Project1:Layout 1 6/10/2014 1:13 PM Page 1 Golf: Morikawa wins British Open for second major / B1 MONDAY TOD AY C I T R U S C O U N T Y & ne t morning HIGH 92 LOW P artly sunny wit scattered stor s. 72 PAGE A4 www.c ronicleonline.co JULY 19, 2021 Florida’s Best Community Newspaper Serving Florida’s Best Community $1 VOL. 126 ISSUE 285 NEWS BRIEFS Displays are ‘points of interest’ Hepatitis A, COVID shots F ait Lut eran County libraries would be ‘warehouse of books’ without them, says director C urc is ostin t e MIKE WRIGHT “There wouldn’t be anything in Pride Month. Now in his 26th year with the Healt e art ent at Staff writer there, basically a warehouse of Commissioners in general re- library system, Head is both a 9 a. ., h ursday, books,” Eric Head, director of Cit- sponded that library displays fierce defender of the library and J uly 2 , to ad inister Imagine walking into a grocery rus County Libraries, said in an should avoid taking political sides its biggest cheerleader. h e atitis and store with no displays — just rows interview. and be fair to all groups. And considering he deals with C V I D -1 b ot Mod- and rows of shelved food. Nothing Head finds himself grappling Head is a fifth-generation Cit- diverse printed material, he erna and o nson and to draw in the shoppers’ interest. with that issue in recent weeks as rus Countian who grew up in knows not everyone will be happy J o nson vaccina- Now imagine the same thing at some in the community ques- Homosassa and spent his days with what they see inside the tions. ait Lut eran a Citrus County library — rows tioned county commissioners after school at the old Homosassa library. is at 3 5 S. Crystal and rows of shelved books with no about the appropriateness of a library, where mom was a displays to pull readers in. June display featuring LGBT librarian. See DISPLAYS/Page A7 Glen rive in Lecanto T h e s ots are free and all are welco e. N o a p oint ents. Purple Heart chapter meets A aron . Weaver C a ter 776 Military O rder of t e ur le Heart will ave t eir b i ont ly eetin at 1 p . uesday, J uly 0, at t e Citrus County B uildin lli- ance, 11 6 S. Lecanto Hi h way. A ll co b at- wounded veterans, as well as arents, lineal descendants, s ouses and si lin s of ur le Heart reci ients are invited. isit citrus p ur le eart.or ; or call 3 5 - 8 2 - 8 47. — ro staff re orts ONLINE POLL What do you think? Commissioners last week discussed potential options for the empty Beverly Hills pool property. What do you think should happen? A. Fill the pool and build pickleball courts. That makes sense next to the J E F R YAN/ C ronicle tennis courts already Kenneth Hanning, left, Chris Moling’s nephew, shares a laugh with Moling Thursday at their home along the Withlacoochee River. The there. pair’s bond has improved over the years. Now, they tease one another, give each other a hard time, as guys do with friends. B. Refurbish the pool and deed it back to the Beverly Hills Civic Uncle and nephew work in present, look to future with training, life programs Association. C. Do away with the NANCY KENNEDY “I could make her let me do janitor. No math, no English, and I was pool and build a Staff writer things that Chris would never outraged.” fountain to bring let me do,” Hanning said. That’s when Moling began getting involved people and families hris Moling and his nephew, Kenneth His mom would fall asleep in his nephew’s life, and shortly after Hanning to the park. Hanning, have an easy rapport. early and Hanning would be graduated he went to live with Moling, which D. Fill the pool and CThey tease one another, give each other out late riding his bicycle all was a disruption of both their lives. construct a pavilion a hard time, as guys do with friends. over. “With my sister’s health, she couldn’t man- to enhance the But it wasn’t always like that. Then one day Hanning’s age him anymore,” Moling said. “And he community. When Hanning, 33, was a kid growing up in Kenneth mom had a parent-teacher fought me hard at first, going from ‘with Mom To vote, visit www. Inverness, raised by a mom with serious Hanning conference at Citrus High I can do whatever I want’ to having rules and chronicleonline.com. health problems — Moling’s sister — nephew School that she couldn’t make expectations. For the first two or three years and uncle weren't particularly close, even and asked her brother if he our entire focus was on basic life skills, brush- Scroll down the home though they lived in the same town. would go. ing your teeth, wearing deodorant, putting on page and look for the “Back then I knew he had some develop- “It was at that meeting clean clothes every day.” poll box in the right- mental issues, but I wasn’t aware of them,” when I realized that Kenneth Moling said also at that time he had a girl- hand column. Moling, 56, said. “I saw Kenneth every once in had disabilities, and also that friend who worked part-time at the Key Train- Results will appear a while, but I was busy living my life, traveling he wasn’t being challenged,” ing Center and she helped work with Hanning, next Monday. Find for my business and on the road two weeks out Moling said. “I was stunned who was enrolled at then-Withlacoochee last week’s online of the month.” — there was no educational Technical Institute in their program for devel- poll results./Page A3 By the time Hanning was in high school, he plan — he cleaned the lunch- Chris opmentally disabled adults. had become adept at manipulating his mom. room and was basically a Moling See PLAN/Page A5 Classifieds . .B10 Crossword . .B12 INDEX Horoscope . A4 Movies . .B8 Comics . .B8 Editorial. A6 Lottery Numbers . .B3 TV Listings. .B7 Extra puzzles . .B7 Entertainment . 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