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Review: Ox & Fields in Seminole Heights needs to work on some key details, which feel incongruous. 3E

Wednesday, August 3, 2016 • Tampa Bay Times • Section E

BY MICHELLE STARK • Times Food Editor

Go off the beaten grocery store path to work with eye-catching vegetables

Ve g o u t

W hen you start ask-ing around in the Asian market about what that tubular

green vegetable is or what that package of unlabeled leaves is used for, answers can vary.

“Oh, that’s like a type of squash. You slice it up and throw it into a stew.”

“Hmm, I think those are both lotus stems, which we use in soup a lot.”

It can be a bit of adventure, trying to figure out the exact names of the more exotic veggies often used in Asian or His-panic cooking. Most of the time, the peo-ple familiar with them don’t know the precise origin — but they know they taste

good in stir fry. That’s really all we needed to know

when we set about exploring the selec-tion at stores like MD Oriental Market in Pinellas Park or Dong A in St. Peters-burg. These stores usually contain a wider variety of off-the-wall produce, similar to the exotic tropical fruits we discussed in the previous Taste section.

In addition to the five we are highlight-ing in this story, we came across leafy bean tips, which are used like an herb; sweet leaf, which is cooked and used like spinach; and different parts of the lotus plant, some of which are used in an Asian soup called hot pot.

. See Page 6E

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BY RICHARD DANIELSON

Times Staff Writer

TAMPA — Mayor Bob Buck-

horn loves to talk about the city’s

credit rating, and who could

blamehim?Twelve times since he became

mayor in 2011, the big three

credit rating agencieshave raised

their grades on either the city’s

general credit rating or various

pieces of city debt.Each upgrade reflects a good

opinion of the city’s finances,

management and fiscal policies.

Each makes borrowing money

from the bond market a little

cheaper.“I’m pretty proud of that,”

Buckhorn says, especially consid-

ering howhis administration has

started every budget cycle with a

projected shortfall between ris-

ing expenses and revenues still

recovering from their collapse

during the Great Recession. “It’s

a reflection of how conserva-

tivelywe budget.”Last week, the city put out a

news release touting its four lat-

est upgrades from Fitch Ratings,

including one that boosted its

general credit rating to AA+, just

one notch below the highest pos-

sible rating formunicipalities.

But along with that rosy bou-

quet of upgrades, City Hall also

recently was handed two plain

daisies—anewpair of ratings on

Tampa’s Community Investment

Tax bonds that are considered

good, but not as good as before.

The downgrades came from

Moody’s Investor Services and

Standard & Poor’s. In detailed

reports, each gave the same

reason for the change: The city

Two credit downgrades carry silver linings

JAMES BORCHUCK | Times

Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn, breaking ground on the Julian B.

Lane Riverfront Park in July, saidthe downgrades are a tradeoff.

Tampa’s Community Investment Tax bonds, hit with lower ratings,

will help pay off the city’s parks, stormwater and fire station projects.

. See RATINGS, 6

PublishedFridays and Sundays by the

Sunday, September 11, 2016 BRN

Serving the communities of Brandon & SouthShore

TAMPATRIBUNEtbo.com

BY JOYCE MCKENZIE

Times Correspondent

BRANDON — He describes

himself as a shrink, a case man-

ager and a friend.“Some people even call me

Superman,” said Hillsborough

County Community Resource

Deputy JoshuaBoyer, who serves

as theDistrict IIHomeless Initia-

tive Liaison.Since 2014, Boyer has used his

compassionate heart and the

area’s resources to successfully

help 58 people get off the streets

of greater Brandon and into

housing, support programs and

even some jobs that have earned

them the dignity he believes all

people deserve.“Changing one life is like

changing the world because

maybe that one person will

spread the wealth,” said Boyer,

whose uniform of the day is

always an ID-free green polo

shirt and camouflage-style pants

he believes makes him more

approachable than if he were to

dress in typical deputy attire.

The program’s effectiveness

has not only gained national

attention; it recently garnered

Boyer an Award of Merit by

the Greater Brandon Chamber

of Commerce, which recently

hosted its first Public Safety

Valor Awards Breakfast at the

Regent inRiverview.Boyer was among several first-

responderofficials fromtheSher-

iff ’s Office, Hillsborough County

Fire Rescue and Florida Fish and

Wildlife Conservation Commis-

sionwho received awards.Capt. David Macaluso, a 20-

year Fire Rescue veteran and

recipient of the agency’s 2016

Firefighter of the Year award,

was honored for saving the life of

a man trapped inside a gasoline

tanker. He was semiconscious

due to effects of the gasoline

vapors.“It was just one of those things

— I couldn’t let him die,” said

ValorAwardshonorsheroes

. See VALOR AWARDS, 5

TheGreater BrandonChamber awardspublic safety officialsfor life-saving acts.

[email protected]

For the sakeof argument,let’s assumeyouare asoldier fighting in Iraq

orAfghanistan.Andafter a

harddayofhaving really bad

people trying tokill you, you

make it back tobase inone

piece. Itwouldbenice tobe

able to chill out for a fewhours

before yournextpatrolwhen

morebadpeoplewill try tokill

youagain.Perhaps youwould like to

enjoy the simple pleasure of

a stogie that has been sent to

you courtesy of Tampa’s J.C.

NewmanCigar Co., ormaybe

the ThompsonCigar Co. In a

war zone,modest comforts

are hard to find and after a

long day putting one’s life on

the line, a brief respite to puff

on a Panetela hardly seems

an excessive perk of the job

fending off al-Qaeda, ISIS and

Hezbollah.Alas, on this oneminor

point, it would seemour fight-

ingmen andwomenhave

another rear-guard foe totanglewith—worry-wart

bureaucrats.Rep. Kathy Castor, D-

Tampa, normally contends

with issues surroundinghealth care, or the economy,

or budgetarymatters.More

recently, Castor has foundher-

self tanglingwith those party

poopers over at the Food and

DrugAdministration.At themoment, the Tobacco

Control Act forbids the char-

itable distribution of tobacco

products. Themeasure is the-

oretically crafted to prohibit

handing out free cigarettes,

cigars or even e-cigarettes to

children. It is doubtful a 10-

year-oldwould appreciate the

charms of awell-craftedMon-

tecristoNo. 34Robusto.Theproblemwith the

FDApursed-lipped antipa-

thy toward anyone lighting

upa free cigar could adversely

impact thework of groups

like Support theTroops, aWesleyChapel-based charity

that sends care packages con-

taining goodies to troops in

Afghanistan and Iraq. Indeed,

theTampaBayTimes’ Tony

Marrero reported that cigars

are the second-most requested

itemamong the troops, aside

fromcoffee. There’s probably

something else ourmilitary

menandwomen really need

that involvesBarryWhitebackgroundmusic, butwe

needn’t go there.So Castor introducedHR

662,whichwould exempt pre-

miumcigars from the oner-

ous provision of the Tobacco

Control Act, to allow the likes

of J.C. Newman, Thompson

and other cigar companies to

donate their products to the

military.Castor, who already has

lined up at least 165 co-spon-

sors towhatwe could call the

Cigar LiberationAct, expects

themeasure to quickly beapproved this fall. Ah, if

Let troopslight upwith freecigars

. See RUTH, 2

Historicturns intohorrificTampaHeights activists decry squatters and trash

dumping at

two properties owned byFDOTand in the planned path of TBX.

BY PHILIP MORGAN

Times Staff Writer

TAMPA

Rick Fernandez points out two

historic properties that are

owned by the Florida Depart-

ment of Transportation in

TampaHeights.Not a pretty pair.One is a boarded-up former apartment

buildingwith trash scattered about the side

yard. The other is a boarded-up house with

a hanging gutter and collapsed front steps.

Neighbors say the structures, which

lie in the path of the proposed interstate

expansion called TBX, have become mag-

nets for squatters, drug dealers, prosti-

tutes and trash dumpers.Fernandez, president of the Tampa

Heights Civic Association, said it’s the

owners’ responsibility to keeppeopleaway

from their empty structures and prevent

the properties frombecoming eyesores.

“FDOT is not being a responsible

owner.’’Association board member Ricky

Peterika said the DOT purchased the 108-

year-old house at 604 E. Francis Ave. —

one street over from his home — more

than a year ago.“They immediately boarded it up but

didn’t secure the property itself, so it

quickly became over-run — people in

the back yard, sleeping on the ground,’’

Peterika said.

Photos by JAMES BORCHUCK| Times

Rick Fernandez walks around anapartment building on North Lam

ar Avenue that is owned by the Florida Department of

Transportation, which neighborssay has become a magnet for sq

uatters, drug dealers, prostitutes and trash dumpers.

This former apartment building at 1902

N. Lamar Ave. was bought by the Florida

Department of Transportation tomake

way for interstate highway expansion. But

neighbors complain it’s becomean eyesore.

. See BLIGHT, 8

Published Fridays and Sundays by the Friday, May 6, 2016 NTP

Serving the communities of Citrus Park, Westchase, Carrollwood, Town ’N Country & New Tampa

TAMPA TRIBUNE

For readers new and old, we are hereto serveI love the Tampa Bay area.

It’s my home.When I first moved here in

1988, I never thought my fondness for its historic districts, its scenic vis-tas, its heart-warming diversity and its tantalizing food would grow so great. In my mind, Tampa would serve as just another way-stop in my burgeon-ing journalistic career.

Now I can’t imagine living any-where else.

So with that in mind, a part of me will always be grateful to the Tampa Tribune for delivering me to my for-ever home. I’ve devoted the bulk of my career — 24 years, but who’s count-ing — to the Times, but it’s the Tribune where I spent four years first learn-ing to love this area, its charms and its quirks.

Now, all these years later, my career, in a sense, has come full circle. I’m again writing for a publication that bears the name Tampa Tribune. We bestow — and I’m intentionally using such a lofty word — that name on the mast to honor the 123-year history of the Tribune, and we hope Tribune subscribers see it as a gold-embossed invitation.

In all the years I’ve spoken to civic groups and students and inquirers about the competition between the two papers, I expressed the belief that this community proved to be the biggest winner of the battle. We pushed each other to write better, report better and work harder — for you, the readers.

Now the competition comes to a close with the Times’ purchase of the Tribune this week, but the drive to continue serving the community remains strong. The Times will con-tinue serving as a beacon for our long-time readers while striving to win over those new to our daily efforts.

At its core, journalism isn’t about left-leaning perspectives or right-wing convictions. It’s about the awesome opportunity to impact lives on a daily basis. Sometimes, that impact may be simple in nature: a clever line that produces a smile; a story about a non-profit that prompts someone to give; a feature on a high school athlete that proud parents clip and paste into a scrapbook.

On other occasions, the impact shakes the fiber of the community. An expose on a politically connected slumlord changes the way the county manages the homeless. A shocking report on the failures of urban ele-mentary schools brings needed atten-tion from local, state and national offi-cials. A stunning probe into woefully funded state mental hospitals moves the Legislature to act.

You will find all those positives in our daily product. In this particu-lar section, which will publish every Friday and Sunday, we will deliver a blend of news, features and informa-tion that matters most to you at the community level.

This is not a new endeavor for the Times. We’ve published a Tampa-spe-cific edition for nearly 30 years. Like many of my colleagues, we work here, we live here and we raise our kids here — in Hillsborough County.

This is home. We love it, and it’s that love that will drive us every day to maximize the awesome opportunity we’re blessed to have as journalists. Your journalists.

That’s all I’m saying.

ERNEST HOOPER [email protected]

BY STEVE CONTORNOTimes Staff Writer

TAMPA — After the Museum of Science and Industry announced last month it would move to downtown, it didn’t take long for University of South Florida foot-ball fans and observers to eye the museum’s current digs for a future on-campus stadium.

There are a lot of reasons why proponents of an on-campus football stadium think the MOSI site would be a perfect fit for the Bulls.

The most obvious is prox-

imity. MOSI is just across the street from the USF campus on E Fowler Avenue. That would make it a lot easier for students to attend games than trek 10-miles south to Raymond James Stadium, where the Bulls have played since 1997.

The team’s practice facility is nearby, too.

There’s also already a pedes-trian bridge over E Fowler Ave-nue that would allow foot traf-fic to safely cross one of Tampa’s busiest thoroughfares.

And it’s certainly big enough.

The parcel that hosts MOSI is more than 75 acres. There would be plenty of room for a stadium, parking, tailgating and other amenities with space to spare.

So why throw cold water on this idea?

It’s not impossible, maybe not even terribly unlikely, that the MOSI site could one day host a new football stadium. But even if it were to happen, it would be quite a ways away.

Museum leadership is going to spend the next year just study-ing a strategy to move to down-town, where it will join the rede-velopment project of Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeff Vinik

MOSI move stirs talk of USF stadium at site

LOREN ELLIOTT | Times (2015)The Museum of Science and Industry is just across the street from the USF campus on Fowler Avenue.

Proponents say it would be a perfect fit for the Bulls, but Hillsborough has other plans.

. See MOSI, 8

Photos by ZACK WITTMAN | Times Crew members work backstage to produce a live-stream fundraiser for Tampa Bay Give Day at WEDU’s studio Tuesday. Dozens of charities appeared on-air with local celebrities to help raise money for their causes.

Giving a voiceto Give Day

WEDU, Tampa Bay’s PBS TV station, gives nonprofit organizations a showcase in live or taped segments.BY KENYA WOODARDTimes Correspondent

TAMPA

A ny other day, Susan How-arth is the president and CEO of public broadcasting station WEDU, a job she’s done for eight years.

On Tuesday, Howarth shed her executive title to don headphones and take on the role of floor producer.Throughout the day, Howarth greeted and guided representatives

from dozens of Tampa Bay nonprof-its who visited the station’s Hough Family Foundation Studios to appear in promotion segments for the third annual Give Day Tampa Bay.The goal is to give 100 nonprofits a chance to showcase what they do in either live or pre-taped segments or in 30-second “lightning round” inter-views, Howarth said.This was the second year WEDU served as the headquarters for Give Day, a 24-hour online giving chal-

lenge championed by the Community Foundation of Tampa Bay.The PBS TV station came to be the media hub for the event after How-arth said she realized the fundrais-ing event could benefit from a bigger platform and approached Commu-nity Foundation with the idea.The station’s participation in Give Day — which sought to raise more than $2 million — plays well with its mission of service to the community

. See WEDU, 8

Dewayne Staats, TV play-by-play announcer for the Tampa Bay Rays, hosts a live-stream fundraiser Tuesday for Tampa Bay Give Day at the WEDU studio.

BY SUSAN GREENTimes Correspondent

BRANDON — The Greater Brandon Chamber of Commerce has put its signature headquar-ters at 330 Pauls Drive on the market, with an asking price of $3.1 million.

The two-story, 21,500-square-foot building, home to the cham-ber for 10 years, has drawn a flurry of interest in the past two or three weeks since it went on the open market, said Cami Gib-ertini, a banking executive and 17-year chamber member who became chair of the organiza-tion’s board in February. The chamber first advertised the building to chamber members but no buyers came forward, she said.

A task force is studying options for the chamber’s staff of eight once the building is sold, includ-ing relocation and the possibility of leasing space in the existing headquarters as a tenant.

“We may stay in the building,” Gibertini said, adding that the chamber currently occupies the lobby and a large boardroom, leaving much of the other space to lease-paying tenants. “We do love it. It’s a wonderful building.”

The chamber also is asking $475,000 for land adjacent to its headquarters that is part of the 1.64-acre chamber site. The spot has potential for a two-story structure of up to 12,000 square feet of office space, according to marketing materials.

Gibertini said the cham-ber’s finances are “in the black,” despite a drop in business mem-berships from 1,100 a year or so ago to about 800. She attributed some of the decline to nonpay-ment of dues and said chamber officials will follow up to deter-mine how much of that might stem from oversight.

However, she and Michael Matthews, immediate past chamber chair, said scrutiny of the organization’s finances and

Brandon chamber selling building

. See CHAMBER, 8

The asking price for the headquarters on Pauls Drive is $3.1 million.

Mentoring new talent is just wise politics

Somehow I ended up with seats with a slightly obstructed view at a 1991

Luther Vandross concert at the University of South Flor-ida Sun Dome.

It didn’t matter. Having watched Vandross perform on

four other occasions, I knew

as long as I could hear his vel-

vet tones, I would leave happy.What I remember most

about that particular con-cert, however, occurred in the

middle of the show. Vandross

stepped back and introduced

his backup singer turned star

Lisa Fischer.She stepped forward and

delivered a stirring rendition

of her mega hit, How Can I

Ease The Pain, and the crowd

roared with approval. Van-dross, who died in 2005, car-

ried a reputation for acting like a diva, but he mentored

Fischer and had no problems

sharing the spotlight with her.When I assess the cur-

rent political landscape in Hillsborough County, I’m reminded of that concert because too often I don’t see

many of our elected officials

working to share the spotlight

with up-and-coming talents.Think about all the

moments you’ve seen an officeholder at an event, shak-

ing hands, accepting com-pliments and reveling in the

glow.Now think about all the

moments you’ve seen one of

those politicians turn around

and introduce a legislative aide, staff assistant or some-

one they’ve chosen to mentor.For me, those moments are

few and far between. And if you go beyond those in office

and focus on community lead-

ers, it also seems to be rare.There are some folks out

there more interested in tout-

ing their own accomplish-ments than sharing their expertise with others or giving

a boost to someone hoping to

gain traction in a city that can

be terribly cliquish.And don’t think the talent

isn’t there. More than once, I’ve come across relatively young, sharp achievers who

have already started making a

mark in the community.They’re dynamic and inter-

ested in gaining greater polit-

ical influence. They appear eager to earn a place in the discourse — not have it given

to them — and poised to bring

fresh ideas to the table. Some

of them ended up on the wrong end of the recent pri-mary elections.

They could do more with a

helping hand, yet they tell me

Tampa seems to come with a

code that you have to crack before being invited inside.

Too often, they seem to be

swimming upstream, try-ing to balance genuine con-cern for the community with

ERNEST [email protected]

. See HOOPER, 6

BY AMY SCHERZERTimes Staff Writer

TAMPA — Andre “Andy” Brouillard

and Julie Juteau share a French-Cana-

dian heritage, fluency in French and a

desire to make sure a guest’s biggest

concern is finding the guy passing the

tray of stuffed mushrooms.“Air conditioning working? Bath-

room sparkling? Room set and ready?”

All other worries fall on us, said

Brouillard, 63, general manager of

TPepin’s Hospitality Centre in east

Tampa.It’s the same for Juteau, the 44-year-

old executive director at the Regent

in Riverview. The social season offi-

cially launches tonight , meaning both

venue managers will shift into high

gear. With A La Carte Event Pavilion

being put up for sale in December,

2016 already has proved to be a bus-

ier year.But a wealth of experience will have

Brouillard and Juteau ready to go.

• • •

Brouillard started his hospitality

career as a dishwasher at age 15 and

three years later was managing the

place.

For hospitality, they’re happily at your service

Courtesy of Andy Brouillard

Andre “Andy” Brouillard, general manager of TPepin’s

Hospitality Centre, has 40 years of experience in the trade.

The managers at TPepin’s Hospitality Centre and

the Regent in Riverview share a passion for pleasing.

. See MANAGERS, 8

BY JOEY JOHNSTON

Times Correspondent

TAMPA — When the New York

Yankees wanted a more refined

off-field program for the organi-

zation’s young prospects — every-

thing from speaking and writing

English to learning how to cook

and balance a checkbook — they

turned to a retired educator.Joe Perez, a former base-

ball coach, former Durant High

School principal and Hillsbor-

ough County School District

administrator, figured he would

spend the summer volunteering

at his church and taking care of

his grandchildren.But as he learned, sometimes

life throws a curveball. Not only

have the Yankee prospects been

given a firm foundation for suc-

cess, Perez said he has discovered

a new sense of fulfillment.“I love seeing these guys

improve,’’ said Perez, who works

with the Tampa-based Gulf Coast

League rookie team, but also

travels to other farm clubs in the

Yankee organization. “Regard-

less of how far they take their

baseball, they are learning skills

for life. I was really impressed

Former educator schools Yankees

. See YANKEES, 10

The ex-Durant High principal coordinates a life-skills program for MLB prospects.

Photo by Joey Johnston

Yankees education coordinator

Joe Perez, right, with team

prospect Miguel Flames.

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TAMPA TRIBUNE tbo.com

Friday, September 9, 2016 TCT

Social calendarGet a jump on

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ing social happen-

ings by checking

out our annual Hills-

borough Social Cal-

endar, with listings

from September to

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CHRIS URSO | Times

Students Bryce Tapp, 18, from left, Kaite Berman, 18, and others watch Hillary Clinton as she speaks during Tuesday’s rally.

“I am always happy when a university is doing such a superb job in preparing the next generation of students,” she said.

USF a politics magnet

Size, diversity and location are credited for drawing Clinton

and Trump rallies to a campus that students say is evenly split.

BY ALLI KNOTHETimes Staff Writer

TAMPA

Looking for a presidential

rally to attend? The Univer-sity of South Florida is the

place to be.Donald Trump visited the school in

February and Hillary Clinton rolled

onto campus Tuesday, addressing

about 1,500 people at the Campus

Recreation Center.“I am always happy when a uni-

versity is doing such a superb job in

preparing the next generation of stu-

dents,” Clinton said. “I think that a

lot of what you do here is a model in

higher education.” There are a few reasons why USF is

such a popular stomping ground for

politicians. “Of all the universities and colleges

in the area, it’s the biggest and most

diverse,” said political scientist Susan

MacManus, who teaches at the uni-

versity. “She is reaching a broad net-

work.”In addition, USF is in Florida’s top

television market and speaking here

gives candidates the opportunity to

connect with younger voters who

record or live stream such events

through social media.. See USF, 17

MONICA HERNDON | Times

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton

speaks to an estimated crowd of 1,500 on Tuesday at

the USF Campus Recreation Center.

LOREN ELLIOTT | Times

Donald Trump hosts a Feb. 12 rally at USF before

winning the GOP presidential nomination.

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