The 47th annual Rattlesnake and Music Festival was held Saturday in San Antonio City Park. The festival combined many of the old features with some new attractions, new food and new prices.

The annual Rattlesnake Run kicked off festivities, beginning with 5-mile and 1-mile courses at 8 a.m. The festival opening ceremony was at 9 a.m., followed by a full day of entertainment, snake and reptile shows, wildlife exhibits, arts and crafts, children’s games, replica gopher races and food. The festival ended at 10 p.m.

The Pasco Hernando Hispanic Chamber of Commerce held a free one-day expo sponsored by Wesley Chapel Toyota, located at 5300 Eagleston Blvd. in Wesley Chapel, that gave the community a view of how the area has developed in business and economic development. Microsoft Community Connections supports this event with sponsors FranNet, David A. Straz Center for the Arts, BBT Bank, Central Bank, Pilot Bank, and USF Connect.

There was a Town Hall Meeting at the Lexington Oaks Community Center, located at 26304 Lexington Oaks Blvd. in Wesley Chapel on Wednesday, October 1, 2014. Lexington Oaks invited all residents of the area to meet the Republican candidate running for the 38th District Florida State House Representative office Danny Burgess and Democrat Beverly Ledbetter and District 2 Pasco County Commissioner Republican candidate Mike Moore® and Democrat, Erica Remsberg.

The Wesley Chapel Lions Club held a Community Pancake Breakfast at Atonement Lutheran Church on 54 across from Saddlebrook. All proceeds from the breakfast go to help people in the community who are in need. The Lions Club is the World’s Largest Service Organization. Whenever a Lions club gets together, problems get smaller and communities get better.

The Conservative Club of East Pasco welcomed a very high-profile guest to its Sept. 22 meeting in Zephyrhills, Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera to speak to the group when it met last week at the Zephyrhills Woman’s Club, at 38549 Fifth Ave.

Habitat Business Challenge 2014 Golf Tournament, Presented by: Premium Title of Dade City and C Ray, Inc. benefiting Habitat for Humanity of East & Central Pasco County. The first 13 photos by Photos by Stephanie Stephenson of the Dade City News Thank you to everyone that came out and supported the Habitat Business Challenge Charity Golf Tournament this past Saturday: Tournament Sponsor, Premium Title, C Ray, Inc., IERNA's Heating & Cooling..