Frostproof News

PHOTO PROVIDED TO THE LAKE WALES NEWS Carl and Elaine Fleming of Frostproof celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary on June 2. Carl and Elaine Fleming of Frostproof, Florida celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary in Preston, CT with their family.

PHOTO BY ROBERT BLANCHARD Seventeen-year-old Kali Wintermote applies face paint to 17-year-old Travis Lightsey at the annual Special Needs picnic on May 23 at Kissimmee State Park in East Lake Wales.

According to reports, a pedestrian was killed in a traffic crash on US 27 South near the Highlands County Line on May 26.

PHOTO BY ROBERT BLANCHARD Perfect weather made for a great shopping experience at Saturday's Farmers Market in Downtown Lake Wales.

A former principal at Frostproof Middle Senior High School, and former band director in Fort Meade, was passed over last week as the Polk County School Board picked Kathryn LeRoy, a senior administrator in Duval County, as the district's new superintendent.

U.S. Highway 27 outside Frostproof has claimed another life, this time of a Lake Wales man.

She was born Sept. 15, 1943 in Fort Meade to the late James Clyde and Maggie Louise Thomas; and she was a lifelong resident of the area.

Highlands County will receive about $19.3 million from the Florida Legislature this year to fund five projects: a roof at Archbold, a Fisheating Creek cleanup, a South Florida State College program for adults with disabilities, and about $15.7 million for the college's general budget.

PHOTO BY CASSIE JACOBY Capt. Jim Erikson, VFW Post 4289 in Winter Haven, presents a certificate of appreciation to Aileen Hood, general manager of Lake Wales News, Polk Co.