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Open House Summer Celebration For Burgess School Of The Arts
BY SORAYA K. ROUSE
Burgess School of the Arts is hosting a recital and open house on Saturday, June 30, 2018 at their new location, 1913 W. Sligh Av- enue, from 3 to 4:30 p. m.
The recital summer cele- bration will feature dra- matic and musical performances by students of the school.
“Our new location in- cludes drama and music rooms as well as an open as- sembly area in addition to office space,” said Carlton Burgess.
The Tampa native started the school in 2003 to provide a place where chil- dren, who have interest in the arts can be enriched, ed- ucated and encouraged, while exploring their inter- ests.
“Not all kids are athletic,
Children of Burgess School of the Arts.
some are artistic, we provide a place for those students to explore those interests,” said the University of South
Florida graduate.
The celebration will also
include a book signing by local authors, Lucinda
Askew, “Joy Comes in the Morning” and Christine Bryant, “Delivered from Misery to an Abundance of
Joy.”
For additional informa-
tion, call Carlton Burgess at 813-313-0489.
Rep. Castor Plays Softball For Local Cancer Survivor
BY GWEN HAYES Sentinel Editor
Congresswoman Kathy Castor put in a little practice time in Tampa ear- lier last week on the softball field at the University of South Florida. That was be- fore heading to Washington, D. C. She joined other women of Congress in a softball game on Wednes- day.
The 10th Annual Con- gressional Women’s softball game was held Wednesday evening. The women of Congress (Democrats and Republicans) took on the women of the D. C. Press Corps. Rep. Castor has played in all 10 games.
The purpose of the game is to raise funds and aware- ness for breast cancer among young women.
The event raised $320,000 for the Young Survival Coalition, but the Congressional women lost the game 5-0 to the Press Corps.
“Each year I honor a Tampa area woman who has faced breast cancer by dedi- cating the game to her. This
LeJean Miller, Rep. Castor and Commissioner Les Miller.
Rep. Kathy Castor and LeJean Miller visited last Monday with USF Women’s Softball Team athletes and Coach Ken Eriksen for some practice foe the 2018 Congressional Women’s Softball Game.
why I want people to know about my fight and hear my testimony, and I am grateful to Congresswoman Cas- tor for her tireless advo- cacy.”
LeJean is the mother of a daughter and son, 19 and 23, respectively, and has worked for Hillsborough County Public Schools for 20 years, currently as a kindergarten teacher’s aide at Just Elementary. LeJean lost her own mother to breast cancer in 1993 when LeJean was in her early 20s and her mother was 43.
In 2016, U. S. Rep. Cas-
tor introduced the biparti- san Accelerating the End of Breast Cancer Act, and this week, U. S. Rep. Castor plans to join her colleague, U. S. Rep. Peter King (NY2), to introduce the bi- partisan Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act. The bill would waive the ar- bitrary five-month waiting period before women devas- tated with metastatic breast cancer can enroll for Social Security Disability Insur- ance and the 24-month waiting period before they can enroll for Medicare ben- efits.
year, I am proud to play in honor of LeJean Michelle Miller, who is bravely bat- tling cancer for the fifth time. LeJean is an inspira- tion, first taking cancer head-on at age 30 and standing strong against it ever since. Her motto sums up her determination to beat cancer: ‘keep fighting – cancer is not the end.’ She is not just a cancer survivor, but a cancer warrior.”
The daughter of Hills- borough County Commis-
sioner Les Miller, LeJean is U. S. Rep. Cas- tor’s “Survivor Connection” for the 2018 Congressional Women’s Softball Game. She has battled can- cer multiple times and in multiple forms since she was first diagnosed in 2001.
“There is hope to survive cancer with new treatments, increased access to medical care, more awareness and keeping the conversation at the forefront,” LeJean said in a press release. “That’s
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