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San Antonio Rotary goes to the market By Kathy Steele
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The Rotary Club of San Antonio is getting a fresh start on a popular trend – the farmers market. The nonprofit will host its first San Antonio Farmers Market on Jan. 14 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the San Antonio City Park, at 32810 Pennsylvania Ave.
In the future, the farmers market will be held every second Saturday of the month, at the same time and place. “It will be really festive,” said Winnie Burke, the club’s president. The market will offer fresh produce, yard art, baked goods and more. Local musicians will entertain. Rotary club volunteers will sell hot dogs and popcorn. Wines from Brooksville vineyards will be
sold, but Burke said a city alcohol ban in the park, means “it’s not for drinking in the park.” The seed for the farmers market sprouted after a local produce stand on State Road 52 shut down. “People were telling us they wanted a place to buy produce,” said Burke.“It grew See MARKET, page 11A
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Two children work at a mill in Macon, Georgia. This photo is from a Smithsonian exhibition on the working life of Americans.
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The working life of Americans from the mid-19th century to the late 20th century will be explored in a traveling Smithsonian exhibition that will make its first stop in Florida at The Pioneer Florida Museum & Village in Dade City. The exhibit – “The Way We Worked” – is part of the Museum on Main Street, which is a national, state and local effort to bring exhibitions and programs to rural cultural organizations. The Florida Humanities Council selected the Pioneer museum as a host site. Visitors to the Pioneer museum, at 15602 Pioneer Museum Road in Dade City, can
view the exhibit from Jan. 28 through March 18. A series of local speakers will bring insight into Pasco County’s contributions to the nation’s work history. There also will be field COURTESY OF NATIONAL ARCHIVES, RECORDS OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT, GENERAL AND SPECIAL STAFFS trips, special programs, Two girls deliver ice in 1918. This photo is part of a lunch and learn events, Smithsonian exhibition on Americans’ work history that is and tours. coming to The Pioneer Florida Museum & Village. The Pioneer museum released details on the exhibit in a news release. The museum is Stephanie Black, the museum’s executive diseeking corporate sponsors, speakers and rector. “It allows us the opportunity to docents for additional programming. explore this fascinating aspect of our own “This is the first time a Smithsonian exhi- region’s history, and we hope that it will inbition will be in East Pasco County,” said See EXHIBIT, page 11A
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Less than five months after breaking ground, the new community venue site at the Zephyrhills Municipal Airport is complete. The unnamed venue, at 5200 Airport Road, will officially be unveiled at the seventh annual Pigz in Z’Hills BBQ & Blues Fest on Jan. 21. The 14-acre site is situated north of the Zephyrhills’ City Yard, stretching to Airport Road, and backing up the southern boundary of the Lincoln Heights subdivision. Among the venue’s key features are a 20by-40 permanent staging area, and 50 vendor spaces that are equipped with water and electricity. Additionally, the location is able to accommodate up to 15,000 guests at a time, and provide easier access and parking along South Avenue. Initially spearheaded by Melonie Monson, executive director for The Greater Zephyrhills Chamber of Commerce, the community venue was a collaborative effort among the City of Zephyrhills, the chamber, and several other businesses and organizations. The Zephyrhills City Council approved the project in March. Construction began in mid-August. Monson said area citizens will be “shocked” by the new venue’s digs and amenities. “I really feel excited about it,” the chamber director said. “I am more than thrilled
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Less than five months after breaking ground in August, the new community venue site at the Zephyrhills Municipal Airport is complete. Among its key features are a 20-by-40 permanent staging area, and 50 vendor spaces equipped with water and electricity.
with how this has come together. I just can’t imagine how you would do this is if you didn’t have the community rallying behind you.” Monson added she was “overwhelmed” by the assistance of various local businesses, which provided funding, fixtures and labor. Those donations were aplenty. Florida Hospital Zephyrhills gave $30,000 to build the permanent, covered staging area. Others businesses — Martin Electric, Sunstate Aluminum, and Bahr’s Propane and Gas — contributed electrical, plumbing and technical guidance on the site.
Supplies and other offerings were also provided by Sonny’s BBQ, E-Z Clean Car Wash, Ferguson Water Works and All Florida Home Manufactured Services. “We’ve just had a number of people that have stepped up in the community that just said, ‘Sure, we’ll help you,’” Monson explained.“All of these people did this out of the kindness of their heart, and because they love our community.” Though the chamber inspired the idea for the permanent venue, the site is owned and operated by the City of Zephyrhills, See VENUE, page 11A