FRIDAY Curtain To Come Down On 'Aida' SEBRING - The final three performances of "Aida" are set for this weekend at Highlands Little Theatre, which is located behind the Sebring Public Library, off of West Center Avenue. ...more

August 29, 2008

LAKE PLACID – The Lake Placid Board of Realtors recently sponsored an old-fashioned dance-a-thon at the Lake Placid American Legion Post 25 to benefit two local not-for-profit organizations – the Humane Society of Highlands County and the Lake Placid Miracle League. The dance was held to benefit the Humane Society of Highlands County, whose mission is to provide shelter, medical care and adoption services to lost, homeless and unwanted companion animals, and the Lake Placid Miracle League, a newly organized youth baseball league for physically and mentally hindered youths who are paired with "Buddies" who help the athletes take the field and cope with the challenges of playing the game. Themed in the 60's and 70's, the 261 party-goers entered a long-ago past complete with fiber-optic lamps, peace beads, 45 rpm record decorations, disco ball, and hula hoops. Many guests reached into the back of their closets, or their parents' closet, and looked as if they could have just stepped off the Partridge Family bus. ...more

February 3, 2008