Vivvo CMS 4.1 Observer News http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. Observer News http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/files.php?file= http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/ Liberty gets a pat-down http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/observations/3431-liberty-gets-a-pat-down.html Observations Fri, 26 Nov 2010 18:32:53 +0000   By MITCH TRAPHAGEN In 1975, Dad took me on a trip from our small, rural hometown to the big city of Minneapolis. We went to a Low tide in Florida http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/observations/3430-low-tide-in-florida.html Observations Thu, 11 Nov 2010 20:23:20 +0000   MITCH TRAPHAGEN PHOTO It may well be low tide in Florida but, as it always does, the tide is rushing back in. Florida remains a Living by example http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/observations/3429-living-by-example.html Observations Thu, 04 Nov 2010 19:16:03 +0000 By MITCH TRAPHAGEN   Esther was born a child of the Great Depression in the most rural of rural South Dakota.  She went to school in a Sailing in through the out door http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/features/3095-Sailing_in_through_the_out_door.html Features Fri, 26 Nov 2010 18:11:57 +0000 Part three of an Observer News feature series Reedville, Virginia, is a quiet community on a creek just off the Chesapeake Bay. MITCH Saying goodbye http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/features/3094-Saying_goodbye.html Features Thu, 18 Nov 2010 20:29:34 +0000 My wife Michelle flew in to help prepare the boat for the voyage home. The tanks and lockers are full. It is time The last leg http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/features/3093-The_last_leg.html Features Thu, 11 Nov 2010 19:34:31 +0000 Part one of an Observer News feature series By MITCH TRAPHAGEN The last leg is getting the boat into the water from the boatyard Dooley Groves rises from the ashes http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/front_page/3055-Dooley_Groves_rises_from_the_ashes.html News Thu, 04 Nov 2010 17:59:38 +0000 Mitch Traphagen Photo After losing more than 22,000 healthy citrus trees from the threat of citrus canker in 2005, Dooley Groves owner Mike Houghtaling Boat Ramp expansion completed at E.G. Simmons Park http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/front_page/3034-Boat_Ramp_expansion_completed_at_EG_Simmons_Park_.html News Thu, 04 Nov 2010 18:41:16 +0000 MITCH TRAPHAGEN PHOTOS Boat Ramp expansion completed at E.G. Simmons Park RUSKIN — Hillsborough County recently completed a major expansion to the boat ramp Observer News