Bay scallop season to open early, close late this year

Submitted by Kristin Weber, Web Producer, 10News In Your Neighborhood

Monday, June 20th, 2011, 12:54pm

Bay scallop season to open early, close late this year

The recreational harvest season for bay scallops in Florida will begin June 25 and extend through Sept. 25.

The FWC, in support of Gov. Rick Scott and Cabinet, added three weeks to this year’s season to help relieve Florida fishing communities suffering from possible economic hardships due to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Open scalloping areas on Florida’s Gulf coast extend from the west bank of the Mexico Beach Canal in Bay County to the Pasco-Hernando county line near Aripeka. It is illegal to possess bay scallops while you’re in or on state waters outside the open harvest areas, or to land bay scallops outside the open areas.

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Join in celebrating the local winner of the Frist Humanitarian Award

Submitted by Anonymous on Monday, June 20th, 9:18 am

Hudson, Florida -- The public is invited to celebrate a very special, influential member of the Hudson community today. Pauline Shaver, recipient of the 2010 National Volunteer Frist Humanitarian Award, will be honored with a celebration this afternoon, Monday, June 20, at 2 p.m.

Shaver, 73, earned the award for her service to the community and as a dedicated volunteer at Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point, where the reception will be held (14000 Fivay Rd., Hudson).

Shaver also founded The Angelus, a nonprofit organization that is a home for 35 handicapped adults and children with cerebral palsy, in 1979.

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Neighbors say Kmart shooter was recently depressed

Submitted by Adam Freeman, Reporter

Sunday, June 19th, 2011, 11:41pm

PORT RICHEY, FLORIDA-- Pasco County deputies released new information on Sunday about an incident where a 52-year-old man opened fire at a Hudson Kmart store.

10 News also talked to neighbors of David Harris Shafley, the theft suspect who turned the gun on himself, about why he may have snapped. They say Shafley had lived in the same home on Sea Mortiz Drive in Port Richey for more than a decade. It's where he earned a reputation as a friendly neighbor.

"He was a good guy. He cared for people. Watched over the neighborhood," said Bill Naumann.

Naumann and his wife, Marlene, lived across the street from Shafley for 12 years.

"We'd sit out and have coffee, and he'd sit out and have coffee over there every morning," she said.

They say Shafley had a bad back, walked with a cane, even had to wear a colostomy bag, which made it hard for him to have a job.

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Kmart shoplifting suspect shoots himself

Submitted by Elyce Grimes, Assignment Editor

Sunday, June 19th, 2011, 6:32pm

Pasco County, FL -- A suspected shoplifter is dead after deputies say he shot himself in the head.

Deputies responded to the Kmart located at 12412 U.S. 19 Hudson after receiving a call that 52-year-old David Harris Shafley was stopped by store security for shoplifting. Investigators say he tried to steal batteries and soda worth around $39.

Shafley was taken to a secure room in the back of the store for questioning. While he was in the room, he pulled out a handgun and fired one shot.

After security personnel fled the room, Shafley fired a second round, a self-inflicted wound to the head. He was transported to Bayonet Point Hospital, where he later died. No one else in the store was hurt.

According to deputies, prior to this incident, Shafley told loss prevention he was distraught and was having a hard time caring for his 93-year-old grandmother.

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Cattle Barons Ball to fight cancer in New Port Richey

Submitted by Melanie Michael, Morning Anchor/Reporter

Sunday, June 19th, 2011, 11:49am

Cattle Barons Ball to fight cancer in New Port Richey

New Port Richey, Florida -- The American Cancer Society of Pasco County has announced that it will present its 8th annual Cattle Barons Ball on Saturday, August 20 at the Heritage Springs Golf & Country Club.

This year's theme, Diamonds & Denim, will offer a fabulous evening of music, dancing and delicious food.

One of the highlights will be the live and silent auctions which will offer a wealth of specialty items such as jewelry, artwork and other unique merchandise.

The Cattle Barons Ball, an event that's held in several states across the country, has raised millions of dollars for the fight against cancer.

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Women now have more options for breast cancer diagnostics

Submitted by Anonymous on Saturday, June 18th, 11:40 am

Clearwater, FL -- Women in North Pinellas and Pasco counties will now have more options for breast cancer diagnostic services as Morton Plant Mease expands with two new Susan Cheek Needler Breast Center locations.

The new locations are part of the health system's integrated network of breast centers offering breast imaging and biopsy services performed by specialized board-certified physicians, nurses and technologists.

You'll find the new Pinellas location, Susan Cheek Needler Breast Center at Mease Countryside Hospital, in the Medical Arts Building located at 1840 Mease Drive in Safety Harbor.

The Pasco location, Susan Cheek Needler Breast Center at Morton Plant Mease Outpatient Center is located at 2102 Trinity Oaks Boulevard in Trinity.

The centers offer digital mammography and advanced diagnostic breast procedures and plan to provide follow-up diagnostic results within 48 hours.

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Arrested man: 48 beers was about 10 too many

Submitted by WTSP Web Staff

Friday, June 17th, 2011, 4:37pm

HUDSON, Florida (AP) -- A man told Pasco County Sheriff's deputies he had about 10 beers too many as he celebrated his birthday.

Fifty-eight-year-old James Taylor says he drank 48 beers on Thursday evening, prompting a stern lecture from a deputy for causing a disturbance at Hudson Beach.

Read: James Taylor's arrest affidavit (PDF)

Officials say Taylor, a transient, left the beach. But he came back, and officials say this time he caused such a ruckus that he scared a woman and her young grandchildren.

An arrest report states that Taylor exposed his genitals and "urinated in the middle of the sand."

He also continued to shout profanities.

A deputy returned to the beach, arrested Taylor and took him to the Land O'Lakes jail. He is charged with disorderly intoxication in a public place and causing a disturbance.

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