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Things to do
By Times Staff Writer
Published January 13, 2008
Florida: past, present and future 'The Florida Dream': This one-hour documentary chronicles how millions of people from around the globe migrated here in search of the Florida dream, 6:30 p.m. Monday, Largo Public Library, 120 Central Park Drive. Looking for a piece of paradise, they transformed a subtropical peninsula into the fourth-largest U.S. state. The program also features Dr. Gary Mormino, author of Land of Sunshine, State of Dreams: A Social History of Modern Florida. Free. Call 587-6715. 'Past Visions, Future Solutions, Solving the Conundrum of Suburban Sprawl': Scholar and planner Bruce Stephenson traces the origins of Florida's growth problems and looks at historic remedies at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Seminole Community Library, 9200 113th St. N. Free. Call 394-6918. 'The Florida Manatee, a Florida Treasure': Jessica Koelsch, a Florida wildlife project manager for the Ocean Conservancy, shares the basics of manatee protection at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Weedon Island Preserve, 1800 Weedon Drive NE, St. Petersburg. Koelsch urges us all to become wildlife watchers in the coastal waterways. Free. Call 453-6500 to register.
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