(11:15 A.M. Time Certain) A Resolution By The Board Of County Commissioners Of Pasco County, Florida, Honoring Gloria June Vivo For Her 103rd Birthday

1:30:02Okay. All right. Thank you so much for it. Thank you all. Thank you. And now I see we have our res three recipients. Recipient here, so Where's Lisa? I'd love for her to hear her to hear this, but

1:30:17All right. Uh Ms. Gloria June, is it Vivo or Vivo? Vivo? Vivo. I was gonna say Vivo, but I wanted to check. If you You can stand up to the podium and you can come with her if you'd like.

1:30:30Right to the podium. I'm gonna read the resolution first. Resolution number 25-229, a resolution by the Board of County Commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, honoring Gloria June Vivo for her 103rd birthday.

1:30:49Whereas Gloria June Vivo was born on June seventh, nineteen twenty two in Manhattan, New York, and whereas Gloria's parents immigrated from Naples, Italy, and had seven daughters, with Gloria being the youngest of them. Anraz, at the age of just four years old, Gloria became a child prodigy on the piano. She shared the passion of music with her sisters, all who played musical instruments. Anraz, after graduating high school, Gloria studied voice, dance, and acting.

1:31:20Anraz, in the late 1940s in New York, Gloria was a leading lady in Broadway's production.

1:31:29alongside Phil Silvers and Uh is it? Nanette Fabre, thank you. Anne Res, after three years in Broadway, Gloria worked in early television, radio, and many nightclubs in Atlantic City and Miami Beach. Anrez, Gloria married and went on and went on to have two children, two grandchildren, and recently became a great-grandmother at the age of 100. And Res Gloria

1:32:00has resided in Newport Ritchie for over 22 years, now continuing to entertain her family and friends throughout the years. And has played music in two restaurants in town along with her local clubhouse. And Ras Gloria continues to stay busy by cooking, baking, reading, and going out with friends and family, and has an interest in natural health and healing. At Soon to Be 103, Gloria attributes her good health to maintaining a healthy lifestyle

1:32:30by walking, eating healthy, and taking supplements every day. And whereas the Board of County Commissioners of Pasco County recognized this momentous achievement of one of Pasco County's citizens and wishes for Gloria. continued good health and h happiness in the new year to come. Now, therefore, be it resolved by the Board of County Commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, that said board hereby honors and congratulates Gloria June Vivo on the celebration of her 103rd birthday,

1:33:01extending its best wishes to her, done and resolved in regular session with a quorum present and voting this 20th day of May, 2025.

1:33:20Yeah, yeah.

1:33:23Oh we can sing.

1:33:26Well we should have Gloria sing, wait till her sing. Um yeah, give I got a motion and a second. Yeah. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Um we can sing happy birthday to you, but you don't want me to sing. Seth normally leads to the biggest. Okay, Seth, you scarred off, ready? I'll mute my mic.

1:33:41An early an early birthday, early June birthday. Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday, dear Gloria! Happy

1:33:57birthday to you!

1:34:05If you need a singer for a party, she's your girl. Um, Commissioner Oakley. Yeah. We're gonna go f Wait, stay up there. We're gonna do this fast, okay? Yeah, do it fast. Okay, Commissioner Oakley.

1:34:17Oh we're so happy that you're having this birthday come up very soon. I don't know what your diet is or your medicine, but please send that to me 'cause I think I need that.

1:34:27Or your skincare regiment.

1:34:30So happy that you're here with us here at your hundred and third birthday. That's great.

1:34:35Commissioner Weightman.

1:34:37Thank you. This is a very rare treat and an honor. To have you with us today, approaching a hundred and two, going to a hundred and three. Just absolutely amazing. Thank you all for bringing her here today and just very proud that we get to celebrate you and I hope you have a terrific June birthday. My birthday is June second. So to June birthdays.

1:35:00Mr.

1:35:00Yeager.

1:35:02Well, happy birthday. Um my great grandpa lived to be a hundred and four. And um so it's quite an accomplishment and um I love that you are still so active and that you're giving back to the community. Um and just God bless you. Commissioner Mariano.

1:35:20And I want to say congratulations too. I've had a couple of aunts get to ninety-nine. Uh so 100 is great, 103 is phenomenal. And you actually shared the same day as my wife's birthday. So special.

1:35:32Well um I've known Gloria and her daughter Carolyn for many, many years. Gloria uh I think used to sing in the Cafe Grand. That's where I used to hear her sing all the time because it was my favorite restaurant back in the day. It was the only decent restaurant around. And Glor so Gloria, I want you to uh talk to to the board about g some of your um health food. Health habits. It's amazing. Carolyn grew up in a very unusual l uh household in New

1:36:02York City and tell us a little bit about yourself. Uh put the mic down there. Well let me just say this. Gloria lived alone until the hurricane came and hit Beacon Square villas. And now she's with Carolyn. Her house home is not repaired yet, but I think she's gonna stay with Carolyn. But she was living alone all by herself. I used to see her out to lunch with her friends at the market. So

1:36:26Okay.

1:36:35She's had a wonderful life. And

1:36:37well, I'm very healthy at my age, a hundred and three, because I've always been interested in in health. So I've always eaten a very b healthy diet all my life. That's why I have a lot of energy at 103 years old. I don't have any physical problems whatsoever.

1:36:58Isn't that

1:36:59amazing?

1:37:03And you'll be healthy beyond a hundred and three.

1:37:08And she and Gloria, if you don't mind me sharing, recently had shingles at her age.

1:37:13Wow.

1:37:13Um so Yeah. Yeah, after the storm. So she recommends that shingle shot. Mm-hmm. Which I got. Um and Gloria, are you still playing the piano and singing? I wish I had one in here so you guys singing

1:37:26not so much singing anymore 'cause her breath, but um but yeah

1:37:32And you see there's no walker, there's no glass, there's no nothing. There's no nothing.

1:37:36And she was paying attention. Now you're reading that too. So

1:37:39so Commissioner Mariano I upped you 'cause I think yours was a hundred and one. Yeah, hundred

1:37:44and three.

1:37:50I played the piano and you I sang. I d I sang in lots of hotels years ago.

1:37:56Miami Beach. Yeah. All

1:37:58right,

1:37:58let's go down and take a photo. We're gonna come down and take a photo.

1:38:09I've got the

1:38:10same thing

1:38:10on the same

1:38:11thing.

1:38:11This way.

1:38:14Do you want to have a picture? Oh I'll reject it. Do you want to get a picture too?

1:38:19All right, Laura, we're gonna take a photo. Do you wanna come up? up?

1:38:22Yeah.

1:38:29This is for you, an

1:38:30official wow.

1:38:32Thank you so very much. I appreciate it so much. I appreciate it very much.

1:38:56All right, I'll keep that.

1:39:14What does it say?

1:39:18Okay, that was special.

1:39:23Isn't she amazing?

1:39:24Okay, that's incredible. Nothing

1:39:26wrong. Absolutely beautiful.

1:39:28Yeah.