Comic books have long been part of Scott Sahle's life. He has read them, cherished them, collected them and - when need dictated - sold them. ...more

December 31, 2007

LAKE PLACID –– Dave Alden remembers his brother-in-law, Wendell, fondly, although he was only a child when his adopted sister married. It was partly because Wendell's life was a success story but more importantly he always made time for Dave. That mentoring of honesty and setting a good example made a lifetime impact. Born in Vermont, Alden retired in 1989 as a project engineer with Kennicott Copper. He and his wife, Marie, traveled the United States and Alaska for two years before the snowbirds decided to find a warm place in Florida to land. While zigzagging across the state, they discovered Lake Placid and fell in love with this town of murals and caladiums. Dave feels that their secret to being married 48 years –– besides luck –– is that they love each other and have the same goals. Marie was the type who wanted to help people and he was brought up the same way. ...more

December 31, 2007

Twenty-five years ago, an auto salesman and a registered nurse from a Boston suburb moved to Tampa and planned to open a restaurant. ...more

December 20, 2007

Comic books have long been part of Scott Sahle's life. He has read them, cherished them, collected them and - when need dictated - sold them. ...more

December 20, 2007

A van traveling north on U.S. 19 Sunday night struck a motorcycle from behind hard enough to lodge the bike upright in its grill. ...more

December 10, 2007

Victor Johnson paid a registered nurse $1,000 a week to take care of him while he waited for terminal cancer to take its course. ...more

December 8, 2007

Debbie Ismer of Plant City retired from nursing after 30 years at Tampa General Hospital to travel and spend more time with her family. But just two years later, she's back at Tampa General, only this time doing the kind of nursing she used to only dream about. ...more

November 30, 2007

SEBRING — A rumor that he wouldn't run for a third term in the Florida Senate is not true, J.D. Alexander confirmed Wednesday. "I have every intention of running," said Alexander, R-Lake Wales. So far, he's the only candidate who's filed in District 17, but others, including Denise Grimsley, are keeping their eyes on the race. On Nov. 20, the Lakeland Ledger ran a five-paragraph story. "Rumors continue in Tallahassee that Alexander may not run in 2008," the Ledger reported. "Rep. Dennis Ross, R-Lakeland, and Rep. Denise Grimsley, R-Lake Placid, want to run for the Senate seat if Alexander doesn't run. But they don't want to wait until the week of qualifying in June of 2008 to find out if he is really pulling out. By then it could be too short of time to raise the amount of money needed and to campaign for the Aug. 26 party primary." ...more

November 30, 2007

I have been a snowbird for years and took up permanent residence in Sebring seven years ago. I love it! The best place in the states to live. ...more

November 28, 2007

The nurse named Ann asked Shane Kingery a question he had already asked himself during the time he'd spent in Kenya doing mission work last summer. ...more

November 28, 2007