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The Hidden World of Bees Photos and story by Abby Baker
Sarah Karakoudas is surrounded by hundreds of thousands of bees at her hidden hive location, nestled in what’s left of a thicket of Pinellas County woods. It may be an expensive career, but for Karakoudas, beekeeping is a passion. Georgia native Karakoudas has been removing “pest” hives for six years. She relocates the buzzing nests to one of her wooden, artificial hives and rehabilitates the bees and helps them rebuild. She suits up for a closer look at the hives, but the beekeeper makes one fact clear: Bee stings are a defense mechanism; if you steer clear of a hive, chances are, you won’t be stung. “It’s proven that they even recognize faces; I hope they recognize mine,” she said. “They’re fascinating little creatures...the poster children for all pollinators.” Most of the bees stick around for years to make local honey she collects and sells in her family’s shop, Spiro’s Pasadena Produce & Deli, at 6801 Gulfport Blvd. S. Bees continued on page 12
Karakoudas inspects a hive that she collected from a home in Gulfport on Thursday, March 18.
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A year ago this month, my husband and I decided to buy the Gabber Newspaper, which former owners Deb and Ken Reichart closed after the March 26, 2020 issue. Before we finalized the sale, we resumed publishing stories online while we waited to bring back the print version. Now seems a good time to let y’all know how it’s going. I wrote for the Gabber from 20032015. In the dash, I earned my MLA, met the man I would marry, Barry (longtime readers of my “Hard Candy” column remember him as El Cap) and together we bought our current home in Gulfport. Over the past six years I freelanced, published a book and worked as the arts + entertainment editor for Creative Loafing. I have a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism, and before working in print, I worked in radio and public relations. Barry retired from his second career as boat captain in 2019, but before that, he retired from television. He hates it when I tell people this, but he has two Emmys. This is significant because one of them is for news. His degree? Broadcasting, with an emphasis on management. At our core, we’re both water people who love Florida and have a news addiction. We bought the paper because hyperlocal journalism matters – it’s part of what builds a strong community. We hope, one day, it will once again turn a profit and we’ll see a reward on our investment. We take no money from the paper – we
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In an Epic Meeting, Gulfport Council Reverses BCYC Eviction By Ryan McGahan
The April 6 Gulfport City Council meeting featured a packed house at the Catherine Hickman Theater, as more than 100 people came following news of a recent eviction notice the city, at council’s direction, sent to the Boca Ciega Yacht Club from the building they’ve occupied for over 50 years. The city did not enforce social distancing as people sat wherever they could fit for the staggering four-and-a-half-hour affair. The majority of the meeting involved discussing, arguing – and occasionally shouting about– the city’s potential redevelopment of the Gulfport Marina and surrounding city-owned land into a more publicly accessible area, and the future of the BCYC. By the end of the meeting, the city agreed to rescind BCYC’s 90-day eviction notice and return to their current month-tomonth lease agreement until further meetings and discussions can be had about the Marina. Boca Ciega Yacht Club Evicted, Then Saved While other topics were discussed during the meeting, none were
as dominant as the debate raged owned land surrounding the Gulfover the future of the Boca Ciega port Marina into a public park by Yacht Club and the Gulfport Marina replacing the existing BCYC and at large. After hours of tense deLions Club buildings with a single, bate, discussion, and the occasionlarger, multi-use facility that these al shout and boo, council agreed and other organizations could lease to allow Boca Ciega Yacht Club to as needed, along with extra parking, stay temporarily at a living shoreline, their current build- “A lot of the people in this public bathrooms, ing, but will return an open event city – the vast majority and in later meetings area – instead of to discuss making of the people in this city reserving the land the land around it – have never gotten to for the use of the more publicly ac- go out on that little point two groups only. cessible. city expects and see where the blue The At the March 16 money for the recity council meet- herons nest.” development to ing, council aucome from the $5 thorized sending a 90-day eviction million federal dollars granted to notice to Boca Ciega Yacht Club, not the city as part of the 2021 Amerias part of a stated agenda item with can Rescue Plan Act, the COVID-19 room for public comment, but as a stimulus bill that passed last month. casually worded proposal in May Members of the public, for more or Sam Henderson’s closing comthan two hours in total, took the ments. After receiving the notice, stand to speak on the plan, most of BCYC members, defenders and opthem defending the club’s imporponents filled the Catherine Hicktance to the community. man Theater Tuesday night to make “Tonight I’m going to be lying their voices heard before council. awake: What could I have done? The city’s plan, taken from a 2016 What could I have said? … How meeting, and still in its conceptumany people have been hurt? How al stages, is to redevelop the citymuch division and anger exists now
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in my dear, dear Gulfport?” said former city councilmember Dawn Fisher, the first to speak on the issue, becoming emotional as she left the stand. “I feel betrayed as a citizen and as a sailor,” said George Anderson, who says he moved to Gulfport because of the BCYC. Richard Walters spoke about the importance of the Christmas Boat parade, the annual “Funday” event, and the club’s recent $120k investments into their existing building, made at the request of the city “in good faith.” “Two years later, the mayor and the city council has decided to evict us with no cause, to give a very small portion of land back to the people. It is really a ruse to gentrify the area, to destroy old Florida, and push out the hardworking common folks who have made many contributions to the city, businesses and citizens of Gulfport for 55 years,” Walters said. Much of the debate centered around the level of inclusion that the BCYC has presented to the rest of the city, and whether the public truly feels welcome there. “What you’ve gotten to enjoy as either a guest or a member of Boca Ciega Yacht Club, you’ve gotten to enjoy it, but as soon as a regular person who doesn’t feel like being part of the club wants to enjoy public land... you get to that gate that says ‘no entry except for BCYC members.’ It is exclusive,” said Mayor Sam Henderson, explaining his push for the eviction. “A lot of the people in this city – the vast majority of the people in
this city – have never gotten to go out on that little point and see where the blue herons nest; they’ve never gotten to go and sit at a picnic table and enjoy sitting by the water right there,” he continued. While no accusations of discrimination were leveled by the city at BCYC, many of those who spoke felt the need to defend the club’s reputation in the wake of a pair of lawsuits over alleged discriminatory practices. Terry Mitchell, a transgender woman, stated that BCYC is the only boating club in Pinellas where trans people are openly accepted. Retired attorney Lee Nell spoke to remind council that the club had prevailed in both of the discrimi-
nation suits leveled against it, and claimed that the remaining stigma of the suits was “driving the city’s actions related to BCYC instead of the actual facts.” Not all agreed with this view of the club. Over three hours into the meeting, by which point the crowd had become more agitated and prone to shouting over different speakers, Kim Gillespie, the only Black woman to speak that night, took the stand. Turning to face the crowd of nearly 100 people, she asked, “How many of you would want me to join your yacht club?” “Absolutely,” shouted one voice in the crowd. “Come on down,” echoed another. Council continued on page 7
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“It’s sorry that it had to come to this point when your back is against the wall to accept me,” Gillespie said, prompting a wave of protests from the crowd, which had to be quieted down before she could continue. “I’ve belonged to several fishing clubs in the Tampa Bay area. I’ve been fishing these waters for 35 years; I know the water. I walked into that yacht club four years ago. And I wasn’t treated very well. It’s public land; my tax dollars are on that land. Unless that land is opened up to the public...don’t hold anybody hostage to this city, to keep exclusivity in this city. It’s not right,” she said, leaving the meeting after speaking. Others discussed environmental concerns, like the planned renovations disrupting local bird sanctuaries or mangroves. Henderson and City Manager Jim O’Reilly assured that the redevelopment plans would leave both undisturbed. At one point, a series of volunteers and members of the local Sea Scouts, including a pair of teenagers, spoke about how the current plans would
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cause the “slow death” of the group. bers of the crowd began shouting Henderson later responded to these over and heckling various speakers, accusations specifically, claiming that including the mayor, who at one point he and other city members had acsaid, “I’ve let everybody speak for a tually met with long time and I’m going some of the Sea “Tonight I’m going to be to say what I’ve gotta Scout leaders right now. If you lying awake: What could say who had spoken wanna vote me out at the meeting, I have done? What could next time, more power and the city had I have said? … How many to you, that’s fine.” assured them people have been hurt? Councilmember April that they would criticized the How much division and Thanos work to accomcity’s plan, citing othmodate the anger exists now in my er parks in the area youth sailing dear, dear Gulfport?” that people can go to, group. that the new structure “We sat with the people that run would be built in a flood zone, and the that program and [they] made it seem costs of new construction and mainlike we were giving them the boot, tenance complicates things for the and had those two Scouts come up city while leaving the existing buildhere and made it seem like they were ings and clubs does not. losing the best thing they had going Councilmember Paul Ray also exfor them, and that was pretty crappy pressed concerns, saying that while to do,” Henderson said. At previous he supports the idea of making the meetings, the mayor has also statland publicly accessible, he doesn’t ed that the Sea Scouts would have a want to start tearing anything down home in Gulfport, no matter the outuntil more planning is done, more come of the redevelopment plan. meetings are held and the proper Around the three-hour mark, memfunds are secured. Ray made it clear Council continued on page 9
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Overheard at the April 6 Gulfport City Council Meeting “I had to come here to publicly acknowledge what [Joe Guenther] did for Gulfport Little League and youth baseball in Gulfport. I wanted to thank you, Mayor, and Mr. O’Reilly, you watched me grow into baseball, he used to be my coach when I was a young kid... and he had a hand in stirring my pot to get me where I needed to go… I just had to come back here publicly to thank all you guys in the City of Gulfport. The support that we get from the local businesses here is tremendous.” – Trevor Mallory, President of Gulfport Little League and former Toronto Blue Jays pitcher, accepting a $5,600 check from the recent St. Patrick’s Day fundraiser hosted by O’Maddy’s “Last year, the [LGBTQ Read Out Festival] was about 145 participants at the library; this year we did an entirely virtual event and we drew nearly 1,000 registrants who participated in the event across two and a half days...We are also particularly excited to tell you that our registrants were not just from the United States, or even from Florida, but came from 21 other countries, including Tanzania, Ukraine, Canada, India, Ireland, Belize, the UK, Australia, and more.” –Milton Wendland, as part of a presentation on the LGBTQ Resource Center’s recent “Read Out” Festival of Lesbian Literature “Currently our noise ordinance is set at 65 decibels between 7 a.m. and 11 p.m....the ordinance is meant
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to cover both residential and commercial. As far as I understand it, it does not adequately serve the restaurants and bars at 65 decibels. For example, a vacuum cleaner or hair dryer registers at 75 decibels. Normal conversation, ambient noise, in fact tonight, in this room, before the meeting began, was around 70 decibels.” – Kelly Wright, owner of the North End Tap House, requesting an increase in the noise ordinance so bands can play without violating it. “I have a request for the council as far as the Shore Boulevard building between Caddy’s and Salty’s with all the plywood up. There’s a lot of concern in this town about buildings and the way they look and how they’re built, and if we’re being gentrified or not. The plywood on those buildings looks like Asbury Park during the crack epidemic… Can we please do something? We have a ton of artists in this town that could paint those plywoods to make them look nice.” – Dawn Ingianni. Mayor Sam Henderson replied that since the building is privately owned the city is limited in what it can do. “I don’t know how many of y’all were here at the time when the Casino had a restaurant in it, Bahama Bill’s? I just wanted to let everybody know that does remember that great restaurant that Bahama Bill has passed away and there is a service coming up for him.” – Councilmember Christine Brown
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he would like to see more public input on the issue. Councilmember Christine Brown supported the plan, citing her desire to open the land to public use, but clarified that she wants the BCYC and Lions Club to remain on the site, but in a new, state-of-the-art building. Councilmember Michael Fridovich, who abstained from most of the discussion on the topic, eventually requested that they table the issue for later meetings, to give council time to do more research on the concerns people raised. “You want to do this twice?” Henderson joked, as the meeting approached hour four. After discussion, council agreed to rescind the 90-day eviction notice, and return to a later meeting with a new month-to-month lease agreement with BCYC, with the caveat that the lease only applies to the building itself, and that the city will still assert control over the land around the Municipal Marina and start making it more publicly accessible.
“You guys win,” the mayor said to council. “I’ll go with you.” Citizens Respond to Brown’s Comments While the majority of public comment at Tuesday’s meeting focused on the fate of the marina and BCYC, a half dozen people condemned Brown’s comments at the end of the March 16 city council meeting, where she accused her recent opponent, Mike Bauer, of paying a political website to write a widely circulated “hit piece,” as she called it, about her. She also accused Thanos of conspiring to remove her and other members from council. “Your tirade on the dais was inappropriate and sad. Your unsubstantiated pay-for-hire mudslinging conspiracy theory had no place during a city council meeting,” said Caron Schwartz, adding that Bauer has since stepped down from the citizen-run Gulfport Sustainability Committee since hearing the allegations. “I went back through some old vid-
eos and I noticed that even at the very first meeting that Ms. Thanos attended… I noticed that she was never welcomed by anybody,” resident Margarete Tober said. Several people also criticized the mayor for his role in enabling Brown’s comments about Thanos and Bauer. One citizen, Ken Simmons, simply approached the podium to say that Brown and the mayor should be “censured for their inappropriate comments and behavior at the last meeting” before returning to his seat. New Board Appointments and Council Rules Council voted in favor of a laundry list of appointments to local municipal boards where a member’s term was set to expire. Council appointed Joe Szemer, William Oetting and Kelly Wright to the Board of Adjustment until 2023. For the Planning and Zoning Board, council appointed Robert Craig and Jeri Reed until 2023, and Mary Hanrahan to finish Diane Griffith’s term Council continued on page 10
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Student of the Month: Bryce Springfield By Ryan McGahan
Bryce Springfield, a senior at Boca Ciega High School, was recently accepted into Princeton University with a full-ride scholarship. “When I initially saw the acceptance, I couldn’t believe it. I thought, ‘Surely this is a mistake,’” Springfield said. After spending most of his life in Austin, TX, Bryce moved to Florida in the summer of 2017, and wasted no time settling in. At Bogie he founded the Students for Economic Democracy, which runs voter registration drives and phone banking meetings to improve voter turnout, and became the captain of the Academic Team, “which is pretty much just a bunch of nerds competing to see who knows the most trivia between different schools,” as he puts it. Outside of school, Bryce has volunteered at homeless shelters, worked at the St. Pete Store and Visitor Center, visited Norway, and competed in his longtime hobby, speedcubing, where challengers race to solve Rubik’s cubes as fast as possible (Bryce averages at about 11 seconds). While he’s excited to go to his dream school, where he hopes to focus on social studies, he says he’s not ready to leave quite yet.
“I really love St. Pete and, you know, I haven’t even lived here most of my life, but I just feel really connected to this place more than the other places that I’ve been,” he said. Q: Is there anyone you’d like to thank for helping you along the way? A: My mom. Being a single mother, she’s been the only one who’s supported our household. We faced a lot of issues with poverty, unemployment, health care, under-coverage. We’ve moved between several metropolitan areas, even faced homelessness in certain times. So, you know, having that reward, as you know, I thought it was a really big relief, not only for me, but also for her...Also I couldn’t have done it without the help of excellent teachers... particularly my social studies teacher, Ms. Darbois, and my calculus teacher, Mr. Lynch. Q: If you had to give one piece of advice to a freshman, what would it be? A: One thing that I really wish that I had done is appreciate the friends that you have while you’re in high school because, you know, you’re never gonna have that same experience again, so you can really appreciate it... [Also] this year, I’m taking like, eight AP courses, which is really stressful for me, and I’m sure it would be for a lot of people. So…
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don’t stress yourself out too much with school because there’s more things to a good application, a good life in the future, and a good career, other than just how well you do in school. Q: If you were able to tell everyone who reads this one thing, what would it be? A: I would say, “Question everything; follow your interests.” That’s all.
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Karakoudas holds up a pelican-stamped glass jar of her local nectar. It takes about eight million flowers, 75,000 miles of foraging and 10,000 bees to fill the 16 oz jar. “Bees are considered livestock, and we try to keep our managed hives happy and healthy,” Karakoudas said. “But the hive has a mind of it’s own.” Some emigrate away in the hopes of finding another hive. The queen stops eating to gain mobility before she takes flight, and the hive follows. For the beekeeper, months of rehabilitation, honey collection and dodging stingers can disappear in hours. “Whatever money I make, I put it right back into the business, so that I can keep doing this,” Karakoudas said. “You can make $150 to $170 [selling] a box of honeybees, but I haven’t had to do that just yet.” Constant Calls The Pinellas Beekeepers Association offers a list of beekeepers skilled in relocating hives on people’s property, public land and businesses. Relocation, according to the PBA
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The Buzz on Bees A queen bee’s only job is to lay eggs. She can lay up to 2,500 a day. Worker bees, the females that forage for pollen outside the hive, live six to eight weeks. There are about 20,000 species of bee. The most common are honey bees, bumblebees and sweat bees. Only female bees can sting, but not all female bees can sting. Inside the hive, it’s completely dark. The queen bee is in darkness for most of her lifespan. If you have a hive in your yard, you may not need a removal, however you can find a list recommended beekeepers at pinellasbeekeepers.org/ need-bees-relocated.
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Without pollinators, the agriculture industry faces a quick collapse. Removal from city or public school property may be the best bet, but a backyard hive does not necessarily require a relocation. According to the University of Florida IFAS Extension, “The western honey bee is conceivably the most important pollinator in Florida and American agricultural landscapes.” Looking for a Home A hive looking for a healthy new spot to settle can have around 80,000 bees circling an area. If you don’t see them, you’ll definitely hear them. But, says Karakoudas, a bee swarm is not necessarily something to be afraid of. “They look really scary, swarming around, but without a permanent hive, they’re actually very docile,” Karakoudas said. One of her most recent rescues was a broken nest that fell out of a tree in Gulfport on Thursday, March 18. The hive is now buzzing in one of Karakoudas’ wooden hives – queenless, but still kicking. “I couldn’t find the queen,” Karakoudas said. “I collected the broken parts of the hive that were literally driven over by cars, and we’ll see what happens.” Karakoudas is the top beekeeper for the public school system in Pinellas County. She doesn’t charge
for the service, and the bees avoid death by vacuum. “This is my way of giving back,” Karakoudas said. “Sometimes I get calls from people that found my number somewhere, and I try to do those too. If I can’t, I’ll get in contact with someone who can.” In the last couple of years, she’s gained an assistant, Joshua Burdette, a South Carolinaian who works at Spiro’s and has an interest in sustainable farming. Wearing a French beret and suspenders under his bee suit, he helps Karakoudas with removals and managing the hives they care for. “I always wanted to do beekeeping,” Burdette said. “I was just about to head back to South Carolina when I was given this opportunity, and I needed it.” A Spot in the Woods Beekeepers in the county may have a few hives in their backyard – the legal limit is three – or they pay for a spot at the Pinellas Beekeepers Association’s communal hives. Karakoudas has come a long way from her early years of tending to other beekeepers’ allotments in the communal hives. She and Burdette received a patch of land for their own hives – hidden off-trail in an addressless location – in exchange for the cost-free relocations for schools. “This is kind of a big deal, because
it’s hard to find land in St. Petersburg nowadays,” Karakoudas said. “Life in the communal hives can be tough because there are literally hundreds of hives, and disease can happen just like in humans.” Games of Chess With a thickly gloved hand, Karakoudas points to a bee, a little bigger than the others that swarm around her hand. A huge body and tiny wings characterize the queen, and without her, the hive is unhealthy, lacking direction or drive. “I remember the exact moment I saw my first queen during a removal. It was like, ‘There she is,” Burdette said. “It was a weight lifted, ‘There she is.’ I still remember it.” Six years ago, before her hidden hive spot and public school connection, Karakoudas removed her first hive from her sister-in-law’s attic. Being a rookie, it took Karakoudas 12 hours in the rafters to locate the queen, and draw the remaining bees in with her pheromones, which have a smell similar to bananas. “At one point I was asking myself, ‘I’m a mother; should I be in this attic with 80,000 bees?’” Karakoudas said. “But it worked out; it’s always like a game of chess, and that hive became my hive.”
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A Hero’s Tribute
War Hero Memorialized in Gulfport’s Veterans Park By Abby Baker
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Steven J. Robin, a former North Korean war prisoner and Navy veteran, now has a permanent memorial in Veterans Park.
U.S. Navy Veteran Steven Jay Robin spent a year in a North Korean prison after his ship, the U.S.S. Pueblo, was seized by the North Korean Navy in 1968. Far away from war, Robin adopted Gulfport as his home. Robin passed in 2008, but on Saturday, April 10, he was memo-
rialized with a plaque in Veterans Park at 5350 31st Ave. S. “Steven had to muster up a special type of courage,” said Gulfport Mayor Sam Henderson. “The experience of being taken prisoner is beyond my capability to understand.” The idea to honor Robin in Veter-
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crime Guns and Drugs Seized in Arrests at St. Pete House Since December of 2020, St. Petersburg Police received 221 calls for service or complaints about a house at 900 40th St. S. According to police, detectives have also noted “a great deal of traffic in and out of the house with numerous guns in plain view.” On Thursday, April 9 at 12:30 p.m., officers entered the property with a search warrant for weapons. They confiscated six guns (two of which were confirmed stolen), 48.8 grams of heroin (considered a “trafficking amount”), 18 grams of cocaine, 2.6 pounds of marijuana, oxycodone and more than $10,000 in cash. Officers arrested Donte Williams, 25, for trafficking in heroin, possession of controlled substances (cocaine and crack cocaine), fleeing and eluding, DWLSR habitual offender (Driving While License
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arts More than a Market
Students with Disabilities Bring Art to the People Every first Friday of the month, Creative Clay’s transition students set up an art market in their outdoor courtyard at 1846 1st Ave. S. Creative Clay founder Kim Dohrman affectionately calls the space a “glorified parking lot,” but to the eight students in the art program, the First Friday Art Market is something to work for. “We may not have a huge amount of people, but the people that come to the art market are amazing, and they know that 50 percent of the proceeds are going to the artist,” Dohrman said. “It makes the students interact more and socialize because they see their peers receiving checks.” The remaining funds from the art go to programming costs, according to Dohrman. Creative Clay has been around since 2007 and the teaching program is currently funded through a partnership with Pinellas County Schools. The outdoor First Friday Art Market popped up in the midst of 2020, and the concept quickly stuck. In the Classroom “I paint what I feel and I always feel black and white,” said student James Beck as he works on Mother’s Day cards a week before the art market.
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Corey Broxton, 22, and his interpretation of the Gulfport Casino. “My artistic style is just about everything,” Broxton said.
Colorful portraits, still life and abstract shapes created with thick lines cover the walls; Nala the therapy dog sleeps under a sculpture of a goat. “It’s not just about the art really, it’s about the life skills,” said primary Pinellas County Exceptional Student Education (ESE) teacher Amanda Drewes. “Some of our students are completely nonverbal and art is their way of communicating.” Drewes works alongside her fellow instructor and artist Andrea Jones,
who’s been with the center since August of 2020. “It always amazes me to see how creative they are,” Jones said. The transition students are all between the ages of 18 and 22, and have some form of intellectual or developmental disability, but that doesn’t stop them from creating five days a week in the classroom. “This place is different from anything I’ve ever experienced,” Drewes said. “We’re teaching these students to follow their passions and learn life skills, and we just have a great vibe going.” The market features live music by resident performer Emily Turnag and eats from Baja’s Southern Cooking food truck. The excitement is not lost on three-year student Corey Broxton, 22, who sometimes performs and dances with Turnag. “I create new worlds and places to be,” Broxton said. Learn more or find the next market at facebook.com/creativeclaystpete.
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What We’re Reading By Lynn Taylor
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Brit Chism Book: “The Sheltering Sky” by Paul Bowles What it’s about: Paul Bowles is a giant of U.S. literature. His book “The Sheltering Sky” is a planet in my literary universe. It captures the alienation and disillusionment of two young Americans traveling around North Africa after WWII. I read it again every couple of years to remind myself what a really good storyteller sounds like.
Ian O’Hara Book: “Ten Caesars” by Barry Strauss What it’s about: In the Imperial Roman Era, women, wives, mothers and mistresses held incredible power, politically and culturally. In 350 years, we have learned many philosophies of honor, rule and law.
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“What We’re Reading” is a column about readers in the community and the books they love, in their own words. This month we asked three readers around Gulfport about their current reads.
Stone Handy Book: “Peace Is Every Step” by Thich Nhat Hahn. What it’s about: Hahn is as prominent in the teachings of Buddhist principles as the Dalai Lama himself. “Peace Is Every Step” presents, in easy lessons/stories, how to live a peaceful life, through mindful breathing and mindful action. If you are washing dishes, be present. I have been studying his words for decades. The book is my handbook for navigating this twisted stream of life we are in today.
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Sixteen artists, 10 chairs and six glass windows generated more than $8,000 for the Gulfport Senior Center Foundation at the Best Seat in the House: A CHAIR-ity Auction, with a View. “We’re very happy with what a great turnout it was,” said Amy Oatley, office manager at the Gulfport
Senior Center Foundation. Not skipping a beat since last year’s event was postponed twice due to pandemic concerns, the second annual art auction took place on Saturday, March 20 at the Tiki Bar & Grille and raised over $1,000 more than the first year, in 2019. “We’re thrilled at the outcome,”
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things to do Book Talk, Pet Walk & IndieFaire By Abby Baker
Find links for these events — and many other things to do — online at thegabber.com/events. Thursday, April 15 Gab About Books Join the Gabber and Tombolo Books for our book club. The second Wednesday of every month discuss a book by a Florida author, or set in Florida. This month it’s “Mules and Men” by anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston. The book club is currently virtual. To RSVP and get a Zoom link, email bookclubs@tombolobooks. com. 7 p.m. Rain Garden 101 When it rains, it pours. Tampa Bay and surrounding areas can average 50 to 60 inches of rain annually – why not use it? Expert Doris Heitzmann will explore money-wise approaches for preventing runoff, reducing water pollution and harvesting rainwater with a rain garden. jprieto@pinellascounty.org 6-7 pm. Online Poetry Jam Eckerd College is the place to be during National Poetry Month, at least online on Thursday nights. Discover local, and no-so-local writers and poets to get the breakdown on their musings. Queer, Black author Danez Smith will dig into his award-winning work; Donika Kelly, author of “Aviarium” will do an interactive Q & A; other literary artists will dive into the written, and spoken, word. Email wolfekc@eckerd.edu for details. eckerd.edu 7 p.m.
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Gulfport Casino Dinghy Dock Closed Gulfport Marina Director Denis Frain announced the Gulfport Casino floating dinghy dock temporarily closed for repairs Tuesday, April 13 until further notice. The city will tow any unauthorized boats at the Casino dock to a safe location. All boaters are able to dock at the Gulfport Marina for a fee. For more, contact the Gulfport Municipal Marina at 727-893-1071 or visit mygulfport. us/marina.
Community Band Needs Direction The New Horizons Band of Gulfport is looking for a music director for its beginning and intermediate concert bands. The New Horizons mission is to give adults at any skill level the opportunity to play music with others. The ideal candidate will have experience conducting in an educational setting, such as a high school, and have some familiarity with appropriate repertoire. Submit resumes to pub.nhbgulfport@gmail.com. More at newhorizonsmusic.org.
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AC ELECTRIC 727-345-3108 Over 30 years experience. Residential & commercial. New or remodel work, service upgrades, lightning arrestors. Fans and lighting installed. State License #ER0007653.
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Home Improvement
MJC MILLWORKS & CABINETRY, INC
Michael J. Chavez, owner and founder of MJC Millworks & Cabinetry, has been involved in the industry for 30+ years, specializing in Custom Cabinetry, Architectural Millwork, Built-Ins, and Custom Closets. Visit Us @ WWW.MJCMILLWORK.COM...Showroom in St. Pete, or Phone 727-623-9981
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Hi my name is Jim Richardson. I have been an installer for JCPenney for over 25 years. I can install and repair Blinds, Drapes, Shades and Shutters. Licensed Insured -727-504-5909 SHOP LOCAL. COASTAL DISCOUNT FLOORING Visit our warehouse in Gulfport! Just had a truckload of SPC (luxury vinyl plank) arrive in Gulfport to server our local community. Many colors and prices to meet all budgets. Residential and commercial. Available for pick up. 727-501-5886. Lawn / Landscape TREE PRUNING & DEBRIS CLEANUP Serving South St. Petersburg • Free Estimates • 727-308-8650
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Rich Moseley, Irrigation Contractor. 25 Years Experience. Reasonable Rates. Well & Pumps. 727-439-0792. Lic.#C8312. BBB Accredited. Miscellaneous Service THE TRASH QUEEN Overwhelmed with the mess? Clean up/clean out, inside and out, recycling and organizing, and we do mulching and weeding! Free estimate from Kathy, Trashologist, licensed/insured, with truck/ trailer. Call/text 845-866-3867. Responsible, reasonable, and ready! Moving / Hauling CHARLES JUNK HAULING & DEMOLITION Junk & Trash Removal. Low, Low Prices Guaranteed, Daily Specials. Kitchen, Bath, Shed, Fencing, etc. Demolition. 727-831-0507. Painting
EXTERIOR PAINTING BY MASTERGUARD PAINTING
30 Years Painting in Pinellas County. Sherwin Williams Products used with a lifetime guarantee. Licensed and insured. Discounts for Seniors, Veterans and First Responders MASTERGUARD PAINTING LLC. Call Steve at 727-424-4303
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Planting • Trimming Tree & Stump Removal Cabling/Bracing • Pruning/Shaping
PINNIX PAINTING Interior, Exterior. In Business Locally Since 1980. Free Estimates. Commercial, Residential. References Upon Request. Lic. #C4334. 727-641-1888.
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Plumbing
PROFLO PLUMBING 727-902-7077
#CFC1430429 State certified, residential/ commercial service. Senior and military discount. $25 off service with ad. Locally owned and operated. BEACH CONST & PLUMBING SERVICES #CFC1428945 Senior Discounts, $25 with ad. All Plumbing Needs. No Overtime Charges. 40+ yrs. Experience. 727-4214903.
THREE WINDOW UNIT ACS FOR SALE In good condition-one is practically brand new. One unit 8000 BTUs, the other two 5000 BTUs. Ice cold air. All three for $200. Summer is right around the corner! Call Ron at 727276-6709. Help Wanted P/T RETAIL SALES Jene’s Tropicals seeking individuals with horticultural knowledge. Retail sales a plus. Apply at 6831 Central Avenue, St. Petersburg.
JUNIOR COUNSELOR - City of Gulfport. Summer seasonal part-time positions available for Gulfport resident’s ages 15-17 years old from June 14 th thru July 30th. Experience working with children preferred. Entry $8.56/hr. Level II Background check and drug screening will be conducted. Applications are being accepted from 3/15/21 thru 3/31/21 at Gulfport Recreation Center, 5730 Shore Blvd. S. or City Hall, 2401 - 53rd St. S., E.O.E.
COMPANION WANTED FOR DRIVING AND ERRANDS. $20/HR
Grocery/pharmacy/shopping. Light cleaning and chores. Live w/in 20 mins. Background check/References. Prefer Fully vaccinated Against COVID-19. Call Nora at 727-515-0576. RECREATION LEADER - City of Gulfport. Summer seasonal full-time positions available from June 14 th thru July 30 th . Education/experience preferred in education, physical education or child care. Knowledge of recreational activities including games, arts & crafts and sports. Minimum qualifications include high school diploma or equivalency. Entry $12.702/hr. Level II Background check, drug screening and physical will be conducted. Applications accepted from 3/15/21 thru 3/31/21 at Gulfport Recreation Center, 5730 Shore Blvd. S. or City Hall, 2401 - 53rd St. S., E.O.E. General GULFPORT LIONS CLUB Available for parties, weddings, meetings. Great waterfront location with full facilities. Call Jean for info and dates. 727366-6341. I WILL SELL YOUR STUFF FOR YOU Make room in your home and make cash. Contact John E for details. Seaghost15@yahoo.com 727-565-7228.
Business Opportunity – For Sale BRAND NEW GE AIR CONDITIONER Still in box. 8000 BTUs. $300. Call 727-525-3439.
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727-321-6965 Marine 11’X30’ COMMERCIAL QUALITY FLOATING DOCK “LIKE NEW” Custom-made by Marinetek w/ composite decking, stainless steel screws/nuts/bolts, aluminum deck framing. Cement closed-cell foam floats. Retails for $16,000-$25,000. $7,000 takes it! Located in Gulfport FL (PYCC) Contact: Captain Colby Biondo 727-776-3778.
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Real Estate for Sale
10161 49TH ST. N. 10161 49th St. N., Pinellas Park, Unit #4 The Mainlands Garage Sales – Multi-family sales Sat. 4/17 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Golf clubs, antiques, clothing, and other household goods.
3/2 GULFPORT MARINA HOME FOR SALE
COMMUNITY YARD SALE The St. Pete Beach Parks & Recreation Dept. is hosting an outdoor community yard sale in the parking lot of the community center.
When: April 17th Time: 8:00am-12:00pm
6025 SHORE BLVD. S. TOTALLY UPDATED $259,900 CALL for DETAILS
Bill & DeAnn Meredith
FOR RENT OFFICE/STUDIO Commercial space on Gulfport Blvd. Approx. 400 sq ft. Two Rooms: includes utilities, parking, private access $700 mont. For info call 727-5922386.
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Juliana Jewell w/ Forever Florida Real Estate has a turn key 3 bdrm., 2 bath home for sale located at 2613 45th Street S in Gulfport. Call to see in person or receive a virtual tour. 305-766-4420 $379,900
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Location: St. Pete Beach Community Center parking lot Cost: Free to attend, $15 to sell
If you would like to be one of the only 50 spaces available to SELL at the event, please call 727-363-9245. No tables, chairs or tents provided. ALL SELLERS MUST BE CLEANED UP BY 1PM
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1432 53rd Street South This stunning updated vintage cottage will just steal your heart away! Located on a corner lot with no flood insurance required, this three bedrooms & one beautiful bath give you lots of options (third bedroom is currently used as a home office/den)! Glistening original hardwood floors, lots of cottage accents to delight you, updated kitchen, luxury barn doors, upgraded bathroom, NEW AC, NEW hot water heater, NEW ROOF, new screen room, laundry, private fenced backyard with gazebo, patio, and shed plus so much MORE! Come live the easy breezy salt life of Gulfport and discover how sweet life really can be. You must come experience this charmer for yourself!
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