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Board Narrows Choices to Two for Citrus Memorial Sapp: Bucs great to be inducted in Canton this weekend /B1 TUESDAY TODAY CITRUS COUNTY & next morning HIGH 91 Partly cloudy. A LOW 40 percent chance of rain. 72 PAGE A4 www.chronicleonline.com JULY 30, 2013 Florida’s Best Community Newspaper Serving Florida’s Best Community 50¢ VOL. 118 ISSUE 357 Board narrows choices to two for Citrus Memorial. improvements. Tampa General, HCA in the running Tampa General Chief Executive However, Monday’s decision Officer Jim Burkhart had requested found favor with CCHB trustee Bob MIKE WRIGHT Nashville, Tenn.-based private com- time to conduct due diligence that Priselac, who said trustees would be Staff writer pany that has offered $133 million for will lead to a more thorough open to a “realistic proposal” from a sale or lease over two other bidders. proposal. Tampa General. INVERNESS — The Citrus Memo- Foundation members said both “We think our mission and our vi- The foundation gave Tampa Gen- rial Health Foundation voted unani- Tampa General and HCA offer sion is more aligned with yours,” eral until Sept. 16 to submit its mously Monday night to give Tampa strong possibilities for Citrus Me- Burkhart said. proposal. Foundation member Sandy Chad- Bob General Hospital six weeks to come morial. They expect to choose be- The Citrus County Hospital Board Priselac up with a firm offer for an alliance tween the two by Sept. 16. had eliminated Tampa General wick said HCA can also use that time for due diligence of the hospital. said trustees with Citrus County’s public hospital. Foundation members said they from four bidders because the affil- open to Tampa The foundation also chose Hospital wanted Tampa General, a nonprofit, iation offered no cash other than an Peter Marmestein, West Florida General Corporation of America, or HCA, the the opportunity to develop a plan undisclosed amount for capital See HOSPITAL/Page A7 proposal. NEWS BRIEF Couple Two killed in Preventing the motorcycle charged wreck with Two Lecanto residents ‘permanent solution’ were killed Sunday after- noon when the motorcy- cle they were riding was Citrus has one of home involved in a collision with a car on County Road the highest suicide 491 at Marc Knighton invasion Court, Lecanto, according rates in the state to the Florida Highway A.B. SIDIBE Patrol. MIKE WRIGHT Staff writer The FHP report states Staff writer that at about 3 p.m. Ed- A one-time caretaker of ward J. Bremer, 64, and Your friend, once lively and jovial, an elderly man and her Donna Jean Longo, 50, has become withdrawn. boyfriend were traveling south on He sits in his house all day, alone are facing C.R. 491 on a 2008 because his wife home in- has left, and Honda motorcycle in the ■ The Centers’ vasion he’s without a left lane, approaching 24-hour crisis charges Marc Knighton Court, hotline is 352- job. He isn’t re- after al- when the driver of a 2009 726-7155. turning your legedly calls and when Nissan, Diandra M. An- conspir- you do see him, derson, 28, of Beverly ing to rob his eyes are blank and glassy. Christopher the man. Hills, was traveling east Lawson You want to help, but not impose. The on Marc Knighton Court You think there’s a problem, but waiting to turn north on boyfriend, Christopher you’re not sure. Howard Lawson, 29, also C.R. 491. It’s difficult trying to determine is facing aggravated as- According to FHP, An- whether your friend could take the sault charges against a derson failed to yield to drastic step of suicide, or is simply person more than 65 years the motorcycle as she going through a phase. old and turned north into its path. All around, friends, children, par- violation The motorcycle struck ents, co-workers of proba- the left front side of the ■ Facts about and spouses tion. His Nissan. The man and suicide. /Page may be going bond is woman on the motorcy- C1. through a de- $22,725. cle were ejected onto the pression so Beth southbound lane south deep they see Ann of the intersection. Bre- only one way to end it. Hessler, mer was transported to In the suicide-prevention business, Beth Ann 43, of Ho- Hessler Seven Rivers Regional they call it a “permanent solution to mosassa, Medical Center and a temporary problem.” also is facing charges of Longo was taken to Cit- And it’s the job of crisis counselors grand theft auto. Her to stop the unthinkable before it Chronicle illustration rus Memorial Health bond is $22,000. happens. Experts say they treat each suicide threat seriously because According to the Citrus System. Both later died “Each person is going to be a little it’s hard to tell when someone will act on those feelings of from their injuries. County Sheriff ’s Office See SUICIDEPage A2 helplessness. The impact left both See ARREST/Page A8 vehicles in the median. Anderson was not in- jured and was cited for vi- olation of right of way. The incident remains under investigation. Turtles nesting on Florida beaches —From staff reports watch baby turtles — without tles regularly nest on disturbing them— as they Florida beaches, the logger- INDEX Parks offer emerge from the nests and head, leatherback, and Classifieds . .C9 make their way to the water. green. More than 90 percent Comics . .C8 programs The Miami-Dade County of U.S. loggerhead nesting Community . .C6 Sea Turtle Conservation takes place in Florida. A Crossword . .C7 Associated Press Program offers presenta- count on 26 Florida Editorial . .A10 tions and turtle walks cer- beaches in 2012 found Entertainment . .A4 MIAMI — It’s turtle- tain evenings July through 58,172 loggerhead nests, the Horoscope . .A4 nesting season in Florida, September, at the Crandon second-highest number in Lottery Numbers . .B3 when sea turtles lay their Park Visitor and Nature 24 years, according to the Lottery Payouts . .B3 eggs and hatchlings head Center in Key Biscayne and Florida Fish and Wildlife Movies . .C8 for the water. Haulover Park. But like Conservation Commission. Obituaries . .A6 A number of parks, many of the other programs Florida is also the only TV Listings . .C7 beaches and conservation offered around the state, state in the continental U.S. groups around the state run the Miami-Dade walks are where leatherbacks regu- Associated Press programs where nature- so popular that they fill up larly nest, according to the A loggerhead turtle, illuminated by red flashlights, lovers can learn about the months in advance. returns to the ocean after nesting earlier this month phenomenon and even Three species of sea tur- See TURTLES/Page A2 on the beach in Boca Raton. 000FES2 A2 TUESDAY, JULY 30, 2013 LOCAL/STATE CITRUS COUNTY (FL) CHRONICLE usually know the students The Florida Suicide Prevention Coalition’s website well enough to see potential SEA TURTLE WATCHES SUICIDE lists several warning signs to watch for family and trouble coming. ■ Continued from Page A1 friends. They include: www.myfwc.com/education/wildlife/sea-turtle/ Indicators include: where-to-view ■ Isolation. change in eating patterns; ■ bit different,” said Robert a recent death in the fam- www.miamidade.gov/ecoadventures/seaturtle_ ■ Talking, writing or hinting about suicide. Mann, clinical supervisor ily; depression; use of al- program.asp. of children’s mental serv- ■ Feeling hopeless or helpless. cohol or drugs. ices at The Centers in ■ Buying weapons or stockpiling drugs. “All those things build every two or three years Lecanto. “There are a and build, and the risk in- and lay several nests in ■ bunch of indicators and Changes in sleep or eating patterns. creases,” she said. “Some TURTLES one season. They emerge it’s hard to know which ■ Depressed, sad, angry, aggressive. children are troubled.” Continued from Page A1 from the water to nest on one is lethal for that par- School officials write the beach mostly at night, ■ Job or financial loss. ticular person.” out a “potential suicide re- wildlife commission. In returning to the nesting Citrus County has one of ■ Alcohol or drug abuse. port” release form, detail- addition, the state hosts grounds where they were ing who was involved in the highest suicide rates in ■ Trouble with school or work. one of the largest exam- born. Nests average 100 the state, and suicides gen- the intervention, the rea- ples of green turtle nest- eggs, and incubate in the erally are on the upswing ■ Putting one’s affairs in order. sons for referral to the ing in the Western sand for approximately 60 across Florida. ■ Previous suicide attempts. principal, whether the Hemisphere. Two other days, depending on the Experts say because a child’s situation is consid- species also nest in species. The hatchlings For more, go to www.floridasuicideprevention.org. person’s decision to com- ered low, medium or high- Florida in very small usually emerge from their mit suicide could be based risk and the parent’s numbers, the Kemp’s rid- nests at night. Only about on so many factors — de- and history of suicide ported teenage suicides in response. The report is ley and hawksbill. one in 1,000 baby turtles pression, drug abuse, loss attempts. Citrus County since 2007. signed by the parent and The loggerhead is survive to adulthood. of job or spouse — or a “Somebody who actively The district has a crisis school personnel, and sent threatened and the green Nesting season in combination of factors, it’s tried it is a little more intervention manual, to the Department of Stu- and leatherback are en- Florida runs from March hard to pinpoint what scary than someone who’s shared in all the schools, dent Services so that the dangered, but all sea tur- through October on the causes suicide numbers to talked about it,” he said.
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