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BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor
On Friday, members of the Hillsborough County Citizen Oversight Committee will hold their second meeting. The meeting will take place at 8 a.m., in the Conference Room 242A, at the Velasco Student Services Center, 1202 E. Palm Avenue.
The group was formed to oversee the spending on refer- endum-funded school im- provement projects.
The Committee will review the spending, progress and completion of all spending re- lated to the $131 million per year generated by the half- penny sales tax over the next ten years to address essential district needs, including air conditioning, aging roofs, classroom technology and safety and security improve- ments.
Money will begin coming into our district in February. The repairs will take place as the District receives the fund-
Members of the Hillsborough County School Board Citizen Oversight Committee held their second meeting on Friday. Mem- bers of the Citizen Oversight Committee are shown from left to right: Principal David Brown, Strawberry Crest High School; Jose Valiente, CPA; the Honorable Edwin Narain, Esq.; the Honorable Betty Castor, Chairperson; Bonnie Carr, CPA; and Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister. Dr. Earl Lennard, retired Hillsbor- ough County School Superintendent, is not shown. (Photograph courtesy Hillsborough County School District).
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Members Of The Citizen Oversight Committee To Meet
‘Congratulations’ To Rev. Clarence And Sis. Cookie Gunter
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The first wave of the major
projects, including up to 20 air conditioner replacements and millions of dollars in roof re- pairs, will begin over the sum- mer when students and staff are out of school.
The first phase of projects such as fire alarm replace-
ments, school repainting and elevator upgrades will begin in March and April.
Anyone wishing to obtain a detailed list of the 1,785 school improvement projects planned over the next ten years can visit the website at hillsboroughschools.org/refer- endum
REV. CLARENCE AND SIS. COOKIE GUNTER
It is with mixed emotions that our community bid a fond farewell to one of our beloved and well-known anointed couples from this area!
Rev. Clarence and Sis- ter Cookie Gunter will be relocating this month to Co- lumbia, SC, where they have been called to a position of leadership and have ac- cepted the calling of stew- ardship for a well-established church in that area.
The Gunters have circu- lated throughout the Tampa Bay communities since the early 1990s. During their tenure here, they have been a part of some of Florida’s top musical entities, includ- ing but not limited to, the Exciting Gospel War- riors; the Gospel Mira- clettes; the Harmony Winds; Anointed & Or- dained Ministries (founded and organized by the Gunters); and many
others.
Additionally, they have
been a part of many choirs, such as St. John Progressive, Heritage Christian Commu- nity, Up With Life Ministries and Beulah Baptist, just to name a few.
They attribute this blessed opportunity to the constant encouragement as well as the awesome teach- ings and leadership of min- isters such as Rev. Dr. Bartholomew Banks, of St John Progressive MBC; Rev. Dr. Delores James Cain, of Heritage Christian Community Church; and most of all, Rev. Dr. W. James Favorite, of Beulah Baptist Institutional Church, who is their current pastor.
A “Farewell Musical Cel- ebration” has been planned for Sunday, January 13th at 3:30 p. m. at New Rising Star Ministries, 1509 E. North Bay St. in Tampa, and is open to the public. Stop by and wish them well.
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