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NOVEMBER 11, 2015
Club seeks fracking moratorium By Kathy Steele
lution to ban fracking also will include a request for a study commission to look at the pros and cons of the controversial practice. The Dade City Garden Club is pushing Pasco County Commissioner Jack for a resolution that urges state lawmakers Mariano is the resolution’s sponsor. to enact a statewide ban on hydraulic frackDuring fracking, chemically treated, highing. pressure water is pumped into a drilled Pasco County commissioners will vote pipeline to break apart rock formations to on the matter, likely on Nov. 17, but the reso- extract oil or natural gas.
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An opt-out clause is recommended in the resolution to give counties the right to ban fracking even if there’s no statewide ban. “We do want to have some local control,” Mariano said. In October, a similar resolution was pulled from the commissioners’ agenda. It See FRACKING, page13A
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Johnny Herrmann enjoys being surrounded by items he’s purchased at estate sales, other antiques stores and from individual sellers. He has a particular weakness for paintings. He just loves having them around.
Antiques store is repository of memories By B.C. Manion
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Johnny Herrmann’s business card boasts that his antiques business, in San Antonio, is “not your grandma’s antiques store.” But, there’s no doubt that the shop where his business operates is steeped in his family’s history. The store is in the 1946 Herrmann Building, at 11853 S. Curley St. The building is one of a collection of structures on Curley Street, south of State Road 52, constructed by the Herrmann family, beginning in the 1920s. “People used to refer to this part of town as Herrmann-ville, because there were so
COURTESY OF JOHNNY HERRMANN
These are the buildings that were built by Johnny Herrmann’s grandfather, Lucius and his father, Joe. At one point, the area was known as “Herrmannville.”
many buildings that my grandfather and father built,” said Johnny, whose grandfather moved to the area in the 1920s, according to published reports. The collection of businesses is now called the South San Antonio Arts and Antiques District, or s.o.s.a for short. The businesses, as well as San Antonio Pottery, are part of that district.
Step inside San Antonio Antiques, and you’ll find a place chock full of unusual items — purchased from estate sales, other antique shops and individual sellers. A few years ago, the place was vacant, and it had been that way since the mid1970s, Johnny said. See ANTIQUES, page13A
Efforts yield socks and shoes for charity By Kathy Steele
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Land O’ Lakes’ brothers, Owen and Grady Matthew, want to provide socks for the homeless. And, Zephyrhills retiree Janet Chubinsky wants to give new shoes to children in need. The efforts are separate, but both are making strides in reaching their goals to help others. Kid President, a YouTube character played by 11-year-old Robby Novak, inspired the Matthew brothers to get involved. Kid President declared the month of October as “Socktober,” and challenged children across the nation to host sock drives to help homeless people. Sixth-grader Owen and second-grader Grady embraced the challenge, and enlisted the help of nearly 300 students and their families at Countryside Montessori Charter School in Land O’ Lakes. By the end of the month, the sock drive doubled its goal of 770 socks by donating 1,552 socks to the Salvation Army. “We have amazing parents,” said Holly DePiro, volunteer and fundraising coordinator for Countryside Montessori Charter School. “You ask, and they go with the cause.The kids get excited.” Though it was a one-time event, DePiro See CHARITY, page13A
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Owen Matthew, left, and Grady Matthew challenged students and families at Countryside Montessori Charter School to a sock drive that collected 1,552 socks for the Salvation Army.