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Forum focuses on women in business

By Times Staff Writer
Published January 30, 2008

LARGO

The Largo/Mid-Pinellas Chamber of Commerce will present the Women in Business Forum & Expo: A Balancing Act from 3 to 7 p.m. Feb. 6 at the Largo Cultural Center, 105 Central Park Drive. The free event will feature motivational speakers and an expo showcasing businesses that interest women or include women as customers or clients. Call (727) 584-2321.

LARGO

Bang a drum or just sit back and listen

Bring a drum or other percussion instrument to the drum circle at 6 p.m. Saturday and the first Saturday of every month at George C. McGough Nature Park, 11901 146th St. N.

Listeners of all ages are invited to relax by the campfire and enjoy the rhythms led by Barry Skeete. Admission is $2 for those 13 and older. Call (727) 587-6775.

CLEARWATER

Soldout concert may have room for more

While advance tickets are no longer available for the Coast Guard Band's free concert at 7 p.m. Thursday at 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. Anyone in line 10 minutes before the concert will be seated if there are empty seats, organizers say.

COUNTYWIDE

Superintendent plans a midyear update

Pinellas schools 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.

COUNTYWIDE

Mentors needed to help make parents better

Help a Child's Parent Aide Program needs volunteers. Parent aides spend one to two hours each week mentoring a parent.

Help a Child does not charge for services. For information call Kerri Pedersen at (727) 544-3900, ext. 168, or visit www.helpachild.org.

COUNTYWIDE

Information meetings for college program

The Early College Program, a partnership between Pinellas County schools and St. Petersburg College, will host four information sessions for students.

The program is open to Pinellas students who will enter grades 11 and 12 in fall 2008.

Students must have a 3.0 unweighted high school grade-point average and pass the College Placement Test, SAT or ACT exams.

The full-time dual enrollment program allows students to earn college credits, tuition-free, while completing high school and taking part in extracurricular activities.

All sessions are from 7 to 9 p.m.:

- Feb. 5 in the Clearwater campus arts auditorium, 2465 Drew Street.

- Thursday in the UP building at the Seminole campus, 9200 113th St. N.

Call (727) 791-5970 or (727) 791-5971.

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