3.8.18 PLCO

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Sweet memories The first Royal Roundup SEE PAGE 4

Festival concerts get grand SEE PAGE 8

VOLUME 5, NO. 36

YOUR TOWN Tick, tock. Turn forward your clock!

Parades and more photos SEE PAGE 12

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PCHS rises to the top Plant City High was awarded a $10,000 NBC R.I.S.E grant to enhance the school’s drama program. SEE PAGE 3

Daylight saving time begins at 2 a.m. March 11.

Breanne Williams

As drama teacher Audrey Schmidt announced the school had won, her students began to cry.

StrawBuddy Selfie update This is your last chance to win Brad Paisley concert tickets through the 2018 Strawbuddy Selfie Challenge. Go to plantcityobserver.com for full details of the contest. The cutoff is at 5 p.m. on March 8 and winners will be announced March 9 on the Plant City Observer’s Facebook page. Winners can pick up their tickets at the Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce’s booth at the Florida Strawberry Festival.

Design complete on new station By early 2019, the Plant City Fire Department will have three fully operational stations. SEE PAGE 6

THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 2018

YOUR TOWN

Breanne Williams

Reba McEntire cried as she watched her former bandmate propose to his girlfriend.

Slipping on that little rock Reba McEntire helped a former bandmate give the proposal of a lifetime Sunday evening during her concert at the Florida Strawberry Festival. Calling Wayne Lewis and his girlfriend, Roselle Everett Spann, on stage to aid in a raffle, the tables quickly turned when Wayne dropped to one knee and produced a ring. McEntire dabbed her eyes throughout the proposal, then jokingly said she should have passed tissues around and sold them for $1, saying “I would’ve made a fortune.” Lewis joked he was grateful for the help from both McEntire and the 11,500 audience members in attendance in pulling off his grand proposal. After all was said and done, the couple thanked McEntire for sharing such a special moment with them. Lewis said she truly was “one of the sweetest and kindest people” alive.


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