A look back at the week in Land O’ Lakes news.
A lot’s happened this week and if you’re just now catching up with the news, here are a few of the biggest headlines that ran on Land O’ Lakes Patch for your perusing pleasure:
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The plan is to wait for the “dust to settle” before setting another date.
Less than a week after packing the Land O’ Lakes Skate Park with youth ready to battle it out for trophies, the organizer of the Fire and Wood Sk8boarding Competition said he’s ready for a second go around. “Yes, we are doing another in the future,” said Dave Miller in a post-event e-mail. Miller said he’d like to wait for the free helmets children and teens signed up for at the Jan. 29 event to come in and get distributed first. “Then we will start planning after helmets are distributed and dust settles.” The first-time event was originally scheduled for Dec. 18, but was rained out. Miller, a Pasco County firefighter, put together the event that was hosted by the Ian Tilmann Foundation, Pasco County Firefighters Local 4420 and the Pasco …
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An overview of the Fire and Wood Sk8Boarding Winter Competition held Saturday Jan. 29.
Skateboarders from all over the Tampa Bay area turned out to show off their tricks and vie for prizes in the first ever Fire and Wood Winter Sk8Boarding Competition Jan. 29. Held at the Land O' Lakes Skate Park, the first-ever event was sponsored by the Pasco County Professional Firefighters Local 4420, the Ian Tilmann Foundation and the skate park. The nonprofit foundation promotes skating safety and offers free helmets to prevent injury. About 50 registered contestants participated in the event and even more than that turned out to watch, support the cause and soak up the sunshine on what many described as "a perfect day." A couple of local sponsored Westside Skate Shop skateboarders, Jimmy Mastrocolo and Matt Benevides had a “sick” time…
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Looking for ideas on low-cost family outings close to home? This is the place to look.
Keeping the kids busy and having fun is a challenge for parents, no matter what ages their children happen to be. Here are a few events coming up in the Land O’ Lakes area that might help you nip that “I’m bored” complaint before it’s even spoken:
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9:16 am on Saturday, January 29, 2011
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The first-time event is back on Jan. 29.
Skateboarders itching to show off their skills will have their chance Jan. 29 when the Fire And Wood competition gets under way at the Land O' Lakes Recreation Complex. The first-time event at the 3032 Collier Pky. complex was originally scheduled for Dec. 18, but was rained out and rescheduled. Presented by the Pasco County Professional Firefighters Local 4420, the Ian Tilmann Foundation and the Land O' Lakes Skate Park, the event is designed to enable skaters a venue to show off their talents while raising money for a cause. Pasco County firefighter Dave Miller has headed up the effort to get the competition off the ground. "I am a skateboarder and so are my kids," Miller said in an earlier interview. "We love getting together with other…
Skaters of all ages are encouraged to participate and help raise money for a good cause.
The Land O' Lakes Recreation Complex, 3032 Collier Pky., will be overrun with skateboarders of all ages Dec. 18 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for The Fire And Wood Winter Sk8Boarding Competition. Skaters will be taking their best shot at the course while also raising money for a good cause, the Ian Tilmann Foundation Inc. The foundation was created in memory of Ian Lee Tilmann, a skateboarder who died from a traumatic brain injury suffered in a skateboarding accident while he was not wearing a helmet. The foundation's mission is to prevent traumatic brain injury in skateboarding by changing attitudes about helmets. Many skateboarders do not like to wear helmets and Cindy Szappan, recreation supervisor at Land O' Lakes Complex, said the …
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4:02 pm on Sunday, January 30, 2011
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