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SEBRING — School superintend-ents across the state have grave con-cerns regarding the new standards forevaluating schools and individualstudents just approved by the StateBoard of Education.

Highlands County’s Wally Cox isone of those concerned.

“Don’t get me wrong,” he said inan interview at his office Thursday.“We want accountability. We want to

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By ED [email protected] PARK – The

Highlands County Sheriff’sOffice continues their inves-tigation of a 40-year-oldwoman who was found deadin her home just outside AvonPark.

Highlands CountySheriff’s Office PublicInformation Officer NellHays said Saturday morningthat the cause Margaret AnnCromlin’s death had not beendetermined but that “it does

not appear to be a suicide.”“We are looking for any-

one who can tell us anythingabout this lady, anybody thatspoke to her recently or any-thing like that,” Hays said.“Anything anybody wants totell us, we will be happy tolisten.”

Hays said the investigationwas really just getting up tospeed after obtaining searchwarrants for the home lateFriday night.

Woman’s deathinvestigated

News-Sun photo by KATARA SIMMONSCrime scene tape surrounds the scene where a40-year-old woman was found dead Fridaynight under suspicious circumstances at theCamp ‘N Comfort Mobile Home Park.

‘It does not appear to be a suicide.’

NELL HAYSHCSO spokesperson

By ED [email protected]

AVON PARK — Two suspects arecurrently being sought for a string offour armed robberies in Avon Park.

“The MO (modus operandi) arethe same,” said Cmdr. Jason ListerFriday when asked why the APPDbelieved just two individuals wereinvolved.

The first robbery occurred on Feb.20 at the 1412 Memorial Drive

2 mensoughtfor fourholdups

Courtesy photoA man enters the 7 Days gas sta-tion in Avon Park on March 1 withgun in hand.

By CHRISTOPHER [email protected]

SEBRING —Congress andPresident Ronald Reaganestablished the week begin-ning March 7 as “Women’sHistory Week” in 1981.

In 1987 the week wasextended to the entire month.

In honor of Women’sHistory Month, the News-Sun honors Sarah Fay, nowretired and living in Sun ’NLake.

This story is just one of themany that make up Fay’s life.It describes how she becamea part of the official writtenrecord of World War II.

On Oct. 19, 1944 Fay, thenMiss Sarah Eveleigh —wearing a brand new dress,gloves and fancy pumps —took a bottle of champagne inher hands as if it were a base-ball bat. She said the tradi-tional phrase “I christen theeLST-652,” and struck the

ship as hard as she could withthe bottle. Champagnesprayed as she watched 652slide sideways into theIllinois River.

Actually, her participationwas unusual.

Traditionally ships arechristened by the wife of theship’s new captain, or impor-tant people of note.

Fay, who had just turned

A footnote in WWII history

Courtesy photoIt is Oct. 19, 1944 and Sarah Fay, then Sarah Eveleigh,cracks a bottle of Champagne on the bow of LST-652 as shechristens the ship. She then donated a collection of phono-graph records to the crew so they could have music at sea.

See DEATH, page 5A

See FAY, page 5A

See FOUR, page 6A

News-Sun photo by KATARA SIMMONSBagged food items, beverages and condiments sit ready to be handed out Saturday morning by members ofUnion Church and the Heartland Food Reservoir in Avon Park.

By SAMANTHA [email protected]

AVON PARK — In a full-sizedact of generosity and altruism, theUnion Church and Heartland FoodReservoir put together a massivefood distribution resulting in tens ofthousands of pounds of food beingput in the hands of the needySaturday.

Union Church Pastor BillBreylinger stood with volunteersand congregation members

Saturday morning and explained theidea behind the distribution.

“We love local missions. We seethat there is a real need right now,we see it in our own congregation.We will do anything we can tohelp,” said Breylinger.

With a largely minority congre-gation, Breylinger knows the diffi-culties behind achieving a goalwhen people refuse to work togeth-er.

“It took us 20 years to get to this

point and it was a lot of work. Wewant to reach out and do what wecan for everyone. God loves us all,”Breylinger said.

Director of the Heartland FoodReservoir Natalie Simon workedalongside Breylinger and the 20-plus volunteers.

“They (Union) are one of ourpartner agencies. We work withthem a lot, but this is the biggest

Food reservoir, Union team up for food distribution

Helping those in need

See FOOD, page 4A

Cox: Newrules meanmore failing

schools

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COMMUNITY BRIEFS

Sebring Regional Airportis celebrating its 70thanniversary this CentennialYear. On Saturday, March24, from 11 a.m. ‘til 3 p.m.,join them for a complimenta-ry visit to the WarbirdExposition.

Food and beverages willbe available for purchasefrom food vendors and theRunway Café. Bring yourlawn chairs and blankets andjust have a great time.

The North AmericanTrainer Association (NATA)T-6 and T-28 Spring

Formation Clinic will takeplace at the airport thismonth. These ex-militaryaircraft, known as historicWarbirds, chose the SebringRegional Airport as their

practice site in preparationfor Sun ‘n Fun 2012.

The public is encouragedto come out to see and hearthese beautiful aircraft.

There will be close to 30Warbirds onsite, all nowcivilian owned and flown.The planes and their pilotswill be in Sebring for FAST(Formation and SafetyTraining), as they preparefor the air show at Sun ‘nFun held in Lakeland fromMarch 27 through April 1.The Sebring RegionalAirport will serve as the

training site for FAST, anorganization dedicated toteach safe formation flyingin restored, vintage militaryaircraft as well as civilianaircraft.

The pilots of the T-6 andT-28 Warbirds will be prac-ticing their unison take-offsand landings as well as per-fecting their formation flyingpatterns during their stay inSebring. The T-6, a traineraircraft, was used in WorldWar II and the Korean War.

Warbird Exposition makes specialvisit to Sebring Regional Airport

Centennial Notebook

Art on theWaterfront set forApril 21

SEBRING – Island-styledining and music combinewith artist demos and a liveauction of beach get-aways, watersports equip-ment, original art and moreat Highlands Art League’sspring fundraiser Art on theWaterfront, to be held theevening of Saturday, April21.

Last year’s event raisednearly $20,000 to supportthe programs and servicesof HAL with more than100 attendees enjoying theKey West atmosphere thatfeatured an outdoor buffet,mojitos, margaritas andmore against the backdropof a Lake Jackson sunset.

Tickets are $35 inadvance. Call 385-6682 toreserve.

EntertainmentRevue atReflections

AVON PARK —Reflections on Silver Lakewill host EntertainmentRevue, a unique arts groupbased in Tampa, at 7 p.m.on Monday. EntertainmentRevue has become widelyrecognized for its talentedgroup of performers whoentertain at corporateevents, community events,and in professional theatersacross the Southeast.

The group has appearedon “CBS This Morning,”the “Today show,” “StarSearch,” with Elton Johnand on Broadway. Thegroup has also producedthe winner of AmericanIdol Juniors and threefinalists on American Idol.

Tickets are $8, available

at the door and the publicis welcome. For moreinformation call 452-5037.

‘Good Dog’ offeredat YMCA

SEBRING – HighlandsCounty YMCA, 100YMCA Lane, will offer aspring dog obedience andbehavioral modificationcourse, “Good Dog.” Thecourse is being offered toall citizens and visitors ofHighlands County. You donot have to be a member ofthe YMCA to partake.

This is a six-weekcourse, which will begin at4 p.m. Saturday, April 7.The class meets eachSaturday for approximatelyone hour. The classes areheld under cover at thebasketball courts to keepowner and dog cool alongwith protecting us frompossible summer showers.

“Good Dog” is gearedtowards dogs of all agesand levels. The course willfocus on good manners,obedience and behavioralmodifications. Upon com-pletion of this course youwill have learned how tocommunicate better withyour dog and have fundoing it. Many techniquesare utilized including posi-tive reinforcement to helpmotivate both you and yourdog.

Some of the exercisesyou will be instructed ininclude: Sit, down, stand,stay, come, heel/walkingon a loose lead and more.Topics to be addressed aregeared towards each indi-vidual student, i.e., calmgreetings, jumping, bark-ing, biting and other prob-

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By ED [email protected]

SEBRING —“Highlands CountySheriff’s Office PublicInformation Officer NellHays on Friday that nofurther information isavailable in the recentrobbery of a MidFloridaBank on Tuesday.

“But we are workingsome leads,” Hays said.

The robbery happenedTuesday at 9:30 a.m. atthe MidFlorida CreditUnion branch at 6105U.S. 27 North.

One shot was firedwhen the suspects enteredthe bank, but no injurieswere reported.

According to a previousNews-Sun article, thehusband of woman whowas inside the bank statedhis wife said shots werefired as the robbersentered the bank andeveryone was told to getdown on the floor.

The man said his wifehad their young daughter,a toddler, with her andcovered the child with herbody.

The three suspectsreportedly jumped theback fence and enteredSun ‘n Lake on foot.

One of the suspects waswhite and the other twoblack. All of the perpetra-tors wore masks, jeansand camo pants, accord-ing to Hays.

The sheriff’s office islooking for a vehicle ofinterest described as amid-sized green metallicfour door car.

“A weapon being firedis not typical (in bankrobberies),” Hays, a 15-year law enforcement vet-eran said.

“There is currently noreason to believe the rob-bery was connected anyother incidents in therecent weeks locally atthis time. The FBI(Federal Bureau ofInvestigations) involve-ment is typical, but in thiscase, no connection hasbeen made between thisevent and others aroundthe county, so the HCSOcontinues to work theleads,” Hays explained..

Heartland Bank wasrobbed one year ago,Hays said, and the HCSOcontinues to work thatcase.

Anyone with informa-tion regarding the robberyis requested to call 402-7520. Anyone who wantsto remain anonymous andbe eligible for a cashreward is asked to contactthe Heartland CrimeStoppers at 1-800-226-TIPS (8477), or on theweb at www.heartland-crimestoppers.com/

HCSO stillworkingleads in

bankrobbery

By ED [email protected] PARK — The Avon

Park Police Department isseeking possible unreportedvictims after arresting a reg-istered sexual offender onTuesday.

David Glen Adams,45, was booked intothe Highlands CountyJail on charges that hefailed to report a resi-dence change to theDepartment of MotorVehicles, a stipulationfor all registered sexualoffenders.

Adams did register withthe Highlands CountySheriff’s Office on Feb. 24,according to inmate databaseon the website.

A press release fromAPPD’s Detective Sgt.Nathan Coogan states thatAdams allegedly tried toentice two unidentified chil-

dren into sexual acts.The names of the victims

and the acts were not dis-closed.

“The circumstances sur-rounding these two identifiedincidents did not reach thethreshold to criminallycharge Adams; howeverbased on the investigation, itis believed there may beother unreported victims,”Coogan said.

“We are activelylooking for otherpotential victimsAdams may have hadthe same types ofencounters with,”Coogan added.

Adams was adjudi-cated guilty on June

18, 2004 in Leon County oncharges of lewd and lascivi-ous acts.

The arrest and circum-stances violated Adams’parole and he is currentlybeing held in the HighlandsCounty Jail with no bond.

Anyone with informationabout can contact the APPDCriminal InvestigationDivision at 452-4422.

Unidentified victimssought in Avon ParkConcern over

actions ofsexual offender

Adams

Courtesy photoRebecca Spohn (left), who won an ‘autographed’ poster of Sebring Police Department K-9J.R. and Judy Gerber, who won Sgt. Ted E. Bear, are joined by SPD Chief Tom Dettman.

Special to the News-SunSEBRING – The Sebring

Police Department accepteddonations throughout the2012 Highlands County Fairto win one of two greatprizes. The first was a “pawautographed” 24-by-36-inchposter of its K-9, “J.R.”. Theother was a large 4-by-2-footwide stuffed bear, known asSergeant Ted E. Bear, a repli-ca of the traffic decoy bear.The police department raised$350 in cash donations forthe continued care and main-tenance of its K-9 program.

Rebecca Spohn, a fifth-grader at Lakeview ChristianSchool in Lake Placid, won

the autographed poster of“J.R.”. Judy Gerber, a resi-dent of Spring Lake and aregistered polysomnographictechnician, won Sergeant TedE. Bear. Gerber said shewould take excellent care ofhim until next year, when shewould donate him back to thepolice department to continueits fundraising efforts at the2013 edition of the HighlandsCounty Fair.

The SPD was surprisedand grateful to be recognizedas the first place exhibit atthis year’s fair. Along withthat distinction came a $75check from the HighlandsCounty Fair Association.

SPD announces bear,K-9 poster winners

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EDITORIAL & OPINION

If you are like me, youfind yourself spending a lotof time on Facebook. Ifyou don’t spend a lot oftime on Facebook, hopeful-ly you know that it’s ahuge social network thatmillions visit to sharethings that mean somethingto them to their friends andfamily. Granted, thosethings are often funny pho-tos and bad jokes, but theintentions are good.

I am one of those peoplewho don’t want everyoneon the planet to know stuffabout me. So I do tend tokeep some things private,just between friends andmyself. Granted, I’m prettywilling to friend just aboutanyone (and if you are onFacebook and want tofriend me, I’m LauraHelmers Ware), but keep-ing some things privatedoes keep out the generalriff-raff.

However, for some peo-ple it may not be enough tokeep a limit on some infor-mation to those youbefriend. According to anarticle by Bob Sullivan athttp://redtape.msnbc.msn.com, some employers andcolleges want access tothat information – andsome are going so far as torequest user names andpasswords.

The article cited severalsituations where a prospec-tive employee was asked tosurrender their Facebookuser name and password.Maryland’s Department ofCorrections did this beforea complaint from theACLU caused them torethink the policy.

Instead, they now askyou to log into youraccount during an inter-view and let them see whatyou have there. It’s volun-tary, but most applicantswill agree to it, accordingto Maryland ACLU legisla-tive director MelissaCoretz Goemann.

College athletic depart-ments use a different tack:it seems a number of themrequire that a student“friend” a coach or otherauthority figure, thus giv-ing them access to their“friends only” data. Thereeven seem to be companiesthat can help monitorsocial media.

The article quotesWashington, D.C. lawyerBradley Shear, who sees anumber of problems with

what schools and employ-ers are doing. To him, thisis nothing less than a viola-tion of the FirstAmendment.

Shear sums it up thusly:“Maybe it's OK if you livein a totalitarian regime, butwe still have a Constitutionto protect us. It's not a farleap from reading people'sFacebook posts to readingtheir email. ... As a society,where are we going todraw the line?"

The D.C. lawyer is ofthe opinion that it will takea national law to fix this,not just letting the stateshandle it as is happeningnow. He believes it is tooimportant to leave to statelegislatures.

I spend a lot of time onFacebook. I am up there asI type this column, chattingwith a friend as I put thistogether.

Most people whochecked out my friendsonly stuff would probablyfind themselves bored –there’s not a lot there that’sexciting, unless you countthe few times I dip intopolitical discourse. And myFarmville addiction, whichcould be cause for somealarm.

Even with that being thecase, I wouldn’t want to beforced to share that person-al information with justanyone. And, in keepingwith Facebook’s Terms ofService, I’m not about toshare my log in informa-tion with anyone, even apotential employer.

I’m sure most of the col-leges and employers want-ing this information arewell-meaning. But it does-n’t make it right.

Let us have some priva-cy and set some barriers onour lives. There is noConstitutional right toknow everything aboutsomeone else. And somethings are just none of yourbusiness.

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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address and phone number. Anonymous letters will beautomatically rejected. Please keep your letters to amaximum of 400 words. We have to make room foreverybody. Letters of local concern take priority.

Send your letter to 2227 U.S. 27 South, Sebring, FL33870; drop it off at the same address; fax 385-1954;or e-mail [email protected].

Natural environment needsto be protected

Editor:As Florida cuts funding to social and

health services that are critical to stem-ming even higher societal costs, we seethem giving $34.7 million to specialinterests, like the Heartland Parkway.

Proponents of the Heartland Parkwaywant to place important and neededinfrastructure, namely a multi-lane tollroad, through undeveloped, wild, natu-ral and agricultural lands that have noeconomic development on either side.Why? Because private interests ownland along the way. Plain and simple.No other reason.

This toll road will destroy whateveris left of wild Florida. As we all know,it is the natural environment in Floridathat makes people want to live here.

Take out the $34.7 million grab bagfor Florida’s richest and give it to pro-grams that will keep people out of jailand out of hospitals. It will putFlorida’s scarce tax dollars where theyare needed most and save what is worthsaving in Florida: our natural environ-ment.

Maureen McKennaSebring

Time to leave the horse todrink on its own

Editor:Now it is clear – let’s follow

Russia’s example and leaveAfghanistan to the Afghans. Our 10-year adventure which began with get-ting Bin Laden and quickly expandedthrough mission creep to winninghearts and minds, improving livingstandards and expanding democracy

should by now be recognized as beyondour current capabilities and not desiredby most Afghans who would ratherreturn to the good old days of shootingat their neighbors during the warringseason.

We cannot, with enthusiasm and wellmotivated programs, drag this horse towater nor make it drink. To them wewill always be outsiders. It is abouttime we face the realty that Afghans aremore willing to accept the Taliban thanAmerican objectives and start packingour bags. Our troops and the Afghanswill be happier for it.

Randy LudacerLake Placid

BouquetTeam Lykes does well forRelay

Editor:Team Lykes would like to thank

those in the community who came outto our yard sale on Saturday, March 3benefiting Relay for Life. Our employ-ees donated all the items for sale andtheir generosity is appreciated.Leftover items were donated to theyouth at the First Presbyterian Churchfor their spring break trip to help torna-do victims in Alabama, and Nu Hope.

Your support helped us raise over$500 for Relay for Life.

We would also like to thank ReMaxLake Placid for allowing us to conductour yard sale in their parking lot.

We invite the community to comeout March 24 to the Lake Placid Relayfor Life event at the football field.Each Relay team will have a ‘campsite’ featuring a children’s book andoffering food and games. Team Lykeswill be serving swamp cabbage and

ribs and bobbing for apples. Our‘Goodbye Cancer Garden’, completewith vegetable plants, will be encour-aging everyone to eat healthier.

Again, thank you to everyone whosupported the Team Lykes yard saleand we hope to see you on March 24.

Rich Hetherton and CherylHenderson

Team Lykes Co-Captains

LPPD puts smile on visitor’smemory

Editor:I recently visited your city and the

state of Florida. While I was in LakePlacid, I lost a camera case and a digi-tal memory card filled with family pho-tos. I went back to the location where Ilost the case/card and it was not there.

I didn’t mind losing the case, but thecard had so many special memories onit.

I returned home two weeks after vis-iting your beautiful town. I had a mes-sage on my answering machine fromLt. James Fansler of the Lake PlacidPolice Department. Someone hadturned in my camera case and memorycard. I was surprised beyond belief thatthis had happened.

I called Lt. Fansler and he told methat a gentleman, who was mowingnear where I lost this, had turned it in.

I want to extend my thanks andappreciation for the efforts of the per-son who turned this in and to Lt.Fansler for making the effort to locateme and return this to me. Words cannotexpress my appreciation for yourefforts in getting this back to me.Thank you so very much.

Susan BurlesonJohnson City, Tenn.

Florida’s expenditures onthe health care program forlow-income people havemore than doubled since2000, increasing at a rateabout six times faster thangeneral revenues. For the fis-cal year ending June 30,Florida expects to spend$20.3 billion for Medicaid —more than a quarter of itsentire budget.

State lawmakers, who aretrying to balance the budgetwhile increasing funding foreducation by more than $1billion and holding the lineon taxes, are seeking majorsavings in Medicaid. Theyhave proposed reducing

reimbursements to hospitals,capping the number of emer-gency room visits Medicaidpatients can make — andmaking counties cough upmore dough.

Legislators have proposedwithholding millions in rev-enue-sharing money from thecounties in order to collectcontested Medicaid bills.That could amount to a $148million a year increase incounty payments. ...

Counties are required topay for their share of the costof certain Medicaid services.The state’s Agency for HealthCare Administration (AHCA)provides each county with a

monthly bill that listsMedicaid residents for whichthe county is responsible forpaying. Counties review theinformation to determinewhether the bill is accurate.If the county agrees that thebill is correct, it sends pay-ment to the AHCA that isdeposited into the GeneralRevenue Fund.

Since the state implement-ed a new computer billingsystem in 2008, though,counties increasingly havedisputed those bills, allegingincorrect addresses, duplica-tive charges and incorrectrates.

As a result, they have with-held payments to the statewhile the AHCA researcheseach bill to determine who isresponsible for the patient.That can be a time-consum-ing process, and as a result, ithas created a backlog of

unpaid bills. ...The state is tired of waiting

and wants what it believes isits money. Now.

Naturally, counties don’trelish the damage that woulddo their budgets. ...

Tallahassee is seeking tocut Medicare spending with-out addressing its fundamen-tal costs.

Just because you want topay a lower amount for agood or service doesn’t meanit will cost that much less toproduce it.

The spiraling cost of deliv-ery of health care must bearrested.

As we have seen at the fed-eral and state levels, that’snot easy to accomplish. But itmust be done, for our long-term financial health. ...

An editorial from the PanamaCity News-Herald.

Medicaid cuts a necessary evil

Medicaid spending is squeezingFlorida like an Evergladespython. The solution, though, is

not for state lawmakers to put the squeezeon someone else.

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one we’ve done,” saidSimon.

More than 10,000 poundsof food were unloaded ontotables and the parking area infront of The Rock YouthCenter at Union Saturdaywhile cars of families andindividuals pulled through toreceive their share.

“Each family gets about15-20 pounds of food. Wehave a head of cabbage,juices, burritos, a gallon ofwater, and a few snacks. Wehope to feed about 300 fami-lies today,” said Simon.

The last big food distribu-tion, held in December, gave

food to 1,094 individuals,Simon said.

Normally for this type ofdistribution, the HeartlandFood Reservoir would do anincome check and addressverification for those pickingup the goods. This time,however, they did things alittle differently.

“Since we are workingwith them (Union) we arejust verifying the addresses,”said Simon. “If they live inHighlands County and theydrive through here, then they

get food. We know there is aneed, so if they say theyneed it, then they need it.”

The volunteers sortedthrough bags and handed outfood to people of all ethnici-ties Saturday — Hispanic ,Caucasian and African-American families all rolledthrough the drive and eachreceived what they came for.

“It doesn’t matter whatcolor you are we want toshare Jesus’s love witheveryone. We want to helpeveryone,” Breylinger said.


SEBRING— Local par-ents, administrators andteachers are banning togeth-er in an effort to makeHighlands County schoolsbetter for students.

These involved individu-als are a part of theHighlands AdvancedAcademics Parent Networkand are working alongsideinstructors to get the atten-tion of Florida Gov. RickScott in order to provide thisschool district with whatthey feel is an adequate cur-riculum.

The program known asAVID (Advancement ViaIndividual Determination) isa highly effective programthat the district has beeninterested in for the past twoyears.

“The cost of bringing it toall district middle schoolsand high schools is prohibi-tive ($520,000),” saidHAAP founder Diane Juvein an email addressed toconcerned parents andadministrators.

Juve has organized a mis-sion to support the AVIDprogram and get it toHighlands County schools.The question Juve has is“What will it take to raiseHighlands County’sadvanced course offerings toa level where we can com-pete with more affluent com-munities in Florida?”

The answer is simpleaccording to HAAP: betterequipped students.

“We operate on such atight budget that there areareas at the secondary levelthat still need improvement.Currently, 72.7 percent ofour district’s students quali-fy for free or reduced-pricelunch, and many come fromfamilies with limited educa-tional backgrounds. Many ofthese students have greatpotential but don’t have ade-quate study skills to handlethe rigor of advanced classesyet. We want to reach thosestudents and help them suc-ceed,” said Juve.

Dr. Ruth Heckman, direc-tor of Secondary Programsfor Highlands CountySchool District, agrees com-pletely with Juve.

“AVID works to preparestudents to accelerate. Wewant these students to getinto the dual enrollment col-lege courses, AP (advancedplacement) and to get intothe IB (InternationalBaccalaureate) program. Itis a proven record of suc-cess,” Heckman said.

Heckman, and the rest ofthe involved individual,hopes that the funding willbe granted to HighlandsCounty for the AVID pro-gram.

“It is a very expensiveprogram and it’s just not

doable with the funds thatwe have right now,” saidHeckman.

The $520,000 that couldbe granted to the school dis-trict for the program wouldgo to a number of thingsincluding teacher training,materials and college stu-dent tutors for the sevenththrough ninth gradersenrolled in the AVID pro-gram.

The AVID program willallow students who have a“less than perfect back-ground” the opportunity togain the tools need tobecome successful in highschool and go on to collegeand excel.

“We hope that more stu-dents who need support canget it through AVID,”Heckman said.

Juve has launched a chal-lenge to the HighlandsCounty community.Currently the appropria-tions budget is awaiting theapproval of Gov.Scott andJuve wants to makeHighlands County’s voiceheard.

“We need to make surethat Gov.Rick Scott doesnot veto the funding forAVID Highlands County,and to do that we need tohave everyone possiblesend an email of support toGov. Scott right away. Thatmeans you, me, our friends,neighbors and local busi-ness owners. At this pivotalmoment we need everyoneto mobilize to ensure we areheard,” Juve said.

Heckman is a supporterof Juve’s plan and alsourges the community to getinvolved in this effort.

“It’s a budget thing. He(Scott) needs to understandhow valuable this is to thesestudents. It needs to showthat we are all supportingthis and doing this together.They need to see that it’sjust not us in the teachers’seats, but it’s everyone,”said Heckman.

Emails should be writtento Governor Scott with“Please Support HighlandsCounty’s AVID Program” inthe subject line, and sent [email protected]/.

“We’re a small districtbut we can have a powerfulvoice if we work together.Please send your email rightnow,” said Juve.


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News-Sun photo by KATARA SIMMONSUnion Church youth group leader Tony Tillis helps distribute food to people in needSaturday morning in Avon Park.

Food distributed to families

By BRENT KALLESTADAssociated Press

TALLAHASSEE —The Florida Senate haspassed reforms to thestate’s mandatory no-faultautomobile personalinjury protection insur-ance.

The measure passed ona 22-17 vote Friday aftersome heavy duty lobbyingas time ran down on thefinal day of the 2012 ses-sion.

The Personal InjuryProtection bill has beenone of Gov. Rick Scott’stop priorities. Scott lob-bied skeptical lawmakersfeverishly during the lastdays of the session.

Senate President MikeHaridopolos said hecalled recalcitrant law-makers to help rallyaround Scott’s goal ofbeefing up the MotorVehicle No-Fault Law toreduce fraud some claimhas added $1.4 billion ininsurance costs since2008.

The bill nearly died ona preliminary vote.

PIP billnarrowly

passes

MIAMI (AP) — Robert F.Kennedy’s widow will joinfasting Florida tomato pick-ers asking Publix supermar-ket chain to help boost theirwages.

About 60 fasters are onday six. They want Publix topay growers a penny moreper pound of tomatoes. Theextra pennies would then bepassed from tomato growersto workers. The Coalition ofImmokalee Workers sup-ports the farmworkers, whoplan a 3-mile marchSaturday in Lakeland. TheCoalition’s penny campaignhas won support in recentyears from companies likeTaco Bell, McDonald’s andBurger King.

Those companies andeven the growers initiallybalked but eventually signeda deal paying more. Publixsays it doesn’t set prices,and growers should add theincrease to what they chargefor their tomatoes.

Some growers fear Publixwill buy elsewhere if theydo.

RFK widowto join fast

17-month-old boykilled by dog in

Jacksonville

JACKSONVILLE (AP) —Jacksonville Police say a 17-month-old boy was killed bya dog in a neighbor’s yard.

Dylan Andres got awayfrom his mother Fridaymorning as she was unpack-ing groceries.

He wandered into a neigh-bor’s yard across the streetand was attacked by the dog,which was chained to a polein the front yard.

The Florida Times-Unionreports that the dog was aRottweiler.

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24, wasn’t married orfamous. She was a civilianclerk/typist working for theNavy in Chicago. She earned$1,440 a year.

“We worked seven days aweek,” Fay said, sitting at thetable in her light and airy din-ing room. “It was go to work,go to work, go to work,” shesaid, then grinned. “I some-times wondered when I couldplay.”

Tiny and trim, Fay radiatesgood humor and vitality.

It was hard to believe herclaim of being a “grumblingGertie” at the time.

But, she said, it botheredher that ship sponsors —those women who actuallychristened new ships – had tohave connections of one sortor the other to be given thehonor. She thought it wouldbe fun to take part in alaunching ceremony, so shebegan a campaign.

“I don’t think it’s fair,” shetold the commanding officerwhere she worked. “I thinkyou should give others achance (to christen a ship).There have to be at least 100women in this office. Itwould lift their spirits andthey’d do a good job.”

The officer told her hewould sleep on the idea.“You’d better,” she said shetold him. “I’ll hound you ifyou don’t.”

The next day the officergot on the public address sys-tem and announced there wasgoing to be a special lotterydrawing. The winner wouldsponsor 652, which wasabout to be launched. Lo andbehold, Fay’s was the win-ning ticket. “I could hear thisuproar of ‘fix’ from all over,”she said laughing. Then shetwinkled, “but the Navywould never lie.”

She was sworn to secrecyuntil the ship launched.

“It was a day to remem-ber,” Fay said, adding thatshe remembers telling a Navyofficial, “if I ever get mar-ried, the wedding will neverhold a candle to this.”

She, her mother and sisterwere driven in a limousine.She was given two dozenlong stemmed roses, a mili-tary band played and flags ofall sizes and colors flutteredeverywhere.

“I was spellbound throughthe whole thing,” she said,“even though I didn’t under-stand it all. I was on such ahigh. It was breathtaking.”

Dignitaries stood with heron a high platform builtalongside the ship. She wasgiven a champagne bottle

encased in a tight weave ofmulti-colored ribbons. Whilebeautiful, the casing served apractical purpose – to keepglass from flying into thecrowd. “It took one maneight hours to wrap the bot-tle,” Fay said. “And they pre-sented it to me in a woodenbox with a rack inside to holdit steady.”

The lid had a brass plaquewith her name engraved. Shewas also given a gold pin inthe shape of a bow, with hername, the date and LST-652engraved on the back.

LSTs were not named, Faysaid, because so many werebuilt so fast the Navy could-n’t keep up. Roughly 1,000LSTs were constructed dur-ing the war.

Fay was an excellentchoice as sponsor, regardlessof whether the fix was in ornot. She and her familyworked hard to becomeAmericans.

Born in Scotland, Fay, her

mother and younger sistercame to the United States tojoin her father who wasalready in the country. Faywas 4 years old.

They were turned back atEllis Island, however, for tworeasons. The quota had beenfilled and Fay’s mother had acough due to chronic bron-chitis. The officials at EllisIsland insisted it was tuber-culosis.

“We don’t want you here,”Fay said her mother was told.The family was given $10and a carton of cigarettes andsent back to Scotland.

They made arrangementsto go to Canada and stayedthere a year studying U.S.civics and history, complet-ing paperwork and waiting tomake the quota.

When Fay was 6 theyfinally arrived in Chicagofrom Winnipeg, Manitoba.

While homesick in thebeginning, the Fays soon set-tled in. “My mother wouldsay, ‘This is my country now.I came to America to be agood citizen’,” Fay said,adding she expected herdaughters to be as loyal.

Today, feisty as ever, Fayis still a patriot and proud ofher experience.

It pleases her to be a foot-note in American history andto have helped win WorldWar II.


News-Sun photo by CHRISTOPHER TUFFLEYSitting in her living room in Sun ’N Lakes, Sarah Fay holdsup the bottle she used to christen a ship during WWII. Thebottle rattles, broken glass still trapped inside.

Fay became part of WWII record

“It’s going to take time toput together. The investiga-tion is just really gettingstarted.”

Emergency MedialServices and law enforce-ment were dispatched to2172 E. Red Barn Road at5:17 p.m. on Friday afterCromlin was found dead by

relatives and there was “a lotof blood everywhere,”according to radio traffic.

A few minutes later, detec-tives were called in to inspectthe scene at the Camp ‘NComfort Mobile Home Parkand the area was sectionedoff as a crime scene.

The District 10 MedicalExaminer’s Office has been

called in to determine theexact cause of death, Hayssaid.

Hays is asking for anyonewith information aboutCromlin to come forward andcontact the Highlands CountySheriff’s Office CriminalInvestigations Unit orDetective Roger St. Laurentat 402-7250.


Deputies investigating death ofwoman at mobile home park

‘It was a day toremember. I was

spellboundthrough the whole

thing. It wasbreathtaking.’

SARAH FAYon christening an LST

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Hilltop Shell Station, accord-ing to Det. Sgt. NathanCoogan.

The second robbery wason Feb. 23 at the Citgo at 901U.S. 27, the third was onMarch 1 at the 7 Days gasStation at 107 U.S. 27 Southand the fourth happened onMarch 9, again at the HilltopShell.

The four conveniencestore robberies have not net-ted significant amounts,according to Lister, but videoand witness accounts revealsimilar suspects who com-mitted similar acts.

“We are working someleads and have evidence stillto review, but we are on the

right trail,” Lister said.According to a press

release from Coogan, all thesuspects entered the storeswith their faces coveredarmed with handguns anddemanded money.

The first suspect isdescribed as a black male inhis early to mid 20s, is 5-foot-10 with a slim build.

The second suspect isdescribed as a black male inhis late teens to early 20s, is

5-foot-7 to 5-foot-9 with amedium build.

The robberies all happenedlate in the day, but no patternhas been established in anyof the cases, Lister said.

“They seem to prey on tar-gets they feel are easy,”Lister commented.

Anyone with informationis encouraged to contact theAvon Park Police DepartmentCriminal InvestigationsDivision at 452-4422.

ROSELLA MAE JONESRosella Mae Jones, 84, of

Sebring, passed awayTuesday, March 6, 2012, inSebring. She was born Oct.18, 1927, to Carl and Blanche(Pease) Fisher in Portland,Ind., and had been a residentof Sebring since 1960, com-ing from Decatur, Indiana.She was owner and operatorof Rosella’s Fashions to FitDress Shop on the Circle inSebring for 30 years, and wasa member of First UnitedMethodist Church, the VFWAuxiliary and the Elks.

Rosella is survived by herdaughter, Penny Brill ofJasper, Ala.; sons, DavidWittwer, Lake Placid, andJack Wittwer, Trenton, Fla.;sister, Nancy Jeffery,Sebring; four grandchildren,Chris Aries, Cindy Flacco,Angela Shupe and ShannonPreus; six great-grandchil-dren, Jessica, Kenny,Victoria, Michelle, Tony andChristie; and four great-g r e a t - g r a n d c h i l d r e n ,Alexandria, Logan, Seth andGavin. She was preceded indeath by her parents and herbrother, Billy Fisher.

Memorial donations maybe made in her memory to the

VFW 4300 Auxiliary, 1041Lakeview Dr., Sebring, FL33870.

Arrangements wereentrusted to:Stephenson-Nelson Funeral

HomeSebring, FL 33870

863-385-0125www.stephensonnelsonfh.com

BONNIE M. SELPHBonnie M. Selph, went

home to be with her Lordand Savior Jesus Christ onMarch 8, 2012. Bonnie waspreceded in death by her hus-band of 70 years, L.E. Selph,Jr.

Bonnie was born in Jersey,Ga. on March 17, 1922 toCharles T. and Fannie HallMurphy. Bonnie moved toHighlands County area dur-ing W.W. II to work in thefamily business while L.E.was in the war. She is sur-vived by her son, DanielSelph and his wife, PamFrost; daughter, GalaDurrance; grandchildren,Noel Durrance and her hus-band, David Hillhouse,Christopher Selph, all ofSebring, Chad Durrance andhis wife, Lesley, Tampa, Fla.and Jennifer Hook, Indian

Land, S.C. Bonnie’s life was devoted

to the Lord, which was exem-plified in the love sheshowed to her family andthose around her. Throughouther life Bonnie was alwaysinvolved in her local church-es of First Baptist of Sebringand later at Sparta RoadBaptist Church. Funeralservices will be 11 a.m,Monday at Morris Funeral

Chapel, 307 S. CommerceAve, Sebring with familyreceiving friends one hourprior. Burial to follow atLakeview MemorialGardens.

Memorials are requested toGood Shepherd Hospice,1110 Hammock Road,Sebring, FL 33870.Condolences may beexpressed at www.morrisfu-neralchapel.com/.


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raise the bar. Every district isworking to improve. Theproblem is (the revisions are)happening all at once. Youhave to look at the big pic-ture.”

Cox ticked off the threechanges.

“One, there is a whole newFCAT (FloridaComprehensive AssessmentTest),” he said. “FCAT 2.0. Itis a tougher test with rampedup standards. It requires ahigher level of thinking.

“Two, they’ve changed thescale scores — students haveto score higher on the toughertest to make the proficiencylevel — and three, they’vechanged how we count ESEkids and the kids who don’tspeak English; more of themhave to take the test sooner.”

Increased rigor is a goodthing, Cox said. The problemis FCAT 2.0 has only beenadministered once. With onlytwo years of data, true growthwill be difficult to determine.

It is too much too soon,Cox said.

He agrees with critics whowant to see a delay of a yearbefore raising the cut levelson the scale scores.

“It’s like a high jumper,”Cox said. “He’s cleared 6 feetand you raise the bar up to 8feet, instead of 6.5. We thinkit should be phased in insteadof happening all at once.”

As to including more stu-

dents in the FCAT 2.0 sooner,Cox showed the News-Sun acartoon.

In the background is a largetree. In front of the tree abureaucrat sits at a desk. He issaying, “It is a simple test,just climb the tree” to a line ofanimals in front him — amonkey, an elephant, a horse,a bird, and a fish in a bowl.

In other words, Cox said, itis impossible to evaluate allchildren in the same way.Some children just don’t

know enoughEnglish yet,while othersshow growthby masteringskills liketying theirshoes.

Cox is veryconcerned for Florida as awhole.

“Schools are going to fail,”he said. “There are predic-tions as many as 300 schoolsmay get Fs. Student FCATscores will drop. The gradua-tion rates will be affected.”

When schools fail, headded, there are increasedcosts to school districtsbecause more remediationclasses have to be created, yetschool funding is still anissue.

“This is almost more of aChamber of Commerce issue.Statewide (school superin-tendents) are trying to engagethe real estate and businesscommunities. Lowered scores

across Florida could keepinvestors away.

“The (state) school boardsees us as protecting our turf,”Cox said. “They’ll listen bet-ter to business leaders.”

Beyond the mandatedchanges lies an equally trou-bling problem, Cox added.The state does not recognizepoverty as a factor when com-piling a school grade, yet“studies have shown povertyhas a strong impact. Ourschools,” he said, ”are areflection of the community.Seventy-five percent of mystudents qualify for free andreduced lunch. In St. JohnCounty, which is ranked firstin the state, only 20 percent ofthe students do. Look at thedistrict rankings, you’ll seethey follow Title 1.

“But what is truly impor-tant to remember,” Coxadded, “ is that lower FCATtest scores do not necessarilymean a student learned lessthis year than in prior years.”

Cox said enough people areconcerned that the state Boardof Education held hearingabout two weeks ago. Schoolsuperintendents (includingCox), educational leaders andparents testified requesting amore graduated introductionof the higher standards. Theboard went ahead and passedthe changes as requested bythe state Department ofEducation, but agreed to con-tinue talks with stake holders.


News-Sun photo by KATARA SIMMONSWest Sebring Volunteer Firefighter Ryan Hill collects donations Saturday morning forthe Muscular Dystrophy Association at the intersection of U.S. 27 and the SebringParkway. To learn more about muscular dystrophy, visit mda.org.

Firefighters help out MDA Cox, others concernedabout pace of rule changes

Cox

Four gas stations robbed in AP


SEBRING — The SebringInternational Raceway willbe filled with residents andvisitors today with the Ridethe Race Track event from11 a.m. until 2 p.m.

For the ninth year, theSebring Chamber ofCommerce will head theevent with the help of long-time sponsor Skip BarberRacing School and theSebring InternationalRaceway.

Chamber PresidentKristie Sottile explained theevent and how unique it is tothe community.

“There are five driversfrom the Skip Barberschool. Each group gets intothe car with one driver andthey do two laps, about fourmiles, around the track,”Sottile said.

Groups of three’s are infor a fun-filled ride withtrained drivers who keep

riders entertained and evengive a few thrills.

Not only is the experiencea fun one, but the ride isinformative.

“They explain the track toyou as you go through it,”said Sottile. “They talkabout what the track lookslike to them (racers), theviews and what it takes tomaneuver the vehicles. It isa very interactive ride.”

The Ride the Racetrack isthe kickoff for Race Weekeach year and draws hun-dreds to the track before theraces even start.

“Last year we had around300. A few years ago Ibelieve it was over 600 forthe event, I would be ecstat-ic to see 500 people outthere,” said Sottile.

The Chamber has pre-soldjust over 200 tickets in thepast weeks and tickets willalso be available at the gate.

“Nut’n Fancy will bethere grilling and barbecu-

ing. The food will be forafter the rides,” Sottile said.

The racing school hasbeen on board from the verybeginning and continue toprovide a one of a kindexperience for kids andadults alike.

“This is something spe-cial they do every year forthe Chamber, for the racesand for Sebring. You would-n’t be able to pay $15 or $20to Skip Barber normally anddo this,” Sottile said.

Gate admission is $20 perride.

“You’re not just out onthe track by yourself. Thecars go out in groups ofthrees so you’re zipping pastother cars. The drivers knowwhat to do to get the adrena-line going and keep the rid-ers entertained,” saidSottile. “It’s safe and it’sfun. It’s a very simple eventbut it is family friendly andit’s fun.”

Ride the Race Track kicksoff Race Week today

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Flashingyour headlights to warn other drivers on thehighway would be legal under a bill that hasbeen sent to Gov. Rick Scott.

On its final day of the session, the FloridaLegislature overwhelmingly passed a bill(HB 1223) that says drivers can flash theirheadlights to other motorists, even if theyare doing it to warn that highway troopers or

police officers are nearby.Drivers have been ticketed for warning

other motorists that officers may be tryingto catch speeders on the highway. But lastyear a lawsuit was filed contending that lawenforcement authorities were misinterpret-ing Florida law. Soon after the lawsuit wasfiled, the FHP stopped issuing tickets todrivers who warned other motorists.

Bill: Flashing headlights is legal

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The T-28 was used not onlyas a trainer aircraft but as acombat platform as wellduring the Korean War andthe Vietnam War.

Be sure to have a family-fun day at the SebringRegional Airport onSaturday, March 24, andwatch the amazing Warbirdsand their pilots. NATAorganizer Stoney Stonagesaid, “This is a day for allages to come and enjoy a bitof history.”

Remember, there is noadmission charge for theevent; however, there willbe a donation box to benefitthe local EAA Chapter 1240as well as the local Civil AirPatrol.

In addition to theWarbirds Exposition, onFriday, March 23, all threechambers, (Sebring, LakePlacid and Avon Park) willbe uniting to have a WarbirdExposition Tri-ChamberMixer at Sebring RegionalAirport. This is a greatopportunity for chambermembers to support the air-port’s 70th Anniversary, anda major networking opportu-nity. The Tri-ChamberMixer is open to all cham-ber members. People andbusiness that are interestedin becoming chamber mem-bers are encouraged toattend and find out howbeing a chamber membercan help your business getoff the ground or grow tonew heights.

Sebring Regional Airportis at 128 Authority Lane inSebring.

For more informationvisit www.sebring-airport.com or call 863-655-6444.

Remember the SebringHistorical Society was put-ting together a commemora-tive book, “One-Hundred

Years of Sebring”? Well, thebooks are in. Get your copyat the Historical Society,321 W. Center Ave., behindthe Sebring Library. Booksare $25 if purchasing a sin-gle book, and $20 per bookif purchasing two or more.Get ‘em while they’re hot!

Mayor George Hensleyurges all citizens, groups,clubs, societies and busi-nesses to join in the celebra-tion. The CentennialPlanning Committee meetsthe first Thursday of eachmonth at 4 PM. The publicis invited & encouraged toattend, at the Jack Stroup

(Sebring) Civic Center. Likeus on Facebook atwww.facebook.com/CelebrateSebringCentennial, Go tothe website,www.Sebring100.com, call655-5554 or [email protected] toget involved. Thanks to theNews-Sun for the opportuni-ty to keep everyoneinformed on Sebring’sCentennial Celebration.Reference this article everySunday and you won’t missa thing!

Jen Brown is a member of theSebring Centennial Committee.

lem-solving techniques. TheAKC Canine Good CitizenTest will be available forthose wishing to obtain saidcertification at the end ofthe course. GSD (God’sSpecial Dog), “Good Dog”mascot will visit with theclass and help with theirsocialization training.

The instructor has 30-plusyears of experience in dogtraining and behavior modi-fications. She has titled dogsin AKC, Search and Rescue,Cadaver Dogs, Narcotics,Tracking and EvidenceIndication, PersonalProtection, Therapy Dogsand Registered ServiceDogs.

Puppies and dogs must becurrent on their vaccina-tions. Cost is $50. Space islimited. To pre-register, call655-9080. This will be thelast class offered at theYMCA until the fall due toexcessive heat and humidity.

Just Country playsat Recreation Club

SEBRING — JustCountry, with Judy andDave will be performingfrom 2-4 p.m. today at theSebring Recreation Club,333 Pomegranate Ave. Costis a donation at the door.

Scribes Night Out tofeature Tuffley

SEBRING – ChristopherTuffley, a news-writer forthe News-Sun, will be thefeatured reader at ScribesNight Out at 6:30 p.m.today at Brewster’s CoffeeHouse, just south of HomeDepot.

Tuffley, who majored increative writing at theUniversity of Miami, willread from his novel-in-progress titled, “Better ThanBad, But Not Good,” whichhe describes as a “murdermystery inside a story ofredemption and love.”

SNO, made up of localwriters reading from theirworks, published or not,gets together the second andfourth Sundays of the monthat 6:30 p.m. at Brewster’s.Open Mike sessions (lastingabout seven minutes perreader) are held bothSundays, but about 15 min-utes of one Sunday a monthare devoted to a featuredreader. The general public isalso invited to attend andrub shoulders with theselocal writers. Admission isfree.

SNO is sponsored by theHeartland Cultural Allianceand by Brewster’s. For moreinformation, call Larry orElaine Levey, SNO coordi-nators, at 385-8618.

MARSP meetsTuesday

AVON PARK — TheMichigan Association ofRetired School Personnelwill hold its meeting againat the Avon Park PublicLibrary on Tuesday. Thelibrary is at 100 N. MuseumSt., off Main Street. Theprogram this month will bethe DVD presentation fromthe Lansing Staff with infor-mation about medical andlegislative issues.

If you have questions, call655-6825.

Clubhouserenovation meeting

LAKE PLACID — TheHighlands Park EstatesClubhouse needs a newroof. Plans are being consid-ered to enlarge the presentbuilding and update thefacilities. Ideas, plans forand against are needed.Come take part in the dis-cussion today. The budget isdue by the end of April; ashort meeting will be held toreport current happeningsand plan the spring dinner tobe held on April 15. Take

part in plans for the commu-nity.

Refreshments featuringSt. Patrick’s Day will beserved after the program.The meeting begins at 1:30p.m. at the Highlands ParkEstates Clubhouse reachedfrom 621-E by going northon Highlands Lake Drive for1.3 miles to turn right onDeerglen.

For information, call 465-2468. All are welcome.

Glad Hatters toperform

SEBRING — The GladHatters will perform at 7:30p.m. Monday at the SebringHills Clubhouse, 200 LarkAve. (two streets south ofThunderbird Road). This isfree and open to the public.

The performance will lastabout an hour, and cookiesand coffee will be servedafterwards.

Home OwnersAssociation meetsMonday

SEBRING — The nextmeeting of the HighlandsCounty Home OwnersAssociation will be heldfrom 9-11 a.m., Monday atthe Sebring EstatesClubhouse, 3240 Grand PrixDrive.

The speakers will beattorney Charlotte Stone,speaking on trusts, wills andestates and attorney DavidW. Rhodes, speaking onreverse mortgages.

Coffee, hot tea and donutswill be provided and thepublic is welcome. Forinformation, call GeneReese at 633-8094.

Highlands Gem andMineral Club meets

SEBRING — The nextmeeting of the HighlandsGem and Mineral Club willbe at 7 p.m. Tuesday in therear fellowship hall of theChurch of Christ, 3800Sebring Parkway.

There are no dues or feesand the public is welcome.

On special display will besome examples of Florida’srocks, minerals and fossils.The main feature of theevening will be the annualauction. Never displayedbefore will be rocks, miner-als, gemstones, fossils andartifacts available for thosecollectors and rock-hounds.

The birthstones for Marchare the aquamarine, a vari-ety of beryl, the most valu-able color being a rich skyblue. The alternate birth-stone is heliotrope, other-wise known as bloodstone,an opaque dark-green chal-cedony with red spots.

For more information,call 453-7054.

Butterfly Friendsmeet Tuesday

SEBRING — TheButterfly Friends will meetat 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at theBert J. Harris Jr. AgricultureCenter, Lab Room (next toauditorium). The speakerwill be Cassey Trent, fieldcoordinator/office manager,FAU at Riverwood ResearchCenter.

Bring any plants or seedsto share with the new mem-bers and guests. For moreinformation, call Betty

Podmore at 385-2605 orLucy Wheeler at 382-7465.

Events planned forlodges, posts

AVON PARKThe Combat Veterans

Memorial VFW Post 9853will host a Steak-O at 2p.m. Sunday followed byNASCAR on the big screenat 2:30 p.m. LadiesAuxiliary will meet at 4p.m. Wednesday, followedby the Men’s Auxiliarymeeting at 6 p.m. and Postmeeting and 7 p.m. Musicby Laura Patten from 5-8p.m. Friday. Karaoke byPeg and Perry from 5-8 p.m.Saturday. For details, call452-9853.

LAKE PLACIDThe Lake Placid Moose

2374 will have music withFireman and NASCAR onthe big screen on Sunday.Call for times. Legion meetsat 6 p.m. Monday. Musicwith Bama Jam onWednesday, with Franke onThursday and with LarryMusgrave on Friday, alltimes from 6-10 p.m. Musicwith Bob Weed on Saturday.Call for time. Women of theMoose St. Patty’s Day din-ner on Satruday. Call fortime. Call 465-0131.

The Lake Placid ElksLodge 2661 BPOE boardmeets at 7:30 p.m. Monday.BPOE meets at 7 p.m.Tuesday. Get tickets earlyfor the BPOE Installation ofOfficers and CommunityAwards event on Saturday,March 24. Dinner is $10 perperson. Call the lodge at465-2661.

The VFW 3380 in LakePlacid Ladies Auxiliary willmeet at 10 a.m. Tuesday. St.Patrick’s Day dinner will beSaturday. Call for time. Fordetails, call 699-5444.

SEBRINGThe Sebring Recreation

Club, 333 PomegranateAve., will have Shuffleboardpro tournament,Men’s/Ladies’ Doubles inAvon Park on Monday.Mini-shuffleboard tourna-ment is set for 1:15 p.m.Friday. Mountain Memorieswill be from 6-8 p.m. Fridaywith concessions/doorsopening at 5 p.m. Fordetails, call 385-2966.

The Sebring Elks 1529will have its WackyWednesday from 5-6;30p.m. Wednesday. Food willbe available for purchase.Dance only, cost is $5.Music by Frank E. from4:30-7:30 p.m. Dance toUptown Country from 6:30-9:30 p.m. Friday for $5.Food available for purchase.Installation of officers onSaturday. Roast beef dinnerfor $8. For details, call 471-3557.


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Courtesy photoThe public is invited to watch the historic Warbirds inaction at the Sebring Regional Airport on Saturday, March24, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The T-6s and T-28s will bepracticing unison take-offs, landings as well as formationflying as shown in this photo.

Warbirds to fly at Sebring Airport

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By ANGIE BARRSpecial to the News-Sun

SEBRING — The firstthing that greets customerswhen they arrive at theOishii Burger JapaneseAmerican Grill at 1320 U.S.27 North is the aroma of thecooking.

The parking area is busy— a sight that is not unusu-al, since word of the OishiiBurger spreads around thetown folk.

As you enter, the friendlystaff greets you with a smilewhile employee AprilFarmer is busy cooking onthe open flame broil grill,revealing the source of thatwonderful aroma.

Flames rise up from thegrill. “It’s a type of oilybutter,” Farmer said. “Whensprayed onto the cookingmeat, it acts as a type ofmarinade, opening the poresof the meat, which activatesthe seasoning.”

Owner Alex Thach is a12-year resident of Sebring— previously from Chicago— and is also the owner ofthe Oishii Express in theLakeshore Mall that hasbeen open for five years.

When Oishii BurgerJapanese American Grillopened on Nov. 1, therenowned Oishii Burger thatso many crave was born.

How did this mouth-watering creation start?Previously in the OishiiExpress, Thach added theteriyaki and Oishii whitesauce to his burgers, andgave them to the staff to try.

They were an instant hit,with everyone wanting themmore and more often. Thisprompted Thach to makethem in his new location,with the result being a hugesuccess.

What is it that makes thisburger so unique? Firstly,the look of it is enough tomake anyone smack theirlips.

Consisting of teriyakiSauce, two burgers,American cheese, bacon,mushrooms, onions, pep-pers, Oishii white sauce anda large bun — and plenty ofnapkins — this is a burgerthat is definitely one not tobe missed. A layer-by-layerview of the burger can befound on the restaurant’sFacebook page.

The homemade Oishiiwhite sauce consists of 22ingredients, Thach said, andeach week 300 gallons of itis made.

The teriyaki sauce is alsomade from scratch. Betweenthe cooking of the ingredi-ents and the “resting” of thesauce, it takes a total of 48hours to make.

More than burgers are onthe menu. There’s also afull slate of offerings fromthe Japanese grill side ofthe menu. Not to mentionfries, tater tots and onion

rings.Thach prides himself in

using only fresh ingredients— the vegetables purchaseddaily from a local producestand and the 94 percentfresh beef from Sysco.

“All of our ingredientshave no chemicals orMSG’s added, everything isused fresh,” he said. “Evendown to the carrots; onlyCanadian ones are ever usedbecause of their quality.”

The buns are orderedfrom New York. When theOishii Burger JapaneseAmerican Grill was firstopened, 50 different typesof buns were tested beforethe on used today was final-ly selected.

Apparently, it’s payingoff. All 40 of the reviews onurbanspoon.com are posi-tive.

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If you’re worried youwon’t be able to pay yourincome taxes by thisyear’s April 17 filingdate, don’t panic; butdon’t ignore the deadlineand certainly don’t waitfor the IRS to reach outto you first. Acting quick-ly not only gives youmore repayment options,it can also significantlylower penalties you mightowe the government.

By not filing your 2011federal tax return or ask-ing for an extension byApril 17, 2012, the penal-ty on any taxes you oweincreases dramatically –usually an additional 5percent of taxes owed foreach full or partial monthyou’re late, plus interest,up to a maximum penaltyof 25 percent. But fileyour return/extension ontime and the penaltydrops tenfold to 0.5 per-cent.

Eventually, the IRScould even place a taxlien on your assets andfuture earnings.

IRS tax repaymentalternatives include:

Pay by credit card. Youwill be charged a smallconvenience fee that istax-deductible if youitemize expenses. Just besure you can pay off yourcredit card balance withina few months, or theinterest accrued mightexceed the penalty.

Short-term extension.If you can pay the fullamount within 120 days,call the IRS at 800-829-1040 and ask whether youqualify for a short-termextension. If granted,you’ll still owe interestbut will avoid an applica-tion fee.

Installment agreement.If you need longer, aninstallment agreementwill let you pay your billin monthly installmentsfor up to five years. Ifyou owe $10,000 or less,you’re guaranteed aninstallment agreementprovided you have filedand paid all taxes for theprevious five years andhaven’t had an install-ment agreement withinthat time.

If you owe $25,000 orless and are in goodstanding, you’ll still like-ly qualify for a stream-lined installment agree-ment; over $25,000 youstill may qualify, but maybe required to file adetailed CollectionInformation Statement.

There’s a $105 fee toenter an installmentagreement. It’s reduced to$52 if you set up a directdebit installment plan (or$43 for low-income fil-ers). For rules and toapply, see the “OnlinePayment AgreementApplication” atwww.irs.gov or submit

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Photo by Ron BarrAlex Thach, owner of Oishii Burger Japanese American Grill shows completed OishiiBurger.

A new burger king?

Oishii Burger winningplenty of fans in Sebring

Photo by Ron BarrAlex Thach, owner of Oishii Burger Japanese American Grill, and employee April Farmerdemonstrates how the Oishii Burger is cooked on the open-flame grill.

Special to the News-SunSEBRING — Goin’ Postal in

Sebring announced that it has con-solidated its two locations in Sebringto better serve customers.

Goin’ Postal has operated a loca-tion at 3609 Sebring Parkway sincespring of 2005. In 2008, they openeda second location in the Sun ’n LakePlaza at 6223 U. S. 27 North in

Sebring next to Subway. Due toincreased difficulties with parking atthe Parkway Plaza, Goin’ Postal hasdecided to close its Sebring Parkwaylocation and relocated their addition-al services to the Sun ’n Lake Plaza.

Owners Alan and Gale Deckersaid they are sorry for any inconven-ience, but feel that they can betterserve their customers in the larger

Sun ’n Lake location with moreparking available. They moved allprinting and copying services to theSun ‘n Lake location as well as elec-tronic fingerprinting, shreddingservices, rubber stamps, notary andmailbox rentals.

New and extended services will beavailable at the Sun ’n Lake store 8a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through

Friday and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. onSaturday.

Ericka Search, who has been withGoin’ Postal since 2005, will bestore manager at the expanded Sun’n Lake location. Their phone num-bers and fax numbers will remain thesame.

For more information, call Goin’Postal at 386-4646 or 471-3400. .

Goin’ Postal to consolidate to Sun ’n Lake location

‘All of our ingredients have nochemicals or MSG’s added, everything

is used fresh. Even down to thecarrots; only Canadian ones are ever

used because of their quality..’

ALEX THACHOishii Burger Japanese American Grill owner

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See OISHII, page 2B

By CHRISTOPHER S.RUGABER

AP Economics WriterWASHINGTON —

The United States added227,000 jobs in Februaryin the latest display ofthe economic recovery’ssurprising breadth andbrawn.

The country has puttogether the strongestthree months of pure jobgrowth since the GreatRecession.

The unemploymentrate stayed at 8.3 per-cent. It was the first timein six months it didn’tfall, and that wasbecause a half-millionAmericans, perhapsfinally seeing hope in theeconomy, started lookingfor work.

The Labor Departmentalso said Friday thatDecember and January,already two of the bestmonths for jobs since therecession, were evenstronger than first esti-mated.

It added 41,000 jobs toits total for January and20,000 for December.

Economists wereexpecting February jobgrowth of 210,000.

“It’s a very strongreport,” said Bob Baur,chief global economist atPrincipal GlobalInvestors, an asset man-agement company. “Icould hardly find any-thing not to like in it.”

Since the beginning ofDecember, the countryhas added 734,000 jobs.The only three-monthstretch that was bettersince the recession endedwas March through May2010, when the govern-ment was hiring tens ofthousands of temporaryworkers for the census.

Stocks rose steadilythrough the morning.The Dow Jones industri-al average climbed 48points to 12,956.

Last week, it closedabove 13,000 for the firsttime since May 2008,four months before thefinancial crisis.

The improving jobspicture figures toimprove the re-electionchances for PresidentBarack Obama and tocomplicate the politicalstrategy for theRepublicans competingfor the right to replacehim.

Obama on Friday vis-ited a manufacturingplant run by Rolls-Royce, a maker of air-craft engines, in Virginia,a state expected to beclosely contested inNovember.

He told workers therethat American manufac-turing is adding jobs forthe first time since the1990s.

US adds227K

jobs inFeb.

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Courtesy photoHighlands Computer Pro, a full service computer repair business, has relocated to6221 U.S. 27 North in the Sun ’n Lake Plaza next to Goin' Postal. Owner Mark Hullhas more than 13 years experience and does custom-built computers for businessesand individuals throughout Highlands County as well as VHS to DVD conversion, datarecovery and offers free diagnostics. Whether you need a new custom built computer,repairs to your current computer or removal of a nasty virus, Highlands Computer Procan help with same-day or next-day services and is open Monday through Friday 8 a.m.to 5 p.m. and Saturday 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Call 382-1609.

IRS Form 9465.Offer in Compromise. Under certain dire

financial-hardship circumstances, the IRSmay allow taxpayers with annual incomesof up to $100,000 to negotiate a reductionin the amount they owe through an Offer inCompromise.

To qualify, you must be current with allfiling and payment requirements and not inbankruptcy. There is a $150 non-refundableapplication fee, which may be waived forlow-income applicants. You’ll also berequired to submit an initial payment withyour application.

Please note: Only a small number ofoffers in compromise are accepted and youshould only pursue one after having

exhausted all other payment options. Forstep-by-step instructions, read the IRSForm 656 Booklet.

If you’re unable to make payments onyour installment agreement or offer incompromise, call the IRS immediately foralternative payment options, which couldinclude reducing the monthly payment toreflect your current financial condition.

Nothing beats staying current on yourtaxes, but if you fear you may fall behind,explore these options before the penaltiesstart snowballing.

Jason Alderman directs Visa’s financial educa-tion programs. To participate in a free, onlineFinancial Literacy and Education Summit onApril 23, go towww.practicalmoneyskills.com/summit2012/.

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There is 11 staff employedat the grill, including manag-er “Papa Jack,” who was pre-viously employed with AWRestaurants for 40 years.

A story that Thach wantedto share was of somethingthat happened to him oneChristmas.

“I was not feeling welland went to CVS to getsome medicine” he said.

While in line, a man infront of him bought a news-paper and he accidentallydropped it.

A picture of Thach fell outof the newspaper from an adthat was in there, Thachwent on to say.

The very next day, he sold300 hamburgers.

Since that day the busi-ness has never looked back.Thach said he felt it was asign.

When asked if Thach feltthere was a lot of competi-tion from other local restau-rants, he said “No. Otherrestaurants have even cometo me and ask me where Iget my buns from.”

There are no plans to openany more Oishii Burgers inthe near future.

“Maybe one day,” Thachsaid with a smile.

Customer Leonard Kinzel,a newcomer to Sebring andmanager of Lowe’s took abite out of his first everburger.

“This is good” he said.“It’s great, and the sauce isgreat, too”.

Business hours are dailyfrom 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.Monday through Saturday

(closed on Sunday). Dine inor carry out is available, butfor carry out it is advised tocall ahead of time at 314-9379.

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Photo by Ron BarrOishii Burger Japanese American Grill offers much morethan just burgers. There’s also a full Japanese grill menu,as owner Alex Thach shows.

American, Japanese cometogether at Oishii Burger

Tax help is available if you look

Highlands Computer Pro has new location

Associated PressWASHINGTON — The

U.S. trade deficit surged inJanuary to the widest imbal-ance in more than three yearsafter imports grew faster thanexports.

Rising oil prices helpeddrive imports to a recordhigh, as did stronger demandfor foreign-made cars, com-puters and food products.

And exports to Europe fell,a sign that the region’s debtcrisis could temporarilyweaken U.S. growth just asthe job market is strengthen-ing.

The January trade deficitwidened to $52.6 billion, theCommerce Departmentreported Friday. That’s upfrom a revised $50.4 billionin December and the biggestgap since October 2008.

Imports rose 2.1 percent toa record $233.4 billion.Exports were up a smaller 1.4percent to $180.8 billion.Exports to Europe fell 7.5percent.

“There is little good newsin January’s trade figures,”said Paul Dales, senior U.S.economist at CapitalEconomics.

Dales blamed much of theincrease on higher oil prices,

which drove oil imports up3.3 percent. Nonetheless, hesaid the wider deficit is likelyto slow economic growth inthe January-March quarter toan annual rate of 1 percent.

Growth should improvelater in the year, he said,because a surge in hiring thatis likely to boost consumerspending.

The Labor Departmentreported Friday that U.S.employers added 227,000jobs in February to completethree of the best months ofhiring since the recessionended. Since the beginningof December, the country hasadded 734,000 jobs.

A separate Commercereport showed that wholesalecompanies kept building theirstockpiles in January. Sales,however, dipped for the firsttime since May.

Business restocking was amajor driver of economic

growth at the end of last year.Economists say that’s likelyto slow in the first quarter,another reason they areexpecting weaker growth.

A wider trade deficitweighs on growth because itmeans Americans are spend-ing more on foreign-madegoods than overseas con-sumers are spending on U.S.-made goods.

Economists predict thetrade deficit this year willwiden from last year’s $560billion imbalance. A key rea-son is they expect U.S. com-panies to sell fewer goods inEurope, which representsabout 20 percent ofAmerica’s export market.

“While the U.S. economyis picking up steam, the restof the world is not. So, weare importing a lot more,”said Joel Naroff, chief econo-mist for Naroff EconomicAdvisors.

U.S. consumers drove thedeficit higher buying moreforeign cars. Imports of autosand auto parts rose 10.4 per-cent to an all-time high of$25.3 billion.

Imports of capital goods,such as computers and indus-trial machinery, also hit arecord at $44.7 billion.

US trade deficit grew to3-year high in January

‘There is littlegood news in

January’s tadefigures.’

PAUL DALESU.S. economist

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Courtesy photoAnita Zahn was presented the Top Listing Award at ERAAdvantage Realty during the annual awards banquet recent-ly. Zahn ‘is notorious for demanding the highest in cus-tomer service. She has been active in office meetings, eagerto share the most cutting edge short sale techniques, mar-keting ideas she has won numerous awards for giving hertime to clients /other realtors. She is also exceptional inshort sales. Presenting the award is Greg Karlson, Brokerowner.

Courtesy photoERA Advantage Realty Broker owner Greg Karlson present-ed the Top Selling Agent Award to Janie Passmore.Passmore has always maintained a professional immagewith her clients and peers. Customer service has excelledin short sales. ‘At times she is quiet with a low key demi-nor, yet there is no doubt she has a lot going on,’ Karlsonsaid.

Courtesy photoDarrin Mills was presented the prestigious The Spirit Awardby ERA Advantage Realty. Broker owner Greg Karlson saidMills demonstrated most spirit,integrity team effort, donethe most to help his fellow agent around the office. Thisaward is given by the agents to the one they are most great-ful/thankful for who has given the most encouragement,and helped them. There is no doubt that this person isunmatched by his ability to fix any computer, build any pro-gram that can help in real estate and he does this selflesslyday in and day out. Mills was also recognized for BeyondExcellence in Rentals/Rental Management. Karlson saidMills has achieved the highest rental listing and leased vol-ume and has given all he could to satisfy his clients, keptthe most accurate records, and much more.

Courtesy photoReceiving ERA Advantage Realty’s Rookie of Year Award isMark Lambert (left) from Broker owner Greg Karlson.Lambert has attended all the sales meetings plus the brain-storming sessions, strives to impress his clients with doingall the research he can before meeting them and has rec-ommendations to prove how impressed his clients are.

ERA Advantage Realty hands out awards

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By SETH BORENSTEINAP Science Writer

WASHINGTON — Thesolar storm that seemed tobe more fizzle than fury gotmuch stronger early Fridaybefore fading again.

At its peak, it was themost potent solar stormsince 2004, space weatherforecasters said.

No power outages orother technological distur-bances were reported fromthe solar storm that startedto peter out late Fridaymorning.

Solar storms, which can’thurt people, can disturbelectric grids, GPS systems,and satellites. They can alsospread colorful NorthernLights further south thanusual, as the latest stormdid early Friday.

And more storms arecoming. The federal gov-ernment’s Space WeatherPrediction Center says thesame area of the sun erupt-ed again Thursday night,with a milder storm expect-

ed to reach Earth earlySunday.

The latest storm startedwith a flare on Tuesday, andhad been forecast to bestrong and direct, with onescientist predicting it wouldblast Earth directly like apunch in the nose. But itarrived Thursday morningat mild levels — at the bot-tom of the government’s 1-5 scale of severity. Itstrengthened to a level 3 forseveral hours early Fridayas the storm neared its end.Scientists say that’sbecause the magnetic partof the storm flipped direc-tion.

“We were watching theboxer, expecting the punch.It didn’t come,” said physi-cist Terry Onsager at theNational Oceanic andAtmospheric Administra-tion’s space weather centerin Boulder, Colo.

“It hit us with the back ofthe hand as it was retreat-ing.”

A backhand slap fromend of solar storm

By CHRIS KAHNAP Energy Writer

NEW YORK — Gasolineprices are lower this weekafter 39 days of increases,though experts say theyshould rise again in thespring.

The national average,which stayed at $3.758 pergallon on Friday, has droppedabout a penny since Monday.Prices are still at the highestlevels ever for this time ofyear.

Tom Kloza, chief analystat the Oil Price InformationService, said prices dipped assuppliers conducted theequivalent of a spring clear-ance. They are discountingwinter gasoline blends tomake room for differentblends that are required forsummer driving.

Altogether, the discountprobably won’t get muchnotice at the pump. “It’ll

spread $325,000 per day insavings among 200 million orso drivers,” Kloza said. “It’sreally not that much.”

Once the winter gasolinehas been sold off, prices willstart to rise again. They haveto, Kloza said, since summergasoline costs more to pro-duce. The switch to summergas also crimps suppliesaround the country, and thatcan force prices higher aswell.

The average price for gaso-line is already more than $4per gallon in California,Alaska and Hawaii. It’s near-ly there in Connecticut,Illinois, New York, Oregonand Washington.

OPIS forecasts that aver-age gasoline prices will riseas high as $4.25 per gallonacross the country by lateApril. That would top therecord high of $4.11 set inJuly 2008.

Gasoline priceslevel off this week

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Courtesy photosSouth Florida CommunityCollege celebrated its 26thAnnual Community CollegeWeek, March 5-8, at theSFCC Highlands Campus.Community College Weekis an annual event atSFCC, where teams ofSFCC students and employ-ees compete in activitiesand demonstrate theirSFCC pride. CommunityCollege Week championswere Eric Bailey, SamMorgan, Samantha Klemp,Tyler Anderson, and JustinTedder of the SheepStyniners (pictured) in firstplace, Tons ‘O’ Fun in sec-ond place, and the DoubleD in third place. KevinSchubert (left) of the Tons‘O’ Fun team competes inthe Belly Flop contest.

CommunityCollegeWeek

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Special to the News-SunTAMPA – According to a

new national survey of teens,less than half (43 percent) are“very confident” they willsomeday have their dreamjob, and a significant majori-ty – 71 percent – said theywould either give up theirdream job for one that paid ahigher salary or might con-sider doing so.

The 2012 JuniorAchievement USA® “Teensand Careers” Survey, spon-sored by ING, also revealedthat the most popular careers,selected by 61 percent of sur-vey respondents, are in thescience, technology, engi-neering, math or the med-ical/dental fields, oftenreferred to as STEM. Giventhose results, not surprising-ly, two-thirds (66 percent) ofteens said their chosen careerwill require four or moreyears of college. However,nearly half (46 percent) havenot started taking steps toprepare for the cost of train-ing/schooling for their cho-sen career.

“It is concerning to see thenumber of teens who consid-ering changing their dreamsbased on the state of theeconomy and their perceived

ability to make money intheir dream career,” saidRichard George, president ofJunior Achievement of WestCentral Florida. “However itis encouraging that many stu-dents plan to continue theireducation to achieve theircareer goals and that so manyare interested in high-growthcareers, and. We believe inthe importance of drivingAmerican competitiveness bypreparing our young peoplefor careers in fields wherethey can create the next gen-eration of innovative prod-ucts and services.”

Other key findings of thesurvey revealed that morethan a third (35 percent) ofteens do not know anyonewho works at their “dreamjob” and learned about theirdesired career through theirschool.

This finding underscoresthe importance of providingstudents with access to real-world work experiences andcareer mentoring, providedby programs like JuniorAchievement’s JA JobShadow™, in which students“shadow” employees at abusiness and gain valuableinsight into the importanceand application of “soft

skills” such as teamwork andproblem solving in the work-place.

The Junior Achievement –ING Foundation survey alsoindicates that the sluggisheconomy continues to influ-ence many aspects ofAmericans’ lives. More thana third (35 percent) of teenshave changed their collegeplans due to the state of theU.S. economy and job avail-ability, and nearly one-thirdof teens (32 percent) are con-sidering skipping college andgoing straight into the work-force.

Rhonda Mims, president ofthe ING Foundation and sen-ior vice president, ING U.S.’sOffice of CorporateResponsibility said, “We areencouraged that so manyteens are interested in careersin high-growth sectors, suchas technology and medicine.Yet many of them have notbegun preparing to pay forcollege.

ING supports JuniorAchievement because theirprograms help students iden-tify and prepare for that‘dream job’ and also giveyoung people the financialliteracy skills to help achievetheir career goals.”

Most teens would consider givingup dream job for higher salary

Special to the News-SunAVON PARK — The

Distance Learning Academyprogram at Walker MemorialAcademy will honor its 74high school graduates at itsannual Alumni Day, March17.

Started in 2001-02 schoolyear, the program was thenknown as AE21, AdventistEducation in the 21stCentury.

It combines its collegeprep program with its ever-growing commitment to tech-nology.

Founded in 1947, with acurrent enrollment of morethan 230 which includes pre-kindergarten through 12thgrade, the number of comput-

ers on campus is approxi-mately 200.

The commitment to rele-

vant, hands-on learning is anintegral part of this progres-sive school.

Distance Learning students tobe recognized at Alumni Day

Courtesy photoSome of the current students of the Distance LearningAcademy at Walker Memorial Academy who will host alum-ni who have been part of the program, which started in2001. The March 17 event is open to all former studentsand staff of Walker Academy.

Special to the News-SunAVON PARK – South Florida Community

College’s (SFCC) Relay for Life team issponsoring a charity raffle ticket sale benefit-ting the American Cancer Society, HighlandsCounty Chapter, now through April 21.

The grand prize for the Charity Raffle is aTrek 7000 Hybrid Bicycle donated by theBike Shop in Sebring and Highlands PedalersBicycle Club. This is the third year that theHighlands Pedalers and the Bike Shop havedonated a bike to the SFCC Relay for Lifecharity raffle.

The Charity Raffle drawing will take placeduring the closing ceremony of Relay forLife, Avon Park, on Saturday, May 21.Winners do not need to be present to win andwill be contacted via telephone or email.Tickets are currently on sale at $1 per ticketthrough SFCC by contacting YeseniaCalderon, [email protected] will also be available at The Bike Shop,213 US Hwy. 27 S., Sebring.

SFCC will be participating in the Relay forLife in Avon Park, on Friday and Saturday,April 20-21. Some of the SFCC groups par-ticipating on the Relay for Life team are Phi

Theta Kappa, SFCC Nurses, SFCC’s Chapterof Association of Florida Colleges, and theInternational Student Organization. For moreinformation about the charity bike raffle orthe SFCC Relay for Life team, contactYesenia Calderon, president, Phi Theta Kappaat [email protected]/.

SFCC Relay for Life team raffles bike

Courtesy photoRelay for Life team members YeseniaCalderon (front, left), Amanda Mcmahon,Brittany Hessell, Erin Lamp pose with DanAndrews (back, left), The Bike Shop; andHighlands Pedalers Russ Hudson, BobBennett, and Francesca Spain.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURTOF THE 10TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT,

IN AND FOR HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDACIVIL DIVISION

CASE NO.: 282009CA001136AOOOXXWELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., ASTRUSTEE, FOR HOLDERS OF BANC OFAMERICA FUNDING CORPORATIONMORTGAGE PASS-THROUGHCERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-5,Plaintiff,vs.JULIE M. WHITNEY; CHRISTOPHER C.WHITNEY; UNKNOWN TENANT(S); IN POSSESSION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY,Defendants.

RE-NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALENOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to an Order Resetting Foreclosure Sale dated the 2nd day of March, 2012, and entered in Case No. 282009CA001136AOOOXX, of the Circuit Court of the 10TH Judicial Circuit in and for Highlands County, Florida, wherein WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE, FOR HOLDERS OF BANC OFAMERICA FUNDING CORPORATION MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-5, is the Plaintiff and JULIE M. WHITNEY; CHRISTO-PHER C. WHITNEY; UNKNOWN TENANT(S) and CHRISTOPHER C. WHITNEY IN POSSESSION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, are defendants. The Clerk of this Court shall sell to the highest and best bidder for cash at the HIGHLANDS COUNTYCOURTHOUSE, 430 SOUTH COMMERCE AVENUE, SEBRING, FL 33870 at the Highlands CountyCourthouse in Sebring, Florida, at 11:00 a.m. on



CASE NO.: 28-2009-CA-001279SUNTRUST MORTGAGE, INC.,Plaintiff,vs.MICHAEL A. WILLIAMS A/K/A MICHAEL ALLEN WILLIAM; CLERK OF COURT, HIGHLAND COUNTY, FLORIDA; SPRING LAKE PROPERTY ASSOCIA-TION, INC. F/K/A SPRING LAKE HOME OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.; STATE OF FLORIDA DEPART-MENT OF REVENUE; SUNTRUST BANK; CHRIS-TINA L. LEE A/K/A CHRISTINA LOIS LEE; STEVEN M. GUELFF D.M.D. P.A.; UNKNOWN TENANT(S) IN POSSESSION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY,Defendants.

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALENOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Final Judg-ment of Foreclosure Sale dated the 22nd day of February, 2012, and entered in Case No. 28-2009-CA-001279, of the Circuit Court of the 10TH Judicial Circuit in and for Highlands County,Florida, wherein SUNTRUST MORTGAGE, INC. is the Plaintiff and MICHAEL A. WILLIAMS A/K/A MI-CHAEL ALLEN WILLIAM; CLERK OF COURT,HIGHLAND COUNTY, FLORIDA; SPRING LAKE PROPERTY ASSOCIATION, INC. F/K/A SPRING LAKE HOME OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.; STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE; SUN-TRUST BANK; CHRISTINA L. LEE A/K/A CHRISTINALOIS LEE; STEVEN M. GUELFF D.M.D. P.A.; UN-KNOWN TENANT(S) IN POSSESSION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY are defendants. The Clerk of this Court shall sell to the highest and best bidderfor cash at the HIGHLANDS COUNTY COURT-HOUSE, 430 SOUTH COMMERCE AVENUE, SE-BRING, FL 33870 at the Highlands County Court-house in Sebring, Florida, at 11:00 a.m. on the21st day of March, 2012, the following described property as set forth in said Final Judgment, towit:LOT 8, BLOCK F, SPRING LAKE VILLAGE II, AC-CORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN IN PLAT BOOK 9, PAGE 43, OF THE PUBLIC RE-CORDS OF HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA.ANY PERSON CLAIMING AN INTEREST IN THE SURPLUS FROM THE SALE, IF ANY, OTHER THANTHE PROPERTY OWNER AS OF THE DATE OF THE LIS PENDENS MUST FILE A CLAIM WITHIN 60DAYS AFTER THE SALE.

Dated this 22nd day of February, 2012.Robert W. Germaine

Clerk Of The Circuit CourtBy: /s/ Priscilla Michalak

Deputy ClerkMarch 4, 11, 2012

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURTOF THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

IN AND FOR HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDACIVIL ACTION

CASE NO.: 28-2008-CA-001244LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF BEAR STEARNS ASSET BACKED SECURITIES I LLC, AS-SET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-HE6,Plaintiff,vs.SHAUN MERCURE A/K/A SHAUN R. MERCURE, et al,Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF RESCHEDULED FORECLOSURE SALENOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to an Or-

der Rescheduling Foreclosure Sale dated February 27, 2012 and entered in Case No. 28-2008-CA-001244 of the Circuit Court of the TENTH Judicial Circuit in and for HIGHLANDS County, Florida wherein LASALLE BANK NA-TIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR CERTIFI-CATEHOLDERS OF BEAR STEARNS ASSET BACKED SECURITIES I LLC, ASSET-BACKED CER-TIFICATES, SERIES 2007-HE6, is the Plaintiff and SHAUN MERCURE A/K/A SHAUN R. MERCURE; MICHELLE MERCURE A/K/A MICHELLE L. MER-CURE A/K/A MICHELLE BROWNING; are the De-fendants, The Clerk of the Court will sell to the highest and best bidder for cash at JURY ASSEM-BLY ROOM IN THE BASEMENT OF THE HIGH-LANDS COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 430 SOUTH COMMERCE AVENUE at 11:00 AM, on the 21st day of March, 2012, the following described prop-erty as set forth in said Final Judgment:

LOTS 22, 24 AND 28, LAKE ANOKA BEACH, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, AS RE-CORDED IN PLAT BOOK 5 PAGE 58, OF THE PUB-LIC RECORDS OF HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA. AND THAT PORTION AT VACATED FRED PLACE DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: A PORTION OF FRED PLACE OF LAKE ANOKA BEACH SUBDIVISION, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF AS RE-CORDED IN PLAT BOOK 5, PAGE 58, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA; BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DE-SCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGIN AT THE SOUTH-EAST CORNER OF LOT 24 OF SAID SUBDIVISION; THEN RUN NORTH 89 DEGREES 52 MINUTES 00 SECONDS WEST AND ALONG THE NORTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF FRED PLACE A DIS-TANCE OF 87.60 FEET TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 24; THENCE RUN SOUTH 00 DE-GREES 05 MINUTES 00 SECONDS EAST A DIS-TANCE OF 50.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 89 DE-GREES 52 MINUTES 00 SECONDS EAST AND ALONG THE SOUTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF FRED PLACE A DISTANCE OF 87.60 FEET TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 28; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 05 MINUTES 00 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 50.00 FEET TO POINT OF BEGINNING.

A/K/A 908 W. FRED PLACE, AVON PARK, FL 33825

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 February 27, 2012.

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

Deputy ClerkFlorida Default Law Group, P.L.P.O. Box 25018Tampa, Florida 33622-5018F08076640 EMC-CONV--Team 3-F08076640**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.

March 4, 11, 2012

IN THE CIRCUIT COURTFOR HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA

PROBATE DIVISIONFILE NO. PC 12-60

IN RE: ESTATE OFDORIS ANN WHITTa.k.a. DORIS BOYD WHITTDeceased.

NOTICE TO CREDITORSThe administration of the estate of DORIS ANN

WHITT a.k.a. DORIS BOYD WHITT, deceased, whose date of death was November 9, 2011, and whose social security number is xxx-xx-4832, is pending in the Circuit Court for Highlands County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 430 S. Commerce Avenue, Sebring, FL 33870. The names and addresses of the personal repre-sentative and the personal representative's attor-ney 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 re-quired 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 SERV-ICE 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.

ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PE-RIODS 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 March 4, 2012.

Personal Representative:/s/ Jeanne Denise Knudtson

f/k/a Jeanne Denise Whitt4319 Sebring Avenue

Sebring, Florida 33875Attorney for Personal Representatives:/s/ David F. LanierE-Mail Address: [email protected] Bar No. 045399DAVID F. LANIERP.O. Box 400Avon Park, Florida 33825-0400Telephone: (863)453-4457

March 4, 11, 2012

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF

THE STATE OF FLORIDA,IN AND FOR HIGHLANDS COUNTY

GENERAL CIVIL DIVISIONCase No. 2010-CA-001285

BENEFICIAL FLORIDA, INC.PlaintiffvsCURTIS HIGGINS; BRENDA HIGGINS; RHS INDUS-TRIES INC.; and UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS, TEN-ANTS, OWNERS, and OTHER UNKNOWN PARTIES, including, if a named defendant is deceased, the personal representatives, the surviving spouse, heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors, and all other parties claiming by, through, under or against that defendant, and all claimants, persons or parties, natural or corporate, or whose exact legal status is unknown, claiming under any of the above named or described defendantsDefendants

NOTICE OF SALENotice is hereby given that, pursuant to the Or-

der of Final Judgment entered in this cause, in the Circuit Court of Highlands County, Florida, I will sell the property situated in Highlands County,

IN THE CIRCUIT COURTOF THE 10TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

IN AND FOR HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDACASE NO. 28-2012-CA-000014

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OFNEW YORK,AS TRUSTEE FOR THECERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE CWABS, INC., AS-SET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-13Plaintiff,vs.DERRICK J. ROBINSON, A/K/A DERRICK JERONEROBINSON; et al.Defendant(s)

NOTICE OF ACTION - FORECLOSURE PROCEED-INGS

TO: DERRICK J. ROBINSON AND TERESA M. ROBINSON

including any unknown spouse of the Defen-dant, if remarried and if said Defendant is dead, his/her respective unknown spouse, heirs, devi-sees, grantees, assignees, creditors, lien holders, and trustees, and all other persons claiming by, through, under or against the named Defendant; and the aforementioned named Defendant and such of the aforementioned unknown Defendant and such of the unknown named Defendant as may be infants, incompetents, or otherwise not sui juris.

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that an action to foreclose a mortgage on the following described property, to-wit:

Lot 13 and 14, Block 3, Highlands Park Es-tates, Section D, a Subdivision according to the Plat or Map thereof described in Plat Book 4, at Page(s) 86, of the Public Records of Highlands County, Florida.More commonly known as 111 Eversole Avenue, Lake Placid, FL 33852

This action has been filed against you, and you are required to serve a copy of your written de-fense, if any, to it on Plaintiff's attorney, Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., LPA, whose address is 550 West Cypress Creek Road, Suite 550, Cypress Creek, FL 33309, on or before 30 days after date of first publication, which is April 10, 2012, and file the original with the Clerk of the Circuit Court either before service on Plaintiff's attorney or im-mediately thereafter; otherwise a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

Witness my hand and seal of this Court on the 28th day of February, 2011.

Robert W. Germaine, ClerkHighlands County, Florida

By: /s/ Toni KoppDeputy Clerk

March 11, 18, 2012

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURTOF THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT,

IN AND FOR HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDACASE NO.: 28-2010-CA-001200

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.;Plainitff,vs.JAMES PAUL BAKER, IF LIVINGAND IF DEAD; TAMARIND S.BAKER, IF LIVING AND IF DEAD;UNKNOWN TENANT(S) INPOSSESSION OF THE PROPERTY;BARRON VAN HOUTEN D/B/A VANHOUTENS KENNELS;Defendants

NOTICE OF ACTIONTo the following Defendant(s):JAMES PAUL BAKERLast Known Address1333 Cowhouse RdLorida, FL 33857

YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action for Foreclo-sure of Mortgage on the following described prop-erty:

A SQUARE 5 ACRE TRACT LYING IN THE NE 1/4 OF SECTION 20, TOWNSHIP 35 SOUTH, RANGE 31 EAST, HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: STARTING AT AN IRON PIPE THE 1/4 SECTION CORNER OF THE EAST LIE OF SECTION 20, TOWNSHIP 35 SOUTH, RANGE 31 EAST, THENCE N 0 DEGREES 45' E A DIS-TANCE OF 33.00 FEET TO A POINT, THENCE NORTH 0 DEGREES 45' E A DISTANCE OF 466.74 FEET TO A A POINT, THENCE WEST 466.74 FEET TO A POINT, THENCE S 0 DEGREES 45' W A DIS-TANCE OF 466.74 FEET TO A POINT, THENCE EAST 466.74 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.

a/k/a 1333 COWHOUSE RD, LORIDA, FL 33857CASE NO.: 28-2010-CA-001200Our File Number: 10-07276

has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it, on Marinosci Law Group, P.C., Attorney for Plain-tiff, whose address is 100 W. Cypress Creek Road, Suite 1045, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33309 on or before April 9, 2012, a date which is within thirty (30) days after the first publication of this Notice in THE NEWS SUN and file the original with the Clerk of this Court either before service on Plaintiff's attorney or immediately thereafter; oth-erwise a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint.This notice is provided pursuant to Administrative Order No. 2.065.IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, If you are a person with a dis-ability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assis-tance. Please contact the Office of the Court Ad-ministrator, (863)534-4690, within two (2) work-ing days of your receipt of this Notice of Action; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call TDD (863)534-7777 or Florida Relay Service 711.

I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Notice of Filing was mailed to all the parties in the attached mailing list.

WITNESS my hand and the seal of this Court this 27th day of February, 2012.

BOB GERMAINEAs Clerk of the CourtBy: /s/ Lisa Tantillo

As Deputy ClerkMarch 11, 18, 2012


IN AND FOR HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDACASE NO.: 28-2012-CA-000036

DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,AS TRUSTEE FOR FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGELOAN TRUST 2006-FF11, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-FF11,Plaintiff,vs.MARIA T. SUAREZ, et al.,Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF ACTIONTO: Maria T. Suarez and Unknown Spouse of Maria T. Suarez

last known residence: 308 Jay Avenue, Se-bring, FL 33872

and all persons claiming by, through, under or against the named Defendants.YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action to foreclose a mortgage on the following property in Highlands County, Florida:

LOT 363, OF SEBRING RIDGE, SECTION A, AC-CORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 7, AT PAGE 45, 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 it on Aldridge Connors, LLP, plaintiff's attorney, at 7000 West Palmetto Park Road, Suite 307, Boca Raton, Florida 33433, within 30 days of the first date of publication of this notice, and file the origi-nal with the clerk of this court either before April 10, 2012 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.Dated on February 28, 2012Robert GermaineAs Clerk of the CourtBy: /s/ Toni KoppAs Deputy Clerk

March 11, 18, 2012

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OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA,IN AND FOR HIGHLANDS COUNTY

CIVIL DIVISIONCASE NO. 28-2011-CA-000490

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ND,Plaintiff,vs.BARBARA MEINERS JOHNSON; UNKNOWN SPOUSEOF BARBARA MEINERS JOHNSON; IF LIVING,INCLUDING ANY UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF SAIDDEFENDANT(S), IF REMARRIED, AND IF DECEASED,THE RESPECTIVE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES,GRANTEES, ASSIGNEES, CREDITORS, LIENORS, ANDTRUSTEES, AND ALL OTHER PERSONS CLAIMINGBY, THROUGH, UNDER OR AGAINST THE NAMED DEFENDANT(S); GOLF HAMMOCK OWNERSASSOCIATION, INC.; WHETHER DISSOLVED ORPRESENTLY EXISTING, TOGETHER WITH ANYGRANTEES, ASSIGNEES, CREDITORS, LIENORS, ORTRUSTEES OF SAID DEFENDANT(S) AND ALL OTHER PERSONS CLAIMING BY, THROUGH, UNDER, ORAGAINST DEFENDANT(S); UNKNOWN TENANT #1;UNKNOWN TENANT #2;Defendant(s)

NOTICE OF SALENotice is hereby given that, pursuant to a Final

Summary Judgment of Fore-closure entered in the above-styled cause, in theCircuit Court of Highlands County, Florida, I will sellthe property situate in Highlands County, Florida, described as:

LOT 132, GOLF HAMMOCK, UNIT III, ACCORDINGTO THE PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN PLATBOOK 14, PAGE 10, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OFHIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA.A/K/A2797 Duffer Rd.Sebring, FL 33872at public sale, to the highest and best bidder, forcash, in the Jury Assembly Room in the basement ofHighlands County Courthouse located at 430 South Commerce Avenue, Sebring, Florida at 11:00A.M., on March 28, 2012.DATED THIS 2ND DAY OF MARCH, 2012.

Any person claiming an interest in the surplusfrom the sale, if any, other than the property owneras of the date of the lis pendents, must file a claim within 60 days after the sale.

Witness, my hand and seal of this court on the2nd day of March, 2012.

CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURTBy: /s/ Priscilla Michalak





U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ND,Plaintiff,vs.ALONZO B. JOHNSON; UNKNOWN SPOUSE OFALONZO B. JOHNSON; IF LIVING, INCLUDING ANYUNKNOWN SPOUSE OF SAID DEFENDANT(S), IF REMARRIED, AND IF DECEASED, THE RESPECTIVEUNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES,ASSIGNEES, CREDITORS, LIENORS, AND TRUSTEES,AND ALL OTHER PERSONS CLAIMING BY,THROUGH, UNDER OR AGAINST THE NAMED DEFENDANT(S); UNKNOWN TENANT #1; UNKNOWNTENANT #2;Defendant(s)


Summary Judgment of Foreclosure entered in theabove-styled cause, in the Circuit Court of Highlands County, Florida, I will sell the property situate inHighlands County, Florida, described as:

LOTS 4424 AND 4425, AVON PARK LAKES UNIT14, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF ASRECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 5, PAGE 7, OF THEPUBLIC RECORDS OF HIGHLANDS COUNTY,FLORIDA.A/K/A1902 N. Carmel Rd.Avon Park, FL 33825at public sale, to the highest and best bidder, forcash, in the Jury Assembly Room in the basement ofHighlands County Courthouse located at 430 South Commerce Avenue, Sebring, Florida at 11:00A.M., on March 28, 2012.DATED THIS 2ND DAY OF MARCH, 2012.

Any person claiming an interest in the surplusfrom the sale, if any, other than the property owneras of the date of the lis pendents, must file a claim within 60 days after the sale.

Witness, my hand and seal of this court on the2nd day of March, 2012.





CASE NO.: 282009CA001869AOOOXXSUNTRUST MORTGAGE INC.,Plaintiff,vs.AVERY T. MILLS; STEPHANIE S. MILLS; UN-KNOWN TENANT(S) IN POSSESSION OF THE SUB-JECT PROPERTY,Defendants.

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALENOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Final Judg-ment of Foreclosure Sale dated the 22nd day of February, 2012, and entered in Case No. 282009CA001869AOOOXX, of the Circuit Court of the 10TH Judicial Circuit in and for Highlands County, Florida, wherein SUNTRUST MORTGAGE INC. is the Plaintiff and AVERY T. MILLS and STEPHANIE S. MILLS, and UNKNOWN TENANT(S) IN POSSESSION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY are defendants. The Clerk of this Court shall sell to the highest and best bidder for cash at the HIGH-LANDS COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 430 SOUTH COMMERCE AVENUE, SEBRING, FL 33870 at the Highlands County Courthouse in Sebring, Florida, at 11:00 a.m. on the 22nd day of March, 2012, the following described property as set forth in said Final Judgment, to wit:LOT 16, BLOCK 22, OF THE UNRECORDED PLAT OF RIVER RIDGE RANCHES, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: THE EAST 1/2 OF THE NORTH 1/2 OF THE SOUTH 1/4 OF THE NORTH-EAST 1/4 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 22, TOWNSHIP 33 SOUTH, RANGE 29 EAST, HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA. TOGETHER WITH A 1993 CARRIE-CRAFT MOBILE HOME, HAVING VIN's FLFLP7OA21422CG AND FLFLP7OB21422CG, AND TITLE #S65709286 AND 65709287ANY 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 this 23rd day of February, 2012.Robert W. Germaine



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Florida, described as:LOT 36, IN BLOCK 22, OF SUN 'N LAKE ES-

TATES OF SEBRING UNIT 2, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 9, PAGE 48, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF HIGH-LANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA.

Property Address: 4124 Ramiro StreetSebring, FL 33872

Parcel I.D.: C043428-02002200360at public sale, to the highest and best bidder, for cash, at the Jury Assembly Room in the basement of the Highlands County Courthouse, 430 S. Com-merce Street, Sebring, Florida 33870 at 11:00 a.m. on March 27, 2012.

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 WITH THE CLERK OF COURT WITHIN 60 DAYS AFTER THE SALE.

DATED this 2nd day of March, 2012.ROBERT W. GERMAINE

Clerk of Circuit CourtBy: /s/ Priscilla Michalak


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NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT OF THESCHOOL BOARD OF HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA TOCONSIDER DEVELOPMENT OF SCHOOL DISTRICT JOB DE-SCRIPTION FOR A CONFIDENTIAL NON-BARGAINING SUP-PORT PERSONNEL AND NOTICE OF POTENTIAL PUBLICHEARINGNOTICE is hereby given that the School Board of Highlands County is developing a new job description for a Confiden-tial Non-Bargaining Support Personnel. The Board will dis-cuss/approve future plans to develop the rule at a regular meeting of the Board on Tuesday, April 3, 2012, at 5:30 p.m. in the Board Meeting Room, George Douglass Admin-istration Building, 426 School Street, Sebring, Florida. Ifrequested by an affected person in writing within 14 days of the date of this notice, a rule development workshop will be noticed in a local newspaper. The request must be sub-mitted to Wally Cox, Superintendent, 426 School Street,Sebring, FL 33870. The purpose and effect of the pro-posed new job description is to add a new position for aConfidential Non-Bargaining Support Personnel. A sum-mary of the proposed rule or amendment is as follows: The minimum qualifications for a Confidential Non-Bar-gaining Support Personnel: Employed as a non-instruc-tional support staff member in the department or school inhe position of clerk, secretary or bookkeeper; Receivedsatisfactory or higher performance evaluations during em-ployment period; and Selected by supervising administra-tor, recommended by Superintendent for approval by the School Board. The primary performance responsibilitiesare as follows: 1. Maintains and prepares documents for the supervising administrator that are of a confidential na-ture as per statute/public records law, district policy,and/or HCEA and HCESPA Contract language (electronic personnel action forms, personnel roster/PSC recommen-dations performance evaluations correspondent/written reprimands, non-renewal roster student information/re-cords, parent conferences, etc.). 2. Communicates with appropriate school and/or department staff regarding data, information or actions as authorized or approved by the supervising administrator. 3. Reports to supervising ad-ministrator(s) any and all matter related to confidential po-sition as directed. The specific legal authority includes Ar-ticle 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 amend-ment will have no effect on small business. The School District believes that the proposed rule or amendment will not result in substantial increase in costs or prices paid byconsumers, individual industries or state or local govern-ment agencies, and will not result in significant adverseeffects on competition, employment, investment, produc-tivity, 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 Dis-trict of promulgating the proposed rule or amendment isestimated to be $200. The estimated annual cost of im-plementing and enforcing the proposed rule or amend-ment is $0. The text of the proposed rule or amendmentcan be obtained at the Superintendent’s office, George Douglass Administration Building (Attn. Connie Scobey),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 COUNTYBY: Wally CoxSuperintendent & ex officio secretary

March 11, 2012

IN THE CIRCUIT CIVIL COURTOF THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA,

IN AND FOR HIGHLANDS COUNTYCIVIL DIVISION

CASE NO.: 28-2010-CA-001126Divison

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.Plaintiff,vs.GEORGE D. SIBREL, PATRICIA M. SIBREL A/K/APATRICIA MAE SIBREL AND UNKNOWN TENANTS/OWNERS,Defendants.

NOTICE OF SALENOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to a Final

Judgment of Foreclosure for Plaintiff entered in this cause on February 8, 2012, in the Circuit Court of HIGHLANDS County, Florida, I will sell theproperty situated in Highlands County, Florida de-scribed as:

LOT 1, BLOCK 1, NORMANDY SHORES ES-TATES, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RE-CORDED IN PLAT BOOK 5, PAGE 97, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF HIGHLANDSCOUNTY, FLORIDA.and commonly known as: 196 LAKE DRIVE BLVD, SEBRING, FL 33875; including the building, ap-purtenances, and fixtures located therein, at pub-lic sale, to the highest and best bidder, for cash, Sales are held in the Jury Assembly Room in thebasement of the Highlands County Courthouse lo-cated at 430 S. Commerce Avenue, Sebring, Flor-ida 33870, on April 16, 2012 at 11 a.m.

Any persons claiming an interest in the sur-plus from the sale, if any, other than the property owner as of the date of the Lis Pendens must filea claim within 60 days after the sale.

Dated this 8th day of February, 2012.Clerk of the Circuit Court

By: /s/ Annette E. DaffDeputy Clerk

March 11, 18, 2012



CASE NO.: 282010CA000341AOOOXXNATIONSTAR MORTGAGE, LLC,Plaintiff,vs.DOROTHY L. ALLEN A/K/A DOROTHY ALLEN; UN-KNOWN SPOUSE OF DOROTHY L. ALLEN A/K/ADOROTHY ALLEN; UNKNOWN TENANT(S) IN POS-SESSION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY,Defendants.

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALENOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Final Judg-ment of Foreclosure Sale dated the 22nd day of February, 2012, and entered in Case No. 282010CA000341AOOOXX, of the Circuit Court of the 10TH Judicial Circuit in and for Highlands County, Florida, wherein NATIONSTAR MORT-GAGE, LLC is the Plaintiff and DOROTHY L. ALLEN A/K/A DOROTHY ALLEN; UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF DOROTHY L. ALLEN A/K/A DOROTHY ALLEN and UNKNOWN TENANT(S) IN POSSESSION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY are defendants. The Clerk of this Court shall sell to the highest and best bidderfor cash at the HIGHLANDS COUNTY COURT-HOUSE, 430 SOUTH COMMERCE AVENUE, SE-BRING, FL 33870 at the Highlands County Court-house in Sebring, Florida, at 11:00 a.m. on the21st day of March, 2012, the following described property as set forth in said Final Judgment, towit:LAKEWOOD TERRACE, SH1, LOT 12 AND WEST HALF OF LOT 13, BLOCK 99, BOOK 1356, PAGE 969, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA.ANY PERSON CLAIMING AN INTEREST IN THE SURPLUS FROM THE SALE, IF ANY, OTHER THANTHE PROPERTY OWNER AS OF THE DATE OF THE LIS PENDENS MUST FILE A CLAIM WITHIN 60DAYS AFTER THE SALE.

Dated this 22nd day of February, 2012.Robert W. Germaine



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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,Plaintiff,vs.JULIAN WILLIAMS F/K/A JULIAN S. WILLIAMS; UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF JULIAN WILLIAMS F/K/A JULIAN S. WILLIAMS; IF LIVING, INCLUDING ANY UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF SAID DEFENDANT(S), IF REMARRIED, AND IF DECEASED, THE RESPEC-TIVE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, ASSIGNEES, CREDITORS, LIENORS, AND TRUS-TEES, AND ALL OTHER PERSONS CLAIMING BY, THROUGH, UNDER OR AGAINST THE NAMED DE-FENDANT(S); TD BANK, N.A. SUCCESSOR BY MERGER OF RIVERSIDE NATIONAL BANK OF FLORIDA; WHETHER DISSOLVED OR PRESENTLY EXISTING, TOGETHER WITH ANY GRANTEES, AS-SIGNEES, CREDITORS, LEINORS, OR TRUSTEES OF SAID DEFENDANT(S) AND ALL THER PERSONS CLAIMING BY, THROUGH, UNDER, OR AGAINST DEFENDANT(S); UNKNOWN TENANT #1; UN-KNOWN TENANT #2;Defendant(s)


Summary Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above-styled cause, in the Circuit Court of High-lands County, Florida, I will sell the property situ-ate in Highlands County, Florida, described as:

LOT 7, BLOCK N, SUN N' LAKES ESTATES SECTION 4, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 8, PAGE 34, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA.A/K/A216 Harmony LaneLake Placid, FL 33852at public sale, to the highest and best bidder, for cash, in the Jury Assembly Room in the basement of Highlands County Courthouse located at 430 South Commerce Avenue, Sebring, Florida at 11:00 A.M., on March 28, 2012.DATED THIS 2nd DAY OF MARCH, 2012.

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 pendents, must file a claim within 60 days after the sale.

Witness, my hand and seal of this court on the 2nd day of March, 2012.






U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,Plaintiff,vs.BARRY JACKSON; UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF BARRY JACKSON; WALLACE J. JACKSON; UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF WALLACE J. JACKSON; IF LIVING, IN-CLUDING ANY UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF SAID DE-FENDANT(S), IF REMARRIED, AND IF DECEASED, THE RESPECTIVE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, ASSIGNEES, CREDITORS, LIENORS, AND TRUSTEES, AND ALL OTHER PERSONS CLAIMING BY, THROUGH, UNDER OR AGAINST THE NAMED DEFENDANT(S); UNKNOWN TENANT #1; UNKNOWN TENANT #2;Defendant(s)


Summary Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above-styled cause, in the Circuit Court of High-lands County, Florida, I will sell the property situ-ate in Highlands County, Florida, described as:

ALL OF LOT 18 AND THE NORTH 30 FEET OF LOT 17, BLOCK 182, WOODLAWN TERRACE SUBDIVISION, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 1, PAGE 96, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA.A/K/A1229 Glenwood AvenueSebring, FL 33870at public sale, to the highest and best bidder, for cash, in the Jury Assembly Room in the basement of Highlands County Courthouse located at 430 South Commerce Avenue, Sebring, Florida at 11:00 A.M., on March 28, 2012.DATED THIS 2nd DAY OF MARCH, 2012.

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 pendents, must file a claim within 60 days after the sale.

Witness, my hand and seal of this court on the 2nd day of March, 2012.



IN THE CIRCUIT COURTIN AND FOR HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA

CIVIL DIVISIONCASE NO. 09-001689-GCS

HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as succes-sor by trustee to Bank of America, N.A., successor by merger to LaSalle Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee under that certain Indenture dated as of February 1, 2005, as the same may be amended from time to time, for the benefit of the SBA and the holders of the Business Loan Ex-press SBA Loan-Backed Notes, Series 2005-1, as their interests may appear subject to the Multi-Party Agreement dated February 1, 2005,Plaintiff,v.RAINBOW VILLAGE OF HIGHLANDCOUNTY, INC., JEFFREY D. TORBERT,LINDA L. TOBERT, et al.,Defendants.

NOTICE OF SALEPURSUANT TO CHAPTER 45

Notice is given that pursuant to a Final Judg-ment of Foreclosure dated February 29, 2012 en-tered in Case No. 09-001689-GCS of the Circuit Court of the Tenth Judicial Circuit in and for High-lands County, Florida, in which HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as successor trustee to Bank of America, N.A., successor by merger to LaSalle Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee under that certain Indenture dated as of February 1, 2005, as the same may be amended from time to time, for the benefit of the SBA and the holders of the Business Loan Express SBA Loan-Backed Notes, Series 2005-1, as their interests may ap-pear subject to the Multi-Party Agreement dated February 1, 2005, is the Plaintiff, and RAINBOW VILLAGE OF HIGHLAND COUNTY, INC., JEFFREY D. TORBERT, and LINDA L. TORBERT, are the De-fendants, the ClerK of the Court shall sell the sub-ject property at a public sale on March 27, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. to the highest bidder for cash, at the Jury Assembly Room, Highlands County Courthouse, 430 South Commerce Avenue, Se-bring, Florida 33870, in accordance with section 45.031, Florida Statutes, the following-described property set forth in said Final Summary Judg-ment of Foreclosure:

LOT 6 AND THE EAST 1/2 OF LOT 7, BLOCK 6, LAKEVIEW HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 1, PAGE 70A OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA; and

LOT 25, LESS ROAD RIGHT OF WAY, AND LOT 26, BLOCK 124, LA PALOMA SUBDIVISION AC-CORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 1, PAGE 44 OF THE PUBLIC RE-CORDS OF HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA.Dated this 2nd day of March, 2012.

ROBERT W. GERMAINEClerk of the Circuit Court

By: /s/ Priscilla Michalakas Deputy Clerk

March 11, 18, 2012

NING; thence continue S 43˚15'00" W for a dis-tance of 745.69 feet to a point; thence S 44˚10'00" W for a distance of 316.93 feet to a point on the West line of the E 1/2 of the NW 1/4 of said Section 23; thence S 1˚53'43" E along said West line for a distance of 1816.05 feet to the SW corner of the E 1/2 of the NW 1/4 of said Section 23; thence N 89˚53'30" E along the South line of the NW 1/4 of said Section 23 for a dis-tance of 688.92 feet to a point; thence N 0˚22'55" W for a distance of 2584.29 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING.

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Parcel 2A

Lots 125 and 126, of LAKE GROVES, according to the plat thereof as recorded in Plat Book 1, Pages 11 and 12, of the Public Records of Highlands County, Florida.

Lots 124 and 140 and portion of 123; also that are lying between the West shoreline of Lake Si-rena and said Lot 140 and portion of Lot 123 hereinafter described, all as shown on the plat of LAKE GROVES as recorded in Plat Book 1, Page 11, Public Records of Highlands County, Florida, more particularly described as follows: Begin at the Southwest corner of aforesaid Lot 124 in the center of a 40 foot street as shown on said plat of Lake Groves, run thence N 0˚17'30" W along the center of said street a distance of 670.00 feet to the center line of another 40 foot street; run thence N 81˚27'32" E a distance of 937.23 feet to the West shoreline of Lake Sirena; run thence South and East along said shoreline for a distance of 500 feet more or less to a point and intersect-ing the Northerly prolongation of the East line of aforesaid Lot 140, run thence S 0˚17'30" E along said East line for a distance of 486.68 feet to the Southeast corner of said Lot 140, run thence S 89˚10'02" W along the South line of said Lots 140 and 124 for a distance of 1320.00 feet to the Point or Place of Beginning.

Lots 139, 141, 142, 146 and 147, LAKE GROVES, according to the plat thereof recorded in plat Book 1, Page 11, of the Public Records of Highlands County, Florida.

Parcel 3

Legal "A"A portion of Section 14, Township 36 S, Range 29 E, Highlands County, Florida, more particularly de-scribed as follows: Commence at the SW corner of the SE 1/4 (SE corner of the SW 1/4) of said Section 14; thence N 0˚38'22" E along the West line of the SE 1/4 of said Section 14 for a distance of 954.08 feet to a point on the Northerly line of Cloverleaf Road; thence S 59˚45'27" East along said Northerly line for a distance of 596.17 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING; thence continue along the Northerly line of Cloverleaf Road for a distance of 11.00 feet to the Point of Curvature of a circu-lar curve to the left having a redius of 507.00 feet, a central angle of 39˚18'30" and a chord bearing of S79˚24'42" E; thence in an Easterly di-rection along said curvature for an arc distance of 347.83 feet to the Point of Tangency; thence in an Easterly direction along said curvature for an arc distance of 347.83 feet to the Point of Tan-gency; thence N 80˚56'03" East still along said Northerly line for a distance of 134.92 feet to the Point of Curvature of a circular curve to the left having a radius of 881.00 feet, a central angel of 23˚41'18" and a chord bearing of N 69˚05'24" E; thence along said curvature, which is the North-erly line of Cloverleaf Road, for an arc distance of 364.24 feet to the Point of Tangency; thence N 57˚14'45" E still along said Northerly line for a distance of 488.90 feet to a point on the Westerly right-of-way line of U.S. Highway No. 27; thence N 7˚32'20" W, along said Westerly right-of-way line for a distance of 229.51 feet to a point; thence S 89˚42'00" W parallel with the South line of said Section 14 for a distance of 38.00 feet to a point; thence meander in a Westerly direction along the centerline of an existing canal for a dis-tance of 1105 feet, more or less to a point; thence S 38˚52'38" W for a distance of 246 feet, more or less to the POINT OF BEGINNING.

Legal "B"A portion of Section 23, Township 36 S, Range 29 E, Highlands County, Florida, more particularly de-scribed as follows: Commence at the N 1/4 corner (NE corner of the NW 1/4) of said Section 23; thence N 89˚42'00" East along the North line of said Section 23 for a distance of 39.47 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING; thence S 0˚10'33" E for a distance of 2655.58 feet to a point on the South line of the N 1/2 of said Section 23; thence N 89˚53'30" East, along the South line of the N 1/2of said Section 23, for a distance of 1363.91 feet to the SE corner of the W 1/2 of the NE 1/4 of said Section 23;thence N 1˚45'32" W, along the East line of the W 1/2 of the NE 1/4 for a distance of 1663.09 feet to the SW corner of the N 3/4 of the NE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of said Section 23; thence N 89˚46'17" East, along the South line of the North 3/4 of the NE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 for a distance of 655.08 feet to a point on the West right-of-way line of US Highway No. 27; thence N 7˚32'20" W along the West right-of-way line of U.S. Highway No. 27 for a distance of 1006.38 feet to a point on the North line of said Section 23; thence S 89˚42'00" W along the North line of said Section 23 for a distance of 1844.06 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING.

Legal "C"A portion of Section 14, Township 36 S, Range 29 E, Highlands County, Florida, more particularly de-scribed as follows: BEGIN at the SW corner of the SE 1/4 (SE corner of the SW 1/4) of said Section 14; thence N 89˚42;00" E, along the South line of said Section 14, for a distance of 1883.81 feet to the Westerly right-of-way line of U.S. Highway No. 27; thence N 7˚32'20" W along said Westerly right-of-way line for a distance of 943.98 feet t a point on the South line of Cloverleaf Road; thence S 57˚14'45" W along the South line of Cloverleaf Road for a distance of 465.35 feet to the Point of Curvature of a circular curve to the right having a radius of 931.00 feet, a central angle of 23˚41'18" and a chord bearing of S 69˚05'24" W, thence in a Westerly direction along said curva-ture for an arc distance of 384.91 feet to the Point of Tangency; thence S 80˚56'03" W for a distance of 134.92 feet to the Point of Curvature of a circular curve to the right having a radius of 557.00 feet, a central angle of 39˚18'30" and a chord bearing of N 79˚24'42" W; thence along said curvature for an arc distance of 382.14 feet to a point; thence N 24˚31'27" West (not tangent to the last described curve) for a distance of 20.55 feet to a point; thence S 38˚52'38" W for a distance of 394.03 feet to a point; thence N 53˚06'30" W for a distance of 310.80 feet to a point on the West line of SE 1/4 of said Section 14; thence S 0˚39'22" W along the West line of the SE 1/4 for a distance of 503.66 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING.

Parcel 4

Parcel A:A portion of the E 1/2 of the NW 1/4 of Section 23, Township 36 S, Range 29 E, Highlands County, Florida, more particularly described as fol-lows: BEGIN at the NE corner of the NW 1/4 of Section 23; thence S 89˚42'00" W along the North line of said Section 23 for a distance of 493.00 feet to a point; thence S 43˚15'00" W for a distance of 95.63 feet to a point; thence S 0˚22'55" E for a distance of 2584.29 feet to a point on the South line of the NW 1/4 of said Sec-tion 23; thence N 89˚53'30" E along the South line of the NW 1/4 of said Section 23 for a dis-tance of 629.34 feet to the SE corner of the NW 1/4 of said Section 23; thence N 1˚53'26" W along the East line of the NW 1/4 of said Section 23 for a distance of 2656.73 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING,LESS AND EXCEPT A portion of Section 23, Town-ship 36 S, Range 29 E, Highlands County, Florida, more particularly described as follows: Commence at the NE corner of the NW 1/4 of said Section 23 (SE corner of the SW 1/4 of Section 23, Township 36 S, Range 29 E); thence S 1˚53'26"); thence S 1˚53'26" E along the East line of the NW 1/4 of said Section 23 for a distance of 1328.40 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING; thence continue S 1˚53'26" E along said East line for a distance of 1328.33 feet to the SE coner of the NW 1/4 of said Section 23; thence S 89˚53'30" W along the South line of the NW 1/4 of said Section 23 for a distance of 39.75 feet to a point; thence N 0˚10'33" W for a distance of 1327.69 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING.

Parcel B:A portion of the E 1/2 of the NW 1/4 of Section 23, Township 36 S, Range 29 E, Highlands County, Florida, more particularly described as fol-lows: BEGIN at the NE corner of the NW 1/4 of Section 23; thence S 89˚42'00" W along the North line of said Section 23 for a distance of 493.40 feet to a point; thence S 43˚15'00" W for a distance of 95.63 feet to the POINT OF BEGIN-

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Case No.: GC-11-00679HIGHLANDS INDEPENDENT BANK,Plaintiff,vs.GRADY SMOAK GROVES, INC.,a Florida corporation, and MAPEHO, INC., aFlorida corporation, GEORGE P. MASON, JR., indi-vidually, MARILYN SMOAK MASON,individually,Defendants.

NOTICE OF SALENOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to the

"Agreed Final Judgment of Foreclosure'' (the "Fi-nal Judgment''), entered in the above-styled ac-tion on February 27, 2012, the Clerk of Highlands County will sell the property situated in Highlands County, Florida, as described below at a Public Sale, to the highest bidder, for cash, at 430 South Commerce Avenue, Sebring, Florida 33870, on March 26, 2012, at 11:00 a.m.: See attached Ex-hibit "A."

DATED this 28 day of February, 2012.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.

BOB GERMAINEClerk of the Circuit Court

Highlands County, Florida/s/ Lisa Tantillo

Deputy ClerkExhibit "A"

Parcel 1That part of the NE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 16, Township 38 South, Range 30 East, High-lands County, Florida, lying East of U.S. Highway No. 27 (State Road No. 25), less the South 10.00 acres thereof being more particularly described as follows: Begin at a point the East right-of-way of said U.S. Highway No. 27 (State Road No. 25), where it is intersected by the by the North line of said Section 16; run thence N 89˚41'15" E along the North line of said Section 16 for a distance of 1,222.43 feet to the N 1/4 corner; run thence S 0˚08'23" West along the East line of the NE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of said Section 16 for a distance of 437.01 feet to a point; run thence S 89˚39'26" W for a distance of 1,220.56 feet to the East right-of-way line of U.S. Highway No. 27; run thence N 0˚06'15" W along the East right-of-way line of said U.S. Highway No. 27 for a distance of 437.65 feet to the Point of Beginning, LESS AND EXCEPT the N 25 feet thereof, and LESS addi-tional right-of-way conveyed to the State of Flor-ida, by deed recorded in O.R. Book 322, Page 515, Public Records of Highlands County, Florida.

AND

That part of the NE 1/4 of the NW 1/4, Section 16, Township 38 South, Range 30 East, High-lands County, Florida, lying East of U.S. Highway No. 27 (State Road No. 25) being more particu-larly described as follows: Commence at a point on the East right-of-way line of said U.S. Highway No. 27 (State Road No. 25), where it is intersected by the North line of said Section 16; run thence S 0˚06'15" E, along the East right-of-way line of said U.S. Highway No. 27 for a distance of 437.65 feet to the Point of Beginning; continue thence S 0˚06'15" E along the East right-of-way line of U.S. Highway No. 27 for a distance of 357.10 feet to a point; run thence N 89˚39'22" E for a distance of 1219.05 feet to a point; run thence N 0˚08'23" E along the East line of the NE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of said Section 16 for a distance of 357.10 feet to a point; run thence S 89˚39'36" W for a distance of 1220.56 feet to the Point of Beginning.

Parcel 2

The S 1/2 of the NE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 and a 100 foot strip along the East boundary of the Fractional NW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 except the strip of land 33 feet wide on the East side of the S 1/2 of the NE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 22, Township 36 S, Range 29 E, in Highlands County, Florida.



Case No.: 11-145 GCSHIGHLANDS INDEPENDENT BANK,Plaintiff,vs.RONNIE T. CARTER, SR.SANDRA CARTER, IBERIA BANK,DISCOVER BANK, RICHARD R.HOWARD, SR.,Defendants.


"Final Judgment on Verified Complaint'' (the "Fi-nal Judgment''), entered in the above-styled ac-tion on February 27, 2012, the Clerk of Highlands County will sell the property situated in Highlands County, Florida, as described below at a Public Sale, to the highest bidder, for cash, at 590 South Commerce Avenue, Sebring, Florida 33870, on March 26, 2012, at 11:00 a.m.:

Lot 27, HAWK'S LANDING SUBDIVISION, ac-cording to the Plat thereof recorded in Plat Bok 16, Page 58, of the Public Records of Highlands County, Florida.

Address: 3040 Hawks Landing Circle, Se-bring, FL 33875

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.


Highlands County, Florida/s/ Priscilla Michalak




CASE NO. 28-2011-CA-000160U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEEFOR TBW MORTGAGE-BACKED TRUST MORT-GAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-3Plaintiff,vs.DENISE M. JOHNSTON; LAWRENCE J. AGULNICK; HIGHLANDS INDEPENDENT BANK; PENNSYLVA-NIA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY; UNKNOWN PER-SON(S) IN POSSESSION OF THE SUBJECT PROP-ERTY;Defendants.

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALENOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated March 1, 2012, and entered in Case No. 28-2011-CA-000160, of the Circuit Court of the 10th Judicial Circuit in and for HIGHLANDS County, Florida. U.S. BANK NA-TIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR TBW MORTGAGE-BACKED TRUST MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-3 is Plaintiff and DENISE M. JOHNSTON; LAW-RENCE J. AGULNICK; UNKNOWN PERSON(S) IN POSSESSION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY; HIGH-LANDS INDEPENDENT BANK; PENNSYLVANIA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY; are defendants. I will sell to the highest and best bidder for cash in the JURY ASSEMBLY ROOM, IN THE BASEMENT OF THE HIGHLANDS COUNTY COURTHOUSE LO-CATED AT 430 SOUTH COMMERCE AVENUE, SE-BRING, FL, IN HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA, at 11:00 a.m., on the 27th day of March, 2012, the following described property as set forth ins aid Final Judgment, to wit:

LOTS 29, 30, 31 AND 32, BLOCK G, OF SUN 'N LAKES ESTATES, SECTION 3, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 8, PAGE 31, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA.A 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 this 2nd day of March, 2012.ROBERT W. GERMAINE

As Clerk of said CourtBy: /s/ Priscilla Michalak

As Deputy ClerkMarch 11, 18, 2012

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Case No.: GC-11-00678HIGHLANDS INDEPENDENT BANK,Plaintiff,vs.LAKE PLACID CHURCH OF CHRIST, INC.,a Florida non-profit corporation, andGEORGE P. MASON, JR.,Defendants.


"Agreed Final Judgment of Foreclosure'' (the "Fi-nal Judgment''), entered in the above-styled ac-tion on February 27, 2012, the Clerk of Highlands County will sell the property situated in Highlands County, Florida, as described below at a Public Sale, to the highest bidder, for cash, at 430 South Commerce Avenue, Sebring, Florida 33870, on March 26, 2012, at 11:00 a.m.: See attached Ex-hibit "A."

DATED this 28 day of February, 2012.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.


Highlands County, Florida/s/ Lisa Tantillo


Exhibit "A"A portion of the Southwest 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 30, Township 36 South, Range 30 East, Highlands County, Florida, lying North of U.S. Highway 27 and East of Cemetery Road, be-ing more particularly described as follows: Com-mence at the Northwest corner of the Southwest 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 30; thence South 89˚27'45" East, along the North line of the Southwest 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4, 30.02 feet; thence South 01˚27'02" East, along the East right of way of Cemetery Road, 60.04 feet; thence South 89˚27'45" East, parallel to the said North line of the Southwest 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4, 744.64 feet; thence South 01˚27'02" East, 1.00 feet for the Point of Beginning; thence continuing South 01˚27'02" East, 830.87 feet to a point on the North right of way line of U.S. Highway No. 27; thence South 53˚43'12" East, along said right of way 66.72 feet; thence South 43˚29'23" East, along said right of way, 309.67 feet to a point on a curve concave to the Southwest, said curve hav-ing for its elements a radius of 4668.66 feet, an included angle of 03˚39'00" and a chord which bears South 51˚53'43" East; thence run South-easterly, along the arc of said curve and along the said North right of way, an arc distance of 297.41 feet to a point on the South line of the Southwest 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4; thence North 89˚32'56" East, along said South line, 77.82 feet to the Southeast corner of the Southwest 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4; thence North 00˚38'42" West, along the East line of the Southwest 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4, 1272.42 feet; thence North 89˚27'45" West, 585.46 feet to the Point of Be-ginning.

Together with non-exclusive easement for ingress and egress and utility purposes lying 60.04 feet South of the North line of the SW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 at the western terminus of said easement; contiguous with the right of way for Cemetery Road, and 61.0 feet south of the north line of the SW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 at the eastern terminus of said easement, said easement extending 1,330.96 feet more or less east of the road right of way for Cemetery Road, and subject to non-ex-clusive easement granted to Bob Paul, Inc. re-corded in O.R. Book 1614, Pages 1674 through 1680, Public Records of Highlands County, Flor-ida.

The Real Property or its address is commonly known as 1069 US Highway 27 North, Lake Placid, FL 33852.The Real Property tax identification number is C-30-36-30-A00-0340-0000.



Case No.: 11-CA-000607-GCSHIGHLANDS INDEPENDENT BANK,Plaintiff,vs.CHARLTON L. WILSON, individually, and LEAH WILSON, individually,Defendants.


"Final Judgment on Verified Complaint'' (the ``Fi-nal Judgment''), entered in the above-styled ac-tion on February 29, 2012, the Clerk of Highlands County will sell the property situated in Highlands County, Florida, as described below at a Public Sale, to the highest bidder, for cash, at 590 South Commerce Avenue, Sebring, Florida 33870, on March 21, 2012, at 11:00 a.m.:

Lot 10, in Block 10, of SYLVAN SHORES ES-TATES SECTION A, according to the Plat thereof as recorded in Plat Book 4, Page 81, of the Public Records of Highlands County, Florida.

The Real Property or its address is commonly known as 1724 Amber Lane, Lake Placid, FL 33825-5885. The Real Property tax identification number is C-29-36-30-010-0100-0100.







Case No.: 11-716-GCSHIGHLANDS INDEPENDENT BANK,Plaintiff,vs.COREY STEIN and MICHELE STEIN,Defendants.


"Final Judgment on Verified Complaint'' (the ``Fi-nal Judgment''), entered in the above-styled ac-tion on February 29, 2012, the Clerk of Highlands County will sell the property situated in Highlands County, Florida, as described below at a Public Sale, to the highest bidder, for cash, at 590 South Commerce Avenue, Sebring, Florida 33870, on March 21, 2012, at 11:00 a.m.:

Lot 15, HAWK'S LANDING SUBDIVISION, ac-cording to the Plat thereof recorded in Plat Book 16, Page 58, of the Public Records of Highlands County, Florida.

Address: 3007 Hawks Landing Circle, Se-bring, Florida 33875-5335





NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALENotice of Public Sale or Auction of the contents of the following storage units located at CENTURY STORAGE - BAYVIEW, 2609 BAYVIEW STREET, SEBRING, FLORIDA 33870 on 03/22/12 at 9:00 AM. Contents are said to contain Household Goods/Business Items unless otherwise specified.K767 August, Brenda - HOUSEHOLD GOODSF419 Gonzales, Phillip Alan - HOUSEHOLD GOODSL1010 Walker, Teresa - HOUSEHOLD GOODSSale being made to satisfy landlord's lien. Cash or Credit/Debit Card accepted. Contents to be re-moved by 5:00 p.m. on the day following the sale.CENTURY STORAGE - BAYVIEW2609 BAYVIEW STREETSEBRING, FLORIDA 33870(863) 386-0880

March 4, 11, 2012

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURTOF THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA, CIVIL ACTION

CASE NO.: 2011CA000320A000XXDEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR SOUNDVIEW HOME LOANTRUST 2006-OPT3, ASSET-BACKEDCERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-OPT3,Plaintiffvs.TIMOTHY MICHAEL CANNON, et al.Defendant(s)


Judgment of Foreclosure or Order dated February 9, 2012, entered in Civil Case Number 2011CA000320AOOOXX in the Circuit Court for Highlands County, Florida, wherein DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR SOUNDVIEW HOME LOAN TRUST 2006-OPT3, ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SE-RIES 2006-OPT 3, is the Plaintiff, and TIMOTHY MICHAEL CANNON, SR., et al, are the Defendants, I will sell the property situated in Highlands County, Florida, described as:

LOT 5, BLOCK M, LAKE JACKSON HEIGHTS ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF AS RE-CORDED IN PLAT BOOK 7, PAGE 52 OF THE PUB-LIC RECORDS OF HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA.at public sale, to the highest and bet bidder, for cash, at the Jury Assembly Room, in Basement of Highlands County Courthouse, 430 South Com-merce Avenue, Sebring, FL 33871 at 11:00 A.M. on 20th day of March, 2012. 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: February 10, 2012.

Highlands County Clerk of CourtCLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT

By: /s/ Toni KoppMarch 4, 11, 2012

IN THE CIRCUIT COURTOF THE 10TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA,

IN AND FOR HIGHLANDS COUNTYCASE NO.: 2010-CA-000094

BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, L.P. f/k/a COUN-TRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, L.P.Plaintiff,vs.3 TEAM HOLDINGS, LLC; RICARDO GOMEZ; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATIONS SYS-TEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC.; UNKNOWN PARTIES IN POS-SESSION #1 AS TO 805; UNKNOWN PARTIES IN POSSESSION #2 AS TO 805; UNKNOWN PARTIES IN POSSESSION #1 AS TO 807; IF LIVING, AND ALL UNKNOWN PARTIES CLAIMING BY, THROUGH, UNDER AND AGAINST THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S) WHO ARE NOT KNOWN TO BE DEAD OR ALIVE, WHETHER SAID UN-KNOWN PARTIES MAY CLAIM AN INTEREST AS SPOUSE, HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, OR OTHER CLAIMANTS,Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SALENOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to an Or-

der of Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated Febru-ary 1, 2012 entered in Civil Case No. 2010-CA-000094 of the Circuit Court of the 10th Judicial Circuit in and for Highlands County, Flor-ida, wherein BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, L.P. f/k/a COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, L.P., Plaintiff and 3 TEAM HOLDINGS, LLC are de-fendant(s), I will sell to the highest and best bid-der for cash, AT THE JURY ASSEMBLY ROOM IN THE BASEMENT OF THE HIGHLANDS COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 430 SOUTH COM-MERCE AVENUE, SEBRING, FLORIDA AT 11:00 A.M., March 21, 2012, the following described property as set forth in said Final Judgment, to-wit:

LOTS 12 AND 13, BLOCK 46, PLACID LAKES SECTION FIVE, AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 7, ON PAGE 65, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF HIGH-LANDS COUNTY FLORIDA, LESS AND EXCEPT A PORTION OF LOT 12, BEING DESCRIBED AS FOL-LOWS: BEGIN AT THE EASTERLY MOST CORNER OF SAID LOT 12; THENCE SOUTH 39 DEGREES 00'44'' WEST, ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 12, A DISTANCE OF 125.00 FEET TO A POINT ON A CURVE TO THE LEFT AND CONCAVE TO THE SOUTHWEST; THENCE ALONG SAID CURVE HAVING FOR ITS ELEMENTS: RA-DIUS OF 975.00 FEET; CENTRAL ANGLE OF 3 DE-GREES 12'24'' AND A CHORD BEARING OF NORTH 52 DEGREES 35'28'' WEST, FOR AN ARC DISTANCE OF 54.57 FEET, THENCE NORTH 36 DEGREES 08'00'' EAST, 125.00 FEET TO A POINT ON THE SOUTHWESTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF WASHINGTON BOULEVARD NORTHWEST, SAID POINT BEING ON A POINT ON A CURVE TO THE RIGHT AND CONCAVE TO THE SOUTHWEST; THENCE ALONG SAID RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE AND SAID CURVE HAVING FOR ITS ELEMENTS: A RA-DIUS OF 1100.00 FEET, A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 3 DEGREES 10'10'' AND A CHORD BEARING OF SOUTH 52 DEGREES 34'21'' EAST, FOR AN ARC DISTANCE OF 60.85 FEET TO THE POINT OF BE-GINNING.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.If 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 Court Administration at 430 S.Commerce Avenue, Sebring, Florida 33870, telephone (863)534-4690, within two (2) working days of receipt of this Notice; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 1-800-955-8771.

ROBERT W. GERMAINECLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT

Highlands County, FloridaBy: /s/ Priscilla Michalak

Deputy Clerk of CourtATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF:SHAPIRO & FISHMAN, LLP4630 Woodland Corporate Blvd.Suite 100Tampa, FL 33614(813)880-8888(813)880-8800

March 4, 11, 2012

Notice Under Fictitious Name Law Pursuant to Section 865.09, Florida Statutes

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned, desiring to engage in business under the fictitious name of Always Hope Counseling located at 4318 Sebring Ave., in the County of Highlands, in the City of Sebring, Florida 33875 intends to register the said name with the Division of Corporations of the Florida Department of State, Tallahassee, Flor-ida.Dated at Sebring, Florida, this 7th day of March, 2012.Bernadette Hansen, LMHC

The Highlands County Industrial Development Authority and Economic Development Commission has two Board of Director positions to be appointed or reappointed by the Highlands County Board of County Commissioners for four year terms. Qualified applicants will first be considered by the IDA/EDC Nominating subcommittee for recommenda-tion for appointment. If interested please forward an application obtained at HY-PERLINK "http://www.highlandsedc.com" www.high-landsedc.com, HYPERLINK "mailto:[email protected]" letter of interest and a brief resume with work history to the IDA/EDC office at 1 East Main Street, Avon Park, FL 33825 or preferably by email to HYPERLINK "mailto:[email protected]" [email protected] no later than March 30, 2012. For more information on the nominations to the IDA/EDC Board of Directors, you can contact the IDA/EDC at 863-453-2818.

March 11, 2012

the 28th day of March, 2012, the following de-scribed property as set forth in said Final Judg-ment, to wit:LOT 36, BLOCK EE, SPRING LAKE VILLAGE VII, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 11, PAGE 7, OF THE PUBLIC RE-CORDS OF HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA.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 this 3rd day of March, 2012.Robert W. Germaine



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IN AND FOR HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDACIVIL ACTION

CASE NO.: 28-2011-CA-000532SAXON MORTGAGE SERVICES, INC.,Plaintiff,vs.ADLIN HIND SIMMONS, et al,Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALENOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final

Judgment of Mortgage Foreclosure dated March 01, 2012 and entered in Case No. 28-2011-CA-000532 of the Circuit Court of the TENTH Judicial Circuit in and for HIGHLANDS County, Florida wherein SAXON MORTGAGE SERVICES, INC., is the Plaintiff and ADLIN HIND SIMMONS; THE UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF ADLIN HIND SIMMONS N/K/A REFUSED NAME; are the Defendants, The Clerk of the Court will sell to the highest and best bidder for cash at JURY ASSEM-BLY ROOM IN THE BASEMENT OF THE HIGH-LANDS COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 430 SOUTH COMMERCE AVENUE at 11:00 AM, on the 27th day of March, 2012, the following described prop-erty as set forth in said Final Judgment:

UNIT 2-C, THE MANORS: COMMENCE AT A POINT AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE SOUTH LINE OF LOT 1, BLOCK 7, SECTION 15, TOWN-SHIP 33 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST AND THE WEST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF LAKE AVENUE SAID POINT BEING 25.00 FEET WEST OF THE CENTER LINE OF LAKE AVENUE; THENCE RUN NORTH 0 DEGREES 02 MINUTES EAST ALONG SAID RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE FOR A DISTANCE OF 200.00 FEET FOR POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CON-TINUE NORTH 0 DEGREES 02 MINUTES EAST ALONG SAID RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE FOR A DIS-TANCE OF 25.00 FEET; THENCE WEST FOR A DISTANCE OF 85.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 0 DE-GREES 02 MINUTES WEST FOR A DISTANCE OF 25.00 FEET; THENCE EAST FOR A DISTANCE OF 85.00 FEET TO POINT OF BEGINNING. ALL LYING AND BEING IN LOT 1, BLOCK 7, SECTION 15, TOWNSHIP 33 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST, HIGH-LANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA.

A/K/A 1408 N. LAKE AVENUE, AVON PARK, FL 33825

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 March 2, 2012.

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

Deputy ClerkFlorida Default Law Group, P.L.P.O. Box 25018Tampa, Florida 33622-5018F10101689 SAXONFID-SPECFHLMC-R-UNAS-SIGNED-Team 4-F10101689**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.

March 11, 18, 2012

IN THE CIRCUIT COURTFOR HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA

PROBATE DIVISIONFILE NO. PC 12-71

IN RE: ESTATE OFDANIEL GORDON BENNETTa.k.a. DANIEL G. BENNETTDeceased.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS(Summary Administration)

TO ALL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS OR DEMANDS AGAINST THE ABOVE ESTATE:

You are hereby notified than an Order of Sum-mary Administration has been entered in the es-tate of DANIEL GORDON BENNETT a.k.a. DANIEL G. BENNETT, deceased, File Number PC 12-71: by the Circuit Court for Highlands County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 430 S. Commerce Avenue, Sebring, FL 33870; that the decedent's date of death was December 20, 2011; that the total value of the estate is $14,083.22 and that the names and addresses of those to whom it has been assigned by such order are:Name AddressStephenson Nelson Funeral Home

111 E. Circle St., Avon Park, FL 33825James A. Bennett, Trustee of theDaniel G. Bennett Trust

3417 SE 49th Avenue, Ocala, FL 34480ALL INTERESTED PERSONS ARE NOTIFIED THAT:

All creditors of the estate of the decedent and persons having claims or demands against the es-tate of the decedent other than those for whom provision for full payment was made in the Order of Summary Administration must file their claims with this court WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN SECTION 733.702 OF THE FLORIDA PROBATE CODE.

ALL CLAIMS AND DEMANDS NOT SO FILED WILL BE FOREVER BARRED.

NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER APPLICA-BLE TIME PERIOD, 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 March 11, 2012.

Person Giving Notice:/s/ James Archie Bennettf/k/a Jeanne Denise Whitt

3417 SE 49th AvenueOcala, Florida 34480

/s/ Virgina G. Bennett2817 Palo Verde Drive

Avon Park, Florida 33825

/s/ Vanda Ann Simpson311 Johnson Road

Sugarloaf, Florida 33042

Attorney for Personal Representatives:/s/ David F. LanierE-Mail Address: [email protected] Bar No. 045399DAVID F. LANIERP.O. Box 400Avon Park, Florida 33826-0400Telephone: (863) 453-4457

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NOTICEFlorida statute 585.195 states thatall dogs and cats sold in Florida must be at least eight weeks old, have an official health certificate and proper shots and be free of in-testinal and external parasites.

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SALE: 10'' RADIAL ARM SAW, very good, on ridged roll-around tables $75, 618-558-7111.

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Join in the chore wars conversation, get morecleaning tips from John Gray, and take a cleaning personality quiz atwww.facebook.com/scrubbingbubbles.

HEAVY-DUTY CHECKLIST� Clean bathtub and shower. Scrubbing Bubbles Automatic Shower Cleaner focus-

es on parts of the shower where dirt and grime tend to build up most. The sprayerspins 360-degrees to cover the entire shower and cleans where soap scum, moldand mildew stains collect. Start with a clean shower and the Automatic ShowerCleaner cleans your shower in just days, keeping it clean for up to 30 days.

� Clean and disinfect the sink. Wipe the sink, faucets and vanity top with bio-degradable antibacterial bathroom wipes. Scrub the drain with a toothbrush. Scrapeany buildup between the sink and the counter with the edge of an old credit card.

� Make mirrors and windows sparkle. Spray with cleaner and buff surface with asoft cloth.

� Clean and disinfect toilet. Wipe down outside of toilet and scrub the inside withScrubbing Bubbles Fresh Brush 2-in-1 Toilet Cleaner — maintain a clean toilet byusing the Scrubbing Bubbles One-Step toilet bowl cleaner daily.

� Empty the waste basket. Dispose of all trash. Before replacing the trash bag,wipe it out with antibacterial wipes.

� Clean the floors. Sweep or vacuum the floors to get rid of all large particles andthen mop.

She Says/He SaysThe second annual Dirty Work Indexsurvey found that when it comes tocleaning, women think they play theprimary role. In fact:

� Nearly 60 percent of women say“it’s my job” to clean.

� 57 percent of women say theywant help more frequently fromtheir partner or spouse.

� 75 percent say they are a betterhousehold cleaner.

Men have a different take on things:

� Nearly half of all men surveyed(45 percent) consider it their jobto clean.

� 49 percent position their role asbeing “a member of the cleaningteam” versus the one in charge.

� 34 percent of men say they are abetter household cleaner thantheir partner/spouse.

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Dear Abby: Whenever Isee a pregnant woman or anelderly person in line behindme who seems uncomfort-able or tired, I always wantto let them go ahead of me.Is this regarded as a nicegesture, or does it makethem feel pathetic and help-less? I do it with the bestintentions, but I don't wantto offend anyone.

– Rachel in TennesseeDear Rachel: It’s regard-

ed as a thoughtful gesture. Ifsomeone feels that your def-erence is offensive, then heor she is free to refuse yourgenerous offer. And if thathappens – which I doubtwill happen frequently – donot blame yourself for hav-ing extended the courtesy.

Dear Abby: I work in ahospital, and I’m sick andtired of people “bombing”us with theirperfume/cologne at levels assuffocating as tear gas.Many patients here havebreathing difficulties such asemphysema, COPD andasthma. Please have someconsideration for your fel-low man and stop at onesquirt if you must use it atall. If we can smell youbefore we see you, or if weare still suffering from theperfume-induced migraineyou caused long after you’regone, then you used way toomuch.

– Had Enough inBirmingham, Ala.

Dear Had Enough: You’reabsolutely right. When itcomes to fragrances, moreisn’t better – a little dab willdo ya. Applying too much isnot only offensive, but actu-ally can make some wellpeople sick and sick peoplesicker. And this is true notonly in hospitals, but also inelevators, offices and gyms.

Dear Abby: You printed aletter from me on Sept. 26,2011. It was signed“Looking for a Date – in theFuture.” Thank you forprinting it, and I’d like togive you an update on mylife.

I now realize that menhave been approaching mequite frequently, but insteadof showing outright interestand asking me for a date,they ask me to “hang out” orif I’m coming over to theirplace – as if they’re con-firming plans we nevermade. Because of this I havebeen on a few dates that I

didn’t realize were datesuntil after the fact.

But I have also been onseveral real dates with oneparticular man I’m now see-ing exclusively. When I sawhim, I actually took the firststep and introduced myselfto him instead of waiting forhim to notice and approachme. I’m so glad I didbecause although I alwayshoped that soul mates exist,I was hesitant to believe that“you just know.” But I do!Better yet, he does, too.He’s the kindest, mostthoughtful, respectful man Ihave ever met, and I knowI’m lucky to have foundhim.

I feel silly and disappoint-ed in myself for having got-ten married before withoutfeeling this way, but I’mhappily learning from mymistake. I hope you’ll printthis so it will give othershope when it feels like thereis no hope to be had. Thanksagain, Abby.

– Happy Reader inTriangle, Va.

Dear Happy Reader:You were sweet to write andgive me an update. Not allmy readers do, and it’salways nice to read abouthappy endings. Afterreviewing your letter andlooking back at the first oneyou wrote, I’m remindedthat sometimes things hap-pen when they’re meant to

and not before. In otherwords, you thought menweren’t interested in you,but the truth was youweren’t ready for them tobe. I wish you and your spe-cial someone a happy futuretogether.

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.

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Dear Abby

Children getexcited aboutburgers, fries andspecial treats thatcome their way ina child’s meal at afast-food restau-rant. Sometimesit’s nearly impos-sible to be stillwhile waiting inline.

Instant gratification iswhat they are looking for.Delayed gratification iswhat they often mustaccept.

Such was the case onesunny day when friends ofours assured a mom that hertwo boys were not too ram-bunctious. The tired momappreciated the kind wordsand wondered aloud howshe would amuse these twoenergetic sons of hers whenschool was out for the sum-mer.

Our friends said in effect,“Why not bring them toVacation Bible School atour church. Come and see.”

The mom did just thatand the children loved it.That prompted her to returnon Sunday morning forchurch and Sunday school.Slowly we all got to knowone another and fall in lovewith this little family.

All because someonesaid, “Come and see.”

I love that phrase as itfalls from the lips of Jesus.These were the early daysof Jesus’ ministry when hewas first gathering his dis-ciples. In John 1: 37-39,NKJV, two of theminquired of him, “Whereare You staying?”

Jesus could have putthem off and gone on toanother topic. But, heresponded, “Come and see.”

That simple phraseopened up a whole new

world to thesefledgling disciples.They were invitedin, accepted, andfascinated. Thatcaused, Andrew, togo find his broth-er, Simon Peter.

He declared (vs.41a-42a), “Wehave found theMessiah…and he

brought him to Jesus.” Inessence, the same invitationto ‘come and see’ that Jesushad given was repeated byhis new disciple.

These events took placeshortly after John theBaptist, Jesus’ forerunnerprepared the way for himand had baptized him.

In a way, we, too, contin-ue to prepare the way of theLord when we interact withother people. Perhaps wemay show a simple kind-ness. Maybe we explain atruth of Scripture.

But each action we dothrough God’s love showsthe way to the only Onewho holds all the answers,especially our eternal salva-tion. Jesus longs to be inrelationship with each oneof us.

Come … to church.Come … to my home.Come … to dinner. Come… to Vacation BibleSchool.

Today, an entire familyof brothers, sisters andcousins are part of ourchurch family because thatsingle mom extended thesame invitation, “Come andsee.”

Selah

Jan Merop of Sebring is aNews-Sun correspondent.Guest columns are the opin-ion of the writer, not necessar-ily those of the News-Sunstaf f.

Come and seeLE PUZZLE By ELIZABETH C. GORSKI

ACROSS1 Not more than7 Mayo to mayo, e.g.10 "__ Blue": GeorgeStrait hit13 One of the ThreeBears17 Pacify18 No20 Quieted22 Cheap laugh?24 It can knock you out25 Commentator Coulter26 "Evita" role27 Casino attraction28 Rescue squad initials29 Ripken of baseball30 U.S. territory dividedin 188932 Create belt hardwarein record time?37 Caspian feeder39 Letters under TUV, onmany phones40 About 30% of Africa41 "Nothing Compares 2U" singer O'Connor43 Gad about46 Hiker's power lunch?50 Sweet-and-sour pitasandwich with a crunch?53 Earth, to Mahler54 Japanese veggie55 Iceland-to-Ireland dir.56 Vegas-based TVdrama57 Fusses59 Ocean diver61 Old cash register key64 Bakery artists67 Big 12 Conferencecity68 Pet's protective-yet-amusing neckwear?73 Ran away74 Norwegian king whodied in 100075 Los __76 Untrustworthy sort79 Beau and Jeff, toLloyd81 "Pshaw!"82 Have dinner85 DC Comics col-lectible: Abbr.86 Actress Hatcher

89 Old-fashionedrestraint with a built-inboom box?93 Protein shake spoon-ful96 Future D.A.'s exam97 Bless with oil98 Sounds heard fromherds99 Sports doc's pix101 College applicationnos.102 Plumber's inquiryabout a drippy faucet?108 Botanist Gray109 Startled cries110 Common Mkt.111 Battleship color112 Yellow wheels114 Knock117 Morning rounds?119 Like an off-key foot-ball lineman?123 Latin carol starter124 Least arduous125 Manhattan-to-FarRockaway service126 Sources of redberries127 Soul, to Sartre128 Galoot129 Paine and others,religiously

DOWN1 Whodunit pooch2 Hamlet's kin3 Van Morrison album orsong4 Handicapper's hang-out, for short5 Oyster shell6 PC doctor7 Not the shortest linebetween two points8 O.T. book9 Handy10 Demand from11 Glucose-creatingenzyme12 Suffix with infant13 1051, on a monu-ment14 Old-style term ofregret15 Mercury, for one

16 High-heeled Astaire19 Team with 17 officialFinal Four appearances20 Guy in front of anorchestra21 High rises23 Dole running mate28 Old knockout agent31 Supermodel Wek33 Dynamic leader?34 Big cheese linkedwith Big Macs?35 Not certifiable?36 Low island37 Mail letters38 Social reformerJacob39 Potemkin mutiny city42 Wrap initialism44 Rap sheet initials45 Healing47 Myanmar, formerly48 "Doe, __, a female ..."49 Rogers andLichtenstein51 Cliburn's instrument52 Every other second?

58 Actress Ward60 Chums61 Composer Rorem etal.62 "Bad" cholesterol,briefly63 JFK postings65 Faith syst.66 Picket line crossers68 Blood partner69 It may involve a flatfee70 "The Lodger" actorNovello71 Sioux enemies72 "Mean Girls" actress73 IMHO cousin77 Teen comic originallyfocused on social graces78 Some fine print80 '60s campus gp.82 Duds for the down-wardly mobile?83 Forearm bone84 Vet's charges87 Medieval violin-likeinstrument

88 Jordan neighbor90 "__ Said": NeilDiamond hit91 Other, in Oaxaca92 Sprockets94 "Modern Family" airer95 "Of Human Bondage"author100 Machu Picchuarchitect102 Longtime morningshow103 __ Island104 "So what else __?"105 Delete106 Indian weddingdress, perhaps107 Like go-getters108 Ease113 Barely115 Came down to earth116 Cross creations118 __ Constitution119 Crossing site120 Egyptian viper121 Fr. holy woman122 Dernier __

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Jan Merop

Special to the News-SunAries (March 21-April

20) — Aries, communica-tion is a big deal for you thisweek. Every time you openyour mouth, you have agrand audience just waitingon what you have to say.

Taurus (April 21-May21) — Taurus, attempt amore lighthearted approachto a difficult situation. If youdon’t let it bother you, theremay be an easy solution thatcomes to mind much faster.

Gemini (May 22-June21) — Gemini, don’t worryif the spark seems to havesizzled out of your relation-ship. While there may be abump in the road, this is byno means the end of thewhole thing.

Cancer (June 22-July22) — Cancer, have somefun at work. Just because itis a means to making moneydoesn’t mean it has to beserious and boring everyday. Be creative in yourmethods.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 23) —You are at the top of yourgame this week, Leo. Expectto sail through projects atthe speed of light. Alsoanticipate others turning toyou for advice because ofthe vibe you give.

Virgo (Aug. 24-Sept. 22)— Don’t expect others to bemind readers, Virgo. If youhave something to say, sim-ply say it. It is better thangoing through the guessinggame of your feelings.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)— Libra, the simple act ofexpressing yourself will easeany personal issues you arekeeping inside. Talkingabout things can help youfeel more secure, as well.

Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov.

22) — Scorpio, focus onkeeping yourself in greatshape. Feeling under theweather can be taxing on thebody and the spirit. Eathealthy and get more exer-cise.

Sagittarius (Nov. 23-Dec.21) — Sagittarius, takingtime to notice your feelingscan go a long way towardmitigating stress and bring-ing peace of mind. It alsocreates other opportunitiesto relax.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan.20) — Capricorn, focus onfitness as the warm weatheris once again right aroundthe corner. You’ll want tolook and feel your best whenit comes time to enjoy thegreat outdoors.

Aquarius (Jan. 21-Feb.18) — Aquarius, don’t frettoo much over a situationthat’s been troubling you.Realizing the situation is agreat first step. Now seek thehelp of others to determine asolution.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March20) — You may noticechanges to your home life,Pisces, and it may be caus-ing anxiety. The celestialplane is creating the turmoil.

Notable birthdaysMarch 11 - Thora Birch,

Actress (30); March 12 -Frank Catalano,Saxophonist (34); March 13- William H. Macy, Actor(62); March 14 - ZacHanson, Singer (29); March15 - Eva Longoria, Actress(37); March 16 - Flavor Flav,Rapper (53); March 17 -Gary Sinise, Actor (57).

Communication isa big deal, Aries

Offering your place in line isthoughtful thing to do

Horoscope

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Special to the News-SunARCADIA — Where can

you find swamp cabbage,strawberry shortcake andbarbecued ribs?

Where can you dip can-dles, use a pitcher pump, andplay with non-electric toys?

Where can you watchblacksmithing, butter churn-ing and basket-weaving?

The DeSoto CountyHistorical Society invitesresidents of HighlandsCounty to visit Arcadia, theirhistoric county seat, for somefamily fun, bodacious barbe-cue, history and more at theirEighth Annual Pioneer Dayand Barbecued Rib Cook-off.

The event is from 9 a.m. to3 p.m. Saturday, March 17 atDeSoto Park, on State Road70, just west of Arcadia.

The festival is an officialFlorida Heritage Monthevent (www.floridaheritage-month.com).

The offices of Gov. RickScott and Secretary of StateKen Detzner have designatedMarch 15 through April 15 asa month-long celebration ofthe cultural heritage ofFlorida.

Bebe Jackson, chairman ofthe Pioneer Day committee,said, “Our Pioneer Day is aperfect fit for FloridaHeritage Month.

“We are honored andproud that our history will bepart of the state's celebrationand before 1921, our historyincluded the area that isHighlands County today.”

The festival will offerdemonstrations of old-fash-ioned skills, such as wood-work, soap-making, quilting,candle-dipping, basket-mak-

ing, blacksmithing, andchurning butter--with creamdonated by the Dakin FamilyDairy in Myakka City – andbiscuits to sample the butter!

Also featured are “whipcrackers,” musical entertain-ment, legendary charactersand a skit, a frontiershootout, vintage cars,antique engines, a classic firetruck, Florida native plantsand animals, with pony ridesfor the children.

Many volunteers will bedressed in period costume,helping to recreate Florida'sfrontier era.

The free “DiscoverHistory” children’s area willhave a pitcher pump forwater, cane pole fishing, ascrub board and wash pot,orange juicing, handkerchiefdolls, writing with a “dippen” and other hands-on

experiences, plus old-fash-ioned toys and classic games.

Mosaic is hosting a fossildig plus offering tours of theeducational displays in theirMosaic Express bus.

Jackson said, “We’ll havelots of special and traditionalFlorida food, such as canesyrup, homemade jams andjellies, boiled peanuts,swamp cabbage, strawberryshortcake and more.

“But you really want tosave room for the barbecuedribs.

Five teams of emergencyservice personnel will com-pete for first, second, andthird place trophies by cook-ing the most mouth-watering,lip-smacking, finger-lickingsweet and tangy ribs ever.”

For information, contactBebe Jackson at (863) 494-6607.

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Special to the News-SunSEBRING — Bluegrass,

gospel, comedy and justgreat family-friendly fun isshared by the Link Familyband all over the UnitedStates and Canada. Theyperform more than 250times a year in theatres,theme parks, fairs, churches,festivals, military bases,anywhere there are blue-grass and gospel music fans.

It’s Mom, Dad, five kidsand two in-laws traveling ontheir Silver Eagle bus morethan 40,000 miles a year.The Link Family gives thelisteners a reason to smile,

tap their toes to some greatvocal and instrumentalwork; laugh at Dad’s storiesand jokes, all the while let-ting the audience know thatwe live in a great nation,families can operate inpeace and harmony and thatfaith really makes a differ-ence in our lives.

Whether it’s a tribute tothe veterans, a traditionalbluegrass or gospel tune orsome hot instrumental work,be assured that the band andthe audience will be movedby the music and the mes-sage to be of good cheer,press forward and enjoy this

life we have been given. Go to www.linkfamily-

music.com to view samplevideos.

This group received astanding ovation here atTanglewood for area audi-tions attended by 65 com-munity directors planning tohire entertainers.

The show is at 7 p.m.today, with doors and snackbar opening at 6:15 p.m.Cost is just $10.Tanglewood is across U.S.27 from the Holiday Inn.Enjoy an evening of fabu-lous music, vocals and com-edy.

The Links Family on stagetoday at Tanglewood

Courtesy photoThe Links Family will perform at Tanglewood today.

Special to the News-SunFROSTPROOF – Are you

ready to learn the techniquesof decorative painting? Haveyou always wanted to learnbut thought you couldn’t?Now is the time to start.

Vicki Alley, a local deco-rative artist who has beenpainting and teaching deco-rative painting in theFrostproof area, will start asix-week program for begin-ners in her studio inFrostproof.

Alley will offer the stu-

dents a six-week course. The classes are designed

to teach basic paintingstrokes while painting a newproject every week.

She will be incorporatingthe techniques of severalwell-known artists.

These classes aredesigned for beginners.

They will be two-hourclasses and will be held oncea week for six weeks.

Alley is a Priscilla HauserAccredited Teacher, aDecoArt Helping Artist and

recently became a CertifiedDecorative Arts Teacherwith the Society ofDecorative Painters.

The classes are scheduledto begin soon. Seating islimited, so call and reserve aseat.

The phone number is(863) 632-1472.

The cost is $20 per week.There is a one-time supplyfee of $45, which includesall the paints and brushesneeded for the six-weekcourse.

Alley to begin class inFrostproof studio

Pioneer Day and RibCook-off is Saturday

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APOSTOLIC

� Greater Faith ApostolicChurch, 24 Rainer Drive, LakePlacid, FL 33852. invites you tocome worship with us in spirit andtruth at 10:30 a.m. and 3 p.m.Sunday, and at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.For information contact (239) 671-0390. Pastor Travis Vanderford.

ASSEMBLY OF GOD

� Christ Fellowship Church(Assembly of God), 2935 NewLife Way. Bearing His Name;Preaching His Doctrine; andAwaiting His Coming. “WorshipingGod in Spirit and in Truth.” SundaySchool, 9 a.m.; Morning Worship,10 a.m.; Evening Worship, 6 p.m.Wednesday: Worship, 7 p.m. PastorEugene Haas. Phone 471-0924.� First Assembly of God, 4301Kenilworth Blvd., Sebring. The Rev.Wilmont McCrary, pastor. SundaySchool, 10 a.m.; Morning Worshipand KIDS Church, 11 a.m.;Evening Worship, 7 p.m.Wednesday Family Night, (AdultBible Study), LIFE Youth Group,Royal Rangers, Missionettes, 7:30p.m. Phone 385-6431.

BAPTIST

� Avon Park Lakes BaptistChurch, 2600 N. Highlands Blvd.,Avon Park, FL 33825. George Hall,Pastor. Christ centered and biblical-ly based. Sunday worship services,8:30 a.m., 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.Nursery facilities are available.Bible studies at 9:45 a.m. Sundayand 7 p.m. Wednesday. PrayerTime 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday.Bible classes at 9:45 a.m. are cen-tered for all ages. Choir practice at5 p.m. Sunday. Church phone: 452-6556.� Bethany Baptist Church(GARBC) We are located at thecorner of SR17 and C-17A (truckroute) in Avon Park. Join usSunday morning at 9:00 AM for cof-fee and doughnuts, followed withSunday School for all ages at 9:30.Sunday morning worship servicebegins at 10:30 a.m., and eveningworship service is at 6 p.m. OnWednesdays, the Word of Life teenministry and the Catylist class(20's+) begin at 6:30 PM. The adultBible and Prayer Time begins at 7p.m. For more information go towww.bethanybaptistap.com or callthe church office at 863-452-1136.� Faith Missionary BaptistChurch, off State Road 17 North ofSebring at 1708 LaGrange Ave.Sunday School, 10 a.m.; MorningWorship, 11 a.m.; Evening Worship,6 p.m. Wednesday Service, 7 p.m.Deaf interpretation available. KenLambert, Pastor. Phone 386-5055.� Fellowship Baptist Church,1000 Maxwell St., Avon Park, FL33825. Sunday: Sunday School,9:30 a.m.; Morning Worship, 10:45a.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 AvonPark, 100 N. Lake Ave., Avon Park.Rev. Jon Beck, pastor; CharlieParish, associate pastor/youth andfamilies; Joy Loomis, music direc-tor; Rev. Johnattan Soltero,Hispanic pastor. Regular Sundayschedule: 8:30 a.m. orchestrarehersal; 9 a.m. Library open; 9:30a.m. Sunday School; 11 a.m.Morning Worship; 11 a.m.Children’s Church; 6 p.m. eveningworship. Wednesday schedule:5:15 p.m. supper; 6 p.m. BibleStudy and Prayer; 6:30 p.m. AdultChoir Practice; 6 p.m. children’schoir rehearsals; 7 p.m. missionprograms. Hispanic Services:Sunday school at 9:30 a.m., wor-ship service at 11 a.m. and eveningworship at 7 p.m. Wednesday Biblestudy at 7 p.m. Call 453-6681 fordetails.

First Baptist Church of LakeJosephine, 111 Lake JosephineDrive, Sebring (just off U.S. 27 mid-way between Sebring and LakePlacid). Your place for family,friends and faith. Sunday morningworship service is 11 a.m. Nurseryis provided for both services withChildren’s Church at 11 a.m. Lifechanging Bible Study for all agesstarts at 9:45 a.m. Associate PastorAllen Altvater leads the youth intheir quest to become more likeChrist. Sunday night worship at 6p.m. Wednesday Bible Study andPrayer meeting at 7 p.m. along withyouth worship in the youth facility,and missions training for all chil-dren. Call the church at 655-1524.� First Baptist Church of LakePlacid, Knowing God’s Heart andSharing God’s Hope, 119 E. RoyalPalm St., Lake Placid, FL 33852(863) 465-3721, Website:www.fbclp.com. Email: [email protected]. Sunday services -Traditional Service 9 a.m.,Contemporary Service 10:30 a.m.Link Groups at 9 and 10:30 a..m.,Senior Sunday Night at 6 p.m.Wednesday Activities: Family din-ner at 5 p.m. ($4 per person, reser-vations required). Prayer meeting,Youth Intersections, and MaxKidzExtreme meet at 6:15 p.m. Thechurch is at 119 E. Royal Palm St.,Lake Placid. For information, call465-3721 or go to www.fbclp.com.� First Baptist Church of Loridalocated right on U.S. 98 in Lorida.Sunday School begins at 9:45 a.m.for all ages. Sunday worship servic-es are at 11 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.Preschool care is provided at the11 a.m. worship service.Wednesday evening Bible Studyand Prayer meeting is at 6:30 p.m.,followed by adult choir rehearsal.From September the AWANAgroups meet. First Lorida is the“Place to discover God’s love.” Formore information about the churchor the ministries offered, call 655-1878.� First Baptist Church, Sebring,200 E. Center Ave., Sebring, FL33870. Telephone: 385-5154. Dr.David E. Richardson, senior pastor;Rev. Joe Delph, associate pastor,minister of youth and activities; andRev. Nuno Norberto, associatepastor, minister of music and senioradults. Group Bible Studies, 9:15a.m.; Blended Service, 10:30 a.m.;

Mision Buatista Hispana, 2 p.m.;Sunday Evening Worship, 6 p.m.Wednesday night programs at theROC begin 5:30 p.m., at churchbegin 6:30 p.m. Preschool andMother’s Day Out for children age 6weeks to 5 years old. BeckyGotsch, director. Call 385-4704.� Florida Avenue BaptistChurch, 401 S. Florida Ave., AvonPark. Mailing address is 710 W. BellSt., Avon Park, FL 33825.Telephone, 453-5339. Rev. John D.Girdley, pastor. Sunday School,9:45 a.m.; Sunday Worship, 11a.m.; 11 a.m. Children’s Church;Sunday Evening Worship, 6 p.m.Wednesday night programs for chil-dren, youth and adults at 7 p.m.� Independent Baptist Church,5704 County Road 17 South,Sebring, FL 33876. SundaySchool, 9:30 a.m. Sunday worship,10:30 a.m. Sunday evening, 6 p.m.Wednesday service, 7 p.m.Fundamental, soul-winning, mis-sion-minded, King James BibleChurch. Larry Ruse, pastor. Phone655-1899. Bus transportation.� Leisure Lakes Baptist Church,808 Gardenia St., Lake Placid (justoff of Miller at the west end of LakeJune) “Where the old fashiongospel is preached.” SundaySchool begins at 9:30 a.m.; SundayWorship service at 10:45 a.m.;Sunday Evening Service is at 6p.m. Wednesday Prayer Meetingand Bible Study at 6 p.m. Call thechurch at 699-0671 for more infor-mation.� Maranatha Baptist Church(GARBC), 35 Maranatha Blvd.,Sebring, FL 33870 (A half mile eastof Highlands Avenue on ArbuckleCreek Road.) Sunday School, 9a.m.; Morning Worship, 10:15 a.m.;Evening Service, 6 p.m. Mid-weekservice, Wednesday, 6 p.m. DailyPrayer and Bible Study, 8 a.m.,Hamman Hall. Pastor GeraldWebber and Associate PastorsDon Messenger and Ted Ertle.Phone 382-4301.� Parkway Free Will BaptistChurch, 3413 Sebring Parkway,Sebring, FL 33870. Welcome to thechurch where the “Son” alwaysshines. Sunday School, 10 a.m.;Morning Worship, 11 a.m.; SundayEvening Worship, 6 p.m.; andWednesday Evening Worship, 7p.m. End-of-the-Month-Sing at 6p.m. on the last Sunday of eachmonth. The Rev. J.S. Scaggs, pas-tor. Church phone: 382-3552.Home phone: 214-3025. Affiliatedwith the National Association ofFree Will Baptists, Nashville, Tenn.� Sparta Road Baptist Church,(SBC) 4400 Sparta Road. Rev. KenGeren, interim pastor. Sundayschool, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday MorningWorship, 11 a.m.; Sunday EveningWorship, 6 p.m. Wednesday:Prayer/Bible Study, 6 p.m. Nurseryprovided. For information, call 382-0869.� Southside Baptist Church(GARBC), 379 S. Commerce Ave.,Sebring. David C. Altman, Pastor.Sunday School for all ages, 9:30a.m.; Morning Worship Service,10:45 a.m.; Evening Worship, 6p.m. Wednesday: Student ministry,6:30 p.m.; Awana kindergartenthrough fifth grade, 6:30 p.m.;Adult Midweek Prayer and BibleStudy, 7 p.m. A nursery for underage 3 is available at all services.Provisions for handicapped and

hard-of-hearing. Office phone, 385-0752.� Spring Lake Baptist Church,“Where the Bible is Always Open.”Pastor Richard Schermerhorn,7408 Valencia Road; 655-2610.Assistant Pastor Ronald Smith,386-1610. On U.S. 98 at the SpringLake Village II entrance. SundaySchool, 9:45 a.m. for all ages;Morning Worship, 10:45 a.m.;Sunday Evening Worship, 6 p.m.Wednesday Mid-week Bible Studyand Prayer Service, 6:30 p.m.Nursery available for all services.� Sunridge Baptist Church,(SBC) 3704 Valerie Blvd. (U.S. 27and Valerie, across from FloridaHospital), Sebring. Tim Finch, pas-tor. Sunday School, 9;30 a.m.;Sunday Morning Worship, 10:45a.m.; and Sunday Evening Service,6 p.m. Wednesday: Prayer, BibleStudy, and Youth, 6:30 p.m.Nurseryprovided. For information, call 382-3695.

CATHOLIC

� Our Lady of Grace CatholicChurch, 595 East Main St., AvonPark, 453-4757. Father NicholasMcLoughlin, pastor. Saturday VigilMass is 4 p.m. in English and 7p.m. in Spanish; Sunday mass 8and 10:30 a.m. in English.Weekday mass at 8 a.m.Confessions are at 3:30 p.m.Saturday. Religious EducationClasses are 9-10:20 a.m. Sundayfor grades K through 8th.Confirmation class is from 6:30-8p.m. Wednesday. Youth Nightsgrades 6th and up, 6:30-8 p.m.Wednesday.� St. Catherine Catholic Church,820 Hickory St., Sebring. Mailingaddress: 882 Bay St., Sebring, FL33870, 385-0049; fax, 385-5169;email, [email protected]; web-site, www.stcathe.com. Very Rev.José González, V.F.,[email protected]; ParochialVicar, Rev. Victor Caviedes, 385-3993; Assisting Priest (retired),Rev. J. Peter Sheehan; Decons,Rev. Mr. James R. McGarry andRev. Mr. Max M. Severe. Parishoffice hours, 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.Monday-Friday. Masses – DailyMasses 8 a.m. and noon Monday-Friday; 9 a.m. Saturday. WeekendMasses 4 and 5 p.m. Saturday, 5p.m. Saturday Spanish Mass (HolyFamily Youth Center), 8 and 10:30a.m. Sunday, noon Sunday SundayMass; 5 p.m. Sunday EnglishFamily Mass (Holy Family YouthCenter). Confession: everySaturday 3-3:45 p.m. or first Fridayof the month 7:15-7:45 a.m., or byappointment with any priest.� St. James Catholic Church,3380 Placidview Drive, LakePlacid, 465-3215. Father Michael J.Cannon. Mass schedule: Summer(May 1 to Oct. 31) - Saturday Vigil,4 p.m.; Sunday 8 a.m. and 9:30a.m.; Weekdays, 9 a.m. Decemberthru Easter - Saturday, 4 p.m.;Sunday, 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 11a.m.; Weekdays 9 a.m.; and HolyDays 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.,first Saturday at 9 a.m.

CHRISTIAN

� Eastside Christian Church,101 Peace Ave., Lake Placid, FL33852 (two miles east of U.S. 27 on

County Road 621), 465-7065. RayCulpepper, senior pastor. Sunday:Bible classes, 9 a.m.; WorshipCelebration with the Lord’s Suppereach week 10:15 a.m. Thelma Hall,organist; and Pat Hjort, pianist.Wednesday: Praise and Prayer,6:30 p.m.; “Building God’sKingdom for Everyone.” “JesusChrist, the Way, Truth and Life!”“Alive and Worth the Drive!”� Sebring Christian Church,4514 Hammock Road, Sebring, FL33872. Tod Schwingel, Preacher;David Etherton, Youth Pastor.Sunday Worship, 9:30 a.m.;Sunday School, 11 a.m.; SundayYouth Service, 6 p.m; Evening serv-ice at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday nightmeals, 5:30 p.m. followed by class-es at 6:30 p.m. Changing Seasons,a men’s grief support group, meetsat 1:30 p.m. Wednesdays.Alzheimers Caregivers SupportGroup meets at 1 p.m. Thursdays.Office hours, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.Monday-Friday. Phone 382-6676.� First Christian Church, 1016 W.Camphor St., Avon Park, FL 33825;(863) 453-5334; on the Web atwww.firstchristianap.com. Ourmotto is “Jesus is First at FirstChristian Church.” Greg Ratliff,Senior Minister; Bible School 9a.m.; Worship 10 a.m.; Wednesdaystudies for all ages, 6 p.m. Nurseryprovided for all events.� First Christian Church(Disciples of Christ), 510Poinsettia Avenue, (corner ofPoinsettia and Eucalyptus),Sebring, FL 33870. Phone: 385-0358 or 385-3435. The Rev. RonaldNorton, Pastor; Sunday School, 9a.m.; Praise Breakfast, 10 a..m.,Morning Worship, 10:30 a.m.;Children’s Church, 10:30 a.m.Thursday, Praise and Worship, 6:45p.m. Youth Fellowship, 7:15 p.m.;Midweek Bible Study, 7:15 p.m.

CHRISTIAN &MISSIONARYALLIANCE

� The Alliance Church ofSebring, 4451 Sparta Road,Sebring, FL 33875. Call 382-1343.Rev. Steve Hagen, pastor. Sundayservices: Sunday School meets at9:30 a.m.; Sunday MorningWorship Service meets at 10:30a.m.; Sunday Evening Bible Studymeets at 6 p.m. (off site);Wednesday Prayer Gatheringmeets at 6 p.m.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

� Christian Science Church, 146 N. Franklin St. Sunday: 10:30 a.m.morning worship and Sundayschool. Testimonial meetings at4 p.m. each second and fourthWednesday. A free public readingroom/bookstore, located in thechurch, is open before and afterchurch services. The Bible and theChristian Science textbook,‘Science and Health with Key tothe Scriptures’ by Mary Baker Eddyare our only preachers. All are wel-come to come and partake of thecomfort, guidance, support andhealing found in the lesson-ser-mons.

CHURCH OFBRETHREN

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

CHURCH OF CHRIST

� Avon Park Church of Christ,200 S. Forest Ave., Avon Park, FL33825. Minister: Larry Roberts.Sunday Worship Services, 10:30a.m. and 6 p.m. Nursery facilitiesare available at every service. BibleStudy: Sunday, 9:30 a.m. andWednesday, 7 p.m. Bible centeredclasses for all ages. Church phone:453-4692.� Sebring Parkway Church ofChrist, 3800 Sebring Parkway,Sebring, FL 33870; 385-7443. Wewould like to extend an invitation foryou and your family to visit with ushere at Sebring Parkway. Our hoursof service are: Sunday Bible Class,9 a.m.; Sunday Worship Service,10 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service,6 p.m.; Wednesday Service, 7 p.m.

CHURCH OFNAZARENE

� First Church of the Nazareneof Avon Park, P.O. Box 1118.,Avon Park, FL 33825-1118. 707 W.Main St. Randall Rupert, Pastor.Sunday: Sunday school begins at9:45 a.m. for all ages; morning wor-ship at 10:45 a.m.; and eveningservice at 6 p.m. Wednesdayevening service is at 7 p.m. withspecial services for children andadults. Special services once amonth for seniors (Prime Time) andLadies ministries. If you need anymore information, call 453-4851.� First Church of the Nazareneof Lake Placid, 512 W. InterlakeBlvd., Lake Placid, FL 33852.Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; Morningworship, 10:45 a.m.; Evening serv-ice, 6 p.m. Wednesday evening, 7p.m. Classes for adult children andyouth. Call 465-6916. Pastor TimTaylor.

CHURCHES OFCHRIST INCHRISTIAN UNION

� Community Bible Church -Churches of Christ in ChristianUnion, (Orange BlossomConference Center) 1400 C-17ANorth (truck route), Avon Park.Presenting Jesus Christ as theanswer for time and eternity.Sunday morning worship service,10:30 a.m. Nursery provided.Junior Church activities at sametime for K-6 grade. Sunday SchoolBible hour (all ages), 9:30 a.m.(Transportation available.) Sundayevening praise and worship serv-ice, 6 p.m. Wednesday eveningprayer service, 7 p.m. Children andyouth activities at 7 p.m.Wednesday. Everyone is welcome,please come worship with us. DonSeymour, Senior Pastor. Phone452-0088.

PLACES TO WORSHIP

OnMarch 3, abeautiful,sunnySaturdaymorning,theInauguralSeminole5-K trail-run washeld at theSun ’NLakePreserve.

The run was a fundraiser forthe Highlands SeminoleClub and a chance for theHighlands County Parks &Natural ResourcesDepartment to showcase thepassive recreational opportu-nities that the Preserve hasto offer. Forty runners fromages 9-72 came out to facethe challenge of running onthe rugged trails that madeup the 5-K route. The com-petitors seemed to enjoytrekking through the naturalarea and taking in the peace-ful, scenic atmosphere.

The overall winner andmale winner in his age cate-gory was Greg Griffin,owner of BayheadConsulting. Greg stated, “Ihad a great time. I love this

course. It’s my first timerunning it; I signed up lastyear, but got sick and could-n’t make it. I mostly run incharity events. This Preserveis an asset to HighlandsCounty and it’s great formountain biking. I wishmore people knew about it.”

Kelly Griffin, a guidancecouncilor for one of ourlocal schools, also loved therun. She placed second over-all and first in her age cate-gory. She stated, “I ran lastyear. I love this run becauseyou can’t prepare for it. Younever know what’s coming atthe next turn. You have tostay focused. I try to do acouple of different runs ayear. It’s nice to get withpeople who are interested inthe same sport as I am.”

Carlos Torres, district con-servationist for the NaturalResource ConservationService, also ran in lastyear’s event. He came inthird place overall and sec-ond for the males in his agegroup. He stated, “Thiscourse has nice curves andthe event is well organized.The run is challenging. Thispreserve is such a nice areawith a lot of native species.Outdoor people should visit

and enjoy it while gettinghealthy. This is an opportu-nity to be in contact with ourenvironment and native plantcommunities. I have run in12 triathlons and other races.This is my first race thisyear though.”

Gary Walker had a greatattitude. He said, “I mayhave been last, but I lost apound or two. If it hadn’tbeen for Justin, I wouldn’thave made it. I fell once andhe helped me up. I like torun in the Turkey Trot and Iparticipated in the SouthFlorida Community Collegeevent last week. This 5-K atthe Preserve is scenic andvery nice. I’ll probably do itagain next year.”

Nine-year-old JustinBurgess came in first in hisage group despite assistinghis new found friend, GaryWalker. “I helped him upwhen he stumbled. I couldn’tjust leave him there,” Justinstated. This was the first runJustin has participated in,but apparently it won’t bethe last. “It was fun. Myfavorite part was runningthrough the water. It waschallenging because I had topass a lot of people. I sawsome birds and an alligator.Before the race started, Ivolunteered to help the run-ners. I stood at the split inthe trail and told them to goto the right. I met Mr.Walker and some new

friends. I want to do thisagain. I plan to join in moreruns and maybe participatein the upcoming kid’striathlon.”

Patty Palmer, who sits onthe Highlands CountySeminole Booster Board ofDirectors, stated of eventdirector Erin McCarta, “Sheis amazing. The event wasfabulous. Erin does a greatjob of pulling it all togetherand keeping us all straight.”

Chet Brojek also deservessome of the credit for thegetting the run on the calen-dar and making sure peopleknow about it. DonHickman, Cross Countrycoach for Avon Park HighSchool, kept the time of therunners.

Erin stated of theSeminole Booster Board ofDirectors Travis Stivender,John Palmer, Patty Palmer,Steve Farr, Lisa Stephenson,and Chad Lund, “I knowthey like to give me a lot ofcredit, but I can't imaginegetting all of our fundraiserstogether without any ofthem. Another key to thisyear’s success was the 30-plus runners/participantswho returned for the secondrunning. They are the ones

that help get the word outabout how the trail run wasfun, challenging, and howmuch they loved the serenityof the preserve for a morningrun.”

Other positive commentswhere spoken by many ofthe participants. It wouldseem that the Preserve is anideal setting for this type ofevent. The runners enjoy thechallenge of the dirt pathalong with the twists andturns the course has to offer.Highlands County staff plansto hold more events of thistype at the Sun ’N LakePreserve in the future. ThePreserve is approximately1,350 acres and consists ofdiverse plant communitiessuch as pine flatwoods,cypress swamp, cutthroatseeps, and various types ofmarshes and wetlands.Hiking the rugged naturetrails, biking, and fishing aresome of the activities thatare enjoyed by citizens whovisit the Preserve.

Corine Burgess is andEnvironmental Specialist for theHighlands County Parks andNatural Resources Department.Guest columns are the opinion ofthe writer, not necessarily thoseof the News-Sun.

Second annnual Seminole 5-K run held at Preserve a success

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WatershedCorine Burgess

Courtesy photoGreg Griffin, overall winner and first in his age group, andKelly Griffin, second place overall winner and first in herage group, after running the Seminole 5-K run at the Sun’N Lake Preserve.

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EPISCOPAL

� The Episcopal Church of theRedeemer.Service time is 9:30with Holy Communion. Coffee hourfollowing services. Newcomers wel-come. Call 453-5664 or [email protected] Web site:redeemeravon.com. The church isat 839 Howe’s Way, Avon Park (twomiles north of Sun ’N LakeBoulevard, across from WellsDodge.)� St. Agnes Episcopal Church,3840 Lakeview Drive, Sebring, FL33870. Sunday Services: HolyEucharist Rite I - 7:45 a.m., HolyEucharist Rite II - 10 a.m. Midweekservice on Wednesday at 6 p.m.Sunday School for all ages at 9a.m. The nursery is open 8:45 a.m.until 15 minutes after the 10 a.m.service ends. Wednesday: AdultBible study, 9:30 a.m. Visitors arealways welcome. The Rev. JimKurtz, rector. Church office 385-7649, for more information.� St. Francis of Assisi EpiscopalChurch, 43 Lake June Road, LakePlacid, FL 33852. Phone: 465-0051. Rev. Elizabeth L. Nelson,Rector. Sunday Worship, 8 a.m.,10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesdayevening: Holy Communion withHealing Service, 6 p.m. Child careavailable at the 8 a.m. and 10:30a.m. Sunday service. Come seewhat makes us different.

EVANGELICAL FREECHURCH OF AMERICA

� The Way Church EFCA, 1005 N.Ridgewood Drive, Sebring. Sundayschool and worship service at 9a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Youth activi-ties, 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays. TheWay is a church family who gathersfor contemporary worship, teachingof God’s Word, prayer and fellow-ship. Come early and stay after forfellowship time. Child care and chil-dren’s church are provided.Reinhold Buxbaum is pastor. TheWay – A place for you. OfficePhone:471-6140, Church CellPhone:381-6190. Email: [email protected]. Web site:www.TheWayChurch.org

GRACE BRETHREN

� Grace Brethren Church, 3626Thunderbird Road, (863) 835-0869. Dr. Randall Smith, seniorpastor. Sunday services at 9 a.m.,10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesdayservices at 7 p.m. We offer “KidCity” Children’s Ministry throughoutall services, and there are variosuother classes for teens, marriedcouples, “prime-timers,” and Biblestudies in Spanish. “Kid City” DayCare, Preschool and After-SchoolMonday-Friday: 7 a.m.-6 p.m. (Forregistration call: 385-3111). Checkus out on the Web at www.sebring-grace.org.

INTERDENOMINATIONAL

� World Harvest and RestorationMinistries, (non-denominational)2200 N. Avon Blvd., Avon Park, FL33825. Phone: 452-9777 or 453-3771. Sunday service: SundaySchool, 10 a.m. and worship, 11a.m. Wednesday services: 7 p.m.prayer meeting/Bible study. Pastor:W.H. Rogers.

LUTHERAN

� Atonement Lutheran Church(ELCA), 1178 S.E. LakeviewDrive., Sebring. David Thoresen,Deacon, Spiritual Leader, on first,third and fifth Sunday each month,and Rev. Jefferson Cox on the sec-ond and fourth Sunday of eachmonth. Jim Helwig, organist/choirdirector. Worship service at 9:30a.m.; Holy Eucharist is everySunday. Coffee hour on the firstand third Sunday of each month.Council meeting on the firstMonday of month; Ladies GroupWELCA meets at noon secondMonday of month with lunch. Bringa dish to pass. Church VegetableGarden Club meets as needed.Labyrinth Prayer Garden openseven days a week to congretationand community. Like to sing? Comejoin the choir. Visitors always wel-come. Come grow with us. Phone385-0797.� Christ Lutheran Church AvonPark – LCMS, 1320 County Road64, 1/2 mile east of Avon Park HighSchool. Sunday Divine Worship isat 10 a.m. Holy Communion is cel-ebrated every week with traditionalLutheran Liturgy, hymns and songsof praise. Fellowship time with cof-fee and refreshments follows wor-ship. Come worship and fellowshipwith us. For information call PastorScott McLean at 471-2663 or seechristlutheranavonpark.org.� Faith Lutheran Church –LCMS, 2740 Lakeview Drive,Sebring. Church phone: 385-7848,Faith Child Development Center,385-3232. Rev. Gary Kindle, pastor.Traditional Worship service, 8 a.m.Sunday; Sunday Praise WorshipService, 10:30 a.m. Communion isserved the first, third and fifthSunday of the month. Sundayschool and Bible classes: 9:15 a.m.Sunday. Worship service is broad-cast at 8 a.m. on WITS 1340 AMeach Sunday. Educational opportu-nities include weekly adult Biblestudies. Faith’s Closet Thrift Store(385-2782) is open from 10 a.m. to2 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and9 a.m. to noon Saturday. All arewarmly welcome in the Faily ofFaith.� Good Shepherd LutheranChurch (AALC) AmericanAssociation of LutheranChurches, 3240 Grand Prix Drive,Sebring, FL 33872. James Weed,pastor. Worship Service, 10:30 a.m.Sunday. Bible Study, 9 a.m. Nurseryprovided. Social activities: Choir,Missions, Evangelism. Phone 385-2346.� New Life Evangelical LutheranChurch, 3725 Hammock Road, aCongregation of the EvangelicalLutheran Synod (ELS) in fellowshipwith the Wisconsin EvangelicalLutheran Synod (WELS). SundayWorship at 10 a.m.; Bible Study, 9a.m. For more information, callPastor Brian Klebig at 385-2293 orvisit the Web site at www.newlifesebring.com.� Resurrection Lutheran Church- ELCA, 324 E. Main St., AvonPark. Pastor: Rev. John C.Grodzinski. Sunday service at 9:30a.m. Sunday school will resume inthe fall. Coffee and fellowship hourfollow the service. MidweekFragrance Free Wednesday wor-ship, (year round) 7 p.m. Officephone number is 453-6858.� Trinity Lutheran Church -LCMS, 25 Lakeview St., LakePlacid, FL 33852; 465-5253. TheRev. Richard A. Norris, pastor;Susan C. Norris, Trinity Tots Pre-School director; and Noel Johnson,minister of youth and family life.Worship schedule after Easterthrough December: Worship serv-ice 9 a.m., and Education Hour,

8:45 a.m. Worship schedule forJanuary through Easter: Worshipservice, 8:30 and 11 a.m.,Education Hour 9:45 a.m.Traditional Service with HolyCommunion each first and thirdSunday. Non-Traditional Serviceeach second, fourth and fifthSunday. Seasonal mid-week serv-ices Wednesday evenings duringLent and Advent. Call church officefor additional Worship times andspecial holiday services. Otheractivities and groups include:Choirs; Ladies Guild and LWML;Men’s Fellowship Group, SmallGroup Bible Studies as scheduled;Trinity Tots Pre-school, Youth Groupactivities (call for meeting timesand dates). Visit us online at:www.Trinitylutheranlp.com.

NON-DENOMINATIONAL

� Bible Fellowship Church, 3750Hammock Road, Sebring, FL33872. Sunday: American SignLanguage: First Worship sermon,songs signed first and secondWorship services. First Worshipservice, 9 a.m.; Second Worshipservice, 10:45 a.m. Nursery (up to2 years old) and Sunday schoolclasses both hours. BFC Youth, 6p.m.; Evening Service, 6 p.m.Wednesday: Children ages 4 yearsthrough fifth grade, 6 p.m.;Youth, 6-7:30 p.m.; Prayer time, 6:15 p.m.Todd Patterson, pastor; AndyMcQuaid, associate pastor. Website www.bfcsebring.com. Churchoffice 385-1024.� Calvary Church, 1825Hammock Road, Sebring, FL33872; 386-4900. An independentcommunity church. Sunday morn-ing worship, 10 a.m.; Bible study,11:15 a.m.; Sunday evening serv-ice, 6 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer andBible Study, 6:30 p.m. Pastor LesterOsbeck. A small friendly churchwaiting for your visit.� Christian Training MinistriesInc., on Sebring Parkway. Enter offCounty Road 17 on SimpsonAvenue. Sunday service is at 10a.m.; Wednesday Bible study at 7p.m. A nursery and children’schurch are provided. The church ispart of Christian InternationalMinistries Network, a full gospel,non-denominational ministry. LindaM. Downing, minister, [email protected]. Casey L. Downing,associate minister, [email protected]. Church phone:314-0482. Web site: www.ctmforme.com� Grace Bible Church, 4541Thunderbird Road, (second churchon left) Sebring, FL 33872. Phone,382-1085. Andrew Katsanis, seniorpastor. Saturday Worship, 6:30 p.m.Sunday, 9 and 11 a.m. Tuesday 6p.m. Grace Bible Academy AdultInvestigating Truth; first and thirdTuesday, Prayer Gathering, 7:15p.m.; Wednesday, Children’s &Youth Programs, 6 p.m.;Wednesday, 8:30 p.m., CollegeMinistry. www.GBCconnected.org� Highlands Community Church,a casual contemporary church,meets at 3005 New Life Way.Coffee at 9:30 a.m.; Worship at 10a.m. Nursery and Kid’s World class-es. Small groups meet throughoutthe week. Church phone is 402-1684; Pastor Bruce A. Linhart.� The Lord’s Sentinel FellowshipChurch, 148 E. Interlake Blvd.,Lake Placid (at Lake PlacidChristian School), Pastor JuanitaFolsom. Sunday morning service,10:30 a.m.; Monday, SentinelSchool of Theology, 7 p.m.; Churchservice, Tuesday, 7 p.m. More infor-mation at www.juanitafolsom

ministries.com.� Union Church, 106 N. ButlerAve., Avon Park, FL 33825.Contemporary worship service is at6:30 p.m. Saturday with PastorTiger Gullett. Sunday traditionalworship service is at 7:45 a.m. and9 a.m. Contemporary Sunday wor-ship service is at 10:45 a.m.Nursery and children’s church onSaturday nightes and 9 and 10:45a.m. Sundays. Breakfast and lunchmenus at Solid Grounds. SeniorPastor is Bill Breylinger. Office: 453-3345. Web page at www.weare-union.org.� Unity Life Enrichment Centre,new location, 10417 OrangeBlossom Blvd. S., Sebring, FL33875; 471-1122; e-mail [email protected]. Web site, www.unityofse-bring.org. 10:30 a.m. SundayCelebration Service, Nursery andChildren’s Church. Weekly Classes,Christian Bookstore and Cafe,Prayer Ministry, Life EnrichmentGroups. Rev. Andrew C. Conyer,senior minister transforming livesfrom ordinary to extraordinary.

PRESBYTERIAN

� Covenant Presbyterian Church(PCA), 4500 Sun ‘N Lake Blvd.,Sebring, 33872-2113. ACongregation of the PresbyterianChurch in America. Sunday morn-ing worship: Informal service, 8a.m.; traditional service, 10:30a.m.; Sunday school, 9:15 a.m.;evening service, 6 p.m. Wednesdayevening Prayer Meeting, 6 p.m.;Children’s/Youth Group, 5:30-7p.m.; choir practice, 7:15 p.m.Phone: 385-3234; Fax: 385-2759;e-mail: [email protected]; Website: www.cpcsebring.org. Rev. W.Darrell Arnold, pastor. Office hours:8:30-12:30 a.m. Monday-Friday.� First Presbyterian ChurchARP, 215 E. Circle St., (twoentrances on LaGrande), AvonPark, FL 33825. Phone: 453-3242.The Rev. Robert Johnson is thepastor. Sunday School, 9:15 a.m.;Sunday Worship, 10:45 a.m.;Wednesday Bible study, 10:30a.m.; Potluck dinner, 6 p.m. thirdWednesday; choir practice, 6:30p.m. each Wednesday; Mary Circlebusiness meeting, 1 p.m. secondWednesday; Sarah Circle businessmeeting, 4 p.m. second Thursday;Women’s Ministries CombinedBible study, 4 p.m. third Thursday.Be a part of a warm, caring churchfamily with traditional services, fol-lowing biblical truth.� First Presbyterian Church,ARP, 319 Poinsettia Ave., Sebring,FL 33870. 385-0107. SundaySchool, all ages, 9:30 a.m.;Worship Service, 11 a.m.; Tuesday:Grief Support Group, 1 p.m.; YouthGroup (middle and high school),3:30-6:30 p.m.; Wednesday: AdultBible Study, 10:30 a.m.; ChoirRehearsal, 5:30 p.m. Nursery avail-able during worship. Call the churchoffice for more information andother classes. Rev. Darrell A. Peer,pastor.� First Presbyterian Church,ARP, www.fpclp.com, 118 N. OakAve., Lake Placid, 465-2742. TheRev. Ray Cameron, senior pastor;the Rev. Drew Severance, associ-ate pastor. Sunday morning tradi-tional worship is at 8 and 9:30 a.m.in the sanctuary; contemporaryworship is at 11 a.m. Sundayschool classes for adults is at 9:15and 10:45 a.m. and for all ages,adults and children, at 9:45 a.m. inthe educational building.Wednesday: 6:45 p.m., youth group(middle and high school), and nurs-ery and children’s ministry; 7 p.m.,

adult small group Bible studies.Children/youth music ministry(Thursday): grades 3-5 chimes,2:30 p.m.; grades 3-5 choir, 3:15p.m.; grades 6-12 handbells, 3:15p.m. Bible Counseling available byappointment, 699-0132. Call thechurch office for more informationabout the classes offered. Nurseryis provided for babies and toddlers;while young children up to secondgrade have a special Children’sChurch offered during the worshipservice to help them grow in theirspiritual knowledge.� Spring Lake PresbyterianChurch (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. firstMonday of the month. Choirrehearses at 7 p.m. eachWednesday, September throughApril. Presbyterian Women meet at10 a.m. the third Thursday of themonth. Organist: Richard Wedig.Choir Director: Suzan Wedig.Church phone, 655-0713; e-mail,[email protected],Web site, http://slpc.embarqspace.com.

SEVENTH-DAYADVENTIST

� Avon Park Seventh-dayAdventist Church, 1410 WestAvon Blvd., Avon Park. Phone: 453-6641 or e-mail:[email protected],Sabbath School, 9:30 a.mSaturday. Church Service 10:45a.m. Saturday. Wednesday prayermeeting 7 p.m. Community Servicehours on Tuesday and Thursday isfrom 9:00 a.m. till 2 p.m. A saletakes place the first Sunday of eachmonth. Senior Pastor Paul Boling.Walker Memorial AcademyChristian School offering educationfor kindergarten through 12thgrades. ALL ARE WELCOME.Website is www.discoverjesus.org� Sebring Seventh-DayAdventist Church, 2106 N. StateRoad 17, Sebring; 385-2438.Worship Services: 9:15 a.m.Worship hour, 11 a.m. Prayer meet-ing, Tuesday, 7:15 p.m. Communityservice: every Monday 9-11 a.m.Health Seminar with Dr. Seralde,every Friday, 10:00 a.m. PastorAmado Luzbet.

THE CHURCH OFLATTER DAY SAINTS

� The Church of Jesus Christ ofLatter Day Saints, 3235 GrandPrix Dr., Sebring, Fl 33872; (863)382-9092 Steve Austin, Bishop;Mark Swift, 1st Counselor; DelMurphy, 2nd Counselor. FamilyHistory Center (863) 382-1822.Sunday Services: SacramentMeeting, 10-11:10 a.m.; GospelDoctrine, 11:20 a.m. to noon;Priesthood/Relief Society, 12:10-1p.m.; Primary for children, 11:15a.m. to 1 p.m.; Youth Activities:Wednesdays, 7-8:20 p.m. Scouts:first and third Wednesday, 7-8:20p.m. Activity Days: 8-11 yr old Boysand Girls, second and fourthWednesdays, 7-8:20 p.m.

THE SALVATIONARMY

� The Salvation Army – Centerfor Worship. Sunday: SundaySchool, 9:45 a.m.; Holiness meet-

ing, 11 a.m.; and Praise meetingand lunch, noon. Tuesday: Biblestudy, 6:30 p.m.; and Women’sMinistries, 7 p.m. Wednesday:Youth Ministries, 4 p.m. All meet-ings are at 120 N. Ridgewood Ave.,Sebring. For more information, visitthe Web site www.salvationarmyse-bring.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 Worship Service at 8:10and 10:50 a.m. in the sanctuary,Contemporary Worship in the FLCat 9:30 a.m. Sunday School at 9:30and 10:30 a.m. Methodist YouthFellowship at 5:30 p.m. Sundayswith Rick Heilig, youth director. The10:55 a.m. Sunday worship serviceis broadcast over WITS 1340 onAM dial. There is a nursery avail-able at all services.� First United Methodist Church,200 South Lake Avenue, AvonPark, FL 33825. (863) 453-3759, R.James Weiss, Pastor, SundaySchool - 9 a.m., Worship - 10:30a.m. Bible study third Tuesday ofevery month at 6 p.m. Prayer ShawlMinistry on the second and fourthFriday of the month at 2 p.m. forwomen who love God and crochet-ing. Visit us at our church Web site:www.fumcap.org.� Memorial United MethodistChurch, 500 Kent Ave., (overlook-ing Lake Clay) Lake Placid, FL,33852. The Rev. Fred Ball. pastor.Claude H.L. Burnett, pastoral assis-tant. Sunday schedule: HeritageWorship Service, 8:30 a.m.;Sunday School for all ages, 9:30a.m.; Celebration Worship Serviceat 10:45 a.m.; New Song worshipservice at 10:45 a.m. Loving nurs-ery care provided every Sundaymorning. Middle School Youth, 4p.m.; High School Youth, 5:30 p.m.We offer Christ-centered Sundayschool classes, youth programs,Bible studies, book studies andChristian fellowship. Church office,465-2422 orwww.memorialumc.com. LakeviewChristian School, VPK to grade 5;465-0313.� St. John United MethodistChurch, 3214 Grand Prix Drive,Sebring, FL 33872. The Rev.Ronald De Genaro Jr., Pastor.Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; AdultSunday School, 11 a.m.; SundayMorning Worship, 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m.and 11 a.m. Nursery provided for allservices. Phone 382-1736.www.stjohnsebring.org� Spring Lake United MethodistChurch, 8170 Cozumel Lane,(Hwy 98) Sebring. The Rev. ClydeWeaver Jr., Pastor. Worship servicestarts at 9:55 a.m. Bible Studymeets at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday.Choir Practice at 4:00 p.m. onThursday. Church office phone:655-0040.

UNITED CHURCHOF CHRIST

� Emmanuel United Church ofChrist, Jesus didn’t reject people,neither do we. Join us for worshipevery Sunday at 9:30 a.m. andyou’ll be embraced by a compas-sionate congregation that is all-inclusive. We’re at the corner ofHammock and Hope. Choir andBell Choir practice on Wednesday;Bible studies throughout the week.471-1999; sebringemmanuelucc.com.

PLACES TO WORSHIP

HARDCOVER FICTION1. “Lone Wolf” by Jodi

Picoult (Atria)2. “Victims” by Jonathan

Kellerman (Ballantine)3. “Kill Shot” by Vince

Flynn (Atria)4. “Celebrity in Death” by

J.D. Robb (Putnam Adult)5. “Private Games” by

James Patterson, MarkSullivan (Little, Brown)

6. “The Wolf Gift” byAnne Rice (Knopf)

7. “Defending Jacob” byWilliam Landay (DelacortePress)

8. “Cinnamon RollMurder” by Joanne Fluke(Kensington)

9. “A Perfect Blood” byKim Harrison (HarperVoyager)

10. “I’ve Got YourNumber” by SophieKinsella (Dial Press)

11. “11/22/63” byStephen King (Scribner)

12. “A Dance withDragons” by George R.R.Martin (Bantam)

13. “Death Comes toPemberley” by P.D. James(Knopf)

14. “Trail of theSpellmans: DocumentNumber 5” by Lisa Lutz(Simon & Schuster)

15. “State of Wonder” byAnn Patchett (Harper)

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. “American Sniper: Theautobiography of the MostLethal Sniper in U.S.Military History” by ChrisKyle, Jim DeFelice andScott McEwen (Morrow)

2. “The Blood SugarSolution” by Mark Hyman,M.D. (Little, Brown)

3. “Killing Lincoln: TheShocking Assassinationthat Changed AmericaForever” by Bill O’Reillyand Martin Dugard (HenryHolt and Co.)

4. “The Power of Habit”by Charles Duhigg(Random House)

5. “The End of Illness’ byDavid Agus (Free Press)

6. “Steve Jobs: ABiography” by WalterIsaacson (Simon &Schuster)

7. “Becoming China’s

Bitch” by Peter D. Kiernan(Turner)

8. “Wishes Fulfilled” byWayne W. Dyer (HayHouse)

9. “Indivisible: RestoringFaith, Family, andFreedom Before It’s TooLate” by James Robisonand Jay W. Richards(FaithWords)

10. “Let It Go” by T.D.Jakes (Atria)

11. “The World ofDowntown Abbey” byJessica Fellowes (St.Martin’s)

12. “Unbroken” by LauraHillenbrand (RandomHouse)

13. “Ameritopia: TheUnmaking of America” byMark R. Levin (ThresholdEditions)

14. “Bringing Up Bebe”by Pamela Druckerman(Penguin Press)

15. “The 17 Day Diet” byDr. Mike Moreno (Free

Press)

MASS MARKET PAPER-BACKS

1. “The Girl Who Kickedthe Hornet’s Nest” by StiegLarsson (Vintage)

2. “Redwood Bend” byRobyn Carr (Mira)

3. “The Jungle” by CliveCussler with Jack Du Brul(Berkley)

4. “The Sixth Man” byDavid Baldacci (Vision)

5. “The Lucky One” byNicholas Sparks (Vision)

6. “44 Charles Street” byDanielle Steel (Dell)

7. “Portrait of a Spy” byDaniel Silva (Harper)

8. “The Girl Who Playedwith Fire” by Stieg Larsson(Vintage)

9. “The DarkestSeduction” by GenaShowalter (HQN)

10. “Deadly Sins” byLora Leigh (St. Martin’s)

11. “Against All

Enemies” by Tom Clancywith Peter Telep (Berkley)

12. “Timeless” by GailCarriger (Orbit)

13. “Tom ClancyPresents: Act of Valor” byDick Couch and GeorgeGaldorisi (Berkley)

14. “Love You More” byLisa Gardner (Bantam)

15. “A Game of Thrones”by George R.R. Martin(Bantam)

TRADE PAPERBACKS1. “The Girl Who Kicked

the Hornet’s Nest” by StiegLarsson (Vintage)

2. “The Help” by KathrynStockett (Putnam Adult)

3. “The Vow” by Kim &Krickitt Carpenter withDana Wilkerson (B&H)

4. “Heaven is for Real: ALittle Boy’s AstoundingStory of His Trip to Heavenand Back” by Todd Burpo,Sonja Burpo, Colton Burpoand Lynn Vincent (ThomasNelson)

5. “The Lucky One” byNicholas Sparks (GrandCentral)

6. “The Tiger’s Wife: A

Novel” by Tea Obreht(Random House)

7. “Bossypants” by TinaFey (Back Bay/ReaganArthur)

8. “The Girl with theDragon Tattoo” by StiegLarsson (Vintage)

9. “Extremely Loud andIncredibly Close” byJonathan Safran Foer(Mariner)

10. “The Immortal Life ofHenrietta Lacks” byRebecca Skloot(Broadway)

11. “Kill Me If You Can”by James Patterson,Marshall Karp (GrandCentral)

12. “Moonwalking withEinstein” by Joshua Foer(Penguin)

13. “Lady Almina andthe Real Downton Abbey”by The Countess ofCarnarvon (Broadway)

14. “Rainshadow Road”by Lisa Kleypas (St.Martin’s Griffin)

15. “The Descendants”by Kaui Hart Hemmings(Random House)


PUBLISHERS WEEKLYBEST-SELLERS

C M Y K

Special to the News-SunAVON PARK – Magician,

comedian, and ventriloquistAndy Gross presents a familyfriendly benefit performanceat 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March24 in the South FloridaCommunity College Theatrefor the Performing Arts,Highlands Campus. This per-formance benefits HeartlandChristian School.

Andy Gross is one of thehottest stand-up comics,magicians, and ventriloquistsworking today. He performsmore than 150 shows a yearat comedy clubs, Las Vegas,cruise ships, Fortune 500 cor-porate events, colleges andperforming arts theaterseverywhere. He is consideredthe best by his peers in theentertainment industry, andhe leaves his audiences spell-bound. You may recognizehim from his numerous TVappearances, including mostrecently an NBC televisionspecial featuring his talents.

He is multi-talented andthe only entertainer who suc-cessfully combines stand-up

comedy, magic, and ventrilo-quism, making him one of themost sought after corporateentertainers in the world.Audiences are absolutelyunanimous in their praise ofthis amazing performer. Hisad-libs during his stand-upare compared frequently toDon Rickles and RobinWilliams, and his voicethrowing is one of the best inthe business.

The sponsors for this per-formance are David Guerra,M.D., OBGYN, and SummerKahn, M.D., OBGYN.

Tickets range from $20 to$30 and may be purchasedonline 24 hours a day, sevendays a week, at http://per-formances.southflorida.edu.Tickets may also be pur-chased by calling the SFCCBox Office at 784-7178 or byvisiting the SFCC Box Officein the front of the SFCCTheatre for the PerformingArts from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30p.m. Monday-Friday, 600 W.College Drive.

A student discount of 50percent off is available for

this performance by callingor visiting the SFCC BoxOffice.

The student discount is notavailable online.

SFCC will be closed forSpring Break, March 11-17,however tickets will still beavailable online.


Special to the News-SunLAKE PLACID – The

Caladium Arts and CraftsCooperative announces thatLouise Weis has beenselected as Artist of theMonth for March.

Weis grew up inWisconsin and was fasci-nated by the beautiful col-ors of autumn. She wouldsit for hours and draw any-thing that caught her eye.When she was 12, her fami-ly moved to Alaska whereshe found a totally differentassortment of subjects todraw.

She started taking artclasses in school and com-pleted her first painting inthe eight grade. Weisenrolled in art classes at thelocal college and has beenpainting non-stop sincethen.

After she married herhusband, David, in 1969and they had their son,Duane, in 1972, she servedas president and showchairman of the KetchikanArt Guild. Weis also taughtpainting and drawing class-es at the University of

Alaska Southeast and at herhome studio. They movedto Wauchula in 1978 whereshe again taught in her newhome studio. In 1985, sheopened a shop in downtownWauchula where she stillteaches.

Weis is a member of TAG( The Artist Group) at theJacaranda Hotel in AvonPark, where six artists aresponsored by the Universityof South Florida. They havea Gallery Studio where shealso teaches.

In addition to painting inoils and acrylics, Weis usesmany other mediumsincluding watercolors, pas-tels, colored pencils, etc.She started china paintingseveral years ago and fell inlove with it so she nowteaches that also. She haswon numerous awards andhas been a judge at fairs andother competitions inAlaska and Florida.

See her work on displayat the Caladium Arts andCrafts Cooperative, 132 E.Interlake Blvd. Call 699-5940 or visit www.caladiu-marts.org for more.

Weis is Artist of Monthat Caladium Co-op

Courtesy photoThe work of Louise Weis will be featured at the CaladiumCo-op in March.


Special to the News-SunAVON PARK – Archeologist Nathan

Lawres presents “The Muskhogean Wayof War: An Anthropological Perspectiveon Creek and Seminole CombatBehaviors” during the KissimmeeValley Archaeological and HistoricalConservancy’s speaker series at 7 p.m.Thursday in Building G, Room 202,SFCC Highlands Campus. The presenta-tion is free and open to the public.

Warfare is a topic that has received ahigh level of attention in the anthropo-logical literature since the inception ofthe discipline.

Much of the literature, however, has

focused on the origins and causes ofwarfare rather than the behavior associ-ated with it.

Throughout the 16th and 19th cen-turies, Europeans and Americansemployed tactics and instituted laws thatsought to subjugate Native Americansand appropriate their lands.

The Muskogenean peoples of thesoutheastern Unites States resisted thisprocess by employing a distinct set ofbehaviors during combat. These behav-iors provided them with substantial suc-cess against both Europeans andAmericans.

Lawres received his bachelor’s degree

in Anthropology (Honors) from theUniversity of Central Florida and is cur-rently a candidate in the Department ofAnthropology at UCF.

He is an archaeological field assistantfor the Seminole Tribe of Florida’sTribal Archaeology Section. Hisresearch interests include the origins ofwarfare, indigenous warfare patterns,Woodland and Mississippian archaeolo-gy, Native cultures of the Southeast, firebehavior and the effects of fire on cul-tural resources, and archaeologicalapplications of LiDAR.

For more information, call AnneReynolds at 441-4803.

KVAHC presents archaeologistNathan Lawres at SFCC on Thursday

SFCC presentsmagician,

comedian AndyGoss March 24

Courtesy photoAndy Gross performs at SFCC on March 24.

By JASON STRAZIUSO andRODNEY MUHUMUZA

Associated PressKAMPALA, Uganda —

The young American boysums up what his father doesfor a living: “You stop thebad guys from being mean.”

Yes, the father says, butwho are the bad guys? Thechild thinks, then offers aguess: “Star Wars people?”

Though half a world awayfrom this preschooler’sAmerican upbringing, thetruth is far more sinister.

The bad guys are JosephKony and his Lord’sResistance Army, a brutalCentral Africa militia that haskidnapped thousands of chil-dren and forced them tobecome sex slaves, fight aschild soldiers and kill familymembers during a 26-yearcampaign of terror.

The father-son conversa-tion is part of a 30-minutevideo that has rocketedthrough cyberspace since itsrelease Monday on YouTube.It had been viewed more than40 million times by lateThursday, propelled bycelebrity tweets and fans onFacebook and Twitter, espe-cially teens and young adults.

The video’s premise is thatpeople here in America —and the world beyond — havethe power to stop Kony, ifonly they are willing tospread the word through thepower of social media. CalledKony 2012, the goal is to see

Kony captured by the end ofthis year.

The father, Jason Russell,is the co-founder of InvisibleChildren, an anti-LRA advo-cacy group, and the film’sdirector. At one point in thefilm, he asks his son, Gavin,what he thinks should bedone about Kony.

“Stop him,” Gavinresponds.

Then, in one of the video’smany slick moments, theboy’s words are quicklyechoed by the prosecutor ofthe International CriminalCourt, where Kony is wantedfor crimes against humanity.

“Stop him,” Luis Moreno-Ocampo says on camera,“and (that will) solve all theproblems.”

Despite an InternationalCriminal Court arrest warrantand the deployment last fallof 100 U.S. Special Forces tofour Central African coun-tries to help advise in thefight against Kony, until now,few Americans knew who hewas.

To those 99 percent,Russell poses this challenge:Make Kony and his crimes so“famous” that governmentsview it as imperative that themission to capture him suc-ceeds.

Celebrities — and teens —have quickly joined thecause.

“Even if its 10 minutes ...Trust me, you NEED to knowabout this!” tweeted Rhianna.

“This is not a joke. This isserious. TOGETHER we can#MakeAChange and #STOP-KRONY -- help another kidin need!” Justin Biebertweeted.

Invisible Children’s criticssay the San Diego-basedgroup oversimplifies a com-plex issue. In a rebuttal post-ed on its website, the groupacknowledges the video over-looks many nuances but saysit sought to explain the con-flict “in an easily understand-able format.” It called thefilm a “first entry point.”

“It’s something we can allagree on regardless of yourpolitical background,” saidBen Keesey, the group’s 28-year-old chief executive offi-cer.

“There are few timeswhere problems are blackand white. There’s lots ofcomplicated stuff in theworld, but Joseph Kony andwhat he’s doing is black andwhite.”

The LRA began its attacksin Uganda in the 1980s, whenKony sought to overthrow thegovernment. Since beingpushed out of Uganda severalyears ago, the militia has ter-rorized villages in Congo, theCentral Africa Republic andSouth Sudan.

“Kony is a monster. Hedeserves to be prosecuted andhanged,” Col. FelixKulayigye, spokesman forUganda’s military, told TheAssociated Press.

Dad-son talk, celebritytweets key to viral video

florida hospital heartland

C M Y K

By DAN [email protected] PARK – For four

innings Thursday, the recentwoes of the SFCC softballsquad were on full display.

The offense was still scuf-fling, the pitching was decentbut the defense was now pro-viding a less-than-secureback up.

After a three-run first forthe Lady Loggers of visitingLincoln Land CommunityCollege ofSpringfield, Il., thePanthers gave awayfive more in the sec-ond.

After a lead-offwalk and single to left,starting pitcher KimMartin got a fly out tocenter, and it looked like fur-ther damage might be avoid-ed as a runner’s interferencecall on a grounder to shortgot the second out of theinning.

But an RBI single to centerfollowed, with an infield sin-gle then loading the bases.

Consecutive throwingerrors on potential groundouts then allowed four runsto come across and put South

Florida in an 8-0 hole.The offense showed some

life, but by the fifth, thedeficit stood at 13-4.

“We can’t hit, we can’tpitch, we can’t field and wecan’t throw,” head coachCarlos Falla muttered in thedugout. “We continue likethis and we’re going to getour butts handed to us thenext six weeks.”

But, when things lookedthere lowest, a tidal shift

began.The defensive mis-

cues proved an aberra-tion and the extrahours in the battingcages began to pay offas hits started comingin groups and the leadbegan to shrink.

Those hits turned intoruns, and they kept coming,until a Mackenzie Huntthree-run homer had it at 13-10.

The comeback would endthere, however, but the turn-around continued in thenightcap behind JulieDeyoe’s moundwork and animproved defensive effort ina 4-2 win.

The hope is that the shift

comes just in time for theSuncoast Conference sched-ule, which begins Tuesdaywith a doubleheader at St.

Petersburg College and con-tinues Thursday at the StateCollege of Florida inBradenton.

Special to the News-SunThere is a long line of

Hollywood stars who havecome to test their mettle atthe 12 Hours of Sebring.

The first was JackieCooper, with others such asJames Garner, LorenzoLamas and Craig T. Nelsonalso making the list.

This year marks the 50thanniversary of arguably thebiggest star/racer to take toSebring’s road course —Steve McQueen.

It was in 1962 he ran tworaces here.

The British MotoringCorporation invited him torun one of their cars at the 12Hours

In “Star on Wheels,”author William F. Nelsonquotes McQueen as saying,“I drove two cars that week-end in Florida. They had kindof a warm-up race, a three-hour production go in whichall of us BMC drivers wereput in Austin-Healy Sprites. Ifinished ninth in a field oftwo dozen-plus.”

The following day he andco-driver John Colgate (ofthe toothpaste Colgates) ranthe 12 Hours. After leading intheir class, they were forcedout due to engine problems.

Reportedly, Donald and

Geoff Healey had initiallybeen a bit dubious about hav-ing McQueen on their team,but besides being a very com-petent driver using himbrought Austin-Healey muchpublicity.

Author Michael Keyser

recounts an experience fromfellow MG driver JohnWhitmore who, after beingpicked up by McQueen at hismotel in the dead of night,remembered being driven upHighway 27 by McQueen atbreakneck speed, clinging to

the top of a rented convert-ible.

They were spotted by localpolice, but when officersfound out who was driving,instead of issuing a ticket thegroup reportedly retired to an

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Courtesy photoDriving partners Peter Revson and Steve McQueen are two among the list of celebrityappearances, and participation, in the annals of the 12 Hours of Sebring.

The ‘King of Cool’

See MCQUEEN, Page 3D

Courtesy photoThe Team Falken Tire No. 17 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR.

Special to the News-SunSEBRING – If great

change brings greateropportunity, then BryanSellers should have thegreatest opportunity of hiscareer at the 60thAnniversary of the Mobil1 Twelve Hours of SebringFueled by Fresh fromFlorida.

The No. 17 TeamFalken Tire Porsche 911GT3 RSR the Braselton,Ga.-race car driver willshare with season-longteammate Wolf Henzler(Germany) and endurance-race addition MartinRagginger (Austria) atSebring InternationalRaceway is an all-newrace version of the venera-ble German sports car.

“I feel like I have grownup at thisrace. It hasbeen a race Ihave alwayswanted tocompete in. Ilove the trackand I love thea tmosphere .There is nobetter feelingthan gettingto drive a race car,”Sellers said. “At Sebring,you get the opportunity todo that, and put on a showfor people who love thesport as much as you do.”

Falken Tire, of whichSellers has been a factoryrace and developmentdriver for four seasons,has brought a new AZE-NIS racing slick to Floridaand the March 17 season-opening round of theAmerican Le Mans Seriespresented by TequilaPatrón has new competi-tion drawn from aroundthe globe.

All combined, the newelements provide the sortof game-changer momentthat Sellers relishes.

In 2011, Sellers had hismost successful sports carseason to-date.

Winning twice in theALMS, taking fourth in

the season-long GT driverpoint championship andthird in the worldwidePorsche Cup competition,highlighted the Americanyoung gun’s breakout sea-son.

The former open-wheelracing champion hopes thedevelopments for 2012will provide even greateropportunity for success.

Competing against 22-cars spread across the GTclasses and 63 entriesoverall – including thedebut of the FIA WorldEndurance Championship(WEC) – Sebring willmake every pass a signifi-cant accomplishment.

Every new element ofthe program must performflawlessly to take advan-tage of the opportunity

presented. The new

Porsche 911GT3 RSR hasu n d e r g o n es i g n i f i c a n tchanges sincethe 2011 sea-s o n - c l o s i n gPetit LeMans.

The car,still based on the type 997platform, has had wide-ranging bodywork alter-ations to allow for widerdimensions, flared rearwheel arches and frontwheel arches which pro-vide for wider diameterfront tires.

Improved aerodynamicsgives better front stabilitywhile the enhanced air-flow allows the four-liter,six-cylinder engine to pro-duce 460 BHP.

Sellers and Team FalkenTire have had four days oftesting with the new carentering race week atSebring.

“It’s very difficult toprepare mentally forSebring,” Sellers said. “Itis one of those races thatyou have to just get in anddo. It is a very physicallydemanding race and also

Great change bringsgreater opportunity

for Sellers at Sebring

See SELLERS, Page 3D

‘It’s verydifficult to

preparementally for

Sebring.’BRYAN SELLERS

News-Sun photo by DAN HOEHNELady Panther Taylor Upchurch found herself in the wrongplace at the wrong time in this collision at first baseThursday.

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Photo courtesy of www.racer.comThe new generation of Compuware Corvette C6.R race cars will debut at the Mobil 1 12Hours of Sebring Fueled by Fresh From Florida.

By BARRY FOSTERSpecial to the News-Sun

SEBRING – Hot on theheels of the announcement ofCorvette as the Official Carof the Sebring InternationalRaceway comes word that theBowtie flagship will debut anew generation ofCompuware Corvette C6.Rrace cars and a revised driverlineup for the Mobil 1 12Hours of Sebring Fueled byFresh From Florida.

The new Corvettes are twoinches wider than the preced-ing version with flared fend-ers and a higher wing.

Fans also will see new diveplane “whiskers” at the frontwhich will provide better

downforce. This year’s factory entry

also will have an updated5.5-liter Chevrolet small-block V-8 powerplant.

“The two inch wider trackrequired all-new bodyworkand revised suspension com-ponents,” said CorvetteRacing Team manager GaryPratt. “The updated CorvetteC6.R also had to go throughthe homologation (approval)process again so we had anopportunity to make addi-tional refinements.”

Meanwhile, CorvetteRacing has has realigned itsdriver lineup to ensure thatall six pilots are compatiblein both physical size and

setup preferences. The No. 03 Compuware

Corvette is driven by JanMagnussen and AntonioGarcia, with 20-year-oldJordan Taylor making hiscompetition debut for the theteam as third driver.

Oliver Gavin and TommyMilner will share the No. 4Compuware Corvette C6.R,with Richard Westbrookreprising his role as thirddriver in the long-distanceevents.

Fans who want to drive aCorvette will have theiropportunity at this year’srace as well.

Friday and Saturday a

Corvette pulling out the stops

See CHEVY, Page 3D

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3-on-3 Hoops for HOPETourney

SEBRING – The Second Annual MaryToney H.O.P.E. Foundation BasketballTournament will tip off at the SebringHigh School Gym on Saturday, March 17,from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

There will be male and female bracketsfor teams of three to four players brokendown into age groups.

Girls can have a maximum of six teamsin each age group, from 7-9, 10-12, 13-15and 16-18.

There will be a maximum of eight boysteams in each of those same age groups.

Cost is $5 per player and first- and sec-ond-place prizes will be given.

The two younger age groups, for boysand girls, will start their games at 8:30a.m., with the older two age groups begin-ning play at 1 p.m.

All teams need to report to the gym 30minutes prior to the first game of theirdivision.

There will be concessions, music and aguest speaker, along with plenty of bas-ketball fun, so come spend the last day ofSpring Break supporting Helping OtherPeople Elevate.

Registration deadline is Thursday,March 15.

For more information, contact LaVaarScott in Sebring at 214-3880, TeonRobinson in Lake Placid at 201-3826, orRicardo Wright in Avon Park at 253-2313.

Tennis Youth Day of Play

SEBRING – The Highlands CountyTennis Association is planning a YouthFun Day from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday,March 24, at the Thakkar Tennis Center inthe Country Club of Sebring.

The game of tennis has been identifiedas one of the fastest growing sports.

The HCTA, along with USTA Florida,is committed to promoting and develop-ing the game as an enjoyable sport thatcontributes to good health, fun competi-tion and a sport to play for a lifetime.

In an effort to promote and developtennis in Highlands County, the HCTA ishosting this fun-filled day of basic tennisinstruction and drills.

HCTA volunteers will be assistingHorace Watkins, USPTA Certified TennisPro, introducing basic, fun, tennis activi-ties to youth from elementary to middleschool ages.

There is no charge and a hot dog anddrink combo will be available for $1.

There will also be a drawing at the endof the day for a special prize.

Boys and girls are invited to come outany time during the 10 a.m.-4 p.m. timeframe to participate in the activities.

Racquets are available, but please bringyour own if you have one.

For more information, call Lynda at471-0389.

STARS Softball

SEBRING - Special STARS CoedSoftball League began Sunday, March 4,at the Highlands County Sports Complex.

Partners in the community will playsoftball with special athletes.

Coaches are needed as well as partnersin the community to play on the teams.

Teams must have three women, threemen and four special athletes on the fieldat all times.

The roster can have up to 15 people onit. Men use a 12-inch ball and women usean 11-inch ball.

Male partners in the community usewooden bats while everyone else can use

any bat. Youth age 16-18 can participate but

their parents must sign a waiver.There will be practices from 3-5 p.m.,

March 11 and 18. The Special STARS Softball Classic

tournament will be March 24. This tourney will start at 8 a.m. at the

Sebring Sports Complex – out of townteams are invited to participate.

Special athletes can also participate in askill level competition where they willtrain on throwing, running, hitting andfielding – they practice the same time andtheir competition will also be March 24.

A home run derby will take place on theday of the tournament.

There is no charge for any athlete toparticipate.

A free lunch, pictures and awards arepresented at the tournament.

Team sponsorships of $250 are beingsecured from local businesses to help payfor all the practices and tournament.

Any business interested in having theirname on shirts worn by a team or playerswith questions, can call Special STARSCoordinator Cindy Marshall at 452-1295,ext. 124 or 443-0438.

Scholarship Golf

SEBRING – The Second AnnualScholarship Golf Tournament will be onSaturday, March 31, at the Country Clubof Sebring.

The four-man scramble with handicapflights has a $65 entry fee per person.

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

Entry fee includes greens fee, golf cartand lunch, along with great prizes forHole-in-One, Closest to the Pin andLongest Drive.

Make checks payable to Wings of FaithCWC Scholarship Fund.

For questions call Alvin Walters at 381-5706 or Jerome Matthews at 273-2533.

Submit entries by Monday, March 26.All proceeds benefit college-bound

senior graduates, Class of 2012.

6th Annual Sottile Tourney

LAKE PLACID – The Lake PlacidAthletic Association’s Annual NickSottile Memorial Golf Tournament isSaturday, April 14, at the Placid LakesCountry Club.

The event is a four-person scramblewith cash prizes for the winning teams ineach flight, hole-in-one prizes at threeholes as well as other prizes.

Golfers tee off at 8 a.m. and the cost is$100 per person or $400 for a team.

Entry fee includes greens fee, cart, bev-erages and a spectacular feast includingjumbo shrimp, pulled pork, BBQ chickenand all the accoutrements.

Bill Jarrett Ford is helping underwritethe event, but more sponsors are needed.

Sponsorship ranges from $1,000 to $50hole-sponsors and lunch tickets areincluded with most sponsorship levels.

Proceeds from this tournament directlybenefit youth sports in Lake Placid and aportion of the proceeds are donated to theNick Sottile Memorial Scholarship Fund.

Nicholas “Nick” Sottile was a FloridaHighway Patrol Trooper and “hometownhero” killed in the line of duty in Januaryof 2007.

LPAA donates all the organization’sproceeds to youth sports in Lake Placid,and has donated more than $2-milliondollars to youth sports since its inception.

For more information, contact LauraTeal 441-0729 or Darrell Heckman at441-0417.

EASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division

W L Pct GBL Pct GB

Philadelphia 24 17 .585 —Boston 21 18 .538 2New York 18 22 .450 51⁄2New Jersey 14 27 .341 10Toronto 13 26 .333 10

Southeast DivisionW L Pct GB

Miami 30 9 .769 —Orlando 26 15 .634 5Atlanta 23 17 .575 71⁄2Washington 9 29 .237 201⁄2Charlotte 5 33 .132 241⁄2

Central DivisionW L Pct GB

Chicago 33 9 .786 —Indiana 23 14 .622 71⁄2Milwaukee 16 24 .400 16Cleveland 15 23 .395 16Detroit 14 26 .350 18

WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division

W L Pct GBSan Antonio 26 13 .667 —Memphis 23 15 .605 21⁄2Dallas 23 19 .548 41⁄2Houston 21 19 .525 51⁄2New Orleans 9 31 .225 171⁄2

Northwest DivisionW L Pct GB

Oklahoma City 31 9 .775 —Denver 23 18 .561 81⁄2Minnesota 21 20 .512 101⁄2Utah 19 20 .487 111⁄2Portland 19 21 .475 12

Pacific DivisionW L Pct GB

L.A. Clippers 23 15 .605 —L.A. Lakers 24 16 .600 —Phoenix 18 21 .462 51⁄2Golden State 15 21 .417 7Sacramento 14 26 .350 10

___Friday’s Games

New Jersey 83, Charlotte 74Philadelphia 104, Utah 91Boston 104, Portland 86Detroit 86, Atlanta 85Cleveland 96, Oklahoma City 90L.A. Lakers 105, Minnesota 102L.A. Clippers 120, San Antonio 108Milwaukee 119, New York 114Denver 110, New Orleans 97Sacramento 110, Dallas 97

Saturday’s GamesPortland at Washington, lateToronto at Detroit, lateIndiana at Miami, lateUtah at Chicago, lateCharlotte at Oklahoma City, lateNew Orleans at Minnesota, lateHouston at New Jersey, lateMemphis at Phoenix, lateDallas at Golden State, late

Sunday’s GamesPhiladelphia at New York, 12 p.m.Boston at L.A. Lakers, 3:30 p.m.Houston at Cleveland, 6 p.m.Milwaukee at Toronto, 6 p.m.Indiana at Orlando, 6 p.m.Memphis at Denver, 8 p.m.Atlanta at Sacramento, 9 p.m.Golden State at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.

EASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division

W L OT Pts GF GAN.Y. Rangers 42 18 7 91 184 145Pittsburgh 41 21 5 87 214 171Philadelphia 38 21 7 83 218 193New Jersey 38 24 5 81 189 177N.Y. Islanders 28 30 9 65 156 200

Northeast DivisionW L OT Pts GF GA

Boston 40 23 3 83 217 155Ottawa 36 25 8 80 213 202Buffalo 31 29 8 70 167 191Toronto 30 30 7 67 200 209Montreal 26 32 10 62 179 192

Southeast DivisionW L OT Pts GF GA

Florida 31 23 13 75 164 191Washington 33 28 6 72 178 190Winnipeg 32 29 8 72 181 195Tampa Bay 31 29 7 69 189 229Carolina 25 27 15 65 177 203

WESTERN CONFERENCECentral Division

W L OT Pts GF GASt. Louis 43 18 7 93 177 133Detroit 44 21 3 91 215 159Nashville 39 21 7 85 192 173Chicago 37 25 7 81 207 203Columbus 22 38 7 51 159 217

Northwest DivisionW L OT Pts GF GA

Vancouver 42 18 8 92 214 168Calgary 31 25 12 74 169 188Colorado 35 30 4 74 180 185Minnesota 29 29 10 68 147 189Edmonton 26 35 6 58 178 203

Pacific DivisionW L OT Pts GF GA

Dallas 37 26 5 79 183 183Phoenix 33 25 10 76 175 173San Jose 33 24 9 75 184 170Los Angeles 31 25 12 74 151 150Anaheim 29 29 10 68 171 191NOTE: Two points for a win, one pointfor overtime loss.

___Friday’s Games

Pittsburgh 2, Florida 1, SODetroit 4, Los Angeles 3Chicago 4, N.Y. Rangers 3Calgary 5, Winnipeg 3

Saturday’s GamesWashington at Boston, lateEdmonton at Colorado, latePhiladelphia at Toronto, lateBuffalo at Ottawa, lateNew Jersey at N.Y. Islanders, lateCarolina at Tampa Bay, lateColumbus at St. Louis, lateDetroit at Nashville, lateAnaheim at Dallas, lateSan Jose at Phoenix, lateMontreal at Vancouver, late

Sunday’s GamesBoston at Pittsburgh, 12:30 p.m.Toronto at Washington, 5 p.m.Carolina at Florida, 5 p.m.St. Louis at Columbus, 6 p.m.Calgary at Minnesota, 6 p.m.Philadelphia at New Jersey, 7 p.m.N.Y. Islanders at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.Los Angeles at Chicago, 8 p.m.

AMERICAN LEAGUEW L Pct

Detroit 6 1 .857Seattle 6 2 .750

Toronto 5 2 .714Oakland 5 3 .625Baltimore 3 2 .600Boston 3 2 .600Los Angeles 3 2 .600Kansas City 4 3 .571New York 3 4 .429Minnesota 3 5 .375Cleveland 2 4 .333Texas 2 4 .333Tampa Bay 2 5 .286Chicago 1 4 .200

NATIONAL LEAGUEW L Pct

Los Angeles 3 1 .750San Francisco 5 2 .714Miami 3 2 .600Milwaukee 3 2 .600Cincinnati 4 3 .571Houston 4 3 .571Philadelphia 4 3 .571Chicago 3 3 .500New York 3 3 .500St. Louis 2 2 .500Washington 3 3 .500Pittsburgh 3 4 .429Arizona 2 4 .333San Diego 2 5 .286Colorado 1 4 .200Atlanta 1 7 .125NOTE: Split-squad games count in thestandings; games against non-majorleague teams do not.

___Friday’s Games

N.Y. Mets 5, Atlanta (ss) 3Philadelphia 7, Detroit 5Toronto 11, Houston 2N.Y. Yankees 3, Atlanta (ss) 0Tampa Bay 3, Baltimore 3, tie, 10 ingsSt. Louis 3, Minnesota 2Milwaukee 12, Cleveland 2Chicago Cubs 5, Chicago White Sox 1San Diego 6, L.A. Angels 3L.A. Dodgers 9, Texas 0Arizona 8, Seattle 5Cincinnati (ss) 5, Kansas City 1San Francisco 6, Cincinnati (ss) 3Oakland 6, Colorado 4Pittsburgh 7, Boston 4

Miami 3, Washington 0Saturday’s Games

N.Y. Mets vs. Washington (ss),lateWashington (ss) vs. Detroit, lateSt. Louis vs. Miami, lateHouston vs. Toronto, lateMinnesota vs. Pittsburgh, lateBaltimore vs. Philadelphia, lateN.Y. Yankees vs. Atlanta, lateTexas vs. Chicago White Sox, lateSan Francisco (ss) vs. L.A. Angels, lateCininnati vs. Oakland, lateChicago Cubs vs. Milwaukee (ss), lateMilwaukee (ss) vs. San Francisco (ss),lateColorado vs. Kansas City, lateL.A. Dodgers vs. Seattle (ss), lateSan Diego vs. Cleveland, lateTampa Bay vs. Boston, lateL.A. Dodgers vs. Chi. White Sox, lateSeattle (ss) vs. Arizona, late

Sunday’s GamesPittsburgh vs. Tampa Bay at PortCharlotte, 1:05 p.m.Detroit (ss) vs. Philadelphia (ss) atClearwater, 1:05 p.m.N.Y. Yankees (ss) vs. Minnesota at FortMyers, 1:05 p.m.Toronto (ss) vs. Atlanta (ss) atKissimmee, 1:05 p.m.Atlanta (ss) vs. Toronto (ss) at Dunedin,1:05 p.m.Washington vs. St. Louis at Jupiter,1:05 p.m.Detroit (ss) vs. Houston at Kissimmee,1:05 p.m.Philadelphia (ss) vs. N.Y. Yankees (ss)at Tampa, 1:05 p.m.Boston vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, 1:05p.m.Miami vs. N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie,1:10 p.m.Chicago Cubs vs. L.A. Dodgers atGlendale, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.Colorado (ss) vs. Milwaukee atPhoenix, 4:05 p.m.L.A. Angels (ss) vs. Cincinnati atGoodyear, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.Seattle vs. San Francisco at Scottsdale,Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

LOCAL SCHEDULE

SPORTS SNAPSHOTS

THE SCOREBOARD

Lake Placid

MONDAY: Baseball hosts Spring Break Tournament, vs. LaBelle, 6:30 p.m.TUESDAY: Baseball hosts Spring Break Tournament, vs. Bozeman, 6:30 p.m.WEDNESDAY: Baseball hosts Spring Break Tournament,TBD

Sebring

MONDAY: Baseball at Blue Devil Classic, Winter Haven, vs. Lake Wales, 4 p.m.TUESDAY: Baseball at Blue Devil Classic, Winter Haven,TBAWEDNESDAY: Baseball at Blue Devil Classic, Winter Haven,TBA

SFCC

MONDAY: Baseball vs. Hillsborough, 3 p.m.TUESDAY: Softball at St. Petersburg, 5 p.m.WEDNESDAY: Baseball vs. Polk State, 6 p.m.THURSDAY: Softball at State College of Florida, 5 p.m.FRIDAY: Baseball at Polk State, 6 p.m.

Avon Park

MONDAY: Baseball at Spring Break Tournament, Lake Placid, vs. Hardee, 4 p.m.TUESDAY: Baseball at Spring Break Tournament, Lake Placid, vs. LaBelle, 1:30 p.m.WEDNESDAY: Baseball at Spring Break Tournament, Lake Placid,TBD

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all-night truck stop for cof-fee.

Later, they were joined byseveral others of HighlandsCounty’s finest that hadheard the report ofMcQueen’s antics.

Shortly after the SebringRace, the studio clampeddown on McQueen’s racingactivities for several years.

It was in 1970, after settinga track record and winning aSports Racer competition at aSports Car Club of Americaevent in California, that

McQueen returned to Sebringfor one of the most legendaryraces at the 12 Hours.

Two weeks before theendurance classic, McQueensuffered an ankle injury in amotorcycle race.

But, foot in a cast, he per-severed to run the 12 Hoursin his Porsche 908 with oneof America’s premier drivers,Peter Revson.

McQueen started the Raceand the duo soldiered aboutthe course as the leadersdropped off with variousproblems.

Throughout the hours, the908 moved up through thestandings.

With just 15 minutes left,the Race leader limped intothe pits, handing the point tothe McQueen/Revson crew.

But Mario Andretti hadjumped into another team carand was ”driving like a manpossessed,” as he later wouldrelate to reporters.

He was gaining by as muchas 10 seconds per lap in hisFerrari 312PB, eventuallywinning the 1971 12 Hoursby 24 seconds.

It was to be the first worldchampionship win for Ferrarisince 1967 and an electrify-ing finish for the estimated60,000 fans in attendance.

Solar Motorsports ChiefMechanic Haig Alltounian,who had helped in fieldingthe entry, said “We pulled offsomething even Hollywoodwriters couldn’t have con-cocted if they had tried. Itwas like somebody had writ-ten a script on the spot with astorybook ending. It was ahappy time for the Solarteam.”

The effort came at no smallcost.

Accounts indicate thatwhen McQueen got out of thecar following his final stint,his special cast had melted. Itwas described as a “mass ofoil soaked gauze.”

In “French Kiss WithDeath,” author MichaelKeyser said “ There was nodoubt that McQueen was inquite a bit of pain but he wor-ried he might compromise hisposition in the racing world ifhe quit halfway through therace. He kept going until an

hour or two before the endwhen Peter Revson tookover.”

At the awards breakfast thenext morning, Porsche PublicRelations Director RicoSteineemann said McQueenseemed to be “the happiestman in the world,” after fin-ishing second overall andwinning in class.

It would be McQueen’slast appearance at Sebring.

However, McQueen tookthe performance as confirma-tion he was more than just anactor “dabbling in racing.”

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McQueen was “the happiest man in the world”

very demanding on the crewand equipment.

“You prepare as much asyou can but you try and stepup when you are needed,” hecontinued. “One of the mostdifficult parts to the week isthe actual duration of it all.It is very important to paceyourself through the weekand make sure you are tak-ing care of yourself and yourguys as much as possible.It’s our biggest event so themedia demands areincreased more than usual,adding another factor to theevent. That is one of thethings that makes Sebringgreat though, the attention it

draws!” The new Falken AZENIS

tire draws from the results oflast year adding importantdevelopments done since.

Coupled with the new car,the challenges to fine-tuneboth are significant but therewards can be equallygreat.

Another exciting newaddition to open the 2012ALMS season iswww.BryanSellersRacing.com.

Sellers has used the off-season to work with webdevelopers to create an all-new web site centeredaround his racing activities.

The new site goes activerace week and includes a

direct feed from the Ohio-native’s popular Twitteraccount (@BryanSellers),news and images fromacross his multiple 2012 rac-ing programs and muchmore.

Despite all the changesover the winter, several keyelements remain as thebedrock that helped Sellerswin twice (Mid-Ohio andBaltimore) in the ALMS lastseason.

Team Falken Tire returnswith the same driver line-up,engineering staff and man-agement it enjoyed last sea-son.

The group showed wellhere on the 3.74-mile, 17-turn road course in 2011

running consistently in thetop-three before a mechani-cal issue sidelined the teamlate in the 12 hours.

Traditionalists will appre-ciate the corporate motor-sports colors of Falken Tireremain the same for 2012 aswell.

The 60th Anniversary 12Hours of Sebring will bebroadcast at noon March 18on ABC and shown livestarting at 10:30 a.m. onESPN3.

Live coverage of qualify-ing in all classes can be seenon ESPN3 beginning 3:20p.m. Friday, March 16.

Live timing and scoring ofeach session can be found atwww.ALMS.com.

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Sellers sets new site

Courtesy photoThe No. 57 Krohn Racing Ferrari F458 of Tracy W. Krohn, Nic Josson and MicheleRugolo are ready to embark on the FIA WEC inaugural race in the GTE-Am class at the60th anniversary 12 Hours of Sebring, March 17.

Krohn Ferrari ready to roll

“Team Chevy Test Drive”will be set up on the skidpad just off Turn 17 at theSebring InternationalRaceway.

Fans will have anopportunity to drive anumber of Chevroletproducts including theCorvette Grand Sport,Camaro SS and Malibu aswell as a Chevy Sonic,Traverse and a new Voltamong others.

Those who stop by,take a test drive and checkout the latest productsfrom the Bowtie Nationwill receive a special 60thanniversary Corvette T-Shirt.

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Chevywill haveplenty ofpromos

By BARRY FOSTERSpecial to the News-Sun

SEBRING – It was in 2008that Yokohama Tire intro-duced their orange oil tires indramatic fashion, puttingthem on competitors in thePatron GT3 series supportrace.

The result was just as dra-matic, with reported better allround performance rangingfrom handling to reducedwear.

The proprietary formulaallowed the company to useless petroleum in the con-struction of the tire, whichhas steadily advanced overthe years as technology hasincreased..

On Wednesday, March 15,Yokohama plans to bring aconvoy of writers for trademagazines to national publi-cations to the SebringInternational Raceway ontheir newest version of thetire, dubbed the Ascend.

The Ascend, the latest gen-eration of Yokohama’sorange oil technology, fol-lows in the footsteps of thecompany’s dB Super E-spec™, the world’s firstorange oil tire introduced inthe U.S. market in 2008.

“The Ascend’s orange oiltechnology creates a com-pound resulting in a perfectbalance of extended treadlife,all-season handling and greatfuel economy,” said DanKing, Yokohama senior vice

president of sales and mar-keting. “All this and a quietride, too. Today’s drivers cannow expect more from a tour-ing tire than ever before – anaccomplishment made possi-ble through Yokohama inno-vation.”

Independent test resultsreveal the Ascend has lowerrolling resistance.

For consumers, that couldmean a savings of 58 gallonsof gas and more than $200over the life of the tire.

The Ascend falls underYokohama’s new‘BluEarth®’ umbrella.

“BluEarth is the name forour global environmentalphilosophy, which is aimed atcreating tires that producepositive improvementssocially and environmental-ly,” King said. “The Ascendis our first replacement tire tobe recognized as a BluEarthproduct.”

When they arrive at theraceway, the group will getsome history on howYokohama’s orange oil tiretechnology was devised byracing engineers - resultingin the ADVAN ENV-R2.

They then will see a realtime demonstration of theproduct, by watching theGT3 races, as part of the sup-port series action during theMobil 1 12 Hours of Sebringpresented by Fresh FromFlorida.

Yokohama to shownew Ascend tire

News-Sun photo by LAUREN WELBORNBlue Streak Patric Morris pushes his bench press inFriday’s home meet that saw Sebring take second toLaBelle.

By LAUREN WELBORNNews-Sun correspondent

SEBRING – The stormyweather was not enough todamper the spirits of the AvonPark and Sebring boysweightlifting teams as theybattled with visiting Hardeeand LaBelle on Friday.

Some transportation compli-cations had forced the meetback from its originally sched-uled time on Thursday, but thiswould not change the level ofintensity.

Perhaps knowing that thiswas the last day of schoolbefore spring break brought upthe adrenaline of the powerlifters, and adding in the factorof rigorous preparation theywere certainly a force to bereckoned with.

It would be LaBelle, howev-er, who came out on top by afactor of two points overSebring, with 52 and 50 points,respectfully.

Hardee came in third with38 points while Avon Park’s

class winners brought in a totalof 31 points.

Leading the way for the RedDevils was Dylan Brown, whopowered a 620 total, betweenthe bench press and clean andjerk, to win the 238-poundweight class.

Estevinson Louis broughthome the win in the 219-poundclass with his lift of 600 whileJeff Satine took first place inthe 129’s with a 425 total.

Helping to earn Sebring thesecond place finish included

Anthony Powell, whose lifts of525 topped the 154-poundweight class with Ty Johnsonearning the blue in the 169’swith a lift total of 485.

Other first-place finishes forthe Streaks included JeremiahAcosta’s 475 total at 183 andMarkanthony Miranda drive of525 at 199.

Both teams will be in actionat the Tuesday, March 20,County Meet hosted in theSebring Fieldhouse.

Local lifters lessened by LaBelle

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By JOSEPH WHITEAssociated Press

WASHINGTON — TheWashington Redskins arepoised to pay a hefty price tomove into position to takeRobert Griffin III.

A person familiar with thetrade said the Redskins havea deal in place to acquire theNo. 2 pick in the NFL draftfrom the St. Louis Rams.

Washington will give up itsfirst- and second-roundselections this year, plusfirst-round picks in 2013 and2014 in the trade, which can’tbe completed until the newleague year begins Tuesday.

FOXsports.com andESPN.com first reporteddetails of the deal Fridaynight.

A person confirmed thetrade to The Associated Presson condition of anonymitybecause neither team hasannounced it.

The deal shifts theRedskins up four places fromsixth in the April draft,leapfrogging any other teamthat would have an interest inthe Heisman Trophy winnerfrom Baylor.

The Indianapolis Colts areexpected to take AndrewLuck with the No. 1 pick.

The bold move demon-strates how badly theRedskins are in need of afranchise quarterback aftertwo decades of struggles.

Coach Mike Shanahan hasalready whiffed on three inhis two seasons inWashington, with DonovanMcNabb, Rex Grossman andJohn Beck combining to pro-duce an 11-21 record.

The Redskins were amongthe teams hoping to be in therunning for Peyton Manning,but the odds are stackedagainst the formerIndianapolis Colts quarter-back coming to Washington.

The offense needsupgrades at receiver andalong the offensive line, andManning would have had toface his brother Eli Manningof the New York Giants twicea year in the NFC East.

The Rams were in the mar-ket to trade because theyalready have their franchisequarterback, 2010 No. 1overall pick Sam Bradford.

The Redskins had to makean offer they felt would out-bid the quarterback-needyCleveland Browns, whocould have offered both theNo. 4 and No. 22 selectionsin this year’s draft.

Cleveland general managerTom Heckert acknowledgedThursday he had talked to theRams.

“We feel very comfortablestaying at four and getting a

good player there, and thatcould happen,” he said. “Andwe feel comfortable in mov-ing down and getting morepicks, we really do. It’s wayearly to start talking aboutthis stuff.”

By sacrificing four premi-um draft picks, Shanahan isreversing the plan he set inmotion last year to stockpilepicks to rebuild Washington’sdepleted roster.

The Redskins, however,have plenty of space underthe salary cap and can beaggressive in plugging theirholes when free agencybegins Tuesday.

Grossman and Beck com-bined to throw 24 intercep-tions last year, putting theRedskins just one behindleague leaders Philadelphiaand Buffalo on the way to afourth consecutive last-placefinish in the division.

McNabb, acquired in atrade from the Eagles, wasthe starter for the first 13games in 2010, whenWashington went 6-10.

Griffin, therefore, wouldget to work with a coach who

has a reputation for workingwell with quarterbacks anddesigning effective offensiveschemes.

But Shanahan would like-wise rely on Griffin to helpretain the coach’s legacy.

Shanahan has won onlyone playoff game since JohnElway retired after capturingthe second of back-to-backSuper Bowls with the DenverBroncos in 1998, and he has-n’t been to the playoffs in hislast five seasons as a coach.

The Rams have won 10games the last three seasons,so they need help across theboard and the extra draftpicks can plug several holes.

The player most oftenmentioned as the team’s pickif it stayed at No. 2,Oklahoma State wide receiv-er Justin Blackmon, wouldfill one of the greatest needs.

But the Rams might feelthey have a shot at gettinghim with the sixth pick.

AP Sports Writer Tom Withersin Cleveland contributed to thisreport.

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Special to the News-SunSEBRING – On Thursday,

March 8, the battle for sec-ond place continued in theSebring 70s Senior SoftballLeague, as four teams arestill in the running to be thenumber two team – Millershas already clinched firstplace with a 13-5 record.

Silent Salesman squaredoff with Allstate Insurance ina real battle royale, with thelead changing hands sixtimes.

Allstate gained the lead byone run in the top of the sev-enth, only to see theSalesman score five in thebottom of the inning.

Allstate’s attempt to rallyin the eighth was cut short bygood Salesman defense for afinal score of 15-11 in SilentSalesman’s favor.

The win evens Allstate andSilent Salesman at 10-8 inthe standings.

Leading the hit parade forthe Salesman were Bob Roth

4-for-4 (double), KyleSaunders 3-for-4 (double),Galo Gonzales with two dou-bles and Doran Quigg 4-for-4.

Fred Moore and KenCrandall each connect forthree singles and Mel Grossdid his part with two basehits.

Millers Heating and AirConditioning topped theHighlands Merchants with a27-19 win.

The Merchants were lead-ing by one in the sixth inning19-18, but were unable toscore any more runs.

Millers’ hot bats came upwith eight more runs to getthe win going away.

Millers’ Bobby Fulcherhad a grand slam with his twohome runs.

Victor Rodriquez rippedout two homers and DougHammond came through witha home run and two doubles.

Don Sheets clobbered atriple.

Each having a double wereHarley Smith and JohnSchmidt.

Ray Concepcion was 4-for-4 with Dave Coster andChuck O’Hare having threehits each.

Merchant’s MarvinKnutilla and Ross Andersoneach produced a home run.

Don Day ripped a doublewith his three hits. All havingfour hits were Dick Ostreck,Bob Fox, Jack DeFinney andBob Fahnestock.

Jim Hensley was creditedwith five hits, Harry Bell andGeorge Lane each con-tributed three hits.

Royal Palms BowlingCenter took over the reinsfrom Buttonwood Bay with a19-4 win.

Palms’ Dick Schiltz hadtwo home runs in his 3-for-3times up.

Don Cunningham was 3-for-4 with his usual homerun.

Cal Bready came through

with a double in his 3-for-3 atbats and Dale Daughman was3-for-3.

Charlie Quinn was thewinning pitcher.

Tuesday, March 6 was apleasant day at the HighlandsCounty Sports Complex.

Millers Heating and AirConditioning won by a scoreof 28-12 over AllstateInsurance.

Millers’ Victor Rodriquezhad two home runs and thosehaving a home run each wereJim Longman, Don Sheetsand John Smith.

Dave Crotser went 3-for-4including a double and atriple.

Chuck O’Hara hit a doubleand Bobby Fulcher went 4-for-5.

For Allstate Bill Todd andEddie Lindberg each blasteda triple.

All having three hits wereJerry Kaufman, Gene Phillipsand John Penna.

Highlands Merchants held

Royal Palms Bowling Centerto a 10-8 win.

Merchants Don Day belteda triple and Bobby Fox had adouble.

Dick Ostreck and HarryBell each had three hits,while Sid Collins and JackDeFinney had two hits each.

Palms’ Don Cunninghamwas 3-for-3 including a homerun.

It would be interesting toknow how many games Donplayed this season when hedid not have at least onehome run.

All having two hits for thePalms were Moe Pier, CalBready, Charlie Quinn andBob Iott.

Silent Salesman took onthe game, but under-poweredButtonwood Bay team.

The Salesman claimed thewin 28-3 with all their play-ers having at least two hits.

But, Buttonwood Bay washandicapped by losing a goodplayer to injury early in the

contest. Salesman batters having a

field day were Doran Quigg5-for-5 with three doubles.

Bob Roth went 5-for-5with one double, KyleSaunders was 4-for-4 withtwo triples, and knocking outfour singles each were GaryVanthournout, RichardGodfrey, Fred Moore andGalo Gonzales.

Chipping in with three hitseach were Jerry Murphy andBob Warren.

Ken Filppula rapped out adouble and shared pitchingseven shutout innings withGalo Gonzales.

Buttonwood’s RollieCarlson went 4-for-4.

All having two hits wereJohn Dengen, Tom “Moose”Morrissette, Ted Welch, JimDelahunt and Bob Myers.

There are games two daysnext week to finish off thisseason’s Senior Softballgames.

Allstate, Silent Salesman knotted in second place

Special to the News-SunSEBRING – In Sebring

60-plus Softball actionThursday, March 8, theCubs, behind four hits eachfrom John Buja, KyleSaunders and Robert Fawn,topped the Angels by a 17-10 score.

Adding three hits apiecefor the winners were BobbyRichards, Larry Ambuhl andEddie Linberg, while RudyPribble got the win on themound.

Though they came upshort, Dennis Mitchell hadfour hits for the Halo’s, withTom McNally and RoyPetrowic adding three each.

In other Thursday action,the battle of the Sox went tothe White ones, 17-9, over

the Crimson Hose.Bob Roth had four hits for

the Pale Stockings, withDon Cunningham, GarySteeves and Steve Blazinggetting three each to helpJ.C. Brown get the win.

Jim Radcliff belted ahome run and double for theRed Sox, while Bill Toddand Mel Gross added threebase-knocks.

In league action onTuesday, March 6, theWhite Sox picked up anoth-er win, edging the Cubs 21-20, with a four-run, eighth-inning rally.

Curt Brown, Steeves andCunningham all accountedfor four hits, with JohnKloet and Craig Sutcliffadding three each.

J.C. Brown got the moundwin.

The Cubs had a five-hiteffort from Don dobbert,with four each coming fromRobert Fanstock and GaryTankersley.

Ambuhl, Linberg,Saunders and Pribble hadthree safeties each.

The Red Sox added a winTuesday as well, taking a16-11 decision over theAngels behind Bill Todd’sfour hits.

Dick Ostreck got the winon the mound and addedthree hits, as did Harry Bell.

Brian Pluta, DennisMitchell and BrianBalcombe all pitched inwith three hits for theAngels.

Sebring 60s see Cubsget Thursday win

Source: Redskins to tradefor No. 2 pick from Rams

MCT photoWashington looks to be moving up to draft Robert GriffinIII.

Associated PressFORT MYERS —

Andrew McCutchen hadtwo RBI doubles and alsosingled in three at-bats tohelp the Pittsburgh Piratesbeat the Boston Red Sox7-4 in exhibition playFriday night.

McCutchen just missedtwo homers, doubling offthe Green Monster replicain the third and fifthinnings.

Right-hander ClayBuchholz started for theRed Sox. He went threeinnings, allowing tworuns on three hits, with astrikeout and also hit abatter. Buchholz wascharged with the loss.

Right-hander VicentePadilla, competing for thefifth spot in Boston’srotation followedBuchholz. Padilla wenttwo innings, allowingfour runs on five hits —all in his first inning.

Andrew McCutchen leadsPirates past Red Sox

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By DAN [email protected] Conference base-

ball action got underwayFriday in somewhat surpris-ing fashion – with pitchingduels.

The State College ofFlorida took a 1-0 decisionfrom Polk State, while thePanthers of SFCC came upshort in a 2-0 loss atHillsborough.

“It was a good pitcher’sgame,” South Florida headcoach Rick Hitt said. “Bothguys threw well. But wepressed and did not play thegame with the rightapproach. You won’t win thatway, not in league play.”

The pressing may haveaccounted for the Panthers 0-for-8 with runners in scoringposition on the day, though ittook just two hits for theHawks to get all they wouldneed.

Starter Taylor Layner sur-rendered a walk and two hitsin one inning to account forHillsborough’s two runs.

“He gave up one hit theremaining seven innings,”Hitt said. “He pitched verywell.

“It was a game that eitherteam could have won, andthey did more than we did,”he continued. “We are look-

ing forward to another shoton Sunday.”

Friday nights rains washedout the scheduled Saturdayhome contest with the

Hawks, pushing it to today at2 p.m., with the rubber matchof the series slated for 3 p.m.Monday at Panther Field.

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Panthers drop opener

Associated PressJUPITER — One rusty

inning proved costly toStephen Strasburg and theWashington Nationals in a 3-0 loss to the Miami Marlinson Friday night.

Strasburg allowed two runson three hits in three innings

in his second start, with allthe damage coming in thethird inning.

Left-fielder BryanPetersen opened Miami’sthird with a single on abouncer to the left of themound.

Strasburg fielded the ball,

which slipped out of his handas he tried to throw to first.

After Kyle Skipworthstruck out, Jose Reyes ropeda line drive over center field-er Rick Ankiel’s head for atriple.

Reyes scored on EmilioBonifacio’s single to left.

Strasburg gives up 2 runsin Nats’ loss to Marlins

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