|
Glades County Democrat 820 W Sugarland Hwy. , Suite 5 Clewiston, FL 33440 Advertising: Classified Advertising: FREE online classifieds. No limit on the number of ads. 2 weeks, 4 lines, 8 photos, for free. Many options to upgrade your ad or publish in print. Visit www.newszap.com for more information. Click here to submit your ad online Display Ad sales National Account Sales
Advertising Billing
Delivery, Subscriptions & Published every Thursday; home delivery and single copy sales
Delivery/Customer Service
Online
E-Subscription:
$26 per year;
Format: Compact; 4 column modular retail,
News:
Community Calendar
Newsroom/Speak-Out
Public Forum
Publicity Guidelines
Websites:
www.newszap.com
|
|
Profile:The newspaper covers several cities and communities within the county including the City of Moore Haven, Lakeport, Muse, Buckhead Ridge, Palmdale, Ortona and home to the Brighten Seminole Indian Reservation. James A. Moore, a developer from Seattle, started Moore Haven, the first real town in the Everglades, in 1915. He bought the "Henderson Heirs" tract of 98,000 acres at the southwestern corner of Lake Okeechobee. At the Flat Top Cypress, where Three-Mile Canal joins the lake, he laid out the town of Moore Haven. A power plant was built and Moore Haven became known for its produce, sugar cane and catfish industries. Soon after, Moore Haven was named county seat of Glades County.
In 1992, disaster struck in the form of the "Big Fire", followed by floods in 1922 and a devastating hurricane in September of 1928. The catfish industry died, but Moore Haven survived.
Today, still supported by its cattle, sugar cane, fishing, citrus and produce industries. Tourism and sport fisherman have also discovered Moore Haven. Glades County has 880 students in its school system in which there are one elementary school and one middle/senior high school.
The Glades County Democrat covers all city and county government, school board system, sports and community events. The first weekend of March, Chalo Nitka "Day of the Big Bass" Festival takes place. It features a pet parade, haystack scramble, small fry fishing contest and 4-H steer show. The newly crowned Chalo Nitka Queen joins a colorful parade of floats and marching bands, Seminole Indian crafts and food, as well as rodeo music and clogging, round out the activities.
The Glades County Democrat is part of the South Lake newspapers, which includes Clewiston News and The Sun. The South Lake papers, with an 8,000 circulation, has a coverage area from Canal Point to Buckhead Ridge, joining the Glades area into one community. Our Purpose… The Glades County Democrat is owned by a unique trust that enables this newspaper to pursue a mission of journalistic service to the citizens of the community. Since no dividends are paid, the company is able to thrive on profit margins below industry standards. All after-tax surpluses are reinvested in Independent’s mission of journalistic service, commitment to the ideals of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, and support of the community’s deliberation of public issues. |
|
Other
INI Publications:
|
||
