The Laker/Lutz News

Serving Pasco since 1981/Serving Lutz since 1964

Mary Rathman

06/25/2016 – Comic book workshops

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The Hugh Embry Library, 14215 Fourth St., in Dade City, will offer teen comic book workshops every Saturday through Aug. 20, for grades eight to 12. The next workshop is June 25 at 1 p.m. Published comics author Alan McMillian will guide participants through a comic book planning, stories, art and more. For information, call (352) 567-3576.

06/24/2016 – Local AARP chapter

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Land O’ Lakes AARP Chapter 4764 will meet on June 24 at 10:30 a.m., at the Land O’ Lakes Community Center, 5401 Land O’ Lakes Blvd. Representatives from Walgreens will speak on available store discounts and pharmacy issues. Dues for the chapter is $10. For information, email .

06/23/2016 – Summer reading club

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The Hugh Embry Library, 14215 Fourth St., in Dade City, offers a Summer Reading Club for kindergarten through third grade every Thursday morning. The theme for the club meeting on June 23 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., will be movie monsters. Participants can have fun with stories and crafts, and earn a different badge every week. For information, call (352) 567-3576.

06/23/2016 – Make a bracelet

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The Land O’ Lakes Library, 2818 Collier Parkway, will host a jewelry-making event, for ages 9 and older, on June 23 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Participants can make a multi-strand bracelet. A signed liability waiver and registration are required. For information, call (813) 929-1214.

06/23/2016 – Preteen summer club

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The Hugh Embry Library, 14215 Fourth St., in Dade City, will host a preteen summer club “Subs & Reverse Charades” on June 23 from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m., for grades four to seven. Participants can eat sub sandwiches, play reverse charades, and sign up for the Summer Reading Club challenge. For information, call (352) 567-3576.

06/23/2016 – Kids crafts & games

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The New River Library, 34043 State Road 54 in Zephyrhills, will host “Lights, Camera, Action!” on June 23 at 2 p.m., for kindergarten to third grade. There will be summer stories, crafts and games. For information, call (813) 788-6375.

06/23/2016 – Make beaded jewelry

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The New River Library, 34043 State Road 54 in Zephyrhills, will offer a beaded jewelry class, for grades four and above, on June 23 at 4 p.m. For information, call (813) 788-6375.

Marine Forever group

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The Marine Forever veterans group meets every Monday evening at 6 p.m., at Beef O’ Brady’s, in the Village Lakes Shopping Center off State Road 54 in Land O’ Lakes. All active duty, reserve and honorably discharged Marines and veterans of other services, and their spouses, can attend. At 6:30 p.m., there is a meet-and-greet, and food orders are taken. At 7 p.m., there is a flag ceremony, followed by a mess call at 7:10 p.m. For information, visit Marine4Ever.com.

06/29/2016 – Pasco community job fair

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Pasco County Schools is partnering with county agencies and the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office to host a job fair on June 29 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., in the Land O’ Lakes High School gymnasium.

Representatives from the school district and several schools, Pasco Sheriff’s Office, and Pasco County government: clerk of court, emergency services (911), property appraiser, supervisor of elections and tax collector will be available to talk to job applicants.

Participating employers are seeking applicants for the following positions:

911 dispatcher, accounting/finance, bus drivers/assistants, clerical/administrative support, food services, information services, instructional/childcare, law enforcement/corrections, and maintenance/skilled trades.

For information, visit the district’s website at PascoSchools.org, and click on the link in the Job Fair banner at the top of the page.

Land O’ Lakes High School is at 20325 Gator Lane in Land O’ Lakes.

Chalk Talk 06/15/2016

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(Courtesy of Garden Montessori School)
(Courtesy of Garden Montessori School)

Up close and personal with a cheetah
Students and staff at Garden Montessori School got a close-up view of Tende (in the background), a 1 ½-year-old cheetah from Busch Gardens, when the animal visited their school in Wesley Chapel. The kindergarteners partnered with Busch Gardens to help raise money toward the Cheetah Conservation created by SeaWorld Inc. As part of the children’s yearlong ‘Peace Project,’ the students visited Busch Gardens to learn about the cheetah’s plight of becoming extinct, followed by a car wash to raise money for the cause. Kindergarten graduates Myla Garry, Rafael ‘Billito’ Robertson-Brown, Caitlyn Sorrentino, Naveed Fallah, Sophia Tarokh, Sophie Devolder, Sarina Choudhry, Jose Daniel Cuevas-Gonzalez and Naisha Shah presented a check for $500 to Cara Treadway.

Summer food program
Hillsborough County will participate in a Summer Food Service Program to provide free, nutritious lunches and afternoon snacks to children at more than 50 sites throughout the county from June 13 through Aug. 3. The sites are in areas where 50 percent or more of the children qualify for free or reduced priced meals during the school year.

The program will provide a balanced meal during summer vacation when school meals are not available. The meals and snacks will be offered at local parks and other community locations to all children ages 18 and younger in the area.

Applications and summer camp registration are not required.

A list of approved sites can be found under the Summer Food Program link at HillsboroughCounty.org/summerfood.

Summer career camps
Pasco-Hernando State College will offer academic career-themed summer camps for middle school aged students (those entering sixth, seventh and eighth grades). The sessions will provide an opportunity for students to explore popular career programs offered at PHSC. Each camp will run for four half-days, Monday through Thursday.

  • Nature/Environmental Studies: June 27 to June 30 from 9 a.m. to noon, at North Campus in Brooksville
  • EMS First Aid and Safety: June 27 to June 30 from 9 a.m. to noon, at West Campus in New Port Richey
  • Survival: July 18 to July 21 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at East Campus in Dade City
  • Photography: July 18 to July 21 from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., at Porter Campus at Wiregrass Ranch in Wesley Chapel
  • Engineering/Advance Manufacturing: July 18 to July 21 from 9 a.m. to noon at West Campus in New Port Richey
  • Health: July 18 to July 21 from 9 a.m. to noon, at Porter Campus at Wiregrass Ranch in Wesley Chapel
  • Digital Photography: July 25 to July 28 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at West Campus in New Port Richey
  • Aviation: July 25 to July 28 from1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., at East Campus in Dade City
  • Fire Science: July 25 to July 28 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at East Campus in Dade City

For more information and camp fees, call (727) 816-3257, or visit PHSC.edu/summercamp.

Fundraiser for scholarships
The volunteers of Medical Center of Trinity will host a fundraiser to raise money for scholarships on Aug. 11 at Spartan Manor, 6121 Massachusetts Ave., in New Port Richey.

There will be a fall fashion show sponsored by Stein Mart, a gift auction and dinner.

The cash bar will be open at 5:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 6:15 p.m., and the fashion show.

Tickets are $30 and go on sale July 1, and can be purchased from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., in the hospital’s cafeteria, 9330 State Road 54 in Trinity, by cash or check only.

The deadline to buy tickets is Aug. 5.

Character camp conference
The theme of the annual Character Camp Conference, hosted by the Florida Intentional Character Partnership and The University of Tampa, is “Linking Smart and Good.” The conference will take place on July 22 from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at the UT campus, 401 W. Kennedy Blvd., in the Vaughn Center.

The free conference is of special interest to teachers, school administrators, guidance counselors, paraprofessionals, school support staff, school bus drivers and stakeholders interested in the social, emotional and academic development of prekindergarten through grade 12 children.

Character Camp will feature national speakers with breakout sessions on digital citizenship, ethics in decision making, teaching social/emotional learning, and more.

The deadline for free registration is July 8 at Florida-ICP.com.