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GRCC Trick Or Treat Street At Riverview High Offers Spooktacular Family Fun
Dove Interiors Supports Veterans And First Responders With Foundation Funds
It is the GRCC’s signature event of the year and has been a staple in the Riverview community since 1988. Organizations have the opportunity to sponsor a BOOooth inside the event. The BOOooth sponsors have fun dressing up, decorating their BOOooths, distributing candy or small toys and providing many fun, free activities to the children of Photo By Ed Booth, Huth and Booth Photography the community. Join in for some Spooktacular family fun at Trick or Treat Event admission is free. Street, which will be held on Saturday, October 26 at Parking is a $5 donation per Riverview High School. carload. There will be cosJoin in the Spooktacular festivities at tume contests (small entry fee applies) for this year’s Trick or Treat Street event. children ages 0-15 and your four-legged The annual event is presented by the doggie friends. Contest winners and runincredible partnership of the Greater ner-ups will be competing for great prizes. Riverview Chamber of Commerce Bring a monster appetite because an (GRCC), Hillsborough County Sheriff’s assortment of food vendors plan to be Office, Hillsborough County Parks & on-site. C & J Specialty with fun fair food, Recreation and Riverview High School. Fuzzy’s Taco Shop, Papa John’s and The event will be held on Saturday, Kona Ice will ensure there’s something for October 26 from 2-6 p.m. at Riverview every ghoul and goblin. High School. Christopher Ligori and Associates is The purpose of the GRCC is to crethis year’s Monster Mash sponsor. ate a family environment that assures the Thanks to its generous sponsorship, success of our community, and its memwristbands for kids’ unlimited play on the bers and Trick or Treat Street is one of exciting inflatable units and kids play the finest examples of that purpose. More zone, normally $5, will be distributed for than 100 Chamber members, including free (while supplies last). This is sure to local businesses, churches, organizations make the kids (and parents) jump for joy. and volunteers, will come together to For more information, visit make this event possible. www.RiverviewChamber.com or stop by James Pulkowski, CPA, P.A. and the GRCC office located inside the Michael Broussard of The Flying Locksmiths are the co-chairs of the event. CenterState Bank building at 10101 “We want everyone to know this is a fam- Bloomingdale Ave. in Riverview between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday-Friday. Call ily friendly event supported by your local 234-5944 or email info@riverviewchambusinesses and the student clubs of ber.com for more information. Riverview High School.”
For nearly 30 years, Additionally, Dove Dove Interiors Carpet Interiors Carpet One has One Floor & Home has had the honor of teaming served Southern up with Mohawk Flooring Hillsborough County. It is in providing free flooring the oldest continually and installation for one of owned flooring/interior our local heroes. Built store. specifically around their Apart from the injuries, these homes are expertise of a team who designed to give them are all Five Diamond greater independence Certified and can assist and quality of life. with any home improveDove Interiors began ment project, the major in 1991 as a small storereason Dove Interiors is front in Ruskin and still going strong is its expanded to a beautiful perpetual support for 6,000 sq. ft. showroom those who serve our through the expertise and country. Built by a family Dove Interiors owner Joan Miller devotion of Joan Miller of veterans, it prides and her two children, Rick poses with disabled veterans. itself both by employing veterans and Razick and Kimberly Scott. Explore their supporting them and first responders extensive collection of cabinets and counthrough the Stephen Siller Tunnel to tertops for both kitchens and bathroom Towers Foundation, which raises awareremodels. Browse both hard and soft winness and funds for Building for America's dow treatments, automated shades and Bravest. This organization provides mortcustom drapery. gage-free smart homes for our most Dove Interiors Carpet One is located wounded veterans and first responders. at 2305 E. College Ave. in Ruskin. Each year, Carpet One participates Call 645-8660, email joan@doveintein the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers 5K riors.us or kim@doveinteriors.us or visit in New York City, supporting and bringing www.doveinteriorscarpetone.com. awareness to this cause. The race retraces the steps of Stephen Siller, a FDNY fireman who was off the day the In This call came in on 9/11. Stephen put on his Issue 60 pounds of gear and ran through the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel to the Twin Towers, where he and his entire battalion NEW PRINCIPAL FOR TTT SCHOOL ....PG 3 perished that day. ROADWAY PROJECTS .........................PG 4 Joan and Kim, mother and daughter owners of Dove Interiors, joined the race NEW FIRE STATION ............................PG 9 in New York City on September 29 and NEW SHOPS & RESTAURANTS .........PG 10 locally at the Clearwater T2T race on Saturday, November 2. CHAMBER RIBBON CUTTINGS .........PG 12 This year, it celebrates a milestone in CHALKLINES .....................................PG 28 giving. Kimberly Scott is excited to announce, “By year’s end, Carpet One ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT................PG 36 Floor & Home, a cooperative with 1,000 EYE ON BUSINESS .....................PGS 45‐46 stores nationwide, has banded together and will have raised more than $1 million READ MORE LOCAL NEWS ONLINE to help the Stephen Siller Tunnel to www.ospreyobserver.com Towers Foundation.”
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