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Every day after school, third-grader Bryan Lockhart grabs his basketball and heads for the hoop outside his Port Charlotte home for a little one-on-one with his older brother Vincent. 'Sometimes [...]

Like the swallows returning to San Juan Capistrano or the salmon swimming upstream to lay its eggs, each year for the past 15, thousands of music-industry personnel and pundits have [...]

When Rose Olson sees an egg, she doesn't envision an omelette or even a chicken. She sees a work of art. Eggs, or rather their empty shells, are Olson's blank [...]

You don't have to be fast, you don't have to be young, you don't even have to run to participate in the Edison Spring Run 2001. The May 5 race [...]

Hundreds of riders from as far away as Australia are expected in Charlotte County for this weekend's National Bicycle League Gator Classic, but two of the sport's most promising athletes [...]

Boca Grande Club tennis pro Tim Lufkin has been working hard on and off the court this past month. That extra work paid off in the finals of the Professional [...]

The national bike racing spotlight will be on Charlotte BMX when it hosts the National Bicycle League Gator Classic on April 7-8 at its Punta Gorda track. The event is [...]

Country music's version of the Lollapalooza tour rolled through Southwest Florida this past weekend, leaving behind a mountain of beer cups and lots of exhausted-but-satisfied customers. Over the course of [...]

It'll be Harold 'H' Wetzel versus Adam Zastempowski in the finals of the Boca Grande Club's Professional Tennis Exhibition Series that began Feb. 14. Wetzel, the teaching pro at the [...]

In Jim White's fertile imagination, a rusting, abandoned Corvair becomes a home for birds, and a serial murderess becomes an object of compassion. Then there's that spooky religious stigmata that [...]

Wittenberg University student Christina Peters disguises a wince with a wide smile when a reporter grasps her hand a little too firmly in a shake. 'I have blisters coming up, [...]

The field is nearly set for the first and second round semifinals of the 2001 Professional Tennis Exhibition Series at the Boca Grande Club. Advancing to the first round on [...]

Ever wonder how your tennis game rates against the area's pros? You'll be able to find out Sunday at Burnt Store Country Club during the Charlotte County Community Tennis Association's [...]

It had been eight years and almost 800 miles between dance contests for Robert and Kathy Barklay of Punta Gorda. But rusty legs didn't keep them from winning the gold [...]

Author H. G. Wells could not have conjured up a cooler time machine than the one Bill and Kay Lambrigger use to transport themselves back to the 1950s. They just [...]

Some of the area's top club pros will be competing for $4,500 in prize money in the Pro Doubles Tennis Exhibition Series at the Boca Grande Club. The series runs [...]

Sonar skipper A. Rick Doerr sat on a dock beside his sailboat watching his crew methodically roll up sails after a long afternoon of racing in the International Sonar Class [...]

The Englewood Youth Soccer Association will be registering kids on Saturday from 2 to 5 p.m., and Feb. 21 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Englewood Sports complex on [...]

Q What do you think was the estimated value of Rick and Kay Sanders' antique duck? A) $150 B) $250 C) $350 The answer appears at the end of this [...]

You don't have to own a cool car to enjoy the Charlotte Classics and Cruisers 9th Annual Classic Car and Street Rod Show Feb. 17. Organizers are expecting between 150 [...]

The Junior Everblades Squirts and their Port Charlotte duo of Joey DiChiara and Zach Carriveau have taken over sole possession of first place in the southern division of the Florida [...]

The Peace River Boxing Club added two more state titles to its growing list of laurels this past weekend in Tampa. Trainer Mark Hager brought five of his Punta Gorda [...]

This is a busy weekend for soccer in South Florida, and especially for two players making their homes in the area. The 2001 Major League Soccer SuperDraft is scheduled to [...]

Spring youth soccer has become very popular in Southwest Florida and two area organizations will be signing up players in the coming month. The Englewood Youth Soccer Association will be [...]

Martial arts schools from Charlotte and Sarasota counties will be among the dozens of schools from across the state to compete in what organizers are calling 'the largest martial arts [...]

The newest and most beautiful sport in the 2001 Charlotte County Fit For Life Games may also be its most strenuous. Ballroom dancing (also known as dance sport) has been [...]

The prospect of some new public tennis courts in Rotonda has at least one Cape Haze resident thinking about the future of the sport in West Charlotte County. This month [...]

Local gymnasts started the year off right with some excellent results at their first big area meet of 2001, the AAU State Qualifier held Saturday at Horizon Gymnastics Academy in [...]

Gyrocopters, antique aircraft, and vintage cars are just a few of the attractions at the Charlotte County Airport's 10th Annual Aviation Day on Feb. 3. The free event takes place [...]

Area golfers have two charitable tournaments to look forward to this February. The Rotonda West Woman's Club will be holding its Barbara Reilly Memorial Golf Classic on Feb. 24 at [...]

The Punta Gorda Panthers started the new year off right by winning the Florida 65-Plus Half Century Tournament in Lakeland this past weekend. The Panthers, who are the 2000 AA [...]

A new book and a profile in a gymnastics publication vaulted the Horizon Gymnastics Academy and coaches Shelly Paull and Kathy Stuenkel into the national spotlight this month. Paull, who [...]

Former Port Charlotte resident Kim Pawelek won the women's championship in the 2001 Walt Disney World Half Marathon for the second year in a row. The Port Charlotte High School [...]

Seven young area hoopsters will be shooting for a chance to move into the national spotlight Jan. 6 at the 29th annual Elks District Hoop Shoot. The four boys and [...]

There's more to climbing a tree than just grabbing a branch, especially when the limbs are high off the ground as they are on some Florida pines. Kids will have [...]

Port Charlotte's Don and Sandy Collette aren't running the 2001 Walt Disney World Half Marathon on Jan. 7 for the challenge, the glory or the media coverage. They're running it [...]

The Englewood Surf Under-12 Girls wrapped up their regular season in the Under-14 West Coast Recreation League last weekend by posting another victory. They beat Sarasota's Sweet Thing 4-1 to [...]

Kids interested in cheerleading will have lots of opportunity to learn new skills and sharpen their old ones this winter in a variety of programs. Starting in January, Gym Elite [...]

The Port Charlotte Bandits Junior Pee Wee cheerleaders left town last week for the Pop Warner national championships in Lake Buena Vista without much fanfare, but with high hopes. They [...]

It was one of those sultry summer nights in Nashville, and it was getting even hotter under guitar honcho Junior Brown's collar on the outdoor stage in Opry Plaza. The [...]

The L.A. Ainger Middle School boys basketball team just finished up a season for the record books. For the first time in the school's history the team has finished a [...]

As if cooking belated Thanksgiving dinners and battling Christmas shoppers weren't hard enough, Kathy Rita and Amy Beisner will each try to fit in fund-raising and cheerleading practices for their [...]

The Port Charlotte Bandits Junior Pee Wee cheerleaders will be heading to the big one, Pop Warner's national championships, for the second year in a row. Head coach Amy Beisner [...]

T emperatures have cooled off and the dry season has set in ... perfect weather for a walk. If you're looking for congenial company on those walks, there are two [...]

While some leagues are winding down play for the season at the Carmalita Street Softball Complex, one is already looking ahead to the new year. The men's 50 Plus Softball [...]

Peace River Boxing Club members will be trading in their gloves for aprons today. Several boxers and trainer Mark Hager will be serving up fish sandwiches and drinks all day [...]

The excitement is mounting in North Port this week as its Pop Warner football squad, the Junior Pee Wee Stallions, prepare for the second round of the regional playoffs this [...]