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The Tampa Tribune

Published: November 9, 2007

The Pasco-Hernando Community College Veterans Club waved Old Glory on Thursday as other groups readied for a parade, memorial services, wreath placements, dinners, drinks, dances and other observances.

In Zephyrhills, the city will honor its veterans with a parade that winds through downtown on Saturday. It begins at 10 a.m. at 17th Street and Fifth Avenue and ends at Raymond B. Stewart Middle School, 38505 10th Ave.

At 11 a.m., veterans and spectators are invited to gather at Times Square on Fifth Avenue and Eighth Street for a ceremony featuring live music. The veteran and volunteer of the year will be honored.

Vendors will set up on Fifth Avenue in advance of the day's final festivities, Music & Motorcycles, which starts with registration for a full throttle, multiple class, ride-in bike show at 4 p.m. Judging begins at 6 p.m., with trophies and cash on the line.

Here are other Pasco events:

• Father Felix Ullrich Assembly 1565 of the Knights of Columbus will conduct a memorial service and wreath placement at 11 a.m. Sunday at the veterans memorial on the south side of Sims Park in downtown New Port Richey.

• American Legion Paradise Post 79 will host a Navy Junior ROTC unit and drill team, plus the Bag Pipes on Sunday at the post's New Port Richey home, 5329 Legion Place at Veterans Way. After an early bird dinner at 2 p.m., there will be music from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Dinner tickets are available in the post's lounge. Call (727) 842-8387.

• After an 11 a.m. ceremony, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10167, at 4619 Bartelt Road in Holiday, will have an indoor picnic at noon and a dinner dance at 4 p.m. Sunday. Donation is $7. Call (727) 938-5977.

• In Veterans Village, VFW Chester McKay Post 7987 will have a brief ceremony at 11 a.m. Sunday at the post home, 7445 Chester McKay Drive and Seven Springs Boulevard. Hamburgers, hot dogs and side dishes will be served afterward. A $3 donation is requested. Draft beer will cost 50 cents. Call (727) 376-3502.

• The Polish American Social Club of Pasco County, 7615 New Jersey Ave., Hudson, will have a "salute to veterans" dinner dance, to include an honor guard, at 12:45 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $11 for members, $12 for nonmembers.

• A ceremony at 1 p.m. Sunday at VFW Post 7845, 6315 Stone Road, Port Richey, will feature speeches by retired Congressman Mike Bilirakis and state Sen. Mike Fasano. Afterward, join a party with food, entertainment, beer and fountain drinks for $5. Call (727) 847-6277.

•AMVETS Post 16, 9638 State Road 52, Hudson will have a pig roast on Sunday, with country music by Roger Danes starting at noon. Call (727) 868-7391.

• The Polish American Pulaski Association will have dinner (1:30 p.m.) and dancing (3 p.m.) on Saturday at the clubhouse, 4616 Darlington Road, Holiday. Music is by Northern Sounds. Tickets are $11 for members, $13 for guests. Call (727) 785-6296 for reservations.

• Veterans will eat free from 4:30 to 9 p.m. Monday at Golden Corral on Gall Boulevard in Zephyrhills. (Family and friends have to pay.) Veterans using a cane, walker or scooter will be brought to the front of the line.

• Thursday's observance at PHCC's New Port Richey campus featured a talk by retired Army Col. Jack Plant, who teaches drafting and design at the college; River Ridge High School Junior Air Force ROTC and Ridgewood High School Junior Naval ROTC teams; music by Ridgewood band member Paulo Claudio, the PHCC Chamber Singers and PHCC student Darrin Seamster; and a reception at the Quista Cafe.

The Suncoast News contributed to this report.

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