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Bloomingdale High School Senior Wins Free Car For Perfect Attendance
Resident Celebrates Her Centennial Birthday At The Bloomingdale Adult Day Center
always wanted to go to school.” Graves’s mother Tammy Fallin said “There was never a choice not to go to school. We always knew that. It’s just who Megan is.” Perfect attendance wasn’t always easy for Graves after moving to Ruskin and having to travel almost an hour to school each way, she still never missed a day. Graves could hardly Megan Graves stands with her mom Tammi Fallin in front of believe it when her key het brand new 2019 Toyota Yaris at the Hillsborough County turned the door lock, “I School Headquarters had butterflies in my Every year Toyota of Tampa Bay stomach when I walked over to the and Hillsborough County Public schools car. However when I was choosing the partner up to hold the Perfect Car for keys, I picked up this one and I was Perfect Attendance event. To be eligigoing to put it back. But then I had a ble, students have to be a graduating feeling that it was the one and it was.” senior with perfect attendance from Hillsborough County Schools and Kindergarten through 12th grade or be Toyota of Tampa Bay have been holdrandomly selected as one of eleven ing this event for nine years. The comseniors who had perfect attendance for petition was started as a way for at least one academic school year. Toyota of Tampa Bay to give back to The students selected one out of the community. General Manager of 21 keys and then had the chance to try Toyota of Tampa Bay Mark Schols the key to open the driver’s side door of said, “It is really amazing that over the the car. years of watching this, it is almost like This year, Bloomingdale High the person that is supposed to win the School graduate Megan Graves choose car, wins it.” the correct key and was rewarded with Graves plans to use her car to a 2019 Toyota Yaris. Graves was the take her into her next phase in life fifth participant to try the key out of the which is college at Hillsborough 16 who attended. Graves hasn’t missed Community College. She wants to be a single school day for 13 years, which either a neonatal nurse or a wildlife adds up to 2,340 days with no veterinarian. absences. When asked what her secret For more information on the was Graves said “I don’t think there Perfect Attendance Program, visit was a secret for having perfect attenwww.sdhc.k12.fl.us. dance. I was just dedicated, and I
It is hard to imagine ence many things a time when a gallon of throughout these past gas cost one cent per 100 years; out of all of gallon, a loaf of bread them, she recalls her only 7 cents, where TV favorite memory being had not been invented Christmas time when all yet or when women of her family gathers were only just given the together. right to vote. Agnes Miklus’ party was Miklus remembers it all, special enough; howevseeing how she was er, she was not the oldborn 100 years ago, est one to still grace June 12, 1919, in the halls of the Adult Bridgeport, CT. Day Center party that Miklus celebrated day. John Miller will be her 100th birthday at 103 in August while Iva the Bloomingdale Adult Bell will be 108 in Day Center, where she September. According was surrounded by her to all three of them, friends, family and they truly enjoy coming caretakers. Even at to the Bloomingdale Agnes Miklus blowing out the Adult Day Center, saying, 100 years, Miklus is candles on her birthday cake. still very lively at heart “Everybody is right there and she can walk, talk and still joke to help each other.” around a bit. “I’m still hanging around Miklus included one last thing - her because God doesn’t have room for secret to longevity. She believes that it me yet,” said Miklus with a smile at is due to her faith and so she gave her birthday party. some advice for future generations: At first, Miklus did not even want a “Have a little more patience in faith.” party. “I didn’t figure I needed a party. For more information on the Adult I’m no child…that’s for sure,” she said Day Center visit www.hillsboroughwith a laugh, “but they wanted to give county.org or call 330-7964. It is locatme a party and I said, ‘Oh okay.’” The ed at 3940 Canoga Park Dr. in party was thrown by her son and her Brandon. granddaughters with the help of everyone at the Day Center. There were In This speeches, pictures, cake and even a Issue piñata. “God has been very good to me and I’m very grateful to have such friends and real friends. Thank you all LOCAL TEEN ACTRESS ........................PG 4 very much. This is wonderful,” Miklus JUULS ARE NO JEWELS ......................PG 6 said before the festivities began. During her young adult years, she FLORIDA SENATORS .........................PG 14 did not go to a university, but she CLEARING HOUSE WINNER..............PG 15 became the manager of a bank. She was married to John Miklus for 56 FLIGHT TO HONOR...........................PG 26 years and had one son also named CHALKLINES .....................................PG 30 John Miklus. She was also blessed with two grandchildren, Michelle SPORTS CONNECTION...............PGS 32‐33 Miklus and Giselle Hollister. At age 73, she moved to Brandon and has lived READ MORE LOCAL NEWS ONLINE here ever since. www.ospreyobserver.com Miklus has lived to see and experi-
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