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• June basketball camps available for youths in Poinciana

  Around Osceola

  Created: Thursday, 03 June 2010 00:00

  Lisa D’CatoPoinciana WriterKids can hone their skills by being a part of the two basketball camps available in Poinciana during June. The first offered is AAU boy’s basketball. Hosted by Poinciana Hoops, this event is for young men 16 and under. This ...

• Solivita Cyclist club take members for a ride

  Around Osceola

  Created: Thursday, 03 June 2010 00:00

  By Kenn HallFor the News-GazetteWhen cycling enthusiasts Bruce and Betty Everard moved to Solivita from Palm Beach Gardens in the summer of 2006 they didn’t let the fact that there wasn’t a bicycle club in their new community get them down. ...

• FWC, Florida, stand prepared

  Around Osceola

  Created: Thursday, 03 June 2010 00:00

  Rodney BarretoFlorida Fish & Wildlife We often take for granted all the things that make our life easy until something happens to make us sit up and take notice. This happened in late April, when the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico ...

• School District earns four state awards

  Around Osceola

  Created: Thursday, 03 June 2010 00:00

  The Osceola County School District’s Community Relations Department has been awarded four first-place state awards from the Sunshine State School Public Relations Association in recognition of excellence in communications that strengthen public support ...

• Schmidt completes Eagle Scout project

  Around Osceola

  Created: Thursday, 03 June 2010 00:00

  Teen replaces preserve’s trail markers with historical plaques Keenan Schmidt, of Boy Scout Troop 240 in St. Cloud, completed his Eagle Scout project on March 22 at the Osceola County Historical Society, making improvements to a local nature preserve. ...

• High schoolers visit elementary students for Read Across America

  Around Osceola

  Created: Thursday, 03 June 2010 00:00

  Osceola Classroom Teachers’ Association on March 2 sponsored Read Across America. Athletes, dancers and honor students from every high school within the county left their home schools and went to 15 elementary schools to read in classrooms. ...

• Kindergarten students to get free Child ID Kits

  Around Osceola

  Created: Thursday, 03 June 2010 00:00

  The American Football Coaches Association and FBI’s National Child ID Program, along with the FBI National Citizens Academy Alumni Association, have joined efforts with Gov. Charlie Crist, Florida State Head Coach Bobby Bowden and the Walmart Foundation...

• Central Florida urologist joins staff of St. Cloud Regional Medical Center

  Around Osceola

  Created: Thursday, 03 June 2010 00:00

  Board-certified urologist Dr. Axel W. Anderson, IV,  who has served as chairman of the Department of Urology and as a member of the board of directors of Orlando Regional Medical Center, has joined the medical staff of St. Cloud Regional Medical Cent...

• A new shuffle in their steps

  Around Osceola

  Created: Thursday, 03 June 2010 00:00

  The St. Cloud Shuffle Club hosted the St. Cloud Cub Scouts and their parents and siblings on Tuesday, May 18, to acquaint them with the game of shuffleboard. ...

• News Briefs for June 3, 2010

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 02 June 2010 14:13

  

  Crist OKs money for Valencia; vetoes airport funding In signing the 2010-11 Florida state budget Friday, Gov. Charlie Crist approved $21.8 million for a new building at Valencia Community College’s Osceola campus, b...

• Suspects in several armed robberies arrested

  Police News

  Created: Wednesday, 02 June 2010 13:40

  

  Fields Webb Yorker Three Orlando residents arrested after a traffic stop in Maitland Friday will be charged for at least three armed robberies in Osceola County,...

• St. Cloud business owner killed in turnpike crash

  Police News

  Created: Wednesday, 02 June 2010 13:38

  

  A 26-year-old St. Cloud business owner was killed on Florida’s Turnpike in Orange County early Sunday morning after his Chevy pickup veered off the road and hit a tree, according to Florida Highway Patrol reports. ...

• Man threatens girlfriend with gun

  Police News

  Created: Wednesday, 02 June 2010 13:28

  

  Maysonet Rosa Kissimmee detectives are looking for a 24-year-old Kissimmee man accused of burglarizing his ex-girlfriend’s home and threatening to kill her if she called the police to report the cr...

• Is winning important in spring?

  Sports

  Created: Wednesday, 02 June 2010 12:37

  

  Rick PedoneSports EditorTrying to decipher the results of spring football games is as much art as it is science.There’s a result on the scoreboard indicating a winner and a loser.But, what does it mean?Of the county...

• Liberty ‘D’ dominates

  Sports

  Created: Wednesday, 02 June 2010 12:28

  

  News-Gazette Photos/ Mary McIntee Liberty running back J.J. Elisis (20) is taken to the ground by a Lake Region defender as Liberty receiver Randy Gil (5) trails the play during the spring game Friday at Cha...

• No luck for OHS, St. Cloud during spring contests

  Sports

  Created: Wednesday, 02 June 2010 12:21

  

  News-Gazette Photo/Andrew Sullivan Quarterback Keiron Williams, working out at a recent OHS practice, threw two touchdown passes to Terrance Tatume at the spring game Friday. By Rick PedoneSports Ed...

• Sports Briefs for June 3, 2010

  Sports

  Created: Wednesday, 02 June 2010 12:18

  

  KSA swimming The Kissimmee Swimming Association is accepting new swimmers. Swimmers must be at least age 5 who can swim freestyle and backstroke. KSA also is accepting swimmers age 18 or older for its masters program....

• Irizarry seat: Voters decide

  Opinions

  Created: Wednesday, 02 June 2010 12:08

  

  The Kissimmee Commission Tuesday night took the right step in deciding to let city voters choose in the next election who will fill seat 2 on the commission following Carlos Irizarry’s suspension from office Friday b...

• New fire fees are too high

  Opinions

  Created: Wednesday, 02 June 2010 11:55

  

  Horner Mike HornerChamber of Commerce Osceola County should reconsider the proposed new fire fees that will place an unacceptable burden on small businesses.At the outset, I want to commend Osceola ...

• Seat 2 to stay vacant; Irizarry remains in race

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 02 June 2010 09:42

  Photo/Andrew Sullivan Irizarry, speaking to the media Wednesday, said his arrest was a "misunderstanding."

  

  By Juliana A. Torres Staff Writer Kissimmee Commission seat 2 – vacated by suspended...