Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Angela Slater was recognized at the April 2013 Greater Riverview Chamber of Commerce meeting, at the membership luncheon sponsored by the Riverview High School Athletic Booster Club. Her achievement took root in Brandon.
If it wasn't for her victories at Brandon High, Angela Slater wouldn't have achieved her 500th milestone win at Riverview High, which is why the coach and physical education teacher was recognied April 23 at the Greater Riverview Chamber of Commerce's membership luncheon, sponsored by the Riverview High School Athletic Booster Club. The milestone win came March 26 at East Bay High School, where the Riverview Sharks, trailing with two outs in the final inning, scored a 9-6 victory after a three-run homer by Jordan Phillips. "I was always involved in athletics," said Slater, a physical education teacher, who attended Pensacola Junior College and the University of South Florida. "I played my way through school, on athletic scholarships." …
Monday, April 8, 2013
Riverview High School Principal Robert "Bob" Heilmann talks about the "culture of giving" as he celebrates with students and staff their national School Blood Drive Award.
Recognized for being an 8-gallon blood donor, Riverview High School principal Robert Heilmann received high praise from Mike Pratt of OneBlood Inc., who on April 4 heralded the school's 2013 receipt of the national School Blood Drive Award. "He just exudes leadership," Pratt said. "He's instilling a sense of community responsibility in these young people." At the April 4 celebration in the Riverview High School cafeteria, packed with students, teachers and staff, Heilmann offered a glimpse into the very real relationship he has with his community driven school community, including alumni and parents, which "over the past five years have generously given a total of 7,011 blood donations during the 25 blood drives held on campus," …
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Representatives from the Haley House Fund talk about their cause and give thanks for the annual Nam Knights Westside Chapter charity pig roast fundraiser, held this year at Winthrop in Riverview on April 6.
For seven of the nine years the Haley House Fund has been in existence the Nam Knight Westside Chapter has held an annual pig roast fundraiser at Winthrop to raise funds for the fund's mission. "It's gone quite well," said Vietnam veteran Dave Braun, a former honrary mayor of Brandon, who heralded the Haley House Fund formation years ago at a Greater Brandon Chamber of Commerce Event. "We're all proud of doing what we're doing and for who we're doing it for, which are our most injured soldiers, at the James Haley Veterans Hospital. Our focus is on the families and friends of these soldiers, we put them up." Braun spoke his mind at the seventh annual charity pig roast fundraiser, held April 6 at the Winthrop Pole Barn in Riverview. "In my…
Saturday, April 6, 2013
The seventh annual charity pig roast aims to benefit the Haley House Fund and some law enforcement charities. The event is just south and west of Brandon, at the Winthrop Pole Barn off Bloomingdale Avenue in Riverview.
Members of the Nam Knights Westside Chapter were up early this morning, April 6, to prepare for the club's wildly popular annual fundriaser at Winthrop, where pigs are roasted and dollars are raised to benefit the Haley House Fund and some law enforcement charities. The event runs from noon to 5 p.m., with food served until 4 p.m. The event features as well live music, beer and vendors. The fundraiser is at the Winthorp Pole Parn off Bloomingdale Avenue in Riverview, between Watson and Providence roads. The cost to attend is $15. There was a $5 discount for tickets purchased in advance. Mary Ann Keckler, with the aid of Mary Ellen Harlan and Dr. Steven Scott, founded the Haley House Fund, a charity that houses and supports the families …
Friday, April 5, 2013
Money raised at the 2013 Winthrop Arts Festival turns into a books scholarship donation for firefighter students at the Ybor campus of Hillsborough Community College. Receiving the check at the Beaux Arts Gallery was Brandon campus president Carlos Soto.
Fire Academy students at Hillsborough Community College students looking to get a break on book expenses have the 2013 Winthrop Arts Festival to thank, with proceeds from the event earmarked to help with their expenses. A check for $2,000 was presented to Carlos Soto, president of the Brandon campus of Hillsborough Community College, who received the funds on behalf of the college's fire academy. Also on hand was Hillsborough County Fire Rescure spokesperson Ronnie Rivera, who said the money earmarked for book scholarships will help upcoming firefighters with much-needed funds to complete their education. "I wish I had this program wen I went to school," he said. "I had to work full time to go to school." Many students today are in a …
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Extreme Medium promotes its work by crafting T-shirts on site at local events. Adam Steadman founded the business as an outlet for his art.
Adam Steadman and Seth Gilbert make it their business to build business while helping local charities. That's why they were busy crafting T-shirts at the 2013 Winthrop Arts Festival, where attendees could purchase them fresh off the press, so to speak. For Winthrop Town Artist Bryant Martinez, it was a win-win for both the business and the festival itself, which had a tight budget to work with and the aim to raise as much money as possible for Hillsborough Community College book scholarships for firefighter students. "The beauty of this is they don't have to buy 200 shirts ahead of time and hope people buy them," Steadman said. "We make them as they buy them and it's good exposure, visibility for us." The exposure is for Extreme Medium, …
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Cassandra Mattison, a graduate of King High School, was named 2012-13 Teacher of the Year for Hillsborough County at a March 28 banquet hosted by the Hillsborough Education Foundation. Here's how she learned the news she was a finalist.
The Spoto High School community learned Cassandra Mattison was named Hillsborough County Teacher of the Year at a March 28 banquet hosted by the Hillsborough Education Foundation. In accepting the award, Mattison "thanked the teachers at every school she has attended in Hillsborough County, starting with Shaw Elementary and ending with King High School," according to a Tampa Bay Times report on the event. "I would not be standing where I am today if it were not for teachers like you," she reportedly told the audience of more than 2,000 educators. Earlier this year at Spoto High, a "surprise patrol" alerted the 31-year-old English teacher, who serves as head of the English department, that she had been selected as a finalist for this year…
Thursday, March 28, 2013
The Frenzie community theater troupe is back on stage with "a non-musical glimpse at relationships." The four-actor show is on stage at Riverview High School for one weekend only, March 28-30.
The Frenzie is back on stage in the Greater Brandon area with a "non-musical glimpse at relationships" starring four actors, Pedro Amaral, Justin Batten, Kim Davis and Amber McCollum. Appropriately titled, "2 Guys, 2 Girls, 1 Stage," the show is a compilation of one-acts that director and Frenzie co-founder Michael Mercer put together for a unique theater experience on the Riverview High School stage. "The show deals with all kinds of relationships, love relationships, family relationships, some really funny and some are much more serious," said Mercer, who founded The Frenzie Life Theatre, now known as The Frenzie Performance Factory, with his wife, Beverly Mercer, in 2007. In the show "I wanted to spotlight these four particular actors…
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
The American Cancer Society's 2013 Relay For Life season in Eastern Hillsborough County started strong with events at Riverview and Newsome high schools. Events are coming at Armwood, Bloomingdale, Brandon and Plant City high schools.
Successful events at Newsome and Riverview high schools marked the opening round of the American Cancer Society's 2013 Relay For Life season in Eastern Hillsborough County, with close to $190,000 raised at these two Relays alone, according to the latest online account. Additional Relays for Eastern Hillsborough County are scheduled in the weeks ahead for Armwood, Bloomingdale, Brandon and Plant City high schools. Collectively, as of 5 a.m. March 23, the six sites in Eastern Hillsborough County had reported 249 teams, 3,634 participants and $274,045.14 raised. (See chart below.) That represents a $17,400 increase since the last Patch posting, March 23. In reading the chart below, keep in mind that final tallies for Relay events don't come…
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Winthrop Town Artist Bryant Martinez notes three new features for the 2013 Winthrop Arts Festival in Riverview, including makeshift art gallery space in recycled steel containers and an education and recruitment effort by Hillsborough County Fire Rescue.
What's on tap for the 2013 Winthrop Arts Festival at the Winthrop community in Riverivew? Ask Winthrop Town Artist Bryant Martinez and his focus is on three things: firefigthers, Rotarians and the makeshift "Modern Bohemian Gallery." That underscores, however, his unbridled enthusiasm for the festival in general, now in its fifth year at the Winthrop community in Riverview, at the southwest corner of Bloomingdale Avenue and Providence Road. The festival runs Saturday and Sunday, March 23-24, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. "The Winthrop Arts Festival has become a tradition, showcasing the arts, education and community endeavors," he said. "I am very excited that this year we have the opportunity to showcase also three new concepts." New to the …
Theresa Ellis
5:23 pm on Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Coach Slater was my softball coach at Brandon and someone I truly looked up to and respected!! Congratulations Coach Slater!! more ›