AVON PARK — A spokesman for the Navy said Thursday that the timeline has been pushed back yet again for live bombing operations to begin at the Avon Park Air Force Range. Jim Brantley, a media relations officer with the Fleet Forces Command in Norfolk, Va., said the Navy now expects to begin using live bombs at the range by January or February 2009. He said it was pushed back because the funds –– a "small amount" of $1.5 million –– were not previously available, even though they are now. The Navy planned to negotiate construction contracts with the Air Force and a contracting agent, which would be awarded by March. Site development is slated for April or May with the construction of roadways and electronic devices used to score how well the bombers are doing. The last of the instrumentation should be installed sometime during the fall. ...more

January 25, 2008

With the dawn of a new year, it's important to get off on the right foot, to start with a clean slate and become that better person we've always hoped to be. ...more

January 1, 2008

There always were songs underneath the samples, noise and assorted sonic insanity on Enon's earlier records. On this year's "Grass Geysers ... Carbon Clouds," those songs finally break through to the surface. ...more

November 7, 2007

Cell phones are driving teachers crazy. As the phones become smaller and more sophisticated, they are becoming a big problem in schools, even with middle and elementary students. ...more

October 30, 2007

TAMPA - Cell phones are driving teachers crazy. As the phones become smaller and more sophisticated, they are becoming a big problem in schools, even with middle and elementary students. "It's amazing – they come to class with no textbook, no pencil, but they have the cell phone on them," said Mark Danish, a science teacher at Tampa's Benito Middle School. ...more

October 29, 2007

I have watched, with interest, the legislation signed in California the other day that bans teenagers from using cell phones and other electronic devices while driving. ...more

September 17, 2007