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Shrine club needs items for auction

By TIMES WIRES
Published March 22, 2007

BROOKSVILLE

The Hernando County Shrine Club seeks donations for its annual auction April 7 at the club, 13400 Montour St. Proceeds go to the Shriners Hospital for Children in Tampa. Donations may be dropped at the Shrine Club from 9 a.m. to noon any Saturday before the auction. For other arrangements, call Jack at 666-4980 or Fred at 597-1703.

HERNANDO BEACH

Coast Guard group seeking volunteers

The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, Flotilla 15-8, is seeking volunteers to help in various capacities. The auxiliary, which is the uniformed civilian volunteer component of the U.S. Coast Guard, conducts safety patrols and search and rescue missions on the waterways, helps the Coast Guard with homeland security duties, teaches boating safety classes and free vessel safety checks. Training opportunities include boat crew and coxswain (small boat operator), vessel examiner, boating safety class instructor, public affairs and others. Volunteers must be U.S. citizens, at least 17 years old and pass a background check. There are no minimum service hours. Those interested in joining the Coast Guard Auxiliary are invited to a free presentation, "Who We Are and What We Do" from 7 to 8 p.m. Monday at the auxiliary building, 4340 Calienta St., at Shoal Line Boulevard. For information, call Charlie at 597-8136 or visit the Web site at www.cgaux.org.

BROOKSVILLE

Softball leaders meeting tonight

A coaches and captains meeting for the city of Brooksville Recreation Department's co-ed softball tournament fundraiser will be at 7 p.m. today at the Jerome Brown Community Center, 99 Jerome Brown Place. Rules and rosters will be discussed. The double-elimination tournament will be April 26-28 at Tom Varn Park, 301 Darby Lane. The cost to enter is $35 per player. Each team must pay a sponsor fee of $75, and there must be a minimum of 12 players per roster. Proceeds will benefit the Friends of the Children Summer Camp Scholarship Fund. For information, call 544-5498.

Public meeting

Hernando County Fine Arts Council: 7 p.m., Hernando County Government Center, 20 N Main St., Brooksville.

Today's pick

Hernando County Community Summit Workshop: 8:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Silverthorn Country Club, 4550 Golf Club Lane. Duane Chichester, 544-5206.

Correction

Because of incorrect information provided by Spring Hill Fire Rescue, a March 10 article said the fire that killed 3-month-old Roman Washington went undetected, in part, because the house's smoke detectors did not have batteries. But Assistant Chief Bill Davies said on Wednesday that the smoke detectors were hard-wired and should have sounded even without batteries. When rescuers entered the house, however, the detectors were not beeping.

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