War Birds Rule the Skies Item on the Stated Short-Term Goal List for the Board, Hopes for a Large Attendance at the by SAMANTHA GHOLAR Meeting
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C M Y K www.newssun.com EWS UN NHighlands County’s Hometown-S Newspaper Since 1927 Dragons dominate Hoedown party A colorful Easter is easy Lake Placid rolls to win Cracker Trail celebrates over Avon Park, 12-0 20th anniversary Cool ideas to make eggs unforgettable SPORTS, 1D PAGE 5A LIVING,PAGE 1B Sunday, March 25, 2012 www.newssun.com Volume 93/Number 40 | 75 cents Forecast County to Some sun with a take look shower or T-storm High Low at charter 83 58 Complete Forecast government PAGE 8A Online Will hear presentation Tuesday night By ED BALDRIDGE [email protected] SEBRING – Commissioners will take Question: Should a look at establishing a charter for coun- ty government at their meeting Tuesday charges be filed in night. the shooting of Ginger Delegal, general counsel for Trayvon Martin? News-Sun photo by KATARA SIMMONS the Florida League of Cities, will be on Historic warbirds practice unison take-offs and landings Saturday morning and take part in Formation hand at a scheduled workshop to discuss and Safety Training. The warbirds will be participating in next week’s Sun n Fun 2012 in Lakeland. charter governments and answer ques- Yes tions. Commissioner Don Elwell, who 68.5% encouraged the workshop and put the War Birds rule the skies item on the stated short-term goal list for the board, hopes for a large attendance at the By SAMANTHA GHOLAR meeting. [email protected] “It’s my hope that we No SEBRING – Flying museums cir- get a packed house to at cled the Sebring Regional Airport least take a look at char- sky Saturday in formations over 31.5% ter government,” said hundreds of aviation and war enthu- Elwell on Friday. siasts. Elwell A charter for a county The War Birds event brought Total votes: 111 government is sometimes compared to a unique military airplanes to Sebring constitution and establishes the powers for the public to enjoy. Several dif- Next question: and limitations of a local government as ferent types of aircraft were spread Should the Supreme well as the rights of citizens. across the airport grounds but it was Court overturn Although just 20 counties out of 67 in easy to see which was the crowd’s Florida have charters, more than 80 per- ‘Obamacare’? favorite. cent of the state’s population — includ- The training airplanes, both Navy Make your voice heard at ing the City of Avon Park — operates and Air Force, stole the show just under a charter style of government. www.newssun.com before noon as guests were glued to News-Sun photo by KATARA SIMMONS Warbirds fly in formation Saturday morning roaring over the Sebring According to the county agenda, a two planes preparing for a forma- Regional Airport. charter can give additional powers to the tion show. Obituaries citizens of a county as long as they are Commercial pilot and owner of a Gilbert A. Rose Sr. consistent with state laws. T-28 training airplane Luc Joly was flying for fun and describes it as his child. I used to sit in my dad’s lap Age 95, of Sebring Examples could include the establish- busy preparing one of the training “labor of love.” Joly spends so much and move the wheel and pretend I ment within the charter of recall rules for Obituaries, Page 7A aircraft for the air presentation. of his free time working on his per- was flying; he was also a pilot,” Joly commissioners or how some constitu- “What we do is training and sonal plane in fact that his wife calls explained. tional officers, like the tax collector or Index instructional flights. I instruct and the aircraft “the other woman.” Joly’s T-28 Navy aircraft is a sheriff, can be appointed by the board get people up to speed. These planes Joly has been in an aircraft practi- unique aircraft that has a long war Arts & Entertainment 8B instead of being elected. are designed for training,” Joly said. cally since birth and purchased the history. According to Joly, his air- Books 7B “All I hope is that the citizens take a The New Yorker splits his time T-28 in 1998. plane was built in 1957 and sent to look at this and make their own deci- Business 1C between commercial piloting and “I’ve been in planes since I was a See SKIES page 4A sions,” Elwell said. Chalk Talk 3C Classifieds 4C Community Briefs 2A Crossword Puzzle 2B Wooden art Attorney: Watch Dear Abby 2B Editorial & Opinion 3A captain not a racist Horoscope 2B Associated Press Lottery Numbers 2A ORLANDO — A neigh- March Madness 4B borhood watch captain who Movie Times 2B fatally shot an unarmed black teenager last month Pause & Consider 2B in Florida is not racist and Sports On TV 2D the facts will show he acted Watershed 6B in self-defense as he origi- nally told police, an attor- Follow the ney who says he represents News-Sun on the man said Friday. Orlando criminal defense attorney Craig Sonner said on CNN’s Anderson Cooper www.twitter.com/thenewssun 360 that he has advised 28- ‘Everyone and year-old George loved him’ Zimmerman to cooperate in the investigation into the Friends talk about death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin Trayvon Martin and that he www.facebook.com/newssun believed his client was still PAGE 6A News-Sun photo by KATARA SIMMONS in central Florida where the that it was in self-defense. Frankie Flowers of Mountain Dan Art carves a ribbon out of a stump of wood Saturday shooting happened. The lack of an arrest has during the Springtime on the Mall Festival in Avon Park. Flowers is donating his time Zimmerman told Sanford brought outragey. and talent to carve the ribbon, which will be painted purple and used to raise awareness police that he shot Martin for Epilepsy. 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SEBRING – Professionals book-writing efforts with With tax season here, in the medical field were co-author David Coles, and a read David Noel from the Small recognized Thursday night says the two of them are Business Development As you may or may not during the Samaritan’s “adventure writers” who Center will share some tax, know, Sebring Historical Touch fourth annual Evening write in a wide range of accounting and corporation Society recently finished Under the Stars benefit din- styles, including crime, updates with the small and published a commem- ner and awards presentation, fantasy, science-fiction, business owners in atten- orative book, “The One- held at the Historic historical mystery and psy- dance. These monthly Hundred Years of Kenilworth Lodge. chological thrillers. For “What’s Up Downtown?” Sebring.” I purchased it Tim Cook, CEO of example, a novel about meetings are open to the last week, and wanted to Florida Hospital, was German soldiers stealing an public and provide a forum give you an overview, a one presented with a “Hero atomic bomb from Los to exchange ideas, informa- glance inside. It is a book Award” on behalf of Florida Alamos during World War tion and events. Anyone that I am certain you will Hospital for the generous II; another, what England who has an interest in want to get. contribution of health care might have been like after Downtown Sebring is The centennial book is services and in-kind dona- a 9-11-style attack; and a encouraged to attend. Visit dedicated to the memory tions to Samaritan’s Touch futuristic detective who DowntownSebring.org for of all the Sebring citizens and the patients they serve. solves crimes on other Courtesy photo more information. planets. His website, who gave their lives in Last year alone, Florida Rachel Nawrocki, executive director of Samaritan’s Touch www.jackleverett.me.uk, service to our country; and Hospital donated more Care Center, presents a ‘Hero Award’ to Florida Hospital Adventure on tap at in honor of all of those than $1.5 million in diagnos- Heartland CEO Tim Cook. The hospital last year made large includes links to book- Sebringites who have tic imaging, lab work, and donations of equipment and services to the care center. Scribes Night Out sellers. served over the last 100 outpatient services SNO is sponsored by the SEBRING — The world years. to Samaritan’s Touch Dr. Terry Johnson, Dr. Dr. Leslie Celestina, Dr. Heartland Cultural Alliance of adventure writing will This edition takes a patients, according to Rachel Thomas Lackey, Dr. Agustin Walter Girgen, Dr. William and Brewster’s. For more be explored at 6:30 p.m.