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Celebrating 64 Years In The Tampa Bay Area A ........... al-- _II • • • I IR r1an SEE STORYON PAGE 2 . - AGENCIES PROVIDE CHRISTMAS GIFTS TO CHILDREN AT LUNCHEON The DeBartolo Family Foundation and the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Department hosted their 8th annual Christmas luncheon to benefit the Family Enrichment Center. Forty-six children from 15 families received a holiday lunch and several presents from Santa Claus. The lun cheon is annually planned and coordinated by Freddie Solomon, a former University of Tampa football star and two-time Super Bowl champi on with the San Francisco 49ers, and his wife, Dee. The luncheon was held at St. Lawrence Parish Higgins Hall. Board members and members of the staff shown are Marc Brewington, Marlene York, Darlene Green, William McCullough, Clarence Gyden, Brian Boyd, Olga Williams, Chauncey Ellis, Temmira Nicholson, Erin Clemons, Robert David, Tiffany Bell and Marcia Jackson. (Photograph by Brunson) Wall-Known Church Eigbt T•cber Of 1111 1st Lady Dies Suddenly Y•r Finalists Chosen SEE PAGE 3 SEE PAGE 7 "' lew Restaurant ""\1) Club Beating • CS:l- ···x-······ . ~· · 1:0- Offers Home Cooking Leads To Alnst ·~- ---········ G.l SEE PAGE 8 SEE PAGE 15 . co gN Features (") N a: w m Teenager Charged With Killing Friend After Fight :E w () BY IRIS B. HOLTON A Close Family 1JIIIIIIII~ w Sentinel City Editor "He was very, very rl '''"""""" c close to his sisters. And >=' <( A 19-year-old man was taken into custody on he is very loved and c en Thursday night and charged in the shooting death of very missed. My baby, w another teenager. He reportedly admitted to the he's gone and I can't ....:::::) shooting that reportedly followed a fistfight. see him again until I According to J.D. Calloway, a spokesman for the cross over to see Jesus Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, the shooting myself. I'm just praying took place in front of 850 Rocky Mountain Court, to God for strength," which is located in the Copper Ridge subdivision in Mrs. West said. Valrico. Mrs. West said her Kristopher Sanders, 19, reportedly observed family attends different KRISTOPHER Tyrie Rakim Gunn, 19, walking down the street churches. ·She is a SANDERS shortly after 7:30 p.m. Sanders is alleged to have member of Greater ... Charged with 2nd gone inside his residence, retrieved a -45 caliber Bethel M. B. Church. Degree Murder handgun and sto"od outside at his front door waiting Her husband, Darrell for Gunn. A verbal exchange took place and West, is a member of Sanders shot Gunn once in the head and once in Peace Progressive Primitive Baptist Church, and her the chest. Gunn died at the scene, police said. daughter, Teyaqua is a member of Life In Christ. Calloway said Sanders was arrested around 10 p. TYRIEGUNN "Tyrie didn't attend church often, but when he m., and charged with 2nd degree murder after he ... Died of Gunshot Wounds asked his sister (Teyagua) what she wanted for her allegedly admitted shooting Gunn to a friend and birthday, she told him she wanted him to go to police detectives. said she gave all of them African names that had a church with her. He did go with her for her birthday meaning. Her oldest daughter is named Teyaqua on November 30th. They Were Friends and her youngest is named Tkechi. Tyrie Rakim Although Tyrie wasn't active in church, his mother said he knew the Bible. She said a family tradition is ~ According to Mi·s. Talisa West, mother ofTyrie was the middle child and her only son. Mrs. West 0 Gunn, Sanders was a friend of her son's. "He said King Tyrie Rakim led slaves to the under to read the Bible. On Thursday night before the a: picked my son up from here and he has eaten dinner ground to be free. shooting, Mrs. West said they read Psalm 91 and "- at my home. They were friends." She said the Tyrie attended the schools of Hillsborough Psalm 23. "I always asked him who was in control 0 z teenagers had had a fistfight earlier. County, beginning his education at Yates Elementary of his life and he always said, "God. He said that last <( School. He attended Booker T. Washington and con night." A Better Life tinued his education at Tampa Bay Technical High Mrs. West also has some advice to share with oth ~c Mrs. West said, "We lived in Tampa Park School and Durant. He received his diploma from ers, "Parents, just hug your children and let thel C/) know that God is God alone." w Apartments for many years. I moved out here to get. Brandon Adult High School last year. :) my children away from all of that." An avid sportsman, Tyrie loved all sports and was Tyrie is the son of William Mcintyre and is sur t- Describing her son, Mrs. West said, "He was a very athletic. For several years, he played football for vived by other siblings and other family members. a:> good child. He was a typical teenage boy trying to the Progress Village Panthers and ran track for many Funeral services were incomplete as of press time. w find his way." years. "He thought he was the fastest runner in the Attempts to reach the Sanders family were unsuc >w Mrs. West, who is the mother of three children, world," she said of her son's skills. · cessful. c w l: C/) :::i West Tampa Group · m :) a. z APPlies For CDBG-Grant ~ BY LEON B. CREWS income from the area doesn't ...J ...J Sentinel Staff Writer generate enough dollars to cre ::J ate a CRA or a TIF (Tax m I A West Tampa group consist Increment Finance). That's w...J ing of business owners and res why we have to seek other ways z idents has requested an appli of getting the funds for our j:: cation from the City of Tampa community." z to ap ply for a grant through the Ross Silvers, CDBG w C/) Community Development Advisory Coordinator for the <( Block Grant program. City of Tampa, said his office c The application is being sub coordinates the effort to help a: mitted by the Main Street Area people get their applications 0 Business Alliance for the pur turned in . ...J "- pose of making infrastructure "This is an annual process improvements along Main where the CDBG gets funds Street. form HUD in the form of The group has developed a grants. We evalu ate the needs Main Street Economic of each community, and if the Development Plan, and accord city approves the requests, ing to Dwight Bolden, the those areas are issued grants. absence of TIF dollars (Tax This process ta!<es place in Increment Finance) in the area March." turned them to the City for the Silvers said the application funds. is basically a Needs And "This process is part of the Recommendations Application. Community Development "Certain priorities are identi Block Grant Advisory Council. fied. Budget crunching is a They are a group of people who reality right now, but Mayor represent different areas of the Pam Iorio has said the work city and hold meetings to dis must go on." cuss the needs of their commu Silvers said the West Tampa nities. group is requesting sidewalk "For the past 15 years, we've repairs for that area. waited for projects to start that All applications are reviewed were outlined for improve and approved on a needs basis. ments along the Main Street The West Tampa group con corridor. We 've been very sists of about a dozen people, patient, but nothing has ever among them Charles Canty, been done. That's why we Huey Johnson, Bernard decided to apply for the grant." Jordan, and a collection of "We were told the median business owners. ----------------------------~------------------------------------------------------------,~ c m Features (/) c }~ c Tampa Fire m Well-Known Church (') m Department Inspects :s:: OJ m First Ladv Dies Suddenlv ::0 150 Homes For Satetv 1\) The wife of a well-known Tampa minister ~w died suddenly on Saturday. Elder Aria Ball BY IRIS B. HOLTON claimep the lives Ms. ~ Sentinel City Editor LaToya Williams, 26, and Nuim was 52 years old. o her 69-year-old grandfather, = A Tampa native, Elder Nunn attended According to the Tampa Willie Bynes. Mrs. Mary the schools of Hillsborough County. She Fire. Department, two house Jones Bynes, was seriously began high school at Middleton High School fires Within a two-week period injured in the blaze. The dam- and transferred to Hillsborough High School claimed three lives. The death age to the home was estimat~ after. it closed. She graduated in 1973. toll of lives lost in fires rose to ed in excess of $10o,ooo. After graduating, she continued her stud 6 and prompted the fire Burglar bars on the windows ies at the University of South Florida, where department to take proactive and doors were not equipped she majored in Voice and studied under the measures. At least 7 others with emergency releases and direction of Dr. Anetta Monroe, in the . received injuries as a result of prevented neighbors from res College of Fine Arts. Elder Nunn became · the fires. cuing the family. an employee in the Hillsborough County As a result of those deaths, On Thanksgiving . Day, Emergency Medical Services Office and on December 15th, firefighters . firefighters responded to the remained there for more than 15 years. She went into the East Tampa home of Mrs. Frances dedicated her time to becoming a fulltime community and conducted Baker, 1915 E.