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FLORIDA SENTINEL FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 2015
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Hillsborough Alliance Of Black School Educators (HABSE) Planning First Annual Black History Brain Bowl
Achievers’ Award Ceremony is May 7th
Hillsborough Alliance of Black School Educators (HABSE) announces its 1st Annual Black History Brain Bowl. Middle schools have been invited to partici- pate. For any questions or interest in participating, please call Tressa Jones, 1st Vice Presidents of HABSE at 813-956-4390 or by email at childeducator6@hotmail.
The Brain Bowl is Saturday, May 2, 2015, 11 a. m. at Burnett Middle School.
The Hillsborough Alliance of Black School Educators has invited students of African descent with a grade point average of 3.0 or higher to its Twenty-Second Annual African-American Achievers Award Ceremony on May 7, 2015, 7 p. m. at the Fairground Entertainment Center.
Invitations were sent to students attending Hillsborough County High Schools. Students have an opportunity to apply for book stipend awards and/or FAMU scholarships. Students do not have to apply for an award to come to the event. All invited students are welcome to come, and bring their families and friends to witness this celebration.
If you have any questions, please call Mary Dance, President at 907-6801 ext. 235 or by email at mary.dance@sdhc.k12.fl.us please reference HABSE Award Ceremony.
Hillsborough Alliance of Black School Educators is an organization founded by 34 educators for support and collaboration. The founding members’ vision was to create excellence and academic achievement for educators and students.
Today the group has the same goals, in addition to becoming politically active in today’s pertinent issues that affect African American student achievement. This added focus was inspired by our belief that, when “one” has difficulty, it was up to us to create avenues for success.
“This year we are striving to increase our membership to 1,000 members. Our organization is open to all retired or working, university, colligate, secondary and primary educators. Our collective voices will help change policies in our county
Officers of HABSE at an earlier Meet and Greet event: from left, Emanuel Burch, India White, Mary Dance, President; Catalina Thomas, Tressa Jones, and Karen Fletcher.
and state, which includes our desire, to decease discretionary discipline referrals, increase student attendance and improve academic achievement,” Ms. Dance ex- plained. For a membership application contact Emanuel Burch, financial sec- retary at emanuel.burch@sdhc.k12.fl.us or Mary Dance, president, mary.dance@sdhc.k12.fl.us.
Family Who Were Victims Of Fire Needs Help
BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor
A Tampa family is hop- ing that the community can help them recover. They lost all of their possessions after their home caught fire last week.
Tampa Fire Rescue re- sponded to the home at 1409 E. Holland Avenue, early last Wednesday morning. Officials said the fire had been caused by something on the stove igniting.
Ms. Yolanda Sher- man Devine said that after the fire, her family was sent to the Days Inn on Fletcher Avenue. Their church mem- bers at Emmanuel Taberna- cle have helped the family since the fire.
Ms. Sherman Devine
said that after the fire she re- turned to the home in an at- tempt to retrieve some of their belongings. “We lost everything. I had my oldest daughter’s trophies and even her report cards. All of our pictures, everything is gone. I was trying to save what I could. I went through the window and the glass fell and cut the artery in my leg.”
Ms. Sherman Devine
said she was transported to
Ms. Yolanda Sherman Devine is shown with her chil- dren, ages 21, 15, 12, and 5, during happier times. The family lost all of their posses- sions recently in a house fire.
Florida Hospital for treat- ment, where she was treated and released. She said three good Samaritans saw that she was having problems driving and drove her daughter back to the motel. She further said her leg started bleeding again and she was transported to Tampa General Hospital as a trauma patient, where she was admitted. She was re- leased from the hospital on Sunday, April 12th. However, Ms. Sherman Devine said she is still having prob-
lems with clots in her leg and will most likely have to return to the hospital.
Ms. Sherman Devine said her husband, Clarence Devine, had been going back and forth to court over suspended licenses for the past year. He was arrested shortly before the fire. “He was driving me because I wasn’t feeling well when he was arrested. He is a good man and a good father.”
Her mother, Ms. Melody Devine lived with her daughter’s family. At the time of the fire, she was hos- pitalized, having had two toes amputated. She said she left the hospital to care for her grandchildren. “But, I had to leave to take care of my grandchildren,” she said.
“We have never been homeless. The kids haven’t been to school since the fire. This is the worst thing we have had to endure in our lives,” Ms. Devine said.
The family said they would be appreciative of any help the community can offer, including a house for rent. Ms. Sherman Devine can be contacted at (813) 506-4243; Ms. Devine can be reached at (813) 516-0383.
Clothes For Kids Giveaway
Marcus “Combo” Broadnax (far left) and Reggie Doby (far right, sec- ond row standing) and a group of youth they’ve worked with through Spirit Recovery.
On Sunday, April 19th from 10 a. m. until 3 p. m., there will be a free “Clothes For Kids” giveaway at Rowlett Park.
The hosts of the giveaway, Spirit Recovery, LLC and for- mer athlete Marcus “Combo” Broadnax, are inviting every- one to come join them in their mission to help humanity.
Among the items that will be given away will be name brand shoes, clothing for boys, girls, men and women, socks, and under garments.
Spirit Recovery will also offer tutoring/mentoring serv- ices, and sign-ups for baseball camps.
To increase the number of items being given away, Spirit Recover is asking people to do- nate used books, shoes, cloth- ing, computers, athletic equipment, and anything else they think would be beneficial to a child.
For more information, con- tact Coach Doby at (813) 323- 8443.