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Volume 21 Issue 10
‘Broadway’ Returns To Saddlebrook Resort!
May 11, 2013
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Students, Teachers Honored At Annual WCCC Pride Awards Ceremony By Gary Nager All too often, it seems, we hear people say, “How come there’s not a lot of good news about young people in this or any other publication?” Well, for 14 years now, the Greater Wesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce (WCCC) has been doing its part to make sure that outstanding young people at every school located in the area we call Wesley Chapel receive their just due at the Chamber’s annual “Student Pride Awards Ceremony,” which was held this year on April 30 at the Center for the Arts auditorium at Wesley Chapel High (WCH). Chamber president Jeff Novotny of American Consulting Engineers (ACE) reminded the literally hundreds of students, parents and local business and community leaders in attendance at this year’s breakfast ceremony that, when he moved to the area 14 years ago, “There were only two schools in Wesley Chapel — Thomas E. Weightman Middle School and Quail Hollow Elementary. Today, Wesley Chapel is home to eight elementaries, two middle schools and two high schools and more than 12,000 students, or about 18 percent of all of the public school students in Pasco County. We are proud to honor the top 10 percent or so (more than 100) of those local students at this breakfast this year and every year.”
Novotny said he also is proud of the scholarship funds donated to some of Wesley Chapel’s top college-bound high school seniors at the event, monies that have been donated to the Chamber by local businesses, in(Above) Pasco clerk Dr. Paula cluding ACE. “Last year, we O’Neil emceed the Student were only able to do- Pride Awards Ceremony, nate four $500 where local high school seniors (right) earned cash awards scholarships and four from the Wesley Chapel Cham$250 scholarships,” ber of Commerce (below). Novotny said. “This year, we’ve given out eight $500 scholarships and we hope to double that total again next year.” Pasco County clerk & comptroller Dr. Paula O’Neil served as the event’s emcee this year and Paula said she was proud of not only the students, but also the parents and families of the students and the Chamber member businesses and local resident volunteers (one of each of whom was named a “Pride Partner” for each school) See “Awards” on page 38.
Local Runners Unite, Run In Silence, To Honor Fallen In Boston Bombing
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‘Fields’ Land Deal All But Complete, Relay For Life Of Wiregrass Rallies Against Cancer, Habitat For Humanity To Build First Home In Wesley Chapel & More!!
‘Broadway Comes To Tampa’ Returns To Saddlebrook, Our Summer Movie Preview, NY NY Pizza Brings Big City Taste To WC, Plus More Neighborhood Nibbles & Biz Bytes!
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the Wiregrass location. The first mile of the race, which began at the store, was purposely run in silence. The IRRA, which has more than 160 member retailers (many of which have numerous locations nationwide), organized a collective event to show support for those affected by the bombings and put its members in charge of organizing local runs and getting T- More than 400 participated in an April 22 run to shirts made. honor those killed and injured in the Boston The shirts were sold at Marathon Bombings on April 15. Photo: FITniche each event for $20, with all of the proceeds going to benefit The One Niche and its upcoming road races, Fund, Inc., a charity set up by Massachu- please visit the store’s Facebook page at setts Governor Deval Patrick and Boston Facebook.com/FITnicheWiregrass. Mayor Tom Menino. So far, between public and corporate donations, more than $21 million has been raised to help the victims of the Boston bombing. For more information about FitDated Material Please Rush!
An eerie silence fills the Shops at Wiregrass mall in Wesley Chapel, as hundreds of runners briskly pass, to honor those lost during the bombing of the Boston Marathon on April 15. The only sounds for the entire first mile of the race are those of feet hitting pavement FITniche, a running store in the mall, and thousands of other retail running stores across the country that are part of the Independent Running Retailer Association
(IRRA), hosted a three-mile run on April 22 to raise money for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings, only a week after the explosions that killed three and injured more than 180 people near the finish line of one of the most popular foot races in the U.S. “We host a run here every Thursday,” says Wiregrass FITniche general manager Brian Brink. “But, this just steamrolled into a huge event.” Brink says that more than 400 people came out to run and show their support at
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