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Beaches notebook
By Times staff writer Indian ShoresWaste Management will pick up household items such as furniture and appliances on Thursday. Leave items, excluding tires, tire rims, chemicals and paints, at the curb. Condominium and apartment complex residents without easy access to Gulf Boulevard may leave items at Dumpster pickup areas. Call 545-4020. Visitors and part-time residents who lack access to a computer can check their e-mail and pay bills online. A computer terminal with color printer has been installed at the Town Hall and may be used during normal business hours. Free. Call 595-4020 for information. Beach cleanup volunteers should meet at 8:30 a.m. April 20 at the Town Hall. Coffee and doughnuts will be served. Call 595-4020 for information. St. Pete BeachThe city and the Pass-a-Grille and Vina Del Mar associations will present the 12th annual Beach Goes Pops on April 19 and 20. This year's Beach Goes Pops will include two days of entertainment: a free evening of jazz, with food available from local vendors; and the traditional Beach Goes Pops orchestra concert, where people can either pay for a catered meal from the Hurricane or watch the concert for free from the beach. From 5:30 to 10:30 p.m. Friday at the Seaside Grill, 10th Avenue in Pass-a-Grille, Trio Del Sol Caliente will perform acoustic Latin jazz. Then Suzette Jennings and the Mood Swings, a jazz band, will perform. Food will be available from Asado Cafe, Saffron's, Backfin Blue Cafe, Eighth Avenue Fish House & Grill, Harvey's Fourth Street Grill and Do-Als. On Saturday night, Caribbean steel drum music will begin at 5 p.m., followed by the Beach Goes Pops Orchestra at 7. Tables for the Saturday night event, catered by the Hurricane, cost $600. People who do not pay for tables can watch the concert from the beach. For information, call Mark Robichaux at 367-8590. A free shuttle service will be available from 4 to 10 p.m. Saturday from the Pinellas County Park in St. Pete Beach, across from Dolphin Village Shopping Center. Proceeds from Beach Goes Pops will benefit the Pinellas Marine Institute, Gulf Beaches Historical Museum and the Vina Del Mar and Pass-a-Grille neighborhood associations. The city of St. Pete Beach will hold its annual Hurricane Forum on May 1. Scheduled are a discussion on hurricane safety, fire and police department displays, hurricane-related vendors demonstrating hurricane safety products, disaster preparedness and home safety information, and evacuation maps and information on sand bag locations. There will be door prizes and free hot dogs and sodas. The forum will be from 6 to 9 p.m. in the city gymnasium, 7701 Boca Ciega Drive. For information, call the St. Pete Beach Fire Department at 363-9206. Gulf Beaches Historical Museum, 115 10th Ave., has opened a special exhibit room featuring a display of promotional material from old beach restaurants and bars and the return of two previous exhibits on the Don CeSar Hotel and the beaches during World War II. Army units were stationed at the tip of Pass-a-Grille during World War II and the Don CeSar was used as a military hospital and later as a convalescent hospital for the Army Air Forces. The museum is seeking photos and memorabilia and would like to talk to anyone who served with or has a connection to the Pass-a-Grille Army units or the hospital. It also is seeking information on Bill Nelson, a patient who painted two murals at the hospital that are now at the museum. The current special exhibits will be on display through December. The museum is open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursdays and Saturdays and 1-4 p.m. Sundays. Museum admission is free, guided tours are $2. Call 360-2491 for information. -- Compiled by Times staff writer Amy Wimmer. To submit items to the beaches notebook, e-mail wimmer@sptimes.com.
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