How do we know it's Halloween? There are Christmas trees
at Wal-Mart
... and TI Recreation Director Cathy Hayduke goes all spooky on us. You should see what's piling up in her office: body parts, pumpkins, masks, hay bales, games, gigantic spiders, tons of candy, and a 1967 John Deere tractor. A typical day in the Recreation Department, you might think? Well, yes, but it's actually Cathy and her crew preparing for The Halloween Spooktacular and Haunted Hayride on Friday, October 24th. (Cathy even changes her name to Cathy Hayride). Costume contests start at 6:15 for the wee ones and work their way up to the bigger kids by 7:45pm. A Scarecrow Sings, a Teller Tells Fortunes, a Painter Paints Faces, a Twister Twists Balloons and there's Goodies Galore at Treasure Bay, 10315 Paradise Boulevard next Friday night starting at 6pm. Click here for the poster.  

Walter Stubbs, 1915-2008
For 20 years, by far the longest tenure of any mayor serving Treasure Island, Walter Stubbs was the ZZ Top song years before ZZ Top ever wrote the song: a Sharp Dressed Man . His rainbow of blazers were as varied and colorful as the man himself. Come to think of it, Walter (like ZZ Top) owned several antique cars. (Unlike ZZ Top, we're certain Walter never appeared onstage with a live steer). We lost Walter this past Sunday in an accidental drowning. We extend our heartfelt sorrow to Nancy Stubbs and family for their loss. Memorial services for our departed Sharp Dressed Man are Friday, October 17th at Memorial Park, 49th Street North & 54th Avenue North. Visitation at 5pm, services at 6pm. Internment is at Sylvan Abbey in Clearwater on Saturday at 2pm. To view and sign Walter's online guestbook, click here.

QuickStart Tennis? Granted!
Tennis Pro Phil Girardi over at Treasure Bay recetly received a generous grant from the US Tennis Association for the QuickStart Tennis program, a program where Phil, through his awesome Tennis Powers, can essentially shrink anything tennis-related down to kid-size, and thus make learning tennis real easy for little kids. It's pretty cool. (Phil's shrinkage powers do not apply to mortgages or the national debt, unfortunately). QuickStart Tennis is offered at Treasure Bay, the TI Community Center and at Roselli Park. Call Phil from your tiny shrunken phone at 727-360-6062 for details.

Election Night meeting moves to November 3rd
We'd all rather be watching election returns Tuesday, November 4th, so the City Commission will instead meet on Monday, November 3rd at 6pm. Catch it live on TITV615 and you'll miss the stellar line-up of Monday night network programming like Supernanny, Wife Swap, Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? and America's Next Top Model.