I would like to express the gratitude of the officers and members of Post 74 of the American Legion, for the wonderful turnout at our first golf tournament, held on Dec. 8 at Harder Hall Country Club. The generosity of our local business community, who gave so freely of their goods and services for our raffle, truly helped make the tournament a success. Space prohibits listing the names of all those who contributed, but you know who you are, so please accept our heartfelt thanks. Thanks also to Harder Hall pro John Phillips, for a great job in handicapping, scoring, and just being an all-around "good guy." We hope to make our second annual tour next year even better. ...more

December 11, 2007

TALLAHASSEE – Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson is urging consumers to check out charitable organizations before making any donations. As the holidays get under way, charities are gearing up for their busiest time of the year. Many collect about half their annual donations in the short time between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day. Florida law requires most charities that do business in the state – regardless of where they are headquartered – to register with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and provide financial information about income and expenditures. There are 12,597 charitable organizations registered with the state. ...more

December 9, 2007

John Amato adores children. He finds no greater joy than putting smiles on their faces, especially during the holidays. ...more

November 28, 2007

The decades of preserving his family's history, collecting antiques and spreading generosity haven't gone unnoticed. ...more

November 26, 2007

John Amato adores kids. He finds no greater joy than putting smiles on the faces of children, especially during the holidays. ...more

November 24, 2007

John Amato adores kids. He finds no greater joy than putting smiles on the faces of children, especially during the holidays. ...more

November 21, 2007

LAND O' LAKES - Kids' Stuff Preschool & Day Care was the Best of Parade winner at the 2007 Fall Flapjack Festival Parade this past weekend. ...more

November 7, 2007

On behalf of the ninth-grade students in the Freshman Foundation at Sebring High School, I'd like to thank the following sponsors for their donations for our Foundation T-shirts: Country Motors, Hancock Citrus Inc. Fotos by Foster, Advances Insurance Group Inc. Progress Energy, Dr. Robert Midence, Dr. Kevin Meyer, Cutler's Pool Service, Henry C. Williams Trucking Inc. E and J Construction, AA and M Auto Inc. and Insight Auctioneers. Because of their generosity, we were able to provide T-shirts for the entire foundation class for Spirit Days. Congratulations to Michael Vazquez for creating the T-shirt design during our logo contest last year. Our Freshman Foundation has had a great start and hopefully will continue its success as the year progresses. ...more

October 13, 2007

The generosity of Pasco County businesses and residents as outlined in your editorial Monday ('Residents, Businesses Take County Under Wing') should come as no surprise. Why? Because we are residents of the most generous nation in the world. ...more

October 10, 2007

Nasser has lived in Kuwait his entire life but cannot call it home. Poor and frustrated, the 24-year-old is one of 100,000 people in this oil-rich Gulf state who are refused what they feel is their birthright: citizenship. ...more

October 7, 2007