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HCC SouthShore Celebrates 10 Years
By Kate Quesada
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Meet Bill Andrew; Riverview’s New 2019 Honorary Mayor
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Each year Greater counted money. Riverview Chamber of As Mayor, Andrew Commerce (GRCC) will serve one year on oversees the election of the GRCC Board of a new Honorary Mayor. Directors and appear at Thankfully, this does not ribbon cuttings and require any pencil-filled other events throughout circles or hanging chads the area. or even recounts. All this Andrew has been race needs is cash. At in Florida since 1978. the end of the given time For a few years, he period, the contestant took off traveling as an who has helped to raise entertainer in the hospithe most dollars for their tality industry. He is curcharity is named the rently Director of Music winner. Bill Andrew, at Mulberry United Bill Andrew was recently Activities Director at Methodist Church. In elected as Riverview’s Superior Residences of 2003, he settled in Honorary Mayor. Brandon Memory Care, Florida again, but it wa raised more than $24,000 recently and not until 2013 that he took his position will be named the 2019 Honorary Mayor as Activities Director alongside his sisof Riverview. ter Jill as Senior Director of Sales & Andrew said, “The Greater Marketing at Superior Residences of Riverview Chamber of Commerce, is Brandon Memory Care. the greatest chamber of all. Having The chamber office is located being raised a chamber ‘brat’, I truly inside the CenterState Bank building at understand the impact that a chamber 10101 Bloomingdale Ave, Ste. 102 in can have on the community.” Riverview. Office hours are MondayHe decided to run in this year’s Friday 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Contact 234-5944 race to help raise funds for two charior info@riverviewchamber.com. Visit ties close to his heart-Seeds of Hope www.RiverviewChamber.com for more and South County Spartans Athletic information. Program Inc. He began volunteering with Seeds of Hope back in 2010 by helping his sister, Jill Andrew, to host In This the Kids Area at the annual Fishhawk Issue Turkey Trot. South County Spartans Athletic SIMPLER PLACE FARM .......................PG 3 Program Inc. is a relatively new program giving more children the opportuNEW SCHOOL TTT ............................PG 4 nity to participate in football, wrestling, PRODIGY PROGRAM.......................PG 11 golf and cheerleading. Andrew had heard Christian Beiter, President of the ROBOTICS CLUB ...............................PG 13 organization talk about the Spartans MEDARD PARK HIKE.......................PG 15 during GRCC’s Taking Care of Business meetings and became WACKY HOLIDAYS...........................PG 21 inspired. The leaders and volunteers for CHALKLINES....................................PG 28 both of these organizations stepped up READ MORE LOCAL NEWS ONLINE to help and assist Andrew in his race for Mayor. Through event after event, www.ospreyobserver.com they encouraged folks to attend, they set up, tore down, prepared food and
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Hillsborough the SouthShore Community College Community Award will be (HCC) SouthShore presented to Georgia campus has a lot to Vahue of the Firehouse celebrate this Cultural Center, an impormonth. Campus tant partner with the colleaders are inviting lege, the SouthShore students, alumni Leadership Award will go and community members to attend an anniversary celebration recognizing Residents are invited to the 50th anniverjoin members of the sary of HCC in Hillsborough Community Hillsborough College (HCC) SouthShore Campus to County and 10 celebrate its 10 year years since the anniversary and the 50th SouthShore camanniversary of HCC in Hillsborough County on pus opened in January 30. Ruskin. The event, a Celebration by the to Dr. Allen Witt, who preceded China as Shore, will take place on Wednesday, campus president, and the SouthShore January 30 at 2 p.m. and will include Partnership Award will be received by entertainment, featuring music from the Elizabeth Gutierrez with Enterprising Lennard High School marching band, Latinas. food and refreshments, presentations and “We are excited to have this opportutours of the campus. nity to recognize some of the people who “We want this to be a huge party,” have helped the college, and specifically said Campus President Dr. Jennifer our campus, get to where it is today,” said China, who has secured sponsors from China. throughout the community to help with Another exciting part of the celebrathe event. “Our goal is to have everyone tion is a time capsule China and her team come together to celebrate and learn are putting together with items from 2019 more about each other. We are so happy to be opened at a future date. to be able to put this together for the com“We are hoping to recognize the munity.” future of the college as well as the past,” China will also recognize and present she said. five awards to members of the communiSponsors for the event include ty who have made an impact at the colMoasic, SunCoast Federal Credit Union lege over the last decade. and South Bay Hospital. The SouthShore Trailblazer Award The celebration event will take place will be presented to the Dickman family, on Wednesday, January 30 starting at 2 who gave the college the property on p.m. HCC SouthShore is located at 551 which the SouthShore Campus is built. 24th St. N.E. in Ruskin and can be The SouthShore People Award will go to reached at 259-6128. For more informaCounty Commissioner Sandra Murman; tion, visit www.hccfl.edu/southshore.
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