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Pizza event raises funds for garden
By TIMES WIRES
Published April 9, 2007
SPRING HILL The Brooksville/Spring Hill Chapter of Compassionate Friends will have a fundraiser from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Pizza Hut, 3003 Commercial Way. Celebrity servers will work for tips and donations, which will go toward the upkeep of the Compassionate Friends Memorial Garden, which is on the grounds of the Hernando Heritage Museum in Brooksville. For information, call Carole, 686-1310. Catch free Eastwood film The Hernando County Public Library System will host a free showing of the Clint Eastwood film Flags of Our Fathers at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Spring Hill Branch/Harold G. Zopp Memorial Library, 9220 Spring Hill Drive. The film is based on the bestselling book of the same name by James Bradley and Ron Powers, which tells the stories of the six men who raised the American flag in the famous photo at Iwo Jima during World War II. The movie is rated R. Refreshments will be served. For information, call 540-6391. SPRING HILL/BROOKSVILLE Activity centers seek members Oak Hill Hospital's Spring Hill and Brooksville enrichment centers are recruiting members. The centers offer a variety of activities, including exercise, yoga, duplicate bridge, pinochle, Mexican train dominoes, quilting, clogging, line dancing, painting, Scrabble and Spanish lessons. The centers are also meeting places for support groups and clubs. The Spring Hill Enrichment Center is at 11375 Cortez Blvd. (behind Oak Hill Hospital); the Brooksville Enrichment Center is at 670 Broad St. For information, stop by one of the centers or call the Spring Hill center at 597-6331 or the Brooksville center at 544-5900. Today's meetings Hernando County Planning and Zoning Commission, 9 a.m., Hernando County Government Center, 20 N Main St., Brooksville. Citizens Ordinance Advisory Team, 1:30 p.m., Hernando County Government Center, 20 N Main St., Brooksville. Library Advisory Committee, 5 p.m., Lykes Memorial Library, 238 Howell Ave., Brooksville. Brooksville Housing Authority, 5:15 p.m., 800 Continental Drive, Brooksville. Brooksville City Council, 6 p.m. special meeting to review city manager applications; 7 p.m. joint meeting with the Brooksville Housing Authority. City Hall, 201 Howell Ave., Brooksville.
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