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Saint Leo Students Fast To Learn About Hunger

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: November 24, 2008

ST. LEO - Hoping to understand others' suffering, a group of Saint Leo University students and teachers went 24 hours without food to raise awareness of hunger in Haiti.

The fast was a project by the university's Haitian Education Project, which helps support the Marie Pont du Ciel Orphanage in Cap Haitian. HEP members raised about $100 in donations. They asked students to donate $5 - enough to feed a single orphan for a week, they said.

"What we're doing, fasting for 24 hours, is to learn what hunger feels like," said Rose Woodward, wife of theology professor Randall Woodard. "We become better people ourselves by doing that."

Kevin Wiatrowski

Public Workshop To Discuss Gall Boulevard Conversion

ZEPHYRHILLS - A public information workshop is set for 5 to 7 p.m. Dec. 1 to answer questions and hear concerns about the Florida Department of Transportation's plans to convert U.S. 301 in Zephyrhills to a pair of one-way streets.

The $70 million project, scheduled for construction in 2015, would convert a 1.8-mile stretch of Gall Boulevard, also known as U.S. 301, into a one-way street for northbound traffic. Southbound traffic would be diverted to Sixth Street, which is already one way.

The DOT held public hearings in 2001 when the project was in its early design phase. The workshop will give the public and business owners another chance to comment, but it is too late to change the design. The Federal Highway Administration has signed off on the project.

The workshop will be at the Alice Hall Community Center, 38116 Fifth Ave.

Laura Kinsler

Road Work Shifts Parking For Suncoast Trail

LUTZ - People who enter the Suncoast Trail at Lutz-Lake Fern Road will have to park in a temporary lot west of the trail during construction on the new interchange for the Suncoast Parkway.

The temporary lot will have 27 spaces, two of which are designated for disabled parking by permit. The lot will be open until the interchange is finished next summer.

The trailhead provides access at the southern terminus of the multi-use, 42-mile trail stretching from Hillsborough County to Hernando County. Hillsborough County maintains the trailhead as part of its trail system. The county plans to build a new trailhead with 120 parking spaces and amenities sometime in the future.

Mike Salinero

Elks Scholarships Available

BRANDON - The Elks National Foundation is accepting applications for scholarships of up to $60,000 for college-bound high school students.

High school seniors may apply for the foundation's Most Valuable Student scholarship, worth $4,000 to $60,000, and the Legacy award of $4,000 is open to seniors who are children or grandchildren of active Elks in good standing.

Applications for either scholarship must be picked up from and returned by Jan. 9 to the Elks lodge in the area where the student lives. To locate the nearest lodge, enter the applicant's ZIP code at www.elks.org.

Lodges may offer other awards for local youth, as well.

Barbara Routen

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