The Bradenton Herald from Bradenton, Florida • 15

1 1 I Chicken dinner draws 4000 to help area firefighters ELLEN MOSES Herald Staff Writer Fire officials hope that team spirit will spread to the community where they will soon turn to solicit donations to help foot the estimated $434852 bill for a fire-training facility day's fund-raiser through donations of food and materials Bliss said "It would be nice to have this facility built in the next couple of years or said Cedar Hammock spokesman Dave Quaderer Limited budgets among all the departments sparked the idea to raise money through a community effort Quaderer said more than any one district can afford so we decided to spread the cost Quaderer said "All of our regular budgets are pretty well he said -1 1 Volunteers at the first chicken dinner served up more than 4000 plates -of food at St Bernard Catholic Church in Holmes Beach on Saturday raising an estimated $16000 for a fire-training facility 1 Firefighters and emergency technicians from around the county turned out to help the Cedar Hammock and Anna Maria departments man the barbecue "hot and demonstrate fire-safety and rescue techniques on the grounds near the church "We had about every company in the county represented out here today" said Anna Maria Fire Chief Glenn Bliss It was an all-day affair for firefighters and their families While some sweat over the barbecue pita others sweat over a car extraction demonstration ujng the "Jaws of to dismantle a car Fire officials hope that team spirit will spread to the community where they will soon turn to solicit donations to help foot the estimated $434852 bill for a fire-training facility 1 Area businesses helped defray the cost of Satur To B-3 FIRE i Robbers have 4 a taste for come -V- sattSpnndfest sThe weeklong festival concludes today i Jr KATE MURPHY Herald Staff Writer delivered pizzas in some pretty rough areas of Cortez It all comes down to intuition If you think something right go up to Christian Clements Imperial Pizza employee Juli Bbeglin found a handful of art everywhere she turned Saturday during the Manatee Springfest I Warts festiyaLj-jf She grabbed a brush and She dug her little fingers into clay She made and decorated a wreath 1-irTThe moat frinwasthe said Juli 7 of 'S104 62nd done said her mother Judy faTnurse at Memorial is family entertainment 'and not real 'expensive a perfect way to spend the day off1 Hundreds of people attended 'jArt League of Manatee County 209 Ninth St Uand the Springfest Art Show at Bradenton Munici-j pal Auditorium 100 lOtk'St Frank TaillieI 70'? and his -wife '-Marcia 66 '-ilawn-phairs fromutheirCarlton sat about 20 yards in front of 4: Arms home vVii With a gun held to his head Mark Marciano had only one thought didn't want to do anything said Marciano who worka at Domino's Pizza at 17th Avenue West and Ninth Street And even though he has been robbed at gunpoint twice in the last week Marciano about to give up not going to siud Marciano 20 who has worked at the pizza shop for two years woddnt help anything They win on Pizza delivery drivers and store personnel given police training course said Melisa Bolin 21 assistant manag-' er at atore cops drive by all the time and they come in for pizzas But they be here every she said Since the start of the year 1 there havt been at least seven robberies at pizza shops in Bradenton said Bradenton Police Detective Sgt Steve Abrams "The number has really picked up Abrams said He attribute 'the rise in rob- beries to the lure of cocaine "They just want money for another piece of Abrams said "If they get even $20 they can buy another While the city police have been busy with the robberies the Manatee County Office been hit the same way authorities said "We had much of a problem at said Dave Bristow spokesman for the sheriffs office great music Frank Taillie said' tapping his feet to the beat of Sweet Georgia i- Brown wish they had more publicity Iwould "-have liked to see 4 better iA block away at ihe auditorium Helen Robinson voT7134 Drive was browsing thrmigh A the displays offered for sale by 41 artists She liked she think this a-jeally r--J -u laid artwork is reasons be so for out' I just wanted to see the different ftyles mid talents but I might end up buying thing now that Lynne Fischer 28 of Key West got off to a fast' start by gelling three of her Colored pencil drawings If you think something right go Up to the -Clements said Sometimes that always work said Nancy Hunter manager of Pizza at 101 Fifth Ave Drive A few weeks ago one of the delivery men was on his way to an address that Hunter thought he might have a hard time finding "I called and said the delivery guy would be there in a'few Hunter said "They said OK" The man was beaten up by two men at the address were just: waiting for she said Abrams said drivers can take precautions to reduce the prospect of getting robbed "They can install alarms and keep the door Abrams said "They should screen their calls and have more than one (employee) in the Bolin said it also would help for customers to keep their porch lights on when ordered a pizza frustrating driving round and round frying to find an she said "But also its dan-gerous Even 1 though we don't have much money with us" for are not allowed to carry more than $20 in cash with them Bolin said The district supervisor for Pizza could not' be reached for comment on what plans the chain may implement at the area stores Marciano waa behind the counter Thursday night' when he GRANT JEF FERES Bradenton Herald To Ch 4 of Holmes Beach sits up to do his art work i A Slick shows put fugitives in the spotlight Some people are questioning whether all-out effort to catch at-large criminals is just exploitation if the means slick Hollywood-styla that recreate the Crimea in graphic detail? Mary Alice McAfee and- Jean Schappacher think so Unsolved Mysteries recently filmed a segment on the murder of Todd McAfee a 27-year-old tomato farm manager found shot to 'death in August 1987 on a road two miles from his Myakka City trailer Authorities believe McAfee might have stumbled onto a robbery in progress at his home His body was later moved Detectives enton Herald on March 13 he saw his face under heading of "Manatee Most Davis who was wanted on probation violation took offense to being included with local murder suspects He has filed a- $25 million lawsuit against the Manatee County Sheriffs Office for defamation of character Wanted felons the only people squinting under the new media spotlight on fugitives Media critics also are concerned that the sudden popularity of call-in tip shows opens the door to exploitation The question is: Do the ends putting dangerous criminals behind bars justify CHRIS DOWNEY Herald Staff Writer Other areas in the county including the island communities also had the same problems that have hit Bradenton authorities said 1 But employees at pizza shops in other areas of the county still think about what could happen delivered pizzas in some pretty rough areas of said Christian Clements 24 who works at Imperial Pizza on Cortes Road "It all comes down to intuition Alphonso Davie never thought he would join the ranks of the countlesa desperadoes who had their names and faces emblazoned on tattered posters across the Old West But when Davis 33 picked up The Brad ToB-6 WANTED PIZZA ToB-2 Bethune-Cookman offers opportunity at local level Four-masted 1 Spanish ship tostophere One of the world's largest ships will be here in celebration of the 450th anniversary of De landing GREGORY SPEARS Herald Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON One of the largest sailing ships the four-masted Juan Sebastian de Elcano will drop anchor off Eg-mont Key on April 27 and 28 to mark the 450th anniversary of Hernando de landing in Florida according to the Spanish embassy here 1 The iron hulled ship 371 feet long from bowsprit to stern! has sailed around the world six! times since it was launched in 1927 It is the training ship for hip 1 Toi3 night toward majors including business education! humanities science and mathematics and social sciences The classes are held at Manatee High and taught by teachers from Manatee and Sarasota counties you work all day then you can go at night and get the same hours you get as if you were on the said Louise Johnson a Bethune-Cookman alumna who coordinates the satellite program here "It gives students a chance to get a degree they get Johnson an English teacher for 42 years and a former member of the Manatee County School Board la a big believer in giving people a chance for education Her association with Bethune-Cookman College dates back to 1926 when she left Bradenton at age 14 to take high school courses offered by the Daytona Beach school Bethune-Cookman College is the result of a 1923 merger predominantly black college offers classes at seven satellite locations including one in Manatee County AUSON DAVIS Herald Stall Writer 1 Getting a college degree lent all that easy for anyone But for people with children or a frilltime job it can seem next to impossible especially if the school they want to attend is in another town Bethune-Cookman College a predominantly black school in Daytona Beach is trying to help some Florida residents get their degrees by removing the distance obstacle: The school is bringing classes to them During the past several years Bethune-Cookman has started seven satellite programs in Florida including one in Manatee County Since 1986 the Manatee County satellite has offered courses at GRANT JEFFERESBradsnton Hsrald Performers from "Bom to Act" put on their best whiskers and tails for the finale of Kittens on Saturday at the Riverfront Theater For Interested cat lovers the Kittens will be back on stage at 2pm today CLASSES ToB-2 i A.