{"id":642,"date":"2008-07-07T17:39:48","date_gmt":"2008-07-07T21:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=642"},"modified":"2008-08-30T10:48:22","modified_gmt":"2008-08-30T14:48:22","slug":"polk-county-get-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=642","title":{"rendered":"Polk County get-together"},"content":{"rendered":"

Florida Citizens for Science will be holding a informal”get together” in Lakeland this coming Thursday, July 10th. The meeting will be held at I.00 pm at\u00c2\u00a0Starbucks, located in the Lakeside Village Mall. Directions are: Coming in on 570 Polk Parkway I believe it’s exit 5 -Harden Boulevard, then turn left under 570\u00c2\u00a0then it’s about 1\/2 mile.\u00c2\u00a0You’ll see the Starbucks on your left at the main turn-in road to the mall area.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

Members and none members\u00c2\u00a0of FCS are all welcome ,so join us if you can.<\/p>\n

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Florida Citizens for Science will be holding a informal”get together” in Lakeland this coming Thursday, July 10th. The meeting will be held at I.00 pm at\u00c2\u00a0Starbucks, located in the Lakeside Village Mall. 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