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Administrator Honored As A Success Story

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: October 22, 2008

DADE CITY - An assistant principal at Pasco High School, who grew up as a migrant worker and picked fruits and vegetables in nine states as a child and young adult, will be honored today as the 2008 Florida Migrant Success Story of the Year.

Georgina Rivera-Singletary is to be recognized at the annual Migrant Education Conference in Naples.

Rivera-Singletary, 43, who works closely with Hispanic families at Pasco High, dropped out of school when she was 14. She became a teenage bride and began raising a family, continuing the migrant lifestyle of her childhood. By the late 1980s, though, she decided to pursue an education after earning a GED.

These days, she is working on a doctorate.

"Even though there were a lot of things working against me, what was inside me was stronger," said Rivera-Singletary.

Ronnie Blair

Spa Puts The Focus On Cancer Awareness

WESLEY CHAPEL - In support of breast cancer awareness month, facelogic Spa will be offering free facials to breast cancer patients and survivors.

The spa, 1059 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., Wesley Chapel, will offer complimentary 50-minute custom facials from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. today. The treatments will be available by appointment only on a first-come, first-served basis.

The membership-based spa will also donate $10 to the Healing Heart Foundation, a charity that helps women coping with cancer, for every spa membership in October.

To schedule an appointment, call (813) 907-0101.

Cloe Cabrera

Pro Soccer Stadium Draws Objections

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - It's not soccer they object to. They don't like the idea of having cars cutting through the neighborhood and having to put up with noise and bright lights late from soccer games and other events at night.

Those are the main complaints that residents voiced Tuesday night at a meeting to discuss a proposed professional soccer stadium that would become home to a team called the Rowdies.

A hearing on the rezoning request is set for 6 p.m. Monday.

B.C. Manion

Dance To Benefit Autism Center
PLANT CITY - Parents of Autistic Children will hold its third annual Old Time Rock and Roll Dance fundraiser from 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday in the Grand Ballroom at the Red Rose Inn and Suites, 2011 Wheeler St. N., Plant City.

Tickets are $65 a person or $110 a couple and include a buffet dinner, door prizes, live music.

Contact Geeta Sue-Wah-Sing, Concerned Parents president, at (813) 309-3770 or Geetasue@aol.com; Belinda Alonso, event chairwoman, at (813) 493-4992 or Advantageba

@msn.com.

Barbara Routen

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