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By JACKIE RIPLEY and LOGAN D. MABE
© St. Petersburg Times, published September 9, 2001
New Sickles entrance will have a traffic light
CITRUS PARK -- Sickles High School will get a traffic light at the planned new southern entrance at Ehrlich and Hixon roads.
There is no firm construction date for the $124,000 project, which also includes minor road and curb improvements, said Michael McCarthy, manager of traffic services for the county.
"We're talking about trying to get it done this year or the upcoming year, surely by the end of 2002," McCarthy said. McCarthy said the new entrance will provide "better capacity and be safer overall."
LUTZ -- Regency of Fine Arts will host a fundraising art exhibit and auction Sept. 29 at Cheval Golf and Country Club to benefit Happy Tails Habitat, an animal rescue shelter at 5709 Happy Tails Lane.
A selection of custom-framed art representing regional, national and international artists in a wide price range will be offered. Selections will include lithographs, oil paintings, serigraphs, etchings, watercolors, engravings and fine art prints, priced from $45 to several thousand dollars.
A preview is at 6 p.m., with the auction at 7 p.m.
The cost of the event, to be held in the Lake Side Room, 4312 Cheval Blvd., is $10 in advance, $15 at the door.
Visit Regency Fine Art at www.regencyfineart.com and Happy Tails Habitat at www.happytailshabitat.org
LUTZ -- Schwarzkopf Elementary student Taylor Drane will head for Chicago this week as one of 12 national finalists in the Craftsman/NSTA Young Inventors Awards.
The annual competition, co-sponsored by the National Science Teachers Association, invites students in grades 2-8 to create a new tool or improve an existing one.
Taylor invented a device called the "Water Miser," an irrigation tool that delivers moisture to plants' roots and conserves water. His mentor on the project was his fourth-grade science teacher Jannette Thibodeau.
Taylor's invention was one of nearly 3,400 entries in this year's competition. The 12 finalists have already won $5,000 U.S. savings bonds and the trip to the national awards ceremony for themselves, their parents and teachers.
Two finalists will be named national winners. Each will win an additional $5,000 savings bond.
The awards ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. Friday at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry.