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A Run to Remember Call of the not-so-Wild New adaptation might be too tame for some, our fi lm critic writes. ... Page 1B. Need a doctor? TBN has got you covered! Get the inside scoop on Pinellas County health care providers in our annual Medical and Dental Directory. … INSIDE. Volume 41, No. 13 www.TBNweekly.com February 27, 2020 LARGO CONNECT WITH US Hospital takes on new challenge ONLINE Largo Medical Center seeking to raise Visit us at profile by offering heart transplants www.TBNweekly.com Follow us on Facebook By JIM McCONVILLE in place to do it. We’ll be listed and eligi- www.facebook.com/ TBN Correspondent ble for a transplant in the next week or so TBNweekly — imminently.” LARGO — Largo Medical Center may LMC, which is now Florida’s 10th med- Follow us on Twitter have already performed its first heart ical center to perform heart transplants, @TBNwebmaster transplant procedure by the time you fi n- plans to do 11 to 15 of the procedures in ish this article. its fi rst year, Rudd said. LMC’s volume of LMC has identifi ed its fi rst heart trans- heart transplants will grow gradually. plant patient and is awaiting a donor. “How big do we go?” Rudd said. “We SPORTS “The transplant may be as early as the will proceed cautiously, because the big- next week as so,” Adam Rudd, chief exec- gest thing is that you have great out- Phillies kick off utive offi cer of Largo Medical Center, told comes, and we’ll continue to have the Tampa Bay Newspapers on Feb. 19. best outcomes possible.” spring training “We have been approved by UNOS (the The Transplant Institute of Florida at Photo by CHRIS GEORGE United Network of Organ Sharing), the Largo Medical Center was launched in Construction is underway on a helicopter landing pad at Largo Medical Center. Bright blue skies greeted the more agency that gives us the right to do trans- Adding the pad became a priority as LMC’s volume of organ transplants has than 7,000 fans that came through the plants,” Rudd said. “We have the things See HEART, page 4A increased the past two years. turnstiles at Spectrum Field in Clearwa- ter on Feb. 23 as the Philadelphia Phil- lies kicked off their 2020 spring training campaign with a 4-3 win over the Pitts- LARGO burgh Pirates on a picture-perfect day for baseball. LOCAL INSPIRATIONS … Page 6A. Residents LARGO One day, 3 big A run to tasked with events for park reviewing Saturday, March 7, will be a busy day at Largo Central Park, which will host three free, family-friendly events. Playing Un- remember city charter plugged, Touch-a-Truck, and the Suncoast Osteopathic Foundation’s Spring Fling will all take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Largo resident shares tale of Committee meets once … Page 4A. every 7 years to suggest running 75 marathons in changes to document ENTERTAINMENT 75 days to raise awareness By JIM McCONVILLE Little River Band of single-parent families TBN Correspondent set to make waves LARGO — The City Commission has Little River Band, Lords of 52nd Street By JIM McCONVILLE selected its nine-member Charter Review and John Waite will perform as part TBN Correspondent Committee for 2020 that will be charged of ‘70s Fest III on Friday, Feb. 28, at with examining and recommending chang- Ruth Eckerd Hall. Little River Band was LARGO — To say Terry Hitchcock is “no quit- es to the city charter as it sees fi t. dubbed as “the best singing band in the ter” might be shortchanging him at a little bit. A committee of city residents is chosen world” by Glenn Frey of the Eagles, and About 1,965 miles, to be exact. every seven years to review and recom- we spoke with Wayne Nelson, lead singer That’s the estimated distance Hitchcock ran mend changes to the charter. and bass player of the band, about what between May 6 and July 14 in 1996 when com- The city’s charter serves as the “Consti- makes music from the 1970s so special. pleting the essence of 75 marathons in 75 days tution” for Largo’s government, providing … Page 3B. to raise awareness about the plight of single-parent the framework for city operations such as families in the U.S. approving a tax rate, electing city commis- Hitchcock’s improbable “marathon to end all marathons” also sioners and selling or leasing city property. SCHOOL served as tangible proof to support Hitchcock’s own personal Voters have the ultimate say in what goes credo learned from his grandfather: “Nothing is impossible.” into the charter. Students build A documentary fi lm by Tim Van Desteeg titled “My Run” that The commission selected seven members encapsulates Hitchcock’s pilgrimage across seven states was re- and two alternates at its Feb. 18 meeting. beds for families cently shown at the Elmcroft of Twenty-four city residents applied to Pinecrest senior living commu- serve on the committee, registering online More than 200 students attending nity in Largo, where he resides. before the city’s Feb. 14 deadline. Richard O. Jacobson Technical High “How I did it, I have Hitchcock was accompanied School at Seminole collaborated with by Clearwater-based writer no idea. But it taught See CHARTER, page 3A the Pinellas County chapter of Sleep in Ronald Joseph Kule, whose bi- Heavenly Peace, a nonprofi t organization, me that we can do more ography “Living Beyond Impos- to build the components for 40 bunk beds sible” on Hitchcock’s life was than we think we can. PINELLAS COUNTY donated to families and children in need. published last year. Hitchcock … Page 9A. We can make an impact.” and Rule answered residents’ questions afterwards. — Terry Hitchcock, VIEWPOINTS Now 81, Hitchcock was 56 on the nearly 2,000-mile run he Supervisor years old when he came up made from Minnesota to Georgia Bob Driver with his plan to run from St. in 1996 Paul, Minnesota, to Atlanta, of elections What makes where he would wind up at the telemarketers tick? beginning of the 1996 Summer Olympics. … Page 8A. Hitchcock’s project came to fruition 10 years after the death of his wife, Susan set to retire Ann, to breast cancer at age 36 left Hitchcock a broken man who felt he had lost everything. Deborah Clarke has held In the wake of his wife’s untimely death, Hitchcock became a quick study in Features learning how to raise three children as the sole parent and breadwinner. position for past 20 years But for Hitchcock, something was still missing that would give his life purpose and direction: running a series of consecutive marathons to draw national aware- Business . .10A By SUZETTE PORTER ness to the country’ estimated 35 million single parents. Tampa Bay Newspapers Classifi eds . 5-7B When asked by reporters during his run how such single-parent families Community . .10A might be helped, Hitchcock replied that a Secretary of Children cabinet position Supervisor of Elections Deborah Clark Entertainment . 1-3B should be created. won’t be running for re-election in Novem- Faith & family . .10A “If children are our future, why don’t we have an offi ce just for them?” he ber, instead she is retiring effective March Puzzles & Games . .2B 31. Largo . 3-5A See RUN, page 4A Clark sent her letter of resignation to Outdoors . .11A Gov. Ron DeSantis on Feb. 17. Pets . .10A “What a tremendous honor it has been Police beat . .2A to serve the citizens of Pinellas County for Schools . .9A Photo courtesy of TERRY HITCHCOCK 42 years, representing them as their Su- Sports . .6A Terry Hitchcock takes part in his nearly 2,000-mile run from St. pervisor of Elections for almost 20 years,” Viewpoints . .8A Paul, Minnesota to Atlanta in 1996. The Largo resident completed Clark said in her letter. the essence of 75 marathons in 75 days to raise awareness about Clark, 71, began her career at the Elec- tions offi ce in 1978 and served as deputy Call 727-397-5563 the plight of single-parent families in the U.S. For News & Advertising See CLARK, page 4A ••LOVE DOGS?•• HAIR • NAILS • SKIN • MASSAGE AUTO ACCIDENT INJURY? 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