The Plant City Optimist Club and the Plant City Recreation & Parks Department are still looking for players for the annual Golf Classic.
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Theater hosts awards banquet
Plant City Entertainment honored many of its brightest stars during the community theater’s 27th annual Applause Awards Banquet Sept. 29, at the theater, 101 N. Thomas St.
Continue ReadingChurch offers new quilting class
Donnalee Jackson will offer a quilting class beginning Nov. 4, in Plant City. The six-week course will be from 2:30 to 5 p.m. Sundays through Dec. 9, at the Plant City Seventh-day Adventist Church, 2203 Strawberry Drive.
Continue ReadingFarm Bureau celebrates 70 years
More than 420 members of Hillsborough County Farm Bureau celebrated the organization’s 70th anniversary at its 2012 annual meeting Oct. 4, at Hillsborough Community College’s John R. Trinkle Center, in Plant City.
Continue Reading“Presents 4 Pets” campaign benefits local animal shelters
By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor Every day, hundreds of pets like Sadie, a loving dog, are dropped off at animal shelters, given to veterinarian offices or abandoned on the streets to fend for themselves. Sadie’s owner surrendered her at a local veterinarian’s office because they could not pay for her numerous medical issues. The […]
Continue ReadingRescued kittens need loving homes
Plant City Observer advertising executive Veronica Prostko recently rescued five orphaned kittens.
Continue ReadingChamber seeks Plant City pin busters
The Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce will host its second annual Bowling Tournament from 2 to 6 p.m. Oct. 25, at Family Bowl, 2250 U.S. 92, Plant City.
Continue ReadingKidsPACK raises $3,480 for school
A Lakeland-based nonprofit raised $3,480 through a recent Groupon campaign to assist children in need at Dover Elementary School.
Continue ReadingHost Star Wars event, library will
The Jedi will come to Plant City for Bruton Memorial Library’s Star Wars Reads Day from 3 to 5 p.m. Oct. 6, at the library, 302 W. McLendon St.
Continue ReadingGarden Club presents monthly award
The Plant City Garden Club presented its September award to Jack and Erma Zaiser.
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