The price of gasoline and the slumping economy didn't stop Santa from visiting Avon Park Monday. ...more

December 3, 2008

TAMPA - Almost a dozen beauty queens, dazzling in their stylish dresses and impeccable makeup, plunked themselves down across from sick little girls at St. Joseph's Children's Hospital this morning. The queens painstakingly painted nails and applied blush to the girls' faces. Outside, Tampa Fire Rescue firefighters hoisted hospitalized little boys up onto the gleaming red truck. Some yanked at the steering wheel while others, in hospital pajamas and plastic firefighter helmets, climbed on the back. Some were still attached to IVs dragged around behind them. ...more

June 20, 2008

WEEKI WACHEE - The photographer eyed the tail. She looked worried as I held it up to gauge … well, whatever qualities one should look for — in a fin. "That's a small tail," Julie Busch said, glancing without subtlety at the girth of my own, real tail — wider than the average mermaid. ...more

May 11, 2008

The photographer eyed the tail. She looked worried as I held it up to gauge ... well, whatever qualities one should look for - in a fin. ...more

May 11, 2008

LAKE PLACID — Downtown streets will be lined with people Saturday, Dec. 8 at 7 p.m. during Lake Placid's annual Christmas parade. This year's theme is "A Child's Christmas Fantasy." The parade will feature floats, bands, cloggers, clowns, civic and social organizations, cheerleaders, fire trucks, beauty queens and Santa Claus. The event is a joint effort between the Greater Lake Placid Chamber of Commerce and the town of Lake Placid. Eileen May, chamber CEO/president of operations, said on Wednesday that almost 100 floats had registered for what she expects will be the town's "best parade, ever." she expected good weather for the evening event. ...more

December 7, 2007