Heat No Friend to Dogs the Waters’ $5,000 Insurance Deductible, and by Monday Had a ‘Freak Raised $5,004
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Stumbling Rays take on Yankees in bid to stay out of the cellar /B1 TUESDAY TODAY CITRUS COUNTY & next morning HIGH 92 Warm and muggy with LOW partly cloudy skies. 77 PAGE A4 www.chronicleonline.com JULY 3, 2012 Florida’s Best Community Newspaper Serving Florida’s Best Community 50¢ VOLUME 117 ISSUE 331 NEWS BRIEFS Baby’s surgery a success Two arrested and charged; fire rescue dispatched to combat fumes As reported in A.B. SIDIBE When the smoke settled, According to the report, Officers reportedly se- Monday’s Chronicle, Staff Writer a man and woman from when deputies arrived at cured all exit points to the 8-month-old Blake Keystone Heights were ar- the residence at 6759 W. residence before entering Waters had open- HOMOSASSA — Deputies rested and charged with, Grant St., they saw Rod- the house. The front of heart surgery at investigating a possible among other counts, con- denberry shut a bedroom the building was unse- methamphetamine lab at spiracy to manufacture meth, window propped open by a cured and completely Shands Hospital on Michael Danielle Monday to repair his Roddenberry dawn Saturday were greeted possession of parapherna- piece of plywood and an- open, according to the re- Suit by acrid, chemically laden lia and possession of meth. nounce law enforcement port. One of the officers ventricular septal de- claims actual 24-year-old fect, a congenital manufacturer smoke and suspects scram- Bail for Michael Ray was on the scene. He re- also saw Suit enter, empty- faces multiple heart defect. was unnamed bling to discard evidence, Roddenberry, 31, and portedly then proceeded to handed, the bedroom drug charges; According to his male not present according to a Citrus County Danielle Nichole Suit, 24, cover the window with a bond set at aunt, Jeanette Ro- at scene. Sheriff ’s Office report. was set at $350,500 apiece. sheet. See BUST/ Page A2 $350,500. driguez, Blake is doing well after more than four hours of surgery and will remain hos- Speedway pitalized for 10 to 14 days. The family was fatality raising money to meet Heat no friend to dogs the Waters’ $5,000 insurance deductible, and by Monday had a ‘freak raised $5,004. “We’re all so grate- accident,’ ful to everyone who helped us,” Ro- driguez said. says track Inverness set for patriotic official evening A.B. SIDIBE The City of Inver- Staff Writer ness 2012 Patriotic INVERNESS — Evening kicks off at Donnie Lewis, a race- 5 p.m. today at Liberty track official, said he has and Wallace Brooks been around Figure 8 parks in Inverness. racing for at least 15 The event features years and has seen a lot local nonprofit food of crashes involving re- vendors, children’s configured buses, but rides, games, music what he saw Saturday and more. night was a first for him Childhood Devel- and the Citrus County opment Services will Speedway. provide a range of It was the first race- events, including pet- related fatality in the ting zoos, pony rides, more than 50 years of the bouncy castles and racetrack and, according clowns at both parks. to Lewis, the manner of Free parking avail- the crash was different able in downtown In- — the bus flipped and verness. Fireworks landed on its roof. Veteran race driver show begins at dark. Charles “Chick” White- Nelson, Nugent head, 62, of Ocala, was to be at service pronounced dead on the scene around 9:50 p.m. for vet found Saturday night after the buried in box bus he was driving BUSHNELL — A flipped over, killing him instantly. World War II veteran RIC BUSH/Special to the Chronicle “Normally in these found buried in a crashes, the bus will get cardboard box will be Victoria Warne took advantage of the light rain Friday night to walk Gracie, a 210-pound English mastiff. The hot summer temperatures are tough on Gracie, so family members take turns walking her early in the mornings or in the evenings. on its side and slide to- laid to rest once ward the grass, but this again, this time with one, it just flipped and military honors, dur- landed on the roof. I ing a ceremony at Summer temperatures a matter of life and death for man’s best bud can’t explain it. It was Florida National just an accident, that’s Cemetery in Bushnell. BUSTER THOMPSON Hughes advises owners to think all I can say,” Lewis said The veteran, Army Chronicle Intern before going in the car with their SUMMER SAFETY TIPS Monday. Pvt. Lawrence Davis pets. ■ If kept outside, make sure your pet Lewis was present Sat- Jr., died in 2004 at Don’t forget Fido. “You should always plan has plenty of shade. Remember that urday when crash hap- age 85 and was As the summer heat beats down ahead,” Hughes said. “Don’t take doghouses are not good shelter during pened. He said he buried in a shallow on Florida, it’s not just people your dog with you if you’re going the summer, as they can trap heat. remembers Whitehead’s who suffer from the effects of heat to Wal-Mart for an hour.” grave inside a card- ■ Make sure your dog has access to bus coming off a turn board box. Cemetery stroke, dehydration and sun Thayer Warne, keeper of two cool, fresh water 24 hours a day. into a straightaway and burns. Dogs do, too. schnauzers called getting tangled with an- workers found his re- ■ Don’t tie your dog outside stores Owners who bring Cody and Baxter and other vehicle, which is mains earlier this their dogs with them ON THE NET an English bullmastiff while you’re inside because he is ex- year. posed to the hot sun and strangers. not unusual in races, on errands have a called Gracie, takes when it began to slide on Due to efforts by For more tips ■ tendency to leave great care of his pets Avoid strenuous exercise on ex- its side toward the grass. Gene Whitfield, a on how to care them in their car in when the weather tremely hot days. Lewis said it then in- Florida funeral home for your dog ■ the harshness of the during the turns hot. Mosquitoes (which carry heartworm explicably flipped and operator, U.S. Sen. sun while running “Occasionally, we disease), along with fleas and ticks, crashed with the wheels Bill Nelson’s office summer months into the store. and in general, take our dog Gracie are more prevalent in warmer months. skyward. and the director of While most pets’ visit www.akc. out with us, but we al- Ask your veterinarian for an effective “I would say it was a the Florida National masters leave their org/press_center/ ways put the air-con- preventive against these parasites. freak accident,” Lewis Cemetery, Davis Jr. car windows cracked facts_stats.cfm. ditioning on and have ■ Chlorine from pools and bacteria said. will be interred in a open to allow air to someone in the car from lakes and ponds can be toxic to Another bus in the new casket Tuesday. circulate, they are with her,” Warne said a dog’s system. Always rinse your race hit the overturned Nelson, Whitfield and still at risk to extreme tempera- about running errands with his dog off with clean water after swim- bus, but no injuries were U.S. Rep. Rich Nu- tures. dog. “We even pour ice in her ming, and always supervise your pet reported from that crash, gent will attend. “Cars can become an oven very water dish.” while swimming. according to the Citrus The committal cer- quickly, rising (to) over 100 de- Even taking your dog on a walk ■ If traveling by car for long distances, County Sheriff ’s Office. emony begins at grees,” said Dr. Erin Hughes, vet- can potentially prove harmful. keep your dog cool by putting non- Whitehead, however, 10:30 a.m. at Florida erinarian at Countryside Animal According to a news release by poisonous ice packs, such as water was still harnessed in his National Cemetery, Clinic in Beverly Hills. “Even The American Kennel Club, dogs bottles, in his crate. Make sure that seat when his body was with the windows down, the hu- can suffer burns on their paws 6502 S.W. 102nd his crate is well ventilated. removed by emergency midity can still threaten your Ave. in Bushnell. Source: The American Kennel Club. personnel from the dog.” See HEAT/ Page A2 —From wire reports See FATALITY/ Page A2 INDEX Comics . .C7 Community . .C5 Crossword . .C6 South Carolina clears way for Progress-Duke deal Editorial . .A10 Entertainment . .B4 coal, nuclear, natural gas, mission voted in favor of the Horoscope . .B4 Merger of regional energy giants now imminent oil and renewable re- utilities’ joint operating Lottery Numbers . .B3 sources, the combined com- agreement to allow the Lottery Payouts . .B4 CHRIS VAN ORMER Duke, an electric utility As Progress Energy, pany, which will be called merger to go forward. 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