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This is our story This was our van
On Wednesday night, I heard our 11-year-old daughter Caroline tell her mother, “I remem-
ber the night Miley started going crazy …”
I am not sure what the context was, but she was referring to wild, tongue-wag-ging singer and former Disney Channel star Miley Cyrus. As young girls, Caroline and her older sister, Katie, adored Miley, particularly her TV show “Hannah Montana.” Miley, indeed, moved on to Crazytown, and our daugh-ters moved on to “Doctor Who” and “Sherlock.”
But the Miley Cyrus com-ment hit me at an odd time.
Days earlier, I was cleaning out our exhausted family mini-van. It was on its way to be traded for a newer vehicle for my wife and, eventually, Katie. I had an appointment with the salesman and was running late, of course. As any van owner knows, cleaning this vehicle is more than plucking a few Cheerios off the fl oorboard.
This was a certifi ed archeo-logical expedition. Every layer represented distinct eras in our family’s evolution.
We bought the van when Katie was in fi rst-grade. She is now an incoming high school sophomore learning how to drive.
It was ironic and a bit touching; here I was prepar-ing for the future, one that — eventually — will have Katie behind the wheel of a vehicle, yet I was digging through the past to get there.
And a substantial part of that past was pre-crazy Miley.
I found a “Hannah Montana” necklace, a pair of 3-D glasses for the “Hannah Montana” movie, more “Hannah Montana” jewelry and a “Hannah Montana” pen that, when clicked, plays Hannah’s peppy theme song “Best of Both Worlds.” It is impressive-ly loud for an ink pen.
Digging deeper, I discovered that our culture dated back before the HannaMonzoic Era. Based on the T-shirt, coloring pages and other relics in primary colors, our van started its journey with us during The Wiggles Era.
This was a harmless time when four Australian guys sang about dress-wearing dinosaurs, fruit salad and cold spaghetti. One Wiggle struggled with severe bouts of narcolepsy. Jeff, the purple Wiggle, nodded off in the middle of their shows while Anthony, the blue Wiggle, stepped over him to raid the refrigerator.
I know this because my wife and I saw the shows and heard the songs about 600 times a
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Inmate convicted of writing death threats
By April WarrenSta! writer
Circuit Judge Hale Stancil is used to presiding over criminal trials, but on Wednesday and Thursday his role in court became that of witness as he testifi ed against a man who wrote him threatening letters from prison.
In two separate, one-day trials , two different six-member juries returned guilty verdicts against Lester Leroy Williams, 36, on
two charges of written threats to kill or do bodily harm for writing separate threatening letters to the judge in August and October 2014, in which he threatened to harm Stancil and his family.
During the trials, Williams, who represented himself, gave several reasons for writing the letters, including a conspiracy involving the federal govern-ment; that he wanted to confront the judge, who, he claimed, had unfairly sentenced him previ-ously; and referencing a
ALAN YOUNGBLOOD/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Lester Williams makes his opening statement as he defends himself in his trial for sending a death threat to Judge Hale Stencil on Thursday at the Marion County Courthouse in Ocala.
In an unusual move, the judge who received the death threats took the stand during the trials.
Details released on o! cers indicted in inmate beating
By Austin L. MillerSta! writer
Federal offi cials have released more information on the indictment of two corrections offi cers, one of whom is accused
of beating an inmate at a prison in Coleman.
The offi cers — William Houghton, of Clermont, and Eddie Rodas-Castro, of Orlando — were released on bond Wednesday, according to a spokesperson at the U.S. Attorney’s Offi ce for Middle District of Florida. Houghton’s bond amount is $50,000 and Rodas-Castro’s is $25,000.
As conditions of their release, they cannot have any contact
with each other or the victim and cannot live at a place that has fi rearms or other weapons.
The men were arrested Wednesday. Houghton is accused of assaulting an inmate, the offi cial said. Both Houghton and Rodas-Castro are charged with obstructing justice by lying about the incident.
At the time of the alleged beating, Houghton and Rodas-Castro were corrections offi cers at the Coleman Correctional
Facility in Coleman.According to the unsealed
indictment, FBI agents and the Justice Department’s inspector general obtained a copy of a video that captured the March 22 beating. It involved the offi cers and an inmate identifi ed only as RLC.
Offi cials said Houghton injured RLC by repeatedly hitting him in the head and face. Houghton then lied “with the
One o! cer is accused of beating an inmate, while both men are accused of lying about the incident.
Test results prompt concern
By Joe CallahanSta! writer
The Marion County School Board on Tuesday questioned school district staff about how to improve lackluster performance on the 2015 state science test.
The results showed that Marion County fi fth-graders still trail the state by 3 percent-age points, and eighth-graders trail their state peers by 6 points. Last year, Marion’s eighth-grad-ers trailed the state by 8 percent-age points, so local students did gain some ground on the state.
Still, Marion’s numbers remain below state levels, which concerns the School Board. Tuesday’s discussion started after School Board member Kelly King asked school offi cials why the science results have remained fl at for several years.
Since the science test was fi rst administered in 2006, local eighth-grade profi ciency rates have climbed by 11 percentage points and statewide profi ciency rates climbed by 16 points. But since 2011, Marion’s eighth-grade scores have remained fl at, with 42 percent of eighth-grad-ers deemed profi cient in 2011, which was the same this year.
Statewide, profi ciency growth among eighth-graders has been only 2 percentage points since 2011, offi cials noted. Only 48 percent of the state’s eighth-graders in 2015 were deemed profi cient in science.
School Board members grilled district sta" members on Tuesday.STAFF PHOTOS BY DOUG ENGLE
Lifeguard Kelsey Mears, left, catches Wren Blaire, 2, after she kicked o! from the wall on her belly at the Hampton Aquatic Center on Thursday. About 200 children at both the Hampton and Jervey Gantt Aquatic Fun Centers took part in the international “World’s Largest Swim Lesson.” The event, created to teach swim safety, was free and open to the public.
More onlineSee more photos of Lester
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Massive swim lesson aims to reduce drowningRIGHT: Head Lifeguard Dustin Exum, center, helps Luke Farrell, 8, left, fl oat on his back at the Hampton Aquatic Center. Participants around the world were trying to break the world record for the largest simultaneous swim lesson.
LEFT: Swimmers get ready to dive into the pool at the Hampton Aquatic Center. SEE MORE PHOTOS FROM THE EVENT AT WWW.OCALA.COM
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SCORES: District hosting science camp
Janet Weldon, the district’s director of guidance and testing, said scores in districts state-wide have been consis-tently fl at for the past several years.
Weldon noted that each year a different group of children take the test, thus it is not a comparison of the same group year to year. In addition, when there’s a small group of test-takers — 3,231 local eighth-graders this year — the numbers will fl uctuate.
Superintendent of Schools George Tomyn told the board the district is holding a science camp over the summer to help boost scores.
Called STEMcon 2015, the camp has been helping 1,000 Marion elementary students with extra science instruction since June 10. STEM stands for science, technology,
engineering and math. The camp, which is by invitation only at 11 schools, ends July 16.
The state Department of Education released the scores in fi fth- and eighth-grade science last week. The data shows 50 percent of Marion’s fi fth-graders were deemed profi cient in science, while 53 percent of their state-wide peers were consid-ered profi cient. Profi cient is considered to be a score of at least 3 on a 5-point scale.
“I would love to have 90 percent of our students scoring a 3 or above,” Tomyn said, adding that is the reason for the summer science camp.
Meanwhile, Weldon said Marion teenagers did well on the state-mandated biology and history end-of-course exams.
In biology, 64 percent of Marion students — mostly high-schoolers — scored profi cient, while the state
average was 65 percent.Weldon noted that while
biology profi ciency statewide dropped by 2 percentage points, Marion’s profi ciency did not drop.
In terms of the state history end-of-course exam, Marion students mirrored the state profi -ciency average of 66 percent.
The big shock for district offi cials was a poor performance on the civics end-of-course exam, which was issued for the fi rst time this year. While 65 percent of the state’s seventh-graders were profi cient in civics, only 53 percent of Marion’s peers received a 3 or better.
Tomyn and other school offi cials are meeting with principals to determine what happened. Now that the test has been imple-mented for the fi rst time, offi cials hope to better tailor the curriculum to fi t students’ needs.
Continued from 1B
TRIAL: Jury reached verdict quicklydiscussion between his family and a member of Stancil’s family, which, he said, landed him in prison.
Assistant Public Defend-er Meredith Poisson acted as standby counsel and briefl y represented Williams during the trials. She argued that while her client wrote the letters, the intent to harm the judge did not exist.
On Thursday afternoon, presiding Circuit Judge Robert Hodges sentenced Williams as a prison release reoffender to 15 years in prison for each of the two cases. Those sentences will run consecutive to one another and will begin in February 2020 — after the 10-year sentence Williams is currently serving for sexual battery is complet-ed.
Williams previously served time for six criminal charges involv-ing battery.
“I understand he is troubled, but it doesn’t help when you’re talking to someone who could be a victim out there of his violent nature,” Hodges said, explaining the sentence.
Williams exhibited bizarre behavior during both trials. He also declined to wear street clothes and appeared before the jury in his red Marion County Jail uniform.
On Wednesday, Williams took the staples out of some of his paperwork and, while speaking to the jury, pulled a staple from his mouth. On Thursday, he told the judge he wanted to call several witness on his behalf, including singer-songwrit-er Katy Perry, who, he said, was his fi ancé and the mother of this child.
Williams told the jury he had been previously diagnosed with borderline personality disorder.
Before the trial, the court had him evaluated and he was deemed competent to proceed with the legal
process. During his opening
statement Assistant State Attorney Toby Hunt told the jury that on Oct. 19, 2014, Williams was housed at Lake Correc-tional Institution in Clermont. He said Wil-liams wrote a letter to Stancil in which he called the judge a name and threatened to harm the judge and his family if he did not get proper relief for the sexual battery claim for which he had “involun-tarily” accepted a plea deal and for which Stancil had imposed sentence.
On Nov. 7, 2014, Stancil’s judicial assistant, Sue Starling, opened the envelope and read the letter before showing it to the judge, who notifi ed authorities. Ocala police investigated, but no fi nger-prints of value were found on the letter.
Correctional offi cer Anthony Christian testifi ed that he took the letter from Williams on Oct. 19, 2014. He ex-plained that protocol required him to check that the Department of Corrections inmate number on the outgoing mail matched the inmate sending the letter. He told the jury that, in this case, it matched. Williams’ name also was printed on the envelope.
Williams used an alias to sign the letter, however. He told the jury that writing the letter was the only way he could get a chance to confront Stancil.
Christian said that while Williams was housed at Lake Correctional Institu-tion, he was kept in the mental health facility area.
“It’s very clear that the defendant wrote this letter,” Hunt said in his opening statement. “It is against the law to write a threat to kill somebody.”
During his opening statement, Williams told the jury that the case involved a criminal conspiracy that included the federal government. He did not present any
concrete evidence of such activity to the jury.
During the defense’s presentation of evidence, Williams attempted to introduce a number of exhibits but Hodges denied them as irrelevant to the case. At one point, Wil-liams called Hodges “prejudice.” Williams also said he had a right to a fair trial and asked why he was being denied the right to establish the conspiracy.
Williams testifi ed on his own behalf and told the jury the case involved a stand your ground issue. He sat on the witness stand and held up a small Bible and said it was his “sword and weapon.”
“I’ve done some things that are wrong, I’ve done some things that are very wrong,” he testifi ed, adding that he was still trying to receive justice.
He detailed his criminal history for the jury at length and also said he had been arrested in the past for a crime he did not commit. He said he was wrongly convicted and “put through the wringer,” which made him feel there is no hope for the judicial process.
He said he is not suicidal, but is “martyr-cidal.”
Williams told the jury he understands that his actions were wrong, but he said there was no criminal intent in his threats.
Outside the jury’s presence, Williams told the court he believed the case really stemmed from a family issue. He said his family attended church in St. Petersburg, along with a man with the last name of Stancil, and said that his own family had used that connection to have him put in prison.
Stancil told the court-room he had done exten-sive genealogy on his family tree and had no recollection of any family member living in St. Petersburg.
Once the jury began their deliberations Thursday, they returned their guilty verdict in under 16 minutes.
Continued from 1B
ALAN YOUNGBLOOD/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Judge Hale Stancil is sworn in as he is called as a witness during Lester Williams’ trial on Thursday.
SCHLENKER: Spent 9 years with vanday for several years. These days, I long for that euphoric sweetness of wide-eyed tots lost in “The Monkey Dance.”
That van knew good times, and I stopped more than once to refl ect on drawings or savor memories of those long-forgotten toys that meant the world to our daughters before they slipped between the seats to live with broken crayons.
Ink and crayon marks on leather seats once enraged me. On this day, they made me smile.
We spent nine years in that van, which does not
seem like a lot until I realized that represents more than half of Katie’s life and more than 80 percent of Caroline’s. The van clutter always drove me insane — the paper, books, gadgets, clothes, swim goggles, beach toys and cedar forest of pencils. But as a car salesman across town waited for me and my trade-in Saturday, I carefully assembled a box of treasures increasingly dear and delicate.
I miss The Wiggles. I miss Captain Under-pants. I even miss Hannah Montana. Not for what they meant to me, but for what they meant to our precious daughters.
That old van was so much more than transportation — a powerful epiphany that struck me in the last hour we owned it.
Now Katie is learning to drive, and my automotive concerns will be more complicated than scrap-ing up crayon remains. In the coming years, I will beg Katie to keep her eyes on the road and her hands off the volume knob. But, every now and then, when the car is parked and world is safe, I hope Katie digs through the glove compartment, snags an ink pen and belts out “The Best of Worlds” with the shameless abandon of a yellow Wiggle shakin’ it like cold spaghetti.
Continued from 1B
OFFICERS: Both men accused of lying
intent to impede, obstruct and infl uence the investi-gation,” according to the report.
Offi cials provided examples of how Hough-ton lied in his report. In one part he wrote: “He (RLC) then followed me down Gate 25 with his fi sts clinched and once the gate opened came at me attempting to swing
his right closed fi st at me.”And, in another in-
stance, Houghton said: “I quickly attempted to turn inmate (RLC) around to place hand restraints on him and he very quickly raised his fi sts up, from being clinched at his side to about shoulder level, in what I perceived to be an attempted strike or swing at my throat and lower facial area, while he was resisting my actions to
place him in hand restraints.”
In both instances, federal offi cials said, Houghton was not being truthful.
As for Rodas-Castro, investigators said he also did not tell the truth in his report. He alleged the inmate “was still verbally aggressive towards staff and displayed signs of imminent violence towards Offi cer Hough-ton.”
Continued from 1B
Colt matches OBS record set TuesdayBy Carlos E. MedinaCorrespondent
The fi rst three days of the four-day Ocala Breeders’ Sales June auction of 2-year-old thoroughbreds have kept to the same script: One horse sells for a record price while the less expensive horses continue to struggle.
For the third-straight day, a colt sold for $575,000, matching the new record set on Tuesday.
Thursday’s highest-priced seller was a son of Super Saver, which was purchased by The Three Amigos. He was con-signed by Bobby Dodd.
But gross sales were off again, with 153 horses selling for more than $6.3 million on Thursday, compared with 203 horses that sold for more than $6.7 million in 2014.
The average, boosted by the record sale, was up to
$41,676 from $33,009 last year. The buyback rate, the percentage of horses that go through the sales ring but don’t meet their reserve price, was up to 25 percent from 12 percent last year.
The sale’s fi nal session, which includes a number of horses of racing age, is today and starts at 10:30 a.m. at the OBS sales pavilion at 1701 SW 60th Ave.
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Pulling out all the stops for career day
When speaking at elementary school career days, I am armed with nothing
but a newspaper — usually the one I snag off the kitchen table in the mad rush to get to career day before all the doughnuts are eaten by the other speakers, who come armed with badges or K9 co-workers or fl ying cars.
Still, there I am with my newspapers, holding them up for fi dgety kids, pointing at headlines and proclaiming things like “That’s right! The City Council plans to hire a new aviation-management company, thus tripling — yes, I said TRIPLING — lease income.”
If that doesn’t send them scrambling for J-school, I’ll deliver another punch: “Ooooo, look here: The Florida Hospital Association backs the state Senate’s Medicaid fi x.”
To be sure, these are vital issues, important stories that directly affect our wallets. But they are tough sells to third-graders. Good thing I am a career day veteran; I know how to hold the room if headlines about Gov. Rick Scott’s hospital profi t-sharing plan do not ignite the proper discourse.
Fact is, newsrooms are interesting places. Reporters, editors and photographers do very interesting things. Sure, I’m just a boring dolt in cheap dress shoes who dodges the inevitable “Do you make a lot of money?” Yet I have driven a blimp, hunted alligators, ridden shotgun in squad cars, sipped tea with Travolta, annoyed David Copperfi eld, interviewed governors and made a two-rumped Ocala chicken an international star.
Heck, days before career day, I took photos of NFL great Terry Bradshaw — my childhood hero — as part of my job.
So my career day strategy is to babble about such cool things until I stumble on something that resonates with the kids. Travolta always is a solid bet (though my witty “Saturday Night Fever” references strangely fall fl at), as are the blimp and gator stories.
This week at Hammett Bowen Jr. Elementary School, the two-butted chicken story killed. My point was that appetites for news range from heated politics with signifi -cant fi nancial ripples to an Ocala farmer who names his chicken J-Lo because of its anatomical anomaly. It was a brilliant soliloquy, really, about news value and the ever-changing landscape of media consumption.
What they heard, of course, was Newspaper Guy say “Yes, it was a chicken with, well, it had two behinds. The story went viral and … How? Well, it had, um, two behinds. So, yes, the article was … Two be-hinds! I do not know why. It just did.”
I love student questions at career day. My business, I tell them, is all about being noisy and asking questions. I encourage questions, even the ones that make teachers squirm. As I get carried away about my brushes with
DAVE SCHLENKEREntertainmentEditor
SUBMITTED PHOTOS
Rachael Pummill and her father Scott Pummill died in a car accident on Saturday along Southeast 127th Street Road.
Father, daughter killed in crash an inseparable pair
By Austin L. MillerSta! writer
BELLEVIEW — Scott Pummill and his teenage daughter, Rachael, were inseparable.
Though the 13-year-old lived with her mother, she often visited her father in Belleview, and the two would spend many hours together. They were
baptized together Jan. 18, the day before Pummill’s 43rd birthday, at Belleview Christian Church.
“She was Daddy’s little girl,” said Pummill’s mother, Anita
Heart of Florida buys troubled dental o! ce
By Austin L. MillerSta! writer
Heart of Florida Health Center has purchased the troubled Churchill Dentistry offi ce at 225 SE 17th St. in Ocala.
CEO Kerrie Jones Clark confi rmed Thursday afternoon that Heart of Florida made the
purchase. Details were not immediately released.
Two dentists — the husband and wife team of Dr. Michael Tarver and Dr. Rebecca Tarver — have worked at the pediatric dental offi ce, formerly known as Polliwog Dental.
Via email Thursday, Tarver said they were “exited to announce the transition from Churchill Dentistry to The Heart of Florida Health Center.” They intend “to spend their time pursuing charitable causes and continuing education” and are “going to redirect their focus on
new interests and technology in the fi eld.”
Tarver said he does not think they will open another dental offi ce but will probably work as associates.
Clark said the two sides have been talking off and on for about three months. She said Heart of Florida approached Tarver about the sale.
“We wanted to ensure that children on Medicaid would continue to have access to dental care since he cannot provide Medicaid to them,” she said.
Heart of Florida has a small
offi ce at 1025 SW First Ave. and wanted to expand the practice. However, that plan was shelved when they decided to approach Tarver. He was very happy and gracious, she said.
Heart of Florida is a federally qualifi ed health center with seven locations countywide that provide medical access to the uninsured and those on Medic-aid or Medicare. It is listed in state records as a Florida nonprofi t corporation.
Tarver said he has “no reloca-tion plans at this time” and is
Churchill Dentistry has been the subject of several controversies under two di! erent names.
STAFF PHOTOS BY BRUCE ACKERMAN
Alex Rodriguez, 10, left, and Chase Reeder, 12, dressed as Spanish matadors, pull “Ferdinand” the bull for June Ballard’s fourth-grade class during the 29th annual World’s Fair parade at Stanton-Weirsdale Elementary School on Thursday in Weirsdale.
Closing arguments today in She! eld trial
By April WarrenSta! writer
On Thursday afternoon, the 12-member jury presiding over the fi rst-degree murder case of Isaac Sheffi eld heard the last of the evidence to be presented
before they determine if the defendant beat and stabbed Ocklawaha resident Stanley Yassen to death in August 2013.
At 9 a.m. today , attorneys will interpret that evidence in the form of closing arguments, which will serve as a last-min-ute opportunity to prove their case to the panel before deliberations begin.
Prosecutors believe Sheffi eld would purchase pills from
Yassen, 74, a known dealer. They say the business relation-ship between the two men turned sour in May 2013 after Yassen’s home was broken into and he blamed Sheffi eld, despite any evidence tying him to the crime. Yassen tried to tamper with Sheffi eld’s car and even tried to hire another man to harm Sheffi eld, according to trial testimony.
Isaac She" eld is accused of killing Stanley Yaseen in 2013.
Median home price is up 20% from 2014
By Richard AnguianoBusiness editor
The median price of a home in Marion County in April rose about 20 percent over the same month last year and sales were up more than 11 percent, Realtors reported.
The Ocala/Marion County Association of Realtors’ report for April indicates the median sale price of an existing home was $111,500, up from the $93,000 the group reported a year ago.
Dale Barron, OMCAR presi-dent-elect, attributed the increase to “good old supply and demand.”
“Our supply has dropped and we’ve got very, very strong demand,” Barron said.
“Year over year, it’s a heck of a difference from a year ago to today,” he added. “It’s a much more balanced market.”
Realtors reported the sale of 599 homes closed in April, up year-over-year from 538.
Meanwhile, the months’ supply of homes on the market in Marion County fell by one entire month — 6.3 in April, down from 7.3 a year ago. Realtors see the months’ supply of inventory as an especially key statistic, with 5.5 months indicating a balanced market favoring neither buyer nor seller and creating favorable condi-tions for new home construc-tion.
The inventory fi gure for the month was 3,219, down 7.2 percent year over year from 3,468.
“Our biggest challenge right now is in inventory,” said Barron, who is the CEO of Coldwell Banker Ellison Realty in Ocala.
The breakdown of April sales was:
Traditional sales were at 484,
up 19.2 percent year over year.Foreclosure/real estate-owned
sales were at 104, down 7.1 percent from 112.
Short sales were at 11, down
45 percent from 20.
Local Realtors also reported that the number of homes sold increased.
Funeral servicesFuneral services for Scott and
Rachael Pummill will be held today at Roberts Funeral Home, 2739 SE Maricamp Road, Ocala. Visitation will begin at 3 p.m., with the funeral at 7 p.m.
Scott and Rachael Pummill were two of the three people who died in the crash on Saturday.
Students in Weirsdale parade their cultural IQThey put their knowledge to use for the 29th annual World’s Fair parade.
ABOVE: Annette Martin was dressed as Lady Liberty to march in the parade with her pre-kindergarten class that represented the United States during the World’s Fair parade. Students in di! erent classrooms learned about the country they were representing and dressed up as residents of their country to march in the parade. LEFT: Wayne McFadden, 9, left, and Amer Uhlinger, 8, both third-graders, race together as members of the Jamaican bobsled team. MORE PHOTOS FROM THE PARADE AT WWW.OCALA.COM
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celebrities, student questions put me in perspective.
“Do you know Beyonce?” “Have you ever met Tom Brady?” “Why have you never met Tom Brady?”
At Hammett Bowen this week, students were truly fascinated by news decisions. What do we cover and why?
My favorite question of the day came from a boy in a superhero shirt: “So, if you were on a cruise, and you saw two sharks and an Orca fi ghting, would you write a newspaper about it?”
Frankly, when J-Lo the chicken gets more page views than Rick Scott, that is one of the best media questions I have ever heard. The answer, by the way, is absolutely.
Contact Dave Schlenker at 867-4120 or [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @daveschlen-kerOSB.
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Suwannee River Water Management District Executive Director Ann Shortelle has been named executive director of the St. Johns River Water Management District.
The Governing Board unanimously voted to appoint Shortelle on Thursday. She will have an annual salary of $175,000.
After three years with the Suwannee district, Shortelle, a former Florida Department of Environ-
mental Protection water policy director under Gov. Rick Scott, starts with the St. Johns district on June 1.
The St. Johns district was without a permanent director after the resigna-tion of Hans Tanzler in early May. The second high-level shakeup at the St. Johns district during the Scott administration also included the resigna-tion of several longtime senior offi cials, with two saying in their resignation letters that they were pushed out and resigned
to avoid termination.The majority of the St.
Johns district’s Governing Board said last week that they wanted to hire Shortelle away from the Suwannee district. They eventually delayed that decision a week at the request of some members.
In anticipation of Shortelle’s move to the larger water management district, the Suwannee district’s Governing Board named water supply division director Carlos Herd interim executive director last week.
Suwannee water district director heading to St. Johns River district
Ocala losing part of its Heart & Soul as restaurant closes todayBy Rick AllenSta! writer
Just weeks shy of its fi rst anniversary, the Heart & Soul Southern Kitchen is closing today — at least for now.
Ron “Rondo” Fernandez announced late Wednes-day that he is closing the “meat and two” comfort food restaurant, which he introduced last July as an offshoot of his growing Mojo’s group, because “I just couldn’t do the job that I felt needed to be done.”
He added he plans to reopen the eatery once Mojo’s itself is on fi rmer footing and he has the time to personally oversee the Heart & Soul develop-ment.
Fernandez said all the employees at the Pine Plaza eatery either have found jobs with other restaurants or are being put on staff at one of his
Mojo’s in Ocala or Bel-leview. All of his catering will be run out of the Heart & Soul kitchen, though, and he added “we might even start cooking classes” there.
For now, Fernandez said he will be focusing on strengthening his Mojo’s brand, which includes the long-awaited yet still-un-scheduled opening of a Mojo Grill on east Silver Springs Boulevard by the Appleton Museum and Ocala Civic Theatre complex.
Currently, there are Mojo’s in Ocala, Belleview and at the Ocala National Golf Club on northwest U.S. 27, and there is a food truck that gets out to various events around the area.
But beyond preparing and serving fried chicken, roast turkey, cornbread and collards, Heart & Soul also was a training ground
— particularly for troubled youths and young adults in danger of becoming a part of the judicial process. Fernandez’s plan was to bring them onboard before they got into trouble and teach them marketable skills.
Ashton Johns, a multiple award-winning culinary student when she was at Forest High School and a Heart & Soul employee when it opened, texted late Wednesday that “I feel its closing affects everyone, and the impact of the loss of the program is going to be felt by the youth of Ocala citywide.”
But that’s the program Fernandez said he isn’t shelving. “Our plan is to do it again once Mojo’s is in the position to fund such an awesome com-munity project,” he said. “We will continue to mentor at-risk youth through Mojo’s. That was
really important in my decision.”
He also said he’s working with the new Open Arms
Village, a short-term residential site for home-less adults, “to see if we can mentor the residents.”
As part of the Open Arms program, residents are encouraged to fi nd and keep jobs.
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The Heart & Soul restaurant on its opening day last year.
Concealed carry, child safety among 44 bills signed by ScottThe News Service of Florida
TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott signed 44 bills into law Thursday, including a measure that will allow Floridians without concealed-weapons licenses to carry guns during mandatory emergency evacua-tions.
He also signed bills aimed at improving the state’s child-pro-tection and juvenile-justice systems, banning job discrimi-nation based on pregnancy and creating tax-free savings accounts for people with disabilities.
The new gun law (SB 290) went into effect as soon as Scott signed it. Backers say the measure will allow people to bring their weapons when forced to leave home because of hurricanes and other disasters.
“It’s really a no-brainer,” National Rifl e Association lobbyist Marion Hammer said.
A similar measure died in the
Senate last year amid concerns by the Florida Sheriffs Associa-tion and senators on both sides of the aisle. Some were appre-hensive about increasing the number of armed people on the streets without concealed-weap-ons licenses during emergen-cies.
The bill’s sponsor, Sen. Jeff Brandes, R-St. Petersburg, addressed those concerns this year by limiting the amount of time people can carry guns without concealed-weapons licenses to 48 hours, which can be extended by the governor.
Meanwhile, the child-protec-tion law (SB 7078) began as what’s known as a glitch bill, expanding aspects of a sweep-ing reform measure that passed last year. The new law will increase reporting of medical neglect and will expand the role of the state’s Critical Incident Rapid Response Team, which the secretary of the Department
of Children and Families can dispatch to investigate child deaths.
It will also require services to be “evidence-based and trauma-informed” — a recommendation of the Florida Institute for Child Welfare, which was created as part of last year’s law. Children’s services must be based on the idea that abused kids can recover from trauma by ad-dressing the painful experienc-es they’ve endured, such as violent or addicted parents.
Additionally, an amendment to the bill caused battles in the House and Senate. That provi-sion, which passed, will require employees and volunteers of certain membership organiza-tions — such as the Boys and Girls Clubs, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts — to meet background screening requirements through the Department of Children and Families.
“Florida’s children now have
greater protection against the evildoers in our society,” said Senate Children, Families and Elder Affairs Chairwoman Eleanor Sobel, a Hollywood Democrat who sponsored the bill and the controversial amendment.
The governor also signed a bill (SB 378) that will increase the number of times law-enforce-ment offi cers may issue civil citations to non-violent juvenile offenders.
Sponsored by Sen. Rene Garcia, R-Hialeah, the measure will eliminate part of state law that limits juvenile-diversion programs to fi rst-time misde-meanor offenders. That would allow civil-citation and other diversion programs to be used in second or subsequent offenses.
The bill will allow offi cers the choice of issuing simple warn-ings or informing children’s parents or guardians about misdemeanor offenses. Under
the measure, juveniles could be assigned up to 50 hours of community service or required to participate in intervention programs, such as family counseling and substance-abuse and mental-health treatment.
Over the past four years, the use of civil citations in Florida has increased from seven to 59 of the state’s 67 counties.
Both the child-protection and civil-citation laws go into effect on Oct. 1.
Among the other bills Scott signed Thursday was a measure (SB 642) that will create the Florida ABLE program so that people with disabilities can save money in tax-free savings accounts for future services without losing their eligibility for state and federal benefi ts. Also, he signed a bill (SB 982) that bans discrimination based on pregnancy in employment, public lodging and food service establishments.
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Theater program set for SaturdayWest Port High School’s Omega Theatre Company will present its “24 Hour Theatre” at 7 p.m. Saturday at 3733 SW 80th Ave., Ocala. The presentation will be the culmination of the students working for 24 hours to write, direct and stage a play.Tickets are $5 and will be avail-able at the door and in advance at www.seatyourself.biz/wphs.For more information, call 291-4000.
Make A Wish benefi t in Ocala and WildwoodMake A Wish of Central and Northern Florida is hosting a Poker Fun Run BBQ & Ben-efi t on Saturday in Ocala and Wildwood.The poker run will begin at 10 a.m. at Lucky U Cycles, 9807 N. U.S. 301, Wildwood. The cost is $10 per person and includes ride, one poker hand and entry to the barbecue benefi t; $5 for extra hand.The barbecue event will begin at 1:30 p.m. at Sharkey’s Lounge & Liquors, 2220 W. County Road 484, Ocala. It will include a silent auction, raffl es, 50/50, door prizes, bike show, music, food and more. Non-rid-ers pay $5. Meal plates are $5.For more information, call 342-5631.
Local bands to perform SundayOcala rock/metal band Wage War will host a Hometown Throwdown with guests Ada-liah, False Narrative and Oh Captain, My Captain at 7 p.m. Sunday at the E.D. Croskey Rec-reation Center, 1510 NW 14th St., Ocala.Tickets are $10 in advance or $12 at the door.For more information, call 284-6347 or visit http://www.eventbee.com/v/gtsbooking/event?eid=155232364.
Breast cancer awareness presentationThe Windsor of Ocala Assisted Living and Memory Care will hold a presentation about breast cancer awareness at 2 p.m. Wednesday at 2650 SE 18th Ave., Ocala.Dr. Rama Balaraman of the Ocala Oncology Center will speak about detection and early prevention.For more information and to RSVP, call 873-8000.
Elks Ladies fashion show, luncheon The Ocala Ladies of Elks will host a “Fall Into Fashion” show and luncheon at 11 a.m. Oct. 10 at the Ocala Elks Lodge, 702 NE 25th Ave., Ocala.Tickets are $25.For more information, call 732-7091, ext. 1 or 624-1123.
Senior center trip to St. Augustine The city of Ocala’s Senior Activ-ity Center will host a scenic cruise and shopping trip to St. Augustine on Oct. 22. The cost is $35 and includes transportation and a cruise on the Captain of the Victory III. For more information and to register, call 629-8357 or 629-8545.
Capt. Keith Escaravage retired Wednesday from the Ocala Police Department. A secondary headline in Thursday’s paper was incorrect.
I n 2008, as the Recession started smacking news-rooms upside the head,
I went back to college. Many good journalists were losing their jobs, so I figured I needed another skill beyond writing about my dogs. I ended up at the Southeast Center for Pho-tographic Studies at Daytona State College, earning a pho-tography degree 20 years after earning my journalism degree.
I was the oldest student in most of my classes. That means my classmates were not even born when Starship released “We Built This City,” and oh how I envied them for that.
During my first class, I went into full geezer mode. I watched young humans slouch
and stare at their phones. There were a few baggy britches and lots of color-ful language. I judged them quickly. Kids these days. Hell in a hand basket.
Then I saw their work. I may have been the oldest photo student in those classes but I was the least creative. While I was tuning in on how they were tuning out, they were shaping spectacular visions
that made my poorly lit dog photos all the more pathetic.
They showed up with gorgeous, complex prints that captured loneliness, modern relationships, gritty underworlds, lush dreams, unabashed joy and spot-on satire. Their work was meticu-lously planned, often dark and always beautiful.
“Wow,” a professor would say looking at student work. “I love how the shadows fall and how the back light frames the subject to create that desper-ate sense of isolation.”
Then he would shuffle over to my print. “Oh. Is that your daughter standing next to your dog again?”
COMMENTARY
We built this squidbee
DAVE SCHLENKER
By Nicki GornyStaff Writer
An all-male jury foundLamar Maddox guilty ofmanslaughter with a firearmon Thursday afternoon, afterdeliberating for approxi-mately 45 minutes.
Manslaughter is a lesserincluded offense ofsecond-degree murder, with whichMaddox h a d b e e ncharged.
U n l i k e s e c o n d - d e g r e emurder, it is not punishableby life in prison.
The six-person jury leftthe courtroom shortly before4 p.m., after prosecuting anddefense attorneys made theirclosing arguments. TobyHunt, representing the state,tried to convince them thatMaddox, 42, had shot Bran-don Simmons on May 4, 2013,from a distance of only 18inches or less. Wanda Chat-man, representing Maddox,suggested a reasonable doubtthat Maddox was the shooter.
“It is reasonable to concludet h a t s o m e o n e a c c i d e n -tally shot Simmons in RickyBacon’s yard,” she said in herclosing argument, naming thehomeowner. “That someonewas not Lamar Maddox.”
The narrative that has comeout in trial this week placesfive people at Bacon’s housethat afternoon: Maddox;Rhiannon Peacock; JasonFranklin; Brandon Simmons;and Simmons’ father, JerryWayne Simmons. Peacock,who is Maddox’s ex-girl-friend, was dating Franklin atthe time; Franklin and Bran-don Simmons are cousins.
Maddox was already sit-ting outside the home whenthe others drove up. Peacocktestified that an argumentquickly erupted in the fronty a r d b e t w e e n M a d d o x ,Franklin and the older Sim-mons. Then Maddox walkedtoward her car, she said, andBrandon Simmons, who wasstanding in the street near thecar, grabbed his upper arm.
While no witnesses testi-fied to directly seeing Maddoxpull the trigger, Peacock anda neighbor, Randy Stovall,testified to hearing a gunshotand then watching Sim-mons fall backward at theedge of the road. Stovalland another neighbor, AlejoReyes, watched a man rundown the street with a gunin hand afterward; both lateridentified the man as Maddoxthrough a series of policephotos.
“It’s crystal clear,” Huntsaid in his closing argument.
MANSLAUGHTER
Maddox dodges murder charge Life in prison now o! the table
FOOD BANK
Giveaway brings out community
More than 1,000 people show up for free groceries
S heranta Wilson and her 1-year-old daughter Amaya Wilson wait for their turn through the food giveaway line
at Shiloh Seventh Day Adventist Church in Ocala on Thursday. Second Harvest Food Bank dropped off a semi trailer load with more than 23,000 pounds of food. Residents lined up for hours to get in line to pick up fresh vegetables and a variety of other food items. The church expected to serve more than 1,000 residents. PHOTOS BY ALAN YOUNGBLOOD / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Residents lined up around the block, some getting there in the early morning hours, at the Shiloh Seventh Day Adventist Church recreation center in Ocala for the food giveaway that began Thursday.
Volunteers from Shiloh Seventh Day Adventist Church in Ocala bag apples dropped off for the food giveaway at the church on Thursday.
By Jim TurnerThe News Service of Florida
TALLAHASSEE — A Leon County judge said Thursday science used by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is sufficient to jus-tify the state’s first black-bear hunt in more than two decades, although he added the agency could have done a better job in establishing the rules.
“I believe the method they
used is rational,” Circuit Judge George Reynolds III said at the end of a four-hour hearing, as he denied a request from the Seminole County group Speak Up Wekiva to issue a temporary injunction against the hunt.
Speak Up Wekiva, which is also pursuing a broader law-suit to block bear hunting, is expected to appeal Reynolds’ decision. The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has approved a bear-hunting season
that is scheduled to begin Oct. 24 and last two to seven days.
Chuck O’Neal, director of Speak Up Wekiva, said after the hearing that he’ll have to huddle with his legal team to determine the next steps.
“I would not exclude any option at this point. Sev-enty-five percent of Florida is counting on us to follow through with this effort,” O’Neal said, referring to the percentage of public comments received by
the commission opposed to thehunt. “We’re not giving up. Thisis not a short effort. This wasnot our original plan to end atthis point, because we feel thishunt is unconstitutional.”
The broader lawsuit, whichis still in the discovery phaseand may take a year to be heardin court, contends the rulesfor the hunt go against a 1998voter-approved constitutional
FLORIDA BLACK BEARS
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