Sarasota Herald Tribune articles from April 1997

Sarasota Herald Tribune archives from April 1997

HOTLINE.(LOCAL/STATE)
April 30, 1997... Q: How do those mugs with the appearing and disappearing pictures work? C.G., Sarasota A: Remember when you were taught in school that white light contained all the visible colors? Your teacher also explained that we see a color when...

MUSEUM REACHES ITS GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY.(LOCAL/STATE)
April 30, 1997... Byline: BUBBLES GREER A golden anniversary celebration is under way at South Florida Museum, Bishop Planetarium and Parker Manatee Aquarium, recognizing the contributions made to community life by the downtown Bradenton facility over the...

RESTAURATEURS BELIEVED IN HARD WORK, HONESTY.(LOCAL/STATE)
April 30, 1997... Byline: BROOKSIE BERGEN Florence Chong was, in her own words, "young and dirt poor" when her husband abandoned her and their infant son, Richard, in Michigan City, Ind., a resort area on Lake Michigan. Badly in need of a job, and with...

ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT TO BENEFIT THE MDA.(LOCAL/STATE)
April 30, 1997... Byline: MITA EDMONDSON The North Port Muscular Dystrophy Association committee will be host of the eighth annual MDA Golf Tournament of Hope May 10 at the Venice Golf and Country Club. Committee members Donna Rumbold, Tom Smith and John...

JUST FOR THE SHELL OF IT.(LOCAL/STATE)
April 30, 1997... The Englewood Shell Club is one of the few new clubs to warrant the title of "instant success." The club was formed barely a year ago by a handful of shell enthusiasts and quickly grew to its current strength of 40 dues-paying members....

STUDENTS FIND THEIR ART WORK IN THE SPOTLIGHT.(LOCAL/STATE)
April 30, 1997... Young people continue to shine this weekend with several showcases for the visual and performing arts. Janita Hauck, conductor of the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, will initiate the new auditorium of the Charlotte campus of Edison...

PARTY AT ESCA BAY SWELLS MOTE'S COFFERS.(FLORIDA WEST)
April 30, 1997... Byline: Marjorie North Roy and Susan Palmer's new house on Bay Shore Road drew raves from guests at their recent party for Mote. EsCa Bay - painted Palm Beach-orange - has been the Palmers' pet project for a couple of years, and while...

`STAR SPANGLED GIRL' COMES TO PLAYHOUSE.(FLORIDA WEST)
April 30, 1997... Byline: Mary Bradberry The Lemon Bay Playhouse, 96 W. Dearborn St., Englewood, will open its production of "The Star Spangled Girl" at 8 p.m. Friday. The show will be presented at 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and at 2 p.m. Sundays...

GLORIA MUSICAE CELEBRATES AMERICAN COMPOSERS.(FLORIDA WEST)(Review)
April 30, 1997... Byline: Richard Storm MUSIC CRITIC; Gloria Musicae's Sunday celebration of American composers began with a bit of sonic magic, as the singers entered, grouping themselves in four aisles of the church to sing William Billings' "When Jesus...

THE FREDS OF THE WORLD CAN GET THE JOB DONE.(LOCAL/STATE)
April 30, 1997... Byline: JAN FINDLEY Since the beginning of February, when I started writing a column called "Your Opinion Counts," I can't begin to tell you of the many friendly, helpful, wonderful people I've met, from business owners who let me plop...

CITY IS NAMED BY RUSSIAN IMMIGRANT.(LOCAL/STATE)
April 30, 1997... Byline: MICHEAL BERGSTROM It's said the city got its name as the result of a coin toss when its population numbered less than 30. Today, St. Petersburg is Tampa's little sister, its population close to a quarter million people. ...

EXPERTS ARE NEVER SATISFIED WITH ONE THEORY.(LOCAL/STATE)
April 30, 1997... Byline: MARY BRADBERRY Well, it looks as if the medical profession has come up with another amazing theory that is guaranteed to make you crazy. First there was that article that said parents of adolescents should let them sleep as...

VOLUNTEERS AND GOVERNMENT.(A SECTION)(Editorial)
April 30, 1997... Government has its place. And its limits. Volunteerism has its place. And its limits. The ultimate success or failure of the Presidents' Summit for America's Future will depend largely on the recognition of those declarations and a...

THE TROUBLE WITH MCKAY'S BEHAVIOR.(A SECTION)(Editorial)
April 30, 1997... Byline: JOHN HAMNER / Hubris and a big tongue There's something in Tallahassee that steers too many legislators' marriages onto the rocks. I doubt that it's anything in the water. Manatee County has had three of these wrecks - all...

GIRLS WIN 46 OF 70 EVENTS AT BOYS & GIRLS CLUB SWIM MEET.(SPORTS)
April 30, 1997... Byline: Phil Denis CORRESPONDENT As has been customary, Swim Florida's girls team continued its domination at the Boys & Girls Club National Swim Championships at the Arlington Park swim complex. The girls accumulated a remarkable 46...

SWIM FLORIDA WINS 12TH STRAIGHT TITLE.(SPORTS)
April 30, 1997... Byline: Phil Denis CORRESPONDENT When you've been as successful as Swim Florida swim coach Anthony Nesty, it's not always easy to find satisfaction. But Nesty, a former Olympic Games gold- and bronze-medal winner in the 100-meter...

ONE TAX BREAK'S ENOUGH.(A SECTION)(Editorial)
April 30, 1997... Sanity prevailed - just barely - at the Florida Legislature. The House, which can't find the money to build enough schools for the state's children, finally decided that Miami billionaire Wayne Huizenga doesn't deserve a second helping of a...

RULES OF THE ROAD.(A SECTION)(Editorial)
April 30, 1997... It was a dark and stormy night. Suddenly a sleek, black figure went screaming by . . . passing the cars going 55 or 60 miles per hour in a construction zone on Interstate 75 as if they were idle. Mr. Businessman, zooming along in his...

PREFERRED BANKING TREATMENT BLASTED; A CONSUMERS GROUP SAID NATIONBANK'S PLAN TO OFFER FASTER TELEPHONE SERVICE TO CUSTOMERS WITH MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS IS `PLAIN ARROGANCE.'.(BUSINESS)
April 30, 1997... Byline: John Hielscher STAFF WRITER A consumer group is blasting as "plain arrogance" a plan by NationsBank to give preferential treatment to its best customers, who use a new telephone service. NationsBank says all its customers...

FIRST OF 3-ON-3 EVENTS A SUCCESS IN ENGLEWOOD.(LOCAL/STATE)
April 30, 1997... Byline: STAFF REPORT Who are the hottest young hoopsters in the county? The Charlotte County Parks and Recreation Department is trying to find out with a pair of 3-on-3 youth basketball tournaments, the first of which was held...

BOLLETTIERI PLANS TO RALLY FROM SLOW SALES.(BUSINESS)
April 30, 1997... Byline: Matthew Sauer STAFF WRITER The Bollettieri Sports Grille closed its doors last week but the restaurant should reopen sometime in the future. Chip McCarthy, director of planning and development for the Nick Bollettieri Tennis...

MAN CHARGED IN SEXUAL ASSAULT OF YOUNG GIRL.(LOCAL/STATE)
April 30, 1997... Deputies arrested a Cape Coral man Monday on charges of sexually abusing an 11-year-old girl. Robert Forest Hart, 29, was charged with three counts of sexual battery and two counts of lewd assault. Both charges are felonies. According to...

BLOODY EVIDENCE SEIZED IN MURDERS; KNIVES AND .22 CALIBERCARTRIDGES WERE TAKEN FROM THE HOME AND TRUCK OF THE SUSPECT.(LOCAL/STATE)
April 30, 1997... Byline: Patricia Walsh STAFF WRITER Six days after Gregory and Kimberly Malnory were found stabbed and shot, investigators seized a bloody pillow case, three pocket knives and 11 .22-caliber cartridges from the home and truck of James...

TEMPLE WILL HONOR OUTGOING PRESIDENT.(LOCAL/STATE)
April 30, 1997... Temple Shalom will host a reception to honor outgoing president Sam Handleman following services at 8 p.m. Friday. He has served the temple as president for the past four years and will be relocating to New Jersey. The service and...

EARLY MORNING EXERCISE CLASS BEGINS AT YMCA.(LOCAL/STATE)
April 30, 1997... Early bird exercisers now have the option of a 6:30 a.m. High-Low Fitness Class at the YMCA Fitness Center, Carrousel Mall, 2000 Tamiami Trail, Port Charlotte. YMCA members may take the class as part of their membership benefits....

OBITUARIES.(LOCAL/STATE)(Obituary)
April 30, 1997... CHARLOTTE COUNTY Harold B. Danielsen Harold B. Danielsen, 82, Englewood, died April 28, 1997. He was born June 28, 1914, in Brooklyn, N.Y., and came to Englewood 20 years ago form Long Island, N.Y. He retired in 1977 as...

COUNTY COMMITS $1 MILLION TO DEEP CREEK FIRE STATION; THE HARBOUR HEIGHTS OUTPOST, WHICH HAS TRADITIONALLY SERVED DEEP CREEK, COULDN'T KEEP UP WITH CALLS FROM BOTH COMMUNITIES.(LOCAL/STATE)
April 30, 1997... Byline: Chris Davis STAFF WRITER Jack Gurney knows that a few minutes can change the way he does his job. That's why the Charlotte County firefighter and emergency medical technician believes a station planned for Deep Creek could...

SUSPECT IS CHARGED IN THEFT OF COMPUTERS.(LOCAL/STATE)
April 30, 1997... A former grocery store stockperson was charged Thursday with stealing more than $16,000 in computer equipment. Luke D. Hemgesberg, 19, of Port Charlotte, is accused of two counts of burglary and two counts of grand theft in Manatee...

WITNESS TESTIFIES MAN SHOT AT HIM.(LOCAL/STATE)
April 30, 1997... Byline: Patricia Walsh STAFF WRITER A former Punta Gorda man testified Tuesday in court that James Norman King repeatedly shot at him last December in Punta Gorda. Harry Lippincott, of Pennsylvania, told a Charlotte County jury that King...

THIEVES BREAK INTO 4 BUSINESSES; THE THIEVES IGNORED EXPENSIVE EQUIPMENT IN THE PORT CHARLOTTE BURGLARIES.(LOCAL/STATE)
April 30, 1997... Byline: David Green STAFF WRITER Burglars stole critical computer parts from four Port Charlotte businesses Sunday night. Three of the businesses were in the same building. Investigators have no suspects. According to Peter...

MANTAS' BRIAN ROSSA UPSETS NO. 2 SEED.(SPORTS)
April 30, 1997... Byline: Jabbo Gordon CORRESPONDENT Only a few upsets struck the Class 4A-District 6 tennis tournament's opening rounds at Jacaranda Country Club and Plantation Country Club Tuesday. The boys opened at Jacaranda, but will join the...

LYNN'S NO-HITTER PACES VENICE OVER BAYSHORE.(SPORTS)
April 30, 1997... Byline: Chris Anderson STAFF WRITER Larry Sandburg has been coaching baseball at Venice High for 21 years. And he has never had a pitcher throw a no-hitter in a district game. Until Tuesday night. Blake Lynn, a right-handed...

SAILING LESSONS NEEDED FOR KIDS.(LOCAL/STATE)
April 30, 1997... Byline: Deborah Orazi STAFF WRITER With its steady, gentle breezes and warm temperature, Charlotte Harbor can be a young sailor's delight in the summertime. But unless mom or dad or your grandparents are willing and able to teach...

CITY MANAGER HUNT MOVES AHEAD; UNFAZED BY A RACIAL UPROAR AND GOING AGAINST LEGAL ADVICE, NORTH PORT'S CITY COMMISSIONERS DECIDE TO PRESS FORWARD WITH THEIR SEARCH.(LOCAL/STATE)
April 30, 1997... Byline: Greg Retsinas STAFF WRITER The search will go on. Undaunted by an uproar over questionable comments and acting against legal advice, North Port's city commissioners are moving forward with their search to find a new city...

DEARBORN STREET HEARING POSTPONED.(LOCAL/STATE)
April 30, 1997... The Sarasota County Commission postponed a public hearing on a plan to revitalize the Dearborn Street section of Englewood Tuesday, promising to have a meeting devoted solely to the issue within the next month. The item had been on the...

HIGH SCHOOL FIELDS TO GET LIGHTS.(LOCAL/STATE)
April 30, 1997... The playing fields at Charlotte High School will soon light up at night, giving the county's youth sports leagues some needed space. The joint venture between the Charlotte County School Board and the Charlotte County Parks and Recreation...

PANTHERS OUSTED BY FORT MEADE.(SPORTS)
April 30, 1997... Byline: Chad Brockhoff CORRESPONDENT Bradenton Christian fell in a hole and could not dig itself out as the host Panthers fell to Fort Meade 7-1 in the quarterfinals of the Class 2A-District 6 baseball tournament on Tuesday. The...

RIVERVIEW BOYS OFF TO GOOD START.(SPORTS)
April 30, 1997... Byline: Brian Evers McGee CORRESPONDENT TAMPA -- The Riverview High boys tennis team went 2-0 in singles action Tuesday and the Rams advanced three others with byes into Thursday's quarterfinal round at the Class 6A-District 4 tennis...

BLAZERS PRIMED TO WIN.(SPORTS)
April 30, 1997... Byline: Rob Marino CORRESPONDENT Bradenton Academy stripped every bit of intrigue from the Class 3A-District 6 tennis tournament and just about left the team championships a formality, which really isn't news. It's become a habit for the...

COUNTY TO GO FORWARD WITH DREDGING STUMP PASS; THE PROJECT WILL OPEN STUMP PASS TO BOATERS AND RENOURISH ERODING BEACHES.(A SECTION)
April 30, 1997... Byline: Chris Davis STAFF WRITER The sand filling in Stump Pass will be dredged out of the way and dumped on nearby beaches if Charlotte County can get permits for the project. Amid applause from a packed house Tuesday, the Charlotte...

COUPLE'S ADOPTION HOPES DASHED; THE WOMAN WHO PROMISED A BABY TELLS POLICE THE STORY WAS A HOAX TO GET MONEY.(A SECTION)
April 30, 1997... Byline: Greg Retsinas STAFF WRITER It was a dream come true. After a year of searching, Dan and Pam Kixmiller were about to adopt a baby. The mother, a single Pennsylvania woman with two small children, said she could not afford to...

PORT CHARLOTTE `DISAPPOINTED'.(SPORTS)
April 30, 1997... Byline: Alan Dell CORRESPONDENT NAPLES -- In a day where a moral victory was the only reachable prize, the Venice and Port Charlotte High girls found themselves heading in opposite directions. Though Venice had to relinquish the...

HARDEE ELIMINATES DESOTO.(SPORTS)
April 30, 1997... Byline: Brian Evers McGee CORRESPONDENT Fifth-seeded Wauchula Hardee defeated host and second-seeded DeSoto High 8-3 in the opening game of the Class 4A-District 11 softball tournament on Tuesday. DeSoto had handled Hardee 16-1 and...

BLAZERS' HOCHSTETLER HAS 8-0 SHUTOUT.(SPORTS)
April 30, 1997... Byline: Phil Denis CORRESPONDENT Sarasota Christian High softball coach Glenn Hochstetler had a pretty good idea his Lady Blazers would play well during Tuesday's Class 1A-District 6 tournament semifinal game at the Miss Sarasota...

SCHOOL PLAN GAINS GROUND; ITS FATE HINGES, HOWEVER, ON WHAT THE LEGISLATURE AND SARASOTA COUNTY VOTERS DO.(LOCAL/STATE)
April 30, 1997... Byline: Greg Retsinas STAFF WRITER A plan to build a high school that would also serve middle-school students in North Port is gaining ground, but its fate depends on some help from Tallahassee and Sarasota County voters. The...

COUNTY COMMISSION VOTES TO CLOSE BUCHAN AIRPORT; THE PILOTS WHO USE THE ENGLEWOOD AIRFIELD HAVE VOWED TO FIGHT TO KEEP THE RUNWAYS ACTIVE.(LOCAL/STATE)
April 30, 1997... Byline: Rodney Crouther STAFF WRITER The runways at Buchan Airport in Englewood could be covered with single-family homes if the Sarasota County Commission has its way. The commission voted unanimously Tuesday morning to begin the...

STATE, RESIDENTS DEBATE BEACH PARKING EXPANSION.(A SECTION)
April 30, 1997... Byline: James Roland STAFF WRITER About the only thing everyone can agree on in the great Stump Pass Beach debate is that the state park at the tip of Manasota Key is a prime example of Florida's natural beauty. What divided the more...

BOARD OKS HOME DEPOT; THE 3-2 VOTE ALLOWING THE JACARANDA STORE CAME DESPITE DOZENS OF PROTESTS.(A SECTION)
April 30, 1997... Coming soon to Jacaranda: Home Depot. The Sarasota County Commission narrowly approved changes in a development plan Tuesday that will allow the retailer to open a store on Jacaranda Boulevard, between U.S. 41 and Woodmere Boulevard. ...

SARASOTA `COMPLETE' IN SWEEP.(SPORTS)
April 30, 1997... Byline: STAFF REPORT Sarasota received complete-game pitching performances from right-handers Jay Tennaco and Paxton Crawford to lift the SaraSox to a Florida State League doubleheader sweep of the Daytona Cubs in Ed Smith Stadium on...

VICTIM'S HUSBAND CONVICTED IN ATTACK; THE BRADENTON MAN ATTACKED HIS ESTRANGED WIFE WITH A KNIFE.(LOCAL/STATE)
April 30, 1997... Byline: Sara Langenberg STAFF WRITER A Bradenton man was convicted Tuesday of trying to kill his wife because she forced him to move out of the house. After about 45 minutes of deliberation, jurors convicted Franklin Falu, 28, of...

CHARLOTTE COUNTY MAN CHARGED IN BURGLARIES.(LOCAL/STATE)
April 30, 1997... A former grocery store employee was charged Thursday with stealing more than $16,000 in computer equipment. Luke D. Hemgesberg, 19, of Port Charlotte, is accused of two counts of burglary and two counts of grand theft in Manatee County....

BURGLAR STEALS CACHE OF MOUNTAIN DEW SODA.(LOCAL/STATE)
April 30, 1997... A 38-year-old Bradenton man returned to his home Monday afternoon to find that a burglar had stolen a 12-pack of Mountain Dew soda pop from his home. The man, who live in the 6300 block of Wellesley Drive in Bradenton, reported the pop...

MAN DEMANDS MONEY, SNATCHES PURSE AND FLEES.(LOCAL/STATE)
April 30, 1997... A 27-year-old woman reported a purse-snatching late Monday outside the Kentucky Fried Chicken, 8004 Cortez Road W., Bradenton. She told deputies she was leaving work about 11:10 p.m. when a man in the parking lot demanded her money. He...

MANATEE MAN AWAKES TO FIND BURGLAR IN HOME.(LOCAL/STATE)
April 30, 1997... An 85-year-old Bradenton man woke up to find a burglar in his home early Tuesday. The man, who lives in the 300 block of 49th Avenue Terrace West, Bradenton, reported the burglary about 3:30 a.m. Tuesday. He said the burglar fled on foot...

SCULLERS CAPTURE REGATTA AT DISNEY.(SPORTS)
April 30, 1997... Byline: STAFF REPORTS The Sarasota Scullers were able to capture the overall team points trophy at the Bay Lake Invitational Regatta at Disney World last weekend on the strength of good performances by the lower level boats in the novice...

IMPACT FEES AND FLORIDA ROADS; EXPERT SEES NEED FOR PARTNERSHIP AN ALLIANCE BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY CAN HELP COUNTIES FUND NEW ROADS, HE SAYS.(A SECTION)
April 30, 1997... Byline: Cherie Jacobs Lane STAFF WRITER One of the earliest proponents of impact fees said Tuesday that local governments - including those in Southwest Florida - are using them incorrectly. "We're trying to get the impact fee to do...

BEACH SETTING PROVIDES BACKDROP FOR LEARNING; A GROUP OF 6TH-GRADERS SPENDS THE DAY LEARN-ING ABOUT PELICANS, A HISTORIC BRIDGE AND OTHER NEAT STUFF.(LOCAL/STATE)
April 30, 1997... Byline: Phuong Nguyen STAFF WRITER Bethany McClure got ready for school Tuesday morning and filled her bookbag with supplies: beach shoes, towel, suntan lotion, lip balm . . . The Sugg Middle School sixth-grader wasn't headed to the...

COURT OFFICES TO EXPAND INTO KANES BUILDING.(LOCAL/STATE)
April 30, 1997... Byline: Dale White STAFF WRITER Manatee County's growing judicial system will temporarily expand into rented offices in downtown Bradenton. On Tuesday, the County Commission agreed to rent the 3,000-square-foot Kanes Building in the...

OTHER COMMISSION ACTION.(LOCAL/STATE)
April 30, 1997... In other action Tuesday, the Manatee County Commission: * Postponed making a decision about Riverview Pointe until next Tuesday. The Diocese of Venice and Mannausa Development Co. asked for the delay because it wants "a full board"...

TRAINING SESSIONS SLATED FOR ASSISTANCE TO WIDOWS.(LOCAL/STATE)
April 30, 1997... Manatee Widowed Persons Service will host outreach volunteer training sessions from May 12-14. Volunteers - widows who usually have been alone for 18 months or more - provide one-on-one assistance to the newly-widowed. For session times...

FIRE RAZES BRADENTON LUMBER STORE.(LOCAL/STATE)
April 30, 1997... Byline: Phuong Nguyen STAFF WRITER Wesley Brown has purchased paint and lumber from Manatee County Hardware & Lumber Co. three times a week for 20 years. On Tuesday, he rubbed his chin in disbelief as he stood before the charred...

TARPONS, INDIANS WIN; CHARLOTTE TAKES 10-0 VICTORY; VENICE ROLLS, 20-0; PORT CHARLOTTE CLIPPED BY MARINER.(SPORTS)
April 30, 1997... Byline: Doug Fernandes STAFF WRITER The theme for Tuesday's Class 5A-District 11 softball tournament was mercy. In two of the games, there was little shown. Charlotte defeated Bayshore 10-0 in the first game at Sarasota High's...

MAN IS CONVICTED OF LEAKING AIDS LIST.(LOCAL/STATE)
April 30, 1997... The former partner of a public health worker was convicted Tuesday of violating the confidentiality of 4,000 AIDS patients by sending a computerized list of their names to two newspapers. Gregory Wentz, 33, faces 60 days in jail and a...

WOMAN IS BITTEN REPEATEDLY BY DOG.(LOCAL/STATE)
April 30, 1997... A woman responding to a plea for help was bitten repeatedly after some men ordered a dog to attack her. Demora Goff stepped out of her mobile home Sunday to aid some men. They asked if she was friends with the park manager, she said...

BOARD: KEEP PORT PROBLEM OUT OF COURT; MOST COMMISSIONERS FAVOR RESOLVING THE PORT MANATEE CONFLICT THEMSELVES.(LOCAL/STATE)
April 30, 1997... Byline: Dale White STAFF WRITER The fate of a $3.1 million contract for a new cruise-ship terminal and cold-storage facility at Port Manatee will be settled either by the courts or by the county commissioners. It may just be a matter of...

JASON PROJECT BROADCAST LIVE FROM YELLOWSTONE.(LOCAL/STATE)
April 30, 1997... This year's Jason Project VIII, "Journey from the Center of the Earth," will be broadcast live from Yellowstone National Park to Mote Marine Laboratory. You'll be able to see the live broadcasts at 10 and 11:30 a.m., and 1, 2:30 and 4...

SOIL AND WATER WEEK: STEWARDSHIP OBSERVED.(LOCAL/STATE)
April 30, 1997... "Backyard Stewardship" is the theme of the 1997 Soil and Water Stewardship Week observance, which ends Sunday. Common gardening practices can be considered sound conservation practices, and residents and organizations are encouraged to...

SALON TRADES BEAUTY FOR CLOTHES DONATIONS.(LOCAL/STATE)
April 30, 1997... The Yellow Strawberry Salon is accepting donations of women's clothing in return for a day of beauty. The clothes will go to Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center. The salon is at 2345 Bee Ridge Road. For details, call 924-1311.

BRUINS, SAILORS TIED; SARASOTA, PORT CHARLOTTE LEAD GIRLS DIVISION.(SPORTS)
April 30, 1997... Byline: Mic Huber STAFF WRITER Surprises come in many forms on the first day of any district tennis tournament. Tuesday's Class 5A-District 6 event at G.T. Bray Park in Bradenton had its share, and they went a long way toward drawing the...

PHILANTHROPIST GLEN SUPPORTED ARTS, YOUTHS.(LOCAL/STATE)
April 30, 1997... Byline: Juliette Reynolds STAFF WRITER Stanley Glen will be missed for his dedication to the arts and the young people in Sarasota. The Longboat Key philanthropist, artist and former clothing manufacturer died Monday. He was 89. A...

59TH STREET WEST; WIDENING PROPOSAL MOVES TO FINAL STEP THE PLAN TO MAKE THE STREET ROOMIER DOESN'T PLEASE SOME RESIDENTS.(A SECTION)
April 30, 1997... Byline: Dale White STAFF WRITER Bradenton's 59th Street West could get what traffic engineers call "a boulevard look." According to a design unveiled Monday, the 2.3-mile stretch between Manatee Avenue and Cortez Road could get four...

RELIABILITY OF KEY WITNESS IS AT ISSUE; THE FATE OF A MURDER-FOR-HIRE SUSPECT MAY HINGE ON THE CREDIBILITY OF THE VICTIM'S HUSBAND.(LOCAL/STATE)
April 30, 1997... Byline: Lou Ferrara STAFF WRITER Diane Sammy kissed her stepmother goodbye, then went with her father to a Sarasota Memorial Hospital luncheon. When Sammy returned with her father, her stepmother's nude corpse was on the shower floor...

REGION IS ABUZZ FOLLOWING RAINSTORM; MOST OF THE COMPLAINTS HAVE COME FROM THE VENICE, NORTH PORT AND ENGLEWOOD AREAS.(LOCAL/STATE)
April 30, 1997... Byline: Victor Hull REGIONAL REPORTER The recent rains that drenched Southwest Florida helped end a drought, but they had an unwelcome side effect: They kicked off the region's first mosquito outbreak in several months. For the first...

LEE COUNTY; EX-CARE CENTER WORKER ARRESTED JENNIFER CHAPPLE IS ACCUSED OF ABUSING A DISABLED ADULT LIVING AT THE GULF COAST CENTER NEAR FORT MYERS.(A SECTION)
April 30, 1997... Byline: Laura Higgins STAFF WRITER A former employee at the Gulf Coast Center for the developmentally disabled admitted beating a resident with a stick because she was "misbehaving," sheriff's officials said. The worker, 20-year-old...

WALKER'S 71 LEADS RAMS TO EASY TITLE.(SPORTS)
April 30, 1997... Byline: Dan Devine STAFF WRITER The joke was that John Sprague would bring the football mentality to golf. You know, make guys run wind sprints for missing putts. Yell at them in their back swings. Ha, ha. But actually Sprague...

HOME FURNISHING CLASSES SCHEDULED.(LOCAL/STATE)
April 30, 1997... Three classes will be held Saturday from 9 to 11 a.m. at Ken Clark Auditorium, 3000 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota, at the County Fairgrounds. The classes are "Space Planning & Lighting," "Working With an Interior Designer" and "Blending Old &...

NESTING SEASON TO START FOR TURTLES.(LOCAL/STATE)
April 30, 1997... Sea turtle nesting season begins Thursday and continues through October. Mote Marine Laboratory will monitor Sarasota County nests daily. Nest areas are marked with orange or yellow stakes and should be left alone. If you discover an...

SARASOTA DOESN'T PLACE IN OLYMPICS.(LOCAL/STATE)
April 30, 1997... Sarasota County's Academic Olympics team did not place in the statewide competition last week in Orlando. Fifty-one teams competed in the Academic Challenge, which determines the Academic Olympians who will move on to national...

HOUSING AUTHORITY MEETING SCHEDULED.(LOCAL/STATE)
April 30, 1997... The Sarasota Housing Authority will meet at 5:15 p.m. today. The commissioners will meet Deborah Vincent, who will serve as the interim executive director until a new top administrator is hired. Vincent started working in Sarasota on...

CORRECTION.(LOCAL/STATE)(Correction Notice)
April 30, 1997... Choreographer Eddy Toussaint is a Sarasota resident. Due to an editor's error, a photo caption on Tuesday's Page 1B incorrectly said otherwise.

GROUP HELPS CITY SET PRIORITIES; THE CITIZENS GROUP RECOMMENDS PROJECTS TO BE PAID FOR IF THE 1 PERCENT SALES TAX IS EXTENDED.(LOCAL/STATE)
April 30, 1997... Byline: Yolanda Rodriguez STAFF WRITER The Sarasota City Commission stuck with the recommended list of top priorities presented by a citizens group Tuesday night for the extension of the 1 percent sales tax. The ad hoc task force...

SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, DRIVER TAX BREAKS REJECTED; LEGISLATURE BANS ACCEPTANCE.(LOCAL/STATE)
April 30, 1997... Byline: Alan Judd CAPITAL BUREAU TALLAHASSEE -- With lawmakers describing homosexuality as "morally abhorrent," the Legislature passed a bill on Tuesday to make Florida the 19th state that will refuse to recognize marriages between...

`FLAT' SAILORS BUMP OFF PORT CHARLOTTE.(SPORTS)
April 30, 1997... Byline: Chris Anderson STAFF WRITER They may have been a little flat, but they were still the Sarasota Sailors. Good enough on most nights. Good enough on Tuesday night. Despite a seventh-inning lapse, the Sailors defeated the...

RAMS, 'NOLES GO OUT QUICK.(SPORTS)
April 30, 1997... Byline: Tom Balog STAFF WRITER BRANDON -- There's no tomorrow for the Southeast or Riverview High baseball teams, victims of a twin-killing in Tuesday's first round of the Class 6A-District 8 tournament at Brandon's Don Powell Field. ...