Tampa Bay: July 31, 2001
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Wake up!
[Times photo: Scott Keeler]
Brad Leonard, 14, of Holiday, takes to the air Monday while wakeboarding in Whitcomb Bayou in Tarpon Springs during an outing with friends. |
North Pinellas County news
Horne lowers salary request
As city manager, Bill Horne would earn $120,000 a year, plus a one-time bonus of $10,000.
Store washed out, not washed up
To help customers, an RV arrives at Buddy Bi-Rite, where the roof collapsed from rains.
North Pinellas briefs
Man faces cocaine charges
Trip to store turns into a daring deed
A Largo man strolls into a 7-Eleven to find clerks wrestling a robber. He joins the fray until police arrive.
State sweetens deal with optics company
If the optics company relocates its headquarters from Dunedin to Oldsmar,275 jobs would follow.
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No defense for handheld cell phones on the road
Three cheers for Largo, which is leading the way in considering a ban on handheld cell phones while driving there.
Rash of annexes rouses concern
Unincorporated Pinellas residents express their discontent with the county commission's lack of resistance toward annexes.
Graduate took online track to her master's
An East Lake woman's degree required a lot of hard work at home and a computer link to a Minneapolis school.
Montessori school to have petting zoo
PALM HARBOR -- Palm Harbor Montessori Academy will have its annual "Community Zoo" from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the campus at 2313 Nebraska Ave.
Jefferson sets Sunshine track's Modified mark
Only days before the annual 50-lap Open Wheel Modified Championship race at Sunshine Speedway, Pinellas Park's Wayne Jefferson knew he had the talent, experience and knowledge to win the big event.
