Next month, Pasco County will be featured prominently on Germany’s second-largest television station, and it’s all thanks to the diverse — and pretty sizable — nudist community here.
A film crew spent a week in the area visiting places like Lake Como and Paradise Lakes, exploring the naked life outside of Europe. And it could mean a further European tourist boom to the county.
“This has been a niche kind of tourism for Pasco all these years,” retired firefighter and nudism activist Pam Oakes told reporter Michael Hinman. “There was an opportunity to reach out to Europe where there are 50 million naturists alone, and they speak English.”
The story of nudism was told from the perspective of German couple Peter and Luise Krause, and you can read all about what this trip could mean in this week’s print edition of The Laker. You can also read the online edition for free by clicking here.
As executive director of Farmworkers Self-Help Inc., and her own work as a community activist, Margarita Romo has spent years pushing to make in-state college tuition prices available for undocumented students. And with the single stroke of Gov. Rick Scott’s pen this past week, she finally achieved that goal, opening the door for higher education for more people who now call Florida home.
“We’re very happy that we got what we got,” Romo told reporter B.C. Manion. “It’s been a long time coming. You can pick enough orange to pay in-state tuition, but you cannot pick enough oranges to pay out-of-state tuition.”
You can read the full story in this week’s print edition of The Laker/Lutz News, or read our online print edition by clicking here.
Sam-I-Am may like green eggs and ham, but Blake High School freshman Cameron LeVine simply likes being green.
LeVine is taking on the roles of the Grinch and Yertle the Turtle in the upcoming New Tampa Players’ musical production of “Seussical.”
“I am so honored,” LeVine told reporter Michael Murillo. “The Grinch is my favorite out of the Dr. Seuss stories. I love how over the top mean he is, but not in a bad way.”
LeVine and his sister, who also is appearing in the play, hail from Lutz. They will join a cast of more than 30 people who will put this production on at CrossPointe Church of the Nazarene in Lutz beginning in August.
To read more about “Seussical” and LeVine’s role, check out this week’s print edition of the Lutz News. You also can read it free online by clicking here.
All of these stories and more can be found in this week’s The Laker/Lutz News, available in newsstands throughout east and central Pasco County as well as northern Hillsborough County. Find out what has your community talking this week by getting your local news straight from the only source you need.
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