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Porter: Raymond James is on the way

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J.D. Porter said he knows there are a lot of people who doubt that Raymond James will ever have a location in the Wiregrass Ranch community of Wesley Chapel.

And, he said he knows that the decision

by T. Rowe Price not to locate in Pasco County has helped to fuel those speculations.

But, at a March 10 meeting of the Pasco Alliance of Community Associations in Land O’ Lakes, Porter told the crowd:“I’ll tell you straight up, let’s dispel the myth right now: Is it going to happen? Are they going to close?

“It’s going to happen. Raymond James will close,” said Porter, whose family owns the sprawling Wiregrass Ranch, which includes thousands of acres of ranch land and citrus groves.

Porter expects Raymond James to get their permits within the next 45 days or so, and that will trigger closing within 30 days

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J.D. Porter, whose family owns thousands of acres in Wiregrass Ranch, talks about future plans for the area near The Shops at Wiregrass and Pasco-Hernando State College’s Porter Campus at Wiregrass Ranch.

of that, he said.

“Once they close, you’ll start seeing dirt being moved to the site,” Porter said.

“It’s exciting. Right now, they’re in for permitting for a million square feet,” he said, estimating that the site will be occupied by 4,000 to 5,000 employees.

“I imagine we’ll have even more interest on the office side, once Raymond James closes,” Porter said.

“We’re currently talking with about four other office users that are Fortune 250 companies, anywhere from 400,000 square feet to another 1.2 million square feet of office,” said Porter, whose family has already sold the land now occupied by The Shops at Wiregrass and Florida Hospital Wesley Chapel, and donated 65 acres for PascoHernando State College’s Porter Campus at Wiregrass Ranch.

Porter is also enthused about progress being made for a performing arts center on the state college’s campus. The project reSee PORTER, page 13A

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Florida Hospital Wesley Chapel had an open house to show off its new cardiac catheterization lab on March 13, unveiling the first completed project in the hospital’s $78 million expansion.

About 100 people registered to take the guided tour through the new lab and to learn about the technology that will be used to help treat patients at the hospital.

After seeing the equipment and hearing about its capabilities, James R. Carner was impressed.

“You guys have got a great lab,” said Carner, who is an account executive for Central Payment Corporation.

“I love technology,” he said.“I’ve got no problem with coming in and letting them take care of me – with all of this.

“At least I could rest easy knowing I’d be taken care of, if anything did ever happen to me.That’s awesome,” said Carner, who is also an ambassador for The Greater Wesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce.

Providing high-quality care within the community is the hospital’s aim, said Denyse Bales-Chubb, president and CEO of Florida Hospital Wesley Chapel.

“I think it’s wonderful to be able to provide the state-of-the-art technology here in Wesley Chapel, for our community and for the people who live here,” she said.

“No one wants to have to travel to get care.They want it right in their backyards.

“You can just have that comfort that you can come here and get taken care of; you don’t have to travel clear downtown,” BalesChubb said.

The opening of the new cath lab signals See CATH LAB, page 13A

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Norm Merrill, from Saint Jude Medical, displays the catheter used for a Radio Frequency Ablation. This procedure involves the application of heat.

A crane towers over a portion of Florida Hospital Wesley Chapel’s expansion project, which is expected to be completed by December 2016.

Kevin Webb, of Saint Jude Medical, is running an Ensite Velocity machine, which is Florida Hospital Wesley Chapel’s 3-D mapping machine. In essence, it allows a second set of eyes to watch what is going on during a procedure, Webb says.

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said. For instance, a single mother with children who loses her job and is evicted has a hard time finding a place to live.

Pasco County is jumping into the af“There are no longer cheap rents in fordable housing market in an initiative Pasco. And, what can be found is not aimed at helping its homeless populasafe, or cheap,” Romagnoli said. tion.

Properties would be acquired Pasco County commissioners authorthrough foreclosures, tax deed sales or ized a program that will rehabilitate other ways. foreclosed houses or, in some cases, Currently, such properties can end build new houses. up with the Pasco Opportunity Under the program, area nonprofits Program, or POP, for rehabilitation and would become partners to manage the resale to homeowners.With the adopcounty’s efforts to provide houses for tion of the new housing program, homeless individuals and families with COURTESY OF PASCO COUNTY properties will be evaluated before “extremely low income.” being assigned either to POP or to the George Romagnoli is Pasco County’s community “This is really new.This is not being development director. homeless initiative. done anywhere else,” said George It is estimated that Pasco has about Romagnoli, the county’s community develThe goal is to complete about 20 houses 900 chronically homeless people who live opment director. a year that can help homeless individuals on the streets or in the woods.

Proposals will be sought from nonprofits and families get back on their feet. Most of In a separate initiative, the county is partinterested in participating. the houses would be rehabbed for less than nering with Catholic Charities Diocese of St. Pasco County commissioners then $20,000.

Petersburg Inc., on a pilot program for would select several agencies to work with Also, small houses — of about 600 chronically homeless individuals. the program.

Romagnoli said there could be some square feet to 800 square feet — could be Currently, about $500,000 is available built, or mobile homes could be placed on overlap in the two programs, with homeless from the State Housing Initiative vacant lots for about $40,000 each. individuals relocated to newly acquired Partnership, or SHIP program.

“We’re very confident we can do this,” housing.

In coming years, county officials antici- Romagnoli said.

“Any time we can use transitional houspate up to $2 million could be allocated to People with low incomes are finding it in- ing, instead of shelters, is beneficial,” said the program from federal grants. creasingly difficult to find affordable rents, he Pasco County Commissioner Mike Moore.

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Pasco looks to TIA for tourism boost Tampa International Airport is in the midst of a three-phase $2.5 billion project to make the airport a ‘people mover’ for the 21st century. In the first phase, the airport will expand the main terminal by 55,000 square feet, build a new rental car center, and add 65 shops and restaurants including Hard Rock Café and P.F. IMAGES COURTESY OF TAMPA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Chang’s.

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Traffic is increasing at Tampa International Airport, and that has piqued the interest of Pasco County officials.

More than 18 million passengers passed through Tampa International Airport in 2015, nearly 7 percent more than the year before.

Of those travelers, about 8 percent, or 1.6 million, were from Pasco County.

Pasco County commissioners are interested in finding out how to tap into the stream of visitors who arrive in Tampa Bay every year.

On March 8, commissioners heard an update from Joe Lopano,TIA’s chief executive officer, on the master plan to upgrade and expand TIA. The first phase of a three-phase plan is slated for completion in fall of 2017.

That phase, estimated at $980 million, includes a new rental car center, a new 1.4-mile automated people mover that will connect the rental car facility to the main terminal, and construction of a runway bridge over the George J. Bean Parkway. In addition, the main terminal is being expanded by 55,000 square feet, and 65 shops and restaurants, including Hard Rock Café and P.F. Chang’s, will be upgraded or added to the airport’s amenities.

The total cost of TIA’s upgrades are estimated at about $2.5 billion, with a completion date of 2028.

Phase one is on budget and on schedule, Lopano said.

Construction isn’t all that is driving TIA’s makeover.

A more personal touch also is highlighting the airport’s progress, and its amenities.

About 160 volunteers – some retired airline employees – serve as airport ambassadors who greet and assist passengers.

Pasco officials want to educate those volunteers on what the county can offer tourists. Lopano and Pasco County Tourist Manager Ed Caum briefly discussed a bus tour of Pasco to give the airport ambassadors a first-hand view of Pasco’s current and future destinations.

Among the tour stops could be SunWest Park, the Florida Hospital Center Ice com-

A new rental car center is under construction south of the airport.

The master plan for Tampa International Airport includes construction of a 1.4-mile automated people mover to transport passengers between the main terminal and a new rental car center.

plex under construction at Interstate 75 and State Road 56,Tampa Premium Outlets and The Shops at Wiregrass.

The county’s tourism website also touts restaurants and historical sites throughout the county, as well as the 10 birding stops on the Great Florida Birding Trail, Treehoppers Aerial Adventure Park and the Anclote Key State Park.

Advertising at the airport tends to be expensive and out of the county’s reach, Caum said. But, he plans to explore potential for sharing costs with other partners.

Pasco is coming off a record year for tourism, posting $968,263 in Tourist Tax collections between October 2014 and the end of September 2015.That was a 17 percent increase over the previous year.

According to the U.S. Travel Association, more than 500,000 visitors to Pasco spent about $466 million. Local sales taxes from those visitors totaled more than $14.9 million.

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And, tourism created nearly 6,000 full-time employees, with an annual payroll in Pasco of $106.2 million.

The increase in passengers at Tampa International Airport is the first airport in the country that will have TIA is in part a Hard Rock Café on-site. due to more international flights. and generates about $7.8 billion in annual In 2015, Lufthansa German Airlines began economic activity. flights from Frankfurt to Tampa. Other interPasco County Commissioner Mike Wells national destinations are London, Zurich, and said he appreciated the collaborative way in Panama City, Panama.Airport officials also are which TIA officials and the region’s counties hoping to add commercial flights to Cuba. are working together on growth and eco“We are an international region,” said nomic issues.

Lopano.

That hasn’t always been the case, he said.

And, an economic engine for the region.

“We’ve never really been together as a reThe airport employees about 7,500 peo- gion,”Wells said, but he added,“I can see it ple, supports another 81,000 jobs indirectly now.”

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Betty Lowe Phelps finally had the chance to mark an item off her bucket list last fall, when she climbed to the top of the Loggerhead Key Lighthouse in the Dry Tortugas.

As she made her way to the top, she was making the same climb as her grandfather — Benjamin Howard Lowe Sr. — did when he was an assistant lighthouse keeper there during the 1930s.

The Land O’ Lakes woman now has been inside, or boated around, all four of the lighthouses from which her grandfather worked.

Phelps had been aware that her grandfather worked in lighthouses, but didn’t know many details.

She began doing more research after she visited the Sanibel Lighthouse in 1999.

That’s where she discovered that even though she knew her grandfather had worked there, his name wasn’t in the records.

She set out to find out more.

She began talking to relatives to find out what they knew and also began searching for records.

She now has a binder full of PHOTOS COURTESY OF BETTY LOWE PHELPS photographs and documents American Shoal Lighthouse, off Sugarloaf Key in the Florida Keys, is the third lighthouse where Betty she’s collected. She also has another source: 20 hours of Lowe Phelps’ grandfather worked as an assistant keeper. recordings of her grandfather’s recollections.

They did turtling. They did sponging,” tion, living on the second floor of the staA profile on her grandfather is included Phelps said. tion’s duplex dwelling,”Taylor adds. in the 2006 book,“Lore of the Reef Lights: In essence, he would do whatever kind He’d make regular trips to Key West, Life in the Florida Keys,” by Thomas W. of work he could find, she said.

Phelps said.

Taylor.

In 1929, Lowe joined the United State “There were three men at a time. Every Taylor gleaned much of the information Lighthouse Service as an assistant keeper 28 days, one of them came in.They would for the profile from Phelps and other mem- and was assigned to work at Fowey Rocks spend a month with their family,” she said. bers of her family.

Lighthouse, according to Taylor’s account.

When they returned to the lighthouse, Taylor’s account says Lowe grew up as After his wife experienced complica- they brought fresh provisions, such as fruit, the son of a boat captain, and worked for tions while giving birth, Lowe moved the vegetables and fresh meat, she said. his father on a vessel called The Magnolia, family back to Key West, to be closer to a Next, Phelps said her grandfather went until the ship was lost in a hurricane in support network. He then became an assis- to work at American Shoal Lighthouse, off of 1919. tant keeper at the Loggerhead Key Sugarloaf Key, which was closer to the famiOver the years, Lowe worked on various Lighthouse in the Dry Tortugas, Taylor ly. boats, according to Taylor’s book. notes.

And finally, in 1939, he took a lighthouse Phelps said her grandfather went to the “During the summer months, when post in Sanibel. waterfront whenever he needed work. school was out, the entire family would voy“His wife begged him to take that job be“He was a cook on a lot of the crews. age out to the Dry Tortugas to spend the cause there was a cottage, and the family They did shrimping. They did lobstering. summer with their father at the light sta- could all stay together,” Phelps said.

Visiting Loggerhead Key Lighthouse has long been on Betty Lowe Phelps’ bucket list. She finally visited the lighthouse last fall. She was accompanied on the trip by her sister, Toni Lowe Clinger, left and by Clinger’s husband, Bryon.

Phelps has been a member of the Florida Lighthouse Association since 2000, and is delighted she finally had the chance to see the view from top of the Loggerhead Key Lighthouse.

It was a trip she’d planned to make back in 2003, with a half-dozen members of her family, as part of the Florida Lighthouse Association’s trip to the Dry Tortugas.

But, those plans were dashed due to mechanical problems with the boat.

“That was a tremendous disappointment, as we had all traveled from various parts of central Florida for the rare opportunity to visit the island and climb the most remote of our grandfather’s lighthouses,” Phelps said.

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Columbus’ ships in Tampa Replicas of Columbus’ ships the “Nina” and the “Pinta” will dock at the Tampa Convention Center, 333 S. Franklin St., on March 18 until the ships’ departures on March 30.

The ships will be open every day from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., for self-guided tours. Tickets are $8 for adults, $7 for senior citizens, and $6 for students ages 5 to 16. Children younger than age 4 are free. No reservations are necessary.

Proceeds to to The Columbus Foundation, which aims to educate the public on the type of ship (the “carvel”) that Columbus used to discover a new world in the year 1492. Columbus made four voyages, totaling 12 years, on ships like these. The foundation displays and maintains the only traveling replicas in existence today.

For information, visit NinaPinta.org.

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Guests should bring cutlery, disposable plates and a beverage. For information, call Glen Thompson at (352) 567-7449.

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The Carrollwood Toastmasters will host a 15th anniversary open house on March 16 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., at the Jimmie B. Keel Regional Library, 2902 W. Bearss Ave., in Tampa.There will be prizes. For information, visit Carrollwood.toastmastersclubs.org/.

The SunWest Park Crab and Shrimp Festival will take place March 18 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., and March 19 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., at SunWest Park, 17362 Old Dixie Highway in Hudson.There will be live local bands, a boat show, an artist area, a kids’ zone, NASCAR’s Cody Lane, seafood and more.Tickets are $5. For information, visit SimplyEventsFL.com/crab-shrimp-festival/.

The Carrollwood Cultural Center, 4537 Lowell Road in Tampa, will host “Carrollwoodstock” on March 19 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.The festival will feature local bands, art vendors and local restaurants.

Admission is free. For information, visit CarrollwoodCenter.org.

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The Carrollwood Area Business Association will host the “Taste of Carrollwood” on March 20 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., at the India Cultural Center, 5511 Lynn Road in Tampa.The event will feature 30 local restaurants, more than 40 vendors, and fun and games for the whole family, including a scavenger hunt with prizes. CABA businesses also will be on-hand with their products and services.Admission is free.

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The Lions Club, 5827 Dean Dairy Road in Zephyrhills, will host singer, songwriter and musician Glenn Johnson on March 16 at 6 p.m. Doors open at 5 p.m.Tickets are $10 per person at the door. For information, call Sandy Stanton at (813) 779-2174.

‘THE SOUND OF MUSIC’ Bishop McLaughlin Catholic High School, 13651 Hays Road in Spring Hill, will present “The Sound of Music” March 17, March 18 and March 19 at 7 p.m.Tickets are $10 for adults, and $5 for students. BMCHS students get in free with a paying adult. For information, visit BMCHS.com.

MEDICAL CAREER FAIR CareerSource Pasco-Hernando will host a Medical Career Fair on March 17 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., at Pasco-Hernando State College, North Campus, 11415 Ponce de Leon Blvd., in Brooksville. Participants should dress for success and bring plenty of resumes. For information, call (352) 2003020, or visit CareerSourcePascoHernando.com.

ST. PATRICK’S DAY SALE All five Gulfside Hospice thrift shops will have a 17 percent off storewide sale on March 17, so customers can save some green in honor of St. Patrick’s Day.All proceeds from sales help provide care for patients who have no insurance and support Gulfside’s Centers for Hospice Care.All stores are open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For locations, visit GHPPC.org.

SENIOR CENTER ACTIVITIES The Lutz Senior Center, 112 First Ave., N.W., will host these upcoming activities: • March 18 at 1 p.m.:“Luck of the Irish” • March 23 at 1 p.m.:“Spring Fashion Parade” (Participation welcome. Call for details) • March 25 at 1 p.m.: Billiards tournament (registration required) For information, call (813) 264-3804.

AARP CHAPTER MEETING Land O’ Lakes AARP Chapter 4764 will meet on March 18 at 10:30 a.m., at the Land O’ Lakes Community Center, 5401 Land O’ Lakes Blvd.The guest speaker will be Bob Hoffman on reverse mortgages. For more information, email pebross@verizon.net.

HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEETING The Pasco County Historical Society will meet on March 18 at 7 p.m., at the Pioneer Florida Museum & Village, 15602 Pioneer

FINE ARTS COUNCIL SHOW The Pasco Fine Arts Council will present its annual “Members Only Show” through March 18 at 4145 Fairford Drive in New Port Richey.There will be a variety of media created by the council’s members, and refreshments.Admission is free.

Donations are welcome. For information, call (727) 845-7322, or visit PascoArts.org.

DRAWING FOR FAMILIES The New Tampa Regional Library, 10001 Cross Creek Blvd., will host “Zentangle: Drawing for Families” on March 19 at 10:30 a.m.Art instructor Miriam Zimms will present a 90-minute class on drawing in pen and ink, and experimenting with patterns.

This family event is for children ages 5 and older. Seating is limited.To register, call (813) 273-3652, or visit HCPLC.org.

CYCLING FOR AUTISM The Tampa Interbay Rotary Club will host “Cycling for Autism” on March 19 at 8 a.m., at the Pasco Rotary Pavilion, 15325 Alric Pottberg Road in Spring Hill.There will be a 3-mile, 6-mile and 12-mile route for families and novice riders, and an adventurous route for 25- to 30-mile cyclers.There also will be lunch, raffles, a silent auction, live entertainment and games for kids.To register online, visit RotaryCyclingForAutism.com.

BEEPING EGG HUNT The Lighthouse for the Visually Impaired and Blind will host an Easter egg hunt and picnic on March 19 from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at The Lion’s Den, 8320 Plathe Road in New Port Richey.The event will include games, crafts and a beeping Easter egg hunt.The hunt starts at 11:20 a.m. For information, call (727) 815-0303.

LIBRARY BOOK SALE The New River Friends of the Library, 34043 State Road 54 in Zephyrhills, will host a spring book sale on March 19 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.There will be gently used books for all ages, book bags for sale, and a children’s craft corner. For information, call (813) 788-6375.

Suncoast Stables, 1108 Altamont Lane in Odessa, will host an Easter egg hunt on March 19 at 7:30 a.m.There will be free Easter basket giveaways, and a two free lessons giveaway. For information, call Kristen Pawlowski at (813) 223-6529.

The annual Ride for Hospice and Paulie Palooza, benefitting Gulfside Hospice, will be March 19.The horseback ride starts at 8:30 a.m., at 3986 Trump Drive in Zephyrhills, and the all-day music festival starts at 10 a.m., at Sky Dive City, 4241 Sky Dive Lane in Zephyrhills.The music fest includes live music, vendors, a silent auction, drawings, and a skydiving swoop competition.Admission to the palooza is $5. Registration for the horseback ride is $30 per person and includes a T-shirt, lunch and festival admission.The cost on the day of the ride is $35. Preregistration is available online at RideForHospice.net. For information, call Carla Armstrong at (727) 845-5707.

PURIM CARNIVAL AT KOL AMI Congregation Kol Ami, 3919 Moran Road in Tampa, will present “Purim Carnival: Esther’s Exciting Extravaganza” on March 20 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.There will be a disc jockey, bounce houses, games and prizes, arts and crafts, hot dogs and chips, lots of hamentaschen, popcorn, cotton candy and more.Tickets will be sold in advance or at the door.A $20 wristband includes all-you-can-play attractions and games, and a hot dog lunch. For information, call (813) 962-6338.

receive a $200 gift certificate toward an in-home magic show.Tickets are $7 for members, $8 for general admission, and $28 for a family four-pack. Children younger than age 4 are free. For information and tickets, call (813) 922-8167, or email boxoffice@carrollwoodcenter.org.

The Jimmie B. Keel Regional Library, 2902 W. Bearss Ave., in Tampa, will present “Sonny and Perley: Sinatra and the Great American Songbook” on March 20 at 3 p.m. For information, call (813) 273-3652.

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EAST PASCO DEMOCRATIC CLUB The East Pasco Democratic Club will meet March 21 at 7 p.m., at The American House, 38130 Pretty Pond Road in Zephyrhills.The guest speaker will be Ken Savich, who will discuss the new precinct development software and its uses in Pasco County for the upcoming election cycle. Light refreshments will be served.

For information, call Fern Williams at (813) 838-0767.

CONSERVATIVE CLUB MEETING The Conservative Club of East Pasco will meet March 21 at 6:30 p.m., at the Zephyrhills’Women’s Club, 38545 Fifth Ave., in Zephyrhills.The guest speaker will be Pastor Mark Warren on “The Assault of the First Amendment.”The club meets the third Monday of every month.

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Keystone Community Church, 21010 State Road 54 in Lutz, will host these Easter services: • March 20 at 10:30 a.m. Experience Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem.

• March 24 at 7 p.m.A service to remember The Last Supper of Jesus and his apostles.

• March 27 at 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Easter services with a family friendly breakfast and egg hunt in between. For information, call (813) 846-1051.

Cobb Grove 16 Theatres will host “Movie Break 2016” on March 21 (“Zootopia”), March 22 (“The Divergent Series: Allegiant”) and March 23 (“The Little Prince”) at 9:30 a.m., with daily self-esteem workshops featuring activities and crafts for all ages, followed by a movie and lunch.

The cost is $30 per day, or $75 for the series.Visit guest services to register. For information, call (813) 948-5444.

‘MOLLY’S EASTER HEN’ The Carrollwood Cultural Center, 4537 Lowell Road in Tampa, will present an Inflatable Fable Production “Molly’s Easter Hen” on March 20 at 2 p.m.The show is based on the book by Annie Willis McCullough. One lucky patron will

DRAINAGE PROJECT MEETING There will be an open house information meeting, for the West Bearss Avenue drainage improvement project in the Lake Magdalene area, on March 22 at 6:30 p.m., at the Jimmie B. Keel Regional Library, 2902 W. Bearss Ave., in Tampa.The purpose Continued on next page

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Richey. Lewis has been a resident of Hudson since 2001, and his art and murals can be seen at the New Port Richey Hospice for Children and the New Port Richey Historical Society.Admission is free. For information, call (727) 845-7322, or visit PascoArts.org.

SENIOR INFO SEMINAR Senior Information Resources will present “Thriving and Surviving in 2016” at the Jimmie B. Keel Regional Library, 2902 W. Bearss Ave., in Tampa, on March 23 from noon to 1:30 p.m. Panel members will discuss ways to protect assets, must-have legal documentation, social security payout options, tax-saving tips and more.

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Community resource material will be on hand. For information or to RSVP, call (813) 949-0752.

PASSOVER AND LAST SUPPER First United Methodist Church of Lutz, 960 W. Lutz Lake Fern Road, will host a Passover Seder, and Last Supper, reenactment on March 24 at 6:30 p.m.The Seder will include morsels of traditional Jewish food (a full meal), and the Last supper will include an opportunity to partake in Holy Communion.Admission is free, but guests must RSVP by noon on March 22 by calling (813) 949-1751, ext.

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SUPERHERO FESTIVAL STARTS MARCH 24 The Museum of Science & Industry, 4801 E. Fowler Ave., in Tampa, will host a month-long “Superhero Festival” starting March 24 with two preview showings of “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.”

There also will be “Science of Superheroes,”“Classic Superman,” a comic book swap on March 26, a member date night on April 15, and a “Crime Fighters Weekend” on April 16 and April 17. For more information, visit MOSI.org.

CRUCIFIXION RE-ENACTMENT First United Methodist Church of Lutz will present two re-enactments of Christ’s crucifixion on March 25.At noon, there will be a processional starting on the steps of City Hall in downtown Tampa to Lykes Park for the re-enactment.At 7 p.m., the re-enactment will take place in the church’s sanctuary, 960 W. Lutz Lake Fern Road. For information, call (813) 9491751.

LEONARD LEWIS ART SHOW The Pasco Fine Arts Council will exhibit an art show presented by Leonard Lewis March 25 through April 22 at the Annex Gallery, 4145 Fairford Drive in New Port

WALK OF THE CROSS Florida Hospital Zephyrhills will host its annual Good Friday “Walk of the Cross” on March 25 starting at 5:30 p.m., at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, 5316 11th St., in Zephyrhills.The walk is sponsored by the Zephyrhills-Wesley Chapel Association, and takes individuals on a 1.5-mile pilgrimage with stops outside seven Zephyrhills’ churches. Participants can take turns carrying the cross.A brief reading will take place at every stop.The walk ends at 6:45 p.m., at First United Methodist Church, 38635 Fifth Ave., for a Good Friday service.Admission is free.The walk will take place rain or shine. For information, call (813) 783-6192.

NATIVE PLANT SALE The Nature Coast Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society will have a native plant sale on March 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Land O’ Lakes Community Center, 5401 Land O’ Lakes Blvd.There will be a variety of nursery-grown native trees, shrubs, wildflowers, vines, grasses and groundcovers, free literature and nursery information, native plant books for sale, and a master gardener information table. For information, visit PascoNativePlants.org.

FRIENDS SEEKING BOOKS The Friends of the Land O’ Lakes Library, 2818 Collier Parkway, is looking for new members and gently used books for all ages. Books can be donated at the library Tuesday through Saturday. New member applications can be obtained, filled out and submitted at the library. Members meet the third Wednesday of the month at 2:45 p.m., in the library conference room.

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Saint Leo University and Two Men and a Truck are partnering on the community project, Movers for Mom program, which benefits two local women’s shelters. Items collected during the month of March and April will be delivered on Mother’s Day to Sunrise of Pasco County Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Center, and Alpha House of Tampa. Seven collection boxes have been placed at the university campus. Some of the items needed include pillows, comforters, towels, children’s clothing, toiletries, canned food, cereal, cold and flu medicines, and cleaning supplies. For more information about the program, contact Eugenia Parlow at (813) 245-8519 or Eugenia.parlow@twomen.com.

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These are low-impact classes for men and women to help improve flexibility and balance, which may help prevent falls, broken hips and other injuries. Strength exercises may include lifting handheld weights, using tubing, and your own body resistance and core muscles.

The classes are free to Silver Sneakers members, and $5 per session ($30 per calendar month) for non-members.

For information, contact Tom Marbell at (352) 409-2984 or TrainWithTom@gmail.com.

For information and to register, call (813) 929-1000.

MEDICAL CAREER FAIR CareerSource Pasco-Hernando will host a Medical Career Fair on March 17 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., at Pasco-Hernando State College, North Campus, 11415 Ponce de Leon Blvd., in Brooksville.

Participants should dress for success and bring plenty of resumes.

For information, call (352) 200-3020, or visit CareerSourcePascoHernando.com.

COMMUNITY HEALTH EVENTS The Medical Center of Trinity, 9330 State Road 54, will offer these community groups: • March 17 at 3 p.m., Lymphedema Support Group • March 17 at 7 p.m., Diabetes Support Group • March 18 at 2 p.m.,“Tools to Quit” tobacco cessation Reservations are advised. For information, call (727) 834-5630.

BREAST CANCER SUPPORT Florida Cancer Affiliates, 3611 Little Road in Trinity, will offer a breast cancer support group meeting on March 17 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

This is an open discussion on topics of interest for anyone who has been touched by breast cancer. Light refreshments will be served.

For information, call (727) 236-0302.

VEGETARIAN TASTE FEST East Pasco Seventh-day Adventist Church and Florida Hospital Zephyrhills will present the annual Vegetarian Taste Fest on March 20 at the church, 7333 Dairy Road in Zephyrhills. There will be three tastings: 11:15 a.m., 12:30 p.m., and 1:45 p.m.There will be a sample of vegetarian dishes and a complimentary book with recipes. There also will be a presentation by Ellen JaffeJones on “Eating Healthy on a Budget,” door prize drawings, and a cookbook for sale.

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TOBACCO CESSATION Gulfcoast North AHEC will offer the “Tools to Quit” tobacco cessation class as follows: • March 17 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., at Florida Hospital Zephyrhills • March 18 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., at Medical Center of Trinity Participants can receive free nicotine replacement therapy. Admission is free, but registration is required.

Access Health Care, 5382 Spring Hill Drive in Spring Hill, will offer a lecture on “Let’s Get Moving: Get Those Pounds Off with Exercise” on March 21 at 1 p.m., for those diagnosed with diabetes mellitus and family.

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Each winner received a certificate, a trophy and eight-hours of paid time off.

The winners were Ailen Busek, best attitude; Jennifer Tuttle, best coworker; Bob Davis, best skills; Joanna Gambina, dirty job; Michelle Zito, integrity; Theresa Baxter, most hospitable; Maria Cain, most humble; Marjorie McIntosh, most tactful; Michele Ricci, most teachable; Patricia Robinson, participation; Kristy Stauffer, ray of sunshine; Eglis Harriette, most dependable; Caroline Glinski, team player;Tyler Trowell, unsung hero; Patricia Dearing, HIPAA hero; and Lana Cahill and Regina Conner, best idea.

CARES (Community Aging & Retirement Services) will offer a six-week diabetes selfmanagement workshop on Mondays from 9:30 a.m. to noon, starting March 21, at the Land O’ Lakes Community Center, 5401 Land O’ Lakes Blvd.

Those diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, caregivers and spouses can attend.

Participants can learn techniques to deal with symptoms, appropriate exercise, healthy eating, use of medication, and more.

Admission is free, but reservations are required. For information, call (727) 514-4770.

GERIATRICS SEMINAR The Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point will offer a seminar on “Polypharmacy in the Elderly” on March 22. Registration and lunch begin at 11:30 a.m., followed by the tutorial at noon.

The guest speaker will be Dr. Gerald Sokol, board certified in internal medicine, medical oncology and therapeutic radiology.

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Participants can discover how important fitness is to the prevention and treatment of heart disease and other coronary issues.

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HEAD START APPLICATIONS BEING ACCEPTED The Pasco County Schools Early Childhood Programs Department will have open application days across the county for Head Start and Early Head Start for 20162017.

Expectant mothers and parents/guardians of infants, toddlers and children through age 4 may apply. Eligibility is based on family need and income.

Locations, dates and times are as follows: • Alice Hall Community Center, Zephyr Park, 38116 Fifth Ave., Zephyrhills, on March 29, April 26 and May 23, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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ESSAY CONTEST Pasco County Tax Collector Mike Fasano, as part of Clerk & Comptroller Paula O’ Neill’s Constitutional Officers Essay Contest, will accept entries at his office.The contest runs through March 31.

The contest is for Pasco County middle school students in sixth to eighth grade.

Students of Pasco’s public/charter, private, nonpublic and home-schools can participate.

In 500 words or less, students must answer the question “Do You Think Taxes Are Too High or Too Low? Why?” Entries will be reviewed on how well the student communicates his or her response, as well as overall essay structure, appearance and readability.

Students in public/charter schools are asked to submit their essays to their principal, who will forward them to the tax collector’s office.

HISTORY FAIR Pasco-Hernando State College will host a Wesley Chapel History Fair on March 31 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., at the Porter Campus at Wiregrass Ranch, 2727 Mansfield Blvd., in Wesley Chapel.

Participants will hear stories and anecdotes relating to the area’s rich and colorful history with special presentations.

Madonna Jervis Wise will discuss her newest book, “Images of America: Wesley Chapel.”

J.Thomas Touchton, founding chairman of the Tampa Bay History Center, will introduce the historical connection with Wesley Chapel and his exhibit at the center.

Angelo Liranzo, librarian, will provide a hands-on demonstration of local historical resources.

For information, visit PHSC.edu.

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Florida Hospital Wesley Chapel is in the midst of a $78 million expansion that will add 111,993 square feet of new construction and 10,834 square feet of renovation.

CATH LAB, from page 1A just the beginning of the hospital’s new facilities.

The expansion will be opening in stages, Bales-Chubb said.As a wing or a suite is finished, the state inspectors will be coming in to inspect, so that portion of the expansion can be opened.

“We’re very excited about that.

Everything is still on schedule to have everything completed by December 2016,” the hospital executive said.

The expansion includes 62 additional inpatient beds, 17 additional emergency room beds and 18 observation beds.

The expansion involves adding three floors to the hospital’s center wing, and constructing an additional three-story wing that connects the south and center wings.

The expansion involves 111,993 square feet of new construction and 10,834 square feet of renovation.

Besides the additional rooms, the hospital is adding more emergency rooms, surgical suites and shelled space for future growth.

When fully completed, the expansion will yield about 200 more full-time equivalent jobs, Bales-Chubb said.

Besides the tour, there was also a ribbon cutting ceremony with representatives from The Greater Wesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce, the Central Pasco Chamber of Commerce and the Trinity Odessa Chamber of Commerce.

The hospital also hosted the MEGA Heart Exhibit, giving the community a chance to learn more about heart health in a portable

ceived $15. 5 million in funding last year from the Florida Legislature and there’s $11 million earmarked for the project in this session’s proposed budget.

It could be vetoed by Gov. Rick Scott, but Porter doesn’t think it will be. If that money comes through, about half of the funding needed for the first phase of the project would be available, he said.

Porter envisions a facility that can seat between 5,000 and 8,000 people and could be a venue for plays, concerts, graduations and other events.

With the performing arts center, Pasco County high school students would be able to have their graduation ceremonies within the county instead of having to use venues elsewhere, Porter said.

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although he didn’t name which one.

Porter said his family entertains many proposals coming from people who want to open restaurants, gas stations and other uses.

The area’s demographics are enticing, Porter noted.

“You’ve got a median age that’s about seven years younger than the Florida average and about 11 years younger than the national average. You’ve got a median income that’s about $11,000 more than what the national average is and about $14,000 to $17,000 more than what the Florida average is,” he said.

When the family sells land, it’s more interested in how the sale affects the overall quality of the community than whether they can get top dollar, Porter said The specialty grocery store is an example of this, he said.

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College cheerleading team preps for nationals

By Kevin Weiss kweiss@lakerlutznews.com

The Pasco-Hernando State College cheerleading team will compete at nationals for the second straight year.

The cheer squad will travel to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on March 18 to square off in the Cheer Ltd. Collegiate Nationals at CANAM. The squad will compete in the Collegiate Small Coed Division, where it finished fourth runner-up out of Sophia Haddad is in her second 13 teams last year. year as coach of the PascoThe team enters the compePHOTOS COURTESY OF PASCO-HERNANDO STATE COLLEGE Hernando State College cheer tition with positive momentum after it won the state champi- The Pasco-Hernando State College cheerleading team will compete in team. She was a former cheerleader at PHSC (2009-2011) and onship title in the College the Cheer Ltd. Collegiate Nationals on March 18 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

The squad most recently won the state championship at the University of Alaska Coed Level 6 division at the at the Florida State Fair on Feb. 6.

Fairbanks (2011-2013.)

American Championships Official Florida Championships Cheer and Dance competition on Feb. 6. stunt is really hard, but when you throw 20 members of the team said.

At nationals, the team will perform a 2 ½- stunts in the same routine in two minutes “From tryouts, we basically had Level 2 minute routine, which will feature running and 30 seconds, it’s pretty crazy,” he said. skills and thanks to (Coach Haddad), we full and standing tumbling, as well as jumps, Since team tryouts last June, the cheer out have Level 6 skills, which is way more stunts, a pyramid and a dance. team has improved its skills tremendously, advanced and difficult,” Kahn said. “The To prep for the advanced routine, the said Sophia Haddad, second-year head more Level 6 skills we put into our routine, team practiced every day during the coach. the higher the chance that we will win, school’s spring break, which began March “Just from the beginning of this season, if...we execute it properly.”

7. or even just a couple of months ago, the Sophomore base Damari Sanchez pointThe routine is “flashier” than others the routine we performed at state wasn’t a rou- ed out Coach Haddad’s ability to motivate team has performed, according to junior tine that we could do. It was something we has benefitted the squad. flyer Amanda Kahn. were working toward,” said Haddad, a for“I love how she pushes us to our limits, Freshman backspot Thad Anderton, one mer cheerleader at both PHSC and the and that’s exactly what we need, because if of the team’s two male cheerleaders, said University of Alaska Fairbanks.“They have we didn’t have somebody here to push us, the routine’s challenge lies in putting “it all done a tremendous job of improving and re- then we wouldn’t try as hard,” Sanchez said. together.” ally getting so much better all around.They “She has love for us; it’s tough love some“We upped it up a little bit for nationals,” came in with certain skills, and they’re times, but that’s what we need.” the Zephyrhills High graduate said.“We have going to be competing with skills that are Anderton referred to Haddad as the a little more difficult tumbling. We have a so much higher than what they had when “most caring” and “hardest” coach he’s ever couple more layouts and tucks that are they started.” had. jumps, and a little more difficult stunting, Much of the team’s improvement over In building a roster each season, Haddad too. the past several months can also be attrib- looks for cheerleaders that are good stu“You have to think — doing a single uted to Haddad’s coaching mechanisms, dents and have an upbeat attitude.

“I liked all of the teams I was on, but this year I feel like everybody here has a great, positive energy,” said Kahn, who’s in her third-year with the program.“You don’t hear the stereotypical cheerleader ‘drama.’

They’re very friendly.”

Anderton added the team has a “very family feel.”

“I just feel like I’ve gained so many good friends out of this cheerleading team, and all the hard work...is going to pay off when we go to nationals,” he said.“I’m really excited to spend that time with them and have our fun time since we didn’t really have a spring break.”

Since Haddad was a cheerleader at PHSC from 2009-2011, the program has grown substantially in terms of resources—with partial scholarships and new equipment each year.

In addition to a scholarship pool of $2,000 to split among team members, the program also receives new cheerleading mats each year, which can total up to $1,000, Haddad said.

“The school has allowed for increased mats for safety, and team equipment has grown tremendously,” the cheer coach said.

“They get bags and practice uniforms, and bows and all those things they didn’t get before, and if they did get them, the team was paying out of pocket, whereas now the school takes care of those fees.

“We never traveled out of state for competitions until last year, so that’s a really big deal,” she said.

While a first-place finish in Myrtle Beach would be ideal, the team is hoping to wind up in the top three.

“Last year, our team was good, but not as good as we are now,” Kahn said. “The improvement every year — you can see it.”

“I’d say we have a lot more talent than we did last year. We have more tumbling skills,” Sanchez said.“If all of us try out next year, I wouldn’t even doubt it that we’d make first.”

Young coach leads Academy at the Lakes baseball

By Kevin Weiss kweiss@lakerlutznews.com

Just a few years removed from playing college baseball, John DiBenedetto already is thriving in his first varsity baseball headcoaching gig.

Over the summer, DiBenedetto, 24, was hired as the new coach for the Academy at the Lakes baseball program.

Previously, he assisted Carrollwood Day School’s varsity baseball program.

DiBenedetto heard about the job opening when he was helping out at a baseball clinic last summer.

“I didn’t even know what Academy at the Lakes was, to be completely honest,” DiBenedetto said, “because I’m a Hillsborough County guy, all the way.”

“It was a long two-month (hiring) process, but it worked out great. I couldn’t be happier,” he said.

In high school, DiBenedetto was a standout catcher at Newsome High and Blake High. His skills afforded him the opportunity to earn a college baseball scholarship, where he spent two years apiece at Division II Saint Anselm (New Hampshire) College and Division III Rivier (New Hampshire) University.

With his playing days nearing an end in college, DiBenedetto had an interest in coaching.

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LOCAL TRACK ATHLETE BREAKS TWO MEET RECORDS Land O’ Lakes senior Tori Cannata set two meet records after winning both the high jump and the triple jump at the Kiwanis Invitational in Brooksville on March 8. Cannata cleared 5-foot-6-inches in the high jump, shattering the previous mark of 5-foot-2-inches.

She went 35-feet-8.5-inches in the triple jump, setting a new meet record. Cannata also anchored the Land O’ Lakes’ winning 4x100-meter relay (51.83), which included Sydny Nasello, Lexi Fotopolous and Madison

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my senior year,” he said, noting he started analyzing game situations more closely and talking to others about the profession.

Being the Academy’s fourth head coach in as many years, DiBenedetto quickly realized he had a massive challenge on his hands, since the program recently suffered from instability and coaching turnover.

Even at the varsity level, several players still hadn’t yet grasped some of the game’s fundamentals — such as knowing how to run bases, how to bunt or take a sign from third base.

The young coach said the biggest initial struggle for him has been changing the culture of the once “broken” program.

For DiBenedetto, changing the culture consists of having players “buy in” and show up to practice every day ready to work.

“Before I came in, practices just consisted of warming up, throwing a little bit, hitting some BP (batting practice) and going home,” said DiBenedetto, whose father, John Sr., also helps out with the day-to-day program operations.

“Now we have the organization where we’re working on specific situations all the time, and everything we do at practice is for a reason. It’s not like we’re just out there just to hit. Everything is very structured, time-based.”

The results are beginning to show.

The Wildcats already have three wins, which ties as many as they had all of last year.

With a 3-6 record as of March 14, DiBenedetto hopes the team can finish close to .500 by season’s end.

“Our main goal from day one is to give us a chance in April in districts,” DiBenedetto said.“It’s very reasonable. It can be done.”

Though it takes time to build a sustainable high school program, DiBenedetto is excited about the team’s prospects over the next few years.

This year’s squad features a unique mix of youth — four seventh-graders and an eighth-grader have played in a varsity game — and experience, highlighted by seven seniors.

“All of these kids had been going to school here, and I had to kind of go in and recruit them,” DiBenedetto said. “A lot of them just played travel ball, and had no interest playing on the high school team because of the struggles and the coaching turnover.When I was able to be here every day...I was able to have conversations with kids.”

Perhaps the most intriguing player on the roster for this season and next season is junior pitcher Darin Kilfoyl, a towering 6foot-8 right-hander who sports a 1.84 earned run average.

In the team’s most recent win on March 3 against Victory Christian, Kilfoyl struck out 19 batters in a complete game, one-hit shutout.

While still “extremely raw,” Kilfoyl is drawing interest from several Division I coaches

Lordsmith. Cannata has signed to play Division I soccer at the University of Arkansas.

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CYCLING FOR AUTISM SET FOR MARCH 19 The Tampa Interbay Rotary Club will host the seventh annual Cycling for Autism event on March 19 at 8 a.m., at the Pasco Rotary Pavilion, 15325 Alric Pottberg Road in Spring Hill. Those interested can be a sponsor, enter a cycling team, ride as an individual, volunteer, or support a rider. There will be a 3-mile, 6-mile, 12-mile, 25-mile and 50-mile track. For information, contact Ken Hopkins at (336) 471-5709 or kenhopkins64@gmail.com.

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Twenty-four-year-old John DiBenedetto is the new baseball coach for the Academy at the Lakes Wildcats.

due to his lengthy frame and skillset.

“He’s got a very good curveball,” DiBenedetto said. “He throws 86 to 88 (miles per hour). He powers the strike zone.

“The thing the D-I coaches have seen is that he can get better; that’s the scary part about it,” the coach said.

Offensively, Kilfoyl leads the team in home runs (two) and RBIs (eight).

But, it’s Kilfoyl’s intangibles that really stand out to his head coach.

“He’s a great teammate,” DiBenedetto said.“He’s a leader. He works hard every day.

He shows up, and he communicates.”

For Kilfoyl and the rest of the team,“the success is starting to come,” DiBenedetto said. seventh annual golf tournament on April 30 at the Lexington Oaks Golf Club, 26133 Lexington Oaks Blvd, in Wesley Chapel.The event includes a buffet lunch, contests, awards to top teams, and a one-week vacation in Tennessee as a prize. Sponsorships are also available. It begins at 8:30 a.m. For information, call (813) 406-4965.

PEPIN CHARITY FISHING TOURNAMENT SET Pepin Academies is hosting its first “Catchin for Pepin” Fishing Tournament on Sunday,April 3 at Catches Waterfront Grille, 7811Bayview St., in Port Richey.The catch-and-release fishing tournament starts at 8 a.m. It includes a raffle, live entertainment and awards ceremony for participants. Sponsorships are available. For more information, contact Kelly Mothershead at (813) 344-3325.

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An avid fan, audience member Gary Moon, uses his phone camera to capture the sights and sounds of the Central Pasco Chamber of Commerce’s first annual music festival. He and his wife, Pat, have seen the American Idol winner perform some 30 times.

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Peter Simoes, of Wesley Chapel, sends off a few texts from his audience seat before the start of the Land O’ Lakes Spring Music Festival & Expo.

Concert-goers seemed to be enjoying themselves at the concert featuring Taylor Hicks, winner of Season 5 of American Idol. The concert was performed at the Fraternal Order of Police Pasco Lodge 29 property at 21735 YMCA Camp Road, in Land O’ Lakes.

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Doreen Armillei and her husband, Ron, were grabbing a bite to eat as they waited for things to get started at the Land O’ Lakes Spring Music Festival & Expo, presented by the Central Pasco Chamber of Commerce.

The Land O’ Lakes couple came out to the concert for a simple reason.

“I wanted to see Taylor Hicks,” Doreen said.

“I like his personality very much,” Doreen added, noting she became a fan while watching Hicks compete and ultimately win Season 5 of American Idol.

Karen Twilla, another Land O’ Lakes resident, came to the concert with her husband, daughter and a couple of friends.

She, too, appreciates Hicks.

“I’ve seen him in Tampa. I’ve seen him in New York City, when he was in ‘Grease.’

We’ve seen him in Las Vegas and here,” she said, noting she also watched him on American Idol.

She enjoys Hicks’ music, but is even more impressed by his character.

“He’s just a fine gentleman. He just loves his music. I love his heart,”Twilla said.

They weren’t the only ones attracted to the March 11 concert. People were waiting in line before the gates opened at 6 p.m.

And, when they got in, there was plenty of room to spread out blankets and set up lawn chairs on the spacious grounds at the Fraternal Order of Police Pasco Lodge 29 property at 21735 YMCA Camp Road.

While some settled onto blankets, or claimed seats in the reserved section, others stationed themselves on boats — on Bell Lake, which borders the property — to take advantage of the spring concert.

The aroma of barbecue filled the air, and there were vendors selling Cajun food, funnel cakes, fried Oreos and other foods.

The evening concert enjoyed “chamber of commerce weather,” in the words of Elayne Bassinger, president of the Central Pasco Chamber of Commerce.

Although the March 11 concert was sold out, attendance was lighter than expected.

Apparently those purchasing tickets gave them to people who decided not to use them, Bassinger said.

But, the chamber presiperson. He’s all about his dent was pleased by the fans,” she said. “He’s handevent’s organization, led by some, on top of that,” Suzanne Beauchaine and Bassinger said.

David Gainer.

On March 12, the event “It’s a lot of pieces to put featured local musicians, together,” Bassinger said. food vendors, activities for “We had an excellent the kids and a business turnout of volunteers,” she expo, with scores of local added. And, generous sponbusinesses offering informasors made the event a tion about their goods and success, despite the empty services.

Besides adding music this seats, she noted. year, the event also involved a Bassinger said she also new location for the business heard positive feedback from expo, which previously was at people who attended the the Land O’Lakes Recreation concert, who told her that Complex. it’s the kind of event that Event co-chairs Beauchaine Land O’ Lakes has been and Gainer said they will be needing.

Solar Exposure guitarist She believes the event Kevin Calhoun plays a solo analyzing what worked and what didn’t. will grow every year, and during the opening act’s “We’re using this as a learnthat it will become a signa- performance at the festival. ing experience,” Beauchaine ture event for Land O’ Lakes. said.“We want this to be an an“That’s our plan, to bring in different entertainment each year,” nual event.We’re going to take what we learn from it, and make it bigger and better.”

Bassinger said.

Gainer added: “Honestly, we were hoping She also offered a few good words about we just got people to come out the first year Hicks.

“He is such an awesome, kind person. and see what this was about. It takes a little You could not ask for someone to be a nicer time to build momentum.”

Karen Twilla, of Land O’ Lakes, shows off her V.I.P. backstage pass.

It was easy to see that biggest fan of Taylor Hicks in this row of audience members. Karen Twilla, center, of Land O’ Lakes, is flanked by Fred Twilla, her husband, left, and Kelli Actis, right, of Tampa, as they wait for the show to start at the Land O’ Lakes Spring Music Festival & Expo, presented by the Central Pasco Chamber of Commerce. Karen Twilla said she has seen Hicks perform in Las Vegas, in the Broadway production of Grease, and in Tampa. She was looking forward to adding Land O’ Lakes to that list.

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Grow Financial Credit Union will host a free morning greet-and-meet mixer on March 22 from 9 a.m. to 10:15 a.m., at the credit union office, 2579 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., in Wesley Chapel.

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Our Breasts. Our Health. Our Care.

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