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Also on today's calendar: Free Bra Fittings to Support Breast Cancer Awareness and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What did one wall say to the other? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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• Cities with the fastest-growing home prices in the Lakeland metro area (pasconewsonline.com) — Lake Wales homeowners will want to note that typical home values sit around $243,000, down slightly over the past year but still more than 22% higher than five years ago. The ranking compares Lake Wales with 19 other Polk County communities in the Lakeland–Winter Haven metro. It's a quick snapshot of how your neighborhood's prices stack up regionally.
• AdventHealth Explorers Program Graduates Fifteen Pursuing Health Care Careers (lakewalesnews.net) — Young adults from around the area just wrapped up AdventHealth's Explorers program, which included hands-on experiences at AdventHealth Lake Wales and a graduation ceremony at Bok Tower Gardens in Lake Wales. Participants explored more than 10 medical fields, learned youth mental health skills, and built mentoring relationships with local healthcare professionals. Another open house this fall will invite new Lake Wales teens to apply.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I'll meet you at the corner! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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