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The Tampa Tribune

Published: March 7, 2009

BIKE MONTH: March is Florida Bike Month. There will be events throughout the month. For details, visit www.TampaBayCycle.com.

HEALTHY LIVING: The Pinellas County Health Department is celebrating Healthy Floridians Month in March. To learn how to get involved, call (727) 824-6900, ext. 11033, or visit www.pinellaswellness.com.

COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS: Bon Secours Place, 10401 Roosevelt Blvd, St. Petersburg, will present a program on The Importance of Knowing Your Community Pharmacist at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Reservations required; call (727) 563-8412.

SURVIVAL COOKING CLASSES: The Cancer Project will offer Cancer Prevention and Survival Cooking Classes from 10:30 a.m. to noon Thursdays for eight weeks, beginning Thursday at Anna Maria Island Community Center, 407 Magnolia St., Anna Maria. Cost is $5 per class for members, $10 for nonmembers. Call (941) 778-1908.

SPRING HEALTH SCREENINGS: South Florida Baptist Hospital, 301 N. Alexander St., Plant City, will offer free and low-cost health screenings as follows: Thursday: blood profiles, $20; free bone density screenings for women age 40 and older. Friday: free skin cancer screenings for ages 20 and older. March 14: prostate screenings for men at risk age 45 and older, and men age 50 and older, $20; vascular leg screenings for age 50 and older, $20; carotid Doppler ultrasound for men age 30-75 and women age 40-70, $20; CT heart score for ages 50 and older, $150; mammogram screenings (a doctor's note required for this), $45. Registration required for all screenings. Call (813) 754-4444.

MEMORY MOBILE: The Alzheimer's Association Florida Gulf Coast Chapter's Memory Mobile will be at Arden Courts Alzheimer's Assisted Living, 14950 Casey Road, Tampa, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday. Free memory screenings and information available. Appointments necessary for screenings. Call (813) 963-6100.

SQUIGGY CLASSIC: The fifth annual Squiggy Classic Fitness Festival will be held Friday through March 15 at Wilderness Park, 14302 Morris Bridge Road, Thonotosassa. Events include trail runs, mountain bike races and road cycling events, Entry fees vary per event. Call (813) 987-6211 or visit www.squiggyclassic.org for information.

TOUR DE VILLAGE RUN: The sixth annual Run Over the Greens at Tour de Village at Carrollwood Village Millennium Garden, West Village Drive, Tampa, will be held on March 14. The 5K run starts at 8:30 a.m. with 7 a.m. sign-in. Cost is $15 for adults and $10 for children ages 6-12, The 1-mile fun walk begins at 9:30 a.m. with sign-in at 8 a.m. Cost is $15 for adults, $10 for children ages 6-12. A portion of the proceeds benefits the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Entry forms available at www.carrollwoodvillage.com, or call (813) 842-7066 for locations to pick up forms.

RIBS FOR KIDS: The third annual St. Patrick's Day Ribs for Kids Barbecue to benefit Epilepsy Services Foundations will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 14 at Costco in Brandon. Cost is $20 for a slab of ribs. Orders also may be picked up at the Epilepsy Services Foundation in Tampa from 2 to 3 p.m. and the Suncoast Epilepsy Association office in St. Petersburg from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. To place an order, call (813) 870-3414, ext. 5, or send an e-mail to torth@epilepsy services.com.

Send your health events information to Vickie Beck at vbeck1@tampabay.rr.com. Information must be received two weeks before publication date.

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