The Laker-Land O' Lakes/Lutz-June 4, 2014

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Ice welcomed at new sports complex

By Michael Hinman mhinman@lakerlutznews.com

By the end of next year, State Road 56 will be more crowded than ever. A new Mercedes dealership.A long-awaited outlet mall and the different stores it will bring. Yet another hotel, this time 120 rooms. Not bad for a road that, just a little more than a decade ago, didn’t even exist. Joining all that, however, is an ice and sports complex so big, it might make existing facilities in Ellenton, Oldsmar and maybe even Brandon a bit jealous. Apartment developer Gordie Zimmermann and his colleagues Z Mitch LLC, closed on 13 acres of land last week on

Cypress Ridge Boulevard for $2.6 million, where they plan to build a 155,500-squarefoot ice and sports complex complete with four pads of ice, a restaurant, and room for other sports in the community. Zimmermann’s development team is investing more than $20 million in the project, all so that Zimmermann’s hockey team — and other teams like it — won’t have to travel so far anymore to find a sheet of ice in Florida. “I was operating down in the Brandon facility, and I noticed that the adult hockey program had taken over,” Zimmermann said of Ice Sports Forum, a two-pad complex he also owns. “The kids had limited ice time See ICE, page 16

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A day to remember For the first time ever, Land O’ Lakes hosted a Memorial Day parade, paying tribute to the men and women throughout the country’s history who gave their lives to protect the freedoms Americans enjoy. The parade started inside Dupree Lakes, continued down Ehren Cutoff, and ended at Baldomero Lopez State Veterans Nursing Home. It might have been morning, but it was hot for Michelle Stanziani of Wesley Chapel, right, and her daughter Meghan, 6. To see more pictures from the parade, turn to Page 20.

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The names of Land O’ Lakes High School’s Class of 2014 are reprinted in this week’s Laker, along with advertisements from businesses who support this annual graduation section. Unfortunately, last week’s Laker published the names of 2013 graduates from the high school.This occurred because an incorrect file was sent to The Laker, and the mistake was not discovered until after the wrong list was published. Thankfully, names and photos of Land O’ Lakes valedictorians and salutatorians were correct, and are published again today next to the names of their fellow graduates. We are reprinting this correct list of graduates in both The Laker and Lutz News because many Lutz readers are friends with Land O’ Lakes students and their families. Land O’ Lakes seniors received a fourpage reprint of this special section in time for their graduation ceremonies last Thursday at the University of South Florida Sun Dome.This reprint was included in the envelope with their diploma, and also distributed with the commencement program. I want to thank Ric Mellin, principal at Land O’ Lakes High, for his prompt assistance in getting the word out to students and their families that the correct list would be republished in this week’s paper.

Pasco County Schools expands summer programs By B.C. Manion

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Gordie Zimmermann, from left, is joined by Pasco County Commissioner Jack Mariano and retired Tampa Bay Lightning star Dave Andreychuk last week in a presentation unveiling a new four-pad ice sports complex just off State Road 56 in Wesley Chapel. The new arena is expected to open by late next year.

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Pasco County Schools’ $1.3 million summer school program this year will serve 6,580 students.That’s an increase of 1,820 over last summer’s rolls, according to district officials. This year’s programs also will reach younger children, and will give older students more time to work on recovering course credits. School board member Steve Luikart applauded the expanded program. “The need is there,” Luikart said.“We’re doing everything we can to help more kids.”

The district is piloting new programs for kindergarteners and first graders focusing on literacy, and for second graders emphasizing mathematics. The literacy pilot will serve about 390 students, and the mathematics pilot will serve about 400 children.The students will come from Title 1 schools, which are schools that qualify for federal funding because they have a large percentage of children from poor families. Another pilot will focus on science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics, otherwise known as STEM. It will serve approximately 45 third- and fourth-grade students from Fox Hollow, Schrader, and

Gulf Highlands elementary schools, and will be held at Gulf Highlands. The district’s summer reading camp will continue to target third graders.About 700 children are expected to receive the additional help.The media centers at each of the summer camp locations will be open to all students on those days. The district also will be using migrant camps for kindergarten through 12thgraders at eight east Pasco schools, to help close the achievement gap. The program will serve about 45 students, an increase of 15 from last year. See SUMMER, page 16


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