The 2015 Baby Parade, organized by the Junior Woman’s Club of Plant City, was held Saturday, March 7, at the Florida Strawberry Festival. Contestants competed in five categories: Personality, Costume, Float, Most Handsome and Most Beautiful. First Place Winners Personality: Mason Singletary Costume: Hailey Grooms Float: Everett Dalvalle Most Handsome:Easton Goff Most Beautiful: Giselle McDowell
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PHOTO GALLERY: Baby Parade, 2-Year-Olds
The 2015 Baby Parade, organized by the Junior Woman’s Club of Plant City, was held Saturday, March 7, at the Florida Strawberry Festival. Contestants competed in five categories: Personality, Costume, Float, Most Handsome and Most Beautiful. First Place Winners Personality: Sutton Kaye Duncan Costume: Rowen Ashford Morgan Float: Cade Brock Most Handsome: Scott William Terrell Most […]
Continue ReadingPHOTO GALLERY: Baby Parade, 1-Year-Olds
The 2015 Baby Parade, organized by the Junior Woman’s Club of Plant City, was held Saturday, March 7, at the Florida Strawberry Festival. Contestants competed in five categories: Personality, Costume, Float, Most Handsome and Most Beautiful. First Place Winners Personality: Izabella Diehl Costume: Abigail Sue Smith Float: Georgia Sue Ann Hunter Most Handsome: Dayton Davis Most Beautiful: […]
Continue ReadingPHOTO GALLERY: Boyz II Men
Boyz II Men performed at the Wish Farms Sound Stage the night of Friday, March 6. Thousands of dedicated fans were thrilled to see the R&B group that has been known for vocal harmonies and smooth ballads since the late 1980s.
Continue ReadingBizarre Foods with the Times Observer Staff
I knew we had a good Florida Strawberry Festival Guide when the I — the editor — was using it as reference to find out where all the bizarre food booths were on the grounds yesterday. For me, I just had to try the strawberry burger — a juicy patty topped with a deep-fried graham cracker strawberry cookie and drizzled with […]
Continue ReadingMoonlight Magic to go until 2 a.m.
It’s the last weekend of the Florida Strawberry Festival. Midnight Magic will happen for the last time tonight, March 6. The midway will stay open until 2 a.m.
Continue ReadingBehind the Scenes: Festival Security
The Florida Strawberry Festival is known as one of the safest, most family-friendly events in the state. But making sure that it stays this way takes an intensive, collaborative effort among the Plant City and Temple Terrace police departments, and the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, and much of their work is behind the scenes. As […]
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Paul Coletti spent six years trying to make last summer’s Plant City edition of Camp Invention happen. Since it went so well, he’s brought it back for 2015 — and it sounds bigger and better than before. As the only camp of its kind in the Winter Strawberry Capital of the World, Camp Invention is […]
Continue ReadingObituary: Marcelo Tovar
Marcelo Tovar, 30, of Plant City, died Feb. 25, 2015. A native of Guanajuato, he was the son of Miguel Esquivel and Silverio Rangel. Mr. Tovar was a member of St. Clement Catholic Church. online pharmacy purchase suhagra online generic Survivors include wife, Juana Magueyal; children, Brayan, Evelin and Yoselyn Cruzes-Magueyal; brothers, Rocendo, Arturo and […]
Continue ReadingObituary: Dolores Philport
Dolores Philport, 87, of Plant City, died Feb. 28, 2015, at Country Manor Assisted Living. online pharmacy buy zoloft no prescription A native of Wyandotte, Michigan, she was the daughter of the late August and Katherine Birdsall Tice. She was an assistant manager of food services for Wyandotte Public Schools before retiring and a member […]
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