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A Desperate Search and 30 Hour Ordeal Has Happy Ending
By Mitch Traphagen RUSKIN - What was supposed to be a simple kayak trip on the Little Manatee River became a 30 hour survival ordeal for Jennifer Kelly of Riverview. Fortunately, despite a potentially grave situation, the ending turned out to be a happy one. MoreMitch Traphagen Photo Wimauma High School Class of 1957 Reunites
On May 24, members of the Wimauma High School class of 1957 gathered for a class reunion. Nineteen of the original 39 classmates attended the event held at the Ruskin Woman’s Club. Many brought their spouses and children to meet their old friends and classmates. The class of 1957 is significant because they were the last class to graduate from Wimauma High School. From 1958 on all high school seniors who attended public high school graduated from East Bay High School. MoreIt's Official: SCC is Golf Cart Parade Capital of the World
By MItch Traphagen SUN CITY CENTER - What happens when you put nearly 200 decorated golf carts in a long line? In the case of last year’s Sun City Center Holiday Golf Cart Parade you get a world record. More Mitch Traphagen Photo Gerber Baby All Grown Up Now
Ann Turner Cook, known to millions around the world as the Gerber Baby, talked about her experience as a famous face and her life afterwards during the Issues and Ideas Program at Lake Towers in Sun City Center on June 9. The 1928 image of Turner as an infant has graced Gerber Baby food products for the past 75 years. Turner, who resides in Tampa, spent 26 years as a teacher and has just released her second mystery novel. Turner’s books, part of a planned series, are entitled Shadow over Cedar Key and Trace Their Shadows. They are available at www.iuniverse.com. Mitch Traphagen Photo
Coming Up Next Week in the Observer News
The Changing Face of South Hillsborough: "Not that many years ago
$300,000 may have bought a 9,000 square foot house, today you get a 1,000
square foot townhome," said a local realtor. The MiraBay home pictured
above has likely already been sold for a price significantly higher than
that. Previously described as quiet and even forgotten, south county is
apparently in for some major changes. Who are the people flocking to this
area and what does it all mean for the current residents and businesses?
Find out next week in the Observer News. For the second time in less than a year, Governor Jeb Bush paid a visit to South Bay Hospital in Sun City Center. He heard from doctors, nurses and patients - and had a message of his own. Read all about it in the next Observer News.
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