Public meets candidates at Little Harbor

About 60 people turned out to the Ruskin-SouthShore

Chamber of Commerce's Legislative Meet & Greet Oct. 12 to get up close and personal with politicians on the November ballot. Attending the gathering were county commission candidates Ken Hagan, Republican; Linda Saul-Sena, Democrat; John Dingfelder, Democrat; and Sandy Murman, Republican; Hillsborough County school board candidate Sally Harris; state House candidates Greg Steube, Republican; and Z.J. Hafeez, Democrat; and congressional candidate Randy Wilkinson, Tea Party, District 12. The event was sponsored by Mosaic, TECO and the Resort & Club at Little Harbor.

Moving day arrives

The Greater Riverview Chamber of Commerce moved Oct. 15 from its office at 10520 Riverview Drive to the Boardwalk Center off Gibsonton Drive. Its new address is 10011 Water Works Lane. The phone numbers remain the same. For information, call (813) 234-5944.

Hydro Harvest wants to say, 'boo'

John Lawson, owner of Hydro Harvest Farms is hosting his fifth annual Boo Fest from 12 to 3 p.m. Saturday, and your support is requested to help make it a success. Grab the kids, grandkids - even the neighborhood kids - and come on out to this free festival. Lawson will have plenty to occupy the youngsters, while you check out the farm: pumpkin painting, crafts, games, loads of prizes and hair painting. It will be a good, old-fashioned festival, he said. Hydro Harvest is at 1101 Shell Point Road E. in Ruskin. For information, visit www.hydroharvestfarms.com.

Pizza, anyone?

Sarducci's Pizzeria is now offering lunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Tuesday through Friday at 118 Flamingo Drive in Apollo Beach. Owners Vickie and Peter Lo Grande also have recently acquired the services of chef Daniello

Francesco.

The clock is ticking ...

There's still time to get a booth for your business at the Greater Riverview Chamber of Commerce's 2010 Trick or Treat Street event. Co-sponsors are the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office and Riverview High School.

The fun will take place from 4 to 9 p.m. Saturday.

Owners and employees of local businesses and organizations participate by dressing up, decorating their booths and distributing candy or small toys to children. Prize ribbons are awarded for booth design and decoration in several categories. Join these other area businesses that have already reserved their spaces: Chris's Plumbing Service; Mosaic; South Bay Hospital; Superior Residences of Brandon Memory Care; Tampa Bay Lightning; Hess Orthodontics; Riverview United Methodist Church; SouthShore

United Methodist Church; SportsClips;

and Valrico State Bank.

The purpose of the event is to create a safe place for children of all ages to have fun and share in the tradition of trick-or-treating. To promote your business and help the cause, call (813) 234-5944 before time runs out.

A broker with a heart

Century 21 Beggins

Enterprises offices in Apollo Beach and Sun City Center are serving as drop-off sites for Easter Seals' Biggest Baby Shower to stock two new teen parent centers opening in Hillsborough County schools, one of which is at the South County Career Center in Ruskin.

The goal is to provide child care services for the children of teen parents struggling to earn their high school diplomas. Toward that end, donations of new, baby and toddler clothes, supplies, toys, cash ... you name it. Since 1992 Beggins and its agents and staff have supported Easter Seals. Last year, the company raised $10,150 for Easter Seals.

Call Eileen Eletto

at (813) 645-8481 to lend a hand or visit www.fl.easterseals.com/biggestbabyshower.

Sa Vá Café and Cherry's turn 3

After moving to their new spot at 143 Harbor Village Lane in Apollo Beach, Sa Vá Café owners Sy

and Leah Momenzadeh

recently celebrated their third anniversary in business with members of the Apollo Beach Chamber of Commerce. Just north on U.S. 41, Jill Canavan's Cherry's Apollo Beach restaurant also celebrated three successful years in South Shore.

Some truly sad news

The South Shore Gallery, 447 Apollo Beach Blvd., Apollo Beach, permanently will close its doors on Oct. 30. Owners Melvin Sims, Beth Howard and Richard Chilcott

have succumbed to the pressures of the economy and can no longer keep it open. "We've enjoyed the relationships we've had with our customers and are very, very sad to have to make this decision," Howard said. "We are truly thankful for the friendships we made during the past six years.

"The gallery will live on, however, through the people who made a purchase from us."