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Close to the future
[Times photo: Kevin White]
Mandy Loomis, 18, listens to the pregnant belly of friend Charlene Lewerentz, 18, while they wait for graduation Thursday at Springstead High School. |
Jan Glidewell
Tolerance? In a library? What a truly novel idea
File this one under places some folks in Citrus County wouldn't expect to find Glidewell.
Ex-candidate accused of unlicensed contracting
William Alonzo Merritt is to be arraigned on charges he worked as a contractor without the appropriate state licensing.
Pair hoping for hit with music label
Acclaim Records, the brainchild of a Spring Hill man and baseball great Andre Dawson, has signed two acts so far.
County eases into recruiter role
Since taking over business recruitment and retention three weeks ago, the government has not made the EDC's old job a priority, commission members say.
Youthful pranks no reason to withhold diplomas
Editor: I attended Hernando High School in the 1970s and went on to receive a diploma from the University of Florida and my law degree from Florida State University. I look back fondly on my graduation days and the fun I had with my school buddies. My adult working days are now filled with staid decorum and tedious professional demeanor, long from the hi-jinks of adolescence.
Personal First eyes 6th win
Personal First, a 4-year-old colt co-owned by Brooksville's Dianne Waldron and her daughter, Leah Killingsworth, drew the sixth post for Saturday's $150,000 James B. Moseley Breeders' Cup Handicap. The race is on the undercard of the Grade II MassCap at Suffolk Downs in Boston.
Around and about
Baseball
Nightlife
BACKWATERS BAR & GRILLE, 6024 Cortez Blvd., Spring Hill -- Two Wheel Drive, 9 p.m. today and Saturday. Rebound, 7 p.m. Sunday. No cover. 597-5457.
This week
CLASSICAL MAGIC: The Nature Coast Children's Festival Singers will present "Classical and Magical Reflections from the Past" at 1 p.m. Saturday at Spring Hill United Church of Christ, 4244 Mariner Blvd., Spring Hill. Tickets are $3 and will be available at the door. Call 688-2207.
Hit men
"This guy's gonna get worked," said an enthused Gary Schaefer, 19, as he staked out his ringside seat. "He is so gonna die."
