Appraiser's office to close for a few hours

By Times Staff Writer
Published December 10, 2007

COUNTYWIDE

The Hernando County Property Appraiser's Office will be closed from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday for training purposes. The offices are at Brooksville City Hall, 201 Howell Ave., and at the Westside Government Center, 7509 and 7525 Forest Oaks Blvd., Spring Hill. For information, call 754-4190.

Shoe drive for kids ends on Friday

The Hernando County Foster/Adoptive Association, Kids Central Inc. and the Guardian ad Litem Program have launched the One, Two, Buckle My Shoe Drive in Hernando County, which will run through Friday. Donations of new shoes are needed. They will be given to children in foster, adoptive and relative care families throughout the county. All sizes needed. Monetary donations also are appreciated; all of the money will be used to buy shoes. For details, call Carolyn at 754-4226 or Linda at 754-0377.

SPRING HILL

Online experience adds bad memory

Once again, the "bad memories" auction is off. Just hours before the end Saturday, eBay officials removed a listing for Morgan Katocs' neck brace, which represented the 6-year-old's injuries and bad memories suffered during a car wreck involving a drunken driver in Spring Hill. Her mother, Karen Hyde, said bids neared $500, but eBay gave no reason for canceling the auction again. Hyde said the eBay experience is giving them more bad memories. She's unsure whether she'll try to post it again.

BROOKSVILLE

Decorations to be judged for contest

Judging for the city of Brooksville's Best Christmas Decorations contest will be done on Tuesday. The contest is for residential and commercial property within city limits. Judging will be done by members of the Brooksville Beautification Board. Awards will be given at the City Council meeting Dec. 17. For information, call Lindsay Morgan at the city clerk's office at 544-5407, ext. 130, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays.

Today's meetings

Hernando County Planning and Zoning Commission, 9 a.m., Hernando County Government Center, 20 N Main St., Brooksville.

Citizens Ordinance Advisory Team, noon, Hernando County Government Center, 20 N Main St., Brooksville.

Today's picks

YMCA Little Chefs Academy: 10 to 10:45 a.m., YMCA, 1300 Mariner Blvd., Spring Hill. For ages 3-5. $6 for facility members, $9 for program members. 688-9622.

Discussion and book-signing with author Lucinda Vickers: 6:30 p.m., West Hernando/S.T. Foggia Branch Library, 6335 Blackbird Ave., Spring Hill.

Hernando County Green Party to show Michael Moore's "Bowling for Columbine": 6 p.m., Spring Hill Branch/Harold G. Zopp Memorial Library, 9220 Spring Hill Drive. Free.

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