The surrogate
It begins with a woman who yearns for a baby and another who is willing and able to give her one. You can imagine the motives of the prospective parents. But what about the woman willing to carry a baby, give birth and then walk away?
Friday Night Rewind It doesn't matter which team you cheer for. We've got video previews of every high school football program in Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco and Hernando County.
Centennial Middle: Friday is the deadline to submit personal ads for the yearbook. Contact Lesli Platt at lplatt@pasco.k12.fl.us. Open house, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 11.
Cox Elementary: Open house, 5 p.m. Tuesday.
Lacoochee Elementary: Open House, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday. A dinner is 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. and includes hot dog, chips, cookie and a drink. $3.
Lake Myrtle Elementary: Open house, 5 to 6 p.m. Thursday for grades K-3; 6:15 to 7:15 p.m. Thursday for grades 4-5.
Moore Mickens Education Center: Open house, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Oakstead Elementary: Parent Curriculum Nights, 6:30 p.m. Thursday for intermediate fourth- and fifth-grade students. Open house, 6 p.m. Tuesday for primary, kindergarten and first grade; 7:30 p.m. Tuesday for transitional, second and third grade; 6:30 p.m. Sept. 11 for fourth and fifth grade.
Quail Hollow Elementary: Book fair, Monday through Sept. 12. Open House, 6 to 7 p.m. Sept. 11.
Sand Pine Elementary: Picture day is today.
West Zephyrhills Elementary: PTA Welcome Back Dance, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday (parents must accompany children). Open house and Title 1 meeting for parents and the community, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Sept. 11. PTA officers will be installed. There will be a book fair in the media center and information on after-school tutoring in the art room.
• Creation Station reuse center offers school employees and nonprofit groups up to 75 pounds of reusable items for school projects. Creation Station, 7227 Land O'Lakes Blvd., Building 51, Land O'Lakes, is open from 2 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday. Call (813) 794-2752.
• Volunteers are needed for the central Pasco area's annual Coastal and Waterways Cleanup 8 a.m. to noon Sept. 20. Volunteers must register in advance to reserve their areas. To register for the central Pasco location, call Betsy Crisp at (813) 996-7341, ext. 4288. For other county locations, call Jennifer Seney, Pasco County recycling coordinator, at (727) 847-8041.
• Florida KidCare is accepting applications from families with uninsured children under age 19. Children enrolled in the state-subsidized program receive regular doctor visits, immunizations, and routine vision and hearing screening at an average monthly premium of $15 to $20. Apply at www.floridakidcare.org. To request an application, call toll free, 1-888-540 5437.
Newsmakers
Quail Hollow Elementary PTO board members for 2008-09: president, Scott Brooks;vice president of fundraising, Becky Glime; vice president of membership, Natisha Hoff;secretary, Shelby Hook;treasurer, Meg Powers;teacher's liaisons, Zana Brooks and Brandy O'Dea;volunteer coordinator, Andrea Shank.
Submit your school news to Michele Miller, by fax: (727) 869-6233; e-mail: miller@sptimes.com or by standard mail, 11321 U.S. 19, Port Richey, FL 34668. Note: The deadline for timely submissions is one week before publication. The Florida State Fair is hosting Youth Agriculture Educational Seminars on Sept. 20 for youth interested in participating in livestock competitions at the 2009 fair. It will be held in the Charles M. Davis Special Events Center and is open to all youth planning to show animals in beef, dairy, sheep, dairy goat, Boer goat, swine, rabbit, poultry, dog, and llama competitions. Starting at 8 a.m., there will be a seminar geared for first-time exhibitors. At 10 a.m. begins the Species Specific Seminars for returning exhibitors. Contact the Fairgrounds Agribusiness department at (813) 621-7821, ext. 387 or 388.
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