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Some of the Zephyrhills All-Stars run off the field at the end of an inning in their Junior Baseball game against host Land O’ Lakes last Saturday. YOUR HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER SINCE 1911 Thursday, June 24, 2021 109th Year - No. 41 thezephyrhillsnewsonline.com 50¢ Elks and volunteers A Look Back ... JUNE 24, 1960 Wealth of Health provide meals for New series harkens back to It’s time to include some healthy habits as part of days gone by. Let’s look your daily routine. at the above date ➤ 8 needy families BY STEVE LEE News Reporter This week’s Look Back takes us further than we have gone so far in these new install- ments. It represents the seventh in our series. The year is 1960 when under The Zephyrhills News banner it read in all CAPS: VOICE OF THE PURE WATER CITY. Back then it seemed the cover page was for as many stories as could fi t. In the June 24, Weather 1960 edition there were 11 items on the front It’s going to get pretty wet with three headshots to go along with a photo with scattered showers in of Mr. and Mrs. Waldo being award for their the forecast over the next beautiful plantings. Carl D. Lippincott, the seven days. On a brighter community development league’s chairman, note it is not expected to congratulated the couple, owners of Lamb’s be as hot as normal with Toy Shop. daytime temperatures As the city has annexed some surround- hovering around 90 and in ing land over the years the Zephyrhills City the 70s at night. Council and various civic clubs united to con- sider expanding the boundaries. Council pres- ➤ 3 ident James Jarrett said he had been contact- ed by leaders of several groups, including the chamber of commerce, about expanding the city limits a half a mile in three direction; Tips for a safe north, west and south. Also in the city, a recount was being con- Fourth of July sidered due to a low census thanks, in part, to a trailer park within city limits being listed as Independence Day is almost rural. Including that park could increase the here and tips are off ered population of Zephyrhills to 3,000. Another for hosting holiday parties. Volunteers and members of Elks Lodge 2731 bring bags of food, made and packaged in the on-site kitchen, to people five days per week. city matter discussed by the council focused Advice is shared for a safe on fl ood relief and drainage problems. and happy Fourth of July, STEVE LEE Other news out front included an advance which commemorates the on a countywide church revival scheduled for birth of our nation. Feed the Kids Program has served “A lot of people were unemployed and they were the Pasco County Fairgrounds, Zephyrhills ➤ 9 able to drive their kids though,” said Wayne Page, an High students Richard Miles and Barbara Hig- thousands since its inception six Elks trustee who sits in front of the building at a table ginson were selected to attend Boys State and alongside Jim Miller. Girls State sessions in Tallahassee, and Pas- years ago at Elks Lodge 2731 Added Miller, a volunteer who gives drivers a num- co County Groves had numerous vacancies ber based on how many meals they need, “We’re still where trees had died or been removed. getting them, but not as many.” Inside on page 2 was a column by Al- Zephyrhills, Dade BY STEVE LEE The local Elks chapter has been distributing food News Reporter ice Hall about the Garden Gate Club. Hall, City All-Stars play during the summer months to needy families for the who ranks among the most famous people in past six years and last year represented the most ever. Zephyrhills, has a building named in her hon- District 13 All-Star Last summer, during the peak time of the corona- That eff ort, made possible Mondays through Fridays or at Zephyr Park. There was a Tourist Club tournaments for baseball virus pandemic, about 8,000 families benefi tted from a from 11 a.m.-1 p.m., is greatly appreciated by those who column written by Rosa Belle Morton and an- and softball have begun. Feed the Kids Program at the Elks Lodge 2731. People drive through. other column, entitled In This Corner, was Teams from Zephyrhills and still drive up to receive meals at the lodge off Wire Road, “I think it’s a great thing for the community, es- penned by publisher George Wickstrom. Dade City are competing in but the numbers are down due, in part, to the pandemic pecially in times like this when (people) need it,” said those tournaments hosted by waning. ® Land O’ Lakes. ®FEED THE CHILDREN: See Page 13 A LOOK BACK: See Page 4 ➤ 10 Bulldogs compete in 7-on-7 football “Bed of Nails” horror Zephyrhills clashed with rivals Wesley Chapel and Cypress Creek in recent movie production 7-on-7 high school football scrimmages before all three teams went on to a tournament in Tampa. coming to Dade City ➤ 16 “Bed of Nails” is Malott’s and his production After enduring a COVID-19-related company - Bad Clown Films fi rst foray into fea- INDEX delay, the fi lming is set to ture fi lms and you can bet that the soundtrack is going to play an important role. Malott has more Community News 2 commence this August than 20 years of experience in the music industry Weather 3 and has developed some relationships that have helped drive and even shape the fi lm. Church Directory 5 BY ANDY WARRENER News Reporter “I was inspired in the 90s by Nine Inch Nails Obituaries 5 music videos and the way they incorporated visual imagery,” Malott said. “I was taken aback Crossword Puzzle 6 & 7 by that and it remained in my mind as the fi lm One thing is for sure. “Bed of Nails” is go- Coloring Contest 12 came together.” ing to have a wicked-good soundtrack. The Thus, “Bed of Nails” is more than likely go- Crime Reports 14 soundtrack and score of a horror fi lm are some of ing to have that edgy, industrial, dark and gritty the most important elements to help present the Legals 14 feel to it. It makes sense as the fi lm is about three visual imagery and to cue the audience that some- Goth kids road-tripping their way to the Florida Classifieds 14 thing is about to go down. Writer/director Mike Keys, camping in a tent on their way, when they Malott, who has an extensive background in the T.V. Guide 15 are set upon by a group of locals who take it too music industry, puts it like this. far, fatally too far. Malott will lean on his friend “Imagine you’re on a beach looking out onto and business associate Erik Sizemore, lead mem- Zephyrhills News the ocean,” Malott said. “There’s the sun, the ber of the band Empire 44, formerly Liers in Wait, sand. Now cue the Jaws theme song and see how an Atlanta-area Goth-industrial band. Malott will that vibe turns to fear. It completely changes the sample from Empire 44’s album Spear of Destiny imagery and how you perceive what you’re look- The film’s production poster for “Bed of Nails.” ing at.” ➤MOVIE: See Page 11 COURTESY OF BAD CLOWN FILMS 2 Thursday, June 24, 2021 | Zephyrhills News Tax Collector Mike Fasano and staff will collect donations to 38333 5th Ave. Zephyrhills, Florida 33542 (813) 782-1558 support fi ve Pasco E-mail: [email protected] The Zephyrhills News, USPS 699-080, is County Schools’ published every Thursday. Periodicals Plant Society meeting is July 13 postage paid at Zephyrhills, Florida and additional mailing offi ces. Postmaster: ABC Program Send address changes to The Zephyrhills The Nature Coast Chapter of the Florida recover, as well as share the State of Florida’s News, 38333 Fifth Avenue, Zephyrhills, Tax Collector Mike Fasano’s fi ve offi ces will collect Native Plant Society is meeting July 13, 7 p.m. recent sea turtle nesting data. She will also talk Florida 33542. No part of the The Zephyr- donations in July for the Pasco County School District’s at The Land O’ Lakes Community Center, 5401 about a new state-wide eff ort National Wildlife hills News may be reproduced or trans- ABC (Assist, Believe & Care) Program. The program was Land O’ Lakes Blvd. Federation (NWF) will be undertaking to im- mitted in any form or by any means, created to provide fi nancial assistance to students and The meeting subject is “Sea Turtles in the prove sea turtle protections at the local level. electronic or mechanical, including pho- their families who are experiencing economic hardship, Gulf of Mexico Post Deepwater Horizon Oil Meetings of the chapter are free, and all in- tocopy or recording, of any informa- especially when those needs interfere with the student’s Spill,” presented by Jessica Koelsch Bibza. Sea terested parties are invited to attend and bring tion storage or retrieval system without ability to be academically successful. The cash collected turtles were just one of the many species of fi sh questions about their yard. There will not be the expressed written permission of the and wildlife severely impacted by the Deepwa- any refreshments or drinks available, so ev- publisher. will go into a fund that teachers can use when they see or learn of a need a child may have.