July 2015
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN Pinellas County’s Fort De Soto Park North Beach is considered a Florida treasure. For some frequent visitors, the towering Australian pine trees were as much a part…
Want to have input on available Y programs? Join the Advisory Board By PENNY FLETCHER After several years of planning, the South County YMCA is finally a reality, and the…
Vintage paintings from the Highwaymen By LISA STARK Art collectors and history buffs have long been interested in Florida’s Highwaymen, a group of 26 African-American landscape artists who carved a…
Dear Editor, You have probably heard about the $10 billion being set aside for veterans to obtain care with the new VA Choice Program (authorized outside care). You probably have…
By LISA STARK If charm and humor increase with age, it would explain the demeanor of two of SCC’s most delightful residents: Gladys Fracassi, who turned 103 last month; and…
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN Sandy Duran didn’t start Bullet Free Sky for her son or for herself. Although her then-12-year-old son was struck down by a bullet in the first few…
Eleanor H. Crawford Eleanor H. Crawford, 95, of Sun City Center, Fla., died peacefully in her home on Sunday, June 21, 2015. She was born in 1919 in McKeesport, Pa.,…