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DELTONA Police or deputies? Learn about options Deltona voters, prepare to be educated. The City Commission has approved spending up to $50,000 to inform voters about referendum. Residents will be asked whether they want to do away with Volusia County deputy sheriffs whopatrol the city and start a Deltona Police Department, something a consultant has estimated would cost annually, if averaged over a five- year period. The city is paying the Office for the current fiscal year. Deltona will disseminate information through mailers, the city newsletter and the city television station, Channel 199 on Bright House Networks.

JACKSON DELTONA Health clinic moves, but 1 program stays Starting Monday you find the Volusia Health Deltona clinic at 1555 Saxon Blvd. The clinic is moving to 3151 Howland Blvd.and can be reached at 386789-7507, but the Women, Infants and Children Special Supplemental Nutrition Program will remain at the Saxon Boulevard location. Clinic services at the new location include and treatment for sexually transmitted testing and school physicals. It will be open 8a.m. to 5p.m.

JACKSON ST. CLOUD McCain, Hansell sweep straw vote Business types in St. Cloud turned out for the in the event, whichincluded the mandatory straw vote Thursday night. Despite the event being moved to a different day because of Fay, about 400 people practiced for Tuesday, when their votes will really count. John McCain got 74percent of the presidential vote.

But Sheriff Bob Hansell did even better. Hansell got 100percent of the 376 votes cast. Unlike many others there, Hansell, a Democrat, is probably the one who can count on a victory come November, with only a little-known write-in opponent standing between him and asecond four-year term. PINO OSCEOLA COUNTY Candidates scurry to secure, pull up signs Tropical Storm Fay forced many candidates to scramble across the county to secure or pull up campaign signs. The promotional materials are often a big expense, but high winds can turn them into litter or potentially hazardous objects.

County Commissioner Bill Lane said he spent a good part of Tuesday dealing with hundreds of signs for his District5 race, whichencompasses much of rural Osceola. The same thing happened four years ago with Hurricane Charley. surprised I get elected in Orange County because where many of my signs ended Lane said. So this year Lane many other candidates and their helpers took the time to make sure the signs become part of the littered landscape. PINO OSCEOLA COUNTY Bradley Trowbridge of Celebration was in heady company for a 16-year-old last week.

A Russian general and an astronaut were just a few seats away. He heard President Bush speak during a stop at the Veteran of Foreign Wars national convention and then got some encouragement and a handshake from the commander in chief. After a presentation at the event, Bradley also collected about $7,500 for a veterans memorial in Celebration. was a very amazing said Bradley, a junior at Celebration High. was a very memorable day in my Bradley said the president recognized his mother and asked, that Boy before working his way to him.

Bradley said Bush told him that becoming an Eagle Scout would be an important accomplishment. The memorial is another goal for Bradley, who took on the project from Simon Sharp Simon, 15, was an Eagle Scout who died in 2007 after being diagnosed with childhood leukemia. Simon asked his friend and fellow troop member to carry on his dream for the project. Between and efforts, raised more than $40,000 to build the memorial. The monument will include a 40-foot flagpole surrounded by star-shaped paving, plants and a seat wall.

If all goes according to plan, Bradley hopes to earn his Eagle Scout badge in late November. Simon earned his in late November, the day before he died. PINO COURTESY OF THE TROWBRIDGE FAMILY President Bush meets Bradley Trowbridge last week at the Orange convention center. Forty-five years ago this week, on Aug. 28, 1963, Lurlene Sweeting and her then-husband, James, hopped a train from their home in Philadelphia to join hundreds of thousands of people who marched for civil rights in the capital from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial.

Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous Have A speech at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Sweeting went on to earn a doctorate from Penn State on a fellowship for black leaders. She organized first Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration and has shared her experiences with countless schoolchildren.

Sweeting, of Winter Garden, spoke recently with reporter Katie Gallagher. What made you decide to take the trip to Washington, D.C., in Iwas a follower of Martin Luther King. I was working during those years, of course, but I took time off to go to Washington for the event that was held there. You could tell when you looked at the crowd there was electricity there. You could tell that this was really a momentous occasion.

You could see the people of all ages, shapes, forms it was like magic. So you knew then it was an important event? It really was. You could sense it. Have you ever been somewhere and you could sense that this is unusual, this is really historical? Well, you could sense it if you had been in Washington that day. Had you been involved in the civil-rights movement before? Ihad family obligations.

I was not one of those people who went all over the country with or anything. But I just felt I would not miss that march on Washington, because that would have been silly. And it was just a matter of taking the train from Philadelphia to Washington, and then back home again. Were you afraid violence might break out at the rally? Oh, no, no, no. No, no, no.

You know, anybody that preaches the love of Christ and turning the other cheek, why would you be afraid? You know, I think what I liked about Dr. King was he espoused love. He espoused turning the other cheek. He did not espouse violence. Does that still influence you? Well, I think if a Christian, there are only two commandments that are really primary commandments.

Love God, love one another. It say anything about skin color, nationality or anything else. Very basic. Do you think people treat each other better since the civil-rights movement? Well, certainly. I can say things have certainly gotten better, because I can remember the time as a black person, I could not go into a restaurant.

I remember when there were separate bathrooms. What do you hope people learn from that history? Asense of individual worth and value. The value the good Lord puts on each of us. Do you share these experiences with others often? Yeah! been invited from time to time, ever since I came to Florida, to speak. You know, history is very important because you know it has been said, if we know the history of things, then we be repeating the same mistakes that went before, right? Do you ever feel like a part of history? No.

That history belongs to Martin Luther King, really. And I was just blessed to be there. the way Ilook at it just blessed to be there. Spotlight: Lurlene Sweeting MLK had a dream, and she was there to share it Birthplace: Bartow. Occupation: volunteer coordinator, Westminster Care of Clermont Age: 81 Family: one son, three grandchildren.

COLORSTRIP: Orlando Sentinel SUNDAY, B3 On the roads Woman killed in 3-car crash An Orlando woman was killed Friday evening in a three-car crash on University Boulevard, authorities said Saturday. Ises Texeira, 52, was traveling west about when she lost control of her Honda. The car spun into the median and struck a tree, then a Ford sport utility vehicletraveling east. car hittwo trees. Texeira was ejected into the eastbound lanes.

She was taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead. She was not wearing a seat belt, Miller said. ECKINGER Cops courts In sex sting, man offers cop 2 cents BONITA SPRINGS The Lee County Office says a Bonita Springs man has been arrested after offering anundercover deputy posing as a prostitute 2cents for sex. Fausino Diaz Hernandez, 46, has been charged with soliciting a prostitute, according to an arrest document. According to an arrest report, Hernandez offered a female undercover deputy two pennies on Thursday night.

Acting Sgt. Matt Chitwood, of the narcotics and vice operations for the Bonita Springs community policing unit, said Hernandez offered the undercover deputy other things as well, including cigarette lighters and a bicycle. arrest was part of a three-hour sting to crack down on prostitution in Bonita Springs. He was one of 10 men arrested during the sting. ASSOCIATED PRESS Police: Teen tried to run man down CLEARWATER Police say they have arrested aLargo teenaccused of trying to run down a hotel security guard with his car.

Police spokeswoman Elizabeth Daly-Watts said Michael Baker, 17, drove his car toward a security guard in a parking lot early Saturday morning and tried to hit the man. Baker crashed the car into a wall and left the scene before investigators arrived, authorities say. Baker is charged with aggravated assault with a vehicle and leaving the scene of an accident. ASSOCIATED PRESS Regional Report This Just In HILDA M. PEREZ SENTINEL Welcome back to class, Knights.

The start of the fall semester Mondaygives students at the University of Central Florida some new realities to consider: More of you Enrollment could pass the 50,000 mark for the first time, although it will be several weeks before solid numbers are available. UCF is already the sixth-largest university in the country by more than 48,000 students in fall 2007. Less money The school is starting off the year with $11million less than it expected because of state-mandated budget cuts. Administrators have covered the shortfall mostly by leaving dozens of staff and faculty jobs unfilled. That could mean some classes will be abit more crowded.

With more cuts possibly on the way, school officials say they are being forced to consider cutting degree programs down the road. Discussions on which programs may face the budget ax are already under way. Aless-bouncy stadium UCF decided to take some of the bounce out of Bright House Networks Stadium after some fans were unnerved by movement caused when fans jumped up and down in unison. The school will spend about $400,000 to stiffen the underpinnings, which officials say will reduce the bouncing that earned the stadium the nickname The first game Saturday pits the Knights against the South Carolina State Bulldogs. Higher tuition Freshmen and sophomores are having to pay an extra 3percent of base tuition because of a new state law that allows UCF and four other schools to charge undergraduates a premium on tuition.

Students enrolled as of July2007 are exempt, but there are exceptions. So students should check with the school regardless. The premium, also called differential tuition, is not covered by the Bright Futures merit- scholarship program. Sun power UCF will be getting its first solar-powered water-heating system on campus. It will serve about 500 students in one of the residential towers near the football stadium.

The $300,000 cost will be recouped in about five years, school officials say. Luis Zaragoza can be reached at or 407-420-5718. The song that cued fans to jump Zombie raft will be played in shorter bursts during games. Which brings us to Kickoff cutoff for alcohol Fans will have stash away their beer at kickoff during tailgating parties around campus from now on. Last year, fans were allowed to have open containers of alcohol in tailgating areas during game time.

Alcohol will still be banned inside the stadium this year. Celebration efforts wow Bush UCF brimming with students, but not money By LUIS ZARAGOZA SENTINEL STAFF WRITER RED HUBER SENTINEL The University of Central Florida may surpass 50,000 students this fall, but it will have $11million less than expected because of state budget cuts. InSeptember, Josh LeClairwas thrown to the ground and detained by an Orlando police officer while filming a routine traffic stop in Colonialtown. The incident left him bruised, scraped and more assured than ever of the importance of CopWatch, a group LeClair helped found thataims to decrease excessive use of force by law-enforcement officers. Saturday, LeClair and members of several civil-liberties groups spoke on a panel addressing police misconduct.The meeting was at the Dr.

James R. Smith Neighborhood Center, and sponsored by the ACLU of Central Florida and 19 other organizations. Panelists discussed allegations of misconduct by local law enforcement, including racial profiling, brutality, excessive use of Tasers and the overuse of the resisting- arrest-without-violence charge, which moderator Jeffery Billmanof the Orlando Weekly described as a King Downing, national coordinator for the campaign against racial profiling, offered suggestions to the audience of about 35 for avoiding and coping with improper behavior by law enforcement. He encouraged audience members to know their constitutional rights, to familiarize themselves with public-records laws and to join a civil-liberties group, especially one that works in concert with other organizations, such asthose sponsoring panel. And, Downing said, if all else fails, sue the Police Department.

LeClairdid just that, and Orlando offered him a $4,000 settlement. He requested an apology from the Police Department instead. Rather than accommodate him, he told the audience, the city gave him an extra $1,000. ECKINGER Rights groups tackle cop misconduct Product: OSBS PubDate: 08-24-2008 Zone: FLA Edition: ROP Page: User: epalm Time: Color: CMYK.