Our work group plans to start a Sunshine Fund to buy gifts for special occasions, such as birthdays, weddings and baby showers. ...more

January 14, 2008

AVON PARK — Judy Zemko's love for helping people is so obvious that even her coworkers see it. "She has such a caring attitude about the students," said Jennifer Buchanan, who works with Zemko in South Florida Community College's advising office. "She is always the one staying late and in meetings coming up with great ideas. She is a very hard worker and very busy, but she always makes time for the students." ...more

January 14, 2008

Every year I hear the same questions: How politically correct is it to celebrate Christmas or have Christmas tree in public? Is it OK to send a Christmas greetings to your coworkers and colleagues? ...more

December 24, 2007

Not long after Liana Teague started her job at Hernando County Animal Services, a few kittens arrived at the shelter. ...more

December 22, 2007

She wore many hats in her 23 years at Hillsborough County Animal Services, but Barbara Bailey's headgear during her retirement luncheon seemed the most appropriate. ...more

December 8, 2007

Coworkers say Hillsborough County Animal Services won't be the same without the hard work and smile of ...more

December 8, 2007

Brooksville resident Nina Mock vividly remembers the night she and others pulled an all-nighter at the Hernando County School District. ...more

November 20, 2007

Have you ever noticed that the best communication usually happens at the end of the day? When we are so tired we don't feel like talking, and even less like listening, that's when the truest communication happens — between friends, between lovers, between marriage partners, between coworkers, even between parents and kids. One of the best ways to spend meaningful time with a child is to sit down together at the end of the day and simply ask questions, then listen — really listen — to the answers. You don't have to think up fancy questions. "What did you do today?" Or, "How was school?" can give your child a chance to vent. And telling him or her about your day shows the child you consider it a two-way relationship. That is coin of the realm when it comes to avoiding problems and heartaches down the road. ...more

October 28, 2007

SEBRING — For two years, Nancy Martin checked in women who came to Seascape Imaging for mammograms, but she never got one herself. ...more

October 11, 2007

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Joe Silvestro remembers the days when people would take their children to the same barber they frequented and their father frequented. ...more

October 1, 2007