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Story System MIAE by ALIPMAN Time 23:23:44 Date Stor 0Stor name INL PAGESLast text user ALIPMANB 2 BR Ke 1 23:23:43 by ALIPMAN by ALIPMAN by ALIPMAN by ALIPMAN CYANMAGENTAYELLOWBLACK CYAN )( YELLOW )( MAGENTA )( BLACK is my whole man say sof late wife DePASQUALE FROM 1B A muscular man, voice cracked with emotion as he discussedhis wife. His eyes welled with tears as he held a photo ofhis wife and daughter. He spoke of his wife in the present tense. is my whole Experts saypostpartum depression occurs in 10-30 percent of all new mothers, but very few of them are so affected that they hurt themselves or their Ilyene Barsky of the Center for Postpartum Adjustmentin Coral Springs. The DePasqualefamily moved in April to the rented brick home with white trim in Dania Beach.

The couple, who had lived in Big Bear, were stunt actors, having worked in such big-budget films as Con Air and Fai Game One of the biggest joys in life was the birth of Kylie on Nov. 7 at Palm BeachGardens Medical Center, not farfrom where family and children from a previous relationship lived. baby was the love of her said fellow stuntman and family friend Jay Amor of Alanna DePasquale, would show his children magic tricks during visits. talked to her last week and she said baby is awesome. She is beautiful.

She is our But outward appearances can be deceiving, Barskysaid. Although a mother may be glowing on the outside, she may be privately wrestling with depression. is an illness a lot of women will hide because they are embarrassed she said. Symptoms include cryingor bouts of anger inprivate. are told this is supposed to be the happiest time of their life.

Many of them feel DePasquale tookdaily walks with her baby, often clutching her close toher heart. The mother dazzled neighbors and friends with an electric smile and hugswith the girl never too far from her side, neighbors said. As chipper as DePasquale seemed, neighbors sensedshe may have been depressed about moving into a new neighborhood. always seemed likeshe wanted to get out of the said Cathy David, a neighbor. was an upbeat person, beautiful.

We are all wondering, did we miss something? You detect anything but you never About 2:30 p.m.Sunday, Alanna step- children, Dawn Valovich, and Peter DePasquale, left the Dania Beach house to go to the movies in Hollywood. John DePasquale left before the weekend to work on a commercial in Asheville, N.C. When they returned, they found Kylie in her white-and pink-clothes in the bathtuband her mother dead in her bedroom. Near her was a journal, Broward Office investigators said. They would not reveal its contents Monday or where the gun came from.

As John a shirt, returned to his home late Monday afternoon, hecol- lapsed into a lawn chair, hands over his face, and broke down. Friends comforted him as he began to enter the house. dealing with this and trying to pick up the pieces left in my he said. BRO WARD Boys accused in school gun case ordered detained Two Coral Springs boys arrested last week for allegedly taking guns to their middle school that were stolen from neighboring homes were transferred to a juvenile detention center in Fort Lauderdale over the weekend while the state office reviews their cases. Police said the boys went on a burglary andransacking spree at local houses Friday.

Along the way, police said, they stole two handguns, fired them and then took them to the campus of Forest Glen Middle School. No one was injured in the incident. However, the boys have been suspended, said Broward Schools Superintendent Frank Till. A Broward Circuit Court judge ordered the boys, an eighth-grader and a sixth-grader, detained in a weekend hearing. They can be held for a maximum of 21 days, said Assistant State Attorney Alex Urruela.

In a separate case, a 12- year-old charged with taking a loaded gun to Olsen Middle School on Thursday was released to his parents Friday. Formal charges in that case are expected today. ORT LA UDERD ALE County board seeks re vie of bias issues Fort Lauderdale has unaddressed discrimination issues that need examination, the Broward County Human Rights Board said Monday. It voted unanimously to ask county government to solicit federal help in reviewing the issue. The resolution asks the Broward County Commission to ask the United States Commission on Civil Rights to public hearings regarding alleged discriminatory employment by Fort Lauderdale city government.

The board also voted 6-3 to urge Broward CountyAdmin- istrator Roger Desjarlais to look into hiring an independent firm to audit the Broward County Human Rights Division SUNRISE Commission to vote on police contract Police officers in Sunrise will hear the final vote on their new three-year contract at City Commission meeting. The contract gives officers a 10 percent raise over the next three years and allows the police union to negotiate for a higher pension multiplier in 2003. The contract will be retroactive to Oct. 1, 2000. The commission will also take a final vote on an ordinance revising pension benefits for management and senior management bring them in line with the benefits provided to other employee according to a city document.

In other business, the city will discuss raising fees in the Planning and Development department. Fees would rise an average of 20 percent, city documents read. Current charges do not cover the spending, city documents say. The Sunrise City Commission meets at 6:30 p.m. today at Sunrise City Hall, 10770 W.

Oakland Park Blvd. HOLL YW OOD Lak es civic association meets tonight The Hollywood Lakes Section Civic Association will hold its general membership meeting at 7 p.m. today at the First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood, 1600 Hollywood Blvd. The meeting will include the annual legislative update with state Sen. Steve Geller, Rep.

Eleanor Sobel and Rep. Ken Gottlieb and an update on the proposed Single Room Occupancy facility, which would house rehabilitated homeless peoplein the neighborhood. For more information, call 954-923-1940. SUR VIVE THE DRIVE BSO to conduct 441 checkpoint Watch out for these traffic tie-ups around Broward: Broward deputies will conduct a traffic checkpoint inthe 5400 block of North State Road 441 in Tamarac from 9 tonight to midnight. Vehicles will also be inspected for defective safety equipment.

One lane remains closed in each direction on East Sunrise Boulevard over the Middle River between U.S. 1 and Bayview Drive near the Galleria Mall in Fort Lauderdale while bridge repairs are underway. Missin gw omanplanne ar ound-t e-w orldvoya ge WOMAN FROM 1B Stone said police are treating the disappearance as a missing-persons case with suspicious circumstances. Police cannot confirm account of the last sighting of Wood and her family is not buying it. Her 33-year-old son, Michael Tandarich, who flew from Akron, Ohio, for a press conference Monday at the Fort Lauderdale police his know who the two large males might be.

He wants to know wherehis mother is and why Paul isnot helping the family find her. fact that she would stay on dry land and not contact anyone by now is he said Monday. Stone said police want to talk to Paul, 62, whopolice convicted in 1987 of attempted first-degree murder and criminal conspiracy in St. Johns County, Fla. It was not known how much time he spent in prison.

Fort Lauderdale police spokesman Mike Reed said Paul, who was last reportedto be traveling in the Keys, was cooperating with detectives in May but is now missing. would like to know where he Reed said. Two years agoWood moved to south Florida from Akron, where she worked at a hospital, said her ex-husband, also named Michael Tandar- ich, who lives in Ohio. Her ex- boyfriend, Paul Kully of Akron, said she fell in love with sailing in Florida and began working at Lighthouse Point marina. knows people who are bigger than said Kully.

they go they are the center ofattention, uninhibited, gregarious, outgoing well, that was But Kully said Wood was also a trusting person. did not have any reason tosus- pect something, she wouldnot suspect he said. Wood met Paul, fell in love with him, and by December, had sold her condominium and car in preparation for afive- year trip around the world on boat, police said. The only questionis whether Wood left on her own or met with foul play. gut instinct tells me there is something very suspicious said added there was no suspectin the case because there is not yet a crime.

Between Decemberand February, credit cards were used to withdraw about $38,000 in cash, Stone said. In a three-month withdrawals were takenexclu- sively from automated teller machines, he said. Reedsaid the banks recycle ATM surveillance tapes after 60 days. family reported her missing at least that long after the last withdrawal, making positive identification of the possessor impossible, he said. As days turned into weeks, and phone calls wentunan- swered, silencegave her family little pause because there were accustomed to her life on the seas.

assumed she was out sailing with said Reed. ownsend etrial appears unlik ely CONFESSION FROM 1B another Miami woman, Wanda Virga, 44, and received concurrent life sentences. But Miami prosecutors have been looking at the convictionsagain because DNA evidence and tainted confessionshave caused Broward prosecutors to clear Townsend of four murders there. Last week, Broward Sheriff Ken Jenne personally apologized to Townsend. Ed Griffith, a spokesman for Miami-Dade StateAttorney Katherine confirmed prosecutorsmet with relatives todis- cuss the case.

Griffith said he could not divulge details of the meeting. In his meeting, Ferguson said Gilbert gave him information that led him to conclude that evidence against Townsend add Gilbert, he said, me there was stuff in theconfes- sion that was a Ferguson said Gilbert told him that Townsend called Dorothy Gibson and that he kept confusing what she was wearing. Gilbert told said Ferguson, Townsend get it right in his confession. He went back and forth from long pants to short pants. He have hername right Ferguson said he washesi- tant to accept the idea thatthe conviction of Townsendfor the murder of his sister, who died at 17, might be vacated.

But he said he was willing to go along with whatGilbert said. knows the details. He knows said Ferguson. Mr. Gilbert said try to see that Townsend get Several sources within the State Office, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said prosecutorsbelieve Townsend did kill Virga and raped another woman.

Miami-Dade prosecutors met recently with the detectives who took confession and saidtheir explanations supported the confessions they coaxed 22 years ago from Townsend. they said is based on information detectives who took the said HerbSmith, public defender. Prosecutors are willing to listen to proposals in which Townsend would be released from prison but notexoner- ated of the crimes. Gilbert met Mondaywith Smith and BarbaraHeyer, otherdefense attorney, to discuss thetwo Miami-Dade murders and a rape case to which Townsend confessed. Heyer and Smith are trying to get Townsend cleared of all charges.

2B The Herald TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 2001 BRO BROWARD CANDACE STAFF STUMPED SON: Michael Tandarich, the son of missing Colleen Wood, discussed his disappearance Monday at a press conference at Fort Lauderdale police headquarters. TRIP PLANNED: Missing Colleen Wood and friend John Paul planned a five-year trip aboard boat, the Island Girl. WHEN YOU CAN WATER LAWN WATERING Under five acres: Water two days a week, 4-8 a.m. (odd addresses Wednesday and Saturday; even addresses Thursday and Sunday). Hand watering with a hose during scheduled hours and 5-7 p.m.

daily except Friday. Over five acres: Same rules, but hours are midnight to 8 a.m. OTHER Pressure cleaning: Noncommercial use during irrigation days and hours only. Pools: Refilling allowed after repair or resurfacing. Car washing: 4-8 a.m.

watering days, 30-second daily rinses of salt spray from vehicles near coast. EXISTING LANDSCAPES Under five acres: Water twice a week, 4-8 a.m. (odd addresses Wednesday and Saturday; even addresses Thursday and Sunday). Hand watering with a hose allowed during scheduled irrigation hours and from 5 to 7 p.m. daily except Friday.

Over five acres: Same rules but longer hours, midnight to 8 a.m. NEWLY PLANTED LANDSCAPES Lots under five acres: 30 days or less, 4-8 a.m. daily except Friday. Lots over five acres: Same rules but 2-6 a.m. NURSERIES Inside watering: 8 a.m.

to 8 p.m. daily. Outside watering: 2-8 a.m. daily. Stress relief: 10 minutes per zone, one gallon or less, 11:30 a.m.

to 4 p.m. daily. Unrestricted hand watering. GROVES Overhead irrigation: 2 p.m. to 10 a.m.

daily. Stress relief: 10 minutes per zone, 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. AROUND BROWARD COUNTY.