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Familiar fit: Woods a winner again after 30-month drought /B1 MONDAY CITRUS COUNTY TODAY & Tuesday morning HIGH Mostly sunny. Northwest 82 winds 5 to 10 mph. LOW Mostly clear tonight. 51 PAGE A4 www.chronicleonline.com MARCH 26, 2012 Florida’s Best Community Newspaper Serving Florida’s Best Community 50¢ VOLUME 117 ISSUE 232 NEWS BRIEF Deputy at work after shooting armed man CRHS freshmen MIKE WRIGHT Nicholas Dinovo will be ber of the agency, was placed not concluded its investigation Staff Writer charged with aggravated as- on paid administrative leave. because agents have yet to registration set sault on a law enforcement of- Psychiatric counseling, as re- speak with Dinovo. Crystal River High INVERNESS — A Pine ficer upon his release from the quired by department policy, According to reports, New- School freshmen registra- Ridge man shot by a Citrus hospital, sheriff ’s spokes- and a preliminary investiga- ton responded to a house on tion is from 6 to 7:30 p.m. County sheriff ’s deputy in Feb- woman Gail Tierney said. tion cleared her return to pa- West Beamwood Drive after Tuesday, March 27, at ruary remains in fair condition Deputy Laura Newton, re- trol duty March 2, Tierney said. several 911 calls that came the high school. This is at Shands Hospital in sponding to numerous 911 calls Sheriff ’s officials would not from the residence. The calls an important event for all Gainesville, and investigators from a Pine Ridge residence, release the preliminary find- were “open line calls,” mean- Nicholas ing 911 operators were unable eighth-grade students have still been unable to speak shot an armed Dinovo on Feb. ings, saying they are part of the Dinovo to speak with anyone. who will attend CRHS in with him because he is med- 23 in his driveway, authorities Florida Department of Law shot Feb. 23, ically unresponsive, officials said. Enforcement investigation of When Newton arrived, she the fall. now at Shand’s said. Newton, a seven-year mem- the shooting. The FDLE has See DEPUTY/ Page A6 For more information, Hospital. call 352-795-5307. INSIDE CITRUS COUNTY FAIR: ‘Thankful Judy’ Fair starts The fair opens at 5 p.m. today. General admis- sion is $5 for ages 11 and older; $3 for ages 5 to 11; and free for chil- dren younger than 5. Read more./Page A3 ■ Read about Monday’s opening-night concert by Confederate Railroad./Tuesday ENTERTAINMENT: Hungry? Fans turn out for latest MATTHEW BECK/Chronicle film of a book./Page B6 Judy “Jahooty” Hoflin of Inverness describes where she recovered a box of old photographs last week following a fire that destroyed her home. LOCAL EFFORTS: Give blood Homeless due to fire, Inverness woman gets by with the help of her friends Find out where the NANCY KENNEDY LifeSouth HOW TO HELP JUDY HOFLIN neously laughing and wiping Bloodmobile Staff Writer away tears as she showed Russ will be A trust account has been set up at SunTrust Bank: “Benefit trust some of her photos that were parked for — INVERNESS for Judy Hoflin.” miraculously spared. They were t’s a phone call Judy donations For more information, call Tammy Mullis at 352-344-3336 or in a box under her bed, and the “Jahooty” Hoflin will never during Stephanie Russ at 352-201-0810. fire had started in the bedroom upcoming Iforget. the evening of Friday, March 16. weeks./Page A9 “Are you Judy Hoflin and are She had been at a friend’s you in your residence?” asked a was 7, repeating “I am alive. I “It’s equally as joyful as it is house getting ready for the next ONLINE POLL: Citrus County Sheriff ’s Office am alive!” painful.” day’s St. Patrick’s Day party deputy. On Friday, just a week after an She marveled at how, of every- when the sheriff ’s office called. Your choice? “I told him, ‘No, sir. I’m on electrical fire destroyed nearly thing that was lost, her photos “I could smell the smoke com- What should be done Turner Camp Road at a friend’s everything she had, Hoflin were spared, including the only ing from my house as I passed about coyotes in Citrus house,’” Hoflin said. showed a reporter and photog- five baby photos of herself and Burger King, and I could see County? Then he told her that her rapher the charred remains. childhood pictures of her glow of the lights,” she said. A. The state house was engulfed in flames. With tears rolling down her mother, Phyllis. “You can’t explain what it’s like should legal- In shock, she drove to what face and her friend Stephanie “I’ve got nothing, but I’ve got ize poisoning had been her home since she Russ by her side, Hoflin said, pictures,” Hoflin said, simulta- See FIRE/ Page A5 them. B. Law enforce- ment should be lenient with those who shoot them in residential neighborhoods. Battle over Obama-passed C. State officials should PSC: Conserve water initiate a trapping program. health law reaches high court D. Residents just need to accept them Leaks account for 10,000 gallons a year wasted Associated Press MORE INSIDE as part of our local NANCY KENNEDY WASHINGTON — The environment. CITRUS COUNTY LAWN WATERING What are some of the To vote, visit www. Staff Writer monumental fight over a longest arguments chronicleonline.com. RESTRICTIONS AS OF MARCH 10 health care law that heard by the Supreme When it comes to water, touches all Americans and Click on the word “Opin- ■ Court?/Page A7 it’s simple: Don’t waste it. Lawn watering is lim- grass areas can take divides them sharply comes ion” in the menu to see place any day before 8 Don’t use what you don’t ited to no more than before the Supreme Court the poll. once per week, before 8 a.m. or after 6 p.m. presidential election cam- need and don’t water your on Monday. Justices will de- Results will appear a.m. or after 6 p.m. paign in which all his Re- next Monday. Find last lawn when you’re not ■ cide whether to kill or keep Fountains and/or water publican challengers week’s online poll supposed to. ● Addresses ending in 0 features may only the largest expansion in the oppose the law. results./Page A4 or 1 may water on operate four hours per nation’s social safety net in Florida’s Public Service If upheld, the law will Monday. day. more than four decades. Commission (PSC) in Tal- force dramatic changes in INDEX lahassee also advises peo- ● Addresses ending in 2 ■ Violations — $100 (first Two years and three days the way insurance compa- Comics ....................B8 ple to fix leaky pipes, or 3 may water on violation), $250 after President Barack nies do business, including Crossword ................B7 drippy faucets and run- Tuesday. (second), $500 (third). Obama signed into law a forbidding them from deny- ning toilets. health care overhaul aimed Editorial..................A10 ● Addresses ending in 4 No warnings are given. ing coverage due to pre- Entertainment ..........B6 Their statistics show as at extending medical insur- existing medical conditions much as 10,000 gallons of or 5 may water on ■ Before you install new Horoscope ................B6 Wednesday. ance to more than 30 million and limiting how much they Lottery Numbers ......B4 Florida water are wasted plant material, call Americans, the high court ● Citrus County Water can charge older people. Lottery Payouts ........B6 each year from residential Addresses ending in 6 begins three days of hear- The law envisions that in- Movies ......................B8 or 7 may water on Resources at 352-527- leaks. ings over the law’s validity. surers will be able to ac- Obituaries ................A6 Thursday. 7669 for explanations When combined with The challenge from 26 commodate older and TV Listings................B7 the rest of the nation, U.S. ● of additional water Classifieds ................B9 Addresses ending in 8 allowances for qualified states and a small business sicker people without fac- home leaks account for or 9 and subdivision group puts the court smack ing financial ruin because more than one trillion gal- plantings. You can also common areas may email: water in the middle of a heavily of its most disputed ele- lons of water wasted. water on Friday. partisan fight over the pres- ment, the requirement that How do you know if you conservation@bocc. ■ Hand watering of non- citrus.fl.us. ident’s major domestic ac- See WATER/ Page A5 complishment and a See COURT/ Page A7 A2 MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2012 STATE CITRUS COUNTY (FL) CHRONICLE State BRIEFS Cuban-Americans head to Cuba for pope’s visit Officials warn of pounds of dynamite. LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ sial among Cuban-Americans and the in all the country’s hotels and tourism tax-lottery scam The arena was the original AP Hispanic Affairs Writer half-century-old U.S. embargo of the services. home of the NBA’s Orlando island severely limits travel there. In Those traveling to Cuba argue more TALLAHASSEE — Florida Magic until their new arena with MIAMI — Natalia Martinez speaks the 1970s, those who visited were interaction can only help open up the officials are warning consumers the same name opened 18 with a clinical distance when dis- often blacklisted in South Florida island. Businessman Carlos Saladri- to be wary of a scam involving months ago. The old building cussing her family’s decision to leave and a few faced violence upon return. gas, 61, is among this group. But it took purported tax payments and lot- was also known as the O-rena Cuba two decades ago.