June 2007

Volume 27
Number 6

Features

Back on Track
With gas prices on the rise, a tour on the tracks is a nice alternative to driving around the state and offers some unique perspectives.

State of Leaders
Florida State University has produced some of the best and the brightest who have helped shaped our state and our globe.

Seminole Artists: Modern Masters of Tradition
Talented artists express Native American heritage through different mediums.

Our Florida Heritage®

The Legend of Big Butch
Big Butch became a tenacious local attraction during the 1950s at the Playmore Fish Camp.

A Community’s General Store
A general store is forever etched in Greenwood’s history and character.

From the Porch Swing
On hot summer days on the porch swing, a young girl and her grandmother share life lessons and memories.

Florida Legend
Sergeant Boots Thomas and his platoon raised the first American flag on Japanese soil—a truth that was repressed for many years.

Real Florida Finds

Statewise
Tiger Tiger; Hurricane preparedness tips; Florida books; This Month in Florida History; and suspense author Nicole Kelby.

In the Florida Kitchen
Taste the health benefits of eating blueberries.

Florida Homes & Lifestyles
Taking stainless styling to new level never looked so good.

In the Florida Garden
The five vines to know, love and grow.

Natural Florida
Take a journey into the Everglades.

Watching Wildlife
Sebastian Inlet State Park features beaches, dunes and mangroves. Spotlight is on the loggerhead (but shouldn’t be!). June features migrating tarpon, nesting alligators and hatching gulls.

Around Florida Festivals & Events
Plan to attend PepperFest 2007 in Clearwater, celebrating all things hot; or visit another of the more than 3,000 other festivals, events and concerts happening around Florida this month.

Travel Florida Highways®

Citrus County
It’s angling and kayaking prime season in Citrus County rivers and lakes.

Hamilton County
Hamilton Jai-Alai & Poker has become the new prime attraction in the county.

Monroe County
Friendly dolphins and sea lions welcome visitors to meet their family.

Bay County
The “ship of dreams” has docked in Panama City.

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