The Palm Beach Post from West Palm Beach, Florida • Page 26

I (2B THE PALM BEACH POST SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1993 Fire damage cleanup begins Contractor says damage is bad enough to keep Builders Square closed for 10 days. weeks and Builders Square officials may try to open a part of the store if the building can be made structurally safe, Perry said. The news was much better at Kmart, where fire officials had estimated up to $2 million in smoke and water damage. But when the smoke cleared and the water was mopped up, damage totaled no more than $20,000. "We were very lucky," said K-mart manager Jerry Guest, whose store adjoins Builders Square.

"We had a lot of smoke, but we were able to use the fans and get rid of it quickly. We had some water on the gypsum board on our common wall and a few things got wet but we had very little damage." In fact, the fire has been good for Kmart's business. "People who were going to Builders Square are coming in here," Guest said. buffed. One store employee, who refused to give his name, said no decision had been reached on when the store would open or whether Whittington would still have a job.

Bob Perry, the Miami contractor repairing the store, said damage was confined to about a area of the home improvement store. In the fire area, structural damage is severe enough to keep the store closed for at least 10 days, Perry said. "We've got to seal that part of the building and shore it up to make it safe for the people working in there," Perry said. "Then we'll work with county engineers to determine what we have to do to get this place open." Completing the job may take By BRIAN E. CROWLEY Palm Beach Post Staff Writer While Christmas shoppers flocked to nearby stores, sales clerks at Builders Square spent Saturday cleaning up after a fire that may keep the Cross County Mall store closed throughout the holidays.

I More than $1 million in dam-. age was done to the building and Jrtore merchandise after a fire was set by an employee who held a cigarette lighter to a puddle of mineral spirits. The employee, Eric Whittington, 32, thought mineral spirits didn't burn. Builders Square management Irefused to give out any information Saturday about the store or Whittington. Company security the curious away, and re--quests for interviews were re iFamiiy mourns for slain salon owner Photo by RICHARD GRAULICH A Thon Hopes For 4,000 Gifts Tammi Tuck Wrap MANGONIA PARK Faith was a truly unnecessary tragedy that happened to a former roommate said.

near the grocery store he wraps toys Saturday donated to the 17th annual Tammi Tuck Wrap-a-Thon. Her father, the late T.J. Tucker, started the Wrap-a-Thon, giving toys to disadvantaged children on Tamarind Ave. Volunteers are needed at the store and at office in suite 508 of the 45th Street and Australian. It tty ANGELA HORNSBY Palm Beach Post Staff Writer BOCA RATON More than family members and friends of iir salon owrier Leanne Zmek jeluctantly fotfhered at her xrme Saturday funeral preparations.

ind salon em-3ltyees made jflans to assess their future at 'the shop. I The activity ccrmes a day af- Zmek ter owners Zmek, 38, and business -riartner Raymond Saberson were ifound dead Friday by police. JZrJiek's body was found in the Executive Hair Design shop in Glades Plaza Salon, and later that day, Saberson's body was discovered by police in the bathtub of his Tucker-Bassett Christmas Eve In Brief ter, 6, was taken by Trauma Hawk to St. Mary's Hospital. Carter is in serious condition.

Bricken, who was taken to Delray Community Hospital, is in serious condition. His passenger, Bette Domdo, 30, of West Palm Beach, was taken by Trauma Hawk to St. Mary's, where she is in serious condition. Glades Central team second in 'brain bowl' TAMPA A seven-member team from Glades Central High School placed second in the state black history and culture brain bowl competition here Saturday. owned at 1026 and donations the Wrap-a-Thon Poinciana Plaza, Woman killed, three injured in 2-car crash Palm Beach Post Wire Services A two-car crash at the intersection of U.S.

441 and Lantana Road killed one woman and seriously injured three people early Saturday, a Palm Beach County sheriffs spokesman said. Laura Cornell, 69, was traveling south on U.S. 441 about 5:25 a.m. when she tried to make a left turn onto Lantana Road. Cornell slammed head-on into, a northbound car driven by Jeffrey Bricken of Boynton Beach.

Cornell died at the accident site. Her passenger, Heaven Car- The team, coached by Anne Haskell, consists of Sharika Brown, Stacey Hutchinson, Dounia Joseph, Sherbet Samuels, P3tricia Morrison, Roger Williams and Dahlia Forde. Center seeks donations for kids' Christmas party RIVIERA BEACH The Center for Minority Human Services and the mayor's office is looking for donations of toys for 1,500 children. The toys will be given out at a Christmas party Saturday at City Hall, 600 Blue Heron Blvd. The party will be from 2 to 5 p.m.

To donate toys and for information, call Deborah Arnold, program director, at 845-2367. his deceased father's house. He had a gunshot wound to the head. Police detectives suspect murder-suicide by Saberson, 48, because of what police suspect were business problems between the two partners. No further details on the investigation were available Saturday, said Delray Police spokesman Mike Wright.

Parties on both sides found the notion of business problems hard to believe. Those who visited Zmek's home on 4600 Birchwood Lane, including Zmek's younger brother Allen, couldn't comprehend why someone chose to end the life of Zmek, a woman described as always wearing a smile and loved by friends and clients. The family plans to take Zmek's body today to her home tic Avenue when a car driven by Stephen Boyd Caudle, 23, of Flint, struck the rear of his patrol car, FHP Sgt. "John Tower said. Caudle's car then careered into the car being inspected by Martis, sending both flying, Tower said.

Martis was knocked unconscious but awoke and put out traffic flares and directed traffic him. For Forever. Trooper thrown 71 feet in WtitifM Sg)WQIn)(oJ? to town of Archer, for burial Wednesday. An evenjng memorial service also is being arranged at MCC Church in Boca Raton for late next week, said Celia Teren-zio, a friend and neighbor for 9Vfe years. "We are all devastated," said Carol Janecek, Zmek's most recent roommate.

"It was a truly unnecessary tragedy that happened to Leanne." Raymond Saberson's wife, Patricia, and her brother-in-law Roger, declined to comment Saturday. The shop's four employees are attempting to set up a meeting with Patricia Saberson to discuss what happens to the 6-year-old shop, but efforts so far have been unsuccessful, said hair stylist Donna Paterna. Police may allow employees to pick up their belongings Monday. "We don't know if there is a future," she said. 1 95 crash until other units arrived, Tower said.

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