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NOTE: Due to lower than expected turnout, the July 19 Power Breakfast has been postponed, possibly until November. Those who want to know more about the future of passenger rail service in Florida should attend a special Power Breakfast Friday, July 19. Hosted by the Lake Wales Area Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Committee, the program will feature Bob O'Malley from Brightline, who will discuss the company's express, inter-city passenger rail service. A...
Polk State College President Angela Garcia Falconetti and Florida Polytechnic University President Randy Avent will sign an articulation agreement establishing the first seamless pathway for students from Polk County's state college to the leading institution of engineering and applied sciences. The event will be held Tuesday, July 16, at 11:30 a.m. in LLC 2188 on the Polk State Lakeland Campus, located at 3425 Winter Lake Road in Lakeland. Polk State and Florida Poly have...
New Bok North Academy Principal Donna Drisdom learned at an early age, from two teachers at Mulberry High School, a philosophy that continues to serve her well even today. "It's looking at the smaller things to understand the larger things is how they would put it," meaning, look deeper than the surface to find the root cause, Drisdom said of the influential instructors, Carolyn Williams and Kathy Langford. "I just kind of took that with me." Drisdom was named to her Lake...
Research and geneology historian Preston Petermeier will present "The Who, What, Where and Why: A Look at City Directories" from 12:15 to 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 16 at the Polk County History Center at 100 E. Main St. in Bartow. The presentation is part of the Center's Out of the Archives Lecture Series. The Center's collection of local city directories, found in its Historical and Genealogical Library, dates back to the 19th century. Petermeier will show participants how these...
Linda Soltow, 72 of Babson Park died May 11 at Grace Healthcare in Lake Wales under Good Shepherd Hospice Care. She was born Nov. 2, 1946 in Corning, Arkansas. Services are incomplete. Epps Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements....
Willie "Skull" Richardson, 77 of Lake Wales, died July 10 at the Groves Center Nursing and Rehab in Lake Wales. He was born Aug. 29, 1941. Services are incomplete. Epps Memorial Funeral Home in Lake Wales is in charge of arrangements....
Rotary on the Ridge honored Lake Wales resident Drew Truitt as the club's 2018-19 Rotarian of the Year. The award was presented Monday, July 1 at the club's annual celebration and installation banquet. In presenting the award, 2017-18 Rotarian of the Year Sandra Wolf said he rarely misses a meeting and shows up for every service opportunity and all the fun club events. "Our Rotarian of the Year serves as an ambassador for our club and has sponsored several new members," Wolf s...
The Rotary on the Ridge president's gavel Monday, July 1 passed from one Gillis to another Gillis as five other family members were recognized with Service Above Self Awards. Rotary is definitely a family affair for 2018-19 President Megan Gillis and husband Herb, who took over club leadership for 2019-20. Shortly after Megan was installed as president last June her parents, Sheri and Marshall Hartley, joined the club. Megan and Herb were charter members of Rotary on the...
A recent article in Business Facilities called Florida an "economic super-state," praising the way our state "excels at getting people, products and services anywhere." The article went on to mention Polk County in particular the Intermodal Logistics Center in Winter Haven and the miles of railroad that far outnumber those in any other county throughout the state. We are certainly proud of those distinctions, but we would be remiss to overlook how success and growth have...
LakeWalesNews.net Executive Editor and Publisher Chevon Baccus has been accepted for membership in LION Publishers, a national professional organization for publishers of local independent online news sites. According to the organization's membership criteria: "LION Publishers are innovative news leaders in business, technology, communication and storytelling who are creating the future of local journalism. LION Publishers encompass a rich diversity of business models,...
Concerned that too many patients got their wounds healed but ended up coming back for more treatments, the Lake Wales Wound Care Center has added another therapy to its list of options. Dr. Fred Howard on Tuesday, July 2 did the center's first treatment that used a laser to burn off vessels in leg veins. The treatment is designed to get blood flowing properly to reduce swelling that can cause wounds to fester and create painful sores. "They come, they get wound care, they get...
At age 32, Dr Carolyn Pass had the scare of her life. The hard-working physician was hospitalized with congestive heart failure and found herself wondering if she would live to see her three children grow up. After a lengthy recuperation period she got back into practicing medicine but with a greater appreciation for life and helping her patients focus on their own good health. Now 20 years after her own health scare Pass says she tells her patients: "You matter. You have to t...
Walter Louis "Sonny" LaVigne, Jr., 83, of Lake Wales passed away Tuesday, April 30 at his residence. He was born March 14, 1936 in Miami to the late Walter and Lillie Mae LaVigne and came to Lake Wales from Davie in 1999. He was a retired master electrician from the IBEW Local 349. Sonny was preceded in death by his daughter, Marcia Reckamp and sister, Dorothy Bexley. Survivors include his soul mate, Celia “Cookie” Bishop; daughter, Donna Sue Beach (Jeffrey) of West Palm Beach; son-in-law, Thomas Reckamp; five gra...
Maria F. Marrero, 92 of Lake Wales, died July 5 at Lake Wales Medical Center. She was born Dec. 25, 1926. Services are incomplete. Epps Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements....
Versie L. Leggett, 95 ( Ms. Sis ), died at the Groves Center in Lake Wales July 7 under Vitas Hospice Care. She was born Sept. 22, 1923. Services are incomplete. Epps Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements....
During their second budget workshop July 9 Lake Wales city commissioners asked questions about staff spending priorities while acknowledging they still need much additional information before they are ready to adopt a new budget for the 2019-20 year that begins Oct. 1. City Manager Ken Fields twice tried to reinforce his position that commissioners need to just concern themselves with policy and the city's overall direction and leave spending decisions on how to get there to...
