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Residents pay once, park all year at beach
By Times Wires
Published August 8, 2007
CLEARWATER Clearwater residents can buy annual beach parking permits valid at five lots for only $40 a year. Permits can be bought from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday though Friday at the Municipal Services Building, 100 S Myrtle Ave., Suite 220. Proof of residency and vehicle registration required. Call 727 562-4704. COUNTYWIDE Join the team to fill backpacks for kids The Junior League of Clearwater-Dunedin is teaming up with Clothes To Kids to provide backpacks filled with school supplies and a week's supply of school clothes to 100 low-income Pinellas County schoolchildren. The Junior League says donations of $15 will help a child begin the school year with confidence as he or she enters the classroom. Checks can be made out to the Junior League and mailed to Junior League of Clearwater-Dunedin, 1265 Bayshore Blvd., Dunedin, FL 34698, Attn: Community Outreach-Back To School Fair. Founded in 2002, Clothes To Kids, 1059 N Hercules Ave., provides free new and quality used clothing to low-income children in Pinellas County. Call 441-5050 or visit www.clothestokids.org. PALM HARBOR Club seeks help for Taste of Palm Harbor The GFWC Palm Harbor Junior Women's Club is looking for restaurants, artisans and crafters to participate in its 11th annual Taste of Palm Harbor. Proceeds from the October event benefit the club's grants and scholarship program. This year's taste is scheduled for Oct. 7 on Florida Avenue in historic downtown Palm Harbor. Call 934-7001 or visit www.phjwx.org. CLEARWATER Support Operation Shoebox project Support Operation Shoebox with nonperishable foods, travel-sized games and Silly String. The project, put together by Morningside Recreation summer campers, is to collect items for troops stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan. (Troops use Silly String, for instance, to find nearly invisible trip wires that could set off booby-traps.) Donations can be dropped off through Aug. 3 at all Clearwater recreation centers and at the Municipal Services Building, 100 S Myrtle Ave. Call 507-4065. COUNTYWIDE County workshop set on starting a business Learn how to develop a business plan and get the necessary permits to open up shop in Pinellas County from noon to 2 p.m. every Wednesday through August at the Pinellas County Business Development Center, 13805 58th St. N, Suite 1-200. The introductory workshop is an overview of the information needed to start a business. Call 453-7200. Countywide Guardians ad litem needed for children More than 1,000 children in Pinellas County need someone to be their voice in the courtroom, and the county's guardian ad litem program hopes that could be you. You can learn about becoming a guardian ad litem by attending a one-hour orientation held each week on Thursdays. The time of the orientation is varied to accommodate the schedule of prospective volunteers. Guardians ad litem speak on behalf of abused, abandoned or neglected children in Pinellas County courts. As a child's advocate, a guardian ad litem becomes familiar with the child and case and makes recommendations to the court to help ensure the child has a safe, caring and stable environment. Guardians ad litem receive training and ongoing supervision to help them make a positive difference in the lives of children. Call (727) 464-6528 to sign up for an orientation. The next training for guardians ad litem is scheduled for Sept. 4. For information, go to www.guardianadlitem6.org. COUNTYWIDE Print out checklist for disaster survival items Pinellas County Emergency Management has created a printable disaster survival kit that can make shopping for essential items to have on hand easier. For information on hurricane preparedness, call 464-3800 or go to www.pinellascounty.org/emergency. COUNTYWIDE Arbor Day group offers pocket guide to trees Can you spot the difference between a poplar and pine? What Tree is That?, a 72-page pocket guide to distinguishing trees is available from the National Arbor Day Foundation. For a copy send you name, address and $3 for each book to 100 Arbor Ave., Nebraska City, Neb., 68410 or online at www.arborday.org COUNTYWIDE Group petitioning Congress to help pets Defend Our Pets is seeking pet owners to sign a petition that will be presented to Congress before the summer session is over in hopes of passing a bill to protect pets through tougher laws and regulations concerning the quality of pet food sold in the United States. For information, visit www.defendourpets.org or e-mail attorney Jay Edelson at jay@blimlaw.com. CLEARWATER Variety of summer exhibits at library The library is for more than books. The Clearwater Main Library, 100 N Osceola Ave., has a variety of exhibits on display through the summer: -Read stories of local foster children aged 8 to 16 and see professional portraits that feature faces, voices and stories at the Progress Energy Heart Gallery. The exhibit runs through Aug. 10. -Self-portraits drawn by Clearwater young people are in the About Face exhibit until Aug. 28. -Collectables and unique beads by Maryann Larson are in the Awesome Bead Hats exhibit until Aug. 28. Library hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Call (727) 562-4970, ext. 5284. DUNEDIN 'We fix It' program seeks volunteers Can you fix stuff? The Hale Activity Center is seeking adults 50 and older to join the 20-year-old "We fix It" referral program which pairs seniors in need of odd jobs with handy helpers. Experienced workers are needed in a variety of tasks including, light carpentry and electric work. Volunteers also are needed to help staff the center's gift shopt during normal business hours.Volunteer shifts would be for three hours once a week Monday through Friday. The center is at 330 Douglas Ave. Call (727) 298-3299. COUNTYWIDE Volunteers needed in mentoring program Gulf Coast Community Care needs volunteers age 30 and older for its mentoring program. Volunteers are matched with children who need a positive adult role model. There is a need for volunteers for children of all ages. No experience necessary, no costs. Volunteers spend a few hours a week in activities like reading, fishing, baking, teaching a craft or visiting a park. Call 479-1841 or 479-1825. CLEARWATER Friends of Library seeking donations CLEARWATER - Before silverfish overrun your old paperback collection, why not donate it? The Friends of the Library Book & Gift Store in Clearwater's Main Library is seeking donations of paperback books in good condition for resale in the store. Bring your donations to the Main Library or call Judy Bazata at 461-6272 if pickup is needed. Proceeds from the Friends of the Clearwater Library bookstores are used to enhance the Clearwater Public Library system. The store also needs volunteers to work certain days and hours. A short training session is required. The Friends Book & Gift Store is open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Work hours are variable, generally two hours a week. To volunteer call Rosalie Murray at 531-0667. COUNTYWIDE Get homes ready for storm with loan Through its Home Repair Loan Program, Pinellas County continues to offer low-cost loans up to $45,000 to help some residents make their homes hurricane ready for the 2007 season. Improvements can include roof bracing or replacement, impact resistant windows and doors, and storm shutters. The home must be the applicant's primary residence and located within Pinellas County, excluding Belleair Shore, Clearwater, Largo and St. Petersburg, which have similar programs. To qualify for the county program, household income must be less than 120 percent of Area Median Income and the value of the single-family detached home, townhouse, villa, cooperative or condominium cannot exceed $151,000. For information, contact Pinellas County Community Development at (727) 464-8210 or visit www.pinellascounty.org. COUNTYWIDE Are phone books cluttering your home? New phone books have arrived, so recycle that old one. Residents with curbside collection in Belleair, Clearwater, Dunedin, Largo and Oldsmar can put their old phone books in their curbside recycling bin. Other residents can go to one of 40 dropoff locations around the county. Most dropoff sites have bins labeled "phone books." If not, put the phone books in the "mixed paper" or "magazines" bins but not in the "newspaper" bin. For a list of phone book recycling sites, visit www.pinellascounty.org/utilities or call (727) 464-7500. Pinellas residents discard more than 2-million phone books annually. To reduce the number of phone books delivered to your office or house this year, call Verizon at 1-800-888-8448 or Yellow Book at 1-800-929-3556. PINELLAS PARK They've got stories waiting to be shared The Tampa Bay Storytellers Guild Story Swap meets the fourth Sunday of every month (except November and December) to share stories. The public is invited to attend and share their stories. Each program has a theme. The programs are at 3 p.m., the fourth Sunday of each month, at Pinellas Park Station, 5851 Park Blvd. For more information, call Billie Noakes at 647-8057.
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