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 […]
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PHOTO 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.
Continue ReadingPRESEASON: Jefferson at Plant City
Sometimes, the way to beat a playoff team is to punch it in the mouth early. That’s what the Plant City Raiders did to Jefferson High School in Friday night’s 14-12 win, and the Dragons were furious. Plant City set the tone on the first play of the game, when Tommy Bennett plowed through the […]
Continue ReadingPHOTO GALLERY: First day at Wilson Elementary
Students and their families filled Woodrow Wilson Elementary School the morning of Aug. 19, the first day of the new school year. Breakfast was served in the cafeteria for students who arrived early, and many parents stayed to eat with their children. The hallways were filled with smiling teachers holding their doors open wide as […]
Continue ReadingPHOTO GALLERY: Plant City High First Day
Whether it was a freshman’s new beginning or the start of a senior’s farewell tour, Plant City High School students were happy to be back – even in the wee hours of the morning, Aug. 19. Students greeted each other with hugs and high-fives, and showed off their best back-to-school fashions before the 7:25 a.m. […]
Continue ReadingPHOTO GALLERY: Strawberry Crest Football Scrimmage
Before Saturday’s weather got nasty, Strawberry Crest held a scrimmage in front of a slew of its faithful fans. Spectators got to see some of the team’s new offensive and defensive schemes in action, as well as several Tristan Hyde-to-Clay Cullins touchdown connections – something that looks to be an ongoing trend in 2014.
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