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School Board to pick names for elementaries
By Times staff writers
Published October 7, 2005
Two new elementary schools will be added to the county's roster next school year. But before the doors open at Elementary Schools "H" and "K," official names need to be adopted.
Elementary "H" on Fairway Meadows Drive, near Big Bend Road and U.S. 301, will have room for 940 students. School officials hope it will relieve overcrowding at Summerfield and Collins elementary schools. Some of the names the county is reviewing as possibilities are West Summerfield, Crossings, Riverbend, Southbay and Mark Dafeldecker.
For Elementary "K," located on Covington Garden Drive near East Bay High, the School Board will consider Bayside, East Bay, Covington Park, South County and E.G. Simmons. The school will be built for 932 students and will relieve Apollo Beach and Corr Elementary schools.
The School Board will decide on official names Tuesday.
- MEAGHAN FORBES
Area ski club raising funds for U.S. Olympic ski teams
A group of recreational skiers has pitched in to help the U.S. Olympic team by raising money for American athletes competing in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
The Tampa Bay Snow Skiers held a golf tournament last month at the Pebble Creek Golf Club in Tampa, netting $6,000 for the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association. The association will funnel the money toward U.S. Olympic skiers and snowboarders, who depend on donations and foundation support for their training costs, which can run as high as $75,000 a year per athlete, said Patti Housewright, vice president of the Tampa Bay group.
The Tampa Bay Snow Skiers attract 4,000 members, mostly from the bay area. The group runs skiing, roller blading, and mountain biking trips, as well as camping excursions. Learn more about them online at tampabaysnowskiers.com.
Housewright said she hopes the U.S. teams will put her club's donation to good use.
"A gold medal performance from one of the athletes will be nice," she said.
- ANDREW MEACHAM
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