The Lakelander | November - December 2013

NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 2013

GETTING AWAY / EXQUISITE FORCES / GOLF WITH GUNS THE GIRLS’ GUIDE TO GLAMPING / LIVE/WORK

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Our enthusiastic model, Huckleberry, proudly perches on his owner Jon Bucklew’s hand-crafted furniture. The Great Dane, along with his friends Emma and Toby, were excellent companions while on site for our Live/Work photo shoot. See more of the dogs and their owners’ stunning work and living spaces on page 24. Photography by Philip Pietri.

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FEATURES PEOPLE / SHELTER

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LIVE / WORK

Artisan profiles: Jon Bucklew and Tom Monaco

PHILANTHROPY

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THAT’S GOING TO LEAVE A MARK

The rebellious and redemptive journey of the 12x12 Project

STYLE / TASTE

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GETTING AWAY

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THE GIRLS’ GUIDE TO GLAMPING

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This issue of The Lakelander is a reflection of this moment in time — a kind of celebration of place.

You will see so much of what our community has to offer in the form of places to see and things to do.

Go out and explore this great place we call home.

See a roller-derby bout. Take your children on a picnic at Circle B Bar Reserve. Buy tickets to the ballet. Shoot some clays at Tenoroc. Spend time with your friends around a campfire. GO. SEE. DO. I’m comfortable saying that you will not regret a moment of time spent with those you love out and about in this great city.

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EDITORIAL BIOS BROOKLYN LINDSEY

PHILANTHROPY EDITOR In 2007 Brooklyn Lindsey moved to Lakeland to work as the middle school pastor and Saturday night campus pastor, alongside her husband, at Highland Park Church of the Nazarene. Wife of Coy. Mommy of Kirra and Mya. Pastor to teenagers. Advocate for giving and partnering. Community leader. Dreamer.

Ideator. Over the past decade, she’s authored six books, and shared with thousands of students and youth workers locally and across the United States. She and her family love living and giving in Lakeland. Find out more on her blog: www.brooklynlindsey.com or follow on Twitter: @brooklynlindsey

ELYSE JUSTICE JARRETT SMITH SPORTS EDITOR

Jarrett Smith lives in Lakeland with his wife, Diana, and their two children, Everett and Orion. A graduate of Florida Southern College, Jarrett is president of Maximize Social Media LLC in Lakeland. A few mornings a week he can be found running early classes at CrossFit Lakeland.

Elyse Justice loves old stuff. She studied historic preservation and art history at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia, before receiving her master’s degree in the history of decorative arts from the Bard Graduate Center in New York City. She relocated to Lakeland in 2011 and works as Pinewood Estate coordinator at Bok Tower Gardens in nearby Lake Wales. She also teaches art history courses at Florida Southern College. Besides working amidst old stuff in an old house and teaching college kids about old stuff, she loves prowling through antique stores and visiting some of the best places Old Florida has to offer.

ADAM JUSTICE CULTURE EDITOR

Adam Justice is a Virginia native who moved to Lakeland in 2010 to become the curator of art at Polk Museum of Art. He received his B.A. in art history/museum studies from Radford University and an M.A. in art history at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Previously he was the chief curator at William King Museum in Abingdon, Virginia, and also served as the director of the Southwest/Blue Ridge Regions for the Virginia Association of Museums. Additionally, he taught art history at Virginia Commonwealth University, Rappahannock Community College, and Virginia Highlands Community College. While being the curator of art at Polk Museum of Art, he is also an adjunct professor of art history at Florida Southern College. He currently serves on various boards, including the Downtown Lakeland Partnership, Polk Vision and Polk Arts Alliance, and is involved with various service and civic organizations.

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EDITORIAL BIOS RACHEL PLATING SHELTER EDITOR

Rachel Plating is the mother of two sweet little girls and married to Mr. Fix-It ( Jack).

She was born and raised steeped in Southern Bluegrass and sweet tea. An accomplished musician and designer, Rachel and her family fell in love with Lakeland while attending Florida Southern, and they just couldn’t stay away! When she’s not chasing a two-year-old or feeding a newborn, you can most likely find her creating idyllic spaces for her family and friends.

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Logan Crumpton has been employed with the United States Postal Service for the last twelve years. Although he has lived nearly his entire life in the Lakeland area, he seeks out a world of food culture with the mindset of sharing it on a local level. Like many who have developed a love of food, he honed his skills in his grandmother’s kitchen, learning traditional Cuban and Italian classics. Pursuing more of a life in food has afforded him the opportunity of co-creating the food blog Eataduck, guest writing for online publications, as well as trying his hand as a caterer and private chef.

Mark Nielsen moved to Lakeland at the age of 12, moved away at 21, and came back just five years later. He attributes his interest in style to his career in design, translating the aesthetics and principles of design into fashion. Mark doesn’t sit still for long, and is currently building a café racer, has shaped a couple surfboards, maintains three blogs, and pursues a hobby shooting medium-format film. An accomplished designer, his work has been featured in such international design publications as HOW, Communication Arts, and Print, as well as the New York Times Magazine, and others. Over the years, he has also added photography and filmmaking to his resume, winning awards for cinematography with his twin brother, Michael. Mark currently holds the role of creative director at Publix and lives in Lakeland with his wife, Jill; their daughters, Andie and Bridget; and a German shorthaired pointer, Charlie.

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WOMEN’S STYLE EDITOR For as long as she can remember, Courtney has been doodling girls in dresses on any available paper, pad, or napkin. Born and raised in Lakeland, she attended FSU, where she received a degree in sociology and then earned a degree in fashion design and marketing from the Academy of Design in Tampa. After many years helping friends and family prepare for big events, she decided to turn her knack for fashion into a business.

She created Style by Courtney, where she works as a stylist for personal clients, groups, photo shoots, and runway shows. Eventually, she wants to design her own prints to be used in her own apparel line. Until then, she plans on spending time with her husband, Bryce, and daughter, Sydney, while sharing her fashion philosophy that “You don’t need a million bucks to look like a million bucks” with her clients and readers.

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he Lakelander is excited to bring you our first story profiling local artisans. Jon Bucklew and Tom Monaco are based in Lakeland and, although their artistic styles couldn’t be more different, they are fast friends. In fact, the day I met with them (separately, mind you) each said the other was the better designer. How’s that for humility?

In Jon’s case, the way he and his wife live at home have inspired their work, going from folks with a strong DIY spirit and an appreciation for good design to full-time business owners with a growing national clientele.

Tom, on the other hand, lives his work — literally. He resides in an amazing, glorified man cave outside of town. Tom got his start in theatre design and has taught, built, and sculpted functional art pieces all over the country. His artistic bent is witty and unusual, with an attention to detail that will blow your mind. (Just ask him about the time he made window displays for the SPCA’s Christmas adoption store in Lakeside Village.)

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It all started with a bathtub. For nearly five years, Jonathan and Sarah Bucklew had been whittling down their DIY projects in the fixer-upper they bought in South Lakeland. They avoided debt, paying for each project with cash saved and set aside in the budget each month as they tackled new tasks one by one. It’s a mark of Jon’s style — that quiet, meticulous sense of focus and concentration — that has made their home a stunning example of modern industrial design and also served as the jumping off point for a new business, Seventeen20 Co. As the business has grown, so has Sarah’s role in the company.

Officially, her title is “assistant designer/operations,” but when asked, she says, “You could say I come up with designs and Jon tries to engineer them according to the laws of physics.” With a great knack for composition and an eye that misses not a single detail, Sarah provides a lot of the inspiration for pieces made in her husband’s shop. In fact, one could argue that the whole thing was her idea.

The Lakelander: Jon, as we talked at your studio the other day, you mentioned that this whole business actually grew out of necessity. You were just beginning to renovate your master bath, and the tub had not been budgeted for. So the two of you started brainstorming.

What happened next?

Jon: Well, a happy wife makes a happy life. Sarah and I were purchasing the fixtures for our master bathroom remodel, and she had her heart set on a tub that was more than we’d budgeted. She turned to me and asked, “What can we sell? We have to sell something!

What about this table? You can always make me a new one. We get lots of compliments on it, I’m sure it would sell!” And that’s how it all began. She suggested creating an

Etsy shop, which I kind of resisted.

I thought Etsy was just ... yarn. But as I looked into it, I found that it was really like an online Renninger’s meets Lloyd’s of Lakeland. There were many furniture makers, along with crafters, of course, and people selling vintage/antique items, etc.

The catch was that I had to pick a name — you can’t open an online shop without a name, duh, so I went with the inspiration: the address of our home remodel.

TL: What began as a way to solve a temporary budgeting dilemma has become a full-time business, with two employees and a 3,000-square-foot warehouse space. Can you describe the progress from then to now?

Jon: From the time we opened the online Etsy shop, it took about

three months for the first product (our dining table and bench set) to sell. During that time, on top of remodeling our master bath, recording an album in Seattle [the debut release for Jon’s present band, States. Jon is a former member of Lakeland band, Copeland], and working/closing a handful of real estate deals (I was a part-time realtor in-between touring and recording), we worked on creating our own website, and learned anything and everything necessary to set it up to look the way we envisioned and perform the way we needed (i.e., allow customers to specify dimensions and finishes, and charge tax and shipping appropriately). We received a lot of help from friends locally and all over the country with things like CSS and HTML coding,

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and search engine optimization (SEO). It was a steep learning curve. We also worked in our garage on new furniture designs and finishes.

It was during this time that my friendship with Tom started to develop. He let me take over a little pocket of his shop to work on a bed design I’d come up with, and to offer his expertise/oversight while I got back into the swing of metal work. It had been fifteen years since I’d donned a welding helmet.

Towards the end of spring/beginning of summer, the orders started to pick up. I was on tour at the time and stressing about how I would be able to get home and produce the number of pieces I’d sold in the amount of time I’d quoted. While on tour, I recruited one of my bandmates, Dean Lorenz, as my shop hand.

The “shop” was my garage and driveway. We worked as hard and fast as we could, managing the regular interruption of Florida’s summer thunderstorms — rolling all the materials and equipment out onto the driveway in the morning and back into the garage in the afternoon, and back out as soon as the dark clouds had rolled by. I had to engineer a new process for constructing tables and benches, as the process I’d used for the original set was much too inefficient for manufacturing the 26

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number of tables and benches on order. I had to learn how to properly crate and ship the orders, as well as the overwhelmingly tedious nuances of less-than-a-truckload (LTL) shipping.

I think that’s about the time we officially realized we had started a new business, and doing it out of the garage just wouldn’t cut it. We started to reach out to some friends of friends who personally owned or leased commercial spaces to see what was available at what price points and with what compromises. We didn’t know exactly how much space our new business would require, but we knew we didn’t want to put ourselves into a financially risky position, especially in the current economy. We wanted to choose our next step wisely. After a lot of searching and discussing and not really feeling comfortable with our options, we somewhat stumbled onto our current space when Sarah suggested an old music buddy of mine. She remembered he leased what seemed like an old warehouse space and, fortunately for us, a bay in his building had actually become available at a price point we both were comfortable with. It even had running water and a bathroom, which was more than other spaces we’d considered.

We moved in as soon as we could and began the process of building out the shop by selectively

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Floating concrete countertops in the master bath are a striking example of the Bucklews’ combined vision. Yes, I said “floating” and “concrete” in the same sentence. Twoinch-thick slabs of concrete (weighing about three hundred pounds each) hover waist high in both bathrooms, suspended on two pieces of steel which extend through the studs, supporting the countertops on both sides of the wall. Friend Tom Monaco helped brainstorm the support structure for this ambitious idea.

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The Bucklews’ open-plan living space has the Seventeen20 signature all over it, from the custom concrete countertops in the kitchen to the dining set and coffee tables in the living area and everything in between. Modern can be cozy, too.

purchasing industrial tooling (forklift, bigger saws, air compressors, etc.) through Craigslist and other outlets. Over the course of the year, we employed various hands as we needed or were financially able. And this year we were able to hire a shop hand who’s been full time since May. TL: How would you describe your design aesthetic at Seventeen20 Co.?

Jon: We’re definitely all about modern, clean lines. We love the simplicity of the pared-down, but we try to blend that with a ruggedness that is often missing in modern design. In general, “modern” is often viewed as sterile and perfect and ultimately unattainable; it looks good in a magazine but could never work in real life. Our goal is to create home furnishings that marry modern minimalism with industrial toughness by using materials that can take a beating and look cool doing it. Our finishes are also designed to bring a warmth and coziness that, again, modernism often leaves out. Additionally, all of our pieces are handcrafted, which means there are slight variations from one piece to the next. We love that — we are excited to be a part of the shift we believe is happening in American culture away from the mass-produced and back to the small-batch, handcrafted, one-of-a-kind. We want to contribute to people’s desire to “nest” in a unique way.

TL: What kind of equipment do you typically use for furniture construction?

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saws, sliding table saws, and planers for cutting/planing the pieces to size, a horizontal band saw, MIG and TIG welders (depending on which kind of steel we’re using), and a drill press for metal work. We use hand planers, cabinet scrapers, and torches for finishing, and lasers, hadron colliders, and flux capacitors for all of our custom pieces.

TL: Welding is such a specialized skill. How did you first get into it?

Jon: When I was 17, my best friend’s brother owned a company called Tropical Trailers on the north side of Lakeland. I started out wiring and finishing the insides of enclosed trailers and eventually moved into a welding position, welding the trailer frames.

TL: How did you and Tom Monaco become friends? What do you respect/admire most about him?

Jon: We had a mutual acquaintance. When Sarah and I were designing the original table and bench set, I didn’t own a welder. I needed to hire out the metal work and he suggested I contact Tom. Throughout the process of building the table, we realized we had a lot in common and were able to help each other in various ways. I admire Tom’s no-fear, take-it-on attitude. He looks for challenges. He’s inspired by challenges. He doesn’t shy away from doing something he’s never done before. In fact, he thrives on doing things he’s never done before.

His courage is an inspiration to me.

TL: Has his friendship helped you become a better craftsman?

Jon: One hundred percent. Each time I come upon an engineering riddle — how to build a piece to be structurally sound yet beautifully simplistic, or how to build a tool (jig) to handle the construction of a new design — his advice is the first I seek. His method of thinking outside the box, his approach to problemsolving has really taught me how to think through engineering challenges in a new way.

His encouragement and support have been an integral part of the success of my business. I don’t think we’d be where we are now without him.

TL: Is there ever any friendly competition between the two of you?

Jon: Only when it comes to tools. Tom built a huge shop from the ground up, so I rented one slightly bigger. He had an awesome truck, so I bought one with a longer bed. I bought an air compressor. He bought the same one, so I bought a bigger one. I bought a nicer table saw than he had, so he bought a CNC router. And I gave up.

TL: Your styles are vastly different, but you use a lot of the same methods of construction.

Have you ever thought of collaborating on a project?

Jon: We collaborate on the engineering, behind-the-scenes side a lot. Tom’s an actual artist, and I’m just a furniture-maker. If we were to collaborate on a piece officially, it would be a very theatrical, whimsical piece of art that I would have no idea how to build. I’d provide all of the straight lines and some muscle.

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TL: Tom, you’ve done everything under the sun, from stage production design to custom cabinetry, original sculpture designs to restoration on historic pieces at St. Leo University and elsewhere. You even designed a new academic mace for Polk State College. What have been some of your favorite projects over the years?

Tom: Actually, the academic mace was one of my all-time favorite pieces.

I was particularly honored to be asked to design and build it. Other favorite projects include a clock/mobile, also for Polk State, that hangs in the J.D. Alexander Building in Lake Wales; a grandfather clock/cat condo that I donated to the SPCA for their auction for the animals a few years ago; and my most recent sculpture piece that I collaborated with David Collins at Paint Along Studios for his building facade.

TL: How would you describe your design aesthetic at Fourth Wall Design?

Tom: I would say it leans towards the whimsical, certainly with a touch of theatricality thrown in for good measure. I’m also very partial to the mechanical element of things, so raw industrial materials and finishes have a great appeal to me as well.

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Thomas Monaco is the consummate artist, craftsman, and innovator. Working in all sorts of mediums (too many to list, really), he translates his distinctive vision into functional art pieces for residential and commercial spaces as well as providing expert restoration to historic landmarks/sculpture. He lives in a combined living/warehouse space designed for him by local architect David Rubin. More than a cabinetmaker, Tom prefers to work in the unexpected, and his thoroughness and attention to detail is astounding. He’s not the man to go to if you want someone to build your kitchen cupboards — that is, unless you want them to have plasma-cut steel panels and floating bits of glass sculpture complete with integrated custom lighting. Of course, if that’s the case, he’s your man.

Tom’s integrated live/work space, designed by local architect David Rubin

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TL: What do you see as the responsibility of the working artist to the community in which he or she lives? How would you like to see the role for locally produced, public art grow in Lakeland?

Tom: I think the local artist is much like any small business owner, where being an integral part of the community you serve is of paramount importance if you want to be successful. Embracing local charities or community programs is a good way to make your work visible to a broader audience. The biggest challenge with growing local public art is that art is not an essential component of most people’s daily lives and can be very subjective, so getting funding and consensus on public art is difficult, especially when the economy is down. I would love to see a more conscious effort made by civic and municipal entities to utilize local artists in public spaces, but understand that oftentimes these agencies are just not able to tap into the local art scene due to a lack of understanding how to connect with the artists themselves through competition or solicitation.

One organization that is currently taking an active role in bridging this gap is Platform Florida. I’ve been working with them over the past few

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In Tom Monaco’s living space, pretty much everything you see was dreamed up and executed by the artist himself: cabinets, kitchen island, custom doggy beds, and the real showstopper — a 4-foot x 5½foot custom chandelier presiding over the whole space in a symphony of modern, eclectic style.

months on a collaborative sculpture project that is in partnership with the City of Lakeland, the Polk County school system, and the Veterans Memorial Park (by the Lakeland Center).

The idea is to have a county-wide sculpture competition at the high school level to design a series of sculptures symbolizing the core values of honor, sacrifice, and public service, that will sit in the park. The students will create small maquettes of their sculptures, and the winning submission will be faithfully recreated by me on a much larger scale in metal. It is the perfect melding of art, education, and community. I agree with the idea that a society is reflected in its art, so any opportunity to enrich our environment in an artistic way is a benefit.

Communities with strong public art on the whole seem to me to be more vibrant and alive.

TL: What kind of equipment do you typically use in your shop? Do you have a favorite construction method or a tool that you find yourself using more often than others?

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tools that I use to create my furniture and art pieces. I would have to say my table saw and my MIG (metal inert gas) welder are the absolute workhorses of the studio, but I have to confess that I am currently embroiled in a passionate love affair with my CNC (computer numerically controlled) router. I also have an affinity for hand planes; they give a very fundamental satisfaction that you get from few other tools.

TL: How did you and Jon Bucklew become friends? What do you respect/admire most about him?

Tom: I met Jon through a mutual acquaintance when he was looking for some assistance doing a small stainless steel fabrication project on one of his very first furniture designs. We hit it off immediately and have been fast friends ever since. There are many things I admire about Jon, but I would have to say his integrity and commitment to doing things right really stood out to me from the start. He also possesses an innate design sensibility that constantly amazes me.

TL: Has his friendship helped you become a better craftsman?

Tom: Absolutely. He is constantly experimenting with different ways of doing things and will more often than not teach me something about a subject that I consider myself to be pretty well versed in.

TL: Is there ever any friendly competition between the two of you?

Tom: Not really, unless it’s collecting bigger and better power tools. Then it’s like the Cold War. TL: Your styles are vastly different, but you use a lot of the same methods of construction.

Have you ever thought of collaborating on a project? What would that look like?

Tom: We collaborate on a lot of little things, helping each other solve problems or bounce design ideas back and forth, but we have never really discussed a full-blown collaboration on a specific project. I think it would be pretty cool, kind of like the love child of Godzilla and the Easter bunny — hard to imagine, possibly frightening, but undeniably awesome to see.

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The rebellious and redemptive journey of the 12x12 Project story by Brooklyn Lindsey and Michelle Jackson photography by PHILIP PIETRI

Left to right: Kim Hanshaw, Ida Mundell

The inked words spell out spell out all is grace. Permanently imprinted, it’s an external symbol of an internal transformation.

This year, a few friends did something remarkable together.

They lived on the brink of impossible things. For Ida Mundell, a homeschooling mother of three, this year has been her own personal rebellion against living a life without purposeful intention.

“I was a good girl,” Mundell says. “I never did anything bad. But there was a lot that I could be doing that needed my attention.”

The story began in August of 2012, when Ida and her friend Kim Hanshaw, also a mother of three, started a journey that would destroy the normal order of their lives. This journey led them to not buy new dresses for Easter, to not cook a perfect Thanksgiving dinner or buy Christmas presents. Instead, it led them to spend Valentine’s Day at an adult-entertainment venue.

It was an idea that began percolating while reading Jen Hatmaker’s book, 7. The author chose seven areas of excess in her life and made changes to fight back against consumerism and greed. Mundell and Hanshaw took that idea and turned it into a twelve-month journey involving hundreds of Lakelanders.

Countless people locally and around the world have benefited from

the ideas borne in the imagination and hearts of two Lakeland moms.

Mundell decided she wanted to emulate the ideas outlined by Hatmaker in her own life. She vowed to fast from making unnecessary purchases for an entire year so she could better help those in need. Her ideas began to take the form of the 12x12 Project: twelve focuses for twelve months.

During the year of her shop fast, she dedicated each month to a different cause about which she felt strongly or wanted to learn more.

Mundell and Hanshaw began talking about the causes they felt passionate about and looking for ways to help out. Using a Pinterest board, Hanshaw started sharing fair trade items and products that supported a cause. Originally, the two women began the project as a way to keep each other accountable. However, once people saw the Pinterest board, they started to ask questions and look for ways to get involved.

The purpose of the project was to educate themselves about injustice in the world and in the community. They wanted to redirect their spending away from themselves and use their influence to share the information with others.

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want to give people the information and then equip those around us by showing them handson ways that even a stay-at-home mom with three kids can help; that you really can affect the world.”

Here’s a look at how the year came to life, month by month.

October 2012: Mundell and Hanshaw planned their first 12x12 Project meeting Since several of their friends were in the process of adopting children from Uganda, they decided to focus on that country and its impoverished families and children. In response, people sponsored children through Compassion International and World Vision and gave money for two families adopting children from Uganda.

November 2012: The project focused on hunger. They collected hundreds of donations for kidsPACK, which feeds homeless children in Central Florida on the weekends.

“Hunger month was probably my favorite because it was like the best Thanksgiving ever,” Hanshaw says. Instead of volunteering on the day before or the day after Thanksgiving, 12x12 Project members and their families and friends decided to postpone the traditional Thanksgiving

Day dinner. Instead, they went to the Hope Center, a day station for the homeless, to serve others less fortunate than themselves.

Each month continued to bring a new challenge.

December 2012: The world needs clean water.

It was time to raise money to build a well in India — a big goal. They weren’t sure how many would help during the holidays. But they pressed on.

“We challenged the community to not shop for Christmas,” Mundell says. “Not because consuming is evil, but because we don’t need anything. Does my child seriously need another doll or a bike?” Instead, the 12x12 Project had a do-it-yourself Christmas. At their monthly gathering, they had stations for people to make gifts. Mundell says she loved seeing people using their talents for something greater. “That was my prayer — that people would find a purpose greater than themselves and serving their needs, and they would give themselves to it.”

Member Cathy Hayes raised $400 for the well by making homemade soap. The tattoos Mundell and Hanshaw got in December were also a gift to the cause. Local tattoo artist, Aaron at American Irons in Lakeland, donated tattoos,

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with those receiving them donating the money they would have spent on the tattoos to the well.

It’s a permanent statement of commitment.

Since the start of the December focus, the 12x12 Project has raised almost $10,000 for Living Water International, enough to build two wells.

January, February, and March 2013: 12x12 collected schoolbooks and raised money for local non-profit CPI Haiti, which helps the village of Chauffard, Haiti. They raised awareness for human trafficking; gave money to the A21 Campaign, an organization that exists to abolish human slavery; and purchased Bibles for Christians in India.

Mundell was challenged to go beyond supporting a cause to loving people marginalized by society. It led her to do things she never imagined. On Valentine’s Day, she and a couple of her friends found themselves in the parking lot of an adult-entertainment venue. They took chocolates to the girls working there, began to build friendships, and invited them to coffee and to church. They would have never imagined that this is where they would spend Valentine’s Day. “It was tied into the heart of the whole year,”

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Mundell says. “We say that we care about people in the margins that nobody notices. We’re making things, and we buy the jewelry, and we’re against sex trafficking, but are we willing to go be with the people we’re helping?”

April and May 2013: The focus was on preserving life. “We shouldn’t just stand on a corner with a sign and say we care about life,” Mundell says. “It’s doing things and being things that say we care. The 12x12 Project expanded that idea by raising money for A Woman’s Choice center, and collected diapers and supplies for mothers in the community.

June 2013: The focus shifted to joining a worldwide effort to abolish human trafficking.

A representative with Go MAD Ministries in the Dominican Republican spoke about her experiences working on the frontlines with at-risk women.

July and August 2013: The project supported school-age children in a community in Bartow.

The Carver Village of Hope (a ministry based in Carver Village) expressed a need for school supplies and shoes. 12x12 saw the list and rallied everyone they could find in our community to join efforts and support the children.

September 2013 to today: The final 12x12 push has been named Feed the School Catch the Rain. The project will be partnering with CPI Haiti to address two major issues affecting the people of Chauffard, Haiti: lack of food and water.

Chauffard is a rural farming village twenty-five miles south of Port Au Prince. In less than three years, CPI has seen their free school in Chauffard grow from forty students and one teacher, to three hundred students and eight teachers.

The Feed the School Catch the Rain project addresses the hunger issue by feeding every student in CPI’s school for the entire school year. To do this, they need Lakelanders to help them provide one hundred twenty barrels.

These 55-gallon rain barrels will be filled with rice, beans, cooking spices and oils, and PVC materials. Once empty, the barrels can then be attached to the homes of families in Chauffard.

With the PVC piping that was also in the barrel, the Haitian families will be able to create a water catchment system so that water will be available right outside their door instead of the hour-anda-half walk to the water source.

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barrel. The cost of one barrel is $250 and can be sponsored online at www.cpihaiti.org, or by check made out to CPI Haiti, 530 Bonnie Drive, Lakeland, FL 33803 (CPI Haiti is a 501C3 non-profit organization).

As the project comes to a close, 12x12 will host a final gathering where people from all walks of life can share their stories. The commitment to caring about people in need will continue.

“That’s the beautiful thing about the project,” Mundell says. “Just because the month ends doesn’t mean you have to stop caring.”

“Our hope is that our children won’t have to struggle in their thirties to get over themselves and go through an awakening like we needed to,” Hanshaw says. “They can grow up knowing that less is more, and that God leads us to love everyone and seek the good for our neighbors.”

For more information about the 12x12 Project, visit: www.the12x12project.com or their Facebook page,12x12 Project.

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GETTING AWAY Sometimes guys just need campfires and whiskey story by Mark Nielsen and Logan Crumpton photography by Michael Nielsen

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he reasons we seek adventure are many: the experience of something unfamiliar, the excitement of a fresh challenge, a reason to see the world around us with new eyes. And sometimes, if nothing else, it’s just to get outside. We can spend what feels like a lifetime chained to a routine — our actions defined by repetition, whether chosen or forced upon us — and one day we may look back and ask, what happened to my life?

Well, not us. Not now. Collectively, we carve out time for adventure, for new experiences with friends, built around food and the outdoors, around doing something with style and purpose. They’re experiences that can be dialed as far up or down as one may wish but that always inspire, aspire, and excite.

Our first adventure was born from a relatively simple idea — to take camping to new heights. We grew up camping as friends, and it’s one of the activities we let fall behind over the years. As life moved on and different events changed us, we came to the realization that it’s the time spent together with family and friends that’s most important. For some, this awareness comes too late

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in life, at a time when the ship has sailed and friends or circumstances are no longer within arm’s reach. But we decided it wouldn’t be so with us. We would work hard to carve out the time and the means to do what’s important to us, to build our friendships and create memories rather than regrets. These are stories we could tell our grandchildren.

For us, camping was a simple choice. We’ve always loved the outdoors and the ability to construct great adventures in it. Remembering a time in our youth, when spending a vacation was more about creating, using imagination, and being spontaneous, when the plan was no more than to just go. Taking liberties, we speak for men in general when we say we don’t get out enough. There isn’t enough playing and camaraderie in our daily schedules. We don’t spend enough time sitting around an open flame, reminiscing about all the trouble we’ve caused as kids, while fat slowly renders off charred meat and good bourbon warms in a glass between cupped hands.

This trip was a monument to these things we’ve always loved about the great outdoors. The faint smell of

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campfire smoke in the middle of the night, being the first one awakened by the morning sun, and breathing in cold, crisp air not found in the city. To open your eyes without a fight and be happy about it. The taste of molasses and the sound of a kettle percolating evoke our memories of countless trips into the woods, the coastline, and beyond.

These are the reasons we camp, why we seek the outdoors.

We intend for this to serve as an inspiration for adventure, whether it be a weeklong wading through the everglades, a wetsuit-clad surf excursion, exploring some of the fantastic national parks, or even an overnight backyard campout.

We also want to share with you some incredible food, with our reimagined takes on the camp-kitchen classics we enjoyed as kids while accompanying our parents on trips. Now that we’re the ones doing the planning, packing, and cookery, it’s about time we did so with style. With the addition of a few select modern pieces of equipment that will take away a bit of the stress, we’ll show some of the classic techniques and tricks our Dads and Moms taught us to set up a great camp.

We struck out on a Friday afternoon, work and family obligations creating a later start for all of us than originally planned. Once on the road, however, all stress subsided and we were happy to just be guys in a truck. We rambled on like kids about our plans for the weekend: the food we would cook, the photos we wanted to get, and the logistics of loading our excessive amount of gear into canoes.

There would be no support boat, no easy way to our remote island campsite. It was just four guys and a dog,

three coolers — one each for food, drinks, and ice — one amazing field kitchen, camera equipment, tents, firewood, clothes, propane, water, and various necessities. These would end up filling three canoes.

As soon as we were on the water, we knew exactly why we were embarking on this adventure. Literally leaving land and trouble behind us, we paddled toward freedom, excitement, and a lot of hard work. We reached land at twenty past seven, not a far cry from nightfall. We set to work immediately building our camp, splitting duties between setting up the kitchen, cooking, starting a fire, and pitching tents. By the time camp was set and dinner ready, it was dark. Like nine thirty dark. But the results were magical. A steak and salad never tasted so good. In the last hours of Friday we sat around our fire, drinks in hand, and talked about our hopes and dreams — for this article, for the future, for Lakeland.

There were many more great moments that weekend, many more amazing meals cooked over fire and propane, many more ambitious thoughts and propositions, and many more chances for smile and laughter. And although things may not always be perfect or go exactly according to plan, adventure brings forth our knack for improvisation.

Whether caused by rain, unseasonable heat, bugs, or some other setback, you learn to just roll with it and go with your instincts, to trust your gut. Because no matter what, the joy is still in the arrant satisfaction of getting away.

And at the end of it all, one thing was sure: We were four men closer in friendship than before, determined that this would not be our last adventure.

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THE STYLE

The style for this trip was pretty simple — jeans, boots, flannel shirts, and hats — staples of every guy’s fall wardrobe.

It’s kind of hard to screw it up, but people do. The idea is to look like a man. I don’t look back at pictures of my dad or granddad in technical fishing shirts, ugly sweaters, or strappy sandals. Do you? No, this is a nod to a time when men were men and looked awfully fine in the process. Think of the smell of leather, Old Spice, and whiskey, and imagine what that looks like. Well, let me tell you. It looks like this.

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THE FOOD

Holding true to the thought of simplistic style, everything about the food plan was based on functionality. To literally lighten our loads, we created a menu with the intention of using a minimal amount of ingredients and cookware. Every dish had only a handful of ingredients that were repurposed throughout the trip. You could say that the flavor profiles spanned continents but weren’t so bold that they couldn’t be easily intermingled. For instance, if you happen to have leftovers at the end of your adventure, consider making a mash-up breakfast hash with a couple of fried eggs on top.

As far as cooking equipment is concerned, depending on how many cooks you have in your kitchen, here is a proposed checklist to act as your guide per four campers (assuming there’s a fire pit available).

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Begin making the potatoes first, as the prep and cooking time take the longest.

For the potatoes: 6 Russet potatoes sliced into 1/8 to 1/4-inch rounds 1/2 sweet onion, thinly sliced 1 stick salted butter, melted salt Pour 2 tablespoons of the melted butter into a cast-iron skillet.

Begin layering potatoes, starting in the center and working them in a circular pattern, slightly overlapping each slice.

After one layer has been made, spread out a thin layer of onions. Evenly spoon 2 more tablespoons of butter over the top and sprinkle with salt. Repeat layering until you reach the edge of skillet.

Drizzle with any remaining butter. Cover with a lid or foil.

Bake over direct heat or in an oven at 450 degrees for 45 minutes to an hour, checking doneness occasionally with a knife, until the potatoes feel soft and fork tender.

For the steak: 4 1-1/2-inch-thick NY Strip steaks 2 tablespoons olive oil salt and cracked pepper to taste For the sauce: 1 12-ounce can Weiss beer 1 cup half-and-half creamer 2 tablespoons mixed dried whole peppercorns 2 tablespoons salted butter 1 tablespoon olive oil Heat oil in a cast-iron skillet to mid-high heat. Pat dry, cold steaks with paper towels before seasoning with a generous amount salt and pepper.

Once you begin to see whiffs of smoke, place two steaks at a time in the skillet. Cook each side about four minutes, turning just once, to achieve a medium-rare doneness and a deep-brown crust.

(Add an additional minute per side for more doneness.) Remove steaks and let rest while you cook the next batch.

Once all of the meat is cooked, add an additional tablespoon of oil to the skillet as well as the peppercorns. Lower heat to mid-low.

Cook for 1 minute to release the oils from the peppercorns; then pour in the beer. Cook out the alcohol and reduce by 1/4 (about 5 minutes). Adjust heat to a low simmer and pour in cream. Stir occasionally and reduce by 1/4 (about 2 minutes).

Right before removing from heat add butter and stir gently for 20 seconds. Pour equal amounts atop of rested steaks. Serve potatoes on the side by slicing into wedges and inverting onto each plate.

An easy salad that takes almost zero preparation time or effort is composed by coring and quartering a small head of Boston lettuce.

Drizzle on your favorite store-bought blue cheese dressing. Add a sprinkling of packaged fried shallots followed by a few dashes of hot sauce.

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RECIPES

Breakfast: BRAISED NAVY BEANS AND TOMATO RAGOUT WITH SOFT-BOILED EGGS AND PESTO

Make the dish in this sequence for maximum efficiency.

For the beans and tomato: 1 28-ounce can crushed tomatoes 2 14-ounce cans navy beans, drained 1/2 sweet onion, roughly chopped 6 cloves garlic, roughly chopped 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 teaspoon dried basil 1 teaspoon dried marjoram 1/2 teaspoon oregano 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder pinch of red pepper flakes salt 4 large eggs Heat oil in a Dutch oven. Add onion and garlic, and cook until onions begin to get color (about 5 minutes).

Add beans and 1/2 cup water with salt to taste, and cook until thickened (about 10 minutes).

Meanwhile, heat up a cast-iron skillet and pour tomatoes in. Add basil, marjoram, oregano, garlic powder, red pepper flakes, and salt if needed. Cook on low heat until the sauce thickens (about 10 minutes).

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For the pesto: Equal handfuls of both fresh basil and flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped 1 garlic clove, minced 2 tablespoons olive oil a few pinches of salt Place herbs, garlic, and salt on cutting board. Drizzle oil over the mixture. Use a large knife to chop even more finely. Take the side of the knife and press down on herbs to create a paste. Use extra salt if needed to create more abrasion. Set aside.

To make the eggs: Fill a small saucepan with water until it reaches about 2/3 full. Heat until the water reaches a rolling boil. Remove from heat and immediately add egg. If you cook one at a time, set a timer for 4 minutes per egg, remembering to bring water to a boil each time. When the time is up, submerge egg in ice water and remove shell very gently.

Spoon a serving first of the tomato, then the beans.

Place the soft egg over the top and split just before taking your first bite. Serve with pesto on the side and a liberal dusting of grated parmesan. Make sure to sop up the oozy yolk with a hunk of toasty bread.

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Lunch: GRILLED H.A.M.C.A.B. SANDWICH

H.A.M.C.A.B. stands for Ham, Arugula, Mustard, Cheddar, and Apple Butter. This sandwich might sound like it doesn’t make sense, because it really doesn’t if you dissect the parts from the sum. Those flavors don’t stack up to logic. However, this sandwich, with the addition of sweet cinnamon raisin bread, will amaze. Whether you find yourself eating one in the woods or in front of the TV, after one bite you won’t question its existence further.

To make the sandwich for you and three friends, you’ll need: 1 pound of thick-sliced country ham 1 bunch of baby arugula 1 jar of stone-ground mustard 6 ounces smoked cheddar cheese, thinly sliced 1 jar of apple butter 4 tablespoons salted butter 1 loaf cinnamon raisin bread Assemble by smearing a good layer of mustard on one slice of bread and apple butter on the other. Place a small amount of arugula, then the ham, on the mustard side. Follow by placing cheese on the apple butter side. Then marry the two together. Heat a skillet to medium-low, adding 1/2 tablespoon of butter. Place sandwich directly on melted butter, cheese end down, and spread another 1/2 tablespoon of butter on the top of the sandwich. Cover and cook for about 5 to 7 minutes or until the cheese begins to melt.

Flip and cover for an additional 5 minutes. Serve your best friend first.

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Second dinner: FIRE-ROASTED LAMB WITH DRIED-CHERRY VERJUS

3-1/2 pound semi-boneless leg of lamb loin 1/2 cup red wine 1/8 cup red wine vinegar 3 garlic cloves, crushed 1 teaspoon dried thyme 1 teaspoon dried rosemary 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon cracked black pepper Place all ingredients in a gallon-size resealable storage bag, evenly incorporating herbs around the meat. Marinate at for least 1 hour and up to 1 day.

Heat fire or grill to 400 degrees. Remove lamb from marinade, then place it directly on the hottest area and mark all sides (about 2 minutes per side). Once marked, place the lamb over indirect heat for 1 hour 15 minutes, up to 1-1/2 hours, or until the thickest part of the loin reaches an internal temperature of 150 degrees. Cooking time will vary based on your heat source.

To make cherry verjus: 2 tablespoons olive oil 1/2 sweet onion, diced 1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme 1 cup red wine 1/8 cup red wine vinegar 1-1/2 cups beef stock 2/3 cup dried cherries salt In a medium saucepan on medium heat, warm oil with onion until it begins to caramelize (about 10 minutes).

Add herbs and a few pinches of salt, and cook for an additional minute. Deglaze with the red wine; then add the vinegar. Let liquid reduce by half before pouring in the beef stock. Again, cook until liquid reduces by half. Add cherries and cook, continually adding small amounts of salt if necessary, until they are plump and reconstituted.

To serve, place the lamb on a large serving platter or butcher block, carving thin slices. Spoon sauce over lamb that is lying on a bed of warm polenta.

For the mascarpone polenta with candied pistachios: 1-1/4 cups plain yellow cornmeal 4 tablespoons salted butter 8 ounces mascarpone cheese salt and pepper 1/2 cup candied pistachios*

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Heat 5 cups of water in a Dutch oven or large saucepan until it reaches a roiling boil. Slowly whisk a gradual stream of cornmeal into the water. Lower heat to a slow simmer and continue cooking an additional 10-15 minutes, constantly stirring to guard against lumps. Keep extra water on hand if the meal gets too thick. Just before serving, add butter and mascarpone, and whip until it’s incorporated. Season with a touch of salt and pepper.

Serve individually in a shallow bowl or on a dinner plate.

Sprinkle candied pistachios over polenta just before eating. *Candied pistachios can be easily made by combining 2 tablespoons of butter with 1/8 cup honey on medium heat in a small saucepan. Constantly stir until the honey begins to darken; then add 1/2 cup of shelled pistachios. Lower heat and pan roast an additional 5 minutes. Remove from heat and spread mixture across the bottom part of a castiron skillet, letting it cool at least 15 minutes. Break apart candy so that each nut is separated. Sprinkle with salt and serve.

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Dessert: SHORTBREAD COOKIE S’MORES

This isn’t really a recipe as much as a new way of considering what a S’more actually is. We took all of the main components (crispy cookie/cracker, marshmallow, chocolate) and expanded the realm of possibilities to include some easily accessible yet slightly sophisticated flavors that would appeal to a fresh young adventurer or the grizzled survivalist just the same.

You can find rectangular or circle-shaped shortbread cookies at just about any grocery store. Or you can make your own. The same goes for marshmallows. They’re both much easier to create than we thought, and the ingredients are relatively inexpensive compared to store-bought versions.

To make 12 S’mores our way, you’ll need: 24 shortbread cookies of equal size 12 marshmallows 1 jar chocolate-hazelnut spread 1 jar apricot preserves a few palmetto fronds or long, thin sticks shaped into skewers fire Start by coating one side of a shortbread cookie with the chocolate-hazelnut spread. Take another cookie and spread across a layer of the apricot preserves. Toast a marshmallow over an open fire until it begins to melt and it starts to show a hint of dark color, catching fire just a tad. Don’t let it stay on fire for too long. I don’t really need to tell you how to put together a S’more from this point, do I? Do I?!

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ith busy schedules and family demands, it’s rare for me to have an opportunity to carve out time with girlfriends. It’s even rarer to spend some quality downtime with girls who share a similar passion.

However, on a recent weekend, I did just that.

While channeling our inner girl scouts, my friends and I talked fashion, families, careers, fall/ winter trends we were excited about, swapped styling secrets, sipped hot chocolate, and dined on S’mores. It was good ol’ fashioned girl time — “glamping” style. In true stylist fashion, we paid tribute to our glam theme but gave a nod to the great outdoors when it came to packing for our girls’ getaway.

That being said, you’ll notice our glamping attire wasn’t all Hunter boots and plaid buttonups. So sit back, put your feet up, and go camping with us, girls’ style. I promise valuable fashion insight, with some laughs sprinkled in along the way, as I give you a glimpse into the lives and minds of some of Lakeland’s leading fashion experts. Who knows, maybe this will inspire you to schedule a night off, drink in some of Lakeland’s cooler fall weather, and plan a girls’ night under the stars.

Meet Marie Massey, Ashley Gardner, Paige Milam, and Sarah Powers.

Marie Massey took an interest in fashion at a young age. She started out playing dress-up as a little girl, sketching clothing on napkins in grade school, styling and photographing friends as a teenager, and studying fashion her first year of college. All of those things eventually led her to styling and selling vintage items in her online store, Loco Flamingo. Her real passion is creating looks for photo shoots because she “never stopped playing dress-up.” (www.locoflamingo.com) 72

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Ashley Gardner and Paige Milam have always been interested in fashion and got their start at the International Academy of Design where they received their B.A.s in fashion merchandising.

In 2009, the two began their styling venture, “Of a Feather.” Together they’ve styled for television projects such as ION TV, the Contour Top infomercial, and Good Day Tampa Bay on Fox 13 News. They’ve also styled for publications such as Vegas Magazine, VM International Magazine, and La Palm Magazine. They worked New York Fashion Week for Nicole Miller with preshow production, backstage look assembly, and as ushers to attendees. They participated in New York Couture Fashion Week, Miami Beach Fashion Week featuring Mission Catwalk finalists, and the Tampa Bay Rays’ Benefit Fashion Show. They assisted Tim Gunn for Tim Gunn’s Fashion Exhibit in Tampa, styled Mindy Hilty from the TV show, Smash, and assisted with wardrobe selection for clients such as Kristen Stewart, Alicia Keys, and Carly Rae Jepsen for various celebrity appearances. They also pulled garments for set wardrobe with hit shows like The Carrie Diaries and Gossip Girl. (ofafeather.styling@gmail.com) Sarah Powers, mom to three daughters and one son, has a strong interest in fashion and a background working in youth ministry. In November 2012, Sarah founded Top Buttons, a nonprofit organization that offers young women a fashion resource with a modest twist, including fashion educational services and new wardrobes for underprivileged teens. Top Buttons’ online fashion blog has contributors from around the world. (www.topbuttons.org)

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Q&A Who has been your biggest influence stylistically, and how has that shaped your personal aesthetic?

Marie: Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen have been my style icons since I was young. I love how their wardrobes are so eclectic. They put together different styles of clothing, creating such unique looks. I get bored easily, so I love how they constantly switch it up while keeping a bit of their signature looks.

Ashley: I enjoy watching classic films; therefore, women like Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn, and Katharine Hepburn have heavily influenced my style. I wear mostly black, white, and beige, and like to layer jewelry to create a chic yet modern look.

Paige: My biggest style influence is Rachel Zoe. She has such an innate style that seems effortless but makes a major statement. The way she tells a story of who she wants to be on a particular day through clothing and accessories is so inspiring to me.

Sarah: My biggest style influence is one of my best friends, Paula Roach. Whether she’s wearing an inexpensive teal jacket from Walmart or a fancy little black dress, Paula always has a trendy and classy look. Her passion to serve and care for others keeps her from impulse or indulgent buys, and her attire never demands attention. With a life that reflects a rare and genuine beauty, it makes what she wears even more lovely.

Maybe this isn’t the typical answer for this question, but it’s her balanced perspective on fashion that has impacted my personal aesthetic the most.

What style secret do you feel our readers would benefit from knowing?

Marie: More often than not, wearing vintage from head to toe does not create the best look. I always mix vintage pieces with new pieces. It keeps the outfit from looking like a costume.

Ashley: The greatest styling advice I’ve ever heard came from Jackie Walker, the Dr. of Closetology and author of I Don’t Have a Thing to Wear. She told me the only way to get dressed in the morning is to truly know yourself, and that means knowing your own style, what you’re comfortable wearing and feel beautiful in. It doesn’t necessarily mean you have to have every trend down the runway, but rather that when you go shopping, incorporate pieces into your wardrobe that mean something to you and make you feel good.

Paige: Dress for your body type. I see so many women who are insecure with their clothing sizes when in reality no one but you is going to see the tiny, insignificant number that’s inside. It’s all about the lines — finding the right cut can instantly make anyone look taller and thinner. Tailoring is a simple and cost-efficient way of gaining that perfect fit for your body without paying the couture bucks.

Sarah: Many of the current options for clothes are made with thin or sheer fabrics, making undershirts and slips essential for keeping the outfit comfortable, smooth, and professional looking. When you find one that fits best and provides the coverage you’re looking for, buy a few in multiple colors. They’ll wear out more slowly, and your favorite may not always be in stock.

What’s your favorite fall/winter wardrobe staple?

Marie: My boots. I have a collection that ranges from tall, sleek, black boots to old, beat-up cowboy boots. When it starts to get chilly, I wear boots with almost every outfit. If I need to dress up an outfit but don’t want to wear heels, I wear my dressy boots, and when I need to dress down an outfit, I put on my cowboy boots. Couldn’t live without them.

Ashley: Boots. I love wearing all kinds of fall/winter boots, like ankle boots with tights and a skirt, or knee-high boots paired over skinny jeans and a billowy top. In my opinion, boots are the best thing about fall.

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Rust-Colored Floral Maxi Skirt from Elle for Kohl’s Long-Sleeve Cream Lace Top from True Blue QT; www.trueblueqt.com Layered Necklaces: Long Gold Pendant from Stella and Dot Blue/Black Cameo Gold Charm Necklace from LOFT

Paige: The cardigan. Whether it’s oversized or a slim fit, it’s the perfect layering piece. It’s also a way to be comfortable and look put together as well, which is always a plus.

Sarah: The jean jacket is my must-have fall/ winter staple. It crosses over from one style to the next and is currently both a classic and trendy piece. Personally, I love the contrast of layering it with delicate, feminine dresses for something a bit unexpected.

How will you incorporate your favorite fall trend into your wardrobe this season? What trend will you not be spotted in?

Marie: I love mixing styles, so I’ll incorporate leather into my wardrobe. I love putting unexpected pieces together such as wearing a leather jacket over a floral dress. One trend I probably won’t be wearing this fall is statement outerwear. While I love vintage furs, this Florida heat does not accommodate that trend.

Ashley: I love the fall trend of rocker chic. It can be as simple as incorporating a little leather into your outfit, like wearing a long-sleeve shirt where the sleeves are leather, or a skirt with a peak-a-boo of leather at the bottom. The trend was shown on runways with flannel and studded boots. One fall trend that I won’t be sporting 78

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is that of menswear fabrics and coats. It’s too oversized for me and isn’t flattering on my body type. Again, it’s all about knowing yourself and what you are or are not comfortable with.

Paige: Right now I’m really feeling fur — faux, of course! I think a little bit goes a long way, so whether it’s a fur vest or even on the lining of a jacket with cropped sleeves, it adds a touch of instant fab to your look. One trend hot off the 2013 runway you won’t see me sporting is the return of the turtleneck. While Donna Karan and J.Crew seem to make it work, my round facial structure with this trend is a hit and miss.

Sarah: With the coming of fall and winter, I love to [incorporate] flannel into my outfits. But this year I plan on wearing it as a soft boho-style maxi skirt instead of a top. It’s safe to say, I will not be spotted wearing a sheer top with only a bra or bandeau underneath even though it has become a popular trend.

What’s one of the biggest fashion mistakes women make?

Marie: Everyone’s body is different, and there are some trends that don’t look the best on certain body shapes. I’m guilty of this at times too, but all it takes is seeing one picture of yourself in that trend to realize, That’s not a

good look for me. Sometimes there are ways to modify the trend to your body shape. Always ask a friend (one who’s not scared to tell you the truth), or take a picture at different angles to see how it really looks.

Ashley: One of the biggest mistakes I see women making for fall is wearing leggings as pants when they’re wearing a normal-length shirt. The legging trend should be paired with long billowy tops or short dresses. It is just so unflattering to be wearing leggings with a short top; they show every flaw in the body.

Paige: One of the biggest fashion mistakes I see women make is wearing the wrong size. Going up a size can save us from the dreaded “muffin top.” Also, finding the right undergarments is a huge help. Spanx has a ton of options for both tops and bottoms and gives your body that smooth look.

Sarah: In today’s culture it’s increasingly more popular for women to show confidence by baring their skin. But I believe women will actually feel the most confident when wearing clothing that is comfortable and proper fitting, while still expressing their own unique style. It’s important to keep in mind that what’s trendy isn’t always appropriate. We can be inspired by some trends, but we shouldn’t feel pressured to wear them.

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Burgundy Maxi Dress from Forever 21 Denim Jacket from Mossimo for Target (shown elsewhere) Boots from Mossimo for Target (shown elsewhere) Stone Bracelets from Bourbon and Bowties, and Hattie’s Branches Ivory Feather Necklace from BrowNY, New York International

What are some of your favorite Lakeland fashion spots you would encourage our readers to check out?

Marie: Salvation Army and small thrift stores in the downtown area. But you have to enjoy the hunt. I love when I find a vintage gem for under ten dollars.

Half the fun for me is taking an old piece of clothing and making it come to life again by mixing it with the modern clothing in my closet.

Ashley: I shop at The Loft, and New York and Company in Lakeside Village because they have classic pieces that I can easily incorporate into my wardrobe. Also, Paige and I love thrifting at stores like the Saint Francis Thrift Boutique on McDonald Street and Good As New on South Florida Avenue.

Target also has a lot of great trends in its store. Phillip

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Lim just launched his Target line, and it has some really great pieces.

Paige: Lately I’ve been a huge fan of Pac Sun. They’ve started carrying a few new lines like Brandy Melville, and Kendall and Kylie which have some amazing finds. But I also love the shoe selections at Charlotte Russe, which has been a long-time favorite of mine.

Sarah: As a busy mom, I often grab some groceries, diapers, and a new graphic T-shirt, all while shopping at the south-side Target. Unfortunately, I don’t have much time to spend shopping around for my personal closet. But, without fail, if I want to find a new piece for a specific upcoming event, it’s at Hattie’s Branches Boutique on South Florida Avenue

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UNDER THEIR WHEELS Lakeland’s Derby Dames mean business story by Adam Justice photography by Philip Pietri

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e’re all aware of Lakeland’s diversity, how it embraces and encourages all forms of multiformity, from demographics to ideas. As a testament to our town’s wide range of cultural offerings, The Lakelander is proud to begin the series, “Alt. Lakeland.” This special series of articles will prove to unveil some of Lakeland’s more elusive yet important aspects of its progressive identity. I am very proud to initiate Alt. Lakeland with a glimpse into one of the area’s most extreme and positive sports. Far beyond a mere pastime, Lakeland roller derby is a culture unto itself.

Derby is a culture based on centrifugal forces, attitude, sweat, and the constant threat of injury. It’s one hundred twenty-eight small wheels tempered by laps around a concrete rink. Sixteen diehard ladies make up the Rockabilly Rebels who aren’t afraid to shove and out-skate their foes on their way to the top of Florida’s ever-growing bracket of roller derby. There’s no whining in roller derby, and there’s no league more audacious than our own Lakeland Derby Dames.

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The Derby Dames and their traveling team, the Rockabilly Rebels, have been taking care of business on and off the rink since March 2010. What was once a loose group of skaters at the local Skate World is now an organized and ambitious tour de force. Bo Deckher, the Dames’ current president and one of the original co-founders, is proud of the progress the team has made in a relatively short amount of time. The Derby Dames currently have a handful of local sponsors and an agreement with Sun ’n Fun to practice and compete in one of its empty hangars. Additionally, the home-grown team’s love for the Lakeland community causes bouts to double as fundraisers, with twenty percent of the proceeds donated to such charities as the SPCA, the American Red Cross, the National Kidney Foundation, Habitat for Humanity, and the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

The Derby Dames are one of more than thirty roller derby teams in Florida, signaling the tremendous momentum in popularity the sport has gained over the past few years. With this new-found fandom also comes a renewed and more positive identity. The roller derby of old was perceived more

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Derby is a culture based on centrifugal forces, attitude, sweat, and the constant threat of injury.

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as a feminine complement to the testosterone-driven world of professional wrestling. Framed as a spectacle, roller derby was once defined by its high content of drama and violence that overshadowed the fact that it’s a true sport.

This new age of roller derby focuses more on the athleticism and fast-paced excitement of the sport, which suits the Dames just fine. If anyone wants to distance themselves from the traditional definition of roller derby, it’s the Derby Dames. These Lakelanders may sport leopard print and stiff upper lips during roller bouts, but when the skates come off, they’re mothers, teachers, nurses, restaurant employees, and business administrators. The polarity of their respective lifestyles is centered on their deep commitment to helping their community and their dedication to the empowerment of women everywhere.

The compassion, camaraderie, and competitive nature involved with contemporary roller derby emerge as its most celebrated characteristics. This isn’t to say that bouts aren’t infused with the energy and attitude so crucial to traditional roller derby, but it’s much more balanced these days and kept in check for the betterment of the players and their hometown. It’s about resurrecting a lost sport while raising awareness for the strength and versatility of femininity.

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To learn more about the Derby Dames and to see a schedule of bouts, visit www.lakelandrollerderby.com.

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ow, pulsating music permeates the air like a heartbeat, giving tense rhythm to an otherwise quiet moment. Short, quick lines occasionally alter with delicate arcs as they move through space.

Legs slowly extend upward into impossible positions, the ostensible effortlessness of the movement betrayed only by taut muscles and sinew. Mesmerized by the powerful energy and beauty on display, or thoroughly engrossed in an emotional narrative, an audience abandons itself to the dancers’ spell, bewitched by this culmination of auditory experience, visual artistry, theatricality, and athleticism.

Whether flexing and sliding in an original contemporary piece, twirling and leaping in The Nutcracker Suite, or shadowing the movements in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the dancers of Florida Dance Theatre have been presenting this art form to

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the Lakeland community in their unique manner for twenty seasons.

When Founding Director Carol Krajacic Erkes relocated to Lakeland in the early 1990s, she discovered a greater pool of talent for her new ballet school than she had originally anticipated. Having danced many years as a professional ballerina, Erkes is particularly qualified to recognize exceptional ability. She trained with the Ballet Russe in her hometown of Cleveland, Ohio, before commencing her professional career at the age of 15 with the Ohio Ballet in Akron. She spent six years with the Cincinnati Ballet, including several as a soloist, and also served as a soloist with the Augusta Ballet. She has taught and danced with Orlando Ballet and Texas Ballet and performed as a guest artist with companies throughout the country, including the San Diego Metropolitan Ballet and Houston Civic Ballet.

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UPCOMING FLORIDA DANCE THEATRE PERFORMANCES Traditions: The Christmas Gala at Florida Southern College December 7 at 7:30 p.m.

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Eventually, seeing that some of the area’s students needed a more advanced performance outlet than the typical yearend recital, Erkes collaborated with Lloyd Whitmore to establish a dance company, Lakeland Ballet. The company evolved into the current Florida Dance Theatre, with a greater emphasis on contemporary dance than traditional ballet. As artistic director, Erkes fulfills the role of executive for the non-profit organization, handling most of the group’s daily, administrative, and marketing needs, and beyond. Assistant Director and Resident Choreographer Ferdinand (Freddie) De Jesus now exercises most of the artistic duties for the company. De Jesus also possesses impressive dance credentials, having studied at Alvin Ailey and the Dance Theatre of Harlem in New York City. His professional experience includes time with Philadanco in Philadelphia; Dayton Contemporary Dance Company in Dayton, Ohio; and the Bruce Wood Dance Project in Dallas.

Erkes’ initial intention to expand opportunities for young dancers in Polk County has metamorphosed into a mission to present high-caliber dance to the greater community and create a love for the art form.

Florida Dance Theatre employs professional

dancers from around the country and abroad who dance in the company’s performances and teach classes at the Academy. In addition to its regular season, the company stages several free or reduced-price productions for various groups and organizations throughout the area to better serve its mission.

Moving forward, FDT is embarking on new partnerships with Florida Southern College; the school debuted its musical theatre program this fall and plans to commence one in dance in 2014. De Jesus began teaching dance classes in the theatre department this fall, and Erkes will begin instructing ballet at the college in January. In the future, FDT hopes to become a touring company with regularly scheduled performances throughout Florida and out of state.

Because dance, particularly contemporary dance, is surrounded by an undeniable mystique of complexity, the art form is often perceived as intimidatingly highbrow. Like many other genres of the arts, dance can be appreciated at a variety of levels, from the dancers’ storytelling capabilities to their athletic prowess. Erkes is quick to point out that dancers aim to entertain. “Just enjoy it for what it is — just the beauty of dance,” she says.

Indeed, the company’s frequent incorporation

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The Academy of Florida Dance Theatre offers classes to students of all ages, from age 3 to adulthood, and regardless of aspirations. Students are placed in classes according to a combination of ability, experience, and age.

After mastering the techniques and theories of that level, they move on to the next. The Academy provides courses in ballet, jazz (theatrical and street), tap, modern, and hip-hop dance, as well as musical theatre.

For more information about the company and the Academy, including a listing of the Academy’s current offerings, please see www.floridadancetheatre.org or call (863) 682-7553. FDT’s studios are located at 305 West Main Street in downtown Lakeland.

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Of the trio, trap and skeet are the oldest and also the most similar. Both trap and skeet enjoy long, tweed-clad histories that date as far back as the early 1800s and 1920s, respectively. In both sports, shooters take turns shooting from different stations along a crescent-shaped course. In trap, the clays are thrown from a house that lies directly in front of the shooters. In skeet, the clays are thrown from two houses — a high house and a low house — that sit on either side of the course.

Although trap and skeet are a great deal of fun in their own right, in some ways they’re the old, slightly stuffy fraternal twins of the shotgun sports family. Sporting clays, in contrast, is the young, sporty, kid brother.

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Imported from England during the 1980s, sporting clays differs from trap and skeet in a few important ways. Whereas trap and skeet fields are laid out in precise configurations, sporting clays courses ramble on across acres of natural terrain, much like golf courses. That’s a comparison that isn’t lost on sporting clays enthusiasts, by the way, who commonly describe their sport as “golf with guns.”

Instead of eighteen holes of golf, a typical sporting clays course might have ten to fifteen stations (Tenoroc currently has twelve) spread out across a few dozen acres of wooded property. And, like individual holes in golf, each station presents shooters with a novel challenge. The only real limits are safety, the designer’s imagination, and the laws of physics.

MIXING IT UP ON TENOROC’S SPORTING CLAYS COURSE “Sporting clays was developed to give people practice for bird hunting during the off-season,” says John Michael, groundskeeper at Tenoroc Shooting Center, “so it’s always supposed to keep you off balance.” Take a run through Tenoroc’s twelve-station course, and you’ll see that course designer Dale Walker has managed to do just that. Every station is different from the last, and each one finds a new and novel way to test your reflexes, timing, and aim. “You’re usually not just going to come out here and ‘get it,’” Michael explains. “It’s a lot like golf in that it takes some time.”

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That said, Michael is quick to point out that beginners don’t need to be intimidated. “We get a lot of beginners out here,” he explains. “Safety is our number-one priority, obviously, but we try to make everyone as comfortable as possible.” That attitude clearly permeates the course’s design, which features something appropriate for every ability level. Intermediate and advanced shooters get the challenge of ultra-fast, odd-angled shots, while beginners can take a crack at slow incoming clays that hang in the air like flying saucers. And everyone, regardless of skill level, can get a kick out of the rolling clays, known as rabbits, that bounce along the ground like over-caffeinated day-glow bunnies.

When asked about the specific rules of sporting clays, Michael isn’t in a rush to get technical. “Of course, there are safety rules that everyone has to follow, but after that, it’s really just dealer’s choice.

Novice shooters can hang out at one station and practice the same shot over and over. More advanced shooters might shoot three or four pairs [of clays] at each station and move on.”

Perhaps the biggest testament to Tenoroc’s approachable attitude to an otherwise challenging sport is the number of local organizations that use the sporting clays course to host fundraisers and other outings. According to Michael, Tenoroc regularly sets up fifty to one hundred bird shoots (meaning each participant gets to shoot fifty or one hundred targets) for large groups. Each shoot includes a safety briefing from range officers along with access to shotguns, tents, and caterers, if needed. “We have all the equipment you need right here, and we’ll take as much time as we need to make sure people know how to be safe,” says Michael. “All we need is one or two phone calls and you’re good to go.”

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LAKELAND’S SPORTING PLAYGROUND The Tenoroc Shooting Center is part of the larger Tenoroc Fish Management Area, a 9,700-acre stretch of pit lakes, marsh, and grassland just two miles northeast of Lakeland that’s managed by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). Tenoroc features outstanding freshwater fishing opportunities, but over the past few years it has earned at least an equal reputation as one of the premier rifle, pistol, and shotgun shooting venues in central Florida. In fact, when there’s a National Sporting Clays Association sanctioned meet, it’s not unheard of to draw participants from as far away as north Florida and Georgia. Fortunately for Lakelanders with a sporting inclination, this already excellent shooting center is about to get even better.

It turns out the FWC has big plans to upgrade the facility starting this fall. Plans include a brand-new clubhouse, including classrooms for hunters’ education and gun safety classes, and an entirely renovated rifle and pistol range complete with ceiling fans for the muggy summer months. The plans also include major upgrades for shotgun sports, including two complete sporting clays courses (one for novice shooters and one for intermediate and expert shooters), top-of-the-line traps, two trap fields, a five stand, and a new fleet of golf carts for use on the course.

So, as the oppressively humid days of summer fade away and the thought of venturing outside our climate-controlled cocoons starts to become more enticing, consider dusting off that old Mosberg or Winchester shotgun and busting some clays at one of Lakeland’s finest sporting attractions.

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NOVEMBER 21 CIRQUE DREAMS HOLIDAZE The Lakeland Center www.thelakelandcenter.com

DECEMBER 5 LAKELAND CHRISTMAS PARADE Downtown www.jlgl.com

NOVEMBER 23 INTIMATE EVENING WITH CLINT BROWN ACOUSTIC The Lakeland Center www.thelakelandcenter.com

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NOVEMBER 16 LAKELAND BREWERS GUILD BREWFEST The Brass Tap at Lakeside Village www.lakelandbrewersguild.org NOVEMBER 16 WHEN PIGS FLY SOUTH FLY-IN BBQ CHALLENGE Sun ‘N Fun www.sun-n-fun.org NOVEMBER 16 37TH ANNUAL LAKE-TO-LAKE 10K Lake Avenue www.centralfloridasports.com

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NOVEMBER 29 LAST FRIDAY Dixieland (863) 221-7368

DECEMBER 6-8 JUNIE B. JONES JINGLE BELLS, BATMAN SMELLS Lakeland Community Theatre www.lakelandcommunitytheatre.com

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DECEMBER 7 LAKELAND 5K COLOR VIBE Sun ‘N Fun www.centralfloridasports.com

DECEMBER 8 50 SHADES! THE MUSICAL The Lakeland Center www.thelakelandcenter.com

DECEMBER 7 SNOWFEST Lake Mirror Promenade www.visitcentralflorida.org

DECEMBER 10 APPALACHIAN CAROL The Lakeland Center’s Youkey Theatre www.imperialsymphony.org

DECEMBER 7 WOMEN’S RESOURCE CENTER HOME SWEET HOME EVENTS Women’s Resource Center www.wrcfl.org

DECEMBER 12 FOOD TRUCK RALLY Downtown www.downtownlakelandfl.com

DECEMBER 7 GAITHER CHRISTMAS HOMECOMING The Lakeland Center www.thelakelandcenter.com

DECEMBER 14 WOMEN’S RESOURCE CENTER HOME SWEET HOME EVENTS Women’s Resource Center www.wrcfl.org

DECEMBER 14-15 FLORIDA DANCE THEATRE’S THE NUTCRACKER Polk Theatre www.polktheatre.org DECEMBER 17 PUBLIC ICE SKATING The Lakeland Center www.thelakelandcenter.com DECEMBER 17 MICHAEL LONDRA CELTIC YULETIDE The Lakeland Center www.thelakelandcenter.com DECEMBER 22 WEST SIDE STORY The Lakeland Center www.thelakelandcenter.com

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JANUARY 4 RON WHITE A LITTLE UNPROFESSIONAL The Lakeland Center www.thelakelandcenter.com JANUARY 9 FOOD TRUCK RALLY Downtown www.downtownlakelandfl.com

DECEMBER 27 LAST FRIDAY Dixieland (863) 221-7368 EVERY SATURDAY MORNING IN JANUARY FARMERS CURB MARKET Downtown www.ldda.org JANUARY 3 FIRST FRIDAY Downtown www.downtownlakelandfl.com

JANUARY 14 TWIST AND SHOUT: THE DEFINITIVE BEATLES EXPERIENCE The Lakeland Center www.thelakelandcenter.com JANUARY 17 LAKELAND PRO RODEO CLASSIC The Lakeland Center www.centralfloridasports.com

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HISTORY

Christmas shopping in Lakeland, circa 1938 Photo: Dan Sanborn Photo Collection Source: The Lakeland Public Library Special Collections

WE’VE MADE CHANGES. BIG CHANGES. Changes so big that we’re ranked as one of the most efficient and advanced emergency departments in the nation. We did our research. We talked to patients, engineers, architects, doctors, nurses and staff to redesign our emergency department just for you. These changes have captured the attention of people at hospitals across the country who are coming to Lakeland Regional to see our nationally ranked ER for themselves.

We already had the most advanced technology. We already had physicians and specialists who were capable of diagnosing and treating some of the toughest emergencies in the region. What we needed was to get rid of the wait because in an emergency, time matters. Now every patient who enters through our doors rarely has time to sit down before being seen. Patients are immediately seen by a registered nurse and assessed by a doctor in less than 20 minutes on average.

SEE FOR YOURSELF. TAKE THE 24/7 ER TOUR AT LRMC.COM/ER.