Sarasota Herald Tribune articles from January 2004

Sarasota Herald Tribune archives from January 2004

Police captain retires after 30 years.(B SECTION)
January 31, 2004... Byline: JULIAN PECQUET julian.pecquet@heraldtribune.com SARASOTA -- It was a quarter-century ago that a thief ran from Kailash Jain's jewelry counter at the Belk Lindsey department store with a display case of gold ornaments. Jain...

POLICE BLOTTER.(B SECTION)
January 31, 2004... Compiled from Charlotte County and Sarasota County sheriffs' reports filed through Jan. 28. Everington Road, 9000 block, Jan. 28. A rose arbor was stolen from the front yard of a home. Powers Ferry Road, 6300 block, Jan. 29. A...

Calling all Beatlemaniacs.(PLAY!)
January 31, 2004... Feb. 7 marks the 40th anniversary of the Beatles' first visit to America. The Herald-Tribune is seeking fans of the Mop Tops to commemorate the occasion. Whether you're an original fan who saw the Fab Four on "The Ed Sullivan Show" or a...

AARP's Tax-Aide program providing no-cost help starts Monday.(B SECTION)
January 31, 2004... Byline: SHARYN LONSDALE sharyn.lonsdale@heraldtribune.com Last year, approximately 5,000 people in Charlotte County didn't pay a penny to have their taxes done. Instead of seeing an accountant or purchasing do-it-yourself software,...

Development chief is all business; North Port's Robert Tunis is getting the city's name out there.(B SECTION)
January 31, 2004... Byline: PATRICK WHITTLE patrick.whittle@heraldtribune.com NORTH PORT -- Bob Tunis looked as industrious as a late-autumn chipmunk Friday as he busily stuffed envelopes with invitations to the city's second annual business appreciation...

LOCAL BRIEFS.(B SECTION)
January 31, 2004... Second man arrested in extortion case CHARLOTTE COUNTY -- Detectives have arrested a second suspect in an alleged extortion scheme hatched against a man with an unpaid drug debt, the Sheriff's Office reported Friday. Sean Allen...

Obituaries.(B SECTION)(Obituary)
January 31, 2004... CHARLOTTE COUNTY Herbert Nelson Herbert Nelson, 76, Englewood, died Jan. 29, 2004, in Venice. He was born Jan. 28, 1928, in Jeannette, Pa., and came to Englewood in 1989 from Wake Forest, N.C. He served in the Marine Corps during...

All together now.(HOME & REAL ESTATE)
January 31, 2004... Byline: HAROLD BUBIL harold.bubil@heraldtribune.com SARASOTA -- For most of its nine years of existence, the annual Designer Showhouse has given interior designers a chance to shine, to take risks, to display the creative power of the...

Lancers outslug Lake City CC in season opener, 15-10.(SPORTS)
January 31, 2004... Byline: BRIAN NEWBERRY CORRESPONDENT BRADENTON -- Kevin Cust's three-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning broke a 10-10 tie and catapulted the Manatee Community College baseball team to a 15-10 victory over Lake City CC in...

At 40, he'll help Vikings kick off season.(SPORTS)
January 31, 2004... Byline: PERRY D. PENTZ perry.pentz@heraldtribune.com VENICE -- For Bob Alexander, playing competitive football at the age of 40 is the opportunity of a lifetime. And to top it off, he gets to line up with his stepson Jeff Herd. ...

Intimate venue enhances performance by Florida String Quartet.(B SECTION)(Art Beat)(Column)
January 31, 2004... Byline: Naomi Donson Certainly the quality of a chamber recital can withstand large quarters, yet there's a piquancy and focus in a more intimate setting that is undeniable. The appearance of the Florida String Quartet with the...

Ballet for the ages; Dancers from 22 to 72 stretch their skills in a Bradenton class.(PLAY!)
January 31, 2004... Byline: THOMAS BECNEL thomas.becnel@heraldtribune.com BRADENTON -- At the age of 5, toddling around her Michigan hometown, Jackelyn Rogerson started studying ballet. It was love at first plie. "Prancing around in a little tutu,...

Long ago (1964) and far away.(HOME & REAL ESTATE)(Home Work)(Column)
January 31, 2004... Byline: Art Levy I was only 3, and no prodigy at that, but even I could tell, toddling around the grounds of the 1964 New York World's Fair, that we were in for something good. Computers were going to make our lives easier and...

Outwitting Alzheimer's; An ongoing study in Charlotte County seeks ways to spot the disease in its earliest stages.(B SECTION)
January 31, 2004... Byline: MICHAEL WERNER michael.werner@heraldtribune.com CHARLOTTE COUNTY -- When Gloria Patmore thinks of the last 10 years of life with her husband, Jim, she thinks of the joy and the love. She also remembers the difficulty. Her...

Tarpons hold off Pirates; Charlotte grabs top seed in Class 5A-District 11 behind 27-point effort from Andre Brown.(SPORTS)
January 31, 2004... Byline: DENNIS MAFFEZZOLI dennis.maffezzoli@heraldtribune.com MURDOCK -- Andre Brown made sure the Charlotte High boys basketball team started strongly and finished just as strong. Brown scored 12 points in the first quarter and...

Under The Sun.(PLAY!)
January 31, 2004... KICKBALL Sarasota league rolls into action A Sarasota County adult kickball league is up and rolling on Thursday evenings at Bee Ridge Park. The county parks department is still seeking players and sponsors for the new sport....

Report: Couple in fatal crash that involved Brewer were using drugs.(B SECTION)
January 31, 2004... Byline: JENNY LEE ALLEN jenny.allen@heraldtribune.com ARCADIA -- Jessie April Thwaites and Frank John Morse Jr. had morphine and ecstasy pushing through their veins the night the young couple led authorities on a fatal chase, a state...

News Updates.(B SECTION)
January 31, 2004... Jury deadlocks; man to be tried again BRADENTON -- After deliberating for more than six hours, a jury declared it was unable to decide whether Arthur Christopher Samuel Jr. killed another man during a drug deal. The mistrial means...

Venice Council to stick with term limits.(B SECTION)
January 31, 2004... Byline: STAFF REPORT VENICE - Some members of the Venice City Council oppose term limits, but they don't believe there's enough support among the public to remove the limits from the city charter. At a City Council workshop Friday,...

Indians edge Hurricanes.(SPORTS)
January 31, 2004... Byline: STAFF REPORT VENICE Kevin Cromwell scored a game-high 19 points to lead Venice to a 47-45 win over Manatee in a Class 5A-District 11 game Friday night. Illya Vasilevsky, who had 11 points, hit 1 of 2 free throws to give...

Local snapshots; Brief comments on life and times in our communities.(A SECTION)(Editorial)
January 31, 2004... Reverse psychology Ed Martin sometimes criticizes the Venice City Council. So when he urged the council Tuesday to make Marty Black the city manager, he told an anecdote from his days of working in Washington. Martin said a...

Congrats.(B SECTION)
January 31, 2004... Teens triumph Lemon Bay High School students won first, second and third places in the regional competition of the Florida Stock Market Game. First-place team members Chris Comito, Craig Herndon, Trent Lambart, Marc Langlais and Matt...

Even without the sun, the fun will shine through at nature festival.(B SECTION)(Life Around Town)(Column)
January 31, 2004... Byline: Sharyn Lonsdale Let's hope Mother Nature cooperates for a festival in her honor today. This is the fourth year for the Charlotte Harbor Nature Festival, and she hasn't cooperated yet. "We don't have much luck," said Inga...

More home tours on the calendar.(HOME & REAL ESTATE)
January 31, 2004... Byline: STAFF REPORT While the annual ASID Designer Showhouse continues to draw visitors through Feb. 15 at 8834 Fisherman's Bay Drive (see page 1G), other home tours are gearing up: * Another month-long showhouse will take place...

Shop owner arrested on drug charges.(B SECTION)
January 31, 2004... Byline: JULIAN PECQUET julian.pecquet@heraldtribune.com SARASOTA -- Two police raids Thursday afternoon led to the arrest of the owner of a downtown shop known for its 1960s theme on charges he was selling marijuana from his business...

Assisted-living facility coming to Lakewood Ranch.(HOME & REAL ESTATE)
January 31, 2004... Byline: STAFF REPORT Ground will be broken for an assisted-living facility, the Windsor of Lakewood Ranch, in mid-April, with plans to open in early 2005. The 80-unit, 100-bed facility will be built at a three-acre site on Nature's...

Jurors can't agree on verdict in murder case.(B SECTION)
January 31, 2004... Byline: ROBERT PATRICK robert.patrick@heraldtribune.com BRADENTON -- After deliberating for more than six hours, a jury declared it was unable to decide whether Arthur Christopher Samuel Jr. killed another man during a drug deal. ...

News Updates.(B SECTION)
January 31, 2004... Legion forms unit for member's sons ENGLEWOOD -- American Legion Post 113 in Rotonda West is seeking sons and grandsons of legion members for a Sons of the American Legion Unit formed Jan. 6. The unit will hold its first meeting 7:30...

NATIVE NOTES.(B SECTION)
January 31, 2004... CAPTION(S): STAFF PHOTO / ARMANDO SOLARES / armando.solares@heraldtribune.com Ed Winddancer of Port Charlotte plays the native flute, which he called the oldest woodwind instrument on the American continent, at the 2nd annual Mystic...

Sailing is about widening your own horizon.(PLAY!)(Sailing)(Column)
January 31, 2004... Byline: Morgan Stinemetz Sailing is all about the journey, so when a sailor finds something out there that pleases him (or her), then sailing there is a natural occurrence, an extension of what sailing is all about anyway. I've never...

3 Sailore in semifinals.(SPORTS)
January 31, 2004... Byline: STAFF REPORT BRANDON -- Three Sarasota High School wrestlers advanced to the semifinals of the Brandon-Ippolito Wrestling Tournament here Friday. Sophomore Alex Brown (119 pounds), freshman Derek Hayward (112) and sophomore...

Local snapshots; Brief comments on life and times in our communities.(A SECTION)(Editorial)
January 31, 2004... Don's early light Vandals struck before dawn, before Don Pointer reported for duty last Saturday. It wasn't a school day, but he arrived early at work, knowing that in a few hours, at 8 a.m., Sarasota High would host about 150...

Suited for Struhs; DEP leader should feel at home in private sector.(A SECTION)(Editorial)
January 31, 2004... Among the many fond and not-so- fond farewells extended to David Struhs this week, two comments in particular stand out as telling reflections of his tenure as secretary of Florida's Department of Environmental Protection. The first...

Obituaries.(B SECTION)(Obituary)
January 31, 2004... MANATEE COUNTY Eugene R. Cohenour Eugene R. Cohenour, 72, Palmetto, died Jan. 29, 2004. He was born Nov. 25, 1931, in Sterling, Ill., and came to Palmetto in the early 1940s from there. He retired from a self-employed floor...

News Updates.(B SECTION)
January 31, 2004... Body found on Tampa Bay sandbar named ANNA MARIA -- Sheriff's deputies have identified a body found on a sandbar in Tampa Bay as that of Derek Helsey, 25, of Palmetto. His body was found about 100 yards off the 500 block of South Bay...

POLICE BLOTTER.(B SECTION)
January 31, 2004... Compiled from Charlotte County Sheriff's Office and Punta Gorda Police Department reports filed through Jan. 30. PORT CHARLOTTE Sandhill Boulevard, 25100 block, Jan. 29. Gary T. Katranis, 41, was charged with DUI. Veterans...

Southeast falls to St. Pete Lakewood; Seminoles will play at Lemon Bay in the region quarterfinals despite Friday's loss.(SPORTS)
January 31, 2004... Byline: CHAD BROCKHOFF CORRESPONDENT ST. PETERSBURG -- Despite a 4-0 loss to St. Petersburg Lakewood in Friday's Class 4A-District 13 championship match, Southeast High head coach David Johnston considers himself fortunate because his...

Americans wake up to the facts.(A SECTION)(Editorial)
January 31, 2004... Byline: Barbara Peters Smith 'The horror of that moment I shall never, never forget!" exclaims the King in Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking-Glass" -- to which his Queen replies with wifelike perspicacity, "You will, though, if you...

Ernst has 25 to lead Lemon Bay to victory.(SPORTS)
January 31, 2004... Byline: STAFF REPORT FORT MYERS Freshman guard Erin Ernst, playing in just her second varsity game, had 25 points to lead Lemon Bay High to a 78-49 district win over host Riverdale. Senior Lisa Cigich had 23 points and 11...

Charlotte environmental trail leads to Tippecanoe view.(PLAY!)(Go!)(Column)
January 31, 2004... Byline: THOMAS BECNEL Here's a pop quiz from American history: "Tippecanoe and Tyler too" was a famous presidential campaign slogan in 1841. Who was Tippecanoe? The answer's at the end of this column. No peeking. The...

Congrats.(B SECTION)
January 31, 2004... VHS band entertains The Venice High School Jazz Band entertained diners at the grand opening of the DQ Grill and Chill on Venice Avenue last weekend and will be out again today. The school's jazz musicians will perform at the...

Mull has 4 goals, Mantas win title; Teammate Shawna Rocklein adds three goals as Lemon Bay; tops Riverdale, 8-1.(SPORTS)
January 31, 2004... Byline: CURTIS WILLIAMS CORRESPONDENT ENGLEWOOD -- The Lemon Bay High girls soccer team did not play like a top seed in Wednesday night's semifinal win over winless Lehigh Acres-Lehigh. And for about 15 minutes Friday night, it looked...

Brokerage ordered to pay widow for losses; Morgan Stanley made unauthorized changes to a portfolio, a panel says.(BUSINESS)
January 31, 2004... Byline: MARGARET ANN MIILLE margaret.miille@heraldtribune.com SARASOTA -- Securities brokerage firm Morgan Stanley has been ordered to pay $87,621 to a Venice widow for making unauthorized changes to her investment portfolio that caused...

Syd Solomon's touch; He left his mark on Sarasota's artistic character.(A SECTION)(Editorial)
January 31, 2004... If Syd Solomon had never come to Sarasota, the town would still have charm and beauty. But it wouldn't have the same vibrant, artistic character. Solomon, the celebrated painter whose loves included deep color and Turtle Beach, died...

From Your Reader Advocate.(A SECTION)(Column)
January 31, 2004... I'm a page designer and copy editor, accustomed to working nights, so one of the hardest things about my week as Reader Advocate was coming to work eight hours early. Circulation issues were the most common topic among the more than 300...

For sale: one congressman.(A SECTION)(Editorial)
January 31, 2004... Even if you've already got a job, it's prudent to stay open to new possibilities. But Rep. W.J. "Billy" Tauzin, R-La., who heads the House Energy and Commerce Committee, is taking the idea to new heights. Only weeks after he helped engineer...

Sarasota Quay revamp could have ripple effect.(B SECTION)
January 31, 2004... Byline: KEVIN MCQUAID and RICH SHOPES STAFF WRITERS SARASOTA -- The $1 billion vision of Dublin developer Patrick Kelly could have broad implications for downtown. It's almost certain to claim the 19-year-old Quay -- once a hot spot...

Obituaries.(B SECTION)(Obituary)
January 31, 2004... SARASOTA COUNTY John A. Campbell John A. Campbell, 77, Sarasota, died Dec. 30, 2003. He was born Sept. 2, 1926, in Terre Haute, Ind., and came to Sarasota in 1970 from there. He was self-employed in the refrigeration business in...

'Money Show' event goes international.(BUSINESS)
January 31, 2004... Byline: MICHAEL POLLICK michael.pollick@heraldtribune.com SARASOTA -- Intershow's annual financial fest in Orlando has morphed this year into the "World Money Show." In addition to its usual avalanche of information about U.S....

Cargill could chart different course; Critics are optimistic about its merger with IMC.(A SECTION)
January 31, 2004... Byline: VICTOR HULL victor.hull@heraldtribune.com Cargill, one of America's corporate giants, has been overshadowed for years by IMC in Florida's phosphate industry. With 133,000 acres, IMC has nearly four times as much mine land,...

Eicken's 2 goals lift Mustangs; Sophomore leads the way as Lakewood Ranch shuts out Manatee for 5A-11 district title.(SPORTS)
January 31, 2004... Byline: PERRY D. PENTZ perry.pentz@heraldtribune.com VENICE -- Lakewood Ranch sophomore Jessica Eicken continues to be a scoring machine and it helped lift the Mustangs to the Class 5A-District 11 girls soccer championship. Eicken...

10 sites vie to be veterans cemetery; Seven possible locations for the $30 million plan are in Sarasota County.(B SECTION)
January 31, 2004... Byline: JANEL STEPHENS janel.stephens@heraldtribune.com SARASOTA -- Ten sites already are vying to become a new national veterans cemetery in Southwest Florida in a selection process that kicked off Friday. Seven sites in Sarasota...

Harllee prepares plan to counter criticism.(B SECTION)
January 31, 2004... Byline: TIFFANY LANKES tiffany.lankes@heraldtribune.com MANATEE COUNTY -- Facing a battle against angry parents who don't want their children moved to Harllee Middle School, teachers and administrators there want the school district's...

Davis has 22 in Rams' win.(SPORTS)
January 31, 2004... Byline: STAFF REPORT DURANT Sophomore swingman Tony Davis had 22 points, 15 rebounds and 7 blocks to lead Riverview to a 67-57 6A-6 district win over Durant. Daren Dexter added 17 pionts and 8 rebounds for the Rams, now 12-7 and...

Rookie cornerback on a hot streak.(SPORTS)
January 31, 2004... Byline: TOM BALOG tom.balog@heraldtribune.com HOUSTON -- Ricky Manning Jr. is the little kid making it big. Considered too small when he was drafted, the Panthers 5-foot-9 cornerback third-round pick out of UCLA has had a monstrous...

Big year: $69 million in sales.(HOME & REAL ESTATE)
January 31, 2004... Byline: DOROTHY STOCKBRIDGE-PRATT dorothy.pratt@heraldtribune.com Realtor Kim Ogilvie remembers being elated when she had $2 million in sales her first year in real estate in the mid-1980s. Today the Michael Saunders & Company team of...

Lawsuit against CPA dropped; Rex Koch's former partners had claimed he made unsubstantiated payments from corporate accounts.(B SECTION)
January 31, 2004... Byline: STEPHEN FRATER stephen.frater@heraldtribune.com PUNTA GORDA -- In a statement released Friday, the former business partners of local CPA Rex Koch said they had settled their lawsuit against him and they apologized for their...

News Updates.(B SECTION)
January 31, 2004... Corrections * A story in the Jan. 27 issue of the Herald-Tribune incorrectly said a printed statement from Raise the Bridge president Jim Christman faulted the Venice Chamber, Sarasota County and Nokomis Area Civic Association for not...

To carve a carousel; Attractive idea deserves Punta Gorda's support.(A SECTION)(Editorial)
January 31, 2004... One of the more intriguing ideas to come out of Punta Gorda's two-day design charette for Laishley Park was from a group of woodcarvers who want to see an old-fashioned carousel in the park, complete with hand-carved horses, dolphins,...

Benton's Battle; Before seeing awards, the screenwriter and director dealt with dyslexia and rejection notices.(A SECTION)
January 31, 2004... Byline: CHARLIE HUISKING charlie.huisking@heraldtribune.com SARASOTA -- When Robert Benton urges young filmmakers to be persistent, he speaks from experience. Benton had to overcome dyslexia and rejection notices from nearly 20...

LOCAL BRIEFS.(B SECTION)
January 31, 2004... Man in good condition after vehicle crash ENGLEWOOD -- An Englewood man was seriously injured Friday morning when the van he was driving collided with a car on Placida Road. Thomas A. Vanslyke, 33, who lives on Laurel Avenue, was in...

IMC reapplies for mine permit; The application is expected to address flaws in the firm's first request to mine in Manatee County.(B SECTION)
January 31, 2004... Byline: JAMIE MANFUSO jamie.manfuso@heraldtribune.com CHARLOTTE COUNTY -- IMC Phosphates has submitted a new application to mine its 2,367-acre Altman Tract, the same northeastern Manatee County site for which the state denied it a...

2nd friend charged in Englewood slaying; Investigators say T.J. Merry witnessed the killing of Shane Patrick and helped dispose of evidence.(A SECTION)
January 31, 2004... Byline: DARLA MCFARLAND darla.mcfarland@heraldtribune.com ENGLEWOOD -- Details of brutal and calculated violence in the death of Shane Patrick were released Friday as investigators filed murder charges against a second friend of the...

A family; a fair.(B SECTION)
January 31, 2004... Byline: SCOTT CARROLL scott.carroll@heraldtribune.com PALMETTO -- Kathy Reckner was a bit tired Friday, and for good reason. For the past week she and husband Gary have been hauling their nine children to the Manatee County Fair....

Congrats.(B SECTION)
January 31, 2004... Singing Valentines Looking to surprise your loved one? The Gulfcoast Sandpiper Barbershop Quartets of Manatee County are offering Singing Valentines during the day Feb. 13 and 14 to homes and businesses in Manatee and Sarasota counties....

Small town, big name.(HOME & REAL ESTATE)(Letter From Home)(Column)
January 31, 2004... Byline: Harold Bubil Which of these places doesn't belong with the others? Chicago, Ill.; Sarasota, Fla.; New York, N.Y.; Boston, Mass.; Columbus, Ind. If you're talking brutal winters, then obviously, Sarasota doesn't belong....

CONGRATS.(B SECTION)
January 31, 2004... Grant to sponsor luncheon The Literacy Council of Sarasota and The Dyslexia Foundation were recently awarded a $10,000 sponsorship grant from the Verizon Foundation for a March fund-raising luncheon. The luncheon, scheduled for...

Big names, big bucks flock to Houston for biggest game.(A SECTION)
January 31, 2004... Byline: DOUG FERNANDES doug.fernandes@heraldtribune.com HOUSTON -- When asked which celebrities she had seen, Crystal Estep didn't hesitate. "I saw Kid Rock, Carmen Electra, LL Cool J, Puff Daddy," said the customer service...

It's the routine, mundane and sometimes a cheeseburger that link us all.(B SECTION)(Comment)(Column)
January 31, 2004... Byline: Rich Brooks On the third day, his fever subsided. Yet the cough lingered, so the 13-year-old drew another day of confinement. Blame the flu, or a cold, or whatever. It came with a low-grade temperature, body aches and a...

Venice Q & A; Town Hall meeting is an opportunity to ask where city is headed.(A SECTION)(Editorial)
January 31, 2004... How many more tall condominiums are expected to rise on the island of Venice? Can cats run loose? When will more sand get pumped onto the city's beaches? Is anyone managing growth on the city's eastern end? Those questions...

Crenshaw leads the way for Sarasota High.(SPORTS)
January 31, 2004... Byline: STAFF REPORT SARASOTA Brittney Crenshaw led the Lady Sailors to a win over Plant City at Sarasota High. Crenshaw had 18 points, 16 rebounds, 6 steals and 5 blocks for Sarasota (10-10). The Sailors will play at...

News Updates.(B SECTION)
January 31, 2004... State denies request for probe of signs PUNTA GORDA -- The chief assistant state attorney said in a memo to the mayor that the state attorney's office will not conduct an investigation of a councilman's re-election campaign signs. ...

Villa Sorrento's Italian food is just like mama used to make.(TICKET)
January 30, 2004... Byline: TERRI M. GRIMES CORRESPONDENT BRADENTON -- When you walk into a restaurant and think immediately of your mother's kitchen, you know the food has to be good. That sensation enveloped me upon opening the door to Villa Sorrento...

News Updates.(B SECTION)
January 30, 2004... Gulf Cove church seeks citrus fruit ENGLEWOOD -- Gulf Cove United Methodist Church is asking for donations of fruit to be sent to needy communities in Florida. Fruit may be dropped off between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Feb. 6 and Feb. 7 and...

National art show opens with demonstration by judge.(B SECTION)
January 30, 2004... Byline: Amy Abern The eyes have it good If you've ever looked at a painting in an art museum, marveled at the craftsmanship and wondered how such a work of art comes to be, you may want to witness a potential masterpiece in the...

Does your child have right stuff?(SPORTS)(Comment)(Column)
January 30, 2004... Byline: Chris Anderson SARASOTA -- Approximately 983,600 students played high school football last year in the United States. Here's the percentage who went on to play NCAA football: 5.8. Approximately 549,500 students played boys...

Tarpons knock off Pirates; Playing without senior guard Erin Voss, Charlotte pulls away in the second half.(SPORTS)
January 30, 2004... Byline: DENNIS MAFFEZZOLI dennis.maffezzoli@heraldtribune.com MURDOCK -- The Charlotte High girls basketball team is learning to adapt to not having senior guard Erin Voss on the court. Coach Andy Alwood hopes the Tarpons don't have...

Driver charged in death of visitor; A 21-year-old woman is jailed in the death of an 83-year-old man in an accident on Monday.(B SECTION)
January 30, 2004... Byline: JENNY LEE ALLEN jenny.allen@heraldtribune.com PORT CHARLOTTE -- State investigators have arrested a 21-year-old woman on charges that she killed an elderly man and seriously injured his companion in a drunken-driving crash...

Bringing up (cinema) baby.(TICKET)(Admit One)(Column)
January 30, 2004... Byline: Rod Harmon It's tough to compete with a baby. Sam Elliott found that out last weekend during a reception at Vern Buchanan's home on south Longboat Key. While the versatile star of "Mask," "Tombstone" and "We Were...

'Renaissance to Rococo': A fascinating journey.(TICKET)
January 30, 2004... Byline: KEVIN COSTELLO CORRESPONDENT SARASOTA -- The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, Conn. -- the oldest public art museum in the nation -- has had a long-standing relationship with the John and Mable Ringling Museum of...

Live music showcase adds another choice for Saturdays.(TICKET)(The Noise Ordinance)(Column)
January 30, 2004... Byline: Dawn E. Scire Douglas Holland's house is just a "stumble" away from Bradenton's Trailside Sports Bar (1301 Eighth Ave. W., 750-0980), where he convinced owners to let him coordinate the "Rock 'n' Roll Rumble" at 9 p.m. Saturday....

Fly fishers will tie flies, teach casting at Go Fish!(SPORTS)(Fishing)(Column)
January 30, 2004... Byline: Steve Gibson The Mangrove Fly Fishers will have a booth at the Herald-Tribune's third annual Go Fish! Fishing Paradise. The only local saltwater flyfishing organization will conduct fly-tying and fly-casting demonstrations....

Profilers finish work in gallery slaying.(B SECTION)
January 30, 2004... Byline: JULIAN PECQUET julian.pecquet@heraldtribune.com SARASOTA -- Detectives and crime scene technicians have completed their examination of the downtown art gallery where Joyce Wishart's mutilated body was found last week, Sarasota...

P-Com's 2003 results point towards a bright future.(BUSINESS)
January 30, 2004... Byline: MICHAEL POLLICK michael.pollick@heraldtribune.com P-Com Inc., the California company that acquired Sarasota's Speedcom Wireless, reported its fourth consecutive quarter of sales growth and sees a bright future for the combined...