New Tampa Neighborhood News, Volume 24, Issue 11, May 20, 2016

Volume 24 Issue 11

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New Tampa Resident & Lightning Trainer Enjoying Another Cup Run By John C. Cotey Tom Mulligan has the training and experience to help cure a lot of things. But, when it comes to Tampa Bay Lightning fever — which is running rampant in the area these days — the team’s head trainer and Arbor Greene resident can only suggest one solution: Watch more Lightning hockey. “This is great,’’ Tom says. “I’m not playing, but the next best thing is to be a part of it and help contribute, and I love just watching the excitement of people in the area. Last year, the run we had was fantastic. To do it again would be great.” Tom, his wife Kellie and children Tyler, 13, Zachary, 10, and Abby, 8, have been fixtures in New Tampa since 2002, when they moved into an apartment at Richmond Place before finding their first of two homes in Arbor Greene. Kellie is an occupational therapist at Florida Hospital Wesley Chapel, and the Mulligan kids all currently attend or have attended Richard F. Pride Elementary and Louis Benito Middle schools. “For my kids, they get to go to the rink and talk with the players, and Tyler even got to help at rookie camp,’’ Kellie says. “He was Tampa Bay Lightning head trainer and longtime Arbor Greene resident Tom Mulligan tends to literally filling bags of ice, but still, he was Bolts center Brian Boyle during a game. Photo: Scott Audette/Tampa Bay Lightning there.” The Mulligans are among the holdo- crop of players tends to settle elsewhere. But, able to do what I do without our friends and vers from a time when roughly 75 percent of Tom said the Mulligans love the area and the our community, even if it’s just friends helpthe Tampa Bay Lightning team lived in New schools too much to follow suit. There may ing meet my kids at the bus if I’m running Tampa. Although retired former stars (and not be any hockey wives for Kellie to lean on, late from work,” says Kellie. The Arbor Greene community might be local media personalities) like 2004 Stanley but they say there is a bustling community in Tom’s biggest fans. While many would most Cup-winning captain Dave Andreychuk and Arbor Greene that rallies together. “Tom travels so much that I wouldn’t be likely gather for Lightning playoff games Chris Dingman still live here, the current

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anyway, a good many do so knowing their neighbor is a part of this year’s championshipcontending team. “One of the cool things from last year my wife and I talked about was a few families in the neighborhood getting together and renting a 15-foot blow up projection TV,’’ Tom says. “Everyone was so into it and excited. My wife sent me a few pictures when they did it and I shared them with the team. That was pretty cool.” At our press time, the Lightning had advanced all the way to the NHL’s Eastern Conference finals, where a best-of-7 series against the Pittsburgh Penguins is all that stands between the team and a second straight appearance in the Stanley Cup finals. Tom, a Quinnipiac College (now University) in Hamden, CT, graduate with a B.S. in Physical Therapy and a minor in Biology, has played a big role in helping the team get here, helping all of those injured Lightning players get healthy and ready. Heck, even the most fervent Bolts fan might make the case that Tom holds the key to the team’s Stanley Cup chances, considering the questions the New Bedford, MA, native has been asked this postseason. “Is Steven Stamkos going to make it back from a blood clot in time?” “Is Anton Stralman ready to return from his broken leg?” “How are the ‘upper body’ injuries that have been keeping JT Brown and Erik Condra sidelined coming along? Oh, and by the way, just between us….what exactly are those upper body injuries?”

See “Lightning” on page 12.

WC Noon Rotary To Host First ‘Duck Derby’ On May 21! Fresh off another successful Adult Spelling Bee, the Rotary Club of Wesley Chapel (WC) Noon is proud to invite everyone in the New Tampa, Wesley Chapel and Central Pasco areas to its first-ever “Duck Derby,” which will be held Saturday, May 21, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., “lakeside” at Hungry Harry’s Bar-B-Que, which is located minutes from New Tampa at 3116 Land O’Lakes Blvd. (aka U.S. Hwy. 41), Land O’Lakes. WC Noon Rotary Club Duck Derby organizers John Jay (the DJ) and Vicki Hamilton of Smart Health Inc. say the Duck Derby is a fun, family-friendly event where attendees “purchase” anywhere from one duck for $5 to a flock of 25 ducks for $100. The ducks are numbered on the bottom and loaded into a body of water to “race.” If your duck finishes in a high enough position in the Derby, you win a great prize — and all to support the selected charities supported by the club, including its own 501(c)(3) nonprofit foundation — the “Rotary Club of Wesley Chapel Noon Fund.”

“It’s such a fun day for everyone, no matter what age you are,” says John. “We have live musical entertainment lined up, a fun Kids Zone (with inflatables, games, face painting and more), great Hungry Harry’s food for sale and some really great prizes.” The Grand Prize for the first place-winning duck is $2,500 in cash! Other prizes include an all-day fishing trip for 5 with a charter boat captain (a $600+ value); a weekend (2-night) stay at Saddlebrook Resort Tampa ($500); a free weekend rental of a Ford Mustang convertible donated by Parks Ford of Wesley Chapel; a $250 certificate for auto repairs from TWA Firestone; a handmade fishing rod by WC Rotarian Jimmy Mason ($300), restaurant gift certificates and more. This year’s Duck Derby Big Bird Sponsor ($4,500) is Fun Services of Land O’Lakes (FuntasticEvents.com). The Donald Duck Sponsor ($1,000) is Sam’s Club of Wesley Chapel and the Rubber Ducky Sponsor ($250) is Cash 4 Gold of Wesley Chapel (Kash4Gold.com). See pg. 19 for details.

Photo: Cartersville, GA, Duck Derby