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Issue #063: This Week in Tampa: Eclectic Music, Future Dreams, Minnow Mysteries, Bulls' Triumph, Chase Culmination, & Women's Wellness!
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Ted Grellner
04 Mar
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In this issue of
NewTampa | WesleyChapel Local Pulse
Local News
🎤 From Indie Pop to Rock Legends: Tampa's Unmissable Music Week!
🧞 Future Tampa Unveiled: A Community's Collective Dream for a Better Tomorrow!
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🐬 Mighty Minnows: Tiny Fish with a Sound Mightier than Elephants!
Sports
🏀 Bulls Charge Past 49ers, Rack Up 14th Straight Win in Historic Season
Crime
🏎️ High-Octane Arrest: 140-mph Chase Ends with Serial Offender in Custody
Medical News
💖Step Down the Risk: Fewer Steps, Greater Heart Health for Women Over 60
This Week’s Events in the NewTampa | Wesley Chapel FL Local Area
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March 5 — Ballet Magnificate: The Scarlet Cord, NTPAC, 7-9PM
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March 9 — 2024 OCB Captain's Cup: body bldg competition/health expo, NTPAC, 10AM-4PK
March 9 — Unicorn World -- 3/9-10, Fl State Fairgrounds, 9am-530pm
From Indie Pop to Rock Legends: Tampa's Unmissable Music Week!
Tampa Bay is buzzing with an electrifying lineup of live music events spanning from February 29 to March 7. The schedule is a music lover's dream, featuring a diverse array of performances.
Highlights include the vibrant Florida Strawberry Festival in Plant City, showcasing big names like the Black Eyed Peas and Riley Green. Legends like Bob Dylan are set to grace the stage, along with contemporary acts such as Lauren Daigle.
The scene is rich with variety, from indie-pop bands like Dirtbike performing at the American Legion to tribute acts and jazz evenings.
Venues across the area, from St. Petersburg to Tampa, will host these exciting acts, ensuring there's something for everyone in this week of musical delight.
Future Tampa Unveiled: A Community's Collective Dream for a Better Tomorrow!
Creative Loafing Tampa Bay's "What Tampa Bay Needs" survey, commemorating the leap year, gathered nearly 200 suggestions from readers and local leaders on improvements for the area.
Architect Ken Cowart shared a diverse wishlist, including desires for a mid-sized indoor music venue, more vibrant downtowns in various locales, an updated convention center, a Bayshore beach, and a downtown marina.
Unique ideas like a Fight Club Dart Club, more events named after Gasparilla, a Wrestling Hall of Fame, and solar mandates for new homes were highlighted.
Practical suggestions included improving the Buccaneers' stadium, adding more shade trees, and establishing a downtown Chick-fil-A.
The list also advocated for urban development changes like more accessory dwelling units, removing parking minimums, and mandatory sidewalk construction.
Supporting small businesses, enhancing recreational spaces, and developing resort hotels near Busch Gardens were also key points.
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Mighty Minnows: Tiny Fish with a Sound Mightier than Elephants!
Tiny fish, Danionella cerebrum, barely half an inch long, have stunned scientists with their ability to emit sounds surpassing 140 decibels, louder than an elephant's roar, reveals a new study.
Residing in Myanmar's shallow waters, these minuscule, translucent creatures have developed an extraordinary acoustic mechanism to communicate in murky environments, challenging the norm that size dictates vocal power. Utilizing a unique anatomy involving drumming cartilage and a specialized muscle, they produce varied, high-frequency pulses by striking their swim bladder, an innovative method not observed in any other fish.
This significant discovery by an international research team, highlighted in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, underscores the remarkable adaptability and complexity of aquatic life forms, even the smallest among them.
Bulls Charge Past 49ers, Rack Up 14th Straight Win in Historic Season
In an impressive display of skill and teamwork, the 25th-ranked South Florida Bulls extended their winning streak to 14 games, defeating the Charlotte 49ers with a score of 76-61. Chris Youngblood led the charge with 17 points, closely followed by Kasean Pryor, who not only added 16 points but also claimed nine rebounds. This victory was particularly historic as it marked the Bulls' first-time ranking in the AP Top 25, underscoring their dominant season performance.
Charlotte, despite a strong start and a previous home upset against a top 25 team, couldn't maintain their early momentum. The Bulls' defensive adjustment post-half-time was pivotal, turning a close game into a comfortable win.
Noteworthy was Pryor's second-half performance, including a highlight-reel 3-point play that demoralized the home team. Despite a contentious moment involving Pryor and Charlotte's Igor Milicic, the game concluded without further incident, leaving South Florida to celebrate their continued success and top seeding in the upcoming AAC tournament.
Charlotte, though outmatched, showed glimpses of potential and resilience, suggesting promising prospects under their new head coach Aaron Fearne.
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Step Down the Risk: Fewer Steps, Greater Heart Health for Women Over 60
A recent study in JAMA Cardiology highlights a groundbreaking finding for women over 60, revealing that they might only need to take 3,600 steps daily to significantly reduce their risk of heart failure—contrasting the universal 10,000-step guideline.
Conducted by the University at Buffalo, the research involved monitoring 6,000 participants, aged 63 to 99, and their physical activities, correlating their movement with heart health over 7.5 years.
Surprisingly, the study suggests even minimal daily activities could be beneficial, particularly in preventing heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), a common condition among older women.
Although the research points to promising preventive strategies, it acknowledges certain limitations and calls for further investigation across different demographics.
High-Octane Arrest: 140-mph Chase Ends with Serial Offender in Custody
In a dramatic overnight pursuit, Florida Highway Patrol arrested 39-year-old Barnard Stokes Jr. after he led them on a high-speed chase reaching speeds of up to 140 mph on Interstate 275 in Pinellas County. The chase, which started in Tampa and ended in St. Petersburg, resulted in Stokes facing multiple charges, including fleeing to elude, driving with a suspended license, DUI, and resisting arrest without violence.
This incident marks Stokes' tenth violation for driving with a suspended license, along with his history of fleeing to elude authorities. The chase commenced when troopers attempted to stop him for suspected drunk driving and excessive speeding. Despite their efforts, Stokes accelerated, weaving dangerously through traffic before his Chevrolet Camaro became disabled, leading to his capture and subsequent arrest.
Despite expressing remorse, Stokes declined a breathalyzer test, adding another layer to his already complicated legal troubles.
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