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Donations needed for annual market By B.C. Manion bcmanion@lakerlutznews.com
The GFWC Lutz-Land O’ Lakes Woman’s Club is putting the word out that it is seeking donations for the annual Woman’s Club Flea Market at the Old Lutz School. The annual sale is a great way for people to clear out closets, attics, garages, patios and sheds — and to help good causes at the same time, according to Pat Serio, co-chairwoman of the flea market. While residents can clear some of their
clutter — others can benefit from a bargain, Serio said, noting the items at the flea market are priced to sell quickly. “We have the best prices,” Serio said. As always, the flea market will feature a wide range of goods. There will be items for the home, such as linens, lamps, china, and pots and pans. Big pieces of furniture will be under tents outdoors, and plants will be sold, too, Serio said. There also will be a room called Trinkets and Treasures that will feature higher quality
and higher priced items, Serio said. In previous years, the club has had a halfprice sale the weekend after the flea market, but has decided not to do so this year, Serio said. Any items that are left over after the flea market will be distributed to a variety of charitable organizations, she said. Putting on the flea market is a big project, Serio noted. Generally, about 60 club members volunteer to help receive donations, to sort See MARKET, page9A
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A pivotal moment during the celebration of the Catholic Mass occurs during communion, when believers come forward to receive the Body of Christ. But some members of Our Lady of the Rosary were choosing to stay in their pews, because they have Celiac disease, which means they cannot ingest gluten, a protein found in wheat. B.C. MANION/STAFF PHOTOS “There are different levels The Rev. Ron Aubin displays a silver ciborium of intolerance to gluten and and a gold ciborium. The silver one is used to wheat products,” said the hold the gluten-free communion hosts, and Rev. Ron Aubin, pastor at the gold one holds the traditional hosts. Our Lady of the Rosary Church at 2348 Collier Parkway in Catholic Bishops. Land O’ Lakes. “So, we did a little research and we dis“Apparently, some covered there are low-gluten hosts,” Aubin people react severesaid. ly and can be quite The church is now using low-gluten sick. So, they bypass wafers made by the Benedictine Sisters of the host — receiving Perpetual Adoration, in Clyde, Missouri. the Body of Christ.” The sisters have been baking communion When one woman hosts for generations and spent 10 years asked if there anything working to develop a low-gluten host. the church could do The host the sisters produce contains .01 about it, the church decidpercent gluten. ed to look into the issue. Our Lady of the Rosary began serving Church doctrine rethe hosts about a month ago. quires there be at least a “What we did, was, we have reserved trace of gluten, in order one small part of the church — a small secto be considered valid tion. We’re calling that our low-gluten matter for the Eucharist, The host on the left is the traditional communion host, and the section,” Aubin said. according to the one on the right is the low-gluten version. The low-gluten host is See WAFER, page9A National Conference of chewier and has less taste.
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Stephanie Dahm, a junior at Land O’ Lakes High School, works with Dixie, a 700-pound heifer at the school’s barn. Dahm and Dixie will compete at the Florida State Fair and Pasco County Fair.
Land O’ Lakes High School has nice football and baseball fields. But if you go past them, you might see something unusual. Like a barn with livestock, and students training them. “People think we’re crazy,” said sophomore Augusta Browder. “They think we’re just out there rolling around with them (the animals). They don’t think we’re being serious about it.” But they’re not being crazy; they’re being competitive. The school’s members of Future Farmers of America, now known as the National FFA Organization, are prepping their livestock to be judged along with other animals at the Florida State Fair and Pasco County Fair next month and other competitions throughout the year. Some of the animals stay on school property. Other students own their animals and have homes that can maintain them, so they live on their land. But wherever they stay, caring for them is hard work. Browder gets up around 5:30 a.m., every morning, to feed her animals at her home, and does it again at the end of the evening. She can’t take extended time off, and she also has to practice with them so they’ll perform well when the time comes to be judged in categories such as appearance and See LIVESTOCK, page9A