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It's finally time to consider the reality of wireless telephone number portability. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) postponed for the third time since 1996 the deadline for this service's availability. The new deadline was set for November 24, 2003. The FCC stated that they're not going to postpone this again. Everyone is preparing for implementation this fall.
Why is it so difficult to make cell number portability available?
The good part about cellular telephone number portability is that it would increase competition among wireless carriers and it would give subscribers freedom to change providers without losing their cell number.
On the other hand, the reason why wireless providers try to delay the availability of this service is the financial burden they would have to undertake (mostly through charging you, the consumer, new subscriber fees).
The cost of making portability available for cellular numbers would be over $1 billion for the first year. At a time when money is desperately needed for development of next-generation services. I say desperately because it's well known that wireless technology available in the US is far behind that offered in Europe and Asia.
So, we all watch carefully the developments and are eager to have control of our cellular numbers, but wary of the costs that the providers will levy on consumers. Stay tuned for more details.
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Missy wants a lot of color. Val at Val's Caribbean Breeze Beauty Shop gives her a fill- in on her acrylic nails and checks her outfit for Sheree goes to The Artistry in the hands of Stylist Krystal a true matching red. Her nails are painted and striped in black Gallagher. Her short hair is highlighted blonde like she's been at and silver and studded with a rhinestone. the beach all summer and tousled so it looks like the sea breeze
has fluffed it. It's a wonderful look for her, simple yet stylish.Nails perfectly manicured, the participants were sent for facials.
Melissa is still at Natural Creations where she's sitting now with a 3 Jack went to Nancy at SPS Salon and Spa for an SPS Basic facial. color foil highlight while Kellie Hinson puts on her evening He said this was a nice place for a man to receive a treatment makeup. Vickey Herndon then cuts her hair. She's strategically because it's out of the way and very private, “You're not in front of kept away from all mirrors until the whole look is completed.a bunch of other people”. “She first had me dip my hands in paraffin while she did the facial…it was very, very nice”. Sheree is whisked away to Merle Norman for her dramatic
evening makeup applied by JoAnne Register. She uses the Johnny received a Deluxe Facial from Tonya Frizzell at The Summer 2003 Collection, “Made In the Shade”.Artistry. Johnny still hasn't slept for close to 20 hours but his facial revived him and put a glow in his cheeks like he had had a good They are pampered, pretty…now they need a night out on the 8-hour snooze. town.
The group goes to their Sheree went to Jennifer Haley at About Face for an Essential respective homes to change Vitamin Fortified facial. and show their spouses their new Candles burn and soft music plays in their tropical setting. Sheree looks. The new Plant City emerges with a look of refreshment on her face and a pink glow to Limousine Service, Plant City's her cheeks. only limo service, picks Sheree,
Jack, Johnny, and Missy and Natural Creations had their new esthetician, Martha Simmonds, their spouses each up at home. come all the way from Dade City to give Melissa a European It's time to go out looking good.Deep Cleansing facial with Essential Silk Serum. She is first given a deep treatment conditioning on her hair as well as an eyebrow We asked their spouses…..so what do you think?waxing.
“Stunning” “I just love her hair.”We're getting beautiful now. Sheree's husband, John Time for the crowning touch…hair.
“I thought he looked awesome. He just swept me away.”Johnny has hair down past his shoulders to the mid back, which he Johnny's wife, Angelahas only cut twice in his life. Wife, Angela, really wants him to cut it short but he's hesitant. Christy Willis at Bruce's Barbershop gets “It was hard to improve on her. I love her outfit and her the go ahead to cut off a whole ponytails worth of hair. He's a new hair. I was happy she had a great day.”man and looks fabulous in his new shorter cut. Melissa's husband, Rod
Jack goes to European Hair Design where he finds a picture in “Oh, I'm excited. I think he looks great. I'm glad he one of the books. He receives a loose perm from Betty Kurtz on participated. More than the change it was more the top and Donna Heard cuts an 'inverted neckline'. pampering I wanted for him”They send him off with some Big Sexy hair gel so he can repeat his Jack's wife, Gina'do' tomorrow.
As night falls they make their grand entrance at the grand entrance of The Red Rose Dining Room at the Plantation House Ramada Inn where Chef Jason Shenefield, wife Cheri, and the Madonia family personally greet them. How fitting to be here since the Ramada has taken on a transformation herself with a major renovation/makeover.
The resplendent surroundings provide a stage for our makeover participants. A several course meal is enjoyed from drinks, appetizers, salads, entrees and dessert. This is five star dining and the Ramada rolls out the red carpet sparing no expense.
They finish off the night with a dance on the romantic white onyx dance floor.Entertainment is provided by Destiny. Is it not everyone's destiny to be the best they can be? On the way home Jack breaks out a surprise bottle of champagne and they toast to a day focused on them. This was more than a day of pampering they all concur. This was a day they made new friends.
“I've always wanted to be Strawberry Queen, and Focus has made me fell like a Strawberry Queen”.Melissa Mason
Perhaps it will be you on our Second Annual Focus On You Makeover Day.
In the limo, the Group toasts to a wonderful day
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Robin Jewett EmeryEditor In Chief
PublisherMike Floyd
Editor In Chief Robin Emery
Office ManagerDeDe Floyd
Advertising Sales Tania Summers
Art DirectorHayley Hiserodt
Graphic DesignDale “HB” Hayes
PhotographersHarry Jeffcoat, Bill Friend, Bud LeeStaff WritersBeverly Poole, Ginny Stewart, Kelli Tharrington, Kathy Wells, Troy Crews, Sherri Robinson ContributorsSherry Nueesch, Gill Gott, Mac McGrath, Eleanore McDade, Jim Brown, Yvonne Fry, Cindy Nagel, Ken Lawrence, Sherri Mueller, Al Cohen, Bill Green, Susanne Caldwell
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Art Director
FOCUS Magazine is published monthly and is available through local Plant City businesses, restaurants, and many local venues. It is also distributed to 10,000 homes.
Letters, Questions and Comments can be sent to our main office 702 W. Dr. MLK Jr. Blvd. Plant City, Florida 33563 or you can e-mail them to us at [email protected] We love to get mail so take advantage of this opportunity to address any issues or vent to your little hearts content.
Advertisers warrant and represent the descriptions of their products advertised are true in all respects. Focus Magazine assumes no responsibility for claims made by advertisers. All letters and their contents sent to Focus Magazine become the sole property of Floyd Publications, Inc and may be reproduced there of. All views expressed in all articles are those of the authors and not necessarily those of Floyd Publications, Inc. Use or duplication of material used in this publication is prohibited without approved written consent from Floyd Publications, Inc.
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LETTER FROM THE EDITORWORDS BY ROBIN JEWETT EMERY
Robin Jewett EmeryEditor In Chief
PublisherMike Floyd
Editor In Chief Robin Emery
Office ManagerDeDe Floyd
Advertising Sales Tania Summers
Art DirectorHayley Hiserodt
Graphic DesignDale “HB” Hayes
PhotographersHarry Jeffcoat, Bill Friend, Bud LeeStaff WritersBeverly Poole, Ginny Stewart, Kelli Tharrington, Kathy Wells, Troy Crews, Sherri Robinson ContributorsSherry Nueesch, Gill Gott, Mac McGrath, Eleanore McDade, Jim Brown, Yvonne Fry, Cindy Nagel, Ken Lawrence, Sherri Mueller, Al Cohen, Bill Green, Susanne Caldwell
Publisher
Art Director
FOCUS Magazine is published monthly and is available through local Plant City businesses, restaurants, and many local venues. It is also distributed to 10,000 homes.
Letters, Questions and Comments can be sent to our main office 702 W. Dr. MLK Jr. Blvd. Plant City, Florida 33563 or you can e-mail them to us at [email protected] We love to get mail so take advantage of this opportunity to address any issues or vent to your little hearts content.
Advertisers warrant and represent the descriptions of their products advertised are true in all respects. Focus Magazine assumes no responsibility for claims made by advertisers. All letters and their contents sent to Focus Magazine become the sole property of Floyd Publications, Inc and may be reproduced there of. All views expressed in all articles are those of the authors and not necessarily those of Floyd Publications, Inc. Use or duplication of material used in this publication is prohibited without approved written consent from Floyd Publications, Inc.
702 West Mlk Jr. Blvd. Plant City, Florida 33563Phone 813.707.8783 Fax 813.764.0990
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LETTER FROM THE EDITORWORDS BY ROBIN JEWETT EMERY
Taps played for the final time for Tomlin Middle School teacher and TSA (Technology Student Association) Advisor, Frank Zeitler. Over twenty years he spent his life teaching our kids in this community. And spent he did. His last few days were on a morphine pump but he was still making arrangements for his students to go to the National TSA Competition. Before teaching he was a master navigator/bombardier in the U.S. Air Force. I think that gave him just about the right credentials to handle Middle School kids. He was a teacher who was there when, as a parent, I couldn't be. He taught my sons things I didn't know. He was the man who stayed hundreds of hours after school teaching my sons Parliamentary Procedure…because there is a code of honor. He came in half of summer vacation to help my boys make airplanes for their Flight Challenge…because all young people should rise. He engineered bridges with them for Structural Bridge Building and stressed those bridges to see how much they could withstand… and taught them about strength. He was with them this year at State Competition. He could barely get out of bed, but he was there. And hundreds of students, who have been touched by Frank Zeitler, visited him. It is at this final State Competition that he taught these kids courage. The courage to live. To never, no matter what life hands you, to ever give up. He will be there at National Competition in spirit and in the work, talent and hearts of his students. He garnered hundreds of trophies at State and National Competitions throughout the years. Tomlin Middle School in Plant City was to be feared because they were the best. But he never felt the honor was just in the win. The honor was in the integrity earned. Flowers were laid on the casket by the family and then you hear it…the ripping, the tearing. In an act of complete spontaneity, while sobbing and overwhelmed with grief at the loss of this teacher…this friend, our Tomlin kids tore their sewn on TSA badges from their breast pockets and placed them on the casket alongside the flowers. It is the story of hero men like Frank Zeitler that makes the history of Plant City. And our city has chapters like this written all over town. It's tough to tell the history of Plant City in just a few pages, but we asked the Plant City Photo Archives to do the impossible and give us a brief overview. Enjoy their timeless photos, which are preserved for all time. Our Spotlight interview is with Willard (WD) McGinnes. He helped build many of the walls of our little town so that it has grown to be not so little anymore. We salute you, Frank, and all those who have spent their present to make the place we call home.History will never forget you.
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THIS MONTH
26-27BUSINESS PROFILE Plant City Automotive
58-59FEATURE HOMESO Smith shows off your answers to your building prayers
31-36FEATURE ARTICLE Plant City Photo Archives gives us a tour of PC’s past
39-41SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEWWillard “WD” McGinnes
EVERY MONTH
08-20LOCAL NEWSEvents and Happenings Around Plant City
29BUSINESS NEWSBusiness Related News and Financial Columns
66SPORTSHigh School Athlete of the Month
43-59FOCUS HOME GUIDEFor Buyers, Sellers & Owners
FOCUSFOCUS
COVER: Willard McGinnes, Building Plant City one plank at a time PHOTO: Mike Floyd
C O N T E N T SC O N T E N T S
SERVING PLANT CITYSERVING PLANT CITY
LLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Sherry writes our monthly Health & Fitness article and owns Curves in Lakeland, Bartow and Plant City.
Born and raised in Roanoke, Virginia and graduated from Radford University with a BA in History, Political Science and Social Science. Owned and operated businesses for 25 years. Been a health nut for 30 years. Hobbies include gardening, reading, and traveling. Married to the most wonderful Fritz Nueesch of Switzerland for 10 glorious years!
Baseball Did You Know Hits a Home Run
I love your magazine--especially this article on baseball. (Did You Know?) My grandsons both played on Little League teams here last year--and I was wondering if one of the sources, i.e.The Blooper Man, by Elson Smith, was a book or just an article. I know my grandson would love reading it if it were a book. Will await your reply.
Thank you, Lorene
Glad you enjoyed the baseball article written by the folks at Plant City Photo Archives.We'll forward your question to them. Be sure to read their Feature in this month's magazine on the history of Plant City.
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BlurbsDOCTOR SPONSORS ANNUAL NURSING SCHOLARSHIPSSouth Florida Baptist Hospital Cardiologist Max F. Rattes, M.D., sponsors a set of annually awarded scholarships for hospital nurses.Dr. Rattes established the awards in 2001 to recognize the contributionSFBH's nurses make to the Plant City Community and to help supplement their continued education costs.“Our hospital and its doctors rely greatly on the support of our nurses," Dr. Rattes said. "I want them to know how much we appreciate them and how important it is to us that they continue to work and further their nursing careers in Plant City." Rattes hopes other doctors will join in giving back to these most valuable hospital/community members through special awards or scholarships. The SFBH Foundation manages and disburses the scholarship funds. Hospital department managers nominate and select each year's winners. During Nurses Week 2003, May 6 to 12, SFBH awarded Margaret Stevens, RN, emergency department, the Clinical Nursing Excellence Award and Barbara Warf, medical / surgical / oncology patient care technician, an Award for Morale, Guest Relations and Teamwork. Both awards included $200 Rattes scholarships for educational in services.
Plant City Book Readers Club All interested readers are invited to join the book club at Andrew's on the Park. Everyone gets a chance to pick a book. So far we have read a variety of interesting books. It is a great way to meet a lot of neat people and enjoy a great meal. We meet the third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. This month we will be reading The Wolf Dove by Kathleen Woodiwiss. We'll meet Tues., June 17th at 7:00. For more information e-mail Lisa Kennedy at [email protected] or call (813) 495-7194.
Ask any educator, and chances are they will tell you that if they make a difference in one child's life, then they were successful. Teaching is not for the faint of heart, it requires
others." said one former student. "He inspired me sacrifice and patience,
to be a better person, he taught me that we all but the look on a child's
have a reason for being here and we have a f a c e w h e n t h e y
responsibility of fulfilling that destiny". "I am s u c c e e d i s t h e
fortunate to say that he was my teacher, but even more honored to call him my friend".
Zeitler says, "More than anything, I teach integrity. I tell them if you're successful, it's on your own merits. I want them to know that." Zeitler's kids carry this philosophy with them long after they leave his watchful eye. His technology class at Tomlin was so dominant at state and national competitions, that the state of Florida recently named the technology Student Association's top middle school award after him. Frank's influence doesn't stop when the school day ends. Long after most other teachers have left for the day, he can be found with a class full of kids perfecting a project or speech. His devotion is evident in the
motivation that drives many teachers. It's this many trips taken to transport a student to
quality that separates the good ones from the regional meetings, sometimes hours away, often
great ones. Once in a great while however, at his own expense.
someone exceeds even the highest standards For Zeitler, more than any award, he finds pleasure in seeing the look in his kids' eyes when they finally realize that they can achieve great things. His message of "Never give up, don't sweat of education. A person who not only touches a
the small stuff, and above all, do your best no young persons life, They improve it. matter what" has made a lasting impression on
Frank Zeitler, of Tomlin Middle School is such a each of his students.
person. His educational career in Plant City is Educational excellence cannot be legendary. Look around our community and measured in awards. Awards are merely chances are you will see someone whose life has tokens of an achievement. Educational been improved by Mr. Zeitler. The list of students excellence is measured in the successes of the he has mentored reads as a who's who of Plant lives of those who came as wide-eyed students, City's finest young adults. The respect for this man and left as confident young adults. It's in the is unparalleled. stor ies they wi l l share about a man
Lt. Col Frank Zeitler became a technology that made such a difference in their lives, that
education teacher after a distinguished Air Force they no longer refer to him as a teacher, but as a
career. When asked what makes his kids so mentor.
successful, Zeitler says, "It takes very little effort to Frank Zeitler passed away June 2nd surrounded rise above everyone else. Extra effort will get you
by his many family and friends.n o t i c e d . " I t ' s t h a t e x t r a e f f o r t that brings former students back to his classroom He struggled with cancer but refused to stop every year. "Mr. Zietler lives and breathes for his teaching and gave to his students right to the students, he gives every ounce of himself to very end of his life.
WORDS BY JIM TURCICH
"More than anything, I teach integrity. I tell them if you're successful, it's on your own merits. I want them to know that."
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Fourth graders at Knights Elementary School learned what it takes to speak (and eloquently at that) when being put on the spot. Mr. Stanley Kolker volunteered his time, spending 8 weeks teaching the fourth grade students at Knights Elementary the finer points of speech. “I taught them what I learned at Toastmasters”, he said. He's been teaching at various schools for eight years and has been a member of Toastmasters for 13 years, functioning as Vice President of Public Relations for 12 years. The students learned to open a speech, talk slowly, use vocal variety, and use body gestures. They also learned not to say ahhhhhhh. “It's even very difficult for adults to limit the ah factor ”, explains Kolker. The theme 'Soar With The Eagles' instead of walking with the turkeys became their mantra taught by Kolker. Each of the students was given a 'table tops' subject to talk 1-2 minutes. Imagine getting up in front of a group of your peers and extemporaneously talking for two minutes on an unknown subject pulled out of the hat. As Jerry Seinfeld said, 'most people would rather be the one in the coffin than the one giving the eulogy'. Every single one of the students exuded calm, collected confidence as they spoke on their topic. Even teacher, Alicia Sparkman, and several parents were put on the spot and delivered a two-minute extemporaneous speech. After the speeches, the students partook in a graduation party of cake with 'Soar With the Eagles' emblazoned in frosting. Kolker says with a bit of misty eyes, “I think I got just as much from it as they did”.
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Hurricane Sammy - A boxer on a mission• Article By Ginny Stewart
I don't know if any of you have noticed the new boxing
ring in town, but it's located in downtown Plant City, and it's time
we gave it a little recognition. I had the opportunity to meet with
Hurricane Sammy and discuss the purpose behind his gym.
The Hurricane Sammy Boxing Gym was established in
Tampa in 1999 and recently transferred to Plant City. The gym
trains kids for the Junior Olympics and is licensed and sanctioned
by the USA Boxing Association. Hurricane Sammy's son, is one of
the youngest boxers in the state to win a championship. He is
only 8 ½ years old.
While it seems like this is any old gym, or any
old boxing ring, there is something
profoundly different about it. The Hurricane
Sammy Boxing Gym is on a mission to help
troubled kids learn new, positive ways to
deal with their problems. This organization is
founded on Ephesians 6:11- “Put on the full
armor of God so that you can take your
stand against the devil's schemes.”
A boxing gym dedicated to serving
God may seem a little farfetched, but after
having spoken with Hurricane Sammy, it is
obvious that this is exactly what he intends to
run. The gym isn't the only goal. He also
wants to begin an after school program to
offer tutoring and job skill training for underprivileged youth.
Herein lies the problem; he has no community support
currently. Sammy's goal is to run a gym where businesses in the
community sponsor the underprivileged children who will benefit
from the program. His thought is that to help the community, the
people who live in that community should invest in it. I think he's
right!
While Sammy waits for donations and sponsors to start his
after school and summer camp programs, he trains 15 kids; six of
whom have no money to pay for the training they are receiving.
It's time for the community to work together for the good of our
children. Currently Heavyweight Champ Moses Droz “El Fuego
De Ponce”, who holds 9 wins and 2 loses with 7 KO's is donating his
time to help train the kids.
I know that there are hundreds of kids in the middle
schools who would benefit from time spent in a gym. Yet, I also
know that their parents are too poor to provide them with this
luxury. If you have the money, or
even the time, donate, or volunteer.
Our kids need us!
Plant City is full of churches; surely
some of you out there would be
interested in sponsoring at least one
kid. Think of it as missionary work.
Sammy's heart is in the right place -
check yours and make sure it is too.
The last thing I'd like to leave you
with is a quote from Hurricane
Sammy - “If I can change one kid in a
year, that's a blessing for me. I'm
trying to make a difference, not save
a life, or save the city, just make a
difference.” Are you willing to do the same?
If you are interested in making a difference, you can
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An aerobics program is helping to increase both cardiovascular fitness and mental acuity for its participants-seniors age 55, plus. Stepping to new levels of fitness with the class, Roy recently “ bounced back in good shape following a stroke.The classes are as beneficial for the brain as they are for the body,"said Beth Howe, SFBH parish "I found it hard to believe he's 100," said class nursing program coordinator. "Seniors instructor Lucy Ambs. "I've seen seniors age l e a r n i n t r i c a t e s t e p a e r o b i c s 55 to 60 refuse to do what he does. He tries choreography which challenges their everything and knows his limits.”memory and coordination. Meanwhile, the cardiovascular side to this activity-as "Some seniors are afraid to sit on the well as stretching with large exercise exercise balls. In fact, many refuse to do ball s, rubber bands and weights- anything on the floor for fear of not being stimulates greater blood flow and able to get back up," said Lucy. "At one of his oxygenation to the body ...especially first classes, Roy sat down on a ball without the brain, for enhanced and proper reservation and bounced on it throughout functioning.” 'balance exercises' while the rest of the class
sat very still on their balls.” The first 30 minutes of the class is step aerobics. The remaining 30 minutes includes stretch, balance and muscle conditioning The free senior aerobics classes are sponsored by South Florida exercises. Baptist Hospital's Parish Nursing program and held at First Baptist
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Turkey Creek High School Class of 1962 thanks the following tharea businesses for their contributions to our May 17
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Materials,Inc; The Florida Opry; Fred's Market Restaurant & Café; Joe Grimes, Your Family Jeweler; Bill Heard Chevrolet; Jarrett Bodiford Ford;
Knotts Team Sports; Knotts Trading & Supply; Martin's Place for Hair, Skin and Nails; Maryland Fried Chiken; Octopus Car Wash; Olde Village
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Date: Sunday, June 22Time; 4:00pm
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On Friday, March 21, 2003, Paul Reeves' life changed dramatically. As Paul rode home with a friend, they were involved in a serious car accident. Paul suffered 2 broken femurs, a broken tibia, a broken fibia, fractured third vertebrae, nerve damage to his shoulder affecting the feelings in his fingers, a laceration to his head, as well as a punctured pancreas. Paul underwent extensive surgeries to help repair the damage. Paul is currently confined to a wheelchair and must wear a halo for several months. He will be undergoing extensive therapy. His hospital and doctor bills are astronomical. Paul needs our support to help with his medical expenses. Please join us on Sunday, June 22, 2003.All checks are to be made payable to: The Paul Reeves Medical Fund; C/O Sunshine State Federal Savings and Loan Association. It only takes a moment to change a life forever.
East Hillsborough County Memorial Day CelebrationWoman's Club of Plant City participated in the Memorial Day
celebration at the Plant City Depot. Those present to present the
memorial wreath were Marilyn Day, club president, Helen Printz,
Juanita Ayscue, Judy Zaring, Ann Cole, Leslee Escobio, Kitty
McQueen, Dorrin Heffron, Betty Wittmann, and Jewell Farmer
New Members OrientationNew members of GFWC
Woman's Club of Plant City
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In keeping with the Mission of the Greater Plant City Chamber of event is used by the Chamber for
Commerce, this column will highlight and promote the interests of Plant community projects and a scholarship.
City and Eastern Hillsborough County. Speaking of scholarships, this
year's recipient was awarded to Trey
Warnock, a Plant City High School
graduate. The Chamber contributed
$1000.00 and this was matched by Hillsborough Education Foundation
for a total of $2000.00. Trey will attend Hillsborough Community
College in Plant City where he will pursue courses in agricultural
business. Trey is very excited about attending Hillsborough Community
College. His dream is “ to make a difference in agriculture”. After
graduation from HCC Trey plans to attend Florida Southern where he will
major in citrus management.
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PICTURIFFIC SCRAPBOOKING: Located at 109 West Reynolds
Street in historic downtown Plant City. Loretta Scott and her daughter The 2003 Leadership class held their graduation ceremonies
opened this business in April of this year. Scrapbooking is the art of that the newly renovated Ramada Inn on May 16 . The goal of the arranging photographs, memories, names and dates in an attractive
Leadership program is to prepare current and future leaders of the album. They carry all the supplies and materials available to make your
Greater Plant City community for decisions that must be made as our scrapbook complete. If you haven't already stopped by, plan to do so.
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elements that make up our community, Leadership sessions take place service to help with your selections.
at various locations throughout Greater Plant City. The program is under
the direction of the Chamber Board of Directors and is managed by
SUNDANCE KENNELS: located at 1920 West SR 60 in Plant City. They Leadership alumni, Chamber President Marion Smith and the Chamber
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boarding for dogs, cats and other small animals, as well as grooming graduates. Participates in the class attended sessions in law
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KEEPING YOU IN TOUCH WITH YOUR LOCAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WORDS BY BRUCE RODWELL
I just finished reading Willard Scott's book of the same five that I particularly embrace is Viagra! It puts us on a level
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Car Care - an Evil Necessity of Life!Car Care - an Evil Necessity of Life!
Well it happens across America every second of the day as and became a commercial helicopter pilot, flying crop dusters vehicles break down, with the owner left to the whims, or to be throughout South America. He has also worked in construction, has more accurate, the possible dishonesty of an auto repair a degree in Horticulture, been an assistant production manager at mechanic. a newspaper in Texas and even a Realtor. Steve's mom has been a There is a repair business in Plant City whose owners pride Realtor/Broker for Coldwell Banker in Louisiana for many years. themselves on not only being truthful with their customers, but they However, his love was always with automobiles.will direct the person to another business, if they feel it's not in their Steve Conley returned to Tampa because of friendships he area of expertise. Its name is Plant City Automotive on Jim developed in the area over the years and he became involved Redman Parkway, across from Publix and operated by Steve with a well known auto business, Euro Sports of Tampa, a successful Conley and Robert Cutaia, two unique men who know more about customizing operation.cars, trucks, buses and yes, even helicopters, than any of us could Tragedy struck again in the early '90's, when Steve was seriously ever hope to experience. injured in an accident at Euro Sports and was unable to work for 5 ½ The life of Steve Conley is a remarkable story. Afflicted with Polio as years. During that period he sold the business to a company that an infant, Steve has not allowed the damage to his body to has expanded the operation to other cities. Thanks to a friend in interfere with him living a very good and exciting life. The Polio Valrico, Steve Conley was introduced to Plant City in the late 1990's struck him in 1953, just two years before Dr. Jonas Salk invented the and he started an automotive electrical and air conditioning vaccine that has eradicated the illness throughout much of the business. That's when he met Robert Cutaia and a friendship world. eventually became a partnership. Bob had started the business in His father, a high ranking Air Force officer, was stationed in Santa 1988.Barbara, California when Steve was born. (Yes, he admits he's a The two men share a common and refreshing philosophy at Military Brat.) Among the bases Steve lived at during his youth was Plant City Auto Repair….."Don't try to sell something to a customer MacDill in Tampa during the Cuban Missile Crisis in the early 1960's that you wouldn't do for a close family member".when America and the then USSR came oh! so close to a nuclear While at their shop for this interview, a gentleman planning a long war. trip came by and was told he had 2 questionable tires. While they As he grew older, Steve Conley spent quite a bit of time in could have gone out, bought the tires, added on a profit and then Germany with his father and that's when his love of cars began. He installed them, Robert and Steve directed the customer to a attended technical schools there for Porsche, Mercedes and BMW nearby tire dealer. That act of honesty has probably earned them and so began a career of building custom cars. yet another long-term customer. Conley's work has included customizing all types of vehicles, There's money to be made in the auto repair business without including stretch limos for government agencies and personalities, cheating people. If only more shops had the same ethics as Bob including Tampa baseball star Dwight "Doc" Gooden. He has also Cutaia and Steve Conley of Plant City Auto Repair, people would worked on race cars for the International Motor Sports Association. more likely keep their vehicles in better shape because they would Not satisfied with the thrills of motor sports, Steve turned to aviation go for maintenance on a more regular basis. Happy Motoring!
You're driving down I-4 heading home to Plant City, when all of a sudden you start to hear a clunking sound from the car. "Oh! No!" you say, or some stronger language, as you see several hundred dollars going to an auto repair shop with no
assurances that the problem will be fixed. Sound familiar?
WORDS BY KEN LAWRENCE
BBUSINESS PROFILE
Plant City Automotive
A feature on an auto repair business with a twist
Car Care - an Evil Necessity of Life!Car Care - an Evil Necessity of Life!
Well it happens across America every second of the day as and became a commercial helicopter pilot, flying crop dusters vehicles break down, with the owner left to the whims, or to be throughout South America. He has also worked in construction, has more accurate, the possible dishonesty of an auto repair a degree in Horticulture, been an assistant production manager at mechanic. a newspaper in Texas and even a Realtor. Steve's mom has been a There is a repair business in Plant City whose owners pride Realtor/Broker for Coldwell Banker in Louisiana for many years. themselves on not only being truthful with their customers, but they However, his love was always with automobiles.will direct the person to another business, if they feel it's not in their Steve Conley returned to Tampa because of friendships he area of expertise. Its name is Plant City Automotive on Jim developed in the area over the years and he became involved Redman Parkway, across from Publix and operated by Steve with a well known auto business, Euro Sports of Tampa, a successful Conley and Robert Cutaia, two unique men who know more about customizing operation.cars, trucks, buses and yes, even helicopters, than any of us could Tragedy struck again in the early '90's, when Steve was seriously ever hope to experience. injured in an accident at Euro Sports and was unable to work for 5 ½ The life of Steve Conley is a remarkable story. Afflicted with Polio as years. During that period he sold the business to a company that an infant, Steve has not allowed the damage to his body to has expanded the operation to other cities. Thanks to a friend in interfere with him living a very good and exciting life. The Polio Valrico, Steve Conley was introduced to Plant City in the late 1990's struck him in 1953, just two years before Dr. Jonas Salk invented the and he started an automotive electrical and air conditioning vaccine that has eradicated the illness throughout much of the business. That's when he met Robert Cutaia and a friendship world. eventually became a partnership. Bob had started the business in His father, a high ranking Air Force officer, was stationed in Santa 1988.Barbara, California when Steve was born. (Yes, he admits he's a The two men share a common and refreshing philosophy at Military Brat.) Among the bases Steve lived at during his youth was Plant City Auto Repair….."Don't try to sell something to a customer MacDill in Tampa during the Cuban Missile Crisis in the early 1960's that you wouldn't do for a close family member".when America and the then USSR came oh! so close to a nuclear While at their shop for this interview, a gentleman planning a long war. trip came by and was told he had 2 questionable tires. While they As he grew older, Steve Conley spent quite a bit of time in could have gone out, bought the tires, added on a profit and then Germany with his father and that's when his love of cars began. He installed them, Robert and Steve directed the customer to a attended technical schools there for Porsche, Mercedes and BMW nearby tire dealer. That act of honesty has probably earned them and so began a career of building custom cars. yet another long-term customer. Conley's work has included customizing all types of vehicles, There's money to be made in the auto repair business without including stretch limos for government agencies and personalities, cheating people. If only more shops had the same ethics as Bob including Tampa baseball star Dwight "Doc" Gooden. He has also Cutaia and Steve Conley of Plant City Auto Repair, people would worked on race cars for the International Motor Sports Association. more likely keep their vehicles in better shape because they would Not satisfied with the thrills of motor sports, Steve turned to aviation go for maintenance on a more regular basis. Happy Motoring!
You're driving down I-4 heading home to Plant City, when all of a sudden you start to hear a clunking sound from the car. "Oh! No!" you say, or some stronger language, as you see several hundred dollars going to an auto repair shop with no
assurances that the problem will be fixed. Sound familiar?
WORDS BY KEN LAWRENCE
1. Change Oil/Filter and anti-freeze Regularly (Oil breaks down after awhile and damages the engine and yes, anti-freeze has
benefits in our climate)2. Check Tire Pressure Regularly
(Tires last longer and gas mileage is better, not to mention safety)3. Have your Brakes checked often.
(If there is any vibration from the front, it should be checked)4. When you go to a service center ask if the
mechanics are paid on a commission basis. If so, be careful.
(They could recommend work that does not need doing.)
5. When you take the vehicle to the shop, describe the symptoms and do not diagnose the problem (If you say I think it's the brakes, sure enough the mechanic will agree)6. Make it clear that work is not to begin until you approve.7. Never sign a “BLANK” Work Order.8. Ask the Shop to show you the damaged parts when you pickup the vehicle9. Make certain your guarantee is "In Writing”.10. Keep all written records (work orders & Receipts)
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Question:
Most of our investment assets are in IRAs and 401(k)s through
work. Our will says our money should go to our three children
if both my wife and I die. On our IRAs and 401(k)s, my wife
and I have each other listed as beneficiaries; then we
assumed our will would take care of the money going to our
children. I heard somewhere that we may not have our
beneficiaries established properly. What is the best way to set
up beneficiaries?
-J. N. Plant City
Answer:
Structuring your beneficiaries is an important financial
planning tool. Everyone's situation is different, and I would
need to know more about your situation to best answer your
question. However, here are some guidelines that may be
helpful:
Generally, naming beneficiaries on retirement plans
such as IRAs and 401(k)s is a good financial planning strategy.
Doing so allows the proceeds to bypass your estate, thereby
bypassing the costly, public and sometimes lengthy probate
process. The same holds true for life insurance. Typically, a
person might name their spouse as the “primary” beneficiary
and children as secondary or “contingent” beneficiaries.
· Generally, beneficiaries on these same retirement
plans or life insurance policies supercede what you have
listed in your will or living trust. Let us assume you have three
children and you have specified in your will that you want
your assets split equally among them should you and your
wife both predecease your children. If you name only one
child as a contingent beneficiary directly on your retirement
plan or life insurance knowing that he or she will know what
your final wishes would be, that child alone will receive the
proceeds although your will specifies otherwise. Furthermore,
in certain instances (such as with retirement plans), income
taxes are often due on the proceeds. If only one child is
named as the retirement plan beneficiary, that child may be
responsible for any income taxes due.
· Although you may not be at this stage, you may also
want to consider grandchildren. For example, if you have
three children and one of them should predecease you,
would you eventually want that child's proceeds to go to his
or her children, usually known as “per stirpes”, or would you
want that child's proceeds to go to your remaining two
children, usually known as “equally or survivor(s)”?
Although beneficiary planning is not an enjoyable
topic, it is worthwhile to review all of your assets and see how
they might best be titled to accomplish two things one, you
want to ensure your assets are distributed as you wish, and
two, you want to have your assets distributed in a cost-
effective manner if possible.
Because beneficiary planning is an important
planning tool, you should consult a financial planner or
estate-planning attorney, either of whom you would want to
confirm has experience in beneficiary planning and asset
titling.
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Your Money MattersCindy Nagel, CFPCertified Financial Planner
PLANT CITY'S UNIQUE HISTORYBy Plant City Photo Archives, Inc.
They came from Alabama, Georgia, and the Carolinas. First came the Seminole Indians; forced off their lands by the American
military, they pushed through Spanish North Florida into Central Florida, then some were deported and sent to a Federal reserve in
the West, and some escaped into the Everglades, where they continue to reside.
Next came the white settlers, mostly by foot, sometimes with their black slaves, sometimes with miscellaneous livestock, and even sometimes with small herds of cattle. The Indians called it Hichipucksassa, and to Hichipucksassa they came - Reverend Daniel Simmons, from Savannah, Georgia, Stephen Hollingsworth, from North Carolina, Simeon L. Sparkman, from Georgia, John G. Thomas, from Georgia, and John and Rabon Raulerson, John Futch, the Reverend Samuel Knight and his sons, Joel and Jesse, and Enoch Collins, George Hamilton, Joseph Howell, and a continuing stream of others. Some with plows and farm implements, and some with livestock, all seeking land, whether through Federal land grant programs, purchase, or squatting. They came to a new life.
The history of Plant City has been written by these many individuals and families who put personal comfort aside and set out to establish a new life in a new world, which became Plant City. Yes, they were strong and courageous. It was a Darwinist world, and only the strong, in might or mind, would survive. The tests and challenges were unrelenting. Joseph Howell, a member of the Florida House of Representatives, died January 9, 1862, after riding 6 days from Tallahassee to his home in Springhead, in bitter winter weather. John Carey was massacred at his farm April 17, 1856, in an Indian uprising. And Enoch Collins's first wife, Fatima Knight Collins, passed away after bearing 15 of Enoch's 29 children.
Persevere they did. They were a hardy lot. Hichipucksassa became Cork, (named after Cork County, Ireland), and the population grew. By 1860 Hillsborough County had grown to about 3,000 residents, with farms dotting the lush green countryside.
The effects of the Civil War were slight, at first, then grew deeper, wider, more encompassing. Whole communities began to show signs of strain, disintegration. Returning soldiers were met with yet another challenge. For the freed slaves, the problems of survival were compounded. But they had hope.
Employees at the sawmill of Warnell Mill
Methodist Church
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Relative economic and social The city continued to grow, despite normalcy was restored by the late the Yellow Fever epidemic of 1887, and in seventies; population growth in East that same year made the city an all-out Hillsborough continued at a pace faster effort to construct wood-plank sidewalks. than the City of Tampa. Within 15 years of A bond issue in 1902 provided revenue for the Civil War several villages developed the city's first brick streets, its water plant, into substantial communities. And and the sewage system.Bealsville, established in the late 1860s by After the disastrous fires of 1907, freed slaves, was beginning to prosper. The which consumed many of the wood black community of Bealsville founded structures over several blocks of downtown Antioch Baptist Church in 1868, and built a Plant City, including the building where one-room schoolhouse, Antioch School, in council meetings were held and records 1873. had been kept, the stalwart citizens
Cattle and citrus were early money resurrected a new, brick-built, downtown producers for area settlers. Then there business district. Business boomed. By were tobacco, cotton, frui ts, and 1911, due in large part to the multiple rail vegetables. connections, (rails ran in five directions
Then came the railroad, the South from the central city), and 50-60 trains Florida Railroad -- Henry Bradley Plant's iron daily, Plant City was called “The Largest horse rolling on polished steel rails. In Inland Shipping Point in the State of December 1883 rail service began Florida”.between Plant City and Tampa, and by It was prosperous times in Plant City January 1884 Plant City connected to in the years around 1914. Lumber, citrus, Tampa on the west and Sanford to the ba nk in g, co ns tr uc ti on , ag ri cu lt ur e, east. phosphate mining, fertilizer, sugar cane,
Prominent citizens boarded that and now strawberries, were all highly special carrier to celebrate this historic pr of it ab le bu si ne ss es . Th e Ro ux development, including Mrs. Samuel E. Composite Brick Company manufactured Mays, James T. Evers, Martha Collins and sold over 5 million bricks in 1913.Knight, and William S. Knight. Impressed It was also the year when Plant with the potential of this new area, Captain Citians decided to construct a new high Francis W. Merrin moved his printing school. The old brick Plant City Graded operation from Mississippi to Plant City, and High School built in 1893, and added established the South Florida Courier in to in 1904, was again overcrowded. The 1884, and promptly began promoting the citizens decided to build a new, and a new town. magnificent school. The School
The referendum was held January Improvement Association successfully 10, 1885, and the votes were 49 in favor of promoted a $40,000 school bond issue, incorporation, 1 opposed Plant City was and the taxpayers agreed to a five-mill born. Both the town and the railroad grew levy to finance the project. The beautiful exponentially. For a short time, Plant City 43,000 square-foot 1914 Plant City High was known as a cotton-shipping center, School became a tribute to a community carrying the produce of Charlie Taylor and that focused on its future. And in 1920 the many other cotton planters. Midway Academy was built in the
But it was timber, and not cotton, southeast sector of the city to serve the that brought Plant City its first major industry black community.the Warnell Lumber and Veneering The city was taking on a new Company the largest enterprise of its kind appearance. The impressive red-brick in the South. City Hall at the corner of Mahoney and
Because of Warnell Lumber, for a Collins housed the city offices and decade and a half, the town was known as departments, as well as the police and a little mill town. By 1886 the new town had fire departments, and even had a court a post office, express and telegraph room on the second floor. City Hall was office, 13 stores, four hotels, three steam flanked by the stout First Baptist Church sawmills, a gristmill, a weekly newspaper, building to the north, and the Masonic and a carriage maker. The principal Lodge to the west. The central park, site shipments were lumber, cotton, cattle, for concerts, and city celebrations, was fruits, and vegetables. across Mahoney Street to the south.
In his Early History of the Produce Down the street the Hillsboro State Bank Industry in Plant City, Lew Prosser states constructed a large new yellow-brick that, were it not for the Plant railroad building at Collins and Reynolds, and system, the history of Plant City would have large two and three-stor y architecturally been vastly different, because in those elaborate residences sprang up on the early days it was the railroad, not the periphery of the booming downtown, highways, that provided transportation, including this West Reynolds Street house which is the key to development. built in 1910.
DeVane’s Strawberry Packing Shed
Looking East On Reynolds From Evers
By 1920, Plant City had several hotels in town, including earned the title “World's Winter the Victorian Hotel Colonial (1911) Strawberr y Capital ”. Trucks on the southeast corner of loaded with the luscious red Reynolds Street and Evers Streets. berries would be lined up for Fo ll ow in g th e le ad of th e almost a mile, waiting to get into Chamber of Commerce, citizens the market area. And, in one day, organized and built the grand the railroad shipped 30 cars of 100-room Hotel Plant at the berries, containing over 500,000 northwest corner of Evers and pints, to points north. Reynolds, right across from the
Plant City was the hub of Colonial. Both were good numerous civic and fraternal vantagepoints from which to organizations, including Kiwanis, en joy the Annua l F lo r ida L ions, Kn igh t s o f Py th ias, Strawberry Festival Grand Parade. Independent Order of Odd The Strawberry Festival Fellows, Woodmen of the World, had its beginnings as a Board of Masons , Boa rd o f T rade, Trade Strawberry Day. The Lions Chambe r o f Commerce, Club decided to make it a big C e m e t e r y I m p r o v e m e n t event and began organizing the Associat ion, the Draper Self- first strawberry festival in 1929, with Culture Club, Woman's Christian some assistance from the city. Temp er an ce Un io n, Sc ho ol The first of many festivals was held Improvement Association, The in 1930 in a vacant lot, normally Woman's Club of Plant City, Rotary used for baseball, northwest of International, and many more. the corner of Baker and Michigan So me of th es e cl ub s an d Streets. But for the war years, organizations would play major 1942-1947, the festival has been leadership roles in the future held every year, now running ten development of Plant City. days and drawing about 800,000
T o a c c o m m o d a t e visitors. It is staffed by thousands travelers and tourists, there were of community volunteers.
Shipping Berries at the Railroad Freight Platform, Circa 1920’s
Plant City Packing House 1930’s
PLANT CITY’S UNIQUE HISTORY
Plant City has always been associated with physical (1880s), Coronet Phosphate Company (beginning in 1908), activities, recreation, and sports, and baseball stands out Havana-Plant Cigar Factory, (unfortunately now gone), Plant City among them. From the Robinson brothers' baseball team of Iron Foundry, R.W. Burch Company (citrus), owned by Lew J. Prosser, 1912, through the Buffalo Bisons, Indianapolis Indians, Miami who also owned Plant City's first canning plant, and the opening Marlins, Texas Rangers, Cincinnati Reds, and others, baseball here of Florida's largest State Farmers Market in 1939. There was has been the All-American pastime in Plant City. The baseball also Salada Foods, Plant Industries, Crystal Division, Paradise Fruit, park once known as Ranger Field is named for Mike Sansone, Florida Sip, Trop-Artic Fruits (Breyer's Ice Cream), and Wishnatzki and an Italian immigrant barber, who worked tirelessly in support of Nathel, and more.Plant City area youth and American Legion baseball. With the opening of the city's first industrial park more
To this testimony to the community's civic pride, and businesses came - Acme Wellpoint, Lykes Brothers, Mid State dogged determination, add the construction of the medical Potato, Southland Foods, Kilgore Seed, Plant City Steel, and many facility that became known as South Florida Baptist Hospital, others.completed in late 1953, and the building of the Bruton Since the erection of the 1914 High School, new high Memorial Library, which was dedicated in December 1960. schools have been added Marshall High School (under E. L. Bing, The Bealsville community also continued to prove its mettle, Jr.), the Tomlin building on Woodrow Wilson, the large consolidated and in 1932, by providing some financing and ten acres of high school, and Durant High School. And improvements, land, was successful in getting the School District to build a additions and expansions have been made to the hospital and school there, later named the Glover School. The school was the library. The former downtown retail activity has all moved active, and was expanded in 1945, and again in 1949, until the south, and a renovated Historic Downtown has taken its place. Glover School compound consisted of four buildings plus a Commercial and industrial activity continues apace, although separate canning operation. traffic patterns have shifted due to the Interstate Highways, air
Industry has also fueled the development of the Plant transportation, and better port facilities.City area, which benefited from the Warnell Lumber Company
Sources: Quintilla Geer Bruton and David E. Bailey, Jr. Plant City: Its Origin and History.
Plant City Photo Archives, Inc., including photographs by Bill Friend, Bud Lee, and others, and Plant City Photo Archives, Inc., Oral History Project 2003.
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On June 21, the Plant City Photo Archives will be holding their first annual “Evening of Picture Perfect Memories” Gala at the Florida 4. This Plant City's Junior Studies Center at the Plant City Hillsborough Community College High School gathering campus. took place in the early A portion of the evening's events includes a fun-filled quiz for the 1940's in front of the guests to attempt to identify people and places in some of the c i t y ' s f i r s t s c h o o l Archive's collection of historical photographs. The Strawberr y building, constructed in Queen and her court will hold blow-ups of the photographs while 1893.strolling among the dinner guests. Q: Where was this In addition, musical entertainment featuring a medley of school?Andrew Lloyd Webber's popular music will be presented by three accomplished performers. The Master of Ceremonies will be the Honorable Federal US/District Judge, Jim Moody. The cost for the black tie optional evening, including a gourmet dinner is $75 per person. For those members who are currently Friends, Patrons, or Founders of the Archives, the cost will be $50 per person. For further information and for ticket reservations, please call Gil 5. The only time this very Gott at 752-1442. popular downtown
Here are just six of the more restaurant looked like than 20,000 photos owned by this was when it was the Plant City Photo Archives. closed. (Circa 1955)See if you can identify the Q: What was the name people and places. of the restaurant?
1. The Jaycees set up in this pa r k t o p romo te t he i r “Cowpoke Days” in the summer of 1954.Q: Where was this park?
6. Governor LeRoy Collins is shown here riding in the city's 1956 Strawberry Festival.
2. This Shell station is long Q: Who is the driver?gone (and so are those low prices), and the site now is a thriving small business (circa 1957)Q: What is the name of the business?
3. An old Plant City family established this private airport on the city's west side. (Circa 1958)Q: What was the name of the airfield?
Answers: 1.Southwest corner of Mahoney and Collins,
Across from City Hall
2.Effective Signs3.It was known as Robinson Airport, operated by
the Robinson family.4.SW corner of Baker and Wheeler5.This was Glaros's Dixie Restaurant6.Ben Rawlins.
Strawberry Queen & Court To Conduct Photo Quiz At “Evening of Picture Perfect Memories” Gala
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WI interviewed Mr. Willard (WD) McGinnes after his weekly Kiwanis meeting. He graciously and thoughtfully invited me to lunch first and to attend his Kiwanis meeting then we conducted the interview. We drove to Stock Lumber, which was McGinnes Lumber, to shoot our cover photo.
He was greeted warmly at Stock, as though nothing had changed, and he was still the young man in charge of the wood. The respect in the eyes of the people who work there was evident. We sat in the lumberyard office, which now belongs to his son who manages Stock Lumber, and talked of former times. Pictures of the original McGinnes Lumber office hang on the walls along with pictures of family.
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WD Mr. McGinnes' memory is phenomenal. He remembers not grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren…we just had a new only the events which occurred during his almost century long great grandchild born yesterday.life but the remembers the particulars right down to the very dates. His age shows only when he stops because he needs to Focus: What was your first job? Was it in the rest a bit. He is sharp, witty, personable, and completely lumber business?charming. WD McGinnes: My first job was for 15 cents an hour as a box boy
in a citrus packinghouse.Accomplishments My dad knew the superintendent at the railroad so I took that job Resident of Plant City since 1936 for 16 cents an hour repairing boxcars for the Atlantic Coastline Deacon Emeritus at First Baptist Church Railroad. I worked there for about a year.Past Chairman of the Board of Directors at South Florida Baptist Hospital After a couple of years Snead McGinnes wasn't making enough Past Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Sunshine State for 2 families to live off. My dad bought him out for $3000. Federal Savings & Loan and Present Founding Director EmeritusFormer Director of Hillsboro Bank then Director at Suntrust Bank and on Advisory Committee There was a lumber company here in Plant City. A fellow started Past President of the East Hillsborough Chamber of Commerce it and my dad found out about it. My dad wanted me to come and the East Hillsborough United Fund. over here. I was 24 years old. It took me 3 weeks to find an Past President of the Plant City Kiwanis Club apartment at that time. Apartments weren't available then like Member of the Plant City School Board they are now.Awarded Outstanding Citizen of the Year in 1964Owner McGinnes Lumber Company
In 1947 we incorporated and my brother ran McGinnes Lumber Focus: Are you a Plant City native? in Lakeland and I ran McGinnes Lumber in Plant City. WD McGinnes: No, I was born in Ocala in 1910. When I was 21/2 years old my family moved to Tampa. My younger brother was Focus: May we ask how old you are now?born 5 years later in 1915 and my sister in 1920. WD McGinnes: I'm 92. My mother passed at 102 and she lived
by herself until about the last 2 years of her life. My uncle lived to We moved to Lakeland in 1916 when my father went to work for 105.Lakeland Manufacturing Co.
Focus: You had two fires at the lumber During the Depression when the banks closed, it ruined
company?everybody. Dad borrowed $500 to go into business with another
WD McGinnes: Yes, one in '46 and one in '66. Oh that was a partner. In 1930 the Snead McGinnes Lumber Company was
nightmare.started in Lakeland. thOn June 10 of 1966 I had a heart attack. I think that fire gave
me that heart attack.I was in college then.
Editors Note :(He reflects with pain on his face as he looks at the Focus: What did you major in? lumberyard from the window of the car)WD McGinnes: (laughing) Tennis! That fire started on a Wednesday night after church. I remember I'll tell you I took 2 years of architectural engineering then Jim Redman called me and told me the lumberyard was switched to business. My dad helped me as much as he could burning. All we could do was watch as the fire department put it financially but I just went 3 years out. It gutted the whole office.
We rebuilt the shop with a metal building.Focus: You were married…when?? In the fire of '46 we lost the warehouse. It was built out of Pecky WD McGinnes: I married Helen in April of '35. (My brother married Cypress.Helen's sister)
The lady we bought our business from, Mrs. Glover, she had a Editor's Note: We are now in the office Stock Lumber formerly downstairs apartment and we lived there for a year or more. We McGinnes lumber.then bought two corner lots on the corner of Knights and Gilchrist Mr. McGinnes sits down to rest and gazes at the picture of the and we built a house there. Just before my son, Dub, was born in building on the wall.'47 we added on.
He muses…After our children were married we moved. We had 53 windows in that house! It was a lot of work come spring-cleaning time to
I sold this building to the guy that sold fertilizer for $300. The wash all those windows. When I had my heart attack in '66, I house was moved to the corner of Ball and Evers then he moved could hardly climb the stairs anymore.the house to the middle of a field. It was about gone so he finally let the fire department burn the house down for practice.We have 3 children, Martha Andrews..she's now passed, Mary
Jane Hoffman, and (Dub) WD McGinnes Jr., seven
WI interviewed Mr. Willard (WD) McGinnes after his weekly Kiwanis meeting. He graciously and thoughtfully invited me to lunch first and to attend his Kiwanis meeting then we conducted the interview. We drove to Stock Lumber, which was McGinnes Lumber, to shoot our cover photo.
He was greeted warmly at Stock, as though nothing had changed, and he was still the young man in charge of the wood. The respect in the eyes of the people who work there was evident. We sat in the lumberyard office, which now belongs to his son who manages Stock Lumber, and talked of former times. Pictures of the original McGinnes Lumber office hang on the walls along with pictures of family.
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In those days all the lumber had to be handled by hand, we had no forklifts to help us.
Focus: What about Plant City and the property here, what was that like in the beginning days of McGinnes Lumber?WD McGinnes: During the rainy season high water would come up to our back shed. That was a lake back there where Kash n' Karry is now at Evers & Wheeler. I ended up filling all that in with limestone in the back there because we would flood.
Years later the city drained the lake. McCall was the City Manager then..you know McCall Park. He said they had to go 10 feet deep to get the muck out of Evers St.
Let's see…on this street there was Waller's Hardware and a two story plumbing building with an apartment.L.B. Mack had a fertilizer and seed store. And where that filling station is, that was a horse lot.
We bought the property across the street and the warehouses for more room for the lumber.
Focus: And you sold the business when?WD McGinnes: In '95 I got together with a lawyer and turned the business over to my son, with properties going to my daughters.
Then in 2000 he sold in to Carolina Holding Co. with the understanding that he'd stay on for 3 years. They have over 200 lumberyards. They changed the name from McGinnes to Stock.
Focus: And you've been widely involved in the Plant City community?WD McGinnes: I'm currently the only living founding director of the hospital. I'm one of the trustees. I'm the only founding Director Emeritus of Sunshine State Savings & Loan.
Focus: And you have an impressive record with the Kiwanis Club I'm told.WD McGinnes: I've been involved with Kiwanis for 67 years. For 45 years I've had perfect attendance.
Focus: How did you originally get involved with Kiwanis?WD McGinnes: It happened that a couple of fellas I knew came by to see me and invited me to the meeting….Lester Blane and Charlie Wilkerson. I was one of the youngest members and one of the youngest presidents.
Focus: And tennis is still your game?WD McGinnes: I can't play anymore of course but I did coach the first city team. I've really enjoyed my tennis.
We drop Mr. McGinnes off at his home and he shows me the family pictures that are sprinkled throughout the house. We say our goodbyes and he says he's going to watch a bit of the French Open tennis on television. With a lifetime that's spanned almost a century he still hasn't dropped the ball.
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AALRUECHELARTICLE BY AL RUECHEL
How is it possible for a reporter to make up dozens of stories and factually tell stories including as many view points as and plagiarize material for years and nobody catches it? possible, and in a fashion that is interesting. If I stray to the Check that. His editors did know that Jayson was having editorial and opinion side as I am doing now I will tell you trouble getting his facts right but were afraid to do anything strong and clear. THIS IS MY OPINION!about it. In there own words the Times desire for diversity caused them to overlook the red flags early on in Jayson's Sometimes those interests seem to compete against each career that could have prevented this. At least the Times other. Facts can be boring and seem inconsequential. There fessed up to their mistakes. Now the Boston Globe says Blair can be so many viewpoints that it is impossible to separate lied when he was working for them, too. the highly likely from the highly improbable. We are
constantly under the pressures of time and space, not to If you're a regular to Glenn's website you know I've personally mention sources that sometimes don't cooperate or lie to us. documented how another reporter for the Chicago Tribune Still, a journalist's job is not to make excuses but to clarify and abused his power to make up allegations about Clear put into proper perspective those elements to the Channel's supposed involvement with Glenn's Rally for betterment of the reader. It's always assumed if you do a America. The New York Times and other media outlets good job at that your stories will be read or watched and your reprinted his lie as if it was gospel. But we, who call ourselves mission will be accomplished. That is enough for me, getting journalists, are not all liars. I can't even think of a single one of it right and having a sense that you learned something for my my journalistic comrades who is anything but incredibly story you didn't know before I stole your attention.honest, honorable and devoted to getting things right.
I haven't the faintest idea what the heck was in Jayson's head The strength of the practice of journalism has always been besides nothing. Maybe being so highly recruited and that it relies and depends upon the honesty and integrity of touted swelled his head to the size of the moon. Maybe he the people it hires and entrusts to be your eyes and ears. As enjoyed creating the “perfect” story in his head and didn't long as the reporter is firmly rooted in telling the truth and has like the uncertainty that comes with uncovering the real facts a moral compass as strong as…. as… the Pope…(you know of a story that don't always fit together so nicely. Maybe the what I mean)…. we are all in good shape! process of crafting reality and dissecting situations and
concepts that at times make you feel uneasy because its My concern is the damage these criminals are doing to the new territory freaked him out.profession I love. Most of us that stay in the business as long as I have (32 years) treat it like it is a mission. God knows it doesn't Heck, maybe he's just a lazy no good for nothing bum who pay as well as a thousand other trades. But it does afford us never learned that truth is the last defense for a journalist. Truth the opportunity and privilege to peer into the lives of those is the life preserver on a sea of uncertainty. Unfortunately, around us and share that experience with you, the public. It Jayson threw away that life preserver and now he's going doesn't mean it will always be free of potential bias because I down for the count. Please tell me that there is a lesson in all don't think that is possible for any human being to be of this. Please?completely neutral in any matter. My pledge as a journalist, and I hope the pledge of others, is to attempt to accurately
Thank you very much Jayson Blair. Thank you for adding more fuel to the public's perceptions that journalists are just a bunch of liberal liars who use and abuse their medium in the name of some kind of power trip. This makes me so sick I just want to make a newspaper doll with the latest New York Times and burn it in effigy.
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