North of Tampa: June 10, 2001
Commuter bliss detoured by 1,760 feet
I don't like to whine about traffic in New Tampa. It gets old and it seems futile. Besides, no one forced me, or anyone else for that matter, to live up there.
Soccer's goals
The sport is relatively simple: Run down the field and kick the ball into the goal. But its rewards for kids are infinite.
Camps offer new sport each week
Summer camps for various sports will be offered beginning Monday at Leto High School, 4409 W Sligh Ave.
Citrus Park Christian School awards outstanding athletes
Chris Staton and Christine Hussey scooped up the most sports awards at Citrus Park Christian School.
Company seeks permission to build condos
CARROLLWOOD -- A Clearwater company wants to develop condos on Linebaugh Avenue, east of Henderson Road. Robert Pergolizzi of Florida Design Consultants Inc. is proposing 136 individually-owned townhomes on the 18-acre parcel owned by the Diocese of St. Petersburg.
McDonald's promises appropriate ambience
A developer wants to put a McDonald's on Linebaugh, and residents want it to match the neighborhood.
For teen, school was a long and winding road
After years of long bus rides to his high school, basketballer Jonathan Scurry is looking forward to USF.
A business for the brood
Louis and Jill Betz have included their children as much as possible in the family business, Duck Tours, which offers amphibious tours of Tampa and St. Petersburg.
The week in review
GRIM REAPER CLAIMS LUTZ HAUNTED HOUSE: For the first time in 22 years, Lutz's historic school building won't be turned into a haunted house this October, organizers have decided.
Students urged to design arts center
The Oldsmar Cultural Arts Foundation solicits ideas for the building by sending letters to universities' architecture colleges.
Accident reports
1. SHELDON ROAD AT LINEBAUGH AVENUE, MAY 25, 8:30 A.M.: A 74-year-old woman was getting out of a 1985 Mercury at a gas station without putting it in park. She was dragged by the vehicle as it began to move. Her leg was pinned in the door after the vehicle hit a parked 1987 Mercury. She was taken to Town & Country Hospital.
Roadwork
1. INTERSTATE 275, from Busch Boulevard to U.S. 41, will have periodic night-time lane closures. Also watch for construction at Busch Boulevard and Fowler Avenue near the interstate. Work will continue until two new lanes are complete in Fall 2002.
