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Mail carriers collect food for Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive!

Submitted by Susan Wilson, Assignment Editor

Saturday, May 11th, 2013, 3:19am

Mail carriers collect food for Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive!

Carrollwood, Florida - Mail carriers will take part in the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive.

Residents can leave non-perishable food item by their mailbox and the letter carrier will pick it up. The food will be donated to food banks to distribute to needy citizens.

Last year, over 70-million pounds of food was donated across the country.

If you cannot leave food items by your mailbox, you can drop it by your local post office.

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Sidewalk garage sale and farmer's market

Submitted by Gillian Finklea, Web Producer, 10 News In Your Neighborhood

Friday, April 19th, 2013, 12:41pm

Sidewalk garage sale and farmer's market

Sebring, Florida -- The city of Sebring will hold a Sidewalk Gargage Sale and Farmer's Market.

It will be held on Saturday, April 20 from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. It will take place on the sidewalks of Downtown Sebring.

Also the Happy Owl, a party and art supply store, is under new management and is having an open house from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday as well.

The Happy Owl is located at 227 North Ridgewood.

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Highlands Sheriff's deputies win shootout benefiting Youth Ranch

Submitted by Beau Zimmer, Reporter

Wednesday, April 10th, 2013, 11:16am

Highlands Sheriff's deputies win shootout benefiting Youth Ranch

Okeechobee, Florida -- Two members of the Highlands County Sheriff's Office walked away with the overall title in the Seacoast National Bank Sheriff's Shootout at Quail Creek Plantation in Okeechobee.

Lt. John Barcinas and Detective Sgt. Brian Kramer went home with a check for $2,000 to be donated to the Florida Sheriff's Youth Ranch in the name of the Highlands County Sheriff's Office.

The shooting competition included teams representing Highlands, DeSoto, Glades, Hendry, Okeechobee, Palm Beach, Martin and St. Lucie County Sheriff's Offices.

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Up Next Barber Shop appreciation day

Submitted by Gillian Finklea, Web Producer, 10 News In Your Neighborhood

Saturday, April 6th, 2013, 1:10pm

Sebring, Florida -- Up Next Barber Shop is having a customer appreciation day on April 7.

They will be celebrating one year of business and is inviting customers to come for food, drinks, raffles prizes, coloring contests, face painting and much more.

Up Next Barber Shop is located at 107 West Center Avenue and will last from noon to 3 p.m.

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Video Contest: Filming the Fun in Downtown Wauchula

Submitted by Taylor Katz, Web Producer, 10 News In Your Neighborhood

Thursday, March 28th, 2013, 10:57am

Video Contest: Filming the Fun in Downtown Wauchula

Wauchula, Florida-- Main Street Wauchula presents their "Filming the Fun in Downtown Wauchula" video contest!

According to their website, participants are encouraged to submit a three-to-five minute video of fun events taking place downtown. Pieces could be used as a promotional tool to attract visitors to Wauchula!

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PRECO has membership celebration

Submitted by Gillian Finklea, Web Producer, 10 News In Your Neighborhood

Friday, March 15th, 2013, 10:08am

Wauchula, Florida -- For the third year in a row, Peace River Electric Cooperative (PRECO) registered more than 800 individuals at its Annual Membership Meeting.

On Saturday, March 9, the cooperative received 850 members, plus their families, at the 73rd annual event in Wauchula, Florida. In less than 10 years, member attendance has swelled from around 600 to well over 800.

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Local schools succeed at 2013 ProStart Culinary Team Competition

Submitted by Taylor Katz, Web Producer, 10 News In Your Neighborhood

Tuesday, March 12th, 2013, 2:02pm

Local schools succeed at 2013 ProStart Culinary Team Competition

Tampa Bay, Florida-- Congratulations are in order for students of Tarpon Springs High School, Leto High School and Avon Park High School as teams from each stood out among 55 Florida schools at the 13th Annual ProStart Culinary Team Competition last week in Orlando.

Teams from schools across the state were judged on their preparation of a gourmet meal, their ability to create a business proposal for a new restaurant, their creative design of an edible centerpiece and their finishing touches during an event called "the waiter’s relay race."