By STEPHEN HAMMILL
shammill@mediagenral.com
Last week, 57 students from Carrollwood’s Independent Day School-Corbett Campus trekked up to the capitol to see first-hand how Florida’s government works. Forty-eight parents accompanied the teachers and students up to Tallahassee.

The annual…]]> Carrollwood 2007-05-11T14:28:00-05:00 http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/community/comments/planet-protectors-start-off-small/ INDEPENDENT DAY SCHOOL KIDS CLEAN BEACH

By STEPHEN HAMMILL
shammill@mediageneral.com

“This was the best field trip ever!” said Jackson Risey, a first-grader from the Independent Day School-Corbett Campus in Carrollwood. “We cleaned the planet and got to see some crabs.”

In an…]]> Carrollwood 2007-04-25T18:25:01-05:00 http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/community/comments/pet-control-on-wheels/ NEUTER SCOOTER COMES TO TAMPA BAY

By STEPHEN HAMMILL
shammill@mediageneral.com

When Sharon Zulliger rides around town, it’s hard not to notice. She spends her days in a 14-foot-long white van with the words “Neuter Scooter” written on its sides.

“A lot of…]]> Carrollwood 2007-04-25T18:17:00-05:00 http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/community/comments/where-mentors-become-friends/ CHILDREN’S HOME SOCIETY SEEKS VOLUNTEERS

By STEPHEN HAMMILL
shammill@mediageneral.com

DJ Hamilton flashed a radiant and precocious smile as she remembered, to the day, when she and Diane Levesque started hanging out: it was October 16.
“We made Easter baskets last week, and…]]> Carrollwood 2007-04-20T14:47:01-05:00 http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/community/comments/looking-for-an-audience/ Carrollwood Players Ready New Production

By STEPHEN HAMMILL
shammill@mediageneral.com

“Am I getting that line right?,” asked actor Bill Turcotte, from the stage of the Carrollwood Playhouse. He turned to the script-reader who looked up from the page to give him a nod.

…]]> Carrollwood 2007-04-20T14:43:00-05:00 http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/community/comments/humane-society-takes-a-walk/ BARK IN THE PARK HELD AT AL LOPEZ

By STEPHEN HAMMILL
shammill@mediageneral.com

Jody Dixon came to the Humane Society of Tampa Bay’s 20th annual Bark in the Park with the intention of finding a new friend.

“I’m going to call her Phoebe,”…]]> Carrollwood 2007-04-11T20:21:00-05:00 http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/community/comments/fitting-the-hearing-impaired/ PROGRAM OFFERS PHONES AT KEEL LIBRARY

By STEPHEN HAMMILL
shammill@mediageneral.com

Several Tampa residents visited the Jimmie B. Keel Regional Library, 2902 W. Bearss Ave., recently in an effort to regain a bit of normalcy in their lives.
Robbyn Walters of the Deaf…]]> Carrollwood 2007-04-11T20:19:00-05:00 http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/community/comments/competition-allows-students-to-reveal-inner-voices/ By STEPHEN HAMMILL
shammill@mediagenral.com

Kwabena Dinizulu is a poet and storyteller, and he came to talk to 80 high school kids about something unusual to them: quietness.

“I want you each to take 15 minutes of your day and spend it alone, in your…]]> Carrollwood 2007-04-11T20:17:00-05:00 http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/community/comments/olive-comes-to-lowry-park-zoo/ BABY RIVER OTTER IN REHABILITATION

By STEPHEN HAMMILL
shammill@medigenral.com

Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo staff is caring for an orphaned river otter named Olive. The pup was recently transferred to the zoo from Sea World Orlando.
Olive is undergoing rehabilitation at the zoo’s…]]> Carrollwood 2007-03-28T20:14:00-05:00 http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/community/comments/carrollwood-area-businesses-meet-and-greet/ AREA SCHOOL HOSTED EXPO

By STEPHEN HAMMILL
shammill@mediageneral.com

More than 80 exhibitors and hundreds of visitors gathered last week for the CABA Spring Expo at Carrollwood Day School, 1515 W. Bearss Ave.
The event took place from 3 to 7 p.m. in…]]> Carrollwood 2007-03-28T20:13:00-05:00