Tallahassee Democrat (Tallahassee, FL) articles from June 2000

Tallahassee Democrat (Tallahassee, FL) archives from June 2000

A few random thoughts and suggestions for recent graduates.
June 5, 2000... Byline: Jeff Herring Our son just graduated from pre-school. We hope it's the first of many graduations. This season of graduations got me thinking about what I wish I had known during some of my graduations. Here are a few random thoughts...

Tallahassee, Fla.-Area Cable Customers Could Get New Service Provider.
June 6, 2000... Byline: Juana Jordan Jun. 6--Comcast Cable subscribers in the Tallahassee area could find themselves with a new service provider by the end of this month. Time Warner Cable will replace Comcast Cable under a swap agreement made between...

Give yourself permission to rest and play.
June 12, 2000... Byline: Jeff Herring Something I have noticed lately is that many people have forgotten how to do two simple, yet very important things: Rest and play. Let's examine how we lost these two important parts of life, and then how to get...

Negro League stamps remind us of Gibson.
June 14, 2000... Byline: Mike Wallace He traveled the old Negro League circuit billed as the "Black Babe Ruth." He also has been praised by many as the best catcher in baseball history. And there were the not-so-silent whispers during the...

Comcast Forced to Delay Plan to Swap Tallahassee, Fla., Cable Lines.
June 15, 2000... Byline: Juana Jordan Jun. 15--Time Warner Cable's move to swap cable systems with Comcast is on hold, leaving Comcast's Tallahassee employees wondering what happens next. A letter Time Warner addressed to Comcast Cable said the talks...

Tallahassee, Fla., Hospital Regains Full Accreditation Status.
June 15, 2000... Byline: Paige St. John Jun. 15--Tallahassee Memorial Hospital is off probation. The regional hospital said Wednesday the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations has restored its accreditation to full status,...

Tallahassee Democrat, Fla., Business Bazaar Column.
June 15, 2000... Byline: Alice Coale Jun. 15--POURING INTO BUSINESS: Opening Thought: "Working for yourself, there are so many fires you have to put out every day." -- Melissa Walker. Shop Talk: Case in point: Being seven months pregnant in July is...

Analyst Predicts Interest Rates Will Rise Further, Says Now Is the Time to Buy.
June 16, 2000... Byline: Juana Jordan Jun. 16--Thinking about purchasing a new home? What about a car? Now's the time. Although interest rates are relatively high now compared to last year's levels, they'll soar even higher within a few months. ...

Victorian religion and Orlando's magic.
June 16, 2000... Byline: Leo Sandon It's not so much what they said but where they said it. A denomination whose official positions construct a bastion of Victorian Protestant Fundamentalism was meeting in Orlando, Fla. _ arguably the global center of...

Florida leads U.S. in Death Row exonerations.
June 19, 2000... Byline: Nancy Cook Lauer TALLAHASSEE, Fla. _ It didn't take a Columbia University Law School study to tell Dave Roby Keaton that death sentences are sometimes meted out in error. He lived it for 13 months in a 6-by-9 cell on Florida's...

HEADLINE HERE.
June 19, 2000... Byline: Juana Jordan TALLAHASSEE, Fla. _ Ask Denise Williams about one of her favorite hobbies and she'll probably say "collecting money." The 36-year-old mother of two doesn't stutter when she says it, either. "I've always been into...

Keep working on getting better.
June 19, 2000... Byline: Jeff Herring At the beginning of every summer, I'm reminded how backwards we handle some things. When you are young and in school, you get the whole summer off. The problem is that you have no money, no transportation and end up...

Software Developer Breaks Ground on New Facility in Southwood, Fla.
June 21, 2000... Byline: Juana Jordan Jun. 21--The seed Southwood needed to grow will sprout today when Datamaxx Applied Technologies breaks ground for its new 34,000-square-foot facility. An 11 a.m. groundbreaking ceremony will mark the official start...

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Speaks on Issues of a Strong Economy.
June 21, 2000... Jun. 21--Apparently, the maxim "Don't question a good thing" doesn't apply to former central bankers. Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul A. Volcker spent some time in Tallahassee on Wednesday analyzing why the economy is booming and what...

Caregivers need a break from their duties once in a while.
June 21, 2000... Byline: Sharon Rauch TALLAHASSEE, Fla. _ For 10 years, Nicole Ratcliff rarely had a break. In addition to raising her two children, she also took care of her father, a stroke victim. Every day she'd bathe him, change his diapers, give him...

Kicker Sebastian Janikowski arrested on drug charges.
June 21, 2000... Byline: Gerald Ensley TALLAHASSEE, Fla. _ The Polish Powderkeg is in trouble. Again. Former Florida State placekicker Sebastian Janikowski and two companions were arrested early Wednesday morning on drug possession charges, after they...

Only one failing to learn anything is Janikowski.
June 21, 2000... Byline: John Nogowski TALLAHASSEE, Fla. _ The renegade journalist Hunter S. Thompson once wrote that journalism was a good way to get someone else to pay for your education. Thompson never covered Sebastian Janikowski, which, in light of...

Harding gets title shot at Roy Jones Jr.
June 24, 2000... Byline: Saint Clair Murraine rraine BILOXI, Miss. _ Eric Harding had a little chat with himself, in the process establishing a timetable for getting into position to challenge for a world title. That was three years ago when his career...

Four D's will get you organized.
June 26, 2000... Byline: Jeff Herring There seems to be two kinds of people: those who have the gift of organization and those who don't. If you are not one of those naturally organized people, you are likely to have disorganization at best and disaster at...

Tallahassee, Fla.-Area Commissioners Consider Levying Gasoline Tax.
June 27, 2000... Byline: David Twiddy Jun. 27--Even Leon County officials admit their timing is awful. As Tallahassee drivers are paying some of the highest fuel prices in more than two decades, county commissioners tonight will consider levying a new...

Homeowners Groups Are Against Bradfordville, Fla., Future Development Plans.
June 27, 2000... Byline: Bruce Ritchie Jun. 27--Homeowners groups say they oppose a proposed plan to guide future development in Bradfordville because it changes little, while commercial property owners say it changes too much. The plan doesn't do...

Various Services Can Make Search for Tallahassee, Fla., Real Estate Easier.
June 27, 2000... Byline: Rachel Sams Jun. 27--You're scouting out neighborhoods looking to buy a house. After driving aimlessly around and getting lost more than a few times, you find a quiet enclave of tree-lined streets and big, comfortable houses -- the...

Havana, Fla., Businesses Pool Resources to Maximize Advertising Possibilities.
June 28, 2000... Byline: Juana Jordan Jun. 28--When Will Walsh opened Bella's, an Italian restaurant in northern Havana, his budget told him he could afford only $500 a month in advertising. That's about a 4-inch newspaper ad -- running every week. ...

Family Businesses Face Unique Challenges, Florida Professor Says.
June 28, 2000... Byline: Rachel Sams Jun. 28--If you need to take some time off work for a family event like a wedding or a funeral, you usually won't have much of a problem -- someone else can pitch in for you at work, or you can pick up extra hours when...

Tallahassee, Fla., Hospital to Borrow Money for Building Improvements.
June 28, 2000... Byline: John Sevigny Jun. 28--With help from the city, Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare officials hope to borrow more than $108 million for a new emergency center, parking spaces, birthing suites and other improvements. At today's...

Leon County, Fla., Officials Look at Tax Possibilities for Yearly Budget.
June 28, 2000... Byline: David Twiddy Jun. 28--Tallahassee drivers can breathe easy. If the price at the pump keeps going up, it isn't Leon County's fault. But homeowners outside city limits are possibly in for a new charge on their tax bill to pay for...

Tallahassee, Fla., Store Chain Officials Put Focus on Advertising.
June 30, 2000... Byline: Rachel Sams Jun. 30--"Where there's a will, there's a way/People helping people every day/Reaching out to your neighbor with a helping hand/We're working together for the family of man." That's right -- Goodwill has put a...