Most 11-year-olds who punch and kick others can expect to be punished. Steffanie Brown, however, is rewarded. In fact, the junior black belt has received 29 awards for her sparring matches in karate. The past two years, she has qualified to participate in national tournaments. ...more

August 31, 2008

The Brandon Lions Club of District 35-R was honored by the Hillsborough County School Board on May 20 for its yearlong effort to screen South Shore and greater Brandon area schoolchildren for vision and hearing impairments and scoliosis. ...more

June 18, 2008

Nancy Pratt is a teacher. Some people think of their careers as a "calling. Then there are people who just seem to be born with a predetermined purpose in the world embedded in their DNA. ...more

May 24, 2008