Tampa Bay Times from St. Petersburg, Florida • 81

ST. PETERSBURG TIMES MARCH 13, 1983 17 ml section Ht ON TELEVISION nnni umi 1 1Kb wie i Vi 'lSf if irn i m. I 1 jPffr Mi it 5y Are you sure Cronkite started out this way? TAMPA The Channel 28 news department comes to work when Fred Flintstone knocks off, about 4 o'clock. Through big glass doors it marches, past the reception desk, down the hall to the giant happy mouse rescued from the cat on the billboard, then right, then left, and left again through the door into the Channel 28 news headquarters, and its desk. The news department is looking good today.

Smart skirt, turtleneck, blazer. But it is a little concerned about its hair. "I GOT IT CUT yesterday and everything's still sticking out And if you don't watch out, people will be distracted by that, not listen to what you're saying." Newswatch 8 has a news staff of 57, soon to be 60. When last heard from, Channel 10 employed 50 for news. Channel 13 has about 45, and independent Channel 44 uses 17 fulltimers to prepare Eyewitness News.

The Channel 28 news department is Andrea McDaniel. "This is my first time in TV news and here I am in charge of the whole thing," she says brightly. "Whenever I can grab a camera I try to cover something." So far, the Channel 28 news department has covered the Gasparilla Parade and the news conference where the FBI announced its arrest of three Hillsborough County Commissioners for bribery. There is talk of getting something on it St. Pataraburg Timn FRED VICTORIN Life can be lonely in the newsroom Andrea McDaniel sits at the VVfTS-TV news desk.

breaks and a WFTS crew is not busy filming a commercial, the news department can grab the crew. "Sandy doesn't care." Otherwise, McDaniel is on her own. It can be a challenge when your day starts at 4 p.m. Offices are closing. Sources the Strawberry Festival.

That's coverage in the visual sense, with camera. As a matter of course, McDaniel has no crews or reporters at her disposal "Sandy (Wheeler, general manager) calls me his news director; he says I can direct myself' but if news are going home to dinner. "So unless there's something like the elections, there's nothing to do but watch the wires and make the rounds with the phone," she says. WFTS built its newscasts to fit its news staff. Six times See NEWS, 4-E healthy trnueler V4', Proper precautions are the key to a healthy trip i By KARL NEUMANN M.D.

Spaclal to tha St. Patar aburfl Tknaa Good news for overseas travelers. Your chances of remaining healthy are better than ever. In northern Europe, Japan, Israel, Australia and New land you need only observe the same common sense precautions you would observe on a weekend trip near home. And in the rest of the world sanitation and health conditions are steadily improving.

Most of the diseases associated with travel are not understood and, as a result, simple measures will greatly minimize your chances of becoming ill. But staying healthy is up to you. No one will do it for you. Fewer and fewer countries require immunizations as a condition of entry. Some of the vaccines recommended are of questionable value and the most helpful methods of staying healthy are not required at all.

MEDICATIONS TO TAKE ALONG. Review all the illnesses large and small that you have had in the last few years. Which conditions are likely to recur? What medications would you need? Also, try to recall illnesses on previous trips similar to the one you are planning. If you take medications regularly, make sure you have a sufficient supply to last for your trip and some extra in case you stay longer or are delayed in your return. Know both the generic and trade name of the substance, the manufacturer and the exact dosage.

This is important if your medication breaks, spoils or is lost. Always carry medications in your hand luggage. Pack and label all medication carefully. Ask your pharmacist for a secure plastic container to avoid spillage. Also, ask your pharmacist or physician if your medication is compatible with the trip that you are going on.

For example, certain antibiotics and some medications for high blood pressure in-, See HEALTH, 9-E Daborah Williams Sunset in front of the Hotel Bonaire signals the end of another day of diving. Bonaire's beauty lies below the surface By DEBORAH WILLIAMS Spaclal to tha St. Pataraburg Timai We were 50 feet below gliding through a technicolor jungle of corals, exploring canyons and caves, stopping to feed friendly sergeant major and angel fish. who dive every weekend at home near Boston and a father and son team on their annual diving vacation. Dive travel is an ever growing business.

Scuba divers will travel just about anywhere that promises clear waters and exotic flora and fauna. But dive vacations can be easily spoiled because of bad weather, malfunctioning equipment or nonfunctioning dive guides. IT IS ALMOST SAFE to say that none of these misfortunes will befall the visitor to the island of Bonaire, just off the coast of The water was calm, warm and we could see 100 feet below. The diving conditions were perfect for the avid underwater photographers in our midst a 73-year-old lawyer making his second dive, two veteran divers If you take medications regularly, make sure you have a sufficient supply to last for your trip and some extra in case you stay longer or are delayed in your return. Venezuela, about two and a half flying hours from Miami.

Captain Don Stewart first put Bonaire on the vacation map when he arrived on the island 20 years ago and discovered the beauty under the sea that surrounds it He now presides over an informal cottage resort called Habitat. It was Stewart who charted much of the underwater terrain. More than 50 sites are now marked offshore. Those that must be reached by boat have permanent moorings so anchors will not harm the delicate corals. Great diving is practically guaranteed 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

The entire island of Bonaire is a coral reef and on the leeward side there is the uninhabited island of Klein Bonaire which provides additional dive spots. Unlike most other dive island resorts where divers must depend on a dive boat to reach dive spots, a diver need only step off from shore to see the world under the sea. The reef drop-off usually begins 15 to 20 feet from shore. DIVE BOATS generally make two trips a day in the morning and afternoon but no one is tied into a rigid boat schedule. The ease of diving makes Bonaire an ideal spot for an introduction to the fantastic and surrea- See BONAIRE, 10-E Spanish hog fish shows its colors on a Bonaire reef.

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