C M Y K www.newssun.com Champs Lady Dragons take district title in NEWS-SUN thriller Highlands County’s Hometown Newspaper Since 1927 SPORTS,B1 Sunday, January 19, 2014 Volume 95/Number 9 | 75 cents Wood wizards Woodcarvers to be featured at Art and Fine Craft Show HonoringHonoring MLKMLK INSIDE ON B7 Parades, programs and Winter wonderland Ninth annual parties planned Monday Winter Fest to By PHIL ATTINGER bring snow to
[email protected] ighlands County residents will have Sebring next ample opportunities to remember Dr. Saturday Martin Luther King Jr. and his lega- Hcy Monday at commemorative meals, INSIDE ON A3 parades and programs, followed by festivities lasting into the afternoon and evening. Events include a commemoration breakfast in Avon Park, a church program in Lake Placid, an afternoon of poetry and singing in John Shoop Sebring and parades/marches in all three cities. The Sebring event will have some novel changes, including having a motorcycle rider will be next safety lesson for young people who ride, as well as other talks about being safe. Ada McGowan, who has taken over organ- izing the Sebring events from Robert Sebring mayor Saffold, said groups are trying to “close the gap” between youth in Avon Park, Lake 7 running for 3 council seats Placid and Sebring. “We need to let the young kids see that there is no reason for the violence. You can By SAMANTHA GHOLAR qualifier for the next Sebring have a good time without a gun,” McGowan
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