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Neighborhood Notebook
By MELIA BOWIE, CONNIE DREW, SHELAINE PETERS and JOSH ZIMMER 5th-graders to recite at Vets' Day observanceKEYSTONE -- Students from Citrus Park Elementary School will participate in a Veterans Day observance at The Ed Radice Sports Complex on Monday. The public is invited to help commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Korean War. Veterans from all wars will be honored. Bring a lawn chair to the three flag poles at the Ed Radice complex, 10710 S Mobley Road. The service begins at 3 p.m. Two fifth-graders from Citrus Park will read essays entitled "What Veterans Day Means to Me." "By inviting the children we can pass on some of the heritage to the kids in the schools," said Henry Binder, chairman of American Legion Post No. 147 and a veteran of World War II and the Korean War. More than 8,000 soldiers from Korea are still missing in action, he said. Binders Post and the Ladies auxiliary Unit No. 147, along with the Korean War Veterans Association of Tampa and the Citrus Park Community Civic Association, are sponsoring the event. Pappas' cafe gets okay for alcohol sales on siteCITRUS PARK -- The new Louis Pappas Market Cafe received permission Friday to sell beer and wine across the street from Sickles High School. Some residents opposed the owners' request for a special use permit request, which allows them to sell alcohol within 500 feet of a school. They said the permit could foster drunk driving and send the wrong message to young people. The permit is the latest in a string of approvals that bother the residents. The Publix supermarket and the new Smokey Bones BBQ & Sports Bar near the Upper Tampa Bay Trail have received permits. In addition, the Eckerd drug store across the street from Pappas is requesting a permit to sell alcohol, an application the same residents oppose. But Hillsborough County Land Use Hearing Officer James Scarola sided with the Pappas family, which owns the venerable Louis Pappas Riverside Restaurant in Tarpon Springs. The family argued its customers only drink casually. They also plan to sell their own wines on premises. Walkers, cyclists may use Upper Tampa Bay TrailCITRUS PARK -- Help is on the way for walkers and bicyclists braving traffic to use the Upper Tampa Bay Trail. A four-mile section north and south of the trail's intersection with Gunn Highway was closed recently so work could begin on the trail's first overpass. The closing will last several months. In the meantime, people can continue to use the 1.5-mile southern section below the Wilsky Boulevard trailhead. To the north, people can use the 2.5-mile trail between Edgemere Road and Peterson Park. Westover gets go-ahead to construct its gatesTAMPA PALMS -- Westover homeowners received final approval from City Council to erect gates at the entrances to their community, concluding a seven-year effort. The move on Thursday makes the neighborhood of 61 homes the first in Tampa to successfully assume ownership of its roads so that it can become gated. Homeowners had campaigned for the gates to increase security and property values. They will assume ownership of Londonderry Drive and Derry Way, along with the financial repsonsibility for street upkeep. Keystone Crossings gets its gates into complianceKEYSTONE -- When Carrollwood surveyor Henry Echezebal was denied access to Keystone Crossings/Keystone Manors this spring, his anger spawned a controversy that ended in a ban on all future gates and guardhouses on public roads. But while all four subdivisions were allowed to keep their entrances, Keystone Crossings couldn't just walk away. Hillsborough County said its two gates were installed in violation of the subdivision's right-of-way permit. Now, after moving the gate posts off the road, Keystone Crossings is in compliance, said Craig Mahlman, director of development services for the county's Department of Planning and Growth Management. The subdivision paid to re-install the posts on the grassy areas outside the curb. The $1,200 project was completed about two weeks ago, Mahlman said.
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