B6 DAILY COMMERCIAL Sunday, August 28, 2011
LAKE COUNTY
LOCAL STOCKS PORTFOLIO
as of the market close on Wednesday, Aug. 24
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Banks compete to help food pantry
T AT&T 29.43 29.17 0.26 0.89% Special to the Daily Commercial lecting 467 pounds total. M&I will Lake Cares Executive Director Irene
AAP Advanced Auto 59.14 56.74 2.40 4.23% receive dinner from PizzAmore of O’Malley thanked the participating
AXP American Express 48.08 45.86 2.22 4.84% A food drive to benefit Lake Cares
Mount Dora. United Southern banks — Bank of America, Bank
AN Auto Nation 38.97 35.68 3.29 9.22% food pantry was held Aug. 1-12 with
KO Coca Cola 69.68 69.28 0.40 0.58% 13 banks competiting to see which Banks collected the most food from First, BB&T, CenterState, First
CMCSA Comcast 20.57 21.33 -0.76 -3.56% could collect the most food per all the branches with 2,283.65 Green Bank, First National Bank of
DRI Darden 47.46 48.46 -1.00 -2.06% employee. Combined, the banks pounds. The United Southern Bank Mount Dora, Insight Credit Union,
DIS Disney 32.51 33.37 -0.86 -2.58% collected more than 15,250 pounds of Umatilla will receive a special M&I Bank, RBC, Regions Bank,
GE General Electric 15.72 16.23 -0.51 -3.14% award at 7 p.m., Sept. 6 at the Reunion Bank, TD Bank and United
GIS General Mills 36.99 36.73 0.26 0.71%
of food. M&I of Eustis was the win-
HRS Harris Corp 37.55 36.98 0.57 1.54% ner with their five employees col- Umatilla City Council meeting. Southern Bank.
HD Home Depot 34.37 33.41 0.96 2.87%
IBM IBM 166.76 171.48 -4.72 -2.75%
LOW Lowes 20.34 20.10 0.24 1.19%
NYT NY Times 7.33 7.28 0.05 0.69%
NEE Next Era Energy 56.04 55.05 0.99 1.80%
PEP Pepsi Cola 63.70 64.62 -0.92 -1.42%
PGN Progress Energy 48.28 47.02 1.26 2.68%
S Sprint Nextel 3.45 3.72 -0.27 -7.26%
STI Sun Trust 18.63 19.04 -0.41 -2.15%
TE TECO 17.99 17.56 0.43 2.45%
WMT WalMart 53.37 51.55 1.82 3.53%
XRX Xerox 7.84 8.30 -0.46 -5.54%
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Fardie and Branch Manager Sue Cumbie of M&I Bank of United Southern Bank of Umatilla employees collected more
and Eustis. than 2,283 pounds of food during the two-week drive.
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Special to the Daily Commercial I The workforce needs its future direction. A Bachelor of Science in
One Class At A Time • Hands-On Training
of Lake and Sumter coun- local labor market study nursing, Bachelor of
Small Class Sizes • Day & Evening Classes The Lake-Sumter Com- ties, was commissioned that Applied Science in orga-
munity College District
We offer Career Guidance and Placement Assistance to our I Student interest, incorporated CEO inter- nizational management,
Students and Graduates. Board of Trustees unan-
I College assets such as views from more than 40 and Bachelor of Applied
Financial Aid available for those who qualify. imously voted on Aug. 9
to expand the college’s facilities, personnel and significant private and Science in environmental
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academic programs to financial resources, and public local employers to science.
include four-year I Partner relationships. ascertain their current LSCC now embarks on
degrees in three areas. The college engaged and future needs.
a lengthy approval
LSCC’s four criteria the community on multi- From this comprehen-
process designed by the
for choosing a bache- ple levels in order to sive analysis emerged the
State of Florida to ensure
lor’s degree program determine what types of need for a workforce with
2799 West Old US Highway 441 - Mount Dora, FL 32757 degrees are needed. bachelor’s degree prepa- that new degree pro-
www.southerntech.edu
are:
Student, faculty and advi- ration in eight primary grams meet the needs in
sory committee surveys fields. Further study by the area to be served,
and focus groups were the college administra- have sufficient demand,
conducted. The New tion and input from the and are not similar to pro-
Vision Council com- Board of Trustees led to grams offered by other
prised of community the prioritization of the higher education institu-
leaders advised LSCC on following three degrees: tions in the region.
TAVARES
Splash Park
receives Dream
Designs Award
The Tavares Splash Park,
which is just finishing its
second season, has won the
2011 Dream Designs Award
presented by Aquatics Inter-
national.
Aquatics International is a
magazine devoted exclu-
sively to the commercial and
public swimming pool
industries.
The Dream Designs show-
case is an annual program
that highlights extra-ordi-
nary aquatics facility design
projects. Water-themed pro-
jects are recognized for their
incorporation of recreation
and fitness space and how
the facility serves as a key
element in the community it
serves.
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