HIGHLANDS NEWS-SUN Tuesday, November 12, 2019 VOL. 100 | NO. 316 | $1.00 YOUR HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER SINCE 1919 An Edition Of The Sun LP Bell ringers observance needed draws in for The veterans Salvation from all Army branches PHIL ATTINGER/STAFF The Avon Park High School Grenadiers Marching Band Color Guard spins ‘fire’ in their flags as they ‘circle’ down- town Sebring on the Circle. They and the Lake Placid Green Dragons Marching Band played patriotic tunes during Wednesday’s Veterans Day parade. Small parade brings big hearts Colbert: Talk to and honor a veteran today By PHIL ATTINGER FILE PHOTO STAFF WRITER The funds raised form The Salvation TOM MEISENHEIMER/CORRESPONDENT Army Red Kettle Campaign helps SEBRING — Only 6% of World county residents all year round. The Retired Navy Master Chief Ron War II veterans still can tell people Vebbing said, “The submarine I ringers are all volunteers and more first hand what they went through are needed. served in never came to the surface to protect the world. for 78 straight days.” The rest have been lost to the war and to time, said retired U.S. Thanksgiving Air Force Col. Mark A. Colbert. By TOM MEISENHEIMER He encouraged people on this dinner on CORRESPONDENT COLBERT Veteran’s Day, more than 75 years after the D-Day invasion that Nov. 28 LAKE PLACID — Nov. 11, liberated Europe, to reach out to 1918 marked the end of World PHIL ATTINGER/STAFF veterans of all ages and learn from them what By KIM LEATHERMAN War I, the most destructive and they’ve seen. Herman Kent watches the Avon Park High School HIGHLANDS NEWS-SUN far-reaching war in human an- He said there are plenty of veterans in Florida, Greandiers Marching Band perform in Monday’s nals. Eight years later on June 4, especially in counties like Highlands. Veterans Day parade in Sebring at the end of the 1926 the United States Congress At Wednesday’s ceremony, 94-year-old Jack route. Sandy Kent, watching the parade with her SEBRING — Christmas carols adopted a resolution requesting Hallman attended as the lone prisoner of war. husband, said they rode in the front of the parade often speak of bells, ringing and President Calvin Coolidge to While he was a staff sergeant with the U.S. Air themselves to represent all veterans motorcycle rider ting, ting, ting-a-ling as a sign issue an annual proclamation Force in World War II, Hallman and his fellow groups. of joy ushering in the holiday calling for the observance to crew members had to bail out of their B-17 seasons. Established in 1891, honor the veterans of World War Highlands County Veteran Services Officer The Salvation Army red kettles bomber when it got shot down over Europe. Denise Williams said after seeing him Monday. I. On May 13, 1938 — through He was taken to Stalag Luft IV, a German-run and volunteer bell ringers are a Congressional Act — Nov. 11 A much younger veteran of the U.S. Air Force, as traditional to Christmas as prison camp in Gross Tychow, Pomerania, an Marcus Lewis, brought along his German became a legal holiday. area in northeastern Germany, and held there Santa and his elves. Now The Every year since, the USA has shepherd dog, Leo, who was a big hit with kids Salvation Army in Sebring for seven months before being liberated by the and adults. honored veterans of all wars for Russian Army. needs you to ring your bell for their service, their dedication “It was an honor to shake his hand,” PARADE | 5A others in need. and their sacrifice to keep The cities of Avon Park and America free and the land of the Sebring can register online at brave. The Salvation Army website. Monday, celebrations took There are various locations and place from New York to Hawaii. times to choose from. The dates President Trump visited New are Nov. 29 through Christmas York and spoke of the heroism Eve from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. of the American soldier. Vice “We have begun using President Pence laid a wreath RegisterToRing.com as our at the tomb of the Unknown means of registering bell Soldier. And in DeVane Park in ringers,” Salvation Army Service Lake Placid, veteran servicemen Director Bryan Naugle said. from all the branches of the After landing on military gathered and were Registertoring.com, enter your honored by the town residents. zip code, city or state. From that Folks gathered to hear page, volunteers can search by patriotic music played by the date, city or location such as Heartland Pops under the Sebring Publix North etc. direction of Anthony Jones, Although there are many director of bands for Avon Park locations on the list, Naugle High School. The band played said on Monday that the list is the theme song of each service not quite finished. branch — Army, Navy, Marines, “I am still in the process of Air Force and Coast Guard as trying to get times opened up each veteran from their respec- on the website, so some loca- PHIL ATTINGER/STAFF tive service branch stood to be tions may not show all of those recognized. Each were given a Lake Placid U.S. Army Junior ROTC marches at the head of Monday’s Veterans Day parade in downtown Sebring. hours yet, but will shortly.” small token gift in appreciation They joined their own Green Dragons Marching Band, the Avon Park High School Grenadiers Marching Band, The funds collected in the the Sebring Fire Department and several veterans organizations to honor the annual remembrance military OBSERVE | 5A veterans, both living and lost. BELL | 5A High school STEM students bone up on science SFSC By MARC VALERO science, technology, about 90 students from the Olivera joined the STEM STAFF WRITER engineering & mathemat- Consortium’s six districts program this year and said ics (STEM) enrichment were at the forum to get to this was her first STEM AVON PARK — Heartland program to meet the see how STEM is used in forum. area high school students educational needs of the the real world. “It’s cool; I like it. We are tackled some chemistry gifted and talented high SFSC chemistry in- pretty active here,” she said. experiments, learned about school students in grades structor Kate Calvin said The goal of the HEC anatomy and physiology nine through 12 in the the students were doing STEM program is to better and delved into more in the Consortium’s member chemistry experiments on prepare students to be sciences Saturday at South districts of Highlands, the reaction to copper. competitive in the global Florida State College. DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, The students had copper economy. The students were Hendry and Okeechobee sulfate and it had just been The HEC STEM pro- participating in one of the counties. converted into copper 2 gram includes forums at monthly forums that are Saturday’s focus at oxide, the black stuff, she colleges, universities and a part of The Heartland SFSC was on sciences and said, referring to substance other locations, that are MARC VALERO/STAFF Educational Consortium mechatronics. in the students’ beakers. held on Saturdays and Students in the Heartland Educational Consortium STEM STEM Scholars Program. Consortium STEM Okeechobee High School include hands-on breakout Scholars program conduct an experiment in a chemistry lab at STEM Scholars is a Coordinator Lisa Shin said sophomore Damans sessions. South Florida State College. Classifieds ......................B5-7 Obituaries ........................ A5 Viewpoints ....................... 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While driving on the Nov. 5 School Board and 6:30 p.m. Sebring man was added pickup SR 64 just west of the SEBRING — Two meeting, According to State to the Highlands County truck, bread store, the victim Sebring Middle School The artwork is judged Statute, the winning Most Wanted List on reports managed to crawl out the students were the by a committee of selection from each Tuesday. He turned him- said. The passenger door window overall winners in art teachers whose district is to be given self in on Wednesday. FERRELL boyfriend and ran to the bread Highlands County in the students have not to the legislator of the Manuel J. Ferrell, 32, did not want store, fi nding someone annual Art in the Capitol submitted work for the district in which the of Sebring, was sought to press to drive her back home, Competition. competition. These student resides no later by the Highlands County charges against Ferrell according to reports. The Art in the Capitol judges consisted of the than 60 days prior to Sheriff’s Offi ce after a despite the marks on The deputy who wrote Competition is a visual three high school art the start of the regular domestic incident on both sides of the man’s the report noted scratch- arts competition that teachers: Steve VanDam legislative session. The Halloween morning. Due neck and red mark under es to the victim’s arms, each school district par- of Sebring High School, 2020 Legislative Session to the domestic nature his eye.