ACROSS PASCO

ACROSS PASCO

COUNTYWIDE

Community associations are meeting topic

Members of Pasco County's community associations will hear several ideas on Sept. 9 on how to protect their communities' financial interests during the current economic hard times.

Community association expert Steve Mezer will offer suggestions during a meeting of the Pasco Alliance of Community Associations. The meeting, open to the public as well as PACA members, will begin at 7 p.m., Sept. 9 at Land O' Lakes Community Center, 5401 Land O' Lakes Blvd. (U.S. 41), three miles north of State Road 54.

Mezer is a lawyer with the Tampa firm of Buss|Ross. He has served as general counsel to hundreds of community associations and routinely handles matters involving real estate litigation, foreclosures, collection of assessments and deed restriction enforcement.

He will discuss the key legal issues facing community associations, the best ways to collect unpaid dues owed to community associations, property foreclosures and auctions and how tax certificate sales ensure that community development districts collect the fees landowners owe them.

For information on PACA, contact membership director David Quinones at (813) 991-1505 or www.MyPACA.org. To suggest topics or speakers for PACA meetings, contact program director Wayne Mooney at (352) 467-9808.

PHCC College Nights scheduled

Pasco-Hernando Community College will hold its annual College Night on Sept. 14 and 15 for prospective students in the Pasco County area. PHCC also will hold College Night at Nature Coast Technical High School in Brooksville on Sept. 16 for prospective students in the Hernando County area.

College Night brings together representatives from PHCC and many public and private colleges, universities, other educational institutions and the military. High school students, their parents and prospective students of all ages are invited. It is free and open to the public.

PHCC's two-night event will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Sept. 14 at the Dade City campus gymnasium, 36727 Blanton Road, and from 6 to 8 p.m. Sept. 15 at the New Port Richey campus gymnasium, 10230 Ridge Road. College Night at Nature Coast Technical High School in Brooksville will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Sept. 16.

For information, call 1-877-879-7422.

DADE CITY

Sidewalk repairs set for today

Precision Sidewalk Safety will repair sidewalks throughout Dade City beginning at 7:30 a.m. today. Work mainly will involve Seventh Street sidewalks.

The company will set up traffic cones around each repair.

There will be some noise but minimal disruption, and each repair takes less than 15 minutes, according to a written announcement from the Greater Dade City Chamber of Commerce.

A staff report