Sarasota Herald Tribune articles from June 2003

Sarasota Herald Tribune archives from June 2003

Free physicals for area athletes.(SPORTS)
June 1, 2003... Byline: STAFF REPORT Free physicals will be offered Monday and Tuesday at Riverview High School for any Sarasota County high school student who plans to participate in interscholastic activities during the 2003-04 school year. The...

The tax man; Rattlers? Alligators? Drunks? All in a day's work for the taxidermist- owner of the Linger Lodge.(FLORIDA WEST)
June 1, 2003... Byline: DAVID M. GRIMES david.grimes@heraldtribune.com ***** CORRECTION: The following correction was published on Thursday, June 05, 2003: Linger Lodge is on the north side of the Braden River in Manatee County. A map in the Florida...

Miller guilty of murder in the 1st degree; The jury's conviction Saturday carries a mandatory life sentence.(B SECTION)
June 1, 2003... Byline: JAMIE MANFUSO jamie.manfuso@heraldtribune.com ***** CORRECTION: The following correction was published on Tuesday, June 03, 2003: Marc Miller was convicted of murder Saturday in a Sarasota County courtroom. Because of a...

Back by POPULAR DEMAND; Orchestral concerts return to the fore at the Sarasota Music Festival.(ARTS & TRAVEL)
June 1, 2003... Byline: CHARLIE HUISKING charlie.huisking@heraldtribune.com This year's Sarasota Music Festival will feature a returning favorite. Pianist Robert Levin? Violinist Joseph Silverstein? Flutist Carol Wincenc? Sure, they're...

Obituaries.(B SECTION)(Obituary)
June 1, 2003... MANATEE COUNTY Laura E. Bough Laura E. Bough, 93, Bradenton, died May 30, 2003. She was born Sept. 20, 1909, in Baldwinsville, N.Y., and came to Bradenton in 1976 from Oswego, N.Y. She was a homemaker. She was a member of First...

Plocar-Annicchiarico.(FLORIDA WEST)
June 1, 2003... Deborah Suzanne Plocar and Dr. James Paul Annicchiarico, both of Allentown, Pa., were married April 12, 2003, at 4 p.m. at Pine Shores Presbyterian Church in Sarasota. The bride is the daughter of Constance B. Plocar of Sarasota and...

Steens celebrate 50 years.(FLORIDA WEST)
June 1, 2003... William and Lucille (White) Steen of Venice celebrated their 50th anniversary April 13, 2003. They were married April 12, 1953, in Brooklyn, N.Y., and have lived in Venice for three years. They are the parents of John Bradley Steen of...

GOING UP / Citywalk, Sarasota; Near downtown, a rental complex is reborn as a condominium.(SUNDAY REAL ESTATE)
June 1, 2003... Byline: DOROTHY STOCKBRIDGE-PRATT dorothy.pratt@heraldtribune.com The new Citywalk condominiums started life 30 years ago as Woodfield, a rental complex of 70 units. With an extensive facelift, including a security gate, fitness center...

Kennedy's start for Rays marred by stiff shoulder.(SPORTS)
June 1, 2003... Byline: DENNIS MAFFEZZOLI dennis.maffezzoli@heraldtribune.com ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays delayed Joe Kennedy's start a couple of extra days to Saturday night, so he could have an extra bullpen session with pitching coach Chris Bosio. ...

Our Community.(B SECTION)
June 1, 2003... Volunteer groups in need of drivers VENICE -- Two South County organizations are in urgent need of drivers to deliver meals to homebound older adults. Venice Area Meals On Wheels and Senior Friendship Centers in Venice and North Port...

Class-size amendment not the enemy; someone, please, tell the Legislature.(B SECTION)(Comment)(Column)
June 1, 2003... Byline: Eric Ernst When the voters passed the class-size amendment in 2002, they intended to improve public education in the state of Florida. The tales of overcrowded classrooms stretched across the state, from large districts to...

Englewood Elementary's hot field days still fun for youngsters.(B SECTION)
June 1, 2003... The water was flowing during Englewood Elementary School's Field Days. Hot weather and strenuous field games brought on the sweat and brought out the water bottles. But physical education teachers Ginny White and Vicki Brewer kept the...

Park not in plans for Sandpile.(PERSPECTIVES)(Editorial)
June 1, 2003... Byline: John Hamner It seems that finally, after a well-grayed generation, we are going to have total occupation, so to speak, of Bradenton's semi-notorious Sandpile. The plans for completion which have been shown to the City Council...

Obituaries.(B SECTION)(Obituary)
June 1, 2003... CHARLOTTE COUNTY Leo D. Bugo Leo D. Bugo, 89, Punta Gorda, died May 27, 2003. He was born Dec. 9, 1913, in Ozamiz City, Philippines, and came to the area in 1978 from Detroit. He served in the Merchant Marine for many years. ...

Judge's tough love fights drugs; In her drug court, the approach is to 'get well or go to jail'.(B SECTION)
June 1, 2003... Byline: ROBERT PATRICK robert.patrick@heraldtribune.com BRADENTON -- Once a week, Circuit Judge Janette Dunnigan sheds her black robe and leads a fast-paced walk along city streets. "C'mon, slowpokes," she calls out to the recovering...

Callows celebrate 55 years.(FLORIDA WEST)
June 1, 2003... John R. and Ann (Sheldon) Callow of Sarasota celebrated their 55th anniversary May 22, 2003. They were married May 22, 1948, in Fall River, Mass., and have lived in Sarasota for 31 years. They are the parents of David Callow and Beth...

Sheriff's Office starts random drug testing; Beginning today, five sheriff's employees every month will be randomly selected, from the big boss on down the line.(B SECTION)
June 1, 2003... Byline: JENNY LEE ALLEN jenny.allen@heraldtribune.com CHARLOTTE COUNTY -- Sheriff Bill Clement has about a 1-in-100 shot this month of being chosen to urinate in a plastic cup. Same goes for next month. Beginning today, the...

CHARLOTTE COUNTY PROPERTY TRANSFERS.(SUNDAY REAL ESTATE)
June 1, 2003... $125,000 MINIMUM Source: Charlotte County Clerk of Circuit Court. Recorded May 2003. Listed alphabetically by sellers' last names. Akers, Alan R., and Beck, Mary L., to Richardson, Paul W. and Suezann R., Lot 3, Grove City Shores,...

Bigger budget crisis looming? Some state lawmakers have joined the chorus demanding long-range financial planning.(A SECTION)
June 1, 2003... Byline: LLOYD DUNKELBERGER and GARY FINEOUT CAPITAL BUREAU TALLAHASSEE -- Florida has a new state budget. But a growing faction of Senate leaders portray the $53.5 billion spending plan as yet another step toward a looming financial...

Our Community.(B SECTION)
June 1, 2003... Man dies after losing control of his pickup SARASOTA -- A 56-year-old Sarasota man died early Saturday when authorities say he lost control of his pickup on Honore Avenue and ended up in a pond. Barry Whooper of the 2300 block of...

MANATEE COUNTY PROPERTY TRANSFERS.(SUNDAY REAL ESTATE)
June 1, 2003... $125,000 MINIMUM Source: Manatee County Clerk of Circuit Court. Recorded November and December 2002. Listed alphabetically by sellers' last names. Alexander, Richard B., to Surindar and Heil Bedi, Lot 13, Gamble Plantation Shores,...

Cruising into vacation.(FLORIDA WEST)(Mary Go Round)(Column)
June 1, 2003... Byline: Mary Bradberry For years I've been complaining that I've never been on a cruise and my oldest daughter finally found a way to shut me up. She bought me one. It's true and yet I'm still having trouble believing it. She had...

McNeals celebrate 60 years.(FLORIDA WEST)
June 1, 2003... Robert and Elva (King) McNeal of North Port celebrated their 60th anniversary on April 25, 2003. They were married April 25, 1943, in Otego, N.Y., and have lived in North Port for 21 years. The couple has four children, nine...

Kerr-Raymond.(FLORIDA WEST)
June 1, 2003... Dana Kerr and Ryan Raymond, both of Sarasota, were married May 17, 2003, at 1:30 p.m. at the Tropical Breeze Resort in Sarasota. The bride is the daughter of Dennis and Lois Kerr of Sarasota. The bridegroom is the son of Ken Raymond of...

Nipper roots for Clemens.(SPORTS)(Comment)(Column)
June 1, 2003... Byline: Doug Fernandes SARASOTA -- Al Nipper will be at a baseball game today. He just won't be at THE baseball game. That takes place at Detroit's Comerica Park, where Nipper's good friend, New York's Roger Clemens, faces the...

Our Community.(B SECTION)
June 1, 2003... TV crew to record ManaTEEN project BRADENTON -- A film crew from Good Morning America will be out with the ManaTEENs on Monday as they assess the safety of a Bradenton senior citizen's home. Home Safety for Seniors is one of several...

Big Brothers Big Sisters mentor rewards are tremendous.(B SECTION)(Column)
June 1, 2003... Byline: Yvette Kimm Twenty-five years ago Joy Mahler had a roommate who was a Big Sister mentor to a little girl. Seeing that relationship changed her life. She decided to become a Big Sister as well. Mahler has now served as the...

IN BRIEF.(B SECTION)
June 1, 2003... County recertified as StormReady CHARLOTTE COUNTY -- Charlotte County has become the first county in Southwest Florida to be recertified as a StormReady community by the National Weather Service, according to the county's office of...

To code and beyond; A renovation project on Siesta Key shows how new building-code requirements are designed to make houses stronger in a hurricane.(SUNDAY REAL ESTATE)
June 1, 2003... Byline: DOROTHY STOCKBRIDGE-PRATT dorothy.pratt@heraldtribune.com SARASOTA -- If a hurricane were to sweep through the area, builder John King is confident that the home at 5232 Siesta Cove Drive will withstand it. "This will be...

Speakman-Zaino.(FLORIDA WEST)
June 1, 2003... The engagement of Whitney Speakman of Irving, Texas, and Chris Zaino of Sarasota is announced. She is the daughter of Robin and Rich Speakman of Irving. He is the son of Elain Zaino-Telchin of Sarasota and the late Gene Zaino. The...

Revenge of the lap dogs.(FLORIDA WEST)(Column)
June 1, 2003... Byline: David Grimes In what may be a first for the breed, three pug dogs gave chase to a German flasher, causing him to run (rather awkwardly, one assumes) for cover. Police said the man, who was about 30, was naked when he surprised...

Couple knows the raw terror of a hurricane.(A SECTION)
June 1, 2003... Byline: TOM BAYLES tom.bayles@heraldtribune.com SARASOTA COUNTY -- The eye of Hurricane Georges was on top of Tony and Mary Beth Mediavilla's Puerto Rican resort village in September 1998, and the couple was hoping against hope that the...

FSUdanceSarasota wraps up quitely successful season.(ARTS & TRAVEL)
June 1, 2003... Byline: BARBARA LEVERONE CORRESPONDENT SARASOTA -- While the conflict between Florida State University and the Asolo Theatre Company regarding the actors conservatory has commanded much attention lately, another FSU program has quietly...

Viets does research the hard way: At minimum wage.(FLORIDA WEST)(Review)
June 1, 2003... Byline: SUSAN L. RIFE susan.rife@heraldtribune.com Elaine Viets really gets into her characters' lives for her "Dead-End Job" mystery series. She's worked minimum-wage jobs at a high-end fashion boutique and a bookstore, and as a...

Blivas-Eckhoff.(FLORIDA WEST)
June 1, 2003... The engagement of Tara Marie Blivas and Andrew Charles Eckhoff, both of Tampa, is announced. She is the daughter of Janice Blivas of Sarasota and Donald Blivas of Sarasota. He is the son of Pam Early of Owosso, Mich., and Allen Eckhoff...

Balliros celebrate 50 years.(FLORIDA WEST)
June 1, 2003... Anthony L. and Iris M. (Scher) Balliro of Venice celebrated their 50th anniversary May 17, 2003. They were married May 17, 1953, in Boston and have lived in Venice for 10 years. They are the parents of Michele Maines of Morago, Calif.,...

Asolo crowd celebrates conservatory staying in Sarasota.(FLORIDA WEST)(Column)
June 1, 2003... Byline: Marjorie North Esther Mertz and Sen. Lisa Carlton were the much-applauded ladies of the evening the other night -- Esther for her generosity to the Asolo Conservatory and Lisa for hanging tough during tense theater/FSU negotiations...

Albright-Carney.(FLORIDA WEST)
June 1, 2003... The engagement of Jennifer Benson Albright and Timothy James Carney, both of Aspen, Colo., is announced. She is the daughter of Abigale Albright of Marshall, Mich., and Phillip Albright of New Hampshire. He is the son of Mary and John...

Keeping it interesting; Les Standiford's latest John Deal novel takes him to Havana.(FLORIDA WEST)(Review)
June 1, 2003... Byline: SUSAN L. RIFE susan.rife@heraldtribune.com The eighth John Deal crime novel literally opens with a bang. As a cabin cruiser prepares to depart the Havana marina for the Bahamas with a single fleeing passenger, gunfire erupts,...

Reppenhagens celebrate 50 years.(FLORIDA WEST)
June 1, 2003... Arthur and Del Reppenhagen of Bradenton celebrated their 50th anniversary May 2, 2003. They were married May 2, 1953, in Detroit and have lived in Bradenton for 20 years. They are the parents of Briar Reppenhagen Hull of Sarasota and...

Narrow focus on tax fraud; Low-income workers feel the heat, but big cheats get scant attention.(PERSPECTIVES)(Editorial)
June 1, 2003... The Internal Revenue Service has postponed a controversial plan to make applicants for a special tax credit for the working poor provide more proof that they're eligible. The decision is welcome, but it fails to answer why the agency isn't...

McLaughlin-Pedler.(FLORIDA WEST)
June 1, 2003... The engagement of Amy Erin McLaughlin and Brady Edward Pedler, both of Sarasota, is announced. She is the daughter of Patrick and Rosemary McLaughlin of Hilton Head, S.C. He is the son of the late Edward Pedler and Joan Bahr. The...

Hunter education courses scheduled.(SPORTS)
June 1, 2003... Byline: STAFF REPORT The Wildlife Foundation of Florida awarded $390,101 from "Conserve Wildlife" license tag revenues to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission for agency projects. The WFF board of directors elected to...

Relative of bombing victim thankful manhunt is over.(A SECTION)
June 1, 2003... Byline: TOM KIM and JENNY LEE ALLEN STAFF WRITERS SARASOTA -- For Travis McCluskey, a phone call from his mother Saturday morning brought a sense of relief and elation. Her words sped through the line: After an exhaustive five-year...

Peters-Taylor.(FLORIDA WEST)
June 1, 2003... Heather June Peters and Brandon Lee Taylor, both of Sarasota, were married April 27, 2003, at 3:30 p.m. at Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota. The bride is the daughter of Simon and Ruth Peters of Sarasota. The bridegroom is the son...

Evaluating a company before you buy its stock.(BUSINESS & MONEY)(The Rational Investor)(Column)
June 1, 2003... Byline: Dr. Robert Stepleman It's difficult to consistently earn money in the equity markets by selecting individual stocks. Investors need only review the returns of actively managed equity mutual funds over the last three and five years...

Report suggests Palmetto changes; A local accounting firm outlines flaws and outdated policies in the city's spending practices.(B SECTION)
June 1, 2003... Byline: SELINA ROMAN selina.roman@heraldtribune.com PALMETTO -- The city needs to reorganize its finance department and update its policies and procedures, said a local accounting firm. Those recommendations were made after the...

Young Bradenton actor gains notice on Broadway.(ARTS & TRAVEL)
June 1, 2003... Byline: JAY HANDELMAN jay.handelman@heraldtribune.com NEW YORK -- Audiences can't help but notice Bradenton's Molly Grant Kallins making her Broadway debut in the Tony Award-nominated revival of "Gypsy." There she is in the opening...

Peters is powerful, alluring in 'Gypsy'.(ARTS & TRAVEL)
June 1, 2003... Byline: JAY HANDELMAN jay.handelman@heraldtribune.com NEW YORK -- A lot of naysayers said that Bernadette Peters was all wrong to play one of the best female musical theater roles, Mama Rose in "Gypsy." They were wrong. True,...

Alert readers play vital role in creating better newspaper.(PERSPECTIVES)(Column)
June 1, 2003... Byline: Thomas Tryon There was the guest column that strongly disagreed with a Herald-Tribune editorial. There was the guest column that vehemently objected to an opinion column. There was the letter to the editor that corrected...

Warming up; Guide Sam Kimball of Bradenton starts his clients out on an assortment of fish before they take on the big boys.(SPORTS)(Outdoors)(Column)
June 1, 2003... Byline: Steve Gibson Several vessels motored past Bean Point off the northern tip of Anna Maria Island on their way to distant spots offshore in the Gulf of Mexico. Visions of grouper, snapper and other species danced through the...

The search for a successor; Steps the Sarasota School Board can take as it seeks a superintendent.(PERSPECTIVES)(Editorial)
June 1, 2003... The Sarasota County School District will soon lose a superintendent who is widely respected among educators and in the community. Fortunately, the district can gain the time required for choosing a successor, whose qualifications and...

Montagues celebrate 50 years.(FLORIDA WEST)
June 1, 2003... William T. and Mary K. Montague of Port Charlotte celebrated their 50th anniversary May 1, 2003. They were married May 1, 1953, in Midwest City, Okla., and have lived in Port Charlotte for 14 years. They are the parents of William J....

School vans, trucks tote ads for businesses; Officials say the ads may earn the Sarasota County School District about $400,000 a year.(B SECTION)
June 1, 2003... Byline: MICHAEL BRAGA michael.braga@heraldtribune.com SARASOTA -- Jack Cox saw an ad for Jon Swift's construction company on the side of a Sarasota County School District van and wanted to know how to get a similar ad for his company,...

The gift of gardening; If you don't mind the toil, the county has the soil.(B SECTION)
June 1, 2003... Byline: EARLE KIMEL earle.kimel@heraldtribune.com LAUREL -- Today is for planting sweet potatoes. "Last year I got a wheelbarrow full of potatoes from this plot here," said Joe Barreta, 62, a retired Long Island Railroad mechanic who...

LEFT BEHIND; Lease clauses could play a role in the fate of shopping centers after anchors like Kmart move out.(BUSINESS & MONEY)
June 1, 2003... Byline: LAUREN MAYK lauren.mayk@heraldtribune.com If it leaves, will they still come? That question was undoubtedly on the minds of retailers, restaurateurs and developers when Kmart announced it would close hundreds of stores as...

Methodist church making changes.(B SECTION)
June 1, 2003... Byline: KARA CHALMERS kara.chalmers@heraldtribune.com ENGLEWOOD -- Changes are coming to Englewood United Methodist Church, a facility used not just for worship services, but for community meetings, celebrations, performances and...

Big media's unhappy message.(PERSPECTIVES)(Editorial)
June 1, 2003... Byline: Waldo Proffitt The Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to commit a great act of folly tomorrow. Barring an unlikely change of heart on the part of one of the three Republicans on the commission, it will gut...

Art guild holds mad, mad, mad, Mad Hatter's Tea Party.(B SECTION)(Out & About)(Column)
June 1, 2003... Byline: Ann Henderson Alice in Wonderland's adventures came to life at the Charlotte County Art Guild's Mad Hatter's Tea Party, held at the Visual Arts Center in Punta Gorda. Guests entered "Through the Looking Glass" to the Federal...

Beck-Lau.(FLORIDA WEST)
June 1, 2003... Melissa Elizabeth Beck and Scott Raymond Lau, both of Jacksonville, were married April 26, 2003, at 6 p.m. at The Waterside Room in Sarasota. The bride is the daughter of John and Kathi Beck of Bradenton. The bridegroom is the son of...

USF builds on its success.(PERSPECTIVES)
June 1, 2003... As CEO of the University of South Florida's Sarasota-Manatee campus, Laurey Stryker has presided over an unprecedented expansion of the school's mission and offerings, its official separation from the New College of Florida, and the plan to...

SARASOTA COUNTY PROPERTY TRANSFERS.(SUNDAY REAL ESTATE)
June 1, 2003... $125,000 MINIMUM Source: Sarasota County Clerk of Circuit Court. Recorded October through December 2002. Listed alphabetically by sellers' last names. Arnold Development of Southwest Florida LC to Gwendolyn G. Johnson, Lot 83,...

Veteran Reyes gets his 2nd chance against Angels.(SPORTS)
June 1, 2003... Byline: DENNIS MAFFEZZOLI dennis.maffezzoli@heraldtribune.com ST. PETERSBURG -- Carlos Reyes was out of the game. He was on the other side. The pitcher had become a pitching coach. Having not pitched in the major leagues since June...

Gaston-Beach.(FLORIDA WEST)
June 1, 2003... Haven Gaston and Timothy Beach, both of Sarasota, were married Oct 26, 2002, at 6 p.m. at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Sarasota. The bride is the daughter of Stephen Gaston of Sarasota and Sandra Gaston of Sarasota. The bridegroom...

Chess club offers friendly competition in quiet setting.(B SECTION)(Eye on Englewood)(Column)
June 1, 2003... Byline: Mary Bradberry The beauty of the game of chess is that each player has his or her own style of play. At first glance, the game seems fairly straightforward, each player moving a piece in turn, trying to corner the other...

You are responsible for helping make the paper accurate, fair, balanced.(B SECTION)(Column)
June 1, 2003... Byline: Janet Weaver Executive Editor In my last two columns, I've taken this business that I love so much to task for failing to live up to our readers' expectations. I've said that journalists have a responsibility, even an...

IN BRIEF.(B SECTION)
June 1, 2003... Information on harbor environment available CHARLOTTE COUNTY -- Charlotte Harbor Environmental Center is offering free information on protecting the environment to new residents of the harbor's watershed. The materials, funded by a...

Liberty Elementary students entertain Lexington Manor residents.(B SECTION)
June 1, 2003... "Everybody Smiles in the Same Language" was the title of the minimusical presented to residents at the Lexington Manor on Veterans Boulevard in Port Charlotte. The Liberty Service Club, an afterschool club at Liberty Elementary School in Port...

Obituaries.(B SECTION)(Obituary)
June 1, 2003... SARASOTA COUNTY Ruth Allen Driscoll Ruth Allen Driscoll, 79, Sycamore, Ill., and Sarasota, died May 29, 2003. She was born May 4, 1924, in Buffalo, N.Y. She worked at DeKalb County Nursing Home in DeKalb, Ill., and as an office...

Haun-Long.(FLORIDA WEST)
June 1, 2003... The engagement of Jessica Anne Haun of Bradenton and John Hugo Long of Venice is announced. She is the daughter of Jeff and Lynn Haun of Bradenton. He is the son of Carol Long of Venice. The bride-elect graduated in 2000 from...

Our Community.(B SECTION)
June 1, 2003... Man held in attack on brother with knife PORT CHARLOTTE -- A man who allegedly tried to stab his brother with a fingernail-clipper knife outside their home spent Friday night at the Charlotte County jail. Salvador Reyes, 45, of the...

Girl to undergo 6th operation on tumor.(B SECTION)
June 1, 2003... Byline: STAFF REPORT SARASOTA -- Long before she reached the ripe old age of 7, Danielle Zanyk was already an experienced hand at hospitals and surgery. But her sixth operation, in late June, will be the last major procedure to...

Miller-McLane.(FLORIDA WEST)
June 1, 2003... The engagement of Holly Kristen Miller and John Michael McLane Jr., both of Denver, is announced. She is the daughter of Don Miller of Sarasota and Jenny Miller of Sarasota. He is the son of Jan and John McLane of Oakland Park. ...

Recent storms should serve as a wake-up call for Gulf Coast.(LOCAL)
June 1, 2003... Byline: DAVID KARNES SNN CHIEF METEOROLOGIST I'll never forget my first year in Florida. Hurricane Georges was honing in on the west coast of Florida and I, like probably many other newcomers to the state, wasn't the slightest bit...

Travelin' men; Could you live out of a suitcase? Meet three men who do just that, who have found that life on the road has its own unique challenges and rewards.(STYLE)
June 1, 2003... Byline: CHRIS ANGERMANN Businessmen who fly for a living may spend much of their time up in the air, but when it comes to the ins and outs of travel, they have their feet firmly on the ground. How do frequent flyers operate? What separates...

TIPS TO AVOID FLOOD DAMAGE.(LOCAL)
June 1, 2003... Excessive rain during the summer or fall -- with or without a tropical storm -- can cause inland flooding when the ground is already saturated and water pools in normally dry areas. Several areas of Manatee and Sarasota counties have a...

Mark Famiglio; COME FLY WITH ME.(STYLE)
June 1, 2003... Byline: RUTH LANDO Mark Famiglio doesn't usually "do lunch." He speeds around in a bevy of planes, jets and automobiles, sealing complex business deals, managing his properties and developments, overseeing construction, schmoozing with...

MALECALL.(STYLE)
June 1, 2003... t's only fair. While we strive to be balanced in our content, with articles of interest for both men and women, a magazine named "Style" is still easily perceived as a women's magazine, especially for those who judge this book only by its...

TIPS FOR KEEPING INSURANCE UP TO DATE.(LOCAL)
June 1, 2003... Following a disaster, many homeowners are stunned to discover their insurance doesn't cover everything they lost -- and sometimes doesn't cover any of their losses. The Florida Department of Insurance offers these tips to fine-tune your...

PREPARING FOR THE UNEXPECTED.(LOCAL)
June 1, 2003... Byline: STAFF REPORT Before the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Americans worried about such threats as toxic spills from trucks and railroad cars carrying dangerous chemicals. Since the attacks, communities across the country have attempted...

PLYWOOD PROTECTED; Recessed shutters withstand wind better than others, says meteorologist.(LOCAL)
June 1, 2003... Byline: MARK ZALOUDEK mark.zaloudek@heraldtribune.com As a research meteorologist, Stan Goldenberg knows a thing or two about hurricanes. But his harrowing, firsthand experience also has taught him a valuable lesson about hurricane...

TORNADO SURVIVAL TIPS.(LOCAL)
June 1, 2003... If you had to guess which states suffer the most tornadoes, you might think of Texas, Oklahoma or Kansas. And you'd be right. But the Sunshine State ranks right behind them in spawning more twisters than other states. From 1950 to...

PROTECTING YOUR PETS.(LOCAL)
June 1, 2003... Most public shelters do not accept pets, so if you plan to evacuate, you may want to make arrangements to stay with a friend or relative or at a motel that accepts pets. Limited space is available at veterinary clinics and pet shelters....

SAFETY TIPS.(LOCAL)
June 1, 2003... If you don't take thunderstorms and lightning seriously, you should -- especially if you work outside or enjoy outdoor recreation. More lightning occurs in Central and Southwest Florida than anywhere else in the United States. Lightning...