Sunday, October 7, 2012
The Greater Riverview Chamber of Commerce each year holds a Trick or Treat Street event at Riverview High School, where thousands of people show up, with or without costume, to meet with and get goodies from Greater Brandon/Riverview businesses.
Alison Farnan is this year's volunteer coordinator for the 2012 Trick or Treat Street (TOTS) event hosted by the Greater Riverview Chamber of Commerce at Riverview High School, where thousands of people each year arrive for a safe place to dress up and get holiday treats. "It's a good, safe place for parents to bring their kids out and it's a great place to learn more about local businesses that you might not have heard of otherwise," said Farnan, whose own business is Click-Me-Quick, which provides mobile photography booths for personal, business and community events. Farnan said this is her first year involved with the event, which needs "150 to 200 volunteers, easily." The event, presented as well by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's …
Saturday, August 11, 2012
Closing night is Aug. 11 at 8 p.m. for The Frenzie Performance Factory production of "Xanadu," affectionately called a "silly little piece of theater" by director Pedro Amaral. His sister, Clara, is the show's musical director and conductor.
Four years ago Pedro Amaral and his sisetr, Clara, traveled to New York City with $100 between them and two goals in mind: "to see a Broadway show and to not starve," Amaral wrote in his director's notes for the August production of Xanadu. He called it a "series of lucky happenstances" that the siblings were able to purchase $26 tickets apiece for fourth-row seats to Xanadu, at the Helen Hayes Theatre at 240 West 44th St. "What followed, and please don't judge, was the most profound theatre experience I've had in my entire life," Amaral noted. "Disco balls," coupled with "magical murals" and "glowy ribbons" attracted Amaral's senses and, as if in answer to the critics, he added: "It's not that Xandadu's message was particularly …
Saturday, May 5, 2012
A team of students from Riverview High won the culinary showdown at Rolling Pin Kitchen Emporium in Brandon last week.
A team of students from Riverview High won Rolling Pin Kitchen Emporium's Iron Chef competition last week, WTSP.com reports. The culinary showdown, held April 28 at the Brandon business, pitted students from Riverview and Durant High against one another in creating an appetizer, entree and dessert, each using carrots as a secret ingredient, the news station reports. The winning team took home more than $1,200 in cookware and kitchen gadgets, plus an 8-inch Wusthof Cook's knife for each team member, according to WTSP. Each participant also received a $50 Rolling Pin gift card. Judging the contest were Jeff Houck, Tampa Tribune food editor; Lynn Kessel, South Shore food blogger; Kelly Legg, Osprey Observer; and Rolling Pin chef Dave West. …
Friday, April 20, 2012
The Plant City Relay For Life runs April 20-21, poised to add dramatically to the total funds raised to date in Southeastern Hillsborough County, at Armwood, Bloomingdale, Brandon, Lennard, Newsome and Riverview high schools.
The American Cancer Society's 2012 Relay For Life season in Southeastern Hillsborough County wraps up this weekend with the area's historically largest event, at Plant City High School, poised to raise the totals significantly. Opening ceremonies for the Plant City Relay For Life kick off today, April 20, at 6 p.m., with the Survivor Lap commencing 30 minutes later. Plant City is the last of this year's seven Relays For Life in Southeastern Hillsborough County. Collectively, the six Relays For Life to date have collected $633,654, according to preliminary figures obtained from the American Cancer Society unit office on Oakfield Drive in Brandon. Preliminary numbers are expected to rise as Relay For Life teams have through the summer to …
Friday, April 6, 2012
Preliminary totals are in for the American Cancer Society’s first three of six Relays For Life in Eastern Hillsborough County, with fundraising receipts in excess of $375,000. Seffner posted the largest percentage increase.
Lori Libhart is certain of one thing. Armwood High School, she said, “is where we needed to be.” As president-elect of the Greater Seffner Area Chamber of Commerce, Libhart was speaking on behalf of the volunteers, organizers, participants and community, school and business interests that came together to break a fundraising record at the American Cancer Society’s Greater Seffner Relay For Life. This year the event, for the first time, was held at Armwood High School, which under its new principal, Mike Ippolito, allowed for the use of the school’s football field and track. “It’s where we needed to be and it’s a bigger, more [fitting venue] than what we had at Burnett Middle School,” Libhart added, in reference to the site for the …
Monday, March 19, 2012
Thomas Francis Kurina had his 4-year-old and 7-year-old with him when he was caught in a drug transaction within 1,000 feet of Riverview High School, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. A Seffner man was also charged.
A Brandon man was arrested Saturday, March 17, after deputies said they found drugs in his car along with his two kids, the Tampa Bay Times reports. The newspaper writes: Around 5:45 p.m., an undercover deputy observed the man making a "hand-to-hand" transaction in a parking lot at 11292 Boyette Road in Riverview, according to an arrest affidavit. The man allowed a search of his vehicle, where the deputy found a small bag of white powder that tested positive for cocaine, the affidavit said. The search also discovered a bottle of Xanax with a torn-off label. Thomas Francis Kurina, 35, of 822 Providence Trace Circle, left his 4-year-old and 7-year-old children in his vehicle during the transaction, the Times writes, citing the affidavit. The…
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Sean Michael Buchanan performed on the Brandon Idol stage and in numerous community theater and Riverview High School theater productions. He leaves behind an infant daughter.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Information about a memorial fund set up to help benefit the victim's daughter has been clarified. Details of the crime have been updated in response to corrections and clarifications issued by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office to its initial reports. His goal was to “stretch his vocals” and to give the show a little variety. So when it was his turn on the Brandon Idol stage in 2010, Sean Michael Buchanan gave it his all with “Jeremy,” a Pearl Jam song meant to rock the stage. “Pearl Jam is a hard band to sing,” Buchanan said at the time. “I figured if I could pull it off it would be good.” Buchanan, 26, is being remembered in the Greater Brandon area as the guy with a great voice, strong dance moves and a great …
Monday, March 14, 2011
This year's event is scheduled March 31 to April 3.
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Monday, March 14, 2011
Residents are invited to swing into spring at this year's Spring Jubilee, scheduled from March 31 to April 3 on the grounds of St. Stephen Catholic School, 10424 St. Stephen Circle, Riverview, off Boyette Road. This year's director, Gene Batronie, said fairgoers can look forward to plenty of food, rides and entertainment at this year's Spring Jubilee, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary. "We're doing some new things this year, such as an Easter egg hunt for the entire community," said Batronie. More than 3,000 eggs will be hidden around the jubilee grounds for children to find on April 3 at 11 a.m. "We're really trying to think of things to bring out the entire community," said Batronie. The entertainment tent will feature a …
Monday, March 7, 2011
We'll update you weekly on what has become the major local fundraiser of the year in terms of people participating and money raised: the American Cancer Society's grassroots Relay For Life.
The American Cancer Society's Relay For Life season is underway and proceeds raised so far from the six events in Eastern Hillsborough County have collectively raised just shy of $200,000. That’s good news to people like Mary Coram, a breast cancer survivor and breast care educator at Total Imaging on Parsons Avenue in Brandon. (Related Coverage: Passion Reigns at Greater Brandon Chamber of Commerce Health Fair at Campo Family YMCA.) “There are a lot of people who don’t know how to do a breast exam and a lot of them don’t get the mammograms,” Coram said at the Greater Brandon Chamber of Commerce Health Fair held on March 5 at the Campo Family YMCA in Valrico. “Over the past three years we’ve seen more cases of women being diagnosed with …
Monday, February 28, 2011
We'll update you weekly on what has become the major local fundraiser of the year in terms of people participating and money raised: the American Cancer Society's grassroots Relay For Life.
The American Cancer Society's Relay For Life season is underway and Mary Kraack couldn’t be more thankful. “I’m a breast cancer survivor,” she said, Feb. 27, at the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party fundraiser hosted by the Rotary Club of Brandon South at Cross Creek Ranch in Dover. “The Relay is such an incredible support system that has been created. I count anybody who attends any Relay For Life as my friend." Kraack has lots of friends. Collectively, as of Feb. 28, the six sites in Eastern Hillsborough County had reported 259 teams, 3,165 participants and $169,538.73 raised. (See chart below.) That means that over the past week, the effort has grown by 6 teams, 101 participants and $17,467.65 Start dates for the overnight relay run from March 25…
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