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13b TIMES FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1996 ii If 3 KLUC030UGH MACALUSO, NICK, 75, of Tampa, died Thursday (March 28, 1996) in Tampa. A Tampa native, he was the owner of Ace Wrecker Service and Body Shop. He was a member of Corpus Christi Catholic Church, Seminole Optimist Club, the Krewe of Venus and the American Legion. He served in the Coast Guard during World War II. Survivors include his wife, Josephine Tampa; a daughter, Antoinette M.

Monte, Tampa; a son, Peter Tampa; a brother, Benny, Tampa; five grandchildren; and a goddaughter. Roel Curry Funeral Home, Tampa. WILSON, LINNIE TAYLOR, 73, of Plant City, died Wednesday (March 27, 1996) at home. She was born in Moultrie, and came to the Tampa area in 1955. She was a retired cashier for Morrison's Cafeteria.

She was a member of Bethany Baptist Church and the Charity Sunday School Class. Survivors include her daughter, Ann Sutton, Plant City; a brother, Issac West, Moultrie; three sisters, Ruby Hancock, Moultrie, Dora Bell Stallings, Plant City, and Louette Wilbur, Thonotosassa; eight grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Wells Memorial Funeral Home, Plant City. GIRALDO, MICHAEL DAVID, 26, of Tampa, died Tuesday (March 26, 1996) in Tampa. He was born in Colombia and came here in 1978 from New York.

He was a computer technician. Survivors include his father, Fa-bio, Tampa; his mother, Maria Giraldo, Tampa; maternal grandmother, Maria Cortez, Tampa; paternal grandmother, Elvira Giraldo, Colombia; and two sisters, Stella Giraldo, Tampa, and Ad-riana Giraldo, Miami. Mark III Family Funeral Home, Town 'N Country. HOEFLER, FLORENCE 69, of Tampa, died Wednesday (March 27, 1996) at University Community Hospital. She was born in Nazareth, and came here in 1985 from Rochester, N.Y.

She was a homemaker and a member of St. Paul Catholic Church. Survivors include her husband, Raymond; five daughters, Bonnie Hoefler, Chicago, Christine Rivera, Alameda, Alison Hoefler, Lubbock, Texas, and Deanne Heath and Leslie Souders, both of Tampa; her mother, Kathryn Cerrone, Pennsylvania; three brothers, Joseph Cerrone, Allentown, and Carmen and Michael Cerrone, both of Pennsylvania; two sisters, Dorothy Kindt and Pauline Kemmerer, both of Pennsylvania; and four grandchildren. Lakeview Chapel Funeral HomeSylvan Abbey Memorial Park, Clearwater. ft 7v REGIONAL DEATHS Hernando COLICHIO, ANNA 96, of Spring Hill, died March 27.

Grace Memorial Gardens, Hudson. KING, WILLIAM 71, of Brooksville, died March 27. Pinecrest Funeral Chapel, Brooksville. KOVAC, NICK, 83, of Brooksville, died March 27. Merritt Funeral Home, Brooksville.

PITZER, WILLIAM 88, of Brooksville, died March 27. Pinecrest Funeral Chapel, Brooksville. WOJEWNIK, STANLEY 79, of Brooksville, died March 28. Pinecrest Funeral Chapel, Brooksville. takes a break from a manatee necropsy to answer reporters' questions at the Florida Marine iau in or.

reiersDurg. Manatee researcher Scott Wright i ibodoiui Hiouiuie a pciuiuuiuiuyy Manatees from 1B weather was involved in some wav Pasco his services. called viruses "a potential cause" of but emphasized that many other are being checked, including bacteria, environmental toxins and the algae that cause epidemic began less than a month after counted a record 2,639 manatees. are gentle, slow-moving mammals grow 13 feet long, weigh over 3,000 and eat hundreds of pounds of aquatic a day. Normally, speedboats are their threat.

this year, the worst manatee epidemic to natural causes was cold-related, 47 manatees in 1989. Tide was blamed for the deaths of 39 in southwest Florida in 1982, but their differed from those killed by the epidemic. The manatee on the lab table Thursday came from Brevard County waters, outside the epidemic area. Before the cameras, lab workers began the 3V4 hour job of cutting away its blubber, examining its organs and collecting tissue samples. Presumably, this would be a "control" animal whose tissues could be compared to those of manatees killed by the epidemic.

Along with the weary look in his eyes, Wright has acquired fame few animal pathologists achieve. He's in People magazine this week, sitting on a flatbed truck beside a manatee carcass. His quest for the killer of a much-loved and greatly endangered mammal also has drawn widespread attention in the scientific world. A dozen laboratories around the country are participating in the search, and a Dutch virologist known for his work in a North Sea seal epidemic snouidn be seeing any more of that. One of the many theories being explored is that a long and exceptionally cold winter played a role in this pneumonia epidemic "The challenge in this case is to figure out what's causing the pneumonia," Wright said.

Like other mammals, manatees are vulnerable to pneumonia. What's unusual about this illness is its swiftness and apparent 100 percent fatality rate. The epidemic has affected only manatees in the rivers and bays of southwest Florida. Its victims died with inflamed, scarred lungs but otherwise looked healthy. Wright thinks the illness killed them in three ttf five days, but can't be certain because no sick manatees have been found.

i iti. BIRTHS St. Joseph's Women's Hospital Alberdi, Marcia and James, Tampa, a girl, Madeleine Jane, Monday, Feb. 26, 1996. Allen, Melissa and Timothy, Tampa, a girl, Alexis Marie, Tuesday, Feb.

27, 1996. Arose, Karen and Glenn, Tampa, twins, Joey Glenn and Laura Elizabeth, Thursday, Feb. 29, 1996. Blaschka, Elizabeth and Steven, Tampa, a boy, Bryce Edward, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 1996.

Botello, Eileen and David, Lutz, a boy, Douglas Joseph, Monday, Feb. 26, 1996. Bradley, Alice, Tampa, a boy, Jose Angel III, Thursday, Feb. 29, 1996. Cole, Helen and George II, Tampa, a girl, Amber Danielle, Tuesday, Feb! 27, 1996.

Clark, Trina, Tampa, a boy, Antoneus J'Seiro, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 1996. Craig, Kristina and Gary, Tampa, a girl, Michelle Elizabeth, Thursday, Feb. 29, 1996. Cromuel, Shanda, Tampa, a boy, Scottie Lee Wednesday, Feb.

28, 1996. Daniels, Claudette, Tampa, a boy, Mikeal Nathaniel, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 1996. Denofa, Cathryn and Carmen, Tampa, a boy, Joseph Duke, Wednesday, Feb. 28, '1996.

Diaz, Rosemarie and Antonio Mujica Tampa, a boy, Ricardo Antonio, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 1996. Diaz, Sandra and David, Tampa, a boy, Aaron Raymond, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 1996. Divers, Pamela and Brett, Tampa, a boy, Ryan Devereux, Wednesday, Feb.

28, 1996. Fernandez, Reina and Jose, Tampa, a boy, Michael Stephen, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 1996. Garcia, Maria and Julio, Tampa, a girl, Celia, Monday, Feb. 26, 1996.

Godwin, Serretha and Nicolas Damont, Tampa, a boy, Nicolas Monday, Feb. 26, 1996. Gosa, Simone, Tampa, a boy, Jawan Rashaad, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 1996. Graham, Gale, Tampa, a girl, Kaylin Alese, Monday, Feb.

26, 1996. Grimaldi, Ashley and Anthony II, Tampa, a boy, John Andrew Rainier III, Monday, Feb. 26, 1996. Harmon, Sharon and Karl, Tampa, a boy, Nathaniel Lewis, Tuesday, Feb. 27, J996.

has offered Wright the epidemic, possibilities Red Tide. The the state Manatees that can pounds plants in greatest Before attributed and killed Red manatees symptoms current BAHR, CHARLES, 79, of Spring Hill, Pasco County, died March 27. Bell Funeral Home, Bayonet Point. CLEVELAND, WAYNE KENNETH, 62, of Port Rlchey, died March 26. Family Funeral Care, Hudson.

HUBERT, DOROTHY ALICE, 65, of New Port Rlchey, died March 27. Thomas B. Dobies Funeral Home, Congress Street Chapel, New Port Richey. JIMICK, STEPHEN, 82, of Holiday, died March 24. National Cremation Society, Holiday.

LAWSON, GEORGE, 76, of Hudson, died March 26. Bell Funeral Home, Bayonet Point. LIND-CIRAN, SYLVIA 82, of Bayonet Point, died March 24. Prevatt Funeral Home, Bayonet Point. McCURDY, MERRILL V.

"MAC," 87, of Holiday, died March 26. NorthMeadowlawn Funeral Home, New Port Rlchey. NUGENT, SAMUEL 77, of Hudson, died March 27. NorthMeadowlawn Funeral Home, New Port Richey. SANDERS, MARGARET 84, of Holiday, died March 28.

Thomas B. Dobies Funeral Home, Tarpon Avenue Chapel, Tarpon Springs. SWIDERSKI, HELEN, 75, of Holiday, died March 27. Thomas B. Dobies Funeral Home, Bartelt Road Chapel, Holiday.

TESORIERO, CHARLES, 83, of New Port Richey, died March 26. NorthMeadowlawn Funeral Home, New Port Rlchey. WALSH, RALPH 63, of New Port Richey, died March 26. NorthMeadowlawn Funeral Home, New Port Richey. North Pinellas BONNEMA, LOUISE, 72, of Largo, died March 24.

National Cremation Society, Largo. ELLIS, JOHN 90, of Dunedin, died March 27. Curlew Hills Funeral Home, Palm Harbor. GOMEZ, JACOB ANTHONY, Infant son of Ramon Quintana-Gomez and Wanda I. Fuentes-Qulles Gomez of Tarpon Springs, died March 27.

Curlew Hills Funeral Home, Palm Harbor. GUERIN, MARION 48, of Palm Harbor, died March 26. Curlew Hills Funeral Home, Palm Harbor. KOWALAK, MARQOT 70, of Oldsmar, died March 27. Lakeview Chapel Funeral HomeSylvan Abbey Memorial Park, Clearwater.

MONRAD, OSCAR A. 86, of Dunedin, died March 27. Curlew Hills Funeral Home, Palm Harbor. THURMOND, ANDREW 71, of Largo, died March 27. Hubbell Funeral Home and Crematory, Belleair Bluffs.

TOBIASSEN, THOMAS 73, Palm Harbor, died March 27. Curlew Hills Funeral Home, Palm Harbor. TOURTELOTTE, INA 93, of Palm Harbor, died March 27. North-Meadowlawn Funeral Home, Tarpon Chapel, Tarpon Springs. WEBB, LENA 93, of Seminole, died March 28.

C. E. Prevatt Funeral Home, Tyrone Chapel, St. Petersburg. South Pinellas BELL, MARY ELIZABETH, 93, of St.

Petersburg, died March 27. Gulfport Memorial Funeral Home. CREASMAN, EVERETT "WOLFMAN," 49, of St. Petersburg, died March 10, 1996. National Cremation Society, Largo.

DAVIDSON, WILMA 80, of St. Petersburg, died March 25. National Cremation Society, Largo. DAWSON, DANIEL S. 77, of St.

Petersburg, died Marsh 27. Anderson-McQueen Funeral Homes, Ninth Street Chapel, St. Petersburg. HANLEY, EDWARD, 80, of St. Petersburg, died March 23.

Abbey Parklawn Funeral Home Cemetery, Palm Harbor. HEPP, CAMILLA, 85, of Treasure Island, died March 28. Beach Memorial Chapel, St. Pete Beach. LOGAN, JANE 86, of Palm Shores, St.

Petersburg, died March 27. National Cremation Society, Largo. MEADOWS, MARION 70, of St. Petersburg, died March 28. Creal Funeral Home, St.

Petersburg. NORRIS, ELIZABETH, 78, of St. Petersburg, died March 25. Woodlawn Funeral Home, St. Petersburg.

O'BRIEN, HARRIET, 91, of St. Petersburg, died March 27. Anderson-McQueen Funeral Homes, Bobbin Chapel, St. Petersburg. POOR, SAMUEL, 72, of St.

Petersburg, died March 26. E. Dale Gunter Funeral Home Cremation Services, St. Petersburg. SEIBERT, WARREN H.

"SMOKEY," 66, of Largo, formerly of St. Petersburg, died March 26. Anderson-McQueen Funeral Homes, Bobbin Chapel, St. Petersburg. SOMMERS, RONALD 69, of St.

Petersburg, died March 22. Abbey Parklawn Funeral Home Cemetery, Palm Harbor. TIGER, BLANCHE EVELYN, 85, of St. Petersburg, died March 24. Memorial Park Funeral Home-Cemetery, St.

Petersburg. WORMUTH, STANLEY 87, of St. Petersburg, died March 26. National Cremation Society, Largo. we he doesn't know exactly how much time remains, and added, "Every day that passes it, becomes more difficult." State Sen.

John Grant, R-Tam-pa, said Thursday that he was "committed to doing something up to midnight, May 3" the end of the session as long as local government reached a deal first. Bill Johnson, spokesman for the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce's stadium task force, said that requests for charter seat deposit refunds dropped off Thursday. "It has not picked up," Johnson said. "It has petered out almost. We have had a little less than a thousand requests in two weeks." Johnson said that represents less than 10 percent of the accounts generated by the Charter Seat Deposit campaign.

"It indicates that over 10,000 people are hanging on," representing between. 27,000 and 28,000 seats, Johnson said: "I consider that almost a minor miracle." Randy Johnson, president of the Orlando Area Sports Commission, said the Bucs have not called his organization as a result of Wednesday's County Commission meeting. "They have not and we agreed that they would not until this whole thing was resolved," he said. "We're not interested in throwing salt on the wound." freshman at an out-of-state college, said she told an elementary school guidance counselor that the man she called her dad was fondling her. The counselor told Mrs.

Sanchez, who also worked at the school. The woman said the Sanchezes threatened to abandon her and to beat her daily until she recanted. She eventually told the counselor she had lied. The woman, who wiped away tears during part of her testimony, said that as she got older the abuse continued, until Sanchez was having sexual intercourse with her at his uniform rental business. When the girl ran away from the Sanchez home in 1993, she took Sanchez's credit card and withdrew $1,600.

Sanchez's attorney said her allegations surfaced after Sanchez found out about the money. The girl went to live with her grandparents in Virginia. They brought her back to Florida in 1993 to report the abuse. The special prosecutors from Daytona Beach who were assigned to the case rested Thursday. The defense wjll present its case today.

Bucs from 1 said he was "optimistic" a new deal would be approved. I Though they said little, commissioners heard plenty. Their offices were deluged with hundreds of calls, many from people angry that commissioners hadn't approved the proposal on the first take. Scores of other callers, though, told commissioners they had done the right thing in questioning the deal some saw as too generous to the team. Even if commissioners pass it today, the deal still faces a number of hurdles.

City Council members would then have to consider it, possibly as early as Monday. "We're not going to address it until the county gets their part settled," Council Chairman Ronnie Mason said. I "I don't think what the County Commission did yesterday were minor modifications," Tampa City Council member Joe Greco said Thursday. "I think what it was was Wholesale public negotiations." If the city approved the deal, it would then move to Tallahassee, where state lawmakers would have to approve a 5 percent rental car tax for Hillsborough to raise some of the necessary public funds. Rep.

Jim Davis, D-Tampa, said Abuse from 1B visors for not following proper procedures, and said that a police detective didn't pursue obvious leads, including allegations that Sanchez saved explicit videotapes of the abuse in a certain desk drawer. i There also was initial speculation about Hillsborough State Attorney Harry Lee Coe's role in the cfcse, because Sanchez's wife contributed to Coe's 1992 campaign. But the grand jury found "absolutely no evidence of any wrongdoing" by Coe or his office. Sanchez's wife, Carmen, a well-connected Democrat who has been active in several state campaigns, was sharply criticized by the grand jury for her efforts "to mislead and obstruct" the investigation. According to testimony, the girl was 3 or 6 when she came to live with Mrs.

Sanchez, who had been separated from her husband. He later moved back into the couple's Tampa house. The young woman, now a Hazen, Amanda and Dennis Moore II, Tampa, a girl, Kayla Brittany, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 1996. Heavner, Michele and Donald, Tampa, a boy, Nicholas Andrew, Monday, Feb.

26, 1996. Herman, Cynthia and Eric Mitchell, Tampa, a boy, Da' Marcus Monteza, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 1996. Hill, Jeannette and Freddie Wilson, Tampa, a girl, Jessica Ashleigh, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 1996.

Howard, Sheryl and Odis Tampa, a boy, Joshua Milton, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 1996. Huetteman, Elizabeth and Scott, Valrico, a girl, Kaitlyn Elizabeth, Monday, Feb. 26, 1996. Hunt, Kimberley and Jeffrey, Lutz, a girl, Hailey Ann, Wednesday, Feb.

28, 1996. Jensen, Mary and John Lutz, a girl, Dana Elyse, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 1996. Johnson, Therica, Tampa, a boy, Kanyon A'Min, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 1996.

Knippel, Stephanie and Craig, Tampa, a boy, Matthew Alan, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 1996. LaRocca, Valorie and Daniel Hatfield, Tampa, a boy, Micah Anthony, Monday, Feb. 26, 1996. Lynch, Tammy and Tommy Lewis Tampa, a boy, Jerray Edward, Thursday, Feb.

29, 1996. Martinez, Maria, Tampa, a boy, Jovanee Jesus, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 1996. Mayo, Leora and Ronald, Tampa, a boy, Anthony Wayne, Monday, Feb. 26, 1996.

McHugh, Kathleen and Timothy, Tampa, a boy, Jeffrey Alexander, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 1996. Mills, Shawna and Jami, Plant City, a boy, William Mason, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 1996. Moffitt, Sherry, Tampa, a boy, Erick Dutch, Tuesday, Feb.

27, 1996. O'Meara, Kimberly and Christopher, Riverview, a boy, Shawn Christopher, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 1996. O'Roufke, Lee Ann and Thomas, Tampa, a girl, Jamie Erin, Thursday, Feb. 29, 1996.

Pennington, Laura and Gregory, Tampa, a girl, Anna Elizabeth, Sunday, March 3, 1996, Phelps, Barbara and Robert, Tampa, a boy, Evan Richard, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 1996. Philbin, Michelle and Robert, Tampa, a girl, Shannon Maria, Monday, March 4, 1996. Prange, Monalee and Ihpr Humesky, Tampa, a boy, Nlckolas John, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 1996.

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