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Got fabulous holiday lights? Please tell us
By TIMES STAFF
Published December 8, 2006
Got fabulous holiday lights? Please tell us Proud of your holiday light display? Please let us know. We're interested in checking out some of the biggest, most creative or most unusual residential displays of holiday lights in the area. If you want others to see your handiwork, please e-mail us a note with your name, your address, your telephone number, how many lights you have up and a sentence or two about why your display is special. Starting next week, we'll run a list of mid- and north Pinellas displays. On Christmas Day, we'll share photos of some of the more remarkable ones. Please e-mail us at northpin@sptimes.com and include "Holiday lights" in the subject line. If you wish, you can include a .jpg photo of your display. Water ski team plans holiday show The Tampa Bay Water Ski Show Team will perform a holiday show at 4 p.m. Saturday on Tower Lake, the last show until the weather warms up a bit in spring. The free show features top water-skiing talent. To get to Tower Lake, behind the Oldsmar Flea Market, go north from Tampa Road on Race Track Road, left on Douglas Road and left at the small ski team sign. Parking is free. Call 727 480-9365 or (813) 265-9685. Even when stores goof, shoppers win Shoppers can rest a little easier at the checkout counter. An annual preholiday survey by state weights and measures inspectors found that Florida retailers generally get the prices right. A statewide inspection of 50 stores found that items were scanned accurately 98 percent of the time. Even better, most of the errors were in the customer's favor. Inspectors picked 50 random items at each store. In Pinellas County, four businesses were targeted: -Home Depot, 2070 Tyrone Blvd., St. Petersburg. Its one error was an undercharge of $1 on wrapping paper. -Wal-Mart Supercenter, 3801 Tampa Road, Oldsmar. Its one error was an 11-cent undercharge on an item called V-Flash. -Sears, 27001 U.S. 19 N, Clearwater. No errors. -Lowe's, 26990 U.S. 19 N, Clearwater. Its one error was a $10 undercharge on a Eureka vacuum cleaner. Kids can trade plants for prizes Pick up air potatoes as part of A Nature Buddies Program, an adult and child interactive program for children ages 3 to 5, from 10 a.m. to noon today at Hammock Park, 1900 San Mateo Drive. Prizes are awarded for picking a bagful. Cost is $4 with Dunedin recreation card, $5 without. Participants must preregister at Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation Center, 550 Laura Lane, or online at www.dunedingov.com. Call (727) 298-3271.
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