The Miami Herald from Miami, Florida • 142

I AP A DEATHS 3BR STREETWISE 2BR SURVIVE THE DRIVE 2BR FOR YOUP INFORMATION 4BR gwy-pniii hi SECTION MONDAY JULY 101995 iLviniu She Herald For burials at sea inlet a popular spot RON ISHOY tune Society of Fort Lauderdale which performs 750 burials at sea each year like the idea of returning to Ahrens says the Hillsboro Inlet is becoming a popular spot for services large and small Some families choose to hold small private ceremonies there On a recent sunny afternoon Ed Foley III of Pompano Beach went to the inlet to scatter the ashes of his 75-year-old father Ed Foley Jr who died after a long bout with cancer is what he said Foley 47 loved the sea He always was a great swimmer His nickname was It was second burial at the beach When his grandmother Catherine By AILEEN DODD Herald Staff Writer It is a place where time stands still A place where there is no pain no stress Nothing but the tide crashing onto the beach the lighthouse peeking over the Hillsboro Inlet and the sun shimmering on water so clear you can see fish tug on a bait Here off the coast of the Hillsboro Inlet people often say their final goodbyes to family members who want a burial at sea The lighthouse that captivated them becomes the headstone that marks their eternal resting place people who lived in South Florida for years imagine being away from the said Hara Ahrens funeral director and manager of the Nep LIGHTHOUSE VIEW: Ed Foley III of Pompano Beach looks across the Hillsboro Inlet with his wife Karen and daughter Erin He later scattered the ashes of his father there PLEASE SEE ASHES 2BR A REALLY SPICY TALE Girl 5 drowns in pool accident a couple beats shy of a healthy heart In his free time these days Blockbuster Entertainment president Steve Berrard is playing a little more golf and tennis taking longer walks with his wife Pam and being a little more diligent about doing his aerobics In short trying to better manage the stress that comes with running a billion-dollar cor-Z3 ja poration Last ff Thanksgiving Berrard was on the treadmill undergoing a physical when his heart kicked into high gear his wife said Hospital tests showed that Berrard he had an accelerated heart rate could be caused by any number of things stress caffeine anything could bring it said Pam Berrard not serious just more of a For his part Steve 40 equates the malady with a migraine headache and notes he played several hours of tennis Thursday night And won nothing at all wrong with my health My heart rate gets accelerated We deal with it no big deal at His wife remains positive and philosophical: this has been a little wake-up call for all of us to realize that put on the earth to have a little fun while we work hard Had just arrived in Lauderdale By STEPHEN SMITH Herald Staff Writer They came to Broward in search of warmth and safety a mother and daughter so tightly bonded that when mother laughed daughter laughed and when daughter cried mother cried On Sunday Sheryl Butler cried alone A scant 24 hours after clambering off the afternoon Amtrak from New York Butler rocked back and forth figuring out how she could get her body home for a decent burial Aspirations of a new life in the Broward suburbs drowned with 5-year-old Brittany Hammond in a sparkling North Lauderdale pool Sunday even been here a damn said Butler 25 cradling a telephone that jangled with calls of sympathy were both enjoying it Brittany kept saying love it here I love it She told one of the other kids be here forever and ever and Mother and daughter moved their lives to an apartment in Landing 1150 Sussex Dr the kind of place where neighbors really do know each other where they look out for the family upstairs Butler was staying with her best friend Javonda Brown who had convinced her that North Lauderdale was a better place to bring up a little girl than Long Island NY too much shooting and stuff going on in New Butler said here I thought it was much All Sunday morning Brittany kept nagging about one thing: the pool The pool the pool the pool For a kid from New York the lapping blue water sf the L-shaped pool beckoned like an ice-cream shop a marvelous Photo by ALAN FREUND Herald Staff Bob Payton get enough of hot peppers He says they have he checks the goat horn peppers growing in his yard Payton and cured a number of his health problems including arthritis Here his wife Betty run the National Hot Pepper Association Fans fired up over power of peppers STILL HOPEFUL: By the way Pam Berrard says that Pier 66 the Melrose Place nighttime TV drama knock-off that producer Aaron Spelling hoped to produce in Fort Lauderdale is still kicking despite not getting picked up by ABC for the fall season talked to Aaron two weeks ago and he said princess something still may happen with The show is being shopped to other outlets or could get picked up in midseason Berrard an aspiring actress had a small part in the pilot episode which was shot here last spring Blockbuster owns production company SISTER CITY: Fort Lauderdale has picked up another Sister City La Romana Dominican Republic The mayor Miguel Ceijas will arrive here next week for a round of celebrations with local dignitaries So why La Romana population 150000? is the one time that getting a sister city made to said Lily Guzman de Garcia a local Sister Cities board member near us and you have local businessmen already doing business Fort other Sister Cities include Rimini Italy Gold Coast Australia Mugla Turkey and the always infamous Medellin Colombia ingredient that gives peppers their fire The heart problems his doctor warned him about five years ago? Never felt better or been more active he said he eats a lot of things he said his wife Betty who started the group with him three years ago It now has 800 members worldwide mainly pepper fans and a few pepper farmers Despite the promise National University Hospital researchers earlier this year found that capsaicin decreases gut irritation most people cringe at the thought of peppers pounding their tender innards said a Pembroke Pines gastroenterologist patients go near a hot said Dr Charles Gluck who treats people with ulcers and other gut problems are some people with ulcers as big as your head who can eat a whole pizza without a problem and others just look at a tomato and double Most of patients respond better to antibiotics than to acid-suppression therapy he said Doctors now know it is a By LINDA WIGGINS Herald Staff Writer Hot peppers getting hotter especially now that a study has concluded that a blast from a chili pepper can actually relieve an ulcer To people passionate about their peppers like Bob Payton who puts peppers on his English muffins at breakfast the medical wonders of fiery food are no revelation But now Payton has one more reason to persuade others to jump into the pepper patch Fort Lauderdale-based group the National Hot Pepper Association has even changed the name of its monthly pepper-product tastings from Tasty Treats to Tasty Health Treats Payton 62 has offered himself up as a guinea pig for the cause should tell people 80 so say those peppers really he said rolling up his sleeve to show the invisible cut where he smeared powdered peppers to prove they make wounds heal faster Arthritis? bother him since he upped his consumption of capsaicin the PLEASE SEE DROWNING 5BR The inside of a hot pepper grown by the Paytons in their Wilton Manors back yard PLEASE SEE PEPPERS 5BR MUSIC OH THE BEACH Group wants circle better not butchered UPDATE: You may recall the item here about Steve McMikle the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services official who felt the agency was discriminating against him because he was a Navy reservist and because he suffered from Gulf War-related post-traumatic stress syndrome As part of a series of cutbacks HRS eliminated job in Broward After our column the agency reassigned McMikle as administrative services director at a North Dade rehabilitation center It originally looked as if he would have had to work in South Dade despite his tendency to fall asleep late in the day McMikle is on his new job but has filed a formal complaint with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charging discrimination Local HRS officials had not seen the complaint and would not comment AND FINALLY Our congratulations to The community relations director Maria Bailey and her husband Tim They became proud parents Friday of Keenan Miller Bailey who weighed in at Plantation General at a hearty 8 pounds 10 ounces Some residents and business owners think Young Circle can be improved without destroying Joseph vision marking the way to reach US 1 New signs on US 1 and Hollywood Boulevard approaching the circle that will give drivers advance warning on lane assignments within the circle Repaving Harrison and Tyler streets behind the Publix supermarket which tie the circle into Hollywood Boulevard The signs and lane markings will cost about $50000 and are scheduled to be completed by the fall The repaving which will cost 1 60000 will be done in the fall or next spring so it interfere with the winter tourist By ELAINE WALKER Herald Staff Writer Think of Young Circle as the patient The ills are obvious to most who drive around the historic circle: It is dangerous and confusing Yet when it comes to finding a cure every doctor has a different prescription The Florida Department of Transportation and a majority on the City Commission say the circle needs a complete makeover The $52 million operation scheduled for 1998 is designed to realign the traffic flow and connect Young Circle ventive measures They hope this series of interim improvements approved by the DOT will reduce the pain They include: Painted messages on the pavement around Young Circle with arrows marking US 1 State Road 820 or Hollywood Boulevard and the beaches New signs within the circle Park with downtown But a vocal group of Lakes section residents to the east and downtown business owners to the west think rehabilitation and a few nips and tucks will achieve the same result without destroying developer Joseph original vision For the short term both sides tentatively agree on some pre PLEASE SEE YOUNG CIRCLE SBR -g mi ur'irrilii TfnrfTTi'Tf i I I I.