Project1:Layout 1 6/10/2014 1:13 PM Page 1
Golf: Jon Rahm first Spaniard to win US Open / B1
MONDAY TODAY C I T R U S C O U N T Y & next morning HIGH 89 LOW Scattered 74 showers, muggy. PAGE A4 www.chronicleonline.com JUNE 21, 2021 Florida’s Best Community Newspaper Serving Florida’s Best Community $1 VOL. 126 ISSUE 257
SO YOU KNOW The Florida Department of Health has ceased the daily COVID-19 Idea? Share it at charrette reports that have been used to track changes in the number of Crystal River kicks off weeklong workshop June 21 to draft 50-year masterplan coronavirus cases and deaths in the BUSTER THOMPSON help draft its 50-year civic engineers, traffic experts, econo- Road 44 within city limits. state. Staff writer masterplan. mists and designers are facilitat- “You’ve done so much already,” All are welcome to attend the ing the charrette. Since June 14, Dover Kohl Senior Project Direc- Want to shape Crystal River’s charrette’s 6 p.m. kick-off event Dover Kohl has been touring tor Jason King told City Council future? This could be the last Monday at Crystal River High Crystal River with city staff. June 14, “and we want to be part NEWS chance for a while. School, 3195 Crystal River High Dover Kohl, Crystal River and of that history.” BRIEF On Monday, June 21, the city is Drive, Crystal River. almost 4,200 participants went Between Monday and Friday, launching its weeklong and inten- Dover Kohl & Partners, the through a three-day charrette be- Dover Kohl will be gathering sive public brainstorming work- city’s hired planning consultant, fore in June 2020 to gauge how the Learn more shop, known as a charrette, to and its team of architects, state should resurface State See IDEA/Page A6 about dementia at workshops Citrus County Libraries and Coping with Demen- tia LLC announced an ex- panded schedule of free “ABC of Dementia” workshops. The workshops provide There was something about Mary an overview of Alzhei- mer’s disease and other forms of dementia, how they affect the individuals Former resident dies abroad in Bali; couldn’t return during pandemic and how their care part- MIKE WRIGHT ners can use this knowl- Staff writer edge and techniques of voice, approach and ap- Mary Castro spent the early teenage years riding horses propriate touch to provide at her rural Homosassa home, and excelling in Lecanto more effective care. schools. Citrus County’s Librar- She left Citrus County for a jet-set life — modeling in ies provide this training Miami, surfing at Malibu, living overseas — but would re- for their personnel and turn on occasion to visit with her mother, Joan Bracken. encourage the public to Sometimes she stayed a few months, sometimes a year. attend. All workshops are Then off again: the last nearly two years in Bali, where from 10 a.m. to noon. she was working as a freelance journalist and dating an I Monday, June 21, Australian. Central Ridge Library, Her mother would hear bits and pieces. A phone call, 425 W. Roosevelt Blvd. in sometimes text messages. Mary stayed in touch, at least on the surface. Beverly Hills, call “She kept her adult life very secret,” Joan said. 352-746-6622. I And so when one of Mary’s friends called shortly before Friday, July 23, dawn on May 28, 2021, to say her 41-year-old daughter was Coastal Region Library, dead, Joan plunged into grief and confusion. 8619 W. Crystal St. in “Her death is so mysterious,” she said. “She wasn’t the Crystal River, call way those articles depicted her.” 352-795-3716. I Monday, Aug. 16, I I I Central Ridge Library. The Bali media said she was drinking. It said drugs were I Friday, Sept. 17, found in the villa. Stories reported she was out late, at a nearby bar, with two men. Coastal Region Library. I The men accompanied her back to her villa and they re- Monday, Oct. 18, laxed out by the pool. The next morning, one of the men Central Ridge Library. said, Mary didn’t wake up. The authorities were called. She I Friday, Oct. 29, never regained consciousness. Lakes Region Library, 1511 Druid Road in Inver- See MARY/Page A6 ness, call 352-726-2357. I Friday, Nov. 19, Coastal Region Library. I Wednesday, Dec. 8, Lakes Region Library. I Monday, Dec. 20, Central Ridge Library. CDC guidelines will be observed and seating may be limited. To re- serve seats, call 352-422- 3663 or email deb@ coping.today.
— From staff reports
ONLINE POLL What do you think? As COVID-19 vaccination rates
grow higher, many in Photos courtesy of Joan Bracken Citrus are making Homosassa native Mary Castro was a model and writer. She plans to travel and be died May 27, 2021, in Bali. RIGHT: Mary Castro attended Lecanto tourists again. What High School, transferring to a private school during her senior year. are your plans for travel this summer? A. Staying local. Not ready to go far yet. B. Florida staycations to places within the state. Scott questions deployment of officers to border C. Planning travel within the U.S. JOHN HAUGHEY focusing on how we can fellow 48 governors for Biden stopped deporting those in D. Booking the first The Center Square help law enforcement in assistance. the country illegally, violent crime cruise possible. Florida stop this fen- Just as Florida sent and drug-related deaths have in- E. Going overseas U.S. Sen. Rick Scott is question- tanyl,” he said. “The big- first-responders to assist creased, including in Florida. and abroad. ing and Democrats are denounc- gest problem I see in Louisiana in hurricane “It’s (unlike) anything anyone’s ing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Florida is on the fentanyl recovery and to fight Cal- ever seen down there. You have To vote, visit www. decision to deploy state and local side. I’d be focused on the ifornia wildfires, the gov- caravans that are making their chronicleonline.com. law enforcement officers to the fentanyl problem in our ernor said the state is way and pouring across the bor- Scroll down the home U.S.-Mexico border. state.” Rick Scott obligated via mutual- der,” DeSantis said. “You abso- page and look for the On Newsmax’s “Spicer and Co.” Flanked by sheriffs and U.S. senator, assistance pacts to ren- lutely have the cartels taking full poll box in the right- Wednesday and Panama City’s police chiefs Wednesday former Florida der aid. advantage of what is going.” hand column. News Talk 101 Thursday, Scott in Pensacola, DeSantis an- governor. “There’s certain disas- The Florida Highway Patrol, Results will appear said the border’s “national secu- nounced Florida will send ter emergency situations the Florida Department of Law next Monday. Find rity threat” is causing a surge in law enforcement to the border in where we just tend to step up and Enforcement, Florida Fish & last week’s online human trafficking and fentanyl response to a June 10 letter from help one another, so that’s what Wildlife Commission and several poll results./Page A3 overdoses in Florida. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Ari- we’re doing here,” DeSantis said, sheriffs’ offices have agreed to “What I would be doing is zona Gov. Doug Ducey asking their saying that since President Joe See SCOTT/Page A2
Classifieds ...... B7 Crossword ...... B10 INDEX Horoscope ...... A4 Movies ...... B6 Comics ...... B6 Editorial...... A7 Lottery Numbers . . .B3 TV Listings...... B5 Extra puzzles ...... B4 Entertainment . . . . . A4 Lottery Payouts . . . .B3 A2 MONDAY, JUNE 21, 2021 LOCAL CITRUS COUNTY (FL) CHRONICLE Food PROGAMS Former Citrus resident I F 0 0 - 4 faces child molestation, C C F - - I 0 I C C C - pornography charges I C 4 C Fred Hiers pornography. and Estevez en- I C 0 0 Staff writer According to gaging in a sexual C 4 the arrest war- act, according to I C 0 C - - A former Citrus County rant, the arrest- arrest warrant. woman faces charges of ing deputy The child is I C 44 F lewd or lascivious moles- obtained a war- shown also watch- C -400- tation of a child under 12 rant for the sus- ing cartoons and - and promoting the sexual pect’s online the video shows it - F I C C 0 performance of a child. account to trace Trinity was recorded in The felony charges where they lived. Estevez’s bed- - - - Hannah against Trinity Hannah C - 4 - 44 In the heavily Estevez room, according 4 Estevez, 20, of Tampa, redacted war- to the arrest war- I C WHERE TO GET FOOD stemmed from a 2020 in- rant, the deputy reported rant. The GPS data also vestigation by Citrus that another person was shows the videos were I C F County Sheriff ’s Office arrested in the home and filmed at the Estevez deputies. that the sheriff ’s office home. C - 0 The deputies went to also collected electronic According to the arrest - the Hillsborough County equipment including Es- warrant, Estevez left for -4 - F - - jail and retrieved Estevez tevez’s cellphone. Tampa after the arrest of C 00 4 using a Citrus County is- On the phone the ar- the other unnamed per- C sued arrest warrant. resting deputy discovered son associated with the - 44- 4 I F According to the war- child pornography and a case and the child being C rant, the arresting deputy sadomasochistic video in- taken away from the 0 C received a cybertip from volving the child victim. home. - - 0 the National Center for Materials in the video Citrus County deputies 04 C Missing and Exploited were also found in Es- learned of Estevez being Children. The tip dis- - - - -40 tevez’s bedroom, accord- at the Hillsborough closed that someone was ing to the arrest warrant. County jail and arrested C I 0 using an app to share and A second video also in- her on local charges on transmit child cluded the same child Tuesday, June 15. - 44- 4 C 4 - C - - C C Around the COMMUNITY C - C 4 Attend Dr. Bennett’s North Oak Church F - - - I C C 0 - 0 - 0 ‘Fireside Chats’ invites public to concert I F 4 - C C F C 0 C C - - C 4 C F - C I C C F - 0 4 F 0 0 4 - - I C 4 0 C C - 0 0 I F C F C 0 - I - F C - I F - 0 F C C C C - - - - F C - -4 C F -4 - I C C F C - C - -0 0 0 4 0 F - F 0 C F - 44- 00 - I C 0 C - brave LEOs to protect Floridians from F the criminals and drugs flooding the - - C SCOTT southern border.” - - F - Continued from Page A1 Democrats, including both announced C 4 C - 2022 gubernatorial hopefuls, blasted C -4 - send officers for up to 16 days to Texas DeSantis. I F C and Arizona, he said. Agriculture Commissioner and guber- C C 0 0 I Through May, the U.S. Border Patrol natorial candidate Nikki Fried, Florida’s 0 40 C F logged nearly 930,000 enforcement en- only statewide-elected Democrat, - 0 counters at the border this year, more tweeted, “Florida’s current governor just - than double 2020 encounters. makes controversies up to get on Fox C - - C - DeSantis said the state’s spiking crime News.” I rate isn’t “organic to Florida” but “Diverting state law enforcement to C C spurred by the new administration’s re- Texas and Arizona is a political stunt scission of Trump immigration policies. that makes our state less safe,” tweeted 0 - “This was a crisis created by going U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist, D-Tampa, also a C 0 C C against policies that would be working gubernatorial hopeful. -40 - 4 just ’cause you don’t like your predeces- “Another political STUNT by @Gov- I C 0 C - - sor,” DeSantis said, noting Florida is first RonDeSantis — instead of perpetuating 0 - - - state to respond to the call for mutual the attacks on immigrants & going after 0 assistance. Biden Administration, why don’t you F C C Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednes- focus on the people who live in FL! We’re - - day seven states in addition to Florida dealing w/a broken unemployment sys- I C C I have pledged assistance. He said Okla- tem & affordable housing crisis that you 0 F 0 F C - homa, Arkansas, Iowa, North Dakota, could be fixing!” tweeted Sen. Annette C South Dakota, Georgia and South Caro- Taddeo, D-Miami, mulling her own gu- C F C lina are sending law enforcement offi- bernatorial run. C - 44- 4 - - - F cers and/or state national guardsmen. “Some basic questions for @RonDe- C - -4 Florida Attorney General Ashley SantisFL,” tweeted Rep. Carlos Guill- I F C C I F Moody Thursday urged other states to ermo Smith, D-Orlando. “How does this “send help” and praised DeSantis. help Florida? Who’s paying? Will this 0 0 F - “Unfortunately, Florida has to do what DEFUND local police? What will they 00 C C 04 4 F - @JoeBiden refuses to do – secure the be doing at the border? When is @Gov- - - border. The crisis he created makes all of RonDeSantis gonna stop chasing boogey- I F C us less safe,” she tweeted. “I’m proud to men to start actually helping F 0 F stand with @GovRonDeSantis and FL’s Floridians?” - - 0 F - - I C To Place Your I 0 F F 40 “In Memory” ad, 72 HOUR C - 0- - - C C Contact Lori Driver I C - - 564-2931 or email: BLIND FACTORY [email protected] OBITUARIES Closing time for placing
ad is 4 business days CC-00 0 4 n For information about placing obituaries, email Funeral Home prior to run date. SHUTTERS [email protected] or call 352-563-5660. With Crematory There are advanced Faux Wood Blinds, Shades, Shutters, Verticals, Ado Wrap, Cellular n Obituary deadline for Tuesday, Wednesday, • Burial • Shipping deadlines for holidays. 1657 W. GULF TO LAKE HWY (2 MI. E. OF HWY. 491 & 44) • LECANTO www.72-hourblinds.com 352-527-0012 Thursday and Friday editions is 3 p.m. the day • Cremation NO ONE BEATS OUR PRICES! Carpet Cleaning before. Deadline for Saturday, Sunday and Monday PROTECT Per editions is 3 p.m. Friday. YOUR HOME! $18 Room
000ZHSQ Don’t (3 room minimum) n The Chronicle does not edit obituaries for content. wait Dry Cleaning or Steam
000ZIB7 until it’sProfessional ! For Information and costs, Pet Odors Gone! n Submissions must be verified with the funeral Over 15,000 too dryer fires are home or society in charge of arrangements. call 726-8323 late! estimated Furniture Cleaning to occur Sofa each year.* and Loveseat $60 COMPLETE Help CLEANINGDryer protect Vent 1 Chair Cleaned FREE 00 your family $ and Brown Funeral Home & Crematory •Wood 50 home! Tile & Grout Cleaning COUPON Lecanto, Florida • Laminate CC-000ZZF4 GUTTER CLEANING & $ 00 Gutter Cleaning DRYER VENT CLEANING 90 $50 •Tile $ 00 Entire House DRYER VENT/REFRIGERATORCleaning COILS 70 • Carpet AllA llll kindskiinds ofoff PressurePrressurre Two Generations serving PPRESSURERESSURE CCLEANINGLEANING CleaningC lleaniing OutsideOuttsiide ofoff HomesHomes REMOVE •Vinyl PRESSURE CLEANING MILDEW, you with compassionate, Visit Our New Website Cement Decks • Screen Rooms BUGS, Z 0 CC-00 For Great Specials • Area Rugs Driveways • Roof Cleaning FUNGUS personalized service. Gutters Cleaned • Pool Enclosures & DIRT House Washing www.cashcarpetandtile.com $50 Licensed THANK & Insured YOU Including MARION liability COUNTY! insur- 776 N. Enterprise Pt., Lecanto 31 Years in Business Igrayne Brown Dias Richard T. Brown ance. CALLCALL 352-489-4844 352-489-4844 Funeral Director Funeral Director/Owner 352-795-0111 746-7830 CLEANMASTER Owner DoesOwner The Work
Licensed & Insured 000ZPBQ CC-00 0 www.brownfuneralhome.com Visit our Showroom Next to Stokes Flea Market on Hwy. 44 Does The Work! Page A3 - MONDAY, JUNE 21, 2021
STATE &CITRUS L COUNTYOCAL CHRONICLE Around the COUNTY Continuing Jeremy’s Journey Faith Haven CRC plans open house C - C 108 0 C C C 10 - - - C C - - 8 Master Gardener Seminar slated 1 8 NANCY KENNEDY