rider ies. Anyone requiring reasonable ac- MICHAEL A. 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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS could serve as a blueprint welterweight champion for other sports leagues and fan favorite Donald JACKSONVILLE — UFC around the country and “Cowboy” Cerrone lost on President Dana White the world as they start to the undercard, his fourth wanted a major fight resume during a global consecutive defeat. card weeks ago. He was pandemic. About the only negative confident his team could The NFL, NBA, NHL, was the empty arena, pull it off whether it took Major League Baseball where punches, kicks, place on a tribal land, on and NASCAR, all of them grunts, steps, trash talk, a private island or in any had to have an eye on corner coaching and TV of the 10 states offering to how the UFC approached commentary echoed off host it. and handled the first metal beams and vacant Coronavirus testing. major human-centric seats. Fan-free arena. Social sporting event in the U.S. “It was weird,” White distancing. Self-isolation. since the new coronavi- conceded. “There’s so White looked at all those rus shuttered much of many things that you love unprecedented details the country nearly two about live sports, whether that seemed too complex months ago. The UFC cre- you’re home, in a bar or and too risky to some ated a 25-page document there live. One of the big, outsiders as merely extra to address health and JOHN RAOUX/AP PHOTO key components to live challenges. safety protocols, which Jeremy Stephens, left, receives medical attention after he was knocked out by Calvin Kattar sports are the group of “I knew we could do included disinfecting the during a UFC 249 mixed martial arts bout Saturday, May 9, in Jacksonville. people that you’re with this,” he said following octagon between bouts and the energy that you UFC 249 on Saturday and mandating tests and “A lot can be learned TKO in a lightweight get when cool things night. “I knew we could The UFC has two more masks for nearly everyone by what we’re doing here. bout that set the winner happen. figure it out. Even with all fight nights scheduled in attendance. Not just for professional up to fight titleholder “Tonight was an amaz- the hurdles that we had this week in Jacksonville, The spotlight only sports but for sending Khabib Nurmagomedov ing event, but that was early on, this has been beginning Wednesday, intensified when one people back to work and next. Henry Cejudo, definitely missing tonight, fun. It’s been challenging and plans to administer fighter, Jacaré Souza, lot of other things in life.” with blood gushing from these moments. … It’s all and it’s been fun. more than 1,000 more and two of his corner- White said he never his head and dripping part of what makes this so “I know that sounds a coronavirus tests for men tested positive for considered postponing down his chest, defended great.” little demented to say I’ve everyone scheduled to COVID-19 a day before UFC 249 following Souza’s his bantamweight title Finding a way to had fun going through take part. the stacked card. positive test and got against Dominick Cruz recreate those missing this. It’s been challenging “However it was Souza was pulled from support from the Florida and then announced his moments could be the and I’ve enjoyed the handled this week, this the fight and removed Athletic Commission, retirement. next challenge, one White whole game of it, if you was our first week,” White from the hotel where the governor and local Heavyweight contender surely would welcome as will.” said. “It will only get hundreds of UFC employ- authorities. Francis Ngannou pum- long as the show goes on. White and the UFC better. And we can share ees are staying this week. The show went on and, meled his fourth straight “We’re still figuring this look like the big winners what we learned here The UFC’s medical team by most accounts, got opponent, this one in whole thing out,” he said. following their rous- doing three events with continues to provide rave reviews. 20 seconds. Former NFL “This was the first one. It ing show at Veterans other sports leagues who assistance and is helping Justin Gaethje stunned defensive end Greg Hardy was a success. Wednesday Memorial Arena in are reaching out to us and with necessary treatment, Tony Ferguson in the won for the sixth time in will be better. Saturday Jacksonville, an event that asking. White said. main event, earning a eight fights. And former will be better than that.”

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