Tampa Bay: April 20, 2001
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World class volleyball
[Times photo: Jim Damaske]
Former Olympian Chad Turner, who grew up in Clearwater, returned to home sand Thursday to help stage a demonstration ahead of the $150,000 Vollyhut Clearwater Beach Invitational. The competition begins with qualifying at 8 a.m. today and continues through Sunday on the Pier 60 south courts. |
North Pinellas County news
Vote moves Marriott resort plan forward
After a transportation engineer says traffic will not worsen, the Clearwater City Commission votes to give parts of two roads to the project's developers.
Police: Repeat robber strikes fifth bank
CLEARWATER -- He is smooth and confident, strolling into banks with a sense of cool. He lifts his shirt to show tellers he indeed has a gun. He asks for cash and slips out of the banks with grace.
Dunedin looks for new post office
Downtown merchants back the idea, but the city wonders whether it would fulfill seniors' needs.
North Pinellas briefs
Struck teen may have been escaping
Tarpon police will move in, stretch out
Officers are trading old, cramped quarters for a new $5-million facility today. Sometime next week firefighters will join them.
Group: Add staffers to firetrucks
A national group wants four firefighters on every truck, a potential problem for budgets and liability.
Suspect leaps from bridge
The man is found in the water and treated for hypothermia before continuing his trip to jail.
Civic volunteer Herm Seibert dies
LARGO -- Herman "Herm" E. Seibert, an active civic volunteer and father of former Pinellas County commissioner and current state Department of Community Affairs Secretary Steve Seibert, died Wednesday (April 18, 2001) at home.
Rush to fund new stadium builds frustration
As a College Hill resident and relatively new resident to Florida and Clearwater, I am totally frustrated by the whole of what I am seeing with respect to the proposed Phillies stadium. The more articles I read, the more I find hidden right before my eyes.
Another doctor is sentenced in fraud
Dr. Bipin Patel receives probation and a fine for accepting kickbacks. His sentencing was the latest in the Clearwater Clinical Labs case.
Forecast: sunny and funny
It seems everything under the sun, from sport fishing to music to a popular night parade, is in the works for this years Fun 'n Sun Festival.
Fun 'n Sun events
Businessman receives community recognition
The Clearwater chapter of the National Society of Arts and Letters gives him an award.
Sport Bowling will challenge regular league competitors
Tom Milton isn't sure he will try the shot, but when and if he does, he expects his average to drop dramatically.
City hires firm to plan water treatment plant
CLEARWATER -- Without debate, the City Commission hired an engineering firm Thursday night to design a drinking water treatment plant to boost the city's water supply.
Best bets
Happenings
THIS WEEKEND AT CLUB MORE: Tonight, the Hazies, the Outpatients and Liquid Logie will play. Cover charge is $7. Doors open at 8 p.m. Club More is at 703 Franklin St., Clearwater. Call (727) 466-6673.
