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The Tampa Tribune

Published: October 6, 2008

LAKELAND - Hot diggity dog! The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile is coming!

Lakeland residents will have three chances this month to check out the 27-foot tubular vehicle from the outside and inside. Its drivers pass out wiener whistles to celebrate the hot dog maker's 125th anniversary.

A Wienermobile of one vintage or another has been on the road since 1936.

Here's when and where to catch the fleet frankfurter as it tours Lakeland: Oct. 16, 3 to 6 p.m., Publix, 3636 Harden Blvd.; Oct. 17: 5 to 10:30 p.m. at the Mercedes-Benz Lake Mirror Classic Auto Festival., 121 S. Lake Ave.; and Oct. 18, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the car show downtown.

Jennifer Leigh

No Need To Panic, It's Going To Be Organic

TAMPA - Put down that Big Mac and fries.

Hillsborough County is starting an organic garden and officials want your thoughts.

The plan: Construct a nonprofit organic garden and education center where members can grow Earth-friendly produce to eat.

Instead of fertilizer, organizers plan to spread lessons in environmental responsibility.

Members will pay a seasonal fee and get a weekly share of the harvest - herbs, fruit, vegetables, greens and flowers. Any excess will be sold at a farmer's market.

VISTA Gardens - that's Village Institute for Sustainable Technologies and Agriculture - will be built on 3.3 acres of county land at 13572 S. Village Drive.

Talk about it at the Carrollwood Cultural Center Annex, 13345 Casey Road, Tampa, at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.

Yvette C.Hammett

Tampa's Mayor Can Add New Title

WEST SHORE - Pam Iorio already has the title of Tampa mayor. Now she also will be known as the Woman of the Year.

Iorio will be honored as such by the Downtown Business and Professional Women and the Westshore Midday Business and Professional Women.

The recognition will be part of the group's 16th annual Networking Night, set for 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at The Centre Club, 123 S. West Shore Blvd. The event features food, drinks and a chance to talk with businesswomen in numerous fields.

Tickets are $60. For information, call Bobbie Jean Williams at (813) 953-6832 or (813) 362-6748.

Lenora Lake

Pumpkin Time Rolls Into Plant City

PLANT CITY - It wouldn't seem like fall - or Halloween - in downtown Plant City without hundreds of bright orange pumpkins spread out on the lawn of First United Methodist Church.

The rite of autumn starts Thursday when the pumpkin patch returns to the church at 303 N. Evers St.

The shipment of more than 1,300 pumpkins is expected to arrive at 4:30 p.m. Church members, Boy Scouts, children and others will help unload the fall favorites.

The sale runs from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily until Oct. 31. Prices for the smallest pumpkins start at 25 cents and the biggest ones are about $15 to $18. Indian and strawberry corn, decorative corn stalks, gourds and squash will also be for sale at the church, across from City Hall.

Dave Nicholson

Sit Down In The Face Of Flu Season

NEW PORT RICHEY - You can buy beer, get french fries or purchase a cup of coffee without getting out of your car these days. Add flu shots to the list.

The Pasco County Health Department has targeted two dates - Oct. 16 and Oct. 20 - when drivers can get flu shots without even having to shut off their engines.

The drive-through flu shot events are from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 16 at St. Michael the Archangel Church, 8014 State Road 52, Hudson, and from 9 a.m. to noon Oct. 20 at Centennial Middle School, 38505 Centennial Road, Dade City.

People can pay the $25 drive-through flu shot fee with cash or by check.

Carl Orth

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