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2nd Annual Legacy Live Showcase
‘No Sales Tax’ Holiday Begins This Weekend
On Saturday, August 8th from 10 a. m. to 1 p. m. at Revealing Truth Ministries’ Embrac- ing Legacy will host its 2nd annual Legacy Live Showcase.
This family friendly event promises to have something for every member of your family to enjoy. Come out and witness the Mighty Marching Lions band play, their fierce step team step, their youth choir grace the place with sounds of splendor, free refreshments and much more.
All attendees will have an opportunity to get more information about Embracing Legacy
and the many programs they offer, including: basketball, soccer, cheerleading, tutoring, ro- botics club and competition, poetry club, youth choir, step team, and marching band.
Parents and guardians will have an oppor- tunity to sign their children up for one of the programs. So, come on out and bring your children with you. Our programs are open to children between 2 and 17, and there is no cost to join.
Embracing Legacy hopes to see everyone at 5201 North Armenia Avenue, next to United Skates.
EMBRACING LEGACY STEPPERS
BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor
At midnight on Friday, the Back-To-School No Sales Tax Holiday will begin. For several years, Florida legislators ap- proved the holiday for only 3 days.
However, this year, the holiday will begin on August 7th and will conclude on Au- gust 16th at midnight. In addi- tion to increasing the number of days that parents can shop, the amount items can cost has also increased.
The sales tax holiday ex- emptions include clothing items, footwear, and certain accessories selling for $100 or less per item; certain school supplies selling for $15 or less; and the first $750.00 spent on personal computers and cer- tain computer-related acces- sories are exempt. The computers must be purchased for non-commercial home or personal use.
Articles that are normally soldasaunitmustcontinueto be sold as a unit and cannot be separately priced as individual
items.
Items placed on layaway or
picked up during the holiday period are eligible if they meet the other requirements.
Additionally, if an item is purchased during the sales tax holiday and returned after it ends, there will be no sales tax if the item is exchanged for the same item, such as a different size or color.
Eligible items purchased by mail order, catalog, or through the Internet are ex- empt when the order is ac- cepted by the company during the holiday period for immedi- ate shipment, even if delivery is made after the holiday pe- riod.
Several items that may be considered clothing or school supplies are not exempt from the sales tax. Some of those items includes, handbags, neckwear, baby clothes, back- packs, coats and wraps, etc.
For a complete list of items that are eligible or ineligible for the no sales tax holiday v i s i t http://dor.myflorida.com/Do cuments/tip15a0105.pdf.
Hospital Opens $43 Million State-Of-The-Art Operating and Interventional Radiology Suites
On July 7, St. Joseph’s Hospital began op- erating in one of five new state-of-the-art sur- gical suites. The new suites are part of an 18-month, $43 million, expansion project that brings the total number of operating suites at
St. Joseph’s Hospital to 18.
The new suites are connected to the existing
surgical unit, which provides the ideal layout for minimally invasive and conventional proce- dures.
MOSI Joins Initiative To Mentor Women In STEM Careers
The State of Florida has pledged to foster 5,000 mentor-mentee relationships within the next four years as a part of the Million Women Mentors (MWM) program. This program en- courages young women ages 12 – 24 to pursue careers in the S.T.E.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) fields.
Larry Plank, Director of K-12 Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics Edu- cation for the Hillsborough County School Dis- trict said, “Hillsborough County Public Schools is thrilled to partner with MOSI on this most important of S.T.E.M. initiatives. While we have made great strides to increase participa- tion by all students in S.T.E.M., there is still much work to be done.
“The Million Women Mentor initiative will augment our robust S.T.E.M. profile and en- sure that our female students will receive the support they deserve from what we affection- ately refer to as the ABCs of S.T.E.M. education – our academic, business and community part-
ners. With this in mind, the MWM initiative in Tampa will serve as a model for the state to fol- low in an effort to engage more female students in S.T.E.M., perhaps even inspiring them to consider a career in a S.T.E.M. field.”
MOSI will launch this effort in Florida on Aug. 13 with a cocktail hour and networking with the S.T.E.M. leaders of the community. Mentors and mentees will follow a guidebook that will facilitate an understanding of the pro- gram, along with goals and expectations for the program.
Molly Demeulenaere, MOSI’s CEO and President said, “MOSI is committed to chang- ing the negative stereotypes which discourage women from entering a S.T.E.M-based career.
For more information on the Million Women Mentor programs, or to pledge time as a mentor for local youth, visit the Million Women Mentor’s website at www.millionwom- enmentors.org or contact Denise Ellison at denise.ellison@mosi.org.
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