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4C Pensacola News Journal Saturday, August 21, 1999 LOCAL FOR THE RECORD ft? Ml ahl Whitehead Bass Junior Banjanin HOWTO CONTACT ESCAMBIA COUNTY COMMISSION Mike Whitehead, District 1, 3201 Marcus Points 32505; 595-4910 (office), 944-4193 (home) Mike Bass, District 2, 825 Bayshore Drive, 32507; 595-4920 (office), 457-4466 (home) Willie Junior, District 3, 1003 E. Fisher 32503; 595-4930 (office), 433-1002 (home) Tom Banjanin, District 4, 3575 Hopestill Road, 32503; 595-4940 (office), 432-9360 (home) Wilson Robertson, District 5, 9181 Woodrun Place, 32514-5514; 595-4950 (office), 478-3236 (home) The office numbers listed are commissioners' phone numbers at the courthouse. The commission meets the first Thursday of the month at 5:30 p.m. and the fourth Tuesday of the month at 9 a.m. at the old County Courthouse, 223 S.

Palafox Place. Escambia County Health Department, 1295 W. Fairfield Drive, 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday Olive Baptist Church, 1836 Olive Road, 4 to 8 p.m. Sacred Heart Hospital, 7 a.m.

to 4 p.m. Thursday Corry Station, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Evening In Seville, Seville Square, Government and Alcaniz streets, 5 to 9 p.m. Friday Jonta Hope, 19, 800 block of Fairfax Drive, possession of less than 20 grams of marijuana, destruction of evidence.

James Thomas Hudson, 23, first block of Besma Drive, failure to appear in court, tamperharass witnessvictim. Henry J. Hudson, 63, first block of Besma Drive, failure to appear in court, tamperharass witnessvictim. James Edward Sapp, 39, 1300 block of Barth Road, Molino, battery (domestic violence). Susan M.

McNabb, 21, address unavailable, violation of probationcommunity control. Tina Reckard, 26, 3100 block of Highland Drive, violation of probationcommunity control. Donald Leon Wiley, age unavailable, grand theft auto. John S. Smith, 29, 4400 block of Chan-tilly Way, aggravated battery.

Ronnie Eugene Oleon, 25, 1900 block of West Jordan Street, driving while license suspended. Ronald C. Klrton 22, first block of Elegans Avenue, two counts of violation of probation, violation of community control. Ronald D. Carter, 31, 1600 block of West La Rua Street, robbery, carrying a concealed weapon.

SANTA ROSA COUNTY The following people were booked on felony charges at the Santa Rosa County Jail on Thursday. Names, ages and addresses were provided by the individuals. Timothy R. Nahrstadt, 29, 2800 block of Bergren Road, Gulf Breeze, driving while license suspended. Willis L.

Simmons, 41, 4000 block of Vern Street, Pace, driving while license suspended. Jason C. Haynes, 21, 5500 block of Woodland Lane, Milton, violation of probation. Leon A. Ingram, 46, 600 block of Fourth Avenue, Milton, violation of probation.

John M. White, 35, 2300 block of Dora Drive, Pensacola, driving while license revokedsuspended, burglary, theft. Perry R. Therlot, 37, Fort Walton Beach, possession of prescription drugs without prescription. Virginia C.

Mitchell, 36, 6700 block of Liberty Street, Navarre, two counts of battery (domestic violence), child abuse. Eric A. Secklngton, 41, 7900 block of Gulf Boulevard, Navarre, failure to appear In court. DUI ARRESTS ESCAMBIA COUNTY The following people were arrested and charged with driving under the Influence between 7 a.m. Thursday and 7 a.m.

Friday. Names, ages and addresses were provided by the individuals. Denver W. Forester, 34, 8500 block of San Miguel Calzada. Ronnie Eugene Olson, 25, 1 900 block of West Jordan Street.

Rebecca McManus, 22, 5800 block of Princeton Drive. Blake Henderson, 37, 200 block of West Chase Street. Lavel Eugene Nix, 40, 2300 block of Clark Avenue. SANTA ROSA COUNTY No one was arrested and charged with driving under the influence Thursday. Robertson Lowe's, 1201 Airport 11 a.m.

to 5 p.m. McDonalds, Pensacola Naval Air Station, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Aug. 28 University Mall, 7171 N.

Davis Highway, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Aug. 31 Pine Forest High School, 2500 Longleaf Drive, 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Felicia Ann Bovd, 26. of Mont- gomery, was driving the van east on 1-10 near the Miller Bluff Road overpass, troopers said, when the tread separated from the van's right rear tire. The van flipped two times in the median before landing on its tires. The seven injured were taken to area hospitals, where all but one were treated and released. Pillatzke, whose age was unavail- able, was the 11th person to die on Santa Rosa County roads this year.

Twenty-three people have died on Escambia County roads. i DEATHS BACH Alfons Bach, 95, of Pensacola died Thursday, Aug. 19, 1999. Services, 1 p.m. Sunday in the North-minster Presbyterian Church.

Cedar Hill Chapel Funeral Home directing. BARBALOCK Joel Alan Barbalock, 54, of Gulf Shores, died Thursday, Aug. 19, 1999. Services, 10:15 a.m. Monday in Barrancas National Cemetery.

Baldwin Funeral Home directing. DEBRUHL Noah T. "Buddy" DeBruhl, 60, of Milton died Thursday, Aug. 19, 1999. Lewis Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

FLETCHER Lora Vann Fletcher, 84, of Pensacola died Friday, Aug. 20, 1999. Visitation, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Sunday in Oak Lawn Funeral Home. Julia Mae Cwin, 92, of Gulf Breeze died Thursday, Aug.

19, 1999. Rose Lawn Funeral Home is i in charge of arrangements. I HAYNES 4 Mary Haynes, 89, of Pensacola died Monday, Aug. 16, 1999. Services, 11 a.m.

Wednesday. Joe 3 Morris and Son Funeral Home I directing. JERNIGAN Essie L. Jernigan, 85, of Pen-; sacola died Friday, Aug. 20, 1999.

Visitation, 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday in i Faith Chapel Funeral Home. JOHNSON Rufus Johnson, 59, of Pensacola died Wednesday, Aug. 18, 1999. Services to be announced by Joe Morris and Son Funeral Home.

LANE Roger B. Lane died Wednesday, Aug. 18, 1999. Services to be an-! nounced by the National Crema-; tion Society of Fort Walton Beach. LECKBAND Brad Leckband, 4 1, of Pensaco la died Tuesday, Aug.

17, 1999. Visitation, 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday in Oak Lawn Funeral Home. LEE Ruth P. Lee, 95, of Pensacola died Friday, Aug.

20, 1999. Services, 10 a.m. Monday in St. John's Cemetery. Waters and Hibbert Funeral Home directing.

SHARPLESS Rex James Sharpless, 79, of Atmore, died Friday, Aug. 20, 1999. Services, 2 p.m. Sunday. Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home directing.

STACEY Robert H. Stacey, 73, of Atmore, died Thursday, Aug. 19, 1999. Services, 2 p.m. today.

Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home directing. TOBERT Billy Hagood Tobert, 59, of Pensacola died Friday, Aug. 20, 1999. Services, 6 p.m. Monday.

Faith Chapel Funeral Home directing. FELONY ARRESTS ESCAMBIA COUNTY The following people were booked on felony charges at the Escambia County Jail between 7 a.m. Thursday and 7 a.m. Friday. Names, ages and addresses were provided by the individuals.

Darren Feacher, 33, 1300 block of Be-lair Road, violation of probationcommunity control. Juanlta Savage, 57, 1600 block of Elmhurst Road, violation of probation. Leonardo Russell, 19, 1600 block of Dogwood Drive, violation of probation. Frederick McMillan, 42, 200 block of North Street, grand theft. Douglas John Lewis, 30, 500 block of Temple Hill Drive, grand theft, dealing In stolen property.

Brett Pleasant, 33, address unavailable, escape. Melissa Robinson, 22, 900 block of Artesian Avenue, fraud. Alfred J. Beaupre, 42, 1400 block of North 61st Avenue, two counts of grand theft. Rhett Thomas, 24, 800 block of Rams-gate Road, residential burglary, grand theft.

James Love, 20, 7200 block of Esther Street, criminal mischief, Timothy E. Golden, 29, 3900 block of Whitehall Drive, Pace, violation of probationcommunity control. Brian Camacho, 32, 4900 block of West Jackson Street, unarmed burglary of unoccupied structure, petty theft, possession of burglary tools. Michael G. Graham, 26, first block of Ru-beria Street, violation of community control.

Air Force identifies recruit killed in Interstate 10 wreck BLOOD SUPPLY GOOD MODERATE POOR IW CRITICAL Types of blood needed 0 To donate, call Northwest Florida Blood Center, 434-2535. The Northwest Florida Blood Center's mobile unit will take donations at these locations: Today Wal-Mart, 4600 Mobile Highway, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wal-Mart, 6241 Davis Highway, 10 a.m. to 4p.m.

Gulf Breeze Cinema, 1175 Gulf Breeze Parkway, 1 to 5 p.m. Monday First National Bank of Florida, 1289 Airport 1:30 to 4 p.m. Tuesday First National Bank of Santa Rosa, 6512 U.S. 90, Milton, noon to 4 p.m. Wal-Mart, 91 3 West U.S.

90, Milton, 1 to 7 p.m. 1 DEATH NOTICES items appearing here are paid notices from Pensacola area mortuaries. death notice, call 435-8616. Owner assures ex-employees they won't lose their money COMPLEX SITUATION Eight employees of Dr. Strick Mays loaned him nearly $70,000 for his private soccer complex venture.

Here is the list and their loan amounts. Employee Years on Job Loan Susan Baird 9 $9,778 Carol Clement 7 $5,000 Barbara Davis 8 $14,556 Linda Dyer 4 $3,000 Randee Hartley 9 $10,000 Carlene Plowman 9 $9,524 Faye Still 8 $10,000 Sherry Sturgen 6 $7,200 Total $69,058 From staff reports The Florida Highway Patrol has released the name of an Air Force recruit who died in a wreck early Thursday morning on Interstate 10. Eugene F. Pillatzke was thrown from a van during the wreck, which also injured seven others. Pillatzke was sitting in the back seat of a Dodge Ram van that was carrying a group of Air Force students who had just finished training at Eglin Air Force Base.

The accident happened about 9 a.m. as the van was headed to Pensacola Regional Airport. years, Margaret B. Cross; sons, Richard A. Cross, Silas R.

Cross; step-son, Howard Rustin; stepdaughters, Netta Cross, Mina Elliott, and Angie Krentzman; and nine grandchildren. Memorial services will be held at McNeil-Keyes Funeral Home, Saturday, August 21, 1999 at 11:00 a.m.. Burial will follow at Holy Cross Cemetery. MCNEIL-KEYES FUNERAL HOME is in charge of arrangements. JEWELL DEAN DOCKWILLER Jewell Dean Dockwiller, 67, of Pace, died Wednesday, August 18, 1999 in New Orleans.

Ms. Dockwiller was a member of Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church. She retired with 26 years of service witn l-ea-eral Civil Service at N.A.S. Whiting Field. Survivors include two sons, Ronald Peacock of Milton and Stacey Peacock of Sebring, FL; three grandchildren, Dallas Welch, Andrea Peacock, Wesley Peacock.

"She was loved, and will be missed by all who knew her." Memorial services at 6:00 p.m., Saturday, August 21, 1999 at Lewis Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Rian Kegerreis. LEWIS FUNERAL HOME is in charge of arrangements. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church, 4701 School Lane, Pace, FL 32571. PATRICIA S.

FERRELL Patricia S. Ferrell, 50, of Garcon Point, passed away Wednesday, August 18, 1999 in a local hospital. She had been a resident here for nine years. Mrs. Ferrell was a dental hygienist and office manager for Dr.

Charles White. A loving wife and mother, she is survived by her husband, Richard Ferrell; son, Rick Ferrell; brother, Buzz Ferrell; sisters, Judy Klug, Ka-thy Snyder, Rita Powell, and Tammi King. A memorial service will be held 6:00 p.m. Saturday, August 21, 1999 at Bayview Fisher-Pou Chapel with Dr. Ric Butler officiating.

BAYVIEW FISHER-POU CHAPEL Is In charge of arrangements. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society. OTIS MERRILL JONES Otis Merrill Jones, 79, of Milton, died Wednesday, August 18, 1999 in a local hospital following a lengthy illness. Mr. Jones was a native and lifelong resident of Northwest Florida.

He was a retired United States Air Forice Mater Sergeant with over 22 years of service. He was a retired businessman, real estate broker and a graduate of the University of West Florida. Survivors Include his wife of 60 years, Hazel L. Jones of Milton; a son, Merrill O. Jones of Sneads, FL; three daughters, Phyllis Annette Vause, Kathleen Sue Gibson, and Misty Hope Menefee, all of Milton; seven grandchildren; five greatgrandchildren; two great-greatgrandchildren; and a sister, Opal Carr of Ft.

Walton Beach, FL. Services will be 3:00 p.m., Sunday, August 22, 1999 at Lewis Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Alton Nixon, pastor of Blackwater Baptist Church, officiating. Pallbearers will be her nephews. Burial will be in Welcome Cemetery LEWIS FUNERAL HOME is in The lengthier as received To place a FROM 1C those people." A number of Mays' former em- ployees have met with or written to the commissioners about their re-i tirement money, and commission-t ers say they are listening.

"It would bother me if that all happened and I was buying out I that individual that caused the problem," said Commissioner Wil-J son Robertson. "But I have said all along that for me to consider buy-' ing this, Mays would have to be out I of the picture." The proposed purchase is not cur- rently scheduled for consideration by the commission. Reason to worry Randee Hartley of Pensacola believes she has plenty to worry I about, despite Mays' repeated assurances that her money and that of her former co-workers is safe. Hartley, 53, I worked as a nurse for Mays from 1987 until Mays stetrics and gyne- Hartley cology practice in 1996 to run the 1 soccer complex full time. She took $10,000 of her retirement money half of her balance in the profit-', sharing plan and loaned it to Mays for the soccer complex in 1995 at Mays' request.

A total of $460,000 was taken out of the profit-sharing plan and put into the soccer complex, which is part of the Department of Labor in-; vestigation. "He told us there was no way we could lose," Hartley said. "We be- lieved in him." i She said she is against a county I purchase of the complex. "I don't want them to bail Mays i out," she said. "As taxpayers, we would be paying twice." Hartley, like her former co-work- charge of arrangements.

Friends may call at Lewis Funeral Home from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Saturday. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Hospice of Northwest Florida, 2001 North Palafox, Pensacola, FL 3250V BARBARA W. PERRY Barbara W. Perry, 62, of Pensacola, died Monday, August 16, 1999 at a local hospital. Mrs.

Perry was born in Dublin, GA, August 10, 1937 and moved to Pensacola In 1976. She was a. member of St. Mary's Catholic Church. She worked 42 years as a registered nurse, 23 years at Sacred Heart Hospital.

She received her Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of South Alabama in 1993. She was a wonderful mother and follower of Jesus. She always made sacrifices to see that tnose in need were taken care or. She will be greatly missed by all who knew her. Survivors include her husband, Charles Perry; sons, Steve Perry and Greg Perry of Bentonville, AR and David Perry of Gulfport, MS; daughter, Kara Perry of Pensacola; mother, Katherine Waller of Pensacola; sister, Cathy Barron of Pensacola; three grandchildren and other relatives.

Funeral Mass was held at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, August 19, 1999 at St. Mary's Catholic Church with Fathers Eugene Casserly, Dominic Dat Tran and Tom Koyickal officiating. Pallbearers were Pete Grant, Bob and Richard Crowdus, Jak-y Koltr, Greg Fields, Bill Loeffler. Honorary pallbearers were Dr. Michael Jasper, Dr.

John Bray, Dr. William Shanahan, Dr. Human Hu-meda, and Lee Etheridge. FAITH CHAPEL FUNERAL HOME was in charge of arrangements. WILLIE SINGLETON Willie Singleton, 79, of Cantonment, died Thursday, August 12, 1999 at a local hospital.

Funeral services will be held at 12p.m. Saturday, August 21, 1999 at ine ureater First Baptist 1 Church with Rev. W.J. Dailey, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Atmore, Alabama.

JUNIOR FUNERAL HOME is in charge of. arrangements. JOE S. YOHN Joe S. Yohn, 75, of Gulf Breeze, passed away Wednesday, August 18, 1999.

Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, August 21, 1999 at Bayview Fisher-Pou Chapel. Interment will be held 2 p.m. Saturday at New Hope Cemetery in Chipfey, Florida. BAYVIEW FISHER-POU CHA-PEL is in charge of arrangements.

FLOWERAMA Sympathy Arrangements Open Saturdays 7 am-8 pm bundays lUam-dpm 484 -ROSE Comer of 9th and Creighton -A i I ALFONS BACH Renowned industrial designer, architect and artist, 95, passed away on August 19, 1999, in Pensacola, which had been his home for the past seven years. Mr. Bach was born on June 19, 1904 In Magdeburg, Germany and studied architecture in Berlin. In 1928, he opened the design firm of Alfons Bach and Associates on Fifth Avenue in New York City. His lengthy career spanned 70 years and many residences including New York City, Stanford, Connecticut, Palm Beach, Florida and Monte Carlo.

His limitless imagination created one of the nation's first shopping malls, "The Ridgeway Center" in Stanford, Connecticut. Well-known to billionaire aviator Howard Hughes, he designed the interior of the now-legendary Constellation, a propeller-driven passenger plane, and was aboard the maiden flight from Los Angeles to New York. Additionally, he designed the facilities for Hughes' TWA airline. His modern designs were carried by clients such as Heywood Wakefield (furniture), Bigelow-Sanford (carpets), Keystone Silver (metal-ware), Pacific Mills (linens) and General Electric. Mr.

Bach co-founded and was past National President of the American Designers Institute, which later merged with the Industrial Design Society of America, at which time Mr. Bach was appointed a Fellow. He is listed in Who's Who in The East and Who's Who in American Art. Mr. Bach's drawings and papers are stored at Cooper-Hewitt, the National Design Museum of the Smithsonian Institution in New York and some of his furniture pieces are displayed at Yale University's Art Gallery.

A collection of forty works painted during his many travels through France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Hong Kong, Mexico, and the Caribbean were displayed in 1995 at the Schmidt's Gallery in Pensacola. He is survived by his wife of 46 years, interior designer Anita Stewart Bach of Pensacola, FL, two sons, Alfons S. Bach and Alexander S. Bach also of Pensacola; two daughters, Florence M. Bach of tawa, Canada, Betsey G.

Gooder of Franklin, NC; four grandchildren, Anita Crews, Guy Gooder, Colin Gooder and Alesha Bach and three great grandchildren. He was a member of the North-minster Presbyterian Church. Funeral services will be held Sunday, August 22, 1999 at 1 p.m. at Northminster Presbyterian Church, 1100 E. Nine Mile Pensacola.

There will be a private burial at a later date. CEDAR HILL CHAPEL FUNERAL HOME is In charge of arrangements. Friends may call at the funeral home, Saturday, August 21 from 2-4 p.m. SILAS AUBREY CROSS Silas Aubrey Cross, 91, of Pensacola, passed away Tuesday, August 17, 1999. Mr.

Cross was a retired Ironworker, born February 12, 1908 in Carolina, Alabama. He served five years in the Merchant Marines, and during WWII he worked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard building sub chasers. Locally he had been employed by Carroll Construction Co. and Runyans Mahine shop until he retired. Prior to moving to a retirement home in Ft.

Walton Beach in 1991, Silas was an active member of Cokesbeny Methodist Church and was involved In Habitat for Humanity and Meals on Wheels. Mr. Cross is preceded in death by his wife of 27 years, Phyllis B. Cross. He is survived by his wife of 35 said.

"An unsophisticated investor doesn't fully realize the potential ups and downs of a particular investment." But Hartley and the other women say they were told the money was a loan to be paid back within three years, or by May 1998, which Mays acknowledged is true. But he said it was their risk to take. "It was their choice," he said. "I really had nothing to do with that decision other than to OK it and take the money and put it in the project." Mays said he can't understand why his employees, who he said have the least amount of money at stake in the complex, are so concerned. "None of my other investors are concerned about it," he said.

"If my employees will be patient, it will all come back." But two of Mays' biggest investors Dr. Michelle Baldasan and her husband, Dean say they are very concerned about the $200,000 they invested in the complex. "There is not going to be much left over for the investors to recoup," Michelle Baldasan said. 1 Dean Baldasan said he has kissed the money goodbye. "I've written it off as gone," he said.

"I don't know how he is going to get it back." ers, is awaiting the results of the Labor Department investigation, hoping the agency will be able to get their money back so they don't have to go to the expense of hiring a private lawyer. 1 Labor officials declined to comment, saying they could not discuss the status of an ongoing investigation. Mays said he is confident the agency's investigation has found no wrongdoing in his handling of the profit-sharing plan. "We answered all their questions," said Mays, 45. "Our accountant, who was directly dealing with them, felt they were very satisfied with our answers.

They haven't asked for any more information from us, and that was more than six months ago. "They looked at the information that we provided to them, and they were happy to see we were taking steps necessary to protect our employees' profit-sharing investments." Employees' trust Mays said his former employees trusted him with their money because they believed in him, but he said they were warned about the risks. "They were fully informed as to the risk and potential upsides and downsides of the investment," he Russian hybrids will combat mites FROM 1C pollinate between $8 billion and $10 billion worth of farm crops. Russian honey bees are twice as resistant to attacks by the para-' sites because they groom each oth-; er, chewing the mites off their fellow bees and spitting them out. North American bees do not.

Beekeepers plan to create a hy-: brid offspring of the Russian queens and American drones ones that will be resistant and end the mites' onslaught. "The Russian bee is a breakthrough," said Doug Corbin, honey bee inspector for the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. "Beekeepers have been asking for something, hoping that one day we could use something genetic." The mite, first identified in 1962 in Hong Kong, is on every continent except Australia. No one knows how the mites invaded the United States but they believe they came to Florida first before migrat- ing north. They were first reported in late 1987 in Wisconsin and in Florida shortly afterward.

Bullard, who tends more than 36 million bees, said it's imperative to wipe out the mites because they threaten every dinner table in America. "Bees are so important to agriculture," he said. "We're as much a part of agriculture as the guy who grows corn or cucumbers or whatever. We've just got to have these bees.".