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/ The happy trails between life and death http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/observations/3420-the-happy-trails-between-life-and-death.html Observations Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:20:31 +0000   This is one of a photograph or two of my happy trails. The destination didn’t really matter, the journey was important.      Mitch Traphagen photo By Mitch Forgotten and taken for granted http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/observations/3419-forgotten-and-taken-for-granted.html Observations Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:43:11 +0000 By MITCH TRAPHAGEN mitch@observernews.net Thousands of cars pass Follow That Dream Parkway on U.S. Highway 19 in Yankeetown every day. Few of the people in those cars Observations: Not past the point of rescue http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/observations/3418-observations-not-past-the-point-of-rescue.html Observations Sun, 11 Jul 2010 09:00:00 +0000 By Mitch Traphagen mitch@observernews.net I turned around and caught a glimpse of myself standing on the little strip of island beach at low tide.  I was Lions, tigers and Elmira's dreams http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/front_page/3070-Lions_tigers_and_Elmiras_dreams.html News Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:34:28 +0000 Story and photos by MITCH TRAPHAGENmitch@observernews.net See the video below WIMAUMA — The bear loves peppermint candy. As she sees the woman walking up to Tuesday, July 27, is American Victory Day http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/front_page/3068-Tuesday_July_27_is_American_Victory_Day.html News Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:01:05 +0000 {igallery 13} By MITCH TRAPHAGENmitch@observernews.net TAMPA ­— Carlton Majette learned the value of work the hard way. He had to do his job or die. The Good Old Days are just up the road http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/front_page/3067-The_Good_Old_Days_are_just_up_the_road.html News Thu, 15 Jul 2010 02:51:29 +0000 By MITCH TRAPHAGENmitch@observernews.net There is no oil washing ashore at Cedar Key but peace and tranquility are in abundance.  (Photo gallery below) A full Mommy bloggers vs. the Gulf oil spill http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/front_page/3066-Mommy_bloggers_vs_the_Gulf_oil_spill.html News Thu, 01 Jul 2010 17:50:04 +0000 Mitch Traphagen photo Cooper Munroe, left, and Tampa bay area “mommy bloggers” and their children gather for a “Better Than a Picnic-Picnic” sponsored by Retired HCSO Major Larry Terry dies http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/front_page/3023-Retired_HCSO_Major_Larry_Terry_dies.html News Thu, 15 Jul 2010 03:51:53 +0000 By MITCH TRAPHAGENmitch@observernews.net HCSO Major Larry Terry in a 2002 file photo. Mitch Traphagen photo RUSKIN — Retired Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Industrial expansion in Ruskin http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/front_page/3022-Industrial_expansion_in_Ruskin.html News Thu, 15 Jul 2010 03:33:39 +0000 The South Shore Corporate Park in Ruskin (Mitch Traphagen Photo) New 15,225 SF lease in South Shore Corporate Park RUSKIN - Richard Ellis (CBRE) Next week - Cedar Key http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/front_page/3021-Next_week_-_Cedar_Key.html News Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:11:58 +0000 Coming up in the Observer NewsWas life better when you were young? What ever happened to the Good Old Days? Did they really exist? Next Observer News