This holiday season let's remember that not all gifts are wrapped in shiny paper and decorated with ribbon and bows. ...more

December 24, 2009

Senior softball players come to family's aid A few days ago the players in various senior softball leagues were told about a mother with two small children who had recently moved to our community and were in severe economic peril. ...more

December 17, 2009

Mike Huckabee doesn't deserve the bad press he is getting. In 2000, when he was governor of Arkansas, Huckabee commuted the 108-year prison sentence of a man named Maurice Clemmons. ...more

December 14, 2009

My husband and I went to see the movie "Blind Side" in Sebring. It was a must-see movie, a true story that shows love and compassion to a boy from the projects. You need Kleenex to watch it, but it has a good ending. ...more

December 11, 2009

Thinking back, it seems preposterous that the Tampa Bay Lightning once won the Stanley Cup. ...more

November 27, 2009

The Florida Autism Center of Excellence recently had a visit from some sweet fairies. ...more

October 28, 2009

Lock up pedophiles I have to vent. I am so sick of hearing about another child being sexually abused and/or killed. ...more

October 25, 2009

Did you know that the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) excludes farm animals, horses, livestock and poultry from humane care? Why? Don't these sentient beings count for anything? Don't they deserve a lifetime of caring and compassion? ...more

September 25, 2009

I was peacefully driving home on U.S. 27 S., on Friday, Aug. 28 at about 4 p.m., when suddenly a car tire came barreling towards my car. I slowed down a little but traffic was heavy; the tire came straight at me and smacked the front of my auto. ...more

September 7, 2009

What great letters to the editor on Aug. 30! I share the thoughts of Terry Collins and Daniel Burke. Obama's health care plan is scary and I along with many others don't want it. Our families and friends in Massachusetts have never liked the "cruel" marks that Sen. Ted Kennedy left on the sands of time. ...more

September 6, 2009