Lakeland’s Jimmy Rutland discusses the Pittsburgh Pirates star as a youngster in an essay by ESPN’s Tim Keown about how high-priced travel ball excludes poor black kids from the major leagues. Source: ESPN's The Undefeated
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Gallery: People of the Dixieland #selfiewall
Personalities emerge when people step up to the angel #selfiewall painted by Aaron M. Corbitt in the Dixieland alley west of Florida Avenue and between Park and Belmar streets. Check our gallery.
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Swimsuit Designer Attends White House Conference, Appears on Talk Shows
Lakeland’s Altrichia Cook recently attended the White House’s United State of Women Summit and guests on BET’s “The Real” today, Bay News 9 reports. Watch it at 2 p.m. on WTVT-Fox 13. Here’s a preview and an excerpt: Source: Bay News 9
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George Jenkins Named Finalist for U.S. Capitol Statue
State legislators will choose next year between the Publix founder, educator Mary McLeod Bethune and environmentalist Marjorie Stoneman Douglas. Source: The Miami Herald
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News Release: Carol Jenkins Barnett, 59, Diagnosed With Younger Onset Alzheimers
The daughter of Publix founder George Jenkins is stepping down from the supermarket company’s board of directors. Source: News release: Publix Super Markets
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Architect Brad Lunz’ Experience as a Patient Led to an Acquisition
The president of Lunz Prebor Fowler wanted to get into medical facility design, so his 21-employee firm merged with a 6-employee firm that specializes in health structures. Source: Business Observer