By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor Trapnell Elementary students competed in the 4-H Tropicana speech contest, Dec. 14. Sidney Dunn’s speech on FCAT testing won first place, Preston Howell’s speech on electric cars won second place and Keilah Gadson’s speech on dreams won third place. The eight competitors were based on two major categories, composition and […]
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Wish Farms celebrates 90 years
By Matt Mauney | Associate Editor Although the name has only been around for a few years, the story behind Wish Farms dates back much earlier — 90 years in fact. Now a fourth-generation, family-owned company, Wish Farms is a leader in the strawberry growing industry and has been a major contributor to Plant City’s […]
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Timothy Curtis Ballard, Joy Ann Marley Baxter, Ruby M. Gray, Gregory Stephen Long, Eva C. Standard and Norma Kate Thrasher (Douglas) and Joel M. Zazulia
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Country music star Alan Jackson has been added to the 2013 Florida Strawberry Festival lineup.
Continue ReadingPHOTO GALLERY: 2012 Plant City Christmas Parade
By Michael Eng | Managing Editor and Matt Mauney | Associate Editor Plant City welcomed the Christmas season with its fun, festive Christmas Parade Dec. 7, in Historic Downtown Plant City.
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It would have taken a lot more than the Grinch to scare away the hundreds of children in the crowd during the annual Christmas Parade. The train of floats, singers and even big wheels stretched a mile long as the procession flowed down Collins St and onto Reynolds. Police on motorcycles alerted the crowd to […]
Continue ReadingPHOTO GALLERY: East Hillsborough Art Guild Christmas Show
By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor East Hillsborough Art Guild members were excited to show their best work at their annual Christmas Show Dec. 6. About 100 works of art were in the show at the Walden Lake Country Club and ranged in price from $20 to $3,500. Attendees sipped wine and enjoyed browsing through […]
Continue ReadingPHOTO GALLERY: Lights of Love
By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor The Lights of Love Celebration sparked some holiday cheer among its hundreds of spectators. The annual event, held on Dec. 6 at McCall Park kicked off the Christmas season in downtown Plant City. The park was transformed into a winter wonderland complete with elves, Christmas trees and even Frosty […]
Continue ReadingVIDEO: East Hillsborough Art Guild Christmas Show
Over 100 works of art were featured at the East Hillsborough Art Guild’s annual Christmas show, Dec. 6.
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Robert E. Garrett, Leota Cain Miley Mauersberg and Farrell Norton Roberts
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