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Plans for rec center put off indefinitely

By Times Staff Writer
Published February 9, 2008

CLEARWATER

Plans to move forward with a new and long-promised Morningside Recreation Center have been put off indefinitely, the City Council agreed Thursday night. Council members indicated it could be November before the city revisits a plan to build a 25,000-square-foot replacement for the neighborhood's current recreation center. Faced with major revenue losses from recently approved state mandates to cut property tax collections and possible further losses if taxable property values fall this year, city leaders opted not to move ahead with the project - yet. Instead, council members directed their staff to see how much it will cost to keep the current center on Harn Boulevard up and running for a couple more years. Morningside residents supported the move, saying they understood the financial restraints, but urged the council not to abandon the project altogether.

12- to 21-year-olds urged to join group

Powerful Young Adults is looking for girls and young women ages 12 to 21 to join its weekly Tuesday meetings. The girls are provided a positive program with mentors, tutoring, job skills training and newsletter publishing. There is no fee to join the group. The meetings are from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the North Greenwood Library, 905 N Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. Call (727) 441-9430.

COUNTYWIDE

Quartet can help woo your valentine

Barbershop quartets will deliver old-fashioned love songs such as I Love You Truly and Let Me Call You Sweetheart in four-part harmony to homes, offices, hospitals or wherever that special someone may be Sunday though Thursday. A barbershop quartet, composed of members of the former Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America, will present your sweetheart with love songs, a red silk rose and parchment scroll for as little as $50. The barbershoppers group is a nonprofit organization and charities will benefit from this effort. Deliveries can be made anywhere in Pinellas and Pasco counties. To schedule a singing valentine, call (727) 784-8052 for deliveries north of Gulf-To-Bay Boulevard in Clearwater and (727) 772-7043 for deliveries south of Gulf-To-Bay.

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