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Home stretch: Chase decided in Homestead /B1 See Pg. B12 MONDAY TODAY CITRUS COUNTY & next morning HIGH 74 Morning fog. Partly LOW cloudy to mostly summy. 51 PAGE A4 VVILLAGEILLAGE CADILLAC www.chronicleonline.com NOVEMBER 19, 2012 Florida’s Best Community Newspaper Serving Florida’s Best Community 50¢ VOLUME 118 ISSUE 104 INSIDE LOCAL NEWS: Doctors gear up for change sure thing following Presi- tions, or ACOs, to stream- time or less time to see pa- Medical experts uncertain of dent Barack Obama’s re- line services and responsi- tients? Will there be more election, as government bilities. But the diagnostic tests or fewer? interference in the very bureauc racy in setting up Will the government facili- Obamacare’s impact on patients area they hold dear — pa- an ACO, let alone keeping it tate patient care or hinder tient relationships. intact over a period of it? MIKE WRIGHT rus County and across the The financial and regula- years, is too large to grasp. All that and more was on Staff Writer country, and many aren’t tory end is complicated and And they’re not even sure the minds of about 60 physi- happy about it. overwhelming. There is talk how all this will play out for cians and other health care Horseshoes LECANTO — Change is They see the new Afford- of forming networks, called patient care and affordabil- coming to physicians in Cit- accountable care organiza- ity. Will doctors have more The public is invited to able Health Care Act, now a See DOCTORS/ Page A5 join in the Proud Warriors benefit horseshoe tournament Dec. 8./Page A5 LOCAL NEWS: Commission Scott Adams will be sworn in as a county commissioner./Page A3 Golden-age gems MIDEAST VIOLENCE: Collector’s trove of Associated Press President Barack Obama ar- memorabilia rives Sunday for an official dinner at Government House on display in Bangkok, Thailand. CHRIS VAN ORMER More strikes Staff Writer Israel hits Gaza strip; Obama rom vaudeville to militants continue radio to Hollywood, attacks./Page A12 Mary-Jessma OPINION: Wilson connected visits with entertainers. Time is She collected their photographs, auto- of the “ graphs and letters for Asia essence, so decades. Now her auto- “ graphed photographs, donate now. scrapbooks and quilts are on display in Inver- Myanmar visit EDITORIAL, ness for people to enjoy PAGE A10 until January, when the sign of progress items will be sold. LOCAL EFFORTS: “You never know Associated Press what’s in Inverness,” Give blood said Steve Barnes, BANGKOK — On the eve Find out where the owner of Olde Inverness of his landmark trip to LifeSouth Antiques. Myanmar, President Barack Bloodmobile Barnes has the task of Obama tried to assure crit- will be finding new homes for a ics that his visit was not a parked for huge collection of memo- premature reward for a donations rabilia ranging from the long-isolated nation still during 1920s to the 1950s. He ex- easing its way toward upcoming democracy. weeks./Page A6 pressed admiration for the collector, Mary- “This is not an endorse- Get food Jessma Wilson. ment of the government,” “She was a pretty well Obama said Sunday in Area groups offer known radio personality Thailand as he opened a low-cost food options during World War II and three-country dash through and free meals each before,” Barnes said. Asia. “This is an acknowl- week./Page A8 DAVE SIGLER/Chronicle “Like David Letterman, edgement that there is a Steve Barnes, owner of Olde Inverness Antiques, shows some of the autographed process under way inside everybody would come photographs and other items that are part of a huge collection of memorabilia rang- ONLINE POLL: that country that even a to her to be interviewed ing from the 1920s to the 1950s. The collector, Mary-Jessma Wilson, was a well- year and a half, two years Your choice? to promote whatever known radio personality during World War II and before, Barnes said. The collection Would you support they had going.” will be on display at the shop until January. ago, nobody foresaw.” legalized Born March 7, 1918, Obama was set to become marijuana Mary-Jessma was the the first U.S. president to if meant daughter of a vaudeville visit Myanmar with Air going a performer, Joe H. Wil- Force One scheduled to long way son, who had an act with touch down in Yangon on to making his brother, called the Monday morning. Though the state Wilson Brothers. They Obama planned to spend financially performed comedy skits just six hours in the country, solvent? using German accents. the much-anticipated stop A. Yes. Its status as an An item in the Califor- came as the result of a re- illegal drug is an nia Digital Newspaper markable turnaround in the unnecessary drain on Collection gives an ex- countries’ relationship. the economy. ample of the Wilson The president’s Asia tour B. No. It seems also marks his formal re- immoral to try to Brothers’ schtick: “I got arrested once — turn to the world stage after balance a budget by, months mired in a bruising essentially, condoning See GEMS/ Page A7 re-election campaign. For the drug. his first postelection trip, he C. Yes, but only if it is tellingly settled on Asia, a sold under state- IF YOU GO controlled conditions region he has deemed the Olde Inverness region as crucial to U.S. and heavily taxed. Antiques is at D. No, and alcohol prosperity and security. 104 N. Pine Ave. in Aides say Asia will factor should be outlawed, downtown Inverness too. heavily in Obama’s second behind term as the U.S. seeks to ex- To vote, visit www. Stumpknockers chronicleonline.com. pand its influence in an at- Restaurant. Call tempt to counter China. Click on the word 352-344-0333. An original cel from the animated Walt Disney film “Saludos Amigos” was saved as “Opinion” in the menu part of Mary-Jessma Wilson’s collection, along with a photo signed by Disney. China’s rise is also at play to see the poll. in Myanmar, which long has Results will appear aligned itself with Beijing. next Monday. Find last But some in Myanmar fear week’s online poll that China is taking advan- results./Page A4 tage of its wealth of natural resources, so the country is INDEX If solicitor knocks, ask for permit looking for other partners Comics ....................B8 to help build its nascent Crossword ................B7 A.B. SIDIBE According to CCSO, last associations (Southern portedly began investigat- economy. Editorial..................A10 Staff Writer January, the agency crime Woods, Oak Village and Cy- ing not only the burglaries, Obama has rewarded Entertainment ..........B6 intelligence noticed that press Village) to educate but also the solicitors who Myanmar’s rapid adoption Horoscope ................B6 The Citrus County Sher- neighborhoods with in- those living in the commu- were in the area prior to of democratic reforms by Lottery Numbers ......B4 iff ’s Office’s effort to blunt creasing residential burgla- nity on how to deal with un- the crimes. Detectives dis- lifting some economic Lottery Payouts ........B6 residential burglaries has ries were also experiencing wanted or suspicious covered the majority of the penalties. The president Movies ......................B8 taken a new line of inquiry home solicitation sales. This solicitors. door-to-door salespeople has appointed a permanent Obituaries ................A6 and it is apparently paying was particularly true, for ex- From January to May of did not have a legal permit ambassador to the country, TV Listings................B7 dividends. this year, Sugarmill Woods to conduct solicitations. also known as Burma, and Classifieds ................B9 ample, in the Sugarmill And, as officials shined Woods area. Detective Craig had 12 residential burgla- This is a first-degree mis- pledged greater investment the spotlight on door-to- Fass, a community crimes ries, or an average of 2.4 demeanor in the state of if Myanmar continues to door solicitors, they detective responsible for the per month, according to Florida. progress following a half- quickly noticed a precipi- Sugarmill Woods area, part- CCSO. century of military rule. tous drop in burglary rates. nered with the homeowner Sheriff ’s detectives re- See PERMIT/ Page A4 See OBAMA/ Page A8 A2 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2012 CITRUS COUNTY (FL) CHRONICLE Exclusive Products Completely Customized for Your Lifestyle and Your Budget Our 100% Invisible and Discreet Models from $695 Miracle-Ear Mirage: Our Smallest 100% Invisible Hearing Aid FREE •HEARING TEST •BATTERY REPLACEMENT •HEARING AID REPAIRS Must present coupon. Any make or model. In office only. One week only. 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