Communication Builds Our Community
Communication Builds Our Community
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Mary Best saw on the television news from her Tampa home the Polk County Clerk's Office was holding at group wedding on Valentine's Day. This was after she had called the Hillsborough County Clerk's Office to see if they were doing something like that. On Thursday, Feb. 14, she and Nathan Best Jr. came to the Polk County History Center where they and 13 other couples were joined in matrimony. This is the sixth year the clerk's office has held the ceremony which is followed by...
Love is in the air at the Lake Wales Public Library celebrating its annual membership drive during February. "This is a time for everyone, especially library support groups, to recognize the value of libraries," says Glenda Morgan, president of the Lake Wales Library Association - Friends of the Library. "All the work has been done without government funds because we raised $89,000 from people who give and give and give," Morgan states. "It's so exciting to see our local commu...
Great Lake Wales Soccer Club results in the 2019 Polk County All Star Tournament held at the Lake Myrtle Sports Complex in Auburndale. U15 girls won gold 2-1 verses Bartow coached by Woods. U12 boys won gold 4-1 verses LTFC coached by Mauricio. U10 boys won gold 3-2 verses LTFC coached by Minidakis. U12 girls got second 0-2 verse LTFC coached by Trantham. Coach Trantham says thanks to all the players, parents, coaches, referees and volunteers that made it all...
The Polk Training Center in Lake Alfred will hold its annual Spring Plant and Yard Sale from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23. All plants will be on sale. The Center carries a large assortment of Florida friendly plants: perennials, landscape shrubs, flowering shrubs, succulents, palms, crape myrtle trees, herbs & vegetables and more. The event also includes free hot dogs and raffling off some plants. The Center also will be holding a yard sale with recycled treasures...
Chevon and Mike Baccus recently celebrated their 36th wedding anniversary. They were married Feb. 12, 1983, at Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in Melbourne, FL. Mike is a retired elementary school teacher and Chevon serves as executive editor and publisher of LakeWalesNews.net, an online news site published by the Baccus Center for Engaged Communications and Leadership. Chevon was born in Ohio and moved to Lake Wales at the age of 5. She is a 1973 graduate of Lake Wales...
Lake Wales City Commissioner Curtis Gibson recently received a Patriot's Award from the Employer Support of Guard and Reserve Florida Committee. Gibson serves as head wrestling coach for Bartow High School and as a classroom assistant for the Polk County School Board at Chain of Lakes Elementary School. Gibson was nominated by George Sabillion for supporting his service in the U.S. Army Reserve. "The Patriot Award reflects the efforts made to support citizen warriors through...
