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June 5, 2002
Howard Troxler
Out on a limb to save our trees
Should the state be able to come into your yard and destroy your citrus trees to fight the spread of citrus canker -- even if your tree appears healthy?

Top stories
Hours after one crash, another kills plane pilot
The family of a man who survived a Tampa helicopter crash Monday thinks he was at the controls when his Cessna hit a forest Tuesday.

Matching hearts, GPAs
Priscilla Adams and Michael Leszczynski are a couple -- and Tarpon co-valedictorians.

Pinellas to buy 88 acres of undeveloped land
With preservation in mind, the county negotiates a $21.4-million purchase with the McMullen family.

Deal is made for scraps of land
A Pinellas homeowner announces a deal with speculator Don Connolly that ends a property dispute.

Schools approve choice bus plan
The system, with kids from a neighborhood riding the same bus to different schools, will cost millions.

10 years don't change area's prosperity rank
The Tampa-St. Petersburg metropolitan area prospered during the economic boom of the 1990s, but it couldn't keep up with the likes of Minneapolis, San Jose, Calif., or even Austin, Texas.

Exceptional Center 'wizards' full of smiles at graduation
They also bid farewell to the old site. The school moves to a $13-million facility within weeks.

Gooden gets one year of probation
Tampa police say the former big-league pitcher failed a field sobriety test, but lawyers say the case had problems.


South Pinellas headlines
  • PTA treasurer accused of stealing thousands
  • These are heady teddy days for a Seminole bearmaker
  • For one year, county curbs further Lealman annexation
  • 5 associate ministers accept spiritual call to be ordained
  • Couple is crusading against the system
  • South Pasadena to assert itself
  • Live it up in New Orleans, but realize why it's possible
  • Business headlines
  • Working: Haley Woolery, Bartender
  • Local top graduates
  • Tall ship theater sails into city for production
  • Snacks, shenanigans in pipeline
  • Beaches notebook
  • Haggling takes a holiday
  • Experienced Treasure Island wins title
  • Captains are facing license changes
  • Cypress team has immediate impact on league
  • Military news

  • North Pinellas headlines
  • Woman details her claim of abuse
  • County settles billboard company dispute
  • Two new principals join Clearwater schools
  • City says yes to building library
  • William Hoskins, 76, dies
  • Police seek driver in death of pedestrian

  • Editorial
  • Apartment complex owner's gate rule is dangerous, offensive

  • Letters
  • Police must work harder around N Betty Lane areas

  • Hillsborough headlines
  • Barriers planned for accident-prone road
  • Tampa student expelled in aftermath of affair

  • News of Florida
  • Schools with the least to get less
  • Foes say districts hamper minorities
  • New lawsuit targets tax referendum
  • Backlog of cases swamps DCF
  • Florida joins lawsuit over generic drug
  • Veto ax hangs over lawmakers' local projects
  • Staying home in a hurricane is often safer
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