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Editor’s Note A NEW BEGINNING: Nearly a month ago, Chad Neuman hired me as the new editor to CITY magazine. Growing up as a Lakeland native, I have encountered Lakeland at its worst and greatest moments. I have had the pleasuure to see it emerge into a CITY of wonders. “Be the change you want to see in the world,” states Ghandi. We’ve used this statement to inspire CITY maga- * zine. Lakeland is a CITY with many country reminders. We want people to enjoy their CITY and to become passionate about where they reside. At CITY magazine we are here to bring change to you, so you can bring change to Lakeland. Our objective is to get you involved in the grand opening of new buisnesses and resturants. We want to see the community of Lakeland step out of their housing district and onto the CITY streets. You might be wondering how it’s possible to increase passion within everybody without being overpowering. Our solution: We’ll be reorganizing our columns, streamlining the articles, and taking great pains to make sure the articles and programs we publish continue to be of the highest possible quality. For example, in coming issues you’ll notice that some columns will be consolidated and new ones will be added. CITY will be the first to enlighten you on what’s new and energetic. And we’ll make a renewed commitment to bring you the truth and publish the best CITY magazine on the market. That’s the way things happen where the destination is Lakeland.
Alyssa Hunt Editor in Chief CITY Magazine
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Your life, after high school ol Finding the right college for you can be a life changing choice. What are you looking for in a school? Are you looking for great academics, athletics, fraternities and soroities, a lake, relgion, cheap, private, cleanliness, parties, history, professors, workout room, pool, the extracirricular activies or are you looking for a particular major. Everyone’s view of the perfect college is different. Lakeland offers four wonderful colleges. Lets get started on the path of finding the right college for you.
If you answered yes to four or more of these questions, you are probably an ideal match for Southeastern. Southeastern is not a huge
Southeastern University
Southeastern university is an Assemblies of God private school. Selecting the right Christian university is one of the most critical decisions you will make. How can you assess whether Southeastern is the right place for you to be right now? 1.Will a college degree be helpful or necessary in my chosen career? 2.Did I enjoy and feel profited by educational experiences in the past? 3.Is it a goal of mine to be an “educated” person in the broadest sense of that rather than to be “trained” for a skill? 4.Do I enjoy being in a community of enriching faith? 5.Do I want to be mentored and challenged at an intimate university?
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research university, but a caring Christian community where we integrate faith and higher learning. At Southeastern, we are asking hard questions about God and culture. Insightful-thinking believers do not want a life or an education that’s a disjointed jigsaw puzzle. At Southeastern we are trying to “put it together” for students who are ready to “get it together.” Want to know how science,
history, theology and ethics connect with “real life?” Eager to think— really think—about what it means to be a Christian as a teacher, counselor, pastor, accountant, preacher, or musician? Want to meet real, ginumwine people consider Southeastern.
330 days of sunshine a year, you can choose to linger by the pool or participate in thrilling outdoor adventures such as kayaking, water skiing, horseback riding, and rock climbing. We bet you’ll decide Florida Southern is the right place for you!
Florida Southern College
Polk State College
Florida Southern is a National leader in engaged learning. Offering 50 different programs of study. Our objective is to make sure the students take learning beyond classroom walls.
Whether you’re enrolling in college for the first time, transferring from another college, or returning after several years, Polk State College offers you the support and academic advising you need to achieve your goals. PSC students pay the lowest per-credithour cost of any college in Polk County, and there are generous scholarships and financial aid to assist you. PSC has an outstanding Honors program and excellent academic programs led by knowledgeable faculty. Outside the classroom, PSC offers a wide variety of student activities to enrich your college experience. PSC boasts as one of the most successful athletic programs in the state of Florida. PSC is a great school if you are looking to save money and get a degree. Consider PSC!
1. Be engaged. In addition to your work in the class room, you’ll learn alongside your professors in the labatory, on stage, and in the studio. 2. Get involved. Join any of our 70+ clubs and student organiza tions, including leadership programs, service organizations, special interest groups, campus ministries, fraternities and sororities, and discover new interests, make lifelong friends, and develop your leadership skills. 3. Go team! In the mood for a friendly competition or a real challenge? You’ll stay active with 18 award-winning varsity athletics, 23 intramural sports, and a state-ofthe-art Wellness Center and swimming pool. 4. Have fun in the sun. Averaging
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Chosing somewhere to eat can be a very difficult decision. Are you tired of eating at the same restaurants? Do you get frustrated while you are driving, “ where do you want to go to eat?” “ I dont know where do you want to go to eat?” Going out can become a stressful situation if you allow it to. Not anymore! Here is the breakdown of the top 20 restaurants in Florida. Try something new, step out of your box, it will be worth it!
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Top 20 Restuarants of Lakeland #1 Primo’s Pizza #2 Harry’s Seafood, Bar, and Grille #3 Antiquarian Restaurant & Bay #4 Gosh! Asian Bistro & Sushi #5 Palace Pizza Incorporated #6 Black ‘n Brew #7 Mitchell’s Coffee House #8 Applebee’s #9 Tapatio’s Restaurant Mexicano #10 Carrabba’s Italian Grill
#11 Crispers #12 Mario’s Italian Restaurant #13 Texas Cattle Co #14 Fuji Japanese Steakhouse #15 Reececliff Restaurant #16 CDB’s Italian #17 Shane’s Rib Shack #18 Abuelo’s Mexican Food #19 Louie Mack’s Steakhouse #20 Terrace Hotel Restaurant
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BBQ Competition & Folk Festival By: Alyssa Hunt
held on January 29 and 30, 2010 at Tiger Town, 2301 Lakeland Oink! It is the time of year Hills Boulevard, Lakeland, FL where we all turn into little piggies 33805. and gobble up what kind of bbq This year was truly a great is at the next tent. When pork is year at the Lakeland Pig Festival. treated like a delicacy, bbq grills Participants competed against are as big as a house, and barbecu- each other in two categories, with ers attempt to come up with the amateurs in the backyard category most creative way to serve “white (local teams, competing for bragmeat.” ging rights, ribbons and trophies), and more experienced entrants in a “professional group” who compete for a $10,000 prize. Publix is the host for the Backyard Competition.The Competition has grown to be the largest of any backyard competition held
Lakeland Pig Festival is the Florida State Barbecue Championship. What started as a small festival in 1997 has evolved into a festival with over 300 BBQ teams and over 30,000 in attendance! The Junior League of Greater Lakeland has provided volunteers to help run the event for the last decade. The pig festival has generated over $100,000 in contributions to charitable organizations within Polk County since 1997. The Lakeland Pig Festival was
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anywhere. The Backyard competition follows KCBS rules and regulations. The KCBS is “the largest international organization of barbecue enthusiasts” and has sanctioned the Lakeland Pig Festival since its
first contest in 1997. Professional teams travel from all over the U.S. to compete in four categories: Ribs, Chicken, Pork and Brisket who come in great numbers to enjoy the atmosphere and the Florida sun-
shine. It is a little known fact that most of the judges travel great distances to participate in the Lakeland Pig Festival and judging for every pro contest has been 100% by KCBS trained and certified judges so far. Over 200 teams from 17 states have competed in Lakeland since the Pig Festival’s inception, and many of these well known teams return year after year whom have helped contribute over $100,000 to charitable organizations within Polk County since 1997.
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Everglades Seasoning BBQ: Jimmy Brod
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Tarheel Smokers: Roy Murray
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Parrothead Smokers: John Nigles
Best of Pigfest! top 10 winners at the 2010 Lakeland Pigfest Overall Professional Winners:
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Wooley Bully “BBQ Mafia”: Damon Wooley
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Pellet Envy: Rod Gray
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Eb’s Pitshop BBQ: Bob Peabody
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Cool Smoke: Tuffy Stone
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Firehouse BBQ: Craig Kimmel
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Lotta Bull: Mike Davis
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The Detroit Tiger’s Spring Baseball Schedule March 6 1:05 p.m. Baltimore @ Lakeland March 8 1:05 p.m. Atlanta @ Lakeland March 10 1:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees @ Lakeland March 12 1:05 p.m. Philadelphia @ Lakeland March 13 1:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (ss) @ Lakeland March 14 1:05 p.m. Tampa Bay @ Lakeland March 15 1:05 p.m. Toronto @ Lakeland March 18 1:05 p.m. Houston @ Lakeland March 20 1:05 p.m. Philadelphia @ Lakeland March 23 6:05 p.m. Washington @ Lakeland March 25 1:05 p.m. Toronto (ss) @ Lakeland March 27 1:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankee @ Lakeland March 31 1:05 p.m. Pittsburgh @Lakeland April 1 1:05 p.m. Atlanta (ss) @ Lakeland
How the Tigers met Lakeland In September 1965, ground was broken for what would become the Tigers new Spring Training home. Now, 2010 marks the Tigers 74th season at “Tiger Town” in Lakeland, extending the longestlasting relationship between a major league baseball team and a current Spring Training host city. The 2010 spring season also marks the club’s 45th consecutive season of exhibition play at Joker Marchant Stadium. Tiger Town is the Spring Training headquarters for the Detroit Tigers and the regular season home of its minor league farm team in the Class A Florida State League, The Lakeland Tigers.Tiger Town is owned and operated by the City of Lakeland. Joker Marchant Stadium was used by the Detroit Tigers for Spring Training for the first time in 1966 at which time it contained seating for 4,900 spectators. Expansion projects undertaken in the early 1970’s and the addition of new grandstands along the left field foul line in 1988 brought the stadium capacity to its current capacity of 7,100 seats. The Detroit Tigers began coming to Lakeland for Spring Training in 1934 and have been coming back each year ever since. The 70 year relationship between the Detroit Tigers and the City of Lakeland is the longest lasting relationship between a Major League baseball team and a Spring Training host city.
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Liquid Nitrog By: Alyssa Hunt Using liquid nitrogen to make ice cream is nothing new. People have been making “instant ice cream” for years, but making liquid nitrogen ice cream has become a craze that’s sweeping the trendy cooking shows. Molecular gastronomy is the merging of scientific tools and techniques with culinary arts using tools such as centrifuges, liquid nitrogen, microscopes or lasers in the preparation of food items. So, it only makes sense that making ice cream amidst clouds of smoke and a big container of liquid nitrogen is the “in” thing to do among ice cream aficionados. So you may ask, what is liquid nitrogen and where do you get it? To the chemistry lab we go... You might remember from science class that most of the air we breathe is nitrogen (about 78%) with 20% being oxygen and the remaining 2% a mixture of other gases. Liquid nitrogen is -320°F or -196°C (in
other words, it’s cold). While liquid nitrogen is used for many temperature-related applications, it’s particularly useful for freezing foods because nitrogen is odorless, colorless and tasteless. Where do you get Liquid Nitrogen Icecream? It’s not as easy as running to the local grocery store to buy milk.
Liquid nitrogen must be stored and transported in a special container called a Dewar, otherwise it will evaporate very quickly. Your best bet is to search your local Yellow Pages for a supplier of liquid nitrogen. You can also call a pediatrician to find out where
d the doctor purchases liquid nitrogen to burn off warts- now that’s gross! Try contacting g the chemistry or physics departrtment of your local college or
e university to find out where they purchase it. Because of
gen Icecream liability issues, you’re probably willll not find too many people w wi who wh wh ho are likely to t just give you a container container of liquid liqu nitrogen. Or you may also look lo for a distributer, many times time these companies borrow or pa p anies will let your y rent rre ent one of the 5-liter Dewars to transport your secret ice cream s making m king ingredient. ma ingredie It is a difficcult ult process to come across the
lliliquid quid nitrogen, but when you do d o the making of liquid nitrogen becomes very simple. icecream becom are many differThere ar ent recipes for liquid e en n nt types of rec ni n itrogen icecream. icecre nitrogen The best google different ideas way is to googl
and choose the best to fit your personal taste buds. So you may wonder how does this process really create
“This will be a great new idea for Lakeland, people need to take a step out of their comfort zone and indulge.” such an impeccable icecream. The secret to the creamy ice cream is all in the rapid freezing of the mixture. The liquid nitrogen causes the fat and the water particles to stay very small, giving the ice cream it’s creamy consistency. The goal is to avoid ice crystals - similar to what you get when you make ice milk. According to food science experts, rapid freezing preserves the nutrients in food (a quick-frozen vegetable that’s three months old will likely have a nutrient composition closer to harvest levels than a
five day old fresh vegetable. The faster you freeze, the less you destroy tissue structures that could lead to a more rapid loss). Liquid Nitrogen Icecream is coming to Lakeland very soon. I spoke with the man of the operation (his name must remain anonymous for now). He has purchased an actual liquid nitrogen machine and will be opening a store and putting on different events to show Lakeland what liquid nitrogen icecream is. For adults, he add alcohol to the icecream creating a great party idea. For other banquets and events he will be able to transport the machine to satisfy the peoples needs, at the location they want. “This will be a great new idea for Lakeland, people need to take a step out of their comfort zone and indulge.”
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