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By Times Staff Writer
Published November 29, 2007
WESLEY CHAPEL
Snacks, parade are all part of tree lighting
The community's first holiday tree lighting will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday at the county park on Boyette Road. The event will feature free snacks and drinks, a children's parade, games and performances by bands and children's choirs. Admission is free. The event is sponsored by the Greater Wesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce; the St. Petersburg Times is the media sponsor. For information, call the chamber office 813 994-8534 or e-mail office@wesleychapelchamber.com
NEW PORT RICHEY
Charges against ex-trooper dropped
Prosecutors have dropped two charges of lewd and lascivious exhibition against former Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Danny Bowers. When Bowers was arrested in July, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office would say only that accusations had been made by two females younger than 15. But the girls changed their stories in a deposition two months ago, according to defense attorney Robert Attridge Jr. "They completely recanted their testimony that they were in any fashion sexually abused or hurt by Danny Bowers," Attridge said. Bowers, 41, first entered the public eye six years ago when he lost his job as a trooper. According to the Highway Patrol, Bowers botched four major crash inquiries, drove with a suspended license and told the Times he had an affair with a woman under investigation for DUI manslaughter. The Pasco-Pinellas State Attorney's Office could not be reached for comment Wednesday.
Senator joins in menorah lighting
Chabad of West Pasco is once again inviting the public to celebrate Hanukkah with its second menorah lighting at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Chelsea Place Shopping Plaza, 1346 Seven Springs Road. State Sen. Mike Fasano will light the menorah for the holiday, which begins at sundown Tuesday and runs through Dec. 11. Admission is free to the event, which includes children's crafts, live music with the Mike Eisenstat Band, potato latkes, doughnuts, chocolate coins and dreidels. For information, visit www.chabadwp.com or call Rabbi Yossi Eber at (727) 376-3366.
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