THE WIRE Fla. election chief tries to win support for purge PAGE 1 Deal of the Day 1993 Cadillac Allante — $29,900 In Today’s JAL Classifieds! AND WEEKLY Charlotte Sun HERALD GUNFIRE FORCES LOCKDOWN BUILDING MOMENTUM t, Police killed a woman driving a black Infiniti with a young The Rays are eager for a playoff shot at Boston. fv child inside near the Capitol. THE WIRE PAGE 1 SPORTS PAGE 1 AN EDITION OF THE SUN VOL. 121 NO. 277 AMERICA’S BEST COMMUNITY DAILY FRIDAY OCTOBER 4, 2013 www.sunnewspapers.net $1.00 Missing man’s car found Corvette belonged to 26-year-old who disappeared in 1986 By ADAM KREGER STAFF WRITER ,. 1 \ ' } , . ate ;y _,/ - DEEP CREEK — The car of a local . ,d sw,. ir -} i`T' ,F f .;4 ( d I < " ''' t . ` - man reported missing in 1986 was found in a canal around 10 a.m. Thursday, according to the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office. Charlotte County employees con- ducting canal maintenance located the 1982 Chevrolet Corvette in the jk waterway near Rampart Boulevard and T Navigator Road. t - The vehicle belonged to Terrance Paul Beghin, who was 26 when he disappeared. 32 Beghin was last seen on Nov. 1, 1986, when he left his Port Charlotte home around midnight driving his ’82 Corvette, according to the Doe 77 Network — a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping law enforcement solve cold cases. Around 1 a.m., Beghin reportedly offered to pick up a roommate from his girlfriend’s house. Beghin never "Y A made it there. -71 Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman tl ,i'' r ( ::N . ;ram irk , ! . Debbie Bowe said Thursday, “I can ; confirm there was no body found in the car.” JQMJ PHOTO PROVIDED BY THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE She also said there didn’t appear to be any human remains in or Charlotte County workers on Thursday morning found a car belonging to a man reported missing in 1986. The car was recovered from a canal near Rampart Boulevard and Navigator Road in Deep Creek. The car belonged to Terrance Paul Beghin, who was 26 when he was last seen. FOUND | 11 Crumbling canals County weighs By BRENDA BARBOSA concrete company whether the cure time can be STAFF WRITER shortened from 28 days to roughly 15 days to quicken installation. Disher said he’s still awaiting word. energy audit PUNTA GORDA — The waters may have receded, Meanwhile, officials are keeping an eye on Tropical but the effects of summer’s incessant rains still linger Storm Karen brewing in the western Caribbean. Karen, By GARY ROBERTS for dozens of city residents whose damaged and crum- the 11th named storm of the season, is expected to STAFF WRITER bling seawalls still show the bruises of Mother Nature’s strengthen as it heads toward the northern Gulf coast discontent. this weekend. MURDOCK — At next week’s meeting, the As crews work frantically to repair or replace some The city had received a 500-slab order just before the Charlotte County Commission will review an 2,700 to 3,300 linear feet of fallen or broken seawalls in end of the fiscal year, Disher said, but more is needed. energy audit that guarantees savings to cover its Punta Gorda Isles and Burnt Store Isles — estimated to “Once the new seawall forms (molds) come in, then cost. However, at Thursday’s preagenda meeting, be about $1 million worth of damage — Punta Gorda we’ll be able to double production,” he said. officials expressed concerns about both the public works officials said it still may be another six to In the meantime, crews from Marine Contracting $3.7 million cost and the 15-year length of the eight weeks before the work is complete. Group, the company handling the installation, are proposed energy performance savings contract. The city has stepped up operations at its concrete standing by. “I’m not in favor of long contracts,” Commission pouring facility located at 3130 Cooper St., to meet the “Really, the limiting factor is how fast the slabs can be Chairman Chris Constance said. “The important demand for replacement panels, but there’s only so produced,” said Bruce Midolo, president of the Marine thing is to get the best deal for the taxpayer.” much product workers can churn out, said Gary Disher, Contracting Group. According to the energy report, completed last public works’ supervisor of canal maintenance. Midolo said his company is capable of installing that month by Siemens Industry Inc., the project calls As it is, workers are pouring about 90 feet of concrete amount of wall needed and more. Once the slabs are for implementing $3.7 million in recommended a day, producing about 15, 6-foot-wide by 10-foot-long ready to go, there will be more crews and a barge added infrastructure improvements, but comes with a slabs a day. All of the molds on hand are being used to to the job. first-year savings of $353,798. form the concrete seawall panels which, Disher said, According to city controller Sharon Knippenberg, the However the county would be required to need roughly 28 days to “cure.” Public works has asked its research team and the CANALS | 11 AUDIT | 11 School program Lessons never too demanding, rewarding late for the learning went back to school Tuesday. By IAN ROSS up on old, yellow paper. I learned a few things. STAFF WRITER As a teacher, Brittany said, “he did I and 22 other people took part in pretty good. He stood at the front of I the first I’ve Been Back to School event. The students of Paul Platt, a civics the class, told us what we needed to We were invited to work for a day as a teacher at Murdock Middle School, know, and told us what to write down.” teacher or a staff member. The goal was got a surprise Tuesday when Paul Stamoulis, she said, seemed “really to make the community more aware of Rusty Stamoulis, Charlotte County supervisor happy to teach us, really excited. He what exactly teachers do and what they Pray of elections, stepped out of the closet was smiling a lot.” face on a daily basis. dressed as James Madison. At the beginning of Wednesday’s I was assigned to Christine Stamoulis and 22 others took on the classes, Platt said, students were asking Grabowski at Port Charlotte Middle job of a teacher or staff member for the if James Madison was going to be in the School. She has been teaching for a The rewards? school day as part of I’ve Been Back to closet again. total of 30 years, the last 23 at Port “When a kid has struggled and you’ve School, a program that aimed to pro- The idea for I’ve Been Back to School Charlotte Middle. helped them and they come back to mote greater understanding of schools was brought to the Charlotte County We had gone over a lesson plan for thank you, it makes you feel like you’ve on the part of the community. School District by the Charlotte County the classes I’d be teaching a few days made a difference.” Tuesday’s event was the first of its Support Personnel Association, which before my visit. I asked her what she When I arrived at 9 a.m. Tuesday, she kind in Charlotte County. saw the program succeed in other saw as her greatest challenge. was already in her classroom. It was a Brittany Beasley, a student in states. The association, the district, “I think the budget cuts have hurt B day on her schedule, which meant Platt’s seventh-grade class, said and the Charlotte Florida Education us,” she said. “It’s hard to grasp the she had no time built in for planning. Stamoulis wore long, high socks, Foundation partnered to bring the concept of watching the number of The tasks: Teach a seventh-grade law brown pants, and a coat with buttons program to Charlotte County. copies I can make (she has a limit) studies class and three eighth-grade that didn’t match. He was holding while elevating reading scores at the the Virginia Plan in his hand, rolled SCHOOL | 11 same time.” RUSTY | 11 INDEX | THE SUN: Obituaries 5 | Police Beat 7 | Viewpoint 8 | Opinion 9-10 | THE WIRE: Nation 2,5 | State 3 | World 5,8 | Business 6-7 | Weather 8 | SPORTS: Lotto 2 | CLASSIFIED: Comics 9-12 | Dear Abby 12 | TV Listings 13 Daily Edition $1.00 Look inside for valuable coupons High Low SUN COUPON This year’s savings to date ... 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