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While others might have used the enforced isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic to learn how to bake sourdough bread or play the ukulele, the staff and volunteers for United Way of Central Florida developed new ways of finding support and helping local residents amid a global health crisis. “I’m just so proud of our staff and our partners because while other people may have picked up a hobby or picked up a new skill during this COVID time, they really were working overtime to make sure that we could serve as many clients as possible,” said Christina Criser Jackson, president and CEO of United Way of Central Florida. “And this was a record year for that, the number of clients served and the number of volunteers.” ....
Veterans Memorial Park | Saturday, March 27th LAKELAND, FL (March 19, 2021) | On Saturday, March 27 th at 10 a.m. there will be a Ceremony memorializing National Vietnam War Veteran Day at Veteran’s Memorial Park located on Lake Beulah Drive. The City of Lakeland will join other Polk County municipalities and organizations as a member of the Vietnam War Commemorative Partners Program to thank and honor the veterans of the Vietnam War. Interim City Commissioner and Vietnam War Veteran Don Selvage said, “The public is invited to join us in a ceremony that will honor those that served during the Vietnam War including the soldiers that were held as prisoners of war and our comrades listed as missing in action. It is time to thank them and honor the families of these veterans.” ....
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LAKELAND – Lakeland Regional Health will pay the city $215 million by October to fulfill the hospital s lease through 2040, after which it will pay $10 a year going forward. Lakeland commissioners voted 6-1 to accept a prepayment of the hospital s lease on Monday afternoon. It will free the nonprofit health care provider from its annual lease payment to the city, which is currently more than $14 million per year. We are clearly in uncertain times, overall and certainly in the health care environment, Lakeland Regional Health President and CEO Danielle Drummond said. Our objective is to bring about as much certainty for the hospital as well as the city given the number of uncertainties. ....
LAKELAND – It would cost Lakeland approximately $9 million to equip 200 of the city s police officers with body cameras and in-vehicle cameras for the next 10 years, according to police department. Lakeland Police Chief Ruben Garcia presented three options for equipping the city s officers with video, either body cameras or on vehicle dashboards, to city commissioners on Monday morning. It s the city s first discussion on possibly implementing body cameras since the topic came up in public forums amid last year s national protests after the killing of George Floyd by a police officer in Minnesota. There s a perception that body-worn cameras is a useful tool and there are some arenas within this profession they could be useful, Garcia said. Recent research . says your biggest value is deploying these in a troubled agency. ....