PACKED and READY Options for Redevelop- Ment of the Beverly Hills Pool Property: I Addition of a Fountain
Total Page：16
File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb
Project1:Layout 1 6/10/2014 1:13 PM Page 1 Olympics: Schauffele wins gold on wild final day of golf / B1 MONDAY TODAY C I T R U S C O U N T Y & next morning HIGH 90 Chance of rain LOW throughout the day . 74 PAGE A4 www.chronicleonline.com AUGUST 2, 2021 Florida’s Best Community Newspaper Serving Florida’s Best Community $1 VOL. 126 ISSUE 299 NEWS BRIEFS Citrus schools test scores plummet Commissioner (FSA) and End-of-Course (EOC) who tested in 2019. State assess- Schlabach to District opts not to get letter grade exams Thursday, July 29. ments were canceled in 2020 due host town hall In 2019, the last time Citrus to COVID-19. HANNAH SACHEWICZ to assign grades this year, accord- tested, it marked the fourth con- According to a news release meeting Staff writer ing to Lindsay Blair, school district secutive year the district kept its B from the Citrus County School Dis- Citrus County spokeswoman, unless a district grade and the 15th consecutive trict, the DOE required testing to Board of County Com- The Citrus County School Dis- wanted to opt-in. Citrus chose not year the district has had either an take place in the 2020-21 school missioner second vice trict’s test scores took a fall this to opt-in to get grades, Blair said. A or B ranking. year. However, scores will be used With no letter grade this year, to monitor progress, rather than chair, Ruthie Davis year, but so did the state of The Florida Department of Edu- Florida’s. cation released the 2021 statewide data showed students who tested “the usual high stakes purposes Schlabach, will be in 2021 scored lower than those See SCORES/Page A7 holding a public town Most notably, the state chose not Florida Standards Assessments hall meeting from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Aug. 4 at the Central Ridge Com- munity Center, 77 Civic Circle in Beverly Hills. Schlabach will ask attendees to present their opinions on four PACKED AND READY options for redevelop- ment of the Beverly Hills Pool property: I Addition of a fountain. I Addition of a gazebo. I Addition of pickle ball courts. I Restoration of the pool with the condition that the civic associa- tion take ownership of the property after the updates have been completed. For more informa- tion, call 352- 527-5484. Crystal River Woman’s Club to meet The Crystal River Woman’s Club (CRWC) will meet at 11:30 a.m. Monday, Sept. 13, at the CRWC Clubhouse, 320 N. Citrus Ave. For information, email Margaret Williams, president, at Brantley Graham picks out a new backpack loaded with school supplies on Sunday with the help of New Church Without Walls member mewpunkie66@gmail. Tamecka Miguel. Brantley will be starting in fourth grade at Homosassa Elementary and Sunday was his ninth birthday. According to com. Pastor Doug Alexander, there were over 500 backpacks to give out along with food and other school supplies, thanks to the generosity — From staff reports of the community. ONLINE Alexander Williams, 7, who POLL will be attending second New Church Without grade at Hernando Elementary, gets his hair What do cut by Ulysses Turner at the Walls gives away New Church Without Walls you think? Sunday afternoon. Turner, who works at the New backpacks, supplies Citizens in several Dimensions Barbershop in Citrus communities Crystal River, has been Chronicle are requesting that giving free back-to-school commissioners haircuts at the church for he New Church Without Walls in In- increase watering six years. verness staged its back-to-school back- allowances from once pack giveaway Sunday, Aug. 1. The a week to twice a Rev. Doug Alexander, pastor, said week. What do you Photos by Stephen Shaner/ about 500 backpacks were available to be think? Tgiven away to youngsters preparing to return For the Chronicle to school in the next week or so. A. The once-a-week According to Pastor Teresa “Lady T” Alex- designation was only ander, rain may have slowed things down a lit- supposed to be tle and kept some people away, but for anyone For more temporary. It’s 0K to in need who wasn’t able to make it to the photos, click return to twice-a- church Sunday, there might be supplies left on this story at over. Alexander asked people to call 352-344- week watering. www.chronicle B. Watering 2425, ext. 1, Tuesday through Thursday to find online.com. out how to pick those up. allowances should be more fluid and seasonal depending on rain amounts and droughts. C. Only those going over their watering Man plans condo on site of dilapidated structure limits should have to water less. MIKE WRIGHT D. Florida has an Staff writer overconsumption An iconic eyesore along U.S. 41 problem, and people at the Withlacoochee River could need to get used to become a four-story condo- watering less. Once- minium if a Dunnellon man wins a-week watering approval from county needs to stay put. commissioners. E. Whatever is done, Robert Hilger is requesting a all citizens need to zoning change from general com- have equal rules. mercial to residential to accom- To vote, visit www. modate a 23-unit condominium chronicleonline.com. complex called The Confluence on North Water Way just south of Photos courtesy of Citrus County Land Development Scroll down the home the Withlacoochee River bridge A Dunnellon man is proposing a four-story condominium project on the site of a dilapidated building shell on the page and look for the in Dunnellon. Withlacoochee River. Left is the existing structure and the right image is the proposed complex. poll box in the right- The structure has a history of hand column. regulatory starts and stops. concrete shell on the pristine for a three-story hotel, restaurant with the latest, records show. Results will appear It was permitted in 1994 for a Withlacoochee just opposite the and bar. Along with the condominium next Monday. Find 31-unit motel, county records city of Dunnellon boat ramp. The PDC heard the application units, Hilger proposes boat slips last week’s online show. Construction stopped, how- Hilger and his wife, Janet, but continued it until Hilger could and an outdoor veranda. poll results./Page A3 ever and the project was aban- bought the property in 2016 and, provide proof of ownership. He doned, leaving behind a two-story the next year, he sought approval did and modified the 2017 request See CONDO/Page A7 Classifieds . .B6 Crossword . .B8 INDEX Horoscope . A4 Movies . .B5 Comics . .B5 Editorial. A6 Lottery Numbers . .B3 TV Listings. .B4 Entertainment . A4 Extra Puzzles . A5 Lottery Payouts . .B3 A2 MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 2021 CITRUS COUNTY (FL) CHRONICLE Why you should never buy hearing aids online, no matter how good the deal is. he ear is a complicated the first month or two. But when e have done that right here system. A hearing aid is it starts buzzing, or things start to in itrus ounty for more that ideally designed to balance sound muffled, you will have no years. And we are here to stay. Tor fix a specific problem, and a dedicated professional to turn to o stand behind our product “cure-all” hearing aid does not in order to discuss what should and beside you. all us today. exist. be done. Adopting a hearing After all, we do have the original aid is a process, not an instant -wee free trial. ou can get a hearing test on fix, and you’ll need a hearing the phone and or buy a one and specialist to help you through done device and it may wor for this process, step-by-step. our ears and hearing condition are uniue to you ou need the service and follow-up and ed-x cant do that for you earing aids need to be freuently checed in on earing aids reuire the expertise of a professional to address your needs our hearing loss might be indicative of a more serious issue or even ear wax FREE HEARING AIDS All Federal Workers & Retirees, Come See Us Today! The New York Empire State Insurance Plan YYou Yoouu PPayPaayy pays for the total cost of 2 Rexton Digital $$ The Federal Employee Hearing Program pays the total Aids. cost of 2 Rexton 00 Digital Hearing Aids. Latest Hearing Aids • Local Service • Lowest Prices! FREE ON SALE NOW! Battery Charger with As As As As As the purchase Low Low Low Low Low of a REXTON Hearing Aid as as as as as System $1,195 $995 $895 $695 $595 PHONAK REXTON SIEMEN Starkey IT COULD JUST BE EARWAX! FATHER & SONS HEARING AID CENTERS 3 Generations of 2 Convenient Locations Board Certified INVERNESS Hearing Aid 2240 W. Hwy. 44 (Across from Outback) Specialists 860-1100 Full time office staffed 5 days per HOMOSASSA week with more 4155 S. Suncoast Blvd. (Across from The Wildlife Park) combined experience than any other dealer in Citrus County. 2019 628-9909 - Find Us Online At www.fatherandsonshearing.com P a g e A 3 - M O N D AY, A U G U S T 2, 2021 STATE &CITRUS L COUNTYOCAL CHRONICLE Around the COUNTY Citrus man faces child-molestation charges BUSTER THOMPSON Detention Facility on Tues- records show Pyne has a court Florida Department of Law Learn about Staff writer day, July 27, according to the hearing scheduled for Aug. 18. Enforcement agents working LCSO. It’s alleged Pyne, while liv- with LCSO arrested Pyne on irrigation at free After delaying his extradi- LCSO deputies arrested ing in the Iron Station area of July 6 at his home off of North online class tion in court, a Beverly Hills Pyne on a warrant charging Lincoln County, inappropri- Tee Pee Drive within the Pine man recently returned to his the 61-year-old with a misde- ately touched a girl he knew Ridge subdivision.