Red tide remains offshore Scientists eye a red tide bloom between Dixie and northern Pinellas counties. ... Page 5A. ‘When the Game Stands Tall,’ ‘If I Stay’ open this weekend Get the scoop about all the new movies opening in theaters. See Diversions. ... Page 1B. Volume XXXVI, No. 20 www.TBNweekly.com August 21, 2014 ENTERTAINMENT Retirement postponed City Manager Frank Edmunds will push back retirement eight months to Sept. 1, 2015 By TIFFANY RAZZANO receive one week of vacation per month until his retire- Leslie Waters. “It makes my heart feel so good to see the ment. The Council also agreed to initiate recruitment leadership of this community come out today on your SEMINOLE – More than a dozen political, business for a new city manager by April 1, 2015. behalf.” and civic leaders spoke out at the Aug. 12 City Council Councilor Patricia Plantamura, who has been critical Those who implored Edmunds to stay included meeting to encourage City Manager Frank Edmunds to of Edmunds, was absent from the meeting. County Commissioner Janet Long; Seminole Chamber delay his retirement. “This has been pretty difficult to sit through, but it is of Commerce president and City Council candidate Overwhelmed by the support, Edmunds agreed to a compliment for a city manager to have the support of Roger Edelman; St. Petersburg College Seminole stay in his position an additional eight months and re- a community as has been demonstrated through this Provost Dr. James Olliver; attorney Dennis DeLoach; tire Sept. 1, 2015. At the June 10 City Council meeting, evening,” Edmunds said. and Pinellas Clerk of the Court Ken Burke. Terry Bozzio brings his solo drum tour to he announced that he’d retire Jan. 16, 2015 to spend The City Council hopes that Edmunds will help the All expressed that Seminole is at a critical juncture as Largo Cultural Center Sept. 5. Page 4B. more time with his family and with a grandson on the city get the Seminole Mall project off the ground and the Seminole Mall redevelopment begins to move for- way. also assist with the search for his replacement. ward. At the Aug. 12 meeting, the City Council voted 6-0 to “You’re A+. You’ve run this city beautifully and Semi- SEMINOLE See CITY MANAGER, page 4A change Edmunds’ vacation benefits so that he would nole is what it is today because of you,” said Mayor David Jolly to address Chamber Chef competes in televised ‘World Recipe Challenge’ Congressman David Jolly will speak at By TIFFANY RAZZANO vertising,” he said. “It was all the Seminole Chamber of Commerce’s word of mouth. We relied on Business Power Luncheon on Thursday, SEMINOLE – Six years ago, the community and had them Aug. 21, 11:30 a.m., at St. Petersburg Pat Bearry grew tired of his work for us.” College’s Library Conference Center, longtime career in law enforce- Bearry persevered and the 9200 113th St. N. ment. hard work paid off when he … Page 3A. He’d moved to Seminole was invited to compete against from Maryland a year earlier to 300 other chefs in the “The take a job as a deputy sheriff World Food Championship,” a FAITH & FAMILY in Manatee County and to re- six-episode reality TV series main close to his son, a foot- filmed in Las Vegas. Fair trade market ball player at the University of The show was filmed in South Florida. But the more November and first aired in planned Aug. 23 he thought about it, the more early August on FYI, the A&E he realized he wanted to do Network’s lifestyle cable net- To raise awareness of human traffick- something he truly loved for a work formerly known as Bio. ing, poverty, oppression and other social living; he wanted to get back to Bearry was featured in the injustices around the world, Park Place his roots. fourth episode of the series, Wesleyan Church, 4400 70th Ave. N. A self-described “latch-key “World Recipe Challenge.” presents The Marketplace: A Fair Trade kid,” he’d grown up cooking He was invited to enter the Experience on Saturday, Aug. 23, 9 a.m. for himself after school, con- competition as a “wild card” by to 3 p.m. cocting meals based on what- one of his shop’s regulars, Ray … Page 9A. ever was in the pantry. This Lampe, a barbecue champion love of food and flavor followed known as Dr. BBQ who visited Bearry into adulthood. Shubee Shack several times a COMMUNITY So in 2009, he handed in month for a taste of Bearry’s his badge and opened the crab cakes. Lampe was a Mom 2 Mom Shubee Shack, a small deli in judge for the new show and a 100-square-foot space at 91 thought Bearry would be a Technology sure has changed the past Photo courtesy of FYI 171st Ave. in North Redington good fit. few years, and it seems to be something Pat Bearry, owner of the Shubee Shack in North Redington Beach, and girlfriend Jaymi Wiesner give the Beach. At the competition, Bearry that won’t be going away. Think about thumbs up during a taping of the reality TV show “World Recipe Challenge” in Las Vegas. “I decided I wanted to do brought along his girlfriend of cellphones for instance: almost everyone during the competition. ingredient was pasta, well out- “We flowed so good. It was has a cell phone. I have even seen ele- something I loved every day 3-1/2 years, Jaymi Wiesner, and wake up with a smile,” he as his kitchen assistant. They “I’m a deli man. I just make side his comfort zone. But amazing.” mentary-aged kids with cellphones. sandwiches,” he said. “I love to Bearry never lost his cool. Bearry came in fourth out of … Page 10A. said. found themselves up against He was uncertain of how chefs from around the globe cook and have a great imagi- “Everybody who’s watched 55 competitors during the first successful the endeavor would and from restaurants as well nation, but when you’re there the episode or watched us dur- round with his signature dish SPORTS be, and admitted the first year known as Caesar’s Palace. and looking at all these chefs ing the competition came up to – a deconstructed Oysters was rough. Many of them had teams of it can be overwhelming.” us afterwards and said, ‘You New Bardmoor “We had no money for ad- five or more assisting them And the episode’s primary guys are so calm,’” he said. See CHEF, page 4A YMCA opens At 5 a.m. Aug. 11, the new 36,000- Lightning strike square-foot Bardmoor YMCA opened its doors to members. The new building, at Pinellas 911 system back up; 8495 Bryan Dairy Road, is triple the size of the space it occupied at the nearby Bay- investigation of outage underway care Outpatient Center Hospital, a space By SUZETTE PORTER that it has long outgrown, said David Jezek, CEO of the YMCA of Greater St. Pe- tersburg. “It’s neat to see it come to LARGO – Pinellas County’s new consolidated Regional 911 Cen- fruition after you’ve worked so hard to pull ter is up and running again after apparent lightning strikes shut it all together,” he said. down operations for approximately 45 minutes Friday morning. … Page 15A. The center reopened in the new Public Safety Complex at 9 a.m. Saturday, Bruce Moeller, interim chief of staff, said Sunday after- noon. VIEWPOINTS “Everything is back up and functioning. Everything is fine,” Moeller said. Thomas He explained the sequence of events from Friday. “A few minutes after 11 (a.m.), Sunstar, which is 2 miles west (of the Public Safety Complex), had a lightning strike,” he said. Michalski Staff at Sunstar “heard and saw it as it happened,” Moeller said. Tales from North The lightning caused a small fire in the wall and the phone sys- Dakota. Photo by BRIAN GOFF tems went down. Sunstar is located at 12490 Ulmerton Road. … Page 13A. Congressman David Jolly listens to participants in the Ride 2 Recovery program at the Seminole A few minutes later, the 911 Center at the Public Safety Com- City Park. plex, 10750 Ulmerton Road in Largo, also took a strike. Shortly thereafter, there may have been a second strike. Dispatchers in Features the room, which has small windows, heard and saw a flash. “They had static on their headphones, which indicated a techni- Business . .14A Cycling program helps area cal or electrical problem in the system,” Moeller said. “No calls Classifieds . .5-7B were coming through.” Community . .10A Staff began procedures to move operations to the backup loca- County . .5-6A veterans stay active, socialize tion. But when they called Sunstar to let them know that Verizon Entertainment . .1-4, 8B By BRIAN GOFF be more active as a way to speed up the healing would be rerouting calls to that location, “They said ‘no, wait, wait, Faith & family . .9A process, both physically and mentally. The pro- we just got hit’,” Moeller said. Staff then notified St. Petersburg police that countywide 911 op- Just for fun . .2B SEMINOLE – On May 1 there were no cyclists gram steadily grew across the country and has erations needed to move to its Emergency Communication Center. Military . .7A involved in the Project Hero Ride 2 Recovery in now come to Pinellas County. Pinellas County. Now there are 30 and more tak- Each Thursday afternoon at 5:30 p.m. the rid- St. Petersburg began receiving and processing all emergency med- Police .