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Novice Writer Introduces Her Creation To Community
Man Shot Several Times While Riding Motorcycle
BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor
While a student in the Journalism Program at Blake High School, Ms. Everlicia Taylor knew that she wanted to live in Los Angeles, California. After graduation, she turned down a partial scholarship and moved to the city.
Ms. Taylor said she en- rolled in a community col- lege, but she wasn’t satisfied with the path her life had taken. “People would ask if I was a model, but I couldn’t sing or dance, and the mod- eling idea just didn’t fit. So, I started dabbling to find out what I really wanted to do. I even had a blog.”
As time passed, she nar- rowed her focus and kept notes as she went along. Today, at the age of 21, Ms. Taylor knows that she wants to become more cre- ative and write scripts and novels.
Now that she has found her way, she is sharing her
Ms. Everlicia Taylor is shown holding her book entitled, “Thriving Tool.”
journey with others who are searching for their respec- tive places in the world. “It is more of an interactive workbook. It is a blueprint on how I found what I wanted to do and how to do it. It is something people of
any age can relate to,” she said.
It took a year for Ms. Taylor to complete the book and then she self-pub- lished. She will introduce it to the Tampa community on Sunday, April 12th, during a book signing. The event will take place at Sistah Sistah Beauty Salon, 1949 W. Cass Street, from 2 p.m. until 6 p.m.
The daughter of Ms. Fa- tima Clanton and Everett Taylor, she comes from a family of entrepreneurs. Her mother has a beauty shop, her aunt owns a restaurant, and her dad has a trucking company, all of whom who encourages and supports her.
Since moving away, Ms. Taylor has supporters and mentors online as well. Through her writings, she encourages others to follow their dreams and not to set- tle for anything less than their dreams. “The greatest tool of all is to do what you love and love what you do.”
Tampa Police are investi- gating a shooting that oc- curred Wednesday night in the Highland Pines area of the city.
Police said Jarrod Coachman, 23, was riding his motorcycle near the area of Cord Street and 21st Avenue around 8:15 p. m. when several shots were fired at him.
Police said Coachman was hit several times, and crashed his motorcycle. He is reported to be in guarded condition at a local hospital.
Investigators have re- ported that neighbors said they heard several shots, and police reported that the shots could have been fired from one of the homes along the roadway. Police also re-
JARROD COACHMAN
ported that they don’t know if the gunman and Coach- man knew each other or if the shooting was a random act.
Police are investigating the shooting and have no addi- tional information at this time.
Accident Claims Life Of Tampa Man
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office reports that at 12:17 Wednesday morn- ing, Frederick Thomas Wilson, 28, was driving north on 78th Street when for unknown reasons, his vehicle drifted across the oncoming lanes and left the west edge of the road and struck a large utility pole.
Wilson was pronounced dead at the scene, and the in- vestigation is continuing into the circumstances and toxi- cology results.
FREDERICK THOMAS WILSON
Bicyclist Hospitalized
After Crashing Into
Unmarked Police Car
Clearwater Police re- ported that on Tuesday night, David C. Robinson, 63, was riding his bicycle south on Martin Luther King Jr. Street at 10:45 p. m., and apparently rode through a red light and do not cross pedestrian signal at Court Street.
Police said Robinson’s bicycle hit the left front of an unmarked police vehicle being driven by Sgt. Kevin Insco. Reports indicate Insco’s vehicle was travel- ing through the intersection on a green light at the time of the accident.
Robinson was flown to a local hospital where he was treated and later released.
DAVID C. ROBINSON
A traffic investigation team spent hours overnight at the crash scene, and that process is continuing. No charges have been filed at this time.
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