A Lithia woman is in custody, after deputies discovered pot, pills and juveniles in her vehicle when she was pulled over in Wesley Chapel.
According to the Pasco County Sheriffâs Office (PCSO), Erin Huggins, 21, of Lithia, was driving her sisterâs gold 1997 Buick coupe east on S.R. 54 around 1:23 a.m. on November 25 When she approached the Morris Bridge Rd. intersection, she turned right from the center lane into the former Cumberland Farms gas station (located at the southwest corner of the intersection) and continued onto Morris Bridge Rd. without stopping.
An argument about attending a wine tasting turned ugly in Wesley Chapel, after a married coupleâs verbal altercation turned physical.
According to the Pasco County Sheriffâs Office (PCSO), just after 2 p.m. on November 24, Jeanette Kadala, 59, and her husband, Robert Stewart, 61, both of the Bridgewater community off Wells Rd. in Wesley Chapel, were embroiled in an argument about attending a âwine tastingâ event. Stewart did not want to attend.
Kadala told deputies that Stewart began yelling at her and calling her obscenities, before picking up the coupleâs dog by the harness and threatening to take it to the pound. Kadala indicated that Stewart was choking the dog because of how he was holding it and added that she attempted to take the dog away from Stewart, but he threw it at her. She says that he then cornered her against a wall and dared her to strike him. Kadala said she was able to get away, but was shoved into a chair, which knocked over an end table.
In an interview with deputies, Stewart said that he never pushed his wife and that she actually pushed him. He also stated that he picked up the dog by the harness to put it into a cage to keep it from defecating on the floor, but never choked the animal.
Stewart was arrested on domestic battery charges and taken to the Land Oâ Lakes Detention Center without incident.
However, the PCSO arrest report states that during the booking process, Stewart became aggressive and had to be placed in an arm-bar hold. Stewart was later released on a $500 bond.
Artistâs rendering of the future Gandy Connector shown at the Dec. 3 Pasco BOCC meeting. Photo: Hillsborough County MPO
By Matt Wiley
After receiving unanimous approval from the Pasco Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) on Dec. 3, the county will continue to study whether or not an elevated toll road that would connect eastern and western Pasco County can help solve one of the countyâs biggest traffic issues. The BOCC voted unanimously to approve a resolution to continue to consider the possibility of an elevated toll way that would connect New Port Richey at U.S. 19 to Wesley Chapel at Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd. by expanding the S.R. 54/S.R. 56 corridor.
Pasco Hernando Community College Porter Campus at Wiregrass Ranch, opening Jan. 13 as Pasco Hernando State College.
By Gary Nager
Even though, at our press time, the new Pasco Hernando Community College (PHCC)âPorter Campus at Wiregrass Ranch (located on Mansfield Blvd. at S.R. 56), still looked like more of a construction site than a college campus, PHCCâPorter Campus Provost Stanley M. Giannet, Ph.D., said that school officials were expecting to receive the Certificate of Occupancy for the newest of Floridaâs 29 two-year college campuses on Dec. 10, with the building actually opening on Jan. 2 and classes for the Spring 2014 semester set to begin on Mon., Jan. 13.Continue reading
Dr. Stanley Giannet, Ph.D. The new Provost of the Pasco Hernando Community College Porter Campus at Wiregrass Ranch
Even though, at our press time, the new Pasco Hernando Community College (PHCC)âPorter Campus at Wiregrass Ranch (located on Mansfield Blvd. at S.R. 56), still looked like more of a construction site than a college campus, PHCCâPorter Campus Provost Stanley M. Giannet, Ph.D., said that school officials were expecting to receive the Certificate of Occupancy for the newest of Floridaâs 29 two-year college campuses on Dec. 10, with the building actually opening on Jan. 2 and classes for the Spring 2014 semester set to begin on Mon., Jan. 13.
Dr. Giannet gave a complete update on PHCCââ which actually will be renamed Pasco Hernando State College (PHSC) when the five-campus community college receives its expected final accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges & Schools Commission on Colleges later this month (which will transform the current four-campus PHCC into a fully-accredited, four-year state college the day it opens) â at the Dec. 4 meeting of the Wesley Chapel Rotary Club, which meets Wednesdays at noon at Ciao! Italian Bistro in the Shops at Wiregrass mall.
The high-energy Provost of the (for now) PHCCâPorter Campus explained that the new campus is playing an integral role in PHCCâs transition to a four-year state college because it will be the home of the new PHSCâs first two Bachelorâs degree programs â a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a Bachelor of Applied Science in Management &âSupervision. And, although the many of the two-year Associate of Arts (A.A.) degree programs to be offered at PHSCâs Porter Campus will be in allied health fields, including pharmacy tech and surgical technologist programs.
âTwo full floors of the Porter Campus will be devoted to nursing and allied health courses and degrees,ââsaid Dr. Giannet. âAnd, we already have an affiliation in place with Florida Hospital Wesley Chapel (FHWC) and are still finalizing opportunities for our students at the new North Tampa Behavioral Health (NTBH) facility, both just a couple of miles from the school. This campus is really going to be fully tied in with this community.â
In fact, the Provost also was hopeful that the other two-year degree programs at PHSCâs Porter Campus, which will include paralegal, financial services, heavy workforce business programs and information technology, will help PHSCâgrads get jobs at the planned Raymond James Financial office nearby on S.R. 56 and the other large companies that may soon be coming to the area.
Pasco Hernando Community College Porter Campus at Wiregrass Ranch scheduled to open for classes on January 13.
And, Dr. Giannet told the Rotarians, at seven stories tall, the beautiful main building at the 60-acre Porter Campus will be the tallest building in Pasco County when it opens, but âthe real story is everything that will be going on inside the buildings…and the people who will be staffing them.â
The Provost called those who already have filled the first 47 of 50 available positions at the Porter Campus, âa superstar team of faculty, professionals and staff,ââand thanked FHWCâCEO Brian Adams for the hospitalâs hosting of a three-evening information session about the school, attended by, âabout 180 people.â
And, speaking of people, although Dr. Giannet said the total 2014 enrollment at PHSC is expected to be about 2,500, âwe may have to up that estimate because weâve only been accepting registrations for three weeks (at press time) and already have 1,050 students registered for the spring semester. Weâre all very excited about opening.â
For more info about PHCCâs Porter Campus (2727 Mansfield Blvd.), call 527-6615 or visit PHCC.edu.
