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December 1, 2002
Tampa Bay: December 1, 2002
Tough enough
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[Times photo: Chris Zuppa]
They may look sweet and innocent, but they can knock the daylights out of other kids. And they like it. These are not girly girls. They're girls who are good at a rough sport.
South Pinellas County news
Guests at rec center will have to pay up
The city plans to charge -- how much is unclear -- because people were abusing the previous rules.

Trouble at the tower
The Bayfront Tower condo board and residents are squabbling over how to pay for building repairs.

A pipe dream realized
A 1928 pipe organ, now installed in the Pinellas Park city auditorium, is nearly restored thanks to donations from devotees.

Indian site may get landmark status
Such a designation for an Indian mound in Pinellas Point would shield it from further development.

Gulfport soon may add new neighborhood
The 20.81 acres of land contains 50 single-family houses and could bring in $15,000 a year in taxes.

City fills commission vacancy -- or does it?
Indian Rocks Beach chooses a commission replacement, only to find out she has a relative working for the city.

A more modest proposal
Walgreens hopes to build a drugstore on 54th Avenue S, where residents once defeated a plan to build a Wal-Mart.

Optical store eyes vacant lot on Fourth
The Optical Outlet is considering building a new home instead of moving into the strip with Outback Steakhouse.

Motions filed for inmate on death row
ST. PETERSBURG -- Three motions have been filed by attorneys for Amos King, seeking to delay or throw out the death sentence he received for killing an elderly Tarpon Springs woman.

That coffee mug gift for teacher? Forget it
A coffee mug, gift certificate or an apron with handprints down the front? What are you going to give your child's teacher this year for Hanukkah or Christmas?

Murder-suicide ends long union
ST. PETERSBURG -- Max Cornelius was a healthy 75-year-old, though the signs of old age were creeping into his life.

Dr. Delay: Road signs don't tell the truth all the time
From the Don't Believe Everything You Read Department:

Despite their research, daughter is passed over
The Bushes studied the system, comparing schools, only to have their daughter end up on a waiting list.

Christians reminded of season's meaning
A Lutheran church plans Advent events, including an elegant service, to usher in spiritual readiness.

City grant is a windfall for young association
ST. PETERSBURG -- Members of the Euclid Heights Neighborhood Association can be thankful for one thing: The struggling association is batting a thousand on its grant requests.

Voters may get a say on use of property
INDIAN ROCKS BEACH -- Voters may get a second chance to tell the City Commission how they feel about a one-acre property on Second Street.

Former resident remembers boyhood at 12 Lincoln Court
ST. PETERSBURG -- Herman H. Prothro is a man of a hundred tales.

Youth football conferences crown champions
Youth football teams battled for bragging rights last weekend in the Suncoast Youth Football Conference and in the Pinellas Youth Football Conference.

Titans focus on preparing for league games
St. Petersburg College basketball coach Earnest Crumbley will not look back.

Letters: So tennis attracts the 'right' crowd?
Re: Ball court plans draw opposition, Nov. 24.


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