North of Tampa

North of Tampa: April 20, 2003

Toll tales come from booth dwellers

[Times photo: Mike Pease]
These men and women are road warriors of a different sort. They take your money while you're on the run, but they watch stories roll on by.

Zoning: Subdivision again requested on Bern's harvest site
LUTZ: Engineer Hung T. Mai on Tuesday will once again go before the commission to ask for approval of a 27-home subdivision on property once used to harvest vegetables for Bern's Steak House.

Holding onto old Florida
A tin-roofed 1930s log cabin, which must be moved before a new development can be built, holds the vivid memories of two families.

Neighborhood Report
Carrollwood: Church considers community park for 2004 carnival
Sacred Heart Church wants to book Original Carrollwood Park for three days. The tax board will decide.

Carrollwood: Community deputies keep jobs
But a new sheriff's district commander plans "more bang for our buck."

New Tampa: A long way from ideal
In the shadow of the Masters Golf Tournament, a local man challenging Women's Organization president Martha Burk's leadership has little luck getting across his ideas.

New Tampa: Cross Creek commuters can expect a smoother ride
A county transportation official says busy, pothole-filled Cross Creek Boulevard will be repaired in the near future.

Tiny church school makes room for growth
A Lutheran school in a church fellowship hall will move to a new building and is planning to expand its student population.

What? There was life before TV?
It may be hard to believe, but yes. Students visit an adult living facility to hear how youngsters entertained themselves before the age of electronics.

School culinary team racks up victories
The Chamberlain High group wins district and state competitions and now faces a national contest in Philadelphia.

Open & Shut
Krystal Burger to open

Milestones
Cameron Sokolik, a seventh-grader at Orange Grove Middle School of the Arts, is among 38 youths from across the country selected as an award winner in the Nestle Very Best In Youth 2003 Program. Sokolik, son of Joel and Vicki Sokolik of Tampa Palms, was chosen by Nestle USA and Reading Is Fundamental for demonstrating his commitment to reading, academic excellence and making a tangible contribution to the quality of life in his community.

Week in Review
LIGHT RAIL APPROVED IN THEORY -- The Federal Transit Administration on Monday approved a 20-mile light rail system that would connect downtown Tampa with Hyde Park, the Westshore Business District and New Tampa. The move clears the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority to buy right of way, seek permits, design and build the rail system. But HARTline must find the $985-million it estimates the system will cost to build. And that will be no small task for the cash-strapped agency that runs the county's bus system and trolley.

Neighborhood Notebook: Sickles, HCC offer summer drafting class
CITRUS PARK -- Sickles High School's drafting and design department is teaming with Hillsborough Community College to offer an opportunity for high school students to take a dual enrollment drafting class this summer.

Prep Notebook: Chamberlain softball heads to district
NORTH TAMPA -- The Chamberlain softball team has had little trouble dominating opponents throughout the regular season. In fact, the Chiefs won 17 of their first 22 games and won many of those games in abbreviated, five-inning fashion. So when it came time to clinch the top seed for the Class 5A, District 8 tournament, Chamberlain did so in its usual style.

Sports Digest: Westchase race is school fundraiser
Westchase Elementary will host a Run for Cover 5K race on Saturday, starting at Village Plaza and proceeding west along Linebaugh Avenue. Participants will receive a T-shirt, sponsor packet and refreshments after the race. Proceeds will help purchase a cover for the Westchase Elementary P.E. court.

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