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Local artist's mural has been selected to grace a tower

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By BARBARA ROUTEN

Tribune correspondent

Published: October 28, 2009

BRANDON - A 6-foot by 17-foot mural painted by award-winning Brandon artist Meletha Everett, member of the Greater Brandon Arts Council, Brandon League of Fine Arts and the National League of American Pen Women, will be revealed at a ceremony beginning with a reception at 9 a.m. Nov. 4 at the Greater Brandon Chamber of Commerce, 330 Pauls Drive.

After the reception, the mural will be unveiled on the tower at the intersection of Providence Road and the Lee Roy Selmon Crosstown Expressway.

The public is invited to the free event, a collaboration between the Greater Brandon Arts Council and the Tampa-Hillsborough County Expressway Authority.

To make a reservation to attend, e-mail info@brandon arts.org.

Lions sponsor cross country meet

The Brandon Lions Club sponsored the 27th Don Bishop Invitational cross country meet at Brandon High Oct. 3 with help from a new co-sponsor, the U.S. Marine Corps.

The meet included 22 teams, most from Hillsborough County, said Robert Maestas, Brandon High's cross country coach.

Newsome High runners, coached by Orlando Greene, took the majority of the medals: Brianna Jackson won the varsity girls' race (19:48); Mike Zwijacz won the varsity boys' race (16:58).

Isaac Baker won the junior varsity boys' race; Angela Coates won the junior varsity girls' race.

The Newsome varsity boys' and junior varsity girls' teams came in first, and the Armwood High varsity boys' team won second place.
Brandon Lions Club President Robert Nixon presented the team trophies and event T-shirts. Marine Staff Sgt. Joseph Mattson presented T-shirts to the top 10 individual winners, said Art Schmidt, a three-year director of the club. Lion Howard "Bo" Hurley coordinated the event.

Multiple Sclerosis scholarship awarded

VALRICO - The Mid Florida Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society presented a $2,000 scholarship to Kevin Moore of Valrico, a 2009 Bloomingdale High School graduate who will attend Hillsborough Community College to study engineering, who has been affected by his mother's disease since he was eight.

His mom, Wendy, has fought MS tenaciously, and that inspires him.

"Because of my mom, I attempt everything I do with an overachieving effort," Moore said. "My mother is the light of my life, and I will succeed in everything for her."

For information and applications for the 2010 MS scholarships, visit www.national MSSociety.org.

Groups sponsor Ribs for Kids Fest

The Epilepsy Services Foundation and the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors-Tampa will sponsor its fourth annual Halloween Ribs for Kids Fest from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, in the parking lot at COSTCO, 10921 Causeway Blvd. Certified Master Barbecue Chef Tommy Pate will grill the ribs, which are available with a seasoned rub or sauce.

The cost is $20 per slab. Ribs must be pre-ordered by noon Oct. 30, by contacting Thomas Orth, executive director of Epilepsy Services Foundation, at (813) 870-3414, ext. 5, or e-mailing him at torth@ epilepsysf.org.

Proceeds will help the foundation assist people affected by epilepsy. Visit www.epilepsysf .org.

Methodists go nuts for charities

It's time for the 39th annual pecan sale by the United Methodist Women of the First United Methodist Church of Brandon. The fundraiser supports local charities, said Susan Beecroft, publicity chairwoman of the church pecan committee.

Five-pound boxes of pecans, $32, and specialty tins of pralines, cashews or chocolate amaretto pecans (various prices), may be ordered through Sunday, Nov. 1, by contacting Barbara Brooks, chairwoman, bjbrooks5@gtmail.com, Nancy McDonald, (813) 685-5081, or Melissa Voelker, (813) 757-0734.

Nuts may be picked up Saturday, Nov. 14, and Monday, Nov. 16, at the church, 121 Knights Avenue.

Past years' proceeds have supported Metropolitan Ministries of Tampa, the Spring of Tampa Bay, the Emergency Care Help Organization, LifeCare of Brandon and Steppin' Stone Farm.

Public is invited to arts event

The community is invited to the free, sixth annual Brush Strokes Awards for Excellence presented by local artist Cheryl Kuck and sponsored by the Greater Brandon Arts Council from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Center Place Fine Arts and Civic Association, 619 Vonderburg Drive. Refreshments will be served.

Some of the more than 12 categories are Arts Educator of the Year, Artist of the Year, Artist with a Heart, Exhibit of the Year and Performing Arts-Outstanding Contribution or Performance and the new Visionary Award for Exemplary Inspiration and Commitment to the Community.

For details, call Anne Drewry, Greater Brandon Arts Council vice president, (813) 655-2773, or Center Place, (813) 685-8888, or visit www.bran donarts.org.

Stagedoor has new board

Stagedoor Performing Arts announces a new executive board: Domin Pazo, president; Jonathan Douglas, vice president; Josie Costa, treasurer; and Theresa Miller, secretary.

For a calendar of upcoming plays and musicals, visit their new Web address: www.stagedoor brandon.com.

Send news and photos of community interest to Barbara Routen at neighbors @tampabay.rr.com.

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