Decorate with a bit of rail history

By ANGELA MILLER

© St. Petersburg Times, published December 24, 2000

The Dade City Garden Club's seventh annual historical ornament is now for sale. This year's limited edition ornament features the steam engine at the Florida Pioneer Museum.

The ornament is $13, enclosed in a gift box with a card attached about the history of the most prominent feature of the Pioneer Florida Museum, the 1913 H.K. Porter 30-ton steam engine, which was donated to the museum by Cummer Sons Cypress Company in 1961. For nearly half a century it was used to haul logs to the company sawmill in Lacoochee. The No. 3 steam engine and coal car are displayed at the museum hooked to a railroad car carrying three huge cypress logs estimated to be about 500 years old.

The ornament can be purchased at the Greater Dade City Chamber of Commerce or from a Garden Club member. Proceeds are used toward the club's civic projects.

For information, call Susan Peterson at (352) 567-9771, or Pat Carver at (352) 567-3844.

Citizens for Sanity to meet Jan. 3

Citizens for Sanity will meet at 7 p.m. Jan. 3 in the Pasco Professional Center, 4111 Land O'Lakes Blvd. Citizens for Sanity is a non-profit group comprised of people whose common purpose is to improve the quality of life and government throughout Pasco County. For information, call (813) 996-5575.

Arts Center plans February concert

The Heritage Arts Center's concert will be held Feb. 3 at the Dade City Women's Club. Coffee and an art showing begins at 7 p.m. followed by the concert at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased from board members or at the Dade City Women's Club.

- Send items for the East Pasco column to the Pasco Times, 37837 Meridian Ave., Dade City, FL 33525 or fax them to (352) 521-0290. Please submit items at least 10 days before the event. If you have questions, call Angela Miller in Dade City at (352) 521-5757, ext. 29 or (800) 333-7505, ext. 6108, then 29.

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