For 25 years, Daybreak Rotary Club has been helping its community by providing dictionaries and bicycles to elementary students, supporting the South Florida Baptist Hospital Foundation and the Plant City Family YMCA, and volunteering with the United Food Bank of Plant City. But perhaps one of its biggest projects is its Country Cracker Feast, to […]
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Obituary: Lloyd Hawthorne
Lloyd Hawthorne, 80, of Plant City, died Oct. 1, 2015. Mr. Hawthorne was born in Bruton, Alabama. He was a 34-year veteran of the United States Navy, having served in the Korean War. He continued to serve in the Reserve Navy Seabees, during the Vietnam War and Desert Storm. He was a member of the […]
Continue ReadingObituary: Elizabeth Greenan Bates
Elizabeth Greenan Bates, 92, of Plant City, died Oct. 4, 2015. Mrs. Bates was a native of Alexandria, Virginia. She was the daughter of the late William and Elizabeth Grehan Greenan. She was preceded in death by her husband, Rollo Bates Jr. She is survived by her daughter, Elizabeth L. Bates. There are no services […]
Continue ReadingPHOTO GALLERY: 2015 Optimist Golf Tournament
The Plant City Recreation & Parks Department and Optimist Club held their 21st annual golf tournament on Saturday, Oct. 10, at Walden Lake Golf and Country Club. Every year, the groups hold the tournament to raise money for youth sports and activities throughout the Plant City area. This year, the tournament also featured a putting […]
Continue ReadingPHOTO GALLERY: SCHS Homecoming 2015
Strawberry Crest students danced the night away on Saturday, Oct. 10, at their Homecoming celebration. Hunter Dennis and Brenda Ibarra were crowned Homecoming King and Queen.
Continue ReadingPHOTO GALLERY: SCHS Homecoming parade
Strawberry Crest got ready for Homecoming on Friday night, introducing the court candidates to those in the stands. The candidates for Homecoming Queen were paraded around in Chevrolet Corvettes, old and new, before each person on the ballot got to make their way across the middle of the football field. Students in the audience, covered […]
Continue ReadingDancing with the Locals: Dr. Helen Hoveida and Branden Osborne
Editor’s note: Dancing with the Locals is a charity fundraising event for the Noon Rotary Club of Plant City. Each year, eight to 13 couples compete in the competition for two awards: best dancers and most money raised. Audience members enjoy cocktails and hors d’oeuvres while voting for their favorite couple with their dollars. Many […]
Continue ReadingCorn maze now open
By Arden White | Staff Intern The Futch family reopened its ranch to guests Saturday, Oct. 3, as part of the fourth annual Fox Squirrel Corn Maze. It will continue on Saturdays and Sundays in October, until Sunday, Oct. 25. Stalks of corn grow over 7 feet tall in a field off Charlie Taylor Road, […]
Continue ReadingThe Perfect Fit: Sewing club launches at Lincoln
Lincoln Elementary Magnet School students bustled over their shiny egg-white sewing machines Monday, Oct. 5. They pulled thread and inspected fabrics in shuffling, uniform-clad groups as part of the school’s newest club, Sew Cool. The after-school program teaches third, fourth and fifth grade students the ins and outs of sewing every Monday. “I can’t wait […]
Continue ReadingDancing with the Locals: Eric Randall & Tiffany Brock
Editor’s Note: Dancing with the Locals is a charity fundraising event for the Noon Rotary Club of Plant City. Each year, eight to 13 couples compete in the competition for two awards: best dancers and most money raised. Plant City hairdresser and makeup artist Eric Randall is making his return to the dance floor on Nov. […]
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