Mike and Dee Blaha are moving up, so to speak, in the world of agriculture. ...more

November 23, 2007

Gary Moss bought his first vintage Hawaiian shirt in 1976 at a New Jersey antiques show to replace a sweaty golf shirt on a humid summer day. He took a fancy to it and began buying more at shows and shops. ...more

November 20, 2007

Mr. Beadle, first let me congratulate you on being so well informed on the goings on at the Avon Park Bombing Range. By the way, the name "Bombing Range" should be a hint. The sound that you hear, sir, is the sound of freedom. Jets flying at Mach 2 or better generate a sonic boom. Would you rather those jets bear the mark of the stars and stripes, or a crescent moon? And would you like the Air Force public relations people let you, and everyone else on the planet, know how they are preparing for the next attack on our country, or to not so quietly go about their business? My guess is that you migrated south to our great state from some well insulated Midwestern cave. ...more

November 15, 2007

You don't have to be a Boy Scout to live by the motto "Be prepared." Many American workers learn that lesson each year, as foreign competition, technology and other factors force their companies to shut down or move overseas. People ask, "How am I going to make it?" ...more

November 11, 2007

I admit I'm a Jeep junkie. More than you would ever know and certainly more than my wife knows. She would love to see some of my 1940s Jeeps go to other homes. She doesn't push it too much because deep down she too is a Jeeper. ...more

October 27, 2007

SEBRING — An extensive coin collection, photos of the 1940s Sebring High School band and a draft registration from World War I are just some of the artifacts on display at the Sebring-Ridge Museum. ...more

October 23, 2007

Hundreds of Pasco County students passed through Louise Gilbert's classroom in her 36 years of teaching. ...more

October 20, 2007

In the late 1940s, my friends and I did all kinds of jobs to earn spending money. We were between 9 and 12 and didn't get allowances. These were still hard times, and many families had to struggle to make ends meet. ...more

October 9, 2007

The National Weather Service is revamping the way it has issued severe weather warnings for decades with a new system that marks a geographic bull's eye where a storm will hit. ...more

September 19, 2007