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WEEKEND:JULY 29-31, 2018 SOFTBALL SUCCESS The Champions from the The month at a Sanford Spring Softball glance: Check out the Leagues have events in your area been announced See Sports, Page 9 See People, Page 5 AKEANFORDARY ONGWOOD INTER PRINGS VIEDO ENEVA ASSELBERRYERALDSTEEN HULUOTA LTAMONTE PRINGS E ARY L M ,L ,W S ,O ,G ,C ,O ,C ,A S ,D B S • © 2018 H Vol. 126, No. 101 READ US ONLINE AT: MYSANFORDHERALD.COM Since 1908 HEADLINES FROM County commission candidates cover hot topics Long-time county ASSOCIATED PRESS commissioner Carlton HeraldBy Larry Staff Griffin EMAILS: LAWYER WHO MET Henley steps down TRUMP JR. TIED TO RUSSIA At the third and final of the Sanford OFFICIALS Chamber of Commerce’s Great Debates se- By Larry Griffin ries at the Women's Club of Sanford on Herald Staff The Moscow lawyer said to Thursday night, four Seminole County have promised Donald Trump's Commission candidates sparred on issues After decades in public service to the presidential campaign dirt on his like Airbnb, county finances and the much- county, and with only Democratic opponent worked talked-about rural boundary. months left on his final more closely with senior Russian The candidates present were Katrina term, Seminole County government officials than she Shadix, Jay Zembower and Don Menzel District 4 Commissioner previously let on. contending for the District 2 seat, and Joe Carlton Henley announced Durso for District 4. Wednesday that he would WHOSE REMAINS ARE Paul Cooper, a District 2 candidate, was be stepping down from his REPATRIATED FROM N. not present, nor was Durso’s opponent position early. KOREA Amy Lockhart. The reason is medical is- North Korea returned the re- The debate started off with a question on sues, a press release from mains of what are believed to be Airbnb, asking what each candidate would the county stated. Herald photo by Larry Griffin Carlton U.S. servicemen killed during Four candidates for County Commission squared off at the See COUNTY, Page 6 the Korean War. Women's Club of Sanford Thursday night. Henley See HENLEY, Page 17 US GOVERNMENT: OVER 1,800 MIGRANT KIDS RE- UNITED WITH FAMILIES County commission The Trump administration says that more than 1,800 chil- RESIDENTS UNITE dren 5 years and older had been decides not to reunited with parents or spon- sors hours before the deadline. outsource libraries SENATORS SPAR OVER AC- CESS TO KAVANAUGH'S HeraldBy Larry Staff Griffin STAFF SECRETARY WORK Democrats want to see records from the time, portraying the po- After considering privatizing libraries to tentially millions of documents save money, the Seminole County Commission as vital to understanding has ditched the idea entirely as of Tuesday’s Supreme Court nominee Brett meeting. Kavanaugh's approach to the The reason was because they had looked at law. the proposals and determined that they wouldn’t be improving the quality of the li- FATAL WILDFIRE RIPS brary services, or even necessarily meeting the THROUGH CALIFORNIA See LIBRARIES, Page 18 TOWNS An explosive wildfire tears through two small Northern Cal- ifornia communities before reaching the city of Redding, Sanford police make second killing a bulldozer operator. arrest in recent shooting LEBANON'S CANNABIS Photo contributed HEARTLAND HOPES FOR Residents from the Silver Lake area came together at Monday’s commission meeting to oppose a proposed By Larry Griffin LEGALIZATION development on a piece of vacant land near the community. The item was tabled at Monday’s meeting. Herald Staff Lebanese politicians are work- ing on legalizing the cultivation Police arrested Sanford resident Ray An- of cannabis for medical pur- thony Echevarria, 20, on Tuesday for at- poses, hoping to rake in millions tempted murder and robbery in a case from of dollars for an economy. last week in which a man was shot in an at- Nurses picket for better wages, more staffing tempted robbery. STOCKS OF See ARREST, Page 17 LOCAL INTEREST HeraldBy Larry Staff Griffin As of 3 p.m. Friday As the nursing union tries to nego- tiate better conditions with hospitals, SEMINOLE SMILE Allegiant $125.00 picket protests have been occurring outside some state hospitals, includ- Bombardier $3.68 ing one on Tuesday night outside Faro $69.00 Central Florida Regional Hospital in Invacare $17.33 Sanford. The nurses are a part of the Na- NextEra $166.31 tional Nurses Organizing Committee, Tractor Supply $75.98 a union whose contract ended May Toro $59.58 31. They’re now embroiled in discus- sions over contract negotiations. Is- Wells Fargo $58.79 sues important to the nurses include high turnover rates at hospitals and a lack of adequate staffing, which can lead to patients not receiving the right amount of care. On Tuesday evening, a group of nursesHerald marched photo outside by Larry Central Griffin A late-afternoon summer storm Florida Regional Hospital for better pay and staffing by the hospital had just passed as the picketers in contract negotiations. See NURSES, Page 18 Sylvia Bodison PAGE 2 • Weekend: July 29-31, 2018 SANFORD HERALD COUCH THEATER -- VIDEO/DVD PREVIEWS MOMENTS IN TIME By Amy Anderson The History Channel "Tully" (R) -- A searing and earnest por- * On Aug. 1, 1498, Italian explorer Christopher trait of post-partum maternal deprivation, Columbus sets foot on the South American mainland "Tully" stars Charlize Theron as Marlo, a for the first time, at the Paria Peninsula in present-day mother stretched to her physical and psy- Venezuela. Thinking it an island, he christened it Isla chological limits. With her third child on Santa and claimed it for Spain. Columbus, a deeply the way and a son who has an undiag- religious man, believed that Venezuela was the edge nosed condition with special needs, Marlo of the Garden of Eden. is overwhelmed, but she rebuffs her brother's (Marc Duplass) offer to spring * On Aug. 4, 1927, the Father of Country Music, for a night nanny. Then the baby comes, Jimmie Rodgers, is recorded for the first time during and so does a desperate need for Tully the legendary Bristol Sessions. A talent scout had set (Mackenzie Davis). Mother and young up a makeshift recording studio in an empty ware- nanny form a tender bond and explore house in Bristol, Tennessee, and recorded numerous what sometimes gets left behind when a then-unknown acts during the 12-day marathon. woman becomes a mother. It is the fourth collaboration between director Jason Reit- * On Aug. 2, 1943, future President John F. man and writer Diablo Cody and the sec- Kennedy is serving as commander of a torpedo boat ond joint project including Theron in the Solomon Islands when his ship is rammed at ("Young Adult"). Ron Livingston also stars night by a Japanese destroyer, cutting it in two. as Marlo's husband, Drew. Kennedy's heroics led to the rescue of the survivors from an island six days later. "Overboard" (PG-13) -- In a modern re- Mackenzie Davis, Charlize Theron in "Tully" Focus Features boot of the 1987 classic, "Overboard" stars * On July 30, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson Anna Faris (eerily reminiscent of Goldie signs Medicare, a health insurance program for eld- Hawn, star of the original) as Kate, a hard- erly Americans, into law. Former President Harry working single mom who gets stiffed on a Bresnahan (Helen Hunt) browbeats Line's 1964, and Giacometti runs into American Truman was enrolled as the first beneficiary and re- carpet cleaning job by a snobby playboy best friend Kelly (Erin Moriarty) into re- writer and critic James Lord (Armie Ham- ceived the first Medicare card. named Leonardo (Eugenio Derbez) whose building the team with her, and taking it mer), a friend, whom he asks to sit for a yacht is in port. When Leonardo takes a all the way for Line. After much hemming portrait. Hours turn to days, which turn to * On Aug. 5, 1957, "American Bandstand" goes na- tumble off the bow and the yacht keeps and hawing, Kelly agrees. They rally, they weeks, as the painter and subject interact tional on television, hosted by 26-year-old Dick Clark. going, he's left behind with a case of am- have a big rivalry, they overcome the loss to our delight. He pushed hard for a 3:30 p.m. time slot, when nesia, which Kate fully takes advantage of in more ways than one, but it was too teenagers were out of school and most likely to by convincing him that he's her working- heavily mawkish for me. The tagline is TV New Releases watch. stiff, chore-completing husband. Stereo- truth in advertising: "Every point, every "Counterpart" Season 1 types are broken down and sparks fly, but game, every match, was for her" is pretty "Star Wars Rebels" Complete Season 4 * On Aug. 3, 1988, Soviet authorities free Mathias this ship has sailed -- it'd take more than a much literal here. "Murdoch Mysteries" Series 11 Rust, the daring young West German pilot who gender swap for this to be anything but a landed a rented Cessna on Moscow’s Red Square in poor copy of the original. "Final Portrait" (R) -- Who might have EDITOR'S NOTE: DVDs reviewed in 1987, from a labor camp as a goodwill gesture to the suspected that a film about painting a por- this column are available in stores the West. "The Miracle Season" (PG) -- Based on trait would be entertaining and an instruc- week of July 30, 2018 the story of a real life high-school volley- tive look into the creative mind of a genius * On July 31, 1990, Nolan Ryan wins the 300th ball player, Caroline "Line" Found is the sculptor and artist, as well as a view to the (c) 2018 King Features Synd., Inc.