Valrico Man Is Hummingbird Lover

Steve Backes sits patiently on his covered porch, waiting for the twittering to begin. ...more

February 4, 2009

Call Of The Hummingbirds

Once the sound of the clattering garbage truck dies down and chattering schoolchildren load onto the bus, you can hear the twittering. Little hissing contests taking place among the flowering plants. ...more

January 26, 2009

Want To Hear Their Twittering In Your Yard?

There are those who don't even realize that hummingbirds live in or travel through Florida. ...more

January 26, 2009

Board Swayed To Cut Budget

The newest member of the Cory Lake Isles Community Development District board pressured her colleagues Aug. 26 into cutting $515,000 out of a budget that would have raised homeowner assessments more than $1,100 in the next fiscal year. ...more

September 3, 2008

Cory Lake Board Trims Budget

The newest member of the Cory Lake Isles Community Development District board pressured her colleagues Tuesday night into cutting $515,000 out of a budget that would have raised homeowner assessments more than $1,100 in the next fiscal year. ...more

August 27, 2008

SUMMARIES

BLUE JACKETS 6, BLUES 4

St. Louis	1	1	2	-	4
Columbus	2	1	3	-	6

First Period-1, St. Louis, Backes 6 (R.Johnson, Hinote), 7:54. 2, Columbus, Nash 23 (Fedorov), 12:08. 3, Columbus, Hainsey 4 (Vyborny, Fedorov), 17:21 (pp). Penalties-Tkachuk, StL (hooking), 15:31; Brewer, StL, minor-misconduct (cross-checking), 15:48; Fedorov, Clm (hooking), 20:00. Second Period-4, Columbus, Chimera 6 (Fritsche, Foote), 7:57. 5, St. Louis, Boyes 24 (McDonald, Kariya), 17:59 (pp). Penalties-Nash, Clm (hooking), :45; Kariya, StL (hooking), 14:38; Columbus bench, served by Brassard (too many men), 16:44. Third Period-6, St. Louis, McDonald 8 (Stempniak, Backes), 3:33. 7, Columbus, Zherdev 16 (Vyborny, Foote), 14:03. 8, Columbus, Fritsche 7 (Chimera, Malhotra), 15:21. 9, Columbus, Zherdev 17 (Vyborny, Foote), 18:03 (pp). 10, St. Louis, McClement 5, 19:22. Penalties-McKee, StL (interference), :50; Vyborny, Clm (interference), 6:44; Foote, Clm (interference), 7:27; Foote, Clm (unsportsmanlike conduct), 10:24; Perron, StL (hooking), 16:15; Mayers, StL, major (fighting), 19:12; Boll, Clm, major-misconduct (fighting), 19:12; Jackman, StL (roughing), 20:00; Backes, StL (roughing), 20:00; Methot, Clm (roughing), 20:00. Shots on Goal-St. Louis 4-14-12-30. Columbus 13-10-14-37. Power-play opportunities-St. Louis 1 of 6; Columbus 2 of 5. Goalies-St. Louis, Toivonen 5-5-3 (37 shots-31 saves). Columbus, Leclaire 14-8-3 (30-26). A-15,233 (18,136). T-2:31. ...more

January 12, 2008