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FREE • THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 2023
VOLUME 6, NO. 244
Meet The Candidates: City of Plant City City Commission, Group Four
Michael S. Sparkman
Jeremy Griner
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CUTIE PATOOTIES MELT HEARTS AT ANNUAL BABY PARADE The Baby Parade is a beloved tradition at the Florida Strawberry Festival and this year’s beautiful baby contest went off la t Saturday without a hitch. Organized by the GFWC Plant City Junior Woman’s Club and sponsored by South Florida Baptist Hospital, approximately 100 children between the ages of one and four years old walked the “runway” with their parents, winking, waving, blowing kisses and even tipping their cowboy hat (whether on purpose or because they just didn’t like the hat, I’m not sure) at the judges to win their favor. The Strawberry Queen and Court emceed the event and by the end of the event a new King and Queen of the Baby Parade were crowned. WINNERS INCLUDED: One-Year-Old Division Best Personality 1st Place: Sophia Martin Best Costume 1st Place: Shanna Parke 2nd Place: Amelia Gashaw 3rd Place: Tynsleigh Mintzer Best Float 1st Place: Makynlee Mintzer Most Beautiful 1st Place: Kataleya Montana 2nd Place:Violet VelazquezHill
3rd Place: Rylan Wilkerson
Most Handsome 1st Place: Liam Tidey 2nd Place: David Gutierrez 3rd Place: Logan Parris TWO-YEAR-OLD DIVISION Best Personality 1st Place: Avery Parker 2nd Place: Aven Starling 3rd Place: Lyla Howard Best Costume 1st Place: Paislee Meachum 2nd Place: Madison Mobley 3rd Place: Gianna Garcia Most Beautiful 1st Place: Hazley Reagan 2nd Place: Journey Kate Thomas 3rd Place: Annabella Quijada Most Handsome 1st Place: Carter Nelson 2nd Place: Blake Jost 3rd Place: Luca Neary THREE-YEAR-OLD DIVISION Best Personality 1st Place: Macynn Blackburn 2nd Place: Sloane Claussen 3rd Place: Brinlee Kern Best Costume 1st Place: Paisley Pearsall Most Beautiful 1st Place: Sadie Ann Lane
2nd Place: Henley Wyatt 3rd Place: Evelyn Grace Carroll Most Handsome 1st Place: Kellan Royse 2nd Place: Eli West 3rd Place: Carter Jones
FOUR-YEAR-OLD DIVISION Best Personality 1st Place: Emmersyn Thompson 2nd Place: Aaliyah Merrin 3rd Place: Jace Michel Best Costume 1st Place: Lauren Scott Clark 2nd Place: Emma Stoneking Best Float 1st Place: Elsa Jehl Most Beautiful 1st Place: Catherine Westbrook 2nd Place: Paris Sheridan 3rd Place: Gianna Gutierrez Most Handsome 1st Place: Sawyer Keys 2nd Place: Joseph Cruz Narvaez 3rd Place: Daxton Valdez