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GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE August 21, 1992

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the predominant articles with many wellknown artists represented. Other intriguing lots included combination dinner and theater packages, piano recitals, black-tie dinners, subscription passes to almost all of Cleveland's performing arts organizations and the International Film Festival, and several vacation getaways.

Not only is Hayes a skilled auctioneer (having raised more than $2 million for non-profit organizations during her career), she is also quick to camp and joke with the crowd, treating each item like a prop for improvisational comedy if that's what will attract interest and sell it. Opening her "act" with a parlor magic trick or two, she treated the initial sluggish bidding with humor and perseverance. Spotting a tentative bidder, she produced $5.00 of her own and gave it to him. When he later was being encouraged to bid $300 she reminded him it was really only $295 to him.

Garden Party co-chairs Bob Reynolds and Nick Palumbo were both very apprehensive at 9:30 that morning as the volunteers set up the items in the tents. In previous years the Garden Party netted approximately $13,000 and $20,000 with good weather. This year, most of the food was not donated and an extra tent was set up so that expenses were almost doubled from last year. And pre-registration was down from last year. If people chose not to deal with the rain the event could have lost money.

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legislation caters to stereotypes and addresses an extraordinarily insignificant or nonexistent problem."

Interrante said any government funds directed at HIV should address education. H.B. 713 provides for no education.

H.B. 713 would cost money. Municipalities and counties are expected to pick up the cost of HIV testing for victims and for the accused that cannot afford to pay for the testing themselves. The cost of testing ranges, but the average is about $75.

Interrante said the legislation brings out more questions than it answers. "If someone is infected with HIV and practices safer sex, does that mean they could be still guilty of criminal transmission of HIV?” he asked.

"Does a bill like this cause fewer people to get tested?" he asked.

Vukovich said he did not know all of the answers, but found it hard to believe any one could oppose the intent of the bill.

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volume of the stereo. The security guard of the building always checks apartments where the music is loud. Then I left and just drove till I found a place to stay, and took my pills."

LaRosa says she was not drinking that night, and wasn't taking her Doxepin, an anti-depressant. "I knew what I was do-

ing.'

But people came. A higher percentage of the pre-registrants showed up than did last year, and more people paid at the door. 226 was the official count, making this Garden Party the most successful ever. There were four items not sold between the silent and live actions, when the minimum bid was not offered. The policy is to offer the item back to the owner who may allow the Center to keep it for another use, such as an award.

While many of the bills for expenses were not yet received, the co-chairs estimated the net proceeds for the Garden Party to be at least $23,000. This fundraiser, originally the idea of Judy Rainbrook, now accounts for more than 10 percent of the Center's unrestricted operating income.

There are many volunteers who worked in the preceding months and days leading up to July 26 to plan a smooth program. Last minute snags and details were solved by the volunteers who worked that day. The program lists many names, both in and outside the lesbian and gay community, who all lent their support to make it successful.

While only in its third year, the Garden Party now creates much of its own momentum. Artists are calling the Center to arrange donations instead of having to be solicited. Their recognition increases by having their work displayed to an appreciative audience. Due to the nature of the event, the Center benefits in ways beyond fundraising: those who may not be aware of or in need of its programs find out about its work and the people who run it. The social, communal atmosphere of the Garden Party makes it enjoyable for all who attend. Plans are already underway for next year's fete.▼

"To me, it's just common decency whether your partner is a man or a woman,' he said. "What I'm really after is sex offenders. This should not be viewed as gay bashing. This protects people in the gay community."

Vukovich said his idea for the bill came from a Red Cross AIDS educator in Mahoning County who suggested it to him. "She has a good friend who is dying of AIDS and she felt the legislation was needed," he said.

If the legislation does not pass this year, it may never pass. That's because it would die at the end of the year and have to be reintroduced next year.

However, Vukovich was defeated in the spring primary and will not return next year. He said it was unlikely he would encourage another state legislator to introduce the bill next year if it did not pass this year.

Vukovich said he was especially interested in hearing from the gay community regarding the bill. He can be reached at 614-466-1481.

remarks were not for publication when he learned that the interview was for the Chronicle. Lauren Tonni, one of the victim's daughters, did not return phone calls.

Both Tanno and Lauren Tonni have continued to point to arguments between Tonni and LaRosa as the motive for the crime, an accusation which LaRosa denies.

Navy recommends Jan LaRosa wrote a suicide note in the Thorne be discharged

motel room telling of the harassment and her decision to murder Tonni. She denies being insane, and says the only way to stop the treatment Tressa Tonni was receiving at the hands of her family was to kill her. LaRosa worked for the Chronicle for approximately six months in 1989, typing, filing and answering phones. She refused money for her work, saying she wanted to help the community. There was never a problem with her work or attitude at the paper; she quit abruptly after meeting and moving in with Tonni.

Anthony Tanno gave this reporter a short interview about the murder and his relationship with his daughter, then insisted his

As expected, a Navy board has recommended that Lt. J. G. Tracy Thorne be discharged from the military for acknowledging he is gay.

Thorne, who came out on ABC News' Nightline last May, "held back nothing" as he tried to convince Board of Inquiry members that he should stay in the Navy, according to the Washington Post.

Through a Navy process known as a "captain's mast," where any sailor can request a meeting with any superior officer, Thorne has requested a meeting with his commander in chief--George Bush--on the

matter.