Pasco track team's success easy as 1-2-3 [Times photo: Dan McDuffie] DADE CITY -- They've done it all season. They'll try to do it one more time Saturday.

Dentist argues for immunity from lawsuit A man was wrongly arrested in the slaying of a 9-year-old girl based partly on opinions the dentist gave to a grand jury. School impact fees in jeopardy A measure to exempt Pasco from legislation barring counties' new fees on home builders has died in the Senate.

Census takers counting on cooperation
The effort is largely problem-free so far, officials say, and workers are learning as they go door to door.

Officials look at new fee for paving of dirt roads
Administrators agree something needs to be done to cut the number of dusty dirt roads in the county.

Housing plan for dirt-mine site trimmed
The developer, having abandoned efforts for a dirt mine in Wesley Chapel, will file a new proposal soon for 170 homes on the 274 acres, according to an attorney.

School may use flexible start time
Research indicates that teenagers don't function well early in the morning, so Hudson High is considering an alternative.

Steps must be taken to save Pasco's beauty
Editor: Much has been written about Pasco County's need to promote tourism and attract investment dollars to broaden our tax base. Our need to eliminate pollution and protect the environment goes hand in hand with those goals. Some of the things we can do are:

Dress code is not schools' most pressing problem
The Pasco School Board set aside school crowding, academic achievement, student discipline and other pressing matters this week for its annual headline-grabbing discussion about something of vital import: what kids wear to class.

Judge rules confession stands in beating death
DADE CITY -- A judge on Thursday refused for the third time to throw out the confession of a Zephyrhills man charged with beating his roommate to death last year with a softball bat.

Food bank auction suits all tastes
LAND O'LAKES -- Dana Reuter prepares for the Pasco Food Bank auction all year long.

Yukon Days fashioned for family fun
An outhouse race, games, pie baking contest and beauty contest for kids are on tap.

Gators enter semifinal with pitching questions
LAND O'LAKES -- A day before Land O'Lakes' biggest game of the year, starting pitcher Cory Doyne was MIA at practice.

Bulldogs eye wins, not record
ZEPHYRHILLS -- Three shopping carts full of tattered baseballs were pitched to the best hitting team in the state this year, and none vanished over the outfield fence.

'Nunsense' may be, um, habit-forming
A comedy that has become something of a cottage industry will begin next weekend at the Show Palace Dinner Theatre.

A more complex 'Cinderella' story
River Ridge thespians have chosen the Rodgers and Hammerstein version, whose characters are less stereotypical than the Disney version's.

Prayer event a feast of spirituality
At a lunch celebrating the National Day of Prayer, more than 100 people gather to ask for blessings.