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2018: A great year for photos

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Editor’s note: Here is a look at some of the moments of community life captured during 2018 by Christine Holtzman, a regular contributor to The Laker/Lutz News. We love to share your stories through photos, so please feel free to let us know about upcoming events that can help us record life’s big and small moments, by sending an email to .

Dancers at the Summer Sock Hop at the Lutz Senior Center are living proof that age is just a number and you’re only as old as you feel. About 90 people turned out for the dance, on Aug. 25, at the senior center, 112 First Ave., N.W. Lutz residents John Gallucci and his wife, Marta, dance to an upbeat number at the sock hop. The Galluccis, originally from Argentina, were childhood sweethearts and have been married for 48 years.
Roman Sercu, of Wesley Chapel, waits his turn to refill his cup with more paint during the Idlewild Baptist Church’s Student Ministry’s annual Color War on Sept. 5 at the church, 18333 Exciting Idlewild Blvd., in Lutz. The 12-year-old took part in the Color War with his travel baseball team, the Marauders.
Despite the large crowds, 4-year old Kyle Floyd, of Lutz, is able to share a quiet moment in the pumpkin patch with his dad, Jason, while enjoying a frozen treat during the 11th annual Family Fun Festival hosted by the Seal Swim School,19509 N. Dale Mabry Highway in Lutz. Hundreds turned out for the fall event, which also included pumpkin painting, arts and crafts, food, music, a bounce house and a costume parade. Proceeds from pumpkin sales and the festival help promote water safety and the school’s special needs program.
Floating atop a giant and colorful unicorn raft, 6-year-old Harper Gabbard, of Land O’ Lakes, navigates her way across the swimming pool, in the Connerton community. Harper and her family met up with their neighbors for an afternoon of swimming to beat the summer heat.
Covered from head to toe with paint dust, Isaac Cabrera, a student ministry intern from Land O’ Lakes, takes a moment to pose for a picture while the middle school students engage behind him during Idlewild Baptist Church’s Student Ministry’s Color War, in Lutz. Andrew Evans, the church’s middle school pastor, said they stage the event to give people a chance to see who they are, what the student ministry is about and to share the gospel — all while having fun.
Four-year-old Isabella Whitman, of Land O’ Lakes, has some afternoon fun in the sun with bubbles at the Lodge Playground located in the Wilderness Lake Preserve neighborhood.

 

 

 

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