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Project1:Layout 1 6/10/2014 1:13 PM Page 1 Bucs: Brady says still searching for offensive identity /B1 TUESDAY TODAY CITRUSCOUNTY & next morning HIGH 73 Sunny and LOW cooler. Breezy. 49 PAGE A4 www.chronicleonline.com NOVEMBER 17, 2020 Florida’s Best Community Newspaper Serving Florida’s Best Community 50¢ VOL. 126 ISSUE 40 WEDNESDAY: of the Distinctive Nature Homes Coast Funding plan hits snag Attorney’s opinion: Unspent CARES money can’t help businesses in need SEE PAGE 5 OF CITRUS, INC. CBC049056 000ZCQX MIKE WRIGHT Faced with a sudden The county would then from the county budget could expanded businesses. Find your copy of Staff writer deadline of having to ei- have that amount avail- be used in direct payments to She quoted statute that ‘Distinctive Homes’ in ther award CARES grants able in the budget to con- support businesses. said the county may use the Chronicle. The county’s plan to use or return the money to the tinue a program to provide The answer, from Talla- public funds for grants to millions of dollars in un- U.S. Treasury, County Ad- funds for businesses and hassee attorney Heather businesses “for the expan- spent CARES Act funds to ministrator Randy Oliver individuals struggling to Encinosa, the county’s out- sion of businesses existing NEWS aid local businesses hit a had recommended that pay rent, mortgage, utili- side legal counsel, was in the community or the BRIEFS potential snag Monday the funds reimburse the ties or payroll during the that the funds can be used attraction of a new busi- with the receipt of a legal county for sheriff ’s deputy COVID-19 pandemic. only for “economic devel- ness to the community.” opinion that says state law salaries, which is an allow- Commissioners asked for opment,” which she said Citrus County won’t allow it. able expense. a legal opinion to see if funds meant to assist new or See FUNDS/Page A2 COVID update According to the Flor- ida Department of Health, 71 new positive cases were reported in Citrus County since the latest Davis eager to help set county vision update. No new hospital- izations were reported; I one new death was WHAT: Citrus County reported. Board of County Commissioners To date in the county, meeting. 3,927 people have tested positive (including 20 I WHEN: 1 p.m. non-residents), 368 have Tuesday, Nov. 17, been hospitalized and 2020. 147 have died. I WHERE: Courthouse, 7-Eleven opens 110 N. Apopka Ave., Inverness. Wednesday in I OF NOTE: New Inverness commissioners Holly The new Inverness Davis and Ruthie 7-Eleven will open Davis Schlabach will Wednesday, Nov. 18, at take the ceremonial 1007 State Road 41 North. oath of office at the The opening had been start of the meeting. delayed by Tropical Storm Eta but all systems are go for this week, said One of two company spokeswoman Hannah Anderson. new faces on This will be the coun- ty’s third new 7-Eleven and the first in the state to commission have an indoor Laredo MIKE WRIGHT Taco Company, Anderson Staff writer said. A ribbon-cutting will t’s big picture time for take place at 11 a.m. Holly Davis. Wednesday. I And that’s a place where Davis is right at Fishing home. tournament Davis takes the cere- monial oath of office offers fun, prizes Tuesday, Nov. 17, joining The “King of the Bay“ Ruthie Davis Schlabach fishing tournament will be to start her four-year from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, term as one of Citrus Nov. 20, and 6 a.m. to County’s two new 9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, commissioners. Expect Davis to take it at Pete’s Pier, 1 SW First all in before she starts Place, Crystal River. The dishing it out. prize for first place will be “I’m not one to come in $10,000. More prizes for and throw my weight second and third place around,” Davis, 54, of Cit- winners. rus Hills, said. “I can The overall combined nudge, but in a very re- weight for one redfish and spectful, driven way, as two trout, per boat, is opposed to calling people deemed the first, second out.” and third place winners. Davis comes to the For information, visit county commission hav- petespier.com. ing defeated an incum- bent — Jimmie T. Smith, Agape House who, along with one term on the county commis- fundraising sale sion and three terms in set Nov. 20-21 MATTHEW BECK/Chronicle the state House of County Commissioner Holly Davis, who takes office Tuesday, Nov. 17, sits in her Citrus Hills home with her dog The Agape House Casey. “I want to do right by this county,” she said. See DAVIS/Page A2 fundraising sale will be from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Fri- day and Saturday, Nov. 20 and 21, at the Agape House Front Porch, 808 N. Citrus Ave., Crystal River. Second COVID-19 vaccine looks successful Due to coronavirus, the Agape House Porch Fundraising Sale will be Moderna: Treatment 94.5% effective Christmas items, toys and LAURAN NEERGAARD expert. “The vaccines that we’re Cases on rise at jail; jewelry. Funds are used AP medical writer talking about, and vaccines to come, to purchase bibles, toilet- are really the light at the end of the ries and other miscella- A second experimental COVID-19 tunnel.” neous items. vaccine — this one from Moderna A vaccine can’t come fast enough, visitation postponed The Agape House is an Inc. — yielded extraordinarily strong as virus cases topped 11 million in all-volunteer ministry of early results Monday, another badly the U.S. over the weekend — 1 mil- BUSTER THOMPSON week ago, Nov. 9. First Baptist Church of needed dose of hope as the pan- lion of them recorded in just the Staff writer Of the jail’s 30 housing pods, Crystal River for the area. demic enters a terrible new phase. past week — and governors and which can each accommodate Agape House helps with Moderna said its vaccine appears mayors are ratcheting up restric- COVID-19 continues to roughly 60 inmates, three re- to be 94.5% effective, according to spiritual needs and prays tions ahead of Thanksgiving. The spread within the Citrus main quarantined to isolate preliminary data from an ongoing with its guests. Agape outbreak has killed more than 1.3 County Detention Facility. infected individuals, Core- study. A week ago, competitor Pfizer million people worldwide, over A total of 95 inmates at the Civic spokesman Ryan Gustin House needs and appre- Inc. announced its own vaccine 246,000 of them in the U.S. CoreCivic jail in Lecanto have said Monday. ciates financial support looked 90% effective — news that Stocks rallied on Wall Street and tested positive since the onset Gustin said visitations will from the community. Call puts both companies on track to seek around the world on rising hopes of the coronavirus pandemic, be postponed through the last the Agape House on permission within weeks for emer- that the global economy could start County Administrator Randy week of November. Monday at 352-795-7064 gency use in the U.S. returning to normal in the coming Oliver said Monday, Nov. 16, Another CoreCivic employee or the church at The results are “truly striking,” months. The Dow Jones Industrial 2020. 352-795-3367. said Dr. Anthony Fauci, the U.S. gov- It’s an increase of 17 from a See VIRUS/Page A5 — From staff reports ernment’s top infectious-diseases See VACCINE/Page A7 Classifieds . .B5 Crossword . .B8 INDEX Health & Life . A11, A12 Obituaries . A6 Comics . .B4 Editorial. A9 Lottery Numbers . .B5 TV Listings. .B3 Horoscope . A4 Entertainment . A4 Lottery Payouts . .B5 A2 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2020 LOCAL CITRUS COUNTY (FL) CHRONICLE Around the COUNTY Conservative Women’s com for a zoom link. All registered Democrats Thomas Roman Catholic Church, 7040 S. Sun- pantry from 10 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Nov. are welcome to attend. For information about coast Blvd., Homosassa. Precious Paws volun- 21, behind the American Legion Post 155 at Political Network meets the committee, call 352-209-8651 or visit teers will have adoptable pets available, along with 6586 W. Gulf-to-Lake Hwy. Call either Patrick The Conservative Women’s Political Net- CitrusDemocrats.org or search for Citrus animal supplies, household goods and more for Crippen, director of community relations for work will meet at noon on Wednesday, Nov. County FL Democrats on Facebook. sale. Attend to support the volunteer rescue group. We Care, at 940-205-3056 or the American 18, at Cattle Dog Coffee Roasters, 210B Legion Post 155 at 352-795-6526. Art show hosts world famous Festival on the Pier Tompkins St., Inverness, in their meeting Inverness Woman’s Club room. Guest speaking will be Tiffany Berry Florida Highwaymen in November of The Citrus County Sheriff’s office. Dona- to host garage sale Paint the Town Citrus, located in the Crystal Attend “Festival on the Pier” from 5 to 9 p.m. tions for CASA and manufacturer’s coupons The GFWC Woman’s Club of Inverness will for overseas military bases will be collected River Mall, will host the world famous Florida Friday, Nov. 20, and from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sat- Highwaymen art show from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. urday, Nov. 21, at Pete’s Pier, 1 SW First Place, host a large garage sale from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at this meeting. For information, call Friday, Nov.