Sarasota Herald Tribune articles from June 1998

Sarasota Herald Tribune archives from June 1998

MILITARY NEWS.(LOCAL/STATE)
June 30, 1998... Reunions * The USS Saipan Cvl-48 Association will hold its annual reunion Oct. 8 to 10 in Las Vegas. Contact: B.D. Stine, 10 Judy Terrace, West Warwick, RI 02893. 1-800-476-4979. * The Men of Daspo will hold their 1998 reunion in...

EDUCATION NOTES.(LOCAL/STATE)
June 30, 1998... Scholarships The following students have received scholarships: Maame Nketsiah, New College; Cara Weber and Jason Laidlaw, Pine View School; and Ana Copeland, Manatee High School, from Alliance Francaise of Sarasota. Ruth...

SPECIAL KIDS: PETER, FREDDIE; BROTHERS REALLY WANT A DAD TO DO `GUY' THINGS WITH.(LOCAL/STATE)
June 30, 1998... Each week, the Herald-Tribune will profile one of hundreds of "special needs" children who are available for adoption through the state Department of Children and Families. These children have emotional or physical disabilities. They require...

THE NEXT GENERATION.(LOCAL/STATE)
June 30, 1998... Wotjkun wins contest Lauren E. Wotjkun, a senior at Cardinal Mooney High School, has been named one of 10 winners in the Kaplan/Newsweek essay contest. She wrote about how her family came together on a difficult Thanksgiving. Her...

CECILIANS AWARD CAMP FUNDS.(LOCAL/STATE)
June 30, 1998... Byline: Phyllis Faria The Cecilian Music Society of Venice has awarded the following students with scholarships: Camp Scholarships, eighth-ninth grade: First place, Erica Bacacio, piano, Venice High School; second place, Shawn...

EDUCATION NOTES.(LOCAL/STATE)
June 30, 1998... College scholarship money Currently there are 400,000 scholarship and grant sources available to help pay for college costs, including tuition, room and board, text books, lab fees and other expenses according to the National Academic...

ORCHESTRA STUDENTS PUT MUSICAL TALENTS TO WORK.(LOCAL/STATE)
June 30, 1998... Byline: Bubbles Greer CORRESPONDENT They call themselves SPACK, these Manatee High School students who comprise an increasingly-popular string quintet. The name is an acronym consisting of the first name initials of the players - Sarah...

STUDENTS WIN WITH COLLEGE GRANTS.(LOCAL/STATE)
June 30, 1998... Byline: Melissa L. Williams-Robinson Heather Bailey, a recent graduate of Palmetto High School, received a $1,000 college scholarship from Ford Trucks Scholarship fund and Bill Graham Ford. The daughter of Kim Bailey of Parrish,...

MILITARY NEWS.(LOCAL/STATE)
June 30, 1998... ROTC Air Force Senior Airman Susanna J. James has received an ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) scholarship to the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. James is a communications systems developer assigned to the 377th...

MILITARY NEWS.(LOCAL/STATE)
June 30, 1998... Reported for duty Air Force Senior Airman Thomas R. Abdoo has arrived for duty in Honolulu, Hawaii. Abdoo is an imagery analyst assigned to the Joint Intelligence Center, Pacific. He is the son of Thomas C. Abdoo of Port Charlotte....

TAKE A BOW.(LOCAL/STATE)
June 30, 1998... Scholarships The Charlotte Players awarded John W. Lund Scholarships to two local high school students who plan to study theater in college. The $750 scholarships were awarded to Erin E. LaValle, who graduated from Lemon Bay High...

ALL FIRED UP FOR BIRTHDAYS.(LOCAL/STATE)
June 30, 1998... Riding on a fire engine is a childhood fantasy for many. Now it could be a dream come true. The Punta Gorda Fire Department is offering a creative way to celebrate a child's birthday, complete with clowns, balloons - and an education in...

THE EARLIER, WILDER DAYS HERE.(FLORIDA WEST)
June 30, 1998... Byline: BILL COPELAND Inasmuch as we moved here permanently in 1952, we are often asked what the "more serene Sarasota" was like. Serene? Hah! Pish-tosh and yeah-right serene. Let me tell you bro or sir or ms or ma'm, this was one...

PARTY PREVIEWS DASHING BACHELORS.(FLORIDA WEST)
June 30, 1998... Byline: Marjorie North Who are the 22 brave men who will be on the runway during the Bid for Bachelors benefit for the American Cancer Society Aug. 8? Inquiring female minds want to know. A drum roll please for: chiropractors...

IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS.(FLORIDA WEST)
June 30, 1998... The Port Charlotte Cultural Center will present its 26th Annual Christmas in July Bazaar from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 11 and 12 and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 13 at the center, 2280 Aaron St. A pre-sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m....

TULSA FANS TAKE TO PAIR OF EX-RANGERS.(SPORTS)
June 30, 1998... Byline: ALAN DELL It didn't take Kelly Dransfeldt and Mike Zywica to get the attention of the fans at Tulsa. Dransfeldt, who set a Charlotte Rangers' single-season record with 18 homers this year, drilled a shot out of the park on...

SPENCE JR. WINS HIS DIVISION.(SPORTS)
June 30, 1998... Byline: STAFF REPORTS Frederick Spence, Jr., 16, won the 16-18-year-old division of the second annual Southeast Minority Junior Golf Championship on the Magnolia Course at Lake Buena Vista over the weekend. Spence, Jr. carded a...

HIS CUP RUNNETH OVER.(SPORTS)(Column)
June 30, 1998... Byline: PERRY PENTZ During the first 2 1/2 weeks of the World Cup in France, hooligans got some of the headlines, but they aren't what Venice's Wayne Garbrandt remembers about his first trip overseas. Garbrandt, 46, considered a...

LOMASNEY FINDING RANGE FOR SARASOX; CATCHER LEADS TEAM IN HOME RUNS, IS THIRD IN RUNS SCORED, AND FOURTH IN RBI.(SPORTS)
June 30, 1998... Byline: Jabbo Gordon CORRESPONDENT Steve Lomasney's professional baseball career began with two forgetable seasons in Fort Myers and Lowell, Mass. He began to shine at Battle Creek, Mich., last year; this season Lomasney is...

BILL HOKE IS HOME AGAIN.(SPORTS)(Column)
June 30, 1998... Byline: BRIAN ETTKIN FORT MYERS -- The framed black-and-white photographs still cover the walls of the Riverdale High School wrestling room that Bill Hoke knows so well. You might say he never really left them. There's Hoke in...

MENZ SET TO DIVE INTO RECORD BOOK.(LOCAL/STATE)
June 30, 1998... Byline: Deborah Orazi STAFF WRITER When Port Charlotte's Ray Menz takes part in an attempt to set a skydiving world record 22,000 feet above Ottawa, Ill., next month, he won't be alone. He'll have 299 other skydivers with him and the...

CORRECTION.(SPORTS)(Correction Notice)
June 30, 1998... * A story published in Sunday's sports section of The Herald-Tribune incorrectly stated there was only one Fun Kicks program in Manatee County. There is one at Hollobaugh's Karate and Kickboxing Center, 4219 60th St. Court W., Bradenton. The...

RAINES JR. SMACKS 4 HITS.(SPORTS)
June 30, 1998... Byline: STAFF REPORT Tim Raines Jr. went 4-for-5 to lead the Orioles to an 11-4 Gulf Coast League win over the Rangers Monday at Twin Lakes Park. Raines had three singles and a double and also scored four runs as the Orioles banged...

RANGERS KEEP ROLLING ALONG.(SPORTS)
June 30, 1998... Byline: Alan Dell CORRESPONDENT Like a rolling river ravaging everything in its path, the Charlotte Rangers seem unstoppable. Bad night, good night, it doesn't matter. This team always seems to find a way to win. And winning the...

SARASOX DROP FOURTH STRAIGHT.(SPORTS)
June 30, 1998... Byline: STAFF REPORT DUNEDIN -- First, they can't lose. Now they can't win. The Sarasota Red Sox dropped their fourth straight game, all on the road, when they fell to the Dunedin Blue Jays 8-2 in a Florida State League Monday night...

DON'T RUSH TO EXPEDITE.(A SECTION)(Editorial)
June 30, 1998... Economic development has become a mantra for the Charlotte County Commission and business leaders. Developers and the Economic Development Council say the time it takes to go through the county and state permitting process is an...

SIGNS POINT TO A REJUVENATED DOWNTOWN BUSINESS SCENE.(BUSINESS)
June 30, 1998... Byline: MATTHEW SAUER The last couple of weeks have been a heckuva of time for local businesses. Staff Leasing Inc. found out it was added to the Russell 2000 Index, another note of its prominence in the professional employee...

THEATER SETS AUDITIONS FOR ONE-ACT DRAMA.(LOCAL/STATE)
June 30, 1998... ArtSpace Theatre will have auditions for "Reality," a one-act drama, beginning at 7 p.m. today at the theater, 3376 S. McCall Road, Englewood. There are six roles available; scripts will be provided. Performances are tentatively scheduled for...

CHAPLAIN TO ADDRESS LIFE GOES ON GROUP.(LOCAL/STATE)
June 30, 1998... Chaplain Roy Royster will address the members of Life Goes On, a support group for those who have lost a special person, at 9 a.m. today in Game Room B at the Port Charlotte Cultural Center. "Till the Clouds Roll By," a musical salute to...

PORT CHARLOTTE TEENS ARRESTED IN BREAK-INS.(LOCAL/STATE)
June 30, 1998... Three Port Charlotte teen-agers arrested Monday are accused of burglarizing an occupied Port Charlotte home at 9 p.m. Sunday after ringing the doorbell first to see if anyone was home, authorities said. Somer Michele Wechter, 18, 800...

TWO WOMEN ARRESTED IN FIGHT AT WEDDING PARTY.(LOCAL/STATE)
June 30, 1998... A dispute during a wedding celebration led to the arrest of two women who were attending the Saturday party, authorities said. A Punta Gorda woman accused of battering a pregnant woman was arrested Sunday by a Charlotte County deputy....

CHARLOTTE MAN CHARGED WITH VIOLATING INJUNCTION.(LOCAL/STATE)
June 30, 1998... A Port Charlotte woman who obtained a court order barring her husband from going to her home awoke Sunday to find her estranged husband in her bed, authorities said. Sharon Marie Liebergall had obtained a domestic-violence injunction...

AN INSPECTOR'S OBLIGATION.(A SECTION)(Editorial)
June 30, 1998... Sarasota County's top building official told us that news coverage and editorials about flawed inspections have fostered "hysteria and panic" among the buyers of new homes. Paul Radauskas, director of the county's Construction and Property...

CLINTON'S IMPRESSIVE START.(A SECTION)(Editorial)
June 30, 1998... President Bill Clinton's trip to China began with low expectations and even fear among many Americans that he would send the wrong message about human rights to his hosts. Instead, President Clinton told the Chinese that they're on the...

WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT.(A SECTION)(Editorial)
June 30, 1998... Manatee County's School Board and County Commission are drifting toward separate sales tax proposals, rather than a single tax with the proceeds divvied up. With elections to be conducted this fall, timing is already a question. The...

ELECTION GRIPES HOLD NO MERIT.(LOCAL/STATE)(Column)
June 30, 1998... Byline: ERIC ERNST At least two bogus complaints already have been lodged with the Florida Elections Commission - one in the race for state commissioner of education, the other in the Charlotte County Commission contest between Adam...

SEN. MACK ENDORSES NATO ACTION IN KOSOVO.(A SECTION)
June 30, 1998... Byline: STAFF REPORT U.S. Sen. Connie Mack, in Sarasota on Monday, said he would support U.S. participation in a NATO effort to end the strife in Kosovo. But Mack said that earning the U.N.'s approval will be difficult, because...

THIS `GARDEN' GROWS GOOD AND EVIL.(LOCAL/STATE)
June 30, 1998... Byline: Naomi Donson The good don't die young in "Dr. Cook's Garden." The bad do. In Ira Levin's play at the Lemon Bay Playhouse, a kindly old physician, following in the footsteps of such world benefactors as Heinrich Himmler and...

YOUNG ACTRESS TAKES TURN TOWARD LAW; SENIOR SPENDING SUMMER AT YALE.(LOCAL/STATE)
June 30, 1998... Byline: James Roland STAFF WRITER Audiences who have enjoyed Karen Paulemon's singing and acting onstage at Charlotte High School might be surprised to learn that the 17-year-old senior's true ambitions lean more toward the courtroom...

CITY WANTS REIMBURSEMENT LEFTOVERS; PUNTA GORDA SEEKS $40,786 IN A FUND DESIGNED TO REPAY LANDOWNERS IMPROPERLY CHARGED CITY FEE.(LOCAL/STATE)
June 30, 1998... Byline: Patricia Walsh STAFF WRITER Eighteen months after Punta Gorda set aside $2.351 million to reimburse landowners who paid an illegal "readiness-to-serve" utility fee, an attorney representing the city is trying to get some of the...

HOLIDAY CLOSINGS.(LOCAL/STATE)
June 30, 1998... In observance of Independence Day, government offices in the city of Sarasota, Sarasota County and Longboat Key will be closed Friday. * Friday mail delivery will be uninterrupted; post offices will close Saturday and no mail will be...

JUDGE DISMISSES LAISHLEY PARK SUIT.(LOCAL/STATE)
June 30, 1998... Partly because he failed to note how his lawsuit's defendants had anything to do with the suit's allegations of misconduct, Mark Daniel Friedland's suit against Punta Gorda City Council members was quickly dismissed Monday afternoon. ...

PHOTOS, EVENTS TO GO IN CALENDAR.(LOCAL/STATE)
June 30, 1998... The Englewood Area Chamber of Commerce is accepting photographs for its first community calendar. The full-color wall calendar will list community events, birthdays, anniversaries and memorials. The cost to list an event is $5. ...

GYMNASTICS ELITE PLANS `LOCK-IN'.(LOCAL/STATE)
June 30, 1998... Gymnastics Elite has planned a safe way for youngsters to enjoy the Fourth of July weekend with a fun-filled "lock-in" for kids 6 to 13. The event will include fireworks, food, trampolines, gymnastics, dancing, movies, games, contests...

MEETING TODAY ON FLOOD ZONES.(LOCAL/STATE)
June 30, 1998... Charlotte County emergency management officials will meet at 1:30 p.m. today to study revising flood zones. They will meet in Room 229 of the County Administration Center in Murdock. The meeting with the National Flood Insurance Program...

EXPERT: CASE LACKS CHARACTERISTICS OF SANTERIA.(A SECTION)
June 30, 1998... Byline: Juli Cragg Hilliard STAFF WRITER A Santeria expert in Miami says the released details of a case of corpse tampering in Bradenton do not include any common practices of Santeria, an Afro-Caribbean religion. Police have considered...

RED CROSS VOLUNTEERS HELPING OUT.(LOCAL/STATE)
June 30, 1998... Byline: Patty Allen-Jones STAFF WRITER Steppingstones, a water heater or a washer and dryer are sometimes the only reminders of the houses that have been destroyed by wildfires consuming substantial acreage of East Florida. "Most of...

RED-HOT JUNE SETS RECORD; SCORCHING HEAT WAVE UNMATCHED IN 108 YEARS.(A SECTION)
June 30, 1998... Byline: Mark Zaloudek STAFF WRITER On a Misery Index, June 1998 would be off the charts. It's not just your imagination that the sweltering days and steamy nights have seemed worse than the usual prelude to summer. The National...

TREATMENT OF MAN'S BODY SHOCKS FUNERAL DIRECTORS.(A SECTION)
June 30, 1998... Byline: Gretchen Parker STAFF WRITER The news that a Bradenton funeral home owner may have desecrated a body before burying it came as a shock to some Southwest Florida funeral home directors. Geno Mould, a director of Brown and Sons...

NORTH PORT MAY GET SKATEBOARD PARK; FUNDING FOR THE PARK MUST SURVIVE TWO COUNTY COMMISSION BUDGET HEARINGS.(LOCAL/STATE)
June 30, 1998... Byline: Tabatha Barham STAFF WRITER Skateboarders may soon have a new place to perform stunts. The Sarasota County Parks and Recreation Department has recommended that the county's first public skateboard park be located in North...

STOCKS' STRONG RALLY.(BUSINESS)
June 30, 1998... The S&P 500 set another new high and the Dow industrials rose just shy of 9,000 on Monday as a late-quarter push into the most popular blue-chip stocks continued. The Dow gained 52.82 points to close at 8,997.36. Transportation stocks were up...

COMPANY CUTS 12 THERAPIST JOBS.(LOCAL/STATE)
June 30, 1998... Bon Secours Health System Inc. of Southwest Florida has decided to eliminate the jobs of 12 respiratory therapists who worked in nursing homes in Sarasota and Charlotte counties. Effective Sept. 1, the Catholic health-care company will...

RESIDENTS TO FIGHT FOR CLEAN WATER.(LOCAL/STATE)
June 30, 1998... Byline: Andy Crain STAFF WRITER Calling themselves South Venice Citizens for Water Now, more than 100 residents gathered Monday night to begin fighting for the immediate installation of water lines in their neighborhood, where homes have...

HACKNEY WAS CIRCUIT CLERK.(LOCAL/STATE)
June 30, 1998... Byline: Stephanie Moorhead STAFF WRITER As clerk of the circuit court for 17 years, "Bud" Hackney's door was always open. He was willing to answer any question that a citizen, colleague or journalist had at any time. And if he didn't...

MACKAY TURNS TO DANTZLER FOR TICKET; FELLOW DEMOCRATS ARE ENTHUSIASTIC THAT THE TWO RIVALS APPARENTLY WILL UNITE FOR THE RACE.(A SECTION)
June 30, 1998... Byline: Lloyd Dunkelberger, Mark Hollis and Alan Judd CAPITALBUREAU TALLAHASSEE -- Hoping to revive his moribund campaign for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, Lt. Gov. Buddy MacKay is poised to name his most persistent rival,...

JUDGE WEIGHS CASE.(LOCAL/STATE)
June 30, 1998... Byline: Brett Barrouquere STAFF WRITER A judge is considering whether to allow a negligence lawsuit against the Bradenton Herald to go to trial as scheduled Aug. 3. Attorneys for the Herald asked Circuit Court Judge Thomas Gallen at...

PALMETTO ASKS FEMA TO HELP WITH FLOODING; AT TIMES, WATER AT THE TROUBLED INTERSECTION HAS BEEN STANDING 6 FEET DEEP. THE CITY ASKED FEMA FOR $600,000 OF THE $2.2 MILLION REPAIR PROJECT.(LOCAL/STATE)
June 30, 1998... Byline: Tom Bayles STAFF WRITER Palmetto Mayor Pat Whitesel has asked the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help alleviate longstanding flooding at 10th Street and 10th Avenue West. "People have to sweep water out of their...

CRITICS BLAMING ESCALATOR VICTIMS.(LOCAL/STATE)(Column)
June 30, 1998... Byline: TOM LYONS As you have probably read, 5-year-old Kirt Davis tempted fate the other day in the same way a few million kids must have. He toyed with an escalator. After riding it down at the Sarasota Square Mall's Sears...

U.S. SENATOR BACKS RESEARCH.(LOCAL/STATE)
June 30, 1998... Byline: Stephen G. Reed REGIONAL REPORTER Becky Cain has a personal reason to support medical research. So the 46-year-old leukemia patient, her gray hair just growing back after chemotherapy, was glad to hear that U.S. Sen. Connie...

NEW CHARTER SCHOOL AWAITING CONTRACT.(LOCAL/STATE)
June 30, 1998... Byline: Jeffrey S. Solochek STAFF WRITER Acceptance letters are going out this week and employee hiring continues, but Manatee County's newest charter school still faces a significant hurdle before it opens Aug. 24 - the School Board has...

LOCAL HEROES TO BE HONORED.(LOCAL/STATE)
June 30, 1998... Byline: Patty Allen-Jones STAFF WRITER A Sarasota friend who never gave up on Jill Battalagia after she was paralyzed from the neck down in a 1994 accident is one of 26 people being honored this week as a "community hero." ...

POLICE DESCRIBE GRISLY RITUAL A FUNERAL HOME OWNER TELLS AUTHORITIES THAT SHEPERFORMED A RELIGIOUS RITE ON A DEAD MAN'S BODY.(A SECTION)
June 30, 1998... Byline: Kellie McMaster STAFF WRITER A dozen homemade dolls - found inside the corpse of a Palmetto man last week - bore handwritten notes with people's names and other messages, Bradenton police say. The corpse's left hand had been...

2 MASKED MEN BREAK INTO HOME.(LOCAL/STATE)
June 30, 1998... A Bradenton family reported that they were the victims of a home invasion and armed robbery at about midnight Sunday. The family, who lives in Avondale Estates, in the 1800 block of Ninth Avenue East, told Bradenton police that they heard...

MORE STUDENTS ATTENDING MCC.(LOCAL/STATE)
June 30, 1998... Enrollment at Manatee Community College increased for the second straight semester during the Summer B session. The South Campus in Venice had 329 students, up from 308 a year ago. The students were taking a total of 1,141 credit hours,...

BUILDING TO START.(LOCAL/STATE)
June 30, 1998... SouthTrust will start construction on its new Manatee County headquarters in downtown Bradenton on Monday. The two-story structure near Rossi Waterfront Park will house a SouthTrust branch and administrative space for the company. The...

ENCOURAGE WALKING, SPEAKER SAYS.(LOCAL/STATE)
June 30, 1998... Byline: Dale White STAFF WRITER Downtowns and other business districts in Sarasota and Manatee counties should redesign their streets to encourage people to park their cars and to get out and walk, a former state legislator urged local...

TEACHING WAS PASSION FOR PHYSICIAN TEAHAN.(LOCAL/STATE)
June 30, 1998... Byline: Laurie Hoffman STAFF WRITER For 30 years, he helped Manatee County prepare for the worst. Robert R. Teahan, a retired physician, disaster preparedness committee leader and former head of Manatee Memorial Hospital's intensive...

RESTITUTION ORDERED.(LOCAL/STATE)
June 30, 1998... The former treasurer of the Gocio Elementary Booster Club has been ordered to repay the money she is accused of stealing over a nine-month period. Lynne M. Emerson, 34, of Sarasota last week pleaded no contest to the charge of scheming...

POLICE IDENTIFY ACCIDENT VICTIM.(LOCAL/STATE)
June 30, 1998... Sarasota police have identified the bicyclist who died after he was hit by a car on North Tamiami Trail on Saturday night. The bicyclist was Joseph Martin Valente, 32, of Sarasota. Police do not have an address for Valente, who is believed to...

TRIAL DATE SET.(LOCAL/STATE)
June 30, 1998... A new trial date has been set for a 44-year-old Sarasota man charged with aggravated battery of his girlfriend, who was found dead in his apartment. Last week, Circuit Judge Bob McDonald set Peter Boden's court hearing for Aug. 31,...

CORRECTION.(LOCAL/STATE)(Correction Notice)
June 30, 1998... No perchloroethylene contamination has been found at the Sta-Brite Cleaners site at 2214 N. Washington Blvd., Sarasota, according to an engineering report commissioned by the company. Due to an editor's error, a Page 15A graphic indicated...

OBITUARIES.(LOCAL/STATE)(Obituary)
June 30, 1998... CHARLOTTE COUNTY Aileen Fague Aileen Fague, 85, Port Charlotte, died June 27, 1998. She was born Sept. 12, 1912, in Moreland Township, Pa., and came to Port Charlotte more than eight years ago from Naples. She was a member of...

JUNIOR GOLFERS LEARN WAY AROUND THE GREENS.(LOCAL/STATE)
June 30, 1998... When the Lemon Bay Golf Club announced its Junior Golf Program this summer, the program filled up almost immediately. Ninety kids from 6 to 18 signed up for nine Wednesdays of golf and the club staff and members were thrilled with the...

MILITARY NEWS.(LOCAL/STATE)
June 30, 1998... Reported for duty Air Force Senior Airman Thomas R. Abdoo has arrived for duty in Honolulu, Hawaii. Abdoo is an imagery analyst assigned to the Joint Intelligence Center, Pacific. He is the son of Thomas C. Abdoo of Port Charlotte....

WINEFEST GRANTS BOOST PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH.(LOCAL/STATE)
June 29, 1998... Byline: STAFF REPORT Children were the winners at a grants presentation ceremony May 27 at Longboat Key Club. The board of directors and grants committee of the Florida Winefest & Auction announced the recipients of funds raised at the...

COMINGS AND GOINGS.(BUSINESS WEEKLY)
June 29, 1998... * Bruce C. Reid has joined Bruce Williams Homes of Bradenton as chief financial officer. Reid had been the vice president of finance and chief financial officer at a life-care company in Bradenton. He is a certified public accountant and...

ALL THE CHINESE FOOD YOU CAN EAT.(BUSINESS WEEKLY)(Review)
June 29, 1998... Owner-chef Hong Zhung Lu opened the New Dynasty in January after extensive experience in kitchens in New York and elsewhere. Lu made an interesting choice of location - next to Mrs. Chen's Chinese Restaurant, which also features lunch and...

COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE.(BUSINESS WEEKLY)
June 29, 1998... Leases * John Bell has leased 2,600 square feet at 1472 Main St. in Sarasota for a furniture store. Robin Pasler with Michael Saunders & Co.'s Commercial Group handled the transaction. * Barbara and Joe Derfel have leased 1375 Main...

MARKET HAS NEW NAME, HOME, MORE FLAVORS.(BUSINESS WEEKLY)
June 29, 1998... Gerardo and Francisca Villanueva have moved their Fruitland Market and changed its name. The Pompano Market is now at 3074 17th St., Sarasota, after 4 1/2 years on Washington Boulevard. The Villanuevas were among the first merchants...

KUDOS.(BUSINESS WEEKLY)
June 29, 1998... * The Sarasota Manatee Ophthalmic Personnel organization has announced its new board of directors for the 1998-1999 term. They all are employed by the Sarasota Cataract Institute. They are: Francine C. Myers, President; Priscilla Taylor,...

HE MANAGED TO TRANSFER SKILLS TO VENICE STORE.(BUSINESS WEEKLY)
June 29, 1998... In 1961, armed with a degree in business administration, 18-year-old John Wylie went to work for the J. L. Hudson Co. In those days it was the dominant department store in Detroit. As a buyer, Wylie traveled to Italy, England, France and...

CREATING A `ONE-PIPE' WORLD BECOMING REALITY.(BUSINESS WEEKLY)
June 29, 1998... Byline: Dwayne Fatherree As the tech industry's feeding frenzy continues, corporate mergers lead me to believe that the synthesis of telephone, television and computer is on track. At a conference last year, several of us newspaper...

GRANDMA'S ITALIAN GARDEN SPRINGS ANEW.(BUSINESS WEEKLY)
June 29, 1998... Byline: Joan Altabe It's called the Sarasota Bread Company, but baking isn't the whole enchilada. The company also is a cafe and retail shop decorated with the flavor of Italy. "I grew up with an Italian grandmother and I have always...

SHOPTALK.(BUSINESS WEEKLY)
June 29, 1998... Lynne Arcadi can tell when a certain Sarasota attorney is heading to Tallahassee - he gets his shoes shined. Shoes tell a story about the wearer. And with apologies to mom, wearing one's shoes down to the outside isn't unusual. ...