Archive for May, 2008

This tie breaks wrong way for VMS

Monday, May 12th, 2008

Source: Vail Daily News (Original Article)

PUEBLO, Colorado — There are some tennis matches where, regardless of the outcome, the players can step back and admire the level of play.

On Friday at the state tournament in Pueblo, the Vail Mountain No. 3 doubles team of Adi Slifer and Claire Sunderland went point-for-point with the Kent Denver duo of Caroline Beaton and Natasha Silensky.

“We felt it was our best match of the season,” Slifer said.

Both the first and second set went to a tiebreaker, where Beaton and Silensky won by the slimmest of margins, 7-6 (11-9), 7-6 (8-6). To win a tiebreaker, a team must get to seven and win by two.

“It was quite a match. They played really, really well,” said Vail Mountain coach Derek Fisher.

The loss eliminated the pair from the state tournament, while the Vail Mountain No. 4 doubles (Jessica Gilbert and Sheena Feiler) and No. 3 singles (Sarah Logan) were eliminated by virtue of other teams losing.

Slifer and Sunderland, both seniors, didn’t lose any steam after coming up just short in the first set.

“Our coaches were really supportive and told us we could come back and win in three (sets),” Slifer said. “We looked at it as a new game.”

With the entire Vail Mountain squad watching, Slifer and Sunderland fought through every point.

“We were really scrappy,” Slifer said. “We were moving our feet and went for balls that earlier in the season we would have let go. They were super-aggressive, and we were being aggressive, too. It really depended on what made it to the net first.

“We were really proud. It helped to have the team there behind us.”

This year’s trip to state capped off a record season for the Gore Rangers, who took second at regionals and won all but one match as a team this season, including a big victory at the Delta Tournament.

“Everybody was proud of their season,” Fisher said. “They worked hard, and it showed. Getting five teams to Airline Miles Credit Cards state is pretty darn good.”

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Fox picks up 'The Inn'

Friday, May 9th, 2008

Source: Variety (Original Article)

Fox picks up ‘The Inn’
Network gives third season to ‘Til Death’

By CYNTHIA LITTLETON

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Treasure Coast Golf Scores for May 8, 2008

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Source: Sebastian Sun (subscription) (Original Article)

CLUB MED SANDPIPER

Men’s Association (May 1, 3 Best Balls of Foursome): White Flight: B. McGuire, P. Millevolte, R. Nashawaty, C. Bouchard, 181. Grey Flight: J. Baran, M. Doonan, E. Moore, D. Everleth, 189. Red Flight: S. Gates, R. Otto, T. Mancuso, 181.

EVERGREEN

Lady Niners (April 28, Scramble): 1, Virginia Farling, Ann Wysock, Mikel Malcomson.

Ladies’ Association (April 29, Ladies’ Day, Blind 9): Flight 1: Jean Daly. Flight 2: Clare Olsen. Flight 3: Julia Rabasca.

Men’s Day (April 30, 1 of 2): Flight 1: Kevin O’Leary, Jim Hoertz. Flight 2: Dan McCormick, Fred Schlawiedt.

Thursday Scramble (May 1, Mixed): 1, Joanna Ruane, Virginia Farling, Ron Urick, Kevin Mooney.

Men Niners (May 2, 1 of 2): 1, Bill Schupp, Al Morelli.

FAIRWINDS

Northeast County Men’s League (May 2): Low Gross, Flight A: Ron Locke, 71. Flight B: Jim Krause, 82. Flight C: Rich Burns, 81. Flight C: Frank Aloisi, 86. Flight E: Jim Dodds, 95. Low Net, Flight A: Bill Strauss, 63. Flight B: Glen Power, 66. Flight C: Hank Taylor, 66. Flight D: Lou Deanglis, 61. Flight E: Frank Soraci, 68. Closest to Pin: Bob Jacobsen (5), Norm Warrell (8), Dale Rath (11), Steve Mountanino (14).

Spanish Lakes Fairways Men’s League (May 1): 1, D. Bressler, A. Hughes, J. Gilligan (+18). Closest to Pin: D. Bressler (5,11), J. Hackett (8), J. Lambe (14).

FLORIDA CLUB

Ladies’ Day (May 1) 1, Adrienne Frattino, Joan Martin, Mary Fisher, Kris Pucci; 2, Diane Nolterieke, Barbara Berthiaume, Clare Crowley, Lynn Glessing.

Modified Scramble (May 4): 1, Jim-Ann Young, Don-Barbara Davis; 2, Bob -Beverly Hopwood, Dick-Janell Miller.

GATOR TRACE

Ladies’ Association (May 1, 1 BB Front 9, 2 BB Back 9): 1, G. Rynca, M. Worthing, A. Cavanaugh, D. Huss, 85; 2, C. Giotta, C. Ferraro, M. Snow, E. Casucci, 86.

INDIAN HILLS

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CECO drops into red for first quarter

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

Source: Bizjournals.com (Original Article)

The seasonal business cycle sent CECO Environmental Corp. into the loss column for the first quarter, the company said Thursday.

The environmental services company posted a net loss of $575,000, or 4 cents per share, compared to net income of $1.1 million, or 8 cents per share, in the year-ago quarter. Net sales grew to $46.9 million from $43.5 million a year ago. Analysts, on average, had expected earnings per share of 11 cents, and revenues of $56 million.

"Historically our first quarter has always been our weakest quarter due to the seasonality of our business," said Phillip DeZwirek, chairman and CEO, in a news release. "These 2008 results are more in line with our traditional first quarter performance and we are encouraged about the prospects for the remaining year."

The company said its order backlog was $91.4 million as of March 31, compared with $85.5 million as of Dec. 31.

In February, CECO acquired Louisville-based Fisher-Klosterman in a cash-stock deal. The manufacturer of air pollution control and particulate recovery equipment has a division in Lebanon, Pa, and a manufacturing facility in Shanghai.

Shares of CECO (NASDAQ: CECE) fell 12 percent, or $1.07, to $7.80 in Thursday morning trading.

CECO Environmental, based in Cincinnati, is an air pollution control company with 11 subsidiaries: Busch, CECOaire, CECO Filters, CECO Abatement Systems, Effox, Fisher-Klosterman, kbd/Technic, Kirk dog the bounty hunter dvd & Blum, GMD Environmental, FKI and H.M. White Inc.

Dale Jr. Talks Openly about His Grief, Growth and New Gig In …

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

Source: PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) (Original Article)

- ESPN PR Crystal Howard crystal.howard@espn.com or For ESPN Beth Albert, 973-783-8072 albertbt1@verizon.net Dale Earnhardt Jr. has spent the seven years since his father’s death learning how to live without him. In the cover story for ESPN The Magazine, “All Grown Up”, Dale Jr. talks in depth publicly for the first time about the pain of

losing his dad, who was killed in a crash at the Daytona 500 in 2001. Writer Marty Smith reveals that since Junior left the family business, Dale Earnhardt, Inc. (and affiliation with Dale Sr.’s third wife Teresa Earnhardt), for NASCAR juggernaut Hendrick Motorsports this season, he’s finally feeling like himself again. -0- “When my dad died, I was numb, blind. I just kept moving. Going. Doing. It was horrible. The further away from it I get, the more I understand how I went through it.” - Dale Earnhardt Jr. “I didn’t talk about it because it wasn’t something I wanted to preach. ‘Oh, I lost my Daddy, woe is me, and I gotta go through life without him.’ I didn’t want that message.” - Dale Earnhardt Jr. “I ain’t got nothing against her. She might have something against me, I don’t know.” - Dale Earnhardt Jr. regarding Teresa Earnhardt, who declined to be interviewed for the story. “I am striving to be the total package. A mature, dedicated, motivated racecar driver.” - Dale Earnhardt Jr.

ESPN The Magazine was granted exclusive access to Junior’s property and Whiskey River, the replica Wild West town he’s built on his 200 acres of land in North Carolina. The issue is on newsstands Wednesday, May 7.

ESPNthemag.com will exhibit a complementary photo gallery and a “behind the story” by Smith, who lost his own father while writing the piece on Dale Jr.

In “Sucking It Up” ESPN The Magazine takes a look at how NBA and NHL athletes play through the pain - especially during the playoffs. How does physical and psychological pain assist, and impede, a team’s chances interest rate calculator of winning when it really counts? …continue reading

Miami blacks built, led rich lives from early on

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

Source: MiamiHerald.com (Original Article)

W hen newcomers visit neighborhoods once known as Miami’s Colored Towns, it is difficult for them to imagine that these areas were once inhabited by successful black businessmen and women. And this was during the era of Jim Crow, when black people in the United States were limited both by custom and law in every phase of life. Evidence shows that, in spite of the limitations, black people created and maintained communities, accumulated wealth and took care of their own.

A sense of accomplishment was expressed in a 1915 report by the Colored Board of Trade; a pioneer group of business men published the data. There were approximately 7,000 black people in Dade County and their holdings in real estate totaled $800,000. In the city of Miami, there were 5,450 black people with holdings and real estate totaling $500,000.

A few profiles are summarized in this column.

One man who owned a vast amount of land and rental property was D. A. Dorsey. In 1917, he sold land to the city of Miami for a park; later, he bought Fisher Island, built a hotel and gave land for a library in Overtown and gave land for a school in Liberty City. He became Miami’s first black millionaire.

Arthur and Polly Mays were farmers with considerable land in South Dade. They were fierce advocates who believed that black children should be educated. She secured a bus and transported children to school in the Goulds area. Arthur Mays was active in the Colored PTA and was a dedicated Boy Scouts leader.

The businesses of E.W.F. Stirrup in Coconut Grove and then Cutler Ridge included numerous real estate ventures, private horse and buggy transportation and a lucrative dry goods store. He donated the land for Christ Episcopal Church.

In Overtown, Dr. William A. Sawyer Sr., a pioneer medical doctor and founder of Christian Hospital, owned and operated two hotels, the Marsha Ann and the Mary Elizabeth.

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