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The sounds of strummed guitars and snare drums will fill the air that surrounds Curtis Hixon Park this weekend, as local and national musicians take center stage at the 24th annual Tampa Black Heritage Music Festival.
The sounds of strummed guitars and snare drums will fill the air that surrounds Curtis Hixon Park this weekend, as local and national musicians take center stage at the 24th annual Tampa Black Heritage Music Festival.
With the huge success of the Electrical Lineworker Program at St. Petersburg College, Duke Energy is helping its expansion by donating $114,000 to increase the number of lineworker instructors.
Iâm beginning this week with some follow-ups on reader input from previous columns. First, some comments I received on my guest column by the late Bill McCollom. In that column, Bill described participating in one of the last hike-to-ski downhill races in the Northeast, which was held on New Hampshireâs Mt. Tecumseh in 1961. I heard from Peter Penndorf that he had been in that race as well. Bob Burley knew Bill McCollom as a âconsummate gentleman and intrepid competitor.â Their careers overlapped both as coaches for the Killington Ski Club and as masters racers. Bob also p...
Greg Morrill I guess it was inevitable that one of my trivia questions would stir up a controversy. But Iâll get to that a little later in the column. Averell Harriman, a railroad magnate in the 1930s, saw the growing popularity of destination ski resorts in Europe and felt it was time for the United States to have one as well. Skiing was becoming more popular in the U.S., but skiing areas tended to be in rural towns with few luxury options. Harriman wanted to build a ski resort for the rich and famous that would be easily accessible via his railroad. After an exhaustive search, he settl...