- Honoring Mr. Matthiessen: A retooled Florida classic is a finalist for the National Book Award (Miami Herald)
Surely, other writers are on the Miami Book Fair schedule with Peter Matthiessen. If so, I forget. Some other year, Salman Rushdie, Gore Vidal, Russell Banks, Nancy Milford, Billy Collins, Sandra Cisneros, Rick Bass could collect their rightful veneration. But Matthiessen comes to Miami Sunday with the heft of his greatest novel and a nomination for the National Book Award. And he comes to a ...
- Kids should protest state game fish (The News-Press)
Wildlife Forever, the conservation organization, has announced its 11th State-Fish Art Contest for students in grades 4-12.
- White River ideal for winter trout fishing (The Joplin Globe)
If you want to catch fish all winter long, then the White River, down in north Arkansas, is a good place to be. It is full of trout; both rainbows and browns, and it isn’t lined by elbow-to-elbow trout fishermen as the trout parks in Missouri often are.
- Kam Falk Instrument | Bass, electric (All About Jazz)
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- Tucker moves up to Elite Series (The Moultrie Observer)
Moultrie’s J. Todd Tucker has accepted a spot in the 2009 Bassmaster Elite Series, the highest level of BASS competition.
- Solivita Is Also a Fishing Paradise (The Lakeland Ledger)
Across the state, at retirement communities like Solivita, golf is a popular pastime for those who enjoy a regular round on the links.
- Upcoming outdoors events (Miami Herald)
The St. Lawrence Gallery, 3556 N. Ocean Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, will hold an exhibition of mixed-media wall sculptures by Harley Schmude on Friday and Saturday. A wine and cheese reception will be held from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday. Proceeds benefit the Billfish Foundation. For more information, call Chris Kennedy at 954-566-8011 or e-mail stgallery@bellsouth.net.
- Remembering 'Little John' Moore (Cyber Diver News Network)
ORLANDO, Florida (8 Nov 2008) — John Leroy Moore lived, and ultimately died, doing what he loved.
- Christmas creep now extends to day after Halloween (The Florida Times-Union)
Once upon a long time ago, when I was a youngster, the traditional holiday shopping season began on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. Somewhere along the way, a phenomenon known as Christmas creep advanced the season's start to the day after Halloween, or earlier if retailers get their Christmas wishes. Although folks are watching wallets carefully during these stressful economic times, ...
- Changes in suburbia make Colorado a new bellwether (USA Today)
The influx and shifting allegiances of college-educated voters in suburbs like Aurora, Colo., have helped turn the state from a reliably Republican state to one that some political analysts consider the nation's new bellwether. Similar demographic trends in Northern Virginia and along the Interstate 4 corridor in central Florida have boosted Democratic prospects in those traditionally red ...
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