There's music a-plenty at Mardi Gras (from the French term, Marty Grass, meaning "the Lawn of Someone named Martin") on February 20th & 21st when the Kiwanis Mardi Gras comes to Treasure Island. We love the music so much, we've made up a song. Sing along, everybody, (to the tune of "On Broadway") especially you Wall Street CEOs! C'mon, harmonize!
They say the neon lights are bright, on Wall Street.
They say there’s always money in the air.
I don’t need to explain a thing, because I got more than any king.
And Congress will always give me more, on Wall Street.
Mardi Gras is a celebration also known as "shrovetide" and pancakes are the tradition (which means IHOP is a religious experience, in our book).

It's a racquet, it's a club
Ten years strong, our annual Gulf Beaches Rotary Golf & Tennis Challenge raises oodles of money for Treasure Island kids recreation programs and scholarships. And everybody is dressed so nice. Men personally iron their polo shirts for this event. The Italian Dinner and Auction is Friday the 20th at Treasure Bay; the golfing and tennis is Saturday the 21st. Do the RSVP thing today at 727-547-4575 ext. 237. And we recommend a steam iron.

The glamorous job of relining troublesome manholes
Beginning this week, 64 manhole interiors around Treasure Island will be refurbished with a giant pink (yes, pink) sheath to block groundwater seepage. (There are the makings of a joke here - but it would be so wrong.) But seriously, folks, some of our manholes are in terrible shape and reducing the amount of groundwater intrusion reduces the amount of sewage we pay to treat. The refurbishment process has no impact on sewer service and only takes a couple of hours per manhole. Then the contractor, CCI, moves on to the next manhole and the process begins again. For Nature, I'm David Attenborough - goodnight.