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Campaign hopes for one healthy choice every day

By TIMES STAFF
Published January 21, 2007

The city is challenging residents to make at least one healthy choice every day through a new communitywide initiative called Healthy Choices for a Healthy Clearwater. The campaign involves businesses, schools, city and county departments, nonprofit agencies, hospitals, and community groups. A monthly newsletter highlights healthy activities, recipes and classes and recognizes Clearwater businesses and schools that encourage healthy lifestyles. Those who pledge to make at least one healthy choice per day will receive a Healthy Choices for a Healthy Clearwater card that can be used for discounts at participating businesses. To learn more, call Clearwater Parks and Recreation at (727) 793-2339 or visit www.myclearwater.com.

Homework center for tweens to open

The Largo Public Library will unveil its new Tween Homework Survivor Center for middle school students with a ribbon cutting at 3:30 p.m. Monday at the new Homework Center, in the Wilfred and Lola Children's Wing of the library, 120 Central Park Drive. The center is designed for children 10 to 13 and will be open from 3:30 to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Call (727) 587-6715.

Chamber to host a taste of the city

The Safety Harbor Chamber of Commerce will hold the inaugural Taste of Safety Harbor from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday in the newly remodeled banquet facilities of the Safety Harbor Resort and Spa, 105 N Bayshore Drive. The event includes dining from local restaurants, a silent auction and live piano entertainment. Proceeds will benefit chamber programs including scholarships and member business economic development. Tickets are available through the chamber office, 200 Main St. Cost is $15 for chamber members in advance, $20 for nonchamber members in advance and $25 at the door. Call (727) 726-2890.

Expert to discuss changing climate

Yellow forsythia, a harbinger of spring in the nation's capital, already is blooming. The earth is getting warmer, with what has been a natural cycle of climate change accelerating. And Florida, as Al Gore's documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, illustrates, is especially vulnerable to a rise in water levels. The Brooker Creek Preserve Education Center, 3940 Keystone Road, is offering "Global Climate Change and How it May Affect Us" from 2 to 3:15 p.m. today. Rene O. Ramseier, a retired physicist formerly with Environment Canada, will draw on decades of research that he conducted in polar regions. He will explore the science of global climate change and what the trend could mean for us. The free program is geared for those age 12 and older. To register, call (727) 453-6800.

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