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Plant City High Students Express A Healthy Curiosity

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By BETTY BRIGGS

Tribune correspondent

Published: December 17, 2008

More than 200 students from Tampa Bay area schools, including Plant City High, attended the Area Health Education Center at the University of South Florida on Access Day on Oct. 31.

Access Day helps inform students about career opportunities in health care fields and outlines training for particular professions, from doctor to registered nurse to emergency medical technician.

Plant City students attending included Heather Cowart, Liliana Guiterrez, Damaris Ortega, Kodi Melton, Cody Livingston and Emil Ortiz.

Gift Of Reading

St. Joseph's Children's Hospital is 150 books richer through the efforts of Hillsborough County School District's elementary reading coaches.

Deana Moorman, reading coach at Cork Elementary School in Plant City, thought of the hospital when the reading coaches were deciding on a recipient for the donation. Moorman's daughter, Jamee, was once a patient at St. Joseph's.

On The Mend

Betty Jones, who was involved in a serious accident, has been home for a couple of weeks.

She said she has a lot of mending to do, and she thanked everyone for their calls, cards and visits.

Have A Beautiful Child?

Signups for the popular Strawberry Festival Baby Parade, sponsored by the Plant City Junior Woman's Club, will be Jan. 24 at 1110 N. Wheeler St., Plant City. The baby parade is March 7.

Entries must be made in person, and a nonrefundable $25 entry fee is required. Only babies residing in east Hillsborough County are eligible, and proof of residency is required.

One-year-olds will be registered from 8 until 9 a.m.; 2-year-olds from 9 to 10 a.m.; and 3- and 4-year-olds from 10 to 11 a.m.

Call Nia Ramo at (813) 754-1916 for information.

Holiday Gala

More than 200 guests attended Jodi Smith's annual holiday party Dec. 4.

"It was a wonderful night, and I'm already working on next year's party," she said.

Smith is physician's development specialist at South Florida Baptist Hospital.

Long Walk

Zoe Anglin of Plant City wanted to thank everyone who helped her raise $2,200 for her participation in the Susan G. Komen 60-mile/three-day walk.

She was overwhelmed by the help and donations from family, friends, peers, fellow employees of the city of Plant City, and even strangers.

A bake sale by the city's Finance Department at City Hall yielded the largest single donation.

"All departments in the city showed their support," Anglin said. "Tonya Tucker, Shawn Longoria and Trish Hendricks worked hard on their own time to help raise money."

Anglin also thanked her walking partners,

High-Flying Winners

Congratulations to Amanda Napier, a Plant City High School senior recently named grand prize winner in an annual statewide essay contest sponsored by the Tony Jannus Distinguished Aviation Society.

The subject of her essay was former Jannus Aviator of the Year James "Jimmy" Doolittle.

She won three round-trip airline tickets courtesy of Southwest Airlines and $600.

Plant City High swept the competition. Andrew Orso, a senior, took second place, and sophomore Max Girling was third.

The 45th Tony Jannus Awards Luncheon was held Oct. 30 at the Tampa Airport Marriott. Amanda's parents, Barry and Melissa Napier, attended, as did history teacher Bob Meredith and guidance resource specialist Sherrie Mueller.

New Officers

The Young Professionals of the Plant City Photo Archives, Eastman-Bailey Group, have elected officers.

They are David Davenport, president; Amy Gilbertsen, secretary; Jean Ann Davenport, public relations; and Scott Warren, vice president. Candy Owens is staff coordinator.

The group encourages young professionals to get involved in restoring our history of photographs.

City Improvements

On Dec. 5, Plant City's Lowe's Home Improvement store presented Plant City's Recreation and Parks Department with 375 bags of mulch to improve landscaping at municipal buildings and parks. Each store identifies a project as part of the Lowe's Heroes program.

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