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IN THE SPOTLIGHT
CASSANDRA
This week’s Spotlight feature is the lovely Cassan- dra. Cassandra is a very energetic young lady who has mastered the art of staying focused, and work- ing hard to achieve the level of success she feels she deserves. Congratulations to Cassandra as this week’s Spotlight.
HART Service To Run Holiday Schedule
Monday
The Hillsborough Area Re- gional Transit Authority (HART) will operate on a Sun- day/Holiday service schedule on Monday, September 3, 2018, in observance of Labor Day. The TECO Line Streetcar System will run on a regular Monday service schedule.
HART Customer Service Centers at University Area Transit Center, Marion Transit Center, and all other Authority offices will be closed on Mon- day, September 3, 2018, in ob- servance of the holiday.
HART Customer Service willbeopenfrom8a.m.to5p. m. and can be reached by call- ing (813) 254-4278.
Hillsborough County Offices And Facilities To Close For Labor Day
Hillsborough County of- fices and most facilities will be closed Monday, Sept. 3, in ob- servance of Labor Day.
Conservation parks will be open. Veterans Memorial Park and the Rear Admiral LeRoy Collins, Jr. Veterans Museum will be open regular hours; benefits assistance and other services inside the Veterans Resource Center will resume on Tuesday, Sept. 4th.
There will be no solid waste collection (including garbage, recyclables, and yard waste) in the unincorporated Hillsbor- ough County Service Area, which also includes Tampa Palms, Hunter’s Green, and New Tampa.
For customers whose col- lection day falls on Monday, normal service will resume on the next scheduled day for pickup of those items.
City Of Tampa Offices Closed
In observance of Labor Day, City of Tampa offices will be closed on Monday, Septem- ber 3, 2018. Commercial and Residential customers will not receive collection service on Monday, September 3, 2018. Regular Residential Solid Waste Collection service re- sumes on Tuesday, Sept. 4th.
Customers may contact the City of Tampa Utilities Consol- idated Call Center at (813) 274- 8811, or visit the website at www.tampagov.net/solid-
waste if they have any ques- tions or concerns.
Police Continue Search For Missing Teenager
The Tampa Police De- partment is continuing its search for a missing teenager. His mother re- ported him missing on Au- gust 15th.
Micheal Shine is ap- proximately 5’11” tall and weighs about 150 pounds. Micheal has a medium com- plexion, but light discol- oration on his left cheek and side of his neck. He is 17- years-old and a senior at West University Charter School.
His mother, Mrs. Jhamila Shine, said this is the first time her son has not let someone know where he is. The family is asking any- one with information about him to contact her at (813) 764-3757.
Mrs. Shine has also filed a Missing Person’s Report with the Tampa Police De- partment.
Ms. Janelle McGre- gor, Assistant Public Safety Information Coordinator for the Tampa Police Depart- ment said the department is still hoping that someone will
MICHEAL SHINE, III
... Missing since August 15th
come forward with informa- tion about where Shine hangs out and who he hangs out with.
“We have followed up ex- tensively on every lead that the family has been able to provide us with. At this time, we’re asking that if anyone has information on who Micheal’s associates are and/or the places he is known to hang out, please call,” she said.
Anyone with information about the whereabouts of Micheal can contact the Tampa Police Department at (813) 231-6130.
Newspapers Get A Break On Trump Tariffs
The US Inter- national Trade Commission voted Wednesday to terminate tar- iffs imposed on newsprint im- ported from Canada, a deci- sion that was cel- ebrated by the American news- paper industry.
In what
amounts to a
blow to the Department of Commerce, which upheld the tariffs ear- lier this month, the International Trade Commission found that the imports of Canadian paper do not hurt American producers. The commission's vote was unanimous.
The tariffs proved onerous for US newspapers already battling eco- nomic headwinds, from dwindling advertising revenues to declin- ing readership.
The Tampa Bay Times said it cut about 50 jobs earlier this year, a decision that the paper's publisher attributed to an additional $3 million in expenses imposed by the tariffs. And last week, the La- Grange Daily News in Georgia said it will start printing five edi- tions a week instead of six due in part to the "rapid increases in newsprint costs."
Groups representing the newspaper industry like the News Media Alliance, which represents about 2,000 newspapers in North America, lobbied against the tariffs.
"We applaud the International Trade Commission for today reaching a final, unanimous negative determination that Canadian imports of uncoated groundwood paper, which includes newsprint used by newspapers, do not cause material harm to the U.S. paper industry," David Chavern, the president and CEO of the News Media Alliance, said in a statement on Wednesday.
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