🌱 Patch AM: Why a Lutz farm owner was named Principal of the Year

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• Why a Lutz farm owner was named Principal of the Year

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Sunny and pleasant, with a high of 75 and low of 55 degrees.
• Wednesday: Partly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 77, low: 60.
• Thursday: Partly sunny, a shower or two, with a high of 78 and low of 65 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Farm animals, birthday videos and Principal of the Year (suncoastnews.com) — A Pasco County principal who lives on a Lutz farm is being recognized as the district’s 2026 Principal of the Year, and her daily birthday videos sometimes feature her Lutz animals. She leads J.W. Mitchell High School with creative programs that blend life skills, character lessons, and drug and alcohol prevention, aiming to send graduates into adulthood truly “life-ready.”
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Boys Soccer [HOME] vs. CCreek (Varsity + JV - Senior Night)
  Sunlake High School Land O Lakes, FL 34638
  6:00 pm
• Girls Soccer vs WCHS JV & V
  Wiregrass Ranch High School , 2909 Mansfield Blvd , Wesley Chapel
  6:00 pm
• Girls Basketball JV & V @ CCHS
  Cypress Creek High School , 8701 Old Pasco Rd , Wesley Chapel
  6:00 pm
• City Council Meeting
  Temple Terrace, FL Calendar Temple Terrace, FL 33617
  6:00 pm
• Girls Soccer @ Cypress Creek (Varsity only)
  Sunlake High School Land O Lakes, FL 34638
  6:30 pm

Wednesday December 17

• JV & V Boys Basketball @ Wesley Chapel
  Wesley Chapel High School , 30651 Wells Rd , Wesley Chapel
  6:00 pm
• English Conversation Corner - Land O Lakes
  Land O'Lakes Library , 2818 Collier Pkwy , Land O' Lakes
  6:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• Field Trip: The Lemon Orchard Venue on the Lake — Temple Terrace Garden Club
  The Lemon orchard venue on the lake , 11291 Knights Griffin Rd , Thonotosassa
  9:30 am
• Bilingual Story Time
  Egypt Lake Partnership Library , 3403 W Lambright St , Tampa
  3:30 pm
• Girls Soccer vs Pasco V Only
  Wiregrass Ranch High School , 2909 Mansfield Blvd , Wesley Chapel
  4:00 pm
• Girls Soccer [HOME] vs. ZHills (JV + Var - Senior Night)
  Sunlake High School Land O Lakes, FL 34638
  6:30 pm
• Girls Basketball V Only @ Berkely Prep
  Berkeley Prep
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Highly recommend Junkyard Pirates!
  They helped me move a king-size mattress and picked up a bed frame, and they did an amazing job. Very friendly, careful, and professional — they made… (Nextdoor State Road 54 Suncoast)
• We have a ton of feral strays but she seems like she was someone’s cat.
  Super sweet. She’s been coming around for about a month now. Anyone missing this pretty girl? (Nextdoor Sunset Lane)

• Taco Bell posted a job opening for Late Night Team Member in Lutz. Apply here.
• Buckle posted a job opening for Seasonal Freight Coordinator (Part-Time) in Lutz. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lutz here.

🗞 Nearby News

University

• What's behind the wellness claims for the synthetic dye methylene blue? (wuft.org)

Land O' Lakes

• Cypress Woods Elementary School carries on tradition of the Giving Tree Campaign (fox13news.com)

Temple Terrace

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don't know, but April May!
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