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Seminole notebook

Earth Day event full of activities

By SHEILA MULLANE ESTRADA
Published March 30, 2005

The fourth annual Earth Day in the Park, sponsored by the Seminole Tree Advisory committee, will be held April 9 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Seminole City Park, 7464 Ridge Road, Seminole.

Activities include a home and garden expo, children's arts and crafts, a bounce house, a fossil dig, garden face painting by the Uptown Clowns, the Seminole Library spelling bee, live oldies rock 'n' roll music by the Suburban White Men, free Home Depot gift card raffles, and a barbecue lunch sponsored by the Seminole High School Marching Band Boosters.

The committee also will give away plants and mulch to the first 400 attendees. The event is free and open to the public. For information, call 391-8345.

The Earth Day Spelling Bee, sponsored by the Seminole Community Library, is open to fourth- and fifth-graders. Advance registration at the library is required. For more information, call Marion or Karen at 394-6913.

The St. Petersburg College Students Art Show will be on display at the Seminole Community Library Gallery in April, Mondays through Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Fridays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sundays from 1 to 5 p.m. The library is at 9200 113th St. N. Call 394-6905.

Special April activities at the Seminole Library include:

AARP Tax Assistance: Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., through April 14.

Mom's Club: Monday, 10 a.m.

Medicaid Seminar: Tuesday, 2 p.m.

Sunshine Stitchers: Tuesday, 6:30 p.m.

Book Discussion Group: Cross Creek, April 6, 2 p.m.

Senior Survival: Thursdays, April 7 and 14, and Tuesdays, April 19 and 26, 2 p.m.

Library Youth Advisory Board: Thursdays, April 7 and 23, 7 p.m.

Fast Forward: Singers Sandra, Joy Rosemary and Sue, a feminine-style barbershop quartet known as Fast Forward, will perform April 10 at 3 p.m.

Suicide Prevention: April 11, 6 p.m.

Dental Implant Seminar: April 12, 3:30 p.m.

Market Your Business: April 13, 6 p.m.

Fibromyalgia Support: April 16 , 11 a.m.

Ikebana Workshop: April 18, 9 a.m.

Senior Workshop: April 19, 2 p.m.

Toastmasters: Tuesdays, April 19 and 26, 6 p.m.

Parkinson's Support Group: April 20, 6:30 p.m.

AARP Safe Driving: April 20 and April 22, 9 a.m.

Richard Wagner Society: April 23, 1 p.m.

Recurring activities include:

Classic Movie Matinee (Adults): Thursdays, 2 p.m. Free popcorn and sodas.

Family Movie: Saturdays, 2 p.m . Films for all ages, free popcorn and sodas.

Toddler Storytime: A 20-minute program of brief picture books, finger plays and puppet shows for children ages 18-36 months, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:30 a.m.

Preschool Storytime: A 30-minute program of picture books, action rhymes, finger plays and puppet shows for children ages 3-5, Tuesday and Thursdays, 11 a.m.

Twilight Tales: A 30-minute program featuring stories, songs and other fun activities for children in preschool through second grade, Mondays, 6:30 p.m.

Wheels, Wings and Wonderful Things: For boys in kindergarten through second grade, Wednesday, April 27, 6:30 p.m.

Seminole Recreation will sponsor a trip to Show Palace Dinner Theatre in Hudson to see Sugar Babies today from 10:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. The cost is $55 including a buffet meal, the show and bus tip. A recreation card is required for participation. The recreation center is at 9100 113th St. N. For more information, call 391-8345.

This Friday's Movies Under the Stars showing of E.T. has been canceled. For more information, call Steve Malla, recreation program coordinator, at 391-8345.

Nonresident registration for the Seminole Recreation Center's Summer Camp program begins Saturday at 8 a.m. The center will offer two camps - the Club Fun Daze for children in kindergarten through fifth grade, and Teen Extreme for students in sixth through ninth grades. For more information, call 391-8345.

Dentist Richard Borgner will hold a free dental information seminar April 12 at 3:30 p.m. at Seminole Library, 9200 113th St. N. The seminar focuses on options to replace missing teeth.

Implant and General Dentistry of Tampa Bay, P.A., sponsors the program as part of its community outreach program. Questions will be answered. For reservations, call 535-6400.

A Tribute to Teachers Breakfast, sponsored by the Seminole Chamber of Commerce, will be April 14 at 7:30 a.m. at Seminole Middle School. The chamber will honor a representative teacher from each of 19 Seminole-area public and private schools who make outstanding contributions to children and youths. Live entertainment and presentations on teachers and schools will be featured. Ron Stone, Pinellas schools' associate superintendent for human resources and public affairs, is master of ceremonies. The breakfast costs $8 a person, plus an additional $25 to sponsor a teacher. Seminole Middle School is at 8701 131st St. N. For reservations, call the chamber office at 392-3245.

The 2005 Seminole Stampede 5K, 10K and 1-mile certified race course will be held April 16 at Walsingham Park. The preregistration deadline is Saturday. Late registration the day of the event begins at 7:20 a.m. The 1-mile run begins at 8 a.m., and the 5K and 10K runs begin at 8:20 a.m. The event is sponsored by the Seminole Chamber of Commerce. Free race T-shirts will be provided to those with race number stubs. The cost for the event is $15 for the 1-mile and $20 for the 5K and 10K events. For more information or to request an application, visit www.seminolestampede.com call 392-3245 or e-mail Staff@seminolechamber.net

The Tampa Bay Movers and Shakers Support Group will hold its first meeting April 20 at 6:30 p.m. at the Seminole Community Library, 9200 113th St N. The group is open to persons with Parkinson's disease under the age of 65, as well as their family members and friends. For more information, call 397-2024.

Seminole High School Class of 1985 will hold its 20-year reunion June 24 and 25 at the Tradewinds Island Grand on St. Pete Beach. For more information, call Maria Christiano Walkiewicz at 399-2005.

News for Neighborhood Notebook can be e-mailed to SeminoleNotebook@knology.net faxed to 398-6054, mailed to Seminole Notebook, 13472 Bellewood Ave. N, Seminole, FL 33776, or by calling Sheila Estrada at 399-9197.

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