MUSKAT, OMAN. University of South Florida senior and Navy ROTC Midshipman John Byrd brought a piece of home with him to the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque in capital city of Muscat, Oman. He received a scholarship from the Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center of Oman to study Arabic and foster exchanges of cultural ideas in Oman this summer. His major is international studies and Arabic, which he hopes to put to good use for the U.S. Navy when he graduates next spring.
John is the son of attorney Johnnie Byrd and his wife, Melane.
“Our family is thrilled to have a local newspaper with actual news of Plant City life,” Melane says. “I worked ages ago as a reporter for my small hometown paper, The Brewton Standard, and I can tell you everybody wanted a copy of that paper every week because it was their news.”
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