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LOCAL & STATE **** Sunday, July 26, 2020 | 1B
STEPHANIE HAYES
Clearwater sites a tough sell
Only two out of the 50 developers that were invited respond with Imagine Clearwater proposals.
Times columnist
BY TRACEY MCMANUS plaza, are three parcels — ripe It also underscores the chal- siderable control over what busi- sortium of folks, that have a ton
In pursuit
Times Staff Writer for hotel, residential and retail lenge in creating a vibrant urban nesses, if any, fill the buildings of money, that can take a ton
SPORTS
CLEARWATER — In May, city development. center out of a downtown that around the city’s future revital- of property off of the tax rolls
consultants invited local and But of the 50 developers the has floundered for decades with ized park. whenever they feel like it, it’s a
of that
national developers to submit city contacted for ideas, only two vacant storefronts as its larg- The commercial properties huge unknown. And that’s no
preliminary ideas for redevelop-
ing three sites along the down-
ForImagine
bay Clearwater
respondedarea, thisWhile
with proposals. could be aowner,
est property sports
the Church
is still in the of Scientology, continued to
are currently on the tax rolls, as
they are not being used for reli-
place I want to go,” said devel-
oper Ken Stoltenberg. His firm,
season likethisnoearly
other.
clean
town waterfront. design phase, disin- John
expand. Romano, 1A gious purposes, but the com- Mercury Advisors, has built mul-
Amid 20 city-owned acres set terest frames the work city offi- Between 2017 and 2019, com- panies that own them have left tiple projects in Tampa’s Chan-
to be transformed into Imagine cials have to get developers to panies tied to Scientology many of their new buildings and nel district, but declined Clear-
****forSunday, July 26, 2020 | 1C
getaway
Clearwater, a $64 million park respond to the formal request bought nearly 100 commercial lots empty. water’s invitation this year to
overlooking the Intracoastal proposals that are expected to be properties within walking dis- “When you’re looking to invest submit a proposal for its down-
waterway with a garden, a bluff issued late this year or in early tance of the Imagine Clearwater in a city where you have, I won’t town waterfront.
Don’t
walk, concert green and event 2021. footprint, giving the church con- call it a religion, I’ll call it a con- See IMAGINE, 6B
RAYS 4, BLUE JAYS 1
I
’m out of here, suckas!
Breakthrough win
I’m sorry. That was
Political
uncouth. Let me rephrase.
take
I am on vacation next week,
dear friends. That means this
column space will be tempo-
rarily empty.
I know, how dare I leave
amid such mayhem? My fam-
ily examined every possible
getaway during this troubling
offense, veterans
summer, and it all seemed like
the wrong door at a demented
carnival. Buffalo D Tampa Bay Times | Sunday, July 26, 2020 |
wrangle
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BUSINESS
We settled on a few days in
for seat
a house on (redacted by hus-
band), two hours south of
Home search has Jays
Tampa Bay and only reachable playing with a chip
by boat. There are no stores on their shoulder.
or restaurants. No paved
roads. The only human we BY EDUARDO A. ENCINA
will encounter up close is the
tampabay.com/business/ Times Staff Writer Sunday, July 26, 2020 | Longtime
1D Pinellas
boat captain for the dash over, ST. PETERSBURG — This
a man who did not give his season will be strange for every
Commissioner Ken
name on the phone but just major-league team, but no club Welch is leaving his
Walmart
said, “Mmkay, cash only.” will have a more unconventional
“So you’re leaving the 2020 than the Blue Jays.
position in District 7.
prison of your own four walls Kicked out of Canada for the
for the prison of four other regular season because the coun- BY MARK PUENTE
walls?” a friend said during a Times Staff Writer
try’s health officials had con-
a power
Zoom call last weekend. He is cerns that frequent travel to and As the Aug. 18 primary elec-
British, and it was especially from the United States could tion approaches, three well-
soul-crushing delivered in provoke a spike in coronavi- known St. Petersburg Democrats
that accent. But yes. Yes, that rus cases, the Jays’ 11th-hour are battling to represent a Pinel-
player
is what we are doing. Anyway, attempts to become secondary las County Commission district
isn’t life a prison? Didn’t, you tenants at major-league parks in that hasn’t had
know, Thomas Aquinas say Pittsburgh and Baltimore failed. an open seat in
that? Toronto had even consid- decades.
Maybe you also are taking a ered becoming the barnstorm- State Rep.
vacation and dread explaining ing Blue Jays, playing an all- Wengay New-
As a large electric it to people. After all, you want road schedule. It wasn’t until MARTHA ASENCIO RHINE | Times ton, Pinellas
your friends to assume the Art kits, board games, puzzles and even bike locks are available for checkout at the season
Clearwater Public Main Library. School Board
consumer, the retailer best about you in these times.
hours before their
member Rene
opener Friday against the Rays
puts its energy behind I offer help with the following at Tropicana Field that the Jays Flowers and
YOU READ IT
state regulation. form letter: announced they would play their State Rep. the Rev. Frank
Peterman Jr.
BY SUE CARLTON
home games at Sahlen Field in Wengay
BY MALENA CAROLLO Times Staff Writer Newton want the Dis-
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Times Staff Writer Buffalo, N.Y., home of the organi-
o you find yourself in need zation’s Triple-A affiliate. trict 7 seat
The complexities of Flori- of a chainsaw for some “This that longtime
Tampa Bay Times | Sunday, July 26,whole
2020 year | 3 has been
da’s electric regulatory process pandemic-inspired home crazy, but it’s been especially Commissioner
are usually taken on only by the
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improvement? K e n We l c h
HERE FIRST
crazy for our team just being
state’s power companies. But Does it seem like a good time able to find a home,” second has held since
here’s a surprising participant: to learn to play guitar? baseman Cavan Biggio said. “I 2000. Each of
Walmart. Need board games for bored think our team’s playing with a the three can-
Over the past three years, kids? little bit of a chip on our shoul- didates has
Walmart has weighed in on an And how does “free” sound to der. I think we were just kind of served on the
increasing number of issues you? IVY CEBALLO | Times tired of all of it and ready to play. School Board St. Petersburg
Third-base coach Rodney Linares wavesbefore homethe Florida
Hunter Publicpinch-running
Renfroe, Service for Mike Zunino, on Brandon Lowe’s Turns two-run out yourinlocal
triple library
the eighth. “So, you know what, even if it’s member Rene City Council.
Commission. Some of the uptick isn’t all about the books. in a Triple-A ballpark, we’re still Flowers Without
is because of timing — some Across Tampa Bay, library going to play with a chip on our hosting fund-
Borrow a drill. Learn a skill. Or pick up a book.
The Rays get an elusive big hit and turn it into their first victory of the season.
issues, such as energy efficiency
Local libraries expand lending possibilities.
goals, are scheduled to come up DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times
patrons are discovering an array
of surprising items available for
shoulder.”
The Jays playing home games
raisers or other
events to sway
once every five years. With all that’s going on right check-out at select branches — at their training facility in Dune- undecided vot-
But others show the retail now, it’s as good aquiet
time foras a little while, but from seeds for starting vegetable ers, candidates
BY MARC TOPKIN
Today
giant taking a more active role
were our hitters.” din was a possibility. As recently
Times Staff Writer any for a beach getaway.
pitching was spectacular, andgardens then to telescopes
Lowe showed to WiFi hot in attacking a
that as last week, it was one of the have turned to
vs.dockets
Blue Jays, 1:10, Tropicana Field
ST. PETERSBURG — The frustration in that affect its energy the offense came through when spots.
we changeup from reliever Sam Gaviglio. leading options. The facility had social media,
TV/radio: Fox Sports Sun; 95.3-FM,
Brandon Lowe was feeling this early in bills, particularly those that dealDear family, friendsthem.”
needed and co- What’s available
In his All-Starwhere,worthy and first half of just been upgraded, and new sta- Photos by JIM MONE | Associated Press countless tele-
620-AM
the season was already obvious, ampli- with renewable energy. workers, As Attorney
the Rays did Bentheir
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FIRM JUSTICE
in position win, scattering hits they more able to hit fastball. Any fastball. installed since spring training
out at key points in each of the Rays’ said overAndrew
five-plus Hoffman,
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innings andI mean it. The way
productive group of hitters between Bay, this isWith not your grandma’s
the level of analytics, data-gath- was halted in March because of rus has halted
first two games. of environment
getting out of the and one sustainabil-
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created. whatgoingtheyinadded and what theylibrary had, anymore.
ering and scouting, everyone knows the pandemic. handshaking and knocking on
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Chaz Roe,of Michigan. 2020, youandmay believe I am At thethat,Hugh so Embry
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until he shows he can ida, the likelihood of playing in Each candidate said his or her
tive (with) the lowest cost
By late Saturday afternoon, that frus- for a tying homer that Pete Fairbanks possi-
forms of communication checked
Going 1-for-9 with runners in scor- handle them. out a ukulele to see how Pinellas County became remote, record sets them apart when
tration was replaced by satisfaction. ble.”
allowed in the seventh. 24 hours a day, ingand the new
position in Friday’s opening-day she’d
dis-like it.“We
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recognize rated that he’s proven especially because New York compared to the others.
Lowe delivered the big hit the Rays See“Just WALMART,
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actually Monday at the Trop and hitless herself
in “really
to thebad at it.”in a really short amount
league state — once the epicenter of “I hope that my 12 years of
had been seeking over the first two ager Kevin Cash said. “We were through
disap- Blargsday. But four
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probably going to have to curve. body of work speaks for itself,”
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Florida’s Ben Crump has become the go-to attorney for families of victims
being able a way Cash make some adjustments now this go- On Saturday, Florida passed said Newton, 56, who often drew
email,back
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surprise offering
seasonatand the be able to han- scorn from City Council mem-
When
Jays. to win. (Saturday) we bounced said. “The this New York for the second-most
Starter Ryan Yarbrough put the Rays and did some good things. Microsoft The batsTeams, FaceTime, we’ve got a bunch ofSafety good Harbor Public
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of racial injustice. Among his cases: Trayvon Martin and George Floyd. we choose, See RAYS, coronavirus cases in the country, Times (2019)
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writer, singing barbershop for the work we’ve done.”
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gestures. This article was originally published in the July issue of founder of Tallahassee- remain undecided.
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC I may, however, Florida
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eral vacation photos on n January 2006, 14-year-old Mar- nicate with them,” she said. “It’s
Infections resurge in nursing homes
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lovefest began. Inmine
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1986 classic when Rich Bisaccia, ended a streak of
Hoosiers, his grandmother’s car. Several hours
Quincy Mason, Peterman said he’s using social
unlikelieststands on inprinciple.
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tered around him for weeks,
(@TBTimes_Sports)
Henry Milleror by email
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precautions.
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Career highlights: In
events.
at jknight@tampabay.com.
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the Bay area,”WeMiller said. swift tin, 17, who was killed in
stretched well into the following where it was packed. weren’t ofand
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tory said. “And I remember on seared in his memory: Micheal to return a kick for a touchdown. SPURLOCK, touchdown, untouched against the Brown, 18, who was
than the usual happen.’ It was a personal thing for most successful and well-known southeastern region. He and his
crushed-ice me at that point.” civil rights and personal injury grandmother, mother and younger killed by a police officer
Henry Miller snow cones. Crump discovered security-cam- attorneys in the United States. He brothers lived in government-sub- in Ferguson, Mo. Crump
As he and era footage showing white guards became a TV news fixture in 2012 sidized housing south of the rail- won Brown’s family a $1.5
his four employees assess the at the detention center repeatedly with his leading role in the Tray- road tracks that divided the town. million settlement with
outlook for the rest of the year kneeing, kicking and hitting the von Martin case and again in 2014, In 1978, school desegregation came the city.
during the coronavirus pan- Black teen. The video hit the media, when he represented the fam- to Lumberton, and Crump was TV and film credits: In
demic, Miller, 49, spoke with the and a second autopsy found the ily of Michael Brown, an unarmed bused to the wealthier northern 2018, Crump hosted a
Tampa Bay Times about his ven- boy suffocated to death as a result Black teenager whose killing by a section of town. TV One documentary
Seven days a week – e-Newspaper, the look of the Times with ads that
ture. This interview has been of “the actions of the guards,” who white police officer in Ferguson, One day at lunch, a white female series, Evidence of Inno-
edited for length and clarity. had forced him to inhale ammonia. Mo., triggered the Black Lives Mat- classmate, whose father owned the cence, about wrongly
A year later, Crump helped Ander- ter movement. And then came May local nursing home, funeral par- convicted people. He also
So, you say you have worked son’s family reach a $5 million set- 2020, with news about the killings lor and several pharmacies, pulled has produced a docu-
at an insurance company for tlement with the state, and the Leg- of unarmed Black people in south out a $100 bill. As Crump and his mentary about the late
about 25 years and run AJ’s islature ordered the closure of all Georgia, Kentucky and Minnesota. Black classmates waited in line for rapper Tupac Shakur, and
Snowballs as a side business. Department of Juvenile Justice If people didn’t know who Crump a free meal, the girl offered to buy he played a cameo role
When and how did your side boot camps. was by then, they almost certainly them something from the a la carte in the 2017 biographical
business start? In October 2007, a Panama City do now: Crump has appeared doz- menu. It would become a defining movie Marshall, about his
Homes Sold in the bay area When it started was in 2002. jury acquitted the former guards ens of times on national TV to dis- moment in Crump’s life. personal hero Thurgood
link to web sites.
How it started: A friend of mine and a nurse of manslaughter. cuss the cases and demand justice. . See CRUMP, 3D Marshall.
from college, he had a shaved-ice
business, and I was kind of inter-
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$225,000
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18162 Portside St.
3 bedrooms, 2 baths
Heritage Isles in Tampa: Home is walking distance to community park.
Resort-type golf course with clubhouse features lighted tennis courts, large
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A replica
Located close to USF, Moffitt Cancer Center, the local of Tony
shops and Jannus’ plane Benoist, which completed the first commercial flight in the country — across Tampa Bay — is the centerpiece of the flight room at the St. Petersburg Museum of History.
restaurants.
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It’s not surprising that the prestigious golf community of Black Diamond in Citrus County has a homeowners association.
The fees the HOA charges ensure the community meets a very high standard of appearance, which goes a long way to
ensuring property values remain strong.
Photo Courtesy of Black Diamond
essential to the success of our organization.
The St. Petersburg Museum of History, where usually are run by communi-
Explore another side
ARVs andof Iceland
Baldo by Cantú and Castellanos ty members elected to an HOA
Grandma’s attic meets backyard archaeology, board. The job of the HOA is to
collect fees from member-resi-
$818,000 reopens
102 with new exhibits and expectations.
4th Ave. N.
2 bedrooms, 2 baths
dents, enforce rules to maintain
Rui Farias,
LTVs?
Morey Beach / Pass-A-Grille: Open floor plan with gleaming terrazzo a clean and orderly neighbor-
hood and a degree of cohesive- executive
floors, hurricane impact windows. Kitchen with white shakerBYcabinets, granite
LANE DEGREGORY approach to the Pier for 99 years. director of the
ness and conformity. Neighbor-
T
counter and stainless appliances. Block construction and Timesa one-car
Staffgarage.
Writer
Screened-in porch with a view of Pass-A-Grille channel. Short walk to the beach He wanted to modernize the main gallery, hoods where homes are of the 99-year-old
to see the sunsets. Sold the first day on the market! This 1,442 sq.ft. homeheywasmoved the mummy. The leath- add 10,000 square feet of exhibit space (about same or nearly the same color, St. Petersburg
Thank you, Tampa Bay Times!”
BY JEN ROSE SMITH ery, 3,000-year-old “Lady of the 62 percent more), build a rooftop terrace.identical He Museum
Washington Post listed for $829,000.
RE/MAX Metro / Karen and Rich Gonlin Some of the alphabet soup Tampa
Nile” now lies in her coffin across worked with consultants, who drew plansized
tile roofs and standard-
for mailboxes are most likely of History,
After the van’s GPS flick- from the two-headed, six-legged calf interactive exhibits, where kids could drive thata way because of HOA rules. says exhibits
ered out, my mom kicked in: named “Half-and-Half.” Bay homebuyers need to consider
train, construct a skyscraper and slide their Some don’t mind the “cook- were once
Together, we were piloting “This is some of the craziest stuff in the fingers across a map to make railroad tracks ie-cutter” look, said Cyndee Hay- imagined as
world,” said Rui Farias, 57, who directs the St. appear. don, president of the Pinellas much more
a weather-beaten camper Petersburg Museum of History. “When I was a Thenresidents pay fees
the coronavirus hit.that ensure Realtor Organization and a bro- interactive,
Photo courtesy of Cyndee Haydon
north from Reykjavik, Ice- kid, I’d come here every Saturday and drop my “Therules
wholeare followed,
trend in museumskeep the want
is people but the
neighborhood neat and ker associate with Future Home
tidy, we’re Cyndee Haydon, president
land, toward the Westfjords, quarter to hang out with the mummy.” to play with things,” Farias said. “Now, Realty. They like conformity and of the Pinellas Realtor pandemic has
a shattered peninsula that Farias had big plans for overhauling and havingmaintenance is performed reg-
to rethink everything.” shifted that
expanding the museum, which has sat on the See MUSEUM, ularly—things
4E that help ensure a standard when it comes to Organization and a broker
thinking.
pokes out from the country’s property values don’t decline. neatness and aesthetics. associate with Future Home
northwest corner. On the flipside, HOAs can be Yet for others, the idea of HOA Realty, advises buyers on
I was driving. My 71-year- BY NICK STUBBS a nightmare for residents who enforcers patrolling in search of the ins and outs of HOA and
old mother, who had wisely Times Correspondent walk on pins and needles, wor- violations, is just, well, un-Amer- CDD communities.
ried that they might get fined for ican. Many have heard horror
packed a giant paper map, raising an American flag on July stories of officious HOAs that side of the coin, a shoddy neigh-
Oh, the long stories short he can tell
rode shotgun in reading It’s not as extreme as the borhood with no rules and old
4, lawns a half-inch too long, or file suits, fine, threaten and oth-
~ Al Lovely
scores of acronyms one encoun- cars sitting on cement blocks in
glasses. the shade of paint on their home erwise make life difficult.
ters in the military, but Tampa driveways doesn’t help her sell
“Right there!” She’d spot-
ted the sign for Reykholar,
$400,000 3315 W. De Leon St. #18
3 bedrooms, 3 baths
Bay home shoppers nevertheless
outside regulations. Haydon sees both sides. As a
HOAs—love them or hate Realtor, she understands that homes.
Vision®
Southgate Townhomes in Tampa: Beautiful multi-story townhome with have some deciphering of their them—are something homebuy- many in her profession like to “Know what you are getting
Life Changing
a seaside village where we’dgarage in heart of South Tampa. Home has wood floors, granite counters, own to do when they go about ers inevitably encounter when have a sign on the side of their
two-car into so there aren’t any surpris-
spend the first night of acloset in master bedroom, den/3rd bedroom Jimi
walk-in Hendrix.
has French doors for homeHulk Hogan.
looking for a new home.
shopping for a home in Tampa car advertising their businesses, es,” is Haydon’s advice when it
office or guest room. Gated community with a beautiful
two-week road trip. schools Randy Savage.
community pool. Public
are “A” rated. Easy access to Hyde Park, Crosstown Expressway, Dale
HOAs
The list of clients
Homeowners associations are
Bay. but HOA rules may not allow comes to HOAs. She added that
Many communities built since those Realtors to park those cars while laws make certain disclo-
It was also our first stop Michael Braun dressed from a community,
Owner, The Sod Father
Mabry Hwy. This 1,930 sq.ft. home was listed for $410,000. great. In an HOA sures to buyers mandatory, oth-
along the Vestfjardaleidin, a Banker / Rick Detres the 1980s feature HOAs, which in their driveways. On the other
Coldwell Tampa mansion goes on. ers are not, and it’s within the
new 590-mile driving route gray areas that some learn the
BY PAUL GUZZO hard way.
through Iceland’s least-vis- Times Staff Writer
Photo illustration by LISA MERKLIN | Times
Wikimedia Commons
ited region. The name trans- Haydon tells a story of an el-
TAMPA — As a former fashion designer with derly Tampa Bay woman who
lates to “the Westfjords way,”
Gills, MD and it leads travelers to a
clients spanning musician Jimi Hendrix to pro-
fessional wrestler “Macho Man” Randy Savage,
suddenly went blind. When her
son, who was a plumber, came Family portrait
tions with Pit spectacular lineup of deep Michael Braun has tales to tell. to live with her to help her
Cataract evalua 02-4321 fjords, empty beaches and a “Let me make a long story short,” Braun says manage, his work van with Maggie
his O’Farrell’s latest novel, Hamnet,
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before he tells a story. He is true to his word, but takesofreaders inside the world of
company’s sign on it ran afoul
roadless wilderness that is also includes minute details.
as part of the HOA rules. Shakespeare, and tragedy. Books, 2E
usually occur home to Arctic foxes.
logists and one of the How did Hendrix eat the first time they met? Haydon sees some HOA re-
by ophthalmo cataract surgery We chose the Westfjords, in
conditions treated the innovations that make Slumped way back in a chair, spooning soup to his strictions as having outlived
Cataracts are
one of the most
common eye
Luke’s surgeons
have been trailblazers
in
the United States.
part, as a kind of COVID-19 mouth without leaning forward. their usefulness and sees them A trip for the books
process. St. surgeries in completed his compromise. Fully vaccinat- In early July, Braun’s storytelling prowess was on relaxing in the future.
normal aging surgery. He Flying across the pond to Scotland and
regularly performed and refractive received his
Medical
ed, we were good with the
full display. “What are they accomplish-
safest and most in cataract and in 1997
logist specializing Nashville, TN internship and The 8,000-square-foot mansion at 6409 Bay- ing?” Haydon asked ofspending rules 14 days in quarantine is part
fied ophthalmo Vanderbilt University in his medical international flight. But after
Pit Gills, MD,
is a board-certi
studies in Chemistry/
Pre-Med at
Center in Durham,
NC. Dr. Gills
completed both
by a cornea
fellowship at
in Tampa followed surgeries, Dr. Gills is one
St. Luke’s
of the most
Jaime Bryant months of distancing, con- $368,500 shore143 Blvd.
2 bedrooms,
and
thatAve.
94th until
1½ bath
clothing factory
#32001 doubled as his home
is for sale for $5.9 million.
against printing on vehicles
driveways, adding that, over
in plan for one family. Travel, 3E
of the
undergraduate Medical Porto
Degree from
Duke University of South Florida
cataract tending with crowds Intracoastal didn’tFino Waterway
Condo in Treasure Island: Enjoy The thecurrent
serenity of the
owners let Braun take what may be time, some HOAs have eased re-
at the University more than 60,000
residency in
ophthalmology
Institute. Having
already performed
appeal to us. And thea West-
in this beautiful, updated waterfront
a final walk
50 ft. boat slip w/ 13,000 lb lift and easy accessbedroom,
to the Gulf.
condo.
down There
memoryis lane through the seven-
Condo is just red brick structure.
6 ½-bathroom
strictions.
Home shoppers just need to
Read all about it
Cataract & Laser field. fjords is a destination for just5-minute walk to Sunset Beach. It has double-paned
a short hurricane-code
accomplished
surgeons in
his
guidelines windows and includes full-size washer/dryer. This 1,060 “I sq.ft.
knewhomea little
wasabout
listed what went on here,” cur- understand
IVY CEBALLO |the requirements
Times in 30 free lending libraries are
Nearly
with all CDC COVID-19 !" #$" %&& ' () * + , 10 percent of internation- for $379,000. rent owner Rominca Diaco said. “It’s fascinating to Michael Braun stands next to some of the clothing he designed for a roster of famous people inshe said. In Flori-
a community,
We comply
86% of media consumers use newspaper inserts.
al travelers to Iceland, said 21 Jim White & Associates / Rhonda Wright hear detail.” the Tampa mansion that doubled as a fashion factory from 1972 to 2001. Braun recently took
popping up around Pinellas thanks to a
a three days to opt
CENTURY da, buyers have
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Birna Jonasdottir, product See MANSION, 6E walk down memory lane when he returned to the Bayshore Boulevard home, which out isoffor
a sale. St. Petersburg couple’s efforts. 8E
contract after review-
ADVERTISING SUPPLEMENT TO THE TAMPA BAY TIMES manager at Visit Westfjords, TO SUBMIT YOUR SALE for consideration in this column, please send A row of Longleaf townhomes with traditional styling and raised Photos front
Photo by Nick Stubbs
by JEN ROSE SMITH | The Washington ing Post
a community’s HOA rules
porches may have the same look, but when they look this good, who’s complaining? The whenever belonging to an HOA
which Tampa,launched
3611 Hillsborough Ave, Ste. 208
FL 33614 the Vestfjar-
us a photoThe
of the homeinplus
sites thetheWestfjords,
address, sale price,
a largelistedpeninsula
price, monthin northwest Iceland and the least-visited region in the country, include Saurbaer Church.
is mandatory. In communities
sold, number of bedrooms and baths, and a short description. Go to Pasco County development is a designated community development district and has a
daleidin last fall. homeowners association. The pair works together to ensure the neatness and cohesive where HOAs are optional, that
Walmart Neighborhood
https://tampabay.wufoo.com/forms/homes to submit homes sold.
Why are the Westfjords
Market
ism. And while the West- ered basalt cliffs that are aof the idyllic village along the booming State Road 54 corridor.
nature See HOAs on 8H
Enterprise Rent-A-Car Bank of America
Wendys
so quiet? Maybe because fjords’ tourism board devel- globally important nesting
Horizon Park
Shopping Center
Courtesy Nissan
time is every traveler’s most
Al Lopez Park
oped the Vestfjardaleidin in place for sea birds. There,
of Tampa
precious resource, nearly hopes of attracting travel- puffins jutted their bright
always in short supply. ers to its region, it is deter- orange beaks above the
Roads through the region, mined to learn from south- grassy edge. Using beaks
many unpaved, can be ern Iceland’s pre-pandemic and feet like garden tools,
impassable in winter. Even excesses. they dig honeycomb bur-
in Iceland’s brief summer, “Making sure nature is rows into the cliffs them-
it’s best not to rush the fjord- good — and isn’t harmed in selves, returning each spring
and mountain-hugging any way — is a high prior- for nesting season.
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curves. To reach the West- ity for everyone working on As we walked along the
fjords, we’d have to slow this,” Jonasdottir said. “We cliff, gray and white kitti-
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“Everything is at a slower
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mass tourism. ... We don’t darting up above the lip on
pace,” Jonasdottir said. want to be hit with a flood of powerful updrafts. A pho-
Slowness, she added, is also people and not be ready to tographer in a camouflage
key to Westfjords culture. welcome them.” poncho hunkered over a lens
“We’re so used to being cut At least at the red-sand trained on the nesting birds.
off from the rest of Iceland, Raudasandur beach, a star- Just a handful of cars were
we have our own dynamic. ring attraction along the parked in the gravel lot.
The locals are quite laid- Vestfjardaleidin, basking Kyek, who spends her
back — not stressing about gray seals outnumbered vis- days off helping on friends’
things, take it as it comes.” itors by a sizable margin. sheep farms, said her outing
It has fewer roads, fewer A few vans were circled at with us was one of just two
towns and fewer people. the beachside campground, guiding gigs she had that
The number of Westfjords where a shop sold basic sup- week. Far below, waves ham- Uninhabited since the 1950s, the Hornstrandir Nature Reserve is accessible only by
TIMES TOTAL MEDIA
residents — 7,000-odd — is plies and hand-knit sweat- mered against the rocks. On boat. Iceland’s sole native land mammal, the Arctic fox, is protected on the reserve.
dwarfed by the number of ers made with wool from a clear day, Kyek said, some
sheep living there. nearby farms. insist you can see the Green- to the edge of a snowfield IF YOU GO
When we pulled into Projects to shunt tour- land coast from here. Other and wandered between the
the campground at Reyk- ists from logjammed sites locals are equally sure that’s few, weather-stunted trees.
holar, I spotted a few crag- to peripheries predate the impossible. Keyed up on our hopes of
THE WESTFJORDS
gy-looking sheep grazing the pandemic. In 2019, Iceland While we were camping fox-spotting, we jumped at well, and a dry-hopped
meadow above the village. introduced the 559-mile fjord-side in the village of every passing shadow.
Where to stay “New England IPA.”
Geothermal pools simmered Arctic Coast Way, a drive Bildudalur that night, our No f o x e s a p p e a r e d . Reykholar Camp- Mains start at about $16.
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and fumed near our camp- that wiggles along the coun- van shook in the buffeting Later that day, I learned a groundReykjabraut, 011-354-456-0145.
site, and birdsong lasted all try’s northern edge. Several wind. It howled even harder whale-watching trip we’d Reykholar: Grassy, open flakflak.is.
through the sunlit night. It industry watchers compared the following day, as we con- planned was called off camping overlooks a
was nesting season in the far Iceland’s new road trip proj- tinued through the Vestfjar- because of high winds. marsh steaming with What to do
from the
north: When I walked a one- ects to Scotland’s North daleidin’s most rugged seg- I was, perhaps, a lit- geothermal activity. The
Hornstrandir Nature
lane road to a nearby salt Coast 500, a 516-mile driving ment, driving up and over tle pleased by all this. I like on-site swimming pool
Reserve: Hike through
factory, oystercatchers with route launched in 2015. the unpaved mountain pass remote and wild places, has outdoor hot tubs
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BY BERNADETTE BERDYCHOWSKI The tropical system’s fore- were expected to begin moving from the start,” said meteorologist
levels
Times Staff Writer cast track shifted dramatically to through the area late Saturday. Austen Flannery at the National
schools reopen
Tropical Depression Fred weak- the west on Saturday and a trop- The mountainous regions of Weather Service Tampa Bay.
ened to a tropical wave Saturday, ical storm warning that had been Hispaniola and Cuba weakened As of Saturday afternoon, the
STEPHANIE but forecasters expected the rem- issued for the Florida Keys was Fred from a depression to a tropi- risk for Tampa Bay was much
spike
HAYES nants to reform in the Gulf of Mex- canceled. cal wave on Saturday. The system lower than in previous forecasts as
Columnist ico and still dump heavy rain on Forecasters said Tampa Bay is dealing with high wind shear, Fred’s path shifted farther west.
the Tampa Bay area today as the could receive a few inches of rain the rapid change of wind speed The remnants of Fred were
R
emember back in 1870 system crawls north before mak- and forecasters said they would and direction. moving west-northwest toward
when we rode in horse- ing landfall in the Florida Panhan- continue to monitor the system for “The system’s been in an environ- the Florida Keys at 12 mph as of
anew
drawn carriages and dle Monday. possible tornadoes as rain bands ment that’s not been very favorable See FRED, 2B
wrote letters with quills and the
coronavirus pandemic started?
We said stuff like, “If we get
through this year, it’ll be a mir-
As the virus rebounds, acle!” And we made bread and CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
wore stretch pants, which was
locals struggle to cope. cute for a bit.
“It’s Groundhog Day all Not anymore! Each morning,
over again.” my eyes pop open and I ask the
heavens: Is this a tickle in the
BY DITI KOHLI back of my throat or a break-
Times Staff Writer through case? Who is going to
Just as Florida approached nor- die today that didn’t have to?
malcy again, another fierce wave What plans require a risk anal-
of coronavirus has swept the state. ysis? Are the kids safe? Which
Cases reached pandemic highs friend will issue a disappoint-
last week. The delta variant is ing social media screed? Should
infecting vaccinated people. Kids I open the internet or stick hot
are landing in pediatric hospi- needles under my fingernails?
tals. And changing guidance on We’ve entered a new echelon
mask-wearing has ignited contro- of despair, different than 2020.
versy. Hope loomed then, the promise
Tampa Bay residents are bear- of a scientific remedy. And vac-
ing the brunt of a pandemic that cines arrived. Remember wak-
seems endless and inescapable. ing up early to get an appoint-
They have expressed anxiety and ment? Remember the people
dread. Pandemic-induced exhaus- who stood in line, hoping to get
tion, some say. an extra dose?
“As the numbers kicked back up, Maybe we could stop sorting
it’s like a pit in my stomach,” said laundry into socks, underwear
Mike Munger of St. Petersburg. and masks. Maybe we could
“The feeling of, ‘Oh, God, here we retire “another grim milestone.”
go again.’ ” Maybe we would never attend
Munger, 35, once thought a another godforsaken Zoom DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times
sense of relief was near. He went baby shower. Patty still does not Sunlake High School students arrive on the first day of classes for Pasco County schools on Tuesday. The district reported
to Rays games and dined indoors know how to mute! 191 cases of COVID-19 in the first week, compared to 29 in the first two weeks last year.
with his wife, whom he married Yet here we are at Another
Surge greets area students
DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times a month before the first wave. A Grim Milestone. The delta vari-
Sunlake High School seniors congregate on the school’s football field for Senior Sunrise and Last First Day activities during See ANXIETY, 6A ant is walloping Florida, where
the first day of school for Pasco County students on Tuesday in Land O’ Lakes. Masks are optional in Pasco schools. leaders issue edicts against
safety. More children are being
hospitalized, coinciding with
Students at all grade levels delight in the return to in-person
classes, while silently but surely, a cloud called COVID hovers. N.Y. Gov. the start of school.
This new anxiety? It comes
when the test is open book, but Close to 1,000 cases reported in the first week of classes; thousands already quarantined.
Andrew
we would rather fail.
BY MARLENE SOKOL, Melissa
If you get by with a little
morning existential dread, like
BY MARLENE SOKOL
Times Staff Writer Coronavirus cases in Tampa Bay schools
JEFFREY S. SOLOCHEK
Rodriguez me, congrats. Think of the hos- The resurgent coronavirus is quickly HILLSBOROUGH PINELLAS PASCO HERNANDO AREAWIDE
Cuomo
AND GENEVIEVE REDSTEN
Times Staff Writers hugs her pital workers bagging bodies or showing up in Tampa Bay area public
The freckle-faced 5½-year-old
could barely contain her excite-
daughter,
Davine Scott,
listening to people deny real-
ity on deathbeds. Think of those
schools, far exceeding last year’s levels
as classes get underway, according to
2020
(First two weeks)* 41 41 29 5 116
with serious mental illness. The official tallies.
to resign
ment. 6, before her
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“No nap, no nap,” chanted Isla
Gilbert as she braved the long
first day of
first grade at
Tampa Bay Times reported
that calls to the Crisis Center of
In the first week of the new school
year, the Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco
2021
(First week) 475 203 191 92 961
Scan this code with morning walk to Temple Terrace Palm River Tampa Bay’s hotline are steadily and Hernando county school districts * In 2020, the four districts had a staggered start over two weeks because of the pandemic.
your smartphone Elementary School. Elementary increasing. reported 961 cases of COVID-19 among
to see more photos Clutching her mother’s hand, in Tampa on A barrage of sexual Vaccine holdouts cling to an students and staff. That’s dramatically
from the first day of
school.
she talked about losing two teeth, Tuesday. harassment claims obsession with being judged. higher than the 116 cases the four systems to campuses across the region this past coverings to help slow a stubborn rise in
recited most of the alphabet, The “can’t we all just get along” recorded during the first two weeks of week, with classes starting Tuesday in infections.
counted to 12 and shared that “I
spells his downfall. sentiment is empty, like rejecting last school year. Hillsborough, Pasco and Hernando, and Pinellas counted 203 cases on Wednes-
know how to help my mom make BY MARINA VILLENEUVE public health measures is the It was not until mid-October — eight on Wednesday in Pinellas. Many children day and Thursday, with Friday’s num-
pancakes.” IVY CEBALLO | Times
Associated Press same as ordering a burger medi- weeks after classes started — that the dis- wore masks, and many did not, as they bers yet to be released on Monday. This
Krysta Gilbert rejoiced that, NEW YORK — Gov. Andrew um-well. They think positivity tricts passed the 1,000-case mark last year. arrived amid a tense public debate over time last year, the district had reported
after so many play dates and activ- new-pencil-box joy, combined with dren under 12 between July 23 Cuomo announced his resigna- and optimism will end this. Roughly 400,000 students returned whether Florida should mandate face See SCHOOLS, 7B
ities scrubbed for COVID-19, Isla the trepidation that comes with and 29. That’s an average of 1,540 tion Tuesday over a barrage of sex- Jeezum crow, optimism is
will be around children her age. two consecutive years of opening new cases per day, and concern is ual harassment allegations in a low. There’s a small reserve, the
Throughout the Tampa Bay area, in a pandemic. mounting about long-term effects fall from grace a year after he was one for emergencies in the coin
parents, children and teachers The Florida Department of that could impair children’s health widely hailed nationally for his pocket.
approached the return to school Health reported 10,785 new and even their ability to learn. detailed daily briefings and leader- It’s too late to stop this wave,
Meet the next generation of Black activism
with mixed feelings — the usual COVID-19 infections among chil- See SCHOOL, 3A ship during some but not the next. People are
of the darkest days coming around. The Centers for
of the COVID-19 Disease Control and Prevention
pandemic. says more than 340,000 Flo-
Answers elusive in sea life deaths
In a televised ridians got their first vaccine At 19, Charlea Bing has Tampa Youth Council.
address, the this week, the most since May. Her grandmother “would tell us stories to
63-year-old Dem- Vaccinations also increased by started a digital magazine make sure we understood racial injustices
ocrat emphatically about 70 percent nationwide. and a service organization. even at a young age,” Bing said.
denied intention- Andrew There’s a ways to go, but this is Bing knew she would be an activist, just
ally showing any Cuomo the way. We still have to believe. like them.
Stingrays at ZooTampa and But in late May, all 12 stingrays at disrespect toward If you changed your mind, BY KAILYN RHONE Then on May 25, 2020, a 46-year-old
ZooTampa at Lowry Park died. Seven weeks women but said that fighting back thank you, thank you, thank Times Staff Writer Black man died on the streets of Minneap-
penguins at the Florida later and six miles away, seven African pen- against what he called the “polit- you. If you’re still on the fence, The women in Charlea Bing’s family have olis, Minn., after a police officer knelt on his
Aquarium have died en masse guins at the Florida Aquarium died over the ically motivated” attack on him it’s not too late. Get real hon- all fought the fight in Tampa. neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds. George
course of a few days. would subject the state to months est, sleep on it, let your eyes pop Her grandmother was a scientist at the Floyd’s death mobilized the Black Lives
within weeks of each other. Together, the incidents snatched away of turmoil, and “I cannot be the open and see what happens. University of South Florida and the old Matter movement and launched hundreds
two of the Tampa Bay area’s most popular cause of that.” State Board of Health Department during of worldwide protests.
BY MATT COHEN AND GENEVIEVE REDSTEN animal attractions. “The best way I can help now is if Contact Stephanie Hayes at the 1960s when she faced racism and sex- Bing wanted to do her part. She started Courtesy of Jamie Bullock
Times Staff Writers
Even one episode where multiple deaths I step aside and let government get shayes@tampabay.com. Follow ism. Bing’s older sister fought the same by publishing the first issue of Black N Charlea Bing, 19, marches at a Black Lives Matter
TAMPA — Animals aren’t supposed to die occur would be considered rare. back to government,” Cuomo said. @StephHayes things when she served on the NAACP See ACTIVIST, 7B protest during the summer of 2020 in Tampa.
suddenly at zoos and aquariums. “I’ve been an animal protection lawyer for The three-term Democratic
They receive constant care from top vet- 10 years, and I can’t think off the top of my Florida Aquarium (2011), Times (2004) governor’s decision, which will
erinarians in state-of-the-art habitats. Gen- head of a single instance where there was The penguin and stingray exhibits, which were take effect in two weeks, was
erally their life expectancy is greater than a sudden mass animal death at a facility,” among the most popular animal attractions in announced as momentum built
their counterparts living in the wild. See ANSWERS, 5A Tampa, are now closed to the public. See CUOMO, 6A
UNVACCINATED BUILDER WANTS DISTRICT DEFIES CEVICHE UNVEILS Tropical weekend
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