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Florida official
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Joe Follick
THE TAMPA TRIBUNE
TALLAHASSEE
The secretary of state set up a
showdown in the Florida Supreme
Court today when she refused
Wednesday to accept manually re
counted election results from
Florida counties.
Katherine Harris said the dead
line for certifying results from last
week’s presidential election was
Tuesday, and that counties wish
ing to submit revised results ar
rived at by a hand count could not
justify breaking that deadline.
But that could change when the
Florida Supreme Court considers
today iftwocounties can hand count
ballots and submit those revised
totals as their final results.
Theissueis vaguely addressed in
Florida state law.and has never
mattered until last week’s election
left Republican Texas Gov. George
State braces
for flag battle
BLawmakers cautious
after poll shows half
of Georgians oppose
removal of state flag.
ATLANTA
(AP) Georgia lawmakers who
support stripping the Confederate
battle emblem from the state flag
responded cautiously Friday after
a new poll showed about half of
Georgians still oppose the change.
“I think the flag needs to come
down,” said Senate Majority
Leader Charles Walker, D-Au
gusta, one of the state’s highest
rankingblack legislators. “It’s not
the kind of issue I wanted to tear
the up the whole world about. It’s
not that important.”
A poll by The Atlanta Journal-
Constitution and WSB-TV showed
33 percent of Georgians favor a
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W.Bushwithal,7B4-votelead over
Democrat Vice President Al Gore.
A mandated recount using ma
chines reduced Bush’s lead to 300
votesasof Tuesday. Democratshave
pushed for manual recounts in
heavily Democratic Miami-Dade,
Broward and Palm Beach counties
whereolder machinesmay not have
counted all theballots. Republicans
have opposed the recounts, saying
they are an unfair maneuver to
benefit Gore.
Both candidates need Florida’s
25 electoral votes to win the na
tional election.
Broward and Palm Beach coun
ties had sent short letters to Harris
earlier Wednesday explaining why
they needed more time to complete
arecount by hand - a process some
conceded could takeuntilnext week:
Miami-Dade County decided against
a full recount, but asked the secre
tary of statetoaccept arevised total
See RECOUNT, page 2A
new flag, while 49 percent want to
keep the current banner, which
incorporates the red background
and crossed blue bars of the Con
federate battle flag. The remain
ing 19 percent had no opinion.
Somelawmakers have predicted
arenewed fight over the flagwhen
the General Assembly reconvenes
inJanuary. The issue hasn’t been
debated since 1993, when then-
Gov. Zell Miller led a losing battle
to change the banner.
Those who support achange say
the state needs to act before flag
foes push a tourism boycott in
Georgialike they did this past year
to force South Carolina to remove
the Confederate flag fromits Capi
tol dome.
The poll showed 78 percent of
blacksin Georgia want a flag with
out the Confederate symbol, which
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By Lillian Wan
AUGUSTA FOCUS Staff Writer
AUGUSTA
Dana Bowman says, “I would love tobethe
first amputee in space. I welcome the chal
lenge.” Considering the tragedies he lived
through, that is not too far-fetched a goal for
this skydiver and pilot. :
“It’s nat the disability ... it’s the ability!” is
the self-phrased description of the man who
survived a 300 mph mid-air collision and
overcame it and the loss of two legs to re
enlist in the U.S. Army’s elite parachute
team of The Golden Knights. Dana will be
skydiving into the Walton Rehabilitation
Hospital gazebo area, 1355 Independence
Drive, on Thursday, November 16, at 4 p.m.
to open the National Limb Drive sponsored
by Walton Rehabilitation Hospital and
Hanger Prosthetics & Orthotics Inc. The
four-hour event will offer a complimentary
evening of education and information for
amputees, their families and health care
professionals. It will also be an opportunity
to earn credits for 1.5 CEUs (continuing
education units). Please alsobe sure tobring
any old or unused prosthetic limbs for a tax
deductible donation to the limb drive. The
limbs will be used for humanitarian relief
efforts in countries with victims of war and
natural disasters such as the recent victims
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skying, cycling and earned a professional pilot’s license.
of an earthquake in Turkey.
Bowman’s change in life began on Febru
ary 6,1994. He was a Special Forces soldier/
Golden Knight skydiver performing a rou
tine with his best friend and skydiving part
ner, Sgt Jose Aguillon. In an attempt at
crisscrossing each other in the sky, Danaand
his friend collided. Sgt. Aguillon died in-
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clubandrestaurant
ownerssavor stand
ing-room-only
events — especially
when their estab
lishment is the tar
geted destination.
At a recent public
hearing, the club
ownersrepresented
SRO patrons pack
ing city hall and in
this case, they were
not looking for a
good time.
At a Nov. 15 spe
cial-called meeting,
Augusta-Richmond
County commis
sioners met with a
capacity-filled room with local bar owners, restaurant and
lounge entrepreneurs, the business owners made it clear
they were not going to accept proposed increases in
alcohol fees which would ultimately, result in higher
prices for customers. The proposed hikes would help
resolve upcoming budgetary deficits which the city may
be facing at the start of calendar year 2001, sources say.
Charles Cummings, owner of Super C’s, a nightclub
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and one below the knee. His gutsy attitude
and determination, family background and
almost 20 years of military discipline were"
the keys to his quick rehabilitation on pros- -
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