The Bradenton Herald from Bradenton, Florida • 13

S'l Bradenton Herald i I i 0 Monday October 17 1994 Quality tfrno i geography Manatee County residents pay nearly twice as much as Tampa but three times less than Sarasota County i Mistakes make reading the paper more fun than TV Our folk in the classified department are among the best in the business They invariably are polite efficient and accurate Few mistake get by them However as they say things do happen it tors when they So it was a surprise to readers when they found an Staff and wire reports How much you pay for water depends a great deal on where you live At $450 for 4000 gallons the average amount consumed monthly by one person Tampa's water is some of the least costly in the country rate of is just 81 cents higher than which was lowest in a recent survey of 129 cities conducted by the New York accounting firm Ernst ft Young Across Tampa Bay Manatee County residents pay nearly twice as much as Tampa Still Manatee rate is almost half of what Palmetto residents pay Manatee County charges $813 for 4000 gallons of residential water Bradenton charges $1235 and Palmetto charges $1575 Sarasota water is even nuns expensive than And at $2134 for 4000 gallons almost three times more expensive than Manatee County water It could be worse In Scranton Pa water costs $2593 for 4000 gaL Ions because the dty is paying for a $190 million wate? treatment complex There are other reasons for price differences Manatee County sells water to Palmetto and Sarasota County which boosts those cost be cause Manatee adds the cost of piping it and maintaining the distribution systems "If we had our own wells be cheaper" said Linda Steams Palmetto dty clerk Key West residents pay $2272 for 4000 gallons because the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority pipes it 130 miles from Florida City on the mainland Generally drinking water is cheap where plentiful and expensive where scarce Chicago residents dont have to worry about high prices or rationing because they live by a huge natural Lake Michigan ALANDERSONBradantonHaraM WWe Mae Mays left and Bridgette Murphy center regulars at The Senior Place get help recently from volunteer Susan Conaolver during a game of Pokeno a bingo game played with playing cards Day care for seniors carves niche Women most often benefit from the service because they usually are the primary care-giver for older relatives in the Pets column last week that was clearly misplaced And several of them called me about it What they saw sandwiched between an ad for ENGLISH MASTIFF PUPPY" and $10" was one of those Personal Connections items The ad said: white female 69 yrs 69" 135 lbs golden red hair jpeen eyes I am tall and slender and prefer a man of the same Jbody type etc etc As an employee of the paper I would like to apologise for the Band hope the person who the ad in good faith isn't Sometimes it's things like this that make newspapers fun to read unlike watching television I I remember something that happened once at the Dayton paily Neum in Ohio when I was doing time there The paper had a standing head for errors that heeded correction The headline over these errors always read: Our Mistake But one Saturday afternoon the ead was inadvertently placed over the column that listed the day's births The final edition of the paper pas rolling when I heard the managing editor yell something unintelligible and rush upstairs to the composing room He was of course very upset But most everybody else on the paper and just about all the readers took it in stride perhaps with a chuckle or two The parents of the infants However may not have been amused But they did get a free listing the next day under the column headed From You cant throw a paper together with thousands of words hi it without something like this happening sometime somewhere 1 The New York Poet once ran a baseball story that spoke of hit Sadly there was no space placed between the and the as was required if the sentence was to read correctly I also was on The Middletown Timet-Herald which ran a head- line over a wedding saying: in Newburgh Cemetery" instead of ceremony i Kent'Chetlain said the Braden-ton Herald once had a story that was shocking enough to cause people being sent out to get the papers off the racks One retriever snatched a paper from the hands of a woman ina drugstore and handed her a dime- WATER To Page 3 STACEY DELO a a tHmtt Mtf MM SWT WnWr have become known as the 'sandwich They have the responsibility of their own children plus caring for an elderly Barnard said a career juggling their own household and taking care of an elderly person as Samoset Senior Place makes working possible for Vicky and Ken Follower 35 and 36 respectively who care for and support wheelchair-bound mother "If we have day care my mother would be in a -Medicaid-supported facility" Vicky Follower said SENIOR To Page 3 1972 provides day care for seniors while their families work or simply take a day of rest From 9 am until 2 pm Samoset Senior Place 2703 19th St Court offers a variety of activities including guest speakers group discussions games and exercises It also offers a chance to socialise with peers As with day care for children women moat often benefit from day care for the elderly because they also are usually the primary care-giver for older relatives Cathy Barnard executive director of the Manatee Council on Aging said in past 30 years more women have entered the work force and many have continued working into their 60s DIAMOl through 1 i DIAMONDS!" gh echoes the room ingo time and the tables are filled at Samoset Senior Place The day is almost over and the clients are finishing their last game before boarding the bus to go home Most of the people will be back the next dvr Samoset Senior Place open since 6 injured in crash on 1-75 Southbound traffic was stopped at the Mendoza Road overpass for an hour to allow medical helicopters to land KIM ATAMIAN HaraM Staff Writer Beach cafe owner seeks alcohol OK TONY ATTRINO HaraM Staff Writer lose tons of business because people cannot have a glass of wine or a Dee Perdfield co-owner of Cafe on the Beach Rescue workers flew four people to Tampa Bay area hospitals and rushed two others to a local hospital after a collision on Interstate 75 hi Manatee County Sunday afternoon authorities reported North River firefighters stopped traffic in the southbound lanes at the Mendoza Road overpass from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm to allow three emergency medical helicopters and the television crew from RESCUE 911 to land on the interstate Florida Highway Patrol troopers said Dace Arajs Norbergs 32 of St Petersburg was northbound on the interstate and lost control of the car after trying to change lanes at the same time as another car car spun around slid sideways across the median and rolled backward into the southbound lanes in front of a car driven by Bryan David Magiera 33 of Port Charlotte HOLMES BEACH Beer and wine could soon become another menu choice in the restaurant at Manatee County PublicBeach Dee Perdfield co-owner of Cafe on the Beach said she will seek permission from the Holmes Beech City Council and Manatee County Commission to serve alcoholic beverages lose tons of business because people cannot have a glass of wine or a Perdfield said recently Alcohol consumption on the beach which falls within rity limits currently violates dty and county laws The county Holmes Beach Coundlwoman Carol "Renard Whitmore is concerned about serving alcohol in a atmosphere a lot of kids who work behind the counter who are Whitmore said "I have mixed feelings about it realty a family-oriented also owns the concession and leases it to Perdfield Perdfield said her patrons will be required to order a meal before purchasing beer or wine Patrons will be prohibited from walking onto the beach with drinks proposal already is getting mixed reviews from the dts elected officials tourists and residents To Page 2 CRASH To Page 3 USE Challenger: McKay away from committee meetings Eloctlon Neighbors deputies seek men In abduction off 3-year-old boy East Bradenton neighbors and Manatee County sheriffs deputies are seeking two men who abducted a 8-year-old boy and then re-' leased him five minutes later near his home authorities reported Details Page 8 Wadding day brawl A wedding reception turned into a free-for-all Saturday night when a group of relatives began fighting another group at the Manatee Conven-j tion Center Palmetto police reported Three i men were arrested Details Page 3 Gunfire autos startle residents 1 Canal Road residents called the Manatee i County Sheriffs Office after seeing two cars race down the road and hearing gun shots about pm Saturday night Deputies are still searching for the drivers Details Page 8 Sen John McKay said he missed the meetings because Senate leaders wanted him working on compromises with the House on major bills DAVID cox HaraM Capital Bureau TALLAHASSEE The challenger in the state Senate race for Manatee County is wondering whether incumbent John McKay tuns into a Halloween ghost when it comes time to show up at legislative committee meetings In four erf the six Senate committees McKay served on the last two years he often has missed more than half the voice votes taken on bills and amendments that flowed through those panels Hertig charged last week "I think it would have been realty important for him to show up ft it those committee votes full Hertig said say that isn't real adequate he said McKay readied in Alabama late Friday did not deny missing several committee votes The reason he said is he often is Hertig McKay selected by Senate leaders to serve on negotiating groups called conference committees when a mqjor bill passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate is different and needs compromise "There was a McKay said of hia missed committee votes this year was negotiating the differences between the Senate and House on the juvenile justice bill I was in those meetings almost constantly think there were many votes of nurior consequence that McKay serves on the Health and GRANT JEFFERESBradantonHsraM Minor injury Rescue workers remove Trudy WHams 36 of 322 14th St Bradenton from her 1981 Dodge van after It overturned in the intersection of Sixth Avenue West and First Street about 4:30 pm Sunday She was treated at Manatee Memorial Hospital and released The driver of a 1986 Pontiac Debra Sue Hafer 38 of 1006 38th St Bradenton ran a red Ight and struck van authorities reported Hafer and four cNMran who were passengers In the two vehicles were not hurt An investigation of the wreck was continuing late Sunday To Page 2 A mss.