Fill out this form to email this article to a friend
Digest
Pet 'Neuterthon' is set for Jan. 15-31
By TIMES WIRES
Published January 7, 2007
COUNTYWIDE Stop Pet Overpopulation Together and local veterinarians are teaming up for a Neuterthon event Jan. 15-31. Any cat or dog that is at least eight weeks old can be signed up. Special prices are male cats, $35; female cats, $40; male dogs, $40 and female dogs, $45 to $90, depending on weight. Vouchers can be obtained online at www.spotusa.org or call 545-3463. COUNTYWIDE Send your sweetie a barbershop serenade What could be more romantic for Valentine's Day than a serenade from an old-fashioned barbershop quartet? The Barbershop Harmony Society will send a quartet anywhere in Pinellas or Pasco counties to sing a classic love song and present your Valentine with a silk rose and parchment scroll. The singing Valentines are available Feb. 10-14, starting at $50. Appointments are limited. Proceeds benefit the Harmony Foundation that sponsors national programs to encourage youth singing in America. For appointments in North Pinellas and Pasco, call 727 586-4817. In South Pinellas, call 381-2900. Countywide YMCA to offer program to ease pain of divorce The YMCA of Greater St. Petersburg is offering a new program for divorced and separated adults called DivorceCare. The group is led by professionals who assist in the recovery from the pain and separation of divorce. Seminars begin on Jan. 11 and will be held every Thursday through April 5. Child care is available. Registration fee is $20. For more information, call Trinette Cason at 895-9622 or e-mail at tcason@stpeteymca.org. Pageant returns after one-year hiatus The Miss Seminole Pageant is back after organizer Henny Hlas took a year off. Hlas is hunting for contestants. The pageant is the first step on the road to the Miss America pageant. Contestant requirements: Be aged 17-24, hold U.S. citizenship, must have never been married or had children, and must either live, work, attend school or volunteer in Pinellas County. Orientation is Thursday, and the contest will be Feb. 17 at Seminole High School. For information or to reserve a spot, call Hlas at 517-1879. COUNTYWIDE ID kits for children available for free Child Photo-ID and Fingerprint kits help parents or guardians assemble identification information needed to search for a missing child. To order a free kit, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: Missing Children Awareness Foundation, 13094, 95th St. N, Largo 33773. For information, call 585-5360 or 1-800-741-7233. COUNTYWIDE Adult volunteers needed to mentor children Gulf Coast Community Care needs volunteers ages 30 and older to spend a few hours a week mentoring a child 10 to 14 years old from a single-parent home or in foster care. No experience is necessary. Mentoring time can be spent with simple activities such as reading, fishing, baking, teaching a craft or visiting a park. Call 479-1813 or 479-1841. COUNTYWIDE Want to be a clown? There's a school for that If you've always secretly dreamed of being a clown, here's your chance. Applications are available for the All Children's Hospital Clown Alley School. Students will learn character definition, makeup, costuming and performance techniques from Christine Davison, a Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown School graduate. Classes start at 6 p.m. Feb. 28 at All Children's Hospital Education Conference Center, 710 Fourth St. S. The program ends March 28. Children and adults are welcome to apply. The cost is $17 a person, $5 for each additional family member. Participants will be invited to join the Festival of States Day Parade on March 31 and the Progress Energy Illuminated Night Parade on April 13. Forms are available online at www.festivalofstates.com by clicking on "applications," or call 321-9888.
[Last modified January 7, 2007, 02:33:26]
Share your thoughts on this story
|
News
Fifty years ago, they were screwed-up kids sent to the Florida School for Boys to be straightened out. But now they are screwed-up men, scarred by the whippings they endured. Read the story and see a video and portrait gallery.
Print
Email story
Comment
Email editor
