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Enjoy Family Fun, Art, Music & More Veterans Memorial Park To Host Travelling Vietnam Memorial Wall This Fall At The Annual County Fair By Tamas Mondovics By Michelle Colesanti
This year’s Hillsborough County Fair, which runs Thursday-Sunday, October 19-22 and 26-29, promises to be a lot of fun for the entire family.
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Fall is in the air, and as the temperatures begin to slightly dip, it is time to get out and enjoy the season. The 2017 Hillsborough County Fair will again take place at the County Fairgrounds, 215 Sydney Washer Rd. in Dover from Thursday to Sunday, October 19-22 and October 26-29. There will be lot of fun for the entire family. Check out exhibits featuring arts, crafts, photography and fine arts, along with an interactive butterfly exhibit and a lot of horticultural displays. Local youth will show off their livestock in shows that will feature cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, chickens and rabbits. New this year will be the Youth Market Turkey Show and Sale where fairgoers can bid via silent auction on a market turkey raised by the youth exhibitors. Check out the STEM exhibits, featuring science, technology, engineering and math exhibits and demos for kids of all ages. Hometown Hillsborough will feature interactive educational and historic exhibits. Local entertainment will include Gospel Jams on Sundays from 2-5 p.m. Free shows daily include the racing
pigs, which will make you squeal in delight, a firefighter show and a circus. New competitive events include a ‘Back to Your Roots’ gardening project for schools and youth, a Wheelbarrow Decorating Contest, and a Robotics Competition in the Arts and Crafts divisions. The hours for the Fair will be Thursdays from 5-10 p.m., Fridays from 5-11 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m.- 11 p.m. and Sundays from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Gate admission price is $7 for adults. Students K-12 will cost $5, seniors $4 and children under 5 and military with ID are free. Enjoy Dollar Days on both Thursdays, where the cost is $1 admission at the gate and most rides will be $1. Armband specials for the rides will cost $20 from Friday through Sunday. Special events will also be hosted at the arena costing $10 per event. If purchased in advance at one of the advanced ticket outlets, it also includes gate admission. A Rodeo will take place at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, October 20 and 21. A Truck and Tractor Pull will take place on Friday and Saturday, October 27 and 28 at 7 p.m. and a Demo Derby will take place on Sunday, October 29 at 3 p.m. Visit www.hillsboroughcountyfair.com.
Photo By Tamas Mondovics Durant Cougars Varsity football kicker Kelly Kash (right) is joined by her friend Savanna Metts, during a recent non-conference game against Newsome. Kash managed to kick two field goals for her team, ending the Alafia River Rivalry with a 42-24 victory. Please see story and photos in this edition.
soring the opening ceremony is the result of a commemorative partnership between the Department of Defense for the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War, and the Colonel George Mercer Brooke Chapter, which holds two programs annually featuring Vietnam War Veterans discussing the war and those who served. “As the Chapter’s final tribute to the sacrifices made during that conflict, we are proud to sponsor the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall Exhibit at Veterans Memorial Park in Tampa,” Bassett said. United States Air Force, (former), Vietnam Prisoner of War, Captain Michael T. Burns, was selected as the keynote speaker for the opening ceremony. The event is a part of a number special events scheduled to take place at the park. Visitors reflect on the past at the three-quarterResidents were recently invited to scale traveling replica of the Vietnam Veterans learn about the County’s proposal to Memorial. The Wall is scheduled to be on display next month at the Veterans Memorial Park, increase parking availability at the 3602 U.S. Highway 301 North in Tampa. park, the $450,000 project to create parking for an additional 70 to 90 vehiVeterans Memorial Park and Rear cles along with the addition of a secondAdmiral LeRoy Collins Jr. Veterans ary access point for use during special Museum is opening its doors to host the events is clearly a sound addition to the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall this fall. While the most-visited National Park Service site in Washington, D.C., millions of Americans have not seen it or will never see or experience the impact of "The Wall" in their lives. Sponsored by The Colonel George Mercer Brooke Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), opening ceremony for the display is scheduled for Tuesday, October 26, 2017 at 11 a.m. at the Veterans Memorial Park, 3602 U.S. Highway 301 North in Tampa. The display stands eight feet high and 240 feet long. Its black, reflective surface is inscribed with the names of more than 58,000 servicemen and women who died or are missing in Vietnam and will take its temporary, but rightful place at the park from Tuesday, October 26 – 29. According to Janice A. Bassett, spon-
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In This Issue GIFT OF HOPE ....................................PG 3 PUBLIC SAFETY...................................PG 7 HALLOWEEN ACTIVITIES ....................PG 8 SEAFOOD FESTIVAL............................PG 9
EYE ON BUSINESS...........................PG 21 CHALKLINES....................................PG 23 SPORTS CONNECTION .............PGS 30‐31
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