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Local Boy Up To Par At Golf World Championship

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: September 3, 2008

PLANT CITY - Cole Cothren, a Walden Lake Elementary School first-grader, earned bragging rights this summer when he finished 40th in the 2008 U.S. Kids Golf World Championship, held July 23 through Aug. 3 in Pinehurst, N.C.

Cole competed in the 6 and younger division. He has been playing golf since he was 2. At age 3, he began lessons and a year later was competing in tournaments.

There were 34 countries competing, and each player had to qualify through local and regional tournaments.

His parents are Matthew and Tiffany Cothren of Plant City. His mother said Cole would love to play golf every day, but with a sister, Tayler, who plays soccer; a brother, Jacob, who is into tennis; and a new baby brother, Drew, he gets to the course on an average of twice a week.

Church To Honor Former Choir Leader

Bobbie Hooks, who served as director of Christian education at First United Methodist Church of Plant City from 1962 to 1975, will be honored Sept. 26 to 28.

Reuniting will be the Warren Willis Singers, founded and directed by Hooks during her tenure as choir director and named after a director of camps and assemblies of the Florida United Methodist Conference. The choir included more than 100 teenage singers and instrumentalists from churches in the area.

They performed in churches throughout the South, as well as on radio and television.

Activities for the celebration will include get-togethers at the homes of Bruce and Patricia Hinson and Mark and Vicky (Roark) Conner, a luncheon and concerts at the 9 and 11 a.m. Sept. 28 worship services with selections from the Warren Willis Singers' albums. The church is at 303 N. Evers St.

Call Jennifer Fenner Jackson at (813) 928-1259.

Auditions On Sept. 11 For Youth Theater

BRANDON - Auditions and rehearsals for two plays will be held Sept. 11 by the Brandon Youth Theatre.

Roles in the play "Charlotte's Web" are for first- through sixth-graders, and "Aladdin" will feature a cast of seventh- through 12th-graders. Auditions for "Charlotte's Web" will be at 5 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. for "Aladdin."

The auditions and rehearsals will be held at New Life Church, 2802 E. State Road 60, Valrico. The production dates of both plays are in November.

Call Karis Denhoff at (813) 719-2744 for information.

Calling Marshall's Class Of '69

The Marshall High School Class of 1969 will have a reunion planning meeting at 3 p.m. Saturday at Bruton Memorial Library, 302 W. McLendon St. All classmates are invited.

For information, call Willie Thomas at (813) 677-5210 or Sandra Thomas at (813) 205-7240.

County On Lookout For 'Good Neighbors'

Do you have a special neighbor who demonstrates an ongoing spirit of compassion and helpfulness? The Hillsborough County Office of Neighborhood Relations is looking for nominees for the Lonnie Lea Napier Good Neighbor Award. Individuals, neighborhood associations and community groups may make nominations until close of business Sept. 12. All residents of Hillsborough County are eligible.

The annual award comes with a $2,000 grant to the neighborhood association serving the area in which the recipient lives. This award was established in memory of Lonnie Lea Napier, who died after falling from a tree while trying to rescue a neighbor's cat. Throughout his life, Napier demonstrated many instances of goodwill and compassion, from helping a recently widowed woman put up Christmas lights to fighting a brush fire until firefighters arrived.

Call David Ash for nomination forms or questions at (813) 272-5843.

E-mail items to Betty Briggs at gabylee@tampabay.rr.com; mail to The Tampa Tribune, 101 N. Wheeler St., Plant City FL 33563; or fax to (813) 865-4441.

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