Horses vaccinated for West Nile virus

By Times staff writer

© St. Petersburg Times,
published September 9, 2001

Pinellas County Animal Services set up a Saturday morning clinic to give vaccinations for the mosquito-borne West Nile virus at the Walsingham Equestrian Park for walk-in horses and a daylong clinic both Saturday and today at Walsingham Park for trailered horses. Both parks are on 102nd Avenue on the Largo-Seminole border.

Each person with a horse was required to fill out a certificate with information about the horse and its owner. The information, to be kept in the county's database, would be used in the event of a disaster or hurricane, said Sandra Lee of Animal Services. The vaccinations cost $10, and some horses also received rabies shots.

Crystal River hires city manager at last

CRYSTAL RIVER -- After months of searching, this city has found someone to take charge.

On Saturday, the City Council hired its eighth city manager in 11 years, a dubious track record that scared away previous candidates and has made the city the butt of jokes statewide.

The new manager, Philip Lilly, is unfazed by the city's history.

"I'm more the half-full than the half-empty guy. I look at things a lot more positively," said Lilly, 52, a Federal Aviation Administration official who lives in Crystal River.

Although Lilly signed a four-year deal, three council members are up for re-election in November and a faction gunning for those seats said Lilly is unqualified.

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