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Tropical Breeze September 2006
Where Community Is The News • Published in Safety Harbor, Florida 34695 • 727.725.5345
Volume XVI, Number 9 September 2006
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| Feature Photo By Sue Suby, September 2006 |
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| Tropical Breeze photo by Sue Suby |
Meeting Of Three Predators
A paper wasp perches on the lip of a pitcher plant’s pitcher, which holds a small tree frog whose eyes are just visible. All three are carnivorous predators that consume insects. The
frog is staying out of range of the wasp’s stinger and made no attempt to eat the wasp.
Although it is unlikely the wasp would try to eat the frog, wasps are known to consume frog
eggs. The paper wasp generally is not aggressive toward humans when left alone. It builds a distinctive “paper” home of masticated wood pulp, usually in a sheltered area.
The frog
was living in this pitcher plant, moving from pitcher to pitcher, apparently harvesting free
meals while avoiding being consumed itself. The pitcher plant attracts insects with sweet secretions, digesting them in its pitchers. The pitcher’s lid does not snap closed as some
carnivorous plants do, but...
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| Front Page News, September 2006 |
Residents Reject Roundabout Options
By Floyd Egner
Publisher, Tropical Breeze
Safety Harbor residents who made written
comments regarding a consultant's recommendations in the city's
downtown mobility study were two-to-one against the idea of
incorporating roundabouts as a solution to reducing traffic congestion.
A total of 46 written responses were received
by the city as a result of a public
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hearing held August 16. Several
hundred people attended the two-hour open house at the Safety Harbor
Community Center, where American Consulting Engineers (ACE) displayed
easels with conceptual drawings of several recommendations for changing
downtown traffic patterns.
Roundabouts were clearly the most controversial
of the recommendations, while strong support was shown for adding more
stop signs in the downtown district and building raised brick walkways
at cross streets on Main Street.
An analy...
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| Musical Theater For Students |
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photo for Tropical Breeze courtesy Ray Olan
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Dance At DFAC
Safety Harbor resident and Latino musician Ray Olan and his wife Maria teach musical theater to students at the Dunedin Fine Art Center. New classes begin this month.
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| Earth Danced In Safety Harbor |
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photo for Tropical Breeze courtesy DJ ArthMawr, EarthDance
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Give Peace A Dance
This fairy dancer was photographed at EarthDance 2004 in Sarasota, silhouetted by sunset. EarthDance 2006 will be held Saturday, Sept. 16 at the Safety Harbor Museum of Regional History, 329 S. Bayshore Blvd. A highlight will be the worldwide Prayer for Peace, 7 p.m. local time, held simultaneously in 50 countries around the world.
Watch the EarthDan...
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| John Costin Exhibits In Dunedin, Florida |  | | Art for Tropical Breeze courtesy The Painted Fish Gallery | ‘Roseate Spoonbill’ This 13"x18" hand-colored etching by John Costin is from a new exhibition at Clay and Paper and The Painted Fish Gallery in Dunedin. It is from a book in progress on large Florida birds.
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