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Super sleuths The Plant City Photo Archives’ Jr. Archivists Club has several new graduates.

These students completed a six-week course called “Be a Speech Detective.”

They learned about history, how to identify and examine sources, documents, evidence, printed and oral histories, diaries, as well as all about interviewing, recording methodology and more.

The Plant City Jr. Archivists Club is the only one of its kind in the nation and is designed for students age nine to 14. The program is free and includes all the required materials. Each course is five to six weeks and the club meets on Tuesdays from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

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Local arts groups push for a cultural renaissance in Plant City. SEE=PAGE 4

Meet Chief Burnett David Burnett was named Plant City’s new fire chief last week.

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Plant City’s new fire chief plans to continue to move the agency forward by focusing on improving technology and ensuring relationships with the community continue to blossom under his leadership.

City Manager Bill McDaniel announced David Burnett had been promoted to chief at a July 25 ceremony at Fire Station One. He personally presented Burnett with the insignia of his new position.

“I’ve spent a lot of time with this guy and especially like last week, we spent a little over an hour, I think, talking in his final interview and I want you all to know that a couple of things really stood out to me in talking to David SEE FIRE CHIEF, PAGE 5

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City Manager Bill McDaniel announced David Burnett had been selected as Plant City’s new fire chief.

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Also, shoppers who round up their purchase to the next dollar will receive a coupon, which will save families up to $23.90. The coupons will be distributed throughout August and must be used by Oct. 31.

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The Knights organize a gift drive and then pull a large truck filled with gifts straight up to the Pregnancy Care Center’s doors.

This year they exceeded even their own expectations, according to gift drive organizer Andrew Bryant with KoC Council 8095.

They counted 647 individual baby items, which will be used at the center. Those who come to the center for aid participate in an “Earn While You Learn” program where they can redeem points to “shop” in the boutique.

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Florida Department of Transportation will close State Road 60 between State Road 39 and County Line Road in Hillsborough County starting at 6 a.m. Monday so CSX can replace sections of railroad tracks.

The section of SR 60 should be closed for approximately 14 days, according to FDOT. Motorists will be able to cross the tracks but should be prepared to detour by using SR 39, Alexander Street, Park Road, Baker Street and County Line Road. Access to residences and businesses will be maintained.

For detour questions, email roadwork@dot.state.fl.us or call 813-612-3200.

Plant City woman arrested for road rage shooting Florida Highway Patrol said Destiny Star Harrison fired several rounds at a Duke Energy pickup truck when both vehicles were traveling southbound on Interstate 275 at approximately 8:24 p.m. July 25. The driver of the pickup truck, who was not hurt in the incident, told FHP troopers he was tailgated by Harrison and that she wouldn’t pass him even after he changed lanes. The driver said he saw Harrison waving a handgun at him, accelerated to get to the exit for North Dale Mabry Highway and heard her fire the weapon. Troopers noticed a bullet hole just above the truck’s passenger side taillight.

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City pulls Main Street funding Plant City Main Street has had its fair share of hurdles over the past two years. It has lost two executive directors and is in the search for a third.

Now it is facing a future without city funding.

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lant City Main Street is facing a rocky future.

The organization, which strives to revitalize historic downtown, has relied on funding from the city for the past two years to successfully kickstart the program. Each year the city has committed $50,000 to the young group.

Days before the 2018-2019 fiscal year’s proposed city budget was presented to the public, members of Main Street were informed by City Manager Bill McDaniel it was not scheduled to receive further funding.

During the budget presentation Jamey Moody, secretary for Main Street, told commissioners he believed they were making a mistake by choosing to not provide funding for the group.

He said it takes a minimum of three to five years to get any organization up and running and they believed they had a commitment from the city for the entirety of those three years, due to an informal agreement between former City Manager Mike Herr and Main Street board members.

However, that agreement was not at a city commission level.

The Chamber of Commerce and the Plant City Economic Development Council, who both also work on revitalization and drawing people to Plant City, did receive funding.

“I’m just being frankly candid, I don’t believe that anybody on our board would have volunteered for this and spent a year and a half of our time if we would have known it would have been pulled, the funding would have been pulled, halfway through,” Moody said.

“There’s just no way it would have any likely chances of success.”

Moody told commissioners if they were to ever consider coming back to Main Street they should be ready to give it a minimum of three years to get the ball rolling.

He said they still believe in Main Street and still feel the organization is the “best vehicle” to revitalize downtown and create a unique identity for the city.

Dave Schultz, former vice chairman, also stood up to voice

“We’re going to continue doing many of the things we have been doing. We have a strong board and I believe we are making an impact in this city.”

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his dissatisfaction with the decision. He told the commissioners he was talking simply as a private citizen, but that ripping investment from downtown would only hurt the city’s growth.

“You have to invest in not only infrastructure, you’ve got to invest in a member to get people to come to the downtown,” Schultz said. “I call that the ‘Field of Dreams’ mentality. You build things and they will come.

That worked for Kevin Costner in ‘Field of Dreams,’ but I don’t think it’s going to work here. I really don’t. I think you need to have not only infrastructure, but you need to have cohesive planning to work with the Chamber of Commerce, the EDC and the Main Street Program.”

Schultz is the owner of The Mercantile on Collins Street and he said he invested $600,000 into this city by buying a building and working to make downtown thrive. He said he was bitterly disappointed in where the city as a whole is right now.

Over the past two years, Main Street has spearheaded many events like the monthly food truck rallies, the Hot Coffee Series, the new window art movement, Bark

in the Park and Shop Small Plant City.

Though the city funding is now gone, Lizzette Sarria, chairman of Plant City Main Street, said the organization will continue its master plan to revitalize downtown.

“We are continuing on,” Sarria said. “We feel we have a lot on our books already with fundraisers and events planned in downtown. We won’t give up now.

We’re going to continue doing many of the things we have been doing. We have a strong board and I believe we are making an impact in this city.”

Up until now, Sarria said the organization has been working hard to establish its role in the community. She said they wanted to prove they were making a difference before they started asking for money.

Now, it is time to ramp up the fundraising efforts. There are signature events that Main Street wants to be known for, Sarria said.

They also need to get benefactors and solid stakeholders to allow them to continue to do things that bring businesses downtown.

Though she said the lack of funding was unexpected, the

plans for the group have not changed. They are still looking for an executive director and still plan to continue to grow the offerings of the organization over the next several years.

Ultimately she said she hopes the city will continue to be engaged with Main Street and potentially partner in matching funds up to a certain amount for its events. She said everyone involved with Main Street still believes in its ability to reshape Plant City and now the hope is they are able to successfully continue their hard work.

“We hope that with the plans we have that funding won’t be an issue,” Sarria said. “We’ve been bringing in exposure to downtown, drawing people in to support that community. Now we’ve got to bring in those dollars to pay for an executive director and continue with the things we have planned going forward.”

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Plant City getting arts renaissance Spearheaded by a variety of organizations, the city is well on its way to a cultural reawakening.

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Plant City is growing. Over the course of the last decade, thousands have come to call the “Winter Strawberry Capital of the World” home, according to a presentation Monday morning during the city’s annual budget workshop.

With that influx comes the demand for the cultural growth of the city to thrive as well. Always a step ahead, a growing core comprised of art advocates are well on their way to ushering Plant City into a cultural renaissance.

“People live here. People work here. Now we need to play here,” Vicky Saunders, co-founder of MAKE Plant City, said.

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Jyl Barber Anderson, a certified Bob Ross instructor, paints a beach scene during the art guild’s annual Christmas Show and Sale.

For decades, Plant City has had its fair share of artistic venues and events mainly spearheaded by the Arts Council, the East Hillsborough Arts Guild or Plant City Entertainment. Other groups would pop up and make their mark, but a lack of communication between the organizations made it nearly impossible to kickstart a city-wide movement.

Over the last few years those walls dividing the individual groups have begun to crumble.

MAKE Plant City was created solely for the purpose of uniting makers to foster that long-lost sense of companionship.

“Everyone in the past had this ownership mentality about their projects and their desires for the city,” Marsha Passmore, president of the Arts Council, said. “Now people are working together. I love it, as an older person I look at these active and invested millennials and am excited to pass the torch on to the younger generations. We’ve been working for years to get this movement going and it’s nice to know there are generations coming up that will continue to fight for the arts in this city.”

City Planner Mara Latorre has been active in MAKE Plant City since its debut last October. She said the arts help forge the identity of a community. With the push for arts education rising throughout the nation, there is a major trend of people traveling to different cities and towns solely to take part in their cultural offerings.

The Arts Council is bringing new art-themed banners to historic downtown and is working on bringing the return of the beloved J. Seward Johnson sculptures.

Clay Hollenkamp, creator of “Join the Circus Productions,” sparked the flame for improvisational theater in Plant City and created the group “Under-Medicated” to bring the unique comedy troupe to the city he grew up in.

But no revolution is without its obstacles. Plant City, for all its positive attributes, does have restrictions in place that can hinder a flourishing art community. When asked what the largest barrier for the movement was, nearly every group immediately responded, “The mural ban.”

Nearly a decade ago, a mural was painted in downtown Plant City that sparked a controversy. A portion of the painting appeared to display male genitalia, though the artist claims it was simply the arm of a chair.

Though the artist argued for the design, he altered the mural.

But the controversy led to city commissioners placing a ban on murals in most instances throughout the downtown historic district.

Another challenge is the ability to acquire funding for the various art groups attempting to revitalize the city. State support for the arts has been slashed significantly over the past several years and many organizations also double as nonprofits.

Hollenkamp said funding is inarguably an issue, and some organizations fail to take advantage of the funding that is available. He sits on a grant committee and, during one session, only one Plant City organization even applied to be considered.

While some grants have simple application processes, others essentially require a member of the organization to solely be dedicated to navigating the intense requirements to make the group eligible for the funds. Since the majority of the organizations in Plant City are entirely volunteerrun, strict applications may not seem worth the hassle.

Nonetheless, the groups are pushing forward. Within the next five years, they said, they hope to see Plant City have an arts and music festival, art walks, murals splashed across vacant walls, galleries and more.

There might soon be regular meetings between the art and culture groups in the city so that cohesiveness can continue to build. Dodie White, Arts Council member, said it is essential they continue to stay connected to ensure the movement continues to grow.

She said communities don’t change. If they don’t evolve, they die. For decades they have worked to grow the love and appreciation for arts in this town. Now that the interested parties are here, she said it’s time they work together to establish Plant City as a cultural destination.

“Plant City needs the arts,” Latorre said. “I think one of the countless reasons why the arts are so important for a community is it brings people together, but it transcends boundaries that we’ve constructed like race, age, ethnicity, your political or socioeconomic status. There’s something about the arts. You may have all these labels, but when you come together for the arts it just, all those barriers become broken and people just come together to celebrate creativity. It almost becomes a spiritual experience.”

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in that interview,” McDaniel said.

“Number one is his passion for this department, his passion for you. You have a chief that believes in you, supports you, who has your best interests at heart.”

McDaniel said they received dozens of applications for the position, which were reviewed and reduced to a pool of semifinalists. They then participated in a panel interview and two finalists were chosen.

Burnett’s passion for fire rescue has been evident in Burnett’s life since he was a teenager. At age 15 he was active in Exploring, a section of the Boy Scouts of America that connected young adults to fire service worksites. After learning what the fire station was about in high school he went on to volunteer for several years before heading to Florida State Fire College and then wrapped up his state certifications as a firefighter and EMT at the Pensacola Junior College, now Pensacola State College.

Burnett said he worked his way up and eventually became fire chief of the Midway Fire District in 1996. In 2003 he left and headed to Chiefland before coming to Plant City in 2007.

He came to Plant City as a training chief and has held multiple positions with the department including serving as the city’s interim fire chief and deputy fire chief during his tenure.

“I’m excited,” Burnett said. “It truly is an honor and a privilege for the city to give me this chance

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Though summer is coming to a close Plant City’s Noon Rotary Club wants the community to know the fun is far from over.

Its third annual Community Appreciation Fun Day is from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 4 at the Randy L. Larson Softball Complex, 1500 S Park Road. Each year, the event draws hundreds of families to the fields as they interact with local first responders and learn about all the services they provide. Approximately 50 people volunteer time and resources each year and Stevens said the Rotary is looking forward to continuing to offer the day of fun for years to come.

“Three years ago a group of us sat around a table and we wanted to show the community that the men and women in blue are on our side and that we support them,” Jodi Stevens, president of the Rotary Club, said. “We wanted to create an event that would help facilitate that conversation.

Each year it has just continued to grow.”

Several hundred attendees flocked to the event its first year and now the Rotary is expecting between 700 and 800 guests. The event is completely free and the first 500 children to attend will receive a free book bag filled with school supplies.

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Some of the technological advancements coming to the department include a program the department is currently a beta test site for. The new technology is programmed into the fire trucks and calls up pertinent information like the owner of the property and where the sprinklers are located while the crew drives toward the location. It acts as a database for fire inspections and eventually will bleed over into a more field-based response. Burnett said it is expected the program will roll out in October or November of this year. He also has plans to continue enhancing the Emergency Medical Services site and to continue to write and pursue grants.

During the ceremony, McDaniel and several members of the fire department’s staff said Burnett’s calm and steadfast nature make him suited for the position. He said he hopes his personal attributes will help him bring the best quality of leadership to the city.

“It’s my dedication and devotion to the job, to the agency, but also I think the most important thing overall is probably my integrity,” Burnett said. “Trying to make sure we take care of the customers that we serve to the best of our ability and to maintain that professional relationship... I think that’s really important in my position.”

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I realize, as a history buff, that events which seem new and baffling just come in different packages holding old gifts. Without this realization, it becomes too easy to ask, “What happened to this country of ours?” However, the recent school shootings do tend to prompt that question.

These incidents saw a few disaffected young men act on ideations that took innocent lives.

The causes of such actions range from feelings of social isolation to rejection by peers at a sensitive age in life. Another possible cause comes from seeing antisocial behavior like threatening social media posts as someone “just being a teenager.”

When irritable moods start being acted upon in anger, or an unreturned infatuation leads to inappropriate expressions of bitterness, then adults move to contain such moods with love and care. It seems one common factor that the recent school shooters shared was unstable or fraying support networks.

It seems that they experienced rejection from schools, community, and family.

These young men made their own tragic decisions leading to these terrible incidents. Would one kind word or supportive gesture have induced a better outcome in these situations? The answer stands as far from certain, however it looks like a chain of opportunities got missed.

Blaming what happened on anyone becomes counterproductive. Instead, being good students of these events and applying lessons learned provides hope that a nascent mass shooter becomes a decent person.

Social structures in the larger community aid in providing outlets to channel immature impulses like explosive anger.

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Genuine engagement by leading adults in the lives of younger people also enhances outcomes that lead away from violent behavior. One basic need we humans share is the desire to feel valued at some level. This means recognizing the uniqueness of personal gifts, and it means communicating the affirmation that each individual life contributes to the ongoing goodness of humanity.

Having a meaningful, fulfilling purpose for living provides motivation for people. When this purpose becomes obscured in someone’s life, sharp-edged energy expresses itself. Antisocial acts then provide the meaning for daily life. However, once a life purpose registers with someone, they decide if it just serves the self, or helps other people as well. If these questions get positive answers, the likelihood of gaining infamy as a mass shooter reduces itself.

No matter what stage of life we face, asking ourselves, “What is your purpose?” reveals important perspectives. Asking a young person that question might start a conversation leading to a better life.

Reminding ourselves that young people who show purpose contribute in heroic ways to our country remains important.

Soldiers overseas demonstrate this on a regular basis, showing as they do one of the most visible definitions of a life mission.

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Public invited to discuss city budget Following a presentation Monday morning, two public hearings were set to discuss the proposed 2018-2019 city budget.

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a great opportunity. Chief Financial Officer Diane Reichard said there could be a special meeting later on to make the budget adjustment if needed and that they would begin reevaluating it now in preparation.

Commissioner Bill Dodson also chimed in, reminiscing on their decision years ago to choose County Line Road over SR 39 South.

“At that time County Line Road was the best bet, but we knew everything is just a matter of time,” Dodson said. “It may now be time.”

Vice Mayor Nate Kilton agreed that looking at SR 39 South was a wise decision, but also encouraged the city to expand its gaze to include the land surrounding Alexander Street north of I-4.

While it is just an option to keep on the table, he said he thinks property owners would not get the same opportunity developing under the county that they would if they developed under the city of Plant City.

Commissioner Mary Mathis brought up another possible amendment to the budget. She said she had Human Resources

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The proposed city budget for the 2018-2019 fiscal was presented Monday morning in a special meeting at City Hall.

Two public hearings regarding the budget have been set for 7:30 p.m. Sept. 10 and 24, where members of the public can attend the corresponding commission meetings to discuss the proposed plan.

During the presentation it was announced the millage rate was proposed to remain the same and commissioners approved City Manager Bill McDaniel to advise the property appraiser of the agreed-upon rate.

The budget shows the city plans to allot $125,000 for the Plant City Economic Development Corporation to continue to market Plant City on a full-time basis, and $25,000 is being given for the annual investment fee to the Tampa Hillsborough Economic Development Corporation.

The city also plans to give the Plant City Chamber of Commerce $65,000, the Boys and Girls Club of Plant City $20,000,

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the Railroad Museum Society $25,000, the 1914 Building $50,000, Plant City Art Council $6,000 and $2,000 each to Black Heritage Celebration, Improvement League of Plant City and the Christmas Parade.

Improvements for the Mahoney Street, North Municipal and South Municipal parking lots are also included in the plan, which will further the City Manager’s push for downtown’s restoration.

Following the presentation of the budget, city commissioners commented on things they would like to consider adding or discuss for future budgets. Mayor Rick Lott said he has had the opportu-

nity to meet with many real estate parties and they are often asking what the next step for the city is.

“They want to know, ‘What’s the next County Line Road?’” Lott said. “When speaking with them they shared their opinions that there isn’t much left in the retail commercial world anymore. Most of what they’re seeing is focused on industrial and housing.”

Lott said he was curious as to whether the city should consider taking State Road 39 South and doing “something like we did with County Line Road.”

He said he would hate for the city to have to wait an entire year to begin moving on what could be

do a search to inquire as to the possibility of offering city health insurance to the sitting commissioners. They found several do offer that benefit and Mathis said it was something to consider.

Commissioners were asked to take some time to think it over and then Reichard would find out if it was something they wanted to pursue. If so, she said she would have to amend the budget before the public hearing.

It would cost the city approximately $8,000 per commissioner per year to add it to the budget and a family rate would be even higher. However, the individual commissioners could choose not to take the insurance if they did not need it.

They agreed to think it over, though Commissioner Mike Sparkman said he didn’t think it was a good idea.

“Personally I don’t see the need for this,” Sparkman said.

“What it’s gonna do, is it’s going to double our salaries in a sense.

We’re getting up to $8,000 a year just to sit up here. This would cost almost $16,000 a year for us to sit up here. I would oppose it. I don’t think it’s anything we should be putting on our citizens.”

The budget in its entirety can be discussed during the upcoming public hearings and commissioners can vote to approve the budget on Sept. 24. If approved, it will go into effect on Oct. 1.

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Families that have a hard time getting their children school supplies need not fear — the Kiwanis Club and others are here.

The club kicked off its annual Stuff the Bus school supply drive on Monday at Stingray Chevrolet and gathered thousands of items kids need to succeed in the classroom. Whether it’s pencils, crayons, notebooks, folders, binders, glue sticks or one of the 1,250 backpacks on deck, students at 26 Plant City schools of all levels will get the free supplies.

Stingray and Unity in the Community were the two primary sponsors of this year’s project.

Unity donated $10,000 to the cause and Stingray contributed both $1,000 and the use of its facilities to store everything.

“We wouldn’t have been able to do that without them,” Kiwanis Club president Sharon Moody said.

Members of the Kiwanis Club, the Plant City High School Key Club, the Gibbs family and others spent Monday morning getting everything ready for their Wednesday delivery. Moody said any students who need the school supplies can get them from their schools’ guidance counselors.

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Flag football registration The Plant City Recreation and Parks Department’s league has no practices or coaches and emphasizes the “fun” in “fundamentals.” Coed teams in five age groups will play at 8:30, 9:45 and 11 a.m. Saturday mornings from Sept. 15 through Nov. 3.

All players must have their registration mailed or delivered to the Recreation and Parks Department main office, 1904 S. Park Road, by 5 p.m. Aug. 29. The cost is $35 per player for the eight-week season. For more info, email recinfo@plantcitygov.com or call 813-659-4255.

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The park has a playground and swing set for kids to play on.

Marie B. Ellis’s labor of love still serves the community to this day.

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arie B. Ellis Park started as one woman’s tribute to military personnel from Plant City. Now it’s a tribute to one woman’s dedication to the community.

Long before it was known as Ellis Park, the plot of land at 601 E. Laura St. was nothing more than a vacant lot. Ellis saw the vacant land and had an idea. With members of the military, including her

three sons, soon returning home to Plant City, why not give them and their families something nice to enjoy together?

Plans to acquire and develop the park began in late 1944, when Ellis created the Civic and Veterans organization and collected donations. City Manager Theo McCall told Ellis the city had set aside the land with the intention of making a park for the black community to use, according to the Plant City Photo Archives and History Center, and that the park was up for grabs at no cost.

She and her family jumped right in. Ellis herself planted flowers and trees around the park and she used water collected from homes around the park to keep them hydrated.

Ellis was also known for creating Plant City’s first Easter celebration and parade in 1941, and in 1945 she brought the festivities to the new park. Within 10 years, the park would host 300 children and their families for the annual celebration.

In March 1963, the year after Ellis died, Mayor Dick Elston and the city renamed the park in her honor.

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resident. Goodwine, a teacher who returned to town after his retirement, helped bring additional features to the park and also bought sporting goods for kids to use there. He died in 2009 and in 2011 the City Commission named the park’s three shuffleboard courts after him.

Marie B. Ellis Park is a 1.97-acre parcel that has a basketball court, a volleyball court, the Donald Goodwine Shuffleboard Courts, a playground and a gazebo.

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I even miss writing game recaps. It seems kind of stupid that you’d miss something that causes you to work late, sometimes until 11 p.m. or midnight, but covering a game live can be one of the most exciting things in my profession. Fall is the best because, with a football game on the schedule every Friday night, I know my week’s going to end on a high note. I got paid to watch a sport I love and write about it, and tomorrow’s Saturday!

Going into this school year, I just have two pieces of advice for area athletes. First, take your work seriously. That means everything in the classroom and on the playing field. The more effort you put in, the more you get from it. Don’t burn yourself out, but don’t slack off. Second, remember to make everything you do as fun as possible. Try anything you can think of to have fun with the subject matter.

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This is always my least favorite time of the summer because we’re so close to being back on the ball fields, but things slow down as our kids get ready to head back to school. I miss the hustle and bustle of a busy preps season.

I miss catching heated competitions live. I enjoyed watching the NBA and NHL playoffs, sure, but it takes a lot to beat the energy rush you get from physically being somewhere when teams or athletes are trading leads left and right. Right now, I would pay good money to watch a decent high school sporting event out here if it meant I didn’t have to choose between a St. Louis Cardinals game on ESPN or professional cornhole on ESPN2.

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William L. Meehan, age 45, loving son of William Meehan and Sharon Meehan (nee Radtke),

died July 7, 2018.

Born in Chicago, he grew up and attended Plant City High School in Florida where he was elected as the President of the Florida Association of DECA for the 1989-1990 term. Bill was a 1995 graduate of Florida Southern College and a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon. During his freshman year, he spent the summer doing volunteer work for the Forestry Division at Mt. Hood, Oregon, which was the beginning of his “Quest for the West.” Eventually, he would leave Florida and move to the Northwest, where he spent time enjoying his passions for golf, gardening and exploring new mountain trails.

Bill was preceded in death by his grandparents Leonard Radtke (IL), William Meehan, Sr. (FL) and Betty Sullivan (NC), and his uncle Leonard Radtke (IL).

He is survived by his grandmother Virginia Radtke (IL), aunts and uncles Janice Baldwin (IL), Deborah Radtke (IL), Patty & Rich Haynes (UT), Betsy Staufenberger (UT), Dale & Don Foster (NC), and Gigi & David Greene (FL), and dear cousins Bob, Tina & Tony Kwiatkowski, Tami & John Velasco, and Joe & Len Radtke.

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Claudette C. Hickey Claudette C. Hickey, 63, of Plant City, born on Dec. 21, 1954, entered into eternal rest on July 25, 2018.

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Cecilia Anne Burdick, 76, of Aurora, Colorado and formerly Plant City, born on Dec. 2, 1941, entered into eternal rest on July 22, 2018.

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TOE RING FITTING 5 to 9 p.m. This custom toe ring fitting event is held at A PEACE of Plant City, 120 N. Collins St. Suite 101. The event is free for women and we ask that no children attend. These fabulous toe rings are full-circle and will not pinch or dig. They are hand-made out of sterling silver and filled with 14-karat gold.

Complimentary adult beverages and hors-d’oeuvres will be served. Sip and shop for special discounts during this event.

SATURDAY, AUG. 4

ROTARY COMMUNITY APPRECIATION DAY 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Enjoy free food, drinks, giveaways, K-9 demonstrations, bounce houses, a dunk tank and more for the entire family at the annual Rotary Community Appreciation Day. The first 500 children receive a free back-to-school bag. The event is held at the Randy Larson Softball Complex, 1500 S. Park Road.

BACK 2 SCHOOL CARNIVAL 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Shekinah Glory Cathedral Back 2 School

ESPRESSO YOURSELF: PAINT N’ SIP 6:33 to 8:33 p.m. Join Krazy Kup for a caffeine-fueled paint n’ sip hosted by experienced instructor Clay Hollenkamp of Join the Circus Productions. You don’t have to be a pro, you just have to have a great time. Everyone leaves with their own work of art. Admission is $25 and there is a limit to 30 participants. For ages 13 years old and up. Contact community@krazykup.com with any questions or concerns.

Carnival is held at Snowden Park, 1702 Waller St. Children can come out to receive a free backpack and supplies. There will be bounce houses, free food, music, fun and more.

Bring the family to meet agencies and resources in the community.

SLEIGHT OF HAND MAGIC SHOW 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Plant City Entertainment is featuring renowned magician Erick Olson in a show of illusions and sleight of hand. Join the theater in a night of comedy and magic.

Tickets are $25 for general admission and $35 VIP front row. Only 50 tickets will be sold per show so purchase yours in advance at pceshows.com.

BLUEGRASS JAM 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Krazy Kup hosts its monthly Bluegrass JAM the first Saturday of each month. It is an open invitation for local Bluegrass musicians and fans to come to the Krazy Kup Loft and JAM, clap hands, stomp feet and enjoy.

MONDAY, AUG. 6

PLANT CITY AREA DEMOCRATIC CLUB 6 p.m. The Plant City Area Democratic Club is meeting at Bruton Library. All Democrats and persons interested in a progressive agenda for our community are welcome. The program will feature a presentation on the many proposed Constitutional amendments that will be on the ballot in November. There will also be an election for the Recording and the Communications Secretaries, as well as a couple of proposed By-Law amendments.

TUESDAY, AUG. 7

NEW TEACHER COFFEE 2018 7:30 to 9 a.m. The annual New Teacher Coffee hosted by the Plant City Chamber of Commerce is back. The event is held at the TECO Expo Hall at the Florida Strawberry Festival Grounds, 2301 W. Oak Ave. For more information call 813-7543707 or email info@plantcity. org.

THURSDAY, AUG. 9

LITERACY TUTOR INFORMATION SESSION 6 to 7 p.m. Come on out to Bruton Memorial Library, 302 McLendon St., to learn more about what it’s like to be a Literacy Tutor and how to become one. Hosted by the Hillsborough Literacy Council attendees can learn how to help teach adults how to read, write or speak English.

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