CLEARWATER – A new chapter opened Thursday in the tale of a dolphin who lacks one.
For the first time since she was a baby, 2-year-old Winter swam almost normally, with the help of a prosthetic rear fin.
Police are giving age-old advice for a modern-day trend: Beware of strangers you meet through dating services.
The warning came a day after Miami-Dade police announced the arrest of another suspect linked to a Miami crime crew that allegedly used chat lines to find, kidnap, rob and assault people in Miami-Dade and Broward counties.
South Florida police use family’s ordeal as warning – 08/31/2007 – MiamiHerald.com
STUART — Neighbors of Witham Field can argue that planes from the Martin County airport hurt their property values even if the value of their property didn’t actually go down, a Circuit Court judge ruled today.
Well, let’s see…the airport has been there for more than 60 years. How old are those homes? Didn’t they notice the airport when they were building them?
Lynne Cox has made a name for herself as a long distance swimmer. She’s swam the English Channel, the waters of the Bering Strait, and bared frigid temperatures in the Antarctic Ocean. But it was during an early morning workout when she was a teenager that Cox had one of her most memorable experiences: an encounter with a baby gray whale. Living on Earth: A Whale of a Tale
Bartow and cigar history buffs won a victory Wednesday, as Polk County commissioners voted to allow the environmentally-hazardous Thompson and Co. Cigar Factory to remain standing for at least 90 more days. Polk County Democrat
The new rule requires that all fertilizer products labeled for use on urban turf, sports turf and lawns be limited to the amount of nitrogen and phosphorus needed to support healthy turf maintenance.
Hmmm…wonder if “sports turf” includes golf courses? Hummmm?
New Fertilizer Rule Protects Florida’s Liquid Heart
The Family Impact Summit in Tampa Sept. 20-22 is expected to be one
of the largest gatherings of pro-family leaders in Florida’s history.
Keynote speakers include Tom Minnery of Focus on the Family Action,
Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council, Gary Bauer of American
Values and John Stemberger of the Florida Family Policy Council.
Stemberger said the sessions will offer practical advice and insight.
“We’re going to have workshops where folks can learn how to organize your church or community,” he told Family News in Focus. “We’re going to have seminars on pornography, on the marriage amendment and on voter registration.”
Terry Kemple, a spokesman for the Community Issues Council in Tampa,
which is sponsoring the event, said the goal is to “inform, ignite and
impact.”
“We’ll inform people about the issues, we’ll hopefully ignite their
passions by making clear what the consequences are if we don’t do
something about those issues, and then we’ll produce an impact by
equipping people with the tools to actually go home and make a
difference.”
Alan Chambers of Exodus International will address how the homosexual agenda impacts young people.
“We’ve got to talk about these things,” he said. “If we don’t, I
think we are neglecting our kids and setting them up for a dangerous
future.”
Let’s not work together to solve BIG problems, let’s be divisive about the little ones.
CitizenLink: Florida Family Impact Summit to Address Top Issues
Rollins College ranked #1 and Stetson University tied for #2 in the US News and Word Report rankings of Southeastern Master’s-level schools. More…
A UF fraternity has been banned from participating in fall recruitment following charges of marijuana possession at an unauthorized pre-rush party.
At about 1 a.m. Saturday, University Police officers charged the Pi Lambda Phi fraternity with a narcotics violation after responding to an anonymous alcohol complaint, according to a police report.
Officers confiscated 4.6 grams of marijuana, five pipes, three bongs and one round silver metal grinder from the house at 15 Fraternity Row, according to the report.
Pi Lambda Phi suspended, charged with drug and alcohol violations
