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SEMINOLE - As of July 1, Seminole Vocational Education Center will have a new name. In an effort to rebrand its image and attract new students, the school will soon be called the Career Academies of Seminole.

“The word vocational has a negative connotation,” said Barbara Clare, the center’s director. “A lot of people in the community think we only serve at-risk students.”

But there’s no truth in this assumption, she said. The school, which offers students from Osceola, Seminole and Largo high schools an alternative, hands-on educational experience, actually draws students from across the spectrum, “from the highest achieving to the lowest achieving.”

“We mirror the populations at the high schools,” she said.

Currently, SVEC, which sits on 47 mostly undeveloped acres, has about 350 and 400 students attending its programs on a part-time basis. But in the past, the center has served as many as 900 students, said Jim Gill, guidance counselor.

Clare hopes the name change will catch the attention of new students and increase the number taking advantage of the center’s diverse programs. They hope to increase the number of students to about 500 at first, but said the current staff can handle about 700 students.
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SEMINOLE - Like his fellow St. Petersburg College Class of 2013 graduates, May 4 - this year’s graduation date - will long stand out in the mind of Richard Stetsky. For both Stetsky and his classmates, the day marked the culmination of years of hard work as they furthered their education.

But unlike the other graduates, Stetsky’s degree is more than 50 years in the making.

Stetsky, 77, a Seminole resident and New York native, attended City College in the 1950s, but didn’t make it past his first year there.
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BELLEAIR BLUFFS - The city of Belleair Bluff’s Fourth of July celebration this year will likely be missing one of its most touted elements.

A parade honoring Belleair Bluffs’ 50th anniversary tied in with the Independence Day festivities had been seen as one of the more significant parts of the yearlong schedule of fiftieth birthday activities.

But it probably won’t happen, event coordinator Taylour Shimkus said at the June 17 City Commission meeting. The reason is, not enough participants have signed on.
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INDIAN ROCKS BEACH - What was thought to be a resolved issue between Belleair Beach and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection over the number of parking spaces required for funding of beach renourishment has spurred discussion again.

Now Belleair Beach wants support in its renewed fight with the state.

Indian Rocks Beach Mayor R.B. Johnson told the commission meeting on June 11 that he had received a letter from Belleair Beach asking for help.
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CLEARWATER - Fee changes are part of Pinellas County’s strategy to balance the budget for fiscal year 2013-2014.

The changes follow the Commission’s strategic plan to “align the beneficiary of a service to the funding level for that service,” according to the staff report.

In other words, the cost of some services should be paid by the user.

The amount of the fee is set “taking into consideration: efficiency, equity, revenue adequacy and administrative burden,” staff said.
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CLEARWATER - Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri fired a 13-year veteran June 14 for violation of various general orders and policies, including the use of excessive force.

Detention Deputy Elizabeth Kretzer, 40, an employee since Oct. 4, 1999, also reportedly falsified information on her report of the incident, which occurred on Dec. 23, 2012 at the county jail.

Internal Affairs Investigators said Kretzer slapped an unidentified inmate on the side of the head and then reported that the inmate grabbed her, which was untrue. Kretzer also misrepresented and omitted facts in her report, including the use of force.
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ST. PETERSBURG - A 42-inch force main at South Cross Bayou Water Reclamation Facility collapsed around noon Thursday, June 13, which resulted in raw sewage flowing into the plant’s stormwater basin.

The spill overflowed the basin and entered Joe’s Creek.

Department of Environment and Infrastructure crews from maintenance and engineering are on site and a private contractor has been mobilized to assist with the repair.
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LARGO - It was an email that is about to change a life.

When Mike Gallace, 22, of Largo went to his computer last month, he got the news that he had won the Fulbright Scholarship, and his dream to go to Vietnam would be a reality.

“It was on May 2, the day after my birthday,” he said. “I checked my email and when I saw it, it changed my whole day. It was the best birthday present I could have gotten.”
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