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Superintendent to present his midyear update

By Times Staff Writer
Published January 29, 2008

COUNTYWIDE

Pinellas school superintendent Clayton Wilcox will give a midyear update on an array of topics, including school choice and the budget, when the superintendent's North County Minority Advisory Committee meets at 6:30 p.m. Thursday. The meeting takes place at the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center, 1201 Douglas Ave., Clearwater, behind Curtis Fundamental and Clearwater Intermediate schools. Call 727 461-7191.

Want to flush away water costs?

Back by popular demand, Pinellas County's ultra low-flow toilet program is returning for another two years. This water conservation program provides up to $100 in rebates for each old-fashioned toilet, which uses more than 3.5 gallons per flush, replaced by an ultra low-flow toilet, which uses 1.6 gallons per flush. Sixteen thousand rebates will be available to customers who receive water from Pinellas County Utilities or the cities of Clearwater, Oldsmar, Pinellas Park, Safety Harbor or Tarpon Springs. To apply, call (727) 725-2604 or e-mail PinellasULFTRebates@Hotmail.com Upon verification of your water account information, you will receive an application and policy and procedures in the mail.

Or to become a better parent?

Help a Child's Parent Aide Program needs volunteers to make a difference in the life of a parent who needs help becoming the best person he or she can be for a child. Parent aides spend one to two hours each week mentoring a parent. Help a Child, which operates six programs, began in 1979 as a state-funded program through a grant at All Children's Hospital. Now based in mid Pinellas, the organization serves the entire county and does not charge for its services. For information call Kerri Pedersen at (727) 544-3900, ext. 168, or visit www.helpachild.org.

CLEARWATER

Sold-out concert may seat more

While advance tickets are no longer available for the Coast Guard Band's free concert at 7 p.m. Thursdayat Ruth Eckerd Hall, it still might be possible to catch the show. That's because organizers say that typically as many as a quarter of the people who get tickets in advance end up not attending. So people without tickets can show up anyway, organizers say, and anyone in line 10 minutes before the concert will be seated if there are empty seats.

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