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Meet cutie pumpkin pies, superdrooler

By Times staff
Published November 1, 2006

Meet cutie pumpkin pies, superdrooler

Six-month-old twins Kacie Lynn and Kevin Joseph Kopech are disguised as pumpkins to celebrate their first Halloween in Oldsmar. This was a special holiday because they arrived prematurely at 29 weeks and weighed just over 2 pounds at birth. But by Tuesday they were healthy and happy 15-pound trick- or-treaters, says dad Kevin Kopech.

Three-month-old Owen McCabe of Oldsmar was a superdrooler for Halloween, says Claudia McCabe.

County rations reclaimed water

The combination of virtually no rain in October and increased customer demand is forcing Pinellas County to reduce the amount of reclaimed water available to 2,600 North Pinellas customers. Starting Friday , north county customers will have reclaimed water three days a week. Customers south of Alderman Road and west of U.S. 19 N will have reclaimed water Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. All other north county customers will have reclaimed water available on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. The system will be down on Mondays for maintenance and pond recovery. County utilities officials say this strategy of providing reclaimed water on alternating days of the week to two designated zones will help them restore their storage ponds to normal levels. But if pond levels fall to a critical point, the system may be shut down, they said. Officials ask customers to reduce their lawn irrigation to a minimal amount until Friday. For more details, call the reclaimed water hotline at (727) 464-4273 or visit www.pinellascounty.org/utilities.

Music inside, movie outside

Palm Harbor recreation officials have both indoor and outdoor events this Saturday evening. Indoors, the Suncoast Symphony Orchestra is scheduled to play a concert at the Palm Harbor Community Activity Center, 1500 16th St. Hors d'oeurves and beverages will be served at 6:30 p.m. The concert will begin at 7.30 p.m. Cost is $5 for activity center members, $6 for nonmembers. Outdoors, the movie Cheaper by the Dozen 2 starring Steve Martin will show for free at H.S. "Pop" Stansell Park, which is at the corner of Florida Avenue and Eighth Street. The movie will be at sunset. Refreshments available. Bring blankets and chairs and enjoy the movie in your community. Call (727) 771-6000.

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