As the old saying goes: It takes two to tango, but three to make a party. And over at the Parker Manatee Aquarium, right now it is a party!
The lead-in to this Saturday's birthday celebration for Snooty the Manatee, who is turning 64, has been full of activity as television, print and web journalists have been training their lenses and notepads on all the underwater antics going on at the South Florida Museum.
And while Snooty has spent decades getting used to all the attention, his tankmates are still new to the experience. So when heís busy working the spotlight, his tankmates Charlie and Epac (that's Charlie on the left), will sometimes manuever in to steal the scene as if to say, "Hey you, check it! I can do tricks too! Rub my belly!"
But 'ol Snooty, who's gracefully slipped into the background of this photo at right, doesn't seem to mind when he's upstaged by the "kids."
-Paul Videla
Grant Jefferies, a native of Palmetto and chief photographer at the Bradenton Herald, has been capturing moments in the lives of Manatee County residents for over 25 years. Images from the streets of Cuba and Haiti to the clay fields of the Little League World Series and beyond have been captured through the lenses of Jefferies' cameras. Jefferies can be found on his sailboat when his feet are not on land.
Tiffany Tompkins-Condie is in her 13th year as a photojournalist at the Bradenton Herald. Through the years she has covered crimes and carnivals; feasts and floods. Her postings will vary from events in Manatee County's back yard to the work of photojournalists covering the stories of our times from around the world. 
Paul Videla has been a staff photographer with the Bradenton Herald since 2002, when he made the move from Detroit, Mich. When he's not working,
he enjoys hunting for unique LPs at the area's plethora of thrift stores and continually works to improve his baking chops(as the records spin and his dog waits for handouts).
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