David Khalil started the class period with a hodgepodge of tiles and ended it with a mosaic wall-hanging that spelled out "Love." Third-graders at Sheehy Elementary surrounded the artist as he trimmed tiles and took turns spreading adhesive on the backs and mounting them on a wooden backing. They had to be careful, 9-year-old Jaquez Cantave said, and not put too much or too little adhesive on the tile. "Then you got to find a place," Jaquez said. "If it can't fit, he cuts them." Khalil, a Carrollwood-based mosaic artist, visited Sheehy as a guest teacher today, part of a program to get disabled students involved in the arts. The Sheehy students had learning, behavioral or emotional disabilities; other schools involved students who had physical disabilities. ...more

April 1, 2009

AVON PARK – Dr. T. Hunter Newsom's new office in Avon Park will open Monday, and to mark the occasion a grand opening is planned for this weekend. The office is located 1023 U.S. 27 S. Office hours are 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The grand opening will be held from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29. The doctors will attend and tours of the office will be given. Free vision screening for children will be offered as well as free cataract, glaucoma and diabetic screening. ...more

September 23, 2007