Northpinellas: Pinellas digest

LARGO -- A free Cancer Awareness Day event is planned for 8:30 a.m. to noon April 18 at Largo Cultural Center in Largo Central Park. A lecture on "Healthy Eating for the Prevention of Cancer" will be at 9 a.m., and there will be skin cancer screenings, distribution of free colorectal at-home test kits, instructions on how to conduct breast self-exams and opportunities to meet privately with a nurse or dietitian. The skin cancer screenings will be conducted by Dr. Christopher Schaffer, plastic and reconstructive surgeon, on a first-come, first-served basis. Exhibitors are to include: the American Cancer Society's "Look Good, Feel Better" program; Beautiful Transitions, a business specializing in wigs, prostheses and clothing for mastectomy patients; and the American Lung Association with smoking cessation and lung cancer information. The program is sponsored by Largo Medical Center and its committee overseeing the hospital's cancer program.

Hydroponics workshop offered at gardens

LARGO -- Find out what hydroponics is all about at a free hydroponics gardening workshop at 10 a.m. April 13 at Florida Botanical Gardens, Tropical Pavilion, 12175 125th St. N. Alan Nebner, owner of Garden Bazaar, will teach the class. "Hydroponics is an alternative gardening method that can be done anywhere and any time," Nebner said. "The advantage of using the hydroponic gardening technique is that plants grow larger than they do using normal gardening techniques." To register for the workshop, call Carol Suggs at 582-2124. Florida Botanical Gardens is a public garden and is part of the Pinewood Cultural Park campus and also home to the Pinellas County Extension Service, Gulf Coast Museum of Art and Heritage Village.

Sale scheduled at Youth Ranches shop

DUNEDIN -- The Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches Opportunity Store is having a storewide sale on furniture, clothing, appliances and other household items from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at 2622 Bayshore Blvd., Dunedin. The event will include complimentary refreshments and displays of the sheriff's command center bus, marine unit and peacekeeper vehicle. Members of the sheriff's K-9 unit also will be on hand. The nonprofit Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches, celebrating its 45th year, provides a wide array of services for children in Florida. Services include residential care facilities and camping programs for neglected, abused and at-risk children. The organization also provides community-based services, such as home-based family counseling, family life education and clinical social services.

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