The UF/IFAS Blueberry Breeding and Genomics Lab is responsible for breeding and cultivating many varieties of the beloved blueberry. Patricio Muñoz, an assistant professor at UF’s Horticultural Science Department, is the principal investigator at the lab.
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CONNECT WITH NATURE TAKE-HOME ACTIVITIES: Monday, May 17, Auburndale Public Library, 100 W. Bridgers Ave., Auburndale, free. All ages. Crafts, games and snacks. While supplies last. 863-965-5548. http://www.auburndalefl.com/library/, https://www.facebook.com/auburndalegov
STORYTIME AT HOME: Ages 2-5, checkout a themed Storytime Kit. Each kit includes three to five books, an activity guide, and more all centered around a specific topic (such as birthdays, police and fire, hedgehogs and dinosaurs). Lakeland Public Library, Larry R. Jackson Branch, 1700 N. Florida Ave., Lakeland, free. Contact Lori Karnes at 863-834-4288 or Lori.Karnes@lakelandgov.net. http://www.lakelandgov.net/departments/library/
STORYTIME AT HOME: Ages 2 to 5, checkout a themed Storytime Kit. Each kit includes three to five books, an activity guide, and more all centered around a specific topic (such as birthdays, police and fire, hedgehogs and dinosaurs). Lakeland Public Library, Larry R. Jackson Branch, 1700 N. Florida Ave., Lakeland, free. Contact Lori Karnes at 863-834-4288 or Lori.Karnes@lakelandgov.net. http://www.lakelandgov.net/departments/library/
TAKE-HOME STORYTIME: Ages 2-5. Choose books from display table, get a sheet of suggested songs and rhymes and ask for a craft at the desk. eLibrary South Lakeland, 4740 S. Florida Ave., Lakeland. 863-838-4507. http://www.lakelandgov.net/departments/library/
More than a dozen Florida police departments and a handful of county sheriff offices have purchased and rolled out body cameras over roughly the past year.
Added to the agencies that already used body cameras, the state is now nearly evenly split between law enforcement agencies who outfit their officers with body cameras and those that don’t, with a razor thin margin in favor of those that use the equipment.
At the end of 2020, there were 115 police departments that used body cameras versus 117 that didn’t, according to Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s reports. Since the end of the year, at least two police forces – the cities of Lake Wales and Sarasota – have taken steps to implement them, flipping the balance 117-115 in favor of cameras. Most of the cities in Polk Auburndale, Bartow, Davenport, Haines City, Lake Alfred, Lake Hamilton, Lakeland and Winter Haven haven t outfitted their officers.