I would like very much to thank the Applebee's Restaurant Corp. for its very magnanimous gesture of offering a dinner free of charge to all veterans on Veterans Day. ...more

November 22, 2009

On Nov. 11, we attended a Veterans Day remembrance at the Lake Placid Christian School on Interlake Boulevard. We thank Headmaster Dennis Griffin and the faculty for letting us attend. We were impressed with the students and the ceremony, all the students and faculty gathered around the flag pole. The flag was raised by two students. The Pledge of Allegiance with proper salute was recited by all. Rev. DeHart lead us in prayer and gave a little talk on a friend of his who was in the war. One of the students gave a speech on what Veterans Day means to us and how we should honor our veterans. It was a very simple and meaningful ceremony. It was our privilege and pleasure to see and hear the youth of today remember this Veterans Day. Also in attendance was Charles Krueger, past commander, and Suzanne Krueger, patriotic instructor from the VFW 3880 in Lake Placid. ...more

November 16, 2009

Golden Corral will thank active-duty and retired military men and women with a free buffet dinner from 5 to 9 p.m. today. ...more

November 16, 2009

Veterans Day festivities will last well into the weekend in South Shore. ...more

November 11, 2009

With the recent tragic event at Fort Hood, I wonder if anyone will stop and consider the operational tempo our men and women in today's military are faced with. I am retired from the USAF. I have a son in the USAF who just returned from a six-month deployment to Afghanistan. Many of the young men and women at places like Fort Hood have deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan four and five times for six to 18 months at a time, facing conditions and dangers that most of us can't even imagine. I hear lots of political rhetoric about how great they are and what a wonderful job they are doing. We now debate a plus-up of the number of troops we have in place. ...more

November 9, 2009

Details are sketchy, but the shootings at Fort Hood, Texas, appear to be a brazen attack on the largest U.S. Army base in the world. ...more

November 6, 2009

Our troops and their generals have to contend with our president and many in Congress who have deliberately diverted billions of dollars from the defense budget. Critical funds for our defense have been siphoned off for President Obama's government stimulus packages, bailout programs and many pork-barrel projects. ...more

November 4, 2009

Girls ages 5 to 17 can sign up for Girl Scouts from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday. The annual membership rally will be at the Girl Scout House at Mike Sansone Community Park, 1702 N. Park Road, south of Interstate 4. Light refreshments will be served, and girls may take part in craft-making. ...more

September 6, 2009

A new study shows female managers are more than three times as likely than their male counterparts to underrate their bosses' opinions of their job performance. ...more

August 11, 2009

A European reality show based on the travel adventures of eight men and women from Italy will film segments in the Tampa Bay area Monday and Tuesday. ...more

August 8, 2009