Communication Builds Our Community
Communication Builds Our Community
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The all-new CenterState Bank Concerts Under the Stars series revives a music tradition at Bok Tower Gardens with four performances beginning Friday, March 12, and continuing through April. The series is a co-production of the Lake Wales Arts Council and Bok Tower Gardens. Advance tickets are $36 for Bok Tower Gardens and the Lake Wales Arts Council members and $40 for non-members. Ticket price increases to $48 day of show. Admission to Bok Tower Gardens is included in the...
Gussie Smith Williams, 86, of Lake Wales, died at home March 19, 2021 under Vitas Hospice Care. She was born Sept. 15, 1934. Services are incomplete. Epps Memorial Funeral Home in Lake Wales is handling arrangements....
Nicholas Joseph Apuzzo, 58, of Lake Wales passed away Saturday, March 20, 2021 at Advent Health Lake Wales. He was born November 22, 1962 in Poughkeepsie, NY to Nicholas and Gloria Apuzzo; he moved to Lake Wales from California 6 years ago. Nicholas was a video editor for CNN, he won two Emmy’s for video editing, and was a veteran of the United States Navy. He was an amateur photographer, and collected rocks and crystals. Nicholas is survived by his parents, Nicholas and Gloria Apuzzo; sister, Angela Apuzzo of H...
Doris M. Berry Findley, 92, of Lake Wales passed away Friday, March 19, 2021 at her home. She was born March 21, 1928 in Grand Rapids, MI late Cecil and Elsie Mullen; she moved to Lake Wales from Vero Beach in 1991. Doris was a retired secretary for Impact Church in Lake Wales and Central Assembly of God in Vero Beach. She was active in her church, and the prison ministry. Doris started the ladies Bible study at her church and was a Sunday school teacher; she also visited...
The Lake Wales History Museum has been awarded a Community Project Grant of $5,000 from Florida Humanities and $10,000 from the Duke Energy Foundation to create a new Lake Wales African American Archive and Exhibit. The project will include conducting new research, collecting oral histories, and securing new donations to establish the archive. Emmanuel George, a Florida historian, has been hired to conduct intensive research for six-weeks from March 2 to April 15, 2021. His...
The deadline is fast approaching for the 2021 Art of Conservation™ Florida Fish Art Contest, hosted by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). This contest is open to youth in grades kindergarten through twelfth grade from across the globe. The deadline to enter is March 31. Students from Florida can win top honors, international recognition and prizes while learning about fish, fishing and aquatic conservation. The Art of Conservation inspires young p...
The Florida Department of Transportation is a few months into work on the reconstruction of the interchange of SR 60 and US 27 in Lake Wales. The current interchange configuration was originally constructed in the mid-1960s, a few years after U..S 27 was built along the ridge in eastern Polk County connecting State Road 60 with Interstate 4. Both roads are important regional highways in Central Florida and have seen their traffic volumes increase by 3,000 to 5,000 vehicles a...
Editor's Note: Check out questionnaires submitted by the four candidates in our People section. Videos of a candidate forum can be viewed at The https://www.facebook.com/247504432355875/videos/3578357928879748 or on You Tube at https://youtu.be/CU5pQcxhnLw Four candidates have qualified to run for two Lake Wales City Commission seats in the April 16 municipal election. Dr. Ricardo Navarro and pastor Daniel Williams are seeking election to Seat 2, which is being vacated by...
Throughout the month of March the Lake Wales Public Library's Local Artist Gallery has an amazing display of handmade quilts by local textile artists. The Lake Wales Quilters Guild was founded November 2008. The first monthly meetings were held in the Lake Wales Public Library's Schoenoff Meeting Room. The group currently meets the second Monday of each month, 1 p.m. at the 1st Methodist Church of Lake Wales, 230 St. N. Everyone is welcome, the fee to attend is $1. The Lake...
I woke up Sunday morning, March 14th at 6 a.m., or was it 7, or 8? Before going to sleep Saturday evening, I changed the time on the clock on my nightstand, "springing it forward" an hour for Daylight Savings Time. I was unaware that it would automatically recognize Daylight Savings and set itself. My phone, I thought would recognize Daylight Savings, and would adjust accordingly, but I wasn't certain. When I woke up at 6 a.m. Sunday morning, my phone displayed 6 (I believed...
Willie Lee Howard AKA "Will", 83 of Lake Wales, died March 13, 2021 at Winter Haven Hospital. He was born April 11, 1937 in Born In Autugaville, AL. Services are incomplete. Epps Memorial Funeral Home in Lake Wales is in charge of arrangements....
Darlene Howard Richardson, 61, of Lake Wales, died March 14, 2021 at Cape Canaveral Hospital in Cocoa Beach. She was born July 10, 1958. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jimmie Lee Richardson on February 28, 2020. Services are incomplete. Epps Memorial Funeral Home in Lake Wales is handling arrangements....
Sarah "Sally" Strife Cashel, 89, died peacefully at home on March 8, 2021. She was dearly loved by her husband of 62 years and her large family. She was born on July 11, 1931 in New York, NY, the daughter of the late Dr. Cyril Frederick Strife and Edith Murphy Strife of Hartsdale, NY. She attended Sacred Heart Convent in Albany, NY, and graduated from Sacred Heart Convent in Greenwich, CT. She received her BA degree from Rosemont College, Philadelphia, PA. She also completed...
