Close readers of The Pasco Tribune are well aware that This Space rarely flinches from wrestling with the hot-button issues of the day, from ill-spent tax dollars to land-use planning to offshore prospecting for oil and natural gas to restoring the Flapjack Festival, to name a mere handful. ...more

November 13, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - Organizers have dubbed Swamp Fest as "the new community festival." ...more

November 5, 2009

With only seven weeks to put together a three-day festival, organizers of the first-ever Swamp Fest weren't sure what to expect. When all was said and done, the Land O' Lakes High School Gators came away from the event already looking ahead to next year. ...more

March 11, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - It was late last fall, and officers of the absurdly productive club that promotes sports teams at Land O' Lakes High School had gathered around Principal Monica Ilse, their heads in their hands. ...more

February 27, 2009

Flapjacks won't flip as a midway rises above the Land O' Lakes skyline this week, but organizers of the first-ever Swamp Fest are banking that area residents won't mind. ...more

February 25, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - Dora Bean understood that not every student could be taught the same way. ...more

January 17, 2009

The annual Flapjack Festival moved east this year to the Pasco County Fairgrounds because of space constraints at its former location at the Land O' Lakes Community Center. The festival began in 1977 when a group of community clubs got together to put on an event that would provide fun, food and entertainment for the entire community, according to the Central Pasco Chamber of Commerce's Web site. The chamber now sponsors the event. ...more

November 1, 2008

Pancakes again take center stage this weekend as the annual Flapjack Festival kicks into full swing. ...more

November 1, 2008

With less than a week to go until the Flapjack Festival's grand opening in a new location, organizers at the Central Pasco Chamber of Commerce are busy finalizing details. ...more

October 26, 2008

With less than two weeks to go until the Flapjack Festival's grand opening in a new location, organizers at the Central Pasco Chamber of Commerce are busy finalizing details. ...more

October 22, 2008