Art Waskey has pedaled hundreds of miles to honor people he will never meet. ...more

March 7, 2009

They trained, mapped out, plotted, trained some more, dieted, worked out, planned and continued training. ...more

September 17, 2008

An armed burglar got away Sunday night when three Sebring men confronted him in a home in the 3000 block of Maryland Avenue in the Fairmount Mobile Estates community, about 22 minutes before they dialed 911. ...more

September 9, 2008

Monday afternoon the Indian Beach area of Sarasota was soaked for hours by a dying thunderstorm. Tuesday, on my predawn bicycle ride through the neighborhood, three sprinkler systems were watering (drowning) lawns. It's a given that these are automatic watering systems which take no account of moisture in the soil. Therein lies a small part of our water conservation problem. ...more

August 7, 2008

The West Fork Rail Trail, created about 20 years ago from an abandoned CSX line, is a moderate hike of about 25 miles (or bicycle ride or cross-country ski jaunt) that partly runs parallel to the West Fork of the Greenbrier River. De Hart recommends the trail because it offers spectacular scenery by traversing forests, pastureland, rock slopes and wildlife areas, including beaver ponds. The West Fork Rail Trail and the 300-mile Allegheny Trail pass through the town of Durbin, which is on U.S. 250, less than 10 miles from the Virginia line. Within a few miles of Durbin, the southern terminus of the hike, is a stretch that has fishing pools, wildflower meadows and rock formations. ...more

July 13, 2008