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Did you know?
• Christopher B. Coghlan of the Florida Marlins was born in Palm Harbor, Florida. However, he attended East Lake
High School located in Tarpon Springs.
• Coghlan’s first run in Major League Baseball draft was with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
• In August of 2009, Coghlan had 41 hits, the most hits for a rookie player since 1998 when Todd Helton had
45 hits of his own.
• The real name of Dieselboy is Damian Higgins. He plays the drums, produces, plays the bass and is the founder
of the music label, Human Imprint.
• Dieselboy was voted in the UK’s Drum and Bass Arena’s Top 10 DJs. He was the first American to make it onto
this list.
• Dieselboy’s music is featured on several video games, on ESPN and on MTV.
• In 1972 Dieselboy was born in Tarpon Springs but later moved to Colorado City.
• Wayne Fontes was the head coach for the Detroit Lions from 1988 and 1996, his teams recorded 62 wins.
• The Detroit Lions won the 1991 championship game while Fontes was the head coach.
• Another career highlight for Fontes was the Lions win against the Redskins at Super Bowl XXVI.
• Elbert Joseph Bertie Higgins was born December 8, 1944 in Tarpon Springs. His album Just Another Day in
Paradise featured the top 10 hit Key Largo.
• Sunken Garden is ideal for nature lovers. In this garden are over 50,000 tropical flowers and plants. The plant
life is imported from all over the world providing a wide variety of natural beauty and preserving some of the
most beautiful plants in the world.
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