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From Page IB www.TM.LMI com I 2BTallahassee Democrat Wednesday, March 1, 2006 SANCHO NELSON brisk tour of his extensive songbook. It got so dadgum rollicking at times that you could close your eyes and almost think you were in a honky-tonk instead of venerable Ruby Diamond. Even slow and sultry weepers such as "Crazy" were downright peppy. It was clear that Nelson came to play. Fans and critics praise his distinctive vocal delivery, and with good reason.

But Nelson, who has suffered from throat problems in recent months, relied on his superb guitar-playing to deliver the most breathtaking moments Tuesday night. Nelson has his own unique style of playing that mixes light-speed picking and hard strumming. It's almost as if he's channeling unconventional but brilliant guitarist Django Rein-hardt. Nelson shredded like a master on his trademark duct-taped, beat-up acoustic guitar. A wonderful interpreter of his own and others songs, he made each number his own.

If you'd seen him perform before, it was almost like seeing a whole new Willie. Later in the program, that magical voice purred through a medley of classics that included "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain," "Blue Skies," "Georgia" and "All of Me." Nelson made some folks in the front rows very happy between songs by tossing his various headgear a couple of red bandanas, a straw cowboy hat (but not the black cowboy hat) into the crowd. He made everybody happy by including such signature tunes as "Crazy," "Help Me Make It Through the Night," "Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys," "Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground" and "On the Road Again" in the program. As happy fans streamed out of Ruby Diamond into the night, Nelson huddled with Reynolds to plot some birthday mischief as Seven Days organizers toasted the 2006 festival's success. Early estimates indicate that this year's events were more well-attended than previous Seven Days festivals.

Planning for the 2007 Seven Days extravaganza has already begun. There's nowhere to go but up. From Page IB Reynolds quipped. "We're not buying a cabin on Brokeback Mountain, but we're close." Reynolds never got his personalized rendition of "Happy Birthday." But after being presented with an authentic patchwork jacket from two representatives of the Florida Seminole tribe, Nelson delivered a concert overflowing with musical gifts. He kicked the proceedings into high gear from the get-go, opening with his hit "Whiskey River." Dressed in black shirt, jeans, cowboy hat he led his jim-dandy band through a Sancho said.

The state only certifies voting systems from three companies: Diebold Election Systems, and Sequoia. Diebold officials, in a meeting Monday with county officials, said that they would not do business with Sancho. Last year, Sancho and others hacked into the Diebold system and determined that it was vulnerable to voter fraud conducted within the office. A new report by the Voting Systems Technology Assessment Advisory Board and the University of California at Berkeley found that the vulnerabilities are "serious" but "easily fixable." Sancho previously has said that only the system would ensure that all votes are properly counted. During Tuesday's meeting, he suggested that there's no such thing as a perfect voting system.

"All of the major voting machine companies in the U.S. have problems," he said. "Everyone one of them." Contact reporter Jeff Burlew at (850) 599-2180 or jburlewtallahassee.com. From Page IB contract would be ready soon, perhaps by Thursday. However, the cost might be considerably more than the county had budgeted.

Originally, San-cho planned to buy equipment from Election Systems and Software for $1.8 million. He estimated Tuesday that the Sequoia equipment could cost between $2 million and $5 million. It's not clear how the county would cover the bill. Commissioners voted to have a workshop later this month to resolve the issue. Series of setbacks In late December, abruptly decided against selling its equipment to Sancho's office.

The company said it didn't have enough product or staff support. Since then, however, has entered into deals with other elections offices, JMLISS IMG MM rtjp Anonymous Reward Over $20,000 Eiq Bnd Crima Stoppers will pay reward upon arfsl. "TPO Prosecutor: Police justified in shooting of suicidal man This billboard being unveiled today is one more attempt to solve THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DUNEDIN Deputies were justified in fatally shooting a man who was struggling with his wife and threatening suicide last month, the region's top prosecutor announced Tuesday. Pinellas County deputies who responded to a domestic disturbance and fatally shot Donald R. Yates, 45, feared for their lives because he pointed a gun at them, State Attorney Bernie McCabe said.

In a letter to county Sheriff Jim Coats, McCabe said Yates thought he was going to lose his job and had planned suicide, even writing a note. Yates was. on the ground wrestling with his wife, who was trying to keep him from shooting him-; self, when deputies arrived. Yates refused to respond to verbal commands and was shot in the back with a Taser, the letter said. When he rolled over, deputies saw the gun in his hand and believed he was pointing it at them.

Two of the deputies fired four shots each, hitting him multiple times. Deborah Yates was hit in the thigh and foot. Department co-sponsored the Capital Challenge motorcycle rodeo, along with the Leon County Sheriff's Office. A story in Saturday's Local section failed to report that. To report a correction, please contact Jane Parrish at 599-2349 or fax 599-2295.

LOCAL NEWS CLARIFICATIONS chime STOPPERS! A Publii will piy reward upon location ol All fiilma Special to the Democrat HOW TO HELP The billboard will be unveiled at 11:30 a.m. today at Paul Russell and South Monroe streets. TPD and Publix are offering $20,000, in addition to the $1,000 Crime Stoppers reward, regarding information on Ali Gilmore. If you have any information, call Crime Stoppers at 891-4357 or TPD at 891-4200. IF YOU GO The city of Tallahassee and the Leon County School Board will celebrate the start of road work in the Bond community at 10:45 this morning at the Smith-Williams Service Center, 2295 Pasco St.

Refreshments will be provided. options." Workers started clearing brush for the pond a couple weeks ago. Once the pond is built, between St. Marks Trail and Mill Street south of Kissimmee Street, work will begin on portions of Campbell, Taylor and Tucker streets. Woolery said those segments should be completed for the start of the school year, when the new school is scheduled to open.

Other segments of Tucker, Clara and St. Marks streets are scheduled to be completed by May 2007; and parts of Pasco, Okaloosa, Kissimmee, Carver, Keith and Wies streets, by October 2008. Contact Julian Pecquet at (850) 599-2307 or jjpecquettallahassee.com. mxim BIG BFNO the disappearance of AM Gilmore. donate three more billboards on wanted criminals around the city later this month.

Gilmore was working as a statistical analyst for the Florida Department of Health when she was reported missing. She also worked part time in the bakery at Publix on Apalachee Parkway. Contact TaMaryn Waters at (850) 599-2162 or tlwaterstallahassee.com. Bragg Stadium Okaloosa SI. Kissimmes St 9 Osceola St Proposed pond (Completed) Campbell St.

Taylor St. Tucker St Bond Bern. Service Cent WMer-Ford Comm Cent Proposed Bond Community roadwaysidewalk enhancements Orange Ave. JOHN ROBERGEDemocrat coincide with the installation of underground pipes to channel run-off from the school to the pond. Katz said he understood why city engineers put construction on hold while they worked out all the details with the School Board and its contractor, but he said such delays had a cost.

When funds were first approved, "kids coming back from school had a choice between getting hit by a car and jumping in the ditch," he said. "The same kid is now three years older walking down the same street with the same set of GILMORE From Page IB "We're trying every avenue to let people know Ali is still missing," he said. "We want to reach as many people as possible and help jog (someone's) memory that may have clues to her disappearance." BOND From Page IB segments in the neighborhood of narrow, ditch-lined streets that see much flooding. The Leon County School Board is adding a little more than $700,000 for the road improvements, some of which are scheduled to be completed by August. Work on Osceola Street is already complete.

But residents' impatience isn't surprising. Plans for road improvements in the neighborhood go back at least to the late 1980s, Stephens said, when the city had set aside funds for the Bond dommunity but didn't go through with all the upgrades. "The money was pulled out and put in another part of town, politically," she said. Rhett Miller, who was then director of the Public Works Department, remembered that property disputes with residents were to blame. "The City Commission thought it wasn't proper to pay for right-of-way," Miller said, "when we were trying Neil Bell, a partner at Summit Outdoor Advertisement, which donated the billboard, said the company has been working with Crime Stoppers since October to help bring closure to unsolved cases.

"We're going to keep it up for as long as we can," Bell said. "If we can make a difference in catching a criminal, we want to do it." The company also plans to to improve the quality of life for the people." The Bond community fell off the commissioners' radar screen for several yea-s, but Stephens and others continued to pressure city leaders. Commissioner Allan Katz picked up the Bond cause and successfully pushed for funding the neighborhood in the budget that was approved in the fall of 2002. City project manager Bill Woolery said his staff has been working on planning, design and other tasks since then but recognized that it has been a slow process. "There was actually a lot of work going on," he said, "but when you don't see bulldozers on site, hauling dirt, it's not apparent." That bulldozer activity, which has started on the site of a new retention pond for the neighborhood, will only increase.

The city was approached in late 2003 by the Leon County School Board, which was considering building a new school on the site of the old Bond Elementary. The two parties agreed to build a holding pond to serve the school and the neighborhood; the road improvements should I Leon County Commissioner Cliff Thaell was among 10 award recipients during the Scholarship Luncheon Saturday afternoon, hosted by the C.K. Steele Scholarship Foundation. His name was omitted from the list of recipients in Sunday's Tallahassee Democrat. i The Tallahassee Police I Tallahassee Democrat How to contact the newsroom 1 Bob Gabordi Executive Editor Tallahassee and Leon County 599-2391 Gadsden 599-2256 Wakulla 599-2391 State government 671-6561 Schools and universities 599-2256 Police and courts 599-2391 Traffic Doctor 599-2303 News Hotline 599-2233 bgaborditallariassee.com 599-2177 NATIONWORLD NEWS 599-2297 SPORTS 599-2167 FEATURES 599-2314 BUSINESS NEWS 599-2312 RELIGION 599-2256 PHOTO 599-2175 For subscriber information, see Page 2A list, see www.tallahassee.com For a complete telephone Don't Sweat tlie Small Stuff.

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