Runner thanks throng of hometown fans [Times photo: Kevin White] A crowd of 1,000 gathers to welcome home defeated Olympic runner John Capel, who speaks with optimism of the 2004 and 2008 games.

From small seed, effort to beautify road grows
Little did we know what a Pandora's box we were opening in spring 1998 when a group of friends and I sat around discussing the flood of letters to the editor regarding the trees to be cut down on Spring Hill Drive.

Use care in hiring loggers to harvest
Some landowners are not just victimized by the Southern pine beetle, but also by loggers. The forestry division can help.

Mall finds niche, still growing
Doubters have filled its history, but Crystal River Mall survives to see the future.