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March 26, 2003
Tampa Bay: March 26, 2003
South Pinellas County news
Deputies setting speeders in radar sights
To address citizens' concerns, Seminole hires a second deputy for its traffic enforcement program.
Buyer appears for homes not on market
The county wants to pluck houses along Bear Creek to improve drainage. Homeowners have mixed reactions.
Mayor calls for backup as citizen seethes
PINELLAS PARK -- For 76-year-old Theresa Vistein, the day that began as a jaunt with friends ultimately turned into a brouhaha that had the mayor summoning the city's police to face off against sheriff's deputies.
At 56, dressmaker resists a pattern of segregation
Altamease Chapman entered the whites-only Mound Park Hospital as a first. She would eventually earn a key to the city.
Farm out
Eight hundred kids will never look at pizza quite the same way after lessons in the classroom and in the field.
War intrudes on Radiant Peace's first open house
Visitors find 12 years of essays and artwork from children and hear the concept of radiant peace. It may be a museum by 2005.
Question of Faith
QUESTION OF FAITH: What is a brief explanation of your Baha'i faith?
Hasidic movement
Rabbi Alter Korf has started a Chabad, an Orthodox Jewish group to help people get closer to their faith.
SPCA to offer training for pet foster owners
Experience the rewards of being a foster owner and give a homeless puppy or kitten a loving start in life.
Ceremony to retire U.S. flags with dignity
A flag retirement ceremony will be held at noon June 14, Flag Day, at the nature preserve on Gulf Boulevard in Indian Rocks Beach. Ripped and tattered flags may be brought to City Hall, 1507 Bay Palm Blvd., Indian Rocks Beach, or VFW Post 10094, 14268 Walsingham Road, Largo.
Hot meals may return in Seminole
Talks with the city could allow the agency to use the kitchen at the Seminole rec center to ensure meals are hot. Meals from Largo for 60 clients now arrive frozen.
Demand higher standards, school official says
School Board member Mary Brown tells a community forum: Don't accept C schools.
Thomas, mentor and teacher, dies at 70
Sarah Jean Thomas, a sharecropper's daughter, earned a master's degree and guided thousands of children.
Condo owners to Pinellas Park: Keep your paws off
The Villas of Bonnie Bay follow the lead of Bonnie Glynn in asking to remain unincorporated.
Albert Whitted Airport to hold open house
Albert Whitted Airport will hold an open house and airshow from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. This event is part of the 300th and 100th anniversary celebrations of the cities of St. Petersburg, Russia, and St. Petersburg, Fla.
Candidate was chief of troubled company
George Makrauer says steering a company through bankruptcy reorganization shows his competency as a manager.
Seabird saver to make pitch
A seabird rescue and rehabilitation operation hopes to move from cramped quarters in Tierra Verde to donated land in Fort De Soto Park.
SPIFFS Folk Fair counts 20,600
The 28th annual festival reports a 10 percent increase in attendance from last year.
Longtime player scratches itch
Although Joan Malone of St. Petersburg has played for more than 50 years, she still gets the occasional itch to enter a tournament.
On the water: Smaller boats provide stiff competition
Sailing on little lakes behind condos and next to golf courses are some of the most technical craft around.
Golf: Club champion proves to be team player also
Doug Stewart doubled his golfing pleasure last week.
Letters:
Tax cap should benefit the needy
Re: Tax cap's disparity: Some save more, March 17.
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