Bella Thompson is on a mission. The 78-year-old Holiday-area resident has been making beaded jewelry nonstop, even waking up in the middle of the night to string beads. Thompson will offer her handmade jewelry for sale at a Wendy's fast food restaurant in the New Port Richey area next Friday and Saturday, Oct. 19 and 20. All proceeds benefit the Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Foundation. ...more

October 13, 2007

SEBRING — The Four Points by Sheraton, Chateau Elan was the place to be on Wednesday night during the March of Dimes 9th Annual Highlands County Chef's Auction. More than 200 March of Dimes supporters benefited prevention of premature births, which is the leading cause of death in American newborns. ...more

October 4, 2007