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December 13, 2002
North of Tampa: December 13, 2002
Coaches, players who hung together
Long hours of study, planning and hard work pay off for Wharton's team.
Marlene Sokol: At a standstill in suburbia
I try to imagine that Dale Mabry is the Las Vegas strip, thick with cabs. I try to picture myself as Sarah Jessica Parker on the streets of Manhattan, waving one down.
Lake warning: Please don't eat the mussels
Radium is present in harmful amounts in the mussels of nine local lakes. But is that cause for concern?
Wildcat support: Intense, subtle
Wharton's fans can barely believe the team has come so far in so few seasons, so they don't want to jinx the winning roll toward a possible state title. They won't even say the word jinx.
With care, these plants can thrive in the Florida soil
Reader Nancy Love of Carrollwood has some questions about the plumbagos and bougainvilleas she planted along a wall. Love chose these plants for the blooms and the low maintenance. But she is disappointed because they are not thriving and not blooming as expected. The plants face the west with a drainage ditch running in front of them, allowing the soil to stay on the dry side.
Mud tires are a good gift for mountain bikers
Ask mountain bike racers what gift they hope to find under the tree, and most will say knobby tires.
Get this, sports fans
You'll never see her, but what one pro does makes or breaks a broadcast.
Two lawyers elected to community board
Daryl Manning and Brian Ross will replace two directors of the Westchase Community Association.
Plan would swap mall land for nature park
Pasco's proposal would replace 50 acres of wetlands near SR 56 and I-75 with a wildlife preserve.
Party if by land, throw beads if by sea
Landlubbers and boaters will celebrate Christmas with varied merriment during the Bay Crest boat parade.
Teens will spend Sunday buying for Children's Home
TOWN 'N COUNTRY -- About a dozen teens from the Town 'N Country Youth Council will converge on Wal-Mart on Sunday to do their holiday shopping for children at the Children's Home.
Officials shelve plan to extend water, sewer lines
To avoid unintended consequences, experts must define what an environmentally sensitive area really is.
Need an acid drop? This new park's up your alley
Don't worry if you don't know what an acid drop is. Your child does. And after $850,000 in work, Bicentennial Park has space for it and more.
Homes
A home designed for cooking
When the Mayers planned their home in StillWater, they packed it with gadgets to aid their many culinary pursuits.
Thriving city life is the goal
IF YOU BUILD IT: The downtown that Petula Clark sang about certainly wasn't Tampa. Clark's classic ditty describes a downtown brightened by neon lights where you could "forget all your troubles, forget all your cares." These days, the desolation of downtown at night is more likely to depress than uplift.
Home accessories serve up pictures of Zimbabwe
Masasa sells pieces from the native land of a Brandon couple, through their Web site, home shows and local shops.
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