Streaking: Moore wins eighth, Rays sweep O’s /B1 MONDAY TODAY CITRUS COUNTY & next morning HIGH 89 Partly sunny with LOW 40% chance of thunderstorms. 66 PAGE A4 www.chronicleonline.com MAY 20, 2013 Florida’s Best Community Newspaper Serving Florida’s Best Community 50¢ VOL. 118 ISSUE 286 QUESTION OF THE WEEK Been to Zephyrhills lately? pare it to the budget for and right now, it’s the sole Nation wonders who won Powerball jackpot the city of Zephyrhills: winner of the largest ever This year’s figure is just Powerball jackpot,” Associated Press now worth an estimated Publix. He shook his head more than $49 million. Florida Lottery executive $590.5 million — the high- when asked about the The winning Powerball Cindy O’Connell told The ZEPHYRHILLS — est Powerball jackpot in jackpot. jackpot is 12 times that. Associated Press. “We’re Some lucky person history. “It’s crazy, isn’t it?” he Whoever has the ticket delighted right now that Contribute! walked into a Publix su- But it wasn’t Matthew said. “That’s so much hadn’t come forward as of we have the sole winner.” Bogel. On Sunday, he money.” Sunday afternoon. Publix spokeswoman Like us at permarket in suburban Florida over the past few loaded groceries into his It’s an amount too high “This would be the sixth Maria Brous said there facebook.com/ days and bought a ticket car after shopping at the for many to imagine. Com- Florida Powerball winner See JACKPOT/ Page A8 citruscounty chronicle and respond to our Question of the Week. Land How can we as Pedaling in comfort a society donor change the bad manners of contests people? Is it even possible? H O tax Samantha Houts 2 I agree that in some CHRIS VAN ORMER situations, talking on the phone might be con- Staff writer sidered rude. I used to feel that way myself until my LECANTO — Consider- husband was deployed ing that property owners overseas. I had my phone would donate land for right on me 24/7 and I answered it anytime he called, no of way and drainage areas matter where I was, no mat- to widen County Road 491, ter what I was doing. a landowner asked at a Linda L. Smith Thursday workshop why When I find myself the county would turn in a circumstance around and tax them for where the cashier is rude stormwater runoff. (being on the phone would “People are under the fall under this), I ask to speak with the department idea that if you donate manager and explain the property and you have this situation to them. Let them community stormwater handle it. Lesson taught. drain, you have no bills,” Brenda Land the landowner said. “But I work for a fast food the truth of the matter is, place and it was we’re going to have to pay busy and a lady came up to for the upkeep of the the register while on the phone talking so I stepped stormwater system.” aside and asked if I could The plan for widening help the next person in line. C.R. 491 would include The lady on the phone got land donations to allow off the phone quick and she STEPHEN E. LASKO/For the Chronicle property owners to drain wasn’t a happy camper. Regis Hampton, owner of Hampton’s Edge Trailside Bicycles in Floral City, demonstrates a recumbent their land into large, re- Sharon McPherson bicycle on the Withlacoochee State Trail. He said “bents,” as the cycles are known, have grown in gional drainage retention It used to be that popularity and offer people who have reservations about riding standard two-wheel bikes an alternative. areas (DRAs) rather than children were assigning one DRA per taught to have respect for parcel, enabling greater other people’s feelings, Enthusiasts tout benefits of using recumbent bicycles use of each parcel. property and time. Not so much nowadays and those But stormwater runoff children grow up to be dis- PAT FAHERTY cially Inverness — is widely Hampton, that trend in Inver- also became a topic of dis- respectful adults. Staff writer known as a great place to ride. ness, as well as in Floral City, is cussion at last week’s The economic impact of the largely due to popularity of re- meeting of the Citrus POLL ecumbent bikes are trail was discussed at a recent cumbent bikes. He owns and op- County Board of County setting the pace as meeting of the Tourism Devel- erates Hampton’s Edge ONLINE POLL: Commissioners (BOCC), pedal-powered opment Council. Vice chairman Trailside Bicycles in Floral City. when the board decided Your choice? Rtourism keeps growing Linda Bega pointed out that In- In his shop recumbent bikes to continue to explore the Do you support the in Citrus County. verness is becoming known as a rule; he sells them, fixes them, use of two new taxing recommendation to cut Thanks to the Withlacoochee city for bicycles. units, one for law enforce- the drunken State Trail, the county — espe- And according to Regis See COMFORT/ Page A6 ment and the other for a driving See DONOR/ Page A8 blood- alcohol level from .08 percent to .05 percent? Kathy Turner Thompson ‘hooked on history’ A. Yes, that would save lives. NANCY KENNEDY B. No. If someone’s only had a drink or two, Staff writer Monday CONVERSATION they haven’t lost control “jimpsom weed, bacon the surrounding area. It of their faculties. INVERNESS — Kathy rind and turpentine,” ac- has served her well for C. Yes, but if between Turner Thompson grew cording to writings from a the past 17 years in her .05 and.08, it should up in Citrus County and Tampa lawyer who also role as Citrus County his- only be a ticket-able married a man with roots “impaired” offense. noted that Dr. Jim “never torical resources officer. in the county that go back lost anybody.” At her office in the Old D. No. My designated to 1855. Turner Thompson has Courthouse in Inverness, drivers struggle to keep According to family lore it at .08. an innate talent for know- Turner Thompson sat To vote, visit www. and a few documents, her ing stories like this, not down with the Chronicle chronicleonline.com. husband’s great-grandfa- just about her own family for a conversation about Click on the word ther, James “Dr. Jim” history, but about the his- being “hooked on history.” “Opinion” in the menu Thompson, was a farmer tory of Citrus County and See MONDAY/ Page A7 to see the poll. and a cattleman who, de- Results will appear spite not being formally Kathy Turner Thompson knows history, and as Citrus next Monday. Find last educated, also practiced County historical resources officer, she enjoys sharing the week’s online poll medicine on the side. 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