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September 20, 2002

Tampa Bay: September 20, 2002
Trash in home hinders firefighters
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[Times photo: Kinfay Moroti]
Rescue workers tore off a front door to get inside, but garbage piled high blocked their entry.

North Pinellas County news

Teacher arrested in drug sweep
The Palm Harbor resident and a Tarpon man were charged during an international drug operation that rounded up 115 suspects.

Clearwater hopeful about new tenants for CGI campus
IMRglobal was lured by the city with incentives aplenty four years ago. Its stylish downtown complex is now on the market.

Teacher loses week's pay for false address
She is suspended after admitting she submitted false documents to have her daughter enrolled at Palm Harbor University High.

Step inside for a look at where art comes alive
At the annual Studio Waltz on Saturday, you can see a dozen workshops of local artists. Here's your chance to climb inside the studio -- and mind -- of the artist.

Ethics panel okays land sale to airport
If an airport employee stays out of the negotiations, his employer can buy land from his family for an expansion. The decision isn't final.

No Tiger, but 3 other golf pros will do
The professionals give a group of Boys & Girls Club members some pointers about golf and life, while poking fun at each other and Tiger Woods.

Public cheers as Publix plan ends
Dunedin says no to rezoning for a proposed supermarket amid concerns about traffic and noise.

Pupil's act went beyond prank to a serious crime
Kids will be kids, some people probably said after reading the Times story this week about a 13-year-old boy who put a sleeping pill in his teacher's soft drink at Tarpon Springs Middle School.

Skyway Bowl gets rebuilding project rolling
Three construction workers sat at the bar eating lunch.

Airliner's lavatory leaks into luggage area
Southeast Airlines says water from a DC-9's lavatory overflowed into a luggage compartment during a flight to St. Petersburg-Clearwater airport.

Just leave it? Rubbish!
Brigades of beautifiers will spend Saturday picking up millions of cigarette butts and pounds of garbage during the 2002 Florida Coastal Cleanup.

Letters
It was landlord who mangled facts
In his Sept. 15 letter, Facts about park owner were left out, Kings Manor Estates attorney David J. Sockol critiques an earlier Times editorial (That's no way to run a mobile home park, Sept. 8), calling it "unfair and grossly misleading." Mr. Sockol suggests that the Times hasn't fully embraced its journalistic responsibility because it avoided even a "cursory investigation" into some charges made by park residents.


Tampa Bay headlines
  • Officer accused of grand theft
  • Tampa rule to put stop to parking lot drinking
  • Trop on sale for $1 to avoid huge tax bill
  • Al-Arian case not first to bedevil a USF chief
  • Missing baby found safe; godmother arrested
  • FEMA unveils maps of new flood zones
  • Genshaft's annual address sticks to the high points
  • Documentary sparks protest by area Hindus
  • Better than Ezra to promote album

  • South Pinellas headlines
  • Judge may release video of police trip
  • Nickname a clue to solving deli robbery, shooting
  • Water, sewer prices to leap as city passes on higher costs

  • Hillsborough headlines
  • Public access station loses aid
  • Youths have a door to a future
  • 22 homeless after blaze at apartments
  • Sanchez shindig sports luxury cars, champagne
  • Man arrested in string of Tampa robberies
  • Tampa officer fined for losing his gun
  • Serial robbery suspect held

  • North of Tampa
  • Neighbors fight zoning for 5D Ranch
  • Here's the dish
  • Giants slain in opening week
  • Event showcases Filipino culture
  • Looking for a good deed?
  • Hard work, not magic, may control weeds
  • Heritage Isles seeks 433 more homes
  • New Westchase leaders promise approachability
  • A little space adds a sense of place
  • Interim manager named to post permanently
  • Readers and their tutors recognized for efforts

  • City Times - South Tampa
  • Of flab, abs, bugs and dogs
  • Friends mourn Dominican woman
  • Kick start
  • From worlds apart, united
  • One-man civic band
  • George J. Bean: He helped build Tampa airport
  • Immigrant's son became successful carpenter
  • Make way for serious shoppers
  • Datebook
  • Job give homeless temporary shelter
  • Rivals happily meet again on field
  • Legos: Building blocks of learning
  • Neighborhood notebook
  • Resort wear shop is new tenant
  • Readers and their tutors recognized for efforts
  • Council must weigh Old Hyde Park Village uses
  • Group is still considering hiring off-duty police officer
  • Artist's creations feather nests of the well-heeled
  • Homes to sprout off road
  • Tampa Bay ready for close-ups

  • News of Florida
  • Former opponents stump for unity
  • Broward official apologizes for voting mess
  • Governor wants more classrooms
  • Nurses want changes in office surgery rules
  • Study: 'Missing' children overstated
  • Around the state
  • Official-reservist plans to govern by phone, laptop
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