With the help of Mother Nature, the 19th annual Ruskin Seafood Festival drew a record-breaking crowd of about 18,000 to E.G. Simmons Park last weekend. ...more

November 14, 2007

With the help of Mother Nature, the 19th annual Ruskin Seafood Festival drew a record-breaking crowd of about 18,000 to E.G. Simmons Park last weekend. ...more

November 8, 2007

SEBRING - At 10:20 a.m., Kate Anson was seated at Steelhorse Enterprises, a company which makes accent lights for motorcycles. She overheard a group talking about the 60,000 people who were supposed to show up the Run for the Heartland. "There's not 60,000 people here," she scoffed. "Maybe 500." Five hundred bikes? "That's generous," she smiled. Don Elwell, who manages Kenilworth Lodge, and Dave Greenslade, executive director of Avon Park Chamber of Commerce, came to the same conclusion. By 10 a.m., 190 bikers had signed up for the poker run, said Pat Alexander, who was taking $10 from each. The cross country course directs motorcycles to Neibert's Fish Camp, Devane Park in Lake Placid, Henscratch Farm and Winery off State Road 66, the Watering Hole, Thunder Chopper Works and back downtown to the Blue Crab. Riders get a playing card at each of the seven stops. The best hand wins a prize. ...more

October 7, 2007

Redfish, fall and football; it's a hard combination to beat, and the only negative with all of them coming together is that anglers have to fit their redfish excursions around the schedule of their favorite teams; the Bulls/Noles/Gators (and maybe some Canes, too) on Saturday and the Bucs on Sunday. ...more

October 5, 2007