Communication Builds Our Community
Communication Builds Our Community
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Candidates for Lake Wales mayor and city commission shared common beliefs about the need for more citizen involvement and transparency in city government at a forum Thursday, March 14 sponsored by the Lake Wales Chapter of the American Association of University Women. Only about 25 people came out to the James P. Austin Community Center to listen and ask questions. Incumbent Mayor Eugene Fultz did not attend, but sent some prepared comments. He is on the Board of the Ridge...
Currey Pettus of Lake Wales passed away Sunday, March 17, 2019 at his residence. He was born August 10, 1937 in Miami to the late James Allen and Vera Catherine (Currey) Pettus. He has been a resident of the area since 1994 coming from Atlanta, Georgia. He was an Electrical Engineer for Armstrong Corporation and was a Veteran in the United States Army serving in Korea. He was of the Presbyterian faith. Currey was an accomplished businessman and traveled the world. He is preceded in death by 2 brothers. He is survived by his...
The second Lake Wales Live event drew about 100 people for music, food and lovely evening weather March 15. Sponsored by the City of Lake Wales Parks and Recreation Department, Friday's event featured music by Warner University's Beyond Belief Jazz Ensemble and singer and acoustic guitar player Cory Greenway of Frostproof. Recreation Coordinator Stephanie Edwards said she was pleased with the crowd, which was larger than the group that attended the first Lake Wales Live event...
The 11th Florida's Natural Charity Classic has brought to the area 132 women golfers participating March 12-17 in the Symetra Tour, a qualifying event for the Ladies Professional Golf Association. Earlier in the week, the ladies played with teams of three amateurs, who paid $1,800 to join them for an 18-hole round of golf to raise money for charity. The Florida's Natural Growers Foundation uses the pro-am tournament to raise funds for charity. They have awarded more than $1.4...
You'll be on the edge of your seat during the production of "The Assassin's New Friend" through March 31 at the Lake Wales Little Theatre. Written by John Kaasik, the play is directed by Lake Wales Charter Schools Human Resources Director Dr. Julio Acevedo. March 15 is opening night and the play runs three weekends with performances at 7:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and at 2 p.m. on Sundays. "This is a really good play because it has comedy, suspense, action and drama so...
Men were walking on the moon, "Scooby Doo" and "The Brady Bunch" both premiered on television and a certain sentient sedan ruled the box office. Believe it or not, it has been 50 years since the release of the movie "The Love Bug." Since then, Herbie the pugnacious 1963 Volkswagen Beetle that has a mind of its own has become a staple of children's imagination. In fact, those older Volkswagens and all their quirkiness remain an integral part of the American lexicon, often...
The 41st Annual Central Park Art Festival will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, March 16-17 in downtown Winter Haven. The Victor Smith Law Group is presenting sponsor. About 80 artists are expected to exhibit their work, which includes a good mix of acrylic and oil paintings, sculpture, jewelry, mixed media, pottery/ceramics, glass, watercolor, drawing, photography, leather, wood, fiber baskets, wood flutes and even live orchids. There also will be a...
2 things you can do to adjust to losing that 1 hour of sleep this weekend File 20190306 100796 4fr4cz.jpg?ixlib=rb 1.1 The loss of even an hour of sleep is hard on the body, and kids are particularly vulnerable. kornnphoto/Shutterstock.com Deepa Burman, University of Pittsburgh and Hiren Muzumdar, University of Pittsburgh As clocks march ahead of time on March 10, 2019 and daylight saving time begins, there is a lot of anxiety around losing the hour of sleep and how to...
April Love Belligan, 61, of Venice, Florida, died March 13 in her sleep at the Venice Regional Bayfront Health Hospital. She was born on March 1, 1958 in Lake Wales to the late Norma (Wooten) and Remus Perry Love Jr. She was the youngest daughter of six children. She is survived by her husband Richard Belligan of Nokomis, FL, who she married Oct. 14, 2005. April grew up in Polk County. She had various talents and interests. She enjoyed working in several management positions such as office manager of Swango Animal Hospital....
Warner University officially became part of the Citrus Label Tour of Polk County on March 1. What started a few short years ago as an initiative to identify buildings, land, and families with significance to the citrus industry in Polk County has grown to well over 15 locations. Warner University is honored to house two of the label displays which were generously donated by the represented families, the Maxcys and the Keens. The signs were conveniently placed around our Ed &...
Lake Wales City Commissioner Curtis Gibson made his first visit to Washington, DC this week. But serving on the Community and Economic Development Committee for the National League of Cities left him virtually no time to see the sights. Instead over five days he attended various workshops for City officials and met with members of Congress to advocate for issues important to Lake Wales. "They were very receptive to hearing about our local needs," Gibson said. "We talked about...
The City of Lake Wales Recreation Department will hold its second monthly Lake Wales Live event starting at 6 p.m. Friday, March 15. This month's free event will include music by Warner University's Beyond Belief Jazz Ensemble starting at 6 p.m., followed at 7:30 p.m. with music by Cory Greenway. Lake Wales Live is held in the park across from the Lake Wales Public Library at 290 Cypress Gardens Lane. The event will include food for purchase from food trucks and a beer and...
Christina Cunningham of Lake Wales has been chosen as one of three Sunshine State Scholars for 2019 from the Polk County School District. The daughter of Lori and Rick Cunningham, Christina is a junior at Harrison School for the Arts. Every year, school districts across Florida select their top 11th-graders in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) for the Sunshine State Scholars program. Each of the Scholars will travel to Orlando in June for a...
The Mahalak Auto Group, known as the Low Payment Kings, will be sponsoring a best ball scramble Golf Outing Tuesday, March 19 to benefit Pancreatic Cancer. The 18 Aces to Conquer Cancer 7th Annual Golf Outing will be held for the first time at the Country Club of Winter Haven, 4200 Country Club Road S. All 18 holes are set up as par 3s, so there will be18 chances for a hole in one to win the lease of a new Jeep. The organizers are looking for sponsors and vendors and can use...
On a beautiful Tuesday evening in Eagle Lake the Highlanders baseball team took on the Thunder of Lake Region. The game was decided heavily in the first inning with a six-run explosion by the Highlanders. They added two more runs in the top of the second to take a quick 8 to 0 lead. At this point Starting PItcher Blake Bradley had a no-hitter through two innings. During the third inning the Highlanders tacked on two more runs, one which was aided by an incredible bunt by...
Lake Wales Highlanders Varsity baseball took a turn for the better Monday night at Highlander Hill after splitting two games last Thursday and Friday with rival non-conference foe Bartow Yellow Jackets. Monday night's contest results were welcome news to Coach Don Bridges and his hard working Assistant Coaches Steven Wilmoth, Lorenzo Parker, Mike Gerlosky and Levi Borders managing a tricky game with two similar strength teams and Lake Wales needing to avenge an earlier loss...
When we were kids, we all had hobbies. It may have been Little League sports, theatre, music, Scouts, or any other menagerie of things that were fun. We loved being around our friends, gaining skills, and even getting rewards for success we had earned. How early in your life did you find your passion? For most of us it wasn't at four and 10 years old. Heck, some of us still haven't found it and to get to our age you would have to multiply four and ten together. This is...
