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Get cooking at the Clearwater Library

By TIMES WIRES
Published December 14, 2006

CLEARWATER

As part of Clearwater Library's Menus at Main Series, Chef Bil Mitchell of Publix Apron's cooking school will prepare holiday cookies from noon to 1 p.m. today at the Clearwater Main Library, 100 N Osceola Ave. Call 727 562-4970, ext. 5284.

DUNEDIN

Questions about Medicare answered

Unsure about how Medicare works? A representative of the Florida Department of Elder Affairs S.H.I.N.E. (Serving Health Insurance Needs of Elders) program will be available to answer Medicare questions at 2 p.m. today at the Dunedin Public Library, 223 Douglas Ave. Call (727) 298-3080 ext. 224.

DUNEDIN

The saw palmetto: a natural history

Serenoa repens, otherwise known as the saw palmetto, is a small, fan-shaped palm that grows along the southeastern coast of the United States. Seminole Indians once enjoyed its berries as an important part of their diet.

The Dunedin Nature Center invites the public to see palmettos more than 100 years old, learn about their amazing resilience to fire, their use as scrub brushes and medicine, their usefulness to wildlife and how to tell their age at a nature program from 9 to 10:30 a.m. today at the Nature Center, 1910 Ed Eckert Drive.

CLEARWATER

Variety show and silent auction Friday

Singers, dancers, comedians and dramatic actors will entertain at Countryside High School's variety show and silent auction at 7 p.m. Friday at the school auditorium, 3000 State Road 580.

TARPON SPRINGS

Moscow Boys Choir is coming to town

The Moscow Boys Choir will present "Christmas Around the World" at 7:30 tonight at the Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center, 324 E Pine St. The choir is one of Russia's most prestigious all-boy choirs. Members of the touring company are hand-picked from more than 400 students at a special school in Moscow. Tickets are $23 for center members and students, $25 for nonmembers. Call (727) 942-5605.

Adopt a military family this holiday

DEVELOPMENT FINALLY GETS UNDER WAY

Construction for Station Square kicks off today, 10 months after developers expected to begin digging.

Still, the project is good news for a downtown that city leaders are hoping to revitalize, and the wait gave the developer more time to lure in new residents.

The project - a 15-story tower featuring 126 upscale condominiums and penthouses, retail shops, restaurants and parking - is at 628 Cleveland St.

Construction crews were expected to begin work on the $50-million project in February, but materials and labor costs continued to rise, so the developer wanted to "renegotiate some of the financing and get more sales," said Kim Buzzell, sales and marketing director.

"At the time we only had 60 sales, now we're just shy of 80," he said.

Buzzell said the tower will have a "good mix of clientele as well as local residents," with many of the buyers coming from England, Ireland and South America.

The condos sell from $350,000 to $700,000 and the penthouses cost $900,000 to $1.4-million.

The project is expected to be finished in 18 to 22 months.

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