The Plant City Rotary Club recently installed its new president, Jimmy Carapezza, who was sworn in by Rotary District Gov. Beverly Hunt. ...more

August 5, 2009

Before a crowd of 187 members and guests, the Greater Riverview Chamber of Commerce recently honored its own. The cause for celebration was the chamber's 2008 annual Membership & Awards Dinner at the International Independent Showmen's Association. ...more

February 11, 2009

When Barack Obama flubbed a line while being sworn in as 44th president of the United States, a crowd of more than 100 at the New Port Richey Library good-naturedly laughed with him. When the nation's first black president spoke of establishing "unity of purpose over conflict and discord" and said that all Americans "deserve the opportunity to pursue the full measure of their happiness," the enthusiastic crowd applauded loudly. ...more

January 21, 2009

Stepping into history, Barack Hussein Obama grasped the reins of power as America's first black president on Tuesday, saying the nation must choose "hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord" to overcome the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. ...more

January 20, 2009

I am quite shocked by the fanfare that President-elect Obama has received for his plans for change. Just in the last few days the newspapers have reported the costs of these programs will be upwards of $1 trillion. After nearly eight solid years of Bush-bashing for the outgoing president's spending, how can any self-respecting adult do such an about-face and endorse expenditures of this magnitude and at such a financially insecure point in this nation's history? ...more

January 10, 2009

Martin Van Buren was the first President who was not born a British subject. Woodrow Wilson's inauguration March 4, 1917 and March 5, 1917 was the first that women participated in the inaugural parade. ...more

January 2, 2009

The recent reporting concerning presidential pardons and the involvement of the Justice Department overlooks the fact that the pardoning power is given to the president by the Constitution and it is without limit or qualification. ...more

December 31, 2008

Sure, there's a lot of sports talk, dry jokes, painful puns, meals of meat and potatoes and other "manly" social necessities. ...more

December 10, 2008

Most neighborhood elections are pretty humdrum. That's not the case this year for the Old Seminole Heights Neighborhood Association. Divisions are splitting the group into two camps, with allegations of unfair tactics and bylaws violations. ...more

October 24, 2008

Terrible luck involving two storms, particularly Hurricane Gustav, threatens to distract America from a Republican National Convention in which John McCain hopes to convince voters he's the one ready to lead the nation. ...more

August 31, 2008