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For many of Wesley Chapel’s new school security officers, protecting your children is more than just a job.

CALL TO DUTY Eugene Figueroa was sitting in the living room of his Spring Hill home when he first saw the reports of another school shooting, this time on Feb. 14 of this year at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland, FL. Figueroa’s heart dropped. He felt sick. He could not believe that once again, helpless and unsuspecting children had been gunned down in their classrooms.

In the aftermath, the debate raged for days and months — how can we stop this from happening again?

Figueroa, a 51-year-old retired correctional officer, had his own ideas, and they didn’t involve arming teachers or running schools like a military base.

His idea involved people like him, retired law enforcement, retired military, retired security.

-- Eugene “I’m right here,” he yelled one Figueroa, night at his television as pundits arSEVEN OAKS gued over the best course of action.

As it turned out, Figueroa ELEMENTARY wasn’t alone. The idea of requiring an armed security officer at every school in Florida’s 67 countywide districts was almost immediately passed into law following the mass shooting at Stoneman Douglas, with $67 million set aside to fund it. While that wasn’t enough to pay for actual police officers, counties like Pasco had opted to hire 55 full-time “guardians” for its 49 elementary schools.

“We had 200 people apply in the first two days,” says Pasco County assistant superintendant for support services Elizabeth Kuhn. “We had to shut the ad down.”

Among the first to apply were Figueroa, now stationed at Seven Oaks, Roy Wright, who is at Veterans, and Fred Jackson at Quail Hollow elementary schools.

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How Was Wesley Chapel Shut Out Of The Pasco EDC Awards?

An editorial by Gary Nager If you live in Wesley Chapel — and since we only mail this publication who live in Wesley Chapel zip codes, the likelihood is that you do — you may have heard that your community is the fastest-growing part of Pasco County and one of the fastest-growing areas not only in Florida, but in the entire U.S. According to its website, the “Pasco Economic Development Council (EDC) is the lead economic development organization dedicated to the overall growth and prosperity of Pasco County through the development of a sustainable and diversified economy.”

Sustainable and diversified? Hasn’t everyone seen the variety of businesses going up on S.R. 56 near I-75, or the number of new homes being built in Wiregrass Ranch and Epperson?

Well, based on my recent visit to the Pasco EDC’s 32nd annual awards gala at Saddlebrook Resort on Sept. 6, I wasn’t so sure.

Considering that the event was held at Saddlebrook and that Florida Hospital Wesley Chapel was the title sponsor of it, I was more than a little surprised that the only Wesley Chapel-area business that was even nominated for any of the five awards given out that evening was the Tampa Premium Outlets (which, of course, technically has a Lutz address). But, when the outlet mall ended up not winning the Large Business of the Year award, it meant that the fastest-growing community in Pasco County was completely shut out of EDC honors this year.

And that just didn’t make sense to a certain local news magazine publisher.

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nated by the community,” Pasco EDC president and CEO Bill Cronin told me the day after the gala. “I was surprised, too, that more businesses from Wesley Chapel didn’t receive nominations, but the committee can only pick winners from among those that were nominated.”

The gala itself is a pretty awesome event and there were plenty of our businesses located in Wesley Chapel — including last year’s Large Business of the Year award winner, Florida Hospital Center Ice (FHCI, see story on pages 34-35), which was a sponsor of the gala that had (as all of the sponsors did) a booth at the Trade Show following the announcement (by the event’s emcee, WFTSTV’s Sarah Rosario) of the award winners.

I will say that the EDC’s selection of Jay B. Starkey, Jr., of the Starkey Ranch in the Odessa/ New Port Richey area, as this year’s Leadership Award winner was an outstanding one. The Starkey family (with Cronin in the photo above), like last year’s Leadership Award winner JD Porter and his family, have been great stewards of their multi-thousand-acre cattle ranch.

I also promise that as soon as the word goes out that nominations are open for the 2019 Pasco EDC awards, I am going to make it my personal mission to ensure that more than one Wesley Chapel-based business gets nominated.

That shouldn’t be too tough to accomplish, considering all of the new and exciting businesses that we keep telling you about every issue in these pages and in many of our WCNTtv segments. And, as the 2014 Small Business of the Year winner for the Greater Wesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce (now the North Tampa Bay Chamber), I can tell you that although most businesses don’t do what they do just to win awards, when our area is the primary economic engine driving the success of Pasco, our businesses deserve to be recognized for what Wesley Chapel brings to the county’s table.

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Local News Updates.....................3-16

Primary Election Draws Big Numbers......................4 Two Fire Stations On The Way In Wesley Chapel......6 What A Difference A Year Makes For Willow.............10 Party City, Hobby Lobby Begin Construction........11 Just A Few More Months To Go For BBD?...............12 Is The Pebble Creek Golf Club On The Market? ....13 Wesley Chapel Community Calendar.........................16

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A substantial increase in primary voting in Pasco County is expected to be a bellwether for what could be one of the most anticipated general elections in recent memory on Tuesday, November 6.

Turnout for early voting, vote by mail and on primary election day on Aug. 28 were all higher than they were in 2016 in Pasco County and overall, 24.85 percent of registered voters cast ballots, compared to 18.64 percent in 2016 and 14.93 percent in 2014.

Pasco County Supervisor of Elections Brian Corley says overall numbers on Aug. 28 were up, due to the ease of voting, as well as the fact that voters seem to be more engaged this year than they have been in the past.

“There is a caveat,” he says. “While the needle is moving in the right direction and it’s a fantastic increase, that’s still only one in four people voting (in the primary election).

It’s not time for confetti, but it is a step in the right direction.”

In Wesley Chapel, more than 10,000 votes were cast, or only 21.9 percent of registered voters. However, take away those not registered with either major party, of which only seven percent voted, and that number is better – 28.6 percent of registered Democrats and Republicans in Wesley Chapel’s voting precincts cast ballots in the primary.

Other than the primaries to choose gubernatorial candidates for each party, there were no hot intra-party races driving people to the polls, and Corley says that could mean a massive turnout for the general election, when the ballot will offer more choices and pit those political parties against each other.

Those additional choices include two Pasco County Commission races that weren’t contested in the primaries, and what will be a heated U.S. Senate race between current Republican Governor Rick Scott and Democratic incumbent Bill Nelson, who has held his position since 2001.

The one race drawing national attention that is expected to drive people to the polls more than any other, however, will be the one to replace Gov. Scott as Florida Governor, between Republican Ron DeSantis and Democrat Andrew Gillum.

Gillum shocked almost everyone with a win in the primary to set up a showdown with the Donald Trump-endorsed DeSantis. Both candidates defeated establishment-backed candidates, setting the stage for an interesting battle that will match contenders from what many believe to be the party’s bases.

Either Andrew Gillum (left) or Ron DeSantis will be elected Florida’s next governor in the general election on Nov. 6.

Gillum became Florida’s first-ever black gubernatorial candidate after he defeated favored Gwen Graham, the daughter of popular former Florida Governor and U.S. Senator Bob Graham.

Although he was fourth in many polls leading up to the primary vote and was outspent by Graham 6-to-1, there was talk of a Gillum surge in the final days, which turned out to be prescient.

Gillum captured 34.3 percent of the state-wide Democratic vote (or 517,834 votes of the 1,509,794 ballots cast). Graham finished second with 31.3 percent, while Phillip Levine (20.3 percent) and Jeff Greene (10 percent) rounded out the top candidates in the Democratic field.

“People didn’t think we had a chance, but we did,” Gillum told CNN shortly after being declared the winner. “I think voters have had enough with the status quo.”

DeSantis, who was first elected to Congress in 2012, represents the Daytona Beach area and originally ran for the U.S. Senate in 2016, when it appeared that Marco Rubio, coming off an unsuccessful presidential campaign, was not going to run. Once Rubio re-entered the race, DeSantis exited it.

Running behind former Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam at the time, DeSantis fully embraced an endorsement from President Trump in the spring and it shot him into a lead he never relinquished.

DeSantis was the choice of 913,955 of Florida’s Republican voters out of 1,618,372 who cast ballots in the primary, or 56.4 percent. The previously favored Putnam was a distant second with 36.5 percent.

Pres. Trump congratulated DeSantis on the win the night of the primaries, and the next morning, the president attacked Gillum, calling him DeSantis’, “biggest dream…a failed Socialist Mayor who has allowed crime and & other problems to flourish in his city.”

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In Pasco County, however, Graham was the decisive winner over Gillum, garnering almost twice as many votes, beating the eventual nominee 42.7 percent to 25.1 percent.

In Wesley Chapel, though, Gillum was as clear a choice for Democrats as DeSantis was for Republicans. Both candidates were the top vote-getters in nine of Wesley Chapel’s 13 voting precincts, and both received 54 percent Cabana Spas October Ad V1.pdf of the votes cast for the top two finishers.

In other races, Allen Altman won a fourth term on the Pasco County School Board with 57 percent of the vote, beating challengers Ken Mathis (23 percent) and Bri-

an Staver (20 percent) for the District 1 seat, joining fellow incumbent Cynthia Armstrong, who retained her District 3 seat.

Tara O’Connor and Megan Harding, who both received 37 percent of the vote for the District 5 seat, will run-off against each other on Nov. 6 because neither passed the 50-percent threshold in the primary.

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Pasco County Fire Rescue Breaks Ground On New Station No. 38

By ANDY WARRENER After having only one fire station for many years, it won’t be too long before the Wesley Chapel area has three. On Sept. 17, Pasco County Fire Rescue (PCFR) hosted a groundbreaking event for Fire Station No. 38, located on Overpass Rd., west of Curley Rd., near Watergrass Elementary.

The station shows the foresight of PCFR’s long-term strategic plan.

“Wesley Chapel is a booming population center,” PCFR public information officer Corey Dierdorff said. “With new developments like Epperson and Watergrass already populated and new developments north of the new station, like Ashley Groves, already being permitted and approved, it means higher call volume. Without more stations, higher call volume means longer response times. We’re looking at putting stations in ahead of (new) development.”

Longer response times also can mean the difference between life and death. That’s why the new four-bay, 10,843 square foot Station 38 will feature some state-of-the-art technology when it opens in about a year.

The PURVIS Fire Station Alerting System (FSAS) is an award-winning, IP-based solution designed to automate the process of alerting fire and rescue personnel, enhance communications and decrease response times.

Station 38 will be the first in Pasco County to utilize the system.

“Let’s say calls for chest pain, shortness of breath and a car accident all come in at the same time,” Deputy Chief of Operations Michael Cassano said. “Right now, all three

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“A lot of our bay doors open into living with the new system, PCFR plans to retrofit quarters and the trucks are spewing Benzene the rest of the stations across the county in all over the bays,” Cassano said. “With this future years.

Station 38 also will employ new technol- new safe air system, it monitors the atmospheric conditions in the bay and can autoogy to keep its firefighters safer and better matically turn on fans, regulate temperature rested. To keep them safer, the new fire station will employ a Plymovent diesel exhaust and even open bay doors.”

Another benefit for firefighters at Station 38 will be how the PURVIS System alerts them. Currently, a quick blast is emitted over the station’s speaker system. With the new PURVIS System, the tones gradually increase in volume. Additionally, the alerts can be targeted toward only the firefighters needed for a particular call and not the entire station.

“We found that many firefighters endure sleep deprivation,” Cassano said. “When you wake up to a loud noise, it triggers catacholamine release (in your brain) and a fight or flight mindset. This was happening every time firefighters would get a call. It’s designed with the goal of being a more humane notification system.”

Station 38 marks the first additional fire coverage area in Pasco County since 2009 and the first new coverage area in East Pasco County since 2007.

Not far behind Station 38’s groundbreaking will be the opening of the new Station No. 13. Located off of Old Pasco Rd., the new station had its groundbreaking in March. The old Station 13 at 27329 Dayflower Rd. is an aging facility that has become inadequate to handle the population growth in the area.

When it opens in January, the new Station 13 will be 9,400 square feet, have space for a Pasco County Sheriff’s substation and three drive-through bays able to accommodate six fire vehicles.

“In Pasco County, county wide, we are issuing 300 residential permits a month,” Dierdorff said. “The growth is incredible but our aim is to provide the best fire and medical coverage.”

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‘Security Guards’

Continued from page 1 When the county launched the school security program, it was looking for very specific people. Previous experience in law enforcement, security or the military was a must, and the ability to relate to children and thrive in a school environment was just as important.

“A lot of the job would be interacting with kids, not just standing up against a wall,” Kuhn said. “This was not just a law enforcement job, it was not just a school job, it was both.”

That made it perfect for Jackson, a softspoken, 52-year-old retired police officer from Fort Myers.

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Jackson had worked with children his entire adult life. He was a D.A.R.E. officer, helping to keep kids from getting involved in drugs and gangs, and was a school resource officer for 10 years.

“My whole life was trying to make life better for people in predominantly poor areas,” Jackson says.

That included time working the streets in some of Fort Myers’ most drug-infested areas, and watching the crack epidemic take off and, unfortunately, flourish.

Quail Hollow’s security guard sees himself as a mentor, much in the way he viewed his middle school football coach, who was also a police officer and often wore his uniform to practices.

“That really appealed to me,” he says.

Football was Jackson’s plan B. He was a standout safety for Florida A&M High in Tallahassee, and earned a scholarship to Florida A&M University (also in Tallahassee) before his playing days were scuttled by a neck injury.

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when his wife Eugenia, a third-grade teacher at Woodland Elementary in Zephyrhills, told him about the opportunity.

“I was saddened by the Parkland shooting, thinking about all the innocent kids who didn’t have a chance to mature and grow up to be whatever they wanted to be,” Jackson says. “So, the chance to reach kids and protect kids, this was the best thing for me. I really saw this as a calling.”

Like every school Security guard Fred Jackson at Quail Hollow Elementary. security officer, Jackyour babies,” Jackson says, “and the teachers, so son underwent 132 intensive hours of training this summer in prepa- they can teach your babies.”

At the end of the day, the No. 1 job for a ration, a good many of those hours dedicated to school security officer is to run towards a threat the gun range and live shooter simulations. and try and eliminate it. It is not for the feint of In Pasco, school security officers wear a heart, but then again, neither is Rikers Island, ballistic vest, and carry a gun on one hip and New York City’s notorious jail complex. a Taser on the other. “And we have ample Because he spent 20 years working on the amounts of ammunition,” Jackson says.

Jackson loves his interactions with the kids island, it may be hard to imagine Figueroa (photo on pg. 1), a Puerto Rico-born, Bronx-raised at Quail Hollow, describing it as a family. retired corrections officer, being afraid of much.

And, while he understands why some A graduate of Norman Thomas High in parents may have initially been leery of an armed guard around their children, just the other day a Manahattan, Figueroa and his best friend both father there to pick up his son walked up to him were attracted to being New York City cops.

While his friend became a police officer, howto thank him for what he is doing. ever, Figueroa decided to go the correctional “I pray for you guys every night,” he told officer route.

Jackson, who has a job he wishes wasn’t necesHis first real job was at Rikers. He started sary. But, it is one he feels it is one of the most at the Otis Bantum Center (OBC), and spent important he has ever had. time working in some of the island’s other nine “The only reason we are here is to protect

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jails before transitioning to a transportation officer, hauling the bad guys back and forth.

Only six months into his job in 1990, Rikers Island erupted into a riot after an inmate assaulted an officer. That year, there were 2,500 violent incidents on the island.

“Pretty hair raising,” says Figueroa. “I was only one year in, and that was an eye opening experience. Luckily, God’s grace stood with me for 20 years.”

He and his wife Yvonne moved to Spring Hill in 2015, and since then, Eugene has spent most of his time fishing. But, the father of two grown children and grandfather to 1-, 7- and 8-year-olds, he, too, was sickened, and driven to apply to be a school security officer, by what happened in Parkland.

Like Jackson, Figueroa sees himself as a mentor to the students, and the first line of defense against any outside danger.

He is a presence during drop off and pick up times, and during the day, walks around campus, eyes always open, the route always varying.

“I’m like a junkyard dog, roaming the property,” he says.

When he peeks in on classrooms at Seven Oaks, he’ll flash a big smile or a thumbs up, with teachers and students often replying in kind. The school, he says, as have most of the parents, has warmed up to his presence. “Some are receptive, some aren’t and that’s okay,” Figueroa says. “They’re going to love me at the end of the day when I’m the one taking a bullet for one of their kids, God forbid.”

Wright also hopes that never has to happen for any of his fellow security officers, but he has spent his whole life preparing for it.

He joined the military in 1986 after graduating from high school. He was Military Police, and was stationed in Germany from 1986-94, and when he returned to Augusta, GA, he joined a Special Reaction (or SWAT) team.

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After leaving the military in 2000, Wright became a high-threat diplomat security contractor, working in Bosnia and Kuwait, and, for 16 years, in Iraq.

In 2016, he traded in that stressful career for a local security job in the hopes of settling down with his fiancée.

When the Parkland shootings took place, his first reaction was to think of a way to help.

The school security job allows him to do that.

“I can tell you that every person in my class, and we started with 58, everyone either had grandchildren or children and all felt as strongly as I did about being here and taking care of our younger generation,” Wright says.

After his training. Wright chose to be stationed at Veterans Elementary, because he is a veteran who wanted to settle down in Wesley Chapel.

He says the transition to spending his days around the kids he is responsible for protecting is “wonderful.”

On his first day, he arrived to find “Welcome to the team, Roy” written on a dry erase board on the wall behind his desk, which is in a hallway. He has no plans to wipe it off.

“From day one, everyone has been so supportive,” he says.

The kids call him Mr. Roy, or Mr. Security, which makes him laugh.

He is always on the move, checking gates and doors, and keeping a close eye on the school playground, which faces S.R. 54.

“There were some parents who were skeptical,” Wright says. “I had a father tell me, ‘Mr. Roy, initially I wasn’t very fond of the program, but I travel (S.R. 54) here periodically and to see you standing outside the playground like you do, taking care of our children….well, I want to apologize and say thank you.’”

The kids at the school have taken notice as well. One little boy, Wright says, came up to

Roy Wright at Veterans Elementary him a few weeks ago and asked why he hadn’t seen the security officer that day during recess.

Wright had been in a meeting, and the boy had noticed that the footprints Wright usually left near the playground weren’t there.

“I missed you out there,” the boy said.

“I’m sorry, buddy,” Wright replied.

The moment cemented what he had hoped going in — that his presence would be felt, and would make everyone feel safer.

That feeling is likely pervasive across not only Wesley Chapel, but also across Pasco County and the state. While Figueroa, Jackson and Wright wish the jobs they have and love weren’t necessary, they feel strongly that they are.

“I’m wholeheartedly into this program and feel strongly about it, but it is unfortunate that it is a necessity now,” Wright says. “It’s a shame our children have to be protected by a person like me, or a sheriff’s officer or police officer. But that’s what we’re here for, and that’s what we will do.”

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Irma Who? One Year Later, Willow Is Making Happier Memories!

By JOHN COTEY john@ntneighborhoodnews.com

On the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Irma, Jennifer Newman wasn’t interested in sharing her memories from the day of the storm.

Instead, she was working on erasing them. “It was a pretty emotional week, knowing it was coming up on Sept. 8 and knowing what it meant,” the Wesley Chapel mom said.

A year ago on that date, her daughter Willow, hoping to be celebrating her third birthday, was diagnosed with leukemia.

That diagnosis created more of a storm in Willow’s life than Hurricane Irma ever could, but the two events have since become interwined. As everyone else shared remembrances on the Irma anniversary about the harrowing moments of the storm and the damage and inconveniences it caused, Jennifer, her husband Shawn Stine and Willow and her older sister Eden were at Tropicana Field celebrating Willow’s birthday while watching a Rays baseball game.

Invited because the club was recognizing September as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, some of the Rays players shaved their heads to raise money for the Cut For A Cure program.

Willow giggled her way through doing the honors on Rays second baseman Daniel Robertson.

“I felt like we made some great memories that day,” Jennifer said. “I feel like we took back that day. We were super grateful to rewrite history.”

Last year at the same time, Jennifer was frantically trying to get ready for Irma, buying food and water supplies and cleaning the house. Willow ran errands with her, and the two stopped to buy Paw Patrol birthday decorations for her big day.

But, Jennifer sensed something was wrong with Willow. She was sleeping more than usual, she looked pale and she was asking to be held all the time.

Willow had a routine checkup scheduled for Monday, but with Irma set to come through on Saturday, Jennifer decided not to risk its aftermath and took Willow to the doctor in hopes of getting some antibiotics. Her doctor agreed something might be wrong, and Jennifer and Willow were sent to Florida Hospital Wesley Chapel (FHWC) to do some blood work.

The pathologist there delivered bad

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(Left) Willow enjoyed cutting the hair of Rays second baseman Daniel Robertson at a Cut For A Cure event at Tropicana Field during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. (Right) Willow shares a kiss with her sister Eden last year.

news. “I’ll never forget his face or where he was standing in the room,” Jennifer wrote on her Facebook page.

Willow was transferred to John Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg. The FHWC nurses, who gave Willow a stuffed giraffe for the trip, looked sad.

With sirens blaring, she was rushed away.

After blood transfusions and more tests, doctors told Jennifer and Shawn that Willow likely had pre-b cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (pre B-ALL).

Doctors started blood transfusions immediately and vital checks every hour, and sadness set in. The All Children’s nurses, though, made sure Willow still celebrated her big day, throwing a “Frozen”-themed birthday party.

Video from the party went viral and was featured on CNN and in People magazine.

That first night, Jennifer and Shawn slept in chairs pushed up against Willow’s hospital crib.

The next morning, Saturday, with Irma bearing down, Shawn had to leave. The Howard Frankland Bridge, which connects Tampa and St. Petersburg, was being closed, and he had to get back to Eden.

That night, with a daughter newly di-

agnosed with cancer and separated from her husband and other daughter by a threatening hurricane, Jennifer went outside.

“The wind was picking up,” she says.

“I found a bench, sat down and just started crying. It was one of the only times I let myself loose. It was a lot to handle.”

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But, handle it Willow has.

This past year, she spent 70 days in the hospital, had more than three dozen blood transfusions, 15 lumbar punctures (which collect samples of cerebrospinal fluid, or CSF, from the spinal column) and three major surgeries.

She has endured countless trips to the clinic for chemotherapy treatments. She takes chemo every night at home, and one night a week, she has to take nine pills. Her body has suffered from neuropathy, but at the same time, Willow has fought back.

Hurricane Irma will become an afterthought one day. But today, Jennifer says Willow is doing much better.

She is like any other child, running and jumping around, swimming and riding a bike. She is happy and engaged, and other than being poked by needles, she actually

looks forward to her trips to the clinic.

“I think she’s made a lot of great strides in terms of learning how to deal with the procedures she has to go through, and we love seeing her,” said Jessica Wishnew, M.D., in a story on the John Hopkins All Children’s website. “She definitely brings a lot of energy and happiness when she comes in.”

On the one-year anniversary of the storms that swept in and changed her life, know this: the prognosis for Willow is good.

Dr. Wishnew says that the cure rate for pre B-ALL is in the 90-plus percent rate.

“I know in my heart she’s going to beat this,” Jennifer says. “She’s strong, she’s a little fighter. I know she’s going to beat this.”

Willow will do her fighting with a lot of people in her corner. Just last week, someone in the community dropped by Willow’s home to leave a gift and some cookies.

Those kind of things happen often. Jennifer says what were once complete strangers have become some of her closest friends.

“I just want to say, we are blessed,” she says. “We are blessed to be in Wesley Chapel, where there has been so much support. Between that and all the prayers, it has been wonderful.”

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Building has begun on the new Hobby Lobby and Party City stores on the north side of S.R. 56.

Business Notes: Party Time In Wesley Chapel?

By JOHN COTEY john@ntneighborhoodnews.com

Construction is booming all along S.R. 56, with each new building bringing new questions — What’s that going to be?

When you head east on S.R. 56 you can see new construction behind Restaurant Row, the string of eateries that now line 56 across from the Tampa Premium Outlets.

According to permitting records, an 11,015-sq.-ft. Party City store is coming, as well as a 55,084-sq.-ft. Hobby Lobby, which has been previously reported.

(Older permitting from May also shows an 11,003-sq.-ft. Five Below discount store as well, but nothing has been updated since, perhaps because the shell had yet to be constructed, as it is now).

Founded in 1986 and based in Rockaway, NJ, Party City is a chain specializing in party supplies and Halloween costumes, with the nearest one located on E. Fowler Ave. across from University Mall.

It is unclear from the permitting filed if the Wesley Chapel location will be a Party City or it’s new concept, a Toy City, which hopes to fill the void left by Toys R Us. Hobby Lobby is a chain of arts & crafts stores based in Oklahoma City, with the nearest locations in Zephyrhills, New Port Richey, Clearwater and Lakeland. Founded in 1972 with a single store, today there are more than 800 Hobby Lobby stores nationwide.

TENANT WANTED: Developer Rave Commercial has filled three of the four vacancies in its new strip center on S.R. 54 a half-mile east of Bruce B. Downs Blvd., and says that business at the new Starbucks that is anchoring the Pleasant Plaza has so far exceeded expectations.

The plaza also is home to Pizza Hut, which opened earlier this summer, and a nail salon will be soon be beginning construction.

That leaves one 1,267 sq.-ft. space left to lease, which developers say has to be a retail store.

With Publix soon to be on the move and relocating to S.R. 54 and Wiregrass Ranch Blvd. from its current location on Bruce B. Downs and S.R. 54, and all the action happening across the street with Dunkin’ Donuts, Chick-Fil-A and Wawa beginning construction soon, the developers of Pleasant Plaza are hoping to land a notable retail business to an area that should be a hotbed for customers in the coming years.

BYE BYE BURGERS?: One of the best hamburger joints in the area now has its third owner this year.

Oakley’s Grille owner Heather Woodall confirmed that the long commute, combined with becoming a new mother, has made running a restaurant so far from home impossible, and Oakley’s has once again been sold.

Located at 17631 Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd., Oakley’s opened in 2011 in the old Quizno’s location (next to Supercuts) in the North Palms Village. Keith Oakley’s spot developed a strong following as one of the area’s hidden restaurant gems.

In February, Oakley sold his restaurant to Woodall and partner Ladesha Stoudemire.

Although rumors circulating around the restaurant by staff is that the burger joint — arguably home to New Tampa’s best burgers, as well as great chicken and other sandwiches and salads — could be converted into an Italian restaurant by the new owner, Luca Ammirati.

Woodall said she has been told that Oakley’s will again remain largely unchanged.“He is keeping it as is,” Woodall said. Let’s hope so.

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It’s easy to recognize the progress being made on the widening of Segment D of Bruce B. Downs Blvd. (above). The final phase of the New Tampa project is expected to be completed before the end of 2018.

BBD Update — Done By End Of Year!

By JOHN COTEY john@ntneighborhoodnews.com The seemingly never-ending widening of Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd. in New Tampa, a project that has been talked about and debated — and even cursed — for two decades, could be “substantially” finished by the end of October 2018.

While the ever-present mounds of dirt, yellow construction trucks working behind orange traffic barrels and the winding roads with sometimes confusing lane switches seem to contradict that claim, Hillsborough County’s Public Works Department says that all eight lanes of Segment D — the last of the four segments of the BBD project, which begins just south of the Pasco County line — will be operational in October.

That doesn’t preclude periodic daytime lane closures, as contractors complete punch list items, but the end of this project, thankfully, is finally near.

The final full completion of the segment is scheduled for sometime in November.

The widening of Segment D — a 1.44mile stretch from Pebble Creek Dr. to County Line Rd. — from a 4-lane divided roadway to an 8-lane divided roadway also will include a landscaped median, sidewalks, a multi-use path and upgraded traffic signals.

The final segment of BBD widening began construction in October of 2016.

According to the county’s website, Segment D’s cost was estimated at $24 million, which was funded through the Public Works Transportation Capital Improvement Program (CIP) and was awarded $5 million from the Transportation Regional Incentive Program (TRIP) by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT).

Segment A, which was once the most congested area of BBD in New Tampa and which extends from Bearss Ave. to Palm Springs Blvd. in Tampa Palms, was a $54-million project that wrapped up last year.

Segments B and C, which bracket the work that was done around the same time I-75 was widened, were considered the most difficult (and costly) of the segments geographically, but were completed together first.

After the two inside southbound lanes of Segment D were completed last month, the final phase of construction of the two outside northbound lanes began. Crews are now 12

also working to complete the two inside turn lanes, as well as the median.

Also, a new traffic signal has been added at the intersection of BBD and Trout Creek Dr. (just north of the Burger 21), in an effort to alleviate congestion off the side roads in that area. That signal was not yet operational at our press time.

While residents have complained about perceived inactivity on BBD at most of the traffic-related townhalls and forums held in New Tampa the past year, all of the previous segments had their own challenges. The completion of Segment D has had to overcome some construction and weather issues that have delayed progress at times.

For example, last year, Hurricane Irma (and other lesser storms) dumped enormous amounts of rain on the New Tampa area, and the usual summer-time showers this year also have provided some delays.

“The toughest aspects of the project so far have been the weather impacts,” wrote the county’s Public Works Department, responding to questions from the Neighborhood News.

“All construction projects must utilize temporary drainage measures to address the rain.

This project is unique because the installation of the main drainage line must connect to the adjacent drainage lines on the south end of the project first, to allow the entire project to drain properly.”

While the Segment D project is designed with the temporary drainage measures in place to handle the rain, the Public Works Department also said that “unusually quick and heavy” rains can overwhelm the drainage system, making it unable to drain the water from the roadway and causing backups.

The project also has faced other obstacles, such as locating underground utilities, which in most cases can be traced as a straight line, but there are unexpected deviations that required a redesign.

“When coordinating multiple utility companies to install, relocate, and remove, it is challenging, especially when the majority of this work is completed by other companies all trying to fit in narrow areas,” the county says.

But, the delays haven’t been enough to change the much-anticipated completion date, which remains the end of 2018.

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Fore! Pebble Creek Golf Club Owner Says Listing Was A Mistake

By JOHN COTEY john@ntneighborhoodnews.com

Like so many rumors, it started on the internet — that the Pebble Creek Golf Club (PCGC) was up for sale.

So, we asked Bill Place, who has owned the club since 2005.

“It’s not up for sale,” Place told the Neighborhood News.

But, according to land brokers Cushman & Wakefield, it is indeed up for sale, and is listed on the firm’s website.

The extensive listing touts the 12 existing lakes, homes in Pebble Creek that are selling “in the mid-$200,000s to upper-$300,000s,” an average annual household income within a three-mile radius of $106,179 and the 3,189,266 square feet of retail within a three-mile radius of the semi-private golf course.

Included is a marketing flyer, water and sewage map, a zoning site plan, Pebble Creek’s declaration of covenants and restrictions (dated Sept. 2, 1986) and a unit count calculation that says 840 apartment and townhome units are potentially feasible to replace the golf course.

Place said he never intended for Pebble Creek to be listed as for sale. He says Cushman & Wakefield was contacted by a builder looking for land, and the firm asked if he was interested.

He merely said he was.

“But, I never requested a listing,” Place says. “Obviously, they seem to be taking it a little further and I need to find out why they would be putting up a listing. I never signed a listing agreement.”

Place also says that he did call Cushman & Wakefield after he talked to us, and expected the listing to be removed. And, even though it did stay up for some period of time, as we went to press with this issue, the listing had been taken down.

Basically, Place says he isn’t planting a For Sale sign on the first tee and selling Pebble Creek Golf Club publicly.

“But yes, I am absolutely looking at all options,” he says.

And why wouldn’t he?

Business at PCGC continues to trend downward. Over the last year, Place says revenues at the club are down by a third, and profits are down by 50 percent. Some of that he attributes to the construction on Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd., but he

While Mulligan’s Irish Pub remains a popular spot at the Pebble Creek Golf Club, fewer and fewer people are joining the semi-private club to play golf, leading owner Bill Place to consider all possible options, including rezoning it to be replaced by new homes and/or selling it. (Photo: Gavin Olsen)

admits that it is an industry-wide slump.

“Is Pebble Creek doing well? No, it’s not doing great at this point,” Place says.

“We all need more people to play golf. It seems like the millennials just don’t like to golf as much.”

Membership at PCGC has remained stagnant. Place says despite being surrounded by 1,100 homes, the golf club only has 20 members who are actually Pebble Creek residents.

“That’s not a lot of support,” he says.

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PCGC is located at 10550 Regents Park Dr., and boasts 6,436 yards of play from the blue tees. It was designed by Bill Amick and built in 1967.

Place bought the course in 2005, and helped revive it. But, golf courses may be a dying breed, and Place says New Tampa — and basically all of Florida — is oversaturated with them. Pebble Creek has to compete with private country clubs like Hunter’s Green and Tampa Palms, as well as semi-private Heritage Isles, which are all a short drive away.

That leaves a lot of land — in Pebble Creek’s case, 149 acres of it — that potentially has more value to him in the hands of developers.

Place also is well aware that a few miles to the north of PCGC, in Wesley Chapel, it took almost two years of pub-

lic hearings and government meetings to allow the struggling Quail Hollow Golf & Country Club to be razed by its owners to make room for 400 homes.

“Even if I assumed the best-case scenario and some builder wanted to pay for Pebble Creek, with all the rezoning and public hearings and battles, it may not even be possible here,” Place says.

“But, (the rezoning) certainly was (possible) for Quail Hollow.”

Place and wife Su Lee own the company, Ace Golf, that owns Pebble Creek Golf Club, as well as three other golf courses, along with two driving ranges in Brandon and Riverview.

Two years ago, Ace Golf bought the Plantation Palms Golf Club in nearby Land O’Lakes, which had been closed for two years, but recently reopened. Ace Golf also owns the Wentworth and Crescent Oaks golf clubs in Tarpon Springs.

Place also says that he has had numerous offers to sell Pebble Creek Golf Club over the years, but nothing concrete, and that’s still where it stands now.

But, he knows that the rumor the club is for sale is now out there. His hope is that it doesn’t hurt business, including at the popular Mulligans Irish Pub inside PCGC, and that the golf club itself can find a way to rebound.

“It’s just crazy that we’ve had people walk in and say ‘When are you closing?,’” Place says. “But, the fact is that we may never close.”

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Rotary Club of Wesley Chapel Sunrise - The Rotary Club of Wesley Chapel Sunrise meets the 1st & 3rd Fridays of each month, 7:15 a.m., at Happy Hangar Cafe, 4241 Birdsong Blvd. For info, call Kathy Schenck at (813) 956-4436.

End Alzheimer’s Purple Party Happy Hour - Come to Legacy at Highwoods Preserve (18600 Highwoods Preserve Pkwy. in New Tampa) and wear your favorite shade of purple and join us at the Legacy for our End Alz Purple Party!

From 3:30 p.m.-5 p.m., enjoy live entertainment, hors d’oeuvres and delicious drinks! Plus - sign up to walk with our Legacy Team in the Pasco Walk to End Alzheimer’s event in October and receive a FREE t-shirt! For more information, see the ad on page 21 of this issue.

Hunter’s Green Community Trash and Treasure Sale - Please come check out the annual Hunter’s Green Community Trash and Treasure Sale at the Hunter’s Green park from 7:30 a.m - 11:30 a.m. One-stop shopping for all types of treasures and great bargains. Please contact the association office for more information: hgca@huntersgreen.com.

Wiregrass Ranchers Kids Club - Free entertainment for kids, featuring Mr. Tommy, the first Wednesday of every month at The Shops at Wiregrass, from 10-11 a.m.

More info at TheShopsAtWiregrass.com/events.

Bay Chapel Food Pantry - Free food for needy families. Open every Saturday from 9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m., behind Christian Brothers Automotive at 20300 Trout Creek Dr. (off BBD). For more info, visit BayChapel.com/foodpantry.

Our Community Calendar is provided as a free service, both online and in these pages. To post your event in our online Community Calendar, visit NTNeighborhoodNews.com.

Friday, September 21

Saturday, September 22 Monday, September 24

Professional Business Connections (PBC) - PBC meets Mondays at 7:45 a.m. at The Happy Hangar Cafe (at Tampa North Aero Park, 4241 Birdsong Blvd., off S.R. 54, Lutz). For info, call Matt Archbold at (813) 782-1777.

Wesley Chapel Speaks - The Wesley Chapel Toastmasters meet every Monday at 6 p.m. for networking, 6:30 pm for public speaking, at Wesley Chapel Nissan (28519 State Rd 54). For more info, call Martin at (813) 693-0969.

Tuesday, September 25

Keep It Local - This seat-specific networking group emphasizes small, local businesses every Tues., 11:30 a.m., at GrillSmith at The Shops at Wiregrass. For info, call Marino Cecchi at (813) 513-9001

Saturday, October 6

Saturday-Sunday, October 27-28

Wesley Chapel Fall Festival - See story on next page.

If your one-time or recurring event is open to the public and we receive your online information in a timely manner, your Community Calendar items can appear in these pages, too.

You also can send Community Calendar items to Ads@ WCNT-tv.com.

Wednesday, September 26

English As A Second Language (ESL) - The ESL group meets Wednesdays at Tampa Bay Presbyterian Church (19911 BBD Blvd. in Pebble Creek), 9:30 a.m.11:30 a.m. Classes are taught by native English speakers. The cost is $40 each semester for the workbook & class materials. For info, call Holly at (813) 360-2077.

Rotary Club of Wesley Chapel - The Rotary Club of Wesley Chapel (Noon) meets Wednesdays at noon at Lexington Oaks Golf Club (26133 Lexington Oaks Blvd.).

First-time guests attend free. For info, call (813) 862-8989 or (813) 391-3895.

Thursday, September 27

BNI Networking Meeting - Business professionals are invited to attend this networking organization’s meetings on Thursdays, 7:30 a.m., at Savannah Church (3758 Maryweather Lane, off BBD Blvd., behind Dunkin’ Donuts). For more info, call Kyle Flischel at (813) 815-0250.

RGA Network Weekly Meeting - The RGA Networking Group meets weekly for networking at GrillSmith at the Shops at Wiregrass mall. Networking begins at 11:30 a.m.; lunch is noon-1 p.m. For more info, visit RGANetwork.net.

Celebrate Recovery - Meeting Thursdays at 7 p.m. at Bridgeway Church (30660 Wells Rd.), the purpose of Celebrate Recovery is to bring freedom from dysfunctional, compulsive & addictive behaviors through biblically-based principles. Dinner & free childcare available. Call (813) 907-1313.

Friday, September 28

Mental Health Support Group - NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) of Pasco is a support group for adults in Pasco County living with mental illness or in recovery.

The group meets the 2nd & 4th Friday of each month, 2 p.m.-3:30 p.m. at Atonement Lutheran Church (29617 S.R. 54). For info, visit NAMIPasco.org.

Monthly Critique Group - Sponsored by the Pasco Fine Arts Council, a monthly Critique group meets at the Arts Center, (located at 4145 Fairford Dr, New Port Richey, FL 34652), the last Friday of every month. If you would like to receive an invitation or like more information, please email pacart3@gmail.com

Saturday, September 29

Avalon Park West Latin Night! - Come out to Avalon Park West (5227 Autumn Ridge Drive, Wesley Chapel, 33545) for a night filled with live music, dancing, and family friendly activities! From 5 p.m - 8 p.m.

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So, What’s Happening Lately With The Wesley Chapel Rotary Club? A Lot! It’s been four weeks since we last mentioned the Rotary Club of Wesley Chapel Noon in these pages. So, what’s been happening with the club since then?

A lot! On Aug. 24, this amazing group of Rotarians hosted another fund-raising Casino Night (photo below left) at Wesley Chapel Nissan that was attended by between 200-300 people, where more than $13,000 was raised to benefit Pasco Clerk Paula O’Neil’s Clerks for a Cure, the Pasco Sheriff’s K-9/Tactical Center in Land O’Lakes (which had a groundbreaking on Sept. 19) and the WC Rotary’s own high school scholarship fund, in partnership with the Pasco Education Foundation.

Then, on Sept. 8-9, the club gave out American flags at the Shops at Wiregrass and Tampa Premium Outlets and got many folks to sign cards the Rotarians then gave on Sept. 11 — along with breakfast, donated by Saddlebrook Resort — to the Pasco Sheriff’s Dist. 2 office in Dade City & the Pasco Fire Rescue stations (see pg. 6) in Wesley Chapel (Station 13 on Old Pasco Rd. and No. 26 in Meadow Pointe). Ya gotta love these guys (& gals)!-GN

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Cutting-Edge Technology Means Healthy Skin & Happy Patients At 360 Dermatology

By CELESTE MCLAUGHLIN

When it comes to trends in the skin-care industry, 360 Dermatology is on the leading edge. From the “green” building the practice is housed in, to the first-of-its-kind artificial intelligence that minimizes patient wait times, to the partnership with a plastic surgery center under one roof, 360 Dermatology owner Aparna Ambay, M.D., is proud to offer an unparalleled customer experience, while keeping her patients’ skin healthy.

Dr. Ambay is Board-certified, having earned her M.D. degree from Drexel University in Philadelphia in 2002, then completing an internship at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, and dermatology residency programs at the Marshfield Clinic in Marshfield, WI, and at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where she trained as a Mohs surgeon in the lab where Dr. Frederic Mohs invented and perfected the procedure. Dr. Ambay explains that Mohs surgery is a tissue-conserving procedure that is 99-percent recurrence-free.

She also holds a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree from the University of Georgia in Athens (awarded in 1990), and both MBA (Master of Business Administration) and MPH (Master of Public Health) degrees from the University of Alabama in Birmingham, awarded in 1995. Her Master’s degrees are from an earlier career, in which she used to manage health clinics, before she says she felt “called” to pursue medicine.

Since Dr. Ambay opened the practice in 2012, 360 Dermatology has shared a building with Ambay Plastic Surgery, owned by her

Dr. Aparna Ambay and the other medical providers at 360 Dermatology off S.R. 56 see patients for all kinds of skin conditions – whether your needs are medical or aesthetic. Cutting-edge technology, including artificial intelligence to ensure wait times are minimized, makes this practice unlike any other.

Seven Oaks to a new location off S.R. 56 last husband, Dr. Raj Ambay. The two practices May, which they named the Transformations complement each other, such as for medical dermatology patients who can have easy access Aesthetic Center. The new building is about a mile east of I-75, just north of the intersection to plastic surgery after a large skin cancer removal. Dr. Aparna Ambay says that while a lot of S.R. 56 and Cypress Ridge Blvd., behind of dermatology groups are just now bringing the Tower Radiology building. The new plastic surgery on board, “From the beginlocation hosts both practices, plus the Transning, we’ve offered dermatology and plastic formations Surgery Center, where patients can surgery under one roof.” choose to have surgical procedures — including Mohs surgery — completed on-site.

The 11,000-square-foot building A Total Transformation housing the Transformations Aesthetic The pair moved their practices from

Center is impressive, offering an upscale and serene atmosphere.

“At the Transformations building, we are excited to offer the latest technology to our patients,” says Dr. Ambay. “It’s completely green. We have no light switches and no traditional light bulbs. One iPad controls all the music, lighting, air conditioning and everything in the office.” She explains that many options can be tailored for each patient’s preferences, such as customized music playlists in the exam and treatment rooms.

Every room also has a window, where natural light helps to provide a bright ambiance, offering views of the sky and trees. The building also has an outdoor patio. “We’re surrounded by beautiful conservation, so we make the most of it,” says Dr. Ambay.

360 Dermatology also uses a sophisticated program to ensure that the practice always runs on time, using artificial intelligence to improve and streamline efficiency for patient check-ins and wait times to maximize time with the provider.

“We’re thinking toward the future to fix a problem in medical practices,” says Dr. Ambay, who explains that her husband came up with the idea for the new technology and worked with an information technology firm to create the software, which has now been in place for about six months at 360 Dermatology. “Our goal is to eliminate wait times. We inform people if we’re running behind and give them the option to wait for their provider, reschedule or see a different provider.”

Dr. Ambay explains that the two practices are the first in the health care industry to implement this kind of technology.

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“It’s absolutely cutting edge,” she says.

“Nobody is doing this.”

Since 2012, 360 Dermatology has grown from a staff of just three to a staff of 18.

Dr. Ambay’s practice now has four medical providers, including a second Board-certified dermatologist — Thomas Beachkofsky, M.D., who earned his M.D. degree from the Uniformed Services University, F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine in Bethesda, MD. Two certified Physician Assistants, Michelle Jordan, PA-C, and Vanessa Goldbach, PA-C, also see patients. “The community has been phenomenal,” says Dr. Ambay. “We’ve grown and evolved because of the support of our patients and their word-of-mouth referrals.”

She says that whether you see her or one of the other providers in her practice, they all share the same philosophy.

“We see and cater to every dermatological issue,” she says, “We do the best we can for each patient’s skin. It shows in our quality of work. Whether it’s a medical issue, such as clearing a rash, or aesthetically, we have skin health in mind and it’s yielding results.”

A Variety Of Services

Dr. Ambay explains that the practice does medical, surgical and aesthetic dermatology, treating everyone from small children to the elderly.

She and the other providers see patients for preventive skin checks, to treat moles, eczema, cirrhosis, acne and many other skin conditions.

From a medical and surgical standpoint, Dr. Ambay explains that she and her fellow providers often catch medical conditions lurking behind manifestations of skin conditions, including Lupus, leukemias and lymphomas,

the results are so good, it is often recommended for patients who would rather not wear makeup.

“This is new technology that has evolved over decades,” she says, and is much different than when lasers were being used 20 years ago and patients needed long recovery periods. “It’s done

by Board-certified dermatologists and is safe and effective. We’re turning Above are before-and-after photos of an actual 360 Dermatology pa- back the clock tient who was treated using the practice’s Candela CO2 laser for skin 10-15 years.”

She says the resurfacing. As you can see, the results can be impressive! same laser also is used to perform and — on a daily basis — melanomas. “When vaginal rejuvenation. “It’s changing women’s we catch that, it’s very gratifying and very lives,” Dr. Ambay says. “It’s a phenomenal meaningful,” she says. laser that helps especially with post-menopausIn addition, Dr. Ambay says that she’s al dryness and discomfort.” excited about the effectiveness and results The practice also has a Vbeam pulsed she’s seeing from a laser service she was dye laser, which is specific to the color red trained on during her residency. “It’s called and helps with conditions such as rosacea, red the Candela CO2 Laser, and we’re the only veins and other redness. ones in the New Tampa area doing it,” she For acne scarring and any scarring of the says. “It’s the next step in skin health.”

Dr. Ambay says the Candela Laser targets face, Dr. Ambay often recommends microneesun damage, precancers, lines, wrinkles, spots, dling. “Acne scarring is so commonplace,” she blemishes, tone and texture of skin, and assists says, “and there was not much you could do about it in the past. Microneedling provides in collagen replacement over time. She says hope for patients who have given up hope.” that one session can last up to a decade, and

Microneedling also can be combined with “PRPs” (plasma rich platelets) to help with hair loss. “It is phenomenal and incredible to see what these growth factors have the ability to do,” says Dr. Ambay, explaining that a patient’s own blood is drawn, then spun in a centrifuge to isolate the growth factors, called PRPs. While women and men both suffer from hair loss, in the past, options for women had been limited and didn’t yield great results.

“PRP with microneedling gives hope to (female) patients suffering from hair loss,” she says. “The hair follicles love it.”

Wesley Chapel resident Dea Heffernan is one patient who is extremely happy with her experience at 360 Dermatology.

“A trusted friend of mine recommended Dr. Ambay and I feel I should pay it forward, as I, too, have had the most amazing results,” Dea says. “She and her caring staff surpassed my expectations in the level of support I’ve received throughout every treatment and my recovery.”

She says she’s been going to Dr. Ambay for over a year for procedures that have included Botox, Kybella and Vbeam laser treatments. “Dr. Ambay has a wonderful talent with an artisan’s eye for creating the best results,” Dea adds. “I totally trust her and go into each appointment with confidence. She has 100-percent transformed my level of confidence and self-esteem, which was pretty healthy to begin with, so that is saying something!”

The Transformations Aesthetic Center is located at 2441 Oak Myrtle Ln. For more information about 360 Dermatology, visit 360DermatologyTampa.com, call (813) 406-4835 or see the ad on page 10 of this issue.

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KAP Medical Group Offers A New Approach With Direct Primary Care ply have to see more patients. “As a result,” she explains, “doctors just don’t have time.”

Dr. Parilo is originally from Tampa.

She earned her Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Biology from Duke University in Durham, NC, then came home and earned a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree from the University of South Florida in 2005. While she started training in anesthesiology, she changed her focus to primary care because she found she missed building ongoing relationships with her patients.

“I like taking care of kids, women, men and the older population,” she says, “so I went into family medicine to be able to take care of everybody.”

In 2008, she moved to Massachusetts and completed a residency in family medicine at the University of Massachusetts in Worcester in 2010.

At the time, she says she was a single mom, so she was excited to be able to bring her daughter back home to the Tampa area where Dr. Parilo was raised.

Now, she and her husband, Dane, live in Seven Oaks and have a blended family of three children and two grandchildren. They met through the Rotary Club of Wesley Chapel in 2012 and both have remained active in the club.

“I enjoy the service aspect of Rotary and enjoy serving the community,” she says.

For example, in addition to being involved with the club’s local service projects, both Dr. Parilo and her husband have been part of the Rotary Club’s trips to Honduras to provide clean drinking water and latrines for

By CELESTE MCLAUGHLIN

Karina Azank Parilo, M.D., is proud to be Wesley Chapel’s only Direct Primary Care family physician.

After eight years in a local medical group, Dr. Parilo says she was frustrated with the ever-increasing number of patients she was expected to see, which was necessary in a medical group setting to cover the overhead costs associated with having to bill insurance companies.

Although Dr. Parilo says she already had 2,700 active patients, the group expected her to take on even more new patients.

“There were patients I’d had for six years who couldn’t get in to see me and couldn’t do their hospital follow-ups with me,” she says, explaining her schedule was too full to be able to work them in, “and I was becoming increasingly frustrated.”

So, in February of this year, she decided to leave the group she had been with and open her own practice, using a newer model known as Direct Primary Care.

That means her practice, which is located in the Windfair Professional Park behind the retail plaza on Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd. that includes Dickey’s BBQ and The Hungry Greek restaurants, doesn’t bill insurance companies.

“Instead, there is a membership fee for the practice,” Dr. Parilo explains, “which is generally $50-$60 for an individual, or a family with two kids is $150 per month.”

The practice is open to all ages, from birth to death. The monthly fee covers

Medical assistant and office manager Michelle Diaz (left) and Dr. Karina Azank Parilo are the only two faces you’ll see when you visit KAP Medical Group off Bruce B. Downs Blvd. unlimited office visits and virtual visits via even once a week, which Dr. Parilo says phone or video, in-office tests, well checks, some of her patients do to drop in for their sick visits, weight management, and manregular weight checks.

She says her practice is an alternative agement of chronic medical conditions such to what’s becoming more common with as hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol, primary care physicians, where the overhead asthma, arthritis and more. costs to have staff available to constantly For minor office procedures, such as submit and follow up on insurance claims cyst removal or laceration repair, a small becomes one of the unfortunate driving supply fee is charged. A list of most membership costs is available at KAPMedical- forces of the practice.

“Dealing with insurance is a pain,” she Group.com. says, “and a lot of administrative cost goes Dr. Parilo compares it to a gym meminto billing insurance.” bership, where you pay the same whether To cover the costs, those doctors simyou visit once a year or once a month, or

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dent who began seeing Dr. Parilo shortly after KAP Medical Group opened. In the few months since then, Daelyn has brought her entire family to the practice. Now, Daelyn’s husband, three children, son-in-law and granddaughter are all Dr. Parilo’s patients.

“Dr. Parilo is a good doctor and a great person,” Daelyn says. “It’s almost like a partnership with her. Plus, you walk into the office and they actually know you. That (kind of service) has been lost in recent years.”

Daelyn adds that she had been frustrated trying to find the right primary care physician, and the time she saves with KAP Medical Group is worth every penny.

“We run our own business,” Daelyn says, “so our time is actually money, when we have to take time away from our business.”

swer questions about how health insurance and Direct Primary Care work.

“We’ll go over the ins and outs of insurance to figure out what your costs are to hopefully make the best choice for your family,” she says. “Anyone who wants to learn more is welcome to come and ask questions.”

KAP Medical Group Direct Primary Care & Family Medicine is located at 2615 Windguard Cir., Suite 101, across Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd. from Florida Hospital Wesley Chapel. The practice is open Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. For more information, to set an appointment, or RSVP for the insurance Q&A session, visit KAPMedicalGroup.com, call (813) 536-0050 or see the ad on page 33.

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With the Direct Primary Care model, Dr. Parilo says the main advantage is the amount of time she can spend with each patient when needed, and that the time she spends with each patient is flexible to meet their needs, as well.

“I have time to talk with my patients’ specialists or spend an hour catching up with them if they’ve had a lengthy hospital stay,” she explains. “I can take care of my patients however they need to be taken care of.”

While that might be in person, at times, she notes that it also could mean via

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phone, via video conference or even via text.

Dr. Parilo uses an app that maintains patient privacy and connects directly with the patient’s electronic medical record.

“Patients love it,” she says, adding that many times, her patients don’t want to leave work to come in for an appointment.

“They can just send us a picture and we can respond.”

Dr. Parilo has just one person on her staff. Michelle Diaz is Dr. Parilo’s medical assistant and office manager. The two have worked together since 2010.

“My old patients have known her and loved her as long as they’ve known me,” Dr. Parilo says.

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Dr. Parilo says in some cases, Direct Primary Care may save her patients money.

“People don’t realize how much they’re spending before they get anything,” she explains. “You pay premiums whether you ever see a doctor or not.”

She says most people don’t have an old, traditional insurance plan where they can see any doctor they choose and pay a simple co-pay. Most patients have a high deductible they have to pay before the insurance company even begins to pick up the tab.

“At the end of the year,” she asks, “how much did you actually pay out of pocket?”

Dr. Parilo suspects most people don’t know. So, she is hosting a free event on Wednesday, October 17, 6 p.m.-8 p.m., at the Club at Seven Oaks clubhouse, to an-

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Creative Permanent Makeup By Pam Gives Women Worry-Free Eyebrows & More makeup at the Boca Ta-2 School for Permanent Makeup in Williston, FL, and began providing permanent makeup services in Zephyrhills in 2011.

Pam is licensed in Florida as both a cosmetologist and as a tattoo artist.

“Any time that ink is implanted into the skin, it is a tattoo,” Pam explains, “and you must be licensed through the Florida Department of Health.”

By CELESTE MCLAUGHLIN

Pam Edmonson loves having new clients in her chair. Whether they’re tired of spending way too much time drawing on their eyebrows — or maybe they’ve even lost the hair on their eyebrows due to chemotherapy — Pam is excited to offer women a beautiful new look that fits both their individual problem(s) and their skin.

Pam is a permanent makeup artist who owns Serenity Salon & Spa Suites, located off S.R. 54 in the Brookfield Professional Park, about a half-mile west of Morris Bridge Rd. At the salon, she has a room where she provides permanent makeup for eyebrows, eyelids and lips.

Pam opened Serenity Salon & Spa Suites with a partner more than two years ago, but now she is the sole owner. She takes pride in offering an inviting place for licensed beauty and wellness professionals to offer their services, such as hair styling, massages and facials.

“I want to empower people to work for themselves and be successful,” she says, explaining that her salon provides a drama-free environment.

“Everyone who works here works well together,” Pam says. “We laugh together. When people walk in, they feel welcomed, and it’s natural. We’re not fake.

Although I’m the owner, this isn’t my salon, it’s ours all together.”

She says there currently is one chair available for rent for a hairstylist. There also is a room available for a full-time massage therapist.

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Pam Edmonson of Creative Permanent Makeup By Pam on S.R. 54 helps women achieve beautiful-looking eyebrows without daily makeup application.

“We have amazing stylists and aestheticians here,” says Pam, who also emphasizes that if you try a stylist and don’t love them, try a different one. “No one’s feelings will be hurt,” she says.

Pam’s journey to salon owner started as a second career for her, after many years of running a business in the manufactured housing industry. In 2009, Pam says she

wanted to do something different, so she went to school to become a hair stylist.

While she enjoyed hair, Pam says she soon discovered something that interested her even more.

“I love detail,” Pam says. “As a detail person, eyebrows are what first drew me into the permanent makeup field.”

So, in 2010, she studied permanent

While Pam offers permanent makeup for eyebrows and lips, along with permanent eyeliner, her most popular service is microblading for eyebrows.

“Brows are always my favorite because of the drastic way they change how someone looks,” Pam says. “Our eyes are meant to be framed, and brows definitely complete the face. Some women look so much younger when they have them done.”

With microblading, Pam uses a small blade and ink to create individual stroke lines.

She uses a pencil to draw an outline, then uses the microblade to draw each individual hair, adding a more natural look to the eyebrow.

Pam strongly recommends that anyone considering microblading “should do their homework,” explaining that some people who offer the service may only have a three-day class in the technique before they start working on clients. The person who will do your eyebrows should sit down with you and show you before-and-after pictures of their own work, Pam says.

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Pam says, “it may not be the right answer for a client. There can be a better alternative, depending on the canvas that I am working on.”

Because Pam is so passionate about ensuring that clients are educated about permanent makeup and microblading, she has started a video series on her website to help people better understand the process.

At CreativePermanentMakeupByPam.com, be sure to click on her blog, which links to her educational videos.

“I answer a lot of questions that so many people have,” Pam says. “I made the videos because I wanted to put some education out there.”

The first video shows the consultation process and answers common questions. Pam says that future videos will focus on permanent makeup for the brows, lips and eyeliner.

Pam values education for herself, too, and says she stays Pam also is the owner of Serenity Spa & Salon Suites, where she offers on top of all the latest informaher permanent makeup services,. Other health and wellness profestion by attending classes whensionals at the salon offer hair styling, facials, massages and more. ever she can. Last December, she says she took an advanced she says she has done hundreds of sets of lip class in San Antonio, TX. “Yes, I’m still eyebrows. learning,” she says.

She requires a free, in-person, no-obliShe says that it’s especially gratifying gation consultation for all clients. Even for to be able to help someone who has gone someone who is sure they want permanent through a difficult time, such as a cancer makeup, Pam still does a consultation, bepatient who lost their hair and it didn’t cause each person’s skin is unique. grow back.

“Although microblading is my favorite,”

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She also enjoys helping someone who feels devastated after someone else has done their permanent makeup poorly. While Pam admits that she can’t help everyone — because each person’s skin and situation is unique — she does have the skills and expertise to help most people, often in difficult situations.

Jennifer Burrows is a New Tampa resident who had microblading done by Pam on her eyebrows.

“I was impressed by how long she took with me,” Jennifer says. “She’s a perfectionist and made them look as beautiful as they possibly can. She knows what she’s doing.”

Jennifer also says that she spent a lot of time looking online and contacted another company, but that person refused to work on her because of her red hair. She was thrilled when Pam agreed to help her.

“Now,” Jennifer says, “my eyebrows are beautiful and I don’t need to wear makeup.”

Pam says that’s the best part of her job.

“I’m extremely passionate about my work,” she says. “When someone tells me what a difference I made in their life and how they feel about themselves, that’s the reason that I love what I do!”

Creative Permanent Makeup by Pam is located at Serenity Salon & Spa Suites, at 33913 S.R. 54, Suite 101, in Wesley Chapel. For more information about the stylists, aestheticians and massage therapists at the salon, visit SerenitySalonSpaSuites.com. For a free consultation or more info about permanent makeup, see the ad on page 27, visit CreativePermanentMakeupbyPam. com, or call Pam at (813) 997-6302.

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Brandon Legal Group Offers One-Stop, Comprehensive Legal Services

By BRAD STAGER

A journey through the American legal system doesn’t always follow a straight path; many legal matters, including planning an estate, incorporating a business and divorce proceedings, may lead to other concerns, such as protection from personal injury claims, custody battles or criminal allegations.

That’s why having full-service, comprehensive representation like you can receive from Brandon Legal Group (BLG) can mean the difference between prevailing in a court of law or suffering the consequences.

The firm provides legal assistance in all areas of the law, whether it be family, business, real estate, criminal, or DUI-related. BLG also provides Florida Gun Trust services that can ensure the proper and lawful disposition of guns as part of an estate, so that executors or beneficiaries don’t run afoul of gun laws.

According to founder and managing attorney Ingrid M. Hooglander, Esq., when life gets legally unpredictable, consistency in representation is an asset, especially when a legal situation takes an unexpected turn, such as when a divorcing couple encounters complicating factors such as a DUI charge or domestic violence allegations.

“You go back to the same law firm and talk to your attorney and they can pull one of the other lawyers in, instead of having to deal with other law firms,” says Hooglander, who earned her Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from the Cleveland-Marshall Law School of Cleveland State University in Ohio, where she also received her Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.) degree.

Hooglander began BLG in 2008, following 20 years of experience ranging from staff attorney positions with the 11th (Miami-Dade County) and 13th (Hillsborough County) Judicial Circuit Courts of Florida to providing private legal and consulting services to Together, the attorneys of Brandon Legal Group possess a wide range of experiences and skills to serve their clients. Pictured (l.-r.) individuals and are managing attorney Ingrid Hooglander and attorneys Luke Mattson, Stephanie Koether and David Faulkner. companies.

Hooglander BLG’s four attorneys offer clients Your Legal Team... is growing her law practice at a time when the benefit of their diverse legal talents, In addition to her aforementioned technology makes it possible to attract clients professional credentials, Hooglander makes acquired through courtroom litigation, throughout the Tampa area without having to a strong commitment to the firm’s clients. as well as negotiations in the conference invest in numerous office facilities, becoming room.

She says her commitment emanates from part of a “virtual law office” trend. With the When it comes to legal matters on some of her own experiences, such as her ability to conduct most legal business (outside father’s service as a police officer in her the homefront, Luke Mattson, Esq., who of courtroom proceedings) — such as filing native country of Holland and the death of received his J.D. degree from the Thomas documents online, attorneys can minimize M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, MI, her mother by an impaired driver. their physical presence in an office while exbrings 20 years of experience litigating Hooglander says these experiences Florida law to his client representation efpanding their reach to clients. have helped her understand how the law forts. He specializes in family law matters, In the case of BLG, this means closing affects people’s lives and helped develop ranging from prenuptial agreements to what was a staffed satellite office in the Cenher sense of justice and fair play. crafting parenting and child support plans tral Bank building on Bruce B. Downs (BBD) “I always felt better when I was as part of a divorce.

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credentials to go along with his J.D. degree from Florida State University’s College of Law in Tallahassee. As an FBI special agent, Faulkner has investigated public corruption and he also has served as an assistant state attorney for the 18th Judicial Circuit Court (Brevard County). His more than two decades of legal experience include representing clients in a variety of cases, from paternity to criminal.

Brandon Legal Group’s main office is located at 1209 Lakeside Along the way to Dr. in Brandon earning her J.D. degree is in the hands of a jury or a judge. from the University of “We’re a law firm that will tell you Miami School of Law in 2016, Stephanie the good, the bad and the ugly,” says Koether, Esq., worked with nonprofit Hooglander. “We don’t sugar-coat it; organizations providing legal services for that’s not life.” tenants in their cases against their landLelanya Kent’s Five-Star Google lords. It’s an experience that she says has review addresses BLG’s ability to handle a shaped her relationships with BLG family wide range of legal needs at a high level of law clients as she advocates for them in the satisfaction. areas of estate planning, personal injury “I have used this firm for a variety of and bankruptcy. cases,” Kent writes. “Whenever I have a In other words, no matter what area question, or if something comes up, I’m of the law a prospective client may have able to reach out and email and ask them. concerns about, Hooglander says she and They are really there for you when you her firm are ready to stand with them need them. Would highly recommend.” through their legal proceedings.

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When you think of clean water for your home, of course you want flawless drinking water. But, what about the water in the sinks, showers and baths, and the water flowing into your appliances, such as the refrigerator and dishwasher?

South Florida Water is a local, family-owned water treatment company that specializes in residential water filtration, purification and softening.

Steve Masker, who owns the company with his wife Carolyn, says that South Florida Water’s whole-home water conditioning system provides a “chlorine-free experience” in the shower and protects your investments throughout the house on anything that uses water — including bathroom and kitchen fixtures, shower doors and faucets.

“You will no longer have to wipe your shower down, and you’ll have no mold, mildew or calcium buildup on fixtures,” he says. “These days, people are investing a lot of money into their homes, including their fixtures, such as their showers. We can set them up with a system so their investment isn’t ruined.”

Steve adds that water coming into the home has a lot of chemicals, called chloramines (including chlorine and ammonia), which dry out skin and hair.

He says that research shows that the filters in South Florida Water’s water filtration systems remove an average of more than 99% of contaminants, leaving you with much healthier water, both for your skin and for drinking.

Steve describes South Florida Water as a family business and a “small water com-

pany,” but still larger than most in the state.

His licensed plumbers work out of seven locations, including one in nearby Land O’Lakes.

Steve and Carolyn live just north of Wesley Chapel in San Antonio, and say they Steve Masker are proud to be a locally owned company, offering products that are made here in the United States. In fact, Steve says, “Most of our systems are manufactured in Tampa.”

A whole-house system isn’t the only option. South Florida Water also sells just a water softener, which will protect your investments so you won’t see scale, mold, mildew and calcium buildup throughout the home. Or, you can purchase a conditioning system that adds purifying filters for a chemical-free shower.

For Neighborhood News readers who are interested in a whole-house system, mention this story or the ad on page 34 of this issue for special pricing. Steve explains that the system typically sells for $2,495, plus $249 for installation. He currently is offering it for only $1,995, plus an additional $250 off with the coupon from this issue, which will cover the cost of installation.

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Explorations Program Broadens Students’ After-School Experiences

By CELESTE MCLAUGHLIN

When the school bell rings at the end of the day, some kids head home while others go to an after-school care program.

At Wiregrass Elementary in Wiregrass Ranch, dozens of students head to something totally different — a new pilot program called Explorations, which offers them a type of after-school club to learn something new.

Offered for the first time this fall, parents could sign their children up for either dance classes or coding and robotics. The seven-week sessions give them an opportunity to dive into a new skill, get some exercise or maybe even make new friends.

Steve Williams is the principal at Wiregrass Elementary, which is in its third year. It opened as a new school in 2016.

“We have a really engaged and invested community,” explains Williams. “Many parents have said they were interested in enrichment opportunities both in and out of school to go deeper into a topic.”

He started looking for ways to do that and thought partnering with the organization that already provides beforeand after-school care for Pasco County Schools, called PLACE — which stands for Pasco Learning & Activity Centers of Enrichment — might be a good fit for a partnership.

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Students in Wiregrass Elementary’s Explorations program get after-school enrichment in topics they want to learn more about. This quarter, the students could choose from coding and robotics (pictured) or a dance class. Pasco County Schools hopes to expand this afterschool program to other schools in the district. to launch the program this fall. determine the level of interest and what Carlotta Mathis is the Enrichment topics parents wanted.

Specialist in that department who now “Parents want their students to be in heads Explorations and other programs. something extracurricular after school but She was previously the site manager for didn’t necessarily need care for the length Wiregrass Elementary’s PLACE program, of time of PLACE,” says Mathis, “but so she knows the school well. they did want students to participate in Mathis explains that Wiregrass special interest cubs.”

Elementary parents were surveyed to So far, Explorations has been a hit.

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Wanda Cook is the school’s bookkeeper and her son, Ethan, is in the fourth grade at Wiregrass Elementary.

“My husband and I wanted Ethan to be able to learn more about coding and robotics,” says Cook. “We think long term that will be great for him.”

Ethan says he enjoys it.

“We are learning about algorithms and how to program stuff, and how to fix it if you do something wrong,” Ethan says. “I like it because I get to learn new things and I get to learn how to program robots.”

Parents love the convenience of having the Explorations program being offered on the school’s campus.

“It’s nice that he doesn’t have to leave the school and go somewhere else,” says Cook.

Julie Cocozziello says she moved to Wesley Chapel this summer. Since her daughter, Emma, who is in the first grade, is a new student, she thought Explorations would be a good way for Emma to have fun and meet more of the students at her new school. She chose the dance class for her daughter.

“It’s a wonderful program,” she says.

“It’s a great way to get students involved and make friends and improve their selfesteem. It gives her a chance to have fun, and she even comes home and practices.”

The classes for the first quarter filled up quickly, and registration is now open for the planned second-quarter classes —

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Spanish and sports skills and drills.

“We selected the courses that would be offered based on the survey results and what the families want to see their kids involved in,” Mathis explains, noting that Wiregrass Elementary’s staff plans to offer one academic and one physical activity each quarter.

Sara MacKnight registered her two kids — Sophia, who is in first grade, and Adam, who is in kindergarten — for the coding and robotics class.

“My kids think they’re just playing games, but they’re learning about algorithms and sequences,” she says. “The fact that they’re getting exposed to this at such a young age — I love it and I wish they would offer it year round.”

Williams and Mathis agree that if

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parents want it — and they seem to — the program can be expanded at the school so that students can build on the skills they’ve learned in the first session. In addition, from the beginning, they’ve discussed how it could be replicated at other schools.

“It’s been a very positive program,” says Williams. “Many others at the district have seen this and love the idea.”

Mathis says other schools are welcome to survey their parents for interest, and if the survey shows that the interest is there, she is willing to work with the schools to bring the Explorations program to them, too.

To register for the next set of classes, which starts Tuesday, October 23, visit ExplorationsProgram.com.

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Tampa Bay Juniors Hockey Helps Local Talent Prepare for the Next Level Geer, now in his fourth and final year with the Juniors, and Parker, who is in his third, are working hard to get to that skill level.

“Juniors is very good at developing players,” Parker says. “They help you build lots of speed and their off-ice training really helps with stick handling.”

Both also currently work at FHCI, attend Pasco Hernando State College and are considering playing for USF’s club team that competes in American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) Division III.

By ANDY WARRENER From hosting a myriad of tournaments to being home to the U.S. Women’s hockey team to holding a variety of top-flight camps, Florida Hospital Center Ice (FHCI) continues to be a Lightning rod (pun intended) for ice sports.

It also is becoming one of the centers of the youth hockey universe, able to host — and keep home — some of the most promising teenage hockey players in our area, with its highly-regarded Tampa Bay Juniors teams, which are owned by U.S. Women’s National Team coach Brett Strot and coached by his brother Garrett Strot.

“There are a lot of really strong hockey players in the greater Tampa Bay area,” Brett says. “We want to keep them here and push them to higher levels.”

The Tampa Bay Juniors might be the area’s best-kept sports secret (until now). The club’s Premier team went 30-14-0 last year, while the Elite team sported a 32-12-0 record in 2017-18.

The club is for youth hockey players, ages 16-20, and both teams participate in the United States Premier Hockey League (USPHL).

The goal is to get youth hockey players through the transition from high school to college, while offering skills refinement and scouting exposure, before the players make their decision about whether or not to try to move on to the next level.

“It’s typical (even in Canada) for youth hockey players to play one or two years (of junior hockey) after high school before they go to college,” Strot said. “These kids are looking to advance their game.”

A Little History...

Head coach Garrett Strot addresses the Tampa Bay Juniors during a weekday practice session ahead of the start of the 2018-19 season. (Photo: Andy Warrener) There also are bonds to be formed. Take, for example, Wesley Chapel-area athletes and former Wiregrass Ranch High teammates Spencer Geer and Zach Parker. The pair have played in youth leagues together since they were six and seven years old. Geer was born in 1998 and Parker in 1999, so they were only on the same teams every other year, as Geer would age out of different age groups.

When they got to high school, their bond and their chemistry hit a new level.

“We make some plays where sometimes

we don’t even how it works,” Parker says.

“But, it just works.”

Both Parker and Geer played all four years on the mixed Wiregrass Ranch High team. They made it to the State championship game together in 2017, where Wiregrass lost to Mitchell High, which, at the time, boasted Nathan Smith, who was drafted by the NHL’s Winnipeg Jets earlier this year.

“We played against him (Smith) our whole career,” Geer said. “He is at a skill level that’s just above lots of people.”

Strot started the Tampa Bay Juniors in 2008, when he lived in Jacksonville. That team was called the Jacksonville Ice Dogs. They played two years in Jacksonville, before moving to Ellenton (Bradenton area) and then to Estero (south of Ft. Myers).

On January 21, 2017, six days before the official Grand Opening of FHCI, Strot made official the move to Wesley Chapel, as his Tampa Bay Juniors played against the Palm Beach Hawks.

Athletes in junior hockey programs are encouraged and often do take college classes here and there, but don’t usually enroll in college, so that they can retain their years of eligibility when they finally get to college. The idea is to get an athlete more exposure to college coaches and to increase their chances of getting a scholarship — or a better scholarship — than they might have already had until then.

Strot himself is a great example. While living in Minnesota, he had a few Division III offers coming out of high school. He played one year of junior hockey and wound up with

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Former Wiregrass Ranch teammates Spencer Geer (left) and Zach Parker have both been playing for the Tampa Bay Juniors ice hockey program. (Photo: Andy Warrener) multiple Division I offers, eventually suiting up for the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.

“A lot of kids don’t get to that window of a strength and speed surge until they’re 17, sometimes 18,” Strot says. “And, speed is the biggest difference in the game of hockey as you go up in levels.”

A recent testament to the benefits of junior hockey is Luke Perunovich, who moved from hockey-rich Minnesota to play for the Tampa Bay Juniors. After not getting much ice time in high school, he played one year for the Juniors and is now a freshman at Division I Providence College in Providence, R.I. “(Perunovich) is a perfect example of what juniors hockey is all about,” Strot says.

“It gives players more time to develop.”

The Tampa Bay Juniors offer both Elite and Premier teams. Elite players are trying to work up to the Premier division, although there are players who play for both squads. The third division, which is not offered by Tampa Bay Juniors, is the National Collegiate Development Conference, or NCDC. “The goal is to get there, but kids in Elite or Premier can still get to colleges,” Strot says. Just last season, the Tampa Bay Juniors sent 12 athletes to college hockey clubs.

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The First New Tampa Brew Fest Is Coming — Saturday, November 10!

By Gary Nager

So, as I mentioned in my last editorial, the first (annual?) New Tampa Brew Fest will be held at the Venetian Events Center (in front of St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church) on Cross Creek Blvd. in New Tampa on Saturday, November 10, 6 p.m.-10 p.m.

As someone who has been part of several different crews who have put on just about every one of the 20+ Tastes of New Tampa & Wesley Chapel since 1994, I can tell you first-hand that creating and hosting a major community event takes a lot of work That’s one of the big reasons why I am so proud that my “tiny but mighty” Rotary Club of New Tampa Noon (which meets Wednesdays for lunch at Mulligans Irish Pub in the Pebble Creek Golf Club; see separate story on page 13 of this issue) is the group that is fully gearing up for a New Tampa food-&-beverage event that actually will be held in New Tampa!

The Brew Fest was the brainchild of our club’s immediate past president, Belvai (aka Vinnie) Kudva, who led a group of our fellow club members to check out the recent Temple Terrace Brew Fest, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Temple Terrace.

That was only a few months ago, and since then, others in the club have taken the bull by the horns and — even though the first New Tampa Brew Fest is today only a couple of months away — I can tell you that this thing is going to be a lot of fun...and BIG! Club member Jeff Ulbrich, who says he enjoys a good craft beer himself, has gotten both of the largest beer distributors in the Tampa Bay area — Pepin Distributing and J.J. Taylor Distributing Florida — on board, which means that although we currently “only” have about 7 independent breweries and 40+ craft beers from Pepin or J.J. Taylor, there surely will be more — lots more — on the way. Jeff’s

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goal is to end up at around 100 different beers to sample and the way he’s gotten started, I wouldn’t put it past him.

Also hitting the ground running to promote the Brew Fest has been our club’s social media director and do-everything marketing whiz (and future president) Lisa Hickey. Lisa lives in Lakeland, but was looking for a club with a family feel and we are so thrilled that she found and chose our little 20-member “family.”

Lisa has created a “New Tampa Brew Fest” Facebook page, as well as a website — NewTampaBrewFest.com, which she has been updating every time a new independent brewery or sponsor signs up (so go check them all out!).

There’s also links to purchase your tickets at both of those online locations.

Speaking of sponsors, local orthodontist Dr. Steven Dau is heading up our club’s sponsorship committee for the event, despite the fact he and his wife had their first baby less than a year ago. So far, we already have Kling Tampa Insurance Law as our presenting sponsor (Lisa brought them on board) and other major sponsors include Reeves Import Motorcars, Florida Hospital Center Ice, DPrint Graphic Communications Worldwide, AdenVision, Pepin, J.J. Taylor and the New Tampa & Wesley Chapel Neighborhood News & WCNT-tv are the event’s primary media sponsors.

On page 17 of this issue, there’s even a new ad thanking the sponsors we already have, but we’re still looking for more! I am helping Dr. Dau with sponsorships, so you can always call our office at (813) 910-2575 if you want to sign up to be a sponsor or if you have questions.

One of the really cool things about sponsoring the first New Tampa Brew Fest — whether you come in at our lowest $500 “Celeb Level” or a $2,500 “Platinum Level” sponsorship — is that you can bring your own “celebrity

pourers” to help us serve the brews. In addition, all sponsor logos will be shown on the event Jumbotron throughout the four hours, and you’ll also receive a table sign with your company’s name, as well as being listed on our Brew Fest website and Facebook page.

Purchase at least a $1,000 “Gold Level” sponsorship and you’ll also have your logo placed on our event Program Guide, on our event signage and on all print advertising for the Brew Fest. If you bump up to the $2,500 “Platinum Level” sponsorship, you also will receive your logo printed on 200 Brew Fest shirts and on a large entrance banner, and more.

Look for updates in these pages and on WCNT-tv (the first such video was released three weeks ago), but most of all, go online and buy your tickets today! For those ages 21 & over who will be imbibing, the cost is just $35, plus a $4.01 Eventbrite fee, or $20, plus a $3.16

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Kling Law also is sponsoring free Uber rides for attendees so you can get home safely!

Please note that this event is not intended for children and no one under age 18 will be admitted. And of course, you have to be 21, with a valid ID, to sample any or all of the brews!

We’ll also have Tampa’s best food trucks (although specifically which food trucks has not yet been determined), as well as live entertainment at the event.

We expect this event to sell out — as we’re limiting this first Brew Fest to the first 1,000 people who buy tickets, so don’t wait to purchase your tickets at a higher price! Buy your tickets now and receive the online prepaid discount!

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This time around, there is a lot less for you to have to fill out than in years past. All I’m asking for this year is for you to name your 10 Favorite Restaurants (of any kind) located in New Tampa (zip code 33647, although you can include restaurants located on or near Bruce B. Downs Blvd. between E. Bearss & E. Fletcher Aves.) and your 10 Favorite Restaurants in Wesley Chapel’s 33543, 33544 and 33545 zip codes (as well as 33559 in Lutz).

In order to be eligible for any of our prizes (or for your votes to be counted), you MUST name 20 different restaurants and you also MUST use the name of each restaurant you choose only once for those 20 names. If you put, for example, Bahama Breeze or Bonefish Grill as your favorite in New Tampa, instead of Wesley Chapel, we’ll still count the vote, but if you put either one (or both) as one of your favorites in both markets, your entire entry will be disqualified. And, all 20 spaces in this section must be filled in to qualify for any prizes.

Then, we only have ten additional categories for you to fill in, telling us your favorite specialty eateries (such as your favorite place for ice cream or frozen yogurt, for example) in either of our distribution areas, whether those places are located in (or near) New Tampa or Wesley Chapel. And please, put only one answer for each space in this section, too.

And yes, I’m also well aware, from years of conducting these surveys, that many of you still don’t eat Chinese or Thai food (although you’re really missing out if you don’t, in my opinion) or go to bars, so I won’t require that you fill in all 10 additional categories, but you must fill in at least six of the ten in order for you to be eligible to win one of this year’s three prizes.

And, here’s my annual note to those of you who only enter the contest to try to stuff the ballot box for your favorite restaurant — please don’t!

You can only vote for your favorite place one time in one of the markets in the first 20 spaces and you also can’t just put that name in all ten (or in more than 2 or 3) of the remaining categories, or your entry will be DISQUALIFIED and NONE of your votes will count! Although you may only care if your favorite place wins every category (I’ve even had people vote for places that don’t serve alcohol as their favorite bar or tavern), this annual survey does help us tell local restaurant owners how well our readers know their places of business and I always have and always will disqualify those who try to beat the system.

You can enter this contest using this entry form by U.S. mail or by email, or you can visit NTNeighborhoodNews.com and enter online, but hurry! The deadline to enter the 2018 Neighborhood News Reader Dining Survey & Contest by email, online or by U.S. mail (it must be postmarked by) is Thursday, November 1! Good luck! — GN

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FHWC Opens Wound Care Center

Florida Hospital Wesley Chapel (FHWC) continues to be at the forefront of health care in our area. The hospital recently opened its Wound Care Center inside the FHWC Wellness Plaza, the building adjacent to and due north of the hospital itself.

FHWC CEO Denyse Bales-Chubb and dozens of Adventist Health dignitaries, local elected officials/political candidates and North Tampa Bay Chamber of Commerce members were on hand for the ribbon-cutting ceremony on Aug. 27, and everyone in attendance (including yours truly) came away truly impressed with this latest addition to FHWC’s plethora of medical services for the community.

Although the Wound Care Center has lots of state-of-the-art technology for caring for all kinds of wounds, lesions and lacerations, the coolest things we saw as we toured the facility were two hyperbaric chambers, which traditionally have been used for people with the “bends” from scuba diving, but which (we were told) also can help with healing for those who have chronic sores and wounds that don’t heal, from diabetes or after radiation therapy for cancer.

Congrats also go out to the local catering company called C•B•K Catering & Events, which served amazing edible cones filled with a zesty chicken salad, plus delicious cheese tortellinis and perfect bruschetta at the event.

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Wendy had a similar store across S.R. 56, between Publix and Beall’s, a few years ago, but she is really excited about the new location for her eclectic gift shop, where about 80 percent of her unique inventory is hand-made by truly quality artisans who might just specialize Please Check Out Creativity in exactly the gift you’re looking to buy.

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• And, even though we’ve been told that it doesn’t appear that any of the hundreds of young people who auditioned for “American Idol” at Florida Hospital Center Ice on Aug. 18 advanced beyond the second audition in Orlando a week later, all I can tell you is that I feel a lot of the amazing locals I saw and heard that day are better singers than some of the previous winners (not just contestants) I’ve seen on the show. You wuz robbed, folks! — GN

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Florida Hospital Wesley Chapel Wound Care Center Now Close to Home.

While time heals most wounds, some wounds resist healing, and this is our specialty. Florida Hospital Wesley Chapel’s new state-of-the-art Wound Care Center offers the following services right here in our community: • Topical wound therapy

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