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Health alert at Mobbly Bayou preserve

By Times Staff Writer
Published December 18, 2007

OLDSMAR

Here is advice from the Pinellas County Health Department: Don't go in Tampa Bay near the Mobbly Bayou Wilderness Preserve. Health officials Monday said the water is "a potential health risk to swimmers." Though the most recent water quality reading at the preserve was good, other readings in the past three weeks have been moderate to poor for the presence of enterococci. That's a bacteria that lives in the intestinal tract of humans and animals. Its presence indicates fecal pollution, which may have come from stormwater runoff, pets, wildlife or human sewage. Those swimming or wading with broken skin in water with high concentrations of the bacteria may be infected, possibly causing disease, infections or rashes. This is the first advisory for the Mobbly Bayou Wilderness Preserve since March 2005.

CLEARWATER

Recycling to help scholarships

St. Petersburg College's Women on the Way program will benefit from an electronics recycling drive from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 26. Unneeded working or reusable electronics will be recycled on the Clearwater campus, 2465 Drew St. The dropoff site will be on the west end of the south parking lot, accessible from Old Coachman Road. The program will receive cash from Hands on Recycling for each reusable item in working condition. It will use the proceeds for scholarships. Acceptable items include desktop computers, laptops, monitors, televisions, audio and video (VCRs, CDs, DVDs) equipment, cell phones, inkjet and laser cartridges, fax machines, scanners and printers. All computer hard drives will be wiped before reuse. Hands on Recycling also can arrange to have equipment picked up from businesses. Call (727) 791-2634.

TARPON SPRINGS

Police accept donations for kids

There is still time to help Tarpon Springs police provide gifts to local children from families facing hard times. Police will accept new unwrapped gifts for children from infancy through the teen years as well as cash to pay for gifts off a wish list Friday. Donations may be dropped off at the Police Department, 444 S Huey Ave. Make checks payable to the Tarpon Springs Police Department Cops/Kids Program. For information, call (727) 938-2849.

Correction

The fundraiser for the burned out Imago Art Group is at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Dunedin Fine Art Center, 1143 Michigan Blvd. An incorrect date appeared Sunday.

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