Enthusiasts hope to reopen local BMX track

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AVON PARK — City Manager JulianDeleon plans to ask the Avon Park CityCouncil to cover his legal fees to fight arecent Ethics Commission complaint.

He told the News-Sun on Aug. 15 hehad spent $8,500 to defend himselfagainst an ethics complaint filed byCouncilman Garrett Anderson in March.

He also said at the time that he wasentitled, by law, to recoupthose fees from Anderson,claiming that Anderson’scomplaint was “mali-cious” and included falsetestimony.

In addition to askingthe city to reimburse him,Deleon said he and hisattorney would takeaction through Florida’sCommission on Ethics torecuperate fees fromAnderson directly, atwhich point he wouldreimburse the city.

In Section 3 of theagreement, he is also asking the city notto seek reimbursement from him in theevent that he and his attorney are unableto get money from Anderson.

Anderson, in an email sent out Friday,said he finds such an arrangement “inap-propriate for the Avon Park taxpayer.”

He also said Deleon had spreadlibelous comments about him, his compa-ny and his family; alleges that Deleon’s

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SEBRING — The Sixth Annual TerrorTrail will have to wait until next year.Organizer and chief fabricator for the once-a-year attraction Jon Spiegel made theannouncement Friday.

“It is pretty flooded out there and we justran out of time so we have just decided tocancel it this year,” he said.

The trail, which is constructed on thegrounds of the Humane Society of HighlandsCounty, is not entirely flooded. However, saidSpiegel there are varying depths of waterfrom nearly ankle deep at the entrance to justwet and “squishy” throughout the balance ofthe property.

“Some sections are 6-8 inches deep, others

Terror Trail floodedout for this year


AVON PARK — Two localenthusiasts hope they can findenough people who want tohave BMX bicycle racing toreopen the local track.

Jeremy Machia, who helpedbuild the track, and MichaelScott Stone, recent candidatefor county commissioner,believe they can gather enoughinterested participants and sup-porters to support BMX racingusing user fees to pay for main-tenance and insurance for thefacility that is sitting abandonedin an old clay pit north of AvonPark.

The track at 730 CountyRoad 17A East has been closedsince the Highlands CountyFamily YMCA declined torenew its lease agreement in2010, said Gloria Rybinski,public information officer forthe Board of CountyCommissioners.

“In it’s heyday, it did reallygood,” said Vicki Pontius,Highlands County Parks andNatural Resources director. “Wewould love to see it open upagain. All the jumps are there,but the (concessions) building

has been heavily vandalized.”The track is overgrown and

padlocked.Standing out by the entrance

on a steamy mid-day, Machia

said he couldn’t count the hun-dreds — perhaps thousands —of hours he volunteered to dowork on the track.

“It’s just going to waste,”

Machia said. “It’s hard to keepa facility like this running with-out any funds coming in.”

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Phil Attinger/News-SunThe Highlands County BMX Track in Avon Park has gotten overgrown in the three years since itclosed. Local bicycle BMX enthusiasts would like to see it reopen if they can gather enough support-ers to pay for maintenance and insurance.


SEBRING — How early are the ear-lies? Reportedly, some of the early vari-eties of citrus already are being harvestedhere in Highlands County.

“This is the weekend where traditional-ly things begin to happen,” saidHighlands County Citrus GrowersAssociation Executive Director RayRoyce. “In fact, the Phyper’s Fallglogrove has been spot picked over the pastfew days.”

Fallglo is a hybrid variety of citrusdeveloped in 1962 when the Bower andTemple varieties were crossed. Classifiedas a tangerine, the fruit has a mild, sweetflavor. It is easy to peel and eat becauseof its naturally fragmented sections.

The third week in September usuallywhen there is some harvesting of the ear-liest of the fruit. But Royce cautioned it

Citrus growers gearingup for harvest season


SEBRING — Whenboaters run out of gas, getlost or have some other kindof emergency on LakeIstokpoga, it may take awhile for help to reach them.However, residents of thearea want to change that bydeveloping a citizens rapid-response team that can getout on the lake at amoment’s notice.

That matter will be one ofthe items slated to come up

for discussion at theHighlands CountyCommission’s monthly nightmeeting, which starts at 5p.m. Tuesday at theGovernment Center.

Friends of Istokpoga LakeAssociation President KenStebbins said it is a matterof logistics.

“Many times, the stateboat or the county boat can-not get out there right away.But most of us can just walkout on our docks, get in ourvessels and head out,” hesaid.

Stebbins said the organi-zation has put together a

Lake residents wantto create emergency

response teamSome fruit already

being picked Friends of Istokpogato float idea to

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News-Sun file photoThe ghouls and goblins will have tofind a new stretch of woods to hauntthis year. The Humane Society’sTerror Trail has been cancelled dueto flooding.

Katara Simmons/News-SunSome harvesting of local citrus hasalready begun, but it will be a few weeksbefore the picking really picks up.

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Garden Club beginsnew season

SEBRING – The GardenClub of Sebring, Inc. willstart its new season at 10a.m. Monday at the Jack R.Stroup Civic Center down-town. A program at 11 a.m.,“Happenings at CampWikiva”, will be presentedby two campers who attend-ed Camp Wikiva. After theprogram a special luncheonat 12 p.m. will be served.

Members are encouragedto bring a guest.

Call 385-0759 or 471-0657.

Woman’s Club startsBunco games

LAKE PLACID – Buncobegins again at the GFWCLake Placid Woman’s Club,10 N. Main Ave., at 11 a.m.Monday. There will be alight lunch and prizes. Costfor the day is $6. Call 633-8077 for information.

Depot Museumfundraiser andvolunteer request

LAKE PLACID – A ban-quet is being planned as partof the historic Pioneer Manand Woman celebrationsponsored by the LakePlacid Historical Society.

As a fundraiser for theNovember event, the Societyis offering boxes of caladiumbulbs from an anonymousdonor for sale. Boxes ofassorted varieties of 125 no.1 size bulbs or 250 no. 2size bulbs will be availablefor a donation of $20 perbox.Colored leaves willappear within two weeks ofpotting and will last until thefirst cold weather (or snap).

Call 465-2629 to arrangefor delivery prior to themuseum’s seasonal openingof Oct. 1.

Also the HistoricalSociety needs more volun-teers to cover the extensiveschedule that includes twofestivals, the 2nd SaturdayMarket and most recently theFirst Friday evening open-ings. The seasonal scheduleis from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.October through May. Visitthe website for more detailsor [email protected].

Avon Park ready to‘Paint the Town Red’

AVON PARK – The themefor this year’s Avon ParkHigh School HomecomingParade is “Paint the TownRed.” Activities beginMonday with daily dress updays for students.

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Special to the News-SunSEBRING – Former County Veteran

Services Officer Joseph A. Dionne willserve as the parade marshal forVeterans Day, announced Rick Ingler,president of the Veterans Council.

Dionne, a graduate of Lake PlacidHigh School, retired from the U.S.Army as a sergeant major beforereturning to Highlands County. Heworked with the Highlands CountyVeteran Services Office for many yearsbefore his retirement three years ago.

He worked for several years toobtain a piece of static military equip-ment for display at the Veteran ServicesOffice. His hard work paid off with therecent acquisition of a Howitzer, whichis on display at the entrance to theVeteran Services property. He was alsoinstrumental in obtaining a federalgrant for the construction of the recent-ly built Veteran Services Office. Heencouraged the creation of a CombatGrant for military personnel deployedfrom Highlands County into an immi-nent danger zone.

The retiree spends his time enjoyinggolf, and is still meeting with local vet-erans and seeing to their needs.

Dionne considers this “quite anhonor” to be selected as this year’sparade marshal for the Veterans DayParade.

The parade will be held in downtownSebring, starting at 1 p.m. on Monday,Nov. 11 The staging area for partici-pants is near the American Legion Post74 on Pine Street. The route is fromPine Street and North Ridgewood,around the Circle to South Commerce,and ending at the CountyAdministration complex. A ceremonywill follow on the courthouse lawn.

Speaker for this year’s program is Lt.

Col. Gary Pigman, Florida HouseRepresentative, who recently returnedfrom Army Reserve deployment.

Ingler is encouraging veteran organi-zations that have planned or are plan-ning an event for the weekend of Nov.8-11 to please contact him. Eventsfrom other veteran organizations couldbecome a part of an even larger event.

Email Rick Ingler at [email protected] or call 863-273-5182.

Dionne named Veterans Day Parade marshal

Courtesy photoJoseph Dionne, former County Veteran Services Officer, will be the parade mar-shal during the Veterans Day Parade in Sebring.

Next question: Who will be more to blame if thegovernment is forced into a shutdown due to abudget impasse, the President or Congress?


AVON PARK — TheAvon Park City Councilhas its second and finalhearing and vote on the2013-14 budget set forMonday.

The $17.3 million budgethas cuts in property taxesand garbage fees and a planto eliminate debt byDecember, said CityManager Julian Deleon.

The meeting starts at 6p.m. Monday at 123 E.Pine St.

Avon Park’s expected2013-14 property tax rev-enue would be $63,830,which Deleon said the citycan afford thanks toreduced expenses, a work-force reduced from 103 toless than 50 employees,areas annexed into the citylimits for water and sewerservice and a reduction inthe law enforcement con-tract with the HighlandsCounty Sheriff’s Office of$553,000 since last year.

Overall, the city wouldhave $4.94 million in rev-enue in the coming fiscalyear with a total generalfund budget of $9.88 mil-lion.

Deleon said city wouldhave a revised general fundcontingency of $255,000 —still more than 2011’sbudget of $148,000 — andmore than two and a halfmonths of operating rev-enue in reserves: $3 mil-lion.

He also said the utility

fund is budgeted to bring in$300,000 for the 2013-14budget, but actual revenuefor the current year isexpected to exceed$400,000.

He is proposing that thecity acquire two more utili-ties: Brentwood MobileHome Park waste watersystem and Banyan Woodswaste water system —along with all their cus-tomers.

Deleon said he has bud-geted for water and sewerexpansion, road work,neighborhood improve-ments and a public safetyvehicle, and has put in anapplication in for a StateRevolving Fund grant forutility expansion.

By budgeting $1.41 mil-lion to pay off a bondissue, Deleon said heexpects the city to save$50,000 in interest andmake the city debt-free bythe end of December.

Deleon has expressedconcern about the firedepartment budget of $1.37million, up from the $1.29million two years ago, anincrease he has attributedto a higher contribution bythe city to the pension plan.

A meeting with the lawenforcement pension boardhas been tentatively sched-uled for 5 p.m. Oct. 14.Councilman ParkeSutherland, an attorney, hasbeen asked to sit in for CityAttorney Gerald Buhr, whosaid he would not be ableto attend.

AP to have final voteon budget Monday


SEBRING — Althoughthe numbers aren’t as goodas statewide averages,unemployment in HighlandsCounty seems to be easing.In numbers released by theFlorida Department ofEconomic OpportunityFriday morning, there were3,478 individuals out ofwork here last month in alabor pool measuring39,699.

That translates to an 8.8percent August joblessnessrate. That was better thanJuly, which came in at 9.1percent locally and betterthan August of lastyear whenHighlands’ unem-ployment was indouble digits at10.5.

Highlands’ mostrecent numberswere better thanHardee County, which had9.3 percent of their laborforce off the job, but notquite as good as PolkCounty, which showed an8.4 percent August unem-ployment rate.

Donna Doubleday of theHeartland WorkforceInvestment Board said itappears the seasonalemployment is picking backup again.

“The school districtshave gone back to work andwe are starting to see a bitof an uptick in our retailand service industries,” shesaid.

Although the numbersdeveloped are not specificto Highlands County,Doubleday said thatstatewide and regionally theincrease in employment in

the area comes in part frompeople who were temporari-ly were laid off for thesummer and now are backto work.

“Locally what we areseeing in terms of joborders are primarily serv-ice-type industries. Thatwould be retail, restaurantsand even some in the med-ical sector,” she said.

Additionally, there maybe some increased employ-ment due to the citrusindustry. Although therehave been some reports ofearly harvesting, HighlandsCounty Citrus GrowersAssociation Executive

Director Ray Roycesaid the bulk ofemployment comesfrom growers andassociated industriesramping up for thecoming harvest thatbegins to get intofull swing later next

month.“I think that we are see-

ing growers getting pre-pared, doing pre-seasonwork on their trucks andgetting their grove vehiclesready so that when the sea-son starts everything isgood to go,” he said.

Statewide, FloridaDepartment of EconomicOpportunity reports indicatethat trade, transportationand utilities added the mostnew jobs. Other industriesgaining jobs includedleisure and hospitality, pro-fessional and business serv-ices, construction, privateeducation and health servic-es.

Florida’s seasonally-adjusted unemployment ratefor the month of Augustwas set at 7 percent.

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One of the things I’mdoing right now when I’mnot writing fiction or put-ting together a column isteach a ladies Bible classon Tuesday mornings. Wemeet at 3800 SebringParkway at 10 a.m. mostweeks.

I like teaching the class.The ladies are fun and haveno problem with me razz-ing them. In fact, they giveback as good or better thanthey get and it’s notuncommon for laughter toerupt in the middle ofclass.

Right now we’re goingthrough a book titled“Climb Happiness Hill,”written by Alan M. Bryan.It is a book that calls forChristians to obey theScriptural mandate to“rejoice evermore.”Christians, according toBryan, are supposed to bethe happiest people on theplanet. Not the grimmest.

I can agree to that. TheBible talks a lot about joyand happiness. God doesn’twant us going around withlong faces all the time. Weare to be sober-minded,yes, and take serious thingsseriously. But that doesn’tmean we have to be miser-able.

This past week we talkedabout a step towards beinga happier people. It soundssimple, but it isn’t. It’scalled, “learn to live oneday at a time.”

According to Bryan, wetend to live in the past orthe future instead of thepresent (or you could belike my best friend, who istalented enough to live inboth the past and thefuture). This tends tomake us unhappy.

What do I mean by liv-ing in the past? Those wholive in the past tend todwell on the ills of thepast. Bad decisions they’vemade. Past sins they’vecommitted. Wrongs done tothem by others.

You’ve probably metpeople like this. Theyaren’t fun to be around. Allthey talk about is how badthings have been for them.They can’t let go of thepast. Instead they cling toit bitterly.

Here’s the thing: youcan’t change the past. It’sdone. You can learn fromit, resolve to do better in

the future, and realize ithelped shape you, but youcan’t go back and make itdifferent. All you can do isgo forward. All obsessingabout it does is depress andfrustrate you.

But what about living inthe future? Shouldn’t wemake plans for the future,look ahead, and focus onthat?

Well, we should planahead. I am typing this col-umn days before you readit – it’s a necessity. No oneis saying we shouldn’tmake appointments andplans.

But there’s two ways liv-ing in the future drains usof happiness. The first isworry. We spend a lot oftime fretting over whatmay or may not happen inthe future. It can go as faras to paralyze us in thepresent.

Funny thing about worry– much of what we worryabout never happens. Forexample, I worry thatsomeone is going to figureout I’m really a horriblewriter and ban me from theprofession. Since I have iton good authority that I amnot a horrible writer and noone can stop me from writ-ing anyway, I venture tosay this is a needlessworry.

But there’s another waywe live in the future. It’swhen we put off stuff thatwe could or should do. Wesay we’ll “get around toit.” Problem is, we oftenkeep putting it off – some-times until it is too late.

Think about what yourlife might be like if just fora week you took things oneday at a time. Not dwellingon a past you can’t change,or borrowing trouble froma future that hasn’t arrived.

Give it a try. And let meknow how it goes. Whoknows, it could be the bestweek ever!

Laura Ware is a Sebring resi-dent. She can be contacted bye-mail at [email protected] Visit her web-site at www.laurahware.com.Guest columns are the opinionof the writer, not necessarilythose of the staff of the News-Sun.

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Maybe the folks in chargeof running Avon Park shouldsit down with a big bag ofcroutons and figure out howto get along.

The latest issue to crop upwill be discussed atMonday’s city council meet-ing. City Manager JulianDeleon wants the council toreimburse him for legal feeshe paid defending himselfagainst an ethics complaintby Councilman GarrettAnderson.

Deleon says he spent$8,500 fighting Anderson’scharge and wants the city tocut him a check. He thenplans to go after Andersonthrough the Ethics

Commission to get Andersonto pay the fees. Deleon wouldthen pay the city that moneyback.

The proposal in the meet-ing agenda says “when”Deleon is reimbursed byAnderson, he will pay thecity back. Not “if,” but“when.” That’s key. It meansthat “if” Deleon’s effort toget Anderson to pay the feesfails, the city won’t get paidback.

In fact, Deleon’s proposalis that the city not try to getits money back shouldDeleon’s effort fail. Deleonwants to have two chances toget his money, but wants thecity to bet $8,500 on the tal-

ent of his lawyer. Not tomention the fact thatAnderson says if the citypays Deleon’s fees it shouldalso pay Anderson’s.

It’s just another steaminghelping of controversy wait-ing to be served up. Which iswhy the council should tellDeleon that he’s more thanwelcome to use whateverlegal means are at his dispos-al to get his fees reimbursed— and even wish him goodluck if they feel like it — butshould deny his request to begiven what amounts to a giftfrom the city’s bank account.

The state Commission onEthics found no probablecause that Deleon had violat-ed any ethics rules. Deleonsays that means Anderson’scomplaint was “frivolous.”Anderson says that the find-ing doesn’t mean Deleonwasn’t guilty and that Deleon

has “relentlessly spread” liesabout Anderson and his fami-ly.

There hasn’t been any con-firmation on the rumor thatAnderson told everyone hesaw Deleon eating boogerson the playground at recessor that Deleon calledAnderson “stinky” just afternap time.

OK, sorry. We made thatlast part up. But that’s aboutthe grade level that a lot ofthe shouting coming from“The City of Charm” — andnot just Deleon and Anderson— sounds like these days.

If the people who are serv-ing up the all-you-can-eatbuffet of controversy — whoall claim to have the bestinterest of the city at heart —really cared about the city,they’d push away from thetable and say they’ve hadenough. And skip dessert.

Time to break bread in Avon Park

Proverbs 17 says it is better to eat adry crust of bread with peace ofmind than have a banquet in a

house full of trouble.

Well, it happened.Two days after a

former U.S. Navyreservist killed 12people in a shootingrampage at the heav-ily securedWashington NavyYard, we see reac-tion.

Not fromCongress or thePresident. No, it wasStarbucks.

As reported this week by The NewYork Times, The Washington Post andThe Wall Street Journal, StarbucksCEO Howard Schultz, tired of havinghis company take point and pot-shotsover the gun debate, would like cus-tomers to leave guns at home or in carsbefore coming in for coffee.

I assume everyone can still use thedrive-through.

Prior to this, Starbucks simply fol-lowed local laws that allowed guns instores as long as people had permits:carry or don’t carry.

Schultz has taken a don’t-ask, don’t-search approach. Baristas and otheremployees won’t confront customerswho are legally carrying guns nor askthem to leave. Schultz has no plans topost signs, at least for now.

“We are going to serve them as wewould anyone else,” Schultz said.

And while he knows this won’t makeeveryone happy, he thinks this decisionis in the best interest of customers,employees and the company.

He said it came about because somepatrons were upset about holsteredguns in the store, especially when kidswere there.

I understand concern for children inlight of what happened last year atSandy Hook Elementary School in

Newtown, Conn.But I don’t understand what that and

Starbucks have to do with a shootingrampage at a military base.

I mean, sure, you wouldn’t want mearmed at Starbucks, especially if I’mwaiting too long for a double shot ofmorning espresso.

I usually load up on homemade javabefore I hit the road, so I’m not goingto pull out a Luger and demand a latte.

Aaron Alexis, the 34-year-oldreservist who committed the rampageat the Navy Yard, however, wasn’tsome random coffee patron attacking aschool or place of business. He had ahistory of mental episodes, yet still hadsecurity clearance for a heavily guardedmilitary installation.

A U.S. Marine told me he was bothpuzzled and angered over the incidentbecause the Navy Yard has severalcheckpoints, including to get in thebuilding where Alexis started firing.

Alexis should not have been able toget a shotgun through the gate, letalone any door, he said.

By contrast, I’m sure someone walk-ing into a coffee shop with a shotgunwould garner notice.

So, in yet another round of thedebate, gun activists said Starbuckswill probably lose their business for awhile.

However, I believe that eventuallymany customers would come back —armed or not — because so many of usneed a morning cuppa joe. Withwhipped cream.

I won’t worry about coffee as muchas how Washington plans to sort outthis latest debacle.

For now, latte and let latte.

Phil Attinger is a News-Sun staff writer. Hecan be reached a [email protected] or385-6155, ext. 541.

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SEBRING — Patrick Highhas once again proven thatwhile he may not actually beIron Man, at age 50 he’s stillpretty tough.

After minimal training anda somewhat impromptu flightout to Las Vegas, High tooksecond place in his 50-54 agegroup at the IronMan 70.3World Championship onSept. 8.

High went to Vegas to wina second straight age groupchampionship, but MarkNewman of Germantown,Tenn., had other ideas, win-ning by nearly nine minutes.

High was trying to win histhird age group world title inthe half Ironman-lengthtriathlon (1.2-mile swim, 56-mile bike and a 13.1-milerun). His first was inClearwater in 2007.

Cherie Starr, race directorfor the Heartland Triathlon,traveled to Vegas to supportHigh.

“It is such an honor to getto go and watch him,” Starrsaid. “He’s a runner, that’swhat he started out doing.Then somewhere along theline he started doing

triathlons.”High has competed in

countless competitions acrossthe country and has againqualified for the worldIronMan championship(which is an Olympic-dis-tance event) in Canada nextyear.

The elements during theVegas race were much lessthan favorable, according toStarr.

“It was horrible. It wasraining so hard. The first 30miles of his bike ride werethe most serious he’s everhad to deal with,” Starr said.

“Swimming isn’t hisstrongest (skill), so it put himbehind on the bike a little,but he saw the other guys andhe picked them off andpassed them one by one. Hewas fifth coming off thebike.”

“I’m glad I survived, that’sall I have to say,” High saidwith a laugh. “I won thesame race last year on thesame course in 106-degreeweather. Being from Florida,the heat works for me. Itdoesn’t work so well frompeople from other regions ofthe world.

“This year it was wet and,quite frankly, very dangerous.It is a very, very toughcourse. We don’t have anyhills or anything like thathere in Florida. So throw inall the hills (and) the wet andit was definitely the hardest(race). There is no compari-son to any race we have herein Florida,” High said.

While High is an elite-level triathlete, he doesn’tplan to try to be a full-timecompetitor on a global scale.Instead, he continues hiswork at the local level withthe Heartland Triathlon, forwhich he’s been a committeemember since it’s inceptioneight years ago. He was alsothe event’s first winner.

“My son is now starting toget into triathlon. I want tosupport him. There’s plentyto do locally. I can supporthim, I can support crosscountry, I can support localswimmers. I don’t need to goout there and be a competitoron a global scale. Maybe Iwill start it back up againlater,” High said.

“It’s a healthy sport. It’soutdoors, you get to meetsome great people, there’sgood camaraderie and it’sjust very rewarding to be apart of a triathlon.”


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SEBRING – While it isback to school for thou-sands of youngsters inHighlands County, it alsomay be back to court forsome of them. A new ses-sion of Teen Court willcommence this Mondayevening with a special ori-entation session.

“It will be the introduc-tion meeting for the newteens and their parents,”said Melissa Sowers, whooversees the program forthe Highlands CountyClerk of Courts office.“That will be in the juryassembly room here at theHighlands CountyCourthouse. We’ll getstarted around 5-5:30 p.m.”

Although a final rosterfor participants has not yetbeen determined, Sowerssaid some 90 applicationsalready have been submit-ted. Youngsters perform allthe functions of the courtincluding both prosecutionand defense attorneys,bailiff, clerk and of course,jurors.

“We’ve had five of ourparticipants that have goneon to law school since theprogram started,” Sowerssaid.

Under statute, all theactivities are performed ina courtroom at theHighlands CountyCourthouse.

The program serves asthe sentencing phase of theproceedings, with studentspresenting evidence bothfor and against the defen-dant. The jury then deliber-ates the punishment for thecrime, which is just asbinding as a judge’s ruling.Sowers said the programseems to have been verysuccessful.

“Out of 97 offenders lastyear, we only had two re-offenders,” she said.

The list of participantsshifts during the course ofthe year, with youngstersrotating in and out. That isbecause many of themschedule their Teen Courtduties around otherextracurricular activities.

“The football playerscannot come in the fall,and the swimmers competein the spring, so we havekind of a rotation,” shesaid.

In addition to the experi-ence, the youngsters earncommunity service hoursthey then can list on col-lege applications or jobresumes.

Angela Cowden, a judgefrom the 10th JudicialCircuit Court, again willpreside over the court,which is for teens whohave been convicted orpled guilty in legal pro-ceedings. Originally, it wasonly for misdemeanorcases, but now some non-

violent felony cases alsomay be included under theprogram’s guidelines.

“If they steal a car thatbelongs to a family mem-ber or something like that,the state attorney mightallow us to do that,” shesaid.

Sowers inaugurated theHighlands County programin 1996 under then-Clerkof Courts L.E. “Luke”Brooker.

“It was started in PolkCounty under Judge J.Dale Durrance,” Sowerssaid. “I went up there andhelped him with that oneand he then helped me startit here.”

Cowden also has a longhistory in the Teen Courtsystem, starting in 1994 asa magistrate in PolkCounty while she still waswith the state attorney’soffice. She took the benchin 2003, continuing withthe program there until2008 when she began pre-siding with the HighlandsCounty program.

“Being involved isrewarding in every waybecause you get to touchso many of them,” Cowdensaid. “There are the volun-teers, like the lawyers andthe jurors, as well as thosewho are coming throughthe system.”

After the jury renders itsverdict, Cowden makes it apractice to ask the defen-dant what he/she haslearned from the process,extracting a promise thatthe teen then will abide bythe punishment meted outin the case.

“You want this to be thefirst and only brush withthe law these kids aregoing to have, and youwant it to be an experiencethat they are not going toforget,” she said.

As to the participants,Cowden said one of themost satisfying parts of theprogram for her has beento watch those serving asdefense and prosecutingattorneys as they grow intheir roles.

“You can see them asthey get used to askingquestions, they come outof their shells a little bitand you can see themgrow,” she said. “That isreally a treat.”

The program is fundedthrough an assessment ondefendant’s court fees. Notax dollars are used tounderwrite it.

Sowers said there stillmay be some positionsopen for students whomight be interested in par-ticipating in the new ses-sion. Anyone who wouldlike additional informationmay contact her at herHighlands CountyCourthouse office at 402-6986.

New Teen Courtsession to

open Monday

Highlands’ Iron Man: High takessecond at world championship

Courtesy photoPatrick High, shown here at the Age Group National Championships in Milwaukee earlierthis year, took second place in his age group at the Ironman 70.3 World Championships inLas Vegas on Sept. 8.

CLEARWATER (AP) —A woman who becamefamous for her uncontrol-lable hiccupping was foundguilty of first-degree mur-der Friday and will servelife in prison withoutparole.

A Pinellas County jurydeliberated for four hoursbefore delivering the ver-dict against 22-year-oldJennifer Mee.

Mee wept in theClearwater courtroom asthe verdict was read.Minutes later, Judge NancyMoate Ley explained that

the only possible sentencefor the charge was life inprison without the possibil-ity of parole.

The verdict and five-daytrial was a sad end to achapter in Mee’s short andsad life. Her attorneys saidshe suffered from schizo-phrenia and Tourette’sSyndrome, and a court psy-chiatrist said Mee’s intelli-gence was “low normal.”

As a 15-year-old, Meedeveloped a case of thehiccups that wouldn’t goaway. She appeared on sev-eral TV shows.

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group of volunteers who arewilling to either go outthemselves or, if need be,take emergency personnel tothe scene in their privatewatercraft.

A survey of local fishcamps has shown there areas many as five to eight inci-dents per month of varyingseverity on the lake.Problems range from boaterswho get disoriented and lostto boats that take on water oreven are involved in acci-dents.

“When you run out of gasor if your motor quits out onthe water at 7:30 at night,what are you going to do?Who are you going to call?”he said. “That then becomesan emergency.”

Stebbins said the Friends

of Istokpoga has a largemembership and they havesigned up volunteers whowill be responsible for dif-ferent areas of the lake. Inan effort to distribute duties,they have developed a gridsystem with different areasof responsibility.

“We have some folksdown by Trail’s End, othersare up by Henderson’s andpretty much all around thelake,” he said.

The proposal is that whenpeople call 911, dispatcherswill call the appropriate resi-dent from a list, who willthen respond to help solvethe problem. Stebbins saidhe believed the vast majorityof problems would be non-life threatening situations.

Volunteers will have toput some special equipment

on their boats, such as gascans, tow gear and the like.Stebbins said representativeof the group also have beentalking with the county andother agencies about gettingsome training as well.

“The Florida Fish andWildlife ConservationCommission has trainingcourses ... on such things ashow to approach a boat from

upwind or downwind, thingslike that,” he said.

The idea is to allow citi-zens to help make the biglake safer, especially fornovice boaters and thosewho come in from outsidethe area.

In other action, commis-sioners are expected to beasked to approve an updatedfee schedule for the

Highlands County HealthDepartment and will look ata proposed letter of agree-ment between the county andthe State of Florida Agencyfor Health CareAdministration. That wouldincrease funding for the pro-vision of Medicade, as wellas uninsured and under-insured patients in the com-munity.

attire from the differentdecades; and Friday is Showyour AP Spirit so studentscan wear red and white.

The Homecoming Paradewill be at 5 p.m. Thursdayand will begin on MuseumAvenue, going east downMain Street. Local business-es on Main Street areencouraged to decorate andto help the students “Paintthe Town Red!”

The Homecoming PepRally will be at 2:40 p.m.Friday. The Homecomingpregame festivities startingat 6:30 with the game start-ing at 7:30 p.m. At halftime, the Homecoming Kingand Queen for 2013 will becrowned.

A Homecoming Dancewill be held from 8 p.m. to12 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 28.This is a semi formal eventand tickets arerequired. Tickets will be onsale through Friday.

AARP Driver Safetyprogram set

SEBRING – AARPDriver Safety Program classwill be offered from 9 a.m.to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. Thisis a complete class offeredin one day. No driving. Notests.

Completion of the classmay allow a possible dis-count on car insurance,good for three years.

The class will be offeredat First United MethodistChurch, 126 S. Pine St. Toregister, call Mary JaneLloyd at 452-0335.

Heartland PopsConcert Band beginsrehearsals

SEBRING – TheHeartland Pops ConcertBand, the premier concertband in the Heartland, underthe direction of AnthonyJones, will begin rehearsalsfor its 2013-14 concert sea-son from 7-9 p.m. Mondayat Avon Park High Schoolband room. New musiciansare welcome and all instru-ment sections are open fornew members.

The community is invitedto a free Heartland Pops“Musical Salute toVeterans” concert at 7 p.m.Monday, Nov. 11 hosted atFirst Baptist Church,

Sebring. Donations will beappreciated.

The 2013-14 concertdates set at South FloridaState College are: Thursday,Dec. 19; Friday, Feb. 28;and Friday, April 4. All con-certs begin at 7:30 p.m.

Additional, the HeartlandPops will perform as part ofAvon Park’s “Music on theMall” series at 5 p.m.Saturday, Feb. 22.

Additional concerts willbe publicized as dates areconfirmed. For additionalinformation, call 314-8877or visit heartlandpops.org.

Shrine Club to offerBunco

AVON PARK – The pub-lic is invited to play Buncoat the Highlands ShrineClub, 2604 State Road 17South, at 11:30 a.m.Tuesday. Cost is $4 per per-son. Call 382-4111.

Events planned atposts, lodges

LAKE PLACID American Legion Post 25

will have its barbecue chick-en dinner from 5-7 p.m.today. Family meeting atnoon Wednesday. Allen willentertain from 5-8 p.m.Steak dinner will be servedat 5 p.m. Friday. JimmyBlack will entertain from 6-9p.m. Call 465-0975.

VFW Post 3880 will servesteak by the ounce at 5:30p.m. Friday. Music by BuddyBrooks. Breakfast will beserved from 8-11 a.m.Saturday. Call 699-5444.

Elks Lodge 2661 initiationand BPOE board will be at 7p.m. Tuesday. Spaghetti din-ner will be served from 5-7p.m. Wednesday.

Moose Lodge 2374 willhave Wild Bill Karaoketoday. Bama Jam Karaokewill entertain on Wednesdayand Tom McGannon onFriday. Pressure Point playsSaturday. Steak by the ouncemeal will be served.

SEBRINGElks Lodge 1529 Wacky

Wednesday menu includes aPhilly cheese steak or meatball sandwich meal for $6.50from 5-6 p.m. Dance only is$3 to music by Frank E.from 4:30-7:30 p.m. Fridaybuffet from 5-6:30 p.m. is acranberry glazed pork orroast cajun meatloaf dinner

for $12. Dance only is $3 toChrissy Harriman from 6:30-9:30 p.m. Call 471-3557.

Moose Lodge 2259 willWomen of the Moose willmeet at 7 p.m. Monday.Road Kilol at 6 p.m.Tuesday. Ribs basket servedfrom 5-8 p.m. Wednesday.Music by Gary and Shirleyfrom 6-9 p.m. HouseCommittee, Loyal Order ofthe Moose business meetingat 5:30 p.m. Thursday, fol-lowed by general meeting at7 p.m. Karaoke with Jewellsfrom 6-8 p.m. Music byFrank E from 7-10 p.m.Friday. Music by BuddyCanova from 7-10 p.m.Saturday. Call 655-3920.

AMVETS Post 21 willhave karaoke with Jewels inthe Night from 6-9 p.m.Saturday. Pizza will be avail-able.

VFW Post 4300 will havekaraoke by BilDi from 5-8p.m. today. Music by PeteRuano Duo from 6-9 p.m.Friday. Chicken cordon bleudinner will be servedSaturday. Music by Frank Efrom 6-9 p.m. Call 385-8902.

The Women Of TheMoose - Sebring Chapter873 of Moose Lodge 2259on U.S. 98 will have a coun-try fried chicken dinner from5-7 p.m. Thursday. Karaokeby Jewells will begin at 6p.m. Dinner and karaoke areoffered by the women on thesecond and fourth Thursdayof each month. All chaptermembers attending the bi-monthly meetings on thefirst and third Mondays at 7p.m. will have their namesplaced in a drawing toreceive a certificate for afree dinner on any WOTMTuesday Taco or Thursdaydinner karaoke night.

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The shame, he said, isthat the sport was an outletfor troubled youth in thecommunity.

Machia said that severalriders he coached and men-tored during those yearspulled themselves out ofdifficult family and eco-nomic situations andbecame responsible adults.

He said some of thosekids still come to his housefor advice or just to visit.

Stone is suggesting that areopened track could func-tion on more of a businessmodel, sustaining itself onfees and not on donations.

It would also keep fundsin Highlands County, Stonesaid.

Machia said parents coulddrive their children to BMXtracks in St. Cloud andPunta Gorda, but that’s $100in gasoline and food and asix- to eight-hour day.

Instead, a local trackcould attract tourism andprovide a training groundfor riders hoping to competein the Olympics, Machiasaid.

The site — a 30-foot-deep clay pit the countyused for road material —had steep sides with ready-made elevation for a down-hill bicycle BMX course.

The YMCA forged anagreement with the countyin March 2001 to lease12.93 acres of the propertyto put in the facility.

It was finished in April2001 and was quickly apopular venue for BMXraces.

Highlands County BMX,the local volunteer racingorganization, hosted statecompetitions almost up untilthe year the track closed. Itsfirst Sunshine State 5 StarSeries bicycle race eventwas in October 2002 and itsannual national events drewcompetitors from as faraway as Argentina, Chileand England in 2002 and2003, Machia said.

“We ran out of hotelrooms in HighlandsCounty,” Machia said.

The lease agreement was$1 per year for 20 years,and was paid in advance,but Rybinski said the

YMCA was simply paidback in 2010 for the remain-ing years on the lease.

Dan Andrews of LegacyCycle in Sebring saidalmost everything to makethe track was donated. Heand Dee McDonald, formerYMCA executive director,were instrumental in gettingthe track constructed andforging the agreement withthe county.

McDonald, now out ofstate, said it cost approxi-mately $200,000 in directand in-kind donations toconstruct the track, notcounting the land donationby the county. HighlandsCounty BMX then coveredoperational expenses byhosting at least two largecompetitions each year, shesaid.

“The challenge is (hav-ing) volunteers to maintainthe track,” McDonald said.

Andrews said he hasheard of a handful of peoplewho are interested inreopening the track andreviving BMX racing, butthey will need a well-fundedorganization — such as theYMCA — to provide moneyfor liability insurance and

people to maintain andrepair the track, as needed.

“It started as a labor oflove and then became a bur-densome chore,” Andrewssaid.

After McDonald left, theYMCA lost interest, headded.

He said interest in BMXwaned thanks to the track’slocation north of Avon Park,which he called an incon-venient drive for partici-pants from Sebring andLake Placid.

Machia said it had moreto do with gasoline prices ingeneral. After prices spikedin 2008 and 2009, then theeconomy collapsed, peoplehad a harder time comingfrom out of county or out ofstate.

Andrews doesn’t suspectthe economy played that bigof a role, especially sincemembership fees were low.

“It’s not like it was anexpensive sport,” Andrewssaid.

Machia is asking anyoneinterested in helping reopenthe track as a volunteer orpaying member to contacthim at 863-414-2752.

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BMX backers hope toget bikers back on track

Phil Attinger/News-SunIf Michael Scott Stone (left) and Jeremy Machia can gathersupport and enough people willing to become BMX mem-bers, bicycle BMX could run again at the now closed andlocked Highlands County BMX Track at County Road 17AE. in Avon Park. Built in 2001 in the county’s former sandpit, the track that boasted the longest downhill BMX runhas gotten overgrown in the three years since it closed.

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still is very early, with thenormal season still severalweeks off.

Royce explained thatbecause it is so very early inthe season, the fruit that hasbeen picked still has greencoloration on the skin andwill have to go under a spe-cial process to help finish itsripening. Moreover, itrequires special attention.

“You cannot have wetfruit that undergoes thattreatment,” he said. “It hasto be dry. So you can imag-ine that with the weather wehave been having, about thetime the fruit dries aroundnoon, the rains move in.”

While the rains havecaused some problems for

some events in the area, foragriculture the wet weatherhas been a boon.

“In general it has beenextremely helpful. It is pret-ty evident as you drive upand down the road that thegroves overall look a lot bet-ter,” he said. “Both infoliage and the size of thefruit.”

While the groves on theridge have been the biggestbeneficiary of the summerrain, even groves in thelower areas of the countyhave done well, at least sofar.

“There have been somereports of problems in low-lying areas where there hasbeen standing water andthose are having some root

problems.” Royce said. Surprisingly the weather

has not been a problem sofar as citrus canker is con-cerned.

“Rain, especially wind-blown rain, is the primaryway that canker is spread,”Royce explained. “In fact,some growers have remarkedto me that they have beenpleasantly surprised thatcanker not been a worseproblem given the rain wehave had.”

Royce said as the treesabsorbed the moisture, itmay have helped them tobecome healthier and betterable to battle off disease.

Harvesting in the area willnot get into full swing untilsometime later next month.

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actions were malicious andfalse, and claimed suchactions are part of the reasonthe city has faced lawsuits inrecent months from formeremployees.

Calls Friday to Deleon forcomment were not returned.

Monday’s council meetingis scheduled for 6 p.m. at123 E. Pine St.

When the EthicsCommission released itsfindings in August, it foundthat there was no probablecause to believe Deleon hadcommitted any violations.

The Ethics Commissiondismissed Anderson’s com-plaint in mid-September, butAnderson hasn’t acceptedthat finding as absolution ofguilt.

Anderson said that whenhe attended the EthicsCommission’s hearings, amember of the board said thetiming of alleged threats byDeleon and subsequentinspections to Anderson’s

business were suspicious.Anderson had alleged

under Florida Statute 112that Deleon had used hisposition to threaten orattempt to threaten him andhis business after Andersonvoted against a motion —which passed 4-1 — toremove the requirement forthe city manager to livewithin the city limits.

Deleon lives in LakePlacid.

In his complaint,Anderson said that Deleontold him his ammunitionmanufacturing business —Anderson Arms Inc. —would face serious charges ifAnderson ever questionedDeleon’s private businessagain.

Anderson claimed hisbusiness received visits fromthe county building inspectorand city fire departmentinspector shortly after that,both of whom told him theywere instructed to findsomething wrong.

However, when ques-tioned during the ethicsinvestigation, both inspec-tors denied being sent byDeleon or telling Andersontheir jobs were threatened ifthey didn’t find violations.

Deleon told ethics investi-gators the inspections camefrom a citizen complaint andthat he couldn’t have threat-ened the county inspectorbecause he doesn’t work forthe city.

He and Anderson disagreeon whether the complaintwas “frivolous,” as claimedin agenda materials.

Anderson stated that if theCity Council chooses to set aprecedent and grant attorneyfees to Deleon, he wouldwant his legal fees paid —not only for the ethics com-plaint but also for defendingagainst investigations by pri-vate investigator Al Smith.

Anderson claims Smith’sinvestigation provedDeleon’s allegations againsthim were false.

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are just like a muddy slush,”he said.

Although Spiegel saidthere had been no reptilesightings, there is an abun-dance of mosquitoes breed-ing freely in the standingwater in and around thewooded area.

There had been sugges-tions the trail might be relo-cated, but he pointed to avast amount of infrastructurethat already is in place whichwould be virtually impossi-ble to move, especially atthis late date.

“We usually start workingon this in mid-July and therewas excessive flooding outthere back then,” he said. “ Ihad a feeling even then thatthis was what we were goingto be faced with.”

Instead of moving thelocation, it also has also beensuggested that the date bemoved, possibly to Januarywhen the threat of rain wouldhave subsided, there wouldbe cooler weather, fewerbugs and less competitionfrom such things as footballgames and other Halloween-

themed events.However, planned new

construction at the HumaneSociety will nix that idea.

“January is right at thetime when we will be break-ing ground on the new ken-nels,” Spiegel said.

The construction projectwill have a tremendousimpact on the HumaneSociety parking lot.Additionally, the date wouldrun up against another ofSpiegel’s major holidayefforts.

“We will just be finishingup with the ChristmasCarousel of Lights in down-town Sebring at that time andthat is a huge project in andof itself,” he said.

A suggestion to move theTerror Trail date to Februarywould put it up against theHighlands County Fair andwould infringe on yet anotherHumane Society fundraiser,the annual Flashlight EasterEgg Hunt held in the samearea.

The cancellation of theTerror Trail also means ahuge financial hit for theHumane Society. Despisebeing rained out three days

during last year’s run, theHalloween event brought injust over $30,000 for thegroup. The organization isrun entirely through the pri-vate sector and takes no taxdollars.

The Terror Trail has notbeen the only casualty of therains. This weekend’splanned Habitat forHumanity Golf Tournamentat the Country Club ofSebring had to be postponedbecause of wet grounds.

“We have several holes onthe front nine that simply areunplayable due to satura-tion,” said Cory Decoteau,golf pro at the Country Club.“The water has just gotten sohigh it has no place toescape.”

In fact, he said, over thepast three weeks the frontnine of the course has onlybeen open six or seven days.Even at those times,Decoteau said, there had beensome special restrictions.

“We need three to fivedays in a row of sunlight andno rain to dry things out,” hesaid.

The tournament has beenrescheduled for Oct. 19.

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By SAMANTHA [email protected]

SEBRING — “Nobodywants to have to go throughsurgery, but if you do haveto undergo surgery why notgo through it in the leastinvasive way,” said JulieFells, Marketing Director ofHighlands RegionalMedical Center.

Fells was referring toThursday’s achievement byDr. T.C. Lackey, a surgeonat HRMC. Thursday,Lackey successfully com-pletely a robotically assist-ed single-site gall bladderremoval using a roboticdevice known as da Vinci.The surgery was the firstever completed inHighlands County.

“There are several othersfacilities down in theSoutheast (Florida) and inthe bigger cities that haveperformed it, but it’s thefirst time here in the coun-ty,” Fells said. “Dr. Lackeyand Dr. (Clyde) Vanterpooltraveled to do all theirtraining and get updated;they’ve used the robotbefore but it was about get-ting used to maneuvering itfor one, single incision.”

The da Vinci surgicalsystem integrates robotictechnology to virtually

extend the surgeon’s eyesand hands. Using the sys-tem, the surgeon operateswhile seated at a consoleviewing a 3-D image of thesurgical area. The systemmimics the surgeon’s handmovements in real time, ina smaller scale, within theoperating site in thepatient’s body. This allowsthe surgeon better range ofmotion and the ability tosee the operative field in fargreater detail.

The 2.5-centimeter inci-sion is made at the bellybutton and removal of theorgan is also through thebelly button. A minimalscar is left behind followingthe procedure, which resultsin less pain and fasterrecovery.

“In my practice, patients

with gall bladder issues andpain are quite common,”said Dr. Lackey.“Laparoscopic cholecystec-tomies are one of the mostcommon surgeries per-formed by general sur-geons. Today, we have animproved way to performthese surgeries. My patientshave less pain and, cosmeti-cally, the incision is almostunnoticeable. As a surgeonoperating on the roboticconsole, I benefit fromincredible vision and dis-section abilities, whichenhance my precision.”

Lackey performed twosurgeries on Thursday andDr. Vanterpool finished outthe week by performingthree gallbladder surgeriesFriday.

“Just in the first two daysthey’ve completed five sur-geries. It’s just really awe-some,” Fells said.

HRMC CEO Brian Hessspoke highly of the newestachievement by members ofthe hospital team.

“Our commitment todeliver cutting edge tech-nology to our community isevidenced by Dr. Lackeybeing the first to deliversingle incision gallbladderremoval with the da Vincisurgical system,” said Hess.

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By JAMIE WILLIAMSNews-Sun correspondent

AVON PARK – AvonPark High School recog-nized more than 200 stu-dents for academic achieve-ment during the 2012-2013school year on Sept. 16.

“There is a lot of conver-sation about what is wrongwith schools in America,”said Avon Park High SchoolPrincipal Tealy Williams,“but there is not a whole lotof conversation about whatis right in schools. Tonightwe celebrate what is right,which is why we have over200 awards to give out.

“What we are doing isrecognizing young men andwomen who ‘get it.’ Theycome to school, they taketheir studies very seriouslyand they aspire to move onto do greater things. As aresult of that, they arebeing recognized for theiracademic excellence.”

The students receivedcertificates from the U.S.President’s EducationAwards Program. Thosestudents who scored a level6 on FCAT Writing; a level5 on FCAT Reading; a level5 on the EOC AlgebraExam; a level 5 on the EOCBiology Exam; a level 5 onthe EOC Geometry Exam; alevel 5 on the EOC

American History Exam;and/or scoring a 3, 4, or 5on a College BoardAdvanced Placement Examin either EnglishComposition, U.S. history,or art earned a certificateand pin for outstanding aca-demic achievement.

Students who had a 3.5or higher GPA (unweighted)earned a certificate, aca-demic letter or bar, and apin to recognize their edu-cational excellence in aca-demics. Those students whoearned straight A’s last yearalso received a medal forAcademic Excellence.

Williams expressed to thenearly full auditorium thatknow how hard their sons,daughters, brothers, sistershave worked to get to thispoint and deserved to berecognized.

“It also about somethingelse we are proud of here atAvon Park High School,”said Williams. “It is daringto be different. There isalso something called lead-ership, and we have a focusthis year; it's about learn-ing, it's about leading, it'sabout leaving a legacy andwhat is that legacy reallyabout. It's about where youat and learning to give yourabsolute best.”

Williams articulatedabout what his life wouldbe if he only gave 50 per-cent, stating that it wouldprobably be OK, but whatwould it be if he got upevery single day and gavehis absolute best and that ishow he wanted to beremembered.

“I think tonight what youare going to find is that wehave a group of young peo-ple who are committed todoing just that,” he said.“They stay up late to dohomework, they agonizeover an 89.9, they press themark because they want toget a six on an FCAT inwriting or they want to be alevel 5 on an end-of-courseexam and so what a greatnight to be at Avon ParkHigh School in joining usin celebrating the best ofthe best.”

Avon Park High recognizesacademic achievements

Jamie Williams/News-SunAvon Park High SchoolStudent Roxanne Guerndtreceives academic achieve-ment certificate fromPrincipal Tealy Williams.

Dr. T.C. Lackey

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WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,Plaintiff,vs.JESSICA P. WILLIAMS A/K/A JESSICA A. PETTISA/K/A JESSICA ANN PETTIS, et al,Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALENOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final

Judgment of Foreclosure Sale dated September 04, 2013 and entered in Case No. 28-2013-CA-000209 of the Circuit Court of the TENTH Judicial Circuit in and for HIGHLANDS County, Florida wherein WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. is the Plaintiff and JESSICA P. WILLIAMS A/K/A JESSICA A. PETTIS A/K/A JESSICA ANN PETTIS; CHAD D. WILLIAMS A/K/A CHAD DAVID WILLIAMS; are the Defendants, The Clerk of the Court will sell to the highest and best bidder for cash at JURY ASSEMBLY ROOM IN THE BASE-MENT OF THE HIGHLANDS COUNTY COURT-HOUSE, 430 SOUTH COMMERCE AVENUE at 11:00 AM, on the 9th day of October, 2013, the following described property as set forth in said Final Judgment:

THE EASTERLY HALF OF LOT THIRTY TWO (32), BLOCK THREE (3), OF HIGHLANDS PARK ES-TATES SECTION C, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 4, PAGE 69, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY DE-SCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGIN AT THE SOUTH-EASTERLY CORNER OF LOT 32; THENCE NORTH 50 DEGREES 03 MINUTES 15 SECONDS WEST ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 32 FOR A DISTANCE OF 184.67 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE NORTH 39 DEGREES 56 MINUTES 15 SECONDS EAST FOR A DISTANCE OF 135.0 FEET TO A POINT ON THE NORTHERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 32 (ALSO KNOWN AS THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF ORANGE STREET (PLAT) MANDARIN STREET (FIELD); THENCE SOUTH 50 DEGREES 03 MINUTES 45 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID NORTHERLY LINE OF LOT 32 FOR A DISTANCE OF 159.67 FEET TO A POINT OF CUR-VATURE OF A CIRCULAR CURVE CONCAVE TO THE WEST HAVING A RADIUS OF 25.0 FEET, A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 90 DEGREES AND A CHORD BEARING OF SOUTH 5 DEGREES 03 MINUTES 45 SECONDS EAST; THENCE ALONG THE ARC OF SAID CURVE FOR AN ARC DISTANCE OF 39.27 FEET TO THE POINT OF TANGENCY, SAID POINT BEING OF THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 32, (ALSO KNOWN AS THE WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF SNAPPER AVENUE); THENCE SOUTH 39 DEGREES 56 MINUTES 15 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID EASTERLY LINE OF LOT 32 FOR A DISTANCE OF 110.0 FEET TO THE POINT OF BE-GINNING.

A/K/A 706 SNAPPER AVENUE, LAKE PLACID, FL 33852-7216

Any person claiming an interest in the surplus from the sale, if any, other than the property owner as of the date of the Lis Pendens must file a claim within sixty (60) days after the sale

WITNESS MY HAND and the seal of the Court on September 4, 2013.

ROBERT W. GERMAINEClerk of the Circuit CourtBy: /s/ Priscilla Michalak

Deputy ClerkRonald R Wolfe & Associates, P.L.P.O. Box 25018Tampa, Florida 33622-5018F13001167 WELLSLPS-SPECFHLMC-R-slarkin-Team 1 - F13001167**See Americans with Disabilities ActIn accordance with the Americans Disabilities Act, persons with disabilities needing a special accom-modation to participate in this proceeding should contact the individual or agency sending the no-tice at Echevarria & Associates, P.A., P.O. Box 25018, Tampa, FL 33622-5018, telephone (813) 251-4766, not later than seven (7) days prior to the proceeding. If hearing impaired, (TDD) 1-800-955-8771, or voice (V) 1-800-955-8770, via Florida Relay Service.

September 15, 22, 2013




CHAMPION MORTGAGE COMPANY,Plaintiff,vs.NORRIS GREEN, ET AL,Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF ACTIONTo:

BRYAN D. GREEN, AS AN HEIR OF THE ESTATE OF NORRIS GREEN ALSO KNOWN AS NORRIS EL-

DON GREEN, DECEASEDLast Known Address: 15514 Chaumont Avenue

Greenwell Springs, LA 70739-3828Current Address: Unknown

NORMA GREEN BURGESS ALSO KNOWN AS NORMA G. BURGESS, AS AN HEIR OF THE ES-

TATE OF NORRIS GREEN ALSO KNOWN AS NOR-RIS ELDON GREEN, DECEASED

Last Known Address: 7948 Kingsley DriveDenham Springs, LA 70706-0515

Current Address: UnknownPATSY GAIL GREEN ALSO KNOWN AS GAIL

GREEN, AS AN HEIR OF THE ESTATE OF NORRIS GREEN ALSO KNOWN AS NORRIS ELDON GREEN,

DECEASEDLast Known Address: 2402 Cleveland Road,

Sebring, FL 33870Current Residence: Unknown

THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, ASSIGNEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, TRUSTEES,

OR OTHER CLAIMANTS CLAIMING BY, THROUGH, UNDER, OR AGAINST, NORRIS GREEN ALSO

KNOWN AS NORRIS ELDON GREEN, DECEASEDLast Known Address: UnknownCurrent Address: Unknown

ANY AND ALL UNKNOWN PARTIES CLAIMING BY, THROUGH, UNDER, AND AGAINST THE HEREIN NAMED INDIVIDUAL DEFENDANT(S) WHO ARE

NOT KNOWN TO BE DEAD OR ALIVE, WHETHER SAID UNKNOWN PARTIES MAY CLAIM AN INTER-EST AS SPOUSES, HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES,

OR OTHER CLAIMANTSLast Known Address: UnknownCurrent Address: Unknown

YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action to foreclose a mortgage on the following property in Highlands County, Florida:

TRACT C, OF AVON PARK ESTATES, UNIT III, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RE-CORDED IN PLAT BOOK 10, PAGE 43, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA.

LOT 6987 & 6988, BLOCK 22, AVON PARK LAKES, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 5, PAGE 18, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA.

A/K/A 2135 N OLIVIA DR, AVON PARK, FL 33825-8400has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses within 30 days after the first publication, if any, on Albertelli Law, Plaintiff's attorney, whose address is P.O. Box 23028, Tampa, FL 33623, and file the origi-nal with this Court either before October 9, 2013, service on Plaintiff's attorney, or immediately thereafter; otherwise, a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Com-plaint or petition.This notice shall be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in the News-Sun.WITNESS my hand and the seal of this court on this 16th day of September, 2013.

Clerk of the Circuit CourtBy: /s/ Priscilla Michalak

Deputy ClerkAlbertelli LawP.O. Box 23028Tampa, FL 33623CR-018212F01**See the Americans with Disabilities ActIf you a person with a disability who needs any ac-commodation in order to participate in this pro-ceeding, you are entitled at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assisstance. Please contact the Office of the Court Administrator, (863) 534-4690, within two (2) working days of yoru re-ceipt of this Notice of Action;if you are hearing or voice impaired, call TDD (863) 534-7777 or Flor-ida Relay Service 711. To file response please contact Highlands County Clerk of Court, 590 S. Commerce Ave., Sebring, FL 33870-3867, Tel: (863) 402-6591; Fax: (863) 402-6664.


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IN AND FOR HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDACASE NO. 28-2013-CA-000480

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.Plaintiff,v.THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, GRANTEESDEVISEES, LIENORS, TRUSTEES, ANDCREDITORS OF ROGER CURWENPERKINS A/K/A ROGER C. PERKINS,DECEASED, ET AL.Defendants.

NOTICE OF ACTIONTO: THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, GRANTEES, DEVI-SEES, LIENORS, TRUSTEES, AND CREDITORS OF ROGER CURWEN PERKINS A/K/A ROGER C. PERKINS, DECEASED, AND ALL CLAIMANTS, PERSONS OR PARTIES, NATURAL OR CORPO-RATE, AND WHOSE EXACT LEGAL STATUS IS UN-KNOWN, CLAIMING BY, THROUGH, UNDER OR AGAINST ROGER CURWEN PERKINS A/K/A ROGER C. PERKINS, DECEASED, OR ANY OF THE HEREIN NAMED OR DESCRIBED DEFENDANTS OR PAR-TIES CLAIMING TO HAVE ANY RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST IN AND TO THE PROPERTY HEREIN DE-SCRIBEDCurrent residence unknown, but whose last known address was:1655 LAKEVIEW DRIVE, UNIT A104, SEBRING, FL 33870-7965-AND-TO: RICHARD C. PERKINS; CARL LEE PERKINS; and all unknown parties claiming by, through, un-der or against the above named Defendants, who are not known to be dead or alive, whether saidunknown parties claim as heirs, devisees, grant-ees, assignees, lienors, creditors, trustees, spouses, or other claimantsCurrent Residence Unknown, but whose last known address was:1655 LAKEVIEW DRIVE, UNIT A104, SEBRING, FL 33870-7965

YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action to foreclose a mortgage on the following property in Highlands County, Florida, to-wit:

UNIT NO. 1, THE TERRACES, ACCORDING TO THE DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM RE-CORDED IN O.R. BOOK 727, AT PAGE 922, AND AMENDED IN O.R. BOOK 739, AT PAGE 50, AND AMENDED IN O.R. BOOK 814, AT PAGE 211, ANDAMENDED IN O.R. BOOK 888, AT PAGE 915, ALL OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA.has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to iton DOUGLAS C. ZAHM, P.A., Plaintiff's attorney, whose address is 12425 28th Street North, Suite 200, St. Petersburg, FL 33716, on or before Oc-tober 23, 2013 or within thirty (30) days after the first publication of this Notice of Action, and file the original with the Clerk of this Court at 590 South Commerce Avenue, Sebring, FL 33870-3867, either before service on Plaintiff's attorney or immediately thereafter; otherwise, a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint petition.

WITNESS my hand and seal of the Court on this10th day of September, 2013.

ROBERT W. GERMAINE, CLERKClerk of the Circuit Court

By: /s/ Priscilla MichalakDeputy Clerk

IF YOU ARE A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY WHO NEEDS ANY ACCOMMODATION IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCEEDING, YOU ARE EN-TITLED, AT NO COST TO YOU, TO THE PROVISIONOF CERTAIN ASSISTANCE. WITHIN TWO (2) WORKING DAYS OF YOUR RECEIPT OF THIS NO-TICE, PLEASE CONTACT THE COURT ADMIN-ISTRATION OFFICE AT (863)534-4690. IF YOU ARE HEARING OR VOICE IMPAIRED, CALL TDD 1-800-955-8771 OR 1-800-955-8770 (V), VIA FLORIDA RELAY SERVICE.888130533




CASE NO.: 28-2012-CA-000683BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., SUCCESSOR BYMERGER TO BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LPFKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, LPPlaintiff,vs.RICHARD CAMET O'NEILA/K/A RICHARD C. O'NEIL III, et al.Defendant(s)

NOTICE OF SALENOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to a

Final Judgment of Foreclosure or Order dated September 4, 2013, entered in Civil Case Number 28-2012-CA-000683, in the Circuit Court for Highlands County, Florida, wherein BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP is the Plaintiff, and RICHARD CAMET O'NEIL A/K/A RICHARD C. O'NEIL III, et al., are the Defendants, I will sell the property situated in Highlands County, Florida, de-scribed as:

TRACT 8 FLORIDA HIGHLANDS FIRST ADDI-TION, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, RE-CORDED IN PLAT BOOK 10, PAGE 9 OF THE PUB-LIC RECORDS OF HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA. TOGETHER WITH THAT CERTAIN 2007 JACOBSEN MANUFACTURED HOME, SERIAL NOS JACFL28442A & JACFL28442B.at public sale, to the highest and best bidder, for cash, at Jury Assembly Room, in Basement of Highlands County Courthouse, 430 South Com-merce Avenue, Sebring, FL 33871 at 11:00 AM, on the 9th day of October, 2013. Any person claiming an interest in the surplus from the sale, if any, other than the property owner as of the date of the lis pendens must file a claim within 60 days after the sale.DATED: September 4, 2013.

Highlands County Clerk of CourtCLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT

By: /s/ Priscilla Michalak``In accordance with the Americans With Disabili-ties Act, persons in need of a special accommo-dation to participate in this proceeding shall, within seven (7) days prior to any proceeding, contact the Administrative Office of the Court, Highlands County Courthouse, 590 South Com-merce Avenue, Sebring, FL 33870, telephone 9863) 402-6594, TDD 1 800 955 8771 or 1 800 955 8770 via Florida Relay Service''.CA12-02752/BT


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IN AND FOR HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDACASE NO. 28-2012-CA-000280

US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, ASTRUSTEE FOR SASCO MORTGAGE LOANTRUST 2006-WF2Plaintiff,v.THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, GRANTEES, DEVISEES, LIENORS, TRUSTEES, AND CREDITORS OF KRISTA R. STEPHAN, DECEASED; BRADLEY A. STEPHAN; DALTON STEPHAN, A MINOR; UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF BRADLEY A. STEPHAN; UNKNOWN TENANT 1; UNKNOWN TENANT 2; AND ALL UNKNOWN PAR-TIES CLAIMING BY, THROUGH, UNDER OR AGAINST THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S), WHO (IS/ARE) NOT KNOWN TO BE DEAD OR ALIVE, WHETHER SAID UNKNOWN PARTIES CLAIM AS HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, ASSIGN-EES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, TRUSTEES, SPOUSES, OR OTHER CLAIMANTS; HIGHLANDS COUNTY,A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE OFFLORIDADefendants.

NOTICE OF SALENotice is hereby given that, pursuant to the

Summary Final Judgment of Foreclosure entered on September 10, 2013, in this cause, in the Cir-cuit Court of Highlands County, Florida, the clerk shall sell the property situated in Highlands County, Florida, described as:

LOT 13, BLOCK 7, TEMPLE TERRACE, AC-CORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 6, PAGE 36, OF THE PUBLIC RE-CORDS OF HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURTOF THE 10TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT,

IN AND FOR HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDACASE NO. 12000673GCAXMX

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONPlaintiffvsANTHONY L. FISCELLA A/K/AANTHONY FISCELLA, ET ALDefendants

NOTICE OF ACTIONTO: THE UNKNOWN SPOUSE, HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, ASSIGNEES, LIENOR, CREDITORS, TRUSTEES AND ALL OTHER PARTIES CLAIMING AN INTEREST BY, THROUGH, UNDER OR AGAINST ANTHONY L. FISCELLA A/K/A ANTHONY FISCELLA (DECEASED)1314 KATCALONI AVESEBRING, FL 33870AND TO: All persons claiming an interest by, through, under, or against the aforesaid Defen-dant(s).

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that an action to foreclose a mortgage on the following described property located in Highlands County, Florida:

The Northerly 34 feet of Lot 13 and the South-erly 34 feet of Lot 14, Block 116 of LAKE VIEW PLACE ADDITION, according to the Plat thereof as recorded in Plat Book 1, Page(s) 58, of the Public Records of Highlands County, Florida, further de-scribed as follows: Commencing at a point on the Westerly right of way of Kat-Ca-La-Ni Avenue with its intersection with the common line dividing Lots 13 and 14; run thence in a Northerly direction along the right of way line of said Kat-Ca-La-Ni Avenue a distance of 34 feet; run thence Westerly and parallel to the aforesaid common line dividing the aforesaid Lots 13 and 14 to the rear lot line of said Lot 14; run thence along the rear lot line of said Lots 13 and 14 in a Southerly direction a dis-tance of 68 feet; run thence parallel to the com-mon dividing line between Lots 13 and 14 in an Easterly direction to the Westerly right of way line of kat-Ca-La-Ni Avenue; run thence Northerly along Kat-Ca-La-Ni Avenue right of way line 34 feet to the Point of Beginning.has been filed against you, and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to this action, on Greenspoon Marder P.A., Default Department, Attorneys for Plaintiff, whose address is Trade Centre South, Suite 700, 100 West Cy-press Creek Road, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309, and file the original with the Clerk within 30 days after the first publication of this notice, in THE NEWS SUN or on or before October 29, 2013; otherwise a default and a judgment may be en-tered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

WITNESS MY HAND AND SEAL OF SAID COURT on this 17th day of September, 2013.

ROBERT W. GERMAINEAs Clerk of said Court

By: /s/ Priscilla MichalakAs Deputy Clerk

IMPORTANTIn accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, persons needing a reasonable accommoda-tion to participate in this proceeding should, no later than seven (7) days prior, contact the Clerk of the Court's disability coordinator at 590 S. COMMERCE AVENUE, SEBRING, FL 33870, 8635344686. If hearing or voice impaired, con-tact (TDD) (800)955-8771 via Florida Relay Sys-tem.(23472.1878/pi)


IN THE CIRCUIT COURTFOR HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA

PROBATE DIVISIONFILE NO. 13000333PCAXMX

Division ProbateIN RE: ESTATE OFVICTORIA WALKER GRANTDeceased.

NOTICE TO CREDITORSThe administration of the estate of VICTORIA

WALKER GRANT, deceased, whose date of death was April 19, 2013, is pending in the Cir-cuit Court for HIGHLANDS County, Florida, Pro-bate Division, the address of which is 590 South Commerce Avenue, Sebring, FL 33870. The names and addresses of the personal represen-tative and the personal representative's attorney are set forth below.

All creditors of the decedent and other per-sons having claims or demands against dece-dent's estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court WITHIN THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM.

All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against de-cedent's estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE.

ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN SECTION 733.702 OF THE FLORIDA PROBATE CODE WILL BE FOREVER BARRED.

NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT'S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED.

The date of first publication of this Notice is September 15, 2013.

Personal Representative:/s/ Audrea Williams

6452 E. Hawthorne Drive, Apt EUSAF Academy, Colorado 80840

Attorney for Personal Representative:/s/ Thomas E. WeiksnarThomas E. Weiksnar, EsquireAttorney for Audrea WilliamsFlorida Bar Number: 0897256GARY, WILLIAMS, PARENTI, ET AL221 S.E. Osceola StreetStuart, FL 34994-2110Telephone: (772) 283-8260Fax: (772) 219-3365E-Mail: [email protected] E-Mail: [email protected]


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HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONAS TRUSTEE FOR WELLS FARGO ASSETSECURITIES CORPORATION, MORTGAGEASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGHCERTIFICATES SERIES 2007-PA6,Plaintiff,vs.MARIE E. GENTILE, et al,Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF RESCHEDULED SALENOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Pursuant to an Order Rescheduling Foreclosure Sale dated September 4, 2013, and entered in Case No. 28-2011-CA-000315 of the Circuit Court of the Tenth Judicial Circuit in and for Highlands County, Florida in which HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL AS-SOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR WELLS FARGO AS-SET SECURITIES CORPORATION, MORTGAGE AS-SET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SE-RIES 2007-PA6, is the Plaintiff and MARIE E. GENTILE, SANDRA L. GLIDEWELL, are defendants, the Highlands County Clerk of the Circuit Court will sell to the highest and best bidder for cash in/on the Jury Assembly Room in the basement, High-lands County Courthouse, 430 South Commerce Avenue, Sebring, FL 33870, Highlands County, Florida at 11:00 AM on the 9th day of October, 2013, the following described property as set forth in said Final Judgment of Foreclosure:LOT 52 AND THE WEST 39 FEET OF LOT 53, FRANCIS SPARTA ESTATES, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 13, PAGE 51, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF HIGH-LANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA.A/K/A 1922 BAMBI CRT, SEBRING, FL 33875Any person claiming an interest in the surplus from the sale, if any, other than the property owner as of the date of the Lis Pendens must file a claim within 60 days after the sale.Dated in Highlands County, Florida this 4th day of September, 2013.

Clerk of the Circuit CourtHighlands County, FloridaBy: /s/ Priscilla Michalak

Deputy ClerkAlbertelli LawAttorney for PlaintiffP.O. Box 23028Tampa, FL 33623(813)221-474311-76497If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this pro-ceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the Office of the Court Administrator, (863) 534-4690, within two (2) working days of your re-ceipt of this Notice of Rescheduled Sale; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call TDD (863) 534-7777 or Florida Relay Service 711. To file re-sponse please contact Highlands County Clerk of Court, 590 S. Commerce Ave., Sebring, FL 33870-3867, Tel. (863) 402-6591; Fax (863) 402-6664.

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Any person claiming an interest in the surplus from the sale, if any. other than the property owner as of the date of the lis pendens must file a claim within 60 days after the sale.

ROBERT W. GERMAINE, CLERKClerk of the Circuit Court

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NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD OF HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA TO CONSIDER DEVELOPMENT OF SCHOOL DISTRICT JOB DESCRIPTION FOR A MIS TECHNICIAN II AND NOTICE OF POTENTIAL PUB-LIC HEARING NOTICE is hereby given that the School Board of Highlands County is developing a new job description for a MIS Technician II. The Board will discuss/approve future plans to develop the rule at a regular meeting of the Board on Tuesday, October 8, 2013, at 5:30 p.m. in the Board Meeting Room, George Douglass Admin-istration Building, 426 School Street, Sebring, Florida. If requested by an affected person in writ-ing within 14 days of the date of this notice, a rule development workshop will be noticed in a local newspaper. The request must be submitted to Wally Cox, Superintendent, 426 School Street, Sebring, FL 33870. The purpose and effect of the proposed new job description is to add a new position for a MIS Technician II. A summary of the proposed rule or amendment is as follows: The minimum qualifications for a MIS Technician II: a high school diploma or equivalent; Competency in reading and mathematics as measured on the Science Research Association Reading Index Ex-amination and the Science Research Association Arithmetic Index Examination with a minimum score of 80%; Minimum of documented one (1) year successful experience and/or training in a computer technical trade; Physical ability to do strenuous physical tasks during the performance of duties, to include lifting up to 50 pounds, crawling, kneeling, bending, stooping, pulling, pushing, climbing, etc.; Master of proper use and care of equipment, tools and materials related to the particular trade or craft; and Satisfactory clearance of a Criminal History Records check and drug screening. The specific legal authority in-cludes Article IX Section 4(b), Constitution of the State of Florida; Sections 1001.41 and 1001.42, Florida Statutes. The School District believes that the proposed rule or amendment will have no ef-fect on small business. The School District be-lieves that the proposed rule or amendment will not result in substantial increase in costs or prices paid by consumers, individual industries or state or local government agencies, and will not result in significant adverse effects on competition, em-ployment, investment, productivity, innovation or international trade and/or alternative approaches to the regulatory objective either do not exist and/or are precluded by law. The cost to the School District of promulgating the proposed rule or amendment is estimated to be $200. The esti-mated annual cost of implementing and enforcing the proposed rule or amendment is $0. The text


PROBATE DIVISIONFILE NO. PC 13-366

Division ProbateIN RE: ESTATE OFANN O. BENNETTDeceased.

NOTICE TO CREDITORSThe administration of the estate of ANN O.

BENNETT, deceased, whose date of death was July 11, 2013, is pending in the Circuit Court for HIGHLANDS County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is Clerk of the Court, High-lands County Courthouse, 430 South Commerce Avenue, Sebring, Florida 33870. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative's attorney are set forth below.

All creditors of the decedent and other per-sons having claims or demands against dece-dent's estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court WITHIN THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AF-TER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM.

All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against dece-dent's estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE.



The date of first publication of this Notice is September 15, 2013.Attorney and Personal Representative:John K. McClurePersonal Representative andAttorney for EstateFlorida Bar Number: 286958MCCLURE & LOBOZZO211 S. Ridgewood DriveSebring, Florida 33870Telephone: (863) 402-1888Fax: (863) 402-2436E-Mail: [email protected] E-Mail: [email protected]



PROBATE DIVISIONFILE NO. 13-389PCAXMX

Division ProbateIN RE: ESTATE OFERNEST R. BUTLER,Deceased.

NOTICE TO CREDITORSThe administration of the estate of ERNEST

R. BUTLER, deceased, whose date of death was April 21, 2013; File Number 13-389PCAXMX, is pending in the Circuit Court for HIGHLANDS County, Florida, Probate Division, 590 S. Com-merce Avenue, Sebring, FL 33870-3867. The names and addresses of the personal represen-tative and the personal representative's attorney are set forth below.

All creditors of the decedent and other per-sons having claims or demands against dece-dent's estate, on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLI-CATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NO-TICE ON THEM.

All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against de-cedent's estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE.



The date of first publication of this Notice is September 15, 2013.

/s/ Nancy J. KorsmanPersonal Representative7544 Sierra Ridge LaneLake Worth, FL 33463

/s/ Cynthia M. BriggsAttorney for Personal RepresentativeEmail: [email protected] Bar No. 266566Law Office of Cynthia M. Briggs201 N. Federal Hwy., #115Deerfield Beach, FL 33441Telephone: (954) 428-7722


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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGFOR A VARIANCE REQUEST

HEARING NO. 1741YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that a PUBLIC HEARING

will be held before the HIGHLANDS COUNTY Board of Adjustment on the 8th day of October, 2013, beginning at 3:00 P.M., or as soon thereafter as possible, in the County Commissioners’ Board Room, Highlands County Government Center Building, 600 South Commerce Ave., Sebring, Florida, to consider a variance request to allow for a 23.76 and 24.35 foot front yard setback in-stead of the required 25 foot setback for an existing dwell-ing, within the area described as follows: An approximate 0.23 acre parcel located on Lake Carrie Drive, between Forester Avenue and Jonquil Street, on Lake Carrie; the address being 1068 Lake Carrie Drive, Lake Placid, FL; and legally described as follows: Lot 7, Block 166, Lei-sure Lakes, Section 4, according to the plat thereof as re-corded in Plat Book 6, Page 29, of the Public Records of Highlands County, Florida.Any person or persons interested or affected by this change are invited to attend this hearing. You may sub-mit comments in writing to the attention of Linda Con-rad, Zoning Supervisor, P.O. Box 1926, Sebring, Florida 33871-1926, or you may call (863) 402-6638, for further information. Please reference the above hearing number when calling or writing.ALL INTERESTED PERSONS ARE INVITED TO ATTEND.ALL INTERESTED PERSONS MAY APPEAR AND BE HEARD AT THE TIME AND PLACE SPECIFIED ABOVE. ANY PER-SON WHO DECIDES TO APPEAL ANY DECISION MADE BY THIS COMMITTEE/GROUP, IN PUBLIC HEARING OR MEET-ING IS HEREBY ADVISED THAT HE OR SHE WILL NEED A RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS, AND THAT, FOR SUCH PURPOSE, HE OR SHE MAY NEED TO ENSURE THAT A VERBATIM RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS IS MADE, WHICH RECORD WILL INCLUDE THE TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE UPON WHICH SUCH APPEAL IS TO BE BASED.THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA, DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE UPON THE BASIS OF ANY INDIVIDUAL'S DISABILITY STATUS. THIS NON-DIS-CRIMINATORY POLICY INVOLVES EVERY ASPECT OF THE THE BOARD'S FUNCTIONS, INCLUDING ONE'S ACCESS TO, PARTICIPATION, EMPLOYMENT OR TREATMENT IN ITS PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES. ANYONE REQUIRING REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION AS PROVIDED FOR IN THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OR SECTION 286.26, FLORIDA STATUTES, SHOULD CONTACT MRS. MELISSA BRUNS, ADA COORDINATOR AT 863-402-6509 (VOICE), VIA FLORIDA RELAY SERVICE 711, OR BY E-MAIL: [email protected]. REQUEST FOR CART OR INTERPRETER SERVICES SHOULD BE MADE AT LEAST 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE TO PERMIT COORDINATION OF THE SERVICE.ONE OR MORE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY BE PRE-SENT AT THE MEETING.ONE OR MORE LAKE PLACID TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY BE PRESENT AT THE MEETING.Rick Ingler, Chairman


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NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD OF HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT OF SCHOOL DISTRICT RULE 4.11 AND NOTICE OF POTENTIAL PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE is hereby given that The School Board of Highlands County is developing an amendment to Rule 4.11, Student Progression Plan. The Board will discuss/approve future plans to amend the rule at a regular meeting of the Board on Tuesday, October 8, 2013, at 5:30 p.m. in the Board Meeting Room, George Douglass Admin-istration Building, 426 School Street, Sebring, Florida. If requested by an affected person in writ-ing within 14 days of the date of this notice, a rule development workshop will be noticed in a local newspaper. The request must be submitted to Wally Cox, Superintendent, 426 School Street, Sebring, FL 33870. The purpose and effect of the proposed amendment is to modify the plan to up-date in accordance with annual review and imple-mentation of statutory and district changes and other corrective measures as deemed necessary. The following topics will be amended: Change lan-guage to “Sunshine State Standards/Next Genera-tion Sunshine State Standards/Common Core” throughout; GENERAL INFORMATION: New legis-lation regarding SPP; Extra-curricular compliance; Policy for extra-curricular activities; Changes re-garding EOC timelines and FCAT; Requirements regarding digital materials. ELEMENTARY: Added ACCEL. SECONDARY TRANSITION: Transfer stu-dent requirements. MIDDLE SCHOOL: Middle School Advanced Academic courses require-ments; ACCEL; Revise EOC requirements; Revise remediation requirements; Middle School grading; Civics requirement revised; Career and Educa-tional planning requirements; Revise State Satis-factory Performance Levels language; Revise Dis-trict Satisfactory Performance Levels language. HIGH SCHOOL: Post-secondary preparation re-quirements – 18 credit graduation option; Revise graduation option; Add dates to graduation chart; Graduation & Assessment requirements – diploma designations; Insert chart regarding diploma re-quirements and designations and definition of standard diploma; ACCEL course expectations (3) – revised CAP language; Revise Dual Enrollment language; Career Early Admission; Revise final grade for students by year; Revise course weight-ing; and Revise Satisfactory Performance lan-guage. The specific legal authority includes Arti-cle IX Section 4(b), Constitution of the State of Florida; Sections 1001.31, 1001.41, 1001.43, 1001.51 and 1008.25, Florida Statutes. The School District believes that the proposed rule or amendment will have no effect on small business. The School District believes that the proposed rule or amendment will not result in substantial in-crease in costs or prices paid by consumers, indi-vidual industries or state or local government agencies, and will not result in significant adverse effects on competition, employment, investment, productivity, innovation or international trade and/or alternative approaches to the regulatory objective either do not exist and/or are precluded by law. The cost to the School District of promul-gating the proposed rule or amendment is esti-mated to be $200. The estimated annual cost of implementing and enforcing the proposed rule or amendment is $0. The text of the proposed rule or amendment can be obtained at the Superinten-dent’s office, George Douglass Administration Building (Attn. Marlene Welborn), 426 School Street, Sebring, Florida between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.THE SCHOOL BOARD OF HIGHLANDS COUNTY,BY: Wally CoxSuperintendent & ex officio secretary

September 22, 2013

the proposed rule or amendment is $0. The text of the proposed rule or amendment can be ob-tained at the Superintendent=s office, George Douglass Administration Building (Attn. Marlene Welborn), 426 School Street, Sebring, Florida be-tween the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.THE SCHOOL BOARD OF HIGHLANDS COUNTY,BY: Wally CoxSuperintendent & ex officio secretary

September 22, 2013

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NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD OF HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT OF SCHOOL DISTRICT RULE 2.70 AND NOTICE OF POTENTIAL PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE is hereby given that The School Board of Highlands County is developing an amendment to Rule 2.70, Prohibiting Discrimination, Including Sexual and Other Forms of Harassment. The Board will discuss/approve future plans to amend the rule at a regular meeting of the Board on Tuesday, October 8, 2013, at 5:30 p.m. in the Board Meeting Room, George Douglass Admin-istration Building, 426 School Street, Sebring, Florida. If requested by an affected person in writ-ing within 14 days of the date of this notice, a rule development workshop will be noticed in a local newspaper. The request must be submitted to Wally Cox, Superintendent, 426 School Street, Sebring, FL 33870. The purpose and effect of the proposed amendment is to modify the policy pur-suant to recent legislative guidelines. A summary of the proposed rule or amendment is as follows: I. Policy Against Discrimination: A. No person shall, on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, political or religious beliefs, national or ethnic ori-gin, or genetic information, be excluded from par-ticipation in, be denied the benefits of, or be sub-jected to discrimination, except as provided by law, under any education program or activity; in any employment conditions or practices con-ducted by The School Board of Highlands County; or with respect to equal access to school facilities. B. The School Board shall comply with all state and federal laws which prohibit discrimination and are designed to protect the civil rights of appli-cants, employees, students, or other persons or organizations protected by applicable law, e.g., Boy Scouts of America or other Title 36 Youth Groups. The specific legal authority includes Sec-tions 120.54, 1001.41, 1001.42 and 1012.23, Florida Statutes. The School District believes that the proposed rule or amendment will have no ef-fect on small business. The School District be-lieves that the proposed rule or amendment will not result in substantial increase in costs or prices paid by consumers, individual industries or state or local government agencies, and will not result in significant adverse effects on competition, em-ployment, investment, productivity, innovation or international trade and/or alternative approaches to the regulatory objective either do not exist and/or are precluded by law. The cost to the School District of promulgating the proposed rule or amendment is estimated to be $150. The esti-mated annual cost of implementing and enforcing

NOTICE UNDER FICTITIOUS NAME LAW NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the under-

signed, pursuant to the provisions of the Fictitious Name Act, Section 865.09, Florida Statutes, as amended intends to register with the Secretary of State of the State of Florida, the fictitious name of ``ROYAL CARE OF AVON PARK'', in Highlands County, Florida, under which the undersigned is engaged or will engage in business at: 1213 West Stratford Road, Avon Park, FL 33825. That the party interested in said business enterprise is as follows: Avon Park Royal Holdings, LLC, a Flor-ida Corporation.

Dated at Avon Park, Highlands County, Florida, this 18th day of September, 2013.

Avon Park Royal Holdings, LLCa Florida Corporation

By: Eli StrohliManager

Avon Park Royal Holdings, LLCPO Box 546752Surfisde, FL 33154(305) 864-9191

September 22, 2013

of the proposed rule or amendment can be ob-tained at the Superintendent’s office, George Douglass Administration Building (Attn. Marlene Welborn), 426 School Street, Sebring, Florida be-tween the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.THE SCHOOL BOARD OF HIGHLANDS COUNTY,BY: Wally CoxSuperintendent & ex officio secretary

September 22, 2013

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By SCOTT CLAIRDaily News correspondent

NAPLES – After twostraight loss-es, GoldenGate got backto playingwinning foot-ball, defeatingLake Placid35-14 Fridaynight atTitans

Stadium.The victory sent the

Titans (2-2) into their byeweek on a positive note.

Golden Gate returns toaction in two weeks in a crit-ical Class 5A-District 13

matchup at home againstImmokalee.

The blowout win, engi-neered by quarterback TaylorAnderson’s 192 yards pass-ing and three touchdownpasses, provided the confi-dence boost the Titans need-ed after two lopsided losseslast week to Naples Highand Barron Collier.

Junior running back IsaiahD’Haiti had 95 yards and ascore for the Titans, who

By MICHAEL KOLLIGIANHerald Tribune correspondent

SARASOTA – Ask anyhead foot-ball coachwhat theywant mostto see intheir teameach week,and invari-ably, you’re

going to get a one-wordanswer – Balance.

Nobody understands this

better than CardinalMooney head coach JoshSmithers, whose Cougarsrode big-play efforts onoffense, defense and spe-cial teams to a 28-0

shutout of the Avon ParkRed Devils on Friday nightat John Heath Field atAustin Smithers Stadium.

Reese Vita overcame aweek-long illness to passfor 117 yards and a touch-down, and DemardrePatterson rushed for 122yards and two scores tolead the Mooney attack.

The Cougar defense, ledby Sean Morris and AlexSobczak, played an equally

By BRITTANYWHITTINGTON

News-Sun correspondentSEBRING – Sebring wel-

comed back Okeechobee intotheir gym after a long sepa-ration from their previousmatch up.

And whereas in past itwas rare for the Streaks tocome out on top, they wereable to pull out a win in fourover the Brahmans onThursday night.

The Blue Streaks startedthe night out right with anace from Jordan Hinklejumping out to a 3-2 lead.

A kill by Caylin Webbadded another point to theboard.

The Brahmans battledback to tie the score at 6, butthe Blue Streaks began topull away. Another Hinklekill raised the score 10-7.

Soon after a Cadie O’Hernkill tacked on two morepoints for the Streaks.Sebring went on a short 5-3run, but was put on pauseafter Okeechobee called atimeout to settle down.

Another Hinkle ace wouldkeep the run going 19-13.

A solo block and then tipby O’Hern would put theStreaks just one point awayfrom settling the set.

Hannah Tucker followedwith a kill to end the score25-18.

Sebring would start thesecond set similar to the firstwith a Webb kill 3-1.

An ace by SamanthaAllison would boost thescore 6-3 followed by anO’Hern kill to make it 7-4.

Okeechobee took a time-out to shift momentum at 13-8, but there were no stoppingthe Streaks from scoring.

A Tucker kill wouldextend the lead to 19-11.

But the Brahmans wouldpick up the pace and closethe gap to three causingSebring to use a timeout at20-17.

Consecutive kills by

Hannah Gotch then Hinklewould put the score at 22-17,right before Hinkle wouldend the set with a kill 25-17.

The Lady Streaks wouldfall in the third set to theLady Brahmans with a goodeffort.

Webb had the first killmaking the score 3-1, butOkeechobee would slowlypull away forcing Sebring touse both of their timeoutsthroughout the set, the firstat 15-10, then the second at22-13 with the Streaks trail-ing during both timeouts.

Sebring fell to theBrahmans 25-13, making thematch go to the fourth andfinal set.

Hinkle would go on ashort run for the Streaks as

she served an ace to makethe score 3-1.

Gotch would contribute tothe ace party as she servedtwo herself right after mak-ing the score 6-2.

Okeechobee used theirfirst timeout to slow the run.

They were unsuccessful asanother ace by Gotch andTucker kill made the score13-7, making the Brahmansuse their second and finaltimeout.

This timeout seemed to bemore to their advantage asthey picked up the pace andslowly crept closer to theStreaks lead.

Okeechobee reachedtwenty and Sebring called atimeout at 24-20.

SPORTSBSECTION

News-Sun Sunday, September 22, 2013

Dan Hoehne/News-SunTiffani Broder sends this smash over the net Thursday, though the Lady Dragonswould fall to visiting DeSoto.

Dan Hoehne/News-Sun Hannah Tucker keeps her eye on the ball as she rises for akill attempt in Thursday’s Sebring win over Okeechobee.

Streaks set Brahmans straight

See SEBRING, Page B3

By DAN [email protected]

LAKE PLACID – Thepast seven days have beena grind for Lake Placidvolleyball, with the LadyDragons playing ninematches from lastThursday’s sweep ofFrostproof and thisThursday’s four-set loss tovisiting DeSoto.

In between was a trip toOrlando for a weekendtournament slate of fivematches, winning three ofthem.

Come Monday, it wasanother trip, to Clewistonwhere they took a winbefore finally returninghome Tuesday to play hostto and top county and dis-trict rival Avon Park infour sets.

But while they looked in

good shape early, holdinga 20-17 lead in the openeragainst the Bulldogs,DeSoto went on a five-point run to flip the scriptand make it a 22-20 differ-ence.

The Dragons tied it soonenough, but the visitorstook two of the next threepoints for a 25-23 win.

The ladies in blue thentook a 2-0 match lead witha 25-20 win before LakePlacid got a second wind

and routed the LadyBulldogs 25-15 in the thirdset.

But that burst ofmomentum seemed to bethe last of the energyreserves the Dragons hadleft.

They hung in for a whileduring the fourth set, but itslowly got away fromthem with DeSoto takingthe set and match with a25-18 win.

“We were tired, it’s beena long week,” head coachCharlotte Bauder said.“But it was still a greatmatch against a good teamand we had some big killsand awesome stats.”

Among those stats weretwo Dragons recordingkills in the teens as

Tired Dragons tamedby Lady Bulldogs

See LP, Page B3

‘It was still agreat match

against a goodteam.’

CHARLOTTE BAUDERLake Placid head coach

Dan Hoehne/News-SunLadante Harris leaves a wake of players in his path as he returns the opening kickoff for a touch-down in Sebring’s win at LaBelle.

By DAN [email protected]

LABELLE – The BlueStreaks survived a first-half scare Friday night

and pickedthings upover thefinal 24minutes totake a 26-8win overthe LaBelleCowboys.

Things started off ingrand fashion as, afterLaBelle won the coin tossand deferred, LadanteHarris made them pay,

returning the opening kickup the right sideline 90yards for an opening scoreand 7-0 lead 15 secondsinto the game.

But that was it for awhile, and head coachLaVaar Scott knew why.

“They were still inSebring,” he said after-ward. “They weren’t hereto play in the first half.”

Offensively that was thecase, as drives wouldoften see some flashes butcouldn’t be maintained.

The defense, mean-while, was its usual stub-born self, holding the

Cowboys to three-and-outs on their first two pos-sessions.

Their third possessiondid see a 30-yard passplay from A.J. Ayala toMichael Lopez, and aneight-yard frun fromJerome Baxter.

But a no gain and thena tackle for loss byJacquae Peart halted thedrive at midfield.

Sebring’s followingdrive saw an 11-yardGiovanni Jenkins run, butit soon stalled and the

Second-half surgesparks Streaks

Sebring

26LaBelle

8

GoldenGate

35Lake Placid

14

CardinalMooney

28Avon Park

0

See STREAKS, Page B4

Devils can’t contain Cougars

See AP, Page B4

Titans topple Lake Placid

See DRAGONS, Page B3

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STR8 UP seeks help

LAKE PLACID – As STR8 UP YouthMinistry in Lake Placid celebrates itsone-year anniversary as a ministry, theyare looking for ways to enhance theirprograms in order to maintain and chal-lenge the influx of teenagers that enterthe ministry.

The youth currently play basketball onthe back parking lot area and have longsince outgrown it.

They need the challenge of a full courtand higher goals.

William E. Lewis and Associates havedonated the NBA-style fiberglass goals.

Bevis Construction and Concrete hasonce again partnered with the program toprovide the labor for this considerableproject.

STR8 UP is seeking to raise $7,500for 80 yards of concrete.

STR8 UP is asking for donationstowards the goal – one quarter of a yardof concrete is $25, half a yard is $50,and one yard of concrete is $100.

All donations are welcome.Please make checks payable to STR8

UP Youth Ministry P.O. Box 654 LakePlacid, FL 33862 or PayPal can be usedfrom their website www.str8up.org.

Excel Volleyball Clinics

AVON PARK – South Florida StateVolleyball coach Kim Crawford will beoffering four clinics for beginner/inter-mediate boys and girls interested inlearning fundamental volleyball skills,loco-motor movements, eye/hand coordi-nation and team building skills.

Each clinic will meet one day for twohours, with a cost of $50 per clinic.

The clinics will meet in the PantherGym at SFSC on Saturday’s Sept. 21 andOct. 5 and 12, from 9-11 a.m. each day.

The clinic is perfect for middle-schoolathletes preparing for the school season.

Private, specialized training sessionswith Coach Crawford will be availableimmediately following each clinic, from11 a.m.-Noon, at $20 per athlete.

For more information, contactCrawford at (863) 385-2377, or at [email protected].

Coz Youth Bowling

LAKE PLACID – Coz’s YouthBowling League of Lake Placid, for ages7 and up, started its’ new season onSaturday, Aug. 24.

New Bowlers are welcome with a $25sign-up fee which includes a shirt.

Bowling is Saturday mornings throughDec. 21, starting at 9 a.m. each day.

Weekly cost is $11 and includes threegames of bowling, shoes and prize fund.

Pee Wees, ages 3-6, are also welcomeand special rates apply.

All Youth League bowlers are eligiblefor reduced rate open bowling (somerestrictions apply) and free bowling withinstruction on Friday’s from 4:30-6 p.m.– must be accompanied by an adult.

Come out for instruction and a goodtime.

Call Frank Peterson at 382-9541, orDonna Stanley at 441-4897 for moreinformation.

KOC Golf Tourney

AVON PARK – Knights of ColumbusAvon Park Council 14717 will host the58th annual State Golf Tourney onSaturday and Sunday, Sept. 28 and 29 atSun ’N Lake Golf Club.

For further details, [email protected], or call 414-7702, oremail [email protected] or call 471-2134.

Golf FORE Homes

SEBRING – Mountain TopProductions presents the 2013 “GolfFORE Homes” tournament on Saturday,Sept. 21, at the Country Club of Sebring.

The event benefits Highlands CountyHabitat for Humanity and the Mason’sRidge project.

Registration is at 7:30 a.m. and shot-gun start at 8:30 a.m.

Four-person teams will be flighted byhandicap.

Entry fee includes a complimentarypractice round, continental breakfast,goodie bags, prizes, snacks and bever-ages on the course and lunch and awardsfollowing play.

A $2,000 hole-in-one is being spon-sored by Cohan Radio Group and achance to win a new vehicle is beingsponsorted by Alan Jay AutomotiveNetwork.

Entry fee is $260 per team, or $300 forteam and hole sponsorship.

Download entry form at www.habi-tathighlands.org.

Contact Habitat for Humanity at 385-7156 for additional information, or emailteam information to [email protected].

Rally for the Cure Tennis

SEBRING – The Highlands CountyTennis Association (HCTA) will host itsfourth annual Rally for the Cure tennisevent at the Thakkar Tennis Center in theCountry Club of Sebring Saturday, Oct.26.

Sign-in begins at 8:30 a.m. and playpromptly at 9 a.m.

The format is men’s and women’s dou-bles.

Each eight-game match will be playedwith a different partner against differentopponents.

In addition to fun tennis, participantswill receive goodie bags, have opportuni-ties to win prizes and drawings, andreceive a free annual subscription to amagazine of their choice.

Lunch will be provided by Chicanes,Edible Arrangements and HCTA mem-bers.

This event is a great way for men andwomen of all ages and levels of play toenjoy the game, to meet other tennisplayers, and to support a worthy cause.

All proceeds go to the Rally for theCure and the Susan G. Komen for theCure Foundation, a major fundraiser forbreast cancer research and education.

The registration fee is $25. To register or for more information,

contact Judy at [email protected] 425-214-3996.

Please pre- register by October 21.

AMERICAN LEAGUEEast Division

W L Pct GBx-Boston 94 61 .606 —Tampa Bay 84 69 .549 9Baltimore 81 72 .529 12New York 81 73 .52612.5Toronto 70 83 .458 23

Central DivisionW L Pct GB

Detroit 90 64 .584 —Cleveland 84 70 .545 6Kansas City 81 72 .529 8.5Minnesota 65 88 .42524.5Chicago 60 93 .39229.5

West DivisionW L Pct GB

Oakland 91 63 .591 —Texas 83 70 .542 7.5Los Angeles 75 78 .49015.5Seattle 67 87 .435 24Houston 51 103 .331 40x-clinched division

___Thursday’s Games

Detroit 5, Seattle 4Cleveland 2, Houston 1, 11 inningsToronto 6, N.Y. Yankees 2Boston 3, Baltimore 1Texas 8, Tampa Bay 2Oakland 8, Minnesota 6

Friday’s GamesCleveland 2, Houston 1, 7 inningsN.Y. Yankees 5, San Francisco 1Detroit 12, Chicago White Sox 5Tampa Bay 5, Baltimore 4, 18 inningsBoston 6, Toronto 3Kansas City 2, Texas 1Oakland 11, Minnesota 0L.A. Angels 3, Seattle 2, 11 innings

Saturday’s GamesBaltimore at Tampa Bay, lateSan Francisco at N.Y. Yankees, lateMinnesota at Oakland, lateHouston at Cleveland, lateChicago White Sox at Detroit, lateTexas at Kansas City, lateToronto at Boston, lateSeattle at L.A. Angels, late

Sunday’s GamesHouston (Bedard 4-11) at Cleveland(Kluber 9-5), 1:05 p.m.San Francisco (Petit 4-0) at N.Y.Yankees (Pettitte 10-10), 1:05 p.m.Chicago White Sox (Er.Johnson 1-2) atDetroit (Ani.Sanchez 14-7), 1:08 p.m.Toronto (Dickey 13-12) at Boston(Doubront 10-6), 1:35 p.m.Baltimore (Feldman 5-4) at Tampa Bay(Hellickson 12-9), 1:40 p.m.Texas (Ogando 7-4) at Kansas City(Shields 12-9), 2:10 p.m.Seattle (F.Hernandez 12-9) at L.A.Angels (C.Wilson 17-6), 3:35 p.m.Minnesota (De Vries 0-0) at Oakland(Gray 3-3), 4:05 p.m.

LEAGUE LEADERSBATTING

AB R H BACabrera, DET 532 101 184 .346Trout, LAA 564 108 186 .330Mauer, MIN 445 62 144 .324A. Beltre, TEX 595 83 188 .316Cano, NYY 578 80 179 .310

HOME RUNSDavis, BAL 51Cabrera, DET 44Encarnacion, TOR 36Trumbo, LAA 34Jones, BAL 32Dunn, CHW 32

RUNS BATTED INCabrera, DET 135Davis, BAL 134Jones, BAL 105Fielder, DET 105Encarnacion, TOR 104Cano, NYY 104

WON-LOSTScherzer, DET 20-3Colon, OAK 17-6Wilson, LAA 17-6Tillman, BAL 16-7Moore, TB 15-4

EARNED RUN AVERAGESanchez, DET 2.51Colon, OAK 2.64Iwakuma, SEA 2.76Darvish, TEX 2.81Scherzer, DET 3.00

SAVESJ. Johnson, BAL 47Rivera, NYY 44Holland, KC 44Nathan, TEX 39Balfour, OAK 38Reed, CHW 38

NATIONAL LEAGUEEast Division

W L Pct GBAtlanta 91 62 .595 —Washington 83 71 .539 8.5Philadelphia 71 82 .464 20New York 69 84 .451 22Miami 56 98 .36435.5

Central DivisionW L Pct GB

St. Louis 90 64 .584 —Cincinnati 88 66 .571 2Pittsburgh 88 66 .571 2Milwaukee 68 85 .44421.5Chicago 64 90 .416 26

West DivisionW L Pct GB

x-Los Angeles 88 66 .571 —Arizona 77 76 .50310.5San Diego 72 81 .47115.5San Francisco 71 83 .461 17Colorado 71 84 .45817.5x-clinched division

___Thursday’s Games

Pittsburgh 10, San Diego 1San Francisco 2, N.Y. Mets 1Chicago Cubs 5, Milwaukee 1Colorado 7, St. Louis 6, 15 inningsL.A. Dodgers 7, Arizona 6Washington 3, Miami 2

Friday’s GamesAtlanta 9, Chicago Cubs 5Cincinnati 6, Pittsburgh 5, 10 inningsWashington 8, Miami 0N.Y. Mets 6, Philadelphia 4N.Y. Yankees 5, San Francisco 1Colorado 9, Arizona 4St. Louis 7, Milwaukee 6, 10 inningsSan Diego 2, L.A. Dodgers 0

Saturday’s GamesSan Francisco at N.Y. Yankees, lateAtlanta at Chicago Cubs, lateCincinnati at Pittsburgh, lateMiami at Washington, lateN.Y. Mets at Philadelphia, lateSt. Louis at Milwaukee, lateArizona at Colorado, lateL.A. Dodgers at San Diego, late

Sunday’s GamesSan Francisco (Petit 4-0) at N.Y.Yankees (Pettitte 10-10), 1:05 p.m.Cincinnati (Arroyo 13-11) at Pittsburgh(Locke 10-6), 1:35 p.m.Miami (Flynn 0-2) at Washington

(Haren 9-13), 1:35 p.m.N.Y. Mets (C.Torres 3-5) at Philadelphia(Cl.Lee 14-6), 1:35 p.m.Atlanta (Teheran 12-8) at Chicago Cubs(E.Jackson 8-16), 2:20 p.m.Arizona (Corbin 14-7) at Colorado(Nicasio 8-8), 4:10 p.m.L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 15-3) at SanDiego (Cashner 10-8), 4:10 p.m.St. Louis (J.Kelly 9-4) at Milwaukee(W.Peralta 10-15), 8:05 p.m.

LEAGUE LEADERSBATTING

AB R H BACuddyer, COL 468 72 155 .331C. Johnson, ATL 487 52 161 .331Carpenter, STL 597 121 193 .323McCutchen, PIT 557 93 180 .323Werth, WAS 436 81 140 .321

HOME RUNSGoldschmidt, ARI 35Alvarez, PIT 34Bruce, CIN 30Brown, PHL 27J. Upton, ATL 26Gonzalez, COL 26

RUNS BATTED INGoldschmidt, ARI 121Freeman, ATL 103Bruce, CIN 103Phillips, CIN 101Gonzalez, LAD 98

WON-LOSTZimmermann, WAS 19-8Wainwright, STL 17-9De La Rosa, COL 16-6Liriano, PIT 16-7Greinke, LAD 15-3

EARNED RUN AVERAGEKershaw, LAD 1.94Fernandez, MIA 2.19Harvey, NYM 2.27Greinke, LAD 2.75Bumgarner, SF 2.77

SAVESKimbrel, ATL 48Soriano, WAS 42Chapman, CIN 38Mujica, STL 37Romo, SF 35

AMERICAN CONFERENCEEast

W L T Pct PF PANew England 2 0 01.00036 31Miami 2 0 01.00047 30Buffalo 1 1 0 .50045 46N.Y. Jets 1 1 0 .50028 30

SouthW L T Pct PF PA

Houston 2 0 01.00061 52Indianapolis 1 1 0 .50041 41Tennessee 1 1 0 .50040 39Jacksonville 0 2 0 .00011 47

NorthW L T Pct PF PA

Baltimore 1 1 0 .50041 55Cincinnati 1 1 0 .50041 34Pittsburgh 0 2 0 .00019 36Cleveland 0 2 0 .00016 37

WestW L T Pct PF PA

Kansas City 3 0 01.00071 34Denver 2 0 01.00090 50Oakland 1 1 0 .50036 30San Diego 1 1 0 .50061 61

NATIONAL CONFERENCEEast

W L T Pct PF PADallas 1 1 0 .50052 48Philadelphia 1 2 0 .33379 86N.Y. Giants 0 2 0 .00054 77Washington 0 2 0 .00047 71

SouthW L T Pct PF PA

New Orleans 2 0 01.00039 31Atlanta 1 1 0 .50048 47

Carolina 0 2 0 .00030 36Tampa Bay 0 2 0 .00031 34

NorthW L T Pct PF PA

Chicago 2 0 01.00055 51Detroit 1 1 0 .50055 49Green Bay 1 1 0 .50066 54Minnesota 0 2 0 .00054 65

WestW L T Pct PF PA

Seattle 2 0 01.00041 10St. Louis 1 1 0 .50051 55San Francisco 1 1 0 .50037 57Arizona 1 1 0 .50049 48

___Thursday’s Game

Kansas City 26, Philadelphia 16Sunday’s Games

San Diego at Tennessee, 1 p.m.Arizona at New Orleans, 1 p.m.St. Louis at Dallas, 1 p.m.Cleveland at Minnesota, 1 p.m.Houston at Baltimore, 1 p.m.N.Y. Giants at Carolina, 1 p.m.Detroit at Washington, 1 p.m.Tampa Bay at New England, 1 p.m.Green Bay at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.Atlanta at Miami, 4:05 p.m.Indianapolis at San Francisco, 4:25p.m.Jacksonville at Seattle, 4:25 p.m.Buffalo at N.Y. Jets, 4:25 p.m.Chicago at Pittsburgh, 8:30 p.m.

Monday’s GameOakland at Denver, 8:40 p.m.

(x-if necessary)CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS

(Best-of-3)EASTERN CONFERENCEWashington 1, Atlanta 0

Thursday: Washington 71, Atlanta 56Saturday: Atlanta at Washington, latex-Monday, Sept. 23: Washington atAtlanta, TBA

Indiana 1, Chicago 0Friday: Indiana 85, Chicago 72Sunday, Sept. 22: Chicago at Indiana, 3p.m.x-Tuesday, Sept. 24: Indiana at Chicago,TBA

WESTERN CONFERENCEMinnesota 1, Seattle 0

Friday: Minnesota 80, Seattle 64Sunday, Sept. 22: Minnesota at Seattle,5 p.m.x-Tuesday, Sept. 24: Seattle atMinnesota, TBA

Phoenix 1, Los Angeles 0Thursday: Phoenix 86, Los Angeles 75Saturday: Los Angeles at Phoenix, latex-Monday, Sept. 23: Phoenix at LosAngeles, 10 p.m.

BASEBALLAmerican League

NEW YORK YANKEES–Announced theretirement of LHP Andy Pettitte at theend of the season.

National LeagueNEW YORK METS–Activated 3B DavidWright from the 15-day DL.

HOCKEYNational Hockey League

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING–Assigned FAdam Erne to Quebec (QMJHL).

COLLEGEGEORGIA TECH–Suspended G ChrisBolden for the first three games of thebasketball season for an undisclosedviolation of team rules.NORTH CAROLINA STATE–Signedbaseball coach Elliott Avent through the2018 season.

LOCAL SCHEDULE

SPORTS SNAPSHOTS

THE SCOREBOARD

Lake Placid

TUESDAY:Volleyball vs. McKeel Academy, 6/7:30 p.m.; Swim vs. Avon Park, 5:30 p.m.;Boys Golf at DeSoto, Bluffs, 4 p.m.; Girls Golf vs. DeSoto, 4 p.m.; Cross Country hostsmeet, 4:30 p.m.THURSDAY:Volleyball at Hardee, 6/7:30 p.m.; Swim at All Saints, Winter Haven, 5:30p.m.

Sebring

TUESDAY:Volleyball vs. DeSoto, 6/7:30 p.m.; Boys Golf at All Saints, 3:30 p.m.; GirlsGolf at Jenkins, 4 p.m.; Swim at Lake Gibson, 5:30 p.m.THURSDAY: JV Football at Frostproof, 7 p.m.; Boys Golf vs. Lake Gibson, Jenkins, 4 p.m.

SFSC

TUESDAY:Volleyball at State College of Florida, 7 p.m.THURSDAY:Volleyball vs. St. Petersburg, 7 p.m.FRIDAY:Volleyball hosts SFSC Tournament, vs. St. Johns, 1 p.m., vs. Lake Sumter, 7p.m.

Avon Park

MONDAY: Girls Golf vs. Auburndale, 4 p.m.TUESDAY:Volleyball vs. Mulberry, 6/7:30 p.m.; Swim at Lake Placid, 5:30 p.m.THURSDAY: JV Football at DeSoto, 7 p.m.; Volleyball at Frostproof, 6/7:30 p.m.

MLBSUNDAY

1:30 p.m. Baltimore at Tampa Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . SUN2 p.m. Atlanta at Chicago Cubs . . . . . . . . . . . . . WGN8 p.m. St. Louis at Milwaukee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ESPN

MONDAY3 p.m. Baltimore at Tampa Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . SUN

TUESDAY7 p.m. Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees . . . . . . . . . . . SUN

Times, games, channels all subject to change

WNBA PLAYOFFSSUNDAY

3 p.m. Chicago at Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ESPN25 p.m. Minnesota at Seattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ESPN2

MONDAY7 p.m. Washington at Atlanta . . . . . . . . . . . . . ESPN2

TUESDAY8 p.m. Indiana at Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ESPN2

AUTO RACINGSUNDAY

1 p.m. ALMS – Circuit of the Americas . . . . . . ESPN22 p.m. NASCAR – Sylvania 300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . ESPN4:30 p.m. Global Rallycross Championship . . . . . . . ABC8:30 p.m. NHRA – AAA Texas FallNationals . . . . ESPN2

GOLFSUNDAY

Noon PGA – The Tour Championship . . . . . . . GOLF1 p.m. PGA – The Tour Championship . . . . . . . . NBC7 p.m. PGA – Pacific Links Championship. . . . . GOLF

NFLSUNDAY

1 p.m. Houston at Baltimore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CBS1 p.m. Tampa Bay at New England. . . . . . . . . . . FOX4:25 p.m. Jacksonville at Seattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CBS-64:25 p.m. Indianapolis at San Francisco . . . . . . . CBS-108:20 p.m. Chicago at Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NBC

MONDAY8:25 p.m. Oakland at Denver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ESPN

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played before a homecomingcrowd.

The key moment cameafter an illegal blockingpenalty wiped out a firstdown and set the Titans 15yards back.

Anderson hit PatrickVolcy for 10 yards and thejunior took care of the rest,sprinting down the sideline,stiff-arming a Dragon’sdefender, while tiptoeing thefinal few yards into the end-zone.

The score, barely a minuteafter Lake Placid had tiedthe game on and Eldon

McKenzie one-yard plungeinto the end zone, put theTitans up for good.

After playing two gamesin six days last week,Anderson tweaked his kneelast Monday against Naples.

Regardless, he was 6-for-9passing, and wasted littletime taking control againstthe Dragons.

On the second play fromscrimmage, Anderson con-nected with tight endCamron Enyart for a 62-yardscore.

The duo hooked up againin the third quarter on a 10-yard passing score.

Enyart added a thirdtouchdown with about threeminutes left, with theDragons adding one finalscore on a Foster Walker runwith 30 seconds left to playto provide for the final mar-gin.

As a point of interestaround this game, LakePlacid was venerable areacoach John Webber’s firstcoaching job in Florida somethirty years ago.

Webber moved on toImmokalee, becoming alocal legend while leadingthe Indians to a state title in2004.

Looking to rebound fromtheir own two-game losingstreak, Lake Placid headsinto their Homecoming weekready to face the PoincianaEagles.

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The next and final pointwould be made by a nicedefensive joust at the net byO’Hern closing the match25-20.

“The thing that I want topush with these girls is thatthey have such great talent,they just need to put it all

together,” said Sebring headcoach Venessa Sinness. “It’sthe little things, and theyknow that. It’s all mental.”

The Streaks return to thecourt again Tuesday in a dis-trict contest against DeSotoat home.

Sebring fell in five to theLady Bulldogs on the roadThursday, Sept. 5.

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Dan Hoehne/News-SunLindsey Whittington celebrates a point in Sebring’s four-setwin over the Lady Brahmans Thursday.

Sebring wins in 4

Dan Hoehne/News-SunBreauna Corley goes up for a block of this DeSoto shot Thursday night.

Jacalyn Baldwin tallied 14smashes and Breauna Corley13.

Mary Grace Bates did herusual bang-up job in theback court, totaling a whop-ping 31 digs, with help fromBella Caraballo’s 13 andDanielle Daigle’s 11.

Baldwin and Bates eachhad four service aces, Corleyhad 2.5 blocks and setterAndrea Barajas dished out33 assists on the night.

After a much-needed andwell-earned weekend off,Lake Placid is back intoanother busy, three-matchweek.

Monday sees a non-dis-trict tilt at Lake Wales,Tuesday a district homematch with Frostproof and aThursday visit fromClewiston.

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LP ends successful week on a down note

Dan Hoehne/News-Sun filesImani Tate and the LadyRed Devils bounced backfrom Tuesday’s defeat toget another District 9-4Awin Thursday night atMcKeel Academy. AvonPark came out strongand rushed to a 2-0 leadwith 25-18 and 25-21wins in the opening twosets. But the LadyWildcats came back torecord consecutive 25-21 wins to tie the matchup at 2 sets apiece. Butthe Lady Devils wereable to right themselvesand wrestle the tie-break-er away for a 15-11 winto take the match. It wasalso a good sign to getthe win on the Wildcatsfloor, as the district tour-nament this year is atMcKeel. There’s still aways to go in the regularseason, however, asAvon Park heads to LakeWales Tuesday in non-district action, and willtravel to Hardee onThursday.

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Streaks lined up for thepunt at their own 27.

A bad snap, however,sent the ball back into theend zone for a safety and itwas now 7-2 with 5:21 leftin the half.

Sebring then kicked offand LaBelle had its onesustained drive of the night.

Twelve plays over thenext 5:08 moved them fromtheir own 38 to the BlueStreak two, from whereBaxter found an openingand zipped into the endzone.

The extra point wasblocked and the Cowboyswent into the halftime breakwith an 8-7 lead.

But things would soonturn around for the visitors.

Duran Randolph broke upa pass play to halfLaBelle’s opening drive andSebring came right back ona Connor Cook to JordynBlount pass from six yardsout for a score at the 7:49mark of the third.

The Streaks had actuallyfaced fourth and five andhad lined up for the punt,but pulled off a fake withJenkins scampering 42yards to set up the score.

Sebring’s defense forcedtwo more three-and-outsand then had a two-and-outwhen they forced andrecovered a fumble at theCowboy 30.

A personal foul penaltyagainst LaBelle then put theball at the 15 and it tookjust one play for Harris toagain break away up thesideline for a touchdown,

making it 20-8 with 9:29 togo in the game.

The Cowboys did thenmove into Sebring territory,with Ayala strikes of 15 and11 yards to EduardoGonzalez and Lopez,respectively.

But Ayala’s next passattempt was picked off byHarris and returned to mid-field.

Jenkins then rumbled offa 35-yard run and a face-mask penalty on LaBellemoved the ball inside the

10.Willie Allen barged it

down to the one and JairWatson, now in at quarter-back, then rolled out to theright and took it in himselfat the 5:25 mark to put thefinishing touch on the win.

“We talked to them athalftime and it was good tosee them respond a play agood second half,” Scottsaid. “The defense kept usin it and then the offensestarted to click. Now we gointo our bye week at a good

time. They have to knowthey need to play like theydid in the second half if wewant to compete with theWinter Haven’s, LakeRegion’s and LakeGibson’s.”

Which constitutes theStreaks district slate.

The will have the extraweek to rest and prepare,but then it is into theDistrict 11-6A schedule onFriday, Oct. 4, with a visitfrom the Lake RegionThunder.

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Dan Hoehne/News-SunDuran Randolph breaks up this pass intended for LaBelle’s Michael Lopez Friday inSebring’s 26-8 win over the Cowboys.

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American 35, Goleman 0Anclote 24, Ridgewood 0Apopka 44, Boone 14Archbishop Curley 47, Ransom

Everglades 14Armwood 27, Robinson 0Atlantic Coast 36, Oakleaf 20Atlantic Community 27, Forest Hill

12Auburndale 49, Tenoroc 0Aucilla Christian 54, John Paul II

Catholic 26Barrington Christian Academy 42,

Coral Springs Christian 6Bayside 26, South Fork 5Berean Christian 39, Palmer Trinity 0Bishop Kenny 45, Wolfson 18Bishop Moore 27, Mount Dora 7Bishop Snyder 36, Arlington Country

Day 12Bishop Verot 45, Doral Academy

Charter 14Blake 46, Lennard 6Blountstown 48, South Walton 14Boca Raton Community 28, Palm

Beach Central 23Booker 37, DeSoto County 17Boynton Beach 48, Archbishop

McCarthy 0Bozeman School 24, Holmes County

6Bradford 25, The Villages 8Bronson 42, Branford 12Cambridge Christian 49, Keswick

Christian 0Cape Coral 40, Cypress Lake 0Cardinal Gibbons 30, Boyd

Anderson 0Cardinal Mooney 28, Avon Park 0Cardinal Newman 24, Jupiter 21Carrollwood Day 60, Calvary

Christian-Clearwater 39Chamberlain 14, King 0Champagnat Catholic 16, Dade

Christian 6Charles Flanagan 35, Cypress Bay 13Chiefland 34, Newberry 0Citrus 63, Ocala Forest 7Clay 48, Ponte Vedra 21Clearwater Central Catholic 49,

Shorecrest Prep 0Cocoa 31, Delray American Heritage

10Columbia 66, Terry Parker 13Community School of Naples 45, St.

Stephen’s Episcopal 6Coral Gables 30, Christopher

Columbus Catholic 27Coral Reef Senior 21, Miami Killian

20, OTCoral Springs 39, Coral Glades 9Coral Springs Charter 26, Benjamin

6Cottondale 30, Sneads 20Countryside 45, St. Petersburg

Northeast 0Creekside 34, Nease 19Deerfield Beach 47, Douglas 31Dillard 37, Coconut Creek 25Dixie County 38, Williston 32Dr. Phillips 62, Colonial 22Dunnellon 27, Santa Fe 6Dwyer 50, Palm Beach Lakes 6East Bay 14, Spoto 6East Lake 61, Clearwater 16East Ridge 31, East River 28Eastside 34, Belleview 31Ed White 42, Englewood 0Escambia 24, Pine Forest 7Eustis 27, Lake Highland 7Everglades 30, Western 0Faith Christian 49, Ormond Beach

Calvary Christian 0Father Lopez Catholic 24, Deltona 7Fernandina Beach 33, Episcopal 3First Academy-Leesburg 49, Ocala

Christian Academy 7First Academy-Orlando 42, Trinity

Prep 20First Baptist 30, Southwest Florida

Christian 6Fivay 35, Lecanto 20Fleming Island 42, Buchholz 20Florida Christian 41, Marathon 7Florida School for the Deaf and Blind

41, Seacoast Christian 20Fort Lauderdale University 57,

Somerset Academy 0Fort Pierce Central 51, Martin

County 13Fort White 35, Chiles 14Foundation Academy 35, Taylor 17Frostproof 56, Bishop McLaughlin 0Gainesville 34, Lake Weir 14Gaither 17, Tampa Freedom 0Gateway Charter 39, Fort Myers

Canterbury 27George Jenkins 30, Bartow 10Glades Central 31, Blanche Ely 21Glades Day 30, Jupiter Christian 12Godby 50, Leon 9Golden Gate 35, Lake Placid 14Graceville 42, Wewahitchka 0Gulliver Prep 36, Key West 17Hallandale 54, Pembroke Pines 7Hamilton County 25, Maclay 10Harmony 6, Gateway 0Harvest Community School 47,

Eagle’s View 0Heritage 44, Jensen Beach 10Hernando 27, Weeki Wachee 10Hilliard 62, Hawthorne 8Hillsborough 51, Leto 3Hudson 15, Wesley Chapel 6Ida S. Baker 33, Riverdale 28IMG Academy 47, Ocala Trinity

Catholic 23Immokalee 26, Barron Collier 3Indian Rocks 34, Northside Christian

0Island Coast 40, Lemon Bay 21John Carroll Catholic 56, Pope John

Paul II 35John I. Leonard 38, Spanish River 7Kathleen 42, Ridge Community 13Keys Gate 49, Highlands Christian 0Keystone Heights 35, Umatilla 7King’s Academy 17, Clewiston 14Kissimmee Osceola 35, Liberty 7Lafayette 41, FAMU Developmental

Research 12Lake Brantley 45, University (Orange

City) 6Lake Howell 27, Ocoee 20, OTLake Mary 21, DeLand 17Lake Wales 55, Mulberry 0Lake Worth 34, Olympic Heights 14Lakeland Christian 27, Berkeley Prep

24, 2OTLakeland 39, Haines City 18Lakewood 24, Gibbs 14Lakewood Ranch 42, Braden River

31Land O’Lakes 45, Mitchell 21Largo 34, Jesuit 14Liberty County 64, Franklin County 0Lyman 35, Sanford Seminole 7Manatee 66, Sarasota 7Mandarin 42, West Port 14Melbourne 44, Eau Gallie 13Merritt Island 24, Astronaut 20Miami Beach 21, Miami 0Miami Carol City 28, Miami

Northwestern 15Miami Ferguson 26, Braddock 16Miami Norland 19, Homestead 17Middleburg 30, R.E. Lee 21Miramar 22, St. Thomas Aquinas 20Monarch 39, Piper 12Moore Haven 67, Imagine-North

Port 0Mount Dora Bible 48, Central Florida

Christian 22Naples 69, Estero 0Nature Coast Tech 34, Brooksville

Central 0Navarre 17, Crestview 14Newsome 38, Alonso 26Niceville 56, Choctawhatchee 3North Bay Haven 48, Freeport 39North Florida Christian 30, Marianna

27North Fort Myers 42, Mariner 21North Marion 27, Suwannee 14North Miami Beach 52, Miami Krop

0Oak Ridge 41, Wekiva 6Oakland Park Northeast 28, Fort

Lauderdale 14Ocala Vanguard 29, Lake Minneola

22Okeechobee 44, Fort Pierce

Westwood 0Olympia 34, Edgewater 31, 2OTOrlando Christian 44, Cornerstone

Charter 7Orlando Freedom 44, Cypress Creek

8Out-of-Door Academy 42, Citrus

Park Christian 0Oviedo 42, Hagerty 14Oviedo Master’s Academy 21,

Legacy Charter 6Oxbridge Academy 55, Northwest

Christian 0P.K. Yonge 58, St. Francis 12Pace 25, Pensacola Washington 0Pahokee 54, Inlet Grove 0Palatka 28, Ridgeview 12Palm Bay 30, Rockledge 7Palmetto 56, North Port 12Palmetto Ridge 14, Gulf Coast 9Park Vista Community 30,

Santaluces 21Paxon 21, Stanton College Prep 7Pensacola 28, Milton 14Pinellas Park 35, Seminole 10Plant City 14, Durant 13Plant 50, Bloomingdale 40Plantation 40, Nova 0Plantation American Heritage 20,

Chaminade-Madonna College Prep 0Pompano Beach 14, St. Andrew’s 12Port Charlotte 28, Lely 10Port Orange Atlantic 40, Jones 13Port St. Joe 38, Jefferson County 6Providence 38, Crescent City 12Raines 45, Bolles School 31Ribault 17, Baker County 9Rickards 27, Ft. Walton Beach 7River Ridge 21, Gulf 7Rocky Bayou Christian 49, Oak Hall

0Rutherford 37, Arnold 7Sandalwood 26, Flagler Palm Coast

17Santa Fe Catholic 26, Merritt Island

Christian 22Sarasota Riverview 55, Lehigh 15Satellite 10, Titusville 7Seabreeze 42, New Smyrna Beach

13Sebring 26, LaBelle 8Seminole Osceola 34, Boca Ciega 14Sickles 44, George Steinbrenner 17South Fort Myers 35, Fort Myers 13South Lake 48, Lake Region 8South Sumter 38, Zephyrhills 15Southeast 41, Bayshore 27Space Coast 27, Cocoa Beach 20Springstead 14, Sunlake 13St. Augustine 28, Bartram Trail 27St. Cloud 52, Celebration 0St. Edward’s 14, Victory Christian 13St. John Neumann 40, Evangelical

Christian 14St. Johns Country Day 28, Temple

Christian 12St. Joseph Academy 39, City of Life

26St. Petersburg Canterbury 37,

Bradenton Christian 0St. Petersburg Catholic 35, Admiral

Farragut 10Stranahan 33, Suncoast 26Strawberry Crest 46, Brandon 0Tampa Bay Tech 32, Wiregrass

Ranch 0Tampa Catholic 39, Fort Meade 13Taravella 20, South Plantation 14Tarpon Springs 43, Dunedin 7Tate 28, West Gadsden 0Trenton 56, Bell 6Trinity Christian-Jacksonville 6,

Madison County 3Union County 39, Interlachen 0University Christian 45, Christ’s

Church 0Venice 41, Charlotte 14Viera 38, Sebastian River 7Village Academy 30, Orangewood

Christian 10Wakulla 20, Taylor County 14Walton 33, Chipley 31, OTWarner Christian 52, Trinity

Christian-Deltona 6Wellington 23, West Broward 0West Boca Raton Community 20,

Royal Palm Beach 6West Florida 59, Mosley 20West Nassau County 38, Baldwin 0West Orange 41, Leesburg 14Westminster Academy 21, Coral

Shores 13Wharton 41, Riverview 14Windermere Prep 45, Seven Rivers

Christian 0Winter Haven 28, Evans 0Winter Park 27, Orlando University

22Yulee 32, Forrest 6

POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS

Lake Mary Prep vs. MelbourneCentral Catholic, ccd.

Friday’s Prep Scores

big role in the victory, forc-ing six turnovers and scor-ing the opening touchdownof the game.

“That’s a good footballteam we played tonight,”said Smithers, momentsafter coaching the Cougarsto their second-consecutive3-0 start.

“We knew Avon Park wasgoing to be a challenge butour defense responded andour special teams playedtough. To shut out a battle-tested team like that? It's agreat victory for us.”

Mooney opened the scor-ing midway through thefirst quarter, when a swarm-ing Cougar defense led byco-captains Jonah Schopferand Clarke Horne forced afumble at the Avon Park 49.

An alert Morris scoopedup the loose ball in strideand took off down the leftsideline.

When the junior stoppedrunning 51 yards later, hehad his second defensivetouchdown in as manygames and gave theCougars a 7-0 lead.

“I’m a defensive player atheart, so scoring defensivetouchdowns is like a dreamcome true for me,” saidMorris.

The Cougar offense gotin on the scoring at 7:39 ofthe second quarter, whenVita fired a bullet to a wide-open Morris for an impres-sive, 50 yard touchdown,his fourth of the season, tomake it 14-0.

“We have some greatspeed weapons on offense,and Sean did an excellent

job of getting open downfield for that touchdowncatch,” said Vita.

The remainder of the halfbelonged to Sobczak, as thehard-nosed sophomorestopped an Avon Park drivewith an interception at theMooney 7-yard line andlater, forced and recovereda fumble at midfield whenhe bowled into Avon Parkpunt returner ChristianSuarez with a perfectly-timed hit.

“It’s all about flying tothe ball,” said Sobczak,who added another intercep-tion later in the game.“Fumbles, interceptions, wework on these things everyweek, and when you prac-tice as hard as we do, bigplays happen.”

The turnover was con-verted to points in less than

three minutes, whenPatterson took a no-lookpitch from Vita and racedaround right end to give theCougars a commanding, 21-0 halftime lead.

Patterson, who playedwhat Smithers described asthe best game of his career,iced the victory at 10:51 ofthe fourth quarter with a 17-yard dash to give theCougars their final marginof victory.

Mooney will look toremain undefeated whenthey host Tampa Catholicnext week, while Avon Parkwill look to get back to thewinning form they showedin the Kickoff Classic whenthey host LakelandChristian for theirHomecoming game.

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Special to the News-SunSEBRING – Join thou-

sands of volunteers all acrossthe country for 20th annualNational Public Lands Day.Heartland area residents maychoose from two resourcemanagement projects atHighlands Hammock StatePark from 9 a.m. to noonSaturday, Sept. 28. Park staffand the Florida Fish andWildlife ConservationCommission’s Ridge Rangersare teaming up to removesand pines in a major Scrub-jay habitat restoration proj-ect.

The objective is to clearovergrown pines and returnthe acreage to oak scrub.Completing this restorationwill expand endangeredScrub-jay territory andincrease the numbers ofbreeding pairs. Cutting downsand pines requires moderateto heavy exertion. Groupsand individuals may registerat

http://outreach.myfwc.com/event/NPLD2013HHSP.

Visitmyfwc.com/ridgerangers fora complete list of RidgeRanger events from LakeLouisa State Park in the northto Archbold BiologicalStation in the south.

Trail maintenance, the sec-ond project, is rated light tomoderate in exertion.Volunteers can trim protrud-ing vegetation and overhang-ing vines from park trails.Trails are currently in need ofmaintenance after theonslaught of heavy summerrains. Call the Park ServicesSpecialist at 471-5324 to signup to volunteer or to obtainmore information. Visitwww.publiclandsday.org/npld-sites/highlands-hammock-state-park-1. Scout troopsearning badges and schoolclubs or students requiringcommunity service hours, arewelcome to register as groupsor individuals.

Volunteers should registerby the close of business onThursday. Wear sturdy shoesand protective clothing, i.e.,long pants, long sleeves, anda hat. Bring work gloves,sunscreen, mosquito repel-lent, and sun glasses.Drinking water and equip-ment will be provided, butadditional loppers, brush cut-ters, and hand saws fromhome will be helpful. Bring ahiker’s water bottle to keeprefills at hand. Light refresh-ments courtesy the Friends ofHighlands Hammock StatePark will be provided after-wards, so register in advance.

When many of us see aladybug, we may think it’s asymbol of good luck. This

idea maycome froma commonbelief thatladybugssavedcrops backin theMiddleAges.Legend hasit thataphidswere anni-

hilating crops in Europe andthe land owners prayed forhelp. Ladybugs came in andsaved the day by consumingthe aphids and the cropswere spared.

Or it could simply bebecause ladybugs are wel-come guests in most gardensand to have them present is aform of natural pest control.

The name “ladybug” is abit misguided. In fact, lady-bugs are not true bugs at all.They are members of theorder Coleoptera, which isanother term for beetles.True bugs are from the orderHemiptera. Ladybugs under-go the larva and pupa stageswe know as metamorphosis.

Like the beetle, they have ahard covering on their wings,which serves as protection.

Another form of protectionfor the brightly colored crea-ture is their ability to secretea nasty-tasting liquid thatmost birds and other preda-tors don’t care for. The fluidoozes out of its leg joints andhas a nasty smell. They havealso been known to playdead to discourage crittersfrom making a meal of them.Their bright orange-red coloris also a detractor for manypredators since most intense-ly colored creatures are poi-sonous.

Their claim to fame is thatthey love to eat aphids, thenasty pests that gardenerswould love to be rid of. It isbelieved the ladybugs eatthousands of these tiny crea-tures in their lifetimes. Evenwhen in the larval stage,ladybugs dine on aphids andother garden pests.

As adults, ladybugs havefeatures that enable them tofind prey — they have wingsto fly, six legs to climb andantennae to sense movement.When dining on their minus-cule meals, the ladybug’smouth works from side toside with its powerful jaws.

Ladybugs may formextremely large groups. It isbelieved that they clumptogether to stay warm in thewinter. Some groups haveincluded over a million lady-bugs. Another interestingthing about these colorfulinsects is their lifespan. They

live longer than many typesof insects. Depending on theavailability of food, theweather and abundance orlack of predators, ladybugscan live to the ripe old age ofthree to 12 months.

Ladybugs are attracted toflowers that have bowl-

shaped blooms, such astulips and lilies. Since theirstructure entraps water, theseblooms keep it nice and cooland provide a nice place forthe spotted bugs to live.

The tiny, round, yelloweggs they produce can usual-ly be spotted in clusters onleaves where the plantremains at the coolest tem-perature, most likely theleaves located nearest theground. When food is scarce,a female ladybug may layextra eggs, some of whichmay be infertile. The reasonshe does this is to provide afood source for the larvaethat hatched from the fertileeggs.

After the eggs are placed,those that succeed will hatchwithin the next couple ofweeks. The larvae stage lastsfor about one month and thepupal stage about 15 days.

Once the ladybug hasachieved the larvae andpupae stages, it becomes andadult and is recognizable as

the bright orange, black spot-ted insect that we are famil-iar with. As with other bee-tles, ladybugs have a hardcovering on their wings thatserve as protection. They canalso fly with wings thatmove approximately 85times per second. This maysound fast, but in realityladybugs are somewhat slowin flight compared to otherinsects.

For a number of reasons, itwould seem that ladybugsaren’t thought of as typical“creepy” bugs, but as asource of amazement andwonder. They are very brightand cheerful looking crea-tures and they actually helpkeep the less desirable bugsout of our gardens.

Corine Burgess is andEnvironmental Specialist forthe Highlands County Parksand Natural ResourcesDepartment. Guest columnsare the opinion of the writer,not necessarily those of theNews-Sun.


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Volunteers neededfor Public Lands Day

Courtesy photoRanger Brenda Broder trimming a cabbage palm frond.

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Special to the News-SunSEBRING — The

Heartland Cultural Alliancewill present a new way oflooking at digital photogra-phy through the art of PattyLloyd. The artist’s FractalPsychedelic photographywill be shown on metal,wood, canvas, framed prints,as well as note cards andpostcards. This exhibit willoccupy both HCA galleriesat the Sebring RegionalAirport.

The opening celebrationwill be from 5-7 p.m. onFriday at the SebringAirport. Edibles, punch(leaded and regular) and softdrinks will be served. Theevent is open to the publicand free.

The show will open with a1960s-themed party.Everyone is encouraged towear clothes reflectingthe’60s (bell bottoms, san-dals, tie-dyes, skinny ties,miniskirts, boots, head bandsberets etc.) for a chance towin a pizza from Papa Johnsand a special prize from theartist.

Background music fromthe Beach Boys and otherswill be played from old 45vinyl records.

For more information,contact Fred Leavitt at 863-402-8238 or [email protected]/.


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HCA to feature Lloyd’s FractalPsychedelic photography

Courtesy photosPatty Lloyd’s Fractal

Psychedelic photographywill be shown on metal,wood, canvas, framedprints, as well as note cardsand postcards at two HCAgalleries.

Courtesy photoAuthor Rhoda A. Ross (left) delivers 22 copies of ‘AWildflower for All Seasons’ to Terri Sinclair at MemorialElementary School. Ross had the opportunity to deliversponsored copies of her book “A Wildflower for AllSeasons” into Avon and Memorial Elementary Schools. Aspecial thank you goes to Avon Park Breakfast Rotary andother individual sponsors in our community for chipping into buy books for these two schools. Visit Ross’s website atnoondayheart.com/review to preview ‘A Wildflower for AllSeasons.’

Ross donates more books

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Special to the News-SunSEBRING — Local artist

Linda Kegley has just com-pleted painting two polyresinsculptures for A SeahorseDream in Ft. Myers ASeahorse Dream is a publicart project created to helpraise funds for the newGolisano Children’s Hospitalin Ft. Myers.

The name of her large sea-horse is Alpha Betty: TheFlorida AB“C” Horse. Theinspiration was the name ofone of Kegley’s paintings,“Florida ABC’s” that fea-tures Florida’s flora andfauna representing each let-ter of the alphabet. The 15-Inch sculpture, which waspainted under a magnifyinglamp with micro-brushes, isnamed Alpha-Bitty.

The work, sponsored bythe Montage Women’s Club,required about 90 hours ofpainting and the seahorsesare now in Ft. Myers beingclear-coated for display. Thefirst public display of theseahorses will be Nov. 20 atthe Harborside Event Centeron Bay Street in downtownFt. Myers.

Decorated Seahorses willbe displayed in Glades,Hendry, Collier, Lee andCharlotte Counties and atsponsors’ locations in late

2013. The sculptures will bein venues around Ft. Myersthis fall and winter and some(including Kegley’s) will beauctioned off at a Gala onMarch 7 at the Sanibel

Harbour Resort.To see Kegley’s fall

schedule and recent works,visit her website atwww.LKArtworks.com/.

Seahorse dreams areality for local artist

Courtesy photoLocal artist Linda Kegley has just completed painting twopolyresin sculptures for A Seahorse Dream in Ft. Myers.

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Special to the News-SunLAKE PLACID — The Caladium Arts and

Crafts Cooperative is offering artisan andcrafter spaces inside its classroom for theOctober, November and December 1stFriday Tour Lake Placid. This is a perfectopportunity to sell your art and craft itemsfor the holiday season.

They are also offering wall space for the

photographer, painter, mixed media artist oryour special art.

This is limited spacing, so please contactthe Caladium Arts and Crafts Cooperativefor an application or for further informationplease call Judy Nicewicz at 863-273-1339or 386-0123.

Visit the Co-op on the next 1st FridayTour on Oct. 4 from 4-8 p.m.

Artists and crafters wanted for 1st Friday Tour

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Places to Worship is a paid advertise-ment in the News-Sun that is publishedFriday and Sunday. To find out moreinformation on how to place a listing inthis directory, call the News-Sun at 385-6155, ext. 596.

ANGLICAN� New Life Anglican Fellowship, 10 N.Main Ave. (Woman’s Club), Lake Placid,FL 33852. Rev. Susan Rhodes, Deacon inCharge, (863) 243-3191;[email protected]. SundayWorship, 10 a.m. Teaching, HolyCommunion, Music, Fellowship, HealingPrayer. “Pastoral and Spiritual”.

ASSEMBLY OF GOD� Christ Fellowship Church (Assembly ofGod), 2935 New Life Way. Bearing HisName; Preaching His Doctrine; andAwaiting His Coming. “Worshiping Godin Spirit and in Truth.” Sunday School, 9a.m.; Morning Worship, 10 a.m.; EveningWorship, 6 p.m. Wednesday: Worship, 7p.m. Pastor Eugene Haas. Phone 471-0924.� First Assembly of God, 4301Kenilworth Blvd., Sebring. The Rev.Wilmont McCrary, pastor. Sunday School,10 a.m.; Morning Worship and KIDSChurch, 11 a.m.; Evening Worship, 7 p.m.Wednesday Family Night, (Adult BibleStudy), LIFE Youth Group, Royal Rangers,Missionettes, 7:30 p.m. Phone 385-6431.

BAPTIST� Avon Park Lakes Baptist Church, 2600N. Highlands Blvd., Avon Park, FL 33825.George Hall, Pastor. Christ centered andbiblically based. Sunday worship services,8:30 a.m., 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Nurseryfacilities are available. Bible studies at9:45 a.m. Sunday and 7 p.m. Wednesday.Prayer Time 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday.Bible classes at 9:45 a.m. are centered forall ages. Choir practice at 5 p.m. Sunday.Church phone: 452-6556. � Bethany Baptist Church (GARBC) Weare located at the corner of SR17 and C-17A (truck route) in Avon Park. Join usSunday morning at 9:00 AM for coffeeand doughnuts, followed with SundaySchool for all ages at 9:30. Sunday morn-ing worship service begins at 10:30 a.m.,and evening worship service is at 6 p.m.On Wednesdays, the Word of Life teenministry and the Catylist class (20's+)begin at 6:30 PM. The adult Bible andPrayer Time begins at 7 p.m. For moreinformation go to www.bethanybap-tistap.com or call the church office at863-452-1136. � Faith Missionary Baptist Church, offState Road 17 North of Sebring at 1708LaGrange Ave. Sunday School, 10 a.m.;Morning Worship, 11 a.m.; EveningWorship, 6 p.m. Wednesday Service, 7p.m. Deaf interpretation available. KenLambert, Pastor. Phone 386-5055.� Fellowship Baptist Church, 1000Maxwell St., Avon Park, FL 33825.Sunday: Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.;Morning Worship, 10:45 a.m.;Wednesday: Evening Service, 7 p.m.;Children/Youth, 7 p.m. Telephone: 453-4256. Fax: 453-6986. E-mail: [email protected]; Web site, www.apfellowship.org.� First Baptist Church of Avon Park, 100N. Lake Ave., Avon Park, FL - 453-6681.Rev. Jon Beck, pastor; Rev. JohnattanSoltero, Hispanic pastor; Joy Loomis,director of music. Sunday – Sundayschool, 9:30 a.m.; Worship, 10:45 a.m.;Children’s Church, 10:45 a.m.; YouthChoir, 4:30 p.m.; Evening Worship, 6 p.m.Nursery provided for both services.Wednesday - Wednesday Night Supper,5:15 p.m.; Children’s Choir, 5:45 p.m.;Youth Activities, 6 p.m.; Prayer

Meeting/Bible Study, 6 p.m.; WorshipChoir Practice, 6 p.m.; Mission Programsfor Children, 6:45 p.m. Hispanic Services:Sunday school at 9:30 a.m., worship serv-ice at 11 a.m. Wednesday Bible study at 7p.m. To watch services online, go to thewebsite at www.fbcap.net. “In the heart ofAvon Park, for the hearts of Avon Park.”� First Baptist Church of Lake Josephine,111 Lake Josephine Drive, Sebring (justoff U.S. 27 midway between Sebring andLake Placid). Your place for family, friendsand faith. Sunday morning worship serv-ice is 11 a.m. Nursery is provided for bothservices with Children’s Church at 11 a.m.Life changing Bible Study for all agesstarts at 9:45 a.m. Sunday night worshipat 6 p.m. Wednesday Bible Study andPrayer meeting at 7 p.m. along with youthworship in the youth facility, and missionstraining for all children. Call the church at655-1524.� First Baptist Church of Lake Placid,Knowing God’s Heart and Sharing God’sHope, 119 E. Royal Palm St., Lake Placid,FL 33852 (863) 465-3721, Website:www.fbclp.com. Email:[email protected]. Sunday services -Traditional Service 9 a.m., ContemporaryService 10:30 a.m. Link Groups at 9 and10:30 a..m., Wednesday Activities: Familydinner at 5 p.m. ($4 per person, reserva-tions required). Prayer meeting, YouthIntersections, and MaxKidz Extreme meetat 6:15 p.m. The church is at 119 E. RoyalPalm St., Lake Placid. For information,call 465-3721 or go to www.fbclp.com.� First Baptist Church of Lorida locatedright on U.S. 98 in Lorida. Sunday Schoolbegins at 9:45 a.m. for all ages. Sundayworship services are at 11 a.m. and 6:30p.m. Preschool care is provided at the 11a.m. worship service. Wednesday eveningBible Study and Prayer meeting is at 6:30p.m., followed by adult choir rehearsal.From September the AWANA groupsmeet. First Lorida is the “Place to discoverGod’s love.” For more information aboutthe church or the ministries offered, call655-1878.� First Baptist Church, Sebring, 200 E.Center Ave., Sebring, FL 33870.Telephone: 385-5154. Rev. Matthew D.Crawford, senior pastor; Rev. NunoNorberto, associate pastor, minister ofmusic and senior adults; and DixieKreulen, preschool director. Group BibleStudies, 9:15 a.m.; Blended Service, 10:30a.m.; Mision Buatista Hispana, 2 p.m.;Sunday Evening Worship, 6 p.m.Wednesday night programs at the ROCbegin 5:30 p.m., at church begin 6:30p.m. Preschool and Mother’s Day Out forchildren age 6 weeks to 5 years old. Call385-4704. Website www.fbsebring.com� Florida Avenue Baptist Church, 401 S.Florida Ave., Avon Park. Mailing addressis 710 W. Bell St., Avon Park, FL 33825.Telephone, 453-5339. Rev. John D.Girdley, pastor. Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.;Sunday Worship, 11 a.m.; 11 a.m.Children’s Church; Sunday EveningWorship, 6 p.m. Wednesday night pro-grams for children, youth and adults at 7p.m.� Independent Baptist Church, 5704County Road 17 South, Sebring, FL33876. Sunday School, 9:30 a.m. Sundayworship, 10:30 a.m. Sunday evening, 6p.m. Wednesday service, 7 p.m.Fundamental, soul-winning, mission-minded, King James Bible Church. LarryRuse, pastor. Phone 655-1899. Bus trans-portation.� Leisure Lakes Baptist Church, 808Gardenia St., Lake Placid (just off ofMiller at the west end of Lake June)“Where the old fashion gospel ispreached.” Sunday School begins at 9:30a.m.; Sunday Worship service at 10:45a.m.; Sunday Evening Service is at 6 p.m.Wednesday Prayer Meeting and BibleStudy at 6 p.m. Call the church at 699-0671 for more information.� Maranatha Baptist Church (GARBC),35 Maranatha Blvd., Sebring, FL 33870(A half mile east of Highlands Avenue onArbuckle Creek Road.) Sunday School, 9

a.m.; Morning Worship, 10:15 a.m.;Evening Service, 6 p.m. Mid-week service,Wednesday, 6 p.m. Daily Prayer and BibleStudy, 8 a.m., Hamman Hall. PastorGerald Webber and Associate PastorsDon Messenger and Ted Ertle. Phone382-4301.� Parkway Free Will Baptist Church,3413 Sebring Parkway, Sebring, FL33870. Welcome to the church where the“Son” always shines. Sunday School, 10a.m.; Morning Worship, 11 a.m.; SundayEvening Worship, 6 p.m.; and WednesdayEvening Worship, 7 p.m. End-of-the-Month-Sing at 6 p.m. on the last Sundayof each month. The Rev. J.S. Scaggs, pas-tor. Church phone: 382-3552. Homephone: 214-3025. Affiliated with theNational Association of Free Will Baptists,Nashville, Tenn. � Sparta Road Baptist Church, (SBC)4400 Sparta Road. Rev. Mark McDowell,Pastor. Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; SundayMorning Worship, 11 a.m.; SundayEvening Worship, 6 p.m. Wednesday:Prayer/Bible Study, 6 p.m. Nursery pro-vided. For information, call 382-0869.� Southside Baptist Church (GARBC),379 S. Commerce Ave., Sebring. David C.Altman, Pastor. Sunday School for allages, 9:30 a.m.; Morning WorshipService, 10:45 a.m.; Evening Worship, 6p.m. Wednesday: Student ministry, 6:30p.m.; Awana kindergarten through fifthgrade, 6:30 p.m.; Adult Midweek Prayerand Bible Study, 7 p.m. A nursery forunder age 3 is available at all services.Provisions for handicapped and hard-of-hearing. Office phone, 385-0752.� Spring Lake Baptist Church, “Wherethe Bible is Always Open.” Pastor RichardSchermerhorn, 7408 Valencia Road; 655-2610. Assistant Pastor Ronald Smith,386-1610. On U.S. 98 at the Spring LakeVillage II entrance. Sunday School, 9:45a.m. for all ages; Morning Worship, 10:45a.m.; Sunday Evening Worship, 6 p.m.Wednesday Mid-week Bible Study andPrayer Service, 6:30 p.m. Nursery avail-able for all services.� Sunridge Baptist Church, (SBC) 3704Valerie Blvd. (U.S. 27 and Valerie, acrossfrom Florida Hospital), Sebring. TimFinch, pastor. Sunday School, 9;30 a.m.;Sunday Morning Worship, 10:45 a.m.;and Sunday Evening Service, 6 p.m.Wednesday: Prayer, Bible Study, andYouth, 6:30 p.m.Nursery provided. Forinformation, call 382-3695.

CATHOLIC� Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church,595 E. Main St., Avon Park, 453-4757.Father Nicholas McLoughlin, pastor.Saturday Vigil Mass is 4 p.m. in Englishand 7 p.m. in Spanish; Sunday mass 8 and10:30 a.m. in English. Weekday mass at8 a.m. Confessions are at 3:30 p.m.Saturday. Religious Education Classes(September to May) are 9-10:20 a.m.Sunday for grades K through 5th. Grades6th through Youth Bible Study are from6:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesday. Youth Nightsgrades 9th and up, 6:30-8:30 p.m.Wednesday. � St. Catherine Catholic Church, 820Hickory St., Sebring. Parrish office/mail-ing address: 882 Bay St., Sebring, FL33870, 385-0049, 385-6762 (Spanish);fax, 385-5169; email, [email protected];website, www.stcathe.com. SchoolOffice/Mailing, Principal Dr. Anna V.Adam, 747 S. Franklin St., Sebring, FL33870; 385-7300; fax, 385-7310; [email protected]. School office hours7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday-Friday.Clergy: Very Rev. José González, V.F.,[email protected] or 385-0049; ParochialVicar, Rev. Victor Caviedes, 385-3993;Assisting Priest (retired), Rev. J. PeterSheehan; Decons, Rev. Mr. James R.McGarry and Rev. Mr. Max M. Severe.WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE: Saturday: -4 p.m.; Sunday - 8 and 10 a.m., 12 p.m.(Spanish), 5 p.m. (Holy Family YouthCenter), every third Sunday of the month

at 2 p.m. (French Mass). Daily Mass:Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. and 12 p.m.Saturday at 9 a.m. Sacrament ofReconcilliation: 7:15-7:45 a.m. firstFriday, 2:30-3:15 p.m. Saturday and 9-9:45 a.m. Sunday. Office Hours: 8:30a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday-Friday.� St. James Catholic Church, 3380Placidview Drive, Lake Placid, 465-3215.Father Michael J. Cannon. Mass schedule:Summer (May 1 to Oct. 31) - SaturdayVigil, 4 p.m.; Sunday 8 a.m. and 9:30a.m.; Weekdays, 9 a.m. December thruEaster - Saturday, 4 p.m.; Sunday, 8 a.m.,9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m.; Weekdays 9 a.m.;and Holy Days 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 7p.m., first Saturday at 9 a.m.

CHRISTIAN� Cornerstone Christian Church, (SaxonHall) 1850 US 27 South, Avon Park, FL33825. Love Christ - Love People. BillRaymond, Preaching Minister. Jon Carter,Music Minister. Sunday, 9 a.m. BibleStudy; 10 a.m. Worship; Communionavailable each week. Wednesday, 7 p.m.Home Fellowship Group. For more infor-mation call 453-8929 or 449-0203.� Eastside Christian Church, 101 PeaceAve., Lake Placid, FL 33852 (two mileseast of U.S. 27 on County Road 621),465-7065. Ray Culpepper, senior pastor.Sunday: Bible classes, 9 a.m.; WorshipCelebration with the Lord’s Supper eachweek 10:15 a.m. Thelma Hall, pianist;and John Thomas, organist. Wednesday:Praise and Prayer, 6:30 p.m.; “BuildingGod’s Kingdom for Everyone.” “JesusChrist, the Way, Truth and Life!” “Aliveand Worth the Drive!”� Sebring Christian Church, 4514Hammock Road, Sebring, FL 33872. TodSchwingel, Preacher; Josh Knabel (812-618-7118), Youth Pastor. SundayWorship, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School, 11a.m.; Sunday Youth Service, 6 p.m;Evening service at 6:30 p.m. Wednesdaynight meals, 5:30 p.m. followed by classesat 6:30 p.m. Changing Seasons, a men’sgrief support group, meets at 1:30 p.m.Wednesdays. Alzheimers CaregiversSupport Group meets at 1 p.m.Thursdays. Office hours, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.Monday-Friday. Phone 382-6676.� First Christian Church (Disciples ofChrist), 510 Poinsettia Avenue, (cornerof Poinsettia and Eucalyptus), Sebring, FL33870. Phone: 385-0358 or 385-3435.The Rev. Ronald Norton, Pastor; SundaySchool, 9 a.m.; Praise Breakfast, 10 a..m.,Morning Worship, 10:30 a.m.; Children’sChurch, 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Praise andWorship, 6:45 p.m. Youth Fellowship,7:15 p.m.; Midweek Bible Study, 7:15p.m.

CHRISTIAN &MISSIONARY ALLIANCE� The Alliance Church of Sebring, 4451Sparta Road, Sebring, FL 33875. Call382-1343. Rev. Steve Hagen, pastor.Sunday services: Sunday School meets at9:30 a.m.; Sunday Morning WorshipService meets at 10:30 a.m.; SundayEvening Bible Study meets at 6 p.m. (offsite); Wednesday Prayer Gathering meetsat 6 p.m.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE� Christian Science Church, 154 N.Franklin St. Sunday: 10:30 a.m. morningworship and Sunday school. Testimonialmeetings at 4 p.m. each second andfourthWednesday. A free public readingroom/bookstore, located in the church, isopen before and after church services.The Bible and the Christian Science text-book, ‘Science and Health with Key to theScriptures’ by Mary Baker Eddy are ouronly preachers. All are welcome to come

and partake of the comfort, guidance,support and healing found in the lesson-sermons.

CHURCH OF BRETHREN

� Church of the Brethren, 700 S. PineSt., Sebring, FL 33870. Sunday: ChurchSchool, 9 a.m.; Morning Worship, 10:15a.m. Wednesday: Temple Choir, 7:30 p.m.Phone 385-1597.

CHURCH OF CHRIST

� Avon Park Church of Christ, 200 S.Forest Ave., Avon Park, FL 33825.Minister: Don Smith. Sunday WorshipServices, 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Nurseryfacilities are available at every service.Bible Study: Sunday, 9:30 a.m. andWednesday, 7 p.m. Bible centered classesfor all ages. Church phone: 453-4692.� Lake Placid Church of Christ, 1069Hwy 27 North, Lake Placid, FL 33852.Mailing address is P.O. Box 1440, LakePlacid, FL 33862. Sunday morning wor-ship is at 10 a.m. Sunday evening wor-ship is 6 p.m. Bible class 9 a.m. Sundaysand Wednesday evenings at 7 p.m. All areinvited to join us. For more information,call the church at 863-465-4636 or visitthe website www.thelordsway.com/lake-placidcofc/.� Sebring Parkway Church of Christ,3800 Sebring Parkway, Sebring, FL33870; 385-7443. Minister: KevinPatterson. Times of service are: SundayBible Class, 9 a.m.; Sunday WorshipService, 10 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service,6 p.m.; Wednesday Bible Class, 7 p.m.

CHURCH OF GOD

� Church on the Ridge, Church of God,Anderson, Ind.; 1130 State Road 17North, Sebring, FL 33870. WorshipService Sunday, 10 a.m.; Bible Study andPrayer, Wednesday, 7 p.m. Pastor Dr.Collet Varner, (863) 382-0773.

CHURCH OF NAZARENE

� First Church of the Nazarene of AvonPark, P.O. Box 1118., Avon Park, FL33825-1118. 707 W. Main St. RandallRupert, Pastor. Sunday: Sunday schoolbegins at 9:45 a.m. for all ages; morningworship at 10:45 a.m.; and evening serv-ice at 6 p.m. Wednesday evening service isat 7 p.m. with special services for childrenand adults. Special services once a monthfor seniors (Prime Time) and Ladies min-istries. If you need any more information,call 453-4851.� Lake Placid Church of the Nazarene ofLake Placid, 512 W. Interlake Blvd., LakePlacid, FL 33852. Adult Sunday school,9:30 a.m.; Morning worship, 10:45 a.m.;Wednesday evening: All church meal, 6p.m.; Christian Life Study, 6:45 p.m.Winter Life groups pending. Call 446-1339. Pastor Tim Taylor.

CHURCHES OF CHRISTIN CHRISTIAN UNION

� Community Bible Church - Churches ofChrist in Christian Union, (OrangeBlossom Conference Center) 1400 C-17ANorth (truck route), Avon Park.Presenting Jesus Christ as the answer fortime and eternity. Sunday morning wor-ship service, 10:30 a.m. Nursery provided.Junior Church activities at same time forK-6 grade. Sunday School Bible hour (allages), 9:30 a.m. (Transportation avail-able.) Sunday evening praise and worshipservice, 6 p.m. Wednesday evening prayerservice, 7 p.m. Children and youth activi-ties at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Everyone is wel-come, please come worship with us. TomSchwankweiler, Pastor. Phone 453-6052.

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Eminem7. “Hold On, We’re

Going Home (feat. Majid Jordan)”, Drake8. “Holy Grail (feat. Justin Timberlake)”, JAY

Z9. “Blurred Lines (feat. T.I. & Pharrell)”, Robin

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EPISCOPAL

� St. Agnes Episcopal Church, 3840Lakeview Drive, Sebring, FL 33870. FatherScott Walker. Sunday Services: HolyEucharist Rite I - 7:45 a.m., HolyEucharist Rite II - 10 a.m. Midweek serv-ice on Wednesday at 6 p.m. SundaySchool for all ages at 9 a.m. The nurseryis open 8:45 a.m. until 15 minutes afterthe 10 a.m. service ends. Wednesday:Adult Bible study, 9:30 a.m. Visitors arealways welcome. Church office 385-7649,for more information. � St. Francis of Assisi Anglican EpiscopalChurch, 43 Lake June Road, Lake Placid,FL 33852. Phone: 465-0051. Rev.Elizabeth L. Nelson, Rector. Worship:Sunday, 8 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.Sunday Bible study at 9:15 a.m. SundaySchool at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday Worship6 p.m. and Thursday 9 a.m. HolyCommunion with Healing. Call the thriftstore for hours open - 699-0221.

EVANGELICAL FREECHURCH OF AMERICA

� The Church of the Way EFCA, 1005 N.Ridgewood Drive, Sebring. Sunday schooland worship service at 9 a.m. and 10:30a.m. Youth activities, 6:30 p.m.Wednesdays. The Way is a church familywho gathers for contemporary worship,teaching of God’s Word, prayer and fel-lowship. Come early and stay after for fel-lowship time. Child care and children’schurch are provided. Reinhold Buxbaum ispastor. The Way – A place for you. OfficePhone: 471-6140, Church Cell Phone:273-3674. Email: [email protected]. Web site:www.TheWayChurch.org

GRACE BRETHREN

� Grace Brethren Church, 3626Thunderbird Road, (863) 835-0869. Dr.Randall Smith, senior pastor. Sunday serv-ices at 9 a.m., 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.;Wednesday services at 7 p.m. We offer“Kid City” Children’s Ministry throughoutall services, and there are variosu otherclasses for teens, married couples, “prime-timers,” and Bible studies in Spanish. “KidCity” Day Care, Preschool and After-School Monday-Friday: 7 a.m.-6 p.m. (Forregistration call: 385-3111). Check us outon the Web at www.sebringgrace.org.

INDEPENDENT

� First Christian Church, 1016 W.Camphor St., Avon Park, FL 33825; (863)453-5334; on the Web at www.firstchris-tianap.com. Our motto is “Jesus is First atFirst Christian Church.” Greg Ratliff, SeniorMinister; Bible School 9 a.m.; Worship 10a.m.; Wednesday studies for all ages, 6p.m. Nursery provided for all events.

INTERDENOMINATIONAL

� World Harvest and RestorationMinistries, (non-denominational) 2200 N.Avon Blvd., Avon Park, FL 33825. Phone:452-9777 or 453-3771. Sunday service:Sunday School, 10 a.m. and worship, 11a.m. Wednesday services: 7 p.m. prayermeeting/Bible study. Pastor: W.H. Rogers.

LUTHERAN

� Atonement Lutheran Church (ELCA),1178 S.E. Lakeview Drive., Sebring. DavidThoresen will be the Spiritual Leader everySunday for the next two months. JimHelwig, organist. Worship service with theHoly Eucharist is at 9:30 a.m. everySunday. Birthday Sunday is the firstSunday of each month after the service.Council meeting is on the first Tuesday ofeach month. WELCA meets at noon sec-ond Tuesday of the month with a lightlunch. Labyrinth Prayer Garden is open tothe public 24 hours a day, seven days aweek. When in need of prayers or to talkto God, come to the Garden. Come andgrow with us; we would love to meet youand your family. Don’t worry about howyou look. Jesus went to the temple in a

robe and sandals. Quilting classes everyMonday at 6 p.m. Looking for quilters orpeople willing to learn. Call 840-3303.� Christ Lutheran Church Avon Park –LCMS, 1320 County Road 64, 1/2 mileeast of Avon Park High School past thefour-way stop sign. Sunday DivineWorship is at 10 a.m. Holy Communion iscelebrated every week with traditionalLutheran Liturgy, hymns and songs ofpraise. Fellowship time with coffee andrefreshments follows worship. Come wor-ship and fellowship with us. For informa-tion call Pastor Scott McLean at (863)471-2663 or see christlutheranavonpark.org.� Faith Lutheran Church – LCMS, 2740Lakeview Dr, SebringChurch phone: 385-7848Faith Child Development Center: 385-3232. Summer Sunday Worship Service:10 a.m. Communion served 1st, 3rd & 5thSunday. Sunday School & Bible Classes:9:00 a.m. Worship Svc. Broadcast at 10a.m. on WITS 1340AM each Sunday.Educational opportunities include weeklyadult Bible studies, Faith’s Closet ThriftStore (385-2782) is open from 10 a.m.-2p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 10 a.m.-1 p.m.Saturday. All are warmly welcome in theFamily of Faith.� Good Shepherd Lutheran Church(AALC) American Association of LutheranChurches, 3240 Grand Prix Drive, Sebring,FL 33872. James Weed, pastor. WorshipService, 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Bible Study, 9a.m. Nursery provided. Social activities:Choir, Missions, Evangelism. Phone 385-2346.� New Life Evangelical Lutheran Church,3725 Hammock Road, a Congregation ofthe Evangelical Lutheran Synod (ELS) infellowship with the Wisconsin EvangelicalLutheran Synod (WELS). Sunday Worshipat 10 a.m.; Bible Study, 9 a.m. For moreinformation, call Pastor Luke Willitz at385-2293 or visit the Web site atwww.newlifesebring.com.� Resurrection Lutheran Church - ELCA,324 E. Main St., at Memorial Drive, AvonPark. Pastor Rev. John C. Grodzinski.Sunday worship at 9:30 a.m.; SundaySchool at 8:30 a.m. Fragrance FreeService Wednesdays at 7 p.m. OpenCommunion celebrated at all services.“God’s Work, Our Hands.”� Trinity Lutheran Church - LCMS, 25Lakeview St., Lake Placid, FL 33852; 465-5253. The Rev. Richard A. Norris, pastor;Susan C. Norris, Trinity Tots Pre-Schooldirector; and Noel Johnson, minister ofyouth and family life. Worship scheduleafter Easter through December: Worshipservice 10 a.m., and Education Hour, 8:45a.m. Worship schedule for Januarythrough Easter: Worship service, 8:30 and11 a.m., Education Hour 9:45 a.m.Traditional Service with Holy Communioneach first and third Sunday. Non-Traditional Service each second, fourthand fifth Sunday. Seasonal mid-week serv-ices Wednesday evenings during Lent andAdvent. Call church office for additionalWorship times and special holiday servic-es. Other activities and groups include:Choirs; Ladies Guild and LWML; Men’sFellowship Group, Small Group BibleStudies as scheduled; Trinity Tots Pre-school, Youth Group activities (call formeeting times and dates). Visit us onlineat: www.Trinitylutheranlp.com.

NON-DENOMINATIONAL

� Bible Fellowship Church, 3750Hammock Road, Sebring, FL 33872.Sunday: American Sign Language: FirstWorship sermon, songs signed first andsecond Worship services. First Worshipservice, 9 a.m.; Second Worship service,10:45 a.m. Nursery (up to 2 years old)and Sunday school classes both hours.BFC Youth, 6 p.m.; Evening Service, 6 p.m.Wednesday: Children, ages 4 yrs through5th grade, 6 p.m.; Youth, 6-7:30 p.m.;Prayer time, 6:15 p.m. Todd Patterson,pastor; Andy McQuaid, associate pastor.Web site www.bfcsebring.com. Churchoffice 385-1024.� Calvary Church, 1825 Hammock Road,Sebring, FL 33872; 386-4900. An inde-pendent community church. Sundaymorning worship, 10 a.m.; Bible study,11:15 a.m.; Sunday evening service, 6p.m. Pastor Lester Osbeck. A small friend-ly church waiting for your visit.

� Christian Training Ministries Inc., onSebring Parkway. Enter off County Road17 on Simpson Avenue. Sunday service isat 10 a.m.; Wednesday Bible study at 7p.m. A nursery and children’s church areprovided. The church is part of ChristianInternational Ministries Network, a fullgospel, non-denominational ministry.Linda M. Downing, minister, [email protected]. Casey L. Downing, associateminister, [email protected]. Churchphone: 314-0482. Web site: www.ctmforme.com� Crossroads of Life, 148 E. InterlakeBlvd., Lake Placid, FL 33852; Tel. 863-655-9163. The place of your Divineappointment. We expect our supernaturalGod to transform our lives through Hispower and grace. Come, learn of His planand destiny for you. With His plan wereceive His provision along with His per-fect timing and opportunity. What youhave longed for, but have been missing,can now be received. The direction youhave been thirsty for will suddenly quenchyour parched soul. Come to experiencewhat you have been missing for so long –empowerment in every area of life. Weteach, train and send forth to win souls.You don’t speak English – no problema.We have a Spanish interpreter. We lookforward to fellowship and worship withyou at 7 p.m. every Wednesday. PastoersGil and Rosa Benton (Faith Never Fails).� Grace Bible Church, 4541 ThunderbirdRoad, (second church on left) Sebring, FL33872. Phone, 382-1085. Dustin Woods,lead pastor. Saturday Worship, 6:30 p.m.Sunday, 9 and 11 a.m. Monday, 5:30-7:30p.m.; Wednesday, Children’s & YouthPrograms, 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 8:30 p.m.,College Ministry. www.GBCconnected.org� Faith Center West Ministry, “RestoringLives, Families & Communities.” In theBanyan Plaza at 2349 U.S. 27 South,Sebring, FL 33870. Pastors Leroy andJoAnn Taylor the public to worship onSundays at 11 a.m. for Praise & Worshipand on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. for Biblestudy and prayer. Children classes areavailable for all services. Ministries foryouth, men and women are held through-out the month. Please attend these Spirit-filled services. “Moving Forward in Unity”.Church office, 385-1800 or 655-2748. � Highlands Community Church, a casu-al contemporary church, meets at 3005New Life Way. Coffee at 9:30 a.m.;Worship at 10 a.m. Nursery and Kid’sWorld classes. Small groups meetthroughout the week. Church phone is402-1684; Pastor Bruce A. Linhart. � New Beginnings Church of Sebring,worshiping at The Morris Chapel, 307 S.Commerce Ave., Sebring, FL 33870.Pastor Gary Kindle. Bible study everySunday, 9 a.m. Blended Church Service,10:15 a.m. Phone (863) 835-2405. new-beginningschurchofsebring.com Beginyour week with us.� The Lord’s Sentinel Fellowship Church,148 E. Interlake Blvd., Lake Placid (atLake Placid Christian School), PastorJuanita Folsom. Sunday morning service,10:30 a.m.; Monday, Sentinel School ofTheology, 7 p.m.; Church service, Tuesday,7 p.m. More information atwww.juanitafolsomministries.com.� Union Church, 106 N. Butler Ave.,Avon Park, FL 33825. Sunday traditionalworship service is at 7:45 a.m. (Octoberthrough Easter) and 9 a.m. ContemporarySunday worship service is at 10:45 a.m.Nursery and children’s church available.Wednesday night worship with PastorTiger Gullett and CrossTalk with PastorBill Breylinger at 6 p.m. Breakfast andlunch menus at Solid Grounds. SeniorPastor is Bill Breylinger. Office: 453-3345.Web page at www.weareunion.org. � Unity Life Enrichment Centre, newlocation, 10417 Orange Blossom Blvd. S.,Sebring, FL 33875; 471-1122; [email protected]. Web site, www.unity-ofsebring.org. 10:30 a.m. SundayCelebration Service, Nursery andChildren’s Church. Weekly Classes,Christian Bookstore and Cafe, PrayerMinistry, Life Enrichment Groups. Rev.Andrew C. Conyer, senior minister trans-forming lives from ordinary to extraordi-nary.

PRESBYTERIAN

� Covenant Presbyterian Church (PCA),

4500 Sun ‘N Lake Blvd., Sebring, 33872-2113. Pastor Tom Schneider. ACongregation of the Presbyterian Churchin America. Sunday morning worship:Traditional service, 10:30 a.m.; Sundayschool, 9:15 a.m. Wednesday eveningPrayer Meeting, 6 p.m.; Children’s/YouthGroup, 5:30-7 p.m.; choir practice, 7:15p.m. Phone: 385-3234; Fax: 385-2759; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: www.cpc-sebring.org. Office hours: 8:30-12:30 a.m.Monday-Friday.� First Presbyterian Church ARP, 215 E.Circle St., (two entrances on LaGrande),Avon Park, FL 33825. Phone: 453-3242.The Rev. Robert Johnson is the pastor.Sunday School, 9:15 a.m.; SundayWorship, 10:45 a.m.; Wednesday Biblestudy, 10:30 a.m.; Potluck dinner, 6 p.m.third Wednesday; choir practice, 6:30p.m. each Wednesday; Children Ministryand Youth Group, 6 p.m. each Friday;Mary Circle business meeting, 1 p.m. sec-ond Wednesday; Sarah Circle businessmeeting, 4 p.m. second Thursday;Women’s Ministries Combined Biblestudy, 4 p.m. third Thursday. Be a part ofa warm, caring church family with tradi-tional services, following biblical truth.� First Presbyterian Church, ARP, 319Poinsettia Ave., Sebring, FL 33870. 385-0107. Email: [email protected], Rev. DarrellA. Peer, pastor. Sunday School, all ages,9:30 a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. YouthGroup (middle school and high schoolage), 3:30-6:30 p.m. Tuesdays.Wednesday: Adult Bible Study, 10:30 a.m.Nursery available during worship. Call thechurch office for more information andother classes. � First Presbyterian Church, ARP,www.fpclp.com, 117 N. Oak Ave., LakePlacid, 465-2742. The Rev. Ray Cameron,senior pastor; the Rev. Drew Severance,associate pastor. Sunday TraditionalWorship, 9 a.m.; Contemporary Worship,11 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:10 a.m.Wednesday evenings: Adult small groupBible Study 7 p.m. (Nursery available),Youth Group – 6-12th grades) 7 p.m.,nursery and children’s ministry, 7 p.m.Family Biblical Counseling available byappointment. � Spring Lake Presbyterian Church(USA), 5887 U.S. 98, Sebring, FL 33876.Sunday School, 9 a.m.; Worship Service,10 a.m. Session meets at 6:30 p.m. thesecond Thursday of the month,September through June. Board ofDeacon’s meet at 5:30 p.m. first Mondayof the month. Choir rehearses at 7 p.m.each Wednesday, September throughApril. Presbyterian Women meet at 10a.m. the third Thursday of the month.Organist: Richard Wedig. Choir Director:Suzan Wedig. Church phone, 655-0713;e-mail, [email protected], Website, http://slpc.embarqspace.com.

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST

� Avon Park Seventh-day AdventistChurch, 1410 West Avon Blvd., AvonPark. Phone: 453-6641 or e-mail: [email protected], Sabbath School,9:30 a.m Saturday. Church Service 10:45a.m. Saturday. Wednesday prayer meeting7 p.m. Community Service hours onTuesday and Thursday is from 9:00 a.m.till 2 p.m. A sale takes place the firstSunday of each month. Senior PastorFrank Gonzalez. Walker MemorialAcademy Christian School offering educa-tion for kindergarten through 12thgrades. ALL ARE WELCOME. AssociatePastor is Ryan Amos. Website is www.dis-coverjesus.org� Sebring Seventh-Day Adventist Church,2106 N. State Road 17, Sebring; 385-2438. Worship Services: 9:15 a.m.Worship hour, 11 a.m. Prayer meeting,Tuesday, 7:15 p.m. Community service:every Monday 9-11 a.m. Health Seminarwith Dr. Seralde, every Friday, 10:00 a.m.Pastor Nathan Madrid.

THE CHURCH OF LATTERDAY SAINTS

� The Church of Jesus Christ of LatterDay Saints, 3235 Grand Prix Dr., Sebring,Fl 33872; (863) 382-9092 Steve Austin,

Bishop; Mark Swift, 1st Counselor; DelMurphy, 2nd Counselor. Family HistoryCenter (863) 382-1822. Sunday Services:Sacrament Meeting, 10-11:10 a.m.;Gospel Doctrine, 11:20 a.m. to noon;Priesthood/Relief Society, 12:10-1p.m.;Primary for children, 11:15 a.m. to 1p.m.; Youth Activities: Wednesdays, 7-8:20 p.m. Scouts: first and thirdWednesday, 7-8:20 p.m. Activity Days: 8-11 yr old Boys and Girls, second andfourth Wednesdays, 7-8:20 p.m.

THE SALVATION ARMY

� The Salvation Army – Center forWorship. Sunday: Sunday School, 9:45a.m.; Holiness meeting, 11 a.m.; andPraise meeting and lunch, noon. Tuesday:Bible study, 6:30 p.m.; and Women’sMinistries, 7 p.m. Wednesday: YouthMinistries, 4 p.m. All meetings are at 120N. Ridgewood Ave., Sebring. For moreinformation, visit the Web site www.salva-tionarmysebring.com or call Major BruceStefanik at 385-7548, ext. 110.

UNITED METHODIST

� First United Methodist Church, 105 S.Pine St., Sebring, FL 33870. The Rev. A.C.Bryant, pastor. Traditional WorshipService at 8:10 and 10:50 a.m. in thesanctuary, Contemporary Worship in theFLC at 9:30 a.m. Sunday School at 9:30and 10:30 a.m. Methodist YouthFellowship at 5:30 p.m. Sundays with RickHeilig, youth director. The 10:55 a.m.Sunday worship service is broadcast overWITS 1340 on AM dial. There is a nurseryavailable at all services.� First United Methodist Church, 200 S.Lake Ave., Avon Park, FL 33825. (863)453-3759, Rev. John Bryant, Pastor.Sunday School - 9 a.m., Worship - 10:30a.m. Bible study every Wednesday at 6p.m. Visit us at our church website:www.fumcap.org.� Memorial United Methodist Church,500 Kent Ave., (overlooking Lake Clay)Lake Placid, FL, 33852. Rev. Tim Haas,pastor. Rev. Claude H.L. Burnett, pastoralassistant. Rev. Jerry McCauley, visitationpastor. Sunday worship services: WorshipService, 8:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. SundaySchool, 9:30 a.m. Loving nursery careprovided every Sunday morning. YouthFellowship, 5 p.m. We offer Christ-cen-tered Sunday school classes, youth pro-grams, Bible studies, book studies andChristian fellowship. We are a congrega-tion that wants to know Christ and makeHim known. Check out our church web-site at www.memorialumc.com or call thechurch office at 465-2422. LakeviewChristian School, VPK to Grade 5, 465-0313.� St. John United Methodist Church,3214 Grand Prix Drive, Sebring, FL33872. The Rev. Ronald De Genaro Jr.,Pastor. Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; AdultSunday School, 11 a.m.; Sunday MorningWorship, 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m.Nursery provided for all services. Phone382-1736. www.stjohnsebring.org� Spring Lake United Methodist Church,8170 Cozumel Lane, (Hwy 98) Sebring.The Rev. Clyde Weaver Jr., Pastor.Worship service starts at 9:55 a.m. BibleStudy meets at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday.Choir Practice at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday.Church office phone: 655-0040.

UNITED CHURCHOF CHRIST

� Emmanuel United Church of Christ,Jesus didn’t reject people, neither do we.Join us for worship every Sunday at 9:30a.m. and you’ll be embraced by a compas-sionate congregation that is all-inclusive.We’re at the corner of Hammock andHope. Choir and Bell Choir practice onWednesday; Bible studies throughout theweek. 471-1999; sebringemmanuelucc.com.

PLACES TO WORSHIP

The ListsTelevision

Nielson RatingsPrime-time viewership

numbers compiled byNielsen for Sept. 9-15.Listings include theweek’s ranking and view-ership.

1. NFL Football: SanFrancisco at Seattle,NBC, 20.54 million.

2. “Football RainDelay,” NBC, 17.84 mil-lion.

3. NFL Football:Philadelphia atWashington, ESPN,16.52 million.

4. “Sunday Night NFLPre-Kick,” NBC, 15.22million.

5. “60 Minutes,” CBS,12.45 million.

6. “Football Night inAmerica,” NBC, 11.31million.

7. NFL Football:Houston at San Diego,ESPN, 10.95 million.

8. “America’s GotTalent” (Wednesday),NBC, 10.08 million.

9. “Under the Dome,”CBS, 9.72 million.

10. “America’s GotTalent” (Tuesday), NBC,9.24 million.

11. “Duck Dynasty,”A&E, 9.14 million.

12. “NCIS,” CBS, 9.07million.

13. NFL Football: N.Y.Jets at New England,NFLN, 8.79 million.

14. “Miss AmericaCompetition,” ABC, 8.59million.

15. “The Big BangTheory,” CBS, 8 million.

Best-SellersWall Street Journal

FICTION1. “W Is for Wasted” by Sue

Grafton (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)2. “Never Go Back” by Lee

Child (Delacorte)3. “The Mayan Secrets” by

Clive Cussler (Penguin Group)4. “The Fault in Our Stars”

by John Green (Dutton Books)5. “The Cuckoo’s Calling” by

Robert Galbraith (J.K.Rowling)

6. “Inferno” by Dan Brown(Doubleday)

7. “Wonder” by R.J. Palacio(Alfred A. Knopf Books forYoung Readers)

8. “Second Watch” by J.A.Jance (William Morrow & Co.)

9. “Robert B. Parker’sDamned” by MichaelBrandman (G.P. Putnam’sSons)

10. “Insurgent” by VeronicaRoth (Katherine Tegen Books)

NONFICTION1. “W Is for Wasted” by Sue











FICTION E-BOOKS1. “W Is for Wasted” by Sue

Grafton (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)

2. “Never Go Back” by LeeChild (Delacorte)

3. “The Mayan Secrets” byClive Cussler (Penguin Group)

4. “The Fault in Our Stars”by John Green (Dutton Books)

5. “The Cuckoo’s Calling” byRobert Galbraith (J.K.Rowling)




9. “Robert B. Parker’sDamned” by MichaelBrandman (G.P. Putnam’s

Sons)10. “Insurgent” by Veronica

Roth (Katherine Tegen Books)

NONFICTION E-BOOKS1. “W Is for Wasted” by Sue











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Courtesy photoHardee County native and 36-year classroom veteran Chip Ballard’s fourth book, ‘FrontPorch Ramble,’ is now available and may be purchased at most major bookstores, fromRoseHeart Publishing, or Amazon.com. Autographed copies may be obtained from theauthor, who can be reached via email at [email protected] or cell phone at863-448-6494. His website is www.chipballard.com

Arts & EntertainmentBallard has new book

Space available atannual Fine Arts &Crafts Festival

SEBRING – Opportunitiesfor non-profit organizationsto secure discounted vendorspace is available during the47th Annual Fine Arts &Crafts Festival, which willbe held in DowntownSebring from 9 a.m. to 4p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2 and isorganized by the HighlandsArt League (HAL). Thedeadline for non profitorganizations to secure spaceis 5 p.m. Oct. 1 and the dis-counted fee is $60.

To inquire about vendorspace (for non profits orartists) and/or remainingsponsorships, visitwww.HighlandsArtLeague.orgor call 385-5312.

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Dear Abby: The otherday, while backing out of aparking space, I nearly hit awoman who was walkingbehind my car with her tod-dler son. I didn’t see thembecause I was dialing mycellphone and was distract-ed. The woman rightfullyyelled at me to pay attentionand get off my phone, andalthough she was graciousand encouraged me to con-sider it a “wake-up call,” Ididn’t react as kindly to herout of embarrassment.Instead, I became defensiveand didn’t apologize, eventhough it was my fault.

I shudder to think of whatmight have happened, and Iadmit this wasn’t the firstclose call I’ve had. I’m amarried mother of two andshould know better.

While I can’t go back andfind her, I hope the womansees this letter. I want her toknow that because of thatincident, I now lock mypurse and phone in the trunkor place them on the back-seat out of reach before Istart my car. This way, Iavoid the temptation to lookat messages or make a call.

I have also asked my kidsto keep me accountable byreminding me if I happen toforget. They will be drivingin a few years, and I want toset a good example forthem.

Please pass this idea along— especially to moms likeme who try to multitask inthe car.

— Hands On The Wheelin California

Dear Hands On TheWheel: Your suggestion ofplacing your purse andphone on the backseat out ofreach is a good one. You are

really lucky youdidn’t kill or seri-ously injure thatmother and herchild. Regardless ofwhether or not thewoman sees yourletter, I hope it willremind other driversof the danger ofdriving while dis-tracted.

And while I’m on the sub-ject, I read an article recent-ly that discussed distractedWALKING. According toU.S. Secretary ofTransportation AnthonyFoxx, this has caused anincrease in pedestriandeaths.

In 2011, more than 1,500pedestrians were treated inemergency rooms because ofinjuries they suffered whileusing a portable electronicdevice.

The safest course of actionfor drivers AND pedestriansis to do only one thing at atime, and to be fully presentwhile doing it.

Dear Abby: I have beendivorced for 13 years, and Ioften wonder how to fill outquestionnaires that ask mymarital status. I have recent-ly started checking “single”because enough time seemsto have passed, and I don’tdefine myself by mydivorce. However, now I’mwondering if there’s a cer-tain etiquette recommended.

— Status Unknown inOhio

Dear Status Unknown:Honesty is recommended. Asmuch as you might like topresent yourself that way,you are no longer single.Calling yourself single isdishonest. As someone who

has been marriedand divorced, youare a divorcee —and you will beuntil you remarry.Saying you are sin-gle is a misrepre-sentation of thefacts.

Dear Abby: Ihave a son-in-law

whom I hate to ask ques-tions. He goes into so muchdetail that I’m always sorry Iasked.

Is there any way to make

him get to the point? — Likes It Brief

Dear Likes It Brief: Yes.Explain that when he goesinto so much detail, you canremember only 10 percent ofwhat he says, so please getto the point. And when heforgets, remind him.

Dear Abby is written by AbigailVan Buren, also known asJeanne Phillips, and was found-ed by her mother, PaulinePhillips. Write Dear Abby atwww.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.


Diversions/PuzzlesHURRY! By RICH NORRIS & JOYCE NICHOLS LEWISACROSS1 Clerics in unmonastère6 Scanner reading13 Directory of notables20 Jeweler's aid21 "Umbrella" singer22 Collaborative instruc-tional website23 *Similarly troubled25 Muslim domain26 Like an emcee who'soverdoing it27 Home to millions28 High-tech filmeffects, for short30 Worst31 Till the cows comehome33 Part of TNT36 Colorado River feeder37 Acronymous 13-Down gun38 *Mythological trick42 Rapids phenomenon45 "That's so sweet!"46 Where Rome is48 "In Dreams" actor49 Coral element53 Donne's "Death BeNot Proud," e.g.55 1996 SummerOlympics star57 Good way to find arelic59 It might involve abouncing ball62 "Crowd Goes Wild"host, familiarly63 *Design on a shield66 Secret observer'sopening68 1998 insect-worldanimated film69 Draft status70 Psyche's beloved71 Some OR workers75 Snaps78 *Most people can'tstand to work in one80 Ames native83 Coal-rich region ofcentral Europe85 How stock may bebought86 __ Faso

88 Loire Valley city91 Latin clarifier92 Nitrogen-based dye93 Skinks and geckos96 Straight up98 Novelist Jaffe100 *Fire102 Sponsor of PSAs onDUI106 Flow forcefully108 Response to "Cleanyour room," perhaps109 One adding thingsup111 Old Spice rival112 Seeking, in ads113 Some ER cases116 "Keep dreaming!"117 Bread with salad?119 Embarking onsomething exciting, anda hint regarding whatthis puzzle's starredanswers' endings havein common123 Mist-ify?124 Psyched125 Church responses126 Post-soak condition127 "Friends" had 10 ofthem128 Impetuous

DOWN1 Glitterati groups2 Bit of wit3 Lighter liquid4 "Heartburn" screen-writer5 Words below a badgrade, perhaps6 Cup holder?7 Strives8 South Korean presi-dent, 1948-19609 Pool room10 John __ Lennon11 Some court evidence12 Face up to an embar-rassing mistake13 Global conflict, briefly14 "Forget __": 1964 hit15 Striped rainforestcritter16 Quiet as a mouse,e.g.

17 *"Bor-r-r-ring!"18 Have the __ for19 Have a mortgage24 Elec. instrument29 Like the "Saw" films32 Prohibition propo-nents34 __ peace35 Angle symbols36 Singer Halliwell39 Love letter symbols40 Letters for occu-pants?41 By hook or by crook43 Co-star of Tom in "AFew Good Men"44 Holiday tubers45 Vision: Pref.47 Marx not seen infilms49 Type type50 "__, you noblestEnglish": "Henry V"51 Future D.A.'s exam52 First name of twoIsraeli prime ministers

54 __ in November56 Shoe insert58 Some sky lights, tosome60 Runs61 Sedgwick of "TheCloser"64 Ancient Indians of theFour Corners region65 Int.-lowering option67 1952 WinterOlympics site72 Baguette spread73 "JAG" spin-off74 9, perhaps: Abbr.76 Indigo dye77 Watch over78 Reds, on score-boards79 Pique80 Support beam81 Greek spirits82 *Bad thing to get offon84 Ice skater Cohen87 Close at hand

89 Notable age90 Religious offshoot94 MLB nos.95 Puts a new top on97 Designer cologne99 Fall101 Cybermemos102 Puccini's "__Butterfly"103 Eatery where "youcan get anything youwant"104 Respectable105 Not casual107 "Socrate" composer110 Rabbi's study111 Galleria display112 Model Sastre114 Dimwit115 Knock for a loop117 Harsh bird call118 Cologne meas.120 Old-style "Tsk!"121 Monk's address122 Officejet Pro print-ers

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Anyone whohas read this col-umn for a whileknows I love themountains andhiking. Vacationsusually includetime in majesticheights, nearwaterfalls andstreams, walkingthrough rocky ter-rain and inhaling the cleanscent of evergreen forests.

It is the place in whichmy whole being bursts intosong.

A few weeks ago, weattended a conference inDenver, Colo. After theconference, we left earlySunday morning to driveabout four hours to Aspento spend a week with ourson and daughter-by-love,meeting them at churchthat morning. We woulddrive over IndependencePass as it is the shortestand most scenic way toAspen. It is also the nar-rowest, high up in themountains.

The day dawned clearand bright as we picked upthe pass. The last few timeswe drove this way, it wasfall. The yellow and goldenaspen trees glitteredamongst the evergreens andset my heart aflutter.

This time it was summerand the beauty was stillastounding.

Peaks and valleys risingand dipping with variousshades of green and sur-prises of colorful wildflow-ers evoked unbidden emo-tions. Accompanied byclear blue skies with fluffyclouds drifting by, I couldbarely comment.

A heartfelt song spilled

over my lips as Isang about howgreat our God is.But, as I begansinging a favoriteverse that speaksof the woods andmountains, thetears flowed andchoked my songmid-sentence. Theworship of my

God became one of silentawe and wonder.

He created all of this forme and for you. What awondrous gift from ourgood God, so thoughtfuland generous. And what amagnificent display of whohe is.

As we arrived at church,I commented that it wasthe most beautiful drive tochurch I had ever experi-enced. I thought of theverses found in 1Chronicles 16:29b; 30, 31,33, 34, NKJV, which say:

“Oh, worship the Lord inthe beauty of holiness!Tremble before Him, allthe earth…Let the heavensrejoice, and let the earth beglad…The Lord reigns…the trees of the woods shallrejoice before the Lord;Oh, give thanks to theLord, for He is good! ForHis mercy endures forev-er.”

God had gifted me spe-cially that day. Sittingbeside our son and his wifeto worship was the icing onthe cake after the incredi-ble sweetness of silentworship in his presenceamidst his creation.

The beauty of holinessbegins in the heart. Selah

Jan Merop of Sebring is aNews-Sun correspondent.

Worship in thebeauty of holiness

Pause AndConsider

Jan Merop

Metro News ServiceAries (March 21-April

20) – Aries, someonewhose opinion matters toyou may disagree with youon an important point. Useyour powers of persuasion,and both of you will be bet-ter for it.

Taurus (April 21-May21) – Take your upbeat atti-tude to new heights thisweek, Taurus. New chal-lenges will emerge in thecoming weeks, so find newinspiration and things willgo smoothly.

Gemini (May 22-June21) – Gemini, keep yourhead on straight over thenext week, which figures tobe hectic. Cool headsalways prevail, and yourcalm approach will benoticed by others.

Cancer (June 22-July22) – Cancer, your ingenu-ity is treasured among thepeople closest to you, butthose who do not know youmay be unfamiliar with thetricks you have up yoursleeve. Take time to showthem.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 23) –Leo, someone wants to takeyour relationship to anotherlevel, so let this personknow you are on the samepage. Otherwise, you bothmay be floundering aroundfor some time.

Virgo (Aug. 24-Sept.22) – Virgo, good newsawaits on the job this week,even if it is totally unex-pected. Nonetheless, it canbe exciting to know thatsomeone is watching outfor you.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)– Libra, you may be excit-ed about an upcomingevent or getaway, but don’tlet your anticipation get thebest of you. Remember,

you do need to plan andpack.

Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov.22) – Scorpio, embrace achallenge that presentsitself this week. No matterthe scale of the challenge,you will soon find you’reup to it, and so will thosearound you.

Sagittarius (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – Sagittarius, beopen to new experiences, asyou do not know when sur-prises are going to comearound the bend. This weekmay prove to be a real eye-opener.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan.20) – It’s time to ditch anybad habits that have beenholding you back,Capricorn. Set a newcourse, with new goals, andthose old habits will soonbe an afterthought.

Aquarius (Jan. 21-Feb.18) – A heightened senseof urgency may have youjumping into a situation,Aquarius. But give this sit-uation the careful consider-ation it deserves. Keep youreyes on the future.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March20) – Pisces, now is thetime to redirect some ofyour professional ambitionsto your personal life. It’s aneffort worth making.

Famous birthdaysSept. 22, Bruce

Springsteen, Singer (64);Sept. 23, Robert Irvine,Chef (49); Sept. 24, MarkHamill, Actor (62); Sept.25, Shawn Stockman,Singer (41); Sept. 26, MeatLoaf, Singer (66); Sept. 27,Gwyneth Paltrow, Actress(41); Sept. 28, Hilary Duff,Actress (26).

Get ready for ahectic week, Gemini

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