Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Ledger- Repair crews hoisted headstones back into place in the Lake Wales Cemetery on Tuesday afternoon after vandals pushed 26 headstones over during the weekend. “It’s like they drove down one road and decided at random to knock the tops down,” said Pam Mosher who works at the city-owned cemetery. “We’re lucky that none of [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Lake Wales, FL, August 17, 2010, The Lake Wales Youth Chorale is an auditioned choir made up of students from schools all over Polk County who are at least 8 years old and have unchanged voices. The members love to sing and have lots of fun learning vocal techniques and sight reading. Music of different [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
LAKE WALES – Lake Wales High School’s 2010 graduating seniors are leaving high school with more than $1 million in college scholarships. The current list includes 103 scholarships totaling $1,017,760. “The list should continue to grow over the summer as more students are notified of additional awards,” said Cheryl Costine, one of the school’s guidance [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Are Lake Wales Bars a Black and White Issue? Are Lake Wales bars a black and white issue? According to Greg Massey, owner of Massey’s Place, it is a race issue. During Tuesday nights city commission meeting it appeared that race was an issue in enacting the new “ downtown core district”. But was it [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
LAKE WALES – Lake Wales High Schools will offer free physicals for current and prospective Highlander student-athletes on Monday, June 7. The free physicals will begin at 5:30 p.m. Students and their parents or guardians should meet in the LWHS Auditorium to sign in and complete paperwork. Forms cannot be finished without the signature of [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
LAKE WALES – Members of the Bok Academy “Lady Knight Leaders” visited two elementary schools this week to talk to fifth grade girls about transitioning to middle school next year. The Lady Knight Leaders visited Polk Avenue Elementary and Hillcrest Elementary. They spoke to groups of fifth grade girls about what to expect in middle [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
LAKE WALES – One of the founders of the Lake Wales Charter Schools system will be the keynote speaker at this year’s Lake Wales High School graduation ceremony on June 5. Local attorney Robin Gibson will offer the commencement address for this year’s graduating class. Gibson has served on the LWCS Board of Trustees since [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
LAKE WALES – Lake Wales High School senior Lexus Jones (standing) talks to eighth grade girls at Bok Academy on Tuesday (May 18). Jones and other members of LWHS Young Leaders shared how they balance the demands of school, extracurricular activities, sports and friendships. While the female Young Leaders spoke to girls, the male Young [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
BABSON PARK – Two former professional athletes spoke – and played – with a big crowd of fathers and students who turned out for Babson Park’s final All Pro Dads event of the school year. More than 80 students and their fathers gathered to hear former Major League Baseball star Jason Romano and former National [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
LAKE WALES – Some local students got a big boost of inspiration last week, when one of the world’s most accomplished Special Olympians visited Lake Wales and spoke at two schools. During visits to Polk Avenue Elementary and Lake Wales High School, Loretta Claiborne shared her story with students and visitors, and posed for group [...]
