Florida Sentinel Bulletin

The Tampa Chapter of Jack And Jill of America, Inc. celebrated its 25th anniversary with a Children’s Ball. The event was held at the A La Carte Event Pavilion on Saturday evening, August 6. Moms, dads, and friends joined the children in their finest evening attire for the event. The Charter members of the Tampa Chapter were honored during the evening. From left to right: Quida Hilton, Mattilon Rock, Frances Sykes, Patricia Miles, Lois Bowers and Patsy Greene. (Photo by Ricky Roberts)

    Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn has been in office about 120 days. Most of those days, he said, have been used to prepare the budget that he presented to the Tampa City Council at 9 a. m. Thursday. Shortly thereafter, he presented those same numbers to the Editorial Board of the Florida Sentinel Bulletin and gave an outlook for the next year. From left to right are: Randolph Kinsey, C. Blythe Andrews, III, Bishop James H. Howell, Gwen Hayes, Mayor Buckhorn, S. Kay Andrews, and Wilbert Malphus.

    The David C. Anchin Center at the University of South Florida College of Education released Florida’s First Comprehensive Conditions of Educational  Report at its Opening Ceremony of the 4th Annual Advanced Placement Summer Institute (APSI). The event was held at the Embassy Suites Hotel (USF) on Monday morning. The 5-volume, 750-page report has been in the making for 2 years. Among those in attendance for the breakfast were: left to right, keynote speaker, Dr. James H. Johnson, Jr., William R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship and Director, Urban Investment Strategies Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Gene Marshall, Chairman of the Board of Community Foundation of Tampa Bay; Chloe Coney, Administrative Assistant to Congresswoman Kathy Castor; Dr. Bruce Jones, Director, David C. Anchin Center and Associate Dean for Research, University of South Florida; Dr. Carolyn H. Collins, President, Hillsborough County Branch NAACP; Dr. Donna Elam, Associate Director, David C. Anchin Center, USF; and George McDonald, Assistant Director, David C. Anchin Center, USF. (Photography by BRUNSON)

The Middleton High School Class of 1954 held its 57th Anniversary last month. The theme was “The Way We Were.” On Friday, June 24, 2011, the class gathered at a local steakhouse for the banquet dinner. Class members in attendance on the front row, left to right: Juanita Cooper Yeoman, Ella Mae Mitchell Martin, Grace Richardson Jones, Irene Ferrell Harris, Eddye Jean Johnson Swain, Ossie Lee Hendrix, Elouise Bradley Byron, Gloria Collins (Los Angeles, CA), Ethel Bellamy Ward, Josephine Brodie Hubbard, Barbara Batchelor Johnson, Geraldine Spearman Boatwright (Cocoa, FL) and Victoria Williams Brown. Second row, from left: Marcelina Milian, Ruben Yeoman, Herbert Bolen, Alma Rhea Purify, Alphonso Williams, Robert Bodden (San Diego, CA), Edmond Morgan (Springfield, MD), Joseph Young Harris, Andrew James, Willie Mae Buggs Burney, Ruth Houston Cage (Nashville, TN), Idella Allen Foster and Robert Earl Sharpton (Miami). Not shown, Shirley Davis Thompson, Ruby White Brown and David Jacobs (Salina, Kansas). (Photography by Brunson)

Jasmine Alexandria Oliver, daughter of Leonard and Belinda Oliver of Brandon, is a recent graduate from South Carolina State University. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Physics. Jasmine graduated summa cum laude with a grade point average of 3.75. Her activities at SC State included: Honors College, Marching 101 band, Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity, Society of Physics Students, Sigma Pi Sigma Physics Honor Society, Golden Key International Honor Society, and Wind Ensemble. Jasmine will be attending the University of South Florida on a teaching assistantship in pursuit of her Ph.D. in Applied Physics with Medical Physics concentration. A dinner was held in Jasmine’s honor at her church, Allen Temple AME.  (Photo by Lomax McIntyre)

Walmart Foundation held a check ceremony Thursday morning at Metropolitan Ministries where Tampa-based nonprofit organizations received a total of $160,000. The contributions were awarded through the Walmart Foundation’s State Giving Program. The H. E. L. P. Ministry received $25,000. This ministry is dedicated to providing the citizens of the Greater Tampa Bay Area with free meals, confidential ministering and professional job counseling services. The organization services approximately 500 individuals or families on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday mornings.  Michelle Salisbury, left, Market Human Resource Manager for the Tampa Bay Are, presented the check to members of the H. E. L. P. Ministry: James Cobb, President of H. E. L. P. Ministries, Inc., his daughter, Jamesha Cobb and his wife, Toynetta Cobb. Checks were also presented to the Crisis Center ($50,000), Red Cross of Tampa Bay ($25,000) and Metropolitan Ministries ($60,000). (Photography by BRUNSON)

The Tampa Metropolitan Section of the National Council of Negro Women presented Certificates of Appreciation to the program participants during its recent 75th Anniversary Luncheon Celebration. The event was held overlooking the ocean at the Rusty Pelican. From left to right are: Belinda Womack, jazz singer; Dr. Gwendolyn Stephenson, keynote speaker; Janette Spencer Davis, Isaac Ruffin, musician; and Teresa Morning, 1st Vice President and Program Chair. Electa Davis is President of the Tampa Metropolitan Section. (Photo by Streets Photography)

On Wednesday evening, members of the Prime Time Sister Circles, an organization under the auspices of the nationally recognized, Healthy Together Program, held their graduation ceremony. The goal of the organization is to empower African American women over the age of 40 and to teach them to give attention to their own body, mind, and spirit. During the graduation ceremony, the organization recognized Ms. Lashawnda Gissendanner as its 300th graduate. Among those in attendance at the graduation ceremony were from left to right: Ms. Jeannell B. Burney, Ms. Sigrid Tidmore, Ms. Mae Allen, Ms. Gissendanner, Ms. Dianne Blyler, Ms. Satura Smith, and Ms. Marian Lauria Davis. (Photography by BRUNSON).

The Middleton High School Class of 1966 held its 45th Class Reunion June 10-13. There were a variety of activities, including Hospitality evening, breakfast prepared by classmates, Hawaiian-style fish fry hosted by Carolyn Alexander, and worship service.  Luvator Nelson was the Reunion Chair and Tyrone Brown was her Co-Chair. These classmates are: front row, left to right, Ophelia Ball, Jackie Dupree, Minister Leatricia Williams (Class President), Carolyn Brooks, Annie Robertson and Eva James. Standing, Cynthia Few, Louise Holder, Carolyn Williams, Carolyn Watkins, Doris Addison, Luvator Nelson, Gloria Carter and Carolyn Alexander. In the rear, Rubin Padgett, Bennie Holder, Ben Padgett, Robert Davis, Maurice Hall, Estelle Clark, Linda Roberson, Kenneth Ashe, Mildred Philips, Curtis Walker, Tyrone Brown, and Ronald Anderson.