City of Sanford to Start After School Programs on East, West Sides of City
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WEEKEND: AUG. 9-11, 2020 FINALS SET Sanford's First Black No. 1 Lightning, No. 2 Firefighter Dies at the River Rats reach FCSL Age of 91 Championship Series See Seminole See Sports, Page 8 Happenings, Page 4 SANFORD HERALD LAKE MARY, LONGWOOD, WINTER SPRINGS, OVIEDO, GENEVA, CASSELBERRY, OSTEEN, CHULUOTA, ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, DEBARY Vol. 130, No. 1 • © 2020 READ US ONLINE AT: MYSANFORDHERALD.COM Since 1908 HEADLINES FROM City of Sanford to start after school Mahany says coronavirus’ ASSOCIATED PRESS economic impact is biggest Your daily look at late-breaking challenge for Sanford’s future news, upcoming events and the sto- programs on east, west sides of city ries that will be talked about today: By Steve Paradis By Steve Paradis Herald Staff Herald Staff TRUMP MOVES TO BAN TIK- TOK, WECHAT The City of Sanford’s number 1 priority will About 50 people, including be to prepare for the coronavirus impacts in parents and young people, lis- The executive orders take ef- the future, said incumbent tened intently Thursday fect in 45 days and could bar the District 4 City Commis- evening as community leaders popular apps from the Apple sioner Patty Mahany. outlined new programs initiated and Google app stores, effec- She is running for re- by the City of Sanford to en- tively removing them from dis- election in District 4 hance after school programs on tribution in the U.S. against challenger Cobbin the west and east sides. McGee. Early voting The meeting took place at the started Saturday and con- MORE BODIES RECOVERED Dr. Velma H. Williams Westside tinues through Aug. 15. IN LEBANON Community Center. It was the The primary election will first two days of informational determine a winner for this French and Russian rescue meetings. The socially distanced race on Aug. 17. teams with dogs are searching meetings continued Friday at Patty Herald photo by Steve Paradis Mahany told the Herald the port area, the day after Em- the Mellonville Center at Tim After a Thursday evening informational meeting at the Dr. Velma Williams Mahany manuel Macron promised aid Raines Sports Park. Westside Community Center, Travis Knight from the Boys and Girls Club See DISTRICT 4, Page 11 and vowed to press for Lebanese “I’ve always been driven to talks with a young student who will participate in the after school program governmental reforms. being enhanced by the City of Sanford through the efforts of Sanford City See PROGRAMS, Page 6 Commissioner Kerry Wiggins. RUSSIA’S RACE FOR VAC- CINE RAISES CONCERNS Teenager charged with Scientists worldwide are homicide after shooting sounding the alarm that the headlong rush for a COVID-19 DUCK ESCORT man outside his home vaccine could backfire and point to ethical issues that undermine By Steve Paradis confidence in the Russian stud- Herald Staff ies. While speaking with a ‘YOU ARE NOT DEMON- 911 dispatcher, police said STRATING’ a 16-year-old Sanford resi- dent shot through his front Violent clashes between pro- door and hit an 18-year-old testers and police in Portland, man in the head just after 8 Oregon, persist and the city’s p.m. Wednesday. mayor is decrying the unrest, Connor Michael Lewis of Magnolia Avenue, San- Connor saying demonstrators are “at- Lewis tempting to commit murder.” ford, was charged by San- ford police with homicide. The victim, Artavious Quarterman, re- SETH ROGEN SPARKS UP- ROAR IN ISRAEL See SHOOTING, Page 6 The Jewish comedian’s com- ments in podcast about Israel — Seminole Smile sponsored by Oakport Dental especially saying the country “doesn’t make sense” — infuri- ated many Israel supporters. Herald photo by Tommy Vincent Charles Coffee (left) and Mai Tran were out for their morning exercise when they ended up helping a mother duck and her ducklings across the parking lot at 1st Street and Palmetto Avenue to a nearby pond. STOCKS OF LOCAL INTEREST T-shirt campaign raises more than As of 3 p.m. Friday Allegiant $117.13 $4k for Stokes mural restoration Faro $60.35 Photo contributed More than $4,000 was raised through Fastenal $48.20 a T-shirt sale to help fund the restora- SEMINOLE SMILE HCA Healthcare $129.53 tion of the Stokes Fish Market murals. Invacare $7.22 Work on the murals on the north and south side of Wop’s Hops Brewery on Lowes $152.40 Sanford Avenue will be completed dur- NextEra $288.59 ing the fall when temperatures are Tractor Supply $147.95 cooler, said Suzanne Chagnon. In the photo are: from left, Pete Minelga, co- Toro $72.38 owner of Wop’s Hops; Chagnon; Paul Wells Fargo $24.98 Williams, owner of Sunshine Threads, which produced the shirts; Ben Bates, owner of Sunshine Threads; The Sanford Herald is not subsidized Stephanie Pilk, secretary of the San- by the Federal Government. ford Historic Trust, which ran the T- shirt sales; and Zach Waters, president of the Sanford Historic Trust. The presentation took place July 29 at Sunshine State Threads on East 2nd Street. Sanford Flower Shop PAGE 2 • Weekend: Aug. 9-11, 2020 SANFORD HERALD THE BULLETIN BOARD: School supply giveaway THE ARREST REPORT next weekend at Westside Community Center Let him go Paul Johnson, 33, of Sanford, was charged with burglary of a dwelling with no assault, An employee of the Dollar Tree in Fern resisting an officer, and larceny. By Sheralyn Brinson Florida Department of Health in Park called 911 after a shoplifting suspect Seminole County; the Seminole County Coali- fled the area. Don’t cheat on Alex The Goldsboro Front Porch Council, Inc.; tion for Change; Ruby D. Harrington Scholar- The suspect was described as a male wear- Seminole County Sheriff's Office; and the SIS- ship Foundation; Rudolph Bradley Lodge ing a blue construction helmet, yellow shirt Casselberry police responded to a home on TAS Organization will be hosting a school #706; and Dirt-Away (Mike Todd). This event and black pants. The employee said he did Carlisle Drive after a domestic incident re- supply giveaway on Saturday, August 15, is free and open to the community. Pre-regis- not want to prosecute the shoplifter… he sulted in a woman’s window being smashed 2020; from 10 a.m.-1:00 p.m.; at the Dr. Velma tration is required. Please register online with only wanted him trespassed from the store. and her car tires, slashed. H. Williams Westside Community Center, 919 Eventbrite at the following link: Deputies eventually caught the man at a Police said the victim was visited by her S. Persimmon Avenue in Sanford. Commu- https://www.eventbrite.com/e/goldsboro- nearby Auto Zone. He had stolen two pair of boyfriend, Jeffrey, and a woman he explained nity partners are: the City of Sanford Recre- front-porch-annual-school-supply-giveaway- black socks, several tubes of toothpaste, he had been cheating with for about three ation Department; the Sanford Police tickets-115874681291 toothbrushes, and lotion. He had also stolen weeks. Neither the girlfriend or new woman Department; the Westside Mentoring Pro- a “Frozen” sticker book and balloons. The knew Jeffrey’s last name. The new woman gram; Sweet Harmony Chapter # 388, Order Sheralyn Brinson can be reached at SBrin- police report said everything was recovered claimed Jeffrey had broken his girlfriend’s of Eastern Star; AMVETS Post #17; the [email protected]. except, “two balloons that we could not re- window, slashed the girlfriend’s tires, then trieve.” pushed her down the stairs, “like a rollie pol- Despite the employee’s decision to only lie ollie.” However, the girlfriend claimed it have the man trespassed, and not prosecuted, was the new woman who had broken her Willie Agnes Knighton turns 90-years-old Terrance Rouse, 40, of Winter Park was window and slashed her tires. When police charged with larceny and taken to the Semi- searched the new woman’s fanny pack they nole County jail. All of his belongings, in- also found marijuana and cocaine. cluding a backpack, bicycle and food, were Alexandra Lopez Colon, 28, of Casselberry, returned to his wife. was charged with property damage and pos- session of cocaine. It’s a rat race Welcome to our ool (notice there’s no P Sanford police responded to the Westlake in it) Apartments after a woman reported an argu- ment with her brother had turned violent. Winter Springs police were called to the According to the police report the woman Legends Apartments after they said a shirt- claimed her brother had been argumentative less man was smoking outside of the office all day and was demanding the keys to her and being rude to the staff. vehicle. Her brother, still demanding the When police arrived they found the man keys, eventually broke into her bedroom. soaking in the apartment hot tub, and he re- When she continued to deny the brother her fused to leave. He eventually got out of the keys he picked up her caged hamsters and hot tub and police arrested him. When they hung them over a stairwell, threatening to spoke with the apartment staff they said the throw them down. According to the police re- man had been blocking the entrance to the port: “The hamsters and cage were eventu- office, yelling at employees and threatening ally recovered and stowed away to avoid [the to pee on the door, inside the office and in the man} doing so again.” neighborhood pool. The man admitted to police that he had Christopher Vis, 34, of Orlando, was threatened to throw the hamsters down the charged with resisting an officer without vio- stairs, but said it was only out of frustration.