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LocalMinister Wins Bronze Medal During
Bryan Glazer Family Jewish
Senior Games
Community Center In West Tampa Has Official Opening
BY GWEN HAYES Sentinel Editor
Rev. Dr. George Berry
won a bronze medal in the 400 meter dash during the 2016 Florida Senior Games State Championships, in Clearwater, FL. The event was held December 11, 2016. His age group competition was 65-70 years old. The top 4 qualifiers are selected, but the top 3 receive medals.
On the local level, that put him in first place for the Tampa Bay Championship. The next level will be State, leading to the National Championship in 2017.
Dr. Berry has qualified to represent the State of Florida at the 2017 National Senior Games Championship com- petition in Birmingham, Ala- bama in June. This event occurs every 2 years, and par- ticipants qualify a year in ad- vance.
Dr. Berry has been in- volved in track and field events for more than 30 years. He is a member of the Florida Athletic Club. He trains at the University of Tampa with track coach, Dror Vaknin, owner of Pro- gressive Training.
DR. GEORGE BERRY ... 1st Place in 200M Senior Games
Enjoying his retirement years from Property Manage- ment, Dr. Berry says he spends a lot of time running and working out “to encour- age the kids I work with” at Bloomingdale High School and ministerial activities. He is the sprint coach at Bloom- ingdale High.
“If the kids see you ex- celling at this age, they’ll want to do the same thing, they’ll see that it can be done, if you work hard. My goal is to run a lap with my grandson.”
Dr. Berry is an active minister at New Mt. Zion M. B. Church. He and his wife, Lo Berry, are parents to son, Aaron (his wife, Tiffany).
Bryan and Shanna Glazer at ribbon-cutting. Glazer is co-chairman of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and donated $4 million for the $26 million project.
The Tampa Jewish Com- munity Centers & Federation held its ribbon cutting cere- mony and official opening of the Bryan Glazer Family Jew- ish Community Center on Thursday, December 8th. The date represented the 75th an- niversary of when the Armory was inaugurated on December 8, 1941 – the day after the at- tack on Pearl Harbor. It is lo- cated at 522 N. Howard Avenue, Tampa, Fla. 33606
The newest addition to one of the oldest communities in Tampa...West Tampa, the completely renovated historic Fort Homer W. Hesterly Ar- mory opened as the Bryan Glazer Family Jewish Com- munity Center with more than 100,000 square feet of com- munity space.
The state-of-the-art facility will include a premier fine arts center operated by the City of Tampa in conjunction with the Tampa Museum of Art in part- nership with the Hillsborough County Board of Commission- ers [referred to as the Roberta M. Golding Center for the Vi- sual Arts at the Bryan Glazer Family JCC], Tampa’s newest and most magnificent event center, the area’s most com-
Former Dick Greco.
Tampa
mayor,
Tampa mayor, Bob Buck- horn was on hand for the opening.
FYI
Turkey Giveaway
Know a family in need? On December 24, 2016 at Flavs BBQ, (3503 E. Hills- borough Ave.) QC Party Starters will be hosting their annual 100FamiliesForX- mas Turkey Giveaway to feed the those in need for the Holidays from 12-3 p. m. The first 100 families will
receive the turkeys. Anthony, Chris and
Marquis are mostly known for throwing the best parties and events in the city, but they insist that giving back is their top priority as they also volunteer their time coaching and mentoring Tampa’s youth.
City Council chair, Mike Suarez, city of Tampa official Jeanette Fenton, Chloe Coney, district Director for Cong. Kathy Castor and Police Chief Eric Ward.
prehensive fitness center with indoor track and multi-sport gymnasium, a fully equipped outdoor aquatic center [must be referred to as the Diane and Leon Mezrah Family Aquatic Center at the Bryan Glazer Family JCC], a social service
center operated by Tampa Jewish Family Services and the Florida-Israel Business Accelerator (FIBA)
Many dignitaries, politi- cians and community leaders attended the ribbon-cutting. (Photos by Brunson).
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