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July 21, 2002
North of Tampa: July 21, 2002
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Determined to live
[Times photo: Mike Pease]
A triathlete and nutrition nut has outpaced the grim reaper for 20 years after a bleak prediction. |
Fuzzy redistricting makes for some confused voters
Final maps from the state Legislature are not yet released, meaning some residents have to guess which race to follow.
Zoning: Christian school eyes 36 acres off Bearss Ave.
LAKE MAGDALENE: A central Tampa private school has big plans for the property now occupied by Idlewild Baptist Church.
For local athletes, YMCA league is a ball
Wednesday and Thursday nights are special for 4-on-4 basketball players who come to the Tampa Palms and Nortdale YMCAs for a little competition and a little camaraderie.
4 swimming standouts make all-star team
CARROLLWOOD -- Swimming standouts Becky Bird, Grant Nelson, Meredith Lynch and Amy Mueller were named to the the Florida Swimming All-Star Team on Monday. The four, who compete with the Carrollwood Swim team, will represent the state July 30 through Aug. 3 at the USA Swimming Southern Zone Championships in San Antonio, Texas.
PETCO is coming, Fido
The San Diego chain will open a Carrollwood store in September and a New Tampa store in October.
Open & Shut
LUTZ: Great Clips for hair has opened as the first tenant joining the new Publix at Lutz Lake Crossing off N Dale Mabry Highway.
Meet your neighbor: Climb every mountain ...
Every major peak in Colorado and New Hampshire, that is. Verizon systems analyst Gary Stearns has ascended about 200 mountains, 102 of them in those two states.
Pasco seeks tennis stadium builder
Companies have until Aug. 13 to submit their proposals for a 5,000- to 8,000-seat open-air tennis arena.
Use of land is legal, nursery tells judge
A Tarpon Springs Road neighbor says the nursery is operating a landscaping business in an agricultural zone.
More disabled kids join Y fun
The Bob Sierra YMCA gives children with mental and physical limits something to look forward to.
Chamber searches for director, home
WESLEY CHAPEL -- Trying to burnish its boom town credentials, the Greater Wesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce is searching not just for its first ever executive director, but a headquarters to call its own.
Notebook
Pittsburgh Donna changes colors for a day
Week in Review
K-BAR DEAL PROGRESSES: To join the city of Tampa, owners of the K-Bar Ranch must build four new roads, including an east-west road through the middle of their New Tampa property, city transportation officials said Thursday.
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