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THE MIAMI HERALD MiamiHerald.com SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 2006 SOUTH FLORIDA EXTRA THE ISLAND MUSE Art, music and water mix along Key West's harbor walk uff the magic dragon Angelo J. Kaltsos. To reserve beloved Key West, tempered tions beginning at 6 p.m. Sun- Un-American Apple Pie," Letty Nowak, best known lived by the Leonard sea. Lipton your Sands copy, of call Time: The 305-743-3297.

Art- by a introspection. summer of Regular travel and gallery the day. cinema Eaton will Street be in closed front of to trivia along with contest music, and an artist Oscar and for portraits her of "Faces of West Key West" Key notaPeter Yarrow ists' Gallery at Spirit Dance hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. traffic for a street party, live craftsman Geno Penopopli bles, will give a demonstration Key West's sixth annual Art Printing Monday through Saturday, music and special guest enter- speaking about his work.

For of oil painting at the Key West Open Air Art and Music Affair and Framing, noon to 5 p.m Sunday. The gal- tainers. Following the 7 p.m. more information, call Art Center, 301 Front St. on takes place today from 10 a.m.

91284 Over- lery's number is 305-296-2080. dedication, a live broadcast of 305-293-0555. Thursday following a short through sunset and beyond. seas Hwy. in Naked Boys Singing! is the Academy awards is sched- Dual openings: The Flor- meeting at 1 p.m.

The Key Attendees can view and pur- Tavernier, coming to Key West's Water- uled on anoutdoor cinema ida Keys Watercolor Society West Art Center's number is chase works by seasoned Keys presents its front Playhouse at 8:30 p.m. screen. The outdoor events opens its 24th annual judged 305-294-1241. artists and creative newcom- NANCY First Satur- Wednesday for a four-week are free and open to all movie exhibition featuring original "From Russia with ers in the historic seaport's BUTLER-ROSS day Art run of Tuesday through Satur- buffs. Tickets for the Oscar watercolors by 27 Keys artists Love," the Moscow Chamber harbor walk between Eliza- theislandmuse Event from 5 day shows.

The opening night Gala, which includes dinner, in the Main Gallery of the Orchestra's concert, takes beth and William streets. to 7 p.m. party immediately following drinks and inside seating for Marathon Community The- place at 8 p.m. Wednesday in Musical offerings at the today, show- the performance is sponsored the awards telecast, are avail- atre at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

the Coral Shores Performing Schooner Wharf Bar include casing "Now and Then," an by Abby Moore and catered by able at the Tropic Cinema. For The show is open from 10 a.m. Arts Center in Tavernier. The local and nationally known exhibit of land and seascapes Great Events. There will be an more information, to 5 p.m.

daily through event is presented by South musicians and bands. For reflecting changes taking additional 11 p.m. show on Fri- visit www.tropiccinema.com April 9. Florida Center for the Arts. more information call places in the Keys.

The gal- day. Tickets for opening night or phone 305-433-4183. The award-winning For ticket outlets and more 305-292-3302 or visit lery's phone number is are available at the box office, Red Carpet Ride: Sippin' musical Chicago will be on information, call South Florida www.home.earthlink.net/~ 305-852-4840. 305-294-5015. For locals' spe- Internet Cafe, 424 Eaton St.

in stage at Marathon Community Center for the Arts at artaffair. "Tiny Island" is the title of cials and show information Key West, invites you to join Theatre, mile marker 49.5 305-853-7070. The sound of silence: Kate Peachey's exhibit of new visit www.waterfrontplay in the Oscar night street festi- Overseas beginning Food For Thought, 5800 Over- work at the Stone Soup Gal- house.com. val and festivities from 6 to 10 Thursday evening. Perfor- Nancy Butler-Ross is a freeseas Hwy.

in Marathon hosts a lery, 519 Fleming St. in Key Hollywood Hoopla: The p.m. Sunday. A special menu mances are Thursday, Friday lance writer and book editor book signing today from West. The exhibit opens Sun- Key West Film Society hosts will feature items named 1 for and Saturday at 8 p.m.

through who lives in Key West. If you 10 a.m. to noon for the recently day with a reception from 5 to the dedication of its Tropic nominated best pictures. You April 8, with a 3 p.m. matinee would like your artistic event published Music You Will 8 p.m.

Peachey's canvasses Cinema at 416 Eaton St. and a can savor a Capote "In Red on March 26. Tickets are avail- listed, email her at theisland Never Hear, A Modern Greek and wood depict imaginary celebration of the 78th annual Blood Smoothie" and a slice of able at the box office or by Tragedy, by local author scenes and characters of her. Academy Awards presenta- "Good Night and Good Luck calling 305-743-0994. COURTS HALLANDALE BEACH HALLANDALE BEACI POLICE DEPARTMENT CANDACE HERALD STAFF ON TRIAL: Defendant Damion Foster listens to his attorney, Robert Barrar, during the second day of his trial in Fort Lauderdale.

for Alert jury Attack on tot laid out for Broward jury The mother of a 2-year-old who was abducted from his bedroom, raped and wrapped with duct tape two years ago testified in a Fort Lauderdale court. BY JERRY BERRIOS The mother of a toddler who was snatched from his bed, dragged through a broken window, raped and left naked near bushes described her anguish when deputies took her to her shaken son, whose head had been wrapped in duct tape. It was an emotional day of testimony as the trial of Damion Winston Foster continued Friday afternoon in Circuit Judge Martin J. Bidwill's courtroom at the Broward County Courthouse. Opening arguments were on Thursday.

On April 5, 2004, the boy's father discovered he was missing at about 4 a.m. The mother called police. Broward Sheriff's Office deputies found the boy, then 2 years old, near some shrubs blocks away from his home at about 4:30 a.m. "I kept asking if he was OK, and they wouldn't answer me," the boy's mother testified Friday. She asked if he was alive and deputies said he was.

She climbed into the ambulance with him. He was awake, but groggy. His lip was swollen and he had a bruise on his thigh. The duct tape wrapped around his head had been cut 5B WALTER HERALD STAFF REWARD: Colleen Avenaim and her husband, Maurice, discuss the $5,000 reward to two Wal-Mart employees for their help in finding the killer of Maurice's brother. The couple were at the Hallandale Beach Police Department.

store workers get for suspect's catch away from his face, like a mask with jagged edges, his mother said. "Honey, what are you doing outside?" the mother said she asked her child. "He said, 'Mommy, I'm The family is not being identified because of the nature of the crime. The child's mother identified the man she had seen hanging around her Pompano Beach apartment complex before the kidnapping, sitting across the courtroom from her. "The gentleman right there in the vest and the blue shirt," the woman said, pointing at Damion Foster.

Foster lived in an apartment about two blocks away from the family. Foster, 29, has pled not guilty to capital sexual battery on a child, kidnapping of a child under 13, burglary with battery and child abuse. If convicted on the sexual battery charge, he would spend the rest of his life in prison. Foster, an apprentice electrician, allegedly grabbed the child from his bed through a broken window in the firstfloor apartment on Northeast First Street, then assaulted him. The boy's then 3-yearold sister slept in the same room.

Attorneys expect the trial to continue through the end of next week. The trial resumes at 11 a.m. Monday. Miami Herald news partner CBS WFOR contributed to this report. money Two Wal-Mart workers received $6,500 for helping police nab a suspect in a triple murder.

BY NATALIE P. McNEAL Two Wal-Mart employees who helped police catch murder suspect Brian Bethell received a total reward of $6,500 for their efforts, said family members of one victim and Crime Stoppers officials. The brother and sister-inlaw of Albert Avenaim, the Aventura grandfather who was killed at a restaurant last month, had offered $10,000 through CrimeStoppers to anyone who gave information leading to a suspect. But during a news conference at the Hallandale Beach Police Department on Friday, the Avenaims said they decided to give a total of only $5,000 half what they had promised from their own funds because the tipsters called police instead of Crime Stoppers. "We want to give money and we feel grateful," said Colleen Avenaim of Parkland, the sister-in-law of Albert.

"We are giving not because we have to give." Crime Stoppers will reward the two Wal-Mart employees a total of $1,500. Crime Stoppers announced Friday it will give $1,000 to Allison Rodriguez, and $500 to Marilyn 1 King. Wal-Mart employee Rodriguez will receive $3,000 from the family, and $2,000 will go WALTER HERALD STAFF THE REASON: 'We want to give money and we feel grateful. We are giving not because we have to said Colleen Avenaim, the sister-in-law of Albert. It's less than the $10,000 the Colleen and Maurice Avenaim, right, originally promised.

MIAMIHERALD.COM: TO LISTEN TO INTERVIEWS WITH RELATIVES OF ONE OF THE VICTIMS AND TO WATCH CBS4 VIDEO OF WAL-MART EMPLOYEES WHO LED POLICE TO THE KILLER AND WERE GIVEN A REWARD, CLICK ON TODAY'S EXTRAS. to her King. Samaritans. "It's false adverAvenaim handed the tisement and unfair." Wal-Mart employees the But Avenaim said that she money and thank-you cards in will use the $5,000 left over for an envelope at the Hallandale a memorial fund in her brothBeach police station. er-in-law's name.

Some people wondered "The other $5,000 will go to why the family still didn't give charities that Albert believed the initial $10,000 offered, in," Avenaim said. "If we despite the CrimeStoppers wanted to keep the whole technicality. $10,000, we could." "The first reaction is to call The Wal-Mart employees 911," said Jayson Richardson, a declined to be interviewed. cashier who works at the Police have identified Wal-Mart with the good Rodriguez and King as the employees who helped 1 lead them to Bethell, a 40-year-old Margate ex-con who police say confessed to murdering three men and used his victims' credit cards to go on shopping sprees at the discount chain. The Friday Bethell was nabbed, Rodriguez saw him at the register checking out.

Rodriguez called law enforcement. King, who called 911, walked out to Bethell's car and 1 got his tag number. Florida Department of Law Enforcement and police officers tracked the license plate to Bethell's home in Margate, where they took Bethell and his girlfriend into custody,.