By Amber Jurgensen | Staff Writer When a customer brought a Clyde Butcher photograph through the door of Walden Lake Art and Frame about a month ago, owner Michael Kidde was ecstatic. He was even more thrilled to know the customer was trying to sell it. “It was a very unusual piece that I was […]
Continue ReadingBACK TO SCHOOL 2012: The Actor
By Amber Jurgensen | Staff Writer Casey Hamilton sounded like seven different people on the phone. The Plant City High School senior switched between an Irish accent to a posh British accent. His laugh mimicked the voice of his favorite TV character, Peter Griffin, from the show “Family Guy.”
Continue ReadingBACK TO SCHOOL 2012: The Kindergartner
By Amber Jurgensen | Staff Writer In two days Elijah West will be graduating from a summer pre-kindergarten program at Bryan Elementary and moving on to bigger things — kindergarten. The 5-year-old is excited to learn to read and play games with his friends. But there’s one thing Elijah can’t wait to do.
Continue ReadingBACK TO SCHOOL 2012: The First-Timers
By Matt Mauney | Staff Writer Lindsey Coyne and Tara Vaughn are both enthusiastic about their new positions at Bailey Elementary in Dover. Both will be first-time teachers this fall, teaching the fifth grade, and they both bring a hands-on approach to teaching. “I just look around at all these great supplies, and I’m just […]
Continue ReadingCops Corner 08.09.12
JULY 27 HODGE-PODGE 3200 block of Magnolia Garden Drive. Burglary. The victim said someone broke into his house by breaking the back glass door. Suspect(s) stole a Wii gaming system, war games, Michael Jackson dance game and a fishing game, Oakley sunglasses, a black leather jacket, Canon camera, Toshiba laptop, six watches and bottles of […]
Continue ReadingObserver seeks birth announcements
Celebrating a new bundle of joy? If so, the Plant City Observer would like to celebrate with you! We welcome your birth announcements for publication. Please send your baby’s name, parents’ and siblings’ names, birth date, birth weight and length, and hospital to Managing Editor Michael Eng, meng@plantcityobserver.com. You may also include a photo.“>http://welcome-to-usa.ru/dengi-v-dolg-ufe.php
Continue ReadingChurch offers support group
Plant City’s First Baptist Church is now offering a Christian cancer support group. Sharing Our Burdens meets at 4:30 p.m. the fourth Sunday of each month, at Plant City’s First Baptist Church, Room 136, 503 N. Palmer St. For more, call Diane Mabry, 365-0554.“>http://bardinhotel.ru/zayavka-na-poluchenie-zayma.php
Continue ReadingLions Club presents donation
The Plant City Lions Club presented a $1,000 check to the Pregnancy Care Center of Plant City at the club’s meeting Aug. 7. Executive Director Darlene Davis said the center will use the donation to purchase window treatments at the facility, 304 N. Collins St.
Continue ReadingBACK TO SCHOOL 2012: The Freshmen
By Michael Eng | Managing Editor Durant High School Spanish teacher Virginia Miller’s classroom is abuzz with nervous laughter. It’s still weeks before the first official day of school, but the lessons in this class — the Greater Access Plan camp — are critically important for this particular group: incoming freshmen.
Continue ReadingRIBBON CUTTING: Captain Electrix Inc.
The Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for Captain Electrix Inc. Aug. 7. For more information, call (813) 470-8078.
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