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Fancy Farms once again opened its fields to the community for the annual 4-H Strawberry U-Pick. See Page 12.

Brick City Bricks held its grand opening last weekend in downtown Plant City. Each day, 20 to 25 people lined up outside of the door in anticipation of the event and to receive LEGO freebies from owner Gregory Williams. “I told everyone, ‘I don’t even care if I make $1 today, just to see the line out the door was amazing.’ That made my day,” Williams said. Brick City Bricks will offer used LEGO sets, Minifigures modulars and more to the community. The store is preparing for its “May the 4th Be With You” special event and has already begun to host birthday parties and events. Despite the surprising lack of Kragle, Brick City Bricks appears to have found its forever home.

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Former City Manager Dave Sollenberger participated in the changing of the flag at the Veteran’s Memorial Park.

Former city manager pays tribute Former City Manager Dave Sollenberger returned to Plant City during the Florida Strawberry Festival and participated in the changing of the flag at the Veteran’s Memorial Park at Courier Field, which was created while Sollenberger was city manager. While in charge, Sollenberger said it was important the city honors its veterans and insisted the flag on display always be in great shape. The Rotary Club of Plant City Daybreak took the park on as its special project and continues to regularly change the flag.

Fancy Farms has partnered with 4-H for years and many in attendance said they’ve made it a family tradition to walk the rows and pick for the food bank.

Winners walk away with new car The winners of the Unity car raffle bought a ticket on a whim. BREANNE WILLIAMS STAFF WRITER

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Jim Goldinger, winner of Stingray’s 2018 Unity car raffle, chose to take home a 2018 Chevrolet Traverse High Country.

Jim and Kathy Goldinger were the lucky winners of Stingray Chevrolet’s ninth annual Unity in the Community Vehicle Raffle. The couple won a brand new 2018 Corvette Grand Sport with ticket number 2018-13664. Instead of taking the Corvette, they decided to take home a 2018 Chevrolet Traverse High Country and a check of the difference, which was approximately $13,360.

The Goldingers are from Pennsylvania but have property in the Port Charlotte area. They were eating lunch at the Florida Strawberry Festival when they heard the audio recording advertising for the raffle. When they realized what it was about and what the money would go toward, Jim Goldinger bought a $5 ticket to support the cause. He said he never believed they would have won and is looking forward to returning to the festival for years to come. “I’m not a guy that buys tickets, I’m not a guy that gambles, I’m not a guy that likes to part with money, but I’ve got to tell you I was moved,” Goldinger said.

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Food bank springs into action The United Food Bank of Plant City makes sure local children don’t go hungry when schools are closed. The group provides breakfast and lunch food items for children when they are out of class for a week or more if those kids attend school in the Area IV district and are on free or reduced lunch. That demand only grows for the summer vacation. Last year, UFB kickstarted its Weekend Backpack program. The organization began assisting one school and is currently aiding four local schools. Students at each location, who are identified to be the most food insecure, have a representative who steps in to let UFB know how many bags of food they need each week. The food is taken to the students who are able to use it to get through the weekend. Because of all of the aid UFB provides for the community, the organization is always in need of extra donations to help fund the programs. Food and monitory donations can be sent to UFBPC, 702 E. Alsobrook St.

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The Diabetes Prevention Program is back. Held at the United Food Bank of Plant City, the class is taught by Gregory Champlin, a nutrition educator for the Florida Department of Health in Hillsborough County. The year-long program will help residents reduce their risk of becoming a diabetic. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 86 million American adults, one in three, have pre-

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Lots of Hugs registration open The Plant City Black Heritage Celebration’s annual Lots of Hugs summer reading program will offer children a safe and exciting place where they can have fun and create memories to last a lifetime. Throughout the summer, attendees will take part in activities that focus on increasing children’s reading level and character development, the “Just Read” Literacy Program, writing, water safety and educational field trips. The program is held at a new location, at Hope Lutheran Church, 2001 N. Park Road. Registration officially opened March 12 and an open house will be at 10 a.m. May 19. The 10-week program is open for children age six to 14 years old. It will be held May 28 through Aug. 3 and students will have breakfast, lunch and a snack each day. The cost is $75 per child for the 10-week period. For more information contact Sharon Moody at 813-453-7134 or email sharonmoody91@yahoo. com.

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SENIOR OF THE MONTH: MARSHA BOLES

The joy-filled life Marsha Boles paved the way for women to work in Plant City’s Water Division.

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When Marsha Boles walked into the office of the Water Division of Plant City on Sept. 29, 1986, she forever changed the course of history for the town. Though there was no rule in place prohibiting women from serving in the Utilities Department, Boles was the first woman to ever take a job in the Water Division. With a humble attitude, jovial spirit and a work ethic that outmatched her peers, she soon became one of the most valued employees on the team. “When she first started with me she really proved herself immediately,” said Johnny Felker, who at the time was the meter foreman and hired Boles onto his team. “She worked with all of us guys. If we were loading 70 pounds of concrete meter blocks, she’d jump right in and load as many as we would. She’d go out and change as many water meters every day as any guy there.” Though the work was often

grueling and the hours long, Boles became known for her practical jokes and jesting attitude. Felker said through all the years he worked with Boles, he never once saw her upset over anything. The only thing on par with her affable nature was her drive. If she was going to do the work, she would do it to the best of her ability. Soon after joining the Water Division she seized the opportunity to become a licensed Water Treatment Operator. In 1993 the tables turned again. The Water and Wastewater divisions merged into one unit, causing many in her division to “abandon ship.” Boles began working with Mark Nunes, and he said she essentially acted as a pioneer for the field. “Even now in the Water and Wastewater side, we’re starting to see more females,” Nunes said. “Marsha was always so jovial. She was very friendly, willing to train anyone she came in contact with and show them what needs to be done and so forth. She was very outgoing.” It wasn’t long after the merger that Boles became a licensed Wastewater Treatment Operator. Refusing to slow down, she obtained licensing after licensing and eventually achieved the highest level of licensing available, becoming a Dual Licensed Class “A” Operator in both Water and

Wastewater. Boles officially retired last month and the hole she left, her coworkers said, will never be filled. Her knowledge was immense and her coworkers said they often argue over what they miss more, her immense experience or her love of “horsing around.” Zoe Chaiser trained under Boles and said she learned more lessons from her than she’ll ever be able to count. “My work life always included her, so it’s weird now not to have her,” Chaiser said. When Boles switched to night shifts Nunes took her day shift. He quickly realized he had a hefty task ahead.

“I would show up and there were lots of people who wondered where Marsha was,” Nunes said. “She was just so kind and would take the time to talk with everyone. I could never fill those shoes.” Many of her coworkers continue to keep in touch with Boles, who Nunes said is currently working on a butterfly garden at home. After dedicating her life to serving the city she loves, Nunes said they will all do their best to carry on her legacy. She’s missed, but her lessons are far from forgotten. “She’s just an all around good person,” Felker said. “That’s just the way to capitalize it.”

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Top left: Marsha Boles was known around the workplace for her jovial attitude and love of practical jokes. Top right: Upon retiring, Marsha Boles was given a plaque in her honor. Courtesy of Mark Nunes

Above: Marsha Boles and the crew she worked with in 1986. She was the first female to work for the division.

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weighing pros and cons. “We have to be open to flexibility in these types of things and understand that it’s a doubleedged sword,” he said. “When we do these things, it does add to congestion and there might be a point where Plant City is too busy for me and I understand that. But if we’re talking about things like sustainability and being on the cutting edge…it’s not just how we build…it’s understanding that in order to preserve the heartland of our state we have to make some decisions about putting these types of densities in places where we have existing infrastructure.” Mayor Rick Lott said he prefers wider lots personally, but the trends throughout the county show more construction on narrower lots. If Plant City wants to attract developers, he said, it must meet the market.

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lant City’s devotion to the strawberry industry has launched it to national fame. The annual Florida Strawberry Festival is one of the largest in the country, the berries grown here are sold in stores across the world and presidential candidates often stop to enjoy some of the local shortcake. When Lee Nelson decided years ago to transform his homebrew hobby into a flourishing career, he knew exactly where he wanted to start: local farmers. Now, one of his top-selling Florida CANE vodkas is infused with Plant City strawberries. “I live in East Hillsborough, out in Sydney and Dover, which I joke is the suburbs of Plant City,” Nelson said. “Every time I drive anywhere I’m passing fields and fields of great produce. Right now it’s strawberries, sometimes it’s eggplants or cucumbers. It’s such a great resource locally. We grow the best strawberries, we grow the best produce. The vision was: let’s highlight this.” Nelson began brewing beer in his college dorm room when he was still a teenager. Using a pressure cooker, three Miller Lite cans, marbles and Gorilla Glue, Nelson kickstarted a passion that surpassed even the multiple poisonings brought on by his notso-safe adhesive. Pat O’Brien, his hockey teammate, recognized Nelson could be on the cusp of a trend he was sure would take the nation by storm. He knew craft brewing was becoming the cultural norm and speculated the same would eventually happen to distilled spirits. After a few years of planning, the duo, along with Nelson’s wife, decided to bring the dream to fruition. In 2012, the Florida CANE Distillery was officially formed and Nelson and O’Brien began the long journey toward making a high quality, entirely American product. The bottles come from Missouri, the corks from outside of Michigan and everything inside the bottle is 100% Floridian. The vodka has a sugar cane base, which Nelson said is a perfect background for flavors. Instead of overshadowing the crispness of the vodka, the sugar cane allows a non-syrupy and genuine flavor to blend with the drink. After driving by countless strawberry fields, Nelson went to a u-pick farm to buy buckets of the sweet fruit. After experimentation, he found the perfect blend and now comes to local fruit stands every year to buy large quantities of the fruit for his next batch. Some of the other locally themed drinks include watermel-

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on from Weeki Wachee, pineapple from Palm Beach, Cherry from Okeechobee and the jalapeño flavored Florida Fire Ant vodka. Outside of his dedication to locally sourced goods, Nelson also uses a unique method to create his highly sought after drinks. The vodka is filtered through a column full of charcoal derived from coconut husks. It slowly drains through the chambers and leaves with a unique taste before the flavor is added to the final batch. The Plant City strawberries soak for three weeks in high alcohol before being filtered several times, combined with sugar and added to the vodka. Though the distillery in Ybor is a small location, Florida CANE is quickly becoming one of the most recognizable brands in the market. Disney just made a huge order for the company’s gin. Busch Gardens and SeaWorld are featuring its bourbon, vodka and gin. Walmart Spirits will soon be carrying the company’s Plant City Strawberry vodka, Key West Lemon Lime vodka, Florida Fire Ant vodka and the premium vodka. The Ybor distillery is open Thursday through Sunday and offers visitors a chance to have a proper tasting, tour the fac-

ulty and check out the variety of products, including 109-proof moonshines and whiskey, the company makes. Florida CANE also offers a Distillery After Dark event where a local mixologist is invited to teach attendees how to create their own unique drinks. Nelson said once you taste the product you’ll never return to a manufactured brand. Every bottle Florida CANE produces tastes a little bit different. With larger brands like Smirnoff or Absolut, the process relies on mass producing the same product. His company relies entirely on his taste buds, which he admits occasionally leads to “a lot of bad batches.” Never the pessimist, Nelson simply dumps them and starts again. He’s always searching for that perfect flavor that can both astonish customers and support local residents. “It resonates. When you’re able to spend money locally those dollars stay in the community and amplify. If you buy something overseas that money doesn’t stick around,” Nelson said. “We are continually trying to keep the money here in our community. That’s why everything from the produce for our flavors to the printing and graphic design comes from right here.”

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Above left: The Plant City Strawberry vodka uses locally grown fruit as flavor for the product. Top right: The small distillery in the heart of Ybor is making big waves with its unique and locally-sourced spirits. Middle right: Florida CANE Distillery makes entirely American products. Everything inside the bottles are derived entirely from Florida. Bottom right: Melissa Nichols has been working at the distillery for three months. She is cutting out locally designed labels for the gin.

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This month’s food truck rally will bring a peculiar and eccentric crowd to downtown Plant City. BREANNE WILLIAMS STAFF WRITER

Next Friday it will appear as if a wormhole has opened in downtown Plant City as men, women and children dressed in steampunk garb take part in the monthly food truck rally. Plant City Main Street creates themed events for each of the 2018 food truck rallies. This month, Jane Waters, executive director of Plant City Main Street, is using a love of art to step through time and space with the steampunk themed event. Steampunk combines history with modern technological features that are often inspired

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by science fiction. Often, the themed attire will feature Victorian clothing with a mad scientist twist. The outfits usually feature Mad Hatter-themed apparel like large hats or long cloaks mixed with a passion for steam-powered machinery. “I wanted to do something very art focused, but very fun and very progressive,” Waters said. Steampunk is cherished by many young adults, as is evident by the creation of similarly themed festivals, conventions and even restaurants like City Walk’s Toothsome Chocolate Emporium & Savory Feast Kitchen. For the event, Waters will have unique vendors like a jewelry maker — who ironically also works at the train depot — and themed artists, as well as exciting entertainment like a fire dancer and steampunk costume contest. There will even by a steampunk pony available for photos. The costume contest is at 6:30 p.m. and the winner will receive a basket full of items donated by downtown merchants. As Waters continues on at the helm of Main Street she said she hopes to help offer residents a downtown they are proud of, an area that meets their wants and desires and makes this city the best it can be. “Even in an interview process with Main Street I suggested we do a steampunk event,” Waters said. “Even before coming on I thought, ‘man this is a great community for steampunk.’ It’s that vintage art feeling. We are a huge historical train depot destination already, so steampunk and that industrial steam-styled engine feel is already with us. So it just kind of made sense."

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SPORTS Strong arms HIGH

Schulte had seven RBI against Riverview on March 8. SEE PAGE 11

All three area high school baseball teams played in the Saladino Classic tournament, held March 10-14. Plant City posted a 3-1 record in the tournament, Durant went 2-1 and Strawberry Crest went 1-2.

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PCHS boys soccer coach Caleb Roberts earned the Florida Dairy Farmers 5A Coach of the Year in the sport, picking up 11 of 14 first-place votes. Roberts has won 35 games in two seasons leading the Plant City boys and guided the team to its first state championship in February.

On Sunday, Trenton White became the Billiard Education Foundation’s 14U 8-Ball state champion at the third annual Florida BEF 8-Ball State Championships in South Daytona. White is now a triple threat: he’s also won the BEF’s 9-Ball and 10-Ball state championships in the last two months.

Students at Burney and Bryan elementary schools got to meet NFL Hall of Fame coach Tony Dungy on Tuesday. Dungy, working with the Dungy Family Foundation, stopped by the schools to read to the children and sampled some of Plant City’s famous strawberries.

The Special Olympics Florida Area 8 Summer Games will be held this Saturday at Jesuit High School, 4701 N. Himes Ave., Tampa. Athletes from Hillsborough and Polk counties, including teams representing Plant City High School and the surrounding area, will compete in bocce, track and field, soccer, tennis, volleyball and Motor Activity Training Program (MATP) events beginning at 10 a.m., following the 9 a.m. opening ceremony.

Plant City’s pitching staff leads the way for the team’s bestever season start.

keep Raiders baseball steady “We’re having a lot more fun in practice and I feel like that takes the pressure off of us a little bit. We get to go out here and have fun, but still work at the same time.”

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Plant City High School’s baseball team has long sought what would be the program’s first district championship. Thanks in part to solid pitching, the 2018 Raiders look like a team capable of ending the drought now. The Raiders’ 9-1 start to the season was thought to be the best in program history and, as opponents have been held to one run or fewer in seven of those first 10 games, head coach Mike Fryrear is especially pleased with the way the pitching staff has turned out. Parker Messick, TJ Gayner, Jarod Wingo and Dylan Robinson have been key cogs in Class 8A-District 6’s most efficient machine thus far. “We’re out here every day putting in the grind,” Gayner said. “Every single day, we’re going 110% and just taking it into the game and succeeding.” Fryrear said he doesn’t utilize this pitching staff in the same way as he has in years past, when his “best guys” were scheduled to start against the “best teams.” Gayner and Messick have settled into a distinct routine: Gayner is the team’s Tuesday night guy and Messick is the Friday night guy, no matter how good the opponent is. “I think any high school team would love to have a Tuesday night guy and a Friday night guy,” Fryrear said. “I love that. We’ve never had that before.” Both have been excellent. Gayner, featured recently as a Plant City Observer Athlete of the Week, has a 1.48 ERA with 17 strikeouts, five walks allowed, three wins and one perfect game — the 17-0 win over Hillsborough in the Feb.

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20 season opener. Messick, a junior, has a 1.40 ERA and leads the team with 28 strikeouts and two complete games. His 28 strikeouts also lead the district. Gayner and Messick both saw action in 2017 and, Fryrear said, have improved greatly from working hard on their craft every day. Gayner added a knuckleball to his repertoire and improved his composure on the mound. Messick broke out of what Fryrear called a “ s o p h o m o re slump” by bringing his changeup back into the mix and working on his pitch mechanics in the offseason. Ro b i n so n , t h e team’s top relief pitcher, also has yet to allow a run to score and has struck out 13 batters in 10 innings of work. Switching between his knucklecurve and cut fastball has worked well in 2018, especially against righthanded hitters. “He’s been a very, very good, steady force for us the last two years,” Fryrear said. Wingo, a sophomore, has won both of his starts and has yet to give up a run. He’s struck out 10 hitters in 10 innings pitched and held a

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shutout for all six of his innings against Brandon in the Raiders’ Saladino Tournament opener. Fryrear said he is pleased with what Wingo has brought to the table since he came “out of the woodwork.” Fryrear and the pitchers said the atmosphere at 1 Raider Place is totally new and improved. With a bigger emphasis on making practices more “fun” and doing more group bonding activities, team morale and chemistry are both running high. “We’re having a lot more fun in practice and I feel like that takes the pressure off of us a little bit,” Robinson said. “We get to go out here and have fun, but still work at the same time.” The confidence and trust in each other, the players said, is high enough that they think they can go beat just about anybody together. “We’ve all played with each other since we were little,” Robinson said. “Work ethic is a really big thing. Everyone here just works really, really hard.” Though the team is enjoying a great season to this point, winning the 8A-6 title is never easy. With competition from opponents like Durant, Riverview and Bloomingdale, this district has earned its reputation as a tough gauntlet for anybody. Only time will tell how they fare in the tournament, but the Raiders are confident they have what it takes to win that title for the first time.

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Boxing lessons work for robot fights, too

ike Andre Ward, I recently ended my boxing career without any losses. Of course, our careers were totally different. Ward is a former Olympian and undisputed world champ. I operated a couple of robots at a Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce event last Thursday. I had an awesome time stepping into the “ring” and learning how it feels to be a Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robot. In my opinion, they should have these at every major event

in Plant City. You could talk me into coming out of roboretirement, especially in front of a crowd. What makes using the Boxer Jocks so fun isn’t just that you and another person are beating the nuts and bolts out of each other’s robots, but that you can apply legit boxing strategy in that ring and succeed. Coincidentally, the event was held in the parking lot used by Plant City Boxing Gym and Advantage Restoration & SEE PAGE KLINE 9

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Sports Editor Justin Kline gets in close to hit John Pike’s robot with a punch to the head. The “Boxer Jocks” were featured in the Chamber of Commerce’s Business After Hours event.

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left. I used my left arm to block all those rights and tie Jones up, then would back off and try to land shots with the right as I moved away. It didn’t help a ton, but it might have been the difference in the fight. Jones was the first of us to hit the 100-punch mark, which came late in the fight, and I knew I had to act fast if I wanted to come out of there with the win. I stuck to my guns and fired off a flurry of well-placed head hits, angled myself to eat fewer punches and, against all odds, won by a score of 114-110. I’m convinced “Jonesie” and I put on the greatest fight in robot boxing history. I don’t know which of us would actually win a best-of-three series, but if Plant City keeps bringing the Boxer Jocks back, I’ll be ready to find out.

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In accordance with the provisions of State Law there being due and unpaid charges for which the undersigned is entitled to satisfy and owner and/ or manager’s lien of goods hereinafter described and stored at: Rentlok Self Storage located at 1205 S. Alexander St., Plant City, FL 33563, 813-759-2800. And due notice having been given, to the owner of said property and all parties know to claim an interest therein, and the time specified in such notice for payment of such having expired, the goods will be sold at public auction at the above stated locations to the highest bidder or otherwise disposed of on WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2018 @ 9:30 A.M. OR ANY DATE THERE IN AFTER.

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Contracting. I’ve watched enough fights in that gym that I could practically hear Jose Rodriguez in my mind, coaching me up as I fought. My first opponent was John Pike, who was just as eager to get into a robot as I was. Operating these things is a lot like driving a Bobcat: one handle controls the right side of the machine, the other works the left side and moving both in unison lets you drive forward or backward. Buttons on the top of each handle make your robot throw punches. Whichever boxer lands the most punches before time runs out wins. It’s pretty simple. Like in real boxing, your movement is important to your success. I made it a point to try and cut off Pike’s angles and ended up backing him into a corner, which did put me at risk of eating bunches of punches. I positioned myself where I could stop his punches short with my left arm or body cage and have enough wiggle room to set up my quick right hand. It worked way better than I

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thought — since I didn’t check either scoreboard, I was surprised to learn I won, 75-8. Pike and I shook hands afterward and talked about how cool it was to be able to do something like this. Some time later, “Jonesie” and I decided we had to fight each other before the end of the event. Before our fight, I heard Jones’s son, Noah, say he noticed punches didn’t always count when a robot’s arm didn’t extend fully. I saw it for myself right afterward, in another fight, and that explained why Pike’s score was so low. Had those shortarm punches to my robot’s head counted, I think it would have been a much closer fight. Against Jones, a prolific puncher, I knew my positioning was going to determine whether I won or lost. During our fight, which was a total slugfest, I learned you can only punch with one arm at a time. You can, however, hold down the punch button to have your robot keep its arm extended. Jones was fighting in the blue robot, and I had noticed in my previous fight that its right punch was much faster than its

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Boosting memory and avoiding obesity turmeric has been used by ancient cultures for brain health for many centuries. Turmeric gives Indian curry its color and flavor. Manufacturers often use turmeric to color cheese, butter and prepared mustard. Known as a powerful antioxidant, curcumin scavenges free radicals in the human body to stop cell membrane damage. Curcumin lowers inflammation by reducing the enzymes that cause it. Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine systems also use turmeric to treat digestive and liver conditions as well as wounds and skin diseases. If you decide to take curcumin vitamin capsules, select a quality product from a reputable manufacturer. Another study, from the University College of London, reports activity after retirement is important to maintaining brain function. Over 3,400 participants’ cognitive and brain functions were monitored over a 30-year period. Researchers

MEMORY AND BRAIN “How can I boost my memory?” “I don’t want to lose my mental ability as I age, what can I do?” “Is dementia inevitable if it runs in my family?” Scientists at UCLA worked with 40 volunteers, age 50 through 90, who all had memory loss complaints. Their study, published in January in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, found using curcumin twice a day for 18 months improved memory and mood tests, as well as brain scans. Curcumin is the active ingredient in the Indian spice turmeric. Besides cooking applications,

nals the natural hunger feelings to stop and start according to the needs of the body. When leptin production and response get out of whack, the body confuses itself with extra hunger signals. As we eat more, we also feel hungrier. Caught in a cycle, the body puts on weight and still calls for more food. Resetting the leptin function of the body is easy enough. Intermittent fasting, the practice of consuming all calories in an eight-hour period and fasting the remaining 16 hours of the day, re-establishes the natural leptin levels. This “mini-fast” approach encourages fat burning during the 16 hours away from food. Another benefit, the thyroid is also revitalized at the same time. The correct levels of leptin normalize appetite and decrease fat storage. A recent study from the University of Southern California indicates there might be some-

report staying active physically and mentally decreases mental decline. Scientists encourage you to do something you have never done before. Take up a musical instrument or a new language as a way to boost the brain function. Above all else, interact with other people. It sounds like a tai chi or yoga class at the local YMCA would be perfect for your longterm mental well-being. OBESITY AND WEIGHT MANAGEMENT “How can I control my weight without the torture of dieting?” “The more I exercise, the hungrier I get. What can I do?“ “Everyone around me has gained weight—is obesity contagious?” Belly fat, brain fog, fatigue and food cravings are not caused by the busy American lifestyle, according to Harvard-trained Sara Gottfried, M.D. Her studies show the hormone leptin normally sig-

thing to the idea that obesity is contagious. Over 1,500 individuals in the U.S. military participated in this study, published Jan. 22 in JAMA Pediatrics, to compare their weight loss/gain with each relocation. The results? The weight loss/gain tracked with the weight characteristics of where they relocated. The heavier the population where they moved, the more weight the military personnel put on. If the new assignment locale had low obesity rates, the military personnel weights dropped as well. It seems our weight might be influenced by the company we keep.

Jennifer Closshey is a doctor of integrative health and a Plant City YMCA yoga instructor.

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And, due notice having been given, to the owner of said property and all parties known to claim an interest therein, and the time specified in such notice for payment of such having expired, the goods will be sold at public auction at the below stated location(s) to the highest bidder or otherwise disposed of on Wednesday, 9:00 am, April 11, 2018, at 1005 South Alexander Street, Plant City, FL 33563, 813-759-9526. CUSTOMER NAME

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The purpose of the hearing is to obtain input from the city residents in reference to the Capital Fund Five-Year Plant submission to be submitted to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for grant year beginning 2017 and ending 2022. Total estimated grant funds are based on the last actual Capital Fund grant awarded for 2017 in the amount of $259,141. All residents are encouraged to attend this hearing. A copy of the Capital Fund Five-Year Action plan will be available for review Tuesday, May 1, 2018 through Tuesday May 8, 2018, prior to public hearing at the address below. Persons can also submit written comments prior to public hearing to:

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