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December 29, 2002
Tampa Bay: December 29, 2002
South Pinellas County news
Citizens groups try to shape elections
From St. Pete Beach to Belleair Beach and everywhere in between, residents will choose new leaders in March.
Qualifying begins for Seminole council
The window to sign up to run for one of three seats is small this year because of the new voting technology.
2002: The Year in Review
Tiny donor, giant gift
A family revels in the joy of the season as baby Aiden receives the ultimate gift: hope.
Contentious construction
ST. PETERSBURG -- The terra cotta house on Miramar Boulevard NE that has elicited neighborhood criticism has new design elements and landscaping.
Contending with gowns and grades
ST. PETERSBURG -- Carrie Ann Mewha, the city's homegrown Miss Florida USA 2003, made a whirlwind visit here for the holidays.
Principals take the helm at 3 new schools
ST. PETERSBURG -- They got their names in the summer of 2001: Douglas Jamerson Elementary, James B. Sanderlin Elementary and Thurgood Marshall Middle School.
Cart corral system a success
ST. PETERSBURG -- When the Kash n' Karry at Pinellas Point unveiled its $2-million makeover in March, one of the highlights was a new system for corralling shopping carts.
Chief elf and gator hunter
ST. PETERSBURG -- A week before Christmas, the chief elf at the Christmas Toy Shop fretted that Santa might be short some toys for children ages 1 and 2 and for girls 11 and 12.
Hero from Seminole to receive Silver Star
SEMINOLE -- Staff Sgt. Arin Canon, the American soldier who led his squad of Rangers up a mountain ridge in Afghanistan to rescue wounded buddies and retrieve fallen comrades, will receive a Silver Star on Jan. 16.
Recyclers have big plans for new year
ST. PETERSBURG -- The Louise Graham Regeneration Center, a recycling business that employs mentally disabled workers along with mainstream laborers, has a history of financial hardship.
Team helps him through tough days
ST. PETERSBURG -- In the season's last football game, contested for the league championship, Olajuwon Simmons intercepted a pass and ran for a deciding touchdown. His Northeast Bandits team defeated Dunedin 14-6 to win the title.
Signs of progress in the Deuces
ST. PETERSBURG -- At a quick glance, the Midtown section of 22nd Street S looks much like it did a year ago: a gritty strip with vacant lots, boarded storefronts and, with a couple of exceptions, no noticeable business surge.
Lakewood shooting for a second title
ST. PETERSBURG -- What do you do after a championship season?
Places for pooches
SEMINOLE -- The past year has been good to south Pinellas dogs: Four new dog parks have opened.
Two loved ones lost in two weeks
ST. PETERSBURG -- Michelle Haigh, the teenager who had nursed her mother for several years with help from her grandmother, lost both women within two weeks of each other this fall.
Tumor-free and on to college
ST. PETERSBURG -- His voice remains raspy from radiation treatments a year ago. A 13-inch scar from his Adam's apple to his navel is a reminder of the April surgery to remove a grapefruit-sized tumor from his esophagus.
An unending annexation debate
LEALMAN -- Activists in this unincorporated community spent the past year on a roller coaster ride that seems to be stuck. City or county?
Dr. Delay: Rattled by potholes? Blame it on the rain
The roads around southern Pinellas County continue to deteriorate faster than crews can fix them. Mostly, the problem has been the rain.
New year brings new season on the hardwood
The opening act almost is over for area college basketball teams.
Letters:
Woman's heartlessness is appalling
Re: Todd urges task force deal with homeless, Dec. 22.
Tampa Bay headlines
Fire kills elderly couple, grandson
Trust, funds of charity depleted
State sets school spending deadline
Trash from Disney is Pasco man's treasure
North Pinellas headlines
To save the trees, school will move
Tense history key in failed unity attempt
Diminutive judge sits tall behind the gavel
Angel of mercy at a time of need
Palm Harbor keeps shaping downtown
Some civics lessons learned in roundabout way
Hillsborough headlines
Man dies after being hit by car
Christmas' flip side
Carrollwood: Bearss Avenue repaving still on schedule
2002: The Year in Review: Whatever Happened To ...
Neighborhood Notebook: Santa enjoys another year of delivering via FedEx
Oldsmar: Neighbors boo bar's live music
Find time to pause this season
Land O'Lakes: Land O'Lakes plan revises vision, vocabulary
2002: The Year in Review: Schools' flag monument finds funds
Ernest Hooper: Football analysis and cool parties
News of Florida
E-mail did not come from tourism agency
Critics question grant to group
Last three days for flood policies
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