Volume 18 Issue 13
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June 19, 2010
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About 1,000 Graduate From Wharton & Freedom At Sun Dome Class Of 2010 The Hardest For A Certain Editor To Say Goodbye To...Ever!
An editorial by Gary Nager As I stood near the stage taking pictures of the roughly 500 Class of 2010 graduates (photo) of Paul R. Wharton High, I realized that this graduating class would likely be the last one that I would get to know so well personally. After all, Jake, the younger of my two sons, was one of the Wharton kids receiving a diploma at the University of South Florida Sun Dome on June 8. And I have not only coached (or coached against, in everything from Little League baseball to soccer to basketball to hockey) but also seen so many of these young men and women (at both Freedom and Wharton and even Wiregrass Ranch High in Wesley Chapel) grow into the people they are today that I feel both great pride and some-
thing of a sense of loss knowing that they are all leaving their respective nests and venturing out into the world. Of course, I feel as though I have gotten to know kids in every graduating class at every New Tampa elementary, middle and high school over the years, by editing/publishing their respective academic and athletic achievements, but as I said, never again will I know as many of them personally as I have this group of graduates. For example, I probably could have predicted that Wharton’s two-time State pole vault champ London Enos was going to be a great athlete when she was 11 years old and leaping off of Jake’s bunk bed. I also am proud to say that I saw the potential in slugging Wiregrass Ranch High (and New Tampa resident, as well as future St. Leo University) catcher Spencer Bowles at age 9, even as most of the other New Tampa Little League coaches said he was one of those “too-chunky” kids who maybe could hit but couldn’t “really” play a regular position in the
field. And, I remember when Freedom High soccer player and future Florida Gator Joe Cerillo was the only kid on our New Tampa Soccer Association Comets team who weighed less than my Jake did. And the list goes on. So, I bid a fond “see ya later” (because I hate goodbyes) to the likes
of Brandon Allen, Casey Alonso, Meghan Bartley, David Campbell, Connor Castro, Matt Cazes, John Collins, J.P. d’Ambrosio, Shaun Dickinson, Will English, Mike Gassaway, Evan Gay, Tyler Guy, Alex Huerta, Jake Kools, See “Graduation” on page 27.
Former U.S. Rep. Jim Davis To Speak On Sales Tax Referendum
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TECO Lineman Killed By Power Line, Teens Caught Vandalizing Freedom High, Publix Renovations Nearly Complete & Much More!
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dents, neighborhoods, businesses, civic groups and community leaders determined to build a modern transportation system — one that will move us from last in commuting to one of America’s best.” As you know, the light rail component of the proposal is both the most expensive and most controversial, as it will bring a rail line either on a side or down the middle of Bruce B. Downs Blvd., which is in the process of being expanded without the sales tax. For additional information, visit MovingHillsborughForward.org.
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U.S. Rep. Jim Davis and Ray Chiaramonte of the Hillsborough Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) discuss the benefits of the sales tax, if it is approved by the county’s voters. According to the “Moving Hillsborough Forward” flyer we received, the intent of the proposed sales tax, which was approved to be added to the November ballot by the members of the Hillsborough Board of County Commissioners, is “to fund a modern transportation system that includes new and improved roads and bridges, a dramatically expanded bus system, a new light rail system and improved bicycle and pedestrian facilities. The flyer also notes that “Moving Hillsborough Forward is a grassroots coalition of Hillsborough County resi-
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Are you confused about the ramifications of the proposed Hillsborough County Transportation Referendum? If so, you’re not alone, but on Wednesday, June 23, 6:30 p.m., at the New Tampa Regional Library (on Cross Creek Blvd.), you can find out all about
the “Moving Hillsborough Forward” 1-percent sales tax that will appear on the general election ballot this November, which is only a few months away. If you don’t feel like you’re “in the know” about what the sales tax could provide for New Tampa and the entire county, you should definitely come to this open public meeting to hear former
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