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Monday, August 31, 1987 2-NS The Tampa Tribune I1 Vft I i i pit; IM A ML Law is order of the day By MIKE MAHAN Tribune Staff Writer PLANT CITY There were police and highway patrol cruisers along with county Emergency Medical Service and Florida National Guard ambulances. A Sheriff's Office chopper and fire engines from the Plant City Fire Department stood nearby. Officers from the Plant City and Tampa police departments, Florida Highway Patrol, Hillsborough County Sheriffs Office and the U.S. Customs Service were on the scene. Civilians milled about the uniformed men and women.

But no one ordered the crowd to disperse or to stay behind police lines. On the contrary men, women and children were encouraged to approach the officers and their vehicles, and "climb on in" if they wished. Welcome to the Plant City Police Department's Emergency Services Showcase. "Every year we do an open house," said Troy Surrency, chief of Plant City's police department. "This year we decided to invite other agencies to participate.

We want folks to come in and see where their tax dollars are going. We consider ourselves the caretakers of the equipment, but they're the ones that pay for it." And come they did. Approximately 600 people braved the over-90-degree heat to inspect various vehicles and displays and to chat with representatives of law enforcement agencies at the Plant City station house between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday.

Among the visitors were Carol Dorsett and her three daughters, Urshela, Carlotta and Millicent, ages 6, 5, and 4, respectively. After watching a movie that teaches children to be wary of strangers, Urshela said she had learned "not to talk to strangers or ride with them, and that police are my friends." Officer Bill McDaniel of the Plant City police crime prevention unit would have Truck lovers get thrills at fairgrounds By JEFF HERMAN Tribune Staff Writer TAMPA Behind the wheel of a giant semitrailer and sitting about five feet off the ground, 8-year-olds Duffy McKenna and Chris Signor looked like dwarfs. Sitting in the big truck's cab was a thrill for the two Largo boys, both wearing yellow Cub Scout T-shirts. The truck, a new, blue Peterbilt, was one of several semitrailers, delivery trucks and small trucks displayed at a Truck-A-Rama Sunday at the Florida State Fairgrounds. The three-day Truck-A-Rama wound down Sunday with people stopping to look at trucks large and small, and displays featuring citizen's band radio equipments, a Florida Highway Patrol cruiser and at least one booth touting a truck-stop restaurant.

Duffy McKenna said the big truck made him feel much smaller and the truck larger-than-life. "It looks like more than it should be much more," the younger McKenna said. "I wish I could have it." "You know the kids love the four by fours and big trucks and all that," said Duffy's dad, Bob McKenna. "We're just making a day of it," he said, as Duffy flipped through a brochure with a picture of a big, blue Peterbilt. A new Peterbilt like the one the two boys pretended to drive, probably would sell for $210,000 or more, said Randell Odom, a used truck salesman for Hunt Truck Sales.

The truck, in the lingo of the drivers, is called a long-nosed walk-in. The truck's engine is in front of the cab and it has a larger sleeping area. Odom said the truck is designed for the driver's comfort and to get the driver and his load to their destination fast. Other trucks at the show included fleet-type trucks that have the cabs over the engines and are designed for fuel efficiency. A new over-the-cab truck might sell for $65,000, Odom said.

Trucks built to cater to the driver appeal more to independent drivers who are on the road and in their trucks almost all the time. "They're the last of the American cowboys. That's what the owneroperator are in my opinion," Odom said. "They're a different breed." Tribune photograph by RON THOMPSON from her mother, Diane Surrency, at the police depart- Plant City Police Detective Bobby Miller fingerprints 2 year-old Lindsay Surrency with some encouragement ment's open house Saturday the publics use. He said he only wishes "I want Andy to know that the police people would take more advantage of are there to go to for help when you need them.

them. I don't want him to be afraid of the Paula Wiles, a Plant City native and a police," she said. Health and Rehabilitative Services social been delighted to hear Urshela's comment. "Our department would like to establish positive relations with the entire community," he said. "I'm available to speak to any group, civic organization, church membership or just about anyone who has worker, and her 5-year-old son Andy took Wiles also had Andy fingerprinted an interest in law enforcement or crime prevention." McDaniel said that his department has a lot of resources like movies, displays and pamphlets that are readily available for advantage of the showcase.

while they attended the display. He was "As a social worker, I hear a lot of one of over 150 children who participated parents tell their children Til get a police- in a program run by Plant City police man after Wiles said to Eugene which calls for a complete set of prints to Ferlita, a Florida Highway patrolman. be taken. Hillsborough Briefs Sponsors sought to help mark Constitution's bicentennial Tribune Staff luna. "The suspect had his left hand in a paper bag and he told the attendant he had a gun." After the attendant handed the suspect the money, he fled northbound on foot.

Deputies are looking for a white male, age 20-25, 5-foot-9, 140 pounds, with medium-length, straight black hair. The suspect was wearing a gold and red bandanna over his face, no shirt and black denim jeans. Disturbances at Chances TAMPA In two separate incidents during the weekend at Chances nightclub, a teen-ager was arrested during a fray and a security guard was injured With pool cue. At 12:50 a.m. Sunday, a 20-year-old security guard at the nightclub, 3706 Waters was attacked by eight teen-agers during a disturbance, according to Hillsborough County sheriff's Sgt.

Andrew Deluna. One of the suspects, approximately 18 years old, struck the victim twice on the side of the head with a cue stick, Deluna said. No arrests were made, and the incident is still under investigation, said Deluna. During a fight involving a group of teen-agers in the parking lot of the club at 1:05 a.m. Sunday, an 18-year-old Tampa teen-ager was charged with fighting and resisting arrest with violence, Deluna said.

According to Deluna, the teen-ager was involved in "a large fight," but a police report did not give the number of people who were fighting. By MARY ELLEN MURPHY Tribune Staff Writer TAMPA Education, not commemorative hats and ashtrays, will be the key to the 200th anniversary celebration of the U.S. Constitution in Tampa. But members of the Hillsborough County Communities United States Constitution Bicentennial Commission said at a planning meeting Thursday that local business sponsors are needed to make their educational effort a success. The commission will coordinate bicentennial educational efforts and act as a clearinghouse for national bicentennial material.

Kicking off the five-year celebration of the ratification of the Constitution will be a Constitution writing contest for seniors in local high schools, said Dale Swope, commission head. "We need seven more sponsors willing to provide $1,500 in one-time scholarship awards for first- and second-place winners," Swope told the commission. Six have already been recruited, he said. Commission members said it has been hard to interest the business community in backing the bicentennial because it follows the recent city birthday celebration so closely. Swope explained the contest is in keeping with the national effort to keep "glitz" to a minimum and concentrate on education during the first year of the celebration.

The contest will give committees of 13 appointed senior delegates at each school a chance to think about the document, contest director Cathie Zoller told the commission. The delegates will write a constitution for a hypothetical new world paralleling the one America's founding fathers had to govern, Zoller explained. "Instead of memorizing, the delegates are going to have to think about what balancing power means and the obligations that come with rights," she said. Delegates will represent a cross section of each senior class and be chosen by the faculty. They will be announced at school assemblies on Sept.

17, the day the first draft of the Constitution was completed, Swope said. "It took five years to ratify and amend the Constitution. Sept. 17 is not the anniversary it is the beginning of a five-year continuing commemoration," said Swope. For the public, the commission decided to work on a Franklin Street Mall event to be held at noon Sept.

17. There will also be an effort to join with other communities across the country and ring church bells for 200 seconds at 4 p.m. that day. Part of the kickoff will be a group ceremony to swear in new U.S. citizens sponsored Sept.

16 by the Hillsborough County Federal Bar Association. Woman arrested at Uptown Girls TAMPA A female customer was charged with battery after slugging the manager of Uptown Girls Lounge Saturday morning in front of a sheriff's deputy. The manager had tried to eject Bonnie Kim Wim-pee, 25, from the lounge around 1:30 a.m. for causing a disturbance, said Sgt. T.D.

Brown. Uptown Girls Lounge is located at 8904 W. Hillsborough Avenue, near Memorial Highway. When a Hillsborough Sheriff's Office deputy arrived at the lounge, Brown said Wimpee was yelling and cursing at the manager, Charles Phillip Bailey, 24, of Tampa. Bailey already had one cut on his chin after being hit earlier, Brown said.

But Wimpee hit him in the face again while the deputy was trying to figure out what the problem was. Wimpee, of 4723 New Village Drive, was charged with battery and disorderly conduct. She posted a cash bond of $1,000 later Saturday in order to be released from Hillsborough County Jail. Gas station robbed TAMPA A gas station attendant was robbed at gunpoint early Sunday morning. The incident occurred at 6:30 a.m.

at the Amoco service station, 15002 N. Florida Ave. at Bearss Avenue, according to Hillsborough County sheriff's Sgt. Andrew Deluna. A white male entered the gas station and threatened "to blow away" the attendant if she did not hand over money from the cash register, said De Obituaries BARRY WHITE, infant, of Riverview, died Friday, cause of death unvailable.

He is survived by his parents, Chris and Christie of Riverview; paternal grandparents, Frederick and Nancy of Port Townsend, maternal grandparents, Forrest and Dora McHargue of Gibson-ton; and paternal great-grandparents, Charles and Freda Swift of Salem, N.Y. Stowers Funeral Home, Riverview. Newspapers, with a single issue, will reach two-thirds of all the people who will buy your advertised merchandise during the year. coming from New Jersey. She was a housewife and a member of Congregation Rodeph and Rodeph Sholom Sisterhood.

She is survived by one son, Jim Klein of Tampa; one brother, Carl Greenblatt of New Jersey; four grandchildren and one greatgrandchild. Beth David Chapel, Jewish Funeral Directors of Tampa. WILLIAM FENETY, 69, of Tampa, died Saturday. A native of Canada, he had been a resident of the Tampa Bay area for five years. He was a Royal Canadian Air Force veteran of World War II and is survived by his wife, Lucile; two daughters, Shirley Letizic of Tampa and Judith of Georgia; and two brothers, Linden of Louisiana and Jack of Canada.

Jennings Funeral Home. MOHMEDGOUS GUNDKALLI, 49, of Tampa, died Thursday of natural causes. A native of India, he had been a resident of the Tampa Bay area for nine years, coming from England. He was a structural engineer for H.M. Long and Associates Engineering Company, a member of Islamic Society of Tampa Bay, and of American Society of Structural Engineers.

He is survived by his wife, Hajeran; one son, Ram-iz of Tampa; one daughter, Nazneen of Tampa; his parents, Akbar and Kahatoon of India; three brothers and four sisters. Duval Funeral Homes, Nebraska Chapel. EDUARDO LOPEZ-MIRANDA, 79, of Tampa, died Sunday. A native 4 of Havana, Cuba, he had been a resident of the Tampa Bay area since 1964, coming from Cuba. He was of the Catholic faith and is survived by his wife, Olga Lopez; one son, Hiram of Washington, D.C.; two daughters, Gladys Levy of Tampa and Rebecca Menendez of Madrid, Spain; two brothers, Carlos Miranda and Alfonso Miranda, both of Miami; 13 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

A.P. Boza Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel. PAUL NORDLUND, 38, of Tam pa, died Friday of natural causes. A native of Minneapolis, he had been a resident of the Tampa Bay area since 1972, coming from St. Petersburg.

He was a computer operator for the National Guard, member oi Cathedral of St. Jude the Apostle, and a member of the National Guard Reserve. He is survived by his parents, Lloyd and Cecilia of St. Petersburg; five sisters, Kathy McCall of Fort Ord, Mary Kil-ey of Bartlett, 111., and Susan Rada-baugh, Janet and Beth, all of St. Petersburg.

Robert D. Easter Funeral Home, Gulfport. GOLDEN PATTERSON, 86, of Tampa, died Saturday. A native of North, S.C., she had been a resident of the Tampa Bay area most of her life. She was a grocer and a member of Hillsdale Baptist Church.

She is survived by two sisters, Ivory Eb-ner and Treasure Pearson, both of St. Petersburg; two grandchildren 1 and four great-grandchildren. F.T. Blount Co. Funeral Home, Tampa Chapel.

PAULINE "LIGON" PIPPIN, 79, of Belair Beach, died Friday. A native of Tennessee, she was a member of Anona United Methodist Church of Largo where she taught Sunday School for many years. She is survived by two sons, Earl Jr. of Tampa and Donald of New York City; one daughter, Peggy Greene of St. Louis; one brother, Robert Ligon of Pensacola; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Hubbell Funeral Home, Belair Bluffs. KATHLEEN ROSS, 53, of Tampa, died Saturday of natural causes. A native of Tampa, she had been a resident of the Tampa Bay area for eight years. She was a nurse's aide and is survived by one son, Michael of Atlanta; four daughters, Carol Sierra and Bonnie, both of Tampa, Mary Starbuck of Brea, and Becky Chavez of Fort Worth, Texas; her mother, Clara Lundgren of Tampa; three brothers, Jesse Murphy and Charles Davis, both of Atlanta, and Arthur Davis of Tampa; and nine grandchildren. Marsicano Funeral Home.

HARRY SILVERSTONE, 64, of Tampa, died Saturday. A native of England, he had been a resident of the Tampa Bay area for 10 years, coming from Virginia. He was a retired furniture salesman and is survived by his wife, Vera; two sons, Russell of Port Richie and Michael of Maryland; one daughter, Valerie Viente of Coral Springs; three brothers, Jack of Maryland, Stanley of New York, and Simon of England; two sisters, Esther Kenney and Beatrice Shapira, both of Canada; and four grandchildren. Beth David Chapel, Jewish Funeral Directors of Tampa. RUTH SMITH, infant, of Tampa, died Wednesday of natural causes.

A native of Tampa, she is survived by her mother, Dena of Tampa; her father, Nathaniel Thacker of Tampa; her maternal grandfather, Donald of Tampa; her paternal grandfather, Nathaniel Thacker of Tampa; and her paternal grandmother, Barbara Thacker of Tampa. Garden of Memories-Myrtle Hill Funeral Home. GERTRUDE WELLS, 56, of Largo, formerly of Tampa, died Saturday. A native of Jersey City, N.J., she was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Largo.

She is survived by her husband, Arthur; two sons, Arthur of Ringwood Manor, N.J., and Robert of Port Charlotte; three daughters, Kathleen Meyer of Hillsdale, N.J., Karen Schmidt and Kerry both of Largo; two brothers, Harold Borer of New Jersey and Richard of Long Island, N.Y.; two sisters, Marlyn Matthews and Virginia DeStefano, both of New Jersey; and six grandchildren. Hubbell Funeral Home, Belair Bluffs. i CHRISTINE CAMPBELL, 87, of Tampa, died Saturday. A native of Seymour, she had been a resident of the Tampa Bay area for 21 years. She was a member of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church of Tampa and is survived by four nephews, including William Schaub of Tampa, and one neice.

Curry Son Funeral Home. THELMA CURRY, 83, of Du- rant, died Saturday. A native of Miami, she had been a resident of the Tampa Bay area since 1945. She was a member of Pleasant Grove Assembly of God and is survived by three cousins, Albert Padgett of Fel-: da, and Dolores Pugh and Lulu Gibson, both of Marianna. Memorial Funeral Home, Plant City.

DORIS DeLOACH, 67, of River-view, died Friday. A native of Cot- tonwood, she had been a resident of the Tampa Bay area for years. She was a housewife and of the Baptist faith. She is survived by three daughters, Brenda Hernandez, Annette Sanders, and Stephanie, all of Riverview; two sis- ters, Lois Ralls of Arcadia and Lou-'ise Walston of Wachula; and five grandchildren. Hamilton Funeral Home, Riverview.

ANNA DENHOLTZ, 80, of Tarn-! pa, died Saturday. A native of Newark, N.J., she had been a resident of the Tampa Bay area for 41 years, Ir jissID BE lie MP.