Communication Builds Our Community
Communication Builds Our Community
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The Lake Wales History Museum 2019-20 Speaker Series kicks off Thursday, Nov. 21 with a presentation by Steve Noll about Florida Transportation History: Planes, Trains and Automobiles (and Steamboats Too!) The event promotion says Florida's history as territory and state can be told through the changing methods of transportation networks in the state. This presentation shows how Florida moved from a backwoods frontier to one of the most important states in the union. Tying...
The Lake Wales Little Theatre's first Season 42 production, Having Hope at Home, opens Friday, Nov. 8 and runs for three weekends. Having Hope at Home is described as a light comedy with serious intentions. Directed by Glenda Thurmond, the productions will be at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through Nov. 24 in the intimate 140-seat theater at 411 N. Third St. Tickets are $18 for adults and $12 for those under age 18 and can be purchased online at...
And then there were eight. Of the eight teams remaining with the prospect of being crowned the FHSAA 5A State High School Football champion our own Lake Wales team is very much in the hunt. Next up at 7:30 p.m. Friday night at home are the Tampa Jesuit Tigers, 10-2, opposing the undefeated Highlanders in a 5A regional final. Lake Wales is 12-0 after running over Port Orange Atlantic, ending the Sharks season last Friday in front of a boisterous partisan, standing room only,...
Reading, writing, math and other academic subjects are important, but Principal Gail Quam wants to make sure students also leave Polk Avenue Elementary with leadership skills. That's why the school for 10 years has been participating in the Leader in Me program, patterned after Stephen Covey's Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. Polk Avenue is a Leader in Me Lighthouse School, incorporating a schoolwide process that develops staff and students as leaders, transforming...
As everyone was preparing to honor Veterans for Veteran's Day, the GFWC Woman's Club of Lake Wales was gearing up to carry on their traditions and dedication to serving the Veterans in the Community through some very special means. On Wednesday, Nov. 6 the Woman's Club House began to smell heavenly with the delicious aromas of spaghetti sauce and garlic bread. The tables were decorated in red, white, and blue and awaited the guest who were to fill them for the "Take A Vet to...
Tilted Tiara events is hosting a Florida Highwaymen Pop-up Art Event and Sale Thursday, Nov. 21 in the Rhodesbilt Arcade in historic downtown Lake Wales. The one-day-only event, which includes a wine and cheese reception, is sponsored by Crooked Crown Antiques, Sugar Magnolia Salvage and Melange Antiques and Art Gallery. Al Black, one of the original Florida Highwaymen artists and Kelvin Hair, son of Highwayman Albert Hair, will be on hand from 2 to 8 p.m., bringing their...
John Anthony Hodurski, 75, of Lake Wales passed away Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019. He was born November 6, 1944 in Nyack, NY to the late Bruno and Etoile A. (Knoebel) Hodurski. He has been a resident of the area for 4 years coming from Cape Cod Harwich, Massachusetts. He was a meeting house mechanic for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He was a member of the U.S. Navy and the Massachusetts Army National Guard and Coast Guard. He was a Ham Radio Operator, member of the Lake Wales Radio Amateur’s Club. He loved m...
Susan A. Stiles of Lake Wales ended her battle with brain cancer and joined our Father in Heaven Sunday morning, Nov. 3, 2019 at the age of 76. Born Sept. 2, 1943 in South Haven, MI, Susan lived her life with purpose and honesty, a fighter in all regards. She was an incredible example to her children, to live each day doing what is right even if it is not easy, and doing the best job you can with every day you are given. She was a woman that left most of us wondering where to...
The Living Out Loud Poet's and Writer's Society Nov. 21 gathering will feature Kenneth J Cody, the author of six anthologies of prose style poetry about living and coping with bipolar disorder. The free event starts at 7 p.m. in the Melange Antiques and Art Gallery at 250 E. Park Ave. in historic downtown Lake Wales. Due to the sensitive subject matter, parental guidance is suggested. Guests are invited to bring snacks and beverages to share. Attendees are encouraged to bring...
