•Katie Robinson, commander of Veterans Village American Legion Post 343 and the American Legion Service Officer at the New Port Richey VA Outpatient Clinic, received a special award at the Annual Volunteers Award ceremony held by the James A. Haley Veterans Hospital. Robinson received the President's Call to Service Award for volunteering 4,369 hours to the clinic. She has visited the clinic once a week since it opened in 1985. Robinson also has four veterans in local nursing homes for which she tries to help with their veteran benefits. ...more

May 10, 2008

Local military veterans are planning their annual ceremony to honor the nation's war dead. ...more

May 8, 2008

After American Legion Post 147 dissolved its drum and bugle corps, its bugles and drums were passed along to the University of South Florida Music Resource Department and to the Florida Orchestra and the Florida Orchestra Guild. ...more

February 20, 2008

Shelby Ewbank and Kathy Prince didn't have suspicious minds when Elvis tribute artist Frederick Denmark said his house had burned. ...more

February 18, 2008

TAMPA - Shelby Ewbank and Kathy Prince didn't have suspicious minds when Elvis tribute artist Frederick Denmark said his house had burned. ...more

February 18, 2008

LAKE PLACID — "You don't train cats. They train you." That's how Judy Eastwood, the president of the American Cat Fanciers Association, summarized the experiences of dozens of cat breeders who assembled at the American Legion Post 25 Saturday and Sunday. Approximately, 50 contestants and more than 130 cats from places as far as Wisconsin packed the post for the "Mardi Gras Cat Show." Through all the breeding, feeding, grooming, pampering and travel expenses, they compete only for ribbons and plaques. And some make a lifestyle out of it. ...more

February 18, 2008

LAKE PLACID – The Lake Placid Board of Realtors recently sponsored an old-fashioned dance-a-thon at the Lake Placid American Legion Post 25 to benefit two local not-for-profit organizations – the Humane Society of Highlands County and the Lake Placid Miracle League. The dance was held to benefit the Humane Society of Highlands County, whose mission is to provide shelter, medical care and adoption services to lost, homeless and unwanted companion animals, and the Lake Placid Miracle League, a newly organized youth baseball league for physically and mentally hindered youths who are paired with "Buddies" who help the athletes take the field and cope with the challenges of playing the game. Themed in the 60's and 70's, the 261 party-goers entered a long-ago past complete with fiber-optic lamps, peace beads, 45 rpm record decorations, disco ball, and hula hoops. Many guests reached into the back of their closets, or their parents' closet, and looked as if they could have just stepped off the Partridge Family bus. ...more

February 3, 2008

In these hard times it is great to see that the human spirit is still alive and well. Upon hearing that the Hansen House would now be for teenage girls that were hard to place, the Avon Park American Legion Auxiliary decided to start a fundraiser and drive to get organizations to re-do the bedrooms to be suitable for young ladies and make them feel at home. First we had a fundraiser dinner, then a dinner theater bus trip and then watched as many of our good members and friends stepped forward with donations and physical help. We then contacted many churches and service groups hoping they would also adopt a girl's bedroom or bath. ...more

February 2, 2008

Music Opera Lovers Club will meet from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, at the Forest Glen Retirement Community Center, 1431 Friar Tuck Lane, off Osowaw Boulevard, Spring Hill. The program will be "Before the Curtain Rises" by Nicole Benson, opera club member and soprano. Benson has studied vocal performance, with an emphasis in opera, at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, and will be presenting a backstage look at what is involved with an opera - from the lighting man to the set designers to the singers themselves. The club is a group of opera lovers who want to learn more about opera and enjoy the fellowship of kindred spirits. For more information, call Kathy at 352-688-4741, e-mail nsauer@tampabay.rr.com or visit the club's Web site at www.naturecoastwebsites.com/~opera. ...more

January 16, 2008