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Saturday Morning Market comes to town

By TIMES WIRES
Published July 4, 2007

ST. PETE BEACH

Starting with the grand opening of the St. Pete Beach Community Recreation Center on Saturday and continuing Saturdays thereafter, there will be a Saturday Morning Market at St. Pete Beach.

Suntan Gallery and the city of St. Pete Beach have joined forces to put together this new market.

The market will be at the recreation center, 7701 Boca Ciega Drive, off 75th Avenue.

Hours are 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Artisans will offer fused glass jewelry, pottery, paintings, photography, Adirondack chairs and other items for sale.

The market will also have a produce section featuring organically grown products.

For information, call the Don Vista Cultural Center at 363-2144.

COUNTYWIDE

Guardian ad Litem program needs adults

A thousand children in Pinellas County need someone to be their voice in the courtroom and to advocate for them in the child welfare system.

The next training session to become certified for the Guardian ad Litem program will begin July 10, and will be at the Criminal Justice Center in Clearwater.

As a Guardian ad Litem, you advocate for abused, abandoned or neglected children and teens in the family courts and the child welfare system. The average time needed is six to eight hours a month.

As a child's advocate, a Guardian ad Litem becomes familiar with the child's case and makes recommendations to the court to help ensure the child has a safe, caring and stable environment.

Guardians receive ongoing assistance to help them make a positive difference in the lives of children To volunteer and arrange to attend a brief orientation, call 464-6528. For information and an application, go to www.guardianadlitem6.org.

COUNTYWIDE

Boating courses offered in Clearwater, Dunedin

Two local flotillas of the Coast Guard Auxiliary have programs on safe boating coming up:

- In Dunedin, a program beginning Aug. 1 will meet for nine sessions, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, until Aug. 29 on the second floor of the Dunedin Marina Harbormaster Building, 51 Main St. It covers knot-tying, navigation, boat-handling and more. You do not have to have a boat to take the course. $40. Call 734-0215, 735-0737 or 736-1191.

- In Clearwater, a two-lesson program designed for boaters who cannot find time for a full, comprehensive boating course will meet 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 14 and 15 at the Clearwater Sailing Center, 1001 Gulf Blvd. on Sand Key. The program is open to adults and youths. $30. Call 469-8895 or visit a0701101.uscgaux.info.

EAST LAKE

You, too, can help at Brooker Creek Preserve

Looking to help out? Friendly, outgoing volunteers are needed at the Brooker Creek Preserve Environmental Education Center as exhibit hall docents and summer camp assistants. Call 453-6800.

TARPON SPRINGS

Safeguarding civil liberties is the focus

Rebecca Harrison Steele, director of the West Central Florida regional office of the American Civil Liberties Union, will speak about civil liberties and how to safeguard them.

The event will begin at 11 a.m. Sunday at Spirit of Life Unitarian Universalist. Steele is an appellate attorney. She received her law degree from Stetson University College of Law, where she was an articles and symposium editor for the Stetson Law Review.

She serves on the boards of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers (Secretary), the Hillsborough County Bar Association, and the Trial Lawyers Section of the Hillsborough County Bar Association.

Spirit of Life Unitarian Universalists is at 18412 Burrell Road, just off Tarpon Springs Road, just east of Boy Scout Road, in Odessa. Call (813) 792-1622 or visit www.spiritoflifeuu.org.

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