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ington announced his plans to campaign for the District 5 Seat on the Hillsborough County School Board. He is challenging Ms. Tamara Shamburger who currently holds the District 5 Seat.
An additional 17 graves were recently discovered on the land that was Zion Ceme- tery. The Tampa Housing Au- thority began construction of the Robles Park Public Hous- ing Complex in 1951.
Biotech giant, Amgen, through the Amgen Founda- tion, recently made a large do- nation to Computer Mentors, a local “Digital Divide” non- profit organization.
Ralph Smith, founder of Computer Mentors said the or- ganization will use the funds to support its two primary pro- grams, KidsCode and TEEN-
tech. KidsCode, Computer Mentor’s largest program in terms of number of clients, is a program specifically designed to teach computer coding to children between the ages of 10 and 13.
DECEMBER
The Skills Center will host a community launch for the Tampa Y. E. S. Program. The launch will celebrate the Tampa Y. E. S. (Youth Engage- ment in Sports) Program, made possible by a $800,000 grant by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Engagement in Sports re- search program.
Rebuilding Together Tampa Bay and Republic Serv- ices of Tampa partnered on a project to renovate and revital- ize Rey Park Community Cen- ter, a busy community center
in historic Old West Tampa. The Hillsborough County School District planned to open a new elementary school in August 2020. The District invited members of the com- munity to submit possible names and mascot for the new
facility.
Tampa Police Chief Brian
Duggan hired two individuals to serve as staff members of its Media Relations Office. The two are filling vacancies cre- ated by the promotion of Ms. Janelle McGregor and the departure of Stephen Hagerty.
Chief Dugan hired Ms. Jamel Lanee’ and Ms.
Vanessa Nettingham to fill the vacancies.
A collection of portraits of former slaves on display ear- lier this year at Robert Saun- ders Library is hitting the road. Unstolen Dignity by local artist Ladale Lloyd, was slated to visit Plymouth Con- gregational Church in Des Moines, Iowa.
Fifty-one people have ap- plied to be Hillsborough County Public School’s next superintendent.
Ray & Associates, Inc., the consulting firm handling the search to replace outgoing leader Jeff Eakins, released the names one day after the application deadline.
Attorney Warren Hope Dawson donated $1,000 to purchase a playground canopy for the elementary school named in his honor.
Delwyn Collins, a vet- eran employee of Tampa Gen- eral Hospital, hosted his 30th year of giving back to the com- munity. The hospital donated between 300 and 800 gifts to children in foster care.
Officer Justin Legg
spearheaded a drive to provide Christmas gifts to the family of Mrs. Crystal Berry, a single mother of seven children.
Dr. Earl Lennard, for- mer retired Hillsborough County Public School Superin- tendent and Supervisor of Elections passed following a lengthy illness. Dr. Lennard died at the age of 77.
Attorney Andrew War- ren, Hillsborough County State Attorney introduced a plan to help with voter rights restoration. The plan helps convicted felons pay their fees in order to vote.
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