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Coming your way A variety of concerts are slated for February, including Young the Giant at the Coastline Festival on Feb. 21. ... Page 29. Volume II, No. 5 www.TBNweekly.com January 2015 Car show set for Charles Kondek A brand new look TARPON SPRINGS – Sun- New Shepherd Center location promises more help for those in need Coast Speed & Custom Cars, in coordination with SunCoast Law By KATE FELDMAN Enforcement Charities will host a memorial car show in memory TARPON SPRINGS – In 2014, The Shepherd Center dis- of Tarpon Springs Police Depart- tributed 675,000 pounds of food to those in need in north ment Officer Charles Kondek. Pinellas County. Volunteers and employees handed out Cars, trucks and bikes are 30,000 bags of groceries from the food pantry, served welcome and admission is free, 26,000 meals at community kitchens and provided 1,700 although donations are encour- Thanksgiving dinners through Project T.H.A.N.K.S. aged. Food, drink, raffle tickets, This year, in its new, larger building, the faith-based or- a 50/50, a DJ and an emcee will ganization finally has the room to grow, literally and figu- all be present. ratively. The car show will take place “We outgrew our old location,” said Board of Directors at 440 S. Pinellas Ave. on Jan. President Beverley Billiris. “This new building is going to 25 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. allow us to expand our thrift store, develop more outreach For more information about programs, grow our food pantry.” the memorial car show, call A certified 501(c)3 organization, The Shepherd Center, SunCoast Speed & Custom Cars which has grown steadily since its opening in 1974, aims at 944-4220, ext. 10. to help families and individuals in need through its food pantry and outreach services. Most of the revenue the center uses to provide food and clothes comes from its VIEWPOINTS thrift store, which sells clothing, furniture, jewelry and everything in between. The new building, at 304 S. Pinellas Ave. in the home of the old Cyber Car Store, sits about Bob 10,000 square feet larger than the old location. Dr iver Before the center reopened on Jan. 3, dozens of volunteers from Combat Wounded Veteran Challenge, Birdies for the Brave Tampa Bay, Operation Helping Hand, Photo by KATE FELDMAN Reﬂecting on Charlie Hebdo. The Shepherd Center thrift store, which funds most of the center’s outreach programs, is ... Page 26. See SHEPHERD CENTER, page 5 open seven days a week and sells everything from clothing to furniture. Features Classiﬁeds . .33-35 Clearwater . .23 AroundAround towntown County . .15-17 Crime . .19 Revolution Roller Derby to host Historical Society to host Tarpon Springs resident Entertainment . .24-25, 27-32 open house Remembrance Tea published in National Fisherman Just for Fun . .31 TARPON SPRINGS – Revolution Roller Derby TARPON SPRINGS – The Tarpon Springs TARPON SPRINGS – Robert Powell, a retired USF Outdoors . .8-9 will host an Open House on Jan. 25. New Area Historical Society is hosting its 47th An- professor and long-time resident of Tarpon Springs, Palm Harbor . .20-21 members don’t need to have roller skating ex- nual Remembrance Tea on Jan. 25 from 2 to 4 had his poem “Pretty Work” published in the Jan- Pet Connection . .22 perience; current members will provide lessons p.m. at the Fellowship Hall, Presbyterian uary 2015 issue of the National Fisherman. The Tarpon Springs . .3-6, 10-12, 14 on how to skate and the rules of Roller Derby. Church on the Bayou, 409 Whitcomb Blvd. poem was written as a tribute to the Chesapeake Bay Viewpoints . .26 Adults over 18 years old are invited. This year’s free event has a maritime theme cel- and its watermen. Powell has participated in the Tar- The open house will take place at Astro ebrating early fishing, boating and seafood pon Springs Maritime festival twice and has present- Call 397-5563 Skate, 875 Cypress St., 10:30 a.m. to 12:45 markets of the community. For more informa- ed his poetry at the Fisher Poets Gathering in For News & Advertising p.m. tion, call 943-4624. Astoria, Oregon, for nine consecutive years. Your Neighborhood Electrician 011515 Serving the Pinellas & Pasco County Areas 736-4700 24hr Emergency Service • Lic # EC13003714 011515 041714 Tampa Bay Newspapers, Inc e-edition.tbnweekly.com 2 Beacon, January 2015 Palm Harbor, 35208 U.S. 19N. 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Now, she has her own life-sized classroom (even if it’s in a portable) and the honor to go along with it: 2014-2015 Out- East Lake Middle School sixth- standing Educator of the Year finalist. grade world history teacher Valentage, who teaches sixth grade World History at East Krista Valentage, standing in Lake Middle School Academy of Engineering, said she was her classroom with a photo of shocked when she was announced as a finalist, especially after Machu Picchu and a toy spending the prior weekend at a 5K race with county school alpaca, is a finalist for the board officials. 2014-15 Pinellas County “ ” “ It was such a nice surprise, she said, especially since I Outstanding Educator of the don’t see myself as any different than what I’m surrounded by Year. every day.” In her classroom, decorated with flags and photos of coun- tries around the world, Valentage said she thinks her “outstanding” title comes from her creativity. Currently, in the middle of their work on Mesoamerica, she has students divided into groups for each civilization: two groups for the Mayans, two for the Aztecs and two for the In- cans. Beyond papers and readings, her students are working on projects that incorporate lessons from their engineering classes: they’re building pyramids and floating gardens and Photo by KATE FELDMAN suspension bridges made from alpaca hair. for the new school, which only opened its doors last August. an added bonus. A constant traveler, Valentage said she also encourages her “I don’t think a lot of people would have thought, right out of “As a teacher, you’re doing what you do because you love it, students to bring back memorabilia from their own trips. the gate, we’d have a teacher nominated for Outstanding Edu- not for the recognition,” Valentage said. “It’s so important for students to want to come to school and cator, let alone a finalist,” she said. “It validates that I worked The winning teacher will be announced at the Evening of Ex- to want to learn,” Valentage said. “I want them to be constantly really hard to make sure we have the best of the best here.” cellence at Ruth Eckerd Hall on Feb. 24. 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A Tarpon Springs resident, Pseftelis had a 6 in the 109th celebration in Tarpon Springs; large group of family and friends in atten- one of the largest Epiphany celebrations in dance, including his two sisters, 20-year-old the western hemisphere, the annual event Maria and 23-year-old Katerina, mother commemorates the baptism of Jesus in the Kelly, father Vasilis and grandmother Katina River Jordan by John the Baptist Mehas.

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