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	<title>Central Florida Online &#187; Friends of the Parks/Glenda Mink</title>
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		<title>From Coffee to Worms, Dirt Days Are Fun</title>
		<link>http://centralfloridaonline.com/2012/05/from-coffee-to-worms-dirt-days-are-fun/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 04:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Glenda Mink Youngsters were joined by their adult partners and other volunteers who helped weed and clean out the beds and trim back other plants as part of a spring cleaning project at Polk County&#8217;s Christina Park, site of the popular &#8220;It Matters What You Grow&#8221; Dirt Day No. 2, that was held April [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dirt Day No. 2 Registration Deadline is Monday!</title>
		<link>http://centralfloridaonline.com/2012/04/dirt-day-no-2-registration-deadline-is-monday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:40:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey kids!  Monday April 23 is the deadline to pre-register for Dirt Day No. 2 at Christina Park beginning at 9:00 a.m., Saturday, April 28.  Ask your adult partner to call Carmen Hunter at 534-4340 or e-mail Miss Glenda at glendamink@polk-county.net to reserve your seat today.  Remember, Dirt Days are totally FREE and lots of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scout Wins Trek Ten Team Challenge</title>
		<link>http://centralfloridaonline.com/2012/01/scout-wins-trek-ten-team-challenge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A grand total of 77 trekkers came out for an early morning hike at Polk County’s newest environmental lands site – Marshall Hampton Reserve, 34 of them “new comers” to the monthly hikes hosted by Friends of the Parks Foundation.  Seven year-old, Jayden Benjamin will tell you it was well worth the effort to crawl [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ring in the New Year with a Hike &#8211; “TREK for a Cure”</title>
		<link>http://centralfloridaonline.com/2011/12/ring-in-the-new-year-with-a-hike-%e2%80%9ctrek-for-a-cure%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:53:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Commissioner Bob English could easily be Polk County’s poster child for fitness.  He loves to walk, run, bicycle – you name it, and he’s out there.  Again this year, he invites everyone to join him in ringing in the New Year with a trek in the woods at Polk County’s premier outdoor destination, Circle B Bar Reserve, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trek Ten Trekker Improves Financial Wellness</title>
		<link>http://centralfloridaonline.com/2011/11/trek-ten-trekker-improves-financial-wellness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Georgiana Kurtz had no idea wearing her pedometer to the Friends of the Parks’ combination 2011 grand finale celebration and kickoff of the 2012 Trek Ten Trails season would add an extra $50 to her financial wellness. She and husband Terry are charter members of the elite Trek Ten Trail Walkers Club and have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>25th Annual Port Hatchineha Christmas Boat Parade</title>
		<link>http://centralfloridaonline.com/2011/11/25th-annual-port-hatchineha-christmas-boat-parade/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:49:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lake Hatchineha community residents will gather for the 25th Annual Port Hatchineha Christmas Boat Parade December 10 at the Polk County public boat ramp, 16000 Hatchineha Road in Haines City.  Decorated boats participating in the festive water parade are scheduled to meet off shore at the marina to begin line up at 6:30 p.m.  The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lake Arbuckle Park Re-Opens Saturday, November 5</title>
		<link>http://centralfloridaonline.com/2011/11/lake-arbuckle-park-re-opens-saturday-november-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:35:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Polk County&#8217;s Lake Arbuckle Park and Campground located at 2600 Lake Arbuckle Park Road in Frostproof is scheduled to re-open on Saturday, November 5.  The popular campground and boat ramp launch was recently closed to the public due to flooding from recent rains.]]></description>
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		<title>Essay Winner &#8211; Better Get My Gloves!</title>
		<link>http://centralfloridaonline.com/2011/11/essay-winner-better-get-my-gloves/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 21:42:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[      Given a choice between planting (flowers) and watching TV, 11-year Mariva DeBorde will go with choice number one – as she declared in her winning Dirt Day Essay entry, “Better get my gloves!” Mariva was one of three contest winners in the first-ever “It Matters What You Grow” Dirt Day Essay Contest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lake Arbuckle Campground Temporarily Closed</title>
		<link>http://centralfloridaonline.com/2011/10/lake-arbuckle-park-campground-temporarily-closed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Due to flooding from recent rains, Polk County&#8217;s Lake Arbuckle Park and Campground on Lake Arbuckle Road in Frostproof will be temporarily closed to the public.  The campground and boat launching site will be reopened as soon as access and facilities are safe to enter. Re-opening will be noticed on Polk County&#8217;s website:  www.polk-county.net]]></description>
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		<title>Meet Artist Thomas Brooks at Free Reception</title>
		<link>http://centralfloridaonline.com/2011/10/meet-the-artist-thomas-brooks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 03:42:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Crown Printing opened its doors Friday morning, Thomas Brooks was there with sharpened pencils in hand to sign and number 500 of his Circle B Reflections limited edition litho art prints, which will be available for a minimum $100 donation to the Friends of the Parks Foundation at a “meet the artist” exhibit and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dirt Day EcoFriends Become &#8220;Bog Monsters&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://centralfloridaonline.com/2011/09/dirt-day-ecofriends-become-bog-monsters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 20:17:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“It Matters What You Grow” Dirt Day participants (EcoFriends) will become Bog Monsters for a brief period on Saturday, September 10 at 9 a.m. as they learn about bog gardening and how to propagate the Blue Flag Iris (Iris virginica) bog plant. As temporary Bog Monsters, they will also get to plant some of these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IMWYG Dirt Day Essay Contest</title>
		<link>http://centralfloridaonline.com/2011/07/imwyg-dirt-day-essay-contest/</link>
		<comments>http://centralfloridaonline.com/2011/07/imwyg-dirt-day-essay-contest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:24:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friends of the Parks Foundation and Magnify Credit Union are asking kids who have been attending monthly “It Matters What You Grow” Dirt Days to tell them what they learned and liked best about growing native and Florida-Friendly plants that conserve water and help protect our environment.  There is still time for newcomers to enter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mackay Gardens Hosts Dirt Day No. 5</title>
		<link>http://centralfloridaonline.com/2011/07/mackay-gardens-hosts-dirt-day-no-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 19:12:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Giant Evergreen Liriope was used in the landscaping surrounding the historic mansion built by Alexander Mackay in 1916.  It will also be the featured plant youngsters, ages 6 to 12, will learn to propagate when they visit Mackay Gardens and Lakeside Preserve in Lake Alfred, Saturday, July 16, as part of the “It Matters [...]]]></description>
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		<title>July is Parks and Recreation Month</title>
		<link>http://centralfloridaonline.com/2011/07/july-is-parks-and-recreation-month/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2011 12:09:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[July is a month-long observance, proclaimed as Parks and Recreation Month by the Polk County Board of County Commissioners at its regularly scheduled meeting June 28.  Commissioner Bob English presented the proclamation to Marian Ryan (left), president of the all-volunteer Friends of the Parks Foundation that is actively engaged in the promotion and support of parks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thomas Brooks:  A Friend of Polk County&#8217;s Parks</title>
		<link>http://centralfloridaonline.com/2011/06/thomas-brooks-a-friend-of-polk-countys-parks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:40:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ask nationally renowned wildlife artist Thomas Brooks where he gets inspiration for his paintings, and he will tell you the “outdoors.”  Not surprisingly, Brooks begins his on-camera pitch for support of the Friends of the Parks Foundation from a picturesque setting at Polk County’s premier 1,267-acre nature park, Circle B Bar Reserve on Winter Lake [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dirt Day No. 3:  Milkweed and Magical Monarchs</title>
		<link>http://centralfloridaonline.com/2011/05/dirt-day-no-3-milkweed-and-magical-monarchs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 00:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ginger Hansill is a teacher.  When it came time for retirement she kept saying “Teaching isn’t just what I do, it is who I am.”  She taught first grade and reading in Polk County&#8217;s schools for 28 years. Miss Ginger is also a Polk County Master Gardener and has volunteered, thus far, for three of eight planned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>East Central Park Play Courts Complete &#8211; “Let the Games Begin”</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 19:04:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Polk County’s 40.52-acre East Central Park development in Dundee is now complete.  The basketball and three-wall racquetball courts situated at the main entrance off Mabel Loop Road are new additions.   Looking due west and down a beautiful row of trees framing parking for the football and soccer fields constructed during the previous phase, are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Boat Ramp for Port Hatchineha</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 14:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Polk County Parks and Natural Resources crews have done all the patching they can do.  From the time the County reopened the former privately-owned operation to public access of Lake Hatchineha and the Kissimmee Chain, heavy use of the boat launch at the popular Port Hatchineha Park and Campground in Haines City has caused deterioration [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jenkins Art Students Give Dirt Day Shade House New Look</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 14:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Friends of the Parks/Glenda Mink</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA["It Matters What You Grow" Dirt Day Workshops]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Three talented teens are combining their artistic talents to create a snappy mural for the shade house at Circle B Bar Reserve, which is used by volunteers &#8211; some as young as six years of age to grow native and Florida-Friendly plants for Polk County’s public parks and environmental lands restoration projects.    George [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Open Letter of Thanks!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 21:20:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On behalf of the Friends of the Parks Foundation, I want to take this opportunity to thank all sponsors, vendors and participants in the Rampin’ It Up Big Bass Benefit Tournament. A special thank you goes to our sponsors – Magnify Credit Union, City of Winter Haven, Polk County Parks and Recreation, Paul Thomas of [...]]]></description>
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