The famous and the not quite famous, CNN broadcaster Larry King and Tampa concert roadie Wayne Doucet, said thank you together today to some students who helped them both. ...more

February 20, 2009

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February 20, 2009

In a recent letter to your newspaper, Republicans were accused of hoping that President Obama fails. Of course I can't speak for all of us, but I don't think it's a personal issue at all. I would hope that any person, whether Democrat or Republican, conservative or liberal or moderate (whatever that is) who supports the views that President Obama is currently espousing would fail. ...more

February 20, 2009

People may not have changed a lot since 18th century England, when some actually relished public hangings. ...more

February 18, 2009

Patriotic values and wholesome entertainment have always been key to the Florida Strawberry Festival. Old Glory waves as proudly as ever over the festival, with the added glow of this year's theme: "Hometown Salute to America." ...more

February 17, 2009

Throughout history, people have been oppressed to the point of desperation. Once the pain of enduring any longer becomes severe enough, a backlash begins to brew. ...more

February 12, 2009

PLANT CITY Darlene Davis has been named the new executive director of the Pregnancy Care Center of Plant City. Davis started in the position Feb. 2, replacing Mary Alice Hendricks, who announced her resignation about six months ago. ...more

February 9, 2009

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February 8, 2009

Since you have had all kinds of writers sending thank you letters I thought I would add my thanks to Mr. Bush: For lying to us about WMD that Iraq had so you and your ilk could go to war and make certain people wealthy. For giving all those tax breaks to the wealthy and lying to us how a trickle down economy would work for me. For letting all those good jobs run offshore to make jobs for the Asians and Mexicans. For giving tax breaks to the wealthy and then borrowing money from foreign nations that my grandchildren are going to find difficult to pay back and blame me. ...more

February 7, 2009

On New Year's Eve I was sitting at a table with friends, waiting for the count down to the New Year. I looked at the noise maker in front of me and saw "made in the U.S.A" stamped on it. It made me start to think of my youth in the '50s and '60s. I remembered the RCA T.V. that was made in the U.S.A. I remembered the Emerson radio that was made in the U.S.A. I remembered the Chevrolet that my father drove; you guessed it, made in the U.S.A. ...more

February 5, 2009