Profile: Holding court [Times photo: Ken Helle] Jack Bryan, a tennis instructor at Davis Islands' Sandy Freedman Tennis Complex, has shared a court with some of the game's notableplayers.

Grand Central: Tying up loose ends
Q. How do you explain the mountains of dirt south of Britton Plaza along Dale Mabry Highway?

Obituary: Jesuit administrator taught respect, humility
"He was as good as they come," J.J. Fernandez' wife said of the teacher, coach and principal.

What's in a name?: Tampa parking garage bears name of Army lt. colonel
George M. Brooke helped carry out Indian displacement and containment policies.

Trolley Kat roaming new territory
The creation of artist Ferdie Pacheco now has its name on his gallery and a place in two books.

Neighborhood notes: New life breathed into St. Mark Church building
PORT TAMPA -- The old St. Mark Church on Sherrill Street is just a step from a rebirth.

Amy Scherzer's Diary
CHISELING SUCCESS: The Chiselers' Market packed the University of Tampa with used clothing, furniture, toys and bargains collected and sold Saturday by 250 members to pay for ongoing restoration on the historic former hotel. But first, they hosted a preview cocktail party for 500 -- with live and silent auctions -- that raised $100,000, in addition to Market sales that topped all previous years. Everything cost twice the price it would the next day, like the precious linen pillows Nell Rorebeck makes just for the Chiselers.

Neighborhood Report
Bayshore Beautiful: A reef is born
Determined volunteers create an ecosystem on the shores of Tampa Bay with concrete balls, of all things.

Kennedy Boulevard: Report: Kennedy may cater to walkers
A study outlines ways Kennedy Boulevard could be more attractive and inviting to pedestrians.

Hyde Park: A grand opening
With kids wearing red, white and blue hats and a band playing patriotic songs, neighbors celebrate the opening of the new Kate Jackson Community Center.