06 27 2007 - Cheyenne Woods, the half-niece of Tiger Woods, waits to attempt a putt during a round of golf Wednesday on the Osprey Ridge Golf Course at Disney World before the William "Bill" Dickey Invitational Junior Golf Championship begins Thursday. BRIAN CASSELLA | Times
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06 05 2007 - Lorna Stone, Art Schmidt, Ed Bednarovsky and Ryna Ball all attended McKeesport High School in Pennsylvania and now coincidentally all live in the Hacienda Heights trailer park community in Riverview. BRIAN CASSELLA | Times
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06 25 2007 - Luz Estephanie Machiavello, 5, and her father Hilmer are greeted at Tampa International Airport on Monday by CardioStart representatives Kerry Yonushonis (left), her 7-month-old son Lucca, and Eliana Morla after arriving from Lima, Peru. Estephanie lost her right arm in a moped accident in January. After a 14-hour journey to a hospital from her village in the jungle, doctors were able to reattach it. When the doctors decided they needed to re-amputate the arm, Estephanie had suffered three months of treatment for an infection that became gangrenous. "She was so tired and wanted to go home, she said, 'I don't care, just cut it off.'" Yonushonis recounted. Morla, a CardioStart representative in Lima, met Estephanie in the hospital and helped arrange her trip here for eight weeks of medical procedures. CardioStart provides education and medical supplies through volunteer teams of health care experts to countries experiencing conflict, natural disaster or economic disadvantage. The Shriners of Tampa have volunteered to pay for her prosthetic arm as well as a new prosthesis she will need every six to eight months until she is 18. The Machiavellos took a 6 hour boat ride and 20 hour bus trip from their village to reach Lima this weekend. American Airlines donated the flight to Tampa. Hilmer is a farmer, and the family of six will be without his income for the next two months. Donations can be made to a CardioStart account in Estephanie's name at the Royal Bank Centura of Brandon to support the family at home in Peru. BRIAN CASSELLA | Times Staff Writer
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06 20 2007 - Chris Osimen, 12, smiles as he opens his pair of brand new Nike sneakers, one of 97 pairs given to children at the Forest Hills Recreation Complex on Wednesday afternoon. As part of Mayor Iorio’s Keeping Tampa Fit initiative, which promotes access to physical activity opportunities provided by the Tampa Parks and Recreation Department, the city teamed up with the NIKE, Inc. and the National Recreation and Park Association to supply 2,900 pairs of shoes to young people who are enrolled in Tampa Parks and Recreation summer program. Shoes were be distributed at 39 community centers and parks located throughout the city. Tampa is one of three Florida communities and 21 cities nationwide selected to partner in this program. BRIAN CASSELLA | Times
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06 18 2007 - Yardan Marrero, 6, Delmaris Cora, 6, and Yanzel Marrero, 6, play on a picnic table at Ben T. Davis Beach in Tampa on Monday afternoon while waiting for lightning to pass. The water remained off-limits to swimmers Monday because of high bacteria levels and will be retested every other day. The beach could reopen as soon as Tuesday when the results of Monday's test are due back. BRIAN CASSELLA | Times
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06 18 2007 - The Amazing Race; Apartment 20. BRIAN CASSELLA
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06 17 2007 - A group of visiting monks pray aloud during an outdoor service held Sunday in Town 'N Country to celebrate Buddha's birth at the temple Phap Vien Minh Dang Quang. About 200 people attended and Vietnamese food was cooked and served. BRIAN CASSELLA | Times
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06 13 2007 - Longtime major league baseball umpire Jim McKean (center) and his sons, both Division II baseball national champions Jamie and Brett, lost their wife and mother Ann to cancer this year. BRIAN CASSELLA | Times
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06 04 2007 - Mia Molinelli, 3, tosses Kix cereal to attract seagulls along the pier at Ballast Point Park on Monday evening. Molinelli was visiting with her parents, Michele and Pete, who said they were trying to find an "environmentally-friendly" way to dispose of the leftover breakfast cereal from their South Tampa home. "I don't think the birds like them any more than you do," Michele told her daughter as the seagulls ignored the intended treats. BRIAN CASSELLA | Times
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06 03 2007 - Jake Gibb (left) and Sean Rosenthal celebrate a score in their victory over Karch Kiraly (rear) and Kevin Wong in the AVP Crocs Volleyball Tournament finals on Sunday outside the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa. BRIAN CASSELLA | Times
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06 03 2007 - Karch Kiraly, 46, is the oldest and winningest player on the AVP Crocs Tour. BRIAN CASSELLA | Times
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06 01 2007 - No. 1 ranked and 2004 gold medalist winning teammates Kerri Walsh (left) and Misty May-Treanor slap high fives as they head out to finish their first-round win off over sisters Katie and Tracy Lindquist in the AVP Crocs Volleyball Tournament on Friday outside the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa. BRIAN CASSELLA | Times
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05 31 2007 - Dane Jensen attempts a block while during a win in AVP Crocs Volleyball Tournament qualifying on Thursday outside the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa. BRIAN CASSELLA | Times
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05 31 2007 - No. 1 ranked 6'9" star Phil Dalhausser serves during a children's volleyball clinic on Thursday. BRIAN CASSELLA | Times
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05 31 2007 - Brad Torsone signals to partner Adam Roberts before the serve in their loss to Dane Jensen (right) and Jeff Carlucci as the latter pair advanced through qualifying. BRIAN CASSELLA | Times
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05 31 2007 - Jim Rebok walks along Bayshore Boulevard on Thursday afternoon carrying an oversized wine glass home to south Tampa. "I saw a guy walking with it downtown and I said, 'Man, that's cool!' And he said, 'I'll sell it to you for ten bucks.' I thought maybe he stole it or something," Rebok recounted. "I'm gonna take it home and put one of them--what do you call 'em?--beta fish in it. Only one though, cause they eat each other. ... Or maybe I'll just walk around it with it. It makes a great conversation piece; five or six people have stopped me so far." BRIAN CASSELLA | Times
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