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Black Heritage Festival Committee Forms Financial Committee
City Employee To Retire After 35 Years Of Service
BILL TROTMAN
LIONEL SHIPMAN
The Black Heritage Fes- tival Committee has put together their financial committee, and it consists of 8 members.
The Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival is the ul- timate regional destination leading up to the Martin Luther King Holiday Weekend. This ten-day cel- ebration includes live en- tertainment, exciting cultural events, relevant health and business advis- ing seminars, renowned speakers, a Music Fest with national recording artists, food vendors, craft vendors and more. Tampa Bay’s annual family- friendly festival commem- orates the many
LEIGHTON KYLER
SEAN JOSEPHS
ATTY. SHAUNETTE STOKES
ROLANDA MCDUFFIE
HARLAND HENRY
EBONE CRUZ
The Sportskids-Underwood Foundation, Incorporated has partnered with Coach Kenneth L.
Muldrow to offer “K.L. Muldrow Scholar- ships” to high school student/athlete seniors. Muldrow is an educator, coach, mentor, author, and entrepreneur who has been in- spiring and empowering youth, teens, young adults and student/athletes for more than 30
years.
Muldrow Scholarship opportunities
started in 2009 and presently his goal is to provide fifty $500 scholarships before Sep- tember 2015.
“Thanks to community partners like Frito Lay Black Professional Association, All Sports Community Service, Gratzii Reward Club and others, we’ve been able to help graduating student/athletes continue their education.
“The purpose of the scholarship is to pro-
vide travel and book stipends for high school student/athlete seniors, ongoing college freshmen, sophomore, juniors and seniors to continue their college and career paths.”
To qualify for one of these scholarships, you must:
Have a grade point average of at least 3.0 with no discipline referrals.
Less than 6 absences per year.
Must be a student/athlete complet- ing two sports varsity lettermen in four years.
Two recommendations: school staff person teacher, coach or administra- tor, and a recommendation from a community person, your church, or community organization.
Complete 30 hours of community service.
For more information about this opportu- nity, call (813) 361-6520.
contributions and influ- ences African Americans have on our society.
Bill Trotman, this year’s Committee Chair, has coordinated the event the past 8 years, and is also a Board member.
“We’ve gotten to the point where the event has grown so big, we had to set up an Advisory/Financial Committee.”
“We are starting the 5- month summer session that occurs the last Satur- day of each month, begin- ning May 30th. The sessions will take place at the Entrepreneur Collabo- rative center, 2101 East Palm Avenue. The theme for the series is “Building
A Better Business.”
The topic for the ses- sion on May 30th will be Minority Business Certifi- cation, and Government and Business Contract Compliance. The speakers will be Greg Hart from the City of Tampa’s MBE Program, Charlotte Thomas, and Attorney Shaunette Stokes.
The 8-member advi- sory/financial committee consists of:
Bill Trotman, Com- mittee Co-Chair Leighton Kyler, Atty. Shaunette Stokes, Har- land Henry, Rolanda McDuffie, Ebone Cruz, Lionel Shipman, and Sean Josephs.
Ms. Diane Dantley is shown with Mayor Bob Buck- horn. Mayor Buckhorn recently presented her with her City pen for 35 years of service.
BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor
The summer will be a time of changes for residents of Tampa. Some will look for employment, some will take long deserved vacations, and others will get an academic jump on the next school year.
However, Ms. Diane Dantley won’t be concerned with any of those things. In fact, she will be able to do as she pleases and when she pleases. Ms. Dantley will retire from the City of Tampa Recreation Department. She will bring to a close 35 years of service on June 12th.
Ms. Dantley hasn’t made any concrete plans for the next chapter in her life. But, she will now have the time to do many of the things she enjoys such as working more at True Love Mis- sionary Baptist Church, where she is a member; swimming, traveling, arts and crafts.
But, she is most looking forward to being involved with her family. A mother of 3, Ms. Dantley said, “Now, I can be a grandmother.”
She is the grandmother of 12, ranging in age from 8 to 22- years-old. And, one is a student at Bethune-Cookman Univer- sity.
A Tampa native, Ms. Dantley graduated from Leto High School in 1972. She began working with the City of Tampa Recreation Department’s Summer Program. “Every year, I would return, and one year they asked to keep me on perma- nently. I went from aquatics to recreation and I’ve been there ever since.”
During her tenure with the City, Ms. Dantley has worked in several areas of town. She began at Plymouth Park in April 1979. She will complete her last day on the job at Forest Hills Community Center, where she has worked for the past 8 years.
Since that time, she has watched the children become pro- ductive adults. “Over the years, I have met some wonderful peo- ple who have become very successful business owners, law enforcement officers, and others. I’m thankful for having the opportunity to meet these people and play some part in their lives.”
Ms. Dantley said, “I’m retiring, but my love is still there for all the kids.”
And, as for the future, she said, “I’m going to live the retire- ment life. The sky is the limit. Every day is an opportunity and it doesn’t stop until you close your eyes.”
Foundation Offering Scholarships To High School Student/Athlete Seniors
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