Busch Gardens Tampa dance captain Marlana Lacivita was on hand to enjoy the Leukemia Society fund raiser held in her honor at Peabodyâs Palms Lounge on Sept. 28.
By Gary Nager
It was a great night for Peabodyâs Palms Lounge in Tampa Palms, and an amazing feeling that still lingers today, as the Deacon Blues Band performed for nearly three hours at a Leukemia &âLymphoma Society of Tampa Bay fund raiser in honor of Marlana Lacivita, the Busch Gardens dance captain who refuses to let her own year-long battle with Hodgkinâs lymphoma keep her from dancing â or enjoying an amazing evening with great friends, some of whom she had never met before the event on Sept. 28.
Complimentary health screenings, a keynote speech from breast cancer survivor, and Pasco clerk of court, Paula OâNeil at Wesley Chapel’s Saddlebrook Resort.
Calm and collected, Pasco County clerk of Circuit Court & comptroller Paula OâNeil spoke about her recent diagnosis as if it were a faint memory from another life. Few would suspect that the popular public official is still actively battling the deadly disease, as she spoke to hundreds of women about her experience fighting breast cancer.
On September 21, more than 700 women from all over Tampa Bay attended the inaugural Florida Hospital Wesley Chapel (FHWC) Womenâs Health & Wellness Day at Saddlebrook Resort in Wesley Chapel, taking part in breakout sessions with guest speakers and an exhibit room full of pampering and health screening opportunities, including mammogram registration, screenings for oral cancer, blood pressure and glucose, a grip strength test, a self-breast exam, as well as a balance test, body mass index (BMI) and body fat analysis from the FHWC Health & Wellness Center. The hospital also introduced its âPink Armyâ campaign that encourages women to make sure that they get their annual breast cancer screenings.Continue reading
The portion of Bruce B. Downs (BBD)âBlvd. in yellow (aka âSegment Dâ) above is the last phase of BBDâto be widened. The project likely wonât begin before 2017.
The previously unfunded final segment of the widening of Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd. in New Tampa could begin sometime in 2017.
According to the Hillsborough County Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), BBD âSegment D,â which will widen the road from four to eight lanes from Pebble Creek Dr. to County Line Rd. and is estimated to cost more than $11 million, is ranked second on the MPOâs Long Range Transportation Plan and is part of the MPOâs 2014-15 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP).
A Wesley Chapel man has been released after a child abuse arrest involving the manâs fists, a motorcycle helmet and a pencil.
According to the Pasco County Sheriffâs Office (PCSO), Joseph George Esgro, Jr., of Meadow Pointe, was arrested on Oct. 11 for child abuse following multiple batteries against a 15-year-old boy. The relationship between the two was not disclosed at our press time.
The PCSO report states that the first abusive encounter took place after the unnamed victim admitted to stealing Esgroâs car, for which Esgro allegedly struck the victim in the mouth and temple with a closed fist. The report also states that the second encounter resulted in Esgro being charged with battery using a pencil. Esgro allegedly struck the boy with the pencil, which caused a cut to his bicep and also stabbed him in the shin, just below the knee. Esgro also reportedly struck the victim in the arm with a motorcycle helmet.
Esgro was charged with one count of child abuse and released from the Pasco County jail on a $5,000 bond.
As of October 1, North Tampa Behavioral Health (NTBH), the areaâs newest medical facility, officially is open to patients.
The 53,000-sq.-ft., 75-bed facility, which is located on S.R. 56 about a half mile east of Mansfield Blvd. on a Wiregrass Ranch Development of Regional Impact (DRI) outparcel, serves the mental health needs of the surrounding community, providing care for geriatric, general adult, and dual diagnosis patients who may check into the facility Continue reading
