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SPORTS Golden Champion PAGE 1 Scooter, $400 In Today’s Classifieds! AND WEEKLY Charlotte Sun HERALD ORANJE CRUSH MEXICO 5 DETAINED IN BUILDING COLLAPSES Two late goals, including the game-winner on a Police in southern India detained five construction company officials Sunday controversial penalty kick, lifts Netherlands in World Cup. as rescuers searched the rubble for survivors. THE WIRE PAGE 1 An Edition of the Sun VOL. 122 NO. 181 AMERICA’S BEST COMMUNITY DAILY MONDAY JUNE 30, 2014 www.sunnewspapers.net $1.00 HACKIN’ AROUND Grandkids, Pill threshold raised By ADAM KREGER often are illegally obtained, sold and be subject to a mandatory minimum STAFF WRITER abused throughout Florida. But criminal sentence of three years in prison. But and the wallet use has been declining since the state’s raising the requirement to meet this Local officials have mixed reactions to crackdown on pill mills criteria is estimated to f you have grandchildren, then you new legislation that relaxes penalties for know how much joy they can bring three years ago. result in the need for 465 people carrying certain illegal drugs. fewer prison beds over to your life. “Crime has to be I Beginning Tuesday, there will be an managed in a responsible the next five years — a I am blessed with three super grand- increase in the minimum threshold way,” said Capt. Les $16.2 million savings in children, but unfor- required for law enforcement to charge operational costs, accord- tunately they live Partington of the Charlotte a person in possession of oxycodone or ing to research done by the too far away. My two County Sheriff’s Office. “As hydrocodone with “trafficking,” which is Criminal Justice Impact grandsons, Jefferson crime changes, laws have a first-degree felony for either drug. The Conference. and Lincoln (yes, SCOTT to change. This is nothing former minimum weight was 4 grams — more than managing the ROBERSON Partington said a person after the presidents) who avoids prison time live in Virginia and about 31 30 mg oxycodone pills, or seven criminal justice system.” 10 mg hydrocodone pills. Now, the low Under the legislation — which Gov. could instead go into treatment, which my granddaughter, might better serve them. Olivia, is in San trafficking requirement will be 7 grams Rick Scott signed June 20 — a person for oxycodone (54 pills) and 14 grams for convicted of trafficking oxycodone “Those are just added bonuses,” said Diego. local state Rep. Ken Roberson, who voted I recently spent a hydrocodone (22 pills). (7 to 14 grams) or hydrocodone John week with Jefferson Both kinds of prescription painkillers (14 to 28 grams) in Florida will still PILL | 7 and Lincoln, and it HACKWORTH was a great time. EDITOR We swam, played miniature golf, went to an amusement park, played basketball and ate a lot. We also built a fire pit in the backyard. I had to work the last two days they visited and felt bad about it. Before they left I said, “Wow, it seems like we haven’t had that much time ...” to which Coy’s Jefferson replied: “That’s because you were working half the time.” Guilt trip. But he’s good with the quips. A year ago, on a trip in North Carolina, Jefferson was half-asleep in the backseat when I was stopped by a patrolman for “allegedly” speeding. Jefferson perked up and asked why star rises we were stopped. I said: “Look behind us.” One look at the flashing blue lights and he turned to me and said: “Oh, that can’t be good.” Allow me to be the proud grandpar- CHRIS ent and tell you Jefferson is the first Local actor grandchild and is so special to us. He is COY beyond polite. He is very humble. And he is generous to a fault. scores big screen It was his 12th birthday and among DATE OF BIRTH his presents was a shiny dark brown MAY 1, 1986 , (almost black) wallet and $40. LOUISVILLE, KY. The next three days, he tried to spend horror role that money a hundred times, but not on HEIGHT himself. He wanted to pay for our din- 6’ 2” ner. He wanted to buy me doughnuts. I think he even offered to put some gas in CHRIS COY WAS BORN the car. ON MAY 1, 1986 IN LOUISVILLE, KY. HE IS Finally, while on a trip to the AN ACTOR, KNOWN FOR Englewood Walmart, he said he needed GREENBERG (2010), DELIVER a water — taking a break from helping US FROM EVIL (2014) AND me load some landscaping stones into HOSTEL: PART III (2011). HE my SUV. He left for a couple of minutes HAS BEEN MARRIED TO ALICE and returned with a water. By STEVEN J. SMITH COY SINCE 2011. THEY HAVE “It only cost a dollar,” he said, seem- SUN CORRESPONDENTORRESPONDENT ONE CHILD. ingly surprised. It wasn’t until the next morning that he realized his new wallet and $39 were Ask Chris Coy why he chose FILM missing. acting as a profession and he’ll We turned the house upside down. A tell you it gives him a chance to • DELIVER US FROM EVIL We went back to Walmart and be anyone. JIMMY/LEAD checked the lost and found. “I wanted to be a cop and I wanted SONY/SCOTT DERRICKSON No luck. to be a robber and I wanted to be an He didn’t seem upset at all. Money astronaut,” Coy said. “I wanted to be all • KRISTY LEADER/LEAD is not important to him, yet. But it those things, and I figured what better WEINSTEIN CO./OLIVER BLACKBURN bothered me. way to achieve this than to act, and experience as many things as I can in I thought about replacing the money, • THE CULLING but he wanted nothing to do with that this one life I’ve got?” HANK/LEAD idea. It was like he just accepted the That desire has led Coy, 28, UNIVERSAL-SYFY idea he lost it. to a successful acting career in A day later we took the boys to Hollywood — and on Wednesday, • GREENBERG Orlando where they were to meet up he will be featured as a possessed SUPPORTING with their other grandmother for a man in the film “Deliver Us From FOCUS FEATURES/NOAH BAUMBACH week’s stay. Evil,” a biopic-crime-horror film The “hot” sign at Krispy Kreme was lit produced by Jerry Bruckheimer • LITTLE BIRDS DAVID/LEAD up and that moved us to visit and watch and starring Eric Bana, when it HUNTING LANE/ELGIN JAMES the doughnuts go through the glaze opens nationwide. Bruckheimer’s waterfalls. A few went into our mouths filmography includes such hits • TRIGGER too. as “Beverly Hills Cop,” “Top JOHN MCCORMACK A final dip in the pool and the week Gun,” “The Rock,” “Con Air,” CHAPMAN/BASEL OWIES was over. Far too soon for me. “Black Hawk Down,” “Pirates Grandkids give us special moments of the Caribbean,” “National • SXTAPE and hope for the future. We can all Treasure” and “The Lone LEAD relate to that, can’t we? I hope you Ranger.” BERNARD ROSE can share some great times with your “It was maybe the most grandkids soon. spectacular experience I’ve • HOSTEL 3 TRAVIS/LEAD Oh, and by the way, Jefferson called a had yet,” he said. “Jerry SONY/SCOTT SPIEGEL couple of days later. He found his wallet Bruckheimer’s movies stuffed into the corner of his suitcase. • ROGUE RIVER I feel better now. STAR | 10 ANDREW/LEAD John Hackworth is editor of the Sun KEJO PRODUCTIONS/JOURDAN MCCLURE newspapers. You can email him at [email protected]. BIOGRAPHY | 10 THE SUN: Obituaries 5 | Crosswords 7 | Police Beat 7 | Viewpoint 8 | Opinion 9 CLASSIFIED: Comics 7-10 | Dear Abby 10 | TV Listings 11 INDEX | THE WIRE: Nation 2 | World 5 | State 6 | Weather 6 SPORTS: Lotto 2 Daily Edition $1.00 Look inside for valuable coupons CHARLIE SAYS ... High Low This year’s savings to date ... It was a great weekend for SUN COUPON CALL US AT watching futbol. If you’re into 92 74 VALUE METER $41,646 941-206-1000 that sort of thing. 7 05252 00025 8 Hot with scattered storms Our Town Page 2 E/N/C www.sunnewspapers.net The Sun /Monday, June 30, 2014 Pastor moves on to new chapter in life By PAUL FALLON and to get outside the Punta Gorda, also will STAFF WRITER church to spread the miss Klossner’s humor as word of God. he gives his sermons. PUNTA GORDA — “He doesn’t sit back “He’s just such a great For over two decades, there in the office for guy,” Campbell said. the Rev. Bill Klossner seven or eight hours a Charlotte County has ministered at the day,” she said. “He’s out School Board member Congregational United there doing things and he Lee Swift has attended Church, and now the expects his congregation Congregational United longtime pastor plans to do the same.” Church for around 25 to travel and spend time Pat Baran, 70, of Punta years. He, like the oth- with his family after his Gorda, is also going to ers, has come to know, final sermon on Sunday. miss Klossner. She de- respect and like Klossner Klossner began minis- scribed him as a “down- because of his service tering at the Punta Gorda to-earth” person who to community, and his church on Sept. 1, 1988. mixes a genuine sense humor and mannerisms. Over the past 26 years, he of humor into serious “I’ll miss the personal has conducted weddings sermons.