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Lake County’s emergency medical dispatch center receives top award

Lake County and the Office of Public Safety Support have been approved for re-accreditation as an Emergency Medical Dispatch Center of Excellence. The re-accreditation is awarded by the International Academies of Emergency Dispatch (IAED) and is effective for a period…

Umatilla High School Aviation Club receives $10,000 for plane build

The Umatilla High School Aviation Club received a financial boost to help toward completion of an airplane students are building. Recently, the Marian S. Shuck Scholarship Trust donated $10,000 toward the purchase of the Finishing Kit section of the VANS…

LSSC Foundation receives $20K gift from Ernie Morris Enterprises

The Lake-Sumter State College Foundation, Inc. has received a $20,000 gift from Ernie Morris Enterprises, Inc. (EMEI) to support students at Lake-Sumter State College. “We are appreciative of the continued support from Ernie Morris Enterprises for student scholarships…

LSSC Foundation receives over $23K for student scholarships

The Lake-Sumter State College Foundation, Inc. has received $23,130 from the Florida College System Foundation for three student scholarship programs. “We are appreciative of the generosity and leadership of the Florida College System Foundation for facilitating these scholarship programs on…

LSSC receives nearly $300K grant to start electrician apprenticeship program

Lake-Sumter State College has received $299,840 from the Florida Pathways to Career Opportunities grant program for a new electrician apprenticeship program. “The Pathways to Career Opportunities Grant puts funding behind a time-tested workforce education model focused on talent development and…

Clermont duathlete Diane Travis receives national recognition

Diane Travis, a national and world duathlete champion, received honorable mention for the Anne Viviani Women’s Great Grand Masters Duathlete of the Year. Diane was the 2019 Women’s USA National Duathlete champion in her age group and silver medalist in…

South Lake Hospital receives high safety score

Orlando Health South Lake Hospital was honored with its third consecutive A hospital safety score by The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit run by employers and other large purchasers of health benefits. “Achieving our third consecutive A grade is a…

Clerk’s office receives perfect score on passport audit

Out of nearly 300 facilities in the Miami Passport Region, the Lake County Clerk’s passport office was part of a small group to receive a perfect score in an audit report from the U.S. Department of State, according to local…

Ostrander receives top award

LassiterWare Chairman Ted R. Ostrander, Jr., of Leesburg, was surprised to be bestowed the highest honor, The Mitchell Stallings Memorial Award, at the 2016 annual convention of Florida Association of Insurance Agents (FAIA), and he was even more stunned to…