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Happy 91st Birthday
TO MISS HATTIE MAE HOOKS
Miss Hattie is a faithful member of First Union MB Church. Miss Hattie loves gospel quartet singers and God’s word.
Miss FAITH Ivory Jones, a.k.a. GMA Tweet, Tweet.
Happy 95th Birthday
MARY H. MITCHELL August 26th
From the Coney family: Chloe and Ernest Coney and their children.
Three Times A Lady!
TRINA, SHEILA, VET NICHOLS
Hillsborough County School Board Approves A 30-Day Mask Mandate
At Wednesday’s Emer- gency School Board Meeting (August 18th), the Hillsbor- ough County School Board voted to mandate face cover- ings for all students, teach- ers, and staff with a medical exemption opt-out effective for 30 days, beginning Thursday, August 19, and running through Friday, Sep- tember 17.
After consulting with their public health partners from the Florida Department of Health-Hillsborough, Tampa General Hospital, and USF Health, and after thoughtful discussion, the Hillsborough County School Board voted 5-2 in favor of
the mandate. Members Melissa Snively and Stacy Hahn were not in favor of the mandate.
COVID-19 is having a tremendous impact on the entire community. School district staff is doing all they can to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.
At this time, less than 1% of the district’s current stu- dent and staff population in Hillsborough County Public Schools have reported a pos- itive COVID case. As of Wednesday morning, the im- pact on schools is as follows: 10,384 students, or 4.8% of the total student population, are in isolation or quaran-
tine; 338 employees, or 1.4 % of the total employee count, are in isolation or quaran- tine.
Isolation refers to indi- viduals who have tested pos- itive. Quarantine refers to those who have had close contact with a positive case as defined by the CDC.
Students who have a medical exemption to the face covering mandate must submit medical documenta- tion from a licensed health care provider that the stu- dent has a medical, physical, or psychological condition that prevents the student from being able to safely wear a face covering.
Backyard Composting Event Rescheduled To August 28th
The Backyard Compost- ing event had been resched- uled and will be held this weekend, Saturday, August 28, 2021, 1 p. m. The event will be held at the HOPE Learning Center, 4902 N. 22nd St., Tampa 33610.
Qualified Tampa resi- dents will receive THE EARTH MACHINE, an 85- gallon composting bin, FREE of any charges to use at home along with a kitchen bucket, installation ground screws and a few
water conservation items. RSVP and partici- pation in this workshop is mandatory in order to receive the bin. Bin will be delivered within 10 business days by City of Tampa Solid Waste after workshop and waiver completion.
EASY Reservations be- fore 8/28 at Eventbrite BACKYARD COMPOSTING TICKETS, or copy and paste this url https://www.- eventbrite.com/e/back-
yard-composting-tick- ets-165117499887, or email or text your name and “save me a seat on 8/28,” to communi- tygardenstb@gmail.com or t ext to 813-463-2660.
Remember, this is a FREE event. You MUST at- tend the workshop to be eli- gible to receive the EARTH MACHINE!
CDC COVID-19 guide- lines will be followed.
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