Kowiak Delivers Anti-Hazing Address To Members Of UT Fraternity

By Matt Wiley

More than four years after her son Harrisonโ€™s hazing death, New Tampa resident Lianne Kowiakโ€™s voice does not waver, as she tells her familyโ€™s story to a University of Tampa (UT) fraternity. Although heart wrenching and tragic, Kowiakโ€™s speech delivers a short, but powerful message: โ€œIf you see something, say something.โ€Continue reading

Editorial โ€” Speech Contest Another Reason To Promote Rotary

An editorial by Gary Nager

Iโ€ˆalready had planned to write this editorial about the recent Speech Contest at the Rotary Club of which Iโ€™m a member (the New Tampa Noon Rotary, which meets every Wednesday for lunch at Hunterโ€™s Green Country Club, or HGCC), but since then, our country has survived another terrorist act of war perpetrated by two young people who were both naturalized American citizens in another major U.S. city.Continue reading