abc action news reporter kera mashek is live in st. pete beach. >> reporter: they had been really busy here. it is quieting down now and it is endemic of what they've been talking about today. it is hard to get those good workers to take the jobs they they're hoping to be the selling feature is more money to the workers. mixes her neck is applying to work at the trade winds resort. the 25-year-old recently moved to the area to help take care of his dad with parkinson's. >> there are plenty of opportunities here and that is what i doing. abc action news fight a new opportunity to get more hours and more money. >> reporter: he was excited to hear about the perks offered including the new minimum wage of $10 an hour. the signing bonus is up to $2000. >> in employment is relatively low. we believe most people who are not working are not capable of working. it is what how do we attract people from other hotels and businesses who are already employed to get them here. >> reporter: he says most this is allowing him to spend extra on wages. ho

abc action reporter kera mashek is at a school possibly being targeted because of its name. >> reporter: the online message was for someone to bring a gun in a backpack and go in the school and start shooting. it is likely this is one hoax but school officials here were not taking any chances. extra police officers set up shot at lincoln middle school in palmetto wednesday and kids asked to leave backpacks at home after this online threat made its way to district administrators. >> we're always going to err on the side of safety. lawsuit to, you know, help determine, you know, the source and the credibility of the threat. >> reporter: some nervous parents still kept their kids home. >> it's scary because things do actually happen. and it's something that you don't want to have to be worried about for your kids. >> reporter: it turns out this exact same message was blasted out to people affiliated with lincoln schools all over the country. tracking down where and how it started is still being investigated. school officials say with a heightened sensitivity to mass shootings, even if a th