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National Convention Highlights |
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By Debbie Whitten on
5/17/2008 8:20 AM
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Sorry there was no blog entry last week, as I was attending the USBC National Convention and workshops in Kansas City, Missouri, as a Delegate for the Women’s Association. I was in the Saturday legislative meeting and election of directors and not able to complete the blog prior to leaving to fly home.
For all the scoop on what occurred you can go to bowl.com and click on the various links that they have set up regarding the various workshops, the "Clash Of Champions", the legislative action that occurred and the elections.
My take on the Convention and highlights from the events I attended are below.
This seemed to be the most unorganized of the three (3) conventions I have attended. There was not much variety in the workshops offered this year from the two (2) previous but I did attend several, one of which w ...
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Saxophone by Erica Brough |
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By photoblog on
5/13/2008 12:11 PM
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This is musician Kenny Johnson jamming on his saxophone at Club Absolute in Ocala several months ago. The photo was made by using a strobe and a slow shutter speed. I had a lot of fun shooting him and his band in the low neon lights.
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Wedding Horse by Erica Brough |
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By photoblog on
5/9/2008 12:26 PM
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This horse is all dressed up for a wedding I shot a while ago. Although the bride was quite beautiful, I was drawn to the horse's beauty most of all. The bride and groom had a country wedding with each of them on horseback for the ceremony.
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Bring on the Entrepreneurs! |
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Speaking of business..."
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By Dr. Philip R. Geist on
5/8/2008 9:15 PM
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Many communities, even before the recent economic slowdown have tried to attract or grow new businesses, revitalize their downtowns, and help create high tech, high wage jobs for residents. A lot of those communities have been stymied in their efforts by ‘what they didn’t have.’ They thought their lack of business incubators, highways, airports, or existence of a venture capital fund was holding them up. What they really needed were entrepreneurs…
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Summer Creeping Up |
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By Debbie Whitten on
5/5/2008 4:16 PM
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ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS HAVE BEEN SCHEDULED AS FOLLOWS:
MARION COUNTY USBC BOWLING ASSOCIATION WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, MAY 31, 2008, AT 1:00 P.M. AT AMF EAST. IF THERE IS ANY PROPOSED LEGISLATION IT WILL BE POSTED SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN RUNNING FOR A POSITION ON THE BOARD PLEASE CONTACT JERRY ABRAMS OR LARRY MAYHEW FOR MORE INFORMATION AND REQUIREMENTS.
The next 6 game sweeper will be on Sunday May 18, 2008, at AMF Ocala. Entries close 30 minutes prior to squad time. Squads are at noon, 3pm, 6pm and 9pm. Sign up and join in the fun.
Summer league information is available at all the centers. Check out what is available and if you don’t see a format you want - check in to setting up such a league - there are a multitude of options and forma ...
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Abortion: Is a local candidate's position relevant? |
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By Ocala.com Election Coverage on
5/2/2008 8:50 AM
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We asked the heads of the local Democratic and Republican parties the following question: Candidates for local and state offices often include their positions on abortion in their platform. Since these candidates do not vote on U.S. Supreme Court justices, are their positions on abortion relevant?
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The Rock ready to rumble again |
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By Joe VanHoose on
5/1/2008 12:33 PM
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The most important and interesting stock car race this weekend won't be at Richmond International Raceway, where the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races Saturday night. It will be a few hundred miles south in the sand hills of North Carolina on Sunday afternoon.
After four years of relative silence, Rockingham Speedway will reopen its doors to thousands of race fans and fifty ARCA cars and drivers. Just like old times, the Carolina 500 will start at noon and have a national television audience via Speed Channel.
With the rest of the big time American racing series taking Sunday off, Rockingham, known by race fans and drivers as The Rock, will once again take center stage.
But is The Rock, which NASCAR abandoned in 2004 for a second race at Texas Motor Speedway, ready to put its best foot forward? Track owner Andy Hillenburg thinks so.
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Kinsey wedges way to victory, Crouse wins again |
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By Joe VanHoose on
5/1/2008 12:16 PM
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Dave Kinsey led all 30 laps in the $1,000-to-win Pepsi Challenge Hobby Stock race Friday night at Ocala Speedway, but that's not to say he wasn't challenged. Kinsey held off David Miller over the last five laps, driving Miller into the infield to stay in front and take the win.
"I was just holding on for dear life," Kinsey said afterward. "It was an exciting last couple of laps, but we maintained."
Miller looked to have the strongest car and came from the back of the 24-car field to the front after spinning on the second lap. By lap 14, he had survived a handful of cautions to move up to second position.
Kinsey moved lower and lower on the racing groove as the laps wound down and Miller closed in. With two laps to go, Miller edged his car underneath Kinsey as the two drove into turn three. Kinsey refu ...
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Krause Springs by Erica Brough |
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By photoblog on
4/30/2008 12:36 PM
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Ahhhhhhhh... how inviting! This is a little Texas secret called Krause Springs. Yes, this is Texas, about 45 minutes west of Austin. My girlfriends and I visited this private property for just $2 each and we basically had the place to ourselves. There were a couple of waterfalls, a rope swing, a garden and tons of butterflies. And the owners, an older couple, were really sweet.
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Naked - Alan Youngblood |
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By photoblog on
4/28/2008 10:59 AM
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Ok, if you thought that maybe I had finally gone off my rocker and posted pictures of myself naked, sorry.
Last weekend I did feel naked though. Canon Professional Services send me one of the most anticipated HD video cameras in a while to try out for four days only. The Canon VIXVIA HF-10 is a tiny consumer level flash memory HD video camera that can record 2 hours of full HD video to it's built in memory. I didn't mean for this to be a technical blog entry so if you have an interest, you can read my full review and see images and movies from it here . http://starbannerphoto/hf10 &a ...
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Fall Leagues Ending |
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By Debbie Whitten on
4/26/2008 7:50 AM
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ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS HAVE BEEN SCHEDULED AS FOLLOWS:
MARION COUNTY USBC BOWLING ASSOCIATION WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, MAY 31, 2008, AT 1:00 P.M. AT AMF EAST. IF THERE IS ANY PROPOSED LEGISLATION IT WILL BE POSTED SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN RUNNING FOR A POSITION ON THE BOARD PLEASE CONTACT JERRY ABRAMS OR LARRY MAYHEW FOR MORE INFORMATION AND REQUIREMENTS.
The next 6 game sweeper will be on Sunday May 18, 2008, at AMF Ocala. Entries close 30 minutes prior to squad time. Squads are at noon, 3pm, 6pm and 9pm. Sign up and join in the fun.
Summer league information is available at all the centers. Check out what is available and if you don’t see a format you want - check in to setting up such a league - there are a multitude of options and formats available there should ...
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I see you! |
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By photoblog on
4/23/2008 12:06 PM
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Photo by Jannet Walsh
In March 2008 I had to get new eyeglasses, as my old pair could not be repaired. I was not sure if I really liked my new glasses, so I took my own photo using a small camera located on my laptop computer. I find the technology truly amazing! I still don’t know if I like the new glasses, but like the technology.
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School Board candidates: Who's running and who's earning |
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By Ocala.com Election Coverage on
4/22/2008 8:00 AM
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Candidates are lining up to run against Marion County School Board member Steve Hering this fall.
As of today, Hering had four opponents for the nonpartisan District 2 seat: Eleanor J. Drakeford, Jacqueline Porter, Bernard LeCorn and Johnathan Raymon Connell. Although Hering is the incumbent, he has yet to report any campaign contributions or spending, while Porter has contributed $30,000 of her own money to her campaign.
Hering isn’t the only elected school official with competition. Bobby James, who was appointed to fill Kurt Kelly’s unexpired term when Kelly won a seat in the Florida Legislature, has two opponents: Mark Gamoneda and Karen Francis-Winston.
A third School Board member, Judi Zanetti, is opposed so far by attor ...
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The Professor schools the field at Ocala Speedway |
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By Joe VanHoose on
4/20/2008 10:45 AM
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It may have taken him longer than he wanted, but Ocala’s Ivedent Lloyd found a familiar place Friday night at Ocala Speedway. After a ten-year hiatus, Lloyd was back in track’s victory lane.
“We’d been working on this new car for a bit, and we got it running real good,” Lloyd said after winning the 25-lap late model feature. Rich Pratt finished second and Mike Bresnahan fell from an early lead to third.
Lloyd started near the rear of the 16-car field but found himself running third by lap 9. On lap 10, Lloyd used a lap car as a pick to pa ...
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Meet me at the races |
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By Joe VanHoose on
4/20/2008 10:05 AM
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Let's say I'm a little lonely, hypothetically of course. I hang around racetracks and go about my business, but I come home to an empty apartment.
Remember, this is hypothetical.
Nevertheless, there are a lot of single race fans out there, race fans who may want to find that special someone with a similar passion. If you're into online dating, big sites like eHarmony and Match.com don't have any exact criteria for one Jeff Gordon fan looking for another.
For those looking to find romance at a race, Steve Agins has created a special place for that special someone. Meetmeattheraces.com, which debuted in February, welcomes those single, lonely race fans who want the love of their life to share in the real love of their life.
"This has been something I've ...
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Fall Leagues Ending shortly |
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By Debbie Whitten on
4/20/2008 10:59 AM
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Compared to last week’s tome this will be a short story.
Most of the fall leagues are wrapping up and the Top 10 Bowlers will not be posted after May 15, 2008. The reporting will start again in September after fall leagues start up.
ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS HAVE BEEN SCHEDULED AS FOLLOWS:
MARION COUNTY USBC BOWLING ASSOCIATION WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, MAY 31, 2008, AT 1:00 P.M. AT AMF EAST. IF THERE IS ANY PROPOSED LEGISLATION IT WILL BE POSTED SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN RUNNING FOR A POSITION ON THE BOARD PLEASE CONTACT JERRY ABRAMS OR LARRY MAYHEW FOR MORE INFORMATION AND REQUIREMENTS.
The Annual Awards Banquet will be held on Friday, April 25, 2008, at the Ramada Inn at I-75 and 27. There will be a cash bar/social hour b ...
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