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Agency provides equipment for hearing-impaired

By TIMES WIRES
Published July 8, 2007

COUNTYWIDE

Florida residents with hearing loss can receive amplified telephones and specialized equipment at no cost at the nonprofit Deaf and Hearing Connection. This equipment is made possible through the Florida Telecommunications Relay, a nonprofit agency funded through a surcharge on telephone bills. Free hearing screenings, other assistive equipment and low-cost hearing aids are also available on site at the agency, which specializes in communication access for people who are deaf, hard of hearing or late deafened. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call (727) 399-9983 in Pinellas and 1-888-832-4314 in Hillsborough. Applications are also available by calling Florida Telecommunications Relay at 1-800-222-3448 (Voice) or 1-888-447-5620 (TTY) or by visiting www.ftri.org.

Variety of programs at Brooker Creek

Whether you're focused on your back yard or the whole planet, the Brooker Creek Preserve Environmental Education Center, 3940 Keystone Road, East Lake, has a program for you this week:

- Watch the Oscar-winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday . There will be a brief discussion after the movie.

- Drop off soil samples, get insects identified or get answers to landscaping and gardening questions from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday.

- Pinellas County Extension horticulture agent Cindy Peacock will talk about Florida-friendly pest control techniques from 10 to 11 a.m. Thursday . Full color insect ID card sets will be given away.

Call 453-6800 for information on all programs.

Inside

A look back: Seventy-nine years ago, the Joyland park in Clearwater Beach offered all kinds of amusement for free. Imagine that. Page 3

Sightseeing at 6 mph: Since 2005, Rory Carney has offered tours of St. Petersburg aboard human transporters. They're $45 for 90 minutes, and you won't be sore the next day. Page 6

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