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The Tampa Tribune

Published: November 17, 2008

ZEPHYRHILLS - A Taylor Elementary teacher who found inspiration in a 375 million-year-old fish can now add published science author to her list of credits.

Heather Hill wrote a science lesson that guides middle school students through an exploration of a fish fossil called Tiktaalik roseae. Her lesson has been published on a computer CD titled "Evolution in the Classroom" and produced by the Geological Society of America.

"This is brand-new for me," Hill said. "It's quite exciting."

The fossil, found by a team of scientists in 2004 in the Canadian Arctic, has been hailed as one of the missing links that marked the transition between some fish and four-legged land animals.

Hill, a 23-year-old in her first year of teaching, created her lesson plan - "Fossil Vertebrates from Water to Land" - as a geology class project when she was at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Mich.

The Geological Society of America decided to include Hill's lesson with other teacher resources on the CD after her college geology professor put in a good word for her.

Ronnie Blair

Tailgating To Help Kinship Center

TAMPA - The Florida Kinship Center at the University of South Florida is celebrating its 10th anniversary with its first tailgate party and pep rally benefit.

The Sunday event includes a tailgate buffet with cocktails and entertainment and tickets to the football game against the University of Connecticut. The fundraiser will be from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at the home of Sandy and Jim Murman and the game is at 8 p.m. at Raymond James Stadium.

The center assists families raising relatives' children and keeping them in a family instead of foster care.

Tickets are $100 each, with sponsorships ranging from $500 to $6,000. For information, call Carroll Gossage, (813) 974-4921.

Lenora Lake

Event To Help Orphaned Sisters

PLANT CITY - Friends and family of the late Heather Hatley Rimmer are planning a fundraiser to help the future of her two young daughters.

The girls, Paige, 12, and Jordyn, 7, were orphaned when their father, Larry C. "Clay" Rimmer, killed his 37-year old wife before he shot himself in what Polk County deputies say was a murder-suicide.

The Heather's Hope fundraiser will be from 6 to 11 p.m. Friday at Keel & Curley Winery, 5210 W. Thonotosassa Road. Tickets are $15 and the evening includes food, wine samples, live music and a silent auction.

For information, call (813) 737-4104 or e-mail mbscooterpie71@aol.com

George H. Newman

Park Ringing In The Holidays

TAMPA - Enjoy an old-fashioned hayride, a miniature holiday village and more during Holiday in the Park at Upper Tampa Bay Park this season.

Holiday in the Park, sponsored by the county parks department and Friends of the County Parks, features an old-fashioned hayride through a greeting card lane, animated outdoor light displays, a visit to the nature center and a stop at the miniature holiday village.

The event is free and runs from 6 to 9 p.m. Nov. 28-29 and Dec. 5-6, 12-13 and 19-20.

The park is off Hillsborough Avenue at 8001 Double Branch Road, Tampa.

Yvette C. Hammett

Attorney To Join Training Program

TAMPA - Former Tampa City Attorney David Smith has been chosen for the Florida Chamber of Commerce Leadership Florida Program.

Smith, now a shareholder in the Tampa office of the GrayRobinson law firm, will join 40 to 70 others from across the state to participate in the nine-month leadership training program.

Smith said he was honored to join the program.

"It will be exciting to form new relationships and learn new ways to possibly contribute to the progression of the state," he said.

Smith served as Tampa's city attorney from 2004 until July.

Mike Salinero

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