Students, parents and teachers pulled each other on scooters, played four-square, bowled and wriggled in hula hoops at McKitrick Elementary's Family Frenzy last month. ...more

February 25, 2009

Third-grader Paige Harrar has gone to the driving range to hit golf balls, but that was before she knew about "tick tock." ...more

December 17, 2008

Third-grader Paige Harrar has gone to the driving range to hit golf balls, but that was before she knew about "tick tock." ...more

December 17, 2008

Entrepreneurs Richard P. Knerr and Arthur K. Melin started out making slingshots in a garage in San Gabriel, Calif. They formed a company and named it Wham-O for the sound the shot makes when it hits the target. Their toy was a minor hit. ...more

August 10, 2008

LAKE PLACID – The Lake Placid Board of Realtors recently sponsored an old-fashioned dance-a-thon at the Lake Placid American Legion Post 25 to benefit two local not-for-profit organizations – the Humane Society of Highlands County and the Lake Placid Miracle League. The dance was held to benefit the Humane Society of Highlands County, whose mission is to provide shelter, medical care and adoption services to lost, homeless and unwanted companion animals, and the Lake Placid Miracle League, a newly organized youth baseball league for physically and mentally hindered youths who are paired with "Buddies" who help the athletes take the field and cope with the challenges of playing the game. Themed in the 60's and 70's, the 261 party-goers entered a long-ago past complete with fiber-optic lamps, peace beads, 45 rpm record decorations, disco ball, and hula hoops. Many guests reached into the back of their closets, or their parents' closet, and looked as if they could have just stepped off the Partridge Family bus. ...more

February 3, 2008

Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Ike Hilliard parked near a canopy of oak trees surrounding Sulphur Springs Elementary and strode into the school through a side door. ...more

October 15, 2007

Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Ike Hilliard parked near a canopy of oak trees surrounding Sulphur Springs Elementary and strode into the school through a side door. ...more

October 11, 2007

What started out as a home school project is now a working business for four Safety Harbor siblings. ...more

October 10, 2007