The Sebring Tourist Club was organized in 1927 and owned by the City of Sebring. On March 4, 1997, the name was changed to the Sebring Recreation Club, Inc. Annual regular membership dues are $25, which runs from November through October. Numerous activities occur at the club year-round, however, the Recreation Club will host four state, four county and six Central Florida District Shuffleboard Tournaments this year. The largest and most historic tournament is the Orange Blossom Classic, which is always held the first week in January of each year. ...more

December 15, 2009

The annual Elder Fair, with about 70 vendors on Tuesday, offered a one-stop of health screenings, flu shots and information about services for Highlands County's seniors. ...more

December 11, 2009

The Democrats and a few R.I.N.O. Republicans are pushing hard to transform the health care system in this country into a European/Canadian system that is sure to provide less-than-quality care for all. We also will be taxed now for a health care system that won't be implemented until 2013. ...more

November 20, 2009

Mississippi's still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers. ...more

July 2, 2009

Nearly 40 years ago, in 1971, there were two books that consumed much of my summer reading. Hardcover printings that had been at the top of The New York Times Bestseller List from winter to spring became paperbacks and, perhaps by mere chance, helped prepare me for the segue from rural, farm life to urban, city living. ...more

April 1, 2009

As the baby boomers start to retire, Lazydays RV SuperCenter in Seffner ought to be entering its glory days. ...more

March 25, 2009

As Baby Boomers start to retire, Lazydays RV Center in Seffner ought to be entering its glory days. Instead, Lazydays, which bills itself as the world's largest recreational vehicle dealer on one site, finds itself scrambling to survive the recession. ...more

March 24, 2009

The special is a charming, sentimental salute during which some of Chuck Jones' sketches are brought to animated life. ...more

March 24, 2009

Barbie's 50th birthday is being marked around the world with numerous pink-carpet events. But the most meaningful celebration of her milestone is in the stories shared by baby boomers who loved her as youngsters and collect her as adults. ...more

March 15, 2009

Barbie, the iconic fashion doll with the top-heavy figure and high-heel arches, turns 50 today, with no need for Botox and no threat of hot flashes. ...more

March 9, 2009