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Polk County News
The Men That Cook Event
Faith in Action North Lakeland - Service to the Eld- erly celebrated 13 years of service to the community with "The Men That Cook Event" on Sunday, September 25th at the Coleman-Bush Building Lake- land, Florida.
Ms. Mildred McMillon
Executive Director for Faith In Action Inc. for Service to the Elderly presented the Commu- nity, Social Economic, Educa- tion award to Dr. Shandale Terrell. Dr. Terrell was pre- sented the award because of his hard work, dedication and commitment to the City of
DR. SHANDALE TERRELL
Lakeland and Polk County community.
Church Hosts Youth Empowerment Saturday
On Saturday, September 17th, First Baptist Institutional Church, Reverend Dr. Alex Harper Sr., Pastor, served as host to a Youth Empowerment Saturday (YES). The theme of the event was ‘Paving a Path, Providing Options and Oppor- tunities’.
The focal population was youth who are in grades K-12. The event opened with registra- tion, breakfast and prayer. Terry Coney, Coordinator, ex- tended a warm welcome to everyone. Jacqueline Byrd, Polk County Schools Superin- tendent, served as a motiva- tional speaker to jump-start the audience.
Throughout the day, stu- dents and parents enjoyed group discussions, job exhibits, food, dance performances and self-defense demonstrations. A ‘Paving a Path’ panel made-up of several community icons an- swered questions and shared valuable information.
The panel members were: City of Lakeland Commis- sioner Phillip Walker, Owner/Agency Principal All- state Insurance; Gow Fields,
President/CEO Fields & Com- pany Insurance & Financial Group; Kay Fields, Presi- dent/CEO Girls Inc. of Lake- land; Mark Farrington, City of Lakeland Director of Human Resources & Civil Service; Reginald Artis, Sr., Presi- dent/CEO Artis Limited, Inc.; and Dell Quary, Polk County Schools Grants Developer.
Presentations were given by DeAvbrey Divine (It’s All About Books); Tamika Perkins (All About Careers); and Yvonne McShay (Proper Etiquette).
The closing sessions offered opportunity for Talk it Out, Guys! and Talk it Out, Girls!. Speakers for the guys were: James Bennett Jr., Lieu- tenant Marvin Tarver, Al- bert Cummings III, Daryl Ash, and Ashley Troutman. And for the girls: Tonia Old- ham, Jeanine Robinson- Kyle, Katrena White, Chandra Arthur, Katrina Lunsford, and Amanda Dillington.
Happy Anniversary!
Shaw-Nuf Talk extends be- lated HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! greetings to VSCs (Very Special Couples) as they continue to
celebrate their marital bliss: Larry and Jordaeshia Cole- man - 6 years on September 17th and Artis and Diane Dukes - 35 years on September 19th. May the Lord continue to bless these couples with many, many more years of marriage.
Shaw-Nuf Shout-Out!
This week’s Shaw-Nuf Shout-Out goes to Earl W. Haynes, Community Liaison with Faith Home Health, Inc. Every day he touches the lives of families and/or senior resi- dents of Hillsborough County and Polk County to offer and provide quality of life services, programs and activities. Thank you, ‘Mr. Earl’ for all that you do to help others. May the Lord continue to bless you to be a blessing to others.
Happy Birthday!
Shaw-Nuf Talk extends HAPPY BIRTHDAY! wishes to Cynthania Reid-Clark, who celebrated her special day on Sept. 30th. Belated HAPPY BIRTHDAY! wishes are ex- tended to other September birthday celebrants: Lydia Johnson-Thomas (Sept. 2nd); Gertie Crawford-Scott, Mary Harris, Antonisha Williams, and Stacy Perkins (Sept. 4th); Fred Moore (Sept. 5th); Tara Allen-McIntyre and De’Ette Blythe (Sept. 6th); Adrina Allen and Zikiria Campbell (Sept. 9th); Wanda Sullivan
(Sept. 11th), Sheretta Toomer (Sept. 13th), former Sentinel employee, Oral Brennan (Sept. 14th), Alexis Dicker- son-Henderson (Sept. 15th), Alvin Ford (Sept. 16th), JoAnn Allums-Stubbs (Sept. 17); LaTonnja Key, Juanita Daughtrey, Teheisha Willingham, Will Brown (Sept. 18th); Nedra Henderson (Sept. 19th); Melanie Blue (Sept. 21st); Shayla Thornton, Ruby Lewis, Loretta White (Sept.
22nd); Sarah Burney-War- ren, Bishop Ira J. Mc- Cloud, and Pastor Jerome Fortson (Sept. 23rd).
Also, belated HAPPY BIRTHDAY! wishes to: Jor- daeshia Green-Coleman and Ezra Horton (Sept. 24th); Franklin VanBeverhoudt (Sept. 25th); and Theresa Polk-Jackson, Keontre’ Porter and Erin Piche-Pitts (Sept. 28th). May the Lord con- tinue to bless each of you with many, many more years of life.
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