7 Stories You Might Have Missed Last Week on Patch

1. - Plank helps align the spine, strengthens the belly and extremities, and helps give us energy and stamina.

2. - Recent reports from Tampa Police District 1's crime blotter.

3. - Separation of church and state at the highest court could affect hiring and firing practices for all local religious-based schools.

4. - The permanent art installation will provide a signature vista for the city.

5. - With Florida’s primary on Jan. 31, Mitt Romney has been blanketing the state's television airwaves, aggressively courting absentee voters and wooing local evangelical leaders.

6. - Boaters will have easy access to the Tampa Bay History Center, the Columbia Cafe and other downtown attractions once construction of the dock is completed.

7. - Nicole McNally of Fairoaks Manhattan Manor was recently nominated Big Sister of the Year by the nonprofit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tampa Bay.