Communication Builds Our Community
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The 5th Annual CommunityFest FREE Family Fun Festival is scheduled for 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 9 in downtown Winter Haven. Citizens Bank & Trust is the presenting sponsor. CommunityFest is a family-friendly event that encourages the community to come together and enjoy games, entertainment, food and more. This free festival allows businesses to give back to the community while families enjoy fun-filled activities and entertainment in the park. Planned games and activ...
Kathy L. Pressley of Lake Wales passed away Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019 at Lake Wales Medical Center. She was born Oct. 19, 1952 in Niagara Falls, NY to the late Harley and Imogene (Frye) Griffith. She has been a resident of the area since 1989 coming from Niagara Falls. She was a lab technician for Citrosuco. Survivors include her husband of 28 years, Vernon Pressley; daughter Nicole Keinath and husband Kristopher of Winter Haven; sons Steve Jones and wife Holly of Davenport,...
Franklin C. Brosius Jr. of Lake Wales passed away Monday, Feb. 25 at the Lake Wales Medical Center. He was born March 30, 1950 in N. Tonawanda, New York to the late Franklin C. and Ruby R. (Piper) Brosius. He has been a resident of the area since 1999 coming from N. Tonawanda, New York. He was a Retired Technician for Fargo Electric. Franklin was a veteran in the United States Air Force serving from 1969-1980. He was a volunteer for the Lake Wales Model Railroad Club of the...
With enthusiasm for details and processes, Polk State College students in the Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Program explain to faculty and staff members what they have learned through assistantships, lab experiences, and national conferences made possible by the LSAMP Grant, and how these skills will assist them in pursuing degrees and careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). The LSAMP Program, funded by the National Scie...
Robert Lee Horne, 89 of Lake Wales died Feb. 21 at Lake Wales Medical Center. He was born March 21, 1929, in Lake Wales. He was a U. S. Army Veteran. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 2 in the Chapel of Epps Memorial Funeral Home, 445 S. 4th St., Lake Wales. Visitation will be from 9:30-11 a.m. prior to the service....
Maria D. Carrieri of Lake Wales passed away Monday, Feb. 25 at Lake Wales Medical Center. She was born Feb. 19, 1952, in New York. She was a homemaker and of the Catholic faith. She has been resident of the area eight years coming from West Chester County, NY. She enjoyed watching game shows on TV. She is survived by her husband William J. “Billy” Carrieri, and sister-in-law Rabasca Kenneth of Winter Haven. A memorial service will be held at a later date in White Plains, NY. Marion Nelson Funeral Home is in charge of arr...
Tom Freeman turned 93 years old on October 19, 2018. Who is Tom Freeman? Well, he's kind of a legend around here - a Lake Wales treasure. He's somewhat of a renaissance man: an artist, poet, farmer, educator, businessman, war hero, golfer, historian, fisherman, storyteller, wildlife expert and activist. His life is an inspiration to many, and his art is a fabulous and important legacy. As are many, I am honored to know Mr. Freeman, and I am grateful for the privilege of...
BOOK REVIEW: Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness (1991) by Jon Kabat-Zinn I am sure that not everyone interested in a "mindfulness" practice is ill or in pain or stressed out, but certainly a large number of Americans appear to be. If you are well, the 8-week program in the book can still help you. This is a secular program and different from Centering Prayer or Christian meditations. From a December 2017 article by...
A.V. Williams, 86 of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Friday, Feb. 22 at the Lake Wales Medical Center. He was born on April 23, 1932 in Dekalb County, Alabama to the late Silas David and Lovie Odell (Higginbothom) Williams and he has been a resident of this area for the past 75 years moving here from Alabama. He was a retired Single Strength Mixer for Citrus World. A.V. enjoyed working with wood and working on cars his way. He was a member of the Lighthouse Baptist Church of Lake Wales. Survivors include his wife of 62...
Vernon R. Forbes of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Sunday, Feb. 17 at Osceola Regional Medical Center. He was born June 27, 1941 in Bristol, CT to the late William and Evelyn (Cote) Forbes. In his early years he lived in Concord, Vermont. He and Linda raised their family in Terryville, Connecticut. He has been a resident of the Lake Wales area since 2014 coming from Connecticut. He was a Foreman for PA-Ted Spring Company for 30 years. He was a Veteran in the U.S. Army...
An estimated 50-70 million Americans have some type of sleep disorder. About 25 percent of Americans experience acute insomnia each year, but about 75 percent of these individuals recover without developing persistent or chronic insomnia, according to a June 2018 article in Science Daily from a study by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, That leaves around 40,712,500 with chronic insomnia. From a June 2016 Harvard Health Letter: T...
Laura Davis Conner passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019 at Heart of Florida Regional Medical Center. She was born Oct. 19, 1925 in Avon Park, Florida to Carl H. Davis and Millie T. Davis. The family moved and settled in Lake Wales where she worked at Hunt Brothers and met her husband of almost 50 years, Bob Conner. She was a devoted wife and mother and enjoyed sharing life with many of her lifelong friends and families. She raised her family in the First Baptist Church of Lak...
Sometime ago I read where a Japanese man died at age 113 in his sleep. It was a remarkably long time to live, especially for a male. On the average women seem to outlive men. A Puerto Rican man died in 2007 at the age of 115; extraordinary to say the least. The most recent was a man who served in our Army in World War Two, who died at 110. This man was the oldest centenarian in this country to recently die. My mother's father was born in 1827 and lived to be 84, which is not...
