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Activities To Celebrate Veterans Day

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: November 8, 2008

Several activities are planned to honor those who have served the country. Veterans Day is observed on Tuesday.

Events include:

•PARADE EN ROUTE: A Veterans Day parade, hosted by Main Street Zephyrhills Inc., starts at 2 p.m. today in downtown Zephyrhills. The parade will kick off activities for Music and Motorcycles, to be held from 2 to 9 p.m. along Fifth Avenue in downtown Zephyrhills.

The event will feature a 12-class bike show with trophies and cash prizes. The entry fee is $10. Registration will be from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Music, food and drinks will also be featured throughout the event. For information, call Main Street Zephyrhills, (813) 780-1414, or e-mail msz@verizon.net.

•TALENT SHOW: The Zephyrhills Historical Association will sponsor a talent show featuring patriotic music at 7 p.m. today at the American Legion Hall, 5340 Eighth St. Admission will be by donation. The talent show is being held to honor all veterans.

For information about the show, call Bill Kustes, ZHS talent show chairman, at (813) 782-6131.

•TABLE DANCE: The Dance Club of Betmar Acres will hold a Veterans Day-themed table dance at 7:30 p.m. today at Betmar Acres Clubhouse 2 on Lakewood Drive. Music will be by Hank Beranger. Betmar Acres is a mobile home community for persons 55 and older.

•FLAG CEREMONY: The Veterans Club at Pasco-Hernando Community College will hold a Veterans Day flag ceremony at 4:30 p.m. Monday.

The ceremony, which is open to the public, will be by the flagpole outside Building A on the college's New Port Richey campus at 10230 Ridge Road.

Kelvin Faison, a PHCC assistant professor of psychology, will be the guest speaker. The River Ridge High School Junior ROTC team will lower the flag.

•CEREMONY PLANNED: Veterans Day will be celebrated in Zephyrhills at 11 a.m. Tuesday with a ceremony coordinated by the Veterans' Council at the Veterans' Memorial Walkway in Zephyr Park on State Road 54 West.

•HONORING VETERANS AND FAMILIES: Saint Leo University welcomes veterans and their families from the university community and from neighboring cities and towns to attend the annual Veterans Day ceremony at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the main campus in Pasco County.

The observance will be held at the flagpole on the campus quadrangle, between Saint Edward Hall and Saint Francis Hall. This year's event carries added significance for Saint Leo. During 2008, the university has been celebrating its 35th anniversary of providing higher education to members of the armed services.

Guest speaker for the event is Army Lt. Col. James B. Butters, a military intelligence specialist and professor of military science and leadership at the University of South Florida in Tampa.

Faculty, staff, students and administrators, including Saint Leo University President Arthur F. Kirk Jr., will participate in the program. Doves will be released at the end of the ceremony.

No classes will be held at the main campus on Veterans Day, which also is the fall Community Service Day at Saint Leo. This allows students, faculty and staff to attend the ceremony and then, after a community lunch, volunteer their afternoons to assist one of a number of local nonprofit service organizations, such as East Pasco Habitat for Humanity, Catholic Charities, San Antonio Boys Village and others.

Volunteers from Saint Leo take on maintenance, cleaning and office work project at some nonprofit organizations, and visit with the elderly at other agencies.

•FREE CARWASH FOR VETERANS: Veterans will get a free car wash from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday at the Dade City Car Wash, 13010 U.S. 301. New owners Tim and Rosie Linville "wanted to honor those that have served us," Rosie Linville said. "My brother is in Iraq serving in the military, and my husband's family has served in the military."

For information, call (352) 567-9494.

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