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Treasure Island's marketplace

By SHEILA MULLANE ESTRADA
Published June 22, 2005

The Treasure Island Open Air Market is open every Saturday during the summer from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the Treasure Island Community Park at 106th Avenue N at the Community Center, a block east of Gulf Boulevard behind Walgreens. The market offers fresh vegetables, baked goods, prepared foods, arts, crafts and collectibles. For vendor information, call Steve or Pat at 345-9084.

Gulfport

The Gulfport Public Library is offering a Summer Reading Program for children in kindergarten through fifth grade, as well as Teens Cool Summer Fun Programs. The programs feature Saturday puppet shows, poster designing, raffles and prizes. These and other programs include:

Wednesdays, 2:30 p.m. - today, Wonders of Nature; June 29, The Jingleman. Prizes will be awarded to top readers.

Fun with Crafts - Tuesday, 2:30 p.m.

Stories and Puppets - June 25, 2 p.m.

Gulfport Creative Writers - Wednesdays, 9:15 a.m. to noon.

Caregivers Support Group - Saturdays at 10 a.m. Sponsored by the Alzheimer's Association; open to all adults caring for someone with a chronic illness. For more information, call Georgia Terry at 549-8938.

GED Classes - Mondays and Wednesdays, 5 to 8 p.m. (except city or school holidays); Prepare for the high school equivalency examination through Lakewood Community School. For information, call 893-2955.

Gallery exhibition - "From City of Imagination: A Highway to the Soul - The Disappearing Florida Landscape" - An exhibition of Highwaymen paintings, Florida's African-American painters.

The library is at 5501 28th Ave. S. Registration for summer programs is ongoing. For information, Contact Pat Brinkley, youth services librarian at 893-1074 or visit http://tblc.org/gpl

The Gulfport Recreation Center Summer Program runs through July 29. Summer Camp is available for children who have completed kindergarten through the age of 14. Registration packets are available at the Recreation Center or on the Internet (www.ci.gulfport.fl.us follow links to city departments, leisure services, recreation center. For information, call 893-1068.

Six-week sessions of Youth Swim Instruction, offered by the North Beaches Branch YMCA, is at the Holiday Inn Harbourside, Indian Rocks Beach. Children are divided according to age group and ability. New this summer are snorkeling classes for children ages 6 to 12. A noncompetitive swim club for the same age group meets weekly through October. To register, call the YMCA at 595-5610.

The Beach Art Center's Creative Arts Camp will continue until July 15. The program for children ages 7-12 will be conducted in one-week segments. A child may be enrolled for as little as one week or as many as 6. Young artists will dabble in drawing, painting, sculpture, charcoal, 3-D art, paper mache and other creative projects designed to teach the basics of fine art and have lots of summer fun.

Cassandra Gordon-Harris, the Pinellas Arts Council Artist-in-Residence at Sexton Elementary School, is the instructor. The fee is $80 per week and a $10 materials fee. Snacks are provided.

Adult art classes and studios for oil paining, independent studies, clay, watercolor, and Sumi-ie/Suiboku also are offered through July. The classes are $60 for members and $75 for nonmembers each four weeks. For registration and information, call 596-4331.

The YMCA is offering a Summer Arts Program for seniors older than 55. Classes will meet Thursdays and Fridays from 10 a.m. to noon at the Beach Art Center, 1515 Bay Palm Blvd. Sessions will be through July 1 and from July 7 to 29. Students will learn art fundamentals such as color mixing, composition and design on Thursday and visit art museums or art centers on Friday to study the works of others. Paint, art supplies and transportation are provided. Cost is $50 a session. For information, call the YMCA at 595-5610.

The 17th annual Old Salt Ladies Inshore Offshore Fishing Tournament will be Thursday and Saturday at Gator's on the Pass, 12781 Kingfish Drive. Proceeds will benefit the Celma Mastry Ovarian Cancer Foundation. The group meets on the second Tuesday of the month at the American Legion Post 273 at 600 American Legion Drive. For information, call Jill Foraker at 422-6420 or the Old Salt Line at 497-1060.

Gulf Beaches Public Library will have a book discussion group on female writers who made a difference in the classic literature world on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. Julie McConnell, former Great Books Leader of St. Petersburg College will conduct the discussion on Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. Refreshments are furnished by the Friends of the Library. The library is at 200 Municipal Drive. For information, call 391-2828.

The city's annual fireworks in celebration of Independence Day will be on July Fourth at about 8:30 p.m. at Lido Condo's, 4450 Gulf Blvd. For information, call 363-9207.

The Tampa Bay Beaches Chamber of Commerce is seeking donations for the "Jewels of the Beaches" auction, July 20, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., at St. John's Parish Hall, 445 82nd Ave. Dinner with a two drink coupon is $25. For information, call Missy Pike at 360-6957, ext. 26 or send an e-mail to missy@tampabaybeaches.com

The Fountains at Boca Ciega Bay, 1255 Pasadena Ave. S, will offer a presentation by Jack Rosenkranz, attorney, on Tuesday at 2 p.m., in the auditorium. The subject will be Veterans Aid in Attendance Benefit and Medicare Reform. Complimentary refreshments provided for all seminars. RSVP to 347-2169.

The North Beaches Branch YMCA will offer Kiddie Sports, a summer experience for children ages 3 and 4 at the Belleair Beach City Hall park Mondays through July 11, and again from July 18 to Aug. 8. The cost is $20 for each child for the four-week course, which will include group games and an introduction to a variety of sports. Emphasis will be placed on noncompetitive learning and skill development. To register, call the YMCA at 595-5610.

The Treasure Islettes will meet Monday at 7 p.m. for social time and a meeting at 7:30, at the Community Center. The meeting will feature the Comedy Hypnosis show of Denise Oatley Hall. The Community Center is at One Park Place behind Walgreens. Call Marian Alton at 360-0164.

News for Neighborhood Notebook may be emailed to sheila.estrada@knology.net faxed to 398-6054, mailed to Beaches Notebook, 13472 Bellewood Ave. N, Seminole, FL 33776, or by calling Sheila Mullane Estrada at 399-9197.

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