Paton selected to give presentation at Olympic Games
Dr. Scott Paton of Paton Chiropractic and Sports Medicine in Land O'Lakes, will deliver an oral presentation of his thesis before a delegation of the Pre-Olympic Congress on Monday, in Thessaloniki, Greece. The 2004 summer Olympics will begin Aug. 13. Paton is the first chiropractor invited to speak before the Pre-Olympic Congress.
Paton's thesis, entitled Artificially Induced Leg Length Inequality and Its Effect on Sway, is a 68-page hardbound book that consists of a collection of data, documentation and diagrams that represents three years of Paton's studies.
Complementing his chiropractor's license is a master's degree in sports injury management.
Paton received his master's degree from Life University, Marietta, Ga., after doing undergraduate work at the University of South Florida.
Paton is also an athletic trainer who volunteered 2,000 hours toward certification and previously worked with the Atlanta Falcons among other central Georgia teams.
Paton's plans to expand his study to incorporate athletes from all levels. His goal is to focus on how athletes run, throw and jump, hoping to uncover information that could help enhance coordination among all athletes and revolutionize sports.
Paton's Chiropractic and Sports Medicine is located at 24711 State Road 54 in Lutz.
Woman's club announces scholarship winners
The Lutz/Land O'Lakes Woman's Club recently announced 16 scholarship winners and honored the recipients at a lunch held at the Lutz Community Center. A total of $7,000 in scholarships was awarded.
Six of the recipients were present at the lunch and spoke to the group about their plans.
Samantha Dix, a graduate of King High School International Baccalaureate program, will use her scholarship at the University of South Florida where she will study theatre design. She is the daughter of Sam and Maria Dix of Lutz.
Lauren Adamek is a graduate of Gaither High School. She will attend Hillsborough Community College and work toward a degree in business management. Adamek hopes to combine her love of horses with a business degree and hopes someday to work in the field of breeding and training horses. She is the daughter of Karyn and Gary Adamek.
Andrew Morse graduated from Baysore Christian School and will attend the University of North Florida, Jacksonville, and will work toward a degree in psychology and medicine. He is the son of Kathy and John Morse of Lutz.
Jocelyn Stokes is a graduate of Land O'Lakes International Baccalaureate program. She will attend New York University and will study journalism. Jocelyn is the daughter of Trevor Tokes of Land O'Lakes and Pamela Osnes of Columbus, Ohio.
Nick Shanahan is a graduate of Freedom High School and plans to attend the University of Central Florida to study business administration. He is the son Dawn and Guy Shanahan of Lutz.
Jessica Gagnon graduated salutatorian of the Land O'Lakes High School class of 2004. She will be attending the University of Tampa where she plans to begin work toward a future in orthopedic medicine. Jessica is the daughter of Judy and Dave Gagnon, Land O' Lakes.
Other scholarship recipients were Nancy Aherns, Courtney Feliciani, Amma Lee, Allison Sims, Alejandro Reyes, Kimberly Adams, Melanie Lynn, Jennifer Meyers, Trevor Scott, and Roshaunda Washington.
The Lutz/Land O'Lakes Woman's Club is one of the largest woman's clubs in the state of Florida. The club holds many fundraisers throughout the year and, as a service club, returns all money raised to community organizations and provides scholarships for many students from the Lutz/Land O' Lakes community.
Helen Fornino is in charge of publicity and can be reached at (813)948-0252.
Local students attend conference in National FBLA Conference
Fourteen Pasco County high school students and three advisers recently traveled to Denver to participate in the Future Business Leaders of America Leadership Conference.
Students participated in a several categories. Nicole Millar, Leiren Niessen, and Danielle Cabral of River Ridge High School, placed ninth nationally, in the category of American Enterprise Project. Jeremy Wierenga, Amy Abdel-Hadbi and Katie Junot of River Ridge High School took eighth place nationally, in the category of Partnership with Business Project.
Other students who attended were Jennifer Apell, Kevin Plunkett, Luke Servas and Travis Ugarte from Wesley Chapel High School; Erika Jarvi, Zephyrhills High School; Michelle Mendonca, Gulf High School; and Jared Velez and Ellen Boczarski, River Ridge High School.
The group attended workshops focused on career fundamentals, how to start a business, communications and teamwork, practical skills for life with financial information, and discovering how to do almost anything after releasing old habits.
The student enjoyed a tour of Denver Mountain Parks, Red Rocks Park and Amphitheater, Bear Creek Canyon and the "Blue Spruce Capital of the World." They also toured from the foot of snowcapped peaks to the top of Lookout Mountain - the site of Buffalo Bill Cody's final resting place.
In addition, the students had time to prepare for competition, make friends and exchange state pins with students from throughout the United States, vote for officers and visit many local cultural and historic sites.
Students who attended the National Leadership Conference were eligible to participate because they had placed either first or second in state competition in the spring. More than 3,000 students competed in Florida state competition. To reach state competition students had to place first through sixth place at their local district level.
Advisers traveling with the students were Sharon Oster from Gulf High School and Maryanne Meyer and Larry Meyer from River Ridge High School.
Resolution honors Shannon Schambeau
The County Commission recently congratulated Shannon Schambeau, Pasco County citizen and resident of Dade City, for her many accomplishments.
Schambeau holds a bachelor of arts degree in business administration from Saint Leo University where she graduated magna cum laude and received Outstanding Student in Management and Outstanding Student in the School of Business 2002-2003 awards from the university.
Schambeau was a member of the honors program, Delta Epsilon Sigma Honor Society and Sigma Beta Delta International Honor Society in Business. She is currently working on her master's degree in business administration at Saint Leo University.
Schambeau is the reigning Miss Pinellas County 2004 and was the first runner-up at this year's state competition, winning the preliminary swimsuit and evening gown competition, Community Service Award and was first runner-up for the State Academic Scholarship.
In 2003, Schambeau was Miss Dade City and a top 10 semifinalist at the Miss Florida Pageant in June 2003. She was awarded the State Scholastic Achievement Award and the Quality of Character Award.
Schambeau also held the titles of Miss Pasco County Fair 2000, Miss Mid-State 2001, and Miss Tri-County 2002.
A travel opportunity to London offered Schambeau four months to fulfill internships with Aveda and Estee Lauder. On one of her spring breaks, she traveled to Haiti where she painted a house, worked with an orphanage and visited a place similar to a hospice. Shannon spent another spring break working for the Jimmy Carter Work Project in Valdosta, Ga., where in four days she helped with the construction of six houses.
Schambeau has been an active volunteer for Special Olympics since she was in sixth grade. She also volunteers with Habitat for Humanity, her church, and other service organizations. A certified skydiver, she likes to spend her extra time working out and tap dancing.
She hopes to obtain three more master's degrees, pursue a career as CEO of a Fortune 500 company, and work on the National Advisory Board for Special Olympics.
Schambeau is a fourth generation native Floridian from Dade City and is the daughter of Jerry and Betty Schambeau of Dade City.
WHAT'S HAPPENINGCommissioners designate Family Day
The Pasco County Commission wants you to eat dinner with your kids. So much so that commissioners approved a resolution on July 13 designating Sept. 27 as Family Day - A Day to Eat Dinner with Your Children.
The resolution came after attention was drawn to a survey about the use of illegal drugs and the abuse of alcohol and nicotine as constituting the greatest threats to the well-being of America's children. Surveys by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University have consistently found that the more often children and teenagers eat dinner with their families the less likely they are to smoke, drink and use illegal drugs.
The survey also found that teenagers who rarely eat dinner with their families are 72 percent more likely than the average teenager to use illegal drugs, alcohol and cigarettes.
Sheriff's Office sponsors camp
The moss-draped trees and well-manicured fields of Stanley Park in Lacoochee provided a green backdrop recently for about 40 children who participated in Harmony in the Streets, a free five-day camp sponsored by the Pasco County Sheriff's Office and the Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches. Sheriff Bob White paid the organization $5,000 to bring the program to Pasco for the first time. Youth Ranches has been running the camps, which travel around the state in one week spurts, since 1997. All week, the children, most of whom live in the Lacoochee area, munched on picnic lunches provided by the Boys and Girls Club of Lacoochee, played a variety of sports and games, learned about the environment and worked together to improve their social and citizenship skills. They watched demonstrations delivered by members of the sheriff's aviation, marine, canine, SWAT and mounted units. "We're going to try to make this an annual thing," said Cpl. Chad Tadlock, who rounded up the campers by giving out applications to parents.
Central Pasco Open Soccer Registration The Central Pasco United Association will hold registration for the 2004-2005 season at the Land O'Lakes Recreation Complex on Collier Parkway beginning Aug. 14. All children ages 4-19 are welcome to register as long as they are four years old on or before Aug. 1, 2004.
Advance registration online at www.cpusasoccer.com began Friday. However, pre-registration still requires parent and player to come to the registration at the recreation center for uniform sizing and required signatures.
To register, the following items are required: copy of state issued birth certificate (new players only), Social Security number, emergency contact information, and for girls ages 7 and up, a small photo. Incomplete registration will not be processed.
In person registration will be: 9-4 p.m. Saturday; 1-4 p.m Aug. 15; 6-9 p.m. Aug. 19; 9-4 p.m. Aug. 21; and 1-4 p.m Aug. 22.
Fees are based on age and range from $125 to $145.
In addition to the registration, old equipment such as cleats, soccer balls and shin guards will be accepted. They will be donated to Soccer for Souls.
Kelli and Steve Chojnacki, owners of the Primrose School, recently joined with local government and business leaders and the Central Pasco Chamber of Commerce for groundbreaking ceremonies for the new school.
When completed, Primrose School will enroll about 185 children in preschool and after school programs. The school embraces Primrose's Signature Balanced Learning (TM) curriculum, which combines teacher-directed and child-initiated learning that incorporates character development and play.
Now under construction, the school is expected to be completed by November. The 10,000-square-foot, $2.5-million school will be at 23021 Weeks Blvd., Land O' Lakes, near Lake Myrtle Elementary School.
Primrose operates more than 110 privately owned and operated schools educating children in eight states. Primrose is the first educational child care franchise to receive accreditation from the Commission on International and Trans-Regional Accreditation and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
For information on Primrose Schools visit www.primroseschools.com For information on the local schools, call 813 949-3610.
