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Year In Review
The Prairie View Univer- sity Interscholastic Coaches Association inducted Tampa native Nathaniel "Golden Boy" Gillespie into the Hall of Fame in Houston, Texas.
Gillespie was a four-letter student athlete at George S. Middleton High School 1963- 1966. He played on the Tigers' 1964 State Basketball Champi- onship team and was a stand- out running back for Coach William O. Bethel's Mid- dleton High School football team.
First Baptist Church of Progress Village presented scholarships to: Jeremy Frederique, Florida A & M University; Serena Grant, University of Tampa; Johnique Jackson, Hills- borough Community College; Juwan Livingston, Stetson University; and Nuri Troy, University of Central Florida.
State Rep. Ed Narain presented: Attorney War- ren Dawson, Ms. Shirley Griffin, Senator James Hargrett, Jr., and Attorney Delano Stewart during the First Annual Community Im- pact Awards.
Allen Temple AME Church was the recipient of the “2015 Best of Tampa” Award. Rev. Dr. David W. Green, Sr., is the senior pastor.
The University of South Florida, College of Pharmacy was granted full accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education. Dr. Kevin Sneed is the Dean of Pharmacy at the facility.
Members of the Bealsville Community celebrated their 150th Anniversary with a festi- val that spanned an entire weekend.
Rev. Larry White, a popular former Tampa minis- ter died following a long ill-
ness. He resided in Pahokee, Florida at the time of his death.
Mrs. Paralee Green cel- ebrated her 100th birthday on July 23rd.
Leonard “Leo” Parker
competed in the National USSSA Basketball Champi- onship and walked away with the USSSA Championship MVP Award.
During the Community Redevelopment Area meeting , the structure of the Citizens Advisory Council (CAC) of the West Tampa CRA was ap- proved by the City Council unanimously.
The State of Florida recog- nized Rogers Park Golf Course by including it on the National Register of Historic Places. The milestone in the history of the golf course was discussed during the facility’s board reg- ular meeting.
Dr. Watson Ducatel,
D.O., M.P.H., a Tampa native, began practicing in Tampa. He was hired by Dr. Rosemay T. Latortue, of the 30th Street Medical Associates.
Walter Lee “Dirk” Gib- bons, a former Negro League player, passed after a long bat- tle with prostate cancer. He was 86.
On August 3rd, Mrs. Sarah Stroud Wynn cele- brated her 100th birthday. As an educator for nearly 40 years, Mrs. Wynn touched the lives of countless students.
In the second of a series of open house public hearings, HART presented their Transit Development Plan. The Plan is to serve the mobility needs of residents, employees and visi- tors.
Farron Rainford com- mitted to attend Hannibal- LeGrange on a wrestling scholarship. Wrestling in the 195 pound class, Rainford captured the #1 position in the District, County, and Confer- ence.
The Ribbon Cutting Cere- mony for the Grand Opening of the newly constructed the Robert W. Saunders, Sr., Li- brary, 1505 N. Nebraska Av- enue took place.
The new, two-story build-
ing covers 26,244 square feet. It includes a children’s library, special programming, circulat- ing materials and a walkway connecting the library with Booker T. Washington Ele- mentary School. It has dis- plays of African American art, an African American Library, and a community room that can accommodate 350 people.
Family members, church members, co-workers, and friends gathered at Tampa Palms Golf & Country Club Resort for the retirement cele- bration of Dr. Cora Phelps Dunkley. Dr. Dunkley, a longtime Tampa educator, re- tired after 41 years of service.
Bishop Michelle B. Patty celebrated her Acciden- tal Referral Service’s 20th An- niversary.
Beaufort A. Brown, Jr.,
a former Middleton High School and University of Florida track star, lost his bat- tle with liver cancer. He was 62 years old.
Ms. Sierra Fareed, the recipient of the first Bobby Bowden Scholarship, com- pleted an internship with at the City of Tampa Attorney’s Office.
Dr. Bernard Lafayette, Jr., will deliver the keynote address at the 150th church an- niversary of Beulah Baptist In- stitutional Church. Rev. Dr. James W. Favorite is Sen- ior Pastor.
The five African Americans chosen as members of the Chamber of Commerce 2016 Leadership Tampa Class were: Ms. Felicia Harvey, Senior Director, Marketing & Com- munications, Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce; Ms. Kay Jefferson, Vice Presi- dent of Operations, VoltAir Consulting Engineers, Inc.; Ms. Ocea Lattimore, Direc- tor of Logistics & Asset Man- agement, City of Tampa; Ms. Dierdre K. White, Senior
MS. FELICIA HARVEY
MS. KAY JEFFERSON
MS. OCEA LATTIMORE
Vice President, General Coun- sel, Grow Financial Federal Credit Union; and Eric Ward, Chief of Police for the City of Tampa.
Rev. Dr. Charles Crowe Carlman died following a lengthy illness. He was 89- years-old.
Mrs. Julia Jackson, a longtime educator in Hillsbor- ough County and member of Beulah Baptist Church, passed in a local hospital. She was 84.
DAMARI NORTON
DARIUS NORTON
Damari and Darius Norton, both 10, got their first glimpse of skateboarding while the family was still living in California. Now they are pursuing excellence in the sport.
The Tampa Bay Black Her- itage Festival and Entrepre- neur Collaborative Center held its “Building A Better Busi- ness,” Series IV of V: Business Planning; Sales and Marketing and Technology forum for
members of the community. Hillsborough Community College (HCC) was awarded a five-year, $1.5 million TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) grant from the United States Department of Educa- tion, Office of Postsecondary
Education.
The C. Blythe Andrews, Jr.,
Public Library is currently slated for renovation.
Ms. Ilyasah Shabazz is nationally known as a pub- lished author, a producer, and motivational speaker, and daughter of the late Malcolm X. Ms. Shabazz visited Tampa. She was the keynote speaker at the Formal Banquet and Gala. The event was spon- sored by the R. W. Saunders Public Library Foundation, Inc., and the Greater Tampa Chapter of Jack & Jill of Amer- ica, Inc.
The CDC of Tampa, Inc., held its 23rd Annual Luncheon. The speaker was Donald L. Maxwell, the former presi- dent for the Community De- velopment Corporation of Kansas City.
Mayor Bob Buckhorn and Tampa Police Chief Eric Ward announced the forma- tion of an 11-member Citizens Review Board. This board, es- tablished by Executive Order, is the second time that the City has assembled such a board to review complaints about the Tampa Police Department.
Michael Reid, founder of MLR Entertainment, cele- brated 25 years in business. He also launched the “Jus’ Lookin’ Out!” website.
Mekeia Butler, a Na- tional Youth Story Telling Showcase Torchbearer, was chosen out of thousands of ap- plicants to attend and repre- sent the State of Florida at the Timpanogos Story Telling Fes-
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