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<span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Polk County Emergency Management and the Lakeland Flying Tigers have teamed up to host an Emergency Preparedness Night on Wednesday, June 11. The event will begin when the gates to Joker Marchant Stadium open at 5:30 p.m. and will continue throughout the game as the Flying Tigers battle the Brevard Manatees. First pitch will cross home plate at 6:30 p.m.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> For the eleventh consecutive year, Minor League Baseball is partnering with the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Ready Campaign and Citizen Corps Program to educate and empower Americans to prepare for and respond to emergencies including natural disasters and potential terrorist attacks. This is the fifth season the Flying Tigers have participated in the campaign.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">We are honored to have Petrina McCutchen, Polk Sheriff’s Office, Human Resources Minority Recruiter and mother of Fort Meade’s Andrew McCutchen, All Star Outfielder for the Pittsburg Pirates sing the National Anthem. Polk County Fire Rescue Color Guard will present the colors at the game. PCFR Firefighter/EMT Billy “Bubba” Hardwick has agreed to throw out the first pitch. Bubba, as know in the baseball world, is a graduate of Santa Fe Catholic High School. He was drafted, as a left hand pitcher by the <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?team_ID=CIN&year_ID=1991&draft_type=junreg&query_type=franch_year" style="color:purple"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">Cincinnati Reds</span></a> in the <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?year_ID=1991&draft_round=16&draft_type=junreg&query_type=year_round" style="color:purple"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">16th round</span></a> of the 1991 MLB June Amateur Draft from <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?key_school=9022eb98&exact=1&query_type=key_school" style="color:purple"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">Polk Community College </span></a> and the <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?team_ID=MIL&year_ID=1992&draft_type=junreg&query_type=franch_year" style="color:purple"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">Milwaukee Brewers</span></a> in the<a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?year_ID=1992&draft_round=23&draft_type=junreg&query_type=year_round" style="color:purple"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">23rd round</span></a> of the 1992 MLB June Amateur Draft from <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?key_school=9022eb98&exact=1&query_type=key_school" style="color:purple"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">Polk Community College.</span></a> Bubba continued his career for 11 seasons, before becoming a firefighter.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> Being a Wednesday night game, you can purchase an All-You-Can-Eat ticket for $10 in advance or $11 at the gate and fill up on hot dogs, hamburgers, Polish sausages, popcorn, pretzels, Cracker Jacks and chips from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.</span></p>
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<b><i><span style="color:rgb(192,0,0)"> </span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="color:rgb(192,0,0)">Polk County Fire Rescue (PCFR) is a division of the Board of County Commissioners. PCFR provides fire, emergency medical and emergency management services to residents in a 2000-square-mile area, as well as provides mutual aid to surrounding counties. PCFR has more than 600 full time employees throughout 45 stations, which run more than 80,000 calls each year.</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color:rgb(192,0,0)"></span></i></b></p>
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