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Imagine hurling toward the Earth at nearly 90 mph, then negotiating your way over land and water while you skim across the surface, before landing back on solid ground and tumbling to an abrupt stop.

Now imagine doing it on purpose, over and over again.

Canopy piloting, also known as swooping, is a form of skydiving where jumpers maneuver through a course upon their descent as they make contact with the ground. And it isn’t just a growing activity.

It’s a full-fledged competitive sport, with international championships and competitors from dozens of countries vying for gold.

The 5th World Canopy Piloting Championship will be Nov. 4-6 at Skydive City, 4241 Sky Dive Lane in Zephyrhills. It’s the first time the world championships have been held in the United States, and is expected to attract more than 100 competitors representing nearly 30 countries.

Swooping is more than just a competition of rare skills, said T.K. Hayes, president and general manager of Skydive City. It’s the most audience-friendly form of skydiving around.

“All the action happens in the last 10 seconds of the skydive, close to the ground,” Hayes said.“It is totally a spectator sport.”

For the November event, a tent close to the swoop pond, where athletes will make contact, will have visitors just 50 feet from the action.

The World Canopy Piloting Championship is held every two years and is sanctioned by the Federation Aeronautique Internationale, the international governing body that covers aviation competitions, including skydiving, ballooning and even airplanes.

Following the last championship, Hayes heard that nobody had yet applied to host the 2014 event. He threw his hat into the ring, then fended off a bid from a city in Russia to host it.

Afterward, the Pasco County Tourist Development Council chipped in $15,000 for advertising and promotion for the event, which Hayes estimates will cost around $100,000 to put together from start to finish.

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Florida resident and reigning national champion Tommy Dellibac will be among the competitors vying for gold at the World Canopy Piloting Championships in Zephyrhills.

Shelter changes way animal owners think First-hand

By Michael Hinman mhinman@lakerlutznews.com

Out of sight, out of mind.

Pat Mulieri wasn’t part of the decision that built Pasco County’s animal shelter well off the beaten path inside the Lake Patience community and behind Oakstead Elementary School, but there are times she wishes she was.

The shelter is 2 miles off Land O’ Lakes Boulevard, requiring a little bit of navigation along Lake Patience Road to Dogpatch Lane.

Locals know exactly where to go when they need to deliver a pet, or adopt one, but the thousands of new residents calling Pasco home each year are surprised to learn Pasco even has such a facility, and that sometimes makes it difficult to get the word out.

“I came to this shelter years ago when I had lost a pet,” Mulieri, a 20-year member of the county commission, said.“My husband didn’t lock the screen door for our two little MICHAEL HINMAN/STAFF PHOTOS dogs. One came back, and the other didn’t.” Adult cats have some of the hardest times being What Mulieri found at the shelter, howev- adopted, since kittens are in such high demand. er, was something she was not ready for.

Last year, more than 800 cats came to the shel“They let me in with the place closed, ter, but less than 75 percent found homes. when they only had one building out here, and that’s when I saw the dead cats,” Mulieri said.“They had killed so many cats a day, and “We want to advertise and get the word I didn’t even realize it. I couldn’t come out so that people know who we are and back.” where we are,” she said.“That’s It would actually take years not as easy as it sounds.” for Mulieri to return, but when Ciesluk is doing it using a Want to learn she did, she was there to stay. much different approach than more about Now Mulieri is a common face what the shelter has done in the pets? Turn to around the halls of the shelter’s past.While animal services have Page 2B each administrative offices, and has typically worked with newspaweek in The been a major proponent in helppers, television and radio to Laker/Lutz News. ing to build the shelter’s profile, spread the word about the sheland find homes for hundreds of ter’s needs, Ciesluk is reaching pets each month. deep into the business commuPromoting the shelter and nity to find corporate partners finding ways to attract adopting families has willing to lend a hand — even if it’s simply fallen on the shoulders of Andrea Ciesluk, through a new way of promoting events the assistant education coordinator at Pasco and specials the shelter has on a monthly County Animal Services. Ciesluk joined the basis. staff there earlier this year, and almost immeSee SHELTER, page 11A diately, the shelter was getting noticed.

challenges provide new perspectives on disabilities

By Michael Murillo mmurillo@lakerlutznews.com

Caitlin Carter struggles as she tries to maneuver her wheelchair while holding a tray.

She reaches down to pick up a pen, and spills her water.

Across the room, Jamie Ray — who doesn’t have full use of her hands — is having trouble opening a simple piece of candy.

Only after a long, deliberate process is she able to finally open the wrapper.

A few minutes later, Carter gets out of the wheelchair and Ray takes the socks off of her hands. Neither is disabled.They’re students who participated in Saint Leo University’s Challenge Experience on Oct. 23 as part of the school’s recognition of National Disability Awareness Month.

The challenge gives able-bodied students and faculty a chance to experience a small part of the challenges that some people face in their everyday lives. Carter learned the difficulties of multitasking while using a wheelchair, while Ray’s challenge simulated coordination challenges associated with muscular dystrophy and cerebral palsy.

Other activities included making a sandwich while blindfolded to simulate sight difficulties, identifying items in a bag based only on feel and smell, and tracing a shape while looking at a projection of an image, which replicates some challenges of dyslexia.

The challenges were part of a week of events at the university.A guest speaker and See DISABILITIES, page 11A

Bamboo canes soar above 70 feet at Dade City sanctuary

By B.C. Manion bcmanion@lakerlutznews.com

“I’m not so much a nurseryman. I’m more of a collector of bamboo,” said Leonard Daszkiewicz, who has a bamboo farm and garden off U.S. 98 in Dade City.

“When the latest ones come out of quarantine in China, I usually add one or two to my collection,” he said, leading a tour group from the Land O’ Lakes Garden Club around his property.

Daszkiewicz’s collection boasts more than four-dozen stands of bamboo, with some canes soaring more than 70 feet.As he led the group around his property, Daszkiewicz told the garden club members about the various kinds of bamboo in his collection.

The avid gardener also told the group about the multitude of plants and trees on his 10-acre plot.

The pride and joy of his collection is a tropical blue bamboo that he bought for $90 in 2003.At the time, it was in a pot and it was 2 feet tall.

Now, it towers skyward.

Bamboo is a resilient plant, Daszkiewicz informed the group. In 2004, he thought he’d lose his bamboo because of the three

back-to-back hurricanes that hit the state.

“The river was in flood stage for six weeks,” Daszkiewicz said.“I thought I was going to lose my bamboo. I didn’t lose a one. (But) it killed every laurel oak tree.”

The bamboo didn’t die, because it’s technically not a tree, but a giant grass.

“It can take flooding,” he said.

In another spot in the garden, Daszkiewicz has a stand of running bamboo. This bamboo lives up to its name, he said, unless steps are taken to keep it from running too far.

He has enclosed his stand in a barrier that runs more than 2 feet into the ground.

Even so, he keeps an eye on it just to be sure it doesn’t escape its confinement.

“You can’t ignore it,” Daszkiewicz said.

“It’s invasive.”

Besides being beautiful, bamboo canes also are musical.When the wind is blowing around 15 to 20 miles an hour, he said,“The canes bonk together and make musical sounds.”

Daszkiewicz’s wife Noreen is impressed by her husband’s handiwork.

“It’s fantastic,” she said.“It’s a sanctuary.”

Daszkiewicz’s extensive garden sits on a plot that is part of the acreage his grandparents homesteaded during the 1930s, after

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These towering canes of Bambusa chungii, also known as tropical blue bamboo, shoot skyward at Greenbelt Nursery & Bamboo Gardens on U.S. 98 east of Dade City. Members of the Land O’ Lakes Garden Club recently toured the farm to check out Leonard Daszkiewicz’s 10acre garden sanctuary that includes his impressive collection of bamboo plants.

Leonard Daszkiewicz, left, poses in this group shot with some members of the Land O’ Lakes Garden Club and his wife, Noreen. Joining them are, from left, Azalee Johnson, Debi Donaldson, Beverly Schnabel, Marie Woody, Gayloria Rude, Brigette Link and Jeanne Wolf.

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As the garden club members made their way around the property, Daszkiewicz — a Pasco County master gardener — pointed out his extensive collection of trees and plants. Some yield beauty for the soul.

Others, food for the body.

He grows okra, kale, onion, beets and sweet potato, among other things. He also grows giant stalks of sugar cane.

“In December, I’ll cut it down,” Daszkiewicz said. Then he’ll take it to a processor, who will turn it into syrup.

“Last year, I got about three gallons of syrup,” he added Daszkiewicz uses the syrup on everything from pancakes to rice. He also grows camellias, which add color during the cool-

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Marie Woody, president of the Land O’ Lakes Garden Club, said the club goes on field trips to see beautiful gardens, and to learn new gardening techniques.The group has 15 members, coming primarily from Land O’ Lakes, but also from Zephyrhills, Tampa and other areas, too.

It is open to men and women, she said, and welcomes new members.

The club meets on the first Tuesday of the month at the Land O’ Lakes Community Center, from September through April. It ends the year with a celebration dinner in May. Annual dues are $10.

For more information about the Land O’ Lakes Garden Club, call (813) 961-2697.

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Growth at The Grove may depend on traffic light

By Michael Hinman mhinman@lakerlutznews.com

Hiring has begun at a Chuck E. Cheese’s store now under construction at The Grove at Wesley Chapel, a shopping center opened at the height of the recent housing boom, which is now growing again.

How much the shopping center bordering Interstate 75 will expand, however, depends on the cooperation developers get from Pasco County officials.

“The challenge we have with all the major future development out of The Grove centers around the fact that the project lacks a traffic signal at the main entrance,” Jim Mazzarelli, managing director at Genesis Real Estate Advisers — the company working with The Grove developers — told members of the Greater Wesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce last week.“As our engineers say, we don’t have an FRED BELLET/PHOTO ingress problem, we have an Future growth at The Grove at Wesley Chapel depends on help from the county to keep traffic moving in and out of the shopping complex off County egress problem. You can get in, Road 54. but you can’t get out.”

The Grove has two entrances off County One 17-acre piece of land on the south- controls the traffic lights for vehicles look- also kept the Pepin Academy charter school Road 54, using Oakley Boulevard less than ern end of The Grove property, for example, ing to access I-75. Generally DOT wants from considering some space.

1,000 feet from the I-75 interchange, and is set up for a large box store, like a Lowe’s 1,260 feet separating traffic lights, and by “We had an idea to create this nice little Gateway Boulevard, located another 800 or Target, Mazzarelli said.The land has been adding one on Oakley, that would put three educational court that could’ve been sealed feet or so from there, where customers can vacant since The Grove opened in 2007, but traffic lights in a stretch of road totaling a lit- off” from the rest of the complex, Mazzarelli find a traffic signal. developers are in negotiations with a large tle more than 2,000 feet. said. “We went to the anchors and did a Getting to Gateway is not easy, however. department store “with a well-known “If you put in another stop light, that and great deal of negotiating with them, but we Shoppers have to leave The Grove, turn name.” the other two stop lights already there cre- couldn’t get the anchors to sign off on it.” onto Dayflower Boulevard, and then turn Such a deal, however, is contingent with ates the possibility of traffic backing up into However, those restrictions could change onto Gateway on the other side of an Econo adding a traffic light for the Oakley connec- the off-ramps of the interstate,” county in the near future. Many of the anchor leases Lodge.Anyone wanting to drive just straight tion to County Road 54. The Grove spokesman Douglas Tobin said.“We are re- are up for renewal, and since some stores out on Oakley either has to make a right developers already have spent more than viewing that, but one solution might be if would like the chance to upgrade their facilturn, or journey across three lanes of traffic $250,000 in studies and other work to get you put a stop light in there, we have an ities, that gives The Grove a little bargaining to make a U-turn at Gateway. that light in, but it still hasn’t happened. agreement that, in the future, if it backs up, power at the negotiation table.

“It’s a really awkward work-around,” “We are not taking this lightly by any we’d be able to remove it.”

“In addition to giving the anchors some Mazzarelli said.“It might work for everyone means,” Mazzarelli said. “It is a critical eleOther hindrances to expansion are re- money so they can refurbish their stores, we who is there now, but it doesn’t work for ment to the center as it stands today, strictions The Grove had to negotiate are getting a lot of these restrictions rethe big anchors who are going to come in especially right now when it’s only half through when it signed leases with some of laxed,” Mazzarelli said. “That will have and invest millions in a store.That’s a hurdle built-out.” its big tenants, like Best Buy, Dick’s Sporting obviously long-term benefits for the center, we’ve been working to overcome for the Although 54 is now a county road, there Goods and Old Navy.That was what stopped because the fewer restrictions we have, the better part of three-and-a-half years. We’re are still Florida Department of the Pasco County Tax Collector’s office from more flexibility we will have, and the most getting there, but it’s a long road.”

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The Saint Leo University Office of Residence Life will host Haunted Marmion Oct. 30 from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., in Marmion and Snyder halls, 33701 State Road 52 in St. Leo. Marmion Hall will be a themed haunted house, and Snyder Hall will host trick-or-treating.Admission is free.

For information, call Anthony Wise at (352) 588-8268, or email anthony.wise@saintleo.edu.

Myrtle Lake Baptist Church, 2017 Reigler Road in Land O’ Lakes, will host a free Trunk-a-Treat Oct. 31 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. There will be games, food, face painting, balloons and candy. For information, call (813) 949-5516, ext. 100.

Idlewild Baptist Church, 18333 Exciting Idlewild Blvd., in Lutz, will host “Light the Night,” a family fun festival, Oct. 31 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

There will be games, balloon animals, a hayride and inflatables. This is a costume-free evening. Food will be available for purchase. Admission is $3 per person, or $15 per family. Children 2 and younger are free.

For information, call (813) 264-1515, ext. 145.

Carrollwood Cultural Center, 4537 Lowell Road in Tampa, will present a live stage production of “War of the Worlds” Oct. 30 at 7:30 p.m.Admission is from $10 to $16. For information and tickets, call (813) 9228167, or visit CarrollwoodCenter.org.

SuperHero Spectacular

Heritage Church, 1854 Oak Grove Blvd., in Lutz, will host a SuperHero Spectacular Oct. 31 from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. There will be candy, games, bounce houses, giveaways, face painting, concessions, and entertainment by Fritzy Bros.“One Man” Circus. Admission is free.

For information, call (813) 909-4080, or visit BooBash.info.

FALL FESTIVAL AT SENIOR CENTER

Hallelujah Harvest Festival

The Lutz Senior Center, 112 First Ave., N.W., will host a fall festival with games and refreshments Oct. 31 at 1 p.m., for adults ages 50 and older.The center also offers a weekly book club, a beginner’s computer class, a pinochle group and more. For information, call (813) 272-5250.

First United Methodist Church of Lutz, 960 W. Lutz Lake Fern Road, will have its Hallelujah Harvest Festival Oct. 31 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

There will be free food, games, pumpkins for the first 50 kids, a bounce house, crafts, prize drawings, bingo, and buckets of candy. This is an indoor event. No scary costumes allowed.

For information, call (813) 949-1751, or visit FantasticFirst.org.

GULFSIDE HALLOWEEN SALE

Gulfside Hospice will host a Halloween sale at all five thrift shop locations Oct. 31.

Customers will receive 31 percent off storewide.All stores are open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Children will receive candy, too. For information and locations, visit Facebook.com/ghthriftshoppes.

MILITARY AWARENESS OPEN HOUSE

The American Legion Family of Post 147, 14373 Gunn Highway in Odessa, is hosting its Military Awareness Open House Nov. 1 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Guests must bring ID showing military status, or a release or discharge certificate.There will be information on the American Legion, jobs, benefits, medical, counseling and more. Free burgers, hot dogs and beverages will be provided.There also will be activities for children younger than 12. For information, call (813) 920-4512.

FREE DOCUMENT SHREDDING

Shred360 will offer free document shredding at Cooper Financial, 5430 Land O’ Lakes Blvd., Suite 101, in Land O’ Lakes, Nov. 1 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Up to five bags or boxes of documents per person will be accepted.There are no separation requirements for binders, clips, rubber bands, wire folders, CDs, and DVDs. Shred360 also is accepting donations of canned goods and baby items for The Volunteer Way, a local Pasco County food bank. For information, call (813) 944-2223, or visit Shred360.com/tampa.

FALL TRAVEL EXPO

AAA, the auto club group, will host its Fall Travel Expo Nov. 2 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Hilton Tampa Airport, 2225 N. Lois Ave., in Tampa.The free event will highlight cruises, tours and custom vacations.Travel experts will host presentations throughout the day.

To RSVP, visit AAA.com/TravelEvents.

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Presbyterian Church of Seven Springs, 4651 Little Road in New Port Richey.The program will include pieces honoring Veterans Day.The guest artist will be the Wiregrass Ranch High School Chorus.

OLOR Trunk or Treat

Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church, 2348 Collier Parkway in Land O’ Lakes, will host Trunk or Treat Oct. 31 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

For information, call (813) 949-4565.

The GFWC Lutz-Land O’ Lakes Woman’s Club is hosting its Blinged Bingo Benefit Luncheon, to benefit Hacienda Girls Ranch, Nov. 6 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., at Aquafinz Restaurant, 16553 Pointe Village Drive in Lutz.The cost is $20 and includes lunch and bingo.There will be prizes, vendors, and a silent auction. For information, call Edwina Kraemer at (813) 240-9421.

EMBROIDERY EXHIBITION

The Gulfview Chapter of The Embroiders’ Guild of America will have an embroidery exhibit Nov. 6-Dec. 16 at Rao Musunuru Art Gallery, at the Pasco-Hernando State College campus, 10230 Ridge Road in New Port Richey. Hours are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. For information, call Betty Brandt at (727) 8563643.

TALK ON INNER WELL-BEING

There will be a free introductory talk on “Isha Yoga: Inner Engineering – Technologies for Well Being” Nov. 6 at 6:30 p.m., at The Shriner Activity Center, 4050 Dana Shores Drive in Tampa.Topics include health and wellness, yoga, fitness and mental well-being.To register, visit InnerEngineering.com/live/events/tampa.

HANDMADE GIFT EXHIBITION SWEETFIELDS CORN MAZE

Sweetfields Farm, 17250 Benes Roush Road in Masaryktown, has opened its 5-acre corn maze on weekends through Nov. 2.Visitors can bring a picnic lunch.There is also a spider web maze, a hay maze, farm animals, a tree house, craft projects, a storyteller and food vendors.Admission is $5 for children ages 3-11, and $9.50 for ages 12 and older.

Last admission is sold at 4 p.m. For information, call (352) 279-0977.

WILDFLOWER PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW

The Pasco Arts Council will present “Selected Florida Wildflowers,” by photographer Anne-Marie Prokopiak at the Pasco County Government Center, 8731 Citizens Drive in New Port Richey, Nov. 321. Prints of the photos will be available for purchase. For information, call (727) 8457322.

FLORIDA BUGS PRESENTATION

The Nature Coast Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society will meet Nov. 4 at 7 p.m., at the Land O’ Lakes Community Center, 5401 Land O’ Lakes Blvd. James Moll with Pasco County Extension will present “Florida Bugs:The Good,The Bad and The Ugly.”There will be light refreshments and a plant drawing. For information, call Sandy Vanno at (727) 207-1853.

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Cobb Grove 16 & CineBistro, 6333 Wesley Grove Blvd., in Wesley Chapel, is offering CineClassics 2014. Upcoming shows include “Driving Miss Daisy” Nov. 4, and “Thelma & Louise” Nov. 11.All shows begin at 6:30 p.m. Guests should arrive 30 minutes prior for in-theatre CineBistro service.Tickets are $5 and are available at the concierge or CobbTheatres/CobbCinebistro.com.

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The Friends of the Land O’ Lakes Library, 2818 Collier Parkway, will have its fall book sale Nov. 7-8 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For $5, guests can attend a preview and sale Nov. 6 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. For information, call (813) 996-5834.

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The Downtown New Port Richey Art Gallery, 6231 Grand Blvd., will host its Handmade Holiday Gift Gallery exhibition and reception Nov. 7 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

The gallery will be turned into a holiday wonderland, decorated with artwork and handmade gifts by local artists.There will be wine, cheese and refreshments, as well as a musical performance by the Genesis Preparatory School’s jazz band. For information, call (727) 848-6500.

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Lake Como Resort, 20500 Cot Road in Lutz, will host a Star-Spangled Celebration Weekend Nov. 7-9 to benefit Adopt-A-Troop Foundation and Pasco County Stand Down.

The event will include a fire drum circle, food, vendors, live music, a motorcycle contest and charity ride, an appreciation picnic, and a parade.A three-day pass is $30 per person.Admission is free for U.S. and Canadian veterans, and active and reserve military, and one guest each. For information, visit LakeComoNaturally.com/sscw.html, or email vetcorps@lakecomonaturally.com.

MILITARY COLLECTION DRIVE

Saint Leo University and Two Men And a Truck are having a military collection drive through Nov. 7, with collection boxes around the university campus. Donations will be delivered to veterans living in local shelters on Nov. 11.Wish list items include soap, shampoo, shaving cream, razors, toothbrushes, toothpaste, deodorant, towels, sheets, backpacks, blankets and more. For information, call Kim Payne at (352) 588-7233, or email kim.payne@saintleo.edu.

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Shoppers will have to wait a year, but Simon Property Group says it’s finally started construction on the new Tampa Premium Outlets, planned for State Road 56 and Interstate 75 in Wesley Chapel.

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Crews were out beginning last week clearing the land near the intersection of State Road 56 and Interstate 75 for a new outlet mall.And it looks that come this time next year, there will be a new place for residents to shop.

Simon Property Group told investors in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission last week that construction has started on Tampa Premium Outlets, a 441,000-square-foot center that is now expected to open next October.That is later than what Simon had hoped to complete construction, originally saying last year that it would open by the end of 2014, and then pushing that back to July 2015 a short time later.

It’s one of two new projects Simon has started in the most recent quarter, according to the filing, joining a 366,000-square-foot center start in Tucson, Arizona.

The Indianapolis-based company didn’t say how much it was spending on construction of the outlet mall in Wesley Chapel, but

said all of its current construction projects totaled about $2.2 billion.That includes the Tucson project, as well as recent premium mall openings in North Carolina and Minnesota, and construction and expansion of at least 30 other projects throughout North America.

Tampa Premium Outlets LLC purchased the more than 48 acres of land on three parcels for $14.1 million on Oct. 3, according to Pasco County property records.The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Simon Property Group, according to state corporate records, and Simon’s financial filings with the SEC. The full project will be built in seven phases, according to plans filed with the county last February, which would include the main outlet mall in the first phase with nine buildings. It will include nearly 2,400 parking spaces, far more than the 1,600 spaces required by the county for a project of this size.

Simon has not made any formal announcements on tenants for the property, or who will anchor, although some of those announcements are expected by the end of the year.

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The mute button for many television viewers has never been used more through the barrage of political ads for everything from the governor’s race, to even Pasco County Commission.

But as early voting continues through this weekend, and on Election Day itself Nov. 4, all of that is about to come to an end.

Be sure to get the latest election news Nov. 4 on our website at LakerLutzNews.com, and aftermath coverage in our Nov. 12 print edition.

GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Rick Scott, Republican

ATTORNEY GENERAL Pam Bondi, Republican

She’s not afraid to take a stand and express her opinion, and it seems that’s what voters liked about Bondi when they first elected her to office in 2010.

Yet, her firm stance on controversial issues could pose some problems, especially as the state fought against the federal Affordable Care Act, and continues to defend its ban of gay marriage, which is now legal in most other states.

George Sheldon, Democrat

Has he done enough to win a second term as governor? Or is Florida ready to look to its recent past and bring in a familiar replacement?

Those are the questions Gov. Scott has to answer as he touts the number of jobs created during his first term, and where the state is heading economically into the future.

Scott struggled in his first couple years to connect with people, including media, and suffered a low approval rating until this past year when he worked to fix it. But issues like high-speed rail (which he killed) and his time as the head of a major hospital chain continue to provide fodder for Democrats.

Charlie Crist, Democrat

He tried being governor once, and ended up presiding over one of the worst economic downturns in history, where hundreds of thousands of jobs were lost.

But if that wasn’t difficult enough to overcome, Crist also has to convince voters he’s now a Democrat after a lifetime of being a Republican, which also means he’s

He’s raised far less money than his opponent, but Sheldon — an attorney and government administrator on both the state and federal level — jumped into this race because he says the current attorney general has mishandled her responsibilities.

He feels there’s a disconnect between Bondi’s fight for the ban on gay marriage and her battle over the Affordable Care Act, saying that while marriage might be defending a law, the program informally called Obamacare also is the law of the land.

COUNTY COMMISSIONER, DISTRICT 2 Mike Moore, Republican

He easily moved past a busy primary against two opponents — one who was a former state legislator — and has raised some serious cash: $171,000.

But if history is a guide, county commission races don’t always go to the best-funded campaigns.

Moore has run primarily on job creation, using his experience as an entrepreneur to help get face time with large corporations who might consider moving to Pasco

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Erika Jean Remsberg, Democrat

She’s raised less than $11,000 in her race to become the first Democrat on the county commission since 2010, but Remsberg has certainly made her mark.

In fact, she won the endorsement of Mulieri, the retiring county commissioner who isn’t even a member of the same political party.

Remsberg is hoping for a major grassroots boost to propel her to victory, but the social worker knows it will be tough. Plus, it’s hard to tell how much she can accomplish as a political minority on a board with its own agenda.

STATE REPRESENTATIVE, DISTRICT 38 Danny Burgess, Republican

He became the youngest Zephyrhills councilman at 18, and was the youngest mayor at 27.And he’s raised nearly $142,000 to try to replace Will Weatherford in Tallahassee.

Many Republicans look at Burgess as the future of the party, but opponents fear he lacks specific plans to help Pasco County overcome some serious growing pains.

Beverly Ledbetter, Democrat

After spending more than three decades as an educator in Pasco County’s school system, Ledbetter says she’s ready to use her experience in the state House.

While she has worked with the teachers union quite extensively, Ledbetter has not held any public office before. However, she is getting advice from her husband, Michael Ledbetter, who was a Pasco County commis-

sioner in the 1970s.

But it could be a tough battle, as she’s raised just $34,000 through last week.

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Water and Land Conservation – Dedicates funds to acquire and restore Florida conservation and recreation lands.

This amendment to the state constitution would move money already collected through an existing excise tax into a fund that would help purchase more conservation lands in the state.

The goal would be to help improve the environment and water quality, supporters say, and help provide a boost to the growing ecotourism movement as well.

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO. 2

Use of marijuana for certain medical conditions.

By far the most controversial measure on the ballot, which would have likely received far more attention if it weren’t for the tight gubernatorial race.

If passed, this amendment would open Florida up to allowing the use of marijuana for specific health conditions, under the guidance of a doctor.

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO. 3

Prospective appointment of certain judicial vacancies.

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Saint Leo University Polling “Pre-election polls tend to Institute shows Democrat Charlie overstate support for third-party Crist with a slight lead over incandidates,” Orlando said.“When cumbent Republican Rick Scott. it comes time to cast their balHowever, the survey — which lots, voters seem to settle on one polled 500 likely voters between of the two main parties for fear Oct. 16 and Oct. 19 — has a mar- Charlie Crist of ‘wasting’ their vote.” gin error of plus or minus 4.5 The Libertarian in the race, percentage points, still making the Adrian Wyllie, received 8 percent Crist-Scott race a statistical dead support, while another 9 percent heat. Crist received 43 percent of remained undecided. However, if support from those surveyed, Wyllie was removed from the while Scott garnered 40 percent. equation, Crist and Scott would Yet, the numbers may be a litbe in a true dead heat, getting 45 tle troublesome for Scott, since percent support apiece, while 10 those polled also said they disappercent remained undecided. proved of President Barack In the attorney general race, Obama’s work in office. That Gov. Rick Scott Republican incumbent Pam Bondi means the anti-Obama sentiment was leading her Democratic chalRepublicans have tried to capitalize on in lenger, George Sheldon, 47 percent to 39 the race may not be working. percent. Adam Putnam seems to be well Of those surveyed, 51 percent said they ahead of his Democratic challenger as well, disapproved of Obama, while 48 percent ap- Thad Hamilton, for agriculture commissioner, proved. where he is leading with 51 percent support.

Both Scott and Crist seem to have about The same is true for Jeff Atwater in the the same approval ratings themselves, with chief financial officer race, leading the incumbent receiving 48 percent favor- Democrat Will Rankin 50 percent to 35 perable ratings, while Crist was at 47 percent. cent.

Crist also had the support of 15 percent of Finally, how could the Ebola virus’ entry Republicans, compared to Scott’s 11 percent into the United States affect state races in of Democrats, and 76 percent of black voters. Florida? Probably not as much as some Scott’s biggest demographic was in older vot- would hope. Only 46 percent said they ers above the age of 65, getting 48 percent of were concerned about Ebola, while 52 pertheir vote compared to 44 from Crist. cent said they were not losing sleep over it.

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Mike Moore, the Republican candidate seeking to replace the retiring Pat Mulieri on the Pasco County Commission, has picked up endorsements from Dade City commissioner Scott Black and Zephyrhills councilman Kenneth Burgess.

“Mike’s enthusiasm and his commitment to serving as a county commissioner for all of Pasco County will bring great benefit to our citizens,” Black said, in a release. “His record as a successful business owner will afford him the needed perspective to lead our county to a higher level.”

Burgess called Moore a “family man and businessman with great character and integrity. Pasco County can count on Mike to always listen, be accessible, and do what he says.”

Moore is running against Erika Remsberg, the Land O’ Lakes social worker who recently picked up the endorsement of Mulieri herself, despite being a Democrat.

Voters will choose between the two on Nov. 4.

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By Jenny Timms Special to The Laker / Lutz News Dr. Christina Gomez believes practicing medicine is truly a calling. Growing up in Tampa, she volunteered in nursing homes and hospitals as a teenager before attending USF. During her residency at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Dr. Gomez gravitated toward obstetrics and gynecology. “It’s what I loved best during rotations,” she said.

Gomez approaches patients by focusing on their overall health and well-being. She believes patients should be educated about their health and be their own advocates. She encourages patients to ask questions about any and all health issues.

Before opening her new office on State Road 52 close to the Suncoast Expressway, the closest My Gynecologist office for Land O’ Lakes residents was in Spring Hill. Now, patients have convenient access to annual exams, contraceptives, menopause management and obstetrical care.

“I live three minutes away from my office,” said Dr.Gomez. “I shop here, work here and play here. I understand why it’s so important for women to have convenient access to the medical care they need.”

My Gynecologist provides patients with access to an online portal where medical information is available to them 24 hours a day. In addition, a medical liaison is available to answer any questions. These services set My Gynecology apart from other medical providers and allow patients to become their own health and well-being advocates.

My Gynecologist’s north Pasco office is staffed by Dr. Gomez and two assistants, and has the full support of the practice’s main office in Spring Hill. Tests and procedures can be performed at either location. Dr. Gomez has privileges at Bayfront Health Spring Hill.

“I feel like I’m fulfilling a need in the community, while doing what I truly love,” said Dr. Gomez.

Whether riding on the Suncoast Parkway Bike Trail,or visiting Lowry Park Zoo with her young son, Dr. Gomez enjoys living in the community where her patients also live.

“This is home. Getting to work so close to home is great. I love taking care of people, especially helping women understand the importance of good health.”

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SWOOP, from page 1A will enjoy a bit of home-field advantage.

Tommy Dellibac, a Florida resident who lives in DeLand, trains regularly at Skydive City. He’s also the reigning national champion after this year’s competition, which also was in Zephyrhills.

Dellibac is looking forward to competing with the world’s best near his own backyard.

“It’s awesome,” he said.“It’s going to be nice just to be able to drive an hour and 45 minutes to be there, versus having to travel to a different country in a different time zone.”

In the past, Dellibac has competed in places like Australia and Dubai, the latter which was the site of the last world championships two years ago.

If you go WHAT: World Canopy Piloting Championships WHEN: Nov. 4-6, beginning at 7 a.m.

WHERE: Skydive City, 4241 Sky Dive Lane, Zephyrhills COST: Free INFO: (813) 783-9399, or visit CPWorldZHills.com

Athletes will compete in three separate types of events, measuring speed, distance and accuracy on the course. The best will earn gold, silver or bronze in each event, and the one with the best combined score will earn the title of overall champion.

Dellibac, 34, has 14 years of skydiving ex-

perience and more than 15,000 jumps on his resume. He even coaches other canopy pilots and works with the military as part of Flight-1, which provides courses to those who enjoy and can benefit from the sport.

For the world championships, he’s been training for the accuracy portion to improve his overall game, but considers speed his favorite part of the competition, and skydiving in general.

“There’s nothing like jumping out of an airplane, when you leave that plane for the first few seconds and you’re just free before you open the canopy and just falling through the air,” Dellibac said.“Riding a motorcycle fast, or going fast in a car, none of that compares.”

While the athlete’s abilities are impressive, their equipment also is considered among the best in the industry. The main parachutes used at this event can cost near-

ly $4,000, Hayes said.After adding in the harness, reserve parachute and other equipment (often custom-designed and custom-built), the total cost can run more than $8,000.

But the end result is a visual demonstration of skill and competition that Hayes said will leave spectators amazed.

“The first time they see it, they think these guys are going to crash at 80 or 90 mph,” he said.“They’ll see this stuff and go, ‘Oh my God, I had no idea these people come in so fast. How do they control these things? How do they do that?’”

The World Canopy Piloting Championship is free and open to the public. Hayes suggests arriving sometime after 7 a.m. each morning, and bringing a chair and hat to shield the sun.

For more information, call (813) 7839399, or visit CPWorldZHills.com.

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Caitlin Carter has trouble keeping her tray balanced as she picks up objects while in a wheelchair. She was a volunteer participating in Saint Leo University’s annual challenge experience on Oct. 23, which gives able-bodied students and faculty an opportunity to learn about physical and learning challenges first-hand.

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trying to open the candy gave her an even better understanding of the challenges she faces. a table filled with information were other as“She’s always been complaining that she pects of the program. had trouble holding stuff, gripping stuff,” she Paige Ramsay-Hamacher, director for mul- said.“I never really understood it until I was ticultural and international services at Saint not able to use my hands.”

Leo, said simulating the challenges that Student volunteers guide each particisome people face enables able-bodied peo- pant through the stations, but that doesn’t ple to get an inkling of what it’s like to have make the challenges easy when they try it a very different daily experience. themselves.

“The purpose is really to give students an “They find it’s much, much harder than idea to walk in somebody else’s shoes who they expect it to be,” Ramsay-Hamacher said. deals with challenges that they might not Carter is one of those volunteers, and adhave to deal with on a day-to-day basis,” she mitted to struggling with the experiments. said.

“I’ve done this the past two years, and I The annual event has been going on for still can’t do the whole wheelchair part,” she several years at the university. It allows peo- said. ple to help those with disabilities by Participating in the challenges has given recognizing their challenges in a more per- her a better understanding regarding how sonal way, Ramsay-Hamacher said. to interact with people who have disabiliIn the sandwich-making experiment, for ties. If someone is in a wheelchair, Carter example, people will move the ingredients doesn’t see them as incapable or as an obwhile the subject is trying to make a sand- ject of sympathy. But she would be better wich.They learn that moving items around aware of their challenges, and be in a posican be detrimental for someone with a sight tion to make their path easier or remove disability, since they often memorize where obstacles they might face. items are.

And even though the experiments are For Ray, the disability challenges already short and everybody knows the challenges had a personal connection for her. Her step- are temporary, Carter believes people leave mother suffers from multiple sclerosis, and with a more honest appreciation for what other people face on a regular basis.

“I’m a psychology major, so I learn about different disabilities,” she said.“But actually doing it and seeing how hard it actually is for them, it gives you a deeper respect for them.”

Ray agrees about the benefits of participating in the annual challenge.

“It’s really weird,” she said. “But it’s really awesome to be able to experience something like that because you never really know what someone Jamie Ray, a Saint Leo University junior, tries utilizing senses of is going through until you actually at least try to extouch and smell to identify items without looking at them. Here perience it.” she identifies a scented candle while blindfolded.

“What we are doing is getting new businesses and local businesses to sponsor an animal,” she said.“In return, every time we post that animal’s picture, people will see their involvement too.”

Those businesses also have helped to reduce adoption fees for many families who might want to take a dog or cat home, but balk when they find out how much they have to pay in order to do it. Business donations, Mulieri said, have helped reduce those costs to as low as $20.

“That’s neutering and spaying, immunization and microchipping all in the same package,” Mulieri said.“That’s the best buy in town, and it’s the only way we’re going to cut down on euthanizing.”

In 2011, less than 40 percent of the animals boarded at the shelter left it alive. But in 2012, the live release rate grew to 55 percent, and last year, had reached 81 percent.

The shelter’s goal is to find homes for 90 percent of the dogs and cats brought through its doors, Mulieri said, but it’s going to require more work than just adoption specials.

“You’ll never be able to adopt them all out, and you’ll never be able to cut down on the pet population until you change people’s ideas,” Mulieri said.

Despite animal overpopulation, many families with pets shy away from spaying or neutering, feeling their pets need to have litters.A typical cat can have up to six kittens in a litter and can have three litters a year.

That means one cat couple and their offspring, according to one animal group, can result in 420,000 more cats in seven years.

And it’s not easy to find them homes.

Last year, the Pasco shelter put down 27 per-

A single cat can start a breeding chain reaction that could produce more than 500 more cats in just three years. Because of that, the Pasco County Animal Shelter is stepping up educational efforts and incentives for spaying and neutering.

cent of the cats it received.

New shelter manager Mike Shumate realized that mindset needed to change. Before he arrived, qualifying families who fixed their cat or dog could send their bill to the county, and be reimbursed up to $40.

“That rarely covered those costs,” Mulieri said.“People couldn’t afford to do it, so they wouldn’t do it. And the number of animals coming into the shelter was just getting out of control.”

Instead, the goal is to partner with local veterinarians to offer discounts that would make such procedures affordable. On top of that, the shelter has partnered with Spay Pasco with the Trap Neuter Return program that allows for the trapping of feral cats that are then fixed for $10, and returned to their habitat.

“We need to do this,” Ciesluk said.“And we’re going to keep working to expand it even more.”

For more programs and specials at the shelter, visit PascoCountyFl.net/PAS.

A Time for Remembrance If someone you love has died, join us for an interfaith remembrance service led by our hospice chaplains and bereavement counselors to celebrate and honor that individual’s life. Families of veterans who are no longer with us are also cordially welcome. This community program is for adults, teens and children.

A Time for Remembrance will be held outdoors under a canopy rain or shine.

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HCPS INFORMATION SESSIONS

Hillsborough County Public Schools will offer information sessions for its program to attract and train high quality teachers for students with disabilities, and for the Science and Mathematics Accelerated Readiness program for teaching science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Both sessions are Oct. 30 at 6 p.m., at CareerSource Tampa Bay, 9215 N. Florida Ave., Suite 101, in Tampa.

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BISHOP MCLAUGHLIN OPEN HOUSE

Bishop McLaughlin Catholic School, 13651 Hays Road in Spring Hill, will host an open house Nov. 2 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

There will be family tours, and individuals can sign up for shadow dates.

Step-Up scholarships are accepted.

For information, call (727) 857-2600, or visit BMCHS.org.

RUSHE MIDDLE CHILI COOK-OFF

Rushe Middle School, 18654 Mentmore Blvd., in Land O’ Lakes, will host a chili cookoff Nov. 3 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Guests can sample mild to hot chili served by teachers and staff members, the PTSA and school resource officers.

There also will be live music.

Donations will be accepted at the door to support the Rushe Junior Justice Club.

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Academy at the Lakes, 2331 Collier Parkway in Land O’ Lakes, is hosting coffee and conversation groups for anyone interested in learning more about the school.All sessions are from 10:30 a.m. to noon.

• Nov. 3 at 10:30 a.m., at The Lodge at Wilderness Lake Preserve, 21320 Wilderness Lake Blvd., in Land O’ Lakes • Nov. 10, Grand Hampton Clubhouse, 8301 Dunham Station Drive in Tampa For information, call Luci Ward at (813) 909-7919.

WRHS HOSTS MARCHING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Wiregrass Ranch High School, 2909 Mansfield Blvd., in Wesley Chapel, will host the Wiregrass Ranch Marching Music Regional Championship Nov. 8, at its stadium.

There will be vendors and food concessions. All proceeds will benefit the WRHS marching band.

Saint Leo University announces new vice president Jeff D. Borden is the new associate vice president for Teaching and Learning Innovation at Saint Leo University.

His appointment is effective on Nov. 7.

“Jeff will be an incredible asset to Saint Leo,”Arthur F. Kirk, Jr., president of Saint Leo University, said in a release announcing the appointment. “For two decades, he has focused on trying to transform higher education. He has proven himself to be a forward-thinking innovator, and his efforts will help shape our institution’s future initiatives.”

Before joining Saint Leo University, Border spent 12 years in management positions with Pearson Education, the world’s leading learning company. Most recently, he was vice president of Instruction and Academic Strategy.

Admission is $15. Children 5 and younger are free.

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RUSHE MYSTERY BOOK REVEAL

Rushe Middle School’s We Be Book’ n book club will reveal the mystery book that will be used for its schoolwide reading incentive Nov. 11 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., at Barnes & Noble at The Shops at Wiregrass, 28152 Paseo Drive, Suite 100, in Wesley Chapel.

Students will be led through a scavenger hunt at the store to find clues to the final reveal.

For information, call Linda Cobbe at (813) 794-2717 or (813) 361-8349.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS OFFERS FREE INTERACTIVE E-BOOKS

The Library of Congress is offering students a set of free interactive e-books for tablets.

The new Library of Congress Student Discovery Sets bring together historical artifacts and one-of-a-kind documents in a range of topics from history to science to literature.

Interactive tools let students zoom in for close examination, draw to highlight interesting details, and make notes about what they discover.

The first six Student Discovery Sets are available now for iPad, and can be downloaded for free on iBooks.These sets cover the U.S. Constitution, Symbols of the United States, Immigration, the Dust Bowl, the Harlem Renaissance, and Understanding the Cosmos.

For information, visit their website at LOC.gov/teachers/student-discovery-sets/.

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After careful measuring and data confirmation with the Florida Forest Service, the Pasco County Environmental Lands Division has discovered that the county now owns the eighthlargest bald-cypress tree in Florida.

Located in the Upper Pithlachascotee River Preserve in Pasco, the bald-cypress stands 128 feet tall, is 26 feet around, and has branches that spread on average of 25 feet.

“Foresters who harvested much of Florida’s old-growth cypress probably skipped over this tree because of a large scar, presumably from a lightning strike, on its western side,” said Cristina COURTESY OF PASCO COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL LANDS DIVISION Esposito, program coordinator and land manager for the county This tree could’ve easily welcomed the Vikings, had lands division, in a release. “It is they landed in Pasco County and traveled inland a bit the largest recorded bald-cypress nearly a millennium ago. This bald-cypress is considin Pasco County, and now ranks ered the eighth largest in the world, and stands 128 feet as a challenger to Florida’s two tall, or nearly as tall as a 12-story building. co-champion bald-cypresses,” both located near Jasper. shady boardwalk trip at the Upper With the inclusion of this tree, Florida Pithlachascotee River Preserve, located at now has the most national champion trees 17135 Minneola Drive in Spring Hill. Be of any state. warned, however, that the main access to The champion tree program was created the park is a privately maintained road that by the American Forests organization to rec- may be difficult to traverse during times of ognize the larges known tree of each heavy rainfall. species in the United States.This particular bald-cypress trees tend to grow in wet tree was part of preserve land purchased by areas, mostly in the southeast, and are the county using Penny for Pasco funds. among some of the oldest plants on Earth, Want to see the tree in person? Take a reaching ages above 1,000 years.

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Saint Leo University once again is partnering with Two Men and a Truck, as well as local schools, businesses and other organizations, to collect items critically needed by veterans.

As part of its annual Movers for Military community outreach program, the university and local organizations are accepting essential care items they will distribute to veterans living in local shelters on Veterans Day on Nov. 11.

Collection began on Sept. 29, and continues until Nov. 7, at six collection boxes in high-traffic areas around the East Pasco County campus of Saint Leo. Two other boxes, primarily for the general public, are

available in the atrium of the Donald R.Tapia School of Business, and the lobby of the Marion Bowman Activities Center.

The wish list for donations include: • Soap, shampoo, shaving cream, razors, toothbrushes, toothpaste, mouthwash and deodorant • Washcloths, towels, sheets and blankets • Backpacks, sleeping bags, plastic blue tarps, and disposable rain ponchos • Sneakers, thick socks and winter hats • Canned food • Batteries, Band-Aids, baby wipes and insect repellant For more information on the program, call Kim Payne at Saint Leo at (352) 5887233, or send an email to him at kim.payne@saintleo.edu.

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CELIAC SUPPORT GROUP MEETING

Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point, 14000 Fivay Road in Hudson, will host the West Pasco celiac support group Nov. 1 at 10 a.m.

The meeting will be followed by a gluten-free Thanksgiving dinner at 11:30 a.m. Guests should bring a covered dish.The meetings include recipe demonstrations.

For information, or to RSVP for the dinner, call (727) 862-4815.

FOUNDATION TO HOST BLACK & WHITE BALL

The Suncoast Health and Education Foundation will host a Black & White Ball Nov. 1 at Aripeka Elks Lodge, 9135 Denton Ave., in Hudson.

A cocktail hour begins at 4 p.m., and dinner is at 5 p.m., followed by dancing.

Tickets are $20 per person available at Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point’s lobby, 14000 Fivay Road in Hudson, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.Tickets must be purchased in advance.

There will be a silent auction, a raffle, and professional portrait taking by Glamour Shots Portrait Studio.

All proceeds will go to the foundation’s scholarship fund.

For information, call Barbara Benson at (727) 863-6437, or John Cardalena at (727) 967-1253.

FREE AUTISM SYMPOSIUM

The Center for Autism and Related Disabilities at University of South Florida is hosting its annual Autism Health and Wellness Event Nov. 1 from noon to 4 p.m., at Embassy Suites Tampa, 3705 Spectrum Blvd., near Busch Gardens.

There will be vendors, presentations by autism and health experts, and autism and behavior screenings.

Xbox representatives will be there with Kinect for interactive play for kids.

For information, call Daianna Apolito at (813) 974-2493, or you may visit Card-USF.FMHI.usf.edu/symposium.

OAK HILL WALK, BAKE SALE

Oak Hill Hospital’s Team Oak Hill Support Walk for breast cancer is Nov. 1 from 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., at 11375 Cortez Blvd., in Brooksville.

Registration begins at 7:30 a.m.The walk and a pancake breakfast begin at 8:30 a.m.

There will also be a bake sale and a drawing for a handmade quilt.

For information, call Katie Stacy at (352) 597-6317.

PREVIEW THE NEW FLORIDA HOSPITAL ER

Florida Hospital Tampa, 3100 E. Fletcher Ave., will offer a look at its new emergency room Nov. 2 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The event includes guided tours, CPR and poison prevention education, entertainment, food trucks, door prizes, and music.

Admission is free.

For more information, you can visit FHTampa.org/NewER.

NAMI HOSTS VETERANS SEMINAR

Elks Lodge 2284, 7201 Congress St., in New Port Richey, and the National Alliance on Mental Illness Pasco County will host “What Hurts,What Helps,” a seminar for veterans and their families Nov. 12.

There will be a panel of veterans dealing with mental issues sharing their challenges and successes through a question-and-answer presentation.

There also will be a spaghetti dinner.

Deadline for reservations is Nov. 3.

For information and reservations, call (727) 992-9653.

ALZHEIMER’S CAREGIVER SUPPORT

The Health & Wellness Center at Florida Hospital Wesley Chapel, 2700 Healing Way, will have a free support group for family and friends caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s or dementia Nov. 4 at 10 a.m.

To register, call (813) 991-7524.

NUTRITION AND DIABETES

The Medical Center of Trinity, 9330 State Road 54, will have a nutrition and diabetes class Nov. 4 at 10 a.m.

Topics will include basic principles of nutrition, meal timing, how proteins and fats affect blood sugar, and how to make better food choices.

For reservations, call (727) 834-5630.

FREE MEDICARE PRESENTATION

The Medical Center of Trinity, 9330 State Road 54, will offer Medicare 101, an information presentation, Nov. 5 at 6 p.m.

Topics will include supplemental insurance, advantage plans, prescription drug coverage, and savings programs.

To make a reservation, call (727) 8344868.

HIP PAIN SEMINAR

The Medical Center of Trinity, 9330 State Road 54, will present “Hip Pain: From Advil to Anterior Hip Replacement” Nov. 5 at noon.

Dr. Stephen Hanff will discuss the common causes of hip pain, treatment options, and the history of hip replacement.

Admission is free. A complimentary lunch will be served.

For reservations, call (727) 834-5630.

HOSPICE HOLIDAY GRIEF SUPPORT

Gulfside Hospice will host a grief support group at Harvester United Methodist Church, 2432 Collier Parkway, Nov. 6 at 1 p.m.

Topics will include the four tasks of mourning, and tips and techniques to better handle grief during the holiday season.

Light refreshments will be served.

For information, call Cecilio De Leon at (727) 992-8034.

FLU SHOTS OFFERED AT COPPERSTONE

Copperstone Executive Suites, 3632 Land O’ Lakes Blvd., in Land O’ Lakes, will offer Walgreens flu shots Nov. 7 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., in the meeting room.

No appointment is necessary.

Most insurance is accepted. The cost without insurance is $25.

SERTOMA FOUNDATION FUNDRAISER

The Sertoma Speech & Hearing Foundation will host its Las Vegas Casino Night Nov. 8 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., to benefit its Children’s Hearing Help Fund.

The event will be at West Pasco Board of Realtors, 5409 Sunset Road in New Port Richey.

Sponsorships are available and consist of banners, advertising, tickets to the event with appetizers, beverages and more.

For information, call (727) 834-5479, or visit FamilyHearingHelp.org.

DONATE TO REMEMBER LOVED ONES

All Gulfside Hospice thrift shops are offering a way to honor or remember your loved ones at the Hike for Hospice.

For a $1 donation, you can write the name of a loved one on a paper shoe. The shoes will be displayed in the thrift shops until the event, and then placed on a memory wall at the Hike for Hospice Nov. 16.

For information and shop locations, visit GHPPC.org.

FREE COPIES OF FIVE WISHES

Throughout the month of November, Gulfside Hospice & Pasco Palliative Care will offer free copies of Five Wishes, an easyto-use tool with advance directives and planning information, while supplies last.

Copies can be picked up at any of the Gulfside thrift shops.

There is a limit of one per person.

Spanish versions are available by calling Gulfside Hospice.

For information, call Kirsty Churchill at (727) 845-5707, or email info@ghppc.org.

LODGE OFFERS TOPS PROGRAM

J.F. Swartsel Lodge, 3309 Lutz Lake Fern Road in Lutz, offers the TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) program every Wednesday.

Weigh-in is at 9 a.m., following by a meeting at 9:45 a.m.

For information, call Mary Clark at (813) 908-3587.

CELEBRATE RECOVERY FROM ADDICTIONS

Victorious Life Church, 6224 Old Pasco Road in Wesley Chapel, offers a Celebrate Recovery group on Mondays at 6:30 p.m.

The group is a recovery resource for healing from addictions. Participants will discuss hurts, hang-ups and habits.

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T-Rex is the theme of The Laker/Lutz News’ community exhibit, such as this display at the recent Pasco Hernando Hispanic Chamber of Commerce business expo at Wesley Chapel Toyota.

Are newspapers the dinosaur of our era? Absolutely not

By Diane Kortus Publisher

Are newspapers the dinosaurs of our era, doomed to extinction because of the Internet and social media?

I’ve been asked that question countless times as the online world explodes with more news sites, postings and blogs than one can possibly imagine.

And my answer is absolutely not — especially not community newspapers like The Laker/Lutz News. So it’s tongue-incheek that we chose T-Rex as our theme to promote our papers at community events, marketing ourselves as the T-Rex of newspapers.

By now, hopefully, you realize your paper is much larger than its previous size.

In August, we took a leap of faith and went from a tabloid size, to one that is the same size as a daily newspaper.That’s a 30 percent jump in page size.

To introduce our larger format to the business community, we produced a fun video that I also invite you to watch. It’s on YouTube, and you can find it at tinyurl.com/LakerXLVideo.

In our video’s opening scene, you’ll see vibrating glasses of water mimicking that iconic moment in “Jurassic Park” right before T-Rex burst into the scene.

And here’s why we want you to make the connection between T-Rex and The Laker/Lutz News: • To give you a visual that our papers are bigger — the T-Rex of community newspapers. We’re bucking the industry trend of shrinking sizes and fewer pages.

• We’ve both been around a long time.

Dinosaurs walked the Earth for 160 million years, and our papers have been in circulation longer than any other weekly newspaper in north suburban Tampa:The Lutz News since 1964, and The Laker since 1981.

• By making T-Rex our icon, we’re debunking the myth head-on that newspapers are on a path to extinction.

The Laker/Lutz News has never been financially stronger, and we’re not alone.

Community newspapers everywhere are thriving because we give people news about their community that they look forward to reading, and cannot get anywhere else.

The Internet and social media have not, and will not, replace the relevancy of community newspapers.We too have an active Facebook page, and a growing website with more than 25,000 page views each month.While impressive, this still does not compare to the 64,000 people who read us each and every week.

Why is our printed product so popular?

Industry research consistently reports that people prefer reading stories about their neighbors, community groups and upcoming events in a traditional printed newspaper they hold in their hands.

Since increasing our size, we have received overwhelming support from readers and advertisers. More stories in the paper mean it is a better read, and more readers result in more customers for our advertisers.

We have positioned The Laker/Lutz News to be the No. 1 source of local news, and the best way to market your business in north Hillsborough and Pasco counties.

So, to those of you who still think newspapers are dinosaurs, you are wrong.

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More often than not, elections become about people: Not the ones politicians are trying to represent, but the politicians themselves.

The latest release from the University of South Florida’s Sunshine State Survey, however, is trying to shift that focus a bit back to issues, including those affecting the state as a whole.

USF’s School of Public Affairs department, under the direction of Land O’ Lakes native Susan MacManus, worked with television audience aggregator Nielsen to ask 1,875 Floridians what they thought about a variety of issues over the first two weeks of August.And while many of the results were expected, there were a few surprises.

The biggest was whether the state should pass stricter gun laws. The issue of gun control has become a Red State/Blue State debate for some time, but in Florida, 55 percent of those surveyed support the idea of making gun laws stricter, while 34 percent oppose tougher regulation.

On the issue of medical marijuana, 50 percent support the legalization of the drug

for medicinal purposes, while 32 percent oppose it. But there was less support for legalizing same-sex marriage, which was much more split with 40 percent in support, 31 percent against, and nearly just as many with no opinion.

The most divided issue, according to the survey, is whether Florida should allow for offshore drilling for oil and gas. In the survey, 44 percent supported such a move, while 39 percent were against. Oil drilling got its biggest support from men and residents older than 65, while younger people between 18 and 34 were mostly opposed.

Implementing a form of Common Core education standards, as developed by the National Governors Association, has earned 42 percent support and 28 percent opposition. However, about a third of those surveyed are still undecided.

More than half of the parents surveyed with a child in school supported Common Core, while those with higher income and a college degree felt it was the wrong direction.

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Sunlake really wants state soccer title

By Michael Murillo mmurillo@lakerlutznews.com

The Sunlake Seahawks boys soccer team went undefeated in their district last season on their way to a 29-2-1 record. And for the second straight year, they lost in the state semifinals.

Having two dominating seasons in a row would be a source of great satisfaction for any high school. But when it comes to competitive soccer, Sunlake isn’t just any school, and team members aren’t satisfied with bowing out in the final four.

“It’s disappointing, really, to go all that way twice and not win the championship,” goalkeeper Daniel Hrenko said. “Getting to the semifinals is a good accomplishment, but I feel like we could go farther, and we should have gone farther.”

Teammate Connor Spencer agrees.

“I kind of look back on it as a negative thing because it’s two years we’ve gone back to the same spot,” he said.“We’ve finally got the school behind us and supporting us, and then we just come up short every year.”

MICHAEL MURILLO/STAFF PHOTOS If players feel badly about their reIf teams want to get past Sunlake’s soccer team, cent playoff results, that could be bad they’ll have to first get past star goalkeeper Daniel news for Sunlake’s opponents. Even Hrenko, who has a habit of shutting out opponents. though the season hasn’t started yet, the Seahawks are focused and working on taking a serious attitude into the beginning of the schedule as they try to its athletes’ participation in club play, tor, Spencer says the defense looks ready get over the hump and claim a state title.

Koleduk said.While some teams might have to provide solid support while he tries to They’ll also take a familiar lineup into the just a few players who participate in local score goals. season as well. Eight out of 11 starters are club soccer, all 26 members of his varsity “From what I’ve seen from the dereturning to the team, and Coach Sam team — from starters to reserves — play at fense, they’re good enough to where I Koleduk said the team’s veteran leadership the club level. That gives the Seahawks a don’t need to worry about, ‘Are they makes them at least as dangerous as his pre- higher caliber of talent, consistent focus on going to mess up?’ at all,” he said.“I’m convious teams. the game, and the depth to overcome in- fident enough in them that they’re going “We know what it takes now,” Koleduk juries as they occur during the season. to do their job and they know what to said. “I think we’re just as talented, maybe Chris Wilkinson, another offensive-mind- do.” even better than last year.” ed player, agrees that extensive club Having a capable defense makes Last year’s team had plenty of talent it- experience gives the Seahawks an advan- things easier for him as a scorer, since he self, with Remi Pimm leading the nation in tage over many opponents. doesn’t have to worry about converting scoring. Pimm’s status with the team is un“At the club level, you really know what every opportunity or be concerned that certain at this time, and Koleduk said they’re you need to do,” he said. “A lot of other the opposing offense will have an easy preparing to not have him this season. schools have some kids that play (club soc- time connecting when they have the ball But with scorers like Spencer — who al- cer) and some kids that don’t, and they in Sunlake territory. ready has more than 90 career goals — they struggle to gel in that sense.”

While it looks like another strong seaexpect to be in good shape up front. And But all teams have weaknesses, and son is likely for Sunlake, it won’t be good with solid goalkeeping from Hrenko, who Koleduk acknowledges that defense is an enough for them unless it ends with a led the nation in shutouts last season, oppo- area they had to retool in the lineup. The state title. nents should be challenged to put goals on team lost talented starters from last year, so “We need to win it all,” Koleduk said. the board once again. that’s something of an unknown headed “That’s how I look at it, but we’ll definiteSunlake’s team also benefits greatly from into the season. But if practice is any indica- ly give it our best shot for sure.”

Conner Spencer is closing in on 100 goals for his high school career, and he hopes that each one gets the Seahawks closer to a state title.

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7A-7 FOOTBALL STANDINGS Team W L T Sickles 5 3 0 Tampa Bay Tech 5 3 0 Gaither 5 3 0 Freedom 4 4 0 Steinbrenner 3 4 1 Wiregrass Ranch 3 5 0

PF 190 166 189 120 140 159

PA 166 187 141 95 145 230

6A-6 FOOTBALL STANDINGS Team W L T Sunlake 7 1 0 Mitchell 6 3 0 Springstead 5 3 0 Land O’ Lakes 4 4 0 Fivay 2 6 0

PF 214 196 94 241 198

PA 40 161 69 217 242

5A-7 FOOTBALL STANDINGS Team W L T River Ridge 7 1 0 Gulf 6 2 0 Hudson 4 4 0 Wesley Chapel 2 6 0 Ridgewood 2 7 0 Anclote 0 8 0 5A-6 FOOTBALL STANDINGS Team W L T South Sumter 9 0 0 Zephyrhills 7 1 0 Pasco 5 3 0 Nature Coast Tech 4 4 0 Central 2 7 0 Hernando 1 6 0 Weeki Wachee 1 8 0

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FRIDAY, OCT. 24 Football Wesley Chapel 20, Anclote 13 Land O’ Lakes 35, Fivay 28 Pasco 31, Central 7 Steinbrenner 7, Freedom 6

PF 266 262 219 122 143 85

PF 370 332 195 200 86 107 119

PA 104 223 231 260 275 272

PA 51 154 103 160 274 220 303

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WEDNESDAY, OCT. 29 Boys Soccer Weeki Wachee at Wiregrass Ranch, 7:30 p.m.

FRIDAY, OCT. 31 Football Fivay at Sunlake, 7:30 p.m.

Freedom at Wiregrass Ranch, 7 p.m.

Gaither at Steinbrenner, 7:30 p.m.

Gulf at Wesley Chapel, 7:30 p.m.

Land O’ Lakes at Springstead, 7:30 p.m.

Zephyrhills at Pasco, 7:30 p.m.

MONDAY, NOV. 3 Boys Soccer Pasco at Land O’ Lakes, 7:30 p.m.

Wiregrass Ranch at Ridgewood, 7:30 p.m.

Zephyrhills at Sunlake, 7:30 p.m.

TUESDAY, NOV. 4 Boys Soccer Wiregrass Ranch at Zephyrhills, 7:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 5 Boys Soccer Pasco at Mitchell, 7:30 p.m.

Sunlake at Ridgewood, 7:30 p.m.

THURSDAY, NOV. 6 Boys Soccer Wiregrass Ranch at Gulf, 7:30 p.m.

FRIDAY, NOV. 7 Football Riverview at Freedom, 7 p.m.

Jefferson at Steinbrenner, 7:30 p.m.

Lecanto at Land O’ Lakes, 7:30 p.m.

River Ridge at Pasco, 7:30 p.m.

Wesley Chapel at Wiregrass Ranch, 7:30 p.m.

Zephyrhills at Sunlake, 7:30 p.m.

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5K BENEFIT FOR LIVER TRANSPLANT

Former NFL coach Tony Dungy will participate in a 5-kilometer race and fundraiser Nov. 1 at Cypress Creek Preserve, 8720 Pump Station Road in Land O’ Lakes.

The event will raise money for Corrie Eavenson, a 1-year-old with biliary atresia, a bile duct disease that causes cirrhosis and destroys liver cells. Eavenson needs a liver transplant.

Registration begins at 7 a.m., with the race beginning at 8 a.m.There also will be face painting, bounce houses and other activities until 11 a.m.

For information, visit the Facebook page at “Capes for Corrie 5K Fun Walk/Run.”

TRYOUTS FOR VOLLEYBALL CLUB

The No Name Volleyball Club will host tryouts for its 2014-15 season Nov. 1 at Bishop McLaughlin Catholic High School, 13651 Hays Road in Spring Hill.

The tryouts are for athletes age 10 to 12, and run from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

For information, call Douglas Chinchar at (813) 949-9936, or visit NoNameVBC.com

GOLFING FOR ALZHEIMER’S

The Alzheimer’s Family Organization will have its annual golf tournament Nov. 8 at Timber Greens golf club, 6333 Timber Greens Blvd., in New Port Richey.

Registration begins at 6:30 a.m., with a shotgun start at 8 a.m.The event includes 18 holes of golf, a continental breakfast, lunch, gift bags, contests, raffles and door prizes.

The cost is $85 per person.

For information, call (727) 848-8888.

YOUTH TENNIS CLASSES AT LAKE PADGETT ESTATES Tennis 4 u/Tennis Para Ti will begin new youth entry-level tennis classes starting in November.

The classes are in addition to the group’s existing ranked junior and adults training, and will be at Lake Padgett Estates Athletic Complex, 4533 Savannah Way in Land O’ Lakes.

The classes will be Wednesdays at 4:15 p.m. for ages 5-7, and at 5 p.m. for ages 8-10.

The four-week schedule costs $35 to $40 for residents of Lake Padgett Estates, and $45 to $50 for non-residents.

For information, call coach Jeanette Marcus at (813) 417-0061, or e-mail jmarcusddm@gmail.com.

RUNNERS NEEDED FOR CONNERTON CHALLENGE

Connerton, 21100 Fountain Garden Way in Land O’ Lakes, will host its Connerton Challenge on Nov. 8.

The community will host a certified run at 10 kilometers, 5 kilometers and a kids fun run to benefit Operation Helping Hand.

The 10k run starts at 7:30 a.m., the 5k run at 7:45 a.m., and the kids fun run at 9 a.m. The cost ranges from $5 to $30, depending on the length of the run.

For information and to register by Oct. 30, visit Connerton.com.

5K WALK AT OAK HILL HOSPITAL

Oak Hill Hospital, 11375 Cortez Blvd., in Brooksville, will host a 5-kilometer/one mile support walk on Nov. 1.

The event will benefit two causes: The American Heart Association’s Heart Walk and the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer.

Registration begins at 7:30 a.m., with the walk and pancake breakfast beginning at 8:30 a.m. For information, call Katie Stacy at (352) 597-6317 or send e-mail to katie.stacy@hcahealthcare.com.

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It gave customers a chance to donate a minimum of $10 for a shampoo and haircut, a skin treatment, or a pink hair extension.

Those donating at least $5 could get a free Redken Color Rebel hair streak.

All of the proceeds were donated to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

The hair styling area at the Ulta Beauty salon on Sunday was nonstop as customers came in to take advantage of a $10 shampoo and cut, and to help fund breast cancer research at the same time.

Ulta Beauty salon senior designer Mayra Santiago, left, cuts and styles the abundant hair of Gueila Padilla of Lutz.

Ulta Beauty salon senior hair designer Ginny Fleming of Lutz wore a pink wig in support of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. She’s shown here drying the hair of Samantha Lewis of Lutz.

Hailey Davis, 5, was all smiles as Ulta salon manager Arlene Andrews added a pink hair extension to the Wesley Chapel girl’s hair. While Hailey got her extension, her mother, Migdalia Davis of Zephyrhills, got a haircut.

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By Pat Mulieri

There are adoption specials, and at times, all fees are waived. Pay $10 for a county tag, you saved a life, and have a forever furry friend.

Pasco County commissioners adopted a Save 90 initiative in 2013.Animal advocates were concerned with the number of animals coming into the shelter, and the low live release rate we had there. My fellow commissioners supported a number of initiatives to increase the release rate, but community support is still needed.

In 2010, for example, 9,371 animals were impounded, and 7,140 of them were euthanized. The live release rate was a very low 22 percent.

It takes a village to save an animal. The county commissioners realized this, and with support of the community, we began to see positive changes. By 2012, our live release rate was at 55 percent, and by 2013, it was at 76 percent.

That said, there is more work to be done.

We need community help:Visit the shelter, volunteer, foster and adopt.

Businesses can contact Andrea at aciesluk@pascocountyfl.net to schedule a Tail Wagon stop.The off-site Dog Day Out adoption events are great for the dogs, and help socialize them.

We welcome all ideas and businesses to join us to save a life.

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Imagine this: You go to a mall, purchase a sweater, have your nails done, and save a life.

The Pasco County Animal Shelter has a new program to get dogs that have been abandoned — and will possibly be euthanized — out of the shelter, and into the community. We are working to increase Pasco’s live release rate.

Friends of animal services, led by Michael and Abbey Cox, raised funds to revamp a surplus county bus into a streamlined adoption vehicle:The Tail Wagon.

This vehicle is equipped with stainless steel cages, storage units and its own air-conditioning unit that runs when the unit is parked. The animals are kept cool and comfy while traveling to and sitting at their destination.

Each month, shelter education outreach coordinator Andrea Ciesluk sends out a flier listing the stops for that month.The Shops at Wiregrass, local community events and businesses have been some of the adoption destinations.

Volunteers to walk the dogs and explain adoption procedures to people at the events are key. All dogs are neutered, microchipped and immunized.

Pat Mulieri is a Pasco County commissioner, representing District 2.

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puppies and small-breed dogs also will be greatly reduced for vets as part of the program.

Adopters are asked to come in uniform or bring a military identification.

First Saturday Celebration also features music, kids activities, exhibitors and food trucks.The free events are family friendly, and take place at the county animal shelter the first Saturday of each month.

The shelter itself is open daily from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., for adoptions, lost pet searches and county pet license tags.The center, however, will be closed Nov. 11 for Veterans Day. For information, call (813) 744-5660, or visit HillsboroughCounty.org/Pets.

Dox-a-Palooza, the ninth annual fundraiser benefitting the Dachshund Adoption Rescue and Education group, is set for Nov. 1 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Sun-n-Fun Pavilion, 4715 Medulla Road in Lakeland.

Events include a pet costume contest, wiener dog races, a “lick-a-lot” contest, auctions, a king and queen coronation, and more.

Founded in 2003, the dachshund group’s mission is to rescue, rehabilitate and place dachshund and dachshund mixes. Dox-aPalooza is the nonprofit’s largest fundraiser of the year, and to date, has helped the organization save 2,000 dachshunds in Florida.

Central Bank in Wesley Chapel is one of the sponsors.

Admission is free, but parking is $5.

Ash is one of three kittens that was dumped in an alley in South Tampa. Luckily, a nice lady brought Ash and his siblings to a foster mom, who right now is giving him a good temporary home. She cleaned Ash up, gave him toys to play with, and good food. And he does love to play. He is only 5 months old, so he’s looking for a forever home now.

If you would like to invite Ash into your family, email Cat Crusaders at adopt@tampacatcrusaders.org. For more information about other adoptable cats, visit TampaCatCrusaders.org/animals/list.

FREE ADOPTIONS IN OCTOBER

Pasco County Animal Services is hosting Adoptober Fest throughout October, providing free adoptions of animals that have been at the shelter for more than 30 days.

For animals that have been at the shelter for less than 30 days, they will be available for $15.

The adoption includes spay and neuter, microchip, and vaccines in all adoptions.

The shelter is located at 19640 Dogpatch Lane in Land O’ Lakes.

For information, visit their website at PascoCountyFl.net/PAS.

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Hillsborough County’s Pet Resource Center will have its First Saturday Celebration Nov. 1 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at 440 N. Falkenburg Road in Tampa.

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MCDONALD’S, OFFICES PLANNED FOR CONNERTON People waiting for a new McDonald’s restaurant on the northern part of Land O’ Lakes Boulevard may not have to wait much longer.

Planners are meeting with Pasco County officials this week to build a McDonald’s, as well as a 5,000-square-foot office building on the northeast corner of U.S. 41 and Pleasant Plains parkway. Pasco Investment Land LLC of St. Augustine, and FCPG R E Fund 09-03 LLC of Orlando currently own the 6.5 acres of land.

Pasco Investment Land is affiliated with Hayman Woods, the current developer of Connerton. Charles Mitchell Jr. of Orlando runs FCPG. He is the president and owner of First Capital Property Group, according to an online profile, a company he has owned for a little more than 19 years.

Mitchell is one of the people involved in the development of the property, as well as Stephanie Tyrrell, a construction manager for McDonald’s USA. It’s not clear if this will be a franchise location, and if so, who will own it. Ed Rogers of Heidt Design will function as the engineer of record, according to documents filed with Pasco County officials.

Once opened, this would be the 11th McDonald’s in Pasco, joining one franchised

by Brickman Management Co., down the road at Land O’ Lakes Boulevard and State Road 54.This new location would be near a SunTrust Bank, Subway and a Walgreens.

A request for comment to Stew Gibbons with Connerton earlier this month was not returned. No timetable was released on when plans for the restaurant and office building will move forward.

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It’s nothing but positives in September for the Tampa Bay housing and condominium market, as both sales and median prices have gone up.

The latest report from Florida Realtors shows existing home sales are up 11 percent, and condo sales grew more than 4 percent, compared to a year ago. Median sales for the area that also includes Pasco County also rose more than 3 percent for existing homes, and 10 percent for condos.

In September, the Tampa Bay region sold 3,441 single-family homes and 1,132 condos — second only to the greater Miami area.

Statewide, existing home sales were up more than 13 percent to 20,792, while condo sales climbed 2 percent to 8,622.

The median price for those single-family homes was $159,900 locally, compared to $180,000 statewide. Condos in the Tampa Bay region were $105,500, compared to $142,700 around the state.

The interest rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 4.16 percent in September, down from 4.49 percent a year ago, according to Freddie Mac.

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After more than 15 years of corporate ownership, RaceTrac Petroleum Inc. has sold its Dade City RaceWay location for $2.3 million.

The buyer of the station, located on a little more than an acre of land at 12310 U.S. 301, is 974 Pasco LLC, managed by West Palm Beach attorney Carolyn Sakolsky.The location was built in 2004 on land RaceTrac purchased in 1999 for $263,000.

Bobby and Dorothy Baker of Zephyrhills originally owned the land.

It’s not clear if the sale of the property will affect the location in any way.A request for comment last week from Atlanta-based RaceWay was not returned.

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