Winter Haven, FL -- The 'Rowdy' Gaines Olympic Pool, at the Chain O'Lakes Complex, is getting a facelift!

The popular pool, used for lifeguard training, scuba diving training, a practice spot for the Winter Haven Stingrays Swim Team, and recreational swimmers, is going to be closed for two weeks beginning today, Jan. 11 while the pool liner is replaced.

The $76,875 project will be done by Aquatic Renovations Systems, Inc.

The Winter Haven Stingrays competitive swim team will practice in Lakeland until the work is done.

Bartow, FL -- A new memorial dedicated to Polk County’s fallen firefighters and EMS workers is being unveiled in Hero’s Park on Saturday, Oct. 8 at 3 p.m.

The memorial is designed with three intersecting pieces constructed of deep-hued red and black granite with firefighter and EMS insignias engraved at the top. Between the two main pivotal pieces is a smaller pedestal which holds a bell to ring in memory of those who gave all in service to the Polk County community.

The memorial was designed and sponsored by the Polk County Professional Firefighters Local 3531, Inc., Lakeland Funeral Home and Memorial Gardens, and Century Granite of Elberton, Georgia.

Winter Haven, FL -- The Winter Haven Public Library holds its Enrichment Series movie on the first Thursday of the month.

This month's movie is The Lincoln Lawyer starring Matthew McConaughey, Marisa Tomei and Ryan Philippe.

The movie depicts Mick Haller as a slick, charismatic Los Angeles criminal defense attorney who operates out of the back of his Lincoln Town Car. Mick unexpectedly lands the case of a lifetime. What initially appears to be a straightforward case with a big money payoff swiftly develops into a deadly match between two masters of manipulation and a crisis of conscience for Haller.