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Window AC, $75.00 THE WIRE PAGE 1 In Today’s Classifieds! AND WEEKLY Charlotte Sun HERALD FEDERAL AUTOPSY ORDERED FLORIDA ST. PRESEASON NO. 1 U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder called for another autopsy on the Jameis Winston and the Seminoles complete a sweep of college body of an unarmed teenager shot by a police officer in Missouri. football’ s preseason polls, topping AP’s Top 25. SPORTS PAGE 1 An Edition of the Sun VOL. 122 NO. 230 AMERICA’S BEST COMMUNITY DAILY MONDAY AUGUST 18, 2014 www.sunnewspapers.net $1.00 HACKIN’ AROUND Summer season School’s back in session By LORRAINE SCHNEEBERGER and watch out for children, doldrums, or not and MARION PUTMAN particularly at bus stops and kay, it’s summer. That’s the time STAFF WRITERS crossing zones. If necessary, of year local businesses hang Thousands of students leave a little early so you on for dear life, like those last from Charlotte, Sarasota and don’t feel rushed.” O School zones are effective few people on the Titanic as the ship DeSoto counties are heading swoons and groans back to school today, and 30 minutes before and after the start of the school they before taking the big authorities are reminding are around. dive. drivers to remain vigilant Deputies will be increasing It’s the time of and watch their speeds. their patrols in and around the year when every “It can sometimes take a the schools this week, with business owner is few weeks for drivers to get anxiously counting a special emphasis around used to the routine of having the elementary and middle the days before the school zone lights flashing “season” starts. schools, officials say, and SUN PHOTO BY ADAM KREGER again at certain times of will strictly enforce all traffic Or is it? the day,” Charlotte County Something laws. The citations carry In Charlotte County alone, 88 school buses set out every morning Sheriff Bill Prummell said greater fines than regular to get children to their classes. As school begins today in Charlotte, John peculiar seems to be in a press release. “So we going on this year. speeding infractions. Sarasota and DeSoto counties, officials would like to remind residents HACKWORTH want to remind everyone to respect all traffic laws related to stopped school buses and active At a recent Sun EDITOR to remember to slow down school zones. roundtable on real SESSION | 6 estate, one Realtor said she had seen no drop-off in interest. She said she’s been busy all summer showing homes — and selling them. Minister Ralph Allen, owner of the King Wet and wild Fisher Fleet of commercial ships at Fishermen’s Village, said he has had a speaks about “strong” summer also. Lots of fish to catch and sunsets to view, he said. But, it’s not just his boats that are busy. protest, “I like to talk to the people who own the shops here (at Fishermen’s Village) and they are all telling me it seems arrest like the season was just extended,” he said. “They are feeling better about the By SAMANTHA GHOLAR economy.” STAFF WRITER The more I heard, the more intrigued I was. PORT CHARLOTTE — Armed Could this be the summer that with a lot of support and a heart for bucked tradition? equality, the Rev. Amy Kindred took Dawn Hamilton, owner of All About to our nation’s capital in hopes of You Salon Spa in Port Charlotte, shared making even the slightest stir in the a similar experience. government. Arrested and detained She said her business has been steady all summer. “We’ve really been busy,” by police, Kindred was one small part she said as she snipped a client’s hair. of the large protest on July 31 to urge “I think after the rough winter, people lawmakers to change immigration just decided to stay or move here,” policies. Hamilton said, and the client shook her Kindred, who ministers at the head in agreement. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Next stop, Fast and Easy Auto Repair Charlotte County, spent her Sunday on Easy Street, where my buddy Boris recapping her recent was performing his latest miracle on trip to Washington, D.C., one of my cars. to inspire members of So, Boris, how has your business been her congregation to take this year? action in the name of “You can see,” he said, waving his arm love. at the cars filling his parking lot. “I stay “I went on a two-week busy. It’s been a very good year.” vacation; the first week His wife told me he plans to take a KINDRED of my trip was more vacation in September just to get ready business-related, that’s for the winter rush — as if it could get when all this happened in D.C.,” she any busier. said Sunday following her sermon. Just a little north on Tamiami Trail, During her address to the congre- Dan and Liz Loupe of Abbe’s Donuts gation, Kindred explained how the said they have seen a downturn since entire idea of equality and immigra- winter, but business remains good. tion advocacy began for her. As a matter of fact, Dan said the “It was back in 1998. I was living day they came back from a week-long in Fort Lauderdale,” Kindred said summer vacation, people were so ready during her sermon. “Friends and I for doughnuts that he may have set a were out at the beach. One of them record for sales. said to me how lovely the beach was Same story at Abbe’s Donuts in North with the ships out on the horizon. Port. Robin, who can pack a box of Then this friend said to me ‘Can you doughnuts as fast as anyone, says the SUN PHOTO BY TAMI GARCIA believe in 1939, that an entire ship of lines still form every morning. Jewish refugees seeking to get away In Englewood, Rosie Viton, manager Avriel Longbrake, 5, part of the North Port Family YMCA’s Kiddie Kollege, takes a leap onto a from Hitler was turned away from of Good Times Diner, agreed that slip-and-slide during the North Port Family YMCA’s end of summer camp barbecue last week. these shores?’ It just hit me, right in business has been better than normal The North Port Y is under the umbrella of the Charlotte County Family YMCA. See more photos this summer. on page 12. MINISTER | 6 “It is steady, much better than last summer,” Viton said of the restaurant, which has been serving customers for more than 20 years altogether, six under the current owners. Filmmaker hopes for community support Joni Boger, owner of Frames of Mind in Tiffany Square Plaza, said business is By DREW WINCHESTER enforcer” who spends his free time not what it was at peak of season, but STAFF WRITER “killing the scum of the Earth,” Lepage it is much better than any summer she said, as biker gangs and the mob also can remember. NORTH PORT — A local filmmaker try to hunt down the lone enforcer. “I hear people say they are building or is looking for businesses and investors It’s based on a completed short film buying and staying here,” she said. to help get his latest project across the called “Ten Minutes,” which will act as All that bodes well for the “season.” finish line, and hopefully highlight the the first two parts of the 12-part series. Imagine, if business owners are happy region and all it has to offer along the Each section is estimated to run 10 now, what a sweet tune they’ll be way. minutes long, Lepage said. singing come November. Dave Lepage, a 20-year North Port For “Necessary Evil,” Lepage says And, with a northern winter resem- resident, is gearing up to shoot his he’s bagged veteran performer Robert bling 2013-14, we can all brace for the 12-part Web series, “Necessary Evil,” Lasardo, a character actor who has migration. which he describes as a cross between more than 100 film and television PHOTO PROVIDED John Hackworth is editor of the Sun two popular series, “Dexter” and “The credits dating back to 1987. TV shows newspapers. You can email him at Sopranos.” Local filmmaker Dave Lepage, far right, on the [email protected]. The plot involves a former “mob SUPPORT | 6 set of his 2014 short film “Ten Minutes.” THE SUN: Obituaries 5 | Crosswords 7 | Police Beat 7 | Viewpoint 8 | Opinion 9 CLASSIFIED: Comics 7-10 | Dear Abby 10 | TV Listings 11 INDEX | THE WIRE: Nation 2 | State 3 | World 5-6 | Weather 6 SPORTS: Lotto 2 Daily Edition $1.00 Look inside for valuable coupons CHARLIE SAYS ... 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