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American woman since 1984 to take pitches a tent the top prize in the giant slalom Local IB Sports 4C DONOR IB Promoting democracy since 1905 FTH a rr JALEjAIHIAi Saturday, February 25, 2006 TALLAHASSEE com 50 Cents Leaders9 e-oinisiil stop SnsMnDe mniay -violate FHSAA Girls Basketball Finals Florida High wins thriller By Jim Henry DEMOCRAT STAFF WRITER LAKELAND Florida High did its part Friday. It's North Florida Christian's turn today. Senior Gigi Thomas made the first of two free throws with 2.6 seconds remaining to lift No. 1 Florida High past No. 2 St.

Petersburg Catholic 55-54 in Friday's Class 3A championship of the FHSAA Girls Basketball Finals at The Lakeland Center. The Seminoles (30-2) rallied from a 52-46 deficit with 3 $7 remaining to win the program's first state title. Varisia Raffington led Florida High with 11 points and 17 rebounds. NFC can give Tallahassee two title winners for the first time in the same season when the No. 2 Eagles (28-2) meet No.

1 Orlando First Academy (29-2) at noon. Inside: More on the FHSAA Girls Basketball Finals Sports, 1C Law, which provides a right of access to government meetings that's also recognized in the state constitution. The law applies to gatherings or communication between two or more local board members. Pat Gleason, an assistant attorney general and Sunshine Law expert, said there's no exception in the law for conversations or Far-out evening with Arlo Guthrie Family weighs second autopsy Beaten teen's body may be exhumed LI, 1. Last Sunday as usual at Advent After Sunday services, the minister at Episcopal Church of the Advent and many in the congregation will form a separate church.

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NEWS TIP HOTLINE: 599-2233 FOR BREAKING NEWS: www.Tallahassee.com INDEX Advice 4D Bridge 40 Classifieds IF Comics 60 Corrections 2B Crossword 40 Editorials 4E Horoscope 6F LocalState IB Lottery 2A Movies Nation Obituaries Religion 40 3A 7B 10 Sports 1C Television 3D Today: high 60s Tonight: low 50s Rain: 100 Weather, 8C BUSINESS DJIA 500 1.64 NASDAQ 7.72 Details on Page 2E DELIVERY NEWSROOM 599-2170 ADVERTISING 599 2331 OTHER NUMBERS Page 2A Copyright 2004 TallahnM Ownocrat Inc. A Gannett newspaper J- By Jeff Burlew DEMOCRAT STAFF WRITER A recent exchange of e-mails between Leon County Commissioners Bill Proctor and Bob Rackleff might have been more than just another indication of how poorly the two are getting along these days. It might have been a violation, of Florida's Sunshine Reward rises for missing woman By Jennifer Jefferson DEMOCRAT STAFF WRITER Publix Super Markets added $10,000 to the reward money being offered for information leading to the whereabouts of Ali Gilmore, a pregnant Tallahassee woman who has been missing for three weeks. Gilmore, 30, worked in the bakery of supermarket on Apalachee Parkway. The donation matches Gilmore the $10,000 Tallahassee police that announced earlier this week.

Crime Stoppers (891-4357) also is offering $1,000 for information, making the total $21,000. Tallahassee police also anticipate discussing the case on a national television show this week with hopes of getting the case more exposure. "We are deeply concerned about the disappearance of Ali she is one of our own, a family member," said Publix spokesman Dwaine Stevens. "We are working diligently with the law enforcement and the community and we hope Ali comes home soon." Gilmore, 30, worked at the Florida Department of Health and part time at Publix. She's originally from West Palm Beach and graduated from Florida University.

She has been missing since Feb. 3. Police now believe foul play may be a factor based on the length of time that Gilmore's been missing. To help further their efforts to find Gilmore, TPD expects to participate in a segment of the "Nancy Grace Show," a CNN program that often highlights missing-person cases across the country. The segment is scheduled to air at 8 p.m.

or 10 p.m. Tuesday. "We look forward to the opportunity to get the information out," TPD Chief Walt McNeil said. Contact reporter Jennifer Jefferson at (850) 599-2243 or jjeffersontallahassee.com. Staff Writer TaMaryn Waters contributed to this report.

meetings conducted through e-mail. "The problem occurs when there is discussion between two public officials," she said. "And that's the event that triggers the Sunshine Law, regardless of whether the discussion is held via e-mail or over the Please see E-MAILS, 2A it Iff said. "And I thought, What happened (to me)? It was a night of songs from the son of the people's bard, and a night of stories, told in a perfectly dry, understated and wonderfully self-deprecating way. Imagine growing up in a household where legends such as 5-1 iff" -T .1 Pete Seeger and Lead-belly were liable to stroll through the door and sit a spell.

It'd go to some people's heads, but not to Guthrie's. "When I was 13 years old, there was a knock on the door," he recounted. "There was this really weird-looking guy, standing there. So I invited him in." It was a young, gawky Bob Dylan in search of Guthrie's father, Woody Guthrie. Before going off to visit the elder statesman of.

American song, who was in the hospital, Please see GUTHRIE, 2A By Daniela Velazquez DEMOCRAT STAFF WRITER The family of Martin Lee Anderson will decide this weekend whether the 14-year-old's body will be exhumed for a second autopsy. "It's a difficult decision for the family: to have to dig your child up (out of) the ground after you've buried him, to disturb him from resting in peace," said Tallahassee attorney Benjamin Crump who is representing the. Anderson family. Anderson died on Jan. 6, a day after several guards at a Bay County Sheriffs Office boot camp kneed, hit and dragged him around the exercise yard.

The incident was recorded on video. Bay County Medical Examiner Dr. Charles Siebert ruled that Anderson died from internal bleeding caused by the sickle cell trait, a blood condition that affects about 1 in 12 black people, and not from injuries from the altercation with guards. Anderson's parents and a national sickle cell expert dispute those findings. If the family orders a second autopsy, it will be performed by Dr.

Michael Baden, a forensic pathologist who worked on the second autopsy of slain NAACP leader Medgar Evers in 1991. Crump said Baden has agreed to do the work, based on the family's decision. Baden comes recommended by the national office of the NAACP. This week, Gov. Jeb Bush agreed to appoint a new state attorney to review evidence in the case after State Attorney Steve Meadows, the prosecutor whose jurisdiction includes Panama City, asked to be transferred to avoid any appearance of a conflict of interest.

Bush gave the case to Hillsborough County Please see DEATH, 2A SOUTH CF 1-10 385-2162 MARK WAU.HEISER Democrat Arlo Guthrie entertains the audience Friday at Ruby Diamond Auditorium with his Arlo Guthrie's Alice's Restaurant 40th Anniversary Massacree Tour. A communal spirit reigns By Kati Schardl DEMOCRAT STAFF WRFTER The weight of folk-music history rests mighty lightly on Arlo, Guthrie's shoulders. In fact, it's not so much a weight as it is a mantle with the heft and warmth of thick velvet. There was a heap of happy hippies in Ruby Diamond Auditorium on Friday night. It didn't, matter if you were there wearing tie-dye or a suit and tie under Guthrie's low-key, laid-back guidance, a true communal spirit reigned.

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