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Nance, the mall’s general manager, who recently gave the media a sneak peek at the mall. Reality television star Bethenny Frankel of The Housewives of New York will be a special guest on Oct. 31 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Frankel, also founder of Skinnygirl Cocktails, will greet shoppers, participate in interactive style segments and share fashion advice. She also will host two autograph sessions with fans at the VIP Shoppers Club Lounge. To access the lounge, fans can enroll in Simon Premium Outlets VIP Shoppers Club at www.premiumoutlets.com/vip, or in person at the mall, outside the lounge. Club members are eligible for exclusive deals, coupons and other benefits. The lounge will host several activities during See MALL, page15A
Russian ballerina makes a stop in Lutz By B.C. Manion
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She’s graced stages in more than 30 countries, has danced many classic ballet roles and has offered private coaching and workshops. But last week, Russian ballerina Zhanna Golubenko was in Lutz, posing for photos and autographing posters at Dance Gear, Etc., 1707 Dale Mabry Highway in Lutz. Golubenko has been traveling in recent months to cities throughout the Southeastern United States, sharing her passion for ballet and helping to promote upcoming performances of Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker. That production will be performed in numerous cities, including St. Petersburg. Besides letting people know about the upcoming show, she’s also putting the word out about audition opportunities, said Carolyn Jackson, owner of Dance Gear, Etc. Jackson was pleased to host the ballerina’s visit. “It was just a fabulous opportunity for the community. Everybody loves The Nutcracker,” Jackson said. Golubenko, who was dressed in costume, said she began dancing when she was 6.That was two decades ago. Being a ballerina requires a considerable amount of practice and can result in injuries, but for Golubenko, it’s a way of life. “When you love it, you cannot live without it,” she said. “Even the injuries, they teach you something.” The ballerina also noted: “Pain in your soul is much stronger than physical pain, so I prefer to have physical pain.” Most of the people she’s met during her Southeastern tour have been interested in knowing why she became a ballet dancer, and about how to recover from an B.C. MANION/STAFF PHOTO injury. Russian ballerina Zhanna Golubenko stopped at Dance Gear, Etc. in Lutz, to pose for phoSee BALLERINA, page15A
tos, autograph posters and promote the upcoming production of Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker.
They’re not ‘just pets.’ They’re family. fectly normal response to the death of a loved one. “Sometimes people don’t A woman sits inside a modest quite understand why people chapel in Zephyrhills, and her are grieving so hard for losing voice is shaking. She’s describing an animal,” Schneider exthe loss of a loved one, and the plained. “We just really want guilt she feels about that loss. to validate that what they’re A chaplain and a therapist sit going through is appropriate, with her and listen, then try to normal, and common.” comfort her by sharing their own Gulf Hospice provides that perspectives. validation with a free monthly Her grief is natural, they say, pet loss support group, and and a normal part of life. the organization is hoping to Beginning that afternoon, she reach anyone in the commutakes important steps on her journity mourning a pet’s death ney of mourning and healing. who needs to share and be MICHAEL MURILLO/STAFF PHOTOS It’s a scene that plays out all heard by people who undertoo often at Gulfside Hospice, Mary Ann Polom attended a recent pet loss support group meeting to stand. 5760 Dean Dairy Road in share her feelings after losing Annie, her toy poodle. Word of the group Zephyrhills. reached Polom in her time of But this time it’s different. the same way. grief, and she attended a recent meeting. Mary Ann Polom isn’t grieving over the They will say things like “it’s just a dog,” loss of a human family member. It’s her not realizing the depth of the connection ‘MY LITTLE PARTNER’ beloved toy poodle, Annie, who was put to the two shared. That can leave a pet owners Annie’s problems started about a year earlisleep just a few weeks before. feeling confused, embarrassed, and guilty er, when she broke her hip. A heart murmur For Polom, and many others with pets, a over their feelings, which compounds the was also detected, and after hip surgery she dog or cat isn’t like family. They are family. grief. never healed properly. She lost her appetite, And the loss they feel when their pet dies is Shelley Schneider, vice-president of coun- and after a long struggle the veterinarian said just as real and valid as other losses. seling and advocacy services at Gulfside See PETS, page15A Friends and family sometimes don’t see it Hospice, said their reaction is actually a per-
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