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Big changes in store for Pasco schools

By B.C. Manion

complete, but district officials don’t expect the work that’s yet to be done to disrupt the openA lot of change is in store for ing of school.

Pasco County Schools during At Pine View Middle, stuthe 2015-2016 school year.

Wiregrass Ranch High School is expecting nearly 2,500 students this dents and staff will be Students arriving at Sanders year. To reduce crowding, the school will operate on a 10-period day, embarking on a quest to beMemorial Elementary STEAM with some students arriving earlier and leaving earlier, and others come the first school in the Magnet School will find not arriving later and leaving later. All of the student body will be on cam- district to be designated as a only a new campus, but a new pus during three periods a day.

Middle Years Programme by the way of learning, too.

International Baccalaureate They’ll be attending classes Organization. in the Pasco school district’s first magnet Elementary School, will find a school that’s It typically takes a candidate school school program, with an emphasis on sci- undergone a massive makeover — replacing about three years to meet the requirements ence, technology, engineering, the arts and the formerly “open” space with traditional to receive the designation. mathematics. classrooms, with doors and windows.

See SCHOOLS, page 11A Students arriving at Quail Hollow The school’s makeover isn’t entirely

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Florida Hospital Wesley Chapel always knew that it would be expanding, but it didn’t expect to be doing so 2 ½ years ahead of schedule.

Hospital officials, local dignitaries and invited guests celebrated the beginning of a $78 million expansion project at a Aug. 12 gathering, that also marked the beginning of a public campaign to raise $17 million to support the project.

Florida Hospital and Adventist Health are committed to $61 million of the project’s cost, but the rest will come from a fundraising effort chaired by Tom Dempsey, owner of Saddlebrook Resort, which helped put Wesley Chapel on the map more than three decades ago.

Speakers praised the hospital for the quality of its care, during the event that included hors d’oeuvres, live music, muffins, parfaits, juice and coffee.

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Task forces looking for traffic solutions for State Road 54/56

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strong grassroots support,” said James Edwards, the transportation manager for Pasco’s Metropolitan Planning Commission.

A private development plan to build an “We’re going to change that in this particuelevated toll road along the State Road 54 lar study.” and State Road 56 corridor fell apart more Two task forces will discuss options, than a year ago. But, the experience left lin- with each presenting five to six recommengering ill feelings because of a lack of public dations to the Pasco County Organization. input on the project.

One group will focus on State Road 54 County officials now plan to start discus- from U.S. 19, in west Pasco, to U.S. 41 in sions again on how to deal with a major Land O’ Lakes. Another will look at State traffic headache on a corridor with explod- Road 54/State Road 56, from U.S. 41 to ing growth from rooftops to shops, Bruce B. Downs Boulevard, east of Interstate especially from Land O’ Lakes to Wesley 75.

Chapel. More growth is anticipated from In the future, a separate study will conWesley Chapel to Zephyrhills. sider State Road 56 from Bruce B. Downs to At the same time the county wants to U.S. 301 in Zephyrhills. give residents a role in the decision-making.

See TRAFFIC, page 11A “There was no public engagement, no

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A trio of food court restaurants at the Tampa Premium Outlets is slated for completion by Oct. 5, about three weeks before the mall’s opening day.

Green Leafs, Bananas Smoothies & Frozen Yogurt, and South Philly Steaks & Fries are a package deal for Eclipse Building Corp. The South Florida-based company, with additional locations in Fort Lauderdale and Tampa, is a frequent contractor at malls built by Simon Property Group, the developers behind the outlet mall at State Road 56 and the Interstate 75 interchange.

The mall will have 110 outlet stores including Michael Kors, Gymboree, J. Crew, Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren and PacSun. Franchisee Raitom LLC hired Eclipse to build the three gourmet eateries in the mall’s food court, which represent about 40 percent of the mall’s food court.

The grouping of these particular eateries is a first for Raitom, which hopes to market them similarly at other malls.

“They all kind of complement each See FOOD, page 11A

Legislative delegation to weigh in on charter

By Kathy Steele

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Fish or cut bait?

Members of the Municipal Association of Pasco County, which represents the six cities in Pasco, want a final decision on whether the county should alter its form of government.

They likely will get their wish on Aug. 24 when the county’s appointed charter review panel has scheduled a vote on the matter. A previously scheduled vote on Aug. 10 was postponed until the charter panel could hear from Pasco’s legislative delegation.

State Representatives Richard Corcoran and Amanda Murphy, and State Senators John Legg and Wilton Simpson have confirmed they will attend the Aug. 24 meeting which will begin at 1 p.m., in the first floor board room, at the West Pasco Government Center in New Port Richey.

Pasco’s cities have expressed opposition to a charter.

“We are very concerned at the implications a charter would have on our cities,” said Lance Smith, a Zephyrhills’ city councilman. He and St. Leo Mayor Pro Tem James Hallett addressed panel members at their Aug. 10 meeting in Dade City.

Among issues of concern, according to Smith, would be whether cities would retain control over establishing special tax districts, known as community redevelopment areas.

“We need this decision one way or another,” he said.“Fish or cut bait.”

Zephyrhills is one of six cities in the municipal association. Others are Dade City, New Port Richey, Port Richey, St. Leo and San Antonio.

The municipal association members met recently and approved a resolution opposing charter government.

The resolution urges panel members “to reconsider this…effort, and to provide for a more balanced and transparent review of our county government in the future.”

There also is concern that a charter “would infringe on the rights and duties of municipal elected officials and the citizens they represent,” according to the resolution.

Pasco County currently is governed under home rule with five districts, each with a representative elected by countywide vote.

Twenty of the state’s 67 counties operate with charters, including Hillsborough and Pinellas counties.

Commissioners appointed the 15-member panel in May after Corcoran lobbied them earlier in the year to establish a charter commission.

However, the Pasco commissioners’ nonbinding panel has the option of approving

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The 15-member charter panel met on Aug. 10 to discuss whether to change Pasco County’s form of government from home rule to charter.

or rejecting a charter-style government.

In contrast, state law requires that a charter commission, once formed, must produce a charter that voters would accept or reject.

An activist group, the Pasco County Citizens Charter Coalition, announced in June that it would partner with Corcoran in a petition campaign to secure a required 45,000 signatures needed to establish such a commission.

Corcoran has said in the past that charters give more power Dade City resident Judy Geiger spoke during public comto residents.

“That’s sort of the idea,” said ment at the Aug. 10 charter panel meeting. She opposes panel member, Randy Maggard. charter government.

“The people have more say.”

Maggard said the panel should explore approve or reject the panel’s recommendaspecific elements of charters, such as single- tion in the November 2016 election. member districts and term limits, before Regardless of the panel’s decision, the shutting the door on a charter. grassroots charter coalition can move for“We’re going to make a decision without ward on its own to seek to establish the discussing these other things?” he said. desired charter commission.

“Everybody has made their minds up?”

Residents who spoke during public comIf the panel votes on Aug. 24 not to pur- ment at the Aug. 10 meeting were skeptical sue a charter, then the panel can disband. It of a charter. would take 10 votes to support a charter, “Just because you could, doesn’t mean but if that is the decision then, members you should,” said Calvin Branche, a commiswould have to buckle down for months of sioner with the Metropolitan Planning additional study and work.

Organization. “I think it’s a very wrong way They would have to produce a docu- to approach the citizens about this thing.” ment detailing the operations of Branche told panel members he had atgovernment including possible adoption of tended some meetings of the charter single-member districts, term limits, a recall coalition group, and doubted that it would process, an elected county administrator or get the required petition signatures. elected county mayor. Pasco voters would No one from the charter coalition spoke

Calvin Branche, commissioner with the Metropolitan Planning Organization, told the charter panel during public comment that a charter government isn’t needed.

Zephyrhills’ City Councilman Lance Smith explained why the Municipal Association of Pasco County passed a resolution objecting to charter government.

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Dade City resident Judy Geiger worried that a charter with single-member districts would work against east Pasco, which has fewer residents than the more developed west Pasco.

“I believe the current government works very well,” she said “To spend more time on a charter I think would be a waste.”

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New volunteer teams expand Sheriff’s Office’s reach

By Michael Murillo

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Representatives of the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office are preparing to patrol area waters, respond to natural disasters and investigate crime scenes.

But they aren’t deputies or detectives.

They’re regular citizens taking part in one of the Sheriff’s Office’s three new volunteer programs.

The Volunteer Corps Marine Crime Unit, the Volunteer Agriculture Response Team and the Forensic Services Volunteer Team are accepting applications from students who are studying related courses in college and from anyone else who is interested in taking an active role in helping the county.

Volunteers will undergo a background check and fingerprinting, and must be available for a minimum number of hours each month.

“I think this is going to be a great addition. It’s going to be a wonderful opportunity to get people involved and helping out in the community,” said Susan Miller, a forensic shift supervisor at the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office Forensic Services department. Volunteers for her department will need to be available for a minimum of 16 hours a month and will be dispatched to crime scenes to assist deputies.

It is a hands-on method of lending support to the Sheriff’s Office, but there are limitations. The marine unit isn’t authorized to pursue or board any vehicles. They use their own craft to patrol neighborhood waterways and report any suspicious activity to the Sheriff’s Office, much like a neighborhood watch program — but this one’s on the water.

The agriculture team will work on mending fences, and corralling and handling livestock and other animals in the event of a disaster situation.

The forensics team will work on property crimes such as auto burglaries. Their job will be to collect information, fingerprints and any related evidence at the scene.

Forensics team volunteers will receive specific training related to their duties, Miller said. She worked with other supervi-

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Holly Taylor is one of the new volunteers on the Forensic Services Volunteer Team. The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office has threenew groups of volunteers, serving different departments.

sors to create a 40-hour course that volunteers will complete. They’ll learn the science and processing procedures regarding fingerprinting, applicable photography information, and how to identify and collect relevant evidence.

Miller also expects them to learn that forensics work is interesting, but not the action-filled, drama seen on popular television shows.

It’s not glamorous work, either, Miller said.“You’re really out there working hard.”

Crimes aren’t neatly solved in an hour, and there’s a lot more paperwork than you’ll find on the television screen, but it still can be an enjoyable experience for those interested in the field, she said.

Volunteers will be dispatched to crime scenes and will help the county with the many auto burglaries that occur on a daily

basis. Miller said there were around 1,500 such incidents in Pasco County during the past year.

While it’s a new program, there are some volunteers already taking the course, and a small number in the field for her department, Miller said. She’s pleased with the results so far, and hopes more people take advantage to learn new skills and volunteer for the Sheriff’s Office in a meaningful way.

“It’s going to be great to have the help and to have the added presence in the community,” she said.

For information about the new volunteer groups, call the Pasco Sheriff’s Office Human Resources Department at (727) 844Collecting fingerprints is one of the jobs vol7791 or (800) 854-2862, ext. 7791.

To download an application, visit unteers like Steve Lovelace learn when they PascoSheriff.com/volunteer-opportunities/. join the Forensic Services Volunteer Team.

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Volunteers sort and pack school supplies collected in this year’s ‘Stuff the Bus for Teachers’ campaign. Despite serious flooding problems in parts of Pasco County, the effort conducted

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The United Way of Pasco has distributed thousands of dollars in school supplies collected through its record-breaking “Stuff the Bus for Teachers” campaign.

The response was particularly notable because Pasco County has faced serious flooding problems in many communities during recent weeks, according to a news release from the United Way of Pasco.

Pasco County Schools Superintendent Kurt Browning was among the 500 volunteers who pitched in on the effort, the release notes.

Browning asked shoppers at Zephyrhills Walmart to donate school supplies, and also helped sort and pack supplies at Sunlake High School, which hosted the sorting and packing process.

“I can’t thank the people of Pasco enough for their generosity in donating so many school supplies to our teachers and students, and for volunteering their time to package those supplies for the teachers,” Browning said, in the release.

“This year, we had 1,400 teachers request supplies,” Duggan Cooley, president and CEO of the United Way of Pasco County, said in the release.

“It’s the highest teacher sign up since the annual Stuff the Bus event launched. We are proud to present every one of them with supplies to start their school year,” Cooley noted.

Supplies were collected from July 31 through Aug. 2 at Publix and Walmart stores at 15 locations throughout the county.

The supplies were sorted from Aug. 3 through Aug. 5 at Sunlake High School.

Shoppers contributed an estimated $43,000 worth of supplies, which included more than $6,000 in cash donations and

Patty Porter, of Lighthouse for the Visually Impaired, and Hilda Hellwig, of Griswald Home Care, helped sort supplies inside a school bus.

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The event would not be possible without community volunteers.

More than 500 volunteers signed up to collect supplies, unload buses, sort and pack 1,400 teacher boxes over the six-day event.

National surveys indicate that teachers spend more than $400 of their own money buying supplies as the school year begins, the release says.

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There will be kids activities, samples and back-to-school savings.The first 100 kids will get a free, healthy pre-packed lunch for the first day of school.There is a limit of one free lunch per child, and the child must be present. For information, call (813) 2643600.

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The AARP Driver Safety course will be offered for drivers age 50 and older on Aug. 25 at 9 a.m., at Winter Quarters RV Resort, 21632 State Road 54 in Lutz.The cost is $15 for AARP members, and $20 for nonmembers.To register, call (813) 949-6551.

TAMPA ORCHID CLUB

The Tampa Orchid Club will meet Aug. 25 at Northdale Recreation Center, 15550

KOL AMI OPEN HOUSE

Congregation Kol Ami, 3919 Moran Road in Tampa, will host its annual open house Aug. 30 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., in the social hall.

There will be games, food and music. Guests can meet the congregation’s leaders, learn more about the youth groups, social committees and more. For information, call (813) 962-6338.

PANCAKE POW WOW

Rosecastle of Zephyrhills, 37411 Eiland Blvd., in Zephyrhills, hosts a Pancake Pow Wow every third Thursday of the month, from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.The pow wow is an educational series on health topics with coffee and a continental breakfast.

Admission is free and open to the public. For information and to RSVP, call (8913) 783-8100.

MAIN STREET ‘ZEPHYRITAVILLE’

Main Street Zephyrhills will host “Tasting Away in Zephyritaville”Aug. 29 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., on Fifth Avenue. For this special event, Fifth Avenue will be renamed as the infamous Duval Street in Key West. There will be live music, and tastings and special offers from area restaurants.The cost is $50 and includes two drinks and food samples. Proceeds will benefit Main Street Zephyrhills. For tickets and information, call (813) 780-1414, or stop by the office at 38434 Fifth Ave., in Zephyrhills.

FISH FRY IN DADE CITY

The Pioneer Florida Museum and the Kiwanis Club of Dade City will host a family style fish fry Sept. 11 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., at 15602 Pioneer Museum Road in Dade City.There will be live music, and games such as sack races, Hula-Hoop and more.

Tickets are $8 each. Lemonade and iced tea will be served to those who eat in.

Desserts also will be available. For information and tickets, call (352) 206-8889.

MASONIC LODGE FISH FRY

J.F. Swartsel Masonic Lodge, 3109 Lutz Lake Fern Road in Lutz, will host a fish fry Aug. 21 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.The cost is $10 for eat-in, and $8 for carryout. Credit cards will be accepted.

BACK TO SCHOOL SPLASH

Lowry Park Zoo, 1101 W. Sligh Ave., in Tampa, will host a Back to School Splash Aug. 22 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.There will be games, crafts, snacks, and information on school safety and health tips. Quinton Aaron, of the “Blind Side” and founder of the Quinton Aaron Foundation, will make a guest appearance. Guests can get two free kids tickets, with each full-price paid adult admission, for the zoo valid Aug. 22 only. For information, call (813) 935-8552, or visit LowryParkZoo.com.

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Spring Pine Drive in Tampa.The guest speaker will be Gullermo Salazar on the topic of Stanhopea orchids.There will be a selection of plants for sale. Doors open at 9:30 a.m., and the meeting starts at 10 a.m., followed by a potluck. For information, call Jim Hawk at (813) 9204434.

LIBRARY LUNCH & LEARN

Senior Information Resources will offer a free Lunch & Learn presentation at the Jimmie B. Keel Regional Library, 2902 W. Bearss Ave., in Tampa,Aug. 26 from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.There will be a discussion on how to take control of your health, how to thrive in a new environment, and how to live life with passion and purpose.

Good Faith Insurance Services will provide a box lunch.There will be a question and answer session, and resource information will be available. For information and to RSVP, call (813) 949-0752, or visit SeniorInformationResources.org.

BINGO BENEFIT AT AQUAFINZ

The GFWC Lutz-Land O’ Lakes Woman’s Club is hosting a Blinged Bingo Benefit for the Hacienda Girls Ranch on Aug. 27 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., at Aquafinz, 16553 Pointe Village Drive in Lutz.The cost is $20.

Lunch will include an entrée, beverage and dessert.Ten games will be played. Extra cards will be available. For information, call (813) 240-9321.

PROJECT FEEDBACK

GO Hillsborough wants citizen feedback on specific neighborhood projects and has scheduled these upcoming meetings.

There will be more meetings in September and October.

• Aug. 27 at 5:30 p.m., at Lutz Branch Library, 101 Lutz-Lake Fern Road • Sept 2 at 10 a.m., at New Tampa Regional Library, 10001 Cross Creek Blvd.

• Sept. 4 to Sept. 6 at the HART Open House, at the Florida State Fairgrounds, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., 4800 U.S. 301 N., in Tampa To RSVP, visit GoHillsborough.org.

SILENT AUCTION

Land O’ Lakes AARP Chapter will host its annual silent auction Aug. 28 from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Land O’ Lakes Community Center, 5401 Land O’ Lakes Blvd. Chapter members get free admission with five bidding tickets. Non-members pay $15 for admission and get 15 bidding tickets. Extra bidding tickets will be available for $1 each. Lunch is included in admission.A portion of the proceeds will benefit The Alzheimer’s Association for research. For information, email Phyllis Bross at pebross@verizon.net.

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CANNING WORKSHOP

Morningstar Fishermen, 33336 Old Saint Joe Road in Dade City, will offer a canning workshop Aug. 28 at 7 p.m. Guests can learn how to safely process food by the boiling water bath method and the pressure canner method.The cost is $20.To RSVP, call (352) 523-2722, or email msfmail@morningstarfishermen.org. For information, visit MorningStarFishermen.org.

FOOD TRUCK MADNESS AT MOSI

The Museum of Science and Industry, 4801 E. Fowler Ave., in Tampa, will host Food Truck Madness on Aug. 28, at 6 p.m.The event is part of the University of South Florida’s Week of Welcome. USF students will get free admission to MOSI’s standard exhibit galleries, with valid ID.There will be games, music and the ropes course and zip line will be open.Admission is free to Food Truck Madness, and additional fees apply for general exhibits for non-students. For information, visit MOSI.org.

CHRISTIAN PERFORMER

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 13312 Cain Road in Tampa, will host composer/performer Jeremy Vanderloop on Aug. 29 at 5 p.m. He will perform original and classic selections that reflect his Christian life and lessons.The Holy Eucharist will be celebrated. St. Mark’s has contemporary worship services, with local Christian bands, the last Saturday of the month. For information, call (813) 962-3089.

SKYWATCH AT MOSI

The Museum of Science and Industry, 4801 E. Fowler Ave., in Tampa, will host a Lunar Craters SkyWatch Aug. 29 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Guests can use MOSI telescopes to observe craters on the moon’s surface, and get an introduction to the formation of the moon, craters and more.Admission is free.

For information, visit MOSI.org.

SOCIAL SERVICES SALE

Christian Social Services,“The Red Barn” thrift store, 5514 Land O’ Lakes Blvd., in Land O’ Lakes, hosts a sale the last week of each month, with 75 percent-off sale items.

Guests can bring nonperishable food items and receive an additional 10 percent discount.The store hours are Tuesday through Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

FREE BONSAI DEMOS

Eve’s Garden Gifts, 5602 Land O’ Lakes Blvd., in Land O’ Lakes, offers free bonsai tree demonstrations and seminars from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., every Saturday now through the summer.The focus will be on bonsai trees as a hobby and relieving stress. Guests can bring their own bonsai trees for the

HELP LOCAL HOMELESS CHILDREN

Pasco County Tax Collector Mike Fasano has teamed up with the Community Volunteer Corps to collect food, clothing and hygiene items for homeless children in Pasco County during the month of August. Donations of school supplies, clothing and personal care items will be given directly to any student who is in need. Individuals interested in donating can bring in unwrapped items and leave them in specially marked boxes located in the lobby of any of the five tax collector offices:Wesley Chapel, Gulf Harbor-New Port Richey, Central Pasco Government CenterLand O’ Lakes, East Pasco Government Center-Dade City, and the West Pasco Government Center-New Port Richey. Cash donations will be used to purchase needed items.A cash donation of $5 will purchase a complete hygiene kit for one child. For information, call Greg Giordano at (727) 8478179. For information about the Community Volunteer Corps, visit FLCVC.org.

FREE TREES

Anyone who joins the nonprofit Arbor Day Foundation with a $10 donation during the month of August will receive 10 free white flowering dogwood trees through the foundation’s Trees for America campaign.

The trees will ship postpaid between Oct. 15 and Dec. 10.To join online, visit ArborDay.org/august.

POTTERY CLASSES EVERY SATURDAY

San Antonio Pottery, 11903 Curley Road in San Antonio, is hosting hand-building and potter wheel classes every Saturday in August, for ages 8 and older. No experience is needed. Classes are 10 a.m. to noon, for ages 8 to 12, with parents and grandparents; and 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., for ages 13 and older.

The cost is $25 per person and includes instruction, clay, glazing and firing of one piece.There also is a six-week Tuesday/Wednesday wheel throwing class available. Reservations are required. For information, email jackboylepottery@tampabay.rr.com.

PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB START-UP

The initial start-up meeting for the new Land O’ Lakes Photography Club will be Sept. 1 at 7 p.m., at the Land O’ Lakes Community Center, 5401 Land O’ Lakes Blvd.The club is open to beginners, amateurs and professionals.The first meeting is free.

Meetings will be monthly. For information, email Ron Bowman at rbphotolutz@gmail.com.

FERIA TAMPA BAY

Feria Tampa Bay, featuring local businesses and professionals educating the community on topics relating to retirement, will host an event Sept. 5 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Gulf View Square, 9409 U.S. 19 in New Port Richey.There will be games, prizes, food and music.Admission is free. For information, visit EventBrite.com.

CACTUS SALE AT USF

The Botanical Gardens at the University of South Florida will have a Cactus & Succulent Sale Sept. 5 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the gardens at 12210 USF Pine Drive in Tampa.

Admission and parking are free. For information, visit Gardens.USF.edu.

NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY

The Nature Coast Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society will meet Sept. 8 at 7 p.m., at the Land O’Lakes Community Center, 5401 Land O’ Lakes Blvd.The guest speaker will be Peggy Gretchen, a Pasco master gardener, on the topic of Landscaping & Gardening with Florida Native Plants.There will be light refreshments and a native plant drawing.

For information, call Sandy Vanno at (727) 207-1853.

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LYMPHEDEMA SUPPORT GROUP

The Medical Center of Trinity, 9330 State Road 54, will host a lymphedema support group Aug. 20 at 3 p.m.

Lymphedema is a persistent swelling, usually affecting an arm or leg that sometime occurs as a side effect of cancer treatment.

Reservations are required. For information, call (727) 834-5630.

HUNTINGTON’S DISEASE

The Medical Center of Trinity, 9330 State Road 54, will offer a support group for anyone whose life is affected by Huntington’s disease on Aug. 20 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

For information, contact Nina Qualters at (727) 236-3578, or email npappasqualters@gmail.com.

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Florida Cancer Affiliates, 3611 Little Road in Trinity, will have a breast cancer support group meeting Aug. 20 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

REMEMBER LOVED ONES The open discussion group is for anyone Gulfside Hospice will host a scrapbook- who has been touched by breast cancer, ing event for guests to create pages in not just Florida Cancer patients. Light rememory of loved ones on Aug. 20 from 6 freshments will be served. p.m. to 8 p.m., at Gulfside Center for For information, call (727) 236-0302.

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Discussions will include early detection, signs and symptoms, prognosis, disease stages, incontinence, impotence, treatment options and the latest research.

Refreshments will be served.

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For information, call (727) 808-4818.

The Florida Department of Health in Pasco County will host two “Breast-feeding and Work” seminars from 10 a.m. to noon at these clinic sites: • Aug. 20 at 4717 Airport Road in Zephyrhills • Aug. 25 at 4135 Land O’ Lakes Blvd., in Land O’ Lakes Seminars will include educational information, guest speakers on their experiences with working and breast-feeding, and Women, Infants and Children clinic support, including the breast pump loaner program.

For information, call Andrea Smith at (813) 404-5628.

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MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY SUPPORT

Temple Elijah, 21021 State Road 54 in Lutz, will host a myotonic dystrophy support group meeting Aug. 22 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

The group will discuss shared experiences, and is open to individuals, family and friends. Refreshments will be served.

For information, call Elizabeth Melendez at (813) 949-9917.

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STROKE PREVENTION PRESENTATION Oak Hill Hospital will present “Stroke Prevention & Treatment” on Aug. 25 from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., at its conference center, 11307 Cortez Blvd., in Brooksville.

Dr. Ganesh Chari, board certified in neurology, will discuss how to prevent stroke, and how to recognize the signs and symptoms early. There will be a question and answer session.

A light meal will be served. Reservations are required.

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Florida Hospital Zephyrhills has recognized Courtney Lehman as its second DAISY award recipient. Lehman works in the Med Surg II Unit and was honored for her connection with patients and families, while showing empathy and demonstrating a caring attitude in nursing care.

As the honoree, Lehman received a certificate and a sculpture called A Healer’s Touch, hand-carved by the Shona Tribe in Africa.

The Medical Center of Trinity, 9330 State Road 54, will have a seminar called “Falls & Your Body’s Balance “on Aug. 25 at noon.

Bob Churchill, licensed physical therapist, will discuss understanding your body’s balance mechanisms function.

A complimentary light box lunch will be served. Admission is free. Reservations are required. For information and to RSVP, call (727) 834-5630.

The Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point will present a Tuesday Tutorial on “Knee Problems: Advances in Surgical Therapy” on Aug. 25 at the Rao Musunuru Conference Center, 14100 Yosemite Drive in Hudson.

Registration and lunch begin at 11:30 a.m., followed by the tutorial at noon.

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The Alzheimer’s Family Organization and Medical Center of Trinity will present “What You Need to Know About the Baker Act” on Aug. 28 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the medical center at 9330 State Road 54.

The guest speakers will be Dr. James Boone on Alzheimer’s disease and dementia; Grace Maselli on the National Alliance on Mental Illness; Elizabeth Statzer on Baker Act basics; Daniel Cobianco on crisis intervention; and Raine Johns on the Baker Act in depth.

FREE WEIGHT LOSS SEMINAR The cost is $10 for AFO members, and Dr. Leslie Horne of Land O’ Lakes Chiropractic will offer a free weight loss $15 for non-members. A continental breakseminar Aug. 24 at 6 p.m., in her office at fast and lunch will be served.

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The Land O’ Lakes Library, 2818 Collier Parkway, will host a bone marrow donation seminar on Aug. 25 from 10:30 a.m. until noon. The AARP Land O’ Lakes Chapter will have representatives available to hand out brochures and answer questions. Most donors are between the ages of 18 and 44. Snacks will be available.

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Pasco-Hernando State College will offer For information, call (813) 558-1100, or Associate in Arts degree-seeking students an visit Liberty.mysdhc.org. opportunity to participate in an internship course, beginning in fall term 2015.

For information about this and other inSNEAK A PEEK AT ternship programs, call (727) 816-3334, or REOPENED SCHOOLS Both Sanders Memorial and Quail email careerservices@phsc.edu.

Hollow elementary schools have been closed for more than two years for rebuild- OAKSTEAD LEADERSHIP RETREAT ing and remodeling, and will host open Oakstead Elementary School, 19925 houses to showcase the new looks.

Lake Patience Drive in Land O’ Lakes, re• Aug. 20, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., Sanders cently hosted a Fifth Grade Leadership Memorial STEAM Magnet School, 5126 Retreat for students, administrators and School Road in Land O’ Lakes teachers.

• Aug. 21, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Quail The day was designed to identify stuHollow Elementary School, 7050 Quail dents’ leadership styles, explore student Hollow Blvd., in Wesley Chapel goals for the coming school year, and discuss school-wide issues and how the PHSC OFFERS ENGINEERING students can be involved.

Throughout the day, the retreat offered a TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM Pasco-Hernando State College now of- meet and greet with music and chants, a fers degree and certificate programs in team-building cups session, personality engineering technology. Courses will be tests, a discussion on well-being and bully available beginning Aug. 24. prevention, goal setting, and reflections at The program is designed to prepare stu- the closing of the session. dents for employment in high technology For more information, call C.J. Huffman fields such as advance manufacturing. at (813) 346-1503.

The engineering technology associate in science degree will teach engineering prin- OPEN HOUSE AT DENHAM OAKS ciples that solve complex manufacturing Denham Oaks Elementary School, 1422 problems using computer-aided design and Oak Grove Blvd., in Lutz, will host an Open evaluation, and simulation techniques.

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These elementary schools will host a Meet the Teacher Day on Aug. 20, in the cafeteria: • Connerton Elementary, 9300 Flourish Drive in Land O’ Lakes, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Guests can meet the teachers, visit the classrooms, get bus passes, pick up car line tags, pay student fees and join the ParentTeacher Association. For information, call (813) 346-1800.

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HOSPITAL, from page 1A They noted the hospital’s reputation for excellence and said that, along with growth in the surrounding communities, have fueled the need to expand much sooner than initially expected.

“Wesley Chapel and Pasco County are on the rise,” Pasco County Commissioner Mike Moore, who lives in Wesley Chapel, told the crowd. “We’re on the rise because community partners like Florida Hospital Wesley Chapel.

“After only 2 ½ years, they’re moving forward with an expansion of this hospital.

This was scheduled to be done in five years.

That’s incredible.

“These things don’t happen by themselves, ladies and gentlemen. They only happen when you can build the trust and support of the community that surrounds you,” Moore said.

State Rep. Danny Burgess agreed.

“This is no coincidence that this is happening so quickly, only halfway through the projected five-year expansion timeline,” Burgess said.

“What we have here is nothing short of an incredible facility, an incredible hospital, an incredible team doing amazing healing, wellness and preventative work — and the community recognizes that,” he said.

“We talk a lot about infrastructure projects in my line of work, especially at the local level when I used to be mayor. We talk about projects like road expansions. We talk about public works. We talk about public safety.We talk about first responders.

“Those all tend to be government projects, government-related tasks.

“But I think what gets missed in that conversation is probably the most important infrastructure project a community can have, and that is your hospital. Because you better believe that families are looking for that. They’re looking to see how that hospital ranks in that community, the treatment level, the care that they receive,” Burgess said.

The state lawmaker said he speaks from personal experience about the quality of care the hospital provides because his 19month-old daughter, Adeline, was delivered there. And, when his son Danny Burgess III arrives — expected any day — the family plans to be back at the hospital for his delivery, too.

Dr. Robert Rosequist, chief medical officer, talked about the area’s long need for a hospital.

“Twenty-eight years ago, when I started to practice out in Land O’ Lakes, there was a lot of cow pastures and vacation homes. A lot of pickup trucks. But even back then, when I was first living here, people would ask me: ‘Doc, when are we going to have a hospital?’

“In 2007, we started a formal planning board, and we started developing the hope for this hospital. And then, on a cold windy day in December, about five years ago, we sat here and dug the first shovel of dirt,” Rosequist said.

“We planted a tree, which unfortunately didn’t make it,” he saw, drawing a roar of laughter from the crowd. “But the hospital did.”

Florida Hospital Wesley Chapel has fine equipment, including “the best MRI in the whole state,” Rosequist said.

But what sets the hospital apart, he said, is “the people and the staff — we really do

care about our patients.”

A larger hospital is necessary, he added.

“We need to expand, because we can’t continue to provide that care in the existing bricks-and-mortar hospital we built just 2 ½ years ago,” Rosequist said.

Denyse Bales-Chubb, the hospital’s president and CEO, detailed the expansion plans.

The project involves 112,000 square feet of new space and nearly 11,000 square feet of renovated space. It includes 62 inpatient beds; 18 emergency rooms; five surgical suites and a Heart Catherization Lab. It also adds observation and recovery space, expanded support areas and some shelled space for future growth.

“These additions will allow us to better serve the patients coming to us for care and be prepared for the incredible growth this community is experiencing,” Bales-Chubb said.

The expansion will add three additional floors to the hospital’s center wing, and will add an additional three-story wing that will connect the south and center wings.

Robins & Morton, the construction company that built the hospital from the ground up, will be handling the expansion.

Completion is expected by the end of 2016.

Dempsey, who is leading the “We Care” fundraising campaign, reminded the crowd what Wesley Chapel was like when he broke ground for Saddlebrook 35 years ago.

“When that groundbreaking was over, I took a good look around and I said, ‘There’s nothing here.’ You looked down (State Road) 54, there wasn’t a building, there wasn’t even a fruit stand. There was nothing.

Absolutely zero,” Dempsey said.

Both Dempsey and Moore praised the vision demonstrated by the Porter family, owners of Wiregrass Ranch, who have sold off large chunks of their land to help shape the community of Wesley Chapel.

Don Porter and his wife, Lajuana, now both deceased, lived with children, J.D. and Quinn, on property now occupied by the hospital.

Quinn Miller said her family is gratified by the hospital’s success.

“We knew when the hospital came on board, it would be something vital to our area,” Miller said. “But, we had no idea that they would be almost three years ahead of schedule for this expansion.

“It’s wonderful to see. The facility is so impressive,” she said, adding it also is an important source of jobs.

Dempsey said he took on the leadership role in the fundraising effort because he believes in the cause.

“In just a short time, approximately three years, Florida Hospital has become an integral part of the community.

“I think they know what they’re doing.

They have a great record. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend this hospital to anyone,” Dempsey said.

Like Burgess, Dempsey believes that a hospital is a necessary part of a community.

“The community needs a hospital,” Dempsey said.

“I think, we as people, want the peace of mind to know that there’s a top-notch hospital just around the corner, and that that hospital will have great medical services, great doctors, great nurses, great technology and great caregivers. And, we want the place to have an access to fine equipment, technology and great care giving. That’s what we want for our families and our friends,” Dempsey said.

SCHOOLS, from page 1A Across the United States, there are 45 private and 538 public MYP programmes, including 65 in Florida and four in the Tampa area, including Carrollwood Day School and Corbett Preparatory School of IDS. At Wiregrass Ranch High School, the school district is using a 10-period day to cope with soaring enrollment.

The school was built for 1,675 students, and its projected enrollment in 2015-2016 is 2,438.

To alleviate crowding, the district is having students arrive and depart from campus in two shifts.

Sophomores through seniors will begin and end the school day at the same time they do now, 7:25 a.m. and 1:56 p.m., respectively. Freshmen will begin at 10:25 a.m., and end at 4:50 p.m.

All of the school’s students will be on campus for three periods each day, but that is manageable because roughly 500 kids are at lunch at any given time, according to Robyn White, the school’s principal.

Wiregrass Ranch has had four lunch periods each day, but is adding a fifth one because of the anticipated enrollment increase.

Besides changes in facilities and programming at some schools, students also will be greeting new administrators at several Pasco schools.

Jason Petry is leading Sanders Elementary in Land O’ Lakes, and Kara Smucker is the principal at Quail Hollow in Wesley Chapel.

Angie Stone, the new leader at Zephyrhills High, is returning to the place where she began her career in Pasco County Schools.

Students attending Pasco Middle School in Dade City will be greeted by Principal

TRAFFIC, from page 1A Committee members are from the MPO’s Citizens Advisory Committee, local chambers of commerce, community leaders, developers or their representatives, and residents from west and east Pasco.

Their work is scheduled for completion within eight months to nine months.

The kickoff meetings, open to the public, will be on Sept. 24 (East Task Force) and on Sept. 29 (West Task Force) at 5:45 p.m., at Rasmussen College at the Land O’ Lakes campus at 18600 Fernview Street.

Two years ago International Infrastructure Partners LLC proposed building a 33-mile elevated toll road from U.S. 301 in Zephyrhills to U.S. 19 in New Port Richey at an estimated cost to the company of $2.2 billion.

The deal collapsed when company representatives later requested public assistance to build the toll road.

Transportation issues?

Pasco County Schools has set up a special Transportation Call Center during the first week of school. If you have a problem, call the numbers listed below, on Monday through Friday from 6:30 a.m. to 10 a.m., and from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

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Jeff Wolff, and those arriving at San Antonio Elementary School will be welcomed by Principal Kim Anderson.

In another big change, district employees will be heading into a new school year with a settled contract.

The contract, which has not yet been ratified, calls for an average 3 percent raise for district employees.

While details are still being finalized, the district’s plan is for district employees to receive their raise in their paychecks beginning Sept. 4, which is the first pay date for teachers.

The contract also calls for no increases in the employee contribution in the single employee health plan. The district is one of the few districts in Florida that offers a fully paid single employee health option.

A new benefit in this year’s contract is a Voluntary Sick Leave Donation program, set to begin in October. This program allows district employees to donate their sick leave to other district employees who are experiencing a documented major medical emergency, illness, accident or injury (or whose spouse, minor child, or dependent child under legal guardianship has a document major medical emergency, illness, accident or injury).

Pasco County commissioners recently approved about $144,000 for consulting services for the task forces from Tampabased, Tindale Oliver. The funds are from grants to the MPO. Pasco County Commissioner Mike Moore queried Edwards on the role Tindale Oliver would play.

Edwards said consultants and county staff members are there in supporting, not leadership, roles.

“We want the committees to really drive this process,” he said. “We’re there to provide education and some direction.”

Representatives of the Florida Department of Transportation are doing their own study and also monitoring the county’s efforts.

“They’re interested in having some documents to come out of this, giving them some guidance,” Edwards said.

Whatever plan emerges will be done in phases over several years, he added. “Most (work) will be done with federal monies.”

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Green Leafs specializes in fast food, Whalen said his company takes a unique healthy dining with fresh made-to-order and approach in its bidding by offering a twosignature salads, wraps, grilled paninis and year warranty including maintenance homemade soups. Bananas Smoothies cre- services. The industry standard generally is ates fruit smoothies and nonfat yogurt for one-year warranties, he said. treats. South Philly serves a heartier menu “We just keep the place looking brand with classic cheese steaks, salads, loaded po- new,” Whalen said. tatoes and potato skins.

The Oct. 5 completion date for the eaterEclipse is bidding on contracts for retail ies allows time to stock the restaurants and vendors at the outlet mall as well as an train employees, he added.

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Last year, the Zephyrhills Bulldogs snapped an eight-year playoff drought by making the postseason for the first time since head coach Reggie Roberts took over in 2010.

This year, the path to an encore doesn’t begin on the practice field, or in the classroom watching game film.

It begins in church.

“I had one of the preachers from a local church say, ‘Coach, you’ve been praying for the playoffs and that’s what you got. Start praying for the state championship this year,’ “ Roberts said while taking a quick break during practice last week.

This year, the goal is a state championship.

But Roberts and the Bulldogs won’t be leaving things up to divine intervention. They’re putting in plenty of hard work as they prepare for the start of the season later this month. Music blares from loudspeakers during practice to keep the athletes motivated while they run FRED BELLET/PHOTOS drills. Offense, defense and special teams all take over parts of the field Players like running back Myles Carter will be expected to step up for the Bulldogs this season. to get their practice time in before scheduled breaks. postseason. his players, and he’s already getting their The players have noted that there’s a The Bulldogs lost a close game to support. They recently worked at a Purple Zephyrhills Bulldogs new level of seriousness and focus as they Suwannee High School, and it left them Heart Memorial Dedication earlier this regular season prepare for the upcoming season. wanting a bigger taste of the postseason. month, and he wants them to bring a blue“I’ve pushed them. Last week they said They’re aiming for a trip to the Citrus collar attitude to everything they do. By schedule it’s been the hardest it’s ever been at Bowl in Orlando, where the state champi- focusing on working together and getting (all games at 7:30 p.m.)

Zephyrhills High School, and it probably is onships will be played in December. things done in class, the coach is convinced Aug. 28 at Wiregrass Ranch because the expectations are higher,” Before they can get that far, though, they it will make them better players on Friday Sept. 4 at Sunlake Roberts said. “We’re looking for better have to earn it on the field during the regu- nights.

Sept. 18 at Gulf things.” lar season.

Roberts will need players to step up and Sept. 25 vs. Fivay Roberts’ time as coach — he played tight And before that happens, Roberts wants fill some big gaps left by graduating seniors.

Oct. 2 vs. Hudson end and linebacker for the school back in them to earn it in their studies and in the The coach misses all of them, since they all Oct. 9 at Ridgewood his playing days — has been marked by community. contributed to the team’s success. But standOct. 16 vs. River Ridge achieving better things. He took over a pro“The first thing my athletes have to un- out players like quarterback Ty Tanner and Oct. 23 at Wesley Chapel gram that had won just six games in the derstand is that football is an extension of running back Jaylen Pickett were more than Oct. 30 vs. Anclote previous two seasons. It took a year to get the classroom. We are student-athletes first,” role players, and they’ve moved on. That Nov. 6 vs. Pasco things the way he wanted, but since then he said. means the team has to find a way to move it’s been a string of winning records, culmiRoberts speaks with the decisive tone of on as well. nating in an 8-3 mark and a trip to the a coach who knows what he wants from The coach is confident the team can team races through a battery of drills and take the next step with existing talent like exercises.

And, the head coach isn’t making any Myles Carter, Antwione Sims and Jackie Tucker. And Tucker, a senior receiver, shares time for offseason distractions.

They’re in a new district this year. his optimism.

Roberts isn’t concerned that the “This offseason I’ve been grinding with my two younger quarterbacks, Charles Bulldogs aren’t expected to do much with Harrison and Dylan Wood, trying to get competition like River Ridge and Gulf waitthem to where my previous quarterback, Ty ing for them in 5A-8 (“If you look at the polls, we’re way down,” he said.“I love it.”).

Tanner, was,”Tucker said.

The coach brushed off a question about The 6-foot-2, 188-pound wideout is in his third year with the Bulldogs, and he knows playing longtime rival Pasco High School in that means taking on a leadership role. He’s November (“Hasn’t even crossed my embracing the responsibility of being a mind.”).

Roberts also didn’t want to single out voice for the team and making sure everyone is doing their job in practice, working any one facet of his team that he expected out and getting prepared for the upcoming to stand out this coming season.

But when pressed to choose one — ofseason. fense, defense, or special teams — the coach And for Tucker, that includes himself.

“I hit the weight room 10 times harder gave a smile before responding with a tone that suggested the answer was final. than I used to,” he said.

“Offense. Defense. And special teams,” he The players work hard in the weight said before heading off to focus on his playroom and at practice, where Roberts’ assisHead coach Reggie Roberts is looking to build on his team’s 8-3 record and accompanying ers. tants fine-tune their mechanics, and the playoff berth last season.

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The ninth annual Hunter’s Green Charity Classic is taking place over several days this month at the Hunter’s Green Country Club, 18101 Longwater Run Drive in Tampa.

This weekend, there will be a dance and dinner party on Aug. 21, with a golf scramble and awards luncheon scheduled for Aug. 23. The events benefit three charities: ALS, ClubCorp Employee Partner Care Foundation and The Spring of Tampa Bay. For information about these events, contact Allegra Campos at (813) 973-4220. For sponsorship and auction donation, contact Ashley Nelson at (813) 482-0298.

GOLF TOURNEY AUG. 29 BENEFITS HOSPICE

The cost is $125 per golfer ($500 per foursome) and includes lunch, dinner and auction. There also will be prizes and contests. Sponsorships are available and begin at $150.

Registration and check-in begins at 12:30 p.m., with a shotgun start at 2 p.m.

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Sydney Has A Sister, a charity that raises scholarship money for students who have a sibling with autism, will have its second annual golf tournament on Oct. 17 at Northdale Golf & Tennis Club, 4417 Northdale Blvd., in Tampa.

The four-man scramble begins with check-in at noon and a shotgun start at 1 p.m. The cost is $85 per player, and includes a goodie bag, contests, prizes and a free round of golf at the club.

Sponsorships are also available. For information, visit SydneyHasASister.com.

Wells Fargo Advisors of Trinity will host its second annual golf tournament on Aug. NEWAPSL ACCEPTING 29 at Cypress Run Golf Club, 2669 St. REGISTRATIONS THROUGH SEPT. 7 Andrews Blvd., in Tarpon Springs. The event NewAPSL, a recreational adult soccer benefits Gulfside Hospice. league, which includes what they describe as

“a touch of competitiveness,” is accepting registrations until Sept. 7. The fall season begins Sept. 13 with men, women and coed games played on Sunday afternoons and Wednesday evenings at Benito Middle School, 10101 Cross Creek Blvd., in New Tampa.

For information, call (747) 999-5425, email colin@newapsl.com, or visit NewAPSL.com.

For information and to register, email wcrecsoccer@gmail.com, or visit WesleyChapelSC.com/recreational/.

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The Wesley Chapel Soccer Club offers free soccer training throughout the summer for girls ages 5 through 7. The sessions are every Saturday from 9 a.m. until 10 a.m., at Wesley FLORIDA HOSPITAL ZEPHYRHILLS Chapel District Park, 7727 Boyette Road.

There is no cost or obligation for the sesGOLF TOURNEY NOV. 9 Florida Hospital Zephyrhills will host its sion. Participants are encouraged to bring 26th annual golf tournament on Nov. 9 at soccer gear, a ball (if they have one) and water.

For information, visit WesleyChapelSC.com. the Lake Jovita Golf & Country Club, 12900 Lake Jovita Blvd., in Dade City.

For information, call the Florida Hospital TENNIS CAMPS THIS SUMMER Zephyrhills Foundation at (813) 783-6144, Sports Group International will host a seor visit FloridaHospital.com/Zephyrhills. ries of tennis summer camps at Lake Padgett Estates, 4533 Savanah Way in Land O’ Lakes, RECREATIONAL SOCCER LEAGUES Monday through Thursday, running through August. The morning sessions will run from ACCEPTING REGISTRATIONS The Wesley Chapel Soccer Club is now 10:15 a.m. to noon, and the afternoon sesaccepting registrations for its fall recreation- sions will run from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. al soccer leagues. The league is designed for The cost is $140 per week for either sesNorth Hillsborough and Pasco County boys sion, or $280 per week for both. and girls ages 4 through 18.

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Edward Bok and his wife, Mary Louise, are shown here with President Calvin Coolidge and his wife, Grace, on Feb. 1, 1929, the day that Coolidge spoke at the dedication ceremony at Bok Tower Gardens in Lake Wales.

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This photograph is believed to be from the dedication day of Bok Tower Gardens on Feb. 1, 1929.

Did President Coolidge have lunch in Dade City?

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Bok Tower Gardens

Located in Lake Wales, Bok Tower Gardens is deemed one of America’s finest gardens. Its 205-foot Singing Tower, the architectural centerpiece of the gardens, offers daily carillon music concerts.

Visitors can meander through spacious grounds of oaks, palms, azaleas, irises and camellias. The gardens and carillon tower are situated on Iron Mountain, which is one of the highest points in Florida at an estimated 295 feet above sea level.

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Legend has it that President Calvin Coolidge ate lunch at the Gray Moss Inn in Dade City, but no documentation can be found to verify that claim.

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Not a single historic marker — among more than 50 posted across Pasco County — refers to it, but there’s a longstanding legend that President Calvin Coolidge had lunch at the Gray Moss Inn in Dade City, during his visit to Florida to dedicate Bok Tower Gardens in Polk County.

Numerous sources document Dade City’s 126-year history.

Those accounts detail the world’s largest citrus processing plant (formerly Lykes Pasco Packing); Bill Larkin’s patented cattle underpass; and namesake Major Francis Langhorne Dade, who died on Dec. 28, 1835, when he and 100 of his men were ambushed, resulting in the first battle of the Second Seminole War. But there is no record to substantiate Coolidge’s reputed visit to Dade City.

Here are facts that can be documented about Coolidge’s visit to Central Florida.

On Feb. 1, 1929, some 60 miles from

Gray Moss Inn

The Gray Moss Inn, built in 1905, was initially a five-room cottage for Jefferson Davis “J.D.” Sumner and his family of nine children. One of that family’s descendants was Robert D. Sumner, a former county attorney. The structure, which is located in what is now the historic Church Street District in Dade City, still has its original stucco version of the Mediterranean Revival Style.

Dade City, Coolidge dedicated Bok Tower Gardens in Lake Wales, Florida.

According to published reports, he had spent the previous evening at a private dinner party hosted by the Godfrey family, close relatives to First Lady Grace Anna Coolidge. The President departed on the morning of the dedication from 335 Ponce de Leon Place in Orlando.

Known in the press as “Silent Cal,” a Commander-in-Chief of few words, the President told reporters: “(Bok) is dedicating it as a bird sanctuary and putting up these bells to interest the birds in music.”

Large crowds stopped the Presidential Train in Sanford to present gifts of citrus, and in Winter Park to present floral arrangements, according to published accounts.

Approximately 75,000 people came out to hear Coolidge dedicate Bok Tower Gardens, a gift to the American people from Edward Bok, the editor of the Ladies’ Home Journal and a winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his autobiography.

The evening of the dedication, Florida Gov. Doyle E. Carlton attended a dinner in honor of the President and First Lady at Bok’s home.

Hours later, Coolidge and his wife headed back COURTESY OF SUSAN SUMNER SHELTON overnight to Washington on Mittie Roberts Sumner with family members seated on the an Atlantic Coast Railway spefamily porch, around 1908. cial.

Despite exhaustive research, it appears there are no records to prove that Coolidge ever set foot in Dade City.

Julie Bartlett Nelson is the archivist for a collection of Coolidge documents and memorabilia, kept at Forbes Library in Northampton, Massachusetts. She was unable to find any travel logs or newspaper clippings about Dade City or the Gray Moss Inn in her archives.

Eve Bacon, who is now deceased, was a Central Florida historian who owned and edited her own newspaper during the 1950s in Orange County.

She published extensive documentation of Coolidge’s visit, tracking him from the Godfrey home in Orlando, to his departure from Bok’s home for a return trip to the nation’s capital.

That account is included in Bacon’s twovolume book, “Orlando, A Centennial History.” She describes everything from frontier gun battles to Cracker underworld kings to gators and buffaloes on Orange Avenue.

But, there’s no mention of Coolidge visiting Dade City.

There are references to Coolidge’s visit in a book compiled for the Pasco County Historical Preservation Committee in 1992, and also a reference by Madonna Wise that was published in 2014.

Yet local newspaper accounts — in the Tampa Morning Tribune and the Dade City Banner — that were published during the period of Coolidge’s trip to Bok Tower do not mention the President making a detour to Dade City.

There also were unconfirmed “tips” that proved interesting.

One was that the old guest registry of the Gray Moss Inn, purportedly signed by Coolidge, wound up in the hands of Dr. R. D. Sistrunk, who lived next door.

Another was that Coolidge had befriended the Dudley family and secretly made a trip to visit with them as the owners of the Gray Moss Inn. But those could not be verified.

Interestingly enough, though, there was another link between Dade City and Edward Bok. LeHeup Hill, south of Dade City, was an early site considered by Bok along Fort King Road. At 240 feet above sea level, the hill

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Former President George “W.” Bush visited Pasco County during his re-election bid. He is believed to be the only commander-inchief to have visited Pasco County as a sitting president.

named for the family that moved there in 1911, was among the leading candidates.

But negotiations with Bok broke down.

Fred T. Himmelwright proceeded with plans for an observation tower at LeHeup Hill. He spent nearly $8,000 in 1926 to erect his structure, which he opened as a public attraction.

Tourists enjoyed “a comfortable room, all glassed in, for cool or stormy weather,” the Dade City Banner reported. The room was “fitted up with chairs so that visitors may enjoy rest and the glorious scenery at the same time,” according to the newspaper.

And, tourists could purchase orange juice at “5 cents a glass,” the newspaper says.

While the rumor of a Coolidge visit persists, Gordon and Phyllis Gill, who have been managers of the Gray Moss Inn since the 1990s, have found no record of “Silent Cal” visiting there.

Before he died in 1933, Coolidge did return to Florida to spend a month at the Lakeside Inn in Mount Dora.

As it turns out, George W. Bush is the only confirmed President who visited Pasco County during his presidency.

Bush was running for re-election and made a campaign stop in New Port Richey in October 2004. “W” shared the stage at Sims Park with his younger brother, then Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.

Local Sources: June Booth Farmer, Jeff Miller and Susan Sumner Shelton.

Doug Sanders has a penchant for unearthing interesting stories about local history. His sleuthing skills have been developed through his experiences in newspaper and government work. If you have an idea for a future history column, contact Doug at interstar1@juno.com.

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The Gulfside Center for Hospice Care, 5760 Dean Dairy Road in Zephyrhills, will offer pet loss support groups, from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., on Aug. 27, Sept. 24 and Oct. 29.

The new group is being offered in conjunction with Gulfside’s Pet Peace of Mind program, which keeps pets and people together during hospice care.

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East and Central Pasco Marketing Mania will take place Aug. 27 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., at the Commons at Pretty Pond, at 38130 Pretty Pond Road in Zephyrhills. A continental breakfast is provided. Please RSVP. The event takes place every last Thursday of the month. Locations may change periodically.

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The 29th Annual Pasco Economic Development Council Banquet will be Sept.

3 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., at Saddlebrook Resort in Wesley Chapel. Registration deadline is Aug. 27. Sponsorships are available.

More than 700 local and Tampa Bay business and community leaders attend each year.

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For information, contact Suzanne Renczkowski at (813) 926-0827, ext. 226.

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BUSINESS EXPANSION Jim Browne Automotive recently bought Marler’s Body Shop, at 9130 Gall Blvd., in Zephyrhills, and opened a new facility – Jim Browne Collision Center. The former Jim Browne Pasco Body Shop, located behind the former Pasco Motors, is now vacated as part of the business consolidation to the new location. The new location, which opened Aug. 3, has 25,000 square feet of repair facilities.

For information, call the collision center at (813) 779-8816.

Bayfront Medical Health Group will hold a ribbon cutting for Dr. Paul Chakola, who specializes in pulmonology disease and critical care, on Aug. 27 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., at 38152 Medical Center Ave., in Zephyrhills.

For information, call (352) 521-1593, or visit BayfrontDadeCity.com.

BREAKFAST MEETING

The Greater Wesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce will hold its monthly breakfast meeting on Sept. 1 from 8 a.m. to 9:15 a.m., at Pasco-Hernando State College, third floor conference center, Room B-303, at the MIXER AT SKYDIVE CITY Porter Campus, 2727 Mansfield Blvd., in Join the Greater Zephyrhills Chamber of Wesley Chapel.

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The Pennsylvania-based fuel and fresh food chain is poised to build a Wawa store at the intersection of State Road 56 and Trout Creek Road, west of Bruce B. Downs Boulevard. The new Wawa will be near Tijuana Flats and The Shoppes at New Tampa. Company representatives met with Pasco County planners on July 31 for initial discussions on the project, according to county records.

A conceptual plan filed with the county shows a store of about 6,100 square feet and 16 fueling stations.

According to Wawa’s website, the business began in 1803 as an iron foundry in New Jersey. In the early 1900s, owner George Wood moved into dairy farming. His grandson, Grahame Wood, opened a store in 1964, selling dairy products. Today Wawa has about 645 locations in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware Virginia and Florida, with about half selling fuel.

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