Doo Wop Cafe hops, bops back in time [Times photo: Mike Pease] A couple of '50s aficionados turn their home into a private club that revives and celebrates the era.

10-year-old gymnast helps team win title
The fourth-grader, who started in gymnastics when he was 2, trains three hours a day, four days a week.

Zoning
Smokey Bones might arrive beerless

Sickles softball team advances; Chamberlain goes home
TAMPA -- While the Sickles softball team's dream of another state title survived the region semifinals, Chamberlain's hopes of advancing fell short.

College beckons standout swimmer
CARROLLWOOD -- Senior distance swimmer Amy Mueller has signed to add her aquatic skills to Northwestern University for the next four years. After refining her list down to the Northwestern, the University of Virginia and Duke University, Mueller decided to go to the cold North.

The week in review
TEMPLE TERRACE PASTOR ACCUSED OF TORTURE -- Since coming to the United States from Haiti in 1995, Hebert Valmond has become an influential member of Tampa's thriving Haitian community. He became a pastor, opened his own church and bought a home in an upscale neighborhood.

Exchange students exchange ideas
While their schooling abroad was tougher, students find their American learning experience prepares them better for life.

Proposed senior center still looking for a home
County leaders evaluate sites, while keeping an ear toward civic opinion.

Civic Association names new president
KEYSTONE -- The Keystone Civic Association has elected Rich Dugger as the group's new president, bringing to an end the seven-year leadership of former president Steve Morris.

Boy honored for actions after crash
A seventh-grader at Ben Hill Middle School won an award for heroism for coming to the aid of an injured motorist.

Schools roundup
ADAMS MIDDLE: Birthday notices can be placed on the marquee for $10. Order forms are available at the office. Birthdays are posted first-come, first-served. For information, call 975-7665.

Raison d'etre: to write
One essayist's dream? She wants to be a paperback writer.

Liquor store, Beall's to join shopping center
WESLEY CHAPEL -- Two other stores have agreed to join a new Wesley Chapel shopping center anchored by a Publix supermarket.

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