St. Lucie News Tribune from Fort Pierce, Florida • 1

-l '7 1 r-f I iw aj 'if Perfect baseball Yankees David Wells retires 27 Twins in a raw Cl Science perceptions Fewer women opt for math science careers D1 SPORTS tt Monday May 18 1998 oh edition yJSTrim ofthe fiBlWE TRIBUIU 25 cents 'J'y 5 1 I i Sattler ethics charges to go to hearing Scott Hovanyetz commission approved plans for the acad- emy on Aug 22 1995 The allegations surfaced in May 1996 when Maurice Warren academy presil dent took complaints about Sattlef toi Sheriff RC "Bobby" Knowles Warrerf had a falling out with the county commit sioner when Sattler left the business ear- lier in the year Knowles forwarded the complaints tc( The hearing to be held in Room 101 of the Civic Center on Virginia Avenue in Fort Pierce will not be a jury triaL Instead a state attorney will present his case to the judge who will make a recommendation to the Commission on Ethics not quite as exciting without a jury to play to" said Eric Scott the state's attorney have lawyers A couple months later the commission will hand down its decision Sattler can flight school while at the same time sitting on the County Commission which controls the airport and failed to report the $5000 investment to the state as required by law Sattler disputes the state's claim saying he loaned the academy $5000 with the intention of getting his money back Later the academy offered him stock which he refused and suggested instead that it be given to his mother-in-law The academy had until the year 2000 to pay back the ban but Sattler said he expects he won't get his money Also the stock in his mother-in-law's name is prob- ably worthless he said Sattler points out that he never participated in a County Commission vote on the academy He was absent when the either accept it or fight it with a lawsuit The ultimate penalty would be removal from office However the Commission on Ethics hasn't imposed the maximum punishment since the 1970s Far more common are warnings and small fines The charges stem from involvement with the Civil Aviation Academy a flight school that attempted to set up shop at SL Lucie International Airport but is now defunct According to the state Sattler bought $5000 worth of stock in the flight school and sat on its board of directors The Commission on Ethics is investigating charges that Sattler: may have had a conflict on interest by having a financial relationship with the ST LUCIE COUNTY County Commissioner Ken Sattler will finally get Ida day in court At 9 am Tuesday an administrative judge from the state Commission on Ethics will hear testimony and review two ethics charges against Sattler The charges have plagued Sattler as his November re-election bid approaches But the Republican county commissioner said he believes he will be cleared in the case Earlier rumors of a possible settlement before the hearing appear to be unfounded two charges not even convinced were charges" Sattler said the State office which but declined to press criminal charges but sent them to the Commission on Ethics for civil review In December the Com-) mission of Ethics reduced the original six charges to the two that remain today The Commission on Ethics is a nine member board Its rulings are enforced by the State Attorney's Office FBI: Another cancer A bubbly personality Major crim in breakthrough? Experimental drug could block: genes that cause tumor growth decline Daniel Haney Michael Sniffen WASHINGTON Serious crime reported to the police in 1997 declined for a sixth consecutive year with reductions in every region led by a plunge of more than 10 percent in murder in larger cities and suburban counties the FBI said Attorney General Janet Reno welcomed the statistics but warned against overconfidence New problems always are possi-sne said ble er stages of development are aimed at sidestepping a variety of genetic flaws that make tumors grow uncontrollably and several of these could be available in the next few years "This is not the end of the story It is the beginning of the sto! ry" said Dr Allen lichter of the University of Michigan incoming president of the American Society of Clinical Oncology Results of the first large studies of Herceptin were presented Sunday at the society's annual scientific meeting attended by about 18JJ00 cancer specialists Doctors tested it on women with invariably fatal advanced breast cancer that had spread to other parts of their bodies When added to standard treatment they found it lengthened their lives an average of three months While this may seem modest researchers said it represents a major impact in such a late stage of the disease Researchers are unsure of the ultimate impact on survival but a few cases suggest it could be substantial in those with the HER-2 defect Typically such women die within 10 to 18 months after the cancer spreads however one of the earliest patients to get Herceptin is still alive after almost six years and another has survived nearly four years Researchers predict the 1 results could be much more LOS ANGELES In the first success of an entirely new approach to fighting cancer scientists have shown they can lengthen the lives of some terminally ill breast cancer patients with a medicine that thwarts the defective genes causing their disease Attacking cancer at its genetic roots has been a goal of science for two decades but researchers said Sunday that this is firm evidence at last they can actually do this Experts predict that the new drug called Herceptin will come on the market next fall and could quickly become a standard treatment for the one-quarter or more of breast cancer patients whose tumors are driven by multiple copies of a gene called HER-2 It substantially boosts the power of ordinary chemotherapy and carries none of the usual cancer drug side effects such as nausea and hair loss But perhaps even more important doctors say is that this treatment works at all since it shows that one of the hottest areas of cancer research is likely to pay off "This proves the paradigm If we understand what is broken in the malignant cell we may be able to fix said Dr Dennis Slamon of the University of California Los Angeles Dozens of other drugs in earli Preliminary figures released Sunday reflected a cumulative 4 percent decrease in seven major crimes recorded by 9582 police agencies around the nation The violent crimes of murder rape robbery and aggravated assault dropped 5 percent nationally Far more numerous property crimes of burglary auto theft and larceny-theft dipped 4 percent The most dramatic declines were in murder for which statistics are the most reliable and uniform Homicide was down 9 percent nationwide but 14 percent in cities of 250000 to 500000 11 per cent in cities over 1 million and in suburban counties and 10 percent in cities of 500000 to 1 million people "Everyone working together has made a difference but you say now left move on to something Reno said "We can never relax our vigilance about crime about enforcement about she said because going to be a new problem down the An early 1980s decline in Rick MvaTtM Tribune Morgan Welchel 7 of Vero Beach makes giant bubbles while enjoying the day at the Fishing Frenzy in Fort Pierce Sunday afternoon The annual festival wrapped up Sunday I 1 i i 'if' Turn to CANCER AS Bridging the gap Go grill your own armadillo Turn to CRIME A5 Legendary Cracker eatery closing doors IKS ASSOCUUIO ness what old Florida is really The landmark on West Highway 92 in Polk County is ending a 38-year run The owner of the property has other plans for the land and 71-year-old Jewell Allen is ready to hang up her apron Allen took the reins of the restaurant after her husband and partner Carl died two years ago With word of the impending closure visitors have traveled from Tallahassee and At Allen's Historic Cafe the food comes with Florida Crackers on the side Not the kind you eat The kind you eat with: people of an older Florida when food came from the forests and swamps not the supermarket freezer Gov Lawton Chiles a self-pro-claimed Cracker has frequented the place for 25 years and is mourning the death of the eatery near Winter Haven "It represents the end of an era of old Cracker he said "The cafe had a quality of AUBURNDALE If you're hankering for a nice big deep-fried armadillo you are going to have to cook it yourself Same goes for snake The Florida institution that has fried all manner of critter from rattlesnakes to gators is closing its doors Classified D5 Comics C8 Crossword D2 Dear Abby D2 Life D1 Local B1 Lottery A2 Movies D3 Obituaries B3 Opinion A6 People A2 Television C7 Partly cloudy Turn to EATERYA5 Low 64 DeiailiA2 of the air WJFP DJ takes listeners home at drive time PORT ST LUCIE TRIBUNE 1932 SE Port St Lucie Btvd Circulation: Doug Trapp TMUN8 STAFF W8VT5I9 335-7070 Clasalllods: 3353800 because of a death in the family Joe jumped to popularity by starting "the a mix of fast-paced hip-hop starting at 5 pm Listeners called in on their friends' birthdays and each day Joe read their names during a hip-hop birthday-themed song At first Hill wanted to change the name of "the to "the 3353804 ST LUCIE COUNTY WJFP 9118 newest disc jockey Charles Hill is trying to fill some big shoes Three weeks ago Hill better known as the Captain took over the 2 to 6 pm slot (me of the most popular Kids coming home from school and people driving home from work listen to the 6000-watt non-profit station in droves The former afternoon DJ Joe left a large hole in staff when he moved to North Carolina several weeks ago traffic But the phone nearly -off rang off the hook in protest One little girl called in tears begging Hill not to change it "I was in said Ilill a 17-year radio veteran Erie HaaartTha Trtbuna Gayle Purdy of Port St Lucie examines decorated planks made by 185 SL Andrew's Episcopal Church students age 3 to 13 to symbolize A Bridge Between The People Ot The The bridge was on display in the courtyard of the Fbrt Pierce church Friday evening Juan Dal BrawnTha TiWum Disc jockey Chris Hill of WJFP hits the airwaves from 2 to 6 pm each day A Freedom Newspaper Tlim to MY LMCAS i 4 ft i.