September 2011
By PENNY FLETCHER Margit Redlawsk was five years old when she first realized she wanted to be an artist. “I watched my aunt Uta, who was a commercial artist, and…
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN With all the bad news today, it’s a wonder that we’re all not clinically depressed. Just the headlines of the local newspapers this past weekend would be…
By PENNY FLETCHER RUSKIN – Recently two experts confirmed that the old joke about “dogs having masters and cats having staff” isn’t based on folklore, but truth. “Cats were worshipped…
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN RUSKIN – Here’s an item to add to your list of things to worry about: your air conditioner. For thieves, the value of that large unit sitting…
By MELODY JAMESON …Redneck RivieraDue to apparent self-policing, both proposed changes along 24th Street S.E. and a public meeting about them now are on hold. Concerns about littering, public intoxication…
January Heimerl PetrieJanuary Heimerl Petrie passed away at LifePath Hospice in Sun City Center on August 30, 2011. January was born to Frank and Gabriela Heimerl on January 15, 1921…
I woke up at 3 a.m. and was bound for Kennedy Space Center by 3:30. I arrived just as the press credentials office opened and, in their usual efficient and…
By PENNY FLETCHERSOUTH COUNTY — Back in January, some people in the congregation of United Community Church in Sun City Center put on their thinking caps trying to come up…
By MELODY JAMESON Those who ignore their history, the cliché holds, are doomed to repeat it. Yet, we all know that logically history need not dictate the future. History is…