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By PAUL CATALA Toni Armstrong has had the roughly century-old treadle sewing machine ever since she was a teenager in Bossier Parish, Louisiana. Although Armstrong, of Apollo Beach, hasn’t used the sewing machine – mounted on a veneer cherry wood table – in decades, she…
Read More A Veterans Crafty Retirement
By Geoff Fox RUSKIN – Kelly Kowall strolled onto the memorial area at My Warrior’s Place. A light breeze blew through the gazebo, jingling a display of hanging dog tags like wind chimes. The area was lined with bricks stamped with the names of U.S.…
Read More My Warrior’s Place offers serenity, aid to U.S veterans and their families
By Geoff Fox Daniel Cyral is helping make the world smoke-free – one smoker at a time. Cyral is a hypnotist, and he is aware that not everyone believes in the benefits a hypnotist can offer. “Whenever I get people who tell me they don’t…
Read More Hypnotist Daniel Cyral looks to save smokers and help U.S. veterans
By Geoff Fox RIVERVIEW – The clubhouse in the sprawling South Pointe community was full of chatter, paint, some wine, and an assortment of small ceramic Christmas trees. A group of more than 20 people, mostly women, had gathered for a Hammer & Stain workshop…
Read More Hammer & Stain offers a creative outlet for crafty locals
By Yvette C. Hammett APOLLO BEACH – As an active Navy man, Michael Ball had little time to connect with his community, get to know the people that keep the wheels turning or get involved in events that bring people together. Now that he has…
Read More Retired Veteran Goes All in for the Apollo Beach Community
By Geoff Fox SUN CITY CENTER – The lobby at the Sun City Center Chamber of Commerce was bustling with activity. One local businessman was speaking with Kristy Mahoney, the chamber’s member liaison, while another spoke with executive director Lynne Conlan. Other members were talking…
Read More Age is just a number to community volunteer Dee Williams
Saturday night, Oct 5th, at Latitudes in Apollo Beach, Kozmic Pearl took the stage and infused energy into the crowd! See the photo gallery below, and check out https://www.thevibemusicstore.com for all of your musical needs and lessons. To learn when and where Kozmic Pearl will…
Read More Check out The Vibe and Kozmic Pearl (Gallery)
By Yvette C. Hammett Anne Via Myers’ mother framed her first piece of art – a bowl of fruit Myers had colored, complete with highlighted shading on the grapes. She was three years old. “I have been drawing my whole life,” the Riverview portrait artist…
Read More Riverview Artist Had an Eye for Art Since Childhood
By PAUL CATALA Since 1961, something fishy has been going on at this Gibsonton business. On about five acres off Big Bend Road, tens of thousands of fish are kept in tanks before they are sent to more permanent housing in aquariums around the world.…
Read More Gibsonton’s Segrest Farms has provided an array of fish species for homeowners, public aquariums
By YVETTE C. HAMMETT SUN CITY CENTER − Tim and Kris Neldner met in the band at the University of Tampa about 40 years ago. These days, they spend some of their leisure time performing with dozens of others in the South Shore Community Chorus…
Read More South Shore Community Chorus begins another season of singing open to all