Heartland Living Magazine Fall 2012 Issue

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My heart and soul has gone into this issue and I’m ex-cited to present to you the Heartland Living Magazine fall is-sue. As I see more and more of you around the community I’ve received some wonderful feedback from you about Heart-land Living Magazine and where the magazine is headed. To be truthful, we have just begun! People tell me they read the magazine from cover to cover and when looking for a certain business they pick it back up to find a local business for their needs. Since there has never been a more important time to band together and support local businesses and organizations, I encourage you to consider utilizing their professional services,

patronizing their businesses and supporting their causes for our community.

I’m happy and proud to share with the community a little about my family tree and our history. Sebring, Florida was a dream come true for my great-grandfather George E. Sebring. His purpose was to build a town where everyone could live, work, worship, play, retire and be happy throughout their life. I have to say, I think he accomplished his dream. This year is Sebring’s 100 Year Centennial and you will find all the celebration events in our Downtown Sebring section on page 56. Come celebrate with US!

Our cattle industry is a major player in the state of Florida, contributing near $2 billion to Florida’s economy each year. Ranch division cattle manager Flint Johns from Lykes Bros. Ranch welcomed us on their ranch where they were rounding up calves for shipping. A story I think you will enjoy!

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and I’m so honored Diana Albritton is gracing our cover and sharing her amazing journey where life has taken her so far. Diana is celebrating ten years as a breast cancer survivor and in this issue we honor her and other local ladies who are survivors and who share their unique stories.

I would like to dedicate this fall issue to all the survivors and the loved ones who have lost a family member or friend to this horrible disease. A huge thanks to my photographer Rafael who lost his mother to cancer and wanted to give back in her honor through his photography. I think he, along with my graphic designer Bridgette Waldau whose mother is a survivor, made Diana feel like one special lady during the photo shoot.

A special dedication from my heart to my children, Sissy & Bub, to their Nana who they loved so much! I love you both!

We are also pleased to introduce two new columns, “Outdoor Living” by Dan Echols and grandson Louie and “Healthy Living” by Nicole La Placa.

Enjoy Reading & Live Life to the Utmost,

Cindy Sebring Adams

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FEATURESDiana AlbrittonBy Pamela Glinski Generations, The Sebring FamilyBy Pamela Glinski

Lykes Brother’s RanchBy Pamela Glinski

ColumnsHeartland Heroes STR8 UP Youth Ministry

Showcasing The Arts Highlands Art League

Woman2Woman Cathy Albritton

Healthy Heartland Teach Your Children Well

Outdoor Living Fishing the Highlands with Louie

The Wine Cellar What’s in a Name?

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Heartland EventsLake Placid’s Alisa Piper

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Breast Care CenterThe Florida Hospital Breast Care Center and the Heartland’s top physicians are working together to bring high quality breast care close to home. Their highly trained staff includes board-certified radiologists, the areas only fellowship trained breast radiologist, registered mammographers, ultra-sonographers and nurse navigator to personalize and guide your care. The multidisciplinary team, which includes surgeons, plastic surgeons, radia-tion and medical oncologists and pathologists, meets regularly to review diagnostic imaging, surgical interventions and treatment plans for op-timal management of your breast care. This saves you and your family precious time and the inconvenience of traveling to Tampa or Orlando. Quality breast care is right here in Sebring.

Nurse NavigatorRegistered Nurse and Certified Nurse Navigator Laurie Jones is always there when a breast cancer patient needs her. She helps Florida Hospi-tal’s patients navigate the full spectrum of services from assessing the latest medical research to psychological and nutritional counseling. Whether it’s scheduling appointments, assisting with insurance issues, coordinating procedures, or just a heart-to-heart talk about day-today issues affecting the patient, Laurie is their personal advocate for quality care. Florida Hospital’s Breast Center offers the only Certified Nurse Navigator in the Heart-land.

Exceeding National StandardsFlorida Hospital’s comprehensive breast program is built on successful national breast care standards and best practices, and offers a comprehensive team approach to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. They are nationally accredited by the American College of Radiology (ACR) and the Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA), and certified by the National Consortium of Breast Centers (NCBC). The Breast Care Center was just recently rewarded with the Breast Cen-ter of Excellence by the ACR, one of only 61 locations in Florida and the only location in the Heartland. This means they set, and exceed, the highest standards for breast care in the nation. To learn more, visit www.FloridaHospital.com/Heartland.

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(Top right clockwise) Carol Byrum-Florida Hospital Surgery-1 year Survivor Dr. Deborah Fuschetti- South Florida State College -24 years Survivor; Jean Lund-Community Volunteer-30 years & 6 months Survivor; Kim Reed- Country Club Realty-7 years Survivor; Susan Jahna- Park Elementary-In Treatment ; Libby Coughlin-Cohan Radio-32 years Survivor; Sue Birge-Wauchula County Commisioner-29 years Survivor; Karen Witting-ham-Orangetree Books-19 years Survivor; Diana Albritton- Albritton Insurance/LCW-10 years; Cathy Albrit-ton- Florida Hospital Marketing-4 years Survivor and Phyllis Smoak- Retired, Citrus Family-23 years Survivor.

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Pink ArmyFlorida Hospitals statewide are encouraging every-one to join the fight against breast cancer by en-listing in the Pink Army. The campaign’s goal is to increase awareness so that all women get screened annually and decrease breast cancer deaths. They are also raising money to pay for mammograms for local women in need. Everyone is encouraged to join for free and have some fun while receiving rewards for completing missions. This campaign culminates in a fun, one-mile “Strut” on October 20 at Florida Hospital Sebring designed to allow Heartland ladies a girls-night-out filled with lots of giveaways, music, mocktails and a fabulous spe-cial-edition Vera Bradley wristlet. To see complete details or to join, visit www.JoinThePinkArmy.com.

We’re at war. Let’s arm ourselves to win. By enlisting passionate soldiers and getting

your annual mammogram this missioncan be accomplished!

When you join the Florida Hospital Pink Army, you will receive a set of dog tags as your first reward. Other rewards include a limited-edition charm for your dog tags just for getting a mammogram at any Florida Hospital between October and December 2012. Show your dog tags at any participating business and receive a special gift, service or discount. Your dog tags are good at any vendor statewide, even if you registered in the Heartland area. So visit www.JoinThePinkArmy.com to see all the rewards and discounts are available.

Breast Care CenterThe Florida Hospital Breast Care Center and the Heartland’s top physicians are working together to bring high quality breast care close to home. Their highly trained staff includes board-certified radiologists, the areas only fellowship trained breast radiologist, registered mammographers, ultra-sonographers and nurse navigator to personalize and guide your care. The multidisciplinary team, which includes surgeons, plastic surgeons, radia-tion and medical oncologists and pathologists, meets regularly to review diagnostic imaging, surgical interventions and treatment plans for op-timal management of your breast care. This saves you and your family precious time and the inconvenience of traveling to Tampa or Orlando. Quality breast care is right here in Sebring.

Nurse NavigatorRegistered Nurse and Certified Nurse Navigator Laurie Jones is always there when a breast cancer patient needs her. She helps Florida Hospi-tal’s patients navigate the full spectrum of services from assessing the latest medical research to psychological and nutritional counseling. Whether it’s scheduling appointments, assisting with insurance issues, coordinating procedures, or just a heart-to-heart talk about day-today issues affecting the patient, Laurie is their personal advocate for quality care. Florida Hospital’s Breast Center offers the only Certified Nurse Navigator in the Heart-land.

Exceeding National StandardsFlorida Hospital’s comprehensive breast program is built on successful national breast care standards and best practices, and offers a comprehensive team approach to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. They are nationally accredited by the American College of Radiology (ACR) and the Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA), and certified by the National Consortium of Breast Centers (NCBC). The Breast Care Center was just recently rewarded with the Breast Cen-ter of Excellence by the ACR, one of only 61 locations in Florida and the only location in the Heartland. This means they set, and exceed, the highest standards for breast care in the nation. To learn more, visit www.FloridaHospital.com/Heartland.

Rally the TROOPS

(Top right clockwise) Carol Byrum-Florida Hospital Surgery-1 year Survivor Dr. Deborah Fuschetti- South Florida State College -24 years Survivor; Jean Lund-Community Volunteer-30 years & 6 months Survivor; Kim Reed- Country Club Realty-7 years Survivor; Susan Jahna- Park Elementary-In Treatment ; Libby Coughlin-Cohan Radio-32 years Survivor; Sue Birge-Wauchula County Commisioner-29 years Survivor; Karen Witting-ham-Orangetree Books-19 years Survivor; Diana Albritton- Albritton Insurance/LCW-10 years; Cathy Albrit-ton- Florida Hospital Marketing-4 years Survivor and Phyllis Smoak- Retired, Citrus Family-23 years Survivor.

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The first time Lake Placid’s Alisa Piper was ever on a kneeboard was at the age of 2. Her dad held her in his lap and they rode around the lake making it a moment in Piper’s life that would obviously stick with her.

Alisa’s blood line runs very deep within the sport of kneeboarding. The Piper family helped organize one of the first kneeboarding clubs in the United States. Growing up kneeboarding always seemed to be the family hobby. In 2001 a local kneeboard club based out of Lake Placid called the Skionee Kneeboard Club was organized and that is when Alisa really got involved in competitive kneeboarding. For the past 11 years she has made a strong name for herself in the world of Kneeboarding. Piper’s current titles make her the highest ranked female kneeboarder in the nation.

She has been lucky enough to be a part of kneeboardings Team USA and compete against teams from England and Australia. USA Water-ski named Piper the 2011 American Kneeboard Associations Female Athlete of the year making it her fifth consecutive year winning the award. She also currently holds the womens International flipout re-cord with 5 flips in 21.84 seconds.

On September 1-2, 2012 at Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, GA., the American Kneeboard Associations held its 28th Kneeboard Nationals. Piper competed in the Open Women Division (the high-est level of competition) and captured the title of 2012 Open Women Overall National Champion, first place slalom, first place tricks, first place women flip out and first place women freestyle.

Kneeboarding is a great family sport and Piper encourages everyone to come out and give it a try. The Lake Placid native has elevated her family sport to a national level.

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When Diana Albritton discovered a lump in her breast ten years ago, she never suspected she would have to endure six surgeries, disabling nerve damage and a two year painful course of rehabilitation.

While attending a meeting in Las Vegas in January 2002, an unusual breast cancer awareness key chain carried by business woman Ace Hawkins caught Albritton’s eye. The different sized beads were examples of what tumors could feel like.

Albritton did a self-exam and found a tumor. “It is important to listen to your intuition…if it is talking to you, there is a reason,” she stated.

In Diana’s mind, “removing the cancer was the easy part.” What was important to her was keeping everything in life as “normal” as possible for the people she cared about, especially for her daughter Ricki, who was 12 and in the fifth grade at the time

“I didn’t have a fear of dying…I was worried about everyone else,” said Albritton.

“DeDe,” as she is known by her friends, had “the perfect life.” This Florida na-tive graduated with a marketing degree from the University of Florida in 1984, studied abroad, married her college sweetheart Scott Albritton, and moved to Sebring in 1986.

She had worked as marketing director at Highlands Regional Medical Center and then with Smith Barney brokerage firm for over 10 years. In 2002, she became a representative for Nouveau www.Promote-SkinWellness.com. Albritton has also had her insurance license since 1991, specializing in health and life insurance, Medicare and long-term care plans.

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Her husband co-owns Allstar Car Sales at 2671 US Hwy 27 S. in Sebring, with Debra Graves.

“She is the bravest lady I know,” said Graves, who works in the same building with Diana and watched her go through surgeries, rehab, and her ultimate return to work. She added that through it all, Diana’s concern and kindness toward others was impressive.

After her first mastectomy in 2002, Di-ana was told she had developed lymph-edema, and her lymph nodes would have to be removed. During recon-struction of tissue, more complications

arose, leaving damage to her shoul-der and nerves of her right arm. The acute pain that followed left her unable to work and required years of physical therapy, pain clinics and water therapy. She finished her treatments in August of 2002.

When hair started falling out by the handfuls in the shower, Diana couldn’t bring herself to cut it. Instead, she pulled it out. “I couldn’t look in mirror because I didn’t see me,” said Albritton of the frustrations she felt. Though she was comfortable wearing bandanas and hats to cover her balding

head, when she was around her daughter she wore a wig. “I just wanted everything to be normal for Ricki,” she ex-plained.

The disabling nerve damage in her right arm prevented her from doing even simple things like wearing a bra or styling her hair.

She recalled feeling the need to wear a wig even after her own hair started to grow back and putting on a jacket to conceal the heart shaped pil-low she used under her right arm to give her comfort.

When Albritton confided to hairstylist Stephanie Sher-rae Hadwin, “I haven’t seen ‘ME’ in the mirror for two years,” Hadwin straightened the new growth and helped Diana finally feel at ease with the way she looked.

“She is truly inspiring,” said Hadwin, who was amazed by Albritton’s strength and positive attitude in the face of all she went through. She added, “Diana is the reason

I started the pink streaks in Highlands County eight years ago….she was the first wearer of a pink streak.”

Albritton still wears a dyed pink strip in the back of her long, flowing hair in support of breast cancer awareness. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time when the American Can-cer Society stresses the importance of having yearly screenings. With one out of every eight women having a chance of developing breast cancer and an esti-mated 230,480 new cases in the United States in 2011, self-exams and mammo-grams are essential for early detection.

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In 2004, Albritton had an elective mas-tectomy on her left breast, followed by two reconstructive surger-ies. It was at that time that she reached a pivotal point in her pain. It began to change from unbearable, acute pain to a tolerable, chronic “hurt.” She declared, “I wanted my life back…I was ready to be a survivor.”

During her recovery, Albritton kept up her State of Florida Health, Life and Annuity Li-cense by attending educational seminars in Tampa and Or-lando. Throughout the two year rehabilitation, she came to realize that God’s purpose for her life “was to form a business plan where she could serve others.”

Now, the information packets Diana gives to new clients at www.AlbrittonInsuranceSer-vices.com include her multi-colored, striped “lifesaver” breast cancer awareness ink pens, a vivid reminder that one test, one breast exam, can save a life.

“It is important to surround yourself with knowledgeable people that stay passionate about what they do,” said Diana of the doctors and other people that have had a positive effect on her. A bag of cherished cards and handwrit-

ten letters, worn and tattered from being read and reread, are tangible reminders

of the family and friends whose support sustained her.

“They (those cards) meant I’d better go fight,” said Albritton, eyes welling up with tears as she talked about the people

she had on the sidelines pulling for her to come through.

This outgoing 51 year old explained that, even now, it can be overwhelming to her when she thinks about the positive ways in which God is using the challenges she struggled with after breast cancer.

The love and support of her parents, Carolyn and John Coarsey, was evident in their actions and advice. One con-versation Diana had with her mother while driving to the Moffitt Cancer Center pain clinic had a profound effect on her attitude. She remem-bers her mother saying, “God has a plan for all our lives, we just need to trust Him and go along for the ride.”

A renewed hope came from those words. Diana said that she prayed for strength and the ability to go back to work …and she prayed that the ill-ness that caused her disability would change her life.

As a way to give back to the commu-nity, in January 2006 Albritton founded “Lunch Club Wednesday,” a women’s social networking organization whose purpose is to “encourage each other in our endeavors.”

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Diana with her hairdresser and friend Stephanie.

“She is truly inspiring. Diana is the reason I started the pink streaks in Highlands County eight years ago….she was the first wearer of a pink streak.”


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Albritton is also a member of the Se-bring Chamber of Commerce, sits on the board of Habitat for Humanity, attends Grace Bible Church and helps organize fundraisers like the annual Sertoma (Service to Mankind) golf tournament and luau.

“Life goes on,” stated Albritton. While her pain is a constant reminder of her breast cancer, she exercises regu-larly at Gold’s Gym, runs in 5Ks, plays a guitar, kayaks often, shoots a bow, and enjoys her work with clients from N.C., Ga. and Fla.

Life didn’t return to “normal” for Di-ana…. It got better, she affirmed. She added, “Look what I can do!” Today, Albritton said she is “happy” and “in love with what she is doing.” She doesn’t “sweat the small stuff,” instead she concentrates on what she “can do.”

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In 1911, when Mr. Sebring first laid eyes on the crystal clear waters of Lake Jackson, then known as Lake Hare, and the pristine surrounding area, he envi-sioned a religious community built in paradise.

Mr. Sebring planted the seeds of hope for a better life based on faith and the growing Florida citrus and cattle indus-tries. He gave land to any church or synagogue that wanted to build a place of worship. A devout Methodist, Mr. Sebring also supported the work of the Salvation Army. George E., as his family calls him, mar-ried Anne Louise (Harrison) in 1879 and they had two children, Harry “Or-vel” and Ethel Marie. After Anne died at the age of 34 in 1895, Mr. Sebring married Cora “Meme” Harris and had three more children, George Eugene “Gene” Jr., Payne Murray and Dorothy.

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Jacquie married Thornton Trevelyan on February 14, 1952. They had three daughters; Allyson, Dawn and Dolly, who passed in 2008. Allyson is a home maker and has one son, Charles. Dawn works at Jahna Concrete and has 2 sons and 1 daughter; Craig, Sunni Kay and Justin. Payne is Dolly’s son.

Although Jacquie moved away from the area for a brief time while her husband was in the service, Sebring will always be her home. “I wouldn’t want to go anywhere else,” Jacquie stated. “I’m so glad he [grandfather] came here and started this town for us to grow up in.”

Jacquie said that growing up a Sebring wasn’t always easy. She explained, “Peo-ple would think you were rich, and we weren’t.”

Billy married Anne Theresa (Palmer) on January 31, 1954 and they had eight children: Danni Sue Sebring, Cindy Se-bring Adams, Chris, Paul, Susie Tucker, Beverly Singley, Randy and Will.

Billy recalled stories of his grandfather, who was an avid racing fan. Secretary of the Florida Automobile Racing Associa-tion, Mr. Sebring accepted a challenge to drive the full length of the rugged coast of Florida, from Jacksonville to Miami in an open Pathfinder car. He

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Billy described his beloved grandmother Meme as “a tall, stately lady who always wore a hat.” Both of his grandparents were known as immaculate dressers. Billy’s oldest daughter, Danni now works as a nurse at Florida Hospital Heartland Di-vision. To her the family heritage that exists in the small community is what’s special about our city.

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Heartland Living Magazine’s owner and publisher, Cindy Sebring Adams, shares a very important interest with her great-grandfather. Mr. Sebring published the first edition of the Sebring News on Au-gust 1, 1912. Cindy has a daughter and son, Jessica and Jake.

“Respect others and have integrity, that’s what he (Billy) taught us,” stated Chris Sebring. He and his wife Kristine are co-owners of Everglades Seasoning in Sebring and co-own B & S Cattle. An avid hunter and fisherman, Chris said that the love of the outdoors is another characteristic that has been passed down

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Paul Sebring remembers hearing stories about how religious his great-grandfa-ther was. “Sebring was started as a reli-gious community,” he said. Paul has two sons and two daughters, Dewey, Raney, Roudy and Hally.

Susie (Sebring) Tucker has taught in the Highlands County School System for 23 years and is a lifelong resident of Se-bring. She and her husband, Fred, have two daughters, Kelsey and Hannah.

Beverly (Sebring) Singley has been an employee of Highlands County for 12 years and is an active member of the First United Methodist Church which Mr. Sebring founded in 1912. She and her husband, Art, have two sons, Jarrett and Zach. Randy Sebring, number seven as he describes himself, owns Sebring Trac-tor Service. He remarked that it was “pretty neat” being a Sebring. As he, his wife Julie and their two boys, Dalton and Jack, get older he said, “I would like them to know where Sebring originated from so they could keep the family leg-acy going.”

The youngest, Will Sebring has been the herbicide supervisor for Lykes Bros. Cit-rus Management Division for 20 years. He and his wife Marcella have one son, George.

George E. Sebring died of a heart attack on January 4, 1924, but the descen-dants of his family tree have branched out across the tri-county area and are a vital part of the community. The entire family is excited to celebrate the 100th Centennial and to share their heritage with our community.


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The second Wednesday of every month, between 85 and 150 women in the community get together for a $10 lunch at the Sebring Elks Lodge at 2618 Kenilworth Blvd. Members can be businesswomen, homemakers, students, retirees, entrepreneurs, or anything, really-- as long as they are women.

“We (women) all have a lot of things in common,” said Albritton, who hopes that Lunch Club Wednesday members will share ideas, support one another, and come together in a spirit of encouragement.

Members must attend two meetings in a 12-month period. There are no membership fees, and lunch starts at 11:30. Members will receive dis-counts on products and services offered by other members and have the option to reserve a display table during each event in order to showcase their own goods, services, or non-profit agencies.

Each event features a speaker who addresses some topic pertinent to wom-en’s health and well-being, and as many as 25 door prizes are raffled off. A monthly “CeCe Courage Award” is also awarded to a nominated member.

Albritton started the club based on a suggestion from a co-worker, who wondered if there was a forum where women could come together and share ideas. Having recently undergone treatment for breast cancer, Albrit-ton had been looking for an opportunity to focus her energy on a posi-tive undertaking to show her gratitude to God. Her co-worker’s comment struck a chord.

Her first meeting, held at Chicanes restaurant, brought in 20 people. Each month the group grew by 10 more women, and currently as many as 150 women attend Lunch Club Wednesday during the winter months. Five dedicated volunteers help Albritton run the show.

Albritton hopes that women, even women who are alone in Highlands County, will come out to join the group and make friends and connections. “I want them to feel welcome, because it’s hard being by yourself,” she said.

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“Our cattle industry is a major player in this state, contributing near $2 billion to Florida’s economy each year,” explained Agricultural Commissioner Adam Putnam.

A fifth-generation rancher himself, Putnam knows the industry well. He added, “Approxi-mately 21,000 Florida farms, or 44 percent of all farms in our state, have cattle…five of the country’s largest cow-calf operations are based in Florida.”

Of the 300 ranches in this area, Lykes is the biggest in Glades and Highlands County and the fifth largest cattle business in the United States. They own 337,000 acres of land, 180,000 of which is used for its cattle operation, stated Johns, who took over the position of ranch man-ager last year.

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As October approaches, we begin to see a sea of pink: pink shirts, pink jewelry, pink hair... you name it. One of the fearless leaders of our local pink movement is Cathy Albritton. She is the Director of Market-ing and Community Relations for Florida Hospital Heartland Division. She has been “telling the story of Florida Hospital” for 11 years and over the last several years, she has been instrumental in the many pink events Seascape Imaging and Florida Hospital have organized.

What many may not know is that this well-known and much-loved member of our community is a 7th generation Floridian with roots in St. Augustine. She was actually born in Walker Memorial Hospital. She en-joys quiet places and art. She is also a breast cancer survivor of 4 years and 7 months. “Any kind of cancer is life changing,” Cathy states. “But I was fortunate not go it alone.” She found a breast cancer website that al-lowed her to contact an individual in Mis-sissippi by the name of BJ Speed that was diagnosed with the same type of breast can-cer just two weeks before her. They went through every process and treatment to-gether, drawing strength from their shared experience.

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Race day registration begins at 7:00 AM with the start of the 5K race at 8:00 AM. The Family Fun Walk starts 9:00 AM.The festival begins at 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM.

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Food For Thought is Highlands Counties oldest and largest Health Food Store. The store is located in the Village Fountain Plaza, just south of Alan Jay Chevrolet, where it has been for over 25 years. The present owners Rocky and Barbara Snapp have owned the store since 2000. The Health Food Store has had several renovations in the past few years and had an expansion with added square footage in 2011.

Food For Thought is a full service health food store with an extensive selection of vitamins, supplements, herbs, essential oils, probiotics, natural “healthy” personal care and beauty products, protein powders and books. They provide a large selection of organic and national foods with the largest selec-tion of “Gluten Free” foods in the county.

Alkaline water if available fresh on site daily and Live and Dried Blood Analysis is available by appointment. The knowl-edge and experienced staff will help you with all your health care needs and are glad to help your research and your health questions. Special orders can be made.

The store is open from 9:00 to 6:00 Monday through Friday and 9:00 to 5:00 on Saturday. Visit the store for all your natu-ral health care needs.

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I grew up with a single parent in an Italian family where food was not only part of our tradition it was part of our life. Meals with the family consisted of sitting at the table or standing in the kitchen for hours talking, laughing and shar-ing. Being raised by a single parent also meant that eating was on a budget. We ate a lot of rice, beans, casseroles, and crock pot dishes. These types of meals are now considered healthy, whole food, plant based meals. Back then it was just called dinner. Fast food was not an option except for the occasional, once a month drive through or TV dinner.

While I was growing up, I spent a lot of time with my grand-mother who taught me how to cook. There were many days where we would have food experiments and grandma always smiled as she tried everything I made. Having my grand-mother teach me to cook helped provide a solid foundation for nutrition which has continued into my adulthood.

I believe that teaching children how to cook and sharing the meal planning with them is important for their health and for family bonding. This allows children to be involved with their parents and away from the television, video games, etc. Cooking with children also teaches them life skills and healthy eating habits.

By Nicole La Placa

Teach your Children WellI hear a lot about what to feed kids but what about also teaching them how to feed themselves?

Here are five tips to help you get started:

Get involved: Maximize your time off on the weekend to enjoy a family breakfast. Use cookie cutters to make fun shaped pancakes. Invite the favorite toys or dolls to sit at the table. Be creative!

Food is art: Incorporate a rainbow of colors to your dishes. For example, tri color pasta and different colored vegetables.

Plan meals together: This opens up communication and gets everyone involved.

Experiment: Add spices like paprika, parsley, pepper, and turmeric which are not only colorful but good for you. Start adding these spices slowly to allow the taste buds time to adjust.

Have fun Take a healthy ‘night off’ and make some fun, family comfort food like pizza, popcorn, or cookies.

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Writer Nicole during her childhood fishing and feeding chickens. Her grandma, Katharine, taught her to fish and fed her for life.


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IN THE HEARTLANDSLivingWith the afternoon storms here in the heartland lately and the lightning that usually accompanies them, coupled with the fact that school is back in full swing, my grandson Louie and I have had to change our fishing tactics a little. Instead of late afternoon trips, we’ve switched to going early in the morning.

We’re not complaining though because with all the rain we’ve had lately, the lake levels are way up and that’s a good thing.

During a recent trip we got out on Lake Charlotte at first light and as the sun was coming up the lake was as slick as glass. Louie started things off by catching a monster of a Bluegill. As always we had a great time and as far as we’re concerned, it just doesn’t get much better.

Freshwater fishing here in the heartland is without a doubt some of the best anywhere. The fish bite year round and with over a hundred lakes to choose from here in Highlands County, the op-portunities are endless.

Fishing the Highlands with Louie

Adrian “Louie” Echols was born in the Heartland in 2001. He got his first ultra-light rod and reel combo on his first birthday and caught his first bass at age three. Since then he’s not looked back and has grown to become a most successful fisherman at his current ripe old age of ten. At seven he was presented a certificate by Captain Cefus McRae, Producer of “The Nuts & Bolts of Fishing” Television Show, declaring him to be the very first Junior Pro-Staff Member of that or-ganization. He’s been featured in two major publications, once in Field & Stream, and twice in the Braggin’ rights section of GAFF Magazine. Along with many other articles in newspapers, publications and he even starred in his own episode of the Lunkerville

Television Fishing show, simply titled “Louie, Louie”, and currently airing throughout the United States and Canada on the World Fishing Network (WFN). He was recently chosen as the Poster Child for the new Highlands County Lakes Guide.

Aside from all of this, Louie is just a kid who loves to fish, and is surrounded by people that love him. He aspires to become a professional fisherman one day, and judging from what he’s accomplished thus far, that might just happen. Louie attends Cracker Trail Elementary School and when he’s not in school he and his grandpa go bass fishing every chance they get. In fact, they are on what they call their “fishin’ mission”, to fish all of Highlands County’s over one hundred lakes.

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About Adrian “Louie” Echols

Echol’s grandson Louie.


IN THE HEARTLANDS


This October marks the fifth year the Highlands County Humane Society pres-ents Terror Trail. The popular haunted attraction is located at the Humane Society’s shelter near the Sebring Airport. The attraction serves as a major fund raising event with all proceeds going directly to the not-for-profit shelter. Terror Trail is presented every Friday and Saturday night thru the month of October. Tickets will be sold from 7 pm until 10 pm. The attractions remain open until the all ticket holders have been admitted.

Terror Trail consists of three separate attractions. Visitors have the option of purchasing a ticket for a single attraction for $7. A ticket for two attractions is $11. A “super ticket” good for all three attractions is $15 and includes a free glow stick. Park-

ing is free and light concessions are available. All proceeds go directly to the Humane Society of Highlands County.

Parents are cautioned the event is designed for teens and adults and is too intense for children. A special “not scary” time for children will be featured on Sunday, October 28th starting at 2 pm, continuous until 5 pm. Children will be able to walk a friendly trail with games and prizes along the way. The Humane Society is located at 7321 Haywood Taylor Blvd. in Sebring. Please contact us at 863.214.6508 for further information.

It can get very confusing when it comes to the names of wines. Most Old World (European) wines are named after the place where the grapes are grown and the wine is made. This is in part due to tradition but also due to European Union wine laws. If all the grapes come from a particular region the region must be on the bottle. The grape type is not required to be on the bottle. A good example of this is Chianti. All Chianti’s must come from the Tuscany region of Italy. They must also use particular grapes but more on that later. Many New World (non-European) wines are named after the grape. Many times the area is also in the name but not always. For example, the wine may be called a Chardonnay. The zone, region, country, state etc. may also be on the bottle but is not necessarily always the case. Keep in mind that the United States wine laws are very relaxed compared to the EU (European Union) wine laws. A good example of this would be a Sonoma Cabernet Sauvignon. By U.S. wine laws only 75% of the grapes need to be from So-noma and only 75% of the grapes need to be Cabernet Sauvignon. The other 25% can be from any grape and from anywhere in the world. Makes you wonder what you are drinking? So, in getting back to EU wines you may be wondering how you know what grapes are in the wines you are drinking. The chart in this article may help you in deciphering all of this and shows the grapes that are allowed in a region to be used in the wines. You may be surprised at the grape type in some of your favorite EU wines.

I hope this guide will help you to decide what wine, from what re-gions and made from what grapes that you tend to enjoy. The most important thing about wine is to drink what you enjoy and to drink it with the people you enjoy most!

In the next issue we will discuss some general wine information. If you have any questions about wine email them to me at [email protected]. I will answer your questions in the next issue.

By David Padgitt, Branch Manager for PRP Wine

What is in a Name?Beaujolais from France

GamayBordeaux from France (Red)

Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Etc.Bordeaux from France (White)

Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, MuscadelleBurgundy from France (Red)

Pinot NoirBurgundy from France (White)

ChardonnayChablis from France

ChardonnayChampagne from France

Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot MeunierChateauneuf-du-Pape from France

Grenache, Mourvedre, Syrah, Etc.Chianti from Italy

Sangiovese, Canaiolo, Etc.Chotes du Rhone from France

Grenache, Mourvedre, Carignan, Etc.Port from Portugal

Tourigna Nacional, Tinta Barroca, Touriga Franca,Tinta Roriz, Tinto Cao, Etc.

Pouilly-Fuissee, Macon, Saint Veran from FranceChardonnay

Rioja from Spain (Red)Tempranillo, Grenache, Etc.

Sancerre/Pouilly-Fume from FranceSauvignon Blanc

Sauternes from FranceSemillon, Sauvignon Blanc

Sherry from SpainPalomino

Soave from Italy Garganega, Etc.

Valpolicella from Italy Corvina, Molinara, Rondinella

Some information from this article came from Wine for Dummies and Wines of the World.



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Even though we are most known as a fan and lighting showroom, we also sell all kinds of light bulbs, from the common to the uncommon. We are also extremely competitively priced and urge you to shop our prices against the big box stores. You will be pleasantly sur-prised! We consider our service and knowledge of our products to be our biggest asset, and invite you to bring us your lighting questions. Our goal is to help you find the right product for you at the right price.

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The SFSC Museum of Florida Art and Culture (MOFAC) uses art to educate the public about Florida’s unique

history, heritage, and environment.

THIRD THURSDAY AT MOFACDuring its season, SFSC MOFAC hosts monthly programs in which artists and guest speakers discuss an exhibit on display.

WILDFLOWER WAYSIDE SHRINE TRAILOpen year-round on the SFSC Highlands Campus, MOFAC’s Wildflower Wayside Shrine Trail incorporates art into a short walking trail through pristine scrubland.

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Grab your boats and paddles and bring them down to Scott Driver Park in Okeechobee on Saturday, October 6 for the Kiwanis Club of Okeechobee’s second annual Adam Bryant Minimal Regatta. This event is a homemade boat race whereby boats are constructed from one 4’x 8’ sheet of luan plywood, two 12’ two by fours, one roll of duct tape, one pound of screws, and all the paint you can find.

The event is in memorial of Adam Bryant, a past Builder’s Club and Key Club member whose life was shortened by a devastating spinal cord injury. Funds raised go towards sending a graduating high school senior through Fire/EMT training, as Adam was study-

ing to be a professional Firefighter/EMT at the time of his accident.

This event is all about family fun and creativity. In addition to the wild boat races, there will be bounce houses, obstacles courses, face painting, food, and more for the kids. Admission is free.

The races will start at 9 AM on Saturday morning. If you are look-ing for even more fun, we will be having a boat check-in party and dinner on Friday, October 5 starting at 5 PM. If you are interested in racing or for more information, please contact J.D. Mixon at 863-634-1778 or visit our website at www.MinimalRegatta.com.

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1 pound ground chuck, 1 pound ground pork

1 pound ground chicken or turkey

1 pkg. Jimmy Dean Sausage-Regular

3 slices bread soaked in milk

½ large bell pepper (diced), 1 large onion (diced)

2 stalks celery (diced) , 1-2 T. olive oil

½ cup bread crumbs

Salt & Pepper & Garlic powder (to taste)

2 tsp. oregano leaves

2 tsp. Italian Seasoning

½ tsp. dried Thyme

½ tsp. marjoram

2 eggs½ cup ketchup (or tomato sauce)

2 T. mustard (yellow or Dijon)

2 T. barbecue sauce

MeatloafGLAZE½ cup brown sugar, ¼ cup yellow mustard, ½ cup ketchup

½ cup bacon (chopped-uncooked)

Note: I like lower sodium or brown sugar bacon

Place meat in bowl to bring to room temperature.

Sauté bell pepper, onion and celery in olive oil until tender.

Add sautéed vegetables to meat mixture. Add remaining ingredients

(except Glaze ingredients). Mix until all ingredients are evenly distrib-

uted. Do NOT over mix.

Place in 9 x 13 baking dish. Combine brown sugar, ketchup and mus-

tard to make glaze. Spread over meatloaf. Sprinkle chopped bacon

over meatloaf and mash into glaze and meatloaf with the back of a

spoon.

Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes to 1 hour. Until browned around

edges and bacon is cooked. Note: Remove from oven - use turkey

baster to extract excess drippings from meatloaf.

1 medium bell pepper (diced)1 medium onion (diced)6 strips bacon-chopped

1 large can stewed tomatoes1 small can diced tomatoes½ sleeve Premium saltine crackers2 cups sharp cheddar cheese (shredded or cubed)

Salt & Pepper & garlic powder to taste2 T. butter.

Fry bacon in skillet. Sauté bell pepper and onion in bacon in skillet until bell pepper and onion are tender.Smash stewed tomatoes and pour with diced tomatoes into bell pepper, onion, bacon mixture. Add S&P and GP. Simmer for about 10 minutes until bubbly.

Add crumbled crackers and stir into tomato mixture. Cook for about 5 minutes. Add cheese and stir to melt. As soon as melted.Turn off burner, cover and keep warm on stovetop. When ready to serve, add 2 T. butter and heat carefully.Serve as a hot relish/condiment to meatloaf.

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2 cups blueberries (cleaned well)2 cans crescent rolls (original)2 ½ cups sugar (divided)¼ cup flourLemon juice

2 sticks butter1-2 cups Mountain DewMix blueberries, lemon juice, dash salt, ½ cup sug-

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October 16: Rotary Club Centennial LuncheonOctober 16: Sebring City Council Centennial Reception

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October 16: Rotary Club Centennial LuncheonOctober 16: Sebring City Council Centennial Reception

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