Many parents are taking the carpool plunge
Teamwork works as students go greater lengths, siblings head to different schools, and some take a pass on buses.

Attractive new homes -- and ugly pile of debt
Heritage Harbor homeowners are poised to inherit millions in debt, thanks to a golf strategy that has fallen flat.

Ideas sought for community center
A survey will be mailed to residents asking for suggestions for the center, which should open in 2005.

Plan okay to raze Bern's garden
LUTZ: Land once used to supply Bern's Steak House with its veggies may soon house a subdivision.

Prep Notebook
Neither school finishes on top, but individual cross country runners have good performances.

USF graduate to teach in China
Robert Whalen of Town 'N Country will teach for the next year at the Henan Urban Construction College in Pingdingshan, China. Whalen is a 2002 graduate of the University of South Florida, with a degree in anthropology. He was vice president of the Anthropology Club at USF. Whalen spent the month of July on a dig in Xian, China, and also toured Beijing and Shaanxi province, the site where the terra-cotta warriors were unearthed. He is the son of Ken and Kathy Whalen.

The Week in Review
SHE'S A SURVIVOR: McKitrick Elementary School became its own tribe Thursday night, as roughly 70 or so teachers, administrators and friends assembled at the Tampa Ale House on N Dale Mabry Highway with one goal: cheering their pal Jan Gentry.

Pirouetting through a workout
A group of women -- not your standard ballerina types -- find plies and pirouettes don't have to be serious. They can be fun as well as healthful.

Tax rate to remain unchanged
The board decides against lowering the millage rate, even though the community is doing so well financially.

Voter turnout improving
Figures for the primary show more people are voting in New Tampa, but the numbers are still lower than the county average.

State nails contractor who left town
The Department of Business and Professional Regulation goes after Cindy Meyer-Webb, whose Aquilaco Inc. left debts and unfinished business.

From 1 home per acre to 3
That's what two major landowners want, a switch from 1997.

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