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The Tampa Tribune

Published: December 29, 2008

TAMPA - When the mind-bending trips to the mall and the pressure cooker of holiday entertaining are over and the family budget has run dry, operators of Cracker Country at the Florida State Fairgrounds invite Tampa-area residents and visitors to take a tranquil stroll back in time.

"Discover the Past" will be offered from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, featuring the sights, sounds, smells and tastes of Florida in 1898. Guests can relive rural Florida history in hands-on experiences, including spinning and weaving, butter-churning, toys and games, and creating corn husk dolls and cane syrup.
General admission is $6. Ages 6 to 12 and seniors enter for $5. Children 5 and younger are admitted free.

Parking is free when visitors enter the fairgrounds at the Orient Road entrance. Reservations are not required. For information, visit www.cracker country.org or call (813) 627-4225 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays.

A staff report

Temple Terrace Takes Stand Against Landfill

TEMPLE TERRACE - The city plans to follow suit with neighboring government officials and community groups opposed to a landfill planned south of Dade City.
City council members unanimously approved a resolution Dec. 16 instructing City Manager Kim Leinbach to draft a letter to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and the Hillsborough County legislative delegation.

The letter's purpose is to take a formal stand against the possibility the DEP may permit a 90-acre household garbage landfill proposed by Largo-based Angelo's Aggregate Materials.

Along with the governments of Dade City and Zephyrhills and other groups including the Dade City Chamber of Commerce and the Pasco County Legislative Party, Temple Terrace officials fear the project would pollute the nearby Green Swamp, a source of the Hillsborough River, which is a major supplier of the area's drinking water.

The DEP will announce its decision Jan. 12.

Joyce McKenzie

Good Designs Can Win Planning Awards

Entries are being accepted for the Hillsborough County Planning Commission's 27th annual Community Design Awards.

The program recognizes excellence in planning, landscape architecture, environmental sensitivity, and architectural design in building and development projects. The aim is to call attention to well-planned projects so they might serve as models for the future.

Categories include affordable housing; residential projects; urban infill or adaptive reuse; historic preservation and restoration; commercial, institutional, public or quasi-public projects; environmental; master planning and urban design; public participation projects; and "green" projects.

The deadline for entries is 4:30 p.m. Feb. 18. They should be delivered to the planning commission on the 18th floor of the County Center, 601 E. Kennedy Blvd., Tampa.

The winners will be announced April 16 at the Community Design Awards Program, held in conjunction with the commission's 50th anniversary celebration, at the Tampa Convention Center.

The call for entries can be downloaded at www.theplanningcommission .org.

Mike Salinero

Presentation Covers Period Clothing

If you have an interest in your ancestry during the 17th century, this group's for you.

The John Donaldson Jr. Chapter of the Daughters of the American Colonists will meet at 11 a.m. Jan. 6 at Perkins Restaurant, 612 N. Dale Mabry Highway.

Jacqueline Easter, a designer for theater, opera and movies, will speak about "Period Clothing: What Was Working in 1600s." The presentation will describe why Pilgrims dressed as they did - because of social and political aspects of their persecution.

Reservations must be made by Friday. Call (813) 839-2337.

Lenora Lake

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