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Lake volunteer to visit White House
A Lake County volunteer is headed to the White House after she received an invitation to hear a presidential address on volunteerism at the White House on Monday. Helena Osborne-Ponsi, director of VolunteerLAKE, will hear President Bush speak at the...Tags: The White House, Florida, George Bush, Ocala
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Osceola 4-H'ers awarded at state horse show
4-H participants from Osceola County won the High Point Small County Award at the State 4-H Horse Show at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa. Several of the these participants placed or won in their classes, including Kara Howard and Marina Beck....Tags: Florida State University, Tampa, Osceola County
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Remembering Orlando's grand ole opry houses
Sentinel Staff WriterDid you see the designs for the new Dr. P. Phillips Orlando Performing Arts Center? This could be the biggest deal to hit downtown since Buffalo Bill's buffalo, Barney, ran amok on Orange Avenue in 1912. No joke: That was a very, very big deal at the...Tags: Arts, Mark Twain, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre
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The darker side of labor unions
Special To The SentinelIn the Aug. 31 Orlando Sentinel, Bruce Nissen, an employee of a union think tank funded by public tax dollars at Florida International University, wrote an eloquent apology for advocating the elimination of secret-ballot elections because in the war of...Tags: Employees, Economic Sanctions, Retirement, Florida International University, Foreign Aid
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SunPass transponders aren't used to calculate speeds on expressways
What's up with the purple signs at Palm Beach International Airport? They direct you to a nonexistent cell phone lot which I have never found. Last year, airport workers directed me to an area along the side of the terminal roadway. I have waited there...Tags: Road Transportation, Transportation, Cell Phones, General Motors Corp., Florida's Turnpike
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Children's hospital to make Disney favorites part of its world
Orlando SentinelThere are video games in the patients' rooms and familiar Disney characters, including a 6-foot Baloo the bear, in the lobby. With the flip of a switch, tranquil beach or mountain scenery will appear on a wall inside the ER exam rooms. Children who...Tags: Game Playing, Lobbying, Hospitals and Clinics, Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Lake Nona
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Llevando la salud más allá del hospital
El SentinelLa puertorriqueña Antonia Novello Coello tiene una ambiciosa agenda como vicepresidenta del Hospital de Niños Disney del Florida Hospital en Orlando. La doctora quiere fundar un centro para el estudio y tratamiento del dolor crónico, establecer un...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Puerto Rico, Florida Hospital
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Deaths in Central Florida
BREVARD GERALD L. HARRINGTON SR., 75, Mims, died Sunday. North Brevard Funeral Home, Titusville. STANLEY E. TANNER, 75, Cocoa, died Wednesday. East Coast Cremation, Rockledge. LAKE DOROTHY E. CRELEY, 85, Tavares, died Thursday. A Community Funeral...Tags: New Smyrna Beach, Infants, Death and Dying, Venice, Titusville
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09/05: Deaths in Central Florida
BREVARD THELMA BLANCHE DAVIS, 84, Titusville, died Thursday. Baldwin-Fairchild Funeral Home, Lake Ivanhoe Chapel, Orlando. JOHN DUPUIS, 77, Melbourne, died Wednesday. Brownlie-Maxwell Funeral Home, Melbourne. GEORGE H. HOFF, 79, Titusville, died...Tags: New Smyrna Beach, Death and Dying, Altamonte Springs, Lake Mary, Kissimmee
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Who's behind attack ads during campaigns might surprise you
Tallahassee BureauThe attacks filled mailboxes and blanketed airwaves this summer. They screamed about candidates who were the captives of special interests that run the show in Tallahassee and accused them of being in thrall to failed Republican policies. Who paid for...Tags: Government Health Care, Trials, Broward County, Republican Party, Eleanor Sobel
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Plants are tall but a little short on being colorful
Special to the SentinelQuestion: Two bird of paradise plants came with our house. They are more than 7 feet tall and have white flowers. Are they missing some nutrient, or are the flowers supposed to be white? Answer: Guess what? You have a white bird of paradise plant....Tags: Dietary Supplements, Health Treatments, University of Florida, Fertilizer
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Why Lynx is facing worse cutbacks than its peers
Sentinel Staff WriterLynx bus riders could soon see higher fares and less-frequent service, thanks to spiraling fuel and labor costs. But while this same surge of expenses is hitting other Florida transit systems from Miami to Jacksonville, they aren't considering service...Tags: Employees, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Public Transportation, Tampa, State Budgets
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