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Observer
SEPT. 11, 2001
YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
VOLUME 5, NO. 10
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2017
Plant City preps City readies citizens and agencies as threat of Hurricane Irma looms over Florida. SEE PAGE 7 Daniel Figueroa IV
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Breanne Williams
Leadership Plant City 2018 The Plant City Chamber of Commerce hosted a meet and greet for the 2018 Class of Leadership Plant City at Carrabba’s Italian Grill. The event was the kick-off for its 35th year. The program is designed to develop emerging leaders and highlight the strengths of the Plant City community. The group focuses on how the dynamics of local businesses and the local governments impact economic and community development.
The six-month-old organization now has a plan for its mission to revitalize Historic Downtown. SEE PAGE 3
Breanne Williams
Raising money for Harvey victims
Breanne Williams
Each month Main Street Plant City hosts a food truck rally downtown where attendees can listen to music, shop at vendors and enjoy the culinary attractions.
Local library enhanced by new programs Plant City’s public library has a number of programs enhancing classroom learning and beyond. DANIEL FIGUEROA IV STAFF WRITER
Daniel Figueroa IV
Sereniti Robinson, 5, and Jazzmyne Rucker, 7, work on the computers at Bruton Memorial Library while grandmother Nicole Robinson looks on.
Sereniti Robinson and her grandmother, Nicole Robinson, sat at a low, round table in the Bruton Memorial Library, heads bowed to the words below. Sereniti, 5, sounded out the words slowly and intently as her grandmother looked on. “Can,” Sereniti read, her braided hair swinging as she looked over to the next word. “Like. A. I.” “Come on, you know it.” Robinson said, encouraging her concentrated pause. “Tttt, th, the.” And they both celebrated as SEE LIBRARY PAGE 3
Charlise Wise, 12, raised over $200 Saturday for victims of Hurricane Harvey. She, along with her grandmother Judy Wise, collected donations for bottles of water at the intersection near Keller Williams Reality and the park at Walden Lake for hours to raise money for the Salvation Army to use in the disaster relief. Judy Wise said her granddaughter was adamant they do something to help those suffering from the hurricane and volunteered to spend her Saturday in the Florida heat to raise the funds.
Friday night action
Plant City faced Hillsborough Sept. 1.
SEE PAGE 13.