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FIRST UNITED

First United Methodist Church, 960 W. Lutz Lake Fern Road in Lutz

Chapel Service every Sunday 8 a.m. Blended Service 9:30 a.m. Contemporary Service 11:30 a.m. Classes for all ages, 9:45 and 11:30 a.m. For more information, call (813) 9491751.

HOLY TRINITY

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 20735 Leonard Road in Lutz

Traditional service every Sunday at 8 a.m.

Family service 9:15 a.m. Service with the choir at 10:30 a.m. Nursery care is provided for children in kindergarten or younger for the 9:15 and 10:30 a.m. services Middle school youth meet Sunday at 6 p.m. High school youth meet Sunday at 7 p.m. Choir rehearses at 7 p.m.Thursday For more information, call (813) 9497173 or visit .

KEYSTONE COMMUNITY

Keystone Community Church, 21010 SR 54 in Lutz

Bible study for all ages from 9:30 to

10:15 a.m. Sunday Worship begins at 10:30 a.m. For more information, call (813) 962-

4522 or visit .

NEW TAMPA BAPTIST

New Tampa Baptist Church, 14801 Livingston Ave. in Lutz

Sunday School Classes for all ages at 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship Service at 10:30 a.m.

Sunday Morning Children's Church at 10:50 a.m.

Sunday Evening Worship Service at 6 p.m.

Wednesday Evening Worship at 7 p.m. Wednesday Choir Rehearsal at 8 p.m. For more information, call (813) 9770273 or visit .

ST. TIMOTHY

St. Timothy Catholic Church, 17512 Lakeshore Road in Lutz

Fr. Kenneth J. Malley, pastor Daily Mass ? Monday ? Friday at 9 a.m. Vigil Mass ? Saturday at 5:30 p.m. Sunday Masses ? 7:30 a.m., 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 5:30 p.m. For more information, call (813) 9681077.

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AFTER-SCHOOL, from page 1

worked out the scaled-down program with parks department director Mark Thornton. They reduced the base price for a week's care from $48 to $38, and also to as little as $20 for children receiving free or reducedprice lunches, to increase attendance.

"The program is outstanding,"Thornton said."Unfortunately, the parents had to find other places because of the start of school, and they haven't been back. We may not grow fast enough, and we may not be able to continue."

Hagan added,"It wasn't surprising parents found other places for their kids.We thought the lower price would bring them back, but as of yet it hasn't."

The program has until June to bring numbers to levels where it can pay for itself. The parks department is putting out fliers, reaching out with Facebook and YouTube and calling former customers to bring them back.

The commission had slated the afterschool program for the chopping block for

the last three years because of the large operating cost.

The board had decided it was able to maintain the program in less lean fiscal cycles, but a $50 million shortfall in the current budget made it too expensive to keep at its former level.

Commissioner Kevin Beckner has been one of the more outspoken members who would rather cut the program than lay off other county employees.

"How long do you operate at a loss before you decide to pull the plug on an operation?"Beckner said.

The new scaled-down program does allow the commission to drop any site that has fewer than 25 children enrolled. Currently, all locations have fewer than 25.

Thornton said they will not stop the program at any site just yet.

"We evaluate the program daily," Thornton said."We're not going to give up until we either have a successful program or it's not going to work."

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HOMES, from page 1

Keller Williams, which compiles a monthly sales report of new and existing homes sold in Pasco and Hillsborough counties.

"If they're putting them in the ground now, they'll be ready for spring.That's the selling season,"Polo said. It takes four to six months to put a home in the ground, he said.

While price stability may be coming, Polo predicts that values will decline in the short term as foreclosures flood the market during the next 30 to 60 days.

"Lenders will be releasing foreclosed properties they have been holding," Polo wrote in his report, which uses data from the Greater Tampa Association of Realtors Mid-Florida Regional Multiple Listing Service.

The job market is another major issue, Polo writes."Unemployment is still our No. 1 problem," he notes.Tougher lending standards and appraisals are hindering sales, too.

Despite those issues, Jim Deitch, chief operating officer for Southern Crafted Homes expects his company to continue to fare well.

"We've continued to defy the market, if you will," Deitch said."Our sales are up 26 percent."

The company is building homes in Stonegate, Devonwood in Land O' Lakes and The Preserve at Quail Woods in Wesley Chapel.

Deitch said the homebuilder's customers

tend to be empty nesters, doctors, military personnel, nurses and people who work in the financial services industry.

Many of the company's buyers are doctors who have relocated because they will be working at the new Trinity Hospital on SR 54 when it opens. Nurses have been attracted to the homebuilder's offerings, too, particularly in Devonwood, because they don't want to have to worry about maintaining their property, Deitch said.

Southern Crafted Homes aims to fulfill its customers' desires, Deitch said.

"We will pretty much do any change that the customer wants.That includes adding square feet, customizing the space and meeting the individual needs."

In one case, it meant changing the design of the garage to accommodate a customer who has a passion for cars; in others, it has meant customized media or billiard rooms.

Deitch said he has seen tremendous changes in the Pasco market, since he came into the area. "When we started in 1990, there was nothing up here,"he said.

While Polo expects prices to slide in the short term because of an increased number of foreclosed properties on the market, Deitch expects housing prices to increase long term as the costs go up for land, concrete, shingles and other materials.

Homebuilders cannot put themselves in a position of trying to compete with short sales and foreclosure, Deitch said."It's not a sustainable business model,"he said.

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