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Lawmakers set meetings to talk education

By Times staff
Published February 21, 2007

COUNTYWIDE

The Pinellas County Council of PTAs and members of the Pinellas County legislative delegation are holding meetings at local schools this month to let residents share their concerns and ideas about education. All meetings start at 7 p.m.:

- On Thursday , state Rep. Frank Peterman, D-St. Petersburg, will be at Douglas Jamerson Elementary, 1200 37th St. S, St. Petersburg.

- On Feb. 26, state Rep. Janet C. Long, D-Seminole, will be at Seminole High, 8401 131st St. N.

- On Feb. 27, state Sen. Dennis Jones, R-Treasure Island, will be at Osceola Middle, 9301 98th St. N, Seminole.

- On Feb. 28, state Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, will be at Highland Lakes Elementary, 1230 Highlands Blvd., Palm Harbor.

For more information, contact Pamela Warren Wells, (727) 391-0103.

SAFETY HARBOR

Now entire street named for MLK

Safety Harbor city commissioners voted unanimously Monday night to rename what is now M.L. King Street N/Fourth Street N to Dr. ML King Jr Street N in honor of the civil rights hero. Residents of the black community and members of the Safety Harbor African Alliance have waited more than 16 years for this day. "It was a long wait, but I'm elated," alliance treasurer Barbara Bronson said. "It's something I didn't want to give up on." Assistant City Manager Matt Spoor said his office is already studying various designs, and that all 21 street signs on the 6,608-foot road will probably be replaced within two months. "We're going to move as fast as possible," he said. "Once we get the materials, it will be a top priority."

Skateboard park named for Tilmann

Safety Harbor city commissioners made another name change at Monday's meeting. They decided to rename the skateboard facility after Ian Tilmann, a 28-year-old man who died in 2005 after falling headfirst from a skateboard on Hercules Avenue's "Cemetery Hill" in Clearwater. Since the accident, his parents, Barry and Marcy Tilmann of Safety Harbor, have channeled their grief into a mission to save lives, giving away hundreds of helmets to children and teens who live as far away as Jacksonville through the nonprofit Ian Tilmann Foundation. The commission's decision was a comfort to the Tilmanns, who were heartbroken recently when Clearwater officials demanded that they remove a roadside memorial the couple had set up in memory of their son, saying it violated a city ordinance.

Correction

The current president of Old Palm Harbor Main Street Association is Jan Montelaro. A story Monday named a different person.

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