Upset alert! The 2014 Durant Cougars looked more like the 2012 squad in Friday night’s 30-20 upset over Sickles, which wasn’t as close as the score suggests. Sickles (1-1; 0-0 district) did get on the scoreboard with the first play of the game, an 80-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Isaac Holder to Trey Fulwood. That […]
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WINNER: Chris Luke
Chris Luke caught these three lightning bolts as an evening summer storm rolled rover Walden Lake park. The Plant City Times & Observer and Grimes Hardware have partnered to host the I Love Plant City Photo Contest. Winners will have their photo featured and receive a $15 gift certificate to Grimes Hardware’s Strawberry Town […]
Continue ReadingPHOTO GALLERY: Silk scarf design class
A group of women gathered in a sunny room at the 1914 Plant City High School Community Center to take a class in designing scarf designs, Sept. 4. Bottles of vibrant dyes dotted the table tops as Peggy Paramore and Cheryl Worsham taught the group how to create a pattern of color on the scarves. […]
Continue ReadingPHOTO GALLERY: O’Brien’s cash cube winner
O’Brien’s Irish Pub & Grill held a grand finale to its trivia nights by allowing one player to enter a cash cube to win money. The inflatable cube was filled with $1,200 that were blown around by air. The lucky winner, Danny Kirkman, was given 45 seconds to grab as many flying bills as he […]
Continue ReadingPHOTO GALLERY: Christian Women’s Connection
Every second Tuesday of the month, the Plant City Christian Women’s Connection meets for lunch, music and a speaker. The group has gathered in the Walden Lake community for almost 20 years, but recently was forced to find a new location. Their first meeting at the Plant City Elks Lodge was Sept. 2. “It’s different–it’s […]
Continue ReadingPHOTO GALLERY: Motion Commotion
Each Tuesday at 10 a.m., Bruton Memorial Library hosts “Motion Commotion” for toddlers. The Sept. 2 event was bear-themed. The children went on an imaginary journey to search for bears, danced with ribbons, passed bean bags and played with a bubble machine. Librarian Mary Hoover read three stories about bears to the group.
Continue ReadingWEEK 1: Bloomingdale at Strawberry Crest
Although lightning threatened to end the game early, the Bloomingdale Bulls were able to wrap up a 16-7 win over Strawberry Crest. It was almost like an exercise in Murphy’s Law for the Chargers (0-1; 0-0 district): most unlucky breaks that could have happened, did happen. Fourth-down false start penalties, loose tackling – especially on […]
Continue ReadingPHOTO GALLERY: 2014 YMCA Strong Leader
The community gathered to celebrate the 2014 YMCA Strong Leader. This year, the award was bestowed upon George Banning. Banning is a long time YMCA member and served on the board for many years.
Continue ReadingPHOTO GALLERY: Jazz and Java
The Arts Council of Plant City invited the community to dinner and a musical performance at Plant City Photo Archives Aug. 23. The B&B Jazz Quartet, a group from Lakeland, comprised Paul Butcher (piano), Alex Belliveau (trombone), Ian Goodman (drum set) and William Hall (electric bass). Krazy Kup supplied coffee to accompany dessert for the […]
Continue ReadingPHOTO GALLERY: First Baptist Fish Fry
First Baptist Church hosted a fish fry for its men’s ministry Saturday, Aug. 23. The women of the church served the meal. After dinner, minister of music Pete Battaglia led the group in worship songs on guitar, and guest evangelist Jon Reed spoke.
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