August 2012
Third of three installments – Final By WARREN RESEN – Member North American Travel Journalists Association After more than a month on the road, it was time to turn around…
By PENNY FLETCHER GIBSONTON – At the dead end of a quiet Gibsonton street in an unpretentious home filled with adopted pets, Shari Keller sits at a desk full of…
By PENNY FLETCHER SUN CITY CENTER — People have been educated to take preventive measures concerning breast, prostate, lung, colon and other cancers but rarely do they have a complete…
By MELODY JAMESON RUSKIN — This community is getting around. After getting play on Swiss and German television, as well as in the Southwest Airlines in-flight publication, last month, a…
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN Here’s a tip for someone selling a car or anything else: Don’t sound like a homicidal maniac in your advertisement. I can say that because I am…
William Eugene McConnaugheyWilliam Eugene McConnaughey, 91, died peacefully at Sun City Center, Florida, on July 21, 2012. He was born and raised in Lincoln, Nebraska, but spent most of his…
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN I once stood on the geographical center of the United States and looked out upon nothing but fields and gravel roads. At the time I took solace…
By Mitch Traphagen NASA — After a 36-week flight through space, NASA has successfully landed its car-sized rover, named Curiosity, on Mars. From all appearances, the mission thus far has…
By PENNY FLETCHER RUSKIN — The intermittent rain cleared up just in time for kayak fishermen (and women) to enjoy their boating time and then for everyone in the group…