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More civics; more civility, says Dennis Ross

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The vitriolic presidential campaign and its controversies are due in a major part to the education system failing to retain one of its traditional and historical obligations, the teaching of civics, U.S. Rep. Dennis Ross, a Lakeland Republican, told a meeting of a Kiwanis Club in his hometown Thursday. “I have never seen anything like it,” Ross said of the combative campaigns and crowds this year. “And the reason is that we don’t teach our kids — the next generation —…

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St. Pete Kiwanis Park set for upgrades

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Kiwanis Club members are ready to help upgrade the park their organization created 35 years ago. Members of the Florida District of Kiwanis/Division 13 are scheduled to present two checks totaling $20,000 to the city of St. Petersburg. The donation will be used for the safety surfacing and fencing portion of the playground, making the playground area both beautiful and safe for children. This project is part of Kiwanis International’s goal of “improving the world, one child and one community…

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