Citizens of the Month
The Greater Dade City Chamber of Commerce announced its March Citizens of the Month. Students recognized were: Trevor Hampton, Academy at the Farm; Brody Smith, East Pasco Adventist Academy; Vanessa Bock, Saint Anthony Catholic School; Magnolia Tharney, Centennial Elementary; Miranda Quistian, Lacoochee Elementary; Jaysenia Cartina Wright, Pasco Elementary; Yulieth Hernandez Ramirez, Rodney B. Cox Elementary; Jack Deakins-Topp, San Antonio Elementary; Madison Poe, Centennial Middle; Ashutosh Paudel, Pasco Middle; and, Bria Roberts, Pasco High.
New boys’ club forms
Hudson Elementary School hosted a Quest Celebration March 29 to recognize the formation of Quest Boys, a club for young gentlemen that focuses on core character values.
Mentors have tied these values to specific texts for select fifth-grade scholars.
For information, call Dawn Scilex at (727) 774-4001.
Chamber scholarships
The Greater Zephyrhills Chamber of Commerce is offering $5,000 in scholarships to Zephyrhills High School seniors.
Applications can be submitted at the chamber office, at 38550 Fifth Ave., or by email to .
In addition to general scholarships, the Pigz in Z’Hills BBQ & Blues Festival has made it possible for the chamber to offer additional specific scholarships for culinary arts, performing arts and a “Turnaround Scholarship” for a student who may not have the cumulative grades, but has turned his or her scholastic performance around.
For information, call the chamber at (813) 782-1913.
Rotary Club scholarships
Rotary Club of Trinity is accepting applications for the organization’s 2017 Al Arzu Scholarship.
Applicants must be a high school senior, and reside in and attend school in Pasco County.
Applications must be postmarked by April 14.
For information, or to get a copy of the application, email Candace Glewen at .
Golf scramble fundraiser
Tampa Bay Golf and Country Club will host the inaugural Project Patriotism Golf Scramble, to benefit the Zephyrhills High JROTC, April 22 at 8 a.m.
The event kicks off with a presentation of the nation’s colors by members of the ZHS JROTC at 7:40 a.m., followed by 18 holes of team scramble golf.
After golf, lunch will be served, winners announced and prizes awarded.
There also will be on-course contests, a raffle and a silent auction.
For information, contact Jen Wedge at (813) 323-8034 or .
Congressional art competition
U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis, FL-12, is accepting entries for the 2017 Congressional Art Competition, an annual event for artistically gifted local high school students.
The overall winner from Florida’s 12th Congressional District will have his or her art displayed in the U.S. Capitol for a year. The winner also will receive complimentary roundtrip airfare for two to Washington D.C., to attend an awards ceremony with winners from around the country.
Students must submit entries to their school’s art teacher for consideration. The deadline for art teacher nominations is April 28.
Each teacher can enter up to four student pieces in the competition to be judged by a panel of local art experts. The panel will then choose the overall winner.
For information and details, visit House.gov and click on the Student Artist Program link.
Pasta dinner fundraiser
The third annual pasta dinner fundraiser for the Sean Bartell Memorial Foundation will be April 29 from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., at Trinity Church of Wesley Chapel, 33425 State Road 54.
There will be a special ceremony and announcement at 5 p.m.
The dinner will be prepared and donated by Carl and Jessica Myers, of Little Italy’s Family Restaurant and Catering.
The Magic of Scott Barhold will provide entertainment. Local vendors will be on site.
The cost is $10. Kids ages 4 and younger are free.
To-go boxes will be available.
To purchase tickets, contact Paul Bartell or Jamie Bartell via IM on Facebook, or email .
USF student wins composer competition
The Florida Orchestra chose undergrad Francesco Sclafani as the winner of its USF Student Compose Competition for his work “Deconstruction of Anger.”
The orchestra will premiere the piece, alongside works by Beethoven and Tchaikovsky, on the final concerts of the Masterworks series at three major halls in Tampa Bay in May.
This is the first time The Florida Orchestra and the USF School of Music Composition Department have collaborated at this level.
Sclafani is pursuing a Bachelor of Music in composition at the USF Tampa campus under Assistant Professor of Composition Baljinder Sekhon and Associate Professor of Composition Paul Reller.
