Wesley Chapel Issue 08-13

NEIGHBORHOOD MAGAZINE!

Shen Yun Returns To Tampa Bay, WesleyChapel Residents Start Brewery, Full CirclePizza Offers Quality Family Dining & More

Neighborhood Nibbles & Biz Bytes!

Pages 25-56

Also Inside This Issue!NEWS, BUSINESS, SPORTS &

EDUCATION UPDATES Crash Closes I-75 Lanes For 12 Hours,Kinnan/Mansfield Talks Hit Roadblock,

Business Features On Insurance New Tampa,Kids R Kids Of Meadow Pointe & More!!

Pages 1-24

Despite Threatening Weather, Taste Of New TampaTM Rocks Primrose Park!

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By Bonnie Mason

Wesley Chapel residents soon will havea college to call their own. Pasco-HernandoCommunity College (PHCC) is nearingcompletion of its fifth full-service campus —the PHCC Porter Campus at WiregrassRanch, located on Mansfield Blvd. at S.R.56, adjacent to Wiregrass Ranch High. Al-though heavy rains saturated the site and ledto delays in construction, the work thatbegan in late 2011 is now moving forwardsmoothly and the multi-story urban-designcampus is on schedule to open for classes byJan. 2014.

A design committee comprised ofPHCC administrators, faculty, staff and stu-dents provided guidance to Florida Archi-tects, Inc., and Skanska USA Building, Inc.,the project designer and construction man-ager, respectively. The result is an overall de-sign unlike any of the other PHCCcampuses. The Porter Campus — named forthe Porter family, which donated the 60acres of land on which the campus is beingbuilt, and is the developer of the WiregrassRanch community — is being built with thefuture student in mind. It features a four–story classroom building linked by a plaza toa separate two-story library building and analso-separate administration building, all ofwhich are being built above a three-storyparking garage.

“We’re building this way because thePorters, when they donated the land, indi-cated that they really wanted this campus tohave that ‘urban feel’ because of the busi-nesses that are going to be coming in (to thearea) and the type of structures that we an-ticipate being around us,” Ken Burdzinski,PHCC’s vice president of administration andfinance said at a recent meeting of theGreater Wesley Chapel Chamber of Com-merce (WCCC) Economic DevelopmentCommittee at Amer. Consulting Engineers.

Programs For SuccessPrograms For SuccessIn addition to traditional general edu-

cation classes that prepare students for careerand university transfer opportunities oncethey earn their Associate degree, the PorterCampus reportedly will dedicate two floorssolely to health care programs, which willoffer the latest interactive teaching and sim-ulation technology available.

Beginning in August of 2014, PHCCalso will launch its first two Bachelor degreeprograms in science and nursing (BSN) andapplied science (BAS), with a major in man-agement and supervision, which should ap-peal to students looking to get into businessprofessions. PHCC currently is awaiting ap-proval from the state legislature to change itsname, for which it already is collecting inputfrom the community on its website atPHCC.edu.

By Bonnie Mason

Although the forecast for the 20th an-nual Taste of New TampaTM on March 24called for about a 70-percent chance of rain— and despite winds that gusted to 30 milesper hour — the New Tampa Chamber ofCommerce that co-hosted the event with the

Primrose School of Tampa Palms in the ad-jacent Primrose Park was happy with just thefew sprinkles of rain that fell throughout theday.

An estimated crowd of about 3,000people attended this year’s Taste and got tosample tastes of cuisine from nearly 20restaurants, several of which were awarded

PHCC’s business and workforce train-ing career programs also are said to be an im-portant feature at the new campus. Bothhealth and business programs will train stu-dents for lucrative technology and medicalcareers which have high job growth expec-tation. Although program development hasbegun, the final determination of programsthat will be available at the Porter Campusrequire approval by PHCC’s District Boardof Trustees and its accrediting agency, theSouthern Association of Colleges andSchools (SACS).

Partnering For ProgramsPartnering For ProgramsIt is customary for PHCC to develop

strong community partnerships with areahospitals and businesses near all of its cam-puses, and the Porter Campus is no different.Although details regarding the developmentof academic programs with university part-ners, local businesses and other communitypartners are not yet available, relationshipsare being developed and led by Dr. RandyStovall, provost of the PHCC East Campus

Progress can be seen on the construction of the new Pasco-Hernando Community College PorterCampus, which currently is scheduled to open for classes in January 2014. Photo: Matt Wiley

See “PHCC” on page 9.

Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn enjoys a slice ofFull Circle Pizza at the Taste of New Tampa.

prizes by a panel of judges that includedtwo personal chefs.

This year’s Taste also featured an out-standing “Battle of the Bands,” which waswon by a funk-rock band called NervousEnergy, which was rewarded with a $500cash prize.

The event also was visited by TampaMayor Bob Buckhorn, who sampled someof the food and also touted the city’s newNew Tampa Blvd. Gateway Bridge, whichliterally let people cut their travel time tothe Taste in half.

The Primrose School also offered agreat play area for the kids in attendanceand the park proved to be an outstandinglocation.

For more info about this year’sTaste, visit WCNeighborhoodNews.com to view our Taste wrapup video.

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Long-time readers al-ready know how much Isupport the American Can-cer Society (ACS)’s annual

Relay for Life fund raisers and I think it’samazing that the Wesley Chapel residentialand business communities are able to reallycome out and support two of these awe-some annual events — the Wesley Chapel(which begins at 6 p.m. on Friday, April12, and doesn’t end until noon on Satur-day, April 13) and Wiregrass (which hasthe same start time, but on Friday, April26) ACS Relays for Life.

Both events raise tens of thousands ofdollars every year to benefit ACS and itsprograms and there’s no doubt that everyRelay in every community across this greatcountry provides two things you’ll also getif you visit either or both of your localevents — 1) being able to actually feel thespirit of every survivor, every caregiver andevery attendee touched by cancer and 2)the warm feeling inside you really only getfrom doing something good to help othersas a community.

The Wesley Chapel Relay, which, atour press time, had registered 19 teamsand 186 participants, had already raised$18,514 a week before the event tookplace. We should be able to provide youwith a photo recap of the WCH Relay inour next issue because this one hopefullyhit your mailbox the same day. If you readthis on Friday or by Saturday morning, youcould even go out and buy some food orsome of the always-cool stuff on sale fordonations at every Relay. I’ve attended andtaken pictures at this amazing event at leasttwo or three times the last few years and

hope to be able to be there again this year.

Are You ‘The Next Are You ‘The Next Great Singer?’Great Singer?’

The Wiregrass Ranch Relay is still twoweeks away as you receive this, but therealready were 26 teams with 231 partici-pants signed up at our press time (threeweeks before the event) and already nearly$7,000 had been raised for it.

But, if you’re not sure you can attendor participate in the Wiregrass event (whichwon’t end until noon on Saturday, April27), there’s another great event coming upbefore the Relay itself (but which also willsupport the Wiregrass Relay) that youmight want to go check out — especially ifyou and/or your kids are into shows like“American Idol” and “The Voice.”

“The Next Great Singer” is a web-based talent search that previously has pro-pelled contestants into professional singingcareers and network television appearances.The contest — which actually can still ac-cept entries until 11:59 p.m. on the dayyou’re likely to receive this issue in yourmailbox, Friday, April 12 — is open toanyone 13+ and the finals are being held,with live vocal performances, on Sunday,April 21, at Quail Hollow Country Club(6225 Old Pasco Rd.).

“The Next Great Singer” will bestaged similarly to those aforementioned“talent search” shows on TV. Tickets to at-

Vocalist Contest Adds Spice To 2013 ACS ‘Relay For Life’ SeasonAn editorial by Gary Nager

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Table of ContentsLOCAL NEWS, BUSINESS, EDUCATION &SPORTS UPDATES............................Pages 1-42Kinnan St. / Mansfield Blvd. Talks Hit Another Roadblock................4New Tampa/Wesley Chapel Legislative Update...................................5

Wesley Chapel News Briefs........................................8Publix Pill Thief ApprehendedWoman Found Dead In Wesley Chapel IdentifiedMorning Crash Closes I-75 For 12 HoursWesley Chapel Community Calendar............................10

Local Business Updates.................................12-22Kids R Kids Academy Of Meadow Pointe................................12Lawn Enforcement Property Management & Water Works....14 Insurance New Tampa: Wesley Chapel’s Insurance Agency...16Our Exclusive 2013 Summer Camp Guide!..............................18Realtor Lessie Reyes Will Find The Right Home For You.......20

Neighborhood MagazineShen Yun Returns To Tampa...................................................25Angry Chair Brewing: Craft Beer With WC Roots..................26Full Circle Pizza: A Great Place For Family Dining..................30‘Neighborhood Nibbles & Biz Bytes’...............................32

WESLEY CHAPEL COLOR CLASSIFIEDS............34

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tend this great event will cost $10 each andall ticket proceeds will benefit the ACSRelay for Life of Wiregrass. VisitTheNextGreat Singer.com to find outthe submission requirements and formore info. The winners of that event, ac-cording to Rebeca Rodriguez, event chairfor the 2013 Wiregrass Relay, will takehome some pretty impressive prizes:

First Prize: $300 in USD, plus awebpage package donated by MilorianStudios (Milorian.com), valued at$2,500, plus an interview and featuredprofile on TheNextGreatSinger.

Second Prize: $200 USD plus fea-

tured profile on The Next Great Singer.Third Prize: $100 USD plus fea-

tured profile on TheNextGreatSinger.In addition, by the time this issue

reaches you, you may already have seenWFLA-TV News Channel 8 news anchorGayle Guyardo’s preview of “The NextGreat Singer” contest (the piece wasscheduled to air on April 9), and I thinkyou can probably still access that report atWFLA.com prior to the finals.

For more info about the Wiregrassor Wesley Chapel ACS Relays, pleasevisit RelayforLife.org and type in yourzip code in the Search box.

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oper in K-Bar Ranch as a factor in theCity’s decision not to comply with Pasco’srequirements.

“After ongoing discussions betweenthe parties, the City and the Developermay be revisiting the existing zoning andthe terms of the (Annexation) Agreementgiven the change or conditions and theneeds within the New Tampa area,” Man-dell wrote.

Goldstein says that there really isn’tanything Pasco can do until the City andK-Bar Ranch are ready to negotiate.

“The ball is in their court,” he says.District 7 Tampa City Councilwoman

Lisa Montelione says that she wants to see

the roads con-nected, but thatit will take co-operation onboth sides.

“I’m gladthat Pasco hasopened the op-portunity fordiscussions,”she explains.“However,there’s a ‘giveand take’ here. There’s a lot of money at-tached to that list (of requirements), but Iwant to move these discussions along.”

By Matt Wiley

While it looked hopeful in November,when Pasco County officials reached out tothe City of Tampa and the developers of K-Bar Ranch about connecting the city andPasco County through Kinnan St. in NewTampa and Mansfield Blvd. in WesleyChapel, negotiations once again have cometo a standstill.

But, business owners located along theCross Creek Blvd. corridor hope that a newpetition will help spark new talks.

On March 18, a 16-page petition(photo) started by John Thrasher, CEO ofExcel Music (located in the Cory Lake IslesProfessional Center on Cross Creek Blvd.),was submitted to the City of Tampa Attor-ney’s Office in hopes that the 61 signaturesfrom business owners, employees and evensome customers along Cross Creek Blvd.would help sway the respective parties’opinions. The signatures represent about40 different businesses, with owners of sev-eral living on both sides of the county line.

“This project has been mulled aroundfor years and everyone knows that it is ab-solutely essential that the residents of NewTampa and Wesley Chapel are given an al-ternative north/south route to Bruce B.Downs (BBD) Blvd,” Thrasher says in thepetition. “This is not only about commerceand convenience, but in an area of wildfires, sinkholes, floods and hurricanes, it is amatter of public safety to provide citizens

with as many routes as possible in and outof an area.”

The possible connection of the tworoads is at a roadblock following the City ofTampa’s response to conditions that PascoChief Assistant County Attorney DavidGoldstein sent November 26, which saidthat Pasco would be willing to connect ifthe City and K-Bar would commit to pay-ing no more than $500,000 for trafficcalming improvements, or traffic signals, atthe intersection of Mansfield Blvd. andBeardsley Dr., which runs along the south-ern border of Meadow Pointe, and atMansfield and Wrencrest Dr.

Pasco also wanted the City and K-Barto commit four lanes of right of way, orland on which to construct, the “BeardsleyExtension,” which would link BeardsleyDr. east to Morris Bridge Rd. Other re-quirements also were included.

However, on February 25, Julia Man-dell, senior assistant attorney for the City ofTampa, responded in a letter.

“At this time, neither the City nor theDeveloper is in a position to be responsiveto the Pasco Requirements, as outlined,”Mandell wrote. “Certainly the City looksforward to working with Pasco County tofind holistic solutions to the transportationneeds in the New Tampa area.”

Mandell references a major real estatetransaction in K-Bar Ranch, which tookplace on December 31, making Columbus,OH-based M/I Homes the primary devel-

Petition, Roadblock In Kinnan St. / Mansfield Blvd. Connection Saga


Guest column by Shawn Harrison

The Florida Legislature is in session.The Florida Constitution requires the statelegislature to meet once per year for 60days. The only constitutional requirementeach year is the passage of a state budget.Everything else that happens is just gravy,or spoiled milk, depending upon yourviewpoint.

Like the Federal Congress, the StateLegislature is divided into two houses. TheFlorida Senate is comprised of 40 Senators,representing roughly 600,000 people each,serving staggered 4-year terms. NewTampa is represented by Dist. 24 Sen. TomLee in the State Senate.

The State House is comprised of 120members representing roughly 160,000constituents each, while serving only two-year terms that are not staggered. NewTampa is represented by Dist. 63 Rep.Mark Danish in the State House.

The good news for 2013 is that in-stead of the record $4-billion budget short-fall in 2011 and a $1 billion shortfall in2012, it appears that there will actually be asmall surplus in the State budget this year.Painful cuts, which were a regular part oflife in the past few years, are no longer nec-essary, thanks to the requirement in theFlorida Constitution of a balanced statebudget. If only the U.S. government hadto balance its books annually, too!

In Florida, each House and the Gov-

ernor create theirown budgets. So,the legislative ses-sion starts withthree competing,and often very di-verse, budget pro-posals, with theirideas about whereto cut and whereto increase spend-ing, what pro-grams to growand shrink, andwhat to do with any surplus often beingquite different.

Each legislative chamber’s budget re-flects the priorities of the leaders of thatchamber. The Senate President is DonGaetz, from Okaloosa County in the pan-handle. The House Speaker is Will Weath-erford, from right here in Wesley Chapel.Both are Republicans, but each has his ownset of priorities, as does Gov. Rick Scott.The budget process takes all session andoften requires the extension of the sessionin what is called a “special session,” sincethe Florida Constitution forbids the annualsession from “exceeding 60 days.”

All other bills that pass the House andSenate must be identical to each other, andmust either be signed by the Governor orallowed to become law without his signa-ture. Gov. Scott can veto bills, just like theU.S. President, although when it comes to

the budget, theFlorida Governorcan exercise a lineitem veto andstrike certain ex-penditures or cutsfrom the budgetagreed to by theHouse and Sen-ate. This is notpossible at thenational level.

Battle Over ‘ObamaCare’Battle Over ‘ObamaCare’In 2013, the budget process will focus

on the state’s implementation of the Af-fordable Care Implementation Act, or“Obama Care,” as it is known. The Act re-quires the expansion of Medicaid roles, andthere is a battle brewing now in Tallahasseebetween the Governor and the Houseabout expanding the Medicaid program,with Gov. Scott — despite his earlier prom-ise to never implement the Act — now fa-voring the idea, and the House, led bySpeaker Weatherford, against it.

Look for this to be a hotly contestedissue as the session progresses. There is al-ways horse trading between the chamberson their priorities, so it is likely the Medi-caid problem will be a last minute negoti-ated agreement.

Other bills that have garnered atten-tion so far are elections reform and ethics

reform. Multiple bills have been filed onthese topics, but they are priorities for bothchambers and for the Governor, so passageof both reforms are likely.

And, in addition to the priorities ofthe House and Senate leaders, membersalso may file their own bills. In the Senate,each Senator can file an unlimited numberof bills. In the House, each member getsonly six, so House members must be cau-tious about the bills they file, and often youcan tell much about the priorities of Housemembers by the bills they file. It’s hard topass a bill in the Florida Legislature, andeven more rare to get identical bills passedby the House and Senate and then signedby the Governor. In 2012 there were2,052 bills filed in the legislature, and only280 that actually became law.

Depending upon your point of view,that may be a good or bad thing.

Former Dist. 60 State Rep. ShawnHarrison served as the chairman of theTampa Palms Community DevelopmentDistrict (1996-98), on the Tampa CityCouncil (1999-2007) and the FloridaHouse (2010-12). He was a shareholderin the Tampa firm of Wetherington,Hamilton, & Harrison, P.A., but nowpractices in the areas of commercial liti-gation, health care law and governmentrelations at Shawn Harrison Associates(1010 N. Florida Ave.). For additionalinformation, call 337-6683 or visitShawnHarrisonAssociates.com.

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Former State Rep. Shawn Harrison says Gov. RickScott (left) & state House Speaker Will Weatherfordmay square off on “ObamaCare” during the 2013

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Publix Pharmacy Pill ThiefPublix Pharmacy Pill ThiefApprehendedApprehended

A Wesley Chapel resident whoworked for a Publix Supermarket inZephyrhills has been released after admit-ting to stealing prescription drugs fromthe supermarket’s pharmacy.

According to the Pasco CountySheriff’s Office (PCSO), Christine Veron-ica Rose, 21, was arrested on March 29at her Meadow Pointe home after admit-ting to stealing pills from the Publix lo-cated at 32765 Eiland Blvd. inZephyrhills, where she worked as a phar-macy technician.

The PCSO report says that, duringan investigation, the Publix Supermar-kets’ Loss Prevention Department deter-mined that Rose was stealing controlledsubstances from the store’s pharmacy.After being read her Miranda rights dur-ing her arrest, Rose admitted to stealingmore than 129 controlled substancesfrom the pharmacy.

Rose was charged with grand theftof a controlled substance and released ona $5,000 bond.

Woman Found Dead InWoman Found Dead InWesley Chapel IdentifiedWesley Chapel Identified

The identity of a woman founddead in Wesley Chapel has been released.

According to the Pasco County

Sheriff’s Office (PCSO), the body of Kim-berly Dacosta, 43, was discovered onMarch 20 in the area of Oakley Blvd. andDayflower Blvd., near a known gatheringarea for homeless people.

Although Dacosta’s death still is con-sidered suspicious, PCSO deputies say thatit does not appear to be the result of foulplay and that the victim could have dieddue to complications from a medical con-dition. The investigation is ongoing andno further information was available at ourpress time.

Morning Crash Closes I-75Morning Crash Closes I-75For 12 HoursFor 12 Hours

If it seems you received less “junk”mail than usual the last week or so ofMarch, it could be due to an early morn-ing crash involving a postal truck on I-75

at S.R. 56 that burst into flames Mar. 21.According to the Florida Highway

Patrol (FHP), at about 6:30 a.m., a trac-tor-trailer driven by Mark Berrier, 55, ofMacclenny, FL, which was carrying mail(mostly magazines and advertisements)was traveling in the outer southbound I-75 lane just north of the S.R. 56 inter-change when it struck a crash attenuator(guardrail) with its right side, causing thetrailer to jackknife.

The FHP report says that a dumptruck driven by Manuel Francisco Ro-driguez, 42, of Land O’ Lakes, was travel-ing behind the tractor-trailer and struck it.Both drivers escaped before the tractor-trailer caught fire, snarling traffic on theinterstate for hours.

FHP reports that all southbound I-75 lanes were closed between S.R. 54 andS.R. 56 until one lane opened at about5:30 p.m. the same day (although all ofthe lanes did not reopen until midnight).

Motorists were forced to seek alter-nate routes for the remainder of the day,as the I-75 lanes could not be reopeneduntil significant asphalt damage caused bythe crash and fire could be repaired. Noinjuries were reported.

Hess Leaving Gas Game,Hess Leaving Gas Game,Selling Retail LocationsSelling Retail Locations

Hess gas stations are still a staple stopon morning commutes for many NewTampa and Wesley Chapel residents, de-spite a recent announcement of Hess’ de-parture from the retail market.

In a letter to investors dated March 4from chairman and chief executive officerJohn B. Hess, the Hess Corporation an-nounced some significant changes in thecompany’s structure. As part of the trans-formation, Hess announced that it will be“fully exiting the company’s downstreambusinesses, including retail (gas stations),energy marketing and energy trading.”

Currently, there are three Hess loca-tions in the New Tampa and WesleyChapel areas along Bruce B. Downs(BBD) Blvd., including the Oak Rambleshopping plaza (just south of TampaPalms), in front of Steak N’ Shake inNorth Palms Village and at the intersec-tion of BBD and S.R. 54 in WesleyChapel. However, these stores, nor any ofthe 1,357 others in 16 states in the easternU.S., will actually be closing.

“We have absolutely no plans to closeany of our retail stores,” says a spokesmanfor the company. Instead, as part of its di-vestiture from the retail market, Hess willbe selling its white and green gas stations,although a buyer (or buyers) has not yetbeen announced.

“The process is still in the earlystages,” the spokesman says. “It’s going totake some time. Until then, it’s business asusual at all of our locations. We believe thebrand is strong and that it will last longinto the future.”

And, that also goes for the classicHess toy trucks, as well, which have beena Christmas favorite since 1964. — MW


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The remnants of the tractor-trailer involved inthe March 21 accident.that shut down I-75 at theS.R. 56 exit for more than 12 hours. Photo: FHP


the PHCC East Campus in Dade City, andthe vice president of the WCCC’s Board ofDirectors. PHCC already has participatedin some programs with the WCCC, includ-ing a recent Chamber-sponsored healthand wellness fair. More partnerships andevents are expected as the opening of thePorter Campus nears.

PHCC's Porter Campus at WiregrassRanch is projected to open with 1,500 full-and part-time students, similar to the en-rollment at the opening of PHCC’s SpringHill campus in 2010. And, with the I-75/S.R. 54/S.R. 56 corridor featuringone of the fastest-growing populations in

Florida, significant growth is expected dur-ing the first few years that the new campusis open. Since its inception in 1972, thefour existing PHCC campuses haveawarded more than 32,000 degrees andcertificates.

PHCC currently offers traditionalclassroom and online courses at its fourcampuses: the North Campus inBrooksville, East Campus in Dade City,Spring Hill Campus and the West Campusin New Port Richey. The Porter Campus atWiregrass Ranch is expected to open inJanuary 2014.

For more information about Pasco-Hernando Community College, visitPHCC.edu, or call 1 (877) TRY-PHCC(879-7422).

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Spaces cost $15. For additional info, callSue at 907-9063.

Veterans Elementary PTAVeterans Elementary PTAGolf TournamentGolf Tournament

Saturday, April 20, 11 a.m. - Thethrid annual Veterans Elementary PTA golftournament will be held at Lexington OaksGolf Club (26133 Lexington Oaks Blvd.).Proceeds will go to help the PTA buymuch-needed equipment and supplies forthe school. Only 144 spots are available ona first-come, first-serve basis. Registrationcost $75 and includes 18 holes of golf withcart, dinner and awards.

For more info, or to register, visitVeteransPTA.com or email [email protected].

Bulls On The GreenBulls On The GreenSunday, April 21 - The ‘Bulls on the

Green’ golf tournament will be held at Sad-dlebrook Resort (5700 Saddlebrook Way)to benefit the Wiregrass Ranch boys bas-ketball team and help with travel costs, aswell as new uniforms. Golfers and sponsorsare needed. For more info, email JeremyCalzone at [email protected].

Special Needs Support Special Needs Support Tuesday, April 30, 6:30 p.m. -

Learning Your Function, Inc., is a new non-profit group dedicated to helping individualswith disabilities and their families throughsupport groups, education and advocacy.The group meets at Crossroads CommunityUnited Methodist Church (26211 CountyLine Rd.). For more info, call Jim Crac-chiolo at 469-2455, or visit LYFInc.com.

Women-N-ChargeWomen-N-ChargeFriday, May 3, 11:30 a.m. - The

ladies of Women-N-Charge will be havingtheir monthly networking meeting at PebbleCreek Country Club (10550 Regents ParkDr.) in New Tampa.

This month’s meeting will feature apanel discussing grassroots fundraising forcancer research. The lunch costs $15 online(at Women-N-Charge.com) up until theTuesday before the meeting. Tickets thengo up to $18. For more info, please con-tact Judy at 600-9848 or [email protected] Writer’s AssociationFlorida Writer’s Association

Saturday, May 4, 10 a.m. - TheFlorida Writers Association NewTampa/Wesley Chapel group meets thefirst Saturday of every month at the New

Tampa Regional Library (10001 CrossCreek Blvd.)

Writers of all genres are welcome, aswell as those who are published or wishingto be published. Presentation topics includeediting, marketing, options for publishing,navigating social media, and more. Meet-ings are FREE to attend.

For info, email Cindy at [email protected].

WC Republican ClubWC Republican ClubThursday, May 9, 7 p.m. - The Wes-

ley Chapel Republican Club meets the sec-ond Thursday of each month at WesleyChapel Hyundai (27000 Wesley ChapelBlvd.). The club is open to Republican menand women who are interested in “goodgovernment.” New members are welcome.

For more info, please contact MikeMoore at 777-6171, or email [email protected].

Mothers Of PreschoolersMothers Of PreschoolersTuesday, May 14, 9:30 a.m. - Moth-

ers of Preschoolers (MOPS) is a non-profitgroup which meets to build friendships be-tween mothers of infants to kindergartenersin the local community. MOPS meets thesecond Tuesday of each month at VictoriousLife Church, located at 6224 Old Pasco Rd.

For more info, email Debbie at [email protected].

Sparkling Beauty Red HattersSparkling Beauty Red HattersThe Sparkling Beauties, a Red Hat

Society (a global networking group ofwomen approaching the age of 50 or be-yond) chapter, are enjoying life to thefullest in the pursuit of fun, friendship,freedom and fulfillment.

For more info, call Queen Dia-mond at 907-1431 or email [email protected].

Country Walk Garage SaleCountry Walk Garage SaleSaturday, April 13, 7 a.m. - The

Country Walk community off S.R. 54 willbe holding its community garage salealong Country Pointe Blvd.

For more info, call 991-6102.

Experienced NetworkingExperienced NetworkingProfessionals (ENP)Professionals (ENP)

Monday, April 15, 7:30 a.m. — Thisnetworking group meets Monday morningsat 7:30 a.m. for breakfast and at 8 a.m. fornetworking at Quail Hollow Golf & Coun-try Club (6225 Old Pasco Rd). For info,call Cindy at 505-3065.

Free Networking Int’lFree Networking Int’lMonday, April 15, 8 a.m. — Free

Networking International (FNI), a group ofarea business owners, meets each Mondayfor networking and discussion at LexingtonOaks Golf Club (26133 Lexington OaksBlvd., off S.R. 54). For more information,call Stacy Dalton at 469-5499.

Wesley Chapel BusinessWesley Chapel BusinessForum & NetworkingForum & Networking

Monday, April 15, 8 a.m. - The Wes-ley Chapel Business Forum & Networking(WCBFN) is a free gathering of local busi-ness leaders in the South Central Pasco andNorth Hillsborough areas. WCBFN meetsMondays at Lexington Oaks Golf Club, lo-cated at 26133 Lexington Oaks Blvd. (offS.R. 54).

For more info, call John Roth at377-2622, email [email protected] or visit the group’s Facebook page.

Walking ClubWalking ClubMonday, April 15, 9 a.m. - The Walk-

ing Club meets at the Meadow Pointe IIIClubhouse every morning, Monday-Satur-day to walk the path along Meadow PointeBlvd. All are welcome, even strollers, but nodogs please. Walking has unlimited benefits,so put on your walking shoes and come onout. For more information, contact SusanJohnston at 767-7071 or [email protected].

MOMS Club Of WCMOMS Club Of WCMonday, April 15, 10 a.m. — The

Moms Offering Moms Support (MOMS)Club of Wesley Chapel, a non-profit socialgroup for stay-at-home mothers, meets thethird Monday of each month at LexingtonOaks Golf Club (26133 Lexington OaksBlvd.) for activities, field trips and more.

For more information, e-mailHeather at [email protected].

Wesley Chapel ToastmastersWesley Chapel ToastmastersMonday, April 15, 6:15 p.m. — The

“Wesley Chapel Speaks” Toastmasters Clubmeets on the first and third Monday of everymonth, at Hyundai of Wesley Chapel(26944 Wesley Chapel Blvd.). Club meet-ings are open to all interested parties.

For more info, call 406-5931 or visitToastmasters84.org.

Business Networking Int’lBusiness Networking Int’lTuesday, April 16, 7:30 a.m. — Busi-

ness Networking International (BNI), agroup of business professionals who work tosupport each other through qualified busi-ness referrals, meets Tuesdays at HeritageChurch (1854 Oak Grove Blvd., off S.R. 54,in Land O’Lakes). For more info, emailTim at [email protected].

East Pasco Networking East Pasco Networking Tuesday, April 16, 9 a.m. — The East

Pasco Networking Group meets every Tues-day at Beef O’Brady’s (1660 Bruce B.Downs Blvd., in the Shops at New Tampa ofWesley Chapel plaza).For more informa-tion, call Frankie Ammons at 479-7997or e-mail [email protected] Chapel NetworkingWesley Chapel NetworkingOn The NinesOn The Nines

Tuesday, April 16, 3 p.m. - Network-ing on the Nines, put on by Insurance NewTampa, is a great way to meet new friendsand clients or strengthen existing relation-ships, while playing a nine-hole scramble atthe Lexington Oaks Golf Club (26133 Lex-ington Oaks Blvd.).

For more information, call Susan at435-6350 or see the tory on page 16.

Wesley Chapel Rotary ClubWesley Chapel Rotary ClubWednesday, April 17, 12:15 p.m. —

The Rotary Club of Wesley Chapel meetsevery Wednesday at Ciao Italian Bistro in theShops at Wiregrass mall (2001 Piazza Ave.).

Call 862-8989 or 391-3895.

Networking For Your SuccessNetworking For Your SuccessThursday, April 18, 8 a.m. — The

Networking For Your Success group meetsThursdays at Quail Hollow Golf & CountryClub (6225 Old Pasco Rd.).

For additional information, callShawn Clark at (888) 711-2032 or visitNetworkingforYourSuccess.com.

WC Sunrise Rotary ClubWC Sunrise Rotary ClubFriday, April 19, 7:15 a.m. — The

Wesley Chapel Sunrise Rotary Club meetsevery Friday at Quail Hollow Country Club(6225 Old Pasco Rd.)

For additional information, callLynne Morgan at 695-6466.

Great American CleanupGreat American CleanupSaturday, April 20, 8 a.m. - Help

clean up Pasco County during Keep Amer-ica Beautiful’s Great American Cleanup. Acleanup will be taking place at the WesleyChapel District Park (7727 Boyette Rd.).

For info, call (727) 856-4539.

Lexington Oaks Yard SaleLexington Oaks Yard SaleSaturday, April 20. 8 a.m. - The Lex-

ington Oaks Women’s Club still is seekingvendors for its annual fund-raising event, acommunity yard sale, which will be held atthe Lexington Oaks Community Center(26304 Lexington Oaks Blvd., off S.R. 54)

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By Bonnie MasonIt’s never easy to have someone else

— anyone other than you — take care ofyour children. But, when parents have towork to earn a living, they can be confi-dent that their children are in good handsat the Kids R Kids Learning Academy ofMeadow Pointe (KRK of MeadowPointe), located on Mansfield Blvd. at thecorner of County Line Rd. inside theMeadow Pointe community.

Aritha Thomas, the independentowner of the KRK of Meadow Pointefranchise, says that what differentiates the161 KRK academies in 14 states (includ-ing 13 centers in Florida) — and her cen-ter in particular — from other childlearning centers are the accreditations andaffiliations they hold.

“We exceed DCF (Florida Depart-ment of Children and Families) and StateDepartment of Education standards andexpectations and are accredited bySACS/CASI (the Southern Association ofColleges and Schools Council on Accredi-tation and School Improvement) throughthe AdvancED accreditation commissionand APPLE (Accredited Professional Pre-school Learning Environment). We alsohave achieved the Gold Quality Seal fromDCF. In fact, we have never been citedduring an inspection and are most often inthe 95-100 percent range,” says Aritha.

KRK of Meadow Pointe both teachesand cares for 250 children ages six weeks

to 12 years old, with about 30 teachersand staff. The free-standing center is ap-proximately 17,000 sq. ft., with 10 class-room suites, a cafeteria, a media/libraryroom, a large activity gym for before- andafter-school students, and four large playareas separated for different age groups.And, for outdoor play, there are three age-appropriate play areas and a full-size bas-ketball court.

Aritha opened KRK about seven yearsago. Prior to entering the ownership sideof education, she taught engineering andphysics to college students. Aritha explainsthat education runs in the family, startingwith her grandfather, and her family stillowns several schools in southern India.She lives in Tampa with her husband of 21years, local businessman John Verghese.The couple has two children, a son, 17,and a 14-year-old daughter. Curricula For All AgesCurricula For All Ages

KRK of Meadow Pointe is not somuch a babysitting or daycare service as itis an educational facility that provides a de-velopmentally appropriate curriculum foreach age group it serves. The love, caringand nurturing by the staff is an extrabonus, a bonus that has been the norm atall KRK centers since the first centeropened in 1985. Every child enrolled,even infants, receives hands-on, interactiveinstruction.

“Infants as young as six weeks old areinvolved with stimulating play designed to

help each childreach develop-mental mile-stones —allwhile havingfun,” saysAritha. Infantsalso learn signlanguage todevelop earlyways to com-municate totheir parents ifthey are tiredor hungry.

Mean-while,preschoolers(ages 2-5)learn confidence through celebrating suc-cesses reached in their daily routines. TheRea family, in a written testimonial, states,“The teachers (at KRK of MeadowPointe) are top-notch and they truly careabout my children... I feel that my chil-dren are getting a good education becausethey constantly come home talking aboutwhat they did that day or singing newsongs or with art they created.” KRK ofMeadow Pointe also offers a state-spon-sored, free Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten(VPK) program (see below for info).

Most of the instructors at KRK holda Bachelor’s degree or higher and Arithasays she is proud of the low turnover at

her academy. She says, “Our staff is ex-ceptional and committed to the childrenand to the curriculum taught at the acad-emy. Many of our teachers have been herefor many years.” She adds that when ateacher does leave KRK of MeadowPointe, it is typically because they arestarting a family, or relocating due to thepurchase of a new home or new employ-ment for a spouse.

School-Aged Learning, TooSchool-Aged Learning, TooKRK children between the ages of 5 -

12 years are presented with activities di-rected to challenge the mind while havingfun, explains Amy Rath, the director ofKRK of Meadow Pointe. Amy earned a


Kids R Kids Learning Academy Of Meadow Pointe Is Fun, Safe Learning

(Left) Owner Aritha Thomas (left) and director Amy Rath of Kids R Kids ofMeadow Pointe Learning Academy, located on Mansfield Blvd. (Right) AKRK of Meadow Pointe student utilizes the center’s learning technology.

Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Educa-tion from Florida State University in Talla-hassee before becoming a teacher of the4th and 5th grade. She moved to Tampaso that she and her husband could livecloser to family. Amy worked as a VPKteacher at a local child care center andschool before landing at KRK and heldthe position of curriculum coordinator atthe academy prior to taking on the role ofcenter director.

“The KRK school-age curriculum is a42-week program that allows the childrento work independently and in smallgroups. Individual progress is monitoredand the staff encourages every child.”

The technology at KRK is impressive.School-age and pre-school students haveaccess to computers and learn with the lat-est interactive teaching tools available.

“Our children are always anxious towork with the ‘interactive white board’ lo-cated in the computer media center,” Amysays. “A favorite interactive learning pro-gram among the children is ABC Mouse.”

Safe & SecureSafe & SecureParents should never have to worry

about their children’s safety and securityand KRK of Meadow Pointe definitely is asecure facility. Every teacher is backgroundscreened, locally and through the FBI.The center also has a top-notch securitysystem that starts with a security-codedkey pad and buzz-in only entrance andcontinues throughout the entire facility.Parents check their children in each morn-

ing by logging into a computer with se-cure, password-protected software. And,each evening, the children are released thesame way.

Individual classrooms at KRK also aresecured. Cameras monitor each room, al-lowing any parent to observe their chil-dren whenever they wish. The Willsfamily has had at least one of their childrenenrolled at KRK of Meadow Pointe forthe last almost seven years. “As workingparents, we appreciate the safe, clean, edu-cational and friendly environment pro-vided by Kids R Kids,” says the family’swritten testimonial. “It is great we are ableto drop off the children in the morningand know they are in very competenthands with extremely professional and car-ing teachers and staff."

Parents interested in enrolling theirchild in the Voluntary Prekindergartenprogram (VPK) at Kids R Kids ofMeadow Pointe can attend the academy’supcoming Open House on Thursday,April 18, 3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. This is agreat time to meet staff, see the class-rooms, and learn about how the KRK cur-riculum prepares your child forkindergarten. There will even be a bouncehouse and refreshments for all to enjoy!

Kids R Kids Learning Academy ofMeadow Pointe (1540 MansfieldBlvd.) is open Monday-Friday, 6 a.m.-6:30 p.m. To enroll your child(ren) orlearn more about the academy, visitKidsRKidsMeadowPointe.com or call994-4525.


By Bonnie Mason

Would you like your yard to be theone in your neighborhood that everyonewishes they had? The combination ofLawn Enforcement Property Manage-ment, LLC, and Water Works Irrigation& Pressure Washing can help.

Floridians know all too well thatmaintaining your lawn and landscape inthe Sunshine State can be a challenge thatrequires constant care and attention. But,the residents of Wesley Chapel and thesurrounding communities can rest easywith Lawn Enforcement Property Man-agement, LLC, a lawn care and landscap-ing service that provides everything frombasic maintenance packages to completelandscaping management.

Chris Locascio started Lawn En-forcement in 2001. His business grewwith the area’s population and now, hehas more than 500 lawn maintenanceclients each week. Lawn Enforcement pri-marily serves residential clients, with onlyabout 10 percent of the business beingcommercial customers. Chris says his daystarts early, with daily operations, paper-work and scheduling all occurring beforehe has his crews ready to go and out thedoor to their first clients of the day by8:30 a.m. Lawn Enforcement is run withtwo trucks/crews of four workers, in ad-dition to both Chris and business partner

Justin Birmingham, who manages thelandscape and landscape curbing service(which involves the installation of smallconcrete curbs around flowerbeds andgardens) side of the business.

Lawn Enforcement offers two lawnmaintenance packages for its residentialclients. The Silver Service is for clientswho want that manicured look, but don'thave the time (or desire) to care for theirlawns themselves. This package includes aprofessional cut, with recycled clippings,laser edging, line trimming around the en-tire property and air blowing the cuttingsfrom driveways, sidewalks and even win-dow sills. But, for those who want it all,the Platinum package includes all of theservices provided in the Silver package,plus hedge and palm tree trimming, aswell as the weeding and spraying of flowerbeds. Silver maintenance packages start at$65-$75 per month.

“Sure, you can find companies outthere for $40-$50 per month, but manyof them are seasonal and won't stay withyou,” Chris says. “But, we’re lawn expertswho are consistent and reliable — we’re inthis for the long haul!"

Lawn Enforcement has been provid-ing service for residential homeownerHarold Ziegler for more than two years.

“Chris and his crew perform qualitywork,” Harold says. “My lawn has neverlooked so good. I highly recommend

Lawn Enforcement to anyone who islooking for a dependable, reliable lawnservice providing quality workmanship.”

Chris says that Lawn Enforcement’screws pay attention to detail and arehighly knowledgeable in all areas of lawnand landscape maintenance. “We cut atthe proper 4-1/2 to 5 inches, which isnecessary in the hot Florida climate,”Chris says. “Cuts lower than this cancause burn out of the root system, leavinga deteriorated and unsightly lawn.”

Landscapes To Enhance YourLandscapes To Enhance YourProperty & CommunityProperty & Community

Chris says his once-basic lawn main-tenance service quickly grew into a full-service provider when he partnered withJustin, about two years after starting the

business. “Justin brought the landscaping ex-

pertise that many of my clients were look-ing for,” says Chris. The new partnershipexpanded the Lawn Enforcement servicesto include landscaping design and installa-tion, custom curbing and stamped con-crete, tree trimming and outdoor lighting.

Lawn Enforcement understands thatfertilizer and pest control also are impor-tant aspects of maintaining a healthy lawnand landscape, and although the companydoes not offer these services, Chris says hesearched for the best fertilizer and pestcontrol businesses available to his clients.

He even weeded out the businesseshe felt would not provide the level ofquality service his clients were accustomedto and always wanted to be able to confi-

Lawn Enforcement & Water Works Will Make Your Neighbors Jealous


Lawn Enforcement can turn your unkempt, sunburnt yard (left) into the neighborhood’s best-kept landscaping (right).

dently recommend providers he was cer-tain would meet his clients’ needs.

He says that most of Lawn Enforce-ment’s clients have found the service byword of mouth.

“About ten percent of our clients areoriginal clients — since the beginning,”he explains. So, it’s not surprising thatLawn Enforcement is a two-time consec-utive Angie’s List (AngiesList.com)Super Service Award winner.

Lawn Enforcement client BruceCreech says, “I have recommended LawnEnforcement to several neighbors andfriends. Each and every person who hasretained Chris and company has echoedback to me about the same level of qual-ity service. When we sold our previoushome, the buyers complimented us onthe landscaping and maintenance, and itwas without any reservation that I recom-mended to the new owners that they con-sider retaining Lawn Enforcement.”

Water Works Irrigation &Water Works Irrigation &Pressure WashingPressure Washing

With already more than 10 years inthe lawn and landscaping business, Chrissaw a community need for a reliable irri-gation company that could provide thehigh quality standard that Lawn Enforce-ment clients have come to know andtrust. So, in June 2012, Chris started asecond company to fill the gap. WaterWorks Irrigation & Pressure Washing isfilling that void.

“A lush yard requires good irrigation

coverage,” says Chris. “You can cut theyard at the right height and fertilize it allyou want, but your lawn won’t survivewithout proper watering,” Chris says. So,even if you choose to maintain your lawnyourself, you may still want to consider anirrigation system maintenance packagefrom Water Works.

Chris recommends that irrigationsystems should be checked once permonth. Since most of these systems runat night, you may not know a problemexists until the damage is done. WaterWorks can set you up with an inspectionpackage to check your irrigation system.If you need repairs, a Water Works associ-ate will call and discuss the costs. Brokensprinkler heads are a common repair;


however, any part of the irrigation systemcan become a problem.

“We’ve seen timer clocks fried bylightning or electrical surges, worn-outvalves that won’t run or won’t shut off,old heads that bubble water from the baseand even underground pipes that leak andare saturating the ground,” says Chris.“We can handle all of these problems.”

Maintaining your irrigation systemcan actually save you money. Water is usedmore efficiently if the coverage is correct,as old, worn-out sprinkler heads can actmore like an open garden hose than an ir-rigation system, dumping hundreds ofgallons of water into the street.

In addition to installing and main-taining irrigation systems, Water Works

offers pressure washing for birdcages andlanais to get rid of mold and mildew.Driveways and sidewalks are a popularservice, especially in communities withhomeowners associations, which includesmost of Wesley Chapel, where residentsare required to maintain their propertiesto certain aesthetics.

Whether it’s lawn maintenance,landscaping, landscape orders, stampedconcrete, irrigation installation or re-pair, or pressure washing, Lawn En-forcement and Water Works are at yourservice. Call Chris Locascio at 355-6065 or Justin Birmingham at 355-6066, or you can submit your requestonline at LawnEnforcement.biz or atWaterWorksTampa.com.Lawn Enforcement and Water Works owner

Chris Locascio pressure washes a dirty roof.


Insurance New Tampa — Wesley Chapel’s Independent Insurance Agency By Kathleen Schiop

Trying to figure out insurance can be achallenge for any consumer. We know weneed it, indeed, and are required to have it.But, figuring out the best policies to fit ourrespective budgets can be formidable withso many options and companies from whichto choose.

We suggest talking with an independ-ent insurance agent like the team at Insur-ance New Tampa, located on S.R. 54, alittle east of the entrance to MeadowPointe, in the Brookfield Professional Plaza.

“Insurance constantly changes, and it’sour job to keep up to date,” says SusanCasey, who co-owns the insurance firm withher partner, Robert Black. “We have moretop-company options and knowledge of thebusiness than a single company can offer,and we really take care of our people.”

Susan and Bob both know insuranceinside and out, as each has an extensivebackground in the business. Susan, origi-nally from Chicago, started with Allstate in2000 and has previously worked for Pro-gressive, State Farm and AAA. Bob, a NewJersey native who graduated from RutgersUniversity in New Jersey, got his start withAAA in 2006, which is where the two firstbecame acquainted with each other. Susanactually inherited the desk Bob used to oc-cupy at AAA when he first opened his owninsurance agency.

But, both also attended many of thesame networking events at that time and

soon began sharing leads and even someclients and, eventually, decided to go intobusiness together.

Susan and Bob started Insurance NewTampa in 2010, when the original officewas located on Eiland Blvd. near S.R. 54, amile or so east of the current locale. Thenew office opened with a Greater WesleyChapel Chamber of Commerce ribbon cut-ting about a year ago.

Great Service & OptionsGreat Service & OptionsSince they represent a number of com-

panies, Bob and Susan can give their clientsmore choices. Top companies such as Trav-elers, Hartford, Progressive, Security First,Avatar and Federated, to name a few, givethem the option to tailor policies for eachclient to meet their specific needs. Theyboth have the Florida 2-15 license (whichenables them to address resident life, health,and variable annuities for their customers),as well as the Florida 2-20 license to insureautomobiles, watercraft, homes, motorcy-cles and pets.

Susan and Bob are ably assisted bytheir new associate Renee Jacobowitz, whoalso holds a State 2-20 license, which, in ad-dition to the above-mentioned coverages, isalso used to write errors and omissions,workman’s compensation and bonds, andby bookeeper Mary Johnson, CSR, whorounds out the staff with her outstandingcustomer service skills.

Bob says that Insurance New Tampaaddresses a variety of concerns every day.

One type of insurancethat he says often getsoverlooked is rentersinsurance.

“You have noidea how importantrenters insurance is ifyou rent or lease ahome you own tosomeone else,” hesays. “Many peopleare not even awarethat if something hap-pens to a renter inyour home, the in-jured party will first becovered by the rentersinsurance, so it’s yourfirst line of defenseagainst any possible losses. We always rec-ommend that the homeowner require hisor her tenant to have a renters policy.”

Another example Susan cites is that,“Although Florida only requires PersonalInjury Protection and Property Damage(known to us laymen as PIP and PD) as theminimal policy needed for auto insurance,we will only write auto policies for ourclients that also have liability and uninsuredmotorist coverage.” These are just two ex-amples of how Insurance New Tampastands by their “Quality Book of Business,”meaning they won’t write policies thatdon’t properly protect their clients.

“The best thing is to come in and talk

about what you need with us,” says Bob.“We’ll find the policy that best suits yourbudget while exposing you to less risk.”

Susan also says that perhaps the mostimportant thing that differentiates Insur-ance New Tampa from other companies isthat, “We always make a connection withour clients. We want to find out what theytruly need so we can take the best possiblecare of them.”

And, since insurance is an ever-chang-ing business, Susan and Bob regularly re-view their clients’ policies before they comeup for renewal, to make sure they stillmeets their clients’ needs — and will evensuggest changing companies, if necessary.

Bob says, “We try to look out for

Bob Black and Susan Casey of Insurance New Tampa (3rd & 4thfrom left) were joined by (l. to r.) Michael DeLessio of BB&T Bank,Katie Speer of Full Sails Travel, Michael Haake of Wesley Chapel

Toyota and several other local business professionals at Wesley ChapelHigh’s recent “Reality Store,” which helps the school’s senior students

learn how to budget their money.


everyone, we don’t everwant to let our policyholders down. We take alot of pride in that.”

One Wesley Chapel-area resident who appreci-ates those efforts says,“Susan, thanks again for allyour help and saving us somuch money! — Cindy.”

Susan and Bob areboth very active in thelocal community. She vol-unteers as an Ambassador for the GreaterWesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce andwith the Wesley Chapel Lions Club, whichrecently sponsored (in conjunction withPasco County clerk & comptroller PaulaO’Neil) a “Casino Night for Noah,” raising$7,000 for young Pasco resident NoahNero, who recently received a heart trans-plant. She and Bob both also offered theirservices as part of the “Reality Store” atWesley Chapel High, which teaches seniorsat the school how to manage a budget asthey enter the working world. InsuranceNew Tampa also sponsors the WesleyChapel Chamber’s “Networking on the

Nines” program, held at Lexington OaksGolf Club off S.R. 54, which will next beheld on Tuesday, April 16, 6 p.m.

Married and a mother of five, Susansays she loves tennis, golf, cruising, softballand the Hard Rock Casino.

Bob also is married and father to threegrown sons. He plays a lot of golf and ten-nis in his spare time, enjoys skiing, “al-though it’s a little hard to do in Florida,”and also has been a private pilot.

Insurance New Tampa, located at33845 State Rd. 54, Ste. 103, is openevery day except Sunday. For your freeconsultation, call 435-6350 or visitInsuranceNewTampa.com.

(L. to r.) Troy Stevenson of Wesley Chapel Nissan, Noah Nero’smother Cherish Nero, Pasco County clerk Paula O’Neil and Susan

Casey of Insurance New Tampa at “Casino Night for Noah.”

Back by very popular demand, welcome to the first 2013 edition of our New Tampa & Wesley Chapel Neighborhood News SummerCamp Guide! This handy guide will run in four consecutive issues (this issue, which hits mailboxes in Wesley Chapel by April 13, as well as inthe April 27 New Tampa, May 11 Wesley Chapel and May 25 New Tampa issues) and we also will feature stories about some of the campsfeatured here over the course of the next three editions. A link to this guide also is available online now at WCNeighborhoodNews.com andwill continue to be posted on our website until at least the end of May.

Our annual Summer Camp Guide always has been extremely popular — both with our readers and with the camps advertising to thosereaders (some of which have advertised with us for a decade!) — so we decided to have our marketing directorAshely Knoblach design an even more effective way to display those camps and programs, both online and in print,in order to give them the best possible bang for their respective bucks.

So, if you haven’t yet figured out what to do with your children this summer, we hope you’ll consider the won-derful camps and programs on these pages...and please tell them we sent you! — GN


By Camille Gillies

The hands on the clock aren’t theonly things moving ahead this spring, asthe New Tampa and Wesley Chapel realestate markets continue to gather steam.

Area real estate professionals report asignificant surge in home sales and traffic,with some Realtors, such as Lessie Reyes,of Michael Green & Associates - KellerWilliams Realty, getting multiple offers onresidential listings in the New Tampa area.

“I sold a property in Hunter’s Greenin just two days,” she announces, shakingher head in wonder. “It got five offers theday I listed it.”

Lessie, who launched her real estatecareer in 2007, describes the current mar-ket as “crazy,” which is how some peoplemight have viewed her decision to leave asuccessful career in information technol-ogy to transition to a real estate industrythat was about to implode at that time.

However, Lessie says she has no re-grets and boasts an average of $4 millionin sales each year. If fact, in the supposedlydepressed 2010 market, she sold $8 mil-lion worth of property, including at leasteight homes in the Cory Lake Isles com-munity on Cross Creek Blvd.

“To be successful in real estate, youhave to have a passion to help people andlove your work,” Lessie says, explaining

her success as one of the top-producingagents in the Tampa Bay area. “I enjoy itbecause I get to meet so many people. Asan IT (information technology) adminis-trator, I worked in an office and had thesame team all the time.”

Before making the switch to real es-tate, Lessie was a systems analyst and database administrator for CACI MarketingSystems /ESRI Business Information So-lutions in Washington, DC.

She says that teamwork is essential inreal estate, when so many parties play arole in closing a deal.

“Because I’m a team player and Ihave a good attitude, I can bring a trans-action to a successful close,” she says.

Lessie stresses that her background inIT also comes in handy when she is ana-lyzing “comps,” also known as “compara-ble home statistics,” and marketing ahome on the internet, noting, “I can mar-ket a listing where today’s buyers will seeit. Today, 95 percent of real estate market-ing is done on the internet and I am com-puter savvy, so I can get my client’sproperty the visibility it needs. KellerWilliams also has a great website.”

Lessie, who has been with KellerWilliams Realty for two years, is a listingspecialist working for the luxury residenceteam at Michael Green & Associates inGreen’s South Tampa office. The firm

specializes in marketing and selling water-front, fine and luxury homes, estates andinvestment properties.

“By partnering with Michael Green’ssuperior marketing skills and extensivemarket knowledge, I am established withone of the nation’s top real estate profes-sionals,” she states, adding that MichaelGreen consistently ranks among theTampa Bay area’s premier sales specialistsfor luxury properties.

Although her office is located inSouth Tampa, Lessie handles propertiesthroughout Hillsborough, Pasco andPinellas counties. She says she has a spe-cial affinity for the New Tampa and Wes-ley Chapel areas because she and herhusband, Ralph, and their teenage son,Cheyenne, reside in Cory Lake Isles,where they built a home after moving toTampa from Vienna, VA, in 2004.

“My husband is a microbiologist

Lessie Reyes of Michael Green & Associates-Keller Williams Realty in front ofone her homes for sale in the Cory Lake Isles community of New Tampa.

Top-Producing Realtor Lessie Reyes Comes Highly Recommended


with Quest Diagnostics, near USF, and itwas a great location for us and his proxim-ity to work,” she says. “The area’s schoolsalso were important to us, and we love theexclusivity and size of the community. Iwanted to build a new home, and many ofthe neighborhoods at that time were builtout, so Cory Lake Isles just made sensefor us.”

Lessie says she also loves to decorateand dabbles in interior design, talents sheemploys when her clients need assistancewith “staging” their homes for sale orwhen they ask for her advice about paint,carpet colors or countertop selections.

With a Bachelor’s degree in Mathe-matics-Computer Science from the Uni-versity of Santo Tomas, Manila, in hernative Philippines, Lessie also knows howto analyze numbers, an integral compo-nent of pricing a house.

“I know the area so well, and beingfamiliar with all of the neighborhoodshere helps get my clients the best possibleprice for their homes,” she says. “I protectthe best interests of my clients and I don’tbelieve in making empty promises. If I feela home isn’t priced correctly, I’ll say so.”

Praise From Local ResidentsPraise From Local ResidentsLessie recently sold Ryan and Vanessa

Garl’s home in Hunter’s Green and thensold them another home in Arbor Greene.

“She has done a lot of work for usand we trust her, hands down,” Vanessacomments. “I recommended her to my

best friend and Ryan has recommendedher to a colleague at work. She is almostlike family to us; my son even calls herAunt Lessie.”

As the Garls waited more than sevenmonths for a short sale to process, Lessiecontinued to show the couple other prop-erties. “Lessie adapted to our style andknew where we were interested in look-ing. She was very patient and didn’t wasteour time,” Vanessa says.

Like so many of us, the Garls valuetheir time. They are busy with their pro-fessions — he, a private banker with WellsFargo and she, a financial advisor withMorgan Stanley — as well as with raisingtheir two young children. As businesspeople, they realize the importance of ne-gotiation and stress that it is one ofLessie’s strong suits.

“She is a great negotiator,” explainsVanessa. “I think people sometimes don’tconsider that (attribute) when choosing aRealtor and it is such an important com-ponent of any sale. She even met with theappraiser at our home and presented himwith all of her own research and analysis.She is very detail oriented.”

The Art Of Selling NewThe Art Of Selling NewTampa & Wesley ChapelTampa & Wesley Chapel

Lessie says New Tampa and WesleyChapel are both great areas to sell becausethey appeal to a broad range of people, es-pecially out-of-state folks.

“They like the young demographics

and newness of everything,” she says. “Wehave a new mall, a beautiful, new hospital,and such great neighborhoods. They lovethe consistency of the neighborhoods. Youdon’t find that in other areas of Tampa.”

No matter what type of home you’reselling and whatever the price range,Lessie guarantees you’ll receive VIP treat-ment from her, stressing, “It’s really notabout the money; it’s about building goodrelationships with people. My clients willtell you that I am hard working and pro-fessional, and that I’ll go above and be-yond what’s expected of me. I like tothink outside the box.”

And what does she think about thisbaffling real estate market we are currently

experiencing across the Tampa Bay area?“It’s volatile,” she says, adding that

investors have upped the ante, after buyingmost of the Tampa Bay area (includingthose in New Tampa and Wesley Chapel)properties priced up to $250,000. “I nowhave investor clients looking at homespriced to $500,000,” she says. “They willprobably just flip them or rent them out.”

Stay tuned. If you’re considering putting your

home on the market, contact LessieReyes at 298-5541; visit her on Face-book or email her [email protected].

For additional information, visitMichaelGreenandAssociates.com.





By Matt Wiley

The Tampa Bay area is becoming ahotbed for cold, craft beer, with new brew-eries popping up across the area seeminglyevery few months. One of the newestbreweries has its roots right here in WesleyChapel. Say hello to Angry Chair Brewing,which has its first location in Tampa’sSeminole Heights neighborhood.

For the past two years, Angry ChairBrewing has been homeless, a side-projectof Tampa’s Cigar City Brewing and TheBrass Tap (at the Shops at Wiregrass mall)employee Ryan Dowdle, 34, a MeadowPointe resident, fellow Cigar City employeeand pilot-brewer Ben Romano, 32, andbusiness partner Shane Mozur, 38, also ofMeadow Pointe.

A Sarasota native, Dowdle, 34, mi-grated north to the University of Wisconsinin Madison in 1997 for college, where hesays he was blown away by the largeamount of “weird beer” on tap.

“That’s where I was first introducedto craft beer,” he says. “Going from amacro, domesticated beer state to a statethat supports craft beer intrigued me.”

By “macro, domesticated beer,” Dow-dle refers to the major “American” brew-eries, such as Miller-Coors andAnheuser-Busch, which now is owned byBelgium-based InBev. Exposure to small,craft breweries sparked Dowdle’s interest inthe creativity that can go into the brewing

process, which, at that time, wasn’t as easyto find on the shelves in Florida.

After graduating in 2001, he returnedto Florida, specifically Wesley Chapel. Oncea week, together with a few friends — in-cluding Joey Redner, owner of Cigar CityBrewing, located off of Spruce St. nearTampa International Airport — Dowdlewould sample craft beers from across theU.S. that they acquired by trading with fel-low craft brew enthusiasts online. Pairedwith working as the general manager atThe Brass Tap in Wiregrass for severalyears, Dowdle was sold.

“Now, craft beer is a passion of mine,”he explains. “I believe in it. Craft beer isnot a trend. It’s the future. Craft beer isAmerican brewing. I want to be a part of itand support it as much as I can.”

And that’s the plan with Angry Chair,which derives its name from Dowdle andMozur’s stint working jobs in the corporatefinance world.

“An ‘angry chair’ is what we refer toas your chair at work, or wherever makesyou angry,” Dowdle says. “It’s your un-happy place. Angry Chair Brewing is a cele-bration of being away from that place.”

Celebration is a fitting word for thebeers that Angry Chair already has brewedout of Cigar City, one of which was a Ger-man “chocolate cake milk stout,” brewedwith chocolate, vanilla beans and coconutand aged on more vanilla beans, coconutand rum-soaked oak chips. Another brew

has been named Bananas Foster, after theclassic New Orleans-style dessert.

“We’re forward-thinking with ourbeers,” Dowdle explains. “We’re not goinginto it thinking we’re going to make just afew core beers. We’re going to brew beerthat we want to drink, and what we thinkother people might like. They may developinto our core beers, but it’ll depend on de-mand. As far as styles, the sky is the limit.We’re not scared to brew anything.”

Craft beer consumers can expect tosee a wide range of styles, including a ryebeer, India pale ales, porters, stouts andBerliner-Weisses, or sour beers with blue-berry or raspberry flavors.

Although the Angry Chair owners justannounced their brewery’s location at6401 N. Florida Ave. in an old clock-repairshop, Dowdle and company have beenbusy getting the word out, even taking partin the second annual Tampa Bay BeerWeek, which ran from March 2-10, withcraft beer events all over the Tampa Bayarea. Angry Chair took over the taps at theCigar City tasting room on March 7, with32 gallons of six different brews.

“It truly was a madhouse,” Dowdlesays. “Our six beers were completely gonein an hour and a half. The show of supportwas amazing.”

If all goes according to plan, AngryChair beer will be on tap at its own brew-ery in August, just a few miles south of ourdistribution areas, in the evenrable and

ever-improving Old Seminole Heightsneighborhood.

“Logistically, it made more sense tofind a location in Seminole Heights,”Dowdle explains. “It’s right smack in themiddle of Tampa. There’s a lot of synergyin the neighborhood. We did a lot of look-ing around. When we first went into thebuilding, we found a lot of turn-of-the cen-tury beer artifacts, like old Pabst Blue Rib-bon posters. It seemed like a good fit.”

Until then, the Angry Chair ownersare working on getting licensing for theirown brewery approved, but their beers stillcan be found periodically at the Cigar CityTasting Room (3924 W. Spruce St).

For more information, check outAngry Chair Brewing atFacebook.com/AngryChairBrewing.


Angry Chair Brewing: Craft Beer With Some Wesley Chapel Roots

Wesley Chapel resident Ryan Dowdle (left) andBen Romano of Angry Chair Brewing.




By Gary NagerIt won’t be open a full year for a couple

of months yet, but whether you’re originallyfrom Chicago or not, I hope you’ll checkout owner Ron Chase’s Full Circle Pizza &Grill, located less than two miles south ofCounty Line Rd. on Bruce B. Downs (BBD)Blvd., in the Pebble Creek Collection.

In the less than ten months he’s beenopen at our press time, Chase already has ex-panded his menu quite a bit, includingadding true Chicago-style deep-dish pizza, aswell as more salads and sandwiches, based onrequests from his already-very-loyal throngof regular customers who helped vote FullCircle as our readers’ 2012 favorite pizzaplace in New Tampa/Wesley Chapel andsecond favorite restaurant in New Tampa.

Although non-Chicagoans like yours

truly may think that deep-dish is the only“true” Chicago pizza, Chase, a long-timeformer resident of the Windy City, says histhin-crust pizza is actually what moreChicago natives enjoy.

“Most of our requests for deep-dishpizza were coming from people who weren’tfrom Chicago,” he says. “But, because somany other people asked for it, I decided togo ahead and add it.” And, while the deep-dish pizza currently is only available Mon-day-Thursday at Full Circle (Chase says ittakes too long to bake them during his al-ways-busy weekend dinner hours), they al-ready are very popular — as well as veryfilling and very yummy. I especially appreci-ate the thick layer of sausage and equallythick tomato sauce on top, as well as thequality cheese and still-crisp crust of the newdeep-dish sausage and tomato pie.

Check out Full Circle’s complete slateof specialty and white pizzas, as well as tastycalzones and strombolis, too, and I’m quite


Full Circle Pizza & Grill — Your Place For Fun, Tasty Family Dining!

At Full Circle Pizza & Grill in New Tampa’s Pebble Creek Collection, you can havedeep-dish Chicago pizza (left) Mon.-Thur. or a thin-crust pizza meal with garlic

knots, a large salad, zeppoles and Peroni or Yuengling beer on draft any day!

Our editor loves the Full Circle icebergwedge salad.

certain you won’t be disappointed.Chase says that his goal is to be your

family’s favorite place to go for a reasonablypriced meal. For about $30, your family canshare a large thin-crust pizza, an order ofdelicious garlic knots, one of Chase’s popu-lar large salad ( including everything fromCaesar to antipasto to my favorite, the FullCircle wedge, which comes with both acreamy garlic parmesan dressing and a tastybalsamic glaze) and an order of Italiandonut holes (zeppoles) for dessert.

If you’re looking for something other

than (or in addition to) pizza, I’m partial toFull Circle’s jumbo chicken wings and moz-zarella sticks, as well as the Philly cheesesteaksandwich. Chase also has a variety ofChicago sandwich favorites — everythingfrom delicious Chicago-style Italian beef,Italian sausage and beef combo, a Chicago-style Vienna beef hot dog, grilled, fried,blackened or Buffalo-style chicken sand-wich, as well as chicken, eggplant and meat-ball parmesan subs and hamburgers withyour choice of toppings (including a pizzaburger with grilled mushrooms and onions,

marinara and mozzarella).Chase also takes a lot of pride in his

spaghetti and homemade meatballs and healso offers jumbo cheese raviolis and my fa-vorite Full Circle pasta — the fettuccine Al-fredo with grilled (or blackened) chicken.There’s also full chicken and eggplantparmesan dinners, each served with a side ofpasta and two garlic knots.

And, Full Circle’s casual atmospherealso offers several flat-screen TVs, beer ondraft (I love the Peroni and Yuenglingdrafts) and domestic, import and premiumbeer in bottles, as well as equally reasonableprices on a variety of red and white wines. Inaddition to the zeppoles, there’s also creamyNY-style cheesecake available for dessert.

Full Circle Pizza & Grill (19651

BBD Blvd.) is open every day for lunchand dinner. Call 994-3700 or visit Full-CirclePizzaandGrill.com.


Try Full Circle’s Philly cheesesteak, too!

brating with the Chamber. Following the ribbon-cutting, Pura

owners Alfio Carroccetto and Stephanie Far-quhar handed out awards to three of thestudio’s top students: Sheena Jean, for mostclasses attended; Don Cortright for mostbody weight loss; and Madeline Agee formost body fat percentage lost. Congratula-tions to the winners and to Pura. Call 501-2124 or visit PuraCycling.com.

Other Upcoming ChamberOther Upcoming ChamberRibbon Cuttings & EventsRibbon Cuttings & Events

The WCCC also has the followingevents scheduled for the next 30 days:

Tuesday, April 16, 3 p.m. - “Net-working on the Nines,” at Lexington OaksGolf Club, 26133 Lexington Oaks Blvd.,$15 per person (9 holes of golf & cart).

Call Susan Casey at Insurance NewTampa, 435-6350.

Tuesday, April 16, 8:30 a.m. - Rib-bon at BB&T Bank, 17502 Dona MichelleDr, New Tampa. Free, but RSVPs are re-quested by Fri., Apr. 12. Call 374-5891.

Friday, April 19, 5:30 p.m. - Ribboncutting at Park’s Fiat, 28736 S.R. 54

Thursday, April 25, 4:30 p.m. - Rib-bon Cutting & Re-Grand Opening ofHaverty's Furniture, 26450 Golden MapleRd. (off S.R. 56).

Tuesday, May 7, 5:30 p.m. – Ribboncutting at Luckey Eye Care, 27340 Cash-ford Cir., in Summergate Prof. Office Park.

Thursday, May 9, 6 p.m. – FreeMonthly Business Mixer at Ierna’s Heating& Cooling, 18643 U.S. Hwy. 41, Lutz.

For info about these and other up-coming events,, call 994-8534 or visitWesleyChapelChamber.com.Dr. Niraj V. Patel JoinsDr. Niraj V. Patel JoinsInsignia Care For WomenInsignia Care For Women

Insignia Care for Women, which hasa location in Wesley Chapel, is proud towelcome Dr. Niraj V. Patel to the practice.Dr. Patel earned his medical degree fromthe Saba University School of Medicine inSaba, Dutch Caribbean, in 2001. He com-pleted his internship in General Surgeryand residency training in Obstetrics andGynecology at Howard University inWashington, DC.

Dr. Patel has been Board-Certified in

The Latest & Greatest News About Dining, Shopping, Retail & More In New Tampa & Wesley Chapel!


By Gary Nager

Happy Cow, La Berry &Happy Cow, La Berry &Twistee Treat Opening SoonTwistee Treat Opening Soon

Even though the New Tampa area hasseen no fewer than three frozen yogurtshops open in the last year or so, within thenext couple of months, two more are ex-pected to open on BBD, one north and onejust south of the Pasco/Hillsboroughcounty line. And, even though one icecream shop has closed, another is poppingup to replace it and the closed store alreadyis in the dessert business again, too. Whatthe heck is going on here?

For starters, a little north of the PascoCounty line, at 1646 BBD, next to theBonefish Grill in the Shoppes at NewTampa plaza, Happy Cow Frozen Yogurt,Sorbet & Gelato will celebrate its GrandOpening on Friday, May 10, 11 a.m.-11p.m. Co-owner/GM and Wesley Chapelresident Ray Perez says there will be plentyof free yogurt, sorbet and soft-serve gelatosamples given away (while supplies last) thatday, as well as prizes (restrictions apply) andeven balloon animals. And, the first 100 cus-tomers that day will receive a 20-percent dis-count. The store, which is expected to opena few days before the Grand Opening, alsowill offer 60 toppings and sauces, as well asfresh-baked cookies and brownies.

For additional information, visitFacebook.com/Happy Cow Frozen Yo-gurt or call 531-5421.

La’ Berry Frozen Yogurt Café, whichhas five locations in Georgia, will open in theTrout Creek Commons plaza anchored byBurger 21. Billed as “A trendy place tomeet and mingle with friends,” it remains to

be seen if La’ Berry will offer anything todifferentiate itself from its competition.

For additional information, visitLaBerryFrozenYogurt.com.

A little to the south on BBD, the va-cant, giant soft-serve cone in front of thePizza Hut in the Publix-anchored NewTampa Center, will soon be home to thefifth Twistee Treat Real Ice Cream shop inFlorida. If you like chocolate dip-top conesas much as I do, you might need to visit thenewest Twistee Treat. For more informa-tion, visit TwisteeTreat.com.

Although it made my 2012 list of fa-vorite ice cream and dessert shops in NewTampa and Wesley Chapel, the iCreamstore, located next to and owned by thesame people who own the adjacent BajaFresh Mexican Grill on BBD just north ofS.R. 56, quietly closed several weeks ago —and recently was replaced by a Cupcakes &More Brewhouse, which features deliciousroasted coffee, coffee drinks, the popularBoba teas and yummy cupcakes and pastries.

Stop in and tell them the N ew Tam paN eighborhood N ewssent you!

Pura Cycling Cuts A RibbonPura Cycling Cuts A RibbonWith The WC ChamberWith The WC Chamber

The Greater Wesley Chapel Chamberof Commerce (WCCC) continues to get in-volved in the Wesley Chapel business com-munity and this time of year is always busyfor Chamber ribbon cuttings and events.The most recent ribbon-cutting ceremonywe attended was on April 2 for Pura IndoorCycling Studio (1822 BBD, in the Shoppesat New Tampa plaza, near Publix) whichopened last December, but as many busi-nesses do, waited several months before cele-

Co-owners Alfio Carroccetto & Stephanie Farquhar (both in green, with scissors) were joined by40 guests and Wesley Chapel Chamber members at the recent Chamber ribbon cutting at Pura Indoor Cycling in the Shoppes at New Tampa plaza on BBD Blvd. Photo by Matt Wiley

Obstetrics and Gynecologysince 2010. He has been prac-ticing in the Tampa Bay areasince 2006 and is a member ofthe American College of Ob-stetricians and Gynecologists,Florida Medical Association

and Hillsborough County Medical Association.Dr. Patel says he believes in forming a

healthy, patient-provider relationship and hav-ing open communication whereby patients canreceive the most comprehensive medical care.He enjoys spending time with family andfriends and playing sports with his sons.

For more info, visit Insignia Care’sWesley Chapel office at 3743 MaryweatherLn. (off BBD and Mystic Oaks Blvd.), call994-4590 or visit WomensCareFl.com.


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TAMPA CAT LADY- Professional Cat-SittingService. Cats are happiest in their own home, sur-rounded by familiar sights, sounds, & smells. Whenyou are away, we feed, cuddle, & play with your kitties& clean & dispose of litter. Insured, bonded, & Red-Cross certified in pet first aid/CPR. Call 994-9449or visit www.TampaCatLady.com.

JUST ASK JULIE PET SITTING - Cat sittingand midday doggie walks * Serving you since 2002 *Bonded, Licensed and insured * Pet First Aid CertifiedInstructor * Certified Dob Obedience Trainer/In-structor * Ask about my kitty express visits * [email protected] or 813-892-9543

NEW TAMPA PET SITTING SERVICES -Under New Ownership! Please call Larisa at (813)546-3887. Thank-you for your business over ALLthese years! Please call Marina at (813) 416-5301for references!

C L E A N I N G S E R V I C E S

D-ULTRA CLEANING SERVICE - We have ourown supplies & more than 300 clients in New Tampa!For more information, Call 758-9710.

M.Y. CLEANING SERVICE -Offering Residen-tial cleaning. We offer complete bath & kitchencleaning, as well as dusting and polishing furniture.We provide our own supplies. Free estimates! Yoursatisfaction is our priority! With 5 years of experience,we guarantee meticulous cleaning! Call Mila: (813) 516-3554.

CLEANING, LAUNDRY, YOU NAME IT!-$68.00 introductory special, Mon-Wed. Make yourlist, put us to work! Anna's Housekeeping - A BBBAccredited Business Servicing Florida since 1991.We have private housekeeper rates with agencyBackup coverage! Licensed and all housekeepers arebackground checked. Call 813.985.1150.

EDUCATION / BABYSITTING

PROFESSIONAL TENNIS LESSONS - Recently re-located USPTA/PTR teaching professional available forprivate/group/team tennis lessons. Former Head TennisProfessional at the #2 and #3 Tennis Resorts in theU.S. Past coach of former #1 singles player at the Univer-sity of Florida. Call Steve Brady at (843) 422-3993 oremail [email protected]

PIANO LESSONS/TUTORING- Children, teens,and adults. I am a highly qualified/certified Florida edu-cator specializing in piano, music theory, language arts,reading, writing, geography, elementary math, beginningSpanish, and FCAT/test preparation. Contact Mrs.Daley at 813-468-1424 for rates & scheduling.

PROFESSIONAL TECH SUPPORT – in yourhome or small business. A+ certified computer techwith 20 years of exp. Maintenance & repairs, upgrades& tutoring. More affordable than the large chains!Friendly, personalized svc. Technical jargon explainedin plain English. References available upon request. Call957-8342 for free estimate.

DO YOU HATE YOUR COMPUTER?!? - WECAN HELP YOU! Troubleshooting, installation, net-working & virus removal. WE COME TO YOU!Servicing residential & businesses, w/ over 25 years ex-perience. Contact Jeffrey Blank (813) 973-4507today! www.WSICA.COM; [email protected]

L A W N C A R E JASMINE’S LANDSCAPING - Complete lawn main-tenance, Tree, palm and hedge trimming, Planting,mulching, stones, Sod replacement, Pressure washing, Gut-ter cleaning and more. Cited by your HOA for violations?Need to comply for: Pressure washing, Trimming,Mulching, Sod replacement, Sprinkler repair or Mailboxrepair or replacements?Ask about our HOA SPECIAL!FREE ESTIMATE! (813) 420-4465

LAWN CARE - We Specialize in Residential Lawn &Landscape Maintenance! Landscaping, Mulching, Clean-ups, Palm/Tree Trimming & Sprinkler Repair also avail-able. Owner Operated over 17 years. Call us today forReliable Service for everything that grows @ your property (813) 973-3825 or visit: ntlcpropertymaintenance.com

P O O L S E R V I C E STRANQUILITY POOL SERVICE - New Tampaowned & operated. Great Pricing with outstanding cus-tomer service! LICENSED, BONDED & INSURED.See why we are New Tampa’s #1 Choice!! New cus-tomer’s ONE MONTH FREE! Call Chris Today @(813) 857-5400 or visit TranquilityPoolService.com

AQUATEC POOL SERVICE - keeping pools clear& swim safe since 1994. WE DO POOLS RIGHT!Commercial & Residential. CPO #33-303052 Licensed& Insured. Service guarantee. Call (813) 312-5694TODAY and get 1 MONTH OF QUALITYSERVICE FOR FREE. www.aquatecpool.com

F U N & G A M E S BRIDGE PLAYERS WANTED - Daytime.Weekdays. Once, twice, or more per month forthree hour sessions in selected homes of membersin New Tampa or Wesley Chapel. Actual sched-ule depends on availability of players. One-twotables maximum. Party bridge, not Duplicate. In-termediate level. Enjoyable, warm, casual people.Free. No frills. For details call Harry at 813-907-2541 or Jane at 813-355-3665.

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R E A L E S T A T E

FIND YOUR DREAM HOME FROMYOUR CELL PHONE! - Wish you could seehome details while you are driving around lookingat homes? NOW YOU CAN! With Team Bohan-non's Mobile MLS Search application, you cansearch for any home in the area on your cell phone.Check out price, beds/baths, details, maps, evenphotos – all from the convenience of your cellphone. SEARCH PROPERTIES WHENEVERAND WHEREVER YOU WANT! GET ITNOW - Text: MLS4YOU to: 87778 Compli-ments of Doug, Annette and Dale BohannonColdwell Banker (813) 979-4963

REALTOR - Let me Find your Dream Home foryou,... I WILL DO THE WORK! - You will getmy full attention to your Real Estate needs. Callme directly at 813-679-9595 or email me: [email protected]. MARIA CHERREZ -VAN-GALDER, Realtor, Ceritfied Short Sale Expert;Charles Rutenberg Realty, Inc.

M I S C E L L A N E O U S

CAR SERVICES – Don’t Have a Ride? Don’t Want toLeave Your Car? Shouldn’t Drive? We Drive You and YourCar Home! Night Clubs, Corporate Events, SportingEvents, Concerts, Appointments, Airport or Stranded...Call Jay at (813) 966-1530.


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