By RON MATUS, ROB BRANNON and DAVID KARP
Published August 1, 2003
SOHO - Strip club king Joe Redner plans to open a spa across from his Xtreme Total Health & Fitness club on S Howard Avenue.
Redner said he paid $1.4-million in cash for the site, formerly the Primadonna Trattoria restaurant. If all goes as planned, the spa should open this fall, he said. The spa will also provide much-needed parking for the Xtreme gym.
Garden project below overpass finished
NEW SUBURB BEAUTIFUL - A project to spruce up an area below an overpass is done.
Workers installed a four-tiered, concrete, Florentine fountain under the Lee Roy Selmon Crosstown Expressway on Monday, near Howard and Watrous avenues. The water was expected to be turned on Thursday. "It's in and it's beautiful," said Bettie Nelson, civic chairman for the Amaryllis Garden Circle, which led the effort.
The city spent $30,000 to landscape and irrigate the site. The garden circle spent $1,700 on the fountain. It raised the money by making and selling gourmet frozen dinners.
"We hope the community will love it and enjoy it," Nelson said.
Photo contest lets kids snap the pictures
DAVIS ISLANDS - A picture may be worth a thousand words, but for Davis Islands youths the right shot could have a more tangible value.
Java & Cream, an ice cream shop on Davis Boulevard, is sponsoring the first Davis Islands Photo Contest for Kids.
Photos will be judged on creativity, storytelling and artistic flair. Each child can submit up to six photos and, for fairness, all pictures must be taken with a disposable camera. Entries will be divided into three age groups: 7-12, 13-16 and 17-18.
Winners will receive ribbons, a year's subscription to National Geographic, pizza, soda and ice cream. The grand prize winner will get a new Cannon A300 digital camera.
The winning photographs will adorn the walls of Java & Cream in October. All entries are due by Sept. 15. Winners will be announced Sept. 22.
Meals on Wheels in dire need of volunteers
TAMPA - Meals on Wheels is desperately seeking volunteers.
Last week, the organization had to cancel some deliveries to homebound individuals because it didn't have enough helpers, said executive director Debra Gordon.
Meals on Wheels is a community supported nonprofit group that serves more than 450 meals daily to people in Tampa. The group depends on volunteer drivers.
The food is often the recipient's only hot meal of the day. And, in many cases, the human interaction with the delivery driver is as important as the food.
