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NEWS BRIEFS Inverness in line for housing Chronicle seeks people who joined Firm known for affordable projects eyes city for yet another development military after 9/11 FRED HIERS developers from Green City Manager Eric Wil- Inverness again for an- 106-unit apartment cam- 0 Staff writer Mills Group begin to hash liams confirmed for the other development, less pus offering affordable 11 001 out plans for a second Chronicle that the south than a year after com- housing on Colonade More affordable hous- apartment complex proj- Florida company, known pleting Colonnade Park. Street. It was completed C ing is slated for Inverness ect from the Fort Lauder- for its affordable housing That development fin- as city officials and dale-based company. projects, is eyeing ished last year and is a See HOUSING/Page A2 Springs to close for renovations Where were you when it Current timeline happened? would restrict 11 001 C C access in summer of 2023 C BUSTER THOMPSON 00 Staff writer An eroding entranceway to E Three Sisters Springs needs some help, but a solution to fix its crumbling shores would close Commissioner the popular refuge in Crystal River for a summer. Schlabach to host Officials with the Southwest town hall meeting Florida Water Management Dis- trict (SWFWMD) hope to begin C C their Three Sisters Springs C C canal stabilization project in - April 2023. Work would close public ac- cess into the 57-acre springs 0 C property by water and by land C C until it has to finish by Novem- C C ber 2023, when manatees mi- - grate inshore to escape colder waters in the Gulf of Mexico. SWFWMD hosted a virtual - meeting the evening of Monday, July 26, to present the methods and timetables of its shoreline I restoration strategy. I Crystal River and SWFWMD I co-own Three Sisters Springs, which is managed by the U.S. I Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) as part of its Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge. “Our partners have considered this, and have not taken this decision lightly,” Lizanne Garcia, See SPRINGS/Page A5 V - - A tour boat is anchored near Idiot’s Delight at the entrance of Register Three Sisters Springs Tuesday, to vote July 27. A shoreline-improvement project is in the works for the in Lecanto area at the popular swimming, E - snorkeling and paddling spot on the Crystal River. MATTHEW BECK C 11 - 00 Businesses: Finish Freshmen members - - - US 19 road work balk at budget plans MICHAEL D. BATES I Which projects D.A.B. Staff writer left unfinished./ MIKE WRIGHT Commissioners set the tentative Staff writer tax rate at 7.7623 mills, a drop from Page A11 Art’s Diner sits right off the current rate in large part by re- U.S. 19 surrounded by or- Citrus County commissioners gave moving a special stormwater tax that ange and white highway “This is terrible,” owner tentative approval Wednesday to a will be recovered with a flat fee barrels and road construc- Linda Green said Wednes- $358 million budget that lowers the based on a building’s size. The aver- day morning, two days tion equipment, which tax rate, over the objections of two age homeowner’s rate will be $58.84 after D.A.B. Constructors - - 1 0 makes it difficult for peo- new commissioners who say they ple to access. See WORK/Page A11 were ignored in the process. See BUDGET/Page A8
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the current low density to medium den- sity. Those meetings begin at 5:30 p.m. HOUSING The city also scheduled a planning and Continued from Page A1 zoning commission meeting on the pro- SPECIALTY TRAINED posed change for 5 p.m. Wednesday, in late 2020 and filled with new tenants Aug. 11. All the meetings will be at city within about a month. It boasts a pool, hall, 212 W. Main St., Inverness. THERAPISTS! exercise area and community center. To help Green Mills get state help in the “This is all part of a bigger outlook on form of tax credits and other incentives, housing,” Williams told the Chronicle. Williams said he will ask his city council He cited the city’s progress in getting bosses to approve a $340,000 loan to the de- PELVIC FLOOR Wyld Palms back on track to develop- veloper for the project. The terms of repay- A comprehensive customized ment near Lake Hender- ment are still being worked out, Williams son. That’s an upscale said, but the developer would get the loan approach that’s discreet development. The city is after completion of the project. and compassionate also working to get state Williams said the developer is more l help for underdevel- likely to get state financial help if there is Bladder and oped Inverness Villages local government buy-in. That buy-in can Bowel Incontinence VERTIGO, DIZZINESS OR POOR BALANCE? and Inverness Acres to take the form of cash, waiving impact l Sexual Dysfunction convert dirt roads to fees and building permits, or a loan. We can help lower your fall risk- paved ones to spur The loan would be the best option for l Pelvic Pain single-home construc- Eric the city, Williams said. That’s because if l Balance Technics l Vertigo Exercises tion in those two Williams Inverness handed over cash, the city And more! subdivisions. Inverness city would be out the money. If the city waived Williams said he is manager. impact fees and the cost of building per- Physical & Occupational Therapy working with Green Mills to make the mits for the developer, the city would still new, proposed development affordable, need to pay those to the city’s appropri- low income housing, but also modest in- ate departments, he said. Choose come for families not yet ready to buy a A loan means the city would get its Your home of their own but wanting an appro- money back, he said. Therapist priate apartment in the meantime. The plan for now is for the apartment Wisely “They need a place to live too. You complex to have 80 to 100 or more units, can’t have everything compatible with Williams told the Chronicle. low income,” he said. “There is also a The project is important because in need for working families and seniors.” addition to low income housing, Williams Shaun Mosheim, development man- said he hopes it will also provide housing ager for the Fort Lauderdale company, to many who do the county’s blue-collar said the company’s track record in Inver- jobs and services, Williams said. ness warranted more investment. Mosheim said that is still being “We’ve now developed two successful worked out. communities in Citrus County: Colon- “We have yet to settle on a specific de- NOW OFFERING nade Park in Inverness, and Forest Ridge mographic and will heed community and Medical Massage in neighboring Hernando,” Mosheim told stakeholder feedback, but we’re hoping PT + Massage Therapy = the Chronicle. “Both developments are to have homes reserved at affordable in- (pd. For by most ins.) fully occupied with waiting lists, so city comes/rents with some actually reaching and Private Pay Massage and county officials recognize the need a little higher into workforce/middle- l Relaxes Muscles Better Outcomes and they have confidence in our ability income levels,” he said. l Reduce Trigger Points to build attractive, fully amenitized Williams thiinks that will benefit the l communities. city in the long run. Increase Blood Flow for you! “We’ve identified a property that That’s because when the renters can l Decrease Inflammation would be well-suited, and the city’s been start to afford their own single-family Participating Provider with Medicare, BlueCross & Most Other Private Insurances. receptive, especially in light of Colon- homes, Williams thinks their first incli- nade Park’s success,” he said. nation will be to stay and look for homes The proposed site for the new develop- in the city. ment is 6.5 acres between Forest Drive “This is the city they’re getting estab- Providing and Longwood Avenue, near the center lished,” he said. “Not having that creates One-on-One of the city. a transient (population) and that’s not Care City officials have scheduled a public good.” land use and zoning change meeting Contact Chronicle reporter Fred Hiers at Tuesday, Aug. 17, and Tuesday, Sept. 7, to [email protected] or change the comprehensive land use from 352-397-5914. 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STATE &CITRUS L COUNTYOCAL CHRONICLE Around the COUNTY Codefendant to testify in trials BUSTER THOMPSON Howard slated Sept. 22 as Back to school Staff writer Court DIGEST Crites-Worley’s next courtroom bash at Copeland appearance. An Inverness woman charged inside Allison Vaughn, Crites-Worley’s lawyer, Another court date set Park on Saturday alongside three others for al- and Gibson’s In- told Howard he’s OK with having The Mt. Olive Mission legedly killing an infant and verness home. his client interviewed again. for man accused of Baptist Church in collabora- harming two minors with meth- Courtney, of In- According to prior reports, the amphetamine poisoning is poised having trove of child tion with Crystal River Pri- verness, and Car- Public Defender’s Office, which to testify against her mary School is hosting a roll, of originally represented Crites- pornography codefendants. Brooksville, were Worley, decided not to have her go Howard on Wednesday set Pat- back-to-school supply give- Assistant State away Saturday, July 31, at the dead infant’s through a third evaluation before rick James Crocker’s next court Attorney Blake parents. Kevin because she wasn’t at a crucial date for Sept. 22. Copeland Community Park, Shore told Citrus Allison and Courtney stage in her case Crocker’s lawyer, SaraJane 76 NE Eighth Ave., Crystal County Circuit Gibson, who were to make critical Olson, asked the judge for an- River. Court Judge in a relationship, were also decisions. other hearing to give her succes- Mt. Olive has been able Richard “Ric” charged with maintaining a nui- Crites-Worley sor more time to learn about the Howard on to procure backpacks and sance dwelling or drug house. told Howard Floral City supplies for 100-plus stu- Wednesday, Tammy during her latest 36-year-old’s July 28, that Gibson also appeared Wednes- dents. The event features a Allison day to court. His lawyer, Gregg court hearing her child pornogra- waterslide, food, music, a 45-year-old medications are phy case, includ- Tammy Marie Al- Brennan, told Howard he has to bounce house, and free speak with his client about how working. ing the recently school supplies. lison would assist the prosecution “It helps,” she Victrina completed report in the child-manslaughter case. his case will proceed with Allison The giveaways start at testifying for prosecutors. said in a live Crites- on Crocker’s 11 a.m. until supplies are “I do intend to call her in the video feed from Worley “psycho-sexual” codefendants’ cases,” the prose- Shore told Howard he and gone. The entertainment Brennan are discussing a plea the county jail. evaluation. cutor said before asking the judge After being delayed by COVID- Crocker faces Patrick begins at noon and runs to to set Allison’s next court appear- offer for Gibson, who Shore said 5 p.m. All families are was not the most culpable of the 19, a Citrus County grand jury in- 16 counts of pos- Crocker ance as a status hearing instead dicted Crites-Worley in November sessing 10 or welcome. of a trial. trio. Howard set Sept. 22 as Gibson’s for the premeditated murder of more images of child pornogra- Food giveaway After hearing her husband, 77-year-old Law- phy. If convicted as charged, no objection from next hearing. Courtney’s trial starts the week of Nov. 29, and he rence Howard Worley Sr. Crocker could be sentenced to set for Saturday Allison’s lawyer, Crites-Worley is accused of between 15 and 240 years in Charles Vaughn, has a final pretrial court hearing VFW Inverness Post Nov. 8. stabbing Worley Sr. with fillet prison. 4337 will have a food give- Howard sched- knives at least 10 times March 29, Shore said Wednesday he’s yet Carroll is due back in court uled Nov. 17 as 2020, in their backyard on the to file additional charges against away from noon to 2 p.m. Aug. 16. Saturday, July 31, in con- the date. 5100 block of North Andri Drive. Crocker for the over 2,000 other junction with the Food Allison, Steven Competency of woman After discovering Worley Sr.’s illicit images authorities later dis- 53-year-old Ste- Bank. Gibson accused of body, Citrus County Sheriff ’s Of- covered on seized computers The giveaway will be at ven Troy Gibson, fice deputies found Crites-Worley seized. Stephanie Pearl Inverness First Presbyterian murdering husband with cuts on her arms. She told “He has enough liability,” the Carroll and authorities during her hospital- prosecutor told Howard. Church, 206 Washington Kevin Christo- called into question ization she couldn’t remember An undercover internet opera- Ave. off State Road 44 in pher Courtney — Howard on Wednesday ordered what happened. tion traced Crocker’s IP address Inverness. both 26 — were for a third doctor to evaluate Vic- Court records show Magrino to his house from a source of child All are welcome. arrested in Sep- trina Marie Crites-Worley to de- filed a notice in May 2020 of the pornography on a file-sharing Inverness church tember on termine if the Crystal River prosecution’s intent to seek the website. charges of aggra- 51-year-old understands the capital- death penalty for Crites-Worley if During an initial search of to host vated child man- Stephanie murder charge she’s facing. she’s convicted. Crocker’s computers and hard vaccinations slaughter and Carroll Assistant State Attorney Pete Vaughn told Howard on drives, authorities found more three counts of Magrino asked the judge for an- Wednesday 20 more depositions than 200 files relating to child The Florida Department child neglect. other examination after two prior of key witnesses have to be done, pornography, depicting children of Health and First Lutheran They’re accused of smoking doctors gave differing opinions on and asked the judge to schedule between 6 and 12 years old. Church are offering a meth in March 2020 near two chil- Crites-Worley’s competency in another court hearing 30 to Crocker denied ownership of COVID-19 vaccination clinic dren and a 2-month-old girl December. 60 days out. the illegal images. from 9 a.m. to noon Thurs- day, July 29 at the church, 1900 U.S. 44 in Inverness. They are offering the Moderna, Pfizer and Jon- son and Johnson vaccina- School board discusses neglected signs tions. They are also offering Hepatitis A vaccinations. All HANNAH SACHEWICZ vaccinations are free of Staff writer charge and walk-ins are welcome. The Citrus County School Board and dis- The second shot will be trict officials had a lively discussion detail- administered on Thursday, ing funding issues for electronic school Aug. 26. For more informa- signs at a public workshop. tion, call 352-726-1637. Assistant Superintendent Jonny Bishop told the board Tuesday, July 27, that of the Unity of Citrus 21 facilities in the county, 12 have elec- tronic signs and three of them are cur- offers free rently inoperable. school supplies Bishop explained that the signs were not a district initiative and that schools origi- Unity of Citrus County will nally purchased them with the under- host a community outreach standing that they would be responsible from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. for maintenance and repairs. July 31, 2628 W. Woodview A new electronic sign and installation Lane in Lecanto. can cost upward of $25,000. Two years ago, One-hundred free back- the sign at Inverness Primary School (IPS) packs loaded with school became inoperable and repairs were supplies are available on a quoted at $5,500. At that time, Bishop said, first-come, first-served “the school could not afford to have it basis. repaired.” Inverness Middle School (IMS) and MATTHEW BECK/Chronicle Play cornhole at Crystal River Middle School (CRMS) are Crystal River Middle School’s electronic sign is one of three inoperable signs in the district Beverly Hills having the same problem. due to budget constraints. If the district decides to step in for main- tournament tenance and repairs, Bishop said, he “I’d refer them back to the administra- Citrus County Parks and would recommend a budget of $50,000 per Eric Stokes, director tion on site,” Stokes said. Recreation will host a free year moving forward. If the district pur- of district facilities However, Dodd said he wanted to be cornhole tournament from chases signs for the nine remaining able to give them a better answer. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, schools, they’re looking at $250,000 in and maintenance, said “You’re going to have that same answer when you tell them you can’t fix their air Aug. 14, at the Central expenditures. that in the case of the conditioner in three years,” Mullen said. Ridge Community Center Citrus County School Board member Thomas Kennedy said that for years, “At some point in time, you’re going to (indoors), 77 Civic Circle, schools have been using capital funds to electronic signs, repair have to tell them we’re out of money.” Beverly Hills. purchase electronics. and maintenance falls Kennedy said that historically, Citrus is Adults age 17 and over “The question always became,” he said, a fiscally conservative district. are invited to pre-register to “when they break, who’s bearing the cost?” on the school. “I can support that the school is saying, reserve a spot at: apm.ac- Eric Stokes, director of district facilities ‘right now, that’s not our biggest priority,’” tivecommunities.com/citrus- and maintenance, said that in the case of he said. “We don’t always get to deliver countyparks. Register by the electronic signs, repair and mainte- can only roll over 15% of these funds to the great news or positive news.” Aug. 7. nance falls on the school. However, next year. Other signs in the district have manual Rules of play from the whether or not the school gets a sign, he Mullen told the board that they can bud- letters, which serve the same purpose, but American Cornhole Associ- said, “the administration on-site does have get for electric sign installation and main- take more time to change. ation will be followed. Each input.” tenance moving forward, but other “Hanging those letters — it’s not that dif- game will last approxi- Citrus County School Board member projects will inevitably be pushed back. ficult,” Citrus County School Board Chair- mately 30 minutes. Come Doug Dodd said that IPS’s inoperable sign “The trouble is, it’s a lot of money,” Ken- woman Linda Powers said. “All of us have done that at some job.” win a trophy. is a big topic of discussion amongst their nedy said. “My answer always was, that’s a lot of books, that’s a lot of curriculum.” Lecanto High School was the first to put For information, call School Advisory Council (SAC). Kennedy said that SAC approves the “I think the existing signs under the up an electronic sign. They raised the 352-527-7540. budget and has a say in its priorities. maintenance agreement should be main- funds and found a creative way to main- Chamber to host “That’s the whole purpose of the School tained by the school,” school board mem- tain it. Advisory Councils.” ber Sandy Counts said. “They’ve turned their sign into a Duke Energy However, Dodd said that the consensus “Forget the signs, educate the babies,” revenue-generating sign,” Mullen said. speaker Aug. 13 of the IPS SAC was that the district would school board member Ginger Bryant said. The school sells announcements for birth- take care of the broken sign. Stokes presented an additional issue days and other occasions. The Citrus County Cham- “They bought it, they’re going to main- with the signs. This year alone, the district As the discussion died down, Bishop ber of Commerce will host tain it,” Bishop said. “That was the has had close to $200,000 in insurance asked if fixing the signs was a priority of keynote speaker and Duke arrangement.” damage to electronics such as fire alarms the board. Energy’s state president, If the district steps in and fixes one sign, and intercoms from lightning damage. “It’s my priority,” Dodd said. “I think it’s Catherine Stempien at Assistant Superintendent Mike Mullen With electronic signs, Mullen said, a poor reflection on this board that we 11:30 a.m. Aug. 13 at the said, then they’re going to have maintain “you’re sticking a computer in Florida out have electronic signs that haven’t been re- Citrus Hills Golf and Coun- the current 12 and install the remaining next to the road and hoping it doesn’t get paired for over two years.” try Club, 509 E. Hartford St. nine to the schools that don’t have them. hit by lightning.” The other four board members agreed in Hernando. Mullen also said that this year IPS had Since the schools are currently respon- that the schools should continue to be re- Stempien serves approxi- $13,000 left over in their discretionary sible for upkeep, Dodd asked Stokes what sponsible for their own signs. mately 1.8 million electric budget that they didn’t spend, which was he should say to future parents who ask “If money was no object, we would fix retail customers in central more than enough to fix the sign. Schools him why their sign isn’t working. whatever’s broken,” Counts said. Florida. — From staff reports NOTHING BELOW PINK LINE A4 THURSDAY, JULY 29, 2021 CITRUS COUNTY (FL) CHRONICLE Today’s Today in HOROSCOPES HISTORY Birthday: Put what you know to good ENTERTAINMENT Today is Thursday, July 29, the use. Revive old ideas, make updates 210th day of 2021. There are and encourage stability as you move 155 days left in the year. forward. Look at the possibilities, but make only the changes that fit into your Visitors slam Today’s Highlight: schedule. Incorporate discipline and in- London’s new On July 29, 1958, President tegrity into everything you do. tourist ‘mound’ Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): Choose your National Aeronautics and Space Act, words carefully to avoid being misinter- LONDON — London’s latest creating NASA. preted. Less drama and more facts will tourist attraction aimed for the On this date: help you get your point across. heights. It has fallen a bit flat. In 1890, artist Vincent van Gogh, Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Channel your The Marble Arch Mound, an 37, died of an apparently energy and enthusiasm into the artificial hill beside one of the self-inflicted gunshot wound in changes you desire, and you’ll feel jubi- city’s busiest intersections, Auvers-sur-Oise, France. lant. 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Focus on your happiness. claims to offer panoramic views opened to the public next to Marble Arch in London, Tuesday, Ten years ago: Norway began Sagittarius (Nov. 23-Dec. 21): Pay at- of Hyde Park, Oxford Street and July 27. burying the dead, a week after an tention to health and money. If you rush the surrounding area. anti-Muslim extremist killed 77 peo- into something, you’ll regret it; if you The hill’s website describes it ple in a bombing and shooting on Aug. 7. junior in San Jose, California, hesitate, you’ll miss an opportunity. as “a new and meaningful expe- rampage. Chiefs likes to introduce girls to poetry Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A prob- rience that captures the imagina- Five years ago: Pope Francis vis- president when she visits her native Kum- lem with a friend or relative will cause tion of residents, businesses and ited the former Nazi death factory at stress. 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More information can be found by visiting Water Matters.org/ThreeSisters. SWFWMD conducted a similar project during the summer of 2016, when it re- inforced 1,200 feet of dis- solving spring banks with decomposable sandbags and limestone boulders. In-water access into the springs was prohibited then as well. Years of tidal changes, swimming, paddling and manatees foraging had un- MATTHEW BECK C dercut the springs’ shore, Snorkelers make their way into Three Sisters Springs Tuesday morning, July 27, passing an area known as Idiot’s Delight. A proposal is in the works causing sediments to clog to improve the shoreline within and adjacent to Idiot’s Delight. spring vents, trees to col- rocks to fill in voids with Burton said two staging would also be removed and Afterward, SWFWMD improving,” she said, “so lapse and habitats to be more rip-rap to help stabi- and stockpile areas were restored. will complete its final de- we’re hoping that doesn’t destroyed. lize the slope. identified on the western Joyce Palmer, manager of sign plans and request con- continue.” SWFWMD staff said Making up most of SWF- and southern shores of the the Crystal River National tractor bids in the spring Garcia said long-term Monday the shorelines in WMD’s project is method Three Sisters Springs prop- Wildlife Refuge, told the 2022. If things go as planned maintenance of SWFW- and around the confluence two, which spans along the erty, including a docking Chronicle Tuesday the tim- with permitting, SWFWMD MD’s prior shoreline work of the spring run and canal shoreline within Idiot’s De- site for work barges. ing of funding won’t allow will break ground in April is the responsibility of — also known as Idiot’s De- light and on either side of SWFWMD doesn’t expect USFWS to rebuild the 2023; if not, the agency will USFWS, but the district light — are suffering from the spring run entrance. to close the canal to other boardwalk while SWFW- shoot for April 2024 be- will still partner with the the same fate. This method would in- watercraft while its con- MD’s project would happen. cause they can’t work federal wildlife service to Manatee herds crowd in volve workers excavating tractor’s barges work right SWFWMD had 90% of its during manatee season — find a remedy. Idiot’s Delight during the undercut areas by digging up against the shoreline, project plans completed as which runs November Palmer said USFWS has winter for its warm spring or cutting back several feet but boating traffic might of Monday, Garcia said, and through March. already identified the prob- waters, making the location into the uplands to fill some have to be redirected. is looking to submit its per- Susan Pratt, a USFWS lems areas, and is looking a popular destination for of the cutback with lime- “We will keep you advised mits with USFWS and the volunteer at the springs, to take action when SWF- swimmers and kayakers. stone and other materials. as far as the schedule with U.S. Army Corps of Engi- asked SWFWMD if it was WMD does. SWFWMD Government Project engineers believe our website,” Garcia told an neers by the fall of 2021. going to repair the lime- “To try to do that at the Affairs Regional Manager an upland cutback is the inquiring city resident. Garcia said the agency is stone rocks visitors dis- same time,” she said. “It Frank Gargano said Mon- best way to remove eroded A couple portions of the hoping to get its permits ap- lodged by illegally climbing would give everything a day this activity, coupled banks, Garcia and Burton boardwalk surrounding proved within six months, onto shore from the water. summer to grow and be- with foraging manatees, said, instead of putting fill Three Sisters Springs “which is very optimistic.” “The behavior has been come established.” has resulted in up to 6 feet below an undercut and of erosion underneath the minimizing the manatee banks, causing a tree in sanctuary. • W April 2021 to fall into the Crews would clear vege- • 72 HOUR canal. tation roughly 20 feet back • T CC-0010 Mike Burton, of Stantec from the shoreline to access • C BLIND FACTORY Consulting Services Inc., their work sites. • W said the contractor would SWFWMD plans to re- • A use two “methods” for re- plant affected uplands and storing the shoreline. wetlands with fast-growing w ww.cashcarpetandtile.com CC-0010DSU Method one would be native trees and shrubs that H TTE used right at the mouth of also provide habitats for 7 76 N. 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HOPE TO SEE YOU ON THE LANES! 7715 W. Gulf to Lake Hwy. Crystal River, FL 34429 352-795-4546 A6 THURSDAY, JULY 29, 2021 CITRUS COUNTY (FL) CHRONICLE Obituaries ZZ Top: Bearded bassist Celestine Juliet Hayes, 63 Stone, 70 C Dusty Hill, 72, dies in his sleep Mrs. Celestine Lemon Juliet Mary Stone of In- Hayes, 63 of Crystal River, verness, FL passed away Associated Press Florida passed away on at Advent Health in Ocala July 21, on July 26, 2021 at the age HOUSTON — ZZ Top bassist 2021. of 70. Dusty Hill, one of the Texas blues she is She was born to the late rock trio’s bearded figures, died at survived Frank and Anna (Falotico) his Houston home, the band an- by hus- Iovine on October 28, 1950 nounced Wednesday. He was 72. band Ar- in Brooklyn, NY and was a In their Facebook post, guitarist thur Catholic Billy Gibbons and drummer Frank Hayes; 3 by faith. Beard said Hill died in his sleep. daughter, O n They didn’t give a cause of death, Celestine Char- Hayes May 14, but a July 21 post on the band’s maine 1987 she website said Hill was “on a short Hayes of married detour back to Texas, to address a Atlanta, GA; Arnise Phil- Thomas hip issue.” lips (Shedric) of Crystal Stone At that time, the band said its River, FL., Angelina with longtime guitar tech, Elwood Fran- Juliet Hayes-Murphy (Anthony) whom she Stone cis, would fill in on bass, slide gui- of Crystal River, FL; and shared tar and harmonica. 4 Grand Sons. 27 years of Born Joe Michael Hill in Dallas, The visitation for Mrs. loving marriage until his he, Gibbons and Beard formed ZZ Hays will be held on Fri- passing on November 15, Top in Houston in 1969. The band day, July 30, 2021, Mt Olive 2014. Juliet was a longtime released its first album, titled “ZZ Dusty Hill, of ZZ Top, performs before the start of the NASCAR Sprint Cup MB C, 2105 N. Georgia Citrus County resident Top’s First Album,” in 1970. Three Road Crystal River, Fl., and a Registered Nurse by years later it scored its break- series auto race in Concord, N.C., May 24, 2015. ZZ Top has announced that Hill, one of the Texas blues trio’s bearded figures and bassist, has died at his from 5-7pm. Service will profession. She worked at through hit, “La Grange,” which is be held on Saturday, Lowell State Prison in an ode to the Chicken Ranch, a no- Houston home. He was 72. In a Facebook post, bandmates Billy Gibbons and Frank Beard revealed Wednesday, July 28, that Hill had died in his sleep. July 31, 2021, 11am at Mt Ocala, retiring after torious brothel outside of a Texas Olive MBC. The Interment 30 years of service to them. town by that name. will follow in the Crystal Most recently she worked The band went on to chart the cessful rock tours. these guys are not on the run, be- Memorial Gardens in home health care. In hits “Tush” in 1975, “Sharp Dressed The band was inducted into the cause that disguise is not going to Cemetery. her spare time she loved Man,” “Legs” and “Gimme All Your Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004. work.’” Carnegie Funeral Home to go shopping! She also Lovin’” in 1983, and “Rough Boy” Said Rolling Stones lead guitarist That look — with all three mem- (217 SE 4th Ave.) enjoyed gambling trips and “Sleeping Bag” in 1985. Keith Richards in introducing the bers wearing dark sunglasses and Chiefland, Florida. (352) with her family and The band’s 1976 “Worldwide band to the Hall: “These cats are the two frontmen sporting long, 493-1857 friends. Texas Tour,” with its iconic Tex- steeped in the blues, so am I. These wispy beards — became so iconic “Providing Everlasting Those left to mourn Ju- as-shaped stage festooned with cac- cats know their blues and they as to be the subject of a New Yorker Memories and Love” liet’s passing include her tuses, snakes and longhorn cattle, know how to dress it up. When I cartoon and a joke on “The sons: John H. Hoffmeister was one of the decade’s most suc- first saw them, I thought, ‘I hope Simpsons.” V and his partner, Amy OBITUARIES Oberhauser, Frank V. Hoff- Obituaries must be meister; brothers: Jerry verified with the Iovine, John Iovine and funeral home or his wife Ellen; grandchil- Simple step can thwart top phone hackers dren: John Hoffmeister VI, society in charge of arrangements. Brooke Hoffmeister, Ane- ALAN SUDERMAN one-time pull and exfil- laine Oberhauser; and sis- Associated Press trate all your chat mes- Obituary deadlines for ter in law and dear friend, sages and your contact Tuesday, Wednesday, Laura Iovine; and nieces RICHMOND, Va. — As a and your passwords, it’s Thursday and Friday and nephews. member of the secretive almost game over any- editions is 3 p.m. the A Funeral Service of Re- Senate Intelligence Com- ways, right?” day before. Deadlines membrance is scheduled mittee, Sen. Angus King A robust market cur- for Saturday, Sunday for Friday, July 30, 2021 at has reason to worry about rently exists for hacking and Monday editions 11:00 AM at the Chas E. hackers. At a briefing by tools that can break into is 3 p.m. Friday. Davis Funeral Home in In- security staff this year, he phones. Some companies verness and will be con- said he got some advice like Zerodium and Crowd- The Chronicle does ducted by Father Tim on how to help keep his fence publicly offer mil- not edit obituaries for Cummings of Our Lady of cellphone secure. lions of dollars for content. Fatima Catholic Church. Step One: Turn off zero-click exploits. Full obituaries are Friends are invited to join phone. And hacker-for-hire $175, and include Juliet’s family in visitation Step Two: Turn it back companies that sell mo- placement in the beginning at 10:00 AM on. In this Feb. 17, 2016, file photo, an iPhone is seen in bile-device hacking ser- until the hour of service. That’s it. At a time of newspaper and online, Washington. At a time of widespread digital insecurity it vices to governments and Following the chapel ser- widespread digital inse- a standard-size turns out that the oldest and simplest computer fix there law enforcement agencies vice burial will take place curity it turns out that the headshot and a is — turning a device off then back on again — can thwart have proliferated in re- at Hills of Rest Cemetery oldest and simplest com- cent years. The most well keepsake plaque. hackers from stealing information from smartphones. in Floral City. Arrange- puter fix there is — turn- known is the Israeli-based Death notices are ments under the care of ing a device off then back personal and sensitive to open something that’s NSO Group, whose spy- $25, and may include: the Chas E. Davis Funeral on again — can thwart data, cellphones have be- secretly infected. ware researchers say has full name of Home with Crematory, In- hackers from stealing in- come top targets for hack- “There’s been this evo- been used around the deceased; age; verness, FL. formation from ers looking to steal text lution away from having a world to break into the hometown/state; date Sign the guest book at smartphones. messages, contacts and target click on a dodgy phones of human rights of death; place of www.chronicleonline.com. Regularly rebooting photos, as well as track link,” said Bill Marczak, a activists, journalists, and death; date, time and phones won’t stop the even members of the users’ locations and even senior researcher at Citi- place of visitation and VETERANS army of cybercriminals or Catholic clergy. secretly turn on their zen Lab, an internet civil funeral services and, spy-for-hire firms that NSO Group is the focus A flag will be included video and microphones. rights watchdog at the for members of the have sowed chaos and “I always think of University of Toronto. of the recent exposés by a for free for those who military, the branch of doubt about the ability to phones as like our digital Typically, once hackers media consortium that re- served in the U.S. the armed services in keep any information safe soul,” said Patrick Wardle, gain access to a device or ported the company’s spy- military. (Please note and private in our digital a security expert and for- network, they look for ware tool Pegasus was which they served. the branch of service lives. But it can make even mer NSA researcher. ways to persist in the sys- used in 37 instances of Obituaries are at www. when submitting an the most sophisticated The number of people tem by installing mali- successful or attempted chronicleonline.com. obituary.) hackers work harder to whose phones are hacked cious software to a phone hacks of business Email obits@chronicle Email obits@chronicle maintain access and steal each year is unknowable, computer’s root file sys- executives, human rights online.com. online.com. data from a phone. but evidence suggests it’s tem. But that’s become activists and others, ac- “This is all about impos- significant. A recent inves- more difficult as phone cording to The Washing- ing cost on these mali- tigation into phone hack- manufacturers such as ton Post. cious actors,” said Neal ing by a global media Apple and Google have The company is also Ziring, technical director consortium has caused po- strong security to block being sued in the U.S. by of the National Security litical uproars in France, malware from core oper- Facebook for allegedly Agency’s cybersecurity India, Hungary and else- ating systems, Ziring said. targeting some 1,400 users directorate. where after researchers “It’s very difficult for an of its encrypted messag- June 26, 2021 - The NSA issued a “best ing service WhatsApp found scores of journal- attacker to burrow into August 21, 2021 practices” guide for mo- ists, human rights activists that layer in order to gain with a zero-click exploit. bile device security last and politicians on a leaked persistence,” he said. NSO Group has said it year in which it recom- list of what were believed That encourages hack- only sells its spyware to mends rebooting a phone to be potential targets of ers to opt for “in-memory “vetted government agen- every week as a way to an Israeli hacker-for-hire payloads” that are harder cies” for use against ter- stop hacking. company. to detect and trace back to rorists and major King, an independent The advice to periodi- whoever sent them. Such criminals. The company from Maine, says reboot- cally reboot a phone re- hacks can’t survive a re- did not respond to a re- ing his phone is now part flects, in part, a change in boot, but often don’t need quest for comment. of his routine. how top hackers are gain- to since many people “I’d say probably once a ing access to mobile de- rarely turn their phones To Place Your week, whenever I think of vices and the rise of off. it,” he said. so-called “zero-click” ex- “Adversaries came to “In Memory” ad, Almost always in arm’s ploits that work without the realization they don’t Contact Lori Driver reach, rarely turned off any user interaction in- need to persist,” Wardle and holding huge stores of 564-2931 or email: stead of trying to get users said. “If they could do a [email protected]
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MIKE WRIGHT/Chronicle • Curated Facials • Full Scope of General & Citrus County commissioners, from left: Holly Davis, Ron Kitchen Jr., Chairman Scott • Acne & Anti-aging Treatments Cosmetic Dermatology Carnahan, Ruthie Davis Schlabach and Jeff Kinnard. • Skin Rejuvenation & Resurfacing • Comprehensive Skin Care community.” “I’m not as confident in • SRT Radiation Therapy Board Chairman Scott some of you ... being • Microneedling RF & Microcurrent BUDGET Carnahan disagreed. strong,” she said. • Botox & Filler Injections • BLU Light Therapy Continued from Page A1 “We’re not cheap,” he Commissioners Ron said. “We’ve done a lot of Kitchen Jr. and Jeff Kin- and More a year, officials said. good stuff and we continue nard noted the county al- While the millage drops, to do good stuff.” ready spent $100,000 taxes actually rise 2.3% be- Schlabach sought to mailing out notices of the cause of higher taxable keep the stormwater tax, MSBU to property owners. values on property. One which is less than one- And the Truth-in-Millage, Skin Cancer mill equals $1 for every tenth of 1 mill, in case or TRIM, statements, Routine Screening & Early Detection Is Key To Treatment. $1,000 of a property’s tax- commissioners do not fol- which delineate proposed able value. low through on plans to rates and taxes for each Commissioners Holly pass a municipal services government authority, also Davis and Ruthie Davis benefit unit, or MSBU, in will have the person’s pro- Schlabach voted no for dif- September. posed MSBU amount. ferent reasons, though The county commission Kitchen said he didn’t SUNCOAST DERMATOLOGY both said that County Ad- intends to remove the tax want taxpayers seeing ministrator Randy Oliver and replace it with the both the stormwater tax AND SKIN SURGERY CENTER developed the budget MSBU, which will be a and MSBU on their TRIM without seeking their set of annual fees on notices. input. buildings based on their After the vote, Oliver Lecanto Office 352-746-2200 Ocala office 352-873-1500 size. Each method brings “Nobody has ever asked said commissioners have CC- 0 0 1 0 E S 9 my opinion on this,” Davis in about $980,000 for no choice but to approve 525 N. Dacie Pt., Lecanto, FL 9401 SW Hwy. 200, Ocala, FL said. “I want to plan 20, 30, stormwater projects, but the stormwater MSBU in Participating with: Medicare, BCBS, Cigna, Humana, Aetna, and Ultimate Health Plans 40 years out.” commissioners see the September because proj- Davis proposed keeping MSBU as fairer than a ects need funding. Board Certified American Board of Dermatology the tax rate as it is now at tax. He said: “You’re locked American Society for Dermatology Surgery 7.887 mills, saying the Schlabach said the in now.” Member American Association of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery county cannot continue to board’s endorsement of Contact Chronicle re- Fellow American Society for MOHS Surgery keep taxes in line while the MSBU during a work- porter Mike Wright at 352- meeting needs of a grow- shop does not guarantee a 563-3228 or mwright@ ing populace. positive vote in a Septem- chronicleonline.com. To “We desperately need to ber meeting, particularly view more of his stories, go www.dermatologyonline.com look ahead,” she said. “We if residents show up to to www.tinyurl.com/ don’t look like a thriving oppose. y3bakm6w.
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