Posted by carl on August 27, 2012 · Leave a Comment
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 11PM UNTIL 9 AM EDT MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN FLORIDA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 10 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA CHARLOTTE LEE IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA DESOTO HARDEE HIGHLANDS HILLSBOROUGH MANATEE PINELLAS POLK SARASOTA Polk County Shelters Polk County does NOT plan to open shelters at this time. Polk County Schools Cancelled The threat of Tropical Storm weather in Polk County, which could include sustainable high winds and tornadoes, has prompted the Polk County School Board to cancel schools for Monday August 27 including all school activities and…
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Category A-dale, Babson Park, Bartow, Davenport, Frostproof, Ft. Meade, Haines City, Lake Alfred, Lake Wales, Lakeland, Polk City, Winter Haven · Tags
Posted by Staff on August 8, 2012 · 2 Comments
Emma Cheyenne Banks Born: August 8th, 2011 at 12:20pm Emma, One year ago today was the most painful, emotional, exciting day of our lives! It has been our honor to watch you grow over this last year. We did not know what we were in for, but we wouldn’t trade it for the world. Now that a year of “Firsts” are behind us, we are excited for the next year of love you will bring us! We always thought we’d be teaching our child, but you have taught us much more. Such things as: Messes will be made,…
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Posted by carl on July 19, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The DailyRidge.Com has just launched RidgeClassifieds.Com! ” We’re very pleased to offer free classified ads to the local community. We do have a premium price for auto’s, boats and realestate. We have noticed a huge demand for a platform that people can sell items online. The DailyRidge.Com is so unique of a concept in regards to news reporting that we should have tremendous exposure to sellers.” said Micheal Elsner webmaster for RidgeClassifieds.Com. After months of noticing people struggling to keep items “bumped” up and organized on facebook the management at DailyRidge.Com decided that a change needed to take place. So…
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Category A-dale, Avon Park, Babson Park, Bartow, Frostproof, Ft. Meade, Haines City, Lake Alfred, Lake Placid, Lake Wales, Lakeland, Polk City, Sebring, Winter Haven · Tags
Posted by carl on July 6, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Babson Park, Florida – Triathletes have been preparing all year for this even coming up July 29th. This Sprint Triathlon consists of a 1/4 mile swim, a 15 miles bike and a 3.1 miles run. Youth Sprint Triathlon consists of a 100m swim, a 3 miles bike and a 1/2 mile run. Adult entry fee ranges from $55 to $80. Youth entry fee ranges from $20 to $30. Relay entry fee ranges from $120 to $160. Teams may consist of 2 or 3 members. Born and raced on Crooked Lake since 2008, the Scenic 17 Triathlon has entered its fifth…
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Posted by carl on July 6, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Babson Park, Florida – How to get lucky on Friday the 13th: Just attend Ridge Audubon’s round/line dance at the Babson Park Woman’s Club. Festivities begin at 7p.m., July 13, with Steve Morrison calling the round or big circle dances and Linda VanDeman doing the honors for the line dancers. Cold drinks and snacks will be provided and there will be a 50/50 and regular raffles as well.
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Posted by carl on June 22, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Babson Park, Florida – The Ladies of Mecca Court No. 98, Ladies’ Oriental Shrine of North America will sponsor a Mad Hatters’ Tea party Saturday from 2-4 pm at the Babson Park Womens Club. They say wear a crazy hat, casual dress and enjoy door prizes and LOTS of finger food, tea, coffee and more. Several door prizes will be given out the entire afternoon along with a prize for the crazist hat! Admission are $10 per person, all proceeds with benefit the Shriner’s Children’s Hospital.
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Posted by carl on June 17, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Polk County, Florida -From Saturday evening, through Sunday morning, June 16-17, 2012, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office has received three drowning related calls for service involving small children. The first incident occurred at approximately 6:48 pm, on Saturday, June 16, 2012, when a 5-year-old girl from Okeechobee was visiting with family members at an Aldridge Lane residence in Davenport. Several family members, children and adults, were in the pool together when one adult noticed the 5-year-old at the bottom of the pool. Family members pulled the child out of the water, performed CPR and the child was revived. Responding…
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