Providing Supplies for Success

Project1:Layout 1 6/10/2014 1:13 PM Page 1 MLB: Marlins blank Cubs to take wild card series/B1 SATURDAY TODAY CITRUSCOUNTY & next morning HIGH 81 Humid with LOW showers later in the day. 68 PAGE A4 www.chronicleonline.com OCTOBER 3, 2020 Florida’s Best Community Newspaper Serving Florida’s Best Community 50¢ VOL. 125 ISSUE 361 Trump New toll roads not seen as priority economic repercussions. taken to Task forces say routes are more ‘want’ than ‘need’ “I don’t think this will be the first (project) that will be MICHAEL D. BATES That comes after a year of studying the reduced in priority based on Staff writer Multi-Use Corridors of Regional Economic what we have to deal with,” hospital Significance (M-CORES) plan lawmakers ap- he said. Three transportation task forces have re- proved in 2019. Massullo said projects are leased draft reports that said spending One of those routes would extend the Sun- typically prioritized in terms ‘out of $10 billion to build 340 miles of new toll roads coast Parkway from Citrus County northward Ralph of people’s health and by 2030 is not necessary right now. to Interstate 10 or the Georgia border. Plans for Massullo well-being. They have until Nov. 15 to present their that extension have been on hold since Janu- “I’m not sure that highways will be much of a final recommendations to Gov. Ron DeSantis. ary to await the task force recommendations. priority this coming (legislative) session,” he said. caution’ The Florida Department of Transportation State Representative Ralph Massullo said The Suncoast 2 project extending the park- (FDOT) this week posted the task forces’ draft he is not surprised at this news, especially way from U.S. 98 to State Road 44 in Lecanto reports that said the toll roads are more of a since the state is predicting a $5 to $6 billion is scheduled for completion in 2022. “want” than a “need.” revenue shortfall caused from COVID-19 See ROADS/Page A8 Providing supplies for success Associated Press President Donald Trump waves to members of the media as he leaves the White House to go to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Tests positive for COVID JILL COLVIN ZEKE MILLE, JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press WASHINGTON — Stricken by COVID-19, a feverish and fatigued President Donald Trump was flown to a military hospital Fri- day night after being injected with an ex- perimental drug com- bination in treatment at the White House. In a day of whipsaw events, the president who has spent months downplaying the threat of the virus was forced to cancel all campaign events a month before the elec- tion as he fought a virus that has killed MATTHEW BECK/Chronicle more than 205,000 Citrus County Education Foundation assistant director Susan Frampton, left, loads a bag that Suncoast Credit Union representative Nicole Americans and is hit- Budnick holds at the Suncoast Supplies 4 Success store in Inverness. The store is located inside the Withlacoochee Technical College. ting others in his orbit as well. The White House Local teacher supply store seeks donations; switches to online ordering said Trump’s expected BUSTER THOMPSON supportive,” Burdette said. “We have a stay of “a few days” at Staff writer wonderful rapport with our businesses Walter Reed National and we collaborate a lot to meet the Military Medical Cen- A teacher will do almost anything for needs of kids.” ter was precautionary their students to give them the tools to This year has been different. and that he would con- succeed in school. COVID-19’s impact not only created tinue to work from the Sometimes that means taking several more needs for classrooms and student hospital’s presidential hundred dollars of their own money families, it also crippled CCEF’s ability suite, which is each school year to buy their pupils to raise funds through its many events, equipped to allow him more pencils, notebooks, backpacks including the annual and popular to keep up his official and even household items they’re not Dragon Boat Festival, which had to be duties. getting at home. canceled this November. Trump walked out “Many teachers were spending much Even before CCEF officials could of the White House more than that, and incorporating that start thinking of opening their teacher Friday evening wear- in their own budget so they could take store for the 2020-21 academic year, ing a mask and gave a care of their kids,” Citrus County Edu- they were handing out the last of their thumbs-up to report- cation Foundation (CCEF) Executive store’s goods as care packages to stu- ers but did not speak Director Shaunda Burdette said. dents learning from home in the spring before boarding Ma- To help offset expenses for local edu- and summer. rine One. Members of cators, the nonprofit education founda- Then, without a strong bankroll and the aircrew, Secret tion and Suncoast Credit Union opened fiscally-fragile donors, CCEF still had Service agents and up the Supplies 4 Success teacher store to reopen its store Sept. 1, 2020, but its White House staff three years ago at the Withlacoochee partners — old and new — found a way wore face coverings Technical College (WTC) in Inverness. to keep shelves full. to protect themselves This one-stop shop is stocked with “When there’s a need that’s always from the president thousands of dollars in classroom mate- put out there, it’s always filled,” Bur- onboard the rials donated by local businesses, non- dette said. “Together, as a community, helicopter. profits and individuals for teachers to we are reaching all of our students in See TRUMP/Page A6 check out for free. need to provide the tools for the best “Those kind of things are happening educational experience possible.” CCEF executive director Shaunda Burdette carries Citrus COVID-19 because our community is so See SUPPLIES/Page A7 school supplies to a waiting teacher’s car. update Five new positive cases were reported in Citrus County since the latest FDOH update. No Over 1.8M homeowners without foreclosure protection new hospitalizations were reported; no new federal order that stays evictions through the “Gov. DeSantis permitted Executive Order deaths were reported. Moratorium set to expire end of the year. 20-211 to expire,” the Wednesday night order To date in the county, That Centers for Disease Control and Pre- says. “The Centers for Disease Control and 2,798 people have tested JOHN HAUGHEY vention (CDC) order, however, does not cover Prevention (CDC) recently enacted a nation- foreclosures and is being challenged in court, wide residential evictions Order that provides positive (including eight The Center Square leaving hundreds of thousands of pandem- federal eviction relief to persons who submit non-residents), 292 have Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis allowed the ic-stressed Florida households now behind on a valid declaration to their landlord regarding been hospitalized and state’s six-month eviction and foreclosure mor- rent and mortgage payments without a their inability to pay rent.” 107 have died. atorium to expire “to avoid confusion” with a state-installed safety net. See HOME/Page A7 Classifieds . .B5 Crossword . .B8 INDEX Lottery Numbers . B3. Religion . A13, A14 Comics . B4. Editorial . A10 Lottery Payouts . B3. TV Listings . .B3 Horoscope . A4 Entertainment . .A4 Movies . .B4 A2 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2020 CITRUS COUNTY (FL) CHRONICLE WE NEED TRADES!OF NOW up % KBB FOR YOUR OFFERING to 120 TRADE 6 YEARS* 2021 TOYOTA 2020 TOYOTA 2020 TOYOTA 2020 TOYOTA COROLLA RAV4 LE CAMRY LE TACOMA MODEL#1852 LE MODEL#4430 0% APR MODEL#2532 V6 SR5 AVAILABLE MODEL#7146 $ $ $ $ 152 -OR- ZERO 219 -OR- ZERO 180 -OR- ZERO 208-OR- ZERO PER MONTH FOR 36 MONTHS DOWN PER MONTH FOR 36 MONTHS DOWN PER MONTH FOR 36 MONTHS DOWN PER MONTH FOR 36 MONTHS DOWN $355/MO. FOR 36 MOS. WITH $3999 DOWN $264/MO. FOR 36 MOS. WITH $3999 DOWN WITH $3999 DOWN $291/MO. FOR 36 MOS. WITH $3999 DOWN $327/MO. FOR 36 MOS. FOR WELL-QUALIFIED LESSEES WITH APPROVED CREDIT THROUGH SETF. NOT ALL LESSEES WILL QUALIFY. CLOSED-END LEASE ON NEW 2021 COROLLA LE MODEL #1852. $191 PER MONTH FOR 36 MONTHS. $3999 DUE AT SIGNING OR $276 PER MONTH FOR 36 MONTHS $0 DUE AT SIGNING. NEW 2020 RAV4 LE MODEL # 4430. $247 PER MONTH FOR 36 MONTHS. $3999 DUE AT SIGNING OR $335 PER MONTH FOR 36 MONTHS. $0 DUE AT SIGNING. NEW 2020 CAMRY LE MODEL # 2532 $208 PER MONTH FOR 36 MONTHS. $3999 DUE AT SIGNING OR $291 PER MONTH FOR 36 MONTHS. $0 DUE AT SIGNING. NEW 2020 TACOMA V6 SR5 MODEL # 7146. $238 PER MONTH FOR 36 MONTHS $3999 DUE AT SIGNING. OR $327 PER MONTH FOR 36 MONTHS. $0 DUE AT SIGNING. NO SECURITY DEPOSIT REQUIRED. MONTHLY PAYMENTS DO NOT INCLUDE TAXES. 12,000 MILES PER YEAR. APR OFFER: WITH APPROVED CREDIT. PRICES ARE PLUS TAX TAG AND $995 DEALER FEE. EXPIRES 11/02/2020. OFFERS CANNOT BE COMBINED. INTEREST ACCRUES FROM DATE OF PURCHASE. PAYMENTS MAY BE DEFERRED FOR THE FIRST 90 DAYS THROUGH SETF, ON RETAIL CONTRACTS, FOR TERMS UP TO 75 MONTHS. 0% APR FOR UP TO 72 MONTHS ON 2020 CAMRY HYBRID WITH APPROVED CREDIT AND FINANCING THROUGH SOUTHEAST TOYOTA FINANCE. MONTHLY PAYMENT $13.89 PER $1000 FINANCED. 120% KBB OFFER: DEDUCTIONS WILL BE MADE FOR MILAGE, WEAR AND TEAR, AND RECONDITIONING. HUGE SELECTION OF PRE-OWNED VEHICLES UNDER $15,000 2004 NISSAN 2014 HYUNDAI 2011 TOYOTA 2014 FORD 2017 TOYOTA FRONTIER XE V6 ELANTRA SE TACOMA BASE ESCAPE TITANIUM COROLLA L 20090082 $5,772 20090202 $8,592 20090229 $11,771 20080394 $12,752 20080325 $13,453 2017 TOYOTA 2016 NISSAN 2018 TOYOTA 2017 HONDA ACCORD 2017 TOYOTA COROLLA LE ROGUE SL COROLLA SE SPORT SPECIAL EDITION CAMRY SE 20090200 $13,991 20090226 $14,553

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