Article: Polk County, Fla., Job-Aid Program Trims Lake Wales Center.

Article: Polk Works vendor overstated expenses.
Ledger (Lakeland, Florida);  November 15, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Kennedy Nov. 15--LAKELAND -- One of Polk Works' main vendors overstated its expenses ... that led to an abnormally large bill for Polk Works, the county's work force development agency. Polk Works and Arbor officials said the incident ...

Article: Polk Works is losing director.
Ledger (Lakeland, Florida);  June 3, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Kyle Kennedy Jun. 3--LAKELAND -- Polk Works is about to post a new job opening ... Innovation. Thompson's last day with Polk Works will be June 30, and she will begin ... centers across the country, including the Polk Works One-Stop centers in Lakeland and Winter ...

Article: Polk Works chooses new head.
Ledger (Lakeland, Florida);  September 14, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... named the new executive director for Polk Works, the county's work force development ... director for WorkForce 2020, a division of Polk Works. Eventually, assistant directors Marsha ... Campbell-Domineck began her career with Polk Works in 2001. Before that, she spent 10 ...

Article: Polk Works to gets $632K training grant.
Ledger (Lakeland, Florida);  August 12, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Mary Toothman Aug. 12--LAKELAND -- Polk Works has obtained a $632,432 grant to set ... Executive Director Nancy Thompson said Polk Works is one of 15 workforce regions in Florida ... be able to get training at one of the Polk Works One Stop Center sites, where Polk Community ...

Article: Destination: NASA: flight surgeon James D. Polk ...
Career World, a Weekly Reader publication;  September 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] START HIGH SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE Polk wasn't sure what he wanted to study after high school near Dayton, Ohio, so he attended community college for two years. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] EMT TRAINING Polk enjoyed learning about the human body, so he took classes in

Article: Lake Wales, Fla., Association of Realtors Bestows ...
The Ledger (Lakeland, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  December 27, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Byline: Rachel Pleasant Dec. 27--The Lake Wales Association of Realtors couldn't let 2003 ... broker at the Westlake Real Estate Company in Lake Wales. Gravel, 53, born and raised in Lake Wales, graduated from Lake Wales High School ...

Article: Good Help Is Hard to Find, Lakeland, Fla.-Area Employers ...
The Ledger (Lakeland, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  October 19, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... executive director of Polk Works, said one of the reasons ... educational skills, Polk Works has added 20 GED training ... Some companies, like Lake Wales-based Florida's Natural ... Growers, are working with Polk Works to offer GED training