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She is his tent buddy, his cohort and his sense of OFFICIALS: NO. 1 THREAT TO THE U.S. security. Sometimes, she can be a little like his mother, but more than anything, she is his best friend. He has her back and she has his. Cyberattacks DESCRIPTION OF GROVER FOWLER’S FRIEND, LYNNE RICE RICE Blitz Federal Agencies Workers have been lured by phishing emails, tricked into sharing information.

By MARTHA MENDOZA Press analysis of records. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS They have clicked links in A $10 billion-a-year effort to bogus phishing emails, opened protect sensitive government malware-laden websites and data, from military secrets to been tricked by scammers into Social Security numbers, is sharing information. struggling to keep pace with One was redirected to a hos- an increasing number of cy- tile site after connecting to a berattacks and is unwittingly video of tennis star Serena being undermined by federal Williams. A few act intention- employees and contractors. ally, most famously former Workers scattered across National Security Agency con- more than a dozen agencies, tractor Edward Snowden, who from the Defense and Educa- downloaded and leaked docu- tion departments to the Na- ments revealing the govern- tional Weather Service, are ment’s collection of phone and responsible for at least half of email records. ERNST PETERS | LEDGER PHOTOS the federal cyberincidents re- Then there was the contract GROVER FOWLER, a friend of Lynne Rice, the school crossing guard who was struck and injured by a pickup last month, stands ported each year since 2010, next to Rice’s tent last week in a wooded area where the two live in Lakeland. according to an Associated [ PLEASE SEE HACKED, A7 ]

AFFORDABLE CARE ACT ENROLLMENT Praying for a Miracle Website, Tax Issues Could Hamper Renewals

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR “Things will THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Lynne Rice’s Friends Hope for Recovery From Traffic Accident not be perfect,” WASHINGTON | With a said Health and bright look to its rebuilt web- Human Ser- By STEPHANIE ALLEN | THE LEDGER site, version 2.0 of President vices Secretary Barack Obama’s health insur- Sylvia M. Bur- LAKELAND been gone. ance overhaul represents an- well, trying to is graying hair falls into a Grover Fowler prays every day that other chance to win over a set expecta- curl over the shoulder of his will change. skeptical public. BURWELL tions. “We are tie-dyed T-shirt. He braids Wanda Lynne Rice — although she But more than possible com- aiming for a it into a ponytail and pulls prefers just Lynne — was hit by a puter woes lurk as HealthCare. strong consumer experience, a rubber band off his wrist pickup just before 6:30 a.m. on Oct. gov’s second open enrollment and it will be better.” to hold it together as he talks 15 near North Socrum Loop Road at season begins Nov. 15. The Obama administration Habout her. Marcum Road. She is a school cross- The risks include an unprov- cannot afford to repeat last She is his tent buddy, his cohort and ing guard at the intersection and was en system for those renewing year’s online meltdown. Con- his sense of security. Sometimes, she dressed in uniform, preparing to start coverage and a tax hit that gress will be entirely in Repub- can be a little like his mother, but her shift, the Polk Sheriff’s Of ce could sting millions of people. lican hands in 2015, and GOP more than anything, she is his best said. Those tax issues are the result lawmakers will be itching to friend. He has her back and she has That morning, like she did almost of complications between the build the case for repeal. The his. every morning, Rice rode her bicycle health care law and income Supreme Court’s decision Fri- They don’t always get along. They out of the woods off Marcum Road taxes, and they will emerge day to hear another challenge have their spats and their friendship where she lived in a tent next to Fowl- during next year’s filing quarrels. But they always make up. er and her other friends. When she season. [ PLEASE SEE SIGN-UPS, A2 ] And they love one another — in a A TEDDY BEAR, flowers and notes rest got to the intersection, she parked her strictly friendship kind of way. near Socrum Loop and Marcum Road It’s been almost a month since she’s where Rice was injured last month. [ PLEASE SEE RICE, A7 ] Storm Remnants to Drop MONDAY PROFILE | PHILLIP STEVENS Music Ranch Provides Freeze on Plains States By BECKY BOHRER Snow was expected to move THE ASSOCIATED PRESS over the northern high plains Respite for Musicians JUNEAU, Alaska | A mas- and into the upper Great Lakes sive storm fueled by the rem- by this evening, with accumu- nants of Typhoon Nuri did not lations of close to a foot in parts By BEN BRASCH himself. do much damage in Alaska’s of Minnesota and Wisconsin THE LEDGER Stevens, 60, owns the Music sparsely populated Aleutian and up to 2 feet in the upper LAKELAND Ranch off Banana Road in Islands, but forecasters say it’s peninsula of Michigan, fore- hil Stevens lives a few North Lakeland, which has anchoring a system that will casters said. yards away from an provided a respite for musi- push a frigid blast of air into The storm peaked Friday eardrum-busting stage cians from the toil of touring the mainland United States with sustained winds of that has featured some around the country since and send temperatures plung- 70 mph and gusts up to 96 mph Pof the most historic Southern 1998. ing early this week. on Alaska’s Shemya Island. rock and country musicians Axe-wielders, cymbal-strik- Parts of the lower 48 states While it has weakened, it ever to blow out speakers — ers and ivory-ticklers from MICHAEL WILSON | THE LEDGER could see temperatures be- also is helping change the jet and he couldn’t be happier. bands such as Lynyrd Skynyrd, PHILLIP STEVENS, 60, a retired Air Force sergeant and Postal tween 20 and 40 degrees below stream ow and anchoring a That’s because he built the Service letter sorter, is owner and founder of the Music Ranch in average, the National Weather four walls of the hallowed hall [ PLEASE SEE STEVENS, A7 ] North Lakeland. Service said Sunday. [ PLEASE SEE FRIGID, A2 ]

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Oct. 15 has been missing Curtis, of Monument, Colo.. least 8 percent who ran or in- She was walking with a one. “I was angry, because we as stalled malicious software; “Walk Now” crossing sign and citizens trust the government and 6 percent who were en- had the right of way, accord- HOPE AND PRAYER to act on our behalf,” he said. ticed to share private informa- ing to the Sheriff’s Of ce. It Rice has worked as a cross- Curtis, according to court re- tion, according to an annual was dark at the time and had ing guard since January 2010. cords, was besieged by iden- White House review. recently rained, and 16-year- It’s a part-time job where she tity thieves after someone Documents released to the old Grant M. Hester, the Lake makes about $17,300 a year, stole data tapes that the con- AP show how workers were Gibson High School student the Sheriff’s Of ce said. tractor left in a car, exposing lured in. driving the truck, told depu- Pamela Noles, the princi- the health records of about In one incident around ties he didn’t see Rice. pal’s secretary at Lake Gibson 5 million current and former Christmas 2011, Education Sheriff Grady Judd called it Middle School, saw Rice every Pentagon employees and their Department employees re- a tragic accident and no crimi- morning. She said they would families. ceived an email purportedly nal charges are expected. smile and wave to one another. At a time when intelligence from Amazon.com that asked But the accident left Rice On holidays, Noles said she officials say cybersecurity them to click on a link. Of - critically injured and the would bring Rice goody-bags trumps terrorism as the No. 1 cials quickly warned staff that 48-year-old has been in Lake- and bakery treats. threat to the U.S. — and when it could be malicious. The de- land Regional Medical Center She was caring and loved breaches at businesses such partment did not release in- since. No one is sure whether- watching out for the children, as Home Depot and Target formation to the AP about any her condition will ever im- Noles said. ERNST PETERS | LEDGER PHOTOS focus attention on data secu- resulting damage. prove. However, despite all “She took her job very seri- GROVER FOWLER, a friend of Wanda Rice, the school crossing rity — the federal government Reports from the Defense odds, her friends say they ously, you could tell,” Noles guard that was struck by a vehicle and injured last month, talks isn’t required to publicize its Department’s Defense Secu- won’t stop praying for her full said. “She was very vigilant.” about his friend at the Hope Center in Lakeland last week. own data losses. rity Service, tasked with pro- recovery. The Sheriff’s Office said Last month, a breach of un- tecting classi ed information And the mother of the teen deputies have been in contact ing out.” ing to him so he could turn. He classi ed White House com- and technologies in the hands who hit Rice said her family with several of Rice’s family The Sheriff’s Office said didn’t realize the vehicle was puters by hackers thought to of federal contractors, show wants to do anything they can members, including an es- there were no signs that Grant yielding because Rice was in be working for Russia was how easy it is for hackers to to help. tranged husband. However, Hester was impaired or dis- the crosswalk, his mother reported not by of cials but get into DOD networks. One Lakeland Regional is still tracted at the time of the said. The Washington Post. Con- military user received mes- A SMILING FACE waiting for her family to make accident. Hester said her son wishes gressional Republicans com- sages that his computer was When Rice’s radio broke, important medical decisions, He told deputies he was he could visit Rice and he plained even they weren’t infected when he visited a Fowler used his money to buy the Sheriff’s Of ce said. waiting to turn north onto wants to help in any way he alerted about the hack. website about schools. Of - her a new one. Denise Hester, the mother North Socrum Loop Road can. To determine the extent of cials tracked the attacker He has her McDonald’s or- of the teen who hit Rice, said from Marcum Road when he “We would tell her that we’re federal cyberincidents, the AP to what appeared to be a der memorized: a hamburger her family feels awful about saw a vehicle on the other side sorry,” Denise Hester said. filed dozens of Freedom of Germany-based server. with just pickles, mustard and the accident. And her son is of the intersection that also “We feel really horrible.” Information Act requests, in- “We’ll always be vulnerable onions. She hates ketchup, he struggling to come to terms wanted to turn onto North For now, her friends say the terviewed hackers, cyberse- to ... human-factor attacks un- said. He likes to joke and pre- with it. Socrum Loop. one thing everyone will keep curity experts and govern- less we educate the overall tend he forgets that. “Of course, he wishes it As that vehicle approached doing for her is pray. ment of cials, and obtained workforce,” said Assistant When she’s thirsty or needs didn’t happen,” she said. the intersection to turn, it documents describing digital Secretary of Defense and cy- a pick-me-up, he’ll go to the “When he called me that stopped, the Sheriff’s Of ce [ Stephanie Allen can be reached cracks in the system. bersecurity adviser Eric store and buy as many 2-liter morning, I knew something said. Hester told deputies he at stephanie.allen@theledger. That review shows that 40 Rosenbach. bottles of A&W Root Beer as was wrong. He was just freak- thought that driver was yield- com or 863-802-7550. ] years and more than $100 bil- Although the government is he can carry. He smiles, a wide lion after the rst federal data projected to spend $65 billion and contagious smile, as he protection law was enacted, on cybersecurity contracts remembers carrying four bot- the government is struggling between 2015 and 2020, many tles of the soda one day to close holes without the experts think the effort is not through the woods back to her knowledge, staff or systems to enough to counter a growing tent. It’s her favorite, he said. outwit an ever-evolving foe. pool of hackers whose mo- She gave up drinking alco- Fears about breaches have tives vary. Russia, Iran and hol and she didn’t use drugs, been around since the late China have been named as Fowler said. She was married 1960s, when the federal gov- suspects in some attacks, a couple times and has a fam- ernment began shifting its while thieves seek out other ily, but doesn’t talk about that operations onto computers. valuable data. Only a small much. The home life wasn’t Of cials responded with soft- fraction of attackers are her style. ware designed to sniff out caught. Rice has lived in the woods malicious programs and raise For every thief or hostile for several years. It’s not con- alarms about intruders. And state, there are tens of thou- ventional, but that’s just the yet, attackers have always sands of victims like Curtis. way she likes it. found ways in, exposing tens He declined to talk about Every day, between her of millions of sensitive and speci cs of his case. Accord- crossing guard shifts, she private records that include ing to court records, a thief in rides her bike to the Hope employee usernames and September 2011 broke into a Center off U.S. 98 North. The passwords and veterans’ med- car in a San Antonio garage tan ranch house is set back ical les. and stole unencrypted com- from the road, and to most From 2009 to 2013, the num- puter tapes containing the people, doesn’t look like much. ber of reported breaches just Pentagon workers’ informa- But every day a group of vol- on federal computer networks tion. The car belonged to an unteers from several local — the .gov and .mils — rose employee of a federal contrac- churches opens up the build- from 26,942 to 46,605, accord- tor tasked with securing those ing for those who don’t have a ing to the U.S. Computer records. home. Emergency Readiness Team. Criminals have tried to get Most of those who come live JAN PLUMB, a volunteer at the Last year, US-CERT respond- cash, loans, credit — even es- in the woods nearby. They Hope Center in Lakeland, helps ed to a total of 228,700 cyber- tablish businesses — in Cur- shower, wash clothes, eat hot Buzzy Bowman pick out some incidents involving federal tis’ name, according to court meals and watch movies. They food to take with him. The Hope agencies, companies that run records. He and his wife have share stories and hugs with Center is a volunteer-staffed critical infrastructure and frozen bank and credit ac- the volunteers and with one home where homeless people contract partners. That’s more counts. A lawsuit brought by another. can visit to take a shower, have than double the incidents in victims was dismissed. Jan and Jim Plumb, who vol- something to eat and wash 2009. “It is very ironic,” said Cur- unteer at the Hope Center clothing. Larry Carter, at left, Employees are to blame for tis, himself a cybersecurity through Kathleen Baptist packs up his belongings on his at least half of the problems. expert who worked to provide Church, sa id Rice is a sweet- bike as volunteer Bob Gilmore Last year, for example, secure networks at the Penta- heart and loved by everyone cleans up around the center about 21 percent of all federal gon. “I was the person who who sees her smile. recently. breaches were traced to gov- had paper shredders in my She loves Jesus, and might ernment workers who violated house. I was a consummate be homeless, but she certainly policies; 16 percent who lost data protection guy.” Stevens [ CONTINUED FROM A1 ] the Grateful Dead and the mer for Lynyrd Skynyrd and a cost of the 55 slabs of ribs and, While he swayed in the rock- Charlie Daniels Band have all Rock and Roll Hall of Fame of course, a band. ing chair he made himself in played at the 5,000-square-foot inductee, coming back to play PHILLIP DA N STE V EN S He said he remembered the shed he built by hand, the barn that holds about 300 at the Music Ranch. He was AGE: 60. thinking during the party: stereo plays Elvin Bishop’s people. one of the few to escape the BIRTHDATE: Sept. 30, 1954. “Well, this is cool. I didn’t know “Fooled Around and Fell in Even during the day, light plane crash that killed core RESIDENCE: Lakeland. I could do this.” Love.” “Oh, Jimmy (Hall) has trouble peering through members of the band in 1977. Since then, about 200 artists played that here!” he said of the the windows of the wooden Pyle, leader of the Artimus JOB: Owner of the Music Ranch. have lugged gear and baggage song and the Grammy-nomi- room, which has a stage that Pyle Band based out of Ash- FAMILY: Wife, Christine; and children, Brian through the venue’s doors. nated harmonica player. stops about halfway up your ville, N.C., played the rst show Kinch, 35, Lakeland, and Brandy Stevens, 30, Beyond the music, Stevens The ever-humming Stevens shin and has had some of at the Music Ranch. And he Lakeland. works with radio station 97 said as a fan of music, he runs Southern rock’s historical g- remembers it being a bit TOP FIVE FAVORITE ARTISTS: Eric Clapton, Country and donates 300 tick- the business at a loss because ures scuf e across it. chaotic. Jimmy Page, Joe Bonamassa, Leon Russell and ets to help raise money for St. bands are struggling like never “The room is seasoned,” Ste- “First night, they were work- Lynyrd Skynyrd. Jude Children’s Hospital every before. vens said. “It’s a bit of a spiri- ing out the kinks, but the ARTIST HE GOT MOST NERVOUS FOR: Leon Russell. Stevens year during the station’s Toys “We’ve lost our live music,” tual place.” crowds enjoyed it and that’s spoke with Russell while driving for about the length of a football for Tots program. he said. what I do it for,” he said. fi eld. He said many people have A HOMEY VIBE Pyle has played at the Music FAVORITE CONCERT: In 1977, Led Zeppelin managed to get held charity shows at the Music ‘LIFE’S A SONG’ Stevens and his second wife, Ranch several times since and about three songs into its set in Tampa before the concert was Ranch over the years. Stevens said he lost $1,700 Christine, 41, are able to give still enjoys coming to the rained out. Stevens was 23 years old. “Most people need to know the night Vince Welnick, nal off a homey vibe to musicians venue. people care,” he said. keyboardist for the Grateful who play at the Music Ranch “From the standpoint of a Stevens, who does not drink Dead, played at the Music because they live next door. music fan, he has a home run alcohol nor serve it at the Mu- Ranch. “I try to remain low-key and there,” he said of Stevens. teachers in Livingston, Tenn., later, he was an inventory man- sic Ranch, said it is important It was one of the last shows humble around them,” said Even having played at thou- and moved to where he would agement specialist behind a to give musicians a welcoming Welnick played before he died Christine Stevens, executive sands of locations around the later build the Music Ranch in desk in Denver. atmosphere to open up and in June 2006 — and Stevens assistant to the president and world, Pyle comes back to the 1962, at about the age of 7. Four years later, he left the play. has it recorded, along with CEO of Sun ’n Fun. “We try to Music Ranch because of The family moved when his Air Force as a sergeant and A guitarist himself, Stevens thousands of hours of other make them feel at home.” Stevens. father, Ray Stevens, became came back home . said he knows how the musi- performances. The Stevens have done ev- “I’m old school, and our boy the rst band director at the cians feel when they are on He said he got calls from na- erything — from making sure there at the Ranch is old school current Kathleen High School PARTY SPURS VENUE stage. tional media outlets for days Trent Willmon, who has had and you got to love it,” he said location, which is where Ste- The structure that would be- “When we’re playing music after Welnick died. six singles make it to the U.S. of Stevens. “ He’s really a great vens would graduate from 10 come the Music Ranch was an nothing hurts ... I don’t got no “It teaches you to enjoy the Billboard Hot Country Songs guy, he’s living the dream, and years later. His mother, Delilah awning Stevens built to park bills when I’m playing,” he day,” he said of the experience. charts, had enough towels for he plays great guitar.” Stevens, taught third grade at his doublewide trailer . said. “Don’t look at the bad in his shower to cooking steak for Pyle said the laid-back feel Winston Elementary School Stevens worked as a letter- Without any formal training anything.” Pat Travers, the famed blues of the space and Stevens is a for 35 years. sorter for the United States and playing mostly by ear, Ste- He said he is blessed to give guitarist who has played beside real slice of comfort. On a Monday in 1976, Ste- Postal Service, mostly at the vens seems happiest playing so many people a place to enjoy members of Rush, Foghat and Stevens’ Southern hospital- vens walked into an Air Force Lakeland Hills Boulevard loca- the 1956 Hammond A100, for- live music as much as he Mountain. Travers likes his ity makes sense when you con- recruiter of ce and said: “If tion, for 31 years before start- merly owned by David Muse of does. steak cooked medium. sider he’s called that property y’all can get me out of here in ing the Music Ranch. Firefall, that sits on the Music “Life’s a song, there is no “This place brings on a his home for more than the a week and with a desk job in Stevens realized he might Ranch’s stage. doubt,” he said. sweetness in people,” she said. past 50 years. Denver, Colo., I’m all yours.” want to run a venue when he “It plays by itself,” he said. “When you’re passionate, it By Wednesday of that week, made $1,000 on his 40th birth- “Your fingers are just [ Ben Brasch can be reached at comes out.” SOUTHERN BOY he was in Jacksonville swear- day party that was held on the moving.” [email protected] or It’s that attitude that has kept Phillip Dan Stevens was born ing in, Thursday at boot camp property. He sold 240 tickets at Stevens lives for Southern 863-802-7590. Follow Ben on Artimus Pyle, former drum- Sept. 30, 1954, to two school- in San Antonio and six weeks $10 a person to help defray the music. 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By STEPHANIE ALLEN | THE LEDGER We’ve seen girls brutally FLORIDA VICTIM PROFILES he man kept her in the back Williger with Homeland Security beaten, brutally raped, Information for some young victims is highlighted below: seat when he pulled up to in Tampa had warned Kleinhans sodomized, become the Tampa strip club. to look out for. AGE SITUATION RACE Glowing neon lights ad- The man was in control of the VICTIMS drug addicts as a result vertised the best nude girls girl’s personal possessions and in town. identi cation. of their pimps. ! ere’s 15 Low income housing/runaway Black Female TCould she work the night as a He was holding all her money. really no limit to the dancer? he asked, handing her She seemed fearful and not free 15 Runaway White Female license to a manager. to speak or leave. depravity of some of She didn’t say much, if Kleinhans said his club workers 16 Low income housing/runaway Black Female anything. turned the man away. 17 Foster child/runaway Other Female these pimps. And just All the warning signs were He keeps Williger’s phone num- when you thought you’ve there. ber on speed dial for situations 17 Low income housing Black Female Don Kleinhans, owner of like that. 24 Drug Abuser/homeless (from out of state) White Female seen it all, it gets worse.” the 2001 Odyssey strip club, said Sex traf cking is an interna- it was “cookie cutter sex tional issue that’s been around BILL WILLIGER THE LEDGER traf cking.” for centuries. In its simplest form, SPECIAL AGENT WITH HOMELAND SECURITY IN TAMPA The scenario had almost all the indicators Special Agent Bill [ PLEASE SEE TRAFFICKING, A8 ]

SANTA FE CATHOLIC HIGH In Encounters With the Police, FSU [ THERE’S MORE ] Football Player in Critical Football Players Get Special Justice INSIDE THE LEDGER & ONLINE [ SCARY TIMES Condition in Hospital Team members THE SHALLOW GRAVE By ROY FUOCO were canceled Friday after ■ Haunted house & MIKE FERGUSON about 25 students were sick can escape serious attraction opens in Winter THE LEDGER Haven. Thursday with what school of- consequences as LAKELAND | A Santa Fe cials said appeared to be a READ MORE, D1 ] Catholic High School football stomach virus that caused cops play favorites. player who became ill and symptoms such as nausea, www.theledger.com ] was taken to Tampa General vomiting and diarrhea. By MIKE McINTIRE Hospital was in critical condi- “Health of cials are work- & WALT BOGDANICH tion Saturday with what pub- ing closely with of cials from THE NEW YORK TIMES lic health of cials said is a the school to monitor the situ- MONDAY’S PROFILE suspected case of bacterial ation and to take the neces- TALLAHASSEE | The 911 I STRUGGLED in my early school meningitis. sary precautions to keep the STEVE CANNON | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS call could not have sounded years and that experience has The illness does not appear students and faculty safe,” more urgent: A man was beat- JAMEIS WINSTON, LEFT, celebrates a touchdown on Oct. 4 with given me insight to be associated with gastro- the Health Department state- ing a woman holding a baby Mario Pender. The handling of a rape allegation against Winston to help students intestinal illnesses reported ment said. outside their apartment as she has drawn attention to the actions of law enforcement and Florida now that I’m a last week at Santa Fe, the An investigation is under- tried to leave. State officials regarding football players’ behavior. principal at an Florida Department of Health way and health of cials said “You just need to get some- elementary school in Polk County said in a state- they would release more in Lakeland. one out here right away be- mother and “grabbing the little day last January, the couple ment Saturday night. information as it became cause it is really bad,” the baby around the arm.” were back inside. The 19-year- Classes at the Lakeland available. caller said, adding that the By the time the police ar- WHO AM I? school, which has an enroll- man was “punching” the rived shortly after 3 a.m. one [ PLEASE SEE JUSTICE, A10 ] ment of about 285 students, [ PLEASE SEE ILLNESS, A9 ]

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But Angelina Spencer, a And just when you thought you’ve former dancer and club seen it all, it gets worse.” owner, is fighting hard to Under federal law, sex traf cking tell people that the two is part of the broader human traf- don’t always go hand-in- cking, de ned as “the act of re- hand. cruiting, harboring, transporting, Spencer and club owners providing, or obtaining a person for across the country have forced labor or commercial sex acts worked with lawmakers and through the use of force, fraud or Homeland Security agents coercion.” to help raise awareness of Often confused with human the crime. smuggling, traf cking differs be- CHRIS O’MEARA | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (2012) And they let people know cause its victims aren’t always be- AN ENTERTAINER PERFORMS at the “Mons Venus” adult club in Tampa. The club — located less than 6 miles from many strip clubs are respect- ing illegally transported across where the Republicans gathered to nominate former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney as their presidential candidate — able businesses, she said. international borders. Simply put, was opened 30 years ago by Joe Redner, who almost single-handedly made Tampa’s adult entertainment world famous. Special Agent Bill Williger Homeland Security says human with Homeland Security in smuggling is a crime against a na- Tampa said the supply and tion, whereas traf cking is instead Families. And in some cases, the when deputies were called to a ho- vulnerable to a traf cker in the rst demand associated with the a crime against an individual children actually believe they’re in tel in Davenport after a woman said place, whether it was a drug addic- adult entertainment indus- person. a romantic relationship with their she was being forced into prostitu- tion, sexual abuse, or an emotional try can sometimes contrib- And the effects of traf cking are traf cker. tion, according to the Sheriff’s dependency. ute to sex traf cking. almost always severe trauma, Wil- Under federal law, any minor Of ce. But not all women accused of But after doing some re- liger said. who is introduced into the commer- The woman said she was taken prostitution are victims of traf ck- search, Spencer said, of - “Without exception, every victim cial sex trade is con- to the hotel by 43-year-old Christo- ing. Judd said there are adults who cials realized the well- that I’ve encountered, the trauma sidered a victim of pher James Fryer, of 6103 Water- freely choose to work in the sex respected clubs aren’t is comparable to the same as the sex trafficking — view Circle in Palm Beach, to meet trade, and if deputies can’t prove usually an issue. guys seen coming home from war,” even if the person with a “client,” whom Fryer found force, fraud or coercion in an adult “Human traf cking is not Williger said. “It’s post-traumatic isn’t forced into it. on Backpage.com, an arrest report case, it isn’t considered strictly a strip club problem; stress disorder. And it is a long, Aboul-Hosn said a states. traf cking. it’s a U.S. problem,” she said. painful road for both the adults and very small percent- After talking with the man for And that has happened, he said, “You nd it everywhere.” the children to come back.” age of children are almost an hour, the woman con- even if the warning signs are Spencer is a representa- actually physically ded in him that Fryer was driving there. tive for the Florida chapter PICTURE OF A VICTIM forced into it. Sex ABOUL-HOSN her across the state, forcing her to After a four-day undercover pros- of the Association of Club The scenario Kleinhans saw re- traf cking in Cen- have sex with men, the report titution sting in May, Judd said Executives, which regulates cently outside his strip club is not tral Florida doesn’t look like the states. She said Fryer would take deputies identi ed 16 suspected strip clubs throughout the uncommon. movie “Taken,” with teenagers be- whatever money she made and beat “pimps” and 28 prostitutes, includ- U.S., and is executive direc- And the girl sitting in the back ing kidnapped and sold, she said. her if she refused him. ing a 15-year-old girl who was tor of the national Club seat of that car could have been Instead, children are most often The man then called deputies for brought to Polk from Miami. Owners Against Sex Traf- anyone. groomed and introduced into the help. Not all of the accused prostitutes cking campaign. Something made her vulnerable sex trade through deception and Court records show Fryer is fac- were victims of traf cking, Judd The idea for the campaign to the man’s control. manipulation. ing felony charges of false impris- said, but during that sting, several started in 2009 after law- Central Florida’s booming tourist And they don’t see themselves as onment and human traf cking. He women told deputies they were be- makers started proposing industry is accompanied by a high victims. was released from the Polk jail ing “worn out” by pimps in legislature that limited strip demand for the adult entertainment “In their mind, they think they’re Sept. 2 on $6,000 bail, records Orlando. clubs, saying it would help business, which essentially makes completely in control of what’s go- show. The women said they’re threat- prevent cases of traf cking, it a hotspot for sex traf cking, Wil- ing on,” she said. His court case is still pending. ened with violence and regularly Spencer said. However, the liger said. The girl sitting in the backseat of Judd said getting victims to open given drugs to have sex. If they laws didn’t make sense to But the crime isn’t seen only in the man’s car outside 2001 Odyssey up about what they’re going don’t make enough money for their most club owners. strip clubs, he said. might have thought she was in con- through is often a challenge. pimps, the beatings can be brutal. So, Spencer and a group Victims have been solicited on trol, too. She might have been a Out of the six cases the Sheriff’s In June, the Metropolitan Bureau of representatives decided to street corners, at truck stops and of Investigation arrested 10 people set up a meeting with law online on websites like Backpage. Sex tra! cking in Central Florida doesn’t look like the accused of taking part in a vicious enforcement officials and com, he said. They’re kept in well- Orlando ring in which prostitutes lawmakers to explain their off neighborhoods, abandoned movie “Taken,” with teenagers being kidnapped and told investigators they were beaten views. After initially being houses and commercial brothels. sold, Sue Aboul-Hosn said. Children are most often with crowbars, chained, kicked, greeted with folded arms, It’s all based on supply and de- punched and forced to use narcot- she said, the two groups mand, Williger said. groomed and introduced into the sex trade through ics to create a dependency on their researched a little more and And it doesn’t affect only a spe- accused pimps. decided to try a part- ci c group of people. The victims deception and manipulation. And they don’t see Women described incidents in nership. vary in age, sex, race and economic themselves as victims. which Orlando pimps would pour Since then, Homeland Se- status. hot water over their bodies, scald- curity agents and COAST Williger said he’s seen victims ing them if they have trained thousands of from gated communities and ones great dancer and made good money Of ce has investigated, only four didn’t produce people in the industry from who grew up without homes. at the club that night. victims — all female and ranging enough work, Judd more than 500 clubs in 30 “You can’t hang a label on what Kleinhans will never know for from 15 to 24 years old — were co- said. cities across the country on a victim looks like,” Williger said. sure. operative, Wood said. “To say it’s a vic- what sex traf cking looks “They’re every race and religion But something didn’t seem The problem is many of the teen- timless crime is be- like, Spencer said. and economic status. And they’re right. aged girls and women whom depu- ing disingenuous. Williger helped with two not just women; there are men and ties have encountered didn’t realize It’s not,” he said. training sessions in Tampa boys.” TRAFFICKING IN POLK they were victims, Judd said. They “There’s a group of and is planning a third for What the traf ckers look for, he Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd were so immersed in fear of their men out there that ROSE January. said, is some type of vulnerability. said he feels morally and ethically trafficker they didn’t recognize it is their job to try He said the partnership They target people who have some- obligated to help save traf cking they weren’t living a normal way to find women to with club owners makes thing missing in their lives, and the victims. of life. work for them in their stable of la- sense for everyone. It helps traf ckers then ll that void . It’s an issue about which he’s spo- Judy Dreher, a victim assistance dies, and then they torment them law enforcement better in- “If it’s a need for emotional sup- ken publicly at recent news confer- specialist with Homeland Security, physically and emotionally in order vestigate cases and shows port, then the traf cker will pro- ences and one he said his of ce has said she’s also seen that with sus- to keep them under control.” that clubs are committed to vide that. If it’s drugs, the traf cker been seeing in Polk for several pected victims. And all it takes is someone being running a crime-free will provide that,” he said. years. Getting them to accept that vigilant to help stop it, he said. business. With child victims, traf ckers Since 2010, the Sheriff’s Of ce they’re a victim is the rst step to Like Kleinhans, the club owner, “It’s in everybody’s best usually ll a need for love and at- has investigated six cases of human rescuing them, she said. After that, when he noticed something wasn’t interest to work together,” he tention, said Sue Aboul-Hosn, a traf cking, spokeswoman Donna the victims face a long road to re- right when the man handed over said. “They’re not only try- human traf cking specialist with Wood said. covery, starting with identifying the woman’s license. ing to protect their business, the Department of Children and The most recent was in August, what underlying issues made them He immediately called some of but keep people safe.” the other strip clubs around Tampa Spencer agreed and said Bay to warn them of the scenario. COAST is mostly about rais- Then he called Williger for ing awareness to help save help. lives. “One of the things that BEFORE IT HAPPENS we stress at the COAST Connie Rose of Tampa isn’t afraid meetings is if you see some- to talk about safe sex. thing, say something,” she And drugs. said. “Saving a life is a valu- And making mistakes. able thing to do. You might And pimps. be the only link between And about being abused. that person and their She is a survivor of sex freedom.” traf cking. And she shares her story with girls and young women across Florida in hopes of preventing them from falling into the same fate. Rose talks about how she was sexually abused and exploited at

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By COREY WILLIAMS saddened by this family’s loss THE ASSOCIATED PRESS and mourns with them during DETROIT | A 21-month-old this very dif cult time,” Val- girl is the rst person in Mich- entini said. A New Jersey igan to die from the virus that state medical examiner said has caused severe respiratory last week that a 4-year-old boy illness across the country, died of the virus, and the CDC state health officials said says ve people infected with Saturday. the virus have died, but it’s not Madeline Reid died Friday clear what role the virus afternoon from enterovirus played. The CDC said in a re- D68, according to Children’s lease this week that the virus Hospital of Michigan in De- has sickened 691 people in 46 troit. Its chief medical of cer, states and Washington, D.C. Dr. Rudolph Valentini, said in Enterovirus D68 can cause a statement that the Centers u-like symptoms and respi- for Disease Control and Pre- ratory problems. The virus vention con rmed the illness can be spread through cough- after the Clinton Township ing, sneezing and contact with As of Tuesday, 31 cases in girl’s arrival, but did not spec- contaminated surfaces. There Michigan had tested positive ify which day she arrived. is no vaccine or specific for enterovirus D68, accord- “It is never easy to lose a treatment. ing to Jennifer Smith, a child, and our entire health spokeswoman for the state care team at the Children’s Department of Community Hospital of Michigan is deeply Health. Illness [ CONTINUED FROM A1 ] PIERRE DuCHARME | THE LEDGER School of cials con rmed ing safety measures.” Symptoms, which can ap- SHERIFF GRADY JUDD speaks during a briefing at the Polk County Sheriff’s Office Operations the student had become ill but Franzino said he could not pear in just a few hours, in- Center in Winter Haven in May. Detectives served a number of search warrants and discovered did not identify him. provide any additional details clude severe headaches, high eight of the suspects possessed multiple images and videos identified as child pornography. Santa Fe Catholic Principal of when the player became ill fever, stiff neck and fatigue. Matt Franzino released this or went to the hospital. School of cials said Santa statement Saturday: Of cials at the Health De- Fe’s football game against POLK SENTENCED TRAFFICKERS “One of our students partment said the student’s Seffner Christian scheduled was taken to the hospital be- illness is a suspected case of for Saturday had been post- Tra! cking cause of a serious illness. He bacterial meningitis, which is poned inde nitely. [ CONTINUED FROM A8 ] is in critical condition, and his described by the Centers for T he game had been the hands of her father, a se- MICHAEL GALLON, 48 prognosis is unknown at this Disease Control and Preven- initially scheduled for Thurs- rial sexual offender, for about time. As a precautionary mea- tion as in ammation of the day but was moved because 14 years. She was a child and Michael Gallon, 48, was sentenced May sure, we did report the stu- membranes near the brain of what Santa Fe of cials de- teenager in the early 1970s 29 to 33 years and nine months in federal dent’s admission to the hos- and spinal cord. scribed as an outbreak of a and was so brainwashed and prison for engaging girls under the age of pital to the Department of It spreads through close stomach illness that affected broken down by his control 18 in commercial sex acts and producing Health. We have received no contact, such as kissing or students and faculty at the that she accepted that life, she and distributing a video of a minor en- further instructions regard- sharing food or drinks. school. said. gaged in sexual activity. Gallon’s opera- Rose now works with Selah tion revolved around house parties where Freedom, an advocacy group he would take girls, make them dance and in Sarasota that helps victims have sex with men in “VIP rooms.” Inves- of human traf cking rebuild tigators identifi ed at least fi ve girls, ranging in age from their lives while also focusing 14-16 years old, who Gallon recruited at his house in Lakeland on prevention and awareness and then drove to house parties across the state. Federal Promising Pill for Bacterial throughout Southwest Florida. o! cials say he had a 10-year career in the sex trade. The group has rehabilitation programs for victims and sur- vivors, safe housing, commu- Infection Not So Hard to Swallow nity groups and holds preven- tion classes for vulnerable PAUL AARON JR., 30 By PAM BELLUCK ster, the lead investigator. to control. After one round of girls. THE NEW YORK TIMES Other research teams, and dosing (two days, 15 capsules As the director of survivor This pill goes down easier if at least one private company, per day), diarrhea cleared up programming and leadership, Paul Aaron Jr., 30, was sentenced in you forget what is in it. are developing and testing fe- in 14 patients. Rose talks about her past as a May to 21 years in state prison for forcing Inside the experimental cap- cal pills. Currently, the Food Five others, sicker than the way to help victims and girls two teenage girls into his prostitution sule is human feces — strained, and Drug Administration ef- rest beforehand, responded ght back. business. Investigators say Aaron, who centrifuged and frozen. Taking fectively permits doctors to after a second two-day dosing Her hope, she says, is to give worked part time supervising students them for just two days can cure give fecal transplants to quali- about a week later. One of this the girls a “tool belt” of knowl- on Polk County school buses, ran the a dangerous bacterial infection ed patients with recurrent C. group relapsed and needed edge about the world sur- business under the name Genuine Qual- that has de ed antibiotics and dif cile infections. Pills mar- another dose. rounding sex traf cking and ity Entertainment. Aaron would force the kills 14,000 Americans every keted commercially would One patient may not have how to keep from becoming a girls, who were 15 and 16 years old when year, researchers said have to meet FDA drug-licens- responded because of liver victim. That way, if one of the they started, to have sex with men, including a former Saturday. ing regulations. problems, Youngster said. girls ever finds herself in a Haines City Police O! cer. If the results are replicated Dr. Lawrence Brandt, an There were no serious side ef- vulnerable situation, she has in larger trials, the pill, devel- emeritus chief of gastroenter- fects, not even the vomiting what she needs to get help. oped at Massachusetts General ology at Monte ore Medical researchers had expected. Six “You never know when Hospital in Boston, promises Center who was not involved patients had mild cramps or you’re going to need to take an easier, cheaper and likely in the study, noted that “cap- bloating. one of those tools out and use safer alternative to an unpleas- sules are easy to take and do Deirdre, 37, a technology it,” Rose said. MARISOL RODRIQUEZ, 22 ant procedure highlighted in not have any kind of offensive consultant in Boston, acquired Prevention is something law both medical journals and on odor.” Some experts said they C. dif cile after receiving an- enforcement has been focus- Marisol Rodriquez, 22, was arrested YouTube: fecal transplants. also hoped that pills would dis- tibiotics for a breast infection ing on, too. in January on charges of human tra! ck- Studies show transplanting courage people from poten- and struggled with recurrenc- Deron Mangiocco, a group ing after a 21-year-old woman said she feces in liquid form from tially dangerous do-it-yourself es for months before learning supervisor with Homeland was being held against her will at a healthy people to patients with fecal transplants, which have of the study. Security, said the agency has house in Winter Haven. The woman told stubborn Clostridium dif cile been featured in YouTube “At rst I was kind of grossed helped train law enforcement Polk deputies that Rodriquez solicited infections can stop the wrench- videos. out,” said Deirdre, who asked of cials throughout the Tam- her to have sex with a man and threat- ing intestinal symptoms, ap- People have used stool from that her last name be withheld pa Bay area on what to look ened her if she didn’t do as she was told. parently by restoring healthy family or friends, often admin- because of privacy concerns. for in potential human traf- When the woman said she wanted to gut bacteria. istering it via enema. But about a week after taking ficking cases. Agents also leave, Rodriquez beat her, arrest reports state. Rodriquez But fecal transplants are not teach officers what to do if accepted a plea deal in September with charges of deriving easy. The procedure requires While the pills are not being marketed yet, the they suspect someone might support from proceeds of prostitution, battery, possession delivery of a fecal solution via be a victim. of cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia. She was the rectum or a tube inserted authors of the study, published in JAMA, are That way, he said, instead sentenced to two years of probation. through the nose. As with being treated as a criminal, colonoscopies, patients must already making them available to quali! ed the victim has a better chance ush their bowels rst. patients without requiring participation in of getting help. Finding and screening do- “Ten years ago, if a 16- or nors is time-consuming and clinical trials. 17-year-old girl was arrested man Trafficking Resource munity to step up, be alert and can delay the transplant. And for prostitution, she’d be treat- Center received 1,724 calls report anything suspicious the costs can be signi cant, “I know of at least one person the capsules, which “kind of ed as a prostitute,” Mangiocco about suspected human traf- they see. certainly higher than taking a who did it at home and came felt like small ice cubes,” her said. “Through increased out- cking in Florida — the third “If you see something, say simple pill. in with a very severe infection digestive system began to reach and awareness, now she highest amount in the something,” Williger said. “Capsules are going to re- in his bowel,” said Youngster, normalize. might be treated as a victim.” country. “You’re not going to stop it, place the way we’ve been a pediatric infectious disease “If this is a treatment that Homeland Security has also From those calls, of cials but through awareness you doing this,” said Dr. Colleen physician at Massachusetts was 90 percent effective and been reaching out to local found 370 potential traf cking can de nitely stem the tide.” Kelly, a gastroenterologist with General. you can get over the gross fac- businesses in industries that cases, with more than half ref- And help rescue a victim, as the Women’s Medicine Collab- That patient, treated by a col- tor, it seems to be kind of a no- are frequently used in human erencing sex traf cking. Kleinhans did when he called orative in Providence, Rhode league, “did a home brew of brainer,” she said. traf cking schemes, such as Though the number of re- Williger that night. Isla nd, who wa s not stool from a 2-year-old Interest in fecal treatments strip clubs, hotels, and nail ported cases seems high, Kleinhans said Homeland involved in the study. Kelly infant.” has grown since a 2013 study and hair salons, he said. Aboul-Hosn said that doesn’t Security agents found her does five or six fecal trans- In their study, Youngster and found transplants are nearly Agents pass out flyers with necessarily mean it’s happen- before the night was over and plants a month, but demand is colleagues recruited donors twice as effective as antibiotics information and teach employ- ing more in Florida. It just took her to a women’s so great she’s booked through via Craigslist and screened for recurring C. difficile. A ers the warning signs they means people are more aware, shelter. January. their stool to make sure it was nonpro t in Cambridge, Mas- might see in their industry, she said. Paying attention to the “It’s so labor-intensive,” she healthy. sachusetts, OpenBiome, sends which is how Kleinhans knew And that’s exactly what law warning signs paid off. said. “You have to nd a donor, The stool was mixed with frozen stool samples to hospi- something wasn’t right that enforcement and community have to screen a donor. If you saline and put through sieves tals for fecal transplants. Pills night outside 2001 Odyssey. activists want. But they can’t [ Stephanie Allen can be reached can just open a freezer and to remove “the yucky stuff,” are being tested with promis- The club owner said he has do it alone. at stephanie.allen@theledger. take out a poop pill, that’s Youngster said, then centri- ing results elsewhere, and a posters listing the sex traf ck- It takes everyone in the com- com or 863-802-7550. ] wonderful.” fuged and mixed with glycerol company called Seres Health ing indicators that hang in While the pills are not being to keep bacteria alive when is in advanced trials of a pill various parts of his club, and marketed yet, the authors of frozen. It was piped into cap- incorporating certain bacteria the managers carry cards re- the study, published in JAMA, sules, which were stored in from stool. minding them of what to look are already making them avail- deep-freeze and transferred to Dr. Alexander Khoruts, a out for and whom to call if able to quali ed patients with- a regular freezer before pa- gastroenterologist at the Uni- they ever suspect something’s ABOUT THIS SERIES out requiring participation in tients swallowed them. versity of Minnesota, said some wrong. TODAY : As the problem of sex tra! cking clinical trials. Youngster said the capsules researchers were trying to “We try to be proactive,” he has gained attention, various groups have Their study was small and could be stored for 250 days or freeze-dry stool samples so said. come together to try and fi ght it, from law preliminary, but results were longer. The capsules are clear, they could be made into pow- enforcement to help groups to strip clubs. striking: 19 of 20 patients with so “the fact that they are ders that could be stored at WHAT TO DO MONDAY: For the victims of sex tra! cking, rescue C. difficile infections were frozen is actually good, be- room temperature. Last year, the National Hu- is just the beginning of leaving the life behind. cured of diarrhea and related cause then you can’t see what’s Dr. Josbert Keller, a Dutch Recovery can be a long and di! cult road. symptoms. in them.” gastroenterologist who led last Most saw improvements af- The patients, 11 to 89 years year’s fecal transplant study, ter one two-day round of pills, old, had each experienced at said he would try capsules. “It’s the rest after two or three least two episodes of C. dif- much easier for the patient,” he rounds, said Dr. Ilan Young- cile that antibiotics had failed said. 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By STEPHANIE ALLEN Of ce said Tuesday night. THE LEDGER A 3-month-old girl, Aryane POLK CITY | A Dade City Sims, was not seriously in- couple and their 5-year-old son jured. She was taken to Lake- were killed early Tuesday in a land Regional Medical Center crash at a Polk City intersec- and then taken by the Depart- tion that has had other deadly ment of Children and Families crashes, of cials said. to Arnold Palmer Hospital to Justin Sims, 31, who was be with her sisters and grand- driving the car, and his front- father, the Sheriff’s Office seat passengers, Sharonda said. Sims, 28, and their son, Savion, Aryane was the only person died. in the car properly restrained The crash also sent the cou- in a car seat. Deputies said ple’s three young daughters to none of the other children nor the hospital, two with serious their parents was wearing a injuries. The two oldest girls, seat belt. Ariel Sims, 7, and Kitty Sims, Justin Sims was driving a 2, were airlifted to Arnold white 1998 Buick Century that Palmer Hospital for Children collided with a semi-truck in Orlando where they under- trailer at Deen Still Road and went surgery. Both were ex- pected to recover, the Sheriff’s [ PLEASE SEE CRASH, A8 ]

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By GREG PARLIER perintendent of operations. THE LEDGER The district’s nancial pic- BARTOW | The School Dis- ture has deteriorated over the trict is facing a $238 million past several years as funding shortage over the next five from several sources has years to address critical needs declined. in facility maintenance , dis- The state has not given out ILLUSTRATIONAMARIS BY MERCADO trict staff told School Board Public Education Capital Out- members Tuesday. lay, or PECO, funds for new Staff presented a detailed construction since 2009. There PROPOSED BULLYING LEGISLATION SPURS DEBATE report that showed more than have been no PECO funds for $274 million in needs, includ- minor maintenance for the ing for roof replacements, last two years. By STEPHANIE ALLEN | THE LEDGER air-conditioning units and Plus, 84 percent of the dis- coolers and freezers in school trict’s sales tax revenue is dedi- fought hard to persuade Florida’s At several news conferences an- kitchens. There are only about cated to debt service for bonds Legislature to pass the law that would nouncing the proposed legislation, $36 million in projected reve- the district took out several LAKELAND criminalize bullying since her Norman said she doesn’t want any nues over the next ve years years ago to pay for renovation hildren can be mean. 12-year-old daughter, Rebecca Sed- other family to feel the pain of losing slated to address those needs. of schools in critical need and They say harsh words, call wick, committed suicide in Septem- a child to bullying. “It is a very bleak picture,” each other names, push small ber after months of bullying by But some experts on bullying, in- said Greg Rivers, associate su- [ PLEASE SEE SCHOOLS, A10 ] kids around and make their classmates. cluding law and psychology profes- weakest peers feel bad about sors from across the country, argue themselves. that making childish acts illegal CBut is that criminal? might have unintended side effects, Under a proposed Florida law, it Bullying: and the proposed law could do more TORTURE IN TERROR CASES could be, and it could leave many A Search for Solutions harm than good. more children with police records. Tricia Norman of Lakeland has THE LAWS’ ROLE [ PLEASE SEE BULLYING, A4 ] Senator Accuses CIA of Meddling in Investigation 2014 U.S. HOUSE DISTRICT 13 By DONNA CASSATA moved documents and THE ASSOCIATED PRESS searched a computer network Republican David Jolly Wins Congressional Race WASHINGTON | In an ex- set up for lawmakers, said traordinary public accusation, Sen. Dianne Feinstein in a the head of the Senate Intel- long and biting speech on By MICHAEL J. MISHAK overhaul got its rst test ahead i a n L u c a s October of cancer, and the ligence Committee declared the Senate oor. & TAMARA LUSH of November’s midterm elec- Overby had 4.8 evenly divided district had on Tuesday that the CIA inter- In an escalating dispute with THE ASSOCIATED PRESS tions and both sides spent mil- percent. The been considered a toss-up. fered with and then tried to an agency she has long CLEARWATER BEACH | lions auditioning national election was to The implications of the duel- intimidate a congressional in- supported, she said the CIA Republican David Jolly de- strategies. replace 42- ing messages for the midterm vestigation into the agency’s may well have violated crimi- feated Democrat Alex Sink on With almost 100 percent of year Republi- elections inspired both parties possible use of torture in ter- nal laws and the U.S. Tuesday in a Tampa-area the vote counted, Jolly had can Rep. C.W. to call in star advocates like ror probes during the Bush Constitution. House district where President 48.5 percent of the vote to “Bill” Young, administration. Barack Obama’s health care Sink’s 46.7 percent. Libertar- JOLLY who died in [ PLEASE SEE ELECTION, A5 ] The CIA clandestinely re- [ PLEASE SEE CIA, A8 ]

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Bullying: A Search for Solutions | THE LAWS’ ROLE Bullying J AY L E N A R N O L D [ CONTINUED FROM A1 ] Lakeland Boy “You’re criminalizing a behav- ior that the child really doesn’t understand as criminal,” said Richard Marshall, a psychology Takes Message professor at the University of South Florida in Lakeland. “Even teenagers who bully don’t really On the Road fully appreciate the consequenc- es of what they’re doing.” The Polk County Sheriff’s Of- By GARY WHITE THE LEDGER fice spent more than a month after Rebecca’s suicide inter- LAKELAND | Jaylen Arnold viewing her classmates and in- is going Hollywood. vestigating the circumstances Jaylen, a 13-year-old Lakeland leading up to her death. Detec- boy with Tourette syndrome and tives searched through thou- other conditions, leads a founda- sands of Facebook messages, tion he and his mother founded eventually leading them to arrest ve years ago with a simple mes- two girls — then 12 and 14 years sage: “Bullying No Way!” He has old — on felony aggravated stalk- given presentations at schools in ing charges. Polk and other counties and is Polk County Sheriff Grady about to embark on his rst trip Judd’s decision to arrest Katelyn out of state. Roman, now 13, and Guadalupe Jaylen and his family, along Shaw gained national media at- with Jaylens Challenge Founda- tention and fueled a debate on tion volunteers and a video crew, law enforcement’s role in bully- GARY WHITE | THE LEDGER will depart Friday on the Bully- ing incidents. ing No Way! National Tour. A And although the Polk State J A Y L E N A R N O L D IS FILMED BY A CNN CREW AT A SCHOOL FOR A SEGMENT ON “THE HUMAN news conference and official Attorney’s Office declined to FACTOR.” JAYLEN, WHO HAS TOURETTE SYNDROME AND LEADS PRESENTATIONS AT SCHOOLS TO COMBAT send-off will take place in Seff- prosecute the girls, Judd said he BULLYING, WAS JOINED BY ACTOR DASH MIHOK, CENTER, WHO CURRENTLY STARS IN SHOWTIME’S “RAY ner at the corporate of ce of La- didn’t regret making the arrests. DONOVAN” AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH TOURETTE’S AT AGE 6. zydays RV, the company donat- He said the girls’ actions went ing use of two motor coaches for beyond simple bullying and the trip. reached a criminal level. “This will mean a lot, espe- Both girls received counseling, Teasing, name-calling and in- esteem issues, Norman said after messages including “Drink cially since it’s across the coun- and that — along with their ar- timidation only contribute to sui- her daughter’s death. bleach and die” and “Go kill try,” Jaylen said. “Jaylens Chal- rests — could prevent them from cide in children who are at risk of Norman pulled Rebecca out of yourself.” lenge has good publicity just here bullying other children, the sher- harming themselves for underly- Crystal Lake Middle School in Some legal and psychology with me in Lakeland. It’s all iff said. ing reasons, Marshall said. February 2013 after she said bul- experts agreed the messages Re- about getting the message out to Yet Judd said he doesn’t support At a news conference after Re- lying escalated to physical vio- becca received were harsh, es- kids, and so us doing tons of pre- proposed laws becca’s death, Judd lence. Rebecca was pecially for chil- sentations across the country criminalizing bul- said the seventh- home-schooled un- dren, but they said will be great, especially in Los lying. He said Flor- grader was a trou- til August 2013, many children have Angeles, where everybody knows ida already has bled girl, and not when she started been bullied over somebody, and there’s a big laws, including as- just because of seventh grade at social media with- population.” sault, battery and bullying. Lawton Chiles Mid- out committing The 5,200-mile round-trip tour stalking, that allow Sheriff’s Office dle Academy. suicide. has stops planned in Mobile, authorities to arrest documents show Norman said she About 20 percent Ala.; Gulfport, Miss.; Dallas and children when bul- the Florida Depart- knew her daughter of students ages 10- Phoenix on the way to a sched- lying goes too far. ment of Children had trouble han- 18 have been cyber- uled arrival March 22 in Los In most cases, bul- and Families start- dling the bullying, bullied at some Angeles. l y i n g i s n ’ t JUDD ed an investigation and she was en- CONNELL point in their life- Jaylen, a seventh-grader at Vic- criminal. into the girl’s fam- rolled in counsel- time, according to a tory Christian Academy in Lake- “If bullying becomes extreme, ily after an incident in November ing, but she said she thought the 2010 study by the Cyberbullying land, created his campaign in we have laws to take care of the 2012 when Rebecca did not come bullying had stopped, and Re- Research Center, which operates response to the bullying he en- crime,” Judd said. “We don’t want home after school. Rebecca told becca was doing better at her a website at cyberbullying.us . dured as a young child. At age 2, to make criminals out of these deputies she was afraid of going new school. Nadine Connell, a criminology he began showing symptoms of children. We need to treat them home because her mother But Rebecca continued to be professor at the University of Tourette syndrome, a disorder as kids, and we need to discipline slapped her in the face a few bullied and harassed by her for- Texas in Dallas, specializes in that causes involuntary move- them, but we do not need to make weeks prior, according to an in- mer classmates through social- decreasing juvenile delinquency ments or speech, known as “tics.” criminal charges against them.” cident report. media applications, according to and has studied bullying preven- He has also been diagnosed with Marshall, a licensed school Rebecca had previous self- the Sheriff’s Of ce. She received tion programs. obsessive-compulsive disorder psychologist who specializes in She said a lot of times children and Asperger’s syndrome, a form children and adolescents, said don’t fully understand the words of autism. criminalizing all bullying doesn’t they’re using, and in most inci- Jaylen is scheduled to appear address the real problem and dents, the children are learning at educational forums and to could cause lasting emotional the harsh phrases from adults shoot a television commercial harm to children labeled bullies. around them. during a ve-day press junket in Instead, he said, the focus should “Sometimes, adults forget that Los Angeles. He will rendezvous be on identifying the reasons a there are a lot of bad examples there with actor Dash Mihok, child bullies and determining of adults out there,” Connell said. who has Tourette syndrome and which children are more suscep- “We are giving children a lan- is a board member for the tible to bullying — and why. guage and a script to then take foundation. “We’re talking about factors to the schoolyard. It’s really im- Robin Arnold Eckelberger, Jay- that go beyond bullying — men- portant as adults that we model len’s mother and executive direc- tal health issues,” he said. the behavior we want to see.” tor of the nonpro t foundation, “Not all victims of bullying Connell said she fears Florida’s said she approached Lazydays commit suicide, and so, I think proposed law would set a bad CFO Randy Lay to ask for sup- what we need to understand is example for children because it port. She said Lay responded why are some children more af- is primarily aimed at school-aged enthusiastically, offering the use fected by bullying? Is it more children. of two 31-foot motor coaches, about the bullying or about the RICK RUNION | THE LEDGER Bullying isn’t limited to stu- each of which has sleeping room child? Those are the important AIMEE GALASSI HOLDS A SIGN DURING A CAR WASH dents, she said, and in many for eight people. questions: What is it about the FUNDRAISER FOR REBECCA SEDWICK AT A LAKELAND 7-11 IN cases, the children learn how to Eckelberger said four Hillsbor- victimizers, the bullies? Should SEPTEMBER. THE 12-YEAR-OLD COMMITTED SUICIDE AFTER A YEAR bully from watching the adults ough County re ghters volun- we solve their problems by put- teered to drive the vehicles. ting them in jail?” AND A HALF OF BEING BULLIED AT SCHOOL AND ONLINE. [ PLEASE SEE BULLYING, A5 ] Jaylen has given presentations to an estimated 60,000 people in the past ve years, his mother NO FEDERAL LEGISLATION said. He has been featured on Tampa TV stations and CNN. Jaylen’s tics have become more 49 States Have Passed Anti-bullying Laws Since 2000 pronounced recently, a common occurrence at the onset of ado- lescence. During an interview at By STEPHANIE ALLEN Colo., shootings and a bul- passed in 2008 after a which prohibits the elec- Each of Florida’s public his family’s home Monday, the THE LEDGER lying-related death in Geor- 15-year-old Cape Coral boy tronic bullying of a student school districts is required involuntary motions of his arms Schoolyard bullying has gia. Since then, every state committed suicide in 2005 or teacher while on or off under the law to write and upper body and his intermit- been around for as long as except for Montana has following years of being school property. an anti-bullying policy tent squeaking sounds were many people can remem- passed an anti-bullying bullied. It defines bullying as detailing the prohibited be- much more noticeable than they ber, but lawmakers have law. Montana does, how- The law prohibits the “systematically and chroni- hav ior and possible had been a year earlier. only been involved in try- ever, have a model anti- bullying and harassment of cally inflicting physical consequences. Eckelberger said she thinks the ing to prohibit it for a little bullying policy for public any public school student hurt or psychological dis- Currently, there are no increased obviousness of Jaylen’s more than a decade. school districts to follow. or employee while on tress on one or more stu- federal bullying laws. Tourette symptoms will only Georgia was the first Florida’s current statute school property or at a dents,” including teasing, heighten the impact of his mes- state to pass anti-bullying — dubbed the “Jeffrey school-sponsored event. It social exclusion, intimida- [ Stephanie Allen can be reached sage on the bus tour. legislation in 2000, follow- Johnston Stand Up for All was updated last year to tion, stalking and physical at stephanie.allen@theledger. The schedule in Los Angeles ing the 1999 Columbine, Students Act” — was include cyberbullying, violence. com or 863-802-7550. ] includes the shooting of a public- service announcement at the high school used for exterior scenes of the TV show “Glee.” Eckelberger said the foundation THE LEDGER AND POLK VISION ARE will own the spot and hopes to PARTNERING TO SPONSOR A COMMUNITY FORUM ABOUT THIS SERIES have it broadcast in nine states. ON BULLYING FROM 6:30 TO 8 P.M. THURSDAY AT ■ SUNDAY: High-profi le cases, especially last year’s suicide of a The crew is scheduled to send THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE COMMUNITY ROOM, 1891 12-year-old Lakeland girl, have made the issue of bullying the topic of video updates to BayNews9 dur-

JIM KEENE BLVD., WINTER HAVEN. SUNDAY a contentious national conversation, and one problem is answering ing the trip. Eckelberger said she SPEAKERS INCLUDE LAW ENFORCEMENT the basic question: What is bullying? hopes the tour will generate new grant opportunities for the OFFICERS FROM LAKELAND, WINTER HAVEN ■ MONDAY: What part do parents play in bullying? Do they create AND THE COUNTY AS WELL AS SCHOOL bullies? When should they step in if bullying is suspected? foundation. Eckelberger said the family — ADMINISTRATORS AND A LOCAL PSYCHOLOGIST. ■ TUESDAY: How do schools handle problems with bullying? How PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED QUESTIONS WILL BE including Jaylen’s sister Nina, 11, should they? What problems do unfounded complaints create? and his step-father, Neil Eckel-

ANSWERED AT THE END. SEND QUESTIONS THAT MONDAY ■ TODAY: Should bullying be outlawed? Legislation is proposed berger — will have one day for ARE EDUCATIONAL FOR ALL TO BULLYING@ that would criminalize bullying, and it moves beyond actions tourist activities in Los Angeles. THELEDGER.COM BY WEDNESDAY. already illegal, such as stalking or assault. She said Mihok has promised a ■ THE ARTWORK: The main artwork for each day of this series tour of the set of “Ray Donovan,” was created by Amaris Mercado of Poinciana, a sophomore visual the Showtime series in which he arts student at the Lois Cowles Harrison School for the Visual and appears, and meetings with other EXTRA COVERAGE AT THELEDGER.COM

TUESDAY Performing Arts in Lakeland. Other artwork used online — theledger. actors. WEB PRESENTATION, INCLUDING VIDEO: com/bullying — was created by children at the Boys & Girls Clubs of WWW.THELEDGER.COM/BULLYING Lakeland. The Ledger asked Mercado and the younger children to [ Gary White can be reached at gary. create art that illustrated four questions: Day 1) How do you feel [email protected] or 863-802- VIEW POLK AND FLORIDA when you are bullied? Day 2) What do your parents do when you are 7518. He blogs about tourism at SCHOOL DISCIPLINE DATA | THELEDGER.COM/ sad? Day 3) What does bullying look like? Day 4) What does a bully http://tourism.blogs.theledger. BULLYINGDATA look like? com. ] TODAY A 5 THE LEDGER • TUESDAY , MARCH 11 , 2014 • WWW.THELEDGER.COM A 5

Bullying: A Search for Russia Preparing Counterproposals on Ukraine Solutions | SCHOOLS’ ROLE By MARIA DANILOVA Sergey Lavrov, Russia’s for- the situation, and Russia had questions that Secretary Ker- & JIM HEINTZ eign minister said proposals decided to prepare new pro- ry sent Foreign Minister Lav- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS made by U.S. Secretary of posals of its own, though he rov on Saturday in this re- KIEV, Ukraine | Russia said State John Kerry are “not suit- did not say what they were. gard,” State Department Monday it is drafting counter- able” because they take “the “We suggested that he come spokeswoman Jen Psaki said proposals to a U.S. plan for a situation created by the coup today ... and we were prepared in a statement. negotiated solution to the as a starting point,” referring to receive him. He gave his “Secretary Kerry made Ukraine crisis, denouncing to the ouster of Ukraine’s pro- preliminary consent. He then clear to Foreign Minister Lav- the new Western-backed gov- Kremlin president, Viktor called me on Saturday and rov that he would welcome ernment as an unacceptable Yanukovych. said he would like to postpone further discussions focused “fait accompli” and claiming Referring to a document it for a while,” the minister on how to de-escalate the cri- that Russian-leaning parts of Lavrov received from Kerry said. sis in Ukraine if and when we the country have been plunged explaining the U.S. view of But in Washington, State see concrete evidence that into lawlessness. the situation in Ukraine, Lav- Department of cials said that Russia is prepared to engage The Kremlin moves came rov said: “To be frank, it raises it was Russia’s refusal to dis- on these proposals,” she as Russian forces strength- many questions on our side.” cuss the American proposals said. ened their control over “Everything was stated in that was hurting prospects for The statement said Kerry, Crimea, less than a week be- terms of allegedly having a a negotiated solution — in in weekend discussions with fore the strategic region is to con ict between Russia and particular, the idea of direct Lavrov, reiterated Washing- hold a contentious referen- Ukraine, and in terms of ac- talks between Russian of - ton’s demand that Moscow dum on whether to split off cepting the fait accompli,” he cials and those of the new pull back its troops from SCOTTSCOTT WHWHEELEREELER ||T THEHE LEDLEDGERGER (2010)(2010) and become part of Russia. said. Ukrainian government. Ukraine and end attempts to NANCY WOOLCOCK, ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT In a televised brie ng with Lavrov said Kerry delayed “We are still awaiting a Rus- annex the Crimean OF LEARNING SUPPORT FOR POLK SCHOOLS, SAID THE DISTRICT President Vladimir Putin, a visit to Moscow to discuss sian response to the concrete peninsula. HOLDS SESSIONS NEAR THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR TO TEACH STUDENTS HOW TO REPORT BULLYING.

are. A lot have developed Malaysia clubs and core groups,” she [ CONTINUED FROM A1 ] Bullying said. on so far, aviation experts ights to two different Euro- [ CONTINUED FROM A4 ] Many schools had shirts explored a number of plau- pean cities, used one-way CONSEQUENCES made with words like ‘‘cour- sible scenarios to explain the tickets issued by a travel Bullying is deemed a “seri- age’’ and ‘‘acceptance,’’ she loss of the plane, and inves- agent in the Thai resort city ous breach of conduct” in the said. tigators said they could not of Pattaya. The police there district’s code of conduct, on “If you’ve got other kids do- yet conclusively rule out al- said they were booked not by par with calling in a bomb ing the role-modeling, then most any potential cause, the passengers themselves threat, arson, assault or you’re going to see a shift in including terrorism, hijack- but by an Iranian man known battery. how other kids behave,” she ing, crew malfeasance, pilot to the police only as Ali, who www.kanesfurniture.com According to the code of said. error or mechanical failure. ordered them by telephone. www.kanesfurniture.com conduct, the principal can re- Several Florida counties are An object bobbing in the Another Iranian man paid for act in several ways, anything doing one thing that Polk has Gulf of Thailand that from a the tickets in cash, and the from calling in parents to re- yet to implement: a bullying distance looked like a life raft police questioned that man moving a student from hotline. turned out to be the lid of a Monday, according to Supa- AIS SHOWER DOORS, INC. school. Anyone can call, text or go large box, Vietnamese au- chai Phuikaewkhum, the “Where Quality Comes First!” Woolcock said administra- online to report a crime or bul- thorities said. An oil slick in chief of police in Pattaya. tors try other methods before lying incident on the anony- Malaysian waters was found The Malaysia Airlines resorting to suspension or ex- mous hotline, and each report not to contain any jet fuel. plane is not the rst modern Professional Sales • Installation • Service pulsion, like changing the involving schools is reported And what was initially jet to vanish mysteriously. class schedules of students to the principal of that school, thought to be an aircraft tail Searchers sometimes take We Specialize in involved, calling conferences she said. oating in the sea was actu- months to locate crash debris Frameless Shower with parents and administra- Duval County’s bullying ally “logs tied together,” ac- in remote areas, deep water Doors/Enclosures tors, and after-school hotline, which re-launched in cording to a Malaysian or difficult weather condi- Residential/Commercial counseling. September, allows tipsters to of cial. tions. But the Gulf of Thai- Punishment is call in anony- The lack of results so far land is busy with fishing similar for stu- mously between raised questions about boats, commercial vessels FREE dents who file 8 a.m. and 4:30 whether the ships, planes and and natural gas platforms In-Home Consultation/Quote false reports. p.m. weekdays helicopters from nine nations and is no deeper than about Call Today (863) 393-8209 Karen Teston, when their call that were scouring the waters 260 feet. By contrast, an Air (863) 646-0300 a child psychia- will be an- near the aircraft’s last re- France flight that disap- trist at Watson swered by a dis- ported location, some of them peared over the Atlantic Member of the Polk County Clinic who has trict counselor. using highly sophisticated Ocean in 2009 was recovered worked w ith Tipsters can equipment, were looking in from a depth of about 13,000 Builders Association both perpetra- leave a message the right place. feet. Locally Owned & Operated tors and victims after hours on Arnie Reiner, a retired cap- Aircraft and surface ves- Licensed & Insured of bullying, said the hotline. tain with US Airways and the sels from several countries WE GLADLY ACCEPT VISA & MASTERCARD suspension and “Parents have Woolcock, former chief accident inves- have joined the search, expulsion are ‘bullying’ Polk’s district tigator at Pan Am, noted, “If among them P-3C Orion mili- VISIT OUR counter- bullying special- they somehow got turned tary planes whose radar sys- WEBSITE productive. thrown at them. ist, said Polk is around or went off course tems are capable of locating “Just kicking considering add- when the thing was going oating objects as small as a them out of Parents come ing a hotline. down, it could be 90 or 100 basketball. In a sign of how school might Polk received miles away from where the uncertain of cials are of the www.AISshowerdoors.com solve the prob- in, and they’re high marks in ight data disappeared.” plane’s whereabouts, a U.S. lem in that school not saying, ‘I’d the state’s as- It was not yet known Orion spent part of Monday for that week, but sessment of its whether the Malaysian plane searching off the western NOTICE OF A PUBLIC if you consider it like to inquire bullying resourc- deviated from its planned coast of Malaysia, several HEARING ON AN something that’s about what’s es in its audit last ight path or how long the hundred miles from the detrimental in school year. pilots could still y the air- ight’s last reported location, AMENDMENT TO THE POLK school, work- going on with “I would like craft after the last reported of cials said. place and home, to commend you contact. After more than two Although of cials have not COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE then it’s not ef- my child.’ ! ey’re for your compre- days of fruitless search, Ma- ruled out terrorism in the Ma- PLAN AND LAND fective,” she said. saying, ‘What hensive effort laysian of cials said Monday laysia Airlines case, no evi- “They are just toward bullying that they were expanding the dence of foul play has yet DEVELOPMENT CODE going to end up are you going awareness, pre- search area. come to light. doing it some- vention and re- This much seemed clear: PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT on Tuesday, April 1, 2014, at where else.” to do about this sponse,” wrote The aircraft took off from 1:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the particular case may be heard,in the Board Room,County Administration Building,330 West Bullying is just Shelley Hatton, Kuala Lumpur after midnight Church Street, Bartow Florida, the Board of County Commissioners a way of gaining bullying?’ ” program spe- Saturday bound for Beijing (BoCC) will hold a Public Hearing on the following cases: cont rol over EDGAR SANTIAGO cialist in the of- and lost contact with ground 1.Case File #CPA 14S-03/DMS #56714 someone else, so ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL f ice of sa fe controllers when it was over ■ SUBSCRIPTION PAYMENTS An ordinance of the Polk County Board of County Commissioners MULBERRY HIGH SCHOOL you have to help schools at the the Gulf of Thailand, making Mail Payments For Subscriptions To: regarding the adoption of CPA 14S-03, an amendment to The Ledger the Polk County Comprehensive Plan, Ordinance 92-36, as them understand Florida Depart- its way toward Vietnamese Circulation Subscriptions P.O. Box 79167 amended, to change the Future Land Use designation on that, and nd an- ment of Educa- airspace in good weather un- Baltimore, MD 21279-0167 4.38 +/- acres from Residential Low (RL) to Institutional (INST) other way to get control, she tion in a message to Woolcock der a moonless sky. The air- within the Transit Supportive Development Area, located on the ■ HOME DELIVERY northeast corner of Pollard Road and County Road 540A, west said. in July. line said there was no distress Call for Subscriber Services: Decker said bullying is a Hatton commended Polk’s call. Western Polk ...... 802·7323 of US Highway 98, east of Lakeland Highlands Road, south of Eastern Polk ...... 299·2141 Lakeland, north of Bartow in Section 15,Township 29, Range 24; school cultural issue. curricula and student aware- Transponders on commer- From all other areas call ...... 1·888·431·7323 providing for severability; and providing for an effective date. “If students understand ness initiatives, and suggested cial airliners automatically Internet at www.theledger.com 2.Case !le #CPA 14S-04/DMS #56772 what bullying is, they end up the state could use Polk as a report their location, altitude, An ordinance of the Polk County Board of County Commissioners policing themselves.” model. She also liked the re- speed and other data by ra- [email protected] Delivery Rates: regarding the adoption of CPA 14S-04, an amendment to She said the support system sources easily available on the dio. The last two readings Daily & Sunday (DS) the Polk County Comprehensive Plan, Ordinance 92-36, as (Digital Access Included) amended, to change the Future Land Use designation on 1.33 around the district’s policy district’s website, she wrote. from the devices on Flight 13 weeks $ 4.38 per week +/- acres from Residential Medium (RMX) to Institutional (INST) — the school community that Rachel Annunziato, assis- MH370 were recorded at 1:21 26 weeks $ 4.12 per week in the Urban Growth Area (UGA), located between 34th St NW includes all staff, parents and tant professor of clinical psy- a.m. local time, some 40 min- 52 weeks $ 3.53 per week and 35th St NW, north of Avenue P NW and south of Avenue EZ (monthly) $ 3.38 per week students — must work togeth- chology at Fordham Univer- utes after takeoff, and they R NW, west of the city of Winter Haven, Florida, in Section 13, Thursday - Sunday (TS) Township 28, Range 25; providing for severability; and providing er to create a positive sity, said the most successful did not include altitude, ac- 13 weeks $ 3.77 per week for an effective date. environment. school-based initiatives to cording to Mikael Robertsson 26 weeks $ 3.63 per week “We must teach them not combat bullying are compre- of Flightradar24, a Stock- 52 weeks $ 3.53 per week 3.Case File #CPA 14S-05/DMS #56779 EZ (monthly) $ 3.38 per week An ordinance of the Polk County Board of County Commissioners just that they shouldn’t but hensive approaches that edu- holm-based organization that regarding the adoption of CPA 14S-05, an amendment to the Polk why they shouldn’t,” she cate all the players — stu- tracks aircraft around the Saturday/Sunday (SS) County Comprehensive Plan, Ordinance 92-36, as amended, to said. dents, teachers, administrators world. Robertsson said that 13 weeks $ 2.68 per week change the Future Land Use designation on 4.87 +/- acres from 26 weeks $ 2.51 per week Residential Medium (RMX) to Employment Center (ECX) in the and parents — that there is might be coincidence: Read- 52 weeks $ 2.46 per week Ronald Reagan Parkway Selected Area Plan (SAP) and the Transit HOW POLK STACKS UP “no tolerance” for bullying. ings are often incomplete EZ (monthly) $ 2.35 per week Supportive Development Area (TSDA), located on the southeast Other districts in Florida “Bullying is part of an over- because of transient interfer- Sunday Only (SO) corner of Meadows Boulevard and Ronald Reagan Parkway,south 13 weeks $ 1.82 per week of the Osceola County line in Section 05, Township 26, Range 27; are following a similar com- all culture where kids get ence from other aircraft. providing for severability; and providing for an effective date. prehensive approach to bully- away with doing something Boeing of cials and inves- 26 weeks $ 1.77 per week 52 weeks $ 1.72 per week ing prevention as Polk. like this, where kids are egg- tigators from the U.S. Na- 4.Case File #LDC 14D-01/DMS #56715 EZ (monthly) $ 1.72 per week An ordinance of the Polk County Board of County Commissioners Lisa Page, the safe and ing each other on. You have tional Transportation Safety Monday - Friday (D5) regarding the adoption of amendment LDC 14D-01, an drug-free schools specialist in to change the entire culture,” Board began conferring with 13-52 weeks $ 1.98 per week amendment to the Polk County Land Development Code Seminole County, said their she said. Malaysian officials about EZ Pay Not offered Sub-District Map (Ordinance 01-69), as amended to change 4.83± acres from Institutional-1 (INST-1) to Institutional-2 (INST-2) preventative approach to bul- Getting teachers on board Flight MH370 on Monday, Monday - Saturday (D6) within the Transit Supportive Development Area, located on the lying is showing results in is one thing, but parents can U.S. and Malaysian of cials 13-52 weeks $ 2.50 per week northeast corner of Pollard Road and County Road 540A, west changing mindsets of be more dif cult. Annunziato said. The FBI has offered to EZ Pay Not offered of US Highway 98, east of Lakeland Highlands Road, south of students. said some schools use parent- send agents and forensic spe- Lakeland, north of Bartow in Section 15,Township 29, Range 24; Digital Subscription Rates: providing for severability; and providing for an effective date. Middle and high school stu- teacher conferences or hold cialists to Vietnam, Malaysia Digital Only $ 9.95 per month dents there are asked to cre- workshops to engage parents, and Thailand, but so far those Digital $ 6.95 per month In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, persons with (TS), (SS), (SO), (D5) or (D6) with disabilities needing special accommodations or an interpreter ate public service announce- but that it may be skewed to- countries have declined the to participate in this public hearing should contact the Board’s ments about the dangers of ward parents who already are assistance, U.S. law enforce- Communications Division,located in the Neil CombeeAdministration bullying. In previous years, paying attention to those ment of cials said. •• BEST DEAL •• Building, 1st Floor at (863) 534-6090, not later than four days prior to she said, every PSA was about things. One locus of speculation 7-day Home Delivery the public hearing. If hearing impaired call: (TDD) (863) 534-7777 or 1-800-955-8771, or Voice impaired call: 1-800-955-8770, via Florida suicide. Regardless, she said, it is Monday was the report from ONLY $14.65 per month Relay Service. The public hearing may be continued to a time and This year, every PSA had a vital to get every piece of the the Malaysian government and includes date certain by announcement at this scheduled public hearing happy ending. She said that community engaged. that two men had boarded unlimited digital access without any further published notice. Written comments may be goes to show the paradigm submitted to the Land Development Division in person at 330 W. the plane using stolen pass- when set up on EZ Pay plan. Church Street, Bartow, Florida 33830, or by mail to Drawer GM03, shift in students’ attitudes [ Greg Parlier can be reached ports from Italy and Austria. P.O. Box 9005, Bartow, Florida 33831-9005 prior to such hearing for about bullying. at 863-802-7547 and greg. It was not clear whether the All rates include Florida and Polk County sales tax consideration by the Board in making a decision on the case. All and a separate transportation cost of 12 cents per “We worked to have kids parlier@theledger or 863-802- two men, whom Malaysian issue daily and 25 cents per issue Sunday. Contact !les are available for public inspection, during of!ce hours, at the Subscriber Services for prices outside Polk County. Land Development Division, Neil Combee County Administration buy in. It’s not 100 percent, 7547. Follow Greg on Twitter @ officials described only as Home delivery subscribers will be charged the Sunday Building, 330 West Church Street, Bartow,Florida. (Phone # (863) 534- but I would say most of them Gregparlier. ] “not Asian,” had anything to rate for the Premium Thanksgiving Day edition. 6792) and on the web at www.polk-county.net/hearings. Should PLEASE NOTE: NON-DAILY SUBSCRIBERS WILL RECEIVE any person decide to appeal any decision made by the Board at do w it h t he pl a ne’s THE FOLLOWING EDITIONS INCLUDED WITH THE disappearance. REGULARLY SCHEDULED FREQUENCY OF DELIVERY AT this meeting,such person will need a record of the proceedings and NO ADDITIONAL COST EXCEPT THANKSGIVING DAY: 1/1; may need to ensure that the record includes a verbatim transcript. The men, who were sched- 1/20; 2/3; 2/17; 4/18; 5/9; 5/26; 6/13; 7/4; 9/1; 9/11; uled to connect in Beijing for 10/13; 11/11; 11/28; 12/1; 12/24; 12/25. L9229 3-11; 2014