Last night, the Tigers won their opening Spring Training game. The beat the Florida Southern College team 14-0. If you make the trip to Lakeland stop by the Ledger offices and purchase a copy of the Tuesday February 27th, 2007 newspaper. The Sports Extra (a wraparound for the Sports section) for that day was the [...]
I’m making some alterations to my blogroll. I’m adding sections for photographers, podcasts and PR blogs. I have no idea if that’s the correct nomenclature, but PR blogs will cover those blogs that aren’t media, personal bloggers, or hyperlocal bloggers. It’s for the not-for-profit, for profit, and governmental blogs that are focused on an organization. [...]
It’s been a busy time and I’ve gathered a few tidbits to post together: Josh at Empirical Polk mentioned that Black and Brew just celebrated their first anniversary. My daughter and I’ll also testify to the good job they’re doing, and neither of us drink coffee. It’s all about tea and cake for our occasional [...]
Sometimes it takes a visitor to capture what you take for granted. I stumbled onto the photos of Raymond Barlow while doing a search on Lakeland. All this time here and I’ve never photographed a Purple Gallinule. Barlow travels down from Canada, visits Lakeland for the day, and gets a photo like the one at [...]
I wasn’t living in Lakeland in 2001, but I’d love to know the story. Someone had to forget to give Chris Nashawaty an extra piece of toast at breakfast. Maybe one of Lakeland’s finest handed dear Chris a ticket for doing 50 on South Florida. Someone just had to get Chris all fired up about [...]
The Community Foundation of Greater Lakeland is holding the Second Annual Legacy Event tonight and the public is invited. The event honors George W. Harris, Jr. and includes a program on his life and legacy. The reception starts tonight at 6 pm and the program follows at 7. Harris was one of the founding board [...]
Last month, we told you about the Lakeland Police purchase of an armored personnel carrier. Well, we finally got a photo of the carrier at the Kiwanis Pancake Festival. Whoever drives that thing better not eat any pancakes. The driver’s area is tiny. My vertically challenged wife thought even she’d hit her head getting in.
Pitchers and catchers have reported and spring training is off to a cool weather start. That photo at left is a sign I found yesterday at Tiger Town. And here I thought the team had most positions filled. This is our first Spring Training at Lakeland Local. We’re doing what we can for the fans [...]
That photo is my daughter at the 49th annual Kiwanis Pancake Festival. I have a confession. We eat out a lot. It’s my fault. I can’t cook to save my life. Still, I haven’t been adventurous since moving to Lakeland. We’ve played it safe and always eat-out at one of the same few restaurants. I [...]
I was catching up on my reading this morning. (Yes, I’m that far behind.) Business 2.0 magazine mentions little ol’ Lakeland in The Best Places to (Still) Invest. It seems they polled Moody’s Economy.com researchers to forecast — an economic word meaning “throw bones” — to identify which cities will see the greatest appreciation by [...]
I can’t believe I missed this collection in literally my own back yard. I’ve been to the Lakeland Library Special Collections Room dozens of times and never stumbled across the Dan Sanborn Photo Collection. It took Absolute Michigan to open my eyes. Sanborn was a photographer for the Ledger and elsewhere, and was there when [...]
Spring Training 2007 — No Pity Photo by Roger DeWitt The most annoying thing about spring training is … the (public address) announcers who insist on broadcasting the current temperature of the cities where the teams are from. “OK, fans in Cleveland. Today it’s snowy and 27. In Detroit, snowy and 23. Here in sunny [...]
In the spirit, but not the letter, of William Burrough’s Cut-Up Period, here’s bits and pieces about a upcoming event at the Polk Museum of Art: On Friday, April 13, artist Joyce J. Scott will talk about her work at the Members’ Celebration Opening Reception for her national touring exhibition. She is also an experienced [...]
2006 People’s Choice Winner Tashtego by James N. Burnes — Photo by Chuck Welch Josh has the art scoop over at Empirical Polk. He’s got the bios and images from the Seventh Annual Florida Outdoor Sculpture Competition. The Florida Outdoor Sculpture Competition is a joint project of the Cities of Lakeland and Winter Haven and [...]
During Spring Training Lakeland becomes the capital of Michigan’s Southern Peninsula. For the next six weeks we’re going to expand coverage aimed at all those snowbirds coming to roost in Lakeland. If you’re in Michigan, and have a question about Lakeland, please comment below. We’ll try to get you an answer ASAP. Make sure you [...]
A year ago, lackluster little Lakeland, the Tigers’ spring home for 71 years — longer than Jim Leyland has been alive — was nothing more than a whistle stop on the sun-burned national baseball writers’ annual tour of Florida’s small-town training camps. — Jim Hawkins, The Daily Tribune “Lakeland is an old town with a [...]
A white male, 16 to 22, is being sought by Lakeland police for the assault of a woman in the 1000 block of Success Ave. 12:55 a.m. Monday morning. The attacker is described as a white male between 16 and 22 years old, between 5 feet 9 inches and 5 feet 10 inches tall, 160 [...]
Bio: The short line? Father, husband, writer. My online presence is primarily through as the editor, writer, and occasional photographer for the news sites, Lakeland Local, a sampling of the news, concerns, and events for Lakeland, Florida, and Metro i4 News, which covers the Interstate 4 corridor in Central Florida. Both sites feature the work of myself and other contributors. As a hobby, I manage a forum and some web sites that feature a pulp fiction series written by Lester Dent -- Doc Savage Organized, Doc Savage Info, and Flearun.
