Boat slip limitation kills condo project
Developers of a condominium project on Tierra Verde learn state laws prohibit them from building any more boat slips on the property.

Gulfport theater to open Dec. 10
The theater project, planned since 1992, included a renovation of the city's senior center and cost more than $1-million.

With city's help, man won't lose his house
With money from a federal program and help from lawyers, a mildly retarded man is able to pay off his mortgage.

Apartment complex cited for rat woes
The complex is working on extermination with the city's help. Neighboring properties are being scrutinized.

Pinellas Park delays okay of 41 percent increase in sewer rate
A city attorney is studying whether a retroactive fee is legal. He says he'll have an answer by Dec. 14.

New bus route will connect to trolley
A letter published Nov. 1, Keep veterans center bus service, is extremely misleading about bus service plans to Bay Pines VA Medical Center. The writer contends that the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority is eliminating one of two routes to Bay Pines. The truth is that Route 71 is being replaced by Route 75.

Fossil Park group sues motel owners, tenants
ST. PETERSBURG -- For more than two years, drug dealers and prostitutes have conducted business in open view, a group of Fossil Park neighbors say. Neighbors' complaints to owners of a nearby motel and police have produced no changes. Now they have turned to the courts.

Gulfstream engineering firm chosen
Gulfstream Environmental & Engineering Services in St. Petersburg has been selected to provide environmental evaluation, remediation and site suitability studies for Discount Auto Parts in Lakeland.

Employees can breathe easier after relocation
The new headquarters of the American Lung Association will have much better than average indoor air quality.

What's up on campus
Eckerd College will commemorate World AIDS Day Thursday and Friday. Beth Boyer Kollas, director and research coordinator of the Orlando Regional Mind/Body/Spirit Center, will speak at 6 p.m. Thursday at Fox Hall. After Kollas' presentation, there will be a candlelight walk to Griffin Chapel for a brief service followed by a 24-hour vigil. Photos, poems and artwork by Eckerd students, faculty and staff will be on display Friday. The event will culminate with worship in Griffin Chapel at 4 p.m. Call 864-7757 for information.

Boat parades
Madeira Beach: 2000 Holiday Illuminated Boat Parade, Dec. 6. Begins at 7 p.m. behind City Hall, 300 Municipal Drive. Heads south toward John's Pass, where the procession reverses and heads back to City Hall.

The week ahead
Today

The buck stops here, there on sewer lines
A man who keeps encountering clogged lines finally may get some action after airing his woes to the Pinellas Park council.

Herbert T. Kimura, Japanese-American WWII vet
Mr. Kimura, 77, one of the first Japanese-Americans to live in St. Petersburg, fought in one of the most decorated U.S. military units.

Glitch traps 11 people in BayWalk garage elevator
They are stuck for 40 minutes in a 4-by-6 elevator before workers are able to get the doors open.

Night of gambling-for-fun benefits Boys, Girls Clubs
The Boys and Girls Clubs of the Suncoast have been open since the early 1970s, so I forget how new its guild is, organized just eight years ago in 1992 by volunteers led by Peg Nunn.

Neighborhood briefs
American Stage to hold memorial for director

Teacher absorbs culture in Japan exchange
Never out of this country, she's adapting to the language, the weather, a mountainous terrain, and a reluctance to say no.

Visits to elderly teach kids about true holiday spirit
If you're looking for a way to remind your children that the holidays are not just a time of receiving but also giving, Pinellas County offers plenty of opportunities with its host of retirement homes and senior facilities.

2 local women go into Trot after big victories
Congratulations to everyone who completed one of the three events that make up the annual Times Turkey Trot.

Women's tournament keeps bowling 'em over
Tournament director Marge Carver checked the crowded concourse at Southland Lanes in Pinellas Park and smiled.

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