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Candidate Filed To Run For Hillsborough County Commission District 3
Gwen Myers has a pas- sion for helping and serving people. She has worked as a public servant for 25 years at Hillsborough County Govern- ment.
In 2013, as she was preparing for retirement at year’s end, she had a vision to seek a seat on the Hillsborough County Commission District 3 in 2020. Myers said the time has come and she has filed to run for Hillsborough County Commission District 3 in 2020 in which the seat will be va- cated by term limit.
Myers plans are to: em- power, impact and strengthen District 3 by supporting trans- portation particularly (mass transit), affordable housing, healthcare, and environ- ment/infrastructure.
Myers was elated to be in- volved with the All for Trans- portation Committee to help get the Sales Tax passed.
She currently serves as Chairperson of the Scholarship Gala Committee for the MLK
GWENDOLYN (GWEN) MYERS ...Candidate for County Com- mission District 3
Parade Foundation, Inc., and Coordinator for her church’s (Greater Bethel MB Church) MLK Homeless/ Community Service Day and Teen Leader-
ship Summit.
In addition, Myers gives
back to her community by serving on the following boards: Corporation to De- velop Community (CDC) of Tampa, Hillsborough County Healthcare Advisory Board, the Mayor’s (Bob Buck- horn) African American Advi- sory Council and the Salvation Army Rehabilitation Council.
Myers is a Tampa native and a graduate of Henry B. Plant High School (1972), and Florida Agricultural and Me- chanical University (FAMU 1976), past President of Gamma Theta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., member of the East Tampa Community Revitaliza- tion Partnership, League of Women Voters and the West Tampa Chamber of Com- merce.
At her church, she serves as Vice Chairman of the Trustee Ministry, Treasurer of Usher Ministry #2, and assists with the Youth Ministry.
BY GWEN HAYES Sentinel Editor
Author Casey Curry will be hosting a Book Talk on Sat- urday, January 5, 2019. The 2- 4 p. m. event is being held in conjunction with Robert W. Saunders, Sr. Public Library, and will be held at that site, 1505 N. Nebraska Ave. (Tampa 33602). The Book Talk will be held in the Ada T. Payne Com- munity Room A.
Mrs. Curry, author of 2 other books, will talk about her recently released novel, “A Pil- lar Of Fire.” The novel is a se- quel to “Promises,” a novel she released in 2014. She released “A Pillar of Fire,” 2 months ago, and it answers questions that many posed after reading “Promises.”
Those who enjoyed “Promises” constantly inquired as to when the sequel would be released.
However, following her passion for writing, educating students in Creative Writing at Howard W. Blake High School and keeping up with her family as a wife and mother, Mrs. Curry’s time was very chal- lenging. She spent 4 years fi- nalizing the chapters.
Just weeks before “A Pillar of Fire” was released, Mrs. Curry and her husband, Bruce Curry, were in New York to support their daughter, Taylor Raye Curry (writer and director), whose short film,
CASEY CURRY ...Author, “A Pillar Of Fire”
El Roi, had won a screening at the Cannes Film Festival
“Promises” was narrated by the heroine, Pamela, while “A Pillar of Fire” is narrated by Pamela’s deceased father, Jonas.
As an author, Mrs. Curry has traveled across the nation as a speaker, and signing books for book clubs.
“The experience has been phenomenal and life-chang- ing,” she said, “but not nearly as phenomenal and life-chang- ing as finishing something I began as a passion.”
“A Pillar of Fire” can be purchased at Amazon.com or via her website at Casey- Curry.org.
Mrs. Curry’s first pub- lished work, I Remember You Today, was an interactive pic- ture book for children dealing with loss and grief.
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