New York attorney Spencer Sheehan said he’s pretty sure Mary Thorn asked him to help her keep her clothed alligator pet because of news coverage of his work to help 1980s “subway shooter” Bernard Goetz keep his landlord from evicting his three-legged, paralyzed squirrel. Folks, you can’t make this stuff up. Source: Florida Record
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Lakeland Veteran Says He Regrets Spraying Agent Orange
Leroy Foster, 68, told News Channel 8 he suffers tremendous guilt for spraying the toxic defoliant over Guam during the 1960s and 70s. He says he’s been diagnosed with 33 cancers and illnesses. Source: News Channel 8
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Bucs’ Adarius Glanton Thanks Lake Gibson Coach
Rusty Bulloch, an assistant coach at Lake Gibson, taught him how to snap, a skill that assisted in Sunday’s Bucs victory. “He said, ‘One day you’re going to use this.’ I didn’t believe him at the time, but I do now,” Glanton said.
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Jean Wright Built Two Home Health Businesses
The Lakeland resident trained to become a visiting nurse and now owns the 100-employee Action Home Care and Assurance Home Care, which oversees 50 independent contractors. Source: The Ledger
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Ex-Lakeland Pastor Paula White Slated for Trump Inauguration
White, a former leader of Without Walls Church here, now heads New Destiny Christian Center in Apopka. “Her presence at the inauguration is a very strong indicator that Trump’s White House will be a safe space for the Christian right’s most controversial characters,” The Daily Beast said in a snarky commentary. Source: Palm Beach Post
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Meet Dena DeCamp, Presidential Elector from Lakeland
Dena Stebbins DeCamp has been riding a political high the last few months. “This year has been the most fun I’ve ever had in politics,” she said. “I’ve hit the trifecta. I spoke at Trump rallies. I went to the Republican National Convention. I’m going to the inauguration.” And on Monday, she will be one of […]