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APRIL 23, 2014
Lowe’s, Marshalls bring new jobs
By Michael Hinman mhinman@lakerlutznews.com
Plans for a home improvement store left for dead three years ago is now being resurrected as Lowe’s gets ready to finally come to Land O’ Lakes. Crews are now clearing trees and other foliage from a 42-acre tract of land on State Road 54 just east of Land O’ Lakes Boulevard where they expect to have a 152,000square-foot Lowe’s by winter, according to company spokeswoman Natalie Turner. The store will bring 125 jobs, and the hir-
ing process could begin later in the year. “We’re excited as all get-up,” said Dennis Esber, president of the Central Pasco Chamber of Commerce, and owner of Point to Point Printing.“What’s happening is that people are starting to recognize that the Lutz and Land O’ Lakes area is a great area to be in.” The North Carolina company purchased the land between Winter Quarters Pasco RV Park and the Pasco County fire station there in 2005 for $2.7 million, and had hoped to See JOBS, page 12
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Marshalls will open this summer with space at Village Lakes Shopping Center that used to be home for Walmart.
Saint Leo grads to learn something new from speakers By Michael Hinman mhinman@lakerlutznews.com
Last year, Huntington Ingalls Industries earned more than $6.8 billion. Chances are, you’ve never heard of this Virginia-based company. But you should definitely be familiar with its products — nuclear-powered aircraft carriers that are more than 1,000 feet long and weigh 100,000 tons — and you may even know its president and chief executive officer. C. Michael Petters has led Huntington Ingalls since before it was spun off from Northrop Grumman. Petters is a preeminent shipbuilder who learned his skills through the U.S. Naval Academy and the College of William and Mary, but the foundation of his success goes back even further — all the way to the small German Catholic St. Joseph community in Pasco County. There, Petters and his siblings worked hard on the family’s orange groves, but still remained focused on education and service. So it’s no surprise that not only has Petters been invited to speak at upcoming commencement exercises at Saint Leo University, but so has his sister — U.S.Army Brig. Gen. Susan Davison. The Class of 2014 graduation marks a milestone in the Petters’ family history — it’s 60 years after their father graduated
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Huntington Ingalls Industries president and chief executive C. Michael Petters, right, shakes hands with employee Timothy Madden at the yard at Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia. Petters hails from Pasco County, and he and sister Susan Davidson will speak May 3 at Saint Leo University commencement ceremonies.
from what was then Saint Leo Prep School. “My parents were committed,” Petters said.“They were committed to the farm and their business and to their acquaintances and all that, but the one thing that they held out there more than anything else was education.” Petters’ grandfather said each person
should strive to learn something new every day.That prompted a daily question from his own father, asking what he’d learned. “If you said ‘nothing,’ that wasn’t a good answer,” Petters said.“It didn’t matter to my parents whether it was classroom training See SAINT LEO, page 12
Teacher uses technology to open new worlds of learning By B.C. Manion bcmanion@lakerlutznews.com
There’s no doubt about it. Language arts teacher Aimee Nadow is tech-savvy. On any given day, the Academy at the Lakes teacher uses technology to help her students enhance their reading, writing and creativity. On one day, for instance, she’ll set them loose on AutoCAD computer design software to create the balcony scene from “Romeo and Juliet.” On another day, students use PicMonkey photo editor to design book covers for the manuscripts they’re writing. They’re also frequent users of Pinterest to digitally “pin up” work that they’ve done, and they know how to edit digital clips. Harnessing technical tools in her classes is all in a day’s work for Nadow, whose mother was a children’s librarian, and her father always was ahead of the crowd when it came to technology.
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Aimee Nadow uses a combination of technical skills and a personal touch to make her classes engaging.
Nadow has a deep appreciation for the power of language, and a clear understanding of how traditional and modern tools can enliven lessons. She sees the value of being able to skim information, but also knows the importance of being able to delve deeply into subjects to gain knowledge. The independent private school where she teaches has long understood the quality of Nadow’s teaching skills, middle division director John Pitcairn said.And,Academy at the Lakes is delighted that Nadow has received national recognition. The middle division teacher recently was named a 2014 PBS LearningMedia Digital Innovator. It’s a distinction bestowed to just 100 educators nationwide. As a member of that select group, the Land O’ Lakes woman will take part in a yearlong professional development proSee TEACHER, page 12