By Kathy Dotson

The Baudoin family of FishHawk Ranch recently opened the doors of their home to family members from Louisiana fleeing Hurricane Katrina. Their family members are planning to have to stay in Lithia for months while waiting to return home and are seeking an apartment or home to rent.

Frank "Nelson" Carver, Jr. always knew his daughter Joni was an angel. After he and his wife Joan, grandmother Millie, great-aunt Katherine, daughter, Robyn with her husband Woody and her two children Justine and Joshua evacuated their homes in St. Bernard's Parish, Louisiana, Joni didn't hesitate to make room in her home.

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Pastor David Whitten and the FishHawk Fellowship Church are also trying to do their part to help Hurricane victims. Church member, Jason Ford, came up with the plan to take church members every weekend to the Mississippi area to offer assistance of food and supplies.

"The first weekend, we loaded up $1,300 in food and supplies and got as far as Pascagoula, Mississippi," said Whitten.

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By Michelle Caceres

Some people avoid fighting at all costs. FishHawk resident Jeff "Left Hook" Lacy has made it a career…and a very profitable one at that.

Lacy, originally from St. Petersburg, began training at the age of eight, when his father, who couldn't get his son to avoid fighting, sent him to a gym.

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By Kate Barker

The Walgreens store currently located at the southeast corner of U.S. Hwy. 301 and Boyette Rd. will be moving across the street early next year when construction is complete on a new, larger store. Walgreens move could be an indication of things to come for the plaza, which has seen other closings since access was limited due to the widening of Boyette Rd.

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The Walgreens store on U.S. Hwy. 301 and Boyette Rd. is planning to move into a new building across the street next year.

Car Wash Sets Sights on Valrico
By Kate Barker

Buildings are popping up at record speed on S.R. 60 in Valrico and if Earl May has his way, by this time next year Blue Water Express Wash will be one of them. According to May, the express car wash company recently filed papers with Hillsborough County for a facility that will house 20 vacuuming bays and an automatic car wash on the northern side of S.R. 60, next to the Race Trac gas station.

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Owners of the Blue Water Express Wash are currently seeking permitting to build a car wash next to the Race Trac gas station on S.R. 60 in Valrico.