Lakeland Florida Life News
| Program Matches Busy Parents With Baby Sitters a la Speed Dating |
| For $49.99, Sitter Socials' clients attend a neighborhood speed meeting where they spend three minutes apiece interviewing a dozen or so potential baby sitters. They also receive a book providing profile information. |
| 01/07/2009 01:07 AM |
| Parenting: Hunger Makes Son Feed Himself |
| Q: Our 16-month-old son refuses to feed himself. He will not even touch his food other than to throw it to the floor. If I try to put a bit of finger-food in his hand, he acts like I'm burning him. As a result, I have to feed him every bite, and he is becoming more and more picky about what he will eat. He even refuses to use a sippy cup or hold... |
| 01/06/2009 10:03 PM |
| Online Personal Ads Scoring Major Membership Increases |
| Housing prices are plummeting. Jobs are evaporating. And the economy is a mess.<br>But singles are wading into the online dating pool in record numbers, giving virtual matchmakers their best traffic figures in years - and giving users even better odds for finding a snuggle buddy, a fling or the One. |
| 01/06/2009 10:17 PM |
| Arts Notes: Auditions Are Held for Musical 'Kiss Me Kate' |
| Theatre Winter Haven is holding auditions for the musical "Kiss Me Kate."<br>Auditions will be held 2 p.m. Jan. 18 and 7 p.m. Jan. 19 at the Chain of Lakes Complex, Winter Haven. Production dates are March 5-29. |
| 01/06/2009 10:20 PM |
| Just For Kids Calendar |
| CHILDREN'S MUSEUM<br>WACKY WEDNESDAY Lakeland<br>In Cup Cooking, kids can mix and create simple recipes. Activity is "Snowmen Cookies."<br>WHEN: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday<br>THRILLING THURSDAY Lakeland<br>Session focuses on early science and math. Topic is "Shape Pictures."<br>WHEN: 10:30 a.m. Thursday<br>MUSIC AND MOVEMENT Lakeland |
| 01/06/2009 10:40 PM |
| Divorce Applications |
| Final divorce applications filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court in Bartow for the period of Aug. 1-31, 2008. |
| 01/06/2009 10:41 PM |
| Questions for Mediums Swing to Work and Money, Not Dead Uncle Bob |
| Psychics - for lack of a better term - say that the typical questions about love and loss have been replaced by the need for more earthly, fiscal advice. |
| 01/05/2009 11:31 PM |
| Image Fades of Droopy-Drawers Yogi |
| Must the road to enlightenment be paved in sincerity' Can only the super-earnest attain spiritual salvation' Some yoga teachers have been pondering these mysteries with the gravity of an economic summit. And they are chanting in unison, "Nooohhhhm." |
| 01/05/2009 11:04 PM |
| Medical People |
| <B>Brian Weeks</B>, building repair and renovation specialist, was Lakeland Regional Medical Center's December employee of the month. He has been with LRMC for 26 years. He coordinates and supervises people who repair and renovate hospital buildings, building systems and property. Weeks has a diploma from Brewster Vocational Technical School and... |
| 01/05/2009 11:30 PM |
| Nearby Libraries Hopping Once Again |
| Here's what's happening at libraries around the area:<br><b>AUBURNDALE</b><br>Special story times begin Thursday with "Winter Wonderland." Age 2 leads off at 9:30 a.m., then ages 3-5 start at 11 a.m.<br>The popular "Family Fun Time" returns 10:30 a.m. Saturday. The Polk Museum of Art will be back with an excellent program.<br><b>BARTOW</b> |
| 01/05/2009 11:13 PM |
| Health Events |
| TODAY |
| 01/05/2009 11:09 PM |
| Divorce Applications |
| Final divorce applications filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court in Bartow for Aug. 1-31. |
| 01/05/2009 11:34 PM |
| Workers and Their Families Struggling as Jobs Dry Up |
| It had been four days since Francisco Castillo last worked, earning $10 an hour helping a San Jose family move. And the 35-year-old Mexican immigrant wasn't sure when his next job was going to come in at St. Joseph the Worker Center. |
| 01/03/2009 10:19 PM |
| Web Site Provides Outlet for Polk Entrepreneurs |
| Etsy.com allows anyone selling handmade or vintage goods to set up stores online for free. Each listing of an item for sale costs 20 cents, and for each sale, Etsy.com receives a fee of 3.5 percent of the final price. |
| 01/03/2009 10:17 PM |
| Cancer Fund-Raiser Upsets Co-Worker |
| QMy daughter was recently diagnosed with cancer. She just learned that her co-workers are planning a surprise fund-raiser for her to help pay for any uncovered expenses. My daughter is mortified. She can handle her medical bills. She appreciates the thoughts of her co-workers but does not want to accept any money from them. I recommended that she... |
| 01/03/2009 10:19 PM |
| The Water Cooler |
| more gloom<br><B>ANOTHER MILLION LAYOFFS:</B> More than 1 million jobs have been lost in 2008, and the new year isn't expected to be any better. |
| 01/03/2009 10:19 PM |
| Divorces |
| Final divorce applications filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court in Bartow for the period of Aug. 1-31, 2008. |
| 01/03/2009 09:20 PM |
| Activities |
| MONDAY<br>RETIRED EDUCATORS MEETING Haines City<br>Polk County Retired Educators Association Unit II will have a program on "Day of Service."<br>WHEN: 9:45 a.m., brunch, 10:30 a.m. meeting<br>LOCATION: First United Methodist Church, 21 S. Second St.<br>PHONE: <B>324-3333</B><br>PIZZA AND MOVIE EVENING Winter Haven |
| 01/03/2009 09:19 PM |
| Family Reunions Can Be Cheap, Low-Key and Dysfunctional |
| I'm done with cooking and cleaning for family guests, with giving presents I'm not even sure anyone wants. |
| 01/03/2009 10:24 PM |
| Getting 'UnFriended' Online Sometimes Stings |
| JoAna Swan recently purged her profile on social-networking site Facebook Inc. of friends she hadn't spoken to for a while. A week later, Swan, a 21-year-old student at Pace University in Manhattan, ran into a woman she had dropped. |
| 01/03/2009 10:13 PM |
| Resolutions Don't Have to Be Grandiose, Experts Say |
| In any other context, the word "resolution" exudes positivity. |
| 01/03/2009 10:22 PM |
| Student News |
| take stock in children scholarships |
| 01/03/2009 10:07 PM |
| School Notes |
| scholarship contest |
| 01/03/2009 10:11 PM |
| Good Causes |
| <b>COUNTRY MUSIC EXTRAVAGANZA</b> |
| 01/02/2009 02:40 PM |
| Write On! |
| <b>Transformation</b><br>My dear Lord, sometimes I get so tired of battling with my putrid flesh<br>My dear Lord, sometimes I get so sick of my weak faith that is causing me stress<br>My dear Lord, sometimes I get so anxious that I feel it's just impossible to try<br>My dear Lord, sometimes I get so weary that I just want to lay down and cry |
| 01/03/2009 09:54 PM |
| Divorces |
| Final divorce applications filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court in Bartow for the period of Aug. 1-31, 2008. |
| 01/02/2009 02:20 PM |
| Entertainment |
| SUNDAY<br>"FROZEN RIVER" | Lakeland |
| 01/03/2009 09:16 PM |
| Bibles Make for Good Business |
| Upstairs in the Mobile Museum of Art in Alabama, there's a Bible on display - a majestic hand-drawn edition a decade in the making, and not yet finished. Presented as a work of modern art, its oversized pages are filled with ornate calligraphy and rich illustration, shot through with gold and silver leaf. |
| 01/02/2009 02:10 PM |
| Mom-in-Law in the White House' |
| As if Barack Obama hasn't already pulled off enough firsts, he's on record hoping - hoping! - that his own mother-in-law will move into the White House.<br>"I don't tell my mother-in-law what to do. I'm not stupid - that's why I got elected president, man," he told Steve Kroft of "60 Minutes." "But we hope that she comes." |
| 01/02/2009 02:10 PM |
| Wondering Where Your Favorite TV Show Has Been' |
| There aren't two worse weeks for TV than this holiday season fortnight. There are still some holiday specials and you can find a good bowl game or two, but most of TV is on vacation. |
| 01/02/2009 06:51 AM |
