Digest

Annual cookout needs sponsors and donations

By Times Staff Writer
Published September 13, 2007

BROOKSVILLE

The Arc Nature Coast is seeking sponsors and donations for the annual campout at Lakewood Retreat, which will be Oct. 17-19. All sponsors will have their company/organization name printed on the T-shirts that will be distributed to campers, volunteers and staff (about 100 T-shirts). Sponsors are needed for a variety of activities. The deadline for sponsors is Oct. 1. Call Nancy at 544-2322, ext. 109.

SPRING HILL

Coalition names top contenders

The Pasco Hernando Early Learning Coalition Wednesday named its top two candidates for the executive director's job. Richard Aubry Jr., a consultant with the Early Learning Coalition of Sarasota, and James J. Farrelly, a New Jersey school administrator who works as director of a nonprofit guardianship agency, were chosen as front-runners from among seven candidates. Coalition officials spent the day interviewing each candidate, all of whom also had to take a written test.

COUNTYWIDE

Free notary service for back to school

AAA is offering free back-to-school notary services for parents through Sept. 30. In Hernando County, the AAA office is at 1410 Pinehurst Drive in Spring Hill. AAA membership is not required. Parents can bring in documentation for sports, functions, field trip permission slips and other school-related papers. Call 683-3446.

Corrections

Shabbat evening services at Temple Beth David in Spring Hill are at 8 p.m. each Friday. Shabbat morning services are at 10 a.m. every Saturday. Information published in Saturday's edition was incorrect.

The price of tickets for Steel Magnolias, which will be on the Forum stage in October at Stage West Community Playhouse in Spring Hill, is $10. The price was incorrect on Friday's Diversions page.

Today's meetings

Florida Association of Counties' "All About Florida" tour, 10 a.m. to noon, commission chambers, Hernando County Government Center, 20 N Main St., Brooksville.

Spring Hill Fire Rescue District, union negotiations, at headquarters, 3445 Bob Hartung Court, Spring Hill.

Hernando County Aviation Authority, 3:30 p.m., Civil Air Patrol, 3151 Air Commerce Blvd., south of Brooksville

Hernando County Commission, budget hearing, 5:01 p.m., Hernando County Government Center, 20 N Main St., Brooksville.

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