Al Nelson answered the call for Air Force pilots in 1949, and he's glad there were no computers around to give away his secret. ...more

November 11, 2008

Vote Perplexing I am truly bewildered and disappointed today with my fellow Americans. I don't understand how the majority of them could have voted for Barack Obama. ...more

November 6, 2008

Vile Rall To Continue I was surprised to find the vile Mr. Rall's column missing today. Is he on vacation or have you found it necessary to stop printing his bile? I hope it's the former, because it would be wrong to censor his opinions, no matter how nasty they might be. He serves to illuminate the viciousness of the extreme left. ...more

July 29, 2008

Before moving to Florida 18 years ago, I worked as an account manager for my firm's multimillion account, Wal-Mart. ...more

July 24, 2008

For hundreds of patients, his retirement meant searching for a new ophthalmologist. For Dr. H. Frederick Keiber, it meant the opening of doors that had at best remained ajar for a man whose practice always came first. ...more

July 14, 2008

SEBRING — Oct. 14, 1942, is a day Ted Biever Sr. remembers vividly. On that fateful day, Biever, a retired Air Force master sergeant, who served as a gunner on World War II aircraft, was shot down while conducting a mission over Germany. "To tell you the truth there was so much going on when we were shot down that I had no idea it was happening until we hit the ground," said Biever "I slept all night inside of a haystack," said Biever. "The following day I got up, and I was in the middle of Germany. I didn't speak the language, didn't have a compass and didn't have a map, so all I could do was hope to run into someone friendly on the ground." So, Biever, then 21, approached a group of farmers he thought looked friendly. "I was hoping they'd be friendly but they weren't," said Biever. "They took me into a village and threw me in this one-man jail until some German soldiers came and picked me up." Over the next 21 months, Biever was held captive by Nazi forces. ...more

November 11, 2007