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Stepping into the spotlight Next Radical Generation hosts talent show. PAGE 8

YOUR TOWN Engaged

TOP TOMATO Migrant student Alicia Perez hopes to use a degree in mechanical engineering to help others overcome language barriers.

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ive Alicia Perez a glass ceiling. She’ll smash right through it.

Together with their families, Callie M. Miley and Jason R. Johnson, of Plant City, are pleased to announce their engagement.

Johnson is a United States Air Force veteran currently working for Chris Lapi Moving Supplies of Tampa. Miley is a service planning manager for TruGreen South Division.

A wedding is planned for September 2016.

Enter Father’s Day contest Dads do a lot for their families.

They can bring home the bacon, as well as eat all the bacon. They fix things, teach their kids about sports, play tea parties and kill spiders.

We want to hear what makes your dad the best for our annual Father’s Day contest.

Send a short essay and photograph to Managing Editor Amber Jurgensen at ajurgensen@plantcityobserver.com

by Monday, June 13.

Winners will be featured in our Friday, June 17, edition. Good luck!

It’s only been one day since she grad-

uated from Durant High School, but the 18-year-old is set for her future. In August, she’ll be starting as a mechanical engineering major and business and finance minor at the University of Central Florida. The first two years of her collegiate schooling are, for the most part, completely funded.

It’s not only a milestone for Perez, who grew up as a migrant student, but for her whole family.

“I’m the first female in my family to graduate from high school and go to college,” Perez said.

Photo by Emily Topper

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It’s a hobby for Bobbi

Photo by Emily Topper

Bobbi Camp has been a volunteer at SCHS since the school opened. She’s volunteered with the band and has held many leadership roles with the IB Parent Partnership.

Strawberry Crest volunteer extraordinaire Bobbi Camp will step down as her youngest child graduates in June.

EMILY TOPPER STAFF WRITER

Bobbi Camp doesn’t do things halfway.

Since Strawberry Crest High School opened in 2009, Camp has been involved. She helped form the International Baccalaureate Parent Partnership at the school and has served as a board member, historian, vice president, senior class liaison

and president for the organization.

But after seven years of Charger leadership, Camp is stepping down from her active roles.

“It’s the circle of life,” Camp said.

“It’s not a task, it’s a hobby for me. I have served this community.”

Camp’s daughter, Hailey, graduated Tuesday, June 7. Camp’s son, Garrett, was part of the first four-year SEE BOBBI PAGE 5

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Check out photos from area graduations at PlantCityObserver.com, and be on the lookout for our graduation section, Journey 2016, Friday, June 17.

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“I’m so glad that the RCMA is growing so that everyone can have the same opportunity I did.”

— Daniela Sanchez, 22, on the new daycare center in Dover for children of migrant families

Golf Course Update

Doing their part

“What I do know is that we won’t turn off the idea of negotiating. But in the end, it’ll be our members that decide.

The board will be the ones doing the negotiation, of course, but the members will be the ones that finally decide.”

— Dan Orrico, WLCA president

“From our standpoint, the door is still open. I’ve been pleased that we’ve been at least continuing the talk.”

— Harley Herman, WLCA attorney

Photo by Emily Topper

The Walden Lake Community Association voted against taking a settlement proposal with Visions Golf at a community meeting Friday, June 3.

This means a Planning Board meeting to address the rezoning request in Walden Lake will continue as scheduled on Thursday, June 16.

Visions Golf, the owner of the Walden Lake Golf & Country Club, is seeking to rezone a portion of its two 18-hole golf courses for residential development. The WLCA has taken an opposing stance.

Visions has been in talks with the WLCA since October 2015.

PLANNING BOARD MEETING

When: 6 p.m. Thursday, June 16 Where: Trinkle Center at Hillsborough Community College, 1206 N. Park Road THE JUNE 3 PROPOSAL INCLUDED: n Transferring ownership of golf holes 4 to 8 of the Lakes course, as well as the four golf holes from Griffin Boulevard to Walden Lake Park, from Visions to the WLCA.

n Placement of a conservation easement on both transferred areas by Visions Golf. n Administrative change reducing the maximum number of multi-family units in the proposed rezoning from 156 to 111. n Construction of a new clubhouse, the largest room of which the WLCA would be able to use for monthly and annual meetings at no charge.

The settlement offer was conditional on the WLCA supporting Visions’ rezoning application.

But the board didn’t go for the offer because the expense to upkeep the transferred areas was $700,000.

“Maybe by next week we may be at a better place to have something more definitive. For now, the June 16 Planning Board meeting is going forward.

We are also continuing to have an open door to have conversations with the association.”

— Alice Huneycutt, Visions Golf attorney

The Plant City Keller Williams Realty agents recently gave back to their community and worked at three Habitat for Humanity homes. They painted, mulched, weeded, cleaned and refreshed the homes.

Stove causes fire A home on Sam Hicks Road caught on fire Monday, June 6.

Hillsborough County Fire Rescue determined the cause of the fire was an unattended stove top.

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STILL STANDING, STILL EMPTY “It’s got potential. It’s in a lot better shape than I thought it was going to be. It needs some TLC.” — Mike Rimoldi, building inspector with Hillsborough County

Photos by Emily Topper/Plant City Photo Archives and History Center

The historic Turkey Creek school building has a new roof and windows, but the walls and floor are damaged.

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Nearly 20 years after being saved from demolition, historic Turkey Creek High School awaits new life.

EMILY TOPPER STAFF WRITER

Turkey Creek Middle School is more than a school.

It’s a community. It’s a family.

“Turkey Creek, it just runs through your veins,” Vicki Kummelman, assistant principal, said. “There’ s just something about being from here.

Nobody ever leaves here. They stay.”

Kummelman and her father, Robert Raulerson, both had classes in the school’s now-shuttered twostory brick building in the back of the campus. There was no working air-conditioning in the building at that time, but teachers would open windows and vents to let air flow from classroom to classroom. Kummelman looked forward to March, when the spring breeze drifted into the classrooms from the farm fields across the street.

Walking through the building now, the air is still. The doors are swung open, leading to empty classrooms.

Still owned by the Hillsborough County School District, the building has been closed since the 1990s when another part of the school underwent a major renovation.

But there are the memories left.

Former students scrawled their names and drawings on the walls of their classrooms. Newspaper clippings celebrating Tampa Bay Buccaneers wins are faded and pinned to a bulletin board.

The hallways are dark, and the floors are covered in years of dust.

It’s old. It’s dilapidated.

But it’s home.

SAVE OUR SCHOOL

Teachers once leaned against heating units while they taught to stay warm in the winter. Students mingled around their lockers to watch storms rolling into town through the open windows.

The building has been closed for over 20 years.

But it has not been forgotten.

The Gobbler family has taken great lengths to ensure the historic building stays standing.

SHARE YOUR SUGGESTION Got an idea or a funding proposal for historic Turkey Creek High School? Let District 4 representative Melissa Snively know.

Email: melissa.snively@sdhc. k12.fl.us Call: (813) 272-4052

It was saved from demolition in 1997, ending plans to replace the structure with a parking lot.

In 2001, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

Kummelman would like the building to be revitalized — to see it open and alive again, complete with fresh paint and the hums of computers for her students.

But the Hillsborough County School Board has no plans to open the doors to the old schoolhouse. In a district which oversees over 200 schools, tight purse strings are a necessity.

Those with close ties to the school have undergone heartbreak after heartbreak in efforts to restore it.

Ludo and Willeva Van Den Bogaert have one of the building’s original windows, which they saved after the windows and roof were restored. Both attended the school.

“We were very, very, very optimistic at one time,” Willeva Van Den Bogaert said.

The Van Den Bogaerts remember when a state grant of $30,000 was awarded for repurposing the building. It was one the Hillsborough County School Board promised to match but never did. The grant had to be given up.

“That was very terrible,” Ludo Van Den Bogaert said. “Because we could have done quite a bit inside the building for $60,000.”

That was over a decade ago, when the plans were to use the building as classrooms.

The Gobblers persisted.

In 2005, the Hillsborough County Commission allocated nearly $4 million for the closed building to be used as a library.

County budget cuts brought the library efforts to a screeching halt.

Still, members of the County Commission alluded to a bright future for the beloved building.

In a Tampa Tribune article, thenCounty Commissioner Brian Blair was quoted in an email saying, “I’m confident that we will put this [library] project back on the Capital Improvement list as soon as our County Library sources pick back up; which I estimate will be another year.”

That was in 2008.

The Van Den Bogaerts are cautiously hopeful. They have the proclamation for the building from the National Register of Historic Places and want it to be hung in the building.

“If money was no issue, I’d like the space to be used for the Turkey Creek School archives to be there,” Willeva Van Den Bogaert

said. She and her husband have articles and blueprints of the building.

“I’d like to see space for a meeting room and offices of some type. Those are the things that would be ideal for me. There’s a lot of frustration, but there’s also a lot of community spirit.”

As everyone with a connection to the school knows, restoration efforts will depend on deep pockets and the agreement of the Hillsborough County School Board.

“I want to see the building restored,” Kummelman said. “But I also don’t want to see any student go without because one school got something. I think our district would have to agree to even exploring the idea. I think it would take a group who wanted to do financial backing and see it through until the end.”

The historic two-story structure is built.

1956 “It’s not set up for large volume traffic or a modern classroom. But it could be a small library or used as an archive.”

— Mike Rimoldi, Hillsborough County building inspector

1972

Turkey Creek High School becomes a junior high.

IT’S GOT POTENTIAL

The restoration of the building’s roof and windows have saved the building from deterioration over the last few years, but it’s still in need of repairs.

Numerous ones: water leaks have partially damaged the wood floors.

The chalkboards in the building were removed because of the carcinogen asbestos. Pale green paint is chipping on the walls of the classroom. The coating on the stair railings has peeled off. The floors have termite damage.

The concrete floor has been partially ripped up.

But it’s not a reason to lose hope — or so said Mike Rimoldi, a building inspector with Hillsborough County.

“It’s got potential,” Rimoldi said.

He walked through the building and wasn’t afraid to venture the top floor — something he can’t say for other structures in the county.

“It’s in a lot better shape than I thought it was going to be,” he said.

“It needs some TLC.” There are some elements the building has going for it, he said. A fire alarm has been installed, and the structure is sound.

“It’s not set up for large volume traffic or a modern classroom,” he said “But it could be a small library or used as an archive.”

While the issues with the building are fixable, Rimoldi added that it comes down to one necessity: funding.

“That’s the only bad thing about every one of those issues,” he said.

“They cost money.”

As Hillsborough County School Board member Melissa Snively knows, funding is always the biggest challenge. Still, she said, she could see the building being used for students or as a building that showcases the school and area history.

The District 4 representative encourages residents and former students to reach out to her.

“I would love to hear about it,” Snively said. “I can’t see why we would not want to entertain that as an option.

I can’t imagine (the school board) would not be interested in that.”

With the right plan and the proper funding, the Gobblers may have a place to hang the proclamation.

Contact Emily Topper at etopper@plantcityobserver.com.

The end of strawberry schools: Hillsborough County votes for all schools to operate on a single calendar.

“It would take a lot of money. I would like to see it used like a community center.”

— Rosina Bodden, teacher

“I’d like to see it used as something like the 1914 building.”

— Sandee Sytsma, alumna

1995

Turkey Creek Junior High is converted to a middle school.

1997 “I’d like to see space for a meeting room and offices of some type.

Those are the things that would be ideal for me.”

— Willeva Van Den Bogaert, alumna

The building is saved from demolition. If demolished, it would have been used as a parking lot.

2001

The building is placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

2005 “It’s a school site. It could also be a library or a space for the archives.”

— Ludo Van Den Bogaert, alumnus

County Commission allocates funds for library at historic building.

2008

Library is denied.

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The following information was gathered from incident and arrest reports obtained from the Plant City Police Department.

MAY 27

SLASH AND DASH 2410 block of James L. Redman Parkway.

Criminal mischief: Officers responded to a parking lot and found unknown suspect(s) had slashed the front, left tire of a yellow 2010 Volkswagen Beetle.

MAY 27

PUT A RING ON IT 1300 block of North Orange Street.

Vehicle burglary: Officers met with complainant, who stated unknown suspect(s) broke into her 2005 Nissan Armada SUV and stole a ring.

Protecting the Cross

MAY 28

TRUCK TROUBLES 200 block of East Baker Street.

Vehicle theft: Officer met with complainants, who stated that, overnight, unknown suspect(s) had stolen three trucks from their business.

MISPLACED MUNITION 700 block of West Reynolds Street.

Found property: Officer met with complainant, who stated her son found six .32 caliber bullets in their yard. The bullets were placed into PCPD evidence for destruction.

TAGGED UP 4400 block of West Highway 574.

Criminal mischief: Officer met with complainant, who stated unknown suspect(s) had sprayed graffiti on the side of his building and company vehicle.

MAY 29

HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT East Cherry Street/North Johnson Street.

Found property: Officer responded to a dog park in reference to a suspicious persons call and found four truck rims and tires hidden behind a tree. No one was around to claim the wheels, so they were placed into PCPD evidence for safekeeping.

DINNER CASH 1300 block of West Risk Street.

Vehicle burglary: Officer met with complainant, who stated unknown suspect(s) entered her gray 2014 Kia Forte and stole her wallet, which contained $30. The vehicle had been left unlocked. Complainant signed a waiver of prosecution form.

NOTHING BUT NET 300 block of Carey Street.

Petit theft: Officers met with complainant, who stated unknown suspect(s) stole the netting from a church’s soccer goals sometime between May 20 and 29.

MAY 31

COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED 4200 block of Barret Avenue.

Vehicle burglary: Officer met with complainant, who stated unknown suspect(s) entered her GMC truck and ransacked it. Complainant had left her vehicle unlocked at the time of the burglary.

UNDER PRESSURE 1600 block of East Calhoun Street.

Vehicle burglary: Officers met with complainant, who stated unknown suspect(s) removed a metallic blue pressure washer from the bed of his truck between 2 and 3:30 a.m. The pressure washer was valued at $700.

JUNE 1

BUS BASHER 220 block of West Alexander Street.

Criminal mischief: Officer met with complainants, who stated unknown suspect(s) had shattered a window on their 2015 mini bus.

MARKING TERRITORY Multiple locations.

Gang graffiti: Officers found gang graffiti that had been spray painted on the side of a mobile home off of Highway 574, on a house and shed on Seminole Lake Boulevard and on the side of two businesses and some storage units on West Reynolds Street.

WINDOW PAINS 600 block of South Gordon Street.

Criminal mischief: Officer met with complainant, who stated unknown suspect(s) broke all four side windows out of her Kia sedan.

JUNE 2

FORLORN FOUR-WHEELER James L. Redman Parkway/East Trapnell Road.

Abandoned ATV: Officers found an abandoned camouflage Land Pride ATV on the side of a roadway. The ATV still had the keys inside and contained tools, but no one was around. An owner was unable to be contacted. The ATV was towed and listed as abandoned.

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Law enforcement officers have teamed up with Church on the Rock to offer police training and share their faith.

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Not the normal mission trip.

That’s how Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Jarrett Hall describes the trips Plant City’s Church on the Rock takes annually to Guatemala.

This year, Church on the Rock will be in Guatemala from Saturday, July 16, to Friday, July 22. On these trips, church members assemble one house for a single mother and her child, work with the children and elderly and share their faith with the citizens of Guatemala.

But it’s not just church members who attend the trip. Officers from the Plant City and Tampa Police departments, the Florida Highway Patrol and the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office also hop on the plane to Guatemala.

The officers provide defensive tactics and training to the Guatemalan National Police, along with Bible study classes.

For Church on the Rock pastor Jeff Howell, the annual trip is a way to provide necessary training while sharing his faith.

“I’m about the work of the Lord,” Howell, who has been the chaplain for the Plant City Police Department for 17 years, said. “That is why we are there. That is the driving force.”

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Deputy Jarrett Hall offered training to the Guatemalan National Police last year.

Howell’s first trip to Guatemala, a country of over 15 million people, was in 2010. After meeting the chaplains for the Guatemalan National Police, he saw the police force’s poor living quarters.

“On site in the barracks, there are very crude living conditions,” Howell said. “We got involved in cleaning. We cleaned toilets and built shower stalls, trying to improve their living condition.”

The mission has expanded since then to include training for the Guatemalan National Police. Typically, the members of that police force don’t receive further training or refresher courses after they have graduated from the police academy.

During the mission trip, the Gua-

temalan officers are trained in the morning on defensive tactics and active shooter training. At the end of the day, they participate in a spiritual component or attend Bible study.

Hall, who has been a deputy with HCSO since 2011, met Howell in 2013.

He’s been attending the trips to Guatemala every year since.

“We train them on defensive tactics, such as putting them in handcuffs,” Hall said. “In 2014 ... we brought in airsoft pistols to train them on.”

As the years progressed, so did the amount of training the officers received. While most of the training takes place in Antigua, Florida law enforcement officers were also able to provide training in Escuintla, a town of about 68,000, and Panajachel, a town of about 15,000.

“It’s pretty interesting,” Hall said.

“I see different faces every year. We’re looking forward to going down. We’re very fortunate in the United States that we push that law enforcement needs to be well trained.”

This year, six officers, including Howell and Hall, are going from law enforcement agencies. The church funds one-third of the travel costs for the first four officers who sign up for the trip. The rest the officers pay for it out of pocket and use their own vacation time.

“I’ve seen it do such good work in the officers we take as well,” Howell said.

Officers who receive training — often over 150 officers per year — receive a new Bible and are invited to a catered breakfast at the end of the week of training.

“We go for two reasons, or at least I do,” Hall said. “It’s a great opportunity for them. They are limited in their resources. And the second reason is the eternal impact ... these people are going through the same stuff I am, just in a different language.”

Howell agreed.

“I love to invest for the kingdom,” he said. “I just have a deep gratitude.

I’m thankful for the Lord for allowing me to build these relationships.”

Contact Emily Topper at etopper@plantcityobserver.com.

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Number of Guatemalan National Police officers trained annually by Florida law enforcement officers

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Number of church members going

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Number of law enforcement officers going

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Number of law enforcement agencies represented

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Number of Bibles handed out

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A recap of the church’s 2015 trip can be seen at RockOfPC. com.

THANK YOU, OFFICERS The officers* going to Guatemala in July to offer training to the Guatemalan National Police Force include: n Pastor Jeff Howell, chaplain for Plant City Police Department n Jarrett Hall, Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office n Chris Miller, Florida Highway Patrol n Veronica Hamilton, Tampa Police Department n Robbie Gentry, Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office * The sixth officer, a detective, chose not to be named

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“I don’t really let (stigmas) bother me. I’m just going to show them that I can work harder and I can do better. You lead by example.”

LET ME ‘ATOM’

“As a migrant (student), society sees you as ignorant,” Perez said.

It’s a stigma Perez faced most of her life, especially since she and her family traveled for work until she was in seventh grade. The family harvested crops, mostly tomatoes, in Florida, Georgia and Ohio.

Now, the family owns a produce stand at the Plant City Flea Market on Sam Allen Road. They also inspect tomatoes, and Perez was responsible for helping her mother get the necessary certification.

“We were all over the place,” Perez said. “There’s always the catchup game that you play.”

Growing up, Perez’s parents were strict when it came to schooling. As a kid, Perez did her homework on the way to the fields. Though Perez faced a language barrier because she lacked some of the fundamentals of the English language, she quickly caught on.

When her family stopped traveling for work, she was so used to learning at a fast pace, she grew tired of her honors classes. She enrolled in Advanced Placement classes to give herself a challenge.

“I like all subjects,” she said. “I try to do my best. I had the most struggle in English, but I still took AP lang and AP lit.”

Eventually, one subject stuck out from the rest: physics. Perez took every

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Crest graduating class of 2013. Both of her children were in IB, which spurred Camp’s involvement in the program.

“I was in the first freshman class at Countryside High School,” Camp said. “It was really cool. I think that’s part of why I have so much passion.”

With both children done with Crest, Camp is passing on her leadership — and her legacy — to the next group of dedicated parents.

SHOW ME THE MONEY

This year, the IB Parent Partnership gave two $1,000 scholarships to students based on community service.

It’s the first time the partnership has awarded the scholarships — something Camp believes to be one of the organization’s greatest accomplishments in seven years.

“Our focus was to find things we could do that didn’t tax our parents and didn’t tax our kids,” Camp said.

“Our focus has always been to provide for our kids without having to tax our kids.”

When Crest first opened its doors, scholarships weren’t an immediate priority. Camp and the rest of the partnership needed to establish the organization. They began by asking parent partnerships at King, Robinson and Hillsborough high schools

DECORATED SCHOLAR Alicia Perez has made herself a force to be reckoned with in the world of academics. She’s received scholarships from these organizations for her career at University of Central Florida: n Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association n Bailey Family Foundation Scholarship n Bright Futures n Hillsborough Education Foundation

— Alicia Perez Photos by Emily Topper

Alicia Perez has been accepted to the University of Central Florida with scholarships and plans to study mechanical engineering.

physics class she could, even asking the school to create a higher level for her — which it did.

Because of her success in math and science, Perez was invited to partake in a summer science, technology, engineering and mathematics program, or STEM. From there, she went on to become the captain of Durant’s Planetary Lander Egg Drop Competition. The competition allows schools to create a contraption to drop an egg without breaking it.

But it’s not just about fun and eggs for Perez. With a degree in mechanical engineering, she hopes to help students and migrants who have faced similar challenges.

NO TIME TO PAWS Bobbi Camp can’t see herself stopping her volunteerism.

She has adopted a dog and has decided to train the pup to become a therapy dog.

for tips.

“Now, our group kind of sets the standard,” Crest Assistant Principal Tiffany Ewell said. Ewell is responsible for overseeing the school’s IB program. “Our budget has grown enough to allow for scholarships.”

Ewell said Camp has been the driving force of the partnership’s success.

“She handles things so professionally,” Ewell said. “It just looks effortless. I certainly know that she has a ton of wisdom and knowledge. She manages people very well.”

Camp said she acknowledged she wouldn’t be able to achieve her goals without a team of dedicated volunteers.

“It’s not just the teachers, it’s not just the kids,” Camp said. “It’s everything. There’s so much family in the whole thing.”

CHARGER FAMILY

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With her degree, Perez wants to start a program through new forms of technology that helps people who don’t have English as a primary language.

“There’s so much locked up in so many people that are considered immigrants,” Perez said. “People are more than just what they look like. Technology gets advanced. We have so many cultures in the United States. Why not have the ability to speak more than one language?”

She also hopes to build a mentorship program from STEM students.

But first, she’s looking forward to the college experience.

“I’m excited to have a little bit more freedom,” she said. “Normally I’m either at school or work or babysitting my little brother. I want to see a little bit more of the world than what I’ve seen.”

She also plans on working throughschool. With scholarships covering her

in Tampa but has been volunteering for her kids’ schools since they were in kindergarten. At Crest, volunteerism ranges from 20 to 30 hours per week.

It has spanned from volunteering with Florida Strawberry Festival parking to gift wrapping at Toys“R”Us to selling SCHS magnets. The funds from sales have gone to supplies, professional developments for teachers and scholarships. Everything Camp does is to benefit “her kids.”

“Right now, I probably have 500 kids,” Camp said. “My time is what I have to give, and so I should give it. I still keep up with the graduated students. We really do become friends and family. It helps when you’re passionate.”

“The way our program is received in the community is very much a product of the work she’s put in over the last seven years,” Ewell said. “She exudes positive energy for the school and the program.”

For Camp, it’s simply a matter of finding something you care about and sticking to it.

“I hope that’s one thing they (students) take away,” Camp said. “Don’t do anything halfway. All or nothing.”

Contact Emily Topper at etopper@plantcityobserver.com.

Camp works full-time as a paralegal

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first two years, Perez wants to pay her way through the rest of her schooling while also helping pave the way for her younger brother.

“I don’t mind working,” Perez said. “I don’t mind getting my hands dirty.”

For Perez, funding her final two years is simply another challenge — one she’s looking forward to.

“If I say, ‘This is my limit,’ then I’m going to break it,” she said. “There’s no reason to have an end point with your limits. Just try to be the best person you can be.”

Contact Emily Topper at etopper@plantcityobserver.com.

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The home at 3305 Kilmer Place sold May 13, for $206,500. Built in 1995, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,146 square feet of living area on 0.30 acres. The price per square foot is $96.23.

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$547,000. Built in 2004, it

The home at 3439 Silverstone Court sold May 31, for $165,000.

Built in 1996, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,480 square feet of living area on 0.20 acres. The price per square foot is $111.49.

has five bedrooms, three and one half baths and 3,978 square feet of living area on 1.86 acres. The price per square foot is $137.51.

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CATO The home at 1612 Williams Road sold May 31, for $270,000 (REO/ bank owned). Built in 1989, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 2,309 square feet of living area on 1.34 acres. The price per square foot is $116.93.

CONSTELLATION ACRES The home at 2805 Lyra Lane sold May 19, for $255,500 (REO/bank owned). Built in 2004, it has three bedrooms, two and one half baths and 2,154 square feet of living area on 1.01 acres. The price per square foot is $118.62.

COUNTRY HILLS The home at 4421 Country Hills Blvd. sold May 27, for $114,500 (auction/REO). Built in 2002, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,293 square feet of living area on 0.14 acres. The price per square foot is $88.55.

The home at 4704 Hunts Court sold May 31, for $189,900. Built in 1996, it has four bedrooms, two and one half baths and 2,234 square feet of living area on 0.13 acres. The price per square foot is $85.00.

The home at 4508 Reynolds Creek Ave. sold May 13, for $137,300. Built in 2002, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 1,360 square feet of living area on 0.14 acres. The price per square foot is $100.96.

ISLAND POND ESTATES The home at 3615 Tindle Road sold May 20, for $371,000. Built in 2008, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,964 square feet of living area on 3.76 acres. The price per square foot is $125.17.

LITTLE ALAFIA CREEK ESTATES The home at 3716 Alafia Creek St. sold May 13, for $269,000. Built in 2006, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,594 square feet of living area on 1 acre. The price per

Average: $190,731 Median: $182,990

baths and 1,805 square feet of living area on 0.18 acres. The price per square foot is $94.13.

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AVONDALE GROVES The home at 1536 Avondale Ridge Drive sold May 3, for $275,000.

Built in 2007, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,467 square feet of living area on 1.27 acres. The price per square foot is $111.47.

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MAGNOLIA GREEN The home at 3721 Crystal Dew St. sold May 26, for $185,000. Built in 2008, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 1,976 square feet of living area on 0.15 acres. The price per square foot is $93.62.

The home at 3102 Magnolia Meadows Drive sold May 9, for $166,000 (REO/bank owned). Built in 2008, it has four bedrooms, two and one half baths and 2,348 square feet of living area on 0.17 acres. The price per square foot is $70.70.

The home at 3221 Magnolia Meadows Drive sold May 23, for $195,000. Built in 2016, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 1,828 square feet of living area on 0.15 acres. The price per square foot is $106.67.

The home at 3227 Magnolia Meadows Drive sold May 19, for $182,990. Built in 2015, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,672 square feet of living area on 0.15 acres. The price per square foot is $109.44.

The home at 3314 San Moise Place sold May 23, for $216,550. Built in 2016, it has five bedrooms, two and one half baths and 2,807 square feet of living area on 0.01 acres. The price per square foot is $77.15.

The home at 3316 San Moise Place sold May 22, for $209,990. Built in 2016, it has four bedrooms, two and one half baths and 2,432 square feet of living area on 0.15 acres. The price per square foot is $86.34.

The home at 3317 San Moise Place sold May 22, for $214,990. Built in 2016, it has four bedrooms, two and one half baths and 2,432 square feet of living area on 0.15 acres. The price per square foot is $88.40.

The home at 3416 San Moise Place sold May 27, for $216,990. Built in 2015, it has five bedrooms, two and one half baths and 2,807 square feet of living area on 0.15 acres. The price per square foot is $77.30.

sold May 12, for $220,980. Built in 2016, it has five bedrooms, two and one half baths and 2,807 square feet of living area on 0.15 acres. The price per square foot is $78.73.

MANNING The home at 1084 Cowart Road sold May 10, for $320,000. Built in 1996, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,663 square feet of living area on 1.09 acres. The price per square foot is $120.17.

MORGAN MINOR The home at 6411 Barton Road sold May 13, for $349,900. Built in 1995, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,482 square feet of living area on 1 acre. The price per square foot is $140.98.

NESMITH ESTATES The home at 2821 Nesmith Estates Lane sold May 27, for $245,000.

Built in 2007, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,193 square feet of living area on 1.01 acres. The price per square foot is $111.72.

PADDOCKS The home at 1912 Horseshoe Drive sold May 20, for $259,900. Built in 1986, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,818 square feet of living area on 0.42 acres. The price per square foot is $142.96.

PIERGALLINI The home at 4103 N. Forbes Road sold May 11, for $305,000. Built in 1979, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,672 square feet of living area on 3.42 acres. The price per square foot is $114.15.

PLEASANT GROVE ACRES The home at 8506 Turkey Creek Road sold May 27, for $350,000.

Built in 2015, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,760 square feet of living area on 1 acre. The price per square foot is $126.81.

POPLIN ACRES The home at 5007 Peeples Road sold May 31, for $390,000. Built in 1995, it has four bedrooms, three and one half baths and 2,647 square feet of living area on 5 acres. The price per square foot is $147.34.

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The home at 4507 Strauss Road sold May 13, for $315,000. Built in 1984, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,030 square feet of living area on 4.17 acres. The price per square foot is $155.17.

RALSTON COUNTRY ESTATES The home at 3724 Ralston Road sold May 27, for $365,000. Built in 2006, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,730 square feet of living area on 1.18 acres. The price per square foot is $133.70.

SMALL FARMS The home at 2102 Strawberry Drive sold May 23, for $205,000. Built in 1983, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 2,197 square feet of living area on 1.20 acres. The price per square foot is $93.31.

SPRINGFIELD The home at 2705 Santa Barbara Court sold May 23, for $277,422.

Built in 2016, it has five bedrooms, three baths and 2,827 square feet of living area on 1 acre. The price per square foot is $98.13.

WALDEN LAKE The home at 104 Capri Court South sold May 23, for $145,000. Built in 1980, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,542 square feet of living area on 0.07 acres. The price per square foot is $94.03.

The home at 4104 Eliot Place sold May 13, for $192,000. Built in 1990, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 1,805 square feet of living area on 0.30 acres. The price per square foot is $106.37.

The home at 3130 Emerson Place sold May 13, for $197,000. Built in 1991, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 1,836 square feet of living area on 0.24 acres. The price per square foot is $107.30.

The home at 2304 S. Fairway Drive sold May 27, for $160,000. Built in 1990, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,065 square feet of living area on 0.08 acres. The price per square foot is $77.48.

The home at 4103 Longfellow Drive sold May 31, for $169,900. Built in 1990, it has four bedrooms, two

The home at 2918 Spring Hammock Drive sold May 27, for $300,000. Built in 1999, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,651 square feet of living area on 0.30 acres. The price per square foot is $113.16.

The home at 1411 Teakwood Drive sold May 17, for $214,000. Built in 1978, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,958 square feet of living area on 0.27 acres. The price per square foot is $109.30.

The home at 1509 Teakwood Drive sold May 25, for $196,000. Built in 1986, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,798 square feet of living area on 0.32 acres. The price per square foot is $109.01.

The home at 1469 Walden Oaks Place sold May 16, for $152,000.

Built in 1991, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,460 square feet of living area on 0.12 acres. The price per square foot is $104.11.

WALDEN RESERVE The home at 3508 Regner Drive sold May 3, for $310,000. Built in 2009, it has five bedrooms, three baths and 3,098 square feet of living area on 0.32 acres. The price per square foot is $100.06.

WALDEN POINTE The home at 1806 Via Palermo St. sold May 5, for $247,000. Built in 2014, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,177 square feet of living area on 0.21 acres. The price per square foot is $113.46.

The home at 1808 Via Palermo St. sold May 13, for $269,990. Built in 2014, it has four bedrooms, three and one half baths and 2,686 square feet of living area on 0.21 acres. The price per square foot is $100.52.

WALDEN WOODS The home at 782 Ashentree Drive sold May 16, for $155,000. Built in 2008, it has three bedrooms, two and one half baths and 1,805 square feet of living area on 0.02 acres. The price per square foot is $85.87.

The home at 1884 Greenwood Valley Drive sold May 31, for $138,000.

Built in 2009, it has two bedrooms, two and one half baths and 1,572 square feet of living area on 0.02 acres. The price per square foot is $87.79.

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lant City pop group Next Radical Generation hosted a talent show Saturday, June 4, for singers in third through ninth grades. Sing Out Loud! was held at Plant City Entertainment.

A total of 11 contestants performed, and the night was complete with three NRG group performances and a solo by recent Strawberry Crest graduate Kenzie Wheeler.

The talent show allowed kids to showcase their love of performing, with a chance of eventually joining NRG. Marissa Steiner performed in the show last year and is now a member of NRG Uprising.

“I wanted to join since I saw them at the (Florida) Strawberry Festival,” she said.

The kids in NRG groups are taught vocal performance, stage presence and confidence.

“I’ve been here since kindergarten,” Barie Fry, daughter of NRG founder Yvonne Fry, said. “I love to sing. It’s one of my passions. I also like that the environment is around our friends. It teaches us leadership ... we all grow in a way.”

THE CATEGORY WINNERS WERE: Ali Kumpu, overall winner Maya Howard, fan favorite Cheyenne Cramer Laia Ulery Zachary Alderice

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Top: Before the show began, talent show contestants and NRG members warmed up to their favorite songs.

Above: Maya Howard was declared the fan favorite of the evening.

Left: Cheyenne Cramer won her category.

Zachary Alderice performed “I’m Gonna Lose You” by Meghan Trainor and won his category.

Above: Members of NRG Extreme and NRG Uprising also performed.

Above Left: Dallas Baker played guitar and sang “Makes No Sense At All” by Aubrey Peeples.

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What kinds of messages do you give yourself about the kind of person you feel that you are? After a mistake do you say, “I can’t do anything well”?

Negative thoughts are not as helpful as saying to yourself, “I’ll do better next time.”

What is sometimes referred to as a breakdown can start with negative self-talk that repeats in loops in our heads. One unpleasant experience becomes generalized to life as a whole, which we then start to see as painful or hard.

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Questions asking “why” do not always have answers. Even so, the story you tell yourself about the cause of a given set of circumstances can affect your emotional health.

Assuming blame for life’s events while making harsh judgments about ourselves can send us into unfortunate tailspins. The solution to this is to take as clear a look as possible at what happened after processing the emotional impact of it. Determine what the specific emotions were and

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See episodes of life as pictures being painted or photographs being taken. This helps us to pinpoint areas of insight that need to register with us.

We may view an event as unhelpful at the time, only to realize later the benefits we accrued from it.

Viewing life in this perspective helps us to become kinder to ourselves.

Perfectionism gets in the way of this kind of self-acceptance.

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The culmination of this kind of personal growth is that you know more about yourself. If you know yourself as well as possible, then you are able to have trust in the decisions you make about your life.

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BRUTON MEMORIAL LIBRARY SUMMER KICKOFF 3 p.m. Saturday, June 11, at Bruton Memorial Library, 302 McLendon St. The event will feature the Fritzy Brothers One-Man Circus.

BEST BET YMCA SUMMER KICKOFF PARTY 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, June 11, at the Plant City Family YMCA, 1507 YMCA Place.

Enjoy a pool party, refreshments, crafts, games, music and more. Call (813) 757-6677 for more informaiton.

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SUMMER READING CLUB Begins Monday, June 13, at Bruton Memorial Library, 302 McLendon St. Pick up your reading club punch card at the library. Receive prizes for the time you spend reading.

SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays starting Monday, June 13, at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation Center, 1601 E. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, and the Planteen Recreation Center, 301 Dort St. Ages 5 to 13 are accepted at the Dr. MLK Recreation Center for $275 per child for eight weeks. Ages 6 to 15 are accepted at the Planteen Recreation Center

LIBRARY BOARD MEETING 9 a.m. Thursday, June 16, in the Moody Community Room at the Bruton Memorial Library, 302 McLendon St.

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COMMUNITY DAY 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 11, at Plant City United Pentecostal Church, 1202 S. Collins St. There will be free hot dogs and hamburgers, music, crafts and more. For more information, call (813) 4214626.

HOPEWELL BAPTIST CHURCH CAVE QUEST VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL 6 to 7:30 p.m. Sundays from June 5 to July 31 at Hopewell Baptist Church, 6001 S. County Road 39.

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To register for the Dr. MLK Recreation Center program, contact Lillie Brown at lbrown@plantcitygov. com. To register for the Planteen Recreation Center program contact Maggie Morona at mmorona@ plantcitygov.com.

TURKEY CREEK FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL 6 to 9 p.m. Monday, June 13, through Friday, June 17, at Turkey Creek First Baptist Church, 4915 W. Trapnell Road. The cost is free for children from fourth through eighth grade. For more information, call (813) 752-7890.

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PLANNING BOARD MEETING ON WALDEN LAKE GOLF COURSE 6 p.m. Thursday, June 16, at the John R. Trinkle Center at Hillsborough Community College, 1206 N. Park Road.

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Combine testing drills will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday, June 13.

Campers will learn to play offense and defense through drills and scrimmages, which include flag football games. Lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m. Camp is open for thirdgraders up to incoming ninth-graders, and the cost to register is $125 per camper. Register on campus from 8 to 9 a.m. Saturday, June 11, or Monday, June 13, before camp.

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NIGHT OWLS STORYTIME 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 15, Wednesday, June 22, and Wednesday, June 29, at Bruton Memorial Library, 302 McLendon St. The library is a hoot at night. Children are invited to wear pajamas and bring a blanket and favorite cuddly toy for stories, songs and activities during this 30-minute program. For children ages 3 to 7 years and their

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250 MEN FELLOWSHIP BREAKFAST AND MEN OF COURAGE SEMINAR 7:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 18, at the John R. Trinkle Center at Hillsborough Community College, 1206 N. Park Road. The theme of this year’s seminar is “There is A King in You,” and the speakers include: Randy Humphrey, lead pastor of One Accord Church; Michael Mays, a licensed marriage and family therapist and COO for AMaysing Services Inc.; and Reggie Rivers, senior pastor at Plant City Christian Center Inc. Registration is $20, which includes the buffet breakfast and seminar. For more information and to register, contact Dr. Pauline Rivers at (813) 759-0260 or pmrivers@aol.com, or Dr. Jimmy Webster at (717) 421-6388 or doctorweb1@ aol.com.

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ACOUSTIC HAPPY HOUR 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Fridays, at O’Brien’s Irish Pub & Family Restaurant, 1701 S. Alexander St. (813) 764-8818.

BORN AGAIN GUN CLUB 7 p.m. the second Monday of the month, at One Accord Church, 2203 W. Baker St. For more information and to view the club’s bylaws and application, please visit its website at 1keeneteacher.wix.com/bagc, check out its Facebook page or email President Jeff Keene at bornagaingunclub@gmail.com.

CHRISTIAN CONTEMPORARY MUSIC 6:33 to 8:13 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, at Krazy Kup, 101 E. J. Arden Mays Blvd. (813) 752-1220.

COUNTRY-FRIED FRIDAYS 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Fridays, at Uncle Mike’s Smokehouse Grill, 106 E. State Road 60. Ladies drink free and the DJ plays top 40 country hits. UncleMikesGrill.com or (813) 737-4444.

O’BRIEN’S LIVE MUSIC 9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, at O’Brien’s Irish Pub & Family Restaurant, 1701 S. Alexander St. (813) 764-8818.

SATURDAY SCHOLAR SERIES 10:30 a.m. on the fourth Saturday of the month at Trinity United Methodist Church, 402 W. English St. Learn about health, wellness and ways to improve the life of your family.

WALKING CLUB 7:30 a.m. Wednesdays at Bruton Memorial Library, 302 McLendon St. The club will meet at the library and walk around the neighborhood for 45 minutes. If you have questions about the walking club, contact Susan Miles at (813) 757-9215.

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For more information: www.plantcitygov.com (search July 4 Celebration) or call 813-659-4255 weekdays 8:00 am to 4:30 pm

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WILLIAM D. BLUE WILLIAM D. BLUE, 64, OF PENSACOLA, AND FORMERLY OF PLANT CITY, DIED MAY 25, 2016.

Mr. Blue was a veteran of the United States Navy.

A funeral service was held June 4, at Wells Memorial Funeral Home and Event Center in Plant City. Burial with military honors followed at Garden of Peace Cemetery in Plant City.

Online condolences may be made at WellsMemorial.com.

VELMA JEAN TUCKER “TAM” BONE VELMA JEAN TUCKER “TAM” BONE, 87, OF PLANT CITY, DIED MAY 31, 2016.

Mrs. Tucker was the owner of Planter Florist for many years.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Lucian Bone.

She is survived by her children, Patricia “Lucy” Farmer, Tammy Leslie (Jerry), Brenda Brown (Marty) and Luke Bone (Rhonda); sisters, Peggy Sitton (Frank) and Joanne Giddons; 10 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

A celebration of life was held June 4, at Hopewell Funeral Home in Plant City. Committal followed at Hopewell Memorial Gardens.

Online condolences may be made at HopewellFuneral.com.

PATRICIA IONE BRANNON PATRICIA IONE BRANNON, 77, DIED MAY 18, 2016.

Mrs. Brannon is survived by her brother, Terry; daughters, Robin (Mario), Gayle (Terry) and Jackie (Rick); 10 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Ted; and eldest daughter, Pama.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. June 11, 2016, at Hopewell Funeral Home and Memorial Gardens, 6005 S. County Road 39, Plant City.

THOMAS DAVID CASTRO JR. THOMAS DAVID CASTRO JR., 59, OF PLANT CITY, DIED MAY 30, 2016, IN TEMPLE TERRACE.

A native of Lantana, Florida, Mr.

Castro was the son of the late Tomas and Carolina Hererra Castro. He was a farmer for many years before retiring.

He is survived by his sons, Vincent and Thomas Manuel Castro; daughters, Regina Castro, Katherine Castro (Isaias), Yolanda LaraMitchell (Carl) and Jessica Lara (Will); brother, Robert Lee Castro; sister, Irene Ellis; 11 grandchildren; and many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and friends.

A viewing was held June 6, at Haught Funeral Home Chapel in Plant City.

Online condolences may be made at HaughtFuneralHome. com.

DENNIS LEE DONOFRIO DENNIS LEE DONOFRIO, 58, OF VALRICO, AND FORMERLY OF CUMMING, GEORGIA, DIED MAY 30, 2016.

Mr. Donofrio was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, on May 31, 1957.

He was the owner of Trident Tax Advisors. He was a wrestling referee with the FHSAA and a master sensei in the martial arts.

He enjoyed exercising, wrestling, biking, telling stories, joking and enjoying life.

He is survived by his children, Douglas L. Donofrio (Tiffany), of Cumming, Robert L. Donofrio (Kellie), of Valrico, Richard L. Donofrio (Amber), of Lake Worth, Taylin P. Donofrio, of Cumming, and Jesse L. Donofrio, of Cumming; grandchildren, Isaac and Jackson Donofrio; father, Howard V. Donofrio, of Erie, Pennsylvania; siblings, Kevin V. Donofrio (Katrina), of Valrico, Jeff B. Donofrio, of Orlando and Diana Donofrio, of Orlando; step-siblings, Tammy Weary (Ron) and Craig Cashore, of Waterford, Pennsylvania; significant other, Zerin Taher, of Valrico; and many other family and friends.

He was preceded in death by his mother, Shirley Pauline Williams; sister, Pauline Donofrio; and stepmother, Frances Donofrio.

A graveside committal was held June 8, at Hopewell Memorial Gardens in Plant City.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Heart Association at DonateNow.Heart. org.

Online condolences may be made at HopewellFuneral.com.

ROYAL A. EDWARDS ROYAL A. EDWARDS, 96, OF PLANT CITY, DIED MAY 30, 2016.

Mr. Edwards was a veteran of the United States Army, having served in WWII, and was a skilled furniture maker.

He is survived by his wife, Joan; children, Charles Edwards (Elaine), Marcia Patricia Gray (Timothy), Gretchen Verbeerst (James), JoAnn Bussiere, Kim Saunders (Gary), John Black and Laurie Schumann (John); sisters, Jennie Martha Foster and Beverly Edwards; and many grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.

A graveside service will be held in New Hampshire.

Online condolences may be made at HopewellFuneral.com.

ARTHUR E. HERRING ARTHUR E. HERRING, 74, OF ST. PETERSBURG, AND FORMERLY OF PLANT CITY, DIED MAY 31, 2016.

Mr. Herring loved all the Tampa Bay sport teams and was a fan of NASCAR. He was truly loved and will be deeply missed by all his family and friends.

He is survived by his siblings, Charlene Keen (Ray), JoAnn Long (Ed), Lillie Reeves (Luther), Sarah Tew (Randall), Bonnie Hearing (Jack) and Frank Herring (Judy); daughter, Connie Lee Herring; and many loving nieces, nephews and extended family.

He was preceded in death by his son, Scott Herring; and brothers, Virgil, Milton and Jessie Herring.

A celebration of life was held June 7, at Hopewell Funeral Home in Plant City.

Online condolences may be made at HopewellFuneral.com.

MAE DELL LEE MAE DELL LEE, 81, OF LITHIA, DIED MAY 29, 2016.

children; and 12 great-grandchildren.

A celebration of life was held June 3, at Hopewell Funeral Home in Plant City. Committal followed at Hopewell Memorial Gardens in Plant City.

Online condolences may be made at HopewellFuneral.com.

JAMES ROBERT MOORE SR. JAMES ROBERT MOORE SR., 73, OF PLANT CITY, DIED JUNE 3, 2016, AT HIS HOME.

Mr. Moore was a welder by trade, but also a “Jack of all trades.”

He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Victoria Hale Moore; son, Vincent Moore Sr. (Debra), of Plant City; grandchildren, Cindy, Stephanie, Jessica, Vincent Jr., Josh, Brandon and Austin; 11 greatgrandchildren; and one greatgreat-grandchild.

He was preceded in death by his son, James Robert Moore Jr. A funeral service was held June 5, at Haught Funeral Home in Plant City.

Online condolences may be made at HaughtFuneralHome. com.

URSULA W. “SUE” SPARKMAN URSULA W. “SUE” SPARKMAN, 98, OF PLANT CITY, DIED JUNE 1, 2016.

Mrs. Sparkman was born in Escalon, California, on Aug. 26, 1917. She grew up in Chicago, Illinois. She was a 1935 graduate of the Francis W. Parker School in Chicago and was influenced throughout her life by the unique culture and creative learning experiences she enjoyed there. She graduated from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, with a degree in zoology. She visited Florida in 1940 with her family,

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where she met her future husband Simeon C. Sparkman. They were married later that year. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Plant City, Alpha Delta Kappa International Honorary Organization for Women Educators and the retired Teacher’s Association of Plant City. She was a volunteer for the South Florida Baptist Hospital Pink Ladies and the East Hillsborough Historical Society.

A retired teacher, she served at Tomlin Junior High and Dover and Burney Elementary schools.

She was a devoted wife and loving mother, and enjoyed a lifelong love of opera.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 44 years, Simeon C. Sparkman.

She is survived by her sons, Simeon “Tim” Sparkman Jr., of Tampa, Steve Sparkman (Terry), of Plant City, and Bob Sparkman (Samara), of Lutz; grandchildren, Joanna Capo (Chris), of Marietta, Georgia Sparkman, of Brentwood, Tennessee, and Kevin Sparkman (Kim), of Brentwood, Tennessee; great-grandson, Jonathan Capo; and numerous nieces and nephews.

The family thanks Dot Huff for the special care she provided.

A celebration of life will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 18, at First Baptist Church of Plant City, 503 N. Palmer St., Plant City.

Private interment will follow at Dover Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the First Baptist Church of Plant City Building Fund, or the Florida Baptist Children’s Home, P.O. Box 8190, Lakeland, Florida 33802, or a charity of choice.

Online condolences may be made at HopewellFuneral.com.

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She was preceded in death by her husband, Vernie Lee. She is survived by her children, Donald Lee (Shelly), of Riverview, Gloria Rentz (Steve), of Plant City, and Sharron Hunter (Randy), of Lithia; sisters, Jimmie Lou Wilson and Christine Smith; nine grand-

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Saturday, June 11, marks the first of two days where families can register for Durant High School’s football camp.

The Mike Gottman Youth Football Camp will hold sign-ups from 8 to 9 a.m. on campus, 4748 Cougar Path, during Future Cougar Day. The cost to register is $125 per camper. Registration will also be held Monday, June 13, at the school.

For more information, email Gottman at Michael.

Gottman@sdhc.k12.fl.us, check Facebook.com/DurantCougarsFootball or follow @DOORANTFOOTBALL on Twitter.

Soccer summer camp approaching There’s still time to register for the City of Plant City’s youth soccer camp.

The camp will be held from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. for ages 6 to 12, and 4 to 5 p.m. for ages 3 to 5 from Monday, June 20, to Friday, June 24, at the Otis M. Andrews Sports Complex, 2602 E. Cherry St. Registration costs $60 for kids ages 3 to 5 and $125 for kids ages 6 to 12.

For more information, call (813) 659-4255 or email recinfo@plantcitygov.com.

Trio of Cougars picks up offers Three Durant football players got college offers over the last week.

Wide receiver Brandon Myers got his first offer from North Dakota State University on Thursday, June 2. On the same day, tight end Steven Witchoskey got an offer from Liberty University and defensive end Xavier Lyas got an offer from Northern Illinois University.

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The Plant City Prowlers are mostly made up of Plant City Little League All-Star selections.

The Plant City Prowlers travel baseball team is headed to Cooperstown, New York, for tournament action.

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very young baseball player dreams of one day being a Hall of Famer. This year, 12

Plant City-area kids will have their names added to the Baseball Hall of Fame — as close to the dream as they’ll get before anyone gets a pro contract.

Each summer, a Plant City Little League travel ball team goes to Cooperstown, New York, to play in the American Youth Baseball Hall of Fame Invitational Tournament.

REPEAT SUCCESS HOW IS IT THAT PLANT CITY MANAGES TO SEND A TEAM TO COOPERSTOWN EACH YEAR? The answer’s simple and maybe unexpected to those outside of Plant City Little League.

Every year, the team that returns from Cooperstown presents another PCLL travel team with its ticket.

“It’s like the Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory ticket,” Prowlers head coach Ben Smith says.

“It’s stayed in our community, which is something we’re trying to do with it. If you don’t send a team one year, you lose it. And then you’re on the waiting list with everybody that’s getting turned down.”

The Prowlers got their ticket from coach Tim Dowdy of the Florida Rawlings team.

“When we bring it back, we’ll hand it off to the next guy,” Smith says. “There’s a lot of interest in this ticket. People start asking about it a year, two years before they know they’re even going to be able to get their hands on it.”

From Friday, June 10, through Friday, June 17, the Plant City Prowlers

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will get their shot in a field of 104 teams.

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“We’ve been prepping for this for the past two years,” head coach Ben Smith says.

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Reunion for the Glory Days Team president Angelo Murray wants to reunite the Plant City Colts family and help get the program back on the map.

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Every sports fan has a list of stadiums they’d like to visit.

I’m really happy for the Plant City Prowlers: they get to go to Cooperstown, a baseball mecca, and play some games.

Baseball fans who haven’t made that trip to New York, including myself, likely have the town and its Baseball Hall of Fame on their bucket lists. While every sport’s hall of fame is packed with cool bits of history, I’ve heard many times Cooperstown has the coolest experience.

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Angelo Murray remembers the days when the Plant City Colts were one of the most popular teams in town.

The former Colts running back, now entering his third year as team president, is trying to revive both the team and its presence around town.

He’s attempting to reunite the past with the present at the beginning of football season in early August, with a reunion open to everyone who ever had anything to do with the program.

“If you even worked in the concession stands back in the day,” Murray says. “I’m trying to get everyone to come back together to recap the long, successful history of the Plant City Colts. If you ever did anything with the Colts organization … come

out and see what’s going on.”

He hopes this will help him achieve his goal of reviving the Colts program’s reputation.

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The Colts were founded in 1968, and Murray joined the program shortly afterward, once it expanded to include the Ponies and Mustangs youth teams in 1972. The teams would often travel around the Tampa Bay area and Polk County for competition but also enjoyed a great rivalry with the Turkey Creek Trojans.

“That was a big, big game,” Murray says. “You could come out to either one of those fields, and it was standing room only. That was probably the first time I experienced a crowd that was kind of like a college football game.”

As the only youth football program located in the heart of Plant City, the Colts often played in front of a packed house at Snyder Stadium — which has since been converted into grounds for the Florida Strawberry Festival.

“It gave you a sense of pride, a sense of belonging,” Murray says. “You were proud to put on your Colts jersey and go out on Friday … I was just as proud to wear my jersey on Fridays as the guys on Plant City High were about wearing theirs.”

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The Colts added two youth teams to their program in 1972.

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Two years of maintaining a high winning percentage, raising money and finding sponsors led to this moment. Smith estimates the Prowlers have spent around $24,000 making the trip a reality: the cost to bring 12 players and four coaches, $895 per head, set the team back about $14,320. The other expenses include travel costs, physicals and other miscellaneous items.

“We’ve played a lot of baseball,” Smith says. “We’ve kind of exposed ourselves to a lot of folks, raised a lot of money in that timeframe. It’s a long time coming, so the buildup is huge.”

These tournaments, which run every week from June through August, see hundreds of the best

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City Little League All-Stars, and many have played together for several years in both PCLL and Prowlers games.

“We sought out kids from our community … It’s a friend-based team,” Smith says. “They get along great, they root for each other. There’s no bickering in the dugout. The parents get along. We’re all good friends, and it’s gone a long way toward us having this success with the team.”

According to Smith, the Prowlers have won about 61% of over 150 games played in the last two years.

This season, the team won or placed second in 10 tournaments and used the trophies as motivation for a new goal.

“Any time we win a tournament or get runner-up we always give the trophy to one of the kids,” Smith says.

“The goal was to get all the players a trophy. We came up a little bit short of that goal, but we were close.”

While a tourney win at Cooperstown wouldn’t get the team to achieve that goal, coming through on one of the biggest stages in the country would certainly make up for it. Whatever happens, the players are excited to finally be able to play after two years of waiting patiently — and in many cases, waiting while their siblings played in the tournament and told stories about the experience.

“Now, it’s their time,” Smith says.

“You learned about the team, you learned discipline and built character. I think a lot of that helped mold who I am. A lot of guys, they didn’t have fathers, but those coaches were their father figures. They made them feel important. My dad and my mom were there, but a lot of guys’ parents weren’t.”

in the community: the team can often be found helping at events, such as the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation Center’s Community Health Fair earlier this year, and hosting fundraisers.

Last season, according to Murray, the program size had increased to 120 kids. This season, the Colts will be able to field five full teams.

“For me, coming back, it’s special,” Murray says. “It’s special that we made this work because it was something that gave me structure.

It’s important that we get this right.”

The reunion date isn’t set in stone yet, but Murray is shooting for a cookout at the beginning of the team’s Mid Florida Football and Cheerleading Conference season: the weekend of Friday, August 5.

It would be another step toward the team’s revival. Many of today’s Plant City residents either had some involvement within the Colts program or have family members that did, and Murray wants them all to see how much better things have gotten over the last few years.

“The Colts organization is still here, and we’re doing good things in the community,” Murray says.

CHECK IT OUT For game times, updated brackets and online streaming, visit CooperstownDreamsPark.com/CDP2016.

12-and-under teams from around the country come through the Cooperstown Dreams Park to test their skills against one another. According to Smith, over 1,000 teams are turned away each year.

“There’s a lot of skill-set range up there, which is why you play so many seeding games,” Smith says. “Once they start elimination play, they don’t want a team with a 50% win percentage to play a team that can’t be beat, no matter how hard you try.”

Each team gets to play a handful of

Saturday exhibition games to warm up before the stakes come into the picture on Sunday. Smith says that the best way to ensure survival in the single-elimination pool is to keep the best pitchers from working too much early on.

“Everybody’s going to have to pitch, and you’re going to have to suffer some losses in order to preserve that kid,” Smith says. “But if you can get him to that elimination game, you’ve got a high chance of winning it.”

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looks back on those days fondly.

“You learned about the team, you learned discipline and built character,” Murray says. “I think a lot of that helped mold who I am. A lot of guys, they didn’t have fathers, but those coaches were their father figures.

They made them feel important. My dad and my mom were there, but a lot of guys’ parents weren’t.”

REUNION The reunion date isn’t set in stone yet, but Murray is shooting for a cookout at the beginning of the team’s Mid Florida Football and Cheerleading Conference season: the weekend of Friday, August 5. Email plantcitycoltsyouthfb@gmail. com for more information.

— Angelo Murray, Colts president

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These days, the youth football dynamics in town have shifted.

The Colts, who have since relocated to the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation Center and the Otis M. Andrews Sports Complex, no longer have the presence that they did in Murray’s day. The team’s been through its fair share of rough patches and bad situations, enough that, upon Murray’s appointment as team president, those involved were calling for sweeping changes.

“When I came back, people were like, ‘We need to change the name,’” Murray says. “‘The Colts got a bad name, the reputation is bad, blah, blah, blah, blah.’ My thing was always that a name doesn’t go bad: only the person with that name goes bad.”

When Murray rejoined the team, in 2014, he estimates that between 60 and 70 kids were involved. He knew the numbers wouldn’t change unless the team’s reputation did. So, he made the Colts into something of a fixture

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It’s not the only place I’d like to visit, though. These are the five places I definitely want to travel to in my lifetime, whether it’s to catch a game or just take in the sights and atmosphere.

ROSE BOWL, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA

I could fill this column with spots in Southern California, as there are so many to pick from. But if I had to narrow it down to just one choice, I have the Rose Bowl just edging out Dodger Stadium.

There’s nothing quite like it in football. It’s the Lambeau Field of the NCAA, yet it has a million times more charm. It’s where some of the biggest, best games in sports history have been played, and you’d be hard-pressed to find more striking football photos than anything taken there at sunset.

Built in 1922, it’s among the last

which saw 21 other teams go for the “throwback” look when building or renovating their stadiums.

It’s not the same experience as a Fenway or a Wrigley trip, where everything really is retro because it’s old. But it’s a lot more comfortable during the game.

If you want to see how dedicated the city is to the game, take a walk on Eutaw Street and look down — every home run ball that ever flew out of the stadium and landed on the street has a plaque there, placed on the balls’ landing spots.

of America’s major sports stadiums that hasn’t undergone extreme renovations or, at the worst, been demolished. College football isn’t the only sport it hosts, but I’d love to catch a USC-UCLA game there or, of course, the actual Rose Bowl game.

I have it over Notre Dame Stadium because every time I watch the Irish, my favorite team, in person, they lose.

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Fenway Park has more history, AT&T Park has the San Francisco Bay and Wrigley Field gives you a chance to run into Bill Murray. I get why those are popular ballparks to visit.

But, for my money, the home of the Baltimore Orioles is tops on my list of ballparks to visit.

It was completed in 1992 but designed with a “retro” look in mind. It’s a gorgeous stadium, with a great view of downtown Baltimore, and launched an MLB-wide trend

MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK

It has one accurate tagline: The World’s Most Famous Arena.

The current Madison Square Garden opened in 1968 and is best known for hosting both the New York Knicks and the New York Rangers. But, since the Knicks are the laughingstock of the NBA, you’re better off going to a Rangers game if

you’d like to see a home team get a win.

It’s the home of many notable NBA and NHL playoff moments, as well as high-profile college basketball tournaments. It’s considered one of the best boxing venues around, something that’s stuck since Muhammad Ali had his first fight against Joe Frazier there. It’s also the site of the first-ever WWE WrestleMania.

The stadium, which got $1 billiondollar renovation several years ago, isn’t just a good place to catch a game. It’s also one of the city’s top concert venues, hosting some of the biggest artists in the world on a regular basis.

DEAN SMITH CENTER, CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA

They say that there’s nothing in college hoops quite like catching a game at Cameron Indoor Stadium. That’s great, but there’s one caveat: you have to deal with Duke fans. I hate

Duke, so I’d rather go to the arena several miles away from Durham.

It’s not the house that Michael Jordan built, as it was constructed in 1986 — two years after he joined the Chicago Bulls. But, as far as basketball experiences go, it’s hard to top.

You’ve got all that history hanging from the rafters, in the form of championship banners and 47 retired jerseys.

You’ve got 20,000 people going nuts on any given night for one of the game’s most legendary programs — compared to just over 9,000 for Duke — and the opportunity to watch many of the best teams in the sport do battle in what is arguably its best conference, the ACC. There are plenty of great college game day experiences to choose from, but North Carolina is at the top of my list.

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In Florida, the human body will sweat without exercise. Keep an eye on children and adults, who can get distracted and not realize they need to drink their liquids. A good rule to remember is to take a drink every 15 minutes.

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The Florida humidity can be helpful for the skin, as it won’t dry out, but high humidity levels can also be dangerous during exercise. When sweat cannot evaporate to cool the exterior of the body, the internal body heat generated by exercise cannot move out of the core.

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In the last tournament before the Plant City Prowlers made their way to Cooperstown, pitcher Hunter Smith helped the team lock up another firstplace win. Smith pitched a complete semifinal game, allowing just one run in a 2-1 win. The inclement weather canceled the championship game, awarding the Prowlers the trophy by default.

How did it feel to go out there and get the win?

It felt good.

Sounds like you guys are leaving for Cooperstown on a good note because of this, right?

Yes. What are you looking forward to most about the tournament?

Going out there and having fun.

What are you looking forward to most, besides playing baseball?

Trading pins.

(Ed. note: a longstanding Cooperstown tradition is for the young baseball players to bring pins with their team’s logo on them and trade with other players to collect as many as possible.)

What’s been the most fun thing about playing with the Prowlers for the past few years?

Hanging out with my friends.

How long have you been playing baseball?

It’s been eight years.

Have you played any other sports?

Just baseball.

What’s your favorite thing about the game?

Just having fun.

Do you play any other positions?

I play anywhere they put me at, besides catcher.

What’s your favorite position to play?

Second base, or first base.

Who’s your favorite baseball player?

Kevin Kiermaier.

Are you a Rays fan?

Yes. What would you want to do if you could hang out with Kevin Kiermaier for a day?

Just talk and go fishing.

What’s your favorite fishing spot?

Weeki Wachee. I like saltwater fishing.

What’s the biggest fish you’ve ever caught?

A 13-pound tarpon, in Port Charlotte.

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According to a recent survey of 1,200 parents, American children spend three hours a day playing video games or watching TV. The study is a joint effort between the American Academy of Pediatric Institute for Healthy Childhood Weight and the YMCA’s Family Health Snapshot Project. It may reveal why many children put on weight during summer school vacation: inactivity increases by more than 30% during the summer months, while sugary drink and food consumption increases.

A winning combination for summer wellness for children includes at least an hour a day of physical activity, plus sound, nutritional food choices. To stay active, think swimming, hiking and biking. Community activities, such as camps and sports lessons, can be found at the local YMCA, dance schools, karate clubs, churches and city recreation departments. Planning daily menus each week teaches kids organizational skills, cuts calories, increases nutrients and reduces the family budget spent on food.

Last but not least, remember to use sunscreen every day, preferably with a 45 UV rating.

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Where have you always wanted to

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Where do you go to school?

Independence Academy.

What’s your favorite subject?

I don’t like any of them.

So, you’re a P.E. guy?

Yes. What sport have you never tried before, but would if you could?

Football. I’d want to play wide receiver or quarterback.

You get $1 billion in the bank one day. What do you buy?

A boat.

What superpower would you want?

Super speed.

A little kid comes up to you and asks for advice on how to be a good ballplayer. What do you tell him?

Just try. Try, and don’t give up on yourself.

What’s the coolest thing you’ve ever done on a baseball field?

A sliding, barehanded grab in machine pitch. I just watched the ball and went for it.

What pro stadium do you most want to play in one day?

Probably Angel Stadium of Anaheim.

You guys have been playing really well this year. How do you think the Prowlers can do in Cooperstown if everybody’s doing what they should?

If we play like we’re supposed to, we could seed pretty high. We could finish in the top 20.

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