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The Lake Wales Youth Football League, which sponsors the Lake Wales Steelers teams, has been selected as the recipient of the Dyer Difference Award for August. The Lake Wales Football League provides healthy, educational, fun to up to 600 participants each year between the ages of four and 15. Whether they are learning about first downs and defense or how to encourage and support a team as a cheerleader, children who participate in the Lake Wales Youth Football League are...
A lighted football field proposed for Washington Park near US 27 is expected to make a big difference to hundreds of young people involved in two Lake Wales youth football leagues. The new facility is proposed to be built by Polk County Parks and Recreation using Community Development Block Grant funds. CDBG funds are restricted to projects serving underserved neighborhoods and communities. Among users of the new football facility are likely to be the Lake Wales Youth Football...
Harry L. “Mo” Brigham, 64, of Lake Wales passed away Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021 at his residence. He was born December 24, 1956 in Hazelton, PA to the late Terry and Joan Brigham. Mo and his wife have been vacationing here for 25 years but became permanent residents of Lake Wales 12 years ago, moving here from New Port Richey. He enjoyed football, baseball, fishing, and was a Buccaneers and Steelers fan. Mo was preceded in death by his daughter, Crystal. He is survived by his wife of 25 years, Kim M. “Kimmie” Brigham; daughte...