July 2012
By MELODY JAMESON BALM — Before and beyond all else, this community’s citizens planners want to keep and continue its rural character. From its lengthy history through its guiding goals…
By PENNY FLETCHER RUSKIN — Doris Buzbee’s mother Ida McRoberts was a charter member of the First Baptist Church of Ruskin and Doris’s earliest memories are of growing up there.…
By MELODY JAMESON SUN CITY CENTER – In order to forearm residents here with forewarning knowledge, this community’s volunteer security organization has received a grant from the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s…
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN RUSKIN — Last week, master puppet artist and puppeteer Sara Peattie became the second artist in residence at the Firehouse Cultural Center in Ruskin. Peattie brought with…
By PENNY FLETCHER RUSKIN — When the bottom dropped out of the housing market a few years back many developers abandoned projects all over the country. Homes stood half-finished. Others…
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN Were you born at the right time? Do you sometimes feel as though you are here too early or too late? Do you long for a golden…
A. Katherine BarkleyKatherine Barkley, 95, of Sun City Center, FL passed away on Friday, July 13, 2012. Katherine was born on May 25, 1917, in Kentucky, where she was the…
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN APOLLO BEACH — Dan Wood has “It”. No one really knows what “It” is, no one can define it, but people either have it or they don’t.…
By MELODY JAMESON From its name to its function to its objectives, a governmental committee heavy with real estate development interests and strong South County connections is drawing fire from…