Passion in the round [Times photo: Mike Pease] Welcome to the strange world of capoeira -- a heady blend of dance, fight, meditation and music.

Bucs head coach buys $1.5-million home on White Trout Lake
CARROLLWOOD -- Tampa Bay Bucs head coach Jon Gruden and his wife Cindy have purchased a home on White Trout Lake for $1,530,000.

Plans are in pipeline for Memorial Highway school
UPPER TAMPA BAY: In its latest effort to relieve some of northwest Hillsborough's most overcrowded schools, the school district is proposing a new elementary school on Memorial Highway.

Summer camps offer cabins -- or computers
The scope of activities has broadened, catering to all kinds of children's interests.

Letters
Citrus Park plan pleases developers
I sure wish there was a Citrus Park Village master plan. We tried to have input into what the planners brought from downtown. We suggested places for a workable town center. We still have longitudinal sprawl. We asked for a two-story maximum and got a two-story minimum. We asked for traffic calming and got through traffic into the neighborhood.

School menus

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.

Wharton, Gaither athletes grab state titles
Wharton's Kendra Smith won the triple jump title, while Gaither's Dara Altman captured the pole vault title.

Forged fun
The Tampa Horseshoe Club encourages a family atmosphere and uses a handicap for novices.

Beware of snakes, county worker warns
It has been nearly a month since a rattler sighting at the Civic Center, but a recreation specialist isn't taking chances.

Parkway may look better than it sounds to Cheval
The Turnpike District plans a tree buffer but not additional sound barriers.

East-west corridors being considered have drawbacks
Among them: Most will not improve traffic flow along Bruce B. Downs Boulevard.

The enabler
The best leaders empower others, the president of the Junior Woman's Club says.

Homeowners group gives to scholarship
NORTH TAMPA -- Chamberlain High School's new Advanced Placement Scholars program (CAPS) just got a boost from the Carrollwood Village Homeowners Association in the form of a yearly $1,000 college scholarship.

Week in review
CHANGE IN GUARD AT MOFFITT: After 10 years at the helm of the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Dr. John Ruckdeschel said he will step down as chief executive when his contract expires June 30.

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