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From all of us at Bond Clinic, P.A., Congratulations to the Class of 2021! Wherever life may take you, Bond Clinic will be your trusted source for medical care.

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CarePlus is bringing a Community Center to Colonial Promenade in Winter Haven.

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• Use our computers and internet to access plan-related information.* • Grab a snack or refreshment.

• Meet people and learn something new.

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Hello and Happy June!

NEW PATIENT SPECIAL

This month’s feature story is in honor of Pride Month. We talk with the local organization, Polk Pride to find out how quarantine affected their community and how they plan to move ahead in 2021. We also visit with Trishelle Michaels, once a highly competitive professional bowler, she is now a mentor and bright light in the Polk County drag scene.

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Thank you to Marissa Barnes from the City of Winter Haven for meeting with us.

We get all the details on the inaugural Winter Haven Juneteenth Celebration.

Learn why it was important for the city to get involved and find out how you can be a part of it. For our restaurant, we visit Blue Dog Craft Barbecue. This Texasstyle BBQ has been a staple at the Winter Haven Farmer’s Market. Read all about Max and then go have a taste. I hope you love it as much as we do.

Includes full mouth X-rays (D0210), exam (D0150), and cleaning (D1110)

We also meet up with a local musician, MrENC from Lakeland. Gen Xers will recognize his Smashing Pumpkins and Sonic Youth influences. Find out the inspiration behind his latest music.

Our calendar is growing, however, it’s still a good idea to double-check that the event you’re interested in hasn’t been canceled. You can add your own events to our calendar by visiting havenmagazines.com. Keep tagging your IG and FB posts with #kindachill and you might find it printed in the next issue! If I don’t see you around town, have a great month everyone!

Happy Father’s Day to all the dads & dad-like people in our lives!

Your Smile is Our Work of Art

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LOCAL NEWS

HURRICANE SEASON

DRIVERS NEEDED

SCHOLARSHIP

RESTAURANT CLOSED

In preparation for hurricane season, which begins on June 1, Polk County Tourism and Sports Marketing and Polk County Emergency Management have partnered with Publix Super Markets to produce and distribute the “Polk County Public Shelters” maps for 2021. The map is designed to assist both resident and tourist evacuees in finding shelter during an impending storm. The public shelter maps are available at Central Florida’s Visitor Information Center, located at 101 Adventure Court, Davenport, a half mile south of I-4 on Highway 27 and at Publix Super Markets in Polk County. The map contains updated information for 2021. Area lodging facilities and chambers of commerce will also have maps on hand in the event of a storm. For information about emergency preparedness in Polk County, visit www.polk-county.net/em.

Meals on Wheels of Polk County, Inc. urgently needs more full-time Polk County residents to volunteer their time to deliver freshly-cooked meals to homebound people during the late spring and summer months.

Potential volunteer drivers can apply online at mealsonwheelspolk.com, call Susan Eldridge at 863-299-1616 or visit Meals on Wheels headquarters any weekday between the hours of 9:00 am and 2:00 pm. Meals on Wheels is a non-profit organization that prepares and delivers nutritious hot meals every weekday for homebound people residing in Winter Haven, Auburndale, Lake Alfred, Dundee, Haines City, Lake Hamilton, Davenport, and parts of Lakeland.

The Lem Geathers Future Change Maker $1000 Scholarship is awarded to a high school senior and Winter Haven resident based on their creative sharing, explanation or interpretation of the significant history of the emancipation of African Americans who had been enslaved in the United States. The award is open to exiting 12th-grade students at a public or private high school. Restricted to Winter Haven residents only. The student and teacher or school administrator must be willing to present the entry at the City of Winter Haven Juneteenth Celebration. More info at winterhavenchamber.com under the blog section.

The Winter Haven Fire Department responded to a fire at Floridino’s Italian Kitchen and their swift response has saved the business. There were no injuries to fire personnel or civilians. Sunday (5-23-21) at approximately 8:48 a.m. a 9-1-1 call was received involving a fire at the Floridino’s Italian Kitchen located at 1919 8th St NW (Hwy 17 at the entrance to Spring Lake Square). As WHFD responders arrived, heavy smoke was seen coming from the front of the building. Preliminarily, it appears that an employee at the business started the daily procedures for opening when there was an incident involving hot oil. Due to the extensive damage to the kitchen and the roof, the restaurant will be closed until further notice.

FIREWORKS ARE BACK

45-YEAR CAREER

NATIONAL CHAMPS

PCPS HIRING

Join The City of Winter Haven as they celebrate our Nation’s Independence at the Chain of Lakes Stadium, 500 Cletus Allen Dr. in Winter Haven. Next door to the New AdventHealth Fieldhouse, all are invited to enjoy this free fresh air event.

Celebrate with live entertainment from B. Haven, food trucks, and much more, followed by the spectacular fireworks presentation. While last year’s celebration was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they are looking forward to bringing back the most attended event with a bang! Join the fun on Saturday, July 3 from 6-9pm.

Betty Dupree’s long ride with Polk County Public Schools has finally come to an end. Dupree dropped off her last passengers, ending a 45-year career as a PCPS bus driver in May. She is retiring … again.

Dupree was first hired as a bus driver in 1974, working until 2008 before deciding to retire. It didn’t last long.

She returned to the driver’s seat in 2010 and kept going until mid-May. Friends, colleagues, and other well-wishers invited Dupree to a special presentation at Auburndale High, where she was given a plaque, gift basket, and flowers. Fellow bus drivers parked around the school and blared their horns in salute.

Congratulations!

The Lady Bolts JROTC drill team from Ridge Community High has captured its first national championship in school history. On April 30, the Lady Bolts competed at the 2021 U.S. Army Cadet Command JROTC National Drill Championships (aka Army Nationals) in Daytona.

They won first place in three of four events (color guard, inspection, and platoon regulation), and finished third in the squad exhibition event.

That was more than enough to earn the top prize in the Army Nationals unarmed (without rifles) division.

They competed against the top drill teams from around the country.

Ridge’s JROTC drill team program has consistently performed well at the local level and has multiple state titles to its name.

Polk County Public Schools is recruiting teachers for the 2021-22 school year. They’ve scheduled two virtual job fairs where you can connect with them via text chats or video interviews. The virtual hiring events will take place from noon to 2pm on Wednesday, June 2, and Wednesday, June 16. Register now at polkschoolsfl.com/jobfair. Got questions? Need more details? Please email jobs@polk-fl.net. PCPS also is hiring bus drivers and attendants for the next school year. Please call 863-534-7298 or email herschel. pipkins@polk-fl.net to inquire about opportunities.

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POLK TOP 10 FLYING TIGERS They’re back! Catch a home game at the Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium in Lakeland.

Evening games during the week and afternoon games on Sundays.

Watch our favorite Minor League Baseball team play Dunedin and Tampa in June. Full schedule & tickets at milb.com/lakeland

FLORIDA MOVIE POSTERS

STADIUM CONCERTS

WALK FOR ANIMALS

MOONLIGHT MARKET

June 5, 9am-noon at Lake Mirror.

Join SPCA Florida for a fun-filled day with food trucks, prizes, pup cups, performers, music, games, and the joy of doing something together for animals in our community. Register in advance at spcaflorida.org/walkforanimals

June 16, 6-9pm at Grove Roots Brewery. The market is on the 3rd Wednesday of every month. Shop from local Central Florida vendors, local food trucks, and listen to live music! Grab an ice-cold Grove Roots locally-made craft beer and stay awhile!

Throughout June at the Lake Wales Museum. The posters and lobby cards in this exhibit depict some of Florida’s most famous films from the early 1920s to the present. Open Wed - Sat from 10am-5pm. 863-676-1759 cityoflakewales.com

Most weekends in June, watch a great show under the stars presented by Theatre Winter Haven at the Chain O’ Lakes Stadium. Bring a chair or blanket and a cooler to enjoy the show under the stars! Purchase tickets and see full schedule at theatrewinterhaven.com

DISNEY’S MOANA JR.

PEACE OF WOODSTOCK

LO-FI FESTIVAL

LES DUDEK

WAWA SUMMER FUN DAY

June 17-20 at the Lakeland Community Theatre. This thrilling and heartwarming coming-of-age story follows the strong-willed Moana as she sets sail across the Pacific to save her village and discover the truth about her heritage. 863-603-7529 lakelandcommunitytheatre.com

June 18, 7:30pm at the Gem Theater in Mulberry. This 90-minute show pays tribute to Woodstock, the famous three-day festival. Go on a musical journey from the acoustic opening of Richie Havens to the explosive guitar sounds of Jimi Hendrix! Purchase tickets in advance, fashion from the “summer of love” is highly encouraged. centralfloridatix.com

June 19, 5-10 pm at The Ranch Taproom & Coffeeshop in Lake Wales. Enjoy an Artists of Color exhibit, food vendors, art, live music, live painting, and more.

This is a fundraiser to bring the Today’s Future Sound program to the Lake Wales Arts Council.

Lakewalesartscouncil.org

June 19, 7:30pm live at the historic Ritz Theatre in downtown Winter Haven. Les Dudek is a guitar legend, he’s played and recorded with the Steve Miller Band, Boz Scaggs, The Allman Brothers Band, Dave Mason, Stevie Nicks, Maria Muldaur, Cher & more.

Purchase tickets in advance at centralfloridatix.

June 25, 8am - 5pm. Enjoy complimentary admission to Bok Tower Gardens in Lake Wales compliments of Wawa.

Committed to the communities they serve, Wawa is keeping the Gardens growing with their generous support.

Boktowergardens.org

*Due to the uncertainty of COVID, please double check that the event you’re interested in has not been canceled or rescheduled prior to leaving your house. havenmagazines.com

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Land of the Greedy Mouse June 11-13 Peace of Woodstock Concert June 18

Les Dudek Live June 19 Lake Wales Art Center Art Camp June 21 - July 16

Grateful Dead Night July 10

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PULSE REMEMBRANCE WEEK MUSHROOMING

June 3-13 at the Winter Park Playhouse, in person or virtually.

Set in five different restaurants, three actors portray fifteen characters on the hunt for their one true love in this hilarious Off-Broadway musical comedy!

Features diverse musical styles of the eateries including Country & Western, Italian, German Cabaret, Mexican and 1950’s Doo-Wop. winterparkplayhouse.org

June 5-12. The Five-Year Pulse Remembrance Week will have a variety of communitywide activities ending with an observance that brings together the families of those whose lives were tragically taken. The ceremony also honors all who survived, the brave first responders and the trauma teams who sacrificed so much to save so many. Find the week’s schedule & volunteer opportunities at onepulsefoundation.org

A FUNNY THING…

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HARRY POTTER IN CONCERT

NIGHT HIKE

June 21 - July 25 watch “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” Summerstock Production by college performers.

Stephen Sondheim’s joyous, musical romp through Rome has desperate lovers, scheming neighbors and secrets behind every toga. Purchase tickets in advance drphillipscenter.org

June 22, 7:30pm at Exploria Stadium in Orlando. Watch Orlando City play the San Jose Earthquakes. Settle in for a night of rowdy soccer action, and cheer along with the Ruckus Orlando, the club’s supporter section.

Purchase tickets in advance orlandocitysc.com

June 26 & 27 at the Dr. Phillips Center. Experience the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra perform Nicholas Hooper’s unforgettable score to Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix while the movie soars across the big screen in high-definition. Purchase tickets in advance. 407-358-6603 drphillipscenter.org

June 26, 7:30-10pm at the Central Florida Zoo in Sanford. Families will be guided on a flashlight tour, seeing animals like you’ve never seen them before. Meet Animal Ambassadors up-close along the way. 407-323-4450 ext. 123.

Must register in advance, ages 5+ only. Centralfloridazoo.org

TUESDAYS IN THE STUDIO

FIVE COURSE LOVE

Every Tuesday from 6-8:30pm at the Orlando Museum of Art. Work alongside one another and develop your in-process creations.

Art educator Maria Coville will offer individual instruction to each participant and conclude the sessions with a group critique.

Participants should bring their working project along with any supplies they may need. Register in advance omart.org

TOY STORY 3 June 10, 8pm at Central Park in Winter Park. Advanced registration is required, tickets will be available one week before the movie. One ticket will reserve a 10’x10’ movie pod for small groups of up to 6 people. Bring dinner and enjoy the movie under the stars. More info at enzian.org

June 1 - August 1. Bite30 highlights the best local restaurants and chefs driving Orlando’s culinary scene.

During Bite30, participating restaurants offer special prix fixe menus at a set price of $30 (an additional $5 is added for takeout orders). Diners get the opportunity to try multiple dishes on the restaurant’s menu for about the cost of a single entree. Visit bite30.com for the list of participating restaurants.

June 6, 2-4pm at the Mead Botanical Garden in Winter Park. Learn about mushroom identification and wild Florida mushrooms with Fungi Jon! Includes a full indoor identification workshop with an outdoor mushroom stroll. Local reference books, identification tools, and other goods from Fungi Jon will be available for purchase. Register at meadgarden.org

*Due to the uncertainty of COVID, please double check that the event you’re interested in has not been canceled or rescheduled prior to leaving your house. havenmagazines.com

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Lo-Fi Festival and Fundraiser June 19th • 5-10PM

A celebration of Hip-Hop culture with music, food, wares, and art from local performers, vendors, and artists featured in our Inaugural Beats and Brushes exhibit. This is our first fundraiser to bring Today’s Future Sound, a music education program, to the Lake Wales Arts Council. The Lo-Fi Festival will take place at The Ranch Taproom and E. Park Avenue in downtown Lake Wales.

Derick Epps • Leilah MarLee • Quanel D • Russel Samad • Christine Samad

Beats & Brushes June 11th Through July 31

6/11 Opening ReceptiOn @ 6pm • 7/8 ARtist pAnel @ 6:30pm • 7/17 sAtuRday shenAnigAns @ 10Am 7/29 gAlleRy TAlk @ 11Am • 7/31 ARt AfteR dARk @ 6pm

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TAMPA TOP 10 A VOICE THAT CARRIES

THE ART OF LETTER WRITING

June 3, 7:30pm at the Tampa Theatre. Watch the world premiere of Tampa-based documentarian Brett Culp’s new film, “A Voice That Carries.” He explores the power of the father/daughter relationship and the essential role all of us play in supporting young women. tampatheatre.org

June 7, 6-9:30pm at The Dali Museum in St. Pete. Begin with a viewing of the “Van Gogh Alive” exhibit. Participants will then discover the beauty of crafted letter writing tools, type on a vintage typewriter, make wax seals, use rubber stamps and washi tape.

727-823-3767 Register in advance thedali.org.

CHILDREN’S BOOK FAIR

TAMPA RESTAURANT WEEK

HOPS NIGHT

June 13, 10am-4pm at The Oxford Exchange in Tampa. The OE hosts a book fair as an open platform for local authors to connect with the community face-to-face.

Featured are local authors and their publications, workshops, and more. This Book Fair will include Hocus Pocus Comics from Lakeland. Find more info on oxfordexchange.com

June 17 - 27. Participating Tampa Bay area restaurants will be offering multiple-course prix fixe menus. Visit any participating restaurant from June 17th through 27th and ask for the Tampa Bay Restaurant Week menu, participating restaurants online. A portion of the proceeds benefit Feeding Tampa Bay. tampabayrestaurantweek.com

June 18, 4-8pm at the Florida Botanical Gardens in Largo. Enjoy local craft beer in a botanical oasis. Browse from local gift & plant vendors plus bid on items at the silent auction. Ticket includes appetizers and a commemorative tasting glass. Register in advance at flbgfoundation.org

SUMMER CLASSICS Various dates throughout June at the Tampa Theatre. Celebrate 30 Years of Summer Classics on the big screen with The Wizard of Oz, Airplane!, The Gold Rush, and Citizen Kane. What’s better than a big bucket of popcorn and a classic movie? Order your tickets in advance online. Tampatheatre.org

HEIGHTS NIGHT MARKET

SHOCKHEADED PETER

June 9, 5:30-9:30pm on the south lawn of Armature Works in the historic Tampa Heights District.

Every month on the second Wednesday, you can shop from over 40 local vendors outdoors, under the stars. Live music, food, fun for the entire family. More info on FB @ArmatureWorks

June 9-27 at the Straz Center.

Shockheaded Peter is the phantasmagorical musical staging of Heinrich Hoffman’s dark, mildly-terrifying 19th-century German children’s book. The show illuminates graphic cautionary tales about a cast of disobedient children. strazcenter.org

COMEDY FOR CONSERVATION

WINE TASTING CLASS

June 19, 8pm at Zoo Tampa. Enjoy a night of laughs with Billy D. Washington and Tommy Drake while supporting ZooTampa’s conservation programs. Features up-close animal experiences, food and drinks, and more! Plus, guests will have the chance to participate in interactive fundraising games for unique prizes. Order ticket in advance zootampa.org

June 20, 6-8pm at Cru Cellars at Armature Works. This class will help get you out of your usual wine comfort zone. Learn your likes & dislikes, and find new things to try. In addition to the Blind Tasting, your ticket will also include a cheese plate to pair with your wine. Register in advance armatureworks.com

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Weekly Entertainment Tuesday | Trivia Thursday | The Line Up Friday | Live Music Saturday | Live Music Sunday | Family Funday & Brunch

JULY 3 | 4TH OF JULY POOL PARTY | 12 PM Celebrate 4th of July at the Water Park with a DJ, games and contests, and more fun in the sun!

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Polk Pride Together We Rise WORDS Tara Crutchfield

Pride Month is a time to celebrate our LGBT+ friends, family, and neighbors, and love in all its forms. Founder of Polk Pride, Scott Guira, held the first Polk Pride event in 2015.

The annual celebration of community diversity and love has grown year over year. In 2020, like many gatherings, Polk Pride was canceled. This year, the festivities will move from June to October.

Megan Hawkes, Ed Torres, and Austin Briggs.

Guira believes Pride sets Polk County in line with some of the larger communities that surround us. He says that being open and welcoming changes the perception of what people think of when they think of a smaller city like Lakeland.

“I know this community has grown. I know that it is an outstanding place to live, to work, to play. I grew up here, and I’ve seen the community change. I want to make sure that the next generation of young people coming up and people moving this is a place to the area see that this is a place for them, this is a place for everybody,” said Guira. for them, this

Lakeland resident Scott Guira started working with the Lakeland Youth Alliance (LYA) in 2011. This organization serves LGBT+ youth ages 13 to 20. “The organization sets up a safe space environment where LGBT+ kids can come and meet other kids like themselves, build relationships with mentors, and it also gives them an opportunity to ask questions that maybe they don’t have anywhere to ask those questions in a safe environment. They’re able to come and be themselves,” said Guira.

is a place for “There is value to these organizations [Polk Pride, LYA, and PFLAG] because we everybody offer support to young people. We offer support to parents and family members, and friends who are having trouble accepting or understanding the situation that their family member might be going through with the coming out process. What makes Pride so important is it shows the diversity out in the center of town. We do this in Munn Park so that everybody, whatever their background, can come and be part of Polk Pride. You don’t have to be any of the letters in the acronym.

You can be any member of the community that wants to be part of celebrating everybody and their differences and their similarities.”

Though the mission of LYA was to create that safe space for LGBT+ young people, Guira said, “I never really felt like we were providing a safe community.” They could come to LYA and be themselves, but outside of that? “A lot of them didn’t feel like they were able to be themselves and live in the community that we’re in,” he said.

Pride was an effort to create a community in Polk County that not only LGBT+ youth but LGBT+ of all ages could feel welcome. Guira is assisted in his efforts by the Polk Pride Board, including Kerri McCoy, Kristine Lally, Patrick Patterson, Dustin Shay, Nick Sotolongo, Gina Bullock,

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A CHALLENGING YEAR When Kerri McCoy’s eldest son came out in high school, she began advocating that he and other members of the LGBT+ community be treated equally to everyone else. Three years after joining the PFLAG (Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) of Polk County, she became the chapter’s president.

“I feel like everyone should be treated equally. Having a gay son and knowing that the laws don’t treat him like everybody else because he doesn’t fit in that box, that’s what keeps me going,” she said. “I absolutely love the youth. I know they struggle, and I don’t want them to. I want them to know that there are people out there that are just like them, and there are people out there that they can talk to.

There are people who have struggled before there is them. I feel like that’s so important that they know they are not alone, [...] that there is somebody always willing to stand beside and always willing somebody stand up for them, and I just happen to be to stand beside one of those people.”

and stand up for them

McCoy expressed that the last year has been challenging for the LGBT+ community. “I think for a while there, some people may have felt very alone,” she said. She received quite a few phone calls from folks eager to know when they could finally meet again for their usual activities and meetings. PFLAG began socially distant outdoor meetings

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around six months ago and began meeting indoors with masks in the last two months.

LYA has yet to resume meeting in person, according to McCoy. Their first gathering will be an outdoor downtown scavenger hunt scheduled for August. “They are ready to get back together. I think the kids really need this group,” she said.

To stay connected and maintain a sense of togetherness, they did hold remote meetings online. “I think they like meeting in-person better,” McCoy said. “I think it’s easier for some of them to come out of their shells and be themselves rather than on a computer screen.”

Last year would have marked the sixth Polk Pride. Since its inception in 2015, the series of events that make up Polk Pride has expanded annually. Guira said to put a pause on such a meaningful gathering was disappointing. “But we also knew it was the right thing to do for our community and for everybody that was involved. It was a challenging year, but we’re excited to move forward,” he said.

Typically Pride is held in June in honor of Pride Month. This year, the series of events, including Pride for Youth, Pride in Faith, Pride in the Park, and Pride After Dark, have been moved to late September and early October. Though the events are moving to the Fall this year, proclamations are still being sought for June. The LGBT+ community has received two proclamations recognizing June as Pride Month with more on the way from cities around the county. The first proclamation this year was from Haines City on May 20 and the second from The City of Lakeland scheduled for June 7.

TOGETHER WE RISE “With the uncertainty of COVID-19 and the concerns that everybody has, we wanted to allow enough time to put the world in a better situation where we can start having these large gatherings,” said Guira. “It looks like with increased vaccination and things getting a little more back to normal – hopefully, in October, we will be in a much better position than we are in June.”

In addition to their caution surrounding the pandemic, the Polk Pride board chose October as it is National Coming Out Month, according to McCoy. National Coming Out Day is celebrated on October 11.

“Our goal this year is to bring people back together. To rise

up from a difficult year that we’ve all experienced worldwide and to bring people together from all different backgrounds to celebrate Pride and to celebrate one another and the differences that we all have,” said Guira.

Kicking off the festivities is Pride for Youth on September 29 at 6:30 pm. The location is to be determined. McCoy described this Lakeland Youth Alliance Pride party as an occasion for youth ages 13 to 20 to gather and celebrate Pride while participating in fun activities.

The next evening, September 30 at 7 pm, will be Pride in Faith – an interfaith celebration of Pride at Beacon Hill Fellowship Church in Lakeland. “Several churches participate from around the Polk County area, and they are all open and affirming churches who welcome the LGBT.” During the service, McCoy said, “We get together and let people know who might be struggling that they don’t belong in a church – that they actually do – and there is a place for them in one of the churches that come and celebrate Pride in Faith.”

Pride in the Park is Polk Pride’s largest event, drawing several thousand annually to Munn Park in downtown Lakeland.

This year, Pride in the Park will be on Saturday, October 2, from 10 am to 3 pm. The event is family-friendly, appropriate for all ages, and open to the public. That Saturday, Munn Park will be packed with vendors, food offerings, live entertainment, this is an and folks of all ages and backgrounds. opportunity to Headlining Pride in the Park this year is Ginger Minj of RuPaul’s Drag Race fame. bring our Polk Pride After Dark will conclude Polk Pride 2021 that evening at The Parrot at 9 pm. “It is basically a big party to end our whole Pride celebration,” said McCoy of the 21 and up, indoor/outdoor gathering.

“I’m looking forward to hugs. I think we’re all looking forward to hugs,” said Guira of the upcoming Pride celebration. “I think everybody has lacked that physical connection with other people. Celebrating Pride, if you’ve ever been to a Pride before, there is just love everywhere.

Everyone is hugging and friendly and taking care of one another and happy to see one another and engaged. This is an opportunity to bring our Polk County LGBT+ family back together, and I foresee there being lots and lots of hugs.”

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on Guira. He remembers stepping on stage and looking out at a sea of tents and people. “This started as such a small idea to show young people that this is a community that welcomes them. To see thousands of people show up as evidence of that was absolutely the most memorable moment I’ve ever had. And it hits me every single year,” he said.

BE AN ALLY McCoy encourages anyone looking to make a positive difference for others or themselves to get involved. She and her husband have met many people they now consider family working with PFLAG, LYA, and Polk Pride. “At the end of the day, making a It’s speaking up difference feels so good,” she said.

when somebody says something that’s not right.

It’s reaching out to somebody in need. It’s taking care of one another

To support Polk Pride, PFLAG, or the Lakeland Youth Alliance, folks can become a sponsor, volunteer, donate, or join their initiatives. Guira noted they are always looking for volunteers to work with youth, at Pride events, and in other ways. Those interested in volunteering or joining their boards can contact the organizations on their website or through social media.

“Outside of specifically helping the organizations, it’s being an ally,” said Guira. “It’s speaking up when somebody says something that’s not right. It’s reaching out to somebody in need. It’s taking care of one another.

That’s probably the most important way everybody in the community can get involved.”

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Trishelle Michaels Apart from the work they put into performing, drag queens have historically been champions of change for the LGBTQ+ community. Queens like Marsha P. Johnson, the transgender drag queen who was one of the first to resist police during the 1969 Stonewall riots, which are widely regarded as an impetus for the gay rights movement. Yes, drag queens can be campy and quippy and read you to filth while wearing 6-inch heels, but they are also powerful and positive role models for selfexpression and confidence – queens like Trishelle Michaels.

BEHIND THE GLAMOUR “Trishelle Michaels was born through MTV and audience decision,” said Reeves. After hearing the name Trishelle on MTV’s The Real World, he loved how unique it sounded.

‘Michaels’ was voted on by an audience at a bar when Reeves first began performing. He gave them options, the audience voted, and it stuck.

“Trishelle is a role model. Trishelle is a promoter. Trishelle is someone that you could come and talk to, that you could message if there are any questions regarding gay life, regarding life in general, […] I think it’s important to make myself available to those people,” Reeves said. And there have been people who have reached out to Trishelle for advice. “Within the past ten years since I’ve been here in Polk County, I’ve really made an effort to be someone that can be looked up to without people feeling that they can’t talk to me.”

Terrance Reeves is a Florida native, born and raised in Central Florida. He moved to the Winter Haven area in 2009, where he lives with his husband of ten years. Reeves, a bowler for 35 years, works in the bowling industry at Kegel LLC in Lake Wales, manufacturing lane machines that clean the lanes. He’s been with them for 16 years.

Reeves has been a highly competitive bowler for quite some time and was even on the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour in the exempt field from 2008 to 2009. He was among the top 64 bowlers in the PBA at that time. His family built a bowling center in Brandon in the early 80s. Reeves described bowling as a serious side of himself and feels fortunate to work in the industry. “I enjoy going to work every day. Not a lot of people can say that, and I’m just really blessed and fortunate,” he said.

As for Trishelle’s style, Reeves said, “In drag, there are different genres. Just as there are in music, you have different styles of drag. [...] I’m definitely a businesswoman when it comes to my drag. I’m not the high glitz and glam. I’m very straightforward with who I am and what I do with it.” With years spent in the world of competitive bowling, Reeves wasn’t interested in competing when it came to drag. “I try to be myself,” he said.

Another meaningful part of Reeves’s life and work in its own right is his drag queen persona, Trishelle Michaels. When Reeves came out in his early twenties, he wandered into the world of drag. “I never said ‘This is what I want to do,’” said Reeves.

Through friends at what was then Club Chambers, and The Male Room in Tampa, Reeves got to work alongside drag queens who were great at what they did. He found a niche, and the rest is history. Reeves began performing as Trishelle Michaels with the help of her drag mother, First Lady of Ybor, Joey Brooks.

“She was a big influence. She gave me an opportunity to let me hone in on my skills, gave me tips, and made me better. Without her direction when I first started, we might not be having this conversation,” said Reeves.

Just as there are many genres in the community, so too are there many people and personalities. Drag queens are not a monolith, expressed Reeves. One misconception about the drag community, he said, is that they are all the same. “People might think that I’m flamboyant and all that, but they have to know, for me, that’s just a side of who I am. I’m super chill,” he said. Reeves is also very into sports. “This is where me and the other queens are completely different. They want to go to the movies, and they want to go out to the theme parks, and that is totally not me.”

Lip syncing, killer costumes, and comedy are all part of what makes Trishelle Michaels dynamite on stage. “When I’m on the mic, I try to make people laugh. I think that’s one of my attributes and what draws people into me is my personality,” said Reeves.

“I’ll be the first one to laugh at myself. I’ll make fun of myself because, at the end of the day of those shows, I’m a man in a dress. I am fortunate enough to be comfortable with myself.”

Reeves is thankful for the queens that paved the way and gave him opportunities throughout his drag career, noting that they “set the pathway for us to be where we are now.” Along with Joey Brooks, Reeves named Crystle Chambers and Kathryn Nevets as inspirations who have helped him with opportunities and guidance.

Preparing for a show is no small feat either. It can take upwards of two or three hours to get ready. Few outside of the drag community know the actual work that goes into getting glammed and ready for a stint in the spotlight. “We’ve got to

“You can’t do it alone,” he said. “You’ve got to listen to people sometimes to make yourself better.”

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shave, and we’ve got to put the makeup on, we’ve got to put the outfits together and pack the bags. If we go into a show and we’re asked to do two, three, four songs, that’s an outfit change every time,” said Reeves. Four outfit changes means four wigs, four pairs of shoes, and jewelry for each getup – it’s a lot.

When she’s working, Trishelle finds that she is very focused on producing a show that people enjoy, talk about, and ultimately want to return to. “At the end of the night, when you have a successful show, there’s no other feeling than accomplishment,” Reeves said.

“When we’re changing, we have just a couple of minutes per song to change from one to another. There’s so much work behind the scenes that people don’t see,” he said. “I think it’s important for those younger queens to know that it’s not just putting on makeup. It’s not just putting on a new wig. It’s polishing up what you do and making it better next time.”

ADVICE FOR FUTURE QUEENS Trishelle Michaels has sage advice, not just for drag queens. She strives to be inclusive of everyone. “Gay comes in all different shapes and forms – it’s not just me. […] We’re all different. We all have opportunities to be ourselves. There are a lot of drag kings that don’t get the attention that we get. I think it’s important that we all share the spotlight. [...] That is definitely one of my areas where I try to do great work, to share my spotlight and my opportunities with others in the community, especially on the entertainment side.”

Drag goes beyond a larger-than-life personality and top-tier performance chops; it requires a nose to the grindstone work ethic. “Some people are scared to work, and that’s why you see some people fade out in this business,” Reeves said. “If they don’t have a good work ethic, they’re probably not going to make it.”

According to Reeves, the Polk County drag community is small but mighty, with around fifteen queens heavily involved in performing locally. “Opportunities sometimes aren’t as much because we’re in Polk County, and it is so easy and accessible to get to Orlando or Tampa, but that’s not what I want to do. […] I focus my energy locally. I have no big desire to go to those other markets.”

“We’re presenting something we’re not, but we’re also presenting something that is fun and eclectic and entertaining,” he said. “It’s self-gratifying to get in heels and be like, ‘Okay, it’s time to go to work.’ If I didn’t enjoy it and I didn’t love it, trust me, I wouldn’t do it because there is a lot of work that goes into getting ready.”

IN THE SPOTLIGHT A conversation with Reeves and a look through any of Trishelle Michaels’s social media posts reflect an air of gratitude and encouragement. She is an uplifter of others. “That’s one thing I try to project and to bring, whether it’s a smile or a thought to somebody’s day. My drag, I don’t specifically do it for me. I do it for others even though I do enjoy doing it.”

Places like The Parrot, Balmoral, Frescos, and Gary’s Grove host regular or quarterly drag shows. Michaels hosted Polk Pride in 2019 and has been a regular performer at The Parrot in Lakeland since moving here in 2009. Another go-to spot is The American Legion in Winter Haven. Next year will be her fourth annual show there. She also helps their members get dressed up to raise money for their charity efforts.

Reeves says his positive attitude is a reflection of how he was raised. “My family, they weren’t so accepting of the gay side. It was just recently in the past couple of years that my mom and stepdad came to a show,” he said. “They’re very accepting of it now and understand that it’s a sort of work for me, and they see the positive side of it.”

Asked if he had any advice for someone reading this who may want to try drag or is just starting, Reeves answered, “Do it.

You’re not learning or creating anything if you’re not making any mistakes.” Like everything else in life, the more one does an activity, the better one becomes at it. “Just do it, give it a shot.

What do you have to lose?”

“They definitely raised me right. It was just something new for them. I think that sometimes the straight people that go to these shows – it’s something new for them,” he said. And in many of the areas around Polk County that Trishelle performs shows, the crowd mainly consists of straight people. “If I can bring them to a comfort level to join in on a show, that is probably the biggest highlight for me. [...] I want them to laugh and enjoy entertainment. And that’s really what drag is – entertainment.”

“Just because you do something one time doesn’t mean that it’s going to be the same next time. Maybe some of the brushstrokes aren’t the same. Maybe some of the colors aren’t the same.

You’re creating something every time you put yourself together. I think that’s the fun of it.”

Follow Trishelle Michaels on Facebook and Instagram to see where she’ll be performing next. She is at The Parrot two times a month and Gary’s Grove and Balmoral quarterly. To book Michaels, for more information, or with any questions, reach out to her through social media.

Trishelle hopes the audience gets to take a break from their lives during her time on stage. Though Trishelle Michaels is an expression of Terrance Reeves, it’s also a break from the day-today minutia. “It’s a break from the regular routine of life. You can just be yourself,” he said.

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Blue Dog Craft Barbecue Whether you’ve tried his food or drooled over it on Instagram, if you live in Polk County, you’ve heard the name Blue Dog Craft Barbecue. The man behind the meat, Max Miller was born in Michigan but grew up in Polk County.

He worked in retail management for about ten years before setting off to make the best damn barbecue around.

“Barbecue came out of left field. It came out of the blue,” Miller said. Max has watched food shows on television for as long as he can remember and followed culinary content online. He came across “barbecue god” Aaron Franklin, owner of Franklin Barbecue in Austin, Texas, and leader in Central Texas barbecue. Like kindling to a grill flame, it sparked something in Miller – he had to cook barbecue.

“I remember I instantly called my dad and was like, ‘Let’s cook barbecue.’” His dad, Leroy Miller, was in. With no previous restaurant experience or culinary background, Miller watched videos online and scoured Instagram for inspiration and guidance. “It consumed every bit of my time before we even cooked,” he said.

First thing was first – Miller couldn’t make barbecue without a smoker to cook it on. He commissioned his cousin Patrick Miller, owner of All Pro Mechanical and Fabrication for the task. “He and I pieced it together in his garage,” Miller said.

It is an offset style smoker with a 500-gallon propane tank, a popular style on the Texas barbecue scene, said Miller. He and his dad got to work grilling, at first feeding friends and family on days off.

Miller liked the idea of a barbecue pop-up as he thought it would be easier than cook-to-order, though he’s come to find there’s nothing easier about it. There’s a ton of time involved. He cooked any chance he got for the last year of his retail management job. “It came to the time where if I didn’t leave, I’d probably never take off with it,” he said. He started Blue Dog Craft Barbecue officially in January 2019 with the continued help of friends and family, including his mom and dad, girlfriend, Erin, cousin, Brooke, and friend, Vannia.

“We thought the food was good then,” he smiled. “But looking back on old photos – it wasn’t ever bad – but we were honing in and perfecting what we were doing,” he said.

Miller used social media as a sort of meat metric. He knew what he liked on Instagram and what he thought was good.

He pioneered his own Texas-influenced Blue Dog style by recreating what he saw to fit his taste.

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Blue Dog’s Texas-style inspiration comes through in his presentation. Mouthwatering barbecue arranged on butcher paper alongside traditional Southern sides. You eat with your eyes first, as they say, and every plate Blue Dog presents is love at first sight, then bite. The staples are the usual smoky suspects – brisket, ribs, pulled pork, sausage, bbq tacos, and the like, accompanied by down-South classics like potato salad, coleslaw, and baked beans.

From trimming the meat to seasoning it (mostly with salt and pepper), “It’s a lot of prep,” said Miller. His brisket alone cooks for 16 to 18 hours. Blue Dog Craft Barbecue smokes over oak, the most easily accessible wood in the area. Max and his team even cut, dry, and split it themselves.

High-demand has Miller maxing out his grill capacity weekly – a good problem to have, he says. The Blue Dog owner is in the process of building a new grill to double capacity for his expanding brisket fan base.

The inceptive and ongoing concept for Blue Dog is as a popup vendor. Cooking out of the Catapult Kitchen Incubator in Lakeland, Miller has popped up there and all over Polk County, showing up at Swan Brewing, the Lakeland Downtown Farmers Curb Market, and Winter Haven Farmers Market, which he attends regularly. “We’ve been farmer’s market-focused,” he said. In addition to markets, Blue Dog offers catering for events large and small.

Miller recently purchased a food truck that is being renovated and will be running shortly. Beyond pop-ups and a food truck, the ultimate goal is to one day have a restaurant location. Though he’s not set on where it would be, Miller envisions an outdoor-oriented spot.

What’s the best thing about running a budding barbecue biz? “All the people we’ve met along the ride,” Miller said.

He’s built a solid customer base of folks who return weekly to get their Blue Dog fix. Many regular customers have become friends. “I just love it.”

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Rainbow Shots 3-ounce boxes of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple Jell-O mix Vodka Water Start with purple and add one cup of boiling water to Jello-O powder in a bowl. Once the powder is dissolved, add ½ cup very cold water and ½ cup very cold vodka. Mix well. Carefully pour a small layer into plastic shot glasses, refrigerate until set. (This makes a LOT of shots if you want to save time, or have excess, pour the mixture into a glass baking dish and layer.) Let sit in the refrigerator until set, about 2 hours. Repeat with all colors, one at a time. You should end with red.

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Juneteenth Celebration Mark your calendar for the 2021 Juneteenth Celebration in Winter Haven later this month. This free, family-friendly event celebrating African American history and culture will be hosted by the City of Winter Haven at Lake Maude Recreational Park on June 19 from 1 pm to 8 pm. All are welcome – spread the word, says City of Winter Haven Special Event & Marketing Coordinator Marissa Barnes.

“Bring your blankets and lawn chairs and just spread out and enjoy the ambiance. It’s going to be so much fun!”

for The City of Winter Haven in October of 2019.

Though this is the first year the City is hosting and sponsoring a Juneteenth event, The Historic Pughsville Association (HPA) has celebrated emancipation on May 20, or May Day, for many years. “It’s celebrated throughout Florida as being the day that the emancipation was proclaimed in Tallahassee. That’s when Florida slaves were notified of their freedom and that the Civil War had ended,” explained Barnes.

As set forth by the Juneteenth Celebration Committee, the mission for the event is to “bring appreciation and recognition of African American history by creating an atmosphere of unity through a modern-day celebration of heritage that educates, engages the broader community, and inspires future change-makers.”

With the sentiment, “None of us are free, until all of us are free,” in mind, Barnes proposed a community Juneteenth event in Winter Haven.

Barnes spoke to the importance of Juneteenth celebrations and observances in communities around the country. “Most cities across the United States celebrate our country’s freedom on the Fourth of July with a firework display or with a celebration of patriotism, and that’s great. But, for some African Americans, that kind of misses the mark because that wasn’t the day that they were freed,” she said. “I think for a local municipality to acknowledge that history and want to celebrate it and find value in it is a huge thing.

Not only are we saying, ‘We see you,’ in that celebration, but we also want to meet you and provide the resources that you need to celebrate who you are. Whether that’s through a race for Special Olympics or a Hispanic Heritage celebration, or the community Menorah lighting – we want to make sure that we are meeting these individuals and celebrating them genuinely and authentically for who they are. [...] I thought that was important for the City of Winter Haven. Not because celebrations for the African American

June 19, also known as Juneteenth or Emancipation Day, marks the end of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, General Gordon Granger and Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, to relay news that the Civil War was over and the enslaved were free.

To celebrate the historical significance of Juneteenth, the community is invited to gather for a day of music, food, entertainment, and education. The idea for a Juneteenth Celebration was first pitched in early 2020 by The City of Winter Haven Special Event & Marketing Coordinator.

Marissa Barnes was born and raised in Lakeland. She graduated from Harrison School for the Arts and went on to graduate from Florida A&M University. She began working

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community don’t happen, but this is a different way. This is a more collaborative way. This is something that we are investing so much time and resources into as well.”

and Inclusion (OEDI) at Polk State College. “They are phenomenal. They will be providing support for us the day of and have been leading up to,” said Barnes. “Community partners like that have stepped up and said this is the event the community needs, and this is how we can make it happen in a fun and safe way.” Barnes also lauded the generous 2021 Juneteenth Celebration event sponsors, including Tinsley Family Concessions, Inc., Adamson + Co., P.A., Citizens Bank & Trust, Jewett Alumni Association, and The Greater Winter Haven Chamber of Commerce. “All of those factors together have really been pushing this event to be as successful as it’s going to be in June,” she said.

The Historic Pughsville Association did not host a May Day event this year, so Barnes sought the guidance of Patricia Smith-Fields, a member of the HPA. “She has been phenomenal,” said Barnes. “Really coming on board with us to celebrate and push that same message of progress and unity.”

Winter Haven City Manager Mike Herr, former Parks, Recreation & Culture Director, Travis Edwards, and current Parks, Recreation & Culture Director, Julie Adams, have been champions of the event as well, said Barnes. She went on to praise the City’s strides towards diversity and inclusivity.

“Our main goal in Parks and Rec is to create a fun and safe environment,” said Barnes. “We wanted that to be exactly what this is. It’s a jazz-filled event because we know that entertainment is at the core of any event.” In addition to jazz, education will be a significant focus of the 2021 Juneteenth Celebration. “We’ll be having speakers throughout the day who will speak to the impact from a past, present, and future perspective.”

“One of the things that I wanted to ensure, because this is an event that will represent so much history and culture, is that there wasn’t just an internal force behind the event; there was also an external force,” said Barnes. “That’s how I decided to create the Juneteenth Celebration Committee – partners within the community who will come in and provide us with some guidance.”

An essential part of the educational focus of this Juneteenth Celebration is The Lem Geathers Future Change Maker Scholarship, sponsored by The Greater Winter Haven Chamber of Commerce. Lemuel “Lem” Geathers was the first African American to be elected to the Winter Haven City Commission in 1975. From 1979-80, while serving on the Commission, Geathers became the first African American Mayor of Winter Haven. “In our education of national history, we also want to recognize local history, and that’s one of the ways we’re going to do that is by sharing his legacy,” said Barnes. “We’ve been so honored to present this

She described the City of Winter Haven’s Juneteenth Celebration Committee as an ‘amazing team’ of ‘highly motivated, innovative, and just do-ers.’ “We’ve gotten lots of encouragement from local educators, local religious entities, business owners,” she said. Some members on the committee represent those entities, like Valparisa J. Baker, Chief Diversity Officer for the Office of Equity, Diversity,

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The Lem Geathers Future Change Maker Scholarship “is awarded to a high school senior and Winter Haven resident based on their creative sharing, explanation, or interpretation of the significant history of the emancipation of African Americans who had been enslaved in the United States.”

businesses, according to www.mywinterhaven.com. “This celebration will provide vendors of all categories with the opportunity to expand their customer base while pouring into their own community,” the website goes on to say.

Vendors selling food and beverage, clothing, make-up, and more will be on-site that day to connect with the community. “We’ve gotten lots of support from non-profit vendors specifically,” said Barnes. Some such non-profits in attendance will include the Agriculture and Labor Program, Polk County Voters’ League, Positively U, and the Polk County Supervisor of Elections.

“We’re so thrilled to be able to continue his legacy because he did so much for the city, and this seemed like the best and most appropriate way to celebrate him,” said Barnes. The scholarship winner will be honored at the June 19 event.

“I’ve been so lucky to have the commission, and the city manager and staff find the value in this event and really want to make it happen and want to make it a success,” said Barnes. “I don’t know how it could have been done otherwise. What a step forward.”

Attendees can look forward to spoken word performances, dance performances, musicians, and HBCU trivia. Andre Berto will host a completion-based obstacle course for kids ages three to 18.

For more information, including becoming a sponsor or volunteer, visit www.mywinterhaven.com, or find the event page under ‘Events’ @winterhavenparks on Facebook.

The musical headliner for the celebration is the Atlantabased trio Gritz & Jelly Butter. On keyboard and vocals for Gritz & Jelly Butter, Jameel Winston, hails from Winter Haven. “He’s gone on to do phenomenal shows and performances, so we’re super excited to have him back here,” said Barnes. “The Buffalo Soldiers, as well as the African American Museum of Heritage, will also be in attendance to help us further educate the community and speak factually to the past,” she added.

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MrENC Eric Collins is a graphic designer by day, musician by night (and the rest of his free time). Born in St. Petersburg, Collins moved to Lakeland when he was five. Now married with two children, Collins has been here ever since. The MrENC frontman released his latest EP, “We Do Our Own Thing,” earlier this year. The 4-song EP is an ode to growing up in Lakeland and the area’s creative renaissance. We sat down with Collins at The Vanguard Room to talk about early influences, musical evolution, and nostalgic lyrics.

holographic wrapping paper and cut it and fold it into the cassette and write our names on it,” he said. They would print and cut lyrics and put them in the cassettes that they would sell at shows. Denison Marrs did this until they could afford to press CDs. They continued to grow musically and eventually landed a record label and got to tour the nation.

The band amicably broke up circa 2004, according to Collins.

Following Denison Marrs, Collins and his brother-in-law, Dean Lorenz, wrote and demoed an album that also got a record deal. They were set to go on tour with their band, The Dark Romantics, but the bandmates didn’t want to leave their wives behind. So, Carla learned bass, her sister Amanda, keyboard, and a friend on drums joined the tour.

They still look back on it and laugh, said Collins. “They could all play the parts perfectly [to their songs], but they couldn’t play any other songs. […] I thought that was so cool. That’s the most punk thing to me,” he said.

The band put out a couple of albums and toured between 2006 and 2009, according to Collins.

“As a kid, my mom raised me on classic rock,” he said. As he grew, the rhythms of Led Zeppelin turned into hip hop and rap in middle school. Influences from artists like Public Enemy have carried over into his “grimey anthems dripping with salty alt-rock garage-y grunge vibes or whatever.”

“Their production was a lot of sampling noise and jazz records,” he said of the hip hop group. “That has carried over into my music too because I still like to make noise textures with feedback and distortions.” It wasn’t until high school that he got into more alternative and grunge. Collins talked about meeting his wife, Carla. “She had way better taste in music than I did, so she was introducing me to punk bands, and we were discovering other bands together.”

Craving a creative outlet to make and play music, Collins started MrENC at home. “I started doing a song at a time, releasing it online, and started to grow again,” he said. He worked with New Granada Records out of Tampa to put out a few 7-inches, cassettes, and the first two full-length albums. The early days of MrENC were Collins playing every part and instrument needed to create a song from piano to guitar.

Other influences for MrENC (standing for his initials: Eric N. Collins) include The Smashing Pumpkins – who he connects with, from their lyrics down to guitar tones. The ‘space rock’ subgenre sounds of Failure and Hum inspired Collins, too.

He liked the flow of their songs and album arrangements, creating a mood.

Missing the band element, he invited his brother-in-law Dean to play drums with him along with other musicians.

Collins appreciated having his friends and other local musicians involved. Lorenz currently plays guitar for MrENC, and he and Collins write songs together. Another contributor to the band is Casey Newton, “awesome bass player” and studio manager for The Vanguard Room.

“They’ve always been so kind and honoring to me here,” he said of The Vanguard Room owners.

Collins played trombone in school but found his way musically through his mother’s acoustic guitar. In high school, he started messing around on her guitar more seriously. “My dad went and bought me this guitar chord poster from the mall,” said Collins. “I had it on the back of my door, and I’d sit on my bed, learning how to move my fingers and play chords and writing terrible songs.”

FROM GARAGE BAND TO TOURING THE NATION

Collins and Newton worked together on a song for The Vanguard Room’s 2019 Christmas album, “A Lakeland Christmas.” The two became fast friends, and Newton joined MrENC on bass.

Towards the end of high school, he started playing with a few buddies – one played drums, another bass, a friend of a friend playing guitar. “It was all these older teen kids that didn’t know what we were doing,” he laughed. “Literally a garage band.” The band dubbed themselves Denison Marrs.

“We would save up money and record locally,” said Collins.

They recorded in a building behind Lakeland Square Mall.

Thinking back to the earlier sounds that MrENC put out, playing all the instruments himself, Collins said, “I was missing people, missing their input and really their creativity.

When it’s just my mind, I feel like everything starts to be the same for each song.”

“We recorded the tape in his funky little building, and then we made cassettes. We’d go to Walmart and buy

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“I really wanted to do music that throws back to that but is also still progressing. Lyrically, I want to write about my memories coming up in Lakeland and around Polk County, but then also mix in what I’m seeing other artists doing,” he said.

Like any good artist, Collins has had a musical evolution throughout his career. From the ‘big alternative’ and ‘space rock’ sounds of Denison Marrs in the same vein as The Smashing Pumpkins and Deftones to the ‘darker New York style’ of The Dark Romantics, similar to the Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs and Interpol. “I’ve always maintained the alternative vibe, but stylistically I like to try new stuff and try to progress and push myself,” he said.

Back in the day, Collins said, “There was definitely a divide between the adults and the kids. […] We put on shows anywhere we could.” MrENC says the tides have shifted, and he’s observed businesses and venues being more open and supportive of local art and music. “I wanted to write about it. I wanted to mix my nostalgia and reminiscing with what else I’m seeing going on.”

Of his earlier MrENC music, Collins said, “It was a little more artsy and a little more surf, spy guitar […] The tones and the drums were more stripped down.” That stripped-down sound got bigger and bigger as more artists got involved.

The EP’s lyrics, Twisty Treat album art, and music video imagery are an ode to what Collins thinks of when he reflects on his time growing up in Lakeland – he and his friends cutting their own hair and piercing their ears with safety pins, thrifting for clothes at the Salvation Army, going to Twisty Treat after a football game, Silver Moon Drive-In, Southgate Shopping Plaza. All things that are now special to his kids and their generation. “It was me reminiscing about nostalgia, but I didn’t want to lean too heavily on that like a gimmick. I wanted to make sure that I married it with the new generation and what they’re doing, what they’re looking for, what they’re going through and experiencing,” he said.

Collins returned to that big alternative rock vibe on his 2019 EP, “On and On and On,” and his most recent EP, “We Do Our Own Thing.” A friend referred to these songs as ‘grimey anthems,’ he said, because, “They’re so big and noisy and fuzzy in tones. They’re so big and loud.” These recent releases were inspired by the likes of The Smashing Pumpkins, Sonic Youth, The Breeders, Yuck, Nothing, and Starflyer 59.

‘WE DO OUR OWN THING’ For “We Do Our Own Thing,” Collins wrote songs and lyrics before he started demoing them. He said, “I was more focused on the plan and idea, the theme that I wanted to go with.” Over the last few years, Collins noticed what he called a kind of ‘renaissance’ or ‘rebirth’ on the Polk County art scene. From music to visual artists and everyone in between, “I’ve noticed the way that everyone is trying to collaborate and push each other, and trying so hard to do new stuff,” he said. “That’s how culture is built. All creatives are trying to do something and build something. Then it all finally starts to grow together.”

“We Do Our Own Thing” is an EP in homage to the artists and the art – for Collin’s generation and his daughter’s. He described the last track, “All This Time,” as “a light-hearted love song for music in general,” saying, “It’s brought me so much joy and connection – music has – with people around Florida and the nation. Music has blessed me with so many friends and relationships and experiences and adventures.”

You can pick up “We Do Our Own Thing” on 7-inch vinyl at Jesse Carl Vinyl in Lakeland or online. Beyond promoting this latest EP, MrENC is recording three songs for their part of a six-song, split 10-inch with The Night Thief, a band out of Los Angeles, from Lakeland initially. That project is expected to come out in late 2021 or early 2022.

Though MrENC won’t be doing any heavy touring anytime soon due to the pandemic, you can catch them for a free show at Rock the Park at Curtis Hixon Park in downtown Tampa on Thursday, June 3 at 6:30 pm. The band is heading to Birmingham, Alabama, to play Furnace Fest in September. Later in the year, Collins says he’s open to the potential of a series of mini-tours to places like Savannah, Asheville, Nashville, and Atlanta.

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MOBILE FOOD PANTRY When: Jun. 01, 2021 | 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Where: Highland Park Church,

2150 E Edgewood Dr., Lakeland facebook.com/blessingsandhope Blessings & Hope distributes every Tuesday 11am-1pm & every 3rd Saturday 10am-12pm.

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BINGO + EAT + RUN + DRINK When: Jun. 01, 2021 | 3 p.m.

Where: Swan Brewing,

115 W Pine St., Lakeland Music Bingo Night at 6:30. Smokin’ Chanchos will be on hand serving food starting at 3pm, and the Runner’s Club invites you to #earnyourbeers with a fun run starting about 5:30pm.

VIRTUAL FOSTER CARE CLASSES When: Jun. 01, 2021 | 6-8 p.m. heartlandforchildren.org/become June Classes: 6/1 to 6/17: Tuesdays & Thursdays from 6-8pm and 6/12 to 6/26: Saturdays from 10am-3pm)To register, call 863-519-8900 x 289 or fill out information at heartlandforchildren.org/become TRIVIA TUESDAYS When: Jun. 01, 2021 | 6:30-8 p.m.

Where: Grove Roots Brewing Co.

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BEACHES, CREATURES & COWBOYS: FLORIDA MOVIE POSTERS When: Jun. 02, 2021 | 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Where: Lake Wales Museum & Cultural Center, 325 S Scenic Hwy, Lake Wales cityoflakewales.com

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Private tours are also available. Email for more info. info@winterhavenfoodtours.com.

HOLD ON I KNOW THIS When: Jun. 02, 2021 | 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Where: Swan Brewing

115 W Pine St., Lakeland Come play trivia for free and win prizes!

CIRO’S SWEET TOOTH DESSERT TOUR When: Jun. 02, 2021 | 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

Where: Winter Haven Parking Garage

220 Ave A NW, Winter Haven winterhavenfoodtours.com Muffins, Cupcakes, Pies, and more! Get ready to taste delicious desserts showcased at our amazing restaurants and stores. This tour is perfect for kids of all ages! 48 hours advance ticket purchase is required in order for the tour to run. Tastings are subject to change. Private tours are also available. Email for more info. info@winterhavenfoodtours.com.

OPEN MIC @ THE PINK PIANO HOSTED

BY DANIEL PEPIN When: Jun. 02, 2021 | 8:30-11:55 p.m.

Where: The Pink Piano

1015 S Florida Ave, Lakeland danielpepinmusic.com Open for musicians, Comedians, and basically everything!

SOUTH LAKELAND CHRISTIAN WOMEN’S CONNECTION LUNCHEON When: Jun. 02, 2021 | 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Where: Cleveland Heights Golf Course,

2900 Buckingham Avenue, Lakeland All ladies invited to the June Luncheon. It’s a Men’s and Friend’s Luncheon so bring your hubby, son or good friend with you. Feature: Author Irene Dumas will give A Salute to Our Veterans. Speaker: Gary Kosak, “When You Ask Why, is There An Answer?” Cost: $22 inclusive. Reservations: Email mayersman@ tampabay.rr.com or call Marty at 863-4251390. Reservations and Cancellations are a must by Monday, May 31st. Affiliated with Stonecroft Ministries www.stonecroft.org

ENDEAVOR’S TRAILBLAZERS ROUND TABLE When: Jun. 03, 2021 | 5:30-8:30 p.m.

Where: Women’s Club of Winter Haven

660 Pope Ave., Winter Haven endeavorwinterhaven.com At Endeavor’s Trailblazers round table event, young and established professionals will have the unique opportunity to sit at a table with leaders in the community. The Trailblazer will have 10 minutes to discuss their career, habits, hardships and accomplishments while attendees ask questions and learn from these leaders. This event allows you to network with other like-minded professionals while sharing powerful strategies, tips and questions that will help you grow! Register in advance.

Everyone is welcome to attend!

AFTERNOON FLAVORS OF WINTER HAVEN FOOD TOUR When: Jun. 02, 2021 | 2-4:30 p.m.

Where: Winter Haven Parking Garage,

220 Ave A NW, Winter Haven winterhavenfoodtours.com Your friendly tour guide will share history of food and the award winning city all while you sample delicious dishes. Get to know why Winter Haven is where we live, work, and play. Tickets must be purchased 48 hours in advance. Tastings are subject to change.

Private tours are also available. Email for more info. info@winterhavenfoodtours.com.

THURSDAY TRIVIA When: Jun. 03, 2021 | 7-9 p.m.

Where: Craft + Kitchen

3234 S Florida Ave, Lakeland Weekly live trivia event hosted by Triviosity Live Events. Prizes to the Top 3 teams.

NATURE DISCOVERY: NATURE OBSERVATION STATION When: Jun. 04, 2021 | 9-11 a.m.

Where: Bok Tower Gardens

1151 Tower Blvd., Lake Wales boktowergardens.org Join us in Hammock Hollow Children’s Garden and stop by the Nature Observation Station. Participate in activities designed for kids of all ages to build a deeper appreciation of nature. Free with general admission or membership.

WINTER HAVEN HAPPY HOUR WALKING TOUR When: Jun. 02, 2021 | 4:30-7 p.m.

Where: Winter Haven Parking Garage

220 Ave A NW, Winter Haven winterhavenfoodtours.com Where do the locals hangout? Come join us for Happy Hour and find out!The happy hour tour only focuses on bars and restaurants

2ND ANNUAL LAUGHS ON THE LAKE When: Jun. 04, 2021 | 6-11 p.m.

Where: Lake Eva Event Center

799 Johns Avenue, Haines City hainescity.com An evening of comedy and great food presented by Winter Haven Laughs, featuring comedian Ken Miller! Tickets include food and non-alcoholic beverages. A cash bar will be available. Must be 21 and older to attend.

Purchase tickets at bit.ly/lotl2021tickets SMOKEPOINT When: Jun. 04, 2021 | 7 p.m.

Where: Swan Brewing

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WALK FOR ANIMALS When: Jun. 05, 2021 | 8 a.m.-12 p.m.

Where: Lake Mirror, 121 S Lake Ave, Lakeland spcaflorida.org/walkforanimals A fun-filled day at Lake Mirror in Lakeland to support the SPCA. There will be food trucks, prizes, pup cups, performers, music, games, and the joy of doing something together for animals in our community. Register in advance.

WINTER HAVEN FARMERS MARKET SUMMER SEASON When: Jun. 05, 2021 | 8-11 a.m.

Where: NE corner of Third St. & Ave. C SW, Winter Haven winterhavenfarmersmarket.com The Market features a wide variety of artisan food vendors, plants, and a sprinkling of crafts. Enjoy a strong selection of “ready-toeat” foods and freshly picked produce. Enjoy live music and food trucks, pet friendly. The summer season lasts June - August. Located across from Grove Roots in the parking lot of the BB&T Bank building in downtown Winter Haven every Saturday.

HEART CENTERED YOGA AND MINDFUL MEDITATION When: Jun. 05, 2021 | 9-10:15 a.m.

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YOGA FOR KIDS When: Jun. 05, 2021 | 9 a.m.

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1151 Tower Blvd., Lake Wales boktowergardens.org Introduce your children to a gentle yoga practice that focuses on stress relief, anger management, self-awareness & a positive self-image. Bring a yoga mat, towel, or blanket; blocks (if desired), and water to stay hydrated. Children should wear clothes that are comfortable, yoga socks if needed to avoid sliding on the mat. Meet at the Oval Lawn and walk to the shady East Glade. For kids ages 5 and up. Register online.

NATURE ADVENTURERS: BUILDING A HABITAT BOX When: Jun. 05, 2021 | 10-11 a.m.

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WINTER HAVEN BRUNCH TOUR When: Jun. 05, 2021 | 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

Where: Winter Haven Parking Garage

220 Ave A NW, Winter Haven winterhavenfoodtours.com Eat, drink and discover mimosas, waffles, citrus ales and more! Explore downtown Winter Haven and it’s charming restaurants that celebrate Brunch, Drinks, and of course history. This tour is different from our other tours. It’s only offered on the weekend and samples different foods from different restaurants that celebrate brunch. All tours require 48 hours in advance notice. Tastings are subject to change. Email for more info. info@winterhavenfoodtours.com.

CRYSTAL BOWL SOUND BATH When: Jun. 05, 2021 | 11 a.m.

Where: Inside Out Yoga, 52 4th St. NW, Winter Haven ioyogastudio.com Join Cosmic Sound Healer, Buffy La Roux as she facilitates a high vibratory journey of Sound through time and space. During this deeply meditative and transformative experience, Buffy guides us inward through a sound bath of deeply shifting vocal toning, singing, frequencies and quartz crystal singing bowls. Register in advance.

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Where: Swan Brewing

115 W Pine St., Lakeland Live music along with Salt & Fire Food Lab food truck.

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CLAIRE VANDIVER When: Jun. 05, 2021 | 7-10 p.m.

Where: Craft + Kitchen, 3234 S Florida Ave, Lakeland cklakeland.com Live Music on Saturday night! Florida’s First Independent Beer Bottle Shop is now Lakeland’s best craft beer bar and eatery, serving lunch and dinner 7 days a week. With over 300 craft beers, imports, and ciders in stock.

JIM THOMAS When: Jun. 06, 2021 | 1 p.m.

Where: Swan Brewing

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MOONQUAKE When: Jun. 05, 2021 | 7 p.m.

Where: Swan Brewing

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BAPTISTE POWER YOGA When: Jun. 06, 2021 | 10-11:15 a.m.

Where: Inside Out Yoga, 52 4th St. NW, Winter Haven

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CRAFT BEER & BINGO When: Jun. 07, 2021 | 7 p.m.

Where: Craft + Kitchen

3234 S Florida Ave, Lakeland Craft Beer & Bingo starts at 7pm, free to play with beer & gift card prizes every Monday at Florida’s First Independent Beer Bottle Shop.

MUSIC BINGO When: Jun. 08, 2021 | 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Where: Swan Brewing

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DUNEDIN BLUE JAYS AT FLYING TIGERS When: Jun. 08, 2021 | 6:30 p.m.

Where: Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium, 2301 Lakeland Hills Blvd., Lakeland milb.com/lakeland Minor League Baseball

DOWNTOWN FOOD TRUCK RALLY When: Jun. 10, 2021 | 6-9 p.m.

Where: Munn Park, Lakeland lakelandchamber.com A monthly food truck rally on the 2nd Thursday of each month from 6-9pm. Dog and Family Friendly.

TRIVIA TUESDAYS When: Jun. 08, 2021 | 6:30-8 p.m.

Where: Grove Roots Brewing Co.

302 3rd St. SW, Winter Haven Gather up your teams for Trivia Tuesdays in the Packing House, hosted by Triviosity Live Events! All trivia will be General Knowledge.

RAY GURKA When: Jun. 10, 2021 | 6 p.m.

Where: Swan Brewing

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NATURE DISCOVERY: GOPHER TORTOISE THE KEYSTONE SPECIES When: Jun. 11, 2021 | 9-11 a.m.

Where: Bok Tower Gardens

1151 Tower Blvd., Lake Wales boktowergardens.org Drop by Hammock Hollow Children’s Garden to learn about how the Gopher Tortoise provides shelter for more than 350 other species. Make a Gopher Tortoise craft as you learn how you can help this amazing burrowing reptile.Free with general admission or membership

DUNEDIN BLUE JAYS AT FLYING TIGERS When: Jun. 10, 2021 | 6:30 p.m.

Where: Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium, 2301 Lakeland Hills Blvd., Lakeland milb.com/lakeland Minor League Baseball

DUNEDIN BLUE JAYS AT FLYING TIGERS When: Jun. 11, 2021 | 6:30 p.m.

Where: Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium, 2301 Lakeland Hills Blvd., Lakeland milb.com/lakeland Minor League Baseball

THURSDAY TRIVIA When: Jun. 10, 2021 | 7-9 p.m.

Where: Craft + Kitchen

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BRETT FOSTER BAND When: Jun. 11, 2021 | 7 p.m.

Where: Swan Brewing

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DUNEDIN BLUE JAYS AT FLYING TIGERS When: Jun. 09, 2021 | 6:30 p.m.

Where: Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium, 2301 Lakeland Hills Blvd., Lakeland milb.com/lakeland Minor League Baseball HOLD ON I KNOW THIS When: Jun. 09, 2021 | 6:30-8:30 p.m.

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LAND OF THE GREEDY MOUSE, A COMEDIC PLAY When: Jun. 11 - 13, 2021 Where: Gem Theater

104 NW 1st Ave, Mulberry gemtheatermulberry.org Just Write Lakeland, in partnership with the City of Mulberry, present Land of the Greedy Mouse, a comedic play. This original work by Vincent L. Scarsella tells the comedic tale of a wise guy turned snitch who ends up working for the most famous mouse of all. Enjoy this hilarious good time at the newly restored Gem Theater in Mulberry. Purchase tickets in advance.

WINTER HAVEN FARMERS MARKET SUMMER SEASON When: Jun. 12, 2021 | 8-11 a.m.

Where: NE corner of Third St. & Ave. C SW, Winter Haven winterhavenfarmersmarket.com The Market features a wide variety of artisan food vendors, plants, and a sprinkling of crafts. Enjoy a strong selection of “ready-toeat” foods and freshly picked produce. Enjoy live music and food trucks, pet friendly. The summer season lasts June - August. Located across from Grove Roots in the parking lot of the BB&T Bank building in downtown Winter Haven every Saturday.

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YAUPON TEA YESTERDAY & TODAY When: Jun. 12, 2021 | 10:30 a.m.

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1151 Tower Blvd., Lake Wales boktowergardens.org Join Yaupon Brothers American Tea CEO Bryon White for a discussion on the fascinating history of Yaupon Holly dating back to native peoples and their foodways and learn about his efforts to build a Yaupon tea industry. Participants will be able to sample different Yaupon teas, including Bok Tower Gardens’ latest addition, peach tea.

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ZOOM AND VROOM When: Jun. 12, 2021 | 11 a.m. polk-county.net/history-center/zoom-andvroom Surf the Scenic Highway: Exploring Lake Wales, Frostproof and Babson Park. Zoom & Vroom is a virtual program that provides registrants with the tools to create immersive learning experiences for the entire family.

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VIRTUAL EVENT: THE FLORIDA GARDENER: SURVIVAL GARDENER When: Jun. 12, 2021 | 2-3 p.m. boktowergardens.org Grow some preparedness into your garden and have food ready for when you need it.

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GENE EANETT When: Jun. 12, 2021 | 7-10 p.m.

Where: Craft + Kitchen

3234 S Florida Ave, Lakeland cklakeland.com Live Music on Saturday night! Florida’s First Independent Beer Bottle Shop is now Lakeland’s best craft beer bar and eatery, serving lunch and dinner 7 days a week. With over 300 craft beers, imports, and ciders in stock.

SG WOOD When: Jun. 12, 2021 | 2 p.m.

Where: Swan Brewing

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SWAMP RATS When: Jun. 12, 2021 | 7 p.m.

Where: Swan Brewing

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DUNEDIN BLUE JAYS AT FLYING TIGERS When: Jun. 12, 2021 | 6 p.m.

Where: Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium, 2301 Lakeland Hills Blvd., Lakeland milb.com/lakeland Minor League Baseball.

SAMUEL ORTIZ When: Jun. 13, 2021 | 12-6 p.m.

Where: Swan Brewing

115 W Pine St., Lakeland Featuring Spanish street food with a special menu by Smokin’ Chanchos. At 2 PM, listen to Samuel Ortiz playing classical Spanish style guitar music! Don’t miss this fun pop up feature event!

DUNEDIN BLUE JAYS AT FLYING TIGERS When: Jun. 13, 2021 | 1 p.m.

Where: Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium, 2301 Lakeland Hills Blvd., Lakeland milb.com/lakeland Minor League Baseball SPCA CRITTER CAMP When: Jun. 14, 2021 | 10 a.m.

Where: SPCA, 5850 Brannen Rd S, Lakeland spcaflorida.org/crittercamp SPCA Florida’s Summer Camp is back, ready to educate and inspire campers through fun and hands-on experiences for kids going into the 4th - 9th grades on various days from June 14 - through July 23. Campers will experience a variety of exciting activities, such as animal interactions, crafts, games, guest speakers, and service projects. Camp cost is $250 per week and space is limited.

CRAFT BEER & BINGO When: Jun. 14, 2021 | 7 p.m.

Where: Craft + Kitchen

3234 S Florida Ave, Lakeland Craft Beer & Bingo starts at 7pm, free to play with beer & gift card prizes every Monday at Florida’s First Independent Beer Bottle Shop.

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NATURE DISCOVERY: NATURE SCULPTURES When: Jun. 15, 2021 | 9-11 a.m.

Where: Bok Tower Gardens

1151 Tower Blvd., Lake Wales boktowergardens.org Using everyday items from the kitchen, make your own animal statue to take home and place in your garden.

TRIVIA TUESDAYS When: Jun. 15, 2021 | 6:30-8 p.m.

Where: Grove Roots Brewing Co., 302 3rd St. SW, Winter Haven Gather up your teams for Trivia Tuesdays in the Packing House, hosted by Triviosity Live Events! All trivia will be General Knowledge.

MOONLIGHT MARKET When: Jun. 16, 2021 | 6-9 p.m.

Where: Grove Roots Brewing Co., 302 3rd St. SW, Winter Haven The Moonlight Market is comprised of vendors from all over Central Florida, local food trucks, and and live music. Vendor tables will be spaced throughout the brewery and beer garden for social distancing.

HOLD ON I KNOW THIS When: Jun. 16, 2021 | 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Where: Swan Brewing, 115 W Pine St., Lakeland.

Come play trivia for free and win prizes!

OPEN MIC @ THE PINK PIANO HOSTED

BY DANIEL PEPIN When: Jun. 16, 2021 | 8:30-11:55 p.m.

Where: The Pink Piano

1015 S Florida Ave, Lakeland danielpepinmusic.com Open mic for Musicians, Comedians, and basically everything.

3RD THURSDAY MARKET When: Jun. 17, 2021 | 4-7 p.m.

Where: Lake Wales The Market features a variety of artisan food vendors, plants, a pinch of crafts and a food truck. Located in downtown Lake Wales in the parking lot on Stuart Avenue and Scenic Highway. Just look for the bright “orange” mural. Every month on the 3rd Thursday.

Presented by Lake Wales Main Street. More info on Facebook @LakeWales3rdthursdaymarket

DISNEY’S MOANA JR. When: Jun. 17 - 20, 2021 Where: Lakeland Community Theatre, 121 S Lake Avenue, Lakeland lakelandcommunitytheatre.com This thrilling and heartwarming coming-ofage story follows the strong-willed Moana as she sets sail across the Pacific to save her village and discover the truth about her heritage. Moana and the legendary demigod Maui embark on an epic journey of selfdiscovery and camaraderie as both learn to harness the power that lies within.

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THURSDAY TRIVIA When: Jun. 17, 2021 | 7-9 p.m.

Where: Craft + Kitchen

3234 S Florida Ave, Lakeland Weekly live trivia event hosted by Triviosity Live Events. Prizes to the Top 3 teams.

JUNETEENTH BLACK TIE GALA When: Jun. 18, 2021 | 6 p.m.

Where: Lake Eva Event Center

799 Johns Avenue, Haines City bit.ly/juneteenthgalatickets The 1st annual Juneteenth celebration is presented by Unity in the Community, NAACP Haines City Branch, Northeast Revitalization Group, the Northeast Rattlers, and the City of Haines City. Join us for a night of arts & elegance at the Lake Eva Event Center for the 1st annual Juneteenth Black Tie Gala. Tickets include a catered dinner, entertainment, speaker, cultural art displays & more. Doors open at 6pm, with dinner at 7pm.

LUNCH & LEARN: BUD STRANG When: Jun. 18, 2021 | 11:45 a.m.

Where: Adventhealth Fieldhouse, 210 Cypress Gardens Blvd., Winter Haven endeavorwinterhaven.com Endeavor Winter Haven invites everyone to hear the Featured Speaker for June: Bud Strang. Mr. Strang currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Six/Ten LLC. He

DANIEL PEPIN SOLO @ OLD MAN FRANKS When: Jun. 18, 2021 | 6-10 p.m.

Where: Old Man Franks,

1005 S Lake Howard Dr,

Winter Haven danielpepinmusic.com Playing solo acoustic/electric on the water at Old Man Franks!

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SIXX L SIXX When: Jun. 18, 2021 | 7 p.m.

Where: Swan Brewing

115 W Pine St., Lakeland Live music

live music and food trucks, pet friendly. The summer season lasts June - August. Located across from Grove Roots in the parking lot of the BB&T Bank building in downtown Winter Haven every Saturday.

PEACE OF WOODSTOCK CONCERT When: Jun. 18, 2021 | 7:30 p.m.

Where: Gem Theater, 104 NW 1st Ave, Mulberry centralfloridatix.com Peace of Woodstock is a 90 minute show and event paying tribute to Woodstock, the famous three day festival of Peace, Music, Love, and Fun.This show will take you on a musical journey from the acoustic opening of Richie Havens to the explosive guitar sounds of Jimi Hendrix! General Admission is $15.00 with VIP seating available. Come dressed in your favorite Summer of Love attire.

YOGA ON THE LAWN When: Jun. 19, 2021 | 9-10:15 a.m.

Where: Bok Tower Gardens

1151 Tower Blvd., Lake Wales boktowergardens.org Join Jody Reece for a morning of bending, breathing, and relaxing in the great outdoors.

This inclusive yoga class includes slow, gentle movements, breathing techniques, and extended mindful meditation. All levels are welcome. Beginners are encouraged to attend.Free for members/$15 for Nonmembers.

WINTER HAVEN FARMERS MARKET SUMMER SEASON When: Jun. 19, 2021 | 8-11 a.m.

Where: NE corner of Third St. & Ave. C SW, Winter Haven winterhavenfarmersmarket.com The Market features a wide variety of artisan food vendors, plants, and a sprinkling of crafts. Enjoy a strong selection of “ready-toeat” foods and freshly picked produce. Enjoy

WINTER HAVEN JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION When: Jun. 19, 2021 | 1-8 p.m.

Where: Lake Maude Park

1790-7th St. NE, Winter Haven mywinterhaven.com Attendees can look forward to historical reflections, spoken word performances, a battle of the bands, Family Feud: HBCU edition, and an electrifying performance from Winter Haven’s own Gritz and Jelly Butter Band! Kids of all ages can participate in the kid fitness challenge hosted by Andre Berto.

With signed permission from a parent or guardian, kids will have the opportunity to flex their physical fitness by participating in a completion-based obstacle course designed to challenge speed, strength, agility, and overall physical fitness.

DANIEL PEPIN SOLO @ HAVEN COFFEE ROASTERS When: Jun. 19, 2021 | 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Where: Haven Coffee Roasters

140 3rd St SW, Winter Haven danielpepinmusic.com Enjoy great Coffee, Food, and Music at Haven Coffee Roasters!

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ARCHITECTURAL TOUR When: Jun. 19, 2021 | 11 a.m.

Where: Polk County History Center

100 E Main St, Bartow polk-county.net Discover the history behind the founding of the county and the design of the brilliant 1908 Courthouse. With a nod to its two predecessors, this tour explores the design, construction, and function of the courthouse.

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LO-FI FESTIVAL When: Jun. 19, 2021 | 5-10 p.m.

Where: The Ranch Taproom & Coffeehouse 247 E Park Ave, Lake Wales lakewalesartscouncil.org This event will feature: Artists of Color exhibit, local food vendors, arts & crafts, live music and beat creation, live painting, This is a fundraiser to bring the Today’s Future Sound program to the Lake Wales Arts Council.

CYPRESS GARDENS WATER SKI SHOW When: Jun. 19, 2021 | 5-7 p.m.

Where: American Legion Post 8

300 Ave M NW, Winter Haven cypressgardensskiteam.com On the 3rd Saturday of each month, bring a chair or blanket and watch the world famous ski team perform on Lake Silver. Watch from American Legion Post 8 while MLK Park is under construction.

SUMNER CURTIS When: Jun. 19, 2021 | 7-10 p.m.

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LES DUDEK LIVE When: Jun. 19, 2021 | 7:30 p.m.

Where: Ritz Theatre, 263 W Central Ave, Winter Haven centralfloridatix.com One of Polk County’s own, you won’t want to miss this event! Recording artist, Les Dudek, is known in the music world as a Guitar Legend whose contributions have influenced the history of Rock ‘n’ Roll. Les Dudek is best remembered for his radio hits, Old Judge Jones, City Magic, Deja-Vu and Ghost Town Parade. He has played with the biggest names, such as Steve Miller Band, Boz Scaggs, The Allman Brothers Band, Dave Mason, Stevie Nicks, Maria Muldaur, Cher and many more.Les Dudek is a real American treasure that is recognized and admired by his peers as a genuine talent, a masterful musician and revered as a Guitar Legend to audiophiles and guitar aficionados.

FATHER’S DAY When: Jun. 20, 2021

CRAFT BEER & BINGO When: Jun. 21, 2021 | 7 p.m.

Where: Craft + Kitchen

3234 S Florida Ave, Lakeland Craft Beer & Bingo starts at 7pm, free to play with beer & gift card prizes every Monday at Florida’s First Independent Beer Bottle Shop.

TRIVIA TUESDAYS When: Jun. 22, 2021 | 6:30-8 p.m.

Where: Grove Roots Brewing Co., 302 3rd St. SW, Winter Haven Gather up your teams for Trivia Tuesdays in the Packing House, hosted by Triviosity Live Events! All trivia will be General Knowledge.

DEMOCRATIC WOMEN’S CLUB OF EAST POLK/RIDGE When: Jun. 22, 2021 | 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Where: The R-Place Eatery Restaruant

35523 Hwy 27, Haines City The Democratic Women’s Club of East Polk/ Ridge meets every 4th Tuesday of each month. All Democratic women are welcome to join the club, where we discuss shared political views and volunteer for activities that help elect fellow Democrats. Contact: Anne Huffman, Club President (863-242-3230) and annehuffman01@gmail.com

SENSORY MANDALAS When: Jun. 23, 2021 | 9-11 a.m.

Where: Bok Tower Gardens

1151 Tower Blvd., Lake Wales boktowergardens.org Creating a mandala, or “circle,” with natural materials is a creative and artful way to engage in nature and is often used as a form of expression and self-reflection. Join us with your children as we engage all of the senses to create a nature mandala.Free with general admission or membership REPUBLICAN WOMEN’S CLUB OF LAKELAND When: Jun. 23, 2021 | 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

Where: Grasslands Golf & Country Club, 1600 Grasslands Blvd., Lakeland 4th Wednesday of each month. Make Reservations: - Noel Trees — 863-6801340. We are a friendly group of Republican Women of all ages who enjoy sharing political views and meeting our candidates as they present their platforms to us at our luncheon

TAMPA TARPONS AT FLYING TIGERS When: Jun. 22, 2021 | 6:30 p.m.

Where: Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium, 2301 Lakeland Hills Blvd., Lakeland milb.com/lakeland Minor League Baseball

meeting. We volunteer for a variety of events — i.e. 1st Friday, downtown Lakeland, voting registration of new residents of Lakeland, as well as promoting college students to get involved in the political environment. We welcome visitors and are always seeking new members to join us. For additional info, contact Jane Stevenson, Treasurer, stevenjane11365@aol.com TAMPA TARPONS AT FLYING TIGERS When: Jun. 23, 2021 | 6:30 p.m.

Where: Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium, 2301 Lakeland Hills Blvd., Lakeland milb.com/lakeland Minor League Baseball HOLD ON I KNOW THIS When: Jun. 23, 2021 | 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Where: Swan Brewing

115 W Pine St., Lakeland Come play trivia for free and win prizes!

TAMPA TARPONS AT FLYING TIGERS When: Jun. 24, 2021 | 6:30 p.m.

Where: Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium, 2301 Lakeland Hills Blvd., Lakeland milb.com/lakeland Minor League Baseball.

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THURSDAY TRIVIA When: Jun. 24, 2021 | 7-9 p.m.

Where: Craft + Kitchen

3234 S Florida Ave, Lakeland Weekly live trivia event hosted by Triviosity Live Events. Prizes to the Top 3 teams.

WAWA SUMMER FUN DAY When: Jun. 25, 2021 | 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

Where: Bok Tower Gardens

1151 Tower Blvd., Lake Wales boktowergardens.org Enjoy complimentary admission compliments of Wawa. Committed to the communities they serve, Wawa is keeping the Gardens growing with their generous support.

FOOD TRUCK FRIDAY - BARTOW EXECUTIVE AIRPORT When: Jun. 25, 2021 | 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Where: Bartow Executive Airport, 5993 Airport Blvd, Bartow facebook.com/BartowAirport Change your lunch time scenery! Fly in, drive in, or walk in to grab a bite to eat on the airside ramp of the airport. Outdoor and indoor seating with views of the runways and taxiways will be available during the event.

This is a once month event on the last Friday of the month. Each month will host a different food truck.

TAMPA TARPONS AT FLYING TIGERS When: Jun. 25, 2021 | 6:30 p.m.

Where: Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium, 2301 Lakeland Hills Blvd., Lakeland milb.com/lakeland Minor League Baseball.

admission for 2 yoga classes. Yoga classes: $10 donation LEARN HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN HOT SAUCE When: Jun. 26, 2021 | 10-11 a.m.

Where: Bok Tower Gardens

1151 Tower Blvd., Lake Wales boktowergardens.org Growing peppers in Central Florida is a rewarding experience. Learn how to preserve your garden pepper abundance by making hot sauce. Sample a variety of hot sauces from mild to wild. Served with rice and beans to counteract the spicy heat and topped with flor de izote.$5 per person for Members$20 per person for Non-members

WINTER HAVEN FARMERS MARKET SUMMER SEASON When: Jun. 26, 2021 | 8-11 a.m.

Where: NE corner of Third St. & Ave. C SW, Winter Haven winterhavenfarmersmarket.com The Market features a wide variety of artisan food vendors, plants, and a sprinkling of crafts. Enjoy a strong selection of “ready-toeat” foods and freshly picked produce. Enjoy live music and food trucks, pet friendly. The summer season lasts June - August.Located across from Grove Roots in the parking lot of the BB&T Bank building in downtown Winter Haven every Saturday.

GENEALOGY SPEAKER SERIES When: Jun. 26, 2021 | 10 a.m. polk-county.net/history-center/genealogyspeaker-series Featuring Sam Williams: The Double-Edged Sword: Grappling with the Other Side of Genealogy. Our Genealogy Speaker Series is a free monthly program that takes place on the last Saturday of the month at 10 am.

The programs will be held virtually through Zoom, so you can participate from the safety and comfort of your own home. Registration is required.

LOVE PEACE AND SOUL RETREAT When: Jun. 26, 2021 | 9 a.m.-12 p.m.

Where: Downtown Auburndale City Park ,

1 Bobby Green Place, Auburndale p2pyogaschedule.as.me Enjoy a curated assortment of live music, healthcare discussion, vendors, yoga classes and food trucks. $10 Donation includes

TAMPA TARPONS AT FLYING TIGERS When: Jun. 26, 2021 | 6 p.m.

Where: Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium, 2301 Lakeland Hills Blvd., Lakeland milb.com/lakeland Minor League Baseball.

SG WOOD When: Jun. 26, 2021 | 7-10 p.m.

Where: Craft + Kitchen

3234 S Florida Ave, Lakeland cklakeland.com Live Music on Saturday night! Florida’s First Independent Beer Bottle Shop is now Lakeland’s best craft beer bar and eatery, serving lunch and dinner 7 days a week. With over 300 craft beers, imports, and ciders in stock.

ARTFUL BOWL When: Jun. 26, 2021 | 7 p.m.

Where: MIrrorton Community

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Experience spectacular entertainment across genres, from visual art and film, to fashion and live performances. Each year, all attendees take home a hand-made original ceramic bowl made by regional artists.

TAMPA TARPONS AT FLYING TIGERS When: Jun. 27, 2021 | 1 p.m.

Where: Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium, 2301 Lakeland Hills Blvd., Lakeland milb.com/lakeland Minor League Baseball HALLEY NEAL DUO When: Jun. 27, 2021 | 2 p.m.

Where: Swan Brewing

115 W Pine St., Lakeland Live music CRAFT BEER & BINGO When: Jun. 28, 2021 | 7 p.m.

Where: Craft + Kitchen

3234 S Florida Ave, Lakeland Craft Beer & Bingo is free to play with beer & gift card prizes every Monday at Florida’s First Independent Beer Bottle Shop.

OPEN MIC @ THE PINK PIANO HOSTED

BY DANIEL PEPIN When: Jun. 30, 2021 | 8:30-11:55 p.m.

Where: The Pink Piano

1015 Florida Ave S, Lakeland danielpepinmusic.com Open Mic for Musicians, Comedians, and basically everything!

RESILIENCE THROUGH DRUMMING When: Jun. 29, 2021 | 10 a.m.

Where: Bok Tower Gardens

1151 Tower Blvd., Lake Wales boktowergardens.org Resilience Through Drumming, is a structured learning program using drums to reconnect with ourselves and others. Participants will enjoy personal growth and insight while drumming on djembe drums. No previous drumming experience necessary.Free for Members$15 per person for Non-members.

#FREEPEPIN @ THE POOR PORKER When: Jul. 02, 2021 | 7-10 p.m.

Where: The Poor Porker

801 E Main St, Lakeland danielpepinmusic.com Join Daniel Pepin and Blake Free for a night of great drinks, food, and music! From the Beatles to Muse, a very eclectic mix of music played on the Spanish and Steel String guitar!

TRIVIA TUESDAYS When: Jun. 29, 2021 | 6:30-8 p.m.

Where: Grove Roots Brewing Co.

302 3rd St. SW, Winter Haven Gather up your teams and say hello to Trivia Tuesdays in the Packing House, hosted by Triviosity Live Events! All trivia will be General Knowledge.

WINTER HAVEN FARMERS MARKET SUMMER SEASON When: Jul. 03, 2021 | 8-11 a.m.

Where: NE corner of Third St. & Ave. C SW, Winter Haven winterhavenfarmersmarket.com The Market features a wide variety of artisan food vendors, plants, and a sprinkling of crafts. Enjoy a strong selection of “ready-toeat” foods and freshly picked produce. Enjoy live music and food trucks, pet friendly. The

HOLD ON I KNOW THIS When: Jun. 30, 2021 | 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Where: Swan Brewing

115 W Pine St., Lakeland Come play trivia for free and win prizes!

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885 S DUDLEY AVE................................ BARTOW............4/7/2021........... $50,000

1443 BELVOIR DR..............................DAVENPORT........... 4/8/2021..........$225,000

312 CITRUS HIGHLANDS DR.................. BARTOW........... 4/5/2021........... $60,000

152 FOXTAIL LOOP............................DAVENPORT..........4/14/2021..........$225,000

350 STATE ROAD 60.............................. BARTOW........... 4/5/2021............$75,000

916 GRANDIN ST...............................DAVENPORT............4/7/2021..........$229,000

2055 S FLORAL AVE LOT 284................. BARTOW........... 4/5/2021........... $80,000

924 GRANDIN ST..............................DAVENPORT............4/7/2021..........$229,000

2055 S FLORAL AVE LOT 177.................. BARTOW............4/7/2021............ $91,000

272 FIDDLEWOOD CT.......................DAVENPORT.......... 4/12/2021.......... $229,500

2055 S FLORAL AVE LOT 257................. BARTOW........... 4/9/2021.......... $105,000

142 MANOEL LN................................DAVENPORT........... 4/8/2021..........$235,000

1145 AUSTIN ST...................................... BARTOW........... 4/9/2021...........$116,000

337 FELTRIM RESERVE BLVD............DAVENPORT.......... 4/12/2021..........$235,000

2640 US HIGHWAY 17............................ BARTOW........... 4/9/2021........... $116,200

284 FOXTAIL LOOP..........................DAVENPORT........... 4/8/2021.......... $236,700

2275 GIBBONS ST.................................. BARTOW........... 4/9/2021.......... $123,000

353 BANDON DUNES LOOP.............DAVENPORT..........4/10/2021.......... $239,200

920 E LAKE DR....................................... BARTOW.......... 4/12/2021..........$160,000

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173 CLOVERBROOK TRL...................DAVENPORT........... 4/6/2021..........$248,700

836 AVENAL LN................................DAVENPORT............4/7/2021......... $298,000

1039 AERIDES WAY...........................DAVENPORT............4/7/2021......... $250,000

224 GOLDEN SANDS CIR..................DAVENPORT........... 4/5/2021........... $311,900

633 BERNARD LN..............................DAVENPORT........... 4/9/2021..........$250,300

1055 ANDEAN LN..............................DAVENPORT............4/7/2021.......... $316,000

763 CITRUS ISLE DR.........................DAVENPORT........... 4/5/2021......... $250,800

754 GOLF COURSE PKWY................DAVENPORT.......... 4/13/2021..........$325,000

220 BERGAMOT LOOP.....................DAVENPORT........... 4/6/2021...........$257,900

123 CORDOVA AVE...........................DAVENPORT..........4/14/2021......... $330,000

621 BERNARD LN..............................DAVENPORT.......... 4/12/2021......... $258,000

2393 CAMDEN PARK AVE.................DAVENPORT........... 4/8/2021..........$334,900

185 SILVER MAPLE BND....................DAVENPORT.......... 4/12/2021...........$258,100

4659 TERRASONESTA DR................DAVENPORT.......... 4/12/2021..........$335,000

201 SILVER MAPLE BND....................DAVENPORT.......... 4/12/2021...........$258,100

511 VIGO ST.......................................DAVENPORT..........4/14/2021..........$335,400

1015 ANDEAN LN...............................DAVENPORT..........4/19/2021..........$258,500

2549 ROSEMONT CIR.......................DAVENPORT............4/7/2021......... $360,000

839 BROOKLET DR...........................DAVENPORT..........4/14/2021..........$259,500

451 VIOLA DR...................................DAVENPORT........... 4/9/2021......... $360,000

667 TAFT DR.....................................DAVENPORT........... 4/9/2021......... $260,000

2369 CAMDEN PARK AVE.................DAVENPORT............4/7/2021......... $382,400

1078 AERIDES WAY...........................DAVENPORT............4/7/2021..........$262,000

350 CABELLO DR..............................DAVENPORT.......... 4/12/2021......... $385,000

397 ALMANSA ST.............................DAVENPORT..........4/14/2021..........$265,400

1660 NINA DR...................................DAVENPORT........... 4/8/2021......... $405,000

1088 ANDEAN LN.............................DAVENPORT........... 4/5/2021..........$268,500

4063 OAKTREE DR...........................DAVENPORT........... 4/5/2021......... $420,000

503 ROCHESTER LOOP....................DAVENPORT........... 4/9/2021..........$270,000

2245 CROFTON AVE.........................DAVENPORT.......... 4/12/2021......... $425,000

103 SUNRISE RD...............................DAVENPORT........... 4/9/2021..........$275,000

7588 OAKMOSS LOOP.....................DAVENPORT........... 4/9/2021......... $485,000

627 PALOMA DR...............................DAVENPORT........... 4/6/2021..........$275,000

4156 OAKTREE DR............................DAVENPORT.......... 4/15/2021......... $505,000

604 OAKPARK LOOP........................DAVENPORT........... 4/6/2021.......... $277,000

7004 OAKWOOD ST.........................DAVENPORT........... 4/5/2021.......... $710,000

1039 ANDEAN LN..............................DAVENPORT........... 4/8/2021......... $284,000

6117 BROAD OAK DR.........................DAVENPORT............4/7/2021..........$770,000

1020 ANDEAN LN..............................DAVENPORT.......... 4/15/2021......... $286,000

725 ORCHID GROVE BLVD...............DAVENPORT........... 4/5/2021.......... $887,300

1023 ANDEAN LN..............................DAVENPORT........... 4/8/2021......... $286,000

6105 BROAD OAK DR.......................DAVENPORT........... 4/9/2021......... $950,000

233 GOLDEN SANDS CIR..................DAVENPORT............4/7/2021......... $290,000

113 VILLAVISTA CT............................DAVENPORT........... 4/8/2021..........$209,200

350 PRESERVE POINTE BLVD...........DAVENPORT........... 4/9/2021......... $290,300

916 BOCAVISTA CT...........................DAVENPORT........... 4/8/2021..........$209,200

350 GOLDEN SANDS CIR..................DAVENPORT........... 4/6/2021..........$294,300

921 BOCAVISTA CT...........................DAVENPORT........... 4/8/2021..........$209,200

511 PAMPLONA PL.............................DAVENPORT........... 4/5/2021......... $298,000

924 BOCAVISTA CT..........................DAVENPORT........... 4/8/2021..........$209,200

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925 BOCAVISTA CT...........................DAVENPORT........... 4/8/2021..........$209,200

3919 CALABRIA AVE.........................DAVENPORT.......... 4/13/2021..........$160,000

756 OBO DR......................................DAVENPORT............4/7/2021..........$235,000

626 CALABRIA..................................DAVENPORT........... 4/5/2021.......... $165,000

765 BENOI DR...................................DAVENPORT........... 4/8/2021......... $250,000

914 CHARO PKWY 125......................DAVENPORT.......... 4/12/2021.......... $165,000

693 BENOI DR...................................DAVENPORT........... 4/8/2021..........$256,000

421 HOLBORN LOOP........................DAVENPORT.......... 4/13/2021.......... $247,000

793 BENOI DR...................................DAVENPORT........... 4/8/2021..........$263,600

3478 MONACO LN............................DAVENPORT........... 4/5/2021........... $271,700

773 BENOI DR...................................DAVENPORT........... 4/8/2021......... $266,000

1206 IGUANA LOOP..........................DAVENPORT.......... 4/13/2021......... $293,000

1129 ROYAL RIDGE DR.......................DAVENPORT........... 4/5/2021..........$270,000

3571 MONACO LN.............................DAVENPORT........... 4/9/2021..........$295,400

809 BENOI DR..................................DAVENPORT........... 4/8/2021..........$275,000

1123 CASTERTON CIR........................DAVENPORT...........4/11/2021......... $296,000

621 VISTA VILLAGES BLVD................DAVENPORT..........4/16/2021..........$295,200

336 KETTERING RD..........................DAVENPORT........... 4/5/2021......... $300,000

418 CAPTIVA DR...............................DAVENPORT.......... 4/15/2021.......... $297,000

517 MONTANA AVE...........................DAVENPORT..........4/18/2021.......... $310,000

640 VISTA VILLAGES BLVD...............DAVENPORT........... 4/5/2021.......... $301,400

523 LAKE DAVENPORT CIR...............DAVENPORT........... 4/8/2021..........$335,800

134 CAPTIVA DR...............................DAVENPORT........... 4/5/2021.......... $315,000

605 PRESTWICK DR.........................DAVENPORT........... 4/8/2021.......... $419,000

189 ABERDEEN ST.............................DAVENPORT........... 4/5/2021......... $350,000

1217 ALOHA BLVD.............................DAVENPORT........... 4/6/2021..........$426,300

281 SIESTA VISTA CT.........................DAVENPORT.......... 4/12/2021..........$369,200

2360 LELANI CIR...............................DAVENPORT.......... 4/12/2021......... $585,000

158 ESSEX PL.....................................DAVENPORT............4/7/2021......... $420,000

HAINES CITY

905 GRAN BAHAMA BLVD...............DAVENPORT............4/7/2021.......... $105,000

346 BADGER LN.............................. HAINES CITY........... 4/5/2021........... $70,000

50989 HIGHWAY 27 LOT 20............DAVENPORT........... 4/9/2021..........$109,000

251 PATTERSON RD E-14.................. HAINES CITY........... 4/9/2021............$74,900

515 LUCAYA LOOP............................DAVENPORT........... 4/5/2021........... $112,000

5720 LITTLE EVA RD........................ HAINES CITY.......... 4/15/2021............$87,000

413 LUCAYA LOOP............................DAVENPORT........... 4/6/2021.......... $135,000

2373 BURNWAY RD.......................... HAINES CITY.......... 4/13/2021.......... $109,900

806 LUCAYA LOOP...........................DAVENPORT.......... 4/12/2021.......... $135,000

669 OLDE CAMELOT CIR 3258-9..... HAINES CITY........... 4/6/2021.......... $126,300

1124 CALABRIA AVE..........................DAVENPORT........... 4/9/2021.......... $152,000

207 YORK COTTAGE DR.................. HAINES CITY............4/7/2021.......... $130,000

2613 CALABRIA AVE.........................DAVENPORT..........4/16/2021.......... $153,000

13 EDINBURGH DR........................... HAINES CITY........... 4/8/2021.......... $142,500

901 CHARO PKWY 727......................DAVENPORT........... 4/8/2021.......... $159,000

221 S POINSETTA DR........................ HAINES CITY.......... 4/12/2021.......... $150,000

139 CAMBRIA AVE.............................DAVENPORT........... 4/5/2021..........$160,000

441 RAY KEEN RD............................ HAINES CITY........... 4/5/2021.......... $150,000

3020 CALABRIA AVE........................DAVENPORT........... 4/8/2021..........$160,000

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27 S 5TH ST...................................... HAINES CITY........... 4/5/2021.......... $155,000

452 SWEETWATER WAY.................. HAINES CITY........... 4/9/2021..........$275,000

1110 H L SMITH RD............................ HAINES CITY........... 4/9/2021..........$160,000

512 TORTUGAS ST........................... HAINES CITY........... 4/9/2021......... $283,000

5 BRIN RD........................................ HAINES CITY.......... 4/12/2021..........$160,000

552 TORTUGAS ST.......................... HAINES CITY........... 4/5/2021......... $283,000

496 SWEETWATER WAY.................. HAINES CITY.......... 4/12/2021.......... $179,000

845 TETON ST................................. HAINES CITY............4/7/2021...........$283,100

2833 CROWN POINTE DR................ HAINES CITY........... 4/9/2021...........$187,300

437 ANDREA CIR............................. HAINES CITY........... 4/9/2021...........$287,700

136 VICTORIA DR............................. HAINES CITY.......... 4/15/2021..........$190,000

409 ANDREA CIR............................. HAINES CITY........... 4/9/2021..........$298,700

1820 BATES RD................................ HAINES CITY.......... 4/15/2021.......... $198,500

595 TORTUGAS ST.......................... HAINES CITY........... 4/9/2021.......... $301,000

33 HUNTLEY CT............................... HAINES CITY........... 4/6/2021......... $202,000

1076 ZION DR.................................. HAINES CITY........... 4/9/2021......... $305,300

9 MAPLE RUN.................................. HAINES CITY........... 4/6/2021......... $205,800

1201 HENDON LOOP........................ HAINES CITY........... 4/8/2021.......... $315,600

1904 8TH ST.................................... HAINES CITY............4/7/2021.......... $225,500

689 HATCHWOOD DR.................... HAINES CITY........... 4/8/2021..........$326,500

1093 SHADY COVE RD..................... HAINES CITY.......... 4/12/2021.......... $226,200

1206 HENDON LOOP....................... HAINES CITY.......... 4/13/2021..........$356,200

1331 LASSEN ST................................ HAINES CITY.......... 4/12/2021..........$233,900

2983 CHICKASAW DR..................... HAINES CITY........... 4/9/2021......... $393,000

653 COPELAND DR.......................... HAINES CITY........... 4/5/2021......... $240,000

LAKE ALFRED

5 CANTERBURY DR......................... HAINES CITY.......... 4/12/2021......... $242,000

489 BONAMIA AVE......................... LAKE ALFRED..........4/14/2021........... $65,000

284 CITRUS POINTE DR.................. HAINES CITY..........4/14/2021..........$242,200

469 BONAMIA AVE......................... LAKE ALFRED.......... 4/12/2021............$69,900

4502 HUMMINGBIRD LN................. HAINES CITY........... 4/9/2021..........$245,600

1948 REGINA DR............................. LAKE ALFRED........... 4/9/2021........... $85,000

203 TOWERVIEW DR....................... HAINES CITY........... 4/6/2021......... $250,000

288 CALADIUM AVE....................... LAKE ALFRED.......... 4/12/2021........... $112,000

837 TETON ST.................................. HAINES CITY............4/7/2021..........$253,900

324 CALADIUM AVE....................... LAKE ALFRED........... 4/6/2021........... $114,900

3087 BARBADOS LN........................ HAINES CITY........... 4/8/2021..........$255,000

292 CALADIUM AVE....................... LAKE ALFRED.......... 4/12/2021...........$118,000

772 MEADOW POINTE DR............... HAINES CITY........... 4/8/2021..........$255,000

585 W PIERCE ST............................ LAKE ALFRED........... 4/6/2021.......... $192,000

849 TETON ST................................. HAINES CITY............4/7/2021.......... $258,700

310 E HOFFMAN ST......................... LAKE ALFRED.......... 4/12/2021......... $209,900

1071 KOBUK ST................................ HAINES CITY.......... 4/12/2021..........$262,300

410 N ECHO DR............................... LAKE ALFRED........... 4/8/2021......... $240,000

74 PINE FOREST DR......................... HAINES CITY........... 4/9/2021..........$265,000 865 TETON ST................................. HAINES CITY........... 4/8/2021...........$269,100

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10775 W BEACH PKWY.....................LAKE WALES..........4/14/2021.......... $136,000

4585 BROOKSHIRE PL......................LAKE WALES........... 4/9/2021...........$226,100

405 SEMINOLE AVE..........................LAKE WALES.......... 4/15/2021.......... $155,000

348 BEAR TRL...................................LAKE WALES............4/7/2021..........$235,000

811 HILLSIDE AVE..............................LAKE WALES........... 4/5/2021.......... $174,000

4602 BROOKSHIRE PL......................LAKE WALES..........4/16/2021.......... $252,300

907 CHELSEA WAY...........................LAKE WALES..........4/16/2021......... $205,000

4531 BROOKSHIRE PL.......................LAKE WALES........... 4/8/2021.......... $261,000

1003 JOYCE RD.................................LAKE WALES........... 4/8/2021.......... $214,000

6253 PALMETTO DR.........................LAKE WALES........... 4/9/2021......... $330,000

1230 BRYN MAWR AVE.....................LAKE WALES........... 4/5/2021..........$255,000

3543 BLACK JACK DR........................LAKE WALES.......... 4/15/2021......... $350,000

1012 SUNSET DR...............................LAKE WALES.......... 4/12/2021..........$275,000

9401 CAT TRACK TRL.......................LAKE WALES.......... 4/13/2021......... $530,000

206 HWY 60.....................................LAKE WALES.......... 4/15/2021......... $290,000

9415 CAT TRACK TRL........................LAKE WALES.......... 4/13/2021......... $530,000

4570 GLEN SAINT MARY RD.............LAKE WALES........... 4/6/2021..........$782,500

9458 CAT TRACK TRL.......................LAKE WALES.......... 4/13/2021......... $530,000

105 N LAKESHORE DR......................LAKE WALES.......... 4/15/2021.......... $135,000

LAKELAND

232 LAKESHORE DR.........................LAKE WALES........... 4/9/2021.......... $150,000

2211 CHRISTY LN................................. LAKELAND..........4/16/2021........... $50,000

4080 DUNMORE DR........................LAKE WALES..........4/14/2021..........$190,000

2627 RALPH........................................ LAKELAND........... 4/9/2021........... $60,000

252 CANAL DR..................................LAKE WALES.......... 4/15/2021.......... $215,000

850 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR AVE..... LAKELAND........... 4/5/2021............ $67,500

3913 CLUB CIR..................................LAKE WALES.......... 4/13/2021............$55,000

1823 BLUE LAKE DR............................ LAKELAND..........4/14/2021............ $67,900

250 SADDLE LN................................LAKE WALES.......... 4/13/2021............ $67,500

1840 CASCO ST.................................. LAKELAND........... 4/5/2021.......... $139,900

414 LONGHORN DR..........................LAKE WALES........... 4/8/2021........... $70,000

2215 OLNEY RD................................... LAKELAND........... 4/6/2021........... $142,100

406 SANDHILL CT............................LAKE WALES..........4/19/2021............$99,500

1846 E MAIN ST................................... LAKELAND........... 4/9/2021.......... $145,000

3004 GRANADA CT..........................LAKE WALES........... 4/8/2021.......... $102,500

2207 BROADWAY ST........................... LAKELAND........... 4/6/2021.......... $145,000

419 LONGHORN DR..........................LAKE WALES............4/7/2021.......... $105,000

3533 LORI LN S................................... LAKELAND........... 4/6/2021..........$180,000

423 LONGHORN DR.........................LAKE WALES.......... 4/13/2021.......... $105,000

2435 WEBER ST.................................. LAKELAND.......... 4/12/2021.......... $196,000

6334 TREASURE VALLEY LOOP.......LAKE WALES........... 4/8/2021.......... $125,000

1602 MOCKINGBIRD LN..................... LAKELAND.......... 4/13/2021......... $204,000

2606 MAPLE AVE..............................LAKE WALES..........4/16/2021.......... $145,000

1101 TRIMBLE DR................................. LAKELAND........... 4/5/2021......... $205,000

462 BLUE HERON CIR.......................LAKE WALES.......... 4/12/2021.......... $163,000

2510 HAYWOOD ST............................ LAKELAND.......... 4/12/2021..........$225,000

2028 AVOCADO DR..........................LAKE WALES.......... 4/15/2021.......... $195,000

2034 CONRAD ST............................... LAKELAND............4/7/2021..........$259,000

2664 CLUBHOUSE DR......................LAKE WALES............4/7/2021..........$198,000

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604 W 10TH ST................................... LAKELAND.......... 4/15/2021.............$74,100

801 HOLLINGSWORTH RD................. LAKELAND.......... 4/13/2021......... $358,000

1130 N LAKE PARKER AVE APT A107... LAKELAND........... 4/6/2021...........$132,500

828 LEXINGTON ST............................ LAKELAND............4/7/2021..........$375,000

1805 PROVIDENCE RD........................ LAKELAND........... 4/6/2021.......... $145,000

2846 VERMONT DR............................ LAKELAND........... 4/9/2021........... $70,000

1325 SKOWHEGAN AVE...................... LAKELAND........... 4/5/2021..........$180,000

1920 EDGEWOOD DR N3.................... LAKELAND........... 4/9/2021........... $95,000

5519 MAGGIORE BLVD........................ LAKELAND.......... 4/12/2021.......... $180,200

315 W BEACON RD.............................. LAKELAND.......... 4/15/2021.......... $105,000

1175 5TH ST......................................... LAKELAND..........4/14/2021......... $384,000

2846 VERMONT DR............................ LAKELAND........... 4/8/2021...........$110,000

1304 8TH ST........................................ LAKELAND..........4/14/2021......... $384,000

1929 BEECHWOOD DR....................... LAKELAND............4/7/2021.......... $120,000

2553 VILLAGE LAKES BLVD................. LAKELAND.......... 4/21/2021.........$400,000

465 CAMEO DR.................................. LAKELAND.......... 4/13/2021.......... $122,000

2557 VILLAGE LAKES BLVD................. LAKELAND.......... 4/21/2021.........$400,000

301 HANCOCK ST............................... LAKELAND........... 4/9/2021.......... $150,000

2561 VILLAGE LAKES BLVD................. LAKELAND.......... 4/21/2021.........$400,000

1049 CRESTVIEW AVE........................ LAKELAND.......... 4/12/2021.......... $155,000

2565 VILLAGE LAKES BLVD................ LAKELAND.......... 4/21/2021.........$400,000

1935 BEECHWOOD DR....................... LAKELAND..........4/14/2021...........$179,500

2569 VILLAGE LAKES BLVD................ LAKELAND.......... 4/21/2021.........$400,000

507 PATTERSON ST............................ LAKELAND............4/7/2021..........$190,000

2573 VILLAGE LAKES BLVD................. LAKELAND.......... 4/21/2021.........$400,000

3210 CARLETON CIR........................... LAKELAND............4/7/2021......... $203,000

2577 VILLAGE LAKES BLVD................. LAKELAND.......... 4/21/2021.........$400,000

3207 POLK AVE................................... LAKELAND........... 4/8/2021......... $206,000

2581 VILLAGE LAKES BLVD................. LAKELAND.......... 4/21/2021.........$400,000

2814 SOUTHINGTON AVE.................. LAKELAND..........4/16/2021..........$225,000

2589 VILLAGE LAKES BLVD................ LAKELAND.......... 4/21/2021.........$400,000

737 KENSINGTON ST.......................... LAKELAND........... 4/9/2021......... $230,000

2609 VILLAGE LAKES BLVD................ LAKELAND.......... 4/21/2021.........$400,000

12 CASA LOMA WAY........................... LAKELAND........... 4/9/2021......... $240,000

1012 CASSANDRA LN.......................... LAKELAND..........4/16/2021............ $58,100

215 W PALM DR................................... LAKELAND..........4/16/2021..........$250,900

936 LAMP POST LN............................. LAKELAND........... 4/5/2021........... $66,000

4040 SOLAMOR ST............................ LAKELAND.......... 4/12/2021..........$278,400

823 ELIZABETH LN.............................. LAKELAND.......... 4/13/2021............$79,000

2802 FAIRMOUNT AVE....................... LAKELAND............4/7/2021.......... $347,000

8891 BEVERLY HILLS RD..................... LAKELAND..........4/14/2021...........$110,000

3172 OAKPARK DR.............................. LAKELAND.......... 4/12/2021......... $349,000

1415 MANN RD.................................... LAKELAND........... 4/9/2021..........$148,000

210 PARK ST........................................ LAKELAND........... 4/5/2021......... $350,000

1044 CARACARA CIR.......................... LAKELAND............4/7/2021.......... $165,000

112 HIAWATHA TRL............................. LAKELAND........... 4/8/2021......... $450,000

6233 DOE CIR..................................... LAKELAND........... 4/8/2021..........$168,000

804 WHITESTONE CT........................ LAKELAND.......... 4/12/2021......... $470,000

816 SADDLEWOOD BLVD................... LAKELAND.......... 4/15/2021.......... $169,900

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1001 CANARY CIR............................... LAKELAND.......... 4/12/2021.......... $185,000

8156 CAMPBELL CROSSING CIR......... LAKELAND........... 4/5/2021......... $250,800

6241 SANDPIPERS DR......................... LAKELAND............4/7/2021.......... $193,000

6987 STARMOUNT DR....................... LAKELAND........... 4/6/2021......... $260,000

123 PADGETT PL................................. LAKELAND.......... 4/13/2021......... $200,000

1847 CREEKS VISTA BLVD................... LAKELAND..........4/16/2021......... $260,900

5734 EL DORADO AVE........................ LAKELAND............4/7/2021.......... $215,000

7320 HUNTERS GREENE CIR.............. LAKELAND........... 4/5/2021......... $260,900

260 JENNY WAY.................................. LAKELAND............4/7/2021......... $220,000

2987 CREEKS CROSSING BLVD.......... LAKELAND.......... 4/12/2021......... $283,400

6225 PEACOCK RUN........................... LAKELAND........... 4/9/2021..........$224,900

7304 IBIS DR....................................... LAKELAND.......... 4/13/2021......... $305,600

5939 SANDERLING DR....................... LAKELAND........... 4/5/2021..........$225,000

7870 COUNTRY CHASE AVE.............. LAKELAND........... 4/8/2021......... $330,000

8130 WALT WILLIAMS RD................... LAKELAND........... 4/9/2021......... $230,000

4114 PALOW RD.................................. LAKELAND........... 4/8/2021......... $354,000

464 EMERALD COVE LOOP................ LAKELAND..........4/14/2021..........$235,000

6830 HUNTINGTON HILLS BLVD........ LAKELAND........... 4/6/2021......... $365,000

7723 MATHER RD................................ LAKELAND........... 4/6/2021..........$235,000

1304 TURKEY TRL.............................. LAKELAND........... 4/9/2021.......... $451,000

906 FAIRLANE DR............................... LAKELAND........... 4/9/2021......... $245,000

9468 REDHAWK BEND LN.................. LAKELAND........... 4/8/2021......... $570,000

6530 TULA LN.................................... LAKELAND........... 4/6/2021......... $246,000

3630 US HIGHWAY 98........................ LAKELAND........... 4/6/2021........$3,122,600

5986 TEAL TRL................................... LAKELAND........... 4/6/2021.......... $247,300

4023 SHEARWATER ST....................... LAKELAND.......... 4/13/2021............$53,600

7625 SOCRUM LOOP RD.................... LAKELAND.......... 4/15/2021...........$257,500

4045 PINE FOREST PL........................ LAKELAND.......... 4/13/2021............$53,600

1029 AUDUBON WAY......................... LAKELAND............4/7/2021......... $269,000

6603 CORONET RD............................ LAKELAND............4/7/2021........... $60,000

5951 CORMORANT CT........................ LAKELAND........... 4/6/2021......... $280,000

6331 ENGLISH CREEK DR.................... LAKELAND............4/7/2021........... $66,000

220 JENNY WAY.................................. LAKELAND........... 4/5/2021..........$282,000

6248 SPRINGWOODS LN.................... LAKELAND........... 4/9/2021.............$77,700

648 HUNTERS RUN BLVD................... LAKELAND........... 4/8/2021......... $285,000

6116 WOODALE.................................. LAKELAND........... 4/9/2021.......... $122,000

8719 PLANTATION RIDGE BLVD.......... LAKELAND............4/7/2021.......... $301,600

5625 SPRING LAKE DR........................ LAKELAND............4/7/2021.......... $169,500

840 BRYSON LOOP............................ LAKELAND........... 4/9/2021......... $338,000

6916 COUNTY LINE RD....................... LAKELAND............4/7/2021.......... $170,000

2923 KOHEN CT.................................. LAKELAND........... 4/5/2021............ $61,500

1022 OLD SOUTH DR.......................... LAKELAND..........4/16/2021..........$184,000

2979 KOHEN CT.................................. LAKELAND.......... 4/15/2021............ $61,500

3031 STEEPLECHASE DR..................... LAKELAND........... 4/5/2021.......... $189,000

5609 CHERRY RD............................... LAKELAND..........4/19/2021............ $67,300

3921 SERENADE LN............................. LAKELAND.......... 4/15/2021..........$190,000

939 GALLOWAY RD............................ LAKELAND..........4/14/2021............ $97,300

6394 SEDGEFORD DR........................ LAKELAND........... 4/5/2021........... $191,000

8115 CAMPBELL CROSSING CIR.......... LAKELAND..........4/14/2021........... $98,000

5633 TOWER PALMS LN..................... LAKELAND.......... 4/15/2021.......... $195,900

8247 CAMPBELL CROSSING CIR........ LAKELAND..........4/14/2021........... $98,000

5639 TOWER PALMS LN..................... LAKELAND.......... 4/13/2021.......... $195,900

7022 DOVE CROSS LOOP................... LAKELAND..........4/16/2021........... $115,900

5657 TOWER PALMS LN...................... LAKELAND..........4/16/2021.......... $195,900

6838 DOVE MEADOW TRL................. LAKELAND........... 4/9/2021.......... $136,500

5663 TOWER PALMS LN..................... LAKELAND.......... 4/13/2021.......... $195,900

1902 LONG BOAT DR.......................... LAKELAND..........4/14/2021...........$187,000

4925 PLEASANT HOLLOW TRL.......... LAKELAND........... 4/9/2021......... $200,000

2465 PEAVINE CIR.............................. LAKELAND........... 4/5/2021...........$187,600

6334 TORRINGTON CIR..................... LAKELAND......... 4/23/2021.......... $218,000

3857 SLEEPY HILL OAKS LOOP........... LAKELAND........... 4/6/2021.......... $194,200

6318 SWEETWATER DR....................... LAKELAND.......... 4/13/2021......... $236,000

7449 W WILLOW WISP DR.................. LAKELAND..........4/16/2021......... $200,000

6931 GLENBROOK DR........................ LAKELAND........... 4/9/2021.......... $240,100

3121 SAND TRAP CT............................ LAKELAND........... 4/6/2021......... $202,000

5753 ARLINGTON RIVER DR............... LAKELAND........... 4/8/2021.......... $247,800

1766 GREY FOX DR............................. LAKELAND..........4/16/2021......... $220,000

4272 WHISTLEWOOD CIR.................. LAKELAND..........4/14/2021......... $249,000

6922 DOEHRING DR........................... LAKELAND.......... 4/13/2021..........$239,000

4656 LATHLOA LOOP......................... LAKELAND.......... 4/13/2021..........$252,000

2052 HARVEST LANDING CIR............. LAKELAND........... 4/9/2021......... $245,400

5370 ARLINGTON RIVER DR............... LAKELAND..........4/14/2021......... $258,800

8033 APPLE BLOSSOM DR................. LAKELAND............4/7/2021......... $246,000

2711 GRANDBURY GROVE RD............. LAKELAND..........4/14/2021......... $263,000

2463 HARRISON PLACE BLVD............ LAKELAND........... 4/8/2021......... $250,000

2739 GRANDBURY GROVE RD........... LAKELAND..........4/14/2021.......... $263,700

8131 CAMPBELL CROSSING CIR.......... LAKELAND........... 4/6/2021..........$250,500

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3941 SPRUCE CREEK DR..................... LAKELAND.......... 4/12/2021......... $264,000

535 GANDHI DR.................................. LAKELAND........... 4/6/2021............ $81,000

2723 GRANDBURY GROVE RD........... LAKELAND........... 4/9/2021..........$264,300

443 MARKET SQ................................. LAKELAND........... 4/8/2021........... $130,100

3891 SPRUCE CREEK DR..................... LAKELAND.......... 4/15/2021..........$265,000

609 HOUSTON ST.............................. LAKELAND........... 4/9/2021......... $200,000

2820 GRANDBURY GROVE RD........... LAKELAND........... 4/5/2021..........$265,300

815 KRENSON WOODS LN.................. LAKELAND.......... 4/12/2021......... $208,300

4685 LATHLOA LOOP......................... LAKELAND........... 4/8/2021......... $269,000

435 EMERALD COVE LOOP................ LAKELAND........... 4/8/2021.......... $219,000

4213 SALT SPRINGS LN........................ LAKELAND........... 4/5/2021......... $269,400

1319 VALLEY HILL DR.......................... LAKELAND........... 4/9/2021..........$232,000

5410 KEATON SPRINGS DR................. LAKELAND.......... 4/15/2021.......... $275,200

6942 SHIMMERING DR....................... LAKELAND........... 4/9/2021......... $250,000

5665 ARLINGTON RIVER DR............... LAKELAND........... 4/9/2021.......... $287,500

618 MOUNTAIN LAKE PL.................... LAKELAND.......... 4/12/2021......... $254,000

4173 SHEARWATER ST........................ LAKELAND.......... 4/15/2021.......... $292,200

772 SAGEWOOD DR........................... LAKELAND........... 4/9/2021..........$255,000

6382 E FORESTWOOD DR.................. LAKELAND............4/7/2021..........$295,000

414 EL CAMINO REAL......................... LAKELAND........... 4/8/2021..........$256,000

2934 EASTBROOK DR........................ LAKELAND........... 4/8/2021......... $299,000

6228 HIGHLAND RISE DR................... LAKELAND..........4/16/2021......... $260,000

5220 CHARLES LN.............................. LAKELAND........... 4/9/2021......... $330,000

5017 SHEFFIELD RD............................ LAKELAND..........4/14/2021.......... $261,000

5996 WHITE TAIL LOOP..................... LAKELAND..........4/14/2021.......... $337,000

1060 COLONY PARK DR..................... LAKELAND.......... 4/15/2021.......... $267,000

4237 HOMEWOOD LN........................ LAKELAND........... 4/5/2021...........$391,500

5755 TANASI CT.................................. LAKELAND..........4/16/2021......... $294,000

4502 MICANOPE CRESCENT DR........ LAKELAND..........4/19/2021......... $420,000

407 PENINSULAR DR.......................... LAKELAND........... 4/9/2021......... $298,000

5073 SIESTA PL................................... LAKELAND............4/7/2021............$74,000

1732 ROCKY POINTE DR..................... LAKELAND........... 4/5/2021........... $311,000

4174 SHADE TREE LN.......................... LAKELAND.......... 4/12/2021..........$160,000

2434 SUMMITVIEW DR...................... LAKELAND.......... 4/13/2021..........$330,500

5860 VALENTINO WAY....................... LAKELAND........... 4/6/2021......... $309,900

5472 PEBBLE BEACH DR..................... LAKELAND............4/7/2021......... $334,000

3182 PEARLY DR.................................. LAKELAND.......... 4/12/2021.......... $415,000

4925 LIBERTY LN................................ LAKELAND........... 4/9/2021..........$335,000

2649 MAGNOLIA AVE......................... LAKELAND.......... 4/12/2021......... $465,000

6129 QUAIL RIDGE DR........................ LAKELAND..........4/14/2021..........$359,900

2476 DELPHI CIR................................. LAKELAND........... 4/9/2021.......... $737,000

2110 BRANDYWINE CT........................ LAKELAND........... 4/8/2021......... $385,000

625 LAKE MIRIAM DR......................... LAKELAND.......... 4/13/2021........... $50,000

2645 BROOKSIDE BLUFF LOOP.......... LAKELAND........... 4/9/2021..........$399,900

2921 PICKARDS PASS.......................... LAKELAND.......... 4/13/2021........... $60,000

5903 WINDWOOD DR........................ LAKELAND........... 4/8/2021......... $450,000

510 GANDHI DR.................................. LAKELAND........... 4/8/2021............ $81,000

4748 HIGHLANDS PLACE DR.............. LAKELAND........... 4/8/2021......... $560,000

530 GANDHI DR................................. LAKELAND..........4/16/2021............ $81,000

911 WEDGEWOOD LN......................... LAKELAND..........4/16/2021......... $580,000

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611 SCHOOLHOUSE RD...................... LAKELAND.......... 4/12/2021.........$900,000

509 ADRIEL AVE..........................WINTER HAVEN.......... 4/12/2021..........$222,000

906 S CENTRAL AVE........................... LAKELAND..........4/14/2021.......... $155,000

829 EAGLE ROCK TER.................WINTER HAVEN.......... 4/12/2021...........$227,500

2121 BELMAR ST.................................. LAKELAND..........4/14/2021.......... $163,000

264 BLACK SKIMMER LN.............WINTER HAVEN..........4/16/2021..........$228,000

1037 JOSEPHINE ST............................. LAKELAND.......... 4/12/2021.......... $199,000

2010 MISTY MORNING DR...........WINTER HAVEN............4/7/2021..........$235,000

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232 AMERICAN SPIRIT RD...........WINTER HAVEN.......... 4/15/2021.......... $247,000 328 BURROWING OWL LN..........WINTER HAVEN........... 4/9/2021.......... $247,000

125 1ST ST WAHNETA...................WINTER HAVEN..........4/14/2021........... $60,000

4607 REYNOSA DR.....................WINTER HAVEN........... 4/8/2021......... $249,000

4236 CEDARWOOD ST................WINTER HAVEN........... 4/6/2021............$73,500

1576 LAKE SHIPP DR....................WINTER HAVEN.......... 4/12/2021......... $250,000

997 NW 34TH ST..........................WINTER HAVEN.......... 4/12/2021........... $80,000

828 SUN RIDGE VILLAGE DR.......WINTER HAVEN........... 4/6/2021......... $300,000

639 SW ORRIN AVE......................WINTER HAVEN............4/7/2021........... $95,000

211 N LAKE SILVER DR..................WINTER HAVEN..........4/16/2021.......$1,500,000

2232 AVENUE A...........................WINTER HAVEN........... 4/5/2021............ $97,000

2401 2ND ST.................................WINTER HAVEN............4/7/2021...... $2,690,000

639 SW ORRIN AVE......................WINTER HAVEN........... 4/9/2021.......... $102,000

6530 CHINABERRY DR................WINTER HAVEN........... 4/9/2021............$73,000

509 FERN RD...............................WINTER HAVEN........... 4/8/2021..........$103,000

543 SANCTUARY BLVD................WINTER HAVEN............4/7/2021........... $82,000

10 KENDRA CT.............................WINTER HAVEN.......... 4/12/2021...........$107,500

1550 11TH ST #G6.........................WINTER HAVEN........... 4/9/2021............$93,500

816 CINNAMON DR.....................WINTER HAVEN.......... 4/13/2021..........$140,600

153 WINTER RIDGE DR.................WINTER HAVEN........... 4/5/2021........... $98,000

110 6TH ST....................................WINTER HAVEN.......... 4/12/2021.......... $150,000

246 WINTER RIDGE BLVD............WINTER HAVEN.......... 4/15/2021........... $98,000

2436 SW AVENUE B.....................WINTER HAVEN........... 4/8/2021.......... $166,000

249 WINTER RIDGE BLVD............WINTER HAVEN............4/7/2021..........$100,000

3415 AVENUE C............................WINTER HAVEN.......... 4/12/2021.......... $170,000

6518 RAINTREE LN.......................WINTER HAVEN.......... 4/13/2021.......... $105,000

85 CENTER ST..............................WINTER HAVEN.......... 4/15/2021.......... $172,000

700 MIRROR TER.........................WINTER HAVEN........... 4/5/2021........... $115,000

2210 NW AVENUE F......................WINTER HAVEN........... 4/9/2021.......... $173,000

1462 HAINES DR..........................WINTER HAVEN............4/7/2021.......... $120,000

1527 FOXRIDGE RUN...................WINTER HAVEN........... 4/5/2021...........$176,900

1468 HAINES DR..........................WINTER HAVEN............4/7/2021.......... $120,000

1512 FOXRIDGE RUN....................WINTER HAVEN........... 4/5/2021.......... $199,000

1474 HAINES DR...........................WINTER HAVEN............4/7/2021.......... $120,000

1829 WALLACE MANOR LN..........WINTER HAVEN.......... 4/15/2021.......... $199,500

1480 HAINES DR..........................WINTER HAVEN............4/7/2021.......... $120,000

125 BRAD CIR...............................WINTER HAVEN..........4/16/2021......... $203,000

215 NE AVENUE S.........................WINTER HAVEN.......... 4/12/2021.......... $124,000

1013 TALON LN.............................WINTER HAVEN.......... 4/12/2021...........$212,600

330 NE 17TH ST............................WINTER HAVEN........... 4/8/2021........... $127,500

914 DEMING DR...........................WINTER HAVEN............4/7/2021...........$221,000

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700 MIRROR TER APT 102...........WINTER HAVEN............4/7/2021.......... $132,000

306 LAKE DAISY LOOP................WINTER HAVEN..........4/16/2021.......... $175,000

1678 32ND ST...............................WINTER HAVEN........... 4/8/2021.......... $163,300

2864 ATTWATER LOOP...............WINTER HAVEN..........4/19/2021.......... $178,000

222 AVENUE J...............................WINTER HAVEN........... 4/9/2021........... $170,100

3027 CANEEL ST..........................WINTER HAVEN........... 4/5/2021.......... $179,000

14 GOLFVIEW CIR........................WINTER HAVEN........... 4/8/2021..........$180,000

101 SANDBURG LN.......................WINTER HAVEN........... 4/5/2021.......... $185,000

3604 AVENUE O..........................WINTER HAVEN..........4/14/2021..........$190,000

604 LAKE NED RD.......................WINTER HAVEN.......... 4/12/2021.......... $185,000

1847 GALLOWAY TER..................WINTER HAVEN.......... 4/13/2021.......... $215,000

3416 GRENVILLE DR....................WINTER HAVEN..........4/16/2021..........$188,000

693 LUCERNE BLVD.....................WINTER HAVEN.......... 4/12/2021.......... $215,000

2704 WHISPERING TRAILS DR....WINTER HAVEN.......... 4/13/2021.......... $195,000

1505 HAINES DR..........................WINTER HAVEN.......... 4/12/2021..........$223,600

3911 CYPRESS LANDING..............WINTER HAVEN.......... 4/12/2021......... $203,000

1044 CAMBRIDGE DR..................WINTER HAVEN............4/7/2021.......... $227,000

3316 OAKHILL PL.........................WINTER HAVEN........... 4/6/2021.......... $210,000

5851 MARSH LANDING DR..........WINTER HAVEN.......... 4/13/2021......... $230,000

389 STERLING DR........................WINTER HAVEN.......... 4/12/2021........... $217,500

1024 CAMBRIDGE DR..................WINTER HAVEN.......... 4/12/2021......... $238,000

365 STERLING DR........................WINTER HAVEN............4/7/2021.......... $219,000

663 PEYTON BROOKE WAY.........WINTER HAVEN........... 4/9/2021......... $238,000

1014 CORSO DR...........................WINTER HAVEN........... 4/6/2021...........$227,500

1064 CAMBRIDGE DR..................WINTER HAVEN.......... 4/12/2021..........$238,300

1043 CORSO DR..........................WINTER HAVEN........... 4/6/2021...........$227,500

1012 CAMBRIDGE DR...................WINTER HAVEN........... 4/9/2021..........$239,000

621 VITTORIO DR........................WINTER HAVEN........... 4/6/2021...........$227,500

3114 NW AVENUE V......................WINTER HAVEN.......... 4/13/2021..........$239,000

653 VITTORIO DR........................WINTER HAVEN........... 4/6/2021...........$227,500

159 CLOVERDALE RD...................WINTER HAVEN............4/7/2021......... $245,000

677 VITTORIO DR........................WINTER HAVEN........... 4/6/2021...........$227,500

2399 TWIN LAKE VIEW RD..........WINTER HAVEN..........4/14/2021.......... $247,000

684 VITTORIO DR.......................WINTER HAVEN........... 4/6/2021...........$227,500

119 JACE WAY...............................WINTER HAVEN........... 4/9/2021......... $248,000

153 BROWNING CIR.....................WINTER HAVEN.......... 4/12/2021..........$228,000

1707 MUIRFIELD VILLAGE ST.......WINTER HAVEN........... 4/9/2021......... $249,800

393 CORSO LOOP.......................WINTER HAVEN........... 4/8/2021......... $240,000

212 CALEB WAY............................WINTER HAVEN........... 4/5/2021......... $258,000

1186 YUMURI ST..........................WINTER HAVEN.......... 4/13/2021..........$243,500

244 CALEB WAY...........................WINTER HAVEN............4/7/2021..........$258,500

413 CORSO LOOP........................WINTER HAVEN............4/7/2021......... $244,300

149 ANDREAS ST.........................WINTER HAVEN.......... 4/15/2021..........$262,500

156 EMANUELLE DR.....................WINTER HAVEN........... 4/6/2021......... $244,500

240 ARBUTHNOT ST...................WINTER HAVEN.......... 4/12/2021...........$265,100

1116 SHORELINE LN......................WINTER HAVEN........... 4/6/2021......... $250,000

678 PEYTON BROOKE WAY.........WINTER HAVEN.......... 4/13/2021......... $286,000

1258 ZAMBRANA CT....................WINTER HAVEN..........4/16/2021...........$256,100

344 ALEXZANDER WAY...............WINTER HAVEN..........4/14/2021..........$298,500

1155 SAWGRASS DR.....................WINTER HAVEN............4/7/2021..........$265,900

2119 CLERMONT ST......................WINTER HAVEN..........4/14/2021......... $338,000

1362 BENEVENTO DR...................WINTER HAVEN............4/7/2021.......... $267,200

3999 ISLAND LAKES DR..............WINTER HAVEN............4/7/2021..........$379,000

880 VIENNA DR...........................WINTER HAVEN.......... 4/15/2021......... $288,400

180 BROAD ST.............................WINTER HAVEN........... 4/9/2021......... $399,000

815 CARLTON CT.........................WINTER HAVEN.......... 4/15/2021.......... $310,000

343 HAMILTON SHORES DR........WINTER HAVEN..........4/16/2021......... $899,000

68 HARBOUR ESTATES DR..........WINTER HAVEN........... 4/8/2021..........$335,000

1415 3RD ST..................................WINTER HAVEN.......... 4/15/2021....... $1,475,000

332 VAIL DR.................................WINTER HAVEN..........4/16/2021..........$359,000

9705 LAKE BESS RD LOT 540......WINTER HAVEN..........4/16/2021............ $74,500

2538 PARTRIDGE DR...................WINTER HAVEN........... 4/9/2021......... $399,000

6613 SCENIC POINT DR...............WINTER HAVEN.......... 4/12/2021........... $85,000

271 LAKE LINK RD........................WINTER HAVEN.......... 4/15/2021.........$400,000

6221 KNOTTY PINE DR.................WINTER HAVEN........... 4/8/2021........... $90,000

5086 VARTY RD...........................WINTER HAVEN..........4/16/2021.........$400,000

9705 LAKE BESS RD LOT 364.......WINTER HAVEN..........4/16/2021........... $98,900

2941 PLANTATION RD.................WINTER HAVEN........... 4/9/2021......... $424,900

2006 GARDEN LAKE DR..............WINTER HAVEN..........4/14/2021...........$137,000

2531 PARTRIDGE DR....................WINTER HAVEN........... 4/8/2021.......... $431,500

507 EAGLE POND DR...................WINTER HAVEN..........4/14/2021........... $137,500

650 HART LAKE DR.....................WINTER HAVEN..........4/14/2021.........$440,000

936 SE AVENUE T........................WINTER HAVEN..........4/16/2021.......... $150,000

1102 INTERLOCHEN BLVD............WINTER HAVEN.......... 4/12/2021..........$475,000

1864 EMILY DR.............................WINTER HAVEN.......... 4/13/2021..........$160,000

425 LAKE NED RD........................WINTER HAVEN........... 4/8/2021..........$764,900

2206 GARDEN LAKE DR..............WINTER HAVEN..........4/14/2021.......... $170,000

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THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA INTRODUCES THE PEACOCK CLASSROOM Local Entrepreneur, Ricky Peacock, receives UF Classroom Dedication from Alma Mater at The Warrington School of Business Ricky (BSBA ’08) is the CEO and Founder of the mortgage company, Home Solution Lenders, Inc. His exceptional intuition and knowledge of finance, banking, and the mortgage markets, have facilitated enormous business development and growth in four states. Ricky consistently receives recognition and awards for industry excellence and is actively involved in countless community projects. Ricky lives in Bartow, FL with his wife, Danielle, and daughters, Braylyn and Bayli. He is also practically neighbors with his parents, Richard and Sheri Peacock and brother, Jayson Durden, the CFO and In-House Counsel at HSL. Ricky’s optimism and solution-driven approach can be summed up in his favorite phrase, which is commonly written and spoken with purpose and enthusiasm… “Make it a great day!”

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