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Organizations To Host Multicultural Event
ORQUESTA INFINIDAD
On Friday, August 19th from 6 p.m. to 12 p. m., Care- giver’s Helping Hands, Incor- porated, and Central Florida Community Planning and De- velopment, Incorporated will present East Tampa’s first multicultural event that will benefit four local non-profit organizations.
“A Taste Of East Tampa, Where East Meets Best,” will be presented at TPepins, 4121 North 50th Street.
“A Taste Of East Tampa, Where East Meets Best,” will feature local public and private businesses, multicultural food from local caterers, personal chefs, restaurants, and bakers, wine tasting, entertainment, a shopping boutique, a pool tournament, raffles, and a silent auction with dining, travel, and spa experiences up for bid.
“This is an opportunity for the community to come to- gether to learn about each other by sharing multicultural food and music,” said Richedean Hills-Ackbar, Caregiver’s Helping Hand, Inc. founder.
“Tampa has a lot of different food festivals, but none of them include everyone. We have the Asian Festival, the Italian Festival, the Latin Fes- tival, but never a festival where everyone comes together. There is so much hate being preached, and disparity among
the cultures right now, this is time for us to come together.” Event VIPs will be treated to
dinner by the Blessed Chef Don Lee with an unlimited supply of his signature frosted lemonade and tea.
Other food vendors partici-
pating will include Shorty’s Barbecue, Soul 4 Real Cater- ing, Puerto Ricans R Us Cater- ing, and Jerkmon.
Beer tasting will be provided from Pepin’s, and wine pro- vided PRP featuring Tampa’s finest local wines and bubbly and the event, “Liquor Lane,” featuring its best distilleries.
The “Taste of East Tampa” will show case Shawn Brown Entertainment EXP and WAHH! World Fusion Band, Latin “Orquesta INFINIDAD,” directed by Pedro Bul- laudy, “Party on the Patio,” sponsored by Sir JaM A lot and Rock-It- Rod DJs in Café Bistro, and much more.
For tickets or more informa- tion, visit Facebook, www.facebook.com/events/10 07503722632739/, or contact Richedean Hills-Ackbar at (813) 431-1814.
WAHH! WORLD FUSION BAND
SHAWN BROWN
1970 All-Star Team Featured In Documentary Reunited And Honored
Shown form left to right are Ms. Pam Minor, Ms. Jacquelyn Walker, and James Walker.
BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor
Recently, members of the 1970 Belmont Heights Little League were honored with the filming of a documentary enti- tled, “Breaking The Color Barrier.” It was held at Game Time in Ybor City.
The documentary was part of the Tampa Bay Rays Base- ball History Series.
During the event, Coach Wallace Dexter was reunited with team members, Charlie Davis, Nino Austin, Her- bert Greene, Ronald Harvin, James Walker, and Al “Hurly” Richard- son. They were also joined by City Councilman Frank Reddick at the ceremony.
The men discussed how a group of 12-year-olds over- came racism and segregation in the sports world, thereby changing the world of sports forever.
Coming together again after so many years, the men had the opportunity to rekin- dle friendships and reflect on such incidents in their child- hood as busing, desegregation and the integration of the Hillsborough County public schools.
John Greene said, “These
young men were the pride of our community and the am- bassadors for a peaceful future in race relations. The 1970 All- Stars were presented with a Commendation from Hillsbor- ough County Commission Chair Les Miller.
In 1970, the team broke the color barrier when they inte- grated Little League Baseball in the South, becoming the first Black team to win and place in the Little League Base- ball Southern Regional compe- tition.
Other members of the team who didn’t attend the event, but who were recognized were: Dolphus Perry, Andra Fesser, and Thomas Everett.
Deceased members of the team includes: Bruce Williams, Steve Hall, Davis Coley, Robert Mott, Herman Green, Coach Wallace Dexter, Manager Robert Dawson, and Presi- dent Benjamin F. Rouse.
As a result of the inroads made by the 1970 All-Stars, other such as former Belmont Heights stars, Dwight Gooden, Gary Sheffield, Derek Bell, Floyd Youmans, Carl Everette, Vance Lovelace went on to play professional baseball.
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