Archive for March, 2010
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
LAKE WALES – Circle F Dude Ranch Camp is dividing the responsibilities of camp director, a job previously held by Diana Yost, into two positions. According to Circle F managing partner Paul H. Wells, day-to-day camp operations, campers’ activities, and marketing duties are being assigned to Steven Murra, who has been with the camp since [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
The music video is called “Window Seat” and was recorded in one take in Dealey Plaza on a warm Saturday afternoon in March 2010. It shows Erykah Badu, Dallas native and R&B star, doing a slow motion striptease down Elm Street on her way to the spot where JFK was assassinated. Commercial filming shoots require [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Brooksville, Florida – It wasn’t taking candy from a baby. But according to deputies, it was taking charity money from a 12-year-old volunteer. A man is charged with snatching $34 from a volunteer who was selling items to benefit his organization, Teens Against Drugs and Alcohol. According to the incident report, the volunteer was standing [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
FORT PIERCE — An 18-year-old inmate who escaped from Lawnwood Regional Medical Center & Heart Institute when a juvenile detention officer watching him fell asleep was arrested after his mother turned him over to authorities, according to a recently released affidavit. Ladarius Lekendric Lacey, of the 3400 block of Avenue F in Fort Pierce, still [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — A Florida man is accused of calling in a bomb threat at a hotel so he could get the day off of work, Miami television station WPLG reported.Coral Gables police said they received a 911 call at 4:51 a.m. According to police the caller said, “There is a bomb at the [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
The Lake Wales Arts council, Inc. & the Lake Wales Art Show are pleased to announce the winners of the 41st Annual Student Art Show Exhibit. This exhibit features local area student artwork and will be on display at the Lake Wales Arts Center in the Michael Crews Gallery from Saturday, March 27, 2010 through [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
LAKE WALES, Mar 27, 2010 (The Ledger – McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) — Within minutes of the deadline Friday afternoon, Lake Wales administrators fired off an application to become Google’s test community for an experimental super high-speed fiber optic network. “We know it’s a long shot,” said Jennifer Nanek, the city’s grants administrator, “but [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
By PETER BERNARD | News Channel 8 and LISA A. DAVIS | The Tampa Tribune and NATALIE SHEPHERD | News Channel 8 TARPON SPRINGS – A woman who had been fired by Publix earlier today shot a store employee to death in the Publix parking lot, then ran into the store, where she was shot several times after [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
LAKE WALES – Students on the Polk Avenue Elementary PRIDE Team decided to hold a charity car wash, and ended up raising more than $160 for earthquake relief in Haiti. Students have been following news about Haiti, especially since one of their teachers, Lonnie Murphy, lived in Haiti for many years. The PRIDE Team members [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
LAKE WALES – Citrus grower Victor Story stepped out of the groves and into the classroom Tuesday (March 23) to help educate some Babson Park students about Florida agriculture. He was volunteering at Dale R. Fair Babson Park Elementary School as part of statewide Agriculture Literacy Day activities. Story read “Green Florida Farms” to third [...]