Full text of ' Highlands News-Sun Wednesday, June 20,2018 VOL. 171 $1.00 Your Hometown Newspaper Since 1919 An Edition Of The Sun Who's got the power? Generator deadline for ALFs, nursing homes passed ByKIMLEATHERMAN Staff Writer SEBRING — One of the most devastating losses of life after Hurricane Irma tore through Florida last September was the deaths of a 14 senior citizens in The Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills in South Florida. Out of the 14 deaths, 12 were ruled a homicide because of the conditions the seniors and staff were left with.
With the temperatures at 99 degrees, Dr. Marlon Osbourne testified in court that some of the seniors’ body temperatures reached 105 degrees.
To add an email account from within in Outlook, click on the File button (top left corner). Make sure that the Info tab selected on the left. Then, click on the Add Account button on the right. While these screenshots were taken in Outlook 2016, the steps are exactly the same in Outlook 20103 and Outlook 2010.
It did not take long for politicians to create and pass laws to help ensure a similar tragedy never happens again. In March 2018, Gov. Rick Scott signed legislation requiring assisted living facilities and nursing homes to have emer¬ gency generators and fuel for every ALF and nursing home in the state. Scott designated the Agency for Health Care Administration and the Florida Department of Elder Affairs POWER 15 KIM LEATHERMAN/STAFF Seen here is a mobile generator that might be used in a nursing home or assisted living facility in the event of a power outage. TWO RACES Editor's Note: “One War. Two Races” is a four-part series by the Sarasota Herald-Tribune showing how laws dating back to the height of the crack epidemic continue to hurt black defendants, even as the drug epidemic shifts out of minority neighborhoods. Highlands News-Sun will run the series, in shorter segments, over the next several weeks on Wednesdays.
Esther Kelly leads the congregation at the New Bethel Baptist Church in Starke, Florida. Public officials to voice their frustrations. “Some of the things that took place when I was growing up are still happening,” said Ophelia Hines, president of Bradford County’s NAACP, a native who became the first African- American to work at the courthouse. “This is just typical here.” Since 2004, judges in the rural county courthouse have sentenced white drug defendants to an average of 143 days behind bars, according to an analysis of DOC data that compares defendants of different races who score the same number of points at sentencing. They gave blacks 253 days. “I’m not surprised by the statistics at all,” said Hines, who also worked as a probation officer i in Bradford. “I was appalled to I see some of the treatment.” The prisons are the top em¬ ployers in Bradford.
For those with a checkered past, the other i options are farming or retail. ' ■ ENTERING BRADFORD COUNTY 1 iff) ZERO DRuq ^ tolerance 1 HERALD-TRIBUNE STAFF/MIKE LANG A sign at the Bradford County line warns drivers there is 'Zero Drug Tolerance' in the county. By JOSH SALMAN, DAK LE and MICHAEL BRAGA Sarasota Herald-Tribune Florida’s 8th Circuit Court stretches from the University of Florida in Gainesville to the Osceola National Forest, just below the Georgia line. The six mostly rural counties have some of the widest sen¬ tencing disparities in the war on drugs. Named after the first Confederate officer from Florida killed in the Civil War, Bradford County is a trucker shortcut from lacksonville on the east coast to Interstate 75 along the state’s west.
The county of 28,000 is also near five state prisons, including the two that house the majority of Florida’s death row inmates. Pine forests are separated by small family farms growing hay and strawberries. Discount grocers, fast food restaurants and farm supply stores dot the county’s four-lane commercial drag. Railroad tracks on the edge of historic downtown Starke divide the Southern porch homes from the cottages in the city’s traditionally black neighborhood. A former stronghold for the Ku Klux Klan, residents of Starke’s black community say their small town still harbors racial biases. Black leaders say the prejudices start in schools, where black kids have been called “monkeys” or the N-word.
A recent fight between white and black high schoolers increased tension. The black community organized meetings with WAR 17 Solid showing by swimmers The Highlands Hurricanes Swim Team competed at a meet in Stuart.
LOCAL SPORTS, PageA8 Stabbing suspects head to court in July Victims expected to recover ByKIMLEATHERMAN Staff Writer SEBRING — lames Gaston Hall Ir. And Kabao Yang are still being held in the Highlands County fail and have been there since Thursday, lune 14 after they turned themselves in for the attempted domestic murder of household members. The alleged incident took place the evening of Wednesday, lune 13 in Sun ’n Lake of Sebring. The two fled the scene on foot, leading to an overnight manhunt. Hall and Yang were romanti¬ cally involved and, according to arrest records, stabbed a minor female and an adult female that they lived with. Hall and Yang allegedly each held a victim STABBING 15 AP board exams standards for competitive airport By MARC VALERO Staff Writer AVON PARK — Finding a Fixed Based Operator for the Avon Park Municipal Airport will take a few more steps before the search begins. At its Tuesday meeting after much discussion, the Avon Park Airport Community Redevelopment Agency Advisory Board heard from Danielle Gernert, of Amherst Consulting, the firm that will be developing the request for proposal (RFP) in the city’s search for an FBO.
Before it determines what in wants in an FBO, the city has to decide what it wants from its airport, she said. At the start of the meeting, Airport CRA Advisory Chairperson Patrick Danzey said, “I can see why we don’t have an FBO. The existing ordinance will have to be paired down. Danzey said nobody would be able to fill all the FBO ser¬ vices categories listed in the ordinance. The board agreed that Category A was the primary need for an FBO, which is the sale of aviation petroleum products and AIRPORT 15 AroundTown.B1 Local Sports.A8-9 Obituaries.A5 Classifieds.B4-7 Lottery.Sports Viewpoints.A6 Comics.News Wire Nascar.A10 Weather.News Wire Good Morning To PatGarmong Thanks for reading! ^-/ newssun.com & facebook.com/ twitter.com/ newssun TheNewsSun A2 HIGHLANDS NEWS-SUN Wednesday, June 20, 2018 www.highlandsnewssun.com The Highlands County Solar Co-op has selected Coronado Solar to install solar panels for the 30-member group. A final public information session is at 6 p.m.
Today at RCMA, 100 Ernest E Sims St., in Avon Park. Solar Co-op selects Coronado Solar to serve group Special to Highlands News-Sun SEBRING —The Highlands County Solar Co-op has selected Coronado Solar to install solar panels for the 30-member group. Co-op participants selected Coronado Solar through a competitive bidding process over two other firms.
The group will hold its final public information session at 6 p.m. Today to educate the community about solar and the co-op process. “Coronado Solar is incredibly excited to be selected as the installers for the Highlands County Solar Co-Op,” Drake Stalter, with Coronado Solar, said. “We feel even more grateful that the selection committee has chosen a local company to serve the people here in Highlands County.
“Coronado Solar is going into its 11th year as a solar contractor in Florida, locally owned and operated here in Avon Park,” Stalter said. “We are excited about the co-op and the opportuni¬ ty to serve the community in our back yard.” The co-op is open to new participants until July 16. Highlands County residents interested in joining the co-op can sign up online at solarunited- neighbors.org/highlands.
Solar United Neighbors expands access to solar by educating Highlands County residents about the benefits of distributed solar energy, helping them organize group solar installations, and strengthening Florida solar policies and its community of solar supporters. The solar co-op is free to join.
Joining the co-op is not a commitment to purchase panels. Coronado Solar will pro¬ vide each co-op member with an individualized proposal based on the group rate. By going solar as a group and choosing a single installer, partic¬ ipants can save on the cost of going solar and have the support of fellow group participants and solar experts at Solar United Neighbors. The final public information session at 6 p.m. Today is at RCMA, 100 Ernest E Sims St., in Avon Park. DO YOU HAVE THE NEXT BIG STORY oh NEWS TIP TO SHARE?
Email Us Your News Tips To: Highlands I li n iim 1 1 Your Hometown Newspaper Since 1919 [email protected] w,./ £. 27 North ^ condij 'Owned Sebrjng pL 33870 Fame turn to the experts^^^ State Certified Licenses: A/C License #CAC023495 Electrical License #13002822 Gas License #21291 AIE CONDITIONING^ INC 1 800 COOLING 800 U.S. Highway 27 N. Avon Park - 453-7571. Sebring - 385-1731.
Lake Placid - 465-7771 A10 HIGHLANDS NEWS-SUN Wednesday, June 20, 2018 www.highlandsnewssun.com NASCAR THIS WEEK SPEED FREAKS A few questions we had to ask ourselves Which non-winner from 2018 is the best bet to win Sonoma? GODSPEAK: Wow, lots of choices here. Obviously, Kurt Busch, but keep an eye on Denny Hamlin. KEN'S CALL: This one is almost too easy. If he doesn’t soon enter the Stewart-Haas Trophy Col¬ lection Club, he’ll become quite testy.
Summer has started. When it ends, who’s “the man” in the Cup Series?
GODSPEAK: Kevin Harvick is up on that wheel. He is look¬ ing for a career-best season. KEN’S CALL: I’ll take a slight break from the current norm and say Martin Truex Jr. Has once again taken over the top-dog role by Labor Day. FEUD OF THE WEEK CLINT BOWYER VS. JIMMIE JOHNSON: Since there was no Cup race, we go back to this heat-up at Talladega.
Bowyer was swept out of the race when Johnson’s No. 48 Chevy went sideways in Turn 3. GODWIN KELLY’S TAKE: Bowyer called out Johnson for his derring-do move in heavy traffic. “I don’t know if he got loose or was trying to get in a hole but the No. 48 wasn’t clear and wrecked a bunch of us,” he said. GODWIN’S PICKS FOR SONOMA WINNER: Kurt Busch REST OF TOP 5: Kyle Busch, Clint Bowyer, Jimmie John¬ son, Denny Hamlin FIRST ONE OUT: Bubba Wallace DARK HORSE: Kasey Kahne DON’T BE SURPRISED IF: Busch rockets to a victory, if he stays out of the gravel and tire walls.
MOTOR MOUTHS PODCAST Well, we had an off week to come up with some good material. Did we do it? One way to find out. Tune in online at www.news-journalonline. Com/daytonamotormouths OFF WEEK THREE THINGS WE LEARNED ■ v 1 iijjfri f 1 l ri. W, zzj Ryan Blaney, left, and Chase Elliott have travled to Europe twice in the past two years on off- weekends. AP/RALPH FRESO 1.
Young-gun travel NASCAR’s young guns like to get out and about on a rare off weekend. Chase Elliott and Ryan Blaney made a beeline for Ireland; their second trip to Europe in as many years. Erik Jones stayed in country, opting for a week in Las Vegas.
Older drivers stay at home. Matt’s race dates Matt Kenseth, who came off the inactive list to share the No. 6 Roush Fenway Ford with Trevor Bayne, will make 10 starts this season, it was announced during the off week. Conspicuously absent from Kenseth’s list are the restrictor-plate races at Daytona and Talladega. 3.11 to go NASCAR’s summer fun run begins in Califor¬ nia with Sunday’s race in Sonoma. The next 11 races will decide which 16 drivers make the playoffs and run for the Cup champion¬ ship.
Only six competitors have won races, meaning there is plenty of room for other drivers to make postseason play. — Godwin Kelly, godwin.
Kelly @news -jrnl. Com THREE THINGS TO WATCH 1. Junior’s podcast Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Started a little podcast a few years ago with his personal manager Mike Davis. It has grown so fast that NBC Sports has decided to tape it and show it on NBCSN. The first “Dale Jr. Download” will air at 5:30 p.m. “Our approach with the TV show will be no different than our approach with the podcast,” Earnhardt said.
“Buddies hanging out, talking racing, sharing life stories and telling jokes.” 2. Heat’s on The heat is on inside General Motors’ racing department.
Chevrolet has just one win in 15 Cup Series races this season. Chevy’s lead NASCAR engineer, Alba Colon, has moved on to Hendrick Motorsports after 23 years in the GM trenches. “This opportunity came to be, and it’s one of those opportunities that’s once-in-a-lifetime, working with a group that I had admired for many, many years,” Colon said.
Daytona 500 vs. 400 Erik Jones visited Daytona International Speedway last week and was asked if there was a big difference between the Daytona 500 and Coke Zero Sugar 400. “I don’t think Dale Earnhardt Jr. Has traded his steering wheel for a microphone and is quickly becoming a media sensation at NBC Sports. NASCAR GETTY IMAGES/RAINIER EHRHARDT your approach is any different,” the 22-year- old said. “You want to run the best you can and stay up towards the front the whole race and stay out of trouble.” In six plate starts, Jones has wrecked out five times. “Making it to the end is big,” he said.
— Godwin Kelly, godwin.kelly@news-jrnl. Com QUESTIONS & ATTITUDE Compelling questions.
And maybe a few actual answers Too many rules? You can make an argument - and many do - that one of NASCAR’s big problems is the thick rulebook needed to combat modern technol¬ ogy within the garage stalls and engineering labs. This came to mind yet again last week.
In better times, a Cup Series off week would inevita¬ bly be ignited with big news of some sort - as if by design, it seemed. All we got last week was more news about illegal splitters and the result¬ ing fines and suspensions. This time it was three crew chiefs (fines) and three car chiefs (suspensions) from Joe Gibbs Racing. Should they just let ’em go? It’s probably a can’t-win proposi¬ tion. If you let ’em go and throw out 90 percent of the rulebook, some organization finds a huge advantage and, in Bill France’s words, “stinks up the show.” But make this intense, ongoing, expensive effort to keep everyone on the straight-and- narrow, and you get constant press releases about suspensions and fines due to nonconforming split¬ ters, etc. Pick your poison.
— Ken Willis, ken.willis @news-jrnl.com CUP STANDINGS 1. Kyle Busch 664 2. Kevin Harvick 589 3. Joey Logano 566 4.
Brad Keselowski 514 5. Clint Bowyer 510 6. Martin Truex Jr.
Kurt Busch 493 8. Denny Hamlin 468 9. Ryan Blaney 457 10. Kyle Larson 443 11. Aric Almirola 433 12. Jimmie Johnson 377 13. Chase Elliott 362 14.
Erik Jones 346 15. Alex Bowman 331 16. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Paul Menard 327 18. Austin Dillon 292 19. Jamie McMurray 283 20. William Byron 277 WHAT’S ON TAP CUP SERIES: Toyota/Save Mart 350 SITE: Sonoma Raceway (1.99-mile road course) TV SCHEDULE: Friday, practice (Fox Sports 1, 2:30 p.m.
And 5:30 p.m.). Saturday, qualifying (Fox Sports 1, 2:30 p.m.).
Sunday, race (Fox Sports 1, coverage begins at 1:30 p.m.; green flag, 3:15 p.m.) CAMPING WORLD TRUCKS: #VillaEaton200 SITE: Gateway Motorsports Park (1.25-mile oval) TV SCHEDULE: Friday, practice (Fox Sports 2, 7:30 p.m.). Saturday, qualifying (Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m., tape delayed), race (Fox Sports 1,8:30 p.m.) 2018 SCHEDULE AND WINNERS Feb.
11: Clash at Daytona (Brad Keselowski) Feb. 15: Can-Am Duel at Daytona (Ryan Blaney and Chase Elliott) Feb.
18: Daytona 500 (Austin Dillon) Feb.
Comments are closed.
|
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |