Lutz News-Lutz/Odessa-September 28, 2016

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New fire station coming to Tampa By Kathy Steele

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Residents of New Tampa will get a new fire station in 2017, amid a boom in development and population growth. Other proposed capital improvement projects include upgrading playground equipment at New Tampa Recreation Center and installing CCTV cameras along Cross Creek Boulevard to help regulate traffic signals and ease congestion. “The growth here has been tremendous,”

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said Tampa City Councilwoman Lisa Montelione. “Having the fire station will bring comfort to a lot of people that they will have a rescue unit nearby.” The city paid about $1.3 million in 2008 for 2.2 acres of land at County Line Road and Trout Creek Drive anticipating construction on Fire Station No. 23. But, budget cutbacks during the recession delayed several construction projects citywide. The station, at 20777 Trout Creek Drive, will cost about $4.7 million.A construction

schedule is not yet available. Another proposed fire station for New Tampa isn’t included in the 2017 budget, but does have design funds for 2019. Fire Station No. 24 in the K-Bar Ranch area, off Morris Bridge Road, will be built “as growth continues to occur,” according to Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn, who presented a nearly $906 million budget to the Tampa City Council in July. Council members approved the budget See STATION, page 19A

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COURTESY OF MOTHER TERESA OF CALCUTTA CATHOLIC SCHOOL

Mother Teresa of Calcutta Catholic School students share their love of music by donating 15 violins to St. Joseph Catholic School. From left, Mother Teresa students Brady Roell, Allie Monsour, W. Benjamin Jorgensen, Lillian Parrado, Autumn Wingfield, Jay Anastasia and Cody Flach.

Catholic schools take part in week of caring By B.C. Manion

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Catholic schools around the Diocese of St. Petersburg partnered with Somebody Cares Tampa Bay for Carefest 2016. Students joined thousands of volunteers across Pinellas, Hillsborough, Citrus, Hernando and Pasco counties to take part in the week devoted to service, from Sept. 17 to Sept. 24. At the same time, the diocese celebrated “The Week of Caring in the Year of Mercy.” During Carefest, schools throughout the diocese engaged in various efforts to extend themselves beyond the Catholic communi-

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ty, said Mark Majeski, associate superintendent of schools for the Office of Catholic Schools and Centers for the Diocese of St. Petersburg. Students at Mother Teresa of Calcutta School in Lutz donated 15 violins to be used by students at St. Joseph Catholic School, and held a school supply drive to help other schools in the diocese. Bishop McLaughlin Catholic High School in Spring Hill had a first responders’ week and donated canned goods and baby items, collecting enough to fill more than four large containers, to benefit Catholic Charities. Students at Saint Anthony Catholic School in San Antonio took part in a number

of activities. Children made thank you cards and banners, and sang for first responders. “We thanked them for the sacrifices that they are making for our safety.We are totally grateful for their service, because it is truly a call of faith and courage. They do a lot of selfless work for us, for our safety,” said Sister Alice Ottapurackal, the school’s principal. The children also made “survival kits” for the first responders. They gave 105 survival kits to the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office and 19 to the local firefighters. Each kit contained: • A prayer card for first responders. For police officers, a holy card of their patron saint, Saint Michael the Archangel; for firefighters, a holy card of their patron saint, St. Florian Each kit also contained a variety of candies, along with an explanation for first See CARING, page 19A

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The local debate on how to regulate medical marijuana in Pasco County remains unsettled. But, two Tampa land use attorneys recently briefed county commissioners on the legal difficulties they face, and the vast sums of money at stake as the medical marijuana industry expands. County commissioners also received a recommendation from the county’s legal staff on limiting medical marijuana in Pasco to industrial districts, with conditions. The potential use of some industrial properties for medical marijuana dispensaries didn’t go over well with Pasco County Commissioner Jack Mariano. “I don’t want to take any more industrial off the books,” he said. Currently, a low level form of medical marijuana, known as Charlotte’s web, is legal in Florida for patients with seizure disorders. Terminally ill patients can qualify for stronger potencies of medical marijuana. A Nov. 8 statewide referendum, if approved, would open the door to more dispensaries statewide, while also increasing the number of illnesses that can be treated with medical marijuana. The law currently allows only five sites, geographically dispersed across the state. See MARIJUANA, page 19A

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TRU Simulation + Training will expand and add 100 jobs over the next four years.

Lutz company plans $30 million expansion By Kathy Steele

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TRU Simulation + Training has announced a nearly $30 million expansion of its Pilot Training Center in Lutz, along with the addition of 100 new jobs. The new jobs will evolve over four years as TRU Simulation + Training expands its ProFlight Pilot Training programs. Construction will add about 30,000 square feet for classrooms, flight training devices and four new full flight simulators. The company, with headquarters in Goose Greek, South Carolina, provides flight-training solutions, technical support, and customer service for commercial and

military markets. The expansion will be completed by November. The Pasco Economic Development Council worked with Pasco County staff members on the site planning and permitting process. This is the second expansion for TRU Simulation + Training. In 2015, the company converted 15,000 square feet of existing space for training center operations. The company manufactures flight simulators and is an FAA-certified Part 142 OEM-supported pilot training center for aviation products from Textron, the parent corporation of TRU Simulation + Training.


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