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I April 17, 1991 OBITUARIES Ernest W. Cloud Sr. CAIRO, Ga. Ernest W. Cloud of Cairo, died Sunday at his residence.

The service will be at 4 p.m. Thursday at Mount Calvary Baptist Church in Cairo, with burial at Cairo City Cemetery. A native of Grady County, he was the owner and manager Cloud Son Funeral Home in Cairo since 1945. He was a member of the Fourth District Funeral Directors and Morticians and the Georgia Funeral Directors and Morticians Association. In 1974 he was elected Fourth District Mortician of the Year.

A member of Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist Church, he was the chairman of the church Trustee Board for 37 years. He was also a member of the Deacon Board. A member of the American Legion Post No. 544, he also belonged to the Cairo Civic Club, where he was the Man of the Year in 1966. He was also a past member of the Grady County Hospital Board from 1970 to 1977.

Survivors include his wife, Sarah B. Cloud of Cairo; a son, Ernest Cloud Jr. of Cairo; a sister, Lillie B. Smith, of Cairo; and a host of other relatives. (Cloud Son Funeral Home in Cairo) Sara E.

Crusoe ST. GEORGE ISLAND E. Crusoe, 71, of St. George Island died Monday at Tallahassee Memorial Regional Medical Center. The service will be at 11 a.m.

today at Roselawn Cemetery. A native of Camilla, she was a former resident of Tallahassee and had lived at St. George Island since 1952. She was a longtime employee at Midyetta-Moor Insurance Agency and was a member of St. Paul's United Meth- WORTH NOTING Author of 'Metu Neter' gives lecture series Author Ra Un Nefer Amen will be featured in a lecture series beginning Friday.

Ra Un Nefer Amen is the founder of the Ausar Auset Society, a Pan-African organization headquartered in New York City. He is also the author of the Neter," which he calls the first book by a black writer on the spiritual tradition of ancient Egypt, Canaan and Black India (Hindu Kush). According to the Tallahassee Chapter of the Association for the Study of Classical African Civilizations, the "Metu Neter" projects a return to the values and customs of the great black civilizations that originated the spiritual principles, arts and sciences that laid the foundation for present day civilization. The schedule of lectures for Ra Un Nefer Amen is as follows: Friday, 7:00 p.m., Dyson Pharmacy Building, FAMU Room 102: "An Overview of the 'Metu Neter' Saturday, 2:00 p.m., AmenRa-s Bookshop, 1326 S. Adams "Solving Life's Problems" odist Church.

Survivors include her husband, Conrad D. Crusoe of St. George Island; a daughter and son-in-law, Debbie McKnight and Jim McKnight, both of Wewahitchka; a son and daughter-in-law, Judge John Crusoe and Dee Crusoe, both of Tallahassee; three grandchildren, Adele Harvey of Columbus, and Jennifer and Beau Crusoe, both of Tallahassee; and one great-grandchild. (Culley's MeadowWood Funeral Homes-Riggins Road Chapel in Tallahassee) James A. Herring LAKE CITY James A.

Herring, 63, of Lake City died Monday at Lake Shore Hospital. The service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Biggs Memorial Chapel in Lake City. Burial will be at 3 p.m. Thursday at Tallahassee Memory Gardens.

Visitation will be from 6 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. A native of DeSoto, he moved from Tallahassee to Lake City 23 years ago. He was a retired supervisor for the Veterans Administration. He was also a World War II Navy veteran and had served in the Army Reserves. He was a member of DeSoto United Methodist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Edith Herring of Lake City; two sons, James A. Herring Jr. of Tallahassee and Frank C. Herring of Pelham, a brother, Walter C. Herring Jr.

of Fayetteville, and four grandchildren. Ethel Burke James BAINBRIDGE, Ga. Ethel Burke James, 84, of Bainbridge, died Tuesday at Bainbridge Memorial Hospital. The service will be at 3 p.m. today at First Baptist Church in LOCAL Sunday, 3:00 p.m., Khufu's Chamber, 320 W.

Pershing "Orientation to Meditation." LOTTERY NINE WIN IN FANTASY 5 Nine tickets matched all five numbers in Monday's Fantasy 5 drawing from the Florida Lottery. Those tickets, each with the numbers 11-13-16-23-26 are worth $94,930.31. The winning tickets were purchased in Casselberry, Cocoa, Coconut Creek, Englewood, Hialeah Gardens, Inverness, Miami, North Miami and Riviera Beach. Tickets with four of the five numbers 657 were sold are worth $371 each, and 24,088 tickets with three of five numbers are worth $5. CRIME POLICE REPORT Sgt.

Phil Kiracofe of the Tallahassee Police Department reported Tuesday: A 29-year-old Tallahassee man escaped serious injury early Tuesday morning during a robbery. He was driving at 5:30 a.m. on Putnam Drive near Brighton A book signing will follow Road when a pedestrian ran out the lecture. in front of his car. When the victim Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Khufu's slowed down, a second man Chamber, 320 W.

Pershing "Self walked up, pointed a handgun at SCHOOL BOARD: TUESDAY'S DECISIONS The Leon County School Board met Tuesday. Here are some of the actions it took: SUMMER-SCHOOL POLICY DECISION The board wants to allow elemen- The board tabled the item until after tary- through high-school students to the Legislature's session ends. take new academic classes for credit during the summer. Now, students take summer classes because they failed a class, need extra help, or want to take a special, non-academic course. TOBACCO DECISION The board wants to make posses- After a public hearing, the board votsion of tobacco by students against ed 3-0 to make possession of tobacco school rules.

Currently, it is against against school rules. Chairwoman school rules for students to use tobacco Donna Harper and board member Mike on school property. Conley were not at Tuesday's meeting. The rule allows exceptions for students in adult-education classes. DISTRICT FINANCES DECISION The board wants to change its fiscal- The board voted 3-0 to adopt the management policy to stop the use of new fiscal policies.

non-recurring money for recurring expenses. It also wants to require that agenda items involving money specify where the money would come from. NEW MEDIA CENTER DECISION The board wants to begin negotia- The board voted 3-0 to begin negotitions for a new building for its district ations to buy the old Winn-Dixie store on media center. West Tennessee Street. A tentative price for the roughly building is $1.76 million.

ADMINISTRATORS DECISION Superintendent Bill Woolley asked The board voted 3-0 to rehire these the board to rehire about 150 annual- people. contract school and district adminisfrators and coordinators. Bainbridge, with burial at Oak City Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to the Georgia Baptist Children's Home. A native of Washington County, she was a retired school teacher for the Decatur County School System and a member of the Decatur County Retired Teachers Association.

She was also a member of the First Baptist Church and Rebecca Lodge. Survivors include a son, Walter L. James Jr. of Bainbridge; and several nieces and nephews. Edward Nimetz Johnson CARRABELLE Edward "Eddie" Nimetz Johnson, 44, of Carrabelle died Monday at his residence.

The service will be at 2 p.m. today at Evergreen Cemetery in Carrabelle. A native of Atlanta, he had lived in Carrabelle for the 37 years. He was a seafood worker and a veteran of the Vietnam War. He was a Protestant.

Survivors include his father, Louis F. Johnson of Carrabelle; four daughters, Teresa Creamer Apalachicola, Traci Williams of Tallahassee, and Tonya Brownell and Tiffany Johnson, both of Carrabelle; a brother, L.P. Johnson Jr. of Jonesboro, a sister, Joy Dupuis of Madison; and two grandchildren. (R.L.

Riley Funeral Home in Carrabelle) Annie Mae Folson Smith SEBRING Annie Mae Folson Smith, 92, of Sebring died Monday at Highland Regional Medical Center. The service will be at 4 p.m. Thursday at First United Methodist Church in Sebring. Burial will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Oakridge Cemetery in Madison.

Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. today at Stephenson-Nelson Funeral Home in Sebring. A native of Monticello, she moved 1 from Decatur, to Sebring in 1977. She was formerly an administrator at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, and a volunteer at HRMC Auxiliary. She was a member of Sebring Historical Society, the Sebring Women's Club and the Garden Club.

She was also a member of the Retired Teachers Association and First United Methodist Church. Survivors include a sister, Sallie Smith of Haines City; a sister-inlaw, Ruth Folsom of Madison; a brother-in-law, Roswell A. Harrington of Canal Point; two nephews, Dr. William Jernigan and Dr. Larry Jernigan, both of Sebring; and a niece, Barbara Baker of Sebring.

Willis Wynn BAINBRIDGE, Ga. Willis Wynn, 58, of Bainbridge, died Monday at Bainbridge Memorial Hospital. The service will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Calvary Baptist Church Bainbridge, with burial at Bethel Church Cemetery in Decatur County. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 tonight at Ivey Funeral Home in Bainbridge.

A native of Decatur County, he was a telephone-cable repairman at Southern Bell and a member of Telephone Pioneers of America. He was also an Air Force veteran and a member of Calvary Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Martha Baxley Wynn of Bainbridge; three brothers, Jackie Wynn of Bainbridge, James Willard Wynn of Thomasville, and Maurice Wynn of Climax, a sister, Dorothy Wynn Culpepper of Burke, and several nieces and nephews. BRIEFS his head and demanded his mon- department received a call from ey. Meanwhile, the first man got Tina Marie Mock in Carrabelle.

into the back seat of his car. She said she had shot Eddie JohnThe man handed over his son in the face. money and when he realized that The Carrabelle Police Dethe first man was no longer in partment went to Johnson's house his car, he drove away. at Carrabelle Beach and found A short distance away, the him lying dead on the kitchen victim heard about eight gunshots floor. Mock, 29, of Carrabelle and felt shattered glass from the was arrested and charged with window of his 1984 Ford Escort fall- manslaughter.

ing on him. He was not injured. Edward Nimitz Johnson, 44, The victim's name was not of Carrabelle, had been sharing a released because the assailants are home with Mock. still at large. Johnson's body was taken to REGIONAL REPORT Sheriff the medical examiner's office in Warren Roddenberry of the Frank- Tallahassee to determine the exlin County Sheriff's Department act cause of death.

gave this report Tuesday: On Monday, the sheriff's Democrat staff reports COUNTY COMMISSION: DECISIONS The Leon County Commission met Tuesday. Here are some of its decisions: POWER PLANT DECISION Commissioners discussed the city's Commissioners voted to submit the plan to convert one of its power turbines county agency reviews to the state from to a special type of coal agency that will approve the city's technology that burns coal cleanly. Sev- permit. Commissioners also voted to eral county agencies have reviewed have staff draw up a plan to create city's state permit application to see more community involvement in and whether the power plant, on Geddie knowledge of the project. Road in western Leon County, is subject to any county ordinances.

CITY COMMISSION: 3:30 P.M. TODAY The Tallahassee City Commission meets at 3:30 p.m. today in City Hall. The meeting will be televised on cable channel 20. Here are some of the items on the agenda: SIGN ORDINANCE SYNOPSIS Commissioners will discuss whether Tallahassee's sign ordinance was or not the city's sign ordinance should adopted in 1983.

Restrictions on billbe amended to include restrictions boards were amended in 1988, but for on-site signs. Those restrictions the ordinance has few restrictions for could include limits on size, height, signs posted at a business site. and how close the sign can be placed to the road. CLEAN-COAL SYNOPSIS The city electric department has rec- The first phase of the project was apommended a 62-day extension in the proved last year, and commissioners first phase of the city's $270-million agreed to spend $2.3 million on perclean-coal project. The city plans to con- mit applications.

But commissioners can vert a turbine at its Arvah B. Hopkins halt the project now, before the city power plant, in western Leon County, signs contracts with the companies that from to clean-coal technol- will build the clean-coal turbine. ogy. Electric department planners say the extension would let commissioners fully review plans before any contracts are signed. WATER TESTS SYNOPSIS An update on the city's pilot water- The testing program began in May testing program will be given.

Prelimi- 1990 and was initially financed by the nary results show that oxygen levels commission's municipal innovation may be too low in Lake Killarney West, fund, a special account allocated on the Gilbert Pond and in Lake Bradford. basis of individual commissioner Also, because of a sewage spill near recommendations. The program may Lake Killarney in March, fecal matter be continued on a yearly basis as and bacteria were found in Lake Killar- part of the city's environmental services ney West. division. The program's first annual report will be finished in November and presented to commissioners in January.

NEED SOME TIMELY ADVICE? READ ANN LANDERS Sympathy expressions 2030-2 Thomasville Rd. 222-ROSE (7673) RODERICK BERNARD BARNES "ROD" January 9, 1962-March 21, 1991 Thanks to all of you who extended your love and support to our family during our greatest loss. It is our prayer that God continues to bless each of you and forever keep you in his care. Parents: Doris and Charles Barnes and siblings Pat, Charles II, Darrell, Cheryl and Family spring art classes CLASSES FOR CHILDREN: Ceramics, Mary Rogers Brown, 7 and up, April 27-June 1, Saturdays 12:00. Ceramics taught in an individualized program.

Class limited to 12 students. $10 lab fee. Young Artist Studio, Chris Heron, 5 and up, April 27- June 1, Saturdays Beginning drawing taught in an individualized program according to your child's skills. CLASSES FOR ADULTS AND TEENAGERS Photography, Bob Miller, Mature Teens and Adults, April 28-June 2, Sundays Learn lenses, exposure, basic rules, composition create a more interesting photo. Drawing, Adrienne Armstrong, Adults, April 25-May 30, Thursdays Beginning Drawing with individual instruction.

Calligraphy, Leslie Puckett, Adults, April 24-May 29, Wednesdays A beginner's class learning, the Foundational lettering style and ways to use calligraphy. 3: Watercolors, Jeff Bass, Mature Teens and Adults, April, 23-May 28, Tuesdays Basic watercolor interested beginners. techniques will be taught on an individual basis to IC Watercolors, Frank Gilson, Mature Teens and Adults, April 25-May 30, Thursdays Basic watercolor techniques will be taught on an individual basis to interested beginners. Ceramics, Betty Southard, Adults. April 27-June1, Saturdays Ceramics taught in an individualized program.

Class limited to 8 students. $10 lab fee. Pastel Painting, M.A.D. Keatley, Mature Teens and Adults. April 25-May 30, Thursday Basic techniques, application uses of pastels.

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Magic Shows (See Details Below) AUDITION RESERVE SPACE NOW! YOUR DATE: April Thursday, 25, 1991 TIME: 9 am to 5 pm Inn- Unlock "Magic! PLACE: Holiday University Center ADDRESS: 316 W. Tallahassee, Tennessee St. (For Reservations) (904) 656-6876 LOCAL AUDITIONS TELEPHONE: The Nabisco Biscuit Company is conducting a national search for local magicians to perform in supermarkets the summer of 1991. The magicians hired will be guaranteed performance fees for 8 weeks, starting May 20, and ending July 14. If you are interested in being considered, keep reading! Auditions for these exciting and fun positions being held very soon.

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