PLANT CITY TIMES & OBSERVER
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PlantCityObserver.com
MAY 6, 2016
WEEK OF MAY 6, 2016
“I wanted to pat myself on the back for not throwing up on the first day, but that might have caused me to throw up,” Sports Editor Justin Kline, on working out with a Brazilian jiu-jitsu team. Read his column on page 12.
One dead in train collision One person is dead after an SUV tried to beat a train to the crossing and traveled into the train’s path. At about 4:05 p.m. Saturday, April 30, Bruce Dean, 19, was driving a 1996 Jeep west on Candis Road when he attempted to beat the train traveling south along Paul Buchman Highway, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Department. The train hit the passenger side of the Jeep, where Angel Fidel GarciaVera, 20, was sitting. The impact pushed the Jeep off the tracks into a ditch. The jeep then overturned onto the driver’s side. Garcia-Vera died, and Dean was transported to Tampa General Hospital with serious injuries.
Crash closes I-4
A man was admitted to Tampa General Hospital Thursday, April 28, with critical injuries, following a crash near Branch Forbes Road. According to Florida Highway Patrol, Michael Robert Plaskett, 26, of Lakeland, was driving his 1999 Lexus east on Interstate 4 around 3:54 a.m. when, for unknown reasons, he drifted out of the center lane. He hit a trailer then flipped several times before coming to a stop in the center lane. The crash closed part of I-4 until about 7:30 a.m. The driver of the vehicle hauling the trailer, Yonlys Pena, 44, of Tampa, was not harmed. Plaskett was wearing his seat belt at the time of the crash.
Vote Plant City-area Democrats will soon be able to vote for delegates for the upcoming Democratic National Convention. The Bruton Memorial Library will serve as Greater Plant City’s polling place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 7. District 15 voters may also vote at the West Tampa Library, 2312 W. Union St., Tampa. Due to the results of the Florida primary, Hillary Clinton will have one female and two male delegates, while Bernie Sanders will have one of each. YOUR LOCAL CANDIDATES ARE:
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he 12-foot alligator that pulled maintenance worker Eddie Evans into Walden Lake last
month has not been caught. But an 8-foot alligator has. A trapper from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation captured the female gator Friday, April 29. "This is not the alligator in question,
DO NOT FEED GATORS Walden Lake is urging residents not to feed gators. Do not feed ducks, turtles or any other animals inhabiting waters with alligators. This food source attracts the alligators, as well, and trains them to associate humans with food.
but it is a potential nuisance given that it came up to the trapper to be fed," WLCA President Dan Orrico said. "The trapper suspects that the gator that attacked Eddie is coming in at night."
THE SHORT OF IT
Both Orrico and Walden Lake Site
WANTED 12-foot alligator
Manager Thomas Sholl were unsure if the gator would be euthanized.
CAUGHT 8-foot female alligator
The trapper has been operating on a
20
the number of warning signs that have been put up around Walden Lake
45
45-day permit. If the permit expires
HILLARY CLINTON Men: William W. Wilbanks Jr., Jack Charles Wolff, Lionel S. Washing Women: Anita L. Balch, Elizabeth J. Belcher, Andrea A. Braboy, Stephanie Marie Garza, Leatrice Ione Townsend BERNIE SANDERS Men: Ahmed M. Bedier, Christopher Carlos Cano, Corey Koch, Christopher D. Martinez, Walter J. O’Rourke, Ricky Fernando Shirah Women: Sharron Gill Balic, Lacy Nicole Fowler, Jessica Brillson Vaughn, Anna Lou Weeks
BY THE NUMBERS
200
approximate number of guests who attended the Garden Club’s April Flower Show
20
number of questions that will be asked at the Plant City History Trivia Challenge May 26
2
number of stages Consolidated Pest Control uses to kill mosquitos as the season begins
29
number of girls who competed in the 2016 Little Miss Plant City event April 30
before the gator that attacked Evans is caught, it will likely be renewed.
the number of days the trapper’s current permit is for
Warning signs have been placed in the area surrounding Walden Lake.
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