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CAPITALCRAZED

Plant City’s First Baptist team visits Washington D.C.

GIRL POWER

P.C. Merchants host downtown Girls’ Night Out.

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+ Associate director awarded scholarship

Plant City Photo Archives and History Center Associate Director Shelly Drummond has been awarded a scholarship to attend the annual meeting of the American Association of State and Local History in September. She received one of six small museum scholarships awarded to members across the United States, including Oregon, Kentucky, Colorado, and Illinois. The annual meeting of the American Association of State and Local History will be held in Louisville, Kentucky, and the theme is “The Power of Possibility.” The conference includes over 65 sessions on developing and delivering programs and innovative initiatives for engaging the public in local history. “I’m excited about connecting with other professionals and learning about the latest programs, products and strategies that other organizations have used to engage the community,” Drummond said. “It’s a great opportunity, and I’m honored to be able to attend the conference.”

WATERWORKS by Emily Topper | Staff Writer

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GOAWAY! Plant City’s departments work around the clock to prepare for storms, but residents outside of the city limits struggle to receive help from the county. From July 24 to July 31, Plant City saw 17 inches of rain. For Assistant City Manager Bill McDaniel, preparing for this kind of weather is business as usual. “As soon as we see the forecast and begin to get alerts, we start different elements of the plan,” McDaniel said. The plan for dealing with this type of weather involves all of the key departments in the city, including the ﬁre, police and engineering departments. “Everybody talks about what their response plans are,” McDaniel said. “No one person is responsible for checking everything.” These departments take a number of preventative measures to ensure that the bad weather will have as minimal an impact as possible on the city. From mowing and clearing ditches to offering residents free sandbags, the city’s departments are prepared for the worst.

PREVENTATIVE MEASURES

Within the last 10 years, the east side canal, which runs north through Gilchrist Park toward Cherry Street, received a major reworking that has allowed it to protect areas that would formerly flood, such as Calhoun and Laura streets. Currently, the city’s west side canal is receiving similar work. “It’s still in the design process,” McDaniel said. “But it’s being improved even further.” The city’s canals help manage water flow. If they are properly maintained, the canals can prevent water from potentially flooding nearby roads. “They’re not pretty, but they do a wonderful job for us,” McDaniel said. “The proof of that investment was in the way we handled this major rain event.”

SANDBAG PICKUP City: 1302 W. Spencer St. County: 4702 Sydney Road

McDaniel encourages residents who are in the city to look at the ditches in front of their homes. If the ditches are obstructed, let the city know, he said. “Leaves and tree branches can accumulate,” McDaniel said. “Those things need to be open for water to flow through them. Overall the system that keeps Plant City from flooding works very well.” Although there were no major road closures during the most recent rainstorms, the city is ready to develop alternate routes if necessary. “We would put up barricades and put in a traffic diversion, put in detours,” McDaniel said. Besides the potential damage to vehicles, excessive water can also cause erosion in the roads. If this happens, McDaniel said, the city’s engineers and contractors are called in to look at the problem. However, keeping the city’s canals and ditches cleared significantly reduces the chance for flooding. “This city has people working out there every single day … ready for just what we experienced,” McDaniel said. “They are largely unseen efforts, but people benefit from it. The credit goes to them.” Residents who live on the outskirts of town, however, aren’t as lucky.

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FROM JULY 24 TO JULY 31, PLANT CITY SAW 17 INCHES OF RAIN.

At the July 24 Keller Williams Realty North Florida Regional MidYear Meeting, local Keller Williams Realty Plant City and Brandon/Suburban Tampa offices earned major awards. The awards include: no. 1 Market Center for Closed Volume; Top Market Share for Closed Units; and no. 1 Market Center for Profit Share. Keller Williams Plant City and Brandon/Suburban Tampa distributed almost $200,000 back to their agents who are partners in success. For their leadership, broker Julie Swain and market center administrator Theresa Paoloemillio earned the no. 1 position for growth in the entire North Florida Region that includes offices from Jacksonville to Sarasota.

Two Plant City natives make USF squad.

update by Amber Jurgensen | Managing Editor

OUR TOWN + Keller Williams earns awards

FREE • FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 2015

Rezoningplans submittedforrehab centeratRedRose The warm wood paneling and bright bed spreads of the Red Rose would be a contrast to the sterility of a rehab center.

It’s no secret the Red Rose Inn & Suites has had trouble selling as a 270-room motel. But what if it was an 80-room drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility? That’s what Florida Rehabilitation & Recovery Services LLC has proposed in a six-page rezoning application summary submitted to the City of Plant City. It is requesting that the 8.4-acre motel at 2011 N. Wheeler St. be zoned from C-1A to Planned Development so that it may operate a rehabilitation facility on the eastern

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Amber Jurgensen

The Red Rose Inn & Suites has been vacant for three years.

GOVERNANCE by Emily Topper | Staff Writer

Chamber board of directors addresses City Commission

After Commissioner Mike Sparkman questioned where the city’s chamber funding goes, the chamber responded with a letter about current programs and its view on economic development. The Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce addressed city leaders at the commission meeting Monday, Aug. 10, through a letter submitted by the chamber’s board of directors. The letter from the chamber is subsequent to a July budget meeting, when Commissioner Mike Sparkman asked to see how the money the chamber receives from the city is being

used. Annually, the chamber is given about $60,000 from the city, which is supposed to be used for economic development. The chamber has been putting the money into the general funds. “It’s not being spent like they told us it would be for economic development,” Sparkman said. The letter, which was read

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NEW IN TOWN by Amber Jurgensen | Managing Editor

Plant City hires CFO

Diane Reichard will be taking over as the City of Plant City’s chief financial officer from Martin Wisgerhof, who is retiring. Coming from the City of Ocala, Diane Reichard started as chief financial officer of the City of Plant City Monday, Aug. 3. She will take over for Martin Wisgerhof, the director of the finance department. He is retiring at the end of August. “It’s a great opportunity,” Reichard said. “It’s a thriving community. There’s a lot going on.” Reichard was recruited by City Manager Mike Herr. He had asked some mutual ac-

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Diane Reichard is looking forward to managing the City of Plant City during manufacturing and neighborhood expansions.

This week’s winner is

Chris Chapline

See the photo on PAGE 15.

Photo courtesy of Julie Hasting

There was so much standing water on the Hasting’s residence that Julie Hasting’s daughters, Ava and Milee, were able to kayak across their backyard.

INDEX

Calendar..................2

Crossword..............15 Obituaries..............10

Vol.3,No.2 | Onesection

Sports....................11 Weather.................15

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COMMUNITYCALENDAR

FRIDAY, AUG. 14

Acoustic Happy Hour — music takes place from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 14, at O’Brien’s Irish Pub and Family Restaurant, 1701 S. Alexander St. (813) 764-8818. Business of the Year Deadline — nominations will be accepted until 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 14, at the Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce, 106 N. Evers St. For more information call the chamber at (813) 7528793 or email Amy at amy@ plantcity.org. Christian Contemporary Music — takes place from 6:33 to 8:13 p.m. Friday, Aug. 14, at Krazy Kup, 101 E. J. Arden Mays Blvd. (813) 752-1220. Paint and Sip — takes place from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 14, at The Corner Store, 121 E. Reynolds St. Paint a picture while enjoying drinks. (813) 754-0900. Plant City Social Dance Club — takes place beginning at 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 14, at the Florida National Guard Armory, 4004 Airport Road. DJ Mike Unwin will play. $6 for members; $8 for non-members. For more information call Ken Miller at (863) 409-7714. Double Barrel Band — music takes place beginning at 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 14, at

O’Brien’s Irish Pub and Family Restaurant, 1701 S. Alexander St. (813) 764-8818.

Munn Park Saints Live! — takes place beginning at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 14, at Keel and Curley Winery, 5210 Thonotosassa Road. (813) 7529100.

SATURDAY, AUG. 15 Family Art Workshop — takes place beginning at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 15, at Bruton Memorial Library, 302 McLendon St. Learn a new skill or try new techniques to create a unique work of art. The workshop is free and open to all ages. The program is presented by Polk Museum of Art with the support of MIDFLORIDA Credit Union and Publix Supermarket Charities. (813) 757-9215. Skip Frye Live! — takes place beginning at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15, at Keel and Curley Winery, 5210 Thonotosassa Road. (813) 7529100. Strawberry Classic Car Show — takes place from 4 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15, in Historic Downtown Plant City. Enjoy classic cars, vendors and food surrounding McCall Park. Call (813) 754-3707 for more information. Terry Cole — music takes place

beginning at 9 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15, at O’Brien’s Irish Pub and Family Restaurant, 1701 S. Alexander St. (813) 7648818.

Walden Lake Golf Club Restaurant Soft Opening — takes place from 7 p.m. to 12 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 15, at Walden Lake Golf & Country Club, 2001 Clubhouse Drive. Walden Lake residents can enjoy a soft opening of the new restaurant with free food and drinks. A schedule of club events will also be given out. Young Adult Nite — takes place from 7:33 to 10:33 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15, at Krazy Kup, 101 E. J. Arden Mays Blvd. Enjoy live music from local artists. (813) 752-1220.

TUESDAY, AUG. 18

To publicize your event in our Community Calendar, please send by mail: 110 E. Reynolds St., Suite 100-A, Plant City, FL 33563; or by email: ajurgensen@plantcityobserver.com. Photos are welcome. Deadline is noon Thursday. Airport Road. Buddy Canova will play. $6 for members; $8 for non-members. For more information call Ken Miller at (863) 409-7714.

BEST BET Back to School Party — takes place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15, at Life Church, 6420 Lithia Pincecrest Road. Hosted by The Way Church, formerly Kingdom Christian Ministries, and Life Church at Fishhawk, guests can get one of 250 free backpacks loaded with supplies. A Plant City salon is giving away free vouchers for haircuts. Omega Man will talk about anti bullying and do power tricks, such as breaking blocks and bending steel. There will also be free lunch, bounce houses, games, free physicals and Restaurant, 1701 S. Alexander St. (813) 764-8818.

The Recovery for Life — takes place from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18, at the Lorena Jaeb Rainbow House, 504 N. Palm Drive. It is a 12-step Bible-based program to help free individuals from all forms of addiction. Debbie Ray, (813) 763-1562.

Cornhole Thursday — takes place beginning at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20, at Keel and Curley Winery, 5210 Thonotosassa Road. (813) 7529100.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 19

FRIDAY, AUG. 21

Open Mic Night — takes place beginning at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19, at O’Brien’s Irish Pub and Family

Acoustic Happy Hour — music takes place from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21, at O’Brien’s Irish Pub and Family

THURSDAY, AUG. 20

Restless Soul — music takes place beginning at 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21, at O’Brien’s Irish Pub and Family Restaurant, 1701 S. Alexander St. (813) 764-8818.

SATURDAY, AUG. 22 health education with the Wellness on Wheels bus. For more information contact Lindsay Pelham at lpelham@ yahoo.com. Restaurant, 1701 S. Alexander St. (813) 764-8818. Christian Contemporary Music — takes place from 6:33 to 8:13 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21, at Krazy Kup, 101 E. J. Arden Mays Blvd. (813) 752-1220. Michael LuBeck Live! — takes place beginning at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 22, at Keel and Curley Winery, 5210 Thonotosassa Road. (813) 7529100. Plant City Social Dance Club — takes place beginning at 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21, at the Florida National Guard Armory, 4004

Patrick Gibson — music takes place beginning at 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22, at Uncle Mike’s Smokehouse Grill, 106 E. State Road 60. (813) 7374444. The Peacemakers — music takes place beginning at 9 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22, at O’Brien’s Irish Pub and Family Restaurant, 1701 S. Alexander St. (813) 764-8818. Skip Fry Live! — takes place beginning at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22, at Keel and Curley Winery, 5210 Thonotosassa Road. (813) 7529100. Strawberry Classic Car Show — takes place from 4 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22, in Plant City’s Historic Downtown District. Contact the Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce for more information. (813) 754-3707.

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WANDERLUST by Amber Jurgensen | Managing Editor

Finding a

DIRECTION

Brittany “Bee” Senese has lissencephaly. Meaning “smooth brain,” she has no folds in her brain from a rare, gene-linked malformation that occurred in her embryonic stage. Top: Susan Senese, with Noah, has decorated Susan Senese’s room with maps and paintings she’s done with her daughter.

Susan Senese started a fundraiser to purchase a vehicle for her special needs family so she can get a full-time job to pay for her daughter’s care and her son’s college. The maps cover the walls of the master bedroom. From the ceiling to the baseboard, Susan Senese has decorated her space with winding roads and far-off dreams. Each colored highway branches over its glossy atlas page like a vein from a heart. To her, these paths are her lifelines. “The walls are closing in,” Susan Senese says. “This is a way to keep them from closing in.” Her daughter, Brittany, is sleeping in the living room. She sleeps more now than she ever did. All day, sometimes, in a special hospital bed by the window. She has lissencephaly. Meaning “smooth brain,” she has no folds in her brain from a rare, gene-linked malformation. Susan Senese sits on the edge of her daughter’s bed. She rubs her forehead and calls her Bee. She thinks Bee is slowing down. Bee was only supposed to live until she was 2. She is 20. There’s no way to gauge her life expectancy. There’s no way to tell if she is at the end. From her spot on the bed, Susan Senese can see the medical boxes of specialized food and diapers stacked by the front door. They are so heavy Bee’s 16-year-old brother, Noah, has trouble picking them up. The delivery man comes at least once a week. Then there’s the prescriptions. The counter in the kitchen is covered with bottles — fat ones, tall ones, spray tops and twist offs. Besides Bee’s illness, there’s a lot the Seneses have been through: a divorce, living in a dangerous motel for a year, the tedious move to Plant City, one broken car. They push on, but Susan Senese needs help. She has landed a part-time gig doing product demonstrations at Publix. Without a car, it is hard for her to ﬁnd full-time jobs and to shufﬂe the family to Bee’s doctors appointments. She also has her own health issues, including lupus. “We have to do something to make this change,” Susan Senese says. The maps are the answer. She’s started a GoFundMe

Bee Senese’s first painting was a bowl of fruit using her fingers, palms, toes and the side of her feet. account to raise money to buy a car. If she can get a full-time job, she will be able to save some money so the family can move to a better apartment — and hopefully see something else besides the inside of a hospital room.

BEE IS HERE

Susan Senese points to one of the canvas paintings on the wall in the family’s living room. It’s a bowl of fruit, a common subject, but there’s something unusual about the way this one was done. The grapes are textured with a hundred half circles. The bananas are smudged and somewhat translucent. The cherries are thick like drops of blood on a white sundress. Bee painted it almost 20 years ago. She used her ﬁngertips for the grapes, the side of her foot for the bananas, her toes for the cherries. She paints like this with her family’s help. She can’t see. She can’t talk. But she can feel the paint. And she can hear Noah’s voice. The family has plans to help her complete a picture of springtime, even though she can’t sit up because of her cerebral palsy. Why do they go through the trouble? “It says she was here,” Susan Senese says. “She can’t go to school, make friends. So it’s a way to say she’s here.” Susan Senese had no idea that the baby girl growing inside of her two decades ago

had brain damage. She saw a doctor through her pregnancy, and the sonograms revealed no irregularities. The toughest part of the pregnancy didn’t have anything to do with Bee. Susan Senese, then a kindergarten teacher, caught a virus from school. Bee was born a healthy nine pounds, and her ﬁrst feeding was a full four ounces. “She was perfect,” Susan Senese says. “You would never know.” But at about 4 weeks old, Bee started convulsing during feedings. Even though they were slight, Susan Senese knew something was wrong. The doctors put her off. You’re a new mother. You’re over concerned. Those are just normal baby movements. So she brought Bee into the ofﬁce to show them. She was right. Something was wrong. Tests revealed lissencephaly. The virus Susan Senese had caught from the classroom had affected Bee in her embryonic stage. Bee had two years to live — if she was lucky. One of her neurologists told her mother to put her away in an institution and go home to have healthy children to love. “We had just bought a house, and we were decorating her room,” Susan Senese says. “We had six months to imagine this life she’d never have.” Susan Senese has kept Bee by her side since then. And she

plans to for the rest of her life. Bee is surrounded by the people who love her. She likes to feel their ﬁngers painting with her. She waits for Noah to read to her. “It’s just normal for us,” Susan Senese says. “Once you put away the ideas of ballet classes and overnight sleepovers with friends, it’s just everyday things.” Noah agrees. He walks into the living room to talk to his mother, who is still sitting on Bee’s bed. When he speaks, Bee wakes from her deep dreaming. She mumbles sounds that barely escape from her drowsy lips. She is talking to him. “Just normal,” Noah says. “It’s weird when I hear people say, ‘I didn’t grow up with a disabled sister.’ She’s always been there.”

A NEW LEASH ON LIFE

Noah has snuck a tortoise and a kitten into his classes at Plant City High School on two separate occasions. “Noah, why do you have another animal?” His first period drama teacher asked him when he brought the kitten into his classroom last year. “There’s drama in drama class,” Noah says. The kitten was running through traffic when Noah found it while walking to school. Noah walks everywhere since the family doesn’t have a car. There are many injured animals he stumbles upon on the side of the road. He has found a gopher tortoise with a cracked shell, a baby squirrel abandoned on top of an ant hill, a snapping turtle that had been run over. He takes the animals he finds to the vet. He says his good deeds are just because he likes cute, fuzzy things, but one can’t help think, after a lifetime with a special needs sibling he has a caring nature buried under his love of history and Australian highway bandits. Noah is finishing up his GED two years early by taking online classes. He had a part-time job to help support the family, but after the business he worked at closed, his mother insisted he focuses on school first. Susan Senese has high hopes

TO DONATE TO THE SENESES VISIT GOFUNDME.COM/HOPEANDAPRAYER

for her son. He’s a big reason why she has decorated her room with her own makeshift map wallpaper. “He has been dreaming of college for as long as I can remember,” she wrote on the GoFundMe page. “His long-held hope is to become a psychologist with a twist — he hopes to add rescue animals to his practice as therapy animals. “ If Susan Senese can raise enough money to buy a car, she could save money for the family’s basic needs, and also send Noah to college and move the family out of their current apartment. After her divorce several years ago, the family was living in a motel room next door to drug busts and alcoholics. Originally from Plant City, Susan Senese moved her children from Ocala back to her hometown with the help of friends. Their current apartment is an improvement, but it leaks, the ﬂoor is uneven, Bee’s medical packages have been stolen off the doorstep and their old car was broken into. She is dreaming of anywhere with a good book store and a place Noah would like too. But out of all the states, out of all the cities on her maps, where will they go?

TRAVEL PLANS

Susan Senese wants to move to a beachside cabin in Maine. Noah wants to go to Ohio. “Don’t know what’s there,” Noah says. “A couple of friends talked about it, and it seems like a nice place to live.” The family wants a break from the Florida humidity, mosquitos and rain. Even Bee is suffering from allergies during this record-breaking summer of thunderstorms. Susan Senese has her hooked up to oxygen to avoid catching a respiratory infection. Susan Senese doesn’t know what path her family will travel next. But with Noah’s interest in Ohio, there is a new wanderlust for life budding inside of her and a new direction spinning on her inner compass. “Hope is dangerous,” Senese wrote. “And so I gave up hope and have lived with such desperation, such darkness. But, suddenly, I can see a small light, and I have decided to act boldly, for my son, for hope.”

GOING PLACES by Abby Baker | Staff Intern

First Baptist Church students travel to D.C.

The group went to the nation’s capital to attend the Student Leadership University program. With over 30 kids ages 14 to 18 from Plant City, and 800 individuals in total at the Student Leadership University program in Washington D.C., the parents and youth leaders attending had more than enough to handle from July 13 to 17. Among the leaders was Ricky Lindsey, the youth pastor at Plant City’s First Baptist Church. “I’m used to (the activity) by now,” Lindsey said. The focus of the program is to teach young leaders the skills they need to remain resilient and continue to lead, while maintaining the values of the Christian church. Lindsey led his Plant City pupils through several levels of Student Leadership University. “This all allows me the opportunity to see these kids grow,” Lindsey said. “They will become leaders and maybe one day an effective mother or father or spouse.” The Leadership program has been designed to push students through several stages of awareness, starting at level 101 and working its way up to 401, where the attendees travel out of country. Each program has to be completed in numerical order before the attendee can continue to the next level. Level 101 was in Orlando, and included about 12 hours of classroom time. “A couple of us went to Orlando, and it was a lot of fun,” Ashlyn Yarbrough, a 16-yearold student who attended the seminar, said. “We all decided we wanted to go again.” Washington D.C is level 201. “We learned how to be leaders in the face of controversial topics,” Ashlyn Yarbrough said. Lori Yarbrough was a parent on the Washington D.C. trip and values the skills that the students in attendance received. “They are getting a 20 year jumpstart on life,” Lori Yarbrough said. Level 301 is a journey to several European cities, including Oxford, Normandy and Paris. The ﬁnal leg of the conference is level 401, where the students travel to Israel. “Most of the students are already showing signs of leading out,” Lindsey said. “They are encouraged to follow their dreams instead of passing away the day with, say, video games,” While Student Leadership University 201 included hours of learning in the program, the students also had time to enjoy Washington D.C. “My favorite part would have to be touring the city,” Tyler Dixon, a Plant City High School student, said. The youth visited historical must-sees, such as the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery. “We did a thing called History-on-the-go, where the kids learned a lot about our national history while also doing leadership sessions,” Lindsey said. A few students stayed two days longer. They were joined by Congressman Dennis Ross and wife, Cindy Ross. “We wandered around to see the House of Representatives and Senate,” Ashlyn Yarbrough said. “I guess the public can’t view those anymore, but because we were with a congressman we could.”

LEADERSHIP UNIVERSITY

Student Leadership University is organized into different levels to widen students’ perspectives and test their faith and skills. Level 101: Orlando Level 201: Washington D.C. Level 301: Europe, including Oxford, Normandy and Paris. Level 401: Israel

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OUT OF THE CITY

For those living in unincorporated Plant City, they must either maintenance their own properties or rely on Hillsborough County for general support when their homes are damaged from flooding. Julie Hasting lives with her family on about four acres of land on Stanley Road. This month, her pasture flooded from all the rain. Hasting estimates that her land received 12 inches of rain during last week’s downpours, but she can’t be sure — her rain gauges are overflowing. Her home and barn are built on higher ground, but her livestock weren’t so lucky. Many of them got sick from the constant rain. Hasting and her family dug their own trenches to get their animals out of harm’s way. It was the worst she has seen her pasture since the 2004 hurricanes. Like the city, the county offers sandbags to residents, but they are limited to six per person. Hasting said that sandbags elsewhere were scarce because of the rain. “[The prices} were outrageous,” she said. Hasting said she was told by Hillsborough County that residents were not allowed to clean their own ditches. “I’m worried about a hur-

ricane,” Hasting said. “Half of my pasture is underwater. (Hillsborough County has) come out one time to clean our canals.” She said the response is always the same:We’ll get someone out as soon as we can. A county spokesperson said it’s up to residents to clean out ditches on their property. The ditch that caused Hasting’s flooding runs directly through her property. The county does come out to assist in other ways. Andrea Rofhaven is a community relations coordinator with Hillsborough County. Rofhaven said the county completed a service call near Stanley Road that involved cleaning a storm pipe on Aug. 3. The county also opened a service ticket for ditch cleaning on Aug. 6, but they have not yet fulfilled the request. “We’ve gotten hundreds and hundreds of tickets,” Rofhaven said. “We’re working as quickly as we can.” Although the county assures residents that they will assist with some tickets, they do not have a timeline of when these services will be completed. For now, the county is focused on inoperable roads and homes that have received damage from flooding, Rofhaven said. Contact Emily Topper at etopper@plantcityobserver. com.

FROM A BUD TO A ROSE

Construction began on the motel in the late 1960s and continued on through the 1970s, resulting in its current configuration. Batista and Evelyn Madonia, from Erie, Pennsylvania purchased the property in 2003 and immediately began a $4 million renovation to transform it into the opulent showpiece it was known for. It wasn’t long before Evelyn Madonia started appearing in her sequined ballgowns on TV commercials throughout the

Tampa Bay area. The Madonias, who had had made their fortune in the tomato business with East Coast Brokers & Packers, became Plant City royalty and gave generously to non profits and organizations in the Winter Strawberry Capital of the World. The Red Rose’s ballroom and restaurant were used for charity events, such as Dancing with the Locals and the Rainbow Ball. It was also the weekend hotspot for doo-wop music and socializing over cocktails.

But the Madonia’s ascension to the stars didn’t come without a fall. When the Madonias’ daughter, Laurie, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008, the family took a step back from the business to care for her. The Red Rose closed in May 2012, shortly after Laurie died. Her illness, coupled with bad harvest seasons from freezes, a hurricane and a battle with cheap Mexican-grown tomatoes, led to the family’s financial difficulties. They filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The Red Rose was the final

RED ROSE / PAGE 1 half of the property. The Red Rose’s wallpapered ballroom, complete with a chandelier, was once a thriving hot spot for dancing, charity balls and live music. Select rooms included luxurious upgrades, such a four poster beds and parlor rooms with specially upholstered loungers, that harkened back to Antebellum and Victorian fashions. But after Batista and Evelyn Madonia lost the motel several years ago because of financial difficulties, it has become a shuttered facility frequented only by security guards who patrol its expansive parking lot. “It is unlikely the property will ever again be used strictly as a motel and thus is ripe for an alternative use and/or redevelopment,” according to the submitted application summary. “(Without repurposing or redeveloping) the property, it will remain “dark” and possibly fall into disrepair, blighting the immediate area. Approval of this PD application would prevent that.” In the application summary, Florida Rehabilitation & Recovery has proposed that the eastern half of the Red Rose property be used as a drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility. The western half would be used as a motel or other use. Up to 150 clients could be served in a variety of treatment programs. Clients who have flown in would be picked up and dropped off at the airport by facility staff. All clients

PROCLAMATIONS Don Walden was honored for 12 years of service on the Citizen’s Advisory Committee of the Metropolitan Planning Organization of Hillsborough County, and was presented with a plaque by Mayor Rick Lott. “Our volunteer activities is what makes this such a strong community,” Lott said. “It’s our way of saying thank you for 12 years of wonderful service.” Plant City Masonic Lodge No. 206 was also awarded with a proclamation to celebrate its 95th anniversary. The lodge is currently located at the corner of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Maryland Avenue. The proclamation was accepted from Mayor Rick Lott by Robert J. Godfrey Sr., and Henry L. Wright.

CFO / PAGE 1 quaintances, including colleagues she worked with at the City of Temple Terrace, about her credentials. “Considering her degree, being a CPA … we’ve got a good person here with good references,” Herr said. “I didn’t see the purpose of an exhaustive search.” Originally from Missouri, Reichard has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from St. Leo College and a master’s degree in business administation from University of Florida. She is also a certified public accountant, certified government finance officer, certified public finance officer and a certified global management accountant. “It’s all about relationships when you get to this level,” Reichard said about first meeting Herr, Assistant City Manager of Public Safety Bill McDaniel and other city employees. “It was a fit.” Reichard is looking forward to working with all the in-

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A bar inside of the Red Rose Inn & Suites is one thing that wouldn’t be utilized for the drug and alcohol rehabilitation program. would be monitored 24 hours a day and would be prohibited from leaving the premise. There would also be gated access. “Clients have no interaction with the outside community,” according to the summary. The proposed facility is modeled after White Sands, a facility in Fort Myers owned by Florida Rehabilitation & Recovery Services. With 72-beds, White Sands is regulated by the Florida Department of Children and Families and is accredited by The Joint Commission, a non profit that accredits and certifies more than 20,500 health care organizations and programs in the United States. White Sands has been awarded The Joint Commission’s gold seal, the highest level of certification. The proposed Plant City facility will be similarly licensed and accredited. White Sands employs over

COMMISSION / PAGE 1 by former chairperson Nate Kilton, provided an update on the chamber’s activities, as well as its plans for the future. The letter expressed the chamber’s desire to support efforts to redevelop Midtown, discussed chamber-led community events and shared the chamber’s view on economic development. “Economic development is multifaceted, and requires equal focus on maintenance of existing businesses and attraction of new businesses,” the letter read. “Spending all of the resources of an organization to attract new business will only result in losing existing business.” Although the letter presented did not have a by-the-numbers breakdown of how the funds were being allocated, the chamber acknowledged that this information will be more available in the future, should the funding continue. “We fully understand the importance of accountability dustry and manufacturing in Plant City. “People are starting to rebound from the economy,” Reichard said. “Expansion is now bringing revenue. I’m excited to put a team together to support the plans the city manager has.” Although she has lived in Ocala for the past two years, Reichard is no stranger to the Winter Strawberry Capital of the World. She lived in Wesley Chapel for seven years and visited Parkesdale Farm Market and the Florida Strawberry Festival. While in Ocala she served as the chief financial officer and assistant city manager where she oversaw budget, finance, accounting, procurement, audit, treasury, debt, contract, customer service and utility billing, and financial policies and procedures. Before Ocala, Reichard was the finance director for seven years for the City of Temple Terrace, where she dealt with many of the same responsibilities. For 19 years she was with the

100 people. A similar staff size, which would include nurses, psychiatrists, psychologists, addiction counselors, and administrative and support personnel, would be used in the Plant City facility. Florida Rehabilitation & Recovery Services plans to use local businesses for food, cleaning and landscaping services, medical and pharmaceutical supplies, maintenance, and building contractors. Improvements would also be made to the existing grounds. Florida Rehabilitation & Recovery Services has budgeted $500,000 for landscaping, painting, updating security systems, upgrading the kitchen and modernizing all client rooms and common rooms. Florida Rehabilitation & Recovery Services has not purchased the Red Rose from current owner Louis Spiro, an auto wholesaler from Pinellas Park.

IN OTHER NEWS The commission approved a work order to HDR Engineering for construction engineering and inspection services for multiple projects in the utilities department. Soon, the utilities department will begin work on the Park Road reclaimed water extension, the south frontage road utility extensions and the county line road utility extensions, among other projects. For the County Line Road utility extensions, HDR is not to exceed $136,455. For the Park Road reclaimed

piece of property to be sold following a series of live and online auctions of the assets, real estate and equipment assets of East Coast Brokers & Packers. The Red Rose was finally purchased more than one year ago by current owner Louis Spiro, an auto wholesaler from Pinellas Park, for $1.5 million. Among the Red Rose’s features include an updated lobby with a full-service restaurant and bar that can seat up to 250 people and a free-standing ballroom that can seat up to 450 people. It plans to do so only if the rezoning goes through. “It’s been about three weeks since the initial conversation,” Kiran Patel, Florida Executive Commercial Brokers Inc. president, said. FECB is the broker listing the Red Rose Inn. “They are hoping it will go through. You never know how a committee will go or what they neighborhood will say.” Patel would not reveal the negotiated sale price for the Red Rose if the rezoning did go through, but the Red Rose is still listed at $3.95 million, the same amount it has been listed as since Spiro purchased the Red Rose for $1.5 million at the beginning of 2014. The application for rezoning was submitted about three weeks ago. Phillip Scearce, principal planner with Plant City’s planning and zoning division, said the application combined with the history of the Red Rose was a “unique circumstance,” in that the motel has not attracted any buyers who want to operate it strictly as a motel. Spiro bought it with the intention of ﬂipping it, and a 2013 Lakeland auction bid of $2.1 million didn’t pull in enough for bankruptcy court approval. Scearce has begun to look into the rezoning request this week. Planning staff recommendations are tentatively scheduled to be heard by the Planning Board at a Sept. 10 meeting. Contact Amber Jurgensen at ajurgensen@plantcityobserver. com.

water extension, HDR is not to exceed $34,155. In total, $267,630 is allotted for the department’s projects. In conjunction with the County Line Road utility extension project, the commission also approved the purchase of pipes and valves for construction. Fusible PVC Pipe was purchased from Underground Solutions Inc. for $88,425. Other PVC pipe, valves and fitting were purchased from Hayes Pipe Supply for $425,102.11. The city expects that the installation of utility lines on County Line Road will be in operation in January 2016.

and transparency,” the letter stated. A ﬁnal decision regarding the chamber’s funding allocation from next year’s city budget has not been made yet. Two public hearings will be held Monday, Sept. 14, and Monday, Sept. 28, regarding the city’s budget for the next ﬁscal year.

“All items are open for discussion until the budget is approved,” Mayor Rick Lott said. “We have a lot of this responsibility … to make sure every dollar is spent wisely. We do value the chamber of commerce. We do respect you and we do respect the job you are doing.”

City of Leesburg, moving up the ranks to budget manager in 1997, then to deputy ﬁnance director in 2002. “I’m a worker bee, but I have fun in life,” Reichard said. She enjoys walking, tennis and piano. Her husband, John, is a pastor. She has a son, Mark, who is also a pastor, and one granddaughter, Sarah, 3.

and growing.” Around 2000, his position was split into two separate functions: city clerk and finance director. He continued as finance director. “I’ve enjoyed the people I’ve worked with,” Wisgerhof said. “It seems like the city has always had a good governing board that worked together. … You could tell people really cared. It was not just a job. It’s special to them. Wisgerhof graduated from University of Iowa with a bachelor’s degree in business with an emphasis in accounting. He received his master’s degree in public administration from University of Florida. He moved to Florida when the company he worked for as a controller relocated to the Sunshine State. In the first year of retirement, Wisgerhof plans to finish all those projects around the house he’s been putting off. He likes to shoot pool and do puzzles. But he doesn’t have any big travel plans until his wife, Nancy, retires. Wisgerhof has a daughter, Maria.

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Martin Wisgerhof has been with the City of Plant City for 27 years. He first started as the assistant finance director in preparation to take over as finance director and city clerk when the then-finance director retired a year later. “I’ve seen (the city) grow and a lot of improvements made,” Wisgerhof said. He remembers doing the budget on green bar computer paper and having to punch his timecard in and send it to Lakeland to be recorded in a computer database. “We’ve come a long way since then,” Wisgerhof said. “The city keeps progressing

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A NIGHT OUT by Amber Jurgensen | Managing Editor

Patricia Rogers, owner of Par Interiors, invited friends and customers in for snacks and drinks.

Shop Til You Drop Downtown Merchants stayed open late Friday, July 31, for Girls’ Night Out. Stores held special sales and served refreshments. For every $10 a customer spent, they were entered for a rafﬂe to win one of many fabulous gift baskets.

Left: Terri Lewis and Gloria Kadyk own Cameo. The store moved downtown from its spot south of the Historic District.

Tammy Kip and Jaxon Diaz hung out at The Corner Store for an afternoon snack.

MY VIEW

Take a step back and ground yourself When what you feel seems your surroundings. Pat the overwhelming, a technique armrest of a chair or tap on called grounding may help a table to put you in touch you. Grounding involves with your present reality. Any recognizing details in your im- physical action like this helps mediate surroundings to alleviate anxiety. that distract you from Any reassuring stateheavy emotions. ment that you give Notice what pictures to yourself can aid in are on a wall or the grounding you in the kinds of trees growing present moment. Such in an area. Doing this sayings could range furthers your ability from “I am calm” to to put some distance “I am relaxed.” This between you and creates a less anxSCOTT bothersome thoughts ious frame of mind TOLER or feelings. It reminds which leads to a better you that your life is outcome in what you larger than the problems you attempt to do. have, and it allows you to view Whether you are about any pain you feel as part of the to give a speech or run a ongoing process of personal marathon, feeling more at growth. ease through the process of Another way to calm anxiety grounding will increase the or panic using grounding is enjoyment of your activity. to make physical contact with Picturing yourself sailing

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somewhere in a boat serves as another good example of grounding. It requires focusing on a destination, but only after gaining knowledge about the prevailing tides and currents. One reason people keep pictures of loved ones or hold on to valued objects is to remain connected to the kind of life they want to live. The ancient Greek hero Perseus kept his shield handy because of events in his life that taught him to prepare in the face of many possible eventualities. Grounding can help us cope with life as it happens. Observing the visual details in your environment at any

given time lends freshness to experiences that may have become mundane. Guessing the age of some of the beautiful oak trees our area offers can increase appreciation of a familiar drive. Games like these come from a grounded point of view. My hope is that you ﬁnd something helpful in this technique, whether you are in a negative mood, or you are undergoing something more serious. The ground of life is ﬁrm, especially if you decide to make it that way. Scott Toler is a licensed mental health counselor living in Plant City. He can be reached at etoler25@tampabay.rr.com.

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MEET THE INTERNS What is your favorite thing about reporting?

Jose Lozoya My favorite thing about reporting is being able to learn about people’s lives in the community and feeling like I could contribute in some way to the city I was born and raised in.

Arden White My favorite thing about reporting is being able to meet all the different people I get to interview.

Abby Baker I like to learn about all the people and things I’m reporting on.

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There’s something brewing at PCHS The room is packed. simple: connect students with Susan Sullivan flits from one Plant City leaders. end of the classroom to the “The main focus is to help other, greeting those who walk kids go on and be successful,” in. With a positive reputation Sullivan says. from Tomlin Middle School, From the Florida Strawberry she is taking what she has Festival to Wendy’s restaulearned as principal of rants, representatives TMS and amplifying around the table it in her new role as included professionals Plant City High School’s in the health, bankprincipal. ing, manufacturing, Then there’s PCHS media, government, PTSA President Yvonne education, accountFry. That woman has ing fields and beyond. the guts to dream big Members of the group and then carry out were asked to pitch AMBER those ideas in the their ideas of how to JURGENSEN become involved in thought bubbles that follow her around. I’ve supporting PCHS and lost track of how many projits students. ects and organizations she’s Their ideas were more than involved in. I’m convinced she enthusiastic. doesn’t sleep. They are joined by two MENTORSHIPS board room tables stacked “What do you want to be with community powerhouses, when you grow up?” No one such as Plant City Mayor Rick really knows the answer to that Lott, City Manager Mike Herr, question right away. Greater Plant City Chamber of Add figuring the answer out Commerce President Marion while balancing grades and Smith and School Board mem- required community service ber Melissa Snively. hours, writing college essays It is overwhelming — in a and resumes, playing sports, good way. No, in a great way. and for at risk-youth, a lack of The meeting is the kickparental support and financial off luncheon for the PCHS instability. Business Advisory Council Shoot, it’s hard enough at Wednesday, Aug. 5. Forget any that age to avoid tripping in fancy mission statements and hallways filled with several flowery jargon on what this hundred students at a time or council will do. The goal is trying not to get rejected by a

Principal Susan Sullivan led the first Business Advisory Council Meeting.

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potential prom date. Many business leaders are hungry to lend a helping hand. Confused on last night’s trigonometry homework? Need assistance navigating the confusing maze of college and scholarship applications? They’ve got you covered and hope to launch a mentorship program during the school year. The program won’t just be for students seeking to go to college. According to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, 68.4% of 2014 high school graduates were enrolled in colleges or universities. It’s still a majority, but a large percentage of students go straight into the military or immediately jump into a career or vocation. And so, another idea is born: internships.

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If you are interested in becoming involved with the Plant City High School Business Advisory Council email PTSA President Yvonne Fry at yfry@yvonnefry.com.

been trying to connect with area schools’ yearbook and journalism programs to teach students the ins and outs of reporting. We’ve only been around for three years, but we couldn’t wait to get further entrenched in the community we cover. We can’t even say the responses ﬁzzled because there were no responses — until this summer. Bam! We have three interns: Abby Baker, Jose Lozoya and Arden White. I am a sucker for volunteerism. If I was in a pageant, my platform would be all the platforms. From competing in Dancing with the Locals to helping create a dish for the United Food Bank’s Celebrity

Chef Dinner, I am there. So mentoring our interns is one of the best parts of going to work. Every Wednesday we critique their work, offer them tips, teach them AP style, and most importantly, give them bylines. They are published writers at 16, 17 and 18. Not a lot of people can say that. Now that PCHS is asking for our involvement, I am over the moon concocting ways to design a sister program we can implement to coincide with yearbook class. (I already have a journalism 101 packet ready to go.) On top of that, I want to take this beyond PCHS to other high schools, middle schools, tutoring facilities, after-school programs and daycares under one umbrella program managed by the Plant City Times & Observer. Our staff members have unique perspectives that can appeal to a wide variety of interests. Sports reporter Justin Kline knows graphic design and podcasts. News reporter Emily Topper worked at her college radio station. I have a background in broadcast with video editing software skills, and camera and script writing knowledge. To foster in our youth a love of reporting, ethics, technology and writing in a real world application would benefit all of Plant City by giving its students confidence and the ability to grow their talents and interests. And it would teach students the art of storytelling — something that has been around since cave paintings. Students would learn to look outside of the box, find the new angle, seek honesty and truth in everything they do, and dig deep inside of themselves.

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REAL ESTATE by Staff

Historic home tops home sales in July The home at 711 N. Collins St. sold July 27, 2015 for $480,150. Built in 1908, it has ďŹ ve bedrooms, three bathrooms and 3,851 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $124.68.

Avondale Groves

The home at 4308 Avondale Groves St. sold July 14, for $270,000. Built in 2006, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 3,271 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $82.54.

Baker

The home at 1356 Wilkinson Drive sold July 17, for $37,000 (REO/bank owned). Built in 1985, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,152 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $32.12.

Bracewell Heights

The home at 1903 N. Maryland Ave. sold July 14, for $129,879 (Auction/REO). Built in 1980, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,863 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $69.71.

Bowers

The home at 515 Schuette Road sold July 17 for $50,000 (REO/bank owned). Built in 2000, it has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and 1,775 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $28.17.

Burchwood

The home at 110 Burchwood Ave. sold July 16, for $50,500 (REO/bank owned). Built in 1953, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 876 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $57.65.

Carolyn Gardens

The home at 1901 N. Bargo St. sold July 14, for $120,000. Built in 1980, it has three bedrooms, one bathroom and 1,232 square feet of living area.

The price per square foot is $97.40.

Constellation Acres

The home at 2802 Aquarius Lane sold July 2, for $325,000. Built in 2005, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,632 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $123.48.

Country Hills

The home at 319 Abigail Road sold July 30, for $109,000 (REO/bank owned). Built in 2001, it has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and 1,112 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $98.02. The home at 4739 Bloom Drive sold July 31, for $139,739. Built in 1997, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 1,507 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $92.73. The home at 512 Lindsay Anne Court sold July 20, for $106,000 (short sale). Built in 2004, it has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and 1,285 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $82.49. The home at 4512 Tina Lane sold July 27, for $143,000 (REO/ bank owned). Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, two bathrooms and 1,544 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $92.62. The home at 4733 Westwind Drive sold July 16, for $91,375 (REO/bank owned). Built in 1988, it has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and 1,528 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $59.80.

Crumley

The home at 6704 W. Dormany Road sold July 21, for $58,500 (REO/bank owned). Built in 1987, it has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and 1,296 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $45.14.

Dell Oaks

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The historic home, which has five bedrooms, three bathrooms and 3,851 square feet of living area, sold for $480,150. sold July 29, for $53,866 (REO/ bank owned). Built in 1993, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,402 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $38.42.

Dormany Country Estates

The home at 5502 Pless Road sold July 9, for $54,000 (short sale). Built in 2001, it has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and 1,800 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $30.00.

Four Seasons

The home at 1007 Johnson Loop sold July 10, for $122,000. Built in 1986, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,126 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $108.35.

Gilchrist

The home at 701 N. Pennsylvania Ave. sold July 24, for $65,214 (REO/bank owned). Built in 1955, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 1,924 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $33.90.

Highland Creek

The home at 4526 Highland Creek Drive sold July 9, for $325,000. Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,956 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $109.95.

Hillsborough

The home at 4802 Horton Road sold July 15, for $124,900 (REO/bank owned). Built in 1972, it has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and 2,292

SNAPSHOT

Minimum: $16,500 Maximum: $480,150 Average: $153,798 Median: $140,000 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $53.01. The home at 3020 Leila Estelle Drive sold July 31, for $280,000. Built in 1996, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,656 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $105.42. The home at 5106 Mayo Lane sold July 24, for $70,000 (REO/ bank owned). Built in 1997, it has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and 1,773 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $39.48.

The home at 3602 Pierce Harwell Loop sold July 17, for $88,500 (REO/bank owned). Built in 1984, it has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and 1,624 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $54.50. The home at 1304 E. Spencer St. sold July 8, for $146,000. Built in 2000, it has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and 1,282 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $113.88.

Jimenez

The home at 4352 Lott Ave. sold July 10, for $225,000. Built in 1986, it has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and 1,852 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $121.49.

Kentwood Park

The home at 2302 Maki Road #1 sold July 9, for $37,000. Built in 1987, it has two bedrooms, one and one half baths and 920 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $40.22. The home at 2302 Maki Road sold July 17, for $44,000. Built in 1987, it has two bedrooms, one and one half bathrooms, and 920 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $47.83. The home at 2302 Maki Road #36 sold July 30, for $42,500 (REO/bank owned). Built in 1987, it has two bedrooms, one and one half baths, and 920 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $46.20.

Kings Village

The home at 1901 Charlow Court sold July 20, 2015 for $89,000. Built in 1976, it has four bedrooms, two bathrooms and 1,360 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $66.10.

Lincoln Park Heights

The home at 1406 Neil St. sold July 2, 2015 for $16,500 (auction/REO). Built in 1940, it has three bedrooms, one bathroom and 940 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $17.55.

Magnolia Green

The home at 3213 Azalea Blossom Drive sold July 22, for $140,000 (REO/bank owned). Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,790 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $78.21. The home at 3807 Crystal Dew St. sold July 16, for $180,990. Built in 2015, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,672 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $108.25. The home at 3114 Magnolia Meadows Drive sold July 1, for $195,000. Built in 2009, it has four bedrooms, two and one half bathrooms and 2,831 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $68.88.

Marshal Terrace

The home at 1812 E. Ohio St. sold July 25, 2015 for $69,000. Built in 1963, it has three bedrooms, one bathroom and 816 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $84.56.

McDonald Terrace

The home at 204 Maki Road sold July 24, for $54,940 (REO/

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bank owned). Built in 1994, it has two bedrooms, two bathrooms and 1,040 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $52.83.

Morrell Park

The home at 501 E. Morrell Drive sold July 22, for $135,000. Built in 1955, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 2,154 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $62.67.

Mulberry Acres

The home at 3409 Aul Country Place sold July 7, for $287,500. Built in 2001, it has four bedrooms, two bathrooms and 2,250 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $127.78.

Oakdale

The home at 1313 Oakdale St. sold July 21, for $65,000. Built in 1956, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 1,520 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $42.76.

Old Hickery

The home at 909 E. Hunter Road sold July 27, for $52,500. Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and 1,056 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $51.99.

Piergallini

The home at 5804 Miley Road sold July 17, for $145,900. Built in 1971, it has three bedrooms, one bath and 960 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $151.98.

Pinehurst North

The home at 1211 Alabama St. sold July 17, for $29,500 (REO/bank owned). Built in 1987, it has two bedrooms, one bathroom and 768 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $38.41.

Plant City Heights

The home at 408 W. Devane St. sold July 1, for $64,900 (REO/ bank owned). Built in 1927, it has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and 2,552 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $25.43.

Pless Road

The home at 7502 W. Short Road sold July 14, for $155,500 (short sale). Built in 1968, it has three bedrooms, three bathrooms and 1,887 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $82.14.

Robart Acres

The home at 3408 Cooper Road sold July 24, for $129,000 (REO/bank owned). Built in 1976, it has four bedrooms, two and one half baths, and 2,028 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $63.61.

Shackelford Estates

The home at 5306 Lender Court sold July 10, for $165,327 (REO/bank owned). Built in 2001, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,102 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $78.65.

Springﬁeld

The home at 3207 San Andreas Drive sold July 23, for $271,717. Built in 2015, it has ﬁve bedrooms, three baths and 2,827 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $96.11. The home at 3215 San Andreas Drive sold July 27, for

$274,762. Built in 2015, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,487 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $110.48. The home at 2607 Santa Barbara Court sold July 27, for $283,635. Built in 2015, it has ﬁve bedrooms, three baths and 2,827 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $100.33.

Strawberry Square

The home at 3310 Gloria Ave. sold July 29, for $30,000 (REO/ bank owned). Built in 1956, it has three bedrooms, one bath and 864 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $34.72.

Sugar Cane

The home at 4837 Goff Road sold July 21, for $175,000. Built in 1977, it has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and 1,729 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $89.65.

Sugar Creek

The home at 3917 Creek Woods Drive sold July 22, for $150,000. Built in 1994, it has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and 1,773 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $84.60.

Thomas Hills

The home at 3103 Thomas Hills Lane sold July 10, for $180,000 (REO/bank owned). Built in 2008, it has three bedrooms, two and one half bathrooms, and 2,061 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $87.38.

Tomlinson Acres

The home at 5106 Five Acre Road sold July 10, for $190,000. Built in 1977, it has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and 1,756 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $108.20.

Trapnell Ridge

The home at 3704 Trapnell Grove Loop sold July 14, for $101,000 (auction/REO). Built in 2007, it has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and 1,446 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $62.36.

Walden Lake

The home at 1724 Brookstone Way sold July 28, for $226,000. Built in 2000, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,055 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $109.98. The home at 1749 Brookstone Way sold July 24, for $207,000. Built in 2001, it has four bedrooms, two bathrooms and 1,829 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $113.18. The home at 1760 Brookstone Way sold July 15, for $210,000. Built in 2000, it has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and 1,850 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $113.51. The home at 2003 Country Club Court sold July 10, for $282,500. Built in 1982, it has ﬁve bedrooms, four and one half baths and 3,442 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $82.07. The home at 2813 Forest Club Drive sold July 2, for $238,500. Built in 1987, it has four bedrooms, two and one half baths, and 2,677 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $89.09.

CUTESTCRITTER

3ODQW&LW\2EVHUYHU FRP The home at 2306 Gatewood St. sold July 31, for $155,000. Built in 1984, it has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and 1,506 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $102.92. The home at 2811 Hammock Drive sold July 24, for $258,000. Built in 1986, it has four bedrooms, two and one half baths, and 2,605 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $99.04. The home at 2906 Hammock Vista Court sold July 17, for $195,000. Built in 2001, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 1,808 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $107.85. The home at 2917 Hampton Place Court sold July 24, for $305,000. Built in 2001, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,892 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $105.46. The home at 4303 Kipling Ave. sold July 31, for $190,000. Built in 1990, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,892 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $100.42. The home at 4111 Longfellow Drive sold July 1, for $161,500. Built in 1990, it has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and 1,655 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $99.64. The home at 3312 Nohlcrest Place sold July 24, for $300,000. Built in 1996, it has four bedrooms, three bathrooms and 2,676 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $112.11. The home at 3358 Silvermoon Drive sold July 21, for $140,000 (REO/bank owned). Built in 1994, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,231 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $62.75. The home at 2902 Spring Hammock Drive sold July 20, for $220,000. Built in 2000, it has four bedrooms, three bathrooms and 2,161 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $101.80. The home at 2109 E. Timberlane Drive sold July 15, for $149,900. Built in 1978, it has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and 1,666 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $87.03.

Walden Pointe

The home at 2209 Via Napoli St. sold July 15, for $219,000. Built in 2013, it has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and 2,044 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $107.14. The home at 1812 Via Palermo St. sold July 22, for $278,840. Built in 2014, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,952 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $94.46.

Walden Woods

The home at 732 Ashentree Drive sold July 21, for $153,000. Built in 2009, it has three bedrooms, two and one half baths, and 1,805 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $84.76. The home at 767 Ashentree Drive sold July 10, for $119,990. Built in 2014, it has two bedrooms, two bathrooms and 1,201 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $99.91. The home at 813 Ashentree Drive sold July 13, for $126,990.

natolian L.G.D. loves to dress up. Turkey Creek Animal Hospital and Animal Wellness Center have partnered to present a weekly Cutest Critter Contest. Entering is simple: Just submit a high-resolution photo (200 dpi or better) and a sentence or two about why your pet is the cutest. Include your name and contact information. Winners will be showcased in the Plant City Times & Observer and will receive a free bag of dental chews to be picked up at Turkey Creek Animal Hospital and Animal Wellness Center. Submit your entries to Managing Editor Amber Jurgensen at ajurgensen@ plantcityobserver.com; subject line: Cutest Critter.

Built in 2014, it has two bedrooms, two bathrooms and 1,201 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $105.74. The home at 1874 Greenwood Valley Drive sold July 9, for $124,990. Built in 2014, it has three bedrooms, two and one half baths and 1,581 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $79.06.

Reporters from the Plant City Times & Observer hit the streets of Plant City to ask residents a little about themselves. Will we spot you around town next?

Washington Park

What would you do with $1 million?

AroundTOWN

The home at 807 N. Johnson St. sold July 28, for $121,000. Built in 1938, it has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and 1,862 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $64.98.

Wiggins Meadows

The home at 3415 Wiggins Skyview Lane sold July 20, for $70,000 (REO/bank owned). Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and 2,280 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $30.70.

Meagan Green, 25 “Set up a trust fund for my son.”

Robbie Schaffner, 28 “Pay off all my debt and then invest the rest.”

Wilder Park

The home at 2916 Wilder Park Road sold July 23, for $88,079 (auction/REO). Built in 1993, it has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and 1,216 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $72.43.

William Doehring, 20 “Bet it all on Mayweather.”

Emily Anderson, 18 “Buy a bunch of puppies.”

Mike Langerin, 57 “Pray for guidance, then I would give $500,000 to a christian organization and look around for people to help with the rest.”

Nick Rozakis, 68 “Travel and hit up every casino. But really I would split it with my wife and grandkids.”

Windmill Pointe

The home at 3210 Wooden Shoe Way sold July 31, for $225,000. Built in 2006, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,467 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $91.20.

Woodﬁeld Village

The home at 1316 W. Rebud St. sold July 10, for $135,000. Built in 1981, it has two bedrooms, two bathrooms and 1,431 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $94.34.

Young & Douglas

The home at 901 W. Reynolds St. sold July 15, for $115,000. Built in 2002, it has two bedrooms, two bathrooms and 1,072 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $107.28.

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OBITUARIES Malcom Bass

Malcom “Russell” Bass, 72, of Dover, died Aug. 3, 2015. Mr. Bass is survived by his sons, Russell Vann Bass (Barbara) and Russell Shawn Bass (Kimberly); daughters, Sandra Smith (Ron) and Sheila Bass; and ﬁve grandchildren. A celebration gathering was held Sunday, Aug. 9, at Free Rider Fellowship in Plant City. In lieu of ﬂowers, donations may be made in his memory to the church. Online condolences may be made at WellsMemorial. com.

Evelyn Edwana Fried

Evelyn Edwana Fried, 81, died July 2, 2015. Mrs. Fried was the second daughter of Edward and Nina Snowden (Wade). She grew up in Plant City where she attended First Baptist Church and graduated from Plant City High School. In 1951, Mrs. Fried was selected as the Florida Strawberry Festival Queen. After high school, she attended x-ray technology school in Louisville, Kentucky where she met and married her husband, John Kenneth Fried (Jack) in 1953. The family moved to Hollywood, Florida in 1959. While her husband built his career with the phone company, Mrs. Fried raised three children. The home was ﬁlled with love, always clean and dinner brought the family together each evening. In Hollywood, the family was active in Taft Street Baptist Church and Sheridan Hills Baptist Church. When the children were older, Mrs.

Fried worked as an aide helping handicapped children in the local schools. The family enjoyed camping with friends, especially in the Florida Keys. When the children were grown, Mr. and Mrs. Fried purchased a motor home and traveled extensively throughout the United States. They also made trips to Europe. Mrs. Fried visited Alaska, Japan and the Panama Canal. After 36 years in Hollywood, Mr. and Mrs. Fried moved to Brooksville, Florida and built a new home. They were active in the Faith Evangelical Presbyterian Church. Later, Mrs. Fried moved to live with her son in Port St. Lucie, Florida and ﬁnally with her daughter in Bettendorf, Iowa. She is survived by her son, Louis Fried (Debbie); daughter, Cindy Huber (Steve); son, Kenneth Fried (Cheryl); grandchildren, Andrew Huber, Chris Huber, Ryan Rodriguez, Dalton Fried and Sarah Huber; and sisters, Catherine Head, Gail Wilder and Judy Ennis (Larry). Mrs. Fried was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Jack. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, Aug. 15 at Hopewell Funeral Home, 6005 County Road 39. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m., and the service will follow at 11 a.m. In lieu of ﬂowers, contributions may be made to the Sheridan House in Hollywood, Florida; Jerico Road Ministries in Brooksville, Florida; Alzheimer’s Associa-

tion; and Genesis Hospice in Bettendorf, Iowa. Online condolences may be made at HopewellFuneral.com.

Mike Hurst

Mike Hurst, 59, of Plant City, died Aug. 2, 2015. Mr. Hurst was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He was a member of the Elk’s Club and was an assistant Scout master. He loved his family, and enjoyed spending time at his home in Cosby, Tennessee. He was an avid fan of the Florida State Seminoles and Dallas Cowboys. He is survived by his wife of 31 years, Nancy Pistilli-Hurst; sons, Dale Shafer (Melisa), of Michigan, and Michol Spencer Hurst, of Plant City; sister, Dora Jeanette Armstrong (Tommy), of North Carolina; friends, Curtis and Sheila Hall, of North Carolina, and Daniel and Beth Smithee, of Oklahoma; and grandchildren, Seth, Paige, Skyler and Naomi. A celebration of life was held Saturday, Aug. 8, at Hopewell Funeral Home in Plant City. Online condolences may be made at HopewellFuneral.com.

Henry Kendrick

Henry Kendrick, 73, of Plant City, died Aug. 4, 2015. Mr. Kendrick was a deacon at Turkey Creek First Baptist Church. He was a retired conductor with CSX Railroad. He loved his family, and he enjoyed painting, gardening, ﬁshing, hunting and antiques. He is survived by his wife

of 54 years, Judy Kendrick; daughters, Jerriann Chapman (Eddie) and Sheila Lyn Polk, of Plant City; siblings, Faye Dixon (Gail), of Plant City, Carolyn Miller (Charles), of Plant City, Ronald Kendrick, of North Carolina, and Robert Kendrick (Wanda), of Lakeland; mother-in-law, Alma Richards, of Plant City; grandchildren, Brianna Polk, Jerry Chapman and Matt Chapman; and great-grandchildren, Ali Chapman and Cimi Chapman. The family received friends Monday, Aug. 10, at Hopewell Funeral Home. A celebration of life was held Tuesday, Aug. 11, at Turkey Creek First Baptist Church in Plant City. Online condolences may be made at HopewellFuneral.com.

William Boynton Magann Sr.

William Boynton Magann Sr., 80, of Plant City, died Aug. 6, 2015. Mr. Magann was a native of Plant City and the greatgrandson of pioneer settler Wilbur Fiske Burts, the grandson of Robert Lee Sr. and Sarah Burts Magann, and the son of Robert Lee Jr. and Ruth Boyton Magann. Mr. Magann was in banking and worked for Exchange National Bank of Tampa for 22 years, followed by 14 years at Suncoast Schools Federal Credit Union. He was a member and Elder at First Presbyterian Church of Plant City, a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, University Club of Tampa and a former member of the Optimist Club of Tampa. With a passion for antiques, he and his business partner, the late McIntyre Hooper, conducted estate sales in the area and thoroughly enjoyed the many friends they met in this endeavor. He is survived by his sons, Richard Collins Magann

(Gina) and William Boynton Magann Jr. (Jennifer); grandchildren, Hunter Magann, Hannah Magann, Carson Magann, Collin Magann, Joseph Settle and Michael Settle; and great-grandson, Blake. Mr. Magann was preceded in death by his parents; wife of 37 years, Carol Collins Magann; and brother, Robert Lee Magann III. The family received friends Sunday, Aug. 9, at Hopewell Funeral Home in Plant City. A funeral service was held Monday, Aug. 10, at the First Presbyterian Church in Plant City. A committal followed at the family plot in Oaklawn East Cemetery in Plant City. In lieu of ﬂowers, memorial contributions may be made to the First Presbyterian Church. Online condolences may be made at HopewellFuneral.com.

ing and crafts. She is survived by her husband of 57 years, James M. Wiggins; children, Debbie Karppe (Jerry), of Plant City, Cheryl Denney (Mike), of Kentucky, Charlotte Mathews (Clarence), of Plant City, James Wiggins (Lori), of Plant City, and Sheila Clark of Plant City; siblings, Joe Cook, James Cook, Sue Buttorff, Eddie Cook and Sandra Faye Pitts; eight grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. A celebration of life was held Friday, Aug. 7, at Hopewell Funeral Home in Plant City. A committal followed at Mt. Enon Cemetery in Plant City. In lieu of ﬂowers, memorial contributions may be made to LifePath Hospice, Development Dept., 12470 Telecom Drive, Suite 300, Temple Terrace, FL 33637. Online condolences may be made at HopewellFuneral.com.

Don John Walker

Ralph Williams

Don John Walker, 92, of Plant City, died July 29, 2015 at Good Shepherd Hospice in Lakeland. A native of Plant City, he was the son of the late Luke and Bertha Brown Walker. He was a United States Navy and WWII veteran, and was retired as head electrician at Coronet Mines after 40 years. Mr. Walker is survived by his son, Allen Walker (Linda); daughter, Diane Walker Truett (Ed); sisters, Doris Beasley and Norma Shirley; eight grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Mr. Walker will be interred with his fellow veterans at Florida National Cemetery. Online condolences may be made at HaughtFuneralHome.com.

Clara Mae Wiggins

Clara Mae Wiggins, 74, of Plant City, died Aug. 5, 2015. Mrs. Wiggins loved her family, and she enjoyed read-

Ralph Williams, 91, of Plant City, died Aug. 4, 2015. Mr. Williams was a veteran of the United States Navy, having served in WWII, and was a retired supervisor with Coronet Phosphate Company. He loved his family, and he enjoyed growing strawberries and sugar cane, making cane syrup and ﬁshing. He is survived by his wife of 68 years, Virgie Williams; children, Gary Williams (Marsha), of Plant City, and Laura Cowart (Harmon), of Arkansas; sister, Betty Jean Hazen, of Highlands City; ﬁve grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. A celebration of life was held Monday, Aug. 10, at First Assembly of God in Plant City. A committal with military honors followed at Hopewell Memorial Gardens in Plant City. Online condolences may be made at HopewellFuneral.com.

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SOFTBALL

+ Adult league registration open

Plant City residents looking to get their softball fix can now sign up for the Recreation & Parks Department’s fall league season. The season, slated to start as early as Friday, Sept. 14, will be divided into three divisions: Monday co-ed and Thursday men’s leagues, both 10-game seasons; and the 18-game Tuesday men’s doubleheader series. The Monday and Thursday registration cost is $310 per team. The Tuesday registration cost is $500 per team. Cash, checks and money orders are acceptable forms of mail-in payment, and those who wish to register at the Rec & Parks administrative office will be able to pay by credit card. Checks can be made payable to the City of Plant City Recreation & Parks Department. Prospective teams have until Aug. 31 to register and submit payment. The forms can be downloaded at the city’s official sports website, TeamSideline. com/PlantCity. No teams will be added after Tuesday, Sept. 4. For more information, contact Deborah Haldane at (813) 659-4200 ext. 4302, or by email at dhaldane@plantcitygov. com.

cheerleading by Justin Kline | Staff Writer

P.C. natives join University of South Florida cheer team Crystal Johnson, a graduate of PCHS, and Georgia Foster, a graduate of SCHS, have joined the USF cheerleading team to compete on a bigger stage. Crystal Johnson and Georgia Foster may not have known each other well throughout high school, but much has changed since their graduation several months ago. Now members of the University of South Florida’s cheerleading team, Johnson and Foster bonded through their Plant City roots and are ready for the next set of challenges that await them: namely, tougher classes and UCA College Nationals in January.

IN HIGH SCHOOL

Both Johnson and Foster enjoyed successful careers at

their respective high schools and look back on those days fondly. Johnson, who attended Plant City High, was a flyer in each of her four years with the team. She was named one of the team’s captains going into her senior season. The Lady Raiders saw greater success in Johnson’s final two years of high school than before, most notably making the second round of the Western Conference tournament in her junior season. Last year, the team made it to the first round. The team never went to states while she was there, but that didn’t stop Johnson from

enjoying herself and making the most out of every experience with her teammates. “Friday nights, whenever we had games, we would play leapfrog on the way back to the other side of the track or do other fun things,” Johnson says. “We were like a big family — we loved to joke around and have fun together.” The Sparkle Effect program was one of her favorite things about being part of the Plant City squad. The program brought some of the school’s special needs students into the cheerleading program, and had them on the sidelines with Johnson and her teammates. Foster, a Strawberry Crest graduate, was a four-year

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Georgia Foster and Crystal Johnson have become fast friends since making the team.

football by Justin Kline | Staff Writer

WHAT’S ON KLINE’S MIND?

Football’s great divide: old vs. new

FOOTBALL

+ Preseason games to start early

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Lawrence Keys, Carl Crowell and Hardie Sykes were members of the Marshall High football program. Keys and Sykes were players, and Crowell was an assistant coach.

DRAGON

DOMINANCE Many years have passed since the Marshall High School Dragons last took the football ﬁeld together and since Marshall was even a high school at all. But the 1965 graduates of what is now Marshall Middle School are still able to get together, as they did for last weekend’s 50-year reunion. It’s especially good for the members of that year’s football team, which posted one of the best seasons by any sports team in Hillsborough County history without making a playoff run. The 1964-65 Dragons were probably not the ﬁrst area football team to ever go undefeated, nor have they been the last, but the team did it by outscoring opponents 339-13 and recording seven shutouts,

which would have had scouts from the nation’s top colleges and universities ﬂooding Plant City like a summer rainstorm if it had happened in this decade.

PUSH IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION

For the previous season, in 1963, the Marshall roster didn’t look terribly different. But the on-ﬁeld product did, as the team posted a 4-6 overall record that year. There was clearly talent on both sides of the ball, so line coach Carl Crowell and the staff knew that wasn’t the issue. Instead, it was a matter of working hard to correct the mistakes of 1963 and improving the players’ work ethic in any way possible.

“Most of the years, we had good teams,” Crowell says. “We just really wanted to play football, and really wanted to turn it around.” Crowell also served as the team’s scout, getting information on the Dragons’ opponents and working it into head coach Kelley Williams’ strategies from week to week. The players, not wanting another losing record, were receptive throughout the offseason and showed up to the ﬁrst game of the 1964 season with the will to win. “They said they wanted the job done, so we got the job done,” defensive end Hardie Sykes says. And they did, by a score of 27 to 6. The Dragons beat Rochelle

At the Marshall High Class of ’65’s recent 50-year reunion, former football players recalled the Dragons’ undefeated 1964-65 season. High — now Rochelle School of the Arts — so handily that, in the players’ opinion, it was the turning point. That moment, looking at the scoreboard after the fourth quarter ended, was when everyone started to believe the 1964 season would be special. “That was the beginning of the season, but we knew we weren’t gonna lose,” Sykes says. “They got their six points, but they couldn’t get another point. They couldn’t even get an extra point.”

CLEAN SWEEP

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In a change of pace, Hillsborough County prep football teams will now play their preseason games before the start of the 2015-16 school year. That means that all three Plant City-area teams will see some action Friday, Aug. 21. Of the three matchups, Durant’s may be most intriguing: the Cougars will be the only one of the three schools to face a district opponent. They’ve got a home game scheduled with Brandon at 7:30 p.m. Cougar fans will recall Brandon beating Durant, 21-18, on the road last year before Plant City knocked the Eagles out of district contention in the final game — allowing Durant to win the title. The Raiders will travel to Riverview to take on the Sharks at 7 p.m. In 2014, Riverview posted a 2-8 overall record, but did pick up a 48-26 home win over Strawberry Crest. Plant City last faced Riverview in 2012, when the Raiders cruised to a 34-14 win at home. Strawberry Crest will face Jesuit on the road in a 7:30 p.m. game. The Tigers went 8-5 last season, advancing to the third round of the FHSAA playoffs and losing to Bishop Moore, 30-29, in overtime. It will be the first time the Chargers and Tigers have met since 2010, when Jesuit scored a 28-7 victory at Crest.

Everything just clicked for Marshall, on both sides of the ball. If the defense is a good start-

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They said they wanted the job done, so we got the job done. — Hardie Sykes

No matter where I go, I’m always happy to hear a good football story. It doesn’t matter if it’s a story from three or four decades ago, or three or four seasons ago — the football fan in me appreciates all generations of America’s biggest game. But, no matter who I talk to, I always notice the same thing: there’s no group of American sports fans as divided on history as football fans. Most recently, I went out to the Bealsville Community Center over the weekend JUSTIN to speak to KLINE a handful of people from the 1964-65 Marshall High School football team. We sat in the middle of the center’s main hall, packed with former Marshall students, and talked nothing but football for roughly 30 minutes. Hearing about the Dragons’ playing experiences, accomplishments — of which there were many — and star players was both captivating and enlightening. Learning about sports history has always been one of my favorite parts of the job. I asked the gentlemen if they still preferred the game they grew up with, or if they now prefer to watch today’s game. I can’t say I didn’t expect the answers: “That’s not even football anymore,” defensive end Hardie Sykes told me. “It’s a different game.” Indeed, it is a different game. Everything’s been streamlined, from the gameplay to the uniforms, and what you and I will see in any game played this season will be both faster and more complex than anything that was played back in Marshall’s time. “Blur” offenses, read-options, the pistol formation, you name it — it would have all been completely radical if introduced in that game. But I don’t hear anything get criticized more than football’s ever-changing rulebook, and I also can’t say I agree with all of the changes that are made on a regular basis. Today’s players are inﬁnitely more protected than yester-

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ROUND EM’ UP by Jose Lozoya | Staff Intern

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Plant City’s Tennis Center to host round robin The Plant City Tennis Center is hosting a junior round robin at 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 29. The Round Robin will consist of matches between young athletes who are participating in the junior league. One of the main goals of the event is for the boys and girls to become familiar with each others before the upcoming junior league season, which will start Saturday, Sept. 5, and end Saturday, Oct. 24. “It’s an amazing opportu-

nity and we’re looking forward to seeing the outcome of the round robin and, more importantly, the upcoming season,” Shane Johnson, director of the junior tennis league, says. The round robin is open to all beginners and intermediate junior league players between 8 and 14 years old who sign up for the upcoming junior league. The fee to participate is $5, which includes court time, pizza and drinks. “The round robin day is all

about the kids having fun out on the court and getting to know each other,” Johnson says. “The participants can also get information about the season that is to come.” This is a ﬁrst for an event and league like this. Johnson and the City of Plant City Recreation & Parks Department came up with the idea and thought it offered a perfect opportunity for tennis players who wanted to compete without having to travel. It’s also extra practice for those who already travel to compete. Players from surrounding areas are open to this opportunity also. The league matches would be local and the athletes would be able to compete every Sunday at the Plant City court. “Depending on the success of the league and the number of the participants this year, will determine if it will hap-

pen next year,” Johnson says. “We’re looking forward for it to become an annual thing, and then later expand the organization in hopes to get kids from other cities to participate.” The mission of the Plant City Tennis Center is to promote and develop the growth of tennis by focusing on the establishment of competitive and developmental programs for athletes of all ages and skill levels, according to the Plant City Tennis Center’s mission statement. The Plant City Tennis Center is located at 120 N.Wilder Road. Both the round robin and the season matches will be hosted at the Plant City Tennis Center. Those who would like to participate in the round robin and receive information about the junior season can call or email C. Shane Johnson at sjohnson@ plantcitygov.com.

member of the Lady Chargers squad and no stranger to postseason competition. The Crest team, regarded as one of the best in the Tampa Bay area, won regionals in 2012 and, after consecutive runner-up ﬁnishes, became the ﬁrst team in Hillsborough County history to sweep districts, regionals and states before competing at UCA Nationals. And Foster was there every step of the way, having made the varsity cheerleading team as a freshman. “I can honestly say those were the best years of my life so far,” Foster says. “I can’t wait to continue my cheerleading journey as I transition from a Charger to a Bull, although I’ll always be a Charger at heart.” The two got to know each other after graduation and quickly formed a friendship. “We talked with each other at tryouts and bonded because we were from Plant City,” Johnson says. “When we go to anything involved with cheer, it won’t be awkward. All the girls are super friendly.”

NEW PERSPECTIVE

Both girls are looking forward to the upcoming cheer season for many of the same reasons. The college atmosphere is a plus, as are the new friendships to be formed among teammates and the UCA College Nationals tournament in January. At the moment, they’re having no trouble ﬁtting in with the rest of the team.

“I instantly felt like I was part of a family,” Foster says. “I get along with the other rookies perfectly, and the veteran cheerleaders make us feel welcomed in any way possible.” The girls know that cheering at USF will be different from doing it in high school, and it’s a welcome change as far as they’re concerned. “We kind of had a routine to do (in high school), so we knew exactly what we were supposed to do and when to do it,” Johnson says. “It wasn’t as natural, so college will be

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We talked with each other at tryouts and bonded because we were from Plant City. — Crystal Johnson

different … It’s not so much about doing cheers and having to hit a certain motion; it’s more about getting the crowd involved and pumping up the players. It’s something new that I haven’t done before.” It’s cheerleading with a more organic approach, as Johnson would describe it, but the team will be all business at nationals. That’s when the routines will be tighter and more pronounced, and things will look a little more like they did in high school. But, for a pair of cheerleaders as accomplished as these two, that’s nothing to stress about too much. “I feel like it’s gonna be a really good year,” Johnson says. Contact Justin Kline at jkline@plantcityobserver.com.

WHAT’S YOUR MAJOR?

Crystal Johnson already knows that she wants to be a physical therapist when she graduates from college. So, beyond cheerleading, USF won her over with its abundance of resources. “They have a really great medical program, and I want to be a physical therapist,” Johnson says. “USF had the most opportunities for me and a really great research program.” Georgia Foster originally chose to major in business at USFSt. Petersburg, but recently had a change of heart. “As of right now, I am majoring in business, but after shadowing an anesthesiologist for the past week I have decided to change my major to nursing,” Foster says. “I hope to become an anesthesiologist nurse.”

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THE 1964-65 SEASON

ROSTER: Leroy Sykes, Bobby Holley, Joe Sherman, Harvey Carter, Charlie Washington, Abraham Williams, Lawrence Keys, James Sykes, Wesley Thomas, David McDonald, Tommie Williams, Henry Smith, Tellus Shaw, Lovett Burnett, Donald Bradshaw, James Light, Hampton George, Andrew Graham, Allen Fisher, Ben Forte, Charles Jenkins, Joe Burnett, William McDonald, Dother Sykes, Luther Gimbet, Robert Cooper, Freddie Sullivan, Cornell Holloman, Nelson Sales, Leroy Green, Cornelius Green, Richard Adams, Earl Cooper, Douglas Cooper, Hardie Sykes, Marion Hampton, Daniel Coney. COACHES: Kelley Williams (head coach), Robert Hall, Carl Crowell, Earl Sykes, Otis Williams. RECORD: 9-0 Week 1 - Marshall, Week 2 - Marshall, Week 3 - Marshall, Week 4 - Marshall,

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Rochelle, 6 Booker, 0 Winter Haven, 0 Clearwater, 0

MARSHALL / PAGE 11 ing point, then consider that the unit didn’t allow opponents to score any points for a month after beating Rochelle. It gave up a touchdown and an extra point to Lake Wales in Week six, but closed the season with three straight shutouts. Athleticism, football IQ and old-time football’s classic mean streaks combined within this defense to give it its edge over opponents. But the players say, at the end of the day, it all came down to one other thing: “Doing your job,” Sykes says. “Being what you’re supposed to be. That’s the best part about it. When Coach comes back with all of the plays, we always know what to do and when to do it. We know how to defend everything.” For those who prefer offense, Marshall made its mark in all of those areas. While the ground game was more widely used then than now, the Dragons could pass as well as they

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could run. Quarterback Bobby Holley led the passing game, throwing 33 touchdown passes, as did identical twins Earl and Douglas Cooper — wide receivers who each caught 11 touchdown passes that year. The Dragons probably could have done some good work in the playoffs, had they been allowed to compete. The team nearly got to face either Middleton or Blake High in a postseason game, but classiﬁcation issues — as well as everything that came with being an allblack high school during segregated times — kept Marshall out of the postseason. “They said we had too much to lose, and nothing to gain, back in that day,” Sykes says. Back then, because of segregation-based rules, Marshall could not play Plant City and other non-black high schools. Several years later, in 1968, integration made its way to Florida, and by 1970 Marshall High’s football players had transferred over to Plant City High.

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FLASH FORWARD

Fifty years after that perfect season, many members of the Class of 1965 got together for a reunion in the Plant City area. Not all of the team members were able to make it. Some are no longer alive, perhaps most notably the Cooper twins. Both had football scholarships at Bethune-Cookman University waiting for them. Just after graduating from Marshall, they drowned while trying to save a woman from suffering the same fate. But the football players and coaches who were able to make it to Bealsville had a great time reconnecting. Stories of the past were remembered, fallen friends were honored and friendships made on the ﬁeld were reinforced. “We were like brothers,” Sykes says. “It wasn’t best friends — it was like brothers.” Although the high school no longer exists, the Dragons’ 1964 accomplishments will live on.

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3ODQW&LW\2EVHUYHU FRP KLINE / PAGE 11 year’s, even though severe injuries can and do still happen, but the game is undeniably “softer” than it used to be. This is a point of contention for older fans and, though I don’t exactly agree with them, I understand where they’re coming from. That old George Carlin routine about baseball and football, in which the late comedian riffed on baseball’s lighthearted culture against football’s constant war references, still holds up to this day — even with football getting “soft.” A large part of football’s charm has always been its physicality, the promise that anyone who tunes into or attends a game would see rough men doing things most of us would never be capable of. If most of us could have stepped

onto a ﬁeld back then, we certainly wouldn’t have been another “Mean” Joe Greene or Jack Tatum. Those guys, with only a handful of exceptions, don’t exist anymore. The presentation and scale of the game has been larger than life, even compared to the attention old baseball players used to get. That’s probably the highest compliment I can pay to NFL Films, which has always known how to tell a story and set it to iconic, larger-than-life musical scores. I don’t know that anyone’s ever done better gladiator movies on a consistent basis. Today’s game, thanks in part to YouTube’s mixtape culture, plays out more like a highlight reel. The game may not be (physically) bigger, but it’s certainly faster, and many of the best plays that we now see on SportsCenter are just

as exciting as any of the best plays of yesteryear. There’s more polish, more finesse than there’s ever been, and that’s eye candy for younger viewers, the demographic that all leagues are trying desperately to latch on to with its changes of play and overload of bold, new uniforms. Since football, for all the bad press it’s gotten lately, is still far and away the most popular, profitable American sport, it’s safe to say that the game is more popular than ever. So, it’s not going back to the way it used to be anytime soon. For the older football fans out there, the good news is that there’s still a treasure trove of past game film available to you on the Internet. I’d also encourage younger fans to check it out, as there are plenty of past greats out there.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK SPONSORED BY COURTNEY PAAT | STATE FARM

BROCK SNYDER

As the Saturday, Aug. 21, Florida State Open draws nearer, the Senshi Do Kai MMA team is working as hard as ever to perfect its skills on the mat. One of the hardest-working members of the team, according to Shihan Q. Wiggins, has been beginner-level competitor Brock Snyder. Have you always trained at this school? I was somewhere else before this school. I heard about this and wanted to come here a long time, and then my dad wanted me to come. … We work really hard for the competition. This is my first competition. Are you nervous, or excited? How are you feeling about the competition? I’m feeling really good. Are you competing in gi, no gi or both? Both. What are you looking forward to? Winning all these medals, and getting first or second, or something. That gym is going to be packed. Are you going to be nervous in front of a big crowd? I’m going to forget all those people. I look back to the person I’m gonna fight, and I forget about the crowd. When I hear them, I just come in there and fight him. When it’s done, it’s done. What are your favorite things about training in MMA? My favorite things are working and leveling up to fight. You can pay attention to what you have to do, and do more stuff, then go to competition. How old are you? Seven years old. Where do you go to school? Lincoln Elementary. What’s your favorite subject? Math.

Do you play any other sports? I play for fun. I used to play baseball, then I quit. Then I went to soccer, and when the year ended I got a huge trophy. I play in Plant City, where the big strawberry is. When you’re not playing sports, what do you do for fun? Xbox. I like “Minecraft.”

What’s your favorite movie? “Yu-Gi-Oh.” What are your favorite sports teams? Probably the Rays. My favorite football team is the Oregon Ducks, because they got to the championship, and I saw them beat the Seminoles, the champions, so I thought I should go with them, because they’re the best. I used to like the Gators, but they didn’t pay attention. The quarterback stinks. I don’t know why. Who’s your favorite athlete? I like Chris Archer, from the Rays. If you could play any pro sport, what would it be? I would go for football. I’m gonna play flag football soon. I would want to play running back, but I’m getting really tall. My dad said, “You have to play quarterback because you’re getting really tall.” Let’s say that a kid came to the school to learn MMA for the first time and asked you for advice.What would you tell him about being a good fighter? You have to train really good. We all fight each other for practice, so if you want to win, you’ve got to train really hard to win all of the fighting. If you could meet anyone famous, who would it be? A YouTuber: DanTDM. He makes videos about games like “Five Nights at Freddy’s” and “Minecraft.” If you could have any superpowers, what would they be? Super speed and flying.

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PLANT CITY

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0.12

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0.08

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Aug. 10

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SUNRISE Friday, Aug. 14 6:58 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 15 6:58 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 16 6:59 a.m. Monday, Aug. 17 6:59 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18 7:00 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19 7:00 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 20 7:00 a.m.

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Aug. 11

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SUNSET 8:09 p.m. 8:08 p.m. 8:07 p.m. 8:06 p.m. 8:05 p.m. 8:04 p.m. 8:03 p.m.

TO DATE 30.26 (2014: 28.84)

Courtesy of the United States Department of Agriculture

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MOON PHASES

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Aug. 14

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This athlete was known as “America’s Sweetheart”:

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CROSSWORD VAMPIRE CHRONICLES by Jill Pepper

Each of the following cryptograms is a clue to the identity of a sports legend. Using the hints U=I and W=S, decipher the clues to name the athlete.

During Chris Chapline’s walk around Walden Lake he spotted a roseate spoonbill.

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ACROSS 1 “Oompah” instrument 5 ‘84 Olympics no-show 9 Office manager 13 Ran in the laundry 17 Started 18 Expo ‘70 site 19 Cream-filled cookie 20 First name in jeans 21 Related on the mother’s side 22 Massachusetts inlet 24 Name on elevators 25 Synthetic 27 McQueen or Martin 28 Bars of the Old West 30 Pyrenees resident 32 Mountain goats’ perches 34 Draw forth 35 Piercing wound 36 Methuselah’s father 38 Concerning the congregation 40 Was in the movies 41 Like some winter roads 43 “2001” characters 45 Heavenly body shape 47 Small stream 49 Musical pitch raisers 51 British title 52 Certain surgery, for short 56 Directly under 58 Flue residue 60 First four-time Cy Young winner 62 “This ___ test” 63 Pouts 66 “Saving Private ___” 68 Easier version, in music 69 Like Tylenol, et al. 70 Part of the Triple Crown 74 Handy talk? (Abbr.) 75 Type of cannon 77 Alien vehicles 78 Absinthe flavor 79 ___ many irons in the fire 80 Like a Brink’s truck 83 “___ for the poor!” 85 Mounting, as a play 87 Potential Mr. Right 88 “Yes” gesture 90 Spaghetti Westerns 93 “___ bien!” 94 Chicken morsel 97 Hawaiian goose 98 “Aw” follower 99 Hydrochloric and boric 102 Three-foot unit 104 Early video-game name 106 Baseball postseason letters 110 Cold, molded dessert 111 Belief in God 113 Spacious and grand, as an estate 115 Called balls and strikes 118 One more time 120 Leather factory 121 Dick and Jane’s pooch 122 Shoelaces do this 125 Cheese chunk 126 “... or ___!”

127 Deli sandwich 128 Cowboys’ exhibition 129 One who treads the boards 130 Changes color, in a way 131 “A Prayer for ___ Meany” 132 One more time 133 Theaters of old DOWN 1 High-rise occupant 2 Land on Lake Victoria 3 Transportation for the Dynamic Duo 4 Lend ___ (listen) 5 “Anytown, ___” 6 Maple ﬂuids 7 Precinct artists 8 NASCAR driver, e.g. 9 Spanish grocery stores 10 Symbol of sovereignty 11 Large bodies of water 12 ___ bean (leguminous seed) 13 They can be red or white 14 Enlarge, as a garment 15 Show plainly 16 Put down, slangily 17 Church altar platforms

18 Atlantic or Indian 23 Shaped like an egg 26 Squirrel’s nest 29 Kind of jet 31 Biblical sailor 33 Has a taste of, as wine 37 Numbers cruncher 39 Elegantly stylish 42 Scramble on all fours 44 Not a sore loser 46 Big Band or Elizabethan 47 Refurbish 48 Deeply unconscious 49 Sabbath service site 50 Sauces from 12-Down 53 “We’re going to overtime” 54 Cyanide and hemlock 55 “Like a bump ___” 56 Dissection rm., perhaps 57 Foot digit 59 Brit’s “Bye-bye!” 61 Pinkish 64 Flightless Aussie bird 65 Furniture piece 67 One of the Bobbsey twins 71 ___ contendere (court plea) 72 “You may ___ the bride”

73 “To the max” sufﬁx 76 Terse TV takes 81 Chang’s twin 82 Item in a roundup (var.) 84 Audible small appliance 86 Region of Long Island 89 “___ Poets Society” 91 “Lord of the Rings” creature 92 Opposite of sow 95 ___-friendly (easy to set up) 96 Crime against one’s country 98 “Monster” lizard 99 Badly treated 100 Be submissive 101 Establish, as a tax 103 Archaeologist’s workplaces 105 “Midnight Cowboy” character 107 Was dishonest with 108 Ships’ contents 109 More cunning 112 Pelvic bones 114 Sadat of Egypt 116 Cavern comeback 117 Detective Nancy 119 Where a leaf joins a stem 123 Anger 124 Do some tailoring

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