October 2012
RIVERVIEW – Lightning began to flash just as J. Vince Thompson Stadium at Riverview High School was beginning to fill with football fans set to watch one of South Hillsborough’s…
By MELODY JAMESON RIVERVIEW – Area candidates for national, state and county offices seeking the support of South County voters are expected at a public forum here Thursday night. The…
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN The last century seems so close but now, more than a decade into the next, it is possible to look back wistfully, perhaps occasionally wincingly. Henri Cartier-Bresson…
Matthew C. Aronson Matthew A. Aronson, an eight-year resident of Sun City Center, died peacefully Oct. 3 at LifePath Hospice House after a long battle with cancer. Born in Springfield,…
By MELODY JAMESON SUN CITY CENTER – A good many residents in this retirement center once touted as a shining example of volunteerism at work do not, in fact, volunteer…
Jean Spisak passed away last month and something good left this world with her. Jean worked at The Observer News for 30 years, the last eight of which I had…
By MELODY JAMESON RUSKIN – Melanie Hubbard probably would be a frustratingly formidable opponent over a game of Scrabble. She’s a constant, consistent, inveterate, dedicated explorer with words. She plays…
By PENNY FLETCHER SUN CITY CENTER- He’s been riding motorcycles since he was a kid on his grandfather’s farm. She just started in 2000. Now they’re both riding hard and…
Howard James (Jim) Androl Howard James (Papa) Androl of Riverview, FL, formerly of Punta Gorda, FL, and Waterford, MI, was 81 years old when he passed on Sept. 23, 2012.…