Well I have heard change; things will change. I am 84 years old and I have seen many changes. If our president and everyone up in Washington, D.C., would have put their heads together they could have everything fixed they say is wrong. ...more

March 20, 2010

Cranky critics of "kids today" surround us, but the truth of the matter is that never before has more pressure been put on our kids at a younger age than now. So while many of us like to complain about young people, we have no idea what it's like these days to be a high school or middle school age child. ...more

February 26, 2010

Every four years we hold an election for president and the winner always is the candidate who can make Americans believe that something better will result because we elect this person over that person. For some of us, we allow ourselves to believe that it really can change. That past wrongs can be righted. And every time, regardless of who is president, we get mostly the same thing. ...more

January 10, 2010

In its first year of operation, the nonprofit Plant City Support Our Soldiers, with the help of the community, sent more than 2,000 pounds of items to deployed soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. ...more

January 6, 2010

In its first year of operation, the nonprofit Plant City Support Our Soldiers – with the help of the community - sent more than 2,000 pounds of items to deployed soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. ...more

January 3, 2010

Their lists to Santa included an Easy-Bake oven, a football and the Littlest Pet Shop toys. ...more

December 28, 2009

Plenty of childlike giggles and family-oriented goodies marked the spot where area residents came to enjoy the Winter Wonderland. ...more

December 23, 2009

My wife, Ginny, and I were married June 29, 1956. I still had two years of college to complete. Not having much money, we moved into a small prefabricated house of a type that was mass-produced by the thousands, constructed of plywood and used for temporary housing for returning World War II GIs. By 1956, the housing crunch was past, and these units were rented to anyone. ...more

December 20, 2009

Old-fashioned holiday hospitality will once again run throughout the town as Growing Great Moms presents their third annual Christmas Tour of Homes from 4 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5. ...more

November 28, 2009

The real killers at Fort Hood in Texas are political correctness, affirmative action and the cult of diversity. If the gunman was of any other religion other than Muslim, he would not have been in a position to do what he did. ...more

November 10, 2009