Monitoring Local Spring Health Total of 619 Hospitalized
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Project1:Layout 1 6/10/2014 1:13 PM Page 1 Hoops: Crystal River falls to No. 1 team in the nation /B1 SATURDAY TODAY CITRUSCOUNTY & next morning HIGH 70 Clearing and LOW cooler. Cold at night. 42 PAGE A4 www.chronicleonline.com FEBRUARY 20, 2021 Florida’s Best Community Newspaper Serving Florida’s Best Community $1 VOL. 126 ISSUE 135 NEWS BRIEFS Man charged in juvenile sex crimes Homosassa man is now in one count of unlawfully using Deputies contacted the vic- Citrus COVID-19 No bond set custody. a two-way communication de- tim, who disclosed inappro- update William Charles Hale Jr. vice, a third-degree felony. No priate contact with Hale on EFF RYAN was arrested Thursday, bond was set. several occasions. Based on According to the Flor- J B Staff writer Feb. 18, on two counts of lewd According to a Citrus the allegations, Detective ida Department of Health, and lascivious molestation of County Sheriff ’s Office Jonathan Richey, with the 30 positive cases were More than a month after au- a victim under the age of 16, (CCSO) news release, the sheriff ’s office’s Special reported in Citrus County thorities launched an investi- one count of promoting a agency was contacted Jan. 10 Victims Unit, launched an since the latest update. gation into claims of juvenile’s child’s sexual performance — in reference to a past sexual investigation. William Four new deaths were re- sexual abuse, a 69-year-old second-degree felonies — and assault of a juvenile. See CRIMES/Page A6 Hale Jr. ported, for a total of 380. To date in the county, 9,509 people have tested positive (including 75 non-residents). Two new hospitaliza- tion was reported, for a Monitoring local spring health total of 619 hospitalized. Totals reflect prelimi- nary reports received by the state, and are subject to later revision. Orchid society to meet Feb. 20 The Nature Coast Or- chid Society will host their next meeting on Feb. 20. Doors open at noon, pro- gram starts at 1 p.m. at the VFW Post 8681, 18940 Drayton St., Spring Hill. The speaker will be Pam Waters, discussing Rhynchostylis Gigantea and Rhyncholaelia Digby- ana. Also at the meeting will be a raffle table, or- chids for sale and a mem- ber show-off table. Call Mary Lou Mattana at 218- 556-1855. Visit nature coastorchidsociety.com. Sidewalk book sale set The Friends of the Cit- rus County Library Sys- tem (FOCCLS) will host a sidewalk book sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, at the Village BUSTER THOMPSON/Chronicle West Plaza, 593 E. Gulf- Consultants Sam Szatyari, foreground, and Shannon Ladd grab what aquatic plant life rests within their square sample sites at the bottom to-Lake Highway, Le- of King’s Bay, Crystal River, to help the Southwest Florida Management District gather data for its mobile-mapping project to document canto. All fiction books what submerged aquatic vegetation lives at specific location in area spring systems. will be half-price. Donate blood, Water management district ups game on aquatic plant collections save a life The Knights of Colum- BUSTER THOMPSON For roughly two years, start- bus Council 6168 will Staff writer ing at Gum Springs in Marion County, Rogers has been work- host a blood drive from Danielle Rogers and her ing to improve SWFWMD’s 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, team’s boat anchored up at the 20-year-old method of collect- Feb. 20, at the Council GPS coordinates of their proj- ing and presenting its SAV data Hall, 2389 W. Norvell Bry- ect’s next site in the waters of for its area springs systems. ant Highway. A light conti- King’s Bay. In doing so, she hopes to save nental breakfast of coffee It’s one of 71 specific and con- the district time and money. and wrapped pastries will stant locations in Crystal River’s It’s Rogers’ goal to show peo- be available. For informa- waterway Rogers is monitoring ple — from policymakers to tion, call LifeSouth at as environmental project man- stakeholders — where exactly, 352-527-3061. ager over the Southwest Florida and how, their underwater Water Management District’s backyards are doing. Women dressed (SWFWMD’s) endeavor to docu- “My biggest hope, when I do as elderly try to ment the health of underwater create theses maps, is giving get COVID shot plants. that data the visibility,” she “They help us monitor the said. “We have so many people ORLANDO— Two health of a spring,” Rogers said that think these systems are women who dressed up about the significance of sub- important, important to their Danielle Rogers, an environmental project manager for the to make themselves ap- merged aquatic vegetation, or heart; this is an opportunity to Southwest Florida Water Management District, explains how her pear as older adults to SAV. “It’s one component in the show them what’s going on team records data from survey sites of submerged aquatic get coronavirus vaccina- very complex nature of our here.” vegetation. Rogers has spent two years improving the collection and tions were turned away springs system.” See SPRING/Page A6 presentation methods for the district’s project. and issued trespass warnings in Orlando, offi- cials said. Dr. Raul Pino, state health officer in Orange County — where Orlando Governor announces Biden defends is located — said the women disguised them- selves on Wednesday with bonnets, gloves and four vaccination sites COVID progress glasses. Sheriff’s Office spokes- each site will have two smaller, mobile sat- woman Michelle Guido Federally-run sites ellite sites that will conduct 500 vaccina- Weather delays 6M shots told the Orlando Sentinel tions per day in underserved areas. that the women altered will operate daily Through this hub-and-spoke model, each ZEKE MILLER, RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR their birth years on their group of one primary site and two satellite Associated Press vaccination registrations JEFF BRYAN sites will offer 3,000 vaccinations per day. to bypass the state sys- Staff writer The federally supported sites are PORTAGE, Mich. — President Joe Biden toured a listed below: state-of-the art coronavirus vaccine plant Friday, in- tem, which prioritizes TALLAHASSEE — In an effort to ramp n Tampa Greyhound Track, 755 E. Wa- tent on showcasing progress even as extreme winter people age 65 and older. up vaccination efforts for Florida residents ters Ave., Tampa, FL 33604. (866-200-3896; weather across the U.S. handed his vaccination It appeared that the in the fight against the novel coronavirus, TTY, 844-251-5532) campaign its first major setback, delaying shipment women had gotten the the state, in partnership with the federal n Valencia College — West Campus, of about 6 million doses and causing temporary clo- first shot, but it was un- government, is establishing four COVID-19 1800 S. Kirkman Road, Orlando, FL sures of inoculation sites in many communities. clear where. vaccination sites throughout the state, ac- 32811. (866-201-3604; TTY, 833-476-1024) While acknowledging the weather is “slowing up “Their names matched cording to Gov. Ron DeSantis, whose office n Gateway Mall, 5200 Norwood Ave., the distribution,” Biden said at the Pfizer plant in their registration but not announced the move Friday, Jacksonville, FL 32208. (866-200-3762; Michigan that he believes “we’ll be approaching their dates of birth,” she Feb. 19, in a news release. TTY, 833-476-1027) normalcy by the end of this year.” His speech melded told the newspaper. These sites will open March 3 and will n Miami Dade Community College a recitation of his administration’s accomplishments Health Department offi- operate from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily in (North Campus), 11380 NW 27th Ave., in its first month confronting the pandemic, a vigor- cials asked deputies to Miami, Orlando, Tampa and Jacksonville. Miami, FL 33167. (888-499-0840; TTY, ous pitch for his $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill and issue trespass warnings. Each site will administer 2,000 vaccines 888-256-8918) criticism of his predecessor. — From staff and wire reports per day, the release states. Additionally, See VACCINATION/Page A8 See COVID/Page A6 Classifieds . .B6 Crossword . .B9 INDEX Lottery Numbers . B2. Obituaries . .None Comics . B5. Editorial . A10 Lottery Payouts . B2. TV Listings . .B4 Horoscope . 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