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Police Identify Man Killed In Accident
Man Trapped Between Semi Truck Tires Dies
Police have identified a Clearwater resident man who died in a single-car accident last Friday night. The accident took place on U. S. 19.
According to police, the driver of the vehicle was 44-
year-old Luis Manuel Sanchez. Sanchez was the driver of a 2004 Honda Civic. Around 11 p.m., the car struck a utility pole in the south- bound access road of U. S. 19 between sunset Point Road
and Enterprise Road. Sanchez was pronounced
dead at the scene. The acci- dent knocked down power lines and blocked the highway for several hours, police said.
A 35-year-old man died at a local hospital after being trapped between the tires of a vehicle. The accident took place shortly after 3 p.m., Sun- day.
According to the Hillsbor- ough County Sheriff Office, Gerli Domingues was work- ing on a neighbor’s semi truck in the Colonial Coach Mobile Home Park. The mobile home
park is located across the street from St. Joseph’s Hos- pital.
At some point, Domingues got into the truck and started it. He then went back and crawled under the truck be- tween the duel tires.
The truck rolled, and trapped him between the tires. Domingues died at St. Joseph’s Hospital.
Autistic Child Drowns In Pond
The body of a five-year-old missing child was discovered in a pond Sunday afternoon. The child, who is autistic, had been reported missing earlier in the day.
According to police, Michael Bolden was re- ported missing around 10 a.m., from the Farmer’s Mar- ket at Highway 39 and Sam Allen Road in Plant City.
The child was reported in the company of an elderly male caregiver who last saw him around 9 a.m. He searched for the child before notifying police.
Police contacted Bolden’s mother, who said her son was severely autistic and can only communicate using baby talk.
Deputies began searching the area and called out the Sheriff’s Dive Team because there is a pond near the Mar- ket.
At approximately 3 p.m., members of the dive team dis- covered the body of the miss- ing child. Police later learned that Bolden’s caregiver was his father.
The investigation into the incident is continuing.
Meeting Planned To
MICHAEL BOLDEN
BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor
On Thursday, June 4th, rep- resentatives from several or- ganizations will attend the Tampa International Airport Board Meeting. The meeting will begin at 9 a.m., at the Hilton Hotel, 2225 N. Lois Av- enue.
Members of Tampa Organi- zation of Black Affairs (TOBA), the Hillsborough County Branch of the NAACP, ACLU, the Saturday Morning Breakfast Group, the Rainbow Coalition, and others plan to attend the meeting. The repre- sentatives have expressed con- cerns on whether African American owned Prime Con- tractors in the Airport Food Concessions were being ex- cluded from business at the airport as part of the $4.1 bil- lion master plan.
James Ransom, Board Member and Chairman of TOBA’s Economic Develop- ment Committee said, “Ac- cording to recent comments published in the Florida Sen- tinel Bulletin, TIA spokesper- son Janet Zink, said TIA will likely have more minority owned and more African American owned companies than are there now to be se- lected.
“The question is whether any African American owned companies will be selected to be Prime Contractors.
“Ms. Zink made reference to minorities and small com- panies that will not have a high percentage of revenue. African American owned com- panies are often comingled in a pool with minorities and rel- egated to the sub-contractor level. How many African Americans will actually be se- lected and how much money they will be projected to make out of the total dollars gener- ated has not been answered as yet.
“TIA has an opportunity to select two (2), at minimum
Pep Rally Held At Boys And Girls Club
The Wilbert Davis Boys and Girls Club was the scene of a big pep rally hosted by 95.7FM radio.
(PHOTOS BY BRUNSON)
Attending the pep rally were: Ms. Teena (Program Director), Michael Clarke, Dwayne Williams, Jonnie Johnson, Michael Wilks, Val’daysha Beasley, Jakayla Hamilton, and Barbara Norton (staff).
DJ Shizm, Shyann and Sean from 95.7FM radio.
JAMES RANSOM Board Member and Chair- man of TOBA’s Economic De-
velopment Committee
one (1), African American owned Prime Contractor in Airport Food Concessions where the most revenue is made, Ransom said. There are only two (2) African Amer- ican owned Prime Contractors in Airport Food Concessions in the TIA competition,” he said.
Ransom further said that members of TOBA and the Saturday Morning Breakfast Group have met with Joe Lopano several times over the past 4 years to discuss ways to assist in finding African American companies to be chosen.
He further said, “TOBA and SMBG accepted the invitation and challenge presented by Lopano with the mutual un- derstanding and goal of hav- ing African Americans selected at every level in con- tract competitions.”
He further said the organi- zations will review the TIA se- lection criteria, scoring, selection committee experi- ence and lack of diversity on the selection committee.
Ransom said, “TOBA and the Saturday Morning Break- fast Group will have represen- tatives attending this meeting and invite all elected, ap- pointed, civic leaders, and any others from our community to attend this meeting and sup- port our common and special interest to have African Amer- ican Prime Contractors in Air- port Food Concessions.”
Discuss $4.1 Billion
Airport Contracts
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