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capital investment in new location and can pro-vide electronic monuments, routed and dimen-sional signs, as well as custom lettering.”

Florida Hospital Wesley Chapel (Spe-cial Contribution) — “Newest hospital inFlorida and employs more than 500 people.”

Goin’ Postal (Service/Distribution) —“A franchiser of retail and service businesseswith 24 employees headquartered inZephyrhills.” Goin’ Postal also has a locationin Wesley Chapel.

Other nominees that didn’t win awards

that are based in Wesley Chapel include Bally-who Social, Caresync, MB2X and Sym-phonic Distribution.

Congratulations to all of the nomineesand winners. For more info & to see specialvideos created by the EDC for each winner,see PascoEdc.com.

Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to attend theGreater Wesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce(WCCC)’s annual “Excellence in BusinessAwards” banquet, which was held on Septem-ber 14 at Hunter’s Green Country Club inNew Tampa. But, I was definitely there in spiritas the Chamber once again showed why it isstill the heart of the business community inWesley Chapel.

Congrats go out to the evening’s manyaward winners, especially to the new HonoraryMayor of Wesley Chapel, Cathy Bickham ofFlorida Hospital Wesley Chapel (FHWC)’sChapel Home Health. Cathy also was one ofthe primary members of the fund-raising teamsfor previous Honorary Mayor winners JohnNegley of the FHWC Foundation and TroyStevenson of Wesley Chapel Nissan, who willretain the title until January 1, 2014.

Bickham, who raised a total of $4,000 tobenefit both the Lion’s Club of Wesley Chapeland Support The Troops, Inc., beat out secondplace finisher Mary Ann Yaney of CentralBank on BBD in New Tampa, who will replaceKenneth Stewart of Integrated Security Con-sultants as Wesley Chapel’s Honorary DeputyMayor. Yaney’s campaign helped the nonprofit

Tampa Leads & Philanthropy.“I’m very honored and proud to be rep-

resenting the Wesley Chapel community as itsHonorary Mayor,” Bickham says. “I’m lookingforward to continuing to be involved in thecommunity and growing its business.”

Bickham also was named “Volunteer ofthe Year,” one of several awards given out bythe evening emcee, Eric Johnson of WesleyChapel Honda & Toyota. Other winners in-cluded “Small Business of the Year” winner AFocus on Fitness and owner Kelly Mother-shead, “Large Business of the Year” winnerFHWC, “Business Leader of the Year” GregLenners of the Shops at Wiregrass, “Civic orNon- Profit of the Year” Oasis PregnancyCare Center in Land O’Lakes, “President’sAward” winner Dean Smith of Quest NationalServices & “Board Member of the Year” win-ner Maureen Moore of Saint Leo University.

Congratulations to all of the award win-ners and to Chamber president Jeff Novotnyand his Board and the Chamber staff for anamazing 2012-13 fiscal year. For more infoabout the WCCC, call 994-8534 or visit theoffice at 6013 Wesley Grove Blvd. or WesleyChapelChamber.com. — GN

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Wesley Chapel Businesses Grab Hardware At Pasco EDC Gala

Bickham Named Honorary Mayor At Chamber Awards Banquet!

Among those honored at the Wesley Chapel Chamber’s annual awards banquet at Hunter’s GreenCountry Club on Sept. 14 were (l. to r.) Greg Lenners of the Shops at Wiregrass mall; Peter Castel-lani of Oasis: A Pregnancy Care Center, Maureen Moore of St. Leo University, Kelly Mothershead

of A Focus on Fitness, Cathy Bickham of Chapel Home Health & Brian Adams of Florida HospitalWesley Chapel. At right is Chamber president Jeff Novotny. Photos courtesy of OurTownFla.com.

Among the Wesley Chapel-based businesses receiving awards at the Pasco EDC Banquet on Sept. 4 atSaddlebrook were (l. to r.) Sign-A-Rama New Tampa’s Roberto & Beatriz Hilliker, Fl. Hospital WesleyChapel’s Brian Adams & the Shops at Wiregrass’ Greg Lenners. Photos courtesy of OurTownFla.com.

By Gary NagerI’m a little embarrassed to admit that I

didn’t know the Pasco County Economic De-velopment Council (EDC) also has an annualaward banquet, but I do know that at thisyear’s banquet — held Sept. 4 at SaddlebrookResort Tampa on S.R. 54 in Wesley Chapel —businesses located in Wesley Chapel camehome with a nice handful of trophies.

Hosting the gala was Al Reuchel of BayNews 9, who helped the EDC give out a num-ber of awards in a total of four categories —“Manufacturing Industry of the Year,” “Ser-vice/Distribution Industry of the Year,”“Technology” and “Special Contribution.”

So, it was pretty special that the followingWesley Chapel-based businesses were able tograb this much hardware:

The Shops at Wiregrass Mall (Ser-vice/Distribution) — “Because of their up-scale style and commitment, the Shops havebecome an essential part of Wesley Chapel andPasco County with their signature events. Themall has 42 stores and employs more than1,200 people.”

Sign-A-Rama of New Tampa (Ser-vice/Distribution) — “Full service sign shopthat opened in 2010. Now has 14 employeesand a 7,500-sq.-ft. manufacturing facility,which has allowed them to become a wholesalefacility for other sign shops. Made a $700,000

I was excited whenDistrict 2 Pasco CountyCommission candidate —and fellow Wesley Chapel

(noon) Rotary Club member Mike Moorecalled me the day our last issue hit mail-boxes...that is, excited until he pointed outone of the stupidest errors I’ve committedin my nearly 20 years of doing this job.

Thankfully, it wasn’t a mistake thatdamaged Mike or his campaign in any way,it just made me look stupid as an editor andspoiled an otherwise outstanding story byassistant editor Matt Wiley, who really wasnot at fault, even though his name was onthe story’s byline and mine wasn’t.

I had confused Mike’s wife Laurenwith someone we had previously writtenabout who just happened to be Pasco SheriffChris Nocco’s sister, and I put a note onMatt’s story to check that fact, which hedid...and he told me my mistake, but I stillsomehow ended up saving the unedited ver-sion, so my question appeared in the printversion of the story. I was able to quicklymake the correction on our on-line edition(at WCNeighborhoodNews.com) thesame day, but the damage was done.

Mike forgave me, despite being right-fully annoyed when he saw my boo-boo, butSheriff Nocco called to laughingly ask me,“So, what’s the big deal about being relatedto me? Am I such a terrible guy?”

But again, sorry Mike.

‘Anchor’ Weighs Down‘Anchor’ Weighs DownRotary Spelling Bee SquadRotary Spelling Bee Squad

When I was in the fourth grade, I wasthe favorite to win our class spelling bee,even though there were plenty of othermuch smarter kids than me in my class.Spelling was just my thing. But of course, Iwas only ten years old and there was a lot of

pressure, as any parent whose kid is intospelling these days surely knows.

So, even though I spelled words like“mellifluous” and “antidisestablishmentari-anism” correctly, I choked on the word“foreign,” which I somehow incorrectlyspelled “foriegn,” even though I knew howto spell the word. In short, I choked.

But, when the call went out for spellersto compete with our Wesley Chapel RotaryClub “Bikers & Babes” squad at the WestPasco Chamber of Commerce’s annual“Catch the Buzz” Spelling Bee at “theHive”/Spartan Manor in New Port Richeyon Sept. 12, my teammates Dane Parilo,Leah Marchette and Vicki Hamilton werecounting on me to be our “ringer.”

And I did O.K., I guess. Our team fin-ished in a five-way tie for third of 32 four-player teams, after I correctly spelled“gneiss” (a metamorphic rock; which elimi-nated at least 11 teams) and once had tocorrect the organizers, who misspelled theword “zeppelin” (they spelled it “zepplin”)in an earlier round.

But somehow, I choked again. Vickiprobably knew how to spell “peignoir,” butI overruled her with the incorrect “penoir,”or we would have finished alone in third.And to think, I was a French minor in col-lege, yet both times I’ve choked, it was onan “eign” word of French origin. Yeesh.

My Thanks To WesleyMy Thanks To WesleyChapel HondaChapel Honda

I finally was able to get a new car, afterputting nearly 170,000 miles on my 2007red Honda Civic Si Coupe in more than sixyears, but if not for my friends at WesleyChapel Honda, it probably wouldn’t havehappened.

Rotary president Eric Johnson worksfor both Wesley Chapel Honda & Toyota,but he had no influence in my situation.However, the way salesman Paul Hill, fi-nance manager PJ Leary and desk managerJustin Hann handled my unique situationspeaks loudly, as does Eric, about the type ofpeople the dealership employs.

I wasn’t easy to finance, I changed mymind mid-stream about the model of car Iwanted to buy, and I had previously had avery bad experience at the same dealership

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Table of ContentsWesley Chapel News Briefs........................................4WesleyChapel Business & Auto Burglar Behind BarsMan Caught With Pants Down Gets DUIFugitive Dies After Manhunt, Chase, Shootout With AuthoritiesLocal Residents Among Those Arrested In Drug OperationWesley Chapel Man Arrested For Possession Of Sea TurtleMan Arrested For Trespassing, Eating At WCH

Mike Moore Kicks Off County Commission Campaign..................6Wesley Chapel Community Calendar.............................8Leukemia Fund Raiser To Be Held At The Palms Sept. 28........8Help Make Strides Against Breast Cancer On Oct. 19!..............9

Local Business Updates.................................12-24Once Upon A Child Has What Your Kids Want For Less........12 Bay Breeze Car Wash & Lube Will Save Your Car’s Finish.......14Sun Laboratories Handles All Of Your Testing Needs..............16Small World Pediatrics Takes Care Of Your Kids......................20The Room Exchange: Your Furniture Consignment Store......22Pasco Dental Will Brighten Your Smile....................................24

Neighborhood MagazineCheck Out The All-New Menu At Ciao! Italian Bistro!...........26New Tampa Dance Theatre Voted Best In North Tampa!.......28‘Neighborhood Nibbles & Biz Bytes’...............................34Enter Our 2013 Dining Survey & Contest.............31 & 32Hibachi Express: High-Quality Sushi At Low Prices................33

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An Embarrassing Correction, My Car & The Spelling Bee Choker?An editorial by Gary Nager

On Sept. 12, our editor “anchored” the Wesley Chapel RotarySpelling Bee “Bikers & Babes” team, which included (l.-r.) Vicki

Hamilton, Dane Parilo & Leah Marchette. Fellow Rotarian JanRoberts (front) helped the West Pasco Chamber run the “bee.”

when it was under differentownership.

But still, Justin and Pauldidn’t let me walk away untilthey got me in the car Iwanted at the fair price Ineeded and PJ got me fi-nanced. So, even though I’venever had an advertisement inthe paper from the new owner-ship, I genuinely appreciate theway these folks handled theirbusiness and will likely be theircustomer again. For moreinfo, call 929-7200 or visitWesleyChapelHonda.com.

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and Tampa Police Department (TPD) de-scended upon the southern New Tampa areato locate Bates, a tattooed and dreadlockedman, who had eluded them overnight sincehis crime spree began around 11 p.m. onSeptember 5...Read the rest at WCNeigh-borhoodNews.com.

Local Residents Taken InLocal Residents Taken InMassive Drug OperationMassive Drug Operation

A recent, large-scale drug sting opera-tion by the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office(PCSO) has resulted in more than 50 arrestsin just 24 hours, including two WesleyChapel residents, each charged with dealingin controlled substances.

As part of the PCSO Vice NarcoticsUnit’s “Operation: Balderstone,” on Sep-tember 5, 55 arrests were made across PascoCounty, including Lazaro “Lachi” Martin,23, of the Riverside Crossing community onS.R. 54, and Heather Marie Short, 35, ofQuail Hollow, who were arrested after sell-ing prescription pills and other drugs to un-dercover PCSO deputies.

PCSO reports that on three separateoccasions, the most recent on September 5,Martin was in possession of varying amountsof MDMA — or “Molly,” as it is popularlycalled. During the two previous incidents,Martin sold a combined amount of nearly35 grams of the substance to undercover de-putes in exchange for more than $1,000.

Martin was charged with two counts ofpossession of MDMA, one count of sale ofmethamphetamine and one count of traffick-ing in MDMA. He was released from thePasco County jail on a $70,000 bond.

Short was arrested on September 5 forselling Xanax and Suboxone, a medicationused to treat opiate addiction, to undercoverdeputies on three occasions since January. Intotal, Short sold 18 Suboxone “packs” andone Xanax pill to deputies for a total of$235...Short remains in custody on threecounts each of possession of, and sale of, acontrolled substance. Her bond is set at$25,500...Read the rest of the story atWCNeighborhoodNews.com.

WC Man Arrested For PosWC Man Arrested For Pos--session Of Sea Turtlesession Of Sea Turtle

A Wesley Chapel man has been released,after turning himself in for being illegally inthe possession of a sea turtle.

According to a Hillsborough CountySheriff’s Office (HCSO) report, Kim Ray-

mond Feaste, 21— whose per-manent addressis in theWil l iamsburgcommunity ofWesley Chapel(just north of theHillsborough-Pasco countyline) — turnedhimself in to theOrient Rd. jail inTampa on Sep-tember 1, after Florida Fish & Wildlife Con-servation Commission (FWC) authoritiesvisited his apartment the day before.

“(FWC) had put out a news release withhis photograph, asking for the public’s helpidentifying him,” says FWC spokespersonGary Morse. “As a result, we received a sig-nificant number of calls to the FWC AlertHotline and we were able to determine hisname and his whereabouts.”

The FWC release, dated August 13, de-scribes a photographer’s encounter withFeaste, who was photographed digging in aLoggerhead sea turtle (which is classified asan “endangered” species by the InternationalUnion for Conservation of Nature, orIUCN) nest on Casey Key in SarasotaCounty....Read the rest at WCNeighbor-hoodNews.com.

Man Arrested For TrespassMan Arrested For Trespass--ing, Eating At WCHing, Eating At WCH

Most kids can’t wait to be out ofschool. However, one Wesley Chapel man isin custody after hanging out on WesleyChapel High (WCH)’s campus after drop-ping his brother off at the school.

According to the Pasco County Sher-iff’s Office (PCSO), Austin Podosowski, 20,of Angus Valley, had dropped his youngerbrother off at WCH around 7:20 a.m. onAugust 20, when he decided to park andwalk onto the school’s Wells Rd. campuswithout making the school aware of his pres-ence, which is Pasco County School Districtpolicy. Two other non-students waited in thetan Lincoln sedan in the parking lot, theWCH resource deputy says.

Podosowski, a former WCH student,walked his brother to his class and evenstopped in the cafeteria to buy some foodand talk with other students...Read the restat WCNeighborhoodNews.com. — MW

WC Business, Auto BurglarWC Business, Auto BurglarBehind BarsBehind Bars

The man behind numerous businessand auto burglaries in the Wesley Chapelarea is behind bars, following his arrest onSeptember 16.

According to the Pasco County Sher-iff’s Office (PCSO), Ramon Junior Rivera,24, a convicted burglary felon (for burglaryand weapons possession) who was released

from prison last July, is theman behind at least tenbusiness burglaries stretch-ing from Wesley Chapel toZephyrhills and even intoHillsborough County,deputies say.

The PCSO arrest re-port states that Rivera, who

lives in Meadow Pointe, began his crimespree as far back as June of this year.

“Hopefully, business owners feel somerelief with this guy behind bars,” says PCSOspokesperson Doug Tobin. “This is a signifi-cant break in the case. We’re working withthe Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office(HCSO) and Zephyrhills Police Department(ZPD) because we believe that he worked inthose areas, as well.”

Tobin says that after being arrested,Rivera confessed to ten burglaries that tookplace in both Wesley Chapel andZephyrhills. So far, Rivera has been chargedwith three auto burglaries, as well as burgla-ries at the Subway and Tokyo Grill & Sushion Eiland Blvd. in eastern Wesley Chapeland burglarizing Latin Twist, the HungryGreek and Dickey’s BBQ Pit, all of whichare located in the Shoppes of Wesley Chapelshopping plaza across Bruce B. Downs(BBD) Blvd. from Florida Hospital WesleyChapel (FHWC). He also is charged withburglarizing Boyd’s Jewelers inZephyrhills...Read the rest of this story atWCNeighborhoodNews.com.

Man Caught With PantsMan Caught With PantsDown Gets DUIDown Gets DUI

After being found with his pants downand under the influence in his vehicle thatwas parked in the middle of the street, aWesley Chapel man has been released fromthe Pasco County jail.

According to the Pasco County Sher-iff’s Office (PCSO), Benjamin ChadMishoe, 36, of Road Runner Rd. in easternWesley Chapel, was arrested at 5:45 a.m. onSeptember 14 when a deputy found himsleeping in the driver’s seat of his runningvehicle about half a mile from his home. Thearrest report states that, in addition to driv-ing a vehicle with several empty beer bottles,Mishoe’s pants were pulled partially downand that his genitals were exposed.

The deputy tappedthe window until Mishoewoke up and then hadhim perform field sobrietytests, during which thedeputy said Mishoeshowed various signs ofimpairment. Mishoe, acook at the Outback

Steakhouse in The Grove shopping plaza,refused a breath test.

He was charged with driving under theinfluence and released from the PascoCounty jail...Read the rest of this story atWCNeighborhoodNews.com.

Pair Charged In StabbingPair Charged In StabbingMurder On I-75Murder On I-75

Two men are in custody after allegedlystabbing a man in a car while driving, justnorth of S.R. 54 in Wesley Chapel.

According to the Pasco County Sher-iff’s Office (PCSO), on September 7, an off-duty deputy was traveling south on I-75when he noticed a silver Acura sedan parkedon the northbound shoulder of the inter-state. The deputy doubled back and foundJustin P. Gonzalez, 22, of Crossville, TN,and Jesse M. Blair, 23, of Lakeland, at thevehicle, along with Leon A. Mascorro, 20,of Bristol, FL, deceased in the passenger seatwith several apparent stab wounds to his

chest and abdomen.The off-duty deputy

detained the suspects,PCSO says. Upon furtherinvestigation, it was dis-covered that the threewere driving north on I-75, when the driver, Gon-zalez, handed a knife toBlair, who was sitting inthe rear, passenger-sideseat. Blair stabbed Mas-corro several times, beforehanding the knife back toGonzalez, who alsostabbed the victim severaltimes. Mascorro died fromhis injuries at thescene...Read the rest at

WCNeighborhoodNews.com.

Fugitive Dies In ShootoutFugitive Dies In ShootoutWith AuthoritiesWith Authorities

A fugitive wanted for violent sexualbatteries on multiple women, as well as sev-eral armed home invasions during the earlymorning hours of September 6 is dead, fol-lowing a 13-hour manhunt in the TampaPalms area, a high-speed chase throughTemple Terrace and a desperate shootoutwith local law enforcement authorities

Choppers buzzed overhead in thesouthern section of Tampa Palms and overthe University of SouthFlorida (USF) area onSeptember 5, as law en-forcement officialssearched the wooded,conservation areas for 24-year-old Charlie Christo-pher “Chris” Bates, adangerous fugitive facingsix counts of armed sex-ual battery, eight counts of armed kidnap-ping and one count of armed homeinvasion, with more charges possible, if thesuspect weren’t already dead.

New Tampa schools were kept onmodified lockdown throughout the day,while “scores” of authorities with the Hills-borough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO)

News BriefsWESLEY CHAPEL

Kim Raymond Feast digs ina sea turtle nest. Photo: FWC

Ramon Rivera

Jesse Blair

Justin Gonzalez

Benjamin Mishoe

Chris Bates

By Matt Wiley

Interest from private firms is building re-garding the possible construction of a toll roadthat would connect Wesley Chapel to westernPasco County.

According to the Florida Department ofTransportation (FDOT), a Request for Propos-als (RFP) was opened on August 23, after theagency received an unsolicited bid from Inter-national Infrastructure Partners (IIP), LLC —a group of investors and infrastructure con-struction companies — to lease right-of-way tofund, design, build, operate and maintain a tollroad with elevated and “at-grade” lanes alongthe more than 33-mile stretch of S.R. 54/56from Wesley Chapel to New Port Richey.

“(FDOT) is very intrigued,” says FDOTspokeswoman Kris Carson. “But, this is all stillin the beginning stages. Our Tallahassee officehas already received calls for information fromseveral other firms.”

Carson explains that the bid, which waswritten by Gerald Stanley — who has morethan 45 years in the state’s highway and bridgeconstruction industry and serves as a consultantto FDOT and other engineering companies andcontractors — was received on June 11, but itwas not released until August 23. Since thecompany sent in a proposal, by law, FDOT hadto open an RFP period to see if other compa-nies were interested in the project. The periodfor proposals is set to close on October 23.

In its initial proposal, IIP describes theproject being built in phases, the first right here

in Wesley Chapel, from Bruce B. Downs (BBD)Blvd. west to the Suncoast Pkwy. toll road, fol-lowed by a second phase that would connect toU.S. 19 in New Port Richey, a total of about33 miles. The firm also considers further con-necting the proposed toll road east to U.S. 301.

An FDOT release states that this would bethe first of its kind in the state, as no other tollroad has been privately funded and constructedentirely in state-owned right-of-way. Because ofthis, IIP says that the road literally would costthe taxpayers nothing to build. Instead,Guggenheim Securities, LLC, a capital partnerof IIP, would fund the project, Stanley writes inhis proposal. The estimated cost of the projectand the amount that IIP would spend to leasethe right-of-way was not disclosed in the pro-posal.

If IIP’s proposal were approved, the actualconstruction of the project would be done byEdmonton, Alberta (Canada)-based PCL Con-struction, which constructed the fly-over on-ramp onto I-75 from BBD and currently isworking on the I-4 Crosstown Connector proj-ect near the Port of Tampa.

In his proposal, Stanley touts that theproject will create thousands of jobs in the state,provide critical infrastructure ahead of the cur-rent planned timeline and at no upfront costs,while providing connections to existing Stateand County roads to reduce congestion andbegin the northern loop around the Tampa Bayarea. The proposed project also will offer theflexibility to add additional facilities and con-nections in the future.

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By Matt WileySurrounded by family, friends and sup-

porters, Pasco County Board of CountyCommissioners District 2 hopeful MikeMoore (R-Wesley Chapel) kicked off hiscampaign on September 18 in Dade City.

Inside the packed Kafé Kokopelli indowntown Dade City, guests and honoraryhosts — including Dist. 18 State SenatorWilton Simpson (R-Dade City), PascoCounty Schools superintendent KurtBrowning, Pasco property appraiser MikeWells, San Antonio Mayor Tim Newlon andZephyrhills Mayor Danny Burgess — gath-ered with Moore for a fund-raising recep-tion. Honorary hosts House Speaker WillWeatherford (R-Wesley Chapel), PascoSheriff Chris Nocco (R-Odessa) and Com-missioner Jack Mariano (R-Hudson), all ofwhom have endorsed Moore, were unableto attend due to scheduling conflicts.

“Once in a while, you have somebodywho runs for office that has the skills thatare necessary to spend your money, and Ithink that’s so important,” said Wells duringthe event. “Many times, we vote for peoplebecause we like the way they look, they’re afriend of a friend or you know them fromthe golf course. (Mike) is a business man.He understands running a business, andgovernment is nothing more than a bigbusiness... I think he’s going to make a greatcounty commissioner.”

Sen. Simpson, who represents much ofthe northern and western portions of Pasco,

shared Wells’ senti-ment.

“The county isgoing through somemajor changes,” Sen.Simpson said. “Infra-structure is going in,economic develop-ment is coming intothe county; thingsare getting better.What we need aresteady hands at thetill. Mike Moore isgoing to bring thatto the (BOCC).We’ve been treadingwater for the past several years and growth isstarting to come back and take off. I’m verysupportive of Mike.”

“Everyone’s support means so much tome and my family,” Moore said. “Never inmy wildest dreams as a kid did I see myselfrunning for public office, being a politicianor running for the County Commission.”

Moore stated that the purpose of hiscampaign is to help bring secure, high-pay-ing jobs to Pasco, so that opportunitesaren’t missed. He plans to create an actionplan to show companies what the Countyhas to offer.

“I need to know what’s working foryou and what’s not in this County,” Mooresaid. “The campaign’s not about me. It’sabout everyone here, and most important,it’s about Pasco County.”

Mike Moore Kicks Off Commission Campaign In Dade City

(L-R) Pasco County school superintendent Kurt Browning, Pasco Republicanstate committeeman Bill Bunting, Mike Moore, Pasco property appraiser Mike

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WC Sunrise Rotary Club —WC Sunrise Rotary Club — The Wesley Chapel Sunrise Rotary Club meets every Friday,7:15 a.m., at Quail Hollow Country Club (6225 Old Pasco Rd., off S.R. 54).

For more info, call Lynne Morgan at 695-6466.Saturday, October 5Florida Writers Association — Florida Writers Association — The Florida Writers Association (FWA) of NewTampa/Wesley Chapel is a FREE group that meets the first Saturday of each month, 10a.m., at the New Tampa Regional Library (10001 Cross Creek Blvd.). Presentation topicsinclude editing, marketing, options for publishing, navigating social media and more.

For more info, email Cindy at Cindy.Campbell@ OmnificPublishing.com.Monday, October 7‘Wesley Chapel Speaks’ ToastMasters —‘Wesley Chapel Speaks’ ToastMasters — The “Wesley Chapel Speaks” ToastMastersClub meets on the first and third Monday of every month, 6:15 p.m., at Hyundai of WesleyChapel (26944 Wesley Chapel Blvd.). Club meetings are open to all interested parties.

For more information, call David West at 610-1650 or visit WesleyChapelSpeaks.ToastMastersClubs.org.Tuesday, October 8Mothers Of Preschoolers (MOPS) — Mothers Of Preschoolers (MOPS) — MOPS is a non-profit group for building friend-ships between mothers of infants to kindergarteners in the local community. MOPS meetsthe 2nd Tuesday of the month, 9:30 a.m., at Victorious Life Church (6224 Old Pasco Rd.).

For info, email Debbie at [email protected], October 15‘Networking On The Nines’ —‘Networking On The Nines’ — “Networking on the Nines,” put on by InsuranceNew Tampa, is a great way to meet new friends and clients or strengthen existing relation-ships, while playing a 9-hole scramble on the third Tuesday of every month at LexingtonOaks Golf Club (26133 Lex. Oaks Blvd.), 3 p.m. Call Susan at 435-6350 for info.

Sparkling Beauty Red HattersSparkling Beauty Red Hatters —— The Sparkling Beauties, a chapter of the Red HatSociety (a global networking group of women age 50 & older), are enjoying life to thefullest in the pursuit of fun, friendship, freedom and fulfillment.

For info, call Queen Diamond at 907-1431 or email [email protected].

Saturday, Sepetmber 28Women-N-Charge ‘Murder Mystery Tea’Women-N-Charge ‘Murder Mystery Tea’ -- Women-n-Charge is hosting theirannual Murder Mystery Fundraising Tea, “Cruise into Wealth,” 2 p.m.-4 p.m., at theGroves Golf & Country Club in Land O’Lakes (7924 Melogold Cir.). Tickets are $15 or2 for $25. Proceeds from the tea fund WNC’s grant program for women in business.

To purchase tickets or for more info, visit Women-N-Charge.com or [email protected].

Monday, September 30Experienced Networking Professionals (ENP) —Experienced Networking Professionals (ENP) — ENP meets Monday morningsat 8 a.m. for breakfast and networking at Quail Hollow Golf & Country Club (6225Old Pasco Rd.). For more info, call Brad Benson at 973-1814.Free Networking International (FNI) —Free Networking International (FNI) — FNI, a group of area business owners, meetsMondays for networking and discussion at Lexington Oaks Golf Club (26133 LexingtonOaks Blvd., off S.R. 54). For info, call Stacy Dalton at 469-5499. Professional Business Connections —Professional Business Connections — PBC meets Mondays at 8 a.m. at LexingtonOaks Golf Club (26133 Lexington Oaks Blvd., off S.R. 54).

For more information, call Chris Thurow at 546-6860.October 2013Tuesday, October1Business Networking International (BNI) — Business Networking International (BNI) — BNI, a group of business professionalswho work to support each other through qualified referrals, meets Tuesdays, 7:30 a.m., atHeritage Church (1854 Oak Grove Blvd., off S.R. 54, in Land O’Lakes).

For more info, email Tim at [email protected] Pasco Networking Group (EPNG) —East Pasco Networking Group (EPNG) — EPNG meets every Tuesday, 9 a.m., atBeef O’Brady’s (1660 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., in the Shoppes at New Tampa of WesleyChapel plaza). For more info, call Frankie Ammons at 479-7997 or [email protected], October 2Wesley Chapel Rotary Club —Wesley Chapel Rotary Club — The Rotary Club of Wesley Chapel meets every Wednes-day, 12:15 p.m., at Ciao! Italian Bistro (2001 Piazza Ave., in the Shops at Wiregrass mall).

For more info, call 862-8989 or 391-3895.Thursday, October 3Networking For Your Success —Networking For Your Success — The Networking For Your Success group meetsThursdays, 8 a.m., at Quail Hollow Golf & Country Club (6225 Old Pasco Rd.).

Visit NetworkingforYourSuccess.com or call Shawn Clark at (888) 711-2032.Friday, October 4

Saturday, September 28, 7:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m. - The beautifulyoung woman in flight (photo) is Marlana Lacivita, a full-time profes-sional “Dance Captain” at Busch Gardens Tampa, who was diagnosed inMarch 2012 with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. But, despite her ongoing chemotreatments, Marlana is somehow still doing what she loves — dancing —all while keeping a smile on her face. On Saturday, September 28, asilent auction and fund-raising concert by the popular local rockin’ bluesband the Deacon Blues is being held in honor of Marlana to benefit theLeukemia & Lymphoma Society of Tampa Bay, at Peabody’s PalmsLounge in the Shoppes of Amberly plaza in Tampa Palms.

The requested donation to attend the event at Peabody’s(15333 Amberly Dr.) is $5 & proceeds will benefit the LeukemiaSociety. Call 972-1725 or visit Pages.TeaminTraining.org/sun/StPeteHf13/storresg0s for more info. Come out and support a good andenjoy some great food, drinks and tunes in the process. — GN

Leukemia Society Fund Raiser At The Palms Sept. 28

Marlana Lacavita


Make Strides Against Breast Cancer On Oct. 19!As Breast Cancer

Awareness Month ap-proaches in October, so,too, do events that helpraise money that goes to-ward the research for acure for the disease thathas killed millions. One ofthe biggest of these eventsacross the nation eachyear is the American Can-cer Society (ACS)’s “Mak-ing Strides Against BreastCancer” 5K walk, whichwill again be held locallyon Saturday, October19, at the Shops at Wire-grass mall.

At our press time, 532 people on95 teams already were on board and hadraised more than $25,000 for the causefrom both individuals and companies,including the office of Pasco comptrollerand clerk of court Paula O’Neil (who an-nounced in May that she was battlingthe deadly disease), the Pasco CountySheriff ’s Office (PCSO) and, of course,the mall itself.

“This year is very comparable toprevious years,” says Jannah McDonald,the local ACS community rep. “But, westill need more corporate sponsorshipand more teams.”

This year marks the fourth that

local pink-bra-wearing participants willmarch a 5-kilometer (3.1-mile) coursethat this year will take them from themall out to and around Florida HospitalWesley Chapel (FHWC) twice and backto the mall (there also is a 3K walk avail-able) and the 11th year it has been heldin Pasco County, but it is just one ofabout 300 ‘Making Strides’ events heldacross the U.S. Last year, the Wiregrassevent raised more than $190,000, butorganizers hope to raise more than$220,000 this year. ‘Making Strides’events raise more than $60-million forcancer research each year.

To participate, call 949-0291 orvisit MakingStrides.ACSevents.org &enter your zip code. — MW

The ‘Making Strides Against Breast Cancer’ 5K walkreturns to the Shops at Wiregrass mall Oct. 19.

By Bonnie Mason

Wesley Chapel residents Brian andMelissa Levering are betting on the fami-lies in the New Tampa and Wesley Chapelarea — betting that those families areready to clear their closets, garages andstorage spaces of items their children haveoutgrown, in return for cash!

On August 1, the Leverings openedOnce Upon A Child, a children’s consign-ment shop, in New Tampa’s Pebble CreekCollection shopping plaza, located onBruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd., a milesouth of the Pasco County line. The3,500-sq.-ft. retail space is a place wherefamilies can buy, sell or trade gently usedchildren's clothing (from infants to pre-teen), toys and equipment. The PebbleCreek location is just one of five OnceUpon A Child franchises in the TampaBay area, with 260 stores located acrossthe U.S. and Canada.

“We are excited to move into phasetwo of our business, in which we can startto sell our inventory to families at a signifi-cantly reduced cost, well below retailprices,” says Brian, who explains that sinceopening the business, the store’s focus hasbeen on purchasing items from area resi-dents to build the store’s inventory.

“I think families will be happy withwhat we have to offer them,” Brian says.“The response has been astounding!”

The Leverings live in Wesley Chapelwith their five-year-old son Brody andone-year-old daughter Mila, and under-stand that raising a young family is costlyin any economy, but especially whenmoney is tight, when most everyone wel-comes the chance to make or save money— or both. With Once Upon A Child,your kids can look great in the latest styleswithout having to pay those high-end de-signer prices.

The Leverings are sure you will behappy with their selection of the latest innew and gently used brand name clothes,toys, books, equipment and furniture, justright for fast-growing babies, toddlers andkids. And, because Once Upon A Childpurchases items from customers daily, thestore’s inventory is always changing, whichis why the Leverings recommend brows-ing the store often, especially if you’researching for items of a specific brand.

You will find gently used name brandclothing like Gap, Gymboree, Hanna An-derson, Justice and Tommy Hilfiger, toname just a few, from infant and toddlersizes, up to size 16 for girls and boys’ sizes18-20. And, Once Upon A Child also hasall the toy brands your kids know and love,including Fisher Price, Leap Frog andLego, in addition to the best brands in in-fant products, such as swings, bouncers,entertainers and strollers.

“I had to travel to Northdale in Car-

rollwood to sell myson’s clothing andtoys when I learned Iwas having a girl withmy second preg-nancy,” Melissa ex-plains. Already havingdecided to open afamily business,Melissa and Brianthen decided thatfamilies like theirsneeded a resale busi-ness for children'sitems closer to theNew Tampa/ WesleyChapel area.

Melissa spentnine years working asa clinical researcher for a local orthopaedicphysician group before turning her full at-tention to this new business. Brian helpsout when he is not busy with his long-time full-time job as a medical salesman.

“And, since Once Upon A Child isthe nation’s leading buyer and seller ofname-brand, new and gently used kidsstuff, opening a franchise just made sensefor us,” Brian explains. “We felt that theirbusiness model was one of the best outthere for us, considering the demograph-ics of our community.”

How Does It Work? How Does It Work? No appointment is necessary to sell

items at Once Upon A Child; just bringyour items into the store during normalstore business hours and you will walk outwith cash, or if you prefer, you can tradeyour items for other items in the store.

When you arrive, the staff will sortthrough your items and choose whichitems Once Upon A Child would like topurchase from you. Items will not be pur-chased if they show too much wear, haveuntreatable stains or if toys and equip-ment are damaged or have battery corro-sion. Another reason Once Upon A Childmay not buy your items is if they have anoverabundance of that specific item al-ready in the store’s inventory.

It’s important to note that some

items also won't be purchased from cus-tomers if they’ve been recalled by themanufacturer. And, Melissa notes that allgently used infant equipment, includingstrollers, entertainers, bassinets and infantand children’s toys go through a safetycheck prior to being purchased.

“We enter the item and its modelnumber into a company database whichlets us know if an item has been recalledby the manufacturer,” she says.

Unlike purchasing used baby gear,furniture and toys at a garage sale or on-line auction, parents can be confident thatitems purchased at Once Upon A Childare safe for their children. Sellers will evenreceive an offer from Once Upon A Childafter the items are entered into a databasethat generates a computerized quotebased on current market conditions.

Generally, while the staff is siftingthrough items to determine the ones thatmeet Once Upon A Child’s standards,sellers can spend time browsing the store.It also is a good time to take advantage ofthe tax-free trading available at the store.

“I think Once Upon A Child is greatfor the community, given that the area is abig destination for families,” says NikkiMurphy, shift lead at Once Upon AChild. “Ultimately, the store will allowlocal people to shop close to home andsave money; and it brings something newand exciting to the area — a store run by


Once Upon A Child Opens Up For Sales Of Gently Used Kid’s Products!

Brian and Melissa Levering of Once Upon A Child in thePebble Creek Collection on BBD are ready to provide yourchild with new and gently used toys and clothing for less!


a family for families. It’s a warm, invitingenvironment, where people are encour-aged to sell and shop and interact. Work-ing in a family-run business makes the jobless a job and more a gift to work withpeople I care for and about.”

New, Too!New, Too!Although most items in the store are

used, Once Upon A Child does sell somenew items, too.

“We have great hair bows, tutus, sippycups, Melissa & Doug children’s toys, andother popular children’s products that arein our new item category,” says Melissa.All of the new items in the inventory comefrom an approved vendor list provided bythe Once Upon A Child corporate entity,which helps all franchisees purchase fromviable companies.

“It's hard to find gently used boysclothing- — we all know what they do totheir clothes!,” says Andrea, a Once UponA Child customer. “I always have the bestluck at Once Upon A Child. From shoes towinter coats, it’s like a treasure hunt with aguaranteed prize at the end!”

Once Upon A Child is located at

19651 BBD in the Pebble Creek Collec-tion. Store hours are Monday-Saturday,9:30 a.m. - 8 p.m. and Sundays noon -5 p.m. on Sundays. For more informa-tion call 388.2985, visit their website atOnceUponAChildWesleyChapel.com orgo to Facebook.com and search “OnceUpon A Child Wesley Chapel.”

The inventory at Once Upon A Child is top-notch & new items are added daily.

By Lauren Saslow

While most northerners joke aboutthe lack of seasons in the south, NewTampa and Wesley Chapel residents often-times mark two times of each year byprevalent pests; the two most notable ‘sea-sons’ being mosquito season and lovebugseason. Lovebugs, or Plecia nearctica, area fly species — common along Gulf Coaststates — that have flight seasons in latespring and again in late summer. Whileharmless to humans — they do not stingor bite — lovebug populations are a nui-sance to motorists. The acidic egg massesof the dead females that splatter on carscan dry quickly in the subtropical heat,causing ingrained build-up in the clearcoat of automobile paint.

“It is important for drivers to be vigi-lant about washing and waxing their vehi-cles frequently during this time of year toavoid damaged paint jobs and keep theirwindshields free from severe smudgingwhich can become a driving hazard,” saysStephen Schab, the managing partner ofBay Breeze Car Wash & Lube, located be-hind the Walgreens on Bruce B. Downs(BBD) Blvd. and on Doña Michele Dr. inNorth Palms Village (about three milessouth of the Pasco County line).

Schab adds that Bay Breeze offers aconvenient solution to lovebug woes. As afull-service car wash, customers can

choose from a simple $5 no-wait expresslane to a bumper-to-bumper interior andexterior detail as well as a variety of op-tions in between.

À la carte services allow motorists tocustomize their service to suit their indi-vidual needs, and a full lube service at BayBreeze allows them to receive an oilchange while they wait at a competitiveprice. In a fast-paced world where NewTampa and Wesley Chapel residents maysometimes neglect a much-needed carwash, the convenience of this New Tampalocation (only one traffic light north of theBBD exit off of I-75) allows drivers tosqueeze in either a quick or detailed carwash during their commute home.

Using state-of-the-art technology, in-cluding Envirosoft 2nd Generation Foamwash material, which is safe for all vehiclefinishes, Bay Breeze offers quality care andservice catered to fit nearly any budget.From the moment a customer is greeteduntil the time a supervisor returns yourcar, quality service is ensured through theentire process.

Since 2004, this privately ownedcompany — which now has six locationsthroughout the greater Tampa Bay area— has succeeded through the implemen-tation of Bay Breeze’s five key premises:“Quality Service, Clean & Orderly, Safety,Friendly and Easy To Do Business With.”

Schab explains that BayBreeze is a

principal-drivencompany. Bornand raised inChicago, Schabworked as a gen-eral manager for35 years in themetal heat-treatingindustry with EarlFeltner — theprincipal owner ofFPM Heat Treat-ing. When Feltnerretired to Floridaand opened BayBreeze, Schab andhis family relo-cated to Florida aswell, where Schabhas implemented his effective manage-ment through a quality-based employeefocus program.

As satisfied customer Robert Parkerdescribes, “The above-and-beyond cus-tomer service that [employee Moses Po-males offered] was a true miracle for meand my family. He told me that he takescare of his customers and as long as I’mhappy he is happy as well.”

Parker adds, “I highly recommendthis location and furthermore will nevergo anywhere else but (Bay Breeze) for myvehicle service.”

For loyal customers such as Parker,

Bay Breeze offers a “Loyalty Gift & Re-wards Card” that can be purchased forjust $5 and allows returning customers toredeem points toward car wash services,and may be used at Bay Breeze’s full-ser-vice car wash locations in both NewTampa and on S.R. 60 in Brandon.

Comfort & ConvenienceComfort & ConvenienceIn addition to quality service, Bay

Breeze Car Wash & Lube also offers a va-riety of comforts and conveniences to cus-tomers while they wait. Outside the lobby,you can relax on benches on a shadeddeck and take advantage of the free Wi-Fi,while those who opt for climate-con-


Make That Vehicle Shine, Run Like New At Bay Breeze Car Wash & Lube!

Whether it’s a wash or oil change you need, Bay Breeze Car Wash &Lube managing partner Stephen Schab has you covered. Bay Breeze islocated on BBD, less than three miles south of the Pasco County line.

coolant flushes, air and oil filters, fuel in-jector cleansing and wiper blades.

Schab points out the clean counters,free of paperwork and clutter, as well asthe employees outfitted in blue and reduniforms emblazoned with the companylogo. He adds that the principles of thebusiness are passed down to the nearly 50employees at this site alone through man-agement-employee communication viasmall group meetings.

Supporting Education &Supporting Education &Much More!Much More!

As an established business for nearly adecade, Bay Breeze uses some of its re-sources to support education locally. Forexample, Sylvie Wittmann, carnival chair-person for the Tampa Palms ElementaryPTA, expressed appreciation to the com-pany for its donation for a raffled gift bas-ket earlier this year.

“We just wanted to let you know wevalue our relationship with you,”Wittmann said. “Thank you again foryour participation and support of TampaPalms Elementary.”

Florida College Academy of TempleTerrace also expressed thanks recently forBay Breeze’s contribution to the school’sspring auction, which helped to fund out-door play areas and purchase a new onlinereading program. The company’s gener-ous donation of an auction item to thenonprofit General Federation of Women’sClubs (GFWC) New Tampa Junior

Woman’s Club’s annual charity event thispast spring helped to fund the Tampa Po-lice Department’s Resources In Commu-nity Hope (RICH) House of SulphurSprings, which serves disadvantaged chil-dren and their families by providing localyouths with a safe place to complete theirhomework and get something to eat anddrink after school.

Bay Breeze’s charitable contributionsextend beyond education, however.Tampa MetLife’s Linda Burrage explainsthat Bay Breeze’s donation of raffle itemsand moral support to the American Can-cer Society’s Relay for Life, which recentlywas held at Freedom High in TampaPalms, “honored cancer survivors, payingtribute to the lives we’ve lost to the dis-ease and helped raise money to fight it.”

“There is no complacency in ourbusiness,” insists Schab. “We are alwayslooking for ways to improve. There aretwo ways to move. One is forward andthe other is backward, and we don’t wantto be doing the latter.”

New Tampa’s Bay Breeze CarWash & Lube is located at 17501 N.Palms Village Pl., behind Walgreens.

For additional information, visitBayBreezeCarWash.com or call 615-1333. The hours of operation areMonday– Saturday, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. and10 a.m.–4 p.m. on Sunday. Feel free tocall first if the weather appears to bethreatening, but the oil change area isopen rain or shine.

trolled comfort can relax in the lobby onleather couches and chairs while keepingup with the football season or the news ona large flat-screen TV. Customers also maybrowse through Blue Mountain Artsgreeting cards and calendars for sale whilesipping on free coffee or the chilled water,soda or juice available for purchase in oneof the many coolers along the wall in thewaiting area.

The lobby also offers small snacks,candy, car air fresheners and other con-venient items for sale, in addition to awindow viewing area to watch as their carmoves through the wash. The walls aredecorated with unique black and whitephotographs of Tampa historical areas and

events. In the event a customer needs toleave the premises while his or her car isbeing serviced, a complimentary shuttleservice is available for nearby locations.Other patrons may opt to simply walk toone of the many nearby businesses orrestaurants, including Liang’s Bistro,Chick-fil-A, Steak ‘N Shake and others.

While not all of the Bay Breeze loca-tions offer full service and lube like this lo-cation — four of the locations are expresscar washes with an automated cashier andonly one other location (on S.R. 54 inLutz) offers oil change services — they allinclude the same level of quality technol-ogy and convenience, as well as other autoservices, including transmission flushes,


In a rush? No worries, Bay Breeze combines speed and quality service to get youand your vehicle back on the road in no time at all.

cate for small business and he definitelyseems to take that core value to heart. Hesays, “When I need to purchase a productor service in my personal life, I do mybest to buy from local community busi-nesses. Some people don’t realize that thelocal hardware store is generally owned bya small business person and not some bigcorporation. And, many people also don'trealize that nearly 70 percent of workingindividuals in the U.S. are employed bysmall businesses.”

Briggs resides in Wesley Chapel withhis wife Renee and their twin eight-year-old sons, Ryan and Jacob. He says he sawa community need for laboratory servicesthat were convenient to residents in our

area. So, in June 2013, Sun LaboratoryServices opened its second diagnostic cen-ter location, just across from the newFHWC, where the highest quality servicesare provided, using the best diagnosticand laboratory equipment available.

“We are a community business,”Briggs says. “We offer quicker and betterservice and are able to be more efficientthan the larger laboratories.”

Choose Your Lab!Choose Your Lab!Just as people choose their physicians,

Sun Laboratory Services hopes that pa-tients will be as wise when choosing theirlab service provider. Briggs says it’s impor-tant for patients to realize that when they


By Bonnie Mason

Roger Briggs, the chief executive offi-cer (CEO) and co-founder of Sun Labora-tory Services, Inc. (which has a location inWesley Chapel), stands by his mission to“deliver a level of patient service other lab-oratories are either unwilling or unable toprovide.”

Briggs says that both Sun Labs’ newdiagnostic center, located across Bruce B.Downs (BBD) Blvd. from Florida Hospi-tal Wesley Chapel (FHWC), as well as theoriginal location in Sun City Center, offerconvenience and customer-centered carethat other labs often don’t.

The main laboratory opened in SunCity in 2005 and grew from about 1,000square feet to a 15,000-sq.-ft. facility.

“We went from serving a few localclients to more than 300, in addition tothe individual patients who use our twodiagnostic centers daily for their prescribedlab tests,” says Briggs.

Sun Laboratory Services is a full-ser-vice clinical laboratory that partners withbusinesses and organizations to provideonsite phlebotomy services (phlebotomy isthe act of drawing or removing blood inorder to obtain a sample for analysis anddiagnosis) and lab results. Sun Labora-tory-trained technicians visit hundreds ofassisted living and skilled nursing facilities,as well as home-bound patients, to pro-

vide the care and expertiseexpected by physicians andpatient families in 13counties on the west coastof Florida.

Briggs and his highschool friend Kirk Coylecame up with the idea toopen a lab service severalyears before Briggs was ableto secure enough fundingto launch the business.Briggs graduated from St. BonaventureUniversity in St. Bonaventure, NY, with aBachelor’s degree in Business Administra-tion. He moved to Tampa in 1992, wherehis mother had relocated a few years ear-lier, and says he spent many years in salesmanagement and (in the late 1990s) as areal estate investor, before the investorboom in the new millennium.

Coyle, Sun Labs’ co-founder andchief operating officer (COO), has knowl-edge and experience in science, chemistryand engineering. That, combined withBriggs’ business expertise and entrepre-neurial spirit, made for a great foundationfor the two to launch their business.

Briggs says, “The best part of what Ido is the building of the business...seeingthe business grow so that we can providemore patients and clients with our much-needed services.”

Briggs also says he is a strong advo-

Sun Laboratory Services Opens Diagnostic Center In Wesley Chapel

Roger Briggs,CEO of Sun Labo-

ratory Services

Sun Laboratory Services’ main lab is located in Sun City Center, but the lab com-pany also has a convenient location off Bruce B. Downs Blvd. in Wesley Chapel.

receive a prescription for labservices from their physician,they have a choice of wherethey can go to get their bloodand other diagnostic tests. SunLaboratory Services’ diagnosticcenters are convenient to theirpatients and they accept mostmajor insurance plans.

And, for those paying outof pocket, Sun LaboratoryServices allows its patients tomake their payments online.

“We care for the individualpatient and understand that our precisionand accuracy in testing is a key componentto their well being,” says Briggs.

He remembers feeling a sense of prideand relief when several family members re-cently required testing for health issues andhe was able to provide them with qualityservice, where he was confident that theirtesting would be done quickly and the re-sults would be accurate.

“It’s a good feeling to know that we’rehelping people,” Briggs says. “We’re notjust a product someone uses, but a top-notch service that really makes a differenceto physicians and their patients.”

Satisfied customer Ken L. agrees.“The employees at Sun Laboratory

Services demonstrate compassion, profes-sionalism and expert customer service,”Ken explains. “I would feel proud to workwith them.”

To schedule your next lab test withSun Laboratory Services (2621 Wind-

guard Cir., Suite 101), call 634-6120.Sun Laboratory Services also has a loca-tion at 721 Cortaro Dr. in Sun CityCenter/Ruskin.


Why You Should Tell Your DoctorYou Prefer Sun Laboratory Services

For Your Blood Work:• Short Wait Times! In & out in 15 minutes or less

• Results delivered promptly to your doctor• Experienced, friendly phlebotomists

• Appointments available• Most Health Insurance Plans accepted

• We welcome all home health care specialists


By Matt Wiley

Watching children develop from new-borns to college scholars is a joy usually re-served for parents. However, JoséJiménez, M.D., the one physician who hasbeen seeing all of the patients at SmallWorld Pediatrics (now located jut north ofS.R. 56 in Wesley Chapel) for the pastdecade, has been right there with the par-ents in the New Tampa and Wesley Chapelarea help those kids stay healthy as theyhave grown and matured from babies andyoung children into teenagers and youngadults.

Now located (since 2010) in theWindguard Professional Center acrossBruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd. from thenew Florida Hospital Wesley Chapel(FHWC), Small World Pediatrics is a full-service pediatrics practice that cares forchildren from the time that they are bornthrough their college years (usually toabout age 21).

Among the services Dr. Jiménez pro-vides are physical exams for school andsports, vaccinations for daycare, school andcollege entry, and treating a wide range ofpediatric illnesses.

Dr. Jiménez originally opened SmallWorld Pediatrics in 2003 in the North-wood plaza on BBD near Target, about amile closer to the Hillsborough Countyline than his new office. He says that be-coming a pediatric physician is something

that he knew he wanted to do since hissophomore year at prestigious CornellUniversity in Ithaca, NY.

“I had studied engineering my firsttwo years because of my love for math andscience, but I felt I would be happier usingmy scientific knowledge caring for peopleon a day-to-day basis,” Dr. Jiménez ex-plains. “It turns out that I was right. I lovemy job, and I love coming to work everyday.”

Dr. Jiménez earned his Bachelor’s de-gree from the University of Florida in1992, after transferring from Cornell dur-ing his junior year. He earned his M.D.degree from the University of SouthFlorida (USF) College of Medicine in1996, and completed his pediatric resi-dency at USF in 2000.

“I chose pediatrics because I loveworking with children,” Dr. Jimenez says.“I get to smile every time I walk into a pa-tient’s room.”

Dr. Jiménez adds that he reallywanted to live in and be a part of the com-munity where he was practicing.

“I decided to open a practice in Wes-ley Chapel because my wife and I lovedthe area,” says the Meadow Pointe resi-dent. “Wesley Chapel has a small townfeel, yet it is very close to the city of Tampaand just across the county line from NewTampa. This is a great place to live, raise afamily and work.”

It’s easy to feel like a kid walking into

Dr. Jiménez’s office,which is decorated onevery wall with Disneycharacters and othercartoons. Animatedmovies are constantlybeing shown on thelobby’s flat-screen TV.The exam rooms, too,make children feel rightat home with colorfulcartoon charactersadorning the walls.

On Call FromOn Call FromDay OneDay One

An advantage tobeing located acrossfrom FHWC for Dr.Jiménez is also havingdoctor privileges at thenew hospital. (Note-He also has privilegesat Florida Hospital Tampa on Bruce B.Downs {BBD} Blvd. {at E. Fletcher Ave.}and at St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital onW. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Blvd.) Thisallows him to begin caring for children assoon as they are born and make daily visitsthroughout the baby’s stay at the hospitaland through their formative years.

Dr. Jiménez follows the AmericanAcademy of Pediatrics’ recommendedschedule for well-child visits when the babyis a newborn — at 2 weeks, and then at thespecified monthly intervals (1, 2, 4, 6, 9,

12, 15 & 18 months old), followed by an-nual physicals. During exams — which in-clude a complete physical exam, assessmentof growth and development, as well as up-dating all vaccinations — Dr. Jiménez takestime to discuss with parents such importanttopics as proper nutrition, fitness, healthysleep habits, school progress, child safetyand issues unique to each age group.

“We provide an atmosphere whereour patients and their parents can feel athome,” Dr. Jiménez explains. “We treatour patients and their parents with a per-sonal touch, so they feel comfortable here

For ten years now, Dr. José Jiménez has been the only phyisican atSmall World Pediatrics, now located across BBD from Florida Hos-

pital Wesley Chapel, in the Windguard Professional Center

Small World Pediatrics Takes Care Of Your Kids From Diapers To Degrees


from the time they make the appointmentto the time they leave the office.”

Small World even can make same-dayappointments for sick children, which is acommon issue as kids make the transitionfrom summer into a new school year. Dr.Jiménez says that, lately, he has been treat-ing quite a few patients with the commoncold, sore throats, vomiting and diarrhea,ailments that hand washing is the key tominimizing.

Feel as if you child hasn’t been per-forming as well as in previous school years?It could be due to a hearing or vision issue,and Small World Pediatrics does provide

screenings for theseproblems.

“Keep in mindthat vision and hear-ing screenings are avery important partof (a physical)exam,” Dr. Jiménezexplains. “Oftenchildren are thoughtto have learning dis-abilities or are sim-ply just notperforming well inpre-school orschool, when thereal problem may bethat the child needsglasses, or they arehaving trouble hear-ing.”

In addition tovision and hearing screenings, Small Worldalso can provide testing for anemia, dia-betes, influenza, mononucleosis, pregnancyand strep throat, as well as screenings forscoliosis and tuberculosis.

Other health issues that Dr. Jiménezcan treat include asthma, cardiac issues(such as chest pain and evaluations of heartmurmurs and other cardia irregularities),gastrointestinal issues, genitourinary issues(such as bed wetting or urinary tract infec-tions), as well as musculoskeletal, neuro-logic, skin and systemic issues.

“Our philosophy is that we can have apositive impact in the lives of the child(ren)

and the parent(s) at every visit and we striveto make the office visit the best possible forboth,” Dr. Jiménez explains. “We care, andI believe that shows every time you visit.”

And, Small World Pediatrics does havequite a few satisfied families singing thepraises of Dr. Jiménez and his staff.

“I wouldn’t trust my little one to any-one else,” says Denean Griffin, the mom ofa Small World patient. “We’ve been goingthere since she was a few weeks old and shejust turned 5 years old this month. I’ve re-ferred seven people to him and each onehas been pleased. I can’t say enough goodthings about (Small World). We are blessedto have found them.”

Ten years of a practice is quite an ac-complishment, and Dr. Jiménez says that he

is thankful to the community for making itpossible.

“It is an amazing feeling to be able tocelebrate 10 years of serving and caring forthe pediatric patients of the Wesley Chapeland New Tampa area,” Dr. Jiménez says.“We as an office staff feel a tremendoussense of accomplishment and pride in ourlongevity. I say ‘we’ because our presentstaff has been together now for seven years,and we all contribute and take a lot of pridein our service to this community.”

Small World Pediatrics is located at2527 Windguard Cir., Suite 102, andaccepts virtually all major health insur-ance plans but, for a specific list, pleasevisit SmallWorldPediatric.com. To makean appointment, please call 907-8001.

Dr. Jiménez discusses the progress of 16-week old Zoey McCauley with Zoey’s mom Jessica in one of the practice’s Disney-

themed exam rooms.The entire office is decorated in the same fashion.


sale of about three weeks,and almost 90 percent ofeverything in the store sellswithin the first month, soour inventory changesconstantly,” explainsCourtney. “We sell a lot ofsofas, coffee tables, andknickknacks (pictureframes, small lamps, can-dlesticks and more), butthere are some things wedon’t take, such as finechina. So, before you con-sign, check our website(TheRoomExchangeOn-line.com) to see what wedo and don’t accept.”

He adds that TheRoom Exchange has takenin whole houses or apartments full of fur-nishings, “if the furniture and accessoriesmeets our criteria, and of course, the modelhomes come in periodically. If an estatedoesn’t meet our criteria, we refer the fami-lies to appropriate vendors who can helpthem.”

The store, a former Publix supermar-ket in the plaza, consists of 12,500 squarefeet, and resembles a retail furniture store,but without the sticker shock. The furni-ture and accessories are arranged in tastefuland appealing “vignettes” by Michele, thestore’s part-time interior decorator, one ofthe ten full- and part-time employees who

work at The Room Exchange.“Business is really good,” says Court-

ney. “We have some wonderful regularconsigners and customers who come inhere every day, but we also do pickup anddelivery and we even offer free pickupwithin 15 miles of the store, which is greatfor the customer who can’t bring every-thing down.”

He adds that the pickups are so popu-lar that, “Right now, we’re on a six-weekwaiting period, so it’s good to plan ahead ifyou have a large amount of items — or justa few larger items to consign.” Delivery ofyour furniture purchases also is available,for a fee.

By Kathleen Schiop

“The heart is in the home,” so thesaying goes, and for most of us, ourhomes are our refuge from the stress andanxieties of the everyday world, so natu-rally we want our home to be a comfort-able and beautiful place where we canrelax. And, both new and establishedhomeowners can find artistic and budget-ary challenges to furnishing and acces-sorizing their homes, and that is whereThe Room Exchange, located in the Wil-low Bend Towne Centre Plaza (at the cor-ner of SR 54 and Collier Pkwy. in Lutz(five miles west of Bruce B. Downs Blvd.)can help.

The Room Exchange, a consignmentfurniture store, has been assisting cus-tomers with home furnishings for sevenyears, the first three at the Village LakeShopping Center on U.S. 41 in LandO’Lakes, and for the past four at its cur-rent location.

The Room Exchange sells a widerange of furniture and accessories con-signed from private individuals and frombuilders’ model homes. Voted the 2011Gold Winner for Best Consignment Store& Furniture Store in East & CentralPasco by the Media General PublicationsFlorida Publishing Group, The Room Ex-change represents quality furniture andservice to its customers, some of whom

are both selling and buying their furnitureand “knickknacks” at the store.

Courtney Stone, the charismaticowner of The Room Exchange, says hecomes by his chosen profession honestly.

“My dad has a store in Ocala calledBargains and Treasures,” he says, “and Ihave pretty much spent the last ten yearsin this business. You’re not going to getrich doing this, but I just love it.”

Two years after opening the store,Courtney was joined by wife Lesley¸ a for-mer USF librarian who eventually left herjob to work full time at the store.

“We’re here all the time,” he laughs.“It’s definitely a family business.”

How It Works...For You! How It Works...For You! So how does furniture consignment

work? The Room Exchange sets the priceof the item, based on the track record forselling of other similar items at the store.The consignment period is for 120 daysand the business takes 50 percent of thesale, with the seller taking the other 50 per-cent. (Please note that some consignmentstores take a more advantageous, for them,60-40 split of consignment proceeds.)Every 30 days that the item doesn’t sell,The Room Exchange reduces the sellingprice by 10 percent from its original price.And, if the item goes the full 120 dayswithout selling, it is marked half off.

“We have an average turnaround on a

The Room Exchange — Designer Furniture At Great Consignment Prices

Lesley and Courtney Stone of The Room Exchange in theWillow Bend Towne Centre on S.R. 54 at Collier Pkwy.


“Most of our consignments come tous from a 15-mile radius, people who livein New Tampa, Wesley Chapel, Lutz, LandO’Lakes and Carrollwood,” he says. “Andwe do have quite a few people who bringin our daily limit of 30 items on a regularbasis. (Note-Consignments are accepted atThe Room Exchange Tuesday-Saturdayonly). They go out to garage sales andbring in things to consign and do verywell. If I didn’t own this business, I mightbecome a consigner myself, because I seesome of the checks we pay out to thesepeople.”

Julie, a customer from Lutz, couldn’tsay enough good things about The RoomExchange. “I’ve been following the store

ever since they started, and visit at least twoto three times a week, just to see what theyhave in stock. It’s a great place to shop,and the inventory changes practically daily.Everything is reasonably priced and thestaff is so friendly and nice, they’ve practi-cally become my second family.”

Pressed for time? Check out The-Room ExchangeOnline.com to see someof the latest furniture available at the show-room. The website even updates the pric-ing of each item, so you know exactly whatan item will cost. In addition, take a look atthe site’s beautiful blog “Everyday Spaces”for fabulous ideas about decorating withyour new treasures. Of course, the websitecannot possibly include all of the large and

ever-changing inventory at The Room Ex-change, so you are encouraged to comeand view the showroom during storehours. Whether you need one piece of fur-niture, or a whole house-full, The RoomExchange offers a variety of different stylesto meet your decorating needs. Don’t seewhat you want? The store also offers an af-fordable custom design service for thosehard-to-furnish rooms in your home.

Nora, a customer from WesleyChapel, raves, “About 60 percent of myhome has been furnished by The RoomExchange. Every room in my house hassomething from there, and I was able touse the personalized decorating servicewhen I needed help. They are kind, fun,

easygoing people and their customer serv-ice is excellent.”

When not at the store, owners Court-ney Stone and his wife Lesley spend timerunning and swimming and spending timewith their daughter Alyssa, who is finishingup her last year of nursing school at FloridaGulf Coast University in Ft. Myers.

For more information, please visitTheRoomExchangeonline.com or call909-2411. The Room Exchange is lo-cated in the Willow Bend Towne Cen-tre, at 23046 SR 54 in Lutz (next to LAFitness). The store is open Mon.– Sat.,10 a.m.-7 p.m., and noon- 5 p.m. onSunday. Consignments are ONLY re-ceived Tues.-Sat., 11 a.m.-6 p.m.

The Room Exchange features (left) a huge variety of dining room tables and chairs, armoires and artwork, as well as furniture arranged in “vignettes,” designed by Michele, the store’spart-time interior decorator. But, trust us, these photos do not do the store justice. You really have to see it to understand the quality and variety of the available furniture & accessories.


By Gary Nager

It’s probably not every day that youhear a native New Yorker say that he’s kin-dred spirits with a dentist who was born inKorea, but that’s the way I feel about Dr.Daniel Hwang, DDS, of Pasco Dental, lo-cated in the Wesley Chapel Executive Cen-ter on S.R. 54, a little more than a mile eastof Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd.

Although he was born in Seoul, SouthKorea, Dr. Hwang was raised in Mt. Ver-non, VA, and moved to Brooklyn, NY, formiddle school and Queens, NY, for highschool. He received both his Bachelor’s de-gree (in 1987) and his DDS degree (in1991) from prestigious Columbia Univer-sity in Manhattan and spent twelve years“learning the ropes of the dental business”with his brother, who had a thriving dentalpractice in Ft. Lee, NJ. Dr. Hwang thenbegan opening his own chain of Price Den-tal offices in Flushing, Queens; Plainview,Long Island; Manhattan; Brooklyn; and Ft.Lee and Bergen Township, NJ.

“I was traveling between six officesand not spending enough time with myfamily,” admits Dr. Hwang.

He adds that it was because his olderson was a top-level tennis player that Dr.Hwang and his family found SaddlebrookPreparatory (Prep) School , the tennis and

golf academy located inside the gates toSaddlebrook Resort Tampa, which is only ahalf-mile closer to BBD on S.R. 54 in Wes-ley Chapel than Dr. Hwang’s office.

That son, 21-year-old Ben, went on towin a State No. 1 singles championshipwhile at Saddlebrook Prep, although he isnow a future dentist completing his under-graduate degree at the also-prestigiousJohns Hopkins University in Baltimore,MD. Dr. Hwang says Ben plans to attendthe Harvard School of Dental Medicine inBoston, MA, and the good doctor even ad-mits that Ben is a better tennis player thanhe is. Dr. Hwang also played for the tennisteam at Columbia and has helped coach hisson through the years.

“I love coaching tennis,” says Dr.Hwang, who also has a 19-year-old daugh-ter Nina at New York University and a 15-year-old son Tommy who attends NewTampa’s Paul R. Wharton High. “But,most of all, my wife Jan and I really enjoyspending quality time with our kids. We’relucky to still have one at home.”

And of course, Dr. Hwang has a littlemore free time for his family now that hehas only one state-of-the-art family dentaloffice instead of six. The office is open 9a.m.-4 p.m. every weekday except Wednes-day (when it is open noon-7 p.m.) and Dr.Hwang will make appointments for his pa-

tients before and after reg-ular hours.

“Convenience is im-portant to me and to mypatients,” he says. “But,we’ve also invested in out-standing technology forthis office that my patientsalso appreciate.”

New TechnologyNew Technology& One-Stop Care& One-Stop Care

Dr. Hwang says he isproud to be able to provideall of the dental servicesevery member of your fam-ily needs to have a winningsmile.

“In New York, mostgeneral and family dentistsprovide all dental services,”he says, “but here in

Florida, many dentistsrefer their patients to spe-cialists for things likebraces, dental implantsand even gum or rootcanal procedures.”

He adds, “But, notevery dentist has the pas-sion I do for dentistry. Itake 200 hours of continu-ing education every year,although dentists are onlyrequired to take 30 hoursevery two years. With myexperience, I almost neverhave to refer one of mypatients to a specialist.Dental implants and mini-implants areamong my specialties.”

Dr. Hwang also has had advancedcoursework and experience with Botox in-jections, Invisalign orthodontic devices, 6month braces, Inman Aligners, Lumineers,and sedation dentistry.

In order to meet his commitment toquality care, Dr. Hwang expanded his six-year-old office about six months ago, andsays he added some outstanding new tech-nology, including now having one of theonly 3D CT Scan Sirona Orthophos ma-chines in the Tampa Bay area and certainlythe only one in Wesley Chapel.

“It definitely offers a more accurate3D depiction of the patient’s full head, jawand even the sinus cavity, which allows me

to be as accurate as possible when creatingdental implants. It even shows both thequantity and the quality of bone in yourmouth to handle the implants.”

He notes that he also has a low-dose,two-dimensional X-ray machine that is ap-propriate for most patients, “but havingthe 3D scan gives both me and the patientmore peace of mind for the more compli-cated procedures we do.”

Comfort Is A Key, TooComfort Is A Key, TooOne of the other new additions at

Pasco Dental is the post-op room. Whetherthe patient is recuperating from oral sur-gery with novocaine or sedation, this calm-ing room features two large massage chairs,a large flatscreen TV and even a fireplace,all to make the recovering patient feel even

Pasco Dental For Top Training, Technology & Patient Comfort

The Sirona Orthophos 3D CT Scan machine at PascoDental is great for dental implants.

The friendly staff at Pasco Dental (on S.R. 54, 1/2 mile east ofSaddelebrook Resort), includes (l.-r.) Therese, the office manager,

Dr. Daniel Hwang, office assistant Sona & dental assistant Trish.


more comfortable and at ease.“Our elderly patients, in particular,

seem to enjoy the warmth of the fireplacewhile recuperating,” he says, adding thatwhile some senior citizens may not haveenough quality bone for full implants, “weusually can help them with mini-implants,which are great for stabilizing dentures.”

No Insurance Surprises, Too No Insurance Surprises, Too Pasco Dental accepts most major den-

tal insurance plans, but Dr. Hwang says hisexperience dealing with the insurance com-panies for 22 years allows him to preventpatients from being surprised when they gettheir bills. “I know what your plan will andwon’t pay for and how much they reim-burse for your procedure. “I’m so confident

that if the insurance company ends up notpaying that amount, we won’t hold the pa-tient responsible for the difference.”

Dr. Hwang also promises that PascoDental is not “high-pressure dentistry.”

“I have (New York) city savvy andcommon sense. I want you and your familyto be confident that I want you to be ahappy patient, so I will not try to get you todo work you don’t need or can’t afford. Ialways offer the best possible care possiblewith your financial concerns in mind.”

I told you I had an affinity for the guy,didn’t I?

For more info about & appoint-ments with Dr. Daniel Hwang at PascoDental (29450 S.R. 54), call 907-6600or visit PascoDental.net.

appetizer, which featured addictively per-fect potato pasta pockets topped with acreamy sauce of fontina, gorgonzola,parmesan and romano cheeses.

Speaking of the pasta, my mezzogiorno sausage rigatoni, which is loadedwith housemade sausage, homemade riga-toni, cream, Romano cheese, tomato andsweet peas, although I also loved the im-proved Ciao! pork chop, which is basted

with balsamic barbecue and served overroasted Yukon gold spears with caramelizedonions, the scallops with wild mushroomsand sherry cream and the gorgonzola angusfilet tenderloin, all better than anything pre-viously served at Ciao!

Although it’s technically not a dish atCiao! yet, we also really enjoyed a plate thatfeatured two delicious homemade pork, veal


By Gary NagerAlthough we currently have some

outstanding pizza places in New Tampaand Wesley Chapel, we’ve never really hada great Italian restaurant. And, althoughsome folks in the area seemed to enjoyPagelli’s Italian Restaurant when itopened in the Shops at Wiregrass mall acouple of years ago, the owners decided ayear or so ago to revamp the concept andchange the name to Ciao! Italian Bistro.

Well, according to Justin Fleming,the new chef and co-owner of Ciao!, nei-ther Pagelli’s (and Justin worked for twoyears at the original Pagelli’s in Estero,FL) nor Ciao! was good enough, so hedecided to move to the Tampa Bay areato start over and re-create Ciao! as a real,sit-down Italian restaurant that utilizesfresh ingredients and has dishes for men,and women, with family-friendly dishesand pricing.

“A lot of the new menu (which wasjust unveiled to the public this week) isdesigned with women in mind,” saysJustin, who isn’t afraid to speak his mindon the subject of Ciao!’s food. “Womenusually make the decision about where toeat, so we always want to make sure theladies are happy.”

Ciao!, which still hosts the WesleyChapel Rotary Club at noon for lunchevery Wednesday, is open for lunch anddinner every day and Justin promises thatthe delicious new flavors our office sam-pled at an exclusive preview of the newmenu will be representative of his passionfor great food.

“I reallyhaven’t beenhappy with ei-ther the Pag-elli’s menu orthe previousmenu forCiao!,” Justinsays. “But, Ifigure is goodplace to start iswith home-made pasta,fresh seafoodand the freshest ingredients for my home-made sauces.”

And, he’s right. We started with asample of Justin’s new lobster bisque anda chicken caprese salad, which adds grilledchicken to the usual fresh mozzarella andtomato slices. We also enjoyed the new-and-improved margherita pizza, which isbrick-oven-baked and excellent, and thehomemade gnocchi quattro formaggio

Ciao! Italian Bistro — New Co-Owner, New Chef & Homemade Pasta!

See “Ciao!” on page 33.

Among the new menu items our staff sampled at the all-new Ciao! Italian Bistro in the Shops at Wiregrass mall are (clockwise from topleft): the mezzo giorno sausage rigatoni, angus tenderloin, scallops with wild mushrooms & sherry cream & the margherita pizza.

By Gary Nager

When I first heard that Hibachi Japan-ese Express was opening in the WesleyChapel Village Market at the intersection ofBruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd. and S.R. 54, Iwasn’t sure what to expect.

Well, I don’t know if you’ve checkedout owner Deyan Chen (everyone just callshim Chen)’s new “cafeteria-style” (meaningyou walk up to a counter to order for dine inor take out, whether you want to sit at atable or at the sushi bar) Japanese restaurantand sushi bar yet, but if you haven’t — andyou enjoy Japanese cuisine, of course — thisis a little, inexpensive gem of a place withfood quality which equals or surpasses someof the much-more-expensive Japanese steak-houses I’ve tried — at “cafeteria” prices!

First of all, I’m not a guy who enjoysbuffet-style Asian restaurants because I don’twant my “fresh” sushi prepared until I’mready to eat it. And, even though the sushi atHibachi Express is sold at a lower averageprice than most sushi bars, it is still freshly

prepared and I assureyou that all of theseafood sushi and sashimiI’ve sampled there todate — including tuna,snapper, tilapia and evenan outstanding spider(soft shell crab) roll —has been made fresh tomy order, elegantly pre-sented and absolutely de-licious. In fact, theawesome $6.95 spiderroll is Hibachi Express’Special Roll of theMonth for October. Ifyou like crab, try it.

I’m also very partial to the Crazy Tunaroll, which is perfect for two tuna fanatics toshare for $8.95. It features a snappy, spicytuna, avocado and tempura flakes on the in-side and sashimi slices of tuna on the outside.Yum.

Yes, Hibachi Express also has a varietyof other great sushi rolls (and sashimi, served

without rice), just like your favoriteJapanese steak house. But, while it does-n’t have teppanyaki (hibachi) tables to sitat, Chen promises that he does serveoutstanding hibachi steak, chicken,shrimp, scallops and even salmon, pre-pared on the hibachi grill in Hibachi Ex-press’ kitchen — without both the“show” (flipping salt shakers and shrimptail tossing) and the usual inflated prices.

In fact, even the “small” size hibachientrées, which start at $5.95 for just hibachiveggies or chicken, $7.95 for real, choiceNew York strip steak or shrimp or $8.95 forsalmon or scallops — I was stunned at howgood the scallops were — are plenty largeenough for one person for lunch or dinner,and still include a nice ginger house salad,tasty grilled veggies, Japanese fried rice andeveryone’s favorite “yummy-yummy” sauce.

“Our steak is choice New York strip,”says Chen, who has been in the business for20 years, although this is the first restauranthe has owned himself. “And I know ourscallops, shrimp, salmon, chicken and oursushi also are all high-quality.”

Or, “upgrade” to the “large” size forjust $6.95-$10.95, or try your favorite com-bination for $10.95-$11.95.

Also available are chicken, shrimp andsteak fried rice ($5.95-$6.95), appetizers likeedamame ($1.95), gyoza and shumaidumplings (six pieces of either for $3.50),seaweed salad ($2.95), teriyaki rice bowlswith chicken shrimp or steak ($6.95-$8.95),chicken katsu ($6.95), a kids menu featuringfried chicken or shrimp with french fries($4.95-$5.95).

There’s no beer or wine at Hibachi Ex-press, but soft drinks are available, as arevanilla, green tea and red bean ice cream.

Hibachi Japanese Express (5315 Vil-lage Market) is open Mon.-Thur., 10:30a.m.-9:30 p.m., until 10:30 p.m. on Fri.& Sat & 11:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m. on Sun-day. For more info, call 991-9582 or seethe ad on page 31 for a coupon for 15-percent-off any order.


Hibachi Express — A Great Japanese Restaurant Disguised As ‘Fast Food!’

This amazing spider (soft shell crab) roll is special for just$6.95 for October at Hibachi Japanese Express, located in

the Wesley Chapel Village Market, where delicious freshsushi & Japanese cuisine cost you less.

Instead of “crazy tuna,” they should call it the“tuna-lover’s dream” roll!


Other favorites at Hibachi Express include (clockwise from top left) gyoza porkdumplings, plus hibachi scallops & hibachi steak on a real hibachi grill.

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City Grill Opens!City Grill Opens!You may have noticed that Winners

Sports Grill, which has been located at 5429Wesley Chapel Village Market on S.R. 54 justeast of I-75, has closed. Although a lot oflocal residents already are loving the place,what you may not have realized is that formerWinners owner Gerry Malynowsky alreadyhas completely revamped the restaurant intothe elegant new City Grill, which is one ofthe first true sit-down, non-chair restaurantsin Wesley Chapel, featuring what Gerry calls“chef-created fresh seafood, pasta and more.”

You can still get great wings and burgersat City Grill, but you can also get amazing ap-petizers like the unique Cuban Cigars pic-tured above, ahi tuna poki (tartare) and trulyfresh blackened grouper.

For Happy Hour and menu info, visitCityGrill.us, call 973-9988 or go to Face-book.com/citygrillwesleychapel.

Totalscape Solutions StartsTotalscape Solutions Starts‘Hope Blooms’ October 1 ‘Hope Blooms’ October 1

In honor of Breast Cancer AwarenessMonth (October), Totalscape Solutions, afull-service, comprehensive commercial andresidential landscaping solutions companyserving the greater Tampa Bay area for morethan 10 years, will begin a unique fund raiseron October 1. That’s when Totalscape Solu-

tions will begin planting 100-bloom floral dis-plays in the shape of a pink breast cancerawareness ribbon — and you can get one foryour yard! Best of all, more than 50 percentof the purchase price of your yard “ribbon”will be donated to breast cancer research. Thepurchase price also includes professionalpreparation of your soil bed, to ensure yourribbon’s flowers will stay vibrant through Oc-tober and into the winter.

Totalscape Solutions prides itself in cre-ating detailed landscape strategies and imple-mentation plans to fit each client’s individualneeds, from general maintenance to re-land-scaping, irrigation repair, and lawn treatmentwith fertilizer and pesticides. The company’sgoal is to impeccably keep every property on aconsistent basis.

Secure your limited edition floral rib-bon today & help Hope Bloom. For or-ders & more info, call Totalscape Solutionsat 348-0960 or email Cheryl [email protected].

And, Outside Of New TampaAnd, Outside Of New Tampa& Wesley Chapel... & Wesley Chapel...

Jen & Travis Open & CloseJen & Travis Open & CloseThe Flaming Taco In Ybor?The Flaming Taco In Ybor?

I was so psyched that my dear friendsJennifer & Travis Davidson and their friendsMary Ann & Keith Cucuzza (photo above)had opened an amazing new taco stand inYbor City called the Flaming Taco that Iwrote them up as a Neighborhood Nibbleitem in our New Tampa issue, which hitmailboxes in 33647 two weeks before yourreceived this issue.

But, the following for the FlamingTaco (which was located inside the Yo Boysyogurt shop, a little more than a block fromthe Columbia Restaurant), grew so bigthat the young entrepreneurs already knewthe small space inside a not-really compati-

ble business wouldn’t last long. So, while the Flaming Taco might now

be closed, The Flaming Taco CateringCompany is already taking big orders forhomemade, unique recipe tacos and otherdelicious Southwestern Tex-Mex favoritesyou don’t even know are your favorites yet.But, if you want delicious, fast fare featuringwords like “all natural,” “grain fed,” “freerange,” “no antibiotics” & “black angusUSDA Choice beef,” the Flaming Taco hasyou covered — for just $3 per taco!

Travis, who is from Arizona, says he gottired of not having the type of bold, spicy-but-flavorful Mexican food he grew up withsince he moved to Florida. And, when thelong-time IT geek was told by a friend of histhat there was an availability on 7th Ave., heand Jen, a well-known local insurance salesperson, decided it was worth a shot to see ifTravis’ recipes — some of which he has beenperfecting for years — would draw in theYbor crowd.

As soon as standing outside on 7th Ave.on weekends between midnight-3 a.m. tookoff, Travis & Jen joined forces with Mary Annand Keith, both of whom have been in busi-ness development and consulting, in order toexpand to full lunch and dinner hours fourdays a week — and it took even less time forthe owners to recognize that there was morethat they could do.

Travis (still the group’s creative force inthe kitchen) says, in addition to my already-fa-

vorite spicy El Cubano beef brisket taco andthe six other items on the Flaming Taco’smenu (including the unique bacon guac-adilla), he also will do tortas (Mexican sand-wiches), steak-on-a-stick and a few otherunique items.

For info, call 389-2765 or visit The-FlamingTaco.com. — GN

Angry Chair Gets Wet ZoningOn August 1, Angry Chair Brewing,

owned by Wesley Chapel residents RyanDowdle and Shane Mozur, as well as formerCigar City pilot brewer Ben Romano, was ap-proved for a wet zoning license by the TampaCity Council for its future brewery and tastingroom location in Tampa’s Historic SeminoleHeights neighborhood.

Dowdle says that, if all goes according toplan, he hopes to be serving beers to the pub-lic at the new Angry Chair Tasting Room,which will be located at 6401 N. Florida Ave.,by early 2014. — MW


Win $100 In FREE Dining In Our 2013 Dining Survey & Contest! Please fill in as many categories as possible and all of the personal info requested. One winner,

drawn at random from all legitimate entries, will receive a $100 gift card to the restaurant ofhis or her choice in the Tampa Bay area! To help you remember the different local independentrestaurants in New Tampa & Wesley Chapel, we have provided an alphabetical list of them (& theirlocations) to choose from in each category, although you can write in your other favorites in each

category, too, in the “Write-In” space. Fast food & national & regional chains with more than 20 lo-cations are not listed, although you can vote for them in any category by writing them in. — GN

My Favorite Restaurants In New Tampa(Number your 5 favorites #1-#5)

__Acropolis (Oak Ramble)__Apna Kabab House (Live Oak/BBD)__Back 9 Café (Heritage Isles CC)__Biagio’s II Pizza & Pasta (Cross Creek)__Big Papa’s Pit (Bearss Ave.)__Burger 21 (Trout Creek/BBD)__Café Olé (Cross Creek)__Casa Ramos (Shoppes of Amberly)__China City (City Plaza)__China Wok (County Line Rd.)__Cross Creek Deli (Shell station)__Full Circle Pizza (Pebble Creek)__Fushia Asian Bistro (Shoppes of Amberly)__Hawkeye NYS Pizza (Cross Creek/BP)__Ho King (Highwoods)__Hunter’s Green Country Club__Kobé Japanese Steakhouse (Pebble Creek)__Koizi Hibachi Grill (Tampa Palms)__La Cubanita Café (New Tampa Center)__La Fuente Mexican Cuisine (Cross Creek)__Lanna Thai (old Ploy Thai; Cross Creek)__Las Palmas Café (Pebble Creek)__Liang’s Bistro (North Palms/BBD)__Little Greek (New Tampa Center)__Mr. Dunderbak’s (Oak Ramble)

__Mulligan’s Irish Pub (Pebble Creek CC)__New China King (Cross Creek)__Oakley’s Grille (North Palms/BBD)__Peabody’s Billiards & Games (Amberly)__ Petra Mediterranean Cuisine (Highwoods)__Pita’s Republic (County Line Rd.)__Pizzazone (Tampa Palms)__PJ Dolan’s Irish Pub (Bearss Ave.)__Saffron Indian Cuisine (Cross Creek)__Seasons Fresh Café (Bearss Ave.)__Soho Sushi (Bearss Ave.)__Stonewood Grill & Tavern (Tampa Palms)__Sushi Café (Highwoods)__Sushi Ko (New Tampa Center)__Sukhothai (Highwoods)__Takara Sushi & Sake Lounge (Oak Ramble)__Tampa Palms Golf & Country Club__Taste of New York Pizza (Highwoods)__Thai Ruby (Shoppes of Amberly)__Toast Fine Wine & Café (Oak Ramble)__Top Thai (Live Oak)__Woodfired Pizza (Bearss Ave.)__Zeko’s Express (New Tampa Center Mobil)__Write-In (must name)_____________________Write-In (must name)_____________________Write-In (must name)_____________________Write-In (must name)_____________________Write-In (must name)___________________

My Favorite Restaurants In Wesley Chapel(Number your 5 favorites #1-#5)

__Asian Buffet (Shoppes at New Tampa)__Amici Pizza (Grand Oaks Plaza)__Bagelicious & More (Freedom Plaza/54)__Best NY Pizza (Pinebrook Plaza/S.R. 54)__Bonsai Sushi (Shoppes at New Tampa)__Bosco’s Italian To Go (Freedom Plaza/54)__Burger Monger (Shoppes at New Tampa)__Café Fresco (S.R. 56)__China Taste (Shoppes at New Tampa)__China Wok (Village Market)__Ciao! Italian Bistro (Wiregrass Mall)__CineBistro (The Grove)__Dempsey’s Steak House (Saddlebrook)__Dempsey’s Too Lounge (Saddlebrook)__Don Pan Int’l Bakery (Shoppes at NT )__Fine Thai Express (S.R. 54)__Gonna China (Hollybrook Plaza)__GrillSmith (Wiregrass Mall)__Hibachi Express (Village Market)__Ho Wok (next to Target)__Hungry Greek (across BBD from FHWC)__Kwan Ming Bistro (S.R. 56)__La Prima Pizza (next to Target/BBD)__Latin Twist Café (across BBD from FHWC)__Lexington Oaks Golf Club

__900º Woodfired Pizza (Wiregrass Mall)__NY NY Pizza (BBD in Seven Oaks)__PDQ (S.R. 56)__PizzaMania (Wiregrass Mall)__Poolside Café (Saddlebrook)__PrimeBar (Wiregrass Mall)__Quail Hollow Country Club__Shang Hai Chinese (Eiland Blvd./Publix)__ Taste of Boston (Shoppes at New Tampa)__TD’s Sports Bar (Saddlebrook)__365 Caffé Italiano (Wiregrass Mall) __Tokyo Grill & Sushi (Eiland Blvd./Publix) __Vallarta’s (Village Market)__Woody’s Pizza & Wings (Village Market)__Wolf’s Den (S.R. 56)__Yamato Japanese Steakhouse (Wiregrass)__Write-In (must name)_____________________Write-In (must name)_____________________Write-In (must name)_____________________Write-In (must name)_____________________Write-In (must name)___________________

Please only put each numeral (#s 1-5) oneach list once each, including your write-

ins. We apologize for any inconvenience toindependent restaurants not listed here.

The Survey continues on page 32!The Survey continues on page 32!

Your Name ____________________________________________________________Your Community (Tampa Palms, Meadow Pointe, etc.) _______________________Your Mailing Address ___________________________________________________Your Daytime Phone #__________________________________________________Your Valid Email Address _______________________________________________

Please submit BOTH pages by fax, mail, email or on our website (see pg. 3) by Fri., Nov. 8.

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My Favorite Chinese Restaurants In New Tampa & Wesley Chapel

(Pick or write-in one)

__Asian Buffet (Shoppes at New Tampa)__China City (City Plaza)__China Taste (Shoppes at New Tampa)__China Wok (County Line Rd.)__China Wok (Village Market)__Fushia Asian Bistro (Shoppes of Amberly)

__Gonna China (Hollybrook Plaza)__Ho King (Highwoods)__Ho Wok (next to Target)__Kwan Ming Bistro (S.R. 56)__Liang’s Bistro (North Palms/BBD)__New China King (Cross Creek)__Shang Hai Chinese (Eiland Blvd./Publix)__Sushi Ko (New Tampa Center)__Write-In (must name)___________________

My Favorite Hamburger Restaurant In New Tampa & Wesley Chapel

(Pick or write-in one)

__Burger Monger (Shoppes at New Tampa)__Burger 21 (Trout Creek/BBD)__Café Fresco (S.R. 56)__Dempsey’s Too Lounge (Saddlebrook)__GrillSmith (Wiregrass Mall)__Hunter’s Green Country Club__Lexington Oaks Golf Club

__Mulligan’s Irish Pub (Pebble Creek CC)__Oakley’s Grille (North Palms)__Peabody’s Billiards & Games (Amberly)__PJ Dolan’s Irish Pub (Bearss Ave.)__Tampa Palms Golf & Country Club__Poolside Café (Saddlebrook)__ Taste of Boston (Shoppes at New Tampa)__TD’s Sports Bar (Saddlebrook)__Wolf’s Den (S.R. 56)__Write-In (must name)___________________

My Favorite Latin/Mexican Restaurants In New Tampa & Wesley Chapel

(Pick or write-in one)__Café Olé (Cross Creek)__Casa Ramos (Shoppes of Amberly)__Café Fresco (S.R. 56)__Don Pan Int’l Bakery (Shoppes at NT )

__La Cubanita Café (New Tampa Center)__La Fuente Mexican Cuisine (Cross Creek)__Las Palmas Café (Pebble Creek)__Latin Twist Café (across BBD from FHWC)__Vallarta’s (Village Market)

__Write-In (must name)___________________

My Favorite Greek/MediterraneanRestaurants In New Tampa/Wesley Chapel

(Pick or write-in one)__Acropolis (Oak Ramble)__Apna Kabab House (Live Oak)__Hungry Greek (across BBD from FHWC)

__Little Greek (New Tampa Center)__ Petra Mediterranean Cuisine (Highwoods)__Pita’s Republic (County Line Rd.)__Zeko’s Express (New Tampa Center Mobil)

__Write-In (must name)___________________

My Favorite Bars & Taverns In NewTampa & Wesley Chapel

(Number no more than #s 1-5)

__Acropolis (Oak Ramble)__Back 9 Café (Heritage Isles CC)__CineBistro (The Grove)__Dempsey’s Steak House (Saddlebrook)__Dempsey’s Too Lounge (Saddlebrook)__GrillSmith (Wiregrass Mall)__Halftime Sports Lounge (New Tampa Ctr)__Hunter’s Green Country Club__Lexington Oaks Golf Club__Linkster’s Tap Room (Highwoods)

__Mulligan’s Irish Pub (Pebble Creek CC)__Peabody’s Billiards & Games (Amberly)__PJ Dolan’s Irish Pub (Bearss Ave.)__Poolside Café (Saddlebrook)__PrimeBar (Wiregrass Mall)__Quail Hollow Country Club__Stonewood Grill & Tavern (Tampa Palms)__Tampa Palms Golf & Country Club__TD’s Sports Bar (Saddlebrook)__Toast Fine Wine & Café (Oak Ramble)__Write-In (must name)_____________________Write-In (must name)_____________________Write-In (must name)___________________

My Favorite Japanese & Sushi RestaurantsIn New Tampa & Wesley Chapel

(Pick or write-in one)__Asian Buffet (Shoppes at New Tampa)__Bonsai Sushi (Shoppes at New Tampa)__Hibachi Express (Village Market)__Kobé Japanese Steakhouse (Pebble Creek)__Koizi Hibachi Grill (Tampa Palms)

__Soho Sushi (Bearss Ave.)__Sushi Café (Highwoods)__Sushi Ko (New Tampa Center)__Sukhothai (Highwoods)__Takara Sushi & Sake Lounge (Oak Ramble)__Tokyo Grill & Sushi (Eiland Blvd./Publix) __Yamato Japanese Stkhs (Wiregrass Mall)__Write-In (must name)___________________

My Favorite Thai/Indian Restaurants InNew Tampa & Wesley Chapel

(Pick or write-in one)__Fine Thai Express (S.R. 54)__Lanna Thai (old Ploy Thai; Cross Creek)

__Saffron Indian Cuisine (Cross Creek)__Sukhothai (Highwoods)__Thai Ruby (Shoppes of Amberly)__Top Thai (Live Oak)__Write-In (must name)___________________

My Favorite Pizza Places In New Tampa & Wesley Chapel

(Number no more than #s 1-5)__Amici Pizza (Grand Oaks Plaza)__Best NY Pizza (Pinebrook Plaza/S.R. 54)__Biagios II Pizza & Pasta (Cross Creek)__Bosco’s Italian To Go (Freedom Plaza/54)__Ciao! Italian Bistro (Wiregrass Mall)__Full Circle Pizza (Pebble Creek)__Hawkeye NYS Pizza (Cross Creek)__La Prima Pizza (next to Target)__900º Woodfired Pizza (Wiregrass Mall)__NY NY Pizza (BBD in Seven Oaks)

__Peabody’s Billiards & Games__PizzaMania (Wiregrass Mall)__Pizzazone (Tampa Palms)__Taste of New York Pizza (Highwoods)__Woodfired Pizza (Bearss Ave.)__Woody’s Pizza & Wings (Village Market)__Wolf’s Den (S.R. 56)__Write-In (must name)_____________________Write-In (must name)_____________________Write-In (must name)_____________________Write-In (must name)_____________________Write-In (must name)___________________


and beef meatballs, a hefty serving ofspaghetti and one breast of chicken parmi-giana. One woman who had just polishedoff a plate of just the spaghetti and meat-balls proclaimed the meatballs as “the bestin town” and it was hard to argue with her.

Justin, who spent eight years at a finedining restaurant in Ann Arbor, MI, beforerelocating to Florida, also says he reallyhopes to build Ciao!’s lunchtime business,with an array of tasty new sandwiches, allserved with either waffle fries or potatowedges. The only one we got to sample wasthe chicken pesto pannini with flame-grilledchicken, pesto, roasted peppers and pro-volone cheese. Other options include a crabcake sandwich, chicken salad, a half-lb. angusburger and a chicken parm sandwich onFrench bread.

Ciao also now features homemadedesserts and the chocolate chip and pistachiocannolis (photo above) were definitelyyummy. And, Ciao! still features a super-pre-mium bar, a nice kids menu, large private

party room, catering and more. Check it outand let me and Justin (who says he wantsyour feedback) know what you think.

Ciao! Italian Bistro is located at 2001Piazza Ave. in the Shops at Wiregrass. Forreservations (not required) and info, call907-2200 or visit CiaoItalianBistro.com.

“Ciao”Continued from page 43

The grilled pork chop (above) and fresh cannolis(bottom) are new & improved at Ciao!

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NEW TAMPA & WESLEY CHAPEL ClassifıedsH E L P W A N T E D

PHYSICAL THERAPIST – An established NewTampa outpatient clinic is hiring a part-time PT to pro-vide customized, one-on-one care. Fax resume to(813) 994-3080

HELP WANTED - Hiring housekeeper, with carand valid driver’s license. Spanish a plus. Call:813.758.9710 or 813.758.9745

NOW INTERVIEWING - Experienced MedicalAssistant position. F/T or P/T. To inquire pleaseemail resume to [email protected] or call(813-994-0611 opt.1) and ask for Bobbie.

HELP WANTED - New Tampa medical officeneeds back office clerical support. 15-20 hours perweek. Must be very detail-oriented. Some phone re-sponsibilities as well as filing and other clerical duties.Email resume to Sara No phone calls [email protected].

HELP WANTED - Cooks, Servers, Cashier &Kitchen Help, Exp’d or Eager Beginners - FULLCIRCLE PIZZA & GRILL – Successful pizzeria/ restaurant in Pebble Creek Collection on BBD nowhiring. Full- & part-time available. Bring resume &references to Full Circle Pizza (19651 BBD, SuiteB2), Mon-Sat, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. & ask for Ron.

HELP WANTED - Need someone to iron clothes.If interested please call 813.991.0159.

L A W N C A R E JASMINE’S LANDSCAPING - Complete lawnmaintenance, Tree, palm and hedge trimming, Planting,mulching, stones, Sod replacement, Pressure washing,Gutter cleaning and more. Cited by your HOA for vio-lations? Need to comply for: Pressure washing, Trim-ming, Mulching, Sod replacement, Sprinkler repair orMailbox repair or replacements?Ask about our HOASPECIAL! FREE ESTIMATE! (813) 420-4465

EDUCATION / BABYSITTING

PROFESSIONAL TENNIS LESSONS - Recentlyrelocated USPTA/PTR teaching professional availablefor private/group/team tennis lessons. Former HeadTennis Professional at the #2 and #3 Tennis Resorts inthe U.S. Past coach of former #1 singles player at theUniversity of Florida. Call Steve Brady at (843) 422-3993 or email [email protected]

PIANO LESSONS/TUTORING - Located in LiveOak Preserve for children, teens, and adults. I am ahighly qualified/certified Florida teacher specializing inpiano, music theory, language arts, reading, writing, ge-ography, elementary math, beginning Spanish, andFCAT/test preparation. Mention this ad and receiveyour first session for FREE! Now scheduling for thenew 2013-2014 school year! Contact Mrs. Daley at813-468-1424 to reserve your spot!

BABYSITTER/NANNY - looking for new clients.I sit days/evenings/weekends. 813.220.7030. Excel-lent references. [email protected]

P O O L S E R V I C E STRANQUILITY POOL SERVICE - New Tampaowned & operated. Great Pricing with outstanding cus-tomer service! LICENSED, BONDED & INSURED.See why we are New Tampa and Wesley Chapel’s #1Choice!! New customer’s ONE MONTH FREE!Call Chris Today @ (813) 857-5400 or visit www. TranquilityPoolService.com

AQUATEC POOL SERVICE - keeping pools clear& swim safe since 1994. WE DO POOLS RIGHT!Commercial & Residential. CPO #33-303052 Licensed& Insured. Service guarantee. Call (813) 312-5694TODAY and get 1 MONTH OF QUALITYSERVICE FOR FREE. www.aquatecpool.com

F I T N E S S & W E L L B E I N G

TAI CHI CLASSES - open to the public at the ClubTampa Palms. Benefits: Strength, Flexibility, Balance,Focus and reduced stress. New Beginner 6 week coursesstarting every few months. Adults Course: Thursdayevening’s 7-8 pm. Seniors Course: Tuesday afternoons12-1 pm. Space is limited! Also personal instruction inTai Chi, Kempo Karate, Boot Camp Fitness training andmore. With more than 30 years of training and teachingexperience. Please contact me for more details or goto: chuan-fa.org. Peter #787-7560 or E-mail [email protected]

LICENSED MOBILE MASSAGE THERAPISTAvailable seven days a week, 9am -9pm. $55 for 1 hour!Types of massage available: Swedish, Deep Tissue, AromaTherapy, Hot Stone, Corporate Seated, Pregnancy,Sports & Injury Rehab. References available. www.barkdollmassagetherapy.com CALL (727) 372-6389 Lic #MA47546.

GROUP THERAPY CLASSES – 4 groups starting:1) Adult Stress Management, 2) Children’s Social Skills,3) Parenting Skills, and 4) Mind-Body Wellbeing. Cost:$20-$30 per week. Conducted by licensed therapistswith over 10 years of experience. Limited Space, CallToday. We also provide individual therapy for children,adolescents, and adults. Call Dr. Brad Palermo, Li-censed Psychologist – (813)-666-5885www.Tampa-Therapy.com

C A R S E R V I C E S

CAR SERVICES – Don’t Have a Ride? Don’t Want toLeave Your Car? Shouldn’t Drive? We Drive You and YourCar Home! Night Clubs, Corporate Events, SportingEvents, Concerts, Appointments, Airport or Stranded...Call Jay at (813) 966-1530.

C A S H N O WTURN YOUR CLUTTER INTO CASH! - Garage& estate sales, inventory liquidation,& appraisal services.We'll sell it for you online!We evaluate & appraise yourproducts then get you top dollar. We do the work you getthe cash. Ask me how, contact Mary at 813-428-5793

H O M E I M P R O V E M E N T

DRY WALL SPECIALI ST - Not a handyman. Af-fordable Quality Work repairing water damage, ceil-ings and walls, retexturing, popcorn removal, roomadditions, cracks, holes, plaster and stucco repair. 26Years Experience. Wesley Chapel resident. State Cer-tified. Call Ron for a free estimate(813) 784-5999

NEED HOME MAINTENANCE –Almost any job,large or small, ext/int, fencing , screening, sm. concrete,sprinklers, painting, repairs, int. doors, locks, sheet rock,windows, paint, caulk, grout, trim, shelving, garages or-ganized. Installations, removals, pressure washing, woodrestoration & more. Call Dale’s Home Maintenance @973-0194 or 727-2582.

GREG’S PAPERHANGING – For all of your wall-papering needs. Licensed & insured, clean, quick & rea-sonable. Call 973-2767 for free estimate.

RAYMOND PAINTING – Interior & Exterior pressure washing, paper hanging, plaster, stucco, tiles,clean & seal pavers, roofing leaks, etc. Licensed &Bonded. References available. Free Estimates. YourNeighborhoond Arbor Greene Resident. We work 7days. Call 994-5124.

DAVID BRIDGES PRESSURE CLEANING -Complete exterior cleaning of your home or businesswith a professional and personal touch. - Pool decks andscreen enclosures - All fencing/ driveways and walk-ways/roofs - Gutter and downspouts. Find your happi-ness in a fresh, bright clean home. Your neighbors willlove you for it! All work guaranteed. Licensed and in-sured. (813) 215-1177

WEST COAST FLOORING INC - Hardwood,Laminate, and Carpet; Over 25 years experience in salesand installations; Repairs: Large and small jobs; We evendo exterior pavers; Free estimates - Call Doug at (813)215-4817

HANDYMAN SERVICES - Handyman Services,Disposal and fan installations. Painting, dry wall repair,calking, tile and wooden floor installations, gutter clean-ing, and much more. Great prices!Call 813.907.6994.

D & D PRESSURE WASHING - licensed and in-sured. We clean driveways, sidewalks, homes, pool decks,screen enclosures, fences and other items. Free estimates.Call Dina or Doug 813-949-5131 www.ddpressurewash.com

RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL IM-PROVEMENT AND REPAIRS. - Carpentry, Drywall, Exterior/Interior Painting, Window/Door instal-lation, Floor Installation, Home/Office repairs. Licensedand Insured. Free estimates (813)-382-1606 [email protected]

C L E A N I N G S E R V I C E S

V&J CLEANING SERVICES, LLC. -ResidentialCommercial cleaning. Quality service. Affordable rates.Reliable, flexible scheduling. Supplies & equipmentprovided. Call Elizabeth for free estimates813.454.3082.

CLEAN FIRST TIME - Let Clean First Time ofHillsborough serve you! We offer office cleaning, newhome/renovation construction cleaning, CommunityCenter cleaning, window cleaning & more, at times &intervals to suit you! We are fully insured & can providecurrent references. If a good work ethic & attention todetail are important to you, give us a call!813.313.8468

BELLA’S CLEANING SERVICES - Reliable, affordable, professional, detail oriented. I have refer-ences. Free estimates. I have many satisfied customersin New Tampa, with 5 years experience. Call: 941-544-7451.

M.Y. CLEANING SERVICE -Offering Residentialcleaning, complete bath & kitchen cleaning, as well asdusting & polishing furniture. We provide our ownsupplies. Free estimates! Your satisfaction is our priority!With 5 years of experience, we guarantee meticulouscleaning! Call Mila: (813) 516-3554.

DISCOUNT JUNK REMOVAL!!! - No job to bigor to small! Same day service. Senior discount. Servicingthe New Tampa & Wesley Chapel, as well as surround-ing areas for over 11 years. Furniture, yard debris, garageclean out, & any other items. Call Lamar Today –813.285.4674.

Squeaky Clean Home Services - is a residential clean-ing company offering weekly, bi-weekly, and monthlyservices. We also specialize in move-in/move-outcleanup. All supplies & equipment provided. We are anOwner Operator company w/ over 20 years experi-ence. "If it Needs to be Clean, We're your Team!Call us for your free in home estimate today! 813-625-6045

D-ULTRA CLEANING SERVICE - We have ourown supplies & more than 300 clients in New Tampa!Formore information, Call 758-9710.

CYD Professional Cleaning Services Residential &Commercial - Weekly, bi-Weekly & monthly rates- Flexiblescheduling, including weekends. 'Green' cleaning solutionsavailable upon request. We provide all cleaning supplies.Quality cleaning at AFFORDABLE prices. Over 6 years ex-perience. You'll have the same, uniformed cleaning profes-sional every time! Call Katherine (813) 494-6005

P E T C E N T E R

TAMPA CAT LADY- Professional Cat-Sitting Service.Cats are happiest in their own home, surrounded by familiarsights, sounds, & smells. When you are away, we feed, cud-dle, & play with your kitties & clean & dispose of litter. In-sured, bonded, & Red-Cross certified in pet first aid/CPR.Call 994-9449 or visit www.TampaCatLady.com.

NEW TAMPA PET SITTING SERVICES -Under New Ownership! Please call Larisa at (813) 546-3887. Thank-you for your business over ALL these years!Please call Marina at (813) 416-5301 for references!

C O M P U T E R S E R V I C E S PROFESSIONAL TECH SUPPORT – in yourhome or small business. A+ certified computer tech with20 years of exp. Maintenance & repairs, upgrades & tu-toring. More affordable than the large chains! Friendly,personalized svc. Technical jargon explained in plain Eng-lish. Remote assistance available. References availableupon request. Call 957-8342 for free estimate.

DO YOU HATE YOUR COMPUTER?!? - WECAN HELP YOU! Troubleshooting, installation, net-working & virus removal. WE COME TO YOU! Serv-icing residential & businesses, w/ over 25 yearsexperience. Contact Jeffrey Blank (813) 973-4507today! www.WSICA.COM; [email protected]

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