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Doggy dining now legal in Pasco By Kathy Steele ksteele@lakerlutznews.com

Pasco County now has an ordinance to permit doggy dining in outdoor areas of restaurants. The Pasco County Commission adopted the new measure unanimously at its Nov. 28 meeting in New Port Richey. A $50 permit fee was later approved on Dec. 12 in Dade City. The commission’s action, however, is

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news to many area restaurants that already have been allowing patrons to enjoy a meal on their patios, with a tail-wagging companion lounging nearby. It’s standard company policy at a number of restaurants. Yappy hours are popular as special events. There are websites, too, that are devoted to marketing area restaurants that are dogfriendly, including BringFido.com and PascoPetFest.com. BringFido provides information on dog-

friendly hotels, as well as restaurants nationwide. That site lists 17 Wesley Chapel restaurants that are dog-friendly, including Applebee’s, Moe’s Southwest Grill, PDQ, Texas Roadhouse, Tijuana Flats, GrillSmith, and Panera Bread. Dog-friendly restaurants on PascoPetFest.com include The Breakfast Nook, The Garden Café, Crab Shack Port See DOGGY, page 13A

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The Historic Pasco Courthouse in downtown Dade City is dressed up for the holidays.

Iconic scenes offer good cheer across the region By B.C. Manion Whether it’s a traditional Nativity scene in San Antonio, a dressed up historic courthouse in downtown Dade City, synchronized music and lights at a shopping mall in Wesley Chapel or an old-fashioned Christmas at the Old Lutz

School — the spirit of the season abounds across The Laker/Lutz News coverage area. Whether you’re gathering with family and friends here, or traveling elsewhere to enjoy the holidays, we at The Laker/Lutz News want to wish you the very best that life has to offer during the holiday season, and throughout 2018.

Choirs and bands provided holiday music at many venues this season.

A look at one of the many realistic scenes from a Walk Through Bethlehem at Richland Baptist Church.

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Giant old-fashioned holiday cards convey an expression of seasonal cheer to those passing by, or dropping into, the Old Lutz School on U.S. 41.

Development for Gower’s Corner is one step closer By Kathy Steele ksteele@lakerlutznews.com

After more than a year of back and forth negotiations, an application to rezone property at the historical crossroads known as Gower’s Corner got the approval of Pasco County’s local planning agency. The rezoning application has been continued repeatedly since late 2016. But, on Dec. 14 in Dade City, members of the Development Review Committee voted in favor of a project to build up to 215,000

square feet of retail/office and a maximum of 40 apartments. The committee also approved a variance related to U.S. 41 right-of-way that will be used to widen the two-lane highway to four lanes, with the potential for six lanes. As part of its five-year work plan, the Florida Department of Transportation is slated to begin construction in 2020 on a segment of U.S. 41, from north of Connerton Boulevard to south of State Road 52.There also are plans to realign the intersection.

The approximately 44 acres of vacant land, identified in the rezoning as Tibbett’s Land at Gower’s Corner, is located at the southwest corner of State Road 52 and U.S. 41. Clearwater attorney Jerry Figurski represented the property’s owners. Construction on the proposed project likely is a few years off, and might not begin until the road widening, he said. “It’s not clear if the Tibbetts will develop See GOWER’S, page 13A


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