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Katherine Dobbins Design • Designed event handout distributed to hundreds of museum visitors • Came up with event’s name • Asked back for a second year Maritime Mischief and Merriment Gentlemen About Town The Legend of José Gaspar The Vessels of Gasparilla Everyday Items that Double as Cleaning Tools Gardening Inside Your Tampa Bay Condominium Writing Resume Assistant Market Research Manager Opinions Ltd., November 2015 - Present • Fast-tracked from recruiter to supervisor • Manage data collection for multinational, Fortune 500 corpora- tions • Meet deadlines and quotas • Assure quality of market research interviews • Greet visitors and callers • Resolve information requests and conflicts Market Research Recruiter • Sell participating in market research interviews to people at Westfield Brandon • Conduct interviews for CLT and PRS data collection Opinions, Ltd., September 2015 - November 2015 Graphic Designer Henry B. Plant Museum Society, January 2015 & 2016 Social Media Coordinator and Blogger Smith & Associates Real Estate, June 2013 - December 2014 • Drove traffic to website and directly acquired two new clients through management of company’s Pinterest account • Twitter use led to company being featured twice on Inman News, an online real estate news with well over 2 million monthly visits • Improved company’s social media strategy • Created custom social media strategies for individual agents • Researched real estate and community topics and wrote copy for website and blog Public Relations Assistant The Salvation Army of Hillsborough County, October 2012 - January 2013 • Co-wrote and edited script performed by professional troupe at organization’s largest yearly fundraising event • Managed database and oversaw distribution of Angel Tree holiday gifts Events Coordinator Catholic Campaign for Human Development, August 2010 - May 2011 • Won grant for research paper on current social issues • In four days, planned, promoted and executed an art gallery event which brought more customers to the host business than any other source • Coordinated a tri-county student art contest • More than doubled number of donations for annual event • Negotiated with vendor for a 10 percent discount on event giveaway • Prepared and gave public presentations to youth groups Full resume available at linkedin.com/in/katherinedobbins 813-404-3674 [email protected] Contact pg. 2 pg. 3 pg. 4 pg. 5 pg. 6 pg. 7

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Katherine Dobbins

Design

• Designed event handout distributed to hundreds of museum visitors • Came up with event’s name • Asked back for a second year

Maritime Mischief and Merriment

Gentlemen About Town

The Legend of José Gaspar

The Vessels of Gasparilla

Everyday Items that Double as Cleaning Tools

Gardening Inside Your Tampa Bay Condominium

Writing

Resume Assistant Market Research Manager

Opinions Ltd., November 2015 - Present

• Fast-tracked from recruiter to supervisor • Manage data collection for multinational, Fortune 500 corpora-tions • Meet deadlines and quotas • Assure quality of market research interviews • Greet visitors and callers • Resolve information requests and conflicts

Market Research Recruiter

• Sell participating in market research interviews to people at Westfield Brandon • Conduct interviews for CLT and PRS data collection

Opinions, Ltd., September 2015 - November 2015

Graphic Designer

Henry B. Plant Museum Society, January 2015 & 2016

Social Media Coordinator and Blogger

Smith & Associates Real Estate, June 2013 - December 2014

• Drove traffic to website and directly acquired two new clients through management of company’s Pinterestaccount • Twitter use led to company being featured twice on Inman News, an online real estate news withwell over 2 million monthly visits • Improved company’s social media strategy • Created custom socialmedia strategies for individual agents • Researched real estate and community topics and wrote copy forwebsite and blog

Public Relations Assistant

The Salvation Army of Hillsborough County, October 2012 - January 2013

• Co-wrote and edited script performed by professional troupe at organization’s largest yearly fundraising event • Managed database and oversaw distribution of Angel Tree holiday gifts

Events Coordinator

Catholic Campaign for Human Development, August 2010 - May 2011

• Won grant for research paper on current social issues • In four days, planned, promoted and executed anart gallery event which brought more customers to the host business than any other source • Coordinated atri-county student art contest • More than doubled number of donations for annual event • Negotiated with

vendor for a 10 percent discount on event giveaway • Prepared and gave public presentations to youth groups

Full resume available at linkedin.com/in/[email protected]

Contact

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The first Gasparilla took place in 1904. The Krewe invaded by horseback, as they had yet to commandeer a worthy ship.

After several years of participating in the Gasparilla invasion, the U.S. Miami had its name officially changed to the U.S. Tampa in 1916 honoring their favorite town. Unfortunately, the Tampa was sunk off the English coast during World War I with all 131 aboard lost.

“The U.S. Revenue Cutter Miami sought to repel the piratical craft, but the Gasparilla gunners answered with a shot across the bows of the government vessel, an act of war against the United States.” All in fun of course.

In 1922, the “Schooner got stuck and two tugs, Eva and Nympth” came to Gasparilla’s rescue.

Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla sails to Tampa, past Henry B. Plant’s Grand Hotel, 1923.

In 1933, Tampa saw its first night time parade, which followed a daytime water invasion. “Accompanying the ship was a squadron of aircraft, in bombing formation so that the bombardment came simultaneously by air and by water.”

“The pirate ship each year has been rented or borrowed for the occasion, from among the schooners in port at the time. This has sometimes proved a problem. The Krewe has determined to obviate this difficulty by buying a ship, so that, in the future, the pirates will ride their own in their attack on the city.”

Gasparilla VII King W.R. Beckwith boarding the pirate ship, 1914.

Crowd observing men dressed as pirates on Gasparilla ship docked at Plant Park, 1921.

Gasparilla ship on Hillsborough River.

All quotes are taken from the 1936 History of Gasparilla and Ye Mystic Krewe by Edwin D. Lambright.

Photos courtesy Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System, and H.B. Plant Museum.

Maritime Mischief and Merriment

The Henry B. Plant Museum Society presents

Visions of Gasparilla Day must include the indescribable water invasion and accompanying flotilla surrounding the Jose Gaspar. Hundreds of decorated boats of all sizes fill the waterways. Enjoy this quick trip through the pages of Gasparilla’s early history.

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Gentlemen About Town

The H.B. Plant Museum Society with Gaspar’s Grenadiers, Shamus Warren, Todd Burnett, L.B. Sierra, and Frank Smith presents:

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The Legend of José Gaspar The trumpets sounded, and a jester announced that King Gasparilla C, Philip R. Carroll was ready for his King’s Dinner to commence. The night’s feast and the dancing that followed celebrated the 100th royal court of the Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla. To commemorate this centennial milestone, Smith & Associates Real Estate presents our 10 part series, 100 Things You Need to Know About Gasparilla.

Interestingly, although this is the 100th royal court, this is not the 100th Gasparilla. That milestone took place in 2004. Back then, Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla published Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla: The First One Hundred Years. This book is a great source of information for anyone who wants to delve deeper into Tampa’s celebrated tradition.

We can’t think of a better place to start our 10 part series, 100 Things You Need to Know About Gasparilla than with the legend of Tampa’s favorite pirate, José Gaspar.

1| Before becoming a pirate, José Gaspar was a lieutenant in the Spanish Royal Navy. In 1783, defeat of the Spanish fleet by the British prompted Gaspar to lead a mutiny.

2| José Gaspar grew up as a member of the Spanish aristocracy. He was very well dressed and well mannered, especially for a pirate.

3| After the mutiny, he changed the ship’s name from Florida Blanca to Gasparilla, and began calling himself by that same name.

4| Gasparilla and his crew settled among a group of small islands at the mouth of Charlotte Harbor. Gasparilla named one of these barrier islands for himself. Captiva Island was so called because that was where Gasparilla and his crew kept their captives.

5| Gasparilla named Sanibel Island in honor of the girlfriend of his friend and first-mate Roderigo Lopez. When Lopez expressed desire to return to Spain to be with his love, Gasparilla supplied a boat, and sent a number of men to help Lopez make the journey home.

6| Gasparilla named one of the barrier islands after one of his captive mistresses. Her name was Joseffa. The name of her island became anglicized and is now known as Useppa Island.

7| Gasparilla proposed to a captive English woman named Ann Jeffery. She fearfully confessed to being in love with Batista, the youngest and bravest of the pirates of Gasparilla. The pirates and their captives expected Gasparilla would put Ann and Batista to death in some horrible manner. Instead, Gasparilla seized a merchant ship and agreed to set her free, with passengers and cargo unharmed under one condition – Ann and Batista be given passage back to England.

8| The piracy of Gasparilla and his crew was brought to an end by Captain Lawrence Kearney. Captain Kearney fooled Gasparilla into thinking his ship was a merchant ship, when she in fact was the USS Enterprise.

9| Gasparilla refused to be taken alive. He leapt overboard shouting, “Gasparilla dies by his own hand, not the enemy’s!”

10| The twelve pirates who were captured swore that they and their captain had fully intended to retire from their wicked ways the next day. All except a cabin boy named Juan Gomez were executed. Later in life, Juan Gomez claimed he was never a mere cabin boy, but in fact, the Pirate Captain Gasparilla.

What stories of this famed Pirate Captain have you heard? Let us know in the comments below!

Later in life, Juan

Gomez claimed he was

never a mere cabin boy,

but in fact, the Pirate

Captain Gasparilla.

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The Vessels of GasparillaJanuary is here, and that means the pirates of Gasparilla are gearing up to invade Tampa Bay. So far in Smith & Associates Real Estate’s 10 part series, 100 Things You Need to Know About Gasparilla, we’ve talked about important times and dates to remember this year, how the parade got started, and the legend of José Gaspar.

Now, what would pirates be without their ships? Here are 10 Fun Facts about the Vessels of Gasparilla:

1| In 1783 Britain brought defeat to the Spanish fleet and crushed Lieutenant Gaspar’s hopes of rising in the ranks of the Spanish Royal Navy. It was then that the lieutenant led a mutiny and seized control of the Florida Blanca. He renamed and the ship after himself, making this the first ship of Gasparilla.

2| In what is believed to be José Gasparilla’s diary, he brags about capturing 36 ships in his first year of pirating. If 36 ships seem like a lot, consider that was just in one year. Gasparilla and his men pirated for nearly four decades!

3| Pirates aren’t known for playing catch-and-release on the high seas, but Gasparilla did famously release one merchant ship.

When English captive Ann Jeffery refused Gasparilla’s marriage proposal because she and another pirate, Batista, were in love, the pirates and their captives expected the worst. Instead, Gasparilla seized a merchant ship and made a deal with that ship’s captain: passengers and cargo would be unharmed, if the captain agreed to give Ann and Batista safe passage back to England.

4| Gasparilla and his pirates were bested on December 21, 1821 by the crew of the USS Enterprise, under the command of Captain Lawrence Kearney.

5| For years the Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla would borrow ships, for their

invasion, and not know until days before the parade whether one would be available at all. That changed when the Krewe purchased the Bisbee in October of 1936.

The ship that became the José Gasparilla I was a three-masted, oak-beamed schooner that had sailed the Atlantic Coast, and made voyages to Madagascar and South America.

The ship was used in every Gasparilla invasion parade until 1952, when she was declared unseaworthy. The ship caught on fire and sank into the Hillsborough River on February 6, 1956.

6| With the José Gasparilla I decommissioned, YMKG borrowed four ships for the 1953 Gasparilla Invasion: the Joseito, the Goldfield – renamed the Buccaneer’s Bride for the occasion – the Shark, and the Sea Wolf. The Joseito, a two-masted, schooner-rigged vessel, was to be the flagship of that year’s Invasion. However, the ship was unable to make it past Lafayette Street Bridge (now the Kennedy Blvd. Bridge). Fortunately, the people of Tampa Bay have a history of working together, and King Gasparilla Gilvie L. Reeves was spirited to Plant Park by another vessel. The pirates who were riding the Buccaneer’s Bride were welcomed aboard a landing barge.

For their part, Queen Patricia Lowry, her royal maids and

candidates rode aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Nemesis. They did not have any problems completing their journey.

7| 1954 marked the 50th Anniversary of the Gasparilla Invasion and was the first year the José Gasparilla II sailed. Queen Suzanne Lowry christened the new ship with a bottle of Jamaican rum and Captain James W. Warren and first Lieutenant Richard McKay raised the ship’s first Jolly Roger. King Carlton C. Cone presided over the ceremony.

8| In 1975, the José Gasparilla II sailed up the Hillsborough River for the last time. The next year, and every year thereafter, the ships masts were too tall to pass under the newly completed Crosstown Expressway Bridge (now known as the Leroy Selmon Expressway).

9| In 1976, YMKG borrowed the Captain Anderson from St. Pete, and rechristened her Ye Royal Barge. For the first time, Gasparilla’s royalty invaded Tampa Bay together.

10| While the Krewe selects a new captain every few years from among its ranks, the José Gasparilla II is actually captained by Captain John Timmel, a master mariner, Tampa Bay resident, and YMKG pirate.

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Goodbye winter, spring has sprung. For many of us, the coming of spring comes with a desire to clean, clean, clean. If you’re getting ready to put your house on the market, deep-cleaning is imperative. If you’re staying where you are for now, a freshly dusted, scrubbed, and vacuumed home will simply feel nicer to live in. When you’re ready to get started, Martha Stewart’s Spring Cleaning 101 is a very handy check-list. Google natural cleaning, and you’ll find article after article on the uses of vinegar, baking soda, and lemon. These are three cleaning staples you should keep on hand. Everyone may know about the cleaning abilities of vinegar, baking soda, and lemon, but those aren’t the only common household items that can double as cleaners. Coffee filters make great lint-free wipes for surfaces you don’t want to scratch, like computer monitors, television screens, and porcelain stove tops. Even better, they’re inexpensive to buy in bulk. Most homes have places that are impossible to get a dust cloth into, and moving furniture isn’t always the best

option. Take care of those hard to reach places by plugging in your hair dryer, setting it to cool, and blowing that dust away! Spring cleaning isn’t the only thing that comes with this season. Smith & Associate Real Estate agents are already seeing more and more cook-outs in the Tampa Bay neighborhoods they serve. If you’re planning an outdoor get together and your citronella candles are dusty, clean them up with rubbing alcohol. Unlike water, it won’t ruin the wick. Do you have a stack of used gift cards? They make great cleaning tools. You can use them to scrape grime from crevices where other tools won’t fit. Or, when fabric softener builds up in your washer, scrape it off with an old gift card. If you’ve got teflon coated pots and pans, you can skip purchasing those little plastic scraper tools. Gift cards serve the same function. Dryer sheets are another ordinary household item that doubles as a dust cloth. Use them on free standing fans, window unit air conditioner filters and venetian blinds. They’ll get the dust and dirt off

faster than a paper towel, and prolonged use creates a protective coating that keeps the item cleaner in the first place. Have you tried any of these before? Do you know of another everyday item that doubles as a cleaning tool? Tell us about it on Facebook.

The coming of spring comes with a desire to clean, clean, clean.

Everyday Items that Double as Cleaning Tools

Just in Time for Spring Cleaning

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My favorite Friday morning tradition is to wake up with the sun, ride my bicycle to a locally owned coffee shop, order a dou-ble espresso, and catch up with the latest Smith & Associates Real Estate blog posts. I enjoyed reading our Belleair office’s broker manager, Nikki Phillips’ latest entry, Things to Do in Tampa | Tour the Gardens of Beau-tiful South Tampa Homes. Like Nikki, I am looking forward to Earthly Paradise. I can’t wait to see the garden at Smith & Associ-ates Real Estate agent Ed Gunning’s home.

I often find that when people think of gardens, they think of them grow-ing outdoors in backyards. While this is true, condo-miniums are also great places for growing gardens. Many people grow

plants in window boxes, or grow gardens on their balconies. These are great! However, I want to talk about gardens that you can grow inside of your Tampa Bay condominium. With a little creativity, you can live an ur-ban lifestyle, and cultivate your green thumb. Here are some fun ideas to help you get started:

Gardening Inside Your Tampa Bay Condominium

Image source: Upcycle That

Image source: Better Homes and Gardens

Image source: Thrifty Ninja

Cork Planters: Do-it-yourself cork plant-ers are easy to make, and making them gives you a reason to have friends over to celebrate. I’ve made the magnetic ones. They are easy to do, and are a nice way to attach favorite photographs to your refrigerator.

Terrariums in Vases: I usually have a vase of flowers in my kitchen. I think it adds a nice pop of color to my decor. This takes it to a whole new level. Instead of putting cut flowers in a vase, grow a miniature garden!

Succulent Pictures: Living pictures are smaller, more convenient versions of living walls. Living walls, also known as biowalls, ecowalls, vertical gardens, or green walls are one of my favorite things for urban dwellings. They are gorgeous to look at, improve air quality, lower temperatures, and can be a way to reuse water. They aren’t always practical though. Building or buying one that is properly irrigated and lets the roots breathe can get expensive. Living pictures made of succulents, like the one pictured from Better Homes and Gardens, only need to be taken outside to be watered once a month. It’d be neat to make a bunch of living pictures and hang them border to bor-der on a wall. Living tiles, if you will. With a little ingenuity you canbe a master gardener inside your Tampa Bay condominium.