Stunned: Former champ Li Na ousted at French Open /B1 WEDNESDAY TODAY CITRUS COUNTY & next morning HIGH 90 Partly sunny. 40 LOW percent chance of showers. 67 PAGE A4 www.chronicleonline.com MAY 28, 2014 Florida’s Best Community Newspaper Serving Florida’s Best Community 50¢ VOL. 119 ISSUE 294 NEWS BRIEF Body identified as missing man Officials investigating Homosassa man’s death as a homicide PAT FAHERTY South, was reported missing Schuler’s body was found by Staff writer Thursday after failing to return Pasco sheriff ’s deputies in a home from a trip to Holiday to wooded area off of U.S. 19 in Tar- The Pasco County Sheriff ’s Of- meet with associate Anthony pon Springs, approximately 20 fice has confirmed a body found in Maresca. miles from where his truck was lo- Tarpon Springs on Friday is miss- Authorities have identified cated Thursday. Billy Anthony ing Sugarmill Woods resident Billy Maresca as a person of interest in His body was identified through Shuler Maresca Associated Press Shuler. the case, but have been unable to found dead in person of Sergio Loza holds up an Schuler, 69, of Hemlock Court locate him. See DEATH/ Page A2 Tarpon Springs. interest. envelope that had cash hidden in it Sunday in San Francisco. ‘HiddenCash’ Board creates frenzy in social media THE LAST BELL SAN FRANCISCO — takes Someone is dropping en- velopes full of cash across San Francisco — plunge and causing an interna- tional frenzy on social media. An anonymous man on pool with the Twitter handle @HiddenCash has been hiding money throughout Will maintain the city since Friday, leading scores on a scav- facility as park enger hunt. His Twitter following exploded from a CHRIS VAN ORMER few hundred Friday to Staff writer more than 80,000 and counting by midday INVERNESS — The county has pledged to go Tuesday. the distance to support the One of his clues Tues- Central Ridge Community day told San Francisco Center and the mainte- followers to “find Mr. nance issues with its 31- Franklin along the year-old swimming pool. ‘crookedest street,’ (to- At Tuesday’s meeting of wards the bottom).” the Citrus County Board of Translation: there was County Commissioners a $100 at the bottom of (BOCC), board members Lombard Street, the pop- unanimously agreed to ular touristy thoroughfare fund the facility for about that’s best known as the MATTHEW BECK/Chronicle $100,000 a year for the sake “Crookedest Street in The Ronald Koenigsknecht reflects upon his 41-year career as an educator Thursday in the media center at the of the community and drop World.” Lecanto High School. He said he is impressed with today’s teachers and how well prepared they are when the sale of memberships. Hidden Cash’s anony- they graduate from college. After a presentation by mous creator said his Jeff Gordon, director of giveaways are a “social Parks and Recreation, com- experiment for good.” He Mr. K retires from LHS after 41-year career in education missioners discussed five claims to make his options, including continu- money off San Fran- ing selling memberships, cisco’s hot and lucrative ANGELA MARIA DEJESUS that forever … but there are funding without selling INSIDE memberships, selling the real estate market and Staff writer changes coming and the newer community building while hopes that winners also See more coverage of teachers are more prepared. It’s Mr. K. has left the building. time to pass it on to the next one.” keeping the park and pool, “pay it forward.” retiring educators./Page C1 selling the entire property Sergio Loza, 28, of Ronald Koenigsknecht, better A lot has changed since Mr. K known as Mr. K by his students started teaching in 1973. Teachers or simply closing it. San Francisco, said he The sticking point was saw a clue on Twitter and colleagues, retired last week then were the decision-makers after a 41-year teaching career. when it came to curriculum, and the estimated cost of Sunday morning with the He is the longest tenured teacher I have mixed state assessment tests didn’t exist. $116,000 in repairs to the message “Early bird gets retiring this year in Citrus County. emotions. I love “We had the ability to make de- swimming pool. the worm.” He raced out “I never wanted to be any- cisions about what we thought “We have fixed four and found an envelope where else,” he said. “It always working. I love were in the best interests of the leaks and are working on with $50 inside taped to a “ a fifth leak this week,” seemed to be the right fit for me students and we had a lot of sup- parking meter in the city’s just to be in the classroom.” listening. I love “ port,” he said. “And because of Gordon said. “The filter Mission District. Mr. K ends his teaching career those, not just because of us, but tank leaks in the actual Loza said he spent $30 after nine years as an Advanced reading (the because of the community and pump room. The pool gut- on clothes for his 2-year- Placement English teacher at students’) because of parents and because ter resurfacing and tile re- old niece’s birthday and Lecanto High School. He began there was this whole team of peo- placement has taken gave her the remaining his career in Michigan, spending papers. ple, this whole environment, place, but we will have to $20. 28 years teaching English at a there was a lot of success in those re-Marcite after possibly @HiddenCash said on small northern high school Ronald Koenigsknecht early days.” fixing the leaks.” Twitter that he plans to where, at one point, he taught all retiring Lecanto High School teacher. He added that there has been a Gordon continued to list a number of needed re- leave envelopes in San four of his children at the same change in the philosophy of stu- time. cially when students make the de- dent success. Teachers no longer pairs and replacements. Jose on Wednesday, Los Commissioner Scott Angeles this weekend The last course he taught at cision to teach themselves. have the same ability to use their Lecanto focused on nonfiction lit- Prior to the end of the school expertise when it comes to bigger Adams questioned the and maybe New York City costs and said he would next month. Followers erature written by different year last week, he said hearing decisions about their students. the school bell ring for the last like to see bids from three have requested similar philosophers, which he used to Mr. K. is happy to pass his stu- encourage students “to share time would be odd but that he dents on to the next generation of commercial swimming gestures in Alabama, their views, their opinions about was looking forward to it. teachers. pool builders. Washington, D.C., and as these kinds … of ideas that are ex- “I have mixed emotions. I love “I think teachers who come as County Administrator far away as Pakistan with pressed by these people.” working. I love listening. I love rookies … are so much better pre- Brad Thorpe pointed out various hashtags ranging Mr. K. hopes to leave his stu- reading (the students’) papers,” pared, better trained, than I ever that the sum of $116,000 from #kindness, #gener- dents with the desire to keep a he said. “I love finding out what was when I was going through would be a one-time capi- ous, #epic and #strange. good work ethic and to remember they have to say, finding out what college. … I really am impressed tal improvement and not —From wire reports learning can be exciting, espe- they are thinking … I could do with the young teachers.” an annual expense. See BOCC/ Page A2 INSIDE STATE & LOCAL: Hurricane research High court rules for death row inmates with low IQ Winged drones will be Associated Press error, and those inmates whose justices left to the states the de- Washington. Kansas has not exe- used as hurricane scores fall within the margin must termination of who is mentally cuted anyone in nearly 50 years research tools./Page A3 WASHINGTON — Twelve years be allowed to present other evi- disabled. and Washington recently sus- after barring execution of the dence of mental disability, Justice Kennedy said the finality of cap- pended its death penalty, he said. 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