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Fort Lauderdale News, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 1979 'Against all odds' Bulletin hoard Warner says he'll run for Legislature again 11 -I will fight them as I always have Nevins For tomorrow Compiled by Jim Davis By Buddy with the truth. I'll fight against all 1 Performances v- Fast-paced format of music, pantomime and monologue will be the fare tomorrow at the Sheridan Hills Baptist Church in Hollywood. The Act One Company, a troupe which currently is on an 1 1-month tour of the U. will present the 7 p.m.

performance. Admission is free, and the church is at 3751 Sheridan St. Exhibits 1 Artwork by members of the Plantation Art Guild currently is on display at the Chase Federal Savings and Loan Association at the Towne Mall, 6907 W. Broward Blvd. The paintings and other objets dart will be there through Nov.

5. Last day is tomorrow to see the $20 million worth of boats and accessories at the Dinner Key Boat Show. The Coconut Grove-based show attracts some 206,000 visitors each year. Hours tomorrow will be 4 to 10 p.m., and tickets are $3.50 for adults and $1 for children under 12. Political Writer State Rep.

Steve Warner, whose controversial three-year public career includes charges of poor performance and confessions of alcohol abuse, has announced plans to run for re-election "against all odds." In an emotionally charged speech before a hushed audience of Margate supporters, Warner admitted last night that he had originally planned to resign from office. The personal publicity and political attacks that have surrounded him since taking office in 1976 had made him decide to quit, Warner told 100 members of the Regular Democratic Club of Margate. "I had had my fill." he said. "I had my name dragged through the mud. My family's name dragged through the mud.

Much heartache." But then Warner talked with his uncle, the Rev. Walter Wysochansky of Youngstown, Ohio, "about my not running and my possible resignation. "He said, 'I read to you from The Bible. I read to you from philosophical works. The only thing I can tell you is remember who you are named after your Uncle Steven in Warner recalled the conversation.

The lawmaker described Steven as an "advocate for freedom of religion and freedom of speech" who was sent to Siberia by Czar Nicholas government. 1 Remembering Uncle Steven's career filled Warner with a new determination. Warner told the west Broward audience. odds," he vowed. Warner's version of the truth, however, has differed 180 degrees from his opponents' views in past political battles.

The Pompano Beach Democrat has been accused of having the worst record among local legislators. In 1978, he sponsored 45 bills, but only one passed. He has blamed bis failure to pass bills on the consumer-oriented nature of much of bis proposed legislation. Big industry lobbyists have killed most of his bills, such as a lobbyist disclosure proposal, according to the lawmaker. Some other lawmakers say the reason Warner's bills fail is that they are too ambitious, poorly drafted or unconstitutional.

During the eight-week spring session this year, Warner missed up to 40 percent of his committee meetings and approximately 25 percent of the floor debate in the first month. When questioned about his absences, Warner blamed them on a two-month battle with alcohol abuse and a chronic lung problem. The resulting headlines from this disclosure Warner apparently thought much of the discussion was off-the-record without ever saying so finally caused the lawmaker to consider dropping out of office. When Warner ran for re-election in 1978, he had the toughest fight of any incumbent Democrat. He was the only incumbent forced into a runoff in the Democratic primary, where he barely squeezed out a victory.

mmm Lifeline Six pancakes for a pint that's the Broward Community Blood Center's offer for this week. Anyone who gives blood this week will get a coupon for six pancakes at Sambo's Restaurant. The Bloodmobiles will take donations at two locales tomorrow: Cardinal Gibbons High School, 4601 Bayview Drive, Fort Lauderdale, 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.; and Ross, Saarinen, Bolton Wilder, 2001 NW 62nd Fort Lauderdale, 9 to 11 Staff photo by CARL SEIBERT Steve Warner reflects before announcing re-election bid. "I (now) intend to run for re-elec- by many party workers and officials-tion because this is not Siberia.

This is as he left the meeting, not Nazi Germany with the big lie," The legislator with perhaps the he said. most-debated career in Broward poli tics, Warner said after the speech His speech was greeted with wild that he expects as many as 10 oppo-applause from the audience and nents In the 1980 Democratic primary Warner was personally congratulated a.m. The standard "drafts," A-positive and O-positive, are special requests for donations this week. As always, the BCBC central office also can take donations. Tomorrow the office, at 17 SE Third Ave, in Fort Lauderdale, will be open 8:30 a.m.

to 6 p.m. Senior specials You only get old when you stop they say. And your new ally against that kind of aging is the Institute for Creative Lifelong Interaction at the north campus of Broward Community College, Coconut Creek. The institute aims at helping seniors re-enter college, taking courses that will yield direct benefits to them. For details on the program call its director, Dr.

Richard Washell, at 972-9100. Moving experience: The Area Agency on Aging, the main advocate for seniors in Broward County, has moved its main office to central Fort Lauderdale. Now it is located at 305 S. Andrews Suite 900. There's also a new telephone number 763-4084.

PI MIMjrflepMmPflMlMIMMMM I iiSlllftilSll1 A bad time for Kelly ends on happy note By Marilyn Weeks Staff Writer Both the little London girls are artistic, so entering a paint-a-window contest was only natural. The rules said 6-year-old Kelly was too young, but it was agreed she could go along to hold the brushes and paints for her 9-year-old sister, Heather. 1 i Less than 12 hours before the sisters were to head for the downtown Hollywood merchants' contest, plans were changed by the flashing teeth of a dog Kelly describes as "just like a big black bear cub." Surgery and almost three dozen stitches later, Kelly took her bandaged face home to rest while They need you Make your mark on the community, spreading your knowledge and skills to people who need them. The Volunteer Action Center, a United way agency, knows the places you can help with as little as three four hours a week. Here is this week's partial list: A "hot line" crisis center needs people at its telephones around the clock.

And the Fompano Beach office of a mental health agency needs someone with a good telephone voice. Clerical assistance typing, filing i and answering the phone is a need at several service agencies. Tutors, especially in reading and math, also are in demand in county elementary schools. Are you a great entertainer? Your singing, piano style or magic will go over well at area nursing homes. How about prowess in woodworking, accounting or carpentry? An i agency in Miramar has some students who would like to learn from you.

And there's more. Find out by calling the VAC at 522-6761 or visit the office at 1300 S. Andrews Fort Lauderdale. immmmmmimmimm i 1 i SiiMPiiii villi immmMmm mmsf- 'm- Meetings Who should the Democratic Party nominate for president, Jimmy Carter or Ted Kennedy? Local party members will debate the question tomorrow at a public forum sponsored by the West Broward Democratic Club. Stumping for the incumbent will be Mayor John Lomelo of Sunrise, and Kennedy's case will be championed by Broward County Commissioner George Piatt.

The meeting will start 7:30 p.m. at the Nob Hill Recreation Center, Sunset Strip and 104th Avenue in Sunrise. Another county commissioner, Fran Gross, will be the guest speaker tomorrow for the luncheon of the f' i i Piatt Staff Phot by CHARLES TRAINOR JR. Kelly London hold get-well card from classmates as sister Heather looks on. mom arranged for Heather to go paint alone.

Heather returned from the contest covered with paint and bearing get well gifts for Kelly. And a few hours later, the fourth-grade artist had something even better for her younger sister: a new television set for their room, first prize Inthe contest. Yesterday, Sandy London, the girls mother, called the Hollywood Recreation Department to be sure Heather had won and tried to keep Kelly quiet as the doctor ordered. "I'm not supposed to said Kelly, as she helped Heather tell about the contest, the accident, the doctor and all the other details that made last weekend anything but average for the Londons. It began about 8 o'clock Friday when the family stopped at a friend's home to pick up the pair of glasses Kelly had left there the night before.

"They live on a 55-foot yacht," said Mrs. London. "We were talking and no one noticed that Kelly had gone up on deck by herself." When Kelly arrived on deck, she saw the family's Chow dog, trained as a watchdog and not allowed to mingle with strangers. "I thought he looked very lonely," Kelly said. "So I went over and bent down to pet him." 'The dog reacted instantly, his head snapping back over, his shoulder and catching the little girl's lower right cheek with his teeth.

Kelly was carried below deck. "When I saw her, she had her hand over her face and the blood was pouring down her arm," said Mrs. London. They packed Kelly's face in ice and started home. "I wasn't going to take her to the emergency room until I could contact the plastic surgeon," said Mrs.

London. "I didn't know how bad it was and she's so beautiful and I didn't want her Fort Lauderdale Downtown Optimist Club. The meeting will start at noon at Williamson's Restaurant, 1401 S. Federal Highway. if anything blew up or was broken or anybody hurt." "I won! I won! I won!" finally came through to the nearly frantic mother.

Despite her artistic interests, Heather said "I was really surprised I won. I never won anything before." Heather drew a tree with a fence, a moon with a bat flying over it, two ghosts, and maybe a pumpkin, she couldn't remember for sure. On Halloween night, the winners will receive their prizes from the' Downtown Hollywood Merchants' Association before the annual parade. "We still have to make their clown suits for that," said Mrs. London.

"Would you believe what Kelly asked the doctor when she was still on the operating table? She wanted to know if the bandage would be off so she could put on her grease paint." scarred for life." It was nearly 2 in the morning before the surgery was complete. It took 32 stitches to close two deep puncture wounds and a minor cut on her cheek. "I'm not supposed to take showers, go swimming, talk a lot or eat spaghetti cause it's so messy," said Kelly. "The doctor drew that little smile face on my bandage." "I had less than an hour's sleep before I had to wake Heather to go to paint," said Mrs. London.

"I didn't want her to miss out because of what happened to her sister." Mrs. London went to work Saturday afternoon, and Just before 5 o'clock, the telephone rang. "It was Heather and she was hysterical," said Mrs. London. "She was screaming and I couldn't understand a word she was saying.

I kept asking Keep Well Influenza vaccination program, bolstered with federal funds, has been Started by the Broward County Health Department. Get your children protected tomorrow by taking them to the Fort Lauderdale Health Center, 2421 SW Sixth where the free vaccinations will be given from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The program protects against three types of flu: Hong Kong, Texas and the new Brazil strain. Glaucoma and diabetes tests will be given tomorrow by the health department from 9:30 a.m.

to noon at the Senior Citizens Multi-Service Center, 2030 Polk Hollywood. Please eat a meal high In sugars and starches at least one hour before the diabetes test. Blood pressure tests will be taken 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. tomorrow at the Broward chapter of the American Red Cross, 2120 W. Broward Fort Lauderdale.

The Red Cross slates the free tests for the second and fourth Wednesday of each month. 3 mopeds9 bicycle stolen The Bulletin board lets you know what's going on that's open to the public. Items must be typewritten and submitted at least two weeks before the event occurs. Send to Bulletin board, the Fort Lauderdale News, P. 0.

Box 14430, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 33302. Burglars plunder area near city docks Broward man arrested in cocaine deal By Jim Rogers Staff Writer Houseboat dwellers In downtown Fbrt Lauderdale are on the alert for burglars who made off with three mopeds and a bicycle in the dark of the night, part of a pattern of thefts along the New River near the Andrews Avenue Bridge that has gotten worse In recent weeks. Armed with bolt cutters, thieves cut heavy chains to steal one moped from a well-lit, guarded parking lot Sunday and apparently came on board boats to steal two other mopeds and a bicycle. One moped was stolen from the yacht Happy Day, whose owner was the victim of another robbery (wo weeks ago.

Skipper Walter Ulmer said someone took radios, jewelry and a color television from the Happy Day while he was out of town early this month. That wasn't the first time Ulmer encountered thieves In the neighborhood. "This happened to me in June. They came on board and cut the lock on a motorcycle. They must have heard my wife yell to me.

They left their bolt cutters behind," Ulmer said. Bolt cutters are a favorite tool of burglars because their heavy jaws make short work of even the best padlocks. Looking like a giant pair of wire cutters, the bolt cutters found by Ulmer had sawed-off handles making the tool easy to conceal. "I've got the biggest chain Sears could give us and they cut right through It," Ulmer said. Ulmer said he Intends to question other boat owners to see if he can spot a pattern to the robberies.

"The police come when you call them and they're all sympathetic, but you never talk to the same one," Ulmer said. He said his neighbors have spotted suspicious vehicles in the area. Bums and drunks frequently ask for handouts from the houseboat dwellers, Ulmer said, "Doggone it. This is my home they're bothering," the exasperated skipper said. "Mopeds In general are a pretty hot Whenever we get a report, we pass it on to whoever Is on duty," said officer Bob Campbell of the department's larceny section.

A Fort Lauderdale man was one of three persons arrested In what Connecticut police are calling the state's largest cocaine bust. Leroy S. Meyers, 47, was charged Sunday night with possession of 2 2 pounds of cocaine with Intent to sell after allegedly selling an undetermined quantity to an undercover drug agent from the Statewide Narcotics Task Force. Police also arrested James W. both of Vernon, Conn.

The men and the cocaine were netted at a Sheraton Hotel parking lot following a flight from Fort Lauderdale to Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Conn. The three men were jailed at the Montvllle Correctional Center with bond set for Meyers at $100,000 and at each for the Grottons. Police estimated the street value of the seized cocaine at $600,000. Grotton and John W. Grotton 33,.