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Postseason preview? AL’s heavy hitters meet in N.Y. /B2 TUESDAY TODAY CITRUS COUNTY & next morning HIGH 90 Partly cloudy with LOW scattered thunderstorms. 73 PAGE A4 www.chronicleonline.com AUGUST 14, 2012 Florida’s Best Community Newspaper Serving Florida’s Best Community 50¢ VOLUME 118 ISSUE 7 CRHS grad wounded in Afghanistan Polls open until BUSTER THOMPSON vised explosive device covering in an intensive more of the world and fulfill 7 p.m. today for Chronicle Intern (IED) on Friday while on care unit in a military hos- a dream he had since grow- patrol in the Kajaki District pital in Germany, where he ing up. primary election Time stood still for family in the Helmand Province, has been in contact with his “I’m sure he was listening Polls in today’s primary and friends of a 22-year-old Afghanistan. mother and the rest of his to me talk about (the election are open from 7 Crystal River native, stu- Cpl. White’s legs had to be family. Marines) when he was a.m. to 7 p.m. for all who dent and U.S. Marine when amputated at the knees be- “Josh is a very honorable registered by July 16, 2012. news of a devastating at- cause of injuries from the person,” said Cpl. White’s See WOUNDED/ Page A2 Supervisor of Elections tack, resulting in the loss of blast. mother, Heather White. Susan Gill offers these both of his legs, reached Cit- In addition to his leg in- “He’s more worried about Cpl. Joshua White is reminders to voters: rus County. juries, the explosion left me; that’s just who he is.” expected to be moved ■ Florida law requires Cpl. Joshua Langston White with serious wounds Josh White joined with today to Walter Reed voters to present a photo White, a 2009 graduate of to his lower abdominal the United States Marine National Military Medical and signature identifica- Crystal River High School, area, lungs and arms. Corps in August of last year Center in Maryland. tion. Acceptable forms of was the victim of an impro- Cpl. White has been re- to serve his country, see Special to the Chronicle ID are: Florida driver’s li- cense, Florida ID, U.S. passport, military ID, stu- dent ID, debit or credit Righting a rollover wreck card ID, retirement center ID, neighborhood associ- ation ID, or public assis- tance ID. Please note: IDs must have a current signature. Any combination of photo and signature ID is accepted. ■ A voter can take a marked sample ballot or other helpful information into the polling place so they may remember their choices. ■ Voters are encour- aged to confirm their polling place by checking their voter information card or by going to the elections website at www.votecitrus.com and selecting “Where Do I Vote.” If the voter has moved (within the county), they are required to vote in their new home polling place. ■ If a voter has re- quested an absentee bal- lot and later decides to MATTHEW BECK/Chronicle vote at the polls, they Chris Gregoriou carefully steps off of a Toyota Tundra pickup truck Monday afternoon on State Road 44 near Meadowcrest. The 2006 Tundra was westbound on S.R. 44, driven by Otis Comfort, 69, of Crystal River, when Doreen Morgan, 73, of Homosassa, who was northbound on N. Meeting may bring the absentee Tree Boulevard in a white 2006 Nissan SUV, pulled out and hit Comfort’s vehicle, causing it to flip. According to the Citrus County Sheriff’s Of- ballot with them to be fice, Comfort and his wife, Rita, a passenger in the vehicle, were transported to Seven Rivers Regional Medical Center with non-life-threatening canceled at their polling injuries. Morgan reportedly refused treatment from Nature Coast EMS. The case remains under investigation. Dispatch got the call at 1:05 p.m. place and receive a new ballot to vote at polls. ■ Voters may not change party affiliation at the polls. Applications for party changes were due in the elections office by Duke CEO ‘committed to make the right decision’ July 16. or retired. the face of a host of unknowns. working to determine the cost of re- ■ Name and address Impact on county Speaking Monday “We are fully committed to fully pairing cracks in the 42-inch-thick changes or signature up- afternoon before the and thoroughly reviewing the re- nuclear containment wall. One crack dates may be made at Florida Public Serv- pair option,” Rogers said. “We are appeared after Progress created an the elections office or by economy a factor ice Commission in absolutely committed to make the opening to replace old steam genera- printing a Voter Registra- MIKE WRIGHT Tallahassee, Rogers right decision for our customers tors. More cracks appeared after the tion Application online. In- Staff Writer said the potential and our investors.” first crack was repaired. county address changes impact on Citrus Rogers’ appearance before the The plant has been offline since can be done by phone. September 2009. Original repair es- Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers Jim Rogers County’s economy is PSC was his first since Duke Complete these changes said the company is weighing many included in that mix. merged with Progress though a timates of $900 million to $1.3 bil- before going to the polls. Duke Energy lion are expected to rise, Rogers significant factors before deciding CEO. The driving force, stock purchase in early July. PSC For more information, by year’s end whether the Progress though, is whether meetings are streamed live on the said. go to www.citrusvote.com Energy Florida nuclear plant north Duke can afford to repair the agency’s website. Rogers said he plans to have a or call 352-341-6740. of Crystal River will be repaired Progress Energy Florida plant in Rogers said engineering teams are See DUKE/ Page A9 ■ Online results: Stay tuned to incoming elec- tion results this evening by going to chronicle online.com. Nick Tarr: Lived life to the fullest Adams’ associate INSIDE NANCY KENNEDY Staff Writer helps political group SYRIAN REVOLT: INVERNESS — You could tell whenever Nick Tarr was around by all the doughnut Group that targeted Poliseno crumbs. thoughts and memories: The man loved his doughnuts — Boston “He was my best guy friend,” said Tiffany received $10,200 beforehand cream, Krispy Kreme, four or five at a time. Farrell. “He was in my seventh-grade math Family and friends of the MIKE WRIGHT class and I thought he was the cutest thing rus County paid for the doughnut-loving midship- I ever laid eyes on. So, instead of acting like Staff Writer calls. Concerned Taxpay- man at the U.S. Naval I was smart, I pretended I needed help. He ers has been defunct since Academy in Annapolis, thought he was the best tutor ever because CRYSTAL RIVER — the late 1980s, according Md., met Monday at Cor- I kept getting A’s when really he wasn’t One of Scott Adams’ busi- to state records. nerstone Baptist Church to teaching me much.” ness partners donated Poliseno blamed Adams celebrate his short, but They ran track together in middle school. more than $10,000 to a for the campaign against well-lived life. Shot down? He went to her basketball games. He was South Florida political him. Adams said he had More than a dozen fellow Syrian rebels claim to her first date. During their freshman year committee just days be- nothing to do with it. Nick Tarr midshipman classmates have downed a Syrian they went to the Citrus High School home- fore it started a mail cam- State campaign finance life celebrated dressed in their formal air force MiG, but the coming dance together — sort of. paign targeting political reports posted late Fri- Monday. white uniforms traveled to government blames the “We arrived separately and we didn’t rival Charles Poliseno, day shows that Charlie honor one of their own, sitting in a group crash on a technical dance ’til the very last dance, and he records show. Strange, a longtime busi- near the flag-draped casket. malfunction./Page A10 stepped on my toes 100 times during that 3- Adams and Poliseno are ness associate of Adams, He was called a protector, leader, a hero, minute song,” she said. two of four candidates in sent a $5,200 check to INDEX role model, a brother, a man of honor and Nick was her first Valentine, too. the county commission Floridians for Conserva- integrity, a goofball, compassionate, some- District 5 race that will be Comics . .C10 “He gave me five roses, candy and a kiss- tive Values on Aug. 2 and decided in today’s Community . .C8 one to whom people were drawn like a ing monkeys stuffed toy, and he was shak- $5,000 six days later. Crossword . .C9 magnet. ing when he gave them to me,” she said. primary. Reports show that Editorial . .A8 Nicholas James Aaron Tarr died as a re- Allen Frank met Nick in 1998 when The electioneering com- Floridians for Conservative Entertainment . .B4 sult of a car crash Aug. 9. He was 21. Nick’s family moved into the neighborhood. mittee, Floridians for Con- Values sent $13,573 in two Horoscope . .B4 “The Naval Academy family is deeply Although Allen was older — he was 11 servative Values, sent mail separate payments to Pub- Lottery Numbers . .B3 saddened by the tragic loss of Midship- and Nick was 7 — they became friends. pieces to voters last week lic Concepts LLC for mail Lottery Payouts .