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April 17, 2002
Tampa Bay: April 17, 2002
North Pinellas County news
Pinellas digest
Dunedin mayor to lead aging agency's board
Residents make case to restore festival
Commissioners get an earful on keeping the Renaissance fair. They also learn a federal grant might not be on way for a new library.
Clever students win competition
Palm Harbor Middle School's team ties for first place in Odyssey of the Mind state finals after participating for more than 14 years.
New stores will join Drew 19 mall
Babies "R" Us and Marshalls will open in late fall as the half-vacant shopping center undergoes renovations.
Experts: Despite lost nest, eagles to return
The nesting pair of bald eagles is expected to rebuild when they come back to their familiar site off Belleair Road.
Renaissance festival issue needed a vote
Re: Decisions seen as beginning, not end, story, April 5, and Assault on fest picks up force, story, April 1.
Don't skimp on tools, training for firefighters
Modern building techniques, tough fire codes and sprinkler systems have been so effective in recent years that today's firefighters have few calls to fight real structure fires.
Philanthropist, car dealer honored at lunch
CLEARWATER -- Larry Dimmitt Jr., local philanthropist and car dealer, will be honored Saturday at an annual awards lunch sponsored by the Clearwater/Tampa Bay chapter of the National Society of Arts and Letters at Safety Harbor Resort and Spa.
Mayor tries to captivate crowd of preschoolers
Bob Jackson shows kids at the library that the mayor reads, too, and reads to them the story of Otis, a very fine pig.
Cadet accuses ex-commandant of sexual abuse
The youth says he was abused at an Indiana military school and also in the suspect's Dunedin home during a trip in July.
Triathletes are ready for Fort DeSoto event
Hundreds of athletes will come to Fort DeSoto Park on Saturday to swim, bike and run in the 16th Escape From Fort DeSoto Triathlon. The distances for the 7:30 a.m. event will be a .5-mile swim, 15.5-mile bike ride and 3.1-mile run. The Escape is good for rookie triathletes and a "pre St. Anthony's Triathlon tuneup" for the experienced athletes.
Tampa Bay headlines
Suit: Drug behind suicide flight
City will gauge progress at Pier
Spring in their step
Two describe going for a spin -- the hard way
MacDill cheers former mayor
Airports inching back toward normal
New school named for longtime legislator
Valentine Shaffer, educator, dies at 86
Howard Troxler
In ballpark, one can see Rays of hope start to shine
South Pinellas headlines
Library to serve as community commons
Ex-mayor rejected for unity assembly
Popular soccer coach accused of stealing
Collective exhale
Man punched by officer plans to sue St. Pete Beach
A private pickle
Leave our one-way streets alone!
Students go far in brain game
Project will record the city's artistic heartbeat
New shop combines art for sale, tea room
Business headlines
Working: A day on the job in South Pinellas County
Achievers
Determination and reward
Theater steps up with lively '30s show
Heroes with four legs come to SPCA's rescue
Palladium celebrates scorched mortgage
Revived festival provides toe-tapping good time
Missing sign gone for repairs
Fuller defied early death to gamble big in business
Beaches notebook
Numbers crunchers gobble up competition
Townhomes deemed wrong for 'Main St.'
Focus on volunteers
Chambers gets a shot to play in Italia Cup
Neikens makes up lost ground in Mini Stock class
Hillsborough headlines
Police seek man in 5 bank heists since March 15
News of Florida
Governor enters growing battle over redistricting
Nurses sue over prison harassment
Three colleges vie for four-year status
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