Dear Editor: I attended the Walden Lake Community meeting Oct. 21, and the dysfunction displayed by some of the board members was disturbing. Question after question was asked of the board by residents, and board members stood firm with the advice of the attorneys present not to answer them. Why? This board was approached back […]
Continue ReadingLETTER: Woman’s Club thanks community
Dear Editor: The GFWC Woman’s Club of Plant City would like to thank its friends and supporters for another successful chicken barbecue dinner fundraiser. We apologize for some glitches that occurred with our chicken delivery but appreciate your patience and understanding. The funds raised will enable us once again to give three scholarship awards to […]
Continue ReadingFAITH MATTERS: Hope Lutheran preps for Reformation Day
Most people naturally equate Oct. 31 with Halloween and a day to take the kids door-to-door and fill up with candy to keep the family dentist in business for another year. But, few people know that October is much more than just a day for costumes and candy. The origin of Halloween comes from what […]
Continue ReadingJOSHING AROUND: Trading shoes, self-image in obedience
It began at the YMCA. I am not as self-conscious as I used to be. Like acne, it was more of teenage problem that I outgrew with just the occasional occurrence. Recently, a huge painful pimple of self-image popped up on the nose of my psyche. Why now?! The self-image zit had popped up due […]
Continue ReadingLETTER: Round one goes to invasive potato vine
Dear Editor: I was stunned to read the remark of Walden Lake Community Association President Jan Griffin in your paper that money saved from switching management companies was going toward eradicating the potato vine in Walden Lake. I was at the Sept. 30 WLCA meeting, and I didn’t hear the board discuss or vote on […]
Continue ReadingPERMACULTURE LIVING: Observation key to design
In permaculture property design, there are 12 principles that a property designer uses for guidance when creating a site plan. The 12 principles overlap each other, honoring the relationships that exist among the natural and manmade elements that influence the site. Each element has some impact and, ideally, should be identified and then worked with […]
Continue ReadingFAITH MATTERS: A Good Night’s Rest
I have the pleasure of leading a Wednesday morning chapel time with our Learning Center children. I spent the first four weeks of school talking about God’s work of creation. We reviewed that God created light and dark, day and night, the waters, the land, all the plants and vegetation, animals and then, us. Two […]
Continue ReadingLETTER: In support of WLCA’s leaders
Dear Editor: Regarding the controversy over the Walden Lake golf course and the Walden Lake Community Association, please allow me to give another point of view. My husband and I moved here more than 15 years ago, from Seattle. At the time, my husband was an avid golfer. The purchase of our beautiful home in Emerald […]
Continue ReadingFAITH MATTERS: United Food Bank needs your support
“What good is it, my brothers, if some says he has faith but does not have works?” James 2:14 (ESV) This month, I would like to introduce you to a ministry in our community that is unfortunately growing in the number of clients it serves on a regular basis. But, let me begin by saying […]
Continue ReadingMY VIEW: Small-town living is what is right with America
Growing up in Plant City, I remember people who contributed to the good life of our community, and I know people now who still make the lives we live here even better. That advantage is shared by anyone who grew up in a town that values a sense of place and the role that place […]
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