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Flowers, music and fair maidens headline a busy weekend - Daily Commercial

Learning Curve Academy, 480 W. County Road 44, Eustis. The card includes Fozo Fury against Sgt. Major Hardcore for the Mr. Wrestling Championship in a Taser Match; Salazar challenges Joe Blackburn in a kendo stick match for the LCCW Heavyweight Championship; Billy McCloud comes back from injury to face longtime rival Jai Murdah for the Lake County Championship; Fast Motion gets their rematch with Destructive Caliber for the LCCW Tag Team Titles and Koolaid challenges Sam "Too Damn" Slick for the Night Owl Championship. Plus many more exciting matches live.Cost: $10 adults, $5 for ages younger than 17 and ages 12 and younger are free with paid adult.Check out Facebook for more informationFinding Your African-American AncestorsA special genealogy event, “Finding Your African-American Ancestors, Yes You Can!” is being hosted by Kinseekers and the Leesburg Public Library at 1 p.m. Saturday. The guest speaker, Adrienne G. Whaley, is a specialist in African-American studies and family history. This presentation will walk attendees through the basics of African-American family history research, with an emphasis on not only finding names, dates, and location, but on the stories that give this information meaning.Details: kinseekers.orgSantaFestSanta is making an early appearance at the Clermont Belk store, 270 Citrus Tower Blvd. from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday. There will also be holiday crafts and refreshments.Florida Heritage DayStep back in time and visit a living historical timeline from Spanish conquistador days to World War II from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Dade Battlefield Historic State Park, 7200 County Road 603 in Bushnell. Enjoy and learn from hands-on demonstrations including cider making, cow milking, butter churning, corn grinding, basket making, weaving, chair caning, pioneer gardening, pioneer toys, candle-making, pioneer medicinal plants, flint-knapping, rag doll making and more. Also enjoy live music from the various eras and visit on-site food vendors.Cost is $5 per vehicle.Elvis TributeTed Torres performs an Elvis tribute from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Saturday at the Eustis Elks Lodge, 2540 Dora Ave. in Tavares. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 day of show.Details: 352-383-1266Leesburg Food Truck-n-Flick NightEnjoy an evening of cars, food and a movies at Food Truck-n-Flick Night from 5 to 10 p.m. Saturday at Town Square in downtown Leesburg. Custom cars line up on Main Street and food trucks on Fifth and Sixth Streets. The movie starts at dusk in front of City Hall. Be sure to bring chairs or a blanket.Lakeridge Holiday Open HouseWelcome the holiday season at the 28th annual Holiday Open House at Lakeridge Winery in Clermont from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Local artists and crafters will be on hand for holiday shopping and live music is on the outdoor stage. Lakeridge wine, beer, soft drinks and a variety of food is available for purchase, along with complimentary winery tours and tasting.Cost: $5, children 12 and younger are free.Details: lakeridgewinery.com ... https://www.dailycommercial.com/news/20181108/flowers-music-and-fair-maidens-headline-busy-weekend

Huntington Library Corpse Flower Unexpectedly Blooms, Emitting Signature Foul Stench

It has now been grown in several other nurseries around the globe, including the ones at the Huntington and at many other botanical gardens in North America.Library spokeswoman Lisa Blackburn told City News Service that the two other Corpse Flowers cultivated at the Huntington may bloom in the next few days.A typical Corpse Flower bloom usually lasts for about 24 hours, and then withers and dies. Under the ground, a corm, a rounded underground storage organ present in plants of species similar to the titan arum, continues to survive and later grows a stem out of the ground, becoming a new Corpse Flower plant.The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, located at 1151 Oxford Road in San Marino, is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.For updates on the Corpse Flowers, visit www.huntington.org or follow www.twitter.com/TheHuntington. ... http://www.pasadenanow.com/main/huntington-library-corpse-flower-unexpectedly-blooms-emitting-signature-foul-stench/

Last petal plucked: Flowers by David, Ripon's last remaining stand-alone florist, will close Dec. 30 - Ripon Commonwealth Press

Treats is today, for about 10 years before moving to 202 Blossom St. (another appropriate name), which had been Butzin-Marchant Funeral Home.   Flowers by David has been on the corner of Blossom and Blackburn streets, just across from the Little White Schoolhouse, ever since.Read the full story in the Dec. 22, 2016 edition of the Ripon Commonwealth Press. http://riponpress.com/Content/News/News/Article/Last-petal-plucked-Flowers-by-David-Ripon-s-last-remaining-stand-alone-florist-will-close-Dec-30/2/20/10701

National Alliance Of Floral Associations Hosts Annual Meeting In ... - PerishableNews (press release) (registration)

State Florists' Association; Sherrilyn Roundy, CFD, PCF, president, Floral Association of the Rockies; Patty Malloy, AIFD, president,Wisconsin & Upper Michigan Florists' Association; Brenda Blackburn, vice president, Tennessee State Florists' Association.Source: National Alliance of Floral Associations (NAFA)... http://www.perishablenews.com/index.php?article%3D0055905

Leicester will be 'massive threat' in the Champions League... they're suited to European football, says Tim Flowers - Daily Mail

UEFA Cup to Atletico Madrid and to the same opposition in the same round of the 1961-62 Cup-Winners' Cup.Flowers, who finished bottom of the Champions League group stage with Blackburn after their own unlikely Premier League title success, believes Leicester, up against Bruges, Porto and Copenhagen, are well-equipped to fare better now.'It is brilliant for Leicester, they have some really mouth-watering ties to come,' he said.'I think their approach will be quite well suited to European football, especially away from home. They can sit deep and deny space and Jamie Vardy's pace up top will be a massive threat.' Claudio Ranieri delivers instructions to his team ahead of their return to European football  Flowers believes striker Jamie Vardy will be  key during their Champions League campaign Let's block ads! a href="https://github.com/fivefilters/block-ads/wiki/There-are-no-acceptab... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3787896/Leicester-massive-threat-Champions-League-suited-European-football-says-Tim-Flowers.html

Paul Burrell says wife cried over gay wedding revelation - Stock Daily Dish

S in Chester since 2010, having previously spent 22 years working for Lloyds Bank.They were also pictured together on Facebook at the Blackberry Creek Retreat Bed & Breakfast, during a holiday in Missouri, US, in 2014, two years before Mr Burrell‘s divorce.The couple were not at home today – and Mr Burrell was not at his florists, his staff said.Mr Burrell has always refused to discuss his sexuality despite a 2002 expose in which an Australian man claimed they had enjoyed a three-year relationship in the early 1980s before he married Maria.However, a source close to the former butler has revealed that he confided in his special friend, Princess Diana.They told the Sun: ‘Paul‘s friends and family all know but for a long time he kept it a closely guarded secret.‘He did share it with Diana while he worked with her because they were so close.‘But at the time she was the only woman he felt he could tell.‘Mr Burrell and his wife announced their divorce just months ago, but it is believed that they had been living separately for some time before they split up.While he decided to stay in Cheshire, Maria now lives in a luxury home in Florida.Burrell now runs his florist, Paul Burrell Flowers, close to where the family used to live in the village of Farndon.Last month he was pictured taking flowers inside the store and serving customers. Although he is not thought to work there on a day-to-day basis. Paul and Maria Burrell met while they were both working at Buckingham Palace, with Maria serving as the Duke of Edinburgh‘s maid, and married in 1984.An established tradition suggested one of them should give up their job with the Royal Family, but the Queen made an exception for them, allowing both to remain in Royal service.Mr Burrell started working for Diana four years later and went on to become one of her most trusted members of staff.He joined Prince Charles and Diana at Highgrove House in Gloucestershire in 1987 and remained there until her death in 1997.Mr Burrell then made millions from a series of books about his life with the princess and from appearing on reality shows such as I‘m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here.How William and Harry blasted Burrell‘s ‘betrayal‘ of their mum Princes William and Harry attacked former royal butler Paul Burrell for his ‘cold and overt betrayal‘ of their mother.In a 2003 statement unprecedented for its strength of feeling, William, then 21 and also speaking on behalf of his younger brother, showed his deep pain at Mr Burrell‘s revelations in his tell-all book.The Princes said the late Diana, Princess of Wales, would have been ‘mortified‘ at his actions if she were alive today.They called on him to put an end to his disclosures.Mr Burrell, who worked for the Princess, made a series of claims including one that Diana feared for her life and spoke of a plot to tamper with the brakes of her car.Prince William said in the statement released by Clarence House: ‘We cannot believe that Paul who was entrusted with so much could abuse his position in such a cold and overt betrayal.‘It is not only deeply painful for the two of us but also for everyone else affected and it would mortify our mother if she were alive today and, if we might say so, we feel we are more able to speak for our mother than Paul‘.In the international bestseller he c... https://stockdailydish.com/paul-burrell-says-wife-cried-over-gay-wedding-revelation/

A funeral director for the community - Dallas Voice

He also began taking mortuary classes at Missouri Southern.Then he moved to Dallas and began classes at the Dallas Institute of Funeral Service on South Buckner Boulevard and did much of his practical work at Sparkman-Hillcrest to earn his associates in applied science.He met LaFleur 16 years ago. LaFleur was is in retail and isn’t a funeral director. They met at JR.’s.“We stared at each other from across the room,” Lewis said. So one day he finally walked up to LaFleur and said, “Are we going to just stare at each other across the room or are you going to ask me out?”LaFleur gave him his email address. Lewis went right home and sent LaFleur a message and the email bounced. LaFleur insists it was an honest mistake.They met up at JR.’s again the next week, exchanged phone numbers and made a date to see each other the following weekend. Lewis said they ate dinner, watched a movie but he left, and they didn’t see each other for another four years.LaFleur was diagnosed with cancer and then he left for Louisiana to take care of his mother. When he returned to Dallas, they met up again on MySpace and have been together ever since.A few years ago, Lewis, who’s a member of the Turtle Creek Chorale, was talking to another member, who is also a funeral director, about how hard it was working for a funeral home owned by a large corporation.“I still want my own place,” he said.“I know a place in Ferris for sale,” the other member told him.A year passed before he decided to at least check out Ferris. The funeral home was still for sale, so on a Sunday morning, he drove to Ferris just to take a look even though he knew the place wouldn’t be open.As he was driving through town, though, he noticed signs for an open house. He decided to stop in and maybe get a feel for the town from the real estate agent.She asked what he was looking for in a house, and he said he was actually interested in Green Funeral Home that was for sale but stopped by the open house to get some information about Ferris from someone local. The agent told him her father owned the funeral home, and she called her dad and arranged for Lewis to meet him.Six months later, Lewis and LaFleur were in the funeral business.Their goal, LaFleur said, is to outgrow the current building within five years. “That means we have four years left,” Lewis said.While Ferris is growing quickly — 150 homes are already under construction on the west side of I-45, and T. Boone Pickens’ widow owns a ranch on the east side of the highway that she plans to develop — the couple knows they can’t rely on business just from the Ferris area.So, Lewis said, anyone was welcome to come to Ferri... https://dallasvoice.com/a-funeral-director-for-the-community/

Meet the Florida fans who sent get-well cards to Feleipe Franks - Tampa Bay Times

Kissimmee.All to a quarterback who might never play another snap for the Gators, one whose relationship with the fan base has been mixed, at best.RELATED: Five reasons to care about Florida-Missouri“I know he takes a lot of heat from people thinking that he’s just the worst thing that ever happened to Florida,” said Woody Bass, a 48-year-old Georgia resident who will graduate from UF's online program in May. “I didn’t want him to think that.”Neither did Laurie Bonham.?? Will the #Gators beat the brakes off Missouri? Can #FSU clinch a bowl berth? Will #USF slow down Cincinnati??@MBakerTBTimes gives us his picks against the spread in a brand-new Three & Out ????? https://t.co/rFBtzbVrwd pic.twitter.com/3SNikKXxLD— The Identity Tampa Bay (@TheIdentityTB) November 14, 2019“I just felt so bad for him,” said Bonham, a recently retired 64-year-old in Oldsmar.The physical injury was bad enough. But Franks has been a frequent target from fans for most of the past three seasons.One of the lows came last November against Missouri, who hosts the Franks-less Gators this weekend. Franks was booed in the first half and benched in the second of a 38-17 embarrassing home loss to the Tigers. Franks had won every game since then, but Bonham still saw too many people bashing him, despite the improvements he was making in Year 2 under coach Dan Mullen.“His mom was on this web page, and I felt bad for her, too,” Bonham said. “Nobody needed to be doing that. It was just poor manners.”Laurie Bonham (right, seen here with close friend Christy Fraser) was one of the Florida Gators fans who sent get-well cards to injured quarterback Feleipe Franks. [LAURIE BONHAM Special to the Times]Something good came from all the social media chatter: Bonham saw someone post a P.O. box that would collect mail for Franks.Judy Long noticed, too. During her lunch break, the 59-year-old walked from her job at a community bank in Polk County to a Publix down the street to find a card — maybe something with flowers on it.“I’m sure he was down and out,” said Long, a lifelong Florida fan. “A little card like that brightens someone’s day.”Long wrote a note, too, promising to wave at him from the Section 55, Row 4 seats her family has held for almost four decades.Reyce Ramsey went one step farther. With some help... https://www.tampabay.com/sports/gators/2019/11/15/meet-the-florida-fans-who-sent-get-well-cards-to-feleipe-franks/

The perfect rose: 62 years in the making - Los Angeles Times

Valentine’s Day. If you ask 100 people to name a flower, “99 would name roses,” says David Trinklein, an associate professor of horticulture at the University of Missouri and the author of “Rose: A Brief History.”Roses, he says, have “become synonymous with love and beauty and fragility.”The enthusiasts who jammed the Huntington rose garden in mid-April seemed to feel that way. The plants had started to open, and as the visitors stopped to smell the blossoms, many seemed to be swept up in the wonder of it all.But admiration doesn’t necessarily translate into sales. Americans just aren’t buying roses the way they did in the glory years of the 1960s and ’70s.When sales began declining in the 1980s, roses had already started to develop a reputation as prima donna plants that required regular pruning, spraying, feeding and dead-heading — the removal of spent blooms — to produce more flowers. Miles Davis, 5, of Hermosa Beach, takes a whiff of a rose known as Huntington's 100th. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times) Carl Mahanay of Imperial Beach, left, and Lillian Kinkade, 2nd from left, of Redondo Beach., shop with others for bare root roses known as the Huntington’s 100th. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times) The Huntington's 100th go on sale for the first time at the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens in San Marino. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times) Top, Miles Davis, 5, of Hermosa Bea... https://www.latimes.com/home/la-hm-col1-perfect-rose-quest-20190625-htmlstory.html