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Brooker Creek Preserve is rezoned at last

By TIMES WIRES
Published March 21, 2007

EAST LAKE

Pinellas County commissioners took care of some long overdue housekeeping Tuesday regarding the Brooker Creek Preserve. Commissioners voted to rezone about 418 acres in the preserve from agricultural residential to a preservation and conservation designation. The newly rezoned area is on the east and west sides of East Lake Road north of Trinity Boulevard and bordering the Pinellas/Pasco County line. County officials said the area was never under threat of being developed; it was more of a money issue. The rezoning had been on the county's to-do list since Pinellas bought some of the property in 2003 with a $4-million grant from the Florida Community Trust. In order to be considered again for the state money, the county had to show that the acres were designated properly.

CLEARWATER

Service planned for Gary Vickers

A public memorial service for Pinellas County emergency management director Gary Vickers is scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday at Calvary Baptist Church, 110 N McMullen Booth Road. Vickers, 53, who suffered severe injuries in an auto accident over a month ago, died Monday.

TARPON SPRINGS

An eye toward hurricane season

Be ready for the next hurricane. Pinellas County communication specialist Tom Iovino will present "Becoming Storm Savvy: Preparing for Hurricanes in the Off Season" at 2 p.m. Friday at the Tarpon Springs Library, 138 E Lemon St. Call 943-4922.

Be a foster parent to a shelter animal

The nonprofit Suncoast Animal League is seeking foster parents to care for shelter animals not yet ready for adoption. A foster parent orientation class will be from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at St. Petersburg College's Tarpon Springs campus BETA Building, Room BE 413, 600 Klosterman Road. To register, call 939-1300 or e-mail fosterprogram@suncoast animalleague.net.

PALM HARBOR

Library seeking volunteer help

The Palm Harbor Library needs volunteers to make telephone calls, shelve books, movies, tapes and CDs, assist with checking materials in and out, help with administrative tasks, process new materials and repair damaged books and videos. Call volunteer coordinator Cecile Creely at 727 784-3332, ext. 308.

CLEARWATER

Wildlife lecture at Moccasin Lake

Chris Hart of Hart of the Wild Wildlife Encounters will speak at 7 tonight at Moccasin Lake Nature Center, 2750 Park Trail Lane, Clearwater. The event is sponsored by the Suncoast Herpetological Society. Call 942-6700.

Hospice to host home discussion

Marcy and Scott Daniels will discuss whether someone who has been widowed should sell his or her home - the pros and cons and the financial and emotional views. The event is at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Hospice Garden House, 5771 Roosevelt Blvd., and is sponsored by Hospice of the Florida Suncoast.

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