Digest

On the radar

By Times Staff Writer
Published October 29, 2007

TAMPA

Discover the story behind refugee's eyes

His 1985 National Geographic photograph captured the piercing green eyes of a 12-year-old refugee girl in a camp on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Soviet helicopters had destroyed her family and village. Tuesday, photographer Steve McCurry will describe how he and a team found the woman, Sharbat Gula, 17 years later. His free lecture, open to the public, will be from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on the ninth floor of the Vaughn Center at the University of Tampa. "I look for the unguarded moment, the essential soul peeking out, experience etched on a person's face," says McCurry.

DUNEDIN

Art Harvest returns to Highlander Park

The 44th annual Dunedin Art Harvest returns to Highlander Park on Saturday and Sunday. More than 200 artists from around the country will compete for more than $25,000 in prize money in 13 categories, including watercolor, mixed media, graphics, metal, fiber, sculpture, wood, ceramics, jewelry, glass and photography. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The park is at 1143 Michigan Blvd. Admission is free. Parking is $4 per car, but a $2 shuttle is available from Causeway Plaza at Curlew Road and Alt. U.S. 19. Free parking is available at Dunedin High School, a half-mile walk from the park. Call (727) 738-5523.

LAND O'LAKES

Arrive hungry for breakfast

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Selected comments from blogs.tampabay.com:

UF sorority's raucous night

(Gradebook, Oct. 24)

A visit by a University of Florida sorority to the Columbia Restaurant in Ybor City turned into a scene that would appall Miss Manners.

Vomit. Bar fights. Broken toilets. Sloppy drunkenness.

And the comments rolled in.

"Publish names and photos of the entire group! Embarrassment is an excellent deterrent."

"Who'sthese girls' housemother? Courtney Love?"

"UF president Machen should send the Columbia manager an 'official' UPD Taser gun ... for next year's visit by the sorority."

"Get mommy and daddy's attention. Yank these kids' Bright Future scholarships."

"When I went to UF in the '80s, the Greeks were a bunch of drunks anyway. ... Sad to know nothing has changed."

"I need the names and numbers of all of the women involved in this incident."

"I miss college."

Heaps of hotcakes await visitors to this weekend's Flapjack Festival in Land O'Lakes. The Central Pasco Chamber of Commerce will serve free pancakes from 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday, followed by a flapjack parade at 11 a.m. and a flapjack eating contest at 2 p.m. The fundraiser for community groups also features arts and crafts, carnival rides and other kinds of food, too. It's at Land O'Lakes Community Center on U.S. 41; visit www.centralpascochamber.com for information.

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