Villages/Lady Lake
LADY LAKE – Lady Lake Police Sgt. Tom Sarakinis was among the law enforcement personnel honored for outstanding service and devotion to duty during the Leesburg Rotary Club’s “Service Above Self” awards ceremony held at the Venetian Center.
Sgt. Sarakinis was recognized for his quick actions last year, when he noticed fire coming from beneath a car, pulled it over and ushered the occupants to safety before the car burst into flames.
A 13-year veteran of the department, Sgt. Sarakinis was traveling on Florida’s Turnpike to Lady Lake from Jupiter, Florida, where he and several other officers had just picked up new police vehicles. During the trip, he noticed a car that appeared to have a ruptured fuel line, with the fuel catching fire and leaking all over the roadway. Continue reading
TomL Publishing Goes Totally Digital
By TomL Publisher
Our printed newspapers have been put on pause! Rising cost has helped us make the decision.
We will keep our local columns. Our newspapers will be directed to two areas for now: Villages area and Ocala Area. We will stay monthly for now. Our intent is to give readers current news of crime, events, local interest stories.
An events calendar can be accessed from the front page, to help readers connected to and engaged with their community.
Advertise with us! Our ad prices for inclusion in the digital versions of Ocala Downtown, Seniors Voice of Ocala, Village Spectator, Lady Lake Magazine, will be cut in half to share the savings with our advertisers. All ads will be 4-color modular sizes.
Full page 10” wide by 13” high 4 color ………………………$280
Half page 10” wide by 6 1/2 high or 7 1/4 wide by 9” high…$200
quarter page 5” wide by 6 1/2” high………………………… .$127
eighth page 5” wide by 3” high………………………………..$ 71
Banners sales will be one inch by ten inches ………………$100
Grand Opening Ribbon Cutting by Lady Lake Chamber for USA Vein Clinics. Located in the Oakland Hills Professional Center in Lady Lake.
Darrell and Kathy Coppock celebrated their 60th Wedding Anniversary on Friday April 14th at the Waterfront Inn.
Photo by CKJ Photos13
WQBQ 1410 Radio Leesburg, FL – Owned and operated by James Floyd WQBQ is a local favorite with listeners and the business community. Our listeners are our #1 Priority and we pride ourselves on a clean and family style of broadcasting. With 5000 watts of power, our advertisers love us; we get the message out over the air, in person, and with our now famous Meet N’ Greets. So join our FAMILY as a listener and an Advertiser. We’d love for you to become another member of our friendly “Q” FAMILY!
Listen in on Weekdays at 8:00 am for the Auction BloQ. This is a Radio show where we Auction off Gift Certificates from LOCAL Businesses. You can GRAB BIG deals, SAVING you tons of MONEY! Continue reading
Lady Lake Chamber of Commerce hosting another Lady Lake Chamber Business Luncheon held at the Texas Roadhouse Grill. Plenty of door prizes were won. I won a bottle of wine which I gave to my wife Phyllis. We had 7 tables full, I got to visit with some good friends. The food is always good at the Texas Roadhouse Grill Lady Lake / Villages located on 441, near the Town Hall. Good food / talked a lot of business, could not be better.
May 1, 2023 is National Heatstroke Prevention Day. With summer upon us, it is important to prepare for the heat that the Florida sun provides us. The state of Florida has the second highest total number of heat related vehicle deaths of children with 102 based on statistics from 1998-2022. More than half of vehicular heatstroke cases were because an adult forgot about a child, according to NoHeatstroke.org. Additionally, every year pets suffer and die when their guardians make the mistake of leaving them unattended in a parked vehicle to “run in for just a minute” at the local store. The Lady Lake Police Department is committed to informing and educating parents and pet owners on the dangers of leaving children and pets unattended in a vehicle and taking precautions to help prevent these tragic situations. Continue reading
COMMON SENSE ANIMAL AWARENESS
May 6, 2023 @ 9:00 AM
Category: Nature Activities
Common Sense Animal Awareness
9:00 AM
Pine Meadows Conservation Area
2280 Pine Meadows Golf Course RoadEustis
Contact Justin Gentles at 352-431-8798 or email justin.gentles@lakecountyfl.gov.
http://www.lakecountyfl.gov/parks
Come hike with a Park Ranger and learn tips on how to observe animals in their habitats and stay safe when you encounter them.
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By TomL
The 2nd Annual Mac N Cheese Festival was put on by the Lady Lake Chamber. It was also a business Showcase with Arts & Crafts, Live DJ, and Local Business vendors filled the Log Cabin Grounds. An estimated 2,000 people passed through the vendor rows. They had a Mac N Cheese tasting judge by well known people.
The Mac N Cheese Festival started out with my wife setting up our table in a shady spot, the day was beautiful with a slight breeze, vendors were busy rushing around. We decided to travel light, bringing papers for just the Villages and the Lady Lake area. a few brochures and of course candy. It was fantastic the amount of people appearing at opening time and it stayed that way most of the day. They had a Mac N Cheese contest. The categories were Best Tasting, The Mayors Choice, The People’s Choice, Judges Choice, Best Decorated Booth, Best Decorated Booth Mac N Cheese Theme and the Best Gift Basket!
I met a lot of people that day and saw people I had not seen in years so it was a good day for me. I bought my son some Girl Scout Cookies that are sometimes hard to find.
A lot of fun was had by all. It was the second year and everyone is looking forward to next year including me.
Judges Choice Winner: Kiwanis of Lady Lake
Mayors Choice Winne: Watercrest at Spanish Springs
Peoples Choice Winner: Watercrest at Spanish Springs (With 225 Total Votes)
Best Decorated Booth: United Southern Bank (TROPHY)
Best Decorated Booth Mac N Cheese Theme: Visiting Angels & (GIFT BASKET from Luke Emerson Edward Jones)
Guest Columnist: Leslie DiCesare, Executive Director
Lady Lake Area Chamber of Commerce
We enjoyed a busy March at the Lady Lake Area Chamber of Commerce full of events and more! The Chamber hosted several networking events including breakfast at Keke’s in Lady Lake. Businesses had a chance to network and take home door prizes.
The Chamber also hosted our monthly networking lunch at Texas Roadhouse in Lady Lake. Attendees leave with quality leads & referrals. Non-Chamber members are invited to attend an event as a guest before joining.
The 2nd Annual Mac N Cheese Festival/Business Showcase was well attended, and local businesses & clubs were able to compete for the chance to take home a 6ft trophy. The winner for Judges Choice was Kiwanis Club of Lady Lake, Mayor’s Choice was Watercrest at Spanish Springs, Peoples Choice was Watercrest at Spanish Springs, Best Mac N Cheese Theme Decorated Booth was Visiting Angels, and Best Overall Decorated Booth was United Southern Bank. Donations were collected for our community outreach programs. We are looking forward to bringing this event back next year even bigger and cheesier! Continue reading
