Communication Builds Our Community
Communication Builds Our Community
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"The road to progress is always under construction," Lily Tomlin reminded us many years ago, and that is no less true around Lake Wales. Keeping up with the rapid growth of the Lake Wales area will require major changes in how we travel. Several major road construction projects are planned. With them, of course, will come many disruptions. How will they affect you? Let us count the ways. The biggest changes will be along our major highways, US 27 and SR 60. Those projects...
A colorful, air-borne sight will fill the skies in one part of town soon, as Lake Wales enjoys its first-ever Spring Kite Festival. The high-flying event is planned for noon on Saturday, March 30, and everyone is invited to participate. "We couldn't let another March slip past without doing this!" said Jessica Bray, a member of the sponsoring Lakeshore League. The informal neighborhood group is noted for organizing themed events at different times of the year, including such a...
"The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is made up of 29 agencies and offices with nearly 100,000 employees who serve the American people at more than 4,500 locations across the country and abroad," states the website. For Wellness, we will focus on just a few things from this magnificent department: Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP), Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), and National Agricultural Library (NAL). I have used the food database available...
Wanda Kay Sanchious, 59, of Lake Wales, died March 16 at Lake Wales Medical Center. She was born born April 5, 1959 in Lake Wales. Visitation and viewing is set for 6-8 p.m. in the Chapel of Epps Memorial Funeral Home, 445 S. 4th St., Lake Wales. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 6 at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, 1750 11th St. S. Lake Wales....
Polk County Supervisor of Elections Lori Edwards wants college students to know they have until March 29 to apply for one of three $1,200 scholarships to be awarded by the Florida State Association of Supervisors of Elections in 2019. Applicants must be: - Registered to vote in the State of Florida - A Citizen of the United States - Enrolled as a full-time student in a senior college or university in Florida - Majoring in Political Science/Public or Business Administration or...
Lake Wales residents should have an estate plan, but estate plans can be difficult for the uninitiated to draw up. There are so many mistakes that people often make in the realm of estate planning. Sometimes these are due to lack of information, other times they are due to the abundance of bad information available on a Google search, social media or by word of mouth. This article will review a few of the mistakes that I have seen in my three decades of practicing law that...
