The Week in Words

By Times Staff Writer
Published October 21, 2007

Editor's note: The following is a recap of the week's news events, in the words of the newsmakers.

"He died doing what he loved. Which is the way anybody should live their life."

Emily Cleer, of Port Richey, talking about her brother, Harris Sullivan, who disappeared after reporting trouble during a flight in his experimental airplane

"I was intoxicated and I was ignorant. I didn't know they were officers."

Jeffery James Hurley, charged with DUI after he drove away from a bar in New Port Richey, despite the warnings of two deputy sheriffs

"I don't want to be the county administrator. I just want to be a lawyer."

Douglas Wyckoff, during an interview before the Pasco County Commission for the job of county attorney

"It seems every time I apply for this job, it becomes controversial."

Tim Hayes, another candidate for Pasco County Attorney, who failed to get the job in 1991 and who this time has been accused of being the development industry's choice

"They killed me. They killed me."

Stephen Miholics, who was not killed, but was shot Tuesday night in a confrontation with a deputy

"When I determined that I could no longer pursue my candidacy, I sought out another person who I felt would bring the same focus on service to the Clerk's position. I think I have found that person in New Port Richey Mayor Dan Tipton."

Greg Armstrong, announcing he is dropping out of the 2008 race for Pasco County Clerk of the Circuit Court.

"It's an awesome program. There's only positive that comes from it."

Stephanie Knight, director of A New Generation, who planned to ask superintendent Heather Fiorentino for permission to hold abstinence-only assemblies in the county's middle and high schools

"I said to him, 'What are you doing?' He said, 'It was on my property. I am doing what I am allowed to do.'"

Diane Yensco, sharing what she said to her neighbor when she saw him attacking a cat with a hammer

"Food service may have gotten ahead of law enforcement. It's the general practice of the district that we don't instigate surveillance on our own."

Kevin Shibley, employee relations supervisor for the Pasco school district, on an unauthorized video surveillance system that was set up in response to a Mitchell High cafeteria worker suspected of stealing

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