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Free Reservals Free Reservals Free Reserve! rasl Page 18A Friday, Dec. 13, 1991 From Page 15A it 7 U1 fm were not only good but they were holy people. They saw very clearly the relationship between what they had been given and what they felt needed to be returned." Bruno's was founded in 1932 by Joseph Bruno, the son of Italian immigrants and the brother of Angelo Bruno. He opened a corner grocery in Birmingham with $600 borrowed from his family's savings. Today, Bruno's has annual sales exceeding $2.6 billion.

Bruno's executives had been visiting dozens of their stores for 10 days, and intended to make the trips for another 10 days. The company operates more than 240 stores in Alabama, Georgia. Florida, Tennessee, Mississippi and South Carolina. Wednesday's crash was the second in six months on Lavender Mountain near Rome, a city of 30,000 about 80 miles northwest of Last July, two British tourists were killed when their plane went down on the mountain, which sits on Berry College property but is not part of the campus. "It's just a mountain.

It poses no particular problem," said Walter Dodd, 57, a former Air Force pilot and commander of the local Civil Air Patrol unit. "I fly over it a lot just on visual flight rules, but I can see it." he said. "You just have to make sure you- have enough altitude to clear it." Dodd said clouds obscured the mountaintop Wednesday morning at the time of the crash. Meanwhile, Bruno's stock was up slightly Thursday, rising to $12.87 per share shortly after opening. Wednesday, it dropped nearly half a point to $12 50 per share.

The naming of Ronald Bruno as chairman appeared to alleviate investor concerns about the future of the chain. A 20-year veteran of the six-state supermarket group, Bruno had been in charge of the corpo- ington by the end of the week. PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN of the wreckage Thursday showed electronic equipment hanging from trees, holiday greetings that had been meant for employees and a photograph of someone's baby. Debris was scattered over 600 yards, investigators said. As investigators examined the burned remnants, Bruno's turned its attention to surviving the tragedy.

"We have to carry on in spite of our grief. Ronald Bruno, 39. said in a statement. "We have a responsibility to our customers, our employees and our shareholders, and we intend to fulfill it." Besides Angelo Bruno, those who died included his brother, vice chairman Lee J. Bruno; Sam Vacarella, senior vice president of merchandise; Edward C.

Hyde, vice president of store operations; R. Randolph Paige vice president of personnel; and Karl Mollica, director of produce. Also killed were Mary Faust, an account executive with Steiner-Bressler, Bruno's advertising agency; and two pilots, John Tesney and Rob Stamps. Bruno's spokeswoman Catherine Byrd said employees in each store will hold a moment of silence on Saturday when funerals for Angelo and Lee J. Bruno, Vacarella and Paige are planned in Birmingham.

The Rev. Richard Donohoe, pastor of Anniston's Sacred Heart Catholic Church, will be supervising the funerals. Donohoe, a former Birmingham resident, once traveled on a pilgrimage to Rome with Angelo Bruno and knew a number of the family members. "IT'S AS IF WE took out one of the major lifebloods of Birmingham and the northern Alabama he said. "These people a lil'l 'W Tt VDDEO DEPOT Alexandria Highway 21 Lenlock Piedmont Oxford 820-5859 235-2121 820-6195 447-6892 831-2077 Free Reservalt Free Reservals Free Reservals Free Reservals Free Reservals Free Reservals till ImmmwmJ lail AMOCtlMd Pt An engine from the Bruno's plane wreckage nr-ir-H names Bruno's Food and Pharmacy, Food World, FoodMax, Consumer Warehouse Foods, American Fare and Piggly Wiggly.

Analysts predicted Bruno's would remain one of the region's strongest supermarket operators despite the loss. ration's day-to-day operations for several years, analysts said. Another of Angelo Bruno's sons. Kenneth Bruno. 37, was elected to the board in the wake of the crash.

He has been with the company for 18 years. Bruno operates stores under the V- McClellan youth Did you know? Your United Way of Calhoun County funds the Fort McClellan Youth Services. Businessman urges unified government within County Nice-Neat-Clean Lowest Rates in Town By Sean Reilly Stir Staff Wrltar wit vu mn im mm mmti mi mt rmm 1 1 mmi I IBllWWllliUMWUlBMIiniHllllllUIW Will hKMfd ttm VW MIM, 1007 Hwy 215 1-20 Exit 1850xford AL (205)831-6082 FREE Local Call HBO Coffee Near Restaurant and Mall AAA, AARP, Military Welcome Alexandria Highway 21 Lenlock Piedmont Oxford 820-5859 235-2121 820-6195 447-6892 831-2077 for the State Senate last year, said he has been advocating the concept for more than a decade, but has never gotten "a receptive from public officials. Now chairman of the state ABC Board, vames also asked for the County Commission's support to use some of Alabama's revenue from beer, wine and liquor taxes to finance alcohol treatment and education programs. Commission Chairman Charlie Fuller said the commissioners would consider both ideas.

In other business, the commission: Approved a resolution allowing the Annabelle Parents Association of Anniston High School to use the title "Miss Calhoun County" for a beauty contest. Set speed limits of 30 mph on Porter Johnson Road and Key Foundry Road. said would be more efficient and save money. "We've got three alternatives: raise taxes, cut services, or make a change," he said this morning. Although regional government looks attractive from a planner's point-of-view, it's usually difficult to bring about politically.

The method has been partially adopted in urban areas like Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas and Minn. There, regional agencies handle planning for issues that jump across boundary lines, such as road building and sewage treatment. Regional government is almost unknown, however, in smaller rural areas, where the pressure to solve common problems isn't great enough to overcome political divisions and local pride. James, who ran unsuccessfully Free Reservals Free Reservals Free Reservals Calhoun County's many gover-ments should be consolidated, home builder Mike James told the County Commission Thursday. "I see no reason as a taxpayer why I should be asked to support numerous police departments, numerous water departments, numer ous fire departments, etc," James said.

With about 116,000 residents, Calhoun County is now split among eight city governments and the County Commission, various school systems and such independent agencies as the Calhoun County Water and Fire Protection Authority and the Anniston Water Works and Sewer Board. In their place, James said, there should be one government, which he FE8I ON SANTA'S SLEIGH! Sponsored ANDY'S STORE FOR MEN PITSTOP EXPRESS LUBE OIL BURDETT'a PAWN SHOP AM SOUTH BANK HOWELL REALTY JACK'S GEICO AFFILIATES LENLOCK HOBBIES Nolen urges planners: Be fair EXPRESS UIL CHANGE, lANLWR-UArUKU AKMT MULE NtAU UKES9 BEAU 1 1 SALON HANK JONES LENLOCK DRUGS Ms. ACAPULCO MEXICAN RESTAURANT THE ANNISTON STAR Mc DONALD'S ANNISTON BODY SHOP VIDEO DEPOT-5 LOCATIONS LONG JOHN SILVER'S BEVERLY'S FASHIONS, ETC. KATHY'S BAKERY By Phil Jenkins Star Staff Wrltar y. i i SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14 m.

10:00 am LENLOCK SHOPPING CENTER 1 The city's effort to find solutions to repeated CBD-1 zoning controversies is opening the door for legal problems. That warning was delivered to the city Planning Commission Thursday night by a prominent Quintard Avenue businessman, whose lecture was endorsed by City Attorney George Monk. "It's favoritism and it won't hold water," convenience store owner Jim Nolen told the commission. "If anybody wanted to do something and challenge you on it, you wouldn't be able to withstand that challenge. "Let's decide what the rules are and start abiding by the rules and not change the rules every time somebody wants the rules changed," he added later.

"I second that," Monk told Nolen. "You're singing my song." After hearing from Nolen, the commission, which earlier this year endorsed several changes to the CBD-1 ordinance, tabled a proposal calling for further changes Thurs- 3 day night. Nolen, who owns BP stations at 8th and 18th streets, complained that he had been required to abide by the CBD-1 ordinance when he wanted to add a convenience store to his 8th Street station in 1986. But the ordinance was later changed to allow Anniston Chevron to expand its store by 25 percent. The commission is now being asked to consider further changes that would allow yet another competitor, Mike's Texaco, to expand as much as possible on his existing lot, and use an adjoining lot to build more parking space.

"The only thing anyone deserves is to be treated fairly and consistently," Nolen said. "When you get into changing the rules because somebody wants to do something you're being unfair." To emphasize his point, Nolen showed commission members a news article from 1986 in which Councilman Jerre Ford is reported to have told Nolen that he "did not support changes in CBD-1 because Quintard already had enough service stations. Ford has been leading the ongoing push to change the CBD-1 ordinance to allow additional service stations and fast-tood restaurants in the restrictive zone. Ford is in Las Vegas with three other city councilmen for a National League of Cities conference and could not be reached for comment. Commission Chairman Bert Smith acknowledged that continued changes to the ordinance pose problems, but he said the changes were being prompted by the City Council, not the commission.

"Anytime you have a political body controlling your future, you have political decisions," Smith said. "We've tried to be fair and consistent. I can't say the City Council has always been that way." The commission studied a pro: posed compromise designed to settle the CBD-1 debate, but delayed action on the changes. Some members expressed concern about a new amendment that would allow existing businesses to purchase adjoining lots and expand their parking to the east and west. The ordinance now restricts expansion to 25 percent on the existing lot.

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