20060729 - Farrah Ernest, 8, helps her sister Kerri, 5, reposition a photograph on Mahatma Gandhi in the lobby of the Centro Asturiano on their way into the children's portion of the World Peace Concert, held in Tampa on Saturday afternoon. The Ernests traveled from Orange City, FL for the event which was held to raise awareness of how connected we are to the rest of humanity. The showcase of art, music and culture featured musicians Jack Lenz, Kevin Locke, Red Grammer, and Holly Stell. (Times photo by Brian Cassella)
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20060615 - Maria Lamas helps Ariel Navarrete, 7, try on a dress for a quinceanera party at Linda's Boutique, the dress shop she runs with her sister in Plant City. Also present in the store for the dress fitting are Alicia Marquez, 9, Stefany Marquez, 18, Alicia Marquez and Esteban Navarrete, 1 1/2. (Times photo by Brian Cassella)
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20060622 - Joe Roman and his wife of 56 years, Mat Roman, attend a dinner at the Columbia Restaurant to honor employees. Joe Roman has worked as a server and in other capacities at the Columbia Restaurant for over 50 years and now serves as an ambassador for the Ybor City institution. (Times photo by Brian Cassella)
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20060609 - George Quiles helps his wife, Dora, do her hair in the kitchen of their Port Richey home on a Friday evening before they head out for a night of salsa dancing. George, a retired hairdresser, helps Dora with details including her make-up because she is legally blind and has trouble seeing well enough to perfect the job. Wearing matching outfits they coordinate each week, they spend the evening at the Tampa club Mirage tearing up the dance floor long after the rest of their other retired friends in their neighborhood have gone to bed. (Times photo by Brian Cassella)
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20060609 - George and Dora Quiles work their magic on the dance floor at the Tampa club Mirage on a Friday night as they have every week for the last couple years. A few decades older than most of the patrons in the club, they don't mind being the center of attention and are usually spinning and drinking at the bar until around midnight. (Times photo by Brian Cassella)
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20060609 - George Quiles helps his wife, Dora, with her make-up in the bathroom of their Port Richey home before they head out for a night of salsa dancing. (Times photo by Brian Cassella)
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20060609 - George isn't afraid to reach his hands a little lower while Dora squeals at the Tampa club Mirage on a Friday night. (Times photo by Brian Cassella)
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20060707 - Randy and Tanya Macfarland step outside the American Legion Hall together for a few minutes of quite while Karaoke Night continues inside. (Times photo by Brian Cassella)
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20060707 - Folders hold karaoke singers' personal favorites at the DJ booth in the American Legion Hall. (Times photo by Brian Cassella)
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20060712 - Stan Jackowski, of Valrico, a 60-year-old truck driver, got quite lucky when two guys decided to rob and shoot him at an ATM on Fowler Avenue. The guys pointed a gun at him and twice pulled the trigger, but nothing happened. Jackowski was beaten up pretty badly in the robbery though, the second robbery this week at that ATM. (Times photo by Brian Cassella)
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20060711 - The family of Army Sgt. Bryan Christian Luckey attends his funeral at West Gate Baptist Church on Tuesday. From left, his brother Matthew Luckey, parents Patrick and Paula Luckey, and his wife Catherine Luckey. Luckey was killed in Mosul, Iraq, on June 29, 2006. (Times photo by Brian Cassella)
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20060629 - On a Thursday evening in Atlanta's Midtown neighborhood, residents of the Novare Group's Metropolis condominium tower are just a dot along the skyline on their balcony. The building was the developer's first of its kind and features 498 residential units along with 40,000 square feet of retail space in the 20-story high-rise. Novare says the success of the building has brought new energy to the once-dormant neighborhood, and other projects have now opened and are under construction. (Times photo by Brian Cassella)
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20060623 - A group of schoolchildren line the wall to take in the African Elephant exhibit at the Lowry Park Zoo. The enclosure includes baby Tamani, one of the zoos major draws, as well as his mother Ellie and "aunts" Matjeka and Mbali. (Times photo by Brian Cassella)
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20060708 - Baggage handlers at Tampa International Airport unload the casket of Army Sgt. Bryan Christian Luckey from a U.S. Airways flight while a Florida National Guard Honor Guard unit salutes on Saturday, July 8, 2006. Luckey died last week after being shot by a sniper in Mosul, Iraq. (Times photo by Brian Cassella)
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20060708 - Army Sgt. Bryan Christian Luckey's wife, Catherine Luckey, rubs her belly while waiting for his casket to be unloaded onto the tarmac at Tampa International Airport on Saturday, July 8, 2006. Catherine is expecting the couple's first child in late October, and plans to name him Bryan Christian Luckey after his father. Luckey died last week after being shot by a sniper in Mosul, Iraq. (Times photo by Brian Cassella)
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20060708 - Passengers on a U.S. Airways flight wait on board while trying to watch baggage handlers removing the casket of Army Sgt. Bryan Christian Luckey at Tampa International Airport. Luckey died last week after being shot by a sniper in Mosul, Iraq. (Times photo by Brian Cassella)
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20060708 - Baggage handlers at Tampa International Airport unload the casket of Army Sgt. Bryan Christian Luckey from a U.S. Airways flight while Sgt. 1st Class Danny Paul salutes on Saturday, July 8, 2006. Luckey died last week after being shot by a sniper in Mosul, Iraq. (Times photo by Brian Cassella)
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20060708 - Army Sgt. Bryan Christian Luckey's family watches on the tarmac at Tampa International Airport as his casket is loaded into the hearse after arriving on a U.S. Airways flight on Saturday, July 8, 2006. At left are his parents, Paula and Patrick Luckey, followed by Tampa Police Department Chaplain Bruce Turner, Sgt. Luckey's wife Catherine Luckey and her mother, Fina Byrd, and Sgt. Luckey's brother Matthew, 23. Luckey died last week after being shot by a sniper in Mosul, Iraq. (Times photo by Brian Cassella)
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20060708 - The family of Army Sgt. Bryan Christian Luckey spends a moment with his casket after it was loaded into the hearse following his arrival on a U.S. Airways flight to Tampa International Airport on Saturday, July 8, 2006. Luckey died when a sniper shot him in Mosul, Iraq, last week. (Times photo by Brian Cassella)
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20060627 - Potentate James R. O'Dell, Jr., of the Shriners. (Times photo by Brian Cassella)
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20060621 - Elle Piloseno, 16, grabs the lid for a drink while at work at her first job at Indigo Coffee in Old Hyde Park Village. Piloseno has worked there for about three weeks. (Times photo by Brian Cassella)
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20060624 - Relaxing in the employee break room after an appearance at Toys "R" Us, T.J. McDonnell, 29, of Tampa checks out some of the reading material that was handed out to kids who came to get their photo taken with Superman himself and other members of the Heroes Alliance group on Saturday. (Times photo by Brian Cassella)
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