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Women's club to give service awards tonight
By TIMES WIRES
Published April 26, 2007
PALM HARBOR The Palm Harbor Women's Club will present the "Making a Difference" grants and scholarships award reception and ceremony at 7 p.m. today at Harbor Hall, White Chapel Complex, 1190 Georgia Ave. The club will award $11,000, in amounts of up to $1,000 each, to nonprofit groups that have demonstrated charitable service in the community. The public is invited to attend. Call 727 934-7001. TARPON SPRINGS Revisit Tarpon of the 1960s Brenda Dorsett, an authority on Tarpon Springs history, will talk about the impact the 1960s had on Tarpon Springs at 7 p.m. today at the Historical Society Meeting at Depot Museum, 160 E Tarpon Ave. Call (727) 943-4624. DUNEDIN Savor spring at Hammock Park The Dunedin Nature Center Spring Trail and Bird adult nature hike is from 9 to 10:30 a.m. today at the nature center, 1910 Ed Eckert Drive. See the plants break ground and the spring birds migrate at Hammock Park. Cost is $2 with Dunedin recreation card and $3 without a card. Call (727) 298-3271. SAFETY HARBOR Hepatitis support group meets today Does hepatitis C affect your life? The North Pinellas Chapter of the Tampa Bay Hepatitis & Liver Disease Support Group meeting is at 7 p.m. today at Mease Countryside Hospital, 3231 McMullen-Booth Road, Safety Harbor. Get information and help about hepatitis and other liver diseases. Call (727) 384-1030. COUNTYWIDE Apply for language program by Friday Friday is the application deadline for high school students who want to participate in Eckerd College's annual summer language immersion program from June 18 to 22. The program provides students with experience using the language in real-life communication. Students entering grades 9-12 who have studied Spanish or French for at least two years are eligible. The cost of the noncredit program, including room and board, is $350. Students will arrive on campus June 18, stay in dorms, eat their meals in the cafeteria and attend classes. For an application and more information, contact world languages supervisor Jan Kucerik at (727) 588-6072. Jacaranda rants and raves wanted Today's the last day to let us know the location of your favorite jacaranda in North Pinellas - or whether you wish the trees with the purple blooms would all just disappear. We'll run a photo later this week with your thoughts. Please e-mail your nominees and thoughts to northpin@sptimes.com put "Jacaranda" in the subject line and include your name and town where you live. Meeting of Women in Philanthropy Morton Plant Mease gynecologic oncologist Hector Arango will talk at the Women in Philanthropy meeting from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at the Safety Harbor Spa, 105 N Bayshore Drive. The group has a membership of more than 180 women working to improve the health care of the community and meets three times a year.
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