Lawn mower, $499 In Today’s Classifieds! AND WEEKLY Charlotte Sun HERALD THE PROMO PRINCESSES REINING IN RUSSIA Think it’s easy throwing a T-shirt into a crowd? Or disguising a trash Europe and the United States are searching for a way to persuade can lid? Think again.. SPORTS PAGE 1 Russian President Vladimir Putin to change course. THE WIRE PAGE 1 An Edition of the Sun VOL. 122 NO. 209 AMERICA’S BEST COMMUNITY DAILY MONDAY JULY 28, 2014 www.sunnewspapers.net $1.00 HACKIN’ AROUND Water polo Hospital sparks protest By SAMANTHA GHOLAR to bring awareness. We are STAFF WRITER here to say that what they is his game (hospital) did is illegal, PORT CHARLOTTE — unethical and egregious,” “Jennifer is not alone” read Megan Nickel-Martin, orga- oday, somewhere in Montreal, one of the brightly colored nizer of the protest, stated Canada, Julio Morales is taking signs held by protesters Sunday. T a break. Yesterday he was in the at Bayfront Health Port According to a complaint deep part of a pool, getting gouged Charlotte Sunday morning. filed in federal court Friday and dunked while Mothers, friends and on Goodall’s behalf by the treading water for supporters — nearly 25 from National Advocates for an hour competing all over Southwest Florida Pregnant Women, Bayfront in an international — gathered to protest the Health Port Charlotte Chief water polo tourna- hospital, which they claim Financial Officer Cheryl ment. It’s a demand- sought to force an expectant Tibbett sent Goodall a ing sport, especially mother, Cape Coral resident letter on July 10 stating that for a 58-year-old, Jennifer Goodall, to undergo because she had opted for but the South Gulf Cesarean section at 39 trial by labor instead of SUN PHOTO BY SAMANTHA GHOLAR Cove resident and weeks. the doctor-recommended Protesters wave signs calling out Port Charlotte’s Bayfront Health after local Realtor loves “We want to let people the competition. a mother was given a letter stating the facility would force her to have John know about this, we have a C-section if she had her child there. He’s been doing PROTEST | 6 HACKWORTH it most of his life, EDITOR starting out on the Cuban Junior Olympic team before coming to the U.S. One dead after “I always go to the gym, but I had to Standing for work hard the last month or so to get ready for this tournament,” Morales said. plane crashes He plays in the hole, which means he is like the point guard on a basketball team, distributing the ball. He has a something special at beach strong arm and that’s what caught the eye of the Calgary team he is playing for. By GARRY OVERBEY Last year, he competed for a Miami- DEPUTY CHARLOTTE EDITOR based team, but that team did not qualify for the tournament in Canada A plane making an emergency landing which includes squads from Russia, Italy, crashed at Caspersen Beach in Venice Argentina, Brazil and California — 11 Sunday, killing a man on the beach and teams in all. critically injuring his daughter. The opportunity to travel to Canada The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office and compete in his favorite sport is was notified by Venice Airport around icing on the cake for Morales. Despite 2:45 p.m. of a plane in distress. The pilot his success in the U.S., raising a family of the plane, a 1972 Piper Cherokee, and sending his kids to college, he has would not be able to make it back to the never lost sight of the difficulties he had airport and was going to attempt to land getting here. on the beach, authorities said. Morales was one of about 100,000 A man and his daughter who were Cubans who left the island in 1980 walking on the beach were injured when during the Mariel boatlift. The exodus the plane crashed, according to the SCSO. was agreed on by Cuba and the U.S. but The man died, and the child was airlifted ended over negative publicity about to All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, the fact many of the Cubans had been reportedly in critical condition. released from jail. The pilot of the plane and a passenger For Morales, who left with his brother, were not injured. it was an opportunity he could not pass The National Transportation Safety up. Board is investigating the incident. “Cuba is beautiful,” he said when asked about his memories. “But, the government controls your life. They even PHOTO PROVIDED tell you what to write in the newspaper. Tristan Miles, 16, is a member of Englewood’s Special Olympics stand-up paddleboard team. Imagine hoping “I was lucky because being in the Tristan and his teammates are planning to compete in Cocoa Beach in September but need water polo program, I had some privileg- help raising funds to make the trip. es. They give you a place to live. Athletes for increased are favored.” But, with the average person making about $50 a month in salary, he yearned Olympians take to enrollment to join his father and a sister who were already in Miami. By ANNE KLOCKENKEMPER “I had to lie to get on the boat,” he paddleboarding for new sport STAFF WRITER said. “I told them I was a bum and that I dealt in the black market.” By CLINTON BURTON NORTH PORT — Imagine School at That information was enough to get ENGLEWOOD SUN EDITOR North Port is hoping this coming school him a seat on a shrimp boat packed year will be a good one. with mostly misfits headed for greater At age 16, Tristan Miles has never Steve Black, principal at freedom. ridden a bicycle. the charter school’s upper “It all happened so fast,” he said. “All When he was just over a year old, campus — which will have the boats didn’t make it. Some sank. Tristan was diagnosed with Fragile X a senior class this year, People drowned. I was very lucky.” syndrome, the most common form making the entire Imagine He lived in Miami Beach for a while, of inherited intellectual and devel- School K-12 — believes and that’s where he met and married his opmental disability. It also affects that, on his campus at wife. But, he decided it was too crowded. motor skill. He still has issues with least, the number of stu- his balance So he moved to Hallendale and then BLACK dents will grow because of to West Palm Beach before settling in “He’s never been able to stand the amount of interest he’s Charlotte County. on one leg. He couldn’t jump seeing from prospective parents. He’s been a Realtor for 27 years and until he was 4,” his mother, Tracie “We’re getting a lot of interest for all enjoys the more laid-back atmosphere Georgiadis, said. grades, but mainly the middle school on the West Coast. But that hasn’t held him back. grades,” Black said, adding it isn’t He still has family in Cuba, however, Every Sunday you can find him possible to really tell what enrollment and said he has been back to visit on a and his Special Olympic teammates numbers will look like until the Sarasota few occasions. and coaches stand-up paddleboard- County School District registrars come “It’s depressing,” he said of his visits. ing the waters of Lemon Bay, train- back from vacation, which should “The people have so little.” ing for their next great adventure. happen within the next two weeks. You can hear the anguish as his voice Last year he competed in Key PHOTO PROVIDED Black posited the school’s sophomore trails off. And then you see the happiness West, and this fall he’s headed to If there was an award for most improved, it class could also grow. in his eyes that he is in the U.S. and still Cocoa Beach. He regularly takes would go to Hayley. As of May 2, 986 students in kinder- playing his favorite sport, with his whole 3-mile-long tours in local waters garten through 11th grade attended family watching. with his mom. Every day he can go a at SUP Englewood. Two days Imagine, located off Toledo Blade A dream come true. little farther, a little faster. … later, Georgiadis met Nicole Miers- Boulevard. John Hackworth is editor of the Sun It all started with a Valentine’s Day Pandolfi, the 23-year-old entrepre- Gaining more students is key for the newspapers. You can email him at gift certificate from Georgiadis’ hus- neur who owned the business. [email protected] band for stand-up paddleboarding SPECIAL | 6 IMAGINE | 6 THE SUN: Obituaries 5 | Crosswords 7 | Police Beat 7 | Viewpoint 8 | Opinion 9 CLASSIFIED: Comics 7-10 | Dear Abby 10 | TV Listings 11 INDEX | THE WIRE: Nation 2 | State 3 | World 5,6 | Weather 6 SPORTS: Lotto 2 Daily Edition $1.00 Look inside for valuable coupons CHARLIE SAYS ... 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