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Votes will be counted on Nov. 8 to determine which candidate will be the next president of the Unites States – Donald J. Trump or Hillary Clinton. But, voters also will choose candidates running for state and local office in Pasco and Hillsborough counties. Absentee and early voting ballots already are being stockpiled in election offices. On election day, both counties will offer free bus rides to people who can show a valid voter information card. In Pasco, early voting began on Oct. 29 at eight locations around the county. Voters can cast ballots from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., at any

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of those sites until early voting ends on Nov. 5 (Saturday) at 7 p.m. “We’re seeing a good, strong turnout,” said Brian Corley, Pasco’s supervisor of elections. “We’re seeing a lot of energy and enthusiasm, which is what we expect in a presidential election.”

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More than 336,000 people are registered voters in Pasco, with nearly 131,000 registered as Republicans, nearly 108,000 as Democrats, and nearly 98,000 as no party or minor party. See ELECTION, page 13A

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Hillsborough County wants to reduce recycling contamination. That effort begins with educating the public through an online survey and various focus groups scheduled throughout October and November. A focus group is meeting on Nov. 5 from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the Northdale Recreation Center, 15550 Spring Pine Drive in Tampa. Information gathered through the survey and focus groups will be used to design behavior-based education and outreach messaging to reduce recycling contamination, which occurs when non-recyclable items or heavily soiled items are mixed with clean recyclable items during collection. “We’re basically just trying to get feedback from the public with the ultimate goal of using that information to deliver information to them in a way that’s going to be more impactful for them, and Travis Barnes hopefully increase (recycling) participation,” said Travis Barnes, recycling coordinator for the Hillsborough County Solid Waste Management Division. “We’re...trying to hone in on a baseline of what the public’s understanding of our program is right now: What are their existing habits? How are they disposing of things?” The county’s recycling contamination See RECYCLING, page 13A

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SwampFest, hosted by the Land O’ Lakes High School Athletic Booster Club, gives kids and adults a chance to have fun — but also helps raise money to benefit the high school and other local organizations. This year, the event will feature a new carnival company, said Doug Hutchinson, SwampFest coordinator. “It’s going to be Arnold Amusements. They’re a family oriented, family owned, carnival company. Right now, they’re doing the Hillsborough County Fair down in Brandon,” Hutchinson said. “Last year, we had a little disappointment because the operator that brought the rides, brought just the rides.We didn’t really have a full complement of games … where it makes it more like a fair,” Hutchinson said. Arnold Amusements will bring a full Midway, with games, rides and amusements. The event will last four nights, from Nov. 3 through Nov. 6. Highlights include 24 rides, a magic act, and performances by Stonegrey, Vincent Randazzo, Nunes at Night, DJ Carlos, Nicole’s Dance Center, Show on the Road Tampa and Suncoast Dance. Hutchinson said the organizers talked to teenagers to find out what they’d like, and they suggested a DJ because they want to dance, Hutchinson said. The event will be at the Land O’ Lakes Community Center, 5401 Land O’ Lakes Blvd. SwampFest is an offshoot from Flapjack Festival, a popular Land O’ Lakes event that shifted to Dade City, and then was suspended. After the Flapjack Festival moved, a group got together to organize SwampFest,

WHAT: A community festival featuring games, rides, entertainment and food WHERE: Land O’ Lakes Community Center, 5401 Land O’ Lakes Blvd. WHEN: Nov. 3 through Nov. 6 (See LOLSwampFest.com for more details) COST: Free admission; pre-sale unlimited ride armbands, $15; on-site unlimited ride armbands, $25.

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SwampFest will feature 24 rides, a magic act, bands, a DJ, other entertainers, food and carnival games. It’s a local event that offers fun for people of all ages, said Doug Hutchinson, SwampFest coordinator.

said Hutchinson, who was the coordinator for the Flapjack Festival in Land O’ Lakes. “We started having it the same weekend as Flapjack used to be. It’s not as big. Our goal is to try to make it more of a community-based fair,” he said. The event raises money for the Land O’ Lakes High School Booster club, but it also raises money for other groups who sell presale tickets. Pre-sale armband tickets for unlimited

rides are $15 each. On-site armband ride tickets are $25. Locations selling the pre-sale tickets are: Land O’ Lakes High School cheerleaders, Sunlake High School (guidance office), Sanders Elementary School, Pine View Middle School, Sugar and Spice Daycare and Beef O’ Brady’s at Village Lakes, Wilderness Lakes and Sunlake. The event has free admission, and generally attracts between 2,000 and 3,000 people, Hutchinson said. This will be the second year that the event will be at the upgraded Land O’ Lakes Community Center Park. Hutchinson can’t wait until the park gets its stage, which will be in time for next year’s SwampFest. “It’s not easy getting some of the entertainment to come out there and play under a tent,” he said.With the stage, it will be easier to persuade musicians to come out to play. The event was initially held at Land O’ Lakes High, but the community park offers a greater degree of visibility, creating a better opportunity to attract people who are travSee SWAMPFEST, page 13A


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