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Articles from the August 31, 2022 edition


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  • Today Only, Regal Eagle Ridge 12 Offers $3 Movies

    Robert Connors, Managing Editor|Updated Sep 4, 2022

    A one-day only chance to catch some great entertainment for a $3 ticket price happens today, Saturday, September 3 as the Eagle Ridge Mall Regal Cinemas 12 participate in National Cinema Day. The promotion includes all showings all day, including the matinees and evening shows. Spiderman, Top Gun, and other block-buster films are included in the promotion. It's all part of a nation-wide cooperative effort between cinema chains and major production studios to invite back the...

  • Area Crafters and Vendors Invited to Participate at Visit Central Florida

    Special to the News|Updated Aug 31, 2022

    Area crafters and vendors looking for a weekday marketing opportunity have an extra chance beginning in early November. Visit Central Florida's Welcome Center in Davenport is inviting vendors to participate in its seasonal market that takes place on Thursdays from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The weekly market offers local vendors the opportunity to share their produce and wares with Polk County residents and visitors alike. A variety of vendors are already signed up to participate...

  • Maxine Merrill Gilmore, 1921-2022

    Updated Aug 27, 2022

    Maxine Merrill Gilmore, 101, and formerly of Lake Wales, FL, died in her Whispering Pines, NC home surrounded by love and family on August 6, 2022. Maxine Lura (Merrill) Gilmore was born April 17, 1921 in Spirit Lake, Iowa, daughter of the late John Edwin and Cleeta Fern (Doolittle) Merrill. Maxine was also preceded in death by her husband of 69 years Dr. William Edmund Gilmore, sister Beth Merrill Harsch (and David) and brother John Edwin Merrill, Jr. Maxine is survived by...

  • Plenty of Floridians Enraptured by Migration's Many Mysteries

    Special to the News, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission|Updated Aug 26, 2022

    As Floridians say goodbye to Swallow-tailed Kites for the year, we get ready to welcome a new wave of visitors on their cross-continental journey. Be on the lookout for a host of warblers including the Chestnut-sided, Blackburnian, Palm, Yellow-rumped and Golden-winged, as well as raptors, cuckoos, thrushes and grosbeaks. These world travelers use nothing but their own small yet powerful bodies to traverse grand distances humans would find daunting. Why do they go through all...