Who? Unknown pulls away for dominate Open victory /B1 MONDAY CITRUS COUNTY TODAY & Tuesday morning HIGH Partly cloudy. Scattered 93 afternoon t-storms. Light LOW winds. Chance of rain 72 PAGE A4 40 percent. www.chronicleonline.com JULY 19, 2010 Florida’s Best Community Newspaper Serving Florida’s Best Community 50¢ VOLUME 115 ISSUE 346 daughter, 21-month-old Cayla Barnes, acci- Beaver Point for a day of boating with the 21-month-old dies at dentally had drowned in water behind the child’s grandmother, according to Gail Tier- house at 5752 S. Beaver Point. ney, spokeswoman for the Citrus County Sher- Neighbors were too distraught to speak as iff ’s Office. Seven Rivers hospital they tried to make sense of the tragedy. As they were stocking the pontoon boat and CHRIS VAN ORMER Just after noon on Sunday, Citrus County preparing to launch, family members mo- Chronicle Sheriff ’s Office dispatchers received a call mentarily lost track of Cayla, then spotted her that a girl toddler had been pulled from a wa- in the water, Tierney said. Sheriff ’s deputies stood Sunday at the gate terway connected to the Homosassa River Her father and a neighbor recovered the to a home in Old Homosassa as neighbors in- near South Masons Creek Road. The child was youngster from the canal and performed CPR quired about their presence. unresponsive. until EMS arrived. The toddler was trans- “Oh no!” was how a neighbor responded The child’s family had traveled from their ported to Seven Rivers Regional Medical Cen- Google Maps when he learned that his friend’s grand- home in Citrus Springs to the house on South ter. She was pronounced dead at 1:19 p.m. 5752 S. Beaver Point, Homosassa. BP, Feds clash on taking cap off Official: Seep found near well Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — BP and the Obama administration offered significantly differing views Sun- day on whether the capped Gulf of Mexico oil well will have to be reopened, a con- tradiction that may be an effort by the oil giant to avoid blame if crude starts spewing again. Pilloried for nearly three months as it tried Doug repeatedly to Suttles stop the leak, BP BP CEO says PLC capped the no one wants nearly mile-deep to see oil flowing into well Thursday Gulf again. and wants to keep it that way. The govern- ment’s plan, however, is to even- tually pipe oil to the surface, which would ease pressure on the fragile well — but would re- quire up to three more days of oil DAVE SIGLER/Chronicle spilling into the Gulf. Ashley Moudis, left, lives at home with her parents, Tony and Connie Moudis. Ashley spends her days at the Key Training Center with “No one associated with this other disabled clients. She has been on a state waiting list for a Medicaid waver since 1991, so her time at the Key Center is covered whole activity ... wants to see any by a scholarship. Money raised by the annual Key Center Run for the Money goes toward funding students like Ashley who are not on more oil flow into the Gulf of Mex- Medicaid. The 34th Run for the Money kicks off today with runners leaving Tallahassee heading for Crystal River. ico,” Doug Suttles, BP’s chief op- erating officer, said Sunday. “Right now we don’t have a target Key Training Center SO YOU KNOW to return the well to flow.” An administration official fa- ■ The 34th annual Key Training Center’s 16. Call 527-2341 that day to make a miliar with the spill oversight, Run For the Money be- pledge. client benefits from however, told The Associated gins today, with a 180- ■ Proceeds go to provide Press that a seep and possible mile run starting from more than 50 scholar- methane were found near the scholarship funds the steps of the state ships to individuals who busted oil well. The official spoke NANCY KENNEDY Capitol in Tallahassee receive no funding from on condition of anonymity Sunday Chronicle and ends with the Sat- the state of Florida for because an announcement about urday walkathon, craft needed services and to ith her naturally wavy dark festival, celebration the next steps had not been made deliver year-round serv- yet. hair, olive complexion and and telethon. ices to more than 300 The concern all along — since huge brown eyes, Ashley developmentally dis- ■ The annual telethon pressure readings on the cap Moudis could be a model. abled adults. airs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday on weren’t as high as expected — was Her open-mouthed smile attracts like WYKE-TV channel 47 or cable channel ■ a magnet and when she’s in a room, the Meet some unfunded clients/Page A7 a leak elsewhere in the wellbore, place lights up. meaning the cap may have to be Her spirit is alive and well, but it’s who receive services from the Key ters, Lauren, Jessica and Melissa, and at- reopened to prevent the environ- trapped inside a body that doesn’t work. Training Center. tends the weekday adult day training mental disaster from becoming Ashley, who turns 23 on July 28, is one She lives at home with her parents, program at the Key Center. even worse and harder to fix. of about 60 individuals on scholarship Tony and Connie Moudis, and three sis- See FULL/Page A7 The official, who would not See CLASH/Page A2 The Florida Back to For some, it’s back to unemployment Work program The Floral City man is married pays part Back-to-work program unlikely to go on and the couple has two children, of Jennifer a boy, 11, and a girl, 4. Watt said he Reed’s really liked the job at the auto CHRIS VAN ORMER about half are hoping the pro- salary at Chronicle gram that put them to work can parts store where he worked for Manatee be extended so they can stay in 15 years before he was laid off. Office Unemployment is the pits, es- work. “In Citrus County, you’re really Supply pecially on welfare. “It’s been a difficult time until out in the country,” Watt said. in Crystal Nearly 40 county residents this came along,” said Christo- “There are not too may jobs. But River. were glad to escape unemploy- pher Watt, who now works as a when this came along, it was right BRIAN LaPETER/ ment and welfare in May. Now park ranger for the county. See PROGRAM/Page A5 Chronicle INDEX Microneedles Online poll Busted Comics ..........................B8 One day What do you think of political signs lining our highways? DEA agents capture Crossword ......................B7 your an- A. I love them. They show democracy is alive and well. Caribbean’s biggest Editorial ..........................A8 nual flu B. Right-of-way signs make the county look trashy and shouldn’t be al- reputed drug lord in Horoscope ......................B6 shot lowed. Puerto Rico./Page A9 Lottery Numbers ............B4 could Lottery Payouts ..............B6 come in C. They’re a little tacky, but it’s just for a short time. Movies ............................B8 the mail. D. I like them because they make me aware of the candidates. Obituaries ......................A6 /A10 To vote, visit the website at www.chronicleonline.com. TV Listings......................B7 Results will appear next Monday. Find last week’s online poll results./Page A4 A2 MONDAY, JULY 19, 2010 CITRUS COUNTY (FL) CHRONICLE LA. MISS. ALA. GA. TEXAS Mobile Lake Pontchartrain Biloxi Pensacola Houston New Orleans FLA. Blood donation sites slated Oil rig day, Subway, 4089 N. Lecanto ■ 10 a.m. to noon July 27, explosion Area of Tampa Locales, times vary during month Highway, Beverly Hills. Walmart Super Center, 2461 0 100 mi uncertainty ■ 4 to 7:30 p.m. Wednes- W. Gulf-to-Lake Highway, In- 0 100 km Gulf of Mexico Special to the Chronicle The Lecanto branch of- day, First Baptist Church of verness. Nearshore surface fice is at 1241 S. Lecanto Crystal River, 700 Citrus Ave. ■ 1 to 4 p.m. July 27, oil forecast: July 17, 11 a.m. EDT LifeSouth bloodmobile Highway (County Road 491) ■ 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thurs- Granny Nannies, 2027 N. Light Medium Heavy schedule for July. Each sum- and the Inverness branch is day, American Legion Post Donavan Ave., Crystal SOURCE: NOAA AP mer, LifeSouth enters emer- at 301 W. Main St. Both cen- 77 at Sweetbay, 1202 W. Main River. gency status with busy ters are open from 8:30 a.m. St., Inverness. ■ 2:30 to 6 p.m. July 28, oil than expected poured schedules and the kids out to 5 p.m. weekdays and 8:30 ■ 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, Walgreens, 4029 S. Suncoast into the Gulf of Mexico of school — and this sum- a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays. The Walmart Super Center, 2461 Blvd., Homosassa. CLASH since the BP-leased Deep- mer is no different During centers stay open late W. Gulf-to-Lake Highway, In- ■ 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. July Continued from Page A1 water Horizon rig exploded the month of July, each Wednesdays, until 7 p.m. verness. 28, Subway, 723 N.E. U.S. 19. April 20, killing 11 people blood donor will be entered The Lecanto center is also ■ 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Satur- Crystal River. clarify what is seeping near and touching off one of to win a gas grill. Donors are open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.