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Doris Connelly Tallman, 84, of Lake Wales passed away Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020 at Winter Haven Hospital. She was born Nov. 12, 1935 to the late Gus and Frances Connelly in Lake Wales, where she grew up. She was a mission operations specialist at the National Aeronautics Space Administration for almost 30 years, working through the Honeywell Corporation at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD. She retired from Honeywell in 1999 and moved back to Lake Wales at that time. She was a member of the Eastern Star in...
Bruce R. Clark, 62, of Lake Wales passed away Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020 at the Winter Haven Hospital. He was born Dec. 23, 1957 in Detroit, MI; he moved here from Marine City, MI 14 years ago. He was a retired self-employed carpenter and attended the Saddlebag Community Church. He enjoyed hunting, golfing, writing short stories, music and song writing. He was a long time member of AA and celebrated 29 years of sobriety. Survivors include his daughters, Anna Clark of Winter Haven, Emma Gillespie and husband, Brett of Nampa, ID a...
Lake Wales City Manager Ken Fields is asking city commissioners, in their role as the city's Community Redevelopment Agency, to allow the Lake Wales Charter Schools to lease the old high school property off Seminole Avenue for one dollar for one year so they can proceed with plans to locate Bok Academy North there for the 2020-21 school year. The CRA meeting is set for 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18 at the city administration building, 201 W. Central Ave. The CRA agenda item asks...
Al Joseph Mitchell, 67 of Lake Wales, died Feb. 12, 2020 at Tampa General Hospital. He was born Nov. 24, 1952 in Waverly. He was a U.S. Air Force Veteran and a Deacon at New Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church in Lake Wales. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 22 at New Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, 343 D St. in Lake Wales. Epps Memorial Funeral Home in Lake Wales is handling arrangements....
Wanda E. Gillyard, 41 of Lake Wales, died Feb. 15, 2020 at Advent Health Hospital in Lake Wales. She was born March 30, 1978. Services are incomplete. Epps Memorial Funeral Home in Lake Wales is handling arrangements....
A three-vehicle crash on U.S. 27 near Tower Lakes Wednesday evening Feb. 12 resulted in the death of a 20-year-old Lake Wales woman. Police are unsure who was driving the 2006 grey Toyota Scion, which was headed south on U.S. 27 when it turned left at the entrance to Tower Lakes into the path of two other vehicles. The two occupants of the Scion were Natali Jane Moreno, who sustained life threatening injuries and was later pronounced dead at AdventHealth Lake Wales and 22-year...
Al Mitchell, 67 of Lake Wales, died Feb. 12, 2020 at Tampa General Hospital. He was born Nov. 24, 1952. Services are incomplete. Epps Memorial Funeral Home in Lake Wales is handling arrangements....
Henry Loyal Seay, 70, of Babson Park passed away Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020 at Advent Health Davenport. He was born August 14, 1949 in Bartow to the late Chalmer L. and Dorothy May (Pylant) Seay. He has been a resident of the area for 25 years coming from Bartow. He was a Sergeant for the Polk County Sheriff Office and a member of the National Guard, VFW, Moose Lodge, National Rifle Association, and he enjoyed hunting and the outdoors He is preceded in death by his sister Ann Marie...
A lecture and performance by award-winning artist and Polk State College Professor of Humanities & Music Derek Menchan will be hosted by the Lake Wales Arts Council at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 16. This event, sponsored by Visit Central Florida, is free to the public and will conclude with a reception held in the gallery following the performance. During his lecture at the Lake Wales Arts Center entitled "Millennial Relevance: The Timeless Contributions of Artists of Color" Menchan...
Lake Wales City Manager Ken Fields is proposing two changes to the city's pension rules. One would enable him to get a lifetime city pension worth potentially more than $600,000 without completing the minimum 10 years of service with the city. The other change would create investment accounts for Police Chief Chris Velasquez and Fire Chief Joe Jenkins, whose retirement contributions have been stopped because they are the first two city employees to reach the $75,000 pension...
Helen Ann Ravotto, 98, of Lake Wales, formerly of Weirton, WV passed away Monday, Feb. 3, 2020, at her home. She was born March 25, 1921, in Apollo, PA, a daughter of the late Frank and Ann Ficca Porreca. She was also preceded in death by her husband Pete Ravotto; son Louis Ravotto; five brothers and four sisters. For 19 years, Helen worked for the former Weirton G. C. Murphy Company. She was a member of St. Paul Roman Catholic Church who enjoyed cooking for her family and...
Johnnie Lee Christian, Jr, 61 of Lake Wales passed away Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020 at Advent Health in Lake Wales. He was born January 14, 1959 in Jackson, MS to the late Johnnie Lee, Sr. and Mary Christian. He was a machine operator in the funeral industry. No services are scheduled at this time. Marion Nelson Funeral Home in Lake Wales is handling arrangements....
The Lake Wales Public Library is proud to announce a new service focusing on connecting individuals and non-profit organizations with foundations who provide funding opportunities, Foundation Center's the Funding Information Network and Grants to Individuals. The database of more than 13 million grants and 140,000 grant makers is available within the Lake Wales Public Library, during regular hours of operation. You are encouraged to bring your own device, use our computer...
Supervisor of Elections, Lori Edwards reminds voters to double check their party affiliation in advance of the March 17 Presidential Preference Primary election. Florida is a closed primary state. According to Florida law, people may vote in a party's primary only if they are registered members of that party prior to the closing of registration 29 days prior to Election Day. "It's easy to change your party affiliation if you want to participate in the election, but you must...
Lake Wales pilot Greg Love officially hung up his wings and rotors Friday, Feb. 7 after a 25-year aviation career with the Polk County Sheriff's Department. Turning just 60 this year Love actually will continue flying as a sheriff's reserve deputy and as a pilot with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The sheriff who hired him, Lawrence Crow, and current Sheriff Grady Judd showed up to recognize Love's service along with family, friends and co-workers at a luncheon held insid...
Sandra Calderon, 69, of Lake Wales passed away Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020 at Advent Health Lake Wales. She was born March 2, 1950 in Corpus Christy, TX to the late Juan and Elia (Zamora) Garcia. She has been a resident of the area since 1990 coming from Fond Du Lac, WI. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. She loved dolphins, going to Bingo with friends and family, and collecting things. She was a giver and loved her family, she helped them when they needed. She was greatly loved and will be missed. She is preceded in...
The Lake Wales Charter Schools are looking to breathe new life into the old high school complex by locating Bok Academy North on the site off Seminole Avenue. Charter Schools Superintendent Jesse Jackson said his staff is working with Lake Wales City Manager Ken Fields and may have a proposal for the city commission at their next meeting as the Community Redevelopment Agency Feb. 18. The charter schools approached the city two years ago asking for a donation of the school...
