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published: Friday, November 20, 2009

Teens clean up Sottile memorial

LAKE PLACID -- Roger Pringle, 16, slowly raked the outside perimeter, creating an even pattern of lines.

Jerome Gray, 15, and Emilio Cardenas, 13, weeded and pruned the flower bed, stepping carefully among the plants.

The three teenagers, all students at the school board's Academy at ...


published: Friday, November 20, 2009

Benton: Youth crime rate on the decline

News-Sun photo by 
CHRISTOPHER TUFFLEY
Sheriff Susan Benton enjoys passing on good news to the Children's Services Council Wednesday morning.

SEBRING -- Members of the Children's Services Council received encouraging news at their regular meeting Wednesday morning.

Sheriff Susan Benton said that the yearly statistics regarding juvenile crime show a downward trend in Highlands County.

The data, collected by the Clerk of the ...


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published: Friday, November 20, 2009

Polatty named Sebring P&Z director

SEBRING -- The Sebring City Council decided to hire ex-county planning director James M. "Jim" Polatty Jr. as the city planner during its regular meeting on Tuesday.

By a 4-1 margin, with councilman John Clark dissenting, Polatty was directed to start work Monday as the city's new planni ...


published: Friday, November 20, 2009

Florida Hospital 'kicks the habit' by unveiling plans to become tobacco free

News-Sun photo by ED BALDRIDGE
Florida Hospital CEO introduces ÔPuffy,' the new mascot for the hospital's campaign to become smoke free at all three area facilities by July of 2010.

SEBRING -- Tim Cook, president and CEO of Florida Hospital Heartland Division, announced Thursday morning that all campuses were converting to completely tobacco free by July 1, 2010.

The announcement comes as part of the health care provider's support of the 34th Great American Smokeout ...


published: Friday, November 20, 2009

Habitat's Cars for Homes program seeks donations

Special to the News-Sun

SEBRING -- Steering more lower-income families toward affordable home ownership opportunities, Highlands County Habitat for Humanity will continue its "Cars for Homes" vehicle donation program.

Cars for Homes takes donated cars, trucks, boats, motorcycles, RVs, airplanes ...


published: Friday, November 20, 2009

Bikers ready for Lake Placid Food, Toy Run on Dec. 12

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Tony Ballard, organizer, and his two granddaughters are getting ready for the Dec. 12 Lake Placid Food and Toy Run.

Special to the News-Sun

LAKE PLACID - The 10th annual Lake Placid Food and Toy Run is set for Dec. 12, starting from the First Christian Church parking lot behind the Avon Park McDonald's at 11 a.m. Motorcyclists will ride to Lake Placid's Action Revival Family Worship Center to distribute food an ...


published: Friday, November 20, 2009

Student brings unloaded gun to LPMS

News-Sun staff

LAKE PLACID -- A 15-year-old Lake Placid Middle School student was charged with bringing a gun to school on Wednesday.

According to a Highlands County Sheriff's Office report, Kerry Lanier, the school's dean of students, learned that Daryl Jake Morris had a gun in his possession a ...


published: Friday, November 20, 2009

Local car dealer's generosity recognized

News-Sun photo by CHRISTOPHER TUFFLEY
Ashley Chaney Bishop accepts the Jeremiah Milbank award from the Boys and Girls Clubs for the funds she and her father, Gerald Chaney, raised and donated to the two local clubs in Highlands County. Together, father and daughter contributed $30,000 in a single year. The Milbank Award recognizes that generosity.

AVON PARK -- Gerald Chaney and his daughter Ashley Chaney Bishop were each recognized by the Boys and Girls Clubs of America Wednesday morning and presented with Jeremiah Milbank Awards.

The Milbank award was created to honor Jeremiah Milbank, a businessman and philanthropist who helped Preside ...


published: Friday, November 20, 2009

Marching into Christmas

AVON PARK -- As it has done for years, the City of Charm will lead off the Christmas season, marching out the county's first parade the Monday after Thanksgiving. That is Nov. 30. Santa's workshop is the theme.

The parade starts at 7 p.m. It begins on Anoka Street, and moves down the south side ...


published: Friday, November 20, 2009

SFCC expands LPN to RN transition program

Special to the News-Sun

AVON PARK -- The South Florida Community College Allied Health programs have partnered with Heartland Workforce to expand its current Transition - Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) to Registered Nurse (RN) program to meet the needs of the community.

"SFCC is always trying ...


published: Friday, November 20, 2009

SFCC Community Education adds digital photography class

Special to the News-Sun

AVON PARK -- South Florida Community College Community Education has added an Introduction to Digital Photography class to its spring schedule.

The class will meet from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and costs $67.

Students will learn to how to take better pictures usi ...


published: Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Wildfire danger is on the rise

SEBRING -- Bad news on the weather front. Florida continues in what is now a four-year drought. According to Robyn Felix, the media manager for the Southwest Florida Water Management District, 15 of the 16 counties within the district are still on mandated water restrictions. This includes Hig ...


published: Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Commissioners say no to Habitat's $500,000 request

SEBRING -- County commissioners decided to turn down a $500,000 request from the Highlands County Habitat for Humanity during their meeting Tuesday morning.

But, with the failure of the motion, the county incurs a $575,000 debt that has to be repaid to the federal government for the land ...



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