By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor By far, the biggest event to take place in Plant City all year long is the Florida Strawberry Festival.
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2012 Year in Photos: SEPTEMBER
Here are some of our favorite images from September 2012.
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As we celebrate the end of the year, the Plant City Observer takes a look back at some of our favorite images from 2012. Check back each day for our favorites from each month since we began operating in June.
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Elizabeth Alice Boruff, Calvin Ellis Jr., Eugene Johnson and Donny Wright
Continue ReadingContestants for 2013 Florida Strawberry Festival queen announced
Twenty-five young women will compete for the title of 2013 Florida Strawberry Festival queen Jan. 26, on the festival grounds.
Continue ReadingPHOTO GALLERY: YMCA Santa Breakfast
By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor The Plant City YMCA hosted a breakfast with Santa Saturday Dec. 15. Children devoured pancakes, made Christmas ornaments and got to visit with Santa.
Continue ReadingPHOTO GALLERY: Light of Christmas show
By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor Hundreds gathered for the annual Christmas production at Plant City’s First Baptist Church, 503. N. Palmer St. Friday, Dec. 14. Called The Light of Christmas, the production featured an orchestra with members of the church and hired professional musicians. An entertaining light show to live music started the show […]
Continue ReadingPHOTO GALLERY: Trapnell Elementary speech contest
By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor Trapnell Elementary students competed in the 4-H Tropicana speech contest, Dec. 14. Sidney Dunn’s speech on FCAT testing won first place, Preston Howell’s speech on electric cars won second place and Keilah Gadson’s speech on dreams won third place. The eight competitors were based on two major categories, composition and […]
Continue ReadingWish Farms celebrates 90 years
By Matt Mauney | Associate Editor Although the name has only been around for a few years, the story behind Wish Farms dates back much earlier — 90 years in fact. Now a fourth-generation, family-owned company, Wish Farms is a leader in the strawberry growing industry and has been a major contributor to Plant City’s […]
Continue ReadingObituaries 12.13.12
Timothy Curtis Ballard, Joy Ann Marley Baxter, Ruby M. Gray, Gregory Stephen Long, Eva C. Standard and Norma Kate Thrasher (Douglas) and Joel M. Zazulia
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