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...crack NASCAR, entering the Tundra last year in the Craftsman Truck Series, and as a NASCAR sponsor Toyota is beginning to get notice from fans. "Being a Chevy man all my life, I'm starting to look at the Toyotas coming out," said Jared Branan, 24, of Kissimmee, Fla., attending a race in Daytona Beach last January. "They're starting to get with the program...
...labeled LIVE MAINE LOBSTERS. All three members of the cockpit crew were killed. The pilot, Captain Ted Connors, 57, had flown for Delta for 31 years. One passenger survived because she made a lucky decision. Assigned a front seat before takeoff from Fort Lauderdale, Annie Edwards, of Pompano Beach, Fla., shifted to a rear seat beside a friend, Juanita Williams. Both survived. They were among a group of women going to Dallas to attend a convention of Delta Sigma Theta, a sorority. Other passengers were heading for Los Angeles, the flight's last stop. Friends checking the arrivals list there...
When Frances Sisk, an artist in Naples, Fla., decided to upgrade her three-bedroom condo, she asked Abbie Sladick, a CAPS-trained remodeler, to design interior spaces that would meet future needs. The result was so subtle that her guests rarely realize that the condo is wheelchair accessible. "They have no idea," says Sisk. "They come in the door and say, 'Oh, I feel like I'm in Paris or New York...
...every client embraces the universal-design concept, says Michael Thomas of Jupiter, Fla., a CAPS-trained interior designer. "There is a certain amount of denial," says Thomas dryly. Instead of convincing his 50-plus clients of the benefits of universal design, Thomas' firm automatically includes accessibility in the specifications. "I'll just order a higher toilet or add extra-strong plywood behind the bathroom walls so someday a grab bar can be installed," he says. "But we don't tell them anymore. We just go ahead and do it. It's part of an effective design package...
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla...