I remember the first time I tried a St. Clement Strawberry Shortcake very well. It was just a couple of weeks ago, at the Florida Strawberry Festival’s media party. We had just eaten dinner, and I made sure to save some room for one of those bad boys. When I took my first bite, I […]
Continue ReadingBruton library pencils in new comic, manga club
Comic book fans in Plant City can rejoice. Walter Critzer, of the Bruton Memorial Library, has founded the library’s first Comics, Manga and Anime Club, and its first meeting will take place next week. “So far, there’s a fairly good amount of people interested in the club,” Critzer says. “It’s open to anyone.” According to […]
Continue ReadingDurant Baseball: Life after Tyler Danish
Sometimes, as the 80s hair rockers Cinderella once sang, “You don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone.” That’s not the case with Durant baseball, though. It knew exactly what it had with star pitcher Tyler Danish. But, now that he and two other pitchers have graduated, the Cougars have had to adjust to playing […]
Continue ReadingDedication fuels Plant City karate master, Chris Welbon
It’s hard to compete with the Florida Strawberry Festival for attention, but Chris Welbon and members his karate club were hard to miss last Saturday. They gathered outside of Welbon’s Collins Street storefront early in the afternoon and hosted a “yard sale” to raise money for the club team’s impending travel expenses. With an extra […]
Continue ReadingWHAT’S ON KLINE’S MIND? Learning is part of the job
When I’m not on assignment, I sometimes find myself fielding questions about my job. A lot of the time, the question is something along the lines of, “How do you find your stories?” Other times, it’s something like, “How is such-and-such team doing, and how far can they go this year?” I don’t normally surprise […]
Continue ReadingSIDELINES
BASEBALL/SOFTBALL + Cougars, Raiders renew rivalry On the boys’ side, March 4’s renewal of the Redman Rivalry was fairly close. Durant pulled away in the fourth inning and held on for a 3-0 victory at home, thanks to strong pitching from seniors Ryan Barfield and Jacob Scolaro. Together, they gave up three hits and one walk, […]
Continue ReadingATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Casey Decatur
There were a few notable performances in both of Durant’s first-ever lacrosse home games, but nobody took over quite like Lady Cougars freshman Casey Decatur. She torched Jefferson’s defense to the tune of seven goals, securing a 12-4 lead and killing the Lady Dragons’ momentum spurts at all the right times. You were on fire […]
Continue Reading2014 Strawberry Festival: Talk of the Town
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Continue ReadingFestival makes traffic-flow improvements
If the commute to and from the Florida Strawberry Festival has been an annual headache, raise your hand. Now, breathe a sigh of relief: Many of the problems have been addressed. According to Phil Waldron, who oversees traffic policies and procedures for the festival, the Plant City Police Department has examined all the problem areas, […]
Continue ReadingA Girl and Her ‘Gus’
Gus is a 265-pound Hampshire pig and looks like a giant Double Stuf Oreo cookie. Kenley Connell is an outgoing Lincoln Elementary School third-grader, who is maybe one-third of the size of her pig. Together, they make quite the team. Kenley and Gus are gearing up for the ag competitions at the 2014 Florida Strawberry […]
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