I am writing to you to ask you to remind your readers to help support our troops this holiday season. ...more

November 21, 2009

AVON PARK American Legion Highlands Post 69 and Auxiliary, 7 p.m. second Monday each month. Lounge Bingo, 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. Call 453-4553. ...more

July 20, 2008

AVON PARK American Legion Highlands Post 69 and Auxiliary, 7 p.m. second Monday each month. Lounge Bingo, 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. Call 453-4553. ...more

July 13, 2008

LAKE PLACID — No ifs, ands or butts, Mike Eisenhart, coordinator of Keep Lake Placid Beautiful, is disgusted by discarded cigarette butts littered around town, and thanks to a $1,500 grant, he is doing something to change it. Keep America Beautiful Inc., a national organization, awarded Keep Lake Placid Beautiful a $1,500 grant, as part of the 2008 Cigarette Litter Prevention program. Included with the cash, which will pay for administering the project, with five other Florida areas, Lake Placid will receive 1,000 free pocket ashtrays. Additional ash tray receptacles will likely grace the downtown and parks. By local proclamation, June was declared Cigarette Litter Prevention Week. ...more

June 6, 2008

I am writing to publicly thank the Lake Placid Jaycees for the generous donation they made to my Support Our Troops fundraiser. These wonderful people have made it possible for me to ship 18 care packages to our soldiers in Iraq, in time for the Christmas holiday. And there is money left over to send packages to some of the soldiers recovering at Walter Reed Army Hospital. The Jaycees have been very supportive of this cause in the past, but exceeded themselves with this Christmas donation of $1,000. I know that the soldiers on the receiving end of this generosity will be very grateful, and I want everyone to know what these kind people have done. So, thank you to Steve Davis, Cheryl Davis, Niki Gregor, Kim Miller, Vicki Spires, Colleen Lee, Leah and Lyle Wilson, Kerry Stanridge, Curt Matthews, Misty Matthews, Mike Waldron, Anita Reiley, Kathy Yacoboni, Denise Mullins, David Austin, and Connie and Pam Fentress! God bless you all and Merry Christmas. ...more

December 8, 2007

The Lake Placid Jaycees have been hosting the annual Lake Placid Christmas Parade for over 35 years. Due to the small size of our club, it has become more of a project than we can handle. Unfortunately, 2006 was our last year for hosting the parade. The chamber of commerce and the town of Lake Placid have graciously agreed to step in and co-host the 2007 parade. We have always received generous accolades from the community regarding the parade and wish both the chamber and the town all the success with this event. The chamber wants to thank the Jaycees for their past contributions and have given us the honor of being the grand marshas of the 2007 Christmas Parade. We would like to share that honor with all past and present Jaycees. Contact Leah Wilson at 465-3821 if you want to join us as grand marshals. ...more

December 7, 2007

Talk Is Cheap The Zephyrhills Jaycees had a booth on Veterans Day with an assortment of Christmas cards for citizens to sign for the troops. The booth was on the main thoroughfare, with the cards displayed on the tables alongside numerous pens and chairs in the shade so people could be comfortable while signing the cards. ...more

November 19, 2007

TAMPA - When he was alive, 17-year-old Cedric "C.J." Mills loved to visit his grandmother, Lucy. Now Lucy Mills can see a photograph of the slain teenager smiling from a bench at a city bus stop at West Cypress Street and North Howard Avenue, less than two blocks from her home. ...more

October 16, 2007

I would like to take a moment to say thank you to a lady named Mayr Malool in the Lake Placid area. Ms. Malool has been sending care packages to our troops in the Middle East. My daughter is in Iraq and has been the recipient of some of these care packages. ...more

October 11, 2007