Delores Dudzik is not originally from Germany, but she said she felt a kindred spirit with Germans during Oktoberfest as she twirled on the dance floor at Freedom Plaza with her partner, John. ...more

November 4, 2009

With the swine flu, high unemployment and plummeting housing prices, Sun City Center has not been immune to national problems. Part-time residents here, however, can always count on cheery friends and neighbors to welcome them back every November. ...more

November 4, 2009

Residents at Homewood Residence Freedom Plaza Brookdale Senior Living got a little wild at the residence Oct. 13. Jaime Massey, an animal ambassador with Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa, brought a menagerie of six exotic animals to show to about 50 residents in the center's conference room. Massey brought animals from three different species' groups - representing "scales, feathers and fur" - describing the animals' native homelands, diets and unique aspects. Bev Hurley, Homewood's sales and marketing manager, said it was Lowry Park's first visit to Homewood Residence and was part of the center's ongoing speakers series. ...more

October 21, 2009

For four days, he floated in the shark-infested waters of the Philippine Sea after the U.S. Navy cruiser he was on was sunk by a Japanese submarine. ...more

October 21, 2009

For the sixth time in as many years, residents of Freedom Plaza and the surrounding area received free medical screenings and health-related information at the retirement community's health fair. ...more

July 1, 2009

'Tis said that the pixies planted a Juniper tree at the gates of the Otherworld, and it must be true, for residents at Freedom Plaza were transported through those magical gates by two talented "daughters of the auld sod" who call their musical duo, appropriately, Juniper. ...more

April 1, 2009

These warm days of March, enjoyable though they may be, remind us that warmer days are ahead, and one group of Freedom Plaza residents is already making plans for an August escape. Instead of sweltering, they will be savoring the sea breeze, looking for air-conditioned spaces, looking at a scenic shoreline, all while cruising along the New England coast aboard Holland America's Maasdam. ...more

March 25, 2009

We tried killing her off, but that didn't work: the devil didn't want her and the angels couldn't stand her. It may have had something to do with her insistence on conducting their choir. ...more

March 11, 2009

By age 24, some women are already anxious about their marriage prospects. In the past 24 years, Barbara "Babs" Cominoli of Sun City Center had three marriage proposals and turned them all down. ...more

March 4, 2009

Most of us remember, as a child, spending long hours playing cards or board games. (These were hours pre-dating television and game boy computers) Those games were shared by family and friends, adults and children alike, and were sometimes continued for days, until there was a winner. ...more

March 4, 2009