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Intruders kill Tampa port worker
July 18, 2006
BY: ALDO NAHED
Luis E. Vargas sent money to his parents in Peru and his daughters in
Argentina and California. He earned it as a shipfitter, getting steel
ready to be welded at the Port of Tampa.Early Monday, someone may have
come looking for Vargas' money. He was shot in the chest about 3 a.m.
in an apparent home invasion at his duplex apartment at 1002 S 22nd
St., just north of the Crosstown Expressway near Ybor City.A bloodied
Vargas staggered to his next-door neighbor's...
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Teens opt for paydays instead of play days
July 3, 2006
BY: ALDO NAHED
After the ringing of the bell signaling the end of the school year,
many teens head from the classroom to the workplace. They flood their
favorite places with applications, hoping to snag a fun job where they
can make lots of money. For some, the search turns out perfectly. The
rest are left with jobs they can learn to love or at least tolerate.
They're saving for college, cars and clothes as they serve food, mow
lawns, dish up ice cream and perform other services to earn a revenue...
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Best friends, different views
August 11, 2006
BY: ALDO NAHED
Before a few weeks ago, the two teenage friends used to talk about
boys, Seven jeans and Nordstrom at International Plaza.Then the deadly
fighting broke out between Israel and Lebanon.Now best friends Sarah
Chibani, whose family is from Lebanon, and Ester Steinberg, who has
Jewish roots, have different conversations, sometimes strained ones."I
think Israel is defending themselves," said Steinberg, while eating a
falafel sandwich at Acropolis, their favorite...
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City may soon join 'doggie dining' ranks July 21, 2006
Dogs will soon have their day in Tampa.But not yet - officially that
is.City Council member John Dingfelder made a motion Thursday to have
the staff draft a "doggie dining" ordinance. On June 2, Gov. Jeb Bush
signed a bill into law giving local governments that option."There are
some parts of town that would want to take advantage of this," said
Dingfelder, whose dogs Phoebe and Moose will be able dine outdoors with
him....
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Frustration, uncertainty stretches back to bay area
July 19, 2006
BY: ALDO NAHED
Jay M. Cheikhali hoped
his wife and two sons would be scooped up from southern Lebanon by a
U.S. Embassy convoy on Tuesday.Private vehicles offered to give them a
ride, but the Tampa family visiting Lebanese relatives felt it would be
safer to wait for an embassy bus. Four hours later, no one had shown
up, he said."We're back to square zero right now," he said from his
home in Tampa Palms. "That was a huge letdown."Embassy... |
Planner envisions toll road as one-way hurricane exit
July 6, 2006
BY: ALDO NAHED
TAMPA - If a Category 4
or 5 hurricane ever heads toward Tampa Bay, some local government
officials would like to see one of Tampa's major toll roads converted
to a one-way evacuation route.They have asked the Tampa-Hillsborough
Expressway Authority to prepare a proposal turning the Lee Roy Selmon
Crosstown Expressway into a one-way route east to help residents move
to higher ground.But officials say "contra-flow," the term given to
such an...
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County auditor's job may be in jeopardy
June 8, 2006
BY: ALDO NAHED
Hillsborough commissioners didn't give the county's internal auditor a
raise during her annual performance review on Wednesday. And it went
downhill from there.Kathleen J. Mathews was publicly dressed down for
what commissioners described as a lack of leadership, and at least
three of them questioned whether she should continue holding the
$115,000-a-year job.A unanimous 6-0 vote asked the county's human
resource department to return to the...
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A DAY OF REMEMBRANCE
Ode to the fallen where they rest
May 30, 2006
BY: ALDO NAHED
Mel Collins vividly recalls walking through the Rest Haven Memorial
Park Cemetery seven years ago. His goal: to get an idea of how many
veterans were buried there."I kept counting," he said.Under a solid sun
and equipped with a legal pad and pencil, Collins, vice commander for
the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1339, drew sticks and crossed them
when he reached five. The tally, after four hours of going west to
east: 1,100 graves.He was inspired to do the... |
A musical tribute to generosity
July 6, 2006
BY: ALDO NAHED
TAMPA - Megan Johnson
knows how cruel kids can be. Johnson, 15, of Washington state, was born
with a cleft lip and palate. Even after 23 surgeries, she still feels
the stares of strangers."I get so embarrassed, or I start crying,"
Johnson said. "It's just the way I am made."But Johnson, who has a few
more surgeries to go, knows how far she's come. On Wednesday, she took
the stage along with Shannon Kloppenburg, 18,...
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