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Curtain rises on revue Eight O’Clock Theatre to perform best of golden age, contemporary theater. … Page 2B. Shining the spotlight on breast cancer TBN’s fall edition of Just for Women celebrates women from all over Pinellas County and spreads the word about breast cancer awareness. … INSIDE. Volume 40, No. 43 www.TBNweekly.com September 26, 2019 HEALTH CARE CONNECT WITH US ONLINE Nonprofit finds home in Largo Community Health Centers of Pinellas pays $3.95M for new headquarters in effort to expand services Visit us at www.TBNweekly.com By CHRIS GEORGE CHCP offi cially closed on the property Follow us on Facebook Tampa Bay Newspapers at 14100 58th St. N. on Aug. 15, pur- www.facebook.com/ chasing the site from 14100 ICOT, LLC. TBNweekly LARGO — Community Health Centers “We are super excited,” Dorso said. “We of Pinellas sees about 60,000 patients have seen tremendous growth over the Follow us on Twitter each year for about 200,000 visits. last several years, and we are in the pro- @TBNwebmaster And those numbers are expected to cess of implementing or just implemented continue growing, according to Elodie new services for our patients.” Dorso, CEO of the nonprofi t that provides Dorso said increased demand for the affordable, primary health care services to federally qualified health center’s ser- CLEARWATER residents throughout the county. vices prompted the move from its current So, in order to keep up with de- headquarters, the 28,000-square-foot mand, the organization purchased a Johnnie Ruth Clarke Health Center in St. Photo by CHRIS GEORGE Super boats set 39,118-square-foot facility on the east Petersburg. Community Health Centers of Pinellas is moving from St. Petersburg into this side of Largo for $3.95 million to serve as 39,118-square-foot property at 14100 58th St. N. The nonprofi t paid $3.95 million to make waves its new corporate headquarters. See CENTERS, page 4A for the site that will be its new headquarters. Water sport enthusiasts will soon to flock to Coachman Park as the 2019 Clearwater Offshore Nationals race into town this weekend. The three-day event LARGO will kick off Friday, Sept. 27, in Coach- man Park when the Race Village opens from noon to 7 p.m. … Page 3A. City agrees ENTERTAINMENT to tweak Orchestra ready to kick off season rules for Internationally acclaimed conductor Michael Francis will open his fi fth season as music director of the Florida Orches- Walmarts tra this weekend, launching a celebra- tion of Beethoven’s 250th birthday. Limited regulations to be … Page 2B. imposed so 2 stores can LARGO use storage containers Annual book sale during holiday season supports library By CHRIS GEORGE Tampa Bay Newspapers The Friends of the Largo Library’s annual fall book sale runs through Photo by TOM GERMOND LARGO — City commissioners decided Saturday. The sale consists of a large Charles Phillips, a senior at Largo High School wearing a T-shirt in support of compromise was the best course of action selection of fi ction, non-fi ction, movies, I thinkh k we Sept. 17 when they voted 6-1 to bend the CDs, young adult and kid’s books. Pric- presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, leads a chant during a demonstration at “ rules so two Walmart supercenters could Largo City Hall on Sept. 20. es are 50 cents each or three for $1. as a people use outdoor storage containers during the … Page 4A. need to get holiday season. The stores at 990 Missouri Ave. and back in 2677 Roosevelt Blvd. were cited in Decem- Get your fi x of A climate touch with ber for violating the city’s Code of Ordi- our planet nances and Comprehensive Development feline love at show Code, which limit temporary storage con- and what it tainers on commercial properties to one The Skyway Cat Club of Tampa Bay means to be container for a maximum of 30 continuous will host The International Cat Associ- change days. They are also not allowed in the com- ation All-Breed Cat Show on Saturday alive, what mercial general land-use classifications and Sunday, Sept. 28-29, at Minnreg it means to where the stores reside. Hall in Largo. The show will feature The stores, however, informed the city more than 25 breeds of cats, which will be human. in June that they needed to use the steel compete in 12 different rings both days. of heart containers again for additional holiday in- We just … Page 4A. ventory for about 90 days starting in Octo- Largo students add voices to worldwide protests need to take ber. Not using them, representatives said, VIEWPOINTS better care would be expensive and impractical. On Sept. 3, commissioners requested Debra Saunders By TOM GERMOND our planet die,” they chanted repeatedly. of it so we city staff come up with a short-term solu- Tampa Bay Newspapers Also, “Burn Wall Street, not our water.” can take tion for this year until a longer-term solu- Frisco’s brand They carried signs, some with playful tion, which could take six to eight months of compassion LARGO — A group of 30 to 40 Largo lines: “Our planet’s hotter than young better care of work, can be completed. doesn’t work. High School students demonstrated in Leonardo DeCaprio.” of ourselves After some tweaking, that short-term … Page 8A. front of Largo City Hall on Sept. 20, en- Charles Phillips, a senior at LHS and solution that lasts only until the end of couraging local government leaders to one of the leaders of the group, said “this in the the year and applies to all fi ve of Largo’s support actions that address climate is not a one-time deal.” big-box stores proved to be satisfactory for change. future.” Also online “Climate change is not a lie; do not let See PROTEST, page 4A — Dino Klimis, See STORAGE, page 4A Largo High senior Check out TBNweekly.com for more Pinellas news, including: • An update on the Blue Jays’ new spring training facility in Dunedin. CENTRAL PINELLAS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AWARDS • Tourist tax collections continue on a record pace. Longtime arts advocate takes a bow Features Chamber’s citizen of the year honored for ‘unconditional commitment’ Beaches . .9A By CHRIS GEORGE former president of the Suncoast to expose them to not just theat- Classifi eds . 4-7B Tampa Bay Newspapers Performing Arts Foundation, Mar- rical performances but to involve Clearwater . .3A garet Coupe’s efforts have led to so them in actually in participating in County . 6-7A CLEARWATER — It was only ap- many of them at the Central Park making those stories come to life. Entertainment . 1-3B propriate that this year’s Central Performing Arts Center and the You see the wonderful effect that Just for fun . .2B Pinellas Chamber of Commerce cit- Cultural Center before that. it has.” Largo . 4-5A izen of the year would take a cur- “I believe very strongly in the Sean Tobe, outgoing chairman Police beat . 6-7A tain call Sept. 20 during the 67th work of the foundation,” Coupe of the Largo-based chamber, pre- Photo by CHRIS GEORGE Viewpoints . .8A annual meeting and awards break- said of the nonprofi t that supports sented Coupe with the award that Sean Tobe, outgoing chairman of the Central Pinellas fast at the Sheraton Sand Key in the center. “There’s almost nothing recognizes an individual who has Chamber of Commerce, presents Margaret Coupe Call 727-397-5563 Clearwater. better we can do to infl uence the with the citizen of the year award Sept. 20 during the For News & Advertising After all, as an arts advocate and direction of children’s lives than See CHAMBER, page 4A chamber’s meeting and awards breakfast in Clearwater. 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