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January 24, 2001

Youth ensemble works through kinks, toward goals
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[Times photo: Janel Schroeder]
After months of rehearsal, the young musicians perform at a few events in February. Donations will be divided evenly for them to use for a musical pursuit.
Zephyrhills debate: Party on or hold it down?

One faction wants monthly downtown events to stimulate business. Another says four a year is plenty, given the costs.

Skins game
On the eve of the Super Bowl, the Bare Buns will face the Totally Tans at a Land O'Lakes nudist resort.

Ranch gives way to subdivision
The Preserve at Wilderness Lake's 850 new homes across the street from Land O'Lakes High School will range in price from $110,000 to $500,000.

Public Works employee faces drug charges
NEW PORT RICHEY -- Nearly two weeks after police and drug-sniffing dogs searched city-owned vehicles at the Public Works Department, police have arrested a city employee for misdemeanor possession of marijuana and paraphernalia.

Woman, 83, bilked by old banking scam
The victim, whose husband died 3 months ago, says her thinking was "all muddled."

Passion of citizens key to wildlife protection
The move toward stricter environmental controls on development in Pasco County begins this evening with the first public workshop to devise a wildlife protection ordinance.

Bars and servers also to blame in pedestrian deaths
Editor: Many of us living in Pasco County have been witness to the unacceptable spectacle of reading almost weekly about pedestrians getting struck and killed while walking along or trying to cross one of Florida's most dangerous highways, U.S. 19.

Rams alumni eager to battle Bucs
Former Gulf and Florida football standout Jim Watson has organized two Buccaneer alumni games at Des Little Stadium.

Player's improvement leads to title
When Marc Spicijaric's coach told him he could win and his doubles partner told him he better, the 14-year-old listened.

Dade City streets' bricks get a new look
Commissioners hold off paving to study whether some brick streets can be restored.

County bans all open fires, sets $500 fine for violators
The ban includes campsite fires and fireworks as the area, the driest in the nation, looks for drought relief.

Teenager faces charges in attack on firefighter
DADE CITY -- A teenager arrested Tuesday for throwing a piece of wood at Dade City firefighters isn't the namesake of a famous NFL stadium or a big time investment firm.

Wellness fair aims to build healthy students
The fair at Pine View Middle School includes presentations on nutritious eating habits, the effects of smoking and sexually transmitted diseases.

Zephyrhills reworks its pay system
The design is to take the guesswork out of the system of granting annual raises.

Dade City man indicted in slaying of worker
NEW PORT RICHEY -- A Pasco grand jury released a first-degree murder indictment Tuesday against Jonathan Dye Jones, the second time the 34-year-old Dade City man has been formally accused of killing someone.  


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