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July 24, 2002
Tampa Bay: July 24, 2002
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Con man convicted but mess remains
[Times photo: Kevin German]
A 74-year-old is out $14,000 and is left with a 20-foot hole in a wall. The scam artist is ordered to pay her $150 a month.
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South Pinellas County news
'Joie de vivre' on a Paris beach
Paris beach? Mais oui. The French capital now has a beach on the Seine to let Parisians holiday without leaving home.
Like the old days
About 500 people take part in a reunion celebrating their roots in a city neighborhood.
Bike, boat operation to rev up
ST. PETERSBURG -- Barney's Motorcycle and Marine plans to open its new facility on Gandy Boulevard in September, more than two years after a fire heavily damaged the business.
Working: A day on the job in South Pinellas County
ANDRE HARRIS, 16
Man chases down kids after accident
Russell Swain wasn't about to let the carload of teens who had rear-ended his watercraft trailer just drive away.
Degree was a class away for 90-year-old grad
Ruth Wing had given up hope for a degree. On Sunday, thanks to her daughter, St. Petersburg College gave her one.
Kids roam halls where bugs, beasts and vandals ruled
Rio Vista Elementary was more like a haunted mansion at one time than a back-to-basics school.
Ever-improving Treasure Island banks on fat budget
"This budget ($2.3-million) says we're doing things right," the city manager says.
Budget plan holds tax rate steady
But this may be the last time Gulfport can avoid raising the millage rate it's had for 15 years, the city manager warns.
Grand Central seeks creative markers
The association has budgeted $20,000 to design, make and install artwork directly on Central Avenue.
Officers of the future
Sixteen high school graduates from Pinellas County are in their first weeks at the nation's armed forces academies.
Folksy book resurrects St. Petersburg's ghosts
An author who loves telling stories shares the tales of some of the more memorable characters from the city's past.
Made-over mall still sitting at Crossroads
It has been a rough two years since this Largo mall's sale and facelift. Stalwart retailers await better days.
Osceola Middle's new principal energetic, eager
Robert Vacari hoped to return to Osceola Middle as a principal. The new principal plans to build on the A school's success.
Noncity dwellers find common complaints
They come from all over the county, but they share two things: They live in unincorporated Pinellas and they don't approve of higher taxes.
Military news
John Tuthill of St. Petersburg was honored at a military retirement ceremony July 13 in Jacksonville following 33 years of service to the U.S. Navy, Judge Advocate General's Corps.
100-year birthdays
Gertrude Kusswetter Flichtbeil celebrates her 100th birthday today. She was born July 24, 1902, in Frankfort, Germany. She emigrated to New York City in 1926 where she worked for a time as a baby nurse.
Achievers
The National Merit Scholarship Corporation has announced the final group of Merit Scholar designees for 2002. These 1,800 high school graduates join more than 2,700 other college-sponsored award recipients nationwide who were announced in late May.
Letters
Add a downtown arch, rob an adult center?
Have St. Petersburg's elected officials (City Council and mayor) taken leave of their senses? First I read that the City Council approved $270,000 for an arch to be erected at the Pier entrance (No rise in tax rate, council decides, July 12). Do we really need this at a popular attraction? Is this a good price? It seems excessive to me.
Tampa Bay headlines
Care mixed with caring
Builder road fees set to rise
Nerve center's safety secured
Williams siblings squabble in filings
Insider benefits from waivers
GOP convention may cost public $21.8-million
Father who got HIV to sue blood bank
Charges dropped in restaurant holdup
Howard Troxler
Can Pinellas look forward to future full of promise?
North Pinellas headlines
Financial officer charged in used car fraud case
Dunedin City Hall work needs 30 more days
Dunedin tries to keep rainy-day fund filled
Belcher Road stretch finally connects
Pet dog attacks playful toddler
City fishes for better deal
Police Reports
Area woman strikes gold in California
Editorial
Busy road needs traffic light now -- not next year
Letters
City manager does disservice to firefighters
Hillsborough headlines
Fines on complex $5,000 per day
Suit filed over slain daughter's body
Lawyer charged with stalking woman
Ernest Hooper
A killer, deadly crossings and a Miss Piggy encore
News of Florida
GOP ad bashes Bush rivals McBride, Reno
Son files papers for Bush candidacy
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