Mar 29, 2012
The United States Tennis Association team out of Apollo Beach will represent the state of Florida at the National competition in San Antonio at the end of March. For the second time in three years the 8.0 Senior Mixed Doubles Tennis Team from the Apollo Beach Racquet and Fitness facility will be representing United States(…)
Mar 22, 2012
Susan Jenkins of Valrico won Best In Show at the 2012 Florida Strawberry Festival Fine Art Show for her pastel titled, “Eggs in Water.” The Florida Strawberry Festival Fine Art Show is a perennial favorite. The show is presented by the Eastern Hillsborough Art Guild (EHAG) which has done so since 1992. Under the direction(…)
Mar 19, 2012
Carolyn Arnold has been a poll worker for Hillsborough County for over 50 years. She started working in the polls in 1952. She retired in 2010. Carolyn Arnold has been a resident of Seffner for 39-years. She has six children, 13 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and two great- great grandchildren. She loves the Lord and her(…)
Mar 19, 2012
Tammy Holmberg, with her husband Paul, has been instrumental in raising thousands of dollars for area nonprofits. Holmberg is the 2012 recipient of the Alice B. Tompkins Community Service Award. The Community Roundtable’s Community Affairs Dinner has become a favorite community event. This year’s dinner was held in February at Center Place and featured “A(…)
Mar 16, 2012
In America, Saint Patrick’s Day has long been a day full of celebration and not just for those with Irish roots. It seems that everyone is willing to wear green clothing, eat corned beef and cabbage and indulge in a green beer or two…or three. But what do we really know about the man responsible(…)
Mar 15, 2012
Girl Scout National Historic Preservation Center Juliette Gordon Low (R) at a White House ceremony with Girl Scout First Class awardees in 1917. “I’ve got something for the girls of Savannah, and all of America and all the world, and we’re going to start it tonight.” This is what Juliette Gordon Low told a friend.(…)
Mar 15, 2012
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office recently received two, three-year accreditation certificates from the Florida Corrections Accreditation Commission and from the Commission for Florida Law Enforcement Accreditation Inc. A statewide accrediting body comprised of Sheriffs and jail administrators from around the state awarded the continued accreditation to the Hillsborough County jails and the sheriff’s office, following(…)
Mar 15, 2012
Representatives of Dinosaur World, the Plant City Chamber and Plant City Mayor Dan Raulerson were all in attendance for Dinosaur World’s expansion opening in February. For more than 13 years, Dinosaur World, founded by Christer Svennson, has been a destination attraction for Plant City and eastern Hillsborough County. A popular destination for school field trips(…)
Mar 14, 2012
The East Bay Little League kicked off their spring season with an opening ceremony at the end of February. March is here and the promise of spring is in the air. It’s time to put away jackets, sweaters and other winter paraphernalia and get ready to break out the sporting equipment to prepare for the(…)
Mar 14, 2012
31 Boyette Springs Elementary School fourth grade students who were inducted into the schools first National Elementary Honor Society. During a festive induction ceremonyat Boyette Springs Elementary School last month, 31 fourth and fifth grade students became members of the school’s first National Elementary Honor Society program. Founded on the principles of scholarship, responsibility, leadership(…)
