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4B THE MIAMI HERALD SUNDAY FEBRUARY 23 1992 8 Speedy skipper angers boaters Here's our The Florida Marine Patrol has received several calls about the seamanship of the Bad Attitude The owner of the 30-foot Wellcraft Scarab was charged Jan 12 with reckless operation of a boat it We can't cite him" Police were able to charge Maguire in the January incident because they said he started the race in full view of a police officer who followed him Records show Maguire has two previous marine violations: one in 1987 for causing a wake and one in 1989 for reckless operation He also was cited in 1989 with operating a boat within 100 yards of the beach but he was acquitted of that charge Bob Bekoff who owns the Fort By KAREN RAFINSKI Herald Staff Writer Capt William Stapleton was at the wheel of his water taxi when a wall of water flew past him and his passengers A speeding Searab came so close it sprayed everyone inside "The pass was so fast and so close it was dangerous" the captain said "The wake he threw into my boat just drenched everyone "It went all the way through the boat came in one side and out the other" The driver is known to other boaters and the Fort Lauderdale police as a man with a Bad Attitude the name of his 30-foot Wellcraft Scarab Marine authorities say they receive frequent complaints about the behavior of the Bad Attitude registered to Scott Maguire 32 of Coconut Creek Stapleton and his four passengers filed a complaint with Fort Lauderdale police about last month's incident on the Intracoastal Lauderdale Water Taxi is angry that authorities can do much Now give us your opinions Your opinions matter Please send your letters to the editor by FAX Faxed letters will receive the same consideration for publication as those received by mail But faxed letters will reach us in minutes rather than days so we hope that this convenience will enhance the timeliness of your Readers' Forum commentaries In Broward: 527-8955 In Dade: 376-8950 In Palm Beach: 683-8892 She Herafo Wake Up To What's Going On about bothersome boaters He says the Bad Attitude buzzes his boats eight or 10 times a year Waterway No charges have been filed in that case But Maguire was charged recently by Fort Lauderdale police with reckless operation of a boat The misdemeanor charge carries a penalty of up to a vear in jail and a $1000 fine Officers said in their reports that on Jan 12 Maguire was racing another boat at more than 50 miles per hour in an idle-speed zone cutting dangerously close to other craft Maguire's home telephone number is not listed He did not answer a knock on his door Friday evening nor respond to a message left there The Florida Marine Patrol has received several gripes over the telephone about the Bad Attitude said the patrol's Sgt Gene Morgan Most of the callers say the boat buzzed by too close and too fast But the Marine Patrol and other agencies that police the waterway say their hands are often tied "We dispatch a boat out to the area and if our officers can observe them we can cite them" Morgan said "But if we're not there and we don't see them we can not take a citizen's word for "We've got a law enforcement problem Bekoff said When you get chronic offenders like this fellow it difficult to catch them in the act It's hardly homicide and it doesn't get too high on the police priority list but 1 don't think it's going too far to say someone could get killed Cuban defectors tell of life in military escape mission in December By LIZETTE ALVAREZ Herald Staff Writer Twice they scratched the idea The plan was too risky Thev DEATH NOTICES wanted to steal a boat and ren They left Cuba 's Matanzas province on a motorized raft Feb 16 laden with grenades and semiautomatic revolvers They were navy officers career military men who once took pride in staunchly defending Cuba's socialist system at home and abroad dezvous on the shore But the Classified Advertising meeting point was thick with border patrol guards and both plans would have aroused suspi cion Did Dth lUticis Odi Dtath Notices Dd 0ath Notices Finally the men decided to BERG GROSSMW take two motorized rafts from WILLIAMS HARRIET A of Fort Lau derdale a 40 year rss dent comma from Minne their naval units one for them selves one for their provisions SARA of Hollywood Cemetery Services 10AM Sunday at Menorah Gardens LEVITT-WEINSTEIN EHWD 921-720O apolts MN died Tuesday ourvivea oy aaugnrert nnne Ligntner or noiiy Paneca got a motor They saved gas rationed to them as naval wooa Jean tierg or West Patricia Bera of amar Diana Willour of Da officers a little at a time vte and grandchildren inristopner crew Jonr Willour and Amanda Light ner American Legion vice 7 PM Monday American Legion Post In January they began keeping watch of the border patrol along the shoreline They used their 92 21 1 21 Ave Holly wood Cremation by fMcu nun itH LHt jobs an excuse to venture out MA TOR Arinuflrm by FRED HUNTER'S EBONY on the 16th of February 1992 at 9:30 AM the Gentle Healer came to town Jesus Christ and received my beautiful daughter Ebony (Pearl) Williams after her passing and now she is their with Him Born on 23 November 1 97 7 at Hill A Utah She was diagnosed with Downs Syndrome Even though I never heard her say a single word she lot me know in her own special way that she loved me as much as I loved her With alt her so-called abnormal ways onlv very special people chose to care for her and through her I got to meet thse special people God Bless them all In the Bible John 9:13 it talks about why the man was born blind and Jesus answered "that the works of God might be displayed in him" was blessed to be there end watched the glorification of God being displayed through you alL Thank you all and I believe by accepting the Lord Jesus Christ as my salvation will see her agam (See you there SmileTHarlest Williams Jr I miss you baby HERD HELEN 67 of Miami a 34 year resident coming from Buffalo NY died Thursday Survived by husband Arthur: daugh ters Judith Summerall and Helen Rayo both of Miami and Nancy Jeannm of St Cloud 8 grandchildren and 1 0 great-grandchildren Funeral Service 2 PM Monday with Rev James Koscheski of Ives Dairy Road Baptist Church officiating at FRED HUNTERS HALLANDALE HOME 100 Dtxla Highway Ha Han dale where friends may call 2-4 and 7-9 PM Sun day (today) Interment HOLLYWOOD MEMORIAL GARDENS NORTH HOLLYWOOD MEMO RIAL GARDENS HOME late at night and early in the morning But then the motor broke and one of the rafts rup B301 Taft Street COHEN tured They fixed both MOLUE of North Miam aeach Services 3 30 PM On Sunday morning the motor bun day at LEVITT-WEINSTEIN NMB 932-270O But Reinaldo Pastrana and Danilo Paneca spoke as men disillusioned with the Fidel Castro regime eager to escape the ever-watchful eyes of the military With their families they left Cuba's Matanzas province on a motorized raft Feb 16 laden with grenades and semiautomatic revolvers weapons to battle Cuban authorities who stood in their way Pastrana 41 was a commander in rank a veteran of Angola Paneca 3 1 was a lieutenant who served in Nicaragua and Angola At a packed press conference Friday in Miami both men talked of the pervasive dissatisfaction within the middle and lower ranks of Cuba's military Young soldiers new conscripts old-timers who never advanced up the ranks are fed up with Cuba's crumbling system Paneca said "The men don't have the same dedication as they did before" he said "They are try ing to do it as best they can They are trying to be at peace with both God and the devil" Watched carefully But the military's displeasure is muted too low-key to evolve into full-fledged opposition or into a military coup Military officers are watched more care- fully than civilians They are more afraid to speak out more afraid to stir up trouble the men said "The control apparatus is too strong" Paneca said "The military's counterintelligence is too powerful A military man goes to a hotel he writes his name down on the guest list right away there is someone there watching him reporting all that They want to know 'Why did you go? Who did you The system knows how every official thinks" Pastrana agreed "Revolution within the army is remote" Pastrana said "The system is too ingrained in us It's too difficult You talk to more than four people and already you are in danger" Those military officers that could make it happen the people at the top closest to Castro have no reason to feel frustrated They are too cozy too comfortable to want change Pastrana said "They have homes cars" he said "They have been bought" The rest of the military is practically immobilized because of the lack of gas food and uniforms he said Special forces To quell the increasingly obvious public opposition on the island Pastrana said that the Cuban government is now training militias and special forces Between Jan 6 and 15 59 men in Matanzas were trained to act as chiefs of a militia group They were given defense and tactical training In turn they were to teach others Their mission: to suppress mutiny either on the streets or in prisons But Pastrana and Paneca said they had long ago decided never to participate in a Cuban Tiananmen Square They would not shoot Cubans Many others share the same conviction Pastrana said "People are protesting on the streets" Pastrana said "Now if a woman protests because she has no milk for her baby the military man sees that and can't act because her actions make too much sense" Although the two old friends were careful not to talk of their unhappiness one day they confided in each other They pored out a litany of complaints: not enough food not enough medicine too much for the foreigners too little for the Cuban people That set the escape plan in motion Twice they planned their CRUMPLER MENDELSOHN PAMELA 45 of Miami passed uwav February 2 1 1992 She is survived by JANICE ot North Miami Beach Cemetery Services 1 1 AM Sunday al Beth David Memorial Gardens LEVITT-WEINSTEIN NMB 932-2700 ner nusoano jonn: par ents 4 sisters and 2 broth ers who reside in Rich mond Mich where she Obituary Notices will be buried Friends wishing to attend viewing will be Monday February PETRELLI tn km at Ahern Plummer Bird Road Funer al Home 600 1 40th St Services to be held at 8 PM started up without a sputter That night they left Their wives Lidia Lopez Diaz and Mirta Cordero Rios were just as eager to escape each one with a son in tow The two men wore camouflage to blend into the darkness and appear like border patrol guards They brandished their weapons theorizing that a quick and painless death was better than a firing squad or 30 years in prison "One of the things we decided is that we would not go back as prisoners" Pastrana said "We would leave shooting if we had to We would do the same all over again" DAVIS GEORGE EDWARD JR 72 lifetime resident of Miami Born Novemhe iy 19 passed away wannesoey rebruary 1992 Son of the I Georcje Davis Sr OBITUARY NOTICES Paid Obituary Nottces Miami Herald $5 04lma To Place An Obituary Call Between 9am-4pm: Obits by FAX 9arrv3pm: Miami 37r8901 FAX 376-2677 Monday-Sunday Broward State of Florida National 1-8COM2527 Ruby Thigpin A pioneer family of Miami 1899 Retired botlermaker certified BERNICE BEVERLY MILDRED 70 of Holly wood died February 2 1 1992 A resident of Hlwd for 20 years coming from Canada and the owner of the Sea Lodge Gift Shop on Hollywooo Beach with her husband Survived by husband John sons Chi CO ft Pancho daughters Chiquita ft Skippy oroth-ers Thomas Gerald ft Ed ward Norns Canada sisters Rita Snook ft Doreen Canada Repose Sunday (today) 2-4 and 7 9 PM Rosary Servtce Sunday 7 30 PM at PANCIERA MEMORIAL HOME Fu ner al Mass Monday 9 AM at Little Flower Catholic Church In lieu of flowers family requests donations to St Jude Chil dren's Research Hospital PO Bon 50 Memphis TN 38101 9929 Arrange ments by PANCIERA MEMORIAL HOME 4200 Hollywood Blvd Hollywood FL 33021 989-9900 welder president 195 1-1981 of family founded business Davit Boiler A Iron WonVs inc Charter member of local DEATHS RKZMTZkl txilermakars union for over 40 years Member of Elks Masonic and Moose Lodges Loved fishing boating and Florida Keys Survived by sister Ruth and husband Cameron Justason son George IH and wife Nancy Davis daughter Patricia and hus band Kent Beam: grand son George Davis IV granddaughters Susan ogue Ktmberly Houser and Christina Beam groiit grandsons Aaron Houser and Jonathan Bogus He was a man of great strength and great gentleness Visitation 3-6 PM Sunday with Elks Service at 3 30 PM Service 9 30 AM Monday at VAN ORSDEL NORTH MIAMI CHAPEL 1 4990 DIXIE HWY Burial Southern Memorial SOPHIE Graves Ser- (Ext 8901) Monday-Friday (Umeltry Loh MIAMI MEMEORIAL PK Mt Calvary 2 Lots S30OO ooo call collect 813 323 2782 vices 1 130 AM Sunday at Lakeside Memorial Park ETERNAL LIGHT Funeral Directors 948-9900 RIEMN Funeral Home Hollywood Thomas Jasper 77 of Dania died Thursday Fred Hunter's Johnson Foster Wadlington Brown Cooper and Wintter Home Velazquez Antonia 69 of Hollywood died Friday Joseph A Scarano Funeral Home Hollywood Winters Rose 88 of Hollywood died Friday Panciera Memorial Home Hollywood LOUIS of Hallandale Cemetery Services 1 PM Sunday at Beth David Memorial Gardens LEVITT-WEINSTEIN HWD 921 7200 FOR EM ROBERsON DOROTHY of Boca Raton Services 1 1 AM Sunday at LEVITT -WE IN STEIN BCADRFLD 427-6600 FLAGLER MEM PRK 2 nrce S2500ea Cocoa fL 407-636-4420 7 1 1pm MIAMI MEMORIAL 2 cent double depth lots S39QO 226 67 18 eves MT NEBO 2 or eves Sec 14 SHOO ea Call 93 1 -469Q evenings STAR OF DAVID 1 space $500 Days call 592-9293 or 598 2677 after 6 DADE PALM8 MEMO RIAL 1 space near front SIOOO 754 6853 eves SOUTH MIA MEMORIAL 1 space S1700 Call 7- IQpm 448-1524 Monuments Vaults Worth McMillan John 61 of Boynton Beach died Thursday Service 10 am Monday Boynton Memorial Chapel Boynton Beach Meyer Lillian 90 of Boynton Beach died Thursday No service Scobee-Combs Funeral Home Boynton Beach Murphy Marie 81 of West Palm Beach died Friday Service in Belford NJ All County Mortuary Service Shipley Mane 99 of Lantana died Friday Funeral Mass 10 am Monday Ascension Catholic Church Boca Raton Robert Babione Funeral Home Boca Raton Siegel Eugene 83 of Lake Worth died Saturday Service pending Dorsey Funeral Home Lake Worth Washeta Harry 69 of Boca Raton died Friday Service 1 1:30 am Sunday Menorah Gardens and Funeral Chapels Deerield Beach Wittmeyer Paul 65 of Atlantis died Friday Service in Springville NY All County Mortuary Service GORDON THEO JR (TED) 69 of Miami on Feb 20 1992 Member of numer ous professional civic or gamzations Was a decorated Army veteran of both WW II ft Korea Survived by his mother Fretda Anderson daughter Sharon Knowles: sons Craig ft Larry 8 grandchildren ft 7 great grandchildren Funeral Ser vice 3 PM Monday at VAN ORSDEL GR A TIG NY ROAD CHAPEL 770 NW 119 ST MIAMI Interment Dade Memorial Visitation Sunday 6-8 PM Vista Mtmorisl Mausoleum Crib 1 70O obo Javier 8B8 9793w 68GO Raptor Mm Pfc "Sunset Mausoleum orig $3840 sell S2GOO 987 042 1 TM Ralph Plantation Funeral Home Dady George 77 of Miramar died Friday Fred Hunter's Hollywood Memorial Gardens Home Service and burial in East Providence Rhode Island D'Alessandri Mario 83 of Deerfieid Beach died Thursday Joseph A Scarano Funeral Home Hollywood Delia Fera Caroline 72 of Hollywood died Friday Prayer service 7:30 pm Sunday Fred Hunter's Memorial Gardens Home Funeral mass 10 am Monday Nativity Catholic Church Hollywood George Leon of Hallandale died Saturday Joseph A Scarano Funeral Home 1 Hollywood Grossman Sara 67 of Hollywood died Saturday Service 10 am Sunday Menorah Gardens Cemetery Levitt-Wem-stein East Hollywood Funeral Home Iwaniuk Tamara 85 of Fort Lauderdale died Thursday Service at 7 pm Sunday FredHunter's Fort Lauderdale Home Funeral service 10 am Monday Kuhn Florence 78 of Hollywood died Wednesday Joseph A Scarano Funeral Home Hollywood Nickels Delia 86 of Fort Lauderdale died Friday Kalis Funeral Home Wilton Manors Petrelli Bernice Mildred 70 of Hollywood died Friday Funeral Mass 9 am Monday Little Flower Catholic Church Hollywood Panciera Memorial Home Hollywood Santy Kenneth of Fort Lauderdale died Saturday Fred Hunter's Fort Lauderdale Home Schwartz Max of Hollywood died Friday Fred Hunter's Hallandale Home Service and burial in Cape Coral Scillia Paul of Dania died Friday Panciera Memorial Home Hollywood Solimene Frank 87 of Hollywood died Thursday Joseph A Scarano PALM BEACH COUNTY Bampton Marilyn 62 ot Lantana died Friday No service Scobee-Combs Funeral Home Boynton Beach Biliboca George 76 of Boca Raton died Saturday Fred Hunter's Hollywood Memorial Gardens Home Ground Arthur A 59 ot Riviera Beach died Tuesday No service All County Mortuary Service Harrison Viola of Boca Raton died Friday No service Jay Kraeer Funeral Home Boca Raton Hill Joanne 80 of Riviera Beach died Friday Service in Clinton NY All County Mortuary Service House Stanley 85 of Jupiter died Friday Service in Mallory All County Mortuary Service Krentcil Abraham of Boca Raton died Thursday Service 1 1 am Sunday Menorah Gardens and Funeral Chapels Fort Lauderdale Menorah Gardens and Funeral Chapels Deerfieid Beach Lach Edward 74 of West Palm Beach died Thursday Service in South-ington Conn All County Mortuary Service Lane Lucille 70 of Boynton Beach died Friday No service Boynton Memorial Chapel Boynton Beach Mater Michael 20 of Delray Beach died Tuesday Earl Smith Son Funeral Home Greenacres Chapel Lake Worth McKinlay John Jr 89 of Palm Beach died Thursday Service in Chicago Quat-tlebaum-Holleman-Burse Funeral Home West Palm Beach McLamara Jeffrey A 23 of West Palm Beach died Thursday Service 2 pm Tuesday Earl Smith Son Funeral Home Greenacres Chapel Lake SCHWARTZ DADE COUNTY Cayro Eduardo 64 of Miami Service 1 1 am Monday Arrangements by Van Ors-del Coral Gables Cohen Molly 80 of North Miami Beach Service 3:30 pm today Levitt-Weinstem North Miami Beach Finkelstein Ruth 8 1 of El Portal Private service Joseph Cofer Miami Shores Lebredo Ethel 70 of Miami Service 1:30 pm today Van Orsdel North Miami Mendelsohn Janice of North Miami Beach Service 1 1 am today Beth David Memorial Gardens Levitt-Weinstein North Miami Beach Niederhoffer Bertha 92 of North Miami Beach Private service Van Orsdel North Miami Pierre Marie 65 of Miami 10 am Tuesday Alligood-Carrol Funeral Home Sebright Mary 73 of Miami Private service Van Orsdel North Miami Simon David 86 of North Miami Beach Service 11am today Lakeside Memorial Park Cemetery Levitt-Wein-stem North Miami Beach Weiss Ernestine 79 of Miami Beach Service 1 pm today Mt Nebo Miami Cemetery Levitt-Weinstein North Miami Beach MARTIN 96 of NMB passed away February 2 1 1992 Survived by son William (Yvettel Schwartz daughter Miriam (Max) Kay: 5 grandchildren and 1 2 great-grandchildren Graveside Services Monday 1 30 PM Shalom Memorial Gardens ETERNAL LIGHT Funeral Directors 948-9900 MURIEL (MUTZI) 56 of Orlando FL passed away Sat Feb 22 1992 Tampa FL Treasured daughter of the late Jack and Sally Gordon Mrs Gordon was born in New York she lived in Kings Pt I and Bay Harbor Islands Miami Beach FL Mrs Gordon moved to Orlando in 1981 She is sur vived by her adored son Farrell Gordon and his fian cee Ten Thomas She also leaves behind her 2 best f'iends and their children May God watch over them for their help and strength getting her through this fight I passed your way just once if I am rem em bered than I must have touched your heart or mine in some way My journey through life wa6 worth while My darling Farrell will go on in my place with my spirit at his side bringing laughter joy and hope to all God bless 1 80O-4-Cancer Mickey you were always there tor me Thank you' Gravestde ser vices will be held Sunday (Today) 2 PM at Mt Nebo Cemetery Miami FL In lieu of ftowers donations to the Univ of South lorida ounda ttoo Melanoma Fund co Douglas Rem gen 12902 Magnolia Dr Rm 2 133 Tampa FL 33612 are greatly appreciated Arrangements by LEVITT-WEINSTEIN MEMORIAL CHAPEL 274-0641 SIMON BROWARD COUNTY Axtell Ralph of Hollywood died Saturday Fred Hunter's Hollywood Memorial Gardens Home Buddie George 86 of Margate died Thursday Fred Hunter's University Drive Home Services and burial in Livonia Mich Corbiciero Frank of Hollywood died Saturday Fred Hunter's Hollywood Memorial Gardens Home Cos Lila 74 of Pembroke Pines died Friday Joseph A Scarano Funeral Home Hollywood Cromwell Frank 70 of Plantation died Thursday Service 8 pm Monday DAVID of North Miami Beach Cemetery Services 1 AM Sunday at Lake-bide Memorial Par UEvrrr-WEINSTEIN NMB 932-2700 A CARD OF THANKS IS A THOUGHTFUL WAY TO EXPRESS THE FEELINGS OF THE BEREAVED WKISs ERNESTINE of Mam Beach Cemetery Services 1PM Sunday at Mt Nebo Miami Cemetery LEVITT WE INSTDEIN NMB 932-2700 RESOLUTION Beeraaesen eaaaa fill WORTH KEEPING! 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