One of the loudest sounds in the Winter Strawberry Capital of the world is the South Florida Baptist Hospital helicopter racing to and from its pad on the top of the 60-year-old building. The hospital has grown to add such advancements with superb management and continues to under the leadership of its newest president, Karen […]
Continue ReadingEast Bay at Durant: A Better Tomorrow
Marco Martinez labors under an unforgiving summer sun, firing out of a three-point stance into a blocking sled. “Push!” Durant High School coaches bark out. Martinez, a beefy 5-foot-10, 285-pound offensive lineman, follows with a grunting surge as sweat pools at his feet. This is Martinez’s first year playing football at any level. The senior […]
Continue ReadingFOCUS ON FITNESS: How to set a goal and reach it
Do you want to lose 20 pounds? Do you wish you could lift heavier weights? Do you need to start exercising and eating right to wean off of high blood pressure medicine? Whatever your personal goal may be, you must first set up a plan — and then stay committed to it — in order […]
Continue ReadingAround Town 09.18.15
Kindergartner FaceTimes class from hospital
Five-year-old Jack Falter greets anyone who enters his room at Tampa General Hospital with sticky darts from an orange plastic gun. After target practice, he muffles a greeting and lifts his t-shirt to show off an IV tube with the face of a “Despicable Me” character patched onto it. Jack has lost most of his […]
Continue ReadingAround Town 09.04.15
Tickets on sale for mystery dinner
Some theater rehearsals are formal occasions, with the actors concentrating on the seriousness of their craft. The rehearsals for this annual mystery dinner theater are nothing like that. At St. Peter’s Episcopal Church Monday, Aug. 24, cast and crew sat around a table laughing and exchanging interpretations of each other’s characters. “We don’t take anything […]
Continue ReadingLocal author to have book launch party
By Arden White | Staff Intern Ever wondered what walls would say if they could talk? Well, they do in local author Maura Satchell’s new book, “The Gray Lady of Long Branch.” “The Gray Lady of Long Branch” is a fiction novel about a Victorian home in Long Branch, New Jersey. The home itself is […]
Continue ReadingNew worship pastor starts at First Baptist Church
By Arden White | Staff Intern Plant City’s First Baptist Church has a new worship pastor. Ken Van Cura’s first day was Sunday, Aug. 23. Van Cura is in charge of directing the worship and music ministry at the North Palmer Street church. He’s the perfect man for the job. This January he released his […]
Continue ReadingFocus on Fitness: Exercise and stress management
Let’s face it: everyone gets stressed out now and again. Some more than others, depending on how we react individually to certain situations. There are many ways to help reduce stress, but they aren’t always good choices: binge eating, taking stress out on others, procrastinating, sleeping too much, withdrawing from others and more. However, there […]
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