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EDITION BROOKSVILLE ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1981 BioofciviUa Spring HiU DDftBoDda A'L lHkHaMli 1b4 lteaiiiwwiwpTiiiiiiiiii win1, imii' i' tj By DERALD EVERHART Hf nando Timaa Staff Wrttar WEEKI WACHEE ACRES Covered with a canvas canopy for protection from a light drizzle, police investigators Wednesday found the skull and bones of what they think may be a teenage girl in a shallow grave behind the home of convicted sex offender William Mansfield. The skeleton lying on its side in a fetal position was covered with a blanket, Lt. John Whitman, of the Hernando County Sheriffs Department, said.

Investigators from the Hernando County Sheriffs Department and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement discovered the bones as they shifted sand and dirt in an area behind the Mansfield home on Central Avenue in Weeki Wachee Acres. Maj. Chuck Crosby said late Wednesday afternoon investigators went to the Mansfield house to look for the body of Elaine Zeigler, 15, missing since Jan. 1, 1976. Her name was included on the search warrant investigators used to seal the five acre parcel of land, Crosby said.

Miss Ziegler, who was vacationing at a local campground with her parents when she disappeared, was last seen with a man in his 20s driving a light blue four-door Ford. CROSBY SAID he was not sure if the body is that of Miss Ziegler, but a confidential informant had indicated that the body was on the property. "We anticipate having (the body) ail uncovered by noon (today)," Crosby said. Carrying the dirt in colored, plastic buckets to a screen for washing, investigators have removed about two See SKELETON. Page 3 County rezones land for Coca-Cola warehouse A Frank Videgar of California and Joe Musiak of Illinois jam together in a button-box (accordian) session.

By DIANNE STALLINGS Harnando Tlmat Staff Writar Ed Hainrihar of Illinois provides rhythm with soup spoons. tions that an 8-foot hedge be installed, that the back 500 feet of the property be excluded from the petition and that the company construct deceleration and acceleration lanes from SR 50. Chairman Murray Grubbs voted against the motion and Frank Fish was absent. Representing the company was Brooksville lawyer Dick Padgett, who said the 12-acre site west of the highway about of a mile from the intersection of State Road 577 was a good choice. "It is within an urban build-up area designated in the county's Comprehensive Plan and has access to a major highway," Padgett said.

"From Brooksville east to SR 41, there are 18 commercial establishments," he said, saying a commercial designation would be the "highest and best use" for the land that is now woodlands. See WAREHOUSE. Page 3 BROOKSVILLE Despite the urging of a member of the Hernando County Planning and Zoning Board to deny the petition, the County Commission has approved rezoning from agriculture to commercial for a Florida Coca-Cola warehouse on State Road 50 E. The commission approved the petition 3-1 Tuesday with the stipula Tihies DIGEST No slouches at Slovene Days About 1 ,500 visitors streamed into Masaryktown over the weekend to celebrate Florida Slovene Days. On Friday, the international Button Box contest led off events.

A Polka Jamboree and golf tournament dominated Saturday's activities. A dinner-dance ended the three day celebration on Sunday. Slovene pastries were on sale along with souvenir booklets about the annual convention. Asphalt plant decision postponed By DIANNE STALLINGS Harnando Timaa Staff Writar (TtlU Harnando Timet OIK STONEROOK Hernando band director steps down after 12 years At the end of this school year and after 1 2 years as band director at Hernando High School, Steve Manuel is stepping down to follow some private business interests. For 10 of those 12 years, the band earned superior ratings in state competition, Manuel said, modestly adding that any success he had was "because of the fine kids and wonderful parents I worked with." He said the decision to leave his high school alma mater was "especially tough because it's been such a big and enjoyable part of my life." Manuel will officially be on a year's leave of absence from the district school system, which affords him the possibility of coming back to that system without loss of ranking benefits if a post for which he is qualified is available.

"I feel like I'm graduating from Hernando High twice," Manuel quipped. After graduation from St. Leo College, he came back to Hernando as the band director where he has spearheaded the band's growth from a 36-member organization to a high total of 230 children, grades nine through 12. For the past few years, about 190 students have participated in the marching band, he added. Trips the band has taken during Manuel's stint as director include to the Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C.; to participate in the inaugra-tion ceremonies of President Jimmy Carter; to perform for the audiences of three professional football games one each in Miami, Tampa and New Orleans and to play in the Cotton Bowl festivities in Dallas, Tex.

BROOKSVILLE The Hernando County Commission will take two weeks to review an independent evaluation of the advantages and disadvantages of a proposal to rezone 10 acres within a mining district to erect a portable asphalt plant. Florida Rock Industries requested the rezoning to industrial use for the site within a 40-acre section of the 3,200 acres of mining land the company owns east of State Road 491A and one-fourth of a mile north of U.S. 98. Commissioners Tuesday asked County Administrator James Cummings to check with Pasco-Hernando Community College to determine if someone there has the background to independently evaluate the situation. Commissioner Marvin Hunt, however, warned that the commission should be sure they do not get a "pseudo-intellectual" to handle the job.

MINING REPRESENTATIVE Don Darley said he felt it was an ideal site, questioning what other use would be suitable, for the land. But worried property owners around the mining site said they feared acid rain from the sulfuric acid byproduct of the plant and increased truck traffic. Once the portable plant is removed, the land still would be properly zoned for other industry over which they would have no say, they contended. Nearby residents learned about the proposed rezoning petition only a few days in advance because the required See ASPHALT. Page 3 Three to buy dormant Ridge Manor club By TOM ZUCCO Harnando Timaa Staff Wrttar Linda Costell of California joins in A with some happy music.

part-owner of the ciub from 1968-79 before Florida Federal Savings Loan Association of St. Petersburg assumed control in foreclosure proceedings two years ago. Zito said the club was purchased by Al Mariani of St. Petersburg and the Pappas family of Tarpon Springs in 1980 before Chutz, Cook and Alex agreed to buy the property for an undisclosed amount. "The new owners told me they wanted to start construction July 1 and have the golf course ready by October," Zito said.

"There's an awful lot of work to be done, about 90 percent renovation." Zito has scheduled a meeting of all former and prospective members for 1 p.m. March 28 at the Ridge Manor Community Center to discuss the club's revitalization. ZITO SAID that Alex, Chutz and Cook have agreed to purchase the 116-acre tract, but the three will be unable to formally close the deal until Chatper 11 proceedings have concluded sometime in June. The country club, which was opened in the early 1950s, includes an 18-hole championship golf course, a swimming pool and a clubhouse. The club has been closed since 1979.

William Jeffries of Ridge Manor was a RIDGE MANOR After lying virtually unused and unkept for more than two years, the Ridge Manor Golf and Country Club could be bursting with life as early as this summer thanks to a trio of new owners. That was the approximate date set Wednesday by Ralph Zito a spokesman for new owners Chuck Alei and Buck Chutz of Pittsburgh and Howard Cook of Florida. Alex and his wife Janet are both professional golfers, and Chutz and Cook are businessmen, Zito said. Floridian Don Fullerton plays the banjo as Joe Gaspalin adds some bass to the jamming. NRC blames human error for shutdown of Crystal River nuclear plant By ROY MAYS Citrua Timaa Staff Wrttar the cause of the trip was when an operator performing the surveillance test apparently missed one step in the procedure." Florida Power spokesman Bill Johnson said that no operator was involved.

A technician was making the checks at the time. "Our plant manager has not concluded his investigation," Johnson said. "We wouldn't debate with NRC or differ with them until (the manager's report is completed)." FLORIDA POWER spokesman Larry Shriner continued Wednesday to describe the incident as a "computer-triggered The 825-megawatt unit automatically shut down during the testing of one of the four "protection channels" in the control room that monitor operations inside the reactor. NRC's Clark said that the testing was routine but the "operator did something out of sequence." Until NRC's resident inspector has a chance to review the steps leading to the shutdown, Clark said that no action will be taken. But the inspector could recommend issuance of a citation for "failure to follow procedure." That decision won't be made for at least 30 days, Clark said.

"As to the comments of NRC, we understand they will look into this sort of thing, but I don't want to prematurely place blame until something more in the investigation is offered. "It would be unfair to comment at this time," Shriner said of Clark's claim of human error on the part of a Florida Power employee. "A far as we're concerned," Johnson said, "until we identify exactly what occurred we're not ready to comment The first job now is getting the plant back in operation. If human element was involved (in the shutdown) we hope that we learn from it" Though the 2:43 p.m. incident Tuesday, which left several thousand homes in Pinellas and Orange counties without power, is not considered serious, an NRC spokesman said that the agency could issue a citation for failure to follow procedure.

NRC SPOKESMAN Ken Clark said that Florida Power's earlier explanation of the incident as being a computer malfunction was basically correct But he said that NRC believes a technician triggered the computer to initiate the shutdown by failing to follow procedures during a routine safety check in the control room. "The company's explanation is right, but CRYSTAL RIVER Human error rather than a computer malfunction is being blamed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for Tuesday's shutdown of Florida Power's Crystal River III nuclear power plant. The St Petersburg-based utility won't argue with NRC's conclusion but isn't ready to assign blame to anyone until its own investigation of the incident is finished. The NRC said Wednesday that it has no information to indicate mechanical malfunction was involved..