Broiled: 49ers crush winless Jaguars in London /B1 MONDAY TODAY CITRUS COUNTY & next morning HIGH 82 Some LOW high clouds. 52 PAGE A4 www.chronicleonline.com OCTOBER 28, 2013 Florida’s Best Community Newspaper Serving Florida’s Best Community 50¢ VOL. 119 ISSUE 82 NEWS Monday CONVERSATION BRIEF Inverness office closed DuWayne Sipper: I didn’t for November The Citrus County Chronicle’s Inverness office will be closed for find the Path; it found me construction through the end of November. Customers and visi- tors will be redirected to the Chamber of Commerce office, 401 Tompkins St., In- verness, where a Chronicle represen- tative will be available. The phone num- bers and fax will be the same: 352-726- 0902 or 352-726- 3983, or fax 352-726-9603. —From staff reports QUESTION OF THE WEEK Contribute! Like us at facebook.com/ citruscounty chronicle and respond to our Question of the Week. How do you stretch your MATTHEW BECK/Chronicle food dollars? The Path of Citrus County farm worker Zach Service plants cabbage last Monday morning as the sun peaks over the Hernando horizon. When The Path first began farming, Executive Director DuWayne Sipper said it was one way to help his shelter residents regain and maintain Cassie Durham a healthy diet. I would gladly grow my own food, if only ERYN WORTHINGTON CHRONICLE: Being a faith-based homeowners associations would stop harassing me every Staff writer organization, are there any chal- time I grow a tomato plant. lenges that you find when people don’t Wendy Ring Baker is adult life was full of lemons — selling drugs, jail, believe the same thing as you? We garden, and probation and living off of credit cards. SIPPER: Very little. We tell people then can our fruits on the telephone that everyone is and vegetables. When he began experiencing grand mal seizures, he felt God was going to be in church and Bible study. Tricia McEntire Marble calling him home and decided to move to Citrus County to be Making them agree to what we are We are still trying to with his father. teaching — no, we don’t do that. But figure that one out! We have two boys and we go HOne night, he said, God spoke to him and said, “Start a homeless shelter.” they will be in class. We get chal- through four gallons of milk Today The Path of Citrus County’s executive director, DuWayne Sipper, is cel- lenged. We get people asking ques- a week. A weekly trip to the ebrating 13 years of “God’s calling.” tions when they don’t agree, but that grocery store can cost $180 is just normal. No one can force you and often that is even with- The Path offers Christian living for rehabilitation and encourages a work ethic out getting any meat. to do anything as far as your spirit is for those without a home. Clients partake in a structured program that includes concerned. With your body you can ONLINE POLL: assigned chores and supervised activities to maintain the shelter properties, personal Your choice? and community living space, bargain stores and the Path farm, Sipper said. See SIPPER/ Page A9 Why do you feel certain top county offi- cials have taken jobs elsewhere? After tragic loss, family A. They’ve gained experi- Harvester talks continue wants others to embrace life, ence and are ready to A.B. SIDIBE move on to bigger and better things. Staff writer learn awareness of SIDS B. A commissioner has created a hostile work CRYSTAL RIVER — Editor’s note: October ERYN environment. The two sides locked in is National Sudden Infant WORTHINGTON C. They’re able to earn the saga over the use of a Death Syndrome Aware- Staff writer more in the new posi- large mechanical har- ness Month, and the un- tions in other locations. vester in the cleanup of foreseen tragedy shattered Ella was a healthy, D. Internal politics sepa- King’s Bay are talking, a Citrus County family two happy baby who loved to rate from the county and have agreed on a few years ago. Since then, the interact with others. commission. generalities. family has made it their She was only fussy To vote, visit www. Steve Lamb, of Save mission to raise awareness chronicleonline.com. when she was hungry or Click on the word Crystal River Inc. — the of SIDS. Grandmother needed to be changed. “Opinion” in the menu group spearheading the MATTHEW BECK/Chronicle Joan Melvin contacted She slept through the night to see the poll. mechanical cleanup of Volunteers pull hyacinth Thursday morning from an area the Chronicle in hopes of and loved to roll over. Results will appear in Crystal River used to grow the plants. The tall aquatic saving another baby’s life next Monday. See BAY/ Page A9 vegetation will be transplanted to a corral in King’s Bay. by the sharing their story. See ELLA/ Page A8 Blood Drives . .A7 Crossword . .B6 INDEX Horoscope . .A4 Movies . .B7 Classifieds . .B8 Editorial . .A10 Lottery Numbers . .B3 Obituaries . .A6 Comics . .B7 Entertainment . .A4 Food Programs . .A6 Lottery Payouts . .B3 TV Listings . .B6 000GFRN A2 MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2013 LOCAL CITRUS COUNTY (FL) CHRONICLE Bellamy Brothers close out BEST NEW HEARING Crazy on Country TECHNOLOGY The Crazy on Country Fall Festival had its grand finale American Owned and Operated Saturday night with head- liners the Bellamy Broth- ers. Howard (left, top) and FREE Hearing Test David played to an enthusi- astic audience of country music fans at the Rock Crusher Canyon Pavilion. 2013 The festival has dedicated its net profits to Save 000GAL4 Crystal River Inc. and the Inverness Homosassa Dunnellon restoration of King’s Bay. STEPHEN E. LASKO 586-7599 621-8000 789-1559 /For the Chronicle Illuminate the holidays with beautiful holiday lighting from Bush Home Services. 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Registered names will be cross-checked with sister agencies, which also provide Christmas toys, to ensure fair distribution of toys to every qualified child. Proof of Citrus County residency required. Those who sign up will also need: ■ Adults and children: Social Security card for each member of the household. ■ Adults: Photo identifi- cation to validate residency in Citrus County. ■ Children: Birth certificate, immunization record or re- port card to validate age and residency in Citrus County. ■ Custodians: Court doc- umentation to validate legal custody of child or children. Registration is from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. weekdays at 103 Mill Ave., Inverness. For more information, call 352-344-2242. Cancer presentation set for Nov. 6 Dr. Joseph Bennett will All photos by STEPHEN E. LASKO/For the Chronicle be the next guest speaker at the “Time Out From Can- cer” monthly dinner at Clawdaddy’s restaurant, 1601 Southeast U.S. 19, AND YOUR LITTLE Crystal River. This meeting will be at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6. Dr. Bennett graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1983 and Col- DOG, TOO! lege of Medicine in 1989. He completed his radiation oncology residency at the University of Florida and he Cooterween costume contest got under way Sunday with children of all then joined the staff of ages dressing up as their favorite characters to impress the judges. In some Robert Boissoneault Oncol- ogy Institute (RBOI) in Cit- cases, as with 11-year-old Mindy Meeks from Floral City, they even dressed rus County in 1989. T Complimentary finger food up their favorite animals, as we see with Mindy’s friend, Missy the Dachshund. is sponsored by Hometown Values and items are avail- able from the dinner menu. Please call 352-527-0106 to RSVP before Oct. 31. Port authority to meet Wednesday The Citrus County Port Authority will meet at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday in the board chamber, Room 100, of the Citrus County Court- house in Inverness. The first order of busi- ness will be client-attorney closed session. The board will instruct its attorney in private regarding the next move in the case of Robert A. Schweickert Jr. vs.