WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 2015 PROMOTING DEMOCRACY SINCE 1905 | TALLAHASSEE.COM A RIVALRY FIRST FRIDAY MEANS FUN RENEWED Check out Limelight Extra for a guide to weekend entertainment. » Page 4C FSU, Florida to clash in interstate showdown starting Friday. » Sports, 1D GREATER TALLAHASSEE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE City taking violence head on After weekend shootings, leaders call for ‘extraordinary actions,’ larger police force Karl Etters Democrat staff writer @KarlEtters on Twitter City and county officials Tuesday pledged to increase police visibility in the community and expedite the hiring of 15 ALVIN MCBEAN/SPECIAL TO THE DEMOCRAT more officers over the summer after a rash Bevis Funeral Home was recognized as the Chamber Business of the Year and also took home the award for Service Business of the of shootings over the weekend. Year at the 30th Annual The Chamber Awards. Addressing what they say is a long-es- tablished violent crime problem in Talla- hassee accentuated by three shootings Sat- urday that left one man dead and two mi- nors injured, the hiring of extra Tallahassee Bevis Funeral Home Police Department officers will start in June ahead of the budgeting process, which is completed in September. D’Juante Tucker, 22, was killed in a shooting in the intersection of Preston and named Business of Year Dewey Streets. Less than two hours later a man sprayed bullets from a car into a Put- nam Drive home and a 14-year-old and a 16- Leaders cheer one another on during annual awards ceremony year-old were injured in a Ridge Haven Road incident. TaMaryn Waters Tucker’s death marked the sixth homi- Democrat staff writer cide in Leon County this year and comes @TaMarynWaters on Twitter soon after a statewide report showed the county had Florida’s highest crime rate. No arrests have been made, but police say the Rocky Bevis got into the business shootings are related to a “gang nexus” and as a teenager riding alongside his late involved gang members. father, Russell Bevis, when funeral It was the third fatal shooting in two homes provided ambulance services. weeks. That practice ended in 1972. So Officers who have already been in a trai- have his days of apprenticeship. nee program will hit the beat July 3, but City Bevis carries on the family name, Manager Anita Favors Thompson is likely as the president and owner of one of to approve the hiring and training process the city’s most highly regarded fu- for another 15 officers at the City neral homes. On Tuesday, the family business took home the award every- See VIOLENCE » 6A one in the room wanted — Business of the Year. A deliberate pause came before the announcement, followed by rous- ing applause. Bevis seemed humbled ALVIN MCBEAN/SPECIAL TO THE DEMOCRAT as he stood before a room of more Full Press Apparel owners Dan and Tanya Shrine share a kiss onstage after there than 350 people at the University recognition as Manufacturer of the Year at the chamber awards. Center Club as Bevis Funeral Home was recognized by the Greater Talla- ONLINE See video and photo gallery of the Chamber Awards at tallahassee.com See CHAMBER » 6A Bucs games to air on Tallahassee radio KIM Jim Henry tion by the Bucs in April’s NFL Draft, KLEMENT-USA Democrat sports editor while Deckerhoff, the longtime voice HELP FIGHT TODAY SPORTS @JimHenryTALLY on Twitter of FSU football and athletics since Follow 1974, is entering his 27th season as the Jameis Florida State football fans in the team’s play-by-play announcer. SUMMER Winston and Tallahassee area and south Geor- “Just like the rest of Bucs Nation, I the Tampa gia will be able to tune in and fol- can’t wait to see him quarterback this HUNGER Bay Bucs on low quarterback Jameis Winston’s football team,” said Deckerhoff, who Freedom 93 rookie season with the Tampa Bay resides in Tallahassee and travels to (93.3) FM. Buccaneers. Bucs games. “He certainly brings a lot Between now and June 18 we will be collecting And, of course, they will will hear a of interest to fans here.” food and cash for those in need as part of the familiar voice describing the action — Tampa Bay games were not broad- Gene Deckerhoff. cast in Tallahassee last season after Summer Food and Fund Drive benefiting 2nd Freedom 93 (WVFT/93.3 FM) is the they were aired in the past by WNLS Harvest of the Big Bend. Donations can be new radio home of Buccaneers foot- (1270 AM). Freedom 93 carried the dropped off in the Tallahassee Democrat lobby ball this season. from from 8 to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday. 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It’s published School district prepares belief in public education. I’m for him to “explore opportunities to in August. This year a new online grateful for this opportunity.” share what (he) learned” over the database of listings is available. to lose Wills, Greenberg Wills is the third heavyweight years and that it wasn’t an indicator TCC President Jim Murdaugh of discontent with the district, Update your entry or submit a new Amanda Claire Curcio plucked from the public service whose school-construction projects Democrat staff writer sector in the last few and practices have been the subject one at tallahassee.com/livingsubmit. @MandaCurcio on Twitter years. of an FBI investigation since Au- The deadline is June 17. In December, gust. A top administrator from Leon Murdaugh recruited “I’m not applying for applying’s County Schools will be leaving the Heather Mitchell – sake,” said Greenberg. “A few dis- district, and another may follow CEO and president tricts reached out to me, and I took soon. of the United Way of the opportunity.” Assistant Superintendent Barba- the Big Bend at the “I love Leon County,” he said. “I ra Wills will serve as the new vice time – for TCC Foun- Wills want to continue to build upon my president of administrative ser- dation’s executive di- leadership knowledge.” vices at Tallahassee Community rector position. Kimberly Moore, Greenberg is still in the running College, and Stuart Greenberg, an then CEO of Workforce Plus, joined for the superintendent position with LCS divisional director, has applied TCC in 2012 as the workforce devel- Metro Nashville Public Schools. to superintendent positions in Flori- opment vice president. The board of education intended to da and out-of-state. Wills may not be the only LCS ad- release a short list of finalists from The timing of their decisions to ministrator to leave, however. a pool of nearly 50 candidates yes- look outside the district is purely Greenberg threw his hat in the terday, but instead pushed the dead- happenstance, they both said. ring for the superintendent position line to July 6. Losing two key administrators is in Nashville, Tenn., as well as Indian Like Wills, Greenberg declined a big blow to LCS, but Superinten- River and Palm Beach counties in to speculate about running in Leon dent Jackie Pons attributes their Florida. His applications can be County’s superintendent race next recruitment to the entire district’s found on the schools’ websites. year, even if Pons – who hasn’t de- hard work. Greenberg, an educational lead- cided whether he will run – is out of “When you build a strong team er for more than three decades, has the picture. this is what happens,” Pons said. been key in schools’ adoption of the “It’s too hypothetical and far-off “Together we’ve built a model that Common Core Curriculum and re- to even consider,” Greenberg said. Corrections other school districts take a look at fining instructional methods in the “It’s an honor to be in this district, and then try to implement.” county. and I fully support Jackie.” An article in Tuesday’s business section stated the incorrect Wills – who has been with the dis- “We were very fortunate to get Wills’ departure and Green- opening date for Chicken Salad Chick’s second Tallahassee trict for the past nine years and was him,” said Pons. “He was recruited berg’s possible absence will create restaurant, which opened May 27. In addition, Bob and assistant superintendent for the by everybody in the state. And ev- a void that the district must ad- Carolyn Gosselin are the owners of the two local franchise last five – will oversee several pro- ery year we get to keep him is a dress. Pons will present a reorgani- restaurants, with locations on Apalachee Parkway and grams at TCC, including financial plus.” zation plan to the board early next Market Street.