Project1:Layout 1 6/10/2014 1:13 PM Page 1 MLB: Rays fall in series finale against Twins / B1 MONDAY TODAY C I T R U S C O U N T Y & next morning HIGH 88 Cloudy with PM LOW showers and storms. 73 PAGE A4 www.chronicleonline.com AUGUST 16, 2021 Florida’s Best Community Newspaper Serving Florida’s Best Community $1 VOL. 126 ISSUE 317 NEWS LOCALS BRIEFS WEIGH IN Grief camps I To read local veterans’ reactions help children AD ROGRESSES regarding the loss of cope with loss P P Afghanistan, pick up Children and teens Crystal River’s splash park area on track to open in October a copy of the who have experienced Tuesday, Aug. 17, the loss of a loved one BUSTER Chronicle. will discover ways to THOMPSON address their grief and Staff writer learn to cope at the After all fifth Camp Good Hope Battling rains and incon- and Teen Encounter sistent supply lines, work- ers are still on track and Mini-Camp from these years ... within budget to finish the 9 a.m. to noon Aug. 28 Crystal River Splash Pad at the Wings Grief Park. Center 8471 W. Peri- After breaking ground in winkle Lane in late April, crews with KABUL Homosassa. Lecanto-based contractor The camp will bring Daly & Zilch Inc. have cre- together grief profes- ated the foundations for sionals and caring vol- the city’s 1,000-square-foot FALLS unteers to help fountain pad and its future campers learn about surroundings of shade um- loss and healing brellas, greenery, land- through interactive scaping and sidewalks to Taliban stations and support. the Crosstown Trail. To register a “October is still what they’re shooting for,” Crys- declares camper for Camp tal River Project Manager Good Hope (ages 6 Kevin Lemieux told the through fifth-grade) or Chronicle on Wednesday, Islamic Teen Encounter Mini- Aug. 11. “It’s all in the Camp (middle and weather.” Emirate of high school students), This park, located on the call 352-249-1470 or northeast corner of North- email info@friendsof east First Avenue and Afghanistan citrus.org. Camper ap- Northeast Fifth Street, is plications must be another link for the city to Associated Press completed by Aug. 23. further connect its down- town’s shops and public There is a $10 regis- KABUL, Afghanistan amenities, like the neigh- tration fee per camper. — Afghanistan’s embat- boring Crystal River Town Scholarships are tled president left the Square on the corner of available upon country Sunday, joining U.S. 19 and Citrus Avenue. request. thousands of his fellow When it’s finished, the citizens and foreigners Camps observe park’s fountain pad can in a stampede fleeing CDC guidelines. keep guests and families the advancing Taliban Call 352-249-1470 cool during the day before and signaling the end or visit friendsof entertaining visitors with a of a 20-year Western ex- citrus.org or Friends of water display at night. Or, periment aimed at re- Citrus on Facebook. it can also be turned off to making the country. allow for additional venue The Taliban fanned Home and space. out across the capital, Florida lawmakers outdoor living and a group of fighters appropriated a entered the presiden- show Sept. 25 $450,000 grant in 2019 to tial palace in Kabul. Attend the Citrus help pay for the project. Suhail Shaheen, a Tali- County Chronicle’s City Council members fol- ban spokesman and ne- lowed up with a Fall Home and Out- gotiator, told The $350,000 pledge from Crys- door Living Show at Associated Press that tal River. 9 a.m. Sept. 25 at the the militants would City leaders awarded U.S. Army National hold talks in the com- Daly & Zilch $599,890 for a Guard Armory, ing days aimed at form- design-build method of 8551 W. Venable St. ing an “open, inclusive construction to better in Crystal River. Islamic government.” streamline taking what’s A Taliban official For more informa- on blueprints and turning earlier said the group tion, call it into reality. would announce the 352-563-6363. Lemieux said project creation of the Islamic costs haven't exceeded its — From staff reports Emirate of Afghanistan budget. from the palace, but “Mostly concrete is those plans appeared what’s left to go,” he said. ONLINE to be on hold. That was “Most of the splash pad MATTHEW BECK/Chronicle POLL the name of the country structure’s in place.” A new construction project in Crystal River is a splash pad park near Town Square, by the under Taliban rule be- Lemieux said recent city's water tower. The project is expected to finish in October 2021. fore the militants were What do rainfall has created a ousted by U.S.-led muddy environment for forces after the 9/11 at- you think? the backhoes filling in tacks. The official level surfaces for even Excessive airboat spoke on condition of concrete pours. A preliminary anonymity because he noise is a frequent Concrete trucks have design of the was not authorized to topic of complaint in also had trouble meeting Crystal River brief the media. the Chronicle Sound their scheduled deliveries Splash Pad The city was mean- Off. What do you to the site, Lemieux said. Park. For a while gripped by panic, think? Sometime next week, the wider aerial with helicopters racing splash pad’s water-filtration view, turn to overhead throughout and quality tank is expected A. Airboaters have Page A7. the day to evacuate to arrive. Lemieux said rights to make as Courtesy of the personnel from the plans changed to move the much noise as they City of Crystal River U.S. Embassy. Smoke pump out of sight. want within daytime rose near the com- hours. pound as staff de- B. Airboat noise is See PAD/Page A7 stroyed important obscenely loud and documents, and the they need to be made American flag was low- to run quieter. ered. Several other C. Those complaining Western missions also prepared to pull their chose to live on the people out. water. They can Afghans fearing that move. Council mulls codes, air conditioning the Taliban could reim- D. The county needs pose the kind of brutal to create, enforce FRED HIERS month that the city’s codes would also add to efficiencies by allowing rule that all but elimi- rules to limit boater Staff writer not change much, but rather the In- the code enforcement officer to nated women’s rights noise on the water. ternational Property Maintenance write up citations from their vehicle, rushed to leave the The Inverness City Council will Code is far more comprehensive incorporate software, and allows the country, lining up at To vote, visit www. take its second and final vote to de- than the codes the city uses today. resident to look up and learn codes cash machines to with- cide whether to overhaul how city For example, the city’s current for themselves, Rice said. chronicleonline.com. draw their life savings. staff enforce Inverness’ codes. codes dictate that buildings need to Rice told the council before the The desperately poor Scroll down the home In the second of two votes, the be safe and sanitary, but that doesn’t first vote earlier this month that cur- — who had left homes page and look for the council will vote Tuesday whether to give much guidance to the property rently the city’s codes are scattered in the countryside for poll box in the right- accept the International Property owner, Rice told the council earlier. throughout the city’s ordinances and the presumed safety of hand column. Maintenance Code, a 65-page com- The new codes and how they are that it is difficult for city staff to the capital — remained Results will appear prehensive set of rules dictating written give much better guidance learn them and apply in any given in parks and open next Monday. Find how properties should be as to how to maintain such things as situation. spaces throughout the last week’s online maintained. siding, chimneys, pools, flooring and To make matters worse, Rice said city. poll results./Page A3 Greg Rice, the city’s development roofing, he said. director, told the council earlier this The proposed code overhaul will See COUNCIL/Page A7 See KABUL/Page A7 Classifieds . .B7 Crossword . .B10 INDEX Horoscope . A4 Movies . .B6 Comics . .B6 Editorial. A6 Lottery Numbers . .B3 TV Listings. .B5 Entertainment . 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