The first 11 years of David Viker's life were spent in suburban New York. And he fell in love with the outdoors while camping with his family in the Catskills Mountains.
Jan and Maurice Hendrix, of Cedar Key, took this photo of their grandson, Mathew Reilly, age 12, with his first-caught red fish - that he caught off their dock - all 20 ? inches of it.
Preliminary estimates of visitors to Florida, from April to June, released by VISIT FLORIDA®, show an increase of 6.9 percent from the same period in 2010. In addition, 5.6 million pleasure trips were taken by Florida residents in-state during the second quarter.
Many innovative people are seeking new ways to make additional money for their families in this struggling economy. One option, to generate some extra cash, is to cook that highly prized, old family recipe at home and sell it to the public.
One of the most difficult tasks an entrepreneur has is pricing their products. Pricing is one of those things that requires experience and experimentation. Set prices too high, and revenues fall. Set them too low, and though revenues increase, profits plummet.
The Levy County Soil and Water Conservation District is happy to announce the winners of the 2011 poster contest. This year the theme was “Forest for People, More than you can Imagine.”
Question: M.T., of Horseshoe Beach, writes, “I was stopped by a police officer the other night because I had kind of drifted through a stop sign. He said I didn’t come to a complete stop. He smelled alcohol on my breath and asked me to step out of the car and perform some field sobriety tests.