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Labor Day Weekend Music Festival Planned
Police Identify Body Of Man Found In River
BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor
Normally, the Labor Day Weekend is a time for cook- outs, family, gatherings, and relaxation. This year, a group of entertainers will add some- thing new.
On Saturday, September 2nd, 1828 & Burgstyle Enter- tainment, in association with Healthcare Matters & Isa Bomb Music Group will pres- ent the Labor Day Weekend Music Festival.
The event will by held at the University of South Florida Sun Dome, and will feature Frankie Beverly & Maze, Tank, Kelly Price, and Nephew Tommy, from The Steve Harvey Morning Show.
The local promoters re- sponsible for putting the show together include Mar- lon Wright, of 1828 Enter- tainment and Fred Simmons, of Burgstyle En- tertainment. They have been producing quality concerts in the Tampa Bay Area for the past 5 years.
Just a few of the entertain- ers that they have been re- sponsible for bringing to the area are Kem, The Isley Brothers, Charlie Wil- son, Tamela Mann, David Mann, DeLeon Richards Sheffield, Le- Andrea Johnson, Glenn
FRANKIE BEVERLY & MAZE
On Tuesday evening, the body of a man was observed floating in the Hillsborough River. The body was spotted near the Columbus Drive Bridge, around 5:17 p.m.
Patrol officers and members of the Tampa Police Depart- ment’s Dive Team responded and recovered the body near the North Boulevard Bridge. It was then sent to the Hillsbor- ough County Medical Exam- iner’s Office.
Police have identified the man as 59-year-old Elijah Freeman, whose last known address was 813 E. 7th Avenue. Friends told police they had last spoken with Freeman on Monday, July 31st.
A spokesperson for the de-
On Friday, August 4th, be- ginning at midnight, the three- day Sales Tax Holiday begins. It ends at midnight, Sunday, August 6, 2017.
The Sales Tax Holiday gives Florida residents an opportu- nity to shop for school clothing and supplies without paying sales tax on items costing below a certain dollaramount.
The sales tax holiday will in- clude such items as clothing, shoes, handbags, backpacks, and other items that cost $60 or less. It will also include pens, pencils, binders, lunchboxes, and other school supplies that cost $15 or less.
This year, computers that cost less than $750.00 will qualify for the “no sales tax” ex- emption. The tax exemption in- cludes clothing for the entire family and is not limited to school uniforms.
ELIJAH FREEMAN
partment said the investigation into the death is continuing. However, it does not appear to be any signs of foul play.
Some of the items that qual- ify for the sales tax are: items for the hair, neckwear, scarves, baby clothes, backpacks, belts, bibs, book bags, coats and wraps, dresses, jeans, leg warmers, shirts, uniforms, sports uniforms, undercloth- ing, etc.
Some of the school supplies that can be purchased are binders, calculators, tape, col- ored pencils, compasses, com- position books, construction paper, crayons, folders, rulers, glue, highlighters, legal pads, markers, notebooks, filler paper, scissors, etc.
During the designated week- end, merchants will not collect sales tax on qualified clothing items. The sales holiday tax also applies to layaways. The exempt items can be placed on layaway or picked up during the weekend.
Jones, Mikki Howard, Miles Jaye, and Betty Wright. Yolanda Adams and Shirley Murdock only adds to the list of growing names.
Lawrence Hires has been a fixture in producing special events and top quality concerts as well. He has built a reputation for himself throughout the southeastern United States that began in the 1980s. He has been very instrumental in assisting the team with securing the enter- tainment for this upcoming show.
Hires said, “Marlon Wright has been very active in assisting underprivileged families in the community for several years. He recently or- ganized “A Wright Hand Up,”
as a non-profit organization to continue to serve the com- munity.”
The goal of this organiza- tion is to close the gap of op- portunity between the haves and the have-nots in poverty stricken communities in Tampa. He plans to accom- plish this through need and merit-based scholarships. The scholarships will be ear- marked for underserved, high achieving high school seniors.
Realizing that college may not be in the future of all stu- dents, the scholarships can be used for college, trade in- stitutions, or entrepreneur- ships.
A portion of the proceeds from the concert will benefit “A Wright Hand Up.”
2017 Back-To-School Sales Tax Holiday Begins Friday
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