Here are five things you need to know happening in Florida today.
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Posted: 03/12/2013
TAMPA - Here are five things you need to know happening in Florida on Tuesday, March 12.
(1) Pinellas County municipal election
Pinellas County will be holding municipal elections for eight cities on Tuesday.
Registered voters in living in Belleair Bluffs, Gulfport, Kenneth City, Oldsmar, Seminole, South Pasadena, Tarpon Springs and Treasure Island may vote in their respective nonpartisan elections.
Polling places are open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
If you are voting today you must vote in the precinct you reside in and bring a valid photo and signature identification.
Anyone without valid and current photo and signature ID may vote a provisional ballot.
You can find your polling place by calling (727) 464-8683 or visit www.votepinellas.com .
Mail ballots can be dropped off by 7:00 p.m. at any Supervisor of Elections Office.
(2) Hernando County backyard chickens
The Hernando County Board of County Commissioners will discuss an ordinance on Tuesday that would allow up to four chickens on some residential properties in the county.
The Oakwood Acres Property Owners Association is against the ordinance because farm animals, other than one horse per acre, are against the community's deed restrictions.
The major concern is the smell the chickens could cause for neighbors.
Other county homeowners are for the ordinance saying it would help offset their rising grocery bills.
The chicken ordinance will be debated at the Commission meeting which starts at 9:30 a.m. in Brooksville.
(3) FLDREAM Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Clinic
Students at the University of Miami School of Law and Florida International University College of Law will hold a free clinic for undocumented immigrants in Plant City on Tuesday.
The students will help eligible undocumented immigrants apply for for President Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).
The DACA is an immigration benefit for young people initiated that can lead to a driver's license, work permit, and access to college.
People between the ages of 15 to 29 who have lived in the United States since 2007, have completed or are currently enrolled in school, and do not have any serious criminal convictions are eligible to apply.
The free clinic will take place from 2:00 to 6:30 p.m. at the Saint Clement Church at 1104 N. Alexander Street in Plant City.
For more information on the program, visit www.fldream.org .
(4) Outback Steakhouse 25th birthday celebration
Outback Steakhouse will hold a special 25th birthday celebration at the restaurant chain's original location on Henderson Boulevard in Tampa on Tuesday.
The four Outback Steakhouse founders, Chris Sullivan, Bob Basham, Tim Gannon and Trudy Cooper, will be at the restaurant at 4:00 p.m. for the party.
All customers who visit the Henderson location today will receive a free Chocolate Thunder From Down Under dessert.
(5) Anything Goes
The classic Broadway musical Anything Goes comes to the Straz Center in Tampa beginning on Tuesday.
Anything Goes features music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The story takes place aboard the S.S. American, an ocean liner bound from New York to London.
The musical, which originally debuted in 1934, introduced such classic songs as Anything Goes, I Get a Kick Out of You and You're the Top.
This revival of Anything Goes stars critically-acclaimed actress Rachel York as Reno Sweeney and is directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Kathleen Marshall.
Regularly priced tickets start at $46.50.
County and city workers, educators and military members are eligible for 50% discount in Price Levels Two and Three tickets for tonight and Wednesday's performances. Discounts are limited to one ticket per I.D.
You can receive a free child's ticket (ages 12 and under) with the purchase of a full-priced adult ticket for Wednesday's performance. There will be free pre-show, family friendly activities tomorrow.
Show times are Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 7:30 p.m.; Friday and Saturday at 8:00 p.m.; Sunday at 6:30 p.m.; with matinee performances on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. and Sunday at 1:00 p.m.
For more information, call (813) 229-8727 or visit www.AnythingGoesTheMusical.com .
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