Fill out this form to email this article to a friend
Digest
Learn more about SPC at two events
By TIMES STAFF
Published July 5, 2007
COUNTYWIDE Are you a recent high school graduate looking to continue your education? Find out what St. Petersburg College offers from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. or from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday at InfoFest at the Clearwater campus, 2465 Drew St., and the Tarpon Springs campus, 600 Klosterman Road. To learn more, visit www.spcollege.edu/infofest. Shelters needed for emergencies There are more than 55, 000 residents in Pinellas County living in evacuation zones and public shelter space is limited. Pinellas County's Host Home program encourages businesses and community organizations to help their employees and members find safety should a severe storm strike by providing alternative shelter to those who must leave their homes. To be a Host Home call, 464-3712. CLEARWATER Get free vision screening Monday Can you read this? Can your kids? There is a free vision screening from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday at the Clearwater Health Center, 310 N Myrtle Ave., Clearwater. Prevent Blindness Florida, a nonprofit organization, will screen children for amblyopia and acuity and adults for acuity, cataracts, glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy. Participants who fail an eye exam will be referred to an eye care professional for a complete dilated eye test. Financial assistance for free examinations and eye glasses may also be available to those who qualify. Call 813-874-2020, ext. 108. Try magic, meet clown at library If your kids like magic, check out these two Clearwater library programs: - Enjoy ventriloquism, magic and juggling at 2 p.m. Monday at the Clearwater Main Library, 100 N Osceola Ave. Call 562-4970, ext. 5244. - Meet Ronald McDonald as he reads stories, sings songs and performs magic at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Countryside Library, 2741 State Road 580, Clearwater. Call 562-4970, ext. 5244. Learn how to be your own boss Do you have the business acumen to be an entrepreneur? Discover the challenges and rewards of owning your own business from noon to 2 p.m. today at the Pinellas County Economic Development Center, 13805 58th St. N, Suite 1-200, Clearwater. Call 464-7053. PALM HARBOR Breakfast awaits at activity center Enjoy a country breakfast from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Sunday at the Palm Harbor Community Activity Center, 1500 16th St. Veterans get a discounted breakfast with ID. Cost is $4 for members and $4.50 for nonmembers. Call 771-6000. LARGO Learn techniques at baton camp Get to twirling at baton camp from 8 a.m. to noon Monday through July 13 at Minnreg Hall, 6340 126th Ave N. $55 with a resident card, $68.25 without. Girls 6 to 14 can learn techniques at this beginner and intermediate levels program. Call 587-6740, ext. 5016. Send us your news Let us hear from you. To submit your news for In the Know, e-mail northpin@sptimes.com fax them to 727 445-4119 or mail them to Jared Leone, 710 Court St., Clearwater, FL 33756.
[Last modified July 5, 2007, 06:59:22]
Share your thoughts on this story
|
News
Fifty years ago, they were screwed-up kids sent to the Florida School for Boys to be straightened out. But now they are screwed-up men, scarred by the whippings they endured. Read the story and see a video and portrait gallery.
Print
Email story
Comment
Letter to the editor
