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| Text Size - Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel Posted: 11 Feb 2010 08:01 PM PST Message from fivefilters.org: If you can, please donate to the full-text RSS service so we can continue developing it. Olustee -- Olustee honors its past during the Olustee Battle Festival, Feb. 12-14. The fest features an arts and crafts fair in downtown Lake City on Feb. 12-13, a 5K race and a re-enactment of the 1864 Civil War Battle of Olustee. The re-enactment, at the Olustee Battlefield Historic State Park, is the undisputed highlight of the event, on Feb. 13-14. The historic battle comes to life with more than 2,000 living history re-enactors in period dress and features full-scale artillery, mounted cavalry and three African-American regiments. Demonstrations, encampments, drills, period concerts and more are on the agenda. Food will be available for purchase. Admission is $5 for adults; children over five years old pay $2. For information, call 386-758-0400 or visit www.olusteefestival.com. Lake Wales -- Bok Tower Gardens celebrates Valentine's Day with special Carillon Concerts on Feb. 14. Romance is in the air as the bells of the gardens' Singing Tower ring at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. -- an ideal spot to pop the question or steal a kiss. The concerts are included in Bok Tower Gardens regular admission ($10 for adults; $3 for children, under age five are free). Bok Tower Gardens is at 1151 Tower Boulevard. For details, call 863-676-1408 or visit www.boktowergardens.org. Ft. Myers -- The Edison & Fort Winter Estates celebrates the 162nd birthday of inventor Thomas Edison on Feb. 11. Admission is free on that day and there will be cake, student performances, book signings and the Mina Edison statue dedication. The Edison & Ford Winter Estates are on 2350 McGregor Boulevard. For details, call 239-334-7419 or visit www.efwefla.org. Pensacola -- Mardi Gras revelry abounds in Pensacola! One of the highlights is the 2010 Pensacola Mardi Gras Parade in downtown Pensacola at 2 p.m. on Feb. 13. Admission is free. For information, call 850-436-7638 or visit www.pensacolamardigras.com. Key West -- The Civil War Heritage Festival presents colorful Civil War re-enactments and tours of the Last Key's historic Civil War-era Fort Zachary Taylor on Feb. 12-14. Among the highlights are sea battles with schooner ships and military parades. Admission to Fort Zachary Taylor is $6 per vehicle (two to eight passengers); $4 for a single occupant of a vehicle or motorcycles; $2 for pedestrians, bicyclists, extra vehicle passengers; plus .50 per person Monroe County surcharge for each visitor. For information, call 305-292-6850 or visit www.keywest.com. Copyright © 2010, Orlando Sentinel  Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Auto Racing Glance - St. Petersburg Times Posted: 11 Feb 2010 05:45 PM PST Message from fivefilters.org: If you can, please donate to the full-text RSS service so we can continue developing it. Associated Press Sprint Cup What: Daytona 500 When/where: Today, practice (Speed, 1 p.m.); Saturday, practice (Speed, 10:30 a.m.); Sunday, race, 1 p.m. (Ch. 13, noon); Daytona Beach. Last year's winner: Matt Kenseth. Fast facts: Hendrick Motor-sports teammates Mark Martin and Dale Earnhardt Jr. earned the top two starting positions. At 51, Martin is the oldest 500 pole-sitter. … Jimmie Johnson and Kasey Kahne won Thursday's twin 150-mile qualifying races. Up next: Auto Club 500, Feb. 21, Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, Calif. Nationwide What: Drive4COPD 300 When/where: Today, qualifying (ESPN2, 3 p.m.); Saturday, race, 1:15 p.m. (ESPN2, noon); Daytona Beach. Last year's winner: Tony Stewart. Fast facts: Danica Patrick is making her NASCAR debut, driving the No. 7 Chevrolet for JR Motorsports. In her stock car debut Saturday, the IndyCar star was sixth in the Daytona ARCA race. She's set to run 13 Nationwide races this year. … Kyle Busch won the series championship last year for Joe Gibbs Racing. … Chrissy Wallace is attempting to join father Mike, uncle Kenny and cousin Steve in the field. If she qualifies, it will mark the first time that a father and daughter have raced together in the series. Up next: Stater Bros. 300, Feb. 20, Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, Calif. Trucks What: NextEra Energy Resources 250 When/where: Today, race (8 p.m., Speed Channel); Daytona Beach. Last year's winner: Todd Bodine. Fast facts: The series has adopted shootout-style, double-file restarts and lifted its year-old ban on changing tires and adding fuel on the same pit stop. … Johnny Benson is driving the No. 95 Ford for Danny Gill. After winning the 2008 series title, Benson lost his ride last season when Red Horse Racing failed to find sponsorship, then was injured in June in a Supermodified event in Michigan. Up next: Atlanta 200, March 6, Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Ga. NHRA What: Kragen O'Reilly Winternationals When/where: Today, qualifying; Saturday, qualifying (ESPN2, 11 p.m.); Sunday, final eliminations (ESPN2, 8 p.m.); Pomona, Calif. Last year's winners: Ron Capps (Funny Car), Doug Kalitta (Top Fuel) and Jason Line (Pro Stock). Fast facts: Tony Schumacher (Top Fuel), Robert Hight (Funny Car), Mike Edwards (Pro Stock) and Hector Arana (Pro Stock Motorcycle) are the defending series champions. Up next: NHRA Arizona Nationals, Feb. 19-21, Firebird International Raceway, Chandler, Ariz. [Last modified: Feb 11, 2010 08:43 PM] Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Female Romanian luger knocked out after crash - The Sun News Posted: 11 Feb 2010 05:45 PM PST Message from fivefilters.org: If you can, please donate to the full-text RSS service so we can continue developing it. Her scary crash came moments after her sister, Raluca, had safely navigated the 16-turn track, the world's fastest sliding surface. After her wreck, Violeta Stramaturaru slid limply along the ice while her sled continued through curve 16. At the finish-line area, her sister ran to the end of the observation deck high above the track for a closer look as the public address announcer directed medical personnel to the scene. Shortly after the accident, U.S. luger Megan Sweeney went airborne while exiting the final turn and crashed. She was shaken up but walked away. The Whistler Sliding Center track is among the world's most technically challenging courses. Racers are expected to threaten several speed records during the luge, bobsled and skeleton competitions. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Parades, flyovers eyed for first Quaker Cruise - Salem News Online Posted: 11 Feb 2010 06:13 PM PST Message from fivefilters.org: If you can, please donate to the full-text RSS service so we can continue developing it. Parades, flyovers eyed for first Quaker CruiseBy LARRY SHIELDSSALEM - Two parades, a U.S. Air National Guard C-130 flyover and possibly, just possibly a Goodyear Blimp in the skies over Salem during the first Quaker City Weekend Cruise. That was part of the discussion in the first planning meeting for the cruise scheduled for the extended weekend of June 24-27 with the featured "after party" cruises and parades to be held on early Friday and Saturday evenings in downtown. The meeting, held Wednesday in city hall, was chaired by Service Safety Director Steve Andres, and included representatives from Quaker City Raceway, the Salem-Perry Crime Watch, Council President Mickey Cope Weaver, Deputy Safety Director Greg Oesch, longtime hot rodder Jim Bonfert, advisors Patty Colian, Mike McGee and Bob Kornbau and several others. Committee assignments were made but more volunteers are needed and anyone interested in getting involved in the weekend can contact Andres at 330-332-4241. A letter requesting the Goodyear Blimp for the weekend was sent to the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company by Mayor Jerry Wolford, Andres said, but no response has been received yet. In the United States, Goodyear operates three blimps: the Spirit of Goodyear, based in Akron, Ohio; the Spirit of America, based in Carson, Ca.; and the Spirit of Innovation, in Pompano Beach, Fla. Andres said, "If we get a flyover and get the Goodyear Blimp to hang around for awhile, I think it would be fantastic." Dan Swindell, owner of Quaker City Raceway where the Steel Valley Super Nats will take place the same weekend, said he was attempting to have the U.S. Army "bring in some helicopters." Friday's 6 p.m. car parade will feature hot rods, street rods and customs while Saturday's parade, also at 6 p.m., will feature motorcycles. Both will originate at Quaker City Raceway. Oesch said they were looking for sponsors for the motorcycle parade. Once the parades conclude on East State Street, with the downtown area cleared of all curb parking, the street will be open for cruising. Andres said cruisers asked that the street be cleared of parking in that area for a number of reasons, safety being one of them. As in the last four downtown events, the city lot across from Timberlanes Restaurant and Motor Inn will be headquarters, but registration, handled by Bonfert, Colian and McGee, will begin with Thursday evening's kickoff event at Dunkin' Donut store on the east side. The committee tentatively set The Home Depot Store as the registration site, near the garden area, Roe Haskin, Crime Watch director suggested. Registration for show cars will be free and goody bags will be limited to the first 400 cars. Registrants will receive a badge and only registered vehicles are eligible to park in the Timberlane's lot which has 188 marked spaces. Parking in the Timberlane's lot is strictly on a first come, first served basis with no reservations or holding of spaces allowed. Once a car moves from a space, it is open for anyone. Bonfert said it can hold well over 220 cars and Cope Weaver said there were a lot of cars parked on South Broadway Avenue last year. Discussion to charge registrants, even one dollar, was dispatched quickly. Bonfert, who owns a full-blown hot rod and a street rod, said people who build and own these cars don't do it so they can pay to let people look at them. "They're the show," he said. Andres agreed, noting he's heard the same reasoning. There will be two 16- by 16-foot main event stages with tents, one at South Broadway Avenue and East State Street facing south, and the other at Penn Avenue and East Pershing Street, facing into the main staging area. The meeting discussed selling T-shirts, spaghetti-strapped tank-tops for women, and other items like custom hand rags with the event logo, food and drink coupons, overflow parking, vendor parking to staging cars and soliciting goody bag items such as key chains, pens, trinkets, coupons, gift certificates, oil changes, cases of oil and anything else automotive related or not. Swindell said he would ask Summit Racing, headquartered in nearby Cuyahoga Falls, if it could be a contributing sponsor for registration. Cope Weaver volunteered to head a "goody bag committee" and said Councilwoman Rita Joseph O'Leary would help. The Salem Area Amateur Radio Association is expected to help with communications and McGee, who is a member of AMVETS Post 45, said they can request the honor guard for opening ceremonies that will be held on both Friday and Saturday. Andres said, "We have vendors beating our doors to get in" and Oesch noted he received feedback from last year that a number of vendors said the weekend was "very profitable." He said a large confectionaire is interested along with a salt water taffy vendor, and Chinese, Greek and Italian food vendors. The discussion again focused on obtaining more volunteers and the next meeting was set for 7 p.m. March 10 in city hall. Larry Shields can be reached at lshields@salemnews.net Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
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