Northpinellas: Pinellas digest

DUNEDIN -- The City Commission will discuss with the Toronto Blue Jays at 4:30 p.m. today at City Hall a compromise on a plan to renovate the team's spring training facilities. After the team last week rejected the city's proposal to raise more money for the renovation, state Sen. Jack Latvala, R-Palm Harbor, was called in to mediate the disagreement. The two sides disagree about who should pay to finish the project, which was originally expected to cost $12-million. The team has asked for public funding for as much as $2-million more and has threatened to leave town if the request isn't granted. The city has said it would go to court to keep the team in place.

Needy families will receive food through program

TARPON SPRINGS -- The seventh annual "Farm Share" produce giveaway for needy families is scheduled for noon Nov. 20 at the Union Academy Cultural Center, 401 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. Sponsored by state Sen. Jack Latvala, R-Palm Harbor, the Farm Share program was created by the state Department of Agriculture. Florida farmers supply the produce. In previous years, volunteers have given away enough food in a day to fill a semitrailer truck. People receiving food must demonstrate eligibility for public assistance by presenting a Medicaid card, food stamps or WIC identification. On the same day, the giveaway also will take place at Our Lady Queen of Peace Church, 5340 High St., New Port Richey, at 9 a.m. and at the Martin Luther King Recreation Complex, 1201 Martin Luther King Ave., Clearwater, at 3 p.m.

Police search for suspects in restaurant robbery

CLEARWATER -- Police are searching for two men who held up a business Monday night. The robbers entered El Chicanito Restaurant, 1478 Gulf-to-Bay Blvd., at 8:45 p.m. One of the men was armed with a handgun. The robbers took money from a cash register, ordered two employees to the floor and left. No one was injured. The men are both between 15 and 25 years old. They are both black, about 5 feet 9 inches tall and 160 to 170 pounds. One wore a bandana with a black shirt and blue jeans. The second wore a hooded black jacket, which he used to conceal his face.

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