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City manager search underway Efforts are being made to have final candidates interviewed as early as December. SEE PAGE 3 YOUR TOWN

Raiders rising to the challenge

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An evening to die for The Friends of the Bruton Memorial Library’s Mystery Dinner Theater received a packed house Aug. 25 at the Trinkle Center. The annual show featured prominent citizens in Plant City and raised money for the Bruton Memorial Library. Attendees were provided a catered dinner and an open bar during the show. Toward the end of the play the cast sold clues on the murder mystery and audience members guessed the culprit, method and motive behind the crime. The final act revealed which table guessed correctly and the winner received a prize at the end of the show.

Plant City hosts Hillsborough tonight. SEE PAGE 12

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The Raiders are looking to get the on the right track against the Hillsborough Terriers.

City pays U.S. EPA more than $50,000 in settlement The settlement payment stems from an alleged April 2015 violation of notification guidelines

Miles for Smiles reaches goal Margie Gonzalez walked 87 miles for her 87th birthday. A member of Plant City’s General Federation of Women’s Clubs, Gonzalez raised money for Operation Smiles. She walked the final mile on Aug. 25 while joined by club members, friends and family. Gonzalez was able to successfully raise $5,300, which will provide 21 surgeries for those in need. She is still taking donations for the cause and anyone interested can contact her at 813-754-4656.

DANIEL FIGUEROA IV STAFF WRITER

The City Commission Aug. 14 approved a settlement agreement of almost $52,000 with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency stemming from an April 2015 incident at a Plant City water facility. According to documents provided by the city, between the evening of April 20 and the morning of April 21, 2015, 4,000 gallons of sodium hypochlorite, also known as bleach, was leaked and pumped into a “small closed basin swale for rainwater onsite” and “percolated into the ground and did not leave the site” at the Airport Road facility. The plant’s chief operator, Patrick Murphy, was called to the site around 5:15 a.m. Cleanup and repairs began immediately. Sodium hypochlorite is commonly used in water treatment. According to

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the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “sodium hypochlorite appears to offer the best mix of low cost, ease of use, safety, and effectiveness in areas where there is enough water to drink and water is not exces-

sively turbid. These characteristics are the reasons most water treatment systems in the US and Europe have been using chlorine for disinfecting SEE EPA PAGE 3

The Plant City water treatment facility 2905 Airport Road where the Sodium Hypochlorite leaf occurred.

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Durant graduate receives $60,000 scholarship

“It’s just good to be a guest at a festival instead of a host.” — Sandee Sytsma, the chair of the Florida Strawberry Festival Board. SEE PAGE 9

Charity receives $1,500

A graduate of Durant Senior High School recently received a $60,000 Foundation Scholarship for Western Michigan University. Virginia Ramos, from Oaxaca, Mexico, plans to study psychology at WMU. She was chosen, along with eight other winners, from a pool of 50 applicants. To be eligible she had to have a GPA of 3.7 or higher at the end of her junior year. The winners had an average of 4.23 GPA and should graduate during the 2020-21 academic year. Ramos and the other winners will be awarded $15,000 annually over four years based on academic performance and demonstrated financial need. The recipients of the scholarship also become members of WMU’s Lee Honors College, which is one of the oldest in the nation.

Plant City Chamber hires new community relations manager

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George Newman, president of Meals on Wheels of Plant City, receives a $1,500 check from the Ladies of the Elks.

he Ladies of the Elks presented a $1,500

to pay $4.50, if possible, for each meal. Less than

check to George and Karen Newman,

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of if they can afford it or not.

City on Aug 23. The money was raised through a

Newman said Meals on Wheels is completely

fundraiser that sold chances to win $600 worth of

volunteer run and relies on donations from civic

gift cards to restaurants.

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Meals on Wheels of Plant City was founded in

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Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce president Christine Miller created the community relations manager to replace the former event coordinator role, a decision, she said in a news release, that was a better fit for the chamber and the city. Sophia Hyde took over the new role in August and is in charge of overseeing the events and programs the chamber offers for the community. Hyde has lived in Plant City since 1997. She worked at Focus Magazine for seven years and served for four years as a Chamber Ambassador.

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A Lott to look forward to

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Mayor Rick Lott met with members of Rise Plant City during the Aug. 23 Lunch with the Mayor event. DANIEL FIGUEROA IV STAFF WRITER

What kind of bird are you? It’s a question Mayor Rick Lott had for the members of Rise Plant City, the city’s group of civic-minded young professionals, during its Aug. 23 Lunch With the Mayor event. Lott analogized the virtues of civic and business leadership using the attributes of chickens, crows and eagles in a packed and intimate discussion about the future of Plant City. Lott extolled the virtues of each avian, but encouraged the group to be most like eagles. “Be a room full of eagles,” he told the crowd. “Build each other up, punch each other up, support one another and try to help all of you rise your business yourself personally and soar above the people that say we can’t accomplish our goals in Plant City.” The event functioned as an interactive state-of-the-city address, with Lott updating the group on many of the city’s upcoming ambitious projects including the developments of midtown and downtown, new residential and business development, plans to bring a more than $100 million baseball university to Park Road and the proposed property tax increase to support road resurfacing and infrastructure. The condition of Plant City’s roads, Lott said, is the number one com-

plaint commissioners get from citizens and incoming businesses. Lott explained the city’s current proposal to raise the property tax rate by one mill to generate an additional $1.9 million in revenue, which, with the hopeful continuance of matching funds from Hillsborough County, could potentially support a 15-to-20 year resurfacing plan for the city’s 160 miles of roads. He also spoke about coming improvements to state roads, like the Alexander Street resurfacing set to begin in 2018. “He recognizes the values of the future industry leaders of Plant City,” Erin Parke said. “So he addressed whats happening within Plant City. It’s going to be our generation that is the driving force. Not only among Plant City’s commerce, but its political force.” Parke, 39, is the director of food safety for Parkesdale Farms and a Rise Plant City member. She said the mayor’s candid demeanor and willingness to answer questions is helpful to understanding decisions made in City Hall. “Talking groups like that where you have one-on-ones with the mayor are very helpful,” she said. “Especially when you’re talking about the major changes and what Plant City is going to become.” With a recently reported population of more than 40,000 people, according to the Hillsborough County Metropolitan Planning Organization,

Lott said people coming into the city are getting younger. “This is the place where people want to raise a family,” he said. “And it’s because of what’s in this room here.” Looking to that growth, he said, is why bringing new housing developments to Plant City remains a priority. All of the proposals and plans poising Plant City for growth have been in the works for more than a decade, Lott said. The idea to redevelop midtown, which could be well underway within the next five years, began in 2007. Commissioner Nate Kilton spoke briefly after Lott, reinforcing the idea that those in the room represented the future of Plant City and the need to see current projects through. “You have to have a mayor and a commission and other civic leaders have a vision for what it could be and have the wherewithal to stick with it,” Kilton said. “What we’re talking about with that analogy is that a chicken on the ground doesn’t have the same perspective as an eagle that’s soaring. You’ve got to have that vision, you’ve got to have that ability to be able to think 10, 15, 20 years down the road and start taking those small steps one at a time, that accumulate over time to start building that framework to allow you to capitalize on those opportunities.”

Consulting firm outlines plan to recruit City Manager Strategic Government Resources presented its plan to find a permanent city manager during Monday’s city commission meeting. DANIEL FIGUEROA IV STAFF WRITER

The start of the new year could also signal the start of a new era in Plant City. Strategic Government Resources (SGR), the consulting firm hired to recruit the a new city manager, projects the search could be over by midDecember. Doug Thomas, a senior vice president with the company who focuses on executive recruitment, leadership development and training for local governments, presented his plan to find and vet candidates during Monday’s commission meeting. SGR was selected to lead the search during a July commission meeting, beating out Slavin and Associates and Colin Baenziger and Associates for the job. Baenzinger and Associates is also the firm that recruited former City Manager Mike Herr to his current position as Winter Haven’s city manager. Thomas works out of SGR’s Lakeland office. Prior to joining the company he served as Lakeland’s city manager for more than a decade. Thomas said being able to visit Plant City often will be essential in creating a candidate profile to make sure SGR

recruits the right person. “If we don’t understand what’s happening and your dynamics, your culture, I can’t do my job well,” Thomas said. “It’s a critical step for me to spend as much time as I can to get as much exposure as I can with not only yourselves, but all your community stakeholders and community organizations.” The search will be divided into eight sections: organizational inquiry and analysis, including the project outline and development of the candidate brochure; advertising and recruitment, including marketing and recruitment; initial screening and review process where semifinalists will be selected; evaluation of semifinalist candidates; evaluation of finalists; the interview process for final applicants; negotiations and hiring; and an optional post-hire team building workshop. Once the candidate brochure is completed, the search should take about 12 weeks, Thomas said. His recommended timeline estimates final interviews occurring by Dec. 19. While Thomas said SGR offers the second-largest local government job board in the country, he plans on actively searching and recruiting the

right candidate, something the city said is needed. “We have a good handle on what we’re doing here and what we’re looking for,” Mayor Rick Lott said. “What we’re really looking for is an aggressive recruiter, not just a process.” Plant City has struggled retaining city managers in recent years, ViceMayor Bill Dodson noted that this will be the fourth time the city has looked for a new manager since he joined the commission in 2002. “We’ll see if we can get you one that’ll stay for a while,” Thomas said. SGR’s city manager search isn’t the first time the firm has worked with Plant City. It previously helped with the hiring of Utilities Director Lynn Spivey in 2016. Spivey said working with SGR was the most thorough application process she’s experienced. Thomas said the hiring process often includes a number of intense interviews, questionnaires and even psychometric evaluations. “(It was) absolutely the most thorough interview process,” Spivey said. “I thought they were clearly trying to get the right person. The questions were geared to vetting exactly how that person thought. It definitely seemed like a good way to vet candidates.” SGR estimated the process to cost no more than $23,000. If SGR’s chosen candidate stays with the city for less than 18 months, another would be recruited at no additional cost.

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drinking water for nearly 100 years.” According to ACT’s final cleanup report, the leak was caused when a ladder was left standing after level sensors were being installed on the sodium hypochlorite storage tanks. An evening storm blew the ladder over, damaging a fitting and valve assembly, creating the leak. The EPA penalty doesn’t stem from the leak itself, but from the timeline of reporting it. The EPA alleged Plant City violated the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), which state any release of hazardous chemicals or hazardous substances must “immediately” be reported to the U.S. Coast Guard’s National Response Center, which acts as a “911 dispatcher” of sorts in response to environmental concerns, Coast Guard Lt. Trevor Siperek said. Siperek said the NRC collects the report information, then sends it to a federal coordinator and, as a courtesy, to relevant public response agencies that request notification.

“I am so appalled with the fact that we are being fined that amount of money for such a minor situation. For the record, that’s ridiculous. This is not a perfect world. Our people are not perfect. But we do everything possible to make it perfect. Accidents happen. I’m just appalled.” — Mike Sparkman

According to the NRC incident report, Plant City notified the NRC at 4:14 p.m. on April, 21 2015 and the NRC notified other agencies at 4:22 p.m. While CERCLA and EPCRA require “immediate” notification, they do not define what an “immediate” response is in reporting guidelines. “They did an excellent job in taking care of the response,” City Attorney Ken Buchman said. “The only mistake was that they didn’t report until later in the afternoon.” Buchman said the crew’s priorities that day were containing and cleaning up the spill. At the time of the incident, American Compliance Technologies (ACT) of Bartow was brought on to assist with final cleanup. The cleanup involved excavating about 1,000 cubic feet of soil and installing wells to remove contaminated groundwater. In a letter to the city, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Office of Emergency Response said the cleanup was “handled satisfactorily and in accordance” with relevant Florida codes. According to Buchman, the EPA originally citied the city for three violations of CERCLA and EPCRA notification requirements and issued penalties for about $150,000. Tampa-based environmental lawyer Frank Hearne was brought on to help negotiate the settlement, Buchman said. He said the city originally asked for a lower settlement amount, later agreeing to pay $17,268 for a CERCLA violation and $34,537 for an EPCRA violation, totaling $51,805. City commissioners unanimously approved the settlement agreement, but commissioner Mike Sparkman was less than thrilled about having to pay the fines. “I am so appalled with the fact that we are being fined that amount of money for such a minor situation. For the record, that’s ridiculous. This is not a perfect world. Our people are not perfect. But we do everything possible to make it perfect. Accidents happen. I’m just appalled.” According to the city’s finance department, ACT was paid $5,500 for their role in the cleanup and Hearne was paid $27,077.50 for his services negotiating the settlement. According to the finance department, the U.S. EPA was paid for the settlement Aug. 18. The U.S. EPA declined a request for comment on the issue, stating it does not comment on ongoing enforcement matters.

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“Labor Day, I think, was created to recognize the hard work of the working class. I was supposed to attend a motorcycle conference but I have to attend a funeral instead.”

“Labor Day was started to honor those of us that work full time and to be able to give us a place to have a down day. I’m a homeschool mom so I am just enjoying not having to be anywhere.”

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“To give workers a break. I will most likely have a barbecue.” — Donna Dorough, 70

“It was made for a day of rest. You work all year and then you get a day to rest. I’ll probably go eat barbecue or go to my people’s house and have a barbecue.”

— Cindy Bentley-Roberts, 50

— Floyd Hughes, 69

“I believe Labor Day was created during the Rooseveltera to give everyone a day of rest. City Pointe Church has an event at Mike Sansone Park. There will be food and relay races and it’s from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.”

“I honestly have no idea. I figure it was probably a labor union related situation. I think they just probably created it to give people another day off. I will probably be working.” — Logan Mills, 23

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Dan Walden is the son of a strawberry farmer, citrus grower and cattle rancher. He and his wife Pam, along with their two children, run a small citrus grove left to Dan by his mother and raise cattle on the family farm. Walden worked with Farm Bureau Insurance in 1978 and then moved to Moody & Moody Insurance until it was sold to Poppell Insurance, where he has remained for the past 20 years as a commercial lines agent. Walden has been very active in the community and has been involved in multiple activities including past member and president of the Plant City High School FFA Alumni, past Florida FFA Alumni associate board member, a judge for the FFA Tractor Driving contest at the sub-district, district and state contest and is on the Board of Directors of the Florida Strawberry Festival. Walden chaired the Strawberry Festival Swine Committee, the Overall Livestock Committee, the Parking Committee, the Long-Range Planning Committee and served on the Grand Parade Committee and Steer Committee.

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The annual Turkey Creek High School reunion was held at the Expo Hall at the Strawberry Festival Grounds and over 300 alumni attended, mingling with former classmates and loved ones.

Gobblers reunite More than 300 people attended the sixth annual Turkey Creek High School reunion held Aug. 26. BREANNE WILLIAMS STAFF WRITER

Hundreds of people gathered Aug. 26 for the Turkey Creek High School alumni reunion. The annual event steps outside of basic class reunions and brings together anyone who ever attended the strawberry school. Pat Gibson Ballard, class of 1966, started gathering the classes in 2011 at a barn in Turkey Creek. Now more than 300 people attend regularly, with the number growing every year. “It was a wild idea that I had,” Ballard said. “It was an opportunity to get everyone together to see people we haven’t seen in forever. We have our individual class reunions but we had not had a big reunion.” Ballard, along with five other women, are part of a committee that works year round to bring the event together. This year’s festivities were held in the Expo Hall at the Florida Strawberry Festival grounds. Tables adorned in blue and yellow covered the hall for attendees to enjoy catered meals from Johnson’s BBQ. By the entrance were displayed letterman and FFA jackets that had been donated to the Turkey Creek High School archives. Old yearbooks, photo albums and more were available for alumni to peruse throughout the day. The reunion also featured a display honoring veterans of the school. Pictures of those who have served along with honors they received, including two purple hearts, were presented on poster boards, mimicking a feature done in a Turkey Creek yearbook from 1945. Durant High School’s ROTC did a presentation of the flag and FFA students helped with the registration on the day of the event. Ginger Hall Houck, class of 1958 and a member of the committee, said while putting on the event is a lot of hard work, watching friends who haven’t seen each other in decades reconnect makes it all worth it. “It’s a lot nicer to come here and visit than waiting until someone passes away and going to a funeral,” Houck, said. “You can just look at all the good times you had and have fun remembering.” Houck said every year they have people showing up early and staying late. They often have attendees tell them the reunion is the highlight of their year. “One of the lyrics of our alma mater says ‘memories of bygone days’ and that’s what this is,” Robert Dale Dixon, class of 1969, said. “We sing that Saturday.” Ballard has already selected a date for next year, Sept. 22 at the expo hall, and said she hopes to see the event continue to grow.

Kathy Driggers, Joyce Crosby Ates, Ginger Hall Houck, Pat Gibson Ballard, Willeva Van Den Bogaert and Sharon Driggers managed the event.

“I think this event is important because it brings everybody together,” Ballard said. “Turkey Creek was a small school. Everyone was either related or knew each other. We associated with people that were not just in our graduating class because our classes were so small. We had our individual reunions but I thought it was important to combine them. For some people this is the only reunion they have now.” Ballard said one of her favorite parts of the job is being in charge of registration. She said when people call to RSVP for the event she often will be on the phone for hours reminiscing before she hangs up. Echoing the sentiments of her committee members, she said seeing people reconnect every year is what keeps her passionate about making the event continue to happen. Ballard said there have been multiple times where she has seen attendees casually chatting to someone and then they spot their name tag and let out a shriek having not recognized their childhood friend. This year, the committee hired Pam Porter to come take photos of individuals and classes along with candid shots of the event. She will then put them all together in a “year book” that anyone in attendance will be able to purchase. Ballard said Turkey Creek was a tight-knit community and, unlike larger schools, places a lot of worth on these type of events. While some classmates remained lifelong friends, others drifted apart and the reunion is a perfect catalyst for rekindling those relationships. “Once a Gobbler, always a Gobbler,” Ballard said. “That’s our motto.”

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Turkey Creek themed decor filled the Expo Hall. Old photos were available for alumni to parooze through.

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ill and Silvia Dodson have been shaping history in Plant City for more than five decades. Tuesday night, they continued to make history when they were jointly awarded the Plant City Family YMCA’s 2017 Strong Leader Award, an honor usually given to individuals. The Dodsons, however, are known throughout the city and the YMCA for their unceasing teamwork and devotion to both each other and the YMCA. Silvia Azorin Dodson has been in Plant City since the early ‘60s when her family fled Fidel Castro’s communist regime in Cuba. In 1968, she became the Florida Strawberry Festival Queen and has since been a member of the Plant City YMCA, Plant City Lions Auxiliary and United Food Bank of Plant City Board, among other civic engagements. She is also the customer service manager for Florida Brick & Clay Company, Inc, a company her family built and has maintained in Plant City since 1963. Bill Dodson serves as Florida Brick and Clay’s senior vice president and is currently in his fourth term as vice-mayor of Plant City. Bill Dodson came to Plant City as the assistant city manager in the early ‘70s. He and Silvia were married in 1976. After leaving the public sector for work in the private field with Florida Brick and Clay, Bill Dodson remained committed to Plant City. He has served on the city’s planning board for more than 20 years and city commissioner for the last 15 years, including one as mayor. He has also been active in the Lions Club, YMCA, Chamber of Commerce, St. Clement Catholic Church, Diocese of St. Petersburg Shelter Ministry, Main Street Plant City and the Plant City Photo Archives and History Center. He has also received numerous awards for his service. — DANIEL FIGUEROA IV

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The Florida Strawberry Festival may only last eleven days but, for its board, planning the show-stopping event is a year-long process. While families were corralling children back to school, eight Plant City residents headed to Hamburg, N.Y., to attend the Erie County Fair to take notes on things that might improve the Strawberry Festival. Sandee Sytsma, the chair of the Florida Strawberry Festival Board, said the trip was very productive and the team was able to observe things that could help improve Plant City’s festival, as well as recognize some of the things it was doing very well. Two of the things Sytsma said she hopes to bring back from the trip are the abundance of shady eating spots, in the form of umbrella-covered tables and benches, and improved landscaping. “It’s just good to be a guest at a festival instead of a host,” Sytsma said. “Signage is important and maps are important if you don’t know where you are. It really made us stop and go ‘Oh.’ We had never been there, we had no idea where livestock was, no idea where their crafts were and that’s where maps and signage come in.” Board members spent time examining different aspects of the fair. Doug Rivers spent time with those in charge of parking. Pam Warnock, head of guest services, spent time with those in charge of that department at the Erie County Fair. As each member split up to mingle with their peers, they took note of what, if any, ideas they could bring back to Plant City. Warnock said this was the first year she had been able to attend the event but overall considered it to be a success. While aspects like volunteer management were not applicable due to the vast size differences — The Erie County Fair handles approximately

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220 volunteers while the Strawberry Festival uses around 2,000, according to Warnock— there were interesting things she hopes to see implemented here in Plant City. One of the differences she observed was the unique signage posted at each gate to the fair. The large sign has the number of the gate attendees are entering and has “Parents Stop” written in bold letters across its face. Parents are advised to take pictures of their children standing next to the sign, which has a height marker on it, so if the child were to go missing the parent would be able to show security what the child was wearing, its height and where the family entered the fair. Warnock said she hasn’t discussed the signage yet with the board but hopes a similar tactic can be implemented for the local fair. Sytsma said the board loves to keep the community up to date and encouraged people to follow the festival on Facebook and to sign up for a mass email with updates for the event.

he 2018 season for Relay for Life for Plant City kicked off Monday night with the group becoming the first in the nation to become a national club event. If a relay gets 40 participants to sign up for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, it will officially become a national club event with a large banner for the relay. Because the season just began, no clubs in the nation had successfully signed up 40 members. Plant City relayers vowed to change that and, within a span of 10 minutes, 40 membership slips were filled out, paid for and turned in. ACS CAN, a non-profit, nonpartisan advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society, is the nation's leading cancer advocacy organization. It fights and lobbies for legislation that will fight to fund cancer research, provide access to healthcare for those in need and overall protect those diagnosed with cancer. The kick-off meeting at Turkey Creek First Baptist Church outlined the itinerary for the rest of the year for Plant City and had each team pick a game-show theme for the event, with some choosing shows such as “Jeopardy,” “Wheel of Fortune” and “The Price is Right” for their topic. Attendees enjoyed a dinner, played a Relay of Life themed round of Jeopardy and received prizes like themed blankets and mugs. The group plans to meet once a month and the next meeting will be Sept. 11 at Turkey Creek First Baptist Church in the Fellowship Hall. — BREANNE WILLIAMS

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Register for Optimist golf tourney The Plant City Optimist Club/Plant City Recreation and Parks Department Golf Classic is going on 23 years strong and will be back later in September. Registration for the Sept. 23 tournament, which will be held at Diamond Hill Golf Club, 13115 Sydney Dover Road, Dover, is underway. Golfers can sign up for the four-person scramble for $75 per player, and there will also be a putting contest, two long-drive holes, two closest-topin holes and a raffle with door prizes. Cash awards will be presented to the top three tournament finishers of the day. Registration will begin at 11 a.m. and the shotgun start is scheduled for 1 p.m. The $75 fee covers 18 holes, golf cart rental, range balls, food and more. The tournament hosts are also seeking business sponsorships, which are tiered and come with various perks depending on the level purchased. Funds raised from the tournament will benefit the Optimist Club’s activities in the Plant City community, including events such as the Respect for Law program, athletic competitions, scholarships, the Citizen of the Year program and more. Registration forms must be completed and submitted with payments by Sept. 18. They can be printed from ow.ly/1h3y30eLhow. For more information, call Walt Arnold at 813-7521602 or Jeb Hicks at 813-727-1204.

Tri-Star Punt, Pass, Kick Also coming soon to the Otis M. Andrews Sports Complex is the annual Optimist Football Tri-Star Punt, Pass and Kick Competition. The PPK event, to be held from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Sept. 30, is free and open to all children age 6 through 15 as of Sept. 30. Boys and girls compete separately and those in the flag football program may compete after their 8:30 a.m. game or before their 9:45/11 a.m. game. Registration may be done on site before the start of the competition. All participants must wear sneakers. Cleats, open-toed shoes, sandals and bare feet are not allowed. Competition winners will be announced at 11 a.m.

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Plant City is looking to make a statement with a win over Hillsborough.

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Hillsborough at Plant City The Raiders and Terriers are each looking to rebound from their Aug. 25 comefrom-behind losses. JUSTIN KLINE SPORTS/ASSOCIATE EDITOR

After last week, Plant City and Hillsborough know what it’s like to have victories snatched from behind. Both teams were beaten late by some of Hillsborough County’s stronger programs in their 2017 season openers, with the Raiders taking a 21-14 loss to Jefferson and the Terriers losing to Plant, 9-7, on a safety. These teams want that first win to show, at the very least, that last week was a fluke. It’s all about who’s hungriest for the “W.” Plant City’s offense came out strong on Aug. 25, keeping the Dragons at bay

for the first half of play and finishing the half with a 14-0 lead. Quarterback Braxton Plunk found De’Qwan Myers and Tyler Hood on long passes to put the Raiders ahead, and he finished the game with a healthy 234 passing yards. The Raiders relied far more on Plunk’s arm than its run game, which mostly saw Eric Wilson and Zamir’ Knighten combine for 68 yards on 18 carries. But the passing game wasn’t perfect. Plunk threw one of his two interceptions at the Jefferson goal line just before the end of the first half, erasing a chance to lead 21-0, and the other pick was taken 60 yards to the house by Jahaud Russ to tie the game at 14-14. Jefferson pulled ahead for good with about four minutes left in the game, with quarterback Matt Gaffney finishing a 63-yard drive with a oneyard run into the end zone. Hillsborough faced an even tough-

The Raiders have put a greater focus on the passing game so far in 2017.

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The Plant City Dolphins are raising money to send their varsity players to a Thanksgiving tournament.

ast Friday’s Game of the Week did not go the way I expected it to. I figured that, even if Strawberry Crest lost, it wouldn’t be by more than 10 points. But the Spoto Spartans had other ideas and ended with a 19-point lead, winning 32-13. They did it by carving up the Chargers’ run defense to the tune of 224 yards and four touchdowns on 36 carries. On the flip side, Spoto’s run defense had no problem stopping Crest’s three-back offense, allowing just 87 yards and no scores on 34 carries. SEE KLINE PAGE 13

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Plant City Dolphins players are doing everything they can to raise money for their trip.

Thanksgiving is two and a half months away, but the Plant City Dolphins are already talking turkey. The varsity team is hoping to spend its holiday in Gatlinburg, Tenn., doing what it does best — competing on the gridiron. Should the group raise enough money, it plans to play in the SEE DOLPHINS PAGE 13

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THE OTHER GUYS DURANT The Cougars will open at home against Sickles with a huge momentum advantage. Durant is coming off of a 14-10 win over Jesuit that iced the Tigers’ 21-game home win streak and likely put the team on everyone’s map. Carlton Potter and Cameron Myers each scored rushing touchdowns, with Myers providing the game-winner on a 75-yard run, and the Durant defense allowed just one rushing touchdown despite giving up 290 yards on 48 carries. Meanwhile, Sickles hosted Alonso in its Aug. 25 season opener and lost, 19-16. The Gryphons are coming off of a 1-8 (1-5 district) 2016 campaign that would have ended with five wins if the team hadn’t been penalized for using an ineligible player. STRAWBERRY CREST The Chargers will travel to King to face a Lions team that hasn’t won a game since 2015. Crest started strong in its season opener but eventually failed to stop Spoto in a 32-13 loss. The Spartans’ ground game carved the Chargers’ defense up to the tune of 224 yards and four touchdowns. Crest quarterbacks Jarrett Rappe and Caleb Goodson each threw a touchdown pass in the game, with Rappe scoring the first points of the game and Goodson scoring the last. King went to Middleton and took a 47-0 loss at the hands of the Tigers, extending the Lions’ losing streak to 21 games. The Chargers will have a legitimate opportunity to rebound from last week’s loss against a King team that hasn’t given up fewer than 39 points since Sept. 9, 2016.

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2017 Gatlinburg Thanksgiving Bowl at Rocky Top Sports World from Nov. 22 through 25. “We’re gonna take all of them up there and try to do the best we can … they deserve it,” equipment manager Buck Chapman said. “They work hard, play hard.” The tournament, which has been played annually since 1972, is expected to feature over 20 teams from around the United States in several age groups. The Dolphins are only bringing their varsity team because, due to the tournament’s weight regulations, it’s the only one that wouldn’t have to cut or add any players from its other divisions. The varsity Dolphins are the only team in the organization to play at unlimited weight. Currently sitting on a 2-0-0 record, the players hope they can say they played in the Thanksgiving Bowl shortly after winning the Tri-County Youth Football and Cheerleading Conference’s Superbowl championship game at the varsity level. “We’re just a good team,” center Colton Drawdy said. “We’ve got good coaching this year and we work pretty hard.” The team is also working hard to raise enough money for all 30 players to be able to go. Playing in the tournament would require the team to spend four nights and five days, Nov. 21 through 26, in Gatlinburg, and the adults don’t want them to focus on just football while they have the opportunity to visit another state. “We want to try to raise enough to

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PUBLIC AUCTION STORAGE SALE take them to, say, Dollywood one day, take them zip-lining, go-karts … we’re making it about them,” Chapman said. “A lot of the kids have never been out of the state of Florida.” Fullback Quentin Silas, who came over from the Antioch Redskins two seasons ago, says the change in pace will help bring him and the team closer together. “I’m wanting to build a better bond between my brothers of football because, here, we only get to play on Saturdays and we have practice throughout the week,” Silas said. “But when we go to Tennessee we’ll be doing tons of different activities and learn who we all are.” To cover such costs, the Dolphins are trying to come up with $25,000

by Nov. 17. The program is planning to host car washes, helmet drives, a raffle and anything else that comes to mind to raise the money. Fundraising events will be promoted on the team’s Facebook page, facebook. com/PCDolphins, as well as its main website, PlantCityDolphins.com. The team has been raising money for a month and, after collecting around $5,000, is ramping up its efforts. But even if the Dolphins don’t reach their five-figure goal, they’ll take what they can get. “We got a late start, but we’ll be good,” Chapman says. “We’ll get it. It’ll work out. We’ve got a lot of good people in town that would love to help.”

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er opponent in Plant and came out on the wrong end of that 9-7 score. The Terriers took an early lead with four minutes left in the first quarter, thanks to a 60-yard run by Dontae Hopkins, but the Panthers answered early in the second quarter with Alex Carvajal’s 10-yard rush. The game turned into a battle between two red-hot defenses but, in the fourth quarter, it was Plant’s that made the key play. After punter Evan Passath pinned the Terriers just shy of their own goal line, Panthers linebackers Micah McFadden and O.J. Augustin forced Hillsborough quarterback Tyler Thomas to make a quick decision — which ended up being a throw into the dirt that was flagged as intentional grounding. That gave Plant the two points it needed to claw its way to the top on the scoreboard and, after an offensive series ending in a successful fake punt, leave the stadium with the win. With the exception of Hopkins, who ran for 121 yards and the team’s only touchdown, Hillsborough’s offense did not have a good night. But because the unit had to face a top-tier opponent in Plant, it’s realistic to expect the team to perform better against Plant City. The Raiders will have to keep a watchful eye on Hopkins, especially after allowing Jefferson junior Niko Duffey to pick up 169 rushing yards and a touchdown last week. Plant City will also face pressure from a tenacious defense. Holding a team like Plant to just nine points is no easy task and, even though the Terriers lost, the unit has to feel good knowing how well it contained one of Hillsborough County’s elite programs.The Raiders’ o-line will have to bring its A-game to help the unit work around players like McFadden and Augustin. But it is a good sign for the Raiders that their passing game clicked. The team’s 262 total passing yards were its most since Nov. 6, 2015, when Corey King threw for 216 of the Raiders’ 219 total yards against Freedom in a 41-10 home win at the end of the regular

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season. A win over Hillsborough could set the tone for Plant City’s season to come. The burden of facing stout defenses in Armwood, Durant and Tampa Bay Tech becomes easier to bear when an offense knows it can overcome the Terriers’ stop unit, and if the Raiders can find a way to consistently stop the run it will serve them well in a district featuring Cameron Myers and Treshaun Ward. ©2017 NEA, Inc.

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Most of Spoto’s work came from junior Kobe Smith’s 144 rushing yards on 12 touches. We knew going into the game that Crest doesn’t have the fastest team in the county, but Smith was especially effective for the unit whenever his number was called. The run defense won’t be an issue for Crest for some time — King doesn’t look to pose a threat in that department this week, and the Chargers then have a bye week Sept. 8 — but the team will want to shore that up for a threeweek stretch starting Sept. 15 that has games against Tampa Bay Tech, Durant and Plant City. I think the Crest offense can improve with a little more confidence, which should be easy to come by with more reps this week and next. King just took a 47-0 loss to Middle-

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ton, a team Crest nearly beat in 2016 that returned many of the same players this year. King hasn’t won a game since Nov. 6, 2015, which was a 16-13 overtime win at Durant. If there were odds on high school football, I would think Crest is the one favored to win. The Chargers did a fine job putting pressure on quarterback Jerson Singleton, though. The defense recorded five sacks and there was one play early in the second quarter where defensive end Josh Young slipped through the o-line and batted a pass attempt away. I know it wasn’t the outcome everyone in the home section wanted, but it’s also not something I’d be worried about. I think this week’s game against King is an even better opportunity for the Chargers to get a win, if not the best all season, so if I were a Crest fan I would make the drive to

that game. Speaking of snapping streaks, give Durant credit where credit is due: the Cougars’ 14-10 win at Jesuit last Friday ended the Tigers’ 21-game home winning streak. Cougar fans can thank running back Cam Myers, who put the team ahead with a 75-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter, as well as the defense, which stuffed Jesuit’s offense at the goal line on the game’s final play. After a win like this over a county powerhouse, I don’t think the Cougars will be stuck with an “underdog” label for while. Justin Kline is the Sports Editor at the Plant City Times & Observer. Email: jkline@plantcityobserver.com.

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Shipping point: Orlando $14.35 to $16.85 Dale Rodenmeyer snapped a photo of a strawberry farm along Trapnell Road. “Believe this certainly speaks to the heart of Plant City,” he said. Rodenmeyer wins this week’s I Love Plant City photo contest.

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My na me is Yvo nne Fry, I am run nin g to be you r nex t Sta te Re pre sen ta tiv e, an d I am ask ing for you r vot e. - Yvon ne ISSUES • Proudly Pro-Life! • Will protect your Second Amendment rights • Will cut taxes and reduce the size of government • Will expand school choice options for parents • Will continue the fight to end domestic violence, human trafficking and sex slavery in the State of Florida • Will punish sanctuary cities • Will fight for our agriculture community • Understands the struggle facing our small businesses • WILL STAND UP TO TALLAHASSEE POLITICIANS AND SPECIAL INTERESTS

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• Res ide nt of Pla nt Cit y for ove r 40 yea rs egg s • Gre w up as a far me r's da ugh ter, pick ing and gro win g veg eta ble s loc al • Sm all bus ine ss own er who prou dly em ploy s res ide nts d on • Pro ble m solv ing lea der who is alw ays foc use res ult s • Cur ren t cha ir of the Gre ate r Pla nt Cit y of Cha mb er of Com me rce and Fou ndi ng Mem ber tion the Pla nt Cit y Eco nom ic Dev elo pme nt Cor pora P Pre sid ent or Boa rd Mem ber at Linc oln • PTA lin Ele me nta ry, Wa lde n Lak e Ele me nta ry, Tom Mid dle and Pla nt Cit y Hig h Sch ools • Lov ing mom to Arie , 18 and Bar ie, 11

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