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Friends To Perform Concert For Friends

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By BARBARA ROUTEN, Tribune correspondent

Published: September 26, 2007

Updated: 09/24/2007 10:22 pm

SUN CITY CENTER - The Sun City Center Organ and Keyboard Club will hold its second annual Friends Playing for Friends concert of keyboard and organ music from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday in the Florida Room of the Atrium Building, 945 North Course Lane.

A wine and cheese reception will take place after the show.

Herb McKitterick will be the master of ceremonies. Club members Joan Coppinger, Bob Mulcahy, Art Swallow, Mark Vietzke, Larry Landers, Ceil Waszak and Frank Guffin will play large electronic organs: the Community Association's Technics, a Lowery provided by Fletcher Music and a Rolland furnished by Music Avenue. Some members will bring their own keyboards.

The concert also will feature the Roaring '20s razzmatazz tunes of the Polk County Plunkers before the organ recital and during intermission.

The Plunkers are a Lakeland group with many members who live in Sun City Center, including Jim Spencer on tuba, Tom Harding Sr. and Les Polland on banjo and Bill Watson on harmonica. Nonresident members include banjoists Tom Harding Jr. and Frank Young and pianist June Brown.

'Everyone is welcome,' spokeswoman Art Swallow said. Admission is $5 per person. Tickets are available in advance at the ticket kiosk in the Atrium Building and at 1:30 p.m. the day of the show.

'If you love all kinds of music, this concert is for you,' Swallow said. 'If you have ever wanted to play an instrument, this concert is especially for you because the club offers excellent education and training for beginners through advanced players. Come and see for yourself.'

The club, open to residents of Sun City Center and Kings Point, meets from 9 to 11:30 a.m. each Thursday in the Atrium Building.

For information about the concert or club membership, call Bob Mulcahy, concert chair, at (813) 633-4628, or visit hometown.aol.com/onkbclub/myhomepage/index.html.

Golf Tourney Raises Money For Foundation

LAND O'LAKES - The Angela Musette Russo Foundation's 11th annual golf tournament will begin with registration and breakfast at 7 a.m. and a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. Oct. 12 at Plantation Palms, 23253 Plantation Palms Blvd.

Angela Musette Russo grew up in Brandon and attended Nativity Catholic School and Tampa Catholic High School. She earned a bachelor's degree in theater at Florida State University.

In 1994, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Russo and her family waged a two-year battle against the disease, but she died July 21, 1996.

After her death, the Angela Musette Russo Foundation was created by her family. They have raised and donated more than $250,000 for cancer research, plus $50,000 for the FSU Angela Musette Russo Foundation Scholarship for women in FSU's School of Theater.

The yearly golf tournament is the main fundraiser for the foundation. Sponsorships, ranging from $200 for a hole sponsor to $2,500 for a gold sponsor, are available by the Monday deadline.

The golf entry fee is $150 per player and includes breakfast, awards, refreshments, lunch, a putting contest, goodie bags, a closest-to-pin contest, live auction, two mulligans, door prizes, a hole-in-one prize and men's and women's longest drive competitions.

For information, call (813) 341-6925. Donations, made payable to Angela Musette Russo Foundation, may be mailed to the foundation at 510 Westbrook Ave., Brandon FL 33511.

Workshop To Search For Riverine Turtles

RUSKIN - Interested adults are invited to attend a workshop and explore the spring-fed Rainbow River by canoe and snorkel in search of imperiled species of riverine turtles with turtle researcher and conservationist George L. Heinrich at a Riverine Turtle Workshop at 9 a.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Camp Bayou Outdoor Learning Center, 315 S. Tamiami Trail.

'Florida is home to over 8 percent of the world's known turtle species,' Heinrich said. 'Seven species 28 percent of Florida turtles are principally riverine, ranging in size from the small loggerhead musk turtle to the giant alligator snapping turtle. These turtles, as fascinating as they are, probably receive the least attention when it comes to research, management and conservation education.'

Techniques for identifying the turtles and information about their natural history, threats to their survival and conservation needs will be covered in a slide presentation as well as hands-on activities with live animals and bio-artifacts from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at the center.

From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, there will be a field trip to the Rainbow River in Dunnellon that will include canoeing and snorkeling. The outing 'will provide a firsthand opportunity to learn about riverine species such as the loggerhead musk turtle and Suwanee cooter,' Heinrich said.

Heinrich owns Heinrich Ecological Services in St. Petersburg and is the founding president of the Florida Turtle Conservation Trust. A graduate of Memphis State University, he has studied Florida turtles for 20 years and is a past co-chair of the Gopher Tortoise Council.

The workshop registration fee is $75. For information or to request registration forms, liability and medical release forms, call Heinrich at (727) 865-6255 or e-mail him at George@heinrichecological services.com or visit www. heinrichecologicalservices .com.

Snippets

Bill Hodges' interview of state Rep. Seth McKeel, R-Lakeland, on the television program 'East Shore Today' will be broadcast at 8 p.m. Monday. 'My show gives area residents an opportunity to learn more about their public officials and other persons in leadership roles,' Hodges said. His interview with McKeel 'provides more insight into state tax issues, insurance and various other legislative programs.'

Send news and photos of community interest to Barbara Routen at The Tampa Tribune, 505 W. Robertson St., Brandon FL 33511, e-mail neighbors@tampabay.rr .com or call (813) 657-4531.

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