Morning Briefing, July 21

Today is Thursday July 21, the 201st day of 2011.

HEADLINES

TIDBITS

• The Business Guild of Seminole Heights is accepting nominations to the board. If interested, contact elections chairman Rich Guagliardo at election@bgosh.org.
• In honor of today as the anniversary of Belgian Independence, Independent Bar is serving up several Belgian beers on draft and discounting bottled versions.

EVENTS

• 10:30 a.m.
• 8 p.m.

See Patch's Events Calendar for the rest of today's happenings.

MEETINGS

City of Tampa

• 9 a.m. Community Redevelopment Agency, 315 E. Kennedy Blvd.
• Immediately After City Council Budget Workshop, 315 E. Kennedy Blvd.
• 5 p.m. City Council Evening Meeting, 315 E. Kennedy Blvd.

Hillsborough County

• 8 a.m. ERP Evaluation Committee, 311 Pauls Dr., Brandon
• 9 a.m. Value Adjustment Board, 601 E. Kennedy Blvd.
• 1:30 p.m. Budget Workshop, 601 E. Kennedy Blvd.
• 3 p.m. Health Care Advisory Board, 3402 N. 22nd St.
• 6 p.m. Budget Public Hearing, 4800 US HWY 301 N (Florida State Fairgrounds)
• 7 p.m. Family Child Care Home Advisory Board, 3110 Clay Mangum Lane

FORECAST

• Thursday: Isolated showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 92. Heat index values as high as 98. Calm wind becoming southwest between 4 and 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
• Thursday Night: Isolated showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 78. West wind between 4 and 7 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

POLLEN LEVEL

• Tree: No Activity
• Grass: Medium
• Weed: Medium

*Headlines compiled from Patch.com and other regional media outlets; Forecast and Pollen Level obtained from the National Weather Service and Weather.com.