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Ten years later, Bernadine Suplee still struggles with the loss of her husband, Army Sgt. Dan Suplee.
WINNER Overall Winner: Ralph Perez Elementary: Maya Howard Middle: Astrid Victoria and Alaina Babb High School: Gina Marie Incandela
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an was her G.I. Joe. When she was a kid, Bernadine Suplee said, she never wanted a “Ken.” She wanted a G.I. Joe. When she met Dan Suplee, she said she found one. Almost two decades later, she lost him. Until he died, Memorial Day was “beer day” around the Suplee home. “It was fun. It was cookout time, beer time, cigar time,” Bernadine Suplee said. “I didn’t give it as much of a thought until it happened to me.” Army National Guard Sgt. Dan A. Suplee, Bernadine’s husband and a 20-year veteran of the Army and Army National Guard, died Aug. 3, 2006. He was two months shy of his 40th birthday and, had his humvee not been struck by a truck in early April, leaving him with a severe head injury, he would’ve been home on that day. SEE REMEMBER PAGE 3
Rick Lott’s summer reading list
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Above: Dan Suplee was interred at Arlington National Cemetery. Above Left: Bernadine and Jennifer Suplee mourns the loss of Dan Suplee.
Takin’ it to the streets Kim Denmark has walked more than 5,400 miles in the last 17 years to raise awareness for poverty and homelessness. DANIEL FIGUEROA IV STAFF WRITER
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Kim Denmark started her walking quest 17 years ago.
As she applied a small piece of duct tape to the insole of her worn down New Balance sneakers, Kim Denmark retained her resolve. “I’ve got a bit of a setback,” she said. “I’ll probably have to get a new pair this weekend.” The shoes have, Denmark thinks, about 600 miles on them. She lost count. The “#29” written in black
sharpie and reapplied many times on the soles mark them as the 29th pair she has gone through since she started to walk across the United States 17 years ago. Last week, Denmark found her way through Plant City, coming up from Bradenton, through Riverview and Brandon, across James L. Redman Parkway and up U.S. Highway 92 heading into Lakeland. SEE WALK PAGE 4
Mayor Rick Lott spoke to a group of 119 straight-A students during Tomlin Middle School’s second annual Lock Ceremony. Lott gave advice to help the students continue their success, and also offered two of his favorite books for good motivational summer reading. “Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World” by William H. Raven, Lott said, is a good example of how little things can help lead to positivity by starting every day with an accomplishment. “Rhinoceros Success” by Scott Alexander, he said, helps teach that developing thick skin, like that of a Rhinoceros, can prevent outside negativity from affecting your own positivity.
GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS Plant City selects new leader. SEE PAGE 5
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It would have been three months after he completed a yearlong tour of duty in Afghanistan. It wasn’t the first time Dan Suplee died, Bernadine Suplee said. He was revived while being transferred from Kabul to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, and again from Landstuhl to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland a few days later. That May, he was transferred to James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital in Tampa. When they arrived at Haley, Bernadine Suplee insisted Dan Suplee be put in a wheelchair so she could show him the flag and let him feel the sun. She thought being back home in Florida would help him recover. He hadn’t spoken or moved since the accident. Doctors initially gave him only days to live after the accident. “He lost his speech and motion, but I insisted he was going to come back to me. I insisted they were all wrong,” she said. “I said, ‘Pookie look, you’re home. There’s the American Flag, you’re safe. I pushed him in and he screamed. That was the last time he made a sound.” Even though more than a decade has passed, Bernadine Suplee gets emotional when talking about her husband’s life. Remembering the day she learned about the accident and the hardship that follows is like reliving a nightmare. She can still see Dan lying there among other soldiers in the hospital, some burned and missing limbs. It sends her into hysterics, her tears rolling into laughter as she remembers the romance of their relationship. She remembers the mimosas he’d make her on Sunday mornings and the bike rides they would take at 6 a.m. so they could have some time alone before their children, Ben and Jennifer — only kids at the time, now 23 and 25, respectively — would wake up. She remembers late nights sitting out back, talking about growing old together and the love letters he’d send while deployed. “He would call me ‘Bubbles’ because I was so happy all the time,” she said. “You can’t call me ‘Bubbles’ anymore. I’m not the same person. I try to put up a front, but I’m not the same.” GETTING BY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM HER FRIENDS
The experience, Bernadine Suplee said, changed her. It’s been 10 years and she is only now able to arrive at a point of understanding and acceptance, she said. “Pam told me, ‘You’ve got to put on your big-girl panties. You’ve got to pull yourself together for the kids and for Dan,’” Bernadine said. Pam McGregor is the president of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 26 Plant City. At the time, she was working for the National Guard’s Family Assistance Program, providing assistance to veterans and active service members and their families. Her hus-
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“On Monday, I’ll be sitting with my Dan, putting my lips on him. Every time I see him, I kiss, kiss, kiss and hug his headstone.” — Bernadine Suplee
band, Rob, is American Legion Post 26’s finance officer and a retired sergeant from the Air Force and National Guard, having served more than 20 years. He is now the state coordinator for the Family Assistance Program. From the time Dan Suplee was injured to the time he died, Pam McGregor was by Bernadine’s side. “She was there every day,” Bernadine Suplee said. “I was there yelling at doctors and nurses, shame on me. She was my anger translator.” The McGregors have made helping veterans and their families a lifelong mission. Their daughter, Beth, works with the National Guard’s Family Readiness Support Assistants and their daughter, Jennifer, is a historian for Post 26. “It’s a way to honor those who’ve
gone before me,” Rob McGregor said. “I wouldn’t be free and I wouldn’t have been able to serve if not for them. It’s all about helping the families. You take care of their families because you’d want them to take care of yours.” Pam McGregor, like Bernadine Suplee, cries when thinking about Dan Suplee, remembering vividly the day he passed. “I got the call at 1 a.m.,” Pam McGregor said. “It was Bernie, she said he was leaving. I cry now, but I didn’t then. I saved it. I knew I had to be strong for Pam and the kids.” Bernadine said she doesn’t know what she would’ve done without Pam. While Dan was in the hospital, she said Pam helped with everything from getting the proper benefits to getting kids counseling and having them go on trips while she was by Dan’s side at the hospital. Pam, Bernadine said, even got family members flown in and made sure everyone had food. To this day, they remain just a phone call or text message away. “She’s got a big heart. She’s an amazing person,” Bernadine said. “Because of her, I’ve still got my biggirl panties on.” MEMORIAL DAY 2017
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al Cemetery in Arlington, Va., is a 14-acre plot across from the Potomac River. It’s home to many of the service members who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan since. Because of the recentness of the burials, Section 60 is known for the intense rawness of emotion among the neat rows of gently curved stone marking graves. It’s a place where people talk to the dead with an accepted normalcy. It’s commonly known as the “saddest acre in America.” In one of those rows is a headstone covered in marks of red-tinted lips. Some of them have faded to a deeper brown. It’s the headstone of Dan Suplee. It’s where you’ll find Bernadine Suplee this Memorial Day. Sometimes she’ll visit a veterans’ hospital to give gifts and leave surprises so injured soldiers know they aren’t alone. But this year, the 10th since losing her husband, she’ll be there. She plans on having a picnic there this year with her kids, her niece and, of course, Dan. Years ago, she bought an especially durable brand of lipstick to make sure it wouldn’t come off the headstone easily, and it hasn’t. “On Monday, I’ll be sitting with my Dan, putting my lips on him,” she said. “Every time I see him, I kiss, kiss, kiss and hug his headstone.”
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The city plans to complete the new fire station by late 2018.
City staff managed to cut costs by roughly $300,000 by changing the original design. DANIEL FIGUEROA IV STAFF WRITER
The City Commission gave consensus Monday to allow city staff to continue the process of building the city’s third fire station. City staff was directed to seek approval from the commission once the nearly 8,400-square-foot, threebay station reached 30% of design completion and a cost estimate could be made. In a presentation to the commission, Assistant City Manager Bill McDaniel said the cost of the fire station would be just more than $3.1 million. The 30% design stage, he said, includes current design elements, site work, supporting infrastructure, furnishings, and IT connections like fiber optics. The estimate also includes a 12% contingency for changes that might come as design continues. McDaniel said staff was able to reduce the original cost estimate of the Wannemacher Jensen Architects design by about $300,000. The architects are used to designing for coastal areas, McDaniel said, including features not necessary for Plant City. “No quality changes have been made,” McDaniel said. “Being further inland allowed for cost-saving changes in design criteria.” Originally, McDaniel said, the station was set to cost about $319 per square foot. A fire station completed in Polk County in 2016 was built at about $250 per square foot and one in Wimauma, also built in 2016, at $250 per square foot, McDaniel said. According to the presentation, staff
was able to reduce the cost to about $267 per square foot. The new fire station is set to be built on the site of the current Plant City Tourist Information center, 1702 N. Park Road, which is expected to move to the Chamber of Commerce. It will divide the city into three response zones, allowing for quicker response times in the city’s northern section, which is primed for new development, and improving response times throughout the city, Deputy Fire Chief David Burnett said. Currently, the city is divided into two zones with fire stations at 604 E. Alexander St. and 809 N. Alexander St. “It’s going to help the services in that northeast quadrant quite a bit,” Burnett said. “It enables us to get on scene quicker within area zone because we’re not having to run a station across town from station 2 or station 1, especially if they’re on another call.” A fire station in that section of the city, Burnett said, could reduce the damage caused by fires like the one at the Madison Park Road apartments in early May that displaced 30 people. Burnett said Plant City Fire Rescue will work to reduce the Insurance Service Office rating for that area of the city, leading to a reduction in insurance costs for residents and businesses. The new fire station is expected to be completed in late 2018. It would require the hiring of six firefighters, but vehicles would come from existing inventory. Much of the funding would come in the form of loan from the city’s solid waste budget, which City Manager Mike Herr said has enough to spare for the project. Herr recommended the loan be repaid in 14 annual installments, of $136,500 at a 1% interest rate.
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Chamberlain said Denmark was able to give some new perspectives on how she might be able to help Lisa. She said Denmark even returned to Plant City Sunday to speak at her church, Victory Worship center. “I plan on staying in contact with her,” Chamberlain said. “I have made a wonderful new friend who shares my passions.” The journey isn’t always that easy, Denmark said. She has faced racism, being told she wasn’t welcome on a particular street in a town in Pennsylvania. She’s been hit by objects thrown from cars and had obscenities shouted at her. In each case, she said she found more support than adversity. “When they found out (about not being allowed down a certain street) I had people surround me and walk with me to make sure I knew I was welcome,” she said. Ultimately, Denmark hopes to end her walk in the halls of Congress. She’s been documenting her journey and time spent with the homeless population throughout the country. It has given her hope and ideas of how to address the issues she thinks are putting people on the street. “Because of her travels, Kim has a wealth of knowledge and ideas about ways to assist the homeless and has seen countless projects working to end homelessness in various cities throughout the country,” Chamberlain said. Many of those ideas have coalesced into her ultimate goal, to create a 50-acre, full-service facility offering mental health treatment, hospital services, family counseling and education facilities with job training and two-year college degree programs. Denmark started walking in her home state of Ohio. She passed through Washington, D.C., early in her journey, but wasn’t prepared to visit Congress. With every mile though, she is earning more recognition and getting closer to returning to Washington with clarity, she thinks. “I had no agenda (on her first D.C. trip). I just looked like a crazy woman,” Denmark said. “But now I get respect. With my beat up shoes, I get respect.”
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Denmark, 55, left a life as a business owner in January of 2000, she said, with hopes of bringing attention to the issues of poverty, homelessness, and — most important to her—homeless veterans. “When they are on the frontline, we — Americans — we are their No. 1 priority,” Denmark said. “When they come home from the frontline, they should be our No. 1.” Since starting the journey in her home state of Ohio, Denmark has been through 16 states, logging about 5,500 miles to date. She wears a bright orange jumpsuit, the words “God said, ‘walk’” embroidered over the right chest. Resting against one shoulder, she carries an American Flag and over her chest and back, bungee cords connect two pieces of poster board announcing her mission and cause: “Kim is walking across America,” it says on the front. “Walking for homelessness, poverty and homeless veterans,” on the back. Her life as a business owner, Denmark said, was comfortable, but unfulfilling. She began to care more about the money she made than the people with whom she worked. She had to make a change. Now, her primary focus is her walk. She sometimes has to return home to Ohio to recuperate and work odd jobs to make money, but she always marks where she left off so she can continue from the right spot. It’s a humbling life, but the spiritual fulfillment is all she said she needs. Usually, she’s able to walk between one and 10 miles per day, depending on what needs to get done. When traveling through a community, Denmark said, she tries to find local homeless populations and help in any way she can. She’ll contact outreach groups, reach out to city officials and visit camp sites in the woods or Dumpsters behind buildings, wherever she needs to go. Sometimes, those meetings happen by chance. “I was leaving a meeting and when I headed down Collins Street to go home, I saw this person dressed in bright orange and carrying an American Flag walking towards Baker Street,” said Shirley Chamberlain, a local homeless advocate. “Of course, we talked and exchanged numbers. I told her about some of our homeless citizens.” The next day, Chamberlain said, she had another “chance encounter” with Denmark. She said they were talking on the phone as Denmark stopped into a convenience store for a drink. It happened to be the same convenience store Chamberlain was pulling into, one located near a homeless camp where the daughter of Robert Stewart, a recently deceased homeless veteran, was living with her newborn. “I believe some higher power had me stop at that store,” Chamberlain said. “Not only is that where Kim was, but also, Lisa’s campsite was right there, and when we realized that we spent quite a long time talking with Lisa.”
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his entire career. “I’ve been in local government and city management for many years, Leinbach said. “It’s been a passion of mine for over 44 years now. I think it’s something you get in your system and never get rid of.” In his May 18 resignation letter to the city clerk of Temple Terrace, Leinbach cited a “significant family health issue” and the opportunity to pursue his passion for city management as reason for leaving the mayorship. Prior to serving as mayor of Temple Terrace, Leinbach was its city manager for more than 14 years, holding the position between 1999 and his retirement in 2013. Despite retiring, Leinbach remained active in city management. He was special assistant to the Hillsborough County administrator from 2013 to 2015, and for five months in 2016, he was Mount Dora’s interim city manager. According to his resume, Leinbach’s career in city management began in 1971 in West Des Moines, Iowa, where he served as an administrative assistant to the city manager. In 1979, he became the city man-
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ager of Manchester, Iowa. He moved to Florida in the mid-’80s, serving as city manager in cities across the state including Madeira Beach in Pinellas County and Temple Terrace, a sister city to Plant City. Leinbach will be paid $2,500 per week while serving as city manager. He said he has no intent on pursuing the permanent position. While serving as interim city manager, Leinbach will continue to live with his wife, Connie, in Temple Terrace, he said. Commissioners voted 5-0 to offer Leinbach the position. All agreed that he was more than qualified to take on the role. While in Temple Terrace as city manager and mayor, Leinbach said he oversaw economic development projects similar to many — like the midtown redevelopment — underway in Plant City. “I look at the midtown redevelopment plan and I think it’s quite similar to what the city of Temple Terrace has been trying to accomplish,” Leinbach said. “I dealt with several developers in that endeavor. I went through some serious negotiations. I think I can bring to the table some of the things we did well and, frankly, some of the things I think we didn’t do so well and should avoid in the future.” During a May 15 special commission meeting, city commissioners postponed an initial vote on Leinbach, who was the only applicant for the position. The City Commission had planned on gathering names of potential candidates with help from the Florida League of Cities. However, the League notified Plant City that it would need more than the three days given to deliver applicants. The commission first broached the idea of using the League at a May 8 meeting, but it didn’t not vote on the matter, so the League could not begin a search until it received an official request the afternoon of May 16. Going into the May 19 meeting, Leinbach was the only candidate. “Their timetable was a little faster than most,” Cook said. “That’s a decision Plant City made, but it sounds like they hired a good candidate.” City commissioners are expected
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It happened about 23 minutes into the special city commission meeting May 19. “Mayor, congratulations,” Plant City Mayor Rick Lott said, “You are now the interim city manager of Plant City.” Former Temple Terrace Mayor Kim Leinbach planned to begin his job as Plant City’s interim city manager Thursday, May 25. Until Wednesday, Leinbach was mayor of Temple Terrace, a position he held since November. Leinbach takes over the position from outgoing City Manager Mike Herr, who will become Winter Haven’s city manager June 12. Herr’s last day with Plant City will be June 2, allowing Leinbach just more than a week to work with Herr during the transition. According to Casey Cook, executive director of the The Florida City and County Management Association, this is a unique case. A sitting mayor resigning to become an administrator in another city is out of the ordinary, Cook said, but the move makes sense for someone like Leinbach, who has been a professional city manager for
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Florida is hot. This may sound obvious, but it’s never been more true. Well, at least for the past 122 years. Florida recorded its hottest average temperatures for the first four months of the year since 1895, according to a climate report by the National Centers for Environmental Information. Another record was shattered May 16 with a high of 96 degrees in Tampa, according to the National Weather Service. And the scorching temperatures come amid a drought that has led to Florida’s most active wildfire season since 2011. In April alone, nearly 600 wildfires broke out and burned more than 32,500 acres across the state, the report states. Gov. Rick Scott declared a state of emergency on April 11. Pasco County has been beset by several fires, including the wildfire that scorched more than 2,275 acres in the Starkey Wilderness Preserve earlier this month, leaving a plume of smoke that could be seen across the bay area. “It’s kind of like an ugly cycle. Hot breeds dry and dry breeds hot,” 10Weather WTSP meteorologist Grant Gilmore said. “We will get some rain this (May 19) weekend, but it doesn’t look like the cycle breaks in a big way any time soon.” Florida is only one of 14 states, stretching from the Southwest to the Mid-Atlantic, that experienced record-breaking temperatures in the first period of 2017, according to the report from NCEI, the federal agency that stores environmental data for the nation and world. January through April 2017 also unveiled the second-warmest average temperatures for the United States overall, falling closely behind 2012. Little rainfall and overly dry conditions haven’t been particularly troubling for most of the country, with precipitation levels above normal for
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large swaths of the United States. Not so in Florida. The centralsouthern portion of the state, as well as parts of southern Georgia, are among the driest areas in the United States. Rainstorms left the Tampa Bay area alone this winter, so the area stayed dry, said meteorologist Andrew McKaughan of the National Weather Service. That, combined with near-constant high pressure and clear skies, has helped the heat build. Plus, an easterly wind flow has kept the Gulf Coast sea breeze mostly offshore, he said. “We tend to warm up pretty significantly because the sea breeze can’t come in to moderate the heat,” McKaughan said. Those who find these temperatures unbearable can look forward to the summer, when afternoon showers and thunderstorms help break the oppressive heat. Gilmore said that stormy pattern should return in June, when the average amount of rainfall jumps from May’s 2.1 inches to 6.8 inches. Until then, temperatures in the mid-90s are threatening to tie or break record highs, like the May 16 record in Tampa. “That’s a huge spike and it indicates that we are moving in the direction of breaking into the rainy season — slowly,” Gilmore said.
IN PLANT CITY The lack of rain has affected parts of Plant City, perhaps most notably the Brewer Park pond. The pond, which was drained to repair a damaged silt wall, is designed to clean a minimum 5 million gallons of collected rainwater before sending it to the westside canal. “What we did, we had to do,” Assistant City Manager Bill McDaniel said in March. “We had to fix that wall. All we’re waiting on is Mother Nature to do her thing and give us some rain water.”
Until then, experts caution the public to drink plenty of water, wear sunscreen, limit time outside, and especially be careful when it comes to open flames. There is a statewide burn ban in effect from the Georgia border all the way south to Collier and Palm Beach counties. Until the rains bring the Tampa Bay area some relief, all it takes is a lit cigarette thrown from a car window to start a raging brush fire. Contact Samantha Putterman at sputterman@tampabay.com. Follow her on Twitter @samputterman. Contact Claire McNeill at cmcneill@ tampabay.com or (727) 893-8321.
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Disestablishing paternity is a lengthy process. Know the steps before you begin.
Karen Gillman may not be famous, but that doesn’t mean she’s not a celebrity. Just ask Cabot Creamery. On May 1, Gillman was named a Cabot Creamery Community Celebrity, a title given to people around the country who show commitment to volunteerism and other community work. She is the first Plant City resident to have earned the title, which has been an active project of Cabot’s since 2010. “I was shocked,” Gillman said. Gillman, 49, is the owner and vice president of On Point Executive Center Inc., a family-owned organization that provides virtual offices and executive suites for small businesses. She is also a co-founder of Charity Chics, a networking group of professional women that links its members with volunteering opportunities and donates money to Tampa Bay-area charities. “We knew a lot of business professionals who were extremely busy and didn’t have time to find out which boards they should be sitting on … they had money to give, but didn’t know where to give it,” Gillman said. She is also the creator of After the Band, which allows her to share advice with women looking to lose weight. Gillman had lap band surgery in 2004 and subsequently wrote a book about her weight-loss experience, which caught the attention of women around America. “It’s really just a labor of love, sharing what worked for me and what didn’t work for me,” Gillman says. Cabot Creamery learned about Gillman through its own research in the Tampa Bay area. Gillman said representatives from the company’s Gratitude Department linked up with her last year, attending volunteer events with Charity Chics and learning about her and her work. “A lot of this comes from just being
nfortunately, some parents are not always upfront or honest with each other about paternity. For example, a mother tells a man that he is the biological father of her child. As a result, the alleged father agrees or is ordered to pay child support. Later, the mother tells the man that he is not actually the biological father. The man is now paying support on a child who is not his own. Can anything be done about this? Fortunately, Florida statutes do provide a way for someone to challenge a finding of legal paternity. Doing so successfully, though, is difficult, and it is important to know that any prior actions, comments, or conversations the alleged father made about the child can be considered admissions of paternity. To disestablish paternity in Florida, you must file a Petition to Disestablish Paternity with the court. This petition must strictly comply with Florida Statute 742.18. The legal father must file this document in the appropriate circuit court that has jurisdiction over the case. As part of the initial filing, the legal father must include several key components. One such item is an affidavit (sworn statement) explaining that newly discovered evidence regarding paternity has come to his attention since the time that legal paternity was first established. It is important to note that this “evidence” must have been discovered after the finding of legal paternity. It cannot have been known prior. Another thing to include is the result of a DNA test showing that the legal father is probably not the biological father of the child, or an additional sworn statement stating that he was not able to obtain a DNA
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sample from the child. The father can also request the court to order the DNA test. Child support payments must be current, or be “substantially complied” with making child support payments on time. This must also be sworn to by affidavit. If there are past-due payments owed, the affidavit must explain why the payments are past due. In addition, the court must also find that the legal father has not adopted the child. The child cannot have been conceived by artificial insemination while the legal father and mother were married. The legal father must not have prevented the biological father from asserting his rights. Also, the child must have been under 18 years old when the petition for disestablishment of paternity was filed. The court may deny the petition, though, even if the legal father properly filed the petition for disestablishment and followed all the necessary steps. This occurs if the court finds that the man married the mother of the child and represented to others that he was the father of the child, made a sworn statement indicating he was the biological father, allowed himself to be named as the biological father on the child’s birth certificate, signed a voluntary acknowledgement of paternity or ignored or disregarded a notice from the court or a state agency asking him to submit to a genetic test. As you can see, establishing or disestablishing paternity in Florida can be a time-consuming, confusing, and complicated process. Seeking the assistance of an attorney is recommended if you or someone you know is facing this issue. Shiobhan Olivero was born and raised in Plant City. Her law office can be reached at (813) 534-0393 or by email at SOlivero@oliverolaw.com.
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IF YOU GO CAMP INVENTION When: June 5 through 9 Where: Florida Strawberry Festival Charlie Grimes Family Agricultural Center, 2508 Oak Ave., Plant City Cost: $235 to attend. Partial assistance may be available. Info: Contact Paul Coletti at pacman1988@hotmail.com.
Tracy Johnson and her 10-year-old daughter, Marissa, shared their first experience at Camp Invention, Plant City’s only science, technology and math (STEM)-themed camp, last summer. Johnson was an instructor and Marissa was a camper. Johnson said her daughter was nervous at first. She didn’t know what to expect and thought a summer camp focusing on STEM might be too much like school. “At first, she wasn’t sure,” Johnson said. “(Near the end of camp) they brought in recycled appliances and had to take them apart and create something. For her, being able to physically maneuver the tools and build something new was exciting. She came home and wanted to take everything apart.” When Camp Invention starts up again this summer, the motherdaughter duo can’t wait to go back. Camp Invention is a five-day summer camp offered nationally by the National Inventors Hall of Fame, where children in kindergarten through sixth grade experience hands-on learning in STEM fields. “It’s one week in the summer where your child’s creativity, innovation and problem-solving skills are challenged,” said Camp Director Paul Coletti. “Our top priority is to inspire future innovators and build their confidence in the natural ability to dream and create. It’s a hands-on-minds-on camp where campers learn without truly realizing they are learning.” And when it’s over, he said, the learning doesn’t stop. He’s seen campers come not having built anything before and leave as tinkerers.
Many of his campers have grown into volunteers and instructors, he said. Coletti, a math and science teacher at Walden Lake Elementary School, has been involved in Camp Invention for 16 years, first getting involved in Gainesville, where he still directs a camp. He brought Camp Invention to Plant City three years ago and has watched it grow every year. “The first year, we had around 60 kids. Then it was 70, then almost 90 last year,” Coletti said. “Our maximum is 110 kids, but our goal is 90.” The camp’s location has also grown. Its first year was held at First Baptist Church, then it moved to the Trinkle Center and again to the Florida Strawberry Festival grounds. This will be its first year in the Charlie Grimes Family Agricultural Center. Coletti said the growth has allowed for even more focused learning and fun. The more children in the camp, the more learning modules they can have and the more volunteers and instructors Coletti can have. “The student-to-staff ratio can’t be beat,” he said. Last year, the camp had one staff member for every four campers. Each year, the camp has a theme. This year’s, “Launch,” features modules relating to all manners of launching. The “Duct Tape Billionaire” module has campers create and launch a business based around a product they
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COUPLES’ THIEVERY 4710 block of Dawn Meadow Court. Vehicle burglary: Officer met with complainant, who stated unknown suspect(s) entered his and his wife’s unlocked vehicles between 10 p.m. May 11 and 7:30 a.m. May 12. Items reported stolen included two pairs of sunglasses, an iPad tablet, an iPod, various credit cards and $40 in cash. One of the credit cards was used at Boost Mobile’s online store.
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BAD BORROWER 10 block of North Edwards Street. Fraud: Officers met with complainant, who stated an unknown suspect opened student loans in Indiana with her name and banking account information.
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JUST CHECKING 1000 block of Cason Street. Vehicle burglary: Officer met with complainant, who stated unknown suspect(s) entered her unlocked vehicle overnight and ransacked it. Nothing was reported stolen from the vehicle, which had been parked in the complainant’s driveway. IF AT FIRST YOU DON’T SUCCEED, PRY AGAIN 4110 block of Barrett Avenue. Criminal mischief: Officer met with complainant, who stated unknown suspect(s) broke her vehicle’s rear window between 2:15 p.m. May 12 and 9 a.m. May 13. Pry marks were found on the vehicle’s rear door frame and around the taillights.
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NAILED IT 1600 block of Casonwood Court. Vehicle burglary: Officer met with complainant, who stated unknown suspect(s) entered an unlocked vehicle between 7 p.m. May 12 and 1:45 a.m. May 13 and stole a yellow Bostitch coil nail gun and a red port cable air compressor. The items were valued at $455. CASH ME OUTSIDE 910 block of North Roux Street. Fraud: Officers met with complainant, who stated an unknown suspect cashed a check that belonged to him at a consumer financial services company.
MORE THAN YOU BARGAINED FOR 210 block of West Alexander Street. Grand theft auto: Officers met with complainant, who stated a known male subject took her vehicle without permission. The subject had asked to get something from the complainant’s vehicle while she was at work, and he instead took the vehicle to Tampa, picked up his brother, damaged the driver’s side door and brought the vehicle back to Plant City, at the 1400 block of East Alabama Street. Complainant refused to press charges and signed a waiver of prosecution.
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PLANT CITY MAIN STREET FOOD TRUCK RALLY Takes place from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, May 26 at the Union Station Train Depot, 102 N. Palmer St. This month’s rally theme is “Hispanic Heritage.” There is no cost to attend the event, but food prices vary per truck. Call (813) 659-4209.
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YOUTH STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS WORKSHOP Takes place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Plant City Housing Authority, 1306 Larrick Lane. The workshop is for youths age 15 and up, and teaches them skills needed to apply and interview for jobs. There is no cost to attend the workshop, but pre-registration is required by May 26. For more information and to pre-register, call Dr. Pauline Rivers at (813) 759-0260 or Patricia Dexter at (813) 752-0569. FREE WORKOUT SATURDAY Takes place from 9 to 10 a.m. at CrossFit Plant City, 1402B Mercantile Court. CrossFit Plant City offers a free, beginner-friendly workout for the whole family. Children must be age 10 or older to participate. Learn more at CrossFitPlantCity.com.
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MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONIES Takes place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at American Legion Post 26, 2207 W. Baker St. Plant City’s American Legion post will honor those who died while serving in the armed forces. Call Alvin McGary, (813) 752-8608.
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COMMUNITY SAFETY DAY Takes place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Olin S. Wright Masonic Lodge, 304 Acacia Drive. Police officers, fire rescue personnel and other first responders help Plant City start the summer safe with an instructional seminar. Call (813) 752-2822.
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SQUARE DANCE LESSONS Takes place from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at Strawberry Square, 4401 Boot Bay Road. Join a 10-week program based at the “Square Dance Capital of the South.” Dress is casual and no partner is needed to hit the dance floor. The cost is $3 per lesson, but the first lesson is free with mention of the Plant City Times & Observer calendar post. Call (813) 752-0491 or email Keith at keithuns@yahoo.com or Marty at mvanwart@tampabay.rr.com.
ONGOING PAINTING WITH BETTY FAIRBANKS AT THE CLASSROOM GALLERY Takes place from 1 to 3 p.m. Fridays at the 1914 Plant City High School Community Center, 605 N. Collins St. The cost is $20 per class. Bring own supplies and references to learn about color theory, design and different techniques. Call (813) 757-3632. PLANT CITY TOASTMASTERS CLUB #4051 7:30 to 9:00 a.m. Thursdays at the Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce, 106 S. Evers St., Plant City. New members welcome. ACOUSTIC HAPPY HOUR 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Fridays, at O’Brien’s Irish Pub & Family Restaurant, 1701 S. Alexander St. (813) 764-8818. BINGO 6:30 p.m. Saturdays, at American Legion Post 26, 2207 W. Baker St. There is a full kitchen.
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Anne Bradford Leavitt Rutherford ANNE BRADFORD LEAVITT RUTHERFORD, 77, DIED MAY 13, IN BLAIRSVILLE, GA.
She passed away in her home, surrounded by her loving family. She fought a long battle with ALS and survived the difficulty of her beloved husband, Donald Verle Rutherford Jr.’s, recent death, her determination, strength and love for her family never wavering throughout. Anne was born in Hanover, N.H., and raised in Bridgewater, Vt. She was the oldest daughter of Eugene Bradford Leavitt and Helen Viola Osgood Leavitt. Anne received her nursing degree in 1962 in Concord, N.H. She worked as a registered nurse for 40 years. She specialized in surgical nursing and nursing leadership and was a director of nursing at several nursing homes and rehabilitation facilities. Anne married Donald, her husband of 54 years, on March 16, 1963, at South Florida Church of Christ. Anne and Don raised their children in Durant. They loved spending time vacationing in the mountains of north Georgia and, eventually, made Blairsville, Ga., a summertime residence. She was passionate about making memories with her family, especially time spent with her grandchildren. Anne was a pillar of unwavering faith, strength, integrity and love to all who knew her. She will be deeply missed and never forgotten. Her strong desire to create cherished memories will have an everlasting impact on our lives. Anne is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Lori and Clarence Duckworth, Lynn and Warner Copeland, Terri and Perry Nix, and Dawn and Richard Warren; stepson, Tim Rutherford; grandchildren, Brandon, Griffin, Austin, Bailey, Schuyler, Carter, Cassidy, Owen, Gracie, Aiden, Lily, Charlotte, Bella and Saylor; great-grandchild, Blakely; and loving sisters, Jean, Linda, Edna, Dottie, Joan and Julie. A funeral service was held May 25 at Blairsville Church of Christ. A public burial will be held at 10
a.m. on June 10 at Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Plant City. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to The ALS Foundation, Gift Processing Center, PO Box 37022, Boone, IA 50037 or an online donation can be made at alsa.org/ donate/
Beverly Foster Knotts BEVERLY FOSTER KNOTTS, 82, OF PLANT CITY, DIED MAY 20.
She was born in Atlanta, Ga., on Nov. 5, 1934. She graduated from Mulberry High School in 1952. She loved her family and church and she enjoyed playing bridge and gardening. She is survived by her sons, Johnny Knotts, and Andy Knotts (Jeanne) of Plant City; grandchildren, Marlee, Lexi, Regan, Drew, and Jackson; sisters, Carol Lee (Bill) of Palm Harbor, and Iris Conley (Dale) of Lakeland; and numerous nieces, nephews, family and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, Billy Knotts; daughters, Susan Knotts, and Infant Knotts; and siblings, Donald Foster, and Sandra Amaral. A celebration of life was held on May 25 at St. Peters Episcopal Church. Committal followed at Memorial Park, Plant City. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Peter's Episcopal Church. Expressions of condolence can be left online at HopewellFuneral.com.
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DAVID WINSKEY, 78, OF HENAGAR, ALA., FORMERLY OF PLANT CITY, DIED MAY 21 AT HIS HOME.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on May 27 at Lebanon Baptist Church, 110 N. Forbes Road, Plant City, with Bro Joe Bowles officiating. Visitation will follow the service. He is survived by his wife, June Winskey; sons, Dwayne Winskey (Sabina), Christopher Winskey (Robyn), Michael Winskey (Debra),
Daniel Winskey (Cori); daughter, Cheryl Camero; 15 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and one greatgreat-grandchild. He was preceded in death by his parents LJ and Rita Mae Winskey; four brothers; and two sisters. Announcement provided by Kerby Funeral Home. kerbyfuneralhome.com
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He was born in Georgia in 1936. He is survived by his wife, Barbara J. Fulford, and a loving family.
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DENNIS LEON GRIFFIN, 71 DIED MAY 12.
He was born in West Point, Ga., but spent most of his life in Plant City. He is survived by one daughter, Angela Griffin; three grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and sisters, Jeannie Venning and Susan Howard; and six nieces and nephews. A private interment will be held at Mt. Enon Cemetery.
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Brandon-based Quest Volleyball Academy wants Plant City volleyball players to join the club. The academy, a nonprofit affiliated with AAU, is offering three summer programs for players aged 5 to 18. “Tots” aged 5 to 10 have a program for learning the basics, middle schoolers aged 10 to 14 can develop their skills regardless of experience, and high schoolers aged 14 to 18 can learn more advanced techniques. All practices are held Mondays and Thursdays at the academy, based in the Immanuel Lutheran School gymnasium, 2913 John Moore Road, Brandon. Costs per child per program vary, as do practice start and end times. For more information, visit ow.ly/ HYoe30bX6wx.
Local sports clubs raising tourney funds THE CHARGER WRESTLING CLUB The Charger Wrestling Club wants to take wrestlers to one of the biggest summer tournaments in Central Florida, and needs some help. The club created a GoFundMe page to seek donations, looking for $5,000 to cover entry fees, travel, food and lodging costs for 17 wrestlers and four coaches. The tournament, held at the ESPN Wide World of Sports complex at Walt Disney World, runs June 11 through June 16. To donate, visit GoFundMe. com/3l0gws8. CHRIS WELBON KARATE CLUB Chris Welbon Karate Clubs of Plant City wants to send its competitive team out of state this summer, and needs some help. The team has created a GoFundMe page with the goal of raising $5,000, which will help send the athletes to the AAU National Karate Tournament in Raleigh, North Carolina. The tournament runs from Tuesday, June 27, through Sunday, July 2. To donate, visit GoFundMe.com/ chris-welbon-karate-club-team.
Durant football hosts summer events Durant High School’s football program is getting ready for the seventh annual Mike Gottman Youth Football Camp. The skills and drills camp, held every year at the school’s football practice field, is for kids as young as third-graders and as old as incoming high school freshmen. This year’s camp will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. June 5 through June 8. Registration costs $125 per camper. Registration may be completed online at DurantFootballCamps.com, checks may be mailed to Durant High School, 4748 Cougar Path, or walk-up registration will be accepted June 5. Durant students who wish to play football in the 2017-18 school year can also attend Future Cougar Day, scheduled for 8 to 9 a.m. Saturday, May 27, at the school’s gym. Future Cougar Day is an informational meeting for students and parents. For more information on the camp, call (813) 323-4347. For more information on the camp or Future Cougar Day, email michael.Gottman@ sdhc.k12.fl.us, visit facebook.com/ DurantCougarsFootball or follow @ DOORANTFOOTBALL on Twitter.
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It may have taken 35 years, but members of the 1982 Plant City High basketball team finally got their rings.
Head Coach: Jimmy Smith Assistant Coach: Pete Weronik PLAYERS n Horace Broadnax n Willie Perkins n Greg Gillman n David Kelley n Danny McIntyre n Remi Watson n Clyde Coffee n Suarez Worth n Willie Perkins n Franklin Carlton n Bovell Crews n Ambrose Smith n Joe Davis n Eugene Ellis
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A championship ring may not define the greatness of a basketball player, but the flash of diamonds sure can tell a story. On May 20, a set of rings brought the story of one of Plant City High School’s most revered sports teams back into the spotlight. The 1982 boys basketball team, which won the Class 4A state title, was honored that night in a special ceremony held at the Florida Strawberry Festival’s Expo Hall. The team already had trophies to show for its hard work that year, but, until then, no one had received a championship ring in the 35 years that passed. A group of citizens, led by Danny McIntyre and Yvonne Fry, worked to change that. “Thirty-five years later, I don’t think we could have waited much longer,” guard Horace Broadnax said in a speech delivered at the event. “Not that we needed the rings but, understand, we’re getting old.” Open to the public with a ticket purchase, Plant City basketball fans got to relive the 1982 team’s experience through several mediums.
Every article written about the team that appeared in the Plant City Courier and Tampa Tribune was clipped out, blown up and displayed along a makeshift wall of curtains. Team members signed their names on each one, and many paused to read the stories in full. After dinner, a documentary about the team, put together by Fryed Egg Productions, told the story of the 1982 season through members of the team and head coach Jimmy Smith, who was also the ceremony’s keynote speaker. Players spoke highly of Smith and their teammates, telling funny and
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heartwarming stories. Through the players’ stories, the video covered everything from the district championship game to the locally revered 73-61 win over Jacksonville-Forrest to win the championship. After speeches from Broadnax, who spoke of the team’s impact on the community, and Smith, who spoke of keeping children at Plant City High School, Smith and all 14 of his former players took the stage for the highlight of the night. “We’ve waited a long time for this ring,” guard Suarez Worth said.
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Above Left: Every member of the 1982 team, as well as Mayor Rick Lott, received a ring. Top: Team members posed with their rings.
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Attitude is key for Raiders softball The Raiders may have fallen short of their state goal, but their reaction to the loss is what makes them winners.
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fter the 8A state softball championship game ended and I finished my work at Dodgertown, I made the trek back to my hotel and sat at my desk to write the recap. I replayed the audio I got while other reporters and I questioned head coach Ashley Bullion, extracted what I needed and finished the story. But after it went online and my work for the night was finished, I started to dwell more on her comments than I had before — not that I wasn’t paying attention, just that I was very much in the moment. For someone who talks about winning at
everything as often as Bullion does, she was quite upbeat. Ten minutes hadn’t even passed since the final out was recorded and her team was eliminated, yet she spoke glowingly of the experience and the effort and the girls’ mentality. I couldn’t help but wonder how I would handle being in those cleats — losing the single biggest game of my life after playing so well all season. Walking around the Raiders’ dugout after the girls trudged through the handshake line, I saw several different emotions. No one needed to say a word to me to tell me how they felt. There was frustration, clear as day, but not outright anger. Of course, there was also sadness in some of the girls’ faces, and who could blame them? But I also saw some “whatever” looks, some slight smiles and even a grin or two. SEE KLINE PAGE 14
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You looked pretty good out there at the jamboree game. How were you feeling going into it? We felt really confident about the team, our offensive series and stuff. We were a little prepared, but I guess we underestimated them (Tampa Bay Tech Titans) a little. You got some playing time later in this past season, getting called up to varsity. What was that experience like for you? It was a good experience for me. As a freshman, I felt like it was just a lot of weight on me, but I pushed through it. I think I did good last year. What’s the most important thing you learned from actually getting out there and playing varsity football, as opposed to being on JV and hearing about it week after week? You can’t quit. You can’t quit. You’ve always got to push yourself harder and do better than what you think you are. And keep your grades up. What would you say your strengths as a running back are? I like to run hard. I think I really run hard. I don’t like to fall down when someone grabs me. I just keep my legs driving. Is there anybody you try to model your game after? I try to model after Mike Alstott.
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Tarik McKelphin received the boys basketball team’s Most Valuable Player award.
The 1982 Raiders weren’t the only basketball players honored at the May 20 ceremony. Members of the current Plant City High School boys and girls basketball teams received awards from their respective coaches, Billy Teeden and Danny McIntyre, earlier in the evening. BOYS AWARDS Coach of the Year (Western Conference - Federal Division): Billy Teeden Iron Man: Justyn King Coach’s Award: Henry Yoho Most Improved: Wyatt Rogers
That’s one of my favorite running backs from the NFL. How did you first get into playing football? How long ago was that? I started playing little league at 11 years old in Tampa, with the Tampa Hurricanes, and I was played at linebacker and a little bit of fullback. I worked my way up to running back. Now that you’re settled in at running back, do you prefer it to any other position? Or is there something else you would love to play if you got the chance? As well as running back, I would like to play defense at linebacker, preferably middle linebacker.
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Jaquell Narine One of the bright spots of the Strawberry Crest Chargers’ offense is freshman running back Jaquell “Boosie” Narine, who recently showed the fans at Armwood High School some flash in the May 18 Spring Jamboree. Earlier in the school year, Narine was called up to the Chargers’ varsity roster after the junior varsity football season ended and showed flashes of potential for the future. Know someone who deserves an Athlete of the Week feature? Email Justin Kline at jkline@plantcityobserver.com by the Friday before the next issue.
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“Now that we’ve got it, I don’t think we would trade this moment for the world. I think the 35 years were well worth the wait. We want to thank everybody who played a part in this ceremony, played a part in getting us this ring.” Before Mayor Rick Lott presented the team with the rings, he bestowed another gift: a proclamation on behalf of the city of Plant City. In his speech, Lott said 1982 was a time when the city was coming out of a bad recession, which made the team’s accomplishments all the more meaningful at the time. “This team gave us some hope, it gave us some character, it gave us something to live for and it gave us some pride,” Lott said. But Lott’s time on the stage wasn’t finished after delivering the proclamation, for the basketball team had a surprise for him. It presented Lott with a proclamation of his own, naming him the honorary “15th man” on the team, which meant that he, too, would walk out of the building with a big silver ring on his finger. “They definitely surprised me,” Lott said. “I’m just thrilled that these guys consider me a friend. They’re great gentlemen and good, communityminded citizens ... tonight was about them, though. Not me.” Though the players were content with their own memories of the state championship run with or without rings, they were glad to see that their grandest accomplishment is still a point of pride for Plant City Raiders past and present. “It’s very humbling just to know that people still remember,” forward Greg Gillman said. “It was a very influential time in my life, it was very influential for my teammates and I really appreciate how the city has come together and honored us in this fashion.”
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So you love those old power backs that eat up tacklers. I like a lot of old-school power backs, running backs. Bo Jackson, Earl Campbell, Mike Alstott, Jim Brown.
Puzzle Two Solution: “We all say she (Grace Kelly) made as good a princess as she did a movie actress, even better.” – James Stewart
The vibe I’m getting here is that you really just like to lay your shoulder into somebody and blow them up out there rather than try to dance around them. Yeah, I’m not the fastest guy in the world. I’m pretty sure they weren’t, either. I just run hard, see the hole, hit it. If someone’s there, drop a shoulder.
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What’s your favorite position that you’ve ever played out there? Middle linebacker. For me, playing linebacker for so long, I know how the running back works, when to hit the hole and where the linebacker’s going to be when it’s time for me to hit the hole. When you got to Crest and they put you at running back, was that something you volunteered to do or did it just work out when they put you there? It’s a team thing. If the team needs me at a certain position, I’d be willing to take that for the team.
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After a quick lead, a lack of offense kept the Raiders from advancing. JUSTIN KLINE SPORTS/ASSOCIATE EDITOR
The Plant City High School softball team knew that, eventually, its historic 2017 season would come to an end. The girls had hoped that it would be a happy end on Saturday, May 20, lifting the 8A state title at the Historic Dodgertown complex in Vero Beach. Unfortunately for the Raiders and their fans, the state semifinal game didn’t go as hoped. Wellington High School’s offense surged in the fifth inning and held on to win, 6-1, on Friday, May 19. “We were having a good run,” head coach Ashley Bullion says. “We just couldn’t make the plays that we needed to in the end. That, unfortunately, cost us. But we had a great season.” The Raiders came ready to play ball, taking a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning when Abbie DeWeese hit a single to score Emily Longoria from third base. Anchored by ace pitcher Ashley Blessin, the Plant City defense kept Wellington’s bats firmly in check for several innings. Things got out of Blessin’s control in the middle innings, though. Wellington’s Katie Schmidt took advantage of a series of defensive mistakes in the fourth inning, smacking an RBI single to tie the game at 1-1. One inning later, the Wolverines’ offense
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Top: The Raiders start strong with a 1-0 lead. Above: Edmilly Molina fields a ball hit into foul territory.
“We were having a good run. We just couldn’t make the plays that we needed to in the end. That, unfortunately, cost us. But we had
Above: Ashley Blessin winds up to pitch. Below: Erica Sanders keeps her eyes on a pitch.
a great season.” — Ashley Bullion, Head Coach
came alive and produced five runs with two outs on the board. The Raiders gave up three RBI singles and a two-RBI double, setting the score at 6-1 in favor of Wellington. Though the Raiders registered two singles in the top of the sixth inning, thanks to Beka Schulte and Longoria, the Wolverines were able to keep the Plant City offense from making anything happen. After a three-up, three-down seventh inning, all cries of joy came from the Wellington side of the field. But the Raiders, frustrated as they may have been with the loss, retained perspective on the season. “We had a good run, and we did a lot for Plant City and we made history,” Bullion says. “And next year, we’ve just got to be better than we were right now ... now that we were here, we know what it takes to win.”
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I didn’t see any lashing out, and I didn’t hear anyone raise her voice. I saw a group of athletes keeping their cool at a time when it’s so easy to lose it. I’ve seen far worse at the high school level. I’ve seen many Gatorade coolers become victims of assault. I’ve seen outright anger and heard language that would make someone’s mother cry. And this is just talking about regular season games, district tournaments and the occasional regional tourna-
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ment game. Few of those situations have even come close to the gravity of actually being in the state’s final four. I first thought I might be angry if it were me. But I thought more of Bullion’s words and realized that, were I in that team’s exact situation, I probably would have kept my cool, just as the girls did. That’s what they’ve long been conditioned to do, and that’s what they did. Addressing the smartphone recorders and TV cameras, Bullion talked of her team’s run through the
history books and its significance beyond the school. She wasn’t exaggerating. The historic run really did energize a fan base like no team since the 1982 boys basketball squad, the last Plant City High School team to make (and win) a state championship series. It created a legitimate buzz around town, even among those who don’t normally follow softball. It was good for these girls to get a taste of what happens when you practice what is preached, with hype surrounding the team and journalists from print and television stopping by practices to let the rest
of Tampa Bay know there’s life out in East Hillsborough. That’s the kind of buzz that comes from having a championship team. Besides the loss, there was nothing to be upset about. Champions know how to lose as well as they know how to win. You can see this in any sport. Dwelling on anger or sorrow after taking an “L” gets you nowhere. The best athletes and programs know that a loss is just a wake-up call, and they learn from their mistakes. In these cases it’s not how you finished, but how you plan to start again.
Like Bullion said, now that the girls got this far and saw what it takes to win at states, they’ll know what to do the next time around. That’s how you succeed at your craft. That’s the attitude I — really, anyone — would want to have. Justin Kline is the Sports Editor at the Plant City Times & Observer. Email: jkline@plantcityobserver.com.
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