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Peyton’s place: Manning to Broncos; Tebow’s status unclear /B1 TUESDAY CITRUS COUNTY TODAY & Wednesday morning HIGH Mostly sunny, then 84 partly cloudy. East LOW winds around 10 mph. 59 PAGE A4 www.chronicleonline.com MARCH 20, 2012 Florida’s Best Community Newspaper Serving Florida’s Best Community 50¢ VOLUME 117 ISSUE 226 NEWS BRIEFS City hears gripes over missing stripe of gallons of water — the cost must As of March 10, the Southwest be astronomical. I’m having to live Stop wasting water, say residents Florida Water Management District with water restrictions, the city has enacted a Modified Phase III NANCY KENNEDY One customer, Alan Murray, said should as well.” Water Shortage Order, which Staff Writer he had ridden his bicycle from his According to Inverness City Man- restricts when lawns can be home in Hernando into Inverness ager Frank DiGiovanni, “All we’re watered. Lawn watering is limited INVERNESS — On Monday, sev- for his morning coffee and noticed doing is cleaning the street. The to no more than once a week and Special to the Chronicle eral customers at the Deco Café water rushing down the street. event is over; the stripe isn’t neces- only before 8 a.m. or after 6 p.m. Sheriff’s office were seeing red over the green Thinking there was a pipe that sary any more,” he said. “It’s the Irrigation schedule: Addresses searching for stripe down the middle of Main had burst somewhere, he went to same thing we did last year.” ending in 0 or 1, Monday; 2 or 3, Street left over from Saturday’s In- investigate. He added that high-pressure Tuesday; 4 or 5, Wednesday; 6 or stolen Charger verness St. Patrick’s Day Parade. He saw two city trucks and three washers use low volumes of water. 7, Thursday and 8 or 9 or a Sarah Slate, a Deco employee, said workers, one using a pressure The cleanup should be done by The Citrus County subdivision common area, Friday. all morning customers were talk- washer. Tuesday, DiGiovanni said. Sheriff's Office is re- For more information, visit ing about city employees pressure- “I asked the guy, ‘Why are you Chronicle reporter Nancy www.citruscountyfl.org and click questing citizens’ help washing the painted stripe away. doing that?’” Murray said. “He Kennedy can be reached at in finding a stolen on Departments, then Water “It was definitely the hot topic this said, ‘We’ve got to get the stripe off.’ [email protected] Resources, or see Page A4. green 1970 Dodge morning around the café,” she said. To me, that’s a waste of hundreds or 352-564-2927. Charger. The Charger has chrome rims with Mickey Thompson tires, a 440 cubic inch engine, a black Coyotes vinyl roof and black spoiler. The vehicle may have been painted pushing a different color by the suspect. It is be- lieved the car is boundaries being stored in Citrus CHRIS VAN ORMER or surrounding coun- Staff Writer ties. The vehicle was last seen in Inverness, PINE RIDGE — Country but has ties to both living attracts many people Crystal River and Ho- to Citrus County. But an- mosassa. The vehicle other type of newcomer de- was last seen in No- tracts from life in the vember 2011. If you Nature Coast — coyotes. have information re- James Anspach of Pine garding the where- Ridge told the Chronicle he abouts of this vehicle, recently saw coyotes on his property twice. please contact “They jump my 4-foot CrimeStoppers of fence,” Anspach said. “They Citrus County by call- can clear a 6-foot fence. ing 888-ANY-TIPS, They jump in and out.” texting the word Anspach said he has done CITRUS plus the tip some research. Coyotes are to 274637 or visiting not a native species and crimestopperscitrus. they are a hazard to hu- com. Citizens may be mans, he said, citing the eligible to receive a 2009 death of Taylor cash reward and can Mitchell, a 19-year-old remain anonymous. Canadian woman who was fatally attacked by coyotes Report: in a national park in Nova State’s grad Scotia. Mitchell was the sec- rate improving ond person known to have been killed by coyotes in MIAMI — A new North America. The first report on graduation was a 3-year-old child in rates finds Florida 1981 in Glendale, Calif. making improve- So far, coyotes in Citrus ments, though the County have not shown that overall rate still lags much aggression. But many behind the nation- residents suspect the furry wide average. critter when pet cats and The report re- small dogs go missing. leased Monday con- Anspach said he lost a cat cludes the state’s that used to roam on his 2- high school gradua- 3/4-acre lot. tion rate climbed 5.5 “All we found was a sec- points between 2002 tion of intestine,” Anspach and 2009, one of the said. “We buried it, but the largest increases ob- next day it was dug up and gone.” served. The overall Now the owner of two graduation rate was dogs, Anspach said he and 68.9 percent, lower his neighbors never let than the 75.5 nation- their pets out except on wide average. leashes, as he said at night The report was pri- he can hear packs of coy- marily sponsored by otes howling. America’s Promise “Here’s the deal with coy- Alliance, an organi- otes,” said Karen Parker, zation founded by spokeswoman for Florida former Secretary of See COYOTES/ Page A2 State Colin Powell. —From staff and wire reports INSIDE BURGER PRINCE: America’s new No. 2 MATTHEW BECK/Chronicle Burger King dethroned; With the closure of Fort Island Gulf Beach, the only footprints left on the beach Monday were left by birds and Wendy’s takes crown. workers who began a beach renourishment project. The county expects the project to take no longer than two /Page A2 weeks to complete and plans to reopen the beach on March 31. COYOTES: A PROFILE COMING TOMORROW: ■ Live throughout Ship shapes up Florida and in every Fort Island Gulf Beach closed until March 31 for renourishment state except Hawaii. A group of Citrus County boat-builders is making MATTHEW BECK Rick Diaz, aggregate sales rep- ■ Weigh 15 to 30 headway on a Civil War- Staff Writer resentative with Cemex, said the pounds, with males era vessel./Wednesday sand comes from the company’s slightly larger than — CRYSTAL RIVER Gator Mine in Polk City. females. INDEX ort Island Gulf Beach is “This sand is a very fine, ■ Eat fruit, nuts, seeds, Comics . .C10 getting a facelift of sorts. asphalt/mason type of sand,” dead animals, rodents, Community . .C8 F Dozens of truckloads of he said. “It’s all washed and garbage, pet food, Crossword . .C9 velvety, white sand are being cleaned. We deliver this type of domestic cats and Editorial . .A8 trucked to the beach area to be product quite often for beach small dogs. smoothed out like a new carpet for Entertainment . .B4 renourishment as well as for ■ Horoscope . .B4 visitors. volleyball courts.” Breed every year pro- Lottery Numbers . .B3 “This is a beach renourishment Ubinas reported the last time a ducing 2 to 12 pups Workers expect to grade 320,000 per litter to raise in Lottery Payouts . .B4 project and its purpose is for similar renourishment project pounds of sand. a den. Movies . .C10 shore-protection,” Citrus County was completed was in April 2002. Obituaries . .A5 public information officer Lindsay Cemex will be supplying and de- Fort Island Gulf Beach is lo- ■ Move into a cleared Classifieds . .C11 Ubinas said Monday. “It renour- livering the 320,000 pounds of cated at the end of C.R. 44 west of area and produce TV Listings . .C9 ishes the sand on the beach that sand at a cost of $47,775. Crystal River. more pups to repopu- the water washes away.” “Once Cemex delivers the sand Chronicle reporter Matthew late the cleared area. The beach will be closed to visi- the County Parks and Recreation Beck can be reached at 352- — Information and photo tors from March 19 to 30 while Department will be spreading and 564-2919 or mbeck@chronicle from FWC and UF/IFAS work is being done. grading it,” Ubinas said. online.com. A2 TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 2012 CITRUS COUNTY (FL) CHRONICLE “They are exceptionally COYOTES adaptable to the urban Inmate accused of killing prison guard lifestyle,” Parker said. Continued from Page A1 Parker added that coy- Associated Press Richard Franklin, 37, was Thomas is the 42nd state in woods near Daytona otes do offer some advan- accused of attacking the corrections employee to die Beach on Nov. 24, 1994. He Fish and Wildlife Conser- tages. They may provide an TALLAHASSEE — A con- guards. The Daytona Beach while on duty. That tally in- bled to death from after vation Commission (FWC). ecological benefit by con- victed murderer is accused man is serving two life sen- cludes natural and acciden- being shot several times in “They are here to stay.” trolling populations of of killing a guard at a north tences for first-degree mur- tal deaths. his legs. According to the Univer- small predators, such as Florida prison, Department der and robbery with a The previous death was He also received a life sity of Florida IFAS Exten- raccoons, that raid nests of Corrections officials said firearm. Both crimes were in June 2011. Col. Greg Mal- sentence for robbery and 30 sion: “Coyotes were and eat eggs. They also Monday. committed in Volusia loy was fatally shot in an ex- years for aggravated battery introduced in Florida for prey on crop-eating They said 24-year-old Sgt.