Wary wrangler [Times photo: Mike Pease] Logan Stickles, 4, right, a student at Gaither High School's Little Wranglers preschool, looks cautiously at Honeybunn, a 2-1/2 year-old heifer on display at the high school Thursday.

Private school seeks changes in zoning
CARROLLWOOD -- Independent Day School wants to unify the school's three separate parcels of land along the east and west sides of Orange Grove Drive into a single zoning district.

Phone tower rouses suburb
LAKE MAGDALENE -- When the Indian Mound Village community was built 20 years ago, homeowners were so concerned about protecting their natural skyline, they required that power lines be built underground.

Friend on call
PhoneFriend volunteers reassure callers, help with homework or simply chat with kids who are home alone after school.

Week in review
HOME INVASION IN TAMPA PALMS: A Tampa Palms apartment dweller was the victim of an armed home invasion Wednesday morning, marking the third time in two weeks that police responded to a crime involving a weapon in New Tampa.

A game plan for seniors
The Tampa Bay Senior Games cater to everyone from athletes to amateurs with events that range from swimming and running to billiards and dominoes.

$3-million upgrade promises less odor, more reclaimed water
MEADOW POINTE -- For the past few years, sulfurous fumes from a Pasco County sewer plant have assaulted the nostrils of motorists on Interstate 75.

Free concerts at Lutz Junction start Saturday with local group
Organizers hope the gatherings become family affairs.

Owner of complex drops lawsuit, asks county to reconsider lights
Chuck Fest's lawsuit had said that neighbors conspired to shut down his business.

Connecting with compatriots
An Indian businesswoman who lives in Town 'N Country is starting a monthly regional newspaper geared toward the Indian population.

Planner's experiment draws him to West Park Village
The Planning Commission employee lived in Disney's Celebration for four years and liked it so much he is moving to a similar development in Westchase.

Shops, restaurants lining up for town center
WESTCHASE -- West Park Village's town center, the cornerstone of the new development's shopping convenience, is about to get under way.

Open and shut
ART GALLERY OPENS ANOTHER LOCATION: on0 The Michael Murphy Gallery of South Tampa has opened its second location, in the Palm Lake Shopping Center of New Tampa, 15353 Amberly Drive.

Road work
1. INTERSTATE 275, from Busch Boulevard to U.S. 41, will have periodic nighttime lane closures. Also watch for construction at Busch Boulevard and Fowler Avenue near the interstate. Work will continue until fall 2002, when the highway will have two new lanes.

Accident report
1. HUTCHISON ROAD AT WILCOX ROAD, SEPT. 22, 5:45 A.M.: A northbound 1985 Mercury went off the road and hit a wooden electric pole head-on. The Mercury driver, a 29-year-old man, was charged with not having insurance.