There have been few chances to second-guess Rays manager Joe Maddon this season, because usually the guess has hardly been out of our mouths when Maddon's hunches have worked, often perfectly, sometimes eerily, in this wondrous season. ...more

October 16, 2008

It only makes sense that a cross country runner would travel to Australia to see the pope. ...more

October 4, 2008

This thing about every day we get another day older is getting to be a bit bothersome. Aches and weaknesses in our bodies are really a nuisance especially when we try to do what we used to do 20-30 years ago so easily. ...more

October 2, 2008

The 130 red and blue balloons had mostly faded into a cloudless afternoon sky, but 8-year-old Viviana Angelini could still spot the specks. ...more

October 1, 2008

EGYPT LAKE The 130 red and blue balloons had mostly faded into a cloudless afternoon sky, but 8-year-old Viviana Angelini could still spot the specks. "I can see them," she said. ...more

September 26, 2008

"Now we were faced with a nightmare that would draw a line in the sand for us. Would I allow anger, hurt and bitterness to guide my heart away from God? Calling the church, asking for prayer as soon as he found out about the tumor, had revealed Dirk would not allow this to come between God and him. His heart was broken and he was asking for God's help. ...more

September 20, 2008

Hyde Park United Methodist Church will begin the six-week community program reCONNECT on Sept. 7. ...more

August 6, 2008

Juanita Folsom doesn't plan to retire; she's too busy. The 72-year-old Sebring woman is selling J & J Cuts and is going to start another business. That occupies her days, but Folsom's full-time job is doing the Lord's work. ...more

July 21, 2008

One Nation Under God The name of the article is enough to make many skim right over to the next story. Or maybe you will stop and read it, just to disagree with everything I say. Whatever category you fall into, we are, "One Nation Under God." ...more

July 8, 2008

Now that Obama has won the Democratic nomination for president, it's time for the Democrats and undecided Independents to either support him or whoever they choose to, but it's not time to attempt anything harmful to him or his family because of the color of his skin. He has proven, at least to me, that he has the knowledge and the capability to surround himself with the right people to win over not only the black voters' support but white and younger Americans, too. The time has come, and we must realize that a person's color and or heritage doesn't disqualify him from being intelligent and capable of running this country. ...more

June 20, 2008