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Mr. Bones Brings 'Spooky' Magic

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By BARBARA ROUTEN

Tribune correspondent

Published: October 22, 2008

VALRICO - Brandon's own Mr. Bones will bring his magic show "From Beyond Halloween" to the Fraternal Order of Eagles Brandon Aerie 3566, 1810 Front St., N., Valrico, at 8:15 p.m. Friday and Saturday. The public is invited to attend.

"This show will be spooky, kind of," said the magician, who peppers his shows with pun-filled humor.

One of his illusions will be a version of the spirit cabinet, in which an assistant's hands and neck are tied with cloth that is then nailed to a board behind her back. When curtains are drawn to hide her from view, the magician calls out commands. What happens next defies logic.

"Everything you see me do ... is tricks and theater," Bones, whose real name is Patrick Brown, said at a recent performance. "The only place you'll ever find real magic is in your heart - so be kind to everyone you meet."

With Brown will be his mentor, Sterling Steal, a master magician; the Moxie Twins, whom Brown called "knife-throwing, former super model maniacs;" and Greg Suarez, who on Friday night will bring along his mind-reading skunk.

Kids can enter a costume contest with prizes.

Tickets are $5 per person. Call the box office at (813) 685-4173. More information is available at www.mrbones.zigmont.com.

Elks Honor Members, Student

BRANDON - The Brandon Elks Lodge 2383 has chosen Marvin Lopez as its September Elk of the Month. Lopez is the lodge Youth Activities Chairman. He helps choose the student of the month and yearly lodge scholarship winners. In addition, he and his wife, Marilyn, play Santa and Mrs. Claus at the lodge's annual Christmas party and shop for and wrap all the children's gifts.

The officer of the quarter is Art Rine, lecturing knight. He calls bingo on Thursday nights and serves as secretary of the house committee, manager of the 500 Club and chairman of the community and social welfare committee.

Grace Weigand was selected Lady of Distinction for September by the Brandon Ladies of Elks for her dedication and success as the chairwoman of several event committees this year.

The Elks' September 2008 Teenager of the Month is Niall P. Brown of Newsome High School. This senior has a 5.72 grade-point average and is in the National Honor Society, the Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica (Spanish National Honor Society), Mu Alpha Theta, Rho Kappa Honor Society and Interact Club.

He served on the Senior Council and has volunteered more than 200 hours of community service in his high school career. He participated in junior varsity football, varsity soccer and varsity track and field. He placed first in company and fourth overall in a U.S. Coast Guard Academy summer program and was chosen the outstanding candidate at a U.S. Naval Academy summer program.

The Brandon Elks Lodge youth committee sponsors a monthly buffet pancake breakfast including pancakes, eggs, sausage, home fries, grits, biscuits and sausage gravy, toast, coffee and juice. The next breakfast will be from 8 to 11 a.m. Sundayand will benefit Boy Scouts Troop 627. The boys will serve beverages and eggs to order.

Poker Event Helps Synagogue, Preschool

RIVERVIEW - Congregation Beth Shalom and the Jewish Community Center Preschool of Brandon invite all area adults to a High-Rollers Fundraiser with a Texas Hold-em Tournament at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 1 at the Barn Theatre at Winthrop, 11349 Bloomingdale Ave., Riverview.

The $35 cost includes admission, food, games and participation in a silent auction. A cash bar will satisfy cravings for additional drinks. The fee to enter the poker tournament is $100 per person.

Proceeds will benefit the synagogue and the Jewish Community Center Preschool of Brandon.

For information or to sponsor a table, contact Sarah Meyers at (813) 681-6547 or slmeyers2000@yahoo.com. For tickets, call the preschool at (813) 643-0522 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays.

Church Women Go Nuts!

BRANDON - Two church women's groups are raising money through traditional fall pecan sales in the Brandon area.

Women at the First United Methodist Church of Brandon will continue to take orders for pecan halves, pieces or gift-tinned nuts through Nov. 1. Buyers may pick up nuts from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 15 and 17 at the church, 121 Knights Ave., N., Brandon. Five-pound boxes of pecans cost $32.

Purchases benefit local charities, including LifeCare of Brandon - formerly Brandon Care Pregnancy Center, the Emergency Care Help Organization in Brandon, the Beth-El Farmworker Ministry in Wimauma, the Spring of Tampa Bay and Steppin' Stone Farm in Lithia.

To get prices for gift tins or to order, call Nancy McDonald at (813) 685-5081 or Melissa Voelker at (813) 757-0734, or e-mail Barbara Brooks at bjbrooks@tampabay.rr.com.

The women of St. Francis Circle of Nativity Catholic Church are taking orders for shelled pecan halves and pieces, English walnuts and roasted, salted cashews. The price is $7.25 per pound or $34 per 5-pound box. Proceeds will finance the circle's charitable endeavors, including helping needy children, seminarians in the Catholic diocese and the Nativity Outreach Food Pantry.

Nuts can be delivered locally to buyers' homes in Brandon. To order, call Evelyn Hamilton, fundraiser chairwoman, at (813) 689-5030; Angie DeShong at (813) 689-2633; Rose Cowell at (813) 685-7948 or Janet Trickle at (813) 655-5506.

Toy Run Needs Sponsors, Volunteers

SEFFNER - For the past 14 years, Cookson Hills Family Ministries of Florida and needy area children have benefitted from the Cookson Toy Run. This year, the community event will begin at 10 a.m. Dec. 7 at the Veterans Memorial Museum and Park, 3602 U.S. 301 N., Tampa.

An auction from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. will be followed at 1 p.m. by a 20-mile ride in which vehicles and motorcycles will be escorted by Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office deputies. The destination will be the Children's Home, a residential child care facility operated by Family Ministries of Florida at 131 New Legacy Dr., Seffner.

On the grounds of the home, there will be entertainment, a gift-opening ceremony, pony rides, prizes and, weather-permitting, balloon rides.

Sponsors are needed, as are volunteers.

For information, visit www.cooksontoyrun.com or contact Bill or Sheri Brown at (813) 643-5758 or cookson toyrun@aol.com.

Snippets

Members of St. Matthews Anglican Church, 10701 Bloomingdale Ave., Riverview, invite the community to a Bazaar and Bake Sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 1 in the parish hall. Proceeds will go to the church's building expansion fund. For details, call Jeannette Green at (813) 657-9164.

Send news and photos of community interest to Barbara Routen at The Tampa Tribune, 505 W. Robertson St., Brandon FL 33511, e-mail neighbors @tampabay.rr.com or call (813) 657-4531

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