February 27, 2002
Tampa Bay: February 27, 2002
South Pinellas County news
Largo resident picked to be Seminole clerk
Officials were uncomfortable with another candidate who volunteered to take a $20,000 pay cut. A third candidate turned the job down.
SHS color guard is prancing over rivals
The winter team, which has won every competition this year, hopes to spin and toss its way to a world title.
Smoking gun revealed: It was store owner's
The shooting of a John's Pass Village merchant "could not have happened the way he said it happened."
Unsigned fliers besmirch mayor's rival
St. Pete Beach voters are not only receiving information about lawsuits and debts Steve Gordon has faced as a builder but also misinformation.
Showdown on police pensions brewing
Kenneth City officers want to join the state system, but officials say the city's plan is fine. They'll debate it tonight.
Military news
Stacy L. Zirkle, daughter of Carol A. and Frank Zirkle of St. Petersburg, has been assigned to the U.S. Border Patrol in Calexico, Calif.
Disgraceful act by public schools
Re: Three birthdays, by George, Feb. 19.
Faltering museum, city talk over lease
A spirit of cooperation has replaced the testiness that characterized talks earlier.
Seminole's growth team
A newly revitalized Economic Development Committee joins forces with the Greater Seminole Chamber.
Business and pleasure keep calendar busy
Gulfport
Beloved Mother Goose hanging up her apron
Eva Marie Nesbit, whose characters have become childhood icons for generations of St. Petersburg children, is retiring.
Fishing lessons
Students at Seminole High School get a first-hand look at handling fish and the aquaculture business.
Turtle love
Art students spend three months with the replica of an endangered loggerhead, painting the huge sculpture for a public art project.
Leland U. Johnson, motel owner, former mayor
ST. PETE BEACH -- Leland U. Johnson, a former mayor of Belle Vista Beach, now a St. Pete Beach neighborhood, died Tuesday (Feb. 26, 2002) at College Harbor Retirement Center. He was 90.
Art, commerce mingle at new creative hub
People parked in the mud, the indoor lights flickered, and bartenders poured by candlelight Friday night, but none of these inconveniences dampened the spirits of those who attended the Florida Craftsmen Gallery Collector's Auction.
Radiology office will join shops downtown
Price Hoffman Stone & Associates will settle into the bottom of the BayWalk parking garage.
Strobe lights help protect PSTA buses
ST. PETERSBURG -- At rush hour, Juanita Johnson says, motorists will do just about anything to pass her: They'll cut her off, honk their horns maliciously, even come close to sideswiping the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority bus that she drives.
Treasure Island visions compared
TREASURE ISLAND -- Beautification and the new bridge were the main topics at a candidates debate Saturday at the Treasure Island Tennis and Yacht Club.
St. Petersburg: 110 candles
ST. PETERSBURG -- One hundred ten years ago this week, St. Petersburg became a town.
PAL ventures into midcounty sports
Only a few months old, the new Police Athletic League focuses on unincorporated areas with an ambitious plan.
Candidates answer: 'How's the pay'
Today is the final question for Pinellas Park City Council candidates. This question was submitted by Pinellas Park resident Homer Wilson. The election is March 5.
Doubles squads battle in standings
The competition is heating up in the South Pinellas doubles leagues for men and women. On the women's side, Shipwatch Tennis Club's B team has an 11-10 lead on the club's C squad entering today's matches in the 3.0-3.5 division. Shipwatch B plays host to Feather Sound Country Club B, and Shipwatch C is at St. Petersburg Tennis Center.
Sunshine Action Speedway awaits green flag
After three months without short-track racing, Sunshine Action Speedway is set to fire up its 2002 season Saturday.
Noechel is equipped for CGA victory
Do new clubs improve a golfer's game?
Tampa Bay headlines
Deputies draw guns on teen babysitter
Greek housing coming to USF
Blaze destroys school, memories
No way, no okay, no bras over bay
Officer's pension denied to partner
Judge likely to throw out dwarf-tossing suit
Backers paid for anonymous ads
Jurors will not hear all banter from boar killing
Vote on school site canceled
AIDS service groups to join forces
Howard Troxler
Voting a product of where we are
North Pinellas headlines
Judge Robert Mann, known for his integrity, dies at 77
Son charged with taking mother's assets
Community protests predator living near day care center
Campaign inquiry seeks no penalties
Second suspect in shotgun killing surrenders to deputies
Nielsen plans to add 600 workers
Ball fields needed, but not in preserve
Let's continue our show of patriotism and vote March 5
Rolex women's event trains match racers
Hillsborough headlines
Arrest gets defender's intern fired
Ernest Hooper
United foes, patented food, top student
News of Florida
Tax plan opposition may cost broadcasters
Reno revs up campaign in her red pickup
Driver pleads guilty in crash
Enron gave to those in charge of inquiry
Bush's reading plan: retrain teachers
Governor frets over legislative stalemate
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