Project1:Layout 1 6/10/2014 1:13 PM Page 1 FRUSTRATED Djokovic ties record with Wimbledon victory / A1 with Spectrum/ Brighthouse, MONDAY DirecTV, or Your TODAY CITRUSCOUNTY & next Current Provider? morning HIGH CALL NOW & START SAVING MONEY! 92 Scattered PM CC-0010EMB LOW thunderstorms. 1-888-851-7283 72 PAGE A4 SEE PAGE A7 www.chronicleonline.com JULY 12, 2021 Florida’s Best Community Newspaper Serving Florida’s Best Community $1 VOL. 126 ISSUE 278 NEWS BRIEFS Schlabach: Property needs purpose Register to swimming pool and then deed it vote at Commissioner to offer ideas for old Beverly Hills pool to a homeowners’ group. While Third Friday the agenda memo isn’t specific, MIKE WRIGHT repair costs. She is presenting the Schlabach said the entity is the The Supervisor of Staff writer Since then, the pool has alternatives to county Beverly Hills Civic Association. Elections Office will be been drained and sits commissioners at their About 70 people attended her at the Third Friday It’s getting close to decision- empty. Tuesday, July 13 meeting town hall meeting, though Schla- event in Inverness from making time for the former Bev- Schlabach had a town to seek input before ask- bach estimated at least half were 5 to 7 p.m. July 16 in erly Hills pool site. hall meeting in March to ing the community to Citrus Hills residents supporting front of the Old Court- Commissioner Ruthie Davis solicit ideas from resi- choose. They are: pickleball courts. house Museum, Schlabach wants to bring some dents for the property, n Build four pickleball Schlabach said she hasn’t heard 1 Courthouse Square. ideas to residents of the Central which the county received Ruthie courts at a cost of $50,000. an outcry for any particular use. Ridge area for the pool, which in 2011 from the Beverly n Construct a fountain, Stop by to make Schlabach The county, she said, should give county officials closed in Febru- Hills Recreation $45,000. the property a purpose. changes to your voter county ary 2019 due to lack of usage and Association. commissioner. n Rehabilitate the See POOL/Page A6 record, register to vote or request to vote-by- mail. Information to apply for election worker positions will also be available. If you are interested Council in having the elections APPING UMBLING office staff at your or- T , T ... ganization or busi- ness, contact Maureen “Mo” Baird, Longtime dance teacher ‘Miss Marion’ taught more than steps faces supervisor of election. To learn more, visit votecitrus.gov, email [email protected] heavy or call 352-564-7120. Affordable housing group agenda to meet NANCY KENNEDY The Affordable Staff writer Housing Advisory Committee will meet f there was music, Crystal River at 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 21, at the Citrus Marion Jack was County Resource dancing. leaders to talk Center cafe, 2804 W. I Marc Knighton Court As a dance instructor for more tax increases, in Lecanto. than 50 years, the red-haired fire- For additional infor- cracker believed dancing would mation, call Citrus help every child build confidence, much more self-esteem and coordination, County Housing Ser- would help with focusing in school vices at and would simply be fun. 352-527-7520. In her 50 years at Marion’s School BUSTER THOMPSON — From staff reports of Dance, she taught students from Brooksville to Crystal River and Staff writer n Send news Inverness. She taught preschoolers ballet, Crystal River City Coun- releases to cil has a lot to discuss at its community@ tap and acrobatics. She taught jazz and pointe to older kids, taught boys next meeting, including: chronicleonline higher property taxes, a .com. tap and tumbling, ballroom and eti- quette to teens and adults. pricier contract for law en- She even taught tap to a class of forcement and new fees for parking and watercraft ONLINE deaf students and ballet to the Weeki Wachee mermaids and also launches. POLL the Hernando High School football Council will call to order team one year who then went on to at 5:30 p.m. Monday, What do turn a losing season into a winning July 12, at Crystal River City one, said daughter Georgia Hall, 123 NW U.S. 19. For you think? Coogan. more information on the “I'll never forget when one agenda and how to watch the meeting, visit crystal The U.S. Fish & of her students came back to Crystal River, after growing riverfl.org/meetings. Wildlife Service Of its first items to con- (USFWS) in a press up and becoming a bank president in New York, sider, council will vote on release recently whether reminded visitors to walked in Mother's studio and told all who were to adopt a Three Sisters Springs there how dance had been resolu- again to refrain from instrumental in achieving tion set- tying vessels to trees her goals because she ting the and rocks and getting had never quit trying tentative out on shore, which when things got diffi- millage erodes the vital cult,” Coogan said. “She rate for property ecosystem. What do always had ‘Miss Mar- Ken ion’ in her head saying, owners in Frink you think? the city to ‘You can do it if you Crystal River A. Asking isn’t just keep trying.’" at least city manager. enough and neither is “Miss Marion” Lor- 6.2 mills the current level of raine Mackey Jack — more than the city’s cur- rent rate of 4.8 mils. enforcement. died June 10. She was 95. A millage rate, or prop- B. Entrance into erty tax rate, is a tax as- Three Sisters Springs As a child growing up in Depression- sessed off a property’s needs to be taxable value. One mill staggered. era Tampa, Marion knew she wanted equals $1 for every C. Human entry into to dance, but few $1,000 of a property’s tax- Three Sisters Springs families could af- able value. should be limited to ford luxuries such as dance City Manager Ken Frink only the boardwalk — lessons. Special to the Chronicle will present council with no swimming or Her father had owned a jewelry From an early age, Marion Jack knew she wanted to dance. The longtime three millage rate options paddlecraft. store, and when he lost it during the dance instructor died June 10 at age 95. Tap, jazz, ballet, Marion Jack loved — 6.2, 6.4 and 6.9 mills — to help offset cost in- D. The current levels hard financial times, he went to all dance styles. ABOVE RIGHT: Marion Jack, seated on the right, and her creases tied to a city of erosion are work with his brother running Myr- sister, Shirley, spent their teen years growing up in Tampa. tle Hill Cemetery. Community Redevelop- acceptable and can ment Agency loan and be addressed with “My mother and her sister Shirley themselves by listening to the radio, dad conceded that dancing would claimed they never realized how telling family stories, playing check- keep her busy and out of trouble. with the Florida vote to additional rock bad things were because their dad ers, singing, and playing outside and As Marion approached adult- increase minimum wage installation. would come home, throw his hat turning their back porch into a res- hood, “her dance card was always statewide to $15 by Sep- To vote, visit www. like a Frisbee across the living room cue for animals and bugs, although full,” Coogan said, as she attended tember 2026. chronicleonline.com. toward the cat, who would jump, Marion’s dad drew the line at her dances to support the troops during Each millage option is Scroll down the home hiss and run off. And while still pleading request to keep a pony that World War II. 10% above the adjusted page and look for the laughing, he’d say, ‘Get your suits she’d seen in a nearby field. Just out of high school, she met roll-back rate, requiring a unanimous vote by council poll box in the right- girls, we’re going swimming,’” Coo- A baby alligator, however, did Howard Kaiser and the two married gan said. make it into their clawfoot bathtub the day before he left for the war in to make an approval. hand column. City staff is recommend- Results will appear Her mother kept them fed with before her mother declared, “Mar- Europe. fish their dad caught, whatever he ion, you're going to give me a stroke.” However, two years later when ing an imposition of next Monday. Find 6.2 mills, which would last week’s online and his beloved beagles hunted, As for dance lessons, Marion’s Kaiser returned, Marion’s father plus countless versions of beans persistence in asking her parents had the marriage annulled. bring in an estimated rev- poll results./Page A3 and rice. for them paid off. Her mother re- enue of $3.209 million. The sisters entertained lented when Marion was 9, and her See DANCE/Page A11 See COUNCIL/Page A6 Classifieds . .B6 Crossword . B8 INDEX Horoscope . .A4 Movies . .A10 Comics . .A10 Editorial . .A8 Lottery Numbers . .B3 TV Listings . .A9 Extra puzzles . .B5 Entertainment . .A4 Lottery Payouts . B3 A2 MONDAY, JULY 12, 2021 CITRUS COUNTY (FL) CHRONICLE Introducing the Discover the world’s first hearing aid to provide both superior sound quality and the ability to track body and brain health. 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