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The Frostproof Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting the 17th Annual Orange Blossom Festival & Classic Car Show Saturday, Feb. 16 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Chamber and O'Hara Restorations sponsor the event, in memory of Bob O'Hara. It is held along Wall Street in downtown Frostproof. The Festival expects hundreds of classic and antique cars, over 50 foot and craft vendors, local business and civic organizations, live music and a 5K Rotary Run, plus so much more. Come spend a...
If you are looking for something fun to do on a Friday or Saturday night in Lake Wales, head out east of town on U.S. Highway 60, take a left on Boy Scout Road then a right on Camp Mack Road. You will drive right to Guy Harvey's Camp Mack's River Resort at 14900 Camp Mack Road, northeast of Lake Wales. The old Liar's Lair bar has been masterfully remodeled into Gator Mack's - a full liquor bar with pool tables, dart boards, and a great jukebox. The smoke-free Gator Mack's...
Traveling by car in Central Florida in 1929 wasn't easy. In the late 1920s, many Florida roads were clay. Yet, thousands of cars full of curious people headed to Lake Wales to see the President of the United States and to see Edward Bok's Bird Sanctuary. On Feb. 1, 1929, President Calvin Coolidge dedicated the Mountain Lake Sanctuary and Singing Tower, now known as Bok Tower Gardens. It was a very rare occasion to see the President in those days. To have the opportunity to...
The largest group of airboat enthusiasts in the United States and perhaps the world gathered Saturday, Feb. 16 on Lake Kissimmee east of Lake Wales. Hundreds of airboaters started launching before dawn on that chilly morning, many from Guy Harvey's Outpost Camp Mack River Resort in Lake Wales and all heading to Miles Point on the south side of the lake close to the Kissimmee State Park. At Miles Point, the Kissimmee River Valley Sportsman Association (KRVSA), led by their...
Registration is underway for teams and sponsors to enter the Big Kahuna Paddle Challenge from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 6 at Webber International University in Babson Park. A project of Webber's Rotaract Club, with help from area Rotary Clubs, all proceeds will be donated to Stirring Waters. "We need 10 to 14 paddlers per team who race a 29-foot Voyager canoe 500 yards around a buoy and back to earn the title of Big Kahuna," details Redmon. "High school, college,...
St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church is holding its annual Greek Festival the weekend of Feb. 22-24. This 3-day event has been a tradition for over 30 years. The Festival features Greek cuisine, authentic pastries, live music, dancing and lessons. The church invites people to immerse themselves in Greek culture for a day. Food will include octopus, lamb shank, saganaki-flaming cheese and of course baklava for dessert. The Festival runs from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday...
It's nearly the fourth Saturday of the month and everyone around these parts knows that means a parade of classic cars will be making their way to the Lake Wales Car Show. January marked the 9th Anniversary for this Lake Wales mainstay that has attracted thousands of awestruck antique car and truck enthusiasts. Oldies music, shiny vehicles of all makes and models and fun times for mixing, spinning yarns and going back in time when roads were one lane and often unpaved. When...
For more than 50 years, the Lake of the Hills Community Club has hosted an always popular Ice Cream Social. This year's event will run from 1-5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16 at the historic clubhouse, 44 E. Starr Ave. in Lake of the Hills off Scenic Highway north of Lake Wales. The Rock & Roll themed event will include servers in 1950s dress and music from that era. The event also includes raffles and a silent auction, which closes at 4:30 p.m. at the same time the last ice cream is...
