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Latitudes Tours Recognized As A Traveler’s Choice Award Winner

Latitudes Tours of Ruskin has been recognized by Tripadvisor as a 2022 Traveler’s Choice award winner in the tours and outdoor activities category. The award celebrates businesses that have received great reviews from travelers on Tripadvisor over the last 12 months. As challenging as the last year was, Latitudes Tours stood out by consistently delivering positive experiences. Captain Dave, owner of the business, said, “Every tour is unique, from the music selection to the narration. We always put the customer first and tailor each tour experience to the people we have on board.” For a limited time, Latitudes Tours has a summer special in which kids under 12 cruise free (10 a.m. tour only) with a paying adult. Call 813-641-1311 to reserve your spot. Latitudes Tours is located at 580 Bahia Beach Blvd. in Ruskin. For more information on tours, visit its website at www.latitudestours.com.

Congratulations To Andy Tekampe With TNT Termite And Pest Control

Congratulations to Andy Tekampe of TNT Termite and Pest Control! He scored an A on his Florida Termite Exam and is now fully certified in pest control and termite control. Contact Tekampe with any pest or termite control questions at 813-468-8574. TNT Termite and Pest Control serves the Brandon and surrounding areas. For more information on its services, visit its website at www.tnttermiteandpestcontrol.com.

Eggs Up Grill Features In 727 To 813 Celebration

Join Eggs Up Grill as it joins in The Identity Tampa Bay’s annual 727 to 813 celebration. The celebration is an annual series of events held in the Tampa Bay metro area with the goal of highlighting the unique communities. Eggs Up Grill has a special menu for the event featuring unique breakfast, brunch and lunch entrees such as strawberry cheesecake pancakes and smokehouse mac and cheese bowl. The 727 to 813 celebration runs until Saturday, August 13. Eggs Up Grill is located at 3920 U.S. Hwy. 301 in Riverview and is open seven days a week. For more information, visit eugriverview on all social media platforms.

New Partner At Valrico Law Group

Valrico Law Group is excited to welcome new partner Percy King to the practice. Valrico Law Group’s goal is to provide big firm experience with small firm personal attention. The practice’s focus areas are personal injuries, wills and estate planning, probate, family law, tax law, business law and insurance law. Valrico Law Group is located at 3626 Erindale Dr. in Valrico.

Additional information can be found on its website at www.valricolawgroup.com.

Back-To-School Specials At Bay Beauty Aesthetics

The end of the summer is almost here, and soon the holiday season will be here. Too much sun can damage your skin and induce wrinkles and deepen fine lines, but Botox may help rejuvenate the skin. Bay Beauty Aesthetics is ofering a back-toschool special for Hillsborough County teachers, school administrators and other members of staf. They will receive an additional 10 percent of an already reduced price of $10 per unit for Botox. Bay Beauty Aesthetics is located at 3448 Lithia Pinecrest Rd. in Valrico. Additional Information can be found on its website at www.baybeautyaesthetics. com or by calling 813-404-4098.

Remodel Of Plant City Tractor Supply Company Now Complete

Tractor Supply Company has completed the remodel of the entire Plant City store, which it said will transform the shopping experience for customers. The enhanced store features an improved layout for convenient and accessible shopping as well as a new Customer Service Hub with upgraded digital tools to help customers find what they need. David Holland, manager of the store, said, “We are excited for customers to visit our new space that now features more products than ever before, including our new apparel department, expanded feed and food selection and broader tool assortment. We know that customers will love these upgrades as much as we do.” The Plant City Tractor Supply is located at 1803 Jim Redman Pkwy. To learn more about Tractor Supply Company, visit www. tractorsupply.com.

T&J Painting Is Hiring

T&J Painting is looking for a positive painter who wants to grow with a family-owned company. Wouldn’t it be nice to come and work for a company that actually appreciates you, thanks you for all your hard work and has benefits for you? If you are tired of not feeling appreciated, then maybe a change is what you need. Call T&J Painting at 813-723-9124 to see how you can join its amazing team.

Andy Tekampe aced the Florida Termite Exam.

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REDESIGN MAKES 2022 OUTLANDER AN IRRESISTIBLE RIDE!

That Outlander you may have driven or heard about in the past, toss it all out. The all-new, fourth-generation Mitsubishi compact SUV has been reborn with a fresh power train, extended fascia and an almost luxury-like cabin. Essentially, it is now taller, longer and wider, opening up more legroom space for rear-seat passengers. And make that a seven-seater with a third row.

Sharing a chassis and power train with its corporate cousin Nissan Rogue, the 2022 Outlander is equipped with a 2.5-liter, inline four-cylinder engine that puts out 181 horsepower at 6,000 rpm and 181 pounds-feet of torque at 3,600 rpm. However, the slightly noisy continuously variable transmission continues as is, to our detriment. Our test vehicle had the Super All-Wheel Control (S-AWC) so it would be more than a relief if it were taken of the beaten path, such as gravel, mud and even snow if you drive up north this winter. A MacPherson strut front and multilink rear suspension handles uneven bumps on the road with confidence. The electric power steering conveys an immediate and communicative feel.

No doubt, the Outlander sports a fresh look with horizontal LED headlights and fog lamps, flanking what the Japanese carmaker terms a “dynamic shield” grille with the familiar Mitsubishi emblem. The rear too shows of a horizontal-themed,

OUTLANDER SEL T-shaped tailgate. Tires: 255/45R20 The cabin is now

Wheelbase: 106.5 inches even roomier with Length: 185 inches plentiful head and Width: 74.7 inches leg room for sec-

Height: 68.8 inches Weight: 3,803 pounds Fuel capacity: 14.5 gallons City: 24 mpg Highway: 30 mpg Base price: $33,745 Price as tested: $38,590 ond-row seat passengers. Space in the third row, found only in another small SUV, the VW Tiguan, is miniscule. The analog instrument cluster of Website: www.mitsubishicars.com speedometer and tachometer with silver accents hosts digital fuel and temperature gauges. Several comforts are ofered, such as tri-zone auto AC, thickrimmed leather tilt/telescopic steering wheel, eight-way driver and four-way power and heated front-passenger seats, 9-inch infotainment touchscreen display, panoramic sunroof, power liftgate, 12.3inch digital display and power windows. Safety features at no extra cost include dual front, side and airbags, side curtain airbag, rearview camera, active stability and traction control, blind spot and lane departure warnings, lane change assist, rear-cross trafc and hill start assists, four-wheel antilock brakes, anti-theft alarm, electronic parking brake, daytime running lights and tire pressure monitoring system. Though deficient in power, the four-cylinder and brand-new Outlander is a tempting proposition. After all, it makes up for the deficit with considerable cargo and passenger space, decent fuel mileage (our mixed driving average was around 26.8 mpg) and a price that isn’t astronomical, so to speak.

By Makenzie Atkins

Ready to lose weight and actually maintain it? Oftentimes, it can be hard to maintain a fad diet and keep of the weight you have lost. That’s why New Vitality Centers, a young company in Brandon, wants to help you feel comfortable in your own body and change your life with its eight-week program.

Reaching and staying at your goal weight is very important for living a healthy life. Maintaining a healthy weight prevents cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, joint issues, poor circulation and much more.

Instead of indulging in a quick overnight weight loss fad, New Vitality’s Clean Start Weight Loss program works with you for eight weeks to help you succeed with an easily maintainable lifestyle change. The Clean Start program is a mix of the keto diet and intermittent fasting that evolves into a sort of Mediterranean diet. Though a keto diet consists of mainly eating meat and cheese, you do get carbs when partaking in the Clean Start program, just

in a healthy way. By including intermittent fasting, you encourage your body to use the fat as energy instead of storing it or using it for muscle. “We both feel so much better and have a lot more energy. This is a program, but I don’t like calling it a program because it is a way of life for us. We love the way we look and the clothes we can wear again. Most importantly, we are much George & Trula Reynolds participated in healthier,” client Trula New Vitality Centers’ eight-week program Reynolds said about the and are feeling confdent. experience she and her husband, George, have had. Depending on how much weight you need to lose, the eight-week program can be repeated a couple of times to reach your goal. The program includes coaching, initial Hours: Mon-Thurs 9-5 | Friday 9-12 blood work, appetite suppressants to help with the lifestyle transition, lipotropic injections to help maintain energy and burn fat, a guidebook, keto strips to test whether your body is in a state of ketosis and weekly InBody weigh-in. For more information on this and other antiaging services and products ofered by New Vitality Centers, or to schedule a consultation, please contact New Vitality at 813-436-0708 or https://newvitalitycenters.com/.