By Dave Nicholson, Tampa Tribune, Fla. Jun. 9--PLANT CITY The new high school under construction near Interstate 4 and McIntosh Road will relieve crowding at Plant City and Durant high schools, Superintendent MaryEllen Elia said last week.

By Helen Anne Travis, St. Petersburg Times, Fla. Oct. 6--PLANT CITY -- Rows of black plastic stretch across the fields of eastern Hillsborough County. The plastic, affectionately called black mulch by farmers, marks where 8,000 acres of strawberry plants will soon blossom.